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1 kZ S L-i l4i..t Kertk Carol! aaFalr V ! dayi, Tharaday fair Bad war. e-yotir pip. Pnrnf r- ' Av dxye bfr.ro i In order to atuid a aiil copy, VOL CXIIL NO. 124. . . TOELVE PAGES TODAV. I:! RALEIGH. N, C, WEDNESDAY MORNING,. MAY 4, 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY; PRICE: FIVE, GENTS 1 itrS ' ... ( 11 - , . - - i i V r. CiGflrt;i;i l!l0p Independent Preacher; Candi . date Defeated In Winston- ,SaIcrn Mayoralty Race: r elecTiohiS-held in 'r MANY TAR HEEL CITIES 0 mmmmmmWmmmmmmmmm i) -.JS, V - Walker Beats Independent ; In Charlotte ij Women! Ticket ! Defeated In; Warsaw c CoC , . test; Colonel Faircloth Beats - Independent In Clinton; Troy Progressives Win Winston-Salem, May 8. Jamea TQ. Bane wa etedMayor of City today by total majority 04,1,028, Mating Bev. Tom Jimison, preacher candidate who opposed him on -independent ticket. Hseea' majority, la Jlmisoa's pwa ward wag 878, a total of. 105$ being east. - la Hanes' ward a total of 1395 vote far mayor gov Mr. Haiveo a majority of 701. 4 Th By pweinet carried by the ' preacheraadidat waa U third ward, which he earried by majority of 103. - While winning in the eoatcat' for Mayor the regular Democratic ticket ..lost ita third ward aldemaa, aleatiaf , one independent Democrat and ana Be' publioaa n the insurgent, tickst, ' ' r Salem ward, included the new terrl ; tory of Southside which voted ita firet .. time -lav city election,- defeated Alder. maa I P.Owea, eleetiBe; Dr. PK. ' Hortoa, tegular Democrat, and I, C. McKaughaa, Bepublieaa attorney, lat - ter residing ia the aew Soathtide terri tory. ' The only eld mem tiers of the board of , aldermea elected of the four catered V ia the eleetloa are Messrs, T. P. Fnl- ioa and P. E. Hortoa. , s General satisfaction ia expressed oVer j tho outcome of the election. There ia r nialrin bv 'tha regular Demoerata ovef the victory of Mr, Haaea. "While ", Mr Jimison f ollowera regret they hare loat their leader, thjfcy rejoloe ', that they hare placed three of their ' aldermea ia the City Hall. They alao assert that though, they hare loat they hare a jolted the regalara that good - niaat eertaioly reeult ' 'Ber; Mr. Jimisoa ia pa tor fit Grace M. E. Church. He apoko tail morning at 6 o'clock before the polla opened at 7 oVlock. "Then after brcakfait he took a antomnbile for Bethenta, where lie delivered the annual addreaa at the rtosinf of the -achool, remaining out of the city ea thia mimio until later tbi OTeaiB.;.u . ; - ' Walker Wiaw Xjay Victory. Charlotte, May iv The municipal hleetioa today reanlted ia the election "of J. O. Walker aa -'mayor, hit to to ' . being 488 to J. Trank Flowen, hla op ponent, 138. J: E. Hnnaieatt waa elected eommiaaioner-of pablio aafety -by rote of 429 orer George A. Pago, xo2. JVC'S. BUaeil, eommiuioaer of public ,work, had ao oppoeitioa, Arthur Weara haTing been eliminated by the ' tote lath woeL ' ... ' v-7 ; . Bchool eommleaioacra ' elected were: C. W. TiUett, Jrn 8,607; Baent Drane, ifiZ. Letter Wolff, 8,491; UJL John eon, 8,449; Mr. Gordon ringer, 842; tin. Bcnwiek Wilkes, 8,1 6Sj Mr. J. B, Purser, 8,161; Plummet Btewart, 8440 and W. W. Wingate, 1,845. ; Park and playground .were defeated the rote being 184 the regiatratioa 4,990. .,: ; r : .: Womea'a; DaaratU( Ticket . Beaten. Warsaw, May 8-Tho town eleetloa today waa minted and iaterettina. The -ticket r aupported by the Womea Demoeratie Clab waa defeated by gov wrameat league nominated by a mas meeting of citiseaa held.lait week. B. Ik Beit wai elected mayor orer H. U Bterena, Ju and A. B. Baine, E. B, Hinmaa, f. P. Wileoa, R. M. Browder and J. A Bobinsoa were elected eom ' miuloner. - FrognmWea Wla la Troy. Troy, May 8. B. T. Poole, twie Bep ' MMntatiTe for Montgomery county in the General Aisembly, wae orerwhehn iiigly defeated by Iaaae & Pike in to- day' race for mayor. Pool opposed initallatioa af waterworks and sewerage faeilitiee wl.il Fike adroeated the im prorement Progrea won ia a walk. Prank Hurley, G. W, U Lafssiteri John A. Hulia, O. A. Wooley aad Bud Howell Were elected a members of the board of towa ommiaioBer, oa the progrea- aire ticket". ' . ' Coloael Faircloth