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- he New ! TBE VKATTTEX ferity Uir with thantVr Mwwra Friday tad inkiUr Saterdaj. VATCIl LABEL year MPr. Sen rtl ve ays IWpr ipirtloa la oritr to ti4 bihi inglo copy. erver VOL CXIV. NO. 43. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. G. FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 12. 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE:, FIVE CENTS Again Warns Congress That INSANITY PLEA OF MRS. 11AN ON Senate Committee Accepts American Valuation Idea Senator Simmons Protests Strongly Against Democratic Members of the Committee Being Excluded From Meet ing; Says It's "Serious Matter" To Keep Minority Out IT Expenditures Must Be Cut I 111 lliil Secretary Mellon Declares Reduction Can Be Accomplished L Only By Rigid Economy; Democrats Bring Revenue Law Up In House With Attack On Its Provisions Obs 4 REPUBLICANS 10 INVITATIONS 1 DEMOCRATS BY WASHINGTON TO AllOVER country TRIA IN SAMPSON ALLIED COUNTRIES V Dismissal of Charles Webb Foreshadows General Policy of Party In Power STARTLING EXPOSURE MADE IN TENNESSEE . National Committeeman In That State Makes Moderate Charge For Appointment To Smaller Offices; National Chairman Can Veto More Important Appointments The News and Observer Burcnu, 063 District National Bank Bldg., (By 8pfci.il Leased Wire,) Washington, Aug. 11. The dismissal of Hirihal Charles B. Webb before his term has expired along with the dis missal of Postmasters and other fed eral officers before the expiration of their terms seems to point the way for a general shaking up all over the -country in the matter of securing po sitions for the faithful ones in the lie publican party. Democratic ionders hero express the view tliii ti i: . Mm-ins determine! on S Twtirv .,i -ttvK.nig the , spoils system to nil Federal appointments even to including those coining under the civil service. Startling Exposure Made. A startling Exposure was made of John W. ibverall, National committee man from Tennessee, in the Senate to dav by Senator McKellar, in a rc&Q lution directing an investigation of ''alleged violation of the civil service act. and alleged selling of Federal offices in Tennessee." as the self eon fesaed "retiree of the Federal patron aire of the Hate,'' with which bo is charged. Senator McKellar inserted in the Keeord correspondence and newspitper clippings tu sustain his reus lution. "This .4 the most rcmarkabb and disgraceful' trafficking in the Fed eral pr.t ronngO that has come under my notice since I havo been in pub he life," declared Senator McKellar. John W. Overall, as National com mittc email and patronnge referee, said in his reply to a contributor: "The matter of appointing a rural carrier at (.'heap Hill, Tcnn., has not vet ben referred to me. The depart mcnt has been referring tp mo the three having the highest grades, and I an allowed to select one from, the three for appointment. Whenever thw appointment is referred to me I will consult you about the matter and ap point anyone 'of the cligibles that you may desire. Makes Moderate Charge. Overall charges only 110 each for the smaller offices, but for the larger ones he charges -5 each, Senator Mc Kellar Raid. The chief stock allotted to Overall is made up of rural mail carriers, star route men and fourth class postmasters but it is lwiuted out there are thous nnds of these and if all of them should ''come across' National Committee man and Patronage Referee Overall would have a nice lot of this ill got ten arairi. Overall is reputed to bo worth half a million dollars but he ueeds Uie dimes and dollars of the -little fellows to help rarrrB the business or. tug party snu ha hat undertaken to make the meek ,ml Inwlv nav their share of the K for whatever of the loaves sad fishes they may receive. Adsms Hsndles Big Ones. Chairman Adams of the Republican National committee is the official dts renter of Federal patronaga of big offices with headquarters here in Wash initon. He exercises the veto power. ,,wB4.whcr )fje, are disputes ho may even go so far ' at lo recommend an" appointment. The official dispenser of patronage in each Btato is the National commit teeman from that State. As Overall is this important pcrsonsge in Ten WBRA. SO is John M. Morchead the head and front of the patronage brignd in North Carolina. Tho ReDublicans not only want th oMrra hiil thev