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. CHARLOTTE, RCrjUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1921. ' -
PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILYSEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY
STATE ME
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To Assure Officials That It Is
; .the State's. Property.' -
DRAINAGE , SEEMS CERTAIN
FWe Autoe at Bottom of lake
Yet, It Claim; Rumor Sayt
12 Cases of Whiskey,
Charlotte Otwnr res, .
I " Trkrof b Hotel.
1TB.E. POWCIiIi.
RALEIGH. July An Inspet
Hon of the rock quarry property to
day by Becretary of Slate Brymn
Grimes and Treasurer Lacy, the only
two mcrnben of the public buildings
and grounds commission In the city,
miilul In an order of a survey of
the property and determination to
ealL aa suggested by the governor,
a mooting of the commission upon
the return hero from Asheville of
the attorney general. These were
the outstanding developments today
In a trt-partlte mystery that seems
to have caught the whole state by
the ear. - - ,
,v The stats ehowe formidable sign;
. right now of calling the bluff and
another week may aee the revela-
Uom .thousands are clamoring for.
If a way can be found meaning
legal authority the otata will order
the drawing of 1U "property in an
effort to locate evidence sufficient
to Uy before a grand Jury. There
ka a fund of f appropriated an
nually to the bulidlnge and grounds
commission from which 1500 i
available. Whether the state baa
authority to convert tta legal aid
contingency tor the purpoee of the
Investigation baa not been decided
and In the'tneantlme the more deep
ly -Interested folk are busy adding
to 'the private fund of $100 offered
by the Insurance department for
defraying the expense' of pumping
the lake.
, Raaaor of Whiskey.
Apart - from the developments
about the capital -today, there is
nothing new In the quarry mystery
unless It be a well circulated rumor
that tl cases of high, grade whiakey
are at the bottom of the Jake. This
resort 'has been traced to the same
eouree from which the II ret Infor-J
Bastion? of v tne nutomooiiss came
and hi given some aredence.
v IV has evn been auggeeted that
one of the car that went to the
bottom held tba whisker aad that
' officers were , so close on' the- trail
- of. the bootleVgent they sent, aa
" and whiakey beneath the water and
themselves remained - concealed for
' U hoars. .Mtw-.i' . 'ii. r' 1
8e far there he v been nothing
but veiled suggestions of prosecu
tion tn connecUon with the recovery
of the two cars, thought to havs
been " "stolen." Some evidence,
though hardly enough to act upon,
has been gathered to connect the
"dlsannearance'. of the quarry auto
mobiles wUh the recent wholesale
thievery of cars charged to the gang
headed by Kelly, of San ford. He is
now und;r bond awaiting trial in
federal court. -
The owners of the cars that, have
been recovered, a King and .a Hud
son. ' have not offered explanation
Bo far. aa Is known, they were the
last to suspect their cars buried in
the lake. Insurance agencies, who
have brought special detectives here
tb ferret out the supposed crime
mystery, claim there are still live
cars under the water. Having re
served police - protection of the
roperty to the city, according to
layer Eld ridge's tetter to Secretary
r'of State Bryan Grimes, the con
mtssloners are guarding tne property
developments.
Grimes Has No Donbc
Colonel Grimes has no doubt but
" that the quarry ln question Is state
property. , A second quarry, some
what distant from this one. Is on
city property, but no suspicions at-
' tach to this lake. The survey Is to
confirm, however, the opinion the
s secretary of state entertains now as
" to ownership.
Judge Manning having Indicated
the belief that the state ought to
help ths probe along, there is no
opposition on the part of either
Treasurer Lacy or Mr, Grimes. Both
want It pumped dry but for the state
to spend the money they want legal
' authority lest the treasurer's bond
become liable. '
Highway ' Commissioner Frank
Page has the high powered electric
pump ready for work. Solicitor Nor
rls says he will probe if the state
. drains Its lake dry and things are
i shaping for official action in the
next day or two.
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THUGS ROB MAN ON
ROAD NEAR , SALISBURY
SMlal te The Observer.
baljsburtw July 25. A man
named Correll was badly treated on
the National highway near China
Grove Saturday night according to a
-atory ne related after he--hail re
. gained consciousness. He was walk
, ing from his work at Salisbury to
his home at China Grove hoping to
pick up a ride and did get in with
' two men who were passing In a car.
