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I r ' . - - t , - .-, .... i i The Weather Want Results? 'artly cloudy Wednesday and Thurs Then the loical thingr to"do-ls to use The columns of ! The Morning - Stir . to reach the buying public of Wilmington and Its surrounding territory, with Its 155,000 people. . . ' day. iti ef of river t Fayettevllle yesi.. VOL. CVII. T$o. 141 WILMINGTON, N. C,, WEDNESPAY, MORNING, JULY ,274 1921.. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ' 1 A r Jill Mt 1 i - t llVr MTJII l)BvX V-.l T 4Jti.Ll - -. - I I V I I - t.l - . - - . " - I : i ; . - . -W- -" - , ' ' ?' " 'V1W i-m- i . ... ... . I0ROUS ISSUE TAKEN ir.ru UCAITU CCDUinC nUHLIII OU17IUL IEPQRTS ON PELLAGRA Ijjjth Officials in South De- flarC 1 HCIC JLO I'U UV1U1 Famine" at "All OIAL STARTED IT "oiith Carolina Senator Wrote President, Who in Turn Asked for Aid SHINTON, July 26. Quick re asf was made today to President iiTiiv.s's can on tne puDitc neaim ser- jjand the Red Cross to meet the re- ,H threat of a pellagra epidemic In r,jree section of the cotton belt. Official? of the two agencies set Ira. fdiatelv tn work In an endeavor to . i . -i-. : j a . . jrry out t "e rresiaeiu it-quesi ani te In the day neid a joint conrerence. hsda'.s of eient soutnern states tnaae L.,;r reSpor.se in me iorm or a. protest vst tio pile n serious suuaiion as nas Lm pictured exists. Sareeon-General Cumming and Dr. TntfPh Ijomoergur, pellagra, experts, the public health service, met In Ifca-'erence with Dr. Livingston Far ui chairman, and other Red Cross c:a!s. The session was quite lengthy !m no miormaiion as to conclusions Cached was disclosed, Dr. Cumming itatin? that he would make a report :fflerrow to the President. Te response from the south wm Idespread and varied. The Georgia Uate passed a resolution denouncing e report of a pellagra epidemic, as lasnine. The secretary ol tne State of health declared the disease !;!!?Tred no increase. Tne Macon chamber of commerce tel- Uraphed a protest to the white house florida's state health officer contend- j his state showed a decrease.. Th nte board of health of Alabama also aimed a decrease. The Tennessee akh hoard reported "nothing unus a!" South Carolina admitted an in btase. hut no "semi-famine," and con- laded there was "nothing alarming. fcrkansas reported "nothing alarming." hi Louisiana reported a decrease. :ssi5?!ppi acknowledged twice as b;r cas3 this year as last, but dis jired an epidemic or a serai-famine." li a rises' the state health official i vigorous issue with the reports of tjt public healthaervice, -whjeh ' .has pfely estimated" that" due' to impov- iei diet forced upon them by de wiort of the cotton market, at iast ion. oon persons in the southern ?:t07i belt would have pellagra and pat 10 per cent of them'"will die. Dr. mains: said tonight, however, that public health service would stand ts figures. Acrine upon a letter from Senator al. of South Carolina, who called to attention published reports -of -the biic health service announcement, esidont Harding wrote Sugeon Gen- frs! Cumming: and Dr. Livingston irrand. rhairman of the central com- fclttee of the Red Cross -urging them take appropriate steps.-to meet the nation described to him as being dght with "semi-famine" and eat of an, epidemic of a ravaging !eas N'o sooner had the President's letters 3 published than protests and de- s began to pour down. v Public health service officials pointed t that their reports only gave warn- that unless something were done remedy a "particular kind of semi- prvation" now said to be prevailing, ar.y deaths from pellagra would fol- w. After setting out that the depression tht ootton market and conditions werally have reduced thousands of or.s to a limited diet which pro- ces neiiasjra tne public health, ser- report said: it take? about five months of this ticular kind of semi-starvation be- llf but after that it does so -with :?pallinE rapidity. The second stage non- n-p'! under ttv" Sfnator pjai in his letter, sent under 5tP r.f .Tiilv 15 fr. Un.ir.nn rLan Ural mine. and r'eferrrl the latter to ie President, said: "t ha? just come to mv attention because of the cotton situation In south, due to th Itit nrire of th jPie. wifn the consequent under in? o' many of the smaller farm -ants, that there is likely to be much ferine an disease caused by pella in that ?Potion in th Tiar fnfiire. S Information 1. t .4 In nnr. Mr accounts, which quote your e rtment. Tf thes? statements are lH rn,v T nt call your immediate tin to the sreat necessity that " T What ma.. Vannn .1.. e such steps as may be necessary , 11 inDii eucn a. Eimauon wou:d arise should this disease u, iiuia in tne soutn. 