' " ' Q . O " O ' "7 ' - . w ,aty -. w : . .i.scrj tii3.ouu Qday.-' :A XOU. frdyr J North Carolina Partly cloady Monday) TaaadtT, (air, cen- on your paper. Send r-- I five Care before iffirMuttfi tn order to avoid tuieaiu a single copy. Uau4 VOL. CXIII.NO. 143. TEN PAGES TODAY. ' . RALEIGH, N. C MONDAY, MORNING, MAY 23; 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY; PRICE: FIVE CENTS i j e WSLiUSIIKE MP HOCUS : 1.1 OPERATING COST Committee Of Chamber Of - Commerce Of U. S. ' Gives. . tfitimitnt fin ftiinPV . ' GROUPING OF RAILWAYS ' MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED Xteport vs voaunihseo jsuou ; BtresieiTMt That -Bead-Justment Of Salaries and Wafes Must Come; Ho Ad- ' slitinna LftD-hlatioa On Bail. road Question necessary ;- Washington, May nr-Railroad tan! ' leaks sharp redaction in their operat ing expenses if their credit and iui elal atabllity are to Im t-e-eitabliahed, a eommittee t the Chamber of Core- ; Bines of the United State, which made survey of the transportation question, decla-ed tonight in statement,' ?.. Necessity of practicing atriet economy nt argi- i tv committee pointing out "that reottlti 4n-f-l c? sal-nice and wage it in prcg vi M i4 other, industries, and it is to be aumed that railroad : wage wUl in the. future, ea thy have ia the past, bear ea equitaMe relation-. . ship to wage p,-d in e&er activities.' . The eoramittee was ef ka opinion that tbe grouping or conaoUlatioa at rail road! moat ultimately be accomplished. It alas declared that Federal incorpora tion of railroads vat highly desirable. --. . ! ' Need No Igislstlee:,4 ''So additional legislation n the rail road question, however, was needed at this tine, the statement said, as it was sdTieable to have further experience ' whs m innnrMuvH otw. mr tempting to modify it , : u " ; The committee stated it had eoma to the conclusion that "even - with ia- . creased traffic that wilt eoma with the ' gradual return of busness prosperity. cannot be restored to a profitable basis until the present high operating as- peases are cot down.1'. . f-.iJ 4 "It ia recognised by the railroada," the committee report owrtiuued, 'that rates and fares rannot ba iscreased.' citretaing the need for mora economic methods of apejalioa,. tha , f oawittee aid tba firet Step iowar4 Uie .aeoaja;-, fuuhment of economies ahonld be great er co-operation among tha carriers ia the performaBea ot their . aerrUea. In ' terminal organiaatioa and management "the report stated, tha co-operation of ..; Has Cat Wagon,-" I : -' ' ' WhatoTtr oeoaomie may be effected by ehanget in operating methods," it was Hated, there ineriUbly moat be a reduction in . tha percentage which salaries and wages comprise of tha total operating revenue. The payroll of tha .'railroada In 1917 amounted to 11,700, 000,000, or about 45 per cent ef the operating revenue. - Ia 1920 tha payroll had mora than doubled, hiding rises to 13.750,000,000, which is about 60 per cent of tha operating evaane. ' . Tha committee assumes that every effort will be made by the carriers to maintain equitable stales ot wages for different classes of employment While wages must ba reduced, no class ef labor should bear an inequitable . share of the burdea ef too rehabilita tioa period and. all should reader a fail .sight hoars' servfes for " eight-htfr' pay.1.' - . ' GIVES CONDITIONS OH" RECOGNITION OF MEXICO Statement Beinf Prepared By , f State Department To Bo ; .1 1 ;'Uyt To 01weca f i- Washington, May deaaite state meat outlining the conations apon ki.k V.m TlmitmH RtatM woald extend recognition to tha Obregon government ol JaexiOO ss own prepwu mlaaion to President Obregon. v This sUtement is tha form of a memoran dum, it was saiA. tonight, will be de livered 'to Obregom by George T. Bum merlin, -counsellor of the Anwriean em bassy at Mexico. City, who ia expected to leave for Mexico this week.. He was aammoaed hem .a month ago by the Secretary , of State to -giro iist hand ' information concerning the situation in that country." "' . ' Tha conditions for recognition, it is ' naderstood, in prartiealiy ideatieal with the recommendations made by Bee- . retary Fall in his report at tha