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- ' ' H TUE HEAVIES ' Xortk Cnllu: Local than. dersbeesis sad eeeler Thum. days Friday fair. ; VATCUIALLL en pons (tttr. SonS rnwsi five day lefor expiration In orAar to avoid miaslec log l copy. : ana erver VOL CXIV. NO. 35. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. G, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4. 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE . CENTS Salisbury Church Observes Centennial MJJjlJty AROUSES EASTERN ROADS TO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER WOMAN GETS FREEDOM 5 F PASSES IN SENATE E II The News Obs .OVERMAN SILENT s ABOUT ATTITUDE I TOWARD UNNEY MITH AMENDMENT IGHT1NG BLOOD OF IAKE KNOWN STAND WAGE QUESTION AFTER HARD fIGHT Senator Who Gave Tar Heel . Chance May Vote Against Confirmation Next Week SENATE FIXES DATE FOR HIS CONFIRMATION Commissioner . Dave Blair Threatens To Start Some? , thin; In Internal Ee venue Department If Probe Shows Things To Bo As Bad As - - Reported ' ; The News and Observer Bureau, T SOS District Kstional Bank Buildinc. Br EDWARD E. BRITTON (By 8pecial Leased Wire.) Washington, Aug. 3. Senator Over man weald make no comment today on the predictions made yesterday by a well informed North Carolinian that when the day of Toting on the nomina tion of Frank A. Linney came around that he would be found recorded voting against Linney. Despite- this there is reeuxring talk .that both of the North Carolina Senators will be found Voting together in this matter, and as Senator Simmons had siren the definite slate ment that he is going to TOte against Mr. Linney a confirmation, and if the two rote the same way, that means that Senator Overman would .yote against Linney. - ' "The onty statement that has come in the. past from Senator Overman is that be had not definitely determined upon his course in the matter, that he would carefully read the testimony given by Mr. Linney and those, whs appeared in his behalf, aa well as the charges made against him. The Linney Link nominations csme up ai usual in the Senate today and a definite agreement was made to vote o the Linney confirmation neit Wed nesday. This is agreeable to both, op ponents . and supporters, and it is not expected that there will bo further 'delay. How Testimony Lent Out the Senate judiciary V:ii:.:StVcc still adhere to its declination to make pub . lie the official testimony aa taken by its "stenographer at the time of the hearing 5 of the protests of tha North Carolina nFgToea against the confirmation of Mr. Linney as district attorney. Inquiry at the office about the testimony is that there ha been a record kept of the copies that were given out, that each . at these was given out in confidence, aad that SWT publication of tbo testi mony was in violatioa of the confidence. The statement from the Judiciary eommltte is that three copies of the testimony wert furnished J. J. Britt, that ka. sskedfof these, one for Mr. Linney, one for Colonel Meekins, and one tot himself; a copy to Senator Overman, copy to Senator Ernst, a copy to Benator Simmons, and eopies to some other members of the Senate who requested, them. It is supposed that these copies were for Senators Hiram Johnson and William E. Borah, for they are both interested In the case. The recent editorial in the News and Observer concerning the position of Frank A. Linney with regard to the negroes, summed np in the heading, 'Want the negro vote but not the negro issae," is featured by the Washington . C.) Progress, whkh has just reached here, the editorial republished double leaded and occupying about a hal !of the front page of the paper. Numbers of the issue have reached Washington, and have served to increaae comment on the position of Mr. Linney, the an alysis of bis position made in the edi torial republished being held as being correct. That the confirmation or air. Linney as district attorneys means a Federal persecution of Democratic reg r istrara on complaints of negroe; is re garded as established from the , testi mony of Mr. Linney given at the hear ting of the one-time protests of the ne groes against his confirmation, protests iow withdrawn because of the Linney promisee to the negroes. BWr On Warpath Commissioner of Internal Revenue BUU today save out a statement that certain charges more or less sensa-tional-Md some of them of serious nature, had been made against the eon duet of affairs Jniho Bureau of Inter nal Seventies some from parties in the bureau, some from outside. Saying he has made but a cursory examination, he announces that he will have made a weeping' investigation, holding