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Olbserver tub khatuis". Xerta CaCwliaaj Partly cltwdy Thartday aad Friday, asata rnaaiw ta teaperatsraw WATCH LKLZL p your taper.. Seel rnI fiv ?S bfOr tiritratlo in orOr to avoid aniaaiag cop y. GES-foC VOL CXIIUNO. 167.-- . TTrVELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, I92J. v TWELVE PAi day: PRICE: FIVE CENTS 1 M5 . LODGE PEBfED BY HQOVBR ACTION IHHM1G.KH Massachusetts Senator Holds Up Confirmation of Hard ing's Appointee PLENTY OF SQUABBLING U OVER JOBS PROM 15 tU Make Sound Hill UOien Ud million dollart in property value. Bucuses That Have Broken a- w.tw.pn Sonators and V u I President Over Patronage; Hoover Gives Word To Clerks To Work Longer Hours ' The News and Observer But -an, 603 District National Bank Bids. By EDWARD C. BR1TTON. i (Ity Fec al Leased Wire.) Washington, June 15 Another sqw.bble is on among the Republicans ever the distribution of Federal pi bresking of the traces of Senator Willi day ago being .followed today by a patronage row in vhich the principals are President Harding, Senator lodge and Secretary of ommeree Hoover. It is on the1 same lines of President Harding's mil up with Senator Spencer about Missouri appointment without the knowledge of and against the objec tions of the Missouri Republican and with the present flare-up of Senator Willis, of Ohio, about appointment of Charles Nauts. of Ohio, as commissioner of intttnal revenue for tha Tuth Ohio district, an. appointment which Senator Willis snno meea is "personally onj-ct ionablr" to him. Tha Lodgc-II.-irdini rucus c ni"s be eause of the nomination of Julius KJein, of Boston, by President Harding, to be director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestia Cwmciw. The nonuna tion of Klein was brought about by the recommendation of Secretory of Com merce Hoover, and was made without the knowledge of Senator lw!ge. And it Raised the ire of Lodgo to such an extent that he is asking delay on the confirmation. Lodge Use Monkey Wrench. When it whj announced it is said that Senator Ledge expressed great "surprise and that at onre he got busy in throw ing a monkey wench ir.to the uiaciitn- . e rjr. Aa Kleia is a Massachusetts man Benator Ledge is said to have expressed .the opinion that he should have been consulted. Secretary Hoover, on the !ther hand having laid down explicit Inilcs. and conditions upon which he ae- jeopted a cabinet portfolio, is said to hold the view that it is none of Lodge's 'business whom he names in the Depart ment of Commerce, that the oflieers who are to serve under him concern Hoover and not Lodge. Today Senator Lodge was a caller at the White House but did not see President Harding. And pending an inquiry asked for by the Massachusetts Senator, the Klein nomi nation i in cold storage with the Sen ate commerce committee. 8o much of patronage row number 5, I think it is, for there is the Johnson row over Blair, ue Spencer row about olissoari appoinimenr, ine noniu row about Linncy, the Willis row about Nauts, as predecessors. In his set-to with the President for throwing the hook into his friend, Sherman Lott,, and appointing Charles H. Nants, Senator Willi! is still in the ring. Today he wa, caller at the Whit House and it il the supposition that he and Preai dent Harding talked of the Naurs ap pointment. If they did the result was not any softening of the attitude of Senator Willis toward the appointment, for after the interview with, the Presi dent he declared that there waa no Change in his attitude in the matter. "I hve not changed my mind and ahall noi cnange u, ii sum in repiy vo mipstinna naked And rontinned : "You neednever ask about it again, You can let that line stand." Which goei to show that there is hard sledding in summer time for Nauta. And unlew Senator Lodge eoola down the same will be the fate of Julius Klein, of Boston. .