1 as under the impression that Veare o .i- jU, su me nospitais at ispar- x?' S 0 had been discontinued 3fr r,erfrming part of its for- iivt However this may be, I de- 6.,. - -- in tuai luuan i. j , r niai aid today he was not htrl " na 'jnasrstood that a iilh 1 Pri1em!c did nt exist,, .but Sons cvPPcted under the condi 9all .pr"vr1prit- especially among that v"1, planters-- Sen-tor Dial bee i knew many laborers who W.. n a!d off- workmen and small "erB heing forced to econo- sir foodstuffs. Due to the 'or''m? of corn Products alone. aia ne leared that pella- 1 5fPatr xi tB"i lesuit, - "'r. Harris, Democrat, of Ctvarvla 'mpr ei yrijs the day to reach Sur- Prf "rf1 humming to dlscu ' c.::: 'jatiori as direetlv r ss the related S refit Senator Harris said re eval comin from. the officials Wo; rrtated and that no -such St- w, ? as aneed. the Snt Feceiwved a teUgram -.t.'anta chamber iuiitj..' . taking 6uch steps now y i!Sa the work at Spartanburg 'tit'L aPr'es,r Proper to prevent a rep- ,un of 'his: Hl.a J i frestd ent rforW Powe Partial Response on Pa : Congress Follows Appeal, Based on ' C Need ' fOr RefiinrUntv JfailwiaA TU4 i. n .f t . ; - ! ""'& iycyia aim iu Mrruviue Additional Farm Credits Senate Refers Re - quest to Its Commerce Committee WASHINGTON, July 26. Partial re sopnse wag made immediately by con gress today-to a special message frpm President, Harding requesting that powers , of the war finance corporation be broadened to take charge of fuftdV ing upwards of five hundred million dollars of railroad- debts and to 'nro- "vide additional farm credits. . The "president in his message ' trans mitted by .messenger, declared the gov ernment .was "morally and legally bounds to fund the railroad debts and was under "an impelling moral obliga tion" to Provide agricultural credits. "The :flrst step toward meeting the second . of , the two requests provision for additional farm creditshad in re ality been taken in the senate before the presidential message was read. Senator' Kellogg, Republican, of Min nesota, introduced a bill drafted by Secretary of Commerce- Hoover and Senator Meyer of the war finance cor poration and said to have the approval of the President as a substitute to-the pending Norris bill to create a $160, 000,000 farm export corporation. The bill as introduced embraced the Presi POSITION OF STATE ON FREIGHT TARIFF GIVEN Wilmington Men Take- Promi nent Part in Drafting Statement Yesterday (Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, July 26. he North C a r o.l i n a Corporation commission chambers of commerce and shippers', organizations of the state, held a con ference in the Raleigh hotel today to discuss proposed rate increases and a statement of North Carolina's position was filed with the commission.. - Resolutions that the. order, of the .In terstate commfsilon'n'lsotconterai I plat? g.eneal z-rT'KXU eastern cities to Virginia cities and dibruption of the relationship" between ncrth Atlantic ports," were adopted., . They etated further: "that' good faith demands, that the carriers proceed to ,.hh in conformity with tht, Us- oision of the commission in 10500 and nserve. au parues rignts. piease aa il - -at-a cBtjibHRhed dtii 'rise me when you will come to Chicago. 10515 the rates ' rie, established onf Albert Fink, counsel for basis of present rates. n . - Rm.n if. after compliance with ; the com mission's order, the carriers wlsbf to make any further changes, that Isoch changes behandled in un orderly way as . provided Mn case of other changes In rates. ' "That further general Increase n rates to the southeast are hot in con formity with the general tendency of the times, nor in accord with the pol icy expressed by the traffic executives in conference with the shippers on December 14, 1320." At- the conference from the state were: J. Allan Taylor. M. W. Jacobt and James H.. Cowan, of Wilmington; W. T, LeoGeorge P- Pell and J- Mx well, of the corporation commission; Col- Aubert I. Cox, M. R. Beaman, W G Womble and T. J. McPherson, of Raleigh; W. S. Creighton, Charlotte; C- G. Tatesr C. F. Newman and C. W. Roberts. Greensboro; Burke Hobgood, Durham: R- L- Askea, Goldsboro; D. U. Sandlin. Fayetteville; J. T. Ryan. High Point; J- I Graham, Winston Salem; H. T. Scott, Wilson; R. T. Chamblis, Rocky Mount; H. E. Boney. A. A. Brand. G. W. Perrin. R. G. Hod gin, Wilmington; H. L. Smith. Grejn ville. W. N. Hope. Statesville. LCTEB AMERICA. FftEED OF .TANGIiE FOR PRESENT, SAILS NEW. YORK, July 2$. The liner Amerlcaone