that a probe ia necessary, and that law viola tors, if found, would be punished to ths limit Giving out of income tax state ments, collusion between 'employes hav ing confidential information with out ' side parties having coses pending, thai cases are not disposed of according to law, are some of the things to be in .Teatigated, as well as reported ques tionable practices of Attorneys before the bureau. The announcement has (Continued on Pago Four.) TWO-HEADID PIG BROUGHT TO RACFORD FOB INSPECTION aWT, Aug. SRobcrt J. Hasty, f Blee ! Springs township, Hoke county, brought to Kaeford this aft truss a ' real live two headed pig with tare perfectly good, aaapptag, linking eyes, aalte conveniently arranged ae the animal conld look arMnd withoat having .to tarn his The months, ears, noses and every thing belonging to a pig's head were apparently aa mar aa aay pig's. ' It la thooaly oae of Its nine broth, era ' and sisters blessed with two heads and. three oyea and ao many "oaths, and there la eosa sasstloa aawag. tha citlsena as to the saris. ah'Uty .of raising this sort of stock ta the ; 'poverty-stricken, pellagra ranged . Soath whkh Pnslsnt Harding has so lately wept over. tM' u "It ml - - Organized on August 4, 18:'l, the will today celebrate the completion of exercises. Church Completes Hundred Years Of Useful History First Presbyterian" Church' to Salisbury Celebrates Today Its Centennial THIRTEEN PROVES TO BE A LUCKY NUMBER Dr. Walter L. Lingle, of Rich mond, Va., Comes Back To Native Heath To Speak Salsibury, Aug. 3. One hundred years of life and usefulness as a church force in the community will bo fittingly cclcbarted by the congrega tion of First Presbyterian church in Salisbury Thursday. They will be joined in this centennial celebration by many former members who have moved away and by many Presbyterians and friends throughout the county. A full day is to be taken up, a picnic dinner at noon dividing the program into two section. The principal address is one on "Presbytcrianism" by Dr. Waller I Lingle, a Rowan county boy, now of Richmond, who is considered one of the nblest divines of the Southern church. Short addresses will be bjr, l)r. Clark, present pastor, Rev John Grey, former pastor;-Bev. S. nV-Arro-wood, former supply pastor and Others. Jphn Bamsey ia chairman of the contonnial committee, which is com posed of O. P. Davis, B. L. Bamsey, Frank R. Brown, A. W. Harry, John E Bamsey, J. F. Hurley Mrs. B. Lee Wright, Mrs. J. A. Morton and Mrs. . H. Harrison. Started With IS Members. The church was organised with 13 members in August 1821 by the Bev. Jonothan Otis Freeman, of Massachn setts, who came to Salisbury as a teach er. The Reverend Freeman remained in Salibury five years after organizing the church and laid the cornerstone of the first church building just before be left. Prior to worshipping in the first church, the congregation of 13 had wor shipped in the court house and Luth eran chureh building, traditions say. The organization was perfected in the old Lutheran ehurch, which, according to traditions stood on a spot just inside the old Lutheran graveyard. The graves of Mr. and Mrs. Cowan are on the aite of this old church. Presbyterianism is older in Rowan ccunty than the county itself, accord ing to Dr. Bumple's history of Rowan ewiaty, and as early as 17.33 there aro records of a deed for land for a Pres byterian church. The oldest is Thya tira, and for many years before Salis bury had a Fresbyterian ehurch, the pastor of Thyatira and other old churches uf tha county preached in the court house at Salibury. In Dr. Bumple's history it is stated that a Reverend Samuel Eusibius Mc Corkle, pastor of Thyatira and a teach er, frequently preached in Salisbury prior toJ803 when BcvJames' McBap, of Center Church, began preaching in Salisbury once a month. In 1807-09, Reverend John Brown, of Thyatira preached once a month. Then from 1809 to 1819 Reverends Samuel L. Gra )iftm and Parsons 0. Hays and probably other preached , simi-monthly in the court house . Dr. Freeman Starta Church In 1820 Dr. Freeman, founder of the church, arrived in Salisbury as a teach er and began ' Immediately to agitate the subject of organizing a ehurch and before a year he had 13 Presbyterians organized into a church. Ths original 13 members were: Albert , Torrenee, Elizabeth Torrenee, Hugh Horah, Mary Horah, Thomas L. Cowan, Elizabeth Cowan,- Dr. . Alexander Long, Mary Long, John Fulton, Charity Gay, Mary T. Holland, Ann Murphy and Margaret beckwith. The Western Carolinian of Aug. 7, 1821, said: The sacrament was adminis tered in the new -cnureh in this place for the first time, on last Sabbath by the Reverend Mr. Freeman assisted by, the Bev. Mrs Robinson, of the Poplar tent congregation.'' The first ruling elders .were: Alexander - Torrenee,. Thomas I Cowan and Dr. Alexander Long. f t ' . V-'--- Dr. Freeman who organized the ehnreh came to Salisbury- in 1821ad remained until 1826. - The Reverend Jesse Rankin, a native of Guilford coanty, was Invited to Salis bury after Reverend Freeman left and cam in 18S7. Teaching was his main occupation and a supply to the ehnreh secondary. He remained tntil about the eioso of 1830.