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Bain Tuesday, . probably urinff : to.
ncff in the mountains:. Wednesday
r-.in followed by clearing, and colder.
Stage of water, at JFftyettevllle ye
tertlar at 8 a. m, S.6 feei. . .
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VOL.CIIL-320. . r , .; , - . , lMINGTON;. CirUESDAY MORN 16, 1920, , ,; V ' OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
I. ' - . ... . . : 1 ' : 1 : . . " ' f '
Id
jlight Opposition to Selection of
Paul Hymans iuannesiea
In Voting :-f 5 i
CENEVA IN GALA ARRAY'
FOR OPENUNli MHiJliTlINU
Lall States Indicate Spirit of
Independence Against Pre
Arranged Program -
flENEVA. Nov. 15. Paul Hymans of
Vdeium was elected permanent, presl-
ient of the League of Nations at the
pening sessions of the league's assem
,ly here today. " He received 35 .votes
iq resiueiit .1 i.' i. .
hne ea.cn . iur ca-j.
twitzerland, and Leon Bourgeois of
France. ' '
M. Hymans had called the delegates
order and introduced President
lotta o Switzerland, who, in his ad-
rpss welcoming the delegates, ex
pressed the hope that the United States
ould not delay much longer "in taK-
g its legitimate place In the league."
When M. Hymans declared the first
eSSlOn 01 ine asscinuiji uj)"
as crowded with men and women and
here were several women among tho
legates. Their toilettes, . with tut
uaint red and yellow gowns of . ttie
wiss guards, gave a touch ot color to
n otherwise sober scene. -
Grateful to Wilson
M. Motta, in his greetings to the del-
gates, thanked the peace conference
or having selected Geneva as the seat
If the League of Nations, and also
hanked President Wilson for calling
he meeting of the assembly in the
eat of the league.
The first session of the league assem-
ly was greeted with the ringing of all
he bells in Geneva after several min-
Ites of silence on the part of all the
eople of the canton. President Motta
t Switzerland was followed by ' M.
Symans. . v
The socialist leader,' Hjalmar Brant-
fcg, head of the Swedish - delegatlob.
rovoked the first debate by objection
the election of Paul Hymans as
resident of the league "by acclamation.
.Hymans himself decided the ques
lon, holding that,' since., one member
quires a secret vote he was entitled
oit ' -
A more significant discussion grew
ut of the adoption, of the agenda.
wrd Robert Cecil. ; who represents
outh Africa, held that the applicants
pr membership cf Albania,, Bulgaria
m Austria, which were received since
pe agenda was made up, should 3 do
aaea to it.
Organization Formed ? .
The assembly so decided after the
rench delegates, M. Viviana and Bour-
eois, had made it clear that the. ap
Hcations would be referred to a com.
plttee to be examined and , a decision
pkea as to whether thpv wnnM l t-o
elved. :
This reservation, ft is contended, will
jstablish a precedent so that if Ger-
anys application is reo.ftivert Tntr
fie French delegates will be ; able at
nee to raise the question of eligibility.
The working organization of the as
wnbly was formed this afternoon and
onslsts of six committees, each with
1 members representing all the states
n, v AU questions on the agenda
uc uivmea among these committees
win come up for debate on the
wr only when the reports are sub
i ted. The presidents of these com
"ttees will be ex-offlcio vice nresi-
ents of the assembly. ; ; .
The debates
pat Lord Robert Cecil, Leon Bour-
i', , Vlviani and Signor Tittino
re hkely to hpr.nmo i0n .
pe floor and that the small states are
piOWlnET a finlrit f tA j . j
i not accept prearranged programs,
'tnout having their say. - . ;
XCHANGE VIEWS K
ON UNIFICATION PLAN
JPPosition Proposal Develops At
baptist Conference
HtiiT,r 1 xo iJe star) .
L I Indicate a lively interest lit
iat- ' neaion or tne JBaptist
ZotT J the matter of. the
fsert "'""canon problem. It . is
know )LTT who a.re,in a.positlon
Nnintj , c "mmission oi niteen
isdltCA last year to consider the
k MM, flng the plan of organi-
hanim view to uniflcation is not
mnrt lwo report win
Seer;;,." L"? convention.,, - :; -
0n(, waiter N. Johnson's plan
aPln-Oval fT. j.,
- nere. tu.. j . : .
i 1 win i iih cip RirDTai vnn
fncemi e is mucn-speculation
CorrPng selection of a successor
-uuuine Secretarv iWalter TM
"son. ti r .
js Birong sentiment
rr,. w. j. Barrett, or uas
L. The selprtlnn . i.t.w
aleigu .hspital is being discussed.
r rh; -oint, winston-aaiem
;arlotte will malro nloaa fnr thA
clnn m, . : '
fair k attendance Vromis
,r- out not as large as usual.
