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The News eib)B . , WEATHER: thowfrt aad tkiAderst6ras arektbiy Wefaetday aad Thursday. '- -: rr. WATCH UB2L. : M fait '', teaaWal . aar Mm axatraUwl aaa aTt . Mag WlM MVf. erver ( VOL'CX. N0.44. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. : RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAYMORNING, AUGUST 13, 1919: , SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY, PRICE: FIVE CENTS. HALF MILLION FOR EXPENSES BOLSHEVIKI HEAD WHO IS REPORTED TO ' - BE ABOUT TO RETIRE ON PEACE TREATY LEAGUE DEBATE PROBE THE H. C. L GERM TAilERS CAI1 MAKE ( LODGE LETS LOOSE IHIEDAYItl AND SELL CIDER TO v Massachusetts Peacock Spreads His Feathers To De -1 . . ; light ot the Galleries . "DEFORMED EXPERIMENT 'UPON A NOBLE PURPOSE" Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee Declares That He ; Could Never Accept Feature! of League Covenant; Thinks ' v We Ought To Beware of Eu- " ; ropean Qnarrela "! By The Attociated Pness.j Washington, Aug. 12. Describing the L. ague pt Nations m a "deformed expert- Blent )wn a noble purpose," Senator Lodge, of Massacnu letts. chairman of the Foreign Bela tlom Committee and Republican leader of the Senate, declared in a speech today that there were fea !turei of the league covenant which "at an American," he never could accept mm The gallerlet were crowded and the ap- ause wat more than liberal. ' oil. ii ilp Creating:, not a : rTWaVflWIXWeMpaBue f peace, but aa alliance embracing many "provi lens for war," the covenant in its pres ent form, he asserted, would kill the Honrs Doctrine, nullify any possibility of withdrawal from membership, impair tha sovereign! newer of deciding oo mntic nucstioni, and "plunge the I'n'.tcd States into every controversy id conflict on the face of the globe. Let us beware," he eaid, "how we miter vrit'i one independence. We have aot reached tin great position, terta which we were able to conie uown into the Held of battle and help to rave the world from tyranny, by be lift guided by others. Our vast power r.r.i all bee built ap nnd gathered toes. her by ouraolves alone Owe Debt to None Save Franc Wo forced our way upward from t!i dayi ct the revolution, through a -trld often Uostijo and alwaya ludif ' fcf VJsV ewe na debt to f anyone txcipt to Franco in our-revolution, and .jswiBolifica and those rtghUfon which r'i hat been founded should nnref bo lcsse&eu or weakened. It will hi too service, to the world to do so, ' rtid It will be of Intolerable injury to t-9 United States. " We will do our .harer We are ready tad anxious to help :i oil ways to preserve the worlds i.. cec But we can do it best by not "i'lpling eursclvet. rm of "Leadlna Strings.' "I sm as anxious as any human be in ess be to havo the United States i:ii.'t. every possiblo service to the rivtliation rnd tho pence of maukind, but I am certain we can do it best by no putting ourselves in leading strings Of subjecting our policies andour sov ereignty to otlie- nations. I will go aa. far aa anyone in world service, but the first s'ep to world service is the main tenance of the United States. You may call me selfish, if you will, conserva tive or reactionary, but an American I was born; an American I havo re mained all my life. , Homo Country Comes rirst. "I caa never be anything elms but aa American, and I must think of the United States" first, and when I think otVhe United States first in an nrrage ment like this I rnn thinking f what Is best for the world, for if tho Cnlted States falls tho best hopes of mankind falls with it. I have never had but one allegiance I can not divide it now. Th tTultad States is the world's best "V hope, but if you fetter her in the in- teresls ana quarrois 01 omcr nu. If you tangle her in the Intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for : good and tndanger her very existence. As to Breaking Heart of tho World. - We are told that we shaU 'break the heart el the world' if we do not take thU innis inst aa- it stands. I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would -beat on etrohgly and steadily nd without any quickening if th lefw "re to perisn altngeiner, . i it thnuld bo effectively and bene - Selently changed the people who would lie awake in sorrow lor a single night a.i 1.1 ha lr fathered in one not . very largo Toom hui those , who would An a Ions breath of relief would ' rotten to -millions.. 