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Tike Mews amd bser vy WATCIl LAILL on your' psper. Bend renewal five Ujrs lfor (f r ( s .1 1 In order to avoid missing tint I a copy. THE MEA niER Local theaderaaower Thar, and Frtdsy. VOL CX1V. NO. 14. TWELVE PAGES TODAYS". RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 14. 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY, PRICE: FIVE CENTS umM i HOLDING I BM UNTIL LiNNEY CAN GET HIS POSITION Republicans Don't Know Just How To Let Go Of Henry Lincoln Johnson MAN IN CHERRYVILLE GETS HIS PHOTOGRAPH .Will Pnat Liken en Of flani-D-i Negro In Store So Bepubli can Friends Car. See It; Rev. D T Tt a iri aw ii ml UrTn Tire ! AS aVBT M CbUU Vi.UL.l AV1A MUD ler on Trail of R. A. Kohloss , To Push Fight .IV. ,r The News and Objcrver Bureau, ' ' " 603 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD E. BRlTTON (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, July 13.-r-Having a Tar Baby" en Its band the Senate District of Columbia: committee tttat it, - the Be publican portion of it doet not know how to let go of the sticky thing and it just holding to it at the present. This Tar Baby" trouble it named Henry Lincoln" Johnson, negro Republi can National committeeman from the ftfnt a? Hnnrffin tinnnnjtfftjf tv PrAal dent Hardin;; for recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. The commit tee net in regular session this after noon, but there was no action taken - oa the nomination, the matter going over to another meeting. The commit- , tea knew it had the '-'link'' Johnson nomination in hand, but officially It chose for the present to forget it, and 1 let that trouble wait for another day. . Informally, the Republican! talked about the matter of the confirmation of the nomination before the beginning of the session, but there was no conclu sion reached as to when the name of toe negro would be formally held as before the committee.- The rumor on the outaid is that the Republicans are waiting on action in the case of the nomination of Frank A. Linney for dis trict attorney of the Western District -r Wort Carolina, as wey aa uot wis to have the two eases foeussed too prominently Is the publie eye, and the quick tote of approval ef the Republi cans on ' the nomination, of Johnson would smell too much of bargain and sale proposition after the way in which he Georgia pegro grabbed bold of the ' leaaey a-wr jnaneenwre n a-roe from 'Nofti Carolina to swallow Mr. Llaney's surrender to their de mands, aftef they had, demanded bis weuip. ioeru M wuBjcr amu, the Republicans of the committee are bearing from -opponents to the confirm ation of Johnson, and that they are go ing slowy waiting to the noise over the negro's appointment by President Harding to simmer dlwn, their actions at present being: ol the "pussy foot" variety. Republican Attempt Dodge 1 There come the news from North Carolina that the Republicans there, are attempting a "back fire" in the nomina tion of the negro Johnson by President Harding by circulating the report that the appointee of President Woodrow i,Wilas as recorded of deeds of the District of Columbia wat also negro, letters from citizens of the State stat ing this, and asking if there is any troth ia the report. There is no truth in it at all, for the appointee of Presi dent Wilson to that position was John F. Covello, a white man, the District of Columbia member of the Democratic National eommittee. That there should be an attempt made by the Republicans to juatify the appointment of a negro by President Harding with the allega tion that President Wilton's appointee was alto a negro is jutt another on of the dodget which the Republicans are accustomed to make when they find 4k.mi.lvM la had a . hut. . it, un fc work in this instance. J. C. Whitmire of Cherryville, Tran sylvania county, who wrote Senator Simmons for a copy of the picture of the negro Johnson, writes a letter of thanks to Penator Simmons for sending bint one wnick be bad asked for which be might post ia his store that the white Republicans of Western North Carolina might have a view of the black countenance of their negro ally. Ia bis letter be says: "I write to thank yea freely for the picture of Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro. National Republican National committeeman, for the State of Georgia. The whit people of my section swear by all that is good aad bad they will not tolerate sack deeds as this thing just pat over the good white people by President vfi4rdlig. ' The WuBliciSi te tfnii bias streaks ever this very act and farther say that they, as white eitiicn cannot stand for any such jdnk as this.' Holla Arraign Bepabllcaae A terrific arraignment of the actios ot the Republican majority of the Seaato ia-ita plana to kill the eonsWcM Mttoa b)U for