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Weather Fair Today and i Tomorrow. aa mmm tar 100 PER _ii '• T| AMERICAN 12 Pages Full Day and Night Service of the Associated Press. FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXIII.—No. 121. WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1923 OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. forest service takes PICTURE IN THE STATE FOR EDUCATIONAL BOOK Officials Greatly Impressed With Beauty of Western Part of Carolina FIND FEW BAD ROADS IN 750 MILS TRAVEL Have Thrilling Experience in Wind Storm at Bridge water Dam (By H. E. C. BHYANT) W ASHINGTON, July 2.—James E. Pcott. of the United States Forest service, and E. S. Shipp, official pho tographer, who spent two weeks In western North Carolina taking pic mrfs of typical soenes, have returned to Washington. They were greatly impressed with what they saw. They will turn out a lot of pictures) for educational purposes in the near fu ture. A booklet is to be published. Mr. Scott is very enthusiastio over North Carolina. The most impressive part of the interesting development in western North Carolina” said he ‘‘is the good roads. We traveled 750 miles and found but one little stretch of bad road and that was being repaired. We visited Asheville, Blowing Rock, Hickory,1 Marion. Bridgewater and other attrac tive places. At Bridgewater, we had a thrilling experience. We went over on the large dam to make some pictures, and while there a storm came up, the wind was terrific, for a few minutes, and to keep our F#rd from ^oing into the lake we had fo get our ana pull down on the opposite side.” j IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE ON TEN BIG LINERS Ellis Island Overflows Into Barn Like Sheds as Zero Hour For Landing Nears xnw YORK, July 2.-—Ten foreign Auers which arrived during the night in Gravesend Bay with 5,000 passen gers, mostly immigrants, today swelled the number awaiting examination at Ellis Island for entry into the United States under the new quota to approxi mately 15,000. Although more than 1,000 of the 2, 074 aliens who arrived at Bills Island yesterday were immediately passed and landed in New York, it was said by of ficials that the number of new arrivals would daily exceed the number passed through until the monthly quotas are entirely full. Among the quotas expected to be filled today are the Greek, the Swedish and those of several small Buropean l countries. Aliens are arriving faster than they can be examined and several shins scheduled to leave deposited tlfeir passengers on the pier, where they are! guarded by immigration officials. Cots have been provided by the ship com panies and big barn-like pier sheds are filled with hundreds of men add women, lmds. bundles of clothing, trunks, cook stoves and personal belongings of every description. The last ship to get up the bay to day was the Albania, from Southamp ton, with 375, English and Scotch im migrants. Most of these are mechanics, clergs and engineers, who intend to go to the middle west and the pacific coast. The ships from which immigrants wore landed today were the President Adams. Stockholm, France, King Alex ander and the Washington, whose pas sengers totalled approximately 2,100. Commissioner Curran stated the iliens were of an exceptionally good Slass and that about 75 percent were being passed without delay. The present rush of aliens to get in before the closing of the first months junta is expected to subside within a ireek or 10 days. In that period of time >tween 12,000 and 16,000 prospective litizens will have arrived, it is esti *aied. HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER BUSY DURHAM, July 2.—No date has been by the North Carolina state 'high way commission for the Inspection Creedmoor and Stem routes for the selection of the route of the new Dur ham-Oxford state highway, John Sprunt Hill, commissioner for the fourth dis trict stated tonight. It was pointed out that the high way commission has so many engage ments ahead that at the present time it will be impossible to set a defi nite date for the tour of inspection. Body Collector Weidler Taken to Ashland, Ohio The body of Ira F. Weidler, deputy collector of customs, was shipped on the 7 o’clock train to Ashland, Ohio, for burial yesterday. Only Mrs. Weidler and the three chil dren accompanied the body. NEW CHIEF OF STAFF NAM^ID • LOUISVILLE, July 2.—Appointment of I P. Barnard of Louisville, as ad jutant and chief of staff of the United Confederate Veterans, to fill the, va cancy caused by the dearth last week of General A. B. Booth, was announced here late today by General W. B Jlaldeman, commander in chief of the i: c. v. Mrs. Winnie Booth Kearnan, daughter of General Booth .will continue in charge of General head Quart era of the United Confederate Veterans in New Cirleans. General Haldeman said. Welfare Commissioner Talks to Bible Clones About Flogging'll Jails Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, speak ing in Greensboro, Advocates Honor CoursesTnstead Lash DENIES THAT PRISONERS REQUIRE HARSH METHOD!?' Says That in National Prisons Whipping as Discipline Has Been Forbidden by Law GREENSBORO, July 2.