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Cloudy Today and
Fair Tuesday ;
World, -State and Local ;
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FOUNDED A. P. 1867. VOL. CX.No. 76
WILIVIINGTON, N; c; SIOND AY MORNINGNOVElVffiER 27 1922J - .
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
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The Opening Ceremonies Will
be Held at the Fairgrounds
at Lakeside at 3 O'clock',
GROUNDS TO BE OPEN
AFTERNOONS AND; NIGHTS
opening of the first", annual
rv fair and Agricultural ex
; (ircenfield terrace, this tt
; o'clock (rain or shine), "will
Fori' 'J
jiositior.
eriioor
be t-a;uri'l by addresses by Mayor
jam i H- Cowan and a member of the
boar'i of county commissioners, . .,
fn -v tiipn on will swing wide" the
"aits ?( V'ilmingrton'a fair prounl,
;!ri, thousands of "Wllminstonians
a,,'"l Kr. stern Carolinians will i?a?her
nui.ii. the wvek to view hundrel of
inauf trial, rpticultural and educational
an1 to make merry in " the
-tcra nf mirth provided by-the, many
rianmntF. . r v ; : " " ' '
T! executive committee? of the fair
arsocirJ'on has been workiner hard dur
ir.c tiif last s?verai uiiys, punuig ua-isi-.inu
touches on plans for the-Industrial,
farm and educational exposition,
and 'th comniitetemen have left no
sion1 unturned in their endeavors, .to
make th- fair an educational success.
F.vcry safeguard has been, thrown
arour.I th- amusement features,:" and
the com rtiittf emen request citizens" to
co-one: atp with the management J- la
keepiv c fair grounds and surraud
ins properties clean and wholesome.. '
The association has as its purpose,
cuo:is an executive 'committeeman
''st rij:.t. "To make our Immediate
? etion known to North Carolina and
to av ak -'.i i' e people to the ' point
where tlvy nay develop our wonder
ful possibilitif-s." ' "' '-' .
There are probably a few people" In
W'lir.ing":i who Kave not visited this
V- of the ct'r recently and the trans
fo. -aiicn sard dunea into mammoth
fair rroa: - . win cause tbem to:be
amazed wnen iu9yv. .'
f;;i- g-rnnnds today. . i ,?-'. v
It wil. all be rea Jy for the ! throngs
whn the bell rings and" 'the gratis
F.r? oner, at 3 o'clock 1 this afternoon
f: rm aid field crops, live stock, home
economic?, poultry, fancy and needle
work, arts and crafts, school children's
(Vsp'.ays. dogs-and pet animals, flsli and
ser. products, flowers and gardensa
minrroth gathering . tog-ether . of the
fc-fi il resources of eastern North
ramiinc thousands of exhibits,, many
oifTert-it c1'partmerts having.- several
liandred xhiMts alone. ' . v .' '
Transftr wagons were engaged yes-
teniay removing live stock and other
r-'shable exhibits from the . freight
. arhoi'pes ?.nd express office to 'the
fair grounds, where a committee was
crropel'ied to stay all day " to receive
?.' d make proper disposal of the ex
hibits awaiting an early hour Monday
mornir.gr when the exhibit committees
will begir. their stupendous task of
l. Hfiiing .and placing them In " their
proper niche. .
And the amusement features will
give one everything they desire Jn the
tvay of pood, clean entertainment, No
r.n should go out there thinking they
cin take in the "fair and get back
Sovr.town v.-:thin an hour or so it will
take two sol'd hours alone to J visit
ini see all cf the exhibits. Then' there
is.Biliic Clark's Btoadway shows. May'
Quincy. world champion woman :.. high
diver, twice daily, band concerts,
r.umerous free acts, industrial, ex
Mlns, auto show; in fact, there are so
1 lay different side issues that -will
.rne intensely interesting that It. is'
Iirrorsible to enumerate them in -fulL'
E ie Clark's Broadway shows alone
embrace more than 25 separate and
'ninct attractions, every one of-which
has been censored, passed ' upon and
pronounced absolutely okeh .for- Wili
m-rgtcTs first fair. .. ,.-! . l .'',;
Tuesday will be special Robeson and
B'aden day: vrednesday. is Brunswick
and Sampson day: Thursday Columbus
and Per.der dav, and Saturday Onslow
ar.4 Duplin day. Z :
On Friday afternoon all children-in
l graded schools will be admitted to
)hc .'air crounds absolutely free, "arid
t is frOP, ted that 5,000 children will
h? entertained on this occasion.; It, . is
"at;-d by the fair committee that after
"Jay the grounds will open- in the
Jrr.ir.g each day and remain open all
ia' ar.d evening. V'-
To Test Validity of ,;
Co-operative Contracts
HALF.
