1 ? ru>i lumiograpu *?i peasant revolt in Rumania, showing1 former Premier Michalache rival in Bucharest. - ? Canadian Pacific lin^r Empress of Canada,, which established a new speed Yokohama to Victoria, I?. C., of 8 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. '3 ? Violet McDougal of Sapulpa, laureate of Oklahoma by Governor Walton. on his ar record from named poet NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Krupp's Makes an Agreement With French; Passive Resist ance Breaking Down. POPE CONDEMNS SABOTAGE America Demands Share of Money Seized in Turkey ? President Hard ing Sails for Alaska ? Al Smith's Candidacy fori . Presidential Nomina tion Announced. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HARDING, dis cussing the restricting of immigration, says: "I prefer waiting jobs to idle men, and I choose quality rather than quan tity in future immigration/' Does not this meet with your approval? Or does it? ... " ' * IN ONE case, and that an Important one, "passive resistance" In the Kuhr has broken down at last. The owners and workmen of the great Krupp works have signed an agree ment with the French, whereby the men continue work "under French bay onets." At present it applies only to the plant at Altenessen which the French have recently occupied and where they took possession of 70,000 tons of high-grade metallurgical coal as the quota due from the Krupp works on the reparations account. Only the communists refused to sign the ngreement, which their organ de nounces as "a severe and perhaps de cisive blow against passive resistance." Under the arrangement the French agree to keep the troops as incon spicuous as possible, to rearrange the barbed wire defenses, to remove coal over a specified route and to hear com plaints against the troops from the workers' council. Ilerr von Bulow, acting head of the Krupp works, signed the pact for the owners. It is asserted other prominent Ger man industrial magnates have opened negotiations with the French railway officials for the shipment of their prod uces by the lines the French are oper ating This agreement, taken with the re ported prospect of a Franco-German accord over reparations, somewhat minimizes the importance of the threatened break between Great Brit ain and France. Lord Curzon. having demanded from France a specific state ment of their demands on Germany, received only a verbal reply from Am bassador de St. Aulaire, which on some points was not sufficiently definite to suit the British. The same fault was found with a statement made by Baron Moncheur. the Belgian ambassador, who made 'it clear that Belgium still backed up France on the principal is sues of the controversy. There was to be further conversation among the statesmen in London, and meanwhile it was given out that if the British goVemment should decide 'on an inde pendent German policy it must l>e au thorized by parliament.. Premier Bald win insists ui>on this. Pope Pius, finding that his letter, to Cardinal Gaspnrri was arousing in tense resentment In France, regained his balance by sending a measure to ? the papal nuncio in Munich protesting against the acts of sabotage in the' Ruhr under the guise of passive re sistance and urging the German gov ernment to condemn such "criminal re sistance." He reaffirmed his desire for peaefful settlement of the reparations probVnn, but insisted that Germany mak? every possible effort to fulfill her obligations. . This smoothed down France's ruffled fur an# stirred Berlin to reply and to action of a sort. Chan cellor Cuneo said that measures wouid be taken against the plotters of violence in the occupied region, and the govern ment announced, characteristically, that it had always disapproved acts of violence which endanger the effec tiveness t>f the passive resistance, and, in order to comply with the wishes of the holy father, it was denouncing saboteurs as traitors to the cause. It declined, however, to comply with the demand of the Labor party and con sider the saboteurs as plain criminals. TO TIIE astonishment of the allied diplomats in Lausanne ? and it will surprise most Americans ? Minis ter Joseph C. Grew demanded for the United States a share of the fi.000.000 Turkish gold pounds which were de posited in Constantinople by Germany and were seized by the allies immedi ately after the signing of the Murdos armistice in 1918. The money was long ago splk up among the allies and the Balkan nations that had helped them, and Mr. Grew's demand was the first intimation they had that America considered it had any claim on a share. The Turks are becoming increasingly indignant over the proposition that Constantinople shall not be evacuated by the allies until every question at issue, even outside the treaty, has been settled. Ismet Pasha has instructions to insist on immediate evacuation of the city, and the cabinet at Angora is