According to the story they grabbed
him and took his money for his past
week's work, and then pitched him
out of the car while it was run
ning, leaving him to be picked up
later unconscious. Salisbury and
Rowan officers were not Informed of
the affair. j -
' WASHINGTON LAD IS
-.i NAMED TO WEST POINT
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WASHINGTON. July 25. William
W. Studdert, of Washington. North
Carolina,' has been designated -or
; appointment to West Point, with
Clyde F. Gregaon, Elisabeth City,
nrst alternate, and- Carroll R.
Holmes, second alternate, Farm-
villa.
The postmasterthip at Salemburg
hfta been declared vacant
Walter N. Anderson hai been
commissioned postmaster at Suit
ARRANGE TO FIlfANCE
MARKETING OF COTTON
WASHINGTON, July 85-Eu-fene
Meyer, Jr., managing direc
tor of the war finance corpora
tlono, announced tonight the
completion of arrangements with
the department of agrlcultwro by
which the representatives of the
arena of markets will saperviae
tor the corporation the warcbous
ag and rlsasUli slhm of the cot
on pledged as security In connec-
ion with the recent loan of IS,
XW.000 to the Staple Cotton Co
pertive aasoclatkm.
He also announced that the dls
twrsemenl of the funds to the as
location aa the cotton Is Inspected,
daaalfled and warehonaed will be
made through the New Orleans
jranch of the Atlanta federal re
servo bank, the Memphis branch
vt the St. Louis federal , reserve
sank acting aa flscal agent of the
wrporatlon.
I
LINNEY 0. K'D
Overman Fails to Challenge
Committee Report.
Nomination, However, Is Sub
ject to Consideration at
Later Sessions.
sotetaJ te Tka Otawrver.
WASHINGTON. Jury 15. The
senate Judiciary committee today re
ported out the nomination of Frank
A. Llnney, for United States attor
ney for the western district of North
Carolina Senator Overman did not
protest the report but let it go un-
Thalienged to the senate, where It
came up for confirmation ai . me
executive session this afternoon, but
upon objection the case went over.
Llnney's nomination will now be
subject to consideration at any sub
sequent executive session of the
senate, where there will be an effort
made te prevent his confirmation.
Senator Simmons has already indi
cated that he will vote against Lin
ney e nthe grounds that he either
deceived the people of North Carolina
tn his public declarations as chair
man of the republican, state com
mittee or is trytaf deceive the
senate now aa to bis interpretation of
those declarations. It will be eon
landed that be Is insincere, and guilty
of double dealing and that he should
not be confirmed. .
Senator Overman declined to state
what attitude he would take when
the case comes up for settlement.
Senator Hiram Johnson said to
day at the close et the executive ses
sion that the respective nominations
of Frank A. Llnney and Henry
Lincoln Johnson, ought to be con
sidered together or at the same
time. The Impression he made is
that he regards them as being tarred
with the same stick and they are
birds of'a feather. Johnsons nom
ination went over Just as Llnney's
did. There wilt be a vigorous fight
made on both. Charges of a serious
nature will be made against John
son upon which1 will be based the
fight against his confirmation.
Senator Overman will read the
Burleson open letter to President
Harding in which the President la
naked how he would like for a daugh
ter of his to work under the negro
Henry Lincoln Johnson. ,
CONGRESS TO RECEIVE
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM
.THE PRESIDENT TODAY
Harding Will Recommend
Broadening of Powers of
War Finance Corporation.
To Discuss Finances.
WASHINGTON, July 25. Broad
ening of the powers of the war
finance corporation, making it the.
great governmental agency tot bring
ing about the necessaryx economic
eadjustments of the nation, will be
suggested by President Harding to
morrow in a special communication
to Congress, according to forecasts
tonight In high administration circles...;-
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The Special letter from the Presi
dent, It has been announced, will
deal primarily with the proposed
financial settlement between the gov
ernment and the railroads, but ac
cording to statements by administra
tion leaders, it probably will go fur
ther and recommend not only that
the . war finance corporation take
charge of the railroad settlement but
also that It be placed in direct and
practically sole charge of farm
credits and export flnanoing. ,
Secretary Hoover' said today that
he had recommended such a plan
and that his recommendation had
beea approved by .Secretary Mellon
and Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing
director of the war finance corpora
tion. -
Investigation, Mr.- Hoove. - said.
had ' convftired him that the broad
enlng of the finance corporation's
powers 'through legislation permit
ting It to handle adequately the
triple problem was the proper
'course to pursue. ' -
Funds for speeding up of business,
the commerce secretary asserted,
could be mads available by the cor
poration without a great drain on
the treasury. The corporation is
empowered to issue bonds up to six
times Its capitalization oi 5UU,uuo.-
000. . - - -- '
MISS STEWART BCTUED.
