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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.
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record from
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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.
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I feel like a boy i_ -n. it v _
ungrateful of in" i!<>t ? " : rvv -[.J
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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
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Fuller Gloom. "You nr.- or.. ,,f .J
persons who understand n^h.r- \M
the blank spaces?'"- Kan<a> City J
Could See Big
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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
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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 &*?)
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