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VOL CXIV. NO. 59.
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RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28. 1921. THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY. PRICE: SEVEN CENTS
ews ana
ELEVEN REPORT
! TOTAL INCOMES
i
4
One-third of 37,185 Reporting
For 1919 However, Are In
- $2,000 To $3,000 Class
ONLY 1.45 PERCENT PEOPLE
FILED INCOME IN STATE
Average Tor United Statei 5.03
Per Cent; However Average
Income In North Carolina
Nearly $1,000 Larger Than
Average For Nation at
Large; Bailey Gives Figures
One-third of th 37,185 persons who
filed Federal incom tax return for the
year ending December 31, 1919, reported
Incomes ranging from 1:2,000 to 13,000,
while eleven among the other two-thirds
reported net ineomea totaling $4,470,670,
according to figures made public )y J.
W. Bailey, Collector of Internal Rev
enue. Federal personal ineome tax return
filed in North Carolina in 1919 reached
a total of S7,18o, which was .70 per cent
cf the entire number filed in the Unite!
states. The total net income reported
by theie returna was $161 ,61.'V,4)7I while
the tax p:iid on th-m waa $10,010,348,
which wi s .7!) i it i nt of the total per
aonal income tax paid in the entire
country. U' v"
In the nation at large 5.03 per cent
of the people filed personal ncoroe tax
xeturns, while in North Caroliua, 1.4S
per cent filed them. The average net
income per return. for the United Btatea
was $.1,724.05, and in North Carolina it
waa $4,346.20. The personal income tax
per capita for the United States
amounted to $11.98, and in North Caro
lina it was $3.91. The average amount
of the personal income tax per return
in the United States was $238.08, and ia
North Carolina it waa $209.20.
North Carolina's position in the order
of magnitude as to all the states and
territories in the Union, in the per cent
of popul.nton filing returps was 50th, and
Bccond in the average net income per re
turn. Its position as to per eapita in
come tax waa 20th and 6th in the average
amout of tax per return.
The number of personal ineome tax
returns filed for the years 1916, 1917,
1919, and 1919 in North Carolina, as well
11 the amounts of net nconie and tax
"are shown in the following tabic:
1019-2,207 returns! $24,825,828 net
income; $560,970 total tax.
191 7-22,977 returns! $84,220,131 Bet
ii.cmno; $2,747,673 total tax.
1W-21,738 returnij $89,748,811 net
iaomo; ,573,00i total tax.
1919- 37,185 returns; $161,813,4(17 net
income .$10,010,343 total tax,
MILLION POUNDS SOLD
IN FAIRMONT THIS WEEK
Average Tor Week, Including
All Grades, Slightly More
Than 13 Cents
Fairmont, Aug. 27. The local tobacco
market has sold thia season, 5,179,022
pounds for $796,331.54, and average of
$13.38.
This week there was aold 1,005,990
pounds for $132,471.70, an average of
$13.17. Good tobacco ia itill bringing
high pricea. Expect three quartera mil
lion next week. Many small markets
are closing and this market will remain
open several weeks. Markets elosed in
clude Bowland, Cbadbourn, and White
vlll.Unofflcial report atatea Tabor and
Lake View elosed.
Survey of lower Robeson shows boll
weevil very destructive playing havoc
with this crop. Cotton government rep-
resentativea canvassed this lection this
week.
TO BUILD MONUMENT
TO INTENDED HEIGHT
Storm of Protest Over Cutting
Down Height of Jefferson
Davis Memorial
Louisville, Ky.,- Aug. 27. Ia view of
the storm of protsst over capping the
Jefferson Davis monument at Fairview,
Ky., at 180 feet and dedicating the
ahaft next June, John II. Leathers,
Louisville banker, and treasurer of the
Jefferson Davis Home Association, to
day announced that the monument
would be completed to its original in
tended heisht of 351 feet. The date
for dedicating the oboliakvMr, Lath-
sri laid, also had been deferred.
VW are advised from official sources
that the Daughters of the Confederacy,"
Mr. Leather! itatement said, ''have un
dertakes to raise means to complete the
' monument. The assurance of this or
ganisation means it will be completed."
HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON
REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL
Washington, Aug. 27, Henry Lincoln
Johnson, . negro Eepublican national
committeeman from Georgia, was rt
ported today to be seriously ill at kit
home here. It was said he was running
a high blood pressure an-1 had suffered
a slight stroke' of paralysis.
, Johnson several weeks ago was nomi
nate by President Harding to be re
corder of deed in the District of Co
lumbia but his nomination has not been
aeted on. .
FIFTY PERSONS KILLED .
IN BIG WRECK NEAR ROME,
Roma, Aag. 17 (By the Ass,
dated P reel,) Fifty persona are re
ported to have beea killed and many
seriously Injured when a passenger
(rata collided with a freight train tea
miles from Roma today. The fas.
aenger train waa retaralng from a
seaside resort.
OVER
111
Distribution By Income
of Personal Returns In State
rersoaal returns filed for bio ealeadar year ended December 31, 1919 ia
the State of North Carolina. Distribution by Income Classes,
Income Classes. No. Returna. Net Income. Total Tax.
$ 1,00 to $ 2.000 7JB17 $ ll.M0.4AS $ 107 ,605
1,000 to 3,000 12,753 30,735.933 1SJ.120
3,000 to 4,000 6,078 1,1082$ 301,401
4,000 te 5,000 3,83 17470,674 323,119
5,000 to 6,000 1,7W 9,739,342 211.451
6,000 to 7,000 - 1,277 8,155,234 221,530
7,000 to 8,000 806 .'.,W,u3i 186,556
8,000 to 9,000 81 4,377,268 174,609
9,000 to 10,000 384 -3fii02M 187,843
10,000 to 11,000 287 2!H;,70l 144,626
11,000 to 12.000 ' 45 2,808,9.V. 151,781
12.000 to 13,000 187 2,227, fl4A 13783
13,000 to 14,000 166 2,236,801 13553
14,000 to 15,000 121 l,732,55r. 112!13
13,000 to 20,0u0 42U 7,335.17: 539,517
20,000 to 23,000 211 4,fi!2,!.s.i 413,506
23,000 to 30,000 112 3,072,194 322,678
30,000 to 40,000 126 4t311,i;7tt 026,114
40,000 te 50,000 71 3,100,138 402,077
60,000 to 60,000 36 1,959,743 337,704
60,000 to 70,000 17 1,103,663 209,403
70,000 to 80,000 IS 1,341,779 302,165
80,000 to 90,000 8 663,383 169,829
90,'XK) to 100,000 12 1,140,840 326,553
100,000 to 130.000 13 UlSIS 485,631
150,000 to 200,000 1,537,436 621,457
200,000 to 230000 684,448 302,492
230,000 to 300,000 1
300,000 to 40CYKW 5
400,000. 500,000 3 1 4,470,670 '2,433,214
500,000 lo f 750,000 2)
750,000 to 1,000,000 ...
1,000,000 to 1,500,600 "... .
1,500,000 to 2,000,000 ...
2,000,000 to 3,000,000 ... ....!.,.
3,000,000 to 4,000,000 ...
4,000,000 to 5,000,000 ... .......
Total 37,185
Classes grouped to conceal net income and identity of taxpayers.
Asheville Man Named to Head
American Legion This Year
Greensboro Lands Next Con
vention After Spirited Fight
By Winston-Salem
ROAST GEORGE HARVEY
IN STRONG RESOLUTION
Return of Grover Bergdoll To
America for Trial As Slacker
Is Demanded
Ilondersonville, Aug 27. The elec
tion of Thomas W. Bird, commander
pf the Kiffln Rockwell Post of Ashe
ville, ss commander of the American
Legion for the Department of North
Carolina, and the selection of Greens
boro for 1923 t gathering, closed the
two day convention here thia after
noon. The Legionnaires adopted resolu
Hons condemning George W. Hafvey,
American Ambassador to England, de'
manding- the return of Grover C.
Bergdoll to America for trial as a
traitor snd slacker and urging the
prosecution of public officials who sre
implicated in his escape ss shown
by the Congressional investigation.