the aoMisr wa madofby ho said mast hat gotten aader the hide ot some ot those Republicans who are preparing to break their pledges to support the measure. Senator Heflin ekaUeaged their actions as' a betrayal of the interests at the men who at the call ot their ooaatry bad carried oar tar to victory la Prance, a refaaal of aid to mea who bad offered their lives at the call of their soantry. Ho pictured the American soldier geiag tot battle at Cbateaa Thierry la deep rate battle with the very flower ot the Germaa forces aad driving them back, aad coatrasted that picture with the Americaa soldier received witk ac claim aa bis return, aew refused by the Republicans money that Won Id enable kim to keep the wolf from! the loer. It wat a speech that was tjlequsat aad full af facts for the bonub legislation. Aad st its riot Demoeriti Senators crowded about Senator Heffta witk Com- rrtgl.iia on his eplealid present. tioa af the caste er tie mea who tCW.insed ia FigdTirC.) , "Don't The Boys Look Grand?" Well, We Should "Say They Do Raleigh Band's Some Band, Even a Regular Army Ser- LaeantAdmiisJt ls;j FINE MUSIC BREEZES. AND PLENTY TO EAT After Gruelling Drills In Sand, Young Gallants find It .Restful At Morehead By JONATHAN DANIELS. . afreorresBonaent7"Sf"T Camp Glenn, July ISr-From seven tt eleven, under a sun that only beats on tbs flat sand country, the commands of intjors and corporals have hammered out the slow moving minutes for the t'red, dusty, sweaty guardsmen at drill. But with the afternoon comes hours of drill when after a cooling shower, with a clean shirt, and smoothly eombed hair the gallants of the camp on pass set out for Morehead City and the beach to spend, perhaps, those hours with members of the. other sei so prone to exclaim : "Don't the boys look just grand in their uniforms." There is something glorious about the life at Camp Glenn. There Ss'a fine virility about the type of men who make up North Carolina's National Guard. For the most part they are young men, who in their enthusiasm, see adventure and life is even- the most monotonous routine of the soldier's life. Then there arc men who have seen service with the Americaa Expedition ary forces in Prance and Germany, -By ktrving they have developed a iplr'. of service and they arc happy in help ing their State and country in peace as well as in war. All of them are interested in their work and their spirit in the performance of their duties is of the highest order. Cam- Life Delightful. The health and cleanliness of the life makes it delightful. The camp tisolf is perfectly clean and the wind that sweeps its streets from Bogus sound has in it the wine of life. The food that falls before the lusty appetites of this hard working, healthy living band of State soldiery is of the best. The water for the encampment comes from the camp's own. arteaiaa jelL. camp ha about it tfte appearance of i-sppincrs and health. The doctors' at the -camp Jav become-Jihat Caesar would have called impedimenta. Thus far, betide the binding of blisters-and L VOTE FR! oiiipinAt Democrats Attack Republican Plan To Send Bonus Bill Back To Committee .i Washington,. July 13. Aa agreement for a vote Friday at 1 o'clock on the motion to re-commit the soldier bonus bill was reached by the Senate, late to day by unanimous eonsent. The result of the vote, leaders of both factions agreed waa not in doubt, re-eommltal at requested by President Harding in his address yesterday to the Senate, be ing deemed certain. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Re publican leader, secured the agreement at the close ot another day's ssault by Democratic Senators. Mr. Lodge said the re-eommittal motion was ia the way of other important measures, such as the anti-beer and maternity bills. In agreeing to a vote, however, Democrats gave notice that they1 would not only oppoae the Republican motion, but also would seek to instruct the finance committee to report the ' bill back' at' an early' date.''"' '" ' ... Tom Watsoa la Action Senators Watson of Georgia,' and Heflin of Alabama, led the Democratic attack today ot the motion to re commit. Senator Myers, Democrat, Montana, however, advocated re -committal and much of the day was given to a clash between him and Senator Watsoa. The voting agreement involve", hold ing the bonna measure and the recom mittal motion before the Senate con tinuously until the roll call Friday. It was reached after Republican tsenators, who continued to refrain from replying to Democratic assaults, gave up hope of securing a vote cither today or tomor row. Private arertarea for a vote to morrow wer rejected by Democratic Sssttwsj whe Tnslftcd that aspic Wart should be givea for preaeatiag the op position arguments to the country. Attack aa Harding f That President Harding bad exceeded