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'! , t j, , i , iwMiii.n iMHU iiniwlmiff .In, Hi iiin l.iiiiiiiijiitinni "Hi Wiu i'i Huni, nr mill nl ill hi i'i i Mim1it'm.VXil4i irtlli'ijMii i.lnMeawaMawia;i w. staVs, iu, u.m.-t -j- o r TODAYSI PAGES,: V Af, 'i : . .I .; --ffr-'X it".' T -.; U..'".:' -i..- . ' : : u v , niiii 'mil "in 1 1 v 1 1 ii i iiiiii ii man uawigaaaSMBawMwewgaPMaeBi -' ,v, , NORTH CAROLINA - , r ' V"-" $50,000,000 - . D ROADS '.STATU A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF. CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAN AND RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. FOUNDED 1869. y CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JU,Y 27, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DAILY-SEVEN CENT. SUNDAY l ' ,,1)? ' ft ,.vt -.' , ' - Harding Asks Congress to, K Broaden Powers-of the WarFimnce Corporation Tak ; Charge of Funding 1500,000,000 Railroad Debts AND HELP FARM CREDITS Messaged Dealt 1 Particularly With Railroad Financing JNO ADDED EXPENSE ASKED Declares Government Legally .and Morally Bound to Help I Boftd and Farmer. I . Washington, Jiy se. -Partial MpoMC was made tminediately by Cencrm today to a ipectaJ message ram President Harding requesting , thai mrm of the wr flaaDoe cor- porMkm be broMleMd to take charge of fandinc upwards of mlllloii dotUn of railroad debu and 10 pro r vid dtltloiiml fam wait, ,! Tta Prmtdeat ta Us tntt, iwaiimi h meMacer. dectand llfiwwwwt Itoiorallr and tt.M bound" to fmul the raUroad delji ad was anker "an Impelling moral oMIgation? 10 proTwe an. nullnral nvdlla. ' 4 , The tm step toward Meeting U econd ol the two reooeau-rovl-ate for additional farm crden bad ta reality been token to! the aenat before tba prealdenttal mea. e was tend. ' Senator- Kellog. re- CibHoaa. Mlnneaota, tatrodnecd a II, drafted by aectetary Com neroa Hoover and Director Mjrera. , nf the war ananoa wnoraUon. and aid to have the approval of the Preatdeat, aa a enbatttnte for the peadtanr Worrhv MU 40 create a one handred mtUlloa doliar fam eiport eorporatloa. . .0 - 4- The bill aa Introduced mbrtctd -tha Praatdent'a rugfaaUlonate m pewr the war Bnanee eorporarten. Instead of a nr federal cornoratlon. aa provldtd In' the Norria bill, to ad ne crediU tor agricultural ex port. -. ' '". The PresMant'e tteaage a!t r Ueularlp with railroad financing and declared the proposal that the war finance corporation ; take charge of funding the railroad debts to the Toverament would eauee "no added expense. n added Uablittr. n kdded tas burden.'- - The President de scribed the propoasf an "a simple remedy," eont ecwlot. and Isposiadafbftn eu aoraaod'of ample securities", deposlUd tr the .rallroada - " " " '' ; - The- meatage was referred, or the senate to Ita Interstate commerce commltee, but Chairman Cutmnlna, In 1)1 - health, wss out of the city and when the railroad legislation would be taken up was In doubt , :. leaders, however, expected action within the next fortnight Several senators, opposing any semblance of further government advances to the 'carriers, stated privately that they .would tight the legislation. , No Added Expense.. . "No added expense." said the President explaining his request "no added investment i required on the part of the government- There Is no added liability, ne added tax burden. . . "It la merely the grant of author ity necessary ta enable a moat useful and efficient government agency to iie"te available funds te purchase sect k tips for which Congress el iTeaiCi W authorised the issue, and 4unrT"em into channels of finance ready to float them." 1. "Th contract covering poeratlon," said the message, "provided that the railways should be returned to their owners In aa good condition as when taken over by the government and the transportation act, recognising that betterment ana aaaitione ne- Ions? to capital account, provided that such, sum a sthe railway companies owed the government lor Deter ments and new equipment added dttrtna- the period of government op eration, might be funded. There has been, at no times any question about the Justice of funding such indebted ness to the government Indeed, it has been progress to a measurable ' deeree ever since the return of the railroads te their i owners. It has been Mm! ted, however, to such cases as those tn which final settlements -with the railway administration have been effected. :The process is ad mittedly too slow to meet the diffi cult situation which the owners of -the railroads have been facing, and I believe it essential to restore rail way activities and essential to the country's good fortune to have both fundlns- and settlement. .