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' - -. .7 -T- - The Weather - Wilmington's Only Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper ,: nfi Ml Unsettled Tuesday; "Wednesday ' fair, moderate variable wind. jelojuwjde: VOL. CVII -No. 78. WILT fON, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY, 24, 1921, OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ret Jrf -ca,mf F 1 1 T TT- rrVN c- . . ........ . - - raags iggsaaXfeai- -m ?U,rA. DVJL867 y 4 . . . . - ... - - ' i -7 . : 7 ' ii PROTEST AGAINST WM VOICED BY PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK ADDRESS IT MUST NOT BE AGAlN,'f HE SAYS, VIEWING THE! COFFINS OF 5,000 MEN Would Have Nation So Right eous and Just as to Put an End to Carnage HAS CROWDED DAY Greeted by Gun Salutes, Wel comed by Children, Heard by Many Thousands' r: NEW YORK, May. 23. (By Associated Press), A nation so righteous and so just that "we shall never be called upon . to make war as long as God and men rule together," was, the prayer of President Harding,, as late today he reviewed survivors if the world war at .Brooklyn. "It must not be again," was his solemn declaration early in the day when he attended a me morial service for 5,000 war dead on the great army piers in Ho- boken. ' ' : ; f Y : The same there spoken "before the living and before the V dead brought tears to his eyes and to the. eyes of those who had followed him: through "a day's program crowded with events. At a luncheon of the Academy;of Politi cal Science and at a dinner "celebrat ing the 125th anniversary of -the New York Commercial, he ' had ' expounded the need of putting the goverilmnt on a business basis and of reconstruct- nS ue iuuuu a uu4c?a,pu iiujA.ai.xjr.i ma auuieucess iislciicu to ,-; nis ,eyef y word attentively, earnestly ut p it was at the military functions i hat" he stirred their emotions. : .. . .. ' . : And varied must have been tha emo tions of the President - himself. ' Firsjt a thrill at the roar of heavy guns as the presidential yacht - Mayflower steamed into New York harbor. . and came to her anchorage amid the salutes of a Lundred war craft swinging oa their Lnes in the Hudson. " . - - In Bivouac of the Dead Then, the catching in the throat as he arrived in Hoboken at the bivouac r f the dead, entered -the shed-like pi-rs winch served as a teirporary tomb for th. thousands of brave lads , whose flag roveied coffins covered the .loors row apen row. and laid upon the ca3ket of an humble private from Michigan theJ nrst American killed on German soil a wreath that served as a symbol for all the country's war dead. - . And later the cheery welcome .of chili dren's voices voices of tens of thou sands of children, waitingto greet him as he motored to Brooklyn through the city's cosmopolitan - East. -Side.-'- - . Then a quickenine: of the Dulse when in the 23rd regiment armory in. Brook lyn he saw survivors of the "war-torn 106th swing: bravely oast him, rank of fer rank, at a review .- held n his honor. ? - .' ' .. And finally, the laying aside for-a, moment of emotions of the day to lay nprore his audience the problems that "ce post-war America in her recon struction period. His Day a Crowded One The President's dav in thevmetroDO- lis was so crowdeii hat he had scarce- ly a moment of rest from the time the MayH.-.Wer dropped anchor un'll he a'r-in tcared the -rarht Site' ;onht t0 return to the capital. ; '- - : Aw York ca.vi him on enthusiastic welcome. Great crowds cheered every where he went. The greeting that ached his heart, however, was that Sen by young America-the 250,000 school children wi l)nA thft three mles of the route to the Brooklyn'ar- nese children, granted a half-holl-2a'. stood in a drizzlina- rain, waving -6s ina cheering wildly as the presl- entiai car came in sight ' The treble their childish voir.s ro in a miehtv f ressendo that brought radiant smiles rm the President and Mrs. Harding. The vnnn?stnr vr lnwui- FaSt Side. TOtV. 1 nnlvo-lnt ; Tinnnls. ' ' ' . Lll iLQ ' U.J b yvfu 'n,. p. a VP Viim V .raaflnn. Fnce the President ordered his car flopped Whilp h nut intn.th pin and shook" hands with a number 1 "itie Eirla Overwhelmed by Children "I never Vnam u A TT.n... wionv nuaren in AmsrUQ PrMMent Another rcmnncraH. . vftntVlflll atriotism that pleased the. President - "crenaae by the, uoysv nana oi i r hundred pieces. -Returning to his ne uiuerca ills tai olvviu fne he spoke a few words of appre- ii ? to the young musicians. , - - ne conclusion of the military re--ew in Brooklyn the President walked -rSS a ball n CO nA.nr.!. Island. - ' , ; . v . I,.,, you, Doysj x wisa cuum f'KP vnii on t .ii - i t i ... ujr me nana, emu. . t , '"'"S, JucaiiLliuc, . oiuyycu Ke the hand of a paralyzed soldier Q her aSi.i i uv i.... ... .t.. k., J uiiea wiiu -f.eo.XB a. ouo P a TiinV -U n IV iuoo ix uui ilk: i gvwM ned !.t upon his blouse.. . , ioTST!iEviILB CAD IE S r STRIKE AbHEVll.T.Tr; w r . Mo,, n r,a v i u cadies of" the Ashevirie counr ,'7b, struck here this afternoon be se of the refusal of the management ho v . , gallery to follow the cadies " naj entered for the annual cadies' uey. - . r . - -.... ;v -- i ' .,."' Government to Give Markers for Graves (Special to The Star) Headstone or marker will be pro-; Tided for every American who irai billed or died from sickness while in ie .service during: the- world war. Many JTorth Carolinian have writ ten to members of congress asking about this matter. s . - . In answer to a letter from W. 8. Reich, of Elkin, on this subject, Sen ator - Simmons said the war depart-' ment is now authorised by law to take action and in every case where the family of the dead soldier will apply to the secretary of war for it, the department will furnish a .fine quality -of granite headstone lor the Idler's jprave. . ,7,7. AMERICA IS THE LAND OF PROMISE, DECLARES PRESIDENT- AT ARMORY Reviews Famous 23rd Regiment and Is Thrilled by Racial Blends in Faces . REAL MELTING POT Pictures . Opportunity : and Re .wards -for Merit to, AH -Who Come as Citizens t BROOKLYN. N.-Y... May 23. Speak; ing in the armory of the, 23rd regiment here- today,- following an inspection of the: famous organization, President Warding said : w .; Tv. 7. ... Z ; C7, ., . ."I am very happy to ; have had - the experience of witnessing-the make-up. and something of tiie draining of "this wonderful organlzitlonvll. cannot; quite tell vniithn lmnrfession I have been havlfigrhile - iJ -nrutcityuT :;ina- neuvers-.;Som .;;ltoflffheawi.d.tfiit. impress", you left,'I'felv la' new security i for. the republic in the assurance which comes ox a voluntary --military:, organi zation which can be perfected ajryp,ua has been,. If I wereia. resident ol' Brooklyn indeed as a , resident and citizen of the republic 5'd join you "lu pride in the history and in the achieva ment of . the present condition of : tho Twenty-third. regiment. ' : . . "It has a good deal more -to boat than that .you began in the Civil wuv when the union -was threatened. : There is a good deal more to boast than that you were' first" on tie soil 'of Belgium, ;which "made the fif st sacrifice in de fense of the world h civilization. The great oast which' is yours . Is that you made a very great offering in the con flict for preserved oivilization and are still a" well-organized unit - today, ready to serve your country when oc casion demands. I hope you will never be called.!. :'.",: ' "Somehow there is a new feeling in my breast today I saw five thousand soldier, dead somehow there has been a -prayer-in -my "heart ever-since, that there shall be a nation so righteous and so Just that we i shall never be called . upon to make war so . i long as God. and men may rule together. I hope you will never be called, but ' If you - are I - should only - ask that the Twenty-third serve in . the future ,, as It has in the past. '"And another- impress came to. me today. "What a wonderful welcome you gave us in Brooklyn. I don't believe I ever dreamed there were so - many children in the United States -sweet, rollicking, - laughing, hopeful children of the republic? I 'don't believe , any one -.with y responsibility can. . ride through such a company of American childhood - as we did this afternoon without having a new resolve in his heart. I have resolved, 'my fellow Americans, that I want" the children who 'hailed us this afternoon to have the same rights, the same justice,: the same hopes that we inherited from those- who went before us. I want them,; to have our America, free, un trammeled. confident (o Itself. . . , "If" you have ever had' any doubt of mo rignieuuaucss. ui liio levuuiiu, . a you have ever had any' daiibt about the wisdom' of "the founders, I ask you: to turn to the picture , of this, afternoon; and see. these -children, garbed in es sentially the same raiment, participat ing in the: same J salutations, shining with the same laughter, rising in the hopefulness of youth to the- same op portunity in life. Ah, let no one chal lenge them', - ."It may be true that, some of these children are not prepared to embrace opportunity,- but the wonderful thing' of . America is that opportunity comes to all 'these young ; Americans alike.. And" if you..want another picture, find It before me now. When I was making: the inspection I was not so much con-,' cern'ed about the shining arms, and