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Rain Tlnirsday and probibly Friday: ' ' (-r1 1 11 i jii-l ' fS-? ' , WillXlingtOIl' S Ollly " ' ' ' ' " i : 7 " " . -it . ; ' ' : : ' "n . - " " ' - ! ! i ' r r;- .-, : : r- : : ' . .-l la l 1 1 : - 7 : ' : - . - - M l ftil COMMITTEE FOR (0 EQUAL TO THAT L niv DTUER PnWPR I flUI Ullll-ll i w iii.il y Souna i unvj Xaval Hoiway ior oia Months f0R CAPITAL SHIPS A ? f 1 . A 1 Umarines ana Aircran Are Still Only Auxiliary nit; , ,. Big Fighters not a sound policy to auspena nvi onstruction lor a penuu ui sia .w...., at a'l." H iirsea completion 01 me rfeat 1916 naval program, except that Liit in nlace of 12 destroyers' ana sixs i " r - i ..i - iubmarines. wnico nave icou zed, hut not yei cuiiuaticu Capital ships remain the prihclpa' ,...iy tVi rnmniittA flairi itjts 01 Sfd yu"ri, -" adding that submarines and aircrart were as yet only auxiliary forces. Kile Manority iceport The committee report to which Sena- or King. Democrat. Ltah, plans to : a minority report tomorrow, ex- LSSPd a desire that-an agreement for Imitation or navm imincui uugui reached among tne nations, out saia ihat until some such arrangement were made, the United States should cori- inue its building program. in view the importance of the sea power to be United States," the committee in- ormed the senate, and the fact that hlthout it we would be at the mercy f other nations, it Is the opinion or our committee that this country hould maintain a navy at least equal o that of any other power. The les- sons or nistory teacn xis wun muisyuii able truth that we cannot afford to iepend for thej maintainence of our rights and defense or tne lives ana commerce of our citizens upon the awry, generosity or good will of other powers with rival or conflicting ." ln- :erest and ambitions." Mnt Preer the Xatlon ' " - "It is the opinion of this' committee," th report continued "that the United States should have under its controlJ i sufficient force to preserve both its material possessions and the policy Z us established, the lives and rights if its citizens and the principles upon which- its government is founded. "For these reasons we are of the opinion that there should be no suspen sion ot the building program - of th navy which as at present laid out Is, it the most, onlv desicned to nlar.A s on a footing: of equality with any other power upon the sea." WASHlNUTChW Feb. 9. An Ameri- 1 o cr onnDl to tTiat Of L, na , other power is auvuemeu i xw . .1,., wnate naval committee :d today m tne aei.-LC. ittee, replying to tne uoran Tne i-oinm (solution. said "it is not practical and May Head New. York Traction Commission 111' ''ir-$y 1,: ' Thomas fc. Mitten. h5irt nr tia TJHilo delphia Rapid Transit company, may come to New York and take charge of. the state traction commission, which Is planned by Governor . Miller. Alder manic President La Guardm, who re cently conferred with Mn Mitten In Philadelphia as to the. financial suc cess of the five-cent fare, has inti mated that Mr. Mitten might be in duced to come to New York. . PIT CUTTER PAMLICO BACK IN THE SERVICE Senator Simmons Gets $50,000 for Coast Guard (SnrHnl in Th. t.r , WASHIN-GTOX, Feb. 9. Senator simmong in two speeches made a 'very '"nest fight on th flnnr nf tVi n. this afternoon for his amendment "basing the appropriation for the t guarri service to put into com . SS1" a number of coast guard cut ers that are now laid up on account iMumcient funds to operate them. Alter a very spirited debate the Re- wiin beat the amendment by a nt. b "" 01,t toiiowlng this ". Senator Simmons induced Sena rt?D en and Smoot, representing R;P'ihliMn-maJorHy, to accept an Z lmT inorpas'"S th approprla- na ant of thp r- iuards the m,J ;,ry,f"nf. to Put hack into com ,on. th t guard cutter Pam ib ! base of operations is New (pL : and which has been out ft. n on ror more than a year, riiii 00ast between Norfolk and Loot. n wll,cn embraces Point "immodnro T, u . m i fc 111 Sfrvioo, in intervi.r Via with ailv" Srnat0r Simmons, pointed out rouirt Z '',r?:e Rurns of money . that the coa,tnPr'PSSary in order to put all W.r "aM boats in commission. BnWn ,s"T"T,oris nd Congressman un Mrs V r' flnally P"1 the ue8' to hn & 1 to the commandant ai ENLARGE SITE OF THE LOCAL CUSTOM HOUSE Senator Simmons Gets Provision in the Sundry Civil Bill for . Purchase (Spwtal to The Star) WASHINGTON, ' Feb. Senator Simmons was successful . in prevailing upon- Senator Warren,' chairman of the appropriations " committee . of .