-'. ; a "Quite apart from the large sums owing to the government which we are morally and legally sound to , fund, the government and legally bound to fund, the government ad mittedly owes the railway companies large sums on various accounts such as compensation,' depreciation and ' maintenance. : , . Railways Needs. 1 "The way now would seem to be "teTearnorvenr early adjustment and -relief: except for the (act that the I railway administration, though pos sessing assets, does not command the funds necessary to meet what will be Its admitted oougauons. S i "There Is no thought to ask Con gross for additional funds. Perhaps -five hundred million dollars will be . , V I '; ' 0M r" ;- CHARGED WITH MURDER U OF PROHIBITION OFFICER ,i - . . I ' Uptclat te The 4MMrr. f liJnBVTIJ.B Jllhr- i "Riha "ri'foett Is charged with murder In fcfArfirst degree In the bill of Indict - frfiW.t returned by a Swain county grand jury toaay. ne was imraeai ately brought before the .court and entered a plea of not guilty of the murder of Hoi Rose, prohibition offi cer, slain in a raid In that county last "October. Names of one hundred veniremen were drawn and ordered summoned to appear Thursday r-orning at 10 o'clock, at which time trial will begin. SUBSTITUTE FOR IRISH TO ASSIST Measure Authorizes Financial Help to Export Products. Senator Simmons Collaborates With Myers and MacLean in Drafting Instrument sMlal te The Osaerver. WASHINGTON, July e. -Senator Simmons, Chairman Meyer and A. W. McLean, of the war finance corporation, collaborated In writing the substitute for the Norris bill, Introduced late today by Senator Kellogg, republican, Minnesotta. It la to be pressed as an administra tion measure and is intended to help farmers sell their produota. The bill provideethat the corpora tion, when It finds a surplus of ag ricultural products normally ex ported, and that ordinary banking facilities are inadequate to enable producer's or dealers in such com modities to carry them until expert ed, may make advances as follows: "To any person, firm, corporation or association engaged In the United States In dealing In or marketing any such products, for the purpose of assisting such person, firm, corp oration, or association to carry such products until they can be exported or sold for export In an orderly manner. Any such advance shall bear Interest at a rate of not less than one percentum In excess of the rate of discount for 90 days com' meroial paper prevailing at the fed era! reserve bank of the district In wnicn ins porroww is tocaieu mi mm time when such advance is made. "To any bank, banker, or trust company In the United States which makes or has made an advance er advances to any such person, firm, eorooratlon er association. The ag gregate of advances made to any bank, banker, or trust company shall not -exceed the 'amount" remaining nnnald of h advances mad by auou -oanap-TpaTisw, or trust com pany.?-f4yt-N'--,. viy: Tne" interest rates are to pe, nxes by the corporation, -t' ,' A limit of live years is fixed for the advance, and a- promisory note or other instruments In writing im poses on the borrower "a primary d unconditional obligation to re- y the advance at maturity, with interest aa stipulated therein, with full and adequate security In each instance by endorsement, guaranty, pledge or otherwise." The corporation at any time may make advances for agricultural pur poses to any bank, and in exception al cases may purchase from domes tic banks notes, drafts, bills ef ex change or other Instruments of In debtedness secured by chattle mort gages, warehouse receipts, bills of ladding or other Instrument 14 writ ing, conveying or securing market able title to staple agricultural prod ucts, including live stock. one billion dollars is ths limit fit advances that may be outstanding at any one time. LAURINBURG CITIZENS " DISCUSS GOOD ROADS MaSS Meeting In Interest Of 1 " 'T Charlotte, Wilmington and i ... Asheville Highway. IATJRDTBTJRG, July Z. A mass meeting at' Isuirlnbarg tonight, at tended by many citizens of Scotland county and representatives of the Hamlet chamber of commerce, in the Interest of the W harlot tc, W ll mlngtoa and Asheville Jilghway, de veloped much Interest and a keen discussion of good, roads. '- 4. t. onn waa maae cnairman or tbe meeting and speeches were made by a number of citizens. A com mittee of four, w. II. Wttberspoon, Z. V. Pathe, A. L. James and