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; WAtClttALLL mm't 9' Ba4 mml itv sags Man tplrmttoa awl arM tadaw a stasia eT. V jews airier erver North Cinllui Fair Wril aayr colder la Mat perl lea; Taamday U. ; ; t ( X i - VOL CX1I, NQf. '140. v SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. v RALEIGH R C WEDNESDAY: MORNING. NOVEMBER 17. 1920. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. ; PRICE: FIVE CENTS SECRETARY OF WAR- CALL HOOVER INTO MEETING OF HEADS BAPTISTS TO HAVE WASHINGTON WITH BUTLER BOOM HITS v BOYCHESS MARVELi BEATS NINETEEN OPPONENTS ' : : 1 -r : " ' ' ISSes NO CONTROVERSY OVER UNIFICATION AR IL F HOBBS OF LABOR COUNCIL Sampson County Farmer Brings Full Size Boom For .The Former Senator BOMBARDMENT OPENS TO GET BUTLER IN CABINET Formidable Lilt of Xndorse- ' 7 ments From Democrats Se. cured Bat Name of Simmons Not Among Them; Want South Represented' Withv Job As Secretary of Apiculture , The Sm aad Observer Bureau, . ' 60S District National Bank Banding. By B. B. POWELL. "" (By Special Leased Wirejj; Washington, Nov. 18. Farmer Sam N-Hobbo of Cliatoa. mot o loag alaee ... eoa tender (or the State Democratic , nomination a commissioner of sgri .culture, arrived here today and, forth with launched a gayly colored bourn . for hi towasmaa, former Seaator Vla- j -E-- nH.1 .r TTV I . A , another Baaipeoaite would like to fee V" Mr. Hardin select air. Butler as Our "'dirt farmer eabinet member." . He brings a line record for Us aeigh-I bor from high Democrats -aad the ea- Clark, Justice wTfcTfofeTiSery Bryan Grimes, Dr. J. T. Joyncr,- Com bubs i oner ox Agncuirnrv n. a. unwa, Congressmaa Claude Kitehia sad other . . : . W 1 . L. 1! but the aame of Simmons, like that Df A boa Bea Adhem, is not asaoagtt them. Farmer Hobba came into towa the same mail that brought the editorial . endorsement or u. 4. reiersoa, .,puo- "linher of the Sampsoa Democrat, sad jahile the State papers hare printed Hhe report no one ia Washingtoa looked ' at the matter eertously uatil Mr. Hobbs came declaring lust u aroma warm ins . patriots of Carolina to see their aatiTS toa forego .foreign, entangiements through diplomatic hoaors aad remain ia the country to help his,owa section ia lis rural proiuema. -, Waato Swath Eewieeeated. ' " '"The South. Baquestioaabh'. should . be represented ia President Harding's eabinet aad the secretary! hi D of asm caltare is br all adds of the moat vital 1 eoneern to Southerners, air. Hobba de - tla'red at he peaed hie attack a the v North Carolina eorraapeadeata , this morning. fi ether place la the eso- iuet will men avaawclt4B"i In dn at nr. sarienltare." he said. TTbo fight for Secretary of Agrfcul- ' lure grows each day,"' Farmer Hobbs : continued, "aad a Bepublieaa for that noaitioa is iaevftabls. Every man who . has held this importuU eatinet post : tioa before has beea from the West, ex eept Houston, and he doe not repre '. seat the South, aelther does he' repre ! seat agriculture. 80 the time is here when 'the great agriealtaral Booth de ' , tres. te have this place filled by a - true aad able representative and at the jSaatn time oae who ts a road enouRtt I to Tepreaent the agriealtaral interest ef the entire eoaatry." - X ' .' Mr. Hobbs recalled Saahtee Harding's pre-electioa pro noun; emeut oa the aub- jcet of a dirt farmer for hifeablnet, '" f a lead that Goveraor Vox started, it ; Is fortunatj, ha eeateads, that the 800th l is able te offer. Seaator Bitler tothe ' natioa ' rather thaa te Spaia, Mexico, Switserlaad, Bosnia at the Jugo-81avs. No man ia either political party i the Booth is a. Better ergaaixar, Mr. Hobbs believes, aad the bittereit Democrat - aaaat mark him perfect oa nolitieal skill. Hehba Cm ZatkaUatkc rRrmiiflit in oa a farm, educated at the TJaiveraty- m ttorth Carolina, a ' teacher ia the rural ertoola of a is com' munity, editor et hia county- paper, ' early a member of the Farmers A1U- anee, immediately eouaty ' Wfident, next thooch a mere youth president ' of the Htate lliaace, aad a year later elevated the presidency of the tioaal Alliance,- is a part of the pls- tnreAtr. Hobba drawn. . "Ia this but poaitioa, the Sampsoa ; farmer eoatiaued, "Senator Butler be came a national figure aad exerted aa ' Immense iaaaeaee politically, soaking 7 strong friends