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v V. - j - ' - "-s - ' " s -i- -, .. The Weather - ; Cloudy with scattered t&iutdrskw ers today t iomwktt cooler tonight HELP WILlVnNGTON IN A BIG WAY JOIN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone 131 mommy ccmj - Stage of rtver at Fayettertlle yester day at 8 a. m SJS feet.' VOI- CVII NO. 166. NEW TAX BILL PASSES BY PARTY VOTE AND GOES TO SENATE Repea!s Excess Profits Tax and Income Surtax Aoove a a Per Cent, January 1 VOTE IS 274 TO 125 fifty Republicans Vote to Re commit the Provision Repeal- Income surtax ttaie rriSHIXGTON. Aug. 20, -The tax .e".,n bill of 1921, estimated to cut niSoOO from the nation's tax bur b i?3- was Passed late today by den U --T4 to 125, on an almost tbP house. -- e.raieht rarty vote. " '' pemocrats supported the meas, ,nr1 rine Republicans voted against It. omparecl with this number of Re- -n I- " A 4- r s O hliraii ,t were i::ratic motion to recommit the hiii for e! elimination or tne provision the income surtax rates rtpea rer" cent. This motio.n . was ei,;a to witn one Democrat, Campn- of Pennsylvania, voting asLneSUU-ill be sent Monday tor the ft wb-re U will be taken up after thf end of the recess on September oV vpantime the senate finance com will" hold additional public r.r."ne the whole tax question J;"'probably revise the measure in a a u ' .,f riPtails. As finally- passed :. ;hr house with nearly 100 commit- amendments, the bill is estimated a,7duc a total of ,347 000 000 eveI1Ue this fiscal year, or $221,000. ooo less than the estimate under the x'Stine law. ' us repeal of the excess profits tax and hlshr income surtax rates would not become effective until" next Jan uarv 1 the full force of the measure will nt b"1 reflected in government re ceipts until the calendar year 1923, but Republican leaders say that through repeal of .the transportation md other taxes the reduction in the tax biU in the next calendar year will be approximately $512,000,000. ... The principal changes in present -tax levies made by the bill as passed in clude: ' Eepea! of the excess profits .tax. , ; Increase of the corporation income tax from 10 to 12 1-2 per cent, effec tive next January 1. . Repeal of the income surtax rates from 32 per cent to 65 per cent In clusive. Increased exemption to heads' of families, effective as of last January 1, to $2,500 for incomes not in excess of $5,000 and additional exemption for de pendents to $400 from $200. Repeal of the transportation taxes. effective next January 1. Repeal of the tax on life, fire and ma rine insurance policies and imposition of the corporation tax of 12 V per cent on all such insurance companies, ex cept fraternal, effective next January first Repeal of the taxes, on fountatn drinks, ice cream, and other beverages ind the substitution of manufacturers' taxes as follows: Four cents a gallon on ceraal bever ages; five cents a pound on carbonic acid gas; two cents a gallon on frutt juices or soft drinks; three cents a gal- " on sthi drinks, exclusive of min eral and table water, and tn ,nN gallon on fountain cyrimo Tho hanges would gro into fore on enact. ment of the law. Repeal Of the Ktamr. ta-. per- iuiurri ratmttipt tnll. u Proprietary medicinps. nnnn n' ment of the bill. Repeal of the 10 per cent ,&x Qn 'seball, football. hir.h,n -.u.ymnt. Skates. MnonI !rtn , . . ' " " snow cf the and reduction -u per cent tar tn nfl " ICU1UB' IS'Ji ike. the eames. and tli w no o tn frm In enactment of th bill on 0VEME3fT OP ARMED MEN IN HtST VIRGINIA COAL FIELD CHARLESTON. W. Va., Aug. 20 fro m th Pair, Men creek and Cabin creek "U4i nelds ssemblsrt at W ' wki river a one- tv, t- i with thp a . near nere toaay nort.rf . JUn intention, it was re- authoHtton (if mo1iV. uem here it-7- ' dsainst Mingo county. T Sever, 1133 Deen ln ffCe utr,?ntlsL.as the outcome of Undine -iroversy or long men we 4 E,x or eight hundred "e7 wouih v a,lJ, ana 11 wag saia Sorninp - n IO march tomorrow 3oone !m rTP8rhinS Mingo through Arnn ?. " cou.ntles. Col. Jack- Wice a ' ""'manaer of the state 50r from in d,scuss the situation. y infn . wlcr omciai source was i iM4 'on given out DEPrTv H Kn IPC itit . tRRO '"TILLER IN DURHAM nLPrf'M- 20 Arthur Hayes, 'WwkL 'nstantly killed this af- Hk Dennt.. " en?aKei I" a gun dual Sheriff T,nnriU -rvr., m. iuvi g a. iit sun.