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Waj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach
Gives Detailed Recommends
; tions In His Report
OVER HALF OF AMOUNT
FOR CAPE FEAR WORK
.Large Sam Alio Asked- Tor
' Maintenance of Norfolk To
Beaufort Waterway; Plana
For Furthering Cape Fear
System ; ' Other Projects For
' State Included In Report
The Nws and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.,
By R. E. POWELL.
(By Special Leafed Wire.) .
Washington, D. C, Nov. 26. lajor
General Lansing H. Beach,,, enief of
engineers of the army, ia asking the
- next Conines to appropriate a total
of 41,073,810 for the maintenance and
improvement of waterways and har
bor ia North Carolina.
The aanual report of the chief offi
cer was made public this afternoon and
ia it are detailed recommendations for
ayes
while' i
at and below Wilmington, while ap
proximately, one fourth of the total
iiv wanted for the maintenance of the
Norfolk to Albemarle stretch of the
, Norfolk t Beaufort waterway, the
completion of which will be celebrated
at ureal oriuge Aionuay
Is Major Project.
This is by far the major project ia
which North Carolinians are interest
ed. The total stretch from the Vlr
giaia port to Beaufort is 201 I t miles
aad the estimated cost is 8,jl7,0OO.
This is exclusive of $344,900 already
spent oa the 68 mile stretch which has
beea completed. Major General Beach
is asking the Congress to provide
$274,310 for the maintenance of this
completed stretch m the cqming ap
propriations bill along with $50,000
for carrying forward the work on the
uncompleted part of the original pro
ject- i
Cap Fear Project.
The amount asked for the ("a he
Fear river project Is $695,000. Bo far.
$52828 has been expended on this
project but the frork befan ninety-one
years ago,- Then i unexpended,' for
maintenance purpoaes only, $418,50853
for the harbor.
It ia proposed to apply the funds
'available to the mainnanee and 1m
provemtnt of the ocean bar channel
nd to the maintenance of the river
chwanels, the work to be done by-hired
labor and the local plants belonging to
the government. Commerce at ttlve
Wilmington port for the calendar
year 1019 amounted to 559,560 tons
at at value in excess of seventy-nine
million dollars. All of this passed over
the improved, sections. The foreign
commerce, consisting of cotton, ferti
lixer material, molasses, steel plates,
pit iron and gasoline was vslued at
ever thirty-five millions. The toanage
' .increase wade chiefly to the. in
crease ia foreign shipments.
, The Ci Fear project above Wil
. mington will be continued during the
ensuing year asfthere is available more
than forty-fonr thousand dollars which
earn bo ased in the operation ef two
dredge boats. The government, to date,
has spent on this project $104,462.77,
.Other N. C. Projects.
Among the other projects mentioned
la the report of the chief of engineers
are:
Beaufort harbor: The engineer pro
poses to use $26,857.61 now - available
for continued impf ovementa and asks
for $6,600 for maintenance purposes,
r Inland waterway. Beaufort to Jack
eeaville: No additional appropriation is
asked, but the engineer proposes to use
aa anepended balance of $16-032.52 for
dredge work. -x '
, Boaaoka Biver: For improvements
1 underway contemplated on a stretch of
2 miles, now eing dredged aaa snag
wad. S269jOO is asked. -
Maateo (Shallowbag) : The engineer
S Mwnmmends eertain modifications, la
eluding an approach channel of seven
. 'feet deep aad one hundred feet wide
with a amall basin ia front oa the ma-
x4nj railway end a channel or. basin of
tie name depth, two kindred feet wide,
ta the uooer limits ol tne wi oi sua
tea. He asks $28,000 for first construe.
.io aad $2,000 annually for mainte-
, t.lieavjid Mr rivers t 18,500 is
asked. "
.. Neuse river t $1500 ia asked for im
v provetaent ta the vicinity ef New Bera
aad Kiatton. ? ''' "
Cor Sound and Beaufort Harbor t
" 2,500 ia asked. ' V
" Coateataea 4ekr S1.800 is .
Cape Fear rivet, Northeast ' branch:
...... $8,000 ia asked.
