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:"- .v - I The Weather! AUGUST 10j 1921 Today's Issue . THE HORNING STAR 7,188 COPIES Partlr cloudr today and .TIiarda7- not muck ciuingre in tern pern tttre. .' . stafe of river at Fayettrrlll yester day ftt S a. 3 tct. 1 ,y. "v.;'.. .. '; - - 11 - - ' . .- - - -, - - - v. - , VOL. CVIL No. 155. GOV, LEN SMALL GIVES IN TO COURT'S ORDER THAT HE BE ARRESTED orees to Submit to Arrest and 8 Is Required to Give Bond of Fifty Thousand BESIEGED IN OFFICE Sheriff Mester of Sangamon County Bottles Up Execu tive in the State House SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 9. Gov ernor L.pn Small of Illinois, after Te gjctjnc arrest on indictments charging Tr re,z!rrnent and conspiracy for 'three weck? the Plea ' executive; imma riiy -that the king can do not urong. as stated by his counsel to day, finally submitted to SherifT Mes- ftatp capito'i -with deputies for several hours. The governor protested his arrest until the last, charging persecution and asserting his innocence, Dut tha sheriff of Sangamon county was ada mant and insisted on taking the gov ernor from the executive mansion1 to the courthouse where Abraham Liin crln used to rractice law, before ac cepting the bonds. There the governor p?.vp surety for $50,000 and went his way to await trial on the charge of defrsuding the people of the state of some 52,000,000 while state treasurer, through alleged failure to turn over to the state the proper interest on state funds. It was a dramatic day in the capltol of Illinois and the whole city was at white heat for hours as the climax of the long contest between the governor and county officers drew near.. 'After the governor had refused- yesterday to yield to service of the three, Warrants, held by the sheriff, the latter ' had 5ld him he would serve the papers tod.iy or as son thereafter- AS -possible, either quietly or with any necessary effort. When the sheriff went to the Capitol t0 perform his duty as directed by Judge Smith, of the county court, Gov ernor Small, attended by several ad visors, was in his office and refused to come out at the sheriff's request. The sheriff then placed deputies around the building to block any egress of the governor and sat down in the- lobby to smoke until the chief ' officer of the commonwealth should decide to emerge. He announced that he had the -ad-, vantage of th beseiged man because he had takn precautions to eat his luncheon before investing the capitol and laughingly remarked that he had little except the arrest of the gov ernor t occupy his time. The governor finally sent out word, i couple of hours after the .luncfoeon hour that the sheriff might come Into his office and serve the warrants, but the sheriff declined, saying he was in no hurry and would prefer to make the arrest outside to avoid any techni cal charge of interrupting executive business This tact of the sheriff was in pursuance of the attitude adopted from the time the indictments were re turned on July 20. Crowds gathered around the state house as the afternoon wore on and uiere was a holiday appearance within the structure as flashlights boomed and the high r'unda filled with smoke. But the gr,vernrr kept at work in his of fi.ce. sending out two lists of appoint-r-5-nts during the seige. , As the shadow of Lincoln's monu ment ;n the capitol yard grew long under the declining .sun, the chief executive finally sent out- word that he wou!d surrender to the county officer at the executive mansion at 5 o'clock it u could be arranged to give bonds at once. The capitulation was accept ed hy Mesrer. who withdrew under the truce with his troop of deputies At o o'clock the sheriff with his warrant somewhat thumbworn from long handling, drove to the governor's Bouse. "Governor. I am here with the warrants.- he said when he met the Rov emor. rhe sheriff then read the war rants and F?jd: "Governor, you are under arrest." ery well, what shall I dor' asked the governor. G. B. Gniespie of the governor's Wunsei then j j i j ii.i. iQ been r.rn-nn-n 1 .a jl.. enfE 10 take the sureties In the man sion but the latter declined. lOl milQt- 1 4.1. - A. AW - A. J-"0b:ie and went to the court house e.e bonds were signed by Roy and a.ry Ide an(J c H Jenkins. The b -Vera or then returned horns. governor Small was indicted by the ?amon rnnntv 4 .. t..i tn Ofin ' of embezzlement of ?500.- -nezzie 12. 000. 000. The acts of he Wa s accused took place while t , rtIP treasurer. 