North Carolina Newspapers

; BRIEF NEWS NOTES ? - ? "? WHAT HAS OOOURRID DURINQ WfltK THROUGHOUT OOUN TRY AND ABROAD "iSfJv ' V'? i. . EVENTS OMMPORTANCE Qathsrsd From All Parts Of The Qlob* And Told In #hor? Paragraph* ' Foreign ? v Deep regret that the United States has enacted' the Immigration bill ln\ j eluding a clause barring Japanese is voiced In an official statement lsBued by the foreign office at Toklo. The Inter-Allled Ambassador's Council decide^ unanimously to send a note to Germany asserting the right of the Allied Military commission to continue functioning In Germany. j The arsenal and ammunition dumps on the outskirts of Bucharest were de stroyed by a series of terHfI<5 explo sions andi fire. Colonel House, former confldant? of President Wilson, arrived In London and predicted a Democratic victory in the United States next November. The American consulate at Canton is Investigating 'a report that two American missionaries have been kill ed near Kweilln, Kwangsl province. As President Ebert struggled with the difficult task of finding someone capable of heading a cabinet, the new opened .wjth a vaudeville-like show In which howling communists taunted en rtged fasclBti. The Prinfce Of Wales, walking side by side with Princess Mafalda at the head of the procession of the British and Italian royal families through the ancient Guild Hall to the great lunch eon board, where the lord mayor yas host to the royal visitors, was one ot the rare occasions when the British heir to the throne has appeared In public with a young woman of age apd rank similar to his own. Chinese troops attacked the Brit ish gunboat Robin while on Its way from Canton to Watcho, wounding Commander Tudw&y, said a Central news dispatch from Hongkong. . The gunboat returned the attackers' fire. The cabinet approved the text of the protest against, the provision of the American lmaUmrattop law**,**, eluding Japanese^Wottfmt cotfi i&y, rr? " * . Six lire, were lost wh,en the Grlms ? '.if r wept ashore on ?> west side of 'For shu Island. Cape i Breton, according to radio advices re .celved at Ottawa. 1 Negotiations between Turkey and Great Britain" regarding the Mosul district have reached a deadlock, the Turk* demanding rendition of the disputed territory, while the British Insist upon the present frontiers with , slight modifications. Washington? uneasiness of Republican and Dem ocratic party managers has been ma terially aggravated by the announce ment of Senator LaFtoUette. of Wis r cousin, thajt, aa, independent, progres sive movement wUl be launched on ? less the two 4 old parties clean up. 'y. Senator Wadsworth's constitutional ?: amendment providing that further amendments shall be ratified by the pcop\o, either by a direct vote or , through sUte conventions, was unonl - monsly reported/ by the senate judlcl , ary committee. Income tax returns may be recelv | ed in evidence in a criminal case *f? b*T* properly r oTJtafned, Justlo6 1 Jennings I&tffoy, ft, the: trial of John H Phil . ^ Georgia, and others on charges ?^{tf-^pnsptracy In surplus government plumber sales, ruled recently, following * argtimfents of counsel as US admis slblllty of copies of Income tax re turns of Charles Phillips, Jr., of At ? ,! laata, one of the defendants. The first step to bring the U. S. up to the full treaty ratio has been taken with passage by the house of the bill appropriating *150.000,000' ?t6 build eight new cruisers and six river gunboats and to recondition six first-line battleships. /> Henry Ford, victorious in the house has met virtual defeat In his battle for Muscle Shoals In the senate, where the agricultural committee has -? reported favorably the Norrls plan for government operation. rejecting Ford'p offer. : ? McNvT^-Hapjfen agrlculthi-a] bill, providing a tf00.000.000 export ' ,4 cooperation, ' is doomed to defeat In !?$, the house, when It comes to a vote soon. In the opinion of Representative t Cr^D- of Georgia, who regards It as s dangerous measure. Pflblic hearings on Muscle Shoals cldsed after many weeks of delibera tion and the senate agriculture com V Mlttee will go Into executive session >' to .act on the various proposals. ? Officers of the fleet corporation to!d the house committee Investigating . the shipping board that Albert 13. Fall, as secretary of the lrlrrior In July] 1#22, had refused to renew a contract with the board for purchase of gov ernment royalty oil In Montana and Wyoming, thereby forcing It to ob tain its oil elsewhere, entailing a ]og, of tnOUoni of dollars. The senate passed- a bill, -Introduce* by Senator IJmith, Democrat, South Carolina, authorising construction of a bridge over the Peedee river near Savage Landing, 8. 