!ne co:u
h test
courts r
' H Nov. 26. The validity ot
' s of the Tri-State Tobacco,
"o-(,r..ra.tive assoaiation" will
the second time in the
"- N'Tth Carolina when .Ju'dge
'.'vn:i' fjf Wake county superior
r.
n r.- , ;i;;Ked tomorrow, to continue
; rs.'V'.T" .'1 temporary restraining or
..n',:r:!r-S members of the associa--t':
:p0:n ,,e'vering their tobacco out
t'rP v srciation. While injunc-
r.iv!: he, i, sought in only J8 of the
i '"ton-1 ? :Tacco association hfa filed
n,-..'1 'r lz"J damage suits -in Wake
J!--' SU'if !.-,. j ,
'.a:t-.; ,
11 ,iver the state. ' -V;.J? ' . ; "
I ' - PA 'l TERSON DIES .'.".
fX-?ALEM, Nov. - 28. Urease
Wis-
'r,i laUersi-. aeed 64, ai?d this
ft,.r an !m a hosriial in . Statesville
f'attJ,? nes3 of veral weeks.-iMr.
nd u'33 u,Tn in Winston-Salem
la'- arrt .re aU his life' PracticJiig
;'-sa km VIVlins' wide note for t his
. he 2lZnA 8ver5campaiguT'ot
!atc of t17. the congressional candi-
tt,i itrJcr money .advocates' in
mci of North Carftii.. ..
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Encountered
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THE FRENCH TIGER
iTOiGARRY MESSAGE
MNTOilDDL& WEST
Clemenceau IeaTes 'New York
After, Conference With Col-
-.tronel E. M. House
NEW. TOilK,' Novi 26.(By j the ; As-socia-ted
- press.) Ceorges ; Clemenceau.
war time premier of France, tonight
turned westward with renewed : confi
dence in his success as messenger from
France to "America, .- The private - car
"Bethlehemrrth Tiger'sV travel lalr,
left' the Pennsylvania station tonight,
bound for Chicago, where it Is expected
to, arrive tomorrow' afternoon. -I' :'-
.The 81 years old' statesman; after
conferences today with. Colonel E. 1L
House,'v whose guest, he is in. America,
left the east with plans for a changed
technique hi the accomplishment, of
his ? mission. .For. several hour today
Clemencenu 'and Colonel House review
ed together the effect of the speeches
made so. ff r. s J ust what changes in
manner or . material - for ' future
Mresaes - retf)t(l "-n-Wi 9W - 1:
.Was "not made knwn M". iVii
cated by friends! that ' the : Tirtr Aad
acquiesced to the advice in regard .to4
important change one kind or another
M. Clemenceau began, the : one-day
Interval In New - York., between hia re
turn from Boston and the departure
for .Chicago tonight with an achieve
ment of the remarkable? The cay in
which he spent the night pulled into
the Pennsylvania station shortly after
3 o'clock this morning and despite the
available: cjammor, of the- big .station,
the ;Tlger slept extremely late for him.
It was nearly 6 o'clock before he awoke
anil -. demanded onion soup and 1 boiled
eggs, v - 1 ...... - .
Early callers at the private car were
Miss , Anne .Morgan, chairman of the'
American committee - for devastated
France and Mrs.'Norman Dike.: Clem
enceau'. received them . .' with v profuse
apologies for the InconTenient location
of, the, car -which was shunted off to a
side-track, in the station and fpr an
near cnauea witn jus-guests.
'lAto in -the afternoon- Clemenceau f
unnearaiaea, stepped from an .- auto
mobile at the tomb of Grant 'on! Riverside-
drive. - Almost unnoticed at first,
the party entered ' the edifice and the
former premier of s France stood un
covered while a wreath was placed
upon., the , sarcophagus. . By this timo
the, crowds about Riverside drive had
noted .''the,-distinguished visitor and
followed him to witness the ceremony,
i As "pleased as , any boy, Clemenceau
later ; wandered around the aquarium
at the Battery for an hour. He insist
ed upon 4 seeing every Variety, of fish
on display.and had a htroorous word
or two to say about nearly all "of them.
' The tour of the city, his visit to
Grantls toxnb, and the entertainment
offered by the ffish theatre" left the
Tigerk In i high ? ."Spirits.". He returned
f with' his 'party to the , privatet car
shortly before the hour scheduled :- for
departure 'and demanded ; food.': Friends
who have accompanied , him throughout
his stay, declared that he was in better
health "today than at any, time , since
his arrival : in this country. -
Tremors
ain
e Portion
of the
Ghileah Goast
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SANTIAGO, ; Chile, , Nov. 2 6. -(By
' i the Associated ; Press).- Another: l
(Jt series. of earth. tremors has, shaken' "
, ; a very considerable ; area along the
' Chilean coast, covering largely, the
zone which suffered most from the .
earthquake of two weeks ago. v . .
, ,: A strong shock .was . felt here at s
8:50 this morning. " It lasted about' ";
: a-minute, but- did no damage- Na-
tibnal tele graph advices ; 'report 4'?
