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Tie .Mews WE WEATUER Partly cloudy Mowday aad Taaday. WATCU LABEL on your paper.- Read renewal IW day lfer xptratloa In order to avoid missing singl copy. ;' ' ' erver VOL CXIV. NO. 32. EIGHT PAGES TODAY RALEIGH.' N. C. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1921. EIGHT PAGES TODAY PRICE; FIVE CENTS MUCH SECRECY IN FRAMING POLICIES OF REPUBLICANS President Harding Gives Secret Dinner Party But It Quickly Leaks Out Public meetings of COMMITTEE CAMOUFLAGE Seal Tax Legislation Said To Be Pramed At Meetings With Secretary Mellon At Treas f ury Department; Old Guard j Afraid To Pnsb Tariff Bfll and May Side-Track It ,' The News anvl Observer Bureau L- eta. Dwtawt KHona! Rant "BMgT By EDWARD K. BRITTON. ' (By Special Ix-ascd Wire.) Washington, July Jl "Open dipli aiay, oenly arrived at" is hardly th" poliey that prevails Tt itli the Hauling administration for that there have been cr ret meetings o( Republican leaders ha" been giwn publicity through rare Icsi talkers, and there it a whisncr it nnother b( of buai'i?ss going iind-r riner, while uii "open meeting' affair js neMtg- nt-td o a htmtl to rover p what ip dune on the side. Tli;it th effort i being made to "pull the wool over the eyep-of the public by . IJjc. RtpublicaM. is the. lirnj. .bi'lie' cf those who rlaim to have kept tab on recent happening. One night last weCK President Hurl' "ing had a dinner party nt the Wht. Jliuso. To it were invited a group of Republican lt'de."s cf the Senate, and each of them a notified to say Willing of ihe iiivititoii, while White House employees wore told not to sav niything :.bout the party being ir ranged. The guists wire all on ban 1 anl the report zoes tnnt Republican pi; as fi r icvtisUitiuu env. matters of voice w.-rc discussed morv or less fully, all this under the eover of wi-ieiy. Bit there w;i nme loose talking among the iu-o: tors of the vuitv tie next dav. ami th? news of the gatheriiip jit il.e White House leaked out. Later in the neck Pns "ident Harding had mcu'berj of the Hmv' at a similar csth ring but thii time there w-as no -ttittt't nt- efo7, for the innate "secrM" party hid leaked .l il mi found thit secrecy was impossible. Secret Committee Hearings. But the present secret affair that is irninr m ' b t"fli wit, the Hmne ways and means committee heaTin.r during the week on the revenue hi' The hearings at the Ci.pitol are pu'v We hearings, and the Republics is k'udly permit tho D.'iijcrutie rnerobeis of the onimitte to sit with them, rr.d likewise kindly permit the publ': generally to "shoot oit its mouth" as P what it thinks ought to be done to wise revenue for i ue government. That these public meetings are Mind, or a camouflage, for secret meeting! that are lieing held is the talk around Washington. It is said tluit the e secret in?':ings are being h M ! tho Treasury Department, the parties at tbem beinc the Republican members of the House wavi and means committee, S.-eretnrv of th Treasurj' Mi Ion, with confidential adviirrs of the Treasury Department. The report goes so far to say that the revenue) bill is already fixed, that Secretary of .Iie Treasury' Mellon hai written it, and that after the mVi talkee" nt the opening sessions of the ways and means committee the Mellon revenue bill will be leported out h the Rentibliran majority. Tho purpos) then is to rush, the measure through the Hinie and s"nd it t the .Sennt", piiiiijr it up to that lady to hustle i en to completion as rapidly as poV aibW. . Afraid of Tariff Bill lu tie Senate the . idea of the Re publicans now is that the country dc rounds fa revision quickly, and. that .there is. no .need to. hurry up the pas age of the tariff bill with its joe fordnevism wrppple promising- trouble at thehands of the Totera at the 19T-' lection. In fact there is talk that the Fordney tariff bill will be left as a hajig over for the regular session Uiat in its present shape, and with the dis popition of the country, there ip too much dynamite In it to monkey with it. The Republicans recognise thit they have a buis saw matter to deal with in both the tariff and the revenue bill, and are wondering if their fingers are going to be cut in the handling of these. They have in mind the fate that followed for their part with the Payne Aid rich abomination, and are ticklish about Fordney monstrosity. Mexteaa feat Threatens The Mexican