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0nsj . .i1- Ofos WAIC3' ews mm er-ver IVr ." 'turner end Thtnday. rUiif Uiiiporatara, m rr tse. t1'". r-al I rt Man I aa! snii voucx; no. 2. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING 2, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. 'RICE: FIVE CENTS. BIG DIGEE STARTS TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT First Lighter Than Air Ma ;:6hineTo"Attcmpt Th6 Feat" -Sailed From Scotland Jrr- This Morning HAS REPRESENTATIVE OF U. S. NAVY ABOARD , Ciant British Machine, Equip V ' ped With Wireleai Sjitem Ax Powerful As That of Big . ' Ocean Steamers , Is Expect- ed To Hake Trip in 60 To 70 . Honrs; Carries Crew of 23 Men (By Tho Associated Press.) East Fortune, Scotland, Wednesday, , July 8. The dirigible B-34 sUrted on it 'Voyage to America at 1 :48 this ? morning. . London, July 2. The air ministry ' announces that the B-34 left the ground v at 1:48 Greenwich mean time on her trant-Atlantie flight. Washington, July 1. Naval authori- tiea here received late tonight a mes aage from the British Air Ministry say- : ing that the B-34 probably would start sometime tonight, but received the Drat . news of the commencement of her flight from The Associated Press dis patches. - Lighter Than Air Machine. . The giant British dirigible R-34 is the first lighter than air machine to attempt a trans-Atlantie flight. The airship, the largest of its hind in the '"-world, measures 634 feet from note to stern, and carries three boats below '' the gas bag. She has a gas rapacity V -Of 12,000,000 eubic feet, and is com v mandrd by Major O. H. Scott, of the Boyal Air Force. The craft is equipped with a wireless system as powerful as that of the great ' oeean liners. Representative IT. 8. Navy Aboard, t Among the crew of 23 nien is Lien : tenant Commander Zacahary Lans nTdowne,' sjialf commander of iha Amert- can Naval Air Forces in France, who r making the voyage as represcnta Uvt of the United State Navy. - . It has been estimated that tha B-34 'ivrvrJH Croat the Atlantic in from 60 to 4.'tt hours under favorable conditions. Announcement has been made, how ever, that no attempt will be made to establish a time record for the erots . . lag, tho eomfort of the dirigible's crew iv ; being given first consideration. Rente Taken. With favorable weather, the B-34 is . expected to parallel the route of the northern steamship lanes, but should ' adverse weather conditions be encoun tered, she probably will take the south ern eourse, passing over near the Atores. Landing Place. i The landing will be made at Roose velt Feld, Mineola, I I. Under present plans, the giant airship will only make " a abort stay before starting on her re ... turn voyage because of the fact that there is no hangar at Roosevelt Field or elsewhere capable of housing the machine. Accommodations for 100,000 persons to witness the landing have .-been provided. The B-34 recently made a 56-hour ; trip into the Baltic during which she ;. covered approximately 2,000 miles. London, Wednesday, July 2. (R.H 34.) The air ministry received a wire lett message at about 6 o'elock this morning from the B-34, which was then off Bathlin Island, off the North Coast f Ireland, and about three miles north east Of Fairhesd. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEETING Milwaukee, July 1. Americanization ' of the foreign bora and of the children of the foreign bora was the topic at today's session of the National Educa tion Association. Representatives of Organised labor industry and commerce, agriculture, the home and the war edu cation board urged the teaching of lessons of loyalty, thrift and conserva tion. He Paaaea Water-Power Bill. Washington, July 1. Substantially as reported by the House Water Power joint committee, the administration . water-power bill, waa pasted by the House tonight and tent to the Senate. The measure nrovidet for tha l.u to States, municipalities or corpora lions, water power sites on navigable rivers, nablla land, and niihlia rmtmm tot period! not to exceed fifty years. - i signs la Tteaptnro me sue at the ' and of that period on payment of rea- - eoaable compensation la reserved to too government. CALIFORNIA