of agricnltarists of all parts of the country, maaj of whom - will loyally bark him In? his eampe.igB for the appointment ia question. ; "As United Stays Senator he man! 1 festsd marketl abUity ia forming poli " tieal allUncea that hold aatU today - aad Boas living oa his large plaata- tioa, he manifests the most vital eon , eera as te the welfare of the tiller of '; the soil. He is a friead of 'his most - humble ' aeighborat apiTieaable ia ,1&S. most marked degree, participant in the orgs aixa tioa of the Bonthera ' eottoa asaoeiatioa at Kew Orleans and " of the North Caroliaa breach. He is presideat'af am eoaaty ergaalaatioa and was a vital factor ia the wreetioa s of the Sampsoa eoaaty eottoa ware house, the first, by the way, completed under the Uorth Carolina warehouse - law which, he himself help to frame aad which, as attorney appointed by ; Governor- Biekett, se defeaded before the Supreme Court . x k. Batler Cat Om Band Waejoaj. . Beaator Batler- was one of the Itfst . to rally te Harding at CUeago, He Ts firm friend of the Federal Beserve system aad: eoaviaced of its beaefi- - cent possibilities for agriculture. He is ' avproteetioaist. who believes that the raw product should aot be diseriml- ' sated agaiast aad his friends feelat he ia aot only the one man for the ' place ia a Bepablicaa. regime hat, with ' the demand from the South for the appOlQUBOB . entry qualified irreepnetive of party." Chief Justice Clark beads the list of endorsers of Seaator Butler as pre a anted hero by Mr. ' Hobbs, who signs the petit ioa as ft farmer Chairman of the legislative committee of the Ka - ttnnal .Farmers Taioa, and ia order fallow Associate Justice V. A,. Hoke, (C tinned Ca Tre Two.). Invites Every Citizen To Sub- , mit Evidence of Misconduct For, Investigation v DENIES CHARGES MADE REGARDING SUPPLIES Baker Says War Department Brought Supplies In Antici- 3 pation of 1919. Campaign; -' Bapid Demobilization 'Also a Factor; Says Policies Helped Encourage Industry . Was&Bgton, Vvr. 16. A lankeAa vitatloa te every eitisea having ksowl edge of "any irregularity or misconduct on the part of any agent, employe or officer of the War Department'' to sub mit sack evidence for iavestigation, was issued today by Sewetary Baker -ia reply to recent eriticiams of the, sur plus property division, appearing ia a Kaw Tark aewsrjBDer.' The Secretary f statement pledged thorough inquiry iai every accusation brought to the atten tlefc of the department. r . Hi Declaring that the particular articles referred ehanret First, that ths War Department bought too many supplies, aad seeoftd. that irregularities, favorit- Wi MntfauvlW, fc.na baajiizad V ment emphatically denied both allega tions. Supplies were bought, H said, on the basis of an expected duration of the - .1 , j Had -Vtr campaign of 1010 beea neeeaasry," it said, "the Amerlcaa army would have beea greater in numbers than the combined French and British armies in France. -1 ' Demobilisation Csase. The rapid demdbilisatioa of the army, the statement continued, left vast aeeumnlatioa of material, which if dumped en the market would bsve re sulted in --wide-spread unemployment with demobilized soldiers and war workers jobless had "the economic con ditions of the country prostrated." . The policies which were pursued en eodraged the resumptioa of industry aad America is the only country active ly engaged ia Jhe war which his up o this time attained full employment con ditlona," it added. " . . '.-., Tara Back Appropriation i Total' annronriations for the War De partment from April 6, 1917, te June 30, J520.:, wenapproximaifiy aAV 000100 of which gl,100)00H)0 was ex pended and $700,00000 turned back werftapproximatciy JgKMV to the treasury, the statement said. JH- ducting balances oa hand and amounts realised in: sales prior to June SO, it continued, the .net cash fcatlay to June 30 was $15,770100,000, which credit and cask sales not yet turned ia would re duce to about $13,500,000,000. , ' . 