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PRICEt FIVE CENTS
If
I t
SENATORS 10 PUSH
FIGHT TO SECURE
Have Assurance of. '.. Enough
Votes For Relief Legislation
Gronna Says ; .
GLASS JOINS LODGE IN
- BLOCKING QUICK ACTION
Massachusetts Senator , Sees
Ho Season Tor Helping Far
mars of South While New
Inland Manufacturer! Go
Unaided In Getting NeedVd
' -Credit! - v
?k Waahington, Dee. IUndaunted by
1 failure to obtain immediate aetioa in
the Senate today oa farmer relief legis
lation proponents of the legislatioa au
, Bounced tolright their intentloa of re
- mewing their effort to bring their pro
posals t a vote. Chairman Groan of
' the 8enata Agricultural committee, de-
eland the farmer relief fortes had the
assranes of enough Totre to pan theH
of Benator Uiass, vemoerai, Virginia,
- today blotted .consideration of the
Bondinc reaolutioB directing revival of
the War Finance Corporation and the
extension of more liberal credit to
farm era by the Beserve Baaikng system
The Republican leader ssid time had not
been gives for Bsnatore to study tns
vroooaitios and suggested that manuv
faeturer of New England were having
the aame difficulty a the farmers la. ob
taining needed credit
Senator Oronna aaid tonight that
- Von aa the testimony token la the
hearings by hia eommittee was printed
and plated la the handa of the Senate
be would press for eonaideratioa of the
resolution. Senator Norrie, Bepubliean,
Nebraska, author of the pleasure, also
declared the matter, would be accele
rated.
The resolution aow 5a on the Senate
calendar and CM be called p at any
una by unanimous consent, or by ma
jority vote of the- Senate. 8upportera
aaid tonight they hoped to nave At taken
p and acted upon daring themorning
boor ao aa not to . eonmei wun xne
packer regulatory legislation which ia
i due to com Bp tomorrow aa unfinished
business.
The Senate agnenltaral committee
wUek' reported the reaolutioa -in .the
meantnno will aemme hearinrJ toator
tow with a Tiew ef doriaing ether reme-
dial4ecialtio -for the proder, To
bacco men from Virginia, axe, f xpeetea
t bo Beard tomorrow. ,
WlK flNANCI CORPOBATIOV
, . SXKMfTID rKOM KEPEAL BILL
i' .Waabington, Dee. T.Tke Volstead
reeolation to, repeal war-time lawe waa
favorably reported today by the Houee
judiciary eommittee, with aa amend
ment exemtplng the War' Finance Cor
poration act, from repeal, aadition
to the Lever food control.-Diatrict of
Columbia rent and trading with the
iimv acta and tnoM measure! author
izing tna issnanea of UDerty ana us
ury bones, all or. wntcn were apeci-
fleally exempted in me resolution
introduced. , . A'. - i
Mr. Volstead . said he expected the
resolution wonld bo eeasidered ia the
House before the end of the week. The
rales committee, -he added, will bo
asked to give the measure prefereaee
aad to agree to a provision for limited
debate. ' v
The War Finance Corporation act
fa still ia effect, although the corpor
ation which functioned nnder its, prp
visions has practically suspended op
niiona. PeesibUity that' Congress may
nvtva tha War Finance Board to af
ford - relief to farmiag aad buainesa
interests led the. committee to reeona
end that the act .be exempted from
a. t i.. i: . "
FOR
FARMERS
ue rvpeu iwuum . ,. ,A .
' COKCBK8IONAL COMMITTER
, TO HOLD CONFERENCE TOQAT
' "Washington, Deol 7-By the Ajao
elated Press.) Congressional eoBsldera-
. tnra of methods ' to aid in restoring
- -normarnnslaees conditions appeared la
.the offing tonight with the alnounee
"meat that majority members-of ' the
. ways and ueans eommittoo would meet
Js conference tomorrow to discuss a
- leg-ialative program with reipect to
commerce aad industry. - '-'
- The enormous number, of bills deal
ing with farmiag and industry present
ed yesterday and today -together with
an apparent desire ' of leaders to do
something for business generally, made
'. it appear eertaia that Congressional at
tention would be turned to businees
. problems once the appropriation bills
' are out ef th way. Loaders ia the
' Senate aad House do no believe that
N actual aaactmear of aay sues legisla
ttoa can be accomplished daring the
mcsent brief session bnt they are evi-
deatly agieed-H'that the feaadatioa.
'. soouid be laid through committee eon
aideratioa for '-prompt aetioa aftar
March first aext, . - -
' j- The ways aad means eommittee will
nave before it a wide' range of pro
posals, for bills already dropped ia the
Senate aad Honse : hoppers . iaelade
. snoasaros providing all the way from
far-reaching tax and tariff reforms aad
' agricultural relief to aid or protection
." to limited groups of industries.