othe United States .Mall Steamship company's nine vessels, seized last Week by the United States shipping board,, sailed today for Bre men and Plymouth, freed for the pres ent from legal entanglements by a temporary Injunction secured yester dsiy Francis R. Mayer, president of the line declined to make- any statement other than to say: "There she. Is and there she goes. ' The- stacks. Jt the America were freshly painted with the mail steam ship line' iCOlors, which hid the blue and golf of the United American Lines painted on the stacks during the in terval between the seizure Of the ship on Friday and "her release by injunc tion yesterday. The America, imme diately after the Seizure, was turned over, to the' United American Jines by the- shipping "board. ' At the - offices' of Elmer Schlesinger, general counsel tor the .shipping board, it was announced thftt no fur ther legal steps wottld. t6e ken nerO until after a hearing of the ; tempo rary injunction on Thursday. . BOOZE AGENTS YdTJBfG T WASHINGTON, July 26. All federal prohibition agents appointed, in the future must be on the sunny side of 50 under or3T,s. issued tonight by Com missioner Haynes. ; ' v States directors wr notind by the commissoner-that .hereafter., the -maximum age limit for appointment would be - M years, unless it was shown that a man "Is possessed of iintiual.:ftuiilW--" cations."- ..' v" ' v '.- . 'r . ' PALS SEEK IJT JUNCTION YnARLESTON, CV. ' J uly SS.rlt waVSttS? tinightUhat a petition had b"n fifed with Judge. W. M.himinger. ot thcircult court, by theCharleston basebalr club, : reanesting-that; thi . dj rl" tors-nd pesldnt- of ths v:laue b Ae.tr aSdffrom dividing .tho South was .-divided at a meting hfeld.here r.4 -President r Berlin af . the ?0 ' , ' C..;ri RecMfsts Broader M m. m- m mm m a m m m m mm. . v dent's ..suggestions to empower the war finance corporation instead of a new edera corporation as rflvlded in the Norris bill, to advancecVidits for ag ricultural exports." The President's message dealt par ticularly with railroad financing and declared the -proposal that the war finance corporation take charge of funding the railroad debts to' the gov ernment would cause "no added ex pense, no added liability no added- tax burden." The President describedxihe proposal as "simple remedy," contem plating receipt and disposition by the corporation of "ample securities? de posited by. the railroads. t V The message was referred by" the senate to' its interstate commerce com mittee, but Chairman Cummins, in ill health, was out of the city and when the railroad legislation would be taken tip was in doubt. Leaders, however", expected action within the next fort night. ' Several senators, opposing any sem blance of further government advances to the carriers, stated privately that they woujd fight the legislation. SMALL READY TO BE PLACED UNDER ARREST Counsel for Indicted Governor of Illinois Announces a Change of Front SPRINGFIELD, lil.. July 26. Gov ernor Small from the office of one of his counsel in Chicago tipnlght offered to surrender himself with resistance to Sangamon county authorities cn wan-ants charging him wlth embezzel men$ of state funds-while treasurer cf Illinois. , Sheriff Henry Mester announced 'ite tor.Ight that, he had received the fol lowing message from Chicago: i- t . "To the sheriff .of Sangamon county,. SpringneJdllliBOiS: ... ?Thts I;cdseyoim I-Sal sready-oiubmitr-Hori'yott Or mny. of .ybu'r deputies, or' to the sheriff of Cook county at any-time to morrow, Wednesday. - July 27, ' in , jny office in Chicago, j'lllinois,- in. submis slonj("to the capais -which I understand Judge Smith ha., d&eted . you to ex i " B!"r1"'' ' """r : V Governor Len Small. Sheriff . Mester immediately replied to the message stating that he would be prepared to. take a sherifTa bond at Governor Small's convenience, adding that he- did net Intend to go to Chi cago to serve -3 warrant. EARNINGS OP STEEL COMPANY . REACH LOW LEVEL, REPORT NEW YORK,. July 26. The United States 'Steel corporation reported to day that its earnings for the quarter ending June .'30 were $21,892,016, the smallest of any quarter since March, 1915; just prior to the war boom, when they fell to $12,45.809. Regular dividends of one and three quarters per cent on the preferred shares and one and one-quarter, per cent on the common were declared, but to meet the requirements of the common .. dividend, on which only 35 cents , was, earned, it was necessary to draw from the corporation's huge un divided surplus. Net income for the second quarter amounted to $31,226,09, against $20, 