beaa beetle, a very do atractiv crop past, is aaaouaced by the Department of Agrirnlture is now be ing wilhia three Miles of North Caro lina, and headed that way. Alabama hps just been released from quaran tine aa arvonnt of the vest. Durinj the present (pmaer the beetle waa fond ia injurious lumbers ever about 10,000 tqaara miles ia Alabama, Geor gia aid Tenaeaaee, aad to be distri buted though thinly' over aa additional SOjOOO pquaro mile ia the name atatea, aa well aa ia Kentucky aad 8oath Op ro li aa. Now withia threa aailea of North Carolina, it ia tUo withia 10 mile of Florida, Id poitrs of Uiaaiasippi, tl spiles of Virginia. The spresd it giv ing eoaeera to - tha departmaat, th rpried aitnro of tha eropa grwa over thii large territory rendering tha prac tical appliratioa of ffalaU4 aaraa. tine difSealt, while tha onforeinp; of qaaraatiaa reffnlatioif woald sseaa a material hardship ta general agrkal tare of thia region. Tha rereat large advaaaea hj tha War Fiaaato Cerporattoa ta tha Fed ral Iateraationai Baa king Company f Kesr Orleans far th parpoaa of 4 by that corporatioa) ta bo aiding ia relieving tha prepeit dwtreniag pitu- tioa. A iiatoaseat by Engeaa Meyer, ; Coirlaaed oa rip tnr) Imagery ill Give Away to Stark Realism. In Drainage of Quarry Mysteries Will Be laid upen Will Lie Where They Are Until Legal Machinery Has Its . .Will Wjth Them ; Investigations Expected To De- . velop Sensation Before the Week Is Done. - But What To Do With the Fish ' Fire days beyond the traditionally established tenure of life for wonders and mysteries, established long ainee and described as "a nine days wonder," the Bock Quarry yesterday claimed as many devotees as any day has brought it in the two weeks since the first drowned automobile was hooked on its bottom, and imagination began to work over-time. - Imagery will give way to realism be fore the week is 'done, and whatever thing the green waters have covered, hot August suns will bleach, and the mystery of the pool may bo P?ad by any- who can get close enough to the rim of the quarry. Not very close that will be for a few days after the fence is erected this morning and the public held back for its own safety. New Qneetioaa Arise. Yesterday the question that came to the lips of most who discussed the quarry and its mysteries and its drying out was "What will become of the liquor' and The' gufomobiies nrd-the and the corpses thst may be, or are in the bottom of the hole." Specula: lion ran rife, and many were the pjans as to the salvage of the stuff. Claim ants were ready for every thing but the corpses. Everything. but the '" fish, if fhefe ts anything but fish, will be turned over ,to the solicitor for tha prosecution of whatever investigation that .circum stances may prompt him to make. If there is liquor, it will find its way to destruction that will be final. If there are automobiles that can be identified, they will be held for such disposition as may develop. Likewise with the "eorpi delicti,' if any be found. The fish will have to be moved out for sanitary reasons if the quarry is dried to the bottom. Conservative esti mates of the gold fish and the other piscatorial tribes that swim the green waters place the output at two wagon mad r- Jditly they will be gold , fish, descendants of a few taken from Pullen Park year age- and - placed in the quarry. Numbers of them can be seen swimming in the water, and divera re Monthly Review Of Federal! Reserve Board Shows De pression In Many Lines Washington, July 31. Business re actions in basic lines of industry still was reflected during July in volume of business, extent of unemployment, and depression of production, paid the monthlv review- of general economic conditions, issued tonight by the Fed cra-1 Reserve Eonrd. It was added that seasonal dullncs in practically all lines of trade prevented material alteration in general business conditions. Midsummer retail business, the bonrd asserted, has been in some respects better than usual while the outlook for a satisfactory autumn business in a number of lines such as knit goods, and cotton textiles, ws declared to be de cidedly encouraging. Consumers de- maud -as reflected in the volume of retail trad?, continued as good as or better than at this time la.it year. Continuing prospect of excellent food crops was declared to be the most hope ful feature ia the genera! outlook. Lit tle