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Vol cxhi. No. 6.
ATLANTIC FLEET
1
Forty-eight Vessels Under Com-
f . me ael
mana-i-AJmiraivon
k teave Virgirja Capes
-TO'JOIN PACIFIC FLEET;
- f-nn UMUTCD nalCIIUfDC
ft. M- .BaaaiBfBwa-aB
SAILS SO
IITlil
fADn
urn.
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LONG
ourney
J falter Drill In Panama Bay
it A Combined Fleeta Will .Visit
f . 7 West Coast of South Amor.
) ' I.. . Twn4 Rnr4n Atlutti)
lb) W .. - m
Fleet To S'Jp Back Throuffi
Tha Panama Canal . "
"" Washington Ju. o.-&reeaed by
destroyer, th Atlantic fleet waa eteem-
' . , lag eoaward from tba Yirgiato Capee
Joalght tf meet it sister armada from
' ' iu s.in. ia ta wsv ta fa water of
J rami ma Bay. Ovdi the battleship Psbb--rsfrhruw
flow th four -eiarred-flag "of
Admiral H B. Wilson. ..aymsmaader-ta.
Jilef of tba United State weet, who
aiiraaatmaad tha eanbiacd force Our-
-inr tb-maauvTBd bttt jrreetiee
i Ma mn iurr jtsaiim
rT.-". 1.L ai..r-t ib. Aarlitwlaa aWaa oaauBi'e'iU -
tr aa tte lont .eraia. Aha4 ef them,
aaal ia adrasra t tnwt tba faelfla
urufj out -
fleet alnaei, tba air fva tba At--JantU)
bad nlaced aouUward ta Joia
ia tha rraat war game.
latanailT Amy af Bblaa.
- Wlik tba PenaiTlraoia. eight dread
a'.nahta mada id Admiral W1Iob'
Miia. a tha teader Black
Hawk akapharded algata deatrayara
throw ahead and abeam to aereea w
manmeat of tha ajipT of tha line.
Aareni trailed the miaa puawr oaa
rraatiato flyiac the flag af tb om
'maader t the aalaa tor: - Twa mlnj
brer and two mia aweeper rolled
-almia ! her wate. ftahor--!--
-1. kl. alnfi at th
r yvrvwr vt.MM . - .
IF . . Aboard tha fleet war thauaaiid of
cfunr laeciea aesuaea w aea -
' am eaaal for the tint tim when tba
. ihipa go tbroagb to Joi" Admiral Hugh
- Ttodmaa Paeifle , fleet oa tha Patifle
It rtli.P.-ta',.flat mobilisation
f th fnll "tiaad flit (trcngth
of th nArptla' Paeifle fleet
created after the Armlatka eadad ho
- tilltie with GertnaBy and eel the major
- flKhtiagtrnft ftaa from '-wartime wia-
"".ion ' Elaborate WlBI for th -
' K.wm Wm aiade. -tatolrtliK tt 1a
m t. afldcratood, om practical tea- ocia
use of th aignala for yarp 01 aai
" MaaeuTari aompleted, th.eembind
liaet will tut aonUrward dowa tba wees
,eoaft Of Sooth Ameriaa, earrywg w
' the peopt7of that eoaat Their , rt
aign a a muuera v
- aeetloa will eall at Callao, the other at
Valparamo before th aqnadreBa rejoja
, and rrtura to Panama. Bay or.wit
r "j drill. ..--.- - ; ;
Toward a-rrlnf tie Atlantic flee will
V alio back through tha - Canal into IU
.. owo oeean bonad-fof ita pd tim b
at Quantanamo, Cuba, fot' morordrllla
'"""nS'poliabJng ap t gtm erewr
tt eomea North again 4o Attanti
- , port.' - v -' '
f ; Tha,laifl et will arnia to-lt
prlag'inannTer and fleet targe prae
, ilea off, tjtaV CaliforBia-.aoaatr. 'ijji
, -RECOMMENDS ADMISSION
. . OF LORD MAYOR OF; CORK
Chief Inipector JUt'-Chargo of
" Norfolk Jmmifc-T atlo! StaT
; tioa Issues Order
e ;.crfejkVaJaa.'t!fiommend
' lion that Daniel uiHagBDB,
nttyor af Cork, be admitted tp tha
United BUte wai mde thi arternoon
s by E. B aehamaket. Chief Inipector ja
aharga af the Immigration Dhtriet em-
bracing Norfolk and Newport f
apertoi L. B. Parker, thee effie.ial or-
demtg OCallaghaa deport la nbordi
. nate t Inapector fichumaker who baa
" fi!d-e Bjp-wilb:tba buien.f -
jnigration, requeitjiig permiMion MT
".' opea th ea.,.' ' ... -
V Lord Mayor O'Callaghaa- fannot b
tlaased an pBdeairbla immigrantJn-
only Jaw hehMJrlplta 199
3ehumaker declared,, m that, regarding
passportx, and Inspector Schamaker in
a telephone communication with . the
State Department baa requested tbnt the
. passport regulation J)e waived A- ruling
. ka expected In tha morning. t - - .
