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jl';: 'A" tt CI? -J ' ' .: '.'5 Want Results ? 1 Then the Kical thisg to do 4s ta ns the' columns of. The 'Morning Star to reach the, buying public of Wilmington and Its "surrounding territory, with its 155,000 people. - VOL, CVIL No. 137. jO HOPE OF REDUCING GROSS AMOUNT OF TAX, BUT CAN READJUST IT Chairman Fordney Sets About Task of Raising Four Bil lions of Revenue- NO "NUISANCE" TAX House Committee to Eliminate This and May Abolish Ex cess Profits Tax WASHINGTON. July 22. The house 3v? sir. A means committee will set about rax revision with the idea of racing fn"r billion dollars in .revenue clusiv of postakreceipts in the next year, rhairman Fordney said tonight after "re. with other Republican mem ber? of the committee, had conferred at ler.srth with Secretary Mellon on the general subject of taxation. The amount required is the same as iias been raised by the present law ar.d priws no hope, therefore, of a reduction in the gross amount needed. The government's requirements will b met however, in a slightly : differ ent manner than under the present law, th" chiirman said. Many changes are propose! in the hope of readjusting the burden in a way that will encour age con-, me roe and industry and thereby increase the revenues, according to Mr. Fordney. Although the conference with the treasury head was said to have pro vided a basis upon which the commit tee nay " eg-in work Tuesday, Mr. Ford ney pro; ably will take up the subject with F-esident Harding before pro ceed in e. From Mr. Fordneys remarks, it ap peared that majority committee mem bers were agreed on abolition of the excess profits tax and the substitution for it of some, levy on corporations, probably around 15 percent. Reduo tio" in the higher surtaxes on incomes also semed assured since they are re garded at the treasury as driving capi ta' into tax exempt securities and as a discouragement to investments of na ture which produce federal revenue. The new tax bill probably will be cade retroactive over the calendar rear of 1921 on " incomes and other r-rrs of taxes based-on the calendar jeriod. As to other taxes. Mr. Fordney aid he hoped to make roost of thm applicable immediately . upon passage of tho bill. . , . . ,. v 1, Transportation "taxes would, be re pealed under Mr. Fordneys plan, but he said it might not be possible -to do so Many of the special "wartime taxes, ascribed recently J)y..Mr, JMellon as nuisances." are certain to be elimi nated under the program to be advo cated by the committee chairman. As for a reduction in the taxes on normal incomes or the raising of the personal income exemptions, Ir. Ford ney held out little hope. He said, how-5-er. that if sufficient new sources of revenue can be tapped to offset the losses anticipated through abolition of the excess profits and reduction of the higher surtaxes on incomes, the per sonal income exemptions will get some consideration as will the rates on the normal incomes. Chairman Fordney would not say that a general tax reduction was pos sible, bur emphasized that the burden tould be made lighter through redis tribution of the levies. IM SUAL JUDGE HEARS UNUSUAL COURT AFFAIR Jury of Eight Lawyers Acquit Young Marine PETERSBURG. Va., July 22. An un osua. ju'ie-A heard an unusual case and atl Unusual verdict tra rsn m m Uto.fi 1 J . . . . . ! J county court this after noon en Judge Robert Southall im.ffer . opinions, but not to present any !ht members of the Ches "..eM county bar to act as Jurors n rine a young united States ma- ilissis.eir-.r. comes from a prominent family, and who was rhar na h committed lant ATarch. 'sP than five minutes of de n the barrlster-iurv returned libera f'r a v- - . O"', 1 11 1. 1 U J xv . . . . . - 1 'AZCLUX J 1.111? -- iremia that eight lawyers IS . P y. r decided a case and that any nas been acquitted after :.;n? "nrred a plea of guilty. irZrf u'ha-n stated that he would v, , verfl'ct, and that, moreover', C ; ;1P n's influence in endeavor J.,i . '" uiuiiaijr BUlIlurillCS . 