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x ' . ' ' frf' ' , - , ' . - r. v . ' The Weather Today Want Results? - -1 North and South Carolina : Fair Sunday and Monday, mild tem perature. Stage of , river at Fayetteville, 25 f Got - - ' - Then the loslcnl thine to dK l to tke columns" of The Mornlnc Star to ' reach the bnylnsr public o WllmiptoW and. Its - flurroundinx territory, with its 165,000 people.'' . v'- ' v ' - VOL. CVIII. No. 60. ., WlXaGTON; N. C, SIJND TOt&S OLDEST DXlLY IN THE STATE. s 1 1 1 ' . JAPANESE SPOKESMAN SAYS HARA'S' PROGRAM WILL BE CARRIED OUT Ambassador Believes Work of The Late Premier Will Bless Humanity POLICY UNCHANGED Resolutions Expressing Regret Adopted by Senate on Lodge's Motion W ASHINGTON. Nov. 5. (By Associ ated Press.) The assassination f Premier Hara will result In no change in Japan's attitude toward tbj confer-rn-e on limitation of armaments and far eastern questions, Barorf Shlde liara, the Japanese ambassador, said Tn a formal statement, the embassador- declared that Hara's work in shap insr Japan's attitude toward t?ne- ap vroHching conference was destlne-l to vrovo of Great benefit to mankincl. . . great and good man had ;en taken from Japan at a time when he rould least be spared, h said, adding that to carry forward the Pacific policy to which the late premier had been rommitted, would now be a just and worthy tribute to his memory. A resolution expressing regret over the death of Premier Hara was adopted tod.ay by the senate upon motion of Senator Lodge,, of Massachusetts, the Kepublican leader. The resolution directed Che Vice-. Presidont to express condolence to th Japanese government and Japanese representatives here for the armament conference. The .fact that the assassin was' one of their own people has tended to con firm the opinion of Japanese here ap prehensions of th& existence of a po litical and social unrest of which the attack on Mr. Hara appears to have been an expression. Son of Former Samurai Late information from Tokio that the assassin vis Che son of a former Samurai, recalls to Japanese one of the most romantic and dramatic epochs of Japanese history. In the ancient feudal days before the imperiad restor ation . Samurai, : "two-sworded war riors" as they, were often called, were ail Dowerful throaehout the " empire." Their irMtiP9A9.t.':-- nonor showed -strikln-f -wfmnarity' ; to.- the Kuropean nobility and gentry during the middle ages. Obedience to thfeit feudal superiors even untif death '.was their watchword.; . . -V; ' It was birth and breeding that count ed, not money. Thei Samurai lived Tp the castle of their Dahhyo and receiv ed from him rations for- himself arid family. Gradually with the disappear ance of chivalry the Samurai were dis missed by their lords and -they be came itinerant idlers. Therefore, they became known as "romn" wihich lit erally means "wandering people." Their descendants have" retained their pride in their ancestors, but they haV .no privileged social status in group. Many of them have fallen into great misery and they have inherited wan dering unrest from their forefathers. Many of the younger have turned their attention to politics and are known as political malcontents. It is understood., that the disturbed political situation in China is causing ronsiderable disquietude to the Japa nese delegation. The impotency of the Pekin government in enforcing its au thority throughout the' land" where pro vincial governors, backed- by -their .own troops, are struggling for power, -makes the general situation difficult" 'of 'solu tion. The Japanese attitude ie- de scribed as being that the extension nf world commerce in China depends primarily upon the establishment of political and military unity in China. Denounced as Traitor HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 5. Takashi llara, Japan's "commoner premier," fell under the assassin's knife with ihis slayer's cry, "You traitor," ringing-in his ears, according to the Tokio cor respondent of the Hawaii Shinpo, a Japanese daily of Honolulu. . f; The Nippu Jiji, afternoon Japanese daily of Honolulu, prints a cable from its Tokio correspondent that the as sassination of Premier Hara has caused creat consternation in government circles in view of the pending, confer ence at Washington in limitation of armaments and far eastern questions. Rycohi Nakoka, 19 years of ape, a switchman at