f S Carolina Partly Ctoudy Tt Tuesday1, fair ne hail. la lis Uataeratare, ci IF on your ppr. Fend ri liver day . toe r la order la amid xut..t.4 single copy. Jl-,Jlli ,V0LiCXIli.NO. Ii2. JTWJ2.VE PACES TODAY RALEIGH. N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2. 1921. TWELVE- PACES.TODAY PRICE: FIVE CLNT3 a lews siMia ows-su-v If Hiram Johnson Hafln'tBut- , ted In He would -"Already ' il Have Been Sworn jn . , APPROVED FOU PLACED - BY ANTI-SALOON. LEAGUE ,....- . j- ... ' . ... .. ; . District Of Colombia Victims OX Bent ,'r Profiteers Going; Into " Courts To Reoover Excessive . Charffes ; Week Of Polities! - Activity IV Washing; ton s Pr?mied;'i v., -.,; "V , - ... V f I - MM '., . " The News aad t)beerver Bureau, 603 District National Bank Building - (By Bpeeial LetKd wire) - " By KDWARD U BRIXTON f Washington, Hay L David H. Blair, ef Winstoa-Salem, U here. He arrived today bat will not be owora in tomor- row ai wae the plan whoa he left bar after being, given the. assurance that he wu to be the Commissioner of In fernal Revenue."- If Senator Hiram Johnson bad not butted into tba mat ter the schedule would have been ear ried oat en time, but Hiram bai no re card for schedules and at his behest tha nomination- la atill on tba wan in tha Scant. And tba action of tha Cali fornia Senator k not alone proving source of anoyance to Dave,, but -to ethers, lor there are those who are deeply aonetrned about t regulation! which are to be issued when the' new Commissioner of Internal Bevenua (eta into action. - - .' There are we wine ana peer regum tloni which are le .be Usned, a' matter which coaeerna both tha "dryeTsand the weta. The people who. beliere in ' blowing the froth of beer, ere if it la to be from a aide bed that they do tbia, are waiting ay the-enxiotie beach to ee bow mneh l the real eld atnff they will be able to negotiate: for, while ea tn aaner nana- tne Ana-oaiovm Leagne wanta to dry np the whole buet naaa and put it on the blink. ,, .., " " ) - , Anti-Saloon .lean Anproree ".. J -' : Hxi Blair Ja known, to iav the ap vroTaT .of. tba Anti-Baiooa Ieagna .ofl- eiali. They, eayhat ha . la all right for a atrict enforcentent the'Vol atead aet, and they au eonntina: a alia te do the tbinga whicb will aid la putting tha lid, on tight. Benca they are anxioua to tee the matter nettled, and, to hat Mr. Blair n th job ai r.eraieklr a poMibU. - That 4 will be Aatrmad In, lima-ana be sat down aa absolutely eertain, ii all aigaa da not fail. The I oreee of the adminlatratioa will line dp aolidly behiad him, and. it la ot felt that a on man flUbueter by Senator Jo anion wlU amount to a- bill of .tennaVii: '.,..'; . . Bat it ie agreed that Hiram propone to get off bia cheat the accumulated wrath which he- haaetlrrea-np against the Kortlu Carolina,, delegation, which failed to giro him even a complimentary vote at the Bepabliean r National con vention when be thought he waf in the running for tha nomination for Freil dent. That ha will nncorer aome old aorea ia trtnin,.aad that he will any oma' naaty. thinga. about taetiea that threw him . down at. Chicago, with eapeeial streaa about the way the North Carolina delegation acted, ia to be ex pected. ;' V-.V' : ' ' ""j , There were a aumocr ox jorw Caro linian! who were hard hit by profiteer ing landlorda daring the actir waf period, and aome of iheae even aub- aaitted te rent increaaea niter xne u trict of Columbia-rent eommUrion bad giren deeiaioa in their faror, rather than bare aa erer luting conflict with nagging landlords or - their' agenta. Now that the Supreme Court of the United. SUtea baa decided that the Ball rent act ia eonatiUtional they art pre paring te go inte" court to reeorer ex eeaa auma paid ia by them to hold en The ttenalty that the profiteering- land lord "will pay will be double- the amount of the electa charged,' half , to fro to the tenant and half to the gor ramaat. The rent eommiulon ia be ing ewamped with legal problem! be- vuw v. .m.w v - . ia to-be a bill in Congreaa adding to ita force aa attorney who -will tackle the legal aide, of the questions coming before the commission, xnere are nun Inula of thousand! of dollar! inToWed ia the maay cases and tha landlords are not at all happy orer the outlook. For some weeks Washington naa naa ' h epeeial quick- collection of mails on the "mall early" plan, which has proven a bit thing for the business men of the city, and has aided la expediting gov ernment business. T. Ri fW Han, PlnM. It fi ezDected that thia week will see the handing out of a large number of the