the constitatioaal limitations ia asking the 8enat to postpone consideration of the bill was asserted by Senator Wat noa. The Bepublicaa mora, be said, tu to tend the bill to a chloroform commit' presided ever by a chloro form Seaator. That the Republicans proposed "patting the bill to sleep for ever", was asserted also by Senator HetW L. ' :- -., : - ' . v- ' .:-!..:. Senator Hefiia charged that big money interests had contributed to eleetioa of a Republican Presides I and Congress, aad sow wer aayingt "Deliver the goods." The cam interact, h said, wet threatening to. teas a geni if the bin should be patted, Be coatead ed that the treasary was seit'y able to boar the bardew of the bill. . . ' Americaa Jc act Ashore. . Tirkt Island, Bahamas, July 13. The General Pershing, aa Americaa - 8vo masted schooner which left Norfolk Jaao 30 with a earg of coal tor Bre merton, went ashore on Zndymloa reek July 1L The vessel m breaking sp fact bet the crew has been taken off aad com aad store saved. The General Pershing was baDt at Olympla, Washington, in WIS. The vcucl kid a gross Uaasgt of S,VA, J DAY HERE'S FLETCHER IN FIGHTING TOQS U'c 7t .. . ';,'.::. v 'W "' ' . . ,v .: :.v . . (r V l ; ,w Capt. A. L. Fletcher, who between times writes "The Forward Obesrva- looking after the supply company for the First Regiment, North Carolina National Guard. It's some job, too, but the former newspaper editor finds time to entertain visitors with the kind of hospitality that has made Morehead City and itt 'environs meaninng Cmp Glenn famous. the administering of salts they have had no work to do. No man in camp hoi been sick enough to be put to bed for more than an hour. The work of the encampment still deals with training in the basic pria ciples of military , science. The work todny included physical drill, bayonet drill, - infantry drill, care of personal equipment, personal hygiene, and pre liminary range instruction. . The - men are required to conform to ttrick mili- J Conthwed a page four.) IRISH CONFERENCE Lloyd George And Eamonn De valera To Meet In Downing Strefet Rooi Today London, July 13. (By the Assoeiatd Press.) A conversation - which it is hoped, may mark the last act of one phase ot Ireland's troublous history snd serve as a prelude to the long sought peace in the island ia to take place in the dingy eld cabinet room in Downing street tomorrow, when the British Prime Minister, Mr, Lloyd George, and the Irish Republican leader, Eamonn. De Valera, meet in an effort to dear the stage iot holding a "three party" peace conference, in which Great Britain the Sinn Fein and Ulster will . endeavor to compote their differences. On of the most convincing indie tions of the fervency of the hope that the-meeting will presage an era of peace is the reluctance of both the gov ernment and the Irish circles to dis cus, the probable details ot the initial Mion, both parties insisting that ths tituitiot. is so delicae that a aingle un fortunate word migt seriously 'pre judice the. proceedings .or jeopardize whatever chance of ultimate success exist. Propaganda Mills. Both sides have "propaganda mills" fully organized,' and ready ,for busi ness, but both arc silent. This reticence ia heightened by the fact that a break down ot the negotiations, which are now finally undor way, would in all likeli hood result in bitter recriminations, ec cu sat bus snd possibly the resumption of armed conflictt an aftermath which for Ireland would bo a worse state of affairs than if the pourparlers had never been Instituted. But while there waa little word for the pnblic regarding the proceedings, .the eve of the conference saw intense ac tivity oa both camps. The premier re viewed the situation witk a Urge staff of advisers in ths solitude of his coun try home, while Mr, De Valera ipent the day and the evening in taking eounser with Arthur Griffith, aad other aide accompanying hint, together with many London pertitaaa. To a qaettioa aa to whether Mr. De Valera would eater the conforjne; witk a dcfla:to policy to which k was pkdged to adhere, oa of hit assodstes said "Twe weeks ag any of as eoald bar answered that question briely aad certainly, but the position ia altered now." - , Taos whs have followed . rcccat event closely interpret this aa aa iadi catiea that the Iriak leader would ast pre the claim for aa Independent re public, bat Yplay cards" ia sn effort to tears ths atmost Great Britain was prepared to give, which would b sub mitted to the Pail Eireaaa. tor eoa- uderatioa er acceptoac. Sir Jane Craig, the Ulster premier, w crossing from Belfast toaigbt aad will fee at bead if the obstacle offered by tb preliminary discassiona are cleared. - -,.