1 .' nave th . ; 1 1 n at 'A tion. '- outn of a charge of deser- ''"'s statement Has helnnr mafle. ,ar'n' H'')bb,n. the cofSmenwealth's a thar ;V 'esterfleld county, stated ;!;.!'irh action should be taken he offvB,"'"f to take tne marine into his and allow him to study law. f HAR i rsmv ohxsox-dempsey PROJECT xniLT;SZ0-- s- C.f July 22. At a f'n n e officers of the Charles 4ev V of th American legion to rMrAPrrtest a?ainst the action of the in.,;' post ln entertaining Jack :r.e - ne?ro Pugilist, and in groom- fntp-orf X "&"L jatK. uempsey was to - i ' . .1 I Q O I . 1 1 j. uiuver, vice com- farr ' local P08t 8ent a tele- that' rA rarional headquarters saying ! '"'R of the Charleston post !ef- -r. vrnencan legion strongly pro- tariT' Tn of Chicago post in enter e -Tk Johnson." AVIATR SCALPED WHEX A fROPELLER HITS HIS HEAD Hampton- va T.,w t,,... -geerstaff. of Lanclev flelrf. a rtr.. ' ecainerl Thnradav -nine v.-h n his head o-nt ir tu nriv "ire 'r on a seaplane in which bh:no f to take Part in the shin "r....r,t the former German battle- ointr He was rushed to that h'fj hr'sp1tal where surgeons found that h- 6, ? had been Jeed off but n-5 skull had not h.r, had not been fractured,.' m j. - ftp ' " - rpsrJf Illinois Executive 7 "h Held as Embej . if J- A. t&iX JX -5 4 - '"'WW" Governor Len Small, of Illinois, who has been indicted by the Sangamon county. 111.,- grand jury, with Lieutenant-Governor Fred E. Sterling . and Vernon Curtis, a" banker, charged with embezzling 5700.000 of the state funds. The alleged embezzlement occurred during the administration of Governor Small and Lieutenant-Governor Steele ing as state treaurer. The indictments followed an investigation into a lo; 000,000 loan of state funds -to Armour and Company and Swift and Company, Chicago packers. ATTORNEYS FOR SMALL HOLD GOVERNOR ABOVE THE LAVA OF THE LAND Argue Old1 Claim That "King Can Do no Wrong, and ' " Court Does Nbthing MAY CALL TROOPS Indications Are Illinois Execu tive Has Soldiers to Keep '" Him From Arrest SPRINGFIELD, 111.. July -22. Gover nor Len Small, under indictment for embezzlement and conspiracy to de fraud the fltate, still defied arrest by Sangamon county authorities tonight and sat at the head of the state gov ernment, apparently secure until ne'xt Tuesday, at least, from interference by the sheriff's office. The governor, without receding from his claims-of Immunity, won a tempo rary victory without exhausting : any legal ammunition. His counsel, who argued that the governor is above the reach of the law,, made it plain that they appeared before Judge E. S. Smith todav as "friends of the court" , to of- motions. Their Appearance as "friends of the court was accepted with thanks by Judge Smith, who declared that he had no motion' for a ruling in, the case and therefore would make none. In recess ing his court the judge declared that "nothingwill be done before next Tuesday." - - Pfuinnot for the governor indicated that they will remain firm on ' their stand of immunity. The next move, so far as the-governor is concerned, depends j on the court. Counsel for Governor Small reverted to the old claim that "the king can d no wrong." in their arguments to day, declaring that chaos in the state government might result from the, es tablishment" of a precedent through the arrest of the governor. ' A call for stat6 troops to protect Governor Small from arrest is be lieved -to be a remote possibittty, al though his counsel declared that it is within the power of the executive to muster - troops to shield .him. Significance was attached . In some quarters to the appearance, of the ad jutant general and several officers in Jutant general and sfj"!;1 an ft was reporiea iilfi- a- detachment of soldiers was being .held in readiness, to rush t6 the governor s aid should a call be Issued. Warrants for the srovernor' were back In the hand of Circuit. Clerk Koehn tonight, having ..been returned by Sheriff Mester. on inst rctlons from the court. It wasjndicated that no attempt to serve them v will be, made until. Judge Smith orders.it. ... j- , The Jurist said he would wait, until Tuesday "to see what the goveror wl ' Governor .Small "and his legal staff declared that warrants will - ignored -II-they are served. : FVCH HEADS VIRGINIA PRESS . NORFOLK, Va., July 22 U- E. PUgh, of NWporTNews. was -re-eUcted prtfsi--Zt k Virginia Press .association 2 tw? lS anal conTentlon,:which esed tonight. J- ?