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Mews si f- ' . - ' and (Qfee ,- WEATHER Fair Senda mi Mas.sj; moderate temperateres. . 52ctio:i on. Pago 1-12 i VOL QX. NO. 2. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1919. PWCEiftVE CENTS. PLMS TO SAFEGUARD THE HOME DOCTRINE CHIEF su i JEQ WITH AMERICANS Peace Delegates Had Some .. Weighty Subjects Under Ad ' visement Yesterday. Jap Racial Controversy Among Them COL HOUSE WRESTLING WITH ITALIAN PROBLEM Effort To Con,poie Difference! With Jugo-Slars Over The Tiume la Proceeding Hope fully, at Lent; Economic Subject! Determined; La bor Legislation Commission Meets, With Gomperi Pre siding; Various Phases of Derelopments in Peace Con . ference Circles at Paris Sat- ,' urday Paris, Mar. 22. Amendment! safe guarding the Monro doctrine and a Japanese amendment for juit racial treatment were among the Urge num ber of proposal! before the peace con ference commission on a League of Na liens which met at American headquar ter at three o'clock this afternoon an- . dcr the' chairmanship of President Wilson. These and other proposition! np to this time have been n a eoutrovertisl state and the eommiaaion met today to 'decide whether they will be incorpor ated la the eoTenant. Numerically the neutrals have proposed the largest number Of amendments. There are thirty amendments from the neutrals but they are largely formal, except ,the 8irls amendment concerning sov ereignty. , .The various plans proposed for safe guarding tea Monroe doctrine, however, are the chief subject of Intcrett in American quarters. - t , "u Offldal SUtcesxrat. - ' 'itie oflleial statement of the meeting of the committee on the League of Fa tlon. savsi "The commission: on lh League of NetUas met this afternoon under the chnirmsnshln of ' President Wilson. 'This was the first meeting of the com. mission since the draft of the cove- 'nans was presented to the preliminary session es) February 14. A discussion took Discs a- num ber of amendments suggested ky the members of the commission as a re sult either of the recent exchange of views with the representntlves of neu Utraj State! or of thr eonstrnetiss eriti riim whics the covenant tas beet. gen erally submitted. "The commission will resume It ex amination of tlie covenant Monday evening at S:30 o'clock." uikuit of th Flame Paris, March 22. (By Ths Associated Pre.) There Is no sum yet aa io .ae-a-ter of tha visa under consider ation by Colonel Hons for settle ment ef the Flume, but it is especteJ the plan will be ready in a day or two. The Italian delegation has answered all advances made aiming at the estab lish meat of the eaatera frontier wiuout assigr-ing riume to Italy by declaring any such solution, sven it accepted by tha delerates hsrs would be useless, a neither the Italia parliament nor peo- Ve would ratify such an agreement far the abandonment of what they con sider "the indispensable completion of the mother country." , . Economic Jnbject Determined Paris, March 22. The economic sub jects to be introduced in the prelimi rtry peace treaty were definitely deter mined at a meeting of the economic committee today. These take a wide range the important eubjeets Including the disposition of German patenta, trademarks sad copyrights and alien property, sueh as thst held by the cus todian of such property in ths United Ststes. Ths main subjects which will appear Jt the treaty are First Ths future status of German commercial treaties with ths allied coun tries, all of which have been abro gated ' - ., Second A tariff arrangement tinder -Siick trade may be reaumsd, and pro viding against discrimination between the allied countries. Third A provision- regulating pre war contracts between Germsa business inteiests nnd allied business which wer - suspended by th was. ,-. ' Lsker Legislation , Paris, Msrel 22-Announeemont was made . by the peace conference com mission on hternstionsl labor legisla te late' today that the only thing re maining for the commission to do is to drew np it 'Ml report to ths pesec conference. : At its session today the commission completed consideration of the props mils laid before it by a depute ' tlon front women' organizations. Th meeting today ras ths thirty-fourth nod was presided over by Samuel Gom-p-rs. ... In recognition of ths principle of self-determination in labor questions, th labor commission today introduced a clause into Its report providing that "no recommendation or draft conven tion shall la any case be accepted or npplied so a to diminish the protection ilresdy accorded to workers by th ex isting law ef any of the high contract ing parties. . ' " Th intention of th elsuss is te safe guard legislation