—“If we say that in North Carolina we cannot control prisoners without flogging them, we are ! admitting either that our pris oners are worse than those in other states or that we handle them less intelligently,” Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commis sioner of public welfare, told members of the men Bible classes of Greensboro today in a mass meeting at Guilford county courthouse to consider prison conditions in this state. “But who can prove by meth ods of penal discipline in some localities in this state that neither of these implications is true,” the commissioner contin ued. “For in several counties the authorities are handling prisoners successfully without any corporaL? punishment what soever. They have eliminated steel cages, too, and are provid ing decent food, sanitary sur roundings and proper medical attention, and at the same time having little trouble with their' prisoners and getting better re sults from them as laborers.” i Vancei Lee, Moore, Alleghany, Iredell and Columbus were cited by Mrs. John son as counties having honor camps in which there is jjo use oftrthe lash and where prisoner* often are worked with out ' guards. The commissioner also j mentioned the state prison camp re- \ ferred to in the report of Superinten dent George Ross Pou to the governor where, according to Mr. Pou, there had . been no flogging in many , months. "Flogging long since has been I abolished as a part of prison discipline | by many of the enlightened nations of | the world," she said, "In the national prisons of the United States, England, France. Germany, Austria, Italy, Bel gium Holland, Switzerland, Spain, and even Mexico use of the lash has been ; forbidden.. "In the prisons of ten states in this union, its use is prohibited by law and in a number <?f others, by rules. "We must admit, however, that some 1 prisoners are incorrigible. But, In all probability, if given medical examina tion. a large proportion of these would be found to be either feeble-minded, mildly insane, or epileptic. In our penal system, there should be provi sion for such mental examination of prisoners in order to separate the sub normal and the abnormal from the others. There should be, too, a place to which these could be sent to be un der the supervision of persons who know their condition, and understand its treatment. "Along with the abolition of cor porift punishment, adoption of the inde terminate sentences, general use of which was recently recommended by Governor Morrison, is considered es sential in’ a progressive penal system. This sentence gives prisoners an in centive to good conduct and makes them more amenable to discipline. "After all, the hope of reward, rather than the fear of punishment, is the chief motivating power in every nar llfe. „ ... rhere are two schools of criroinol • one which placetrthe emphasis on crime, without regard to the con on of the .person who commits it, another which emohasizee the ital and moral constitution of the nder and the resulting reason for commission of crime, rhe first sohool believes that all (Continued on Page 2) .5^ DEFENSE AMES WHIPPta CONVICT DIED FROM CHILL LAKE CITY, Fla., July 2.—Testi mony tending to show that the whip ping: given Martin Tabert, North Da kota youth, was “within the law” was introduced by the defense today in the trial of Thomas W. Higginbotham, former convict whipping boss, charged with the murder of Tabert. The state is contending Tabert died, after being struck 75 to 119 timed by Higgin botham. Ten witnesses, in answer to ques tions propounded by the defense, said only 8 to 10 licks were given Tabert. They also alleged Tabert wae able to go to work the following day after the whipping, which occurred on Fri day, January 27. 