change is. the cotton. crop wtt noted, with about two-thirda of last year' pro dui'.ion expected. Price rhangea during the month have shewn no pronounced tendencies the l.oard stated. Greater stability was manifest in the textile, boot and shoe industries, although important declines have taken place in other lines, such at iron and steel and particularly automo biles. The unemployment situation has re mained practically unchanged according to the review with labor authorities re porting serious depletioa of the savings f men who have been out of work as well a of unemployment funds of trade unions. Desire wa see a resumption of full pro duction the board aaid apparently has led to operation of some plants oa a non-profit m ak ing basis, with , wag scales correspondingly reduced or em ployees working oa' part time. Money rates havo become distinctly easier, th review eontiuued, bat fluc tuations ia exchange ana nnstable for eign financial eoaditioai hava prevented any material improvement jn foreign trade, tho Board added, then has beea a reduction ia the proportion of the cpuatry's commerce transported ia Amerkaa vessels and a corres ponding increase ia tha proportion carried ia foreiga bottoms. TWO BUNCOMBE MEN ARE HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Apheville, July SL That Jamei B. Pealaad, years eld, who waa fatally oonded at Beach following a family difficulty lata Saturday afternoon, earn to. kia death front wwaad Inflicted by Bpargao Evadlay aal thai Jack Cook, neighbor of Bradley's waa aa accessory ta tha ria, waa tha verdict reached by eoroaer's Jury thia afternoon. Z. L. Backaer, eaa witaesa aware that at the heaa of BradWy there haa beea wrf eaee ia a while bit of druakea- aeas the alleged player aal aeeosnptke are held ia Buaeosabe county JanL BUSINESS SHOWS REACTION NULY 10 me oun, But AH lhing3 port the depths alive with tliem. At Daybreak Today. Daybreak this morning will see the forces charged with draining the quarry in action. First thing will be tho load ing of many bales of wire on trucks and moving it to the quarry. Today and a part of tomorrow will be re quired for the erection of the fence ordered built about the place. En gineers will lay out tho work of re claiming the old tunnel, and at. the Truck Patch, other workmeu will be rigging up the great pump that will throw out the water. Linesmen will rig up the transmission linos from Blount street to the quarry, and by Wednesday ntgnt things may bo res.Jy for the pressing of the button that will start the seven million gallons of water toward Walnut Creek. Investigation of such clues as 'live been placed in the hands of investigat ing authorities continues, and by the time the water is out of tip pool, the city may be stirred by sensational e rclopments. Tho theory of a goneral conspiracy has been explored to some length. aiftc.e.,t be,, first car was hauled out two weeks ago today, and this may offer the population a situation no less interesting than the presence of arto mobiles in the quarry. . Alt Vnder Guard. Strictest surveillance of the quarry is being' maintained and will- le- main tained until the last of its questions have been answered. Noth.ng in 'ho quarry now will be molestsd but the water, unless the fish are perturbed by the activities of the pumps. If there are cars on the bottom, they will stay there. If there s anything else there and it has been proved almost to the pointpf certainty that there is, it also win stay there until it is removed by the hands of the law. VVeenie stands will open again to day. The farmers round about will bring their watermelons and their ether things to sell. There will be aoda pop and talk of mysteries and speculation Workmen will busy themselves bringing answer to most questions that have been asked, and the folk will wait in the tun for an answer. The quarry is being drained. T Federal Reserve Board Holds To Estimate Of Two-Thirds Of 1920 Crop The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District Nat. Bank Bldg. Hy EDWARD I. BRITTON. (liy Special Leased Wire.) Washington, July 31. In cotton there has been little or no change, from the prospect of former months, the outlook indicating about two-thirds of lust year's production, due both to reduced acreage and to the poor condition of the crop, says the Federal Reserve Board in its statement of August 1st. Thia reduced prospect holds true also for tobacco and in a lesser degree for other important money crops. It gives as the estimated total of 1921 entton production 8,411,000 bales as compared with air actual production of 13,.')85,754 bales in 1920." The estimated yield of tobacco is put at 932,157,000 pounds as compared with tho December. ISO), estimate of !,), 664,000 pounds last year. Foreign Bora Population. Tho Buretu of the Census has just issued a table giving by atatea the for eign born white males and females 21 years of age and over for 1920. For .North .Carolina, the. figures-are-: Males-, naturalized, lflWi first MDers. . 