choice political plums ty the ad ministration, and among these it is understood that there will be a- num ber of North Carolinians, who will get places on the government pay roU. Be publican National Committeemair-John it, Morehead ia expected to be in the city during the week to press for jthe appointment of the North Carolina (Re publicans of the "hog combine1! elate and some of 'these are expected te get theirs before the. week alips into the past. The appointment ef Bepublieaa State Chairman Frank Linney ia to be - named as eooa aa he announces that be ia ready to take, hold as District At torney for the Western District. The hardest fight to get aeroaa .the hurdles on the way to the .pie counter is that which is to be met by B. W. Ward, of Raleigh, 'elated for the position - of Marshal of e Western District. Tliere avre Bepttblieans who are gunning for bia scalp, and there will be something Innaing. , - "' .-. ' .. President Harding calls for agree ment among the contending factions ia the various States before be makes ap pointments, nnd that ia what be wants to have nettled before be delivers the goods to North Carolina Beplblleana. .tie nan oeea a muen narasaoa man witn the conflicts that, have .: arisen , in a iCaatnaed.ea Pnga TwO ":. BEGINNING THIRD TERM ' . STATE HEALTH OFFICER ' DR. WATSON SMITH BANKIN. . Elected . last , Wedaeaday aa aeeretary of the North Carolina Bute Board of Health. During the twelve years since he was first chosen te direct the public health work in North - Carolina, - JJr. Bankin - has acquired . , international recognition for bin achievements. Half doses European nations, have sent mis sions to North Carolina : te-stady bis work, and he himself has received very notable inducements to ro to Europe o do health work. He has declined them all and is determined to stay in North Caroline. .; " JSlnce be, baa beenia the service of the State, Dr. Bankin has been elected president of the American Public Health Association, secretary and later presi dent ef this Conference of Secretaries of State and ' Provincial 'Boards of Health ;. member ef hygiene. board Of I .if. ' lCttMalnn ' Tn.Htnt.'' rtr TVr. Rankin ia a. native Tar Heel.iborn at Mooreaville in 1870. After grnduatioa at Davidson college and the University of Jdirvlaad. be was a member of the teaching staff ef the medical school at Wake Forest. , later becoming dean, which position he held until he was chosen head of the State Board when it was organised la 1909. ' . .' .'- COLONEL WATTS WILL 1 " ' ' TAKE OATH. TOPAY Becomes Commissioner Of EeV. ennft This Mornlngr.Collia l"" ;To.8ejpirr- Colanel Alston D. Walts,. ef JCredell county,'' will take the oath of ofSee as Commissioner ef Bevenae -of- .North Carolina this morta4 t It qWock' in the effiea, of Oovernow Cameron J&wtit son.. . Tha eath will 'be- administeresl by Associate Jastiee JUIea. f . the State Supreme court.". The ceremony will be very- brier,' anattended-qy wnyvbtnte dignitaries. The Governor via Out of the city. , r':V'i'.; . ,; ., A . From tha executive , aineeswthe new eonunissiotter. will, repair, to tbe.Senate chamber - where temporary, offices for the new commission have been arranged. J. B. Collie will assume-, the. duties ef deputy commissioner, and the present forces of the State tax eeuHnieaion-will be moved over from tha State Depart ment building, and the work of the new organization will proceed, v ;A - ' Colonel watu arrived rathe ey rrom Charlotte last night nnd for the- pres ent will make his home at the yarbor- ugh hotel. No . announcement has een . made by the- eolonel ,as : to any phase of bia clans aa commissioner. Among the' first work to come up will be the review of the -property vslus reductions ordered in nboat half of the eonntiea of the State. The new-commission.- beside the . commissioner, is composed of the chairman of the 'Cor poration commission ana the outs At torney General. , - , NO OPPOSITION TO PRIMARY TICKET IN MOREHCAD C1TT Horehecd City, Uiy Mt waa this week . announced that the , ticket, aomi- nated in the primary election . held the first of this . month - would' be un opposed: in Tuesday's municipal elee- tion, Mayor W. B. Wade-having with drawn from the eon test, for mayor. The ticket to be voted da Taeacday will, be s or Mayor- T. Wade; for commissioners, 8. 