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'GREENSBORO WE A THER DAILY N For the Advertiser: The News'' Circulation Domi nates Greensboro and Its Prosperous Trading Area. Weathers Rains tn not portion to. anyi local rain Inagmwl Local Tempi H. 60 1 L. BO, EWS VOL. XXVII. NO. 138 Clemenceau Wants U. S. and England To Insure France Against Enemies 11 But He Would K Rather They ' Enter Than Remain Alone. JOYFUL OVER HIS TOUR At Dayton, 0 He Declares France Will Defend Herself But Won't Attack. QUAKER WORK IS GOOD , i At Richmond, lad.. He Meet the OHmI Qnaker la Uallr State -and Says "Wo Alt la a Sense Ought to Be Quakers. . (Br AantoUd ttm.) Pittsburgh, Deo. S. (En route wltl) .Clemenceau to Baltimore.) George Clemenceau sought today to clarify Ma position on the league of nation a he aped eaat to Baltirriora from Ht. Louis, where yesterday he de llvered the fifth of his addresses In an effort to arouse ajentlment for the return of the United States to par ticipation In European affairs. Concerned because some news papers he saw Interpreted his St Louts address as a plea to America to enter the league of nations, he . declared he had not intended to ad vocate such a step. It was well known, at least In France, he told correspondents, that he was not an advocate of the league, and he said he would not urge the united States to enter It. However, he declared, the league had done some good, as he said In his St. Louis address, and he would much prefer to see the United States enter It than not to come into Euro pean affairs at all. He Indicated that what he really would prefer above all else, however, war a'n Agreement of the United States and Great Britain to guarantee France against aggres slon. Clemenceau made a joyful tour hack- from the mlddlewest, elated by tha receptions his speeches had been accorded and by the wayside demon atratlons that greeted him today. Reastag Reeenttpa At Daytem. TIts high firt fff "'r At Dayton, where a'oheerlng crowd of more than 10,000 massed at the sta tion when his train pulled in shortly Before 11. A sauadron of airplanes, .-listening In the sunshine, wheeled and swooped about his car, and a great shout went up when the Tiger ef Franceppeared on the back plat form. Other stops were made at Indlananolis. early In the morning where he was presented with a loving cup by a delegation of negroes and at Richmond. Ind., where he met a spry Quaker of 4. 18 years the Tiger's senior, and said to be the oldest Quaker in the United States. He also collected there two kisses from Sarah Coaeland, a pretty little Quaker maiden. Clemenceau dVelhrered a flva-mlnute "neao message" to the Dayton Arowd. . "France la a peaceful people," he aid. "She will fight If she Is at tacked, but she will never attack. Charges of militarism against her are mure nonsense. Let Oermany and all Europe know that America stands with France," he pleaded. inai is what I have come for. I don't know whether 1 will get It but 1 hope. The committee of Quakers that greeted' Clemenceau at Richmond, Ind.. "the Quaker city of the west," Included Timothy Nicholson. 4, said to- be the oldest Quaker In the United States. Others In the committee were 1). i. Edwards, president of Earlham college, Mayor Hand.ey and Rudolph G. Leeds, son of the late William B. Leeds, tin-plate king, on the steps, of Praises the Quakers.' "The Quaker work Is a good work," the Tiger told his Quaker audience. (Continued on Pag Four) DOUGHBOYS TO HELP RHINELAND CHILDREN XAll American Soldiers Making Up Purs to Give tha Children Big Christmas. Coblens, Deo. I. (By Associated .Press.) The Amerloan doughboys In .the Rhlneland are making up a purse of many millions of marks with which to give German youngsters a real Christmas. The Rhlneland post of veteran of foreign wars started the purse with 100,000 marks, and every soldier In the American forces is giving at least the equivalent of one dollar, which Is mora than 8,000 marks. Top sergeants are entrusted with the task of seeing that none of the soldiers forget to contribute. Relief work already has begun among the German poor. A number of soup kitchens axe operating, sup ported largely by officers, and ' the 'veterans' oommlttee Is collecting clothing and toys which are to be distributed to the German ohildren at the customary Chrlstrnas tree of ' the American forces In Germany.' Race Driver, McKee and His Mechanic, Injured In Race Los Angeles, Dec I. Herschel Mc Kee, automobile raoe driver, and his mechanician. Hugh Curley, were In jured, the latter probably fatally, when thetr car crashed Into, the rear of Jo Thomas' machine while tun ing up today before the start of the 50 mile championship race at the Beverly Hills speedway, near here, Jimmy Murphy Wins 250-Mile Auto Race At "Beverly Hills Los Angeles, Cel., Deo. J. Jimmy Murphy won tho 'J&O-mile champlon j ship automobile race held today at I tha Beverly Hills speedway, oom- pletlng 200 laps of the lU-mlle oval l In tw, hours, 10 minutes .and 63.10 1 seconds. Karl