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-JDED A. D. 1867 VOL; CVIV No. 9. ,
WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1922.
OLDEST DAILY N THE STATE.
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urEE RESERVATIONS
p BE STORM CENTER
DEBATE ON TREATY
Today Marks Open-
1n:.iii:sion
P r irinf, Chaoter Be-
'inal Cha
Ul x
fore Vote
G APrKUViis
ONE RESERVATION
Declares Pact Contemplates
jio Alliance" And May
Get By
H1V,TON. March 19,
Three
to be
of the
power
.srorm centers
on the four
half
del'
which enters its conduct
iuniorrow under a uriani-,
agreement to vote final-
ratif-cation i-riaaj".
,,f these reservations
o;:
is
Only
s jDPorters 10 . db acutspi-
brl 'I II u
Harding:.- and it is
administration lead-
ii . tit- r en
fvoect to see auuvvv. "
itrp and aeciares nitti- mo
cnit'"t .... .mi ua
adniill.PtrallOIl seimiuia ami uuj
v may a'fomplish ratification with
: pvei this qualification, but those
charge of tIia treaty are not now m-
--o:ifl rPSTvation wnicn is
ex-
i A I 3 U 1
in process or lormuiaiion oy van
; ernups of senators opposed to
ic tliat outside powers shall be con-
itpd in Pacific controversies where
- . . nA.4
The third is a blanket "no alliance''
ararion originally framed by for-
. : fc r
gn I'fiai on LuniiiiuLce iicumitaiia
j; abandoned hy them after confer-.
ces with President Harding; and re-
irodured on th? senate floor by Senr
.or .lonnson. rtepuoiican, ainornia,
irreconcilable" foe of the treaty.
.? the situation snapes up in its
nil analysis, the old groupings of
he Versailles treaty fight are re-ap-
earin?. but with many material alter-
ons. It i? former members of the
publican "miM reservationit bloc"
ho have taken the lead in urging that
e revisei committee draft of the
:o alliance reservation 'be voted
On the other hand it was to
a'-ate a wine: of the Versailles "irre-
rirllables" that the reservatiqn was
amed. Agrain. as in the Versailles
a:y manoueverines. the suTmintitra.
n :eaatrs are trying: by a naatiTTr -
10 keep peace between these
elements. . ,
Would Please Hardlnr
Those cf the "mild reservationlsts"
other ilays who uant no rerva-
at all to tho four power treaty
cue that the wish of President Hard-
S for an unreserved ratification
Oiilil be fulfilled if nniM atrl .u.
they have made a canvass of
ntimerit shewing that it is po-ssible.
.Hit
ui- , nncerie trie margin would
3 vei-y narrow one. nr? tlior hava
tareed
to Mipport the reservation if
r;i'l it still seems neeesaarv
th
IT.akf- a tTi'O th!rr! ratiflrsllnn i-ntA
lam.
Tho
group 0f Versailles "irreconcil
viiluig to take the four mower
re-ity with th --r.,. oil,-
a x uji'c f can -
Jtion ,ias hart for its nrinoinoi
th;
ear
far Senator Brandegee, Re
Connpcticutt who drew the.
- ' 1 1 ' vi iKiiiii n nnKPT nM -
1 1 now rv veil
fey Senator
Cn"lp fiiai-n rtVf
, ls r&eciea over
original Brandeo-eA ra.mtinn
nn rnatnr Tr.V,r... ii .... .
i. . -' noun gif,it8 ic jjp ior
ri., . 11 c-pecis io asK ior
-''""'MHO!! WIlv ttino
who had
BA.i i i .
reservation in comrhit-
U after rnnfi-o-- - in.
fae wltlidrrw
"Virion t
- - . O vn
'u inciuae outside pow-
t --v..,, conrerences'' under the
v has been voted dawn in varf
'"pr forms three times during ti,,,
mi h ft i - -
3 St
'"fk. bm ;t .
