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4 Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXXII. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. THURSDAY JULY 28, 1921. NO 40 t (I t . "A KAirt 3L0fV.-- Mounain Kepublican Writes Presldant Har ding that Johnson Kills Party In the South. TV Ti'-'ation of Henry Lin coi.i jonnson for recorder, .of deeds of the District oit LVlum--hia has not yet baon considered - the'listr" '. aia' . the Lexington Dispatch, but it is expected to be taken up soon, when a fight is expected on the part of the Democrats to prevent his confirmatin. J. E. Burleson, a prominent Republican of Spruce Pine, Mit chell county, North Carolina, has written an open letter to Presi dent Harding, not only protest ing the nomination of Henry Lin coln, but lamenting that such a blunder has been made. "The ppople of the south." Mr. Burleson said in his letter, "atv greatly surprised and badly dis appointed in every way in regan to you appointing Henry Lincoln Johnson as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. You have killed the republican party in the south by this one move. Last November, if rTonry Lincoln Johnson had not been a naikm.ii committeeman from Georgia, you would have received 100,000 more votes in the south, and woud have carried the state of Georgia and probably North Car olina. I have been a lifelong re publican. "In 1874 I cast my first repub lican vote, and I have voted the straight republican ticket ever since, Had it not been for the ne gro in politics, North Carolina would have been a republican state years ago, and nodoubtsev eral other southern states. I have been mining a the state of Georgia for the past three years and have become acquainted with a great many prominent people there lawyers and business men and in conversation with these men they have expressed their feelings and sympathy as being with the republican party, and .both lawyers and business men have stated to me that they would join the republican party if it was not for having to humili ate themselves by equalizing themselves with the negro in con ventions and all political gather ings. Several prominent newspa per men have made this same statement to me. "Njw, Mr. President, suppose you had daughters working in the recorder's office, how would you like for your daughters to be bossed by a colored man? I know if I had a daughter working there I would order her home when the negro came into the office, and any other man with the right thought would do the same. I am in favor of the negro being treated right, but the more you try to ally the two races politi cally, the more crime and lynch- ings occur all over the country, and it is best for the negro to re main in his place. If ho is given an office let him be sent to repre sent this country where no white people come under his control If the election was coming off next November, after this ap pointment you have made, your vote would be -at least 200,000 less in the south, and if you had not done this, at the next elec tion we would have carried sev eral so ithern states. So if the senate confirms Henry "Lincoln Johnson the republican party of the south i doomed for all time to come. Sugar Plant Destroyed. Beaumont, Texas. Fire of undeter mined origin destroyed the Moraihan sugar factory near New Iberia, La. About ces million pounds of sugar wm burned, with an estimated loss of S0 0C5, tie report said. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Harding's Plan for Armament Reduction Conference Is Well Received. INVITED NATIONS ACCEPT Pacific and Far East Problems AIM Wilt Be Discussed Irish Peace Meetings Begin President Asks Senate to Defer Sol dier Bonus Bill. By Er WARD W. PICKARD. The United States last week resumed Its leadership of International uffalrs, and President Harding's world policy unfolded in a way that leads his warm Mipporters to believe his plans for an association of nations to preserve the peace of the world are on the eve of fulfillment. This comes about through the President's Invitation to Grout Britain, France, Italy und Jupun to send representatives to a disarma ment reduction conference In Wash ington, and his suggestion that thi meeting, If held, also undertake a set tlement of the Pacific and Far Eastern problems, China being asked to par ticipate In that part of the confer ence. Of course, the invitation was Infor mal In nature, but the nations named have received It with acclaim, and all have signified their willingness to ac cept the formal Invitation when It Is Issued, so it may be considered cer tain that the conference will be held, probably In the coming autumn or possibly early next year. All the world Is evincing Intense Interest In the plan, and certain of the lesser pow ers are eager to take part in the