-- So it will b aeon that the Republieana are quarreling over the bones. Clerks Batter Their Bread . There is some snickering going on in and about Washington - in regard to what appears to have been some 'in spired" publications and Vinspired'' talk about employees of the Department or commerce naving voluntarily and sent to Secretary Hoover a com- munication in which they set forth their readiness to work longer houra than those now prevailing, eight hours with a half hour for lunch. The communl- cation was sent, and there was a meet- tag at which it was prepared and the , employees are being patted on the hacks for expressing; their willingness tn o ahead and work extra hours if the service demanded it, while on the outside the talk is that Secretary tt.. tha idea that . he would like thia t find Ma way to chief clerks, and that the let Intimation, pass on to tha rariou employes tb.it -;.. 4oh. ,Vno. .wiftlv it would be a i . . " " .in . i,,. nf W1M HUUI W V v ,wum "' tha comedy of the performance u . """""J " , ";..., . snowa xoaay w . - . to rresldcnt Harding with tha ; ptabrieottmtwwuiira m eB plojes anion lor oaiuruay .autoy. tk yMt wud. Pretty joon the sum- msr nan nonu.j.. - tirslnd eoracs the request for these half Saturday! all tha yea. The need ot such holidays and tha fact that aa old "law of tha Diatrict of Columbia calls I concord, for at a rata that, would pro fer them are aet in the plea; and I dues audi a ' return tha people , would . there la in urgent requsit to President I not ride. Tho eompany is now charging . Harding to make axeentlva announce nent that there be aa and ot (Saturday afternoon work for government em - ployes. As I figure it out the answer ' from tha Proaident will be "bo," but - that ha will say it with a sugar coating ' aieaaiag nothing. ' '' 5 1 u..t.r. AU Cuailtanta The vast reduction of civU aanlja y XCoatUaad on Paga light) Sixty-One Counties Reduce Property Values 25 Per Cent State Board of Equalization Approves Reductions Ordered By Various Counties In State; rive bounties Keconsider Chrjginal. Action OnReductiontNo Attempt Made At Equalization On Account of Unsettled Condition. The Rtet Board of Eoulisatio yes terday approved the horizontal redwo tion of valuation in sixty-one counties ft Ik. fital annMiiMitin an .VrmV twenty five per tent in these eoun- ties and representing In money a re duction of between four and art hun With an expected reduction of S300,ooo,. iB h lu' of P"onal property in tha KtfitA it initfin nnar that he- tween seven and eight hundred million dollar! will be sliced from the State' totnl. The hoard Is composed of W. T. Lee chairman of the Btate Corporation Commission; Col. A. D. Watts, State Revenue Commissionir, and Judge J 8. Manning, Attorney General. . Sixtr-one CoeaElea Restart. Sixty-one rountiea were ineluded in the list of thots authorizing horizontal reduction! in valuation. Twenty nine rountiea made no ehange in the vlua tion aa placed. Eight rountiea took ad vantage of the legislative, authority to rail (or a revaluation. The only ception to the general approval was that of Pare and Hyde counties which are left open for further investigation. Tivc of the countiea auffered a change of heart ainee the county commission era first ordered a horizontal reduction Carteret having voted for 6) per eent reduction, reversed itself, making no change in the old revaluation, llay wood county, on the other hand, felt that its former 15 per cent reduction was not adequate and raised it to 20 Xortfc(llnptoII f0untv v,ared ita former 50 per cent reduction to 33 1-3 per cent. Onslow cut its 30 per eent reduction down to 20 per rent. Wilson county, which had prescribed a bO per eent re duction in the county at large and 33 13 per cent in the towns, amended it to make M 13 In the county and 10 per ceiit in Wilson and Elm City. No Effort at Equalization. Xo nttempt at equalizttion was mad? by the bonrd yesterday. Chairman I:' explaining that the difference in con ditions in the east and the west and between conditions in the various par. of these sections nialj this impossible In the east deflation .haa been exten aive, he pointed out, while the west has handlv been affected. Tha last of counties showing where reductions were authorized, where re ' GETS M FARE Corporation Commission Al lows Two Cent Increase In Rate Declaring that it had to choose be tween ten cent fare and allowing the Salisbury and Spencer Railway Corn- panT t0 tenr up jti tracks in Concord the Corporation Commission yesterday allowed the company to increase its rates from eight to ten cents and ordered that if make quarterly reports of" operating revenue and expenses to the Commission. The order in which the Commission takes the position that there