'K-tmp-it afain-r r aiaj were returned d "vVV tlItB'ant-Governor Sterling o. vjxdin. rR, XII., of whom submitted to muiuinieni, liovernOr esCc , . v-mcaKo ior a conrer- Ihvor 't , his advisors, including 'he j-i. xnompson. - LAter th notified Sheriff MesLer Ccmk r "lVas willing to be arrested In r w0 -Mr,y The Enerlff replied that ost-i " "' wau to serve his warrants tiA e ?r'Vernor-s return to Sprlng- SecMrT mail thcn besan a tour of lne whirl u the Btate hlhways, dur illin, Vo h declarel that he was EiInon or arrested but not in San-8rin.."ty- He Anally returned to at he Sunday night. Rep ublica Upon 600-Million Tax Cut They IVpuld at the Same-Time COr Hf!ll! T luiuions Lower inan Has Been -Estimated, Repeal the Excess Profits Tax, Cut Railroad tax a Half , Abolish " Nuisance Tax, Leave Off Proposed Stamp Taxes WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. Reductions of approximately 1600,000,000 in . taxes and 1520,000,000 in government' expen ditures , this fiscal year were agreed, upon late today at a conference be tween ' President Harding, - Secretary Mellon And Republican leaders of the bouse,, irfbluding members of the ways and means committee. Specific tax reductions on which it was announced agreement as had included-: - Repeal of the excess profits tax, re troactive to last January 1, $450,003 000. Repeal of one-half of the transpor tation tax, effective next January 1, $130,000,000. Repeal of the higher income sur taxes, retroactive to last January I, $90,000,000. Repeal of the so-called nuisance .and clothing luxury taxes, $50,000,000. As an offset against this cut of $720, 004M00, it was agreed to increase "the income tax on corporationsby proba bly .2 pr cent, instead of 5 per ent as heretofore proprosed, effective as of last January 1, to yield an additional $125,000,006. Decision was had, it was' said,- to abandon all new taxes suggested to the house committee last week by Secre tary .Mellon, includinga license tax n autcmobiles, a bank check - stamp tax an Increase of one rcent in the firut class, postage rate. Republicans pf the ways and means committeareo meet tomorrow to dTaft a new revenaei WHITE MERCHANT DIES OF BLOWS BY A NEGRI) J C. Lanius of Pittsboro Victiim - of Attack; Negro Hurried ; to the Penitentiary - : (Special to JTlte,Star SAKEO.RD . . Aug. 9.-7-J. -- Cx Lanius, prominent Pittsbbrol" i merchant . who was knocked senseless and robbed of about $200 within a few yards of 'his home last Saturday nrght and wo was brought immediately to the hospital at this place, died at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and iis body was carried back to his homein Pittsboro. . It was reported in Pittsboro yester day trnlt Mr. Lanius was dead and soon became apparent to the officers that the negro, Peter "Rogers, whom the bloodhounds . bayed at his home early Sunday morning, was not safe in the Pittsboro Jail, and he was . carried to the penitentiary in Raleigh for safe keeping. In addition to the evidence of the bloodhounds, the gaps in the axe. which Rogers acknowledges' as his, fit the gaps in the cedar stick with which the fatal blw was struck, three inches in diameter and four feet long, like a bullet fits its mold. Rogers, who is suspected of the crime, runs a garage in Pittsboro and is considered a sharp but mean negro-. He lived in one of Mr. Lanius houses and only recently Mr. Lanius had some trouble with him in reference to rent Virgil Davis, the negro who worked for Lanius. and -who was accompany ing him home on the fatal night, was struck by the same assailant, though not seriously hurt. He - cannot posi tively identify Rogers as the man who struck the fatal blow, it is reported here, though he has reason to think Rogers is the man. The affair occurred Saturday night about 12 o'clock in a dark place. The money has not yet been found. The feeling througb this section against Rogers is running high and it is fortunate for him Jhat he is in the penitentiary. His wife, who was Miss Exollne be fore marriage; four, sons, J. C, Jr., Laurens. S. d Radcliffe, B. W. and Jim Lanius, and two daughter, Mrs. William Tataum and Miss Nannie Lanius, survive Mr. Lanius. WANTS CHANGE OF VENUE 1ST burke: county murder case MORGANTON, Aug. 9. Following arraignment in Burke county court to day of Sidney Klncaid, charged with murder in connection with the killing of his wife near here July : 18, Solicitor Huffman requested a change in -venue or the. summoning of a jury from an other county. , The solicitor made4 affidavit that he did not believe the state could secure n fair - and impartial trials In Burke county, . because of the .wide -relation ship of the defendant, utmcaia untu recently . was a -member of the board of county commissioners. .. Judge T..D1 Bryson announced he "would hear . ar gument on the solicitor s; motion to morrow morning; . 