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TIi News and Obs ' . - ' ,? ' ' i, -,',.- - '. ' - " . ii . I . T . i in i . . i i. . r 1 ,' TUEWEATUER i Fair Suae1? end probably Monday, Met mack ehaags la the temperataro. erver TVOL CXU. NoJl37. V , THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. RALDGH. Nv C, SUNDAY MOVING, NOVEMBER 14, 1920. i THIRTV-SIX PAGES TODAY, PRICE: SEVEN CENTS a im arr. But esswwaTgv Ur Srr aaptiaiia aaf nN Ussia a eiaal ear, ; : J . 1 ' . .- ' 0 I. 5 REAPPOlflTMGm OF president Also Announced The .Other Six Members tf The - New Shipping Board .. ALABAMA DEMfiCRATif T " , AMOrQ.-JJEVttEMBERS Personnerof Bo'fd : Includes Four Democrats s and Three ' Bepubiicans: Appointments s Subject To Approval By The "Senate; Policies of Board 'yAre Yet Undetermined WasliiiietonNov. 13;-e4leappointmen of Rear Admiral William 8. Benson a ' chairman of th Shipping Beard waa an pounced today at the Whit House. At Iba ssmo time snnoutfeement was made ef the appointment of the six other members of tha new board authorized by the Merchant Marine Art. The other six members are! Frederick I. Thompson. Alabama. V -moerai, mm VI li.O WIS- i - Joseph N. Teal, y Oregon, Democrat, Jerri of four year. term of tliree--rlrs. I Chester H. Rowell, California, Rcpub- lieMi. term of two yean.' Guy D. GofT, Wisconsin, Kopublican term of one ye:ir. Charles Sutter, Missouri, Republican, term of one year. Benson From Georgia. Admiral Benson is appointed from 3nM.!n . . ,m Kimivviit a ml hia term il for six j- .-its. " The appointments an receas nes and the nominations under the law are sub- lect to annroval by tha Senate, Admiral Benson and Mr. Donald are the Atlantic const representatives ; Mr. Bowcll und Mr. Teal air the Pacific coast representatives Mr. Thompson is .. ths nionibe from, tlio Uuir coast j air, OorT, the member for tha Great Lakei , region, ana Mr. huttci uo aieuiocr iroin the interior. This geographic', grtiip. ing of tho- members is required under r, the Merchant' Mar Aet. - ' Two An Reappointed, i. Thii chairman and Mr. Donaltl are re appointed from the present board, whili the s;S'-rtk)ii of Mr. TUcinpsoa aim jur. Teal was wide aome time ago, but waa r not anntunccj beeaSl4ome o t.ie meai bera appcittted then declined to aarc. ' They included Theodora .Marburg, -of T BaltiiBorej.Cavln MNab. oiJ 8an Fras laco, and Mjrtln Gillen, C WAsonaia. Undff. the taw -not won thaa four ' members of the bdard eaw be of any one S.u, political party. Four , Democrat ana .V tore Republicans hae beaa appointed, V but ia sonrt quarter oday, doubt wi rpressHl wbethef e Bspnyicaa Senate would approve this political alignment , in View of the fact that ft Republic adminir.ratiaii will come into power on next March 4. It waa regarded as pos i." aible that action on Abo dominations would be held up until after March 4. ' It was rgearded as possible that the Benata would fall to net tm tha Sp- pointnients during the ahorf aeaaion . . i M . i - : ending on ncxi narcu juur, wui fmnug tha way for the appintment of an en tirely new- board after the inauguration of President Harding. Should the Sen ate fail to act the board now appoint ed would, cease to exist with tha end ing of the present Congress . ' Immediate organizatioa of, the lew board ia looked for. It will elect, vice chairman and other officiala. and take tip number of plans prepared by th pnaent board-for carrying nut tb mercnani marine ppiiey a uuu down in tRe Merchant Marine Aet - - Problema of Policy. , , Admiral Benson and Mr? Donald xe the only members of the present board and immediate organization of the new board i looked ' for as a number of pplieies with, respect to the fOernment-6wned . merchant 'marina ' laid down ia tha Merebant Marin Act . cannot be carried int effect until the ' full board.baa begun to fuaetion, ... ' aDl.,iM I ppeciuq pjru)irMivH'p . . of the' membera of the new board they are not expected to draw any pay un til Congress at its next session ho made funds arailable. The salaries . fixed by law an 112,000 for taeh eom miasioner. Membera of the board must devote all of -their tint to the duties of tieirCbfflc and they must direst " themMiTe . from any interest which r they may, by inth hippinc U-1 . , .nBanaoa's Recarm. - " - , Admiral BeVsoa baa been chainnaa pf the board for nearly a year, havibg ' been appointed to succeed . John Bar Mton Payne, when Mr. Pay n wa p ' pointed - Secretary of th Interior. He was war time ttief f aatal op- (rations. . cv: .