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VOLUME XXXIII
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 9, 1922
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THE VEEIfS EVENTS:
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA'
TION AND THE WORLD j
- BRIEFLY TOLD , j
ROUND MOUFTHE WORID
A CondtnMd Rieerd Of HapfMnlngi'
Of Interest From. All Point
Of Th World
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Responsibility for the world war was
Jilaced exclusively on German shoul
ders by Philip Scheldemann, former
German chancellor, la lecture be
for the students'-association at Copen
hagen, recently.
The conferences between the dele
gates 6f the Irish provisional govern-'
ment with Winston Spencer Churchill,
British colonial secretary; Sir Green
wood, chief secretary for Ireland, and
Sir Lamington Worthlngton-Evans, sec
retary for war, are reported to be pro
teedlng smoothly. ; .
Henri Desire Landru, "Bluebeard ot
OamaJsVcqnyicted pf the murder of
ten women and one youth, protesting
his innocence vto -the ,latp gave his
life in exchange for. the eleven he
:v was convicted of having taken. The
execution, was at Versailles, France,
j Agreement, to a postponement of the
fQenoa economic conference until April
' 40 has been reached by Premier Poln
care of France and Prime Minister
Lloyd George of Great Britain at a
conference at Boulogne. The confer
ence originally as called to meet on
March j, -- v':-, -,
Pope Plus announced .the appoint
ment of Monslgnor John J. Swint, of
(Weston, W. Va., as auxiliary bishop
,of the diocese of Wheeling,. W. Va.
i The Genoa conference will open
Warch 15 or' J3 instead of March 8,
s originally -planned, It s announced
It Rome', Italy, because arrangements
have not yet been completed.
' Lady Feddora Gleiehen, unmarried
' daughter of .the late: Admiral Prince
Victor ot'Hdhenlohe-Langenburg, died
recently in London.. '
-', ii Is stated In dispatches emanat
ing from Dublin that the Irish fac
tions . have come to an agreement
whereby it is hoped that peace will be
established.
Several persons were wounded at
Belfast in a fresh outbreak of firing on
fthe East Side, said to have resulted
from a vendetta against' saloon keep.
era of that section having Sinn Fein
sympathies. ; Military guards were sta
tioned at all the saloons -In York
street; District, t .' ' .
! Nearly 12,000 miners in the. Penar
foya district went on strike recently
in consequence of an announcement by
their employers that, they Intended to
.reduce the miners' wages 25 par cent,
'The strikers' attitude so far is quiet
but they, express fletermlnatlon not
to return to work, declaring It is im
r
possible to live on diminished wages
hlle every article ot consumption is
Increasing In price on account of the
new customs duties, says at dispatch
from Madrid, Spain.1
j Peter Veregin, head of the Russia
religious sect known as the Buckhob
faurs recently, confirmed reports that
jne had suggested a plan whereby the
'children of the colong under ten years
i of age, together with the aged, and In
firm, be' drowned as a protest' against
alleged exorbitant taxation. Once rid
'of those unable to travel, Veregin pro
posed that his followers abandon their
.farms and -wander over the country,
preaching the cpmtng of Christ and llv-
jlng as the 'vagrant working class."
Washington .
, The Supreme court has upheld a de-
tdslon of the Oregon courts giving the
government a judgment f 118,204.84
.against Willard N. Jones, who had
' fraudulent scheme ot putting old
isoldlers-en homestead sites In Oregon
and then binding them up in con
tracts under which $he land would, ul
umateiy un to nun. , , . ,
A movement to establish a prohi
bltlon .bureau as a separate govern
ment agency distinct from any of the
departments was understood to be
gaining favor in officials circles. Leg
islation to the end, It was said, might
be Introduced in congress In connec
tion with the consideration ot the pro
posed fccheme for the reorganization
of the administrative departments ol
the government.
Consideration was continued by both
the war department and the house mil'
Itary on the question of disposing ol
the government's power and nitrate
project at Muscle Shoals, Ala., to prl
' vate enterprises j or completion und
operation,; J . r t
A resolution designed to bring about
the recjal), from England of Ambassa
dor Harvey was introduced by Reore-
IsenUUvV Ryanrepublloasi, Ne YorkJ
yi am meamre proposes a congressional
Tsstlgattqjcot jutemenu. mde bj
the ambassador while abroad.
