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SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALElGH, N. C; FUiDAY MOHNIHG. MAY 27, 1921. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CCHB DAVE BLAIR KICKS GOAL AFTER MUCH nf nv Iriiiiipni imli ui junsioui 1 f - 4- , i ii ii i I " ', Winston-Salem Lawyer 'Suc cessfully Hurdles various .Obstacles In, Path WILL PROBABLY TAKE - OVER OFFICE TOMORROW California! Senator Speaks At length la Opposition To Con ' ..1 ttm tm Auvalialm ingly Snowed Under; Sena tori' Orerman and Simmons Speak In Blair's Behalf rrv. Km anA tfhaaTvav Bnrean. , f -803 District. National Bank Bldg. ". y lllnAKU Cm lm ,.'H 8nlil IaihA Win. - Washington, May 2--David H. Blair kicked goal today, and tomorrow tha Winston-Salem man will bo tworm in aa tha United State Commissioner of Internal Be venue, with large dutiea to of the country, the making of liquor .nt.Hn.i tfca Aimetioa ef a treat amber of employees who ara sot under eivU terviee. it aat oeen a Jon jour ... that ku Kaon made br Mr. Blair to land, Citisaa Blair having paaaed 'through too various states oi ve-egai Blair, nominee bum, osnmtnw .-j ri.rmH NnmiiM Blair. To- V. ill tatrndnead a Cam- miaaloner Blair. Bat of thoat who will hasten to Under their congratulations there will not be "among thoae present a...... ttii Umnn of California. Senator aonneon lougni wo rtaaa Blair ta tha lalt ditch and fcla' standard of revolt against the ' choice of secretary or mo ixvmij vr.ll.. mA tha ann!llMva( President Harding wared defiantly till it was over coma by Tote of 69 to 15, eight Be publicana and eevta Democrats, being all the foreea that came to his as sistance. Aa one of the Senators ex pressed it ths Californlan's. defeat was S.....l.lmlnn and left him high and dry. But Senator Johnson declares sow, aa he has aeciarea oeiore, ma mv ter how the vote and the backing oi Itmm law V rw . the administration t Ti Ini' prove : at ease." t,J l.k... SaVkaa Oat Case. that Mr. Blair and the other North - Carolina delegates to the Bepub)ieaa National Convention beteayed"., htm, . .. .-a -i.i.4.. ika lumliuul nrininrv law '.of North Carolina ia mo voting -for him a Ui enoice ior araiw, Bepiiblieaas for President, And "he ' t ... .4 ,m M,, and ta arrlara that Mr. iviui w . Blair should not be confirmed because of the eaU lor "taa, aeiuuas ana .w,.... lw tiU father-in-law. J. W. -'rf . . - 'I . Cannon, of Concord, and refunds by other members or. ue uannoa wauj. i These matters he aeeiareo. anonio aoi be in -the keeping of the aohln-law, Dare BUir. ' .. - It was only an executive session that ths Bemrtead today, for the fight on the Blair nomination took the entire time f the session. It began at 12 o'clock, and it was not over. till some time after o'clock. It began with the consideration of a resolution offered by Senator Johnson that the session be with open doors so that tberl might be ; iKHti about tha matter. Senator Pat Harrison and Others supported this position, out it was snowea u vj a Tote of CO to 25. Thea there waa a resolution said to hare been offered by Senator Harrison that the vote on the juiaic aiFH..w - r- ' . iiniiM not be aacnrea. so Tii.:. t.n.;n k. nrintad. not naani- it - went into '"innocuous desuetude." Thea began the debate on the nomina- tioa of Mr. Blair, this beginning about -ten minutes alter oeioea. i n.ii. In axarntiva aeavion tha news paper men, who had been sitting idly upon the resources of the ' little bird. i. tha know what hanoened to Hiram ia the vote and in the debate. As to the Tote against Jir. auir. tne re Bepublicans Johnson, Borah, Norris, lAFollette, Kenyon, ladd, Norbeck, and Jones of Washington e; vmo ..... A.ki...t nan4a. Harrison. Wat oa, of Georgia, Sheppard, Heed aad Wolcott T. Total, to. I.kaaaa Ttraatie la Attack In the debate on the nomination the fight against H was lot. by Senator T.u ... .km. anaafili wna lanffthT and tM. Bneakina- en his side of the I matter were Senators Borah, Norris, nd n a Hut anna of these SDoke at lenarth. On behalf of Mr. Blair the Senate was addressed by Senators watson,, ana Smoot, these presenting the reasons for .i.. ...armatinn. aad defending Mr. Blair from the attacks made on- him as to the primary ote ana tae aanaung of the affairs of the bnrean of internal revenue and the matters relating to his . .k.la-laar and other members of the family, including M. Blair. It was stated that these matters bad all been passed upon, and thst Mr. BUir as com missioner could not pass oa the acta of his predecessor, except upon new facts and new evidence. Senators Overmaa and Simmons spoke briefly in behalf of Blair. . The understanding is that Senator Johnson declared that the men behind Mr. Blair know just what they