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- '7 v . . . : a. TUB WEATHER Pertly cloudy, scattered local showers Monday and Tuesday. audi bser WATCH LABEL on your paper. Band renewal rive days tefor oxplrstloa In order to avoid missing ingle opy. i VOLCXIV. NO. 18. .-.is- - JEN-PAGES TODAY. . RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING.JULY 18, 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Q ver CONGRESS II " HI WEATHER IN ; HGHTONJARIFF Democrats Force Oil Schedule To Front In House and . Start Uproar BEDLAM BREAKS LOOSE DURING HEATED DEBATE One Member Wants To Enow "Wher,e We Are At," But .., Nobody Able To Tell Him ; Oil Tfust Calling For Tariff; Senate Committee Mai . Act On Linney Nomination Today The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District Nat. Bank Bldg., By EDWARD E. BR1TTON. (By Special Leased Wife.) Washington, July 17. Amidst scenes of uproar in the House the Republican majority continues to thrust down the throats of the Democratic minority the "monstrous items'' of the Fordney tariff bill. .The Republicans having refused to strike from the bill the three year dyestuff embargo yesterday took up the section of the bill containing the provision for a duty on petroleum and crude oil, this bringing on a heated ........fight, the Democrats,, under the leader- ship of Acting Flour Leader Finis Gar rett, of Tennessee, forcing the oil issue to the front. Congressman Garrett offered an amendment to put petroleum nod fuel oil back on the free list and when this amendment was thrown out on a point of order pandemonium broko loos. There was shouting and uproar, mem bers endeavoring to be heard by the force of lung power, a terrific, shout from one Republican reviving that old time phrase as in stentorian notes he made inquiry, "Whore are we at?" But nobody seemed to know, and no body seemed to care, except to be heard. Treadwsy Flic Track. Representative Treadway, of Massa chusetts, a Reprbliean and a member of the ways and means committee, flew . ..the track from the committee's action ' rih'3 iiffered'an amendment to wipe out the proposed duty of !!5 cents a barrel on crude petroleum and 2" cents a rel on fuel oil, getting in his amend ment as a member of the committee, hut this did not suit the Jcmocr.tts, t- . . i 1...: . t. ...It. . fVW wno, oiler iciiinK inu iui. u live minutes, raised objections and an nounced they wcro ready to thut off da bate and rote. Then there was more confusion and thi splitting of the air with raueout voices, Representative Robertson, of Oklahonn, winning shout of approval from the tariff on oil back ers by taking a side swipe at Repre sentative Treadway and his supporters with a vigorous demincitioa of what bo termed "the New England policy or demanding protection .with one hand and free trade with the other," a mixed metaphor that was greeted witl1 shrieks of hysterical laughter, the fight on the oil question going over till Monday. The oil trust is calling for the tariff, and ''their master' voice" is being heeded by the Republicans. The con "SUmer is IS foot the bill of increased costs that will materialize when Me ! tariff will add from two to three cents 'a thousand cubie feet in the making (of gas, while the oil trust will pocket tha proceeds oT ttie looting; of the peo jple. And the taxpayers who are called on to foot the bills for building good Toads will finu, that this tariff will in crease the cost of road building. Trom all tections of the country arise voices of protest against the tariff on oil, but the Republican have their orders and re going to put through this "mon atrous item." The Federal highway council has writ ten to Representative Rrinson,- and other members of Congress, protesting against this proposed ' tariff on crude oil. It acts out that the Federal gov ernment as well as etates and counties are now expending and preparing 'o expend vast soma on highway construc tion, and that with the. proposed tariff additional appropriations will have to be made, chat while for several year highway construction and maintenance have been seriously handicapped by the high cost of road building materials, the adoption of the proposed tariff would increase the price of oil and its bi-products, these used in road eon struction and maintenance, from 15 to 25 per tent. The proposed, tariff wil be to proteet th oil "big business" in terest at the expense of the people generally, and the Democrats are mak ing this known by the rumpus they lire raising about that item in the Fordney bill which will add to the al ready swollen profits of the oil trust and aid it to wallop some more the independent oil producers. . .Senator Eip"fe "Remark." These "dog day1' of