1? President Coolidge and General, the White House horse he has se lected for his morning rides. 2 ? French
military authorities examining the contents of a truck at the boundary of the occupied Ruhr region. 3 ? Mrs.
Evangeline Duff, a grandmother, who will run for mayor of Hoboken, N. J., on the Democratic ticket.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Gov. Pinchot's Efforts to Avert
Suspension of Anthracite
Coal Mining.
imr THREATENS GREECE
Murder of Military Commission In
Albania May Lead to Another War
? Germany Pavjng Way for Aban
doning Passive Resistance
In the Ruhr
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
XT EITHER the anthracite miners nor
the operators were entirely satis
tied with the compromise settlement
of their differences suggested l>y Gov.
Glfford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, and
the prospects at this writing are that
there will be a temporary suspension
of hard coal mining during which the
Tnaintenance men will continue at work
at an increased wage. Parts of the
governor's plan were acceptable to
both sides, and It is presumed that
negotiations will be carried further.
Governor Pinchot's proposition for
a settlement of the controversy con
tained these four main points:
1. Recognition of the basic eight
hour day for all employees. If longer
hours are necessary at certain times
or in certain occupations, the over
time to be paid at the eight-hour rate.
2. A uniform Increase of 10 per cent
to all employees. This increase to
take effect September 1.
3. Full recognition of the union by
the operators, without the check-off,
but with the right to have a union rep
resentative present when the men are
paid.
4. Complete recognition of the prin
ciple of collective bargaining.
For three days and more the Penn
sylvania executive, at the request of
President Coolidge, had been studving
the situation with the assistance of
experts and conferring with the rep
resentatives of the operators and the
miners. At the outset he served no
tice on both sides that the threatened
suspension of anthracite mining on
September 1 could not be allowed;
that the quarrel was not a private one,
find that the public, vitally Interested,'
wanted to see justice done to both
employer and employee but Avas tired
of repeated strikes and suspensions.
Wednesday night the governor laid his
plan before the committees, again em
phasizing the fact that public opinion
would enforce a settlement.
Mr. Pinchot's proposal for an in
crease of wages was based on the cal
culation that 10 per cent would add
60 cents a ton to the cost of mining
and that the operators, having made
unusual profits during recent months,
could easily absorb 10 cents a ton of
tins. The Remaining DO cents per ton
he said, "in the end should not be
taken from the consumer," and he
promised to make proposals later for
getting this absorbed out of existing
Cost of transporting and distributing
coal.
The employers' repeated tenders of
arbitration to settle all present details
of the controversy he set aside. He
suggested that the wage and working
arrangement he proposed should be
year? ?ffective for not lesis tIj?n one
According to the United States coal
commission, an anthracite strike
would furnish another opportunitv for
wholesalers to repeat their specula
tive activities of last year and reap
outrageously large profits. The com
mission stated that its inquiry into
<lu,rin? <"* winter of
led It to the conclusion that
U>e speculative Jobber or wholesaler
Iv hi! !ne Cause ?f the extreme
|y high premiums paid for anthracite "
It warned against panicky buying and
urged retailers to join coXC
speculative tendencies of jobbers.
OVER in Europe the dogs of war
began howling again last week.
This time it was Italy and Greece that
were shaking their lists at each other,
I and though there seemed reaHy sman
chance of hostilities, the nenous
statesmen remembered the somewhat
similar situation between Austria ana
Serbia that developed into the great
est of all wars. Actually it was onl>
Italy that was shaking a flst. A few
days before the members of the Ital
ian military mission headed by Gen.
Ebrlco TellinI, which with like ! mis
sions from France and Great Britain
was engaged in delimiting the Greco
Albanian frontier, were* ambushed
and assassinated between Janina and
Santl Quaranta. Greece had
tremely dissatisfied with certain find
ings of the mission, and the fact that
the Greek delegate who always ac
companied the Italians was absent
when the crime was committed con
vinced Italy that It was a Greek po
litical plot.
Premier Mussolini therefore instruct
ed Minister Montagna to present to
Greece * written note in which Italy
demanded :
"Ample excuses from the highest
military authorities.
"Solemn- funeral ceremonies in tne
Greek cathedral at Athens to lie at
tended by all the members of the
Greek government.
"Honors to the Italian flag on the
part of the Greek fleet. Some units
of the Italian fleet will be sent to
Piraeus expressly to receive a Greek
salute of 21 salvos.
"A thorough investigation and cap
ture of the assassins within five da>s
of the acceptance of this note.
"Capital punishment for the crim
inals. ,,
"An indemnity of 50,000,000 lire
(roughly $2,500,000), payable within
five days.
"Military honors to the victims as
they are put aboard an Italian war
ship for return to Italy."