BREWERS DENIED AN INJUNCTION. , Baa, Francisco, July 1. Federal Judge William eawtells today denied the op . Blieatloa of the Bainier Brawine Com. --psnynf San Francisco for Injunction restraining me baited Btatet attorney - from becianiaf criminal nroeeadlnm against tho company for manufacturing atter aisy i or selling after Juno 30 beer ex Z.7S par teat or lest alcoholie content. Richmond Jab Prlatera .Strike.' ' Bichmetd, Va, July L Job printers voieq ai n meeting aero tonight to atrika Wednesdav morals .t 10 .'lwk - according to aaaouncement nude" by : urgsnizor lampoon. - . - transport Ceaedlaraa Arrives.. . Newport Newt, July L The transport Csaadiagna reached htsa tonight from Franc with about two thousand officers . ..end men. Tho troops will debark early PEACE DEUGATES ORGANISE A NEW - COUNCIL OF FIVE Parte, Jaly L Premier Clemen eeaa, .Secretary ef State Lansing, Foreign Minister Balfoar, Foreign Minister Pkaon, Baron Maldno and Viacoaat Chinas of Japan and For eign Miaioter Tltteal ef Italy de cided thla afUrnoon to constants a new eooacil ef Ave. Thla eooncil of Svo will have aa Ita Members Sec retary Lanalag, at. Plchon, Foreign Minister Balfoar, Foreign Minister Tltteal and Barea Maklao, head of tho Japanese delegation. The eoanetKwllI temporarily aa same direction of Peace Conference affaire, A cot ad I ef ten will net be conatltated at present. Adjournment Taken at Mid night After Passing Ap propriation Bills By the Associated Press.) Washington, July 1. Congress ad journed at midnight until next Tuesday,' July 8, after enacting all appropriation bills needed by government agencies' for the new fiscal year. Success crowned the efforts of He- rublieaa leaders to complete the noees- sury appropriation measures but only after hours of delay which at times al most threatened to u'utk their plain. The final bill, the army measure, car rying 1775,000,000; the sundry civil bill. carrying 1005,000,000; the Distriet of Columbia's annual budget of 15,000,OGO and n deficiency measure of 25 ,000,06$ all were completed tonight and tomor row will be cent Is the White House. President Wilson will be nnable to ap prove the him until he returns but no embarrassment to government depart ment owing to delay initialing fundi available is anticipated". IS,0N,nss,oot Appropriated, SerTar. With enactment of the final bills to night including measures pasted at the last tessloi of Congress, more than $3,- 000,000,009 hat been appropriated for Federal needs during the new year which began today. Congress also has cancelled more than (15,000,000 of war appropriations previously authorised. The recess of Congress was accomplished after many delays today with Contro versies centered upon the sundry civil end army measures. The reces gives Congress a rest over July 4 holiday and when it returns it Is expected that President Wilson will submit the treaty negotiations with Qcrmany. Legislation for more strict enforcement of wartime prohibition also is to be taken up im mediately upon reconvening. Champ Clarke Interjection. Objection to the adjournment waa laised in the House by Minority Floor Leader Clark, who demanded a record vote on the motion. H stated that if the Republicans wanted to reeeaa be cause there was no other business to transact, the recess should be made for a longer period. "If everything it ' completed," Mr. Clark aaid, "why don't you recess for a month or two montlut Many of us who live at a distance would like to go home for a while.'' Mendell Wanta to Shake Hands. "Business of the House is not com pleted," Majority Leader Mondell ro cponded. "There will be enough things to keep us busy for several months at least. Tho prohibition enforcement bill must be considered soon. And, besides, we want to be back here so that we can shake hands with the President when he returns." I would rather shake hands with my constituent," Mr. Clark replied. The vote in the House in favor of the recess waa 133 to 89 while only half a doxen Senators were in their sestt when the session ended in the upper branch. Tho conference report was approved in the Senate without n record vote and after brief debate during which Sena tor Smith, Democrat of Georgia, criti