: ; shocks at Vallenarr-which assumed
; the intensity of a. jqualce, the' walls r
of sijveral houses - falling. ' The '
' residents were ..panic-stricken, but
so far. as known - there were no'- -
-'casualties. The shock was repeated
' 45 minutes later, with no less .In-.,
. . tensity.' The first shock, lasted two
. minutes.the second- one minute. . .
) v,: ' Advices from Huaseo,: timed d:4S v'
' .a. m-rTeP0rted the sea comingjin '
: over the lowlands slowly, but later..
' advices reported ' that it .had sub-w
. sided to normal level. . V - ;
r ; t: La. ( Serena, Canela, Vicuna; Mln-'
vtcha, Ovalle and Patria were ali . in "
i! the . line, of the tremors, L but,- no
r : Igreat damage ;wa done; At Er Qui,'
f?inj the; province ; of ' Coquimbo,; the;
sf shock which occurred at 8:65, was'
rsevere.v; Among otbor places ; the
' telegraph office was .wrecked. ' At
Dlagultas the parish. church 'and -
thetelegraph office were damaged.
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Belief is
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Expressed That Ob-
stacle May be Removed , From.
French and ' British Point -;
- ' .. of View
CHILD'S DECLARATION
DWARFS OTHER ISSUES
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This is the General Opinion in
the Press andHn -'PolitU?
'.; 1- cal Circles
,. LiAUSANNE.i Nov. -26.-
(By : the A-
sociated - Press,) -The" position- of- the
United States on Turkish capitulations
will probably be found to.be not ssen
tially difficult from - the French., and
English point, particularly, the French
when -tbe time -comes' to- discuss, that
delicate topiq. To C avoid . , : wounding
Turkish; national pride "a movement- is
under way to abolish the distasteful
word "capitulations' altogether as ap
plied -'.tor Turkey, whlclr dislikes anything-
that savors of a public. admission
indicating surrender of national-administrative
rIgUt.J:'iurv5 -: v'v.
, All the- great powers will undoubted?
iy- follow; America's -lead 'in; insisting
that foreigners ; accused of crlme shall
stin come- to trial beftre foreign 'courts
In Turkey and -that foreign; or at least
mixed " tribunals, shall ?.have -Jurlsaic-?'
tion-' 1a property disputes involving f qr-J
eigners.rtV. ia-tfz ..;;:i,-Mff'y-f
- J - K r" 'r"...? Vl7" ,
'w eiaonroenr ot-uoioiai guar-
an tees as a- substitute for capitulations j
touching on judlclal.-priyileges enjoyed
oy- ioreign resiaejirs: t f c':
" France has a' large Moslem population
in her, north' African-colpnies,' which
was...loyal. to j-F.rance- in IheJr'great war
and she. has 'logical reasons for, insist
ing ! upon equitable "treatment for the
Mohammedan r proposition , at, this mo
ment when" Turkey's polltlcar status. In
the ."world "Is being definitely, fixed at
Lausanne.' Like the United States, how
ever, France probably- wlllnot submit
to having her citizens 'tried 'by Turkish
courts,' which., are essentially1 founded
on Moslem' laws. ; - -"'
When rll 1 cbmes to-' the': taxation of
foreign property and -the fixing: of cus
toms tariff; France, probably, also will
be found ranged beside the American
position. France will undoubtedly; pro
pose some i plan 'whereby foreign, pro
perty in Turkey will be obliged to con
tribute , some : revenue to : the Turkish
state and an- impartial international ex
amination of t the r Turkish - customs
tariff problem, ; like that accorded China
as the "jjutgrowth : of the
Washington
conference.-
C PARIS, Nov,' 26. (By The Associated
Press). There is general agreement
by the press and political cireles alike
that ,- American . Ambassador . Child's
"open "'-door- declaration, at 'Lausanne
yesterday , dwarfs everything -else con
nected with the: conference. for the mo
ment. Under the polite surface' of sat
isfaction that the United States is en
larging- the role of its observers there
are strong currents of humotous, caus
tic, even bitter comment. - -;
-"The Turks," says the Journal, j and
others laying stress 'oh the same point,
"are' unable to conceal their satisfac
tion. ..The. American bomb,, particularly
has annoyed , England, which has al
ways been careful to maintain respect
ability and moral decorum."
The Matin, however, thinks that the
other, delegations are not worried by
the -open door : talk and asserts that
such high principles do honor to the
Americans,fbt v that tne " declaration
will "affect notably ."the activities, here
of .' several ; American citizens ;whoi al
ready,, haye,.-or hope -'. to have, conces
sions frqni Turkey." ; --. ;?