- - From 1831 to 183d, Reverends Thomas Espy and P. J. Sparrow served the , Coatlaaed on page foar.) - Courtesy eaiisbury l"ost. First Presbyterian church ia Salisbury ita first hundred years with sppropriate Negro Charged With Murder Put To Death By Mob; Further Trouble Feared Petersburg, Va., Aug. 3. Following the lynching early this morning at Tobacco, Va, of Lem Johnson, negro, charged with the murder there early yesterday morning of Postmaster Ting ley Elmore, Sheriff Boisseau, of Din widdie county, and Deputy Sheril Scago, of Brunswick county,, after traveling over a circnitoua route of more than 150 miles, arrived in Peters burg late this afternoon with three other negroes charged with complicity in the murder. The three negroes brought here to night are Osborne, Dixon and Will El mere. Deputy Sheriff Seago, from whom Johnson was taken aid lynched last night, sayt that1 btf'-kftrSigllt lOtSet negro prisoners in the Brunswick jail and he entertains fears that they may meet with mob violence before morning. Two negroes now bicng held in the Petersburg jail, charged with murder ing the Postmaster at Dinwiddie less than one month ago, are to be arraigned before Judge Robert Southall for trial at Dinwiddie tomorrow morning and re ports made to the police department here tonight say that the road all the way from Petersburg to Dinwiddie court house is already picketed and that dozens of automobiles are standing oa the side of the highway at frequent intervals. These reports are confirmed by people who have traveled the road tonight. One Negro Removed Deeming it unwise to keep one of the negroes, Will Elmore, in the Peters burg jail tonight, officers hav. left the city with the prisoner. bound for Rich mond, and acting under instructions received from the Governor's office, the entire Petersburg police force was ei dered to go oa duty to guard the jail here tonight in order to protect ,the other two prisoners brought in. It is not anticipated that any attempt may he made to storm the 'Petersburg jail, but officials dcclsred that they did not care to take any risks. , It was stated here tonight that Judge Southall may order the trial of the two negroes eharged .with the murder of the first postmaster, which ia to be heard at Dinwiddie court house tomor row, transferred to Petersburg, bot this could, not. be , confirmed . tonight and Judge Southall could not be located. TRINKLE BEATS TUCKER IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Richmond, Va., Aug J. Nomination of State Senator E. Lee Trinkle, of Wytheville, for governor over 'Harry "St. George Tucker, of Lexington, by a majority of between 15,000 and 20,- 000 votes is indicated today by. latest unofficial returns to newspapers from yesterday s Democratic primary. . State Senator Junius E. West, of 8uf folk, seems from same returns to have won the nomination for Lieutenant Governor over Julian Gunn, of Henrico county, his closest opponent. With a majority that may reach 50, 000 votes, Berkley D. Adams, of Char lotte, has been renominated over El- ben C. Folkes, of Bichmond, to the Corporation Commisison. REPORT RELEASE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS Biga, Aug. 3. (By , the Associated Press). American . prisoners ia Bussia already have been released from eon taement, according to unofficial reports at the Bolshevik, legation press bnrean here today, but there was p word ia which to the number released or when, bow,' or where they will bo. delivered across tbo border. ; ; FIRST GEORGIA BALE" ' AUCTIONED AT NEW YORK New York, 'Aug. IThs'irst bale of new Georgia totton was sold at taction on the eottoa exchange today for fifty cents a pound. It .weighed 394 pounds and.was classed aa otriet mMdliatvTbe proceeds of the sale will go to charity. The same bale was auctioned off oa the savannas excaasgo xor oa tears a round, Former tomptroller and Re serve Board Head Narrowly Escape Fistic Battle ; HOT VERBAL EXCHANGES WITH BOARD'S OFFICERS Besentment of Gov. Strong-, of New Reserve Bank, Also Aroused and Fiery Words Aro Passed; Williams