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RALEIGH. R C. THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 21. 1921.
VOL. CXIV. NO. 21.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
RAILROADS PLAN
RATE INCREASES
TO EASTERN TOWNS
Pump With 1 ,500 Gallon Intake
- Will Drain Water From Quarry
Chairman Page Gives Permission For Use of Highway Com
mission Equipment, Provided Lxpenses of Operation
Are Guaranteed; Charred And Dismantled King
;8" Taken Out Yesterday
LLi
0!D GEORGE AND
CABINET
CONSIDER
To Advance Freight Rates Be
cause of Removal of Water
Competition
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
ASKED TO GET BUSY
Upon sufficient guarantees ef the
payment of expenses, Chairman Frank
Page'of the State Highway Commiaaion
will authorize the um of pumping
equipment in hn possession lor clear
ing out the 7,200,000 gallons of water In
the Old Rock Quarry, end,, within, the
neit four dave, it is believed that the
thousands of citizena who for four days
Conference With I past hare watched the grappling fbr
lost automobiles in the quarry will tee
Seaman and Fishback la Wash
ington In
Railroad Officials To Adjust
Freight Rates Under Recent
Order of Interstate ' Com
. merce Commission In Vir
ginia Cities Case .
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bant Bide
9t 1PWARP t, MTTOM
(By Special Leased Wire!
Washington, July 20. The railroads
re now planning to make an advance of
freight rates to points in Eastern North
Carolina, an aTowed purpose of the
railroads for two years or more being
te Bake these advances to New Bern,
Wilmington. Washington, and other
Easter Carolina, points. This is aa in
dependent proposition sprung by the
railroads, and having no relation what
ever with the Virginia North Carolina
rate ease, ct : t'..at if the proposition
of the ra l ii: ! ,itn tUought the hast
n Tw,int li'u-T hir. hretoore been
eniovimr water raU-s wiM be raised to
the rates' which ate to be applied gen
VraTly 16 NortR "Carotin.-'"'
The railroads state that it witt be
their purpose to immediately cancel tho
present rates between points in Eastern
North Carolina, such as -cw wcrn,
Washington, EJenton, Greenville, Tar
boro, Wilmington, Beaufort, Belhaven
and Eliaabelh City, these places now
esiovis on the basis of water com
petition, rates lower than those in
ffeet to poiuta like Goldsboro, Raleigh,
Wilson, Durham, Rocky Mount, licnder
son, and other points in the section
lying in the same general territory,
and te advance the rates to the points
along the .eiast up to the rates to Golds
boro, KaUigh and other points named.
Little Water Competition
These facta were give Aie today by
M. K. Bcamaii, of Baleath, who with J-
H. Fishback, of Washington, represents
the numerous chambers of rommorce
and shippers throughout North Carolina
in the rate case recently decided in
favor of North Carolina. In February,
1920. there was a railroad conference
at which thia project was taken up
but the efforts of Messrs. Beatnan and
Fishback sidetracked it, bat It is now
to the fore akain, and it comes about
from -the fact that there is no longer
forceful stater competition. The rates
to New Bern, Wilmington, Edenton,
Washington, Beanfort, and other points
among the eastern coast vera made on
basis of water transportation, to
meet water rates, feat the railroads now
contend that inasmuch aa there no
water xtraasporUtioa between New
York, Tfiiladelphi and Baltimore to
the Ksterneoast of North Carolina
they are prohibited from continuing
these lower rate, to that aection, and
will, therefore, publish tariffs to ad
vanee the rates up to he rates that are
made to Ontral and Eastern Central
North Carolina, auch
the bottom of the hole
Returning to the city at midnight last
night from Charlotte, Mr. Page wa ae
quaiuted with the situation and agreed
to allow the use of a 10-ineh rotary
pemp allotted the Stnte by the War De
partment. Public interest hs for sev
eral days past demanded the drying oct
of the rock quarry, and many inert ol
finances to that end have been made to
I. W. Simpkjnt. No definite move had
been made in that direction early this
morning, but the day will proDaoiy
bring that development.
The Highway Commission has a 10-
inch rotary pump thut is capable of
pumping 1.500 gallons per minute at
ordinary speeds. The pump is electrt
cally driven, and Charlie farmer, who
directs the great motor equipment work
for the road builders, suggests that it
it be mounted oh a flat in the quarry,
wires run to the Martin- street cross
ing and the current turned on. Oiling
is all the attention that he pump would
need. Uo thiuks the cost would be very
small.