-JftlZ -uieT?UB? betot Sr:L tour .Hajnpton Roads liarDor, j iii j a - i. . a i 3 I . ' f -4 . VI. WILMINGTON, TOBACCO GROWERS ARE1 TO FIX MINIMUM NEXT FRIDAY AT FLORENCE Meanwhile Farmers in t South Carolina Are Urged to Stay Away From Markets FEELING RUNS HIGH Indignation Conference at Flor ence Yesterday Develops PyrotechnicalDisplay CSpeolal to The Star) FLORENCE, S. C, July 22. Definite action as to what is best to be done to obtain relief from the situation created by low-priced tobacco will' be determined at the meeting of the To bacco Growers' association of Soutn Carolina, in Florence, Friday, July 29. The Warehousemen's association was asked by the indignation meeting here today to meet a committe from the Growers' organization on Saturday for the purpose of fixing a minimum price at which tobacco will be perimtted to sell In this state.. It was admitted that, nothing ws to be gained by demanding better prices and that control of the croo by the farmers themselves in The acre age and matter of marketins "was the only avenue of relief. . Farmers are urged in resolutions adopted! to offer only the .better grades, Well cleaned and; picked; and not to bring any tobacco, whatever to market until after the meeting here Friday, when definite steps as to price will be taken for their guidance. Speakers urged today that tobacco selling for two and three cents a pound was worth more as fertilizer. There were probably 100 present, rep resenting all lines of ,TL he,jrliTXS opfne 1slo,w' 4 de- veloped into a pyrotechnical display later on. Some delegations from surrounding counties brought in reports of such bad feeling in some sections against the present low prices as to. give rise . to apprehension as to what might hap pen in some localities unless the people weer brought to an understanding of all conditions. Discussion todays vrv. frank "and free.- Nearly all of the principal markets were represented. Some telegraphed they. were, water-bound, vj.. .- - -E. C. Epps; a- bBker,ft Ktngstrei; offered . the followtnlr resolutlohs . ahd xney weer adopted: , . . :- ' ""Whereas, citizens representing vill ous tobacco markets in South Caroliriv prevailing conditions of the present markets and the prices offered thereon, after due deliberation and thought, de hereby" resolve oahd recommend the following suggestions as the only prac tical means and methods whereby more uniform and more satisfactory : prices may be obtained: "1 'We recommend , that farmers de vcte their best efforts toward, har vesting and curing only better grades of tobacco and that the same oe clean-.rt and picked before being offered for Sitle on the warehouse floors. "2 That all such tobacco . receiving bids less than (this price to be deter mined next Friday) to be withhild from sale and be used as fertilizer upon the farm on which it was grown: "3 We recommend that the ware housemen of the state refrain from bidding , Upon offers unless at le.i3t one bid is made by an authorized buyer not engaged in or ln any way connected with the warehouse busi ness. "4 That all tobaccos offered for stle that do not bring at least (price to. te determined next Friday) be passed by the warehousemen and returned to the producer. "5 That the Warehousemen's asso ciation be and fs hereby requested to call a meeting of all warehousemen in South Carolina ln Florence, on Sat urday, July 30, and at this rime the said association together with a com mittee, .which will be appointed from the Growers' association which me-;ts in Florence on ' Friday, - July 29, will fix a minimum price at which any tobacco will be perjnitted to sell in this state. . , "That it is the sense of this meeting that the farmers throughout -he stite be encouraged as far -as possible to withhold sales of tobacco from he warehouse floors until after the meet ing of the State Growers' association on Friday