aftine ? are
in ' " rau a compromise
l"5n which fbv-
o! the . . may
ho wPra :rrr,..or some of thse
againat similaci
P'nist-ation
on Dravioim roll nii a j
I J (.ana, ao-
iearlori?, however, 'insist
irro io
ry In Obenchain
ase Fails To Aor
ee
Jrors
Dischargd After Long
Session
" 'rv
f., March 19. The
Hon i
Willi til
ie murder of
Kennedy, reported t .Tfl
x.
r - " - c
""'l e at 7-1Q
tonight that it
as d,Ku. feaca an agreement. stnA
.st of :. .
i5char2-r., Ml lurors. after they were
Pper',,,.le r,uctant to talk with
rt of (.., . ,-'ne! threw a renorter
r-tlon 1.a,y,w1t?en he sought infor-
0r ?r , , ,euier the majority fa-
"f ' r nviction.
llfr.. - ii,. K"c some rights as a
An.-tio, ; Jl,,ur snouted.
"-t said fno mi
tiOi-
favored
mid
1!' Miaf
L'laL ttto rliTriain ho.l
fcis from the first' ballot.
V f-re honelesslv r!ivi,i
I Pa
rs
;CQl'rj
their reports to Judge
a
; - a
b'?ro
asked
err. .v
F?PHert
chance of agreement. Each
was "noTi"
, -e f
or i nan stated to the" Judya the
,;vl8ior
'envir,.: lo "tree, but as the
Morit,- u,a.not say whether the
I'-Htai.
id.Oreri ,r,.,:i)
- v . w . . v n.vr
W'Iec: . ......
6adn,- .,e-set the case for next
r,i.. - -"arch vj v. ..ij t.
Jiii, -"H" was In court - when
orri' ),Jted. Sh looked pale and
fn . V
!u .
N :;;n, .I Ired that tJ-e decision. had
Ulr from th beffinninlt.
":,:' lh"" "' " " ' i. 'S g f'5:y..-iii4lJc rzmimTjk-jjii' L 1
This is the age of the radio rage.
The "wireless bug" has made its way
throughout the nation. In every i.l'rge
city, in every small village, radio, has
become the. thing of the day. Scientists,
students, officials and public men. are
imbued with a desire to' "listen in."
In this igroup ofj pictures you see a
variety of students. General Pershing
is shown taking a message' from "the
air." In the picture at the left ou
gee Mjs Mathilda Bender, of New' York
Harding Finds Congress Ready
To Pass "Bonus Buck" Back to
Him; May Yield Under Pressure
President Returns to Washington to Confront . Worse Situation
Than That Which Existed When He Took Vacation; Ob
servers Wonder How Executive Will "Flop This Time
. Br H. E. C. HRIAST
WASHINGTON, March 19. President
Hardlnof comes back to a 1 oeck of
eiibreJIv
than
when" he left it
Congressmen
. Vn rr i,t,v him Tf!
If
1VUU1U yKB i MUA
his tcourage liolds out he will continue
to support the position of Secretary
Mellon,4 and the great financial interests
that take a like view. But, there is
some intimation that he will yield to T
pressure from .scared members of the
house and senate, and agree to a com
promise.. Observers here have learned
that the -Harding stand has rollers, and
any hour may bring a change.
'One of the interesting stories of
Wahingtn relates to the easiness witn
which the President bops about. Dur
ing the debate on the 18th amendment;
when the anti-saloon league, with all
of its resources, was whipping men in
line for "dry"-measures Mr. Harding
made a speech. At the outset he an
ttounced he'Vas opposed to porhibition
and had voted against it in Ohio. Later
on he voted'Tfor the resolution to sub:
mit, the amendment. That was the sec
ond position in one day. To partly
right himself with his old local optio.n
friendV'ne added that if a movement
was started to compensate the liquor inT
- .. . , ' i
terests ior ineir iosbbh Decaiucvi
18th amendment he would Join it. That
made; three distinct position in a single
proposition.
