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STRONG PROTEST
AGAINST ADVANCE
IN FREIGHT RATES
Representatives From All Sec
tions of Eastern Territory
Join In Protest ,
TAR HEEL COMMISSION
ISSUES STATEMENT
ITorth Carolina ' Commission
Says The Proposed Increase
"Wholly Unjustified" and
Points Out That Country
Now Looks For Modification
In Rates
The New and Observer Bureau,
603 district National Bank. Bldg.,
. By EDWARD E. BRlf TON' '
(By Special Leaaed Wire)
Washington! Ju,y 26. The North
Carolina traffic association, the chamber
of commerce of North Carolina, the
North Carolina Corporation Commis
lion, and various shippera of North
Carolina were all here in force today
at talk'd meeting held for the pur
pose of discussing what should be'done
ia the matter of having carried out the
order of the Inttrstate Commerce Com
munion in the freight rate case in
which North Carolina is so vitally in
terested. The decision of the Interstate Com-
Btrce &HHtHnMwn"mtt( "dieerHRino-
tiona against the Mate which came with
the Virgioi itics rates has brought
from the railroads a rale propowiMivlneh
cutting out the discriminatory rates
increases theso rates very highly,
while at the same time Wilmington,
New Bern, and other coast cities have
their water rates taken from them and
what the railroads term "dry land"
rates substituted, these on the basis of
freight rates to Uoldsboro.
Adopt Strong Protest.
The meeting took place at the Ral
ifh hotel, and there vero present not
only representatives from North Caro
Tina and Virginia, hut there came men
from almost nil the largo cities of the
eastern territory to give aid and ad
vice. There were some . loO or more
people present among these represen
tative of traffic affiliations and eham
bers ot commerce, ol New York,. Bach:
ester, Philadelphia, Baltimore, El
Biira, Boston, Chicago and Pittsburg.
AlMhesc joined in heartily with th,e
North Carolina view, there being alio
j co-operation ob the part of the rdpro-
4 aentatlvc from Virginia. The jnrrt-
' ing wa rpirited one and was pro
7 - longed, another meeting to be Held to
narrow when the railroad will be
ires the "ultimatum, of the tippers'
organisation. Presiding over the
meeting wai A. J. Maxwell of the North
Carolina Corporation Commission.
After a discussion lasting from .1
o'clock till 6:30, a resolution was
adopted, this representing tie views of
tho Virginia and Cnrolina shippers, be
ing concurred in by the representatives
' of the eastern1 seaboard cities, this reso
lutioa reading:
"Resolved, (1) that the order of the
Interstate Commerce . Commission in
docket 10, 500 and 10,513, does not con
template a general advance in ratea
from eastern citiei to Virginia cities
and a disruption of the relationship
between North Alatntie ports.
"(2) That good faith demands that
the carriers proced to publish in con
formity with the decision of the com
mission iit 10,500 and 10,515 the rates
ordered established oa basis of present
rates.
"(3) If, after compliance with the
Commission's order, the carrion ish to
make any further changes, that euch
change be handled in an orderly way
as provided in case of other changes
in ratea.
That further general increase ia
rates to the Southeast are not in con
formity with the general tendency of
the times, nor in accord with the policy
expressed by the traffic executives in
conference .with, the shippers on, Decem
ber 14. 1320."
Present Ridkwloas Prep st.
The feeling among the representatives
of the shippers was that the railroads
had presented a ridiculous proposition
in the Way of increases in ratea and
there was determination not to accept
these rate. The opinion of the meet
ing a expressed by J. H. Fishback, the
Washington attorney, who has kept in
dose touch with the situation and
represented the shippers rith CqI.
Albert Cox and IT. R. Beam an of the
North Carolina traffic' association be
.fore the Corporation Commission, is
that:
' The fight ia going to. b woa for just
frcgiht rates.. There will .be no aubmis
. sisa to the unreasonable position taken
by the railroads. There it no justice
ia what they propose. 1 feel convinced
that tho -order of the Interstate Cor
poration Commission will be fully sus
tained before wagct through with this
Batter..