the Otsuka station, near iokio, and a grandson of another Na koka, celebrated leader of the Meiji restoration who helped restore to the Mikado the power that had lafn tn the hands of the Tokugawa Shotgunate for ,no years, was the man who cut down the. leader of the Japanese government, a f cording to the Shinpo's correspond ent. Nakoka used a short sword for the s;nsrle stab that ended Premier Hara's career, it penetrated the lungs close to the heart. ' ' . The assassin, who was captured im mediately after his attack, had" in his Possession a letter addressed to his Tot her and other papers which estab lished his identity. SENTENCED TO CHAIR. GREENVILLE, N. C, Nov, 6. Bonnie Andrews, young white man. convicted f attackinga 12 year old school girl last Monday near Washington. North Carolina, was this afternoon sentenced ,r die in the electric chair at Raleigh,, tjeeember 28. The jury bringing in the verdict xec ornmended mercy, but Judge Lyon n massing the sentence vsaid thl was a matter for the governor to consider arid not the court. . CATHOMCS WIN NEWPORT; NEWS, Va Nov, 5. Out- r ying William and Mary in : every fi ase of the game, Catholic University ' '! today's clash, 3T to 18. The VI r fc'nians with several of their best men n'it on account of injuries, preseiVed ' adiy crippled eleven and costly fum "es were directly accountable for the 'f feat. Catholic University played ? a ffilliant overhead, game and :' gained consistently-through th line," - r,v" COMPLETE EXPOSITION OF FRENCH PROBlifciS PROMISED BY PREMIER Briand Intends to Show Why France Must Arrange For !. Own Security EN itOUTE TO U. S. Conditions in Surope Must -e Taken IhttfConsideratibn He Says ON BOAfcD THE STEAMSHIP IA FAYETTE, Now 5. (By Wireless- - to the Associated Press.) The French government is prepared- ,i1;deal not only with the Pacific question and na val armaments, but to expos, in a most complete manner the considerations which require France to maintain suffi cient fore for her security.- This attitude was re-emp.ltasized to day by Premier Briand,. head of the French delegation to tHeWashingtlTi conference on limitation! ! armaments and far eastern probleme.;'jwhiQh Is now on; the way to participatein that gath ering. - . In conversation with newspaper cor respondents on - board the steamer, the premier dealt extensively with the fun damental bases of the conference which haveibeen the subject of searching ex amination by him both before leaving Paris and since, the La. Fayette has been ploughing toward America. In several previous conversations re garding the various problems to be discussed-in Washington, Premier Briand has laid particular emphasis on his be lief, that the conference would have im portant results for America. Europe and Asia. .The primary purpose of the American government, he said today, may have been to deal with Pacific questions that is, to come to a clear understand ing over the political aspects of the Pacific problems and, when these were satisfactorily denned, to arrive at a corresponding formula for the' limita tion of naval armamwnts. But with regard to the American government's later suggestion that land armament be included o thgemda. the French, premiss- addedVatypst pqiiBr&r' tofir 4ht "iiT-de ;&h3-ri!vo t: eoiu- ... .. -TI it.. Alltlt:-iUMli.M lems of - .Europe, which, -.daclds ,th strengtH fcf- military ' es'tabtisnments, nwsf ajBo''ndeattentlvelr." : ' The members-of the French, delega tion, he said, would, as "occasion arose, present every fact in order to give a complete presentation of the situa tion. . . AVERAGE BALE WEIGHT TO BE AVAIABLE SON May Be Ready Early 'This Month WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Census bu reau statistics regarding average bale weights of cotton ginned will be avail able soon, Director Stuart today in formed Senator Harris of Georgia. The director also said that it would be im practicable for the bureau to obtain in formation regarding the number of cotton rins closed and operating on short time. "Anyone familiar with the handling of . the cotton crop is aware," said' Di rector Stuart, "that the arrival- at a satisfactc.y average bale weight is a matter o considerable detail. Should the bureau attempt to secure from "he ginner an average weight, he would in 'most instances say the average is 500 pounds, 490 pounds, 470 pounds, 625 pounds or some other round 'num ber which might