- There were wmari the.etni when the of- "spatv 1. rir rd,a. a'i o fthem ran. Sc vi nrai policeman revni, ' ' ; "omered Hayes. He drew ice n ' rfna pulled the trigger and tpV. and 4- nen it was no!nt at i SHin When It -araa nnlnf Kine- A a i. . to fh t was dtierapi- ,m Kins, Morgan fired. Kir Kl.4 V rrtint, i . - ' PLY AN ENGAGEMENT nr'th' A,ug- SO-r-The harmony Nth' an"nJ1?h weeks of Preparation "onf. cuni?n or worth Car-?- Mtv 7 veteran to be he!3 T,,-e da"8 next week., ."je- , was threatened to announcement thnt t. nf the ku Klux Klan. is &.:Jl and speak n'ght (the big night) HOUS MustHc " tion of the Stanley Amendment Voted by Senate uncmimousiy urys WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 The "confer ence report on the anti-beer bill., defi nitely agreed on today, and . presented to the senate, exempts a man's home from . search without warrant obtained aJ?ueC?urse of law- DUt reaulres no warrant to search other property pro vlded an officer acts without malice and has reasonable cause to suspect the presence of liquor. Along with the presentation of the repw,:.word reached the senate that prohibition leaders of the house had declared there would be no recess of congress until the measure had been finally -enacted. Senate leaders, on the other hand, announced it was hopeless to expecsenate acceptance in . vew of the rejection bv the confer nt h.- Stanley amendment, passed unanimous ly, and designed to protect the Ihome and other property from indiscrimlnatA search through Imposition of heavy penalties. The only point at. issue in final da- liberations of the managers was the searching provision. , in reaehinc- a compromise both the . senate and house amendments on the subjects were dis carded. In their dace the conferees CONCORD UNION LABOR WILL MAINTAIN ORDER Fully 1,000 Members of Textile Union Voluntarily Call on .- the Officials CONCORD, Aug. .20.--Followlng. the lead set" Friday night by members of the textile .unlon, 509 in number, ac cording to union officials, several hun dred . additional union -operatives, to day reported to city and county offi cers and pledged themselves to do their utmost to maintain law and order around ;the, mills. v: 1 It waa estimateA tonight that ully 10.00 vunion. members had thus "volun tarily given the local authorities their personal pledge. Adjutant General Metts, before leaving today for Ashe ville, where he is expected to confer with Governor Morrison, explained that, while the greater portion of the soldiers have been-withdrown from the mills, the guard lines will be main tained for the present and that the troops had not been relived 'of duty. " The general opinion here tonight was that the troops wi.'l be withdrawn from the county early next week, though city and county officers had no state ment to make further than the etate ment by Mayor Womble that he be lieved the union people were acting in good faith and that he would "co operate fully" in seeking the removal of the troops when he was "certain that, law andf order would prevail here." Adjutant General Metts and James F. Barrett, president of tbo slate Fed eration of Labor, were in conference prior to the general's departure for Asheville, but neither woul disclose what was said. Preparations went forward toaay ror the re-opening Monday of the three mills of the Cannon chain here. FIGHT PICTURES BETTER THAN THE SEX PICTURES W. C. :T. U. Discusses the To bacco Habit SAN FRANCISCO, -Aug. 20. Priza fight motion pictures, which are barred by law, may be more inspiring and de sirable than some sex appeal pictures whose display is allowed, Mrs. Culla J. Vayhinger, Upland, Indiana, a national director of the Womenr Christian Tem perance Union, said today in addressing aSabbath observance conference of the 48th annual --convention of the union. She charged that the pressnt . . m n.,.Aa la fllmnst nurelv censorsnip 01 Cctures are not "censored for what they contain." she said, -but ; for how well they -will -ell. and where the beot markets may ibe obtained. The censo--swp itself is left in the hands of tpe ThVTonf erence resolved f or a closer n the Sabbath without any undue restrictions on amusements as they now exist under the law. - Former Congressman . of Los Angeles, addressing the an cl narcotic secUon, said tobacco interests of the country launched a flght iMt him. because he suggested, that, there might be at least a 10 per cent saving In white print paper If cigarette ad vertising were eliminated. Mrs Francis E.. Bau champ, a Kon tucky delegate, , told the conference that "if it- had been a campaign to get rid of liquor or cigarettes she would have entered the- anti-cigarette .fight." She auoted statistics - to the effect that 20000 deaths in Hh united