great conference. That the discussion will not be limited to the subjects men lioned Is almost beyond doubt, and there Is reason to believe that the as soclation of nations with which Pres ldent Harding hopes to supplant the League of Nations will be born at the Washington conference. Not only did the President forestall the action of congress, which was passing finally "on the naval hi!! con talulng the Borah amendment asking the President to negotiate u naval hol iday with Great Britain . and Japan he also went further than Borah am' his followers desired and brnadeKi'i the proposition to include land arm unieuts. It was feared by many thai Italy, and especially France, wouli refuse to reduce their military strength. France feels that she must be guaranteed against another attack by Germany, and Italy's malt strength is her army. Borah am others thought the inclusion of Ian armaments might defeat the wholt plan, but the administration thinks their fears are groundless and that an agreement for naval reduction may lie reached If the question of reducing armies is found t-mbnrasslng. Indeed. the governments of France and Italy were as prompt as that of Great Britain to accept Mr. Harding's Invitation. China's approvul of the plan came next, and Japan, after carefully con sidering the Far Eastern phase of tin matter, Instructed Its embassy ai Washington to accept, so far as armament reduction Is concerned. Before President Harding Issued tli Informal invitations, the leading states men of Great Britain were consulted by Ambassador Harvey and also l Dr. Nicholas Murruy Butler, who was repor.ed to be unofficially assisting Mr. Uarvey In the matter. It is said they Informed Washington of the psyctologlcal moment for taking ac tion Then Doctor Butler went tc THr'.? and talked with French leaders, and told correspondents that Presl dent Millerand was highly enthusiast ii over the American plan. "French ami British statesmen agree with me that President Harding's proposal marks a turning point in the history of the world." said Doctor Butler. Premier Lloyd George's announce inent of the project to the house of commons and of the government's ap proval of it was greeted with pro longed cheering. A few days later there was talk In London of a separate conference there on Pacific matters before the Washington meeting, be cause the premiers of Australia and New Zealand said It would be Impos sible for them to go home and return to America almost Immediately. When this suggestion reached Washington the administration let it be known that efforts to divert any part of the pro posed conference from the American capital would uot be acceptable. It was said Lloyd George and Lord Curzon, foreign minister, would come as the representatives of Great Brit ain, and this stirred up an amusing row over there. The Times declared editorially that neither of those men fs fitted" "by Mb position, his femperu luent, and his past career to take a di rect part In these negotiations. The premier retorted with an order that representatives of the Times, the Dally Mail and the Evening News, all controlled by Lord Northcliffe, should be denied access to Information given out to the press generally at the for eign office and by the prime minister's secretaries at 10 Downing street. How Lloyd George can justify such a blow at the liberty and Independence of the press remains to be seen. Perhaps he will not try to do so. It Is Interesting to note that a com mittee of the League of Nations met In Luxembourg on Saturday, under the presidency of M. Vlvianl, to con sider disarmament. Otllclals of the league at Geneva assert the league Is not yet considering abandoning its dis armament plans because of the action of the United States. It will be still more interesting to see what will hap pen If both the league and the Wash ington conference adopt different dis armament projects. While the great powers are thus Moving toward peace for the world, England and Ireland are moving to ward, peace for the British isles. Ea tnonn De Valera and other Irish lead ers journeyed to London, and there the "President" and Premier Lloyd George on Thursday held a private preliminary conference to prepare the way for further discussions. The good Intentions of both sides to put an end to the age-long discord were made evi dent, and there was a general feeling of hopeful optimism. "I am sure the atmosphere in England and Ireland Is right for Mace," said Mr. De Valera. "The only thing that Is necessary now Is for us to get down to rock bottom. This is simply a private conference with Mr. Lloyd George, instead of a long range bombardment, to see what can be done at close quarters." Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, also went to London to act as spokes man for the northern Irish in case he is called upon. However, he has been bitterly opposed to any parleys be tween the British government and Sinn Fein. In Ulster alone the truce agreed upon has not taken effect. There has been a lot of fighting in Bel fast and a number of persons have been killed since the rest of the Island abandoned hostilities. Only 12 members of the southern Irish parliament attended Its session Wednesday In Dublin, and the lower house adjourned "until his majesty shall be pleased to declare his gracious will." Under the home rule act the parliament might now be dissolved and a crown colony government set up, bat the British government will take no such step until the result, of the peace negotiations is seen. The god of war Is devoting his at tention these days mainly to Asia Minor, where the Greek offensive pgainst the Turk nationalists Is fairly getting under way. The wings of the Greek army advanced respectively from the Brusa sector on the north and the Ushak sector on the south The movement converged on Kutnla, on the main line of the Bagdad rail way, and at last accounts the two forces were engaged in a desperate battle for r.ossession of that town and the mountain heights nearby. The Greeks are using bombing planes with effect. Kemal Pasha, leader of the Turk nationalists, went to the front frnnj Angora. I.e has warned the at lied high commission at Constantino ple that If there should be any evl deuce that the Grcl.s are making use of that city or of other points in the neutral zone in their operations, the liutlonalists will bo obliged to avail themselves of the same privilege. Ke mal told an American correspondent the nationalists would welcome arbi tration by Secretary of State Hughes 'or some other American. There was a rcort that White Uus slan volunteers, well armed, were re storing the old Polisli-Germnu battle lines and that the Polish irregulars un der General Zellgewski were attack ing them with armored automobiles. In the Vllna district, it was said, the entire peasant population was in revolt against Zeligowskl's rule, ami was making successful attacks on his forces. Backing up the statements of Sec retary of the Treasury Mellon, Presi dent Harding went before the senate and urged that action on the soldier bonus MIL be deferred Indefinitely. The reasons given by both the Presi dent and the secretary were purely financial, and both of them declared In effect that If the bill were passed tax reduction would he Impossible and the financial stability of the country would be Imperiled. "I know the feelings of my own breast and that of yours and the grate ful people of this republic," the Presi dent said. "But no thoughtful person possessed with all the facts, Is ready for added compensation for the healthy, self-reliant masses of our great armies at the cost of a treas ury breakdown, which. vlll bring, its hardships to all the citizens of the re public." At the same time the President de clared himself most emphatically in fa vor of the fullest measure of relief to the disabled veterans of the World war. He asked that the bonus bill be recommitted to the finance commit tee, and suggested that congress con centrate on tax and turlff revision, especially the former. He told the senate that "there Is confessed disap pointment that so little progress has been made In the readjustment and re duction of the war-time taxes." The Democratic senators began a fierce fight against the motion to re commit the bonus bill, Senator Rob inson of Arkansas assuming the lead ership because Senator Underwood is opposed to the bonus. However, it was taken for granted that the motion would prevail. The Sweet bill, providing for ade quate relief for disabled veterans and for the consolidation of relief agen cies was favorably reported by the subcommittee to the senate finance committee, but Its progress was halt ed again when the senators heard Mr. Smoot's prediction, based on official stimates, that the probable increase of expenditure to carry out the pro visions of the measure would, be close to $.")0,tHKUXK annually. Though the French declare the Leip zig trials of alleged war criminals are farcical, and have withdrawn from the commissions watching the proceedings, the trials are going on, and last week there was revived interest because two German lieutenants were arraigned charged with submarine f rightfulness. They commanded the U-boat that sank the Brliisn hospital ship Lundoverj Castle, and are accused of attempting to murder the entire personnel of the vessel, Including the wounded and the ltiyl Cross nurses, after they realized their mistake In sinking the ship. The defendants refused to testify, but members of the crew told how It was decided to hide all traces of the crime and how the( overcrowded lifeboats were shelled and sunk. The court then surprised the allied watch ers by calling a dozen Germans who testified to alleged British atrocities at sea. and made the charge that the steamship Baralong flew the American Hag when it sunk the German suhmn rlne U-iii. Some of them swore the British used lifeboats its decoys nnd carried troops and munitions aboard hospital ships. All of this was in tended to justify the acts ot the sub marine commanders. BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED TO CONSERVE MONEY, BUDGET, COMMISSION SAVED. 