- - ! WALL STREET i
MYSTERY BLAST, CLAIM
me : ' 1,,uv' ine appear-
Dl0" Zan street shortly .; after the
" "M'lcmDer. i or the man bud-
I, ' 10 have driven 'Vns : ,ha
i - "e wgon load of exnloaives to
v CPl,o .. . r -. --
pynin... 118 ai sco vered f today . by
011,1 f --.w.vj
Nf.n, a iormer labor rore
i(t A;""onM by Chief Assistant Dis.
pu .. "py 'lallev. - .
""trk ,.,.. .. --- ;; '
( i... -"icu in connection witn
k i3;?t,Katlon f the theory" put
:uii fl f a' that the disaster, was th
. of -v labor -war." .
..f-rrn in i in n ii
I K); utLUlHH
Boy Digs Up. Pot
Of Gold, Told It
' IsM Bu Court
NEW CASTLE. Ind Not IBw
Ownership W $100 la.sld found
burled oa a; farm near Crenaboro,
jsli montna as;o br tevl Todd, a 15-7ear-old
boy, wa settled today la
: the circuit court here .' br ' Judge
Gause deciding . that finders are
4 keepr. . . -
': WhUe excavating for a basenvent
under an old bouse, young , Todd
urove bla pick Into an ; earthen
war jar, containing; the money, and
then started a three-corner fight for
Its ownership. '
Mrs.', Clara Freeman .Vlckery, of
this : city,', -claimed the money was
part of her mothers estate, and
John Hardin, present owner of the
farm, sought an interest aa owner
of -the , land. The judge cave the
money to ' its youthful 'Under, ,hold
I"g the evidence was insuffleient to
show Mrs, VickeryHi mother had
burled it, and that Mr. Hardin's
ownership' of the land did " not give
, him ownership of the money," be
cause he - was ignorant ' of its ex
istence. .. - - I.':-' r--..-v""
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HARDING SHARES
BLASTS OF WINTER
' 1 ,
Finally Gains Refuge in Browns
ville After Hard Ride
Of 20 Miles
BROWNSVILLE, Texas Nov. 15.
President-elect Harding permanently
abandoned : his storm-besieged vacation
cottage at Point Isabel today and
found refuge In Brownsville from : the
wintry norther that' has broken up his
outing on the Gulf coast. ,v -
He made the . trip , by Automobile,
traveling In. Juck and covering the
twenty muddy: miles across the deso
late prairie In a little . less than two
hours. ..The dirt trail , over which he
came, pronounced impassable yester
day, had improved Overnight, and, ex
cept for a . few detours and- much
harmless .' "skidding, the Journey -was
without Jncldent. . -
Just, before the V departure the -sun
roke throuklf" th clouds : and: smiled
'bn-c PoIaI Isabel for the first i1 time in
nearly a weekt but: the stinging gala
showed no signs of abatement and the
President-elect's last look to sea re
vealed his v cherished fishing grbunds
In . Laguna Madi-e as -. an abounding
field of white caps. V
From first, to last Mr. Harding's va
cation at Point . Isabel, which began
last Monday; has; amounted -to twd
fishing trips, .one game of golf and
many hours of hovering -about the" lit
tle .wood fire with which v he ; sougnt
to keep his cottage comfortable.
Texans said , the storm was the
worse1 that locality had experienced . in
twenty years, -but-the look of relief
on the faces of the Harding party to
night; seemed s to beue any preaiction
that the Point ever would become the
country's" winter" capital.
Mr) and Mrs. Harding will spend the
remaining, two days Of their visit to
Texas at the Brownsville home of
R. Al Creager, a lawyer here, whose
guests they were at Point Isabel, and
v ftdvicei the trip to the Gulf
Bt was undertaken. They Willi
leave by special train Wednesday for
New Oceans to . take the,: ship for
Panama.' -;:: .; . ' .-. , .