The Arnerica.n people have learned
the Harding weakness fairly well since
March 4, 1921 Therefore, many wis
men here, Republicans as well as Dem:
ocrats, are curious to know just what
the latest Harding stand on the bonus
will be. .- , ' ,
In addition to the bonus contest tnero
is a row oyer the size of the army, and
that may have to ;be' settled by the
President-"'
Looker's on in Washington are get
ting the worth of their money nowa
days. Woodrow Wilson must laugh
many, aVtime when he seei the drift of
things. ... ' ' .
BenatoV Edge, of -New Jersey, is what
is known as . a "leading Republican."
He got his political foot in it the other
day when he said something to the ef ,
feet that the four power pact was a
small league of nations. That was the
blow that almost killed father LKdge;
and tickled Senator Borah. ,
The Chicago x Daily News and The
Washington Star, two strong Republi
can papers, carried, a story from thei?
Naples correspondent, Edgar Ansell
i . .Wantino.. frvrmftr Governor
luuwrer, vu S,,. , 1
Frank O Lowflen, oi iiiinoi&, o
lows; "I am'poming. to .the conclusion
that many American policies may have
to be changed. I believe , that close
American contact with Europe is inevit
able. Many of our problems would
more easily solved if. we were a mem -J
ber 6f th'it "league of nation sr. .- Recon
struction is a' world problem." . -.
At the Chieago convention that nom
inated Warren G. Harding. Mr. Lowden
was theT most popular candidate, and
no doubt would have wron had not sorne
of Ws friends hutchered his campaign:
It vill be .recallea that his lavish ex
penditure of --money, and the story of
tne nissouriK j . ,Tai
nVt.!-;Tn of the funds hurt Mrfl
Lowden at th.e last moment. - '
But. now, here comes Mr. : Lowden,
one of the most popular men in the Gi
O. P., declaring himself in favor of the J
league of nations.. in.tnis wnnu
is interesting ;o note .thAtRuM-fcan
National Committeeman John M. More-;
head, aftd a majority of the Qther dele,
- A AAiirantiriTl WAffl
gates to tn1.ynioai. vyv t "7 -A.
-Tiji7-,Mii declaration of Mri
r w4en.: wb,o Is abroad to- visit two
his daughters in School there, has at
tracted attention here. It will be used
In the next campaign by the Democrats.;
JJh -day . J?resl4nt Harding-left here.
the-guard at the yfnite nou v
Urged, i A Jot of -threatening letters
som6 off thehrfrom discharged 'employes -
INTEREST IN RADIO PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THEfATION .
W rdllii t I tiMMlllB.lt Mil m - ' ' - - - .... . . .
1 v . . . - . f -1 ' .
demonstrating- her pocket -radiophone,
which she carries in her urse.
The gtfoup of -girls are students of a
Chicago school; learning wireless in
the classroom. So popular has become
in Philadelphia, and other eastern
cities caused this -precaution to be
taken. -. ' , ...... ,. .
that. Edward p. McLean, multiininion-
aire owner -of the Washington -ost ana
the Cincinnati Inquirer, and lots of
pretty places about .Washington, will
remodel a country home he owns in
Bradley Hills, Montgomery, coufaty,
Maryland for a summer residence and
white Jiouserlor thevPresident. There is
nothing wrong with: the placo, for it ls
a beautuui spot,, out plain, everyoay
congressmen -fear the worst - if the
Hardlngs get too thick with' the rich
McLeans, who a're listed as high rollers
here'. Privatjf mumblings may- break
out into roars over ths soqial alliance
if.the present clouds do.. not roll by.
GoT'f and "boating parties may. have
rested the President but gossips have
been busy in his absence, and lots of
bad doses are brewing-for him. The
buck-passing game can be played by
more than, one, and Washington just
now is headquarters for the experts.
Young Dodge Facing
"In Again, Out Again '
Stunt; Leaves Jail
Speeder Will Again Face Court
Tuesday On New
Charges
DETROIT, March 19. John Duval
Dodge, millionaire speeder, will leave
the Detroit house of correction tomor
row morning to face a fresh series of
tributlations. ' t'
Tuesday he will be arraigned in Kai
amasoo on the charge of driving an au
tomobile while drunk. He will later
be arraigned on a charge of illegally
transporting liquor.
