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The Weather - Wilmington's Only Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper - Unsettled on coast, probably fair in the interior Friday and Saturday; mild temperature. , Stage of river at Fayetteville at S a. nu yesterday, 14 feet, 8 Inches II if Ml t i.Nj i - . .... VOL. CVIL No. 74. W,NGTON, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1921.. , OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. iL"jdiJcj r 'B f w I T"T 1 AMERICA TO TAKE NO PART IN LEAGUE SAYS THE U. 5. AMBASSADOR GEORGE HARVEY MAKES CLEAR ADMINISTRATION POSITION IN ADDRESS lifted States Went to War to Save Herfelf, He Tells Britons NATIONS FRIENDLY To Join League Would be Be trayal on Part Govern- : ment, He Says - .';- LONDON, May 19. (By Associated press). The American ambassador, Georfee Harvey, in his first speech lince presenting his credentials, de clared tonight that" American armed forces caine to Europe In the world war solely save the United States and not to save European states op posed to Germany, as some had con tended. ' . " '. , Mr. 'Harvey's address, which was de livered at a dinner Riven by .the -Pilgrims' society in his honor, .attracted especial interest, coming as it did at a time when the probable attitude of the United States towards . the tense political situation in Europe is arous ing lively speculation and as the first authorized expression of the. American viewpoint. ' : Mr. Harvey paid tribute to the pil grims as the most distinctive link , in the chain of blood relationship be tween the British and American peoples and one of the most potent - agencies of civilization. The! . activitlesi he said, had been a sustained labor of love and patriotism, which only now ' were beginning to fructify in an earnest de sire and determination on the part of both peoples to blow away the mists of misconstruction and misunderstand ing, which far too long had hidden their true feelings one from the other; Nothing could be more -futile, more dlusiv and more -mischievous, he saio thslj-n '' to- pretend -that' the Ameri can's proffer of a helping hand wil attributable primarily to "a tender sus ceptibility." I "It is not," Mr. Harvey declared. ."My country stands ready , to work with yours, because, first, it is to our own Interest to do so; and secondly, Be cause it is to the advantage to both. ' "We deceive ourselves occasionally, even to this day, at rare intervals as a sophomore seeks applause by shout ing 'We won the war. Par more prev alent until recently was the Impression that we went to war to rescue human ity from all ktads of menacing perils. .ot a few remained convinced that we sent our young soldiers across to save this kingdom, France and Italy. That is not afact. "We sent them sole ly to save the United States of Amer ica, and most reluctantly, and lag gardly at that. ':'.-'' V ' "We were not too proud to fight, whatever that may mean. "We were afraid not to fight. That Is the real truth of the matter. So we came along toward the end and helped you and Jour allies shorten the war. That is all we did and that is all we claim to have done." . ' -., . "Where America Stands Piscussing what he termed the "sa Nent, perilous, present," Ambassador Harvey said: - . ; ' ' - V "For years 1 have heard It proclaimed that war between Great Britain and America had ceased to be conceivable. No resumption of an armed conflict Is imaginable. , "But so unlikely are such happenings that the suggestion, even though It in credibly were made, would evoke no more. than. -a derisive smile. But it Is one thing to stamp constantly upon an absurd notion, and another thing never to think of it at all. v ; " ! " 'Now the question rises, have not ur countries reached a point with -respect to the remotest possibility of a conflict that justifies our forgetlng it as the battles of Bosworth field and Ap Pomatox have faded from our recol lection? i , - I : ''Such, I am happy to report faith -y in the teeth of all the mischief makers and scandal-mongers" of both "ationS hag become the Bettled con viction of our people, and I ,'hope, and Qoubt not, of yours. ''Because the President has exempli nea his avowal of obligations it must 01 be inferred that he proposes to oecome an international meddler," con ned the ambassador. - - He would be the last to intervene be drawn into any matter of no concern to his own country, but also no one realizes more clearly than he "at the United States is, of necessity, eepiy interested In- oroper economic Qiustments and the just settlement of matte ;rs of world-wide Importance un- fier di SCUSSion arA JuImi Vi Aln-Tiillir n co-operate." " ' " ; mi3here Etm seems to linger in the in many here the impression that crnnme way or other, by hook or by "ok. unwittingly, surely unwillingly, wenca may yet be beguiled into the WUe of Nations.