Black Biver: For operation of the-v;
a v;. art.000 ia asked. ' ' . -
TWnfort Inlet: S9J00 1 asked for
eonUnucd Improvement '. , " .
" Swift Creeks The Wif.J" ?
$liM0 eielaaive ef the avaiUble .fuadi
, for the fiseal year. Tonnage here
had a valued of nearly half a million
'"' last year. .. " , -j ,J
STEAMER SENDS OUT
' , "S. 0. S.w CALL FOR AID
t 'Astoria, Oregon, Nov. JuVS. O. 8."
calls were received here ttuK after
, ' ooa from the steamer Baata Bita,
abort distance south of Umatilla Beef.
' The' call said the steamer was la dia
' trees" and thf Uvea of 33 perseaawere
to daager. ;vi-- v; '
- Seattle, Vow. SoV-The steamer
PaaU Bita, tewing the Barge "W. X
t F-irrie, hte today- waa- to distress off
, the Washington coast 50 mile south ef
Cap Flattery, according to a wireless
aaessag from Tatoosk to th Seattle
t Merchants Ezchang. A sereaty-mfl
outhwesterry -fal was blowing. .r .u i
- .. ;-v : ;.v;
Charles "C. Fltzmorris, new ehtef of
police of Chicago, who is th lead
ing figur ia the vice crusade now in
progress in the . Windy City. The
campaign Has resulted in hundreds of
"arrests so far. '!'
START DOWNWARD
Go To Level of Prices Ih
March, J919 -
Pittsburgh, Nov. 26-Most, ef Ibe !
dependent steel fompanies already, bar
folloned 1 ho .lead of he Jones n4
Lauehlin- Steel Company, of Piftsburrh,
which reduced prices oa bars, plates and
structural shapes today to the level of
the United States Industrial ' Board's
prices of March, 1919, or are about to
do so, according to high ateel autnorv
ties here. ' Several of the larger inde
pendent interests has.,, .advised their
sales offices in New" York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, aadother it-
ies, it was said, to accept new Business
at the Industrial Board's price.
The new prices adopted by the larg
est independentNtiterests and made ef
fective today arft Steel bars, $2.35;
atTHctnral ahanej. $23: plates. $2.65:
base Pittsburgh. Adjustments hi prices
of wire, and cold rolled steel are to
follow.
No reduction in wages ia contem
plated Immediately,' according -to th
best information, obtainable, it was
freely predicted by steel officials, how
ever, that a wag reduction ta inevit
able wthia the next few weeks.
The new selling prlees an not com
parable .with previous prices en any
fixed basis, as some of the independ
ents have been asking a high'ss$4
for Hit bars, plates and shapes, it was
reported, and others have been receiv
ing more conservative prices, ranting
between $3 and $3.25.
The general feeling throughout the
trade her is one of satisfaction n
the decision to reduce prices aboe those
fixed by the industrial board. It is
believed here now that the immediate
result will be to stabilize the steal mar
kct and that the mo$e made today is
the .beginning of the readjustment in
the steel trade. The sentiment here
seemed to be that1 the botton level of
prices has been reached and that as
soon as wages and other easts are low
ered, the industry will move forward
into a new poriod of prosperity based
on the requirements of the building
trade, the rehabilitation of th rail
roads and txport business to Zuropean
countries and the Orient. A feature
of the situation i the continued steady
demand for steel pipe, and all tubular
goods, ateel officials said, for whieh
there ia heavy buying ja the ell in
dustry and also in the building trades.
A firm demand for these it was said,
and for certain wire product, notably
nails, ha resulted ia the price, of these
commodities not being reduced to the
Industrial Board s prices.