last sessioa ef Congross as chairman of tha tub-commlttew ef. the Benate- a foreign relaUons investigating tha Mei iean question, .". The important 'feature -of the com munication ia said to ho the insistence that Obregon must sign some document giving assurances that Americana and their interests will be properly safe guarded ia Mexteo before the United atmtmm wtl1 mhIjIm til' NimUHlU Of formal relations with that country. If such assurances are given, a is. Be lieved that Henry P. rietcher, nnder secretary of state, who was ambassa dor to Mexico for a time aader the Wilson administratioa until ha resigned Kui.ni. 4iunn,nnl rtf tkat adminia- tration's policy toward Mexico, will be designated to represent ine taiieo Btatas la drafting a treaty ' BOVDTHALER TO DBLITER ' ' - ADDRESS AT AS HIT ILL! Asheville, May 12. Dr. Howard E. Bond thaler, president of Salem College . at WiastoB-Saleaa, will deliver tha s aual address to members of the gradu ating class of the Asheville high ackool st their commencement exercises Fri day night, June 10, ia the city aadi toriuaw j ; ,; . . . - FOR CflnFMIOIl Rumor Going The Rounds That G, 0. P. Plans Further In . roads In The South LIXNEY'S CONFRMATIOM PART OF INVASION PLAN Understood That Administra tion Is Trying To Qet "Buck ing" Senators To Take Ka tional View Of Situation, and Assist In Breakinf Party Ties With' The Hefro :V r$, " J J , ii - f -'i News and Observer Burean . 60S District Natl. Bank Bldg. ' ' -, By EDWARD K. BR1TTONV, ' ' (By Special Leased Wirs) " Washington, ay S2-There is talk here that- the, case for Frank Unney is not so storm-cloudy for hint si it ap peared ; when the cyclone ; struck his nomination for "district attorney for the Western District of North Carolina at its appearance before the judiciary committee of -the Senate. Inside 1 in fluencee are said to have beat at work to ward eff the atone, and the rumor ts that there ia a peep of suashlss to gladden the eyes of the North Carolina Bepnblieaa state chairman. , At any rate, when he left here the last ef the week he had been' given some encour agement and feels that there if more than a fighting chance for his confir mation. ' . . x K f The thing that gives this encourage ment to him and his backers ia that the whisper ia going the rounds that the Harding administration, embolden ed by the Republican success ia swing ing away from .their Democratic moor ings two of the Southern states,, havo a well-denned policy tn view , to make further inroads into the South and its Democratic majorities. It ia said that there is realization that-Republicanism cannot grow in the South, as Bepubll-s cans want to see It grow, tf southern Republicanism is tied up with the negro, and the endeavor of the administration is understood to be to have Northern sad Western Republicans take a nation: al .view of the situation,, to got -away front sectional or a limited state view, and get together n . a, policy that will have ia it what ia considered a chance to farther break the "solid South," ' 0' -V - if The Lion tn the PetbV Of course,' the lion in the path, ef this project is to get Republican senators to risk" thsir political supremacies in fates where the negro vote cuts very thick ice. and join in the plan to make a Southern Republican party that eriU appeal to the . whitejotere. , That the protection talk- from certain aourece In tbe South appeals to the old-fine Be-publirt-n leaders is clear, and it is rea soned -that if the Southern Republican party is shaped np so aa to get rid of the negro domination stigma that it will have a chance to make a stronger ap peal to the Southern white man. ' The inference from what I have learned hi that there is a regular sys tem being worked sot, , and that, the nomination of Iiaaey is merely pert ef that system, a cog in Its wheels, and that it was fully understood by At torney General Dangherty and P real dent Harding when his nomination was agreed npon tha he bad taken a de cided stand apoa the question of the negro in the Be publican party. That the administratioa is standing pat on the Iinney nomination is understood, sad it ia nlso the understanding thnt the delay in having