States last year were duS directly or Indirecc ly to cigarette smoking; - : The pendingTowner ; bill for a. na tional"department o education.was In dorseed InJ resolution adopted -r the general V session.: - Other resolutions Adopted included a declaration in favor of a single standard of morals for mm and - women; indorsing the ijnovement for world- disarmament; ' asking to"r more . widespread : education regard ng the privileges of tho ballot; nledging renewed ,and vigorou: effort tosecure enforcement of the prdhibltion amend ment , and renewing -the pledge, of alle giance to the; world prohibition move ment'i " y. ' '' j. WILMINGTON, rrdnt weport, in View of the Rejec Threaten NG Recess ad.Pe e following sectio That any officers, agent or' of the United States engaged' " loye -4d en- I : .. s ZJ 7,V, mis- act, of U nrnhlhUI ' s ""Si. r"J'or J otheraw of " - oiaiea, who shall search !f, J Prohibition act, and occupied hI uwe"ms. wunout a warrant airecUng such search, or who while so engaged shall with search warrants maliciously and- without reasonable cause search any other buildings . or property, shall be guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined for a first offense not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. ""Whoever on being an officer, agent or employe of the United States shall falsely represent himself tr hoflicer; - agent or employe and in such ttsoumea cnaracter shall , arrest or de tain any person, or shall in any man ner, search the person, buildings or other property of any person, .shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be pun ished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. DEPUTIES SEEK TYPOS TO SERVE INJUNCTION Raleigh Printers Declare Re straining Order Will Aid Their Strike By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, Aug. ?0. rfeputy sheriffs are busily engaged today in an . effort to serve the notices on individual mem bers of the printers', bookbinders' and pressmen's unions' who' were temporar ily restrained from gathering about the shops of the printing" concerns which fivs employed non-union labor. - Many of the men have accepted serv ice, - but others have -not huiofflnni that . a number of those 'named ' in . th restraining order were not even In the t uoo hoc ueen-ior tne . past few weeks. Some of those here have not been-around the shops of the print eries, it is declared. - One notable illustration of this is the fact that Laurence E. Nichols, as sistant commissioner of labor and printing, was among those named in the order. Mr. Nichols, Jt Is declared by his associates in the office, has been too busy for the past few weeks to engage in alleged picketing. : ' A large number of the strikers and many more of the curiously interested friends of both parties to the dispute gathered on Salisbury street at closing time today to see if anything hap pened. The restraining order had not been served on the majority of the siriKers ana they did not accept no tice -of service because of the publi cation of their names in the paper. They waited for the proper officials oinciauy to serve the papers on them. Many of the strikers, it is declared, went to the deputy sheriff and 'asked for their summons of service. The officers were working through the crowd hunting the men whose names were on the "list. Attorneys for the striking unions declare- that the strike has been peace fully conducted, so peacefully in fact, that the average person In Raleigh did not know a strike was on. They assert that the injunction proceedings will focus attention on the strike, help pub lic sentiment crystallize on their side, and hurt the cause of those responsi ble for the restraining order. PORT COLLECTOR PLUM IS STILL UP IN THE AIR McCaskill Will Have to Wait a While Yet . (Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. National Committeeman Morehead has been shov ing the A. L. McCaskill. recommenda tion, but it looks now as if McCaskill would not get his plum until -the sen ate meets again after the recess. Senator Overman has gone nome and any nominations that came in now .would be delayed if any objection to the appointments were made. Senator Simmons is . here, but the North Ca ro lina senators, like to work together cn the -Republican nominations. Gilliam Grlssom, selected by the Morhead-Linney combine for collector, is-on the waiting listr The opposition to JJr. Grlssom does not seem to be as strong or as aggressive as it was sev eral months , ago. It may blow over, but'the guess "here -Is that it is simply ambushed, and will shoot when the time comes. FISHERMAN WAS WROTH OVER -- IiO SIN G ICE 1 - WRECKED TRAIN MIAMI, Fla.. Aug. 20.