1 ' ' 45S NO SIDETRACK FOR SENATE President Finds Himself In Awkward Situation of Again Pointing Out to Congress Former Advice. Washington. President Hard-tag may have to take another trip to the capitol or In some other way apply the brakes to the tendency of Congress to appropriate for new purposes all the money that has been saved. The Senate is in a snarl again. Al though Mr. Harding pleaded with his former colleagues to sidetrack not only the bonus but other legislation except ing the tariff and taxation, the bill pro viding $1,000,000 to finance farm ex ports now Is up for consideration. means, if passed, a spending of exactly the amount which C. O. Dawes, direc- to of the budget announces has been saved. In other words, Just as fast as a saving is accomplished at one end of the national capital, means of spend ing an equivalent amount are found at the other end. And on top of it all the new shipping board finds it necessary to ask for $300,000,000 to salvage the wreck on Its hands. Thus the Presl dent finds himself in an awkward sit uation of appealing to Congress rectly or Indirectly to concentrate on the tax program and let alone other matters. To Sell Club House. New York. The National Demo cratic club authorized Its ways and means commit to sell its Fifth ave nue club house, bought for $175,000 about 25 years ago and for which $1, 000 has been refused. Further Credit for Farmers. Washington. Further credit tor the purpose of harvesting and marketing the coming cotton crop will be extend ed iz whatever amount may legiti mately be required, It was announced by the federal reserve board. II W IK ' 10 FORGE Mil HAS 110 II 10 I6II0RE E INVITATION FROM THAT BODY RELATING TO WORLD COURT DULY ACKNOWLEDGED. f4 OFFSETTING PUBLIC STORIES Secretary Hughes Powerless to Deal With League Became of Position Washington. The United States government Is not intentionally ignor ing communications from the league of nation and has not failed to note the invitation to this government to become a member of the world court of international justice, created by the. league. This attitude was made known at the department of state, to offset the public stories giving the impression that the United States was somehow offending the league of nations by re fusing to deal with Its letters and com munications. In the first place, the permanent secretary of the league has been sending out printed circulars to various governments of the world ana it was but natural that one of the gov erament bureaus filed the circular.", without regarding them in tho same light as formal communications. But wiat the secretary of the league of nations hasn't evidently taken un consideration is that while all commu nications are duly received and filed Secretary Hughes is powerless to deal with the league because of the ex pressed desire of tho President of the United States that America stay out 3f the league and the evident con currence of the senate in that view point. Central American Assembly. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The Cen tral American constituent assembly. the legislative body of the recently formed federation of Central American republics, convened hero. Represen tatives of Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala were in attendance. Student Training at Jackson. Columbia, S. C Eleven hundred high school young men of the South all between 16 and 21 years of age are encamped at Camp Jackson, near Columbia, in the second annual civil ian training camp for the South since the world war. Nationalists Pursued. London. With the important rail way junction point of Eski-Shehr in their hands, the Greeks are conduct Ing a rapid pursuit of the Turkish Nationalists, dislodged from that ciiy, and other points. Convention Gazetted, Madrid. A convention between Spain and the United State for the exchange of postal parcels was ga zetted. The convention was the re suTt of negotiations carried on during the course of last year's postal con gress. Hard on Newspaper Readers. "" Rio Janeiro. Wojk in newspaper offices in Kio Janeiro between the hours of 8 o'clock Sunday morning and 8 o'clock Monday morning Is pro hlbited under the provisions of an act passed by the municipal council. Packing Concern Big Loser. Austin, Minn. The