'Ia other words," ths statement said, "Coigress provided- with aa unstinting hand aad the War Department, took every step ia Its power to prevent a shortage or any accessary war material aad built its plan to meet v the great army in the process of formation, There was no shortage. In spite of all this, however, out of a total of about tSSflOOfimjOOO pproprUted, about $137t6rwnst)orr disjriet, western North OOOfiOOfiOQ will be the net cost of the Carolina Conference, delivered the war through the War Department and this figaro -' includes , great , valuable properties aad facilities acquired by the department and permanently retained for the use of the military, establish ment.' . ' c . Charrea TJnsapported. Specifie charges of irregularity and f avexitUnvamrds by Major W, O. Watts, former executive officer of the surplus property division, hare .been carefully investigated by the inspector general s department and found to bo unsupport ed, 'the statement declared. More eeat charges appearing ia the published articles also will be investigated; it added. MAY' CONTEST FIFTEEN? Y SEATS IN NEW HOUSE 7 v ' . Five Notices of Contests Al ready filed; Democrats To 77 -f HaT 182 SeatsW Washington, P. C- Nov, Id. Notice ef five oontests for seats in the next House of BepreeentsUves already have been filed with.. William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, and MrJ Page said today, he expected thst at least fif teen seats would be contested. , "The eoa tests already ' filed involve the seats of five Democrats i KepTe- sentativee - Joha W. Baiaey, ef . the Fourth , Illinois district, and Sabath ef the fifth Illinois district;. Staaley H. Kuan, ef the eighth Illinois district, Joha J. Kindred, of the eeeond New York district, and F. B. Swank, Of the fifth Oklahoma district. I ; A revised list of members of the aew House of L Bepresentatives prepared by the clerk -of the House and based on uaoffieisl reports of ths elections shows 302 Bepublieans, 133 Democrats and one 8oclaIist. First reports to the clerk a week ago indicated that the. next House would be composed ef 807 Bepublieans. S7 Democrats and one Socialist. ; V. V T, PRESIDENT HONORARY LIFE MEMBER OF CLUB New York. Nov. ISv President Wil son has accepted honorary, life member ship in the National Democratic Cluh. His letter accepting the membership recently tendered by the- board' ef gov ernors was made public todsy by ths elub president, John M. Biehlel It fol lows! 1 .. - -., - V ,7-; "It is with a sense of very deep and genuine appreelatioa that I accept ths honor the National Dentoeratle Club has conferred upon me by electing me aa honorary life member. I am pround to have this evidence of the elybi eon Itdence end eiteem." ' I Samuel BzeosewsliV 8-year-old ehjsM wizard from Poland, who smilingly withstood the oaamnghta of twenty of the best players of -the military academy at West Point. Ths photograph shows the youthful wonder moving against Col. 0, A. Sieberger, West Point champion, the only man of the twenty to obtain a draw, t METHODIST HOSTS E Historical Society Holds An nual Meeting On Eve of Con- - ference Opening v r: Bj( T. A. SIKEs" Bocky Mount, Nov. 18. Ths stage Is . all aet tonight preparatory - to the faranea ' of the Methodist, Eiise8ba Church, South'which convenes in the PiaaV Methodist church hers at 0:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. All' dayjo day ministerst and delegates have been pouring into the city, from every, point of the compass , and Bev. J. F. E. Bates, the castor host of ths confer ence, and his fine array . of assistants have been busy meeting their guests, placing them in the long dine of wait ing, panting automobiles aad whisking them off to their homes for the week. It seems that everything that human minds eonld think of has been done for the comfort and convenience of the Methodist peoplet who. are gathering here for the most . important church t meeting ia this section - of the-. 