PROPRIETORS HELD FOR PANIC T
" I MOVING PICTURE HOUSE
NEW YOBX Nov. f. 5. The two pro
prietors and the doorman of the east
nttitrA bouse where six
Sloe J"v,wu rv . . ,
children were killed and twelve others
injured in a panic last nignu, wo
in 110,000 bail late today for a hearing
Friday.' ;.:" '':'y -;' -
Earlier in the day they were ar
raigned, on charge that they , had
failed to7 take, proper precautions for
safety that an exit door was locked
and that, they vlotated the law prohib
iting the admittance to the; theater; of
unaccompanied minors. . The panic oc
curred when t smoke from a ; furnace
filled the theater, and Caused a cry of
'fire " The twelve children lajured in
the '. panic . tonight were ' reported , still
in a serious condltltM. " . ' t
FORM BOXING -CORPORATION
' NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Tex Rlckard,
Charles . Cochran, of London, and Wil
liam A, Brady, co-promoters of : the
Pempsey-Carpentler' championship box
ing contest, hare combined their In
terests in staging bouts in this coun
try, It was j learned tonight through the
granting of a charter at Albany today
to ;the "Dempsey-Carpentier Contest
jdpmpany"; 'lVi;Vxi:i-;V----
rectors' of the corporation, which will
hold contests , under the name of the
American Sporting club."
STORM WARNING DISPLAYED l
' . ALONG -THE. GULF , COAST
WASHINGTON, , Nov.- 15.--Storm
warriings were displayed tonight on
the Gulf coast; east of the mouth, ot
tTre "Mississippi river and in the At
lantic coast "from the Florida straits
northward ' 'to . Delaware . breakwaj
as-- result of. the disturbance ,: now
centered over the -east central- Gulf
of "Mexico.!; The influence of the
storm is widespread, "according to a
weather - bureau : announcement, ' be
ing, attended by general i rains ' in
the south' Atlantic, middle Atlantic
and east Gulf states, Vand , local
shows in "the roglon of the great
lakes and the Ohio and upper
Mississippi ; valley. .
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STORI.K jSED FOR
CREW IS RESCUED
Lake Bottt Driven Upon Shoals
Pounding to Pieces When
Relief Came -.
SAUL.T STS .itlllE, Mich, Nov. 15.
After sixty-hreVf hours aboard '. ther
storm-tossed vessel, the 7.800-ton steel
ireighter, Francis J. Widlar, ; Captain t
,iuur i-oroei , and the twenty-seven
members of the crew reached here late
today, , on i the rescue ! tugs Iowa and
C.-;, E. Answorth, none the worse for
their experience , except for minor
bruis.es and -exposure. , .
, Rescue of' the crew' was effected at
noon today when a yawl from the
Iowa braved heavy, seas tp-make three
trips to the Widlar, which: was in im
minent danger. of breaking up on Pan
cake shoals near White' Fiesh point..-
Tha vessel, according to , Ca ptain
Forbes, , lies hard aground : for prac
tically her entire length in about 15
feet of water.
From the time the ship, was driven
upon the rocks Friday night, until the
crew was taken off,' great waves pound
ed :, over her, ' at . times .washing com
pletely over the deckrhouse. A por
tion of the deck was buckled and what
natch covers .were
not rinrf.1 off tiv
the seas were torn off by the crew for j
use 4 In kindling signal fires. Thl al- I
lowed; the boat to fill and subjected her
to. inside as well as outside . pounding.
The crew gathered in the- forward
cabin . when the vessel, grounded, suf
fered some hardship Friday night and
until late Saturday, through lack of
goiJg ae?f
lmized their dangers upon arrival ' here,
however, and mentioned, that they had
had fried Chicken for breakfast this
morning. -' .;:--.'" .
Alexander - Stevns, of Ashtabula,
Ohio, steward, was their hero. It was
Stevenes wno ventured -across 'the
TmolrlAA A ckrr fla rA a r an4 oft., na..
rowly escaping being washed over-'
board, brought forward food which he'
cooked on an improvised stove in the
ja i-1 .,. - .. . .
HOOVER WILL NOT SERVE
AS LABOR INTERMEDIARY
Federation; Officials Call Sugges-
' ; tion Simply "Absurd'
: WASHINGTON, Nov.. lS.Theexecv.-
tive council pt the Amerlcaa Feeratjo '
Cus8loh,tuhdef stoWi to, ibe. laf gely
Voted to seekinr methodsoy which dif
f erences between labor and -capital may
be adjusted peacefully. There, was no
Indication of what progress Was being
made, however,' except that- it was
stated officially ther meeting Would con
tinue several days. AM . sessions ..are
executive and "no statement of themat
ters under consideration has been glV4n
out.'.,.- ' ..;"',,.;.; ".''. ..,: ' r':-.'t '
Suggestions that the ' federation
planned to select some? widely known
man ' to . act as . its Intermediary t with
capital in future labor controversies !
were characterized by officials as "ah
surd.'! Those who would .discuss the
suggestions, ' which named " Herbert
Hoover, former food administrator, as
the man likely to be selected, declared
the reports baseless. .' , ' ' ':
- "Neither Mr. Hoover nor any other
man outside of the .President of the
United States was in ' a position') to
render beneficial ' Services in such ca
pacity," one official ot the ; federation
asserted. :' :';. ;; , ''f---.J. - 'M- - !;;-.