- Let me show you Z utterly absurd such a notion is. ' Wat ?eed not recall the long contest between two branches of our sover haMi "ver tnis proposal, x neea sn ly montion that the conflict became h iiia.fc even rne treaty went A oLoe .boarJ. to the end that today, tin, aUy enough, N America con act. Sn to be technically at war, but nom- at Peace while Europe ls a minally at peace, but, according to clapots' is not wholly free from the uah of arms. - ; : . . ..p. A o tfce League Dart " y' the Question of America's rucipation in the league came be 'Contlnued on page two) ILLUSIONS ARE PUT ASIDE BY ADDRESS - r LONDON. May 19 (By tine Asso ciated Press) The dinner of wel come by the Pilgrim's' society to the Americas ambassador, George Har vey, tonight Tva enveloped In far deeper Interest than usually attends a reception to a new ambassador by this International club, i - Not only was It MrJ Harvey's first 'public ap pearance since .his appointment to the post, but there was general ex pectation that he would reveal some-: thing of the administration's policy toward European affairs. . The ambassador did not disappoint them for -he sharply brushed, aside any. lingering . illusion that the United States would' have any re lations whatever with the Lergne ef Nations. He also announced his ap pointment to represent the Presi dent in the supreme council in the discussion over Silesia. . liir. Harvey's plain words ow the league - were a revelation, and. his. plea for the closest co-operation be tween the two great Engllsh-speak-iug countries was impressive. : The British prime .minister, imid an eloquent speech, but rather dis appointed those who hoped for more of -. International plain speaking, which is - the fashion . of the mo ment. The 'premier declared the plight of . Europe enmessed in ancient feuds, and gave warm wel come to the new co-operation of America In world affairs. -' '.'' S HARVEY TO REPRESENT PRESIDENT IN COUNCIL Announcement Made by Ambas sador is Confirmed by : J Washington LONDON, May 19. (By Associated Press). The American " ambassador, George- Harvey, in his speech at the Pilgrim's -dinner" this evening an nounced that, he had ust received .in structions designating Mm-' tO; 'repre sent, the. president xn -f -the , supreme council With' resar'd to Silesia. r ft HARVEY INSTRUCTED TO ; - ACT ONLY AS OBSERVER WASHINGTON, May 19. The in structions forwarded to Ambassador Harvey at London for his participation In the sessions of the supreme council as ithe personal representative, or President .Harding, are that he shall acti only, as an observer' so far as the Silesian question is concerned. . ,! Adminstration officials reiterated, that the position of the American gov ernment was the same as outlined in i the formal answer to Poland, the text of which was made public last night, declining her request for support be fore the council in the settlement of the disposition of Upper Silesia fol lowing ..the . recent plebicite. That question is essentially - European, it was stated, and ; therefore does' not concern the United States. ' In discussing the question, however, officials indicated that although the Silesian question was essentially Euro pean because it was a problem of ad justing boundaries, it or similar ques tions might conceivally develop to broader proporations involving the In terest of the United States of an econo- mic . character. - COOL WEATHER CAUSE COTTON REPLANTING Weekly Review of Cotton Con? ' dition by States ; WASHINGTON, May 19. Considerable replanting of cotton; In the south has resulted from - the 'recent, cool, .wet weather,- the department of ? agricul ture announced today in Its weekly re view of crop conditions. Many poor stands are seen, It .was ideclared, and the crop Is now generally reported as somewhat later" . t - Reports from the various states were:1 . Alabama: Condition for growth im proving.' Reports of abandonment, in some- instances' and some replanting with prospects of good stands. Arizona: Recent warm weather bene ficial. About 20 per cent of acreage is "vpluntfeer". Crop probably 90 per cent 'of normal. Arkansas: Planting still delayed, on ly about 10 per cent having been planted- in northeastern section.: Much, re planting " necessary. Conditions more, favorable; in central and southern parts of state. , "Florida: Making slow growth. Warm er weather needed. . ' : v Georgia: Crop . at least ' two weeks backward. Much replanting necessitat ed ' by-' cool weather. Early - plantings killed. Stands generally i bad. Some chopping out In progress, v.; ; - -; liouisiana: Replanting' on a reduced acreage, has been necessary on account of unfavorable conditions. ' Mississippi: ... Unusually cold 'weather detrimental to growth of crop. Replant ing continues. - Very little chopping. Crop from three to four weeks late. Missouri; Planting delayed by ex cess moisture.. Probably reduced .acre-, age. Seed good. - '' North' Qarolina: . Acreage nearly planted. y Germination poor to fair and much replantlns necessary. Some re duction in acreage reported. '' Oklahoma: - Planting progressing in southern region. " , ..y ;"" - v South Carolina:. Much replanting in central counties, chopping' In some sec tions.' Many plants, reported dying during the past 10 days. - ; ' ' -Texas: ' Reports of lice In southern district and boll weevils in central districts, , ' - IDENTIFY ;AN AS DRIVER f CART IN NEW YORK EXPLOSION Three of Five Identifications Are Said to Have Been "Positive" IS TRUCK DRIVER DeFMippo Claims He Was in New Jersey When Big Blast Occured NEW YORK, May 19. Identification of Guiseppe De Filippo, a : truckman of Bayonne, N. Jv as the man who drove - the . wagon which conveyed the explosives causing, tke Wall street' ex plosion last September, was made to-day - by flye persons,' department of justice officials stated Three of the identifications were declared as "positive.- ; ,r- De Filippo was being held without bail and in solitary confinement in Bayorne tonight on a technical charge of suspicion. A-federal warrant, charg ing him with conspiracy In the destruc tion cf government . property, was sworn1 out here today and will be served tomorrow morning, officials said. - The .prisoner will be arraigned in 1 Newark,, before a United States com missioner and an attempt will be made to. bring him to New York later .- in the day. v ' ' -. ' . - ' JoseDh Scala. the nrlsoner's counsel. declared DeFilippo was not. connected with the bomb plot in any way. De Filippo did not even know where Wall street .was situated, . Scala added, and "on the day of the explosion he was In Payonne where he has been in the trucking business for the last 12 years." Names of the persons who are al leged to. have Identified DeFilippo aa the driver of the death wagon Vere withheld by department Justice agents. They were declare! as a young woman, her chauffeur and. a New York busi- nws man. - The . federal, warrant charged De Filippo with "exploding a bomb in tha street immediately in front of the Uhite.3 , States assay office, causing' pieces of iron to strike the front of the eaid assay office, thereby injuring it." . , - : Officials "- declined . to ,say': whether any . connection had been 'established between, the "arrest" of ' Tito Ligt .-at Seranlcnr-Penna' recently ftttd Xbe .de tention of DeFilippo vsaying -a. state-1 ment 'a t tbis: time i would embarrass their investigation.; TRIAL TOBACCO FRAUD CASES ON AT WILSON Jury Secured and Taking V of Evidence Starts - (Special to The Star) - ' i - WILSON, May 19. The celebrated case of the state against R. 1 Fem ner, , of Rocky Mount; - Frank Barnes, of Wilson, and W. T. Estes, .Jr., and J. R. ..Rutter, .of Kentucky, was called in superior court here - before Judge T. H.' Calvert Defendants Femner and Barnec have been out under bonds of $10,000' each; while the others have been In jail for several .months. The indictments are for alleged con spiracy, to defraud the Imperial Tobac co , pompany t byv giving false checks. Besides the conspiracy charge thero are three true bills against 3stes for forgery After a special venire had been exhausted, court took a -recess and ; Sheriff Howard was instructed to summon 30 jurors from outside the city limits.' ' . ' :" Defendants are represented by - ex Governor Bickett and J. C. Little 'of Raleigh; John E. Woodard, O. P. Dick inson and M. S. Strickland, of Wilson; Spruill and Bunn, of Rocky Mount; WalterDaniel, Of Weldon, and Hunter Parker, of Enfield. Solicitor Allsbrook will be assisted by W. A. Finch, H. G. Connor, Jr., and W. A. Lucas who ap pear for .the "private prosecution. At 4 o'clock th jury was complete. J. C. Eagles testified that Rutter confessed to . him- that he, Femner, Jiistes- na,..jcjarnes were in tne con- , -.a ..