or might not approxi mate the facts. To obtain more re liable data, the 'bureau has it's special agents obtain each tHe statistics of lots of cotton, together with the weight in each lpt on which money is passed, .thereby insuring accuracy. These bale weight statistics are Usual ly obtained from the sellers of cotton where a number of bales are sold at one time. This method insures tne com pilation of satisfactory averages for the Several years. "The bureau has heretofore been -ob taining these bale weights with the No vember 1 and January 1 reports of cot ton ginning it being, considered im practible to obtain these weights at each ginning report. However, in view of the extraordinary conditions existing at the present time, the November 1 re port has been moved up to October 18, and as a result it is probable that aver age weights for the several states will be available in Novnber. MRS. BURCH GIVEN TERM OF 3 YEARS AT HARD LABOR BRANDETOWN, Fla., Nov. 5. Mrs. Flora W. Burch, convicted today of assault to commit murder in the first degree as a result of -the shooting here the night of July 16 of Mrs. A. W.THarris, wife of the chief of the local Hre department, . was sentenced late today to serve three years In the stated-prison at hard ,labor. The court denied a motion for a . new; trial .and it was expected an appeal would be taken to the state supreme courj. , Mrs. Harris testified that she was fohot in- the back by a person attired In men's clothing whom she recognized as Mrs. Burch. Mrs, Harris .was. shot when she turned to enter , her home after telling her assailant who" had asked for her husband, that he was absent. . i ... j 1 1 i VIRGINIANS WIN CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. Nov. 5. Virginia's cross country runner, easily defeated the Maryland state teams over a six-mile course here today. Green, captain of the Virginians, finished first lnr 35 minutes and rB4-seconds, followed closely-by Shands, of Virgin!. Trailing by 200- yards, Crook df Maryland a me in third with Richards of. Maryland fin ishing ".'fourth.. Captain .Cumpter of Maryland retired from- the race shortly, after passlH the half-way mark.' ' ' N. Y. . Woman : Appointed to ; Ad vispry Committee at Arms Conference , Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Eagan, of New York, one of the "four women" appointed to the advisory committee of the Amer ican delegation of the Limitation of Ar maments Conferences She is a writer on international topics. . CONTROVERSY BREAKS ON PROPOSED LIMITING OF BEER PRESCRIPTIONS Revenue Commissioner and Pro hibition Chief Clash Over "Interpretations 1 ... WASHINGTON Nov,-5-Anpther, dff ference 'on -the question 'of medicinal b4 developed today between "the In ternal ' revenu"Tureiu' andthe prohlbf tltm unit v . -K . The .treasury's neyv regulations cov ering "the xib of beer for' medical' pur poses place no limit ' upon- the number of prescriptions .for this remedy a phy sician may write.' . Howeyery 'according ; , to Prohibition Commissioner. Haynes, the prescription rules which "hav been In force for, some thnferand limit a doctor' to iOO alcoholic prescriptions-" every three months, ue still in effect , and despite . the beer reg-ulation-tnat maximum will be main tained. - 1 ' On theV"cther-hand,; internal revenue officialsdeclared tonight that the.opin iOtt of t olinefiA-ttorney. General Palmer legalising the use of beeras a, medi cine had overruled the prescription -reg ulations' as- it held .that the treasury might limit the quantity or the fre quency of alcoholic medicines- but not both. The .qpestion .from the stand point of the, regulations will be den nitely settled soon, it was said. BOTH PARTIES CLAIM VICTORY IN VIRGINIA State Chairmen Issue Election Forecasts . RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 5. Both Dem ocrats. and" Republicans.; are claiming victory at . the" polls Tuesday as; the final week of the state campaign in Virginia closes. Representative Hal D. Flood, chairman of the state Demo cratic committee, .issued : a statement tonight in which he says E. Lee Trin- kle," candidate for governor, will carry the state by ai majority qf from 50,000 to 75,000. xHe claims nine- of- the :ten congressional districts In" the state arid 80 of the 100 counties.. .... Joseph- L. Crupper, -chairman of the Republican state committee, in a state ment tonight, declared' there is a polit