the way they were kept, I was not quite so much, concerned, about the Insignia on the 'shoulders' of the service men who served so faithfully in the war; I was rather caught by: the blend of ra cial, origin in the' faces of the men. - I saw in this group the citizens and de fenders 'of ; the republic who, it seemed to me, - came from origins across the seas that represent almost;' every land In - the civilized world. Here is youth ful' fighting America which Is the blend of the citlzenshiup of the old world, standing in absolute equality in here; ready to defend the republic and its af fairs. .The is nothing finer than the equality of America. No other land under the sun offers the .Same reward of merit. Let us keep the America we inherited." - , . . Speaking "-extemporaneously u at th conclusion of his prepared address, the President said; "I would like for you captains of ln- ..- (Continued on k Page Three) -'-. ' VOLSTEAD .tfTS MAY YET BE RETAINED, FOR HOUSE VOTES $200,000 Money -May Be Provided to Keep ; 700 Prohibition Agents During June A HEATED DEBATE Commissioner Kramer' Is Bit- .... : terly . Attacked and Vigor-. ously Defended "WASHINGTON, May 23. After heat ed discussion of the prohibition ; ques tion ...during w h i c h a Commissioner Kramer was bitterly criticised and as vigorously, defended the .house tody voted an additional : $200,000 for en forcement of the Volstead act, until July l. :---v-:; :y -: .v--. v Kepresentative. Volstead, proposed the Increase in the total of the deficiency appropriation bill which the house; was considering, to -permit retention on federal payrolls of 700 - prohibition agents, who Mr. Kramer had announced. uu;u uc uroppea ior me remaanaer oi the fiscal year because of shortage of funds. - : ' - ..: . : v - -;The Volstead amendment was adopt ed - 77 to 38, less . than one-fourth of the house membersip - being on the house - floor at the time,' but. another vote on the increase , can ' be demanded before the'blll is passed. J: J ""--i 7. Even the members- who favored the amendment, however; doubted - whether it would afford relief in time to bei of much value. Inasmuch s the bill after passage by the . house must vgo to the senate. . ,.;'-' v.f7;- : i-t 7::-i''-;,.j . During; the wrangling over- the ques tion, Chairman Good of the appropria tions committee, who opposed the Vol stead, amendment, said Mr. Kramer had viol ated penal provisions :of law -, by incurri self liable to iall sentence" : 7 iiiu5-ar ucuyu auu una maue ill in- "I want Mr. Kramer to obey ithe law just as much, as bootleggers," he de clared, adding that. 16,900,000 already naa oeen appropriated for prohibition enforcement during the current fiscal year. ;: co;-7: :7:7;7." 7.' A'Xl ' RepresentativevMadden. Bjepupiican, Illinois,,, said Mr. Kramer shculd .have appealed for funds to. congress' through the secretary of 'treasury instead . of through the newspapers .and asserted. he-ought, to-be discharged --y. Mr. Kramer, on. the other hand, was defended vTy 1 R presehtatiyi r Bymegj appPfiations5 cmmittee,:7as7s, t Jo-i scientious officers S- :7 W.:-7 ":t scientious officer Mr..,Volstead defended"' Mr.' ICramer's administration,- declaring- there was no ground for criticism. '.' u - As the-house milled throuarh the de ficiency bill ' today .a, provision ' for the ucpviyn ui an umvB ut nrsi-.assistant secretary of the treasury at a salarv of 10,000 a year, and an amendment by Representatl ire sDavis", - Democrat, Tennesseevprovidlng i f repurchase by the - government of $100,000,000 farm loan bank s bonds. ; were eliminated on points Of order. v 4::77:'S. One prQvision approved would permit the treasury department to spend any part of the $18,600,000 appropriation last session for additional hospital facilities: for -disabled service men, .in the improvement of. existing .facilities. The original bill provided that $12,500, 000 was to vbe 'expended for new hos pitals. ..- . CHASING SPEEDSTER A SPEED COP IS HURTthave to 8eek employment elsewhere. 7 Greensboro- Cycle Officer May Die as Result , (Special to The Star) GREENSBORO, May .23.T-Cbuslng a speeding automobile going over a mile a minute down a main utreet here- late tonight, - a speed cop, ' C. Calhoun, struck- another -automobile. sustaining serious, .perhaps -fatal ' injuries. .. When he struck 5 the pavemen: the speeding car escaped. Calhoun's speedometer "set" bv the wreck of his-motorcycle, registered 69 miles ' an hour. The speed cop was right behind the speeder-when -it -dodged past the other car, going slower. . He failed to make ,thjfc dodge. CHIKO-GERMAN AGREEMENT REALLY PEACE SETTLEMENT PEKIN, May 30. (By Associated Press). China, and Germany, have sign ed ' a commercial . agreement, which is considered tantamount to a peace set tlement. .77-77.77: i:; ." 