Mies Emline Kwackerneck, Grand
Rapids normal school student, who was
seriously Injured when she jumped
from Dodge's automobile March 11, af
ter being offered, she alleged, a drink
of whiskey, will" be sufficiently recov
ered to appear against Dode.
Young Dodge was sentenced here to
serve five day's in prison, pay a fine of
5100, and his driyer'a license was . re
voked for one year after, he pleaded
guilty to speeding in recorder's court
last Thursday. He earned the admi
ration of the other prisoners Saturday
hy the vigor with which he shpveled
coal, his first prison task.
Heworked so hard he became ill and
had. to be transf erred Jto clerical' work.
Throughout his ordeal Dodse was
cheerful, ate heartily of prison food
and did not complain because he was
not permittesd any special privileges.-
When he leaves the prison he will
he master of a fortune of $ 1,600,000 cir
cuit court Saturday, having admitted to
probate the amended will of his, fa
ther, the late John "F, -JJodge, permit
ting the son to share in the estate.
Under the original will young: Dodge
was cut off with a monthly allowance
of $150. ' v..
SIX- KIIXCD tfc XTRASH I
DETROIT, " March ' 19. Six persons Premier Poincare last, night at a ban
were killed near1; Rochester, Mich. to-iquet held in connection wlfh the closing
day when jtheir automobile skidded, on of Vlwine week'.' .-' ; - ' '-. :
a slippery Tilghway nd wa.s struck by "America;?" . thie ' premier continued,
an lntefurban car. The dead are Ed-'"is, of course.Vthe mistress, of. her own
ward H.' Ives,, assistant) general super- Eternal legislation;,' but she must rec
intendent of the Detrplt -United .Rail- ognize the truth as ; stated by the
way; Mrs. 1
ad; a guest.;
Ires, their three tcpildren
v 1 s . ' - t ' r ' - r '
the radio "fad that .many.' .schools are
following ; the lead, taken ;by' Chicago. '
The snxajl photo shows. Rev. John "Vf.
Williamson, Chicago's5 law enforcer,
broadcasting law lectures by radio.
Youth Essays Part
Of Hero arid Saves
... i
Two From
ers
-v
Placates Mobs and Baker Boys
. Are Taken to Jail f ter '-
Slaying
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -March 19.
According" to" citt?ens of -Durham. Ga.,
D.' W. Williams, roung manager' of the
commissary at the Jurhanaceal mines
on iXioOkoiit raouAfaS played! heroic
lowed the killing of J :W.'; Mor.tpn'
aeputy sheriff,--by-the -Baker boys at
'HitiKaM vAnn3n 1 1 j .
T ""va- f"l1
rffL two, -d fferent occasions
f" er? - ?LPrevn
fflh- i?u?pd "Th& sry related
Wrhen the Central of Georgia-' train
tolled ui? to the; little loading1 station
of the mining'' company yesterday at
noon rRalprr and George Baker scarcely
out of their 'teens, Btepped froina car
near whfc"h"TprfOn,whow 67 years
of age, was -waiting to assist his in
valid daughter;' Mrs.- Gordon 'Phillips,
who had-come to- themining town to
be treated; by "thle- company' doctor. One
of the Bakers placed himself tn front
of the officer and said: "WelF you got
a warrant for ms, have- you?" - Morton
replied, "No; boysl; .1 have no warrant
for you." j !.. '. ... . j :
Then without further words the two
brothers opened fire and the aed mart
pitched forward -with his 'ho'dy;riddJe"d
with bullets, but. fired one shot; as he
fell dead.' " '
The fifty or" more men standing
around the station were stunned by
the suddenness of the tragedy, but Wil
liams, who -- was Jn the commissary
some distance away, immediately ran
to the scene.
He secured a revolver from a by
stander and calling two other young
men to his assistance, started in pur
suit of the fleeing gunmen. George
Baker was soon run down and captured,
when a mob of men who had gathered
threw a rope around his neck and were
threatening to 'liang him, Williams
boldly told 'the crowd' that Baker was
his prisoner .and that he intended to
protect him,.' finally persuading" . the
angry citizens, to disperse.
