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1 -,i -- :..-;v. l'- -: y "'V--'' V-- " v'-, H P; y :. : ;CA4verWsing Katea'on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BQP.NE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. , - v ll.OOPerYesr : . VOL. XXXIIL . BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, IV. C THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24; 1921 TCDG 4 , - m i r- awn 0FDH A HfllVTH LOCK9 OF THE PANAMA CANAL . ALREAbY ALMOST TOO 8MALL j ' ..V FOR. BIGGEST WARSHIPS. 'ADVANCES OF EIGHT YEARS Continuoui and Rapid Development In Size and Efficiency of War Materiel ' Hat Bearing 'on the Conference on " Armamente. . . . " .'; 1 . ' - . ' , : " ' s . t - , . T By EDWARD B. CLARK. . . Washington. It - was only eight yean ago that the water from Gatun lake.wns tnrjied into the Culebra cut, now known aa the. GalllarfTcuL -The canal Uien was opened for corarrterce and for the passage of battleship ' t Mas thought at that time, October, l913; thaf the locks had been made ' St&l though to accommodate any war 4 eil' WhUh was likely to be built 'or a ceitury to. come. Yet today, iily flight years from . the time of. the ;b&!it if the waterway; there are Jdps of the American navy which have. :' to "scrunch" In order to get through he CJiitun, the Pedro Miguel and the MIraflores locks. J. This fuct has. some bearing on the c iphimiicy f(ir the limitation jof arma-Va-:is and Far East problems, al ' i. ii the surface it may not seem In any way to be related to the prob lcnii to be solved. There may be a liniitutlon set on" t ho number of ships ' ;whlch any nation may keep in com mission, and -there may be ordered a reduction in the nnmber of .vessels at present comnUssioned In the various - :iHvles, but It is knownt of course, -i'rfat every country ' will be allowed t ' f-i ' :;efp a navy of sufficient size to protect Its various "Interests. ; Of course there will be navies in the - future just as there are navies today, and- it Is not believed that anything will ,be done at the conference to pre- ent liniirovements and enlargements of the ships of the present time when essel ..replacements are necessary and are authorized under the rules govern ing limitation agreements. It has been "suggested from time to time, more because of the humor of fancy than for any other reason, that the nations of the world go back to the' days of old wooden ships and smooth bore guns In .order to nave money Jtor the taxpayers. The argument was that 'if no nations had anything but wood en ships and smooth bores they would be on the same war level as they are when each possesses Its steel-clads and jits 10-Inch rifles.. What Future Battles May Be. ' Of course any such suggestion as l this Instantly was repudiated, but it ;i within the radge, of remote possl . Jbllltieji that something muy be sug gested at the coining conference to ' bring, a 'pause to the. further develop ment of destructive ' engines of war ' i fare, Probably, of course, this will - I not be done, and if science and inven tion go forward ns they have gone for- ward In the last 0 years, the day will come when man'' cannot go to war on sea or. land without knowlos " that 'either lils -ftrmy or bU' fleet, or the , , anny. or ' the fleet of the enemy Is to . . jbe'annlhllated. No one left to tell ! the .tale,' may be the history of some - j great-battle of the future. A few' weeks ago 4,000 .marines, of j the United States navy engaged In 'battle maneuvers at the Wilderness where the Grant and 1 Lee forces met i fifty-odd years ago. ' Such has been the Improvement, If - you' want to call 'it Improvement, in the. machinery of" j war ttmt it th8e' 4i0p0.. marines, armed aslJfeyeijher day and with all the Voderil machinery of warfare at their command, had met In actual ! battle, on the. field a force numerically , j equal to the Combined armies of,Grant and Lee,' armed as those armies were (in 1884, the marines could have' swept ' j the combined forces' opposed to them 'off the face of the earth and never have lost . a' man. : - - . In the Spanish war there' was an -' American merchant vessel which had been converted into a .cruiser.. It j mounted four 5-lnch guns.' It was Just . a merchant vessel,, and yet alone It - 'could have destroyed In. battle every i man-of-war which- the North and the i South together put on. the seas In the Ways of the Civil war. and could have done It In a single fight. ,.... . One 6f our newest end greatest bat tleshlps today could destroy without much of an effort the combined Ameri can an Spanish fleets as they existed in the days of the Spanish war. The J Brooklyn, the New York, the1 Oregon, the Indiana, the ' Iowa, and all the rest plus the steel clads of fcterver 'would have beey sent to