North Carolina Newspapers

NOVEMBER LET UP if INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY i I REPORTED UNDER WAY Rail Loadings Week of Novem ber 11 are Of f But Above Same Date Last Year v NEW TORKk Nov. 26. (By the Asso . elated Press). Signs have, not been wanting: during the past -week, "r As usual November slackening in in 'dustrial activity is f under way. Rail way car loadings for the week ended November 11 showed a further falling off in traffic, although the total num '' ber of cars loaded 954.000 is still very large and exceeds the movement ; !a the corresponding weeks of 1921 -end 1920. One result of the somewhat better , car situation has been further gains in soft coal production, which now is well established at a rate appreci ably above 11.CC0.000 tons a week. ITur- mer progress nas ue n inr stocks of fuel and coal oneiaior have made reports or no aemar.a irom most of the states west of the Missis sippi. Barring spells of extremely se- vere weather it is consiaerea mat me f a fnpl famine is past. Steel ( nrruinofinn nntiniiea to hold up re markably well. The country's mills are working at a rate not far short of 80 per cent of capacity and the trade reports show sufficient orders are booked to insure the maintenance of approximately th?s' scale of activity into the first quarter of the new year. Pig iron prices, along with those of " coal, are still tending lower, but this is merely a natural sequel to the ab normal scarcity situation produced by the strikes. Prices of finished steel show little change. This, is due largely to the fact, that buyers have supplied their immediate needs and now show a disposition to watch developments in the industry. Their feeling apparently is that prices may go lower. Demand naturally is light in the meantime. Automobile output also is high. Some 217,000 passenger cars wese turned out in October. This is about 32.000 less than August high record, but repre- sents a recovery of 30,000 cars from the September slowdown and is an un- j usually large figure for tnis season ; nf the Tear. In addition the automo- ! bile makers are stated to be well hnAVftH un ahead and continue to be liberal buyers of steel. In cotton a government report of No vember 14 places the total to that date , -at 8,670,000 bales which was generally ''' interpreted by the trade as indicating that ttie crop will turn out to be in the neighborhood of 10,000,000 bales. Wheat, after early firmness, gave way moderately, partly in response to anorehensions lest an easing in the car situation may have an unfavorable I enect on prices. - " It is realized that inability to move grain has been delaying marketing and that more cars are , likely to mean - more grain at the central markets with corresponding declines in prices. Foreign buying meanwhile continues light and its future is, in view of the fluctuations in the foreign exchanges, uncertain. Nevertheless, present prices -are still materially above those of the early fall and corn at around 70 cents a bushel is approximately fifty per cent above the price a1 year ago Banking reports confirm Those from industrial sources and point to the con clusion that the peak of seasonable de mand has been passed. lir 1 1 1 r 1 - wage ana vvonang miies: Agreed to By the N. & W . HUNTINGTON, V. Va.. Nov. 26. The r Norfolk and Western Railway com ' pany 'has reached 'wage working rules 'and conditions agreement with its shop '.-employes, it was announced at theKe--hova offices of the road today. The 'agreement is with the new association of shop workers, organized on the N. "& W. since the strike of shopmen on 'July 1, last. The company has announced that It will negotiate only with the company association, which is not affiliated with any other labor organization. -tylay Direct Battleship r v Fire From Monoplanes !wa!hiNGTON. Nov. 26. Feasibility pf directing the fire of battleships from airplanes is being determined by tests "with a new type of monoplane, the -navy department announced tonight, -and results thus far obtained. In the bnlnion of. bureau of arnnaiitir . jpeyfs, give "every promise of success." At present the fall of shots on an -enemy target is spotted by observers frohi the masthead of the firing ships. Use of planes, it wae pointed out, was to permit observers to hover over the "line of fire and to report the effect by radio to the firing battleship. ELIZABETH CITY CHILD THOUGHT FATALLY HURXED - ELIZABETH CITY. Nov. 26. Flora Crank, the four-year-old daughter of Airs. ft.eeney uranK, was seriously and perhaps fatally burned at her home here this afternoon. It Is stated that the child rushed into the house with her clothing ablaze and, as there was 0.o fire about the premises, it is sup- ' posed that she had been playing with '.matches. DBFECnVB WORK IS BEING . DONE IX FIGHTING FIRKS. WINCHESTER, Va., Nov. 26. Effec tive work was done today by men flght .lng forest fires on Great North Moun tains, fifteen miles west of here. High winds that for morie than 48 hours, had Tsarried the flames down the mountain side subsided and many farm buildings that had been threatened were saved. Among buildings destroyed was a saw mill. Great numbers of game birds and animals have perished. uaviason is nacea 1. : on the Approved List (Special to the Star) . j V DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Nov. 2 6.