'Ideals havo been thrust upon no as aa srgameat for the league until the healthy mind which rejects cant, re volts from them. ' Are ideals confined tn this deformed experiment upon noble purpose tainted ae it 1 with bar ' gains and tied to peace treaty whick might have been disposed of long ago to the treat benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this ride.' Ma back! ' 1hla Murk Cavvaant. .. )"N doubt many, excellent and pa triotic people see coming fulfillment of nobio' ideals in tho Words 'League u for Peaee. Wo- all respect and share these aspirations and desires, but some of os loo no hope, but rather defeat, for them it thlt murky covenant. For ; . too. havo oar Ideals, eves) ti we 'differ from those who have tried to ea- t.ihli,h' a monopoly of idealism. ' Our i first ideal in our country. Wo would I hire our country strong t resist peril from the West, as she has flung t hack tha German menace from the East. 1 We would aot have our politics dis- - traded and' embittered by the auiea- i aions of other lands. , Can't Isolate' Cnlted States. : "So far aa the qnestiot of lsolstioa goes, it is impossible , to Isolate the Iltd States. We may aet aside all this emnty talk about isolation. No- ' h bodv expects to isolate . tho United 1tL...(Cont!aoel on Ppjrhra.) John Sharp Williams Roasts ' Lodge For Making it po . litical Football : - ANOTHER RUCUS IN THE F.R. COMMITTEE ROOMS Hunter Miller, legal Adviser of League. Commission At Versailles Grilled By Bepub lican Members of Commit, tee; Clashes Over Manner of Questioning Him Washington, Aug. 12.(By tfie Asso ciated Press.) Tho traditional decorum of Senate procedure, was upset today by an unusual demonstration of ap proval from the galleries following aa address by Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, chairman f tho Foreign Relations committee, assailing provisions of tho League of Nations covenant. Fortnore than a minute the gallery spestators npplauded and eheered in vio lation of Senate rules, and then when order had been restored they inter rupted with howls and hisses speech by Senator Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi, in reply to Mr. Lodge. In spite of sharp admonition from, the h.ir there were more hisses mingled with applause when Senator Hitchcock, Democrnt, of Kebrasaa, seeonaea oeu ator Williams' speech Vice President Marshall made no at tempt to check the first demonstration until it had bemin to die out, but later ho twice threstened to clear tho gal leries unless order was preserved. Hnnator Lodee's address was aimed chiefly against league provisions which he said would make the nited States a subject nation, "and ended with an appeal for the preservation of Ameri canism. The covenant in its present form, he asserted, would not establish a league of pence but would destroy the Monroe Doctrine and givo other nations the nower to decide domestic American questions and to order American troops into foreign service. Senator Williamf bitterly assailed th Foreign Gelations chairman, declaring that in three month of preparation he had worded his address to servo Re publican political ends and to play to the galleries. , , . No Mention of tho Beservaftoas. There was no appear-In Senator LodgeVaddress lor rejection of th league altogether, nor wsa thero-nny mention of the program of reservations proposed by seven Republican Senators as a basis of its acceptance. . It was learned, however, thnt this program bad been discussed with him by some of its sponsors and that a conference of Re publicans would be held within fow days, at which an nucmpi win w m, to bring the Massachusetts Senator and several others into sgreement on such a plan. , It- was understood the reservation group felt they had-good ground for believing that their proposal would Iks accepted by Mr. Lodge and that enough Republicans then eoum oe uneu up mi insure euecess of the movement should j tha Democratic leodcrs give their as sent. Racns In Committee Room. The uproar in tho Senate chamber1 followed an equally tumultous sesoron of tho Foreign Eolation Committee, t which David Hunter Miller, legal aa viser to the League Of Nations com mission, at Versailles, was vigorously flueitioned by Republican Senators about tho genius of the league covenant and tho meaning ot some or. hs pro visions. Clashes over tho manner of questioning the witness resulted re peatedly in Intervention by tho chair man to restore order. Mr. Miller eaid he never nat seen the "American plan" for a League of Nationa until it was in printed form ready for submission to the commission, and that later tho basis of discussion by the- commission was a composite plan framed from tho drafts of the various nations by himself and C J P. Hurst, a legal attache of the Britisn foreign office. Under questioning ine .it... aaiJ he was a law partner of Oorden Auchincloss, son-in-law of Col. E. M. House, and never had any ex- perlcnce m miernaiwnai iv until he was given an appointment in the State Department in 1U17. The witness waa asked many Hypo thetical oucstions about the operation of the league covenant, and his answers were objected to several