North Carolina Newspapers

airnd Oi'gis BMasasJMgPWMatfS-sssn mm North CsrollnaCloedy Fri. dayl Saturday fair, nlMt la went ywtlo. , - . - en your papr. fiuntl I Ave days before t In order to avoid Uum.i.g a ingle copy. , ,VOL. CXIILNO. I 19; ';. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY, s RALEIGH. N. C, FRIDAY-MORNING. APRIL 29. 1921 SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS in FlilST TO! m OFIHIWIIIEY GOES TO DISTRICTS Commission Makes Division o Funds On Population . - - Area Basis CLIFFORD OLDER CHOSEN STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER Illinois Van, Declared By; Atu thorities To Be Ablest Boad ' ' Builder In America Coming v To Worth Carolina; Many Boad Projects Approved For 4 Building - ' Tha first tea million dollars of the fifty authorised by ths 6Mtil Awn ' My for building roads is North Carolina was apportioned yesterday among th niae construction distrieti by th. State Highway Commit is a, and it expendi tare directed on approved roads within the districts. The apportionment was made on the basis of population, area. and raid mutsge. Bpeeifi application of the money ap portioned wis directed in all districts except the Seaond and Sixth. Plans for the development of roads within those districts have not yet Men sum eiently developed, and in the Sixth dis trict, Ahe change in the commissioner has delayed the organisation of the work. Approval of roads in these dis tricts Is left to the resident eommis- sloner and Chairman Frank Page. New Engineer Elaeted. Before adjournment yesterday even' Ing at 7 o'clock, the commission elected Clifford Older, State Highway Engineer . in Illinois for the past 1 years, to tas same position in North Carolina. It , is expected that Mr. Older will accept . and in him the State secures the eer- vices of sn engineer who has been de 7 dared the ablest highway engineer in , the United States. Daring the past 14 years Mr. Older has built snd maintained 4,800 miles of- every type of road known to, the : highway engineering profession snd -Mr. Psge feels that the Bute has se- ' cured the services of the best engineer available in the United States.' Mr. . Page has known him .for several years and has had opportunity to study hip work, both in construction and maln . ' tenanee. He was apprised of his alee : tloa by telegraph. . The commission adjourned wntil May -' ., : 18. In the Interim, the administrative ' .staff of the commission wiU-prepare plans for thd approved roads, and with ? ths re-assembly of the eomnriseioa next - month, ftssy of -trie -eoiitracrs " will be .Wesdi' Nr'0Wlau!IUl1iaer of them have already been prepare! got .advertising.. v. . - .,,;. ' - v . All contracts wiU be let through the chairman of the commission. Work will 1 begin and proceed simultaneously in all nine districts as fsst as possible, the chairman seeing that contractors are distributed equally, and in so far as possible all districts will be developing .their work on a parity. Maintenance will begin as soon as the roads have A . - been . taken over and the maintenance . ' department organised on a working Distribution of Finds. The distribution of the funds, and the approval of the roads by, districts is as follows: First district, . W. E. Hart, commis sioner, $1,518,000. Among the first roads to be built will be the highway connecting with the road from Raleigh - at the Nash county line, extending to Jtocky Mount, Tarboro, northeastward. Plans prepared for new roads in Pitt, Beaufort, Nosh, Edgecombe, Pasquotank aad Perquimans counties. Others un der consideration to be determined upon later. Second district, John ' E. Cameron, commissioner, $1,157,000. Completion of the 'entral highway from Wake connty eastward to be developed Inter. Work ordered on roads in Duplin, Craven and Greene counties. Other pending. Third district, W- A. McGirt, com missioner, $998X100. Completion of the Wilmington-Ooldsboro road in Pender aad Duplin; New Bern-Wilmington road - in Pender and Onslow; Southport-Wil-. mington Wilmingtoa-Chsrlotte-Asheville highway west to Scotland county line; Lamberton-layettevirie road; Fayette ville-Wilmingtcn road. New Hanovei eonnty gets no expenditure. Fourth district, John Sprunt Hill. commissioner, $1,120,000. Completion of the central nigh way