ROCK HILU July !5. The funer
al of Miss Maud Stewart, whose
death occurred, Saturday night at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Stewart, near Charlotte,
was held from the First Presby
terian church Sunday afternoon, in
terment following In Laurelwood.
Miss Stewart had bean In bad health
for a long time.
bilYS BERGDOLL
GOLD T TO
Congressman Wants Treasury
Ordered to Find $105,o6o,
INVESTIGATION IS ENDED
arges Against Major Camp
beH Left Open; His State-
ments Corroborated. . "
WASHINGTON. July 2S. The
Bergdoll investigation ended finally
today- and ended peacefully.' -
There was no statement irfim the
committee, which has been directed
to fix responsibility for the escape
of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,' the
draft dodger, while hunting last year
for a buried tub of gold, as to dis
position of the case of Major Bruce
R. Campbell, 'an army officer accused
by Mrs, Emma C. Bergdoll, of ac
cepting five thousand dollars to help
get her son out of the cltuches of ths
law.
, An unexpected turn at the last
moment was a demand by Represen
tative Luhrlng, of Indiana, a re
publican member of the committee,
that the alien property cuatodlan be
ordered forthwith to find and re
cover $105,000 of the gold taken
from the treasury a year ago, and
aallesed to have been burled. Mr.
Luhring Insisted that the evidence
developed by the committee indi
cated that the gold was obtained
from aovernment vaults for bribery
purposes and that if still burled, as
the woman asserts, it ougm 10 oe
dug up and put back in the govern
ment hands.
Ths committee deferred action on
the gold question until its report is
formally presentee; to tne nou-e,
about ten days or two weeks hence.
rmnhpirs Father Heard.
Members of the committee refused
to say whether they would recom
mend that the Campbell charges be
dismissed or turned over to the war
department for such invsstlgation as
the Inspector general migm sugaeu
tooSecretary Weeks. ' -
MiiAr Camobell's seventv-year-old
f.fh.r William R. , Campbell, ef
LMlntftnn. Kent nek v. corroborated
the son's statement that a f0 fund
iki with the late Milton Toung.
of Lexington. laasU. grew in two
without svi word. ofiOalanatloniwaa
turned over to" tne -o racer. ? asajor
Campbell reiterated that thla earns
money) some oi wnien was in mm
Bnd.doiiar hill, was deposited with
a Wall atraet firm last year about the
time Mrs. Bergdoll swore ane naa
tlven him $5,000. Major Campbell
stuck to his story that ths same mon
ey, hidden by his wife all duging the
war, was taken to Wall street and
lost In speculation. '
The officer also corroborated his
earlier statement that he had more
than $5.00 on deposit with the Sea
board National bank. In New York,
in 1017. by presenting to the commit
tee a telegram from tne can siaunj;
that in December of that year the
sum of $6,037 was deposited there
by Mrs. Laura E. Campbetl, his wife.
ONE PARDONED, THREE
DENIED, BY MORRISON
Freedom Is Granted Wake
County Man Reported Near
Ing End of His Days.
Bparlal te The Obter-er.
ASHEV1LLE. July, 25. Richard
Black well. Wake county man, serv
ing a chalngang sentence for selling
whiskey, was "toJay granted a par
don by Governor Morrison. Physi
cians informed the governor, that
Black well has only a short time to
live and in view of the fact a part
of the sentence has been served and
of the physical condition of the
prisoner the full pardon was
granted. '
Governor Morrison today denied
to give pardons for the following:
Robert Greer, Wake county, steal
ing automobile; Vlck Williams.
Union county, serving seven year
sentence for second degree murder,
and John Knight. Wake county,
selling whiskey. In the cast of
Knight, whose mother Is reported
very 111. Governor Morrison said he
would grant the prisoner a 0-day
parole if the mother's condition is as
serious as reported.
MAID BURNED TO DEATH
IN FIRE IN HOSPITAL
4 goeeUl te The Observer.