Meantime, another posse was trailing
Ralph Baker and' found him in the loft
of a farm liouse several miles from
Durham. He was .dragged outv a chain
thrown around his neck and plans made
to string him up to a tree. Williams
who had joined .-thfe searchers, along
with a few other meip. protested against
the lynching, but seme of the citizens
were determined to;, wreak vengeance.
One . of the leaders .then drew a line
on the ground' and asked all favoring
hanging - Baker to step across, declar
ing that a majority should rule. Imme
diately nearly all of. the 100 men pres
ent stepped across the dead line, but
Williams again took a firm stand for
law and prder and 'again prevented a
lynching. . -, . ,
The prisoner was then taken to Dur-?
ham and turned over, with his brother,
to Sheriff Harmon, and botlj were
placed in jail: ...
:That the. tilling of . Deputy . Morton
was deliberately planned ws indi
cated by the fact that the Baker, boys
are said ' to have cut the telephone
wires before boarding, the train' at
FHntstone for Durham. The affair,
coming upon the heels of several other
killings of . officers ;by .moonshiners and
liquor runners, has created tense feel
ing throughout thai county.
ii nr l
Linerica
liiwaKe
rv
s romcare
PARTS. Tkfarr.n 19. "If wihe were had
for the health. this fact-Vould have been
Kuuwn Biiree . me -aaiefivA mo xvuinans
and Greeks-slpo ? the-, gehesis,'' said
Anglo - Saxon. poet wine-is hea!thfc-:our-
ago and IIfe
MISSISSIPPI IS RISING
BEYOND FLOODGE
AND MENAGir ,,tOMES
Residents In Lr tids Warned
To Flee Ie Flood
REPORT GAUGE RISES
HALF INCH AN HOUR
-'.MEMPHIS, Tenn., March l Flood
stage on the Mississippi river at Mem
phis was passed early" today, when the
gauge topped ' the 35-foot . mark. The
river is' rfsing ' rapidly witKMag-isti
feet here and 49 at Helena, Ark., pre
dicted by the United States weather bu- j
reau for the latter part of. this week.
The-- river, here .is rising at a rate of
about a half inch an hour,. and this will
Lprobably be increased during the night.
river men say, as heavy rains north of
here late last night . and early this
morning, have been reported. , The crest
of the Ohio river flood passed Cincin
nati last night and the river there has
begun falling. The river is still rising
at Louisville, while the Cumberland and
Tennessee are both still climbing, and
will continue to. do so, on account of
rains on the upper waters of both last
night.
i . The gauge at Memphis stood at 34.8
at 8 o'clock this morning and a lew
hours later topped 35 feet, which is
flood , gauge here. From tonight until
next Saturday or Sunday, when a stage
of 40 feet here and 49 feet at Helena;
Ark., is , predicted by the weather fc'
reau, the rise here will be 'rapid.
: Back waters from the Wolf river and
other small streams immediately north
of Memphis-fj slowly spreading over
the unprotected lowlands. . Floodgates
at several Of thfe bayous north of Mem
phis have b'eenclosed for the first time
in two years and several of the six
pumps here used to move off backwa
ters in the extreme'- northern end" of
the city are in operation tonight.
Captains of steamboats arriving here
today say that almost all the residents
on the islands and unprotected low
lands along the river outside the leve.es
have either moved to higher grounds
with all their belongings or are pre
paring to move tomorrow. Practically
no refugees were brought in by the
steamboats today, as most of those liv
ing on flood exposed lands were given
ample warning and moved, out before
the high water reached them.
V The flood waters have topped almost
every island in the river from Cairo
to Memphis, but so gradual has been
the rise that everyone was able to
ttnove tnexr livestocK ana oiner prop-
ter encroached on their land.
