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111.
BAD EXAMPLE FOR
REST OF COUNTRY
Administration's Policy of
Throwing Employed Out of
Jobs Criticized
.WHOLESALE DUMPING
PRACTICED BY DAWES
tepresentative of Federal Fed
eration of Federal Employes
Appears Before Sub-Committee
of Conference On Un
employment and Hands Out
Some Startling Statements
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
- By 8pecial Leased Wire)
Washington, Sept. 27. Hammering
the administration for its own treat
ment of its employes as one of the
causes for there being so many unem
ployed throughout the eountry, and
charging that the government itself by
throwing thousands of persons out of
work has spread the doctrine of in
dustrial unrest" the National Federa
tion of Federal employes, represented
before a committee of the conference
on unemployment by Luther C. Stew
art, president of llie organization, stir
red up things this morning, and pro
poses to keep at it. After hearing from
Mr. Stewart for a short time the sub
committee on employment statistics
told him he was talkij to the wrong
committee and should take his eas.-
the committee on emergency State and
municipal uchduicd nnu munv w , . ,
The prepared statement of the Na
tional Federation holds that the gov
eminent has been a contributing canst
to the stagnation in present Cay work,
that it has thrown thousands out of
work "without intelligent planning,
without discrimination, without justi
fication, and without even the humane
consideration of so much as one day s
hotiee,'' The statement continues with
the declaration, that the government
violated the very standards of efficiency
which it required of private enterprises
when it took supervision over private
industries, and that it is now over
borne by the hysteria of so-called
economy." The call is made for the
government to set up a government
policy on employment ''which shall be
courageous enough to resist political
clamor; intelligent enough to discrimi
nate between true and false economy;
business-like enough to make adjust
menta for efficiency aud not for spec
tacular political effect and just enough
to provide that employee -b bo mu.it be
i i ii t . . i . i
jeieasea snail nave at lease quo notice
of dismissal.'
Attack on Dawes Program
The statement presented by Mr.
Stewart for tho National Federation is
in effect a direct assault upon the
"economy" proceedings of "Hell and
Maria" Dawes in its denunciation of
"spectacular political"' methods in the
- i i - -- i i .
jjiuamg ul u uuui-i, an au ifluicv
ment of the administration for the
way in which, without notice, it drops
employes who are- due some decent con
aidcration. Four remedial measures
are proposed by the National Federa
tion: First, that the administration
shall make known its ultimate aims as
to the size of government establish
nienta and personnal; second, transfer
of .released tmployer to other in
preference to new appointments by-
new civil service examinations; third,
release of efficient employes to be made
in order of juniority, where reductions
in force are necessary; fourth, that
thirt ydays' notice be given in all eases
where employes are to be released, for
in Washington and in many other gov
eminent establishments thoughout the
country employes had been reased from
ths service without warning. The indict
meat of government methods in its
treatment of its own employes was in
the sharpest of taring. And it was
learned today that very sooa the Ship
ping Board will dismiss some 2,000 em
ployes. And while efficient government em
ployes are being summarily dismissed
the Harding administration is taking
care of the political end of the game
by its handing out of jobs to Repub-I
lican partisans in violation of even the
bunk "civil service" examinations pre
scribed by Fresident Harding. .This is
to be found in the appointment of
"aeting postmasters' In order to hold
ithe jobs open for Republicans to
qualify, and in such appointments as
that of Clyde H. Jarrett as postmaster
at Andrews; in the dismissing of I. C.
Thoreson for '"insolence" from the po
sition of surveyor in the public lands
office In Oklahoma; in the overnight
. throwing out of the office Director of
the Census Ram I. Rntror of Pnmmi,
aioner of Public Education P. P. (.'lax
ton, in the grabbing of the office of
Tnited 8fates Marshal of Western
North Carolina from Charles A. Webb,
because the newspaper in which he
has holdings criticized the Republican
administration. The feeling is that the
administration ought to play squire in
its own employment methods in order
to- be able to call upon the country to
provide jobs for the jobless who would
have bad employment but for the par
tisan hatrd of the Republicans for a
League of Nations that was eoneeired
la the brain and heart, of a Democratic
Frtiident.