-,---..' . To what ritent the public win be per mitted to ksew wham transpire withla tb eonf' -"pfe chamber will be oa at u V t b determined tomor row. I , f-rps manifest ths beHef that f ; -mea )f the-' confer? wo'J t t served tf ' wnhho'-ig ia c t s- ,i a coaeitttivt f - t tta:.- '. I . SPECIAL SESSION ; ONEVEOFDECisiDN Governor And Council Of State Will Confer Today Over Situation IMPOSING BATCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FILED Expected Disposal - Of J 700, 000 In School Funds Of State May Have Important Bearing On Cause Of Cities; Mayor FJdridge Discusses, Outlook A Special session of the General As sembly' is a certainty and the Council of State which meet today with the Governor for a consideration of the financial ataeetneats of cities in support of their petition for a special session la expected to vote almost solidly for tb session. Thus far, neither the Governor nor the members ot the Council ot State bat seen the imposing batch of state ments which have been filed in the exe cutive office to show that the cites cannot function without relief from the handicap imposed by a clerical blunder in the 1921 sesipn. - It ail came about by the failure of a clerk to record on the 1921 Municipal Finance Act the fact that the bill pass ed its third reading ia the Senate by roll call. There is abundant evidence that it did, but the Supreme Court held that the Senate journal was the only competent evidence of Senate trans actions. Agitation Starts Early Agitation for a special session started immediately with the discovery of the. error. Ey reason of it, a test ease was carried before the Supreme Court which definitely held that the act was invalid and -which threw the municipalities back to tha 1919 Revaluation 'act aad the ten per cent limitation oa revenue. This unless .corrected, will bold the cities ia 1921 to only tea per cent more revenue than, waa a reliable ia 1918. BalelgV atatemcat skews that it the city aadtrtske this program of financ ing it will fall short at tie end ot the year'by tlil.000. ' Wlastoa-Salem pro mise to have a deficit, nsder the same circumstance of 19i,00O. Other cities ar proportionately bard hit, according to their officials. The filing of financial atatement fol lowed a meeting of tho North Carolina Municipal Association here when repre sentntives of all ths larger cities and moat of the important smaller ones joined in sn appeal for a special ses sion. The Governor, calling ia the Council ot State for advice' determined that to meet the constitutional requirements for a special session, more definite in formation on the emergency necessitat ing it should be at hand. Accordingly, the cities were asked to file their financial statements. At a subsequent meeting, the date for s decision was set as July 14. Tho Stat Situation 8inee that time, an expected deficit of 700,00 has developed in the school funds of the State and it is likely th.it this will have considerable weight in tha decision of the Governor and the Conneil of State today. While it is the sense of some of the members of the Council of State that the special session should not be called if it is called, until ths fall, the majority, it is understood, is in fsvor iot aa immedi ate call, otherwise, it is pointed ' out if there, is any legislative amendments to the taxing provisions of the law, the various eonnties may become involved in embarrassments and delay at the time for collections. No limitation has lea diseo?ercd beyond thst of reasonable notice which govern the chief executive in the is suance of a call for a special scMinn. Prognostications en tbo eve of the meeting of the Governor and Oounril of Bute wer to the effect that the legislature might be in special session not later than August IS. Mayor Eldrlige Confident Mayor T. B. Eldridg yesterday af ternooa gave tt as his opinion that a special tratioa of the General Assem bly was inevitable. , 'IOTlBfbfminoI "T Save regarding reports from cities and towns, it ap pear inevitable that a special aeesioa at tb legislator is to be called," de clared the mayor. , - Mr. Eldridg als said that as impor tant stats matters bar loomed np sine the municipalities etorted their drive for a special sessioa, he wss of tb opinioa tb stats seeds the special eoaelave srbcet si bsd aa tb cities. H referred to tb eoidittoas surrounding tb state's educational system aad the loans for financing highway improve ments as matters , which b believed would reqnir atteatio at special seasioa. Mr. Eldrldga said that la tb eveat a special sessioa i act aad, tha cities, schools aad highways would bav to draf afestg smdev.ttistts; eoa dlttoac for more tksa year aad a kslf. The mayor added that the financial troubles of tb Cities would probably be tb least troublesome of aay before tb special seesioa, as it aprwrestly will eliuply be matter at correcting a clerical error aad putting it through th usual reutia for passag