Takes Poison After
Leaving Gay Party
Youth Follows Action Of feirl
s Who Died Suddenly
BOSTON, March 19. Death. by poison
ended th'e flight of Otto Haider Larsen,
a senior at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, from the' gay party at
which Pauline Virginia Clark, divorcee,
ended her life early last Thursday mor-
nire. His body was found today in
the Fenway behind the museum of fine
arts. Apparently he had been dead
only a short time.
Two letters signed by Larsen assert
ing that Miss Clark had lbng intended
to' commit suicide and that Larsen had
supplied her with poison, were received
by a Boston newspaper and Medical
Examiner Magrath several hours after
his body was found. In the' letter to
the medical examiner, Larsen said that
Miss Clark requested him several
weeks aro to procure eome poison for
her in order- that she might take her
own life. She had long before de
cided on this course ho said she told
him.
"I agreed to do this.' the letter con
tinued, "extracting from her the prom
ise that she would not use it until her
mother came home. . - She gave me her
promise and J prepared for . her a solu
tion of strong poison." . ,
1 The - letter related how Larsen had
met Miss Clark six weeks ago and they
htul become intimate friends. il said
that Miss Clark tell h.m of hr exces
sive depression and of various inci
dents in her life.
"I wondered how she resisted so long
the ' temptation that death really is,"
the letter added.
- "I had intended to take potson before
f met Miss Clark. She was the world's
finest woman."
The parties in Miss' Clark s apart
ment, the letter said, were not wild
revels, but were only for the purpose of
killing the moroseness of her life.
In his letter to the editor of a Bos
ton paper, condemning the printing of
stories of 'scandal, he advised that the
editor also take poison-, 'when your
inferiority becomes too conscious in
your mind, if you have one."
Larsen was taking a chemical course
at the institute. , He had been. a fro
quent visitor at the expensively fur
nished Newbury street apartment of
Miss Qlark. Last Wednesday night
he' was one Of ' the guests at a lively,
party there.
In the early hours of Thursday mor
ning Miss Clark; who had been laugh
ing and drink-ins, . suddenly collapsed
and fell dead. It was found that she
had taken pqison. Larsen seized the
bottle in which some of the poison re
mained, ran from the , apartment and
notified a physician, then; disappeared.
No trace of hini was, discovered until
his body was found,today. " .-. . ' .
f Bayard Wharton, ox rniiaaeipnia,- a
F Harvard student, , who also iwas at the
party said that Larsen was oi a mor
bid disposition. He declared also that
the young woman had been melancholy
much of the time recently, although
T, -armeared gay. Wednesday " night
f Wharton's father came to this city yes
terday? and 'engaged an .iwroj t
look after his son's interests.
- Miss" Clark, formerly, an artist's mod
el, was divorced in September last from
Lieutenant Commander. William D.
Thomas. U. S. Ni ' ' . .
it ?
HARDING TO DISCUSS
BONUS SITUA TION WITH
PARTY LEADERS TODAY
SMOKE CLOUDS GIVE
CHICAGO AN ECLIPSE
CHICAGO. March 19. A pall of
darkest nisiit descended on Chicago
at noon today. Automobilists
turned on their headlights, street
signs in the downtown district were
lighted and the telephone exchanges
and newspaper offices were deluged
with thousands of anxious queries.
The mystery ; was. solved by the
weather bureau which reported that
a sudden shifting of the winds had
"piled up" all of the city's smoke Jn
one monstrous cloud blanket
through which not even a single
sunbeam icould force its way.
The phenomenon lasted only a few
minutes, the lifting of the cloud
having the appearance of a second
sunrise.
President Takes Up
Soldier Aid Problem
As First Business
Calls Parley of Officials and
Illinois Legion Men To
Hear Views
WASHINGTON, March 19. Problems
connected with the care of disabled
soldiers were the first matters consid
ered by President Harding today on hie
return from a ten-day vacation in Flor-
Ida. The President called Director
Forbes of the Veterans Bureau, Direc
tor Dawes of. the Budget Bureau and
Brigadier General Sawyer to meet Illi
nois officials of the American Legion
in conference for the purpose of dis
cussing the plan -of government hos
pitalization and vocational training of
former service men.