-the . sen ate,1" to withdraw the - point.' on order which he made ' against; Senator 'Sim mons amendment ta the sundry civil out, t permitmsf - ;n .secretary of th treastnry'jto "acciiihre -by puf chase eer tain land 'adjoining the custom .house at Wilmington on which" land" are lo cated ' Certain . dilapidated 'buildings Which in case of Are would constitute a danger to the magnificent new cus tom Jiouse which the government re cently built at Wilmington. The amendment passed the senate and goes to conference In the sundry civil bill. TJiere is an unexpended balance of $30,000 to $40,000 from, the fund out of which the custom house at Wilming ton was built. Senator Simmons' amendment authorizes the secretary of the treasury to use part of this money in acquiring the land and in destroying the dilapidated buildings which vwould endanger the custom house in case of fire, and which greatlj mar the beauty of the fine new build ing. '. Senator Simmons' amendment is as follows: "That the secretary of the treasury be and is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation or. otherwise certain ad ditional land across the alley which joins the east side on rear of the pres ent site of the custom house, ap praisers stores, etc., buildings at Wil mington, N. C, as an addition to the said present site and to pay for such additional land from the unencumb ered balance jot ' the appropriations heretofore made for the acquisition ot a site and the' erection of the custom house, appraisers' stores. etc., building in said city." GEORGE H. ROYSTER OF GREENSBORO IS DEAD DISEASED IMMIGRp Admitted fo country IN SPITE OF DOCTORS Surgeon-General Says Precau tions Necessary to Keep Typhus Out America TYPHUS IN EUROPE HARDING AND COOLIDGE ARE OFFICIALLY DECLARED ELECTED Declares There Is Every Indica tion That Disease Will Spread There . WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Figures were laid before the house immigration committee today by the public health service to show that out of 10,002 im migrants who arrived at Ellis Island in the last six months of 1920, and who the health service certified as un able to earn a living because of dis ease, or physical defects. 9.799 were admitted by immigration officials. The figures as presented also showed that out of 112 persons certified as having mental defects, 50 were ad-1 mitted and that out of 536 persons clalssed as having loathsome or. con tagious diseases. 167 were allowed to land. , Surgeon-General Cumming, who pre sented the figures, said such admis sions had had a "bad effect" on the morale of the public health service. The committee, obviously impressed by the surgeon-general's testimony, at the close of its. session, sent a tele graphic request to Dr. J. W. Keer, pub lic health official at Ellis Island, to appear before ' it." -Typhn Precaution Vital Reports from Rupert Blue, former surgeon-general, now in Europe, Dr. Cumming said, lead him to believe, "every precaution" was necessary to prevent typhus from getting into the United States. The s urgeon-general asserted that measures to permit com merce to go on and to safeguard at the same time the nation's health, were causing him "considerable worry." There, was every indication, he added, that typhus. would spread in Europe. Italy alone had objection to inspec tion of imjsdigrants and ships by rep resentatives of the public 'health service Dt. Cumming said. As a re sult, American consuls at Italian pqrts have.;been instructed to withhold from the vessels bills of health, he' said. Dr. Cummlnfjs said that he knew of no provision of law which would per mit the "landing of persons affected with "dangerous diseases", and that the public- ttaUblJre.wfi-s not author ized to. follow'. up cases which ' ''it hadj certified as "Inadmissible;- butwltlclr had been admitted. Replying to. a question from Chair man Johnson. Dr. Cummings said Health Commissioner Copfeland of New York city had suggested that Camp Dix be acquired as a detention camp for delousing immigrants. ARMY VOTE IS PROOF OF STRONG TENDENCY TO REGAIN NORMALCY Public Opinion In All Parts ot Country Demands Reduc tion In Taxes WASHINGTON, Feb., 9. At noon today the senate and house met in joint session to canvass the electoral vote of the states for President and vice-president. After the electoral votes had been counted-Vice-President Thomas G. Marshall made solemn announcement that Warren G. Harding had been elected-President and Calvin C.Coolidge had been elected vice-president of the. United States. Not until the electoral votes had been canvassed today were Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge officially elected to office. GOOD TELLS CONGRESS IT MUST CUT EXPENSES Head of Appropriations Commit tee Says Time Has Come to Call Halt as. sarv t m"c'1 monpy would be neces whiVh P1,t rena,n of these boats N S.?t most In commission tinjr h , , Sirnm''ns action in get- te f01 ; ""M fou.uuu in tne sen- Mh at ' congressman Brlnson N eni? Ponvm'tte' on approprlltions "vor to aid in keeping in. the n inference the amendment natni- ei - ninimuna nnaiiy iu aving the senate accept. 