SENATOR HARDING
ADDRESSES SENATE
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HOPES FOR BETTER TEAM WORK
THAN THAT ACCOROEO JO
PRESIDENT 'WILSON.
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PLEASED WITH HIS 6REETM6
•tecognized he wss Thar* Under Bome-
What Peculiar Clroumstancse and
Appreciated hla Position.
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Washington* day ot co-operation
- and friendly relations between the
white house and congress was fore
cut by President-elect Harding in a
■hort address from the floor of the
Moate.
Though disclaiming any Retire to
«rltlciae the present administration®
Mr. Harding declared Hjone of-the %m
--feitiona of his four years as cblef exe
cutive to Insure better team work be
tween the two branches, of the garern
ant c-
The speech,which did not touch on
detailed questions of policy, was deliv
ered by the president-elect In re
aponse to an ovation that greeted
him when he went to the senate cham
ber in his capacity as a member and
answered to the opening roll call.
Benator Harding rose to speak after
, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, -the
republican leader, has called attention
formally to his presence and asked
that he be recognised by the vice
president. "I am pleased at this greet'
tag by fellow members of the senate,"
aaid Mr. Harding. "There Is still
greater satisfaction in having this op
portunity to say to . you Informally
some of the things In my heart which
1 could utter In no other way. I reco
nlce that I am here today under some
what unusual circumstances, and
there Is a delicacy about It that one
in my position cannot escape except
through some form of self-effacement
which does not seem quite possible.
All Charges Dismissed.
Mexico City—All charges against
William O. Jenkins, American consu
lar agent In Puebla, who was arrested
last year, dharged with complicity In
Ills own kidnapping, 'have been dis
missed. The- superior court ordered
Jenkins given complste. freedom, and
directed that the hall furnished for
him be returned.
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Discourages Bonus Drlvs.
Hew York.—-"The solicitation of |1
from war veterans to be used In a na
tional bonus drive Is unnecessary and
will have an adverse influence on pros
pects for the passage of the American
Legion's four-fold compensation bill
ta the senate" said Charles O. Blake
lee, commander of the New York de
partment of the American Legion.
Brazilian Press en Jape.
Rio de Janeiro, —Concession by the
Mlnas Oeraes states government of
certain favors to a Japanese company
wfcldh proposes to settle 800 or more
Japanese families on 160,009 acres of
land aid employ them in silk making
has again raised a discussion In the
press of this city.
Lesgus Is Not a Trust.
Washington.—The District court of
appeals reversed the recent Judg
ment for $264,000 granted by the ma
jor baseball leagues In favor of the
Baltimore Federal League club, which
> claimed a violation of the anti-trust
' laws.
& Western Union loees Fight
Washington. The Western Union
Telegraph company, lost its fight fot
an Injunction restraining the Louis
ville * Nashville railroad company
from moving its telegraph lines from
the railroad's right of way. '
Son of Ex-Prseidsnt Injured.
Indianapolis, ind„ —Four men were
killed and Colonel Russel B. Harrison,
eon of the late President Benjamin
Harrison, was seriously injured when
aa automobile In which they were rid
tag was struck by a traction car.
Recognition for Obregon.
Rio ds Janeiro.—The Brasilian gov
ernment has recognised the govern
ment of President Qbregon of Mexico
ft was announced from the state de
partment
Lean for Rsllroad.
Washington.—The Interstate com
sserce commission has approved a
loan of 11,000,000 to the Trans-Missis
atppl Terminal railroad company to
ward meeting the maturity of Its 6
per cent, gold notes, due December 1.
The road must finance 91.000,000.
Less Coal Produced.
Washington.—Production of bitum
inous coal during the week ending No
vember 87 totalled 11,416,000 tons
oompared , with 1i.7>1.000 tons the
previous week.
Socialists Become Angry.
Chicago.—Riot calls were turned In
when a meeting of 8.000 Socialists
became disorderly after Meyer Lon
don Socialists congressman-elect from
ltew Tort, had criticised the Russian
jpNts were mad*.