I -The meeting ia setting forth its posi
,tioB let it bo known that the proposal
lot tho railroads would not be coid
ersd, all sections represented agreeing
ia tail position. The rate pro posed by
.he railroads stowed increase from the
lae'l including Pittsburgh, to the Can
ada line and to 4ha Atlaatie, and dowa
to the Chesapeake Bay and into North
Carolina, an the 'last three classes .of
freight iaereased . being the most of
tho traffic to North Carolina.'
1 As showing tho interest of the later
state Commerce Commission ia the
meeting, it wak represented by Director
f Traffic Harding,, while J. H. Fishbaek,
CoL. Albert Cox tad 41. H. Beamaa rep-t-weatsd
the North Carolina Traffic As
sociation. ' Cem-uisaiontr George. Pell,
W. T.'l and A. J. Maxwell, of the
North Carolina Corporation Commis
Siox. with theni being W. O. Wetable,
tho . rate- clerk of tlU commission.
There were also' representatives of the
chamber of commerce of North
Carolina.' The rtsotstioa adopted was
offered by - W. H. Chandler, repre
eating the Boeion Chamber, ef Com
, CaUaao4 ea rage Seveaj
POSTPONE ACTION
ON NOMINATIONS
OF REPUBLICANS
Dual Appearance of Names of
Frank A. Linney and Henry
Lincoln Johnson
SENATOR SIMMONS HAS
CONFIRMATION HELIHJP
Amendment To Norris Bill De
signed To Facilitate Market
ing of Farm Products; Sec
retaries Wallace and Eoose
velt To Speak at Greensboro
Congress
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Building,
By EDWARD E.'BRITTON.
(By Special Legsed Wire!)
Washington, July 26. There was a
dual appearance of. tho nominations
of Frank A. Linney, white Republican-,'
and Ilenry Lincoln Johnson, negro
Republican, before tho Senate exeeu
tivo session this afternoon, both with
a favorable report from the commit
tees to which they had been referred.
But tlirro wns nothing doing in either
case today, and the matter of the
North Carolina wjtite Republican State
chairman and the mutter of the Geor
gia negro Republican nntional com
mitteeman, the first for district at
torney -of thr "Wcsfrrtt District 6T
North Carolina, the second for recorder
of deeds of the District ' Columbia
goes over to another day.
Coming up in regular order executive
session tlrere was no action, for Sen
ator 'Brandt gee of Connecticut, stating
that Senator Simmons desired to be
heard on the matter, requested that
the nominations go over as Senator
Himmons was unable to be present
at the executive session. The Senate
agreed and so the nominations are still
help up. The understanding is that
when action is taken there will be
opposition -voked ;ab- by - Senators
Hiram Johnson and William K. Borah
to both nominations. Indeed, it is
said that Senator Johnxon will ask
something about the record of '"Link"
Johnson and tho ttt.OOO which it is
claimed went into Georgia against
th Johnson presidential nomination
candidacy. And Senator Borah it is
understood, will have something to
say in the Linney case. It is expected
that both cases will bow be reached
quickly.
Sabstitsts For Norris Bill.
In the Senate today there was of
fcred an amendment ia th nature of
a substitute to what i known as
the Norris bill which has boon before
the Senate for some time, ita purpose
to aid the farmers in tho marketing
of their crops. The substitute pro
vides for the pnrchnso of farm prod
ucts in the United States to aell
the same in foreign countries, and is
said to promise more of value to the
Southern and Western farmers than
did the Noris bill. It was introduced
by Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota,
but it will be of special interest to
North Carolina to learn that the bill
was drawn following a conference
participated in by Senator Simmons,
A. W. McLean of tho War Finance
Corporation and Eugene Meyer, Jr..
managing director of the Corporation.
These gentlemen framed the substitute
which was introduced by Senator Kel-'ORB-
It provides mean by which tho
War Finance Corporation will ar
range for finances tor banks both
State and nation, also so as to covert
both advances which have beea made
on cotton, tooacco ami other crops
and to make advances for the growing
crops, providing means by which the
abnormal surplus accumulation of
staple agricultural products may beiyield approximately four and a half
exported m substantial quantities
I lie measure is one that the adminis
tration will support and Senator Sim
mon says that it i a measure which
win oner large relief in weeting
the present serious conditions.. It. is
for cuch a measure that he with the
others of the agricultural "bloc" have
hr-en making a fight. It cares not
alone for finances to handle the ac
cumulated surplus crop but to care
for the coming crops, the plan being
sue a, a to enable banks and any
reputable and responsible financing
institntion with sufficient resources
to take advantage of it to help the
fanners, it provisions broadening the
pnwer of the War Finance Corpora
tion in the matter of agricultural prod
uct and livestock.