and the meeting of the To bacco Warehousemen's association on Saturday, the 29th and 80th, respsct Ively." - SHIPPING GBOARD CLAIM BODY IS NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, July. 22. The ship ping board's claim commission of five members ta. settle'claims amounting to $211,000,000, was announced today, by the President. The chairman will be Judge Walter D Meals, former asso ciate justice of "?"e appellate court of Ohio. The four associate members are Homer Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock - company; jr. W. Wood, former president--of the Maryland Steel com pany; Captain. Richard M. Watt, con struction corps, U, 8.- navy; Arthur Teele, of the accountants Arm of Pat terson, Teele and Dennis. O. P. M. Brown,, of Washington has been an nounced as the secretary of the com mission. " Jn making the announcement Mr. Lasker said that while the total claims before - the board amounted to 1211. OOCOOO.'' counter claims of the shipping board' would reduce this amount mate rially when -final settlement was made. The clalmSj before the board number 98,.;. but , do not; include a number of admiralty-: claims ampunting; to' $60. OOO.OOO.1 Altogether," the claims againat the board1 appear to bet $27l.000,ooa. - bob TjaAiNS. in Arkansas "MEMPHIS," Tem., July 22. Robbers held up; the' Missouri Pacific passenger train no. 205, ,- running Detween juemj o his and St.; XiouiSi near Vandale, ArK., I late tonight, forcing the express mes senger to throw-out the safe contain ing money package' and also robbing the mall; car. . N. C, SATURDAY: MORNING?; JULY 23, 1921; PRESIDENT TO EXPLAIN FUNDING RAIL DEBT TO CONGRESS ON TUESDAY . ; - i".i ' " ' - - Has Authority to Arrange Mat ter but Wishes to Lay Plan -Before Congress ROADS ARE AGREED Understanding Reached Be v tween Rail Executives and Harding Administration WASHINGTON. July 23. -President Harding will submit to' congress next Tuesday the administration plan for funding the debts of the railroads to the government and meeting without additional appropriations the claims of the roads growing 'out of federal control. An understanding has been reached between the roads and the adminis tration, it was learned today, to facilij tate speedy settlement of the claims of the carriers without . any new ar rangements or modification of the war time contracts with the government." Authority to fund the debts of the roads, it was explained, is given-'the President by the transportation acC but it was deemed advisable to ac quaint the -congressvwith the methods under consideration. ' , ; -- Use of the war finance corporation as the agency affecting, through the ' railroad administration, the settle- remuuns, uh dbh ousscaieu, as wei as other means, but additional author ity from, congress would be required to permit the corporation to take part in the contemplated transactions. After three weeks of negotiations claims would be quickly met, was said to- have been reached through the roads acceding to the administration's request to waive claims for "ineffi ciency of labor" in . work done on the lines by the government before re turning them to private - control. In waiving such claims, ' however. It was declare the right of any of the roads to sue on them in' the courts would pptibe effected 'In- the' event of a fail ure -of settlement. '' .. - The administration position during h negotiations with "the carriers waa declared to have bejra -that the roads ought, to.. factMtate settlement-;withtut considering wba the'gOvi'nment:re- garoed as extravagant- claims tor in efficiency . of labor! Onry these claim's. it was asserted, -were in -ospute-,; ana so far the railroad administration has refused, -with the approval. of -the Pres ident.. to make any adjustment on. that basis. -, ' y." ".,ir' On the other-.hand - the administra tion' felt, It was asserted: that the-govi ernment had not been fair to the rail-, roads and should, give Hhem what was rightfully theirs.', At the same time it was desirable to! -facilitate settlement of the . railroad problem which would enable the closfng of ; the railroad ad