-.'.'";' ' ir. V . Kmi tnamber af th board aeVeral yean. Mr. Thomp son, one of th new member, is a newspaper, publisher of Mobil, Ala, erhU Mr. Bowell ia edit- f th Fresno Catif orirta-Bepoblican, nd ba oag been-prominent , ia Re publican politic ia California. i ' . .Mr. Teal IB lawyer ug vmumvr f Portlands Oregon, and is thf author of rarious pamphlet ea tranaporta tin. eonaerratiott and eiri problems. Mr. Butter ia ft busibesa-maa of St. Louis and is understood to bar been Urgely interstdin nipping between Veonthern port of th-1 United TStatea and South America. ; Colonel Ooff now general counsel of th board!,-M lt M at Senator Ooff,' of West' Virginia, for- . wierly waif district aWomey of Mil- -waokee and. United. States District Attoraey for ; Wisconsin andx ered eight month - on General Pershing's ' stall at Caaumont. , , . Benaoa Diaeaaac Plana. ' . PiseuaaiDg plana for th new board, - Chairman Benson said tonight . , that ,'immediat consideration would be -gir- - 'to aection 89 of th Jones Art whii permit railroads to gin prefer- .WITH - JAPAHESP IS LE The American Ambassador To Japan Speaks Before Acad emy, ot Science Meeting , f : NO EVIDENCE OF ANY . UNFRIENDLY FEELING - Expresses Regr et For "III Con. tide'red St&tementi Which; v".Tr'6'm Time To- Time Find Expre ssion In Both Coun tries ' As Suggestions of . War'! . t f PhiladelWa-,' Not. J3, Wa between Japan and United State i ''simply unthinkable," deeared Roland 8. Morris, American ambassador to Japaa, ia ad dressing the Amerieafl Academy of Pp: liticsi and Social Sriena ken tonight. Asserting he did not intend to ta up any question which might happen to be the subject of friendlv discussion 1 etwecn the American and v Japan j KTrernmi'nts, MrMorri erpnaed regret for the "ill onsiderd statement which from, time to time find etafessioa ia ; . ; Ciiaipa iv iBaaaiaamkeBuimaa , y, "It ii as Premier Hura bas'rwently said, 'simolv unthinkable.'" Mr. Morris continued. "That there are Wading que, tions for the consideration of both oua governmenta-ia no T.ilid eidence-of an, f rinedly feeling, but on the contrary, it is the best posxilile ttidence of the many interests we have in common many of them difficult and complex, bat not on ofthem insoluble." 4 ' v ' . After paying a "desrred tribute" ho tb America missionary work of sixtj lrera. the amiasaaor ro.:rrcl to g'ow Ting trade- relatione as -being of such proportion that ""Japaa purchases from is ard H nUjng to its mnn tba4i any other jingle ation With ...which hj dcnls. ,x' ' -, r - 1 ' . Fraklb'Relatfains. "Are we cot justified in atating," he aiHd. ''that the bistory of our relations with J.pan has been on of frank conn deitrck mutual understanding anij sin cere respect f And an w not Justified in epp:rvching any pending quest ioua in the aaiue generou. spirit, fre from bitterness, rancor and exaggeration If we do I am sure- it will meet from the gorusmcnt and iwoplr of Japan re- bjk-hou "U'u "in . .Kuivu.ii.1. mum thai ft abiding faltb ,AmerWa aaai nan purposes nasnnn laeais oi inter national conduct. .iv ' NEW LOW RECORDS IN , V ' . N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE Unusual Activity' On The De cline at Short Saturday Ses- ', sion; Depression f new iorx, nor. w. znew low reeoaa for. a-period extending from 1 to 3 yean wen mad by th Stock Market Uday,' .the two hour session showing unusual activity on the decline Losses of 1 to 5 points resulted from extensive offering of industrials, spec ialties and rails, in wfiich steels, equip ment, oils sugars, ttobaecoe and leath ers proved jnoat susceptible to ' prcv aure. ? - sT' .