Elabo rates Charges Against The Board Washington, Aug. 3. Criticism of Federal Reserve system credit policies whkh was continued today beforo a Congreasionsl commission by John Skclton Williams, former Comptroller of the Currency, aroused resentment on the part of the system's highest H eers. Governor Harding of the reserve board, and Governor Strong, of tlie New York reserve bank. In one of the frequent verbal interchanges Governor Harding charged across the committee room swinging his fist, but was haltel by, . iMMislu .jvwt. is. Irani of his ad-4 versary, who remained cool, but was rising for the threatened encounter. Soaie Hot Enhances A few minuteg later JMr. Strong, whilo reading to the commission a report which charged Mr. Williams with false and misleading statements.' was rnteTTupted by the former eomptroller. wno snouted: 'That statement of yours is false." Governor Strong, however, continued reading and presently referred to Air, v Uliauis as being "jealous of his prerogatives. And that's a lie, too," the latter in, teriected. ' At this point I request the commit tee to require the -former comptroller io mate oatb whether he has stated the wnoie truth or not," Governor Strom nvaimea. Williams' Ckaraes Chairman Anderson ruled amid the contusion that rt was "not feasible to adopt the policy at this stage of the game. Both Federal reserve officials, with a number of aasociatei. had Sat annar. cully unmoved during two davs, ntn i-ioL 1 ... " im a luaicnce wmeti numbered m.nr Senators and fienrcsentatir with the 'agricultural bloc" ia Con gress. , while Mr. Williams elaborated MTMawneraV charges. Be said Urit w sao-osara sad counieaanced undue " iwo years lor specula- tivo Uses, -While fowin. llM..i ,. U 41. - , m . " ..-. Ul r " ,"? nntrr H rietltursl dis new ana mat ft hA !ij railed to ' ease rinvn i.e.,:.. Goveraor Hardin . ' .... . ... " rure out 01 the andienee and demanded a hearini . ..,.., , ucnv allegations m.T A i"m"r " Williams had ana nrewntiv .k n ernor Strong, produced from the confl- "'V" D,e reserve offices corres pondence and reporU to combat Mr. Alliums criticisms. .oswer letters and memoranda made by Wr. Williama and which -he "'u a sent to Sis associates oa the reserve board durins-1920 and lft91 TIM. testing their policy and course, Governor Harding demanded and received ner- niuin. 4A m J - : i . .. - .v. mu singis letter or re sponse wnich the board made to Mr. mutants in lir.1. Utter latrodaced - ioe rederal Beserve Bosrd feels constrained to aay," the letter said, that your action ... has demonstrated tne rutility of discussions with you on questions of honor or fair nlav " Mr. Williams" criticisms of the board's aandimgs of eralit problems aa con tnined ln the correspondence and re- l-ieu io tue congressional commis sion, were characterised in Governor Harding a letter as "ignorant, inaccu rate and misleading. The object seems to have been mere ly to make a record during your tenure of office of statements to be handed to the publie later," the letter said In part, as aa appeal to prejudices and sym pat hies and not to reason." The Hard ing letter further said that Mr. Wil liams" eriticiamo generally were "trivial. irrelevant or susceptible of no definite constructive interpretation,' and added that a failure to comply with you can not bo said a failure to challenge your statements. - As to the criticism of lending to New York banks, the Harding letter said that out of fa disordered mass of details and statemeata" forwarded by Mr. Wil liams, it had been ''impossible for the board to understand what action" he desired taken. The letter said, also, that out of eighty meetings of the board preceding Mr. Williama retirement from office, he had "attended eighteen during their entire time, eighteen dur iag a part of the time, aad during forty four was absent entirely." It was charged also thst Mr. Will isms had circulated outside of the board confidential letters upon credit matters, refused to tell the board to wbat Demon or Dersons tney nad Deen sent The readW of the letter resulted in S remark from Mr. Williams about "poi son gas" and retorts in which Governor Harding asserted his own desire during ill af the nreeedinc controversy wnnin the board to settle matters peaceably, hut ta So-ht if necessary. Governor Strong read extracts from aa official confidential report made to k knTl hv Yis ob the New York banking system. - It referred to Mr. Williama' emi-official retJorta as -iguor ant and misleading," and accused him of "violations of propriety aad disloy alty to bia , 1AU Omsterdsl fotlewe v- tnri. Ana. 3 There were 1 14 nmrril rarlnros