Wllaoa Not Pishing Fight
And right now in the Senate the Re
publicansfor whonj else could h be I
t-u,b cuurnviuiuif mi vpfraa me rumor
that President Wilsoa Is endeavoring
la organize the Democrats of the Sen
ate' against, the peace treaties." So per-
rtfr cut w as mar rumor Thai tosy Demo
f ratio Senators found it necessary to
state that there wis ao foundation for
any such reports. Senators Hitchcock,
I'nderwood, Glass, and others denied
xlie truth of each rumors,' that while
.former Fresident Wilson had given his
1 . (Continaei on ..PiMtXlfWJ ...:.
lull OLIO
Methods Of Bootleggers
In Uniform Are Revealed
Witness Explains Multiple Shake-Down System By Which
Chicago Policemen Obtain As Many As Half .Dozen
Rake-Offs On Same Case of Whiskey . T
Chicago, Sept. ST. A multiple shake
down" system through which Chicago
policemen were alleged to have ob
tained as many is half doxen rake
offs ob the aaine ease of whiskey, was
revealed today la the government in
vestigation of the police department,
said by Chief of Police Charles Fitx
morris to contain ,500 bootleggers in a
membership of 9,000.
The request of Chief FitxmorrU
that the Federal authorities help him
clean his own house, made last week,
was placed before the Federal grand
jury with a score of witnesses, most
of them policemen, testifying.
Multiple Shake-Down.
One of these witnesses, according to
officials, explained the multiple shake
down. Members of the police force, or
ganized in bands, he said, would ob
tain information as to whiskey ship
ments from other cities into Chicago
and then in uniform, would rob the
cars in freight yards under pretense
of confiscating the liquor.
The whiskey then was sold it fairly
ohcap bootlegging prices, the cheapness
making it easy to get euatomers to take
it in case lots. When the liquor was
delivered, however, a policeman ap
peared ind demanded substantiati
amount from the recipient lor protec
tion. After the sum had been paid,
Large Crowds At Opening of
Rocky Mount's Annual Fair
Features Include Free Attrac
tions, Racing In Afternoons
and Fireworks at Night
BUSINESS HOUSES TO
CLOSE FOR HOLIDAY
Fine Variety of Exhibits of
Livestock, Farm Products
and Poultry
Eocky Mount, Sept. 27. The sixth an
nual Rocky Mount fair opened promptly
at 9 o'clock this morning when the
gates were thrown open at the fair
grounds east of the city, and large
crowds -have been in attendance
throughout the day. The crowds really
began flocking out Tarboro itreet bjst
night, however, aa the carnival had al
ready pitched its tents and the midway
was in full blast.
The arrangement of all exhibits and
displays was completed in Floral Hall
last night, while a corps of workmen
were engaged in doing the final deco
rating. As a result all was in readi
ness for this morning's opening. The
livestock, farm and poultry exhibits
are all up to standard and are attract
ing considerable attention.
Racing Big Feature.
The first racing program was held
on the fair ground track this after
noon at 1 o'clock. Twelve big free at
tractions have been secured by the fair
management and are given before the
grandstand between the heats ot the
various races. At night the free at
tractions begin at 7:45 and, including
the fireworks, will continue for approx
imately an hour.
While the fair got under way today
and gains in impetus tomorrow, Thurs
day and Friday are expected to attract
the largest crowds to the grounds. In
addition to the numerous cars running
between the city and the fair grounds,
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway will
operate shuttle train service between
the passenger station and the grounds
beginning tomorrow and continuing
tbronuh Friday. Trains will leave the
utatiou at 10:40 a. m., 12:15 p. m., 2:00
p. m., and 5:35 p. m., and will return
from the grounds fifteen minutes later
in each instance. In addition Nog. 90
and 81, 48 and 42 and 64 and 65 will
stop at the grounds to take on and let
off passengers. On Thursday evening
the Nashville train will be held here
until 6 o'clock of Until the last train
has come in from the fair grounds.
Fridav School Day.