7'':.-7'. : By 'this agreement . Germany - con sents to the abrogation of .consular ju risdlctlqn and undertakes fulfillment of the obllgation.s of the sections of the Versailles treaty relating to China and .reimbursement of China's expenses for interning -Germans. - The agreement gives i mutual ; rights to the , appointment of diplomatic rep resentatives and consular - officers and the i rlsht of . travel and trade , enjoyed by other powers, subject to the Juris diction of the respective courts,- and also equality ' In the matter of taxes and .imports. '', The agreement is to be the basis of a' treaty along the same .lines. Ger many expresses inability, through force majeure, to restore the rights and priv ileges vin ' Shantung. A - supplementary note "has .been presented to the Chinese government jn which Germany agrees to advance , a : lump sum against the war indemnity " and restore : Chinese property In Germany, and also . to re ceive Chinese students. . . , i i i i , . , . - ' . . FUNERAL FLORIDA BANKER IS IN JACKSONVILLE TODAY ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., . May 23. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for. Frank. Wood, wealthy, banker former state representative and once a candidate for governor of Florida, who died- here last night. -. - Mr. Wood had been suffering for sev eral weeks from, an; affliction of the lungs and kidneys. ' He came to St. Petersburg -20 years ago; from British Columbia., J ; . ; LONG FIGHT ON TARIFF IS OVER AND LiEASURE SENT TO WHITE HOUSE Democrats Call It a "Sopw to Farmers But Protective of the Interests - WILL DO ISO GOOD 7 . i ' Idea Expressed It May Cause Re . taliation but; Republicans ' Are. Unafraid WASHINGTON, May , 23.- The long battle in congress over 'the emergency tariff bill was' ended today ; when the house by a vote of 245 to 97 adopted the conference ; report: to - which the senate already had agreed.' 7The measure was sent to the white house where It Is ex pected to be signed by President Hard ing soon after "his return from New York. -."-. :- - r- ,-. :v!?.- , ;:,.:. As finally' -passed, it: carries tariff duties on 30-odd products of the -farml with 7 compensatory 7duties ' on the articles manufactured from them. ' It also .empowers the secretary of, the treasury to erhpldy penalties ih.; stav ing off dumping, of foreign-made goods, .continues. Jthe war .time - control over Importations of dyes and operates to clarify tangles ! ih the rassessment of duties which . result . from fluctuating foreign exchanse rates. 7 : 7 r At first appearance and through the long debates that' .followed, "opponents of high triff "predicted retaliatory ac tion by Canada, by the south. American countries and ' by- some' nations ' ; of- Europe. 'Chairman .Pordhey, : of the house ways and means committee which drafted the bill;, said, v however, , that no protests had com and that he had -.fff" f, only a few moves in re- l - .. r . .ui.i jt . -ury i.-jppoiuon-ap- peared as" Jhe. bjll went. Into the roll call today,": Representative Garner, of Texas," - .a - Democratic member , of the ways rand" means', committee, , restated-the-posltlon of a majority of his party and again -declared the ., bill .could - do no-possible" good; that it was a "son" to the farmers, and ; that the Republi cans had riot rushed tne bill to passage until it .had been made to "take care of Vthelr Industrial Interests by com pensatory dutles7l; 7 ".-.; .5 ,. BIANY OIJT OF .TORS TN 7 7 ? ? 1 n&XhU NORTH STATE r -''--"'?"7. .".;- -'-- '" v i1'.'.:--.' ' X... Unemployrnent Situation Con tinues Unfavorable ; (Special to The Star) ' RALEIGH, May 23 "The unemploy ment situation in - the ; state continues unfavorable," declares Commissioner of : Labor Mitchell; L. Shipman. "lt has been long since so -many wage earners were out of employment at the. same time," he continues.' ; This' situation is the result" of .lighter production in the Various manufacturing 'plants of the state, and of- a general slackening - of various kinds.Cf labor, 7 The farmers are absorbing, some of the shortage of common ;labor, and the road building forces are also taking1 care 'of a large' number of the commons-laborers. But for road building in the state and the pruopeciB ior a mucn greater increase in this line of work, a large number of day laborers; in North Carolina would i uruci . io uim'B nic juua ana wuik ers together where there are jobs open Mr. Shipman, announces3 that; the -establishment of free employment - bu reaus in various cities of the state