wont them now, and thev ara aoing to get them, ia the" at ceptcd view of the Democratic leaders he. It is their purpose to secure these places for members of their party though in carrying out their policy the whole civil service structure msy ramble. Make Temporary Appointments. Tha CAvil Service' commission months behind with its work, and the work of seleetina eligibles Xor ap pointment to postoffices is so slow that dissatisfaction prevails among ncpuu lican aspirants and in order to meet this exigency the administration s new naliev is to name a temporary jtopuo lican appointee upon the recommend' tina of tha National committeeman Senator or a Representative, pending a nermanent appointment. Assistant Postmaster General Work has announced to a Republican eon ressmsa that this would be the plan, Ha has said that Republicans should aloft tha man they want for tht per manent appointment and he-would he givsa a temporary appointment, pena- ins? a ret star examination. It ia anderstood hers that thhis plsa is adopted ia order to defeat tha whole spirit of the etvii service ruie, govern Ins? such esses, and to allow tha Ben tor, representativs or national commit teem l a to nsma their choka for post master regardless of better qualified ' csadid.ites. , . Klastoa Banker oa Tarif Senator Simmons has deceived a topy of a letter written by W. D. Laroque, ? resident of tha Caswell Banking and rust company, Kinstoa, to E. P. Whar ton president of the North Carolina Division of tha Sdothera Tariff Also- .:..'.: (Caatlanost Pag Two.) Washington, Aug. 11 Both the sd ministration and Congres were warned today jby Secretary Mellon that the ,150,000,000 reduction in estimated de partmental expenditures agreed upon at the White House conference last Tuesday as a part of the whole tax revision program could1 be accomplished only by the exercise of the most rigid economv. ''To accomplish this reduction," Mr. Mellon declared in a letter to Chairman Fordney, of the House nays and means committee, "it will be necessary for the administration, with the assistance of the director of the Bureau of tho Bud get, to put forth its utmost efforts to insure economy in every government activity, and for Congress on its part to give the most whole hearted co opera tion, not only by avoidance of new cxepnditurcs, but also tTy the limitation or repeal of various outstanding bal ances and authorizations. Must Cut Expense I cannot too strongly emphasize that the program agreed upon and outlined in this letter depends upon the reduc tions in expenditures which the admin istration expects to accomplish, ana that the anticipated savings Can be effected only by the mpst consistent aiid "ifffeT-tiiined effo.rfs to cufeTrprmir" tures. The estimate of receipts on tho other hand, represents tho utmost ex pected to accrue during the year, par ticularly in view of the uncertainties resulting from the depression in busi ness and the shrinkage in incomes and profits." The tax question got into House de bate todav, Democratic leaders nttaek- ng the program with charges that enly the wealthy would be benefitted by most of the proposed changes in the revenue law and that curtailment in depart El Two Hundred Former Members of Union Return To Old Jobs at Locke Mill Concord, Aug. 11 Although there. was a picket line of four hundred sta tioned outside when one of the Locke mills opened this morning after having having hern closed in February on . e- count of a strike of the ODeratives. there was no disorder and no arrests were made. Somo 200 former workTrs returned to their jobs in the mill. Officials of the textilo union advised that no ono be interfered with. City and cranty officials were on hand but their services were not needed. The union lias not recognized tho validity of the recent ordinance nrohihitincr picketing, claiming protection under ine i niiea mates constitution, wmcli provides that no person shall be de prived of life, liberty or property ex cept by due process of law, but no vio lenee bus been advocated or tolerated. Tho main cause of the desertion of tho union was the failure to provide food for the striking members. This ix the first null to open since the strike was called and it is not being run at full capacity. Tho case in which the HartsclL mill is seeking tho ejection of ten union members from their houses opened to dav. J:ho employes