Cooper ' took second nLacs and Harry Harts finished third. SNTEHEfi AI SECOND CI.AWI VATTV AT PQgTOmCt, OBEKNagQlO, M. C Prince Andrew Is Banished By Court (Br Auoelited rrew.i Athens,. Dec. 8. Prince Andrew, brother of former King Conatau tlne. has been sentenced by a military oenrt to banishment far life nnd deprivation of bin rank. He will not suffer actual degra dation. The trial nf the prince close last night after numerous wit nesses hsd been examined and plena for clemency hsd been mnde by counsel for the defease. The Indictment net forth tbnt In the advance on the Sangarlns river. Prince Andrew, commanding the second army corns, refused to bey orders to attack the enemy. The prince read als defense, whlrb obviously bad been pre pared for him. He pleaded ex tenuating circumstances, contend ing tknt It was not fair to treat the prince the same as a general, because he was only a figure head and occupied his position as chief of an -army corps through the fact that he wna a brother of the king. BILL OF IMPEACHMENT He Makes a Formal Reply to Mr. Keller's Charges. TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT Documents Not Calculated to Injure Government Will Be Made Public. THE MOTIVE IS INDICATED Th Attorney General gees Behind the Bill-An Array of Radical Leaden Trying to Hamper All Attorneys General (Br ImdtUi Fna t Waaington, Dec. I, Formal re ply Of.Attornav ftanBl r i . to th charges filed against him with m nouss judiciary commute by Representative Keller. Republican, of Minnesota, was made publlo tonight -v uepvunom ot justice. It will be presented to the mmmiii.. wh it meets tomorrow to consider the n.ouer resolution demanding Mr. Oaugherty's Impeachment. Answering In turn each of the 14 specifications submitted by the Min nesota member, Mr, Daugherty ex pressed his convlotlon that "this ex traordinary proceeding Is Inspired mor by a desire to protect those charged and those h. .mi k- charged wlth.vlolatlng the law than in am me department of justice in prosecution of b-t-o f , n.., ntl those who hav defrauded their su.ernmeni curing me emergencies of war." , Th department of Justice stands ready, Mr. Daugherty said, to meet - it u vk jnr. A.BIier lor QOCU- aients bearing upon specified cases wueuever 11 is apparent mat neither the government's Interest nor that of Individuals who have Imposed confidences In the govemnent would us vioisieu. Reply Is Summarised "In thla behalf," a statement sum marising Mr. Daugherty's reply con tinued, "the attorney general said that a mere casual perusal of this demand not only indicates the motive but reflect the character of this en tire proceeding; that It shows back of this so-called bill of Impeachment stands arrayed certain radical lead ers seeking to serve notice upon every future attorney general that If he dares enforce th laws of the United States against stich organi sations he does so under the pain and penalty of being haled before the senate of th United States, sitting as a high court ot 'mpeachment undor th constitution; that it shows that back of this so-called bill of lm- (Conttnued xm Pag Six.) Forecast By States, Washington, Deo. . Virginia: Fair Monday, followed by local rains Mon day night or Tuesday; not muoh change In temperature. North Carolina: Mnatly cloudy weather with local rains Tuesday and. proDSDiy in weat portion Monday; little chang In temperature. South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama: Partly cloudy Monday; probably local rains In extreme north portions; Tuesday local rains, continued warm. Mississippi: Partly cloudv Monday: Tuesday unsettled,, probably rain; colder Tuesday afternoon or night: much colder In th Interior by Wednesday. Winds: Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate to frssh west and north west oyer north portion and moder ate variable over south portion and weatner ratr Monday. Bast Texas: Monday, generally cloudy, becoming unsettled, continued mild temperature; Tuesday, unset tled, colder In the Interior. . west Texas: Monday, -partly sloudv. colder In the Panhandle; Tuesday. generally fair, colder. - Rainfall and Temperature. Washington, Dec. I Official weath- er bureau record, of. the temperatures and rainfall for the 14 hours ending at ( p. m. in th principal cotton growing areas: Max. Temp. :...e .:..V ,...0 ,...7 ....78 ....64 ...'. Mln. .- Temp. Precip. 0 .00 J .00 60 .06 66 ' .00 66 .00 68 .41 it .JO 68 ' .00 60 .00 64 . . . .00 , 68 "', .00 6 J . .00 Station, Atlanta . . . . Birmingham El Paso Galveston . , Jacksonville Little Rock Memphis ... Miami ...... ...7 Mobile 74 New Orleans . ,. , . .83 San Antonio ......80, Vlckiburg ...,,. 76 II I Will Be Granted By Incoming Legislature. TO CONVENE JANUARY 3 Lost Provinces and Shipbuild ing Program Confront the General Assembly. BAGGETT AND KLUCKERS tate Senator Wbo Would Stop 'Se cret Assault by Masked Ma rauders Receives Letters of Cesnmendatloa " Dili, turn aareas. "a. Koalw.nl gulkllnj. Raleigh, Dec. 3 Election reforms demanded In the recent manifesto of J. W. Bailey will assuredly be granted by the incoming legislature, according to Sheriff Clarence Call, of the state board of elections. The general assembly will covene In Ralela-h Wrtn.rt t.