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S j - The Weather Today North and South Carolina: Wednesday and probably Thurs day; no change in temperature. Stage of river at Fayetteville at 8 a. m. yesterday, 3.0 feet. Want Results? Then the logical tktac to de Is tm vow the eolnrau of The Honda : Star te reach the buying- public of Wilmington and Its tnrrwuMHag territory, with Its 156,000 people. , ' . if ' OUNDEtJ VOL. CVin. No. 77. WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. fiTTfOTAKE FINAL INSIDE WORK OCCUPIES V ft;. AMERICANS CONFIDENT 'BIG THREE1 WILL TAKE HUGHES' PLAN FINALLY Deliberations of The Naval Ex perts Are Still Wrapped in Mystery Red Cross Nurse Btipgs Comfort and Hope to Sick ,1E ON TAX MEASURE TODAY BY AGREEMENT tJm MINDS OF CONFERENCE; NEGOTIATIONS SLOW UP Informal Discussions Have Right of Way in Delibera- tions of Delegates ' -v. gi1 will Be Ready For Presi- dent ijy t x . ing to Schedule PENROSE IS FRANK Pennsyfranian Admits Measure is Unscienimc ana uiuy a "Temporary Makeshift" sEATE TOTES TO ADJOl'RX AFTER FINISHING TAX BHil. ffASHlXGTOX, Nov, 2. A con MtTtvt resolution vras adopted hy ?e senate late today to adjonm jf die ' tomorrow nlgrht after a te is taken on the tax bill. The solution novr goes to the house wkere favorable action Is expected. Thf senate in executive session tonight endeavored to clean the ilaie of presidential nominations I, preparation for the adjournment Hid. more. than. 200. nominations wtTt confirmed. Another effort was made to con Arm Major Robert G. Peet, to be ( lieutenant-colonial, but an agree Bfnt was finally reached to allow tfcis to go over until tomorrow. The lomlnation is opposed principally i7 Kansas and Missouri Senators wko have pressed chara-ea that wkile overseas with the 35th dlvt ilon he vras accused of " brutality leward soldiers and had some re narka reflectina; on the Kansas di vision. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. A final vote ! the tax revision bill will be taken - tn senate at not later than 5 p. m. tomorrow under a unanimous consent agreement entered into today after the measure had been under debate for sev eral hours. Immediately upon Its passage, the ii tt.11 he spnt to the President. The only important section of the bill hih will be nut into force immedi ately upon its becoming law, is that relating to the income tax, the other tax changes going Into effect next jan- iry 1. The present surtax rates will kimntiTiiipH for this calendar year, tne reductions agreed upon by the house and senate going Into effect in tne next calendar year and being reflected in the actual payments to be made by the Uipayers in 1923- - ' . ;lK,V.:?H--i"4 In laying the conference report be im thp spnatp tnflav. Chairman Pen rose, of the senate managers, in a for mal statement, described the bill as a "temporary makeshift." "The Mil." Senator Penrose said, "does not place the tax system on a liable or scientific basis. But It is fetter than the law which It will supersede because of the reduction of the tax harden and the technical or administrative Improvement which it effects. "As has been said, It is a tempo rary measure. But nothing better than a temporary makeshift vrlll be possible until the people of this country give to the question of fed eral taxation an amount and kind of atudy which it has not yet re ceived; until in particular the poo pie become convinced of the sin cerity and truth of the contention that the proposal to reduce exces sive tax rates is not designed to relieve the rich and the profiteer, hnt to avert the breakdown of the Income tax, unshackle business and lncreas the tax revenue." Debate on the measure was opened by Senator Simmons, of North Caro lina, ranking Democratic manager, on fte part of the senate, who reviewed in fome detail the changes made in con ference. He declared that when the conferees rot through with the bill eyen some of the most prominent of ne Republican managers could not "conceal their disgust" with the meas-Ur- The North Carolina senator said tnat three or four of the compromise amendments brought forward by the nate agricultural bloc were "alaught ered" in conference, but that some of 'nem were retained, notably the in "eased surtax rate, the capital stock Provision and the repeal, of the $2,000 tmption for corporations except in the ase of those having net incomes :5,00O or less. The surtax rate od have been cut, 'had not been for he asserted, if " tte house in refusing to trust their c'--erees." SHOP CRAFTS UNIONS CALLING FOR INCREASE Advance of 13 Cents Aii Hour YfYPW XT no tit- : tr-; ease3 of i? , , r. jested of virtually all carriers in union try hy the heads of shop crafts Povf.8' repre8enting about 400,000 em tive, fwno have asked railroad execu DLi inferences on the subject ra'ir ?T r 20- This action follows the State , r?cent petition to the United cut ;hrailv'a labor board proposing to to the-Wa?fs of shP ci-afts 'employes