HARDING MAKES STUDY
OF CANAL'S DEFENSES
Presidentelect Makei Detailed
; Inspection of Canal's Pa
cific Terminal
Aneon, Canal Zone, Nsv. . 26. (By
th Associated P re ss)i Problems con
nected with the defense 'of th Panama
Canal were studied by Senator Harding
today during a detailed, inspection of
th fortifications 'at the Pacifia termi
nus of the water-way and ij eonferea
ees with Army and Nsvy officers in
charge of the sons forces. ; He., spent
several hour mskiar'a round ef the
defense in ' company 1 withf Brigadier
General Chase ,W Kennedy snd Bear
Admiral UarDury. Johnston, of whom
he asked many, questions W th ca
pabilities and needs of the establish-
tent.. ... - . - ,., i v
The ' operation of Hhe big' guns -.was
demonstrated - to 'the President-elect
and many problems of strategic policy
wer laid before him.
Accompanying Senator Harding were
Senator: Frederick- Hale,) member,;,?
(he Senate Naval committee, and Sena
tor Joseph 8. Frelinghnysen, ehairmaa
or th evoast defense committee, his,
guest the trip. - r
Juatev this afteraeon Senator- JVuxd-
Ing returned by train to Cristobal. -
WILSON TOBACCO SALES
i SHOW PRICE DECREASE
. n i ; -t 4 .
Wilson No. It looks blue gad
it blue . for tobaeeo farmers. : H. B.
Johnaon, supervisor of sales on h Wil
son markets, report for. the. week end
ing November ' 24, f ear ay sales, f,-J
3o374 pound, 'which ' brought $628,-033.29,-
an average of $23.82 per hun
dred pounds, a deereaae of $3.17 over
previous week's 1 sales. Sold' to date.
80,129,380 pounds for $7,486,331 J5S, all
PRICES OF STEEL
round average. of $24M ier'haadred
nounda. . ; -. v.: r..
Lord Robert Cecil Expresses
NHis Opinion To American
Newspaper Men
NEED TWENTY MILLIONS
TO GIVE NECESSARY AID
Says United States Would Have
Most Influence With Turkish
Nationalist Leader; Diffi
culty of Any Power or Influ
ence Dominating- teag-ue la
Demonstrated
Genera, Nov. 26. (By the Associ
ated Press). That the TJnited States
would be the best nation to aoceptthe
mandst for Armenia is the opinion of
Lord Bobert Cecil, who is aeting 'as
one of South Africa's delegates to the
League of Nations assembly, as ex
pressed,: to the American newspaper
correspondents tonight. The United
States, he added, probably would have
more influence with Mcstapha Kemal
(the Turkish Nationalist leader, who
is conducting a campaign against the
Armenians) than any other nation.
Lord Robert said $20,000,000 would
military opinion, he declared "that
a good deal could be done to save Ar
menia with the expenditure of that
amount. We - have appealed to many
states and organizations, but so far
we have had nothing but suggestions.
Influence of IT. 8.
"I think the United States would be
thv best country to solve the Arme
nian question, inasmuch as that country
would have the most influence with
Mustapba Kemal. Twenty million dol
lars would enable us to organize the
military expedition necessary to es
tablish Armenian independence The
money eonld be regarded as a loan to
the Armenian state, which would be
repaid if the Armenian economic po
aition were established."
While refueing to name the numbef
of troops necessary Lord Bobert stated
rit would be quite easy to obtain
volunteer force composed of Armenians
and the Nationals of neighboring
states.
Question of Moral,
"The Armenian question," h ex
Plained, "reoolvea itaelf larsebr into
whether there is any government or
people in the world earing enough
aboiitj Armenia ta furnish th aeds
sary money for the work." '
The South African delegate avoided
the question of a possible revision ef
the Turkish treaty a a means for serv
ing Armenia. He believed th subject
was being taken up by the assembly
itrmCULTY FOR NATION
TO DOMINATE LEAGUE
Geivva, Nov. 26. (By the Associ
a tea rress). ine difficulty or any
single power or influence dominating
the League of Nations' was demonstrat
ed -today when the council of that
body, in spite of determined protests
by the British members, decided finally
to give eontrol in the permanent man
date . commission ' to non-mandatory
powers. Thiaeommission will, be com
posed of representatives of five non-
mandatory powers and four of the
mandatory states. -
Today's action was a confirmation of
the decision taken st the Brussels ses
sion of the council. 'The decision nas
been fought by the British since it
was aneuoeed after the Brussels meet
ing. They obtained a reconsideration
of the question, but again were out
voted. - v .,
Argentina to Protest.