The Illinois officials were asked to
state the criticisms which they were
said to have against the present plan
and to suggest-any improvement or
amendment they had in mind. The
President made known his deep per
sonal' interest in the subject and the
desire of himself and other govern
ment officials to do everything possi
ble for the welfare of men whose die
abilities have resulted from their serv
ing the United States.
The special train conveying Mr. and
Mrs. Harding and their party from
HgEfrriag fre&ofeed wWfofelgora shortly,
after noon', -the run having been made
on scheduled time and without inci
dent. The executive and Mrs. Hard
ing went at once to the white house.
Others who returned on the Presi
dential special were Secretary and Mrs.
Weeks, Attorney General Daugherty,
Under-Secretary pf State Fletcher,
Brigadier General Sawyer and Secre
tary Christian.
Mr. Harding eaid . he felt greatly
benefited as a result of the rest and
the numerous games of golf which
marked his vacation stay, and declared
he had a "bully" time. Mrs. Harding
and the other members 'of the party
voiced similar sentiments.
Secretary Weeks who joined the
party at St. Augustine for the return
trip said his vacation had put him in
"tip top" condition.
American Supply Of
Gold Changes Hands
When Baker Resigns
E.
F. Scobey of Texas Takes
Up Duties of Director of
Mint j
WASHINGTON, March 19. Trustee
ship for a third of the. world's gold
supply changes hands tomorrow when
F. E.. Scobey, of San Ajitonio, Tex., suc
ceeds Raymond T.. Baker as director of
the mint. Gold-assets of the mint ser
vice institutions aggregate $3,000,000,
000. The world gold supply is esti
mated at approximately $9,000,000,000.
Mr. Scobey, when he. takes the oath
of offiee tomorrow, assumes supervi
sion of the government's coinage in
stitutions and tons of precious metals,
bars of gold and silver, coins of all de
nominations, will come under his
charge.
According to a report completed to
night by Mr. Baker for his successor,
the total assets of the mint service in
stitutions -. approximate 13,676.0.00,000
stored in the mints at Philadelphia,
Denver and San" , Francisco, and the
United States assay office at New York.
Distributed among the four institu
tions there are $2,829,000,000 in gold
bullion and $260,000,000 in gold coin;
$42,000,000 in silver bullion and $262,
000,000 in silver coin; $280,000,000 in
paper currency and $3,000,000 in minor,
nickles and pennies.
Much of the enormous stock of gold
is accounted for by the tremendous in
flux of that fprecidus metal into this
country simce the;warl The mint is re
quired to purchase the yellow metal as
it is offered unless it' comes from Rus
sia; the gold of the bolshevicks is ta
booed. Summarizing his five year term aj
money maker for the government, Mr.
Baker said that the coin demand upon
the United States mints was larger dur
ing the calendar years 1917 to 1920; in
clusive, than during any period in the
history of the servioe. During the war
period,, he said, approximately 2,693,-
000,000 separate coins, were struck off
by the mints at Philadelphia, Denver
and San Francisco while the output for
the calendar year 1919 alone was 839,
000,000 pieces or .446, per cent larger
than in a normal pre-waryear such as
1915. ' ,v ...
... STORM SWEEPS GEORGIA.
MACON, March 19. A. severe wind
storm, accompanied , by heavy rain.
cw-pt across Georgia today. Ther,ex-
tent of the damage, however, can hot be
ascertained-here because of the loss of
wires. -There was more than an inch
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LEADER MONDELL NOT
YET DECIDED ON PLAN
TO CALL DP MEASURE
Does Not Believe White House
Parley Will Chance Plans,
However
WILL TELL HARDING
OF LOAN PROVISION
Declares Bonus Bill Is Best One
Possible and Will Go
Through '
WASHINGTON, March 19. Preeident
Harding made an engagement today
with Republican house, leaders for to-morrow
to discuss the soldier bonus
situation. Because of appointments
made before his return from Florida
he was unable to grant their request
for a conference tpnight.