already In effect in any country which might be regarded (Continued est Pag Twe) MP DELEGATUS. DECLARE THERE WILL BE NO BREAK IP THET DO NOT SECUM UCOCNITION OP CLAIMS. Pari.. If arek lt-The Jaaanas dels t.U to the pa onfereae tleclai' at on tlm. bar the? made an? threat So break away from th. mit if certain claim of Japan war. Dot rMoaniuS. Bom mm U been tnwl in th. delegation br nporta prinUd kar of tha pKh rmntlr Stlivmo by Vkwount Uhii th Jap.nw. Ambuudor to th. Unit But, in New York City, to th fleet that tha Bmboaudor bad stated in hi peach Japan would withdraw -frota tha aonferenea If raeosnitfen war frot f ivn her claim for equal treatment ef tha eitt srne of all nation, member of the laasue of nation.. Cabled copla. of Ambtaaador bhil' .peeeh have alno been reteivtd br tha delesatlon howerer .bewins no utb declaration a bad been reported and re lieving tha coaotra of tb delesatlon. Ambaaaador lahH in his speech before th Japanese ooeietr March 14 aaade a plan for tha meluatea la the proposed cevenant of the leaaue at nation, of proration to limine t race diecrimlnatlon. H made no threat, however, that Japan would withdraw from the peaea conference if vch a provtakm wer not embodied in tha eoeeaaat. BORAH'S LATEST ATTACK ON LEAGUE Says Amendments To Treaty May Be Adopted My Major ity of Senate . (By th Associated Ptsm.) Wsshiugton, March 22. Reports from Paris of plans to entwine the consti tution of the League of Nations inex tricably in the peace treaty developed discussion today among Senators still la Washington of questions of Senate procedure not hitherto emphasised. ' Although a two-thirds vote of tha SenatS is required for ratification of treaties, Senators pointed out that un der the rule amendments msy be adopt ed by a majority vote. Senator Borah, of Idaho, Republican, sv critic of the league plan, declared this wouM give opponents a distinct advantage as it would enable a .bare majority to re rie the " league constitution of trpsi rats it from ths pesee treaty. . Other Senators said the majority ruls mifUt well become an independent as set of Senstori supporting the league. The latter believe considerable majority of the Honato's membership favors o. league of some description, jilUuuigh they estimate thst more than a majority oppose the existing draft. To Com t'p Early In New SMt, . Senator rPoindcxter,' of "Washington, Eapublican, in a formal statement to night said ths 'efforts to coerce the United States into nn. acceptance of the League of Nations by weaving the plas into the pescs treaty" would fail.. He ssld sufficient number of Senators to insure defeat of the league already wae record against it, and added: "Public sentiment la this country is overwhelmingly sgsinst it.rt . Consideration of ths peace treaty is expected by Senators to be among the first questions to be taken up after the new Senate is organised. It prob ably will be given exclusive attention while the House is busy with remaining appropriation bills. A preliminary eon troversy is promised over the demand I for open debate of the treaty. - - i i Msckey Withholds Statement. Baltimore, Md Mar. 22 Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Tele graph Cable Company, was in Baltimore today having come on from New York to see his daughter who is at school here. He ssid tonight:- "Until I shall have had the oppor tunity of reading and studying the full text of the order dismissing me from the service of the company I prefer to make no comment about it. A state ment wilt likely be issued by the com pany in New York tonight. I will wait until I get' back to New York to read the 1 order and will probably make a statement then." ' . WAS DEPARTMENT GIVES - OUT STATEMENT AS TO PLAN OF DEMOBILIZATION Washington, March 22. The War De partment tonight issued a statement ex plaining the present system of demobili sation and giving reasons why the Brit ish or other qlane could not have been fololwcd in the United States. Ia re ply t criticisms that many men were being held in vamps unnecessarily, ths statement said large numbers of sol dier were needed at the demobiliza tion centers to facilitate the dischsrge of n en returning from overseas aa well r those who served in this country - Bald Express Office! Get 42 Qnsrts, (Special to tha Mew an Observer., ' Greenville, March 22. Sheriff Dudley nd Deputy B. E. Corbett mad a raid oa th express office at Stokes and se cured 43 quarts of whiskey. The offi cials, with some evidence, are deter mined to find the parties responsible for the shipments of whiskey to 8toks. BISHOP McCOY DIES AT BIRMINGHAM HOME Birmingham, Ala., March 22. Bishop James H. McCoy, of ths Methodist Epis copal