Honorio Puerredon. Argentina del
gate to the Assembly anonunced today
that the Argentine delegation would
protest to the assembly the rejection
by Committee Number Two of all
amendments to the covenant of ybe
Lieague. He, said also that he would
bring lip on the floor of the Assembly
a resolution providing for election of
an mem Deri of the council by tHe as
sembly. " -Talk
en this question alcntered
about the expected arrival from Berne
of Major Marlborough Churchill, head
of the American Army Intelligence
Service, who, it baa been reported, is
coming to watch the lea sun develon.
meats for any action that might in
terest his department.
NORWAY MIXED UP, IN j
DISPUTE OVER LIQUOR
Consul Questions Right To Hold
Norwegians Por Violating?
, Prohibition Law
Mobile, Ala, Nv. 26. Norway was
added to tb list of countries Involved
in the dispute over .the right to bring
liquors, imt th United States at the
port of Mobil whea trial of thirteea
member of the crew of a Norwegian
steamer were held in the inferior crim
inal court this morning oa charge of
violating ,th Alabama prohibition, law.
i. B. -Oliver vice eoftsul for Norway,
contended in letter to th court that
th men aboard th ship wer Norwe
gians and' aubjeet only to laws .of that
country and not those of th United
States, but was overruled ' by Judge
Morberne BV Clark, of the court. In
his letter submitted. Consul Oliver
made the following, contention! -I
"The' Norwegian law provide that If
a. ship ia ia the territorial waters of a
foreign wtate, such deed as are per.
rormea by any member of th ' crew,
or by other person eoaveyed by the
ship, will unconditionally come under
the Jurladictiou of the Norwegian crim
inal fcw, except an offense committed
oa board by a eeaman belonging to the
vessel but a subject ef the country in
whjh the ship is lying, shall, according
toth 'general rule, be handed over te
thi.locai authorities.' "." U--. f
BLUE RIDGE RANGE
Movement Started To Restore
Northwestern Counties To
- North Carolina
TWIN CITY BUSINESS
MEN INVITE LEADERS
Representatives From Alle
ghany, Ashe, Wilkes and
Other Counties Attend Ban
quet In Winston-Salem; Pe.
tition Legislature To Provide
Tor Improved Roads
Winston Selfm, Nov. 16. The first
"big push" inth eampaiga to break
through- the Blue Bidge with! hard sur
face highways snd reclaim for the
State hex "Lost Provinces" of Ashe,
Allegheny and Watauga eouaties, was
made here tonight at a "banquet in the
interest of Che highways building move
ment by the Khrania Club of Winston
Salem. Attending, besides Winston Sa
lem citizens, were representatives of
Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, "Surry,
Wilkes, Yadkin, Forsyth and Guilford
counties.
kghany; Bam C. Bowie, of Aahe; Con
gressman B. u Dougbton, Chaa. H.
Cowles, of Wilkes; Wade Beavis, of
Yadkin; 8. O. Maguire, of Surry; and
for Winston Salem, James A. Gray, A,
a. tiler arfid others.
Hugh Chatham Preside.
Hugh O. Chatham, of this city, pre
sided as toastmaater, 'and Rant ford
Martin, editor of the VTThMon Salem
Journal, delivered the address of wel
eome on behalf of the jity. The Jour
nal has been conducting aa intensive
publicity and editorial campaign foy
the last three months ia the interest
of two hard surface highwaya into the
rtorthwrstern counties.
Thvght will be pushed through the
next General Assembly. It waa the eon
sensus of opinion at the meeting to
night that the people of the Northwest
em section have definitely and with
practical unanimity lined up with the
forces that are battling for permanent
highways linking up the various see
tions of the State, even if it 'require a
large State bond issue to accomplish
tb deal red result.
Cat Off From Stat.