demanded a jury trial in each case and tie trial beforv a magistrate was set for Saturday. Everything is quiet here. It is un derstood that tho Kannapolis workers hnve about reached an agreement to return to work at their former wages and 'tho mill owners are. willing to ae cent their proposition but refuse to ree ognize tho union. Final settlement seems far distant. Iick of funds hitrtin nhemw more ihaa ih attitu.de of the mill owners, who. have refused to givo nny recognition to the union in any way. Fivs Mllllpns for Rossis Washington, Aug. 1L Appropriation of five million dollars to be used by the President to aid in Russiao. relief is provided in a bill introduced today bv Senator King, Democrnt, I'tah. Tar Heel Motors NO DISORDER WHEN MILL OPENS DOORS Gallons of Gasoline Every Day For Every Gallon, One Cent Automobiles Are Driven Over; Chairman Page Pleased With Rapidity With Which Forces Are Mobilized North Carotins automobiles burn 217,982 gnllons of gasoline every day, a hundred and fifty thousand of them covering an estimated mileage of 2, 397,802 miles. In a year, figured on tht same bseit, .the automobiles in the State will consume a total of 70,66.1, 420 gallons and covtr approximately a billion miles ia travel. Tht figures are based on tht col lections of gasoline tax for - tht first 99 days of tht operation of tht new road law given out by State Treasurer B. R. Lacy yesterday. From May 2 to August L receipts from ths gaso line tax of ono cent on tht gallon to talled 19U 83.76. Tha estimated in come for t ha year from this soureo is 7M,634.0. . Whar Matty Gcoa. Tht money it applied! to mainten ance of roads taken over by tht State Highway Committie ; and Is part of tht central highway fuad provided by ths motor license and gatolin taxes'. ' Testerday's accounting with tht license department gavs tht high1 way fund 1378,448.25 from' motor Ureases, or s total of 12,131,832-01 from all sources in tht hands of tht Treas mental expenditures for this fiscal yea: agreed upon at the White House con ference would prove merely "paper savings." Republicans Fire Back. Republican leaders replied with the declaration thnt the new law would lift t!O0,0O0,0uO off the people yearly and launched a counter attack against the Democrats for leaving over to this ad ministration what wero described as un necessary burdens growning out of the war, including payments to the rail roads. Representative Byrnes, of Rout. Carolina, a Democratic member of the appropriations committee, in opening the debate, said that Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, the Republican leader, in li is c'aim of savings had made Director of the Budget Dawes "a piker in the economy game." He added that tho Republicans' pretended econo my was only a snmke screen" to de ceive the people r.nd they knew that as the end of tho fiscal year approached they would havo to borrow" money to meet expenditures. Would , Deceive People. "Their hop iis," ho declared, "that the people will not know it until after the next election. In the meantime and in between time they, will make false rtfrtrW'Trt" (W'vig--trt iprnditrrrv'iin the effort to fool the people." Chairman iordncy, in a vigorous re ply, said tho Democrats had fooled the. . :i : 1 1 1 people for - fight years until finally turned out of office and that the Re publicans were going to" fool them try tutting off $G0,000,000 of their taxes. Majority members of the ways and means committee considering the tax bill held only oiw session today. This was given over largely to a discussion of changes in administrative features of the existing law. 1 Tl Jury Returns Verdict of Guilty of Assault With Intent To Commit Rape Monroe, Aug. 11. ''Guilty of assault with intent to commit rape," was the verdict in the Hallman case, rendered at 5 o clock this afternoon after the jury had been deliberating for more than nine houflf-.A a!m-etittffe of 15 years flt Jr4.ftbi f iJimpM?! by Judge Finley and Counsel for defense immediately gave notice of appeal. Within three minutes after the court house bell announced that tie jury ? ready to report the court "; roont st filled with several hundred citizens who had waited nil day for tho verdict.. Af tcr irief pleas for mercy by counsel for the defense, Judge Finley stated that the reason tin jury deliberated so long was because they could not agree whether to rentier a verdict as they did or a verdict of guilty of rape, which the court said might well have been rendered, nceording to the evidence. Thus ends Superior Court action in the rase of Stats against ls Hallman, young white man on trial for his life since Thursday morning of last week. He is charged with criminal assault upon Miss Louise Tolbert, of Concord,. 