King Badly Burned
Charred. . aa if, gaaolecci liai been
min red over it ana a maicn. appnea, ana
stripped of its rear tires, electrie gen
erator and storage battery, a dripping,
mudstaincd King '8" was hauled from
the bottom of the Old Roek Quarry yes
terday. Still attached and easily- de
cipherable, though flame-scorched, was
the license plate bearing the number of
840, issued to J. E. Chappell.
The King was the only reward of th-1
divers and hoisters yesterday, and
neither of the men who went down into
the water could sav with certainty
whether there are other cars that can be
Reached without lowering Jhc water
level in the pool, or calling into service
mechanical diving equipment. The
King waa landed and brought to the city
late yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday's harvest from the green
water of the pool came from 35 feet of
water, and from the edge of a ledge of
rock that dropa down sheer for perhaps
35 feet more. Diving below the 33 foot
level is somewhat beyond the capacity
of twimmert of even the type of
Francis, who hta hooked both the cars
brought to the surface. Lome ring the
water level or diving gear it seeded.
Grappling la New Place
Information coming te the investiga
tors from sources similar to that whiel
started the invesigatioa caused - the
divers to shift to another part of the
tuarry last night, and it -t expected
that their effort! will be rewarded. It
it said that a Ford touring ear and a
Cole touring ear were thrown into the
pit from the road that runs along the
rim on the east. Another big ear was
located in 30 feet of water last sight at
11 o'clock.
No official cognizance hat at yet bee a
take of any of tho .dcYelppiucnta "t
the quarry, other than to maintain
police guards at the scene day and
night. Private detectives were stilt at
work on he ease yesterday, and are
understood to have pursued several
clues to a length that promise develop
'ISI
RISH PEACE PLANS
Proposals To Be Laid Before
De Valera at Conference To
Be Held Today
PROPOSALS SAID TO BE
ALONG GEIOOUS LINES
' "Via '-- ' -
Prime Minister Goes Over Sit
nation With X?ng After Two
and a Half Hour Session
With The British Cabinet;
Ulster Premier Will Cotr.e
To London Again
London, July 20. (By The Associated
Press.) The British cabinet tat for
two hours and a half this evening eoa
udering the Irish plans, . after which
Premier Lloyd George went to Buck
Ingham Palace and laid before the
King, whose interest in an Irish set
tloment is the keenest, the proposals
for submission to Eamonn, De Vhlera
uients. It it understood that a part of the Irish Republican leader, at tomof
the equipment stripped from one of the I row's conference.
cart hat been located.
Both Mr.' Chappell and M, D. Mnw,
each owner of a car that has been
hoisted out of the quarry, are out of
the city. They left Monday for Thag
itards Pond, in Moore eounty, for ai
week's -fishing, and do not eipect to re
turn to the city until the end of tho'
week. The-, insurance on the King ear,
understood to have been in the neigh
borhood of 12,000, was carried by the
City Insurance Co., aud was paid sev
eral weeks ago.
No waning of interest in the fishing
HOUSE REFUSES TO
PUT IMPORT TAX ON
LEATHER PRODUCTS
URGES DEMOCRATS
TO PRESENT SOLID
FRONT ON TARIFF
Body May Reverse Itself Today
.On fifteen Percent Duty
On Hides
BOOTS AND SHOES AND
LEATHER GOODS FREE,
Voting On Amendments and
Tariff Bill Itself To Start
This Afternoon at 3 O'clock,
With Final Action To Come
Before Adjournment; Very
Stormy Session
MINORITY LEADER
IN TARIFF FIGHT
The Prime Minister presided at the
cabinet council, which was held in the
House of Commons, and outlined for the
benefit of those ministers who had not
been closely concerned in the Irish
negotiations, the history of recent
events and the Premier's new officer to
Ireland, which it described as being
drawn on generous lines,
It is understood that the final argu
ments in the new offer have given con
siderable trouble to the ministers, but
eventually after consultation with Sir
hat developed, but on the other hand, Robert Stevenson Home, Chancellor of
tbo crowds yesterday were bigger by the Exchequer, and the treasury offl-
far than had previously been in attend- ciaij, the various provisions were
ance. Hot doggeries, wenie stands, cold agreed to.
drink stands, and other tutlert, gather- It is also understood that the gen-
ed in the wake of the throng yesterday ersl lines of the Premier's offer hsve
and did an amazing business. The
crowd had almost the air of a carnival.