from Alamance eonnty line east to Johnston county line, card surface construction, with later provision for connecting; with eonnty seats- north and south of the line. Fifth district, 3. Elwood Cox, eom missioner, si,lUfj,uuu. immediate com pletion of the Central highway from Bowan to Orange county line, and High Point-Winston-Salem highway. Pending on roads north to Buckingham county, etc. Sixth district W. C Wilkinson, com missioner, $1,372,000. Application, of funds to be determined by Commis sioner sad Chairman Page. Central highway to be completed. ' Seventh district, B. A. Dor.ghton, com missioner, $950,000. Developments con necting trans montane county seats and extending eastward to Win t'. -Salem. Eighth district, John C KeBee, com missioner, $341,000. Complete Central highway from Marion to Buncombe county - line ; connect . Bristol.Asheville highway through Mitchell and other eouaties; eight miles on W.-C.-A. high way in Butherford eonnty. Grading of other roads preparatory to bard surfse- lag. t Ninth district, John Q. Btickleather, commissioner, $925,000. Extension of Central highway .through .Muthwestert North Carolina to Georgia line, with pur roads linking up county scats off the main highway.' ' ' ' " CLAKXNCK FOB TO OPIN TOBACCO DKIVE Ut WATNE. Goldsboro, April 18. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive. Farmer, will pea the drive in Wayne f or the or ganixation of the tobacco farmers of .Wayne county. . t IREDELL MEARES H GOOD PLACE VITH DEPARTMEff Wilmington K Progressive Re publican Lawyer Gets unoice Political Plum CAN TRAVEL AROUND AT GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSE Nifty Salary of Six Thousand Wul - Come la Handy, too Senator Eiram Johnson Due To Iattud Treatment Ac corded Him at Chicago ; Bj Dare Blair and Others Th. News and Observer Bureau, 60S District National Bank Bjdg. By EDWAED E. BKITTOPi Waahinston. Aoril 28-Col. Iredell Uml of Wilmington as I wired last night, has isnoea. ana ,s ponucw piuu of the extremely good variety oa the payroll is his.; The appointment of the Wilmington man was maae tousy Colonel Mesres will become a special assistant to the Attorney General as soon as ha can close np affairs and take hold. The duties of the position will not brina him to Washington at pres ent, for he will have some traveling to do in handling cases for the Department of Justice. The salary that goes wna th. noaitioa is understood to be $81100 a year, with expenses all paid, which is a nice, nuty saury, wua a jot ox ubtci- ing over the country. Th. assault of Senator Hiram John son, of California, upon the confir mation of David H. Blair, of Winston- Salem, aa Commissioner of Internal Beveaue was set lor tomorrow, out a telca-rsra from Senator Johnson who is in New York, asked that the matter be deferred till Saturday and it wui come ud then in executive session. When that comes oil Senator Johnson is expected to larrup generally the treatment he received at Chicago when the Bepublicsn National convention failed to nominate him for President, and despite the fact that he had car ried the Bepublicsn vote of instructions in the legalised primary in North Caro lina, there was onjy one vote for him from the North Carolina delegation, and that waa not the vote of Dave Blair, North Carolina Deserted Johnson. Senator Johnson' holds that he was notoriously deserted by North Carolina. The bulk of the vote from that State went to Governor lawdea till the ninth ballet came, the IS and 17 votes which had been going to Lowdon swinging to 18 votes for Harding on that ballot, and to SO votes ea the teat ballot on which Senator Harding was nominated, the vote on the eighth ballot for General Wood being three ana en tne tenia ana final ballot, two. while Senator John son received one vote on the ninth bal lot and none on the tenth. And be sides this it is expected that Senator Johnson will talk some of the negro delegates from Georgia who were seated and the general matter of negro votes in the Sounth whose votes were against him, the Lowden forces on the creden tials committee having given the negro delegates the convention ballot for Lowden. The California Senator is expected to Uvea up matters when he talks on this matter. The hue and cry being raised In and out of Congress concerning