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The Weather I ,,ioudy without-much "change rf;Sri?ure today and. Thursday; ir-ah'v local showers. - - - , I P'l' of river at FayettevUle yes- CVII No. 127. VOL. WILMINGTON, N. O, WEDNESJMpNf JULY 13, 192K OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. .-I - FT? fv'-l T1. i,-.. . TttASa lira )Sl i!9l&.Nl WW'k'lihirm - -t I.- .-AYi-. I rK. pa tb. wne public Af.wumiMton SOGIATION IDEAS OF MAY PRODUCE kj AT CONFERENCE Mnfino TVTnv Develop Another League 10 Keep oria ai reacc jtlAND TO ATTEND 4nc? Invitation And we .uc, 11 Nations Are neara From Except Japan Li5HixoTOX. July 12. resiaeni '' -,-iiiVreiu-' on disarmament and iuMocts has been received wih jrv expressions of apprdval abroad fn-eetinK and of its work. -ouch th first aennue accept- ,.j'v department until today, it p.i that all but one of the L)3 inforn.ai assurancrs ui wnptf i the president s plan, umciais -d not disclose which nation had . fffponded. nut press mspatcnes .- ah-oad have lndicatea tne miss- . ,en'.y w as tnat or japan ana inu.i VouM la forthcoming in the near -expectation here is that prelimi- t r.ecotiations win oe compieiea Dy . fa:: and Armistice day, rsovsraber vjs been sugrsrested as a possible for the assembling of the dele is tere This feature or tne plan, m explained, will, of course, be Vt to change as aeveiopmenis may j:e. but it is accepted as virtually -j'.ti that me meeting piaco eeieica e the .Ajnencan capital. , - their consiaeration or tne sud- -s to be discussed at the confer- ofncia!? are dealing only with ;h specific subjects as disarmament th Pacific situation, but they are pire in mind that in the end the :versations may offer an opportunity : the broaching of the association utiotis plan which has been sug- Tfd by Mr. Harding from time to z highest administration quarters it aid today that although the meet- had been called for other purposes. would not seem unnatural that, such association might be discussed in : general search for ways and means sake the peace of the world secure. SEAT BRITA1V DISCtTSSI?TG CONFER ECE WITH INTJEREST LONDON. July 12. (By Associated ress.i The disarmament conference ntiEi m bf the most prominent 'Pic rf discussion, dividing honors its the Irish peace conference. No vjb: is -felt in London that all the it:o!!f ir.viter will accept, and , as French premier, M. Briand, seems .ready tn hae decided to go to Wash- '-?tOr.. it is i-nnsiHTH all ti mr iy tha- the British prime minister ii a.so go. always provided that the ite of affairs at home at that time Permit hi s absence and that his 'Lin win permit him to make the P. a? there has been talk of the pre taking: a long rest in Switxer- i:d by advice 0f hjs physicians. The belief prevails among the mem--r? n; his entourage, however, that -a premier ;? strongly ipclined to w America and that Sir Auckland -e? tb British ambassador at tJiington is pressing him to go. It s sjsur.eri as a rertainty that A. J. tnur. lord president of the coun ' r,i" h-3 a deleeate and probably Ad-irai Lr,rri Beattv. Lord Lee of a.'.ia fir?: lord of the admiralty, I. amine Wnrthlmrton Rvani. e3ry fnr rsr Mu.h ir.'e-est is shown in the ques " as to iv'-erher Oermanv and Ttiin- b 'r.vited to send delegates the unabated press comment in- attention is bestowed on 'the - t-at invitations are not confined Powers especially interested in 1 hich. it iS held, will intro- Tore romplex problem of gen- :sarmrr.enT, military as weir as r,rn';fr's statement in the - .se nf -om.mnns vesterday welcom S rres.ri.-r., Harding's suggestion for s probably will be the only -..ojhcement of the atttitude of Oreat ad indicated the exact nature of rifnpofl:- ... ... tor oreanization ot tne :eren( e and other riatalla wlilrVi " hardier throueh the customaiT 1E MFrrc 'F TH F ITALIAN GOVERNMENT Rome. July 12. fRv AnolntA1 ' the Arnprican emKascv tnnivlil Friient Harding's plan for a Serr; 1 "1C mniiauon di arma- h it " h the ful1 approval of - an eovernment. KBlNA I n.;rc . inAi iHti BE I DISARMAMENT MEETING -,u'v 11. (By Associated r-'J ('h'nese foreign ofce, ac- jhv""; tha best information obtain nr. ' ",v- hap replied to the Presl-u- 1 1 Parrnrnent conference propo- ocn A5frM Sze .Chinege V',,, ' , u ashington urglnsr- the In China in th "i'J.rv T r r-i c i r- . . .-rni.