'V ' . " - EUROPEANS :TRYING TO "GET ' TO PROMISED . LAND "ANYHOW WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. Efforts . to break, througto the barriers of the : new percentage 4mmigra tion, law was dls covered today b'y the. bureau of. lmml n-at ion - when ' It - was reported that ! a party i of Polish Jews Twero . arrested m Key west, ia., ior nuemyuus ly enter from Cuba without legal; author ity; . : " ' .' . .' ' ' ''. riomilssioner : Husband said extra precautions were being taken ... on; the Mexican' border and aiongs tne, ouun ern coasts as a result of wholesale ef forts t smuggle . in EurOPearyaliew EXAHS. FOB. POSTMASTERS ' ORDERED FO TA'i UJ 10 w o tions for- postmaster have "been order- -a at T?avboro. " Chandler, ciarKton, CouncUs; Hope- Mills, Moncura, M;orven,', -...'.' v-Dfi1nA anrt-:VaS. I all g?u Sepumber30rw Jt at the meeting;, WILMINGTON, N. Reduce Government Expenditures - - r bill on the basis of the revisions agreed upon.and "leaders said it was hoped lo "have it eady- for a conference of house Republicans; neit.dajs1. Hope for us passage py tne nouse on August 20 was expressed. -- Under the agreement reached at the wnite nouse conference, . government expenditures this year - would be rr. duced , t rom the previous estimate of $4,554,000,000 to $4,034,000,000 and the income- from internal taxes would bo cut rrm $3,670,000,000 to $3,075,000, 000. The total income from all sources was estimated at $4,035,000,000, in earning 5370,000.000 from customs. $490000,000 from miscellaneous soiirjes including $140,000,000 more than hew tofore estimated on the sale of war salvage. and $100,000,000 additional rrom back taxes. . . Cuts In expenditures proposed in uiuuea jou.uuu.uwu ior various rov- rernment departments and agencies and 170.000,000 " on . account of - the nubile aeDt. Departmental cuts included $53, uuu.uwu war department, 5100,000,000 navy department, $100,a00;000 shipping ooara, z&,ooo.ooo agricultural depart ment, zs,ooo,000 miscellaneous and -.he estimated payments - Of $545,000,000 lo tne railroads. - The $170,O00,OM) previously estimit ed as necessary to retir, war savings securities and .Pittman act certificates will be taken -care o through refun-1-ing - operations, It was stated, .he treasury - retiring these securities ry borrowing in the open market. " RE-ORGANIZE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DISTRICT i - : 1 . Important Step Taken at Meet- -ing of OnslowiNew Hanover Vv Body Here Yesterday ; Joint - meetinKau of Jfthe Onslow-New Hanover Medieal' soicleripisip- glace yesterday Cand, Jast.. night, thS JS-f ter no.on ses8lon; being held ' at James "JVTal ker . Membrial hospital.- this.,clt3r an-1 the ' evening session at the Oceanic hotel; Wrlghtsville Beach. , Mayor .James H. Cowan made, an eloquent. .address of. welcome to .the visiting doctors' at h 1 night session at the- 'Oceanic - hotel last Vnight. and - in his usual h'appy vein "he told them ho w much Wilminston and Wrightsville Beach appreciate thehonor of Vbeing the scenes' for such a distinguished gathering.. - , . -.. - ",Y Dr. E. R. Hart, president of the Ons low Medical society presided at - the first meeting, which was -called ".to or d,er by him at the -Jajnes .Walker Me morial hospital yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. J. B. Cranmer, pres ident of the New Hanover! society, also presided at this meeting. Dr. Edward Jenner Wood and Dr.- J. JJ. Dickson; both of ithia city, addressed the' afternoon session on the subject of "A New Method for the Preparation of Autoginous Vaccines." Dr. Wqod also continued his address on this subject at the Oceanic hotel last might. There was some discussion of thia new-method for the preparation of vaccines, and both Dr, Wood and Dr."Dicksn' treated ,their subjects comprehensively.' Vy Dr Thomaa M. GrMrif of thls city. read an article on "Elephantiasis and the Kondoleon Operation," and t Dr. E. R. Hart'-and Dr. C-' P. Bolles partici pated in the discussion that followed. Dr. W. C. Galloway, an eye special ist of this city, produced a stone, or a calcireous deposit, that was extracted by him from a woman's eye. He de scribed how ' the - patient had her eye put out by a stick of wood that had been hurled at . her, and about the stone, which was found ' in" her eye when the operation was. performed. Dr. J. G. Murphy, Dr. Sloan -and Dr. Free man took, part in the discussion that followed upOn.