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"Why don't you advertiser
Town Storekeeper "No, slree; I did
once and it nearly ruined me."
"How's that?"
"Why, people came in and bought
durned near all the stuff I had."
TTpral! fs:Ir today and Wednesdny
lill.V
of riv-r at Fnyteville yester-
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VOL. CYI1.-NO. 175
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FAGUE COUNCIL WILL
JNDERTAKE TO SETTLE
f SILESIAN PROBLEM
rt-euion of the Subject, How
ever. Will Not Begin Un
til Thursday
DR. K00 PRESIDING
Ishii. President
of
' retfunt
Silcsian Debate
(By Associated
.-.rVEVA. Ai:
the task of so'.v
,r" the disposition of
V-ouint Ishii, -is prcs--;
r , -1 1 . ?p informed Pro
: Frsnce after toda-z's
;:-e subject, howeve:,
;::,.! before Thursday
; .-.inynw stulying t'.ie
: - -nts of the tangled
: t distributed to thein
, : ini many und Ilol
, a in send represen
:.r v ilaims and .?x-
ICi-
council is to bo jand Secreary of War weeks:
-nvenes tomorrow "General Bandholtz left here Sat.nr-
'.V';-"-
" 0 " J '
afr'fiirs. it will be
V. K. Wellineion
;i-,t lshii -.vi'l 'aKo
v!-rn the -essio.'is
ritbt rationss aie
iins office-,-
Brazilian .-epresen-,
.. ,i Iai",:nha. who suy-:r.-
the extraordinn.'y
.-:i-: s of the coun .il
1 r. K ' wiven lb j
: v. uiar procedure.
;;r. r- ;. r s nt i-i r.ut
out that "the :asf w.ia
j.' F.a'.f
p.vnt.,1
r.a! a:i'
e." ar.'i
i::r.u:
Sr.u::
ti:-"t
K?o f
uc or
E5.
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: t w a
r tne regu ar
'. -i assuming
;lts:;tn discus-
elated over
convening of
justice, as
an the number
;r: into effect:.
. H-nce the II
i t elected l y
v:th Vi?o-nuri:-.
u
5 pro.srct ot tr.r
i :r.trnationa'.
listitrs. three m.'-r
H5::d to put tht
to ratified th-5 i'''
nifr? of the- rr
i( fnrthcomi r
r.tectniir
the as-
Sumy Candida t-s thus far nave Hcen
naiMd. among them former rresiibut
Poincare of France, nominated by I i-
weal. As soon as convenient .fter the
election, the c--'iirt will be convened at
The Hague. It js confidently express :d
here that or.- or more Americans wiil
be on the bench.
The e!e-Ur.n of Eiihu Root looked
as a foregone conclusion ."if ,e
nam- to go before the as
ntherwise. the election of .-ne
t.-- nther thre-- Americans niminittd
's ntost likely.
T.te Albsniar, dei-ation to the as
senply of thP l-ac-,: already ias ar-nve-3
here ani has announced its .11
fntion to appeal t., th assembly from
tne decision of th.uncil in -,-ferring
Acan.as cmn!aints against Greece
J
. j ueo.e lavia -.
cn:r.-:!. This ,.
:Ten th- prorA(Sfj-;ncs
the ambassadors'
. promises to mi
"f the -ssemb'v.
" " or tne s'rall
r powers lave an-
""-" their
ntion of nroiPttirj
f,nr of thP as.emMy against
t-.:;','" -"-fariat of the leagao.
fnr. r-pnraton on the o.--
r --'- nt tn
easue in proportion
expenses.
STATES
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29. Vy:nla
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h r
aro'-,q
1 .1 TI- , -"'J-
STln?,ncnrs:i- Generally
r?ot much
We--..,,.
,.'1na!,
f;r Tuesday and
exo
prr nah.y iocal show-
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?r,f sr,.:T-
port ion.
FtorMa. Alabama,
fai Tiiesdav
north-vAs
icsda v
''" roas; Tc.esday;
n tmpcrafure.
r'-y fair Tuesday
1 !"' ntre in tem-
1 : 1 n d W j.lr.e s -i a y
"Tmv ihowers near
kiahomat Tuesday
'orally fair.