- The Matin acids that America did not
worry- about financial ". and economic
arrangements -because the allies con
template none that ."-'would unfavorably
affect American interests.' : .-'. '-j
' AS for MosuL; it says "that is an -affair
between .America and Great Brit-
faln."- . :j.-..:!'-'vV:.,i :?' " ':': . ;.,'v
. The Temps, in an e.ditorial. dismisses
.the subject' in',:: three, paragraphs, . de
claring In -ohe of them. that. the princi
ples laid down : by - the American : gov
ernment appears in" no waycontrary to
France's, rights, .and adds: ,-'i
; f ;France as she has said in .'reply to
the American note, has no" secret ar
rangements with '.Turkey 'and jiever
availed herself of the tripartite accord
as regards" ,the' .Turks when she ;,slgned
the Angora, convention.",, . -v
:;The, Journal, dispatch summarizes the
American . offic!a thesis-as follows:
: "We are not ' Willing.: to assume . any
report by ndr jconsent'to any.'sacrifiee,
but- intend. to reserve for ourselves the
, same advantages as ? the:. states whieli
run the rlsks," and" continues: :- ,-J v'
"It see,ms as it the 'American delega
tion might' be occupied : at" Lausanne
with other-things than the Interests of
oil klngs-s In ;pubiic,; peace and civil
ization Is the subject talked about, but
privately,: oil fields constitute the su,b
Jeet: under, dispute.";' S r --'r-':"-"
. ' The American ambassador's declara
tion la taken by many of the French
papers iov refer; jtd Great Britain; and
Mosul, . while the British press,,: accord
ing tor extracts printed herej-attribute
it . largely to ' France's Angora agree- i
ment with Turkey..-.-"-.:; ;-,,...' . ,: '
Overcoming
Door
Position
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Returns toV Southbend to Adjust
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piUS.lUW.AWiKKTURNS;
pmilER INDIANA HOME
The Late Notre Dame Prof essor
vlJDecide' to! Recognize P&tWf
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IOUTHBENEV IndNov6.-noier
sensatJonalJ.aftgie'JntheSnarital ' reia
tions.'of Prof .'John' P. 'Tiernari and Mra,
AuguWta Tiernan, ,. principals ;' in ' the
Poulin paternltyV.case.f developedtoday.
When the prof essor,' wh,ose decre.fe.of "di
yorce: fro m MrS.'Ti eman, was invalida
ted yesterday by -the '. local;. . superior
court following, his marriage ; to ''Mrs.
Blanche 'Brimmerr returned .here'eand
effected . reconciliation with the first
Mrs. Tiernan.. Professor Tiernan,'; in;a
statement here tonight, - said he 1 and
Mrs. . Tiernan" had agreed to' 'patch' up
, lie also , said lie had agreed to recog
nise TBaby ,; Bill y V.over iwhose" paternity
that recenPpulln-Tierhanicase s arose,
. CHICAGO, . Nov. 26. bhn Pi Tiernan;
former, law: instructor at Notre: Dame
university and .figure tn the; Tietnanr
Ppulln paterniay ; uiti"; returned -today
to his home in Southbend to attempt to
straighten .the legal; tangle caused by
bis. divdrce .last . Thursday,;. his remar
riage: two" days later and. the vacating
of his. divorce (decree last night on the
plea" of !iia'.first wife -that ha;nad-'d-cetve'd
'-er.),':- .-:"';A v'Vr T '
1 Meanwhile," Mrat- Blanche : Brimmer,
whom Tiernan married; at Crown Point,
Ind.; yesterday.'.' after ' a ': short mail
courtshlpi was .'speeding hack ". to -her
parents ; in - Iowa and "her-two -''young
children' by two' former marriages.." She
said she would seek to - remove any
auestion 'regardingrthev legality i-rof " her
divorce from" bersecond" husband,- A,. H,
Brimmer, a construction gang foreman.
- The second; Mrs; Tlerran. is'24 years
?-.
aaugnter. oi ;ij kt
icna. - Rs
'Xitik4iste.
ktHahseU
Tiernan' for.
of his first
Southbend "haberdasher., whom "-Ufa.
Tiernan 'charged' was, the father of her
third .'child. 'Xater she r;carrrea a
correspondenceLWlth-fhe. law instructor,
their marriage taking pia.ee oti hm og"
casloh of their , second meeting; 4 two
days after : Tiernan . ;had-.- , obtained a
divorce:' - - f-: '--''-.? -'.'.;J-;:v'-. i
Both Tiernan and his Second -wife ex
pressed surprise? at-the action-In South
bend last night of Judge Chester R.