Secretary of Labor Davis announcei
that be nas under way the action con
tern plated by President Harding to
bring about a conference between th
bituminous coal operators and mint
workes prior to April 1. :
Waterways transportation pronlemi
extending from the Great Lakes to tht
Atlantic and to the Gulf of Mexicc
will occupy the attention of five lm
portant waterways organizations whlct
will bold sessions here. An unusual
degree of interest is expected to at I
tena a join aeuam on ma ou jLrwrenc
a 1 i 1 a xl a. v 1
nmlect
The hearing on the Ford proposal,
tar Muscle Shoals, Ala., government
property has ended, and consideration'
of other propositions will now be tak
en up.
Thomas W. Martin, president of the
Alabama Power company, told, the
house military committee thut his
company had made a thorough study
of power markets within a radius of
400 miles of Muscle Shoals,, Ala., and
that this company was surt thf.t a hy-
dro-electrlct power sufficient to In
dustrialize a territory 800 miles in dia
meter could be generated.
The Supreme court, in a decision
rendered by Justice Brandels, has de
clared woman suffrage in the United
States to be constitutional.
The Supreme court has held invalid
the Arkansas state law prohibiting
corporations doing business in that
state from 'removing cases from state
to federal courts.
Francis I. Jones, director general of
the United States employment service
of the department of labor, has been
adviseifthat employment agencies are
exploiting the people and preying up
on the unemployed with prospective
operations at the Muscle Shoals, Ala.,
power and nitrate projects.
The supremacy of the interstate
commerce commission over state utili
ties commissions ana Bimnar siaie
bodies In matters pertaining to the
regulation of railroads has been estab
lished by the decision of the United
States Supreme court In the Wiscon
sin rate' case. . The case was over
the higher, rates put into effect in
Wisconsin under act of the state leg
islature of f$20. "
The postofflce department announc
es that the marine mall guards will
be repaced : by a : speclaly . recruited
force of men from the department,
and is already. in active operation.
The senate foreign, relations com
mittee, by a vote of 10 to 3, has or
dered favorably reported the four-
power Pacific treaty, together with
Its supplements and a reservation and
tha, naval limitation and submarine
treaties.
Domestic-
Mrs. John Rupp recently told the
Lotf Apgeles police that she "kept
house" for the six drug peddlers who
lire said to have been implicated In
the murder of William Desmond Tay
lor, film director. The police attach
much Importance to her story, and
say that If her story Is true, the mur-
ler mystery Is solved.
. William F. Wendt, Los Angeles mil
lionaire, formerly known as the "iron
king" of Buffalo, N. Y., where the
courts 'recently held him incompetent,
has beon found to be "mentally sick"
at a session ot the Los Angeles coun
ty lunacy commission, and paroled to
Mrs. Jean McCracken, a court at
tache. It is planned to place him in
a sanitarium. -
The anthracite operators announced
in Philadelphia recently that they have
agreed to meet representatives of the
United Mine Workers In Joint confer
ence in New York March 15 to nego
tiate a new wage agreement.
Medical and psychological expert!
have been watching Harvey W.
Church, double Chicago slayer eenteno
ed to hang March 2, who has been
endeavoring to cheat the gallows b;
starving himself, and declare, that he
has succeeded in committing mental
suicide.
. Miss Dorothy Nichols, 18 years old
a society girl of Washington Heights
New York, City, awoke with a scream
when an intruder struck her a.bejwj
blow on the head. The assailant es
caped. M-iss Nichols bad, Just return
ed from a masquerade ball.
- The body of Miss Eleanore Dunning,
40 years old, of Liberty, N. ,Y., was
found on the roof of the engine room
in the rear of the Hotel Aberdeen
in West Thirty - fourth street, Ne
York City, beneath the wlndaw of I
room a nthe eighth floor which sh
occupied. ' A check 'payable .to cash
for J350, Jewelry estimated , to b
worth several thousand dollars and
$150 In cash was found in the room,
Augusta, Oa., was recently threat
ened .with another , '.big tire.. Th(
Montgomery building, In the verj
heart of the business district, in eomi
way, caught fire, but- was gotten u
der control but not until' the buildlni
was practically demolished.