- Dr. William J. Martin, president of David eon college, announces "that - Davidson has been placed on the list of approved llrst colleges throughout- - the - United '(states, as published by the Association , of American Universities. Davidson has been slow to ask for a nosltlon on this list, but learning that. this, recog nition waa of value to graduate stu dents of .Davidson entering a, foreiga university, the . administrative . office made application, and was immediately notified .that their application had been granted., y To Southeastern Fair Patrons To see all of fair exhibits turn to right at entrance gate and enter tent with sign "Merchants' Exhibit." This will lead you through the following exhibits: ' Pet animals; merchants; farm produce;, health; Salvation Army; Willard test farm; home economics, floral and' art dis play; bird exhibit; fish and seafood exhibit; automobile and manufacturers' exhibits.- From the latter booth one should cross the show grounds to' Fourth street fence and see the exhibit of livestock. 0 Six Million Expansion Program is Planned By State Power Companies RALEIGH, ov. 26. A construction and expansion program involving the expenditure of more than $6,000,000 is .nder wav bv the Carolina Power ( ----------- i . , ! company, the Carolina Power and Light company, and its affiliated companies, company and the Palm6tto Power com Including the Yadkin uver rower pany, according to announcement; oy officials of the Carolina group today. .The program includes the construc tion by the Carolina Power company of a 15,000 .kilowat steam, plant near Brick Haven or the Cape Fear river, which, it is expected, will be In ser vice by September 1, 1923. The plant which will be within 30 miles of Ral eigh, will be constructed for an ultir mate capacity of 60,000 kilowat, and will be used for the purpose of supple menting power furnished by the hydro electric plants of the Carolina group ducjng low water periods. Its comple tion" will make available a large block of primary power through the conver sion of. secondary or full power, offi cials state. The Carolina group of properties now 6erve about 40 communities in North and South Carolina. (OTHER'S CHANCES OF RECOVERY ARE BETTER Relatives of Poole Tell Different Story About the Shooting at Elrod (Special to the Star) FATETTEVILLiE, Nov. 26. That every hour brings improved chances of the recovery .of H. G. Ritner. the Coast Line engineer who was shot while sit ting in the cat of his engine at Elrod Tuesday morning, was etated tonight by Dr. J. F. Hlghsmlth, head surgeon of the Highsmith hospital here, where the wounded man was brought shortly after the" shooting. The bullet has been located in the pericarditis, or sack which surrounds the .hjeart. but owing to the highly dangerous nature q the operation necessary for its operation the balj will not be removed. That R. H. Poole, the Elrod mer chant, placed under a 510,000 bond fol- J lowing the shooting, did not fire the shot that came near causing the death of the engineer. Is the conviction ex pressed by relatives of Mr. Poole while in this city to ee Ritner. Photographs have been made at the scene of the shooting to show that a s ho t fired at the burglar who had attempted to break into his store could not have en tered the cab of the engine without striking the liinhs of one or more trees in the vicinity, which, they declare, bear no marks, while Mr. Ritner's fire man, they assert, has stated- before witnesses that the shot which ! wounded the engineer came from the road, where the burglar was standing 1 when Mr. Poole fired at him. Further more. Mr. Poole's relatives believe that X-ray pictures will show that Mr. RitT ner was wounded, by a pistol or rifle ball? while Mr. Poole used a shotgun. A version of the occurrence different in almost every, respect from those hitherto published is given by the El rod men. They assert positively that the store was burglarized and that Mr. Poole, saw the, burglar, armed with a flashlight, pushing open the front door of the store, which that night had been left unbarred; that he hailed the In truder and, running to the door, fired two shots after him from a double barrelled shotgun. The burglar, they declare, returned