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- 1U HLATUL3 - - facressiag cloedlaea Thurs day, proaebly . ra."n, at eight Friday fknrui M4 coolst. , .mine ' WATVULALLL , oa your paper. Send renewal live day before expiration In Order to avoid, ulwuf single copy. . News slMCmuis A rvoLcxm.No.ui. -. DAVElBLAIR V Winston-Salem Uwyer.NamedLHoBJrdetIo,l,l v wi- A$ Head! The Bureau of Internal Revenue - TAR HEEL REPUBLICAN r DEFEATS 38 ENTRIES ' -v. : ' ' i -i . ? Besides- Making plendid Ira. '. . preSSioniSs Had Backing1 Of ; , MoreheadJonnej Hog Com- viuo, f tivuci uuOaV .JIOI V Support ' Prohibition ; Laws; Iredell Wearei Wants Job ----- vTHci janwu, aw xnaxnec nauoaai aanx Building, erf. , i JL D By EDWARD BRITTO.H. Tina Liaait April i. " " '-.: .(By8pl.Md Wire,) . ..G" LTTlw'tT i--w li i j, ' m t'oii or in woe rati Aucmoij. h9 conii- Waahlngtoa, Apri 20.-Dave Blair of t, of eommiuioner,' wer, North Carolina win. He U U be the reeted to meet oa the first Tuesday in Eardinf appointee, aa commisioaer of April and determine whether there should internal rerenGe. And the foreeast of . "Vk wwa-fa. pjeperty . . . . . . . ... . . values, and if there should be, the per il appointment I made three days ago nt, of tuetim that ahould be hit the aall oa the head. It was aot antil after 3 clock this afternoon that Capdidate Blair knew he had landed in the place that so many had sought. He had a conference 'with EcereUry-of the Treasury Mellon' yes - Urday, as I wired, having torn, to Wash- en ounties, approximation of the ro- . . . , ..... . . suit and the equalisation of inter-eoua- ingtoa by hie inv.tat.oa. Today aaw TUM wmqHkeIy d,Telop lnto 0M another conference, and about 3 o clock ot th-knottiest problems that-will cen tals afteraooa Secretary Mellon had front the new revenue commission. Un- caaference with t resident Harding oa th. matter aTa.rtly after that Dave waa told that h Vas it, that he had baea tagged. " , ' Of course ha was pleased. Who-would " W-Ther. ws, 38 race, iue aeio narrowing to six, ana some of tha knowing ones did not in clude Dava ' area ia the six. There, is where be had them fooled. And that he himself was surprised that he was a win, aer I know, for when ho left Washing ton Hat. Friday night for his home in Winston-Salem ha thought he waa out of it, and told some of his friends in ' North Carolina about it. But he had made an impression on Secretary Mel- ka, he had tha backing of the More- - head-Iinhry State Republican eommit- tee, the "hog combine,' as former.Sen- -if atur Marion Butler affectionately' refers , ( to it, aad king, the trick was turned. He : goes homo tonight sod wiU .retun .tp - .Washington about. tkiJUaLAt-Wir ', to . , take ap his daties, .... .... , iaa aaoolictted support, that my friendi ia North Carolina gave me," said' Mr. J awa anoraooa ia laiaing win -mt "rr" ,i.:r.T.:... :r..".: I VHkhrim im v h.hlf I am nn grateful to Mr. Morthead and tha com-' imW!,ht ,m' torWMhin? Jv-stiA. . .d difficult . '- oa, but I propose to give the very jteet- that ia In mo to performing j tht , 'dutie that it imposes. Ia the matte? , 'of may liquor questioa that cornea bo- . . fore me aa head of the laternal Bora- sua Bureau I am going to enforce the. ' Ir as. I And it I have -aiked no - favors, of any one in this appointment. f X am pledged to ao one, au under ae obligations except those T friendship, . aad tnat, support was-unsolicited sup- i port." y David H. Blair is 34. years old, a na- ' tive of High Point. His wife was form- erly Miar Adelaide Csnnon, of Concord, oangater or J. w. vannon, wenirny co-1 - toa manufsetarer, aad they have one - cniia, a ooy two years ora. ur. dibit . Was- principal of the graded schools of Winatoa-Salem for five years quite a ,- 'while ago, and then entered upon the practice of law ia Winatoa-Salem, hav ing taken the law course at the Uni versity ef North Carolina. He ia graduate of Haverford College, Pa and ia a Quaker, He has two brothers- well . knowa throughout the State, William v,l 1 1 & m m.. n i v....l ; ;;r: : i JsMfiaf. t t I isaaav aa-jeio4Me B-w- vsv aasxsw vw i f th. leadinw factor, of North C.ro- liaa. aad Joha Jay Blair, for maay . years euperlntendent of the graded iehooU at Wilmington, now loeatedMa Xaleigh with the State Board of Kduca- tioa as superUUadeat of aehool houwe : eoaatraetioa. & Iredell afearea Waata JeW." Ta the city'today also waa Robert W. . Blair of Wytheville. Va