1922, and performed hard labor. Florida's convict regulations, up un til a short time ago when oorporal punishment .Was abolished,in the state, prescribed that ten licks could be given to a man who violated rules. Mrs. Higginbotham, wife of the de fendant was the last witness heard today. She said she was an eye-wit ness to the whipping and th^ only 8 or 9 licks were struck. She also de clared the strap used by her husband weighed only one and a half pounds. Mrs. Higginbotham was on the stand about 10 minutes. The state did not cross-examine her. Mrs. Higginbotham said she attended to Tabert while he was sick, going Into the stdckade dally withjfsoup. She also averred that her son, Earl, then about two -years old, picked up the strap and carried it Into the Higginbotham home, located close by, after her hus band completed the job of whipping Tabert. M. H. Lagrogne, a former employe of the Putnam Lumber Company, who: ‘ was In charge of a railroad grading section of oonvicts In which Tabert was a mejnber, said it was late Satur day afternoon, following the whipping the night before and after Tabert had worked all day that he contracted a | chill. , i The fitness said he made the Da-1 kotan qui t work and aided In build i ing a fire for him to warm by. The , section man said he had to report, Tabert three times before he was | finally whipped because "he talked, walked around and wasted a lot of time while on the job.” Lagrogne, however, said he failed to make a report on thv illness of Ta bert and declared he was unable to say whether the youth had bruises or other discolorations. E. G. Priest, a Putnam Lumber Com- I pany employe, said he also witnessed ; the whipping and that only 8 to 10 i licks were struck. T. C. Jones. Jr., son of T. C. Jones, Putnam Lumber Company physician, testified he went with his father on j Monday prior to Tabert's death and watched his father examine Tabert. The boy said he saw Tabert nude and did not see any bruises or cuts. Declaring that Martin Tabert work ed better the day after he was whipped than for t^o weeks before, M. H. Lagrogne, former foreman at the Put nam Lumber Company testified today for thd defense in the trial of Thomas W. Higginbotham, former convict whipping boss charged with the mur der of Tabert. Members of the jury who reside In the rural districts today complained to the court that they believed city water was making them feel bad and requested they be furnished with “good old well water.” A court attache was Immediately sent out into the country with demijohns. RUSSIA AND JAPAN AT ODD8 TOKIO, July 2.—(Associated Press.) —The differences between the Japan ese offer of 150,000,000 yen and Russian demand of one billion sold rubles for North Saghalien caused a temporary adjournment of today's meeting. Aodlph A. Joffe, soviet envoy, and the Japanese statesmen are now con sidering certain concessions to Japan. North Saghalien Is the portion of the Siberian Island which Japan occupied in 1920 after the massacre of her na tionals at Nikolaievsk. ! u. S. TENNIS CHAMPION YIELDS TO MRS. BEAMAN WIMBLEDON, July 2.—(By Associ ated Press.)—The tennis lovers of this world will have to get along all Rum mer without either seeing or reading about a match between Suzzanne S tance and Mrs. Molla .Mallory of*America. For this Mrs. A- E. Bea mishone of Great Britain’s best ten nis players, is to blame. It was she whoPstopped Mrs. Mallory this after noon just when the American oham nion was rushing toward another col Sn with'Suzanne. Now it will be Mrs. Beamish Instead of Mrs. Mallory who meets the incomparable champion when the French girl steps upon the center court for the semi-final match in a campaign for her fifth world’s, ChThePlfallho? Mrs. Mallory in a dosh ly contested three set struggle was no surprise to those who follow , the «ame Mrs. Beamish had once before defated the American champion and she has ilong been regarded, as in the first flight of English, women players. Her success today came as a sort, of avenging triumph for it was . Mrs. Mallory who put her out of the run ning at Wimbledon last year. The Sepre was 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. There were no bursts of brilliance only cautious ex changed of Bhots made for the most part from, or near, the back line. Not1 many spectators saw the match, as Mile, Benglen played, simultaneously on an outside court. Suzanne draws the crowd no matter how certain It Is that she will defeat her opponents. She did so today, defeating Mrs. Hazel of England, with the loss of only three games. She will play Mrs. Beamish tomorrow, Wednesday. We Johnston, of California, the favorite to win the men’s champion ship had an off day and for the first time In this tournament lost a set. It was Cecil Campbell, the Irish cham pion, who f inally flickered out before Johnston’s superior skill. The scores were 6-1, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2. Johnston will meet Norton, the South African champion, In the semi-finals while Francis T. Hunter, to get In the semi-finals In the lower half, must dis pose of County De Gomar, of Spain, to morrow. Soon after Mrs. Mallory's defeat, another American woman, Eleanor Goss, passed out. She had to meet Miss Kathleen McKane, who ranks as number one In England. V- • FRENCH SIEZf PLANT OFKRUPPWlRKSAND ROUNDHOUf ENGINES Four Coal Mines TOken Over in Langendrec District in New Reparation lavement BRITISH MOVE FOR GERMAN SETTLEMENT ■ ' iji U. S. and J. Bull May Act Joint . ly—Pope Concerned Over Danger Passivejftesistance DUESSELDORF, JulU:2._( Associated Press.)