want, and hence they made the fight to put vi a. that la thia matter the Presi dent, of course, could not investigate all . . , . -m r T 1 I - the reasons ror ana against air. ouur, and that hence that he did not bold him at alt responsible for the appoint ment That in the ease the men who put Mr. Blsir over were la the position of .quashing the indictment by electing the District Attorney is-ono way that Senator Johaasa is understood to have gone after the Blair supporters. Then the Califoraiaa is said to have declared that it had been proven that Blair's father-in-law bad entered -ehria-against the government for $880,000 aad ia preparing to- sue for the money,-that be-sought to evade hit taxes by making gifs to bis children,- one of whom is Mrs. Blnir; that ths department ' had made Mr. ) . (Ceatiaied Psgs Tw) J AGRICULTURAL "BLOC ORGANIZED IN SENATE Senator! From Western and ' . Southern States Endorse Farm Legislation ' ': Washington, Hay 28v A series at measures pending before Congress were unanimously indorsed , today by tt members of tha Senata front Southern aad Western states, who have organized aa agricultural bloc. Among tha bills to which support was pledged were .those for freeing associa tions of agricultural ' producers from restrictions of anti-trust laws in mar. keting their products, for regulating grata and cotton exchanges, tor re quiring alleged wool fabrics sold ta in terstate commerce to bear marks indt eating the percentage of wool and shoddy- content, for similar branding of paints, aad for regnlatioa of sold storage. Begulation .pf eottoa futures sales, .as proposed by Senator Dial, Democrat, couth Carolina, waa also la eluded ia the list. . Chairmaa Kenyon, of Iowa, announced at the close of the session thst the "bloc" would asset aaraia June t. and consider any action its members might desire to take ia supporting measures designed ta promote tha nnaneial wel fare of farming sections. Bills and i v. ..2 a were of a general nature, but exten sion of agneulutral credits, and pos sible improvement and enlargement of the farm bank system, was given awn tioa at the next session. . Census Fiaures Show More Than Double Per Cent Of Gain Over Negroes The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. By XDWABB B. BUTTON (By Special leased Wire.) nHuuicwo, au. -tvjia tu whim p6pulatioa,of North Carolina showing mora than double the per cent of the 117 i. : t i r aa txri.v .v. i.i,. increase of tha colored population in the last tea yea as, or a white increase of 283.20S as against a eolored increase of 65,564, tha bureau of the census to day' issued . a ' - preliminary . statement showing the composition of the popula tion oi Aorta. Carolina according to sex. color or race, and nativity, as shown by the census taken on January h V'M. The total population of the State, 2, 550,123, comprises 1,279,062 males aad 1,280,061 females. The corresponding Pfrnree tor mo were aa follows: Total 2,206,287; males, 1476; females, 1,' 107311. '-"' - Durina tha daeaif a thn total ttsnula. tioa increased by 16 pef "eat, ths male pupuiawoa oj id.i per seal, ana us female population by 15JS pet cent. The ratio of males to fsmaies in 1920 was 9 to 100, aa against V9X to 100 la 1910. The distribution of the population ac cording to color or race ia 1920, was-at follows: White. 1.783,779: negro. 763.- 407: Indian, lLSZe: Chinese. 8: Jspa. nese, 24; Hindu. I. The eorresponding figures for 1910 were white, 1500 fill; negro, 697,843; Indian, 7351; Chinese, 80; Japanese, 2. During the decade white population increased by 18.9 per cent, while tha negro population in creased by 9.4 per cent. The foreign born white population numbered 7,099 in 1930, as against 5,943 ia 1910. This element constituted three-tenths of l,per cent of the total population in both 1920 and 1910. The Korth Carolina Society of Wash ington, at its recent " meeting - voted unanimously to endorse the proposition now being undertaken to have ia Wash ington permanent exposition buildings for the. various States, and pledged it self to) do all that ia possible to have North Carolina take part and erect one of the buildings. The governors of six teen states have already endorsed the plan, which calls for an appropriation by Congress for as ite of some two bun dred acres, the States themselves either by appropriation or by individual effort to erect State buildings ia which there will be 8tate exhibits, with rooms for State officers, reception rooms and halls for visitors from the States, and gather ing places for State organisations on all occasions. Backing the project ri people from all sections la country and North Carolinians here hope thst North Carolina will be one of the earlier States to take hold of the mat ter, William O. Smith, whose critical ill ness waa reported yesterday, passed away but night. Mr. Smith was a native of Baleigh, about 50 years of age, his last illness coming from a nervous breakdown and the bursting of some blood vessels in the head. He had been ill for about three weeks when the end came. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence on East Capitol street, aad interment will be in Glenwood cemetery here. Mr. smith a number of years ago waa one of tha-force of the News and Observer and cams to Washington in 1911 as aa employee of the government printing office, ais family Joining him later. His widow was formerly Hiss Helen Hurge, or Baleigh, and besides her these survives him five children, At the commencement exercises of Martha Washington seminary of Wash' ington this week there were four young North Carolina women ia the graduat ing class, Misses Dorothy Ambler, of Asheville, a daughter . of Dr. O. P.H ler; Dorothy June Cotton, of Asheville; Mary Will Daughtridge of Bocky Mount, a daughter of former Lieutenant-Governor Daughtridge aad Edith Bissette, of Naahville. Miss Ambler was the president of - her class, bad charge of tae class tree planting exercises, and as the president placed the class wreath on the tomb of Martha Washington, one of the regular eveata of the seminary's commencement exercises. Mist Cotton was - a member of the Glee club of the seminary aad took part in the pageant There were eleven graduates, four from North Carolina; two front New York, and one eacn. Troat Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee. South Carolina and Georgia. Tie war Department announces that i line with tha decision made by it to do everything possible for the veter ans of the world war that it has praeti- (Coatiaaei oa rage Fear.) . WHITES INCREASE IN NUMBERS HERE GO INTO POLITICS IELS URGES COLLEGIANS Summons Wake Forest Grad" uates To Battle With Vici ous PolitlcalComblne DELIVERS ADDRESS BEFORE CLASS OF GRADUATES Admiral W. C. Bralsted Speaks For Christian Faith and Dr. , Hubert Boyster ' Presents - Sojster Medal; Class Day Exercises fa Afternoon,-Ba. calanreate Sermon At Night J By FBANK 8MKTHTJBST (Staff, Correspondent) Wake rorest, May 26. "Go into poli tics, red-beaded aad heels aver head," Josephua Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy today urged the, graduates of Wake Forest College W thrfisnisi commencement address when he sum moned them to battle against the twin foes of popular rights, machine politics combined with grasping greed of Public Service Corporations. "The only tool you have to make the world better, from a civic point of view is tha political tool," he told the gradu ates and student body assembled in Wingate Memorial Hall. "Aind if you won't use it," he added, "be well assured that it will be used by ansa who will make our ' govern ment a shackle and a shams. . What we need ia the government of our State Is young men with character and am bition who wish ta serve and will took to make it so that no eurrupt political machine eaa lead ia county. State or nation. And yoa eaa't do it as long as you draw the cloak tt self righteous ness around yoa and say The political game it too crooked for me.' : The speaker did aot deny that there may be crookedness in politics but there is a reason and he gave it, "When there it crookedness," he said, "it is because the people back home lack the moral courage ta elect cood men to office. . . ' a No. Bed of. Rosea ''When' you enter this holy war as the foe of the political machine com bined with the public service corpora: tioa bent on converting water into gold, a eombinatioa that ia Washing, ton. has destroyed the kind of govern ment our Fathers died to give us, you wilt have ao bed of roses, and yoa will anu ' p naaaia courmf una mmu. urn yearvbeeihsrt wbea they went up against tne uua. .'.., 'i, The speaker wat entered frequently during ths address and aa he Beared hia conclusion ha turned to Dr. W. IJ Potent,- president of the college, ait ting near-by aad asked: "How mack, time do yoa allow a speaker." , "Indefinitely, aa long as it ia aa rood as that," earns the quick response. Thareelay'a areata ''The exercises this morning followed the alumni day events of Wednesday ana were la turn tallowed by class day exercises la the afternoon the btecau lareate sermon nt night by Dr. Curtis Lee Laws, .editor of the Watchman- examiner flew xork. Tomorrow morn ing, the finals will take place with the presentation - of diplomas, the confer ring of degrees and the baccalaureate aaaresa oi r resident rpteat. In addition to ' the address of Mr, Daniels this morning. Admiral W. C, Bra is ted, surgeon general of the Navy during ths world war, spoke