Interest has spread to surrounding
counties, and among the throng yester
day were pienicers, making their way
hither in their trusty Fords and eating
the approval of Austen Chamberlain,
the government leader in the Bouse of
Commons; Sir Robert Rome, Sir Lam
ing Worthington Evans, secretary for
war, and other ministers and that
probably with tome modifications, he
cloth. Vendors of watermelont from
the country round about, and canta
loupes and peaches were there, and did
splendid business.
PEACH OF
EXHIBIT
BY PEACH GROWERS
with a lap robe spread out for a table entire eabtinet will assent to the pro
posals, wairn win do reaurea to writing
for presentation to Mr. De valera,
. Craig to Retara.
Whether Mr. Lloyd 'George has sue
eeded in overcoming the reluctance of
Sir James Craig, the Ulster Premier, to
iota in a tri partite conference is not
known, but an announcement that Sir
James is coming to London again,
probably next week, is considered a
favorable omen., and ia aay aate a
hist pf a breakdown, ia tha aegotlatteas
It apparent. General Jew Christian
httte, premier ! atttk.4-r.af
holding mmtiirrA feadinMa to go to
GOOD PRICES PAID
Hamlet Stages Big Fruit Show
and Conducts Institute On
Peach Growing
Kaleirh. Henderson. Wilson, ate
The railroadt have arranged for a
coaference with ahippert interested
both ia these rates, and in ratca from
the Ohio river, the Weat, and the ter
ritorr lying west of Pittsburg, Wheel
ing and Buffalo, at which time they
will give shippers of the State an 6p-
nortuaity to present their views eon
cerning these new adjustmentt of rates.
It it of vital importance, therefore, Mr,
Beamaa and Mr. Fishlw? declare, that
representatives of the chambers of com
merce of North Carolina shall attend
this eoaferenre which is to be held in
Washington in the Raleigh hotel begin
sing July C6th, and protest against the
proposed, advances in rates to Eastern
- Carolina --tmd- against any unfair ad
vances or changes in relationship! that
may be proposed with respect to rates
' from Chicago. Cincinnati, Ohio river
nointa ffenerallv. and the ' Wett. Mr
! Kh tndar written to the "ace
retaries of the variout chambers of
commerce in North Carolina auggetting
that' h meeting of the secretaries,
heretofore called for Rocky Mount on
Julv 29 be cancelled, and that the
meeting be held in Washington in con
neetioa with these freight rate matters,
for attention to them will occupy three
or four days.
Making New Rata Adjustment
Mr. Beaaian and Mr. Fishback are
aow having a series of conferences with
representatives . of the railroads com
mittee that ia at work on the new tariff
of ratea that ia to be made effective, on
September 15th, nadcr - the order f
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which removed the gross discrimination
in freight rates that existed .for 40. or
more Tears atainet the State with re
""tpect to rates belweea North Carolina
' and Near Toxk, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Harris bwrg, Pittsburg, Buffalo, aad the
East generally, aad between North
Carolina and the Southeast la both
. directions, .The camera have promptly
announced their perpose to - conform
literally to the requirements of the
commission's decision, -tha railroad
committee being at work to have the
new rates compiled and aew tariffs is
sued by August, 15th, thns giving the
- publia days' notice or tha ae1
rate, aa reauired br the order.
The decision of tho Interstate Com
merce Committioa radically changes
the existing ratea oetween North Caro-
liaa aad the North and tha South. Un-
By BYRON FORD
Bamlet, July 20. ''It't a peach."
