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REPORT GOES OVER
urn
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WEEK
-Two Members Of Sutj-Commit
tee Away and Body Will' Not
. Meet Until Monday -
JOHNSON REPORT MAY i
- GET TO SENATE FIRST
' '
Senator Simmoni Continue I To
Get Xeque.t. J or Picture.
Ot ITecTQ Kennblican TromL
ft- , A--4 .. rPresident your commission as tuier
Georgia; protest! Against JlStiM of'the.Uaited states.-it af-
Appointment Of lohlosil fords me great pleasurs en account of
I Pour In To Tar Heels
- News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By EDWABD E. BR1TTOX
(By Special Leaeed Wire.)
Washington, July 11. That "mystery
ship" ef the political sea, the report ef
the sub committee ef the Senate judi
ciary committee oa the. confirmation, of
Frank A. Linney as district attorney,
failed to be located again today, and
according to reports from the commit
tee it will be neit Monday before the
Teasel arrives in the committee port
with the log of its career.' The commit
ter eras ready to hear it this morning,
but 6kipperErnit pardon me, Senator
Ernst of the sub committee was not in
attendance, and Senator Overman was
in North Carolina on a visit to his newly-arrived
grandson. Senator Cummins
was on hand, but there had been no
confabulating of the subcommittee
since the report was printed, and so the
matter goca over to next Monday, when
the judiciary committee is scheduled to
meet again.
Incidentally, Senator Ernst, who is the
ehairman of the sub-committee, was in
Potomac Park this morning with a dele
gation that went for a hearing on some
matter connected with the Shipping
Board. I chanced to meet Senator Ernst
in tlie JNhvt Buildinff. in wnictt in
Shipping Board is housed, and in re J.
spouse to my question if there wail
''anything doing' in the Iinney matter,
lie replied:
Walt Until Next Week
"Nothing today. Just as soon as we
. can get the aub -committee together we
will go over the testimony and make
a report to the judiciary committee."
6o we wilt have to hold our horses till
next work to get the say se on the
matter. ''"'.
It appear now that it is n neck -and-
neck race aa to whether .the Llnney re.-.
viort will ret to the Senate ahead of the
link" Johnson, report, far there is still
. a beld-nff on the resort of the District
ef Columbia committee ef the Senate
concerning the nt mlnation of the Geor
gia negro, member ot the Republican
National Committee, with Wednesday
ef this week let for action-tin it.
Senator Simmons continues to receive
letters asking for picture of the negro
nominated by President Harding for
recorder of deeds of the District of
Columbia, for readers ot the News and
Observer have read, of the call on Sena
tor Simmons for one by JVC. Whltmlre,
a weu nown merenant or unerry rieia.i
Transylvania county, who want to show l
white Republicans of Western North
Carolina the picture of their ally. One
letter asking for 4 pie tar of Johnson
came from 6waa Quarter, Hyde eounty,
on the eastern coast, another from Dilla
be.ro, Jackson county, in the far west,
while another was from forest City.
. .v. hm tttL
W oe everywhere in North Carolina,
Was) In 'Old Rellabler I a0"1" yivyvuj in
Beplving o the letters, Senator Shn-1" d that ny order or direction
m, eorrennndents that be! addressed to said elerk -was witbout su-
y.a .. ts,fnn f th. wew. but ad-
vised then te set a copy of the News
- mud Obsrvr of Sundav. Jnlv 10. that
It l Tdetnra of Johnson. But he
plans to have a picture, for Frank
Hampton, his secretary, is at work to
secare copies in order to send them te
ths parties who may have written to
. Senator Simmons for them. He finds
. that f.ti.W Km kail a nhotnroink tjllf
en at one of the leading photographers
snd feeling his eats on his nomination
by the President, he has ordered the
a .a tt strvs-f- aL.
" k that to the- Georgia negro with th
. ?, Z . Z ai aaW
- Presidenthn. handed kim.!
ProteaU ngainrt the nppointment of
B.TSohloef Wtstar?, federal
tttYNnlxa o!SSrS
farces, for they hold thst Eohlosa, the
'Hog-Combine'' choice for ths job, is
too ''wet to be given th place. Num
bers of these hav some to Senator
, pininiOBa, He..-.wHn. rUmimn .
to be put in such S place, asking Sena
tor Simmons te oppose his confirmation.