- Some ' of the measures submitted
- wonld direct Congressional lavestiga
" tioa of vnemploymeat. Among such
measures was a resolution jpreseated to--day
-by Representative Mason, BepubU
eaa, of Illinois, calling for a series of
- hoaso committee investigations aad a
conference - of governors and Federal
officials t ascertain facts aad fl gores
and nuke -econimendatioss. Mr.
Mason's resolotioa set. forth that there
aow were more thsa 8)00,000 persons
- ia the Usited Slates ia en forced, m
ness. " ". '.i
, Fetsyth .Growere to Organise, '
J Winston-Sslcm Dec . 7. A meeting
ef the ' Forsyth tobacco growers has
been called for next Friday morning
in this city for the purpose of ergania-
i ; i to-.;ry ssfociation.
Dntsjifr Reduction In Cqtton v
Acreage Urged By Conference
'." , ,y ,
Revival of War Finance Corporation -Endorsed by Banker,
Merchants) and Planter FromAll Section of " V
South at Meeting in Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn, Dee. 7. Ee rival of
tha war finance corporation was eadora-
ed at a inference here today ef bank -J
era, merchants and planters front all
of the cotton growing states as a means
of Immediately remedying present de
pressed conditions in the cotton market
and committees were named to perfect
plans jo bring aboul a drastic eartail
ment In ptdouetio next yesr aa a
move to permanently stabilise 0s cot
ton growing Industry. . ;
- On motion of W. B. ".Thompson; for
mer president of tha New Orleans cot
ton exchange, 'a telegram was seat to.
Wsshingtoa tonight urging upon. Con
gress toe-need f immediately reviving,
the War Finance Corporation. Another
resolution introduced today aad re
ferred to the eommitete asked
that a special government eensus be
taken of -cotton of lower than tender-,
able gsades.. v
Committees to devise means ef on-
forcing a. reduction in cotton acreage
and tha raising of greater food and
feed (tops, which leaders ioT the move-
meat declare wul amount to a cur
tailment of at least SO per cent in the
ciir -
4 Departs For Marion After
s- s i rs I - n : (
Leaving wiru;rur rresr-
dent at White House .
1 5
Washington, Dec. President-elect
Harding concluded today his two day
visit to Washington with another suc
cession of conferences "la which he
talked with' his party associates about
the League of Nations, this selection of
a cabinet and other problems confront
ing him la the building of bis admin
istratioa. ,
The President-elect did not call ea
President -Wilson, but enronte to the
station to board, hia special train for
Marion. Ohio, he ttODDed at the White
Bouts to leave Jvie card And that It
Mrs. Harding, fhe, automobile . bear
ing tha Senator and US party orevw- up
to the north entrance to -the Executive
Mansion, where It was nwt by X. H.
Hoover, chief nsher'attbo White SoQs;
Mr. Harding presented the cards, aay.
iag that he desired to leave them "for
the Preeidens" and thea oootinuea on
to the atatloa. . . .
: tta ; DfeUlla of DUeaaaUu.
AU of. those with whom the "Presi
dent elect conferred today preserved at
lenea wsrardinrth Of details tthe die
enssiona and Mr. Harding, himself, aaid
the conversations were strictly, of a
confidential aatare. Ho repeated his
statement of yesterday that he 1
seeking by' direct personal consultation
to, frame an administrative policy be
hind which everyone could unite. -
Jn his March for Information and
advice abmit the Tjeaoue. the President
elect summoned Bepubliean Senators of
the irreconcilable And of the tiud res
ervation croups alike, and it u under
stood he told uem ae wnntea sugges
tions . from (very quarter. Without
submitting any concrete plan of his
own ,he is said to have asked plainly
what sort of international agreement
each of his conferees would support.
.- ' Canvass Cabinet Sitnatiea. ,
The discussion of cabinet selections
had wider scope, several of his most
trusted friends undertaking to eaavass
the situation la separate conferences
at various places throughout the. eapt
tal. Harry M. Daugherty, of Ohio, who
was his pre -convention manager, was
one of the most active ia this task,, see
ing various members of the Senate and
House in Mr, Harding's office while' the
President-elect was occupied with, his
own string of callers -at the residence
of Edward B. MeLeta, hit host.
Former Senator John W. Weeks, of
Massachusetts, who like Mr. Daughterty
has been prominently mentioned aa, a
likely eanldate for cabinet honors, also
saw several prominent Bepubliean lead
ers after he had talked to Mr. Harding.