will be completed some time in the njpar fu ture : The7 two : : state-federal 7 offices now operating In the state V. those at Raleigh and Rocky Mount, last week found jobs for " 56 people.;;- It Is .'exr pected that the f offices i In' Greensboro and Charlotte will be. opened, about June , 1. Winston-Salem is also, very iimuch interested .in the free employ ment offices, 'andone will probably be rstabllshed there soon. Wilmington yand Asheville also have the matter un fder consideration... . "TO HELL WITH, A 31 K RICA" .. . NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN PORTLAND.' Ore., May 23. "To hell with America" Is an expression not eas ily forgotten' by veterans of the World war of this : state,: especially when a man. with millions of dollars says it. .. Therefore, Henry Albers, multi-millionaire of : this . cityi convicted of vio latinsr the' espionage ' act ; and later freed through an error in court' pro-1 cedure, enjoyed 'only a brief respite In which to scoff. Immediately "upon ; the announcement of - the . liberation of : Al ters, Oregon posts of .the -American Le gion laid down such a barrage of reso lutions and protests through the press, members of 'congress and federal offi cials that-an order .for a speedy re trial , was issued. . "':':'77':.:7 A telegram to President. Harding and Attorney General 'Daugherty declared: 'Tri honor. , of our,- country and fallen comrades, 'American -patriots demand a re-trial . of . the 'man who said To hell with 7 America.' " Alber's conviction, which had been confirmed by the cir cuit court of appeals, was prevented from "reaching the 'United States : su preme court by an admissionof error" in the trial by the department . of Jus tice, i ::. 7-- -:. ; r'';V .. OBREGON OPENS MEXICAN BANKS MEXICO? CITY May -23. -Ten- banks' of emission whichi closed their ; doors ranza ordered their funds confiscated, have opened for business under the de- cree Issued January 31 last ' by Presi dent Obregonl , A committee of the chamber of deputies Is said to have re ported favorably on" the establishment !ef one central bank with the sole, au thority to issue paper, money. , 7 -vNew currency bills now being print ed in New York 'will be of 5,;io, 20, 50 and 100-pesos denominations. " The old "banks of emission which have taken advantage , of President Obregon's i decree probably will. be named as . branches ". of. the central bank-which is to be called the Bank of Mexico. Harding Appeals foroim Work in Bespeaks Co-operation of Every Factor in America in Setting the Nations House in Order After Dislocations of the War Says America Never Can Commit Herself to a v Policy of Isolation From Europe NEW YORK, . ', May. , 23. The co operation of every factor of American business and industry, to put the na tion's house in order after the dis locations of .-var,., was bespoken ; by President Harding' tVnlght'-alf'fcaiae-here celebrating-the 125th anniversary of the New ..York Commer ical. 7 Agriculture, labor and business managtnent,7 the President declared, all' must, stand together in the con ftflent tiumose ot sound reconstruction. He asserted that although, the United! States did not want to live in isolation or selfishness, its duties to the rest of the world could best be perrormea by "giving , its : attention nrst ,to ine rehabilitation of its . .own resources. On thecart of the aaministration, jut. Harding promised the government , in terference -with business woum oe re duced-to a minimum while, government co-ole ration with all properly : con ducted businesses would - be ; expanded and ; broadened,. He declared his pur pose . to. .reverse the tendency in - some quarters to regard business as qis hftinest until it rshould prove Uself hohest, and to regard bigness . In busi ness as a crime." '7 '7' Emphasizing the . fundamental im portance of agriculture, ; the President asserted that the farmer was entitled to ' "all : the ' help t the government can give hiih: without' Jh justice to others." For' the wake-earner he' asked sufr ficient compensation for comfort, eduJ catloh and a margin of savings, whua for every other element in industry he urged a fair' opportunity to do its part in 'the . reconstruction task. - Mr.' Harding also suggested that the nation's loans to th& allies be put into a. more tangible " form,"; thatj facilities of 'exchange be '. bettered, and , that air the- financial policies" of the,'recon struction period te so formulated as to protect the gold" standard. ' 77 , ;' Assuming that these things 'may be laid, down as fundamentals,", he said, "it is for us all to get : back to work. We must have confidence. that things .will. 