Intense heat re affecting legislator at both end of the eapitol. In the House they have not yet got down to invitation to "come outside" and settle it, a in the Senate, bnt the outlook is for hot language with hot weather thi week. And there i tiU talk "of the hot exchange of "courtesies'' between Senator McCum ber, of North Dakota, and Senator Jim Reed, of Missouri, with Senator Me Cumber inviting the Missouri Senator to "come outside'1 either for firsteuff r ':pistol and coffee for two," and the Missourian retorting with' the decla ration that invitation "to come ouUide ' and settle it is the refuge of black guards." Both Senator have bine pen ciled their 'lighting language from the Congressional Record, which reads as ) peaceful as a May morning, bnt there ha been no inch happening ia-laa- rge or in threat is the past 30 year the Senate, m X ant assured by a veteran newspaper man who ha been reporting that body for that period, not re when the lata. ''Pitchfork" Ben Tillman was atirrinf no thine. and u ana remember that at any time ana Senator was shouting at another to "tit down! a waa tho eon tinned shouting of Senator . Tom Watson, of Georgia, to (Con tinned an Paga Twa.J Proposed Tariff on Raw Cotton Biggest oker in Fordney Bill Only Excuse For Ten Per Cent Tax On Non-Existing Exports Is To Enable Republicans To Increase Duty On Cotton Goods, Democratic Leader In House Declares; Democrats To Oppose Joker Almost Solidly jv. Washington, July 17. After a Sun day's rest, the House will enter tomor row the last week of consideration of the Fordney tariff bill with what has come to be regarded as the most highly controversial of all paragraphs in the measure the duty on oil staring it in the face. Under the special rule governing con sideration of the tariff bill, a final voto is due late Thursday. In the meantime, however, the House has to dispose of the oil question and take separate votes on raw cotton and as phalt. Whether cotton should be trans ferred to the dutiable list presents another problem likely to bring a stormy session and leaders said it pjrobsbly would be a repetition of the fight for a duty on hides. Oppose Cotton Tariff. - Democratic member of the House from cotton growing states announced after informal conferences today that almost a solid party vote would be cast against the republican amendment to the Fordney tariff bill providing a duty of ten per cent ad valorem on raw cotton. ' - Outlining the position of the minority Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, acting Democratic leader, declared the "iniquity" of the proposal "was glar ingly apparent" in view of the state ment tf Representative Green, qf Iowa, ranking Republican member of the ways and means committee that it would not increase the price paid the farmer for his product. Mr. Garrett added that "tho only eicuse for the tax was to enablo Republicans to in crease tho duty on cotton goods.'' One of Biggest Joker. ''AmidVt ifo many jokers in the Ford ney Bill," said Mr. Garrett in a state ment, "it is well nigh impossible to say which is the superlative one, but certainly the proposition to put a duty on all raw cotton when none is import ed anil the Treasury cnu derive no duty Investigation Brings Two Cars To Surface; May Be Many There Uncovery of a more or leu general practice of driving insured automobiles in the 70 feet of water in the old rock quarry a mile east of the city, report ing them lost and collecting the insnr aic.3 money, got under wa f ycsteiday when Bagwell ft Bagwell, prominent firm f t insurance brokers hero, insti tuted dredging proceeding in the quarry.' Two automobiles were booked, and brought part of the way to the sur face, but broke from their moorings and slipped back into the 70 feet of water. The steering wheel of one car, thought to bo a Hudson missing for some weeks past, was brought to the surface. Fragments of tho other car hooked Indicate that it waa a Ford. Operations will be cotitinned today, and until the quarry has been thoroughly fished. A crowd of several hundred pcopla watched the fishing yesterday afternioi, and will probably gather to watch it again today. N happenings in the city haa stirred more widespread inter est than the development of rumors that many lost automobiles were at the bottom of. the hole blasted here in years past when considerable quantiri.es of stone were quarried. Neither of the members of the Bag well firm, could be seen last night, but it is understood that rumors have been coming to them for a week or more past that more than one "loaf ear upon which they had recently paid the owner insurance was at the bottom of the quarry. News of the efforts to get hem out spread and