A third. who -performed a similar mis
sion wasi Senator Fall, of New Mexico,
whose activities brought his name into
fresh prominence as a possible secre
tary in the official family of the next
President.
Wsshingtoa ' Dee. - 7 Statements Tor
rPrssideat-Elect Hsrding in addresses
last aSturday at Norfolk and Newport
News, Va, have been interpreted by Be
publiean members ef the House Naval
Affairs Committee as. favoring a larger
savy ana a greater mereaant marine
tad as such will -guide the committee la
its, work, Chairan Butler said' today,
STATE ASKED TO SHOW - f
Hr PRISONERS HELD
, l i" t r
Maeon, GA- Dec- 7 The state was
placed oa the defensive today . when
Judge Mathews of Bibb county Superior
court grantea permission to attorneys
for Mrs. lone Henry 'and Ernest Hoc-
son, two of the four persens charged
with murder In. connection with the
death of Fred D. Shepard, of Houston
eounty, ' to amend their petition - for
bail.' ' The; petition as amended " re
quires the State to show -cause at the
hearing next Tuesday "why ths peti
tioners are held, sad why they, should
sot be discharged from Custody er re
leased ear ball,-and that the State face
petitioners with the accusers and with
the witnesses that, may testify against
them" : v.. ,..:
: DakeU BaaY Closes. " '' .
Bismetrck. N. D- Dee. 7-Ths BUte
Bank of lorraine, Beaville eounty,
dosed today, due to depleted reserves,
sordine (to word received at the Stats
hank exa?Ainers office .ere. This makes
3 Btafo i one nationalbank to close
in less 1 1 mouth. , . .'
epnfsrenee' end Mother sneakers whs'
i t " "
HARDING FINISHES SENATOR HARRIS
HIS CONFERENCES ASKS LOWER RATE
J of a
stressed the aeeessit;
cut la pre-
duetion and diversified crop as the log
ieal solution of the aituatloa now
facing the southern planter, duo to
the present stagnant market.
Governor Parker suggested that
bankers refuse to extend credit to farm
ers who da not join the ncreage reduc
tion movement. '
"Reduction in the past has always
meant reduction for the ether fellow,"
said OorernoS Parker. .'"To fix it so
that the individual will not violate the
plana of this convention your bank
ers should be memorialised to grant not
one dollar ef credit to the individual
who does not live np to these plans.
' Governor Parker urged the planters
to sell enough iof the cotton now on
hand to at least repay the bankers for
oney leaned for the making of tb'
present erop. (
Colonel Thompson predicted that the
crop wonld not exceed 6.000.000 "bales,
approximately one-half of a normal
crop. " -n x
Gerald -ritxgerald, of Clark sdale.
Miss- st sneaker at the afternoon aes-
Lon - e'H'd the plan of the Missis
sippi feottoa, export and trading
V!?. tiJK'mto&t&ii&QX
tomorrowT
; TfVirginiiW
Georgian- Introduces Two Bills
For Te Relief of South
em Farmers '
Ths -News aad Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg
' By K. m. rOWILk
. (By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec 7. Senator William
J. Harris, of Georgia, introduced two
bills In the Senate today which he be
lievea -would help the financial situa
tion in the South touching agricultural
products. He proposed that the maxi
mum interest rata of the Federal Be-
servo Banks to member banks be placed
at 0 per cent. tie. also wishes to allow
Bnaaeial ; paper . on agricultural prod'
nets to be limited to ono year when
handled by the Federal Keserve banks
.Air i nil that bit Hmaihr limit.
in the law. Senator Harris', office .BtneWMhtanton headquarters.
that numerous telegrams from farm
ers and banker In Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee 'and ether Southern states
were being received .indorsing .ike
proposals of the Harris measures.
Members of tho Tsr Heel delegatioa
in Congress today' received' a telegram
from theexecutive committee of the
North Carolina Tobacco-Growers' Asso
ciation, airing financial relief.
George Boss Pott, of Snuthaeld, who
is in Washington today on business,
declares that the, situation in ths State
is most critical. Unless relief comes
through governmental aid in the next
few weeks, he fears that business "in
North.. Carolina, especially la the
smaller towns, . will, be completely
wrecked. - -
" isr nsei xsecro -wants son.
Senator Overman today was besought
by J. w. rainier, a eoloreO, school
teacher at Winston-Salem, to use his
influence with the incoming adminiatra-
tionr to the end that Paisley might be
appointed by President-elect Harding
aa Minister to Haiti. Paisley says he
eelieves, ne could be of much service
in Haiti.