,. It was recalled, however, that It. was
stated at federation headquarters last
week .that Mr. Hoover was expected to
confer with the executive counr" dur
ing its sessions regarding steps to In
crease production and improve work
ing conditions in the Industries through
co-operation of j labor officials and
scientists. . j ' .. -: C'y
REDS MASSED FIVE
ARMIES TO BEAT WR ANGEL
CONSTANTINOP.LE, Nov. ; 13-Se-bastopol
fell to the 'Russian Soviet
forces at 6 o'clock , Sunday evening
after ' the evacuation plans had been
fully carried out, according to word re
ceived here today. General Wrangel H
Is Stated, was; the last to leave going
aboard the cruiser Korniloff, cheered
by his troops. --;: '- -' -; ' t-.,"-.
.s Baroness Wrangel ' and the various
missions .in- Sebastopol were s taken
aboard the; French warship Waldeck
Rousseau. ; The "American destroyers,
Whipple, . John; "Edwards and Humph
reys; after bringing wounded "non
combatants here, have started back, to
Yalta ' and - Theodosia to continue 'the
evacuatibn. ' ' : - - . - -
The flveTed armies ; concentrating
against him, General Wrangel informed
the ' newspaper correspondents at Se
bastopol, numbered more than 100,000,
as proved by captured papers. Twenty
thousand of ' these were cavalry, di
vided Into three groups. The cavalry
under General Budenny, who left the
anti-Bolshevikl ( f oroes - and Joined the
Bolshevlkl suffered , heavily ' according
to General Wrangel, particularly in of
ficers; , . ; I---'- ;"- i -""-.v-. -A
fire which vorlginated- through, an
accident, destroyed the highly valuable
stores of. the American- Red Cross ; at
Sebastopol. , Liri: -? '-'f.
ATHLETIC AMATEUR UNION TO - ' -'
vi c - NAME NEW , HEAD TODAY
.V'
- NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.--With, con
stitutional amendments odt of the way
and - championship awards completed,
activ'Hest amdtiff the delegates tfrom as-
sociations affiliated with the Amateur
SIXTY
MEE HOURS
Athletic union; of the United States in j ln ug to a . great' adventure ; to have
annual; convention here tonight s Were :-battred" albeit "In "vain,-3 to set the -na-centered
In speculating as to who wotild I f ' . ,ftom the 'grip "of blood and
be the' next president : of the organiza
tion. The election will be held tomor
row.. ': - ' : R .'-;i; V;' . ''. -
Three . candidates already are In the
field and a fourth was said to-be prob
able. 1 Robert S. Weaver; pf Los An.
geleat" Herma.n Ober.turlsslng of Nfew
York, and Hary W. Fltzpatrlck of New
Orleans, have , announced. The Pitts-,
burgh delegates are mentioning . Wil
liam S, Haddock , of Pitjtsfeurg, teas; the
probable fourth candidate, ' r . .'
i - - . . . r - -
Worn
en r i
Church; SegaU
nne kjt rrison
'-.'-4. ..-4.
BATOW ROUGE,- La, Sov.
ne cumax to .the dJstnrjanee - in
.w Arm i inriiii(tn cnurca. snnaay
moin. came In the cltyO tonight
when Mrs. C. H. Charleton and Mrs.
Pi. M. Floyd, were- declared 'guilty av
aisorderly eonduct. 1 ; "
Mrs! Charleton was given . 'he ip-l
non ox paying a a nner or spend
lug twenty days in JalLiWfaile MrsJ
Floyd may either pay $10 ors'peidj
.ten days-in';Janvs-fti:-c:;!;;-,i
According to the" evidence In
duced. at 'the - trlnl, th t trouble
started wketf the pastor Rev,.' A.
Brook directed WV H.v Wright, an'
officer of the church, to' remove the!
elements for communion, arlvlng.- as
a reason for the postponeinent ojf
the communion that : the.- house watd
too cold to continue the service be
yond the regular perfOU.-i.feXi:
. Mrs. Charleton was charged wlthl
attacking Mr, Wright a: he . was
carrying put. : the' directions .of ' the
pastor and several blows were said
fey witnesses , to : have been struck.
n which both the women defend
ints and Mr, Wright suffered' ml
or injuries. '. . ; " V
IS.