conditions existing in the governments depsrt ments concerned with the service for the ex-soldiers, sailors snd marines of the world wsr are being set down against the Democratic party and Democratic appointees under the Wil son administration, and most unjustly so, proof of this being given ' In two notable instances. The first of these is one that I have referred to before in the fact of the reappointment of Col. B. G. Cholmeley-Jones as Director of the War Bisk Insurance Buresu by the Bepubliean administration, this re sppointment 'showing that the respon sible head of a Duresn that has been under fire must be all right, or the Be publicans would not have endeavored to hold oa to him. But the call of per sonsl and private business interests compelled Cholmeley-Jones to resign, which be did Inst night, carrying with him the most profound regrets of the Usrding administration. Fail To Provide Proper Laws The second proofand conclusive proof that it is not Democrats, but Bepublieans who are to be held respon sible for any failure to give the best possible care to the men who wore the uniform is to be found in the report of the eommitttee appointed by President Harding, with Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes, otherwise 'hell and Maria'' Dawes, at its head to study and report upon the conditions of treat ment of former serviee men, that full justice to them might be given. Tell ing that much of ' the confusion 'and inefficiency reported was the result of the distribution of responsibility that "not unwillingness to serve or reluctance to co-operate but divergent provisions of laws and limitations placed by legal decisions have prevent ed effective eo-ordination in theso three respective cervices. limitations in the interest of presumed economy bsve been placed upon the authority of those responsible for those government agencies in the employment of person nal, both as to number and quality. This has operated to the serious em barrassment of the various agencies engaged, in obtaining and retaining the quality of personnel upon which the efficiency of their .departments de pended. If the statutory ., limitations upon the number and grade of the per sonnel in the bureau of war risk in surance, as specified in the legislative executive, and judicial appropriation set for .the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, are not removed before the effec tive operation of this act (Jnly 1. 1921). the embarrassment of the serviee of this bureau will be serious." la other words the trouble has been that the Bepubliean majority in eon grass has made surk stipulatipns aad placed such limitations upon the au thorities in charge that they ware crip. , XCentaae4 an Psg Two.) Germany Ahead of Allies Charles M. Schwab, Just Back mans Are Leading In Production; Says United States Must Cease Extravagance and Go To Work;, Labor, and Rail- . road Troubles. , . t . v.-i. S-.-I1 . ee n through the economy and sacrifices of her working people, has settled down to real production and is outstripping the United States and allied nations in the fight toward normalcy, Charles M. Schwab declared here today in aa ad dress before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York Mr. Schwab was the guest of the Chamber at a reception given in rec ognition of his service to the country during the war.- - , L "Germany today can put a ton of steel in England at si price $20 a toa cheaper than England can mske it," he said, "aad is wiling pneumatto tools in Detroit where formerly we shipped sue . machinerr; to Germany . and sold it cheaper than she eould make it. The difference is solely a matter ox labor costs. Mast Restore Prosperity. It is estimated that ffjOOOJMO men are out of work in this "country. It la, ac cordingly, of snprsme importance to the workingman as well as to tne cap real ist to restore our prosperity. "Never before was the need for pro ducts so great, never before waa such valuable producing machinery aad fa cility available, never before was there so much that needed to be done. "I have iust returned from urope, aad I earns with renewed admiration for the courage, the enterprise, the de termination displayed in Italy, Bel gium, France and England. Germany was ahead of all of them in produc tion. Msy Let