- Trainmen on arrr overseas railroad train, neglected to leave ice at. Long Key for Charles V. Kendall, a fisherman residing there, and .' the ,,. following . day- be thrust , a truck under a moving freight train, derailing one car, It is : alleged. "Ken dall was arrested here yesterday on a charge of , attempting to wreck a- train and 5 with"' shooting- up the Long. Key depot, trial..- He was. taken to Key West for FAYETTEVIIiLE OFFICER NAMED. - - (Special to The Star.) -"WASHINGTON, Aug.- 20. First Lieut. Frederick' Ewing, of Fayetteville, -has beencre-appointed to his place in the infantry of the Tegular army. Exami nations, are to-be. held for postmasters at Kich Square andj Selma. Postpffice Inspectors will 'investigate? with a ?irtw to naming' postmasters 'at.'Bina and Boiling Springs. r , N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, ANGUST 21, 1921 HUGE: WAGEFOUND IN PRINTING INDUSTRY - ' American Engineering Investi gators Make Report on National Survey ; . LACK OF STANDARD Crux; of Waste Is Absence of Accurate Production Stand ards as Basis I -of Wages .NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Tremendous wastage in the printing industry, which can . best, be overcome .by co operative effort, was described in a report issued tonight by the committee on elimination of waste in industry; of the American engineering council. Overequipment representing: a capital outlay of hundreds of millions of dol I lars was mentioned as an imrortaht factor in printing losses. V The committee, which was named by Herbert Hoover and which had pre viously investigated various other in dustries, declared . individual efforts to eliminate waste have "-"proven impo tent except for the individual pocket- oook. individual industrialism wasl TlAld n fol,A r. r, s.sl I A j !. - " i. N "s, o o.o ayvucu 1.V 111 C7 X 1 11 L - ing - industry. Printing, the., report said, represents a total investment, of approximately a billion and a half dollars and has an annual productidn of more than three billion dollars. These figures are based upon the Inclusion of such de pendent industries as printing machin ery, ink, type-founding and, two-thirds of the paper industry. 1 , The report referred to a survey con ducted by the United Typothetae QfJ. America, which- estimated overequip ment at from 50 to 150 percent. Strone competition everywhere and the neces sity for prompt production were given as cause for this condition. . . .The committee .criticised some of the methods, used by both employe and employer, deploring "the profiteering which has existed during the last few years and the distortion of the law of supply and demand, as well as the curtailment- to - which -labor has undoubt edly resorted." Recommendations were made that "the printing unions . should insist upon' reasonable hours -.and the best pay obtainable;-but that -they should Isp-eo-operatej andeYeri be :aggres sive In insisting lipdn the determina tion and use of production standards in appraising their service, Jand that they onuuiu lena inemseiveu to tne greatest possible flexibility in the utilization of economy in the service of their mem bership." . - . 'It is distinctly to labor's Interest rather than to its detriment," said the report, "that : its - service, should not only be asC effective, as. possible, but also be deflnitelyV recorded and under stood.". The reDort said that lihnr'a sibility for waste is notabiv less in non-union plants, because of the lack of restrictions enforced by the unions, and tne resulting nexibility in main taining a balance between labor and production. ; ' Declaring the. management within the individual plants stilt "typically individualistic," the "report said the "cruix of waste -within the individual printing establishments is the 'lack of accurateroduction standards constl-' tuting a fair basis for appraisal for the individual workers." Standardization of equipment was urged. Concluding its report, the committee makes these recommendations: "To the manager of an individual plant, that the 1 .large establishments develop a conscious technique of. man agement, including the development and use of production quotas. "To managers of . the industry as a whole, that the United Typothetae of America undertake the development of production quotas for the1 benefit of the smaller printers along the lineof its -present work in cost