Church, South, died at his home her early tonight after a long illness. New Boy at Grayson Home. " Washington, March 22. A son was horn ia Washington todsy to Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, wife of Admiral Grayson, of Virginia, personal physicist to Presi dent Wilson, who is abroad with the President. It is their second ton. Friction Eve? Since Govern i ment Assumed Control - of The Wires v POSTAL CO. NOW UNDER MANAGEMENT OF ADAMS P. 0. Department Announce ment Giving Reasons.., For The Action Taken (Br tb Associated Pre. Washington, March 22. Differences between the management of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co., snd Postmas ter General Burleson, which have been acute ever since the government as sumed control of the telegraph snd telephone systems, Culminated today in an order by the Postmaster General summarily relieving the chief officers, directors nnd owners of the Postal Company from all dutiee in connection with government operation of their system. President Mackay Oat. In th place of Clarence H. Mackay, president of the company, the order appointed A. F. Adams, president of the Kansas City Home Telephone Co., aad member of the government's gen eral telephone and telegraph operating board, to take over management of the entire Postal system. In announcing the action Postofflee Department offi cials said Mr. Burleson presented the order at the company's headquarters in New York today and took over control. W. W. Cook, general . counsel, snd William J. Deegan, - serretsry, were named specifically with Mr. Mackay in the removal order. Reasons ef Department' The department's announcement ssid the action wss made necessary by fail ure or refusal of the Postal officials to follow instructions, efforts to embarrass snd discredit government control fni fsilure promptly to put a new wage schedule and the eight-hour day into operation. Officials ssid informally they as sumed ths Postal Company wonld seek to interfere withy executive of the order by some eourt action, though tbey did not know what form it might take. The officers relieved of their duties under the government retain their connection with the company it self, the Postmaster General's authority extending only to the actual control and operation of the company'a prop erties. - Last January Mr. Burleson removed Edward Reynolds, vice-president and general manage: of the Postal, on the gronnd that he was obstructing ope ration under the government. J. ARMSTRONG CHALONER ENTERS COURT ACTION Win Sue N. Y. Paper If Grant- ci "Tie Eight of Protec Charlottesville, Va, March 22. John Armstrong Chaloner tonight announced that he will sue for the "right of pro tection"' in New York preparatory to appearing in his native city in the esse of Chaloner against the Erenlng Post, aa action for (100,000 which is set for Mnmlav. Anril 7. Chaloner says ho ! as not been in his j O00 native city for the past 22 years, but Governors of federal reserve banks is confident the court will grant hiss . attending a eenference closing tonight IUJ J'CIUCCI IUH sjajuajuss aim suuai asset at J possiblo for him to appear as a witness m the damags suit "I will go to my native city by way cf ,he 01d Dominion stesmer from Nor- folk," said Chaloner tonight. "I will be ; met there by my counsel, Hoa. Frederick i A. Ware, accompanied by a -United States Marshal B. C. Walker. I will be in my native city only during the time of the trial. It will be quite a novel sensation for me since t was 22 years on March 13, when I took the little train ride to White Plains and Bloomingdale." Loag-Dlatance Flight Loudon, via Montreal, March 22. The first aceount now is officially pub lished of a remarkable long-distanee flight over the North Sea which waa performed by a British non-rigid air ship, the U. S.-11, during the lsst few days. The voyage took the form of a circuit, embracing the coast of Den mark, Schlcswig-Holsteln, Halgoland, North Germany and Holland. The trip was characterized by extremely un favorable weather and, therefore, is re garded ss ranking as perhaps the most notable night of the kind ever under taken. ine total lengtn or tne round trip was 1,285 air miles and the lima taken? was about 4t) 1-3 Hours. Troops Arrive From Brest. "New York, Mnrch 22. With 2.213 troops the transport Louisville arrived today from Brest. Also aboard were 24 wives of soldiers, 27 wives of sailors and 43 nurses. Organizations included detachments of the 37th (Ohio) division and surgical units numbers 100, 101 and 103. "SoVlet Republic" Likely Copenhagen,-March 22. A Budapest dispaieh says a mob stormed th pest office and military buildings snd de stroyed the Honved monuments. It