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GREENSBORO DAILY N EWS WEATHER pulr Today and Monday) Warmer. 46 Pages Today Four Sections VOL. XXIV. NO. 76 PRICE SEVEN CENTS CNTKHEn A8 SECOND CLASS MATTER AT POSTOmiK, I.BKEV-BUUO N C. GREENSBORO, N. C SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1921 PAI1T O.V.T IT OO PEI tIAl DAILY AND 81'NUAt. t 00 I'fcx ISA WATTS TO COLLECT TAXES AND RUN THE MORRISON CAMPAIGN II RACE FOR THE SENATE FOR NEXFP YEARS Iredell Man Announced Yester day As Tax Commissioner. IT CAUSES NO SURPRISE The Governor Needs Him To Or ganize His Forces Against Senator Overman. MORRISON TYPE OF MAN Ts Two Are 1m Harmony oa Taxa tion and They Harmonise Also oa lac Need of Wall. la the Ad ministration Maehlae. TIM Greensboro Pilly News mj-M. 304 Merrbuti Nation task Bldl. By W. T. BOST. Raleigh. April t. Col. Alston D Watts will collect revenues of various kinds and run Governor Morrison's campaign for the United States senate the first four years of the governor's race. The colonel's license to operate on this huge scale was given hltn today when the governor announced his ap pointment to the new position of com missioner of revenue created by the late general assembly. The Watts commission authorizes an interim ten ure. It depends on "the advice and oonsent of the senate." Of course, the senate never would advise a course so ordld and grotesque, but It may con tent, The Lord only knows. The governor made the appointment early this morning and set out to Tar boro to dedicate a Presbyterian church In that goodly city. He made no com ment on his appointment, but left with hie seoretary a word for the newspa per men. The colonel and the gov ernor are In accord on taxation. Gov ernor Morrison declared. It was a work of supererogation. Colonel Watts never failed to harmonise with his ap pointor. Prior to Woodrow Wilson's nomination in Baltimore the colonel sailed him . That word was not used, It Is not in the colonel's vocabu lary. But this Is a religious thesis It would blot badly the page If the real estimate of the schoolmaster were given by the colonel. Throughout the Watts tenure In revenue position, Wil son was the mightiest and the best, following the coonel's retirement from the service the George Harvey ' ibuie of Wilson was not more sincere. Harvey may have excelled In artistic expression, but not In another kind. Wherefore the Morrison-Watts con cord on taxation Isn't news. They free on It and on nearly everything else. They harmonize on the need of watts In the state administration - They agree likewise that It would be powerfully risky to undertake the editing of Overman without an Impos ing organization to collect revenue - both kinds. They agree that Watts . needs the governor and that the gov ernor needs Watts. They think this ' radical "p-a-i-r-t-y" Is one awful eunch and that the state departments hive been without cutthroat methods long enough. Heretofore. Republicans have been fought by officials who de pended on their records. But that was indtr the old law. Records beat Re publicans, but they beat Democrats, ' too. The thing, therefore. Is organisa tion. Watts la org antzatoln. Tree to Morrison Type. The Watts appointment hung today like a pall on the state departments. . The Incumbents knew that the gov ernor would appoint Watts if the state Hi not make It too hot for his ex cellency. But for all that knowledge, these departments would not believe their ears. The state did not pillory Witts Impressively. There were hun dreds of hot shots at him. but theBe ere withheld from public sight. Watts erganising his friends well made a etrong appeal to the governor. The governor was perfectly Justified In naming Mr. Watts on the character and extent of indorsements. Men who pri vately were horrified at the very nought, had their names high on the Water of Watts indorsements. It is ot a thing Incredible that Watts beg ging men by the hundreds to send in nelr letters for him. received as many Indorsements as did Maxwell who re lied very largely on a public acquaint ed with both of the men to express "self as It was moved to do. Tha Watts appointment is not Mor Haon mystifying Doughton. Howie. Orler. lifelong standpatters. Glldewell. Gardner, Everett, and a thousand oth we Put down with the