DELEGATION FROM
ARGENTINE QUITS
MOVE MAY BE PRELIMINARY TO
COMPLETE BREAK WITH THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONB.
SORE OVER ACTION OF LEAGUE
Argentine Wlthdrswsl Is the First
Deflnlts Break to Occur Between
the League and Its Members.
Oeneva. —Honorario Puerredon, the
1 Argentine foreign minister, handed to
Paul Hymans, president of the league
| of nations assembly, a letter announc
ing that the Argentine delegation had
ceased Its participation In the league.
'' 4. Senor Pueyrredon told the Asso-
I (slated Press his action does not mean
that Argentina has withdrawn from
the league of nations, but refused to
say if the move was the preliminary
to a final break betwSen the league
and Argentina.
**We feel," said Senor Pueyrredon.
"that there is nothing more to be ac
complished in the assembly. It has
refused to permit even discussion of
the amendment which Argentina con
siders as fundamental to the league —
necessary to its successful existence."
Senor Pueyrredon said Argentina
would not resume her place in the ae
eimbly until K had passed the four
amendments he had proposed. These
aim principally at securing compul
sory arbitration by the International
oourt of Justice; the admission of all
states and the selection of all mem
bers of the council instead of only
four as now.
Argentina's withdrawal from the as
sembly constituted the first definite
breach between the league and one
of Its members.
3,898 Automobile Fatalities.
Washington.—A total of 3,898 per
sons were killed In automobile acci
dents or died aa a result of Injuries
therefrom, during last year, the cen
sus bureau announced in a statement
offering suggestions for traffic im
provement An automobile accident
death rate of out of every 100,000
of population waa reported In 1919, an
increase over every year since 1916,
when the death rate was 8.0 and an
increase of 846 in the total number
of deaths ovsr 1918.
"Erery year It becomes mors and
more dangerous for a person to walk
the streets," the census bureau's
statement Said.
Reduction of Public Debt
Washington.—Despite the Increase
of 1118,646,671 in the public debt Oar
ing November announced by the trees- 1
cry officials of the department de
clared that at the end of the year a
reduction of 1800,000,000 could be ex
pected from the gross debt of |14,087,-
000,000 as It stood on September 30.
Unemployment Not General.
New York. —Official reports from 46
states, representing 96 per cent of the
nation's population, reveal a wide- ;
spread industrial depression. In spite
of which no serious or general unem
ployment has yet developed.
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Administrator Sella
New York. —Dr. Frederick P. Keppel
sailed tor Franfce to take up his work
as American administrator of the In
ternational Chamber of Commerce. In
a statement issued ss he sailed, Dr. ,
Heppei said ths purpose of the cham
ber is to remove international friction
from commerce|.
Armsnls Bscomes Soviet
London.—Russian sorlet troops cap
tured Brlvan, the Armenian capital,
and Armenia has- declared Itself a so
viet republic, it is asserted in a wire
less dispatch received from Moscow.
Sinn Fsin Proclamation!
Belfast—The Sinn Peln has circu
lated a proclamation throughout the
west and south of Ireland declaring
that those guilty of "treasonable con
spiracy" will be executed as traitors
to ths Irish republic. i
McLsan Is Again Recognized.
Washington. President Wilson
again recognised the worth and abil
ity of a' North Carolinian when he
appointed Angus Wilton McLean, of
LumbeHon, assistant secretary of the
treasury, succeeding Jouett Shows.
Gigantic Whsat Pool.
Winnipeg. Farmers of western
Canada announced plans tor a gigan
tic pool to force wheat prices up. The
organisation waa aaid to have at
tracted most ot the farmers and farm
organisations ot the region.
Bolshevism Behind It
Nsw York.—Bolshevism lurks be
hind proposed the Sunday blue laws.
Judge Mitchell May declared, address
ing the Kings County grand jury.