-.. according to men of stifle. This will almost as early as the body can constitutionally ..ih.. , xt.i . . 1 in iiurin Carolina. It has an abounding nm. gram before It. .The measures which will be presented to It will be the road extension work, the revision of the school laws, a revaluation of North Carolina .property, a reforma tion Of COUntv rnv.mmin) th- im provement of he waterways of North ,., institution or a state-owned and operated boat line system, and the redemption of the lost provinces. These, of course, are only major contentions before the assembly. There will be more than a thousand other measures. How revaluation is this- time to be wrought, how the schools are to be operated under re vision, and lnAt orh.t -in ... j . . . u, uune for real continuation are matter of aetau wnicn will call for all the fight that th- ,uMhi. i , . . observable that enthusiasm for th vuMuun nu.B somewnat been lost In the great roadwork done by th- . n -.i . , , . ., muii Kuministrauon. it Is similarly noticed that the shipbuild ing mo mm is nnaing difficulty to sustain the enthusiasm which first mounted up as on eagles wings, which ran without hhm ,... walking time approaches the legis lature's meetina- It mnv --.k faintly. The proposal which ha been unoroo. wun sucn skill by Governor mornaon is oeing met as he lays, most cleverly by, its opponents. Tber I a wldesnread tell-e .!.- i. will never he presented. Amend Primary Law " ; Getting back to th minor offerings and Sheriff ql, the Wilkes member of thu -l--ln- I... t .. - - j " w-.u i auiuoriiy ror the statement that the law will b reiormeu. He nas been demanding Jt - .vn Lime, oat ns aoesn t pretend that he Is going to get what he thinks both the mlnoritv and in state need. Indeed, he sees worse legislation still. He sneaks with .k dread certainty that one hardly risks suess mat n is wrong. Yes. sir. th nrlm.F. -1 i laws ar goina- to he m.. u- Call sald.-after finishing th workl of th board of elections Just a day or so ago. -"The legislature Is going to pass a law making a man whn participates In the Republican pri mary Vote the Demncratln lt., - the preceding election. That means l i-u wui uo auowea to vote tor Baney in the primary," Mr .u saia. "Do you suppose the legislature in pass sucn an im.nriin.nir' h- was asked. . 'Don't SUDDOSS avthlna. ah,, I. T know It," the sheriff declared, speak ing witn tnc, authoritative assurance of a large wife addressing a small husband. 1 know It. I hav heard It straight. It will b don just as certain as the boys meet. "YOU see. the RnntihlUana a Bailey. He believes In fair election, i .... . . ,i. .. . - u mo Australian oauot, in spending less money In tha camnain. ma .. for taxation he Is right with us. His platform Is our platform. We have been told by Mr. Bailey that the only hone of reform la within th- rv - - .. ....... . i samu- oratlc party. If so, many Republlo- .... an omg 10 vow ia that party's primary. Lots nf m,r n-..hii voted in the 1920 primary." ror wnomr- ne was asked. 'Governor Morriann." flh..l r..n retorted: "didn't von raA th- um. returns in the second prlmaryT Well, (Continued' on Pag four) MEN AND STEEL ARE THE LAND'S DEFENSE General Motley Says Intrigue May Yt Bring Country Into Hos tile Conflict. ( Chicago, Dec. . Standing on, the sit of old Fort Dearborn, Brig. Gen. O. D. H. Mosley, commander of the sixth corps area today 4 sew a dra matic lesson from the massacre by Indiana of Its garrison during the war of 1811 while speaking today at the dedication of the new building of the London Guarantee and Acci dent company. "Is It not a moat strangs coinci dence that this situ of the old Fort Desrborn should again be taken by the British, hut this time by peaceful leas covering a long term of years T" he asked. Declaring that the "yellow" race which captured and wiped out the little garrison of the fort, was "In league with our enemy of that day but our worthy and noble ally of to day," he said, th general defen of the country must rest not only on fortifications, but on men and steel. "Commercial rivalry and nollilcal and diplomatic Intrigue, of which there Is still much in th world to day," he said, "may again Involve us In war, and If this should be with th same enemy of Fort Dearborn days, has that nation, still a yellow ally whloh It could call to Its Assist ance? "It has such a yellow ally across the Pacific. .It la true that this yel low race Is not at this exact moment recorded before the world as Its ally, but It Is my firm opinion It Is an ally just the same, for the treaty be tween the two, although not active today. Is only dormant Let us than prepare' our manpower lest our columns marching, east to meet any enemy whomsoever on ths Atlantic seaboard meet a to from th west" GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, SUES