Germany wia. -Ia it nossibls that after having won the wsr, we of the allied nations, with everything in our hands, will allow Germany to win the peace through ths efforts of her labor! "Ibor oa ths whole can be paid only what labor as a whols earns, aad if some sections or laoor exaes m-re than their share of the current produce of the world, other sections are going to suffer. I understand that out A Hies Declare Proposals By Germany Unacceptable Premier Briand and Premier Lloyd George Both Say Terms Inadequate FRENCH PREMIER DOUBTS ' GERMANY'S GOOD FAITH Trance To" Instruct "sTnsseiand To Thank V. S. Tor Attitude On Reparations Paris. Aoril 28 (Br the Associated Press.) "The German propositions are absolutely unacceptable and made nnder such conditions as to juttiry us in doubting Germany's good faith," Pre mier Briand declared to press corre spondents here this evening. Be added: The presence ox Americans in our councils would help immensely in the The Germss government is unable to rid itself of the reactionary element that dominates its policy. Well, ws are going to help them get rid of that ele ment and we are going to do it in the rigni manner. F BANCS THANKS V. 8. FOB ITS ATTIT1IDB -IN MATTER London. April 28. (By ths Associated Press). It wss announced by Beater's Limited todsy it hsd learned that France had instructed AmDsssaaor jus serand. in Washington, to thank the United States government 'for its as surance that the United States would not deliver the Germsn reparations note without the approval of the allies." Francs sdded, ssys ths news agency that it could not approve the proposals or ses in them a basis for probable settlement. LLOTD GEORGE DECLARES PROPOSALS UNSATISFACTORY, London, April 28. -(By the Associated Press.) Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, spesking in the House of Commons today oa Germany s repara tions proposals, said: "I very much regret to say that they are thoroughly unsatisfactory, and I wish it hsd been possible for me to say that they alter the situation. - They are being examined very care fully, with the other proposals at this moment by the financial experts of all the allies who are ia London, continued Mr. Lloyd George. Therefore, I would be very sorry to express a definite opin ion, but I am afraid there is general unanimity as to ths complete inade quacy of the proposals made by the German government. The Prime Minister said thst detailed plans for the occupation of the West. phalian cosl fields were beisg examined by the conference of allied experts and thst ths reports of these experts would be Isid before the Inter-allied conference to be held Saturday. Mr. Uoyd George added that he doubted a decision by the Supreme Conn en would be taken before Monday or xuesdsy of next week. Mr. Lloyd George declared that the British government waa committed to action, so fsr as the Westphalia a coal fields ware concerned, if the Germsn reparation proposals were unsatisfactory. He added: j "It is not for me to say whether anothtr opportunity will be given Ger many or not.". DIPLOMATS CONVEY VIEWS TO SECRETARY OF STATE W.At.-.. 1 -ti ea l - i elated Press.) Diplomatic representa tives or three of the allied powers Great Britain, France, and Belgium- transmitted todsy to Secretary Hughes the views of their "governments with respect to Germany s reparations pro posals. umcial announcement was wiunsia i -kj(Coatlaad Pago Two.) Front Europe, Declares Ger t railroads today pay to labor over sixty cents out at every dollar received. The labor costs of making- a ton of steel today is SS cents out of each dollar of total cost. ":. "labor costs underlie our railroad difficulty. They are the cause of the exeessiva railroad rates. We formerly sold pig iron at a profit at about $14 a ton. Today ths total freight ratee involved in making a ton o I pig iron are more than $14. Railroad DtmcaltiesL "But the railroads cannot giro serviee even at present rates with their exist ing coats. 