Boat' Iadepen'dclrt. CUaton, May 8. CoU Cyrus Faircloth, for the mayoralty of .Clinton, won orer hi independent opponent, M. K. Britt. Citisen'a ticket for aid admen had no opposition. The women voted heavily for Coloael Fairclotb. f ' , - - ' Creoaeboro Selects Ceaacllatra. Greensboro, May 8 The inclement weather did not prereat a heavy vote In the council-manager election here to day. Approximately 2,500 vote were east" Out of the 14 men who were ae'erted last week ia the primary the following aeven men were ehosen to fnid the destinies of Greensboro dor ng the next two years: Frank A. Brooks 1,001, Gcprge-A. Grlmsley 1300, Rj G. Hiatt 1,071, Claude Kiaer 107, E. J. Mendell 1,075, Julian Price 1.057 and avid White 18.; . - The interest in the election was keen. During the past few years the voter were aroused to aa old-time election apirit and had blood ia their eyes. Formerly Oreensboro had the com mission form of government for many years. ' Ia March the voteraelected the .ceoneil-maaagea. form by an over whelming maporityv Two year ago the eoant-U-mansgeriai form lost by a close margin. ... Next week the ' aeven eoonelitnea erected today will bold their Srt oDJ ci.il meeting. At this time a maor will be elected out of the eeven conn eilmen and the matter of aeeu ring a city manager will be given serious con sideration. Th eoancilmea, aad mayor ! (Continued on Page Mne ... ... i Two New-Tar Heel May ' K. F. KILUETTE, of Wibwa' '' ' f Ynn ml keen a Bood'maa down. coma Bp again. Wit net the election yetterday of former Mayor E. R KJllotte, a aaayor of Wilaoaaad of former Mayor Harding 'IhsiiiuiPoIicy To CutDownpenditiires Tells Department Heads Habit of . Living ; Beyond Allow ances. Must Stop .. ; REFERSTO DEFICIENCY' OF NEARLY HALF MILLION V . '..?-t'.;';'Vv I.H. 8ut;f est Commission To Pass Judpnent On AH Bmerf encj Ixpenditures i : v t Washington, May 8- Confronting deficiency estimate-of apward of a half milKoa dolbma, President Harding informed the exoeutiye depsrtmenta, of the government today that' they mtfst pat an and to the habit of ttviurDw yond theiiyaVowaaeea'aad then ealliag oa Congres to make-up the deficits- " Ia ft letter to each of his oeretarioa and ia aa extended, discussion at the eabinet meeting, the President laid St down aa a policy of hla administration that only grae emergeneie ahoald warrant thevxpenditUre of publietuads prior to their approprlatioa. by Cba- rjfresa. JE emphaalacd; hi .belief that u expenditure with eat Cgrsionr al authority w one of the most fdaa- geroaa tendeacies" of adminisUativ government . and ano. -of the froateet barrier to national economy. . . f Cammlaaloa Saggaotei . Daring consideration ; of f the anbjeet at the eabiaet meeting there wa eom discussions of creating . a -permanent commission to paaa judgment oa amer geaey expenditures which ' department heads might reeommead when Congres ia ia- recess or cannot be' acted Bpoa immediately 'for other reasons. The augjreatioa did .not lead A a definite decision, but ao far as it took form, it provided- - that -the ehairmaa of- the Senate and House- appropriations com mittees and the director -of the prqpoeed budget system should hold membership oa eoch a commiaaion. ; " . 1 - ' Mr. Harding sent hia warning to de partmant head at the reeommenoation of Chairman Warren, of the Senate appropriation eonunittee, who pointed oat that deficiency estimates v already before - the present Congre amounted to S2is,000.000 aad that other yet to be submitted probably Would bring the total above 1400,000,000. Most of these sum 'were said by eabinet official to harre .been expended byt the last admia iatratioa or on project inaugurated by Jt, , - i . - '- . ' ... ' Letter T Departments The President said he was very -sure ".that we ea aever fix onnelve irmly oa a basis of economy until the depart; meaia nra eonuocwHt wiiwant pnmr lona made by Oongress. The full teatl Of hi letter follow i "I ata in receipt of a letter from Chairman . Warren, of -the Senate com mittee oa -.nppropriations, calling -my attention to the faei that astlmatee nw before Congress call for approximately 216,000,000 . of deficiency - appropria tion aad that tffe estimated deficiea siea will run very much ! beyond that sum." I do' not know of any more dan gerous tendency in the administration of governmental department, and I am ver ysnre that we -cob-never; firioor selves firmly -oa -a-baaUNof eeonoory until, the depsrtmenta are - conducted within the provisions made" by Cob-gre.