The following resolutions, presented
by Bichard O. Stockton, president of
the Winston-Salem Chamber of Com
mere, were adopted i
'Whereaa, th counties of Ashe, Alle
ghany end Watauga, ia the Northwest
era section of North Carolina, are be
cause of the lack of railroads and of
dependable highways, virtually isolated
from the central and other portiona
the State, and, whereas the absence
these highways haa not only hindered
the Advancement of th agricultural
and other resources of this section of
the State but haa prevented the pro
gressive and intelligent people of these
sections from developing closer trade
and social relation with the balance
of the State and ha forced them to be
come the commercial dependencies of
Virginia and Tennessee snd,
"Whereas, the people of Winston Sa
lem and adjoining counties realizing
the absolute need of a system of de
pendable highways for the Northwest
ern counties ardently desire to aid ia
every way possible ia the bringing
about the construction of such a system
of highways in that section, therefore,
Petition State Legislator.
"Be, it resolved, that the Legislature
st it forthcoming session and the
StateHighway Commission be and they
are hereby strongly urged to take suen
action in their wisdom and judgment
they may deem beat to bring' about, as
esrly as posaible, the construction of a
dependable highway into the counties
of Ashe, Allaghany and Watauga, eon
netting up with the highways leading
to the Southern, Central and Eastern
sections of the State of North Caroliaa,
and further,
"Bo it resolved, that ths hearty eo op
eration of the people of Winston Halem
and Forsyth county and the counties ef
Surry, Tadkin aad Wilkes, through
which these highways must necessarily
pass, be hereby pledged to aay move
ment that may be initiated by the leg
islnture or State Highway Commission
to assure the people of the above men
tinned sections this system of highways,
snd further.
Be it resolved, that the ehairmaa
of this meeting, Hon. H. O. Chatham,
be and he ia hereby instructed to ap
point a committee, consisting of one
member from each of the counties of
Forsyth, Surry and Wilkes, Tadkin,
Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga aad from
aay other counties that may to nun
seen proper to bring the matter re
ferred to ia thla resolution before tne
General Assembly aad the Stale High
way Commission for their consideration
and action.
TV COBB "BOOED FROM
THE BASEBALL DIAMOND
San Jose, CaL, Nov. tfl. Ty Cobb
was booed ent of the ban park by
Indjgaaat fan who cam to see him
pliy here, when he quit the game yes
terday at th end of . th th sUth
inning after sn argument eer aa
mry ball, the umpire aad the Baa
Jos tram refused to take the ball t
which .ha objected out of the game.
He declined to go .to the bat and left
th park. Cobb 'a all i stars jwer de
feated 7 te t.. 1 -.'.' -- .
Men Storm Waralaga. ' I.
Washington, Nov. 24. The weather
bureau tonight wrdered storm warning
displayed along the gulf . eoaat from
Bay tit. Louis, Mis, to CarrabeUe, Fla.
Keperts to the bureau indicated there
a disturbance ever the West Gulf
moving east-uortheasrward and that it
It will b attended by mcreaslag east
jrinda aaa nun.
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Photo thow Leon Cadort? utar pitrtwr of he Brooklyn tmmr Natior.nl
IrA(ue chain piom, and his briAp Muii Hclftt fiaj SwrencT, following the
reremonr, which . occurred In Brooklyn, N. Y.
7
CALLS FOR TROOPS
SSoverror
4 h I I Am s aaIa an a J Im it a 4-e m I
iitti low vcudifju hi iviuiyw
Strike District .
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 26.-Oover-'
nor John J. Cornwell announced here
tonight that he had asked the govern
ment to aend Federal troops faito the
Mingo county, Wcat, Virginia, coal
strike zone, and added that as soon as
the soldiers took charge he would ask
President Wilson to declare martial
law.
Federal troops 'controlled the .Mingo
region for nometiiiic, but were with
drawn about ix weeks ago, when the
situation quieted down. Since that time
many disorders hsve occurred, a num
ber of persons have been shot and kill
ed and gangs of unidentified men have
attacked coal properties.
The state government is totally un
able to rope with the situation in Min
go county,-the governor said. "I hop
with all my 'heart," he added, .-"that
martial law wilt be declared Immediate
ly after aa investigation hat been mado
but I am totally unable to venture an
opinion apon vrnai eventual aauiuuj
action will be."