cia"ff f01"8, rate Pal for the same or labor in other industries." noun"e';ision of the labor board an- riroaptin July 20- 192- but declared Pay ofcVVe. t0 May 1, 1920, raised the tr'cian, UPrrnakers' blacksmitha, elec-worL-,.: ,tInsmiths and sheet metal eents. trnn, n o , wwi,u mar AM. AX UU1 W rs, the car repairmen received " uicrea, ln hour. ' from 67 cents; to 80 cents "J! fjnl 12 percent cut in aets of Won, cent he first five classes men- ed f rom 85 cents an hour to 77 of tne present rate, while th nav car ntS. Tf , V ' -pdirrnen was placed at 72 i crafts ncreases, which the shop the Presidents demand, are granted, " hnUrrae?lirmen will receive 85 cents ers 50 cents other classes of work- BRIAND TO LEAVE j Early Departure May Hasten Consideration of Land Ar maments Question WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (By Asso ciated Press.) The negotiations re lating to both the far east and arma- Lment limitation moved more slowly today as the attention of the arms del egates passed from general policies to specific details. China's economic embarrajrsments formed the text of the far eastern dis cussions, which resulted In the ap pointment of a sub-committee of rep resentatives of nine nations to study the whole subject of administrative autonomy for the Chinese republic with particular reference to tariff and tax restrictions. The land armament problem also was considered at various informal conference during the day and a meet ing of the armament committee of the whole was called for tomorrow with the expectation that Premier Briand, of France would say a last word as to his country's attltuide on reduction of armies. It is understood that he is anxious to bring the ques tion to a point of a formal expression by the conference before his depar ture foT France. Agreement Expected On the side of naval armament, in formal exchanges continued between individual delegates and naval ex perts with an air of growing confi dence that details' of the American plan, although requiring considerable time for determination, would even tually bring all the powers Into agree ment. It is possible that the naval plan may receive some consideration at to morrow's meeting of the five delega tions Which constitute the armament committee of the whole, but the great er attention is expecteid to center on land armament in view of the immi nence of M. Briand's departure. It is the preservatidn of her army, with the moral backing of the principal powers JhatObatateres ta.FTaace4..he .pres ent 'stag of "tbev fiegtblamfts and it is known that M. Briand would 1e pleased to take back to France with Mm a for mal conference endorsement of the position he has taken against material reduction. Whether the other delegations will ing to go so far as to take formal ac tion of that character just now Is un certain, although it is taken for granted that at tomorrow's meeting there will be many general expres sions of appreciation for the reasons which -Impel France to maintain the largest army in the world. Report Presented' Land, naval and far eastern aues--tions were talked over by Secretary Hughes today wdt'h the American ad visory committee of twenty-one, and after he Irad presented a report on the present status of the negotiations, a number of sub-committees were in structed to prepare reports for the Ameriaan delegates on various sub jects of detail. The submarine issue raised by Or eat Britain will be one of the questions to be thus Investi gated and aiother whose inclusion was regarded as forecasting an entirely new angle of the negotiations will bi the use and legitimacy s of new weap ons of warfare. Thus far that sub ject has hot been mentioned in the conference proper. The probable procedure of the con ference with reference to Chinese ar.d other far eastern and Pacific questions was foreosiat today In authoriative quarters. The Root resolution, adopted by the far eastern committee of the whole together "with any adopted in the future, it wasald, wouM be brought before a plenary session of the" open conference for final discus sion and adoption. Other resolutions on Pacific and far eastern questions are said to be in proiipect. Adoption of the Root resolution by the committee, American officials said, was in itself a far sfP toward protec tion of ChinaJ even should it not be taken before aV plenary session, ns is planned. Publication of the Root res olution, as an expression bf policy by the powers, it was asserted, carried with it a promise to the world of fu ture action' wih respect to Chinese tel nitorlal and political sovereignty. Must Return to Prison x. After 17 Years Freedom By BROCK BARKLET RALEIGH. Nov. . 