In this natter there Is bo confirmation
by the Commissioner of Internal Beve-
nue, through the prohibition director,
th settlement therefor being In tlie
hands of Commissioner Blair. The pro
tests against ths sppointment ot Kohloss
will be placed before him by the mem
bers ot tho North Carolina delegation
which hav received them. . '
Making his protest a broadcast one,
Bsv. B. I Davis, ef Ealeigh, Superin
tendent of the North Carolina Anti
Saloon League, has sent out a mimeo
graphed letter opposing th sppoint
ment ef Kohloes. In tt he calls artea-
tion to the fset thst as Mr. Eohlosa
would have the selection of 45 federal .Addressing Benat Bepubllcans, Sena
agents for ths enforcement of the pro- tor Harriaoa said :
kibition law ia North Carolina, he Tor a(ht long ytsr you sbused
should be ft prohibitionist and a states- this sid ot tho aisle, saying ws were
man, a man held ia high esteem. 1 He nothing but rubber stsmps and respond
asks it th Salisbury maa meets ths ed only to the will of th President
requirements, and answers "No," thai We, thank God, responded to request
while nobody seems to knew how he for legislation for ths people. Ton rs
voted on prohibition yet ef these with spond to requests for' ths defeat ef leg
- whom he has talked, vBepublieans and islsUon for th people." .
Democrats, are agreed that hs is not Senator Harrison atkel ths" Bepubll
the man fo the job, and thst"! sm whether they intended to "desert
satisfied thst he is not and thst his Senator . McCumber, Bepublican, North
, . . Dakota, in charge of the bonus bill.
(Csmtinced ea Pag Two.) "Are yon rung to accept tho view
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY,
TAFT ASSUMES HIGHEST "
JOB ON NATION'S BENCH
, , i, .
Tomer President Formally
Sworn In As Successor To
V. Chief Justka White)
. . - - , ,,-
Washington, v Jnly H William '
Howard Tft was-wern- inodajri
Chief Justice of tha United State.
The simple ceremony of iterating1 the
former President to the Supreme -Court
was performed in 'the office of Attorney
General Daugherty by Justice Hoehiing,
of the district coast in thesbsenee from
the city ef the Justices of the 8uprtme
Court ' ' Those present Included -'Mr,
Taft's brother Henry W. Taft.'ef Kew
York, and Joha T. Adan, ehairmaa of
the Bernblieatt National committee.
Before the oath 'was administered
Attorney Genernj Daugherty presented
gjgjSi
"I ho kand ..yon ea behalf of ' the.
on personal relations, but far above
that I feel a security to the country, its
constitution, its laws and its people,
in your installation in that high court
Immediately after taking thooath,
Chief Justice Taftc went to the White
House to pay his respect to President
Harding.
FILES IIS ANSWER
Seeking To Hold Original As
sessment On Cannon Milt
Property
Cabarrus County, through it attor
neys Charles V. Harris, J. 8. Griffin and
B. R. Williams has filed answer to the
compalint of the Cannon eotton mills
and others of Cabarrus county seeking
to restrain the county from the collec
tion of taxes levied on the valuation
fixed by the Board of Appraisers and
Beview of the county before the Cor
poration Commission reduced the origi
nal valuation from $19,480,308 to 9,
286.689.
The respondent maintain that the
vnuu iumoiihuiii. uiuni u i
State Tax .Commission, three months
after adjournment of the Extra Sea
ion attempted parte" to hear the
complainant pa a,pfel from, the origi
nal assessment nd thereupon reduced
the assessment by 10,193,619,
The Clerk to the Board of Commis
sioners of Cabarrus, without authority
from that board or without conferring
with it, and acting upon the direction
of the Corporation Commission accord
lag to the answer- transmitted to the
tax collector the rhand assessment ot
Hie oustim 'OrJHwiejtrW
ty commissioner ordered the original
assessments restored.
This volue, a determined by the
Board of Appraiser and Btvu on May
1, 1919 follows:
Cannon Manufacturing Company,
$11,635,592; Gibson Manufacturing Co.!
$1,613,743; Cabarrus Cotton Mills, ,
802,785; Franklin Cotton Mills, t)l,4J8,.
188,
At this stage of the proeeeings, tlie
eotton mill (ought an . injunction
through the Cabarrus County -courts
aaainst the eountv and H. W. Caldwell.
xx Collector. The date for the hear
j, j,M Bot oeen ,et-
Briefly, the answer sets forth a de
nial "that the Corporation Commission,
acting aa a State Tax Commission, had
the right under or by virtue of any
'power conferred upon it by law to issue
ny order or direction te the elerk or
ths board of commissioners to ehsnge,
" r amend the original aisessmeut
thority of law snd of na binding or loagl
effect. On the contrary, the defendants
Mlese that Jt, the said Corporation Com
mission, was without legal authority
to either hear the matters on appeal or
make an order changing said assess-
tnents under provision of Chapter 1,
Section 1, Public Laws Extra Session
mo."