—The first seizures under G-en >,eral deGoutte’s ’ oecretfslslving the oc cupation forces power Ao take over pri vate property for reparations purposes, i were announced toda^J, Three plants were taken over by the French, the first being: a branch o^ the Krupp Lo comotive Works at„S«rfreroth, a little ' station near Essen, y ' Four new locomotiv^ were seized at these works, whicii nf-w are occupied with the manufacture :of locomotives instead of bis gun*. Reports from Ber lin state that the capital was greatly excited today by ^meijages that the Krupp works in Essen yad been taken over, but the dispatches apparently were founded on this seizure of a com paratively small branqji. . The other plants ^fcized were the Guthoff Nunshutte sKt'el works near Oberhausen, with branches throughout the Ruhr, employing JOO.OOO men and the Phoenix field factjjry, part of the, great Phoenix works n^ air Dortmund. In addition to takingtjiver these three private plants in the Rjthr, the French seized the German government repair shops and roundhouse .rear Nied in the Frankfort district,. th§. largest repair shops ' in Germany. Mghty-six loco motives wer* found in.^he roundhouse. Four coal mines have ijilso been taken over in the Langendr« district. In connection with ffee killing of a German at. Duisburg jhr disregarding the curfew order, it no’-v states he was shot by a French patr<£ and not by the Belgians. Ip . BRITAIN MAKES ; JEW MOVE LONDON, July 2—(Associated Press) —Great Britain. is lively to make a fresh move in the Rut*- situation, says the Daily Mall today. St* statement is supported by various ;5umors that are •going the rounds of political and press , circles. __ ■.... i ,.V SB, ..I- ~'~l...' Nearly tfireewefeks J&ve passed since ' the London governm^fit addressed to Paris a series of questions seeking an lucldatlon pf the certain point* In the French reparations potry, and France’s reply has not yet be?®-delivered. In the event that ’iaWjlear answer Js not received prompt® the London government may mal<J;a statement of policy outlining the twins on which it thinks a settlement j^iould be made, the Dally Mail says.p It hinted, the Mail adds, that if Bjemier Baldwin finds it difficult to atig^n concert with France he will takejsteps to make separate arrangement?'with. Germany to secure for Great Bri§Sn the payment of sufficient money ah*"ally to cover the Interest on the SjyHsh debt to the United States. This,|S; is * said, will be acceptable to Germptov "In quarters where .S“ils is believed,” continued the Daily Mi£s, "It Is thought I highly probable that tePrime Minister Baldwin is unable to, S^rsuade France to reconsider her Rulf policy. Great . Britain and the Unite&States may act | jointly to press Fra: ee to pay her dehts." %£ The diplomatic correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says:!?'- - "The outlook of wee£g of allied con versations is the reveijJ of hopeful.” Mr. Baldwin sald j.*|e government was awaiting the repoi>t of f commit tee no wconsidering th^Vluestlon which would enable the EO\*rnment to de termine its attitude. ^Ie aided that the report was expected sljprtly. and this seemed to placate £he questioners. The committee is composed of mem bers of the foreign off^e arid legal de partment* with Renalj*! MaoNelll, un der-secretary for fore%n affairs, as chairman. Ji ■! _¥ POPE GRIEVES JQ ERRTJHR ROME, July 2.*—(Assteiatsd Press.)— Pope Plus is profound® grieved at the many acts of 8ab*>tage||Ureoted against the French by the G.eSjhans In the oc cupied territory,4sayi|g a semi-official note Issued fron? th«g vatjoan today. His sorrow Is atl the Stronger, because these aots are contrary to those prin ciples of justice and charity which he has steadily advocatei| and which In spired his recent letter^fo Cardinal Gas parri, papal secretary,^! state. It is understood thdjf in his lengthy audience of M. ? Jonnj ft, French am bassador to the Holy *fee, on Saturday, the pope explained thes^plrit of hie let ter, fully confirming Sts contents. He said he was greatly concerned over the danger of passive i^^istapce in the Ruhr. H The pope’s messag<||to the Nuncio makes reference to th£ DuiAiurg out rage and says: If'1' "While the holy fatfier by Tils letter is endeavoring to induce the powers to arrive at a friendly understanding, he begs them to suspend $a>y action which may prevent It and deeply regrets to hear of any acts of salyjtage in the oc cupied territories a«| other crimes, under the pretext of; passive resist .ance. The pope charts ybu to make vigorous representations to the German government that it q^iy once for all condemn such criminal ? resistance, which la condemned bR the holy father himself." k a WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES Virginia: Cloudy :H and unsettled Tuesday, Wednesday jfartly cloudy and somewhat warmer. H North and Boutlft Carolina and Georgia: Local show«j js Tuesday: Wed nesday partly cloud* and somewhat warmer. Q Florida, Extreme northwest Florida: Local thunder showrVs Tuesday and Wednesday. : t • LI * . * .T li ’ «.. ‘ '' . Dempsey-Gibbons Fight May Be Called Off For Lack of Final $100, 000 Great Falls Banker Says 20 Men Who Were to Give $5,000 Each, “Got Cold Feet” TICKET SALE STOPPED AS COMMITTEE FAILS Kearns, Dempsey’s Manager, Is Expected to Make State ment at Midnight GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 3. 