actual shortage la the accounts of R. J. (Cy) Thom son, former comptroller of Oeorge A. Hormel & Co., local puckers, is 189.000, according to official figure!. Floating Bar-room Reported. Washington. Investigation of the '. reported operation of a floating bar 1 off Long Island, outside the three mile limit, was ordered by Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. , Form German Consortium. Parts. The Intransigeant Is author ity for a report that a German consor tium has been formed under the aus pices of the Dresdner Bank and will ba installed shortly in Paris. No Tax on Long Staple Cotton. Washington. Compensatory dutlea on textiles manufactured from long staple cotton were denied by the Houe in line with its action recentTy in re fusing compensatory duties on leather products. Mexican Oil Fields Burning. Mexico City. The Amatlan oil fields are on fire, with drilling towers fall ing off like chaff and workmen fleeing, according to reports received here de scribing the "greatest catastrophe in the history of the oil fields." m II IMPOSSIBLE HARDING AND ADVISORS HAVE NOT YET FORMULATED A MARINE PROGRAM. W IMS WROUGHT CHANGES Farmer Bitter Opponents te Subsidy Propositions Now Apparently Want Subsidy for Themselves. Vi. Washington. The revival of the Emergency Fleet Corporation tuj raised some important Questions as to the future of the American nitre', a it marine. V.'hile President H;i!;ug :j. 1 bis advise s Lave not yet reached a definite pn gram or policy, the signLi cant thing about the informal disr ,- sions which are now taking pla- '- the drift toward government tuN u of ships flying the American fU?. For years the subsidy idea has he a warmly ecpoused by shipping i:.-1 only to be. bitterly denounced by members of Congress from agr1 ' ral stated. Years ago no A.i.--i . ... President would have felt wan ' 1 ta recommending a subsidy to unv c:- of American enterprise. But'tli - .; i has wrom-ht many changos. imi t would not be surprising if betor- - end of tho Harding ndminisu ;t ship subsidy bill, not only is p; - . hut actually put throug'.i Con.,i .: It is felt that the chief sou;- - position h'3 vanished, for tho i tural elem nt in Congress ha roc-a. ly come fcrwaid with a request for a subsidy themselves. The pro:? that a hundred million dollar st ation be nada by the govern:.: finance agricultural project" h 'u upon by advocates of the ship suV :. as an established precedent whit- .i rlcultural senators and members of the house will not be able to tgncre. Potash Users Enter Protest Washington. Potash users of te South are protesting against th pro hibitive duty of (50 a ton impozdd ' the new tariff bill. It is understood the purpose of this tax is to protect the potash mines of Utah. Ninety pe rent of the potash used la used I. Virginia, North Carolina and Su'.n Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Ala bama. Irish Situation Deadlocked. London. -The Irish situation, it was declared in responsible quarters, has developed into virtually a deadlock be tween Premier Lloyd George and S'r James Craig, the Ulster premier, ana the latter has been given ar opportu nity to go to BelfaBt to see If r y thing en be dune In the circuaK stances. Fire and Riot in Penitentiary, Pittsburgh. Six persons were In jured and ten factory building de stroyed In a riot and lire at Westo n penitentiary here. Police and do; try sheriffs tnm all parts of luu city as sisted the j rison guards In holding the prisoners while the firemen put out the flames. 50.NX) Pounds Offered. Florence. S. C First curings of to bacco on i he local market averaged about 7 cents and about 50,000 pounds were offered. There were many buy are. Another Republic Proclaimed. Belgrade. JugoSlaia. An inde pendent raublic hs" been proclaim.! i by the Ml) dltes, a Chrlstion tribe In I habiting u -per Albania. A president. Marce Djoni. has bten named. Auto Bandits Get $7,000. Warren, Ohio. Five masked auto mobile dandlts held up the Orangevllla Banking company at Orangeville, 2 miles east of here, and escaped with $7,000. , Greek Forces Pressing Turks. Athens. The Greek troops In the region of Kutaia, to the southeast of Brussa, Asia Minor, have forced the Turkish Nationalists to retreat in such a manner as to give hope of a com plete investment by the Greek forces. 20,000.000 Russians Starving. I Berlin. Twenty million persons era , on the ver;e of starvation in drought stricken sections of Russia, subsisting ; mainly on mosb, grass and bark ot i trees. ' I Rise In Sam Browne Baits. : Washington. With the war deparU inent's order restoring the Saw Browne bolt for all commissioned of ficers, prices of this article ot equip ment, which had been a dm? on lb a market. Immediately begon to soar !TmI- . 4
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