1 he offense is alleged to have been torn mitted on a lonely road near Wingiti on the night of July 21, while tht two were out riding", w All day crowds, pf farmers and others have congregated about the court House square eagerly wjtltinf tht verdict of the jury that would lay whether a nan should die or a woman should be brand cd as a prostitute. Interest ia the case feat .bc.cn intense and, tat art room packed every '.ay'.'''" " "' "" Tho issue wai fairly jolntl from tne first, tho prosecutrix contending that sho was overcome and i ravished ; the defendant admitting ilQctlt relationship hut contending that it wss by foment. Some of tht best legal talent in the State have given esrneit ttttatloa to the ease. Much of h tridtset has liepn rvnltinv i Burn 217,982 Goes Into Maintenance of Roads urer for the road building and main tenance. Interest on outstanding bond Issues, administration costs and maintenance of roads will be paid out of the fund. Approximately ono million dollars will be sdded during the year from yet uncollected automobile licenses, and from tho gasoline tax. Administra tion and interest will require approxi mately half a million th'it year, leav ing tho remainder for actual work on the roads. ' Bond issues will pro vide for actual construction. Working la 7S-Counties. 1 Blurt tht initial session of tht Dis trict Highway Engineers her a month ago, maintenance of roads hat been started in 78 of tht 100 counties, and of tht total mileage of BJ055 milet of road taken over by th State, 8,162 miles art being maintained. With in tht next 30 doyt Highway Engineer Charles M. Vpham expects to havt very mile of State, road ander main ttnanca. Th rapidity with which maintea anet forces havt been organixed and pat to work Is a sou res of fratificatioa A MA I GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE 4Cntlaaed sm Pag Two.) State Seeks To Implicate Adley Matthews, 20-Year-Old Youth, In Tragedy DEFENDANT PLACED ON STAND IN OWN BEHALF Telia Straightforward Story of Events Leading Up To Kill ing of Quimby Seawell But Has No Recollection al Homicide or Events Imme djately following His Death By O. J. PETERSON. Clinton, Aug. 11. A sensational turn came today in the trial of Mrs. Cora Jernigan, who is charged with the mur der of Quimby SeawelJ, when Mate's attorneys advanced to theory that Ad ley Matthews, 20 year old youth, may be implicated in the events leading up to the killing of Quimby Seawell last June. The StaU with Meeks Stringfield of Fay ctrt' vUli quizzing , lo4 jwwssaf ally established' the '."fact of the killing of Quimby Seawell and Mrs. Jerliigan'i presence with a aun and had rested The defense had come to the bat .... anil knocked a two nagger ry secur ing the admission of Mrs. Jernigan's Ury of her daughter's troubles on the ground that it would thus show that Mrs. Jernigan had received such shocks for weeks that she was insane nt the time of tho homicide and Mrs. Jcrni gnn had lived up to expectations and more by telling the pathetic story coolly but with restrained sobs at the fists. The defense had put on char acter witness after character witness, the very best people of Kunpsou prov ing the exceptional character of both the defendant and her daughter, the latter to bo put on to corroborate her mother, when just before the closing hour the defense called Adley Mat thews, a character witness. State Scores I'olnt. Previously the -iState had appeared to fall into a trap ; when btfingrosM hd sharply quir.ed- Mrs. Jernigan as to this youth and asked why he was not here while the rest of the Matthews children were. It had lieen generally reported that Adley had gone away days ago. But the bomb came when the de fensc announced that Adley was in th court room and would be put upon th stand. And here ho was giving ia the briskest and most straight forward manner th best reputations to mother jiHil C .tighter until Stringfield takes thsruo' of the cross examination. He makes the youth practically admit he was Ruth Heawell's