FOR ALIENATION Mrs. Dorrltt Van Deusen Wood house, popular aoclety leader of Bur lington, Vt who entered suit for 11,000,000 as balm for the alienation of her husband's affections, . iEIM SENATE Harrison Says 23 Minority Members Will Aid Arkansan. SIMMONS WON'T CONTEST Senior North Carolina Senator Will Be Disinclined to Wage a Fight For Place. NO AID FOR NEW BERN Mayor Clark Tells Representative Abernrthy That the Situation Is Ia Hand and Congress - Need Not Render Help. Dstlr Nrsi nmu tu Telftnn Offlrt. ili AlbM MWai (If Lauafl win) . By XV. A. HILDEBRAWI). Washington, Dec. I. For some time the assumption has been general that , Senator Simmons would be designated as leader of the Demo cratlo forces In the senate. Consid erations of seniority greatly favor me worth Carolina senator, while Senator Underwood has formally an nounced his determination to relln qulsh the leadership. Yesterday morning, however. Senator Overman was surprised Jo receive a telephone message from on of his colleagues saying senator Robinson, of Arkan sas, had Just returned to the city, ana naa told friends he would cer lalnly seek the position of minority leader. Since that time Senator Pat Harrison, has been heard to assert that Robinson will receive the sup port or Z3 Democratic members, a sumclent number, of course to compass the defeat of Mr. Simmons, Situation Over-estimated f Senator Overman, who is looking after the Intereata of his colleague, snares the view of a number of sena tors that Mr. Harrison has greatly over-estimated the Robinson support. It Is very certain, however, that he will receive the support of Senator unoerwood, the retiring leader, and that he will command some support from the western group. Senator Koblnson has done considerable spell binding In the west, and served as chairman of the-Democratio national convention at San Francisco. This question of the Democratic leadership n the senate. Is looked upon as a highly Important one for a number of reasons. Such leader will take a conspicuous part In shan Ing the policies of his party In the next presidential campaign, and It remains to he determined how far the Democrats are to go in allying them selves with the progressive bloc In Congress. Mr. Simmons has been In the senate for 82 yeara, while Robin son has served for only half that period. The North Carolina senator nas li t It be known that he would he dis inclined to engsge In a contest for the leadership, and Just such a con test Is probably well underway at this moment. Some senators, how ever, expect the Robinson enterprise to flatten out In time, and they be lieve that once Democratic senators assemble 'in caucus Mr. Simmons will be called to the leadership of his party by the logic of events. New Bern Is Recovering, After talklitg with Mayor Clark, of New Bern, over the telephone Con gressman Abernethy finds that It will not be necessary to ask Congress to take any action relative to the peo ple rendered temporarily homeless and helpless by the fire. Mr. Aber nethy has been In conference with a number of Congress leaders concern ing the advisability of asking Con- (Continued on Pat Four.) Iff V? &j m ; '';'S4S 1 50 Attractive Fatimas, Left Lonely By Sultan's Hegira, Are Seeking Helpmates Contantlnople. Dec. 8. (By Asso ciated Press.) Rafet Pasha la trying to nnd husbands for 150 members of the former sultan's harem. The women range In ago from 17 to 15 years. All of them are penniless. Rafet also Is anxious to solvo the fate of the former monarch's numer ous progeny, as well as tha of 20 princes and princesses of the royal blood. Since the .ultan's Might the nationalist government has been tup porting these women In addition to 100 euruchs and many servants. The government has decided these people must shift for themse.ve. Women of the harem who art unable to find husbands will be permitted to re main Iri Constantinople but the re mainder of them will be pint to the Interior. The most of the women are I Slight Slowing Down In Pro duction Expected. RETAIL TRADE IMPROVES Car Loadings For Week End ing November 18 Close to Year's High Record. STEEL OUTPUT IS LARGE One Development. Which Caused sat isfaction Was the Publication of Hallroad statement! Com modity Market Stagnant. , By AsnrlitH rrw ) New York, Dec. S. Indices of Indus trial and trade activity continued satisfactory during the past week. If a tendency toward a slight slowing down In production has been appar ent, this Is regarded as a natural de- J velopment at this season and Is com pensated for by the Improvement In retail trade, which comes with cold weather and the holidays. As a mat ter of fact, Industrial activity Is hold ing up remarkably well. Car load ings for the' week ended November 18, totaled 969,000 cars, which la close to the high record for the yesr and well above anything previously accomplished, at this season. It Is probable the acute car shortage, which developed during October, has had the effect of throwing part of the traffic