The Governor said that he had eon
fsrre'd with Mingo county officials on
the situation a week ago when he made
VIRGINIA
the request for troops and that theyl"te given to him by Wallace Downey,
had erpressed the-opinion that the sol
diers eould handle the situation, without
maatial law. In hia statement tonight,
the Oovernor said he did not concur in
that view, J'fer the time of tern peril
ing is pasr.
TROOPS TO LEAVE FOR 1
WEST VIRGINIA TODAY
Chillieothe. Ohio. Nov. 26 A provis
mnai battalion of 400 picked men f rem
the Third and Nineteenth Infantry rrgi
menta will leave Camp Sherman early
tomorrow for Williamson, W.Va., where
the troops will he used for strike duty
in the Mingo county coal mine district.
The detachment is eqtlippea ror an
Indefinite neriod of service. Major It
a Binford, of the 19th Infantry, and
Cantain E. I Brine, of the 4th Infan
try are already en route to Williamson,
where they are to investigate tno sen
ouaness of the situntion. The provis
ional' battalion will be under command
of Major Binford upon y 'arrival in
the atrike region.
A battalion, of Camp Sherman troops
whieh had been on duty in Mingo eoun
ty returned about sU weeks ngo.
ORDER FOR INCREASE
IN RATES IN ILLINOIS
Washina-ton. Nov. 26. Illinois- rail
roads were ordered by tho Interstate
Commerce Commission today to Increase
passenger fares on traffic within the
State to the same level a-interstate
rates. .
Th commission's order effective on or
before Jaaunrv 10. was issued with its
decision on the petition of the Illinois
roads askina the commission to over
rule the Illinois commission, which re
fused to fix intrastate passenger rates
on the. basis of increased interstate
tariffs. vXhe intrastate fares were fousd
bv the Federal commission to be un
duly .'prcfereatial to intrastate passen
gers, unduly prejudicial to interstate
passengers, and unjustly discriminatory
against interstate commerce.
Question relating te freight rates,
commutation and excursion fares. were
reserved by the commission for later
determination. Under this decision
passenger' fare within Illinois will be
increased . SO per cent -and. , the sur
charge of SO per cent on Pullman traf
fic will be established.)
WILL PRESENT NEEDS
-OF' SHIPPING BOARD
Washington! ,D. C, Nov. 26 Offi
cials ('of the Shipping Board are to
appear before the House committee on
ppropriatioa , tomorrow at th"hear-
ing en ine noara .xmancui . neraa
for the fiseal year 1922. Anntoii-
matcly 1 50,000)00 is-- understood to
be the eslimate'-of ths, board for next
year ia addition to its' revenues from
the operatwia o-veascla.-
Chairman mason said tonight that'
aniens called; by the 'committee, he
would not: appear personally s.t tho
hearing.,-. , . ' ; , t'li i
Use or : the board s eoraings would
be aeceasary ia addition' to a lump
i appropriation, he added, becanse
ef the impossibility ef ganging ae
earhtery the' amount aeceasary forthe
operation of th - government ' fleet in
view- ef the' uncertainty of ocean ,
a
BELIEVES BOLLING
arqiny
T
Charges Against Boiling
LA VMade By. Sands
New York, Nov. 26. John T. Meehan, i
deputy chief of tho Shipping Board'
bureau of Investigation, testified be
fore the Walsh committee today thst
charges of alleged division of money
by R. W. Boiling, President Wilson's
brother in-law; Lester Slsler and
Tucker K. Hands, obtained from the
Downey Shipbuilding Corporation of
New York for a "fsvnrable contract,"
were not "thoroughly investigated" by
the board. Sutler is a former secre
tary of ie board snd Sands a former
Washington bank official.
lie explained 'the department's fail
ure . to go deeper, into the charge as
due to his opinion that Mr. Boiling, rlow
treasurer of the Shipping Board, "was
the victim, of attempted blackmail."