sweetheart then he forced an admission that he hail gone to the home of Stacy 1'nge tht night before the homicido and called him from his bed and kept him in '.he field in his night clothes an hour or mors but could not remember men tioning Heawell's name nor telling Page that rVawrll would be killed Ho could remember nothing of whnt he talked about with l'age. He ad tnitted talking also with Ruth Keawell about Kuby Jernigan, the unfortunat girl, but would not admit tlyt he had told her that he might have' to marry to girl but niggardly ecmsented that he had spoken of his regard for the girl. Ho admitted tiding in an auto mobile but -once with company, had gone boat riding but with company. He had visited the Jernigan homo but th- store oftener. His testimony was the list of the day. Court opened proraptlv at 9..W. The defendant and her husband and numer ous lady friends from her old neighbor hood near Dunn were there. She bore herself with tht indomitable self poi session and taugfroiil of the former hearing. The daughter was bv her side The child died in Columbia at the rescue home just before the mother visited her sfter her relesse on bond Tht girl not yet 14 though small, bears marks of matulrity "anil "is'VKarafWVWI by" much of the natural charm of her mother. She too was unabashed. Jary Qnickly Named. A ipecial venire of a hundred men wert present, from the regular .inry flvf jurors were ehoserrand within less ' . (Coatinaed oa Pago Two.) DE VALERA REPLIES TO PROPOSALS FOR PEACE Rumored That It Will' Mean a Grave Crisis; Lloyd George To Return at Once London, Aug. II. (I. y the Associated Press) The reply of Kamonn lie alert, tht Irish Republican leader, to the British governments Irish peace proposals, was handed to Austen Cham berlain, government leader in the Uouse of Commons nt noon today. The tenor of the n-jjly was withheld. The official explanation wm that it would lie subject first to conferences by tht cabinet and that it was unlikely to bo divulged for some days. Robert C. Barton, member of the Dail Eireann, gave, the reply to Mr. Chamberlain in the absence of Premier Lloyd George in France. May Mean a Crisis London, Aug. 11. (By the Associated Press) The whole' I-ritish delegation to the Allied Supremo Council will to turn to London tomorrow, according to a Ptris dispatch to Reuters 1st this afternoon. The d:spatch !d this ac tion wss due to today's developments ia tbt Irish tituntion. Aa eichamgs telegraph dispatch from Paris received about tht s.tme time said th decision was due to a deadlock in tht deliberations of the Allied Supreme Council. Tht Reuters dispatch ssid it wss rumored in French circles thst the reply Of Eamonn D Valera, Irish republi can leader, to Premier Lloyd George's Irish ptac proposals meant a grave crisis, Washington, Aug 11 The House policy of assessing tariff duties on the basis of American valuation of imported merchandise was accepted by Republi can members of the Senate finance com mittee will be called in for "informal reach an agreement finally on details of the program. Republicans acted alone on the question, the Democratic mem hers being ushered out of tho meeting, in accordance with what was said to be custom. Determination of the details went over to tomorrow, but before further moves are made, the Republican mem bers of the House ways slid means com mittee will be railed in for an ''inforal discussion' of tho changes, which the finance committee Republicans have ap proved. This conference, it was said, was arranged in order to avoid pos sible conflict between the two houses Strictly Republican The decision to establish the commit tee policv in "Republican conference" brought protests on the Senate tloor luring the day from Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking Democratic member of the comittec, and .Senator King. Democrat, I'tnh. Mr. Simmons leclared his Republican collogues were taking testimony in secret and that no record was being made, so that other mcudjers of tho-.eouiniitt.ee would never know what had happened. He charged fhat custom experts were Hamilton Holt, Pro-League Re publican, Says Harding Must Soon Choose Ijika Jiinaluska, Aug. It. -Calling upon all true friends of the league of Nations to give President Harding every opportunity to perfect the sug gested association of nations, Hamil ton licit of New York, one of the leaders of tho pro league Republican . speaki ig here- lOHiglrt at the laymen's Confereico of the Methodist Kpiscop.il ( hurch. South, declared that tho Presi dent soon must ehoos between "the pro-Leaguers in bis cabinet whom h made and the bitter cutlers in the Sen ate who made him." "Let our political leaders make no mistako, said Mr. Holt. 