8tate for the year. The city ia ia the hands of the Methodists. Every denomination rsDresented here has joined the fol lowers of Wesley to give s the visitors ths best entertainment they, have had sines they met here, fotrteen years aso. Every church iii parsons ee home hsvo beea throws wide open aad the I word welcome Is eilMo-oa the -face ef everybody ia the ttisee. Bishop TJ. V. W. Darlington, who is to preside ever the conference for the third consecutive time, arrived today, as aid also the ninf presiding eiders who constitute the "bishop's advisory board. The first meeting of these was held ia the bishop's room this ater aooa at I o'clock, whea the situstion in the conference was canvassed, and the preliminary work of making the appointments waa discussed, ajid a list of committees prepared to present to the conference -at its opening session. Ia the First church tonight the North Carolina Conference. Historical society held its 27th , annual meeting. Bev. A. W Plyler, Presiding Elder ef the address, which ia eonooded one of the finest and best delivered - the society has overbad delivered to it. "John Tillett, The IronrDuke of1Se Methodist Itinerancy, was the subject of the ad' dress. ' v ' Officers for the society for tile sn- suing year were elected as follows t President, Bev W. A. 8tanbury, 1st vice President Bev. K. C' Craven : third vice president, Bev. W. A. Cade; Sec retary Bev. w. ll. iSrown ; treasurer, Bev. T. A. Bikes; historian, Ber. Lv 8. Massey. t , - . Evangelistic service will be a lead ing feature of this conference. Bev. H. C. Morrison, one ' of the general evangelists of the Southern Church, ia Vrseent and will oonduet the open ing devotional services each morning and also preach ia the First church each afternoon at 4 o'clock. This gives promise of being one of the most. In teresting features of this session. -. i Business sessions will he held from 9 until 1 each day. whea the open work of Aho eenferenee will be transacted. The different boards and .committees will hold sessions each afternoon, for- malatiiur plans and resolutions to be presented to ths conference for its approval, or re jeetioa.; The bishop4 and his eabinet will also meet each after noon. ' - " - - ' ' Bishop Eugene - Hendrix, ef Kansas City, Mo, whods the wnlor bishop ef the ehurah, is as honored "visitor to the conference and he-will make one of the leading speeches on Thursday, which is to' bo educations! day. ' It sow seems that . there wijl be a lively contest over the place for the meeting of the 1921 oessiou of eon fsrenee. It Is understood thst the oity of New Bern wil make a strong pull for it. and that. Elizabeth Citytt eoming to .conference in fuu force te lay, before the body reasons why the next aessioa should bo held la the sity.Oai the banks of the . Pasquotank. COLD WEATHER FOR ' TqDAY AND TOMORROW Washington, Nov. i 18. The . Southern storm, which adraaeed 'aorth eastward today greatly .Increased in . intensity and 'tonight wis .entered over, North Carolina, according to -reports to the weather bureau. ' Stoma wsraings are displayed oa the entire Atlantic 'eeeat The disturbance has been, attended by rains ' throushout the Atlantis and East Gulf states, snow ' aad raia ( ia eiftera Tennessee and gales vm the Atlanttfcosst." f - Considerably Jower temperatures are indicated Wednesdsv for the South At- Untie coast and. temperatnres tilHl continue considerably below normal Wednesday knd Thursday'' gpnkrally OPEN CONFERENC V east of ths Mississippi river, - . OPEN BREAK VITH STATE DEPARTMENT --( , essmnana-awaamaii-jiiai-aa Western Union Telegraph Com pany Makes Statement Re parding Controversy FORMAL REPLY MAY BE GIVEN OUT TODAY Only Prepared Cable Mes sages; ' Officials .of Depart, ment Begard Move As BetaL iation For Befusal To Allow Landing of Cable Washington, Nov, 18-Charges made in New York today by Neweomb Carl ton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, that the State De partment hsd aeted arbitrarily ia deal-J ing with bills for esble service ren dered it, served to throw the triangu- flar controversy between the eompany and the department into the open for .the 'first time. It did not, however, evoke any formal reply from govern ment officials, although there were in dications that the department was pre pared tar issue, . tomorrow, a. forma) statement of its attitude. -- Ilr. Carlton's statement waa the first to be made try either party. It ex plained tjie refusal of hit eompany to handle any .but prepaid toesssgea for the State' Department aa notice that the State Department shall aot "arbitrarily decide what it shall pay and whea1 it shall psy for the use-of the company's facilities.". . - . - Suggest Betallatioa. 