'Railroad costs must come dowa aad it is ia the interests of national pros perity that our government, - acting through, the Bailroad Labor Board and every other agency, shall reduce rail' road wages and bring costs dowa to a living point. The same situation confronts our merchant marina. Ia operating, aad repairing ships, labor costs are hope lessly high. That this is true is showa by the millions of tons of shipping now lying idle, the greet number of ship yards with no work to do ad ths hundreds of thousands of idle shipping and shipbuilding workmen. Must Go To Worn, Insofar as our people ia America are prepared to go to work at reason able wages, insofar, aa we are prepared quickly to abandon the artificial ex travagancies of the war, will we ley the foundations for a aew prosperity saea as we hare never enjoyed before. This is the route through, which not merely America but the peoples of eur allies can find their way out, and triumph ia peace as they did in war. The chamber presented to Mr. Schwab a bronse tablet, st the top of which was inscribed words uttered by lachuno, a character la Hhakeapeare's play Cymbeline. The quotation reads: "Here's a voucher stronger than cvur law could make. Every'. Amendment Relating To Disarmament Thrown Out; Army Bill Next Washington, "April S& With every amendment relating to disarmament thrown out, the naval appropriation bill, carrying a total of $384,000,000, was passed todsy by ths House 213 to 15. There wss not enough opposition to demsnd a record vote. Immediately1 after the measure was made ready for the Senate, the army appropriation bill, carrying $331,000,000 past last session but vetoed, was taken up. The Nary bill went through the House in the same form aa originally passed last sessioa but vetoed, wss taken fight on ' the army budget because of an increase in the enlisted force from 154,000 to 188,000. CaU Off Debate. A parliamentary trick play, and quick move by Bepresentatire Walsh, Bepubliean, Massachusetts, in the chair, eut off two hours of debate on an amendment by Bepresentstive Connolly, Democrat, Texas, providing that no part of the appropriation for warship buildinc should be expended until the President had called an international disarmament conference. Seeing the tangle over time for debate, the amend ment was put to a vote and defeated ia a veritable shout of noes. Bat it did not stop the friends of armament limitation, who presented the same Question in a different textural dress, snd almost as fast as presented they were ruled out oa points of order. Ths clash of the day waa precipitated by BepreaentatiTe Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, who so a gut to sseer tain the real cause of postponing hear ings by the foreign affaire committee on a disarmament resolution and at which Secretary Hughes hsd been in vited to outline the views of the Hsrd ing administration. Mr. Byrnes did not get very fsr with his inquiry. CHARGE RAILROADS WITH WASTEFUL INEFFICIENCY Chicago. April 2S. Bailway. anion employes, ignoring the carriers' sgree ment of -reduced living costs snd out side labor wages, charged ths rsilroad management with wasteful inefficiency and took their stand for aa "American standard of living" before the Bail road Labor Board today. Contending that the cost of bring basis of fixing wages wss a wartime emergency measure, the employes cast it aside in their fight to retain present wsge scales when they began their de fense in the wsgs hearing Involving nearly 100 'railroads today. The fundamental principles on which a wege scale, should bs bssed, it waa declared, were the economical and humanitarian factors. The one big, fundamental question before the board.'' according to W. Jett Lanck, economist for the unions, "Is whether or not in. tola post war readjustment, the time has arrived to 'deflate labor.'" B. M. Jewell, head of the railway em ployes' department of the American Federation of Labor, made a Statement in which he said that "even If the eoet of living were taken into consideration, it would be three years before railway em ploy ee would recoup, their losses prior to. the war. sad .to the failure of the advance ia wages to meet the ad vance in Jiving eosta, -c NAVY BILL PASSES IN ORIGINAL FORM ROYSTER ELECTED r PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL mm Prominent Raleigh Surgeon Heads North Carolina Doc- tors For Ensuing Year , DR. L B. M'BRAYER ELECTED AS SECRETARY Annnul Convention of ' North Carolina Medical Society at Pinehnrst Adjourns To Meet Next Tear In WinstonJSalem; Baleigh and Pinehnrst Ex. tended Invitations