- i Epiracy; mat it stutter came clean, even though convicted, that his. family .vould be; taken care of; that since hisJn:-arceratio"n, Mrs. Rutter has been receiving $40 per week. . W. ,H ,Meares,of Hopkinsvlller Ky., clerk with the Watson warehouse in Octobrer, 1920, testified that Femner epproached him. on two occasions and asked .him if ' he -wanted to join a scheme -where, there was no - chance of being caught that, would return him $10,000 by Christmas of last year; that Rutter was making money easy at the center brick. w ; ' CAPTAIN KILPATRICK IS 5 INSANE IN. WARS AW JAIL ' WARSAW, May 19. (By Associated Press.) Capt. :.Emmet : Kilpatrlck) - of Uniontown, Ala., has become insane in he Moscow prison, '.where he' was incar cerated, from - experiences' of brutality and terror, according to reports receiv ed here by ' the Red. Cross., iV . v Captain ; Kilpatrick also . was a Red Cross worker, was captured ; by the bolshevikl in" the Crimea and for-many months - ' has ' been imprisoned near VIRGINIA CLUB WOMEN .- . ., ... IN ANNUAL CONVENTION ROANOKE, -Va'.,' May .19. -Delegates from all parts of . Virginia are in Roanoketonight for the ! opening ses sion f to moprow of the second -annual convention of the 1 Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs. . - : ; .-' ' '-' '-' :- ' : : Speakers ' of : state, and nation-wide reputation are 'on the program for the two-day: meeting. Mrs. John H. Lewis, of Lynchburg, Va.; recently returned from Engiandi will speak on "A. Vir ginia Woman in:. the English House of Commons." - Among the speakers will be Miss Mattie L. Cocke, .of Hollins college, and - Mrs. - Gertrude- H. Boat wright, of . Virginfa college MILLION DOLLARS LET IN HIGHWAY CONTRACTS BY STATE COLBSiON Lettings . for Eastern Districts to Come Next Eleven Bids Accepted CONNECTING LINKS Contracts Let Call for Tenth of . Money Available for Road Work This Year - By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH,' May 19. Contracts ag gregating $1,000,000 have been let for road work in the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth districts by the high way commission, and lettings will be held for work" in the first, second,' third and sixth - districts during, the next twenty days, according to Chair man Frank Page, whp has just return ed from a trip to the western part of the state," where he attended the letting of - various', contracts. Work on the contracts let under the new program win be started in. the immediate , fu ture. , ; ; - ; . K - The contracts let, follow:: Fourth district: Between Chapel Hill ana the Durnam county line to con nect with -the road from Durham to Chapel Hill, 4.3 miles of concrete road. ror $168,000; rrom sanxord to the Moore county line, 4.5 -miles of "gravel road. (for $16,500. v: ,.-..v" 'i . . : irirth district: From . Troy to the Moore county line, 1J. miles of gravel road, for $48,580; from 'Carthage to the Lee county line 8.75 miles of gravel road, for $36,000. Seventh district:. From Sparta to El kin, two. projects, totaling .15.9 miles of bituminous "macadam road, for $260, 400. --:a': -r.r: f ci'-r-' , Eighth , district. Near Marion, McDowell- county, . 2.5 miles of concrete, for $51,862; bridge in Yancey county near Mltchelf , county, line, on a road, that has already." been constructed, which will cost $12,000; ten miles of gravel road on the Wilmington, Ashe-ville,- Charlotte i highway, , just beyond Rutherfordton - to Chimney - Rock, for $56,300. : . ' . - -Ninth district: Cherokee 'county, from Andrews to Tocton, eight - miles nf vshale surfaced road, v for, i $84,900; from Sylvia to Balsam, 7.5 miles t gravel road for $132,000; ten' miles 'of .road: In-' '(iv,.o.wxnty, t n rysaxv viiy to x rtwiKim, lor )idMuu. " -t - v These projects "will link up' other roads . to the! state and" will go a long way towards bringing needed relief to the people of the northwestern, moun tain section. - ' . 