aad Detroit, Mich. He took the news thst tne North t'arolina Blair waa the wiaaer for the position he bad sought most philoao- phieally. "I ana glad that my Veasla' ' Pave geta the appointment," he said to as. "here were 38 candidate for the ' position and when I last talked with Seeretary Mellon I told him that t eoa Ttava ftlarr aa tha beat man as " eept one, and -that modoaty kept' me tha apDointment came as a surprise to , Washington, the first Intimation of it I , being ia The Bulletin, a soon day pub- licatina issued la window displays here, . ' and ta the Washington Times, both of - which said that it appeared as slated, . During the day a big delegation of Keo-1 .. . ... .... -. n I Tucaians caiiea ax loe naiie noun ana i . - u4 n t. .nrnmittuM, Mil. I ; i. i . w-. - - p. - , ... ; cjidoroed. The aenng commwisoner, au- lard P. Vcf. of Kentucky,, but their aannort failed to land him. There ia another,. North Carolinian here who b after something -that is good, CoU Iredell Means of Wilmington, who is Just bark from a visit to New Tork, where he visited his daughtef, Mrs. Willie Brown, formerly Miss Jaae J.n U-.. lum kn.K.nil U IwAtr WUIU Brows, of rtsh, formerly head I a jureniia ort, mu9 m .- turer. During the last earn paten Judge Brown waa ia 'charge of the work of the Democratic aational committee ia aeenr-ina- the eaoDort of the first voters. Col onel Means, ao the talk goee.'may laad ia tha Department fe Justice as aa ae- eistaat attorney general. - Ia the last campaign he waa the North Carolina manager for Hiram Johnson, and will undoubtedly have the support of the California Senator for aomg paUf Boaitioa. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. ibrty ;F6uf Counties : Average 28 Per Cent Expitation of Time for Reporting Action by County Boards TilJ. It.ir"l at... r r: , v : " FirVJ Present zrjJZjrZr. general average of 28 per cent were mad by the 44 ebuntiee heart .from whoa tht statutory time limit for re port to the State Tax Commission ex- P" yesterday. Two eountiee had I cured for new. valuation, nad tea hi Jjgjf '."t iJ4 Boma doabfobtata. as to the statue ILZoTrXX 3 Jnvuivr wvj sua uoewqutjaiiT' m rr 1X5 eommiuioa May 1, which tuxes aver au the functions ol tut tax actioa of eonnfT boarda of eommlatioa- ' audeTThVlawr directed that report of I the action of the eonnty boarda bo (aD m It ted to the tax commission for renew aot later than April 20. 1 Widely scattered aa are the counties, and aa widely divergent aa are the ao- 1 tlons of the commissioners in the so wt full commiaaioa on J 'LLVtSL SSIS ,f values among the- eeuatlea. V - No actioa will be tahea by the tax eymmlaaioa aa at present eonatituted. .1 J L. 4-1a - - - - will Kak int.. ,1, Southern Tariff AssVi? Appeals To President Harding and To Congress: . , Washingtoa, April 20. Tha floathera Tar'if ' IwocUUou, elaJmiiur represeata. Hcf "'t"- ew ,BHy"'ot aater frwidept Harding and Cpngrels fot protec tjvf (ari( which it declared was i taperttiTtiy necessary ' to, aava. the eouth ttik f ecoomie disaster of nBTralled Intensity." 'A wewoTiar'prew,.itd 'o the House ways aad mean, eommittet said agri- toHM! "lie BrcjaHSafe', tha maaiifa- furinf industry " i$ "thrcata with paralys'l" nd thf'mincral iadustry is NBtuly inoperative." Tha lmmediata - 7- .T . ... . . . of "luck tariff schedules as will equalise the eoatof produetio ia thil eeuntry'wtth that of foreign coun- (ritaM was asked. , A copy of the mem orial later was presented to 'President Harding" by a eommitte, who asked tha support of the admtalatraUoa la their effortsT ThevPreeideiit, also waa asked to attsod the aext meeting of the asso- eiation, yhleh will be held ia-Columbia, 8. C, withia, the next two or throe months. " The ' invitatloa was " taken under advisement bw the President. RAILROADS COMPLETE ' ; PRESENTING EVIDENCE i Predict Receiverships and Bankruptcy If Wages Art Not Bednced Chicago, -amii wettiag whtri a - . . , , . . . 7 nllroads i i ,5 t if At VVV . lh l Uko1 VU B?1 V"!m:tl3 J?""