times oy publican members as evasive. On some of the questions he reserved judg ment. " Will Hardly Walt, to Qaii Col. Honso. It was the opinion of committee mem bers, however, that Mr. Miller would aot bj recalled and .that no further witnesses would be ssked to come be fore the committee in Us consideration of the treaty. Some memlra want to ask that Col House, who still is in Europe, be colled to answer Questions about the league. but the general expectation is that tn proposal will M abandoned Deeansc too imat a delay would result. : The Republican Senators who bsvc agreed on a reservation program are anxious that the treaty be disposed of at the earliest possible moment, and it if believed they will try to Impress thnt. sentiment at the forthcoming con ferences with Senator Lodge and others Williams Wadea Into Udtev . Senator Williams bitterly attacked the position of Senator Lodge, Republican chairman of tho Foreign Relations com mittee, as "partisan and Barrow," in the Senate today. I hesitate very much," ho aaid, "to undertake to reply to the greatest prepared presentation of tha selfishness of American policy in aa extemooraaeout answer. It ia not a new presentation of the personality of the Senator from Massechusetts. H has V(Coartlnae4 aa Pago Twelve.) if ;Vi t NIKOCAI UCNItiC-, And They Are Getting, Worse Every Day Witnesses Tell Commission PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF PLANTS IS ADVOCATED Detroit Man Figures Out the Problem of "Absorbing the Operating Deficit" By Taxa tion of Land Values Served By the Lines; Municipal Con trol Generally Favored Washington, Aug. 12. (By The Asso e Intel Press.) Witnesses today before the Federal Electric Railways Commis sion were i agreement that the financial situation of tho companies waa serious and probably would grow worse because of rising costs and motor vehicle com petition. Remedies - suggested ranged from tho proposal of Mayor Counena of Detroit for Municipal ownership and operation of, nrban Uaea on tho ground that they were a soeiai problem, vital to tha health and well-being of eitiaena, to luggesthaa by State utility commis sioners that revenues be increased. Tho commission represented were those of Indiana, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Maaklpsl Ownership. P. F. Ingram,- of Detroit, a retired manufacturers ' who described himself merely as a eitixen, , suggested ' public ownership of tho street ear plants, a aominal charge and nbsorption of any operating deficit by taxation of tho land values of tho property rerved by tho lines. This, he said, was tho only alter native to municipal operation. Mayor Couxens, Lowever, contended that only by sociological treatment of the matter could any real approach bo made toward furnishing tho publie with "comfort able and decent" transportation. For tho present the Detroit Mayor said he favored municipal ownership and operation at a reasonable rate of fare, but aaid ultimately ho might easily come to believe that the street ear lines should be free aa the high ways, and maintained at publie ex pense as are the highways. Not a Fair Rctara la Receipts. Commissioner Bliss read from a spec ial report on the Rhode Island com pany to show that the system, now in the hands of a receiver, was not re ceiving fair retura on the valuation of its property as fixed by tho commis sion. Hince toe recent strike, which resulted in the establishment of 66 cents per hour maximum wage rate, tCoatiaaed oa Page Two-) ;e Thousands Walking To Their Work from Outlying Districts ofWinston-Salem Winston-Salem, Aug. 12. There is no change in the street car: irike in thil city. The transportation facilities from the southern and northern suburbs are still paralysed with the exception of li censed jitney basse operating from too northern part of the city to the eou. bouse square. Thousands of workers are walking to their work from the out lying sections of the city. Tho workmen of the J. A. Vance Ma chine Company struck today for aa eight-hour dny with tha some pay that Ihey have been receiving for a ten-nour dar. No settlement' has bees made. J. 3. Cofer, who has been rth the lo cal police department as Sergeant for 27 years, has been appointed assistant II a. . 4 STREET CAR MEN STILLONSTRIK to Chief of Police J. A. T&omss. I A load of gun shot ia the body of Wilbur Bates, a young white man, and a pistol duel between Deputy Sheriff Nrwsom and Percy NeWsom, arc tho re sults according to Jlstes of his having been accused by G. C. Goatry of having stolen a pistol. The trouble occurred whea Batea went to the Southside Gar age accompanied by his friend. Percy Neweom, to force Gentry to retract hit statement. Deputy Sheriff Newsom earn to anlet tha affair, but Percy Newsom engaged him ia a Itel. afterwards mak ing hit escape when officers approached tho garage. Batel fled in tho direotioa of Gentry's home. He was brought dowa !v g shot gun fired, ho says, by Gcatry. Hie wound it not serious. " i . -i a, n Uncle Sam's Attorney General Rules It Will Not Be ' x Illegal GLASS WILL ADDRESS BANKERS ASSOCIATION Apples Can Go Intoithe Cider Press In If. C. Without Objec tion By U. S. Authorities; Held Not To Be Intoxicating And Therefore Not Prohib ited (By 8. R. WINTERS.) Washington, D. C, Aug. 12.