Vr'iAnv. the eoncludina day of the
fair, will be school day as the local
schools will grant a holiday, 'while all
ohnnla thrnuffhout the eountv who de
sire to do so may let their pupils out
that day to come to the lair, un rri-
Ar,v nflnrnnnn nt 4 o'clock at the fair
grounds the Rocky Mount high school
and Red Oak highs will stage a gridiron
battle. All the local business houses
will close Friday afternoon, whilo the
banks will be elosed after noon Thurs
day except to the tobacco interests in
case sales are not over by that hour.
EXPLAINS HUNGARY'S TROUBLES
Geneva, Sept. 27. Count Apponyi said
today that Hungary's request was due
solely to her controversy with Austria.
"Hungary,'' he added, ''does not ex
cuse the West Hungarian disorders, but
explains them by the patriotic exalta
tion of a population ceded to Austria
against its will
8AYS IMMEDIATE STRIKE
OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
IN U. 8. WILL BR CALLED
Chicago, Sept. 27-An Immediate
strike of the l8,m railroad train,
aaea employee! American reads
will he ordered If the strike rote
wew being counted favors it. JaascO
Msrdock, vkc-prealdeat of the or
ganisation, aaaoaaeea' tonight
"Aa a matter of fact.' said Mr.
Martteck, "a strike really has been
etherised" already iy the leaden.
The salante the veto hi coaated the
strike order will he lasaed provided
the vote farera strike, and there
U little chance that It wsm't The
leaden will jut oppos the wishes
of the men.
Cowitlng ( the strike kalleta will
he ceweletre within a few days.
other policemen would raid the place
and after collecting another protection
fee, would "confiscate" the liquor, re
sell it and repeat the process of graft,
sometime! half a doaen times, before
turning the whiskey over to a favored
saloon keeper for sale by the drink at
high prices.
Thorough Investigation
According to Federal officials, the in
vestigation will go back to the ''Mike
Do Pike" Heitler ease, where two bands
of uniformed policemen fought for pos
session of a carload of liquor, valued at
165,000, and shipped here from Ken
tucky. Detective Sergeant Eddie Smalc.
absolved in that case, now is under ar
rest with two other detective sergeants
in connection with the present investi
gation. He is charged with extortion.
Charles F. Clyne, United States dis
trict attorney, tonight still was pre
paring a fuU. report to Chief Fita
morris, in which he promises to name
everv member of the police force
mrin whom ha has evidence. Half
a dozen police commanders were ques
tioned by Mr. Clyne today in addition
to the policemen taken before the grand
jury. It is believed they, were asked
nhont reports that policemen had been
een intimidating government witnesses
in the case and offering them money not
to testify or to leave town.
J
John Morehead Names Win-ston-Salem
Man To Succeed
Frank Linney
Greensboro, Sept. 27. The election
of C. A. Reynolds, of Winston Salem,
and a lot of talking were the only hap
ywninea of anv note at the called meet
ing of the executive committee of the
State Republican .party which, was held
here today. The name of Mr. Key
nola waa placed .before) the eonvehtion
soon after it had Been called to order
and the purpose of the meeting stated
by Gilliam Grissom, secretary, W. O.
Braniham, of Durham, taking the floor
and nominating the Winston Salem
miui.
Woman's place ia the committee and
the party was also gone into but nothing
of a definite nature was done, the com
mittee deciding-it best to wait until
the Wate" convention next year before
takinifjnv definite action, although the
r : . . ... . i i,
organization or women to vote wie ne
publican ticket will be rushed as fast
as possible.
The meeting was open for a f ertai
lenzth of time or until Mrs. Mary 8e
tie Sliarpe had completed her speech
in which she pledged renewed efforts
for the party and urged the great need
for a thorough organization of wonieu
of the faith in North ( arohna.
Chairman Reynolds, acting upon a
sueiestion from the committee, then
proceeded to inform the members of
the Democratic press that their room
was more desirable than their company
and politely asked that they take them
selves from the room, and eujuy the
scenery from the outside. It was learn
ed that a general discussion of the in
tcrnal workings of the party was the
topic of diseusion behind the closed
d.or, that, of course, being mingled
with words not suited for ears of a
gentle Democrat.