the fire, and it was from this source, they contend, that Mr. Ritner was wounded. Reports reaching this city at the time made it appear that the burglarizing of the store was a delusion on th part of Mr. Poole. . As to the story that. "Mr. Poole's nerves had suffered from the strain of constant worry over the recent death of his wife and the marriage of his two daughters against his wishes.' the rela tives of the Elrod man declare that the first proposition was entirely correct, Mr. Poole having suffered the loss of his wife last February, but that the marriage of his daughters was in no wise displeasing to him. Both of them married excellent young men who are well known citizens of Robeson county, one of the daughters having been mar ried 12 years ago, while th other had been married "five - years. Mr. Poole's rtind, they state, is perfectly clear. Pays 50 Thousand For a Strawberry Plant THREE RIVERS, Mich.. Nov. 26.- Fifty thousand dollars for a single strawberry plant was paid todav by Prank E Beatty. president of the R. M, Kellogg company, a fruit growing con cern. The plant Is to be known as Rock hill," in honor of Its grower,- Harlow Rockhill, of Conrad, Iowa. The price is believed here to be the highest , ever paid for a single strawberry plant. The plant bears In early summer and begins again in the late summer, .bearing fruit continuously until fros. comes. "We are paying the price not with the idea of making a profit, but as an Incentive to grower and breeders of plants to develop. new varieties," said Mr. Beatty, who Is a nationally known expert on strawberry "culture. - The purchaser said today that he be lieved the plant he had : purchased would revolutionise the strawberry in dustry v THE PRESIDENT PLANS PASSAGE OF SUBSIDY BY GAGGING PROCESS It is Charged That Harding Will Press Enactment of Bill Before March. 4 SHIP BONUS MEASURE AMONG THE CONDEMNED (Special to The Star) Washington, Nov. 26 By gagging the present Republican house of repre--sentatives, which was included in the anathema of ' November 7. President Harding plans" to press his ship sub sidy bonus bill to passage in trie spe cial session of this congress, that the sale of the peoples' merchant marine at a loss of $2,800,000,000 compared with Its original cost and the granting pf J750.000.000 of the public's funds to its purchasers may be sanctioned be fore the next house and senate shall have a chance to defeat it. The ship bonus 'bill, along with the Fordney-McCumber profiteers' tariff, the tax shifting law, and Newberryism. was among the Republican proposals and policies condemned at the noils three weeks ago. The people knew that it was a part of the president's legislative program, they understood its provisions, and they voted their dis approval of the measure when they turned out of office" nearly a hundred Republican senators ... and. representa tives and ousted Republican governors in 13 states. Now the president Is in effect coercing arepudiated "pet pro ject." . , President Harding and the Republi can managers themselves made it plain that they regarded the election as a test of Republican legislation, past and prospective. They had as much opportunity to pass the ship bonus bill in the session which closed In Septem ber as they have In the special session. But they feared the consequences - to their congressional and other candi dates at the recent election,7 and pur posely withheld the measure from con sideration at that time. It was announced by semi-official or gans of the administration two months ago that; President Harding preferred to await the verdict of the voters No vember 7 before urging- congress to act on the ship bonus bill: The Washington Post gives an out- "n ' th tactics upon which the pres ident depends to force the ship bonus Din inrougn. congress and not only stifle opposition, amonfr representa tives and senators but also defy the popular antagonism expressed by the voters at the "recent -election. "It is confidently expected by the ad ministration that the house will nam the ship subsidy bill under special rule I oy iNovemDer 25, and that it will be come a law before the adjournment or congress March 4," says the Post. "Under the rule." continues the Post's article, "no amendments. , could be proposed on tha floor and no motion except that to "recommit-would l in ."order. VIgerous pressure will be prougnt to bear in the senate, it Is said 0 that body, pass the bill within a reasonable time, All the defeated and discredited Re publican representatives are expected to support the - bilrVand thereby give token of their qualification for the fed eral appointments for: which they are hoping and hustling. Those who were re-elected, it is .felt by . the Republican bosses, will be kept In line by threats judiciously mingled with