involving lia bilities of SC.774453. to the TJalted States last month. B. G. Duaa and eoaananr renorted today. This number was 120 mors than Jane. - Railway Executives To Define Their Attitude To Union Chiefs Next Week EXECUTIVES HEAR CASE OF EMPLOYES' UNIONS Referendum Vote On Accept ance of 12 Per Cent Cut In Wages To Be Held In Abey ance Pending Pinal Action By Heads of Eastern Rail roads; Labor Asks Questions New York, Aug. 3. The attitude of me Dig tasters railroads toward furth er wage decreases snd the elimination of time and one half for overtime for engine, train and yard service workers, will be communicated to the four big railroad brotherhoods and the Switch men's Union of North America next week. This was announced tonight, fol lowing a conference here between a committee of the railroad executives of the Eastera President s Conference and the heads of the railroad organizations concerned. I'ntrl thw ro-rrfcreoc ha "tawen fmtl action, it is understood that the refer endum vote and the making of agree ments under the recent award of the Railroad Labor Board, reducing wages 12 per cent, effective July will, be held in sbeyanee. Union Chiefs' Questions The union chiefs today asked the at titudo of the railroads on the following questions: ''If the operating officials of the rail roads will restore the wage rates in effect on June 30, 1021. "If all demands for further decreases will be withdrawn. "If all demands for the elimination of time and one-half for overtime and radical schedule revision will be with drawn and not pressed again for a stated period. The railroad executives, according to a statement issued by them, pointed out that to grant the first request "would mean an increase in wages of spproxi mfttcly 12 per cent at a time when all other wages are coming. iiou" ; and to accede to the second would be Assuming that ''no further decreases are or will be warranted byreduetions in the cost of living. r Railroads' Attitude The union chiefs were told that granting the request for the withdrawal of the domund for elimination of over time, -the railroad ofSeiala would bo ''taking ths question of time and a half for overtime out of the hands of the Labor Board, where it la now under discussion, and violates every agree ment the men now havo with their re spective roads, each of which hat a ter minating or revision clause." After hearing the arguments present ed ,by the labor men in behalf of their requests, the railroad officials informed them that they would make a report to the presidents' conference, which will take final action. Ths conference will meet next week and adopt resolutions, it was stated, making known the atti tude of the railway executives which will be forwarded to the union chiefs. MEMBERS OF AMERICAN LEGION OFF TO FRANCE Delegation of 250 Headed By National Commander To Visit Battlefields New York, Aug. 8.-With the flag of the national comnndcr of the Ameri can Legion flying at her masthead, and more than 250 members of that orgsni xation on board, the American passen ger stesmship George Washington sailed today for Cherbourg and Ureiiicu. The legionnaires will disembark at the first pQrt, from whence they will go to visit the battlefields on which for more than a year they fought against the forces of the German emperor.' . The . legion party, is .headed by Na tional Commander John G. Emory, and includes men from every State of the union. The George Washington was dressed in flags of the allied nations with which her honor passengers fought. Two destroyers' snd a convoy of army airplanes were on hsnd to escort her out of the harbor. Cable advices from Cherbourg asid that the veterans would be officially re ceived there by representatives of the French government. A special detail of American soldiers from the forces now in Germany will be on hand to welcome their former comrades. REPUBLICAN ATTACKS FORDNEY TARIFF BILL Calls for Nation-wide Protest Against Measure; Also Baps Mr. Harding Akron, Ohio. Aug. 3. Chambers of commerce, business men and corpora tions throughout ths United States wcrs appealed 'to in an address here Mat night by C. L. Knight, Bepublican Congressman of Ohio, to Join in a na tionwide protest to the House ways aad means committee against the Ford ney tariff bin, which he characterized aa one' of tbo worst pieces of legisla tion in- half a century. .Congressman Knight also nrged that a protest bo mads against the contem plated toeema tax, which he said, was discrimination in favor of the conn try's highest salaried men. Mr. Knight also criticised President Harding, declaring that bo was oae of the chief offenders of taxation and swelling the cost of running ths coun try by asking Congress to pass a wel fare, bill calling for a 100,000,0000 ap propriation. The bill, he said, was no thing but a'pUything. 