again seriously talking of resumption of warfare. Ismet has formally de manded that the conference speedily remove the remaining obstacles to peace. THE council of the League of Na tions, in session again in Geneva, has begun an investigation of the French administration of the Saar, de manded by the British. M. Hanotaux protested in vain. Because it automatically includes Russia, a proposal to extend the Wash ington naval treaties to nations not represented in the Washington confer ence was postponed to the next meet ing of the council. England is not yet ready for formal dealings with the soviet government. The naval treaty was laid before the French chamber Wednesday, with recommendation for its ratification with reservations. PRESIDENT HARDING sailed for Alaska from Tacoma after a rest in the Yellowstone National park, par ticipation in t lie Oregon trail celebra tion at Meacham, Ore., and an Inde pendence day address at Portland de voted to the immigration question. He defended the restriction placed by con gress on the admission of aliens, and said: "I would like to acclaim the day when there is no room in America anywhere for those who defy Mie law and when those who seek our hospi tality for the purpose of destroying our Institutions should be deported or held securely behind prison walls." GRAY SILVER, Washington repre sentative of the American Farm Bureau federation, has a scheme to double the price of wheat, and has put it up to President Harding and Secre tary of Agriculture Wallace. This de sirable ? for the farmer ? thing can be accomplished, he says, if, with the aid of the new warehousing and interme diate credits act, the farmers are au thorized to store on their farms a minimum of 200,000,000 bushels of wheat as a means of avoiding putting on the market an excessive surplus. In his telegram to Secretary Wallace, Mr. Silver said: "As we have in pres ent crop and carry over, approximate ly 1,000,000.000 busheis of wheat, with a home consumption of five bushels per capita or 550,000.000 bushels, and seed needs of 50,000,000 bushels more, and a possible export outlook of only 150,000,000 to 200,000.000 bushels, can you not get the President to advise the farmers to avail themselves at this time of the new warehousing and in termediate credit acts and withdraw from the visible supply for this year a minimum of 200.000,000 bushels of wheat by warehousing, under your su pervision, that quantity on the farm, financed through the intermediate credits banks and not to be distributed during this consumptive year but to be carried forward to augment next year's crop at harvest time. "In this way it will give the farm era an opportunity to adjust their nereage in the fall and spring seed ings so that no unduly large surplus need exist at that time. Such a move would, In my opinion, allow co operative and orderly marketing, and lift wheat from 75 or SO cents, the present price, to $1.40 or $1.00." Governor al smith of New* # York has shied his hat Into the Democratic ring, announcing through National Committeeman Mack that he will seek the nomination for the presi dency. Mr. Mack said further that he believed th% Democratic platform would contain a plank favoring modi fication or liberalizing of the Volstead act. which, he thought, all the power ful Eastern seaboard states desire. He added that the great industrial states are coming around to the Idea that the national prohibition law Is too sbvere, and that the Western states that up hold it are normally Republican. ? Senator Underwood of Alabama. Just back from a tour of Europe, declined to say whether or not he would seek his party's nomination until he had consulted with his friends at home. I^nfe In the month he will address a special session of the Alabama legis lature and probably will then declare himself. It Is said that radical Demo crats in the South ere getting ready to pit Ford against Underwpod in the pri maries. TAMMANY HALL celebrated Inde pendence day in part by denounc ing the Volstead law and the manner of its enforcement, " the Antl-Suloon league and the Ku Klux Klan and praising Governor Smith as the man who had showed the way out of the prohibition muddle. At another cele bration, that of the American society in London, Solicitor General James Beck said some sharp things about British resentment because of liquor shipments on vessels In New York har bor. "Restrictions on liquor under seal aboard foreign liners would not have been Imposed." said Mr. Beck, "If the hospitality of American harbors had not T$en Imposed on by deliberate and consistent violation of the laws of the United States. I speak, not as one who is an enthusiastic advocate of the pro hibition order, but the fact remains that when the law of the United States Is violated it becomes an Issue for the majesty of the law. "The great experiment we are mak ing is not being