briefly; Dr. Hubert A. Boyiter, donor of the Boyster Athletic Scholarship medal tors- seated ths medal to the. winner, C. P. Gaddy, of Union eountf ; and Dr. Potest" gave tae various other medals to their winners. The Euzeliaa Society Freshman medal west to la E. Andrews, of Effingham, Ga.; Sophomore medal, to P. O. Purser, Union county; Junior medal to H. K Monteith; Senior medal to F. T. Woodward, Iredell. The Dion medal to C. F. Gaddy, union. The rhiiomatheaiaa Freshman medal went to J. B. Proctor. Edgecombe; Sophomore medal to P. C. West.' Curri tuck: Junior medal to 0. B. Howard. Bampson.; Benior medal to A. D. Kin- aett, Spartanburg, 6. C; E. H. Bowling medal to 8. E. Ayers, Shantung, China. "The Student" fiction medal went to I. C. Pait, Bladea ; "The Student"1' essay medal to Lex Marsh, Mecklenburg; and tne AiacKobinaon prize to W. M. Neal, Halifax, Va. Call la Por Faith Coming out of college at a -time when the aftermath of a Great War hat left tht world staggering and aharablinc in doubt with the spirit of pessimism aad national greed taking the plaee of the larger vision, Josephua Daniels begin nlng bin address before the grsdustes. declared that the eaU to them is one for learning, power and faith. The eollegs education ia oa triaL" he said, reminding his hearers that ia spite of the faet that institutions of higher learning are ' being crowded everywhere and in spits' of tha fset that great advances have been made in the realm of education, yet when a Senator sneers at a scholar in polities at a literary fellow" when captains of in dustry bespeak their preferences for the practically trained man, and whea Edison charges that college mea are amazingly ignorant, the - question is raised. "It behooves nt not to declare that thou who call college mea ignorant are themselves ignorant,'' he went on, "Dut to examine their argumente and ses if by the only test that is. worth while, the tret of product, these critics are right or if the larger vision that bubded colleges and called for the sac rifices of education, is right. Teat or a College. The test ef a college is not its build ings, its great scientifie laboratories or its distinguished professors, or the aum-berr-of young men .it sends out into the world. Hera is .the test: What does tha college education contain to enrich ths mind, the thought, the moral , (Ceatlnaed en Page TwaJ ' j '---' '" $ ? I"--,'. sc '-''. a-t-NKlM IRS TO ST UDY MARKETING PLANS FOR THE FARMERS ' :V; -,.-. .tsinthnnaiaiiiniiiissg j m.;;; Lf- 1 Resolution Of Endorsement Gets Through After Being Carefully Amended - --l11- fc, Msaav4Bstssjtjasassa- ' " - WASHINGTON BANKER IS ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY ' - ... Several . Cities Fat In Strong Bids For Hext Convention, Bnt Association' ' Leaxes Choice To Committee; Col. , James X. Yonnf Talks On Insurance ' v Greensboro, May 26. Election of offi cers, tha passage of a resolutioa accept ing the invitation of tht co-operative marketing associations aow ia process of formation in this State,' for confer, enet aad co-operaton, and two speeches, treating of the relation of banking to seonomie readjustment and to insurance were the chief activities of the conclud ing day's meeting of the convention of the North Carolina Banksrs' Associa tion. .The convention, which- began Tuesdsy 'night, adjourned late this af ternoon. A. M. Dumay, of Washington, N. C, wat elected president of the organiza tion for the ensuing year, being ad vanced from the post of first vice-president; C E. Brooks, of HendersonviUe, was advanced from-second to first vice president; John D. Biggs, of Williams ton, from the post of third vice-president; J. 0. Hubbard, of Asheville, was elected third vice-president, and T. A. TJaxell ef New Bern, re-elected secre tary and treasurer, - The only contest of ths dsy developed over tha third vice-presidency; Henry A. Page, Jr of Aberdeen, and Graham Andrews, of Baleigh, were also placed ia nomination for the plaee. Voting by ballot, the convention gave Mr. Hub bard 66 votes, Mr. Pags 33, Mr. Andrews 17. Executive committeemen elected to day are: First district, D. E. Oglssby, Farmville; third, H. M. Cox, Mount Olive; Fifth, r. 0. Boy lea, Greensboro; Seventh, B. L. Phillips, Boekiughaia; ninth, E. E. Jones, Charlotte; tenth, J. H. Kirkpatrieky Canton. Executive com mitteemen in the other congressional districts hold over another year. The election of Mr. Kirkpatrkk ia tht tenth district was' necessary boee.use of the election of Mr. Hubbard, who was exec utive committeeman, as third vice-president. i - " - t - ' Endorse Cooperative Marketing ' Aa , attempt .was made this morning ta pass the eo-cperaure resolution with its phraseology such thst the" bankers would nave