That it the verdict of "the hundreds of
farmers who are flocking to Hamlet for
the first annual peach thow and insti-,
tute staged under the auspices of tho
Hamlet chamber of commerce in the in-
. th. nAnfih rrmrpfi In the
a Goldsboro, North Cnrolina Bsnhill country. Many
FOR GOODTOBACCQ
Raleiah Tobacconist Attends
Opening Sales at Lake City DEAD WOMAN S MOTHER
and Florence
Leaf tobacco priees at Lake City. an3
Florence, South Carolina, wsjre better
than had. been generally expected in
view of the quality of the offerings,
in the opinion of G. L. Davis, yice
president and general manager , of the
Stalling! Davis Tobacco Company, of
Raleigh, who returned to the city yes
terday afternoon after attendiug the
DEFENDS HER SLATER
flowers From Grave Sent To
Husband, Who Is Confined in
Morfanton Jail
of the visitors here come from tho boll
weevil ridden areas of South Carolina
and Georgia and evidence a keen desiro
to get onto tho "peach band wagon
Some. too. come from the Piedmont sec
tions of Virginia and North Carolina.
All are interested and a large number
of them will purchase land around
Hamlet.
The showNopened this afternoon with
an addresa orwekome by Mayor H. P,
Austin. It w ill close tomorrow. Ad
dresses were made tl)is afternoon by C
D. Matthews, State horticulturist ; F. A
Wolf, of the agricultural experittient
station, and Charles Dearing, of the
United Btntes Department of Agricul
turc. Tonight addresses were made by
Gut ' BtrtllrteT; fttater-hortteulturis -of
South Cnrolina; E. W. StiUwell, of the
United States bureau of markets ; H. J,
ProBser, director of the Hamlet Cham
ber of Commerce department of agri
cultural affairs, and L. H. Nelson, assis
tant State horticulturist.
Booat Berrica and Grapes
There will be no addresses tomorrow.
The show will be open to visitors and
all who express the desire will be tent
is automobilei over the peach eountry
around Hamlet. The show is a most
Interesting thing. Only peaches are
shown, but through the courtesy of the
Seaboard Air Line Bnilway Company,
the directors are showing a large num
ber of photographs depicting scenes in
the great dewberry and grape vine'
yards 1n the region. The peaches are
Elbertaa and Georgia Belles. The
Georgia Belles are being gathered aow,
It it the tail-end of the season for
them and about 350 cart have been
shipped from the belt this eason. Tho
Klbertaf are jo trnirng W. ' The or
chards have had a meat proline season
and it it estimated that fully 400 cart
will be ahipped from the Elberta or
chards before the teason dotes.
Prices this year are aot to good as
they were last. But the expense !
gathering it not near to much either.
Belles told for I2JS0 and 2.75 a erste;
Elbertat aae bringing $3. This, accord
ing to Director' Prgsso 1 a fair price
and one that gives the grower a good
profit Last year the peaches sold at
high at 6 a crate, but labor, wai scarce
and exoensive. Many peaenet rotted
on the trees for lack of pickers.
Leek Wltk Eavtoat Kyee
Those visitort who come from the boll
i Morganton, July 20. The funeral of
Mrt. Sidney Kineaid, who wai killed
Tuesday night by a knife in the hand
of ber husband, was held today at
opening solea on the two Palmetto State I Mount Pleasant church at Chesterfield
markets Tuesday. I near the home, where the tragedy oc-
Decent tobacco Is bringing decent! eurred. Mrs. Davis, mother of the dead
prices, ' Mr. Davit said, tie stated that
wrappers and fine cutters sold at Lake
City as high as 40 cents a pound and
that bright lugs or ordinary cigarette
tobacao was "knocked out'' at frorA 12 1 officers thought it best for him not
to 25 cents a pound. Priees on all go,
woman, joined with Mr. Kineaid in the
plea that he be allowed to attend the
funeral but he is to broken nervously
and physically that his friends and
to
grades ranged from a half a cent to
40 cents. However, Mr. Davis continued,
the great bulk of the tobacco sold on
the two markets consisted of trash and
sand lugs or the burned leaves at the
bottom of the plant. In reality, he
added, the opening sales were "scrap
sales.
Much Good Tobacco.
Mr. Davit alto gave it at hit opinion
that South Carolina will market a big1
percentage of the better grades of to
bacco and that la due time the sales
should average around $15 or $18 per
der the kew rstes the treat advantages ti1 eenntry look wita enyfoua eyei
ia rite favor of the Virginia cities opoe their more fortunate brother here
r removed, and North Carolina eitiet whe are wimmiag in prosperity eince
aad towna win be "enabled to draw ia they divorced them solve from eottoa
cVwn i Vnrth ml v.mk him culture. ManT of them express a de-
that are xeaaonably related to the termination to close out their holdings
ntea riS bf ttm Yhvtnla rHim. The I ia ' Georgia and HontB l-'arouna nni
isIm' f ram Baltimore. Philadelphia and I come to the sandhills.
e York and the East generally are An attache of the Italiaa Embassy at
It ia a ease of many peculiar angles.