SPARTANBURG, July 25. A fire
was discovered In the supply room
atJhe Spartanburg City hospital last
Saturday afternoon,' and at first it
was thought but little damage was
done. It developed today that Anna
Robertson,- a npgfB"chambernidtthy above proposals in their entlretyrl
wan burned to death.
The firemen did not know that the
woman had been burned until this
morning, after the woman had been
buried. It appears that the woman
smelled the smoke comlnj from
the room and opened the door to
make an Investigation. and when she
did a container filled with alcohol
exploded Jind . enveloped her In
flames. , ' " . .
KOHLOSS INSTALLED AS
PROHIBITION CHIEFTAIN
pmmU te The Oburrar.
SALISBURY. July 25. R. A.
Kohloss has taken charge of his new
Job as prohibition enforcement di
rector lor Mortn Carolina, succeed
ing Col. T. H.-Vanderford. For the
present he will occupy the same
quarters Colonel Vanderford has
had in the federal building in Salis
bury and temporarily will have trie
same office force. T'e transfer wag
made by Divisional Supeilntender.t
Murphy. . . ' .
4SMEVILLE TO BE:;
CONSIDERED FOR MEET
..v,.'.-.t; ; e viV'-'
: : Special te The Ofcrr. v H'
WAHHLVrON, July SSPrea
Ident Harding hag wrltoea ( Sena
'or Overman an encouraging let
ter pertaining , to the oroffef of
Srove Park Inn for. the dlsanna
uent conference.' The President
"(Jaet line . to acknowledge
rour gracious note of July X.-t
had beard of the offer of Grove
Park mn for the dlsamiacnent
jonfercnee. It was mighty line as
the proprietors to' make the , ten
ler and it hVgood of jroex to can
t to my attention, I do not know
sfhat our plana will be, pat K
seems consistent to go oatsld
the ctty of Washington, I Jim
inlto sure Asheville wonld '4 be
rery worthy of favorable eonUd-raUon.-
0X:
Will Have to Be Considerably
Modified, Says Week
Details of Tender for Taking
Over Muscle Shoals Pro
jects Given Out
. t
WASHINGTON, July 2l.---etalls
of Henry Ford'a proposals fW Uk
Ing over the Muscle Shoals Ala
bama, power project and nitrate
plant were given out today
war department, and- Secretary.
Weeks said Mr. Ford's tender would
have to receive considerable tnodlft
catlon before they couldl be kecept
ed. ' . :. ,': '.' '-. -ijSt
Mr. Ford requires a practical
guarantee from the government to
develop $00,000 horse., power at
Muscle Shoals, which can not-g
given, the secretary declared, though
his" tender is being studied by;ilnan
clal and engineering experts.- There
la a possibility also, Mn. Weeks
added, that an offer for the proper
ties would be made , from anothe?
. .The ford proposals, carefully jce
eouree.
tied out into detail, involve money
payments to the government suffl
int t return to it 140.000,00"
within te.l V.'iir.VJ,
tlon a rental of Sper cent On the
same value. Mr. Ford asks further
expenditures oa S3t.000.000 to com
plete the power and nitrate plant,
agreeing to make additions 1 pay
ments on. the same basis.
Proposing to use the plants for
the manufacture ef nitrates, he
agrees to hold It In readiness lor
turning over to the government In
case of war, and to allow his profits
to be limited to 8 per cent on ferti
lisers produced In- peace time, with
the establishment ef a board of rep
resentatives of farmers' organisa
tions to supervise accounts and see
that the limitation be made effec
tive. :
Specifle Proponal.
The specific proposal of Mr. Ford
was as follows:
"I if the United States will
nromotlv resume construction work
on the Wilson dam and as speedily
as possible complete the construc
tion of the dam, ana progressively
install hydro-electric facilities and
equipment for generating 100.000 H.