1 -This order was issued November 10, it 'was said at the department and os tensibly waa applicants to all depart ments, but it ia understood to have beea enforced only against the State De partment.. Officials of that department regard it aa retaliation for refusal to grant the eompany permission to land a cable at Miami, Fla. . Under secretary Davis and iit Solici tor of the Department conferred today and are understood to have considered legal processes to which the department might have recourse agaiast the eom pany. . The controversy dates back to Aug ust 1919 Whea the department stopped payment to the Western Union for all cable messages. Otfieials explained that payment had been withheld because the eompany was withholding the gov ernment rebate of 60 per cent oa cable messages transmitted from abroad. -' Matter of Ke bates. Ia correspondence with the State De partment, the Western Union Company, according to officials, has never ac cepted the right of the government to a rebate, but has claimed that it was granted -voluntarily Before resuming paymsat on messages, the department desires to have the right of rebate fixed as a principle governing all future busi ness with the eompany. . Annoaacement today by the Western union in New York of. arrangements with the German Telegraph Admiaistra. tioa for the handling of cable traffic between Germany and the United States was explained tonight by 'officials as In. conformity, with pinna of the State Depactmeat for the re -establishment of soeheommuBieatioa. Whether the pres ent dispute witt too .Western Lnios would interfere with previous negotia tions fof the exchange with Us British of coaiBfny.trans-Atlantio cable for the Genoa eabio bow held by Great Britain officials declined to say. it waa stated that for the present, negotia tions with the eompany on this project waa at ft standstill, r , ' . C O. P. Headaaartera Close. New York, Nov.' 16V The Be publican national .committee will abandon its headquarters hsrs Decern berL Will H. Hays, ehairman. anaouneed today. The only office of tho committee oxter that date wilK bs . ia Washingtoa. Clarence B. - Miller, secretary ef ' the committee, : will be ia charge of the Washingtoa offlee. 1 pice up ariAHSHrp .fSy . a AD BIPT OFF K. C COAST , J ' - , , . -..-J, ' Bassrerti Nov. 18 The atesmaalp Makaada. which has beea adrift off Cape toofcout tscsuao of a WasV dewa of' ber hollers. Baa been pick, od la, aceordlag to advices received here tonight. v: , . 4 . -.. . Search for the vassil had beea la pregross since Saaday . aad oaost gusrd seaplanes were rdered yes tardsy to cruise la the, vicinity of Csps Lookaat., A 4e-aalla awutkweat gale wsa blowing aleagthe asset late today aad every effort i was made to locate the Teasel bscsass or the sppraaeh of tho sterna,' whicaHs moving aa the eseet frsm Florida. The weather tonight still was vwsy heavy. ' . .', i,; '.. HIDES THEFTS IN - r Henderson P. 0. Clerk Ingeni ously Stows Away $18,000 From Registered 'Mail Having riddea gaily around Vaaee county with the inner tab of the ex tra tiro on-the back of hia automobile stuffed to bulgiag with bills aad lib- which "he hadT rifled from letters aad packages, Lorea Tern on Graves, a clerk ia the postoffice at Hen derson, was yesterday arrested by a I quad of postoffieo inspectors, aad after heariag here, ia bow ia the Wake county Jail ia default of payment of a $10,000 bond. GraVee is 'ft native of Williamsburg, Kansas, having hcea transferred to Headeraoa oa May 1, from Omaha. Nebraska, where he held a position of clerk ia the postoffice there. His arrest was the result of thefts aaade on reg istered mail ia the Headersea toffiee, one arousing the auspicioa Of officials oa August 4, aad another oa November 3, together amounting to something like $21,000, of which $1809 was re- sovereel Ingeniously hidden ia the ia. aer tube. - Wtftaeh succeeding Saul from the mails the- extra tire eu the back oT Graven 'machine rose ia value, in cent looking thaaga it losaaiaed, until. stxor sua eonfeamea apoa eroos-uoe-tioaiag. it waa ripped epem by Inspector Pnrdum. aad bills ia p refusion, together with liberty bends and a few deeds tumbled out, to tailing the above amount. Accord ing to Inspector Pnrdum, it was like cutting epea a big bologna sausage aad discovering awrpnsiag contents. Graves is a married man with ft wife and small baby, v v The ease waa headle4lsy Inspectors rurauza, Mod gin,.. Uioe, Dixon . , aad Kaha. Inspector Furduaa . waa - ia charge. They had. worked