the bottom j after a 'short engagement with one cap jltal ship of our presepti day nayy. - Ignorance In Red'a Attack. ' In the attempt of the Red. element tt human society, to aasasilnate . the jAjnrjcaj 1 iimbassador 'to,L .France, Myron T. Uerrlck, and In threats -of vloleuce to United States ainbassudorg' and consuls elsewhere,' there Is seen new. evidence of the fuct that certain foreigners 'still, are unable to differen tiate between the federal government of tjie United' States and the Individu al governments of the states. Ambassa'dor Herrlck, directly or In directly, had as much to do In an offi cial way' with the trial and conviction of the two Italians who committed murder in Massachusetts as he had or has. hat 'm do with the market price of pawpaws in southern Indiana. The United States government ns a gov ernment has had nothing to do with the prosecution of the two men; Sueco and Vancettl, whose conviction for murder in . Binlntree, ' Mass., has aroused the ire of the Reds, here and in Europe. Even great governments of the world do not understand thoroughly where the authority of the United States ends and the authority of the individual Btutes begin- In 18S2, or thereabouts, some public officials lu the city of New Orleans were killed by assassins, several of whom later were shot and killed by an aroused popular. The Italian government in stantly made representations to the United States in the matter of repara tions, because some of the men killed in retaliation for their alleged, acts were Italian subjects. ' ' " How Italy Was Appeased. ' It seemed to be an Impossibility for the United States, government to make the Italian government under stand that the affair wus a state and hot a federal matter. The Italian gov ernment said :' "This thing huppeued lu the United States and therefore the United States government Is re sponsible." Virtually the only answer that could be made was, "The affair happened in Louisiana aud Louisiana In such matters is 8 sovereign state." Of course Italy could not proceed agulnst Louisiana and so Uncle Sam took the, matter over and, without smashing the Constitution, or Invading states rights, or muking final admis sion that nothing could be done, took some money out of a contingent fund which happened to be In existence uud paid It over to the widows and chil dren of. the Italian subjects who hud been killed In the Crescent City fra- cas. 'This satisfied the Italian gov- ! erument, but It did nothing to change the situation in the United States, as between the government and the states, conditions which remain Just where they were. There has been a gradual develop ment of the practice of throwing bombs and of sending infernal ma chines through the mall, or by express, to men marked for death. Prior tQ the year 1870 little or nothing was knowu xl such deeds In the Uuiled States. In Europe bombs had been thrown on occusion and sometimes they hit their mark. Claims Court Needs Relief. The great war has. -brought an added amount of business to many of the United States courts, but the tribunal which fairly - must stagger under the weight of. accumulating work Is the United States court of claims which sits in the city of Wash ington. . : Comparatively little ever Is written about the court of claims, and yet under its jurisdiction come many of,. the most Interesting isults at TlfiW which the courts of the country know; It is understood that even today the court of claims has cases before It which have grown out of the Revolu tionary war and of the early Indian wars In which the United States was .engaged. It was only recently . that under a blanket net of congress the last French spoliation claims were settled. These grew out of losses to American mer chants engaged In sea trade during the time of the troubles with, France In the closing days of the Eighteenth century. The 'great war Is responsible for the accumulation of many cases be fore the United States court of claims. Any citizen of the. United States who thinks that he suffered a loss for which the government was responsible is at liberty to enter a suit In this court, even If the amount of loss was trivial. The court, In fact, con takeup cases in which the loss runs anywhere from one cent to a billion dollars, although U Is not presumable that what might be culled nickel or 50-cent cases ever will trou ble the jurists. Today there is one case before the court In which evidence Is being taken which involves a claim for damages amounting to $125,000,000 This case tins to do with certain losses supposed to hnve been sustained by reason of pome trouble In which, submarines and torpedoes played a part ' . . Plan-to Expedite Its Cases. ' . Toduy before .congress there Is a bill In the form of an amendment, to tho law governing the operation of the court of claims, which Is Intend ed to expedite the business of ' the tribunal. i( The Jurists desire that they" shall be given authority to appoint examiners' who may go'Into the merits of a. good many, of the. cases. In. ad vjincs. fit th CQjart proceedings, fjt day this" pTthe right of all the' federal courts except this particular one, and yet this, court, it is said, needs the authority more than any other.