1183: alien, 1,124; citizenship not reported, 7; total, 4,035. for females the fig urea are: Naturalized, 1,349; first pa perp, 10; alien, 648; eitizenshin not re ported 446; total, 2,453. Total males and females, 6,488. The census of 1920 is the first to give citizenship of wo men, and in it a woman married to a native or naturalized citizen of the United States waa returned aa a citizen, even tncuga nerseii foreign bora, while a nativo born woman married to an alien or to a foreign-born man who had taken out his first paper's only was re turned aa aa alien, but the number of aliens given includes only those of for eiga biitb. Ia the tea-year period there waa but a slight- increase of foreign bora men and women ia North Caro lina. CiUaae te Talk Psllagra. The "famine and plague" pellagra report ror the Booth' of tha Public Health Service and President Harding's letters oa the subject continue to be talked among Southern - members of Congress The letters of Congressman Byrnes of South Carolina to President Harding calling for a thowdowa as to LITTLE CHANQt IN COT! 11 me author or .the report aad dealing with such official, meets with approval. Denying claims of plague or famine ia the South he says he welcomes the inquiry set oa foot, declaring most truly that the people of the South are not seeking charity, a matter that it no being exploited .ia publications throughout th country. ' C. L. Woodall, Jr, a Raleigh boy, ia here with the Detroit baseball team, which played Wtsfiington the latter part ef last week aad will play here throegk Tuesday. Beeaae he ia ea the team there cam to Waahingtoa today from Raleigh his father, Charles L. Woodall, accompanied by W.L. Woodall aad Sam Lnmley. Touag Woodall ia a catcher aa the Detroit team, this being hi Int teasoar with It. He ia making a record with the bat, his hitting last week beiae Carrppn Cm aaae Tke larger part af the Nerth Care- (Cewttaeoc am amgw fevrj j K - . ' - OF FIG Head Of Public Health Of Rus sian Soviet Government Tells Of Difficulties NEED OVERSHOES TO WALK IN DRY STREET Sewage and Water Supplies Described As Being In Ter rible Disrepair In Town?; Mass Migration Of People Causes Infection To Be Dis tributed Generally , Rijt, Irftvk. July .31. (Hv the -AsV ciated Press) The task of lighting tht present serious cholera epidemic in Soviet Russia is magnified in its difli cultics by the terrible sanitary StaK existing virtually throughout the eoun try says Dr. N. Scmashko, commissa-hi! of Public Health of the Soviet (invirn ment, writing in the Moscow lzvetia. "Dirt in the towns is aurh that even in dry weather persons who are fortu nate enough to have overdues ualk the streets in" tlieurf sewage' anil ""wafer supplies are in terrible disrepair,'' Doctor Pemashko writes. Infection ia Dlstributrd Added to this, says the dortur, i. the "mass migration, as if it had been maliciously planned,, diatr huth Ihe hi fection from one placo to amtlier or thousands and tens of tho .sa mis of verats. The starving population of the Volga is moving to the south as an avalanche sowing on its way infection and death. ''The cholera has already developed into a big epidemic in thu R'!off, Vol ga, Voronoah and Orea! governments. Scattered outbreaks hirve been discov ered in the most widespread localtica of the republic. Hard to Control Travelers "In the Volga appears already the spectre of the cholera and famine vears of 1S!H-1S!I2. Those who have 'lived through . those, .years,, not to apeak o.f those who" participated in Tho fighting agsnsfr-the epidemies, feel their -blood grow ice cold In their veins at tho mem-ory-of it At present evrryon 6 begins to cross himself." Doctor Semashko says one of the prin cipal difficulties facing the country, against cholera campaigners, is the in: -sontrollcd horde