ical revolution on in Virginia and lie expects Col. Henry A." Anderson, the Republican candidate for governor,: to come out a winner Tuesday by a ma jority of not. Iess"thah 15,000. The Republicans have a full state ticket in the field and have made the most aggressive campaign since J 905, when Clauue A. Swanson, now-thesen-lor senator from Virginia, defeated Judge L. L. Lewis, '.formerly president of the Virginia; supreme court of ' ap peals, , by a- decisive majority' after a bitter fight. Judge Lewis was a 'Re publican leader during .readjuster'days. .There are, besides the Democrats and Republican candidates three' other as pirants -for goveTnor John Mitchell, of Richmond,, negro Republican; Mrs. George ' Curtis, . independent socialist, and John P. Goodman. " NASH COUNTY FARMER v IS SHOT FROM AMBUSH i Speclal,tb The Star) WILSON. Nov. . 5. Rufus Beard, wealthy Nash county farmer from near Bailey; on the Norfolk Southern rail road,- was shot; to death from ambush about 10 o'clock this morning. He was in his buggy. and his Worse carried his lifeless body into -Bailey. Bloodhounds from Raef ord were put on the trail late this afternoon. - . ; ... fEd. Morgan, olored, has been ' ori dered .held by thfe coroner's jury and has been' taken by' the sheriff : to ; the Jail at Nashville, as a suspect. ; , ,'' 'V. . r ' T- " - . MAYOR RESTRAINED CLEVELAND, 0.r Nov. 6 .--A temp o rary injunction restraining Mayor W. S. Fitzgerald, or any other .-official ' or emplbye -of the city from . taking over the plant of the Tedling-Belle Vernon company or "interferring with- the com pany's r milk delivery ) was"-; issued . to night by Common PJeas; Judge Maurice Bernoa. ' i' ;v' ' -' ' Q, If .tA - ?t t I J; Jfe j Of Nurses Presents Thames of Men Claiming : to Know - of Illegal -Execu- tipn and' Declares A ; of The .unJs', Pershhig. arid ' V - . Weeks for Their Replies ' WASHlNOTON,v Nov. 5. Presenting further support' for his charges that American fsoldiers were hanged overseas wlfcho.uk courtmartiaJ, Senator Watson, Democrats. Georgia.-tonight in the sen ate turned his fire on Secretary Weeks and General Pershing- beeause of their denial of the senatbr's-assertions. Allu'ding to aj.eta.tem eh t made - today by the war secretary that "no decent man" ' would make ; charges with , re spect to army nurses uch as he madie several? days ago. in - the senate. Sena tor Watson-while, disclaiming any de sire "to. attack the nurses as a whole, said he would leave it to any impartial tribunal to, judge w-hether he pr ' Mr. Weeks was the hiore "decent," The senator said that his' charge as orginal ly made was. "that "officers in ,too many cases made courtesans of the! nurses."; "And I can prove 1' ho eclaimedU, ' Reading (JeneTjul Pershing's state- ment as made yesterday in Nashville, Tenn., thatrthe -Watson chargies" of- il legal hangings and inhuman t?eatmerit of privates iy?officers was a "roost out rageous and; :untnie' accusation,'' the Georgia senatof : declared. Warns Pershing "When th" genital denounces a sen. ator as a liar, he had better remember that it is within. the power of the sen ate to bring him here aud a time may come when he will do that. If ha talks that way. about- more senators it may be done. We .have as yetr no kaiser that says: V '-Me 'and God.' "I'm not going V to lower myself,' Senator Wateon continued, "to the level either of Secretary Weeks or ' General Pershing by indulging in abuse. I slm ply content myself with saying that it was a great impropriety for either of these genblemen.inthe public service to publicly condemn another without the slightest investigation." -- Senator Watson then read a letter from an unidentified Richmond, Va., woman who saidi-she! had served 12 months as an 'army-nurse. The letter said that -"officers -made courtesans of the nurses . wherever possible and nurses who. resisted .were subjected to personal indignities.'; 'Mr. Watson also said he had' been told .personally ; by a former - nurse that s-he had been, com pelled1 to repe-1 the-y?8ult pi ,n pff r- cer, port , of lvis jflira!n - A :hr--, s f eriator H D,iovt tv 4. v r i vpvti fuk af-j submitted anathfer photcgrrph,ofwhat he said was h irhty jgallqwi in franco which . hotog.;-'hrv"he said, had been smuggled intoinVcountry' 0y-a JIunK lngton, W. Va.i .privat'a, '". "Ap-parently:iherewer as .many gib bets as hosptials,"- said the . senator, who for the lirst. itme .gave .th name Clifford L- 'Ayes," Jr.