Judge Joseph T. Lawleaa prominent
locally 1b affairs pertaining toHhe Irish
cbbm. went to Newport Newa thia aftet,
noon o- represent Lord Mayer O CaJ
Inghsa from the United States, immed
iately notified th Washington immi
gration authorities of his action by
tclepbaB. If th hansau rafnaaa ta V--jnit
Inspector Bchumaker to reopen th
eaaaaad supports Inspector . Parker,
p'Callaghaa eanappaal to tha Depart
ment "Of Commerce and Labor, and bail
m be nranted for bis SDPasraTre at
any tim the cabinet offieera might d-"
signate..' ,
Peter MaeSwianey will" remain, ia
Newport Newa pending, the. outcome ef
tb appeal. . ' ; ' ; '" S
WILMINGTON RAILROAD
WANTS TO SECURE LOAN
Washingtoa. Jan. 5 The WUmlng
tna, Bruaawkk aad Bouthern Bailroed
Company today applied t the Inter
. atate Cummsse Caauoimioaiur a loaa
of fJOOKX).'. The eottpany aays -they
d th mmrf t" wiwt outstanding
C Srpitione with banks which rafua ta
. citend. f4rther credit and f" the po'
't- js of new rpipment. "The Wi 1
; -for tern of ffteesl years aad
1 e aecured by frrt mort?"r
Ttrtosd cperstf rwtweea W il-
'.A 8:-f port, 5. C, a dj-
The
mT?AC5 TODAYS IttlXIGa N. C.
PENROSE HELPS TO v
BLOCK TARIFF BIU
Tb Vaaa a -raaarrto
with tha lemi(!rt. oa 8raater Slav
noa'a motloa t: ardor bearing befora
tba gBBarflaWa-aaitla Ua
fmerifrnrT-lafi V bifl.. blcl airana
- - r - - -
aeu, ia-rhairmaa at tb eommitte.
Mm
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REFUSES TO TALK
Meanwhile Friends : of Irish
p-'. J f a. a:..'.
rreeuom uonupue Mcuve in
v:. His Behalf:
- Newport aSewa, Va, Jan. 5. ConUnu
tag the alienee he haa malatalned ainea
hie arrival here aa a towaway on the
steamihia, Wett Caanpn, Daniel ' J.
O'CallagluB, Lord Mayor of Cark, etUl
refuaed tonight to nuke any etatemeat
for pnblieatioa nntil hi ktatna baa bean,
determined. - '
Meanwhile friend of ha Jrieh eana
I through oat the Eait hare not beta -!
Kactir and lnnumeabla telecrama were
received today from N I Tor ' jiad
other center of IrtB Impnlatlna- Ce
Ing alt aasUtiinre possible to the Lord
liayer and Petet J. MntSiflbir.icr
of tba late Tereaee AiaeHwiBey. - v.
Both- MaeSwiney H O'Callagliaa,
haweTer. Jit itt remain confident that
tha State Department ''will - allow the
Lord Mayor Anally to-entor the United
State for hi arowed purpose-of testi
fying before the Couimitte .of' Oa
Hundred aT Waihiagton.
Throughout the day the. two Irish Be
publicans war kept busy at their hotel
greeting , friends1 who called to. effet
welcome and auiitanee. Tenignt a re
eentioBt waa "tendered tha two br th
Society of Priends of Irish Freedom
and auxiliary - organisations. During
th reception Lord Mayor, O'Calaghan
talked rrceur 'wu nta visitor, acpear-
ing or the .first tima .aineav.aw arril
her to tar cast aside aH worry, r rc
Quentlyt -during, ehata -witk.- his callers
rbie boyish, face, lighted ith happy
smiler aad. once ' or twice be laughed
. 1 - 1 ? 1 f ? A. 1. - . Y-t-L .1.
neinuj wnup anuni viva uk Mtjam wii
swept aside .all thoughts of care. .
Mr. MaeSwiney answering kis eager
questioners, reiterated atatementa si
ready published - incident im th. 4-
stnietlon 'of Cork and the. ip xoc
a stowawaya. ., "T' -
- Members of the- West UaanonY crew
when.1' qtteationed - today aaacamoualy
agreed . with statements of Mr. Mao-
Ewittejlitt"
land.J Somi of th'me asserting that
they werrTlenbianf ofisS"reM
aims when th Wast Cannon started
her maiden voyage tq Cork, declared
themselves favorable to Biaa rem oper
ations In-thai eoantry.-"
CAMP MEADE ASSIGNED v .
TO THIRD-CORPS AREA
Camp - tee;4ia,Wffli
SalvareLT War "De;
moot ' Announces
, " Washinrton. Jan. 5.-4th War De
partment's 'decision, to abaadoB' Camp
Lee, . which: became ( known ; today, lol-
-lowed tha aelaetiea of -Camp - ateads,
(Maryland,, aathe," thjrd tom are
camp, - me .Otenwrr .camp, no was
ft without a function, aad tt was
decided to salvage th buildUtM im
medistely," leaving ' tha " disposition of
the teat estat'&DidiBg o ts am
tioa of '.Congress. , No indication a
to movement of troop from Camp Lee
was given. , ' ! T ' 5-
No formal statenfeBt was issaed. by
the War Department vegavding is -da
eisiaa to abolish -be-Vlrginin camp.' A
delegation of Petersburg eitisens, a
eompanied by snembefs f tb Virginia
eengrcssional aVlegafin called en Bao
rtary of War .Baker recently to nrge
that Camp Leo be retained aa a eorne
training , area., Secretary Baker aaid at
that time that consideration was baiag
given the aubjeet ef saentioaa for these
arena. " ' '
Camp Ls 1 one of the original great
eeBtonmeata at whieh, the .American
verseaa ' army. ' Was trained. Troop
from Virginia, Wit Virginia and West
era Pennsylvnnia were among . the
whipped into, shape there.