'i' an. Wednes-
r"-jl).rt)iy fcattered
-va. Tuesday and
ci'iu.iy.
ro -ey West: Mod
' f-ast and so-.ith-r-"?t
u-at her Tues-
lav
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winds; partlv
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Ha;tAras: Moderate
in-J.s and partly
Tu5 jjv.
" fToNs
I
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V. , Aug . 29.
r'-f; Pa;n: creek atid
1 aro ro-.issem-'
' other points
o-t. Vr ,
' -. i M .-. .-
n z t
- n tne Kan .1 -in
lar num
'rs tcpjvel at
Korean late to-
r'- tii" men who
ra.ik Kf-etiey,
,J Mm? Workers.
I ;a ;i Iholtz. sev
nav. expressed
" ' : 1 v
f'.nt-
an.j t
1
n
' ike 'ip the?
t he
''''-'-Hi countv lin
office
S informer!
st8ten at thp pxecntlve
further forma request
for f-deraraid. The
-an with the situa- 1
n. and .telegraph, it was I
v, :..r..i.
... '-i.d-'-lt S
that f
sr.i rfc.:i.ir ;
r i
Ku Klux Klan Is Not
Wanted in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ant 2
land's city fecund lint
tonlsut as being uHel," p?
organlMflon would be hotbI
for stirringr np race and religions
prejudice." RUHU
RENEWS APPEAL FOR A
FORCE OF U. S. TROOPS
Governor West Virginia Wires
Midnight Call to President
Harding
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Aug. 29.
Governor E. F. Morgan at midnight
telegraphed an appeal to President
Harding to send federal troops ?nto
i West Virginia.
Reiterating that large forces are
again leaving the Cabin creek iistricts
tonight for the Logan border. Gov
ernor Morgan sent the following state
ment to Washington at midnight.
dressirrg It to both President liardine
day. At that time armed men n Paint,
Cabin and Lens creeks and Big Coal
river were dispersing. On Little Coal
river in the vicinity of Sharpies, Clo
thier, Blair and Madison armed men in
excess of 1,500 have refused to dispa-ce
when requested by representatives of
the federal and state governments.
"On Saturday night near ?iarples an j
armed patrol attacked body of stile
police which returned fire and killed
three men. These armed bodies have
also caDtured five Logan county, peace
!::: exceptional I officers and are holding them as prla
s agreed that Dr. i nnprs -
"We . have information that sevecal
hundred men from coal fields of other
states are gathered with these insur
rectionists in the Little Coal river sa:
tion and we are in possession of names
of leaders who come from Illinois, Ken
tucky and Ohio. This element has
threatened the lives of officers of the
United Mine Workers of this district
who have asked them to disperse.
"Adjutant General Charnock has jivut
returned from the vieinlt? of Sharpies
where he commanded teh. insujrrecti n
iyts to disperse but they have- refu39d
and are maintaining many armed pa
trols on the roads and have seUed
passenger trains on the Ch;6apeike
and Ohio railroad to transport rein
forcements to their camps. They have
cut telegraph wires and refused to al
low their replacemett and tney -oh-tinue
to defy constituted authority.
"Larg forces are "again .eavins
Cabin" creek district tonight for the Lo
gan border and have destroyed aa com
munications on that creek.
"The' men now assembled in Lojui
from McDowell, Mingo and Lojsn
counties, to resist the invasion will be
utterly unable to repel the attack.
"Because of the eminent danger :f
great loss of life if there is a clash
between the Logan officers and do
zens and the armed insurrectionists
and believing it is my duty to sees
protection-for the lives and. property of
our citizens, I most respectfully renew
my request for federal troops to be sent
forthwith to West Virginia for the
purpose of quelling the insurrection
and disarming those engaged in it.
Delay in my opinion will prove mort
disastrous."
NATURE FAST HEALING SCARS
OP THE GER9&AXS' VANDALISM
SOISSONS, France1, Aug. 29. Nature
is making such rapid progress in heal
ing the -scars of war in France that,
outside of towns where ruins are still
standing, it will soon be impossible to
discover the famous front line of four
years of war without close examina
tion. It has become evident that the aband-
doned project of maintaining intact, as
it existed at the close of hostilities, the
line from Nieuport, in Belgium, to Bel-
fort, as a lesson to futtwte generations,
could not have been carried out ex
cepting at an enormous expense.