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To Grant Relief to Farmers.
Washington.—A concurrent resolu
tion suggseting jtbat the war finance
corporation be revived will be Intro
duced in house and senate ae the first
legislative step towards granting the
wheat, corn aDd cotton farmers cha
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. 0.
REV. H. J. KREHBILL
Rev. H. J. Krehblll of Reed ley, CsU
who waa recently elected president of
| the General Mennonlte Conference of
North America.
RECENT DECISION IS QUOTED
Interpretation and ths Postponsment
of Chsngss in Ths Covenant Wsre
Chief Topics of Convsrsstlon.
Geneva.—Presentation and adoption
of a resolution eliminating Article X
from the covenant of the league of
nations before the end of the present
session of the assembly would occa
sion no surprise here, It was declared
in some quarters when the assembly
began Us meeting.
Assertions were made that decision
of the committee on the admission of
nqpr states, which held, in effect that
the articles does not guarantee the ter
ritorial integrity of any member of
the league, represented the views of
a majority of the delegates. This In
terpretation and the postponement of
consideration of certain changes in
the covenant were (he principal topics
of conversation here.
Three changes, which were propos
ed by Scandinavian countries, were
said in no wise to prevent considera
tion at this session of any other
amendments.
N. W. Rowell, a Canadian delegate,
brought this out clearly by questioning
A. J. Balfour, of Great Britain. •
Prelude to Civil War.
Rome —All statements made by Cap
tain Gabriele D'Annunsio at Plums,
seem to be a prelude to civil war, In
spite of the fact that the' poet-soldier
has declared to the people of that City
that "the blood of brothers shall not
be shed." He Is urging natlonltst non
combatants to build barricades and re
sist attacks by Italian regulars.
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Foodstuffs for Plums.
Aifcons, Italy.—A steamer having a
full cargo of foodstuffs sailed from
this port for Flume. This is consid
ered aa evidence the blockade of
Flume Is essentially a military meas
ure, that the Italian government does
not Intend the town shall be reduced
by starvation.
"Tsks a Wssk Off.
Susquehanna, Pa.—ln a voluntary
effort to help the company In Its read
justment policy, workmen in the Erie
shops here have organised a move
ment to "take a week off" December
84 to January 8.
Holding Potatoss for SI.OO.
Traverse City, Mich.—Potato buyers
here estimate that northern Michigan
warehouses hold 1,000,000 bushels of
potatoes for which the growers are de
manding $1 per bushel. They are be
ing Offered 60 cents.
Would Admit Costa Rloa.
Geneva. —The league of nations com
mittee on the admission of new states
recommended unanimously the admis
sion ot Costa Rica into the league as
a sovereign state.
No Tax Extsnslon.
Washington.—The fourth Install
msat of 1919 Income taxes must be
peld December 16 to avoid penalty, ac
cording to a warning given out by the
internal revenue bureau.
Immigration to Be Stopped-
Washington.—Tentative approval
was gtvsn by members of the house
Immigration committee to the (bill
framed by Representative Johnson of
Washington, chairman, which practi
cally would suspend immigration tor
a two year period.
Hogs Chssp on Hoof.
Chicago.—Hogs on the hoof have
returned to what is practically their
1913 pre-war price, Judging from fig
urea obtained from one of the "big
Ave" packers.
Collections of $5,407,5a0£51.
Washington.—Collection ot 66,407,-
680.861 in taxes and efforts to control
the liquor traffic under the prohibition
act formed principal wojW^eJn-
WRONG PUN FOB
• CROP REDUCTION
RESOLUTIONS "ABBED BY THE
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE.
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OPPOSE WANNAIVIAKER'S IDEAS
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The Regulations Point Out That the
Farmers of the South Badly Need
a Mori Positive Policy.