movement on Into November, but evidence of a gradual Improve ment In transportation conditions '1 strengthened by a decrease in the ex cess demand for freight cars, as re ported by the American Railway as sociation. Taking everything Into consideration. It would appear that the fall movement of traffic has been the largest and best sustained In the country's history. Steel production also continues to maintain a better rate than had been expected. Various authorities place output at close to 80 per cent of ca pacity, which means that no diminu tion has taken place In the year's best rate. Pig Iron prices are still showing a tendency to work lower In company with those of coal, and the prices of finished steel products, which have been remarkably steady for a number of weeka, are being ahaded slightly. The nub of the sit uation seems to be that while the United States Stesl Corporation and some of the independents have accu mulated a good back log of work, other Independent ar not so favor ably situated. No large reductions In steel prices are expected, however. On of the development which caused satisfaction In financial cir cles wss the publication of a large proportion of the October railroad earning statements. Bearing In mind the serious after afreet of the strike the carriers' efforts to put their equipment In shape for maximum serWce during October and the dis appointing character of the Septem ber returns, whlch gave only 2.9 per cent of valuation, most observers had anticipated poor earning In October. At first glance the actual reports might be taken as Indicating that ex pectations were fulfilled, as the com parisons with October a year ago dis closed a general falling off In net. October, 1921, was, however, an un usually good month, 6.4 per cent of valuation being earned. Meanwhile the comparison with September Is en couraging. Thus 54 class one roads earned net of 871,000,000 In October, as compared with $45,000,000 In the previous month. As a heavy traffic movement continued In November It Is apparent that the carriers pur chasing power Is likely to be consid erably better than recently had been supposed. Possibly the better railroad state ments had their effect on stock prices. In any event, the latter rallied vigor ously during the week, active short covering being In evidence over the entire llBt. Monetary conditions con tinue comfortable and there Is little expectation of any considerable dis turbances In the money market dur ing the rest of the year. The commodity markets have lapsed back Into a relatively stagnant con dition. Cotton contlnuea to be bought hy trade Interests when It falls to the 26 cent level and to he sold when It moves up close to 26 and the market Is awaiting the government ginning report, whloh will be made public next Friday. Wheat prices rallied after the re action of a week ago. strength being most marked In December contracts on which the first deliveries have been light Export demand and the car situation are still considered the dominating factor In this commodity. GOVERNOR MORRISON SPEAKS BEFORE ELKS Hrl hy Packatl Houu At Char iot!. H. W. Wad. to Er.ct Factory Building. taVtal 10 Dall Mm I Charlott. Dec. I H. M. Wade will rect a composite factory building- at th corner of Sixth tret and rail road at a ooet of 1800,000. The build- In- to ba four stories with 24 com partment for a many Industrial es tablishments. Oovernor Morrison addressed Char lotte Elks this afternoon, and was heard by a paeked house. He ex pect to return to Raleigh Monday. Circassians and are described as "atrlklngly attractive." "It ought not to be difficult to find husbands or helpmate fur these women," said ,a palace functibnary today. "They all were selected for their beauty, youth and Psure. Most of them were gifts to the sultan from governor of tha provinces. They hav matchless complexions, dark eye and long chestnut colored hair; All of 'them are very religious, faith ful and affectionate. 'Since their Imperial master has left them without support we must And husbands for them, or they will starves All they ripect I a modest dowry. This under our law will be returned to the husband If he should desire to divorce th woman he .marries." 1922 An Adverse Report May Cause the Turks to Don Their Fezzes and Quit Question of Capitulations Or Special Privileges Enjoyed By Foreigners In Turkey May Make Or Break Near East Conference Meeting At Lausanne Has Reached Point of Extreme Delicacy, Lausann. Dec. 3 (By Associated Press.) A review of the second week of the near eastern conference shown clearly that the negotiations have reached a point of danger; the ques tion of capitulations or special privi leges enjoyed by foreigners In Turkey, which was taken up yester day, may make or break the confer ence, and this Is so because an ad verse decision on capitulations may so wound Turkish national pride, that the Turka may don ther fezzes and go back to Angora. Kverybody realties the extreme delicacy and danger of the negotia tions