hundreds of people were there yesterday afternoon to wit ness the progress of the investigations. The deflation period, with the prfee of automobiles and the inclination to buy fallen flat, is believed to have Im pelled owners in need of money to drive their ears into the quarry and report them lost or stolen. What secret the dredging will eventually de velop are awaited with the keenest sort of interest. Bigger crowds are expected out for today' continuation of the in vestigation. TWO INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT IN TWIN CITt Winston-Salem, July 17. D. E. Bov ender, a young married man who re side on 'Shuttle (treat, Southside, is at the City Memorial Hospital unconscious, and Thurmaa Coffey, a thirteen -year-old boy, is at the same hospital with a fractured skull and other injuries as a result of an accident on South Main street where it intersects with the read leading ont to Waughtowa lata yester day afternoon. It ia aaid that th Coffey boy, who i a son of Policeman Coffey, waa rid ing south on hi bicycle oa tha right aide of Main street. Mr. Bovender waa on th tool box oa th running board of an automobile which was on H proper tide of th tha street travel irg north toward town. To Celebrate IMth Anniversary. Pensaeola. Fla, July 17. Tha 100th anniversary of tha Cession of Florida to tha United States will ba celebrated her tomorrow. Speaker will include Attorney General Diver H. Buford, of Florida, and Mayor John IX. Martia. cf Jacksonville, Army and aavy force will take part in tha celebration, th V. 8. B. Allegheny having been de tailed for duty her in connection with aha ctlebratioa, -.,--- LOSTAUTOtViOBILES AT QUARRY BOTTOM thereby is at least ar great as an. 1 "To bring it mnoediately home to the cotton farmers, a duty en raw cot ton will give nothing by way of in creases in price, but it will be made the excuse for raising the duty"an"d 'hcrefore the price upon evcrytihng made of cotton which he has to buy." In framing the tariff bill the wnys and mean committee kept raw cotton on the free list where it was in the old Fayne Aldrich bill. When the Re publican caucus took the bill in hand,' however, a fight led by Southern Re publicans was made to tax cotton, some of the advocates of this move asserting it would help break the ''solid South." Balk of Co to a Exported. Declaring that the bulk of the Amer ican crop of cotton was exported, and that not more than two hundred thou sand bales of long staple, or Egyptian cotton, was imported in any year, Mr. Garrett asserted that on short staple cotton the South had absolutely no competition, for scarcely a bale of it waa imported. "And now it is proposed, in view of the production and import records, he said, "to impose a duty of ten per cent on all cotton. Why! The Fordney joker lies in the fact that when the House vo(es in the 10 per cent ad va lorem on raw cotton, the committee oft ways and means will immediately follow it with amendment upon the cotton manufactures schedule, raising tho duties as fixed upon them in the bill from 12 per . nt up in other words, 'hey will give tho compensatory duties and increase the cost of every single article manufactured from cot ton." The cotton tax amendment, under the special rule by which the bill is b?ing considered in the House, will be taken up for a vote Vuosday. Regardless of the outcome then, there will be another vote on the proposal prior to final passage of the measure Tliu;day night. STUDIES WILSON T Raleigh Newspaperman Gets Seat Close To Former Presi dent At Keith's The Newl and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Building. By EDWARD E. BR1TTON (By Special Leased Wire) ' Washington, July 17. Last night through the kindness of Roland 3. Bobbins, manager of Keith's Theater here, I was given a scat elose to the scat occupied bv former President and Mrs. Woodrow Xfilson, who one a week go to ace the vaudeville performances. I wanted to study Mr. Wilson at elose range, and I had the opportunity. Ia hi seat in the very last row of the theatre, this taken by him so as to have little walking to reach his limou sine at the side entrance, he looked a perfectly well and hearty man. His cplor is good,- his cheeks tanned, his eyes clear. It wna only when he started to arise, and assistance was offered, tht there was any sign of his illness. He walks slowly and carefully. During the vaudeville numbers I watched his expression so as to see what appealed most to him. This 1 found to be the quips and jests, the bits of hnmor that came across the foot lights. At theso Mr. Wilson's eiprer sion was of keen pleasure, smile chas ing themselves over his feature. Once or twice he used opera glasses in tak ing note of the