-this subject. All ad mitted that very little had ever been written in oculist "literature concern such a calcireous growth After v the suggestion by Dr. W'. C. Galloway, that the ?old Third District Medical society should be re-organized at this time, Dr. Thomas M. Green made a motion that1 this society should be re-organized! and the motion was carried. The following officers for the re-created society, which has been in active since the war, were elected at the meeting last, night: Dr. J. B. Cranmer, president; Dr. E. S. Bullock, vice-president, and Dr. R. H. Davis, secretary and treasurer. Dr. E. L. Cox, of Jacksonville, sec retary of the Onslow Medical society, extended an .invitation to the New Hanover Medical n society to attend ,a joint session with tho Onslow Medical society ; at- Jacksonville in January, 1922; and this invitation waaiaccepted. AH of the doctors in attendance at the meetings' yeaterday "afternoon and last night declared that the addresses and discussions brought out new; meth ods of treatment for the various dis eases discussed.;" There- were 25 doc- o. ? present, at the meeting last night, nnost: of them 'oelns from this city.'- Dr. E. t7i;U Cox, t ot Jaocsonviue. ?anc- xjr j. ' p. Henderson, o.f. Swansboro, . rep - repented the OnSIow Medical ? society ; at the-meeting.. ; ,vt ; 0 -. . ' Dr. . J." A. -Hamilton, county health of ficer, addressed the '- meeting on- ithe subject; "Modern Tendency In . Public HealtK Administration.' "Dr. : Coding ton treated" 'of'-. the '"DemonstrationVof Uhdiagnbzed Adomjnal - Mass,", Dr .E., R. Hart -the iJemonstrauon, 01- jjuooer naf. and' Gall-: Bladder Drain age-r-Hy si terectomy; Uterine Fibroid.", and.. Dr.; E. S. Bullock i talk ed-fon the Import ance of Early Diagnosis of Cartcer Cer vix with Demonstration of One' Case." r? A telegram ,of iregret was readv from Dri'Koyster,- who was scheduled to ad- dress the meeting last night, "expres-Lgaiem, Ing regret at his Ifiabllltyr to be. prea- SILESIAN BOUNDARY IS pEDjlfECH AND BRITISH PREMIERS In a General Way Itf Is to Follow the GerniknrPoiish Elec . tion Returns . : - EXPERTS MAP LINE Europe Breathes Easier. Upon Learning That Dangerous Question Is Settled PARIS, . Aug. 9. -By .Associated Press.) M. Briand," the ' French pre mier, announced to the,, supreme coun cil this afternoon that the British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, and he were in agreement "In 'principle upon the Upper Silesian .boundary;- and that it remained for. the experts to , draw the exact line, which would be on a basis .of giving equal value to the votes ast.in the recent plebescite, whether Polish or German, and whether in mining, industrial or rural townships: '-If -one examinethe result of the pler. biscite in a general way," said M. Bri and, indicating broadly the principle the experts must follow, : "there 1 no doubt that the German -mass is In - the west, and the'Polislitmasa.in the east of Upper Silesia Thus, geographically speaking, the solution is - easy, to be seen and even obligatory. h v The members of all the -delegations feel a sense of relief tonight that the thorny entanglement - which has ; been threatening to wreck the peace of Eu rope, 'has been solved by the spirit of mutual conciliation U and good will which the French; and British-pre miers displayed " in their private meet ings Sunday and Monday night. , SThe belief is- neia , nere jinai jf oiana and Germany will accept the settle ments although grumblingly, and that If disorders should Tweak ou t they will be suppressed by the. allies. ' - In the meantime the council decided not-jto send allied. ;reinforeements to Upperv Silesia. "France - had desired to dispatch additional - troops ' to -that ter- ritorv.but. when'. thex question came before the council thi British and. Ital ian' delegates voted against It. General Ler oTBd Keairath vineT-aJlle4 . com mission liWupPr'Sltjfsiar had, urged f e-mforemen81ratenary'-taas ure. The e iberts irid:4Iiie3 3iig :mrnls- sioners IWet efoi-eithe. afternoon ses sion of the council: began to lay down the new. boundary, line under absolu tion adopted in the morning. Tfiey are still at .work upon if tonight, and may not be ready to report Juntll. late to morrow. ' ;, - ' . . - With rapid progress made on the all important, f ijesian; .queeUon. 4the con ference was able; to . take up. other bus iness on the program, bSinnng with the Turco-Greek situaflon.V 'Mr. Lloyd George said ha iW,ouia ;ut to. the coun cil two questionsi ; -' First, whether, ths- time had arrived for the allies' to offer to: arbitrate ; sec ond, to what extent were the allies bound to. toe aeutraL and' where should the line- toe -drawn on the; matter of supplying combatants, with. Jlghting materials. - ,r ,v s.' . : -v - ' : Th"ese questions are to ,be .tauten un der advisement at a later session,- when the Russian -problem will be discussed. The American ambassador,- Mr. Har vey, showed" much interest in Mr. Lloyd-George's ' quesUons, particularly the second, which involved th trading wfa-ht.. of. neutrals- - Gen. Henry jT. Al len, with the consent of tooth the state and