on- capitulations. The Turks have rejected all suggestions of the powers, including the United States, that the .special privileges enjoyed by foreigners in the past shall be re tained, more especially any attempt to have foreign consular courts try cases Involving foreign residents or foreign property. Both Ismet Pasha and Dr. Rla Nur, plenipotentiaries from Angora, in formed the correspondent of the As sociated Press today that they would resist any attempt to place Turkey on a lower international standing than "smaller and less important states, like Greece and Mexico," they would Insist on complete adminis trative Independence. Ir. Rtsa said: "We hear that the powers. Including the United States, are thinking of substituting 'juridical guarantees' for the hateful expres sion 'capitulations.' Insofar as foreign tribunals are concerned this will not do; It means the same thing under a different name. Anyway wc object to a transitory period whereby Turkey would be supposed gradually to emancipate herself from the an cient regime of capitulation. We want complete freedom now." Two More Fires In New Bern Sunday Gave Fears of Another Holocaust Like Last Friday's FIREBUGS BUSY? One of Fires Sunday Deliber ately Planned Pennsyl vania Elks Send $500. OFFERS OF HELP POUR IN (It AHodittd Prat.) New Bern, Dec. 3. Two more flres broke out here today, one believed to have been of Incendiary origin, and for a time it was feared that some thing like the holocaust of Friday which laid waste many blocks would he repeated These occurred early in the morning and the first one, In Kennedy's pharmacy, was noon out The other, which -'uls said ap peared to have been deliberately started, was confined to a storage warehouse off Griffith street alter a desperate fight . nn hour. The building and Its contents of oil, lumber an.l ether lnllanimable material was In a HKht blaze before the alarm was turned In and firemen found the flames leaping 70 or mora feet high and threatening to en danger the Norfolk Southern railway shops, many dwellings and a lumber mill. Hundreds of persons turned outto aid the firemen and after It was over relief work for the sufferers from Friday's lire was resumed- During the day several thousand persons, es timates ranging aa high at 6,000 came to New Bern to see the burned area, but idle curiosity did not ap pear to be the only motive that prompted the visitors, for hundreds of automobiles bore bundles of clothes and bedding, now the greatest need of the 1,800 or more persons nf fected. --" -While spectators were wandering amonfe the stark chimneys that stand as monuments to North Carolina's most disastrous ronflagrat! in, mes sages of sympathy and offering aid came from many parts of the coun try. "If there is anything we can do. command us," was 1 he tcor of ail the telegrams. Local citizens have subscribed 16,000 and th Klks of Charterol. T'a., sent $600. Approxi mately 1,000 tents have ben sent here from Fort Bragg and Pump Glenn, and tonight the edgi of tnc burned area resembled a tented cltyd Tomorrow plans will be made for cleaning up the ruins and for obtain ing portable houses to meet the re quirements of citizens who suffered, most of whom are negroes who gen erally were without insurance. Good order prevailed, ac-urding to official reports and members of the local field artillery compjinv Are as sisting ftie police in putrn wr.rk. while distribution of supplier Is be ing helped in by the oriw of the coast guard bont Pamlico. All pa trols are nndr orders to Qr.t sny persons found under the influence uf llquhr. NEW BKH- ROLIdlOIta A in: TO HKI.P 1'ATHOI, TUB C1TV (Br Amel.leri Prcw.) Charlotte, Dec. 3. On request tit Mayor -Clark, the chamber if com merce and United Btates Senator Simmons. Oovernor Morrison lias or dered that, the local nutiorm) guard companies at New Pctn be cnllid out to aid in putrolllne the city which suffered fro-n a 2,00iipi0 (Ir Friday, the aovernor announced h'-o tonight. Senator Simmons is In New Kern, the govctno- said. The measure wan taken an a pre cautionary one. the governor said, as It was represented to him that thou sands of dollar worth of property of all kinds was piled up In various place and officials fruil that t might be ,-to!en. The pane l d.ity Is too big a burdcr. for the pjilo force. It 1 aaid. Members of tin- Nov Bern artillery company already have been aiding In patrol work, ac cording to press dispatches from there, which have asserted that there ums been no looting or any outbreak. DallT AND ftUNDAT. Sb Ol) PF. TF.AI DAILY ONLY, IT.00 FEI TIAI The leading Kuropcan powers have received Important help from Japan In their struggle to keep the foreign caurts in Turkey. Japan herself suf fered the aame humiliation as Turkey, and sympathises with the Turkish attitude. But Baron Hayashl has made the point that It took Japan two decades to establish a system of jurisprudence which satisfied the foreign powers and Anally Induced them definitely to abolish the foreign tribunal