progressives. The Watts selection is Morrison re verting to type. The governor cannot emprehend how anybody ever put him n with the reactionaries He be uevs he Is now Junt where he was era ago on tax and roads and he is eafident that the people appreciated Is speeches on these subjects liut alls Morrison was talking taxes and adi. Watts was whispering "woman uffrsge" The tw ain may be vgeiher taxes, but Watts never thought to jell anybody last year He played up ( suffrage record. o in appointing Watts the a-overnor tarunning true to form The moment e colonel offered hie nam-, which after ratification of the rever. i nmiiseloner bill, that moment every wepaper man conceded the eppotnt nt. Not one but knew that Watts Id never have offered had he en'er Jned the slightest fear of being re-rf4- Occasionally a ptophyte won o tosnd vho regarded the Candida, y aapecies of political dare ilevilirv t Insiders knew better They U y gentsi, of the bill. and. above all " genesis of Watts Thev saw him J"lirtrtint 'he state and s.ittitiK th, Tk01 nf Republican minority . saw him I i ie that a, nate wh o h t. , 1-.. " fool nfn ne comes up in fc J'"r "w n'" apostles working a til put ov" D1" th ,ov"'nor perpetual appointment ' revenue rommisisoner for a " T' "l years under oaeh commit E,r.tt. of Durl mi. blundered - -'T this Cut the (, r-l to f..'j rf.ad.- (t el.rtiv- Tha' "it b fo Walts hu: , t terrifc nuta la hi. irj, hin. as rO f-rnor M rr idki ' i TlftiIirn to M rriaon if. r'.r.nmi "d s)t ""'. :gr 1 f fiat at 4!! the-.,. ' r t 'Old ( t I taued 0. pa,. trr. 4 Sect.on I 1 j German To Explain "Relativity" Theory Ik l Alhert J Prof. Albert Einstein etartled the scientific world last year, with his dis covery of a "relativity" baa in which revolutionized all hitherto accepted theories on the subject. Scientists In England, France and America have since corroborated his new doctrine Einstein has been attacked bv hia Ger man colleagues, for "hobnobbing with t-ngiien scientists, so violent became these attacks that he announced his intention or leaving dermany and making hfs home in Holland. Professor Einstein Is now on his way to America LY TO OFFERf SOLUTION Will Present It When the Extra s Session Convenes. THE PRESIDENT IS SILENT Whether Peace By Resolution Has Been Approved By Hard ing Is Not Known. A DAY OF CONFERENCES Harvey, Knox, Vtvlaal and Other Con fer With President At White Hosse, Knox Reennlnlnir For Two Hon ra. Washington, April 2. Senate pro ponents of an Immediate peace with Germany by congressional resolution are understood to bo standing firmly by their intention to present such a resolution promptly on the convening of the. extra session of Congress a week from Monday. Information that members of the senate favoring a speedy peaee by res olution had not abandoned their pre viously announced Intention was ob tained tonight after a notable day of White House conferences at which the advisability of a congressional declara tion of peace together with other ques tions involved In a peace settlement were understood to have been dis cussed. Whether the intention of the peace-by-resolution senators has been ap proved In any degree by President Harding and whether It has the support of senate Republicans generally were matters on which no Information was obtainable. In this connection It was recalled that some of the more prom inent members of the senate favoring a peace resolution have stated definitely that action on matters involving peace would not be leKen in rontlicl nn administration views. The conferences today were generally considered In the bearing on in erna tlonal affairs as probably the most im portant that President Harding has held since his Inauguration. Senator Knox, cf Pennsylvania, former secretary of state, and author of the Republican peace resolution of the last session of (nKress. Col. (Jeotge Harvey, of New Uirk. selcted as ambassador to Great Hritaln, author of the Republican p. -ace resolu tion of the last session of Congress; Col George Harvey, of New York, s Ictd a ambassador to Grat Britain: Mvron T Merrick, of Ohio, understood l... under consideration for ambas sador i" France, and Stephan- Lauian ne. noted Kren. li journalist, who came this untry with torn.er iremiei Vtvianl uT a fTH fl H se with wnom the Pre'pident wa- . l-H.