- i.. maicate tne non-'"o-n! rPkir? of a communication I Br:ta; " r. J'ioyd George, of Great - iu me Anario-jaoa- ua net ARRY 1iVVKER FAMOUS IN MEETS HIS DEATH (By Associated rrv o. Hawker, the first 'a'r to essav a flight across the 6-h. -r. an airplane, met a terrible JWrL w'le flying over the 3 e-,i;,v The machine was seen "''O'U- V-i " Jn Barnes, and Hawker's frn f-.. und two hundred yards I-as Uf, where the airplane fell. t. t'-y mutilated both by Are and RD1NG L '-s - f foot was severed and tderit A sks Pat His Views on Subject, Presented YesCin a Personal Message, Will Prevail, Although Demj Senators Promise to Oppose Recommittal oW Bill -President Also Discusses Tariff and Taxation . WASHINGTON July 12. Pledges of a widemajority of votes to lay aside! the soldier honus bill were -elalmed by Republican leaders and conceded by opponents after President Harding in an address to the senate today, had made. formal request for temporary postponement of consideration of the measure, v In making his request the-President called, attention to the condition of the treasury, saying that - enactment of the legislation at this time would "greatly imperil the financial stabil ity of our country." Immediately after the President had finished. speaking Chairman Penrose, of the finance committee, moved that the bill be recommitted to his committee, but Democratic opposition flared up and prevented a vote today. The mo tion was under unlimited debate, but a vote tomorrow was expected, although some Democratic fcppffhente saifd it might be delayed until Thursday.. President Harding deliveder his ad dress at 2 o'clock before a distinguish ed audience. Reiterating his recogni tion .of the obligations to care for disa bled and dependent war veterans, the President said "general compensation" should be entered upon at & time when it would be consistently possible. "Overburdening of the treasury now means "positive disaster in the years immediately before us,' 'the President declared.- "Merest Prudence calls out in warning." Although the bonus bill was the President's major subject, he also urged action on tariff and tax legislation for which the extra session was especially called- There was. he said, "confessed disappointment that so little progress has been made on readjustment and re-, duction of the war times taxes." He! also . uryed early passage of the bill to organise war risk ana vocational training services aiding former service men. . The 'President reached the senate DE VALERA AND PARTY IN LONDON FOR PEACE Republican Leader Declares . ..There Is No Reason for Continued Enmity , LONDON, July 12.-J-(By Associated Press.) rEimmon de Valera. the Iri3h Republican leader, and his colleagues, are now in London for the purpose of discussing with the British govern ment the troublous Irish situation; According to present arrangements Mr. de Valera will meet the prime min ister in the famous cabinet room in Downing street at 11 o'clock Thurs day morning. It is not known whether this will be a tete-a-tete meeting between the premier and the republican leader, but it is beleived that Sits Hamar Green wood, cheif secretary for Ireland; A. J. Balfour, lord president of the coun cil; Lord Birkenhead, lprd high chan cellor, and possibly General Smuts, the South African premier, will be on hand to join in the conference. Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier who fsTt present in Belfast, will return u. London. Wednesday, and wilKalso be available if his presence is needed. Mr de Valera and his party received a boisterous welcome on their arrival in London this evening. They we offered government hospitality during elected to preserve the r independence and accept the good Sflcei of their friends for hair en tertainment. The members of he Irish narty are stopping at a hotel only a Jtone's throw from Buckingham palace In a message issued to the Engusn nfeoole. Mr. de Valera says: - "There is no reason why the people - t?ZlZ laianda should continue at enmity. It is simply a question of recognising i juswee - re foundation tor peace." Mr. de .Valera presided at r. pr ivate meeting of his friends tonight to dis cuss plans, but it is believed tharias ttl nothing' very definite has beon deeded upon by either side regarding Printreand the truce has been ob served faithfully, not a single unto wa7d incident being reported during the 24 hours from the beginning of the truce except from Belfast. I1MI FLORIDA, ELECTS 5 M?BaSSh AS CITY RULERS MIaWi; Fla.. JuTy 12. lv"ba-T-lirtents today were elected commls-iSSSPHtS- city of Miami under the new city-manager form of government Sdwted in election January 21.;The new Government replaces the old. eoun Itvtorm. The largest vole in te his tory of the city was cast, totaling 6' The bankers - were opposed by five candidates, who termed themselves the "Independent" ticket.' The higpst man pn"?the bankers' ticket received 8M?Votei more than the leader jn the independent ticket and the low. man if the 'bankers 216. more than the in dependents' i low wian. v. . i r 1 The commissioners will be - Inaug urated Friday. x - ' ;.' ..V : ' Carolina is Expected to be called fol S conference ..between Gover-r oT Cameron Morrison a nd memb 8rs f the cotincu oi. e v:i...r Baleigh Thursday, The special ; ses- Aiiu.