O A D DTT UTT MTDD -TO
K A hnl I II 1 1 iM I rjnl! I Hi
SHOT BY
Looking For.Moonshine
Still" Mistake Fire For -
Challenge
ASHEVJLLE,:Nov.'l5.Beputy ij3her
Iff T Thurmond i Huss IM'-: Arthur 1
rrr - ' , , - ' - ; d -1
; : r.
Vay' ,?CI -B' w c 8q
day, to await the . outcome 'of ' 4the vIn-
ju.nes ' sustained by A .Tex, Cook, of
Bandis, Catawba county, "shot by .one
of the two " officers -Sunday " near the
Burke county .llne.s. while; , they c were
searching or a "moonshine still. ; Cook
ls. in '. Ja hospital at Lincolnton- and M
Huss had been notified of .the - exist
ence of a still in Bandis. township and
with Wray had gone .to look: for. il,.: C
': On arriving near-the plaee where the
tUl .was said: to be. located. Hhey? saw.
LZ """amZa Z?fZ
DEPUTY
fde-V00 e ameinop; is wa w
have raised his Tshot gun-'and' fired. In
their - direction, . according", to i their
story. They returned' the fire with piti
tols and Copk fell with' three ; bullets
in - his stomaclu - Cook ; aud his com-,
panloh, - whose' - name,; was given- as
Carpenter, claimed they , were- hunting
for rabbits, and stated that Cook's shot
killed a rabbit7 at. the. time the officers
thought he "Was shooting at them. A
dead rabbit '5was In the possession of
Cook 'and his companion, but Huss was
unable to say .when It - was killed, it
air th ' e?uty; had ben, Xarned
tna ne was iiaoie uw u nuv uiie in
vaded that section for a mookshine
outfit.
STUDET BODY STRIKES,
COLLEGE CLASSES HALTED
'Sophs"! and "Freshies'
Row 4 Over Rules
Start
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 15. Acting in
defiance of ithe board of governors and
visitors and the faculty of St. Johns
college,' the entire student .body, cdn-,
sisting of thfr senijor Junior, sophomore
and freshmen classes,: about- 200 .stu
dents in all, wept oji "st?ike". today.
The school; has, therefore. suspended
operations, at least temporarily. :,
This action ' came ? : after it was
thought the controversy between r ( the
members of .thesophomore ' class 'and
the board of governors which, has
caused -vtumult at the institution -'for
three weeks, had ended , this morning,
when the sophomores signed a pledge.
This pledge,? in brief, , was that the
class would amend the rules to abolish
hazing in so far as slatting"-, or com
pelling freshmen to' perform menial
service Is concerned..-.' i 'N . ' . .; ;; ;;
" ;; : SIX HURT IN CRASH
SAVANNAH; ; .Nov. 15. An electrlo
car carrying workmen - from ,Port
WentwOrth Jumped the track near Sa
vannah tonight - ' and crashed ., into - a
concrete' bridge.. Six persons were, in-:
Jured. D. Mi Gay,' 21, ' raotorman, is
thought tb be fatally . injured: ; ' -
Bickett; Issues Thanksgiving
.. V V-'- Proclamation
(Speeial to The Star.)
RALEIGH. r . Jov.'- 15. Governor
Bickett .today '. issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation: " : ; ; ;
-7 "A nation-wide survey discovers -'on
the surface pf . things; little to stimu
late public gratitude. A . blight In kour
material prosperity,, and the ; faith yf or
which' we fought has; been denied.
"But adversity 1 .the supreme ." test
of Character By war of the Cross We
pass to immortalltyH ; Moreover, it is
somewnat to . uaa w w miuvjt
urge born of great humanities ; i to
j naye heard the trumpets of ; God. call -
IroiWandigtlide ,them In the footsteps
of the Prince Vf ; Peace. . . , x ..-.;-.,.-;
-;'Tn ' North' Carolina" our people have
been blessed with heB.ith.-and strength.
The fields - have - yielded'., an abundant
harvesti4 "thV,had4:ad .hands -of
dustry have arrived at a closer under
standing and sympathy; Jthe public
conscience" has A wakeded to the neces-?
sitv forradical y.enlargements .of . our
fiharitable institutions, L and ; revplu
YE1ZEL0S BEATEN :
IN ELECTION ON THE
FACE OF RETURNS
Opposition in Greece Claim
Sweeping yictory ull Vote
- Not Counted ;
.'.'.ATHENS, Nov. 5. The definite
suit of .the . electiens is not ' yet
;knpwni' but according tor. returns
from Attica and Boetla, the govern
ment llttt ' has been beaten. ' The
struggle continues In: the provinces
The result of the army- votes ha
not yet been received, but it is said
to fayor the government. .