NOKPOLk POLrCEJfAlf SESVtl '
v-.-WABRAT ON BIS f ROTFES.
Norfolk, Va, Jaa. 5. Detective per
geaat M. I). Moore this aheraooa served
a warraat an his brother,- John Q. Moore,
n former policeman, charginf k'-n with
marde-f. - Th nrtest la the tfth eew
section with the death ef Hsdi Saatki,
a Japanaae teamsa, belred th vV;iai
ef a gsng vngsged ia a Tike rid tot
liirnor, representing theBiselves ta be
r-ruLJ-.tion IT11'' . . '
ljt-' ' 1 f L
1. ..vCiad--a-:.:-!Jl
.,,r, . ..a--M
Vtod
mwm still
. n ews mm
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OFFICIAL DATA ON
COAL PRICES WILL
JE GIVEN. PUBLIC
Senate Reconstruction; Com-
mittee. Will Give Results . of H
Us Prtfie Sjtap 'j
TRADE COMMlisiOl' TO
PUBUSH ITS STATISTICS
" BaamaaaMaai r
S1H lfow Under friparation
Will Mk OoDootlon of Fif
nrti Mandatory Upon Ftd.
oral Body; Would Bo Em.
poworod ' Tb r Demand, Ac
oouuts From Operator!
WatMaftoi, Jai. Coapleta publie
Ity af eiBclal coal aoat data ta b
aollwted Ureaih tb dral Trada
bBmlatUa ai a naaaa of Wplag dowa
bar(a ta tba aoawmtr-lrfll b pr-
aarad by. tba BeaaU raoaaatmetioa
eoJJuiar al tb mult at it laTeatica
tioaa iate tb coal aituaLiaa it.waa aaid
tody by Cbainaaa Caldar. '
Wbila a eamplrt atraamfat aa t ta
form -.of tha aieaanra-baa-vt baaa
r.ebd.. tb aomatttte. ww'.iro
X tMWat WirtNkV'ra -Tnt'dVi
i . - . .
Idutloib U tb 8aata aarly aaal wart."
It kas bn decided to make th aol
leciieB af the stshstics mandatory npoa
tha eommisaioa. which would be am
poWrrtd t dents ad tha aeeoanta from
the coal operator, teat their aecaraey.
aad compile tka Malta py aistrcu xor
tka atudv af eaaxnaers.
"The eommitte') ' InvcciigWUan waa
continued today wife, LieutsaMit Calonal
J. O. aBrney, army offleae. 1 eharg
of the War . Department proearement
dirisicn. xplalning- th diffleoJtia
which eonfrented the army in aeenaing
l-SOCJOOO ton for ita sup pry last year.
These difficulties, be aaid finaUt eansed
the aeetatary af war t order iuppha
benght f-tr wre'VMM ' fl pa
nvarket, though prire ts ap to il
a ton anl dffleit of $lfiWfl i
nirtermarr ppfopriatieae might be
oaosed. ' - ..' '
' Tb gverage pfiee of a1 bought on
the market daring September' and Oc
tober. Colonel Barney asid ,ws a lit-
Itle oyer which was leas, he declared,
than any otner conmuaei pata at ina
tlma? Tfce ascretary r was; "kid de
cided against a policy 'of aommsndeer
lnrrt added, Jbeeau' ka -feared H
would (aerea thjprieete the public
REFRIGERATOR CAR CASE -
BEFCHE COMMERCE BODY
ITaabingtoh, Jan. SrUte r W
peckers refrigerator cars for ahip
nant of .commodities other taa perisn
ablaa waa srrusd today before the In
taratata Cotameree Commlasion, Kepr
aenUtivea if other shipper and whole
sale grocer asking taauaaea of an ar
do' prohibiting tb pmetie and' attor
Beys for the packers requesting. oontin
Banc tt tb present reguuuoaa.' .
f Suck nse of .refrigerator car i com;
binod .'with lower rates and priority 1
aervke, Clifford Thorn, of Chicage,
MnreaentiBB th wholeaale grocers aad
wwatera shinpers. ceataaded, would ul-
timatly kring-about altnattoa) wnaro a
small number or mea in aireciing
bond of the packing companies eou,ld
at willt fore cost Bp or dowa,
through atlflingJof all competition ta
the wholesale rroeery business. : '. i
-yutorneyi for th. packer . countered
MrTaoyaeV ergnmeat by pointing out
that nnder a' decree taaaed by tb Dis
trict ef Columbia Supreme conrt with
tb eompanic' eenseat the packer aeon
would eeaae ta deal ta many X tne ar
ttclea handled- by wholaatla goeer.
vnCAMSHIP COLLIDES -WITH CAK
ff f fcOATflfJE WrTOSl"' HASBOB
Korean, of the Qu'ekre Stoamahip line,
and a ear -float collided lata today off
the Statu ta of Liberty shortly after
th atea&Jer bad put, eat neat her dock
for West Indian pert. Several' tug
anoV polieevboata hurried to the scene.