3(30 n. m.—It Is reported that the Dempsey Gibbous tight has been declared off- Of ficial announcement Is expected soon. GREAT FALLS, Mont., July [2—(By Associated Press)—The once dreamed of $100,000 heavyweight championship fight' between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons at Shelby July 4, hung in the balance tonight with Jack Kearns, manager of the world’s champion, holding the key to the situation and every* indication pointings to a completed collapse of the battle. Georg© H. Stanton, the Great Falls banker, said that Insofar as he was concerned the fight was oft. Mr. Stanton immediately stoppel sale ot tickets at the Commercial club and other agencies. Keorns declared that he would in sist upon the fulfillment of his con tract, which provides that Dempsey shall receive $100,000 before midnight. In the event he fails to receive the money then it is expected he will de clare the fight off, without further par ley with the promoters. The committee which fought to raise $100,000 in $5,000 contributions from 20 business men of the state, will continue to function until 12 o’clock tonight, the time limit set by Kearns for Dempsey’s money. Major Lane said, but it would have no new propo sal to offer to the champion’s mana ger. The crisis broke thisj, afternoon when Maj. - J. JE. Lane,. trustee of the- pro moters, admitted that the $100,000 due Dempsey on his $300,000 guarantee not later than midnight tonight, had not been raised, and that he saw no pros pects of raising it unless a bundle of money dropped from the sky. Kearns, who has held out for the complete fulfillment of Dempsey’s contract' said he would not have any statement to make until midnight at which time the limit of the payment of Dempsey's final $100,000 installment expires. The heavyweight champion’s manager gave threatening indications, mowever, that he ' would leave town with the champion unless the money was paid. George H. Stanton, the Great Falls banker, who personally advanced $50, 000 two weeks ago to make up the sec ond $100,000 due Dempsey, declared he had no statement to make. “All I care to say,” he stated, "is that some of the men we had depended upon to contribute to this fund evi dently bot ‘cold feet’ after they had given us their pledge to help.” (DWlfference in time between Great Falls anj Wilmington is two hours. Midnight there is 2 a. m. here.—Ed. Star.) Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager, went into conference with former Judge Roy E. Ayres, shortly before midnight Ayres was a member of the commission of business men who re cently attempted to raise the final $100,000 due Dempsey. ROCHESTER, N. Y„ June 2.—The Eastman Kodak company will give $700,000 to Its employes under the wage division plan. Fifteen thousand em ployes in all parts of the world will benefit. Dividends amounting to $4, 500,000 in stock holding, also will be distributed at the same time; Jn addition $200,000 will be paid in dividends to employes on 10,000 shares of a stock which George Eastman, treasurer set aside for employes who had been with the concern two years or more Dividends distributed today are the regular quarterly payments of 1.25 on each share of common, plus a 75 cent extra dividend. The preferred holdings will pay one and one-half percent. The wage awards are 13 percent of the five years pay of each person in the employ of the company for that period. 1 HALF BROTHERS SHOT IN KENTUCKY BRAWL; ONE MURDER WITNESS HARLAN, Ky„ July 2.—Charles Mitchell is dead and John Bramley was brought to a hospital here today in a dying condition as a result of a pistal fight late yesterday at Mouelien with two deputy sheriffs. The trouble is said to have resulted when the officers, John Greech and Isaao Pennington, at tempted to arrest Mitchell and Brim ley, who are half brothers and who were reported to have been drinking. Bramley is the star witness for the state in the case against John Marcum, former prison guard, and Jerry Reed, and James Robinson, negroes, charged with the murder of Miss Lura Parsons, Pine Mountain school teacher, in Sep I tember, 1920. dfficers say Bramley's death would break an important link i nthe chain of evidence built up by the commonwealth. __— RUM RUNNERS FIRE ON COAST GUARDS THEN SURRENDER LOS ANGELES, July if.