The special grand jury Investigating
the Lexington hotel (Richmond, ' Va
fire, February tx found that the own
era -bad been too prodigious" in th
use of the word "new" Instead of fix
ing the hostelry for the safety ot th
lives of the guests and employees.
Theodore Roosevelt would give the
country one of . his broad smiles it ht
were alive. Mr. and Mrs. William Po
teet of Brownsville, Ky- have beei
married six year, in which time, four
sets of twins and one set' of quadru
plea have come to bless their home
twelve in all '
Alfred D, Lindsay, former stock bro
ker, wanted in New York City foi
bilking society women ot more thai
a million dollars, has been arrested,
New York police authorities are in
formed, at Overbrook, Pa.
Representatives of. the manufactur
ers and of both unions Involved .is
the strike In cotton mills in Rhodi
Island rejected the proposition of the
Btate board of mediation and conclll
ation that the 'wage controversy b
submitted to Judge J. Jerome Hahn,
chairman of the board, as sole arbi
ter. .
Lieut Clifford E. Smythe of Chicago
wrote hla father after the first trial
trip of tho Roma in Washington, thai
it would be criminal to attempt tc
fly the dlrlgibto unless sonie improve
ments were made on the vtfsseL
EXTENSIVE ROAO BUILDING
Thirty-two Mile of .State Highway
Have Been Completed In Lenoir
1 County. ' f
Kinotonz-The ; road-bulldlng pro
gram ot Lenoir county Is "one of the
most extensive ever entered Into by
any individual county In this State,
and probably has rarely been exceeded
In the whole country," according to
a statement issued here by the county
highway commission' from - its engi
neer, giving details of the construc
tion work, which was made public.
"All of the roads will be turned over
to. State Immediately upon their com
pletion," It was stated,
The engineer's report said 10 and
six-tenths miles of Jhe system, had
been completed at the last report
made March 19, 1921. "Today 42 4-10
mlb3S of pavement have been com
pleled and 16 1-2 miles of concrete
base laid ahead, all of which is open
to the public so that now, during the
winter months, when numerous roads
in other sections are In an almost
Impassable condition due to the
storms and heayy rains, Lenoir coun
ty has over.58 mues oi nara-sunace
on which the public can travel with
comfort and convenience to almost
any part of the county.
"On the Central Highway, which is
being supervised by the state high
way commission, the portion through
LaGrange from Klnston to the
Wayne county line, 15 3100 miles
long, has been completed; .while on
the portion from Kfnston to the Cra
ven county line, 7 88-100 miles long,
all of the concrete foundation has
been' laid and it is anticipated that
the asphalt surface will be completed
within the next 30 days."
Work was stated to have progressed
satisfactorily on every main road out
of. Klnston, and several to be nearly
completed.
"Two complete asphalt -plants are
In operation." The work of the con
tractors was declared to be "very sat
isfactory." The indications "are that
by mid summer the principal high
ways will be completed, thereby mak
ing Lenoir county one of the best
paved counties in the United Stages
Stats Takes Over Turnpike.
Lenoir.The final action of the
stockholders ot the Yonahlosse Turn
nike Comnanr in accenting a oroDosl-
tion of the state highway commission
was taken here.
According to T. B. Lenoir, president
of the turnpike company, the state
highway commission will spend, $8,-
000 a year on the Yonahlosse road
at a point about three miles beyond
Blowing Rock to Llnvllle City. It is
very likely, Mr. Lenoir says, that the
state will be Able to begin work on
this road within a few days or Just
as soon as they can organise' a main
tenance force. Tie turnpike com
pany is to receive '21 for the road on
its 99-year lease. ,
Fields of Fins Clay
Hlmlet The finest clay field" tor
crockery and for fire-brick yet discov
ered in North Carolina lies between
here and Rockingham, according to a
statement made in the office of the
chamber ot commerce by Field Sur
veyor Mooney,- assistant of Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, geologist, of the Univer
sity of North Carolina,
There Is,, declared . Vr.x Mooney,
enough clay- in this field to giver
1100,000 crockery plant', employment
for the 'next fifty years." He said the
clay was white clay, very , adaptable
to" the manufacture .of crockery, an
Industry carried on extensive. In, Ohio,
and in St. 'Louis, Mo., largely of
North Carolina clay.