the sub-committee of the Senate go ahead with Its investi gation ef the charges ef the negros against Unney ia due to the fact that pressure ia being brought npon certain senators to have them see the light as tbe administration sees it ' Senators en the judiciary committee are nnderstood not to have been informed of the ad ministratioa. view of the conditions sought to be eofteaed la the South, hence their bucking when the Idnney nomination - was struck with the negro lash. These senators are being given time to think things over, and when the time ia ripe then there will be ac tion jn getting the eiravfleramittee la- (Continued en Page Six) " ARK YOU INT The Y. M. C. A, which ia sunning larger thlags for tha yenag men and boys of Raleigh, Is seeking to wine oat Us UdeMedness and several ana s' red men and women have made sehserlptloaa to the faad needed. - la TOUR name tn the listf la a very real sense the reputation of Raleigh is at etakfc 'YOU enght to take part la this groat work foe two reasons v: ,.. ' v--'j ' 1. For the geed ef the- boys and young men la the city and who are attracted to the city. - , . , S. For the hoaor and reputation ef Raleigh. Every pabUeeplrHed cttisea who loves Raleigh ought to Jola the large aamber who have eahatrlhed.. It weald bo a reSectlea apea Raleigh and lajsro Us mpata tiea If It aheald fall ia thie Import, ant matter. .This ts to YOU. " 1 " If YOU have net aa karri bed, a se today. More than tJMOC ass been sabscribed. bat, every -cent ef U ts apea eonditlea that S,aoe mere la aabecrlbed by midnight tonight. YOU love Raleigh. YOU are ta. tereated la the welfare of Ita beya and yenag asen. YOU sea help the yoath aad the city by giving ae Let every snaa, aad every woman, toe, take advantage ef the epeer- taatty. ...-.. Are YOU la? V r If net get la today. ' Tea are aeedee. . J Governor Morrison And Mavor Hdridge . r i V Take Raleigh Lads For "Little Brothers' On the left Edgar Graham Unchurch, Cameron Morrison, -and ea the left Charlie Fowler who for three years may claim the mayor ef the city for his Big Boys", dowa at Pollen Memorial. -- Workers Plan -:".: 7ban "Y" Drive Today Less Than $9,000 To fee Raised Before Total Of $45,000 ; Js Reached -t.; WOMEN JOIN RANKS OF .WORKERS IN CAMPAIGN " 1 ' aa-BW.-w,wmai , .,.,. "Bay a Boy" Slogan Continues To Have Strong: Appeal; . Much Enthusiasm ' ;'- Eighty-seven hundred dollars . short of the campaign' objective, workers ia the drive to liqurdaU the N5XK) debt that has hung ever the Raleigh Y. M. 0. A. since its begiaaing a decade ago will take the field this morning, and tonight at 6:30 o'clock wUl gather 100 strong,' plus a score of Raleigh women headed by Mrs. Joseph us Daniels aad Mrs. B. H. GrifBn, to" report what's been done about ft. ! ' ' The answer le amnre.The rhomea- tum'sWd 3arlngthe paat iwe days will not bc,.4defed( aad leaden- aad weraeat auae aeeiere uat- ictga wui not . again deny1 the ussoeiatioa its freedom from the dragging weight that has hampered it through the tea years that it has been la existence. Final plana for the day's .Work will be agreed npon when the -workers gather for a tea-minute conference at headquarters at 10 'dock today, f,".; ''VVMV ,- womoa. wtu eia,,;, Ikslclgh'g . womanhood centered tha rsnks of the campaigners Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock when Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. . Boat, ' Mrs. . DanUls .. and Mrs. Weetoa Bruner met to consider what service .they' could Tender ia the cam paign. The worth of their service was demonstrated two hoars later when they entered headquarters with $1,200 aad a doten Raleigh' la da adopted as little , brothers to- ss - msny 1 Raleigh business, men.'; ,"'' ''-"",' No rest was laken by the campaign ers yesterday, and achievement follow ed whereever- they weat Ia every church in the city, in every Sunday school, , mihistcra spoke , of fc-e cam peiga, and boys" enlisted - as four- minute speakers presented the appeal for Raleigh s youth. . Ho tabulation of the results obtained ia the afteraooa was made, but indications were that the fund is a good deal nearer the $45, 000 mark than.it stood when reports were ia