-l-d .iurirp th" dav. All of wi.o par:.c:eirU ... the confernres hn--i i-. .s. fpr,-ift.7 proposals r- .i.M-Us tnduate when dtBiun miBiit what .1 or t be ex PT-Ct"1 Hv infrn. e th-- ia.. ! "lpments WAr'r- roup'.ed with the x .s;t htre of M i-,.,ar..( uhn hfi broucht t" An.encan -ririais a flrst Kami rp 0 the ROV- ions pri'cnt an ttud r.f 1 1- r n merits towar.l 1 h in1 rr-lat d f u lj -f miMinn of the l-rm' if-nMy has fuKU-"'1 ' ' to pern'iade l iie (lr, i.iih its peai ! la! ti, rc-r - tier - n i.at pl th- treat f V ' ' Hoie ar tht Pre f hv sp r,t Tn 1 r " ge-!hr Th- vm:T -roppinir of sp-u.at thf p. -ait r"i-.t.' i( d hv 'i'-. ir rnt t- w r r K r.f ip ;it".it the .Ml T p."-Sifi-!. h.itl !K.p"d r .. t , n n't t n. irj: ra' li - r !t n.:Kh! a- - ' ! the White, r. !. .von a ;.! fate foi- hilt et 10 be f.-a.-r,J PLANS ARE BEING LAID BY ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE FARMERS RELIEF It Is Deeply Concerned Over Ex isting Situation. COTTON MEN SEE HARDING President Assures Them He Is Vitally Interested In Pro gram Of Relief. IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT It Is I'nderatooft 1'hat Administration Plana Forming Distributing' Aiten cles To Act in t'oneert With Kxportem. DAllr Nevi buiesd and Telegraph Of Ilea. TIM Rlattf Building Bv Lad Wire I WR3hlnton, April 2. IYesI'lem Harding today told a committee rep resenting the American Cotton associ ation and other farm organizations that the adnilniHtration was deeply in terested In ant' concerted about the prosent crisis in the agricultural in dustry, and thnt the administration was behind a program for relief. The dotni's ct the proRram. the President indicated, would be workei out by the war finance corporation, an 1 the secretary of commerce. Herbert Hoover, but the general principle of assistance for agricultrre waB unre servedly indorsed by the executive Primarily, the conterence at the White Houac related to the slump In the cotton market and the inability of farmers to sell at even an approximate cost of production. But the conference also covered other farm products the whrat and tobacco grown In North Carolina and other states and the corn produced in the corn belt of the mlddls west. The committee conferring with the President included former Senator Hoke Smith, of tjeorgia: Harvey Jor dan, secretary of the American Cotton association; former Senator Marlon Marion Butler, of North Carolina; Rep resentatives TTpshaw, Lankford and Overstreet, of Georgia: former Senator Sanders, of Tennessee; Representative Lowry, of Mississippi, and Walter B. Brown, editor of the New York Com mercial. This committee presented to the President through an address made by former Senator 8mlth a detailed ac count of the conditions existing In the agricultural industry today. The slow ing down of exports, the Inability of farmers to obtain prices for their pro ducts approaching production costs, the embarrassment of banks carrying agri cultural loans, and the need of stimu lated markets at home and abroad were vividly presented to the President. In reply Mr. Harding assured the del. egatlon that the new administration was vitally concerned about the present situation and was undertaking action to remedy It In some way. He was op. tlmlstle over tha prospect that some thing would be accomplished over con ferences to be held here next week with. Director Eugene slayer and mn bere of the war finance corporation and Mr. Hoovar. On Monday the war finance corpora Hon and Secretary Hoover will, hold a conference with a large number ot rep resentative southern bankers who have been called to Washington to dlseuas the financing of exports of agricultural products. The President said today that he was hopfeul that out of these con ferences would come a concrete plan which the administration would further for the relief ot the distressed agricul ture Industry. In meeting the delegation from tha American Cotton association today the President broke his recently established rule to hold no business conferences except on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. According to those who were admitted to the offloe of the President he showe da sincere desire of the new administration to be of assistance In solving the agricultural problem through the broadening