LEGLESS MAN SWIMS
300 YARDS TO SAFETY
Gilbert, Minn., July 11. While Harry
oodard, n good swimmer was drown
ing,. Boy Bhodds, minus his two wooden
les "hich became loosened wh'n a boat
by flT, men 0TMtuniedi am
hundred yard, to shore yesterday
h Ss U BOlt ',0-ch(d
Bho35a told friend, her. that two
wooden legs to aid them to reach the
shore
CABARRUS COUNTY
Harrison Attacks
For His Visit To Capitol
Mississippi Senator Declares President Disregarded Promise tO
Avoid Interference With Congressional Prerogatives in
Asking for Deferment
Washington, July 1L President
Harding was attacked today by Senator
Harrison, Democrat Mississippi, for vis
iting th Capitol last wsek and urging
deferment of th soldiers' bonus bill.
Ths President, Senstor Hsrrison told
ths Senate, disregarded public promises
made early in his administration to
avoid . interfering with Oougrsssiosal
I orerotratives. -f
JRALEIGHN.
0 VERN OR SELECTS 1 B R 0 0 K S TO HOLD
EiORS FOR IS COOIITIES JO OLD
NORTH CAROLIflA RY.
Wade Harris Is President and
o Archibald Johnson Is Secre-
taryTreasurer
ATLANTIC & N. C. ROAD
ALSO GETS NEW, OFFICERS
OV D. Bradham, Of New Bern,
Is President and W,. Stamps
Howard, Tarboro, " la Secre
tary and Treasurer Of East-
4 era Railroad; Slates Of Both
Soads Virtually Wiped Clean
Wade H. Harri, editor of The Char
lotte Observer, is president of theNorfi
Carolina railroad arid Archibald John-
son, of Thomaville, editor of Charity I
and audren,ieeretryn4tanretll",1. Assembly as au-
while C. D. Bradham. of Kew Bern, 1,
preeident ef . the Atlantis and "North
: . m 11. , .1 .i. x r .1. i
Carolina Bailroad. and W Stampi How
ard, ot Tarboro, if secretary and treas
urer,
Tese appointment were announeed
by Governor Cameron Morrison yester
day when, with one exception, he wiped
the old directorate elates clean. The
exception was in the ease of W. H. Me-
Klwce, of Ealeigh, who continues a
director of the Atlantic and Nona Can-
linn Bailroad.
The new appointments for the North
Carolina Bailroad follow!
Wade H. Harria, Charlotte- President;
Archibald Johnson, Thomasvill. See-
re tary-Treasurer ;
Charles 1. Dalton, Charlotte, State
Expert;
Ben J. Smith, Charlotte, State Proxy;
Bichard N. Haekett, North Wilkes-
boro. Attorney,
Directors: John F. Bowles, State
ville; W. T. Brown, Winston-Salem;
Wade H. Harris, Charlotte; C. W. John
ston, Charlotte; Robert Lnssiter, Char
lotte; B. W. H. Stone, Greensboro; WJ
liam Weill, Charlotte; GUbert C. Whit.
Durham
The appointments for the Atlantic
k North Carolina Bailroad are
C. D. Bradbam, New Bern, President
. W. Stamps Howard, Tarboro, Secro
retary-Treaurer.
W. i Evans. Baleish. Attorney.
W. C. Petty, Charlotte, State Proxy,
Chaa. V. Webb, Morohead City, Audi
tor
T. Boddie Ward, Wilson, State Expert.
Directors H, D. Batoman, WiUonj
a D. Bredhem, New Bern; T. Austin.
I1ff,1Trtmmsi
be.ro t Courtney ftutcneu, JUnatoar-W.I
H. McElwee, Raleigh; David F.MtKinns,
Lmii.il.ura: Dr. Josena 1". Patterson. I
New Bern. I
The old officers of the North Cars-1
Una railroad were: Word-H. Wood,!
Charlotte. President: K. Bruce White. I
Wake Forest, seeretaryreasuer; r.