'A; ' Chalk, ; D. B. Willis. C. L. WU1U. B. H. Dowdy and Asheton Willis. ' " ' - Daniels Tells Why Was Not Sent By J03EPHUS DANIELS ; Former Secretarv af tha Narv ' ' Camtaht. If 11. fa Job. W. TM1U fw.iliM w Brit. 1.. Cwdl mma thttu.htf rrmnem. An ri.til. mr.i. hi-lodln. ttiMUuai Intt hmn Uwuh, ImIimiuis iMtorJiintna. V'uaUiorlMd nmiua) "Why don't you send - Admiral Mayo and the powerful Atlantic fleet into the war tone I men naked ma during the war statesmen, naval officers, civilians. Ueu still ask me why ' I didn't- send Mayo and bis dreadnaughts to the Aorta fen.. v . r Probably - the man" who waa most interested in the answer to this question was Admiral Mayo himself.-- --. - He wanted to go. He wanted a chance to meet the Germans. He. could think of aa aorta a.' argumente whxihe 'should be allowed to take his fleet and lie in wait for the enemy somewhere in the North Bear and every; time he thought or n new one, ne onerea n. . : - . a . . a . . " It Waa a qonstion-wpon 'which there was a division in . aad cut ef the My cwa first inclination was te dis patch cur whols fleet, except a few ves sels necessary for eoast patrol, to wat ers wnere , ue- chance for a fight was more promising than ca this side of the ocean. - - . - - . -. , ; . - - Blacked By LorisUca. But against thia . inelinatioaand ia answer ta Admiral nfayo's , persuasion arose a very definite -and substantial argument - - - t.1 .Mr m .... " . . . Th naval, and military readers will II0DKGS GERhlAIIYDIRECT COUNCIL DECIDES . - . sn-sjmpsssssasm.ssa1,--,V.-- v ' British i and French Govern- ments Reach Agreement On ' How To- Work Together NO ANNOUNCEMENT OF - . DEMANDS BEFORL TODAY ..f , i Proposed Plan - Provides For Comprehensiva ,' Sclieme) Of Supervision sad Control fit Oerm&ny's Sources Of Ser. nne; Trench Delegates StOl Insistent On Occupation London, May L (By Tie' Associated Preaa.) The British and Freveh gov ernments have reached an agreement en how - to deal with Germany to compel payment ef reparations and. exact im. mediate guarantees. -' In broad outline it ia agreed that the Allien will make a declaration tomorrow but not to Ger many. ."'v-- . .- . ' . v . - , . pww tiona commission will notify Germany as to the amount she is required to pay and how It ' is to be paid, together with the proposed , financial controls. Tha allies , will then, announce that within ten day, thia period being- sub ject to possible mod ill cation by the Su preme Council tomorrow, they win pro ceed to carry out the penalties if the terms are not acceded to. Te Central Secrcaa ef Beveaue. The plan provides for a eohipreben sire scheme of auperviaioa nnd control of - Germany's sources of revenue. - It is ' aot yet completed but while, the experts are still working on it France will proceed with all her military prep arations for the occupation of the Buhr. The French government will tomorrow order the mobilisation of one addrtional class. This in the general result of aa agitated day ef conversations and conferences- that seemed likely to -end in sharp disagreement among the allies. The agreement Waa brought about by the intervention of )he Belgian foreign minister, M. Jaartar. at a meetiaat of the Supreme Council thia. afternoon.. The wneie auDpeet, wui came ap for dis cussion agaisf at another meeting at the council tomorrow morning.- Both sides feel that they measurably succeeded ia having- their polieiee accepted. The French parliament, ts not ia seas ion so M Brian d waa able to accept a' abort timsi extension, without having ta ex plain te tha chamber, forthwith, while Mr. lioyd George has satisfied aom 4rreo -opposing liberal opinion. , The French Premier asked for British naval - eo-eperatioa, auggnsting -the blockade of Hamburg. The British prima minister replied that Amerkaa public opinion' would not approve of suea a course, ana he eouid not agree to a blockade which would bring the allies into controversy with the United States. iL BrmnA agreed to this point of view. He added that the course of the. United Btatca had1een absolutely correct. Fiwadf 'Dclegases Uaeaay. ' Uneasiness atill exists among the French delegates over the possibility that Waahinftorf bit andearor tm m.Hi. ate they declare this would not be acceptable te them. The cause of this impression ia not clear, hat aome of the delegates have made it understood that tt doee not originate with the French smbamaeur, hi. Jusaerand. - - , M. Briand and the whole French dele gation are sitting late tonight with General Nollet, president of the inter allied commission who waa summoned by the French premier from Berlin to give bis views. Notwithstanding the agreement the French are net entirely satisfied with" today's developments, and the idea of aa ultimatum, which is be lieved to bavevbeea largely due to the influence of the British ambassador to Germany Lord D Abernon. M. Briand waa averse te delay, and it la reported that be had undertaken that, failing uermaay s. compliance, aome more should" be made today. . Indeed the French premier bad de clared before the meeting of the coun cil: I am decided upon the commence ment of nesr penalties from today. I mean by' thia that the necessary order for mobilization will be given thia even ing. Such is my posityn. X cannot act otherwise.