Invited Wallaoo and Roosevelt
A delegation of North Carolinians
headed by Senator Overman called upon
'Pta'T rf Agriculture Wallace and
Auiilant Secretary of the Navy Roose
velt and extended to them an invitation
to address the Southern Tariff Congress
at its session in Greensboro. Aumut 15.
16. Both the secretaries gave aseuranecM
tney would make every effort to be
present and expressed a deep concern
ia the South' itudy of tariff problem.
"North Carolina i interested ia
tariff legislation," Secretary Robert
of the Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce laid, and we waat th
mf
capable students and ablest debster of
the nation on the program. We are
going to have a largo attendance of
representative citizens ef North Caro
lina aad ef the South at the eongre.
In my opinion it will be representative
of Soathera Kafiment,
- The following member of the North
Carolina committee accompanied Sena
tor Orermaa: a W. Roberts, secretary
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
George F. Newman, Greensbore; Burks
Hobgood, Durham i George Ceoer, Ben
demon George West, Washington; C.
E. Hope, Wati-trillc; W. G. Tamer,
Stateivil); J. H. Cowan, mayor of Wil
mington; Norms T. Chamblist, aeerc
tary Becky Moat Chamber h Com
merce. - .
The PoatofBc IXaartment iibotnee
that H ha reauested the Civa) Service
Commission to hold examination at
(Ceattaaed on peg tar.)
Customs Official Attacks
American Valuation Idea
George C. Davis, of New York Office, Says Tariff Rates
Would Have To Be Overhauled If Valuation Provisions
.Were Adopted; Would Cause Unending Litigation
Washington, July 26. Overhauling of
rates in tho Fordney trriff bill will b;
necessary in order to permit its ef
fective administration, the Senate Fi
nance committee was told today by
George C. Davis, chief of the eompara
tive value bureau !n the New York
customs house, Mr.. Davis declared
further that' if Congress adopted the
American valuation plan of levying im
port duties even more radical ehangej
:n the rates would have tr follow.
Attack' Valuation Plan.
The American valuation plan as a
substitute for the prjs-.nt system of as
sessing duties -on foroijrn values w:is
attacked by the custom official, who
saw irj, it the eamo to: "unending liti
gation and- - general tyim up of the
importing business." lie added that as
drawn, some of the t-tes in the bill,
administered on an Amsriean valuatio-i
basis, meant a "positive prohibition" of
importations. lio di I not, however,
enumerate the commodities of which he
spoko.
Mr. Davis said that none knew what
the effect of the change would be and
predicted it would tako years to learn,
Flood Of Protests From
South Regarding Pellagra
SALES TAX MEETS
ICWOSITI
House Committee Will Not Con
sider It, Fordney Says; Tax
Suggestions
Washington, July 26. The sales tax
as a method of raising any part of the
four billion of revenue needed by
the Federal government next year is
opposed by members of the House
ways and mean committee, Chairman
Fordney said today at -the- opening of
tax revision hearings. Only four days
hove been set aside for tho hearings
and Mr. Fordney suggested that wit
nesscs refrain from consuming time in
discussing such a tax.
Imposition or "pufchaM taYTOpeal
of the excise taxes oa candy and bottled
oft drinks and amendment of the estate
tat brovision were among suggestions
made to the committee by witnesses.
In addition, the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, in a communica
tion, urged a general turnover tax on
all business transaction a a part of
a general tax program advanced by it as
the result of a final referendum vote
among the commercial and industrial
organization within Its methhership.
Other recommendation of the Cham
ber of Commerce were repeal of excess
profits taxes and war excise taxes, both
those on transportation and communi
cation and those levied in relation to
particular businesses. In the place of
these taxes a tax on ait turnovers was
urged.