-off the' man h said had told him of "hearing from a gallows guard that"' twenty-one soldlsrs had been hanged without' courtmartials. He presented - a , telegram from 'Ay stating" that "an- affidavit was being forwarded ' for ' the . use of - the - special committee thai wfll . meet Mbnday to determine procedure in the rinvestiga tion of thew senator's charges.' The senator promised to protect'-hia- wit-, nesses if any attempts," he; said, were made to "brow beat or Intimidate them" Another -telegram presented by the senator was from George Cafboroiigh Aaron, Georgia, who said he served in the 605th; "engineers corps ahd -declared that Mr. Watson's1 charges of 'illegal hanging were true. Senator Watson said this witness would appear before the committee and "face the nabobsof the general staff," , . .'. " The; senator" read another telegram, the sender of which was x not, disclosed, which' asked that, the senate Investiga tion iriclude"the case of Albert Pur cell, of" Cincinna. ." about' which, the Informap.t said he had been able to learn nothing " from the war department-. The message said , Purcell's death occurred at a camp at San An tonior Texas. WiF.iam "Gibbons, of Cleveland, had Written, Mr, Watson said, that, he had two photographs, one taken before and-, the other after, the banging of a soldier against: whom the writer said. the charges lacked deflnite- ness. . ' '- Hanging of Four - The senate also was , told by the Georgia senator. that a former service man now living in Waaliirgton had given him a statement as to the hang ing of four negro sotdie:.-s 'ou one gal lows at onet ime, each dad In the uni forms that General Pershinfy wear.." The same soldier had informed him, he said, that these men were hin.ged with out courtmarttal. . - Another soldier had ( Informed him, Mr. Watson said that thc-body of "a negro convict, the black cap' stlW .over his face" had l(fjen exhumetVand sent to the home of a hite woman, in Roches ter, N. "ST., whose son had bpen killed In action. ' ' ' ' t ' ' ;-"Just such a case happjned in my home county Aln Georgia," the senator added.-. . . , ' ; -- - William T. . Collins, of Titusville, Penn.;- in a letter prcse.te 1 by, Senator Witson, s34d.he.saw a nogro hemmed but did not -know, if there, was va Qourt martial. Another correspondent- from Elmira, N. v'Xr7- sai 4.' that . he - had , " seen two negroes, -hanged" in ' France and Harry D. Waldron; New york,. an. ex sergeant in'the army servicecorps, the senator saId;'offfrsd to give-eyidnc'e of fcold i blooded," murder" in the Ameri can Expedltionarj'i Force and destruc tion- of files- t-the'-a8tile' prison o ? -. Finally rafter; presenting- an affidavit from Joseph.-D--. Conwel. .of. Philadel phia,' stating -; that he saw. a-"Tiegro hansred -in;' uniform. Senator-Watson said, the -executions .cited" by him al ready fiad- passoaine ngures given by the"' w.ar department , and. Chairmsn Wadswortb of the-senate : military ..af fairs committee. '-" . i ' ' . ' ;The further- we v go - the "worse: t gets,'-he ." concluded. .'"The.i'more t.we stir it the worse lIt-stinks. ' , Denied By.; Lieutenant. BEAUMONT," Tex., Nov. 5.-4-Q A. Daigle,. a -former 1 lieutenant in'the A" E. FN today 'declared that th'klle"ged hanging of fa. : negro- Boldier ; by the . j' t1 ' ' . -;. - V 1 Indictment to American arfny officials in the La. Ro chelle area; of France during the war, Jref erred vto s by Senator Watson- of Georgia, never, took; place, the negro according -to Diagle, is. William Curtis, now serving a life term at Fort. Leav enworth, Kansas. ' .' . Curtis, according toDaigle who says he attended - the court martial as an Interpreter, was found guilty of at tacking a seven year old French girl. He was condemned to death, Daigle said, but later the sentence was com muted because of the fact that the French law is opposed to qapital pun ishment for such crimes. Purcell's Father Talks " CINCINNATI, Ohio, , Nov. 5. Albert C. Pursell, father of Alber Purcell, mentioned by Senator Watson in the senate as missing from San Antonio. Texas, tonight stated his son had been stationed at San. Antonio and upon falling to hear from him, ' had sent requests for information. Officers re ported that Albert had deserted the army and efforts to locate him prov ed futile. The father states ' he' .had ne vet" , made any appeal- to Senator Watson or any official. 