Montgomery, whoacatedthe divorce
decree he had previously granted Tier
nan" on the ground of collusion and set
the case-for -a re-hearing on December
II arteff the first Mrs, Tiernan, angered
by-the reports of her termer husband's
re-marriage,? charged that her husband
' h tomakB her agree- to a
mivorce rand; that3lte had Vpursued ithe
same course- tOwCOmpel ;her! to,; proae-
cute Poulln the ipatermty ; su
Tour 7AT'fllTr?ti :
TUrrtAn -askea. me -.-to sue
him for divorce,- saying that it would
endanger bis position at-Notre Dame If
he brought soi-c. But onr two ' babies
were little and I-wanted to .keep, the
home';togethero,V: :A, .;
Mrs. Tiernan also was quoted a say
ing that her husband had persuaded net
to let him obtain1 a" divorce arta,
would sourt her all over again j and
that they ? would, start 'life vanew ,ln
some small -towti where f-J
ever heard of them. - When told of. his
first wife's charges. Brfr ierhan said
. t ,i?fit'wife ahout. his re-
rr1agpla,she
stood that it was imposstui. -. -rj'-ever
to llve together again and that
she had expressed herself to hintas; b
ing reconciled" to-the , separa tion
With rezervehe. prof eorldf of
his second marriage, ofj the 'J-
sympathy establtehebetween.h
and his second. wife by the e.y1"
flew : back land, ;fo'rthbetween: Indiana
and Iowa.' - -31 &-i ? .r ,,-
? "Someday"! famcomlite; afterypfl,
Tiernan said .he ,wrbte V--
. "And wheriU do rilrbrwalthe
said she replied.'. Then' he told 'otl; the
marriage and the trip to Chicago where
he bought his briae.a weaamg nu
o 4ivt- turhani? -' i,.v .- r- 1 ;
a silver turban
g.
3BRISTp"U'enn Nv2$.-James.;f.
Smithi'tSOfcrocerV'h
year-old t dau ghter ? 'juwB J an'di.J t n elf
tiW; MrsV-Dellne l Burchfleid, ahd::her
son, Charles, 13,Vwer-e found dead early
this morning and ,the house n-. wnicn
they lived burned over their heads.
Ben I Bur;hfleidt41r husband of Xh.9
dead woman was, arrested at Johnson
City this afternoon and is being held
in connection with.the crime.- He pro
tests his innocence, but officers say his
ehirt and trousers were: covered" with
Vblood' when he ;was taken. :
The ' crime was discovered aoout
o'clock this morning.iwhen tho- fire deV
partment was called to the corobinatipn
residence and grocery st'ore of -Smith
on State" street. ? When tthe flames' had
been,: extinguished , the charred, bodies
of the five were foundtin the, fuins of
the structure. They eyidentfy bad been
beaten to death with ah axe or some
other heavy implement" and the - house
setaflre . to; hido ft any'tracesof-the
cftae-i-'!'
, Burchfleld and his wife had been sep
arated and he, is said to have r mad e
threats againsther. -The, "police say he
came -to them and said his. wife: was
contemplating a -divorce- and he would
rthlrVtitimii Ntttlthetti! I taxtiontherithait? that .oh incomes
vife ': suit against: Pouim, l and Profits ,amounted toxS1.11032.618
W0mmGARQEimX;iSNDS
wsmzREmm&v in 1922
i y -
- -a'-.: By H. "E. a BRYANT . -WASHINGTON,
2 .NotrtV
lV &ecoTa.ht ?t, ito-v'ttf report T (
n"e fcy Coniunlssioiieir of Internal ' T
4 Revenue1 Blair today; the eigM f
rtate; lit tfce-Vnlo Jn interaal reyi
; enue - receipts for r the - fiscal ; year c
1 ending Jpne" 80," tliJ' yea. - Other V
state ahetad of her. tln. the "order :
,iMUB.eqV'r arei iNew Tort Pennsyl-
vania, lUtablar Michigan; Ohio, Mas- S
i-aehnaetts and Calif ornla. . " f-i-itu
That ia. 'a splendid': record 'for a.
southern vstute that foujcht on the
side of the- Confederacy In the Civil ;
war. It bear oat the Impression -j
Total
Less Billion and a Half
Figures are Contained in Report
..- of Commissioner Blair for v
'i'Sfi theYeaivEnding ';.:-:;;r
'"'.' V1' J une u, iasi .. 4
NORTH CAROLINA LEADS
-:-: ALL SOUTHERN ;STATES
Ttr A CftTTTrPAV Taw -9t -1 1?AAro1 fa--
collections during the fiscal : year' end
ed June 30,? 1922 fell 'off almost $1,400.-
000,000, or 30 per cent, as ' compared
with? the- previous 1 year, " according ,'to
the: annual report; of the Internal -rev
enue bureau issued tonight by .Commis
sioner Blair. ; Income ; and "profits - taxes
collected during.- the year- showed a
'.decrease of ,$1,141,000,000 l. or , 35, per
cent. i y.- -:; -i i ,--..
Total, iax collectionafor the year ag
gregated S 3,197.451083 compared'' with
A CQC C'j'aiei '10t;! "nffctlol Innnmi
and - profits, taxes; for -49 22 amounted to
x2.fiS.91Jr.4JU cainst:.i328.127.672i th
for :1922,f a' decrease of ' 8256,686,770, ori
19 per oent... This slump, Mrk Blair. -declared;;'
was ,'accounted for ' mostly by
the repeal'or reduction in 4rates of vari
ous taxes" provided, for-lh Jthe- revenue
act of 1921,' eff ectlyefJanuary-lj? 1922 1
t'iThe net expenditures for ' collecting
taxes for 1922 .waif 134,288.65V -which
was 'equivalent', to 81.07 for 'each ' $100
collected, as compared - with 7.2 cents
for each 8100 the previous ; year.