656,339 in the preceding period. This item would have shown more drastic reduction but for the fact that charges and allowances for depreciation were much smaller than In the first quarter of the year. . - Chairman Elbert H. Gary issued a statement after the meeting of the di rectors in 1 which he stated that the business results for the quarter were no't.surprislngsto any one familiar with general conditions. He added that many' manufacturing concerns have been , operating at a loss. -This, he . declared, is no less censur able than insisting, upon "unconscion able profits" and orrhnot be long con tinued. . FIND NO TRACE OF CARGO OP WHISKEY FROM POCOMOKE ' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 26 Rev enue agents searched boat houses, wharves and a warehouse here late to day, but failed to find any trace of the cargo of whiskey the schooner Poco moke is : suspected by federal officials of having landed. . "Some 'one beat us to it, that's all," said one of "the officials. "There was every; indication, he declared, that the alleged smugglers' syndicate had tip pers close enough to official circles to obtain , advance Information of . what the '"'prohibition forces intended doing.".::.- . ' Directors of the government ' forces here declared they-could make import ant "arrests at anytime, but intend to defer action - until x tbV. activities of a number , of . other, men have .lnvestiga ted. '--- " '' AUSTRALIAN TEAM WINS TORONTO, Ont July 26.- The Aus tralian tennis team, by virtue of Its victory over - Canada in the doubles match ihere today, won. the right to meet 'the British team at Pittsburgh Jn-'lje second:-round of the Davis cup cemjpetitlon next week, the Austral ian pair won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, - - :V".,'-''. . ' ---The Australians won two singles matchea In the- opening day's play Saturday. . . . ' - ' m ' ' " - ' .NAVAL OFFICER SUICIDES - PROVXPENCE, R 1 July 26. Cap tain George A: "Lung, medical officer at. tlie -naval war .college , at Newport, committed ;suicide today at nis sum- 'n,,h(me - ia.Brlstol, JAPAN SURE TO TAKE PART IN DISARMAMENT DISCUSSION, IS BELIEF Official Confirmation of ? Japan's Decision to Enter Still Lacking AMERICA HOPEFUL Private Advices Received Yes terday Were That Japan Had Decided WASHINGTON, , Julyi55---(By Asso ciated Press) With fult JapAes par ticipation In the disarmament- confer ence regarded as ' finally assured, American officials iniharge of the conference plans are beginning to give earnest consideration to the date xt meeting as the next step in the diplo matic preliminaries. Such exchanresVas ;have take place already regarding thesmeetlng date are understood to hV0 been .entirely in formal, pendinsr a definite statement Of Japan's consent to?enter fully-tn.to the discusslona. From now on,' how ever, the subject will be given greater prpminence with' the .United States leaning strongly toward late . fall as the most advantageoustime for bring ing the delegates together here. Official word of Japan's willingness; to take part in the .discussion of ..far eastern questions at" ;tbe conference had not reached the .state .department tonight but offlcialsshowed much gratification over newsJdispatches say-r ing that such a decision had been reached by the' Japanese cabinet and would be communicated to Washing ton shortly. It haV; been the desire here to clear awayTthe.se preliminaries as quickly as posslblethough perfect confidence 'hafc . been ;,apparent from ths start.ihat the tolslogoyrnment would interpose o obstacTi & the -nreserv- 04 jrieussliweh-erirh ijth er -cea.: xerence ta-Die... Once . Japan- dfanitelyhas prepared to come into the ; conference without self-imposed ' restrictions . and reserva tions, -it is the belief here that the par ticipating powers can reach agreement without dlfflcultyregardirig . the exact' program of the sesaionrSuch an agree ment generally U expected, t precede the actual assembling 0f -the. confer ence, though it is held i. here that It should , not come before ithe .exchange of formal invitations, and acceptances. LONDON GETS- INTERESTING STATEMENT FORM JAPANESE LONDON, July 26. Japan considers that there are important matters re lating to Mexico and the Dutch East Indies ln which she , has considerable interest and that inasmuch as Mexico and Holland have not been Invited to take part in the proposed conference at Washington,-the inference isdrawn that only such questions as "Shantung and Yap are slated for discussion, ac cording to a statement from Japanese sources issued, here". The contention -is -iwit forth -that Japan -can not go to Washington, merely for 'suth a limited, discussion.' Japan, it is .declared, has no objection to entering a .conference such as that proposed and-Is even grateful to the United States for inviting 'her to; dis cuss disarmament, . but can 'only con sent to a general discussion provided all matters embraced by Pacific prob lems are disdSesed. SINN FEIN: IiEADS ARE STUDYING PEACE PLAN Silence from Dublin Causes No Uneasiness in London LONDON, July !"26.