0. Senator Heflln, Democrat, Alabama, announced he would renew hla fight before a senate subcommittee to have the Investigation of his charges of frauds In the lower Rio Orande valley of Texas proceed In Washington. Chairman Moses previously has over ruled the Alabama senator's protest against going to the valley before hearing testimony bearing on condl tlone there. Accepting the recommendation of a committee which Investigated charges or Irregularities In connection with his election, the housq adopted wth out debate a resolution declaring Royal H. Weller. Democrat? entitled to retain hu seat as a representative from the 21st New York district. With the Japanese exclusion pro vision now spread on the, statutes, the resignation of Ambassador Hanl hara Is expected as an early sequel. The Slmmooa Income schedule, slml , tar-, to the Longworth compromise sup Ported by house Republicans In Its adoption by that body, provides for a revision of the- surtax rates with a maTlhmm of 40 per cent applicable on Incomes of $600,000 and over. It would cut the present normal rates of 4 per cent on Incomes up. to $4,000 and 8 Per cent above that amount to 2 per cent on Incomes of $4,000 and under; 4 per cent on Incomes between $-1,000' and $8,000 and 8 per cent on those above, .? 'V ? Domestic ? are known to' have b?sn killed and many were Injured by a tornado .that struck Wetumpka, Ok Iqhoma, la Hughes county. The tor n^? *pproache<1 f-0? "ie , south we8t !3 through the southern fringe Khoae population has been swelled recently by oil activities to the surrounding territory. J, EL Benton, cashier and vice pres ident of the First National bank. El Pa??, Texas, has been served with a ?ubpoena from the United States court or Wyoming to give te?tlmony to R. B. Redk), El' Paso lawyer, on certain bank record* in regard to the acoounts of A B. Fall and his son-in-law, C. C. Chase. William' S. SUllworth, former presl dent of the Consolidated Exchange ; Louis Oil bough, a member of the board of governors, and seven other brok ers have been Indicted by a federal grand Jury In New Yorjk City on' ctecges ot itavina. use* ,the malls to defraud. :. . . ?- ? ? JSC room 40' fealod tha*fcc6ttld have been flooded with gas and transform ed Into a lethal gas chamber was found In the Sleben brewery, Chicago, recently raided, which Chief of Polio* Collins declares he believes had been contrived as a result of a plot to frus trate and perhaps kill raiders. Thirty- , eight men were Indicted In connection with the raid. The F. W. Poe Manufacturing com pany, one of the largest cotton mills of the Greenville. 8. C., section, an nounces plans for return to full-time operations, it la the third mill In that section la adopt this program. The PresbyUnfen genial la seesslop at Grand Rapids, ljlich.. has refused to'.ifccede to H&e demand of the Fundamentalists thiit Rev. Har ry Emerson Fosdlck of N|w York be forbidden* to preach in a Presbyterian pulpit In effect the decision of the oommlsslon and. the assembly put over for another year the "Fosdlck her esy" case. ; A proposal for a draatlo change In the divorce law of the Method.st L'pls votes at the closing session fbf the gen votes at the cloolng session of the gen eral conference . at Springfield, Mass. The vote was 200; for adoption to 810 against.. The co^feronoo voted favor ably^f unlficaOMi of tljift ^arthfertl ' and Southern M^ihodlst churches. Youth triumplfe'd over old-fashioned conceptions of right and wrong at Springfield, Mass.,' when the Metho dist' ? EJplscopal i ; general conference voted, by a suBWuftial majority, to lift the church , Dan on amusements and make the Issue one for decision of the Individual's' conscience. John J. Ryan.f president of the American Cotton Waste Exchange, died fit New York recently. James D. Phelan, of San Francisco, former senator from California, has been selected to place the name of j William O. McAdoo before the Dem ocratic national convention at New I York. It was lenrn at Chicago. . Holding a baby In her arms, Norma Anderson. 17 years old, held up the ' Steenberg bank at Farmlngton, 111., and obtained $1,500 frbti tie cashier. "Bngflne trouble abused a Douglap naval ^torpedo planfe, from ' the tJ." 'S. ;6. Laqgley, stationed in "?onsacola bay. to fajl at Birmingham, Ala., while taking part in a[; United States air plane circus. Tho occupants were la- : lured. ' Detectives hunting the slayers o| ! I Robert Franks. 