The prisoner teems not concerned at
all about what happens to him at he is
to grief stricken for his act. Be has
made no effort' whatever to secure
legal adviee aad declares that he caret
little what it -done with him. His
wife's mother, who wai the only wit
nest to toy of the circumstances nt
tending the killing, ia one of hit
staunchest defender and expresses Ho
resentment against him, Mrs. Kincaid's
only lister, Mrt. Chaa. Rader, hat taken
the asm attitude. Today Mrs. Davis
hundred pounds. If present Indications! t,t htm at the jail flowers from hit
aoia up, it is tnougnt tnat a general l wife's grave. -
seasonal average of 1Z to 115 per hnn- Solicitor Huffman has not returned
dred will be set up,, which would !) Lincolnton and will probably not
about 3313 per cent under last year's set here before Saturday until he ar-
overage. Doom Carolina msi year soia Te. n0 stCDS will be taken for
itt best crop in many yeart and tet up r.riir a nreliminin- Wriir.
a higher average per pound than did the
great bright leaf belt in Eattern North AIRMEN FAIL TO SINK
ai uiaain. I saskn , AsMaBt.tima.tie aew.aaafh
rUHMtn utnMAN WAnoHIr
Washington. July 20. Tht House re
fused todsy to put an import tax oa
boots and shoes and o'ther leather
product, although it previously had
fixed tariff-oh hides.
The House voted down, 99 to 62, a
ways and means committee smendment
proposing a duty of tea per cent on
leather products, which as regarded
as an indication that the House may
reverse Itself on the duty of 1j per cent
oa hides when that queirtioa eontes- up
for separate tote tomorrow.
Final Vote Today.
Actioa by the House on I be leather
schedule cams at the close of a storu y
session, the last full day to te givvn
over to actual consideratiea of the
Fordney bill. Tomorvw at three o'clock
voting on anisBdeieuts tad. on the biU
itself will start, with the understand
ing tht anal action on tho measure
will be taken before adjournment. The
bill then will be tent to the fcnate
Hides aud leather products, including
shoes, were alike placed on the free list
originally by the ways and means com
mittee, but the Republican c urus in
structcd the committee to utter an
amendment giving hides protection. A
tax of 15 per cent on all kinds of hides
resulted. Many members who voted for
a tax oa hidos opposed today tHe added
tax oa the manufactured article. The
bulk of the KepnbgVan members of
the committee stood out however, fir
the compensatory duty.
8l arts An Uproar.
Representative Kreidcr, Republican
Pennsylvania, a shoe manufacturer, pre
cipitated an uproar during tho debate
by urging the duty on tfioes and leather
goods, half of the House breaking jn
with demands for a tote. Ronresenta
tive Bayburn, Democrat, Texas, in reply
ceelared that shoe manufacturer! in the
business for the last few yean ought
be sat i Bd with fortune already
tad. Ia the distansKa that followed
tlfra f rota Rweaeobtive Kitcfaia
the XxatomUt leader, ill at hi home
North Carolina, waa read by Repre
tentative Garrett, of Tennessee, the act
ing leader.
The Honse action on leather thoet
did not hold, however, with respect to
shoes, tht uppers or which are made
from cloth, felt, or kindred substances,
on which a duty of "j per cent was
placed. The vote on this paragraph
was close, but it will stand in the bill
ince a separate vote in tho Hous
proper is not permitted under the rule
Other Tariff Uatlea.
A duty of three cents a pound, an
increase of one cent, was ilaced on
coffee, acorns and chickory. The House
however, lowered rates affecting certain
kinda of cedar logs from 15 per cent
to 10 per cent and reduced the tax on
phosphorous from lo rents to 10 rents
pound.
Of the increases, perhaps the greatest
wat on citrate of lime, a by-product of
lemons, which was raised from 21-
centt to 7 rents a pound.
Adopt Amendment
An amendment also wss adopted sub
stituting the Psyne Aldrirh law provis
ion with respect to drawbacks or re
bates of duties on commodities im
ported and manufactured and again
exported.