-,. ----- -al,.d 1 ston in all-ppoDBDHiiy . Sfrr fS,ors to ction bjilhe Bonus Just as -the .bonus bill was laid before It for the day's debate. He was ap-1 plauded for about a minute, when he enteredthe chamber and, again when he concluded, but his remarks were not interrupted. Galleries and lobbies outside were crowded-. In the execu tive's private gallery, were Mrs. Hard ing and -a party, of friends and Briga dier General Sawyer,- the president's personal physician;. Cm the" senate floor virtually all senators in the city, scores of liouse "members., including Representative Mondell, Republican floor leader, and " Attorney General Daughterty, Postmaster-General Hays and Secretary Davis. Immediately upon the President's departure, Senator Penrose offered the Republican motion for recommitment of the bill, with a promise of further careful consideration." Democrats rose at once in opposition. Senator Robin son, Democrat of . Arkansas, declared the motlonroeant "obsequies" for the bill. , It would become "dear for some years," he predicted, declaring the recommittal motion was a "shield" for senators pledged previous ly to support the. measure. Another ' opponent pf .-the Penrose motion. Senator Jones, Democrat, of New Mexico, speaking for two hours, declared the Presfldentfs action un precedented. No other executive, he said, had ever appeared before con gress to oppose legislation, but only to advocate it. Defense of. the President was made by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, an opponent of the bonus measure, who said the executive's course was "proper and courageous." Urging de lay in the vote on recommittal until to morrow 6enator Robinson threatened an Immediate motion to adjourn, which Republicans prepared to resist, but protracted Democratic debate took up the. remainder of time until adjourn ment. j (Continued on Page Four.) MRS. KABER WILL TAKE STAND IN OWN BEHALF Aged Father, Sister, and ; Uncle All Testify They Believe ' Woman Insane i-, " CLEVELAND, July 12. Eva Cather ine Kaber will take the witness stand in her own behalf tomorrow morning' to combat the state's contention that she planned the murder of her hus band, Danie . j Kafcef, according to announcement this evening by Francis V. Paulson her personal attorney. Mrs. Kaber'a testimony, it was said, will be followed by that of alienists who will' testify as to her mental can ditlon. A plea of Insanity is Mrs. Kaber's principal defense. County Prosecutor Edward C. Stan ton said that whether the state will introduce testimony to rebut that of fered by alienists depends entirely upon the prominence of the alienists und their testimony. Should there be no rebuttal, Mr. Stanton saidhe expected all evidence to be in by omorrow evening and the case, to the Jury some time Thursday. Decision to call Mrs. Kaber as a witness was not made, it is understood, until a number of defense ' witnesses had failed to respond favorably to questions to show that Mrs. Kaber was insane. Three witnesses, however, did say they believed her to be insane. They were her father, John W. Brickel; her sister, Mrs. H. A. McGlnnis. .nd her uncle, Matthew Brickel. The father, 73 years old, said his accused daughter had at many times during her childhood acted peculiarly, reciting a few specific Instances. Through records of the Clevel lad Humane society it was shown that Mrs.Kaber, at the age of 16, had been arrested on a charge of stealing $S5, and as a result was sent to a correc tional, institute. . , Most of the defense witnesses today were excused from being -:orss-e;c-amlned bv the state. Onlv a few ausa- -tions of minor Importance were astced the father by state's attorneys. The aged parent, glanced only once towe.rd his . accused daugftter as he occupied the witness stand- That was when he was asked if he were the father of the defendant. 