Raleigh. Resolutions adopted by
the state board of agriculture oppose
unqualifiedly any horizontal reduction
in the cotton acreage of North Caro
lina, saying "It is wholly unfair to re
quire the man .planting only one-fifth
of his land in cotton to cut bis acrefee
the same percentage aa the man who
plants four-fifths of his land In cot
ton."
This action puts the state board on
record as opposed to the proposal of
J. 8. Wannamaker, president ot the
American Cotton association, that
December 11 be set aside In every cot
ton growing -atgte a® "cotton reduc
tion day," when It Ik urged that cotton
farmers be committed to an agree
ment to cut tfaeir acreage for 1921 ex
actly one-half.
The regulations point out that the
farmers of the South need a positive'
policy "with everlasting Insistence
upon a permanently safe farming
foundation" as a means of preventing
the cpnstant change from prosperity
to bankruptcy every four or five years.
Halve Working Hours.
Manchester, England.—The Ameri
can section of the cotton trade, which
constitutes three-fourths of the whole
Industry, has decided by ballot to re
duce the weekly working hours from
48 to 24. This decision affects 100,000
operatives. *
French. Loan Heavy.
Parts—Unexpectedly heavy subscrip
tions from the provinces to the new
French six per cent loans, which dos
ed November 80, were said to have
raised the total beyond estimates of
something over 26,000,000,000 francs.
Bwat That Flyl
New York.—A pair of files effective
ly swatted now will avert the possible
plague of 324,000,000,000 potential de
scendants next autumn, It Is asserted
on posters circulated by the Merch
ants' association of New York.
Would Protect Cotton.
Chicago.—A protective tariff en cot
ton, rice and wheat was advocated be
fore the National association of Com
missioners, Secretaries and Represen
tatives of departments of Agriculture
by Harry D. Wilson, of Louisiana who
declared that although he waa a demo
crat, he favored protection for the
fanner*.
To Consider No Amendment*
Geneva.—A resolution rejecting the
consideration of amendments to the
league covenant at this session and
providing for a- committee to study
changes before the meeting of the
next assembly was passed by the as
sembly of the league with but one dis
senting vote.
Represents The Preeldent
Washington.—The representatives
to be chosen by President Wilson to
mediate between the Armenians and
the Turkish nationalists will act for
the president of the United States and
not Woodrow Wilson personally. It
was said at the state department
Five Burn to Death.
New York. —Five persons , were
burned to death by fire which swept
through a five-story apartjnent house
on West 57tfc street Just off Fifth ave
nue. The dead Included: Miss Mar-
Joriq Lescomb, motion picture actress
recently arived In America from Eng
land.
But Little Change.
Doom, Holland.—There waa little
change In the condition of fomrer Em
press Augusta Victoria of Germany.
Inserting Probe In Ceal.
Washington.—Senate Investigation
Into the prices of anthracite coal wltl
begin In New York waa announced by
Senator Calder, chairman at the ssn
ate committee on inquir?. «
Employes Cut Wsgea.
Durham, N. C.—facing serious In
dustrial depression due to the read
justment period, the congress of the
i Industrial democracy government of
; the Durham Hosiery mills tiaa passed
a bIH potting Into effect shorter hours
of operation and wage reductions.
Glad to Bee Hartf^ig.
Washington.—President Wltaon wOl
be very glad to see Presidentelect
Harding when Mr. Harding oomes to
Washington for the opening of con
gress, it was said at the white boose.
There waa no suggestion, however,
that the president-elect planned to
call at the White House.
Public Debt Increased.
Washington.—An Increase of »l»r
646.671 In the public debt during the
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MME. MILLERAND
Latest portrait of Mme. Mlllerand,
wife of the Preeldent of France.
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ON REDUCTION OF ARMAMENT
'
Following Counoll'a Approval, a Note
Embodying Invitation waa Sent to
The Washington Government
Geneva.—The council of the League
, of Nationa unanimously approved the
r Invitation drawn up by the military
, commission calling the United
. SUtes to name a representative to
1 sit on the eonnmlsaion. The invitation
! expressed the view that the general
consideration of the subject of a re
duction of armament would W'great
1y facilitated' if the United States gov
ernment could see Its way to send a
' representative to ait in a consultative
capacity with the commission.