The fight which had been expected
failed to develop and the faction man
waa selected to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Frank A. Linney
with all the ease of a greased pig Seng
through a Sunday School picnic.
Mr. B ram ham, who had been men
tioued fur the positiuu, battened to
place the Winston-Salem politician in
nomination to keep from being nomi
nated himself. John M. Morehead and
his organization are in control of the
organization and as the vacancies
which will occur when the office hold
ers resign will be filled by committee
men appointed by Chairman Reynolds,
and therefore increase the strength
of the organization.
John J. Parker sent word that he ab
solutely waqld not have the job; Junius
Hardin, A. A. Wbitner and a number
of others, inclnding Mr. liramham, ab
solutely refused to entertain for a
moment an Idea of the place, therefore
it was left for Mr. Reynolds to should
er the job which he will hold until
the next State convention is held.
The opposition forces kept quiet to
day, talking in secluded groups and
laying their plans for the coming year
when it was confidently predicted that
the present faction in control will aot
even have the nerve to offer a man
for chairman.
While the meeting eou' l not be clllcd
a love feast, it was a eut and dried
affair, Morehead and his men running
the works while the opposition held
their peace, listened and planned.
None of the members of the com
mittee now holding office resigned al
though it il expected that Mr. Reynolds
will get their resignation in short order
and will thin make his appointmcuts.
MORAVIAN PASTOR CHANCES
CHURCHES IN TWIN CITY
Winstoa Sajem, Sept. 27.-Rev. H. B.
Johnson,, xhty hs-een -faster f Fried'
bery Moravian Church since April,
1917, has resigned Hid iccejited a call
to the pastorate of Fries memorial
church here. He will take charge No
vember 1. " "
Mr. Johnson is a native of Wisconsin
and came to the Friedberg charge from
Grand Bapids, where he served a Mo
ravian chorea as pa) for for more thin
alat Jtrs. -r -y" "
REYNOLDS LANDS
OB AS
CHAIRMAN
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THERN RAILWAY MEASURES
L
Injunction To Prevent Collec
tion of Tax On Watts
Assessment
CLAIMS DISCRIMINATION
IN COUNTY REDUCTIONS
Real Property Reduced 26 Per
Cent, Tax Rates Increased
104, But Reductions Don't
Touch Railroads, Is Claim;
No Figbt To Be Made On In
come Tax Provision
Denying that it is a citizen of the
State, and pitching its fight on prac
tically the same basis adopted by the
Southern Railway, with the omission
of the attack on the validity of the
franchise tax, the Atlantic t oast une
Railroad yesterday entered the Federal
Court for the Eastern District of North
Carolina seeking an injunction to pre
vent the collection of tsxes levied up
on it in the thirty counties in which
its lines are operated.
Interlocutory injunction against the
collection of any taxea assessed upon
values fixed by Commissioner of
Revenue A. D. Watts is prayed for in
the complaint, copies of which were
served upon the Governor, the Hcvennc
Commissioner, the State Auditor, the
State Treasurer, and the Attorney Gon
oral. Copies of the complaint have
been served upon the sheriffs and tax
collectors in the counties involved.
Values Down, Rate I p.
Decrease in the values of real prop
erty aggregating 26.11 per cent, which
increase does not apply to the property
of the complainant, and an increase of
an aggregate of 104 per cent in tax
rates in the thirty counties, which does
apply to the property of tho complaint
ant, is alleged in the document of OS
pages setting forth the grievances of
the petitioner. The complaint is signed
by George H. Elliott, genernl counsel
for the railroad.
The Coast Line bases its attack
chiefly upon the alleged discrimination
worked against the company through
horizontal reductions in real estate
values ia the several counties, ami eon-
tends ffrat-thw reduction, api'ryliK on,y
to certain classes ,6f property, is a
violation of the constitution of both
the State and the United States.' The
complaint cites the alleged violation
of the interstate commerce laws as a
secondary offense.
Pay Franchise Tax.