'v These are, the initial; lettings! of the highway .commission under the $50, 000,000 program, authorized by the last session of,. the. general - assembly. The commission has the written order of the council of state, authorizing it to go ahead .with the construction work and to let the council" of 'state worry about where -the money Is coming from Pending the sale of the bonds. That is just- what ;,the Jiishway commission is doing. Itwill let 'the .ce-n tracts and give the council of state and governor a monthly memeorandum, showing the approximate amount of money it will ( need every month. The council of state and the governor will look after meet ing the payments cf contractors when they send their bills in. : Chairman pame and th'e governor Ague that there will be no need for any large amount of money until July 1, so there will be.no necessity, for the coun cil making financial arrangements for funds berore tnat time, wnen tne nine comes the governor and treasurer have assurances .. that the money can be' sa cured at the current rate of interest in sufficient sums to meet all the det rriands and. heeds of the road construc tion program.; Likewise, it will be able to get the; money for the other construction programs fOr state insti-' tutions. . -' - The contracts already . let call for about one-tenth of the total . amount of money the highway commission is au thorized to spend this first year, or one-tenth - of the amount- the council of state in fts. resolution has contract-! ed to finance. Should money ; condi tions and other matters so Improve that more of the work" can be done this, year than now seems possible the council of state will make arrange ments to finance more ' than one-fifth of the full program- the .first year. , When contracts are let for road work In the remaining, four districts during the next twenty days, the. purpose of. the law to have the construction work started in all the districts at about the same time i will have been complied with. i' - ' " The next meeting of the highway commission will be held -May ' 31,. at which time details of matters pertain ing to additional contracts for the present 'year 'will: be taken up. ,The commission has until the middle of 1922 to spend its $10,000,000. - ) TROUBLE AGAINST . "SORCERESS" DOCTOR CONTINUES TO PILE UP KINSTON, May 19-- The state has se cured1 an' additional witness against Virginia King, held here on charges , of causing . the deaths of two negresses In criminal malpractice, as a result of her effdrt-to C0llect; money for ."pro fessional services' from her present abode In the .'Lehoir vcounty; jail -The prisoner, an elderly negress, is' alleged to have called a .wamanthere ..for . th"e purpose of securing pas t"-due fees from her. : : ' This -former 4-patient It Is said, revealed that, she- had '.been "under the old. "sorceress" -'treatmentvV six months and believed she. w;ouldhave died had she continued:" r.: ;The" district. and' local solicitors "will press fora'a first ;degree verdict against. Virginia King, they declare. . - ; .: - - ' TO SUBSCRIBERS . Watch the label on yonr paper and ' renew your subscription at once " : to avoid . missing ' a - single copy Nation V Business to Halt For Funeral Justice 0VTiite Flags Will Be at Half Mast To "morrow During Ser vices SIMPLE FUNERAL Nothing: Official About Cere ;. mony, in Respect to Jurist's " - Wishes WAHSINGTON. v.May a9--rEdward Douglas White, chief Justice of the Unltjed States, lay dead at his home here tonight while men highest in the nation's councils vied with each other to do him honor.. By order of President Harding, the business of the government will come to- a standstill Saturday when the body is carried to Its final testing place in Oak Hill cemetery, Georgetown. Fun eral' services will be private, but wherever the American flag flies over American troops ashore ' or American sailors afoat, or wherever it . waves above an embassey, legation or con sulate, the colors will be lowered to half mast that the world may know America - mourns a .great loss. In Washington, government departments will ' be closed all day from the white house, down. . " v - Great as was his place in life, death brought a realization of the " eVen greater place Justice White held in the hearts of his countrymen. Tester day he stood upon the highest pinnacle of legal renown; he held an office that has not Its like around the world; that stands unparalleled' in history; "and in hisjperson waet .'-typified - the .American Ideal of the isupreme majesty of law r-the will of the majority of the people. , ? ""v-..: . . ' .