of travelers Tiding evsry where, inside and outside, ea the roofs, under th platforms, aad cling ing to every inch of the ttalns through out Russia. He advocates stationing armed "vaccination squads" at every railway station to vaccinate every rav eler and permit none to go onward with out a certificate that he has undergone thit process. General compulsory vaccination, quar antine of infected districts, and immedi ate mobilization of sanitary personnel have been ordered. Repairs of sewage systems are being rushed and workmen have been appealed to to consider the ''cholera front" an actual war front. LIGHTNING HITS BOAT WITH FISHING PARTY One Man Killed and Two Seri ously Injured During Severe Electrical Storm Terry, Fla., July 31. One man was killi, two eeriously injured and pev eral others narrowly escaped drown ing when lightning struck a launch with a fishing party aboard during a severe electrical storm off the Ouif coast late yesterday, it became known when members of the party rehed here today. Nick Klimnes, of Tarpon Springs, pilot of the launch, waa killed instant ly. J. AV. Grantham, of Willaroochee, (ia., and Waldo Henderson, of Oenlb,' Ga., received severe burns. Two other men received less serious Injuries. Grantham and Henderson were brought to this place for medical at tention and it is planned to take thm to a hospital at Valdosta as soon as they are able to make the trip. The accident occurred 20 miles oft Keyton Beach, iar hereThe bolt ripped a largo hole in the bow of thj launch but did not damage the engine. Three uninjured members of the party manned the pumps and kept the vessel afloat until within seven miles of shor-. when the party was taken off in small skiffs. CANADIAN SHIP SAID TO HAVE RUN AGROUND Astoria, Oregon, July 31. A wireless meapsge received by British Vice Con pul Cherry here today paid the Cans dian Government steamer Canadian ex porter was "ashore off Willape Harbor, Waahington. The tug Wallul.i left here at 9:30 a. m. to give assists ne. Captain Bradley of the Canadian x porter reported that the aea was smooth and he believed the vessel would bo floated. He had dropped an chor and water ballast was being pumped from th stranded vessel's tanks. RETIRED MINISTERS JN FLORIDA TO BUY HOTEL Jackasmill. Ha, July Tp Retiree Mlatster' Awwaclptioa of th MHhodast Epkwoaal Chi irk ha campletew acfotiattomt fat" Ike par ch f a hotel at East. Fla, aa a ---beea far retired cktrgymea, sMesreV . lag te advices received here from -tka esTfaalsatiee'a aMadfaartese ' la Chicago.' The hotel as aa mm ef the highest ridgt Ja the Mat, ea a chela ef three lake, aad la ear. Maaded by areata vravta. It at aadentaesl her the hem win be aeaea about October 1st aa tfcas retired elyrgyssea warn tetwtv a. stews frapp the eaarch wlU be alls. - ea sweats at from three ta' errea . eUaS week, -- t-'- - TASK HTING MM SERIOUS PROBLEM HE SAYS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR AMERICAN SHIPS TO BE DEM Shipping Board Representa tives Claim Discrimination By Great Britain AWARDING CONTRACTS CAUSES CONTROVERSY American Vessels Denied Car goes Of Egyptian Cotton Al though Bids Lower Than Those Of British Ships, It V Is Charged; May Invoke taliatory Measures WaytiMifTniH, ,UtW .TP-Shipping 'IVint r-tire" -':! i'-s mil . infer mth l.ri'; i ship Owners in Iondin Tuesday iu an i lfo't t , ir tain ti.'.- treatment f n American merchant vessels in the award it trade iri' ilcgos in toreign ports. In ukin l! is annoi.i.cei.'ont today 'he n.iaul. 5;.iu Cap'.-n lerris, the disln -manager at London, hail been instructed to make Miong ro-i n r t.itimis par- mi- J-t.ly...iiCR'aift a.UfX i'Ui;tiaiini.Uj k. in,! ilm ;;-!irg i f co. .ir,.; for ea g L'jvpt .m ccttfn t l't 'i and Aim'ri can ports. It was considered probable, however, that the coi.firence would have a i.till Urofedtm aMM-t,.- aad-that t4 . 