M. Pcarsall. New Bern, attorney ; Bobert
Houston, Beldsville, State proxy; andllin have settled the responsibility of
J. G Steed, Mount Gilead, SUte i-x-1
pert
The eld officer of. Jhe Atuintie rmwpf .county nvrUioriUee-tn fuifiinng the
North Carolina Bailroad weret
Charles & Wallace, Morehead City-
President; G. T. Ormond, Kinstun, at
torney: T. W. Slocumb, Goldsboro, so
retary sad treasurer; A. E. Bountree,
Kinston, expert; T. C. Etherwge, Ne
Bern, State Proxy.
MORRISON TO LEAVE
FOR RALEIGH TODAY
a.i...iiu 'yi Ji.-flnv.rnoe Cam.-
ron Morrison plans to leave for BaleigU
Tuesday, it -was made :-iown this morn- j
ing, in order to roacA tns capital euyi
in tima for th. -eouf orenee of Stats offl-1
einl in renrd to the enllina of a soeo-
ial session of the Legislature to discuss
the Municinal Finance Act. which was
declared invalid because of the faUnrel
of a elerk to make proper entries ia the
journal. The Governor has been in tie
city sinee Thursday.
The North Carolina cities ars sp
posed to haver their, financial statement
in the hands of the executive ant. eoan-1
cil of state; by. the time of the Confer-1
enee Thursday. The Governor declared
last week thai ths conference would be
called if ths statements warrant such
action on his part Ho spoke of th
oxpense estimated around tH0fl00 that
would bs involved in ease 1a General
Anaembbly is called together .
It is gathered on good authority, that
, .1 . , I 1 - . . B I I
upon tho dat will bo about The .first of
ugun wiia , ui . onaevmeat n
n nance act being eon aider el an emer -
(eucy clause su lUKun irnti,
of Soldiers Bonus Bill
pressed . by executive interference I"
SenatA. TTmlms mtimA. hil. thm tmm
Bepublican Senators in tho chamber re -
mained silent
. - - ' .
Ia his address retiiina from tha Sen.
ate, last December, Senator Harrison
said thst Mr. Harding had pledged him -
sou not te interfere with Congress. Xet
the Mississippi Senator continued, the
Preeident had visited tho Capitol last
wsek, "buttonholed Senators and urzed
deUy oa th bona bill." Mr. Hsrrison
r"" . . "
ator McCumber of th flnane commit -
tee. had promised auiek relief to
former servie men. '
Senstor Idas. Nsw Jersey, from th
Bepublican side, referred briefly to 8en
ator Hsrrison' speech, decrying "politi-
m vj-yimj- -i- , r , -
Bopubllcans would seek to get the
President's elewpoint lis said, with -
out "cringing behind an administration
policy as Democrats did, 'for so meny
in can opecuu wins s aociacartiey Genemi.
Hardmg
C.TUtSDAY MORNING, JULY 12 1924.
SCHOOL INCOMES
Disallow; Claim That General
, Assembly' 30-Cght Umit
On Taxes Governs
O - i
LEVY DOLLAR ON NEW
Constitution ' Pixes Duty Of
LeTjiDf and Collectinf Suffl-
h eient Money To Sun Schools,
and Lefislature Is Power
less To Interfere, Declares
School Bead
Constitutional prevision ' take -rank
over legislative enactments, and su
county in the Stat ia going to be l-
lowed to cut down it property values
ltolZ" 6 .
o. v. ureou, ctai tmperintendeut of
w, . . .. . - .
Publie Instruction. diacusain: ths
finance of the echools of the State.
11 warning will be issued to the
eounty authorities by Dr. Brooks early
tnis week, telling them flatly that the
legislative limit of 30 cents on property
for school purpose will not hold good
unless it provide sufficient money to
run -the , schools. A dollar must he
levied U necessary t provide as mn:h
money aa waa raised last year before
any money will be forthcoming from
toe equalizing fund.
The constitution says that the eoun
ty commissioner must - provide the
money to run the schools six months;
No.roatter what the General Assembly
may say about thirty -cent tax rates,
the constitution aays that the commis
sioners must raise the money. The
schools have got to be kept open, and
the commissioners lava got to raise the
money. The Supreme court has already
passed on thst fact.
Cut Groaad Under Law
I didnt write the constitution, but
l did write the law that provided thst
betero nay eounly-TiSrtfcrpates ia the
equalising fund it must "provide funds
up to a certain amount. Now thev havo
cut the ground out from under the law
by reducing property values. It will
bav to be built back oa a rate that
will raise the money needed by '.he
schools. '
Bailing school funds is imposed en
tirely upon the eounty commissioners
by the constitution, Dr. Brooks pointed
out. They cannot get away from it
Whatever money the scanty Board ef
e9t-W't'-1t,
muss levy awi quev u.-tey
aeelins to do it. they are :abjeV
indictment How much money ' Is
needed is left to the determination ft'
the educational authorities, sad how to
Set it to the eounty commissioners.