- f ' Atlantic Fleet Into War Zone understand-at once what X mean and the force of the argument. Possibly my civilian- -readers may be a little puxaled. It ie reasonable enough to sup pose that the word "logistics" refers to logic, had so to some i well-consid ered strategy er taetiea. Commonly it doea hare reference to logic, aad. ia ita particular aae by naval experts, to what might be termed the logie of hard .facta, ., Before defining . it further, . and showing ita application to the prob lems we. are considering let me tell a little story , suggested to ma by this mention of logic . . A prominent and influential man was one day trying to persuade President Wilson that - a certain proposition he had nude was right and wise aad even imperative., When he found that he waa falling he summed ap bis effort ia the emphatic declaration I ?But Mr. President, it fa the logic, ftida 4akawvrr.-a Klan ' .em'xM ami atnahtiAnl Tee," said the President, "that would be all right except for one thing." "What is that J!" asked the man ia deadly earnest. His ' sense - of humor wae unhappily deficient. ' The President smiled, and then said quietly, but conclusively t . . There is na such thing aalsgie." Aad the President wae right ia the particular instance under discussion. There must be no such thing aa logic if logic is ta be aa obstacle to doing the .big and brave and daring thing (Continued Pa Purs Four.) J MOREHEAD BACKS BYNUM FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIP 1 , CaarletW May Wsks femora, bead, Bspublkaa Natlennl eeamlt tssmsn, from North Carollaa waata' f ' Jadge W. P. Bream appointed aaa easawr to the late Judge Prltchard to the beach af the clrealt court - : of appeals la eaae the appointment ' cornea te North Carolina. In earning . thane who have been epokea for the ' . place today, Mr. Merehead said Jadge Bynnm arertepped the satire field from. the aUadpoInt cf pre fcesioaal aaaliSeatloaa aad ability. ' GERMANYWAUSOIi Will Not Get In Touch With London Conference Until r Harding Makej Reply f - ... - . ' , Berlin, May 1 The Carman gov.' . eraaaeat doea aet propose to g into toucJi with the Laadea caa. , fereacc while awaiting Presldeat 1 HardMga answar to the German , praposoL . . - -,r Thia declarntlen was made today by a member cf the government , who, In discussing the rawer that n sn neat Ion was earning from theY entente that Germany present fresh eeunter-prepsesls direct to the 8a preme Cennell at London, aaldt "Sc leag as the deer to Washing. , tea Is open to aa, we do act pre pose to knack at ether doors." The government took a holiday today, aad meet af the membera Cf the cabinet were act evea In. farmed of the pesaasje cf the Kacar rseslntlea. The foreign efflce nlsa In wHhent aewa f rcaV Waahlagtoa -which might forecast tha early -pectlve receipt a fa reply to the Carmia ceaater-propeaala. STATbT DEPARTMENT MARKS TIMS PCNDING DEVELOPMENTS Washington, May 1. Official! at the State Department marked time today pending final developments in regard to German reparations at tha meet ing Of the allied supreme eouncil in London. Interest waa . manifested, however, as -to tha smeunt of repara tions 4t had been decided to impose aa a result of the sgreement reached between the t, British ' and French today. ? .. . a .-. ' 'All. comment was withheld because of the session of the council schedule! for tomorrow aad there waa aa intima tion of what steps would be taken in the ease the situation should warrant further action, by the United States... , It waa reiterated that the: American government stands with. 4 the allies la noldiag-tiermnay- laapaMttda-ta tS foil extent af her ability to pay bat that any nlan which - would unduly re strict her- economic recuperation would be regarded as unwise,' In ease the terms arrived at are ia accord with thia positioa, it ia expected that the Ger man counter-proposals will , not 'be forwarded from Washington": The extension of time reported as agreed upon by the delegates ' ta the Supreme .Council, if for only 10 days, Is expected to give v opportunity for American