Saturday night ' '-' "Buy a Boy" Slogan, ."Bay a Boy is yet the'stogaa ot thi campaign. Lists it boys who arc making their owa way ia the world, struggling gainst circumstance that often turns down Ha thumbs, have been prepared by the campaign organisation, giving brief biographies of the lads who are being offered, so that every jatA who wants a boy-may kaow him, may direct a personal interest toward him, and lead him a hand that may guide aad lift him to' achievement of the best pat ia in him. .4- '.ft . - "The Y. M. C A. ia reaching dowa and not np," declared Rev. Dr. W. McC. White at the First Presbytcriaa Church yesUrday . morning, .laying special em phasis oa the development of the cam paign that is destined to bring the as sociation into closer, more intimate and more helpful relation to the youth of the city that has had no spokesman, ao one to help, bo one to care whether the - lad weat nnder. or not Similar reference was mads- in all of the churches. ' , . ' . - Scores of men In the eK who have turned deaf ears to a mere appeal to help the Y. M. C A. get out of debt, have gladly taken hold ia the "Buy a BoyT move meat, - and aarely dees a worker And a maa sr womsa who will tura down the appeal when presented on the definite behalf ot a boy who aeede the sort of influence that a big brother can give, and the environment that can be throws around him in the Assoeiatioa. -!.- : , t , Iufections EnthaeUem. Interest end enthusiasm in the cam paign reached the infections stage yes terday. - Even to the boys ia the street, for whom Mr. Crow and the other lead ers in the drive are making suek a prodigy of effort to have -the Y. M. C A, reach, discussed the problem of be ing sold," aad told . very braggingly if who had adopted them as "Little Brothers." Chief smoag'the prideful youngsters who have beea '"bought was dgir Graham, Upchoich, wkQ cag npw,i f adopted for three years by Governor Brother. Both are "Major Bernard s ' To Achieve WIU. RALEIGH DENY .. THESE BOYSJt LIFT! ' Herewith hi a partial Ust ef the beys who have been adeptod, or who will he adopted by Miacbedy today la the Y. campaign, very one ef them Is a lad who sells papers, de livers 'telegrams, or works whereever he gets a chance. Bccrca of ethers are en the Association) list. : DURWOOD PARRISH, age 14. Father was a Seaboard flagman, kill, ed In a wreck last October, Mother Clad last December with laSaeasav lire with hie grand father, who la ST years eld. Father was with tha A. hV F. In France, Bclglam end Ger. many. - ''' ' ' RAY and ROY HICKS, age 14. Both were members, ef the "Y." bat stepped' work to go to school, aad caanet stand the- esaeaee- of mesa .bershlpv Both are bright yeesigatera, sad listed by the Western Union as aamag Ita beat messengers when they worked there.' Will work- agala ia sammer, ' Roy hae besa boaght by Archia Bovtoa. CHARLIE BISHOP. -agar IX. "One et Sre children, all boys,, sad three ef them yeaager. Goes to Thomp son school aad - East Yaagsard . chspeL Sab. aa Raleigh Sluggers baseball toaau ' Wants to Issra to ewlm et the Y. ' ' ' , ': ,- HOWARD STOKES, age U. Uvea whh grandfather ea McKee street., I Bright ywanssUr wbe sella papers, perhaps tor pee every morning aad afternoon. All he needs la a chance to grew np. - 1 RAYMOND WOOD, IS, exception, dry bright lad. Sella papers. Is a member ef the Capital Sluggers. Quit school la Fifth grade. Ia Polk Denmark's Sanday school class and is bosght; for three , years by Mr, Denmark. -i' ' ,- . " GEORGE WOOD, age It. , Cot partknlara from Johnsea. One ef the best bays en the list, bat ea yet ae one has takes him,,. - CHESTER SMITH, age 14. Sixth grade, works st Western Uatoa. ea Pallen Memorial basket kali team aad Is all round good sport. Taken by R. L. McMillan, t, CLINN SMITH aad HARYEY SMITH, brothers ef Chester, aad both worth somebody's hundred dot. fjfW " "' ''w'-'' ''' ':'' r' ,c i!' - ; EDDIE ADAMS and DELMAS k ADAMS, faUerleas, Uvlag with their motaor, mia. Annie Acama, iiu Mark street. , Delmas sells papers aad Eddie, who In IS years eld, works for H. C Howell at City Mar bet.' ' ''' . . i MAHLON BAGWELL, age IS, sella cold drinke at baseball grosses. Gees to Thompsoa school, sad ia in ths sixth grade. RAYMOND PATTERSON, IS years eld, son of Capt. T; S. Psttersoa, of the Raleigh Salvation Army. Look Ing for a hard Job. ; Nobody hae boaght him yet,, 3,; .'