—a. rum run ner carrying 100 cases of liquor was captured near here yesterday after It had opened fire on a pursuing coast guard cutter. The cutter returned the fire and the rum crew surrendered. No one was injured. The federal officers began a search at Long Beach for several women said to be implicated in a rum running plot. The officers believe the rufti runners came from a Mexican port and was attempting to land when sighted. [newspaper men to ATTEND KLAN MEET INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 2.—Under a special dispensation granted from the general offices in Atlanta, Ga., ac credited newspaper men will be per mitted to attend the tri-state meeting of the Ku Klux klan at Kokomo, Ind., July 4, according to an announcement today by Milton Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross,'a klan publication. Mr. Elrod said Klan men from Ohio, Indi ana and Illinois would attend the meet ing and that arrangements were being made to take care of 200,000 visitors. Newspaper' men, Mr. Elrod said, would be requested not to divulge the names of any of the speakers or par ticipants in the meeting other than the gelieral offioers, all of whom are. ex pected to attend. RED GROSS HOSPITAL FACES MONEY CRISIS The Red Cross .sanitarium for the treatment of tubercular patients • is facing a financial crisis, according to a letter received by the board of county commissioners from Dr. John C. Wes sell, surgeon In charge of the institu tion. The hospital has been running on a private donation during the past year Dr. Wessel requested that the board vote funds for its upkeep. This re quest was referred to a special com mittee with the suggestion that a thorough investigation be made. The consensus of opinion seeing to be that ithe Institution is worthy of'being helped by the board. 1 - FEARS WAR OVER PROHIBITION' NEW YORK, July 2.—Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. 8.-N., retired, In a statement published today suggested that the United States is drifting To ward war because of prohibition. He advocated a conference of 100 leading citizens of the country to find a way to eliminate the international friction caused by. the application of prohibition to foreign ship* in American ports. WILL NEGRO WOMAN SERVE ON GEORGIA COMMITTEE? By H. E. C. BRYANT WASHINGTON. D. C., July 2.—Henry Dlhooln Johnson, the negro Republican leader of Georgia, Is due another lime lighting perlddQ, all efforts of North ern and Western Republicans to oust him as member of the national commit tee from Georgia, failed. The selection of J. S. Phillips, lumberman, to dish out the pie and speak for the white Republicans Of the. Cracker State, did not' work Well. Phillips soon.got In trouble over war contracts and is now involved in suite In the Federal court of the District of Columbia. Now "Henry Linkum,” as the colored people of Georgia call him, is looming large with the next presidential campaign coming at a gal lop. The friends of the president are look ing out for delegates to the national convention, but the thing that is puzzling them most is who Henry Lin coin Johnson trill name for tha wom an’s job on the national committee. Will he honor some negress with that Job, or give it to some white woman— there is the rub. As the days pass, the Georgia prob- I lem will grow larger. Johnson has the whip hand. President Harding tried to call Henry Lincoln Johnson off by nominating him for recorder of deeds i of the District of Columbia, but the senate refused to confirm him. There fore, he stuck to the national commit tee, and now the question is, ‘“who will he name in response to Chairman Adams’ call for a woman from each state for the committee?” That little issue in the state of,Georgia will keep many big Republicans in other states up late at night. Every four years "Henry Lincoln” comes to the front. In the pre-convention presidential cafn palgn, he got $9,000 of the Louden slush fund, it was said, and captured Georgia for the Illinois man. PRESIDENT ENGINEER ON ELECTRIC ENGINE DOWN MOUNTAIN SIDE -— | Realizes His Boyhood Ambitioi$ When He Runs Special Train J Over Bitter Root’s Grade - , 1 FAVORS EMPLOYMENT OF t NATIONS WATER POWEHy Address Delivered at Armorj^ j Idaho First Talk on Pacific , Coast Since His Election ON BOARD PRESIDENT'S TRAIN. ‘ NEAR ST. MARIE'S, IDAHO, July 3.