-' The bill has passed the senate, but It is now .hung up in the committee on Ju diciary of the . house of represents: tlves. Lawyers say that Its passage .will save the people money and the court much time. Court of claims cases under present conditions are apt to drag' .through long periwig of time. When a United States citizen se cures a verdict In his favor from the court of claims for damages against the United " States government his troubles are . not ended. The court cannot order a government official to levy on the government for the dam ages which it has awarded. The man who has a verdict In his favor must go to congress and secure the passage of an appropriation bill to meet the amount which the court has decided as his due. . . There's a Conscience. ' Old LadyI hope you don't sell papers on Sunday. Nevpbc-y (sadly) No'ra; I ain't big enuf to carry the Sunday 'ditjons yit Virginia Heel mi SESSION ULtBTllY NOTHING IN WAY OF PROGRAM OF CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION ' HAS BEEN NOTED. T TO BE ACTION ON EDUCATION Vague Rumors are Current of Attempt to Call Constitutional Convention to do Something About Taxes, ' Raleigh. Uncertainty enwarps the coming session of the legislature. No legisla tive program has been worked out. Municipal authorities whose agitation over the failure of the municipal FI ance act brought about the session have evolved nothing yet in the way of a program of corrective legislation. The jstate Board of Education will he eminently satisfied wi'li a resolu i appropriating 1700,000 to cover i dt ficit. Beyond that there is no plan. Tt Is generally supposed that the cities will ask the proper passage of tt municipal finance act as it was wrl ten last February. No fault has beer found with it except that it had not the proper entries made in the Sonat' Journal. Representative Ma'thews r Bertie, chairman of the House Con. mittee on Education, will likely offer a 'resolution for the" relief of the school fund. And that .Is 'all. Va Tie rumors current of an effort to abolish cam' punishment; of an 'effort to call i constitutional convention to do somf thing' about the taxation sv?tm a'' to modernize thR bnslc . la w.irrnrr3"' of an effort to resusc'ate V '-fT'il r: tlon. act and restore Bbmeth'n O equity in taxation among the counties. But whether any of these things will be attempted remains to be disclosed. Morrison and-Bally Differ, . . North Carolina farmers, delegates at opening session of the fourteenth annual convention of the State Farm ers' Union heard Governor Morrison and J. W. Bally, and they heard ex pressions of views on the state's ag ricultural life as far apart as the east from the west. The governor found North Carolina rich in its agricultural life, ranking sixth In the total value of its agrl cultural products, second, in value per capita and first per acre planned. Mr, Bailey mentioned frequently of la'te as a candidate to succeed Governor Mor rlaon found- the state languishing ag riculturally, th fanners In the denths of despair and the whole state In a bad way because of the poverty of the agriculturalists. More-Money for State. . The war finance corporation an nounced that an additional 150,000 has been advanced in North Carolina for agricultural and livestock pur poses. .. . Jno. F. Oakly has' been named post master at Benaja, and Miss Mary B, Taylor at ' Como, ; Hertford . county, Miss Bettie Martin has been confirm 4 as postmaster at Blscoe, and James E. Houser, at Cherry vllle. West Point Appointments. Washington, (Special). These men have been designated for West Poin:. . Robert L. Brldger, Winston-Salem; W. Oscar McMullany. Elisabeth City, and Wilbur R. Carleton, Alexander, Messrs McMullaa and Carle .on are first alternated. ' ." ' "" ' 10 H t n 011 IDE SHAME THE BRITISH DESIRE TO DISCUSS FIGURES OF THE AMERICAN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. JAPANESE ALSO INTERESTED The United States Is Not Disposed to Reduce Below 90,000 Tons Her Proportion of Submarines. Washington. British desire to dis cuss the figures in the American re placement program as to submarines does not surprise American naval of ficers. It Is fully expected that the Japanese also will have something to say on this point. At the same time, it may be said definitely that the United