frustrated by the law lessness of our people, but by the de liberate breaking (Jown of our laws by others and we are compelled to say that we cannot longer endure open violation of these laws. I don't think that we are impolite or rude without provocation." FREQUENTLY heard statements to the effect that business In general in tlie United States is not good and that a decline is setting In are not borne out by reports from Washing ton on the transportation of freight. Here are some of the facts and fig ures : For the third consecutive week nnd the fourth time this year, loading of revenue freight exceeded the million mark for the week which ended on June 23, the total for the week being 1,002,740 cars. Freight loading so far this year has been the heaviest in his tory. The total for the week of June 23 was an increase of 130,419 cars over the corresponding week last year, nnd an increase of 227,293 cars over me corresponding week in 1921. It also ex ceeded by a wide margin the corre sponding weeks in 1918, 1919 and 1920. Loading of merchandise and miscel laneous freight amounted to 581,244 cars. While this was a decrease of 4,113 cars under the preceding week. It was an increase of 16.085 cars over the corresponding week in 1922, nnd an increase of 112,449 cars over the cor responding week in 1921. Loading of grain nnd ?rnin products totaled 33,958 cars. This was an in crease of 55 cars over the week before, hut a decrease of 4,172 cars under the same week Inst yenr, nnd a decrease of 5,141 cars under the same week in 1021. ' Livestock , loading totaled 29,23! cars, u gain of 790 oars over the pre vious week. While this was a decrease of 6G2 cars under the corresponding week last year, it was an increase of 1,318 cars over the corresponding weeUr I two years ago. DECLARE CROPS ? t A1 S. u> , ARE VERY CLEAN DRY CONDITIONS SHOW GREAT EST EFFECV IN ' NORTHERN I ORDER. REPORT BY FRANK PARKER Tobacco is Suffering Heavily From Dry Weather; Stands Are Irregular. Raleigh Crops in North Carolina are "re niarkably clean' as a result of exces sive drought and frequent cultivation, according to the semi-monthly crop re iiort of Frank Parker, Agricultural Statistician of the Department of Ag riculture. The dry conditions are showing most effect along the north ern border, the report states. "Truck crops and herbaceous plants are suffering." the report continued. ??Melons are shedding and not produc ing the size they should. Stands of some crops are irregular due to weather conditions. "Corn is late, small, and in the ex cessively dry areas, is stunted. Many sections showed curled blades Crop is clean and in the southern half of the state, looking very fine. "The cotton crop is generally gooa, wonderfully rapid growth having tak en place, plants are branching and squares forming well. Stands are fairly good in the main belt. The weevil effects have been noticed in only a few border counties. Root lice is bothering some. "Tobacco is suffering heavily from the dry weather. Stands are irregu lar especially on stiff soils. The erowth is stocky and leaves close to gether Good color in the southern half of the state, but yellowish, small, and sicklv in the main, or old belt area where the acreage is slightly re duced. , t . "The wheat crop is the best for several years. Spotted areas show undeveloped grain but mostly it is good. The harvesting season was favorable for saving the grain. Sev eral places expect to thresh directly from the field when cut. The grain is remarkably well cured and dry. "Apples are short and seriously afTected by insects, as are peaches where not heavily sprayed. ? "Peaches in the Sand Hill area will probably yield better than was ex pected unless the dry weather con tinues. Orchards are in nice condi tion. "Truck is in poor condition, espe cially in the Northern Coastal Belt, where rain is greatly needed. Melons over the whole area are suffering se verely from dry weather. "Although scarce, farm labor is handicapping th& farm work more by its independent nature than by short age. This state suffered least by its migration northward. "Considerable dissatisfaction is ex isting with the Cooperative Market ing due to the members being dis satisfied with payments. The well or ganized tobacco warehousemen are not displeased at this. Most people believe that the idea of the organiza tion is good pnd.want it. to succeed. "A distinc; increase in the amount and grade of fertilizers used this year is reported from all parts of the state. Some losses by leaching was reported In early May, and that there is not enough moisture to make the plant food available, it is reported." Two Thousand Given Employment. Positions were obtained during the month of June by the employment bureau o fthe Department of Labor and Printing for 2,094 men and 386 women, according to the monthly re port of the bureau issued here. Of the larger centers Charlotte led the list with 637 placed in positions of remuneration, Wilmington coming second with 592 placements. Following is the sumary of the work for the month issued by the bureau: ? Charlotte: Skilled, 105; unskilled, 464; domestic. 