Oppose Deba Pardon.
The Legionnaires adopted a reso
lution to petition the President not to
grant a pardon to Eugene V. Debs, and
to ask Governor Morrison' to make
a proclamation setting aside Armis
tice day in honor of the victory of
the allies.
In the election of other officer,,
J. R. IIollls, of Wilmington, was chos
en vice-commander; Cale K. Burgess,
of Raleigh, as Btnte adjutant, and Dan
Hollengn, as National committeeman.
Eev. T. W. Vickcrs, of Ayden, win
ner of the Croix de Guerre, was elect
ed chaplain. Robert McNeil, of Fay-
ettoville, was chosen historian snd
Dr. E.'A. Lockhart, of Winston Salem,
was named alternate National commit
teeman from this State.
ruo district committeemen are as
folloVrs: First, Dr. Dixon of Ayden;
second, B. T. Allen, of Klnston; Third
Thomas C. McDaniel, of New Bern;
fourth, Daniel W. Terry, of Balcigh;
fifth, Bob Denny, of Greensboro;
sixth, Bobcrt 8. McNeil of Favette-
villc; seventh, Herbert T. Prosscr, of
ilemlct; eighth, T. B. Marsh, of Salis
bury; ninth, H. J. Chanler, of Mar
shall, and tenth, J. W. Pless, Jr, of
Marion.
Delegatea To Convention.
Delegates to the National conven
tion at Kansas City are as follows:
State commander-elect Thomas W.
Bird, of Asheville; Adjutsnt Cale K.
Burgess, Committeemen Hollenga and
Lockhart and principles and alternates
from the districts as follows: First.
innues v. utugoingaouse, or Green
ville; second, Henry C. Bowly,. ILP.
WHTd, U. Roise. B. H
Thomassonj fourth, B. Gorham; fifth,
a. uounrsn, 1. r. Mann;; sixth, C. D.
Hogne, Paul Schuller, seventh, T. H.
McManus, B. P. Alexsnder; eighth, II.
(J. Vick, James F. Hurley; ninth, a 8.
Chapley, and Mr. Pickens; tenth, J. W.
Pless, Jr, of Marion, and Don 8.
Elias, of Ajhcvillc.
The convention endorsed eandidacy
of Dan 8. Hollenga, of Hamlet, for
Natioaal Commander.
WOMEN COMPLETE ORGANIZATION
OF STATE AUXILIARY UNIT
Hendersonville, Aug. 27. Plata for
tho organization of units and work
among the disabled former service men
were outlined by Miss Paulina Curnick,
of Indiana, national field representative
of the Woman'i Auxiliary of the Ameri
can Legion, at the anneal session todsy
of tho North Carolina nnlts at Faasl
fern Inn. Josephos Daniels and Alvin
M. Mosely, national director of the
Americanism Commission of tho Ameri
can Legion, gave interesting addresses
in regard to the future activities of the
organisation at its morning session.
A resolution similar to the ,ne adopt
ed by the Legionnaires at their morn
ing session condemning th address of
George Harvey, American ambassador
to England, regarding tho reason why
America entered tha war, waa nnant
mously adopted! '
The chime memorial movement of the
yi
Classes
$161,613,467
$10,010,348
INE
VALUES REDUCED
Equalizing Board Cuts $200,
000 From Assessment; Tal
lassee Denied
Valuation of the iron mines owned
by the Cranberry Coal snd Iron Com
pany, in Avery County was cut from
$500,000 to $300,000, and the values
placed on real estate other than the
mine itself left unchanged by the
State Board of Equalisation, accord
Ing to announcement made by Revenue
Commissioner A; !. Watts yesterday,
Appeal in the ease was beard on August
the 16th.
At tho same time the Board declined
to upset the present valuation of $3,
944,583 assessed under the revaluation
act against the property owned by the
Tallassee Power Company in Graham
and Swain counties. Appeal in this
cass was heard' last Thursday, the
power company, through its sttornry
ex-Governor T. W. Bickett asking the
assessment to be reduced to less than
two million.