A tax on personal expenditures was
urged by Representative Mills, Hepubli
can, New York. He told the committee
that such a tax would -encourage thrift
and penalize extravagance. A some
what siiuilnt proposal wa presented by
C. P. Landreth, a Philadelphia manu-
facturer, and F. P. Miller, a manufac
turer, of Downing Town, l a. They
suggested a tax on all purchases by i
dividunls, partnerships and corporations
and estimated on the basis of current
bank clearances that this tax would
billion dollars annually.
Amendment of the estate tax provis
ion of the revenue law so in estate
would, not be required to pay more
than one tax in five years was urged
by. C C, Dcford, a lawyer of Young
town, Ohio. The witnes cited an in
stance where through the death or a
husband and hi widow within a period
of nine day the same estate had been
taxed' twice within that time.
TWIN SISTERS 91 YEARS
OLD AND STILL ACTIVE
Leaolr, Jnly IS. Mr. Greer,
mother of Milton Greer, living three
mllea eat of town, m Jl'year of
age, and ia aow visiting her twin
niter, la 'Aho connty. Mr. Greer
and and her aiater are both en
Joying good heahh, nnd are very
active for ladle aaftwachlng th
centnry mark. . Their Uvea -. aad
activities fern a remarkable Inci
dent, aad skew the longevity which
may be attained la the climate of
this section. .
PASSENGER ENGINEER ON
S. A. L. MEETS DEATH AS
TRAIN NEARS SUFFOLK, VA.
PortamMth. V- Jnlw lUUs.
4agna- (ram th Scry nsawtk of his
engine an Seaboard Air Lin train
Namber Id boat Urea miles at of
San-elk, V, t address iremark
to his engineer, the flremaa, Hsnry
Mas a, dlscs-rered that th tare -astir
was raaafng wlthowt a pilot.
A hasty search reaviared him that
tho sagtascr B. H. Bsckasr, f this
city, wss iMt th lecsmstlv sr
Under asd that th train, earrylag
pctra from Birmingham and
Atlanta, i wa. Hrlly raaalag
away.' :- , " ' .- ,
Hastily haltiag the train, the Irs.
maa aad ths rest sf th crew west
back along th track akwat a qr
ter of s mil, where . they fssad
the bsdy sf Bsrkncr. His body,
slightly mstilated, was fownd along.
Ids the track Baehner, the theory
la, wa knocked from ths tender
by lowhridg. -
whereas the customs service, witu
nearly fifty years of experience under
the present plan had back of it court
rulings, accepted business practices and
a. generally slaoio loundation upon
which to work. All of this would be
lost in the change, he declared,- and
another-era of litigation gone through
before eorreet interpretation could be
bad (f the bill's provisions.
Wonld Increase' Work.
Mr. Davis said there would be an in
cretsc in amount of work placed oa the
customs rervice by the new dntv bnsis.
informing the committee that it could
require that every package entering
customs would have to be examined. A
present, he saw. inspectors examine
only about 10 per ttvi of the imporK
Exai.inntion of all would bo required,
he asserted, by the bill f provisions call
ing for valuations, on-a comparative or
cocipertiftve basis. Chairman Penrose
said he saw need for an army of men
in assessing the duties undr the plan.
The committee, also heard- Thpmas O
Marvin and William 8. Culbertson
members of the Tariff Cemmlssion, ea:h
of whom favored tho American valua
tion plan.
Teleorams From Southern
States Deny Epidemic or a
State of Semi-Famine
DECLARE REPORTS ARE
DAMAGING TO THE SOUTH
Meantime, Public Health , Ser
vice and Red Cross Prepare
To Investigate
Washington, July 26. Quick response
was made today to President Harding's
call on the Public Health Service and
the Red Cross to meet the reported
threat of a pellagra epidemic in a largo
section of the cotton belt.
- Official f the two agencies set im
mediately to work in an endeavor to
carry out the President's roquest and
late in the day hold a joint conference
Officials of eight Southern states made
their reipons la th form of a protest
thst no such scriou situation a has
been pictured exist.
Surgeon General Cummin g and, Dr.
Joseph Goldberger, pellagra expert, of
the Public Health Service, met in con
ference with Dr. Livingston Farrand,
chairman, and other Red Cross official
The session was quite lengthy and no
informttion as to conclusions reached
was disclosed, Dr. dimming stating that
he would make a report tomorrow to
the President.