A. A. James, from Scotland county, waa named to confer with eonunltteea from other towns and Counties rela tive to this highway. At a later meeting this committee will make lta report. Sentiment for hard surfaced; roads Is rapidly crystallslng here. The Hamlet delegation was bead ed by W. R. Land and T. H. Bof. felt, president and secretary of the chamber of commerce. The. first meeting In the Interest of the Wilmington and Charlotte highway was held here about 11 years ago. Scotland, was a pioneer in good roads building in North Car- ollna. It to definitely committed to the dea of bard surfaced roads in the future and will spend no more money oa the so-called sand day type of roads. ; ; -r ; : DIES AS RESULT OF STROKE OF PARALYSIS NEWTON, July 26.-rMra. Noah W. Propst, who has been til for some time, died Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs, J. T. Mehaftey, near this city. Mrs. Propst suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago from which she never recovered. Mrs. Propst was seventy years of age. uetore marriage sne was Mrs. James Gibson, and had several chil dren by the Gibson marriage, One of these being Mrs. Mehaftey. . A short funeral service was held at the home, conducted by Rev. Mr. Dltzler, of the Reformed church, af ter which the body was taken to Enian'tiel Lutheran church, where Rev. George E. Long conducted the services anchthe body laid to rest in the cemetery at that place. Else It Cannot Be Effectively Administered, Says Davis. CUSTOMS OFFICER HEARD Sees in American Valuation Plan Cause for "Unending Liti gation" Tells Committee. WASHINGTON July 21. Over hauling of rates tn the Kordney tar iff bill will be necessary In order to permit Its effective administration the senate finance committee was told today by George C. Davis, chief of the comparative values bureau In the Kew York customs house. Mr, Davis, declared further that if Con gress adopted the American valua tion plan of levying import duties, even more radical changes in the ratea would have to follow. The American valuation plan as a substitute for the present system of assessing duties on foreign valuee was attacked by the customs official, who saw In it the cause for "unend ing litigation and a general tying up of the importing business." He added that, as drawn, some of the rates' In the bill, administered on 'an Americtn valuation basis, meant a "positive prohibition" " of importation. He did not, however, enumerate the commodities of which he vpoke. Mr. Davis said that no one knew what the effect of the change would be and predicted it would take years to learn, wherae the customs service with nearly SO years of experience under the present plan had back of it court ruling, accepted business practices and a generally stable foundaUon upon which to work. All of this would be lost in the change, he -declared, and another era of lit igation gone through before inter pretation could be had t the bill's provisions. , i ; t Mr, Davis said there would be an Increase In amount of work placed An the f ustoms service by the new duty basis. Informing the committee that lt would require that1 every package entering ' -Customa , would about 19 per cent of the imports. Examinations of all would, be re quired, "he asserted, by the bill's jro--vlslons calling for valuation . oa a comparative or competitive basis. Chairman Penrose said he saw need for an army of men in assessing ths duties under the plan. Th committee also heard Thomas Ox Marvin and William S. Culbert eon, members of the tariff commis sion, each of whom favored the American valuation plan. . DONATE A DAY'S PAY TO TEXTILE STRIKERS Labor Organizations in Ashe ville Have Taken a Very De cided Stand. ' Sawlal te TM Obearver. ASHEVILLE. July 2t. At a mass meeting of members of labor organ izations of Asheville, held In the Central Labor union' hall tonight, everyone present voted to donate their pay for one day this week to the textile strikers at Charlotte, Con cord and Kannapolis. Committees, including delegates from the seven- taan 'lohnr unlAnai hara ware ays. ll wa waeswasv v , w s v e pointed to see every member of the unions not present and ask for sim ilar action. . It is said every man or woman carrying a card here will give a day's pay to help the strikers In their fight against reduction in wages. In addition to this action an Asheville delegation will leave here Thursday to visit the other cities In the state toask that similar action be taken by every central labor union in North Carolina The action taken by or ganized