Forests that were supposed to have
been annihilated have shown remark
able recovery. Positions that were up
heaved repeatedly until the sub-soil
covered' the surface almost completely,
giving every appearance of hopeless
aridity, have been slowly covered by
vegetation.
Even the famous height along which
runs the Chemin des Dames (the La
dies' Way), is covered with thick herb
age, that remains green in spite of the
drought. In order to preserve certain
famous war scenes such as the Bay
onet trench at Verdun, it was neces
sary to erect a shelter and protect the
trench from the slow but sure work
of nature Wi order to preserve it as it
was during the great battle.
BRITISH TRADE MISSION TO
MOSCOW ON BUSINESS TOUR
LONDON, Aug 29. A British trad
mission of 17 members, headed by. R.
M. Hodgson, formerly British cousnl
at Vladivostok, has left London for
Moscow, where quarters have been
secured to house them.
They took with them six weeks food
supply, and large stores of office and
household furniture including tables,
brooms, palls, dusters and even pens
and Ink.
"We don't know what may nappen
to us." said Mr. Hodgson to a reporter,
"so we are going prepared. We are
taking two cars, in case we find the
railways on strike or the track blown
up, but we are not carrying any arms.
MISSING WOMAN IS LOCATED.
FLORENCE, Ala.. Aug. 29. Miss No
vella Haje. whose disappearance wt
Thursday caused a search forher over
two states, was located in Sheffield .at
today, according to reports to P0'1
headquarters. George Lee and Doyle
Lee. brothers, are held on a sharge ol
kidnapping. ' r"
WILMINGTON,
A. F. L COUNCIL CLAIMS
OPEN SHOP HAS AIDED
UNION LABOR'S CAUSE
Morrison Denies Federation Has
L-ost 750,000 Members
Past Year
in
UNIONISM IS ALIVE
Never More; Alert Than Now
and Is Urged to Conduct
Militant Campaign
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 29.
"The open shop and the aggressive
hostility of unfair employers" has
strengthened rather than weakened the
solidarity of the organized labor move
ment, it was declared in a statement
tonight by the executive council of
American Federation of Labor.
The council based its Hopidnn kq
statement said, upon reports submit
ted by affiliated national and interna
tional unions and other information
collected throughout the country.
Analysis of the reports, the state
ment said, showed that a reduction in
payment of dues by the federation's
membership was due principally to the
wave of unemployment throughout the
country. Secretary Frank Morrison
took occasion to deny reports published
today that the federation has suffered
a slump of 750,000 members during the
present industrial crisis. Morrison re
ferred to flsures announced a the
Denver convention, which showed a
decrease of 172,212 members during th3
past year, but declined to give any fig
ures on the present membership.
Calling upon all affiliated unions to
join in a great organizing campaign a
statement by the council said:
"The executive council is keenly
alive to the tremendous forces at work
to destroy trade unionism. It is ap
preciative of the depressive industrial
situation and impressed strongly with
the desire and need of organizing the
unorganized in a solid trade union
phalanx for mutual protection, and for
the advancement of the wage-earners
common interest it has determined to
inaugurate a comprehensive and ex
tensive campaign.
"The workers are also called upon to
observe Labor day in a fitting way and
to manifest in an unmistakable man
ner that the cause of labor is more
alive today than. ever in the history of.-
the trade union movement.
The statement declared the council
welcomed the "changing attitude of
the church and of the women's organi
zations toward the trade union move
ment as evidence of the fact that while
plutocracy .may attenpnt,' to exclusively
control the material things of life, the
money and credit of the nation, it does
not and cannot control the heart and
soul of America."
The council also went on record to
night as binding themselves to the In
structions of the Denver convention to
support the Irish people "In their
struggle for the recognition of the
Irish republic."
GAGGED GUARDS OFFER
ONLY CLUE TO THIEVES
Claim Robbers of Vault Over
powered Them
CHICAGO, Aug. 29. The two men
who claimed they were bound and
gagged while four robbers pounded
open seventeen safety deposit boxes of
the Security Trust and Deposit com
pany in the Masonic temple last night,
were declared by the police tonight to
be their only hope of solving the mys
tery. While both men were being ques
tioned regarding alleged discrepancies
ir tvii- stories, the estimates of the
nmonnt of cash and valuables taken 1
v the robbers varied, W. B. Dickinson. ,
president of the company, stating that
the total would not be more than
S35 000. Figures compiled from the
,.0SmntB made by the victims, how
ever, showed losses already accounted
for $66,000.