-,- -r REPORT OF REVOLUTION - IN PORTUGAL RECEIVED Trayelers Beaching YifO Tell Of Proclamation Of Santos As President ; Madrid, May 22v The Tiempo today prints under reserve a report 'from travelers reaching Vigo to the effect that a- revolution , has , broken out in Lisbon, Portugal :i According 4 to the travelers, the members ,of the cabinet have been imprisoned and Machado Am Santos has been proclaimed president of the republic ' - ' . The Portuguese legation -ia Madrid announeed - today that .it had no knowledge of a revolution in Lisbon and discredited the reports - current here. ,-.-. .: - ;-.:. A dispatch from on Saturday night said that the Portuguese csbinet, besded by Bernadino Machado, had resigned, but that ao diaturbaaeee fa I takca place.' It, was added that political conferences had been held throughout Saturday ia an endeavor f3 bring about a satisfactory ' arrangement .of , the ministerial situation. .' ;V.-i ' 1 ' Machado Santos is a former president and'f winder 'of the republic - W. L. Moore Dies . . ' Kins ton, May 22- W, U Moore died recently at his residence in Jones coun ty, according to- news received here He was 63 years of sgc and is survived Py a 5it0 Ad jc cjuioieja, rnn ER GOVER id,i CAnS GIVES BOND Goes To Starke. Florida, In Connection With Indictment For Bribery v y . .. . , , i Y . TO GIVE FORMAL BOND t IN PEONAGE CASE ALSO Former Chief " ExeentiY . ' Of florida Uaintains Silence In . B e ff a r d To " Indictments Afainst Him; WCl Probably Pace Federal Chars; Of Al ; leg-ed Peonage First V . k , .1 . ., .1 , Starke, Fla,, May 2.-Sidney J. Catta, who" served' four years as gov ernor el Florida, having been elected ea a Prohibitionist ticket, later a eaa didate for the - United States Senate, and now ; under " indictments by Fed eral and ' couaty grand ; juriee ea Charges growing out ef alleged misuse of his executive authority aad -the object of a joint legislative investiga tioa, came here today - from Jackson villa and tarnished bond of 5,000. In this, Bradford . couaty, Mr, Catts m charged with aeeepting a bribe, ia voting for a pardon. . He left late today for - Peaeaeola, where, according to his attorneys, he plans to make formal bond ef IVS0O oa a charge ef peonage, for which he was indicted May 18, aad arrested yes terday at Albany, Georgia. He was released from custody at Albany after Ave eitueaei had signed his . bead and permitted to proceed en .his way h Jacksonville. i,v-.-'-.: :,v Came Unaeeempealoc. ' - 80 far as is known, Mr. Catts came here unaccompanied. During fcla stay he was the guest of his local attorney He had spent last night at the home of hie brother-in-law in Jacksonville, aad his attitude of silence regarding hit indictments was not ehaaged here. Beyond the fact that hs told his bonds men ia Albany, Ua- that be naa been ia Britlah Columbia, nothing could be learned of his whereabouts since his indictment here oa May S.. . :" U Is believsd that Mr. Caits wUl face the Federal charge flrat aad re ports from Pensacola were to the ef fect that a special ctsaioa ot court would be called for - this purpose. Bpeeifleally, ths Federal Indictment act forth that Mr. Catts voted for padons ia favor et two negroes, Ed Brown and John Henry Rodgere, serving eenteneee in tha State penitentiary, and that representativM of tbe former governor met the - negroes - npon tacir release and took them to his Walton county farm where they are alleged to have besa held, in peonaga. - : ' Paid Negro Laborers. Reports from Albaty quoted him as saying the negroes hal been paid (10 a month aad well clothed and lea. One of these aogroTS testified at the hearings et the joint legislative com mittee la Tallahassee, which, nnder a joint resolution, (. is investigating "rumore that the - former governor received mosey to inlunee hia decision in matters of pardon end other alleged misconduct. The committee has been holding Its hearings for several weeks sad no . indication Is forthcoming as to when it