labor In Asheville will raise at least $10,000 in this city, accord ing to James F. Barrett, editor of The Asheville Advocate and Char lotte lAborHeralj- rWALLACE AND ROOSEVELT , INVITED TO GREENSBORO Tar Heel Delegation Asks Them to Attend Southern Tariff Congress. " ' ; ' WASHINGTON, July ed by Senator Overman, delegation from ' North Carolina called upon Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and j-Ass stapt - Seeoretary of the Navy Roosevelt , today with Invitations to address the Southern Tariff con gress at its session In Greensboro, August 15 and 16. JJoth the - secretaries were said to have -given assurance they would make every effort to be present. The delegation Included C yf. Roberts, secretary Greensboro chamber pf commerce; George F.' Newman, .Greensboro; Burke Hob good, Durham; George Comer, Hen derson: .George West, Washington: CV E. Hope, Statesville; W. G. Tur ner, Stateav!lle4' J. H. Cowan, mayor of Wilmington, anu Norroan T. ChambUss, secretary of Rocky Mount chamber of commerce. - " SIFFERKD ARM AMPUTATION. WINSTON-SALEM, July 26. f. T. Simpson, tobacco warehouseman and leading citizen, had his right arm amputated above the elbow at a local hospital this morning. His condition ton'y.n is regarded as favorable. Removal of the arm was T necessary in order to save the life of Mr. Simpson, who was suftfiiiig from an attack of dry gangrene. WASP RESPONSIBLE FOR AUTOMOBILE' ACCJDENT vaseeial te The' Observer. , . LENOIR, July as. A wasp 1 a Ford sedaa waa responsible for the wrecking of tbe car. and the Injury oT Mrs, Wr it. Cloyd yes terday afternoon oa tat Taylors Vllle road" Mrs. Cloyd, Mrs. R. A. Ranaear and Miss Stella Cloyd, were la the ear, which Mr. Ram sear was driving, wheat the wasp entered and precipitated a fight with the occupants, I. In tbe ex dtesaent that followed the front wheels of the car struck a gaily and wrenctied'the ateerlng wheel out of Mr. Ranurur's hands. Be fore he could regain control the car band tamed over a email em bankment. The three women were on tbe rear seat, and Mrs. Ram sear and Miss Cloyd fell oa fop of Mrs. Cloyd, who was considerably braised, but not otherwise Injured. C1PDKT Camp lackson and Five Other Cantonments to Go. Reduction of Army to 150,000 Men to Be Accomplished by . July 31, Says Weeks. . peelal le The ObMrver. WASHINGTON. July .. Camp Bras, at Fayettevllle, la to be abandoned as a regular army camp, the war department announced to day. It will be used in tbe luture for the national guard. i The policy of the war department i will be to salvage tne greater pari of the building but to retain the land and : certain ground and ground improvements, such as rail road tracks, water and aewer sys tems, lighting and heating plants and certain buildings for use as storehouses. These are left where grounds are owned, as at Camp Bragg, to be available for military training unlta. T; .H w '.V By the" Associated Preas.) - r" ; WASHINGTON July Ja-Abn-donment of Camp jackeonr;.Bouth Reduction at the vnneg etates army to peaee-time strength -of ISO. 009. men will be accomplished, by July 1, in accordance with the decision of Congress when It re. fused to appropriate funds for pay of a greater force after October t. With the reduction, Secretary Weeks : announced today, there would be a general redistribution of troops, practical - abandonment of seven of the great war-time, army cantonments, placement of many organization! on the inactive list land skeletonization of others into materially reduced strengths. The cantonments to be abandon ed "at the earliest practicable date" as announced by Secretary Weeks are: Camp Devens, Massachusetts; Sherman, Ohio; Pike, Arkansas; Grant, Illinois; Jackson. South Carolina; Meade, Maryland, except for a small detachment, and Bragg, North Carolina. Those to be re tained under the plans of re-organization are Dlx, New Jersey; Travis, Texas; Lewis, Washington, and Knox, Kentucky. The war secretary said it-was his plan eventually to remove all troops from the cantonments to be vacated and to salvage the greater part of the buildings. It was not his purpose, he said, to sell the land, but to retain it as well as the utilities and improvements such as storehouses, water systems, rail road tracks. He said these would be used if future appropriations permitted an expansion of the citi zens military training, camps. There was considerable surprise among army officers when it was found that the enlisted strength would be reduced to the 150,000 mark by July II. Only a few had believed it possible that the men would resign under Secretary Weeks' order in n Ambers sufficient ly large to effect the reduction from approximately 220,000 men in June to the smaller figure before winter. Secretary ; Weeks recently In structed "corps are.a and , divisional commanders to permit the men within the continental boundaries to resign during July upon ap plica tion without f orfeitlng e travel pay to their homes or the ;.