4)m4 would insist that its vessels hnve equal footing with British ships iu the award ing of contracts for the transport of all rlasses of freight. The l.oard is understood to have com plained to British Shipping lines thai American vessels had been denied car goes of Kgyptian cotton, although in many instance their bids were lower than those of British ships which got the contracts. Captiiit Ferris is und.'r stood to have .st i net ion to not only protest agniii'-t uc!i discrimination but to insist that ha'f of both the direct nil, I indirect cottou shipments be carried in American bottoms. ;In- negotiating with Hritrsh shipping interests oflirials here say, the boa-: I probably will take the position that if ill vessels are not assured fair treat ment it may be deemed advisable t invoke retaliatory measures a provide! for. by the merchant marine act. Chairman Lacker has discussed with Kugene Meyer, director of thjo Wur Finance Corporation, tha. providing of additional tonnage for American ships. Mr. Losker was said to have urged that the n mi nee corporation in advancing funds for export of American goods, stipulate that they be shipped in Aineri can vessels. WIND STORM STRIKES SANFORD AND VICINITY Sinford, July T.I. A terrific wind and rain storm visited this section early last evening. The w orst property dam ago reported was the blowing oft the top of the handsome three story build ing occupied by the U.ink of Kauford. Telephone wires were blown down and many itrees wero uprooted. Tho storm covered quite a wide area, according to reports here, reaching us far as Ham let and Rncord, although the brunt of it seenis to have been in this imme diate section. The storm hit the town without warn ing, coining with a thunder rlpml. 1 be wind did not attain tornado velocity, but blew quite hard for several minutes. KING GEORGE GETS ON AMERICAN TERRITORY Cowes. Isle of Wright, July 31.- (Hy the Associated Tress). King George to day was on American territory. This was when he visited the United States linltlcsliip Utah to return a visit paid hiiii.on board the Royal. Yacht, Vic toria and Albert by Vice Admiral Al bert S. Niblaek, commander o( the American naval forces in European waters, who is here to attend the ('owes regatta which begins tomorrow. The yachting feitivsl will lust until Friday aud will be the final social event of the season here. Jt promises to rival in brilliancy the notable carnivals which were held in the Solent before the war. Aiiioi.u the "long visits of visitors here for the affair there are a record number of Americans, attracted by tho Kritthh American cup event for thi teams of fonr six metre yachts repre senting the t)wo countries. LABOR TROUBLE BRINGS ON SERIOUS FIGHTING Kobe, Japan, July 3fi. (By th Asso ciate i rress.) The labor disputes, here sre Pgain beinf "marred by Moody lighting. Rioting occurred yesterday in which it is estimated that at least iffy persons were wounded, and a sanguin ary clash occurred oday when, disre garding the ban upon any public dem onstration, 7,0(10 shipyard striken pa radfd to a loeal shrine, singing labor songs and ahoutiag condemnation of the action of the authorities during yes terday't affair, which waa denounced as oppressive. The paradcrs were stopped at the temple gate by Ave hundred police who attacked with tabrep sad club. Man of tht workmen were wounded, pome teriouly. Oae hundred infantrymen were .railed oat to reinforce the police, NEW BERN YOUNG MAN KILLED BY LOCOMOTIVE New Bern, July 31.-D. Koonce Bell, age n, a ied ia a hospital here yester day afteraeoa after h was raa dowa earlier ia the day by aa engine as he tepped eat of the way of a. shifting engiae that was eemiag ia the eppo !te direettoa aa aaother track. The a gis that raa ever him was going te get wafer preparatory te takiaf eat. ta ttsla to tjmtaj,. . - ' . ANDED THERMOMETER SIZZLES AT HIGHEST POINT FOR JULY Hswdpy wps a (titling hot day in Raleigh. The thermometer In the office of L. A. Penton, Rplelgh weather -observer, registered degrees, th highest for the month of July, ond the mlnlmam of 7t degrees wps likewise th highest mlnlmam fer-tb month. .The highest previous temperature waa 97 degrees during th month of June. July wpp the dryest month since 1912. sccordlng to Observer Den ion. The total for the month wps only 1.16 Inches despite the fact that there :p r;ln neirly every diy In the mon'h. ALLIED LEADERS Divergence Of Views Between Paris and London Regarding Withdrawing Troops l'aris, July 31. (By the Associated Press i. The program for the forth coming meeting of the allied supreme council, now tentatively set for August K, is likely to require considerable fur tin t negotiation since there is still n divergence of views between l'aris and Ionilon regarding the advisability of cttiH Wti rrg-' nh- w-tre rhw- ttt wtHed troops ought to be withdrawn from Dns seldorf, Duisburg and Ituhorf in fli Ruhr "Area, which were occupied 