- r-. i -w. . -- - NO SETTLEMENT OF " i TEXTILE WAGE; DISPUTE ' Knoxville, Tenn, May Conferenees held' Her by Joha. Golden, president, aad Frank McKosky, vice-president .-.of the-" Tnternntibnsl Union of' Textile Workers, with owner of the Bmokaide cotton mT's, have eome to nonght. Fif teen ' hundred V union employe ef the mills are still c-B atrike." Golden' re turned to New Terk aad McKosky left tonight for Nashville, where he. will present the situation to, the Tennessee State Federation of labor, now ia ses sion there. .- - ' A committee representing the striker alao west to Nashville 4o assist la pre senting the status of the 'local strike. The miir owners-have -announced that they wooid be usable to continue opera tions except -by a .wage reduction ' of 22 1-2 per cent. ' A' aimilar ' reduction was made several week agdi The work er declored they could not afford to work at the reduced wage. Both sides have aaaonaeed through, representatives that they woald 'ataad pat." This de termtnstion wsa also voiced at a meet ing of the strikers held today. . 'i National officers of the textile .work era made bo further announcement re garding an extension of tbe strike move ment ia Southeastern territory . o"Came Back" t f XDWAKrcLAKK. af Xow.Borav Knock him dowa once and he' aura to Edwart Clark aa mayor el Hew uera. Bankers' Meeting atPinehurst Studies meet' or uovenv ment Regulation Piaahurjt, May 8. The effect of gov eraavaat regalationa oa . the value of 4 railroad securities was considered today by one of the committees" of theTAmer icaa Bankers Aasociatioa. As ar ro ult a resolntioa waa prepared for pre eentatioa to the associations' sxecutivs eoaaeil, ia eaioa here, that "govern meat iaterfereaea with buaiaea la gen- etal and. with traniportatioa ia par ticular ahould no extend beyoad pre venting exploitation of properties max ing; impossible' any discrimination be' tweea, individuals or commuaitiea aad the" maintenance of' reasonsbls aafe- guards toth lives of patroaa and em ploye. V Secretary MelloaV outllna of possible tax , revixioa measure -attracted attea- Uoa heretoday - among " banker! aa anabled for. the spring mooting of the executive council, Amerieaa Bankers' Aaaociatioa.. Proa accounts of the treasury bead' views aa expressed ia hi letter yesterday to Chairman Fordney, of taa House way aad mean commit tee, woro-atadied closely aad seemingly with ; more or lea general approval thouca aoae of the recognised financial leaders here waa. willing to comment for pabbeaUosw Fourteen committee meeting wsr on the bankers', program , today but. an undercurrent ef discussion among the delegate waa ia'prograaa with relation to the haadred million dollar foreign trad flaancing corporation organisa tion to wkich tbe assoeiaioa , is com mitted. Another comment and tira as serrioa that the organization committee ef the eorporatioa wa having difficulty in raising tfc money nppeared to com chiefly from bankers from smaller cities- ana towns, nil was oeiwveu vue m- Lpending. report of Chalrmaa John Me- augnf ox uas womsn wouut do approved vj ji largw - majvni win presented. , ' ' -iS . Thia aad other resolutions, together with a number of reports win bs sut mitted to the executive council during the remaining dare ef Aha week. Among the reports will be ens to be .prepared by . Joha aVDrnm, presldeat of the usociatioa, ea buarneaa aad commercial conditions throagbout the ooaatry, with remedies auggestod by mea prominent la ftnanea amMsidiiBtrv. ais an HABami, i -oijj- drawn UB by Paul Hi Warburg. New .York banker, and another beina I drafted by Joha McHugh, New York finaacier, devoted chiefly to the Bnane- ing of foreign trade. - f y , ; U S. STEEL CORPORATION TO CUT WAGES 20 PER CENT Nearly 175,000 Employes. Af. i fected By . Beductions Be (isninf May 16, " New TorV May 8.