10 SPEND 20 MILLIONS A BIG SANIT.VRILM ,0se Use Florida Site of 4,000 Acres 7- iin ' 1 F,a-' Feb. 9.AC- il? hv AiB,a s,atment made here to !h' mrn KPr. . Ram"y. attorney for l0rM'!i nr rklns the Project, ' the B or ? Z 8an,tari"m s ' to be at . V000 acre of ground -near The nrr 1 P0?t of 20,000.000. Tlty'. ilr- Ramsey,..! front nit A. 1. M itor fr )proxmat.ely four miles of ttna U is the plan to erect wi fn'"1 ?! 2-800 rooms. .- Plans thl"tic Z, solf cou"es. tennis courts, 'el( II, urn 'us y tated northern . and ra r Outdoor innrti anH area Hi-. illmr" tor Private yachts.- ' nr mti, y stated northern . ant ,Fgkl. .'"l,,rw.- are ; behind the Former Superintendent for the . Kinghts Pythias (Special to The. Star) ' nr? TrrrvHRnRO. Feb. 9. George Henry Royster,- one , of r Greensboro's oldest citizens "and perhaps one of the oldest members of ,the First Presby terian church of . .this, city, died sud denly Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock of apoplexy. ' ' Mr. Royester was porn wecemoer 1860, in Granville county and on March n 1RR4 . marled Miss Etta Irene Far- rari of this city, moving to .Greensboro shortly alter - nis marnuse. n met business: here was a dry goods estab ii.hmnt and hi later went into- the in surance business. For some time he was the-general superintendent ror v,- tfnio-ht of Pvthlas. for-North Car olina, South Carolina and Virginia. Mr. Royster never naa gooa neann after the, death of his wife which oc curred several years ago- - He was a member of a well known and promi nent family of the state, and had a wide family connection. He had many friends here-- and elsewhere In North Carolina. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias; the EUcs. and Ma sons and, was also a member of the T, P.' A:' v ''' ' - ' Mr ii oyster is survived thy the fol lowing , chlldren: r William arrar . J' . ' . wov.ttpvllle: Ornie J. Roy- ster,vof rFayettevllle; Jra S. Royster, China Grove, ana mis,-um,,u J lor, of this city; . ,.; ; : 7 ... RETURNS VERDICT FOR $T50 '. ' , ' (Special to TJie Star)- - NEW, BERN, -Feb. 9. The jury fit ting on the damage suit of Carter Tls dale .against George Eubanks negro, asking for $50,000 for slander6us let ters sent te him and-others; after de llberaUng for three hours, brought ill iiirnt 8 at- 9 ;$0.: The letters alleged to haii beeiV written by Eubanks.- who own around- 1100.000 . worth of prop- WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. Warning the house- that the mounting wave of high taxation would not roll back without a sharp, and sweeping reduc tion in government expenditures, Chairman Good of the appropriations committee declared today the time had come to call a halt. . Figures, almost too big for compre hension' by the average man, we.re hurled , over the heads of member as Mr. Good, in dramatic fashion, told of the vast sums expended, and the grow ing appeals for more. There was a ahout of 'approval when he insisted that the appropriation bills must be passed before the change of( adminis trations March 4, so that the framers of a new tariff law may know the amount of cloth out of .which they must patch the nation's coat. Laying down the definite policy that expenses must be cut before there is talk of lower taxes, Mr. Good insisted that appropriations for the year begin ning next July 1 should be kept within .three and-a half -billion dollars, virtu ally the sum recommended In the big supply measures for that period. Mr. Good's plea for government economy waa"! made, in presenting the first deficiency bill for the present year, carrying a total of $203,000,000. Demo cratic members of the committee de clared there would be other deficiencies and . Representative Byrns, Democrat, South Carolina, declared diroct appro priations this year already had passed the . flve-billion-doUar mark. This stupendous sum could best be under stood, Mr. Byrns added, by the fact that in order to meet, it the government must levy an average tax of $50 on every man, woma "nand child in Amer ica. Suggesting.