1' S Is- i'i',;,.- t . . i va Mrs. Wurguerite E. Harrison, Balti more newspaper correspondent, who, according to reports from Kiga, Ijetvia has been released from a Soviet prison in Bussia. Mrs. Harrison's freedom was secured through thO intervention of Hen ator Frame, of, Maryland, who lias ar nvr-d at Higa aftr a tripiittq tlili realm of lenine and Trotsiky. Although her freedom wus not secured following the action of the Soviet authorities in decid ing to release American prisoners in order to receive aid from the American' Belief Administration fof starving chil dren, she is the first of a number of American prisoners to be roleniieu. T Hundreds View Body of Caruso In Hotel Room; Scenes of Extreme Pathos Naplei, Aug. 3. -(By tbo Associated Press.)-All day the body of Enrico Car U no lnv in the room where be died for n,t thii, last moment it was decided th:ittho burial should not take place until tomorrow. By special permission of King Viefb Emmanuel, services will be held in the Basilica of the Church of Ban Francesco Pi Faolu, a famous edifice resembling the Pantheon s Home snd ctmstnicted by Ferdinand I in 1S1T-31. . After the cere raony the body will be taken to the cemetery and placed in the family vault. The mayor and pre feet of Naples will surak in behalf o ths city and government respectively, and it is probable tlint the American consul will deliver a brief address in behalf of the Amorica-i government and the City nf New York, which Caruso called his second home. A City of Mourning. Naples is in truth a city of mourn ing, and from all parts of Italy have come expressions of grief, many of them of a tender nature, because of Into years Caniao hal by the mastery of his art and bis kindnens of heart found his way into the warm affections of tho people. . Of the thousand! who parsed his bier today there was non? whoso personal grief was not apparent. One of the most touching scenes oc curred when tho God-mother of the singer, Slgnpra . Maria Castaldi, came to tho hotel to inquire how Caruso was faring. She was met at the entrance by Giolio Htaffeilf, the impresario, who informed her of Caruso's death. The aged woman was overcome with grief; then entered tho Chapolle Ardcnto. and krelt beside the body and prayed. Only yesterday his aged stepmother came to the hotel hoping for his reeoV ery. Hhe met an intimate friend of the family and greeted him with the query: "How .is Enrico 1" Tho friend, unable to answer, burit Into tears, and the mother, with dire forebodings, was led upaiajrs here alio . broke into cries of anguish, and fell on her knees by th bedside. Sorrowing Family. The little daughter Gloria was taken in to see tho body o"f her father today; she only knew that something dreadful had happened as her father could not speak to her. Mrs. Caruso is bear in y her sorrow with fortitude. The American Ambassador Richard Washburn Child, has sent the folowing message to her: "All the personnel of tho embassy join with mo in expressing our profound grief at your loss, which is a loss to the whole world. America feels as much aa Italy the loss of him whoso heart and voice were of gold. We re at your disposal for whatever can be done." Msrtinelli Is Successor London, Aug. .1. A Milan dispatch to the Daily News .today says it is authori tatively statcdl there that Giovanni Martinelli will Jsueeeed , Eenrico Caruso as the lesding tenor at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. ' FAMISHED RUSSIANS SET FIRE TO VILLAGES London, Aug. 3 -Ilongcr stricken people in tho famine districts of Bus sia are setting fire to their villages be fore deserting them for other, parts of Russia, according to a Hclsingfors dis patch .to, the Central News Agency to day, quoting persistent, reports said to have been received this morning from tho interior of Bussia.--Many villages are said to be in, flames. From Hhe same soiree - it - was report ed thai great preparations were being made to deal with the masses of peas ants now moving toward Moscow. Many trenches have been dug about the city, and much war material,' including field guns, has .been nistalled, . the reports say.