-' .rednctioB 'of about twenty per erat ia wages for dsv labor, effective May 10, and .aa enultaile adjnetaent of other rates, 1a eluding ealarlee, at the piaat or-ine United States .Steel ' Corporation, waa aaaouneed. today by Albert , H. Gary, ehairmaa' of the corporation' board. of directora. It ia estimated that between 150.000 - aad 17500 . employe - of the corporation will bo affected by the cut.-' ratioad bsca anable to Had a practi cable basis for the entire abandonment of the 12-hour day or tarn ia the immediate- future.- Ha added that the 12 hour shift, slmdy had been eliminated ia eertaia dtpartment and thateffort would bo continued aith the expec tation of entirely eliminating this fea ture within' th next year. Mr. Gary expressed the ''opinion that ho did aot bcliev the - corporation could satisfy themployes with any shorter limit. , Turing 1920 the average daily wage of employee wae $6JM aa against S6.12 ia 1919, according to eorporatioa . figure. Total selarieo aad wage disbursed by tbe steer eorporatioa ia 1920, when the total Bomber of employe waa 267,000, aggregated 8581.556,923. ... s i Oa the basis - of ' th reduetloa aa- aeuneed - today, eorporatioa official es timated the average -cut ia wage at approximately 8140 per day per man. Roughly, thia will affect, a reduetioa ia th payroll,' calculated oa the present number of employes, ef not less than 15000,000 anauaHy. - - " BILL DESIGNED TO HALT IMr.lIGRATIOil PASSES lll'SEIIATE " ! mm, V r't ' : Fixes Admission of Aliens To 3 Per Cent ot Each Nation-: ality InUS., EFFECT?VE 15 DAYS ' ; ; AFTER ITS ENACTMENT .."ji.r. vj. -naii n nia .' ... Measure Goes Thrdngli Senate ; By-yote of 78 To 1, Senator - Beed, 5 f Missouri, Casting; ! The Only VotIn Opposition; ' Goes To" .. Conf etence for - Final Adjustment ' ' Washington, May S. The BenaU to day paseed the emergency . immigration bill, fUing admissioa' of alien to 3J per cent of each Batioaality resident la th TJaited Biatoa ia 1910. Th bill U effective)' for, 14 months, beginning if teea days after enactment. . ' - -The vote oa 4 passage was ,78 to 1, Seaator Beed, Democrs, -Miasouri, op posing the measure. "' j The measure -waa seat td conference with .the House to adjust, dirferencc made in. it aa passed by-th House. Senators Colt, of Khode -Island, chair man of the Senate Immigration com mittee Dillingham, Bepnbliean, Ver mont, aad Kiag, Democrat, Utah, alao eonrmittee member, were appointed aarB'sht ; completing ths doaument, which conferees oa the part of the Senate. ISSUES PROPI AMflTlflN OF MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30 Harding; follows Custom of Set. tins; Aside Day As Ha. ' tional Holiday ' WaahiagtoS)' May 8. They annual Memorial Day proclamation '"setting aaide May 30 aa a holiday waa issued by President Harding today. The text followa: .." '- "Whereas. Thia natioa hi been eon- ecived ia prayer aad devotioa by mea and women who were moved ander.God to found a natioa where priaeiplea of right ahoald form the lasting, corner stane; aad whereas, these priaeiplea, pare based at the price of great aaeri See, have been fostered by a worthy posterity: and whereas, the great war has lately laid it costly demands Bpoa our lands bow: therefore.. L, Warron G. Harding. President of the United Wtatee, do hereby preelaim MeaSey, the turtietb day of JUay,' day already freighted with sacred aad Stimulated memories, a day of public memorial. I invito my fellow eitena fittiagly to pay homage oa thie day to th noblo dead who sleep in homeland, "beneath the sea or on foreign fields that w who survive might enjoy the belssings of peso and happiness aad to the ead that liberty and justice, wltaont which ao nation can exist, shall live forever. "Ia witaese whereof, I havo hsreuato set my hand nnd caused the aeal of the United State to bo affixed Done' in the District of Columbia this third day ot May, ia th yeacef our Lord 1921, and of the independene of the United Stdtea the 145th. i r". "WABBEN G. HABDING." GRAND JURY PROBING a v PEONAGE CONDITIONS . eataaawaweaw-aw- - Macon, Ga.,- May 8. Clyde Meaning, aegro etas witnesa for the state In the proaoeutioa ef Joha S. William for the murder of Liadaay Preston, aegro, In Newton