The Koroaa earn to aaenor oa -tae
island . -for - aa. - axaaunalioa of . a bale
four net above th water-line- to d
termine whether sh wiU b abl to
m her Toyage j '
SENATOR HARDING GOES
Prldent-e4ect - Becelves Ybt
-; PegroesV ef t Scottish
itito Freomaaoary
Columbas. O. Jai- a4mideit-eleet
Harding fceeam thirty -second degree
Mason toaieht a the ead of a twelve
hour laitiation eeremony here partiei
pated ia by ranking' officials of the. or
der from all parte of the Uaitod Statea.
Starting as a Msster Ma sea, tss rrea
alna degree at a ceatiaaoaa aittiag ar
ranged particularly for his aceammodv.
tioa. Ha wa th third ehoeea Chief
ExecnUv to travel through the. higher
degnteeof Mssoary befor tb Seiote
UeV eoasistory, Jame A. GaraeU
aad Wniianr MeKialey. having been
given thai thirty -saeoBd degt er.
At the aanemstoB el u eeremony
Mr. Harding waa proosntad with a Ma
son i ring given by the thirty-second
degree Maeoae of Mirioa,, hi home
town, who Lad occupied posts ef hone
ta the initiation, lie amy return here
Friday to reeciv menrbership ia tb
Myvti nria. . ; . ' '
With Mrc girding -th freuKJest-
elect motored here from Marioa thi
morn in g, his oaly eosfereaca betpr
laaviag beeae being with fred -Cphsm,
of Chieago, treasarer f the BepnbHoaa
Kationsi omieev- Hewill g at
by -motor tomorrow marniag. -. - -It
become knewa hero tonight 'that
ia cont "lirg h1 eotfereaeea at Marivn
Mr. l'ir , nf w: 1 snake .-my and "vy
t; r f .' . sid fireparednesa ' la
F r ( if tSe priacpsl aubjeet
U it t.. i aJi hia -,ira '
THURSDAY MOUNINC. JANUARY 6, 1921. " TWELVE PACES .TODAY.
rcxKKAL or cou osaoax
KLo at outtaroaD ioms.
- Daraaav iaa. fc-WHh aaaM tkaa
tae aata, lara a waaaa
ataaiaaatad tb baif aaaatal
Irala I raa Cniabiaa la attaiaaa, j
tba taal faMral aarriaaa far Calaaal
WUUaai btu Oakarm. of Cwaaba
vara aaartad taia afuraaaa at
'clack ta tba riaaaqrtartaa cbarcai
a Oafacd. .
PROTECT PUBLIC
SENATORS DEMlliD
Bills Introduced To Restrain
Gouging' By Hotels and Cafes
at Inaugural
Waablngton. Jaa. aWUeaaarea pro
posing protection for lnaajnral crowds
la Waahiagtoa March 4 front gouging
hotel keeper, reetaaraat proprietor
and laadlorda as wU as front the
light uagered geatry were Introduced
today ia tb Sonata and their author
gav a otic that theySroald be preeaed
for paaaage.
The measaree War offered a the
Beast was adopting a reaolation. appro
priating 130,000 baild- sa -iaaagural
ataad at th Capitol and to defray other
expeasae there ia onectMn with th
Induction of - Preeidaat-eUet Bardiag
inra affiea. An attemne to cut . the an-
snnwitvyii (b?3er erwiuawsMeefsr
.1 t . , - a m. 1
l?i)iSy
waarn - -.iV..fv,-s,
'-Mim'
gueU morf than th rata charged da
ta laae anaatk and tb wreeeat month
Ha told th Senate that Cosgreas would
provide polie protection for tb crowd
from pickpocket aad asked if aay pro
tection wa to be given from "the bigger
robbera.
-c-Scaator Joaes,' iepubUesa, Wsshlng
tan. effered a bill which- would anther-
ixe tha commissioners of the District
of Colombia to reculat charges for
mala aad lederian from February 21
to March 10, and persons violating the
reculat ions would be liable to flnee of
from 100 to l.OOO and prison sea
teaaaa af six months.
-rUaa af the, total Inaugural mmtt
toe got into the Senate diseuaaloa dur
In debar oa th rpene naeasur.
Soaatpr Lenroot, Be publican, Wiacoa
la. tatd it waa his otilaion that the In
auguration should ead at tha Capitol
whea the Fraident-leec toon owe.
-I noticed ia the aewspapcti th
other day," he aaid, "the auggeetioa
that dance might b given the
Capitol plana while the Inaugural ball
waa riven la one of the government
(-building hre."TTie"mrggetie pi'-
ntly waa that tke tnauguraiJuui araw
be attanded by she armtoeraey wbil tb
asaatrf Cafitol
r Senator Kaez. Bepublieaa, Peaaryl
vanla, aaid he anew ef ae aueh plaa
aad Senator "rfw, Bepubllean, Indiana,
who eoaflTrred last alght with Itfward
' . , m ..:!. l.