strain. Important state marten, b declared, however, would require much coaaidev. tioa oa th part of th law-makera. Mr. Eldridg said be believed state matters woo id be givea cons! of more prominent discaasiea at th meeting today tha th cities' aaaeial 4- DISARMAMENT IDEA GETS APPROVAL OF i Additional Pledges of Co-Operation Received By The Washington Government JAPAN ONLY NATION NOT HEARD FROM ON MATTER Governmental Jled - Tape Be lieved To Be Cause Of Be lated Expre9si6u From Land Of The Mikado; Favorable Reply Expected From China Soon Washington, July 13. Addition -.1 pledget of co-operation reached Wash ington from acveral quarters today in response to President Harding's pro posal for an international conference on limitation of armaments and other world problems. Definite acceptances of the FrcsT" dent's invitation to particip.nto were received at the State Department dur ing the day from Great Britain and Italy, while informal advices -came, to official circles here that a favorable reply from China might be expected in the near future. At the tame time it. became known that much sympathetic interest" had been manifested inform ally by acveral governments who do not expect to have seats ia the conference. Japan Holding Out, France having previously expressed her willingness to take part, the only invited power from which no sort of an expression had been received tonight was Japan. Administration officials were confident of an acceptasce from the Tokio government, however, and in Japanese quarter! here it was indicated that tha delay undoubtedly was due tu the formalities of consultation among various branches of the Japanese gov ernment, which are necessary in the decision of an important public ques Hon. State Department officials would not reveal jsktbr any formal communi cations oa the subject had been received from government not invited to parti cipate, although it was Understood that no advicea of an adverse nature, at least, bsd reached the department from abroad. ' So tat tbo report here indicate, setiment abroad ia content witk the " President's decision to have tha membership of th conference lim ited to the big five powers and China. ha Meetiag ia Leaden Press dispatches indicate! ng that soma British statesmen desired to have th preliminaries of the conference held ia London were not taken serious ly either ia British quarters heie or by officials of the administration. It wat pointed out that the l.ntish govern ment had accepted definitely the Presi. dent's proposal for holding the meet ing here, and that a later qualification Rom London was scarcely to be ex pectcd sfter the discussion bad reached such a positive stage. Among high American officials there was manifest a strong sentiment that the whole conference should be held here both on aeeonat of the facility of business such . a plan would make possible and because of a feeling that America was entitled to be the host, since she had initiated the movement and issued the invitation. It waa ap parent also that convening of the meet ing on American soil, would be reckon ed here as giving the administration an opportunity better to keep in touch with the pulse of American publie opin ion and more easily to marshal publie sympathy and support for the efforts of toe negotiators. BOOTH MONUMENT IS SUBJECT OF PROTEST Sons Of Veterans Ask That Memorial To Lincoln's Slayer Be, Destroyed Lincoln, Neb, July 13. Pelham A. Barrows, national eommander of the Sons of Veterans, yesterday forwarded a letter to President Harding asking that be order the destruction of a monument, reported to be in Troy, Alabama, which contains aa inscription honoring Wilkes Booth for the murder of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Barrows stated that thia was in accordance with resolutions pasted by a number of veterane posts. Maaumeat Is Semoved. Troy. Als, Julv 1J.A moaumcat erected' lire T la WSIitIesr iottc memory of John Wilkes Booth, slsyer of President Lincoln, ' which brought setton recently by the Sons of Vetersns ia ths form of protest to President Harding, was removed a few days ago, according to aaaouneement by the towa council of this place. . Th moaumcat was purchased by Piak Carter, a policeuua, wh mad aa effort to erect tt e Court House Square. Prmiasloa to place th moau meat aa public grounds being denied, Carter placed it es kis wa premises uhsr it stood until removed recently. HARKINS SLATED FOR -ASSISTANT TO UNNEY AshetiTla, July llAhvil1 Jewnb- I leans, wh bav followed tb case f Prank A. Linaty, at Boose, nominated by Presideat Harding to be United State district attorney for the Western North Carsllaa district, whose appoint ment kaa btea held np ia the tenets, r f tb ofjiaioa tost th Lisaey eos finnatioa will com th rough withia a week r tea days. Bat to a delay ia tbo Seaato procedure th eentrsatioi was axneeted this wuk. Thomas J. Barkias, f (Ushvaie, will be uaaera am assistant' local Sepnb Ucaaa believe. Mr. Harkiaa ia elated to become the trinl ss intact ac Mr. linney ia isiUlk! is. eTea, - POWERS CONCERNED ARMY AIRMEN SINK DESTROYER DURING TESTS WITH BOMBS COW ON RAILROAD TRACK CAUSES DEATH OF ONE AND INJUR OF THREE OTHERS Tiftoa, Ga,, Jaly U.