county, testified for - over aa hour today before the Federal grand jury concerning alleged peonage eondi tiona oa the farm oft William and hi three none Two agents ef the Deportment of Jus tice, G. W. Brown and A, J. Wismer, who Investigated conditions en the Jaeper county farm also testified' be fore the jury. " S " MaaninAwith Bine other negroes from - the Nr county farm -were brought hcroTrom Atmnta, where they hnve beea confined in jail since the investigations of the mardera n the William farm begna. The grand Jury rreesaed at 8 o'clock thia afternoon. -. Tbe'' ether nine Begroee will appear as soon a the grand jury convene to morrow morning it is stated. . - - STILLMAN RESIGNS AS V s PRESIDENT OF BAIJK New mXotk, May 8-Jame A. Still maa today resigned aa preaident of the National City Bank. - Charles E. Mitch ell, president of the National City Com pany, waa elected to succeed him. The resignation 1 of , Mr. Stillman, whose divorce proceedings hajo-attraet-ed much newspaper attention, was ac cepted at the regular week meeting of the bank' board of director. The director previously had refused to ac cept the banker's resignation. ,. y C ' Would Tax The Bachelikr. Tallahassee, FL-v, May 3 A a annua tax of SI would! be imposed' upon bachelors and widower under the terms of 'a bill introduced yesterday ia the Florida Bouse of Bepresenta tivea. To Investors Inveator In many llnea And, (no best chances In 'be market outunsd In ths Want Ads. Small . business of many kinds are frequently boua-ht ' and sold through b Want Ads. Th realty market la alwaya reflected In th Want Ad Columns, as well aa U Bumarable chance for oxchang. To those seeking marcantil op portunlties. the way Is open In the Wwit Ada to secure part interest In many llaea or to acquire estab lished fcvstneasea. If yoa are seeking- a holiness ehanoor-study the Want Ads care fully and send la a Want .Ad of jrour own. . Khoae 1 IT our Want Ad maa will gladly call for your aa, . - ALLIES VAflT U. S. TO.BE MEMBER OFr SUPREME COUNCIL Council In Meeting at London Decides To Send Invitation ; To America i 1 i... - ' REACH AGREEMENT ON v TERMS OF ULTIMATUM . i i f Beparationi Terms To Be Sent ; To Germany Not XAter Than May6 and Will; Expire Six --.pays Later; Germany To Be i - Called Upon To Pay 6,780,. 000,000 Pounds' ; ' London, May 8 (By the Associated Press.) Th Allied Supreme ' Council decided ' today to Invite , the . United State to aend a representative , a a member of the Supremo' Council' and also to be represented ' oa the Bepara tioni CommhuioB aadi the Council af Ambassador.. , ' ', ' ; ;' ' , ULTIMATUM WILL BE SENT NOT LATEK THAN THAN FKIDAT London. May 8. (By the Associated Pre.) -Th Supreme Council reached a complete agreement thia afternoon oa the substance of the ultimstutn to lb aaat to Germany by the reparation rcommiasion box later tana way o. sue ultimatum expire six day later. The drafting committee ia busy to- will be Anally passed 'at anoaher meet ing of the council tomorrow aad thea handed to. the Separation Commission, whirs aaa beea called from .ran and which will forward the last word ot the Allien to the i Berlin eabinet .in ae eordaaee with the treaty , of Swersaii- lea.'. . . ' . - The total aa which Germany will bo called anoa to pay aaa beea in creased to 0,760KX),000 pounda sterling by tit inclusion of ah sum doe Bob gium on account of her debts to the Alliea. : . . , . . . - ... f Tho-Baadlar Scheme. TJader the bonding scheme to gnar-J aatoo ' the- paymeat - of . VKfiOOfKO pound aually. plus ' S8 per cent tax oa Germaa exports, otH,000JX)0 pounds ia bond will bo issued whea the ulti matum j expire ' or Germany . accepts the terms.' Bond to the amouat of V 800,000 ,000 pounda will bo issued in No- 1 M. - . 1 ' . M. A AAA 1 A yemoor.