0. atCJuaa( CBBiaasui n w " -anonral
eonunitte. told the Bent.that
r . j . . . - i
he knew or no pas w -aqgural
ball ia a government building.
VttlTTS ALIENS TO
DrrvAMiiicnu
DL LAMIi!
Senate Committee Impressed
' .a af i .
By Testimony or, immigra
tion Commissioner Wallls
W.ah'tataa. Jan. 5-Tastitnony by
commissioner Wallis of tb EUia Uland
Immigration station, that Europe was
-literally moving to the United Statea"
ad that a "flood of aliens waa ImmU
it atUI left aeuiDera oi .tna naw
Immigration Committee
douDtrui to
hiU nrobibitioa; immigvatioa .for one
year. BeveraJ merabera frankly expreee-
ed doub, wnetner any aaeasurea s"p
or restrict immigration .would d
acted at this aeseioa of eoagress.
TV. .nnittu BhTioail WSK 1
nicaeUr with Commissioner Wallia'
iatamaata aa to tba need for inspection
of aliena-before . leaving .Europe ana
foz-mor rigid xamination after their
arrrval at American porta. The Commis
sioner reetjnunsBdea parwetiTarry tnat
faeilitlea bo established OTerseaa lor
oek iaimaetioBB and- declared that M
net cent of the immigrants arriving on-.
r-tHiwtat-rKB-wi
anii-tx tney
tha boi
Aaiariean offlciata. A nroper system ef
exnmlnatioa in Earope aad npoa amvai
Mr. Wsllis" aaid would prevent aa Im
minent flood ef these, deceased in body
land mind. " ' - ' 1 '
"Fortunately" no added, tne steam
ships ef the world can bring enlv 100,
000 a year to tb United State. It i ia
tka llmitid traa snorts tioa facilities and'
increased examiaationa that we will get
the beat protection''. : ,
Th eommanrioaer declared reports ef
th public health aervieo indicated taat
ruiara KuroDS todsv -lS la the grip of
tear fddmica--typbwa,' typhoid, dysea-
terv aad tubertoais.- Tbe.wa aa an-
derminod the health of trioee countries
their aaaimnta ar 'daagerooa to
the publie health af the United State",
he added. -. """ , . ' '
Cbairmaa Colt of the committee, BiK-
ad whether it would be , haras ai" it
eongreea poet posed changing preeeat
laws lor ai moat as.
"It weald not be mora harmful thaa
at p reseat", Mr. Wallia replied. But I
weofcf prefer a defisite atensar sriving
aa more laspeetora, living quarter and
increased facilitiea evcraeas . :
.- j) .
aUXLWAT IABOB BOAEO .1 j.
riXISBES N. .A W. MgARISfi.
- ChitaM.' Janj flv That i'aHed State
BaJway I aba Heard War eompJeted;
hearing in, the eoatrwversy aetween
Brotbetheadaf gilrd.,Triaina
pioyes of th Norfolk and Western and
tha railroad. The ok ir af the fcward,
aaid. will not b aaneoaeed fvt
a week or tea d7. ' Pear eases en th
same road, submitted by tv Order oi
Kailwsy Coaduetar U . . heard to
morrow mornm. .
in i
IMLU HLLL
n TV in
i pes
ADMIRAL 111 NAVY
AD0PTS7 RUSSIAN
'CHILDREN AS 01
South " Carolinian Given Per
mission To Take Them To
His Washington" Home "
I BACHELOR TOUCHED BY
j SUrrtnlNBJN tUKUr't
Former American 'Eifh Com
'missioner at Sebastopol Be.
v tarns Homo With Cbarres;
V Be4olred Oirt Fit Thou,
sand Bond For Safe Keeping
of Each of Them
Waahiagtoa, Jaa. 6. Hamng ebtalaed
from the Labor Departmsat aa order
for temporary admission to the Ualted
Statea ef the scvea Bussiaa children he
haa teatatively adopted, Bear Admiral
Newton Ay MeCully, former American
histb commissioner at BebaaUipoL left
tonight foy Nw, TBrk.tojret1bo chlldfl
drea, aow at EUia island, ana ormg,
them to bis Washington home. The
Admiral said be wjuld dsiwait immedi
ately the tVKM bond required" In the
V
'Admiral MeCurty plan To keep th
children at hi bom her until their
risrht to remaiB in th United State
baa been fully mtabliihod by hearings
b. fore Labor Department officials. After
ward he will take them tv his boyhood
home la Aaadersoa. & C to Introduce
thasa to hi mother, who will aasum
temporary eharg pf the children while
th officer is refurnlshrag aad remodel
ing bit Washingtoa homj for their per
manent residence. ,, ,
. Ashed if It wss his intention formally
to adopt the children, Admiral MeCully
aaid that each wa hi Intsntlon if there
ara na leaal bar. He bed attended,
ha said, to U legal matter, la Russia
eonaeeted-nr" "he1l" given enitody of
th children.,
la twa eases It was necessary to ob
taia the consent of on parest, tb offi
ear aaid, but no difficulty wa eneoun
tared because of the terrible eondl
.1... I. ka nwlna in whieh the ehil
Iraa wera livins- and th desire of
. namntn . ta aMaia for their chit
drea. a new ehance ia life la the Ualted
Mataa' . .