cised the reduction in the army and the amendment inserted stopping construc tion work on Camp Bennings, Ga and Camp Bragg, N. C. The House accepted the eonference report; tho sundry bill, ineluding the Senate increase of appropriations for the U. 8. Employment Service from 200,000, tho House total to (400,000, which was voted by tho Senate. POLICE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ANARCHISTS New York, July 1. Police wete plac ed today at all public buildings in the city, churches and the homes of. public officials aad eltixcns who "have apokea Hgainst socialism and anarchy" by or dec .of Police Commission rigbt. The guards were potted at 4 p. m. and will bo continued until July 7th, No explanation of the order was of fered "toy Commissioner Enrlght, but for some daya it hat been reported that each precautious would bo taken Ja tho face ef repeated rumors that anarehittt were planning a "demon stration" on July 4th. New Member of Connrtas. . 64. Paul, Minn, Jary 1. The elec tion of Oscar Keller independent re publican to Congress frfca tho Fourth Miaaesota Dittriet, wat indicated in returns received tonight from 100 of tho 240 precincts. Keller was leading Carl W. Cummins, republican, by 1,300 votes, - Richard D. O'Brien, democrat, waa mora than 2,000 bVad, CONGRESS RESTS UNTIL TUESDAY PLA UO STOP SAL OF STRONG BEER Congress and Department of Justice After 2 3-4 Per : -' Cent Article JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETING SET FOR MONDAY 1 Independent Bill Tor Enforce ment of Wartime Law Is Ex pected To Be Agreed On Then; Status of Low Alco- - holic Beer a Legal Uncer tainty . (By Tha Associated Press.) -Washington, July 1. Congress and the Department of Justice moved to-, day to stop the sale of two and three quarters per cent., beer under the war time prohibition act. Prohibition leaders of the House, after a series of conferences, obtained a eall for a meeting Monday of the Judiciary committee, which is ex pected to agree promptly on an inde pendent bill for enforcement of the war-time law, defining intoxicating liquors, as containing more tha a one half of one per cent, alcohol, and to recommend passage of such a bill by the House at the earlieat possible moment. At the same time the Department of Justice made it plain its agents would enforce the act according to its inter pretation that anything containing more than one-half ef one per cent, alcohol cannot be legally manufactured or sold. Status of Low Alcoholic Beer. Decisions of Federal Judge Boso at Baltimore, in favor of the brewers and two and three-quarters per rent, beer, and of Federal Judge Sawtelle at Ban Francisco, against the brewers and such beer, threw the entire legal status of low alcoholic beer into uncertainty. Kither the Baltimore, the Ban Fran cisco or one of the many other eases expected to arise soon will be ap pealed to the Hupreme Court of the United 8tates. However, action by Con gress within a few weeks at the most, is espeeted to render a duiaiun by the Supreme Court unnecessary, so far as stopping the manufacture and tale is concerned. To Proceed la Orderly Manner. Attorney General Palmer made it clear today that white bit department would proceed in an orderly manner without wholesale arrests or spectacular raids, offenders against the prohibition law could expect nothing lest than "early and vigorous prosecution. Pend ing the settlement of test eases it may be that evidence in numerous similar eases will be gathered without arrests being made, but if the government wins in the end, all will be prosecuted. Why N Meeting Testerdajr. Except for the absence of some of the members ef the judiciary committee, a meeting to agree on wartime enforce ment legislation wourtl have been held today by the committee. At the requeet nf Representative Igoe, Democrat, of Missouri, who refused to vote for the general enforcement bill when it was re ported out, 17 to 2, last week, the House today gave permission for the filing of a minority report on or before July 8. Six or more membera of the committee will sign the report, which will contend among other things, that the courts and not Congress should de fine intoxicating liquors. Minority Plans