'Tie replied that he was. ELKS CHOOSE ATLANTIC CITY AND ELECT BILL MOUNTAIN LOS ANGELES, July 12. The Benev olent and Protective Order of Elks in convention here today selected Atlan tic City, N. J.,' as the v1922 convention city. William W. Mountain, of. Toledo, Ohio, was unanimously elected grand exalted ruler. ' The other officers on the ticket were elected. ' TOM WATSON'S SANCTUM IN SENATE BUILDING DISLIKED WASHINGTON, July 12. A resolu tion .directing that the-editorial offices of , the Columbia: Sentinel, the - paper published by Senator: Watson, Demo crat, of Georgia, "be discontinued at the - senate office buildins, and that an expression, of disapproval be forward ed to" the President and Senator .Wat son,.' was introduced in the house to day ' by - Representative Ryan, Republican,-of New York, - . VENERABLE SOCIETY MEETS ' : JAMES, ISLAND. CHARLESTON ' : x '- CHARLESTON. Sy C., July 12. The 137th annual mid-summer meeting of the; AgriculturalSoclety of South! Car olina ; was held- on "a4. Plantation on James, island, near, here, today. Prof. E. O. Bibblft, of Cornell: university, ;was the honor speaker,; his address, being on . Important -technical feature of ; ag riculture. The ,society is - the . oldest V agricultural organization m ine upnea agricultural organlzat states. It is said. ) - " ' OLDTIMEf HARD WORK AND ECONOMY NEEDED TO RESTORE BUSINESS Herbert Hoover Says Situation Calls for Coiirage and Ap plied Intelligence GET WORLD TRADE No Recovery from Hard Times If We Neglect Economic " Relations Abroad BOSTON, July 12 Recovery of eco nomic depression In the United States as well as abroad", depends upon "courage and -applied intelligence, and the return to primary- virtues of hard, conscientious toil and economy in living," Secretary Hoover' of the de partment of commerce " declared here today in-an address'before the national shoe and leather exposition. "There may be "do recovery from these hard times for raany years to come," Mr. Hoover said, "if we neg lect our economic relations abroad. The hard times 5 that- :knock. at every cottage door came: . from Europe." No tariffs, - Jio embargoes, no navies, . no armies can ever'-defend us from these invasions. Our' reoje .-defense is the jjrosperltjrT of ouy neighbors and pur own commercials siu. .ii recovery of our foreign trade can march only in company with: the rwelf are and prosv perity of our customers." - Discussing efforts in Europe to re cover from the .wealth destruction ot inn war the. secretary said that "In the reinforcement - of their marketing machinery, many - of . the governments are stimulating 1 the. consolidation of banks and manufacturing concerns.' "Governmental and government-en couragred comblhatiops are being created," he said, rto control exports and Imoorts and to exploit foreign markets. They are " seeking special concessions for development and trade throughout the! world. Altogether theso policies comprise a militancy in commercial expansion" that compares with Elizabethan; England. "Any movement r vin European pro- duction 'of manufactured g-oods will favorably affect .'! -ottrjnarket for raw materials such as cotton and copper I am confident there will be a return to prewar demand, f of these. But as lo our manufacturers.vwe must get pro l;ductlen"ostsdowni;,The-'',sureBt,.Toad tolcofitinujrvhljrh wages ana tne,- surest .ntesuedtfh anemplejrCegiiM Temove every restriction , on e ffort. Thia must , extend from our mines to the railways; : to the factories, to- the wharf, and. to. the "ship. It. - means smaller profits. It means that we must have ' ultimately much lower . trans portation rates. It means we must have better organized martceung m- Viinrv abroad under Americans..: It means the establishment of adequate short time credit machinery, and much more care in foreign risks than our merchants have shown in the last 12 months. "It means the government must re move as quickly as possible those un necessary omestlc burdens upon com merce to which the government is a party, by the re-organization or our t svstem. the settlement of the tariff auestion. the reduction in gov ernment expenditures through the s re organization of the. federal govern ment. through reduction of armament and through reduction of shipping board losses, and by the settlement by the government of the outstanding claims of our railways. It means we must ceaae trying to drive American shipowners off j the sea with tax-paid shipping lossesJ I am satisfied we1 can hold our markets, our higher stand ards of living and of wage, if we will all