?"' H"SI. fkd" J4 matu April gs, -aJloOe tU"t, tia PV- . tl , Pfdictions ol receiverships aad b"Jr"Pey interspersed exhibit after Uj in worn w iht deereasea ia , outside industry the eoat ef !inf sineo the reeent raUroad wage scale wee made effective. All of Mrs roads took tha same position as that expressed by W. u. Bisrd, of the Chicago and Alton, the last witness. The wage deeiaioa of July,' 1020, as I Baderatand it, was based almost ss- Mr. Bierd said. "If that is correct, wt feel fully justified la asking m doerease ia ineee rates or pay., xirax, oa ue grouada of absolute necessity; second beeoose the reason for creating the present rates has been removed and third, because other industries have rs . J : . M . . . uu - mi ueir wages. -k i.,r.iiiA-i i ni r- t WEATHER UNFAVORABLE A FOR NEW COTTON CROP Wahingtoa, April 20.r-Gsnerally an- favorable weather impeded pro grass pi the new-eottoa rop during the past week, only thO'dhRtcra states ef the belt having conditions favorable to P - tin, theweekly crop bulletia of - ,...7"I i .. v " . . Planting has become general thronah- out Oeoraria aad ahoch of tha enttoa ia up aad being chopped, The report aaid, bat this work waa hampered ia the central portions of the belt ' due to heavyt raios. r. The Piedmont seetioa ef South Carolina waa tha hardest hit by the recent "cold aaap, although the plants are showing' ap pretty well The report shoved the recent frosts would necessitate re-plaating ia Louisiana, gad ArkaaaaS,. . PROJECTIVE TARIFF FOR SOUTH RALEIGH, N. Cat In Valuation Values Fair. eomes operative May 1, No member of tha p reient eommiuioa would dvenaa the situation y ecterdayr exeept to haxard tha opinio that tha time limit aet ap ia tha law eoald ver likely bo held gainst the aabmissioa ef any. report from tha 44 eoontiea aofheaas from at .11 . i A . . . . -I ....... ' ' Aetiaa By Caaatiea. Tha report by counties received by tha eo mm union Is aa follows: : " Alexander, 93 1-8 par sent reduction ; AJleghaaey, S3 1-3 per cent reduction; Avery, ao redaction ; .Beaufort, 23 per cant reduction : BJadea, 13 par cent reduction i Brunswick, provision for equaJixatioB ; Auka, 83 1-3 per cent I--..-. - A tion; Carteret, 60 per cent reduction; Caswell. SI 1-4 per cent reduction; Catawba, SO per eaat reduction : Chat- bam, equalixatlea provision ; Uhowan, ao reduction; uranvlUe, f 83 , 1-8 per reduetionDavidson, 80 per cent reduc tion; Davie, 13 per cent reduction: Durham, 25 per coat jeductloiu Edgecombe, 29 per cent reduction oa property ia incorporated towna and 60 par cent oa rural property; Foray tha, ao reduction; Greenville. 83 1-3 per cent reduction) Gates, 10 par cent re daction Greene, 60 per cent reduction; Halifax, 40 per cent reduction; Hert ford, 33 1-3 per cent reduction! Hoke, 23 par cent reduction ; Jackson, aaseas- -raent aot ia axeeaa vt value Johnston, 33 l-s per cent reunion Jones, so par cant rednenoai JuiaeolB, 23 per coat reduction ia county, with 40 per cent la Mara Hill township r Martin, S3 1-3 per cent reduction! McDowell, no changes; Mitchell, present values aot axecasivat Moatgomrey, 20 per eenti reduction; Nash, 23 par cent reduction; ia town property smd 60 per cant ia county; Onslow, 30 per, cent reduetioa; Pamlico, 23 per cant redueaton; Pas quotank, 10 per cent reduetioa ; Pender, 25 per cent reduction ; Person, 30 par (Ceatiaaed oa Page Two.) Farmers' Union Wants Com mission To Determine What ' Ails Agriculturer Washington, April 50. Congrou was urged to resolutioa. adopted today by the National Farmeraf- TJnlen,- ia eoav veatioa here, to appoint a joint com' minis a to determine "what la wroag with agriculture" and to enact legisla tion to "correct the discovered ,. and established evils." The -farmers have been branded aa profiteers, - the resolution , said. ' "and have been accused of takinar or threat ening measures which would result ia dangerously diminiahed . quantity of available products," adding . that the country waa entitled to khow-tho facta and that Congress was the only agency equipped "to ascertain the truth." " Oa the other hand, it ehaived that the farmers bad been . discriminated against ia the matters of credit and transportation and that they. had beea forced to' sell their products below the cost of production while residents of the cities had been 'compelled to pay nve or six timee zor their rood the amount which the producers obtained Agriculture stands in a "unique ,and strategic position," . John , McSparraa Master, of- the Pennsylvania Btata Grange, told the eoavention, with eapital aaa ibdot en either aide organised and looking after their owa interests. The farmers he added, should - stand to gether,- T Booraiary ox Agriculture Wallace urged the various farm organisations to take constructive steps to build ap aa organlxatloa to protect aad promote agriculture, v . Ia quick succession, resolutions were passed for the - appoiniasaf of eoia mltteca to report oa the losses of the farmers aad the amount ef credit ex tended to them ia comparison with ether Industries and also oa'tho "un fair . practices and discrimination against co-operative eoncera. ' Members of the Farmerr Union were said by Mr. Seed, their aational secre tary, to have 130.000.000 Unvested la co-operative organizations which did turuevsr ia business volumes last year ox ever ewv.uuu.uuu. wnaa von see boards of trade aad ehambsn of com merce patting any farm erganlxatioa on the bask. 7 he continued, "it's not worth a CUM to tha farmer" addinw that we hate blood in ear eyes for that crowd." Bepresentatire TJpshaw. of Georaia. promised to support tha resolutioa for s congressional commission te investi gate the farm aituatin and Madama Agrest told of the work of the Interna tional-Institutf of Agriculture at Borne, wua wnica ana la connected. . WORD H. WOOD RESIGNS FROM ROAD COMMISSION Governor Cameron 'Morrisoa yester day announced the reeixnation ef Word K. Wood, of Charlotte., aa member ef the State Highway Commission from the Birth district under the Dough ton- uonnor-Bowie Act. . Mr. Wood wrote the Governor that oa aaeouat of aumareas business duties, it would be impossible for him to eerve on the eommuuioa.. Governor Morrisoa yesterday telegraphed Mr. Wood his deep regret that be eoald aot eerve. Governor Morrison has not yet named sueeesaor. . - - -- Lackwaaaa Stack Divided. WaehlBgtea. April 20 Aathoritv for the Delaware, Lacks wana ,e ad W cetera Sail road te issue a stock dividend of HSfiOOfiOO was greatcd today br the Interstate Commerce Commissidh. The road sought to issue the full amount ef Ha surplus, about-emOOOjOOO aa a stock j fliviasaa, URGES CONGRESS - m iiiiirnTiniTr in irjifrin.n ih . . iu .niLu.iun.Li C.THURSDAY MORNING," . ., ' 'l " SaeaanxaXSSenaSpami aBanaWaaaaaamWaWmCSS MCMMMBn - CHATTiiinniiA wins HnpRn;pniKFflR 1 i wt ii it it ii IWUUI I II II iv 1 1 1v I HUUI bUIUI Ull I NEXT CONVENTION nr onAn DnnoTcoc Ul iUMU UUUOIL 0 National Good Road Assoftia- tion Petitions Congress, For Federal Aid GOVERNOR BROUGH TO " 'BE KAMEO PRESIDENT OontinndM Flow ,,of Good Boadi Oratory features Greensboro Meeting: Con. I gress Beq,netd ' To Derote I Allied War Debt To Building of Improved Highways Greensboro, April 20-Adpption of resolutions petitioning Congress to eoa - tinuous flow of good reads oratory fea - operative system of Federal Aid ia road- before aext week. The Miners Feder building and to appropriate 100,000,000 ation has decided that tha aew pro annually for five years; together with poaals made publie by the owners are the selection of Chattanooga as the aext i- i.'v.u i i . tinuous jow of good roads oratory' fes tared the third driy of the joint good roads convention here. Election of officers for the United 8tstes Good Boada Association will oe cur tomorrow. Former Governor Bickett wired that he would be unable t deliver the addreaa scheduled on account of the press of business. Benntor Townsend, scheduled also fot aa address, wired that he waa delayed, but would be oa hand Thura day. Broach Slated For President. Speeches by A. G. Batchelder, Of Waahinfftna? Col Ci. A. Nelaan. af Ala- bsma, and CoL Joseph Hyde Pratt, of tha TTn!..r;f. nt Vnrfh Hmlina in. gather with a musical program rendered under the direction of Miss Alice Bivtns, of the North Carolina College for Women, were features of this morninxs meeting. t This afteraooa the meeting waa In charge of the engineers attending thai" involves neither state control nor eanvantioa and their diaenaaiona re- lated to problems facing those engaged n the practical end of huthwav con - structioa. ' Uii generally thought that Governor " u eonsmerod doubtful K the eoafer Chaa. H. Broutfb. of Arkansas. wUl be enef ef dclegstes will insist boob the unanimously re-elected presides? of the I retignstioa of Mr. Hodges, who tndi assoeistion and that J. A. Bountree will I rectry was a cause ef the withdrawal succeed himself as secretary and direc tor general. ' The report of .the committee on resolu tions waa the first of the morning ac tivities. Col Benehan Cameron, chair- man ot the committee, submitted the rwneo wv)r w read by J. H. Boar - tu.. u.., . r.ary or ue eommtttee. The resolutions followed the advice gi vea- by - S aator Thomas -Heflia, of Alabama, yciterday,. and call oa Con- areeo