Th Junior Senator ia going to do
mighty little ''endorsing." . In the first
piece, the entire Tar Heel colony la
still peeved because DemoeraU endorsed
Marion Butler for a cabinet position
and. In the second place they sra op
posed to aay program of trading.
Colonel T. H-iVsaderford, and Edwin
Gregory, of Ha bury, and Alfred Mc
Lean, - of " LiUilgton, are among the
North Carolinians hero-today oa buai
nesa appointments. A delegation from
Wilmington headed by J. O. Car and
James H. Cowan arrived la the city to
day. v ,
Bmau ua Uesaaaiuse.
Upon the recommendation of the
DemoeratM members of ths eommittee
on ways and means, the Democratic can.
eus todsy selected Bewroseatativo sToha
BV Bmali for gppoiatmeat ss a mem.
ber of the enlarged appropriations cam.
mlttoo of the House. This eommittee
under the amended rules of the. Houserf
wm nereaner mass an appropnauonar ror
the activities of the. goverameat. In
eluding the improvement aad ,main-
tenaHee. of rivers and harbors. This
leaves the committee on rivers and har
bors with only tegislativo jurisdiction,
such .as the adoption of new, projects
and too authorisation of surveys and
examinations. -Mr. Small will retain his
em
berahip op ths committee on rivers
harboia. . - -j ' V : 1 '
and
Tha, strength , of the Horth Carolina
National Guard today la M oAeeas and
41 enlisted men, according U fL War
Department annoeneenent today. The
totalytreagth or ths guard la the entire
eountry is. spl officers aad llfiaj aa-
ilittann.' ' -: .... ...
Tht name, of the fourth class post
office at Mayworth, Gaston eounty, has
been 'changed to Cramertoa, and Hugh
L. Moore has been' ro-appoiated post-
maater. '.. . .: ' . .;
MRS;-fJIACSWINEYi LEASES
FOR, WASHINGTON HEARING
New- Tofk. Dec. 7. Mrs. Muriel Mae
Swiney, widow of the lata Lord Mayor
of Cork ,who died ia hunger strike in
sa English prison, left late today for
Washington where she will appeal be
fore the eommittee of ono hoadred in
vestigating conditions ia Ireland.
Among those who accompanied her
were Dudley Field Mnlone, former col
lector of the port of New York aad her
sutcr-in-law, Mjsb Mary ' MacSwiney,
who arrived here with her last Saturday
en tie setamer Celtic. ' ; 1
DOCTOR IKE GETS
UNEASY ABOUT
EXPENSE REPORT
Repubtlcari Opponent of Far
mer Bob" Doughton Goes
- To Washington
VISIT AROUSES MUCH
-, SPECULATION IN CITY
Files Amended Statement
Showing; How First Discrep.
ancy of Five Hundred DoL
' lar Happened; Stanly Dee-
- tor Flutter Around Capitol
Expectantly
ThNews and Observer Bureau,
03 District National Bank Building.'
By B. K. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dee. 7. Out of aa army
of Bepublieana from sll .eornrrs .of the
eountry a North Carslinian, known in
some parts of the Stats ss a plunger ia
the political world, stepped sprightly
Bun eon D. Fess, chairman of the Se
kpublican eoagresaional eampeiign com
mittee, end n the clerk of the Hoaeo of
Bepresentatives.
Said Tsr Heel was none other than
Dr. J. Ike Campbell, late a contender In
the eighth district with "Fanner Bob."
At first,.!! was whispered about -that Dr.
Ike eame here , to penonally serve no
tice on .""Farmer .Bob that ho wss go
ing to contest the recent election which
gave the incumbent member a major
ity of 1,700 rotes. Later it was pointed
out that he was hero looking for aa ap
pointment. Maay) Motives Saggcoted.,
Several other motives were suggested
for the visit to Washington at this time
of Dr. Ike. - Most every ono ventured
a different guess and at three offices
it was impossible to 'get a line on
the Doctor. Evea the offices of Con
gressman Doughton were thinly veiled
in mystery. . .
It finally dawned oa newspaper men
who were pursuing ths Dnotor that a
report was published in the State pspera
a few days ago about some discrepan
cies ia the Doctor's post election cam
paign statement. In the two statcnienU,
required by the corrupt praetieA law,
the Doctor acknowledged receipt ef t.
000 front Dt. Peso, bat In recapitulat
ing ha only shewed 11,500 coming Hons
Tha. mires returned turre-vrere sworn
statements. Under three dates, October
1, October 19 and Octobsr U the Doctor
say ho received. $1XX), IS0O and $300,
a total of S2.O0O. Carrying these items
forward, however, to cheek against hia
expenses he omitted ue toeosa mm
of $500 on October W. and his final
report fhows that ho received $1,500 and
spent $119, Including $454 traveling
expenses over the etsstrsn wntcn ue law
doea not require him to report.