nut our backs into it." Discussing the foreign debt , owed to the United States and its citizens, which he placed at "between 13 and 15 billions of dollars." Mr. Hoover sam: "If we stop giving more credits, and demand payments of interest on' debts due our government, our exports will further decline, and the -decline will find its interpretation in more unem ployment among our own people and more displacement of our industries. I am confident our debtors, can event ually carry the debt due to us."' . RAILROAD LABOR IS DIRECTED 'TO CONDUCT NO NEGOTIATIONS CLEVELAND July 12. Instructions were issued today by the heads of the "Big Four" railroad brotherhoods and the switchmen's' union of Korth Amer ica to all their chairmen on all rail roads in the United States ..prohibiting any negotiations with -the management of any railroad with reference to work ing rules and conditions, pending a conference with a committee of the American Association of Railway Ex ecutives. At the same time, a formal request for the appointment .'"of v a committee for such a conference was addressol to the chairmen of the American As sociation, of Railway " Executives, with a .' request for ah early acknowledge ment.. . " I ' ;" . . The committees : further instructed! to -file protest immediately in -case any road gives notice i that, previsions in agreements or elimfnatlpn;-of time and one-half , pay, , or both,, .are to become effective arbitrarily onjser talii i date.. EXPRESS COMPANY 1WORKER .1 ARE REDUCED 6 CENTS HOUR CHICAGO, July .1?.- The railroad labor board today ordered wages of employes of the American v. Railway Express company : reduced elxjcents an hour beginning August"!, v" y No reduction-bf express rates Is coni templated at this tineas- a-result of the- wage " cut, exptess -company offi cials said. Itfls estimated vthat ap nroxlmatelV eisrht millilon? dollars will be sliced off Jthe .annual;; labor bUl of "irr.::.:-; r.TTS -" ; " ;r.?ZS.:Z.i ' thousand workers.- v POWER COMPANY GIVEN AN INCREASE OF 20 BY STATElOMMISSION In 10,000-Word Decision Corpo ration Commissioners Fix Nine Rate Schedules RIGHT TO FIX RATE Judge Pell Argues Question of Jurisdiction In Very Con clusive Fashion By JULE ;B WARREN : - : .-' . RALEIGH, July 12 The foutherrt Power company will get an stimated 20 per cent increase in revenue as a result -of the decision by the corpora tion commission today. The commission, in a 10,000-word opinion, Axes nine schedules of rates which the company may charge. Due to the fact that there is a wide vari ation in the prices now being charge 1 different customers for the power, it is Impossible to estimate ths average increase for the '-different users of power, but some of those connected with the commission have figured that the probable increase in revenue the company will get as a result of the order will bS-around 20 per Vent. The two most important rates, that to cotton mills anl other large' usrs or power, ana tnat to tne municipali ties, wil!give some idea of the schedule of rates. The company had petitioned for rates under schedule 1, which is tie industrial rate of 1.40 per kilowatt hour for the first 50,000 k.w. hour perl month, down to 1 k.w. hour for all; over 700,000 k.w, hour ; per month. The commission granted a rate of 1.25 for the first 50,000, and scales - this down to 1 for tbej larger amount. - On the municipal rate the commis sion's order makee.the following state ment and explanation: "The schedule: Ofrates. submitted by the petitioner. forv general lighting, and small power users in municipalities is a scale beginning at six cents and scaling down by small units of grad uation to 1.2 units. This is the schedule in which the general public is most interested. Nearly every citizen in a municipality uses electricity in some form, and wherever power is furnished by the . petitioner to municipalities, ot sells to subsidiary, or intermediate dis tributor, the schedule prescribed frr this service will in turn form a part of the rate fo the schedule of charges for the retail distribution of current. Contracts of the petitioner now in fo-e and its proposed schedule for this serv ice vare materially higher than for power furnishedln large units, for n djistrlal, .enterprises. It "is held tb be k6reeXafinesev permit shutdowns for repairsV requir ing the carrying in stock of some dup licate equipment ;?or immediate re placement in emergencies. The ""oad factor is perhaps not as constant ns in an industrial plant, where approx imately .the same load is carried tiuring. all ' hours of .operation, Jt is.a.cQn stantly expanding service for which provision must be made. On the other hand it has some desirable qualities. The lighting end of It comes on rt night. A customer taking f.owfr at night was formerly considered desir able and. received a lower rate - for night power, but since the petitioner has developed its extensive reservoirs for storage, of water to be released as needdd. It has equalized its r.itu for day and night power. We are convinced that the petitioner Is en titled to some higher rate for this class of service, but do htt find jus tification for us great a difference us now in force under its contracts made in recent years or as is proposed in its schedules. Wherever the amount of power delivered through a trans former for this class of service equals the amount required of industries to come within the rate' schedule No 1 (the industrial schedule) 100 K.m., the rate prescribed for this service will be the industrial schedule plus 10 pei; cent." This will give the average consumer of power considerable advantage over the present rates, for it puts the toximi and cities on a par with - the bigger industrial corporations - using power, just as scon as the municipality uses as muchjwwer as one of these cottoi mills or other -industrial enterprises The additional trouble., and expens necessary and -indident to -serving the cities is taken care of, in the opinio of the commission, in the 10 per cent additional charge allowed. The municipal rate begins af six cents per kilowatt 1 for : the first 50 hours pei- month and, "scales down to 1.2 per kilowatt hour for al) over 350,000 hours per month. .This sched ule applies to industrial plants otjjr than those taken care of in the oher schedules. - Schedule No. 1 takes care of the larger industrial plants and schedule No. 8 covers the municipalities and smaller plants. The . other schedules are: ,' - , ' No. 2 Secondary ' power, la which the company contracts - to 1 f .irni.slT power any 10 months in the yar it selects for a period of T three years the"; rate is $1 for .the first 50,000, scaled down . . to 88 cents for 250,001 and over. . No. 3 Eight months ' seconds ry, th time to be selected, by .the "company within which the power is ."fjirnishod, the rate begins at ; 88. cents , for thi first . 50,000- and - graduates -il iwn t 80 cents" ' . ' -'- . No1. 4 Six months seconday, Tinde- the, same.: terms as above, ; he rati begins with 80 cents for-the first CO AAA gn1 aj.glAa Arwrn tn 7 R I. ri c , Schedule No. 5 Da v or nleht'txvwer j foT knitting. weaving and other textile mills ii nine- less than 100 -kilowatts. first five thousand 1.5; to fifty, thousand and over, 1.4.- " -: ; - i Schedule No. 6 Day or .night for grist or flouri mills using less than 11 kilowatts, first five thousand, 1.6, grad uated down to -1.4 .for; fifty thousand and over. - .. - ' : a Schedule 'No. 7 Day or night for oil mills, "fertiliser plants;:-acid- plants or mixinf plants-using less than 100 kilo watts, first 25 thousand, graduated down" to 1.15 for 500 thousand and over. 1 hdnlei 5. 6- and 7 apply to primary r --wi iT. v-Z Tw - ' """"" "Dr. Congress" Not Highly Esteemed - WASHINGTON, July 12- Limita tion by "Doctor Congress" of use of -alcohol In sickness by, physicians was deplored In the senate today by Senator Wads worth. Republican, of New York.. : , . Congrres should not set up ts judgment with that of physicians, he -.f aid, when the WUUs-Campbell measure - was given another hoar of debate, adding that the medical judgment of "Doctor Congress was ' not -superior to that of reputable physicians. The senator recalled the Influensa epidemic and said phy sicians then appealed to friends for whiskey for. patients. . -. ."This is fanaticism run riot," Sen ator Wadaiforth declared. "It's scarcely rational .or sane legislation. We ean't ro on in this way and re tain respect for the law or the con stitution. Senator Lodge, Republican leader, Sharacterlzed the legislation as an !1jnwarranted attack on the medical-profession and said it would im ply that e-frery reputable doctor was "a potential bootlegger." "Such drastic legislation, he con tinned, will not help enforcement, but will encourage violations." FINDS COTTON GROWER IN DISTRESSING PLIGHT Congressional Committeeman Thinks Many People in the South Actually Underfed WASHINGTON, July 12. Returning here today from an inspection trip through North Carolina, South Caro lina and Georgia, Representative Sum ners, Texas, chairman of an agricul ture sub-committee investigating the cotton situation, . declared in a state ment that the poorer farmers were having a hard time getting food for their families and stock, and that he was certain a large part of the people were underfed. 