privileges. Japan has there fore urged Turkey to be patient. The Turks argue that complete ad ministrative sovereignty is perhaps the most solemn article of the new Ottoman national pact. A prominent Turk s"aid: "If Americans and other foreigners do not like to be under the authority of our Turkish courts, then let them stay away from Turkey. If a Turk were arrested In New York he would be tried before an American court, and not murmur. The same situation should exist in Turkey." The Turkish position Is weakened by the fact that complete unity of front by the great powers has ben erected against the Turks on this problem. However, Russia Is ex pected to side with hei? ally, Turkey. Another capitulation difficulty lies In fixing the customs tariff. The powers will not permit Turkey to ln :rease her tariff from 11 to 15 pew cent, but the Ottoman state wants complete freedom to niakA Us own tariff schedule. The present schedule Is practically prohibitive for the great bulk of British and French goods. It remains to be seen whether the threat of the foreign powers to expend no capital In Turkey will ln- (Corftlnued on page four.) X'Ray Experiments . Harmful To Doctor (IT AhocIiM Ftm.) Paris, lire, Professor Val laat, lrert of tlee X-nr lakonf tory of I.arlholslere hospital, as lemesl his 13th operation for anl patatlon yesterday, mad neces sary by the withering effects nf X-rays during the long experi ments that have won him preral-aexM-r. His right forearm wa Rotated In an effort to atop the rrreplng X-ray malady. The operations, which have succeeded one another, were be gan on Professor Valiant's left side with the removal of his an ger and ending with the amputa tion of his arm at the shoulder. The disease has now attacked his right side. Requisition Papers Never Sign ed By Gov. Morrison For Leaks'ville Man. VIRGINIA WANTED HIM iWflll ID Pnllf Drn. I Danville. Va., Dec. I. Failure to extradite Calvin Jones of l,ekivillc. Indicted In the local courts on the charge of obtaining $r,oo under fiilne pretenses from Hie Western Union Telegraph compauy'H offices here Is likely to result In some explanation being asked of the North Carolina authorities hy those ,,f Virginia While nothing authentic Iuih been given out on 'this case which has been pending for nearly two 'months, It is learned that throimh son.,. .,,iv- understandlng the requisition, papers were never signed at ItalclKh ami Jones who was bonded for Ills iienrunee nerore a rnamslrale was aiven nis nnerly when II appeared that nothing hud been done. Tin present situation appears to be that Jones Is at large, reported ,, have paper, have not been signed According to the local authorities tho assurance was given from ita-' left the state and the re, u Isi I Ion lelgh that the requisition would li granted as a matter of course and that It would not be necessary for the local representative, of the slate to appear before the governor of North Carolina to argue for extradi tion. At theX'me Governor Cameron Morrison and r l.ee Trlnkle , of Virginia met at Mount Airy at a good roads rally, it Is reliably under- ntnod that the executives made some reference to the Calvin Jones cane. The local authorities feeling reas sured that Jones would he delivered here bided their time and it was only recently. It Is understood, that It was discovered that Jones Is no longer under process. The Jones case was placed before the corporation court grand Jury In November and a true bill was re turned nKalnst him. Jonca is charged with tapping a telegraph wire be tween here and Martinsville with the aid of a confederate and wiring to himself at Danville a money order for $500, tills purporting to come from Martinsville. The proper code word was used and tho money was paid out to Jones without Question Iwhen he called for the money. New Htar Dlsrovered. London. Dec. J. The Astronomer Itoyal announcea that the Rumanian astronomer Zlvlerel has discovered a new star of the first magnitude in right ascension 282 degrees and north of th pole, a distance of 62 degrees. Evmrr avort and hotel romrnrli .the Carolina. Plliehurst. N. I.'. Special trap-shooting Tuesday, 2 p. m. adv. MAY ASK EXPLANATION OVER THE JONES CASE PRICE FIVE CENTS E Country Would Save Millions By Such Action. PENSION FOR EMPLOYES Postmaster General Urges Con1 gress to Provide For Postal . - Buildings. FAVORS SALARY CHANGE Authorisation of Motor Vehicle Rnral Mall Rontrs t'p To 75 Mllca , neeommended By Department Head In Annual Report. (Br Amelitsd Pren.) Washington, Deo. S. The campaign for government ownership of poat-. office buildings throughout th coun try was renewed by Postmaster Gen eral Work In his annual report today to Congress. Not only would, a policy of publle ownership relieve the government of much of Its present housing conges tion, the pofltmRster general aald, hut It also would make for financial economy since rentals of more than $12,000,000 now being paid over an nually without tangible return could be Invested Instead In property of a