—, (By Associated Press.) — President Harding, for half an hour or so today; , came into realization of his boyhood ., ambition to become a locomotive engl- '< neer. It was not one of the steam lo«: oomotives, spouting smoke and cinder* that he drove, but an electric engino on the system of the Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul railway. When the presidential train stopped ;■ early today at Faloon, Ida., Mr. Hard ing went up to the head of the train ; to take a look at one of the largest, ‘ electrio locomotives ever built. Engi neer Arthur Blundell, after shaking} 3j hands with the President, invited hint 1 up into the cab and soon the train* j moved off down the west slope of tha ' Bitter Root mountains with the ‘hand t of the chief executive on the con troller. Around sharp curves, through tune i nels and along canyon sides, the Pres ident drove the heavy 12-car train un til it reached Avery, a total distance of about 15 miles. The President, in company with * Chief Greeley, visited a forest ranger’* station at Avery while the train wag stopped there, and saw a mule trait* j packed for a trip over the mountain* i with supplies. He also found .in th* little mountain town a rormer lnhabi | tant of Marion, O.. Robert Clark, wit* whom he talked for several minutes* i | Gradual development of the na tion’s natural resources rather than preservation preservation of them in their original state was advocated by - President Harding here tonight at tha only conservation policy to which ’i America dare commit itself. The President, speaking on "devel opment, reclamation and water utUi ! zatlon,” declared against locking up: the public domain "as a treasure house of potential wealth” on the grounds that such action would prevent it from being ready for use when needed. He made it plain that he stood fop gradual development, such as the usd ;': of water both for Irrigation and powef; • and for a policy of reforestation that - preserves the national interest whlla . permitting use of the /timber a* g needed. ^ Mr. Harding’s address, delivered lit the Armory here, was the first he ha» made on the Pacific slope since he be came President. He expressed the be lief that “we may confidently loo* forward to a generation in which these young and vigorous common wealths of the west will boast as great . a population as the entire nation num4 , ber today.” The chief executive outlined no ex plicit reclamation program, but de clared “we must look for plans that are safe; plans so conceived that they will not unduly burden the settler In the days when he is reducing the Jan* to production; plans that will be rea- ; sonably broad and that will not oommlt, ■ the government to unwise or unrea sonable expenditures.” Mr. ■ Harding’s address concluded * 'J nine-hour visit to Spokane, during} ' which he made an automobile tour of the business district, inspected that dam site for the proposed Columbia basin. After the address the presiden- 1 tial party left here for Meacham, Ore., ■ to participate in the old Oregon cele bration there tomorrow. ’ ; The President spoke in part as fol— ’ lows: , “It has been in ‘ my mind during! these days of travel in the west, to ex- “ press on some appreciation a few! views regarding those problems whic* we, summon to our minds under ^ headings of conservation, reclamation and development. Nowadays, I thlnl*. there Is disposition to change the or der of terms and mention development first. Not that we are any less devote* to conservation, but there is tncre&s Ing realization that in our national de-^'f velopment we have reached the .tlrWfi when wise programs for development In all parts of our domain must be en couraged. ■ “Traveling about this oouAtry an* somewhat also in other cowtrles, X have been constantly Improved that wise development of natural resource* does not often result In thetr disas trous dlmlnuitlon. Rather, It seems as. a rule to result In a growing, an ex- i pandlng, an increasing supply and va* \ rlety of the very riches upon wtileh x» •' make drafts. "I do not fear that present develop- > went is liable to impoverish us In the future. The precise contrary, aooord ing to every historical analogy, Is what will take place. Why, you all remem ber that a quarter century ago so wise a man as James J. Hill was warning us that within 15 years this .country would have to'import wheat Our pbjp- fl dlation has grown enormously and yet today we are producing a greater sur-Jf) plus of wheat than any other oountry^* in the world. Our difficulty is not to find, wheat for ourselves, butvto And;, other countries that will buy it front! | us. - ,7r / "In 1908 Mr. Bryan eloquently as«/ cured us that golld could no - longeW serve as. the world’s money standadw,’ because there could not possibly .bd 'enough' of It produced. Before the eohoes of his oratory had died away, science had perfected new processes of gold extraction, and in a few year* another group of earnest people were Just as solemnly warning us that w«. 5 (Continued on Page 2) "r * V ? - * ' ' <. .. l i t
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