of markets ana th .xtens on of credits inai win re lieve the existing stagnation and dis tress In the farming communities. Mr. Jordan told the president me two rreat Droblems In the cotton alt- uatlon were the exteneion of credlta. at home and abroad, and the reduction of discount rates by the federal reserve banks. Mr. Jordan also Informed the President that a satisfactory confer ence on the general market situation had Just been held with the secretary of commerce. Mr. Hoover A written memorandum discussing the cotton sit uatlon in the south which ranged from information regarding bank loans to the discouragement of farmers over their inability to meet their debts or to sell their products at a price approx imating even cost of production, was left with the President by Mr. Jordan. It Is understood here that the ten tative plans of the Harding adminis tration look to the formation of dis tributing agencies among producers of cotton and other farm products which will act In concert with exporters the war finance corporation ad Edge law export 1 n gagnee-fl. J. G. LASSITER KILLED BY HIS OWN WEAPON Belief In Wllsoa Is That the Pistol Was Accidentally Discharge. o One Was Present. Wilson, April 2. Jos. G. Lsssiter, vice-president of the R. 11 Lasslter Construction company, who It Is thought accidentally shot nimseli ai his apartment on North Tarboro street last night, expired shortly after the tragedy His remains were escorted to his home In Oxford this afternoon by relatives and friends for int-rment Deceased was in his usual cheerful spirits until he returned to his room to prepare for a trip to Raleigh The family and boarders were absent from home when he entered to pack his errln On their return they retired knowing nothing of the shooting and and viUn notes of a cradle Bona spread it is was not known until his book- j over the room where men, women and keeper, who was sharing his apart- ; children were cr.-wied in sorrow. Then ment. found Mr I-asslter wlih a pistol the mourners fl il by the bier for a shot In the top of his head. The fc'jp-'tast look a the face of Mr IiurrowK'na position is that h,s automatic was onfsome of then-, !'' e.l wiliI violets from the bureau and that while he was gathering garments from the draw er for his inn that he accidentlv kno keii the west, on off with fatal result PLAN EXPORTATION" MILLION BALES COTTON l'ronal To Tkl l:tfee Will Br ll eaee1 Monday At Conference In .-iwlrtncton. Washington. April - ! ropoa in n'vln exporta'ion of 1 " '1 I. ales . f merlcan coiton to ierr-.j-.v and i'.-'Kium. men. hers of Congress said today, will he discussed at the rorifer ...,e to he he.rt Mnr.dsy hy the war P anee rorf.o ra ? it w i:h Southern tn n k ers Tt.e exp.-r'si -.r. of . ;TK.- amount "' -ofon to Ser-t-.ti-x and Heir, ipi Is i ".I e rstood to have l.e.i a Stihjec: i.f C"'ii'icn for '.f-.e rr. ltt-n I e - 'nine. - o - p-ira ! 10 n and 'tie e t -pr'ing forpera'cn eecentiy organised In Ksw Orleans under the dga act. Tons Of Explosives In Chicago Building 1 M, V r,t S-f n X ?t ,;J' W T" iv ('J A m. M lat k m -Tat '" T " asr Tv - "sew At least elaht persons were killed, an illicit fireworks factory In the West Side tenement district blew up. According to the authorities, at least a ton of explosives were consumed In the blast. The plant in which the explosion occurred waa totally destroyed and win dows were broken for a radius of a mile. The shock was felt throughout Chicago. The police report that fireworks were being manufactured In the destroyed plant in violation of the law. The photo shows firemen and police search ing the ruins of the destroyed factory for victims. MEET AT THE FUNERAL Edison, Ford and Firestone Are Among Those At Riverby. MANY CHILDREN PRESENT They Come Laden With Wild Flowers For the Bier Of John Burroughs. BURIAL TO OCCUR TODAY Bo4y of thai Great Natarallat Will Be Taken Into the Westers Catskilis ul Interred at Place Where He Waa Borm. (at Aaodtu Paal West Park, N. Y April I. In the rustic houas that waa the retreat of John Burroughs for nearly half a cen tury, 160 representatives of tha thou- aands of nature lovers who admired his outdoor ''lit and wrttlngs"gHJ rA tnflav Lt his funeral. The cr monies narbart. of r tiiriltCTtr, ana reminiscent oe ins career wnicn tha great naturalist