1m' Spring a penalties for Germany's mm fulfillment of the peace treaty's fi rm-.. J'remic r Itriam is iiiid'rstood t ) favor limiting the work of this council meeting to the Upper Kilesian question over the procedure regarding which France and Great Britain have just reached a working ngre'iuetit While Premier Lloyd George, is paid to prefer that all questions pending in the rela tions of Ihe allies with Germany be t ah -u uii. These would include tho sub ject of reparations, L" connection with he. tentative accord for payments to France by Germany in k'nd, reached between 1oui; loucheui, French Minis ter for tho devastated regions tnd Dr. Walter Rathenau, Orman Minister of reconstruction. Tha.. .Upper Silesiaa questioft .will, mnhng" ttr tho pgn-cment between France and Great Britain, com up first, beginning with discussion of the rein forcement of the allied troops of oc cupation. Other possible subjects for discussion gre tho near hastern ques t ion. aa modified by tho hostilities be tween the Greeks and tho Turks; the Russian problem, tbs trials at Leipsio of the Germans accused of war crimes and the possibility of action by the allies in view of the fact that the punishments meted out by tho German court are insufficient from the allied viewpoint. LAYMEN OF GOLDSB0R0 FORM CITY FEDERATION Interdenominational Organiza tion Formed In Ooldsboro To Promote Sahgion GohUboro, Julv .11. -Col. John I Ijmg-inii has been elected president of the loynien s Intrrdenomi tional reel ir;.tion of Wayne county, which has for its object the keeping live of the religions interest in and out of the church and the evangelization of Golds boro and Wayne county. Ity unanimous vote iho following of fleers were elected to serve for a term of one year: Tresid.-nt, Col. John D lAngston ; first vice-president, Dr. T L. Ginn: second vice president, W. E Stroud; third vice president, T. A. Ilcnly; fourth vice president, I). II Diion; fifth vLe president, J. O. Stan ton; secretary treasurer, John W Godwin. In accepting the presidency of thu new organisation to!, Longston said ia part: 'I fl a grave responsibility and urgently ask the support of each in dividual that I may conduct the affairs of this fifSee. - " '"'' "This is an organization for saving souls, and if it is to accomplish its pur pos of evangelizing the city snd conn ty it must be done by keeping Christ first, nor should we be sidetracked by the devil.' JAPAN WILL INSIST ON AGREEMENTS ADVANCE Tokio, July 30. -(By the Associated Press.) Unless the agenda for the com'ng conference on far Eastern af fniii is agreed upon in advance, ditfi cultie pre likely to arise and questions tie raised which will deadlock the con feroncc, says a semi official Japanese statement. If tho powers desire to obtain the I .est pooilila results from the confer enco it ia added, questloni involving merely pnrtieiilar powers BBd ques tions regarding accomplished facts shouli be avoided. Any other course, it is declared, would result in needless eomplicMioas, perhaps irritating soais of the nations concerned. DURHAM MAN DIES IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL -New York, July 31. E. B. Lyon, of Durham. V C, sephew of J. B. Duke and B. L. Ihike, died in a hospital here thia aiternoa of pneumonia which de reloncd after aa operation which he un derwent two weeks ago, Mr. Duka.waa 3l years old and is survived by his wife snd four children. Th remains will be taken te Durham for burial. WORKMBN IN VLADIVOSTOK CO ON GENUAL STRIKE Tokio, July Jl. (By th Associated Press.) Newspaper sdv from Vladi vostok say that th workmca who have got ea'a graeral strike sre commit ting acts af terrorism with bom be aad by paoetipg. Th Japanese eommsader has issaew tw, thousand- inf ta Kif pU forces with which te make eom moa eaa mi 'against th partkma beads. Aa npeditioa ia ta be seat ta rtpaskoy as) fas riJro4 aorth ef J4oI, COLON REACHES CLIMAX OF CELEBRATION ... Plymouth Prepares To Welcome President At Principal Ex- r ercises Today MANY OFFICIAL GUESTS COME FOR CEREMONIES Several Battleships and De stroyers Anchored In Har bor, Where Pilgrims Landed Three Hundred Years Ago; Big Parade Will Feature Ex ercises; To Present Pageant l'lymoutli, MpsPj, July 31. This oil colony town, the climax of a year of celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of t!ie Pilgrims, has set tomor row apart as the day for the principal