These children are but iaolated'eaae
among hundred! and thousdnda ef ahnl
Ur oues,- aaid Admiral MeCully.! I did
Mrfntl select the eeven, but
Wharf I aama-awar I Oeciaea tnai
should da aomething aad 1 toes tn
rat I came to, although in several
eases I bad met the children previously
andhad become attaebed to them.
There were three others I wanted to
bring, but one wa tubercular fend I
knew would not be admitted to, thi
eountry. aa. another' eaae th mother
gav ker' consent to-my adopting tb
eblleVand at laat . moment wimurew -.v
aad in tha third ease' th mother eon
anted, saying she did-net care what
bacame ef the siiiid, out ine iavuor r
fuaed to part witk it. "
. -i ii a. u.
nritroii fMT IM IMA It CO
AMONG LUMBER WORKERS
anHTasbaro. i Jaa. S-Loflal lumber
dealers have announced a wage reduc
tion raneina? "from 10 to 10 per cent
SkUled aad aaskilled Uborers are at
faatad. Lumber Drlces have Siso an
dersrona a aimilaf reduction. Decrease
ia wage paid men who work la lumber
yard is take a is teeordanne with re
ceat action af Oreencbore Builder Av
sociatioa and also because of fact that
there haa been a marked decrease in
the -trie af Jumber. aeeotdiog to the
lnmbef-dealefs.-. Keductions will affect
notice af a cut in good spirits and ap
to tb present tiar but little ommat
has beea heard oa it. ' .
'"' Charwed.Wlth Staallaa PayrolL
Miami. ITa- Jan. 6V H. J.' Myer and
Merwla Ashemore, Charged with- -eteal-ing
72,000 of .tha pay-roll intended for
at Norfolk, ar atilMseked ia the emn-
ty jail hsr awaiUag-dUposUioa of the
taso by Pederai authorities v ,
UNION LEADERS STAJtfD PATj
AsboTin UBioWorkersS Be
' -"' ' -''Jn' --'. T A -.
" Business Leaders A' '
AsheviUe, Jan. following the
ereement eatarcd Into v by a aumber
of local business aad professional mea
kit alifct. wba v they atapped- epera-
tlous" oa ' construction timated ' to
reach ever million and half dollar,
loeai vnioa labor lesdors tdday an
noaneed that organized labor wool
stand cat on hteir present wage seal
and they have refssed to evea eonsidcr
wropoeitioa to lower. the ecaie.
Taev maintala that reduction , in
ether. eJtlea, chewing that labor haa
come down, will not bring their price
dowa -a low aa the preeeat wnramg
acsle ia Asheville. " . i '
Local tambermcw emphajtically , demy
statements ef builder that local lum
ber price ar not in accordance with
similar, hinber la ether eitie, avea
ta North Caroliaa. - . --.vl
1 ney atata tnat loent pneea bbtv swaa
. . . . .... , . V- - T
abreast' th market but that preepee
tir builder ar not co-operating with
thenv iagettiBg the prent.nsettld
condition bark to aertnal by baying. .
Th ita4ihaatde4.ta praeU-
eaily rarslyt busuieas la eeaatrueUoa
here aad haa created th wldeat urereai
ft any movemeat -4haA- haa ceatly
bn atartcit Tbe outcome 1 awsHed
with the gveitaftt iitterast- by. builder,
dcslera. and-labor and, H ia beiievod
thit, a show-dowa will coma sathia a
tf- short time, atberwiao AsheVilU's
p .xwj 22l ouildiag' wrogram will
eirver
GENERAL GIVEN JAIL
SENTENCE Bt COURT
ml
Major. General Peter C. Harris, who
was sentenced by' Justice Siddoaa of tba
District of Columbia (","" eourt'for
eeatempt 'for refusal ta' obey an order
to exhibit an nffldavit filed rith the
War Department uader the aelectivo
servirs act. Tha ease was appealed and
ths sentence automstleally stayed. Tb
action I brought to test th authority
of tha court to force the use of draft
act records aa evidence In eourta.
Dr. -Ounlap Thompson, De
spondent Over Life, Shoots
Himself In Charlotte
Charlotte, Jaa. 5. Dr. Dunlap Thorn p
son. 42. Dhvslciaa-of Mofven, committed
suicide In hia room at the Selwya hotel
thia morning about 8:30 o'clock 'by
shooting himself ia the right temple
with a SS.tO calibre pistol.
Despondency over his insbility to
procure eertala drags, to the use of
whieh ho wss addicted, is 'accepted u
the ressos fur hi tskirir birnre.
Dr. ThompsoaV body, lying with
feet under the edge of th burean, hi
head ia a pool of blood and the ptatol
near hia right hand, was discovered by
a negro maid.
Dr. A. C. Neve. Federal narcotic
agent with headquarter here, aaid Dr.
Thompeoa cam to him Tuesday arter
noon nnd In the presence of several
narcotic 'Inspector who were here.