Muehau tcUificd however, he bad r-
eJvd.no -instruction to halt the in
vestigation, aad that it waa still trpon
. Jlufsbaa hid -testified pterleosly, hut
b wag recalled by tb committee after
Sands had lepeatcd his allegation that
Boiling anu Sisler wer involved in the
division of the money, th proceeds of
The extent of his bureau's inquiries,
Meehan testified, wsa to talk to Boiling,
Admiral Banaon, Martin Oillea, Special
Assistant tr. Former Chairman Payne,
and to ascertain if the Department of
Justice had investigated the subject.
The Investigation' insofar as the Ship
ping Board's men went into it, be said,
(nook plaea obout June 1 this year.
Methan added that his opinion that
the chsrges were without foundation
was, to n certain extent; induced by the
reputation of the men from whom ht
believed tho .charges emanated." He
l admitted lie. did not " examine Sands'
books and that he did not go to the
Downey Shipbuilding Corporation to
ascertain why it would be necessary (or
them to pay f 4U,uuu to secure a contract
when they had previously ben awarded
oue by the board for a much larger
sum.
MYSTERY OF KILLING
IN IREDELL UNSOLVED
Statesville, Nov. 28. The question ss
to who was killed on the Charlotte road
near States-ville Sunday. November 21,
is still veiled in mystey.' As soon ss
the killing of Glenn Lippsrd in Burke
became known here it was believed to
have bee neon neeted with the homicide
reported by the little negro boys on th
rrd" bHwenn Statesville and Bnriur.
Springs on Sunday morning. Notwith
standing the fact that the report from
Hickory, place responsibility for the
crime oa the parties who have beea
arrested and impriosned aad locates the
scene of "the tragedy- on Burke soil,
where the body of ulenn .Lippard wa.
found, Iredell officers and- people are
not prepared to accept the report in it.
entirety
The undisputed fact remains that a
man was killed in Iredell county oa
tha day that the body of ljippard was
found In the edge of Burke, Nobody
is missing here, the' woods around ths
scene of the shooting have been scoured
with a view, to .finding some trace of
a dead body or . to locate its place of
concealment, but all efforts have been
fruitless.
It is still the general opinion her
that .there is ' strong probability " that
ths murder of Glenn. Lippnrd i. in some
way connected 'with: tne killing as re
ported in, Iredell, .It would have been
possible for the man te have been killed
here and taken in a ear to the place
where-the body was foaad snd that is
rh only solution to the mystery which
the people of the' locality can work out.
3IN7T Fill l ADSRS " --. . r
.IN IRELAND. ARRESTED
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Dublin, Nor. 26. (By tke Asso
cijited Pre) AuthorUative- infor
mation wa fiven' - The - Associated
Press -thi evening .that the arrests
of Arthur ' Griffith, founder of the
8inn"Fin, and John MacNeill aad
E. J. Daggan, Siaa'Feia member (
Parliament- and others, was the. pr.'
lud to a contemplated roundup of a
number of ' well-knswn men either
actually or beiieved te b.onaeeted
with Itiah Republican movement,
;'8ome form of; internment Is
planned aad it is intended to hold
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eorrcspondens .was -told. . ,
BLACKMAIL VICTIM
Recommend $8,000 Per Annum
For State Superintendent s'
Of Schools : t fP
ENDORSE PLANS TO BLOT
ILLITERACY FROM NATION
Supt. R. H. Latham, of Win-ston-galem,
Elected - Presi
dent of State JTeachers' As
sembly and Prof. A. I. Hen
Re-Elected Secretary; En
dorse School Surrey "
Ashevllle, Nov. 26. Eadoremnt'of
government plans for an appropriation
of 1100,000100 to be used for fighting
illiteracy by Instituting a general
school upbuilding program in the '
United States and expressly going en -record
as favoring a salajy of $8,000.00
per aiyium for th North - Caroliaa
State school superintendent, the- North
Carolina Teacher Assembly this af
ternoon closed its 1920 business ses
sion in Asheville. .
Officers for the new year were elect
ed as follows! B. H. Latham, superin
tendent of city schools in Winston-
Hnlem, elected aasembly president;
Allen, secretsry State board ef ax
am inera, Baleigh, eeretary-treasurer.