promises. If President "Harding Is successful In this attempt to exercise his official and political supremacy in behalf of the ship bonus bill's enactment during the special session he will thereby over ride the peoples veto of this legisla tion but at the same time, favor the interests which have thus far kept the Republican administration steadfast to Its promise to make a practical gift of the government's' fleet to private cof poratlons - and superadd ' $75,000,000 a year byway of Rewards for taking the vessels. '-' ,'.r " Opponents of the bill in the senate are confident it cannot, pass the spe cial session;' or - at any 4 other session, in. Its present formf They regard most of its provisions as so "raw". that-they feel sure ,of winning to, the elde of t:he opposition even some of the standpat Republicans. It begins to appear that President Harding is about to suffer a defeat so far as his attempt to push this "pet project" to passage In the special session is concerned. . Tar Heel Apples and Pecans Get Recognition RALEIGH, Nov. 2 North Carolina appies ana pecans carried to the Mid West Horticultural exposition at Coun cil Bluffs last week, have been award ed a bronze medal by the .'American Pomological societr for 'meritorious Exhibit of named varieties ' of ' apples and pecans, C. D. Mathews, horticul turist, .and P. H. Jeter, . editor, of the state experiment station and extension service, have been advised. . -New ' Hampshire received a - bronze medl for a large dlsplajrof apples in various packages, and the Iowa State college received a sliver medal for ex perimental work, in, developing new va rieties of apples. v . -r Federal Tax Collections : I Fall Off 30 Per Cent ' (Continued From Page-One) . 695.86. Other, states included: Alai bama $9,009,980.66 j v?Florida, 7 $8,488.-? 602.2 5 1 Georgia $14,270,049.82 S loulaiana $15,477,826.53: Mississippi, $3,406,262,011 North Carolina, $23,179,559.81; South Carolina, $9,499,041.19; Tennessee, $14, 174,092.61 and Virginia, $18,577,$0.51. 170 Thousand Leave A Constantinople Homes r .' Constantinople!-' Nov. so. (By the Associated ; Frees.) One hundred-and eoveaty 'thousand perw ona have abandoned their homes, -and departed from Constantinople In the last two months according to reliable figures. Of these 15,000 went to the United States. The American 'colony has shrunk from 8O0 to 350.' ' ? "'-; -i .: Eugene Debs is Given" ! a Great Ovation When He Appears in CHICAGO, Nov. 26.(By The Asso ciated' Press). Eugene Debs, leader of the. socialist party, made his first pub lic speeoh since leaving .Atlanta: peni tentiary here today and was given an ovation thaf delayed . the start of his address for -more than an hour. Hundreds' stood outside the hall for hours after fire guards had limited the audience to 4.000 persons. '; . Jean Longuet, French socialist, in whose honor the meeting was held, was overshadowed by the demonstration accorded Debs. Huge baskets of red roses, tied with red' ribbons were given Debs by his admirers, and after the meeting the socialist national commit tee was forced to conceal Debs in a small committee' room for, nearly ah hour to keep the waiting crowd from carrying him away. With tears cours ing down his cheeks, Debs begged 'the committee to let him go out and shake hands with the crowd, and once he forced his iway to the platform despite their protests that" his strength was unequal to "the strain. - "I am just recovering from the ef fects of a speech I made almost four years ago," he told the audience. "It was a record-making speech. I began it at Canton, Ohio; and finished it at Atlanta penitentiary. "But there is nothing to regret. I opposed the war anft I still oppose war. I would not go to war at the command of any capitalistic country on the face of the earth. I. would have saved, the lives of the 60,000 American hoys who perished in the battlefields of France to create 30,000 new millionaires in this, country. I spoke at Canton from a deep sense of conviction, and. after all, ten years is a very modest sentence for having an opinion of your own in the United States." Out of the war. he said, "one great good came, o.uite unexpected to the rul ing classes of the world. That was the soviet republic" Jean Longuet devoted most of his address to an attack on Clemenceau and the peace treaty of Versailles. Clemenceau, he declared, "no more rep resents France than Mr. Schwab or Mr. Plerpont Morgan represents' the spirit cf America." . . "It is for me a great privilege," he said, "to be able to put before the American people, in contradiction to Mr. Clemenceau. a quite different view of the -problems he is approaching." The fundamental cause of the pres ent situation in Europe, he said, is the peace made in 1910, and this was a nat ural result of the continuation of the war until that time. 1 - ; , k Z U- v Expect Final Chapter in New Jersey Mystery Officials Believe Thanksgiving Day Will See Decision SOMERVILLE. N. J., Nov. 28. The Somerset county grand Jury will re convene tomorrow to begin what an thorltles say will be the last phase or - the investigation of the murder. last September, of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and his choir leader. Mrs. Eleanor R. . Mills. 