Substltatc. The minority will also present a sub stitute measure which would authorise the President to life the ban on war time prohibition so far as it relates to light wines and beer, which was exactly the thing he suggested Congress should do on the grounds he did not have that power. Many of the drastic provisions of the till for enforcement of constitutional prohibition beginning Jsuuary 16, lVtO, will be attacked in the minority report. While the majority will attempt to ob tain speedy consideration of its new en forcement measure, indications tonight were that there would be a bitter fight on the floor. Chairman Volstead, of the judiciary committee, waa in confer ence during the day with Republican Leader Mondell, but no statement was made public as to what was discussed. When the Igoe request wns before the House, Bepresentatlvo Card, Democrat, of Ohio, asked Mr. Mondell what decis ion had been reached as to presentation next week of enforcement legislation, to which question the floor leader said he wat not prepared to ttate at this time. Expect to Knock It Out la I Weeks. Ths position of the "drys" in Con gress Is that they will stop the eala .of two and three-quarters per cent beer within two weeks by rushing through next week a bill defining intoxicating liquors at a beverage or product con taining one-half of one per eent aleohoL ITALIAN PAKE'S VIEWS ON WILSON, NOW AND THEN Borne, Jury 1. Critical comment on President Wilson's sojourn in Europe it made today by tho Tribuna in discuss ing his return to the United Btates. "6evea moatbt ago aa immense halo of popularity anr-onaded PresMsfet WU son," the Tribuna editorially says. "Lu mps awaited him rs ths Messiah in a new era of history, while now be leaves amidst almost general indifference, ap pearing as an intruder in our continen tal history, our European civilization nd our sacred jidials. "It hat been a peucholical drama at President Wiljoa believes, portaps, sin cerely, that he incarnated not only '.he aspirations of America, but also the ;s plratieM f Eiropoi Instead, P eslJcnt Wilson, despite kin . purs intentions, failed of kit object. He retime to America leaving behind hint a chaoe of disorder, passion and disillusions, since be could not conclude peas according to bii principles, but made eompromko (Contlano4 a ras TwsJ REPUBLICANS MAKE BIG SAVING CUlWI .iV"-" Floor Leader Mondell Takes Credit For Cutting Oown Appropriations REDUCTIONS IN ARMY AND NAVY BILLS CITED - Lays Claim To Passage of Wo man Suffrage' Amendment Among Other Achievements Daring 38 Days New Con gress Has Been in Session; Wartime Prohibition lay The A9citd Press.) Washington, July 1. Mr. Mondell in a statement inserted in the Congres sional Becord just before adjournment of Congress at midnight, declared ''there had been a saving of approxi mately $800,000,000 in the six great supply bills, which were passed in the special session of the 66th Congress as compared with the amounts carried by the same bills which failed in the clos ing hours of the 6oth Congress, and a saving of $450,000,000 on the railroad deficiency bill as compared with the estimate of the railroad administration or a total reduction of $1,250,000,000." Mr. Mondell aaid the principal saving other than tho reduction in the rail road fund request, were $343,000,000 in the army appropriation bill, 1211, 000,000 in the naval bill and $247,000, 000 in the sundry civil appropriation bill. ThirtT-elght Days' Achievements. Pointing out that Congress had been in session thirty-eight days, Mr. Mon dell said that in addition to tha reduc tions, that Congress had adopted the woman's suffrage resolution, repealed the daylight saving law, passed the bill ending wire control, and a bill appro priating $6,000,000 for the rehabilita tion of disabled soldiers and sailors. He also pointed out that the judiciary com mittee had reported legislation for en forcing war-time snd constitutional prohibition and announced that as soon as the House cenvencs on July 8th thit legislation would be given immediate consideration. The record up to date is all that could have been hoped for or expected," concluded Mr. Mondcll'e statement. The members will return from their