official aad public opinion to register .itself on the new reparations demands. Whether that period will be utilised by Secretary Hughes for further conversation with tha allied diplomata here waa a cjuestion on Which officials wonld not comment tonight, I Adoption Of Knox Peace Reso lution By House Not Expect ed This Week Washington, May 1 The Knox peace resolution will be considered by ths House and the emergency tariff bill and Immigration restriction bill by the Senate in this, the fourth week of the extra session of Congress. Establish ment of a Federal budget system will also probably be considered in , theJ House. ' Adoption by the House of the declara tory peace measure ia not expected be fore next week. The Knox resolution sdopted yesterday, by the Senate by the more than two to one. vote of 49 to 23, will be transmitted to the House tomorrow for reference to the foreign affairs committee. - , tight of way ia the Senate this week ia to be given the emergency tariff and immigration restriction 'bills. - Chair man Penrose! of the Fins nee - Com mittee hopes for passage - of the tariff l-ill this week, but other leaders predict two or more weeks of debate. The army appropriation bill, .fixing the size of the regular establishment for the new fiscal year, probably will be pessed by the House oh Tuesday, with further fighting scheduled between advocates of aa army of 150,000 men, now provided, and those urging larger forces. ,: ' '' . 1 -;" "' Followinr the army bill, the- Housd has a special rule pending for1 paasag) of thf budget system Dili, for adjust ment with the similar bill passed last week by the Senate. , Work oa the $393,000,000 Nary ap propriation bill passed by the House is. to be started this week by the Senate Naval committee. Agricultural relief measures are being prepared by both ' Senate, and House agricultural committees with the pack er control bill the first in prospect for reports from both committees, s Big Savannah Plant Closes. Savannah, Ga- May IV While a num ber ef the smaller Job printing plants in Savannah, mostly whose proprietors arc working printers, have signed the 44-honr week agreement, the plant , cf Braid aad UUttoa, the largest of Savannah, shut down Saturday aight for- aa indefinite period. . Two other large plants working non-union men are AMERICAN ACTION fLLl AULAn UU0I If LLI nllLMU FOR BOTHHOUSES aot affected. ;- ' " MELLON OUTLINES TAX PROGRAM FOR ? ' -. '. ... ,' '- : I . r ii i in, Secretary Of The Treasury Rec-J V AMflMAH,! D.M.AI f$ CiIiIMaI 1 viiiihciius nc(icu ui rcuciai ' Excess Profits Tax ,; GENERAL SALES TAX .. ' ' OPPOSED AT THIS TIME Also Bequests jRepaal Of So. Called Luxury Taxes Togeth er With "Jfuisance" Taxes Such As Those At Soda Foun. tains ; Would Continue Trans. ' portatlon Tax Tor Present ; Washington, . May 1. Four specific proposals for revision of the Federal taxes are made to Congress by Secrc tary. Molloa wh a reeommeadatloa for early adtioa-so the new taxes can be applied Vor this calendar year. They are: . Repeal cf the exeeas profits tax aad the existing tl.eec Income ex. ' emptloa af , corporations, the- losa af reveaaa to be made good by 'a nsedified tax. en corporate profltn ""jer a Sat additional Income tax ca cerpo rations to yield aa hggregata ' ef between $40e,iee,e09 and t5N,- -t aeo,ece. - Keadjuatment ef Income tax rates sc thst aa Income will pay mora thaa 4 per cent this year aaeT U per coat thereafter, with a view to predaclng aggregate reveansa sah -. atantlally "eqniraleat ta the set, aiated reeelpta from the Income tax nider tha 'existing Inw; Repeal af the nil called laxury r taxea together, with the -Nntssaca" taxes each, as these 4 node foan. , tain drinks, bat retention ef the . transportation and' mlacellanaeaa specific aalsa taxes. ' - Impesltlea ef snfflelent new and additional taxes of "arldo sppliea tloa, aech as Increaaea) aaamp taxea ar lies n taxes en the aae ef auto. mobiles ta bring the total revenaea f from Internal taxes after, making. , the changes above suggested , ta ' .Liiil ' S. mJU AAA AAA Hu.1 'k. ' aam lasi mnd --' -- A - - - , Penrose Cats .'Capy:.:-.,;:,, Tie Secrets fy's' suggestions are con tained in a letter to Chairman Fordney of tub House Ways aad Means commit tee which waa made public today as tha Treasury depnrrmenV A opy of It also was transmitted to Chairmaa Fsnroaa, el tha Senate FiUanee C onus ittss. , p-lIfTlfellon suggesl's adopUoa of ad ministratlva amendments te the ree aue laws ' simplifying eolleetiong 'and Cniu settlements and pejmlttiof under safeguards, the