Is reported thst the extreme socislists in tend to prselnim soviet republic. Bed Russian troops are reported to have arrived at Tarnopol. . Now For Some Indian Masic. New York. Mnrch 22. Carina Valder rams, a noted Peruvian pianist, has ar-i rived here to introduce th music of the , Iaea Indians to the Americas musical , world. He is said to be the first person i to interpret the music of these fjouth Americas aborigines which is- described as possessing a beautiful pathos Inspired by the persecutions snffrred by the In- eaa at the hands fe their Spanish, con- qtifrors and transmitted from 'genera-t mediate sailing of th German tner tioa to generation. chant vessel and tb transport ef food. GEN. PERSUING SCULPTURED BY.NOTED AMERICAN ARTIST; BOYS GLAD TO SEE HIM TODAY "---tMws m,ii ijmim iSnwS-.n-nssS , Jo Davidson, American artist who preserves history in sculpture, hss com pleted a bust of General Pershing at his Paris studio. Here the artist is giving it the finishing touches. Davidson has already made a bust of President Wilson snd a number of other, prominent Americans, beside shaping several statues which had their inspiration in the war and which are designed to become famous. OVER IIALF MILLION AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE RETURNED TO U. S. (By the AasaHatsa Pres..) Washington, March 52. The total number of the members of the Ameri can expeditionary force returned to the United States ha passed the half million mark. The War Department announced today' the art a I figure March 20 was 00,03, including 27,940 officers, 2,140 - nurses, 3,683 civilisns and 44-V41 men of the army, 13,550 navy personnel and 4,474 mariae. The strength, of the expeditionary force March SO wae 1,470.676. This in eluded 24,199 men of the navy, com prising hospital naits, big gun crew Estimating Total Yield Income and Profits Taxes; Victory Loan, 6 Billions Washington, Mar. 22. With the an nouncement today that collections from the first 25-per cent "installment pay ment of income and profit taxes last Saturday amounted to tl01,000,000 and might go higher with later reports, the last financial mile-atone preceding the victory liberty loan has been pass ed, aad it seems probable that the loan will be for approximately W.OOO.OOO,- were told that although official state ments of the amount of the losn hereto- fore have referred to "five or six bil- lions, eorreet. ine mgner ngure wax. nearer Treasury officials today em phasised, however, that the amount of the loan had not actually bee a deter mined. Tax collections of n litle more than a billion dollars indicated the total tax yield this year from income and profit levies would be more than four billions and might reach the (4,700,000, 0f0 estimate of Congress at the time of enacting the revenue bill. The ag gregate of first installment psymcnts will bring into the treasury only about 1200,000,000 act at this time, however, sinee $900,000,00 is required to pay cer tificates ef indebtedness maturing co incidental with th tax payments. In support of the baty'f the treasury would make six billions the gosl of fhe victory loan rampaigsvofficisls pointed out that t4,S5300,OOU certificates of in debtedness were outstanding to be re deemed ont of proceeds from the loan, aad they aaid probably another billion ,' must be issued before loan receipts be- Ma tA luiti, 1 m Pmm1i fmna Iha Mr. tfrtM will be required to par ordi- BarT -oreramcnt expenses- for-two months, now running at th rate of II,- 200,000,000 a month and. to redeem a little more than K)0,IXiO,noo of certifi cate falling due lfore Msy The treasury has available to meet current ea&kt requirements about tlTOO, 000,000 a rather high net balance, not inelnding all the tax receipts from last week's collections. Officials, however, do not desire to let th ca$h working balance get below a billion dollars for this ia less than a month' expenses. DEMAND GERMAN CREWS ON SHIPS LEATING BREMEN. Copenhagen, Friday Mar. 2L At a mass meeting ef seamen at Bremen a resolution was passed expressing ths determination of the samea not to permit ships to sail for England Unless a promise could be obtained the' Ger- ma a crew would br allowed to remain ea board, according to Berlin advices. As the provisioning or Germany is Jeopardised by the refusal of German seamen to man ships required by the Entente, the Germsa armistice com mission hss proposed to the allies they approve the placing of foar cruisers ia service to guarantee protection, the 1m lie 4 aad similar auxiliary forces serving in connection with the army's work in France. The 1 marine contingent on that Sate had been reduced to 2311, including the brigade attached to