-S. F. Webb, of Vajdosta, Ga., freight conductor oa tho Georgia, Southern and Florida Railroad, was scalded to death and three ether trainmen Injured when a southbound freight trsla wss wrecked nttrXHuU, Jettr south ot Tifton, this afternoon. Th engine and eight cars were derailed when (he engine struck a cow. Webb was riding in ths engine si the time of the accident. Chairman George White Shows How Republican Congress Refused To Heed The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bunk Building. . ,By EDWARD E. BRlTTON (By Special Lenscd Wire.) Washington, July 13. Chairman Boo. White, .iif the JJemoctatle lional .com -mittce, when asked to comment on Pres ident Harding's address in person to the Senate, said: '"I have no desire to criticize the President for following in the footsteps of his predecessor in reading his mes sages and addresses in person to the Congress, nor in exerting his personal influence in matters of legislation he deems urgent. ""President Wilson, however, never attempted in this wsy to block legists tion, but always to expedite it. ''The atatement of President Harding in his bonus bill address that there is confessed disappointment over the de lay in tax revision and asserting that such revision f Is' 'L'senikl"to-'fb'rrety' beginning' ol the restored order - or things is an echo of the insistent de mand from the business world -for Im mediate ..action), in. this, matter audi dc servea comment. Wilton Urged Revision "Although President Wilson urged the revision at th tax laws M the repeal ot burdensome and unnecessary war taxos Upon' Republican Congress In May, 1919, tax revision still waits upon the tariff. At the first session of the (Kith Congress, upon hit retara from tho Peace Conference, President Wilson asked Congress to undertake early con ideration of Federal taxes, especially a revision of the income tax, excess profits tax, and the abolition of many minor taxes growing out of the war and commonly called nuisance taxes. Among other things, President Wilson said : S'A revision of tho income tax has already Veen provided for by the act of 1918. But I think you will find that further changes can be made to ad vantage, both in the rates of the tax and the method of its collection, the excess profit tax need not long be main tained at the rates which were necessary while the enormous expenses of the war had to be borne. '" 'Many of tho minor taxes provided for in the revenue legislation of 1917 and 1918, though no doubt made neces sary by the pressing necessities of the war time, can hardly find sufficient justification under the easier circum stances of peace, and can now happily be got rid of; among these, I hope you win agree, are the excess Upon the va rious manufacturers sad th taxes upon retail sales. Their collection ia diffi cult and expensive. Harding Confesses Disappointment "In his address to the Senate, two years .and two months later, Tuesday last, President Harding said: "'After s survey of more than four mouths, contemplating conditions which would stagger all of us were it not for our abiding faith, in America, I am fully persuaaed tnat tnreo things are esseu tiul to the very beginning of the re stored order of things. These are the revision, including reduction, of our internal taxation, the refunding of our war debt and the adjustment of our foreign loans. "'When Congrcas was called in ex Inordinary session I called your attco tion to ths urgent measures which I thought demanded your consideration Yon promptly provided the emergency tariff, and good progress has been made toward the much needed and more do- liberate revision of our tariff schedule. There is confessed disappointment that o litila proeres fesl 'been made in the readjustment and tht reduction of the war time tsxea. Wouldn't Heed Wiltoa . "The 'confessed disappointment' of which President Harding speaks ove( ths delay in re sajusunent ana reaue tion of war time taxes is caused en tirely by the failar of his party to act ia this nutter. The republican nnrtv was in power ia both branches ot Congress during tht last two years of President WUsoa t administrstioa, (Continued oa Page Two.) Free Passage The family going to th shore, ot mountains, for a snOsth er tws this yearf Nof Cant afford it this yesrf Koaeteaee, at course yon can, if yea will let tb Wtat Ads kelp How! . By resting tha bout furnished for tb period of absence for there are always