Supreme court opinions in two eases
line commissioner, and the Attorney
I eoming up' from Alamance, and Frank-
General has ruled that the General As-
Isembly could not restrict the power
the constitution. The thirty cent rate
ftr tatxee for school purposes does not
stand, in the opinion of . the Attorney
General, to limit the power of the
Commissioners to levy taxes,
Dlartgard Talaea
Dr. Brooks will leave no donbt in ths
minds of ths Commissioners that with
Put Mgard t0 vnvttf they
at year, regardless or the tx rate
? required to raise it. Not untU
us U done will the tate s reUUvely
vnu..u wu us -.uiimiio mr
nssistinS counties that fall short in
their appropriations.
t - Only about half the counties in ths
Stat have fallen into the situation dis
eussed by Dr. Brooks. The others hsve
I left property values where they were
I placed under th devaluation Act, and
I will experienc bo difficulty la their
levies for this year. Counties that have
I cut values from 20 to CO per cent are
the ones which givs concern,
Ths instance of Green eounty with
I its property reduced 60 per cent in tax
I book values, and its school fund cut
I from 100,000 to I30M0 under the SO
I cent levy was cited bv Dr. Brooks
Greene will have to levy a school tax
I of 60 cent before it can claim any
pxt of th S0e,00e oqualizatioa fund,
I ueardlav to Dr. Brooks aad the AHerl
I .ipl. manifest Injustice of allowing
l half th counties in th StaU to reduce
l t-. M.nn.rt-r -.inM..i ht, uhAnl
income, and fall back wpoa th equali
sation fund, while the other Mat main
tain their incomes, and get little from
ths fund, was pointed out by Dr.
Brook. Be declared that ts iaequi
table and unjust, and will not bs toler
ated
"Besides, ths State ha bo fund squal
I tinned. "List year we had 1500,000 for
ths equalization fund and this year ws
hav 1000,000. Divided equally among
th counties it would fir each about
6,000, which would not be a drop in
eomparea w u demands
I that would be made upon it."
I V. f 1 k . ... . . . . 1
1 " esumaiea was m scnooi xuau
I ia ths fitetorhas been reduced about
I two millioa dollars throngh ths reduc-
I tion of property values, i Ths Stat has
1 no money with which to make up the
I shortage, and no resource from which
I to obtain it, Property valoe win hats
I either to be returned to their former
I buU. th mta raised to eorreetwaJ
1 with th redactions, is ths" positloa of
l ts rjtau Board ot &dneauoa,
1 i. .
I tJ. ft. Stool Tanc BenoH
I New Tork. Jnlv H-Th monthly ten
I nan renort of tho United State 8tsel
- 1 Corooration. mads vubli today, showed
j 8,117,868 tens of unfilled orders oa hand
ijua ou, l Dis as oecrvaso unun
I order en May 31. which were 9.462.t87
1 tons. i, . ".-..
I This Is th smallest total ef unfilled
order sine ApriL 1919, when 4500,681
PRESIDENT 10 ASK .
rtcutive ExoectetfTo Appear
Before Senate Today in Re
flard To Bill
AS CONFERENCE WITH
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
Lodge and Curtis Said To Hav
Oi?ea Assurance That a Mo
tion To Eecommit The Bo
nus BiU Will Be Adopted;
Entire Legislative Prorram
Also Under Discussion!
WssltiagTofi, ""July it.P-reaidnt
srd'n .r'au to appear before the
Senate. tomorrow and auk for tempor
ary postponement of the soldier bonus
MIC
Plans for the President's address
to the Senate wore discjixsed late today
by .the .executive , with, . Senator .-Lodgn,
Massachusetts, Bepublican . leader.
and Benator Curtis, of Kansas, Bepub
llean whip. It Is understood that the
bonus .biH wil be the only subject
toucfied .upju j:i the address and that
suggestion for. a joint address , to the
Congress or the transmission of a mes
sage -ba-ve been abandoned.
- - Plans Not Definite. '
The President, it was said, had ex
potted to address the Senate today.
but was prevented by pressure of other
business. He is now expected to spesx
in the Senate Chamber tomorrow at
toraoon, hut if delayed further, it is
expected be will do so not later than
Wednesday.
It will be the second tiuie President
n&rding"ha addressed the Senate, tto
first time being immediately after he
was inaugurated when he presented
in person his rabinet ronunationa, at
an executive session. He has addressed
one joiut session of Congress, whes
h.e..real his messnge at the opening
of the special session.