the second division and various marine regiments assigned to duty st ths em barkation camps and other army cen ters in France. On February 28 the total strength of the forces in France snd those en route home was placed at 1,677,024. Deaths reported this month numbered 2.3.19J while the troop lending in this country snd embarking from France from Feb ruary 28 to March 20 numbered 204,009. warn m LEAGUE ElTHtER WAY Ohio Democratic- Senator To Stand By It Whether Changed or Left Untouched (Br th Associated Presa.) Cleveland, Ohio, March 22. Rpsak Ing herw 'ay in Support of the lei of nations, Senator Pomerene of Ohio, s Democrat, of the Senate Foreign Dela tions Committee, rhile preferring amendment to the proposed eonstitu- ''on so as to make it mors definite and to specifically exempt from Its provis ions the Monroe Doctrine, he wouM suport it whether it was changed or left untouched. The address was de livered at a luncheon of the Celveland City Club. "Whatever ,iof, imperfections there msy be in tlfi proposed 'esgtie of na t.jns," said Senator pomrrene, ''I sub mit tnut up to date nd bettor plan hss Ireen proposed by sny of the critics of the measure. They and we hope thst some moans may be devised whereby tc prevent war in the future. The open snts have pointed out some defects in this plan; but they give nothing con structive in their place, and ve may auy as i choose, the world will not forgive those in authority if they do not exert themselves te the utmost to bring about some plan which will give prcmi e an,d hope for the future." Discussing recommendations made by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and rvnator Knox, of Pennsylvania, Repub lican., that consideration of plans 'it the league lie deferred until after peace has been established, Senator Pomerene uid th, league and the peace treaty ni iutonwined tbnt one without the other would be worthless. ''I recognize that the proposed consti tution is not logicsly arranged,' he con tinued; "that it ia poorly phrased and that it ia written iu the involve! and somewhat stilted form that character ise many diplomatic documents. Even President Wilson's bitterest enemies do not even presume to ehsrge him with being responsible for its language." Senator Pomerena said he woul.' pre fer to have amended section seven, which gives Great Britain and hrr do minions five totes in the boiiv of dele gates, but added that an examination of ths document showed safeguards which relievsd this feature of it principal ob jections. , - "For one, I am willing to try the ex periment," the Senator concluded. M submit that whatever the results may lie, th efforts for peace in this behalf cannot be worse in, their cousequetces than was the war. . ''The danger is not yet over. Bo long ss thj allied troops are in the field there may be no danger from the German armies. ' But there is an enemy looming np in tha fsr essi which threatens to be even as destructive to the civilization f the world as he German forces thst Is the spirit of lawlessness which pre vails among the Bolsheviki and in Ger many and Austria, evea the common foe of our civilization, the common foe of all government and it behooves the United Stales and her allies to tske council for the defense of humsnity. .''The fourteen nstioni thst drafted the constitution were comrades la time of-wsr, I am sure they can be and WiH be companion ia time of peace. t'linm rtr tii ia nr l HUKLtY lALlXb Uf MISSION ABROAD U. S. Now Most Potential -Maritime Power in The World, He Says MAKES ASSERTION AFTER CLOSE STUDY OF SUBJECT Read of Shipping Board Gives Out Statement On His Mis- . sion Abroad (Br tke Asseclatea Preu.l Washington, Mar. 22. Shipbuilding f'tkilitles acquired during th war have made th United States ths greatest potential snsrltim power of the worldj asserts Chairman E. J?., Hurley, of the Shipping Board, and will enabto it to outdistance all other nations in the race toward replacing a shortage of 16,225,000 gross ton of shipping lost as the result ef unrestricted German submarine warfare and of the failure of normal increase by new produc tion, , ; . . Mr. Hurley made this assertion to dsy in a report of his trip to Europe where for three months hs wsi la close touch with' the shipping Interests of foreign nations. Tb report will be used in working out a policy of owner ship and operation of the American merchant marine. Mr. Hurley estimated that in July, 1914, the ses-going steam bottoms of the world totaled 41,225,000 gross tons, which was reducsd by wsr to 37,000,000 gross tons, a net loss of 4,225,000 gross tons. In addition, he stated, there was a loss of 12,000,000 gross tons which would have been constructed if wsr hsd not stopped the normal Incrons in production, making a total loss of 16,- 223,000 gross tons. Lose By Allies And Neutrals. The Allies snd neutrals suffered a total loss by enemy action t marine risk and saptur of 15,218,000 gross tons, Mr. Hurley said, and gained by new construction and selsnre of enemy ships 14,249,000 gross tons, leaving a net loss of BHO.OOO gross tons. The net loss to the Central Powers waa even greater since they lost 11,018,000 gross tons and gained only 740,000, a differ ence of 2,270,000 gross tons. ' Only two . countries, the United Stales and Japan, have a larger amount ef tonnage now than when the war be. gas. ; Jape. ibrc4 ,nef tala pt 95 pt evnt, Mt.