'Tha league issue will not be settled until it is settled right. Every ,frln4 r-lteTr- aatlonal peace and xf' f taafjrf must withhold final jmigmoat tintil Mr. Harding sees fit to discloss the dothiled plans of his association. But this il clear. If he wnnts the permanent sup port of most of tho American people his ass nation must be mora, than a n ere group of nations agreoing to be good and peacablo and all revolving about n court. Foandation Already. Laid "It 's inconceivable that Mr. Harding could get tho world or the Senate at the present moment to consent to es tablish a better court with wider jur isdiction than tho admirable one just created largely by the genius of Eliliu Root and already adopted as the chief tribunal by tha present league of .Na tions. .,,And if Mr. Harding's nssoria tion is under no compulsion to do any thing except when the spirit niovfi, the nations would be no better oft than they are now with or without n asso ciation. "The present league with its forty nine Members and its truly admirable record of things accomplished in the one sin rt year of its existence is well worth preserving. Indeed, it is botjer to have the present loaguo eontinuo as it is without tin United States dur ing the term of tht present administra tion than to emasculate tht league in order to get the United States to en ter it. Cannot Walt Muck Loafer . v wBui The world is on the verge of revolu tion, fan ine and peitilonee. Mr. Hard ing must choose between the .pro Leaguers in his Cabinet whom he made, of the bitvr-enders in th Benatt who made him. The- decision mutt bt mods (Continued on Pago Tw) LEACUE NOT DEAD EDITOR DECLARES Body of Young Woman Taken From Canal Near Miami, Fla. E. F. White. With Whom She as Riding When Touring Car Is Alleged To Have Pltmged Into Water, Held In Jail Without Bail; Body Only Partly Clothed Miami, Fit., Aug. II. Tbo bo.lv ol Miss Matida tiilbcrt, 29, was tak'jji from' the Tamiami Cam.l near here liyii its late this afternoon at the point where tbt touring ear in which sho was ridiic with E. F. White late last night is a! leged to havt plung.d into the w.ikr. Her body was only partly .clothed. Whits it being held In tht county jni! without bond. t White early this morning walked into tht sheriff's office and calmly declared that his automobile had gone into the rsnsl snd the girl, who he said was driving it, had been drowned. . County officials it first doubted the man'? story, at his clotMng wss neatly press ed and bore no evidence of his having been submerged, lit insisted, howev.-r, that ht had gone to his home first and chsnged Clothes after walking for about seven miles, then begging a lift to town on a farm wagon. Body Tartly Clothed. Deputies wert dispatched to the cam and .located th mtchlnt. , M. -i it w.it pulled out of th. water by 'a derrick, vrticlet of ftminiot appsrcly were fcund La th car, including a corset and underwear. Divan worked for hours finally oosaiag apoa th body about 3 'clock. ' - ' being heard and that it was "a serious matter to exclude the minority mem bers. Mr. King said the situation called for "the severest condemnation, ' add ing that "it is a well known fast that all kinds of mtcr-sts here trying to prostitute this bill. I don't want it written by the dve and other monopo lies." In addition to the customs experts, who, Chairman l'enrose said merely were carrying out instructions of the Republicans in drafting changes in valuation sections, tecitary Hoover was before the committie today. The latter suggested- that an amendment should be added which would take cjrc of the countries whose currency has depreciated sadly. Secret Testimony. Tho customs experts, who Mr. Sim mons said were testifying in secret, hud beon heard extensively in open sessions according to Mr. 1'cnrose. I'nder tho assessment plan accepted by the Republicans the comparable wholesale selling price provided in the House bill as a basis reuinins the same. Its scope, however, is limited in the respect that where Ho artirtn of com merce