Representative Mondell, of Wyom
ing, the Republican floor leader, said
tonight the whole situation would be
laid before the president and ..the com
promise bank loan plan would be fully
explained. Mr. Mondell would not
venture an opinion as to whether the
bill would be called up in the house to
morrow under a suspension- of the
rules, but he appeared to be confident,
that there would be ho development'at
the white house conference that would
cause seri-us alterations of the plan
to put the measure through soon.
"We have a bill quite different frpm .
anything the president has expressed
an opinion on," said Mondell, "and
bill that lays no more burden on the
treasury next year than does the forth
coming road bill, for instance.
"We suspended the rulea two years
ago to pass the first bonus bill and
there is good reason to handle the
measure that way. There are men who
h-ave no responsibility in the matter
who would come forward with amend-'
ments, not for the purpose of improv
ing the bill. bUt to make trouble. If
we have about the best bill we can
get there is no reason to allow. the mi
nority to embarrass our people.
iThTl'Wt jth&,; beat W1 1 ..we."ffih ;
get and a very good one and the sooner
we pass It the better."
Talks With Mellon.
Soon after Mr. Hartlins: returned
here today he had an hour's conference,
with Secretary Mellon at the white
house. There was no official state
ment as to the conference, but it was
understood that the bonus question
was discussed.
An attack on the; bonus measure wa
made in minority views which were
made public today by Representatives
Treadway, of Massachusetts and Tilsoh
of Connecticut, Republican members of
the ways and means committee. They
declared their belief that the bill, if
enacted into law, "would do more
harm to the people of'the country, the
veterans themselves and their families
included, than it will do good to the In
dividual beneficiaries."
The committeemen ceptered their at
tack principally on the bank loan pro
vision oi the adjueted' service certifi
cate title' and the land settlement title.
They asserted that the loan scheme
"seems to Us Just about as unsound
economically and unfortunate from
every point "of view at this particular
time as oould possibly be devised."
The land settlement title, they said,
"offers untold opportunity for reckless
expenditure is dangerous at
the worst and uncertain at the best"
and they added that this provision ha
been saddled up on this bill with the
hope and expectation, of carrying
through congress on the sturdy backs
of the veterans a measure so fraught
with dangerous possibilities and uncer
tainties that it would receive scan.t
support if forced to stand alone in the
open on its own merits."
Point to Defect.
Calling attention: that the-loan pro
vision has been disapproved by high
fiscal officers of the government, th
committeemen asserted-that "a seriou
defect" in the bill was the "entire lack
of amortization, taxation or refunding
for anticipated payment of the large
sum the government will owe in three
years" when the bank loan period
would expire and the. veterans holding
certificates would be authorized to
borrow direct from the government.
They estimated that at that time the
treasury would have' to provide $600,
000,000 for advances to banks on unpaid
loans made to veterans and to the
veterans themselves.
"Attention . is called.', .eays the re
port, "to the significance of the date
the certificates are to-bear, namely, Oc
tober 1, 1922. With a large force of
clerks and the? best expert assistance
possible comparatively few certificates
could be issued by that time, and it
wduld be-at least six: months before
any lars'e niimber "could be put out. The
reason for the date, therefore, of the
operation Of. the bill as October 1. next,
one month priorto the election, la very
apparent."
In estimating tho political effect of
the support of - this bill," the report
continued, "it wold seem that a rank
injustice is being done the intelligence
and patriotism of the ex-service men.
It seems to be assamed that because
each individual veteran is to receive a
slight pecuniary reward, he and - his
friends will in return reward those
who vote it 'andiD'onlab .those who do
not, regardless of what the effect of
the legislation upon the cotmtry as a
whole may be We believe this Is un
just and untrue." -.
STORM ALONG COAST
WASHINGTON r March 19. The
weather bureau tonight-ordered south
west storm warnings displayed -Hong
.he Atlantic- .coast from, Jacksonville,
Fla., to Washington, - and southwest
warnings frm Baltimore to East Port.
Maine. ' ...-...;, .
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