$50 bonus which ' they received ' Wdlnartly when their enlistments expired. The resignations literally poured in and 28. Headf'eaueed the secretary to revoke his Mr. Weeks said today that the ap plications already received would , (CMtiaaed n Fas rtre.) BODY YOUNG SOLDIER . BURIED WITH HONORS BpMlai te The Observer. YORK. 8. C, July 26. After fu neral services conducted in the First Baptist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon by the Rev. J. L. Oatea. D. D., the body of Corporal Krwlr Clark -Graham, company Q, 118th Infantry, who made the. su preme sacrifice In France October , 1918, was laid to rest In Hose Hill cemetery. Members of the Meech Stewart post of the American legion attended and took part in the services. The burial was with mili tary honors, a squad of soldiers fir ing the last volley over his grave. Corporal Graham at one time liv ed In York but entered military service from Fort Mill, where he was residing when 'the, war began. His death was due to wounds re ceived in action. He was a son of Burton S. Graham, now a resident of Belmont, N. C- IE USES PROTESTED Bf . Fight Advancejn Freight to Virginia Cities. STATE WELL REPRESENTED , . d) ii ' a , . Corporation Commission Files Protest Following Confer ence With Shippers' Special te The OkMrrer. WASHINGTON. July 26. The North Carolina corporation com mission presented to the Interstate commerce commission today Its pro test against Increased freight rates. The corporation commission, chambers of commerce and shippers organizations o fthe state ha 1(1 a rate conference in the Raleigh hot tel today to discuss International commerce commission docket num bers '10,500 and 10.515. Resolutions agreed to stated that tbe order of the interstate com mis mission "does not contem plats a general advance in irates from east ern cities to Virginia cities and a disruption of the relationship be tween north Atlantic ports," and further: , "That good faith demands that the carriers proceed to publish In conformity with the decision of the commission in 10,(00 and 10,515 the rates ordered established on basis of present ratea "If, after- compliance with the commission's order, the carriers wish to make any further changes, that such changes be handled In an orderly way, aa provided In case ol other changes in rates. "That further general increases In rates to the southeast are not in conformity with the general ten dency of the times, nor In accord with the policy ' expressed by ths traffic executives In conference with the shippers, on December 14, 1920." Among Those Present. At the conference from this state were: . .' -,;- f i. Allen Taylor, NV Jacob! : and James M. Cowan, of Wilmington; W. T. Lee. Georjje P. Pell and A. J. Maxwell Cot Albert L Cox, M. R. Beeman. W. O. Womble and T. 'J. McPherson,. of Raleigh: W. -aj Crelgbton; C. O. Yates. C. F New' man and C. W- " Roberts. Greens-1 bore j: Burke. Hdbgood. purham;. R.ff L. Askaa, Goldsboro; ., U. Sandilrt, J. L. Graham, Wlnston-BaiemM. T. ScouU-'JWllsoni - R. , Y.. Chamblia Rocky Mount f W & 'Bene. R Brand, G. W. Perrlh, R. G. Hodg kin, Wilmington;- H.- L Smlt Greenville; W. . Hope, Statesville. In a statement filed with the commission astonishment was , ex pressed that such sweeping advances In rates are proposed. The per centage relationships suggested meet the unalterable opposition of the state, the' commission was told.' The statement said in summaris ing the state's position: "In conclusion, we deprecate the seeming attempt of the carriers tt complicate the working out f the International commerce commission 10,515, by advancing the rates be tween Virginia cities and North Carolina points by the use of a new scale and a new percentage rela tion of classes. The rates between Virginia cities and North Carolina were. voluntarily established rates, which have existed for many years and have borne their burden of all Increases authorized by general or dder 21 and ex parte 74. ' -"Wlth this unwarranted advance dismissed the order In lnterenaltonal commerce commission 10.500 can be worked out speedily between the east and North Carolina, and the rates