FIIG8M! OFFER I
BEFORE CODlfEE
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G0ETHAL8 AND ENGSTRL'K JOW
HAND8 TO DEVELOP MUSCLE
8HOAL8 PLANTS.
BUTLER TELLS HOUSE PUNS
Panama Canst Builder; to Take Per-
sonsl Charge of Work If Eng
strum Wins Out
Washington. George W. Goethals,
former malor itneral In tha irmv nad
Builder ot the Fanama Canal, will take
charge of the development of the gov
ernment's war-made projects at Mus
cle Shoals, Ala., In the event the offer
of Frederick E. Engstrum. North
Carolina shipbuilder and engineer, for
lease and completion of the Alabama
properties, is accepted by congress,
It was announced.
Mr. Goethals already has agreed,
it was added, -to accept the task of
completing the great dam at Muscle
Shoals and other projects for Mr Eng
strum.
The announcement of the agree
ment between Mr. Engstrum and Mr.
Goethals was made by Marlon flutter,
former senator from North Carolina,
in testimony given the house military
committee on the proposal which was
under consideration as a competitor
to those submitted by Henry Ford
and the Alabama Power company.
The committee devoted' both ses
slons to an investigation of the Eng
strum offes, receiving Mr. Engstrum
first fora brief- introduction of bis
bid and later examining Mr. Putler,
who appeared as legal adviser forihe
North Carolinian. Mr. Butler said
nitrate and fertilizer production, view
ed in the sense of their relation to the
national defense, was the prime object
of the offer he. spoke for, although
hydrb-electric Development would .not
be neglected.
While tie former senator did not
refer to the Ford offer by name, he
argued strongly against congressional
action which would permit the prin
cipal waterpower project of the South
to be controlled by a private concern.
Nitrate and fertilizer production at
the shoals, Mr. Butler said, could be
made a national asset, permitting
cheap soil foods for the farmers and
reduced prices of foodstuffs for the
consumers.
In reply to questions by Represen
tative Stoll, South Carolina, Mr. But
ler said the corporation to be created
under the Engstrum plan "would cap
italize itself" until it got to be a "go
ing concern" and was willing to offer
a surety bond of any size the govern
ment suggested to assure the proper
execution of the offer. Both Mr. But
ler and Mr. Engstrum would be direc
tors of the corporation, It was stated
in addition to two others who would
be designated by the secretaries of
war and agriculture.
.Thirteen Killed In Wreck.
Cleveland, Ohio. Thirteen persons
were killed and approximately a dozen
injured, four perhaps fatally, when
New York Central express train No,
900, eastbound, crashed into a bus at
the St Clair street creasing in Paines
vine, pmy nve or the dead were
identified at a late hour. All are be
lieved to have been residents of
Palnesvllle 'and Falrport, between
which cities the bus operated. .
Dead and dying wure hurled along
the railroad right-of-way for several
hundred feet. Bodies of three ot the
victims were found lodged on the lo
comotive pilot when the train was
brought to a stop from a 60-mile an
hour pace, 50 yards from the scene
of the accident
Prisoners Yelled While Fire Raged.
Fort Madison, Iowa. Prisoners of
the. Iowa state-penitentiary here 4ieat
upon the bars of their cells and yelled
for several hours when fire 'caused
damages estimated at 1250,000 to sev
oral buildings within the prison walls
Cries of "there-goes your bid prison,"
and "Let us out," were yelled to the
guards who tried to quiet them.
Hungary Will 8ell Lsnd.
Budapest. The Hungarian govern
ment will soon have several thousand
acres of lapd to sell and contemplates
setting up a burSau In America, where
Hungarians will be able to purchase
farms before' sailing home.