States is not prepared to reduce below 90,000 tons the proportion of submarines she would be allowed to maintain In the proposed restriction of fleets. Sub marines enter vitally Into American schemes of naval defense of her own great coast line. As insular powers, both Great Brit ain and Japan are exposed to subma rine operations to a degree not true of the United States, officers say. There Is little doubt among naval folk here that Great Britain in particular would welcome absolute prohibition of submarine warfare, or. falling that. sharp limitation on the use to be made of underwater craft. That phase of the question the writing of rules to govern employment of submarines in war, will come before the conference later, as it has a ..definite place on the agenda with other new agencies such as aircraft, air bombing raids and gas. May Postpone Watson Probe. Washington. Members of the spe cial senate committee appointed to Investigate charges made by Senator Watson, democrat, of Georgia of h-ir g lngs without trial of American soldiers In France, stated the inquiry in all probability would not begin until af ter, the meeting of congress in reg ular session next month. Balfour Speaks For Britain. Washington. Great Britain stands beside the United States as a firm friend in this conference. ' The speech of Arthur James Balfour is but the index of British policy which now aims to make the confer ence a success by assisting the Ameri can proposition in every way possible. Claude KJtchin Goes Home. Washington Representative Claude Kltchin, democratic leader, left here for his home in Scotland Neck, N. C. He returned to Washington several days ago from Albany, N. Y., where for some time he has been under the care of a specialist. His health was reported as greatly improved. WAR OR PEACE? Which Shall We Have in the Future? The World Will Anxiously Watch the Washington Disarmament Conference in the Fervent Hope That It Will Mean Permanent Peace. Are You Interested? If So You Will Need The Charlotte Observer 2 To Keep Yourself Thoroughly Posted Day by Day on What is Going on in the Disarmament Confer ence, What Those Participating Are Doing, Saying and Thinking and How the Statesmen and Peoples Represented Are Viewing the Proceedings. Here's The Observer's Line-Up for Covering the Conference From All Angles The Associated Press-Full Night and Day Leased Wire Report, Written by a Corps of the biggest 1 and best trained men in the employ of the World's Greatest News Gathering Agency, , Universal Service-Conference Undercurrents, Backgrounds and Sidelights; Also Commentaries Of Eminent Authorities, Cpinions of Men Trained to See Below the Surface and Behind the Scenes. Through Universal Service The Observer will have covering the conference Arthur Brisbane, Norman Hspgood, Rear Admiral Fiske, Peter B. Kyne, Mary Roberts Rhinehart, and Robert J. Prew, while reporting by . cable the attitude of foreign lands will be George Bernard Shaw of England; Wu Ting Fang of. China; D'Anounzio and Ferrero of Italy, and Others. ' , Newspaper Enterprise Association-The complete service of this organization with its corps of special correspondents, photographers and artists, giving views on the many angles of the conference. Frank H. Simonds-High authority on diplomatic methods and customs and on International politics, who became famous during the war for his interpretative articles on the movements of the armies, Besides this extraordinary service on the' Disarmament Conference Tho Observer will make a specialty of publishing the news of the Carolines, including the extra. session of the North Carolina Legislature, SDorts. society anu political, inausiciai ana ousmess news, marneis, etc., nation and the world. The Sunday Edition carries a four page colored comic section, a page of fraternal order news, and a variety of other features, including William J. Bryan's Weekly Bible Talks, , . .'- - V . . Order The Observer today to be sent to your address seven days in the week for the next three inonths. By mail, $2.25. - : ; , -'. Address, The Tentative Valuation of Road. ; Washington. The ' tentatlye valua tion of -.the Charleston and Western Carolina , railroad was .fixed .by the Interstate Commerce -. Commission ' at $10,509,027. The road's ' capital in vestment avcount, according to the re port, toUled $9,J51,2T. : Picketing Garment, Shops.. New York. Picketing of J.000 fa ment shops by striking workers has begun. ' Every picket was provided with a card of instructions from the union . warning against engaging In arguments or making a disturbance. Fletcher Charges' Discrimination. Washington. Senator Fletcher, democrat, Florida, charged in the sen ate that Postmaster General Hays was discriminating against former ser vice men in