published by August 15, as prescribed. We respectful lv Insist that this be done. This will leave the western rates to be disposed of. We understand that the carriers have until October 1 to adjust those. Rates from Cincinnati. - "We are willing to discuss with the carriers, at once If they desire, the consideration of first class rate from Cincinnati and C. F. A. points to the present North Carolina and Virginia zones, the remaining class es to be published on existing rela tionship. We are further preoared to discuss an alternative mileage scale to the southeast with a view to enabling publication of satisfac tory rates--in connection with the prescribed or modified xones. . "Rates from Carolina to the southeast are not affected by such scale to be published by August IS under the present rates from Vir ginia cities, subject to revision un der the basis in international com merce commission 10,500, when new rates are published . from .Virginia cities to South Carolina and . the southeast." ' ' ' Partly cloudy today and Thursday. Justice is represented as being blindtoided. but the probabilities are she sometimea-peeps. " JO JO SAYS ; , MM EIGHT SOUTHERN STATES. ; " PROTEST AGAINST PLAGUE"; AND SEMI-FAMINE REPORT WARNING OF PELLAGRA EPIDEMIC lESlf APPLY TO N; CAROLINA State Board of Health Reports for First Half of Year Show Decrease irt. Number of Deaths Poverty of Diet to Cause Pellagra Not Found in State; Fruits, Fresh Vege tables and Milk Furnish Preventive. BY R. E. RALK1GH, July 2d.- No famine nor unusual prevalence of pellagra exists in North Carolina., according to a Joint telegram sent today by Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the state board of health, and W. H. Richardson, private secretary to Governor Morrison, In response to an Inquiry received at the executive Dispatch. This morning the governor's office received the following message from the St. Louis paper: "Will yon please telegraph what any were is in' your state neeoing reuei contemplated by President Hard ing's statement to public health service The following reply waa sent: "o famine in North Carolina Thirteen pellagra deaths leas this year Supplementing this exchange of today issued the following statement: The general warning of a wide southera state, and especially In the eoton belt, issued by the V. 8. public health service is not applicable to North Carolina, according to statistics on file with the state hoard "Pellagra is not a reportable disease In North Carolina and there Is, therefore, no way of checking the number of deaths reported. For the a decrease of IS in the number of deaths from this cause in Xorth Caro lina. A decrease Is shown for each month up to June, which latter showed an Increase of four. The ltSO aa having been caused by pellagra was 27. .The total number re ported for the first six months of 121 waa 116. If the same average te maintained for the remaining six months of the year, 1S21 will show a net decrease of (5 deaths from this ' "Pellagra is a nutritional disease baa attributed the increase in Its incidence in the southern states to the poverty of diet that has followed the tremendous depression in the prioea of farm products. While Nortn Carolina has been affected from this cause, Just. aa have , tbe oCber' state board of health would Indicate poyerty oTdiet 4hat might bate been and tatta when forming 4 large percentage of the died prvf nt perr or aiLIS UPlELECTfON FRAUD Her Full Participation Is Now Regarded as Assured. . Officials Begin Consideration of Date of Meeting as Nexfr . Step in Preliminaries. WASHINGTON. July 26. (By ths Associated Press). With full Japan ese participation in the disarmament conference regarded as finally as sured, American officials In charge of the conference plans are beginning to give earnest consideration to the date of meeting as the next step in tbe diplomatic preliminaries, Such exchanges as have taken plate already regarding the meeting date are understoodto have been en tirely Informal, pending a definite statement of Japan's consent to en ter fully into the discussions. From now on, however, the subject will be given greater prominence with the United States leaning strongly toward late fall as the most advantageous time for bringing the delegates to- gemer nero. . fimaiai worn or iiasMn s wiuiaaness to take part in the discussion of far eastern questions at the conierenoe had not reached the state aepartment tonight, but officials showed much gratification over news dlspatchee aaylng that sucn a aecision naa neen reached by the Japanese cabinet and would be communicated to Washing ton shortly. It has been the desire to clear away these preliminaries as quickly aa pos sible, though perfect confidence has been apparent from the start that the Toklo governmentvwould interpose noobstacle to the unreserved discus sion desired, around the conference table.