Joseph Szbszy, who was sent to the
United States recently to study the
situation, says that his countrymen
in America number about 500,000, that
their savings, average about. 400 to
$500 each and that many of them
would like to return to Hungary if
they were able to buy land."
"WW
HER CUT III
M PREDICTED
THE HOUSE SUB COMMITTEE PRO-
POSES FURTHER SLASHING
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ARMY CIRCLES HUE WORRIED
Would Reduce Enlisted Strength to
115,000 Men and Officers t
Eleven Thousand.
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Washington. At least $60,000,000
and possibly $60,000,000 will be slash
ed from the budget estimate for the
war department by the house appro-'
priatlons subcommittee which is
framing the army appropriation bill
for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
next, members of the subcommittee
predicted.
The measure, they aUded, not only
will provide that the enlisted strength
of the army be reduced from its pres
ent strength of 137,000 to 115,000 men
on July 1. but that the number of of
ficers be limited to 11,000 as compared
with the present strength of 12,900 on
the active list.
War department estimates were re
vised and pared down by the budget
bureau to approximately $363,000,000
for the coming fiscal year, ot this
amount $293,000,000 being requested
fot the army and the rest for non-mill-
tary work, such as Improvements to
rivers and harbors.
Concern was expressed in army cir
cles over the prospective forced re
duction of the regular establishment
Both Secretary Weeks and General
Pershing appearing recently before the
sub-committee urged that prevision be
made for an army of 150,000 men and
the sub-committee In deciding upon
11,000 as the maximum number of of
ficers has disregarded the recommen
dation of General Pershing who out
lined plans for "weeding out'' Ineffi
cient officers to bring the force down
to 12,000 in the expectation of them
increasing the officer personnel to 14,
000 by commissioning officers in the
Junior grades.
A reduction of the army to 115,090
enlisted strength, It was pointed out
by department officials, would mean
an actual effective force of little more
than 105,000 men, as the regular turn
over, due to expiring enlistments, Te
crult training and other conditions,
keeps about 10,000 men on the average
continuously out of the active ranks.
Work Appointed to Succeed Hays.
Washington Dr. Hubert WorKflrst
assistant postmaster general, was
nominated by President Harding and
confirmed by the senate to be post
master general. He succeeds Will H.
Hays, resigned.
Final announcement of the designa
tion of Dr. Work came as no surprise,
his name having been connected wits
the office since the prospective retire
ment ot Mr. Hays was announced sev
eral weeks ago.
The elevation of the Coloradoan to
the postmaster generalship will leave
the position of first and second as
sistant postmaster generals to be fill
ed, E. H. Shaughnessy, who was sel-
ond assistant postmaster general, hav
ing lost bis life In the Knlrkerbocker
theater disaster.
8eaboard Air Line Seeking Loan.
Washington Railroad financing pro
posals crowded the files ot the Inter
state commerce commission, due to
the ending of the period during which
carriers are allowed to apply for
government loans.
The Seaboard Air Line put In a
blanket application under which It not
ified the commission that it needed
large sums of money, the total not bet
ing given, but an amount of $14,000,009
being mentioned as a likely requisite
to continue operations and extend its
lines.
Norwegian Steamer Is Sinking.
Boston. The Norwegian freight
steamer Grontoft was reported sink
ing about 500 miles southeast ot Cape
Race in radio messages received here.
Her lifeboats had been smashed, tho
steamer West Kebar reported. The
steamer Estonia was proceeding to
their assistance.
Reproclty Act Not to be Revived.
Washington. William S. Fielding,
whq came to Washington several days
ago In the interest of a general tariff
reciprocity agreement between the
United States and Canada, has been
advised by congressional leaders that
congress does not look with favor at
this time on such an agreement
Mr. Fielding has been In confer
ence on the subject with Chairman
Fordney of the house ways and means
committee, who expressed unalterable-
opposition to putting into force the
1911 reciprocity act .
CHI CDUIJTY TO
HOin CMH6II
FOR THE BENEFIT OP AQRICUU 'v
JURE IN EASTERN
CAROLINA.