haa been no material reduction in operating costs follows: "Tho petition in this ease and the evidence submitted exhibit a distressing 1 situation! With the general tendency downward in prices tha general publie '""eases in rates' to publie utilities. But strange to say, there is absolutely 1 n0 reduction worth considering in the n. f nn,tih mn.P. f the company operating the street railway in Concord. The pnly reductions noted are- for common labor and a few such small items as copper wire, which , do dot amount to five per cent of the oper ating and maintenance coats. It is next to impossible to reduce wages, for the operating company has never paid war time wages and there is-' no .margin to g0 upolu xtriife of thia atreet car j. , e,ent,al to the prosperity of tj,, f Concord that we are compelled to keep it alive notwithstand- jng the protests of those who have not upon their shoulders the responsibility that rests upon this Commission, "The question resolves itself into this : Shall we allow the company operating the street ears in Concord to tear up its tracks or-shall we still experiment I on a higher rate so as to give the publie of Concord another chance at I retaining them I The well-to-do eitixea I owns his automobile and is not de- pendent upon the street cars, but the pow man is. The street car fc often 'poor man r automobile. We dsre " P ' tha I street ear tracks until we have ex I , . . . " ' " l. fc I from. Tha company operating the cars ,ctu.lly lost 15,059 in the year ending . ' S5J02 in the year - .i di oath 0H offijee n(luitH Bi Commission to follow th, n, Uw yf ,hrt , l must gie every publie utility a fair re- I e .. h. ni. . tm .murf. I nt u ao, possible chanea for as to I ri tha eamnanr such - a return la - jsa eight tent rate and is losing money. i we have decided to allow it to charge 1 ten eents. Therefore it la "Ordered that the Salisbury and Bpen- eer RaUway Company bo allowed to charge a rata of ten tents on ita atreet ear Una in tha eitjr f' Concord and that it makeito thia Commiasioa quar- terly reporti'of iU operaUng raveauee i auu VAVvaaaverB avi ' iuf sicai ; vuatwui,) CONCORD RAILWAY IT" valualjea wa ordered, and where bo action naa taken follow s: Alamance, 15; Alexander, ."3 1-3; Al Icarhanv, none; Anson, SO general. 10 for towns; Ashe. 33 1-3; Avcrv, none Beaufort, 25; Berti-, 25 s Bladen, 1'; Bruntwiek, none; Buncombe, none, Burke, 33 1 3. , 1 Cabarrua, 25; Caldwell, none; Cam den, 20; Carteret, none; Caswell 33 13; Catawba, 30; Chatham, 25 Cherokee, none Chowan, none; Clay none; Cleveland. 15; Columbus, none Craven, revaluation; Cumberland, 10 Currituck, none. Dare, open; Davidson, 30; Davie, 15; Durrlin, revaluation; Durham, 25. Kdgecombe, 50 general and 20 for Rocky Mount, 25 other incorporated towns. Forsyth, none; Tranklin, 40. Gaston, 25; Galea. 1Q; Graham, nona; Granville, 33 1 3; Greene, 50; Guilford, none, except 10 for Washington,.Greene, Center Grove, Monroe townships, anu 15 Sumner township. Halifax, 40; Harnett, none; Haywood, 5; Henderson, hone; Hertford, 33 1-3; Hoke, 25; Hyde, ope.i. Iredell, none. Jackson, none; Johnston, S3 13 Jones, 30. I.?c, 33 1-3; Lenoir, ?3: Lincoln, Macon, none; Madison, 33 1-3 general, Mars Hill township, 40; Martin 33 1 3; McDowell, none; Mecklenbur, 1A 2 3; Mitchell, none; Montgomery, 20; Moore. 25 general and ineorpoiadtowns and towns with laid off streets, 10. Nash, SO general, Rocky Mount, 25, other incorporated fowns, 10; New Han over, none; rsortiiampion, j.t u. Onslow, 20; Orange. 20. Pamlico, 25; Pasquotank, 10; Pen der, 25; Perquimans, none; Terson, none; Titt, revaluation; Polk, none. Randolph, 33 13; Richmond, revalua tion; Robeson, revaluation; Rocking ham, 25; Rowan, 10; Rutherford, 10. Sampson, 25; Scotland, revaluation; Stanly, 25; Stokes, 33 13 on farm lands; Surry, 25 general, 12 12 in in corporatcd towns; Swain, none. Transylvania, none ; Tyrrell, none. I'nion, 15. Vance, 33 13. Wake, none; Warren, revaluation; Washington, 25; Watauga is; Wayne, 33 1-3. cities, 16 2-3; Wilkes, 20; Wti-fT&r son, 33 1 3 Koneral, cities or Wilson and Elm City. 10. . Yadkin, revaluation ; Yancey, 20. TO 27 State Board of Pharmacy An nounces Successful Applicants Out of a elaaa of forty examined by the State Board of Pharmacy here thia week, twenty seven were successful ac