pursued among the hills and streams and flowers and beside hla rugged atone hearth with volumes of merion, Whittlor and Wordsworth.. By train and by automobile the lit tle groups of mournera arrived throughout the forenoon at Riverby. the naturalist's horns, situated among the pines and maples, where the Sha wangunk mountain meet the water of the Hudson. Scientist and manufacturer of wide prominence mingled In orrow with Boy scouts and the children ot tne neighborhood. Publishers and horti culturists bowed reverent heads with a group of religious men from the Holy Cros monastery. Among them were Thomas A. Edi son, Henry Ford and Harvey 8. Fire stone, who for several years have spent their vacations outdoors with Mr. Burroughs. Next to Mr. Edison stood an aged and gray-haired man who had pedalled his bicycle from Blnghamton, more than 800 miles away, to witness tha epilogue of the great naturalist's stay upon the earth that he loved so fervently. This man was Charles C. Branhall. an acquaintance of the naturalist since childhood days. The sun was shining brilliantly and the pines at Riverby murmured ssdly In the breeies from the Catskilis when the funeral service began. From a muffled phonograph came the soft violin strains of Plnsutl's "Remem brance." The Lord's prayer waa said and then slowly a reader spoke some lines written by Earl W. Williams which Mr. Burroughs felt characteria tic of his own self. "The forest nods In fellowship." they read, "the winds my playmates are the waters lisp the sign of brother hood, and In the thunder's voice I hear a tongue which is not wnony strange The stars are kindly counsellors to me; I claim a kinship with the worm that crawls, and with the clay wherein the simple tale of Its dim life is written." Quotations from Kmerson and Words worth and Walt Whitman, companion of his middle age, also were read Then William Ormiston Roy, of Montreal, a friend of Mr. Burroughs throttgh many years, read excerpts from "Waiting." one of the first poems penned by the naturalist and from "Accepting the Uni verse." his latest hook. Rev. Franklin D. Elmer, pastor of the Collegiate Baptist church at Col gate university, likewise a long-time friend, led the prayers and made a few remarks; "They are here to pay him tribute." he ssld. "those who have come from the woodland and the Meld, the shop and the school, the church and offices of sta'e. the mart ami the ocean's shore. This man. O Lord, lias tsught us the beauty of your creations, of the rivers, the sky. the valley, the birds and the beats " When he had finished the soft flute (the coffin to ki' ' ; There were mnt.v j they did not conic f i 1 re ,Yi em hran ce 1 offering hut ' ho- ;i rt :fh lal at io' house They o ted from 1 li3 mosphere f th. ! f' fields and lul The , h;'dr, 0'iently J.s:i feet of the at nf j, 1 ni ; r- 1 rod i. 1 y lea v I n ir a I Krrim it: ters cam. 1 r-.r the , ... ; tion of t :.' s conteti ' m r Torr.rr-. ierll..!., '.. a jtono : r1 ,-,t. : : ' orr r,er ih. fre. Ihi "I ill' ' I'.solr.-!- , r . f -rt and w n y h.. .'doors al ..1 ; Kth , tii .. '"-' I'.v fr..-. ' a' : I Is w ';it- r' he was ed to : .. r- Mat.v ,.h ; .. . : 'o- ti . vi.' 1 ' nf.' gov .m: fcr the he r more than 100 Injured and many buildings badly damaged In Chicago when Nothing Short of Irish Republic Is Acceptable Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief Of Irish Volunteers, Declares "We Have Got Them Beaten, Practically So, and It Is Only . a Question Of Time Until We Will Have Ireland Cleared Of the Crown Forces." Itnlel Gaels te Paltr m By CARL W. ACKKRHAN. (CetnKbt. 1(1(1. t rauadtlMit riltiUr Letter) Headquarter Irish Republican Army, Somewhere In Ireland, April I. How I arrived her and where I am I a ae cret and itiuit remain o. but I have again had an hour with Michael Col Una, commander-ln-chltf of th Irlh volunteer. Collin says: MW hav got them beaten practically so and It 1 only a question of tlm until w shall hav Ireland cleared of crown force." J'The question Is how Ion; oaa you Wintinua th fight." I asked. Collin smiling, confidant and cheerful rstort ."W hav been fighting for 760 year for Irish independence and J no reason why we an nt go on for nlong .Uro gtllU Bui,,ariouiy w are olng on until w Win. That 1 the limn est answer to your