.ATHENS, Nov.' IB.- The' government
in an official announcement this after
noon virtually admits the defeat of
the-Venlzelists in the general elections
throughout Greece yesterday. It says
lt";wUI await the final results and then,
In conformity . with constitutional
principles, resign . before the convoca
tiph of parliament.
.. 'The . cabinet met this morning and
later Issued the. following, communica
tion: f ;'It is evident that the govern
ment was mistaken In its expectations
regarding, the electlons, although defii
irite results are not yet known. It
must await results so as-to turn over
the. power to the party designated by
the populat suffrage -in conformity with
Jthe constitution without awaiting con
vocation of the chamber." T
The opposition ..claims a sweeing vic
tory,, even the personal defeat of Venl
selos in the city of , Piraeus. v
2 The election is. a great surprise to
the 'government, . which announces it
will resign If it is defeated. The Veh
izelrsts are alarmed, but consider that
nQnif 8 cfrif '? 7l ftC , fl
results of only. 400 out of 3,000 disfiricts
: If Premier Venizelos was unsuccess
ful In obtaining a majority of 25 votes
in ... the chanber or deputies it is con
sidered here, he will be'iihable to solve
the dynastio "problem ' Early indica
tions were that he could uot definitely,
according to the returns, find 200 :Vene-
1U l"Z' .il"
the - soldiet.s f rom -Athens, Piraeus ' and
the districts at the front . have been
counted,- - however, "the situation; may
change in favor of Premier Venizoloa.
r fThe; deputies adhering to-former King
Constahtine, who have abstained tfrom
- since ;Mayi 31,
tumito thV neW'a
purpose of creating a .-strong .opposition
to' . the , VenezlUsts . and re newlng : tfie
charges1 which have . been, current dur
ing the -present campaign. r: " i '
r There, have been' a number of seriouB
election- fights' in Athena. T;roops "were
fired pn' at v Saionica - and : elsewhere,
boldlers were stationed at the home
of opposition .leaders; all . last, night in
order to protea ' them-; Many -persons
fear that there' will.be further trouble;
WILL FIGHT SEIZURE
OF BOAT BY U. S. AGENTS
Norfolk Citizens to : Protest
; Actiori "Against Steamer v
NORFOLK, Nov.-15. Representatives
of Norfolk business" organizations WUI
confer with official of the internal rev
enue department in Washington Thurs-,
day ',, to register a strenuous protest
against seizure of the; steamer Jeff erson,
of ' the Old Dominion - Transportation
company, by agents of-the . revenue de-
partment. f : ' - ;''. ' -
.'Recently agents of the internal rev
enue department arrested one . member
ot-the -crew of the Jeff erson. with liquor
in his possession. The Jefferson was
promptly seized, the bond being fixed
at $600,000. . ', .'
- . Such a Storm of : protest arose that
the bond was reduced, to J56,000 and the
vessel released and permitted (b resume
her run between Norfolk; and New York
without security. Off Icials - ot the Old
Dominion Transportation , company
state emphatically that If they are held
responsible for any liquor that may be
found in. possession- of their employes
they will abandonthe line. This com
pany was organized by business men
of this' section when the Old Dominion
Line abandoned its New York run. . It
furnishes the main means of transpor
tation to the. northern markets; for the
tremendous truck .crops of this section,
and , abandonment of the , xThe would
mean millions of dollars in, losses to
the ; trucking industry.' - " ; ? "
tionary increases ln our-; educational
facilities,' and, even on : the dread and
dreary field .of taxation the light has
fallen, and . error and injustice .are
passing- away.; ''.'V'";?-;;.".-'-"
"Therefore. .' I, Tbomas Walter
Bickett, ., governor of. North Carolina,
do proclaim : and ' set, apart Thursday,
the 25th ' day 'of November, " 1920, as a
day-of public, thanksgiving and. prayer.
"On that day . let our people repair
to.; their several ' places of worship : and
returh thinks to the Lord for His en
during mercy and " unfailing ! love, land
especially ; let; us' - remember that . pure
religion - and..undeflled. Is , to visit the
fatherless Itnd Widow in their affliction
and to keep oureelves - unspotted from
the' -wo'rldi? -h : ;-;:'i .