cording to the announcement of the board last night. The class included forty whitest two of whom were wpmon, and two negroes. Twenty -seven0 white applicants, including one woman, were successful. The examinations were held Monday and Tuesday, tho theoretic in the Hall of tho House of Representatives and the therorctirad In the Chemicnl Laboratory at State College. The successful applicants were : E. G. Arps, Plymouth ; W. P. Baker, Rcaford; B. D. Black, Marshville; Miss Minerva Bingham, Rutherwood; F. O. Brooks, Siler City; L. D. Cain, Fayette rille; R. F. Carswell, Winston Salem; J. L. Cobb, Mt. Olive ; C. B. Davis, South port; J. P. Gamble, Waxhaw; C. L. Guiou, Monroe; H. N. Guion, TJnion ville; H. W. Harris, Catawba; B. L. Jordan, Aberdeen; C. C. Layton, San ford ; N. O. ' MeDowwll, Scotland- Neck j W. W. Miller, Wallace; K. L. Padgett, Marion; J. C. Milla, Rutherfordtoh ; John McBane, Burlington ; P. L. Senter, Balcigh; A.TTurrjnire, Granite Falls; B. Wilson, Gastonia; W. -C. Wnke, Randleihnn; J. S. White, Mt, Airy; E. S. White, Middlesex; J. W. Williamson, St. Paula. - . JOSEPH JOHN ALLEN BACK FROM LEXINGTON Attends Washington and Lee Commencement; Student There 51 Years Ago Mr. Joseph John Allen, of Louisburg, 1. n -a ...t... ah lit linm v v. k. .,t.j .V a .. the commencement of Washington and Lee university Mr. Allen was a student at Wash- ington and Lee fifty-one years sgo. He visited the room he slept in while at VS? ,A'1e some rules of Gildersleeve's grammar, re nested a few nages of Caesar and renerallv entertained the students. They applauded him vigorously and expressed the opinion that in the days when Mr. Allen waa a student at Wash ington and Lee Latin waa mastered more thoroughly than it is now, Mr, Al.len took first konora in Latin, Greek and mathematics and. highly prizes a letter his mother received from General Rob ert E. Leo complimenting him on his work. Mr, Allen waa lionized during the whole of his stay. Re was the oldest alumnus present. He spent nearly' a week in the unlvernlty town and aayi ks enjoyed tory minute f it. . ' Pormver Governor Biekett . delivered tho commencement address. Mr. 'Allen said the former .Governor tnade a hit LICENSES GRANTED DRUGGISTS vyitk tha Virginians, "You, know,' he I waa today unanimously elected presi said, that those -Virginians are a little dent of the International Association" eold and stiffwell, take K from me, Biokett nude 'em unbend." . 500 rtlACHIf J.E GUNS HPFQR mm RIH pom SEIZED Alleged To Have Been Con cealed On Steamer East Side, Tied Up at Hoboken GUNS GO TO H0B0KEN 1 POLICE HEADQUARTERS Police and Customs Officials Clash Over Possession of Arms; Department of Justice Investigating Plans For Ship ,ping Arms To Ireland"; Say Shipment Illegal New York. June 15.vBy the Asso f rmu ) l nr t hn n 5lM nwulprti machine guns witlr hundreds of spare parts, suspected by government ofirials to linvo been stmiil for Ireland weie seired here today bv I'nited States cintomes (facials. The arms, foun alonrd the American steamship t.ist Side, wire subsequently tuken from the eustjmis men as they were being carted ayny from the pier by Hnboken police, cting on a search and seizure warrant sworn out ly a man giving the name of Prank William. No further infor nintii n concerning him was a:n!:iWr :it Hoboken police headquarters. He al leged they had becu stolen itum him Juiio 11. The arms were taken to police headquarters at Hoboken and "ill be held pending a henring befor1 the recorder to determine who is entitled to their custody. According to reports reaching gov ernment agencies, two changes of crews, brought about by the nation wide murine strike, resulted in discovery of the irm It is reported that a mem her of one of the erewa "tipped off" the government investigators. Unknown to Owners. Presence of the arms on board the Rust Sido was not known to the owner of th. ship, the United Stntes Bhipping Board, or its managing operators, until they wero informed of their discovery by Federal investigators. The Fast Side cleared today for Norfolk, where, ac cording to Chief of Police Have", of Hoboken, ahe was to-take-a carg of coal a port in Ireland invesiigatinsjas to How tne arms came to be aboard, who caused them to be placed there, and for whom they were intended, are under way by officials of the