-Hon. Carter Glass, Secretary of tho Treasury, and Hon. Lee 8. Overmun, junior Sena tor from North Carolina, havo accepted invitations to addresa tho North Caro lina Banker Association in Winston- Salem, tho dates of tho meeting being August 2V 21 and 22. Secretary of the Treasury Glass declined the invitation some time ngo, but upon reconsidera tion yesterday has notified the North Carolina Senator that be would go to tho Twin City. The subject of the addresa of Secre tary Glass is not known but undoubtedly ho will discuss some phase of the finan cial situation as it nlates to the cost of living. Mayor B. W. Uorrell and President James A. Gray of the North Carolina Bankers Association have re ouested Senator Overman to speak on the subject of "The League of Nations." His address will be delivered on August 22. Home Made Apple Cider Legal Apple growers in North Carolina may convert their producta into cider and offer it for sale without being sub ject to confiscation or the prohibition laws. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer haa ruled that apple eider is not a vinous liquor and that the farmer who can afford to pay tho tax when sold aa wine or when bottled and sold as a oft drink can proceed without any legal restrictions. Nat Intoxicating una Not Prohibited. The Attorney General in a letter to Senator Simmons states that consider able doubt had arisen as to whether eider was k vinous liquor but that he had already advised tho Secretary of tho Treasury that it ia not an intoxicat ing fluid and, therefore, not prohibited y the prohibition. Jaw . Ova farmer ia "North Carolina made thia inquiry! "1 have noma applet out oa. my farm and my man there it anxious to kaow whether or aot he has a right to make cider of them end if so, what disposi tion under the present law he may make of aams." Consequently the eider vender, who ia a laminar oojeci oa ine street orner of tha moderate size town in North Carolina, may continue to oper ate unmoleated the strength of his pro duct will not be tested by any chemi cal analysis and the chief of police will not bo permitted to arrest him for tho sals of distilled spirits thus. the old landmark survives. Movements of Tar Heels. Hon. Cameroa Morrison, candidate for governor of North Carolina, who hat been in Washington for a couple of days, left tonight for Winton, Bertie county, where he will make an address tomorrow on the occasion of the return ing soldiers. Former State Senator A. D. Ive and E. D. Pritcher, cotton mill ofticul, of Rockingham county, were in Washing ton preeenting certain cotton mill in terests in the presentation of claims against the government. Senator Kenneth D. McKcllar, of Tennessee, has tentatively accepted an invitation, to make aa address nt Golds-. boro some time ia the immediate ture. E. C. Duncan, of Raleigh, was a visitor in the National Capital today. John A. Oates, of Fayetteville, was ia the city today on business.. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Avory, of Morganton, are ia Washington ou n pleasure trip. K. Sullereck, as Assyrian, of Winston-Salem, hat ' made application through Senator Overman for a pass port to rotura to his native country. He hat a wife and three children, from ffat presentation of hia example, at made by reputable eitiaena of Winston Salem. Hit story well exemplifies what a foreigner, through the application on hit talents and by habita of thrift and industry can accomplish in America. He has accumulated a substantial for tune, and hat earned the esteem of, well-to-do citizens in the Twin City. Ed. Poo's Hasky Nephew. Whea Representative E. W. Pou ar rived at tha capital thia morning there were approximately 8,000 "devil dogs," heroes of Chateau Thierry, the Argonne and other battles atandlng at esse throughout the capitol grounds. He de cided to look for hit nephew, Arthur Pou. Not knowing hia nephew's com pany or regimental number, be waa con fronted with difficult searching. Imagine trying to find one man in 8,000, all dressed alike. . After going carefully through the sixth regiment of marines, the Fourth District Congressman began his search through tha long line of the fifth regimeny Having just about given up hope) he' decided to walk to the foot of Capitol Hill, await at Peace monument and ''look 