P., then the company (to ne lormea
by Mr. Ford) will agree to lease
from the United States the Wilson
dam. its powerhouse and all of us
hydro-electric and operating ap
purtenances, together .h all lands
and buildings owned by the United
States, connected with and adjacent
to either end -of the Wilson dam,
for a period of 100 years from the
date of the completion of the dam
and its powerhouse facilities: and
the company will pf to the United
States six per cent on the remaining
cost of the locks, the dam and pow
erhouse facilities, taken at $40,000,-
fiOO In payments of $1,200,000 an
nually. -
Mr. Ford s letter described alter
native proposals for the payment
of the annual rental, and arranged
for proportionate amounts in case
a complete generation of the 600,000
horsepower was not attained imme
diately. '
"If the United State shall accept
the above proposal," Mr. Ford's let
ter continued, "then- the company
will ask that the United States pro
ceed to construct and fully complete
dam Mo. S aa designed and proposed.
the power Installation to be taken
at 250,000 h. p. When the tnsalla
tlons at dam No. S 'are completed
the company offers' to lease it for a
period of 10O years from the date
of completion and the company will
pay to the United States six per cent
on the cost, taken at $8,000,000 in
payments of $480,000 annually.
"If tho United States snail accept
then the company offers to purchase
from the United-States all of the
property at nitrate plant No. .2, ni
trate plant No. I, the Waco quarry
. tCtlmed en Pa Two.) '
TOBACCO PRICES 30 TO
k 50 PER CENT HIGHER
HoerM te The ObMncr.-
IXMBERTOV, July 25. While
sales were light on the Lumber-ton
tobacco market today, prices were
from 30 to 60 per cent higher than 1
last week. Very little good tobacco
has yet been offered and there seems ;
to be a demand for the better;
grade.
Second cnrlngs today, sold for
above 20 cents the pound. As the
grades Improve prices are expected
to range upward. With the advance
In prices, the depression brought
about by the low prices on the open
ing is clearing snd a spirit of op
timism te evident among farmers
and business men.
EXPERTS DIVIDE
OVER Bid
VALUATION PLAN
Senate Finance Committee
. Takes Up Fordnei Tariff.
HEAR PAGE AND BURGESS
Views of Members of Tariff
Commission Differ Widely on
t Valuation Plan Proposed.
', . WASHINGTON, July 25. Disa
greement of experts as to the prac-.
Usability of American , valuation
provisions, proposed in the Fordney
tariff bill, marked the first consid
eration given the measure today by
the senate finance .committee. The
committee heard statements by
Thomas Walker Page, chairman,
and William Burgess, a member of
the tariff commission, bat their
f views differed widely as to what ef
fect the suggested basis of levying
Import duties would have on the
consumer on one hand and on the
manufacturer and merchant on the
other. ' '
Mr. Page contended the new plan
meant higher prices on American
commodities which compete with
imports subjected to the import tax,
while his colleagues on the com
mission held that pyramiding of
prices was no more likely to result
under the home value basis than un
der the present system of assessing
duties orf the foreign value. De
signedly, the American valuation
plan Is to defeat the under-valuation
of Imports .. and therefore gather
more revenue, but the object, Mr,
Page said, was phantom in charac
ter for the reason that little fraudu
lent valuation had taken place. Mr.
Burgess submitted figures which he
declared showed undervaluation of
Imports in 1120 to have been discov
ered In 26 per cent of all shipments
subject to ad valorem rates.
. . No Other Method.
Mr. Burgesa told. the committee
there was no ; other method; by
which the government Justly could
levy assessment on Imports In view
of the fluctuating rates. He said i It
presented the only possibility of cus
toms officers obtaining accurate
valuation figures en Imports and
that such were vitally Important be
cause of their effect on the ultimate
1 tunouut t revenue collected .. It, al
so wouia avoia aiserumnauon in in
tariff rates against countries whose
money has not depreciated and In
favor of those whose currency Is at
a low ebb compared with Americas
money.
Objection to the proposed change
was voiced by Mr. Page because, he
aid, it meant disturbing further an
already chaotic commerce.
- He felt that the element of doubt
and uncertainty which would enter
Into business transactions for the
next few years warranted that the
change be deferred until conditions
are more favorable. The interna
tional economic situation, Mr. Page
explained; should be given an op
portunity to right itself before this
government should attempt what
he called a radical departure from
oroven methods at the customs
house.
Page's Contention.
There is no other way of meet
ing the exchange rltuatfSh except
by this American valuation provi
sion." Mr. Pae added, but I do not
believe it will accomplish what la
claimed for It. I. think It will fall
far short of what It is supposed to
da and at the same time will keep
business moving in the dark, for no
one knows what Its effect Is going
to be and no one can tell what ef
fect It will have on different com
modules."