ministration, ah expensive government agency. ' '- '.t'-. : : - The administration ind the railroads, it was maintained, had sought a frank understanding which, by laying aside elaborate claims for ' Inefficiency, of la bor, would speed upi the settlement de--sired. While all railroads. ' particu larly the short lines, were not repre sented in the Association of Railway Executives with whom negotiations were conducted,' It was believed that the understanding reached would meet with the approval-' all the carriers. FIVE BIG SHIPS SEIZED BY THE SHIPPING BOARD Four Others to Be Seized on Ar rival NEW. YORK, July 22. Five of the largest and finest steamships In the United States merchant marine,., which had i been chartered . to , thV United States Mall Steamship company, were seled tonight by representatives of the United States shipping board be cause of an "alleged violation of con tract. ' -r- i. ' ; The seized vessels, all-former Ger man liners, are- the George Washing ton, ; America, 'Susquehanna, President Grant and Agaroenon. -- ' Failure of the steamship company to pay rentals -which Iii the aggregate up to tie time of the seizures, would amount to about $400,000, was given as the principal reason for the board's. ac tion! by Elmer Schleslnger, its general counsel. . .' ' . Four other vessels also under char ter to the United-States .Mall Steamship company, which' 'are- now on-5 the high seas; will be taken over by the ship ping board as as soon as they return to American ports, Mr. Schleisinger added. PELLAGRA IS INCREASING IN r THE SOUTHERN COTTON BELT WASHINGTON. ' July 22. Increasing prevalence of pellagra ln cotton grow ing jsections of the .south was reported tonight by the federal public health service. Although the disease ; was said to be "spotted" the announcement warned of its possible spread And urged localities where' it has devel oped , to take . extraordinary precau tions against its further dissemination. The health service is preparing for active work ;!h controllings the pestil ence, "but advised the affected sections to make sucjj'articles of . diet as., milk. ggs,. cheese, Jean-meats and vegeta bles available-ihquf ntlties.- " . MANY ARE' BEING 5 LAID 'M, '';., -l,h , OFF iJfr AYI.ATION FIELD HAMPTON;?vaJuiy: 22-AhoutvS?S enlisted men reoefved discharge- papers at Langley. -.field f today. :'-ahd.. some,.aoo others expect to be returned to.-civilisn life) next week, , at - which time 400 or mqre will be discharged from the "gar rison at -.ForttMohroe. v--i vrv X The reductions are txpecled, to:brInrg both posts to approximate peace-time strength within a 'few weeks. -: World Being Revived . I : " ' . - V - Ill 11 1 ' 1 - 1 -1 : - " . . 1 o CRACOW T t 'JJENBCBG 1 .The nationalistic ambitions of the Ruthenians - have been, encouraged by . the defeat . of the Polish Irregulars in Silesia 1) .and they are now oc cupying, the old German battle lines between Minsk and Vilna (2): Revolt is reported in Vtlna and Grodno (3)K the regions rpfthd about are against .troops ar ;Tforte'3- DEPUTY AL J. PATE IS, KILLED IN II Shot to Death bylBlockader Soon After Still is Located and Captured (Special to The Star) FAYETTEVILL.E, July 22. Deputy Sheriff Al. J. Pate was shot from am bush and instantly killed tonightxabout 9 o'clock while he stood on the running board of an automobile In which he and ar ef ftiflcah.adJ Um.lbtKLANU 4 IH m m mm a Jarge wnlskey still .whicli ;tteybldoirr family! ' located fand" aelzeii."' . . 't'-'.'C' :-";i4S.TT'flAWHei4vlTi-- th charere , bv" ' located and' seized. V . . 'J Three -shots were. fired, but ortly .one took effect, this striking.' the officef the right-side, penetrating ' the heart' scene of - the '' ''asistfiriktlonS'itsyln Black River township, about? 20- miles from Fayetteville. .