will report its findings. Both houses of tbe legislature, new in biennial session, have reinstated numerous officers re'levcd by the for mer governor. At lea t 23,000 has been voted as reimbursement to we various men for the silaries they lost while nnder suspension, Mr. Cstts' tern of office expired January t last. REPORT MORE TROUBLE " . IN SILESIAN TERRITORY Oppeln,' Silesia, Msy 23. It is re ported that trouble baa broken out ia the1 neighborhood ef Kreusberg. Germaa "free companies are reported to be advancing, but K is not yet known whether the movement ia in the nsture of a raid or a broader operation, '"'''ewert Severe Fighting, "i Berlin, May 22. A dispatch from a Germaa source at Appela says roils reinforcements have crossed the frontier into Upper Silesia and that there was severe fighting Sunday ia the neighbor hood of Rosenberg. The . insurgents were obliged to evacuate several vil lages. The final outcome ot the affray has not been reported. Mill To Rename Work, Columbia, Gs, May S3. The Bibb Manufacturing Company will - resume operation Of its local plaat oa full time tomorrow. The null has joojxki spin dies. It hss been operating on half time. One thousand employees will be at work tomorrow. ' , . V '.. Negre Churchman Dies. ' " KinstonMsy St. Bcv. W. H. Hodges, colored, weneral modorstor of the negro Free Will Baptist church, is deed at his homo here. The funeral will be held ot day; He was a leading minis ter of hia race and connection in this part of tbe country. - - ' WASHIXa KXPERTS .. That ts the sort of womsa you want to do tha, washing for your family, so, whenevev yo are look ing for a laundrwaa, the place to look for her ! la the Want Ad col umns. . . . .., ... ... .- Poet let anyone tell you differ, ently, for. If you go to tho beat housewives you will learn that they are; the ones who ona-ase their help In all lines, eapecUlly their laun dreesse through tae Went Ads. Just try the exporiment ot a Want A4 Uundrwe this month of May and you will never get any other kind. Phone UT our Want Ad mas will gladly call for your ad. ru ' "TT MACON CROWD CONDEMNS . GOVERNOR DORSET FOR HIS "PEONAGE PAMPHLET." Macea Ca May U. At- a mass meeting of nearly MM persons at the city hall this afternoon, a reee. latloa waa sdeptod ceademnlng Gov. erner Dereey for tsealsg hie "Peon age Pamphlet" aad petitioning the General Assembly to appdat a eoert of . Inquiry to snake sa Uveotigetioa at tha legality ef the Governor's appeal to a committee net Under the direction of the jadieUry." ' '- . The reeolstioa coadadedt v ."If It be foaad that he has violstod the oath of his smce la the premlees, hss committed libel against any county la Georgia, or falls to produce satis factory evidence proving hia charges, that the said Governor, Hagh- M. Dorsey, be Impeached.' ' A eobstltate resolution, a asedlAco. tlen, following two speeches In ds. fenso of as Governor, wse hilled In committee, Fersner Cesgressmin C L. Bartlett was chalrmsa ef the meet, lag. . i;-:. PRESIDENTO WAY TO FiEVY YORK CITY To Deliver Two Addresses There Today; Making Trip ; i On The Mayflower ( Washington, May 22. Ths : Presi dcatial yacht Mayflower, with Presi dent Harding aad . hia party . aboard, is reported sixty milse north ef Cape Charles light at noon today la a radio message received here. Perfect weather was said to prevail. The yacht is dns at New York tomorrow morning. ELABORATE PROGRAM OF ' ENTERTAINMENT ARRANGED New York, May EL-New York will entertain. President Herding tomorrow for tbe second time sines his insugura tioa. He will 'speak st a luncheon of the Academy of Political Science at the Hotel Aator la tho afternoon, review the Twenty-third regiment at Ita ar mory ia Brooklyn a few hoars later, aad deliver the principal address st th 126th anniversary celebration ef the New York Commercial at the Hotel Commodore ia tho evening. - - "., : The -city planned an enthusiastic wel come-1 the thief executive, who, with Mrs, Harding and a party of trieVda, was ea route tonight from Washington on 'the Mayflower. ',-'? ''-' ?..