While attacking the franchise tjx on
the same basis as does tho Southern in
its fight begun a v.eek ago, tho Coast
Line agrees to pay the tax under pro
test and await the jiulgini nt of the
court. No mention is made in tho com
plaint of the ineotno t provision in
corporated ii. the constitutional amend
meats ratified at the polls last
November.
The complainant fixes .'!W,054,7H4 as
the rightful value of its property
figured on a mileage basis, and upon
the basis of its income for the past
year. The values fixed by the State
Tax Commission for 19Ju were $."n
867,800. It objects to the five year
average of earnings taken by tli
Revenue Commissioner as a basis for
fixing the rate, and cites the statement
that earnings for 1!L"J fell ,tVX,,4W
from t2,m7H in 191.
Talk of Ccnfuaion.
Outstanding in the complaint is the
tabulation of the result of returning
valuation to a county basis from a
State basis, with the resultant varia
tion of standards tluit hns sent tax
rates up an average of 10-4 per cent
In the thirty counties included, values
of real property have shrunk from
707,216,iil in 1P20 to .'22,4)lr1(KI in
1921, and the average tax rate of the
30 counties hae doubled. It is contended
that the reductions do not apply to tho
railroad, and that the doubled tax rate
does apply, with the result that faxes
are doubled.
No date has been set for the hearing
of the case in the court, but it is under
stood that it will be heard before Judge
H. G. Connor here. T'ndor the Federal
statutes, three judges are required in
such cases two other Federal District
judges.. Similar arrangements are to
be made or the hearing of the injunc
tion action brought in the Western d is
trict by the Southern.
Is State Corporation.
The first move of the State will prob
ably Ne to ask that the action be dis
missed upon the grounds that the peti
tioner it a resident corporation of the
State, and not entitled to take its net
tion to the Federal t'-oiirs. No answer
has as yet been definitely determined
upon, since Attorney General James S
Manning is in Charlotte indefinitely on
private busmen.
The following county sheriffs are in
eluded In the officers against whom in
junction is sought: ,
J. H. Harris, Beaufort; J, W, Coopef,
Bertie; F. L. Lewis, Brunswick; J. O.
(Contlaaed oa Page Two.)
STATE TO BORROW MONEY
FROM COUNTY FOR ROAD
Charlotte, Sept 27.--Cbsirman Frank
e, ui me iiorm Carolina rugftwtv
Commission, will be in Cmwlotte Wed
nesday to sign the contract drawn up
between the Mecklenburg Highway Com
mission and the State Highway Commia
siotf, whereby the Stte 'Commission will
borrow from the county money to Der
manently improve the States ville roJ
between Charlotte and JHuntersviile. The
Mecklenburg Commission, at a called
meeting today, signed ihg contract for
the road between Charlotte and Hunters
ville. Mr. Page will determine tomor
row which of the two routes,-that by
Derita er that by the Stateiville road,
shall be the rente f the Ststesville
highway between fharlotts ggd IJunlerr
fiiie, .,
10 FEDERA
M BY
EMERGENCY RELIEF
FRAMED
MANUFAGTURERS
Committee Unanimously Agrees
On Recommendations To
Help Unemployed
TO SUBMIT PROGRAM
TO FULL CONFERENCE
Personnel of Manufacturers'
Committee Includes Charles
M. Schwab and Samuel
Gompers; Other Committees
Also Completing Recommen
. dations For Relief
Washington, Sept. 27. Unanimous
agreement upon emergency relief meas
ures on th part of manufacturers to
be recommended to the National confer
ence on unemployment was reached to
day by the committee in charge of this
branch of the country's employment
problem.
The committee's report, which was not
mado public, ia to be submitted to the
full conferenco for adoption when it
reconvenes on October 5. It was un
dcrstooll, however, that the report
would suggest some rearrangement of
working time to permit of a more mini
erolis employment of workers by the
manufacturers.
Personnel of Committee.
The manufacturers' committee, which
was the first to complete its emergency
leconimendations, includes in its pejyjon
net l naries Al. rvnwnu, or .ew nin;
Samuel Gompers, president ofcthe Amer
ican Federation of Labor; Mr". Sarah
t'nnbny, secretary of the United Textile
Workers of America, and Vt . II. Stai k
house, of Springfield, Ohio, chairman.