One entirely new paragraph was in-
eluded in the chemical schedule put
ting a duty of 10 cents a pound on
broniine,' bromide and compound ""of
either.
Most of the committee amendments
were out of the way when the House
quit for tht night, it having disposed of
approximately 30, but it still has to
deal with an amendment putting a com
pensatory duty of 7 1-2 cenls on manu
factures of long staple cotton together
with the five paragraphs sepcified un
der the rule for another and final vote.
t'tntidf Kitrrrtn,- who 4s- at hi home
a (teotland eea tor the summer u
Tecuperate from his recent illness, yes-
terdsy gut actively into the light that
Democrats sre making on tho Fordney
tariff bill anil as loader of the minority
the House ha sent an appeal urgiug
that they stand firm in their opposition
to the measure thnt is siuicil for the
protection of the special interests.
At Florence, where the. sales were
around 50,000 pounds, Mr. Davis said tho
average was aout tS or ft per hundred.
lie stated that nearly all of the tobacco
sold consisted of trash and sand lugs
with a very small amount of good grades
on hand, rjome eutteri were told at high
at $20 at Florence, but no wrappers
or fine cutters were ia evidence.
Lake City Average $8
Lake City, whieb it the largest mar
ket in South Carolina, averaged about
$8 per hundred, said Mr. Davit, with
$40 for wrapper and fine cutter the
maximum for the day. The aalet ap
proximated a quarter million pounds,
but the percentage, of the better grade
waa relatively srrtsll. Bright lugs at
Lake City brought from 1 to 15 cent
and fine cuttert and wrapper from SO
te 40 cent.
Horn companies, Liggett and layer,
American Tobacco Co, B. 3. Reynolds
Tobacco Co- and others, bought most
of the tobacco, laid Mr. Davis, while
Oa Board the Destroyer Leary,
Ka Boats to Norfolk, Va, J.ly 2.
(By Associated Frees.) Aircraft
failed today te sink r materially
- damage tha former German battle
ship Oatfriealaad In the opening of
the iaal phase of the Joint Army
aad Navy bemblag testa off - Ike '
Vlrglala t tn.U the
effect of airplanes attacks oa capi
tal and ether typea of warships.
Dropping a total of IS bombs,
thirty 4hree ef 1M panada aad
Ineteer ef 12 aad t peends.
Navy, Marine Cerpa, aad Army
aviators placed thirteen, af them en
" beard aad practically all f the
there In the' water close by. Aboat
II the apparent damage reaaltlag,
. however, waa to the epaer decka
and anpentmctare Immediately
areand the spots where the pro
jectile (track
ToVeTr MAN GIVEN COAT
Tobacco Co., botfght rather light Th 5 t OF TAR AND FEATHERS
imperial ana x-xport were reported to I -
have bought rather heavy oa the imal-1 Lufkin: Tex. Jaly 20. Ben Biley,
ler market, however. . I about SO Tear old. was seised her last
Mr. Davit taid th , bidding wai I night by masked men, given coat of
more lively than aatUipated. Jnygtl tar and feather.' 4 released from aa
staff ef buyers wai 6a hand and bid-1 automobile en prominent corner as
ding wat good, which J taken lo in-J the evening theatre patron were pa
(Continued m Fag Tow)
(Ceatlaaed ea page foar
f dieate something of a demand for this
year' crop. Be described th quality 1
(Ceatlaaed ea yag tear.)
ting. Biley ran through the business
street to hit sntomobii tnd wit Hur
riedly for his horn at DiboU, about
)0 mile from her
J
Minority Leader Claude Kitch
in Issues Strong Appeal To
His Colleagues To
Stand Firm
CONGRATULATES THEM
ON SPLENDID FIGHT
AGAINST F03DNEY BILL
i Warns Democratio Members of
Congress Against Specious
Plea of Protecting Home In
dustrie; Appeal Sent From
Home In Scotland Neck In
Response To Request From
Acting Minority Leader Finis .