actors but the dancing and ainging features brought no look of special interest. As ho was seen en tering the theatre there wa a big round of applause from tho audience a a greeting to him, and once during the performance, when one of the artist, Miss Florence Moore, designated aa a planet of mirth" declared to her piano partner: "We must do our best tonight, for down there in front is the greatest man in the world, President Woodrow Wil son," there was enthusiastic and con tinued applause from all parts of the house. And when Mr. and Mrs. Wil son made their exit big crowds gath ered in the street outside, their cheers a volume of sound as they entered their car and started for home. Again Mr. Wilson's face was wreathed in smiles and he waved his straw hat with the abandon of a care free boy a he kept bowing his appreciation. It wa an other night of ovationa which occur whenever ba attends tha performance,. Federal Bank Statement Tba Federal Reserve Board in. its weekly statement for last week says that volume of business, a measured by debit to individual account re ported for bank in 153 important clearing house centers, declined from $7,579,000,000 for tho week ending July 0, to 17.319,000,000 for th week ending July 13. A compared for th com ponding week ia 1920, debit for the week ending July 13 are imaller by 1 ,980,000,000 or about 21 per cent. Fur Raleigh tha debit to individual ae eonata amounted for tha week ending July 15, to $4,100,000, while, for th previous week they were 4,350j000, a decrease of 1230,000, while for tha cor responding week in 1920 they amounted to 4,25,000. For Charlotte, tha figures are: Week July 13, 1621, 4 ,994,000; week July , 1921, $5,865 ,000 j week July 14, 1920, 18,867,000. . - , There har been placed aa th Fed eral pension rolls tha past week aevea North Carolinian, a follows: ill monthly William T. Erwia, Morgan -toa, and Jobs T, Bradley. Asheville j U; monthly, Donald U MeLanchlia, Wagrasai C F. Easter, Leiiagtoas; Charlea A, Stackard, Burlington- W WHILE IN HEME E BY GREAT ISSUES Bureaucrats In Japan Fear Conference Will Be Domina ted By Anglo-Saxons LIBERALS IN FAVOR OF ENTERING PARLEY Both Camps Agree That Japan Faces Crisis Requiring Vision and Tact ; Invitation To China To Join Causes Mis -firings; Many Fears Enter tained Over Negotiations Tokia, July 16. (By the Associated Prcss.)-Japan today teems n empir.' divided on the great issues created by the summons of President Harding to a conference on disarmament and Far Eastern problems. On one side, largely in the ranks of the burcancrats tfiero are fears that the proposed conference will be domi nated by the Anglo Bnxons and may result in strangling Japan's political and economic development in Asia. On the other sido is a powerful Lib eral group, which demands that Japan enter into the deliberations fearlessly, submitting her wants resolutely, com. batting for them with confidence and not opposing jut ftlaniis. Haggling and bickering, they insist, will ruin the causo of Japan. Japan Facing Crisis Both camps agree that Japan is fac ing a crisis, requiring tact and large ness of vision. Many members of the privy council, according to the well informed newspaper Chugai Shogyo Rhimpo, are pessimistic about the con ference; they contend that tho pro posal to discuss problems and policies of the Far East indicates co-operation between the United States anl Great Britain in an attempt to settle the in ternational questions favorably for them, an indication of which to be seen in the attitude of the English toward the Anglo Japanese alliance. The invitation to China to join in the conference, it is further urged, is additional evidence in support of the theory of a soetet purpose on the part of the Anglo Saxon nation in calling the conference. They argue that China doubtless will strive with the support of England and America for a settle ment of questions in her favor, result ing ta injury to Japanese interests in China. "Japan should make participation J:.: i . . r. cunuuiuuui oa tue settlement, or all questions between Japan and the L'ni ted States, including opening the eco nomic door of all territories in the Pacific to Orientals." Many leaders of Japanese thought are expressing tho opinion that Japan will have ""St Washington the golden opportunity jf her fjiistory to make known to tho world 'her desires and reach the understanding with the I'ni tcd States which is regarded as so vital to Japan s future. Regarded aa Acceptance Despite the reservations contained in Japan's reply to President Harding's invitation to take part in the -Conference, the answer is regarded as a virtual acceptance. It is forecast that when America de fine the problems