Mussolini demanded a reply within
24 hours, and his government at once i
pot busy with its army and navv. Part
of the fleet left Taranto hurriedly
under full steam for an unannounced
destination, and other units were con
centrated at Capo dl Leuca, the point
of Italy nearest to Greece. Huge
mass meetings were neid in various
Italian cities and there were demon
strations against Greeks, but little \lo
lence.
In her reply to this 'ultimatum
Greece rejected demands four, five and
six, which were considered too hu
miliating. Demands one, two, three
and seven were accepted in modified
form.
The interallied council of ambossa
dors met in Paris and sent a message
to the Greek government declaring
that it reserves for the powers the
right to make known eventually the
penalties and indemnities which may
be judged necessary in connection with
the killing of the members of the Ital
ian boundary mission. The British
foreign office also got busy at once,
making extraordinary efforts to pre
vent hostilities. It was understood
that in case of a deadlock with Italy,
Greece would propose to refer the en
tire matter to the League of Nations.
Italy was aggressive In two other
quarters. To the astonishment of the
other powers, she suddenly entered the
Tangier question, landing a few sol
diers in that African town and an
nouncing that she must be considered
in the settlement of Its future status,
which is to be made by England,
France and Spain in conference in
London. Mussolini also had made de
mands on J u go- SI a via for a settlement
of Fiume affairs satisfactory to Italy,
and his virtual ultimatum expired Fri
day. It was reported that Italian
troops were mobilizing in Fiume. |
ELECTIONS in the Irish Free State
passed off with surprisingly little
disturbance. Final reports were not
available last week, but it was be
lieved that the government party
would maintain its plurality in the
new parliament. President Gosgrave
and nearly all of the other government
leaders were re-elected, but Eamonn
de Valera was returned by County
Clare, defeating Prof. John McNeill,
Free State minister of education.
Other repuhl leans who won seats were
Countess Markiewicz and Mary Mac
Swiney. The government deemed the
situation so safe that President Oos
gruve and some of his ministers left
for Geneva to prepare for Ireland's
entrance into the League of Nations.
The republicans threatened to set up
a rival parliament, but It may be not
enough were elected to enable them
to carry out tills plan.
MISSISSIPPI also had what
amounted to an election last
w-eek ? the runoff primary of the Dem
ocratic party. The contest for the
governorship was between Ilenry L.
Whitfield, former president of the
State College for Women, and Theo
dore G. Bilbo, former governor. The
former "was victorious by about 15,000
votes.
BEFORE this is In the hands of the
render .Chancellor Stresemann of
Germany may have resided In order
that passive resistance in the Ruhr
may be abandoned, for it is held in
Berlin that he cannot capitulate offi
cially, and at the same time It Is ad
mitted that the nation cannot hold out
much longer in its course. of opposi
tion to France and Belgium. Three
things are breaking down Germany s
resistance ? t^e cost and scarcity of
coal, the financial situation and the
failure of Bavaria to co-operate. The
Bavarian officials have made demands
on Stresemann which he can hardly
accept, and it is believed Bavaria may
secede from the German confederation
if the chancellor undertakes to put
through his program of dictatorial
measures.
Industrial leaders of the Ruhr and
the Rhineland have consented to a
scheme of gradual abandonment of
the passive resistance, and this may
lead to discussions between Germany
and France. It was held significant,
also, that a permit was granted for a
meeting of representatives of Prussia,
Bavaria. Saxony and other German
states with the Rhineland commission
at Coblenz.
BELGIUM'S reply to the British note
was delivered last week, and was
not very pleasing to either France or
Great Britain. It upholds France on
the Ruhr occupation, but hits France
by suggesting that Germany's pay
ments should be divided among the
allies In proportion to their respec
tive material damages. Adoption of
t^ie suggestion means that Belgium s
war ravaged zone would be repaired ?
at Germany's cost, while France would
lose pensions for 1,000,000 killed and
2.000,000 badly wounded soldiers. Bel
gium would sacrifice pensions for 23,
000 killed and 40,000 mutilated.
? '
COL. ERNEST P. BICKNELL, Col.
R. E. Olds and W. G. I'earce, Amer- ,
lean delegates to the International
Red Cross conference in Geneva, got
as far as Paris and then refused to ,
proceed because of a statement in a (
Swiss committee report that was con- (
sldered offensive to the United States.
This read:
"The international Red Cross com
mittee does not believe that in the do
nifUn of Red Cross work supremacy of j
influence must belong to those who .
are most powerful financially. Money, J
which permits creation of function- j
arles, Is certainly useful, but It must j
not give them the impression that they
are the masters of an institution such
as the International Red Cross."