keeping; that the printing and allied trades,, includ ing the national association of pur chasing agents, in joint action, develop and adhere to co-ordinated standards for printing products, materials and machinery equipment and conduct a publicity campaign. for the education of the buyers of .printing as to what the standards affecting them are, and the advantage to them in their. use. "To labor, that body individually and collectively advocate and co-dperate with the employing printer in the cs-J tabiisnment .or production quotas, that through the industrial srelations department of the United -Typothetae and through the international joint conference council they co-operate in the elimination of restrictions affect ing output and they urge the use of employes within one establishment for more than one class of work. '-'To the department of commerces that it co-operate with '; and support the printing and -allied trades , lh bring ing about joint conferences and in conducting a - publicity -campaign for the education 'of buyers, ; as - to " stand ards determined s upq.n,: -and ther'ad vant-f ages to be gained through their use." . SULLIVAN COUNTY: COAL FIELD IS QUIET , AFTER JOUJfft , WAR TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug.' 20. Norr mal conditions-prevailed. tonight In the Sullivan county . coal .fields .following the swearing in of 50 special detectives to assist. Sheriff Ed Douthitt, according to reports rreceiyed here.v '. ' 1 The deputies ; were sworn ; following a telephone .conversation between Gov ernor McRae and Sberiff- Douthitt thjs afternoon.-' Officials said more men are to be deputized rnext - Wednesday; when three men', arrested ott. "charges of riot ing and conspiracy, will 'be tried, in cir cuit court. The men were arrested in connection i witli the disorders !f last week - when 'several mine bosses" and ether ' mine employes were forced to leave : the Vdlstrict.. ' a FISHING BOAT -CREW TOLLEDy - WHEN BOAT STRIKES A MINE , CHRISTIANA, Norway, Aug.720. The entire ere w-TV of a fishing -.vessel was killed .when 'the:' boat struck" & mine today north ot HaugesuncL-onthe west coast, oft Norway ' ,"' Up on Wilson Ad President Harding Writes Senator Jones Regarding the Muddle, Which He Declares Is .Wholly an Inheritance from the Former Administration, Saying Present Problem Is To Cure the Situation Owes 300 Million , WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The clos est co-operation between .'congress .and the administration, in an effort to bring shipping- board losses -down to a .mini mum was urged today by -PresidiAt Harding in a letter to Senator, JonVs, TlepublicanVv, Washington, read jio - the senate during consideration of ac-Lbill carrying $48,500,00d',for. the. board's ac tivities. The president said there had been "unspeakable losses and unutter able wastes" whtch'must be charged to the war emergency. ',. Chairman -Lasker's, effort to get big men' to aid in putting. the board on its feet v was approved" by the president, who said if., they could end operating losses their salaries ""would be more than justified. ' ; ; - At the same1 time there was -present ed.a letter from Chairman Laskerj tfoy ing that sooner-or later-cdngress'woild be called upon to- 'appropriate' $390, 000,000 "in outstanding- blaims,' 'nherited from the ; former administration. . :' " ; The president's "letter! giving .fris views at- length. -on !th& general-shipping situation follows, in part; - . ; "I could not failt6 note the dissatis faction expressed; in both' house , and senate, over the very unsatisfactory condition of the affairs of .the ship tug board and the : reluctance -of congress to make appropriations for the. con- tin,ued activities of the board without putting specific restraint upon- the. board's activities in employing - agents of relief. ,. - , "From your position, you are proo ably as familiar with the affairs of the board as I am and I hope you will A. C. L. SPECIAL OFFICER FOUND DEAD BY TRACK Indications Are J. L. Motte of Charleston Was Thrown 4 from Cars and Killed FLORENCE, S. C4 Aug. 20. Missing since Wednesday night, the body of J. L. -Motte. of CharieRton. animal bfflcer-ef , the 'Atiantlc Coast Line's i0- nee department, was found today ly- ing in tne ditch by the-railroad tracks a mile and a half north of New Hope. Section hands who found the body were unable to identlfv It. Wnrd wo soofi received from Charleston that Mr. Motte had been missing and the body was identified by railroad officers who went to the ' spot from