Oarrett For Etatement Hot- -
L. Only At MaMeruot PriacipW
But As Matter of Partisan
Advantage, Ho Urges Opposition
L
INNEY TO COM
E
THROUGH MONDAY
Senator Ernst Says Senate
Sub-Committee Will Give Him
Favorable Report
Tho News and Observer Bureau,
6t3 District' National Bank lildg
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(by Kpccail Leased Wire)
Washington, July 20. "The report of
the committee on the nominatiou of
Frank A. Ijnney to be district attorney
of the western district of North t'aro
Una will be favorable, and I expect to
see him confirmed, said Senator r.rnst
chairman of the , Mib-rommittee in
charge of the investigation of the pro
tests of the nagroee against the eon
Innation of the North Carolina K
publican State chairman. Mr. Krns
said that he expeeted that the Henat
judiciary committee wtuld take up th
matter next Monday and dispose of it
lie exprvwwl no doubt of tho eonlirma
tion of Mr. Liniiey,N though originally
he was one of the Republican members
of the cominltt-e to vote to report it
unfavorably to the fonate.
Senator Krnst said that until the
committee made the report of the testi
mony of the hearing public, if it d
so, that it was strictly confidential. "Any
publication of the report is a direr
violation of the injunctions or Hie com
mittee," he said, "and if giveu out by
anv who had I he right as a member o
t
al of the couti'leiit . I r p"r' I hav
given ont to no one for publication th
report of the testimony taken, and
artily disapprove of any aetion 1
which this has been done. ie testi
monv was printed bv direction of the
ummittce mid sent o t to members o
lie committee and such Senators
nsked for it, but was given out as a con
f.Jential dmunient. Tlu- nomination o
Mr. Linney will have a f.ivoralik re
port, and I evpect that it will be made
on Monday licit
Twin City Examination
The secopd of the announcements o
examination came toilay. Inn
ina under the President Harding 'Civil
fcfcr,vk" , regolatioiii . for postmaster s
examination came today, lhis is that
COTTON CONTINUES TO
MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
Plants Advanced Well In North
Carolina During Past Week,
Saji Report
Washington, July 20. Temperature
averaged near normal in the cotton
growing States during the last wej;k
and showers wera aencral excent in
part of Texas, according to.theJTrop
bulletin of th Department of Agricul
tare.
Under these conditions, tho reports
taid, eottoa made fair te very goji
advance la all section, although there
waa considerable damage by excessive
rain ia tome Easter localities.
Th plants sre blooming and fruiting
well in Tennessee and Oklahoma an
made very good advance in Georgia on
North Carolina. The-condition ia fair
to very good ia nearly all sections o(
Texas, cxcepti ia the East r and central
coast sections. The weather waa favor
able for eottoa in Arkansas and prog
res was fairly good ia Louisiana, Ala
bam a, ana Wisaisaippl. Urowth wat
rank, but at the expense of fruit, in
South Carolina and aom",' damaging
raini occurred.
Insaraaee Ageata Leave.
Ashe ville, July SGV-Tw More repre
sentstives of insurance companies oper
ating in thia State left for -their borne
today after a tw day meeting at the
Battery Park hotel - .
(Continued on Pace Four.)
NEWSPAPERMAN GETS
A SEAT !N CONGRESS
C'ediir Rapids, Ia., July 20. Cyronus
Cole, editor of the Cedar Bapids Kepub-
lican, was toilay elected to represent the
fifth district in Congress, succeeding
James W. Good, resigned.
His opponent was John N. Hughes,
general counsel for Ioa for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. 1'aul Railway.
JUDGE A.M. NOBLE ON
WAY HOME FROM SAMOA
San Francisco, July 20. Judge A. M.
Noble, for the past four years chief
judge and secretary of native affairs at
iat. I'sf,- Aaisriean Smmmu. auUad
today en route to Ins homo at Smith
field, N. C.
Judge Noble was succeeded at Pago
Pago by Captain Sydney D. Hall of
Detroit, Mich.
DISCOUNT RATI OF
RESERVE BANKS CUT
Boston, Mass., July 20. A reduction
in the discount rate of Federal Eeserve
hanks in Boston, New York, Philadel
phia and San Francisco to five and one
half per cent was announced here today.
The new rates are effective tomorrow,
they have been approved by the Fed
eral Reserve. Board.
By NORFLEET 8. SMITH. '
SeetUad Neckj -July 2th Bon; Claude
Kitiiiiu, llemeeratie leader of - the -House,
while at home here during the
summer for quiet and rest, keept in,
daily touch by wiro with hit oolleaguet
and the proceedings of Congress, wir-
ng at the request of the Democrat!
eaders from time to time his opinion
and advice with respect to eaucua ae
tion and measures pending before the
uouse.