-' f Short selling derived further atimn Ius from the day's ewa, various re ports from out-of-town indicating aa expansion of , the downard movement in trade and industry. . N Advices from New England and West ern and Souther manufacturing cen ters told of additional letting down of operations in the textile trade. In on instance this was eoupled with th- an nouncement that -mill 6peratives had accepted . a t5 per ' eent reduction of wage. Bankers regarded the further lose of quoted value in1 the. Stock Market aa tb lnevriabj outiome of price read justments .in .th principal commodity marten. . . . . r - m . . j ' T one enttturfiging feature 9f the day, a strengthening o( tu loan aeconnt re sulting from th week's heavy liquida tion of securities. A'--' . The recent deficit of actual reserves by clearing none banks wa recovered, leaving a substantial excess over legal requirements. .-,' MOf HER AND SON HELD ON CHARGE OF MURDER . - : - ' -- Springfield, . Mo, . Kiv. " IS. Mrs. Mary MeCormick, . wif . of John Me- Cormlck, ayArmer, whoso Jbody wa found several day ago la aw abaa- . , ,1 Monett, Mo- and held. th. Barry county jail at Cask- vill today to await preliminary hear ing oi charge of lint degree murder. MraT MeCormiek and- her . ea - wer amsted yesterday. and 'held in' bond f 110,000 after a grand Jury Investi gation of - the circumstance hr husband death. ' . " f : MeCormick had been nusstng sevsral days befot a search for him waa ia- hi Drotner. . tut , Day iWM fednd in aa old weli 'pa hia farm Monet t, ten day goi - - - - - . AMERICANS DECORATED i nv orurnii iiiBiunri iCbnsUntinople, v Nov. - M.Bixteea American Red Cress worken Kav bee decorated, by General Wraagel for acr viees , rendered th. eivibna population f the Crimea and South Russia. - Dt. Livingstoa Farraad of Washing ton. D. C. receives th Order ' of Sc. Anna, th highest civilian order of th old Russian government. Frederick P. Kerpel, Washington, and Robert E. Olds, 8t. PauT, Mi, n givea tb Or der of St. Staaialav. Among th otfcen wen Howard I Bridges,, Atlanta, Ga, who received th Oryer ef St. Rtamslav of tits second class, and V'lfred H. Day, Rirhmond, Vs., 'who received the Order of fat. Anne of the third class; WUfJllKAB : - ... : , . V GOVERNOR I n ;ar4 CaTllnl V fetattJEosrhotJaltt) P. i! 1 i! P. I atVWWaiS.' ; i 1 i l ril li'lir. lU! I Trs aawmaaa :.. f J.--.-drJrJrJrrliir 'Fifty -one yean I a long time for a man to wait to be officially informed that be has been born, bnt it hap pened to Governor Biekett vatcrday afternoon when Dr. Register, chief of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health, presented to His Excellency a birth certificate letting forth that on th eighth day of February, ISO), a male child was bora to -Thomas Winchester Bickett and Mary ,Covington Bickett, and named, Thomas Walter I rnox to establish th fact of his citizenship fa that date may have his coming into the of .Vital Btatiatica.' Since that tim Ihe Btat wa added to th number. Delegation 100 Strong at Ge neva For Opening of As sembly otLeague A ACTUAL PROCEEDINGS WILL BEGIN TODAY m whbm, Assembly Meeting Monday, However, Ileal Befianinf of The League's "Work; Nnm her of Amendments To Cove . nant To Coma Up ;. Plana For financial Conference , Oekeva. Nov. 13 (By tb Associated Press ) Th British delegation to the assembly of th jLagaof Nations, 100 strong, arrived ken this morning, (on pleting th representation pf .most of th principal members of th league. Tb actual proceedings will begin to morrow with a meeting of the eon soil of the league t complete the organisa tion of a financial and efomle eommie- ion which will arrange