endorsed, without reserve tioa, .the co-operative marketing plan, at otsea upon the successful experience of tuck associations, elsewhere. Some of the kaaksn thought that they would be committing themselves a little too far,' so tha rssolution was turned over to a committee which left out a phrase and brought in the following resolution, which passed unanimously. "Whereas, The bankers of North Carolina watch with interest and grati fieation all measures for the develop ment of the State a agricultural in teresta, realising that the prosperity of the banker and all other business men depends in large measure upon the prosperity ef our farmers. ' 'Therefore, Be it resolved that we recognise hat the present methods of marketing our chief agricultural prod nets it out of date and that we heartily favor a more intelligent and business like method of marketing. "Besolvcd further, Thst ths commit tee on agriculture accept the invitation of the co-dperative marketing associa ions now in process of organizations in this State to confer and co-operate with them. The new President will appoint the bankers' committee on agriculture after careful consideration of the member' ship. The hops wss expressed on the floor of the convention that he would name men in thorough sympathy with the farmers or the State. . Moore Makes Strong Appeal. The introduction of the" resolution followed a strong appeal, delivered by I I. Moore, of New Bern, that the bankera of tha State do something to revive agriculture and help the farmer. "Now prostrate, bankrupt or nearly bankrupt with apparentlyaone to help nun v mmmw -1 Ail i . ium i a yvav wu the relation of the bank to the processes of readjustment. He is a former soli' eitot and hs argued to the financiers liks an advocate before a jury. , He told his audience that the pros parity of the bankers and the prosper rty of the whole State depeada upon the prosperity of the farmer. Unless the bankers put themselves to the business, of reviving agriculture there ia nothing in sight for agriculture but destruction, he declared. He talked of readjust ment from the "local" sngle: he be lieved thst more important than dis- feussion of national or international economic problems. "Build a temporary structure to bridge the chasm, he urged, ''while you are erecting the permanent structure." Hs complained of the vast sum lost through the differential established la the grading of eotton, a difference that (Continued on Page Four) Within Reach May be there's a chance right within your reach that' you eaa turn to good account if you but leara the facta end get busy at oace. Make full use of the Waat Ads in accomplishing your desires fulfill ing your ambitions. The Want Ads are the great market place of the people. They do many things be sides providing employment they are aa index of many business chances in buying, selling, renting snd exchanging. , ,v The Want Ad chances are cheap, forceful aad reliable. Thousands resd them every day. Newt and - Observer ; Waat Ada brine auick results. - - -v-W ADMIRAL BRAISTED DELIVERS ADDRESS TO REX GRADUATES No ' Other Profession Holds Such Opportunities Of Service As Nursing, He Says DIPLOMAS AND PINS PRESENTED TO SIX Former Surgeon General ; Of Navy Presented By Mrs. Jo sephns Daniels, Newest Member Of Board Of Trus tees; Dr. Hubert Boyiter Gives Fins To Class Admiral W. C. Bralated, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, during tha world war, delivered the commencement address before tht graduates ' of the Bex Hospital Train ing School for Nurses last night at tha Woman'a . Club introducing six young women into a "life spent ia highest endsavora la tha relief of hu manity in ita tenderest aad most deli cate asociations." Ia spite of a drenching downpour of rain, tht auditorium waa well filled for the exercises and many following it repaired to the Hospital where a re ception was held. The diplomat were received last sight from the handy, of W. A. Cooper, President of the Board of Trustees, and the pins from Dr, Hubert A. Boyster, mjember of tht faculty of the training school and the staff of ths hospital. The graduates were Misses Nellis Whitt Bishop,. Chapel Hill; Mary Alma Kermon, Wilmington: Gladys Lee Toy lor, McCullsrs; Martha Alma Scoggina, Gibsonvillef Alma Gordon Clark, Jack sonvill, Fla.j and Sara Ethel Williams, Cleveland.! Dr. W. Mea White, pastor of the First Presbyteriaa Church offered the Invocation aad a musical program 1m mediately preceded the exercises and musical numbers were interpersed be tweea the events. Mist Ethel Ferroll and, Miss Highsmith. aaag solos, -Mist Highamita aad Mist 'Crawford a 4net, while a quartet, composed of Messrs, Harry Howell, W. C. Phillips, Harry Adams, and Archie