In reply Wa telegram received re
questing hiin to wiro some wordt at
counsel to be read to the Democratio
members rulative to the stand Demo
rrats should take on several itema in'
th? Fordney tariff bill tnd proDoacdV
amendments with respect to which aom'
nemocrnts threaten to vote with th
Republicans for protection on items ef.
fecting their so-called home industries,
he has sent to Hon. Finis (larfsw,, whom.
under the privilege granted him br
the Democratic caucus to make bit own
selection of a leader to act for him in
his a hie nr o, ha appointed acting Demos
cratic leader to let for him in hit ab
sence, the followytg telegram: !
Congratulate Democrats. "I
'The Democrats in the House are to
be congratulated on the splendid fia-ht
they are making against the Fordney
tariff bill. They are making a fine im.
presslon on the country, especially
uerving Democrats everywhere for an
enthusiastic and united . front in 1922
and 1924, and giving them fresh hope
of coming victory. Make the sttongest
appeal possible te every Democrat la
tbe House not to mar the etcrllent ice-
publican protection on bidet, eottoa,
oil, asphalt or any other product.
"The purpose of inch tariff it not
revenue but protection or favoritism
to some special interest. Let no Demo
crat yield to fhe tempting argument of
protection to his home industry.
Kvery item in the bill is protection to
some member's home industry, but let
him remember that if protection to the
home, industry of a Republican ia
wrong, it is equally wrong to the home
industry of a Democrat. If it ia right
to vote favoritism to a special interest
in the district or State of a Democrat,
it is equally right to vote favoritism
to a special interest in the district or
State of a Republican. Legislative
favoritism to a special interest any
where is vicious and undemocratic.
"The bill from beginning to the end
and all protection amendment are
protection and favoritism to special in
terests at the expense of the people.
In conformity with and in vindication
of the principles and policies of th
Democratic party prefesseu tnd prac
ticed for nearly a hundred years, the
only safe tnd tound course for. a
Democrat it to vote against the entire
bill and every item of protection aad
favoritism in it or any amendment nt
every opportunity.
Owe Duty to Party.
"Every intelligent man knows that
tho tariff bill enacted in this Congress
will, in succeeding campaigns, nntil re
pealed, be one of the main issues be-
tween the parfies. No Democrat in'
Congress should be willing to handicap
by a single Tute his party la future
campaigns, but should be willing and
ready to make eacrifire and to take
political risk even in his district for
the sake of his party.
''To displease special interests In one
district and elsewhere is one of the
penalties which every Democrat who
enters Congress risks. His party is
one of anil for tho people and not one
of and for the special interests. I
Vertainly hope our Demoeratie col
leagues will stand as one man and be
firm and brave enough not to yield to
the tempting demands of any special
interest in his district or elsewhere.
If to, our record will be tt dean and
unmarred as our principles and Demo
cratic victory in 1924 will follow as
surely as day follows night."
WANT UNITED STATES TO
INTERVENE IN SILESIA
London July. 20. (By the Associated
Press.) It was stated in authoritative
quarters today that informal suggestions
have been made for American interven
tion in the Upper Silctinn trouble, which
it i feared will threaten open hostili
ties. '. . ,.- . .
INDICTMENTS AGAINST -GOVERNOR
OF ILLINOIS'
Springfield. Ills., July 20. Indict
mcuts charging Governor Small, Lieut.
Governor F. E. Sterling, and Vernon
Citrtia with embeiilement, conspiracy
and operation of a confidence game
were returned by the Sangamon eounty
grand jury thit afternoon,
On the .first indictment the Uovernor
Lieutenant Governor and Curtit wet
charged with embexzlement of $700,000.
The indictment for conspiracy and
confidence games charges that th
three obtained divers tfrafts, warraate,
vouchers and documents to the amount '
of two million dollars.
Newport Vote Stt,M tor School '
Newport, July 20. Ia the election oa '
a bond issue of $65,000 for erecting a
modern tchool building, held her ,to
day, advocate ef the bend lira wo
a fletory by a majority of SO. Much ,
interest wa manifested in the electicin
and the result in favor of the bond
issue i regarded at a big itep towards
Newport' progreM, ; , ... ,P-
y