'em over" from there before getting to the monument. However, a lad, a; 20 years old, hiv ing ceiitd permissioa om hit odi -er dashed from tht long anarch line of olrvt aad steel and. grabbed the Congress man by the head." It wat Arthur. Uo tower d above hit ancle, being tix feet two inches and weighing about 220, Representative Pou smiled with a glint pride ia hit eyes. Asked whether or not ha had com through without a wound, Arthur replitd, "Ohjust a little scratch, Vacla Ed.", Arthur Is tha sot , (Coatlnned aa Pago Two) i i 1 in: VA. LEGISLATURE One of the Scintillating Meas ures .Doubles the State Tax On Automobiles (By The Associated Press.) Richmond, Vs., Aug. 12. Creation of a highway commission of five members, in addition' "Tofie"e6mmtsslenerattd the governor, who shall .decide upon routes between the designated points ia the State road system j an additional levy of twelve cento on 1100 worth of general property for road purposes, and an increase of the automobile license tax by fifty per cent.i effective January 1, 1920, are high lights in three bills which will be introduced simultaneously tomorrow in both branches of the Gen eral Assembly, meeting in extra session. Lupton declared that if left alone matters of price adjustment in th high eost of living agitation would adjust themselves. The speaker also appealed to the merchants to give their support to the aood roads proposition to be taken up by the special session of the legislature. He advanced the theory that better roads will male for better business. At Wednesday's session the merchants of Virginia, West irgima and Nortn and South Carolina will be the guests of a local meat company, which will demonstrate to them an abattoir and the process through which meat passes in preparation for the market. There measures embody the plans of the Virginia Good Roads Association and received this evening the final en dorsement of thst body's executive and legislative committees, in session here. They were drafted by State Senator C. O'Conor Gooirick, of Fredericksburg, who will become their principal patron in the upper house of the legislature. E Management of R. R. Under Private Control Is Attacked Washington, Aug. 12. The railroad brotherhoods through their counsol, Glenn E. Plumb, today laid before tho House Interstate Commerce Committee their charges of corruption in the man agement of the railroads under private control. The charges, announced s forthcoming a week ago, were thst many of the great railway systems had been plundered systematically by the finan cial interests and that the railroads illegally held millions of acres of public lands. Eighteen representative railroads of the couutry, the brotherhood attornry asserted, issued atock aggregating 1400, 414,000 between 1900 and 1910 as bonuses and paid millions of dollars in dividends on these bonuses. Thcc same railroads, be further charg-d, were "controlled in whole or in port by the Morgan interests, the Rockefeller interests and the Gould interests. Coupled with tho charges which csme HIGH BROTHERHOOD CHARG CORRUPTION I just before the House committee closed fu-Tits bearings on organized labors bill for elimination of private capital from railroad ownership, was the demand by Mr. Plumb that Congress make a thor ough investigation of the matter so thst "the American people msy know to what extent it is sought to subject them to exploitstion "under the other plans" proposed for future disposition of the railroads. Got It Or Knows Where to Get It. ' There ' no intimstion as to what . ... . . . . i i - eourse the committee mignt tase in regard to the request for an investiga tion. Chairman Ksch, in half a uor-en Questions. Indicsted that to go into the charges would be like traveling over old around, as they bad been threshed out Ion sro. Plumb told the eom mlttee thst hs either had the evidence tn aunnort averv charao or knew where it could be obtained. Presentation of the charges spparently failed to arouse i uch interests among members, as no one except the chairman nought light llirnuoli amminntion of the witness. A. M. Gnrretnon. former head of the Order of Railway Conductors, closing his statement begun Monday, deciarea with utmost frankness that if a vote was taken today the country probably would reject organized labors plon. He due to general suspicion against new due to general suspieino against new things, and he predicted thst it would be endorsed and adopted in me distant future. No Fslr Test of Federal Control. Th nninion was expressed by Mr. Gsrretson that there had been no fair test of government operation of rail roads, because the railroads since being taken over had been operated by officials who were opposed to government owner ship and wanted to demonstrate that it waa not best