-. - The Cumberland sheriff ait four deputies left here late in the after noon for. the vicinity of the: still, pav ing received information as to its ap proximate location. It-was. discovered and taken shortly after . dark. At the plant was found an army" Hfle- with its magazine jamme-a ana cartridges which had been "snapped" 'on.' but not discharged. It is ..t,he opmiorj; -of of fl eers that the blockade? had attempted to shoot them as. they approached the still, but were prevented from doing so by the failure of the , rifle, to Are." The still was taken to the automo hll of 'the officers and. loaded, and it was while standing on the running board holding the still on the car that Deputy Pate was shot.t The other of ficers dropped to the ground at the first report of the rifle and were un hurt. It is;the belief of the officers that an army rifle was used by the assassin of the -officer. : . - Officer Pate was .classed as a cour ageous and efficient officer, being otie of the oldest deputies', in point of serv ice, ; In the-, state. He had ;been ln numerous raids and had been '.fired on numerous times, but was never, hit. Paie. himself. v had killed two men in the discharge, of his duty. .The shoot ing of Pate makes-the: seventh deputy who. has been shot from ambush : in this county-ins. recent months, four of th6 victims." succumbing to the wounds. Pate leaves , a family. Including a daughter who was married a few-days ago and who has not yet returned from her bridal trip. r'' --)V: WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON; July 22. -Virginia: Fair in interior, cloudy oh the, coast Saturday; Sunday fair. , ' North Carolina and, South Carolina: Fair ; in - interior r and cloudy on the Coast Saturday and Sunday. v Georgia f Partly cloudy in north apd local showers in: south portion Satur day and Sunday. . , ' Florida and "extreme northwest Flor ida: Local , thundershowers Saturday and Sunday. ' . . ; Alabama ' and -Mississippi: Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday; local showers near the coast. 7 V - Tennessee-: - - Fair Saturday and prob ably Sunday; no change In tempera ture.. -'- - L winds Hatteras to Key West: Mod erate variable windST partly overcast weather and .occasional showers Satur day. - - Oyer, east gulf: Moderate variable winds, partly overcastvweather and oc casional ho wets' Saturday. Westfltulf: General to- mbderate. south winds and fair- weather Ssiturdayl , . .. Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate variable ' winds ' becoming southerly; partly oVercitweheryStuTd4y-C':5: . Hatteras to Florida' straits: Moderate-variable winds; 'partly overcast weather and - occasional showers Sat urday. " T '' ' "; -: ' FHANCE WANTS ACTION IJF , ': .:' THE SILESIAN WAR, ZONE i PARIS. Jiily 22Ui(By 'Associated Ptef8).The French- go:yeriinaet "late this eveniiJg: . reensted :. Colonel;, de StauJaireFrench arabassaaorV to "Great Britain, agiln to insjt that the British-government .consent to.1 the' send- 4nr:. of - relnrorcements - - lnusr wppor i Silesia ana XP-a meUif .oieywi! j consider the TUpper"JeilesIan situation -tWi 'flssembllnr 6f ; thesupTehje hef ore ' the assembling lof ; thesi-preltne eovnciL" V "t'.'i- ". '-""ZJ". while the entire peasant population in the Poles.- Numerous " attacks on Polish CAMPBELL DENIES THE f CHARGE OF BERGDOLLS Never Gave Him Anything But Three Cambric Handker chiefs for His Babies - WASHINGTON; July' 22. MaJ. Bruce R. Campbell, ofthe United States army told a house Investigating committee today that net, a singJe; penny of the $.500 ' placed " by. him with, a, '.Wall street JIrm for stock:, market' trading infma - C. BergdolJof 4 : PhiidelP.ht.aw that he had been ald" '$5,00 obtaining freedotft Tor : GrOver Cleve land : Bergdoll. her draft-dodging son, Major Campbell 'declared : that the sum sent ; to the brokers r- was Hhls own money; hidofen ' byHIsple at..Her home since the; earlyyff the .war. The major, calfedV hero'without Op- portunity to examine ,tne.;. cnarges against him, first declined to testify at this time ,4s to - tfie vsburo of - the fund. But, pressed htra iy the com mittee, relateln. detail 'how a $501) Investment placed with the late Milton Young, of Lexington. Ky., before' the war. grew to $6,000 by 1.917. It was this same sum, he said, that was hid den away and later shifted to Wall street and . lost. While professing ignorance as to Tiow the Young invest ment had increased, Major Campbell said that it had , been turned back to him by 'a man.