This was taken as a direct slam at
America because of the founding of
the League of Red Cross Societies by |
the late H. P. Davison of J. P. Mor
gan & Co. and the fact that American
money made up 75 per cent of the
funds needed for that organization's
operations last year. Gustave Ador, |
president of the International Red
Cross, cabled John Barton Payne, ]
chairman of the American Red Cross,
that there was no intention of
hurting American feelings and urging
the Americans to attend the Geneva
meeting.
C
\PT. LOWELL SMITH and Lieut.
John IUchter, army aviators, broke
six aviation records at San Diego,
Cal. They were in the air more than
thirty-seven hours, established four
new speed records as well as making
new marks in duration and distance.
To complete the flight, they made 15
contacts with another plane to take
on gasoline, food, water, and oil.
OFFICIAL recognition of the gov
ernment of Mexico by the United
States was made Friday simultaneous
ly in Washington and Mexico City.
Formal resumption of diplomatic rela
tions will follow almost immediately.
The news was received by the Mexi
cans with great rejoicing. ,
NMD CMMCIS
PASS 61) MILLION
\ ?
COMMISSION HAS COMPLETED
OR BEGUN WORK ON 3,389
MILES OF ROAD.
bung four-year period
Approximately Twenty-Five Million ot
the Bond -Issue Remains Un
touched.
Raleigh.
Sixty-six miles of paving added to
the work completed or under con
struction since Frank Page became
! head of the road building forces in
the State brings the total mileage to
8,389.68 miles of roads of all types,
and the total obligation of funds
from all sources to $61,670,099.81 of
which approximately forty millions
is charged to the state bond account.
? Ninety-four bidders submitted pro
posals for twelve of the thirteen pro*
jects offered for bidding, with the ag
gregate of low bids totaling $2,427,
105.34. No bids were received on the
thirteenth project, that being the
short stretch of paving out of Wil
mington on Route 20 toward Char
lotte. No contracts have yet been
awarded.
The projects offered brought anoth
er new-comer into the construction
field in the state in the firm of Zeig*
ler-Dalton Construction Company,
which bid in three of the major pro
jects offered. James O. Heyworth,
who already has three of the largest
road projects ever let to contract
bid in the biggest job offered during
the letting at $455,299, a stretch of
road between Monroe and Polkton.__
. With the letting of these contracts
and cold weather impending, it is un
likely that the commission will offe?
any major letting in the near future,
but concentrate its major energies
on maintenance and the prosecution
of about thirty million dollars' worth
of work now under way in the state>.
Paving is now going forward at con.
siderably better than 100 miles of
finiBhed work per month.
In four years more than three
fifths of the state system of roads
has been built, leaving now less than
2,500 miles of the 6,070 miles in the
system to be paved or graveled. More
than 2,000 miles of -the unfinished
section was in good condition when
taken over by the counties and th&
maintenance forces have made pres
ent reconstruction not necessary.
Of th(J $65,000,000 authorized for
construction by the General Assem.
bly, more than $25,000,000 remains
unobligated for future . contracts. The
61 million total is swelled by Federal
aid funds, and six million dollars
brought in during the two y^ars when
the automobile license funds were de
voted to construction purposes. .
Ten Counties Milk Safe.
The milk supply of 10 counties in
North Carolina is now fully protect
ed against the spreading of the great
white plague, tuberculosis, the cows
of these counties all having been
tested, released and passed by offi
rials ?f the state department of agri
culture. according to a report made
public by Dr. A. J. DeFosset. inspe<y
tor in charge of this work. Inspec
tions have been completed in three
other counties, he said, and these
will be recommended for release
soon. Fifteen other counties have
made appropriations for carrying on
this work in conjunction with the
agricultural department and North
Carolina State college and inspections
are now going on in nearly all of
them, he added.
"Our records show,'* Doctor De
Fosset continued, "that less than two
per cent of the cattle in North Caro
lina have tuberculosis at this time.
This is in contrast to some of the
states in v the north, where from 21
to 40 per cent tuberculous is com
mon. I could go out in Vermont,
where I' was stationed previous to
coming to North Carolina, and find
more cattle infected with tubercu
losis in one "afternoon than we have
found* here in a month's time.
"North Carolina is wise' to begin
in time to erradicat? this, dreaded
disease. The people have shown
wisdom by wanting the work carried
on. They will profit by the exper
ience of the northern states. Where
we find tuberculosis cattle in North
Carolina we can generally trape it to
importations from some of the worst
Infected tenters. For that reason
those who buy cattle from other
states should make sure that they
are getting .them from accredited
herds. This will safeguard their pur
chases and also the cattle.
Signal Honors For Dr. Kaupp.