-'..;- ?y But today 5. there was extolled the greatnessof ' thej' man himself, his deep learning his fearless - newing to the line fof right, his wise judgement. And even more than these, men among whom he had walked in the long busy yejars of his life spoke of his modesty and the simple kindliness that, had made him beloved, even as he was honored for the greatness of the power entrusted by his countrymen to his keeping. - . - .. ; From the president to humble folks of the streets who - now will look in vain for the big, cheerful acquaintance of many a gossipy chat on three shad ed corners, , Washington paid its tribute of grief today.;," The senate, where once he sat for his native state" of Louisiana to be ; called forth to higher : duties , on ' the .supreme . bench, stopped irt f ull ' course when X word 'of htsiiieatheame ; .Ah elouerititribtite M ' i . -r-- js' -' - M . m - . . . - . . irora jsenaior-fjjwuge ptju,8scnugetter majority, leader,4 and"' ofte f of -'the few whose memories of'the senate gb back to visualize the; ample . figure of the Jurist In that setting, marked the ad journment. The ' house was not . in session, but a memorial observance of the death of Justice " White also -will touch Its ptfdfteeding!? isrhen , slfefecon venes. ,."-.- '- .1 .. ', ; :. r President and Mrs. Harding drove to the White 'home "where'; the , body pf-the jurist 'lay, but did not intrude upon ' the grief of the family. They remained 1 outside . and . sent . their . sym- NO AID FORTHCOMING v - -. '.--' ,-:' ' FROM MRS, BERGD0I1 Told Wife of Stecher, Who Fled : With Slacker, to Go to Work y.v -"v- V WASHINGTON, May 19. Mrs. Freda Stecher, wife of Eugene Stecher, wfco did not stop, to say good-bye when he Ced from Philadelphia" with " Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, complained bit terly of her treatment while, testifying today 'before the house committee .In vestigating the slacker's :, escape. , t :'. With tears in her eyes, the woman told how ; Stecher, who had " been hon orably discharged from' the army, had been, persuaded , by Bergdoll "to fflee with him to Germany ;' how he had gone away "Vithout leaving a 'dollar toward her support, and how, after filing di vorce proceedings on the- grounds of desertion, she went ' to ; Mrs .Bergdoll, the prisoner's mother, for a 'little sym pathy. 1.- . -v . - ' -"Don't come to me with your -trour bles, for I should worry," Mrs. Bergdoll replied, according to Mrs. Stecher, "I've got troubles of my own. Go to work' " Representative Johnson, Democrat. Kfchtucky, suggested that inasmuch as the Bergdolls had enticed her husband to aid the prisoner , in reaching Ger many, it might be well to consult a lawyer .with a view , to entering, suit for damages. . - . "I thank : you for that advice, sir," she' said. - -:- " Mrs. Stecher said she had been sum moned by Stecher .to go to the Berg doll home and ; cook" dinner' for the expedition, Avhich -had stopped over on the "way to the mountains -in search of a pot of gold, but sjie was there onlv1 a short while and knew , nothing about the escaoe. ' Asked if she was r not, surprised to-see Bergdoll there the witness declared she had .- questioned Stecher, who. ..bluntly 'ordered her 'to go on and cook the dinner, as ;thafs all you've got to worry about." '!If I had known they were planning to escape they would be. here' now," the ' witness exclaimed. "Stecher. got no - money -from me. I ' handle the money in my - f apiily and if : he got anything it was from' the' Begdolls." After cooking the dinnerr "and being bawled out by Mrs. Bergdoll for giv ing the soldiers too much coffee,"- Mrs. Stecher, said she was laicen nome - in soldier guards . the , day - before the escape stecher, she" added, had prom-lT. ised-to be home that '- night' and the light in the little front hall burned until daviiKht to show him the way r lnr"buf he never-returned. ' " f EDWARD DOUGLAS WHITE pathy by -word . of mouth through the Judge's neice who came out, to talk with them. . From , the state depart ment. Secretary Hughes issued a brief tribute drawn from his own memories of the late chief" justice as he knew him within the secluded circle of the court before the rush of events drew Mr. Hughes again Into a more public place. ' - - '- ' Menfbers of the Louisiana delegation In congress '. joined-in. a similar ex pression of veneration for his memory. Attorney General Dougherty also paid his homage and. all day the wires were busv with a nation-wide- flood of mes sages Of sympathy,-for -the family and admiration for. the dead. -.. . . The funeral will be characterized by the simplictyf which', distinguished the late chief julrist,of 'his "country. Frptn the-family - residence, on Rhode .Island avenue, an unostentations, cortege will follow the" body Saturday : morning, to St. I Matthew's , church, where solemn high requiem, mass will be celebrated at 10 . o'clock , by the Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas : S. Lee, the pastor. In compliance 'with' the wishes of the family.'