te continue the Federal aid pre- gram and also feoaaka aa appropriation of $100,000,000 annually for the aext five years for the successful operation of this program. ' Colonel Cameron, between,, naps, made vigorous talks Urging the adoption of the resolations aad seems greatly grati fled at their ananimous adoptioa. Endorse Federal Ce-eperatloa, I The resolations will be presented to the President aad to Congress by a committee which will go to Washington next week probably making their ap- peal on Tuesday. The-resolution fol- lows: ' ' Whereat the 'Federal and State co-1 operative road plan has .resulted ia the I construction and improvement of thou-1 sands ef miles ot poet roads aad publie highways which" directly benefit many thon.Rnds of American people, and "Whereas this plan has beea endorsed by business men's leagues, chambers ef commerce, xarmerr unions, ana other DOdiee interested In good roads, and " "Whereas there irt no -nubile ttollev that will ties, aad benefit nor people than that, whlck ia now being carried out In the) eonstruotion of pablie ro.ds i the various States ef the Union, "Therefore be it resolved 'that r Wa heartily endorse the Federal' and State eo-onerativa nlan nf vaaA Knltiflnv haw in pracuee aad we urge upon Congress the importance and neeeaslty ef eoattna-1 U( this work aad avoiding-a National cainiuilja v a 10 preveat this eaiamity we urge the Oongress to approDriata the sum of 100,00000 a year for a. period of five r"- if Waal War Debt For Roads Whereas during th World War ths government of the United States ax. I tended losns tfl ths allied nationi ia the sum of about tlO,000,OOOlQPO and "Whereas mueh is being said about tha payment ef this debt and disposi- wa to be made ef such monies when pale; and 'Whereas the construction and im highways ia the Uaited Statee would directly benefit more neonle than ware thti money need in any other way, ; "Therefore be it resolved that: Con gress is hereby requested to devote thi. money to the National1 road fund and shall be ased as Congress shall direct ta building and Improving poet roads and publie highwayo ia the Uaited States. . A. G. Batehelder, executive ehairman ef the A. A. A. delivered a very Inter, eating talk, taking a common sense view of the situation as it aow exists. He believes that areat improvements eoald be made in the present federal t . (Ceatiaaod oa Page Two.) A Matter of Minutes With the teleohane always at your hand It II now but a matter of minutes for roa to put a Want Ad In-the newspaper, asklna; for a job. Booking to offact a eala, -a rental, aa exchanoM. or to hire aa offloa or domaatlo helper. v Hundreds are ntn thla method: today, aad risrhta wow. In Aorll uisst Is the trme to bag-in the use of bo Want Ads. Remember It la only a matter of minutes to pnt a Want Al la the Newa and Observer, and then It Is but a quest loo of one or two days before your aeed la enpplled. APRIL 21, 1921. SlHTLINEi BRITISH Iotdhc tdio u, 01 lliL 1 1 Mine Workers Decide New Pro- ' aH A a A Iaa ' axtf a. . .a m. m. . triwMis ui win is uwners i. Are Top Vague ; SITUATION HINGES ON CONFERENCE TOMORROW Desire To Get Together, If He. gotiable Basis Can , Be round, Displayed' By Both Sides; Government Takes Steps To Alleviate Condi. tions Among Poorer Classes I , London, April 20. (By the Associated 1 Press) It is virtually ierUia there wU be ao settlement of the eoal strike w? w nora in ror negotl lations. play a deaire td get together, if negotiable basis can be found, and should Frank Hodgea, secretary of the Miners' nnioa, succeed in the admitted ly hard task of swing-in the deleaatcV conference rriday to bis side, it is be uoveo .another Joint conference will MemD'; Possibly Moaday, Vagae afcd MeaaiBcleaa. The statement of the miners' feder- '" .rt,r.di,lf the PrP'1 i,u last Bight by the owner, say they are vague and meaningless, nnd ia the maia merely reformulate previous of fen." ' V The federation adds that ita owa pro- are peneciiy eiesr a national I WSgCS board With a BltiOBal tlIU oaablo the poorer pita to pay egreed upon out of funds contributed sthrough the levy by inen aadmiae owners. I f k? evenrof a aew conference, I D pot win oe laorougniy discussed I siaie suDsuur. l meeiings ox ue weisn miners are l"ug acta in protect againet any com I promise on the original -demands, but of the railwaymen and tnnaport work ers from their threatened Strike. . An v appeal limed br