September 7 was set as the date of
the hearing for all cotton mills in Ca
barrus county other than the Cannon
mills, who have within the past few
days submitted appeals from the judg
ment of the local asseasing authoritiea.
On that day also the amieal of the
American Tobacco Company for relief
from last year s taxes to the extent
of $10,000 is set for hearing. The
eounty officials in Rockingham, from
which the tobacco petition comes, arc
preparing to fight the reduction.
Two hotels before the Commissioner
on. Appeal were passed upon yesterday,
the Atlantic Hotel st Morehead City
being denied a reduction, and the Hot
Springs Hotel, at Hot Springs, North
Carolina, being put ia the hands of W.
T. Lee, member of the Board, for In
vestigation. The Cannon mills cage
in which argument was completed Fri
day night after a two day hearing, is
still ander advisement by the Board.
MARSHAL FDCH COMING
TO UNITED STATES SOON
Famous Figure In War States
Definitely That He Is Going
To Visit U. S.
Paris, Aug. 27. (Ey the Associated
Press.) Marshal Foch, unannounced
y-sstcrdajv-walked-intfr the American i
embassy hero without formality, took
seat in tha reception roof and, like,
the ordinary caller, sent up his eard
asking to see Ambassador Herrlck.
When the presence of the distin
guished visitor became known a secre
tary immediately nshered him into the
ambassador's office. Marshall Foch told
Mr. Herriek that he hsd come to the
embassy in person to say definitely that
he was going to the United States.
"I wanted to come and tell you defi
nitely, aaid tha officer whs commanded
tho Allied armies during the World
War, "that I 'am going to America. I
also wanted to tell you directly, by
word of mouth, instead of by letter or
ia any formal way, how deeply touched
I have been by the echoes from Ameri
ca of my prospective visit. 1 wanted
to tell yon how delighted I am that I
am going.
"The vjsit of the American Legion
has , brought me in closer touch with
America than I have beea since the
American army wai here, and t appre
ciate deeply the desire of the American
Legion that I go to their convention
In Kansas City." v
MRS. B. F. EDGERTQN DIES
IN RICHMOND HOSPITAL
Blehmond, Va, Ang. $7. -Mrs. H. F.
Edgerton, of Kenly, N. O, died at Stew
art Circle hospital hers tonight Tha
remains will be sent to Kenly and the
funeral will be held there Monday after-
noon. -; t
CRANBERRY M
EGRESS
y
IN
Chairman George White Shows
How Republicans Have Failed
To Keep Pledges
NO ACTION YET ON
TWO MAJOR MEASURES
Farmers' Belief Act Passed Un
der Whip of Agricultural
"Bloc" In Senate Only Seme
dial Law Adopted; Its Pro
visions For Helping Farmer
Said To Be Quite Broad
The News snd Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Building.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Aug. 27. The ineffici
ency, the litter Incapacity of the Re
publican Congress which is . now . off
for an illy earned recesa is emphasised
in a statement made tonight by Chair
man George White, cf the Democratic
National committee. Ho dram a sharp
contrast between the valuable results
achieved by the Demoeratie Congress
called in special session in 1913 at the
beginning of the Wilson administration
eight yeara ago and the lack of results
which characterizes the present Repub
lican Congress. Chairman White drives
home the facts in his statement, which
reads:
"By taking a recess without having
accomplished any of the main purposes
for which it was called in extra sessiqu,
.the Republican Congress have given
another concrete illustration of its in
efficiency, if not utter incapacity, in
dealing with Intolerable conditions that
prevail throughout the country, volun
tarily joining tho ranka of the 5,735,
000 unemployed.
Promised Speedy Revival
"When it met, business was stagnant
trade declining, agriculture snd mining
and other natural industries were pros
trate. financial conditions uncertain
and unemployment alarmingly increaa
ing. The people had voted for a change
and got it.
"The eountry, however, waa optimia
tic and hopeful because the Kepubli
cans had promised a speedy revival of
business and a remedy for the depress
ed conditions produced by war snd by
two years of obstruction by a Repub
lican Congress to . all reconstruction
legislation.
"After four months snd two weeks,
the extra session of Congress called
t 'save the country has quit its job
for a month without having paased a
single remedial measure unless the
agricultural bill should justify its sup'
porters in projecting government into
private business.