brief vacation prepared to carry forward a program of constructive legislation." Deadlock Broken. Washington, July 1. Acceptance by the House tonight of a Benate provis ion directing Becretary Glass to take over tho Chicago Bpeedway Hospital caded the deadlock between the two branches of Congress and completed legislative work on the $25,000,000 gen eral deficiency bill. The measure is yot to be approved by the President. Army Bill Carries T75 Million. Washington, July 1. The Senate late tonight adopted the conference report on the army bill and the measure now goes to the President carrying a total of $775,000,000, a decrease of $114,000, O(i0 from the amount carried in the Sen ate bill. F Follows Resignation of Hoover as Chairman of Board of Directors (By ths Associated Press. New York, July 1. Resignation of Herbert Hoover ha chairman of the hoard of directors o( the Food Admin istration Grain Corporation and reor ganization of the corporation under the name "United States Grain Cor poration," was announced at the an nual meeting of stockholders here to day. Mr. Hoover's place at chairman will be filled by Julius Barnes, wheat direc tor, who also is president of the cor poration. It was stated Mr. Hoover would con tinue as a director, but that his resig nation of the chairmanship marked the first step toward his retirement from publie life. ' Mr. Hoover ia expected to return to the United States, in about two months, upon completion of the European relief work and the fruition of tho European harvest. - Handling sf Wheat Crop. It was announced that the corpora tion's capital far handling the 1910 wheat crop would be $500,000,000. Mr. Barnes Reported to the stock holders that during tho twenty-one months of ita existence, the -enrpt ra tio a had disbursed $3,500,000,000 and collected aa equal amount, selling for oversets shipments commodities valu ed at $1,800,000,000 at an operating ex pense of $3,250,000, or one-sixth of one per cent Earned Sarnies Carried, Forwaid. The stockholders authorized the car rying forward as earned surplus of the equivalent of tix per cent on capital of 10,11,666 - supplied by ths United 8tatet, and earnings of one-half of one per cent net on $1,800,000,000 worth of commodities handled. A total fnnd re turned by mills as refund of execss profits over , regulated amounts of the 1017-1918 crop year, amounting to $4, 571,654, also waa carried into earned surplus, making a total-carried forward to net turplut of $23,763,320. ' SW-WBSBnSBtHHMBBes(nMSSSaaBB- r ' Intploynssnt Agencies Closed. Richmond, Va., July 1. Following In structions received from headauartert In Washington, all employment ,agen- cics in uo state were closed today. Several hundred applicants for work wero on band aero at tho Richmond office to rctd ths sotlco on tho door. REORGANIZATION 0 GRAIN CORPORATION j Miss Mary Cunningham, a cousin of President Wilson, is called the "Ileroine of Courtrai." Miss Cunningham held to her humble lodginga during the en tire Germany occupation. The windows of her house were riddled, and most of her furniture used for firewood, but nevertheless she stsyed. Miss Cun ningham is an Ulster woman and ia nearly eighty years old. (C) Underwood t Undorwoqd. LAST LAUGH BEST Baltimore Judge Rules in Fa vor Non-Intoxicating Beer, With Warning Baltimore, Md., July 1. Liquor men art rejoicing tonight over a decision in ths United States distriet court by Judge Rose, in accord a nee with the mllnf of tho United 8tates District court ef New York handing down an opinion which literally gives brewers in the local district a free right to manufacture and sell beer of not only 1-2 per cent but 23-4 per cent untit the supremo court makes the final rul ing on the question, The opinion was ia the case of the Standard Brewing Company, the offi cials of which were indicted for manu facturing beer of one-half of one per cent. Judge Rote sustained the demurrer, but in doing so informed the defendants that they would be still condacting their business at their own risk by manu facturing beer. He stipulated that they shall not manufacture intoxicating beer, but then, that ia a question that has not yet. been decided. It is still contended that 2 3-4 