another inter nation! financial conference. Tha council also will giv farther on- sideration to relish-Lithuanian ru .in. Tha assembly meeting Monday, which ia regarded by th delegates a th real beginning f th league, will open with an address of welcom by Pnaident Motta, f fiwitxefiand.' Rootin work, orranizhtion and KDort of the aoaneil of th league pRbably will tafl np the entin day if not tw day. A -inv poriant item bf US agenda amchdmenU to th covenant1' of th- league- will be reached Tuesday Wednesday. Thre SeandiaaviaB amendment in the only oaea proposed thus fsri Two of these provid for tha ineligibility of a state to succeed itself a en f the four elective member of tb council and eliminate th word generally" from Article XIII and so reraov th qualifi cation oa question uieeptibl of solu- tio by arbitration. These amendment jr encounterug ao serious "bpposttion. Ik third amendment, providing that a poighboring state shall not b obliged t join -in- th blockade of a member breaking th eoeaant if in danker, of invasion, probably wiU not be accepted without a contest. In French circle it is held this would aa'ak tnonerativ the nry arns the nagu pesseues, tfymsk itself obeyed. The default ef 1M1 oae adjoining country would render aa ef fective blockade almost impossible. - j --Othe amendment probably wili. be proposed from th flooe of tb assembly. They will, according to th -proposed rales ef procedure, b nfcrred. to com mittees without previous debate. This will b the method of dispoaigg et nearly every subject on th agenda,0h rowing ttJ V Th aieotiag f th assembly wiHbc pablia, waleas it ia deemed advisable first to discuss some particular (neatioa privately. In that case a report of the decisions-reached will b road 'ia public, FJNDS WRECKAGE OF ' ..MISSING SEAPLANE y - Mukegb. Mick, Nov.' JJ.-Edward Nedea. patrol from . th ; Whit Xak coast guard atatioa, today diaeovercd tb wreckag of the missing Great Lake naval training atatioa seaplane. along th ahon for a distaan of four mile. . according to Nedeaa, '.who re turaed lat this afteraooa ta, the Sta tion. Practically th conn wreckag f th plan was found. r "Ther could b a alstakef'. k said. "O battleship gray, and U awmben make it certain. - ' -No clothing wa found. Tw cush ions that iloate4 aukon wen found among the wreckage. - - i . . - - -. "' " - n.s " , - 8ato Ctaaa Skip . ' Washington,-Nov. XA SaBtaClaws ablp ia going from , America to Dal-' matia. ' It will b furnished by tlje Navy Departmcat and Ut earg which Lis to delight the kiddie of the Adri atic e country, will be supplied by th America Junior Red Cross. BRITISH MEMBERS OF LEAGUE ARRIVE IS INFORMED OF HIS - mifttate I ' Tt J Ij ti' tthttfau mSLefcUk f&M. Am UnU a M aaaamaana maamt m tm North Carolina. The law passed in 1914 World mad a matter of record through proper application w th1' Bureau thousands of people have been thus registered, and yesterday th Governor of a Stage Set For Raleigh V Great Community Concert Begins Promptly at 2:45 P. M. This Afternoon In The City Auditorium ) SECRETARY DANIELS TO v 0UTLINE PEACE PROGRAM Program Includes Varied and Interesting; Numbers; Ex. ' pect threat Crowds Tb stag is set for Raleigh's great est Commqsaty Concert to b givea 1 the aodltorium this afternoon whan 8ecretar;-tf tif N'aty.i Joseplius Dan. ielr wiU vtttn th Bed' "Oroaa Teac Program, Promptly . at i:5, whether then is stay pfcseot but Ma, John A. Park, aong leader, and Mrs. fat Hay Fleming,, aeeoipinist, the pre liminary song tervle will begin -with th tinging of "Air HsiKth Power of Jcsns name." V The nuinagement of the concert', up to a lt hone, yesterday, wen receiving-request for reservations, but after consideration it was deemed ad visable to call a halt ia order that the general publio might kav asehane to obtain scats) Among th last to I obtain reservations, wen on hundred and .fifty children, "d teacher from the Methodist orphanage. ft