-.' -ino oainneo, -. jswww, dound. will bo leaned in accordance with OerasanyV capacity- to pay. That capacity will be guagsd by the prod' Bcr ex ao per eaaa oa exports, t -Besides tha 5. par jent interest oa the- bond, n additioaal Nan per cent anil T- lmpoaed aa them to xornt a eiaking. fund. The . amount . required for serviro- bond -will ; bo thu t,- S0O.O00JDO0 pound. -i - .ShouldVthe 100,00000 peond annuity aad 83 per eeat oa Genhaa - export amouaf to' mora than th" 150,000,000 pounda required for interest on the service bonds, to-be issued immediately aad ia November, a sufficient . amount of the remaining bond held in reserve will be automatically iasdCd ia order to absorb the balance. There- will alao be aa additioa of one per cent on German exports for the pur pose .of providing a fund to pay the Interest oa the bonds held in reserve. Interest oa any bonds psid fff will con tinue for tho purpose of the sinking fund.1 It is calculated that these bonds will be redeemed within 87 year from date of issue.- ' ' la bo ease, according to the scheme, will Germany bo paying more than Sve per cent interest and one per oent sinking fond en the total debt of , 150.000.000 pounds. These amount are to ,be a charge oa German customs or any other revenue that tire reparations commission "i prepared to accept. - The reparation! commission win re ceive : the bonds and apportion them tha alliea ia accordance with the Brussels agreemeat. Eiieh power wilP dispose .pf them or hold them as n pleases. -; ,, -i-'i .;' NO OFFICIAL INVITATION - - RECEIVED AT 'WASHINGTON Waahington, May 8 Ia the bseae of format notifications officials de- f (Continued On Pago Four.) Daniels Tells of Thrilling Days When U-Boats Raided U.S.. Coast I By JGSEPHUS DANIELS. Former Secretary of tho Navy. ! Oae of the liveliest day of th whole war for tho aavy department wa Moa- ' ay, June 3, 1918. It will be many yeuf before I forget It. , Sunday a U-boat had suddenly bolt bed np about forty or f ify miles off the New Jersey coast and sunk four choosers. . . That was hard hitting for a war by- pothettcallr 3,000 miles awsyi . It certainly stirred thing up 'ia our corner of Washingtoa.. Whea I re ceived the newspaper correspondents that Monday morning I fseed A fire Of questions as rapid aa "that of any machine gun rn i ranee. i "What is the navy doing to protect ear shipping!" - "Why did It let tbe submarine sins those vessels fH "Hsvs yoa sunk th U-boatt"" ( Wn't. yon recall our destroyer from Europef" i Get S.M Call. : While I did my best with the esjer laqnisitlvo and persistent gentlemen of th press, telegrams were pouring Into the department, by the hundred, and th telephone wsr ringing with out cessation. -Ia twenty-four hours. ifiOO telegrams, radio messages, phone call, aad other inquiries were hsndlel by the aavy. The halls and emcee of tho department were thronged with aaxioaa people, shippers aad. ship owner, aad friends and relative of captains and crew. And everybody wanted taformatioa. There was general alarm aloHg the coast, from Cape Cod to Cape Sable. Lt oae U-boat was aver here, twV JOHNSON HOLDS UP GONFHIMATIdN OF BLAIR IN SENATE BEPOKTED NEW GERMAN ' OFFER HAS BEEN SENT ' TO SEPARATIONS BOOT Loaaoa, May 4.By the Am Proaa) A aew Ceraiaa af or to taa Allies wae telegraphed Teesday front Berlin to the German Ambassador at Parte for ooasmaalcatloa to the Rewaratlews ComaUaaloa, acesrdlag to a atatoawat ascribed by the Laa den Times to good antwhrity.' ' Tha terms of the- of or Bra aot kaowa, hat the Tlmea says It I" be lieved they are approximate to ac ceptance - of .the AUtes- deeislea at Parte oa Jaaaary 8. ' It la prosamod the offer wiTi H forwarded to Laadea aad placed be fere tho Sapreme CoaacIl today (Wedaeaday). , CONTINUE EFFORT TO Quiet But Persistent Campaign io provide wee cnoice Places For Th'em . Th News and Observer Bureaa. 60S District National Bank BIdg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON. . 1 (By Special Leased Wire.) . Washington, May 8 Though there ha beea ao . blowing of trumpet by th negroes lately ia the fight they are making to land ia office negroes ae reg istrar of the Treasury, asaiatant Secre tary of Labor, and assistant Secretary of Agriculture, there is none . the! leas being' made a quiet and persistent ef fort to bad them. It ia the nature of still hunt that ia being made bv the negroes aad Republican politicians who aro backing - tho proposition. Bulking large ia the fight la Henry Lincoln Johnson, the aegro Bepublieaa National Committeeman from Georgia, whom it is said has a personal interest ia the matter,' a ha ie uadenteed to be the seeker , after plare on tho payroll a registrar of tho Treasury. - . - Little talk ha beea, heard of any par ticular candidate for ' the other-of flea the aegroe aruekinr to have allo cated to themselves, th ' fight ,Bow seeming to - have: Preaideat Harding agree that the three -position.