rDope at our cityfof Raleigh, 'this the
15th day ; of November, in the year
A of " our Lord one thousand nine'' hun-v.-
dred' and twenty, and in the . one
hundred. 'and forty-fifth j-y ear of our
'American,, independence. : ;; ; ;.;.;;
Th yv. BiCKJBTTj- Governor; ,
"Bythe ' Governors .i-'
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"FIRED" FOR SENDING, WILSON
DEFECTIVE RIVET SAMPLE USED
IN SHIP BUILDING, HE ASSERTS
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Witness Tells Committee He Was Reinstated
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. Situation In Yards "Something V
Fierce," Hull Inspector Says ;
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Alleged ective riveting on ship:,
conistruction for the Emergency Fleet corporation was not only -called
to the attention of President Wilson, but "evidence" in, the
form of a package of the rivets was sent to him, a witness beifore
the Walsh committee inquiring into shipping board affairs testi-"
fled today. ' ' . - . ,:" -:""':' ' '' ""' .' ' '
, The witness was Thomas H. Purtell, who described himself as
expert riveter, of the "old school." In 1918 he was engaged as J
an inspector of hulls'at the plant of the Submarine Boat coroora-
tion. Some of the riveting work in this yard he described as I
"fierce." : He said his superiors would not support him in his con- .
tehtions of poor work therefore, he sent President Wilson "some ,
samples" in the form of defective rivets. . .
- . . ' ' ' He could not say if the President s
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probing - the ,shfbj scandai.".Sensatfcnal
aisciosures , oiT gra.it Ana xxravagani'
waste in the-eperatohljof vthe merchant
marine of. .'the'. JTnited ffitlitesLhippfng
board were made at the? meeting , of
the oommittee yesterday.i.
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Secretary Sees Great Future L)e
vbpment "Of fServicev ;
Norfolk; .Np ; i s eewtary of
the Navyr Josephus Daniels, dressing
the employes o.f the Norf oik.jnavy .-yard
here today,-, predicted. that , Hampton
Roads was destined . 'to f become . the
greatest nayal -base in the.' world,,' and
that . while "every nation 'In the "world
will one. day have'-a hew .vision, until
that, day arrives,' America must have
a v strong .right" .arm,' and "that .arm' Is
the 'navy. ; ,; '' ., ; ' ..; ;-''.. ' ; : '.
This afternoon Secretary Daniels -was
the gue"stroff hohor"of the Norfolk Ro
tary club, at an foyster roast ' given at
Cape Henry. Tonight -he was the guest
of honor and principal . speaker at
dinner and mass meeting which opened
a membership 'campaign of the Norfolk
Y.-M. ,C. 'Ai? In this' address he paid a
splendid tribute 5 to ', the 'Work of the
Y. M. C. A. in the war zone. Answering
criticism that the Y. M, C. A. charged
more' f Or -some - articles- at canteens
than those articles would have seld
for in the United States, he said that
this was often necessary, by reason
of the great cost, of operating the can
teens. ''.-''' ' . . "
The secretary; said that during the
war the. country was drunk with pa
triotism and: that this was. followed by
an era of selfishness. "We must return
to the high spirt of unselfishness that
was with us throughout, the war,"" said
the secretary." "F
BREWERIES FACE BIG LOSS
UNDER "RECENT V. S. RULING
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MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15. Large
brewing : Interests . .which have been
manufacturing syrups from ' . which
home-brew " coujd be made, today de'
John F Kramer, national prohibition
nommiHsloner. makina the' sale of the I
commissioner, making' the' sale of the
extras illegal Is enforced, they face a
serious loss. After' the' eighteenth
amendment went - into effect, the -major!
ty of the " brewerlea, here decided
that the manufacture of ' near-beer
would be less profitable; than making
malt syrup. 7 ' -'. ,' ' ,
Approximately 7 800,00t-pounds are
said to be used every day In Milwaukee
for the manufacture of homelbreW mix
tures. Breweries have ins.taj.led special
machinery for the. marfuficrure of malt
syrup, because' of the Increasing de
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NAVAL' COURT IS SEEKING :
WITNESSES IN MARINE HEARING
PORT. AU PRINCE, Nov. 15.--The U.
S.naval court will resume its sittings
here, tomorrow when it is probable- a
doaen marines will give evidence (re
lating' to charges of Individual violence
toward natives. . Major Jesse - Y. Dyer,
judge advocate, returned today ; , from
Cape Haltien and other points in the
island. where he went to found up
witnesses . who had been ordered to re
port here. . ' , - "
Although officials are silent,, the cor
respondent' learns that, the navy court
is - gathirig - evidence . on which it s
likely several . court martialsv will .be
ordered,' -sdmeof ' them -on charges of
murder committed lasf - , ,
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ever, saw the "evidence," but he did ;
know' he 'was "fired for sending it" ..