war departments, -came from Cob lena at the request of theambassadOr so that he might be on hand to supply him with information . when .military Questions were discussed, Including penalties and the sub ject of-UPper Sile sia :' ' - : 4. General Allen is a member , of the Rhineiand high commission under the state . department and commander vof th imAHcan f6rces of occupation .un der the war department and. Is -regard-; ed as exceptionally informed about .Up per Silesia through American intelli gence" officers of high rank, who were In Upper Silesia at the time of the ris ing. . and who have ; submitted full re ports to him. " '- v -v - i WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON. . Aug- 9. rVlrglnla: Fair Wednesday, slightly - warmer ! in wAt and north portions; Thursday partly cloudy, probbly local I thunder-1 showers Thursday ;aiternooj or i in west arid north portions. North and South Carolina: - Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; not much change-in-temperature.:;,. Georgik. Alabama: Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday, probably scattered th.undrshowers In south por tions; UtUe cnange In temperature. Florida, , extreme northwest 'Florida; Partiv Mondv with local thnndershow- ers Wednesday and; probably Thursday, s Wednesday ana tHtjti Tenneseer-Fair-W ly warmeV in west, portlohs, Thursday partly cloudy, probably .locaj , thunder showers. '? r4-".?.'." Wlnds-HatteraS to W w est: xxen tie to moderate winds, mostly east and southeast anaT partly overcast weather Wednesday, : -U '. V: ''Vf East gulf: -Gentle to moderate winds, mostly east' and; southeast rand partly overcast weather . .Wednesday ; ..west gulf.j moderate southeast and Visouth winds and generally fair, weather - Wed- naoov . ' . . s ' - ti ' --. ' . ' ? ' T -'w '-V;'. : Sandy Hook toHatterasMoJerate aria-ble' wlnds'and f air weayierlWed variaible nesday; INVITES : STASIS ji4 : i --USE rTHB. STATJB3 IJNIVERSIT-Yr V: f"r.:-' c -,-'iv'fJ-'r&?Mi HIGH PblNTi- AUS'i9 -riPTQtor D t .r'.Aii. nf 'h'e University -of North. CarolinainvadreslnH to of - the North ?Carlinafs eaeration Labor In- cottventlon ; hre,;s ony thee lations ofCcapltalian4 labcVurgedth;e fede ration and" laborigenerasly .tojrea'h a solution of ftheir; problems., -r y ;:- f . The federation' voted -r assistance to 'textUeorkerVAow"..nl strike 'in; Cf v-; eral Ndrttr- Carolina4 town--.v RevC Tom J. : Jimlson, Of v:Winst?n was elected J tbe flTst chaplain cf the federation" "rb serve until h.is services are- nd - longer require.?' r-.--" Hot Crop forecasts Reduced JViiUions of DpUars ts Compared With July; Wheat Crop Falls Off Over Fifty Million Bushels and Corn Is One Hundred Million Bushels Under July Fore y cast the Full Report Given On All-Crops WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. July's con - stant hot weather and lack 6ft rainfall reaucea , prospective 1 . production of crops more tfian Df 1,328,937,000 bushels was dollars. ; Today's crow report of the' 3eWf orecaat last- mnnth day's crop report of the' Jiffy partment of agriculture showed, fore casts reduced- by ; millions of bushels compared with a month ago. -' The reduced estimates of corn, wheat, oats and ..white potatoes alone aggre gated 396,000,000 bushels and the pros pective loss of . production calculated on August 1 larmnrloes, amounts to $83,500,000 for -whitepotatoes, $64,800, 000 for .oats, $56,000,000 for corn and $5"4,400,0O0 for wheat. . .. , Almost every crop was adversely af fected by1 the almost constant high temperatures ' and shortage , of r Hn. The damage to white potatoes was ex treme, s While the. corn crop in practically all the Important producing states was adversely affected by weather condi tions "jduring July, the crop in all southern : states ..showed improvement the department of agriculture's report shows, and forecasts this month for all states in the south are larger thn the. estimates made a month ago. Mis sissippi's crop showed the largest. In?: crease, improvement -there for tne mcnth' amounting to more than 11. 000,000 'bushels ' ris ' V 7 The forecasf$;,vroduction for tlie various, states?!: with comparison witnv the July, forecast 'follow: Virginia 8,,000 , bushels, an n ciesse of i,045,00 bushels; North Car olina." 5188,000; increase 3,010,000; Georgia 87,740,000, increase 8,709,000; Tennessee .85.181,000;; increase 734,010; Alabama 75003,000, increase 5,579r000; Mississippi 94,183,000, Increase 11, Vr, 000; Louisiana, 49,590,000, increase 2.091,000; Arkansas 62,823,000, increase 2,043,000. , ' August forecasts and comprative fig ures oh the principal crops follow:; Winter heat: 5"44,000,000 bushels. A production of .573,930,000 bushels was forecast' last month, while ;last year's cropTwas 577,763,000 bushels and the average .production of the ' five year"; 191519, Was- &72,401,Q0O bushels." This 'year's Wreagfe. Is 38,721,000, Or 2.5 per cent more than last year. ; 6.; Ax Droduction of 25.482,000 imshela was. forecast last monthJ"-whfle last year s cropwas 209,365,000, bushels and the " 'average production' fo-r? the five years. 