the appointment of post? masters. ' Cotton Consumed in October. V Washington. Cotton ' consumed during October amounted to 494,745 bales of' lint and 61,513-of Unters, compared with 401,325 of lint and 48, 364 of linters in October last year, the census bureau announced. World's Approval Genuine. Washington. The world's approval of the naval disarmament suggestion of the American delegation to the con ference for the limitation of arma ment is sincere, according to Senator Oscar. W. Underwood. Britain Welcomes Principle. London Officials In Downing street declared frankly that Prime Minister Lloyd George cordially welcomed the general principle of America's naval restriction program as laid down by Secretary of State Hughes. Bomb Suepecte Arrested. Lisbon. Two men, said to be com munists, have been arrested charged with placing the bomb which ex ploded on the staircase at the Ameri can consulate nere November 1. Navy For Defense Only. Washington. Limitation of the world's navies so that they will be adapted for defensive purposes only is the fundamental motive which in spired the proposals submitted to the armament conference by Secretary Hughes. Gardner In Worse Trouble. Phoenix, Arlt. Roy Gardner, eev caped mail robber, who was captured here, had a new charge against him when Sheriff John Montgomery read a warrant to him charging him with criminally assaulting a young girl here on October 24. Emergency Tariff Extended. Washington. Signing by President Harding of the bill to extend the emer gency tariff act until permanent tariff legislation .is enacted was announced at the White House. Armament Move Slowing Up. Washington. The Far Eastern na tions await the reply of Japan to China's declaration of rights, and the American move for limitation of na val arnis:nents is slowing up because of objections raised both by Japan and Great Britain. . i Observer -Company, Charlotte, Salisbury. Noan W. File, OMoftit :.,', city's oldest suea. died at ala Jwaeon Booth Main street Mr. Ttta wa itt years old and was a veteran of tb War Between, tho BUtea.' '',; -jiv; Maxton. A geatlemaa tram Lanrtn burg, driving to an Overland oar, tan In a head-on collision witn a' ford, driven by Oscar McLean, about a mile east of town. ;. Both cars are la the hospital . The occupants, though shak en up, were not Injured.: - 1 Asheville. William Johnson, aecro,: claiming to be from Greenville, S. C,f was caught in the act of robbing the postofflce at Balsam,' according to W,! B. Farwell, postmaster. The light of; ; a flashlight In the' postofflce at a lates hour caused two men to give notice to the officii . j Salisbury. Calvin I Houser, well known citizen, was seriously. Injured In a fall at the Southern transfer shed., where he has been employed for many ( years. He was rushed to a local hos pital where It was htought examina tion would ..disclose a broken hip. Greensboro. Although Rev. R. II u ' to accept the position unanimously tendered him by the North Carolina Synod as superintendent of orphanage V; work, he Is demonstrating that his ,-' ; heart is very much In the work being . .. done at Barium Springs. . - Hickory. The Hickory Chamber of Commerce sent off a number of hick- ' ory sticks to officers of the American legion headquarters in several states. This action was iu response to the great demand for the hickory souve-, nlrs souvenirs following the Kansas' City convention, where they made a large hit. - Salisbury. Dates tor the mld-wta- ' ter meeting of North Carolina Press association, to be held In Winston- : Salem, were Ttxed for January S and 6 . by the executive committee of the as sociation, which met her. Monroe. Baxter Ashcroft, editor ot The Monroe Enquirer, died following an illness of several weeks. Ruthertordton. Mrs. Thomas 8. Justice, who gave birth to triplets, three little girls, here on October 4, died of leakage of the heart, Brigbts disease and complications. Spencer. Miss Ena Ms Holt, aged 15 years, youngest daughter of Mrs. J. A- Holt, residing at Mt. Olive, died In a Baltimore hospital following in operation for a tumor' on the brain. Trenton. Mrs. Winifred E. Coble died at her home here recently. Shej had been 111 for tour years. Mrs. Coble was born January 4, 1836. Salisbury. The Salisbury aldermen have passed on Its first reading aa ordinance that Is meant to close up the town tight on Sunday witii the - . t J 1 Ll.t. BAcupuuu ui lew nours uuriug which i time necessities may be purchased. Wake Forest. R. R. Patterson, a member ot the freshman class ot Wake Forest college who shot and wounded J. S. Saunders, a sophomore whose home Is In Monroe, has resign ed from college and returned to his home In Fayettevllle. aau uiu general news i wv v ,4f
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