Question. "And, what about peace," I asked "What ar your terms of settlementr Collin who was seated on my right, beside a table In small room at headquarter dropped hi head for a few second, and then replied; "Lloyd George ha a chance f show Ing himself to be a great statesman by recognising th Irian republic. ' "Do you mean a republlo within th British commonwealth of nation or outside," I Interrupted and Collin quick a a flash answered, "No I mean an Irish republlo." Irish Henablle th Goal. Thus again Michael Collin, Ireland' hero, reiterated in two word th as plratlons of th Irish people an "Irish republic." f I arrived at hsaduLarUr about o'olock thi afternoon In company with members of Collin' taff. I had been followed during the morning by heavy footed detective but one I was "pick ed up" by the Irish voluntscr 1 wa lost to the world. I had tried to cover up my track becaueeCollln head the Hat of "rebels" wanted by th British forces and I did not want to be re eponslbis in any way for th discovery of his headquarter but Collin had made hi own plans' and had no anx lety. Being an Irishman he fsels -cur In hi own country and cxpred himself aa having the same conftdsnc In my discretion which I appreciated knowing that I am the only "outsider1 he has ever permitted to Interview him with the single exception of Archbish op Clune. of Australia. When we met h beamed with amll Ilka the lrlah woman who helped to arrange the Interview, who remarked when 1 said that th Irish always smile. "Ah, Ireland smile behind hr tears." "You look heavier than when I saw you last," I said In greeting Collin, whose youthful face h Is only II waa still radiating cheer, "for a man who Is on the run." He replied: "I am getting too fat I do not movs about now as- much aa I used to." Impressed by Colllna' con fidence In himself and In hi organ isation 1 observed that he looked "hopeful." "My own personal view I that we ar In a better position than when I saw you last August. You re member how hopeful I was then. I am 10 times more hopeful now." "Why are you so hopeful?" "Because 1 know th strength of our forces and 1 know our position Is In finitely stronger throughout the world. The terror the British wanted to In stall in this country has completely broken down. It Is only a question of time until we shall have them cleared out . We have got them beaten today, practically so. the worst stages ar passed and we are now coming to the final The people of this country ar with us and they do not give a damn what the English do." "W hen 1 saw you before I said that the same effort which would gel us dominion home rule would get ue a republic 1 am still of tha; opinion nnd we hax e nev er had so many peace mows as we have had since last .tiitumn Our army is becoming stronK ,r every ,lay. its moral, is improving ui.d fTielenoy is increasing Determined To W In. colleague 1 r t y I o t whose name I am ive Interrupt, d to . six men were ;: : v,i, r "i cut !y :.;, from te- :irea ' ' III a ea h..d,. on -ih- .e 1 !.'. in every h k 1 e a v oi unteer e pha .l go on i ' p ir-e ' oi.ins took a type '. or- inroit' whl-h he hand- Ir I ich he trace.! the Itrlt . v -o'vsrd Ireland from ; I r M 1 he sa d v, Hrlt.sh -oi r Ire'arie: was repudiated, e p -opie set np their o n gov - eminent - id oen to Datl ftireaaa Wrecked By Blast. wa appointed. Then th British gov ernment determined to get rid of th newly elected new Irish government and attempted to break th peoples' allegiance to It. When they found psrsuaslon useless they resorted to fore whloh began comparatively mild ly at tint. Then th country elec tions showed that force waa Ineffec tive, th Irian peopl reasserted their upport of their own government. Than etcrner measures of repression . war ud and they ware unsuccessful. . Throughout thl tlm th Irish gov ernment draw more and more In that hand of th Pall Blrcann, th Brit ish pollc and law court gav way to th republican tribunal. . After thl th British dcldd upon more draatlo taps. and the policy of terrorism was daliberataly considered ana derided upon by th British oab lnet. Thl terror wa to b under throe heads one, removal of leading men; two, Imprisonment ot minor persons; three, terrorlsatlon of th population to break their alleglanoe and prepare th way for acceptance of th