-''" , : Once Japan definitely has prepar ed to come into the conterence with out self-imposed restrictions add res ervations, it is the belief here that the participating powers can reach agreement without difficulty regard ing the eaact program oi tne ses sions. Such an agreement generally Is expected to precede the actual as sembling of the conference. . - MILITARY COMPANY BACK. ROCK HILL, 8. C, July 25. The local military company return ed last night from Mount Pleasant, where for two weeks the boys have been getting acquainted with the rigors of military life, learning to shout straight and how to handle their weapons with ease. The wet weather marred the pleasures of the boys to some extent, but be tween drills and shoots they had ample time to enjoy the surf end take in the Island and the city of Charleston. . MIORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. GREENWOOD. 8. C, July 2 J. W. Stalnaker, postmaster at Ninety Six, wad arested and lodged in jail at Abbeville yesterday afternoon on the charge of being short 13,200 In his accounts. H made a full con fession, according to federal officers. POWELL. officers from The St. Louis Poet. ' ,-' - ..;. v.-:,. famine, and pellagra condition If and Red Croee." nor unusual prevalence pellagra. than last year for same period." wires the health department late - spread epidemic of pellagra in the of health. number of cases except through the nrst six months of 1921 there was total number of deaths reported for cause, ii""?. and the V. 8.: public health service southern state, yet reports' to' the that there has not been the resulltns- expected. Fruits, fresh vegetables Jackson County Republicans File New Complaints. Big Question Involved in New Litigation Is the Cherokee Indian Vote. special te The Observer. , ASHEVILLE, July 26. New com plaints by republican candidates de feated In the last election for coun ty offices In Jackson county were filed today, marking the reopening of the famous Jackson election contest case.. The big question Involved In the hew litigation Is the Indian vote. The contention of the democratio candi dates is that the Cherokee Indians are a nation within themselves, are wards of the government and 'that such rights and privileges as they en Joy come to them as wards of the government and under existing trea ties madebetween the Cherokee na tion and the United States. The whole matter started follow ing the election of last November, when the Jackson county Canvassing board threw out a number of alleged llllegal votes, lncludtngthose cast by the Cherokee Indians in Quaj Qualla township, and thereby chang ed art apparent republican majority to a majority for all democratic can dldates, except for' county commls sloner and representative. The republicans obtained permis sion from , the attorney general to begin quo warranto proceedings, and the matter having been refeerred to J. D. Malonee, of Murphy, they were given a hearing at Syjva in March. Senior counsel for the ralators. J. J. Britt, of Asheville, rested his cast upon the contention that the original precinct returns constituted prima facie evidence of election, and onlMntroduced evidence to show that the original returns totaled : majority for his clients. - ' The defendants immediately show ed that the canvassing board had "canvassed and judicially determ ined the result of the election." and, arguing that the canvassing boarj la a court clothed with judicial au thority to Hirt and Inquire. Into mat ters . pertaining to an election and to discard any ballots tbat n its find ings are declared to have been ille gally cast, moved for a non sult." "The refer ordered a npn. sun, sustaining : the contention of the democrats, and was upheld by Judge Ben V. Long at the May term of Jackson superior court. Under this ruling the relators could either appeal to the supreme court of the state, or begin a, new suit. With the filing of the new complaint the whole matter will be reopened in the court. CASE RE-OPENED NATOR DIAL'S LETTER CKD S. C. Senator Prompted: by Public Health Service Report MANY STATES AROUSED Health Service and Red Crosg Officials Make Quick Response to President's Call. WASHINGTON, July 21. Quick ' response