22. After sev enteen years of freedom, Jonathan Bennett, Yancy eounty mountaineer, must come back to the state prison and begin again a fifteen year sen tence for manslaughter. A trio of eriou Indictments against htm In Vancy county superior court has re sulted in revocation by Governor Morrison of bis parole, and he must serve time for a fatal liauor party In 1903, when he slew a woman friend. Bennett served a year of his sen tence for manslaughter and then he escaped. He kept his Identity con eealed for thirteen years He be came a good citizen in a mountain town daring thmt" time and when finally In 1916 they found that he was the Bennett . who had broken Jail an appeal went up to Governor Craig for a parole, his record as a eltlaem being the chief grounds. The executive granted It upon the con dition that he continue to lead a good life, and this Bennett had done TIT, HI TM-MltlT. .... ' - ' 'J ; ! ! I Ml II I mmmmmmmmmmammmmimmm This made-in -Wilmington pleture ihowi thtf llM CreM nnrie bnt her dally duties. During the past visits to the homes of the sick In Wilmington. The iWflmington Chapter, of the Red Cross pay the salary of that will stand or fall by the response of Wilmlngrjton- people during the Roll Call canvass to be started RELEASE OF WAR-TIME OFFENDERS PROBABLE; NEW POLICY OUTLINED Extension of Clemency to Be Given Early Consideration By President WASHINGTON. ; Nov. 22. Extension of executive clemency to offenders against the war time laws now serving prison - sentences will be given early consideration by President Harding, it MhinAtmHn, tav f n. I I,- Mr., nf ir,tr. tn. ward these offenders where possible was generally approved. The President has asked the attor ney general for a digest of each of these cases' and Mr. Daugherty expects to haye the histprjes of the war law prisoners completed In two weeks. Under the administration's policy there would be no sweeping proclama tion of amnesty, it was said officially, but each case would be considered on its merits separately, and military, as well as civil offenders, would be con sidered. However, the President is understood to view with disfavor the release of persons who advocated prop erty destruction or industrial offenders, although particular attention would be given service, men guilty of infractions of disciplinary regulations of more or less seriousness. Seventy-Five Cases There are, according to Mr. Daugh erty .about 75 civilian war-time law of fenders now serving sentences in fed eral prisons and 14 soldiers who would come within the clemency program. A study of the treatment of this class of offenders by foreign nations as well as the precedents established in this country after the civil war has been begun by the department, Mr. Daugherty declared, to aid the admin istration in reaching its decision. He indicated that the justice department would favor freedom for these prison ers by pardon, commutation of sen tence or. parole, where the facts In the various cases and good conduct rec ords would warrant It. Mr. Daugherty also declared he intended to obtain from the district attorneys through out the country a list of the cases of war law offenders Still pending for consideration with a view to bringing them to a close. 'he question of freedom for Eugene V Debs, socialist leader Imprisoned at Atlanta, will be treated separately, Mr. Daugherty said, adding that recom mendations to the "president on the subject have been" completed, although it was understood there- would be no possibility of action by Thanksgiving. Any affirmative action in the case, he said, would fee ither a pardon or a commutation as Debs was not eligible for parole,1 which requires that the pris oners should have served one-third of their sentence. Debs will not have served a third of his ten-year sentence until next August. . Debated In the House Brief but bitter debate -on the sub ject developed in the house today when Meyer London, Socialist, of New York, read resolutions urging general am nesty for persons convicted of -violating war-time Taws. Mr. London said a group of prominent men and a number of former service men, including four holders of the congressional medal of honor, had signed the resolution. Representative Llneberger, Republi can of California, immediately ex pressed opposition to amnesty, declar ing men who died in France would turn over in their graves "if such, men as Eugene V. Debs were released from P,rMiss' Alice Robertson, Republican of Oklahoma, only woman member of the house contended that persons unpa triotic during the war should remain In all. BANKER FOUND DEAD CARTRSVILL.E, Ga., Nov. 22. James ident of the bank of Car- tersville and also president of the Knight Hardware company, was found dead in bed at his home here shortly aftr 6 o'clock tonight with a bullet - hoi a in his head and a pistol with one Tnt chamber lying on the floor at the bedside - , .. - Virgird& Off; Tar Heels Refuse to Disqualify Star, Virgintdq Cancelling Annual Battle 1-4 Resolutions Adopted by Faculty Committee Set Forth Position of North , Carolina in Case of Halfback Johnson Declare Rule . Iiiyoked by Virginia Had Not Been Accepted J DURHAM ., WivvC Tfov.; 22w The annual Vlralnia-Carollna football game which was scheduled to be. played at Chispel Hill , Thursday, Thanksglvingf day,' was called oil tonlsrht wheh. oQcIals representing .; the athlettc Aso"Ufion of the Vlr- - My M NrtVCBB WIWMrttt -satisfactory settlement Regarding .the .eligibility of John son, buimriil iQr vHrvlla. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED (Special to The Star) CHAPEL HILL; Nov.. 22. The Vir ginia committes- i)TX athletics announo ed tonight thatjt would cancel the North Carolina-Virginia football game because North Carolina refused to dis quaify W. I. Johnson from the team, "The faculty .of -the University of North Carolina, after ' endorsing the report of the . committee on athletics, sustaining the : eligibility . -of . W. . I. Johnson, adopted the following reso lution. ' . . "Whereas, .after a full and free dis cussion of the case of W. I. Johnsoh the faculty committee on athletics re- COUNTY SCHOOL HEADS IN SESSION AT RALEIGH Meet In Advance of Teachers Assembly By BROCK BARKLET , RALEIGH, Nov. 22. -The associa tion of county school euperintendents convened In annual meeting ttiis af ternoon a day in advance-of the open ing of the regular sessions of the teachers assembly. The superinten dents . are taking up thhe major part at their program .with a discussion of technical subjects in connection with the operation ' of county schools. The- feature of the 0PenlnS .session was a talk on "Progress," by Dr. E. C. Brooks, the state superintendent, givr ing some encouraging reports on the advancement of North Carolina along educational lines. He reported a .hun dred thousand more children in school since the passage of the .compulsory attendance laws. Evidence of this progress along educational lines , in this state, Dr. Brooks considers, is the improvement in the qualifications of teachers employed, the wonderful In crease In the number of high schools, the improvements in the organization of schools,? better building facilities anxl extension of study course, includ ing the addition In-many schools of vocational subjects. A session tonight was devoted to iiiscnsalon of school consolidation n, nrflflki and others in aiithorltv elving the county, superin- ?entf the advantages of observa - Uons and discoveries they 'have made, Thruperintendeots will meet again . n rUI2: .tomorrow iuonutit .o, ..,.w4axwa cv the teachers assembly will be con vened tomorrow evening. . TO END LITICSrATION RALEIGH, tNov. 2C Litigation be tween the. war department and own ers of land now embraced In the Camp Bragg confines, ' near Fayetteville, ' will end this week w"hen Judge H.'G. Con? nor, United States district eourt, signs a decree fixing the' values which tenta tively fixed give the claimants a total of $906,546 against ; ,1,311,347.22 as fixed by . the- board of appraisers. MnRTtTd KNOCKED ' OUT WINNIPEG, ' Man., . Nov. 22, Fted'ljn-the, international tournament being Fulton, Minneapolis . heavy weig knocked out Carl Morris, of Oklahoma,; in the fourth JOH.nd of a scheduled 15, round bout her. tonight, , t i iterates its willingness and desire to' carry out our contract with the Uni versity of Vlrgihia exactly as that con tract stands, and whereas, to gq.furth- er' and:dtclare a1 player Ineligible uni Cross will -4e started today by an ef der. an amendment to a rule of the ciht corps- of canvassers, according AtMeWe-nfweo oomrrrtttee has no evidence was ever ratified and considered in effect . by a majority of the member institutions, and which amendment three' of the five institutions concerned wff declare that they have, never c6nde.red a valid rule at these institutions, and of whfeb amendment no member , of the committee had any knowledge until it was cited by the University of "Vir ginia -five days ago, would be a vio lation of our explicit contract with our own students laid down in our rules of eligibility as published in our cata logue, and under which all of our players ' have qualified, and whereas, according to the opinion of the faculty such an action would be 'morally in defensible; resolved, ' that the faculty approve the action of . the committee in declaring Mr. Johnsoh eligible un der our contract with the University of Virginia." BRIANDS CHARGES DENIED BY BERLIN GOVERNMENT Statement Follows French Pre mier Speech BERLIN, Nov 22. (By the Associat ed Press). In a" statement to The As sociated Press today the German gov ernment officially takes issue with the charges of Permier Briand of France in his address before the Washington conference yesterday that the. German police forces and the Reichswehr con stituted a nucleus for a future Ger man army. It declares M. Briand's assertion that the Reichswehr is composed exclusive ly ' of officers and non-commissioned officers , of the old army In incorrect and ; that on the contrary, the bulk of the Reichswehr is made up of youths between the ages of 19 to 21, recruit ed since the war. The statement then says that the "protection police" were created at