- methods of -raising revenue without making the burden on the individual more severe than it has been since the early days of the war, Mr.. Good said he doubted' if a tariff law could 'raise more than $400,000,000 without disturbing international trade relations. , . SPECIAI VEIVIRJB3 ORDERED TO TRY . WILSON COUNTY CASE CnilTUCDM DC DUD I IP A Mi ouuinLnii nLi uuLiuait FORGES URGE HARDING TO NAME SOUTHERNER Oklahoma Senator "Much Dis turbed" Over Idea South Will Be Left Out CA TTLE TICK MEASURE IS BADLY BEATEN IN HOUSE Representatives, Eastern Counties Inveigh Heavily Against Bill and Win--Welfare Officers Undisturbed Save in Coun ties of Less Than 32,000 Population, Which May Have Part-Time Officer" - r 1 Morning Star Bnrran, Yarborough Hotel, By B.. E. POWELL j CST TAyTT TCI A Tl ATTfinrv I ftAutiun, eD. a. ame iicks were OJLJCiiVLI: lO AKU U OlillJ ; even the risht of way over the public welfare work in Aorth Carolina at to day's session of the house', and after two-hours' general discussion, the Dill providing for state-wide tick eradica tion was overwhelmingly defeated on a viva -voce vote while Pete Murphy's committee substitute bill retaining the welfare officers passed Its second and third readings. -'.Numerous' amendments were offered to the public welfare mct-.:re, th most destructive being by Representative Virginia Congressman Sees a "Fearful Mistake,, in Ignor ing the South WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. A drive to bring about the appointment of .a southern man in President Harding's uau.utri wanuwn: oegun Dy soutnero j Bowie which? would have ' made it Republicans ? in- ; congress. Senator- .optional with the commissidnerw - in ele Harre of Okia a 'We-gram; today- to "Presldent-eTfeetfgKould beafntainTd i ThiiatadmVnt Harming declaring he was disturbed" I was defeated by a vote of 59 to 48. As at the possibility of the south not be mg represented in the cabinet. At. the same time Representative Slemp, of Virginia, who is also Re publican national committeeman, de clared in a statement that It would be "a fearful miBtake if Senator Harding doesn't recognize the genuine senti ment towards Republicanism ' in the south." ' Is "Much DlstnrtK.fi" Senator-elect Harreld in his tele gram said; I "I am much disturbed at the possi bility of the south not being repre sented in your cabinet. Oklahoma is not western nor northern. It is over whelmingly Republican and is intense-'" i . i . t i j ,..j ! orew it. I y du u met u. -nr no uwi a auu icaicu In the south and know and sympathize with -their present political hopes. The vote that made Oklahoma Republican last year was born and bred in , sou th em states. These people expect the amended; the welfare work will not be interfered with In the state but coun ties with . less than 32,000 population are not required to employ a whole time welfare officer, if bing left with the discretion of the county .officials. This amendments was - -sponsoj-f i - by Chairman Murphy in order to take care of some of the smaller eastern coun ties whose . representatives inveighed mightily against the bill and who de clared that there was no work for the officers to do in their communities. Representative Spence of Randolph submitted an amendment providing for the election of county superintendents, but before the vote was taken, with- Pender Leads the Debate Having given the cattle ticks the right of way by agreement, the house members launched into the question of ticks or no ticks before 11 o'clock, south to be recognized in your cabinet Johnson of Pender making the first and the position they would most ap- speech for passage of the eradication predate is secretary of agriculture. I!"1085"' "c have written you in the interest of Mr.lNorth Carolina one million dollars an- TTJoirlc. nirlnTinmn'a nanrtiflatp Ttnt if nUBlly. vou shall determine that it is best in Immediately following the Initial order to wine out sectionalism, our speech by Johnson, the discussion De most deadly political foe, to take a man from the old south and thus plant the flag of Republicanism all over the south, It will be effective in saving Ok lahoma. Failure to thus recognize the south will be a keen disappointment to the pre-election belief that your selec tion would wipe out sectionalism." Be "Fearful Mistake" Representative Slemp In his state ment said: ' "It would be a fearful mistake, if President Harding doesn't recognize the genufhe sentiment of Republican ism in the south. But besides. : the came decidedly "ticky." Representa tive Bell of Hyde county registered op position to the measure with the as sertion that its main purpose was to create positions for folks who "had no jobs.'I. It, was a "money scheme" and he represented his constituents back home in. asking that .the bill be defeated. Tick- eradication, he said was all right if left to. the cattle raisers, and if done "in a nice way." ; Crisp, of isolated Dare, likewise saw no necessity of the law In his county where, he -said, the ticks would have to swi m30 miles to reach the Dare niith with Its peculiar problems, both county cattle. He viewed with trepi- racial and industrial, ought to have (Special to The Star) . WILSON Feb. ' 9. In superior court this morning Judge T. H.