Prognm Will Be V.ried. ' M.. -Ail. - I. ! S 3 Al A All. AB9 puuuo is xcmiauea nav tuo concert this afternoon'is not of the ant- nature, - nor i - H - comparable in some other ways, with th former uecessfnl sings held iii Raleigh. It wilt be minus the inimitable Sherwood Broekweil, With his happy negro mono logue, and the snappy Maple Mill Melody Quartette, the concert having ben altered to suit ' th day .and th occasion, but willjttill contain variety! enough to make it an extremely in teresting program. Every bomber offered will be th very best the performer can offer, d frees -th opening to theon eluding kyma, the audiertc will be entertained by th best numbers many c-f Wake county' best artists can supply. If th audience enter into th spirit of th occasion, joining in th songs, when requested, th sue eess of this ' eenVeH is already as sured. . ' v J - Mr. Larry WoodaU,. who for forty yean kas caught h "key" from hi trusty . toning fork'' and , taught th yeung of two generation to sing the grand old! hymn ef tb - country chorea, will b on hand and will lead on of Issa Watts' masterpieces, ".When I Can Read ty Title Clear to Mansions in th Skies," and show kow it used to be don at th eld log meeting bouse at the cross , road befon pianos or organs, in churches, wen" ever-heard off "Ho'Witl also "line out" one vers of this, hymn, a -practice ia ogu when old me of today wen littl boys. - Negr Singing Will Fcatan. " Mas -singing by the negroe ef the city will also be a feature of tb con vert. Th choir of fiv hundred "un der the leaderahip1' ef John Moseley, will occupy th upper -balcony; th east id 'of th auditorium, and will ing ths vsonga peculiar t -to.'., their people, weird' melodies, .of th 'olden time reminiscent . of the day fbefo tha wak," sons white audipBe would ventun to sing, and which they Could aot sing if they tried, t 4 -- During thi concert, Ha. Josephu Daniels will present th Bed Cross Pec Program, and these present will b, given i an opprtnnny " to, join members of the local Clisrnter of as the America a Bed Cross. stated ia th original announcement ef this concert, upon th payment or pippin ef the required - membershipt - fee.- However, track etion of th audlenc will, be entirely totuntary. Only ," twenty minutes haa been allotted to this feature of th program, ,th remainder CUaae4 O Pag TwJ OWN BIRTH n 13 provides that any person-- pcrsDiM-bora before I Three Thousand Dollars Will Be Given For Murderers of John Ford Gastonia, Not. 13. Rewards totaling thre thoSyind dollars an now offend for th esptur of th two unknown egroe who oa last Saturday night shot and killed Jon Ford, a young Iineola- to, man, "hot nd porhap fatally wounded Essi Beatty and cpmmitted unmentioned crimes, th mere eon tern plation ef which make one' blood run eold. "x Th city of Gastonia had already of fered a reward of fire hundred dollars To this -amount th county authorities of Gastonia today added four hundred dollars.'' Another four hundred waa also added today by the State.. To thirteen hundred ' dollars is added seventeen hundnd by Lincoln ecunty making total of throe thousand. ' 1 It ha been definitely determined that th 2 negroes held at Blacksburg, 8. G, an not ths ones wanted. Oflkers of the Teer Construction Company, of Per son eonnty, talking to Sheriff Carroll over the phone , today confirmed tb etory 'they told about working there and leaving Roxboro on Saturday af ternoon. y They ara. being held, however, for bouse-Breaking at tiliaron, B. C. " No" further" word Baa been' received regarding. the negroes held at Gaines- vilie,. Georgia. Local officers and those bf surrounding counties have not abat ed one jot or tittle-of their effort to locate the llty partjes. It is belkv ed now that thej must b local negroes and thoroughly familiar with th loca tion and history of thepot when the erim s committed. ' ' ) STARTLING TESTIMONY IN BUNCOMBE HOMICIDE CASE . . . -1. a.t .. m . - , Son Testifies, That ., Father Threatened To Shoot Him If v ' He Followed N Ashetille, Not. ' 13. Declaring -that his father threatened to shoot him if he followed the - parent the - morning T. J. Harris, Ridgocrest merchant, shot and killed F. W. Monniah, wealthy AiaDamun last tsepteampr, faui Har ris, son of th defendant, who ia on trial for his life here, gar th most startling testimony of any witness yet called. . , .... ; ' He took tha aland this morning at 10:30 o clock and when -court Id teurned at 6 o'clock .wo being put throngs th most gruelling erossexam-iontion- by Mark W. Brow yet seea in Asheville court for several yean.: Young Harris wor that his father oa two occasion made - )h charge, one before him and ' hi lister and the aecond tim in their presence and wiu,tneir mother, that improper rela tion had existed between- Mrs. Harris and tb deceased. These charges were strongly 'denied by young- Harris and h said -that h believed:, bis father wa unbalanced at th tim.. ' Alienist front .Ashevill and other eitie kav been "called-by both 'sides to testify. Th defense claim that Harris has spells of temporary- insan ity while th Stat elaims. that he is a sane an a a add killesKMonhish b eatiM.k wa jealous. - The trial will proiiably continue through th greater part of next week, attorney for both side agreed todays Testimony, givea by J. J. Britt that Harria acted like crazy man 15 Tears ago was admitted bp tb court tin -morning. , j,; .. , .. . iiauiii uii wecepie - - ' 1 UeiSinsfon, i Inland, Nov. 13.- Go mel, on 'the river "Bosh, .100, si lies south east of Moliilev, has been occupied by tit - White-' troop ef general liulut Balakoviteh, aeeordins; to th news paper Sevonja todaj . 1 OFFER BIG REWARD FOR 10 NEGROES STORM BREAKS UP HARDING'S PLANS Fl FISHIfIG TRIP -' - ;vv : President-Elect and Party Ma rooned at Point Isabel By bold Weather STARTS WORKON.Hl, NEW ORLEANS SPEECH Harry H. Daugherty and. Sena tor Elkins, (Hose Advisers of Mr. Harding, Leave for Their Homes; Receives Ia-1 , vitation To Visit Panama During Canal fyne Trip Point'lsabel, Texas, Not. vl3. Cut off by sa j unseasonable storm . from recreation on land or sea, President elect Harding spent today ia Point Isabel reading and making prelimin ary preparations for the speech he will delirer next Thursday at New Or leans. The President-elect and hia pafty rirtually werejnarooned for the day, the cold noruer' wljich blew up yes i cerusy iij 1 1 noitiinir away on me nan- terday still holding sway on th fish- jr " r : , . dirt road into Brownsville practically impassable. He had hoped at least to go in for a golf game st th Brown, vlilo Country Club, but automobile drivers pronounced th trip impracti cable, May Go T Brownsville. Unless the weather moderate by tomorrow the Harding -part may. be moved to -a Brownsville hotel. Local weather sharps thought tonight, how ever; thai the storm would b brer in a few hours, ' and that wanner weather wouVl follow. Mr. Harding wanta to remain here and get on mora try at tarpon fishing off Point Isabel if possible. It, is about twenty mile to Brownsvill along a road that ia little more than . trail through cactus and meaauite, ad for fifteen miles of the way then are no houses- visible from th roadway. An old style noriiw gauga railrosi traia of twe can hauled by gasoline engine makes th trip each way one a day and to day it waa used ia ptcieraae to motor can by two or three membera of Mr, Harding' party, who took permanent leav of Point Isabel and started for noma. j PaaahertT Cos Home. , Harry .if. Daueherty, : cttts adviser r th President-elect, wss oae of those who departed, having be eUd to Columb'u. Ohio, by the death of a ls- ter-ia-law. Senator Elkin, of West Virginia, who haa beea Mr. Harding' companion on -.hi two fishing trip ben, also loft for bi horn. It is ex pected that Edward. B. McLean, th Washington publisher, will lean th