Major Measares Still Incomplete
''Neither of the major measures
tariff and tax revision for which pri
marily tho extra session waa called, haa
been completed. As passed by the House
both of these bills were so badly con
structed that they have been widely
denounced by the Republican press and
Republican spokesmen in snd out of
Congress, especially by Republican busi
ness men, and admittedly will have to
be rewritton by the Bennte.
"As evidence of Republican dissatis
faction in Congress, fifty members of
the House voted with the Democrats to
recommit the tax 1 ill for revision.
''Business and -nduttrial conditions
today sre admittedly worso than they
were when Congress was called togeth
er. The demand for remedial measures
is even more urgent, but Congress dis
plays a light-hearted unconcern about
the distressful situation of the country.
"This is a sad contrast to the Demo
cratic Congress of eight years ago,
which remained in continuous session
until its legislative program was com
pleted. "The people who voted for a change
last November must certainly realise
by this time that they got too much of
it."
Tho Expected Happens.
The expected happened today, just
as had been outlined in this corresp
ondence resterdar. for hearing their
"master's voice," when Senator Pen
rose spoke, the Senate finance com
mittee in the handa of the Republican
majority deciding to put the tax bill
ahead of the tariff bill, though the lat
ter was sent by the House to the Senate
first, and many days have already been
consumed in hearings on it. Under the
(Continued oa Page Two.)
NORTH CAROLINA MINISTER
PREACHES TO HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE BY WIRELESS.
The voles of sn Invisible minister
preached to the Herron Avenue Pres
byterian church, Pittsburg, last Sua
dsy, filled the vestibule and corridors
of the edifice and floated to the ears
of residents of the district la their
homes.
By means of tho Wostlnghonso
radio telephone apparatus, the satire
service of Calvary Episcopal church,
Pittsburg, of which Rot. Thaddeus A.
Cheatham, of Plaehnrst, N. C, Is
summer pastor, was transmitted to
tho Herron Hill congregation. The
fast Is aald to mark an epoch la tha
development of tho radio telepboas
ta America.
The Herron aveaae eharck has been
without a paator for some time. Un
able to get a substitute minister for
the Sondsy night services it was al
ranged ta have the service trass.
miUed by radio.. .Members of tho
congregation filled tha church. .....
..Tha Westinghoass people estimate
that possibly aa many .as .2f$,M0
Vople listen to tho Baaday sermons
In Calvary eharck. Dr. Cheatham
has had respoasM from people who
have heard him from as fsr as North
Carolina aad New York Stats. A
man in Marylaad heard Or. Chea
tham so distinctly that he waa able
to recognise his voice whoa ko saw
him later In PltUbarg.
1
IKES
SORR
RECORD
PROVIDING
LAWS
HNERS EVIDENTLY
IDED NOT
10 GO INTO MINGO
Officials Believe Proposed
March Into Coal County Has
Been Abandoned
MANY OF MINERS NOW
BACK IN HOME TOWNS
Brigadier General Bandholtx
Finds Things Quiet Along
Proposed Line of March;
Confusing Reports Come In,
But Latest Indications Bhow
Situation Is Quiet
Charleston, W. Vs., Aug. 27.-8tate
and Federal authorities were a unit to
night In declaring that the march of
miners from Marmet to Mingo county
aa a protest against Governor Morgan'
martial law had come to an end, and
hundreds of the men were sir eady "fcatl
in their home towns.
Brigadier General H. H. Bandhulti,
who came here from Washington to
inveatigato condition for the War De
partment ia answer to Governor Mor
gan's request for Federal troops, drove
from Charleston o. Rscine over the
line of march taken by the miners
earlier In the week snd expressed him
self si being convinced that "the jig
is up." He addressed a party of miners
at Kaclne, who were waiting for a train
to take them home, and after further
investigation returned to Chnrle-Mon to
prepare his report for the Washington
authorities.