per cent beer it non-intoxicating, even though this par ticular ease goes no farther than one half of one per cent. However, if the decision ia to take the New York rase as a parallel, then the brewers will continue to manufac ture their beer until the supreme court, before which the New York test sse is now pending, is decided. ProMtntlons Msy Follow Lalrr ''I shall sustain the demurrer," said Judge Rose in eloslng the opinion. "My decision will not differ from that made in the other courts, which it to bo finally decided by the supreme court. It simply means that n man shall manufacture or sell vinous or ferment ous liquors that are not intoxicating. Ho may not, however, sell anything that is intoxicating "If the supre judge in New York was wrong sad that 1 erred in following him, then another indictment can be obtained aguinit these gentlemen and you know what that means. That is the chance that you will take." Had Renewed Municipal Li censes; Saloon Doors Still Open (By The Associated Press.) Atlantis City, N. J., July l.-Depite the war-tiine prohibition law, Atlantic City today remained "wet." Virtually every jalooa. in. ths resort was epa a ususl and dispensing Jiquid refresh meats of all kinds, including whiskey, and any other kind of liquor called for by their patrons. Most of ths Isrger hotels and rnfei, however, confined their sales to beer and wines of light alcoholie content. Mayor Harry Bacharaeh tonight re iterated his atatement that hit position and that of other local officials wat de fined yesterday when licenses were grinted to 121 retailers and a dozen wholesale dealers. "We, arc giving no guars nice to the license holders that they will bo able to sell, the mayor continued. "TlSe granting sf tin licenses merely means the Atlantic City police arc got going to take action uatil re quested to do to by tho United States govmaiaty -,- .j. . FRENCH HEROINE A ' . WILSON'S COUSIN jfi . i iwi'fwii .xm THOSE WHO LAUGH ATLANTIC CITY SELLING LIQUOR TWELVE KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK Airbrake Failed To Work arid EffortLiLEnoine! Were Futile STUCK TO HIS POST AND DYING WHEN HELP CAME Revised List Shows 19 Aboard Were Injured; Rear-End Col lision On N. Y. Central Road ; ' Baggage Car Demolished and Steel Coaches Crashed Together (By the Associated Press.) Dunkirk, N. V, July I. Engineer Clifford, of ths New York Central's Westerner Express, tried, according to his dying statement, to avert the rear end collision with train No. 41 which caused the death of twelve persons, the serious injury of nineteen others and slight cuts nnd bruises to as many more here early today. Tho airbrake failed to work, the en gineer declared. Witnesses said that the siren was still schreerhing for the hand-brakes when the Westerner, going fifty miles an hour, plowed into the rear coach of No. 41. Clifford stuck to his post to the end. He was dying when his body was taken from the wreck of the engine. Tho brakes would not hold ; they wouldn't work,'' be gasped just before he died. Eight bodies were taken from the wreckage in. the early morning hours and three of the injured died during the day. A revised list of the dead and injured compiled by the police and coroner this afternoon follows: The dead: Frank L. Clifford, engineer of the Westerner, Buffalo; Mrs. Fred H. Car tan, Toronto, Ont.; Gertrude Cartas, her 14-year-old doughter; Charlea 8eil ler, dreased in soldier's uniform, ad dress unknown; Mrs. Edmunds Qui nones and two daughters, 10 and 3 years old, Niagara Falls; Charles U. reck, Buffalo; Charles M. Tyldesley, an en gineer in the army aviation corps, sta tioned at Dayton, Ohio home ai Wa tertown, N. Y.; D. U. Hurst. William son, W. Va.; Fred H. Stole, Lacka wanna, fireman of the Weaterner, who died in tho hospital tonight; one un identified man; two unidentified men. Ths Injured: Mr. aad Mrs. W. R. Hurst, William son, W. Va.; Thomas V. llaney. Wil liamsville, N. Y.; Mrs. J. W. Peters, Williamson, W. Vs.; Dr. John Hweitzer, Mrs. Bweitzer, snd their son Webb, Straitaville, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. I- E. Annia, Toronto, Ont.; Mrs. F. E. Rath- bun, Columbus, Ohio; Miss Jane