' Following the council's approval ol
' the invitation, a note embodying 4t
' wae dispatched to the Washington
1 government..
The text of the invitation was sug
gested by Brigadier General George S.
Cllve the British member ol the com
. mission. The invitation requests the
United Staes to seal a representative
. wlto will sit in a contuivaive
i during the study of the Question of a
! reduction in armaments.
"It would, of course, be perfectly
understood," the invitation says in
part, "that the presence of a repre
sentative of the United States wonld
' in no way commit the American gov
ernment to whatever opinions may
be finally put forWard in the report
of the commission.
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Readjustment Period On.
Washington.—The end ot (he re
adjustment period in business Is not
yet In sight, the Federal Reserve
Board in Ms review of business condi
tions for month of November says.
Salient features of the'mouth's bus
iness developments Include:
Continued decline In prices, the
board's general Index registering a net
loa for the months of 18 points.
Further curtailment of manufactur
ing, with consequent Increase of un
employment.
Reductions of buying power, which
is lessening particularly the volume ol
wholesale trade.
Diminishing market for agricultural
1 products. N •, .
Improvements In transportation.
Basing of credit conditions.
Increasing cancellation of orders for
export, particularly for Sooth Ameri
ca. • .
Auetrla la Recommended.
Geneva. —Austria was unanimously
voted a member of the league ot na
tions by the commission for the admis
sion of new states here. It Is ex
pected the assembly of the league will
ratify the action.
Chinese Troops Loot City.
Shanghai, China. Messages re
ceived by business houses here report
that the troops In Chang, a treaty port
of Hu-Peh province, have mutinied,
seised and set fire to the city and are
looting It -
New Greek Representative.
Athens. —Ellas Panas, former Greek
foreign minister, left Athens for Gene
va as representative of the new gov
ernment to the League of Nations.
Bale of Camp Custsr.
Chicago.—Bids for the sale of Camp
Custer, near Battle Creek, Mich., will
be received by tbe war department
at Washington December 22. It was
announced at the headquarters of MaJ.
Gen. Lenoard Wood, commander of
the Sixth army corps.
To Consider Farming Interests
Washington.—Possible Vemedial leg
islation for agricultural Interests will
be considered at a Joint meeting ot
the origMal committees ot the senate
and house.
Receiver for Steamship Company.
New York.—Theodore J. Kenne waa
appointed federal receiver in equity
1 for the Standard Steamship company,
Inc., of this feity on application of the
Carter * Weeks Stevedoring company
ot West Virginia.
Wire Products Price Reduced.
Pittsburgh.—The prices of steel
wire products were cut here for the
first time in sevsrpl ytars when tht
MAY SELL BONDS
BELOW VALUE
IMPORTANT OPINION HANDED
DOWN BY NORTH CAROLINA
BUPREME COURT.
k CASE FBOM WAYNE COUNTY
Suit Wh Brought by The Citizens Of
Goldsboro to Restrain Council In
0 Sale of Certain Bonds.
Raleigh.
Constitutionality of an act passed
at the special sessional the general
assembly last August authorising the
sale of bonds by municipalities, town
ships and school districts below par Is
upheld by the North Carolina supreme
court in an opinion filed several days
ago,
The case came up from Wayne
county on appeal, citizens of Golds
boro haying sought to' restrain the
sale of that city's improvement bonds
in the sum of SIO,OOO on the allega
tion that the act of the legislature au
thorizing their sale at below par, was
unconstitutional and void. An opinion
was also handed down in,a similar
suit, being that of Pennington versus
the town of Tarboro.