-i-(By Associated Press.) The uhcanny silence DubHn maintains relative to the British "gov ernment's proposals would create -uneasiness but for the knOyn fabt tha.t th Sinn- Fein leaders are-engaged in daily discussion of these proposals, which, as Austin Chamberlain, the gov ernment leader, revealedf in the hose of commons today. weer only "outlines And principles. - This - was ' interpreted to mean that"' they . afford -a basis-for continued negotiations. ' No reply has yet' "been -.received. by the prime minister from-Mr.fde Valera. According to reports current in Dub lin, what is called the "rock of Ulster" is the great obstacle which must be taken into consideration. It is clear i from -'the statements of Lord Birkenhead, lord high ;chancelfbr in the hOuse of lords, and Mr. Chamber lain in the vcommons . today, that 'the government has not. losVhope pf, a Set tlement. . -: ' ' '' The former,. announced 7that .lhs gov-; errraent-was hopeful it would be able tc make a statement at .an- eaxly- date, Mr. Chamberlain - went' further, clearly indicating that 1 the ; ' government' iJXr pected a late ": autumn ' session . in order t- pass legislation regarding peace in Ireland. (H '.:.. , .... ALL FORECASTS OF IRISH v r. i iANSWER MERELY GUESSWORK DUBLIN, July 26. (By Associated PVes).r-All;i forecasts.' of Uamonn de Valeta's -r.ep.ly, to tho British., govern ment ' regarding." its. proposals ; are- purs guess work. ' - The . sxtren;ly few per sons -knowing the facts . will not; di vulge - them.' Desmond VFttfgeraJd, : the Sinn Foinminister of propaganda, says that no Announcement, is likely1 - for 8omeV,days. '.V,--' V- indications point to diffleultles with Ulster, Mr, de Valera inslstlnguipon tSfei onTto aupremej Irish,-parilanient, nesion to Sales Tax Plan Reveri mmis ue Imposition of a Purchase Tax,' Repeal of Excises on Candy and Bottled Soft Drinks and Many Other Suggestions Forth coming Ways and Means Committee Against Sales Tax Method, Says Fordney "WASHINGTON. J.uly .26. -Til sal8 . tax as a metho'd of raising any part of the four-billions of revenue -needed by'' the federal to ujijiuscu uj mumueia ut we iiunso ways and means committee, Chairman Fordney said today at the opening of tax revision hearings. Only four days have been "set aside for the? hearings and Mr. Fordney suggested i that wit nesses refrain from consuming time in discussing such a tax. Imposition of a "purchase tax," re peal of the excise taxes on candy and bottled soft drinks and amendment oi the estate tax provision were among suggestions made to the committee by witnesses. In addition, thechamber of commerce of the United: -States, in a Communication urged a' general turn over tax .'on all business transactions as a part of a general . tax program advanced by it, as the. result of a,, final referendum vote among the commer cial and industrial organizations within its membership. Other recommendations of the, cham ber of commerce were repeal of excess profits taxes . and war excise taxes, GEORGIA ARE Reorganization Carried Out Un der Direction of G. O. P. National Committee ATLANTA, July 26. Under the aus pices of the Republican national com mittee, the machinery of the Republi can party in Georgia was reorganized here today ' and two" hundred delegates attending a special convention pledged themselves in. resolctiins .adopted to "dedicate our best efforts to the main tenance of the Republican party in the mt,m. tt dnnrBtia. en such a htghiplas q'lCaaCJtt entire party . and to ;demand the ' Te- speet of all." ' ' The resolutions also praised Presi dent "Harding. V A new state1 central committee com posed of forty whites and ten negroes was elected, with its chairman J- L. Phillips. &Mteb9mtkHbi ?jhJ. manufacturer, '.''whbV.lia6'0iiepTWrt: ken but little -part in, state Republican, affairs. Mr. Phillips, hqwever, ha long been a member of the; party.' The new committee will meetv- shortly, and name 'an executive committee" which is expected, to . deal .with: patronage questions. , ; - The practical placing of-, the party's affairs under white corttfor di-ew fire from Edward W. Sherman, negro' edi tor of Savannah, and from p; M. Duke, of Butts county, who challenged .the legality of the action taken .in dismis sing the former central committee. Later, John B. Dove, of Erberton, .an nounced he had been chosen as envoy of the old committee to place Its grlev- Unces before President. Harding;. Ros- coe Pickett, a former state chairman, also attempted to bldck the change? of committees, but finally withdrew ,. his motion. Talk, of the possible resignation; of Henry Lincoln Johnson, negro national committeeman .