Much Ooafaaloa Oceans
Much confusion was occasioned dur
ing the afternoon by reperta from
Williamson, Mingo eounty, and Welali,
McDowell county, that 8heriff Dob
Chafln, of Logan county, had aent out a
hurried call for assistance, and that
forces of the State polico and deputies
had been hurried o l ogin by automo
bile, expecting to arrive there late to
day. As all Information reaching govern
ment sources from Logan eounty was
to the effect that the aituatioa there was
quiet, thia movement of reinforcements
was not explsined until it 'became
known in Welch after Sheriff Hatfield
and hia men had departed, for Logan,
that the march had been broken up and
the men were on their way borne.
The movement of tie State police
from Williamson was explained by the
fact that fear were felt in soma qnar-
era that itrigglatn from tho now dis
banded "army might remain in Boone
county and the presence ot the force
would be needed there to help Sheriff
Hill and his thres or four deputies to
clear up the situation.
Maintaining Ordsr
The McDowell eounty forco, which hsd
been expected in Logan at 4 o clock, bad
not reached there an hour later. The
one point in the mining country which
has been the source of much anxiety
for officials wss the position along th
Boone-Logsa border, st Blair. The
miners there sre organized and reports
have come on two successive nights that
fighting was in progress between thorn
snd the Logan eounty authorities. All
wire communications have been eut off
for several days and some apprehension
was felt that the real ecnterof tho trou
bel was at Blair.
This point was eleared up late today
when Sheriff Hill, of Boone county, re
ceived word that there had beeu no
disorders of any kind and that Sheriff
Chan n s men had not coins down the
east slope of the mountains.
YOUNG MAN SHOT WHILE
DRIVING IN COAL FIELD
Madison, W. Va., Aug. 27. Paul Cur-
ley, son of a wholesale- grocer here,
was shot last night at Danville, near
here, ss ho snd a party of friends were
driving along a road lined with men
on the Marmet Mingo march. Accord
ing to reports to Sheriff Hill, Curley
did not get eut of the sutomobile fast
enough to suit three or four men who
held it up. He was taken to a hospital
at Danville,, where physicians said it
might bs necessary to amputate his
hand.
Reports from points along the road
between sere and Racine were to the
effect that tha main body of marchers
hsd left the country.
ALL REPORTED QUIET IN
LOGAN COUNTY DISTRICT
Logan, West, Vs., Aug. 27. All was
quiet in Logan tonight and reports
from over the .county received bjL pri-
tate "parties did not indicate disorders
ia any place, although the ollice ot
Sheriff Chafln followed lta policy of re
fusing all official information.
The news that 400 deputy sheriffs
and volunteers were on their way in
automobiles from McDowell eounty
created general interest but no reason
was given by the sheriff's office aa to
why they had been called into Logan.
JURY SAIL SAVES SHIP
FROM RUNNING AGROUND
Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 27. A jury sail
arranged in the nick of time saved the
mine sweeper Bail from running
aground late yesterday off Cape Henry,
when a 67-mile an hour gale carried
away her steering gear and her anchor
with sixty fathoms of chsln.
Tho Jury sail was rigged when the
Ball wu less than a mile off shore, but
she managed to escape the breakers and
mad Lynn Haven roads. The Rail has
boon acting as a tender to the Atlantic
fleet at th southern drill grounds.
COPY OF TREATY NOW
ON WAY TO WASHINGTON
Berlin. Au. 27. The official copy of
tho pese treaty between Germany and
tho Unitd States, xeentea oy vr.
Frledrich Rosen, the German foreign
mtnliU. anil ' Ellis Lorini Dreiel. the
American Commissioner in Berlin, wsi
forwarded to Washington soaay. ii is
being carried by t ipecjsj. eouriefr ,
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YOUNGEST GIRL TO
BE ADMITTED TO BAR
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Miss Carrick lhune Buck is the
iiifU waaiaa u i admitted ta the
bar. At tho age of "1 she graduated
from th law school of the University
of Southern California and recently
admitted as a practicing-attorney. She
is a grand niece of James Monroe,
fifth President of the United States.