for the country. With the filing of Plumb't charges the committee concluded hearing! on hi. nlaa for nublie ownership and em ploye-operation of the railronds, and will take uo later tho plans to bo offered by security holder! and railway execu tive!, both of which, labor official! havt testified, if mora radical than that framed by Mr. Plumb and endorsed by tlie Brotherhoods. It probably will be month! before tho committee, caa make a final report- ERING DOWN PIES Ifl CHICAGO Scared Hoarders Take Lot of Stuff Out of Cold Storage; The Reductions Chicago, III., Aug. 12. Concerted attacks by federal, state and municipal officials on the high cost of living re sulted today ia lower prices on many articles ot produce to Chicago con sumers. It was the first definite benefit to result from the attacks on foou profiteers and hoarders. With the do- crease in wholesale ana retail price, there came a substantial increase iu re ceipts of various articles of food. It was. said that producers were rushiug shipments lo the Chicago market in fear of further reduction of prices in the near future and law quantities i-f supplies were being takun out of cold storage warehouses and offered foi sale. Yesterday the first sale of army can ned goods at two downtown department stores resulted in the disposal of 60, 000 cans of corn and peas, at a saving of 80 per cnt. over the current retail pr'ces. What It Nor Coots Family at Five. A budget of household expenses, purporting to show that $1,918 is the minimum on which a family ot five can live for on. year, was introduced to day by Chicago packing house employes appearing before Federal Judge Al schuler. federal mediator, with de mands for increased wages. Mrs. Anna McWuillen, who lives near the stock yards and who prepared the budget, said it was based oa June of this year, and that living expenses since then have increased twenty to thirty per cent. She declared tablo costs were cut to the lowest possible figure and that the amount-permitted no luxuries, vacations nor savings- Prices last October made the total eost 11,518, it wes stated. CHARLOUELITUP, BUT UHDER GUARD Striking Electricians Turned Off Switches And Mayor Had 'Em Turned On Again (Special to the Newt and Observer.) Charlotte, Aug-12. When electricians employed or oouinern I'uone utilities Company went on ttrike here thit after noon, pulling out the switches which supplied Charlotte and this entire sec tion with elect rles 1 energy, Mayor F. R. McNinich promptly dispatched Police Chief W. B. Orr in charge of a picked squad of officers to the power plaut, where under their guard the switches Were thrown back in place. Mayor Me Nlnch announced thst the city would not be deprived of electrical power it it took the entire police force and re serves to guard the power plant, and see thst men stationed there by South ern Public Utilities officials to replace the strikers were allowed tq perform their duties unmolested. A police guard is being maintained at the plant to night, and the rity is receiving its usual electrical supply. Local labor unions, at meetings today, voted against the action of the electrical workers in attempting to cut the city off from electrical power. The electrical power wui rut off for about an h ur this afternoon during the interval between the inauguration of the strike by the electricians and the arrival of police and tho assignment of other men to take the The electririans are said to have went The electricions are said to have went oa strike in sympathy for motornien and conductors who quit work early Sunday morning. Though no street cars have operated since Sunday morning. Presi dent Z. V. Taylor announced that ar rangements would be made in a very short time for resuming the esr service. The company -merely waiting for the present to give the Itriking; carmen time to "cool down." Allied Shopmen Unanimously Vote To Stop It Pending Adjustment Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 12. The strike of tilled railroad shopmen in the South east was officially called off at a con vention here lata today of represen tatives of the Various unions. Decision to end the strike pending the adjust ment of matters by President- Wilson and Director Hincs came ia the form Of a resolution which wss unanimously adopted. The men were ordered to re turn to work Thursday morning. Bishop Tacker'e Intention. Richmond, Aug. 12. Announcement wat made hero tonight that the right Rev. Henry 8; George Tucker, D.D., missionary bishop of Kyoto, Japan, will make a speaking tour of Virginia and West Virginia within a few days, speaking oa the aatloh-wide campaign of the church for a tmritual and cdu eational awakening. 