18-year-old son of a I | Chicago millionaire, were Rearchfbg recently for a man who answers in j nearly every detail the hypothetical [ description of one of the kidnapers ! built up by the police from various ' fragments of evidence. Victor Herbert, a musician who j never found It necessary to wear long | hair, throw temperamental fits or | | affect any of the outlandish manner | Isms generally associated with mu sical or artistic genius, died recently j of heart failure at New York. 1 ? Gondola of new navy blimp J-l as she was starting a test flight 2 ? Princeton university seniors In the ! overalls which the oluss Is-'. now wearing.! & ? Princess Knwananakoa, assocalte member of the Itepubllcan nation al committee, who has come from Hawaii for the Cleveland convention. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Tax Reduction Bill Goes to V the* Fi?sident-^ImVhi&ra tion Measure Signed. . ? 1 By EDWARD W. PICKARD I TNLERS the prognosticate? of Washington nre wrong, the tax reduction bill will he a law before this reaches the reader. The conference report on the measure was accepted by the senate by a vote of 60 to 6. and by the house by a vote of 870 to 9. Backed hy these overwhelming majori ties It went to the President, and con gressional leaders were confident that Mr. Coolldge would 6lgn it. First, of course, he asked the opinion of the Treasury department, whose experts analyzed t|?e bill. It was said that .Secretary Mellon had at no time ad vised the President to veto the meas ure and that he had come to the con clusion that It should be signed as representing an Improvement over the old law. Of the alx? .je^Qtors ^ho , yjted against the oonferertcet-eport. $5r..are radicals ? Brookhart, Frazler, Norrts and Johnson of Minnesota. The others were Krns.t of Kentucky and Moses of New Hampshire, who favored the original Mellon plan. In the house the nine who voted In the negatlv^ were all Mellon plan supporters and aU Re publicans. They were: Fenn (Conn,), Tllson "(Conn.). Merrlt (Conn.). Mills (N. Y.). Walnwrlght (N. Y.). McFad den (Pa.). Philips (Pa.), Hill (Md.), and Moores (Ind.). Tallj of a big ^eflclt due to the bo nn? law and the tax reduction provid ed for by the Wll faded away. Repre sentative Oreen told the house : "The actuary of the treasury assuredme > f b a t* t hy he wrAtW. Sej it . nUfl <ffi>n { ?p rp hi a' .'for the fiscal year lflif-i to pay the bo nus twice over. 'The ^actuary's figures also show .that the 1925 surplus, with-, out Including the bonus, which can be taken care of out of the pr.evtoua sur plus, will be $138,000,000. The differ ence between the present bill and the Mellon plan la only the very alight sum of $22,000,000. of which $10,000. 000 Is In the Individual Income and cor poration taxea and the balance In the excise taxes. One-half of the 25 per cent reduction come8 out of the fiscal year 1924. the other half out of the fiscal year 1025. The present hill re duces taxes $22,000,000 more than the .Mellon plan would have done." Later estimates hy members of the' house committee on appropriations In dicated that the financial status of the government with the - enactment of these two measures would be even more favorable than had been thought. This Is In part due to the probability that aggregate appropriations hy con gress this ses&ion for purposes Includ ed In the original budget recommenda tion will amount to about $7.0(10,000 less than the total recommended by the budget. President Coolldg^' transmitted to con cress a request from the veterans' bureau frr.nn appropriation of $127. 817 S9S to defray ttie costs of the sol diers' bonus tint il .T jilv 1, 1925. 'if this total. $1,188,500 would be for ad ministrative ex|>ensos.' ? SKNATORS BORAH. Fess and Wil lis cast the only votes In the nega tive when the postal salary increiise bill- was v???ert l.y Ute senate. By this measure.' which tpen went to the house, the salaries of SOO.oOO postal employees would he Increased h.v an nverag? of $200 each annually, the to tal being estimated at $00,000,000. This Is the schedule of salaries provided for by thi* bill : flerks and carriers. $1,700 to $2, 1(10 : special clerks at first and second class offices. $2.2oO to $2.3tl0 ; substi tute and temporary clerks. 0." cents per hour: watchmen, laborers and mes scoters. $1,450 to $1,550; marine cur riers. $2,400 Rallwav mall service* clerks (seven gm-ies) $1.90il to $2.7'io : supervisory . i ofttiMa's. 52 sii to $4,500; Mihstltute ? clerks. $l.S.'