Mr. Pass said, however, that the
nlan could be devdoned and he be
lieved that If roven time it could be
made practicable, but his personal
objection was to putting it In effect
at this time. He mentioned as an
other "danger" the extension of "so
much responsibility and power" to
customs appraisers.
The power opposed by Mr. Page
would be turned to the account of
the srovernment Itself, according to
Mr.1 Burgess.swho declared that un
der the American valuation, control
of the imports for the first time
rested fully with the American gov
ernment... He added that, . for the
same reasons, diplomatic entangle
ments would be avoided and ques
tions of enforcement of the law-1
wouM be disposed of without delay
I- or difficulty.
JO JO SAYS
Generally
nesday.
, A man doesn't have to be much
of an athlete to Jump from the
frying pan into the flre' .
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HARDING IS ALARMED BY
REBORXS-OF THREATENED"
r SEMI-FAMINE AND PLAGUE
Estimated 1 0,000 May Die
Of Pellagra During Year
WASHINGTON. July 25. (By the Associated Press.) Lattst re
ports received by the public health service were said to Indicate that
pellagra this year In the cotton belt would claim about 100,000 victims,
of whom It was estimated 10 per cent would die.
"That pellagra would show a heavy Increase this year was fore
seen last fall when the cotton market failed," said a statement issued
by the health service. "Most American cotton is raised on shares by
tenant farmers, who are 'carried' by the land-owning planters tor about
ix months each year, during which they are provided with food and
clothes for themselves and their families to be paid for when their crop
la sold In the fall. Last year's crop, however, Is still unsold and neither
tenant nor planter has received the money on which they had depended.
The planters are almost moneyless and are unable to obtain further
sredit from the banks, which also are hard pressed. Nevertheless the
tenants must be carried till next fall with no assurance that the cotton
market will come back even then.
"Inevitably there is pressure all down the line and the tenants,
whose credit has been reduced to the disappearing point, are Obliged to
live on the cheapest foods possible. These foods, salt pork, corn meal
and molasses, valuable as they are when balanced by other foods, lack
certain elements that are absolutely essential to the maintenance of
health. And the other foods are beyond the purses of the tenants.
"Conditions have been getting steadily worse for months and the
cumulative effect is becoming eerious. It takes about five months of
this particular kind of a semi-starvation before pellagra begins to mani
fest itself, but after that It does so with appalling rapidity.- The second
stage Is now well under way." -
The public health service in Its statement. Issued prior to receipt of
President Harding's letter, suggested two remedies: te help the victims
directly and to help them to help, themselves, the former of which was
aid to be the only one Immediately applicable.
National Independence Or
Nothing Sinn
Harding Hears Details of Tax
Plans From Fordney.
Plan .fop. Building ' New Tax
Law Take More , Definite
FornvHearings Begun.
WASHINGTON, July Plans
for building a new tax law took
more definite form today as prep
arations were completed tor the ac
tual beginning tomorrow of reVislon
of the revenue laws by the house
ways and means committee.
President Harding heard details
of what house leaders propose to. do
from Chairman Fordney, of ths
committee, during the day and in
formation leaked out Indicating that
the three-cent postage stamp mlgfiT
be resorted to as a revenue pro
ducer. The return to the three-cent
stamp was understood to have been
discussed at the conference Satur
day between Secretry Mellon and
Mr. Fordney and other republican
members of the ways and means
committee. The suggestion wil. be
taken up with the postoffice depart
ment .before any further moves are
made, however, it was stated.
In the search for methods of
raising funds around 1 4.000,000.000
a year, members of the committee
were declared to have talked also
of a stamp tax on bank checks, but
that suggestion was understood to
have been frowned on by the treas
ury. Other stamp tax proposals may
get some consideration in the com
mittee but members said candidly
they feared the reaction from' them.
Mr. Mellon, it was said, had told
the committee that he was erposed
to the use of any kind of sales tax
to supplant the excess profits levy
which,, it is conceded, will be aban
doned. He was represented as being
favorable to a fiat tax on corpora
tions, believing that such a tax
would offset losses due to the con
templated repeal of the profits and
some minar assessments.