Bought permission to us ill own forme
as a physician to ebtaaia arcotfee let
hia awn wssf. '... - ' ' "
Thea- told hisa that be weald have t
obtain hU iBerqJmi Asm i Xa . gia h ia
ehvsiciaa. livino aer Wadesboro, and
that he would b loUting tb law if he
obtained the drugs.! any other thaa
the regular way
L, Dr. Thompson registered at the 8el
1 mt 1 . ir. r .
wyn l uesuny ariernooa, am nau.aoi
notified A. Q. Thompsonhi brofhejU
uvmg ner. or nil presence in sne eiry.
The funeral likely will be held at the
old bom near Lumberton, ' Thursday,
according to present plana. Dr. Thomp
son marled U in Frances Gralbcr, of
Anson county, who with three sons, sur
vive him. Bealdea hia brother living in
Charlotte, be U also survived by anoth
er brother. Joseph -E. Thompson, of
Wilmington.
TWO COMMITTEES WORK ON
TWO KINDS Ur TAnlrr
Chairman Fordncjrt Announces
IntentioB To Work Oyer Vtu ,
derwoodTariff B -
Washington. Jan.JfiTlMi way.', waa
cleared tonight for the unusual situa
tion tomorrow. " two - eongressionnl
commit fees, oao from each body hold
ing aeariogs on two llnd ' of tariff,
amenrener and permanent. The Sea"
airihillwen
rordney Emergency tariff bill de
signed a relief measur for farm-
era. The House ways and means com
mittee will lUrt hearings on revielon
of tha permanent tarlffT - '
Cbairmaa rordney, 'of the Way and
Means eommitte . announced today he
proposed to begin tomorrow with
Schedule A ' (CbeaSifeals, ' Pninta ,and
Oils) of the Underwood tariff act and
holdlwaiugntlkuoslt-t
wholer Ust . ae -vrbrked ewrv He ,aio
annojmeed 'hi intention .to nave a
tariir. bill reads' for iniroancuoa i
tha extra session
hich President-elect
month' after his insunrstien,
The. Senate, flnajiee committee Twill
take testimony en the Ferdncy emerg
ency measure, f. five daya,. starting
tomorrow. , Chairman Penrose 'said hi
fmut-. arnnM awslnda other matter!
until th bill wa ready to report.
FETZER WILL COACH -
, ' UNI VEfiriTT TEAM
Is Beieased.FTdm State CoQert
Contract at His Own
Bequest
Tt 'ni Mliablw. reported in Balelgh
last night that William Mc.K. Fetaer,
athletic Director Of law .onn vasrouaa
Stat College has accepted a aimiUr po
sition at' the University of North Caro
lina. Mr. Fetaer i waa j under contrast
with State College for. the 'remainder
af th nresent aeaaion' but has bees
VeUaard. at bis TMrueat. aad fill assume
hia dntiel at the University Lbmcdiataly,
Plnaaeial considerations' are said to'
V.a ha thm ' dMarminins? factor .B
the change, jrhich is ol absorfing latareat
to atadenta aad alumal of beta insula-
tiona. Mr. reiser and kis brotner, auto-
ert Fetaer." now "AthlctJ iDlrecler at
Waodbavry J!oriBratorw ftAeel ia
Virginia, ar rr ported to hare, signed
a jointsoatrtet for aa aannal aslary of
SI A . . . i -
fo-a new aoaeb, .. Stata ColUsgt-
Richard Crosier
ier of -leigh naa 1 ,
rady aseumed charge of tba basketball
team ssd it ia -likely a professional
pliyer i.'J be eeeared for the baseball
Jul rr? I
r
feat.iv.r. t.,.'-T,-r."jciia
PHYSICIAN KILLS .
. are ana - - .-f 'T ai'vevf a 'tr misT wan av flaya I w rr r. w
-ixsx.r, MiJtUm 11 I 1-111 JWfe
i - n.oaMr--atfni
-
WATtULAlZD
aa sww sa bead hwil
sv Mm easerstsaa as a!
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
FIRST HOUSE BILL
PROPOSES REPEALS
s
1 y. .'
Neat's Measure Leads The List
On Openina Day ftf Gcrr
" eral Assembly"; .' ,
OTHilOUSESXONFlSllil
CAUCUS NOMINATIONS
Oath of Office Administered To
Zneominf Senators and Bep.'
resentatiTes By - Supreme "
Court Justices; Meatnro, By '
. Wright To Make State Offl.' ; .
cers' Salary $C,000 .1
Promptly upon the hour ef noon ye-,
lerday the 1021 aeaeloa of th North '
Carolina Qeaeral Wtssembly waa called .'
into being by tha fall of tha gav)s -wielded
In the House by Principal Clerk
Lasslter aad la the Seaate by Lieuten
ant Governor Sardaer. Pray.ere wer '
offered. .fii divssw -jraidaaso -la eng 'ww
lstlve deliberations, and both house
passed to the ' adraiaistratloa, ef tha
earhe of omc--io wiembera, th lecto -of
officer and tha formal organinsrtloa--- -
wv vvatreVrtayoaaTtrtTBrea
the oath la th House, and of Aeaoeiate, .