oa ths "ease sines November J, but" it waa only uhsa the prisoner, whose salary was 15o monthly, bought aa automobile aad otherwise demonstrated that he was living beyond his iaeome. did the suspicion of tho apapeetora turn toward O raves. Mora thaa two thousand dol lars, missed from tho mails ia the Henderson office, are yet auaeeouated or. , SIXTEEN MEN TRAPPED IN BLAZING COAL MINE Little Hope Held Out For Their Recovery; 'Conflagration x Kages Furiously . i . Earlingtoa, Ky, Nov. 16. Fir. near the opening of the Arnold, hline, one half mils east of here, has entrapped sixteen men aad with tho eonflagratioa growing ia extent, little hope is hsld out for rescuing them. Tho fire, discovered late this after- nooa. was started from defective elec tric wiring isT ft room near the opening and quickly spread. Tho mine is a drift sun ma bo saanav mating rescue possible only through tho oae opeaiag. The fire eaa bo heard biasing under the ground aad smoke la pouring forth ia large volumes. The mea entrapped, three white men aad thirteen negroes, are three miles back' from thot entrance aad it ia fear ed that they will suffocate trout the smoke. Any attempt Ot rescue thus far, has beea without resalt aad an . effort is now being made to reverse the air through the air shaft, thus keeping the smoke xroas tho miners. . Tho mine ia owned by the St, Bernard Coal Company of Ersnsville. lad." A eall -waasseat .to EvaaavUle for the mine-rescue ear there, bat tho ear is st winaiow, lacu, too far from the. Sre to be tsxea there in time for use. BANKERS OF GEORGIA ' - BEHIND PROPOSITION Suoacribe Oyer million Dollars -For. Federal International ... - BanViTig Company , Maeoa, Giu, Nov. IS. Georgia Bank ers, la extraordinary oosnoa aero to day, saUeribed a total of tlSSHO te the stock of tho Federal International Banking Company. Georgia's euota in tho woposed capital of S.OOOJOOO Is $2,000,000 and. is was predicted by lead- ing . bankers . that Georgia will . over- subscribe the cjuota.- -.-- j ... Una hundred and aixty-five banks were represeated out of, ft total of SIS, aad 73 counties were represented out of a total of 155. Resolutions adooted '' endorsed the FoJeral International Banking Com paay, 'which 'ia'desigaed to provide a artci xor muinrra corron. The fimt payments of tS per cent t the suboeript&na will be asado oa December 13. - "i " EXTRL INNER TUBE Former Food Administrator's Advice Sought In Framing of New Policy DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND " INDUSTRIAL SITUATION ' i " Hoover Disagrees With Opinion That Present Conditions Confronting Labor Were Caused By Employers ; Be. lieves Depression In Busi ness Is of Temporary Nature Washington, D. C, Nov. 18. (By hs Associated Press.) Herbert Hoover, former Federal Food Administrator, waa,. called!. Into" conference today by ths executive council of tho American FederatW ef labor as . it continued a face to face discussion ef economic end Industrial conditions, preiumsbly for the purpose ef framing policy to bo followed by the Federation in legislation, which it will urge oa Con gress. Mr. Hoover wsa invited te the meet ing, . it was explained, because, of his wide knowledge of economic and in dustrial conditions in America. It waa indicated also that the council desired and had obtained from htm . .M..Mmk. -tst, t a. i.BJI affeetinc labor. ' Members who were in the council meeting behind closed, jWrs were dis inclined to talk of the discussions. There was evidence, however, that Mr. Hoover's views did aot place all blame for conditions now confronting labor on employees. ' 1 Gather Mack Data. ' ' Much data has bean gstbered by the Federation with respect to economis eajpditiona throughout the country. It is known also that during today's con ference some members of the council, while holding employers largely re sponsible for present conditions, ad mitted that Jndtvidtial and even iron pa ef workers had not "played fair." in some instances. Mr. Hoover waa understood te have told the sou fsrenee that labor must do Its shire ia the elimination of industrial faults aad ilia which make for unemploy ment. , Council members said they had beea deeply Interested in Mr. Hoover's dis suasion of existing conditions, because of its bearing ea the federations search for methods