1 The father asserts that his son had Written saying he had arrested sev eral army officers while be was on sentry duty. Later Purcell wrote that he . had been; attacked by officers and beaten . severely, . the father states. Further letters from Purcell indicat ed he was to go on furlough and would come to Cincinnati, but he fail ed to appear, according to the father. Serving Prison Term -LEAVENWORTH. Kas., Nov. 5. Al berts William Curtis, a negro, former ly a private in Company B, 33rd Am erican labo battalion, who was con victed by court martial in France on a charge of attacking a French gir, is serving a sentence of twenty years at hard labor in Leavenworth federal prison.- ' . . Records at the prison show the ne gro .was sentenced , to life imprisonment but that: , later . his sentence was re duced to twenty years'- Curtis was tried on January J2t, 1919, according to the records, .-which .also show, it is isaio, siax tne negro was sent eirc- U$aln$t Jbiio - ' - V, - ADDITIONAL PROTSTS RECEIVED BY BUTLER JBut McCaskill Looks Like a J ' Winner (Special to The Star.) WASHINGTON, Nov; . 5. Former Sen ator Butler is still receiving telegrams asking him, to hold Ri'the nomination of A. .L. McCaskill, for. Collector at Wilmington. . In answer-to two messages today, he wired this.-isf no worse than eome others.- Why not let the tail go with the head."" . ':' h..-'- IcCaskill looks like another winner. The Morehead Repubficari organization is formidable. It is functioning as no North Caro lina Republican ' organization ever did before. TOBACCO MARKET AT SANPORD STRENGTHENED SANFORD, Nov. 5". Since ' the good season of . th.eilas.S dari the San ford tobacco market has become, strong. More than 45,000 pounds of the golden weed were offered on this market yes terday, the average price being around $32 per hundred. Some of the finer grades sold as high as-$90.-' The Lee county superior court,, which convened last , Monday for the 'trial -of the criminal docket, recessed yesterday until Monday, when the ; ciyil -docket will be taken r up. Judge Cranmer, is p'residThg. Several -liquor cases were tried and many postponed, t In -jsvery case where there was a conviction the judge gave a road sentence. : Dr. J.vF., Foster, of Bailey, has moved to this place for the practice of his profession. Dr. Bley is ewll equipped for this work. .He served with the medical corps in the world war. CATTS TRIAL EXPECTED ' TO BEGIN THIS WEEK STARKE. Fla., Nov. 5. Trial of f or mer Gov. Sidney J. Catts, charged in a Bradford county jury indictment with having accepted while governor, money to influence (his action in the grant ing of. a pardon "to a state convict, 1s expected to take place during the term of circuit . court which begins here Monday. Pate for the trial has not been set, but officials here believe it will be held before the former executive is brought into federal court in Peflsacola to stand trial on a charge of peonage. State officials In Tallahassee several days go were summoned Ao appear in" fed eral court November 9 as witnesses-;in Ihe.peonasre case, but now have been informed that they need not be, pres ent on that date.: It was added they would . be notified later when to ap pear. ' .. - . - r SAYS iFRESIDBNT HARDING - HEARD BIJfG OF THE DOLLAR j V VASHIJWGTOJ Nov. 5. JPWSl .dent -Harding was mssalled In; the : senate tonight by . Senator' Stanley Democrat, . Kentucky. "for what he decrlbed as the "order given to the senate to recommit the ' soldier bonus bllL . - Senator 5, Stanley . declared there was only, one thing, on . earth , that could, have made the - President "turn - his .-' back' on ' the 4,000,000 former service-men. That thing he said, was the silent , insidious bow er - of mammon the ring of . the ..dolJar." Iowa Wearer . of D. ' S. C. ' Chosen Commander of - American Legion I' 'hf- ' . y I.A!..;f ..':v Hanford McN4der, of Mason City, Iowa, who has been elected national commander of the American Legion. MacNider is thirty-two, a graduate of Harvard and" president of an invest ment company in his home town. En tering the war as a. buck private, he came out as a Tieutenant-colbnal. He won eleven citations for bravery and wears the 'Distinguished Service Cross. He Berved "with :therNrntK Infantry, of the Second Division, and participated in all the major off erisives , of that di vision, beingJwounded at .St. Mihiel. OLD HICKORY VETRANS OF WATSON'S CHARGES I Also Voice 'Hbp: haXTwashing- Prtott6fiem'Ten Tend Jowardicac. : ; ; t NASHVILLE, I nr ..'qv. 5. After a day featured .r?r he" Election of officers and- adoption T rozolutlns, the- Thir tieth diyisioK ,i,tpSsed "tonight, with several ; VeKtsiktheejiief 4t which was a military ball (atfcie Belle Meade Golf -and Cbuntry.