in the 1'nited States exactly like nn imported product is to be found, the American wholesale selling price of other comparable foreign commodities is 'to lie' riccepfed as the basis for levy ing the duty." T Judge Bryson Grants Request of Solicitor For Jury From. Another County Morgnnton, Aug. 11. The jury which will try Sidney Kuica id, liurke county commissioner, for allivd murder of his wifo will come from Lincoln conn ty. Solicitor Huffman's request for ; jury from another county than liurke where defendant has many relatives and wide business connections,- was granted, this morning in an order made by Judge Bryson that a venire of 7," men summoned from Lincoln county t( appear hero next Tuesday afternoon at 2 .30 Tho defendant's Counsel after hajruuj filled to have jury selected from TTurke, made vigorous protest against Lincoln preferring some county they stated where former legal practice would give them acquaintance with the citizenship and nn equal chance with the Solicitor in selecting the jury. Judgo Bryson, however, stood by his original derision and nn order has boon sent to tin sheriff of Lincoln county to summon the ren ire. Tho testimony of Annie Belle Stanley 15 year old girl, who it. is alleged was criminally assaulted by-Wnlter Hrittain and Charlie Crawley, now) on trial in Curke' court, was the only evidence in troduced todny. A special venire of one hundred men had been, summoned and greater part of day was consumed in selecting jury It is expected thai trial will consume gTcater part of day tomorrow. HARDING'S FATHER WEDS AGAIN AT THE AfiE OF 76: BRIPI WAS OFFICE Nl'RSE Marlon, Ohio, Aug, 11. Dr. George T. Hording, father of President Harding, on bis arrival here tonight from Toledo, admitted he and Miss Alice Bevtrns, his stenographer snd ofilct attendant, hsd been married at Monroe, Michigan, today. Upon alighting from the train, Dr. and Mrs. Harding entered the SM(omoblls of a fried, and Dr. Hard. Ing took hi bride to hrr' home and Ihsa wss driven lo his own home four squares away. Before leaving his bride, Dr. Harding said "Good night, Alice; I'll set yon tomorrow." Tht sge of Dr. Harding was given as 71 snd that of his bride sa 5!. ."id the authorities that he ha 1 c! el upon Miss tiilhcrt late last i,ij;ht while il.c was waiting fcr a jitney and asked Iit to go for H ride with h.in, both being acquainted. Whi.. is an employe of the Southern t'tilities Corporation here and Miss Gilbert, who cr me to Miami in Octubi 120, from Bridge. r r!, Conn., wis fortncrlv with e:;:uo concern. V.'hito is 31 years ol. I ; ' hiii a wife and tivo i. ' ..u,, who left the city yesterday for .ojtl. Carolina. Ho Clear Explanation. White declared that after they hnu driven ill out ten miles out on the Tamiami "'.ail, v.ho'i r.u.s al.,: c t.'ic canal into the Everghdei, Miss (iiliicrt t Id him she was learning to drive aiul stked him if she might drive hit cur, to w .: li ho assented, ne w:i in ible to give a cle.ir -., -..i...ui.:i of how the car plunged into the water. t -Miss Gilbert's landlody today told the Mithoritiet that the girl had retiirii'o lo her home at 7:3d last night after dit-jng out with another ninn frieud Miss irilic-rt Inquired if .Mi. White h.ij phoned fur her and when told that he had not, said it was getting latt and be must hurry to meet him. LINCOLN JURY TO AID A E Asks Great Powers To Unite In Effort To Remove Causes of Misunderstanding DEFINES CONCEPTION OF ' PRINCIPLES INVOLVED United States Declares Thert) Can Be No Peace or Stabil ity Until The Tax Burden Re sulting From Heavy Arma ments Has Been Reduced; Note Sent To China Also Washington, Aug. 11 - By tbo Asso ciated Press.) Putting into definite terms its proposal for a disarmament conference, the 1'nited States today in vited the great powers to unito in "a pr:c al effort, to remove the causes of misunderstanding'' am( so facilitate re duction of the world's enormous outlay for tho materials of war. In formal identic, notes ef invlta- lion forwarded to tireat Britain, France, i.i. I. naiy nun japan, the American gov ennui nt pledged J own unstinted co operation in sued au effort aa.d. further letmed as follows its own conception of tho principles involved: Principles Involved. That there can be no hope for pesee! or stability until the tax burden retul'.