-from Georgia, followed th,e. change to white control on the committee, but nothing official was an nounced. ' . - v . -'.-. SECRETARIES. ASKEP TO ATTEND SOUTHERN TARIFF "CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. 4 July. 26 . Headed ;by Senator Overman, a delegation ' from North Carolina called . upon Secretary of Agriculture. Wallace And. Assistant Secretary of . the Navy Roosevelt today with invitations to address the South ern. Tariff congress at its session' in Greensboro, -August 15-18. Both .the secretaries .were said to have given assurances that they would make every effort to be present. t- The delegation included. C. W. Rob erts, secretary of tne. Greensboro cham ber of commerce; .George.. F.- Newman, Greensboro; Burke Hobgood, Durham; George Comer. Henderson; ...George West, Washington ;.'C. E. Hope. States ville; W. G. .Turner, State.8vJ.il; J. H. Cowan, mayor of Wilmington, and. Nor man Y Chambliss,' ; secretary ,of ; th Rocky Mount chamber 'of commerce- , APPROVE NORWEGIAN. TREATy j WASHINGTON, July. 26. The sen te, foreign relations . committee ap proved to'day ; the; treaty with Norway, signed June 30, last, for submlsaioi to; arbitration ' of - Norwegian ' - claim's growing out. of ' requisitioning,-. --'durlaig the war, - f ' ships, beingrbuilt'.ln this country fpr Norwegians. . The treaty would create, an arbitral, tribune of three members. ' ' ' " . ., . '-" v NEW CERTIFICATES- OFFERED WASHINGTON, July "26 .Secretary Mellon today, ."offered 'for subscription two new series : treasury certlficatds, the comb'ined' offering being for about $3OO,0OO,OOQ.- Both issues-are dated Au? gust . 1, "' one1- maturing- n six .. months with int.orest at;r5.,I-4. percent and te other maturing : in one .year with InV. terest - at, 5 i 1-2 -percent., x '- " With' thOv $300;,000,000-3 certificate is-u- the treasury itiwae believed, would be in a- position to. meet:' any demands upon it, by the war. finance' corporation In "' connection with . settlements with the railroads' tinder- the -plan submitted to congress' today by . President wara- ',' GREENVILLE GETS PLANT -z ' ; GREENVILLE, S- C, . July, 26. The Franklin Process 1 company, neof; the largest cotton, yarn dyeing concerns in the world, has definitely determined t establish a large plants in 'Greenville in the . very near . future, it was 'an nounced ' today :by . executive voti the t company wH"o have been . here for. sevv BEPUBLICANSMST REORGANIZED . new'ipiantiia to .be made t.once.' -??ideatifi4.-f.dr: . '-. of Raising Opjp osition both thos. on transportation and com- municatloh an 'those levied in relation ta-particular businesses. In the place taxes; a tax on all turnovers was urged. -A tax On personal expenditures was urged by Representative Mills, Repub lican, New York; He old the commit tee that such a tax would encourage thrift and penalize extravagance. A somewhat similar proposal was pre sented, by C. P. Landreth, a Philadel ; phia manufacturer, and F. P. . Miller, 'f, ' - 0 " i ThAV l!IPP0fitoH a r Q v nit oil nii.Akao.a by Individuals, ' partnerships . and cor porations and estimated on the basis of -current bank , 'clearances that this?reiusea to appropriate funds for pay tax would yield aDDroximatelv four and i a half billion dollars annually "Amenedment 'of - the estate tax pro vision of the revenue law so an estate ould not be required to pay more thanone tax in" 'five years was urged by U. C Deford, - a lawyer of Youngs town, Ohio. 'The iWitness cited an in stance whore through -the death of a husband and his widow within a pe riod -of nine days the : same estate had been taxed twice within that time. RATES IN FORDNEY TARIFF ACT Especially If American Valua tion basis Is Adopted, V Senate Body Is Told : JWTASHINGON.' July 67 Overhaul ing of rates in the Fordney tariff bill Wll be necessary in -order to permit Its "effective administration, the sen aie " finance committee was told today by George C. Davis, chiel of the com pariative values bureau,' In the New York customs house.1 - Mr. Davis de clared further . that if congress adopt- valiiatlon - plan, -oji levviner 'Import diitlesseyeir more radf- cal , changes in the , rte would have to follow. v :'-.'