which will avoid intermittent operation of industry and eonaeaneat unemployment. It 1 un derstood Mr. Hoover was told that labor leaders regarded the action of some employers in dosing plants or operation on part time aa "little short of social crime. .' afeever Disagrees. With this view, however, the former Food Administrator wsa said not to have agreed, explaining to the council that he believed other conditions sf feeted nlant operation more than the labor leaders realized. He pointed to credit conditions, the slackening of foreign as well as domestic demsnd and certain other related causes, it was un derstood. As to tho future outlook Mr. Hoover made ao forecast. He did car. however, that ho believed the exist lug economic depression was one of a temporary nature and that' u con stituted psrt of tho period of transi tion from wart to peace conditions. .Among labor leaders there wss a ing gestioa that the changing conditions of which Mr. Hoover spoke would necgisi rate changed policies oa the part of or- gaaixed workers and particularly of Its federation. They Indicated that they were attempting to arrive at new eoa- elusions and re-shape their policy through the study of economic and in dustrial conditions confronting them as well as the employers- Assembling Iarormatloa. It devtloped today that a number of Important conferences . between labor officials and engineers and' economists wore held ia various parte of the coun try during the fall. The federation has beea assembUag informs tioa thus' ob tained for its study now in progress. President Gompers is understood to have said-to his associates that greater consideration and a better understand- lag most bo accorded the "human cle meat ia production" if output is to' be increased sad waste eliminated. His views also were understood to have in dicated strongly the belief that better eO-operatioa must bo attained between organised labor end engineers, holding that the engineers know that organlsa tioa and cooperation ia necessary in or der to utilise power human or ma terial. r .. , . , . . - . The council probably will continue tta disc anions for several days- mors., si- thought it wss aot believed any other persons would be asked to meet with it. , Beeoaatruettoa Policy. - Organised labors program-' for the eoming year is being tramed at the meetings of the " executive , council. Officials, of ths ' federation attending the sessions, all or which are ex ecu? tive, . outline labors - reconstruction policy as followst -,-.- r, He pell ef timing laws and opposi tion ta oraTMSed laws reanlrtna mm. pulsbry erbitratloa of thdustrial dis putes. .-' .,-.-.'' ' ' T'v.-- Oppositloa to Iawa" restricting the right ef workers to quit work. v . " Enactment of legislation placing drastie restrictions upon immigrstion from all parts of the world with the :Os1 rigid .control of thst front Cen tral and Southeastern Europu. An intensive campaign of Amerieani- iation1 to counteract the influence of political-theories .not in . harmony with aVhe principles underlying the government f the tXnlted States.' : . HalaUIn Standards. , . ' Frank Morriion, swrtsry of the federation, "declared thst . organized '. (CeaUsaed Oa Pago Tw4 ' 1 -Compromise Report Submitted To - Convention Adopted Without Any Debate RE-ELECT ALL OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR Two General Boards Will Con tinue Work In State As In dependent Bodies But Will Sit Together When Neces 'saryjT, $1,250,000 Contrib uted To Church x By T. W. CHAMBLISS Atheville, Nov 18. Realizing that the first year following the Baptist! seventy-five million campaign resulted in ths contribution of almost one and' half million dollars for Baptist de nominational missionary aad educa tional and social service work, ia ad. ditlon to all of ths money-contributed for local church expenses, ths men and women gathered here in the ninetieth - nnn.l ....In. n, .1. t. Ot.