Decision to address the Senate on tb
bonus bill at the earliest opportunity
was reached by the President in eon
firenee with the H.ypuliliean leadors
at the Whito Souse while the Senate
wns debating th emeaaure.-
Discuss Leslslatloa.
Senator Lodge and Curtis were said
to havs given him assurances that
siution to recommit the bonus bill
would be adopted. At the eouferene.
the entire legislative situation waa said
to have been discussed, although, it
waa, , jMei, Ahat the President w
SDakihe tb ths Senate rld not dit
eu Uriff or tS legislation. r
when the Senate resumed eonsidera
ilea cf ths soldier bonus bill today
Senator . Nerria, Republican, Nebraska,
introduced sn smenjmont "directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to tol
loct interest due on .allied dent, the
fund t be set a-jds to pay the bill
expense.
Hue interest Bum
Senator Norria said he was advised
by the Treasury that accrued interest
on the foreign loans oa May 15th was
nine hundred and twenty-two mllllo
dollars. Greece and Cuba, alone, he
id. hod Paid all their interest. Sens
tor Beed, Democrat, Missouri, suggested
that European " nations, spply towsrd
their debts "the money they now are
uendiur in fightir-g over there.
'Sines this grent unguo or canons
came along, said Senator Norria, the
European nations have spent more on
warfare snd in attemptiag to aubdui
rebellion, than would pay all the inter
est they owe.
Henntor Watson. Benubliean. Indiana
objected to the provision of tne Norris
amendment directing the Secretary ol
the Treasury to collect the interest due
oa foreign loans, explaining that pro
vision might bs a direction to do the
impossible.
Senator McCumber attacked the Nor
ris amendment, declaring he eould see
no reason why the receipts from the
foreign loans should bo applied to any
specine indebtedness.
, Legion Makes Attack
Pis as to delay consideration of the
bonus measure were attacked by the
legislative committee of the American
Legion in a Statement tonight. It re
ferred to the letter of Secretary Mclloa
urging that consideration be deferred
as "intellectually dishonest, eeonomt
eally unwarranted, and politically ludl
CIUU1. UBIVIimUVIII !( BU-.U,
merely a subterfuge, a play for tim
in rou en wnicn its enemies nop uui-
matcly to defeat the measure.'
Secretary Mellon's ''dintribe., . th
statement said, is nothing more than "i
mere rehash of the objections long ago
interposed by his predecessor la emee,
former Secretary of the Treasury Hons
ton. ,
FOREIGN TRADE FELL ,
OFF THREE BILLIONS
Washington, Jnly 11. America's
foreign trad fell off mot than
three billion dollars daring the
fiscal year ended June it. A snm
: mary of trade waned today ky the
t Department of Com mere , shows
' th stamp wa about evenly divided
between exports and Imports. :
LLOYD CEORGC NAT COM!
; - . . TO THS) pOTID STATES
Mason, juiy ilc rremier ioy
Coorgo may visit the United State
to attend noma of .th meetings.
In eonaactie with President
Harding's ptwpoed conference,
cording to th Dsiy MalL, v -
This ia soadltlond esa, affairs at
homo, a tka Premies could" hardly
leave until th Irish Beetle has
been settled. . , : ; '
Th Malt lagresto Uat aU teehal
at work eonld .bo dona.hy experts,
loslag ths ul timet mealdiag of an
almost ' completed agrsmnt to
final conference at which President
Harding and tao premier of Ike
power weald be present I th 1st
fall of tkts year or early Best yesr
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRINCIPAL
APPARENTLY FAVOR
DISARMAiMENT IDEA
E
Valera Informs British
Premier He Will Be In Lon
don On That Date
London, July 11. (By ths Associated
rre?s.) The two leading developments
the Irish situation today were the
designation of next Thursday as the
laV on whiih Premier Lloyd George and
Kainoiin DYTaicTn will meet in London
begin conversations looking to the
lettlement of the Irish question, and
the coining Into effect at noon of the
truce in Ireland as sgreed upon.
The official announcement that Mr.
Pe Valera would come to London next
Thursday to confer with the Prime Min
ister did not specify the place where
the actual meeting ia to be. held. It" is
ndorstood that the Irish Bepublican
leader will have as eollesgues Arthur
Griffith, founder of the Sinn rein, snd
rofeesot John MaeNeil, E. J. Duggan
and Austin Stark, Sinn Fein members
of Parlinme.it. " Mr. Lloyd George's S-
socintes at the' conference hare not
been announced".