party Thursday at New Orleans be fore th departure for" Panama; Mr, Harding has invited Will H. Hays, th Republican national chairma. to make th Panama voyaare as his guest', but no definite acceptance ha -been re ceived. , Unable to either fish or play golf, today, Senator Harding visited for the first time th office Set up ia th Point Isabel hotel by hi Secretary , George B. Christian, Jr. He also eajled oa number of other membera ef hia party in th unbeated room f tb hotel, which wa erected for summer accommodation and not to ahelter guests against a norther such as that which has swepT TM eoait Blr TaW "Ts day. He found most of . his fellow adventurcra clustered close about small stove that - bad been erected hastily id tha large room that serves as th hotel lobby. Receive Telegram. Daring hi call at Mr. Christian's room" the President-elect gave instruc tions for disposition offh most ar gent letters sd telegram that have com to him here. He decided that moat of th communication be filed away, however, until his vacation trip Is over; -i Oa of th messages that ha reach ed Mr. Harding here , is aa invitation1 to visit tne city and rxpuDiic or ran imi during hi week's etay ia th Canal Zon. Despite hit hesitancy ia k is pnsent position to, enter -taw ter ritory of any foreran nations, h is understood to. have replied that he wonld be glad to receive a delegation to formally present the Invitation and to have pumised thst h would make th vlsifif he found It possible. C00LIDGE NOT WORRIED - BY HOUSING SHORTAGE Boston, - Mass., Nov. 13. Despatches from Washington to the. effect -thst legislation- may be intrrducsd to pro vide for a horn fok, vie-president in view ef thehous shortage were -called to the ,ltottion- of Govt Coolidge, th Vic Prse idnt-elert to day. Th governor 'manner ioai- eated that he was not greatly Inter ested.- V- - , "Wbil th housing situstion may be cut then iuat. bow." b , re marked. l understand "a number of persona will - b leaving th ; city hoHty.- , ,1 s , - AUTOMOBILE TURNS OVER ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED DurhamivNoT. 13-Mr. C, H. Nor ton, of Danville, Vs - wa - probably fatally injured thisafternooa, wbea a machine owned. and driven by her tea, Watt Norton, of thi city, ' turned turtle cevea mile north ' of Durham en th Roxboro -road. Mrs. Norton, who ' formerly lived" in Durham i a prominent society woman 'if "Daeville. (?h is especially well known in Bup tirt church circle. Her son ia a lend- in- voun business man f thi city. Then wen thre other ia th car, but some of Un war earioualy in- 3s ON IN WASHINGTON Democrat Haven't Chance Under 1 Harding " Reslmfi. . Hubert Martin Says WlLtl IE SHUNTED BllT'' . BY TENS OF THOUSANDI " Former Senator Marion Butler May Have Seat Close; To Throne and Frank LWney To Have Hand In Dispensing North Carolina Pie While Morehead Will Have Look-in Th New and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. BT R. C POWELL (By Special Laed Win) v Washington, Not. 13 A yerltable Coxey'a army of patronage Becker " moring toward Wasliingtoa frcsa all quarters' of he. United States aot only indicates kow hungry Republicans ana for office but, ia th opinion of Hu bert Martin, a eagaeiott leentary ia th Tar Heel delegation forecast th tuning out of major and minor poai-' ; . . rv- changes tnrough several admuustrat admlaistrntioa Ha came to Wsshingtoh msay, yean . ago and has been with Bimmons, Kit chin and Pon in confidential capaci ties. For some time past he ha been chief ia th offie of Senator Ovrmaa. Tennessee Republic an prepared to claim everything from Secretary of Stat ia th Harding cabinet down to ths humblest janitor' place en Capitol hilL From th Volunteer Btat com report of pit-hunters organising in all rarte of the commonwealth for th in vasion of Washington. N Ckaac far Dewteerats "The Democrat will all go," Martin .. said today, it b looked up from a foot high pile of