1 SOUTHEAST UNIONS CALL OFF R. R STRIKE Bills Pending Designed. To Se cure Cheaper Shoes And Sugar Right Now - TRADE COMMISSION ASKS -$500,000 FOR EXPENSES Republican Manager Fesi Sees Where There Hai Been Much Alleged Waste, By Demo, crats in Continuing War-Ore ated Agencies; Hoarding and ' Profiteering ; Today Seed -and-McKeHftr-Witt- Tin - a Warm fusillade of Verbal Artillery At the Question of the Hour . - t (By the Associated Press.) , 1 Washington, Aug. 12. A a ap'propria- v tion of jOO.OOO for investigation ot tha increased eost of living by tho Federal . Trade commission was asked of. Cob- . grass today by Acting Chairmaa Mur- dock of the commission ia & W Speaker Gillett- Funds for tha eom. mission already authorised are intuffi- 1 rient to conduct the proposed inquiry, iuv wiivr aaiu. Chairman Murdoch, who also la a member of the suWommittee named by Attorney General Palmer to submit recommendationt for reducing living costs, set forth ia hit letter that the commission proposed to conduct fur ther investigationa aa to tha produc tion, storage and distribution of food stuffs with the aim of arriving at figures . on the real eost, wholesale aad retail prices. , .. , So far as known the President haa mt directed aay additional investigationa but bills are pending ia the Hnuaa for inquiries into the sugar aad shoes industries. The communication from tho trade commission chairmaa reached tho House at toe close of a day during which both branches of Congress gave much time to eost of living. , H7l,tN For Secret ferrlca. Appropriations of 1175,000 wat asked for the secret service by Secretary Glass who asked that ia authorising tho appropriate a clause bo inserted to permit tho use of tho service opera tives ia running dowa food boardera nil mwnmmm pai - ' -1 - : WmI4 Flaa , ? Hoarding aad profiteering; were tha suojcec at two measures presented la the House. A bill by Beprettatatlr Gard, Democrat, of Ohio, would pro vide (10,000 fine or five yean impris onment for hoarding, profiteering or monopolizing the productioa of food stuffs, fuel or clothing. Representative Goodykoontx, Repub lican, of West Va, presented a resolu tion to direct the judiciary committee tn frame a legislation to eliminate oharding and to reduce tho amount of currency in circulation. Mr. Goody koonta also introduced a resolution re questing the Secretary of war to tell the surplus stocks of automobiles aad motor trucks. National Conservation Board. Representative Kellar, Iadependent Republican, introduced a bill to author ize creation of a national board of coa servation headed by the President and -composed of members of tho cabinet, uvr nenatnrs ana nve representatives which would have power to regulata . wholesale and retail prieee of food BU't ' clothing. Representative Fess, Republieaa, Ohio, dieus'ing the high eost of living iu the House declared that government nastcfulness during the war aad at present in continuing many war created agencies largely wat respoasi ble for the existing situation. Senator' McKellsr, Democrat, Tennessee, appear ing before the Houao Agriculture com mittee predicted organised oppositioa on the pert of the parking industry 'to sny legislation to regulate cold storage' facilities? A Hot Volley Scheaaktd for Today. The eost of living question will ba or the Senate with prepared addressee by Senator McKellar and 8enator Seed, Democrat, Missouri. The two addressee probably will giro rise to considerable debate. Although no announcement -was made by the Department ot Justice, today regarding its efforts ta bring living expenses down to a level wit the average man's pocket book, It waa understood that the activities already directed were progressed with tho de partment's representatives hard at work In all ports of the country. . . , arrff Tn rnwTiwnt: ' THE D00LINQ INQUIRY Concord, Aug. 12. Today ia a con ference here between Gastoa p. Means and Holieitor Clement tho matter which has been pending all week at ta a grand jury investigation of the alleged guilt of Dooling and Miller at per taint to their actions ia tha famous King-Means rase ia 191? aad since that time, it was agreed ta continue tha in vestirtion..until the October terns af Cabarrus court. Mr. Clement says ho finds it a physical impossibility for him to consider now tho vast bulk of evidence submitted. He hat two murder eases to be tried this term besides other less important matters. Underwood Sacceeda Payne. ' Washington, Aug. 12 Appointment of E. Marvin Underwood, of Atlanta, at general counsel for the railroad ad- ministration, to succeed Judge Jo'ia Barton Payae, who haa become chair maa of the shipping board wat an nounced today by Director General Hinet, Judge Payne wilt eoatiaua to act ts special counsel for the ada-inla-tration. , .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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