Response From Sooth.
I he response from the Kouth was
widespread aad varied. The Georgia
Senate passed a resolution denouncing
the report of a pellagra epidcriic as
"damning," and the secretary of the
State board of .health declared the
disease showed no increase.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce
telegraphed a protest' to the White
House, while Florida's State health of
ficer contended his State showed a de
crease. The State board of health of
Alabama also claimed a decrease. The
Tennessee health board reported
nothing unusual. South Carolina ad
mitted an increase, but no "semi
famine,' and contended there
1aii
"nothing alarming." Arkansas report
cd "nothing alarming,' and Iouisiana
reported a decrease. Mississippi arknowl
edged twice as many cases this year
as last, but disclaimed an epidemic or
a acini-famine. '
In ail cases the State Health officils
took vigorous issue with .the report of
the Public Health Service, which has
pvblicly estimated that due to impover
iabed diet forced upon -them by -depression
of the ectton market, at least ltXl,-
000 persons in the Southern cotton belt
wouia nave pei.ogra and tuar iu per
cent of tli cm nut die. Dr. Cumnimg
said tonight, however, that the Public
Health Service would stand by its
figures.
Latter From Senator Dial.
Acting upon a letter from Senator
Dial, of South Carolina, who called
to hi attention published reports of
the Public Health Service announce
ment, President Harding wrote Surgeon
General Summing and Dr. Livingston
Farrand, chairman of the eeatral com
mittee of the Red Cross, urging thrm
to take appropriate steps to meet the
situation described to him . a being
fraught with "semi famine" and threat
of an epidemic of a ravaging disease..
No sooner had the President's let
ter been published than protest and
denial began to pour down.
Public Health Service officials pointed
out that their report only gave warn
ing that unless something were done to
remedy a "particular kind of semi
starvation bow said to be prevailing,
many deaths from pellagra would fol
low. s
After retting oat that the depression
ot ths cotton market and conditions
generally have reduced thousands of
persoas to a limited diet, which pro
dace pelligra, th Public Health Ber
ries report said:
"It take aboat iv mcnth of this
Dartienlsr kind of sc.ni starvation be
fore pellagra begia to manifest Hsclf,
but after that it doe wtta ppainnr
tepidity. The second stage is bow we 'J
aader way,"
Ssy He' Nst "Alsrmist.
8eator Dial aaid today h wa aot
aa "alarmist" -ad na Zerrtood that
nellacra epidemic did set exist, bntf
might be sxpeetci, nndir th conditions
pr-valent. especially -amonf mall eot
toa pUatera. Senator Dial said that he
knew many laborer whs have beea laid
off, workmen aad m.-i3 farmen we,-
', (CMUiaaed M fat SereO
DEFINITE ORDERS
TO ABANDON BRAGG
ISSUED BY WEEKS
Secretary of War Adds Camp
Jackson and Camp Bragg.
To Scrap Heap
FAYETTEVILLE TO ASK
FOR RECONSIDERATION
i
Government Will Retain Land
But Troops To Be Trans
ferred To Camp Knox Near
Louisville; Land Condemna
tion Proceedings In Federal
Court To Be Ended Today
Washington, July 24. Reduction
of the United State Army to a
peace time strength of 15,9M m,n
will be accomplished by Jnly II in
accordance with the decision of
Congress when it refused to ppro
prlate fond for pay of a greater
force after October 1. With the
reduction Secretary Weeks an
no need today, there wonld be a
genera) . redistribution of troops,
practical abandonment of seven of
the great war-time army canton
menta, placement ot many organi
sations on the inactive list snd
keletonisation of others Into ma.
terlally. reduced. trenirthsi ---
The cantonment to be abandoned
"at the earliest practicable date"
announced by Secretary Weeks
are Camp Devena, Maaeachuhetts;
Sherman, Ohio; Pike, Arkansas;
Grant, Illinois; Jackson, South Caro
lina; Meade, Maryland, except for
a small detachment, and BiagK,
North Carolina Those to be re
tained ander the plana of reoirsnl
xation are Dix, New Jersey; Travis,
Texas; Lewis, Washington, snd
Knox, Kentucky.