the bidding of the entente end adds: "The Reichswehr is wholly unaffil iated with the Schutzpolizei, which took, the place of the scurity when entente ordered the latter's dissolu tion. , "The Schutzpolizei is primarily an agency to maintain law and order, and Is not submitted to the authority of the ministry of defence. It takes -or- iders solely from the civilian minis- 1 ters of the federated states. Its num- erlcal strength and its composition ! with reference to the ratio of officers i and men-are designated and supervised , by ; the entente control commission. : "The number of rifles and small arms It Is permitted to have is carefully specified. It does not possess heavy calibred arms suitable to convert Into a unit of fighting troops. The Ein- wohnerwehr or civilian guards, refer red to by M. Briand have been dissolv 'pd and their arms have been surrend ered and destroyed". . Will LIE LOSES .A MATCH CHICAGO, Nov. 22. Willie Hoppe, world's 18.2 balkline billard champion, ost his first championship match since 1912 when' he -was defeated tonight by Jake Schaefer of Chicago, 400 to 26, held : here, une victory gave schaefer i a tJe. with Hoppe for first place and ftheV. title will be decided in an extra ' contest to be ployed tonightl Photo Contributed by Mr. Bute. Tear she has made a total of 2,429 this service. This is one of the causes in the city and county today. RED CROSS ROLL CALL BEGINS IN WILMINGTON WITH TODAY'S CANVASS Teams of Men and Women In augurate Membership Cam paign This Morning The fifth annual enrollment of Wil mingtonians in the American Red predicted that over" '8,000 members would respond to the .roll call. Both the men and women icanTCissers have held enthusiastic ; meetings,' have received flr;l instructions as to the best manner in which to enroll members in the Red Cross and are en thusiastic over the final results of the roll . call. The organization that will conduct the enrollment has been per fected to such an extent that nothing but success is considered-, possible, The members of the men's commit tee, of which J. C. Hobbs, "Jr., 1 chair man, will meet this morning at 9:30 o'clock in the assembly room of the ichamber of commerce.. The city has been divided into tws sections, which are designated as the Red Cross and Castle .divisions, J. C. Hobbs, Jr being general chairman of the men canvassers, with James Hall in charge of the Castle street depart ment and J. H. Rheder at the head of the Brooklyn divislonl Twelve teams of canvassers, six of Chairman Hall and , six for Chairtnan Rehder, will canvass the two sections. The men's terns follow r Teams Announced W. M. Cummlng, captain ; E. Nor fleet, H. S. Allen, and C D. Hogue. B. F. Brittain, Jr., captain; Dr. J. A. Moore, Seis Goodman, and Harry W. Solomon. M. H. Croclfer; captain; E. E. Gra ham. H. E. Boney, captain; W. A. Townes. David S. Oliver, captain; Dr. J. G. Murphy, Whit T. Benton, and James B. Hughes. T. L. Cromarltie, captain; Dr. L. J. Meredith, H. G. Rose and Edgar L. Bell. E. T. Hancotck, captain; H. L. Taylor, J. S. McEachern, and J. Gray Hicks. D. M. Hodges, captain ; J. Marion James, . James B. Lynch, and, Marvin J. Cowell, - A. F. Perry, captain; W. H. Mont gomery, F. G. Rose, and Owen D. Holmes. H. W. Wells, captain; E. C. Craft, and Herbert H. Ford. Wm. Struthers, captain; R. D. Cron 3y, Jr., W. L. Futrelle, and Walter H. Blair. J. B.' Huntington, captain; J. C. Slo cum, Jr., and John L. Hazelhurst. To Enroll' A. C. L. Folks The enrollment of Atlantic Coast Line' employes will be conducted by (Continued on Page Two). Five Railway Officials Are Killed in Wreck PJIOEXIX, Ariz., Nov. ?7, s H Ollver, of Los Angeles, chief en gineer of the coast lines of the At chison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail way and four division officers of that railway were killed, today when a motor Inspection ear over W turned three miles north of Wik eabnrg, Arizona, forty mil en nbrth wes of here. ..LOS ANGELES, . Nov.. 22. Four Santa Fe officials in . Arizona was killed today and five injured when an automobile inspection car over turned on the Santa Fe tracks near Wickenburg, Ariz., a short distance from the California border Record ing to word received at the railroad headquarters here ..The dead:;.. , , . .William Mathie, division superin tendent, Winslo wr Ariz. . . ...... . .H. C. Story, Assistant Superin tendent, Prescott, Ariz. . . . . ' . .William: Bowman, Roadmaster. .. . . J. J. Jaeger, division .engineer. .. HIGHLY TEGHNICAE Questions Involved Held Secret Because of Their Confus ing Nature WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Delibera tions of the naval experts of the "Bitf Three" ln the arms conference remain wrapped ln mystery today so far as any official word of what is transpiring goes. Unofficially spokesmen in some cases give "hints and half glimpses that re veal little but Involve technical ques tions which only serve to confuse lay men in naVal matters. In the American viewpoint there Is no good reason to bring into public ylew all the almost incomprehensible discussion of the experts. What is in progress, it was pointed out today, is a conference of equals, of which the only product can come by a unanimous agreement, and there Is every reason to expect that such an agreement is to be reached soon that will not vary widely from the American proposals as to naval reductions and limitations. 