" "They ; gave me' only Just about
enough lime to get my clothes and get: : 1
out of the yard,", he' said.. - . ,
"Later on," he said, "the President
answered his complaints through hla
secretary, Mr. . Tumulty. v As a result , -he
. was reiiistated as an inspector and '
giyen his tyick pay. ; He did not return ,
to the . j Submarine Boat corporation
yard, but was . sent to , the Standard
Shipbuilding plant. , . . .', ,t
; "; Found Same Conditions
, "It was evident" the witness test!
fled, "that my record, had preceded me' s
for I found I was In' bad favor there
He also testified that the riveting -f
situation at the latter plant; was also .
"something fierce." . He complained to
his superiors, he added, without sat
isfaction.; He then ? threatened to "go "
direct-to the Emergency Fleet corpora
tion headquarters , at Philadelphia , and
was warned not to do it. ,' . " ,
"I went to Philadelphia " and Was ' .
again fired," he ad led. The witness "
supplemented his vernal- testimony as .
to what. poor riveting was, by exhibits
in the form of, drawings by him show- -Ing
rivets under varied conditions and :
by. samples of.rlvets used in'shlp con-
structlon. The omniUtee was enllght- :
ened as - .to), the. meaning, of various'
terms : used In. .describing faulty . rrvet.-
ln.1 and . as to 1 bow. alleged poor Work .
was ; covered up by-' "doping,..wlth ted - -lead
and other matertals.",,, .: - i ' 1
I Tod Charges Unwarranted , - . ,
ni ni .y. 1 1 urce mji s seri p s , - ne nifT,,.
ioNw
Yorkr ;' andwas"' told to put- his . com.
plarata in "Writing f- ' 7, ; . -
t He 'presented a letter signed by, R.
H. i Bailey,' Jr.; assistant to -Chairman
Hurley, in which he was Informed that
his complaints had been Investigated
and found to be, unwarranted. He was
also told that his charges were with
out foundation ! and that for various
named reasons i the ship yards would .
be Justi as well off without his Service,
i -Replying to a; question he aid "that
he had never1 heard bf a ship that had
gone ' down trough defective riveting. k
One ship, among the 'first turned' out,
he said, made three attempts t to sail,
then "-on her fourth,, managed to get
as far as Bermuda, eventually- taking
92 days for a trip to Genoa and return.
The ship ; he said, 'suffered from, a
complication of diseases." He ex
pressed the opinion, that the delay and
trouble on the -92-day voyage waa
probably due tp defective fuel oil,
7 - ' '.j. To Question Schwab
Representative Joseph Walsh, Massa-.
chusetts, chairman of the commottee
said ' -this . week's sessions probably
would be taken up with the examina
tion ot other shipping board agents,
ship captains, Inspectors and minor of
ficials. Questioning of Charles M.
Schwab, Edward N. Hurley, Charles F.
Pieznd John Barton Payne, he said,
probably would be deferred until the
committee adjourns to Washington.
POLES WILL WITHDRAW
FROM SOVIET FRONTIER
Peace -Delegates Sign Agree-;
ment On. Future Policy"
RIGA, Nov., 15. The conference be
tween Adolph Joffe, president ot the
Russian soviet government peace del
egatlon, and M. .Dombskl, head, of the
Polish peace , contingent continued .
Sunday behind closed doors. If result
ed in an .agreement,, which was signed
by both sides, undertaking:.
.- First, - that the. Polish troops shall
start their . withdrawal to the stated
frontier not laer han midnigh Npvem-j.
ber 19. '" ' " ' : - " - - . - i -
Second, Poland will coninue to jcoyer ;
the current expenses of the sugar
slants Ceded ' to the Ukraine, the
Ukraine undertaking to return to Po
land as compensation 70 . per cent of
the sugar produced. . ,
, Third,'--a- Joint commission is to be
appointed by the respective govern
ment to work out. the; details of the
Fourth, in the event of the destruc
tion of the sugar plants the Ukraine is
to'befreed from its obligation to re-'
turn the product. ' . - , ' ..
The;; first . general" meeting of. the
peaoe ' 'delegations Will be held next,
Wednesday. .- ,- '. 7 . ; '
ALABAMA BANKERS TO HELP,. v,
Montgomery, Aia Nov is. An
extraordinary" session " pf -the Alabama
bankers for -November 19, when the
question ot participating In the organl-'
zatlon of the federal foreign banking
company, as authorized under the Edge
act 'Will be 'considered, : was issued to
day by Henry "y. Bartlett, secretary of
the organization, which numbers ' S61
members.: . . ' -t ,
IRISH HOME RULE BILL r 1 ' . ,
PASSES ITS FIRST READING
LONpON, TNov. 15.- The Irish home
rule bill passed its first reading In the
house of lords today. November. 21 has -been
set fof the second, reading, of the
bill, when its rejection will be moved
by Lord Dunraven. - i ' , 7 1 ' '.'
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