War department orders directing the
abnadoonieiit ..of Camp Kragg AtJ.aje.L-
tevillo and Camp Jarkson at Columbia,
S. C, will not hold up tho prosecution
of condemnation proceedings brought
in,' Federal Court against land owners
in the North Carolina camp ares, in
volving about 50 individual cases, and
the taking of vidneo in the tnt of
thes issues will be concluded before
Judge H. i. Connor today.
According to advices received from
Washington last night the War lc
partment will retain powacasiou of the
ISOKXl arre bought tr Camp Tlragg
for use In such emergencies as may
art ia th future. Sugestions are aiade
that it will be used for civilian military
training camps. Troops now stationed
there will be removed to Camp Knox,
3o miles from Louisville, Ky. Washing
ton dispatches are not altogether clear
on the movement of the regiments at
Camp Bragg.
Ask for Reconsideration
Fayetteville heard of the second act
ual aliSndonment of the camp last night,
and took immedintc steps to have the
War Department reconsider the order.
''Camp Kragg has looked sicker than
this before, declared one rayottertlle
citizen as ho departed for the capital
to take up the fight that began four
years ago when General Leonard Wood
came down to North ( arolina anil al
most gavo the ramp to the Cape Fear
metroolis.
Disturbed though they are, Fayette
ville is by no means hopeless about the
ramp.' They have had ramors of aban
donment and actual abandonment be
fore. They are leanii.g strongly upon
the possibility of support from General
J. J. ersliiiiB who is understood to hold
the opinion that Camp Bragg is the
finest site for an artillery camp in the
United States. Just what steps will be
taken after the Fayetteville citizenry
mobilize its energies will not be known
until their scouts have reported from
Washington.
Mack Land In Litigation ,
Thirty tho'usand acres of land remain
on the unsettled list, but since tho gov
crnment is to retain the land for
emergencies it" Is presumed h?-e that
the litigation now in progress will not
be interfered with. Some consternation
spread among the litigants hero latt
night when the information came that
tho camp wns to be discarded. 1ind
owners began to wonder if they uere
going to get anything but poisilily rents
for their lands.- -
Most of the perturbation -wis in the
camp of Neil! H. Blue, who owns a lit
tle mora than 11,000 acres of 1ml tor
(Contlnsed on page fonr.)
ABANDON PLAN TO HUNT
FOR LIQUOR SMUGGLERS
Washington, July W. Plnn for the
Naval co-opera tio a ia the bunt for
liquor smuggler along the North At
lantic coast apparently have beea aban
doned, prohibition official declared to
day. They had beea discussed tenta
tively with th Navy Department, offi
cials said, but it wss founds he prohibi
tion nnit would have to defray expenses
of the craft need and lack sufficient
fund. Th prohibitum force are go
ing ahead with th assUtaae bf the
coast guard, it wa idded, ia aa effort
to tweep th sea ef ths tram, ranaers.
Justics department agent art assigned
a special requests but ara aot taking
part ia the general drive. .
FLAMES BADLY DAMAGE
STEAMSHIP MAURETANIA
Southampton, England, July M. Firt
which broke out .yesterday oa the
steamer Maaretania while sua wa lying
at her dork hers was extinguished at
4 s'eloek this mora ing. Decks C, D and
E war completely destroyed amidships
Balooa paaaeager was war) scheduled
to sail ea ths Mxnretania ' Saturday
will be accommodated ea ths Bere agarla
ad ths Car-mania, while those whs had
booked steersg passag will b di
tribated irkeng other ship of the
Csaard line, according U aaaoaaeemeBt
this ornlBf.
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
UNDER INDICTMENT
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Governor I-en Small, of Illinois, the
principal figure in the most sensational
political development In that State in
manv years, who has been indicted by
(Tie Sangamon county grand jury on a
charge of enibeazleiiieutBf State funds.
Lieutenant Governor Sterling and ver
noil Curtis, a bankxr, were also in
dieted on similar charges. Governor
.Sjiiall'i cliiuu uf . imiu unity from urrojit
and hn determination to 'resist arrest
have been outstanding features in the
en j j duiu-g tl.e past few days.