was made today to Presi- f ' dent Harding's call on the public health service and the Red, Cross to meet the reported threat of a pellagra ' epidemic in a large section ef the cotton belt. ' . .t rf '-v;:' Officials of the two agencies set immediately to work in an endeavor ' to carry out the President's request and late in the day held a joint con- , ference. Officials of eight southerd ' states made their . response in the form of a protest that no such serious situation as has been pictured, exists, , Surgeon General Cumrnlng and Dr. Joseph Goldberger,. pellagra expert, -or the public health service", met in conference with Tr. Livingston Far ' rand, chairman, and the other Red Croasofflclala The session waa quit lengthy, and no Information as to conclusions . reached waa disclosed. . Dr. Cumrnlng stated last he would , make a report tomorrow; to .tbo President. x:.!" 4:..y?.U? . "J'he ' Booth's Ttesponaa i ? The response from the south waa widespread and varied. .-".. f: . The (ieorgia senate passed a reao V lutton denoancing the report of a pellagra epidemic as f damning; the- secretary of the slate - hoard of heeth declared the disease ahowe4 no increase; the- Maeon .chamber r r commerce telegraphed avpro- ' ' Tloriii' suite' boara ol hea- fleer contended his state showed a , . decrease; the sute board of health or , Alabama also claimed a de crease.' i--T,k:::,,-'A':!,r5-? ?:-':iv :y: The Tennessee health board re- oorted "nothing unusual. - . " - (a South Carolina ' admitted an 'In crease but no "semi-famine'' U'V - contended there was 'no thing alarm ing. : . t- ";;. tj,.r, ..'V-, Arkansas reported "nothing alarm- - lug, and Louudana reported a de crease, -j1 .-v' allesUelppI , acaknowledged aa many cases this year aa last, bnt dis claimed an epidemic, of "aetni-fam- : ine." :..- ! iy;cu;- v In all cases the health ofllclala took vigorous issue with tbe reports of the public health service, which has publicly estimated that due to Impoverished diet forced upon them , by depression of the cotton market. at least one hundred taousand per sons in the ' southern - cotton belt would have 'pellagra and that 10 per -cent of them will die. Dr. Cumrnlng said tonight, however, that the publio ' ' health service would stand by lta figure. ' ; .' .' Jt' -'v Senator Dial Moves Harding. . Acting upon a letter from Senator. ' Dial, of South Carolina, who called , to his attention published reports of -the public .health service announce ment. President ' Harding . wrote Surgeon General. Cumrnlng and Or. ' Livingston, chairman or the central : committee of the Red Cross, urging them to fake appropriate steps to meet the altutlon described to him as" being fraught wlthyseml-famine" and threat of an epidemic of a. ravaging- r disease.--,' . : ' :i--'"4; v-, No sooner had the President's let-: , ters been published than protests ' and denials began to pour down. Public health : service officials pointed out that their reports only gave warning that unless something were done to remedy a "particular kind of "semi-starvation" now said to be prevailing, many deaths from pel- -lagra would follow. Health Service Report After setting out that the depres-. eion of the cotton market ' and con- , actions generally - hava , reduced thousands of persons to a limited diet which produces-pellagra the pub- He service report said. "It takes about Ave months of .this particular kind of seml-atarva- . (CMUaaed rase Tw" RAILWAY LABOR AND ; , SOUTHERN ARE AGREED Special te The Observer, , f"-MENCE8.-JaJyas.,. The. statement' is made anthorita- -; lively that all of the crafts on , : the Soutliern ' Railway fysteni : have agreed with ofllclala as to wages to be paid skilled and an- r. skilled labor and that tbe con- $ tract between the company and i workers will bo signed when fourteen minor points as to rules 4 governing worklirx condition have been settled. Informatloa , romes front the same auilK-riiy that theae points are almuty near an arreeuient and tbat tl deUy in algarng tbe eoniract a Ui be bicalent principally to the ax ,, (iroval of the- naltonal lar - Board, which may take a few wcelu It U also stated tbat the Koallirrn raUway otth-iala sub- -BilttUd fewer rales to be agrw.l npoa titan any other road to tiw Vntted htates. and that there been an apparent desire on l part of the Southern onrr i give tbe workers on the ail the cooHkleraaoo r' both as to wages and - : conditions.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 27, 1921, edition 1
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