Many of the depositors were alleged
to be gamblers and bootleggers who
used the vaults because they were open
at all hours of the day and night. The
federal government today began an in
vestigation of the losses claimed by
depositors to learn f they had paid
income taxes.
CUT DOWN AMERICAN RELIEF
FOR CHILDREN OF AUSTRIANS
VIENNA. Aus. 29. A new survey of
economic conditions has caused the
American child relief to make a drastic
cut in its charity in Austria. It is pro-
.... .voAimllv t . rprtnoft
nosed tniS BUiiiiuej
JhTnumber of children fed to 200.000
and these will be confined largely to
Vienna and other citie's when much
want will be faced during the coming
WThergeneral Improvement in the rural
regions is illustrated by the action or
the Americans in closing 68 of their
kitchens in Upper AuBtria alone in one
week All children of parents in fair
financial circumstances are excluded
under the new program s well as chil
dren of farmers. In other words,
American relief will be confined to
those in actual need.
RHEUMATIC OLD MAN WINS
KING'S FRIZilS AS
m5T.EY En., Aug. 29. -Armourer
tnhn Cunningham, of North
umberland, has Just won the kings
prize of 250 pounds in the great an
nual marksmanship competition under
the rules of the National Rifle associa
tion The prize is won in thres stagos
at increasing distances up to 600 yards,
and carries with it the associations
gold- medal.
Cunningham beat the next, man by
one point with a. total.of226, ilthougn
he could hardly" crawl to the range
owing to rheuma'tism:; The lfle with
which he won he had hired at a sliill
ins a day. Hels 2 yearsdL
N. C TUESDAT MORNING,
BELFAST S(fE OF AN
outbreakSibs AND
SHOTS FARING DAY
Arrival of iored Cars Brings
Calm ye is Later Broken
by Wild Firing
DUBLIN HL4S HOPES
Doesn't Know What de Valera
Will Say to Premier, But
is Very Optimistic
BELFAST, Aug. Z$. Rioting, accom
panied by shooting and bombing, which
broke out at mid-day today in North
Queen street and along the New Lodge
road, and was reheftyed later in the
afternoon, brought about, the death of
two persons a visitor to the city and
a shipyard worker. Six others were
wounded.
Armored cars were summoned to pa
trol the locality when the rioting start-
ed.
There was a period of calm upon
their arrival, but disorder broke out
again later.' accompanied by wild fir
ing, which made the streets extremely
dangerous for pedestrians.
"! r
BELFAST-DUBLIN WIRES ARE
CUTNO NEWS LAST NIGHT
DUBLIN, Aug. 29. Telephone com
munication between Dublin and Belfast
was impossible tonight, as all the wires
had been cut. At Dublin Castle, howr
ever, it was said that the situation irt
Belfast at 8 o'clock this evening was
well in hand.
DUBLIN CASTLE IS OPTIMISTIC
OVER IRISH-BRITISH AFFAIRS
DUBLIN, Aug. 29. Republican min
isters wero busy today in conversations
among themselves and their supporters
concerning the Irish situation, but it
was officially announced at 6 o'clock
this evening that no reply to- the lat
est communication -of David Lloyd
George, the British premier, would be
sent to London tonight.
Officials at Dublin castle and other
persons interested in the success of the
peace negotiations seemed unperturbed
tonight over the delay in replying to
Mr. Lloyd George. It was admitted at
the castle, which generally has received
early news of any decisions the Dail
Fireann is to make, that it was not
known what, the latest reply of Mr. de
Vulera aud.laie fdllowers would -be Op-
Jltimism;11weuerr nrvails klL'itKe-as.tle.
ann lixewise-'amcmg a large section oT
the public.
It is considered probable that the re
ply drafted by the cablret may be al
tered to some extent on the advice of
reports outside ihe Dail. It has been
alleged that Mr. de Valera's previous
ltsttf.r io the premier was toned down
before it was sent to London.