Verification of thess Igures, though,
did not solve tho purpose of tha Doctor s
visit and it is still somewhat pusxling
to Congressman Doughton and friends
of tho latter who, cognisant or ue raex
(ho Benublieatt majority in ths House
next session will bo top heavy, are never
theless anxious not to be Bothered miu
contests. Contests are long drawn out
and result ia charges and counter
ehnrges and not ranch ef anything else.
f . TUm latsM ntstcsnout.
A second inspection in - the clerk's
office-today, however, throw a little
novo lle-ht en tho Doctor and his hur
rled trip here. Between early morning
and mid -afternoon, a paper aateo aioo-.
maxleN. CV December 5, lKM," liut
aworn to sad subscribed before a
notary nublie in Washington todsy.
was pinned to tho final statement made
by Dr. Campbell. This paper writing la
addressed to William Tyler rage, eiera
of tha House, and reads: " ' '.
T note in the. rrr of several days
am that the BeimblicsB candidate for
Congress in the Eighth North Carolina
dUtriet. havs tho -report or my oenn
tlons mixed.- Of thopre-eloetioa report
there u no question out n my ww
report about 40 days later, having mis
hid tba slio which tarried my dona
tions. I trussed to memory for the
dstes and amounts received from Chair
Fess. Thlnkiag that "I had not
resorted the $500 received from him
on October 19, 1920, 1 included this In
my final report, thereby charging my
self tho $900, which wss sever received
and dated the soma as ef tho 25th. The
reoort of the Notional Congressional
eommittee shows ths following: - An
order on September 14, tlfiOO; another
order oa October 1 for $300. This
carries the total of $1,500, th only
donations mads to mo ,in . ths earn
paign." ':s.---v'l:.."'f
' rigares COCToaorata ooetor. -
Tha Doctor ia correct ia that the rs
(CoaUaaed on Fare Two),
WHILX CAMTT BJtAGG GUNS ' ' -
BOAR, BLOCKADEBS PURSUl"
THE1K UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES
) Psyettevnie; - Dos.' . l-H s k I a g'
whiskey aadoc the gsaa the V.
aVA la th latest stnnt of the
olastvo AUckader. Oa a 'military
rseervaueu, wiuuw nngo oi nsavyr
artillery cstrylsig ea a - komksrd
mont that shook the groans' .for
ndlsa sums a. ia the last ' alaro ia
'the world "whoro oas wonld expect
to Bad a Baof stUl In openUea.
Bat that -Is jas where Bhorlf N.
BY McCsschy famad two yoaterdsy-.
Whoa Ue Sheriff aad has deaatlea
appro ached tho locality whore tho
BtllU wsre thowghtsto ho hidden
they were halted by military
guard oB sccosjat of tho -flrisg of
tho nig guns. When,- the firing
practice was ovea they poshed oa to
tho haaf aad la a short tisae feand
(ho two stills, each ef 7 . gslloaa
capacity. Fear barrels of boor were
destroyed at ono still sad two bar
rels af ths other..
NO MENTION OF LEAGUE MADE
BY WILSON IN HIS MESSAGE; i
TAKES UP DOMESTIC ISSUES
f Tho Torf nf ProtifJont -Kfossntro 1
I . - 1 1 ' I
Washington, Dee. -7. President Wil
son's annual message to congress to
day follows t
Whoa I addressed myself to perform
ing the duty laid upon the president
by the constitution' to present to you
an annual : report on the stats of the
union, I found my thought dominated
bv .ar immortal- sentence of Abraham
Lincoln:
HLrt us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith , let us dare to
do our duty aa we understand it"
A sentence immortal because it em
bodies in a form of utter simplicity,
and - purity the essential faith of the
nation, the fail's of which it was eoa
eeived and t he faith in which it has
grown to glory snd power. With that
faith and the birth of a nation found
ed upon It came the hope into the
world that a new order would prevail
throughout th affairs of mankind, aa
order ia' which reason aad right would
take precedence of coretouaneaa and
ee.maris lor us W tneTHIincsTTlfllPT
seroths pert we would play alike is
the srrangcjnent of our domestic af
fairs a,nd in our exercise of influence
upoa the affairs of the world. By this
faith, and by this faith alone, can the
world be lifted out of its present eon
fusios sad despair. It was this faith
which prevailed over the wicked force
of Germany. Ton will remember that
the beginning of the end of the war
eame when the German people fqund
themselves face to face - with the con
science of thy world and realized that
right waa everywhere arrayed againat
the wrong that their goverameat was
attempting to perpetrate. I think,
therefore, that it ia true to say that
this wss the fsith which wan the war.