In Jhe Goldsboro case Assoc} we
1 Jtistlce Allen writes the opinion and
holds that in selling the bonds at 90
by virtue of an act of the legislature
1 the city's officials were within -their
rights, the sale was not usurious and
tfhe act is constitutional since it was
passed to meet an emergency and is
of limited duration and must' be sus
tained.
Steadman Oppossed to Blus Laws.
Washington, (Special).—Represen
tative Hannibal L. Godwin is uncer
tain whether the propsed bill to re
strict commercial activity on the Sab
| bath will ijave his support or not and
Major Clbtarles M. Steadman, fifth
district member, is unqualifiedly op
posed to program. Other North Caro
linians hesitate to say whether the
proposal will have their support or
not.
"Of course, I favor the proper Obser
vance of Sunday," Major Steadman
said. "I do not, however, flavor the
passage of a bill in which are incor
porated provisions making' traveling
Illegal and the publication of news
papers on Sunday also illegal., I do
not believe such a hill la necessary In
behalf of morality."
Contributions for Relief.
Contributions amounting to f1.466,-
.22 were received by Henry A, Page,
North Carolina Chairman, American.
ReHef Commission, Aberdeen, N. C.
This brings the total amount contri
buted In North Carolina during No
vember to $6,002.41;
Kellum Appointed.' Solicitor.
Appointive lightning struck W#odus
Kellum, lawyer with Wilmington as
his habitation, while be was sitting
without the inner chamber of Execu
tive Offices and when he emerged
from the shock, he found himself so
licitor In the Eighth Judicial district
to succeed Homer L. Lyon.
Prospective Vice Raids.
Washington, (Bpecial). Nothing
further "for publication" has come
from the International Reform Bureau
regarding its plan to conduct a vice
raid in Raleigh and Wilmington, RerF
Harry N. Pringle, who directed the
drive in Norfolk, is said to be here for
the general conferences nest week,
but his staff of detectives may be.
loosed upon the Tar Heel capital at
any time. The program is Raleigh
after Norfolk and on to Atlanta.
State In Fourtlt Place.
Despite disasters that have ooms to
the North Carolina fanner in the de
moralization of prices, the state still
retains its position of fourth from the
top in the value of its agricultural
products, and but for these disasters
would have been first, according to the
astrual report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture submitted to the Board
by Commissioner W. A. Graham.
State Moves Too Quickly.
Washington, (Special).—North Car
olina and Tennessee are moving too
rapidly In their plans for Sunday ob
servance (tor the radical reformers of
Washington. The bill proposed by the
North Carolina Methodist conference,
has excited Washington as nothing
else has done sines General Robert E.
Lea threatened during the Civil war.
"Too drastic." the local reformers
say. Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts is for a Sun
day between that of the Puritans and
continental Europe. •>-
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Blekett Goes to PMladslphla.
Governor and Mrs. T. W. Blekett,
left here for Harris burg. Pa., where
Mia governor will make the response
to the address of welcome at tbe
twelfth annual governor's conference.
Worn Harris burg Governor Blekett
■will go to Philadelphia Where he will
be honor guest of the North Carolina
society. Ha trill make the principal
a features wUI lnclnde
Recent Vote'far Congressman. j.
I The state board of can**u»ers ha*
reWasod the congressional vote tot
the 10 districts in the state.
The vote by districts foltowa:
First —Haljet S. Ward, democrat,
11,414; Wheeler Martin, republican
7,469; majority 13,1919.
Second. —Claude Kitchln, democrat
30,890; W. O. Dixon, republican, 8/
367; majority 17,623.
Third—S. M. Brinston, democrat,
21,467; R L. Herring, republican, 16>
347; majority, 11,38*.
Fourth—E. W. fou. democrat, 26,
479; Parker, republican, 14,080; ma
jority, 11,386. *
Fifth—Charles M. Steadman, demo
crat, 46,301; W. D. Merritt, republi
can, 38,484; majority, 6,817.
Sixth —Homer L. Lyon,' democrat,
24,174; R.S. White, republican, 11,
040, majority, 13,134.