Committee leaders oeciarea iney
believed the corporations tax would
take the form of a-15 per cent levy
on Incomes with the exemption of
12,000 now in effect abolished. Rep
resentative liongworth, republican,
of. Ohio, who has a bill making such
provisions, said the corporation tax
would yield around a half billion
dollars a year. Mr. Longworth's
bill also would reduce the higher
surtaxes on incomes and his plan
In this respect was said to have the
treasury" secretary's approval..
iTbr. .opening session of the hear-
Iiirn tomorrow win inriuae aiscus
lon of about all phases of revision,
according to the calendar posted
tonight by the committee. Mr. Ford
ney said he would insist, on con
eluding the open session in four
days. ' "1 " . ' " ' "-'
ASK CAVEATsVo THE -
NEAL WILL BE DISMISSED
Special te The ObMrver.
WINSTON-SALEM. July !5. The
Wachovia Bank and Trust company,
through its attorneys, today filed in
the superior court a motion to ui
miss the caveats to the will of ths
late John Neal, who died In Nebras
ka more than a year ago and who
left about $250,000 of - his estate
to the Methodist children's home
i here and the same -amount to Ox
lora orpnanaae. ins caveata wer
filed by a local administrator and at
torneys for the University of North
Carolina. Judge B. F. Xor-.g con
tinued the motion until the Sep
tember, term of court.
AGAIN PROPOSED
Fein Demand
Organ of Irish Republican Par
liament Has Outburst.
RESENTS : BRITISH HINTS
Any Wish to Coerce Ulster Re
pudiated by "Bulletin."
LONDON STILL HOPEFUL
Cabinet British - Proposals.
Contents Not Disclosed.
LONDON, July 25. (By the As
sociated Press.) Nothing less than
national Independence win content
ths Sinn Fein ' eladers. The Irish
Bulletin, official organ of the Dail
Ericann, makes this declaration from
the headquarters in Dublin.
While nothing is actually known
of the nature ,of the government's
roposals, beyond the general outline
tf dominion home rule and I'Lscal
autocracy, The Bulletin contains an
outburst aaainst the assumtlone or
the British press concerning the nego-1
tlatlons, which appears to show that
the proposals; are unsatisfactory so
far as southern Ireland la concerned.
Resentment is expressed at hints
In the British newspapers that there
would be a revival bf the "military
terror" unless the so-called "con
cessions" were accepted. "But," de
claree the official organ of the re
publican parliament, "the Irish eople
will agree to nothing -which denies
the ancient unity of Ireland or seeks
to Impose upon the nation alien do
minion of any kind. '
. This outburst, which Incidentally
reudiatea anw wish to coerce Ulster.
Is taken in certain quarters to be
more of an express of ' impatience
with the patronising air of some of
the London newspapers than an indi
cation of a breach in the negotla
tlons. II at least confirms ths Im
preasion generally held here that the
path to eace is likely to prove long
and difficult . - ' .
According to , Associated Press
dispatches from Ireland, the govern
ment proposals include a plan to re
organize the Irish police on a civil
basis, eliminating the ' military ele
ment and disbanding the auxiliaries.
This would be an Important con
cession to Irish feellnr. . .
Eamonn de Valera .the republican
leader, took up with the members of
hie cabint today details of the Brit
ish proposals prearatory, , it is un
derstood, to aubTnTtrmg them to the
Dail Elreann.
The British cabinet council tonight
decided ; to bring the session e f par
liament to an ena August 22, "un-
les ean Irish settlement makes an au
tumn aesslo nnecessary."
This provisional decision is taken
to mean that the government is still
hopeful of imace!Lrj;tonjfamT.hg
day was withou ptrogreau owards
a solution and the public waa left to
flounder In the realms of conjecture,
for the prime minister was able only
to promise the house of commons a
statement on the situation some time
1 nthe future and to warn the house
against reliance on unofficial ' re
ports. Mr. Lloyd George declared
that a 11 the published statements re
garding the terms of settlement were
Inaccurate. .
SIDNEY KINCA1D HAS
ENCAGED THREE LAWYERS
Special te The Qtmr.
r MORGANTONT July 25. W. A,
Self, of Hickory, and Ervin d: Ervin,
of Morganton. have been' employed
as counsel by Sidney Klncaid. of
Chesterfield. who is charged with
wife murder. The lawyers were in
consultation here today. v!tn the
scene of the murder and talkir.x with
their client, getting evtdehce for the
defense.
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IIIIU IIL.U UIIJUU
President Requests That They
Take immediate Action.'