.n It urn I deilverv no rhnnce In saia- ? lies, hut allownr. e of 4 cents s rr.lle ft day for maintenance of cq :'pment. ! amounting up to $220 for average route. Postmasters : no change In first class salaries between $3,200 and $8,000; second class Increased' from $2, SCO to $2,400. Attached as a rider to this bill was an amendment offered by Senator Bo rah which requires fulj^ publicity of, (pbHtlca'l contributions at.. Intervals of ten days during all campaigns, for elec tion of members of congress and all officials of the government, the publi cation of the amount of any deficit at the end of the campaign and public an nouncement thereafter monthly of the amountB received from each contrlbu tor to wipe out the deficit STILL expressing his objections to the ezcluslbn Of Japanese by law Instead of by treaty. President Cool Idge signed the Immigration bill and It became a law. He justified his action by the general excellence 'of the bllf and Uie Imperative need of the legis lation to tlike the place of the quota act of 1021, expiring on June SO. As to the Japanese exclusion, he said : "I gladly recognize that the enact ment of this provision ' does not Imply any change In our sentiment of admi ration and cordial friendship for the Japanese people, a sentiment which has had, and will continue to have, &ftUn'dan?'~- manifestation. ?? -The bill raffier expresses the determination of the congress to exercise *lts preroga tive In defining by legislation the con trol of Immigration, Instead of leaving It to International arrangements." Over In Japan the signing of the bill, though no surprise, was the signal for great outbursts of Indignation. A for mal protest against the 'exclusion clauses was drafted, approved by the cabinet and cabled to Ambassador Hanibara for presentation to Secre tary Hughes. It Is a dignified protest based on the alleged violation of an existing treaty with the United States ? the gentlemen's agreement In Tokyo and elsewhere therfe were big mass meetUigs^at^ wblch ?he , Amej^cap law, 'was denounced. : At one of them Pro fessor Uyesugl of the Imperial univer sity* concluded a fiery address with the words: "A storm Is coming; prepare." .Comments In - the Japanese press are bitter .and Inflammatory pamphlets are numerous. >? Premier Klyourn told the cabinet he would recommend Viscount. Kato as Vl\e ne^t premier. The present govern ment will resign about June 8. T} BRING the navy up to the 5-5-3 ratio, the house passed a bill au thorizing construction of eight scout cruisers and six river gunboats and ex tensive/ Improvements to six battle ships. )*rba- total, cost"ls -estimated at $111,000,000. Money for elevation of guns on thirteen battleships was re fused on the ground that It would vio late the arms conference treaty. Advocates of the acceptance of ! Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals have been trying for a long time to get It to the floor of the sen ate for debate and a vote, and last Tuesday the.v succeeded, although the majority of the agriculture committee was firmly opposed to the Ford olTer and had twice rejected a motion that the hill accepting It bo reported out favorably. bit of parliamentary Juggling It wns brought about that the Norrls bill for government ownership of the project was reported out favor ably as a substitute and carried with It the Foril bill. It was expected the debate In the senate would he heated and that a yote would be reached In a I f.-w days. U?flin. fat Harrison and"j T"nderw<iod."'prosldentfnl aspirant. pre-! pared Ion: speeches In favor of the | Ford hid. Norrls leads the opposition j t<> the automobile maker and Is assist- I ed by Magnus Johnson and Jim Heed. Tt was noted that Halston. who yearns for the presidential nomination, strad- I d%-d the f^r.re when the Norrls and Ford bills were voted on by tho coin- ' mltteo. Hp voted "prespnt" enrli time finrlous. but n*>t likely to do hltn ' much good with either side. J the Prc?!\vt*?r1nn crnornl na nt Gmiv? KnpMs. Mlrh., ' nn*l the jronofsl conferepco. n! . 1?*ok Important action ln*t week. The former n<!optt*i! n resolution "P'e'lpinc nil If* er.erples to the outlawing of wn r." but rp'rotiM amendments pledging loyalty to the , government and allying the' assembly with peace organizations carrying on campaigns of propaganda. It renewed Its approval of the eighteenth amend ment and the Volstead law. It favored the constructive control of the motion picture Industry and named as onfc.of the evils the caricaturing of Protestant ministers. It adopt^jl: .condemnatory ? resolutlon'4^a8$ftilBF6twurce, tfsfe of to bacco, child labor, h'armful amuse ments. vile literature, g&rtrullng,.profan Ity and In favor of Subbath rest day for actors, arid at least one day's; rest In seven for all In