- When - the Procidentia yacht enters The Narrows towrorrow morning -the guns at Forte Hamiltoa and Wads worth will roar the customary 81 gun salute. ' Destroyers sad battleships of the Atlantic fleet, at anchor la the Hud son, will accord tho same honor as tho yacht proceeds np the river to Ninety Sixth Street . - - The President plane to remain abend the Mayflower until noon, when he will land and go directly to the hotel for his first address. . Ths trip to Brooklyn will take the President serosa Manhat tan brnsfre over tho East River, and tbe streets along the route to the armory will be lined with, school children and a sprinkling ef troops. The President win speak briefly after the military re view. , : A boy's band of 800 pieces will sere nade the Prealdent when ha returns to his Hotel la Msahattaa. The President end Vice-President Coolidge, who also will speak, will hold a reception for aa hour before the evening banaues, ' Ths President and his party plan to leave for Washington oa the Mayflower tomorrow night. SEAMEN REJECT PLAIs' fi . TO END MARINE STRIKE Unanimous Rejection Follows Meeting Of Workers; Score tary Davis In K. Y. SBanwassemstaaaaaa - . t ; . New York, May 2v Proposals - of Federal mediators looking to a settle- meat of the astion-wide marine strike, which haa been in effect since May 1, were unanimously rejected at a meet lag. here today of locals S3 and 80 of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Asso ciation. - - The meeting was called to bear a re port of a committee which had been ia conference with Secretary ; of Labjr Davis at Washington and as a result of which, it waa reported, a possible basis of settlement .bed been reached. The proposals Were reported to involve acceptance by the men of a reduction in wages aad the granting to them ef eoneessiona as to overtime work. So for ss is kaowa, the proposals in ques tion were not submitted to the opera tors, who previously hsd declared they1 would not eiga any farther agreements with sea-going anions. Thomas B. Healev and Bert I Todd, representatives of the union, declared ao vote was taken. They added that none was necessary, ts ths discussion which followed the presenting of the proposals showed the men were unani mous in their declaration to stand by their original proposition. Secretary Davis arrived here today end conferred with Wisthrop I Mar vin, general manager, and H. H. Ray mond, president of the American Steam ship Owners' Assoeiatioa. While Mr. Davia would sot discuss the conference, it was learned unofficially that if the engineers hsd fsvorsbly considered the proposals, ths wage committee of the owners association would have met with Mr. Davis Tueaday la Washington. SILEsi CITY PLANNING ? FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Greensboro, May 22v-The business mea of Siler City are making prepara tion to establish a chamber of com. metre there. They aro seeking the aid of C, W, Roberts,--secretary- et the Greensboro chamber la ' getting the Siler City organisation underway. A meeting -will be held coca st which rep- i reeentstives ef the Greensboro chamber' .wUl assist Ia the erganlMtlon, .,- COlt'GRESSALMSTO CLEAllfPOJDIuG MEASURES QUICiCLY Leader. Plan To . Clean" Slate 1 In Two Weeks Before Jak Ing Up Tariff ' 1- 4 v - !! miminsni - - V .. PEACE RESOLUTION TO 1 COME UP IN THE HOUSE . , amisp a ( . ,. Temporary Tariff, Army and Nary Appropriation EEs', Budget ' Bill and . Deficiency Appropriation Measure Prin cipal Legislative Hatters For Immediate Action Washington, May 22. A elsn-DT ef pending Important measures during tha next two weeks is the aim ef Republican leaders in Congress to pave the way for - consideration ef the- permanent tariff and tag revision, two ot the major subjects for which tbe extra session was called. The permanent -tariff bill la expected to be reported by the House ways and means eoramit tee early next month. ' ' .. Prominent among measures scheduled for completion in the nest fortnight sre the Knox peace reeolutioa, the tem porary tariff, the army and navy ap propriation bills, the Good MeCormiek bill for a federal budget system, aad the deficiency appropriation measure. -' Peace Resolution Us. -The peace resolution fa to be taken np by tbe House foreign affairs com- mittec early