Justice Hoke, who performed a like
function ta the ''eiesmtc, flaished whea
th machinery of putting into effect ,
the will ef th eaucuce of thaprered '
ing night was act in motion, and Sea-. .
ator LunSford Long waa named pteai '
dent pro tempore f the Senata by a
vote ef 38 to 10, and Harry P. Grier
speshrr of the House by a vote of W
to 25. ,
Agnia the Supreme court justice wsr'
called into service, aad tha aewly
elscted presiding effUcra mere formally
Inducted Into office. Agafa. the machla- ,
cry of carrying out eaneaa agreemeat "
meved, aad within a half hoar nfter
noon, both Houses were fully orgaaiaed, '
and aav for tha abaeaee of any eom-. '
mlttees, which have aot yet beeh aa- ' V
Bounced, ready for tha transsetioa af
a By r business that -any coca bafore it.
The Senata adjourned.
Hoaa Cos Ahead.-
Lack of eommitte .machinery de
terred not the Hows from the buslnes
of legiilatioa. Speaker Grier kad no
sooner declared the Hons ready foe
the-4atrodetiea- f --Mlley- resorutlone
ant aueh other matter aa Were ptwper ,
to corns before it tbaa half a cjosea .
snisibsewsr no and ready with bill
and vsolutioBS. W-W. Keel ralaed
hi vole above the minor tumult ef new
leglslatiea, and ralaed it,. high enough
to get recognition flret. '
Aad the llrst measure, making good
the member from McDowell promises,
would wipe the statewide primary law
e tha Vuvika. anil laava thias-a "la .
nstata que ante" of the old eonveatloa
I ' 1 m.. 1. Ill 1 -1 mmmAmA . MM.
nays. - lis pui m wimiyij wwivwr vm
vWing simply for the out-aad out re-
peal of the whole eeetioa of the eon- -
solidsted statute that brought the pri
mary into being. Ther waa a little ,
laughter wbea the clerk read the title,
mostly because of the evident istisfae- .
tioa of the bill' father at getting it
ia ahead of the wfcolo liatv'-":"
Wright Salar BUI. t
'The member from Dare. Mr. Crisp, .
had aot resumed hi et from th tim
he flrst-eontended vocally with Mr. Need ,
over recognition from the ...f hair, H
had a sheaf of bills in hia hand, and -dtapatehed
one ef them. ; the clerks
It turned out to be a bill to provide
for annual riding of circuit by super-
tar court justices. -Mr Wrlghtaf Oull. v
ford,' next got th atteatioa ef th. .
ne1y hlected -apeaker, and ent for- '
ward a measnr that fll be aaanl
monsly eupperted an tha : lowe"r floors
orthe capitot' ifof'TOv
The measure would increase the pay
af all State constitutional offieera
from th present srsle af tSOO-per -mmr
num to a flat 6000. Th offieera epeel.
firsllr mentioned, in the document are
Tha W re tarr-ad. State. State Treasurer.
State Auditor, Attorney General, Super- .. .
intendent of Publie Intrvotioa and :
Commissioner of Agriculture. The mea
sur went to the committee ea salaries '
and Foes. . . 1 ' 1
" - Rsaabneana Want
Mr. Crisn had two other selections .
tmm. mtm mmmi, .CKtll. ll WA of ChUtB
went forward for farmal iatroduetloa, -
stork law in Dare; nnd the aeeead for
the relief of a fisb taspeetar Minority
Leader H. a William had boea finger
ing ft document -eld ia hia heads, aad
ha uni it forward With th reqaest
that it ba read and put sa ita inuaedin
ate paaaage. It was read, aad.debata-4
broke toee that kept th Hone ia ax.,,..
sW antil S o'clock. ... v t
.The Bepublieaa eeueas had ittl.ni
for a r-arrangement of . th eating
plana, giving the minority a block aft '
seat at en side of th. House, wher
ther aU eould .be togetbbr,' grouped ;
around their leaden The tsaelatsea as-
cUred that the keeper of the eapitol
had. without authority, aad arbitrarily -assigned
minority member back -row.
eats. Tha arrangement waa described
aa highly naaatiafactoxr to th minor
ity, sad very aafair. The roaolatioa
previdedyfor immediate t-aeatiag.
. Th irrepreesibl Crisp; wa. had aot
yet rtsamed hia eeat, raisad hia voio ,
immediately la defenea of the reeola
tioa,' declaring in .falsetto vehemence
that aegregatioa ef the "BadieaW waa
a thing greatly to be desired. Be waat
od'it dotta right away. Walter Murphy
toek the debate away from tha Member
from Dare, speaking la fnvof 'of eegro
gatioa aa mttr t falrncta aad jua
Uc. Th debet became general. Ter
mor CongTessmaa Charles - H- Cow Lea.
who W a member of the House from '
WUkea. wasted it deaa, aad declared
that the arbitrary oonsigament ef the
minority 'membership to the- back seats .
vnrm arm I f .
; - phat Wane Want
T
C Bowler f Ashe, proposed a
eoaator resolution sending th matter
to tba committee on Bales, aad thia waa
CaaUaaad o P?j Twl.