-. limit y reported, while th United States Jum.ted fur In th lssd with a net gala of 125 per cent. The United States forged abend as rapidly ai Germany fell behind, said the report. "In August, 1914, ths United States seagoing merchant ma rine, 900 gross tons and over, included 624 steamers of 1,758,465 gross tons, snd 87U ssiling vessels and schooner barges of 947,852, gross tons, making a grand total of 1,4m seagoing merchant vessels of 2,706,317 gross tons. "On November 11, 1918, st the end ef the war, th steam-going merchant ma rine had increased to 1,306 vessels, of 4,6n5,26M gross tons and the sailing voe- sels and schooner barges had decreased to 747 vessels of 829,917 gross tons, making a grand total of 2,113 seagoing merchant vessels -of 3,515,190 gross tons. "This does not include the seised enemy veasls,'bich at the end of the war 'aggregated HH vessels of 562,005 gross tons, of which number 81 of 546, 210 gross tons were steamers and seven ef 15,795 gross tons wer sailing ves sels. ... . Contraction By U. S. "Ths totsl construction in the United Stutes addod to ths merchaat marine during the war amounted to rSjS vessels of 2,941,845 gross tons. , The 1 srrehase from aliens of 233 vessels of Sal, "54 gross tons, the movement from the Great LskM to the oeesn of 66 steam ers of 139,469 gross tons, snd mist'el laneous acquisitions amounting to 31 vessel of 39,219 gross tons ars other sources of acquisition. "The los. of 114 vessels of .".22,214 gross tons by enemy action, of 278 ves sels of 405,400 gross tons by marine risk, of 130 vessels of 26X.149 gros tons by sale to aliens snd of 64 vessels of 149,701 gross tons through the sale to the United Stales Government, aban donment snd other csuscs, aecounls.for the decreases. Losses of 15 German and requisitioned ships amounting to 112.248 gross tons are not included. "Today we are .potentially the great eat maritime power of the earth, for the reason that we possess the greatest ship building instrumentalities. Mr. Hurley stated that Great Britain suffered a net low in the war of 3,443,000 gross tons, amounting to 18 per cent Of her entire tonnage. Other nstioni which suffered heavy losses include Nor way, which lost 1,178,335 gross tons; France, 907,168 gross tons; Italy, 852,124 gross tons; Greece, 337,545 gross tons; Denmark, 239,922 gross tons, and Ewe den, 201,733. Europeans Striving te Regain Hold. Every iffort is being msdo by eseh of these nstions, Mr. Hurley asserted, to regain their former maritime stsnding. "The study of tbs Shipping Board ex perts revealed a teeming' ambiiioa among other powers to achieve a higher maritime standing, ssid tne report, in almost every country the desire exists not only to replace war losses but to add new tctsls to be used invibs. work of reconstruction and in developing new foreign trade. "Even Switzerland has not escaped this desire to acquire a merchant toia rine. Ships will be acquired ss soon ss esnal Improvements are made on the Bhlne." ' . The chief interest now centers en the Question of whether the United States can henceforth maintain her new place urjon the eas. or whether she must now disband the energies that brought her merchant fleet into being. "There la Every Reason." "There is every Ttsson." Mr. nurley Continued, "for believing that America (Ceatiaaed en Psge Two) ' I; CARR TALKS il Says It Should Bring Thirty Cents and That This Years Crop Will Bring That MOVEMENTS OF NORTH CAROLINIANS AT CAPITAL Interest Manifested at Wash. ington in The New Torpedo Destroyer "Branch" New. an Obwrver l(tau, 40 Dwtrict, N.tt.! Beak Bids'. . r a. V W INTERS. , (By Spatial Uassd Win ) Washington,-D. C, March 22 Gen eral Julian S. Carr, who is visiting in Washington, snid today; ' "Th price of cotton has fsllea mate rially ia the i at few months, aad now is down to 23 eeuts, or thereabouts. This is below the letusl cost of production. It is impostbl to raise cotton and sell 1 for 23 cents a pound and get out evea now. To meet the