-l ng from heavy armaments has been re duced ; . That such a reduction is possible only if troublesome international proble-Jt ore solved by common consent; That among these problems the ra cilie and Par Kastern quest Kir s ocOOpy' a position of unquestioned jmpor- ance." That although there la no intention! to dictate the scone of the conference,' the decisions should touch upon mat-; ters "which have been of international' concern as well as those now admitted ly controversial; and, , That tho qmstiou of naval arma ments might well be considered drst,, though there should be no barrier to a. full consideration of armaments of every sort. China Also Invited. " Coincidental! v with tho dispatch of. the invitations to the four great pow ers, China was asked to send n dele-' gation to take part in those discussions of the conference which relate to tha Pacific and the. Par Kast. AU of tho fivo nutionB thus invited have indicated informally that they would accept, and Xurmal responses are exported to reach. Washington within a few days, open ing the way for a more detailed pre liminary negotiation on the scope of th conference. While the official invitations were on the cables, President Harding turned his attention to a survey 0f sentiment in the .Senate, which has a ioint r- sponeihility with the executive in for eign relations. lie suiiiiiiond to the While House Senator Borah, Republi-' can, Idaho, author of the resolution re questing the calling of a disarmament eoiifeience, and in a conference of more than an hour went over foreign prob lems generally as they nr likely to nffect the attitude of the American representatives in the conference. Free Tolls Discussed. One subject understood to have re ceived special attention at tho confer ence was the proposul for free tolls for Ameri. nn const wise ships jit tho Pana ma Canal. Mr. Harding is said to have e-ip-resscd no objection to the Idaho Senator's proposal to press bis bill for such a provision, but at the sume time is understood to have given ss hit opinion that diplomatic negotiations now proceeding on the subject should be curried forward without interrup tion. t Senator Borah is said also to havo urged the President to avoid any sp pearauco of s -cret diplomacy in con nection with the disarmament confer ence. Administration officials hsv held,' however, that although public, .Opinion, injist bo brought behind tho, work of tho asseiiibleit delegates to sa- ' sure their success, the question of pub lic or open sessions ia one that only the conference itself can decide. The leit of the official invitations to Great Until n lid China were made publio late today nt the State Department. That to Great Britain was identic with, the notes sent to Prance, Italy and Japan. Note To China. The mile to hina was in the tamo . language except that tho detailed dis cussion of the b::"b'tis of anna, ent was omWtcd and tho following was substi tuted as the concluding paragraph-. 'Accordingly, in pursuance of the propi sol winch has been made, and In the light of the gracious indication of its acceptance, tho President invites tbo government of the republic of China to par'ic pate m tln discussion of Pacifio and Far Kastern questions in connec tiin with the v-nfereneo on tho subject -ef limitation of amino, nt, to bo held in Washington nn the eleventh day of November, '.fll'l." Text of Invitation. The tcxl t( the formal invitation fol io : . "The President is deeply gratified at the coidinl response to his suggestion that t.'iero should be a conferenct on the subject of limitation of armament, n connec'l n with which Pacific and Far Eastern questions should also be discussed. "Productive labor is staggering under an economic lurdeu too heavily to b birr? ui'Tess the present vast public x .:..l e are greatly reduced. It an Idles to look for stability, or the anurane of -re. ml juitkf or the security of peace, while wasteful and unproductive out lays deprive effort of its Just reward ard defeat the reasonable expectation of progress. Tht enormout disburse ments in the rivnlriet of armamtn'ta -manifestly constitute tht groattr part af tho encumbrance npon enterprise tail national prosperity! ; and avoidable tw extravagant cxpens of -this nature H not only without economic justification, - (Coatlnaed on fsgt "rfwoj
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 12, 1921, edition 1
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