NO EFFORT MADE
Circuit Judge, However, Rules
That The Governor Is Sub
ject to Arrest
OFFERS TO 81 RRENDER
Springfield, July 20. Governor
Small, from the oQce of one of hi
counsel in Chicago, tonight offered
to surrender himself without re
sistance to Sangamon county au
thorities on warrants charging him
With eabesxUmcnt of state fund
while treasurer trf BHnoi;
Apringneld, July 2(1. Although Cir
eult Judge, K. 8. Smith today held that
Governor Len Small wns subjeet to ar
rest following his indictment on charges
of embezzlement and conspiracy to de
fraud the State, while, State Treasurer
warrants had not been served tonight
and the Governor li ft the capital, pre
sumalilv for his home at Kank ikee.
Truce overtures I v State's Attorney
Mortimer, ho suggested conference be
tween county authorities and represen
tative's of the Governor, were refiis'd
at the executive office.
County authorities declared they
were determined to go through with the
arrest of Governor Small, following
Judge Smith's ruling. They designated
no time for service of the warrants or
the time which they tumid allow the
Governor, for his appearance to arrange
bond.
Although Judge Smith ruled agiinst
them, Governor Smnll's counsel still
contended that' the rxertit ive is immune
from arrest on the charges made in the
Indictments.
Former Governor Joseph W. Fifer, of
Bloomington, 'ce lured that under the
ruling of the court the (iiivcruur could
be placed under arrest for the slight
est misdemeanor.
ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE
CHJNESE INTO THE U. S
Three Officers of Schooner Un
der Arrest at Pensacola On
Serious Charge
Pcnsncnla ,Fla , July ?fi Warrants
were issued here this afternoon for the
arrest of Jack O'lnrv, alias Jack Kd
dington; ikinrirh Wentzel, alias Hugo
Wentcal, snd Clung Wah Lee. aliases
Chester Wing and Sen Yuc., charging
them with conspiracy tn violate the act
prohibiting the importation into this
country of alien Chinese. All the men
aro now under arrest.
The charges grew out of the beaching
near St. Andrcwa;.July II, of the aimli
ary schooner, Viole, with 44 Chinese
aboard. The vessel put in for repairs
following, it is said, a miscarriage of
plan whereby the vessel would have
been met end the hinee transferred
The Chinese wero set ashore and the
vessel burned. Hav County authori
se later gathered them up while the
three alleged conspirators wefe, arrested
bv Federal authorities.
The three men will be given a pre
liminary hearing before Commissioner
A. W. Davis, tomorrow.
PECANS GROW ON GRAPE
VINE NEAR MORRI5VILLE.
MAIL ARRIER REPORTS.
Psria growing sn s Concord
grape via (srely doe sonnd a little
nstty, hst H. C. Sears, mill carrier
a Rests Ns. 1, Morrlsrllle, vosches
for this itsryt
"Mr. J. F. Conncit, prominent fir
mer sa Roots No. I, called me to eee
a sight yesterday that I was not sc.
caactsmed to seeing every dsy pecam
rawing sa a Concord-grtpa vine,'"
ara Mr. Sean. "Mr. Cssncll palled
aa sf fas, cat rt aper snd fsssd
a well developed fralt as ir it had
grown sa a pecaa-tree. There ars
ether sn th via for ssyone te see.
"There Is a peeaa tree aboat Ifty
feet from ths vine, bst ths strange
thing I how they rrd from
Is) th ether. , It ts tsa mack fsr at
ad if aayaaa can flgara It sat 1
Mid be glad to hear from the.1
s i, 4 f r, 1
f ,ihi V '.I'fvA I
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TO ARREST SMALL
ASKS CONGRESS TO
GIVE CORPORATION
ADDITIONAL POWER
President Wants Railroad
Debts Funded and More Help
For Agriculture
StNUS SPECIAL MESSAGE
IU NATION'S LAWMAKERS
First Step Toward Affording
rarm credits Through War
Finance Corpoation Taken
When Substitute Bill for
Norris Measure Appears In
Senate
Washington, July 26.-Partial r.
sponse was made immediately by Con
gress today to a special message from
l resident Harding, requesting that bow.
er of the War Finance Corporation be
nroadoncd to take charge of funding
upwards of five hundred million dol
lars of railroad debt and to provide ad
ditional fnrm credits.