Certainly this is the faith with which
oar gallant men went into the field nnd
out upon the seas to msks sure of
victory.
The Mission of Democracy.
This is the missionopupoa which
democracy came isto the world. Democ
racy aa assertion of the right of the
individual to live and to be treated
Justly a Agaipst any attempt on the
part ot aay combination of individuals
to make laws which will overburden
him or which will destroy his equality
among his fellows in the mstter of
right or privilege, and X think we all
realize that the day has come when
democracy; Is being put upon its' final
test The Old world is just now-suffer
ing from -a wanton rejection ' of - ths-.
principle of democracy aad a subatits
tioa of the principle of autocracy as
asserted ia the name but without ths
authority and ssnetion of the muHl
tudc. This is ths time of all others
when democracy should prove its purity
aad ita spiritusl power to prevail. It
is surely ths manifest destiny of the
United States to lead ia ths attempt to
make this spirit prevail.
- There are two ways in which the
United States ean assist to accomplish
mis great object! First, by offering
the example within her own borders of
ths will sad power of democracy to
make aad ea force laws which aro un
questionably just and which sre equal
ia their administration, laws which
seen re its full right, to- labor and yet
at th asms time safeguard ths integrity
of property, aad particularly of that
property whieh is devoted to the de
velopment of industry nnd the increase
of' the necessary wealth ot the world.
Second, by standing for right and
justice as towards individual nations.
Ths law- of democracy is for the pro
tection of tho weak, aad the influence
of every democracy in the world should
be for ths protection of the wesk na
tion, ths nation which Is struggling
towarda its ' right aad towsrds its
proper recognition and privilege in the
family ef nations. The United States
cannot ' refuse this role of .champion
without putting ths stigma of reject ios
upon the great and devoted men who
brought its government into existence
and established it in tho face of almost
universal oppoeitioa ane Intrigue, evea
ia ths fees of wanton force, as, for
UNLAWFUL TO SELL BOOZE
ABOARD AMERICAN VESSELS
Oommissioner of Internal Ser
ena Sends Instructions 1
-y. ao Ajenis, v ; '
Washington, Dec T??ovialons of
the Batiossl prohibition act extended to
American ships, whether they be In
Am erica n waters, on the high seas, or
in. foreign waters, Contmisisoner Wil
liams of tho Internal Bevenue v ruled
todsy. " .. ... ,
Commissioner Williams ruling based
ea an opsaioa by Acting Attorney Uen
oral Friersoa, was sent all sollestors of
internal revenue and Federal prohibl
tion agents for their 'information and
guidance. Tb aeting attorney gea
era s opialoB was submitted to th
Secretary of th Treasury November 1
ia response to a request from tbe Bee
retary of July 19. as to whether th na
tional prohjbitionst act applied to in
toxicating liquors .on American ships
-a.iiae io American waters as well ss
within the three-mile limit..
nr. rrierson in reply said I think
there eaa be no donbt s to tho law
srmlyina to vessels In Amsrleaa-waters."
I'UBder th law," e continued, "a ves
sel regisierea anaer. too American nag
Is in many respects considered na a por
tion of the i territory of the United
States and persons on board are govern
ed by Its laws.. T - -
'It follows therefore. ' he declared.
"that persona oa hoard aa American
vessel wherever thst teasel may be,
re governed by th laws of tha Uni
ted Btates, to whieh the would be
subject if withia th United t Sates.
Indeed, th jurisdiction of th Federal
goverameat over them is much brosder
than when they sre within the United
States." ' '. -
WTSCe.
example, against th orders ia. council
of Great Britain and the arbitrary
Napoleonic decrees which involved as
in what we know sa ths war of 1812.
I urge you to consider that the display
of an immediate disposition oa the part
of the Congress , to remedy y la
justices or e Tits' that may have shown
themselves in our own national Ufa will
afford tha almost effectual offset to the
forces ef ehsos end tyranny which sre
playing o disastrous a part ia ths
fuktunes of ths free peoples of more
than one part of the world. The United
States is of necessity the sample democ
racy, fo the world, sad ths triumph ef
democracy depends upon Ita success.
Assisting Beoossstmctlen.'