a number of I leading Biahopa and v Non-Oonf ormist clergy including the Bev. Begiaald S. I Campbell, former pastor ef City Temple i Bight Bev, Alfred Clifford, tiK Bobcrt ir. noma aad Sev. Frederick B. Meyer I has beea made rmblie. anrina dlanaa. I sloaate eoaaideratioa of the miawra' A mands for a fair wage oa the basis ef the tonnage levy proposed by the Miners' Federation. The government has takes aew steps to alleviate as far aa noalhla tH aim. lenities of the poorer elssses in oe- taiaiag allowances of coal without waiting In line, aad also to eatabliab emergency public kitchens, .ts waa done during the war. Roosevelt at Havana. Havana, April 20. Aa A merles a Navy seaplane with Theodore Booae- volt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a passenger arrived this afternoon from Miami. Fla. Mr. Boosevelt waa mat br Boaa Lone, the American mintatar. ai the eommsndcrs of several Amerieaa warships anchored ia Havana harbor. Daniels Tells of irti 1110 IfLLIA Great Strategist in Naval War 1 By JOSEPHUS DANIELS 'ermer Secretary ef the Navy CoserkM ISM. a Ia a. Buk. flu. t. . aaros an ruhu name . aawdimrtaa, Vnatmtmi mcuhhis (c aav I. w.u'"v nu" my office, and I never left a White House eon- f""' f vrar yean, without the reflection shaping itself in my mind Ith th rld had lost a great military leader when it gained a great edusator ws vavvawra. x-iwrnaeni wiison, wno, before k0P the allies lay ia achievina- unitv . President Wilson who advocated this poliey when we rained tha fJh o volee U the military councils of those who were fiihtins-the Central empires. r . , . President Wilson who resisted the stroaa nra-ino- of aama hi ameneaa advlscn. ' and of tha British Permit oar Aarerieaa soldiers to be the allied armies. It was President Wilson who iaaiatad that the Amerieaa forces must be or ganised as Amerieaa army units, under Amerieaa command and who sustained General Pershing - in carrying this polley tao effect M the Aarlieat poo i It was President Wilson wha cam . J J .1.1 A ... rcnuru mat amenta must bo la ro- sition oa land snd vfster to carry the war urouga to victory, even if the al Ilea were forced to abandon It Stay Taroaah Tin . letorr This extreme possibility he envlsaared and when we entered the war he had resolved ia bis soul that whatever might befall Great Britain, France, Italy or. japan, the United tSates would stick until autocracy was beaten It was this resolute purpose which made his leadership so insplrine to those of us , who served with him through days which were always anxious aad not infrequently diseouracinsr. In matters affecting the navy he was as wise and as forceful aa ia military mattera. He eaw at once the vital importance of making egress for the U-boat diffi culty if aot impossible. It H waa aot practicable to go into the rat holee end kill ell the nte, the ssme end might be attained by stopping the hole ap. or railing even that, by setting traps so thickly around the holee that rate attempting to get by would run serious peril of being, caught. - i?. i Newton Baker could telltianv nn in eldant to illustrate the almost inspired genisf af Woodrovr Wilson In deaJlsl. .TWELVE PAGES TODAY. BXPXOSION OP MBTEOl . SHOWERS HOT METAL OX - GEORGIA COMMUNITIES Maeoa, Ga, April SC. A meteor, or a aeries ef meteors, passed ever middle aad Beataera Georgia a boat I o'clock this moralng, expUdlng aad ahewering hot metal aa keavy aa irea, aecerdlBg te reperts received hero eaalght. It was aeea at Maeea. It exploded at Cerdele, Pitts, eeme diataaea eaat of Cerdele, aad Albany, aoathwast ef here. At Pitta, IB Wilcox eeaaty. more J aam a cases keavy explaaioBa wore hoard, followed by a report ersckllag la the air far several mraatea. Bod hot metal, some pieces welghlag nix Beaade each, fell te the earth trail, lag black smoke. The ' sky was clowdlaaa. ' . The amajevlty ef the ptccee fell la epea Sales aad ae faraa kaewn tas alght aw aae waa tajared. VOMAN FOR PLACE Mrs. William M. Reynolds Has Strong Support For Presi dency of D. A. R. The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON (By .Special Leased Wire) Washina-ton. Aoril tf. Un. wstii.n M. Beynolds, of Winston-Salem, who is a prominent figun in the Congress of the Daugbtera of the Amerieaa Revolu tion, was tbs guest of honor at a dinner given by the North Carolina representa tives at the Congress at tha New Wil lsrd hotel tonight, with Mrs. W. O Spencer, of Winston