60V. MORRISON WILL SPEW
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Crsven County Agricultural Committee '
Names Well-known Men to Speak
In the Campaign.
New Bern. Having secured Gov.
Cameron Morrison as chief speaker
of the day, and Dr. B. W. Kllgore and
a staff of agricultural specialists for
the demonstration work, Secretary C.'
C. Kirkpatrick, of the Craven agricul
tural committee, announced that all
was in readiness for the launching 45a
March 13 of the most ambitious can?
palgn ever attempted in eastern Caro
lina for the benefit of agriculture in
this section.
Mr. Kirkpatrick stated that there
were many details connected with .
the campaign that were yet to -be
worked out but in general everything
is ready. Starting in New Bern on
March 13 with a general mass meet
ing and conferences with farmers and
their wives, the campaign commit
tees will- spread out Intoadjolnlng
counties carrying the Craven ides' be
fore hundreds ot other farmers dur
ing the remainder ot the week.
"We have practically secured the
transfer of the state's best agricul
tural specialists to this section for
the. week of March 13," Mr. Kirkpat.
rick said In speaking ot the immen
sity of the agricultural movement,
"and .it will be the privilege ot farm
ers of six counties to trtar their ex
pert views on combating the boll wee
vil and confer with them personally."
On Monday of the campaign week,
Governor Morrison and Dr. Kllgore
will address a general mass meeting
here as the opening gun. During the
day ' farmers will be assembled tor
conferences with the dairying, hog,
and poultry specialists the stats en
tomologist and others, who may sag-
gest how they may lay the foundation
of good live stock which has been an
nounced by authorities as the only
sound basis for successful farming urn
der any conditions.
Girl Killed In Auto Wreck.
High Potntr-Miss Lena Farrtngton.
18-year-old daughter ot C. L. Farrlnflj
ton, of No. .408 Park street, had her
neck broken . In an Automobile acci
dent here and died two hours later.
W. Francis Everhart, ot Thomas
villa driver of the car, was arrested
on a charee of manslaughter shortly
after , the accident and detained at.
- 11. until AfrnAli. Ka mi
yUUUU BUIIIUU UMUI whv.ovwm " m v
was released on a bond of $24(00, 111
ed by Magistrate W. O. Brown.
The seven-passenger Studebaker
left the pavement at a slight curve
in the road to Winston-Salem neaf the
George Penny farm, about two miles
'rom Highv Point, tore up a concrete
(abutment or curbstone on the rtd
leading up to the Penny farm, JdnfffSd
. this road and demolished the con
crete wall on the other side bf the
road. The front of the car was badly,
broken. ' . V' "" "f
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V Officers Make Big Still Hauls. " J
Statesvllle. A sheet Iron still and
3bout 1,000 gallons of beer were fle
troyed In New Hope township by Pro
hibition Officer Halliburton, Dfputy
Snerlff Hoke and Alexander county
officers. Halliburton, Hoke Depj
uty Tllley destroyed a complete steam'
outfit of about 125 gallons capacltyj
four rations ot whiskey and other ac
cessories in Union Grove township.1
Paaa Will Look After Soldiers.
Lumberton. A. P. Page of Lumber-
ton has been named secretary of the
soldiers' relief for Robeson county.
succeeding J. P. Russeil. who resign
ed. D. H. Fuller and I. L. McQUI are
named as assistants to Mr. Page. Mr.
Russell is secretary of the Lumberton
chapter of the American Red Cross
and town clerk and treasurer and
found that he did not have the Ume
to continue looking after the interest
of the ex-soldiers and sailors. ,
Instructing In Recreation Work."
Lumberton. Miss Frances Haire,
representing Community Service, Inc.,
of New York. Is visiting a number ot
Robeson schools instructing the pu
pils In recreation work. Miss Haire
will spend two weeks in the county.
She is working in connection wltn
Miss Louisa Williams, community"
service director in this county. The
work includes community pictures,-,
outdoor exercises; etc. Ten Robeson :
rhnnia hav adonted the community :
service' progrant :J3F
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