1915-19, was 258",49S,000. bushels. The condition of the crop on July 1 was 80.8 :pep -cent of . a normal, while voh August 1 last- year J-tt iwas 73.4 " ai.tj.:.:tfnea:u?n.st.-lt'yer age Is -7ffS"vhls;-y 023.OQ0, or 7.2 per, cent less than last year's. : i ': All wheat: 750.000,000 bushels. A production - of 809.412,000 bushels: was forecast last month, while last .year's crop was '787.128.000 j bushejs, - nd he average, production, for - the.;:- five, y sars, 1915-19,:'r was. 830,896,000 bushels. Ths year's acreage la 56.744.000 or 0.8 per cent less than .last year's. . . " Oornr. 3,032,000,000; condition S4.;3. A production ofy' 3,123.139,000 bushels was forecasl last month, . while last year's crop was 3,232,267.000 bushels and the, average production for the five years, 1915-19 was, 2,797,625,000 bushels, .The condition of: the v cropon -July U was 91.1. per csnt of -a normal.-while on August 1 last: year It was 86.7. and the ten-year August 1' average is .78.1. ALL1 NATIONS AGREED ON CONFERENCE DATE Japan Sends Word Armistice Day, November 11, "Gladly Accented" as the Pay ' WASHINGTON, Aus. 9. -Unanimous agreement on armistice day,. November 11, for the opening of the disarmament conference, . was , reached today in . tne informal negotiation , among the pow ers that are to be represented,', Japan, the last of the participants' to give her consent, ' informed the state depart ment through , the American embassy at Toklo that she would "gladly ac cept" the American suggestion to pe- gin the conerence on iuo -niversary of 'the cessation of. the World war. .-- , y ,' - . - - Thus, the assembling . of the, dele gates here' ori a": day definite becomes ? . assured . fact, although the .diplo matic formalities require that there be now &' formal exchange ' of invitations . - acceptances. The r invitations are without delay, and Officials j be lieve 'that prompt .replies will hasten the. ' negotiations into , , their second phase a Consideration of the" list,- of subjects ' that are to ;be . discussed around ' the council j tattle: y . ' -Jt is 'the ' expectation that ; the In vitations :will. . be i brief in text, stat inc m th broadest terms -the general purposes, for which the United States has called? the powers together. The date ' and place fof meeting .will -be named in the communications, : and it is - not unlikely that .there also may; be a suggestion that each nation's', dele-gatlon- of, : Vrlnclpalvi representatives shalt nurobeVf only f flv br six persons. Who rwili :be the TlveJ prjstx :to- rep esentthlscountry 'tinan; unde cided question but-rPresident- Harding an4 his . advisers are giving serious oonstderatlonto a long list of eligl blesL:VThe Preeidentlilmself I doenot intenji-to '.--sit a member of the Arner lean, deltsation,. although he prohahly wiltrf openHhe :meetlng.iWlthr'lV dress hinting broadly of the American policies that he hopes :, to .. see receive general acceptance- ZIt ispcertain that at -least" one United states senator will be isvmetttbeir of evJdeleggttonnd J OnS DI inHI IJ lB.tB XXL O, J tfiVf Lk-flTU iilAll. The v'generak expectation. Is that -.the -head -of the; co.iflmisslon Uty Hiwh,;, ! i OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. Weath Cut er s Quarter of a Billion ThfS year's acreage is. 108,901,000, or 4.1 per cent more than last year's. 1 per cent more than last year's. Oats: 1,137,000,000;- condition 64.5. A crop was l,526,05'5O00,4)uehels and the average production for the five years, 1915-1$, was l,432,697t000 bushels. The condition of-the crop; on'" July 1 was 77.6 per ce,nt of a normal while on August 1 last, year It was 87.2 and, the 10-year August 1 averageis 81.6. This year's - acreage : is - 44,829,000 acres, 3.5 per cent more than last year's. . Barley : 171,000,000; condition 71,4. A forecast' of l4288,00OLbu-s.hels was made last months while last ye'ar's pro duction was ?202;024,000 b.ushels and the average pre'dUfctiori:: lor th five years,, 1915-19, -Was 2.0,'O58O00 bushel The conditioii: ot-ithekcrop on July 1 was 81.4 per cent of a-normal, while on August 1 last year' it, was 85.0 and the August 1 ten year, average is 80.8. This year's acreage" is- 7,713,000 acres, or 4.6 per cent, less than' last year's. Rye: 64,300,000. A forecast of 69, 956,000 bushels was made- last month, while . last year's production .was 