carrying over; of act losses by tax payers fa rone year an a deduction-from ineamea of sueeeediag year. - "The. Treasury is not prepared' Mr. atelloa soya, to recommend at this time any general tax; and particularly if the general sales tax is to supercede the highly productive speciis salsa tax now in effect en many relatively non essential artieles.' ' , Cant Repeal, Transportation Tan.' Mr. Mellon says also that h wishea It were possible to recommend the ra pe la of the transportation tax but adds that it produces snnuslly. around $33V 000,000 and its repeal cannot be effected with safety "unless Congress has aa acceptable substitute to offer The Secretary of the Treasury also suggests to Congress that H mar be "advisable" to take action by statute or by constitutional amendment to re strict further issues of tax exempt se curities. : ' Emphasizing that expenditures for' this fiscal year hove been at the rata of 45,000,000 Mr. Mellon warns Congress that the nation "cannot continue to spend at tbia shocking rate.' Substan tial cuts in current expenditures, he says, offer the only tmpC of effective relief from the tax burdea. "The last Congress," he goes on to Say, "made n creditable record in re ducing appropriations nnd it effected substantial economies. Notwithstanding ths reduced appropriations, however, ex penditures have continued unexpectedly high and the reduction in expenditures has barely hept pace with the' shrink age in receipts. Future Expenditures Uaeertsia. Mr. Mellon says that estimates for the fiscal year 1923 are subject to great uncertainty as to both receipts snd ex penditures. The estimated collections of $3,000,000,000 of international taxes sre based on the provisions of existing law, he adds, and are $850,000,000 less than the estimated collections for 1921 chiefly because of the shrinksge la busi ness. The estimate of about $546,000,000 for payment to the railroads in 1922 is made necessary by the provisions of the transportation act and increased es timates from the director general of railroads. In absence of drastic cuts in military and naval expenditures there is almost w prospect, according to the estimates of any substantial available surplus evea in the fiscal year of 1922," SHOCKS FROM EARTHQUAKE REGISTERED IN WABHlNCiTUN. Washington, May V An eartkqaahe, described aa severe aad located prob ably la Central America, was 'recorded ca the aelsmegTsph st'ecrgetewn Uni. varsity beginning at 11:4 this morning. The tremcra continued until 1 a. m-, the maximum iateaslty being reached at Hit. .-.- UlfKXPKCTED SOURCES. Mm. Wlggs of the Cabbala Patek ears: "Wt never can tell where our pleasures ars eomlng from." The asms Is true often times of our work and buslnsss. Opportunities appear from the most unexpected sourcss espsclal 4r If the Want A4 Columns are watched carefully. . . The hoeta of people who each day scan the Went Ads are Impelled by many necessities and desirse to seslt the buyer, ths seller, the worker, the employer, the Investor, the landlord and the ssrent. To all of these the Want AdS'-oarry Import ant messages. ... Phbhe- w-our want ad man wHI gladly call for penr ad. 'STICKING" BLAMED ON RETAIL PRICES FOR GOODS NO FURTHER STEPS TO PREVENT STRIKE - - - -.-. . - -. . ; ..... Reports . Indicate That Some Marine Workers Have AI ready Waited Out - '. Washington. May, 1. While reoorta to both the Shipping Board nnd repre sentatives of the marina worh.rs here today indicated that some workers were walking out. rather thaa accept the board's wage cut of IS per cent which became effective at midnight last night, Secretary Davis conferred with auioa aeadr on the wage controversy which threatens a, general tie-up' ef shipping a lii..!.' w is. a M . as jiu.niic, racino ana uuu pons, dui without apparent definite result, v Inasmuch as tha uaioas have request ed that a wage eontmiaaioa be appointed by direction of President Harding to adjust tha dispute and Shipping Board emeiais have said they would follow the wishes of the President, it waa said tonight that the next move would perhaps come from the ship owners. Some confusion was apparent tonight regarding the appointment of a com mission by -direction of the President to decide; the controversy sr requested by salon beads. At the White House it waa reiterated that the matter had been placed by the Presideat entirely in' the bands of Secretaries Paris aad Hoover,' - At the Department of labor, however, it. was said that Secretary Davis had not been so informed by the President aad it was-' indicated that the