Webb, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. E. E. Hanes, ' Davton. Ohio: Mr. and Mrs. F. Stephenson, Toronto, and Mrs. E. F. Galloway, Duluth. Air Controlling Brake Cat Off. Au investigation by railroad and fed eral officials Is said to hare develoed the fact that the air controlling the brake on the Westerner was cut off Ik1 tween the engine tender and the first car of the train, although it was tested in the Buffalo yards an hour before the accident. The finding of a body, ap parently that of a tramp, wedged In the wrockage bark of the tender is the ba-i for a theory that a man stealing a rule oh the blind end of the baggage car mmiiuii, i "'"".' '" eoca rennermg uie air nraae useless throughout the length of the train It is certain, railroad nnd local offi cials agree, that the proper signals ere set against the Westerner and that num ber 41 'a flagman did all in his power tn warn the approaching train of the dau gcr ahead. Cars Cranked. The rear coach of No. 41 was thrown from the track and shattered and three cars ahead of it were derailed and damaged. But it) was the Westcruer that suffered most. The lw(th'e car back of the tender was completely de molished rut. i - i i The Kcoml car. a atcel day . , ' . . - were crushed together by the grinding degris and by the explosion of the boilers of the Westerner's ea,gine. Most of the fatalities occurred in this car. Flremaa Lost Both Legs. New York, July l.- The fireman of train No. 7, Fred .Stotx of Isckawana, Pa., waa not killed as at first report .-J but wns taken to a hospital ia a serious ' condition, it was stated tonight at the New York office of the railroad. It was J ucrcsaary to amputate both of his leg. ! A joint investigation will he held to- j morrow morning at Erie, Pa., by the interstate commerce coinmisnioa aud j the New York ttate publie service coin-, mission, who conducted a preliminary t inquiry at the scene of the wreck today. LARGEST EXPORT TRADE IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY Washington, July 1. Exports from the United States duryig May were valued at 6uU79,599, the Department -of- Commerce assouneed today , and wo ths basis of estimates covering June exports, exports for the fiscal year end ing yesterday have amounted to $6, 800,000,000, by far the largest total ia the history of American foreign trade. The greatest export total previously recorded, during the fiscal year 1917, was W30,000,(K)0. Imports--fen-rMay a announced were valued at 328J)i7,139, aad estimate of June imports bring the probtblo total of 'import t for the fiscal jrtar is IV 102,000,000, leaving an estimated balance ia trade for the Vnitod States of S3, 704,0OQJX)O. This also exceeds the pre vious record tots I, that of Ihf fitml year 1917, when the balance In trade favsr ing the United Statet waa reported at 3JBlJXK)J)O0, , - i : -.. v . EDITOR IS NAMED FOR POSTMASTER R. t. Wade, Democrat, Gets wlcaLMorfihead -Cuy4n -. - stead of Republican - P0ST0FFICE DEPARTMENT REVISES ITS RATINGS Cleveland L. Willis, Republi can, Originally Recommend. , ed For Appointment; Champ Clark Will Make Address at Guilford Battleground; Kit chen Cancels N. Y. Speech , i i -'if The Kewa and Observer Bureau. . 1 803 District National Bank llldg., By S. U. WINTERS. (By Special Leased Wire. l Washington, D. C, July 1. R. T. Wade, a Democrat aud editor of tho Morchead City Coaster, will bo post u .. . master of Morche.id C.ty to suc.rcd tho . ' i.ite Postmaster W. L. AreeJe!'. Upon re-eiamination of the slvil service cam- mission papers, the postoffice depart- . meat has given foremost place to tht rame e( Mr. Wade on the eligible list, . His appointment will be forwarded to . the Keunte in the next batch of post office nominations for confirmation. The original announcement of the " . eligible il'mtrirt of three, as determined by the civil service test, gave priority ?' to the name of Cleveland L. Willis, a Republican and merchant of Morehead ' City. Forthwith tho announcement caused a flurry among patrons of tho ofllee who objected to hi installation- hecauce of his politics. The county teat cf Carteret ia ttrongly intrenched in the Drmnrrntie column. The patron! of the office quite naturally wanted a postmaster in harmony with