-l"i The OId,-.JEtck'o4TV?i" .gred to leave , the matr..Vol-rf&ilng place next year up to the i-new. -executive com mittee, thusmakiugiifcbssible that the city fchosen .will riot- be annouhced for several weeks. '-vfC Besides the resoiutloiis. concerning Senator Watson's charges .that Ameri can soldiers were .hanged in France without trial or court -martial, one ex pressing the "earnest hope" that the conference on limitation of armaments would "tend - toward : a permanent peace" was adopted by . these veterans who took a prominent part in. breaking the Hindenburg line. , ; The rcsomtions rsffTlngoto Senator Watson's . charges adopted by , the vet erans was as follows: , x "Whereas, 4t has been- failed to the attentionNf the -memberjs.pf Old Hick ory, Thirtieth divisin,'assx:iation, that; certain allegations,, orf icharges, were made to the effetftthaf ;numer&us sol diers ! were put., to , death. '.n France, without trial and, rf '., "Whereas; .'it appear, that no such, reports were made -to : headquarters of the American Expeditionaj-y Forces in Francer and from their Cknowledelof the cordial feelinff! wblcji existed be tween the officers - and -enlisted men, that ithey believe that- the'v!d charges are. absolutely false and untrue, , and they demand that an Immediate inves tigation be held concerning: the alleged charges, and if the sane be found to be untrue then, n thate,vent, that the senator who made 'the said charges be properly and promptly punished In such manner as to congress may seem fit." ; REDTfCEl) REDISCOUNT . , J.:.;, RATE SHOWS INFLUENCE NEW - YORK, Nov. 5. Lower tef discount rates posted,? by federal .re- serve, banks 4n ' some case ' pre-wS.r levels--impelled a", remarkable .change In ,thf securities markets this week a shift of .operations: of stocks, to "bonds. ,' These significant igns ' of relaxed cred it" cpndi 1 1 on s wer ? no t -'en ti reljr ' of domestic origin, as " evidenced by 1 the reductmn 'or the 'Bank' of England rat and that of the Danish National bank; Theone deduction- drawn- Itt" responsi ble financiai-' quarters .from these de velopments was that deflation, . in this country at'-least;Afinally bad fallen ) to a level which vprmiti'ed freer use of funds 'for constructive purposes. CENTRE SWAMPS. KENTUCKY DANVILLE, Ky., Nov. .5. -Before one of the . largest crowds -that ever wit nessed a football game- in -Kentucky, Centre college swept over and around the University of Kentucky wildcats, their ancient rivals, for aBS-to-O vic tory on Cheek field here today. - With wonderful interference , that completely swamped the wildcats' ends and backfield, McMillin' "and Roberts, playing their last game at home, time and again tore off lonr gains around - m . - -r TOBACCO AVERAGE GOOD ' (Special to :The, Star) . WILSON. Nov.- 5,--H. B. Johnson, sec retary of v the Wilson tobacco board of trade, reports for the week-ending No vember;. 3, cSale .of . 2,42.922 . pounds, w!hicll; brought $761,908.58, ah average of r$31.48. ' Sjrainst the'averasre for the same- .fieriod - in ' 1920-, which was for that week $28.78 per hundred. To date there has 'been' sold 21,175.819 pounds for $6,126,04 o.SO.an .all-round avferage of -$2$.9a ner hundred., r II I 1 1 11 i i I 3 DEMAND INVESTIGATION REED: BONUS PROPOSAL DEFEATED BY SENATE; MELLON IS ATTACKED Amendment Offered by'lVlissoiiri Senator Loses by . Vote , of 38-28 s "WEALTH DEFIANT" LaFollette Charges Mellon With Admitting - Inability, to ; Make Rich Pay; ' ,' - WASHINGTON, j, Nov. 5. By vote ox as to iss tne senate rejecteo tonight the Reed amendment to the " tax bill proposing to enact the soW- dler bonus bill and retain the. ex- " , cess profits as a means of financing ! adjusted compensation for' former service men.