exercises mid prepared to welcome ts its guest the President of the United States. While the Presidential yacht May flower with President Ilarding and his official jjarty a board was cruising, to ward this port, where she wiy anchor" tomorrow morning riymonth mad T ready for iu coming. The narrow streets garlanded and arched with streamers, the log cabin that first housed the Pilgrim women and children was reproduced and the graves of the forefathers were marked anew. Heavy thunderahow-ers failed to check the pre parations. Many Official Gnests Official guests from countries connec ted with Iho Pilgrim history precede! tho President. Isaac Toote, deputy mayor of Plymouth, England, was re ceived formally by the selectmen, who. made him their guest when he brought the greetings rum tho -mother town. Jonkheer William De Beaufort, charge d'Affaires of the Dutch embassy at Washington came tonight at ih official- representative of Holland Inv-the-eb- senee-trf -the British amftaTtSffflo. Cap-"""" tain Sydney R. Bnyley, naval attache of the Liilisk Embassy, came to repre sent him. When the Mayflowor puts Into Ply. mouth Bay tomorrow morning she will ' find anchored tha Battleships Delaware, -North Dkes-aad Pcnaaylvaaia and the British Cruiser Cambrian, tent from Bermuda. With the President's yscht will come a eonvoy of five destroyers, A submarine tender will hrinir Pr. Ment Harding ashore from the Way- , flower early in the forenoon. The navy will relinquish itp charge to the army at the docks, where Troop C, the crack outfit of the Third Cavalry, will act as his body guard, accompanying the President to his place in a parade of floats and marching delegations. Harding to Review Parade1 The President will lesrve the line of march two miles from tho start aad will retrace in a formal pilgrimage tho course down Leyden street, firnt street ' of the colony, which the forefathers and their families traversed on their ray to the church which they built a the ground floor of their fort. Ftom a stand at the foot of Cole's Hill, wher were buried tho first of the Pilgrims who died in the new country, he will review the marching, then attend an informal luncheon at the Samosct House. Girl Scout officer will have charge of two first aid tent, and members of ' the first Mat in n til Girl Scout officers' training camp st Longpond in thit town will prewnt n birch bark scroll of greet ing to Mrs. Harding, rim ip honorary president of the Girl Scants National org.uii.n(i i . -President to Speak . ' loiter in the afternoon he President will return to the stand fa in Cole's ' Hill, there to speak to all aadieue seated on its slopes In baakt'4 Ptad--f-whii-h hae a opacity of ten thousand person. ' After the speech th.t President will at- " tend an informal dirfher. His evening will be given over to attendance at the presentation of "The Pilgrim Spirit," the pageant prepared by prof. George P. Baker, of UiirvaTttl University, for th tercentenary. President Harding wiil return t the Mayflower late in the evening to make . Ihe trip to Portland, Maine, en route to a short vacation at the summer lodge of Secretary Weeks at Lancaster, Sew",""' Hampshire. ;' MAYFLOWER ANCHORS FOtt NIGHT OFF WIND'S KICK Buzzard's Bay, Mass., July 31. Ths yacht Mayflower, bearing President Harding and party to the Pilgrim Itr- ' centenary celebration at Plymouth, si-;;; chonrd late today off Wind'a Neck, St The western entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. The Mayflower will proceed through, the canal early tomorrow ta her anchorage at Plymouth. v GOERCH ASSUMES DUTIES AS EDITOR AT NEW BERN- New Bern, July il Car! Goerch, ' who for right years- edited the Wash ington, N. C.'News, has snamett bit duties as editor of the Bua-JouraaV (jjocrch is a hustling newspaper mat and with the first issue of the paper her under his direction,' he pat th tamr of hit personality too a it. "I am resmy to da my utmost for New Hern aad labor in her laterest, says the editor ia his salutatory. H will be manager ef tha afteraooa. paper, which waa recently purchased by i. B. Dawson, editor of the Morning New Be rip a, from Joha Park, af Raleigh. Chlaes Girt Clrea Degree Canton Jut 17. (Dtlavadl Th Caatoa Christ is a College, aa Ameri cas institution, has conferred a bach lor darre apoa a Chines girl, Lear-; T spuming. This ia aaid te be the f -t time ia China that a aatlv girl , beea aa eoaT4