MAY APPEAL TO CONGRESS
Crave Situation in Cotton Belt
Rural Districts Reported by
U. S. Health Service. v
WASHINGTON, July 2 5. Alarm- s '
ed at reports - of a .threatened
"seml-famlne" " coupled with i an
epidemic of pellagra In a large sec
tion ' of the southern cotton-belt. .
President Harding today requested
both the public health service, and.
the American Red Cross to make ,
immediate investigation and report '
what could be done bv the federal
government to relieve the situation.
The fullest co-operation of all
federal agencies In the relief meas
ures was promised r by the Presi
dent, who declared that , if found
necessary Congress would be asked
to pass special legislation. He
urged that no time be ioet in as
certaining the actual conditions and
applying . to j them, ; an , effective
remedy.-'', ;,), ,; ' ,.!
'The threat of ; 'famine and
piagruo, ; io,i -rBMjiiv wren iw v
the health service jand the Red
Yaneei taasimaa1 ' 4r m wlstsa t 1 a V
vs woa. owuivu - iv . an v ate vaa .
fact that depressed - markets had
made It Impossible; for the. people
of a large section of the south to
sell their stocks of cotton. The re
sulting shortage of money, he said.
apparently had. deprived many
thousands of the variety of - food
necessary to ward Oft pellagra. t
fiaraing'e Letter.
The -President In his letter to
Burgeon, General Cumming said: -
tcme-the'puhrio kUtcnient Iron
the public health service aa to the
menace of pellagra ana conditio os
of nt least semi-famine tn m largo
section of the cotton belt. ' That
such a condition ' is obviously a
temporary incident to the economic
dislocation following the war can
not lessen- our concern. v: v :
"Famine and plague are - words
almost forelgnv ; to our American
vocabulary, save as we have learn
ed their meaning in connection
with the afflictions of lands: less
favored, and toward which- our peo
ple havs so many , times displayed
large and generous charity. ? ; ,
"Immediate and effective meaa-
demanded if conditions even ap
proximate the gravity suggested by.
the public health report. . It is un
thinkable, that we should delay tor
single day ths question of such
measures. Therefore, I am writing
to ask you for the most complete
possible report that can be, made at
once -provided there 1 anything to
add to what you already have made,.
puDiio ana especially - lor . sugges
tion of proper measures to deal
with the situation. ' -.V'.v ' s
I am also writing to Dr. Living
stone Farrand, head of the Ameri
can Red Cross, In the same tenor;
and suggesting - that , co-operation
between his organisation and your
own might be helpful, having ht
mind the need for haste in making
a full survey, and in planning re
lief measures. I wish you both to
be assured of my co-operation and
of all aid that can appropriately be
given through the executive depart-,
ments and to know that if full in
formation about' the situation shall
make apparent that legislative ac
tion Is necessary, I will on a proper
showing be prepared to ask the re
quisite authorliation from the Con
gress."
- Letter to Red cross. - -In
his letter to Dr. Farrand. Mr.
Harding said ,-.",;.;, :r -- .y ,.s
"Recent reports of a distressing
condition among the mural popula
tion In a largo section of the cot
ton belt, are confirmed by a tmbllo
statement from the, public health
service.. They indicate that, due to
the depressed cotton market, many
thousands of people are unable to
sell . their one product for money,
wherewith to ' obtain a .. necessary
variety of wholesome food, and
that there la grave threat of an
epidemic of pellagra.
"It must . bring shock to the
American people to realise that a
great section of their own country,
which they are wont to think of as
Immune, from such experiences, is
actuailymenaced with famine and
be called if It should befall any
other country, and we may as well
give it its right name. It is of
course a " consequenee " of t the
economic disorganization' following
the war. and it 'demands Instant
and vigorous attention. Our people,
so long and so often moved by
splendid charitableness toward the
unfortunates of other land, will
, (tatlBa4 race Tr -
mother of five is dead
. ; frqmbuClet wounds
0i ,r -pacta)
U The OkMV.
KIXSTON, July 25 Mra EfT.e
Reed 33. widow and mother ef five
children, died early today frori
wounds, indicted yesterday by Lan
nle Best, who suicided sfter .hom
ing the woman. Mrs. Reed r-i
no statement before dyi-sf- I
who waa coritciou the half Sri'
lived after the aboo'ang aaid ne.:
to indicate the eauae.