- everything .tending to make the . funeral "official" has been.' elimi-r nated from the plans, but every phase of government and every degre of public life will be Represented among those' who ?' will gather . to do Chief Justice VhJte. a ; 1 asU honors,.. S His ; luted associates:- ot vvns-y supreme ursaait j'serrve- as :: Ttonorary pall bearers from the""Church to Oak Hill cemeterj.r where the family burial plot lies.-' Members of jthe , cabinet,, of both houses of.; congress, and scores , from the humbler'; walksof life : will com prise the unofficial '.'escort. .. ' - Dignitaries, of the- Catholic . church from-.other, .churches; of Washington and from nearby cities haye asked to be permitted to assist .at- the services as testimonial to the - high- repute of the first of his faith to hold the chair of John Marshall. , . SHRINERS IN CHARGE -", - ' ':'. ';.-.' ' .' OF CAPITALS FOR DAY Members pf Sudaft Temple Put 1 . in Busy Day ' For Spring - Ceremonial RALEIGH, May . 19. Raleigh turned its time, attention . and Interest unre servedly over, to the spring ceremonial of Sudan temple of the Shrine today when 5,000 '..shrlners,. their wives . and lady friends took possession , of the city. What seemed an immense crowd of shriners here for : the opening ball on Wednesday night ' was augmented this morning by .- thousands more. They came In on every-train reaching Raleigh, came through the country in hundreds of automobiles- and filled the city long before daylight. People liv ing on the streets leading from nearby towns, declare that . the shriner pil grims were, coming in all night. Sudan temple today demonstrated in a1' manner' befitting-, the ancient order that the shrine is the palyground of Masonry, and .showed the non-members how to ; throw dull - care to the winds,' forget for a day or so that the bottom has dropped out of the cotton market, that tobacco is not worth what it was in former years, that banks are calling loans and people are unable - to meet . their obligations as promptly , as in,-other;. years. v They are forgetting business cares and giving themselves wholly .to -the fun of a shrine ceremonial. ; The two hundred candidates, for the -shrine, the fresh meat for the occasion, learned that it is no empty warning that the sands are hot and the way to the shrine is long and tedious. . The divan of Sudan temple h$ld a business meeting - this .morning and completed all arrangements for the public and secret ceremonial in the af ternoon. The. divan is headed by Po tentate William R. Smith, of . Raleigh. Other members of. the divan are John H. Anderson, of FayetteviUe, chief rab ban ; Raymond C. Dunn of Enfield, as sistant rabban; J. T, Lassiter, of Rocky Mount, high priest and. prophet; F. M. Bridges, of Wilson, oriental guide; C. D. Bradham, of New Bern, treasurer; Joseph H. Rhem, of New Bern, recorder. The appointed officers of the divan are as follows: ' ' . Rev. F. D. Dean, of Wilmington, or ator; L. J. Polaski, of New Bern, first ceremonial master; ! L"C. Roberson, Jr of Wilmington, second ceremonial master; F. W. : Ayers,.. of -Washington, marshal:. F. B. Crowspn, of Goldsboro, captain .of the guard; H. S. Storr, of j lain, of KInston, director of work; . J. Mallard, of Raleigh,- alchemist; W. T. HiH,' of New Bern,, captain Of the guard; W. R. Dosher. of Wilmington, drum major;. W. IL. Smith, of New Bern, bandmasters " . HARDING FAVORS KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION IF FEW CHANGES ARE MADE Changes " Are Fundamental and Will Surprise Germans as to Alien Property WILL BE RETAINED Language of Knox Resolution Ending State of War Definite on Subject By DAVID LAWRENCE 1 (Copyright, 1931, by The Star) WASHINGTON, May 19. President Harding wants the Knox resolution declaring a state -of, peace between the United States and Germany passed by the house but he has found it nec essary to approve certain changes in it from the form in which . it was passed by the senate. These changes are fundamental and will come as a surprise to those Ger mans residing in America who had be lieved the Knox resolution would au tomatically end the powers of the alien property custodian and that the Amer ican government hereafter would imp ly hold the German property without exercising any of the broad powers of sale or supervision which ' were en trusted to it by the trading with' th energy act. -The language of the Knox resolution! as passed by the ' senate simply saysi that all enemy property now in the possession of the American government "shall be retained." But it develops that the alien prop orty custodian, Colonel Thomas W Miller advised President Harding and Attorney-General Daugherty that cer tain German Interests