tho over- ' whelming complexion of the community, , Street Fight Made, The efforts of Representative Samuel . M. brinson and Senator F. M. Simmons were enlisted in forestalling the nomi- , nation of Mr. Willis. Endorsement! , were filed with the postoffice department , in support of the claims of North Care- linn, rp9ftt5te-.i tWfeees --that' H-j--t Mr. Wade should be made postmaster. Among the objections tn The flominatloa" ' of Mr. Willis was Jauics R. Young of Raleigh, State Insurance commissioner, who describes the applicant as ia "ob . . noxious Republican jt For a time it teemed that the elTortt -t- of Representatives in Congress tn fore- " stalling tho nomination of Mr. Willis would he unavailing. The Postoffice De- " partment entered a plea for strict ad- , herence of the rules of the department which recognized the advanced name of tho eligible list. Moreover, tht depart , ment claimed today that the advance , ment of Mr. Wade to first place obtained, since a complete re-examination of tho papers waa made and all tha facta in the rase reviewed. Tht Republican eaa ! didnte has been given second place In j rank. j Somewhat of a coincidence is tho fact ; that of the three eandidatet taking tho 1 examination for postmaster of Morchead City, two bore the name -of Willis. Tho candidate having third rank on tha ell ' gible memorandum Is M. L. Willis, a Ucmorrat. Morchead City it the borne towa of William M. Webb, private secretary to Representative- Brinson. Ho it elsted over the naming of a fellow townsman who is a Democrat Mr. Wade it a pro gressive citizen, editor of a country j w(fk,v tUit wieW. influell. fhr(MhoB .the -oe of itt reach, and be it well qualified for the job aa postmaster. Tho office is second-class tnd the salary if attractive. Champ Clark Coming. Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, for im-r Speaker ef the House of Represen tatives, today di finitely accepted ths In " t vitation to deliver the principal address at toe annual celebration Friday at tho Guilford Battleground. Representative! Chas. M. Stedmnn obtained assurances that the distinguished Mlssourlan would -visit Greensboro and make the speech that linked the memorable events of 1776 and ISMS. It . ill he the first visit" sj -l i i i. a . it.. rtA. sui-Hirr rtiirusifr t inn to ino USISJ , , . M . r. ! t-ity, trH he goes m deferenfe to the urgent plea of Representative Stedman, the two being the warmest of friends. Representative Hfedinan will leave Washington for Greensboro tomorrow! morning, and he will present Mr. Clark to the thousands that will assemble on the historic spot on July Fourth. Sneaker Clark w ill not leave the Na tional Capital until Thursday night, reaehiag Greensboro early Friday ; morning. Tho Mimourian declined many invitations to go elsewhere and make, addrrsws on Independence Day, and ireeiitHro may count itself fortunate in having him as ita guest. Kiirhia Cancels Engagement. Representative Claude Kitchin Vat" been forced to decline the invitation of the Tammany society to address it I membership ia New York ' on July -Fourth. He will go to Richmond to be st tho bedside of his daughter, aim, . Junes Shields, of Scotland Neck,-whs is ill in a hospital. For two 'eonteca' tive years, the Tammany society hat invited the North Carolina congress man to make their July Fourth address, ' tt circumstances have prevented hi fulfilling the. engagement. Meanwhile, he is being congratulated for his speech assailing the Republicans ia the House of Representatives re eently. At a rough aad tumble debate be it not excelled 'la Congress. Freight Rate Hearing. The discriminatory freight ratei be tween South Atlantic ports with refer race to export! and importa and those obtaining ia Northern porte will be the subject of a conference in Washing ton on July 13, at 10 o'eloek la the morning. Ths meetlog bat keen ar ranged between tho official! of the United States Railroad Administrates and Southern shipping Interests, est. peeially Individuals and corporations promoting ths trade between South At (Coatlanod on Pago Two.) ""
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 2, 1919, edition 1
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