PlaehursV April Jt With ths for snal election of officers, ths North Car olina Medical Society closed its annual convention here today. Dr. Hubert A. Boyster, of Baleigh, was elected presl dent for the ensuing year. He was the choice of the nominating commit tee and his election went through with out opposition. Winston -Salem was selected for the next meeting place by a close shave, winning by only one vots over Baleigh and Pinehnrst. The Twin City boost ers hsd strong opposition owing to the fact thst many of the doetora have come to have a kindly spot in their hearts for this resort while maay others were farorable to the State Capital, whose doctors rank among ths best in the State and whose nospi talitr is always unbounded. Dr. L. B. MeBrayer, of Sanatorium, who has served very efficiently for three years ss acting secretary ia the place of Dr. Hays, wha wss called to military service upoa the outbreak of the war with Germany, was elected secretary Dr. W. T. Parrott, of Kiaston, wss named aa first vlee-president. ' The new president of the medical society is one of the best Known sur geeas ia North Carolina. Ha is a mem- bur of Bex hosmtal sun in naieign, surgeon in ehief st St. Agnes hospital ia the same city aad for six years wss the very capable secretary of the State Board of Medical Examiners. During the world wsr hs was a member of the Couaeil of National Defense and was oae of five surgeons asociated with ths Surgeon General in connection with the Navy. Dr. Boyster is active in every move ment that means the betterment of the State. He is sn active member of the Baleigh Y. M. C. A. and of many elvie organizations. Be has Dean a Dig J actor in the public life of the Capital City. ' The meetings todsty were dewted largely to a discussion ef qusstieas sf technical interest to the profession. FAVORABLE REPORT ON EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL Washington. April j&e emergency tariff bill, designed for the relief ot ths farmers and to check dumping of foreign goods, wss ordered favorably reported todsy Dy us senate n nance committee. The measure spproved by the Senate committee differs radically from that passed by the House, anu-dumping and currency valuation provisions hav ing been sharply revised although tariff provisions were not changed. A pro vision to continue government eontrol of the dye importations through the Treasury department was added by ths Senate committee. MINERS' FEDERATION TURNS DOWN NEW OFFER London, April 28. (By The Associa ted Press.) The Miners Federation to day rejected the government's new of fer looking to a settlement of the coal strike, increasing ths temporary sub sidy to the industry from 7,500,000 pounds to lOjyw.OOO pounds. The re jection waa by aa overwhelming ma jority. Baseball To Feature Cemmeacemeat. Kenlv. Anril 28. The annual com mencement' of ths Eenly high school Friday will be featured by probably the best exhibition of baseball ever seen on the Kenly diamond. The strong team of Smitbfield will oppose Kenly's best. Daniels Tells How Two Heroes Saved Ship From Destruction By JOSEPBU8 DANIELS Funnrr Rceretarv of the Navy CobttUH. ISO. W John . DUW. CoprrM Nlknl Nmpwr Niw. C.TOTlfla In UrMI Brlttln, Canada o4 Utreuvhout rninc. All rtchu ,..nd, ki-l.ultn IrunUtloa tnl fcrria Iwmi", Includloc th HraiHltiMtUii. VMUtborlMS nptluUOf for tajr mupom furbblilM. Facing death and danger, men of the navy displayed the dash and daring, tne courage and quick action that are the best traditions of the service. There were heroes in the ranks, as well ss oa the bridtre. and scores of them per formed deeds that deserve to go down in history. Ther were several esses In which nlaln American sailors saved ships from danger or destruction. But there are few stories of the war . mors thrilllnx thnn that of John Mackenzie, ehief bostswain's mate, and the Bemlik. Ths Bemlik sn armed yacht taken from its luxurious career at the begin ning of the war and converted into a submarine fighter, was st its amy on patrol off the roast of France. A tor rifle storm was raging and the Bem lik waa having all it eould do to h.