Recovery from the disturbing and
sometimes disastrous effects of 'the late
war bas been exceedingly slow on the
other side of the, wster and has given
promise. I Venture to say. ef early.'
completion only in- our own fortunate
eountry? but eves with us the recovery
halts end ia impeded at times aad there
force of a greet government of the
people. One o these is to prove that
a great democracy can keep houee as
successfully and in aa business-like a
fashioa as any other-government. It
seems to me that the first step towards
proving this is to supply ourselves with
a systematic method of handling our
estimntes and expenditures snd bring
ing them to the point where they will
not be sn unnecessary strain upon our
income or necessitate unreasonable
taxation, in other words, a worksbla
budget system, snd I respectfully sug
gest tbst two elements ars essential to
such a system; namely, fcot only that
the proposer of appropriations should
be in the hands of a single body, saeh
as a single appropriations committee
in each house of the Congress, but also
that this body should be broughftinto
such co-operation with tha department
of the government and withthe treas
ury of he United Btates as would en
able it to act upon a complete ecn
sj ectus of the needs of the govern
ment and the resources from which it
must draw its income. I reluctantly
vetoed the budget bill passed, by the
last session of the Congress beeanse of
a constitutional objection. Tho House
of Representatives subaequontly niodv
tail the hill ia order to meet this ob-
jeetion. ia the revised form'! believe
that the bill, counted wilh action' si
ready taken by the Congress to revise
its' rales and proeeodore, furnishes the
foundations for an effective national
budget system. I earnestly hop, there
fore, that one or the nrst steps isiea
by ths present session of ths Congress
wm be to pass the Dumget Dili.
Improvement la FIbsbcso.'
Ths nation's finances hsvs ' shown
marked improvement . during th past
year. The total ordinary receipts of
$(1,694,000,000 for tho fiscal year 1930
exceeding those for 1919 by $U4Z,000,.
000, while the total net ordinsjrary ex-
penditures decreased from tlaSH.OOO,
000 to $6,403,000,000. The gross public
debt, "which resetted its highest point
sa the Slst of. August, 1919,-whea it
was $g606,OOO,0OO, had dropped ob the
30th of November, 1920, to $34473,000,-
000. There has also beea a marked do.
crease in holdings of government war
securities by ths banking institutions
of the country, as well as ia the amount
of bills held by tha Federal Beserve
Banks secured by government war ob
ligations. This fortunate result has
relieved the banks nnd left them freer
to finance tbe needs of agriculture. In
dustry aad commerce. It has been due
ia large part to the reduction of the
public debt, especially of the floating
aem, out more particularly to the im
proved-distribution of government se
curities among' permanent investors.
The cessation of tho government's "Bor
rowings sxeept throogh short term eer
tineates of indebtedness has . been
matter f great consequence to the peo
ple ot the eountry at large, as well ss
to the solders of Liberty bonds, and
Victory notes, and has had aa Impor-
(CoatiBBsd oa Page Fear.
HOUSE LEADERS PREPARE
TO BLOCK IMMIGRATION
Rules Committee Reports Spe.
cial - Rale To facilitate
Passa.9 cf BilT
' Washington, Dee. 7. Determination
of Hons leaders to 'atop during ' the
period of .reconstruction tho ; great
t od of immigration which has set ia
from Europe and other parte, of the
world was evidenced today by the, ae
tioa of. th rule commute in report
ing a special 'rule under which general
dobat oa the Johnson bill could be Urn.
ited I ' four hoar ' and probably .dis
posed of at one session. Th ruls will
be called up Thursday, delay ia taking
it up having been agreed upon only to
permit the preparation of a 'minority
report by Bepresentativ Kegel, repre
sentative, of New Tork. The Johnson
bill would prohibit practically all ' im
migration fori two years. 4 ' - '
While ths House Committee was Act
ing; Senator King, of Utah, introduced
a -ball proposing to suspend immigra
tion for period of six months. This
proposal' has th support of other Sen
ators, who believe that Congress should
aot act hastily in passing immigration
legislatioa, bftt should put Bp tho bars
for a short period while it is aseeshing
tho sWhole situation and drafting, legis
latioa to meet it '- . ,
Senator Kinr also offered a measure
today1 calling upon the Secretary of
Labor for a report oa the disposition
ef appropriations made for enforce
ment f tho law, against alien ansr
ehists, for the deportation of aaarchists
snd for the enforcement of tha immi
LvS.T,TZli;7 , . Itl Washington, D. C- Dec' .7. Both
gration law, . l, - , ;; ' .
1
Failure of President To Appear
In Person Disappoints Crowd
ed Galleries, Who Had Hoped
He Would Come Tp Capife! -
INDUSTRIAL SITUATION
DISCUSSED BRIEFLY IN
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS '
"Workable Budget System'
Placed Tint In BeoommeniL
d Step-; Touches -Only la.
cideotally Upon ' Hia Ap
proacbing- Retirement; Pref
ident Describe! Pajer Aa
Kot So Much a. Series of
Recommendations Afav Con
fession of The Tilth Bred Ia
Him; Ho Words of Farewell
Qiyen
aaanal message,
was read by th
clerks, Mr. Wil
having heeded th
advice ef hia
t not to appear
his recommends
in psraon to
tions.