The President in his message, trans
mitted by messenger, declared the gov
ernment - was ''morally and legaDV
bound" to fund the railroad debt and
was under "an impelling moral ohli
gation to provide agricultural credit
Substitute Measara
The first step toward meeting th.
second of the two requests provision
ior aiiiiuionni larm credits had in re
ality been taken in the Senate before
tho Presidential message was read.
Senator Kellogg, Republic Minncwt.
introduced a bill drafted by Secretary
of Commerce Hoover and Director Mey
er, of the War Finance Corporation,
and said to have the approval of thr
President, as a substitute for the pend
ing Norris bill to create a SIOO.OOO.OOO
farm export corporation. Ths bill, aa
introduced, embraced the President'
suggestions to empower the War Fi
nance Corporation, instead of a new
federal corporation as provided in the
Norris bill, to advance crcdita for agri
cultural exports.
The President's message dealt par
ticularly with railroad financing and
declared the proposal that tho War Fi
nance Corporation take charge of fund
ing the railroads' debt to the govern
ment would cause ''no added expense,
no added liability, no added tax bur
den." The President described the
proposal as "a simple remedy, con
templating receipt and diapoaitinn by
the corporation of '"amnio aeeuritica
deposited by the railroads.
Referred ta Cemmlttea
The message was referred by the Sen
ate to its interstate crtmmercs commit
tee, but Chairman Cummin, in ill
health, was out of the city, and whea
the railroad legislation wonld be tikcn
up was in doubt. Leader, however
expected action within tho next fort
night. Several Senators, opposing any
semblance of further government sd
vances to tho carriers, state privately
that they would light the legialaioa.
Text of Mcssags
"The contract covering operation pro
vided that tho railways should be re
turned to their owners in as good con
dition as when taken over by the gov
ernment, and the Transportation Act,
recognizing that bcttermenta and addi
ions belong to capital account, provided
that such sums aa the railway compan
ies owed the government for better
ments and nrw equipment, added dur
ing the period of government operation,
might bo -funded. There has been, at
no time, any question about ths justice
of funding am-h indebtedness to the
government. Indeed, it has been in
progress to a mensurable degree ever
since the return of the railroad to their
owners. It has been limited, however,
to such cases as those in which final
settlements with the railway adminis
tration kave been effected. The pro
ro.s is admittedly too slow to meet the
difficult situation which the owner of
the railroads have been facing, aad I
believe it essential to restore railway
activities and essential to the country'
good f ortune to. hasten both funding and
settlement.
"Quite npart from the large sums
owing to the guvernmenf, which we
are morally and legally bound to fund,
the government admittedly owes the
railway company large sums on vari
ous accounts such, as compensation,
depreciation and maintenance.
Need More Finds
"The way now would seem to bi
clear to very early adjustment and re
lief, except for the fact that the Rail
way Administration, though possessing
assets, does not command the funds
necessary to meet what will be it ad
mitted obligations.
There is no thought to ask Congress
for additional funds. Perhap fiv
hundred million dollars will be neces
sary. The railroad administration has,
or will have in the progress of fund
ing, ample securities to meet all re
quirements if Congress will only grint
the authority to negotiate these eenri
ties and provide the agency for their
negotiation.
"With this end in view, you are ask)
to extend the authority of th War
Finance Corporation so that it may
purchase these rail ay funding securi
ties except by the Director General of
Railroads. No added expense, ao add
ed investment ia required on ths part
of the government, there is bo sdded
liability, no sdded tax burden. It is
merely the grant of authority neee
tary to enable a most useful aad aS
eient government agency to nse it
available funds to purchase eeenritie
for which Congress already ha anther-,
ircd th issue, and turn them into ths
channels of flnanc ready to float them.'
Agrteattara! Relief
"Puding proposals for relief?' aad
their dlscusion have already brought to.
the attentioa-of Congress th very pro
mising possibilities of broadening the
power of th War Finaaea Corpora-
tioa for farther relief of igriealtar aad
livestock production, thia carparatioa
ha proven itself so? helpful ia the r
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