-ld its owa in the heavy weather. U-Boat Is Sighted. Suddenly there was a cry from the lookout: " ''Submarine, 400 yards off stsrboard. "General Quarters" alarm was sound ed snd all stations were manned. Two periscopes hsd been sighted. The sf- ter-gun s crew stayed on its post, trying to get a shot st the U-boat in spite of w . ..... .a at. the iset that Dig seas were creasing over the vessel. Before they sould fire, however, the submarlas submerged. PRESIDENT GREETS ARMADA ON RETURN TO HAMPTON ROADS RALEIGH MAN HEADS . MEDICAL SOCIETY I 4 t 'A Dr. Hubert A. Boyster, of Baleigh, who waa yesterday elected president of the State Medical Society at the annual convention at Pinehnrst, is oae of the most prominent surgeons in North Carolina. Both professionally and as a citisea he occupies a high place ia the life of the State. Said To Be Leading Figure In Widespread Auto Theft Conspiracy FEDERAL AGENTS ARE ROUNDING UP CASE Mors Arrests WiU follow To day, Action In Other States Havinjr. Been Deferred Until Arrest of Kelly Could Be Ef fected; Two Morf Are Taken Into Custody wW .. . ' in Charged with, being one of the most important ngaros in a widespread auto mobile ; theft . conspiracy extending over four or five States, C. J. Kelly, wealthy garage man of Ranford' was last night committed to Wake County jail by United. States Commissioner W. P. Batehelor, who accompanied a force of eight or ten agents of the United States Department of Justice who went to Ssnford to make the ar rest yesterday. A secret - indictment was obtained against Kelly for violation of the Dial motor vehicle theft act at the recent term of FedoraJ court in Elizabeth City, and over twenty other indict ments are eaid to have been secured st the same time. All of the eases were transferred to the Baleieh di vision by Judge Henry d. Connor and will be called for trial st the criminal term ot court which will convene in this division on May 24. Kelly was considered such an Impor tant figure in the ease that fear of exciting his suspicions caused federal agents to defer srrests in other States until the owner of what is described Si the "North Csrolina clearing honse for the alleged conspiracy could be taken into custody. However, agents of the department are in close touch with other defendants and arrests in other States sre expected to be made st once. Other Arrests Yesterday. N. C. Kelly, another garage man of Ranford, and Dan Mclver, a negro employed by Kelly were also arrested at Sanford yesterday, snd so far as is known, they sre th only North Carol inians involved. Howover, the Dial (Coatlnsed en Pace Two.) Then followed one of the queerest situations that could arise at sea. The Bemlik snd the submarine were both so tossed about by wind and wave that neither eould use its weapons against the other. The Bemlik's gunners -kept tbeir guns trained in the general direction in which they suspected the U-bont was lyin; the U-boat presently bobbed up again, but at once submerged as the guns turned toward it; twice mors it poked its periscope above the surface, only to withdraw them, as a scared snail withdraws its horns when the guns swung into line for a trisl shot. On board the Bemlik there was an intense eagerness to drop a depth bomb. Bomb Breaks Loose. Could this have been done the U-boat would have joined those which never re turned to Germany, but as long as it was impossible for the Bemlik to mnke more than two knots, it was impossible to drop a depth bomb without running the dnngerr of almost as much damage to herself as to the enemy. Through all-the perils snd excitement of this encounter John Mackenzie did no more than his. duty, which was neither more nor less than anybody else did. But the greater danger was yet to come. The depth bombs- which 'the Remlik crew hsd itched to drop in the U-boat's neighborhood were kept in boxes lashed near the stern of the boat. They were (Continued on Pagt Three.). SANFORD GARAGE MAN IS JAILED Powerful Fighting Craft Pass In Review Before New Com- mander-ln-Chief For The f . First Time HARDING MAKES SPEECH TO OFFICERS OF FLEET ON BOARD PENNSYLVANIA President Declares America Wants Only That Which Is Righteously Her Own "And , By The Eternals, We Mean To Hare That"; Says If All Nations On Earth Were Im polled By The Same Motives As Actuated The United States, "This World Would Be at Peace Forever"; Sec-' retsry Denby and Number of Officials Also' Present Tot . First Beview of The Atlantis Fleet