partition act to axeu thi vtolene. "Th Brltlah Invented th murder gang and every violent act against th peopl of Ireland wa excussd on th plea of getting lid of murderera Bngllsh liberal and labor fall Into (Continued on Pag Blvn) Allied Officials Are Being As sembled At Various Points On the Rhine. WILL, COMMENCE MONDAY tseiM Cask- te Ml) less. (Coerrtfbt, 1'tl, r NuU4i!iu. rsblk Leejsr.t . Coblens. April I. Detailed plan have been completed for placing al lied custom official along th bor der between Germany and th French and Belgian occupied area Monday a soon a th expected authorisation Is forthcoming from Pari from th coun cil of ambaasadora, it wa ataud by official of th Rhlneland commission hsre this afternoon. The French have their preparation completed and the arrangement In the Belgian lone will be finished within th next It hour. The Brltlah organisation I not com pleted, but th principle will be ap plied In their district at one. Th America Rhlneland official will strictly adhere to their original policy of taking no part In enforotng tha penalties, said Colonel Stone to day. It I learned, however, fromH French sources, that an undsrslsndlng ha bee reached with Oeneral Allen regarding the placing of French and Belgian customs official along th border ot th American oocupled areas, who will begin to collect duties Mon day the same a In other districts. Two hundred Belgian and French customs agents, with a number of Ger man assistants, already have been sta tioned at varloua aelected post te begin enforcement of the restrictions the minute authorisation la received. rKiM F.ii an ataia amlk to SKT IP BIT I STII.U WEAK tSMleJ estte te Mlf tea. .rowrpjkt. 111. kr rkllssuseu rtank Uhnr.) Athens, April J. Princess Ansstasta (formerly Mrs. Leeds sat up 'today for th first time. She still le weak, but Ihe doctors are hopeful she will be strong enough In another month to en able her to go to London for a second operation which will not be particu larly serious Young William Leeds lunches with the king dally and passes much time Ir. the company of the rovnl prlcess. Prince Carol of Rumania has invited him to go to Bucharest. His airplane trip from France cost hlrt, 4 "if". It has been decided to christen Mm Mams' baby Alexander r-ophle In mem ory of her fatt.fr the lte Klnx Alex arider. and In honor of Queen Sophie. ho will le th child godmother Foreran! By Mateo. Waa'ilr (t'on. April 2 -Virginia. North t'aro.irs Fair Sunday and Mon- ,v , wa-nier Sunday, moderate soath-i-M and wel v. inds A'rihann c'sir Sunday ar d Mondsy: ir i rr Sunday, moderate r.ortitast nds I.ouisi-it.a Pundav fair anl warmer. Mor.dav fair and warmer. Arkansoe undsv fair at.d warmer fast portion. Monday Tartly !oudy I'kiahon.a undav ser.eraily fair. M'-nday partly , kniir to loudy. Kast Texas Snnetr fAir and warmer ept 10 norhirest porttoa. Monday psrt.y leu'i) ws: Texas. Sunday aad Meaday art; c.oudy. E STARTED A IN REPUBLICAN CAMP They Will Resist the Committea Selected Candidates. "MUST RECOGNIZE EAST Meekins-Butler Faction To Sup port Duncan For Collector Against Grissom. THEY'RE AGAINST TUCKER Will Wuppnrt For District Artormey Kllher Whenttey, Davla, Hicks, Of Newrll Merklns To Make Hur- ', vey of .the Mltiiatloa. , ' Pslly Nf Hun'ftu end Tslegrsph ftfflen, The Klin B'UUIliu IRr Lsueii Wife) II 7 TIIFOnoHR T1H. Kit. ! Washington, April 8. In connection with the visit to Washington of Col. I. M. Meeklns, of Elisabeth City,. he Dally News correspondent I enabled exclusively to present the. (lat ' ot eaatern North Carolina Republican for recognition by the Harding administra tion and to forecast authoritatively that a fine row Is brewing In the tat over patronage. This Information supplements anything that may hav been heretofore said by Mr, Meeklna, former , Senator Marlon Sutler, or other. -f A atatement laaud ' by Colonel taeakln Friday night aald that he hsd been offered : without solicitation on hi part th job of aaltant alien property custodian. It alio said Colonel Meeklna thought it would b too bad If th Republican of North Carolina did not compose their dlfferanoe and avoid an uneeemly scramble for of flc In tha atat. That atatement wa all right o far a It went, but It did . not cover the patronage territory of North Carolina. Th truth I that Colonal Maekln wa her In conference with former Sena tor Marion Butler, that they thorough ly -went over th patronage situation In North Carolina and reaohed thl con clusion: . 