The Irish truce brought back to Dub
lin much of its obi peace-time appear
ance, the afreets la king their - usual
military display and confidence beine I
xprossed that the Kepuhliean icreee
would observe the conditions of the ar-1
mistiee. Strict adherence to the truce
alao waa observed throughout County
Oslway. '
Belfaat Disorderly.
In other part of Ireland, notably
Pelfnst, where despernts righting oc
curred yesterday and continued with
diminished severity this morning the
truce was observed in varying degrees,
its provisions apparently being complied
iviiuvu, ij.iiik .uu.H..v
RISH CONFER
NCE
SET FOR THURSDAY
with mors promptly by the Crown force 7, w.icoming ia inni
than Jhe Bepublican. two. of Preeident Harding ia ths nub
Act of violence in various part of
the country wet leported in consider
able number up to mid-day. These
Wiriu til usp s nsiy wv aassia-ueaj svsv
clnshes largely occurred in th extreme
western and southern sections of Ire-
land, and the authorities assumed that
Uiey were due to non-receipt of aoUee
of the truce
Baids on two Dublin branches ot
tho UlaUr Bank oosuned during the
fl.v. th. raiders obtslnin, v.rsl hun.
THUCX IN IRELANP GOES
INTO EFFECTS PUBI.IN QUIET.
Dulln, July ll-(By tha Associated
PM.) The truce in Ireland, agreed
i pon by government officials and Bepub
lican leader pending peace negotia
tions, went into effect at noon today.
In Dublm the complete disappearance
from the streets of the military police
lorriea and armored rare marked tke
official beginning of the truce.
In Londonderry, according to the
terms of the truce, the police at noon
were summoned to their barracks to
hand in their reports, subsequently re-
iii,nrm iiuij umiroiru.
-In Belfast disorders were still con-
tinuing in lesser degree this forenoon
snd the police were still retaining their
arms.
The yard of Dublin Castle, which, is
usually active with the movement of I
police lorries and armored automobiles,
th yard being mainly used as a start
ing point for these vehicles, wa empty
of car this morning, while the auxili
aries on duty were standing about in
their shirt sleeves.
The Dublin castle officials and others
in this center, who hitherto hsve been
unable to walk in the streets openly
were going anour this forenoon as un
der normal condition.
TAR HEEL BEING HELD
AS A MURDER SUSPECT
John D. Camp, Originally Of
Shelby, In Custody Of Au
thorities At Richmond, Va.
Biehmond, July 11. John D. Camn.
34, with only one leg, giving his ad ference on Pacific affairs,
dress as 234 Oxford street, Portland, Looking to United Stale
Maine, was held here today oa suapicio-i "The world has been looking to th
of having murdered John A. Minsun, United States for such a lead." Mr.
aged night watchman, in a shanty on Lloyd George declared in referring te
the banks of the James river the night President Harding's message. "I am
of January 8 last. confident that the House wilt esteem
Camp, who is originally from Shelby, it as an act' of far-seeing statesmaa
N. C, and who admit, having done time ship and will wholeheartedly wish it sue
on the roads m that State in 1010 for eess. No effort will b lacking to make
bootlegging, admitted to th. police that U ,0 M tu, palt ot BritiJl rV
he passed" through I'ebmond January , Mch lhafet th fu th
L fefett-lf' WW" Pirlfc inspiring if.
her. tho Bight of the murder. mbs.mdor ,ws. in the gallery of tho
; He .Wm arrested on a tip from Char- 1 fM ? bw" the Pr,m MlBirt
lott county thst he wss the man who ,ttcn,?nt- , '
killed Minson. Camp was recently ar- Ur' Upfi, Ge0Tgt by M'e"in
rested. tn Danville. Vs.. for posin. as t0 ,h Anglo-Japanese treaty. He sak,
a' disabled world war veteran while eell-
ing pencils on the street. He lost Ms
leg i r a dredging machinu accident in
1908.
Minson was killed with a blow on
'ths head ,with sn axe, and bis body Was
not found until twelve hobrs later. The'
motive forithfl' crime sa never estab-
-shed. -
,,
WOMAN SETS RECORD
F0R PARACHUTE JUMP
St. PsuL July 11 llias PhoobeiJ.
Fairgrave, IS years bl age, ot IbH city.
established, a new world's reeorTfr a
parachute drop for women when - she
dropped fifteen thousand, tws hundred
feet from aa airplane at Curtiss Field,
sesr hers- yesterday. Li , ' J
It took exaetly twenty minutes from
the M ralrgravs leaped natU
she slighted safely in a wheat field. .