Since Days Before The Oreat War Old Point Comfort, Va, April 28. (By ths Associated Press. Three -seora fighting ships of the Atlantis division of ths United States fleet earns home today from, bsttls maneuvers in South era waters to receive their first greet ing from President Harding, -tha nevt, commander-in-chief of the navy. - From the bridge of the yacht Mayo flower, anchored at Thimble Shoal Light, Mr. Harding reviewed the lone line of warersft as they steamed by. the proud dreadaanghta in the lead and the submarines bringing np ths rear,! It was the first time the President had; seen the full force under Admiral1 Henry B Wilson, and it was apparent; that he was deeply impressed. The day waa anything bnt Ideal for this, the first naval pageant of its kind to be held sine before the united States entered the World War. Coming into the roadstead; ' from Washington, soon after day break, th Mayflower was surrounded la mist and soon after wards a light rain, began to faO, Thh wss whipped away, however, by a higaJ wind before the smoke clouds over) the horixon announced the approach oCj ths fleet. . , . ' : A OSUlsl Party Arrivne. With this signal, the . Mayflower, carrying the President and his guests and Secretary Denby and a party wha had come dowa from Washington the aaval yacht Bylph, steamed late position and anchored on Thimble Sboal ith the President's flag flying at the mainmast. Small craft loaded with pleasure seekers swarmed around ths Presidential yacht , while naval patrol vessels frantically policed the course set for the fleet to keep it elear..v Flags and buntings snapped and erseked as the masters of the small aad large craft alike xnanuvered for sdvaa. tageous positions near the Mayflower from which to view the pageant Twa scores seaplanes from the naval base and a number of army planes from Langley Field dipped and swooped over head while four dirigibles that had hung lazily over the inner harbor tin- til the Maynower aa tanen suiuub . stirred into action and headed out to escort Admiral Wilson's force to iU anchors k. Pennsylvania At Head. It was but a few minutes after nine o'clock when the Pennsylvania, flying at the main the flag of Assistant Sec retary of the Navy Boosevelt and at the fore thst of Admiral Wilson, esme shreast of the Mayflower and thunder, ed out the Presidential salute, while on tlie flagship's quarter deck the Ma rine Guard snapped to "present arms" snd the bsnd ersshed into the opening bars of the "Star Spangled Banner.'- As the music and reverberation of the saluting guns died sway the Mayflower ronlind with 17 runs to Admiral Wil son and the "National Anthem" to the flr- 1 Ship after ship of the battleship fnrea awunf bv the reviewing party. with erashlng guns snd blaring Mads, every venue 1 as trim and immaculate as a good housewife's kitchen, every man from lowlv bluejacket to sdmiral groomed to a fine point. It was the nary on parade in its pnae peiere (Continued on Psge Two.) H RESERVE BOARD HEAD ' TO STUDY CONDITIONS Governor W. P. O. Harding; To Visit Agricultural Districts -of Nation Anril SR. Credit erob- i . i,. earmara wilt be studied at first hand by Governor Harding, of the Federal Kcserve uoara, wno today that he would make a personal ilii.lnni in the reserve dis tricts of the South snd Middle West. Close contact between the governor end the bankers and trade organisa tions of those localities was eonsiaerea advisable by the board, he said, in order ty, feci the pulse of the agricultural credit situation. Leavina- Monday, the governor said ho would first visit Chicsgo, which is the . f.im ...nter for ths important farm lnndR nf Illinois. Indisns snd Iowa, and then Clevolnnd. . Beturning hero sbout Mny 15 for the advisory council meeting of the board, k. -ill !. nrnmAll ttt ToDckt. KaUSaS HO w a au. j- " City, Oklahoma, Nashville, Tenn, and other localities. Coon the completion of his surrey, tv. .nvamnr Mid ha would make a full report of conditions to the board with recommendations ns migns eonsuier , feasible for assisting ia making neces ssry credits to formers. With reference to a recent snnounee- ...i tha wnits nous iosi ut bosrd was prepared to take steps to as- l.t tha formers Governor Harding said bs might hsve a statement te piaks. spon hi return from Chicago, t ,