- Calvert ordered a special venire of 100. to try Howard and Will Bethea, former South Carolina nesroes, who are charged with the malicious hacking : to ' death and severing-'the head of James Rufflri from his body June ;'5. The case is. set to be heard --on (Wednesday of next week. For-1, assaulting and wounding Mr. and-Mrs. Luther B. Boykln at their home in this county August "28 of las year, Alvesta Ayers was found guilty In boh cases with intent to .kill and was sentenced to serve liv the penitenti ary for six ; years, four . for assaulting Mrs. Boykln ana two tor assaulting Mr. representation in any American cabl net, In real J sentiment, the south Is Republican today as witness the re quest of every Democratic governor in the south for the conference In': At lanta in January,' 1921, urging the, ne cessity for a protective tariff on south ern products. I am expecting the new congress and the new administration to take the first steps towards purify ing election conditions in the south, and I should prefer, to see that done through the southerners - and thei friends of the south in heart and spirit rather than 'by outstders. -. t " Mr. Slemp himself Is -beifig ; urged for the cabinet by many, southerners, both inside and-- outside, the Republican party, In addition to John Fields, now publisher of a farm journal and former president of the Oklahoma- - Agricul tural and Mechanical ccllege,- who ; Is urged for the agriculture portfolio fcy' Senator-elect Harrfcld. ' A. T.v Hert. national committeeman from Ken tucky; John M. Morehead, national committeeman, . from North Carolina; Marion Butler j former .senator from the same state: T. H- Huston, of Chat tanooga, Tenn,; Newell Sanders, former dation" the bill. The most vigorous assault on the pr&posed law was made by Representative Matthews of Bertie county. ' Local - self-government -formed the basis for his lepgth discussion of the ticks and the cattle of which the two are twain down east. To force the farmers, in he .22 eastern counties, now under state and federal quarantine because of the ticks to dip their 'cattle would be resented and .it would be, he thought, destroying forever gov ernment as the constitution provided. Bellamy Ak Question V Representative Bellamy " of .. New Hanover, who had previously spoken for the measure, Interrupted Mr. Mat thews to know if the representative ' from Bertie's local self- ' government theory weni iar envunu iu noi mn cue Republican counties in the state, to name their members of - the county boards of education. Mr. Matthews in dicated that it did not, saying that he stood iy his party's policy in this mat ter; Virtually every one of the tick infested counties, before the discus sion was well underway, had amend ments before the. house exempting them from the operations of the law Jii.. ..Ant. 1 aliniiM nana onrt Rdnr. United States senatof from Tennessee, l"ntativ e Fisher, minority member of and James A. Fowlr, of Knoxvllle,) e"n .vaTlJa whre cattle ticks are an unknown quaritlty, , offered- an amendment making the law non-operative in "tick free counties." t The following counties were to have been exempted: Bertie, Gates. Martin, Chowan, Perquimmons Stokes. Dare, Hertford." '.Craven, Brunswick,- Pasquo tank, Tyrrell, Pitt,- Beaufort, -Hyde, Carteret, ; Camden, Pamlico- and Clay. Onslow county!s --4 representative, Mr. Walton, stood alone in. the. list, of , tick infested counties asking for passage oft I the ' bill. Martin , of ; Washlngto n county, proponent of state-wide stock law; hated the ticks but was opposed Tenn., former v .'solicitor-general, are some of those -Who 'have, been men tioned as 'cabinet posslbllitiesr' . t Most of them are .being, urged, for secretary ; "of : agriculture or of commerce.-. '--''- .' - - v : ' .. ' SUSPECT SHOT DEAD : .. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9. BiH Clare.", a jxegro who claimed Nassau, R. W. I.V as his home, was1 shot and instantly- killed' here late this af ternoon by Deputy ' Sheriff B" A. LopezX Thejnegro was arrested -on a i charge of embezzlement." H6 ,attempt-i to escape anq..tne ouicer usea a pests to death by "drawing a line across the state, the-counties, east thereof to be known as stock law ..territory. To accomplish this he offered a, substitute to the eradication bill, providing for stock law. Matthews of Bertie insisted the representative's , proposal was not germane to the question, Speaker Grier affirming his point. Representatives Byrd and Uzzell of Wayne county started something for the citizens of Lenoir county when they lntroduccd a bill providing for chang ing the. boundary' line between the two counties." The bill will switch one township of Lenoir into Wayne county Some of the Lendir. xiitizens are repre- county seat. Wayne 'has everything to gain and 'is in for it, but Kinston will oppose the change, An AjJtl-LIquor Hill The bill introduced; bjr Representa tive Leach, of Hoke,' to prevent he use of liquor in the treatment of patients at the state hospital at Sanatorium, which Mras introduced by request, is said to have -caused numerous members to become anxious as to the welfare of their lungs. , . The senate this morning passed the bill asked for by the mayors of North Carolina authorizing the corporation commission to employ expert help when It was deemed necessary in getting at the facts in financla? statements of public utility corporations seeking in ureases in rates or for other purposes. The bill provides that when such x p'ense is employed and company loses its case, the petitioner shall be taxed with expense'-" o'f. the expert. The upper - house, handled a large amount of business during the session, but the major part of the time was devoted to clearing up the accumula tion of local measures reported In by committees. The only other matters of general importance Which went through, were the bills providing a definition for the", crime of burglary by explosion '-and providing a peniten tiary sentence therefor; the bill designating certain words, . such as "governor," "solicitor," "senator. "Jurors," etc., common gender, thereby officially- recognizing the possibility that ' women may sometimes hold these offices, and the Varser bill ratifying the sale of short term notes by State Treasurer Lacy at six and a quarter per cent. This . last measure was, op posed by Senator Dunlap, who did not like the tax exemption feature. The roll call showed Dunlap and Reinhardt voting" against the' measure and all other members supporting the . bill. Sumner Burgwyn today carried out his announced .decision of Tuesday to ask for a reconsideration of the Lam beth measure 'against requiring the kissing of the Bible when oaths were being administered and' the senate went stronger' for the measure today than it did yesterday." The count on the roll call - was 27 to 21 for the measure. The, bill providing for th,e constitutional 'amendment to create a pardon board was Veset for special order for Friday In order to give some members an. opportunity to study the measure. NO FOREIGN LOANS America Will Not Cancel Allied Debts or Finance Europe Any Further HARD FIGHT BEb'G MADE FOB EX-SENATOR BUTLER (Speclalo The Star) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Friends of former Senator. Marion Butelr - have not abandoned the fight for him for secretary of -agriculture. They think that the .-south - will get the position and his chances for it .are as-good as those of any.; other person ; today. A very determined Jight Is being made on Henry Wallace and the south is looked . to" for j. the man " ta take - his place; iri the mind of ..the President., elect. Some - very good work by in fluental - men'-iis beini done for the North Carolina -candidate. By DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, l21, by The MofbIbr stor WASHINGTON, Feh. 9. No better proof of the. tendency to return to normalcy in a Hurry could be 'given han in the overwhelming vote by which both, houses of congress have just passed over President Wilson's vo the bill" to reduce the army from 280,000 to 175.000 men. Democrats joined the Republican, r.ot because of any , desire to take a slap at the white house, Jbut because, as several members explained - it a day. public opinion in, all parts of th country is insistently demanding that congress economise and reduce taxes. Neither party dares stand In the way o. the pruningknife and'while, as is customary during waves of economy, some worthwhile - appropriations a ro ' lost in the shuffle, the desire Jo cut down the size of the army proceeded rather from a feeling that for-the next few years at least, there vould b -more than enough ex-service men m the country to respond Instantly to an .emergency call. Back of the fight for a larger army has been the argument that while tms number of privates 'might be rediu-ed, of?:cers oould not'..' be kept unless ihs army organization were large enough to hold them. But there, too, member of congress seem to feel that plenty of officers will be available for th& next few years at least