this week, but Chairman Porter does not expect a House vote before aext week. The leaders ef the ' House are leaning toward amendment : of the Senate measure by declaring -merely a state of peace instead of re pealing the German, and Austrian war declarations. Negotiations with Senate leaders are scheduled this week prelimi nary to committee aad House action. . The conference report on the tempo rary tariff bill ia to be taken np by the House tomorrow, with ita adoption foregone conclusion. President Hard-lag-i expected to act en tha measure before the week-end. The report was adopted last Friday by the Senate. . Disposal of the three remaining ap propriation bills largely rests wKh ths Senate. The Honse is expected ta past the 1100,000,000 deficiency bill tomorrow or Tucsdsy and ths Senate will resume .tt.tj.llu, a -, .1 .intMUl wwu,niiui, fvmvrrow vi uie eww,uvu, 000 naval budget, with the principal controversies remaining ever the pro posed naval base at Alameda, Cel., aad committee proposals ' to Increase the navy personnel by 20,000 ever the lOOr 000 men authorised by the House. , - r . . Fight Oa Navy BI1L ; Economy advocates will continue their attache on the naval bill tomorrow, with an) extended address planned by Senator LaFollette, Republican, Wsi-' cousin, on "big interests" in armament, The Scant laso hat to act f ormelly en the Borah amendment for a disarma ment conference, but . itt adoption has been virtually assured. - ' The army supply bill, with committee provisions increasing the regular army from aa average ot 150,000 mea, author ised ia the -House, to a minimum of 170100 nt aay time during the next Ba-. eal year, is to follow the naval bill in -tbe Senate. .: -'.; s : On the program Awaiting the first op portunity for consideration in both the Senate and House are separata packer control bills. Agricultural advocates on both sides are pressing lesdars for lee ' way for the packer measures with pros pect of action In a few weeks. An. other agricultural measure, on which' hearings are to begin next Friday be fore a Senate committee, it the bill to regulate future trading in wheat; There is a movement to include cotton within its trope through a Senate amendment. Ths Senate also has pending the Lcn root resolution for a joint congressional commission with powers to make an ex haustive general agricultural surrey. - Ford-Newberry Cmm Another session ba the Ford Newberry eass is scheduled by the Seaate privi leges and election committee Tuesday O . WW , . ... ... , osnaior aownsona, nepuDllcsa, JUenl gan, in behalf of Senator Newberry, and Alfred Lurking, counsel for Henry Ford, sre to discuss whether the Supreme Court dismissal of charges sgslast Sen ator Newberry ' should quash further : Senste proceeding. , Several other committee hearings are te continue thi week, including tbe House inquiry lata the escape of O rover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader.' A. H. ..... w. n, aad Howard Elliott, representing the Northern Pacific Railroad, are to appaar tomorrow in connection with the Sen. ate interstate commerce committee la '' vestigsting-railroad condition Hear-" ings also will be continued en the Town-' send 1200,000,000 good-road bill aad en" revision of Federal amnlovaea salaries. ; The nomination of David H. Blair, ef North Carolina, to be Internal Beveaae Commissioner, which Senator Johnson. of California, is fighting, is to come be fore the Senate this week, with confirm ation predicted evea by opponents. ;- FRENCH GOVERNMENT ; I-7 AUTHORIZES BONO ISSUE i r ,s New York, May S2.-J. P. Morgan Co. announeed today that the French government has authorised it to Issue ' in the United State 1 00,000,000 of - French SO-year external loan 7Vh per cent bonds. .. --' .!. ., ' Sunday School Meeting. - Headerson, Mny - 82. The Tsnce County Sunday School Association offi cers met in Henderson Friday after. ' noon, and set Wednesday and Thursday, . June S and 9, as convention dates tor the Sunday schools ef the county. An educational program is being prepared by State Sunday school worker and eSS cert ef .the. couaty. associations .

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