'come 'right.' We -have -dealt with. the ' greatest '.problem -that: humanity ever confronted in carrylng on the- war.J We will haver; no problem hereafter greater or more difficult than .that was. Therefore we are entitled to. every cpn-j DOPOTM ST AT E StiHdOLS N Governor I ancy. giatfype ' tendent Jointly Select the ; '' .;'": . Personnel . ' ' - , By JULE B. WARREJT J ''J-'i RALEIGH, May. 23. The f governor and. superintendent ot: public : Instruc tion, today announced the appointment of .the" following members Vf .the North Carolina text book commission: ., .7 ; ? 1. Winate Andrews, of Salisbury ; C. S. Warren, of Hamlet; ; Miss - Mary Graham, of the primary 'department of the Charlotte schools ; Miss " Celeste Henkle, of the Statesyille" schools; N. F. Steppe, of Marion ;' Thomas R. Foust of Greensboro, and Mlss'Hane C Sulli van of Asheville. :; 7 :. " . The term of office begins immediately. They will have charge of selecting ttie books f or the - elementary departments, of the state schools from .which the state. board of education will have-to select the books to .be adopted. The text book commission, does notadopt the-? books, 7but merely irecomraends a list - of books for, each subject from whiCh the board of education makes the adoption - - .. .... . . ,- -, . .. .. . The: first work,-6f the new commis sion, which, will be called together and organized some time in the near .fu ture, - will be ' the adoption of , a .i course of study for the elementary' divisions of the ' schools This course of, study will have to be. approved by the state department of educatloh, and that done, the commission ..will look::f or books which will fill the demands of this course of study. . . , , " ALAMEDA NAVAL BASE GOES ; OUT OF THE BIG NAVY BILL 17. WASHINGTON, .. May 23. Another successful attack by economy forces In the senate against the $495,000,000 na val aDDroorlation: bill resulted today. In .defeat of the naval' committee's plan to establish a- Pacific coast base at Aia meda, Calif. By a vote of 30 to 40, the item, was stricken from the bill. 7 ' Advocates of a reduction in naval, ex- niftiditures then launched a drive to re duce the nayy enlisted" personnel . from. 120.000, as recommended by -tne senate committee,- to 100,000 men as voted by the house. " A vote on -tnia i question went over iuntil ' tomorrow, - but .with predictions of a closer result , than1. that on-the Alameda base appropriation. VIENNESE BANK DEPOSITS V STATIONARY THREE MONTHS 'v 'N7 7 - --: . '' "'-7' 7 -.'. VIENNA. May 23. Bank, deposits here 'have remained- virtually station ary for three months, thus forcing the banks to resort to emergency measures to: meet demands of large depositors f or payrolls and similar purposes. They ernment and having money, printed to order. -, " f '. '. ' - The curious situation is ascribed prin cipally' to the i law-. governing; deposit ors, which requires a complete Identi fication 'of ' the individual. Many per sons object-to this, not wishing to dis close their assets for taxation and pre ferring to have many small . bank ac counts under different , names.- The bankers have ' asked for .the repeal, of til 9 l&Jrr " Another explanation Is that there is so little faith in the "Austrian: crown that the- people -spend it. aa fast as they .get it for something of .tangible value..:- . ". . ; , .-. " Finding N( rhiaicy fidence that we will cope successfully with the problems that, yet lie ahead Of us." : 7'.;,', .. .' r The text of the President's' address follows in part: -; ,. , v 7 7 - "The "New York Commercial was founded in the time when the young :fspublic was distractfed i by a . division of opinion concerning .our -relations with Europe. The -noble Washington was being lampooned and traduced be cause his administration - was commit ted ' to - the ' Jay' treaty. ,7 with : Great Britain, first of the nation's commercial covenants. ' It represented an effort, to escape embroilment with the old world system; and in the period when we were too weak to sustain, a foreign conflict, it, served to" postpone that dis aster. , But ohljr1" to postpone- it, for with every wish to preserve the peace, it was impossible. 7 We - fought - wars with France and England, as incidents tp the French revolutionary and Na poleonic upheaval. 