'I have talked to farmers, country merchants, country bankers, wholesale merchants, city bankers, cotton mer chants, exporters, cotton, manufacturers and exporters of cotton goods. The condition is about as I expected to find It. The people are doing their best, with very little complaining, consider- 1 X 1 1 - 1 ... . lj' J il. liig ineir ciixuinsittiiuoa. rauai ui nio country banks have practically sus pended loaning and . merchants are selling very little either on credit or for cash, ' The poorer farmers are hav ing .a hard time getting food for their families andjtheir, animals. I 'am cer ta,taJ&.w large Tpart of the people :a-tpdrfo4tU" Mr. 'Sunipers rdeclined' to express tm opinion" as to remedial measures, ex cept to say" that agriculture must be given emergency relief. "I do not believe that we can over estimate the gravity ' of the situation which will develop when the new crop comes on the market," he added, "un less an extraordinary effort is made in advance of that time to strengthen the position of agriculture. If we can get by this next marketing period without too many failures and too much agricultural distress, the gradual return to normal world conditions will make easier the solution of our agri cultural and other economic problems, but if we permit our farmers and country banks to fail this fall, we may expect years of depression and indus trial and political discord." EASTERN MILL OWNERS AID STRIKE IN SOUTH So Charges Textile Publisher at Charlotte , CHARLOTTE, July 12 Charges that a portion of "the fund used in calling the strike of textile employes in Char lotte was contributed by "a few New England cotton manufacturers with a view to injuring their southern com petitors," were made today by David Clark, editor of the Southern Textile Bulletin, in an address before the local rotary aclub. y Mr. Clark said his statement was "based upon the admission of one of the New England manufacturers to a reliable party. I could not afford fo make such a statement if I did not have absolute and positive proof. Al though the present strike is limited to this section, the wage reductions here have hot been as great as those in other sections of the south, and Charlotte was selected because of the encouragement that the agitators have received and their belief in the weak ness of the knees of our sheriff." SOUTH CAROLINA RAINBOW MEN DEMOTE AMBASSADOR HARVEY HICKORY, July 12: Declaring that recent utterances, of George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain, were defamatory to all ex-service men and especially members of the Rain-, bow division, the South Carolina chap closing its second annual reunion hee, passed a resolution declaring that no South Carolinian ever hereafter refer trt Vilm-a.s "colonel-" he bavins: be;n commissioned lieutenant-colonel by a former governor or feoutn uaronna. Mtj. A. V. hooks was eiectea provi dent of the organization which Held its reunion In Hickory : Instead of at a place in the south In honor of iho Hickory, men who were killed in France. - : ; SEAMAN ARE ASKED TO TAKE A CUT ; OF, IS PER CENT . NEW YORKV. July 12. Masters, mates and pilots on Amerloan deep sea ships have been asked : to accept a- cut of . 1 per cent ' In- their wages, Vice President- Wmthtop L." Marvin, of ; the American ' Steamship Owners associa tion,:; announced tonight ;. "About 12,000 men are Involved.- -Union representa tives will confer with the wage com mittee of the association next Tues day. -. The- United-' States . shipping board will be represented at the conference- -. -' - ' :" " - ' FORT CASWELL IS TO BE LEFT WITH .CARETAKER ON IMMEDIATE ORDERS Conflicting Official Statements Have Been Given to Sen ator Simmons WIRE TO MORRISON Senator Takes Up Matter With General in Atlanta, Who Is In Charge (Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, July 12. At the re-, quest of the chamber of commerce of Wilmington, Senator Simmons took up with the war department today the matter of the -report that Fort Cas well,, near Wilmington, would be aban doned except for a number of care takers who would be left in charge. General Jervey, chief of the division of operations, war department, advised the senator that the