1. . , Colonel Meek In I not going to aa- ' cept the job of assistant alln proper ty cuitodlan. He I to return home and either be come an active candidate for th Job ot dlstrlot attorney for th eaatren dis trict or throw th lnflueno of ' th Butler-Meekln faction to th up-. Lport of on of a halt doien candidate ' whoa view would be sounded out by' Colonel Mseklns. Will gappoH W. B. Duacaa. . Alio th Meekln-Butlsr taotlon will upport W. B.i Duncan, son of the lot B. carl Duncan, a ol lector of Intern al revenue Instead of Gilliam XJrleeom. of Greensboro, who ha been put for ward by the Morohead-Llnney wing of th party. - - . . "1 On hi return horn, Colonel Meeklnt will see Republican leaders' Ih vari ous eastern North Carolina counties, Including Brunswick. Samnson and Carters', and urge thsm to stand firm- ly for patronag recognition. In a few day Colonel Meeklna will return to Washington, confer with Mr, Butler and k to arrange a oonfer- ac with the President, th secretary of th traaury and' th attorney gen eral, Colonel Meeklna doe not want the Job of aaslstant alien property custo dian because It will pay him less than hi law practice, remove htm from th political field in North Carolina and expir soon attar th war I declared at an end and alien property matter ar closed up. M I more Interested in North Carolina patronage and lie distribution than a job In Washington. ' xne eaatern North Carolina man I an asplrtant for th position of dis trict attorney for hi seotloa against : I. B. Tucker, of Whltovllle, unless om other outstanding lawyer want th Job. Colonel Meeklna, on arrival back home, will agree either to run himself or support uoh an opposition man a R. W. Davla, of Brunswick county; Claud R. Wheatley, of Car teret; T. T. Hick, of Vance, or Her bert Sewell, of Moore. A man of this type will be supported by Messrs. But ler and Meeklns If he care to offer hla ervlcs and If there is no such mn. then Colonel Meeklna himself will oontesjt with Mr. Tucker. It I th contention of th Meeklns Butler wing that Mr. Tucker la not an eaatern section man at all, that he Is ea th borderland of th west, and. In addition, comes from a atmng Democratic county. On th same Une, they say, It I unreasonable and ridicu lous to eliminate from the (late auch trong Republican counties as Bruns wick, Hampton and Carteret. Knot the Bttla-Tnne. The eastern part ef the stste, they ay, I th Republican battleground of th futur and the allotment ot Job to men in hopelessly Democrat lo counties by Morehead and Llnney I political folly. A an example, thsy cite the case of Mr. Ward, of Wake, who (Continued on Page Twelve) THE ASHEVILLE TIMES HAS AGAIN BEEN SOLD Tfcre MFBWra Of Ktnff of ttisea sUa-ers.tl PatMr, Bar It Will N Lrtr B Hf-yiMlwii. (stosrlai wiitair .t- AathevUle, April t Announomnt la made hr tonight that tha Ahvltl Tlm. tho itval Kpub1lcan aftaraoon nawBpaper, haa b?n aold to thres mro bora of th wimft nf tha Aahovill Citi Ben, th local Democratic morning newapapor. P M. Burtlatta, D. Hldaa llam-r an1 firmy Oorham. Tha new ownri will taiume control of tha TIma Monday. April 4. Thejr an nounc tha politics of tha Timfts will ba Indfpendrnt Mr Hurdrttt haa n oiialnraa man irt of tha riiiif-n for th pant t wa vrarti Mr. Hamiry aasociata editor atnrw he raturned here f rum Winaton Halvm. and Mr. Oorharu manaax.nc adl lor of tha Cltlsen. Tha nw vwneri will hold the following offirea on tha Timea: Mr. Iturdetta. butlneaa mint rer; Mr. .fma-y. editor, and Mr. Oor ham, Inanajrlna editor. The Ml to tha locnl men was mad by W. A. Hilda brand, who recently purchased tha Times from C J. Harris. Mr. Hllda b and will retir- from the newapapar same and devot his tlnia to his farm in the M'lla P.iv-r fftlnn, rRExiUEvT'w RHOTHKR-M-I.AW KTt mwHi, rpoi.TWT Waphlaarton. April 1. Aptolptmnt of Prof. Hebrr H. Votaw. brc.tharla Law of President Harditic as aupar latendent of fedar&l pnavaa. was an noanced todae bf tha dar tmut af uattc He wll rak ofTtc April . uccaadta D. S. iUicikaraoa, raaiaraa4.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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