commercial employ ment. ? The fight on DiV Harry Emmer son Fosdlck was renewed, with Wll .liam Jennings Bryan as Its leader. ' The Methodist conference, by a de cisive vote, lifted the ban upon amuse ments, except "those which, cannot be used In the name of the Lord Jesus." The definitions given' In the special ad vices In the discipline were altered to reads "We lift up a solemn note of want ing and entreaty particularly against attendance upon Immoral, questiona ble and misleading theatrical and mo tion-picture performances." . A proposal to change the Apostles' creed, substituting the words "Christ's Holy Church" for "the Holy Catholic Church," was rejected by a close vote.' The trial board of the Protestant Episcopal church- met In Cleveland and began hearing the charges against Rt. Rev. William Montgomery Brown; former bishop of Arkansas, who Is ac cused of teaching doctrines contrary to those held by the Episcopal church. SENATOR LA FOLLETTE has warned both Republicans and Dem ocrats In unmistakable' language that he will head a third partly ticket this year unless the ^wo big conventions "demonstrate to the people whether either of those parties can and will purge Itself of the evil Influences which have long domtopted them." This he says In a letter to Attorney General Ekern of Wisconsin. He .also denounces, the communists and charges that they are seeking to take control*"' of the 'Wrifier-labor progressive con vention that' will meet June 17 In St. Paul." He declares that all progressives should refuse to participate In any movement; which makes common cause with'any communist organization. A1 Smith's campaign managers have received Information that the McAdoo forces m the Democratic convention, if and when their candidate falls to ob tain the nomination, will fpll back on Carter Glass of Virginia and. try to put him across. This is somewhat alarm ing to the Smith cohorts, for they ad mit that Senator Glass would have great strength ps a candidate. t|e was one of-.. Woodrow ..Wilson's closest- , friends and Ills record, both ns "secre tary of the treasury and as senator, Is a excellent. Among the McAdoo leaders who are said to favor Glass as second choice are Col. Edward M. House; Ber nard Bnruch und Thomas L. Chad bourne. David L. Rockwell, general manager of the McAdoo campaign, announced that former United States Senator James l>. I'helnn of California : will , make the speech placing McAdoo In nomination. Four years ago In San Francisco he presented the name of Edward I.. Roheny for the vice presi dential nomination. His selection now Is regarded ns a move to offset' ru mors linking McAdoo with the Ku Klux Kiltn. Mr I'helun Is one -of the leading Itomnn Catholics of the Pacific coast. CIIAXCF.Ll.OK MARX of Germany and his cabinet resigned on Mon day as the now reichstn# wns utrcht to open. President Ehert Invited err ITer^t. nationalist lender, to form n | povernmont. with the proviso that he pledge h I ills' el f to support the Dfcwce plnn. This he declined to d??. so Marx was asked to undertake the task HpalQ and accepted. The opening session of the reichsla;; w ;is turned Into a fnrce hv the holstcrou.* attacks of the Com munists and Nationalist i on each oth* ors' leader? and pets. Lud?'ndorff was the special !>nt t of the Jlh.r.fc. MKMnRIAL DAY. with all Its beau T:fv.i ?nd imposing ceremonies and !?? p^I^nar.t memories, was cel** h-nte ! Friday Husdren* was susp^.d throuchm;? The land and ail the people did honor to the memories of those who have given their live? to their country. Summer Find You Miserable? It's hard to do one'* work when every day brings morning lameness, throbbing backache, and a dull, tired feeling. If you suffer thus, why not find tne cause? Likely it's your kid neys. Headaches, dizziness and kidney irregularities may give further proof that your kidneys need help. Don't risk neglect! Use Doan't Pills ? # stim ulant diuretic to the kidneys. Thousands have been helped by Doan's, They should help you. Ask your neighbor t ./?A North Carolina Caie Wr?, C. F. Melton, South & Orchard Sts., Mt. Airy, N. C., Hays: "I Buffered with pains In my back. Some mornings my back waii bo stiff and sore. I could hardly get out of bed. My kld peys acted much too often. My husband recommended Doan's Pills and I got a box. Soon my back was all rlfttiland my kid neys atted O. K. again." DOAN'S "oP STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS Fo?terMilburn Co., Mfg. Cham., Buffalo, N. Y. tee? Relatively O. K. The Boss ? I Intend to send you through Michigan. 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