Balem, the newly cirevea dwh regent, the dinner pcrty in addition ware Mrs. Lindsay Pattenoa, of Winston-Salem; Mrs. Edwin Grcsory. of Saliabum Mn ii O. Heath, of Charlotte; Mrs. W. H. isODD, Of Uoldsboro; Mrs. Bosnia E. Mauney, of Kings Mountain; Mrs. Fred M. Laxtoa, of Charlotte; Mrs. James M. Gudger, Jr, of AshovUIe. Mrs. 8. A. Robinson, of Gaatonia; Mn. Parka Kirkpatriek, of Charlotte;-Mrs. W. O. Ni.bct. of Charlotte: Mrs. D.... Mimms, of Winston-Salem; Mn. Fred J. Cooce, of Wadosboro; Mn. Charles a. Armstrong, of. Troy; Miss Jessie Rogers, of Waynesville: Mrs. J. P Fowler, of Statesvills. Among the dauehten of tha im.ri. caa Bevolutlon whose annual Congress mo Dig event or tae wee here, the political pot' for 192S is boiling more or leas lustily. The election of Ptaal. dent General dooe aot occur till 1923, mi aireeay candidates are belna- groomed for the position, and among these in Mrs. .William M. Beyaolda, of Winston-Salem, It i understood that Mrs, Beynolds Has suboort not alnaa xrmn jnonm uarauaa, ti,t from mrga aumuar mi swvuiorn srateav Another candidate in- tha making Mn. George Maynan. Minor, of Con nectieut, - while there . ia work being none aiao in Deuan of Mn. Ueprge Thacher Guernsey, a former President General, and the hat "of Mn. Anthony Wayne Cook is also in tha rina. aa ia that ef Mrs. William Cummings Story, another former President General. The meeting of the NdHh Carolina delega tion to tha Congress was presidedeover by Mrs. W. O. Spencer, of Winstoa Salem, the newly elected State regent, na airs, wmiam ratter, of States viiio, tha State vice .regent.. A short sddress waa made by Mn. B. D. Heath, of Charlotte, eaadidate for Vice Presl dent General from North Carolina. Also among the list" -of those present wss Mrs.'Edwia Gngory, of Salisbury, (Coatinaed en Page Two.) Wilson as i . SKMIaj Mauiw lale ' tiMfmlmtuar . kKiaeias we entered the war, saw that the oalv of eammanri ' - j and tlak milita rw antkaaitL.. a. ' used merely as replacement troops for 7ft with army problems. I have ao doubt he will some dsy. Naturally I am more familiar with his gift of etrstegy as d splayed in. the solving of naval problems. Before I relate sums in cidents from my ewa experience which throw light upon this phase of the for mer President's many sid'ed character, I want to outline more fully the gen eral sttnktion and circumstances which l form the basis for the assertioas I have made concerning his military leader ship in the opening paragraph -of this article. Almost immediately following our declsrstion of war we began hearing r ora ureal Britain and t rance sug iwions as 10 toe wise course for us to pursue in sueh armed help as we might be able to give Obviously we had no ready-made, trained aad direiplined army to send overseas at least not of such strength ao to be a eoasidenble factor in the sit nation, it was not unnatural, nor wholly nnreatonsbie that the allies should suggest the best plan for 'us te follow Would be to plsre such forces we could raise under allied com' stand, where la associatioa with the trained and veteraa troopa ef France and Great Britain, they would find support aad learn more readily the lessons that the fighting man mutt know. President Vetoee Plan. Admlnl Sims, together with some oth Amorieaas, were ineliaed to agree with the allios that this plan was the BOOST TWIN CITY XConfiaaed. .a Page Jlv&g PRICE:! FIVE CENTS SENATORS APPROVE COLOMBIAN TREATY AFTER LONG FIGHT Vote On Ratification 69 To 19, Eleven More Than Two-'.'-. Thirds Majority, ADMINISTRATION WINS j : FIRST SENATE BATTLE emwaws-mammawaaaeaa Lodge Supplements Beoom mendation t x of . President Harding That Treaty Be Bat, ifled To Promote friendly National Relations , 29 Den. ocrats Vote To Ratify - Washington, April 20. The Colom bian' treaty growing oat ef the par titioning of Panama waa 'ratified today by the Senate. It pro video for the pay ment by the United Statee of tSSWOOO to the South Amerieaa republic bnt haa yet to be approved by the Colombian aaaemoiy. The vote on ratificaiina waa M a 19, or 11 more than the necessary two thirds majority. Simmons Votes Agalaet , - Fifteen Republicans aad four Demo crats voted against ratification. They went Republican; Borah, Capper, Johnson, California f joace, Washing ton; Kellogg. Kenyan, LaFollette, Lea root, McNary, Nelson, Norbeok, South Dakota; Norria, Poindexter, TowBsend aad Wadsworth Demoentst Dial, Reed, Simmons