report was er roneous, that no order had been issued to that effect; but in a conference with General Coe, chief of the division of coast artillery, the senator was advised that it had been decided tois8ue an order at once to leave Port Caswell for the present only in charge of care takers. The department explained that un der the army bill recently passed, forc ing the reduction of the army to 160, 000 men, it was necessary to' reduce the number of men at almost all the forts, and that many of the smaller forts would eventually be abandoned. General Coe stated that the matter of Fort Caswell was immediately in' charge of General Morrison at Atlanta. Senator Simmons late this afternoon wired General -Morrison in earnest protest against the proposed action against Fort Caswell and tomorrow the senator will take the matter up directly with the Secretary of war. FACTS ABOUT FORT SEEM TO BE A LITTLE SCRAMBLED Reassuring telegrams received yes terday afternoon from Senator Sim mons and Representative Homer Lyon by Louis --T. ( Moore, secretary . of the Wilmington chamber of commerce, re garding the fate of Fore Caswell, served to substantiate the belief ex isting in certain quarters that the North Carolina Representatives in con gress had either been misinformed or had been kept -In Ignorance of the plans of the war department regard ing the military post at Fort Caswell. "General. Jervey, chief.- of divisions of operations general staff, advises me that no order has been . issued to aban- don Fort Caswell or to leave it in hands of caretakers only. General Jervey states that the number of men at all forts will have to be . reduced somewhat and it may be that eventual-" ly some ''of the smaller forts may be abandoned, but not order has been is sued up to this time to abandon Fort Caswell, nor has any such proposition been discussed by the general staff. Suggest that you write me immediate ly letter stating fully source of rfli ports you have heard and give full details," is the telegram received yes- terday by Secretary Louis T. Moora from Senator SimmonSr- From Congressman Lyon Secretary Moore received the following message: "War department informs me that no definite orders have been issued here reference Fort Caswell and other places mentioned. Reductions will un doubtedly have to be made owing to decreased operations and reducing of army required by law. Am doing best I can for Caswell. Will advise as to further developments." It had been reported in the city, and from sources considered very reliable, that at an early date FoVt Caswell will' be left In care of a squad of about 15 men, who will watch over the fort and its equipment, most of which will be stored. It was this report that caused the chamber of commerce to query North Carolina representatives in congress. RALEIGH MAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY TRAIN J. L. O'Quinn, Florist, Meets Death on Tracks (Special to The Star) RALEIGH. July 12 J. L. O'Qufnu prominent business man and owner of a large floral" establishment in Ral eigh, was killed on the Seaboard Air line trestle over Crabtree creek, five miles north of Raleigh, this afternoon at 3:45 when Seaboard passehgefj train No. 11 struck him, the pilot and pony truck running over his body and cut ting off his left arm. - He had gone Into the countrf .pre sumably on a fishing expedition earlier in the day v and the next thing heard from him was that he was run tfown J and killed by a train. ' He was evidently trying to cross the trestle ahead of a train and was over taken before he could get on. Mr. O'Quinn was one ,of the best known florists In this section of the state, and had built up quite a fort.iha in this business. In addition to these interests he owned a. great; deal of property in and 'about the ..city. He was about 60 years old. " ; EVERYTHING IS READY FOR . . - i. I - ' ' ' t , , . j- NEWPORT NEWS, Va., ' July , 12.-- Forty-rfix airplanes from Langley -field. ; jaacn witn tons or explosives and led. by uenerai Mitcneu, assistant chief the army air-service,-: early tonjorroi morning will bomb the former Gerr destroyer G-102, General Menol chief of the air service, will the tests from one of the. many, i craft-which -will stand - by: " . , General Menoher wae quoted by officers , at the station as that everything was in frst-cl and that the planes would. lar arly in the mdrmng. - ,1 ;1 s , if ' li ."'vit a : le .couvene., within: CO.days, -, v - 1 ' 4
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