"It wds terribly ,M said Miss Fair-
graves later, "X never want to try it
PRICE: FIVE CLNT3
POWERS
SugocsUonjDf President Hard
irrg Expected To Meet" Ready
Response From Capitals
.Of Nations Concerned ;
BRITISH PREMIER IN' '
STATEMENT' WELCOMES -.
HARDING'S INITIATIVE
Lloyd Georj-6 Refers To Invi
tation Looking To Disarma
ment Conference .Ia Speech -To
The House Of Commons; "
Sentiment In Other Cona-u:
tries Concerned Also lp
pears TaTorable ; Far East
em Question May Be Bi
Subject To Come Up Tot
Discussion; Plans Tor Coa
ference Not Yet Definitely
, Sn&ped and Scppn.Kot.Yt r
Determined; Hughes ProV
ably Would Heto American"
Delegation .rT ' ";
Washington, irff 1L Tne'suggestiaa
of President .Hardinf ..looking - to .'
disarmament eonferene at Washington
was siepeeted by officials here today t '
meet a ready resDona fro th..Bl.
tals of the powers concerned. Ths proh. :
sbl sttituds of tho sowers towirA wn,k
A nrnnoaL It iA ... . j.a i
- - r -- - - , wwm nuugii ii .
advance through American embassies
and legations abroad , and ths impres
sion was gained that replies to formal .
Invitations to such a eonferene would
prove favorable. t
Tending to confirm tho belief. In the
opinion of officials, waa the statement
of Premier Lloyd George in ths Ho'.M
. 0 - - r. .
Iter.
In the preliminary - questionlnf
through American representative
s , , , . - . ,
I -Ml U 4too that the Taf
ff ion tioned to as-
"ruua u ln w?uaJ?
f"1' f discussion a con.
neetion with eonsideration of disarms
; . li j i
If .ultn SSj. T f1? thu
thl,..tio.tt wottld trMt V
Th seep of ths prenoecd Conference
however, is understood not I have beet .
definitely determined, while the details
ot organisation will be left ever .until
formal acceptances to th invitations
hav been received. In this connection,
it wss said today that before the con
ference actually meets there may be
soms definition of the subject to be eon-,
sidered and an understanding given of
what the powers consider their special
interests.
No date for the gathering has as y. "
been set, nor has the .' meriean repre
sentation to the conference been de
termined, although it is believed thit
Secretary Hughes may head the Amerl-
I can deleimtlon.
Whether hit ;.: ,..,y.A -t-i
require special treaties or other forms
of agreement ia a subject wbieh officials
have indicated Is too mriv nr lm.
Lions. ' ,
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS BRITAIN
WELCOMES DISARMAMENT IDEA
London, July llf--(By the Associated
Press) --President Harding's message '
looking to the calling of an interna
tional conference on the limitation of
armament haa been received with tb
utmo,t P'eure by Great Britain, Air.
Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, de
clared in tho House of Commons today.
Speaking on the subject of tho Ameri
can communication, the Prime Minister
said: - ,"'
"I need ot say that the' welcome
with the utmost pleasure the Presi
dent's wise and courteous initiative."
The house cheered this statement,
and the Premier added:
"In saying tha , I speak for the em
pire as a whole."
The Premier said China would bo'
treated aa an independent in the ron-
the JPnese government took the view
that uo -0,i''9 ot denunciatjea-of th.
t,oat had fti &nf ""d that this
I view also was held hy ixrrd wirxon, tno
I foreign minister. The matter was r
ferred to t the Lord Chancellor, ths
Prime Minister declared, who after a
consultation with the law officers of the '
crown had announced, that no notice
had yet been given and that the treaty,
therefore, remained in force until de-
!4: TrM'f
that ths agreement be brought into
complete harmony with ths covenant ef
ths Lcagus of Nations..,. Vf j
FRANCE 1 WOULD ACCEPT . H
INVITATION Of HARDING
Pifis,'. July Va-4. By; tha . Assoc Uted
Press)-heldoa Whitehouse, counsellor
foreign ofiic just before boob
tod, ,Ba ulM with ji. 0, Prtel.j
u u zc. director of peUticsl af-
- -
Sfaln." : y ' .;.,:. . ... .. f - Continued am Peg TwJ
weary moauia u umi, -. t j ion wrrv uu.
n.i.-i... . 1 . -l -i ..,.,! , -m ii i