Seventh—W. C. Hammer, democrat,
37,071; W. H. Cox, republican, 32,714;
majority, 4,287.
Eighth—R. L. Do ugh ton, democrat,
32,984; J. t Campbell, republieap, 31,-
666; majority, 1,428.
Ninth—A. L. Buiwinkle, democrat,
40,196; Jake Newell, republican, 86,-
686; majority, 4,609. ;
Tenth —Zeb Weaver, democrat, 36,-
923; L. L. Jenkins, republican, 34,393;
majority, 2,530.
, The total vote cast in the state thie
year is nearly double that oI the last
campaign. Inoomplete figures show
that a total of nearly 640,000 votes
have already been accounted for.
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Firemen to Reduce Speed.
Realising that excessive speed in
responding to fire alarms by motor
fire apparatus is both tempting and
dangerous, Insurance Commissioner
Young has proposed to Captain J. H.
Wood, of Asheville, president of the
Carolina Firemen's association,
that he take the matter np with the
chiefs of all fire departments for the
purpose of concrete action.
While assenting that fire depart
ments should not be held to the same
traffic restrictions as the public, Com
missioner Young suggests to Presi
dent Wood, that the chiefs should lay
out the routes for their apparatus to
various parts, of the towns and cities,
choosing the nearest and least used
way and see that excessive speed h*
not used—only such speed as gives
the driver complete control of his ma*
chine. .. -'* '
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National Guard for Thirtieth.
North Carolina and its sister states
of Tennessee and South Carolina,
which furnWhed the machinery for
breaking the Hlndenburg line some
two years back, Is to have that same
organization, the Immortal Thirtieth
Division, reorganized In the National
Guard of the three states, and ready
for another emergency whenever it
may Come, according to an announce
ment from the, office of Adjutant Gen
eral John Van B. Metts.
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Kitchen Again Tsken 111.
Washington, (Special).—Congress.
- man Claude Kitchen, of North Caro
lina, who suffered an attack of indi
gestion soon after leaving the post of
fice department where he had been
in conference with Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, is resting easily and
there Is no cause for alarm, according
to Dr. Lewis Battle, also a Tar Heel.
In conversation with The correspon
dent at his home. Dr. Battle said,
there was not the slightest alga of
another paralytic stroke.
A Meeting of Commltee.
The joint legislative committee ap
pointed by the last general assembly
to recomend a bill providing for work
men's compensation will hold a spe
cial session in the office of the state
Insurance Commissioner Tuesday De
ri cember 14, beginning promptly at
eleven o'clock, when the committee
hopes that those who have 'sugges
tions or views on the proposed legis
lation will present them.
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Appointment of Col Wllllame.
The secretary of war has appointed
Colonel Alexander E. Williams, quar
termaster corps, to be assistant to the
quartermaster general of the t army
with the rank of brigadier general.
Rapid Progress With Guard.
The North Carolina national guard
is making satisfactory progress in re
organization and three companies of
Infantry have been inspected by an
officer of the regular army this month
for federal recognition.
Seaboard Laying off Mstv
A 60 per cent cut among th» Sea*
board employes at the general shops st
' Portsmouth has been made according
to information received here. Besides
: the reduction at Portsmouth there will
i be a reduction of approximately 15 car
, repairmen from the car department.
: Only a few men of this classification
will be thrown out of work at Raleigh
the brunt of the lay-off being felt at
Hermitage, Va., a small station be
. yond Richmond.
The reason assigned for the laying
off of the force is slack business.
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Gstes st Road Crossings.
Legislation seeking to force the
railroads to install gates or watch
men at everjpv railroad crossing in
1 North Carolina will be urged at the
regular session of the general assem
bly wfalch meets January 6, according
to Walter Murphy, of Salisbury, rep
resentative-elect from Rowan county,,
who spent the day hare.
The statement was made incidents!-
ly by Mr. Murphy la an address be
fore the corporate commission