Galleries in.
aste and Eons
were crowded.
hose drawn bv tha
ehaaee that the
iderit might appear
in person or by t
possibility that his
message might tot
upon tho Lssgu
or his own, sp-
of Nations quest
nroschlnw ' r)tl-mitat
to pvate life,
were diMirseinted. . . .
Mr. Wilson confined himself almost -v
wholly to domrstfe questions. Only by
inference did, his message refer to th
searing close of hi administration aad
that was la the concluding ' para
graph. "
A Caafassloa Of Fsith.
The proposals he presented, th
PresidentWTots wore aot so much :
a series of recommendation a
a eonfessioa "of tho fsith ia which . '
I wss bred aad whieh, it la my solemn
purpose to otand by until my last fight
ing day." .
Aside from hearing - th President's
messsgs Congress made definite prog-
ress en at least ono of tho problems
It. fares, during tho brief sessios. The
Hons received A rnle aader which an ,
effort will be made Tharsdaw to tako
A UV nttnk"TMm hill for prompt se-
ti0B. lt would limit general debate; to
our hours. .Th two day Interval
was. allowed to permit Bepresestatlve
Siegel of New Tork, a number ef the
Immigration committee, ' to, frams it
minority report . . . , r"
No other matter in either Bouse
had passed today beyond the' com-' '
m it tee stage. At both end of th
1 'tis
af
I I
I JS.
ft i
HI
fota
Capitol, however, members were deep
la plans to deal with bsslnosa deprss- .
sion, usemployment sad farmers'
relief. Discussions in ths Besets of tho
plight of farmers delayed ths reading -ot
ths' President' message ia that
body. , .
Dlseassss ladaatrlal (Una ties.
Ths Industrial situatioa also fousd
a place, in the Presidents message.
Recovery from war effects gave prom-
Iso of early completion "only ia eur
own fortunate . eountry," aaid. air.
Wilson, and even here "halta and m
Impeded at times." A program of "immsd
lately servieesbl net ef legislation."
to aid that recovery "snd prove th
indestructible recuperative force ef a
great government of the peopt'shoul4
bo undertaken, Mr. rWilsoA . aaid, ad
ding "one of these is to prove that a "
great democracy': eaa .keep bouse aa -successfully
and, ia as business-like
fashioa ' ss any- other government.' ,
Mrat among ue .reeomntended steps.
Mr. -Wilson placed- enactment of
"workable budget system.' He ssld he
had vetoed the budget bill passed ht
the last session "reluctantly and be-.
eause of "a constitutions! objection,
but as It wss later revised ia tho House
ho believed' It would, with other Bieas- .
ares, furnish "foundations ' for ' Ns-
tional budget system."
- Urges algid esBeaay. - -Mr.
Wilson cited figures aa ts the
national debt and ntged "rigid eoaomy
in which nu branches of the govern
ment Should eo-operste.
"I cannot over emphasise," he said,
'the necessity of economy by Congreso
of praetieea Which take money from the
treasury "by indefinite or revolving fund
appropriations.''
This year's estimate "strikingly" Il
lustrated ths importance of specifis ap
propriations, th President added, the
transportation act having "disturbed"
the relatioaship botwsea current to-'
eelpts and expenditures to tho exttst of
over a billioa dollars. ..","
"It is obvious." th snssstf e eonnaaed.
"that these large Payments have already
seriously limited the .government's pro
gress in "retiring the floating debt.'
- The president renewal some or the
recommendations ho made at th open
ing of the last session aad added: .-
"I do aot feel it my privilege at pres
ent to auggss the detailed and par-
tioular methods by which these objects '
may be attained, but I bars faith that
the inquiries of your several committees
will discover the way aad th method."
Th only recommendations for ether -than
domestic matters was that for a
loan to Armenia, to be administered
through Anaerieaa eonamissloners to avoid
"further tempting opportunities", to
revolutionary-tendencies in that coua- '
tryr aad for granting independence to
the Philippines and "keep our promise -to
the people of those lslaads." ,
Danalg TesUbUshes Fartlamsat
Berlin. P6c If The constituent as
sembly ef Dansig has proclaimed Wf
ths parliament ef the free city under
th title of "Volkstag witk powers to '
enact legislatioa until 1923- A majority
of the socialists, independent boemt
iats aad Pores voted awinut this de
cision snd' then left the hall, t :
no further part im 1 1 pwt ' .
T"