persoas looking or furnished house or oat like your for tb summer mea tht. Tell them about youf boat; they art car to Lk it and th rent re ceived will more 'haa pay your tmvelfar expeaaea to year favorit retort Try it aad see! HARDING HOES DEMAND 0 IN Officials Regard Attack On "Enemy" Craft As One Of , Greatest Spectacles In History of Air Service AIR FIGHTERS SCORE 20 : HITS ON TARGET PLACED. UUtAN Three Hits With 300-Pound MwaMvss h a w VIA aWJ AJlg UACM . tin Bombers Send Forme?. German War Vessel To Bot tom In Little More Than An Hour; Seventeen Hits With, ' Small Bombs Apparently Have Little Effect; Army Demonstrates It Can Go Out To Sea And Meet Approach ing Enemy Float; All Except two ur so rianes And Three Blimps Beturn Safely; Crews . Picked Up On Board U. S. S. Delaware, Off Virginia Capes, July 13. ; (By the Associated Press.)- Army airmen accounted today for the former German destroy er G-102 in what was regard ed by Army and Navy officers as one of the greatest spec tacles in the history of the American air service. Thirty-five army planes and three blimns came n'cbtw . - --o i mues to sea irom Langley riem to participate in the op erations, demonstrating, army men said, the ability of this arm of the National defense forces to go out and meet an enemy fleet approaching the coast. All except two of the air craft returned safely to their bases and the crews of these vfssela ;aCter the plsn: had been forced down to the water. Strictly Army "Shaw." This, tlia third phase of the joUt . Army and Navy bombing tests, waa strictly la Army "show.'. Twentyfoor us. i iie aircraii mat put out Irom chore took direct part in the attack, launch ing 84 bombs, twenty of which found the target. Seventeen hits were mad with 25-pound bombs dropped by tea S. E. pursuit planes and apparently did little damage. The other three hits wer scored with 300 pounders and they sent ; th destroyer down to join the former German . submarine U-117, sunk by ' Naval aviators three weeks ago. The first of the big bombs to find the mark struck the G-102'! bridge, carrying part of it away and blowing out the forward smokestack. The sec onddropped by the same plane, tha thirteenth of the Martin bombers ia tho second attacking squsdroa of four i... . i - . i .... ... ... "w viatuUHru Slav 01 Ul destroyed sear the water line aa aha rolled in a heavy swell and tor away rrt of her shell plating above and be low the water. Scor Tw Good Hits. These two hits were scored at 10JW a. m., fifty minutes after the first at tack was started. The once enei y craft immediately began to settle by th bow and in five minutes her forecsstle deck wss nearly awash. It was apparent, however, to Navy and Army offieera tn the Delaware, the official ebservatioB ship, that the C102 had not received hei death blow, aa she ceased to settl swaiting the final hit. This came in twenty minutes, th f.-urteenth bomb dropped by th Mar-" tin planes, which had reformed aad re turned to the attack, striking flush oa tho deck just forward of amidships. In a few seconds the destroper's bow was under and she settled rapidly, her stern rising high in the air before she slid under the surface of the sea a Theory of Battle. The theory of bottle was carried out ty ths army air force, which operated ur.aer the personal direction of xsriga d'er General Mitchell, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Service, driving , tingle-scat pursuit plane. Observing and fast tmrsnit nlanet were first -n the scene, to locate the "enemy and theoretically clear the air for the heavy . . bombers, which came afterwards. Ths G-102 was anchored in a semi circle of battleships, destroyer aad naval auxiliarea whea th first ot th army planet wat tightcd just befor ta "sero" hour, set for 9 a. m. Th target rolled aad pitched la a fairly bear sea and there was a strone wind blow.-- ing. This served to Clear away tha low hvnging eloutls befor th final attack by the Martla bombers began. ThC first army plaaes out were ob servers, those aboard getting th range. They bad beea preceded by bait a doaca . Naval plaaes, two of tha M. C typ which crossed th Atlaatie, aad. the circled about while ene ot tht army . fancy 'exbibitiaa at "stunt- flying aver tb target. - ' ' 1 , . rtrot Boat! Arm. At 9:15 clock th first f th bomb ing tore came up over th korison. This was a squsdroa of tja fast pur suit planes, each carrying fear 15 pound bombs. They circled tha target and disappeared behind a long, lew-haaging cloud bask aly to emerge ia a few minutes ia singls file to go to th at tack.! At they swooped dowa r-tt " target they rwMrabWg grest sea g-i d'ving down to the fa. Ill am piano swept oowa re at t . (Continued oa Pare Fer)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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