- - - . ' .1 - : ' Otber telegrams received at Helaing fore reported that the' Petrograd garri son had mutinied again.''", . .... PAY IAST TRIBUTE 0 GREAT SINGER Authorizes Finance Corpora tion To Loan To Agricultural Associations ..: SIMMONS AIDS FORCES FAVORING AMENDMENT Harrison Amendment To The Agricultural Credits Bill Also Passe J; Vote On Measure Delayed By Contest, Over Smith Provision; Praise Toir Senator Norris Washington, Aug. 3. Disposition of ' amendments to the agricultural credits bill was begun by the Senate tbday, but a vote on passage of the measure, whieV 1s favored by the administration as a substitute for the originnl Norris Mil- went over. Two of a score of pending amend ments were adopted,. after a hard flgbt. One, offered by Senator Smith, Demo crat, South Carolina, would authorise loans by the War Finance Corporation ,0. ?""0in,ion! ef agricultural producers, nnd the other, offered 1, fl. tt rison, Democrat, Mississippi, would - autlu riie the ! . corporation to take on - 100,000,000 ,,.,,, nf . farm Loan syster. Amendment Contested, The Smith amendment was contested hotly. Senators Harrison and Williams, both Democrats, of Mississippi; LsFnl lette, Bepublican, Wisconsin, and Jtsh hurst, Democrat, Arizona, led the op position and fought for direct loans to individual producers. The ameiidn.ent was adopted, 43 to 22. with Drv linP. divided. Senators Smith, Ix-nroot. Bepuhlieans. Wisconsin, Hmoot. 'Republican. Utah, and Simmons, Ivmocrat, North Carolina. championed tho Smith amendment. In dividual loans would ruuire tt.r War Finance Corporation to have 250.000 m. ployes for investigation. That the di. rect, Individ:'. loan ,phu Wis "iu.r:t ticnble, unwirkable an. I prc.'ort-rout' was asj..rced by Seuator Simms, Senator Lsn.-oot snid tint tho original Noma Wll.d'd not conVmolata ti-tttt-loana to individual farmers. Leaves Farmer Oat. That the amendment would "get ths farmer out of the bll altogether was asserted bytionatep" LaFelleHOj whs - said it would give benefits principally to "parasites who prey on ths farmers.1 Banks and trust companies would be the principal beneficiaries, he added. Senator Aehurst snid the farmers would be ''torpedoed" and relief given mainly to "banks gorged with improvident leans." The Harrison amendment was adopted without a record vote or particular op position. Senator Harrison said the Farm Loan Board had applications for loans aggregating 1130,000,000 and only 1 5,000,000 available for them, due to the inability to market bonds. Praise For Sen. Norris. Bonator Norris' iart in initiating tbo legislation -was praised by sevoril Sen ators durng tho dobate. Senator Ken yon, Republican, Iowa, said he had started the agricultural credits legisla tion and worked while other Senators "were pursuing the festive golf ball. Senator Ashurst and Senntor Berlin, Democrat, Ala., also praised Mr. Norris who is on a sick bed after a collapse during the fight for the legislation. PRESIDENT ENJOYING MOUNTAIN VACATION Lancaster, N. H., Aug. S. President Harding, who is the guest here of Sec retary Weeks, had a taste of real vaca tion today, but he promised to break in on his period of rest and recreation to morrow by making a speech in Lancas ter Public, Square. The occasion of Thcs Present's trip: into Lancaster from tho Weeks' lodge on. top of Mount Prospect, just outside the town, will be s sjiecial public gathering to wclconfe him to the White Mountnins. A number of other towns are ei pfeted to send delegations by train and motor, but at the President's request the ceremonies will be kept ss informal ' as possible. MELLON TO PRESENT FURTHER SUGGESTIONS , , v Washington, Aug. 3. Treasury Sec- . retary Mellon is to reappear tomorrow ' before the House ways and means com. in it tee and is expected to present the revised copy of his memorandum con taining possible new sources for tax ation. Committee members had el- . peeted to receive the eopy today, but -after an invitation had been sent to the secretary to reappear, he decided to present the memorandum in person. Chairman Fordney said Mr. Mellon would be recalled to discuss railroad financing with which four government departments the Treasury, War Fin ance Corporation, Railroad Administra tion and Intostato Commerce Commit- ' sion have to do. It is expected, however that ths secretary will be questioned about some of the revisions made in the original memorandum presented on Monday, ULSTER'S ADHESION TO PEACE PLAN AWAITED. ' Dublin, Aug. 3.-(By the Associated Press.) The sole reason for tho delay in the Sinn Fein's reply to the govern ment's Irish peaee proposals, it is an thoritativs stated, ia the attempt being made to secure the adhesion of Ulster ,' to the peace plan before resuming the negotiations with Premier,., Lloyd George so ht conld- be mat by united Ireland. , "'
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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