'The' difference in the relative cost of
collection- f or the fiscal years 1921 and
1922, Mr." Blair said, i "is due mainly
to the large: reduction, in': the revenues
of i 1922 incident ito' the shrinkage 'in
business and ""incomes,, the repeal of
certain , miscellaneous war ( taxes and
various provisions of the law, such' as
the amortization of 'war time - facilities
and - the increase In individaul exemp
tions contained in the revenue act - of
1921 with the consequent -reduction in
the Incomes 1 tax Jiability -of corpora
tions and ! individuals." r ; ,
' Approximately $1,250,000 ..income tax
returns are received In Washington an-?
nually, Mr. Blair-reported. During the
last' fiscal year $954,731 Income and ex
oess - profit returns were" audited of
which : $717,879 . were , individual and
partnership - and $26,857 are .corpora
tion "returns.
;A complete reorganization of the
activities of the prohibition unit was
affected - dnring : the year, . resulting in
greater':? efficiency . and . . expedition in
the handling of, work,. Mr. Blair report
ed.' A . total of , 2,036 ; cases covering
violations of the. prohibition laws was
reported by the new . force of genera).
agents,- ana j Muea ; a.jj.uu.iciiis ? iu ij.-
716,000 were reportea-or assessment.,
The . total payroll .of -' the. prohibition
unit for 19 2 2 was $ 6, 0 0 0,Q 0 0, an Increase
of. $2,000,000, over, the previous year. : .
. ' . Summary of." the Income and profits
tax receipts during", the year by states
show4.NWx York far in the ; - lead in
amount ; with V; $ 52 7,69 5,2 68.75, ' Pennsyl-'
vania second-; with $245,798,0S7.82. and
Hlinois .third; with r$179,633,973.81. :
t- .Nevada was low with $564,023.45 and
New , atiexico next- to low. w.ith $811,-.
(Continued on Page'.Two)- v, '
4- -'t.
I rather see her dead than to have any
one , else have iher ;-;c;
Burchfleld Was : employed "ln ia restau
rant here. He had been; in Bristol about
60 days, comings here fromtNorth Caro
lina: ' The family previously had lived
at Ohnson City; " Tenn45 and in West
Virginia..' J:: ? , f
r.1. Officers are investigating tonight re
ports that Smiths had recently, sold a
piece of property and was supposed to
have had a large sum of m'Oney oq his
person. This was 4iot found. - Burch
fleld. had about . $30 ' on him when ar
rested. '-.,;
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4
-. Mrs. ,Burchfleld's -Bon .was - by a' pre-r
.vlousarrlage.fcji"
BRISTOL Tenn, -r Nov':; 26.Ben
Burchfleld,. aged ,41,, was arrested abc ui
noon today, charged with -..the murder
of , five persons. ; whose charred bodies
were found by firemen early this morn
Ing In the ruins of a small frame, build
ing, on West S tate street. fThe dead
ar,ijK$:Vf:i',.,-''i
lrahXiMrsam
about: 60 years old;'; ' their ' daughter
Ruby, two years old; Mrs. 'Ben Burch
fleld, 39 years old. and her son, Charles
Burchfleld, aged-13 years.'1 --Hiv--
throughout, the connny that North ;
Carolina Is one of the most sob- '
J stantlal states.: - It paid to - Undo
; - Sam last ' year : $122,413,329.34, and
;. 23,17055.81; of that was income
and profit taxes, and $99,231,T6&3
f - miscellaneous taxes, - j
f Sir.' Blair's report has the follow-'
,1juj seven states as 'furnishing 83.0
' per cent of the total receipts from
v: tobacco jj-. manufacturers 1 ' North
V fcarollni-New York, New Jersey, '
PennsyLvanta, Virginia,. Ohio r. and
Missouri. North Carolina turned In
more: than $9O.0X)O,O0O, -that : being
. more than twice as much As New
PYoH-V next 'In line. - ,
ONE KILLED AND TV0
WOUNDED IN BATTLE
Wit Hi ARMED BUCKS
... , :
Wilson" Posse Raids Bowdeh
House jn Search of Alleged
'. Outlaw , Oscar Melvin - .
'T-: i f (Special -to the Star.) ' ' '
'WILSON, Nov. , -2 6. Early-r Saturday
evening: news ;w'as received at Wilson
police headquarters that Oscar Melvin,
the outlawed, "negro who is alleged to
have shot -to death- Patrolman Jack-W.