- aamed are aot aside for aegroe. If that t agreed to by tho President thea th aegroe will hustle forward with' their candidate and w ars apt to hear the North Carolina negroes havo their hats ia the i ring, for if there i anything better thsa an . good paying. Federal job Jt la two good paying; job. ' Tar Heel United For Bynam. ' t The - ainiAnn-etnetit that KennMleaa National Committeeman Jonn M. More- head wa giving hi support to Judg William P. . Bynam for the position of judge of Fourth Circuit Court of Ap peals, means ths t all taction are uni ted upon him, aad that ha will have the solid support of the mea who eount la tho counsel ef the Bepublieaa party ia North Carolina, for former Senator Butler has spoken ia the !ghest terms of Judge Byaum, and regard him hi being able to win the approval of the administratioa Bpoa 1 hia record at" a jurist. Th statement published ia the New aad Observer from Committee man Morehead that he aupport Judge Byaum is clearly aa intimation to for mer Congressman J. J. Britt that he had better step into the ring and get hi bat from tha Judgeship circle and And some other ring into which to toss it, As I hv before written,' it looks ss if the Postofnee Department ia his best bet, and after that some thing else la tho Department of Jus tice, Though if it eome to pasa that Associate Justice Ashley M. Gould i the winner in the contest for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, there is a bia ehance for Britt to land ia the vacancy that will then occur in the (Continued On Pag Four.) ' might be, or three, or four. There was no saying where the enemy would strike next. Such wss the feeling anil, af eourse. wo hesrd from it. -The last of the four questions which T have wiren ss eoming from the news oaocr correspondents 'came t from all over the country, but especially from the coast: Won't you recall, our destroyers from Euronef Nor wss it always phrased eVpolitely or a differently as this, ctomenmes n naaaed from the interrogative to tbe imperative, and became, aa .emphatic demand. . f No Recall of Destroyers. Obviously it was quite impossible -for tbe navy department to aausry an these inquiries, or to answer the very pointed questions of the newspaper men. We eoold not tell the public whst wo were doing: what ships were being tent out, and where. We might just wall have cabled theInforma tion to uermsny. Most of th destroyers aad other pa trol eraft were in: European ' water, but w had bo idea of retailing them. In the first place, to cover ' every poiai wneiw- niimiiun miau, . pivni to patrol adequately the water of Our long const line and to convoy all cosst- wise- shipping which war what excited individual were insisting we should dowould hsvs take a not 1 than a-thousand vessel.. In 'tho second place, nothing would have edited Germany's purpose bet ter thaa to scare us into withdrawing our force from .the European hunt ing grounds, aad perhapa abaadonlog (Continued oa Pago Five.). ' T LAND NEGROES California Senator Fires Open ing Gun in Fight On Hard ing .Administration V" ' .v. . Program v'&t: CENTERS FIRE ON TAR HEEL APPOINTEE FOR ( REPUBLICAN POSITION "Boss" Penrose Sends Hams Back To finance; Committee ' for Further Formal Consider ation sad Confirmation Will . Ciime Am Matter of Course In Tew rfr-'pijui Considerable , Oratory Znfafed In By Sen,' ate Durinf Executive Ses. t ' sion ; California Mn Issues ' - Statement Suinmarizma; Bis - Charges Afainst Twin Citj , Han 'M ' :"M J; Th New and Observer Bureaa, - ' 03 ' District KatiOBaf Bask Bldg. By EDWARD B. BBtTTON. ' (By Special Leased Wire.) . "( Wsihington, . May 3. 