permanent value. Covernment owned building. ha pointed Tut, ar fre from taxation, while the government a a leese must pay enough rent to enable th landlord to meet his tax bill. In tha same way he asserted that whereas the government could borrow rrtoney "on practically a four per cent basis" lo build poatofflces. when It Isaacs It "pays a rental sufficient to permit : the lessor to borrow money at sayon per cent, and In some case a mucH as 10 per cent." , ' , Other legislation recommended by the postmaster general Included paa sage of the bill pending In tha house to Increase the Interest rate on postal savings deposit from two to thre per cent and the rat on postal sav ing bonds from two and a half to three and a half per cent; establish ment of a system of pension for postal employes who have been In th service more than 30 yeara; reclassi fication of departmental employes; a salary readjustment to permit full pay for overtime; authorization for motor-vehicle rural mall route up to 75 mile? In length; malntenano of a guranty fund, derived from assess ments levied upon postal officials accountable for funds and property, to make good losses from the failure of such officials to properly perform their duties, and to take th plac of .tha present bonding ytem; 1m-, position of additional postage on Im properly or Insufficiently addressed mall; and the extension of Insurance and collect-on-dcllvery privilege to third class mall. Following is a summary of the re port of the postmaster general: A Remarkable Achievement. rostmasttr General Work In hi re port for the fiscal year ended Jun 30, 122, shown a remarkable achieve ment Dy the department In the main tenance of the postal service on Its high standard of usefulness to th publla and efficiency of operation, and at the same time effecting a re- ' auction of 2O,071.!8 n the annual deficit stated as for the preceding year. This achievements, declares th . postmaster general, has been made by proper economies In the adminlstra- ' Hon of the aervlin without a de crease in It h usefulness and efficiency. While the Increase In tho weight and volume of malls carried and handled is represented by an increase of $21, 362,268 In postal receipts, the expen ditures were only $7O.S35 ;n excess '.' of thoac for the preceding year, and this was accomplished In a business coming $545,644. 20S for the year. ine postmaster general points out that. notwithstanding the.io accom- pllshnients. the deficit la still largo and without revenues Increasing In greater ratio to expense It Is diffi cult to predict a material reduction. The causes for this, he states, are grounded In fixed charges over which the department has no control. Important Advances. Heceiitiullzatlon of poatofflce work-' has lieen carried forward with bene ficial results. The fundamental prin ciple Is lo do everything In a statu for a.atate that can h done there. The postmaster general advocates a policy under which the government shall lililld and own lis own postoffioo buildings where they am absolutely ' necessary and Uiuh save the largo mils paid lo lessors covering In - I' rest rates borrowed tnonev. high i ap-'direct Mes on Investment charges. In payment of taxes, and thn proriia realis. hy lessors. Much a policy will also furnish adequate space ami proper working conditions to carry on tho service. Ills repre senlatlons made to the Joint conimls- I"!"" "" ,""'"41 "vU j report, ' ! Kli n poatal service arc renewed in nances. The revenues of the Postal servlea, for tho fiscal year were $4s4.r,3, 640.1 1. Thla represents un Increase of $21,362,266.01 over receipts tnr th preceding year. Tho audited expendi tures were $.r,4.'i.6l4.2(l8.64. This Is a' very materlul decrease under the pre- ceding year, during which time there, were extraordinary payments r,,-,,l for liabilities covering preceding year. With these extraordinary'' paymeiita eliminated and considering the expenditure as compared wltli current expenses, those for 1922 rep resent an Increase of only $780,835.92. The deficit assignable to the fiscal year Is $6n,81fi.400.3H which Is $20. S71,H86.72 less than that of the pre ceding year. The postage paid on mall matter, which constitutes the chief source ot pVstal revenues, amounted to $432.. 6U.020.IS. or 69 22 per cent of th '': total revenues. This was an Increaa of 5.16 per vent over the postage re ceipts of the previous year. In addition tu the ha. dllng of th department's stamps and other stamp- ed paper from which postal revenues are derived, the department perform ; a very largo and Important servlc for the treasury In the sale of treas- -ury savings Issues and documentary ' and proprietary revenue stamps. Th vast volume of this business. Include Ing war savings stamps, transacted " for the punjio Is shown hy the fact ' that their money value totals $1,(I93, 203.385, since these savings securities (Con'inued on pag J.) 3 -
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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