7- "It has been too- often assumed that our recent involvement in the troubles of Europe marked a, new development In our affairs, .In fact- It was an old story. !, We never were ..and never will be able to maintain lsloatlon. . But our part and our place in international af fairs are strikingly changed. - r Our rise in power and influence--' has imposed new . - responsibilities. : '.Today i our strength in , the. industrial, financial and commercial world, our" capacity to produce,' our ability, to extend . credits which "others cannot give and .which brave but unfortunate peoples sorely need all those make it necessary that we shall -adopt new commercial meth ods, whereby to insure the fullest. pos sible service to civilization. I bespeak the help of every organ of . intelligent understanding business, to enable the nation to meet .vthese demands. "It has been said many .times, but it cannot be - too . often repeated and emphasized, that in doing: this we will be alike discharging 7a' tfuty to others, and seizing an opportuijlty f or our own advakcemept. -.There, have, seldom been more convincing proofs than we see all around us now, of the essential in terdependence of all parts of the world He who,; displays v the . broadest spirit of brotherhood, 7,helpfurnees, ; and. true .charity, .- will .most : surely' be Casting Kls bread ; upon.;the vwate,rs. , - s .. v Senator Simnidhs, for Cotton As sociation, ;Asks:fbr Such t v Report ' July 1 7 ' .-' (Special to' The;. Star) ' . , WASHINGTON, May ,3iJM the in stance of: the ,.Americ. Cotton associ ation. Senator. Simmons has asked the crop reporting bureau of 'the depart ment, pf " agricuiture'this -year to make eV'i iiivcoiigitiiuii ' nu ucwiieu re ports of .reductions the use of com mercial fertilizers and the grades used in 'the ' production of ' cotton. , The senator-thinks a report on these details .: ought . to come ; along July 1 with the government -.report on . cotton acreage 'planted. His Information is that never before; in ;the. history of the cotton - country has there been . such a general reduction ; made In the use cf .commercial fertilizers ;and never be fore has7therei b-jon. puch a. general purchase of low;' grades, 'principally of acid phosphate. -77"' " " , t These facts will undoubtedly have a sharp effect on the 'production yot 1921 and unless - thesel facts rare , fully cov ered by the crop, reporting bureau. it. will be impossible to figure, with any accuracy upon the final, outcome of this year's, crop. V.-.-.-i.Vi - '-V ..- - . ' The chamber, of commerce ' of Kin ston has submitted tq Senator, Simmons' resolutions adopted by that organiza tion calling for -'one-cent postage on "drop", or. local . letters. The Kins ton chamber also resolves In favor of the retention of zone, advances and their material increase, in . postage. The chamber thinks ' that first-class mail, which shows an annualprofit of $75, 000,008, as alleged, is paying more than its share ' of the revenue of the de partment, and .thatIt would be reason able to grant one-centpostage, on let ters -to be delivered- 4n the same city where mailed." 7' 57 : COLLEGE TRACK SEASON I?r ON LAST LAP THIS WEEK " CAJIBRIDGE, ' Mass.,- .May 23. The college, season on track and field is "on , its last lap this week, with 30 colleges from Maine to California pre paring athletes for the annual goal, the championship games of the . Inter collegiate A. A. A.' A. 7 This meeting .is , to be . held In' the Harvard stadium Friday and Saturday. The entry' list announced today named 710' , athletes with Boston college not Included. Among the competitors will be champions of Lst year.' -Others have to'; their credit . performances axcelling any recorded at these, games. . The colleges entered comprise all the members of the association hat two University of '"Michigan ' anJ ' Johni Hopkins, : In the 'eaae' of Ronton col lege,: Its entries-were late, but waiver of the time limit is anticipated. . USING BANK NOTES AS WALL PAPER OVER IN SWITZERLAND GENEVA, May 23.-i-Paperins the walls with Austrian banknotes j roved such 7a good 'advertisement for a St. Gall reatnrant that other' Innkt epers have taken up the - idea.- - They . have found that the cost I, little more than that of gocd wall paper. " . , ' A Geneva firm, recently began pin ning , Austrian notes of from :.0 to 1,000 crowns on each woman's gaiment sold, accordlngto the. .amount of the purchase. 7 ,v ..' -' ' MRS. BERGDOLL LOUDLY REFUSES TO TELL THE SECRETS OF HER GOLD Says It Is' , "Sin and Shame for Members of Congress to , Be So Nasty" AND SO NOSEY, TOO ' s . . . . . . ' ' . ' Suggested by . Committee Mem ber She Be Sent Before House for Contempt WASHINGTON. May 23. Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll,. mother of Grover Cleve. land Bergdoll, the slacker, again went to the bat today with the house com mittee investigating his escape. .At the end of two hours of cross examination, Mrs. Bergdoll cama up smiling, f&r the committee refused, to send her before the bar of the hoUso of representatives for not answering questions bearing on her buried gold. There wore times when the : witness, rising from her - chair and' slamming the floor ; with a parasol, sharply de nounced, the. Inquiry as' another of a long series of persecutions. It was while Representative Johnson, Republican, Kentucky, had the witnets in hand that the clash developed which caused him to offer a motion charging her with, contempt. , The committee.' however, thought best to decide this Question in executive session, and tan . minutes later the doors opened and Mrs. Bergdoll was told that aha might return to Philadelphia. While making no attempt, as he' ex plained, to find - where the woman had buried 1105,000 ebtalnad front the treaa ury in 1919, Mr. Johnson drew from her the statement that it was on tha Bergdoll farm, out ort the Weatcheater pike leading into Philadelphia. It waa while - he waa trying' to learn . who actually assisted In hiding It that Mrs. Bergdoll flew into a rage and deolared . it was a. sin and a ahame "for membera of congress to be so nasty." . Mr. John son . replied that he was trying to lay a foundation to see if she was telling the truth, at which Mts. Bergdoll launched Into a tirade. ' Thla waa quickly checked by Chairman Peters. "I refuse to give you any other In-foj-nxation. About, h gold,"; Mre. Berg--doll, ahouted, banging the table with " the parasol. ' ','I .am aick .and tired of It. You ought not to be so nosey. 'irs a waste of time and I don't propose to console you by answering." ;" Before getting away from the subject ot the gold, Mrs. Bergdoll declared that all of It was placed In one hole, that' nobody knew, where, and that if ahe died it never would be found. The committee found in Mrs. Berg- , doll's books that -a year ago Grover Bergdoll-paid income taxes amounting to $5,330, and. $137. for the current year. The Blacker, she said, waa worth a half million dollars. The hearings will end tomorrow. - CATTS COMPLETES BOND IN . CASE ALLEGING PEONAGE PENSACOLA. Fla, May 2J. Sidney J. Catta. former, governor -of Florida, made bond in the United Statea dla trlct cdurt here today In the aum of $2,500. He la charged with peonage, having been Indicted on two counta by the federal grand Jury last week. , Bondsmen for the former governor are A. F. Padorick, -H. Whltaker, B. A. Davis and C. P. Lybrant, of ,Penaacola, and A. F. Bullard of DeFuniak Springs, Fla. ; Attorneya John P.- Stokea and John S. .Beard, counsel for Catts, are granted until June 18 by Judge Shep pard to file demurrers to the Indict ment. Arguments on the demurrers are to be heard June 20. k . DISTILLERS EXEMPT WHEN THERE IS THEFT EVIDENCE , WASHINGTON, - May 23.Dltlllera are held . exempt from extra tax on liquor withdrawn from warehousea for non-beverage purposes, . if diverted by theft to Illegal uses under an opinion by Attorney-General Daugherty eub mltted to Secretary Mellon. . . The opinion waa given In response to a request. of the secretary for a ruling as to the liability bf distillers for the s6-called differential tax on liquor when diverted from non-beverage pur poses. The differential tax on distilled spirits amounts to $4.20 a gallon, rep-" resenting the difference between the beverage rate of $8.40 and tha non beverage rate of $2.20. ' ALL BUT ONE BALLOON IN . THE RACE ACCOUNTED FOR BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. May 23.Lleut. Commander. Louiseshrdlucmtvrv-nfin Com. Louis J. Roth, pilot, and Lieut. E. S. Halland, aide, of the navy bal loon, which was last to leave Blrmlng. ham In the national elimination race Saturday night, arrived In Birmingham early today from Columbia, Tenn where their balloon . was forced to de scend early yesterday because of cli matic conditions. This accounts for all the entranta except the ,"St, Loula No 6," J. S. McKlbben. pilot. BILL AGAINST THE OPTiEAK8' TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 23. A bill directed against tha exhibition . bf "freaks" by carnlrals and other amuse ment concerns waa passed by the state aenate today. It, will prohibit' tha Bhowing of "crippled, malformed, dis figured human beings and animala. The- measure waa sent to the house for action, s . , TREZEVANT, TESN, BUSINESS SECTION IS SWEPT BY FIRE NASHVILLE, Tenn., May ' 28. Flra which broke out-In a lodge room over the Peoples' bank at Trezevant, Tenn.. early, today awept Front street, leav ing only a garage standing- at either end and causing damage estimated at $260,00,0 with Insurance of $100,000 to, $125,000. Thirty-one business concerns were burned and only five bulldlnga are left atandlng in the buslxess section. - :i:
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