letters tc Tar Heel who wen askin for govaramcnt posi tions. "There isn't any mon chases of a Democrat' holding offie under Harding and his crowd tliaa then it of riding a celluloid bicycle ia th oth er country. And ia thoao place when th law ayt om of tb member ef commission and board must b from' th minority party, rack .men a Gre, of Oklahoma, who opposed th Presi dent ia th administrations program, will k appointed." i ' It la th opinion of member f th Congressional delcgntion front North Carolina, that tha JUnaiUieaa arill b- gin to apply th str just a oo a they agree apoa chief dlspeaaw i th Star. Thn I nssjok feeling ken that . former Senator Marion Butler ia going to be iafiuatial arouad ta thron aad . ' then i also nntiment that Frank Lia- ' aey will rank nprtns ia th durpeaaa- " tien of office. .' V - John Morehead, National ekairmaa, of course, comes ia closer touch witk National Chairma Will Hay aad Hay i going to ay the last word ia th . distribution of th big place. Th ob jection of th Republican in th State to Morehead is first., they sky b ha never beea a Republican except oa th "Tariff" aad second, that his influsnee kept the Republican party of th Stat from making any progress at all. If ' k is overthrown, they reason thst th party will b abla te appeal te th la dependent vote. Collector Bailey May Realf. Among other rum ore that are this early after election afloat about th Capitol is on that Collector Joaiak William Bailey ia going to retiro January I." Thi ia purely ramor and prompted, ao doubt, try th aaounee meat that he ka formed a co-partnership with hi father-in-law Jam H. Pou, aad will devote kia attention aft es, the first of th year to tha law busi- aes. Hs has repeatedly declared him self out of politic with the beginning of th new partnership aad it is prob abl that th tint ef January will see th. internal nrenue departmeat ia th Stat without collector. , No Democrat could be appelated witk any chance of being1 confirmed by the Benatf. That much ia generally a freed 1. by everybody. , It would be possible, however, for Mr. Bailey, with th ap proval of th internal rsvenu com missioner here, to name on of hia depu ties to servo out th anexpired term, ' Otken Forced To G. , The Republican will ban precedent in r the rase of former Collc4rKeitk ' of Wilmington .for ousting - Unrted Ptatee Attorney ... Aydlett of EGiabeth City. after th fourth of nest March. Th same would apply to United State Marahal George H. Bellamy f Wilming ton, who ha several yean ahead of. him by virtue of hi appointment. Equally applicable is this nil to tb collector of custom ia Wilmington and to th assistant United State at torney who kav bee enSrmd dar ing ths Wilson administration. Stonewall Jackson Durham, eistnct attorney for the Western district, la serving under reecs oppeiataaeataad -will kutomitieally go oat of offlc whrn -th Republics Preeidept take Ao.- Then ia ao kop foe kirn to b cob- firmed by the Congree meeting ia De eember for thmjority ia that body is Republic. -- - - ---r Witk th sxception r ssslstaat to - cabinet ofllcen aad chief clerk ia de- partmeutal bureaus, th traasformatioa in -WasJiingtojs will b a sweeping one. Many of th former an Be publics as, , served through, the vVilsoa administra tion, aad an rcspoasibl for snaay Re : .abliean ia w.Uor positiens now. Evea over at th Crasn Department, wiser a North Carolinian. Samuel L. Borers, presides Jhen will be a process f "dewiitiea" f DeasecnU to mahs way - for Bepoblieaaa. f- , - ; . Dematihg Will la Vrr. . According to Marti a. wh eight yara ' ago brought Mr. Bogei to stretch th ; eivil ervic rule so that Dcmosrate i misht have th better place la kit de partment th division of counting is du. fo m shaking- up. About th fifth " of March, according to kia views, th w 11 ass 1 ' .V J" (Ctlaaw O rf !".) : . r (Continard Oa Pag Twe.) - -N- '
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