out of the) ranks of the world war veterAns. President Wilson sent his veto mes sage upon the : advice of Secretary Baker who, of course, lives' in the at mosphere of the general staff whtr-o the desire to maintain a large army so as to keep enough officers on duty and particularly to enable officers to hold their rank is not an Insignificant or unnatural factor in the psychology of the situation, v , Change ef; Preparedness In congress, however, there has been an abrupt return., to condition- ns .'tTiey;.xistett'''eJfe th war when bo th, the army and navy- had to beg re peatedly, for appropriations. The Irony of the present situation is that while Secretaries Baker and Daniels and the Democratic administration bore the brunt of the criticism, levelled by Urt National Security league and similar defense societies for - the unprepared -ness of the United States on entering the world war, it is the Republican congress which today is compelUn'g the reduction of the army to 175,000. and it is a Democratic President who is contending for ' the viewpoint of; Theodpre .Roosevelt, who used to say the peace-time army of the United States ought not t'o be less than 250, 000 men. The true signlfloancef of the temper of congress cannot be judged alone by ' the reduction of the army.' The spon taneous outburst in the senate against . the suggestion from abroad that America be asked to cancel the allied war debt is another symptom of nor malcy. Just as before the war It would have been regarded as -out of the question f6r the United States to loan money to the European countries to assist, them to reach either polity- . cal or economic stability, so any hint or remark that speaks of loaning money to foreign " governments is promptly resented. This, however, ts not only true of Republicans, but Dem ocrats. Carter . Glass, senator from Virginia, warned Europe, when he was secretary of the treasury, that America had ceased her loans to foreign gov- ernments and was going out of th banking business. Republicans- are "taking the same position and the mov to prohibit by statute the making of any foreign loans may go through congress more easily than mosf peo ple suppose. - Xeed Money at Home The reason for , this attitude may ba misunderstood abroad as selfishness or Indifference to Europe's woes, but It is really a reaction In Washington against financial transactions with Europe at a. time when domestic re construction requires every resource. Some of our legislators, indeed, wlH soon begin to betray -signs of nervous ness over the payment of interest by the allies on present debts and the de ferring oi those -payments may occa sion even more controversy than the vague hints' about cancellation of th principal, in other words. Judging by the temper of congress, foreign gov ernments may In the not far distant future be pressed to 'pay. interest on the present loans In : order that the amounts which must be raised inside the United . States by taxation may be reduced' and thus ; individual income tax raes brought down. CongVess Is - thinking more In eeo, nomlc than, political terms nowadays and members of both- parties - have their -ars sharply-attuned -to the mur- . murs of the populace for '16wer taxes and iess '- governmental expenditure . Congress 'has'"- a genuine economy streak, the Ilk of which has not been seen in ithis , legislative generation. RETURN MORE INDICTMENTS ' ; IN BUILDING TRUST CASE JUMPS W FRONT OF TRAIN AND IS INSTANTLY KILLED (Special f The Star) ' DURHAM, t Feb. t T. D. Vaughan, a young ".white :man.v Was ' instantly killed .'this "morning" when , he jumped in front, of. "a Southern ,f railway pas senger? tralM"p"ass"ing'-tlirotgh"thIs city". Onlookers werer of - the opinion it was NEW YORK, Feb. 9. A blanket in dlctment naming! 29. corporations all , members""4f the association of dealers , in masons building materials, and v charging . violation, of j the state antl ... trust law,, was returned late today by " , the supreme, court grand Jury inves tigating, the alleged building' trust. ' 1 ' '. Flfty-sJx individuals connected with these corporations'; were Indicted . on ' similar' charges" last" week. ? The name of the ; corporations, withheld ; today, will ba' made known when counsel tov j them appears; tomor jw for pleading' . - -. ..- -.!- ' : i : ..-' :v F .- .. 4 I.' I K t ' ii r f I it i ' ; Sli . 1 "i.h i .v. . il, l' 1 f 1 1 ; 'Si - V ll - s ' v, ..' . 5 Mil 1' f i i.i c am - '. ' " .1 u ' ' i. ii f. 11 i i i t j I r, j; : ) .i i a ' .'; i M - ' a .A v.-V's-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 10, 1921, edition 1
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