Hortoa, aaag two numbers, r - - Mrs. Josepoua Daniels, presented- by Mr. Cooper at tha newest member of the board of trustees of Hex Hospital, in troduced Admiral Bralsted. as a "pride to his profession,. a. pride ta America, aad pride to the world. . (. Admiral Bralsted Speaks. Congratulating the yoaag women tha training school upom the completion of their preparation for life work, Ad miral Braisted welcomed .them into the field of niedkal activity with aa ex pression of appreciation for the Stan dards of the Bex Hospital institution. - "During , the years ia which I waa connected with the Navy Department ts surgeon general,' be said, "I became dteply interested in the stsndarda of the training schools throughout the country. The members of the Nary Nurse corps, as you all know, are graduate nurses and whea papers of the candidates for this service are reviewed by the examining board, ths standard of the training school from which the candidate graduated ie eaa of the chief points noted in the examination. remember, therefore, how well the stan dards established in the Bex Hospital of Baleigh met our requirements end I consider it a subject for congratulation that the responsibility of the school is so definitely recognized that the em ployment of two full time instructors it accepted as an obligation whieh the hospital must assume toward the pupils. men More Worthy "I believe.' Dr. Braisted continued. "of all vocations open to women, and in these days there are many, none to my mind ia more worthy of your atten tioa; there ia none for which by aa hire aad instinct you are better quail fiedt None promises greater reward in the satisfaction that cornea from life opent ia doing for one'a fellowmen and the feeling that one haa lived to some purpose and that one's existence on this earth has aot been simply n time of waiting and abiding, but that we have each made some useful eon tributioa for good; that ws have been helprul, uplifting and sustaining fac tore ia the great drama of life. To my mind, and to those of most of us, no fairer picture ia presented to our field of vision that that of trained nurse in her active work.. She ia the embodiment of purity, of strength, of courage, of fidelity, of charity, patience, of long Buffering; an angel of merey to the afflicted, and source of help to ths weak; an exam ple of all that is highest and best In life fun one who seeks to personify the noblest in our ideals. Fits Far Asy Career. "No other field of development, he went on, "for women gives her so much, or fits ber so well for any position in life, be it in the continued line of in stitutional work or in the vsrious phases of so-called private nursing, or in any active business eareer where resource fulness, strength snd character are needed; and last, and perhaps highest, nothing so fits a womnn for the positij: of wife and mother as a course such as you are completing now. Nothing, to my mind, so prepares a woman for lif aa this profession of trained nursing. Any man who ia so fortunate as to se cure a wife with the proper training in this work is indeed to be envied; any child who can bare the mother care of such a woman will be blessed beyond all expression. Such s preparation for life work in a helpmnte ia much ifioro to be desired than position, or richef; or any other possible asset. Special Training wew Tuiag. The special training of nurses, Ad- mlrsi Braisted pointed out is a thing of comparatively recent development. but without going into tiring details oi pacifications, be touched on tae various fields .of nursing open today -and the new fields ia prospect. Private anrs- (Contiaaed aa Psge TweJ SIMS PAYS TRIBUTE TO ; , , BRITISH GRAND, FLEET ""'- '! '- gn .". - . ti - V ' ' ' Admiral Lands England's Navy and Deprecates, America's In London Speech London, May 29, (By the Associated Press.) BU; Admiral W. S. Sims told Admiral Bentty, commander of the British grand fle -t, and a distinguished assemblage of British and American naval mea today that the British had been disposed to give tht Ameriesn navy too much credit for tht part it played ia the allied victory. In an address at a luncheon given by ,tho Pitgrim Society ; in hi honor, Admiral Bimt said: Ths British grand fleet was tha key stons in the allied arch, without whkh you in .this country would, today, be speaking German with a very atrong English accent," Admiral Sims waved aside personal tributes from Admiral Beatty and Lord Desbourough, aserting that had the com mand of the American naval forces in Europe been entrusted to one of ths forty or fifty other Ameriesn officers eligible ia rank the result would virtu ally have been the same. Lord Desbourough referred to Admiral Sims at having "braved bis