Sykes herethe morning- of November
20; while jln'rthet discharge of his duty
in'; East Wilson was located in Duplin
county at-' the home- of his sister at
Bowden'ft; sawmill town.-' A -posse of
2nV-fdrci"SheriflT B.?;E"Howa?d-and
his deputy W.:C Pearson andrcltlzens
was f quickly 'formed and : left immediv
- tely or: the: scene. -
. After searching the home of the out?
law;s slsterf.ahd failing to find -Melvin
the ' officers proceeded- up the road- in
the snrbUrhs. ofBowden and seeing twai
negroes in tne Toaa threw the ravs of a
flash light In their faces. Both negroes
opened- fire on the officers and ran
into a negro shack near by, barricaded
the doors, blew out the-lights -and re
fused to open it when commanded to
ao so. 4 . . - '
In attempt to get In to-the .building
frcm which a fusillade was being fired-,
Sheriff ' Howard received several squir
rel' shot in the breast and two shot
passed through" Police -Officer ''rj. A.
I ierce'B; hat brim, William Bunn, ne
gro, fwho was drawing a. bead on
Charles Beland,- of Wilson,- was shot
dead by. one of the; posse and news
was received ; here - this morning that
at the inquest held 'over the dead negro
the jurors exonerated the slayer.' ,
Sheriff Hnward's .wnnnfl' arcx nnlv
siignt. - A negro picked up. at' .Mount
Ollva by the posse' to Identify .Melyin
was shot by the side of Sheriff Howard,
about 40 squirrel shot entered his body.
After finding how badly he was wound
ed it Is said, he broke and ran and had
not . been seen again' up to the' time
the posse . left for Wilson this mom
ing, after the house had been searched
where ,Mlvln was thought .to have been
in hiding and one arrest was made by
the- sheriff Of Duplin county and the
Wilson" party. , - , ;
There were found in the house. be
sides the "one .arrested, a negro preach
er, and ' two. women. Reputable white
men. In the vicinity who know the out
law, say- he" was. seen there Saturday. -r.
Many here are Of the opinion that
Melvin will be heard of no more; while
others think he made a getaway.
Britain Has , no Part .
inU S; Shipping Bill
Ambassador -Geddes' Makes
: Announcement to This '
.Effect
. .WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The British
embassy, taking -formal notice of pub
lished reports? that the British govern
ment was attempting to influence. con
gress or,, the ( American people regard
ing . the administration shipping hill
issued a statement' tonight declaring no
such attempt had jtaken. place.. - '
:Fher embassy,'' eaid. the ; statement,
"denies, emphatically that there is any
truth ";in:" this -allegation." . -
- A' similar assurance Is understood' to
have been , given to Secretary Hughes
Informally during the-daysby Sir Auck
land Geddes,, the British ambassador-,
' The statement was directed particu
larly at. a Washington dispatch printed
today ' inf various ' Hearst ': newspapers,
but did not go into detail regarding it
Coliimbia and Macon vf
Report light ; Snows
'.'I'
n : COLUMBIA, 8.. - 3Vov. V6 .A
2. trace of snow- fell here today, the
k fir of the seasoaur , . v .,', - - ,'-
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tfc MACON, ,Ga., Nov. 2. The first
lriorrembersnow -in many years fell
here thi momteg. OPofi'nts south f
here as far as Dublla and Ameri
ca also reported snow.
TURKS MEET WITH
; SIGNAL ; DEFiAT IN
NEAR EAST; PARLEY
- ".";'-;",
Review of the 'First Week's Ses-'
sion Shows Lack of Doinin- . .
'..'-i. -r . - '. . . - ,v '.-" v
. ation by Nationalists K
. , " ' ' ' '
ONE EMBARRASSING -' - 1
PROPOSAL IS MADE
Request for Neutral .Territory
Comes After Losing Plebi- ; C
" scite Demand 4
t; 'LAUSANNE, Noy. ?6.-;(By the Asso;
elated- Press)j A review of the first -week
of the Bausanne conference shows
Turkey met signal , defeat in her. first .
demand, , namely, for - a"; plebiscite .in
western Thrace which she. maintains Is '
overwhelmingly o Turkish population. "
The Turks, ; howeyer, have . placed , on .
the dlplomatio board a proposal -which
is affording: great embarrassment to all -'
the powers; they .want a neutral belt
marked out along" the entire European :
frontier from , the Blacks sea to ,. the
Aegean, and they want the . powers to
guarantee that.it shall be, kept. neu
tral. .:. ' v-"-" "' t ; u'' ' ., , '
Turkey also f asks that the ' Aegean
island, .which He near ; her Anatonian .
coast, be demilitarized and an autono
mous form of government established:
This is. an extension to. the sea tf the
neutral belt ' proposal, suggested - for :
the Balkans.4 '-t' " ' f . t ,
When it comes to a settlement of the '
straits ' controversy Turkey will ! un
doubtedly demand additional strong ;
guarantees against aggression:, by -v
Christian Europe. Ismet - Pasha ' ap-j,
pears to be - looming up as an , astute",
statesman. x - Y '.''- v
7 The Bulgarians are angry over the .'
.victual decisioh;to 'make Dedeaghatch
merely a , free port, instead' Of. a- sov
ereign. Bulgarian -commercial .; center."