GIVEN PREFERENCE
Senate Finance Committee De
cides To Sidetrack Tariff
Bill For While
Washington, Aug. 27. Tax legisl
tion was given preference over the
tariff by the Senate finance committee
today and arrangements were made for
tho committee to begin actual con
sideration of the House revenue bill
next Thursdy. The tax bill w 51 oc
cupy the attention of the committee
exclusively until it is ready for sub
mission to tho Senate, which Chairman
Penrose believes will probably be rrhcr.
Congress reconvenes September 21.
When decision was reached to dW
plae the tariff, it was said, in some
quarters that the permanent tariff bill
would probably not be enacted until
after the new year. Hearings on the
measure are only about one fourth
finished snd in addition treasury ex
ports hsr yet to begin assembling data
oa American wholesale selling prices,
without which, according to committee
members, the contemplated revision of
House rates cannot , be started.
Until tsxrs sre taken up next week
tho committee will continue hearings on
ths tariff, taking up the wood schedule
and some of the agricultural list The
committee, at the request of th State
Department, Chairman Penrose said to
dsy, bsd also agreed to bear a British
deputation who, it is understood, will
protest the proposed rates on high speed
steel.
No Open Hearings.
Present plans of the committee do
not contemplato open hearings on reve
nue legislation. Mr. Penrose said, how
ever, that 'such does not mean that no
opportunity will be given for interested
partiea to give the committee data dur
ing its executive meetings." Secretary
ilcllon will be called to discuss the
bill probably September 7.
The fight in th Housa on th rates
on certain kinds of lumber reappeared
for a time in th hearing today. Duties
oa rough cedar and mahogany logs and
tolcphone and telegraph poles werti op
posed. Thomas Williams, of New York,
representing importers, declared hi
firm had' been in th business for &J
years and never before had found it
necessary to appear before a Congres
sional committee to protest against a
duty on ths product. He said it was
prejudicial to the business to have
duties on the raw material! and as
serted it would cost more to levy and
collect the duties thsn would be de
rived in revenue.
HARDING DEFERS ANY
ACTION IN DEBS CASE
Will Not TakjBjpjp Prisoners'
Cases Until Peace Treaty
Is Ratified
Washington, Aug. 27. The sdminls-
tration's intention to defer consider
ation for amnesty for Eugene V. Debbs
and other federal prisoners convicted
under war-time laws until after r.itifi-
ation for amnesty for Eugene V. Debs
many was made known at the n bite
House today after a conference be
tween President Harding and Attorney
General Daugherty.
Mr. Daugherty called st th White
House prepsred to discuss recommenda
tions concerning i a pnrdon for Debs,
now imprisoned Atlanta, but the
President was said to have taken the
position that decision of the ease of
the Socialist leader and similar offen
ders should swait the conclusion of
peace.
While officials would not disclose the
nature' of Mr, Daugherty' recommen
dations, the administration's decision
to defer action waa understood to be
Indicative of a disposition to deal with
the war lew offender in as a generous
a manner as the facts of th individual
esses would warrant.
Mr. Daugherty' recommendation in
th case of -Deb are understood to be
th result of a.n , exhaust! v study of
th Socialist loader' case separately
and also in its relation to other prison
er eonfined tinder the asm laws. Th
decision officials aaidr waa intended a
th bast for th administration'
policy on th subject of sll imprisoned
pffendert against war lawtv
1
TAX REVISION BILL
NE
TIATIONS OVER
E
Irv'
T
British View of The Situation
Is That Critical Point Has
Been Reached
BELIEVE IRELAND WILL'
ACCEPT DOMINION PLAN
Position of De Valera Some
what Mixed Up, But Most
Observers Think That At
mosphere In Ireland Is Con
ducive To Peace; Lloyd
George Makes Speech
London, Aug. 27 (By t ie Assumed
rresi.) The Irish negotiations now
have reached the critical atage la tin
British view, aa mirrored by thi grest
majority of newspapers, including thoje
previously suprfrtcm of hone rule
169 ths idvaniiiT jf Tiber " re."
ports, such as the Daily Nt and he
Manchester Guardian,' which in the past
have gone almost aa far as the Sinn
Fein.