Florence. Mr. Motte's neck-, had been broken and his body had every appearanceof having been badly bruised. It is sup posed that the officer was thrown from I the top of the freight train on which 1 was traveling,--by- - some person whom he was attempting to arrest, . Mr. Motte's pistol and flashlight were found some distance from the body. .There were no fpapers in his pockets. He had. not been heard from since Wednesday night,-, when he left here on a Gharleston-bound freight train. That day he brought two pris oners here from Charleston. He was 30 years old -and unmarried. MEXICAN-AMERICAN OIL ROW MAY BE SETTLED BY COURT MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20. Possible so lution of the difficulties between Mtx tco'and the-United States relative to 'article 27 of the constitution, which has to do with petroleum deposits tn Mexico, is seen by representatives of oil companies (here in the announc. pient that the supreme court inteais to hold public hearings beginning naxt Tuesday on temporary ejection sutts brought against the government by xoreign on companies, some of which have, been pending since 1918. -Various oil men stated today that if the- court s decision is far reaching enough it doubtless would te acceptad as law of the land and as indicating Mexico's judicial interpretation cf controversial clauses of the famous article. It is understood that approximately 180 of the suits, most of them dating back to the Carranza regime, will be called up for hearings. SON-IN-LAW. OF TYLER, 10TH PRESIDENT, CRITICALLY ILL ROANOKE, Va.,- Aug. 20. Maj. 'Wil liam M. Ellis, of Shawsville, Va.,' whose wife was Miss Pearl Tyler, youngest daughter of John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, is critically ill in a Richmond hospital, following- an operation,.. according ; to news received here tonight by relatives: LIBERIAN PRESIDENT VISITS BOOKER WASHINGTON'S GRAVE - .TUSKEGEE, Ala.; Aus. 20.-Presi-dent C. D. B. King, of Liberia, "and a party, of 20p,;, who have been attend ing the annual meeting A of the-National Business league at Atlanta, to day visited Tuskesee institute. A large floral wreath - was placed on thVvgrave or Booker,r.rWashington, who founded the league 22 years ago. ''--'- ; SOUTHERN HARDWOOD FREIGHTS. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. ..20 HearLig of the complaint bfXthe- Scutherp. Hard wood 'Traffic association . on hardwood rates to northern consuming points and to southern ports for ."export, has been set by the Interstate Commerce Com mission for September- 29, "-according-To a telegram from'-the-; commission . re ceived, today by J. H".Townsehd, . manager-: of the' association. - -" .- 1 .--PUT CABINET IN CONGRESS, WASHINGTON ' Aug , 20. Members of , 'the --President's- cabinet , would , be entitled - to - occupy -, seats ron, the floor of the senate and house with theright ot participating . in - debate, on- matters pertainlngi tOi the, business' of sthelr' re spective ' departmenfs.uhderr5 abill'Jn troducedr todayJ by.JRepresenative -OECel- j ly, Republican-Pennsylvania. -"-v-A- ministration make it a point to .lay , the exact but unpleasant truth before your., col leagues. "The shipping 4oard . situation Is wholly an inheritance from the pre vious administration It would avail nothing to attempt to outline how the ir.tolerable state of affairs came about. Our great problem Is curing the situa tion.; The difficulty of this .'ask be comes very apparent to me, and had its reflex in the delay in. the final se leotlon of -the shipping board. "It was no easy thing to bring capa ble men to the solution of this task. Chairman Lasker Ms making a vax-y heavy sacrifice to give- his time aal talents, to this most difficult work. He has been, able to bring many disinter ested, advisers to his assistance, but it is impossible for the, board, in creating its various department sto establish such organizations, by the ordinary methods of government appointment and compensation. . .. "Many of the. men: called to: service have been obliged to completely sacrl, flee their private 'Interests, and. in some cases the sacrifice is made with the knowledge, that the neriod nf ployment with the government is only lemporary. under these conditions, md because of the fact that hundreds of mimons are involved, it is unavoida ble that, some .compensations in resp-i-eibJe places afe much, beyond the or dinary run of government compensa tion. "There are " approximately f 300,000,- uwo in- claims against . the shippiag .continued on -Page Two.) JAIL AT KNOXVILLE IS HELD BY HEAVY GUARD Police, Deputies, Machine Guns, National - Guard Infantry -and Cavalry There I . KNOXVILLE, Tenn- Aug. 20. With 4. ' i ;the- vicinity of the courthouse and Jail 1 der beavyj jgudiiot police, "deputxes and national guardsmen who enforced 'move on" ; orders vigorously, Knoxvitle authorities expressed confidence to- I nignt tnat there would be no repetl- ' tion of Friday -night's disorders when at least 28 persons were wounded as defenders taf the jail fired; upon a crowd advancing upo.n them with: the avowed purpose of demanding a. negro prisoner held as a suspect for assault upon" a white woman. v .' Extraordinary precautions were taken to preserve orderN tonight as threats of the use of dynamite against the jail and Its defenders in revenge f 6r the shooting last night had- been heard frequently throughout the day. No one tonight was permitted to ap proach within a block of the county jail and the .courthouse yard, where last night hundreds of spectators stood and from which the first attack upon the officers came, was kept absolutely clear. Six machine guns, manned by state police, were placed so as to sweep all approaches to the jail. Infantrymen were held in reserve while troops of cavalry galloped through the streets at brief intervals on a "practice march." Every; policeman in the city, including reserves, was on duty. While thousands of persons surged through the streets tonight and most of them attempted to approach the courthouse through Curiosity If . for no other reason, all were diverted without incident. A dozen arrests were made on charges of disorderly conduct in the business district..- Of the 28 persons known to have been, wounded last night,- 26 were sent to hospitals. -Three have been dis charged to go to their homes. Of the 23. remaining in hospitals tonight, Clar ence Leak and I. E. Hijll were reported ln a serious conditions-while the others were improved; MINISTER IS . HELD FOR THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE MURDER SANTA ROSA," Cal., Aug. 20. A war rant charging murder was issued at Lake Port today for the arrest of the ReW, John A. Spehcer in connection with the death of his wife, Mrs. Emma Spencer, who was reported drowned in Clear. Lake on July 27. Rev. Spen cer was arrested tonight at San Jose, Calif. Mrs. Spencer was alone with her husband when she died The husband was quoted : as . saying ( they had been boating when their craft overturned. His efforts to save Jus wife were fu tile, he said. A coroner's, jury brought in a verdict of death . by drowning. Friends 01 the preacher's wife asked for further investigation and the body was exhumed, and an autopsy per-j formed. Issuance of the-warrant fol-' lowed-the report of the. autopsy sur geons today. '-' SHD?' 7,000 TONS OF RAISINS WHEN' LOW RATES' TAKE EFFECT FRESNO, Calif.,- Aug." 20. Five train loads, aggregating -7,000 tons of raisins valued; at. $2,500,000, will, be shipped to the . east Monday, marking the . first day, of . reduction in. dried fruit freight rates, according to the Calif ornia : As so'ciated Raisin company.' - A saving of $60,000 in freight land $5,000 in war tax Vill rresult - from the .-reduced freight rate! ' i"". - - PRESIDENT AND "WIFE SAILING do war potomac for Week-end . WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Preside.it and Mrs. Harding left Washington late Jtoday rt or another week-end cruise" on the yacht Mayflower in the lower-Pb-tomap and Chesapeake bay. ..- They will return Monday morning. A message ftom.the Mayflower when off Quantico, Va., tonight said: - ' . "Good .Veather. All welL . . . OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. BANKING RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA SHOW 65 MILLIONS DECREASE Business Depression Is Reflect ed in the Annual State ment at Raleigh . TOTAL 338 MILLIONS State Banks and Trust Compan ies' Capital Stock Increased ' During Past Year BY JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, Aug. 20. The total bank ing resources of state and national banks in North Carolina decreased nearly 65 million dollars during the year ending June 30, 1921, according to statements issued by the state bank ing department this, afternoon. ; This is the second time within a pe riod of ten yearsthat the banking re sources of the state banks have shown a decrease. The only other time that state banks have shown n total resources was in 1915 as com pared with 1914. when the shrinkage, llrl 1UU 1688 th nIne mIlllon do1- t