The report that Michael Collins, the
Sinn Fsin minister , of finance, intends
to speak at Armagh next "Sunday is
considered here as an indication that
the Sinn Fein intends to carry the bat
tle for a united Ireland into the 'enemy
country." It was said tonight that if
Mr. Collins achieved ary success, Ea
mon de Valera and Arthur Griffith, who
also represent Ulster constituencies, in
the northern parliament, may follow
suit. Mr. Collins' move is considered
here to be a dengerous one, the belief
prevailing that his visit' to Ulster may
be resented by the Ulsterites and lead
to trouble. ,
FRAGMENTS OF A HUMAN
BODY ON A. C. L. ENGINE
May Have Been Occupant of
Auto Hit
PETERSBURG, Va.. Aug. 29. Find
ing parts of a human body on the lo
comotive of an Atlantic Coast Line
limited train when it arrived here this
morning has caused railroad officials to
conduct a search along its track near
this city during the day.
The train this morning struck an
automobile in which Albert Cheek, col
ored, of Whitaker, N. C, was riding
and killed the negro, but his body
was not mutilated and it is therefore
the opinion of railroad officials that
he must have had a passenger in his
car and that the other occupant was
also killed and his body possibly
ground to pieces under the wheels.
GERMAN LABOR READY FOR
SERVICE TO THE REPUBLIC
BERLIN, Aug. 29. (Ey the Associ
ated Press.) German organized labor,
comprising 11,000,000 members belong
ing to general and independent feder
ations, informed Chancellor Wirth this
afternoon that it was ready "to go to
the front" in defense of the republic.
Th. majority and independent social
ists also sent a deputation to the chan-
ceiloi, informing him that both parties
demand that the government proceed
without fear or favor against the ele
ments responsible, for the anti-republican
demonstrations and machinations
"to which the assassination of Herr
Erzberger is attributable."
HUSBANDS ARE ACOvUITTEDi
WIVES AREFINED HEAVII.V
ROANOKE. Va.. Aug. 29. J. M. Wal
den, who was charged with murder in
connection with the slaying of J. H,
Rutledge in the Walden home at an
riv Viniir- Sunday morning, was ac-
nultted this morning following a hear-i
- . n . t- , i i .
intr hpforft .Til CI ST XSeveriy oeri;ly 111
nr-lice court. A. N. Flsherr who wos
charged with maliciously shooting J.
H Whitlock, also was acquitted. Mrs.
J. M. Wraldn, Mrs. A. N. Fisher and
Whitlock were each flhed $500, on stat
utory charges.:.
JUDGE PALMER FOUND DEAD
ATLANTA, Aug. 29. Judge H. E. W.
Palmer, .head. of the. legal department
of the- Southern ,Bell Telephone com-J
pany, and well known in the legal pro
fession throughout, the . south, was
found dead jn hia office near hee this
afternoon. E(Batf is thought; to haye
been due to a stroke of apoplexy. Judge
Palmer was'tfS year "old.
AUGUST 30, 1921
State Health Officer Says
Surgeon General Is Wrpn
Dr. Rankin of State Board of Health Declares Public HaMiSer
vice Head Gave Out First Pellagra Statement Without Full
Knowledge of Southern Conditions and Repeated
His Error in Second Statement
By JULE TS. WARREN
RALEIGH. Aug. 29. State Health
Officer Dr. W. S. Rankin tonight in an
interview with Raleigh newspaper cor
respondents, made a warm reply to
the state.ents of. the surgeon general
of "the'-'tftii'teStafes '"In" regarS-t the,
pellagra situation in the south, declar
ing that in the "first press reports
given out by Dr. Cumming he acted
without the proper information and in
the second report he deliberately seeks
to justify the errors contained in the
original famine article.
Dr. Rankin has refrained from mak
ing a statement about the pellagra
situation for several weeks in order
that he might collect facts and statis
tics from which to work. These statis
tics have been gathered through writ
ing over 2,000 physicians in the state,
After calling attention to the main
facts contianed in the public health
service famine article, which so dis
tressed the President that he called on
the Red Cross for help, or. Rankin
launches into his sizzling answer. He
says President Harding acted on the
Cumming statement first and then tried
to check its accuracy. j?r. Kankin
said in part:
"The unexpected and precipitate ac
tion of the President made it necessary
for Dr. Cumming to either retreat re
tract or repeat. To retreat was to dis
play weakness;, to retract required
courage; to '-"repeat meant the subK
stitution of deliberate for accidental,
error. '.' . ' .; '
"Dr. Cumming, confused, stayed at
the forks of the roads for ten days and
then called in consulation the health
officers of the 12 southern states.