Dr. B. F. Kaupp, poultry investi
gator and pathologist at the North
Carolina State College. has been sig
nally honored by the American As
sociation of Instructors and Investi
gators in Poultry Husbandry during
their recent meeting in Montreal
when he was elected first vice presi
dent of this Association and delegate
from the South to represent the
potfftry interests of the United States
at the Second World's Poultry Con
ference to be held in Barcelona,
Spain, next May.
New Automobile Law.
? What is considered by many offi
cials and officers of the state and also
by thousands of automobile owners as '
one of tho most important laws passed
by the last general assembly ? the mo
tor vehicle title act? goes into effect
October 1.
In view of this law automobile thert
insurance officials already have an
nounced that they will reduce their
rates 10 per .cent, and, according to
Secretary of State W. N. Everett, in
whose hands rests the enforcement of
the law, they have assured that fur
ther automobile theft insurance rate
reductions will be made later in ac
cordance with the effectiveness of the
new act.
Registration of all automobiles and
other motor vehicles, including trucks
and motorcycles, by their manufactur
ers' and engine numbers, is required
by the new law, which also makes it
unlawful for a person to operate a car
on or after October 1 unless registra
tion has been made or applied for.
An automobile must be registered
just like a piece of real property; the
owner must have a title to it, said Mr.
Everett in summarizing the law.
Provisions are made for transfer
ring automobile titles in a much simi
lar manner to the transferring of titles I
to realty holdings. Special provie- I
ions are made for automobile dealers,
new and second hand. I
It was said at the time the act war
presented in bill form to the legisla
ture that out of the more than 200,000 j
motor vehicles in North Carolina over ;
7,000 were stolen and that the ma- !
jority of the operators of these auto
mobiles were ignorant of the fact, they ;
not knowing at the time of purchase
that they were buying stolen property.
The majority of these automobiles
bear no manufacturers' or engine num
bers, it was said. This is a problem,
says the secretary of state, for which
a solution must be found in the very
near future. There is no way to find
the rightful owners of these thousands
of automobiles, and yet clear titles
cannot be given their present owners,
he said. Mr. Everett said he thought !
he probably would arrange to give '
temporary certificates of registration !
in such instances. However, he did
not commit himself to this plan.
Registration blanks soon will bt
mailed automobile owners accompan
ied by copies of the new act. The
registration blanks must be filled out
and mailed to the secretary of state
with the nominal license fee required.
The money derived from the fees will j
be deposited to a special fund, part
of which may be used in maintaining
a corps of deputies authorized with
police powers to enforce the new act
and other traffic regulations.
Snappy Racing For State Fair.
One hundred and forty-two entries
have been received for the early clos
ing $1,000 stake races at the North
Carolina State Fair this year. Owing
to the great number of entries the
races will cost the fair association
scarcely nothing since the entry fees
will nearly equal the amount of the
purses. In fact the $6,400 offered in
purses this year will co6t the society
less than the $3,200 purses offered at
the 1922 fair.
The beat is none too good for the
State Fair, Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt de
clares, and two racing circuits for
the State will each include the State
Fair. This is the first time in North
Carolina that there has been more
than one circuit and the first time
that purses ran more than $300 to
$350 each.
But it'6 a different story this year, i
There's the Grand Circuit with eight
members, each offering $6,400 or a to
tal of $51,200 in purses. . Each mem- ;
ber has the same races with four early
closing events. Then there are six J
$400 open classes which should at- !
tract as many as the early closing for
practically all stables carry extra j
horses for these events.
Fairs included in the Grand Circuit (
besides the State Fair are Mount Airy,
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Wilson, 1
Tarboro, Greenville and^ Williamston.
The Grand Circuit will provide a
sizable lot of events for the State Fair,
"but this isn't all. The State Fair is
also one of six fairs in on the Short
Ship Circuit which includes Rocky
Mount, Kinston, Fayetteville, Golds
boro and Clinton fiirs.
Each member of the Short Ship
Circuit, except the State Fair, will of*
fer eight purees of $400 each. The
State Fair will have six $400 purses
and the four $1,000 purses. Being a I
member of both the Grand and Short ;
Ship Circuits should bring practically !
all horses to ' Raleigh during fair
week.
The aggregate purses of $67,200 are
attracting .horsemen throughout the '
United States. Twenty-two states '
and Canada are represented in th$ i
early entries. Some of the best horses !
in the country being in the number.
Bank Statement Shows Prosperity.
Dividends paid on capital stock by
State banks in North Carolina during
the fiscal year ending the past June
30 totaled $2,225,859.41 and averaged
9 per cent, 4 per cent more than the
dividends paid by State banks during
the previous year, which aggregated
$1,392,926.67, according to a consoli
dated statement of the resources of
the 534 State banks in North Caro
lina, including 57 branches, completed
and announced by Clarent* Latham,
chief State bank examiBtr.
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