. "- The American valuation.; plan, as a substitute for -"the; present;- system of assessing duties on foreign values was attacked by the customs f official, who saw in it the cause, for "unending liti gation and a general tying vup -of the importing business." He added tthat, as drawn, some of the rates in the bill, administered on an American val uation basis, meant a., ''positive -prohibition" of importations. , He ,dld not, however, enumerate . the "commodities Of which he spoke. ' Mr. .Davis said. that none knew what the effect of the change would be. and predicted it Would, take years to learn, whereas the Customs service, with nearly fifty, years of experience under the present plan, hadrback of It court rulings, accepted business practices and a generally. stable foundation up on which to work. - All' of this would be lost in the change,, he declared, and another era of litigation gone through before correct Interpretation could be had . of the .bill's provisions. Chairman Davis said there would be an increase In amount of work placed on the eustoms , service ty the new duty- basis, informing the committee that it could require that every pack age entering customs would have to be examined. . At ;presenfc, he -said, inspec tors examine only about ten per cent Of . the imports. .. Examination of all would be. required he asserted by the bill's provisions "calling for valuations on a comparative or competitive basis. Chairman Penrose said he saw need for an - army of men "in.- assessing the duties under the plah. -1.: , The committee also heard Thomas O. Marvin "i and William S..5 Culbertson, members of tne tariff commission, each Of whom faVored the American valua tion plan. V . .' BIG HEADS DO NOT MEAN BIG BRAINS ASERTS DOCTOR CLEVELAND, O.. July 26.-Large heads do not mean large- brains, Dr. Harry ,W. -Forbes, former president of the Los Angeles college of osteo pathic physicians and surgeons told the delegates; attending the 25th an nual convention . of the American osteo pathic jLssoiatin late today. 'Many large .lieads mean more than the normal" seven tablespoonfuls of water oh the brain.-" Dr. Forbes said. "When this normal , a'mount of braifi water Is increased the' volume of blood Vhlch - can t flow, through the head is decreased.. Tf. lackof blood circula tion gravely impairs - all ; .brain func tions!' ' .:" " NARROWLY, ESCAPES - DROWNING PALATKA, Fla.. July 26. S. S. Browning prominent lumberman i.nd manufacturer, of this city, miracuously escaped drow.nins'tonigrrt when- an automobile in which - he was riding plunged through an "open draw" on the St. . Johns . river.i bridge, here, and after falling 14 .feet- xaught on the bridge pillng-'aad "remained suspended with its . front vWheels; in the water. Browning clung'-to the machine until rescued. "--.'", i '"'; A steamer-passed through the draw In the meantime, apparently without any one aboard knowing of Brown ing's predicaments Beyond a few failed to observe the' signal light de noting that the (draw .was. open. NEGRO CONFESSES MURDER MARION, - Ark., July v 2.6. -Folio wing his arrest for stealing: a Jride on a freight train Oseie Tate.negro aged 22, confessed, .according, to local offi cials,' that .he killed the: 15-year old white boy whose body .was found at the ? Arkansas h end of ;.the -Mississippi river ' bridge - herer iast February and l0 aempts at OVERHAUL ABANDON GAMPS BRAGG AND JACKSON BECAUSE OF ARMY'S REDUCTION Army Will Be Reduced to Peace Time Strength of 150,000 Men by July 31 TO RETAINCAMPS Army Plans Call for Them to Be Used, If Funds Per- - mit, for Training WASHINGTON, July 26. Reduction of. the United Stateaarmy to peace- TlTTift fitrAn fftn tr T Kn iiAn m a-, rliT j ... w ' nicii accomplished. by July 31 In accordance with the decision of congress when :t or a greater force after Octtfber 5 1. With the reduction, Secretary" Weeks announced today, there would be a general re-distribution of troops, prac tical abandonment of seven of the great war-time army cantonment. ; placement of many organizations on the Inactive list and skeletonization of t others into materially reduced, strengths. ; "The cantonments to . be -abandoned!; ; "at- the earliest practicable J date" as,""' announced by Secretary Weeks are camps Devens, Massachusetts; Sher-ii man, Ohio; Pike, Arkansas; Grant, Illiv nois; Jackson, "Souh Carolina; Meade, Maryland; except for a small detach-" ment, and Bragg, North Carolina Those to be