-stHl livings but whose name be declined, at the moment to give. Then in the-midst of a sharp ex change with committeemen, Campbell broke in, declaringy "Oh, hell, it was my father." - c - . v. The committee decided;-to call the father, William ?R. Campbell,: of Lex ington, who. was. asked to com here at once. . .. '." N Extremely reluctant . to:. touch upon family affairs to . clear himself of the charges, Major Campbell : declared that t DeT vr t ' ,rra e that he might be. able to correborate , fully every .word of h s testimony It was for this reason, hA ga n tnar np i did not want to disclose all of his evi dence- until he had. been allowed time to submit proof in denial of -the ac cusations. The major asserted that a "fright ful" injustice has been - done him by the committee In permitting Mrs. Berg doll and a representative , of the brok ers to testify when he was not present. He protested vigorously that an agent of the army intelligence- service, in inspecting his ,bank .account at New York, had not shown that at : a prior date he had more. than. $5,000 on de posit. ' ' " . " ' ' ' At various times OSfaJor, Campbell de clared he and- his. wife had $17,000 on deposit, not counting' the sum lost on the market, -byt he declined- to men tion the names of : banks until he could get' hold of ht papers, enroute .with his household efforts from Governor's Island to' LittlenRojCk; "Arkansas.. There were,-raoraents-;when the major was unable, to eoiitroL-, his feelings when referring to his. wife, and his old father, and he banged, the table in anger as he " dehounoed what he said was the attempt- of the Bergdolls to blacken his name. As military .coun sel for the . slacker lie "neyer received a dollar, he declared. The: 6nly thing they ever gave ' him,' he -i said, were three little cambrie handkerchiefs, bought at a soldiers- fair on the island, as trinkets for. his babies. , SHIPPING HATE ON COTTON ? IS REDUCED ABOUT HALF ' WASHINGTON;. July 22, r- Ocean freight rates- on- cottonj moving'; from north Atlantic ;PorUr to: Great - JBrlUin were approximately -;5fr per; cent, lorviir on July 1. thi'e.d',tlxaff n' Noymlfr 1. last year, corresponding' substantially to the price declines of "thafTcommodlty ot r- the 1 same v perlod'rl'AiompIlatijsn made by. the shipping 'board, made pub lic .- today by,, the ; departmetn . of agri culture, showed-' that: therate in No- vemDer was naiare - pounui ana q -.cenu w . v w v . wheat, in. November '--wef ey, 4ft cents a hundred pounds "and 21' cents a hua- hundred pounds -"and 2T Jr !l K . OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. TRAFFIC EXPERTS ARE TO DRAFT PROPOSITION COUNTERING NEW RATE Meeting at Raleigh Names Com mittee to Attend the Wash ington Conference NAME LOCAL MAN J. B. Dickinson One of Commit tee to Represent the Ship pers of Carolina By JtLE B. WARRES RELEIGH, July 22. That pollucs is not the only thing ' which makes etrange bed fellows .was demonstrated today when two dozen traffic experts and shippers gathered In Raleigh for a conference on the proposal of the carriers to increase the railroad freight rates from the western terri tory, for the concensus of opinion was that the North Carolina shippers should work' hand in hand with thosfc of Virginia in preventing this increB in freight rates. ,1 Heretofore the North Carolina ship- pers have always considered the VlrJ ginia shippers their. greatest obstacle in getting an adjustment M the freight; , I rates to this territory, since any i advantage sained by the Tar 1 HeeU slTlppers mlsht' mean an increase Uni the freight rates to Virginia cities, v But the proposal of the carriers 'toi, , increase the western fates to th southern territory hits both states) , alije, and some of the traffic represent tatJves present yiald that the Virginia, railroad commission and other refcre- sentatives of shippers iri: the slstei to the north would be glad to co-oper- ate with the North Carolina organs izatlons in the fight against the bi& Increase in rates. ' . . The representatives of the shipper ' Organizations and t h e' corporation commission, following the conference decided to appoint a committee whlchy. w6uld' work, out a proposition ln . lleut of the one suesested by the-shipperSt, and. present it in Washington next Tuesaay. i ne commiiiee i uorapuicn of Rate Clerk W. G. Womble of tho commission:; J. L. Gfaham, of Winston-. Salem ;-vW. S. Crel gh ton, of Charlotte J M. R." Beaman.ef Raleigh; Jt T.' Ryan, of -High Point; I.