They think the Sinn Fein declara
tiona of general principles hnvj gone
far enough and that the time ha com
for dropping d-'lrati jns of principles
and getting down to th business cf
arranging the terms, If the Sinn Fein
proposes to negotiate the proposals
which the government offered, si let
forth in detail in Prime Minister IJoyd
George's first hjtterr The general belief
expressed is that Eomonn De Valcm,
tho Irish republican leader, having "aid
all that is necessary to assure Irishmen
of the Sinn Fein's theoretical stand
point, will do this.
Positions Rather Myaterlous
The British find it difficult to analyt
Mr. De Vnlera's exnet position from
whatever light his latest notes throw
upon it. There is the belief, or at least'
the hope, that the policy cf the Irish
republican cabinet will be, while con
stantly affirming Ireland's claims to in
dependence, to negotiate at the same
time terms for dominion status under
the new watchword of ''consent of the
governed" in other words, that while
clinging in the sssertiens of ths in
herent right to independence, the cabi
net will "consent" to accept dominion
statu, bargaining to the last ditch for
the nearest approach to independence
possible.
It is hoped her that the final solu
tion may rest upon a referendum of the
Irish people. Th Now Statesman,
which ia th moat solid orgin of the
libor movement and a consistent and
well-informed friend of Ireland, assert
that four-fifths of the Irish peoplt would
vote for acceptance of the British terms.
Every observer in Ireland, it (ays,
agree that the people are tired to death
of guerilla fighting and sre finding
rare enjoyment of the freedom to live .
their normal lives which the true has
given them.
Lloyd George Speaks
Prime Minister Lloyd George seldom
goes anywhere vithout mounting the
platform and making a speech. Today
he and hia wife sttended the wedding
in Bnrnsley of Sir William Sutherland,
member of Parliament and recently ens
of the Prime Minister's private secre
taries, to Misa Fountain, who Is the
owner of coal mines' and one of the rich
est women in England.
In his speech the Prim Minister
dwelt largely on the Irish question,
emphasizing that the Irish would be
foolish to reject a scheme of self-government
going beyond the ambitions of
historic home rulers.
Tomorrow Mr. Lloyd George is going
for a vacation in th Scotch country,
forty' miles from a railroad. Ther is
much curiosity here as to who will act
as negotiators in behalf of Great Brit
ain in ease the negotiations begin, since
the Prime Minister in his letter to Mr.
De Valera emphasized that there should
be no delay in negotiating.
The labor leaders, who ar friendly
to the Irish aspirations, gave their views
today. Arthur Henderson, speaking st
Carlisle, said ths situation was critical
but not hopeless. i
"An almost insurmountable obttael
is the fact that the Ulster parliament
already ha been created," he declared.
J. H. Thomai, lender of th railway-
men, who ia visiting Dublin, said: "Th
atmosphere I see in Ireland is eonduelv
to peace."
The outstanding Tact in tho position
of the Irish negotiations la that both
Mr. IJoyd George and Mr. De Valera
onded their notes by statement! of',a
desire of willingness to continue the
discussions.
OUTSIDE SHINE 10 CEtftS;
INSIDE SHINE 50 CENTS
New York, Aug. 27. Charged with
giving his patrons a shins both insid
und outside, James de John, a Brooklyn
bootblack, today was held for the grand
jury for alleged violation of the Btat
prohibition law.
The police asserted that atrsngera
could get only an outside ahlne, but
that old-timer's, if they whispered ths
riuht word, would find a two-ounce bot
tle of hootch in their coat pocket on
leaving the stand. Outside shin cost
10 cents; inside a halt dollar.
FIRST BALE OF COTTON
GINNED IN RICHMOND COUNTY
Rockingham, Aag. 27. Th first
bale ot new cotton for Richmond
Cosnty wss gWed by Dockery'a
gin todsy for G. E. Hinson aad
ssms was sold to W. T. Covington
and Company, who bought it for
the Entwlstle Mill. Th bsl of
nMHlln Mttoa weurhsd ill nounds
and brought thirteen and aao-half t
cents. Th first bsl Isst year was
aold hero oa September Srd and
brought twesiy-fiv centa a poind.
ID eu
PE
REACH
ON
THE TURNING POIN