15; Industrial, 4; cleri cal, 49; total, 637. Wilmington. Skilled, 96; unskilled, 433; domestic. 29; industrial, 9; cleri cal, 25; tbtal, 592. Asheville: Skilled, 21; unskilled, ?9.r>; domestic, 62; industrial, 0; cleri cal, 6; total. 384. Winston-Salem: Skilled, 43; un skilled, 179 ; domestic, 64; Industrial, 13; clerical, 40; total. 339. Raleigh: Skilled. 60; unskilled, 85; domestic, 43; industrial, 0; clerical, 38; total, 226. New Bern: Skilled. 29; unskilled, 79; domestic, 47; industrial, 0; cler ical, 0; total, 115. Ship Commission to Meet July 18. The shiD and water transportation commission of the state, it was an-, nounced here, has adjourned its ses sions until July 18 and 19. The com mission met here to consider briefs and arguments presented on behalf of ports desiring improved facilities and recognition as State ports. % The meeting which begins July 18, it was said, will be for the purpose of considering other petitions and briefs which may be presented by the port 8. ( State Banks in Good lhapti. "The condition of state banks fa North Carolina is much better than usual, "~the State Banking Department announced, following a survey con ducted after the failure of two nation al banking institutions. v "After the failure of the Commer cial National Bank, at Wilmington, and the People's National Bank, at Salisbury, both of which are not un der the jurisdiction of the State Banking Department," said Judge George P. Pell, of the Corporation Commission, "we made a survey of the state banking field and decided that after the failure of several small baiyks, whose weakness is attribut able to these national banks and to the shortcomings of the old banking laws, the days of state bank failures will be over." The State Banking Department is one of the branches of the Corpora tion Commission and Judge Pell is most directly interested iT? the super vision of the work. The Commercial National Bank was closed by the comptroller sev eral months ago, Thomas E. Cooper was head of the institution and W. B. Cooper, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, a stockholder, J. D. Norwood, chairman of the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee, was head of the People's National Bank when it also was closed recently by the federal banking department. Numerous civil suits have been filed against Thomas E. Cooper in connection with the failure and the filing of criminal proceedings in Wake county resulted in a settlement of this particular case. Serious Shortage in Tteachers Ranks. " A serious shortage of teachers ex ists in North Carolina according to Jule ,B. Warner secretary of the North Carolina Educational Associa and Miss Edith F. Gilbert, his place ment secretary. Despite the fact that many addi tional registrations have come to the office of the bureau during the past few days, a large number rf teach ers still can be placed, said Miss Gil bert. Mr. Warren, who has just re turned from a visit to summer schools in the western part of the state, re ported that practically all of the bet ter trained and qualified teachers have secured positions already and that only a small number is now available in these schools. "Any teacher in the state who has not obtained a position for the year is invited to use the services of the placement bureau," said Mr. Warren. "This service is rendered members of the association at cost. A slightly larger fee is charged non-members. While placements cannot be guaran teed registrants will be notifle 1 of positions. "About the only class of teachers in which there is an apparent surplus is the high school principals. Child Welfare to Make Survey. Putting in its new plan of organi zation which, by means of the dou bling of its appropriation by the last legislature f , will make possible work on a larger scale than ever before, the State Child Welfare Commission, under the direction of E}. F. Carter, executive secretary, will make a com plete survey of every county in the State relative to child labor condi tions in industrial plants, including mines, which have not tfeen thorough ly investigated before, due to lack of funds. . n' This survey will enable the State Child Welfare Commission to gather information concerning the industrial growth of the State and the con dition sof the children and wome6 of the State and to make recommenda tions to meet any of the problems arising. A study of the child's health, morals and education will be enlarg ed and carried on as before. During the past three years much information has been gathered con cerning the manufacturing concerns in North Carolina. Probably no State in the South