to be taken un at the conference Japan will prepare a list or questions which she deems es sential for discussion. These, it is ex pected, will be roughly grouped under the headings of the population, food ana raw materials, the last of which it is contended, should be freely arail able to Japan, including cotton from tba.. luted States and India, ' It is generally held that the question of Japanese emigration to the Ameri can continents nud thn British domin ions must be discussed- in connection with Japan s population problem. Ja pan also is expected to urge the accord ing of "most favored nation" treat ment to her products in all countries, and to urge that China should be opened up to the world, including Japan, for residence and business. The opinion also is prevalent that, as the limitation of armaments is a world issue, there i no reason why a discus sion of international problems should be confined to the Far East on the ground that the Far East is a possible regional peat of causes of war. .Several Japanese leaders are quoted as believ ing that there are equally grave possi bilities of war in Europe and as favor ing that the Conference also go into such questions as war indemnities, Graeco Turkish relations, and the Sile sian lijtuation. TWO. MEN INJURED WHEN AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE Collision between a Cadillac and a Gardner automobile, the former coming toward the city and the latter outward bouiid, resulted in painful injuries to Herbert Rosenthal and Jack Cussons shortly after noon yesterday, and con siderable damage to the ear in which they were riding. John Leonard, driver of tha Cadillac, was unhurt. Tha accident occurred it the far end of the pavement aa the Wake Forest road. Mr. Rosenthal and Mr. Cussons were driving out in the Gardner car when the Cadillac rounded the turn and bumped square into them. It is said that tho, Cadillac wa making 43 miles aa hour," aad also that th Gardner car waa on the wrong side of the road. Tha injured were brought to the city, where their injuries received treatment FOUR NEGROES KILLED HT . a a IX BATTUE lis MJUMAiiJ were killed aad Monro Ferguson, business asea. waa seriously wounded ta a forty-miaot battle. Mar Bayrille, La, resulting from aa attempt of dep uty, sheriffs to arreit two negro women J ith tuitin a number ftf small 'whit boy they found ia fwimming. EmPIR DIVIDED OF DISARMAMENT REPORTS PRESENT LAST CHAPTER Republican Senators Center At tacks On Alleged Failure To Prepare For War DECLARE NAVAL WAR CARRIED ON CREDITABLY None Of Serious Charges Made By Admiral Sims Either Jus tilled Or Warranted, De clares Report Submitted By Democratic Minority On Sen ate Sub-Committee Washington, July 17. (By the Asso ' elated Press.) Widely conflicting views regarding direction of the American navy during the early months cC the . war were detailed in Republican and Democratic reports, mailo public today, of tho Senate navui committee' inves tigation of controversies between form er Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral! William i. Him. The reports consti tute the taut chapter itr the famous j Hims Daniels controversy of May, 1D20, caused by Rear Admiral Sims' letter shmply criticising the Daniels' war ad ministration. Mr. Daniels, former President Wilson and Rear Admiral W. K. Benson, former chief of ojerations, were scored severely in the majority Republican report, which charged many aim of omisaiiwf and commission in naval war direction. These otlieinls were as stoutly defended and as highly praised in the minority Democratic report. Admiral Sims was commended by the majority and as sailed by the minority! Two Voluminous Reports A ''self defensive, non nggrrssire and non helpful policy" wan imputed to the Democratic ndministrnti ai by the ma jority report, which also charged' many serious delays in naval operations re suited. The minority found that "uni form success of our operations amply demonstrated the wisdom of the policies adopted and that plans carried out by the Navy Department" and "instead of censure or criticism the depart ment aa well as the (.erviee deserved he hearty commendation of this com mittee and of the American people." Henators llle, Maine; Bell, Dela ware, and Keyen, New Hampshire, signed the Republican majority report, and Senators I'ittuinn, Nevada, and Trnmmell. Florida, the Demoeratio mi nority. Each report makes a icparatc volume embracing detailed review from scores $f wituesses during testimony in the naval sub -committee' inquiry of May, 1920. Two Recommendation Mde Two recommendations were made by the majority for appointment of a professional commission of nnvnl offi cers to study and apply to the Ameri can