69, 18,000 bushels : and' the .'average pro duction for. the five .years, - 191S-19, was '69,159,000. -bushels. This year's acreage is 4,544,000 acre, or 9.9 per cent less than lasfiyear s' Buckwheat: c 13,000,0.00;. condition 87.2; acreage 691,000. Last year's pro duction was 13,800,000 bushels and the average production for the five years, 1915-19, was - 15;000,000 bushels. The condition of the crpp on August 1 last year was 90.5 per.cent of a normal and the 10-year August 1 . average condi tion is 8.8.6. . Last yearrls, -acreage was 729,000 acres. , White potatoes: Three hundred and sixteen million; condition 65.8. A fore cast 'ofv. 376,977,000: bushels .was made last month, while: last, year's production was 430,458,000' bushels and the aver age jproductlon 'for the, five years, 1915 1919,. was-371,283.000 bushels. The cori dition of the .crop on July. 1 was 83.4 percent of a"noi'mal,"w'hile on August 1 last year.J-tt -w.as87.0. "an,d .the ten-year August 1 average la:,8i1.0., This, year's acreage is 372i)Q.or i.6 percent m6re than 4ast year s, 1 . Sweiet. potatoes:.. One'. hundred-nd fourteen -million: condition 84.5. A forecast . of 112,023,000--.' bushels was madeMast .m0hth,!ijwhlle- : last - year's production wKs 3.t ,36$iQ0O"pusnel and the. average production'' for : the five' The . condition bf the1, crop on i July '' if was 85.1? percent.-of 'a ..ftorrnal, . while on-August 1 lastt-yeari -it. was 86.9 and the ten-year August 1 average is ss.z This year's acreage 181,186,000, or 9.3 perecent more than lastyearfl. l" Tobacco; Eight hundred' and eighty nine million pounds condition 66.6. A forecast of' 9 3 2,157,000 .'ipounds was made last month, while last (years pro duction was 1,508.064,006 - pounds and the average - production for the five (years, 1915-1919, was 1,271,717,000 pounds. The ..'condition of the crop on July 1 was 71.9 perecent ; of a normal, while on August 1 last year, it was 84.1 and the ten-year August 1 average is 79.1. This vear, average Is 1.337.- 700,11 ,or 29.4 perecent less than last years -Flax: Eight million nine hundred thousand; condition" 70.0. A production of 9,671,000 busnelsjwas forecast last (Continued on page .two.) never favored banks inewrMesays Governor Strong, of New York L Reserve District Explains His Policies " - . WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. New York banks which obtained ' great sums n federal reserve "loaps during the1 money stringency last aliwere, closely su pervised, Governor Strong of the New York reserve - bank testified today be fore a congressionalwmmlsslon. He Introduced the confidential p.n4 almost daily reports at the time upon tank number slx'whlch he identi fied as an institution which kept $130. 000,000 in reserve loans, and was "en gaged -, largely , In : speculative opera tions." ,:. :y'y: ,4 ' ' John Skelton .Williams former comp troller of the currency and chief of the reserve system's critics when called before the. commlssionTecently, re ferred to. such a bank" as having been unduly favored. ' - . : "We .ascertained ; the cause of credit demands, because we ; wanted to knjw whether loans ' were " Justified." Gov ernor. Strong-said, "and if the. money was -: . necessary f . to supply v legitima e needs of the . business of the country, wf f iirnlshed ii;trf?heTock"- oxchad'e loan a'ceounts -'of banks- appeared to be rising, " we - wo'u'td . warn bankers that reserve, money j was not' lent for "that purpose." , ' of jthesVatHyns . estimated for 'us that: it . might ned as much ss $80,000,000 . merely 2 to : handle, export shipments o cotton- & ' '-, , "Now the comptroiier (Mr, Williams) didn't know theseT things.. It didn't concern .him, -and ,1; for qn&- never .dis cussed ;it--wlth-;iifni"v'i--.iiH 'f-:f.sz .Governor Strong ;.4said.h'e "hesitate i to make the Statement" 'tnat stock ex change . .loans ; wpuld ibe Restricted n theeraergencjesecause. It Hsn' our function ; to -control ; stock sxchange movements, and -market'' nlaces where specuTatlve risks -are' assumed have a wiu be ssecre- I pir.j m xne great econpmio . ;abrie ofl props from under the Ku .Klux in North RECESS FOR CONGRESS BY END OF NEXT WEEK IS REGARDED AS, SURE Both Branches to Be in Session Until Tax Bill Passes the House TAKE MONTH- REST Leaders of Majority See Presi dent Harding, Who Urges Tax Revision WASHINGTON, Aug. ?. Congress, in the. light of today's ; developments, hopes to begin a month's 'xecess about the end of next week. After, a conference with President Harding, Republican . leaders of the senate and house indicated that both would remain continuously in session until the. house has passed the tax re vision bill, whieji Chairman Fordney, of the ways and means committee, told