8eor tho Srst ! round for Senator Hirans Johnson ia hi -' fight to prevent the confirmation ef tha aominatioa of David H. Blair, of Win. , aioB-Salem, for the poaitioo of Commis.. sioner'" of Internal Bevenne, Ia exeeuU Iva aessioa this afternoon, tha Seaata- voted to eod the Bomlnatioa of -Mr , Blair back to the Finane committee ' for further iavostigatioa. I .was a warm meeting whea tha matter of the confirmation of the Wiaatoa-Saleat maa'. cam up, and th Bepublieaa Senators. pro and eon went at the matter vigorously,- the sessioa Luting . aatil C:7. whea sdjournmeat earn. Senator' Johnson after the aessioa' issued a statement defiaing hia position ia opposing the confirmation of Mr, , Blair. Ae ha beea stated by ma hereto. for ia tho New aad Observer th op position of Sejator Johnson to Mr, Blair I baaed ea two gronads: v, First; that Mr. Blair "vlolaUd aad aotraydhla peoplo" la aot voting for Senator Jofcaaea at taa Repabileaa Na tleaal eoayoatloa aa dlrocaed by tho' RopahUeaaj primary ia North Carotlnn.' Sccead, Taat the aeoUng at a rafaad frasa tho gwver-oteat mm iacome taa-by taa mem here "of fa- family af taa ' fathor-la-law af Mr. Blair, J. Can. aoa, af CsBeord, wham Bto slalmed had "waagbt by f ormlag a partaership with hi family to lessen tha asaeaat af hi Income tax.' -v ' ';. . Blair Will Be CaaSrmed. At the time this story waa Sled, Mr. Blair had aot read tho statement of Senator Johnson. However, Blair's friends are aot idle. Mr. Blair ia ia conference with UoL Jim Harden, a native of North Carolina, and one ef -the most powerful and influential mea ia the Harding administration, tonight and it is expected that the .Winston- Salem maa will make a statement later ' . tonight or tomorrow. ' As already atated ia thi eorreepoBdi ence, Blair ie going to be coafirmed. Many influential Benators, - including sems ' Democrats, said tonight that aa appointee for a Federal offiee sou id aot " be held responsible for aom faaeied ' wroag of hia fatber-ia-Iaw or for the ' eta of any other person. o ; Tho only, thing Johnaoa ha agaiast ; Blair ft that the Wiastoa-Salem man voted for tha present President of the United States instead at Johnaoa who never had a look-ia whea Preideatiab esndidates were being considered. Johnaoa may be able to delay eon flrmatioa for a few daya-but that -is '. all. la th final analyaia Blair wUl be t appointed. t While, ot -coarse, aothing can eom -' from the executive aessioa of the United . 8Utes8eaaU,atUl it la understood that . when th aominatioa of Blair waa taken . np Senator Johnaoa voiced his oppoai, : tioa ia vigorous term aa th ground stated. After this ar number of Bepub- -lieaa Senator, chief - among them being Senators Stnoot and ' Frelinghuyssn, ; spoks ia advocacy of Mr. Blair aad urged his confirmation. It Waa a hot time on the Bepublieaa aide of the Sea ate. Democrat aitting by aad enjoying - the squabble ot their political enemies, , But Senstor Johnson woa his point aad . succeeded ia having the aominatioa eeat back to the Finance committee for fur- . thcr consideration. Tha motion to do this wss made by Senator Penrose, oa , ot Blair' chief supporters. V Johnaoa Issnse Statement. - - The ststement issued lay Senator Joha oa which give a gist of the whole mat . ter ie a followa i I am aot epeaking at all about whst ' occurred ia executive cession. I am opposed to tho confirmation of Mr, Blair.- My objeetloa ie baaed apoa two grounds, first, be waa a delegate to the . Bendbliraa National convention bonaa 1 nnderMhe law of North. Carolina to vote for tho candidate receiving the majority of vote ia tha Presidential ' preferoae primary there. I received ia that primary three timea as many vot-e ss my opponent. Blair, as a delegate to the Natioaal convention, did not obey ' the maadato of the primary. He vio- lated the law aad betrayed his people. He ia aew nominated to tho most im portant administrative office ia the -United Btatee. He administers tax,' pro " hlbitioa and ether laws. A maa who" (Continued Oa Paga Four.) STEUART GETS JOB AS - DIRECTOR OF CENSUS . . Washington, May 3. William - M. Steuart, of Michigan, Bow Assistant Director of the Census, was nominate! today by President Harding to a Director of th Censes. ' Mr. Steuart aae4a Bam I Bogers, of Franklin, N. C, wha aerved as Director ot th Census during the eight year of Desrocratie adnunistratioB .
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