1 Official sources de clared the investigation would be com pleted by Wednesday nlghtStt the lat est and that the jury's final action would be made known before Thanks giving day. About fifteen witnesses remain to be called. The three considered by the authorities to be most important, prob ably will be heard, tomorrow.. Cheee are Mrs. Jane Gibson, pig raiser, who has told the authorities that she wit nessed the slaying of the rector and the choir leader, and Louise Geist and Barbara Tough, maids in the Hall home at New Brunswick. Other wit-r nesses subobenaed include prominent members , of the slain rector's congre gation of the "Protestant Eplcopai church of St John the Evangelist. r It became known tonight that mem bers of the grand jury had visited the Phillips farm scene of the murders, since the first half of the Investigation was adjourned Wednesday. Number of Inmates of Prisons Shows Increase V WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. An in-v crease of more than a thousand in the number of prisoners in the various fed- 1 eral penal institutions of . the country during the year whjch ended last June 30, was attributed by. Superintendent of Prisons Votaw, in a report to Attor. ney General Daugherty today, to the large number received for violations of the anti-narcotic, postal -and counter-: felting laws and the' recently enacted' motor vehicle theft act. . , The total number of federal prison ers in federal penal Institutions and in state institutions other . than county jails last June SO was placed bjf Super intendent. Votaw at 6.395, as.-compared with 5,263, June 30. 1921., The govern ment expended J1.S13.620 In maintain ing the prisoner in federal institutions last year as compared with an expen diture of $1,298,659 for the previous fiscal year. --- , .' , Mr, Votaw,- in submitting his report, recommended . establishment of a re formatory for 7 federal . offenders be tween, the ages of 17 and 30 and of an Institution for confinement of female offenders. -. Mew -Greek Gtbinet is Reported Formed 'LONDON, Nov. -26.- A new ' Greek cabinet to take the place of the minis try t of M. Zaj mis, which tesigned Fri day, has been constituted, says a Reu-" ter dispatch from Athens. - : .. ' Colonel ; Gonatatf. whft" headed the revolutionary movement which had Its climax in the overthrow'.oX King Con stantlneA will": be the . new premier. - He will hold no portfolio. - - RealdFTgRt on Subsidy ".J is Expected to Starts r on Amendments Today Leaders in the House are An ticipating a ? Multitude of : , Proposed Changes WASHINGTON, Nov. - 26- Buffeted back and forth hy three days of gen eral ; debate,- the administration ship ping bill tomorrow will enter what is generally agreed to be Its real troubles soon in the .house. It will be, taken up under a rule permitting considera tion, of any germane amendment, and. Indications are that aj multitude, of such proposed changes wiu be- or f ered and disposed of before the final vote Wednesday night , The real fight . oyer the measure Is expected, during the next, three aays, Chairman Campbell. of the rules com mitter having announced that the rule permitting unlimited amendment was made with the specific purpose of giv ing the house ah opportunity to 'pass the sort of shipping bill-it wanted and one on which it would be willing to stand. "'. Notwithstanding the prospect of de termined efforts to change the bill, Representative Mondell, Republican leader; has ! assured President Hard-Ine- that it will nass the house by a comfortable margin and other, propo nents of the measure fcve expressed the belief that ft will go through wlth- enit material modification. Those OP- 4osed to the measure, however, assert the administration leaders wm neea a, full attendance Wednesday to avoid defeat. , Representative Edmonds, Pennsylvar nia, ranking Republican on the mer chant .marine committee, had an nounced that he will move to' strike outthe section giving the shipping board jurisdiction over coastwise rates pending a hearing on the question vand Representative Dickinson, Republican, Iowa, has prepared an amendment pro viding a compensation to producers and" .interior points whose consign ments are shipped on vessels receiving aid. In some quarters this amend ment Is regarded as reflecting in some degree the. attitude of' members of the farm bloc towards the measure. , Telegrams continued to come In to day from absentees seeking pairs and leaders . on both sides were trying to line UP as many members as possible for the vote Wednesday. - : - Jm . G. .