The health officers spent two days in
conference with General Cumming and
other officers of the service. All the
evidence bearing upon the prevalence
of pellagra in each and all of the
southern states was carefully
weighed. The conference cutminated in
a resolution, unanimously adopted,
which flatly contradicts the published
statements of the service as to famine
and pellagra in the south. It says:
'The state health officers of these
southern states, deplore the fact that
an impression has been created that
famine conditions exist in the south
and as a result that pellagra is in
creasing to an alarming extent. After
making an investigation, using all in
formation available, we do not believe
the situation warrants or should or.-
casion any undue alarm.,. There isnatPresident. While requested to make
condWoff 'appfoaching ' "a "famine or
plaugue in the south.'
"Ten days after this conference,
August 15, the Surgeon General chose
his course. He elected neither that
of deliberate error nor that of courage,
but that of wea-khess; he retreated; in
ASK RECEIVERSHIP FOR
GOTHAM TRACTION LINE
New York's Traction Situation
Appears Nearing Climax,
After Many Years
NEW TORKi, Aug.. 29. The New
York traction situation, involving hun
dreds of millions of dollars, which for
several years has held the front of
the stage in local finance and politics,
today appeared to be approaching a
climax.
A second suit seeking a receivership
-for the Interborough Rapid Transit
company was filed this afternoon in
federal court while the stock market
was showing ill effects of a prior suit
of similar nature brought last Satur-
dya.
The second suit was filed by Clarence
H. Venner, president of the Continental
Securities company, who also seeks a
receivership for the Manhattan Rail
way company, which operates elevated
lines and is leased by the Interborough,
operator of most of the city's subways.
Saturday's suit was brought by the
American Brake Shoe and Foundry
company, which is presenting its claim
of $57,074 for supplies, contended that
the Interborough owed more than ?3,-
000,000 to various concerns for equip
ment and materials which it was, un
able to pay.
The complaint today alleged that
charges against the compan yexcoeded
earnings by $4,464,000 during the year
ended last June 30. The lease of the
Manhattan Railway company was
largely responsible for the Interbor
ough's financial plight, it was said, ad
vocating its abrogation through re
ceivership to prevent "irretrievable
disaster." The complaint declared the
Interborough was carrying assets ag
gregating $50,000,000 worthless items
suchc as the stock of defunct compan
ies. Federal Judge Mayer ordered the
company and the city to show cause
next Thursday why a receiver should
not be appointed.
SHIPPING BOARD WILL FAY
. OFF DEFUNCT LINE'S CREWS
NEW YORK Aug. 29. Certain of the
claims against the United States Mail
Steamship company, which Recently
went into receivership, will be paid by
the shipping board, it was said today
by William M. Bullitt, the board's
counsel; after- a conference between
M i A n -i '
uicuuuig auu cuo uuuuuiiicc vviiiv.u v in
- T "Ui V. linn XP :..-
among these claims will be the pay of
crews, Mr. Bullitt said.
According to an announcement . to
day" the ships will be operated in fu
ture under the name of the United
States line. There are now 16 vessels
at the disposal of the committee, vir
tually all new shipping board vessels
or former German liners. The former
North German Lloyd liners Kronprin
zessin Oecille and Kaiser WHhelm II.
.wbJph, . during the war were operated
as .transports under the names of Mt,
Vernon , and Agamemnon, will be re
named President Jackson and President
Harding. ,
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his second report to the President he
gave up his first position of veritable
famine and moves back to famine in
a 'scientific, restricted' sense; he with
drew from a predication of 10,000
, deaths to 5,000; he retreats from a con
dition that is rapidly decimating to
a definite Hncrease in pellagra. The
surgeon general in retreating strains
himself in attempting to conceal it.
for he tells the President that all the
facts elicited by the conference fully
confirm him in the position taken by
the service. Of -course, in doing this
he finds it necessary to set aside the
conclusion of the conference of south
ern health officers. He 'assumes to
have more accurate knowledge . of
health conditions in the southern states
than is possessed by the state boards
of health, an assumption which, if en
titled to serious consideration by the
public, should call for a complete
reorganization of health work in the
south. In setting aside the racts and
opinions of these southern state health
officers as expressed in their resolution,
the surgeon general rinds il neces
sary to explain to the President that
the data on which the " conference
acted were insufficient. In this charge
of insufficient evidence ttie surgeon
general uncovers the weakest place in
his own defenses. He indirectly raised
the question as to the sArt of evidence
on which he service based its famine
in the United States press articles.