enemies, if he haa any and he certainly haa none oa this side of tha Atlantic by pub liahing his book." Admiral Sims ssid be regarded ths American forces "as reserves coming up from the rear." He paid a tribute to England aa a land of personal liberty, where he knew he could get a drink of any . kind be wanted if be came to England fifty years hence. distilSsFget Judge Henry G. Connor To Impose Prison Sentences In stead Of Fines Judgs Henry G. Connor, presiding at the present session of Federal sourt f jr the Eastern district of North Carolina here, yeaterlay made it known that he intends to impose the maximum prison sentence of six months on persons eon victed of manufacture of intoxicating liquors, barring exceptional eases, and heavy fines on those convicted .' of transporting and having possession of intoxicants. Three defendants eonvitt- ed ia court yesterday on charges of illicit distilling received six months each. Judge Connor also made an explana tioa of the Volstead Act, stating that tha public generally waa .ignorant tt ita provisions and that criticism of deal Ins? with violators of the ' prohibition laws had been made chiefly Wanst tf this fact. "Ths Volstead law empowers the judge, upon conviction for manufactur inr or selling intoxicating liquor for the first offense, to impose a sentence not exceeding six months' imprisonment or impose fines not exceeding 11,000," Judge Connor stated. "For all other offenses under the Volstead Act, trans portation aad having possession, etc, a flat aot exceeding tSOO and no prison sentence eaa be imposed for the first offcast. For ' ths second offense of selling or manufacturing ths judge can impose a fins or a prison sentence aot exceeding two years. A second offense must be charged in tha bill of indict meat as such. For the second offennc of transportation or having possession. etc., the judge is empowered to impose a prisoa sentence not exceeding six months or a fine. The court has no power to send a man to prison for the first offense of this kind." Judgs Connor stated that in the court fbr the eastern district there had been on.y one ease in which a defendant had been charged and convicted on a second offense ef manufacturing snd the, de fer dan t was sentenced to a year snd a day ia the Atlanta penitentiary. No person has been convicted ef selling intoxicants in the eastern district court since the Volstead law was passed, said Judge Connor. The Judge stated that the court purposes, except in exceptional cases, to impose ths maximum term of imprison- menf following convictions for manu facturing or selling for the first offense Judge Connor stated a majority of the defendants convicted were unable to pay large fines and that to impose -fines them would simply mean putting them in jail for thirty days, let them take ths insolvent oath and be dil charged. It waa ths policy of the court Judge Connor continued, to impose such fines which were within the power of the defendants to pay. Tom Fnylor, of Ferson County, snd Jeff Parrish aad Monk Collins, of Frank bn county, were sentenced to six months' in the Federal penitentiary on charges of illicit distilling. Pay lor plead guilty and the other two were con victed by a jury. John Bynura, eolored, fromChathara county, took his scat within the bar of justice to answer to a charge of illicit distilling, and had considerable cause for jubilation when the govern ment suddenly announced it had the wrong John Bynum. . The negro was discharged snd the marshal instructed to try sgain to find the right John Bynum. The calendar for yesterday, was ex hausted before noon, snd the court put in only about a half day'a work. How ever, Judge Connor is keeping ahead of ths schedule so far in disposing of ths heavy docket. GREENSBORO OFFICER SHOT AT FROM AUTO Greensboro, May 26. Policeman D. B. Oakes. who is under bond for the killing of Tom Robertson, one of the, three tnen in the car from which Policeman Tom MeCuiston was killed, wat shot at from a car oa ths edge of Greensboro this afternoon, one of the bullets passing through the fold of his cap, Oakes,- who is a motor policeman, stated thst hs passed three mea in the csr, standing by ths side of the rond.-j when ho passed they opened firs, which e returned aad states. that he chased them a short distaaet but they 1 got away., V . t::;.!v 1 ,.'''-- PRISON SENTENCES PRESIDENT STARTS CONFERENCES WITH BUSINESS LEADERS Inaugurates "Meeting Of Best financial Minds" To Revive DUoiuess ., ; FOUNDATION LAID AT niaivro ITIlilllTPiiAiiaa winii En mi vwni i c nuudt Initial Steps Looking Toward Revival Of Foreign Trade Taken At Meeting Of Presi dent With J. p. Morgan, Paul . M. Warburg and Others; Loans Chief Question y Washington,' May M.