navy lessons of tho world war, and for a presidential commission, incltid ing civilians, to itudy'and recommend reforms in navy organisation. No re commendations were presented by the minority. The investigation resulted from read ing by Admiral Sims during committee inquiry more than a year ago into his controversy with Mrv Danial v?r naval awards of distinguished service decora tions, of his letter to Mr. Daniels writ ten January 7, 1920, charging the Navy Department with numerous delays and deTcbetioiif lii directing naral war fare. Many specific recommendations for future notary" activities as "lessons of the war'twere made by Admiral Siuu, who was in chief command of naval . operations GY.meas. during the war.. Disrom Sims' Charge Support was given by the majority report to many of Admiral Sims' charges. The minority asserted that "none of tho charges that seemed at all serious were justified or warranted. and were not supported by - the facts,, presented nor concurred in in the opin ions of naval officers who appeared be fore the suti-committee." Admiral Sims' principal charge that administration delays were estimated to have cost five hundred thousand lives and fiftoen billion dollars unnecessarily was discussed in both reports. "'The conclusion seems inevitable that had these delays in naval operations not occurred the American expedition ary forces might have brought about an allied victory earlier than thev actu ally did," said the majority report, "but tho extent to which theso delays failed to shorten the war is altogether con- jectu ral. Tho minority report described the Sims charge as ' monstrous" and "with out foundation," and addeded: Didn't Produce HI Evidence "Admiral Sims failed absolutely to produce any evidence to sustain this serious ehargc. . The evidence shows beyond a shadow of doubt that the army was transported abroad as fast as it was ready, that the submarines did not sink our transports and that mu nitions nna supplies for our srmy crossed the water in ample volume at all times. ' Chief strictures were laid by the ma jority against the former administra tion for alleged failure to prepare for war and for alleged attack of an ag gressive policy, both of which were dc nied by the minority. Tha majority emphasized, however, that its criticisms of aavy administration were confined to the periods prior to 1918, declaring that thereafter "the naval -war was car ried on in such a way as to reflect most creditably oa the navy department a well s on the navy, and similarly it is with pleasure that it can b recorded that th entire point of view expressed by Secretary Daniel oa naval matter changed from thai of aa official whose conduct before aad during .1917 we have been obliged to criticise so sharply." Chferg General Delay. Th majority ia it report stated that "the conclusion seemed unavoidable. that apon our entering tha war sad for many months thereafter tha primary motive of th administration waa not to do every thing possible to help win the war with tha allies and (gainst Set- NAVY CONTROVERSY - (Coatiaced an. Fag Twav) . FORMER GERMAN CR11SEB TO BE BOMBED TODAY Norfolk, Vs., July 17. The former German cruiser Frankfurt was an chored tonight off the Virginia cps swslting a bombing tomorrow by navy and army aviator. Thirty-two airships, Including both sea and land planes were to drop a total of 108 projectiles at the big vessel in a series of attache to begin at t a. m. . . Fair weather with moderate winds was forecast and th airmen were confident that they would be able to send the veaeel down. They were to use bombs ranging In sile from pounds to 6O0 pounds. If tha Trankfart Is afloat after the avia tors finish their attacks by the plan of action she will be shelled by a division of destroyers from the At lantic fleet. If they fail to sink her she will be destroyed by depth chsrgr. RECOVER BODY OF RUTLEDGE FEILD Funeral. Services For Young Man Drowned At Morehead City This Afternoon Funera! seivkea fur. Bulled IVild, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex J. Keild, who was drowned near Morehead City Fri day, will be held from the Church of the (food Shepherd this afternoon at 0:13 o'clock and will be conducted by the rector, the Kev. C. A. Ashby. The remains will be interred in Oakwuod Cemetery. Tho body of the young man was re covered yesterday morning and is ex pected to arme in the city sometiu.e today. Clifton llecknith, young Raleigh man who was the cumpauiou of young Keild at the time of the tragedy, and A. U Feild, brother of tho deceased, were expected to reach the city early this morning from Monhad City; Mr. Heckwith hat constantly been. 