matter was still in the hands ef the President so far. aa the appointment of a com. 31asioa ' was concerned. Secretary oover. Commerce' Department officials said, baa as yet taken no step ia the matter. Union heads declared that they also were without information aa to what aetioa the Presideat had taken in respoaae to their request. While orders for a 13 per eent wage cut were Issued Friday after ths marina workers' refusal ta accept Chair maa Benson's proposals for a new wsge agreement. Snipping Board officiate de clared, tba final adjustment at ths eon trovsrsy would await aay aetioa Presi dent Harding might take. Bo far, board officials stated, few ships have been bald in- part because cf the mea refusing te sign- at the reduced wage. Ultimate disposal of the marine labor problem-"having been placed iathe heads of Seoetariee Davis aad Hoover, according to White- House statements, it waa believed that the labor Depart ment ' eoafereaeee- with union heads might be preparatory to selection of n wsge commission.) Beieetlon or a tnira party by the two secretaries to serve with them as a board, it was said, would fulfill the requirements of the unions' request. BANKERS ARRIVE FOR PINEHURST CONVENTION Members Of Zxaoutive Council Of American Bankers' Alio. elation To Meet - Pinehurst, May l.-Jourteen pullmans rolled into Pinehurst this morning snd disgorged the executive council of the American Bankers Association, which will assemble here ia conclave and in cidentally play golf through this week, Today a arrivals included sll the officers of the association and members of the executive council from every State and territory in the union, together, la many instances, with their families and sec retaries. The only North Carolina bankers that have already arrived are; W. (1. Wil liamson, of Charlotte, and James A. Oray, ef the Wachovia Bank A Trust Con of Winston-Salem, but n good at tendance of the State bankers is ex pected in view of the litigation now go ing on between the State and Federal Keserve Desks. FIRST OFFICIAL LIST OF - DatAFT EVADEKS REPORTED. Chicago, May 1 The first official list of draft evaders in the sixth armr corps sres, embracing Illinois, Michigan and I Wisconsin, naa Deea reeeirea ai ton Sheridnn, it was ani.ounced today. The list contained 17,000 names. The names will be printed and sent out to newspapers, postofflees, draft beards, county sheriffs and chiefs of police. A reward of $S0 will be offered for the capture of each man named on the lists, , MANY ATTEND DOUBLE FUNERAL IN HIGH POINT High Point, May 1. More than 2,000 High Point citizens attended a double military funeral held here this after noon in Wesley Memorial Me-Uipdist church for John D. Grant aad Bert Whitehart, who were killed in aetioa ia France. The church auditorium was filled and hundreds stood on ths out side. Bev. W. A. Lambcrth, aad other local ministers were in charge of the funeral services. Members of-ths local post Veterans ef Foreign " Wars aad American Legion attended. Music was furnished by the Elks bend. The in terment was in Oakwood cemetery here. W. HERMAN B08EM0ND DIES AT HOMI IN BILLSBORO Hillsboro, Msy J. W. Herman Rosa mond died suddenly- of heart failure last night at 11 JO in his apartments at the Corbinton Inn. The funeral will take place Monday" afternoon at S o'clock.' He is survived by his wife, mother, father and several brothers and sisters.. He waa ia hir 40th year. BRITISH FORCES WITHDRAW r . FROM PERSIA. SAYS REPORT t Biga, May ' l.A i wireless message from Moscow today - announced the withdrawal of the British from Persia. A Russian 'diplomatic missiuu baa ar rived in Tehrerani ths Portion, capital, ike measaca adds.' POINT Federal Fteserve Board: Find! Stumbling Block To Court try's Readjustment ' . 'K FREIGHT CHARGES ANQ WAGES BLAMED ALSO IN . REVIEW OF SITUATION Cos! and 8teeJ Prices Ooasid. ersd Important . .factors Za s Waj Of Setnrn To Kormal . Conditions; Predicted Bust nets Recovery Not Seallxed As Predicted But Improved Feeling Shown During; April; Wholesale Prices Hot la Process Of Arrest; Extreme Unevennen la Prices fitrilu Uf Feature - ' ' v 1 Washington, May 1-Betail prices ap pear to be the 'sticking point in tha Country's readjustment process, tba Fed. eral Reserve Board said today ia a gen oral review ef business and financial conditions for April. Other factors re-) tarding readjustment were said ta be high transportation charges, wages aad . coal aad steel priees. ... -. Complete business recovery, tba board . continued, has been longer than was pre- . aictea