retained under the plans of reorganization are Dix, New Jer; sey; Travis. TJexas; Lewis, Washington and Knox, Kentucky. The war secretary said It was hl plan eventually to remove troops fpomj the cantonments to be vacated and tp -salvage the greater part of the build'-j ings. It was not his purpose, he.said,j to sell the land, but to jjetalij'i-t ao well as the utilities and improvements such as storehouses, water systems.; railroad tracks. He said;' these wouldj be used. in future if appropriations per- mitted , an expansion of the citizen military trainins camps. j There was considerable surprise among army officers when it was foundt that the enlisted strength would be, reduced to the 150,00 mark by July 31. Only a few had believed it possi ble -that thexmen- would. resign under-; Secretary Weeks order ' in numbers 8ufflclentiy large to effect the teduc tlon from approximately 220,000 men In June to the smaller figure before win ter. Secretary Weeks recently instructed corps area and divisional commanders to permit the men within the conti nental boundaries to resign during July upon application without forfeit ing travel pay to their. homes or ths $50 bonus which they received ordl- narily when their enlistments expired!, The resignations literally poured in, and caused the secretary to revoke his; order before the month was ended. Mr .Weeks said today that the application; already received would brins the en listed strength to the 150,000 mark bjH July 31, It requiring that period off, time for the existing machinery, to care for the paper work involved In, the discharges of so many men. Orders to commanding officers fo them to prepare to move to new staj tions and advising others that thelr units had been placed upon the "in active lists" with the selection oft, "parent organizations," to care fop records and equipment have been sent out by Adjutant General Harris as a, part of the scheme for reorganization.' In. each instance the adjutant general said, the commanding , officers have been instructed not to change stations of their commands until later when supplemental instructions for the movement would be issued by the de partment. The nine training centers selected by the secretary are: First, coast de fenses of Boston; secohd, Fort Slocum, New York; third, Camp Meadfe, Mary land; fourth. Fort McPhersonVGeorgia; fifth, Camp Knox, Kentuck sixth. Fort Sheridan. Illinois; seventh, Fort' Snelling, Minnesota; eighth, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and ninth, at the Presidio, San Francisco. These centers will be maintained for the training 6t civilians. Headquarters of the 10th brigade at Camp Jackson, S. C, will be moved to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The sixth, infantry, at Camp Jackson, will go to Jefferson Barracks, except two com- , panies which are detailed to Fort Cook, Nebraska, and the 11th infantry at Camp Jackson to Fort Thomas, Ken tucky, except for one battalion which goes to Columbus Barracks and. two companies to Fort Benjamin Harrison. The fifth division at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, will be reduced to a brigade and stationed -at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri., ' Other infantry commands placed on the In-active list and, for which. parent organizations are. desisrnated Include 32nd. 37th, 39th, 40th, 41st,. 44th, 46th, 48th, 49th, 61st, 62nd, ,55th, 56th, 60th., , 61st, 62nd, and 63rd regiments. ' Field artillery units placed on the inactive list include th. fifth and 17th at Camp Bragg, the 19th at Camp Jackson, and Fort Myer, .Virginia, the 20th at Camp Jackson. The headquarters of the first cavalry division, to be organized, -will be sta--titmed at Fort Bliss, Texas, and will include troOp'A of the sixth cavalry, at Fort Oglethrope. Georgia. ;s . ; , LECTURED FOR CONTEMPT HAMILTON, Ala.; July 26. W. F. News, s was lectured for contempt' of court and the trial f Sergeant Robert J. . Lancaster, charged wlth complicity . in the lynching of sWilliani Baird in Walker, county," was- indefinitely post poned today when it was proven by the defense that Judge Horache C. Wil kinson, special prosecuting officer, had prepared notes' for a number of edito rials in the Marlon? County, News and" that , Editor Letson had ; mailed copies ' of three " issue? containing; the arti cles to every .qualified - voter -In the county-during, the threO; weeks .preOed- in the calling ot'the: case-yesterday t it ; f if' ; 1 " i '1 i 4 i V f 1 1' a t 5 on Page Seven ..... . - -- . ' " -- " 1 1
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