-' -mntiag of best financial minds has been la augurated by President Harding anf hia advilert aa a meant ef considering v tha nation's industrial eutlook, with particular reference to the question of extending further leant ef Ameri- "i"i m, turcica governments Soma of tha most prominent figures in' American finance and industry at ready have given the President tht benefit of their judgment en tpeeifie problems affecting the financial world, and others art to bt called to tht White House to consult oa ways aad means to stabilize conditions aad hasten "the return to t crmaley. , The foundation for a series ef die. euseione oa these subjects waa laid at a White House dinner last night, the significance and detail of which became known today for the first time. , . With Secretary Mellon, ef t:i Treasury, and Secretary Herbert Hoover of the Commerce Department, tha President bad at hit guests for the eaa eaaioa J. P. Morgan, Paul Warburg, and a half dozen otbtr mea ef great influence and power ia financial elr eles. . ' ' ',....';- ' , Leans Chief Queetloa. M' ' "s Whether to encourage further loan! . of privets American capital ta foreign! governments was one of tht questions moat seriously considered, with most ef sNiHtuB waaeav mimosa, EjB. ianw aiona of credit presented the most prae tieable meant to place foreign finances oa a sound basis enee more, and that to improve tht field for American ex ports. This queetloa already haa re etfvtd much attention by the cabinet. I Some of the visiting bankers, it wat, said, expressed concert over tha petsi bility of funds raised in thle ebon try by foreign bond issues being used to buyj tha product ef other ftretea countries. The belief was advanced thst- at tf American money ia ; such a manner would result unfavorably to domestic industry, especially farming. A aother Viewpoint. Oa the other head, it was pointed out" in tomt administrative quarters today that purchase of Argontins wheat by foreign buyers with money borrowed -in this country, for example, would! assist that country's business tad the money would eventually find ita way back into the United States in trade between these nations. Administration officials, however. dls counted reports that American monsr wat to be used to any extent ia foreign markets by foreign borrowers. Most of the funds to be raised here, it waa as serted, would be to retire or fund exist. ing government indebtedness here. For luncheon today, - Mr. Harding had as his guest Charles M. Schwab, who advised particularly regarding tht shipping problem. The names ef thoM to be summoned to ths White Housj later were aot revealed. ,. PRESBYTERIANS PLAN EUROPEAN RELIEF FUND Would Saise $73,000 to Be Spent In France, Belgium, and Czecho-Slovakia St. Louis, May 26. A campaign for t relief fund of $75,000 to be spent ia France, Belgium, and Czecho-Blovakia in the next year, was indorsed at. the closing session of the sixty-first as- sembly of the Southern Presbyteriaa Church here this sfternoon. The recom mendation came from the committee on' Protestant relief in Europe. t ranee and Belgium receive eos.ooo under the proposed plan for apportion- ment, and the remaining 10,000 will go' to Czecho slovakia. -. The assembly also forwarded ta its various synods a recommendation that " October 31, which haa been designated as Kelormation Day be set aside for a collection for relief work among the rrotestant rorees of Europe. Tht American Belief Fund also wat ta- dorsed. .Another financial proposition sndorsed by the assembly was aa appropriation to supplement the salaries of each of the denomination's army and navy chaplains, $300 in the next year. The assembly adopted a resolutioa commending ths Boy Scout movement a useful organization for training - boys when under the .control of the churches: Opposition to ths proposal developed from the, assertion of com- -miasioners that scouts occasionally eoa- durted their activities on Sunday. The assembly reaffirmed the endorse- ' ment given by the sixtieth general as sembly to Southern Inter-Bacial Com mission, and recommonded eo-operatioa between white and negro pastors to promote harmony between the races. After approving 'a report to enlarge the duties of women in assisting dea- v eons, the assembly tabled a resolutioa providing fcr the sppointment of worn en to art in an advisory capacity oa the executives' committees. , It was indicated the main objection to considering the proposal aross because it was presented near tha close of the assembly whea many of the commis sioners hsd gone home, opponents nrgu ing fuller representation was desirable) n handling the natter, . ,
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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