Exeeutivs eommittes: Miss ' Bettie
Aiken Ind Ouilford county - school '
supervisor; A. E. Akers, superintendent
Halifax county: Miss Nellie Fleming, , ,
teacher, Burlington, snd A. J. Hutch
ins, principal Asheville high school.
Election Waa Unanlmeu.
The meeting was held in th city
auditorium and waa called to order by
8. B. Underwood, retiring president
of the aaaembly. Adoption of reso
lutions railing for endorsement of
government plans snd in regard te
the salary of the State superintendent
following election of officers.
Election was unanimous, th dele
gates voting as one to ratify the nom
inations as submitted to the assembly.
Members of the nomination committee
were: Edward I- Best, of Louisburg;
A. B. Stalvey, of Boxbore; Ethel Kelly, ,
of Jackson, aad U A. Williams, ef the
University of Worth Carolina. B. 6.
Fitagerald, of Ullington, read the re
port as submitted by th eemmltterv
Endorsement ef the. so-called Smith--Towner
hill, that-'proposal calling fer ,
a school expenditure of 100,00000 ' -
by the Federal government cam af
ter th resolutions committee had j
rcported-the advisability, of a general
school upbuilding ' program for the
United States. The goVernmeat plans
to use this money for wiping out Il
literacy, for health work and for
school buildings. Copies of the reso-.
lution endorsed by th issemttly will
be mailed to the various United State
Senators and representative.'
Cndorae Commission Survey.
' Another section of the resolutions
committee report, that dealing with
the work of the North -Carolina survey '
commissioners, was also passed unan
imously. The resolution' called for the
assembly to go on record as endors
ing the work of th commission aad
suggested that the survey report be
read' and digested by every member ,
of the Assembly.
The Assembly also went en record
as in fsvor of co-operating la all
health .matters, a petitioned by th -State
Board of Health and by tth
Medical Society of Baleigh. ' .'
Only one action ef the resolution
committee report was objected to, that
of recommending a $6,000 salary for
the State School superintendent. Af
ter' a lively debate, started by W. H.
Hipp, of Johnston county, who moved
that the. report be amended, the As
sembly went on . record in fsvor ef
the higher figure.
One other resolution introduced from
the floor, by Miss Mary Graham, a
former president, celling endorsement
of the educational survey aad a vote
of thanks to those who did the work.
Dr. Frank P. Baehman. ia particular,
was unanimously adopted. Miss Gra
ham pointed out that as more than
140,000 had been expended in making
the report it was the duty of every
teacher to study it minutely. '
Weald Chang Election Flan. -
A second floor resolution, Intro
duced Jointly hr W. B. Mills, of Louia-
burg, and H. B. Marrow of Smithfleldt
waa laid oa the table for action at the
next year's business session. This
resolution would change the method of
election of officers, eliminating a nom
ination committee, , and instituting a
direct delegate vote for nomination
and election.
A movement to change the meeting
time of the Assembly whieh started as
the convention wss about to adjourn
its business met with little favor, but .
nevertheless, caused a lengthy debate 1 .
The motion wa finally voted down, 4
when it was found that delegates if.
the main were opposed to a change
Ne Change' la ; Time. ,
Thanksgiving Day, it wa decided, ';
was tb" best tim on whieh to convene
tTie" Aasembly , due to the fact that a
general holiday was declared -in-, the .
schools aad that arrangement eould
easily be made for remaining away -from
study- oat the following days, Fri
day' and Saturday. The present plan,
it was pointed eat, ssnsed the toMber -to
be away from school only- on teach
ing day, as Thanksgiving Day and Sat- .
urdsy are recognised holidays. Where- '
as, should the Assembly be held' at any :
other time,' exeopt Christmas, whan the
teaeheT alt desire to be at home, they v-
would lose two or even three days. . v
Whil the Assembly left decision M '
to 'the next, meeting place of the er
ganisatiou in the head of th eseca-'-tive
eommittee, it is believed that the
1921 'North ' Carolina "Teachers' Assent- ;
bly wil b held in Baleigh. This spin- - V
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