Other committees were said to be
rapidly completion tneir reeiuiuiicndii
lions for emergency measu.es to meet
the unemployment situation. Tho com
mittee on state, and iminu'iiiu! mens
urea and public works was understood
to have about finished a report which
would suggest greater activity on the
pnrt of communities n ml municipalities
in public works, with special attention
to increased road construction as a
means of lessening tho ranks of the
involuntary idle.
Public Hearing.
The first public hearing of the eon
foreuce was held today on unemploy
ment statistirs and a number of wit
tiesses presented data for the use of
the delegates. Labors unreadiness to
accept work ut reduced wages was as
signed as a contributory cause of the
unemployment situation by Russell F.
I'helps, director of statistics of the
Massachusetts Labor department, while
Harry !. Jacobs, president of the Ex
Service Men's Employment Bureau, do
dared tho problem among former sol
dlers as to find positions for the great
percentage of illiterate and unskilled
men, too weakened from their service
for hard labor.
JURY IN POPE CASE
IS STILL INCOMPLETE
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 27. The origi
nal venire of 75 men called as pronpee
tive jurors in the trial of John II. l'ope
local attorney, charged with murder, was
exhnunted today and an additional venire
of 100 men ordered suuiiiionek for to
morrow's session. The count of tlr
tentative jury, v. Iiii-Ii has several time,
numbered twelve, was e'even tonight.
The defense was overruled today in
its contention that it nas Lhe Jjurdeu
of the S'ate under the first degree lour
der charge tn show that, l'ope acted pre
meditatively td effect the death o
George 11. Hickman, local theater man
ager, who was killed when be resisted
the robbe'rv of bis theater by i rank
Raw lings.
The defense brought up the wint yes
terday in eb,i''etint: to a hypothetical
question asked of prospect ive, jurors by
the State. The court ruled today that
under Florida law the principal in the
second part shares equal'- with the
principal in the first part the respon
sibility for any rrime resulting from a
conspiracy.
Pope is charged with having conspired
with ami prompted Rawlings to commit
the robbery.
HEAVY BIDDING STARTS
AN ADVANCE IN COTTON
New York, Sept. 27. - Heavy bid li:
for cotton ("day resulted in an excited
advance which forced Ib-cember con
tr-uts ?..fi." :-i:d Oc'ol-er contract.. ?.2T.
a bale n'.ove .yesterday 's close.
This was the first "notice il.iv" fur
cotton to be delivered on October con
tracts. Notices for between 'I,im..i and
h,Vni bales were iicd. This was con
siderabiy in eie-ss of upec's'ion"
Strong foreign and domestic trade in
terests comjictcd eagerly and it a
repor'ed th.'it .l.;-:in'se brrns vere sac
eeasfnl bidders far .'.".inwi bales. s;i of
which will be drawn from the loeal
stock, which is 'in! ' be ot i. ;. d-tr-able
grade and stap e.
Near month shorts became frightened
ttbefl they s'ih I iff ensile the notices
were taken care of and they hastily
covered, rapidly forcing prices up a
hundred points The upward moveim-nt
also was stimulated by better trade re
port an4 decressed cmp estimates.
Last prices were firm at net gains of
33 to 128 points.
TO RUN SPECIAL-TRAIN
TO LEGION CONVENTION
Asheville, Sept. 27 An American
Ltgian lliecial Uiin. . .will 1 -operated
through North Carolina's princip'
cities Friday, October 8, carrying dele
gates to the national convention at
Kansas City, according to announce
ment by Tom Bird, commander of De
partment of North Carolina. American
Legion, who with Cale K. lturgeas, State
adjutant, and Bob Deny, of OV nsboro,
were la conference at Salisbury today
with .officials nf the . fces b-sSfd and
S libera Bailrvada, -
SOUTHERN TRAIN BUMPS
"WORK TRAIN OFF TRACK
BEFORE IT FINALLY STOPS
Haw River, Sept. 27-Engineer
Cy Lawsoa, palling aa. tastbonnd
freight o tho Soethem Railway,
bamped Into work train, one mile
weat of hero, and knocked lro ears
off the track this afternoon. .Engi
neer Lawsoa waa badly bruited up
and had to bo taken to tho hospital
at Burlington. Tho work train of
six ears waa being pushed to Bnrl
lagton, tho engine .being .In .the
rear. The freight waa coming down
tho grade nt a fair rate of speed and
forty earn behind tho engine. Five
cars of the work train were knocked
clear of the track while the sixth
one waa battered up., Tho engine
appears little tho worse for wear
thongh the cow catcher waa battered
ap considerably. It waa neeeeaary
for afternoon trains to transfer
paasengera and mall while the track
waa being repaired.