customs service, the Department of Justice and tho United States Shipping Board. One report is that they were smug fled aboard froat launches which came up to the ship's side at night and the arms, swathed in burlap bags, were hoisteil aboard as "engine room sup plies., A curious member of the crew cut into one of these bags with his knife, disclosing a machine gun. Concealed In Ship. hen a search was made the arms were found concealed in various parts of the ship. They were removed to the dock and placed under customs guard and today while being removed from the dock to a customs warehouse, fell into the hands of the pohco by virtue of the search and seizure warrant sworn out bVj, Williams. ,, .Wovornmont representatives woul niako no official statements on the mat ter ponding conclusion of tiio investiga lions. fMMzure ty customs men is sau: to have been made cn the ground that n shipment of arms was being attempted without eomplinnee with maritime regu lations which call for manifesting all I exports The government investigators also wero informed that nfter the second crow had assumed charge of the ship some unidentified persona in a laun hailed th watchman and nk(d pormis sion to remove irom iruwvessel some "supplies" which had bjfn delivered aboard the East Side by mistake. Th watchman refused to let the strangers aboard the ship without authority froni tha owners. A description of the seized arms an parts, aa made by Williams in his appli cation for the warrant, includes hundred Thompson sub machine guns thirty extra thirty-capacity magazines, fifty fifty-capacity drum magainea, fiv one hundred-capacity dr lg mugnriuri eighty extra thirty rapacity box maga lines twenty n fty -capacity drum magazine's; twenty one hundred enpae .ty magazines and hundred of parts o machine guns. Williams -gave his res dence as Hoboken. AGENTS ORDERED TO MAKE INVESTIGATION OF ARMS Washington, Juno 15. The Depart ment of Justice tonight ordered its agents in New lork to make an in vestigation of the arms seized on the steamer East Side, at Hoboken, to do termme whether they constituted shipment for abroad. The report prob ly will be transmitted to the State, I . . . :, found that a shipment was intended, for a decision, as to whether it can move. ELECT SAVANNAH MAN IMPERIAL P0TENTAT I Dcs Moines. June 15. Ernest. I Cutts, of Savannah, Ua., chief rabtiaa of the Banners oraajiization, was lected Imperial Poteniftte today. H succeeds Ellis L. Garreaon, of Taeoma Waahingtoa Tom Housteri, Chicago, waa elected Imperial Outer Guard oa the second ballot. This was the only' offico oa which there wss a contort. Ban Francisco was selected for tht next imperial conclave. DR. M'CULLOUGH NAMED HEAD OF ROTARY CLUBS ' Edinburgh, Scotland, June 15. (By tho Associated Press.) Dr. Crawford C. McCulrough. of Port William, Ont, I of Votary Vlubs, now la annual session here, for the ensuing year. , .. SE CREJARY HUGHES NEGOTIATING KIT Direct Negotiations Over Is land of Yap.Stiantung and Other Questions MAKE EFFORT TO REACH SETTLEMENT ON ISSUES Settlement of Yap' Question By Direct Negotiations Would Make Its Consideration By League of Nations Unneces sary; Immigration and Land Questions Up Washington, June 15. ;Ry the A,ss eiated Press1. Direct negotiationshave bee-n Itegun between the I'mlel 8tae and Japan for tho settlement of the questions pending between them. These include the Island of Yap, the immigration question, the alien land question and the return of Shantung China by Japan. Th" negotiations are being conducted by Karon Shulehara, the Japanese Am hnsa.idor. and Secretary Huches. Tin ettlement of the Yap question would I H i" uiineri vsarv tin- ronsid-"nition of 's iiu.-stion I'V the league i'f Nations. It had been expected that the Yap is .e winiitl be icfi to the sdjustnis'iit ny the lengue cnuneil, whirh is to meet to- rrow in (itneva. The French gov rnnient, in answer to the American prot'st ngniust the award or the man late f ir the Island to Japan, said it uld bring the subject before the ouncil. It is understood that the basis or settlement in th negotiations be ween Aniba.ssiiilor shidehara and,S.