conditions aad the price, cotton growers are planning ia my section to reduce the cotton acre age this year fully 23 per cent W have had three shot crops in th last thro years, and with a reduced acreage this year we ought to make a crop that wair- eemmand a fair, price, aad I hare no doubt this will be done. Cotton, ia my judgment, will be selling for 30 cents, and this is a fsir price. It is easy for tli people of the North, who do not know anything about the raising of cot ton, to tslksb.ut .oing bsck te pre-war prices, but in th South w know that wage have gone np to so high scale and everything else has advanced cor respondingly that it is impossible to pro duce cotton a the cost prevailing be fore th war. "For my part, I do not believe w shall ever get back to such a scale ef wages. Every nation on the glob hss realised that the laborer must have his share of the profits of industry In which hs is involved, and the whole world ree ognlxes the justness of his claim. There for wages are going to remain high for a long period ef years.", ' Klver and Harbor LegtslatUsi Complying with a request from CoL ' 3. B. D. Mathesoa of ths United State Engineer Office at Wilmington, N. C, for specific information a to th riven and harbor act of March t, 1019, relat Ins; to waterways improvemeat from. New Bern to Wilmington aad from ('", Seund to Jtesafort hsrW, Bepr Mutative John U. Small, former chair man f the Btr and Harbor Com mitte, hs explained th intent el a portion of the legislstion. CoL Maths, son stated that the language of the bill was 'adefiaito, lacking in specific de tails, and failed to indicate the depth width of the ebssncl desired. "The depth of the intracoastal water wsy from Beaufort to the. Cape Fear river, as recommended in the lsst re port, according to Representative Small, "is seven feet and locates the route. Ia my opinion, the depth ef the section between Beaufort and th CS... .! . -1 I I t - .a .... . eorreirrd -with -th-depth anthorised for the Norfolk-Beaufort waterway, and for tbs project just adopted for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. It will also correspond with th ree ommendstioa for the waterway from Delaware river to Bariton bay, aero the State of New Jersey, which will undoubtedly ultimately be adopted. Th provision for th wsterwsy from New Bern to Wilmington vi Trent river aad Northeast Cape Fear river was inserted as a Senate amendment, .niS ..fl..nn..ll. Smhm.1. It.. Cla.mll . has no specific Informs! ion. He "passed the buck" to the senior North Carolina cantor. likewise the Wilmington en gineer wss referred to W. G. Newby of Beaufort, for information as to the waterway connecting Core sound lad Beaufort harbor. Movements ef Tar Bee la. LieuUCol. 8. T. Ansell of Currituck county, N, C, will address a meeting of Tuesday of the National Popular Gov ernment League, his subject being "the eourtmartial system is the Amcriesa -army." Col. Ansell has been constantly in the spotlight of recent wceke in con nection with bis contentions for a mor lenient eourtmartial system i th : srmy. He will address the North Caro- ' linn Society in Washiagtoa later ia the week. i Capt. Mills Eitchin of Scotland Neck, , N. C, will bs one of the ushers at th marriage here on Wednesday of Miss Buth Wstkins, daughter of Represen tative and Mrs. J. T. Wstkins, ef Louisiana, and Capt. William Talia ferro, of Tampa, Fla. Mrs, John Hslspead Wheeler, ef d-- I V n lm . I. . .. u Tl. ureensw",, - e',- and Mrs. P. J. noworton. ' The Secretory of the Interior and Mr. Franklin K. Lane havw returned -to Washington from a ten-day .Jjip to North Carolina HALF OF EMPLOYMENT . . , h . SERVICE RETAINED Washington, Mr reh 22 John it. uens mam. Hira.tn o, neral nf the federal employment service, snnounced tonight that through State, city and private eont lbutions ilresdy pledged employ- ; ment service would be able to keep at leust 00 per cent of its present orgsni xation together tintU the next congress : provide! funds tor a run .ore. ui f... ,. annniirl. Mr. Denamor Si.id.' th employment service todsy would hav been reduced to less man v per Mat anil tieaa fnreed to abandon much of ita work of placing soldiers, sailors, and wsr workers. Nearly 350 offices in sdditioa to the 58 offices the employment service had tilnnned to keen will be toaliaued. Tele grams offerings fundssre still being re ceived, and it ie expected it will n pos sible to keep offices going to aupleaitnt for the disco-.tinued offices. fJo in the Vaeaa st Piaehdrst. Wed- nesdny. Sunning, Harness tad Steeple. I Adv.; . . OFCOSTOFCOnO
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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