and Watson, ef Georgia. . , Senators Cummins, Republican. Iawa, and Trammel!. Democrat Florida, were paired against ratification. . , The Harding administration throagh rati II cation of the-treaty won its fret fight in the Senate. The Fresideat, In , a message te the special session ef the Senate March 9, five days after his ia anguratioa. recommended ratineacioa aa -Scry helpful at the present time kv promoting our friendly nlationshlpa.7 This reeommendatien waa supplemented today by Senator Lodge, ef Mssssslie setts, the Bepublican leader, who. In reply to attacks of Bepublican Sena tan of the Progressive group, declared rati. flection of the past was "part ef mat national foreign policy'' eeateraplated by President Harding "towards ' ear neighbon ia the Southern aad Caatera hemisphereo. , Democrata Vote For It." Forty Republicans were- joined by twenty-nine Democrats in voting for ratification. One Bepublican, Page, Vermont, ajid threa Democrats, Shields, Tennessee; . Owen, Oklahoma, ' aad Walsh,. Montana, were paired in Ita favor. Two BepublleaA Senators, II krae, West Virginia, aad Newberry, Michlgna, were absent and not voting. In the roll-calls oa Senator Borah's amendment to exculpate this aatioa aad ita agents from any ' wrong-doing la acquiring the Canal, .threa .Democrata voted wh thirty-six ' Bopubeana am the first call,- and with twenty -eevea Republicans on a second call. These Demoents, were Kendrick, Wyomingj Reed, Missouri, aad Wctson, Georgia. Nine Republicans, who Drat voted for the Borah amendment, later voted in opposition. These were Dillingham, , Vermont: Fornnld. Maine. Korea. New Hampshire: Ladd. North Dakota. Lodre. Massachusetts, MeKinley, Illinois ; 8pea eer, Missouri :8lring. South Dakota. and Sutherland, West Virginia. A murmur awept the chamber when Senator Lodge changed front en the amendment. A mild demonstration had , greeted Hd support ef it oa the first call. Senstor LaFollette. Jieonblieaa. Wisconsin, who supported most ef the other amendments proposed, voted loudly In the negative on the Borah amendment. The Poindexter amendment la out the indemnity to Columbia from St5.- , 000,000 to 115,000,000 was suported by sixteen Republicans and six Democrata. . The latter were Dial, South Carolina; McKellar, Tennessee; Reed, Missouri; Simmons, North Carolina; Trammell. Florida, and Watson, Georgia. Twenty-two Kepablieaaa and seres tesn Dsmoersts supported Senator ' Wsdsworth's amendment to' prohibit Colombian troopa and, wanhipe from ' tfiing the Csaal la a war against a na tion with which the Uaited States was at peace. Prominent among the Be publican supporton of this amendment waa Senator Knox, Pennsylvania, and among the Democrats Hitchcock, ef Nebntka, ranking minority member ef the foreign relations committee. The final-vote -ended eight days of debate, the treaty by agreemeat having een taken Op by the Senate Immediately after the reconvening of Sixty -Seventh Congress ia extraordinary session). Op- -ponents of ratification com posed largely of whst is knowa in the Senate as the progressive Republican group, were vigorous in their denunciation ef the pact throughout the discussion. They declared that its acceptance would place a stain on the name of Theodora Roose velt, would be a useless sqnaader ef publie money, and would amount to ' compliance with "a blackmail demand oa the part of Colombia." WESTERN CONGRESSMEN TAKE UP IMMIGRATION Washington, April 20. Active work by the organisation of Senatora aad Representatives ef eleven far Weatera statee, perfected todsy for the purpoee of uniting efforts for dealing with the Japanese . immigration problem, will , begin within the next week.- Senator Johnson, Bepubliesn, California, chair man ef the executive committee ef the organiatlon, announced tonight that he would ' name aa committeemen eae .. Senator aadi one. representative from -' each of the states this week. . ' Ths first work of the orgialsatioa. it was announced, would be to make a survey of the aituatioa with the expee- tatioa of submitting information col lected to ether states for possible actioa.- .... .. ... ! , Mcmbera present at today's srrsni- satioa meetina emphasised "the neces sity of nation-wide ee-opsratlou with the Western states la facing conditions which they described ts threatening. aniens remedial steps were immediately , Btaarmlaa, - 4 i ii
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