'with. parties searching for tho body ami Mr. Keild went dirotiy to Morehead City from New York upon receiving news of the drowning of his brother. Rutledge Keild was a son of Alex J, and Unite K. Fei'd and was born June ISM, iii Oxford. In lx;i9 he moved to Raleigh with his parents, where he was educated in the city schools and in the State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, from which he was graduated in 1VI with the degree of Bachelor of Science, having specialized in agriculture and particularly p apple culture. You ig Feild was a member of the Alpha Zetn honor fraternity and of the Pi Kappa Alpha sociai fraternity. After his graduation he successfully managed for a year tho Brushy Mountain Apple Urebard, a large commercial orchard in Alexander county, North Carolina. He resigned this position and accepted the position as a teacher of science in the high school of the North Carolina State College for Women. He gave up his teaching dunes at the end of tho spring torrn to enter the service of his country lie volunteered us a member of the Durham Battery, light field artillery. and at the same time applied for ad mission into the air service. After six months training in the field artillery unit ho entered tho aviation service and receive,! training at Prince ton University, in Teias and later at Loanoke, Ark., where he Was column stoned aviation pilot with the rank of lieutenant. He was ordered to Long Island to embark for service overseas and was there when the armistice was signed. - Soou thereafter young Feild resigned to enter civil life and became assistant in the State Horticultural Department of Alabama and later became sales manager for Tyson Brothers, Inc., of Flora Dale. Pa., orchardis and who! sale dealers in orchard supplies, which position he was holding at the time of his death. After a visit to his parents who now reside in New York, he went to New Hern to join his friend and former schoolmate, Clifton C. Beckwith. for a camping and tisluiig trip which had such a tragic end. He was a yurtng man of highest character and made many friends wherever he went and achieved marked success in his business life. Alex J. Feild, father of tha young man, was a former resident of Hal cigh, but for the past several years has been a practicing attorney in New Y'ork, being a member of the law staff ( f Dav is, Aiterbaeh and Cornell. Younj; It ild is survived by his parents and one brother, A. U Feild, who also lives in New York and is physical chemist in the research laboratory of the K tional Carbide and Carbon Company. Air. anl Airs, reild arrived in Raleigh yesterday and while here will he at the home of Mr. Frank T. Ward, at 502 North Blount street. The honorary ballbearcrs at the funeral this afternoon will be: Jose phus Daniels, Col Albert L Cox, J. L. Fountain, J. B. Cheshire, Jr., R. E Barnes and C. B. Denson. The active pallbearers will bet Tom Boushall Clifton Beckwith. William Grimes, William Jones, Jerome Stock ard. Paul Smith, Polk Denmark an Harry Henderlite. The friends of the family are re quested to assemble at the entrance to the church at 6 o'clock. BODY FOUND WITHIN 20 YARDS OF WHERE BE WENT DOWN Camp Glenn, July 17. The body of Rutledge tend, drowned bere on Fri day, when the boat in which Clifton Beckwith andhjmsejf were attempting to cross the ound, sank off Atlantic Hotel, at the time of the accident and since then every effort had been made to locate the body but nntil today, when the body came to the surface with the Hood tide all of these efforts have been ia vain. The body was f und within 200 yard of the seen of the accident in a mutilated condition by F. 8. Royal of Morehead City aad W. K. Barham, of Warrenton, who were fishing there being in a small boat. They tamed the body aver to Andrew Day, boatman, who brought . tba body to Uorebead. A. F. Feild,' brother of the deceased and Clifton Beckwith, who wa with Feild at the ttaa of the accident were notified aad tha .body turned ever ta tha Morehead Undertaking Company. SPECIAL SESSION 4: Hipp mirnv mi DiilllUO uum III DOUGHTON STATUS Can He Hold Highway Com missionership ?nd Sit In - General Assembly? HE THINKS HE CANT BUT MORRISON DIFFERS Poufhton Interested But Law yer In Him Says He It In. eligible; House Judge Of Matter; Special Session Will Be Galled Upon To Bedistrict State "Shoestring District" Whether it is held in August or In December, or in any of the month' between, the special session may be notable by the absence of Represents- " five R. A. Doughton, "dominant ""and predominating figure in every sesssion of the (lenernl Assembly for a genera tion past. Mr. Dotiirhtnn U . uicmbtt at , tho &ta High way - Comm is sion, ana in tue opinion of the lawyer,, ineligible to sit in the