1 In shaping their suggestions, the American delegation took Into consid eration many things besides the mere question of capital ship tonnage in terms of which the plan was finally set down. Estimates of naval strength of each power included, It Is said, esti mates of the whole situation of each, of Its whole building Droarram. of Its I financial ability and mechanical eauro- ment to execute any building program " "jjsui uesire ii competitive build ing was to continue. Not mathematical The "5-5-3 ratio" of the American replacement schema to end competi tive building and all its evils and the fleet strength that would remain un der the proposed Immediate reductions on the eve of a 10-year complete build ing holiday, both are understood to re flect this summary of matters not sus ceptible of mathematical treatment. So in the American view the ques tion understood to have been raised by the Japanese as to the exact state of completion of the battleship Mutsu, which Japan would be called on to scrap as -part Af.her abandoned pro gram, -is? Immaterial, -If it fsvinsisteij that she 'he retained, her .equivalent must be retained by the United States and Great Britain. For each of those powers - it would mean more than a sin gle additional ship. The United States has three,, ships which would be retained, it is contend ed, under any argument that would permit the Mutsu to survive. If the clean-out proposal of Secretary Hughes to cut the knot of competitive building at the line of November 11 is to be abandoned, it is argued, all of these three might be retained by the United States for they ranged on November 1Q from 83 per cent complete for the Colorado to 6 per cent complete for the West Virginia. And the American or British equivalent for the Mutsu would be more than one ship each, if ratios of existing strength are to be followed. It is because of these considerations, that American officials appear hopeful that ln the end the work of the ex perts will come out at practically the place the American plan did, the No vember 11 'zero hour for the cut. Ttho arguments that have been raised as to the effect of differing methods of cal- culating tonnage, difference in formu lating the rate of progress on construe tion of new ships Into definite percent ages do not change the' American view, it is held, that the '5-5-3' ratio ,1s wholly fair. Reports to Advisors WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (By Assoc, ated Press.) Progress made In tf armament and far eastern negotiations was reported by the American delega tion today to its advisory committee of 21 with a request that detailed reports on various subsets be drawn up for, the information of the delegates. For more than an hour the commit tee was inconference with Secretary Hughes and afterward Chairman Suth erland assigned specific subsets for in vestigation by the sub-committees on naval armaments, far eastern questions, new weapons of warfare and general information. Another meeting of the full committee will be held Monday when it is hoped the reports on these questions will be ready. WIFE OF FORMER SENATOR FRANK GO UGH PASSES AWAY (Special to The Star) LUMBERTON, Nov .22. Mrs. Lena Gough, wife of ex-state Senator Frank Gough, died today at noon. She suf fered a stroke of paralysis more than four years ago and had been practi cally helpless since. She recently suf fered another stroke. The funeral will be conducted from the house Wednes day afternoon by Dr. Charles H. Dur ham, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which the deceased was a member. Besides her husband, two children, Miss Lina and Frank Gough, Jr., survive. A- W. WATTS FILES ANSWER TO SOUTHERN RAILWAY RALEIGH, Nov. 22. Through the attorney general of the state and spe cial counsel, A. D Watts, revenue com missioner of North. Carolina, today filed in United States court o fthe western district of North Carolina, the answer to the complaint brought by the South ern railway seeking to reduce the as sessment of railroad, property ln the state from $$,306.357 to $60,000,000. STORM- CHANGES COURSE WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.The dis turbance near the Bahamas has changed Its course and is passing westward over the Florida Straits, the weather bureau said tonight ln storm warning. Strong easterly winds were forecast for extreme , southern Florida and gales over' the Florida Straits, V.;' .'.Y"i IK "J mm t.f- t ' I- "T1 r -1 J
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