() P. Leaders Just Beginning to Realize Election Significance Alleged to Have Started With a Bold Front, They are ' Now Courting Favors WASHINGTON. Nov. 26 Adminis tration leaders are just beginning to realize the full . significance . of the re cent election. They are beset with trials and tribulations. ' Immediately after the returns were in tha white house presented a bold front and stood pat. .The program was to buck the in Burgent waves good and . hard. The President and his advisors have come down off of their high horses, and are currying favor with -the "progressives" of the old party. They want to put through a legislative schedule, and the high horse business does not take well In the Borah and LaPollette .camps. Conferences this week will show where the two factions expect to stand during the remaining days of the present con gress. The two sides are sparring for position. 'In .this fight the Democrats are tak ing no sides. Here and there one finds a Democrat who takes sides with Sena tor LaFollette, but they are few and far between The President will adopt a concilia tory, attitude, for that Is the only course open to him If he would make any headway with his legislation. "I have never seen the Republicans more demoralized than they aretnow," said Senator Overman today. "They do not know which way to turn. They were all shot to pieces by the election. They will press the ship subsidy bill but it will be defeated in the senate.? Mr. Overman thinks that congress should get through its work and go home after March 4. He Is opposed to an extra session.' , "If the Republicans undertake to pass the antl-lynchlng bill," said he, "they will not succeed. I shall stand with other senators to defeat thatl wicked measure, aimed at the south. It was written to please or play politics with negroes." Annie MacSwiney Still v Fasts Outside Prison DUBLIN, Nov. 26.(By the Associa ted Press.) Annie MacSwiney still is fasting outside the Mount Joy prison. Since she was ejected from a position at the .inner gate of the prison late; Thursday night by the military, she has occupied a position on a publlo platform. - - A constant stream of sympathizers passed by her cot today, 'stopping a moment before the screen concealing ine 'Btretcner on which ine iieir io od serve what they might, to r offer pray 4m.- : ' ' ' ' Miss Mao Swiney says a military of ficer gave her -an order to. move nut she declined to do. so and deelared that if jthe military Interfered with her shei would, can the policemen on auty ana charge the military with assault. Noth ing further has happened although she declared the officer later .made repre sentation about a fire in the roadway near her. cot which her friends had built.r - x ' . ; Miss MacSwir.ty says a" 'military 'of. ter to every member of parliament protesting-, against the 1 action -bf 1 the pro? visional1 government .in "detaining her sister : Mary MacSwiney, who Is on - a hunger strike Inside-the'"prisoiu ' ' " : Annie MacSwiney today rent the fol lowing reply to a cable dispatch receiv-v ed from a sister in North Carolina who begged her to abandon vher : fast in thanksgiving for Mary MacSwiney; hav ing received the sacraments. , - ' -"It Is impossible,', said '.Miss H'Mac Swlney'a answer, "Tou don't " under stand; - Thf fight I for justice against inhumanity. She (Mary) Is very;iow. Be very happy. W are," :.. . v- . . - TOBBCAST BTfTSTATES .i TTASHINGTON, : Nov,-' 26. -Virginia: Cloudy, light rain of snow Monday: Tuesday falr not much change in tem perature - - , , .-t : - ' North Carolina, . South Carolina "and Georgia: .Cloudy Monday; Tuesday, fair with rising temperature. T Tenneissee, Kentucky? Partly.' cloudy JWid warmer Monday; Tuesday falr ' LOpIsp I Few of ws cleew our food enough. Hasty meals are harmful, but Wrigley's stimulates the flow of saliva that tielps the stomach take care of its load. wrdp&rm arm bats r . See the- New at the y - V. r The permanent top on open .cars distin- giiishes these carinaspraince ' . N- and cortif ort - v They bring new zest to motoring at home v-' v : v and abroad- : 7 ' Two; four, five aiicl peifepassengers, in open and closed cars SERVICEr'iJour Mto y-'::5.: (pistribuorsp;':' i 7- 'X' :.i .- . --.-f " ' - R. L Jones, Special 'Representative r Eat less, chew ft more and use Wrigley's alter every meal. ;; It keeps, teeth z white, breath sweet and com acid mouth. This Is Wririey'i new peppermint chewing sweet, brinrinsr the Wrisrley de light and v benefits to you in s new form. The FlaVor Lasts ' - " ';.Y "' C81 a eraen' eas air ' r . j-?i-rv --.;" -Csrt -tv. cern