Th.toial resources of state bank June 30, 1920, was $284,888,919.8;; Thai figures just one year later, that is,-that ltola5r of Ju this year, are 4274;: 573.88. This depresents a decVeai! ofi $42 514,345.96 -this year as compared) with last year. The latest figure available from reports on the condition, of national , banks in th6 state, which,; or course, do .not come , within the reg-4 ulation of the state, shows a smalleri decrease among this class of banks. The total combined resources of the; state and national banks at the close o business June 30 last year was irt round numbers 452 million dollars. The total this year. Is 338 million dollars, oft a decrease of $64,854,345.96 for the year.' The state: banks and trust companies show an increase of nearly two and a half million dpllara. in the amount of paid in capital stock on July 30. 1921, as compared Awlth; sthet previous year, showing that new banks have been or gadized :Q 4ditlonal :stockalesued by the;oIdeBhre Jsalsa a slight in creasTa Jnethe amount of capital stock In:-June as compared with last April. Comparison -of the aggregate - re durces of the state banks and trust companies of North Carolina over a pev riod-of the last ten years is interest ing. It shows an Increase from 71 million dollars In 1912 to 242 million last year. The cause for this year's decrease comes from the general business de pression which reached Its climax dur ing mid-summer just before the final figures were collected by the depart ment. The decrease in the prioe of to bacco were collected by the depart ment. The decrease in the price of to bacco and cotton anr other farm prod ucts played a part dn the showing! made by the banking houses, and the! general slowing up of business, caused, directly and indirectly by, the general decline in the price of farm products, also played an important part in the. loss of 42 millions in total resources by the banks operated under state con-, trol. The same, likewise, applies to the national banks. PeoDle of th tt owje the banks over 28 million dollars less than they owed this time last y ear but that does not help the general sit-i uatlon very much, for people who, might have owed the banks a year ago now owe the time merchants and others who have credited them during the summer months. The bankers have been retrenching and have col lected in the amount of the decrease during .the, past year, or rather they have managed to collect some and let out less than before. There was a de crease of about 344 thousand dollars in overdrafts, likewise, showing that the bankers are keeping cloier tab on the fellows who write checks when they have insufficient funds in the bank. There 18 a decrease of over three and a quarter" million dollars in the amount of liberty and other United State's bonds this yearas compared with last year, and over $4,000 less state bonds owned by the banks in 1919 as com pared with 1920. On the other hand there is an In crease in the holdings of the banks of other bonds, stocks and mortgages by over three-quarter of a million dollars. ' The state banking houses and fixtures have jumped over a million and a half during the year and other real prop erty owned by the banks has increased $93,000. , i The reports shows that there are 554 banks and .44 branches operated under the regulation of the state. EX-GOV. CATTS HAS SOLD HIS - INTERESTS IN CHAIN "STORES JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Aug. 20, Former Governor. Sidney J. Catts dis posed of his interest in the American Purchasing-company, several months ago. It Is understood here. Mr. Catts, last October while gover nor, advertised ; in papers throughout Florida for men to serve as store man agers, declaring that "when my term as governor-of Florida 'expires Jan uarys, . 1921. ; I will represent a cor poration establishing -retail . . stores throughout the south" and that ?'a large number of men ; will be required , as store managers." Applicants were directed to address '"Sidney J. Catts, Box 1198, Atlanta, GaV:-. v v. . '. ' "SILENT: MARTIN KNOCKED OUT IN 9TH OF THE ? O'DOWD BOUT t NEW YORK, Aug, 2d.--Mike O'Dowd, of St. .. Paul. : former ; .middleweight champion, scored a technical knockout over "SIlentfVMartin' of Brooklyn, in the : ninth round of a 12-found match' tonight. .; It was OTDowd's first -bout since meeting Johnny Wilson of Bos ton, at Madison; Square Garden, last March. O'Dowd weighed . 161 pounds and Martin 1152. , 1 '. i i ", f rf-J- it -s
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