(. Convention were in no mood today for any acute Controversy. There is ft quiet but happy spirit pervading tho conven tion. . ' During the afternoon the long looked for report of a commission of fifteen ,nmr-u ibv jvmc iv cotwmw (Of wi ..l.t.J i . : 3 al J convention. It was not the report which had been' agreed upon-' some weeks ago and the publication of which had awakened much opposition, but a com promise report prepared and submitted unanimously. The eoaventlon adopted it with but little debate; in fact, instead -of dis cussion, there were a few questions and ' the matter was., settled. At one time it appeared that there would be some possibility of debsts, one of the short sighted messengers called for the pre-, vlous question, aa unusual act ia ' o Baptist convention, and the body im mediately voted down the' proposal. There was not to bo any cutting off debate. f Continue Two General Boards. V The report provides that tho two gea eral boards, the board of missions and the board ef education, continue their work as independent bodies, bat that ia all matters not pertaining to their particular objeett : alone these two boards shall sit Jointly. Tho convention has set Wedoesday morning aa the time for "the election of a successor to Corresponding Secretary waiter , Johnson. New pastors were recognised and In. ' trodueed to the convention, Editor Iiv ingston Johnson, of Raleigh, doing the" hoaors for the convention! Those new past pastors wers: B, L. Lemmona, Salisbury i Joel 8. Brown, Bhilohj Amos Cleary, Washington ; Barry A. Day, Beaufort: B. K. Mason, Greensboro R. A. Tlnhcrt,. hTebana: W. Ci Hart. Hickory, and J. H. Freeman, Cooleo- me'v i . ':; - Yiiitors to ths convention include Dr. J. F. iiove, foreign missions board; Dr. Victor Masters, heme mission board ; Dr. A. T. Bobertson, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville; Dr. E. O. Sellers, Baptist Bible Inntitute, New Orleans; Dr. Sykcs, Coker College, S.C.s Dr. Hlght C. Moore, Sunday school board, Nashville; Bev. T. C Britt, China f Dr, 0. 3. Thompson, South Carotins. v t Preseats Remarkable Beport. The Women's Missionary Union made a remarkable report, written and sent by Mrs. W. N. Jones, of Raleigh, who was .unable, because of siekaess, tobe present. The union contributed for missionary work in the year 1890, 81,021: In 1900, 80.718; ia 1910. 822,003. and ia 1920, 174,329.98. The womea were apportioned 81,100,000 as their part ia ths Baptist seventy-five million campaign snd actually pledged S3,- 187331.' During the year 433 new so cieties were organised and. at this time Hie union reports 8,030 societies ia the State. The Bids-eeresf assemblr committee resorted that all indebtedness had been' paid and the assembly season7 of 1920 wss tho greatest success since the 'in ception of the Bidgeerest idea. I Kcv. Dr. Joha Jeter Hurt, ex ui M II . 4t tl. , UIHIVH . . u-i iu, J delivered the annual sermon before the eoaveation this morning and the older k-BsiJU k i- xmiM members of the eonventlon'ngreed that . it was one of the greatest sermons ever heard on the convention floor. Rs-W AU Officers. The night session of the convention. wss given over to the consideration -of . borne and foreign missions, Dr. J. F. Love, of Bichmond, speaking for the foreign mission work of the denoml rstlon , and Dr. Victor Masters ef At lanta representing' tho home mission ' board bf ths Southern Baptist Con vention. .. j , . v " : t 5 The eonrentlon re-elected tho fol lowing officers! . - r ( .. t ,. ". H W. Hmllman. Kinitoii. nreaiiMnt! Walter M. Gilmore, Sanford, secretary ; . Walters -Dnrham, Baleigh, treasurer; H. Briggs, Raleigh, auditor! W. 1. - t ii . . ..tiiH t a Q-.J-. f U1C1I, JUH,1!IKI 0 Kit WDJ UOf , J - eiievuie, ana, . jj. suaaieioa, xvaieign, viee-paesidents. ; . Over Hillloa DolUra Given. . Keen interest was felt this morning . whea Corresponding Secretary Welter N. Johnson read the annual report of the board ef missions. It was the re- port of the first year' of receipts fol- - lowing; ths Baptists 870,000,000 cam- psign of last year and the mea and women who are attending tho conven tion from 80 of the 68 associations of . ths State wanted to know the actual visible results of that campaign. The report shows that Treasurer Walters uutwsui, received , zor au oenomina honal work during the yesr 1,153,- . TS1.73 as against 892,40830 last year. remarkablo result of the campaign is also to be taken into consideration , that during, five months of but yesr the esmpaiea was in progress and eon- . (Continued Oft Psge Two.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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