were of the lm pression that as soon as the Kno resolution is passed the American gov , ernment would be prohibited from sell lng any German property or otherwise administering it. '. The fact is the trading with tha enemy . act permits the alien property custodian to sell at any time any Ger man property held by our government. Sometimes when the property ls.de teriating or some . other potent-reason arises, v making a sale necessary the alien property custodian disposes of the property and holds the proceeds in trust. AH this money and unsold property is held by the alien property custodian, until congress specifically provides for its return to Germany. Congress has not tackled the subject yet for the good reason that German property.,, held - by the American gov ernment Is a: sortT ofclub .which If 'held. by,lWa8h!ngton over Germany in, the event that claims such as those growing . out . of the sinking of the laisitania are not satisfied. This will be held In- abeyance therefore until the .United States either negotiates a new ' treaty with Germany or ratifies the Versailles treaty with reservations. There are other amendments of the Knox resolution which are deemed nec essary in order to safeguard American lights. The alien property cultodian has been asked to appear before the house committee .on foreign affairs. The principal change in .the addition of t phrase which will provide that enemy property "shall be retained as now pro vided by law and sale and disposition viade ' until such time as the German government has by treaty with tho United States made suitable provision provision for the satisfaction of Amer ican claims. ' Thus the amendment would keep in force the present trading with the enemy act so far as it affects German property held by the alien property custodian. Another suggested change is that ' the pewer of the alien property cus todian shall be continued not merely vntil the time a treaty with Germany is ratified but -"until such time as congress shall have provided for such further sale and disposition pursuant to said freaty." . , -. It is further ' understood that Sen ator Knox isfavorable to the amend ments and probably would nave made them when the measure was In . the senate except that the legal expeTts did not get them ready. In time. There 's no friction about- it -no clash be tween President Harding and members cf corgresfi, but simply a revision of the language of the resolution as so often happens when a bill . passes one house and Is up for final passage in the other house. Usually Important bills nre amended in the senate but the Knox resolution was put through the upper house first and it was deemed desirable to rush it through without gettfng It tangled up in controversies. Nevertheless there Is one point which has occasioned considerable comment and which has produced honest differ ences of opinion -among the Republi cans themselves. It is the phrase whereby the original declaration of war !s to be repealed. A few Repub lican senators and a large number of house Republicans seen? to think thera is no necessity for the repeal clause because it may imply an apology or expression of regret and that a sim ilar aeclaratlon of a state of peace is sufficient. Here Is the text of the paragraph as it passed the senate: "Resolved the senate and ' house of representatives that the Joint resolu tion of congress passed April I 6, 1917, declaring a state of war to exist be tween the imperial German government and the pepple of the United States of America, and making provision to pros-, ecute the same, be, and the same is bereoy. repealed. And said state of war is hereby declared at an end." Chairman Porter, of-the house com mittee on- foreign affairs, seems to feel that the repeal phrase la super fluous and might lead to legal tangles. Representative Mondell, house leader, share?, that view. The fear la that Oermrns may always look upon that repeal as an expression of regret or apology or change of heart on the part of the United States. Heretofore wars have come to an end without re pealing any war legislation. The rati fication of . a treaty has automatically nded the state of war. That's why so many members of congress feel, that it is sufficient merely to declare the war ended and a state of peace begun. Although President Harding hasn't ex pressed . any -views, there is reason 'to believe he " would, prefer, to. .have .the repeal clause eliminated. -
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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