The surgeon general submitted- in an
official report to the conference the
evidence on which their first article
rested."
A brief statement about the facts be
fore this conference of southern health
officials is then given by Dr. Rankin
who points out that the facts found
at this conference do not coincide with
the health service's second statement
to the President, which says there is
a possible increase . in , pellagra in
North Carolina. The facts in regard to
this state are these: Dr. Rankin de
clares that 1,005 physicians in all sec
tions of the state report a decrese c-f
76 cases for the first seven months
of this year as compared with the same
period la,st year. Deaths reports from
pellagra show six more this year, and
12 less admissions of pellagra cases
to insane asylums are reported this
year than last year.. Dr. Rankin also
calls attention to the Tact that the Red
Cross with 200 active workers in the
south did not know of the "famine
conditions, until called on by the
an investigation, the'Ttea Cross has
not yet made a. report. The depart
ment of agriculture agents, reporting
to the secretary of. agriculture, fur
nished information on which he bases
a statement that there is more food
than usual in the southern states.
STATE PRINTING GIVEN
TO SEVERAL CONCERNS
New Contract Calls for One
Year Agreement at 5 Per
cent Under Last Year
By JULE B. WARREN.
RALEIGH, "Aug. 29. The printing
commission this afternoon submitted
an amended contract to the bidders
calling for one-year agreements withn
state .printers, atfc per cnt below tho
cost last year, with a provision where
by the price may be decreased when
it is shown that-there is a 5. per cent
decrease in the. dost of labor und ma
terial in the southeastern states, and
containing a strike clause favorable to
the state as well as a suggested divis
ion of the work.
Under the tentative contract Edwards
and Broughton and the Commercial of
Raleigh, non-union shops, will get 23
and 20 per cent respectively of the
work; Mitchell, 35 per cent, Bynum ar.-J
Capital 10 per cent each. If any :f
the concerns do hot want to take what
is apportioned them, that part will be
apportioned to the others remaining in
he contract.
The strike clause inserted in the
contract will fix it so the state wnl
not have to pay for any part of a job
if a strike interferes with completioa
of the contract.
Edwards and Broughton, having
very much the lowest bid for the
stamping and engraving work, was
awarded that contract.
GERMAN COMPETITION WEAK
SECRETARY HOOVER .STATES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. German
competition in the field of foreign
trade is showing signs of weakening,
Secretary Hopver said today. While
the reports to the commerce depart
ment tell of strenuous German com
mercial activity in various parts of the
world, he added, the Germans are hav
ing difficulties in handling the br.sir.ess
obtained through their attractive price
quotations.
In particular, the secretary explain
ed, the Germans are finding it impos
sible to produce goods up to their ore
war quality, while at( the same time
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tney arts unaoie io execute large num-
be' f cntracts- In Argentina
he
J said, the. Germans were compelled to
throw up a contract for large quanti
ties of steel which they could nor. de
liver. JANITORS MAY GO TO BED
VIENNA, Aug. 29. The famous
"latchkey Jaw", has been passed - and
Vienna concierges now may go to bed
and stay there without having to let
in late homecomers. As the size of
the average front-door key in this
country prohibits carrying it in pock
ets, they are beins madeiOf aluminum
and fold on a pivot.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
CORPORATE WEALTH IN
NORTH CAROLINA WILL
ALSO SHOW SHRINKAGE
Reports Indicate Personal Val
uations Will Exceed Realty
in Reductions
BIG CUT INDICATED
Off-Hand Guess Puts Taxable
Decrease at From Half 'Bil
lion to a Billion
By JULE B. WARREN
RALEIGH, Aus. 2S. The department
of revenue this week will begin send
ing back to the counties the assess
ments of corporations made by the
commissioner from the reports of
these corporations. The whole repay
ment has been working overtime, in
cluding many night hours, in order to
complete the reportaand while all are
not yet assessed, the majority of the
6,000 corporations doing business ioj
North Carolina have been passed on
and the assessments will be in the
hands of the county . authorities by th
oeginning of the. coming week.
colonel watts has made no .figure
on tne total corporate property in the
state. He believes, however, from.
worKmg over the reports that thereJ
will be a substantial reduction In the
value of corporate property. Practical-!
lv all pornorafinna tVila voar fnnn
that ther properties were not worth
as much as they were last year, andl
made cuts in the figures sent to RalJ
eigh. If the personal property of in
dividuals shows as great a cut as did
the value of the corporate property.