-cre ary HnghrH will be the internatinnaliza on of the cnble privileges on the ialand. Immigration luue. The proposal is to settle the immigri on issue on the bav of the complete tOipago of all Japanese coolie im ngration, with proper protect i.m for apanesc property rights already ac quired in the United States. Japans promise to return Shantung o China, it is said, is to he executed as soon as practicable and without reference of the mirstinn- tn .mv Kuro gvfei tribunal. The initial steps hare been taken for tho evaluation pt the part of the province held by tho Japanese, t' e military force having been reduced to between thrc' thou sand and thirty five hundred soldiers. Advices from Tokm have said that this rce would lie withdrawn as soon as Qhina provided guards for the railroad and property in tin? towns. Shantung Question. JapaD, it is stated, will retain only ouch privileges in tho provinco as are common to the other nations, such as part of tho international compound which China is to be required to esta!) lisli at the port of fTsingtau on tho bav of Kia Chou. Japan, it is explained, never has taken over all of the rail road properties formerly operated h..' the eicrnians in Shantung, confining lier claims to that swtion of tho rait road from Tsingtau to Tsiiian-Fu, and leaving the important lino crosiing the province at tho lutter junction in the hands of tho former operative!, under the nominal co trol of the Chinese gov irnmcnt. It is proposed that Jap.tr. tpernte th Tsinan Fu Tsingtau branch jointly with tho Chinese.. STRONG ADDRESSES AT B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION Discourse By Raleigh Minister One of Mountain Peaks of Charlotte Meeting Charlotte, June 15. The B. Y. P. IT. Convention Which is in session at the First Baptist church reached a great climax tonight with a masterly address by Dr. J. T. Henderson. Knoxville, on the young Iiaptist and his money. All the addresses today have been of a very high order. The address this morning of Dr. J. A. Ellis "of Raleigh on "Finding Your Plftce in Geftl Place," was, one of the mountain peaks of the convention. De spite the hot weather and long hours, the young B.lptists are sticking faith fully to tlie convention, Dr, Hender son urged his young hearers to have; high purpose and that purpose should be to make an abundant enriched useful life. Four elements should enter that life it must be a transformed life, a developed life, a properly invested life and a life of active unselfish serv ice it's all right for a young Baptist to get money but it'a aril wrong for money to get him. In answer to, the question how much of one's income should be appropriated directly to God's cause the speaker gnvo a tenth as a minimum MRS. C0LAVIT0 OFFERS TO PLEAD 2ND DEGREE Cleveland, Ohio, .June 15. Mrs. Er minia Colavito, under indictment for first degree murder with Mrs. Eva Cath erine Kabcr, Mrs. Mary. Btickcl, the latter's mother, and Marian MrArdle, hor daughter, for the killing of Daniel P. Xaber, today offered to plead guilty to second degree murder, County prose cutor cowaru -. cis m on announced to night. The offer was declined. 1 consider the case- against Mrs, Colavito a perfect first-degree murder casa, the prosecutor said. ' Rumors that Mrs. Kabcr hid made a similar offer were denied. Mrs. Kabet'.t attorney aaid he hud not decided upon tha defense to he offered, but declared ba contemplated making no offers tq plead. . - - - Thomas McArdle, the first husband of Mrs.' Saber, has come to the aid of kU daughter, Marian. Louis E. Hart, per sonal counsel for Mr. -McArdle, armed here from Chicago and wont into eoa fereaea with- Miss McArdle in tha eoun ty jail Ho would not aay whether be would represent her at her trial but de tlared he had instructions to offer finan cial aid for her defense. JAPAN GOVERNM DANIELS' SPEECH I x RILES MORRISON; HE MAKES REPLY UNIVERSITY PAYS' TRIBUTE TO WOMAN To Mrs K U Hold.s, of C.uilford Col lege, goes tho proud distinction of be ing the lirst North l arolina woman hon ored the Vniversity of North Cnro tin with an honorary degree. In pre sent ing her yesterday t the , meneenieut exercises, lr. Archibald Henderson said : M.irv '.Mendenhall Cobb, born nt Jnmeatown, she laid broad and deep the foundations if a lit'er.il culture, fir-t under the tuteleg.