-yM. Porter,- o Ral- Ki elglx. and' J. B. Dlcklpson; of Wltming ton.: -1: ; T ' . The conference-was of the oplnloje . . that. Concert' of action was absolutely necessary If results we're to be Obtain ed in this conference with thecar riers fin Washington next Tuesday They did not believe that it would .be -possible to make an, impression if all of the different shippers' organizations and different sections of .the etate did not get together and. 'have soma definite counter-proposal to make to the proposed increase, suggested by. the carriers. Thisycommittee tnere . fore, will work out a counter proposU tlon and submit t.. Then all shippers organizations represented will stick: to, this counter-propoeal and fight forr it to the end. Mr. Womble and Mr. Beaman have been In Washington for the purpose of finding out. if possible, what sug-. gestlons for an Increase In the wes tern rates the carriers would make, at the Tuesday meeting. While; it was impossible to find out definitely what increases would be .proposed Mr Womble reported that, his Information from the carriers committee was that the Increase to points west of Dur ham, exclusive of the Asheville ter ritory, would be from 1.28 to 1.75; and east of Durham the Increase sug gested will be rrom 1.28 to 1.85. There will be no change in the rates from Chicago. ! That the rate from the west to Wilmington would be increased seem ed to be a foregone conclusion, since the 1920 commerce act requires that discriminations given for water com- Petition be removed, when that com t.,ui .t,A- v,, J - . ara-Ued bv the carriers . that the water competition oetween the west and Wilmington is potential and not actual. . Mr. Womble said that it was im possible for him to find out from the carriers' committee just what was the basis for the new rates suggested, because it was impossible for him to get any definite or satisfactory answer to his questions. - "We just got the new rates out of our heads," was the answer to his query.-' VALLEY SHIPPERS CLOSE UP RATE ARGUMENT BEFORE I. C. CV , WASHINGTON, July 22. Represen tatives of shippers in all parts of the United States' Completed their argu- ments today- before the interstate Commerce commission opposing ; pro posed increases -In freight ' rate to points on the Mississippi, Ohio and Missourf" rivers and the gulf. C. D. Drayton -closed the argument for the railroads, in a plea that rates' to water 'points be increased In order to permit southwestern'' lines to parti-, cipate in the traffic - to the x valley, which he declared they could' not, do if rates were lowered under the rul ings of the ' commission which pre vent them from, lowering, rates to any point below the ratesto Intermediate points. -.. : ' ' The railroads can -not lower rates to Intermediate territory, he said, and exist. The carriers, he declared, would , meet the shippers, to discuss adjust ments of . minor . rate d!n!erences, but not to discuss base rates. v BRITONS CONSIDER REPLY ' . - ON POSTPONING MEETING LONDON, July 22.-(By ; Associated '- Press). Ay metinr of' the 'dominion ' premiers .was ealled.r.httf'riedly',.' this afternoon to c6nelder. lt is understood " a reply received from Washington' to day to representations. "by ; the. British "(. government relative to - postponing - the disarmament and iPacIfle. conference to l some date la tr. than November 11. The . meeting was '' private V and there has -been np Indication' of the nature of the' Washington reply, -, ..' , : . -- : u Si j 1 A r. : r s t I1 I -2"- . .-ti . I ' --f 1 '
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 23, 1921, edition 1
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