Colonel Watts believes that the per
centage loss in value of personal prop-H
erty will run even higher man did that
shrinkage in the values of real prop-J
erty, which ran around 20 per eentil
of the total value last year.
When all the figures are cpmpilecf
Colonel Watts would not be surprised),
to find that the total taxable values ft
North Carolina will rjun around two to
two and a half billion dollars, as Omi
pared with three billion, one hundred
million under revaluation.
Income Work Nt
The next important work of the de
partment of revenue will be on the in-
come taxes, both from property already
taxed and from salaries, fees and
wages. Colonel Watts expects to be
gin work in the near future on the
blank forms, which wilf'be used in col
lecting both of these income taxes. The
personal incomes, that -is" -those from"'
salaries, fees and wages, have been
collected by the' state for several
years past, but this will be the first
time that the "unearned" Income will
be taxed.
Maj. Gordan Smith, assistant adju-
tant general, returning from a 15-dajr
encampment with the cavalry troops ofi
the state, report that the cavalrymen,
showed up well as marksmen both with
rifles and pistols. Twenty-seven men'
in the four troops qualified as experts
with therifle, and an even larger num-i
ber with pistols. The exact figures oC
the pistol marksmen are not yet in..
The camp was one of the best that!
has been held for the cavalry troopaJ
according to Major Smith. A largei
number of the national guardsmen,!
composing the troops al Hickory, Lin-'
colnton, Asheville and Andrews, and
the company at Canton attending thisj
camp, and while they were worked;
very hard, found some time to enjoy
the beaches and amusements on the
ocean front. But one thing marred
the work and pleasure. There was aw
land breeze during nearly all of the
two weeks' stay there, and this blew
in millions or mosquitoes rrom. tne
swamps.
This is the last of the summer en
campments of the North Carolina na
tional guardsmen. The Infantry regi
ment was there earlier in the summer,
and with the training school for the
cavalry forces the summer work is
over. National guard officials as well
as the regular army instruction oill
cers have been very much pleased with
the showing made by the North Caro
lina guardsmen at these summer train
ing schools.
BIG TIMES IN OOLDSBORO
TUESDAY OF COMING WEEK.
GOLDSBORO, Aus. 29. Vext Tues
day. September 6, will be a gala day
in Goldsboro. The tobaccounarket will
open for the season, and tire five large
warehouses will be scenes df activity
Hundreds of farmers with the first of
this season's crop will be on hand,
buyers from other markets will be
here, and once more bueiness will be
back to normal. The merchants are
getting ready for the day, and there
will be a lively time here.
The superior court. Judge B. C. Cran
mer, presiding, is engaged this week ia
the trial of civil cases. Among the
cases to be tried-are five divorce cases,
a large number of suits and other busi
ness. Jude Cranmei- delivered an ad
dress Sunday morning at the First
Christian church, and in the evening
at St. Paul's Methodist church.- Both
addresses were heard by large audi
ences, and greatly enjoyed by all who
heard them. .
CUBAN STUDENT IN CORNELL
IS HELD IN HOMICIDE CASE
ALLENHURST, 'N'. J. Aug. 29. S&'- ,
vatore Laborde, a Cuban student at the
College of Mechanical Engineering.
Cornell University, who is locked up in
jail at Freehold In connection with ire
death of Cecil Adrian Arthur, wa
charged tonight with homicide. Arthur
died Sunday morning from injuries re
ceived during a fist fight with Laborde
at a hotel masquerade ball on Friday
night. r
Counsel for Laborde, whose home m
in Havana, protested the homicide
charge and urged it -be changed to man
slaughter under -which he could obtain
bail.
GREB IS GIVEN DECISION. -PITTSBURGH,
Aug. 29. Harry Grb,
of Pittsburgh, received the newspaper r
decision over KIj jN9rfolk of New Y0rlt-'v
at the end of-aviQroiind-bout heret6
night. The men are lfg&t heavywelfclSa.
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