- of her father at the NVh- Harden Hoarding School, and later on at the (lowland school in New York. Deeply imbued with faith in the widening destiny of woman, for more than tlire.i decades she has stood fori li in the sunlight, immeasurably courageous in advocacy of complete and full orbed education; whether under church or Hate, for youth and maid alike. Whether advancing the noMo awse of h'.irher education; widening the channels of religious influence ot the Society of Friends, both locafly nud nationally; or vitalizing the conscious ness; it has Pern wnn -inn -apirn mo the pen of the literary artist that aba hap kindled the imagination and the etpotmns of her generation. In recng- ii it mil of tins contribution to our mental mid spiritual life, the Vniversi tv ff North Carol iu will now confor upon her the degree of Doctor of Liters rure.1 E. M. Geier, of Canton, Elected Grand Chancellor To Sue ceed R. S. McCoin (Ireensboro, June 13. Well over 1,0iK1 Pvthrans and Dokies joined haridj tu making today the greatest in the his lory of the order of Knights of Py thias in North Carolina. A business session of the,. Grand Iodg, in the morning, the parade well over a mile long by the members of 8ue. and Bag- lid temples of the Dramatic order Knights of Khoras.san rrt :i o clock in the afternoon and the puhkjic meeting n the city suditorium st 4 o clock for the celebration of tho 5Mh anniversary (if the order in the State, irnd the big ceremonials staged by the two Temples here tonight were the outstanding fea ures of today's doings 1 Th two temples of the IV O. K. K with their hundreds of members, uni formed teams, bands and tvroa pre sented l spectacular sight as they went nbotit the city from the early hours of the ' morning. The parade staged in the afternoon was nne of the most im posing ever seen here, as the nflTc-inls and members of. the teams of the two temples were In their full regalia. The parade was led by two splendid hnmli both ef which rendered concerts prac tically throughout the day. Stage Two Ceremonials The ceremonials by tho two temples werp put on in all of their splendor tonight. Bagdad at Neese's Hall while fine tooTTthe balT room st the OTIenry hotel. Both temples took in a large number of new members at the meeting to night. However, prior to the initiation ceremony whivh was staged (wte in the evening, the dramatic spectacle put on by both temples in commemoration of the "Golden Jubilee"' of Tythianism in North Carolina was voted by all to be the most imposing ever staged in the State. ' , Grand Jubilee Celebration The work of the Dokies was com pleted tonight' and n few begom leaving for their homes nt a late hour while others remained to be present for the final sessions of the .Grand1 Lodgo to morrow. The Golden Jubilee cehtfcrirtion was! mi PYTHIANS STAGE BIG CELEBRATION staged in the city suditorium atftep(y. Both wore 'guest of Presideat o'clock this afternoon at sWefTTime a number of speeJjjs-'were delivered. Principal smefflfthei speakers were 8upreme-"Vie Chancellor G. C. Cabell, of Norfolk, Vs., and R. B. Williams, nf Asheville. Both - speakers were highly complimentary of tho work that has been done by the order in the State during the past year and , predicted many accomplishments of great worth for tho future. y Vtw Oflieers Elected Tho-aoion of the Grand Lodge this morning wao featured , chiefly by the election. j of officres which resulted as follows:' . , RrSI . Gler,, of Canton, Grand chan cellor; K. G. Cherry, of Gastonia, grand ... - Contlated en Pago Boron.) Governor Takes Issue With Former Secretary Over Lat ter' Appeal To Students To7 Smash Precedents ACADEMIC SERENITY AT CHAPEL HILL RUFFLED BY UNEXPECTED REMARKS Raleigh Editor Tells Departing Seniors To, follow Convie- a tions Regardless of Conven tionalities After Determin ing What Is Good and What Is True While State's Chief Executive Tells Them To do Slow About Disturbing Es tablished Order; 173 Grad uates Receive Their Di plomas from Hands of Gov ernor By BEN DIXOV MarNEILL (.Staff Correspondent) Chapel Hill, June 15.