- "L '" Debate on the bill today wasr en-' livened. by an attack pit Secretary Mel Ion by Senator,. LaFoMette, Republican, Wisconsin, and a defense of the treas-' ury chief by Senator Watson', Republi can, xnaiana. . r "We have heard here from day to day," said Senator LaFollette "that wealth defies the government, that "it will not pay its taxes, but the official head of this government has laid it down as-a propoaition--tand I am going to bring it before the country that we cannot maxe weaitn pay and. that we might as well accept that proposition: that we have got to establish a "sys tem of taxation that will make th people pay, -that wealth will not bear its share. That, is the declaration and it comes impudently and brazenly from the head of the fiscal department of this government. He ought to be retired .from his place. for making that sort of declaration." j. ; - ; I . Senator Watson took, sharp ' issue-' with senator LaFollette's interpreta tion of Mr. Mellon'a testimony bef or the senate -finance committee when, the tax bill was-being drafted.' ' "The . -retary," " declared Senator Watson '"aid not say and the secretary did not mean andTI do hot think. ,that any possible 'construction Placed" ti no n his- testiifidny in fnirness can lead him say that he was in favor of the evasion' 6t taxation by the rich. - pixKgnny cqnceivao'ie that th See retafy . of. Jftbp treasury, ' an official of the- sWrernrn Ant' tr M fnina iafn..' i nisi eu1n4mn.ee or.-congress ana aavo- caje the t yaslon of taxatiqh knd there fore.. I nnot but conclude that the construction placed, upon the testimony by the senator frbm; Wisconsin .was far-fetched and put In' for purposes joV debate." -' s Senator LaFOWette . was 4arguing for his amendment proiposing that tax re turns be made open 'to public Inspection, wtoich was rejected, 85 to 33. -The Wis consin senator, reserved the riebt to n. Submit tin amendment whn th hin in'; t -Sorted out of the committee of the'. The senate also rejected 39 to 28. tin ether amendment to Mr. LaFollette providing for taxes on estates ranging from 1 per cent on-the first $50,000 to 50 per cent Jon estates over $30,000,000, another amendment by the same sena- - - - &.4.vvo LaA.-va.jr-, ers in making returns to dist tax-exempt securities held by them. 1 Should te jax bill ie passed by the ' senate Monday it .would, not reach the house until Wednesday as that body adjourned today until that time. Lead- with a view of having, it sent to conV . ference. - GERMAN liTARK SUFFERS ANOTHER SEVERE SLUMP, New York, Noy. 5. The German mark suffered further severe denreelatfnn W ine iocai market today being offered at -30 1T4 ceht after, -the close of the sSs-' 10n.. -n.:Z ' f ; ' ' - , ' mt - ' W xms representea-. a decline of 2 to 3 pointssfroni;the minimum quotation on the., previous day' and, confirmed predic tion, that the roark was destined to f ol-' low-the demoralisation shown-'by othe central and east European exchanges. t .Bejt.ta&ce0'4o'AUstrl&..iLnd4Hungafy also 'established new low rertm.'' ai. . though no actual transactions were re-. ported lor ..Vienna or Budapest. The Austrian rate- was quoted at .03 ,1-4 ' cent and the Hungarian at '.01 1-8 cent. DROP, IN. UNEMPLOYMENT ' . " . . REPORTED FOR OCTOBER , .WASHINGTON, Nov.- 6A decrease in unemployment, In; the United States occurred during October, the' labor de- jiujiwt lepuneu lonignt, estimating that 1.0J , percent more workers were " on navrolls October 31 fm 8,0, The estimate was based on reports from 1.428 firms engaged- in all types of ' industries and was - reinforced by Creased in 44 out of RK nttt NOVEMBER 11 SET ASIDE BY PRESIDENT AS HOLIDAY WASHINGTON, Nov., 5 A. proclama- -tion setting , aside November 11 next, as a legal holiday 'as a mark of re spect to the memory off those who gave" their lives in the Mate eWorld war as ' i... VA&xcu , li.v i.iih nr Kiif wn .nun iinmaTiTi.. fled American ' soldier - who is . to ibs"' burled, in Arlington.. National. -cemetery ' 1 On that dav '. .w ' imnil . tnnrh . Utr i. President Harding, , . . ; r JUDGE HAS CLOSE CALL ' hind f the open door- of ; the garage, , an , unknown man DOKfij a revolver witnm . a 1 m lit ... . m. a. ' :u. is iiicnes flt. ips .0 os e 4 o t vu Uu ge ' Jri. OS. munlcinfl.l r.nnrt. ind -.ftirf irn . which missed tjie judge's head; bnC went . tnrougn tne orim 01 nis hat ana singed the hair on his1 head above hia'ear..;. .t LOANS, APPIMtVED. WASHINGTON. Nov. 5 The war finance- corporation advanced . two lots - -of money , for. agricultural purposed fo : North Carolina' financial: institutions to- - Jln-m . ' mi -.... t1AA AAA mm A A- 000. ' . - iJt. f - V. v' -JS v; 1
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