generally at tne close- el tha past year and expectations that , thia spring would see economia and business ; ' readjustment fairly completed have aot ' been realised. Nevertheless, it added, ' the month of April haa givea evidence of aa improved feeling developing with regard to bnsineee and the emtloot - generally. -Prices, tha review continued, had been the pivotal point ia the business , situation since the recession movement began but autumn. The fall ia whole- -sale prices, whlah has been continuous and at times precipitate, it declared, appears to be ia a process af arras tl they having shewn a greater degrse el stability during April. - Vaevea Price teducUevm, . f Extreme uneven new in price redue tioas, however, the board eaid ia anal of the' striking features ia the present iaduatriai . situation. -' While ia many Important liaea of wholesale trade pre war prices exist, ia other lines com. moditiea are being sold at twice or ( evsa more than twice the 1913 values. The same aaevenness exists, tha board sxpjaintbetir.ca jw msterisla aad (he finlahea products, ia ths same ia . dustry, , .i,-; -, . ; ) Baw cotton, the board declared. Ii lower than the 1913 level aad wool is - about a third higher thaa before tha , war, but cotton goods are at least- 2Q per eent higher thaa in U13 and woolen cloth ia approximately twice aa high aa the pre-war level. Ia the hide and. leather industry, tba discrepancy ia evea greater, the board asserted, tba present, price of shins being one-third . under pre-war levels, while the price ' of shoes is twice as high as in 11S. While labor has been participating ia the readjustment process, the board cone ; tinned, the participation Bus been an even as between different industries, aa well as differeat sections of tha ec-un try and different groups of labor. ; . Farm Ceadltlbas Favorable. The agricultural "situation during the month waa characterised as generally favorable, although the fruit growing -sections suffered from cold weather, Good progress baa been made la plant ing a crop ia tha cotton Statea, tha board aaid, while grain movement baa increased. y -' 'Little demand for coal ia reported, : the board aaid,- but petroleum produc tion haa gained. The influence which the recent reduction in steel priees will .exert is still uncertain, tha board declared. Cotton consumption figures for April were unavailable, but for ' March in the country aa a whole. amounted to 437,933 bales, or less then 23 per cent below the total for March . of last year. A continued increase ia the manufacturing activity of tha silk mills was reported. . While the earlier reports indicated a very large reduction ia eottoa aerai age, rduetion la now genrauy anaers - stood to be not so great ss nnd pren ously been indicated, the board's April business and financial review says. Ia ths southwest, the announcement nays it is reported' the decras will be ah least ZS per eent and as much aa 80 per cent in some sections!. In tha nouthv east, it says, conservative estimates, place the reductloa at 10 to SO -pe e from last year's acreage. Ia California . and Arixona ,the acreage thia aeasoa will be reduced as much as 69 par eent -in some sections and much af it will be volunteer eottoa grown from last year's plantings. The use 'of fertiliser for eottoa baa been considerably less thaa during previous years, being estimated at about one-fourth to one-third aa much as used a year ago ths rport states. There waa greater statnuxattoa in tne price of gray goods during the month, according to the report nnd the priee ; of gray goods after declining te 4 1-4 eenta a yard advanced allghtly. "Never theless the New England district re ports that at present priees the spread beween a pound of cloth and a pound ' of raw cotton is only 231-8 cents where as a year ago it was approximately a , dollar," it says. - Textile Bitaatlen in Sosttn. - - ' Textile mills in the South ere re ported to be running approximately full time in the Richmond banh'a dis trict. "Some orders afe being received for goods need for print eloth tt says, "and orders for future delivery are slso being taken by knitting mills ia the district Wage cuts in tha South ern mills 'have been mora draatic than,, ia other sections aad it aaid that manv Deonle ia the trade claim that tha reductions have been ia keeping wiia, the lowered prices for raw material. Ia the Atlanta district a number eg reporting mi lie show aa increase i yardage of 4.3 per eent ever February( although there waa a decease or. j.j; Caaaat an Page TwcJ f j i i'