House. Hpeculirtion as to what manner of session would be developed without the balance wheel that has come to be a landmark in the legislative annals of the Plata dweli,dargoly upon the por sibility of Mr. Doughton' service. He himself haw thought of it, and Is proue to think that it would not be right for him to be both maker and administra tor of the law at one and the same time. He thinks that he will not be here. Leaders are Divided Other leaders in th State declar to hun that a (teneral Assembly without him is unthinkable, nd that" he mitst come, whether ho is a Highway Com missioner or not. Resign the job for the few days necessary and let the Governor re appoint him, is sugegsted. Governor Morrison himself is among those who would have him come at any cost, and is said to be entirely commit ted to the re appointment plan if no thing else will do. Mr. Morrison belongs to the group that holds the position that the office of Highway Commissioner does not close legislative halls to any man, any more than does the office of trustee of the State Vnivcrsity. The Supreme Court has held time and again that a trustee is a State oflicer, but there were seven unquestioned and unchallenged trusteea in the House during th past session, and they will be back. Mr. Doughton is on of these seven. But there is no pay attached to th tru. teeship, nd the Commissioner drawl a per diem for his services. House Final Jadg On the other hand the House ia, and lias been always been, the arbiter of the qualifications of its members. No question can be brought in the courts against Mr. Donghton's sitting as a member, unless the House itself feels impelled to raise the question. Some apparently conflict between the judg ment of the House and tha dtse of constitution could be developed there, if the question of eligibility should arise, Final answer to tho question will in all probability be with Mr. Doughton himself. If he fimN (hot l tive function require hir jrreTOneeyhi" will find a way to be there. Peraonally, ho would like very much to have don u.miij mm me ueneral Assembly, and in his' further rears, be Mi-nilfioi iw with the great program of road build- j"g. it is very near to the heart of the Governor nt tha I. P.: and be ia loathe to give it up. evea ror the five or six days that the special session will live. Will Re-dbrtrict State Not that the General Assembly will w devoid of things that appeal to the interest of Mr. -DaiKrh directed the construction of the muni cipai finance act, which has been de clared void because of clerical defici cncies. Ho directed the passage of th educational bill, and it was he. who taved the appropriations bill, although it came through severelv nr.k.j the fires of contending opinions, B if very cioso to all these things, and their reentry into the I gislntive arena will be watched keenly by him, whether from the side-lines or from the first line of battle. Nor will the work cf th. session ston there. iiAIm tmi.... Governor changes his mind and call it oriore me oate announced. The State will be redistricted ennmainnall - make room for the additional congress man promiaeu lor .orth Carolina. Al ways maintaining a rnhmt i V - - " - .MICVB J If party matters in the State, Mr. Dough- ion wm ue no less interested in tha realignment of cnimtiM rnnt.mi.t.j - - V...U,IW under the new apportionment nt n senratives. " " - i Party leaders bnv alvan .-.u,,.. ... ( . - . niKPU, rui- cern to the redisricting of the State, and provided ('nnirrca ( tk. u apportionment before the day of eon- it-mug or rne special session, a new map will be drawn for Xorih faro. Una. Although there are three or mora avowed candidates for the congressmen-at-larre iob. ahtuM ther h tricting, nobody is of the opinion that 41 L .... mrro win do suen a jod to tie sought. Mm candidate Pleased Ka nresatit hAliljr nr ua In rv gress will be dispossessed of hi dis trict in the tentative map of the Stat that has been suggested by mora than one .leader. A nw riiatrit-t fi,aA to gether of the tier of countie ranging along the Virginia line with Warren pa the east and State oa th west will be erected. Other district will be left , approximately as they are, with torn shifting of a few counties from ana district to another ta make for , aa equable distribution of. population - amnna- t It a A t rtf a mwtM Sm nriiiiii aka. , "a y ,mi . w mw existing political status. New mamber ' may o sppiietu Wkl IL 'uaku tlt.fc 11- district may get, It haa already ac quired a name that will probably atiek th "Shoestring District' It run U (CaatUaed aa rgn Twej : '- i
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 18, 1921, edition 1
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