ranks with North Caro lina in recognizing the supreme im portance of the stu^y of child labor. Over fifteen thouasnd children have been certificated in the past thres years. Valuable information has been secured, relating to the working corfOitions in the factories. The health and schooling of the child has been investigated in every mill vil lage in the State. A special study ojC the native and foreign laborers in North Carolina has been made. As soon as all the material has been gath ered. together from the surveys, N The executive secretary will put into the field an > industrial engineer to cooperate with the mill owners in suggesting ideas covering ventila tion, elevators, fire escapes and san itary laws concerning the factories. Certified nurses will be put into the field to examine the. health of the working child. Other field agents will be used for the purpose of in vestigating the child labor conditions and certifying the child. Smash Records in New License Tags. One hundred and twelve thousand automobile license plates, costing slightly over two million dollars had been distributed to as many automo bile owners throughout the State when the license bureau closed for the week and the limit for the old greeii and whke plates expired at midnight, breaking 'all records for the department during the twelve years it has been in operation. Twelve months ago the year closed' with only 76,000 new licenses issued. KEELER, AT jf GOES to muni - After fourteen y.-ar< ?f dleness because ??f ?',! ^ ieeler, \videly-l;ii..\yn sen, has gained i \ ige of eighty year* an.| ^ fvork every day. Mr. '* lides at 370(5 Tli.ity Se.-,,v(] ^'l''rv Ranier, Md., giws . rrir,. ,.r^' ^ lis extraordinary ** lac. 4 1 "My stomach v ;r, , I jondition I e<-uM h:, r-tiv .'?I thing," says Mr. K. ,.r ' ?| swell to nearly t v. iu and I would h>\ <? li . ^1 through my stn:?... .. ... so weak, dizzy , ^1 was o t (if til" j. , , l| friends gave m?- , ?? ?? invasions. "Five months . , _ . . I Tanlac and imp: first bottle. 1 n<r.. , , table, have gain. ; n y l- .i; s J am back at work m"-y ?i.iv. ' *? 11 I feel like a boy i_ -n. it v _ ungrateful of in" i!<>t ? " : rvv -[.J lac." 1 Tanlac is for s;iv :.y : \ (J gists. Accept ii?? *?.:! million bottles s??i'! *? Tanlac Vegetable l''!'- w J own remedy for con-- ;; :i* ;,.n. i?rJ everywhere. ? Advt r. J !i;s Size. I "Sir, I am able in r?ad lines, and ? " 1 "Ab, yes," impolitely in: Fuller Gloom. "You nr.- or.. ,,f .J persons who understand n^h.r- \M the blank spaces?'"- Kan<a> City J Could See Big Change in Bab} From the Firil "I could see a big chanjre fori better in baby right from the when I began giving him Via] he grew quieter, his stomach left off and now lie is as fat healthy a child as you please." Mrs. Maude Neighbors. W. St., Texarkana, Texas. When baby is restless an1 fr? from teething or a disordered sie ach nothing will brin;: su^h qMj| lief as Teethina. It contains noffi that can harm the most delicate ( but soothes and allays distress dent to teething and colicky tions. Teethina is sold by leadinz gists or send 30c to the M"f?ett oratories, Columbus, On., and a full size package and a free ! of Moffett's Illustrated Baby &*?) (Advertisement.) Map Sea Floor in Contctr. The first successful c-f?nt"ur nr-i a deep sea zone lias just Imp pleted by Iiy (irojrr;ii?li?*rs of theft States government. It shows tki merged hills, valleys and eliffs 34,000 square miles of the ItfM' Pacific ocean. Cuticura Comforts Baby's Sto When red, rough and itching, by I' baths of Cuticura Soap and toucb?J Cuticura Ointment. Also raaie now flnd then of that exquisitely i ed dusting powder, Cuticura Tsk one of the indispensable 0$ Toilet Trio. ? Advertisement. Increasing His Income. Bob ? See any change in me! Johnny ? No, why? Bob ? I just swallowed l"? ^ Missouri Teachers' f'oiNw Index. Public Works for Manila. Manila is spendin;: 1 for ' "? >3 Suppl; nearby. laiiiui is> it"""- - w the enlargement of nlv and development of ifc ll/lHTERSMin ft ChillTow: For over 50 f llf , years it has been ' * the household tcmedy for all forms of ~ It is a Reliable, General Invig orating Tonic. Don't Hide Them With * Veit Them With Othine-Double$t Thfs preparation for freckles is usually ?? success-" freckles and jflvintf a clear, Plexlon that it is sol i under f8* refund the money if it tl Don't hide your freckle get an ounce of Otlifn" and Even the first few aj p .'rations . ? wonderful improve;;!* r.t. ' lighter freckles vani.-'hlnp *>r" . , Be aure to n.?k \ double-strength nthin^ ?old on the money-luck Salesmen ? Men, ^ $45 Per Week We pay you to work f ? * ?' And train you in t h i ?*?"* : ' J to earn |46 to ?75 *"> ry j$n Spare time sufficient f 1 tr! ^ ff teed for spare time or -'a'*1 week for full tim.' w'r,r*lf OfJ THE CLEVELAND s? ''IV, MANSHir A VI! ' GVtnF, CO. 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