-Those some time wont to complain that commence ments t the Ktato University -have grown stale with the years stumbled -upon rude awakening that it need not always be thus when Governor Cameron Morrison, by some uncanny coincidence, lound the time and tho place con venient today to take violent iasua with Josephus Daniels on the rostrum where they, with a hundred trustees and scholars, wero gathered to do honor to the r.'tt graduating class at tha Stntos highest institution of learning. The former Secretary of the Navy hail J called tucthe ieonclast in tha men of the class, to the breakers of false gods, to the destroyers of precedent, con vention and conformity. Unexpectedly the Governor aWse for a parting word to the seniors to whom he had just de livered their diplomas. His first word to them was to accept the established order, and his last word that "this falss gods husiness has about, played out in . Did North Carolina anyhorr." Some Stunned; Others Smile. Two thousand men and women gathered in the. groatMmr.fial Hall sat almost stunned at the unexpected turn of things. Many of them sat silent rind itrnined; many amlied bfoadly at what they seemed to see as humorous in the "debate;" members of tho faculty gathered on the rostrum moved uncomfortably. But two unperturbed people were among the great throng. Mr. Daniels eat unperturbed and in scrutable; Mrs. Daniels smiled a little throughout. This afternoon there was talk of nothing else on the campus. Mr. Daniels1 hail called the men of the class of '21 to think for theraselvea wiih tho mental and moral equipment that their diplomas represented; to de termine for themselves what was good, what was true; what was sham; what was false, and finding that, pot by con formity, put by slavish following in tha footsteps of their fathers, who had nuidn mistakes, to blaze anew the trails 'tif civilization; to turn their backs upon the past and their faces toward the future, but never to break Idols just fer the fun of smashing some thing. ''Accept the existing order, snd put the burden of proof upon any who "oild havp.you deny it,'' charged Mr. Morrison when he had risen unexpect edly after the conferring of degrees was completed. "They may win the fleeting applause of the multitude for their radicalism, but take conservative progressiveism for your standard; set tle upon something and don't go stumbling through lifo like blind fools without any god at all. Hsve a few falso gods, if you must, and imash them, but bo sure they are false gods." Governor Throws Bomb The Governor unloosed his bomb af ter the graduating exercises had gone for near two- hours in the channels In which they have flowed for 126 years. The .academic, procession had formed, -had marched across tho campus into tho Memorial hall, in nowise different from i hundred other academic, processioaa save in personality. The address to tha graduating class had been made, tha deans of departments had presented' their candidates for honors, and the members of the class had received their diplomas at the hands of the Governor. President Chase wajj about to turn to Dr. Archibald Henderson to ask for tho names of those persons upon whom tho faculty and trustees had conferred' honorary degrees. Dr. Henderson wss on 'his feet and ready to begin when called, when the Governor stepped dowa toward tho front of the rostrum and launched into his speech. A little ripp'.e of spplauae went over the audience. Even this is somewhat against precedent at the University, although on some occasions a governor.has addressed the departing seniors briefly. Neither Mr. Daniels nor Mr. Morrison evinced any, embarrassment over tho situation afterwards. Hundreds of friends of , the former ' secretary went forward after the exercises were ad journed, and somsjjf them smilingly com misserated iln on not being given time tor jejomocr. us merely smued ,1s' and Mrs. IL W. Chnse, and none of tho guests who attended tho luncheon it -their honor at the homo of tha Presi dent noted any seeming of constraint.- Honorary Degree Conferred , The class this year was the biggest in'' tha history of tho University, and the throng attending th final today ' was larger than any. recently attending the commencement. Ono hundred and seventy-three men and women received degrees in th varioui ' schools of the University,, 134 of whom were members of the academic department , Tour honorary degrees wero conferred, thj recipients being Dr. E. C. Brooks, Dostof of Laws; Professor William Cain, Doe- (Cwtisifcl rat I- , rt-!..-.-- fi: ; .-.-.;...:,--, -i-V ' f .n t-ir-.J.y:i - Jt ,r.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 16, 1921, edition 1
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