Dedeaghatch without ; absolute' posses
sion.' it Is considered, "would. be a left
handed present of doubtful value in the.
event, of kthe New . Dalen ' Intrigues ; or
conflicts. f ' - r ' '
PARISLNoy.'.Sltli2ugh,Ambapay-
dor.,Chil4i speech'befo.re,the-Ltausanne'' -delegate's
is considered iii'the majority
of circles the most important event of -the
conference- thus," far, tbe American r
delegation, according to the Lausanife
correspondent of" The Temps seems to 4
wish to narrow its scope. One of. the
leading members Informed" the cor re- i'
spondent .that .the speech merely . re'
peats the fundamental foreign 1 policy v
of America In the past: 125 . years, and '
declared: " ' ' -
The speech i. added nothing specia;J
tit contained no hidden designs; it was
not deliver- as a sequel tc-,'jlny-'recent;v:','i;..,:'"i!
happening." ' - -' r' ' i'
; .The-correspondent continues:"1 -,--'
"Apparently the speech was delivered
sooner than expected' as even -Ameri- ' i
can circles had. not 'thought' theHuge's - . I
memorandum "would be invoked beforo ' !
American interests ware '.touched by 'a - '
discussion about Mosul. There has beeji V ' '
fto much, talk," however, about the "pre- t '
liminary agreement' betwfeen' Curzon. '
Poincare and Mussolini .'that a feeling"1
of mistrust! has been arouse,d among ' '.
the i Americans."? There was a eport i
also that the inviting-powers wcrA ,ni-c, T
ready prepared' to 'appoint a tribunal' i
to examine., intq ..the " validity . -of 'the
foreign; concessions. given, or about to -be
-g'ven, when f the war Interrupted 1
negotiations," , " ' ' :
The correspondent regards the speech ' i i
as dealing, a severe blow to the work- ' ': ' !
elaborated . by the irepresntativas ) of ; y- i!
'the thr,ee great powers at-Lausanne - ?
uu mr -iime, maKing ; tne lf.us.sd-1 : :
Turk "entente much closer,' as that en- ' ' : 'i
tc-nte is likely to find unexpected rvioral " '
support in' America's finterventfon - ' t
which -sustains, the same contention "
that has been the chief weapdn of Tur- - -key-and
Russ'a against England..-
, This he considers perhaps the gravest .''
consequence of Mr.' Child's speecfx ' -which
M, -Tchitcheriri, the revolution ' ;
soviet foreign minister, t is pertain to ' J- " '
use when he arrives-here and he asks; ' ' ' j
'"Will the effect of Mr. Child's"speech '' H
on Turkey result. In. any attempt to
t-atlsfy the' American demands relative
to freedom 'of the straits,; capitulations - . ?
and,, the protection of minorities, rwhlch' .
Mr. Child passed Over T .' ' ;'
. ; France, .he urges, ' has the .least to ", , -suffer
through i the- American V delega-. ' " '
tion's attitude as she seeks no' polit- '
leal or economic concessions.; He '-rix- - ' . !
ommends -annulment tof the-San Remo ;- -accord
to end the dissatisfaction it has , ' '
aroused Iw -America and iiuestions '
where American intervention is not the 1 .
hardest blow, struck at England for ,
-a long time, coming at a moment when' ' '
consolidation of, the ruin of -her Asiatic , i " '
empire is at hand.' ? s ,j
i - - i . l; ! .
K - 1 '. v --'-4 v .kv 1 .- Set ' ' ' )
To Discuss- Charges -
: - v of :rnson Conditions .
' t COLUMBIA, .- S. C.,-Nov. '26.-rState-
ments credited to, ,Rev. G: Crof t's WIl-'-liams.-former
s" secretary tof :: the' South -
Carolina- welfare board, - at a meeting-;
in,: Greensboro, ' N.- C, last . week; " that J
the chain gangs of South Carolina are
both, "expensive and'eruel". will be di-
cussed at a meetiifg of :the board here" ;
tomorrow it was learned' here ""today,!
Mr.; Williamsfollowing his-return here- 1
f rom' Greens.boro; conferred with 1 Gov - -ernor
Harveys it- was stated, and: is un
Hleretood vto, have toldV the - governor,
that he did. not intend, in his address ' '
to, say that the Qonditlons he outlined -regarding
men being put in chains and
wearing stripes, jwevalled in all of the -campsinctbe
state at all times, ,
I The " board also will a elect a. sue-,
ce8sor to Dr. Williams, 'who resigned
recently,.-itbelng, expected- that W. J. '
McGarrlty,- of Aiken, .. who. was. recently u
favored in a mail vote of the. members, -I::
will be chosen. , : . .
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