the President would be reported Mon-. day. In that event, Representative Mon-, dey, of Wyimong, the -Republican lead-n er, announced that it could be nut: through the house by August 20, orj possibly a day or two later. The PresJ ident at a conference today with Sena- tors Lodge and Curtis, is understood to have opposed a senate recess be J fore passage of the tax measure by the house, and the plan urged by manjH senators for three-day recesses beglnJ ning Monday, is said to have been' abandoned. , "Very soon after the passage of thrf tax bill by the house," said Mr. Mon-5 dell, "I believe we can stand in recess: for at least 30 days while the senate finance committee is working on thel tax and tariff bills. This will be expe-i diting the public business, for in thatf way the finance committee can workj uninterruptedly - and make greater headway." 1 Complete enactment of the farmers relief program prior to the proposed adjournment, passage, by;- tKe house of the?, tax reylsioii ;blll-aftd of a mnas. rtire'to 'lxtendTthe emergency tariff bill untu tne permanent measure Is en acted, were said to have been insisted , upon by the President in bis confer- ences. He" also was said to' have ex-V pressed the desire for passage of the admlnistratiorrnblll tovfund the .rail- J roads' debts to the government, bu was represented as reluctantly willing to let the railroad legislation go over until - after the recess, if assurances were given of its enactment by early fall. The railroad bill was said to be an obstacle In the' adjournment program, but senate Republican leaders gave the President little hope that the bill ad least might bereported to the senate and its consideration begun .before: congress takes a vacation. Work on the bill was begun today by the senate interstate commerce com- mi ttee, which heard Director Meyer, of the war finance corporation, who ad- vocated the measure as . a means of general economic restoration. He ia to conclude his statement tomorrow and be followed iby- Diiector General' Davis, pf the railroad administration. Agricultural relief measures whltfh the President desires enacted bef orai the proposed atjournment are the ag ricultural credits bill, the Capper Tincher: bill. "to stop grain' gambling, the packer control ''bill,, and the new measure to extend the emergency tariff law, which would expire November 10 The agriculaural credits measure has yet to pass the house and extension of the emergency tariff law would have to pass both bodies; The Capper Tlncner and packer bills are in confer ence with enactment before the week end regarded as assured. Other bills whose enactment before the recess are planned include the Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill and the deficiency measure for the shipping board. The latter is scheduled Xor pas sage by the house in a few days and by the senate early next week. , Settlement with the railroads, it wag said, today were continuing at the rate of $25,000,000 or $30,000,000 a month, but they could not be con tinued ... indefinitely without congres sional action to enable the payments to be met. v In connection with the. controverted clainis for "Inefficiency ofJabor" it was made plain today at tKe white house that the government would de mand absolute waiver of this item In making settlements witlh the roads. THINK KU KLUX DEAD IN NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh Has Idea Its Props Are Knocked Out THINK KU KLUX - RALEIGH, Aug. 9. The Ku Klux Klan is dead in' North Carolina think many who have been interested in tb developments since the "resignation" and denunciation of the order by Bru.e Craven of Trinity. While the people of Raleigh who are popularly supposed to be members of the order will not ; talk about the -klan. others who have not thought well of such an organiza tion since It was started,1 freely ex press . the opinion that it will be una ble i to survive thestaggering blowa delivered by Major Craven. :, A : .'The suggestion of the klngkleatrle hereand of the imperial wizard that Major Craven: was never the "dragon" -or any other official of the ' rder-do is not - carry. . ' much , weight in Raleigh. They do not JbeHevejtherTrinity man would be likely 'to pull such a bone resigning from a position which he did . rot - hold.' They understand . that ue : ( ordets to disband; and' the release of every, klansman f roni :.his obligations rcayinot carry; jnuch weightTrlth the loyal members o the brganixation, but . they -do believe the onslaught of the Trinity roan has; knocked many of the .4i t f r l ( t - - - --v-: z. r-' --' ,- - -y 7:..;CT j ;".
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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