HALF MILLION FOR
E
War Finance Corporation An
nounces Loan To South
Carolina Bank
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.,
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
Washington. Sept. 27, Tbe War
Finance Corporation announced today
that it has agreed to make advances
ud to .''00,0OO to a South Carolina bank
against obligations of a Southern ex
porter secured by cotton stored in ware
houses awaiting eiport. It calls atten
tion to applications received for ad
vances from banks and individuals re
questing their "share of tho billion
dollar aerirultural credit-' imd nsks
that it be stated that there is no allocs
tion or apportionment of the funds it
handles, that each application stands
on its own merits, that proper security
must be given. Applicants are advised
to familiarize themselves with the terms
for loans, and that in North Carolina
circulars telling of these can be ob
tained from any bank, sta-te or national.
A notice issued today is that under
the law there ia no limitation to the
amount which the corporation may ad
vance to national banks, the mirtter be
iug controlled by the terms and eondi
tions of the War Finance Corporaton
act and sound business judgment. It
makes this statement as it hae received
innuiries fora some national banks
which inq$ite they are of the opinion
hat section 6202 of the revised sta
tutes prohibits them from receiving
advances from tho corporation if their
ontslnndine bills navable or other ob
Mirations representing borrowed money
equal the capital stock of the bank, an
opinion which the war fina-nce corpora
tion says is erroneous.
Invite foolidge to Speak
' The Interstate Commerce Commission
today promulgated an order suspending
till ileeemher 7, l!'-'l, the operation of
schedules providing for the cancella
tion of the commodity rates on box
shook from ii..ibts in - Georgia; North
Carolina nnd South Carolina to eastern
points, leaving applicable instead tlie
existing rates.
Senator Simmons and Congressman
lirinson today saw Vice President
Coolidge and extended to him the invi
tation ot the Wayne county Agricul
tural Association to speak at the fair
to be held ill (loldsboro Oetul.er 4 to
7. The Vice I'resident will give his
answer tomorrow, saving today that if
he found that be hud no conflicting
engagements be thought he would be
aide to accept. Senator Simmons ex
tended the imitation at the request of
his personal friend, Csjptain Nathan
O'Berry. of (!oldsborn.
Watson Declines Invitation
Senator Tom Watson, of Georgia, to
day declined the invitation extended to
him through Senator Simmons to deliv
er an address nt the Kinton Fair on
O.'tnber 11. His reasons are stated
in the Tetter of Senator Simmons to
Charles F. Carroll, editor of the King
ton I'aily News, that "besides the fact
that Senator Watson thinks he ought
not to leave Washington at this time
in the present legistatie situation, he
tells rue that he lias a rule that he has
followed fer l"i years past, and that
rule is never to nifke an address at a
f ;ei r or upon nny other occasion where
an admission fee is charged " This no
tice will end the hopes of any who ex
pected t" secure the" presence of the
(ieorga Senator at any fair where ad
mission fees are charged, and is- a
notice also tli.it Clinton will not hear
him if theie is an adoussinn fee when
he i expected to speak at the Sampson
rountv fair.
BISHOP LAft'BUTH DIES
IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 27. - News of
the death yesterday uf Bishop Walter
R. Imbuth, of the Southern Methodist
church in a hospital at Yoknhomn,
Japan, was received here today by rel
at ives.
The death of Bishop Lauilmth fob
owed an operation performed a few
weeks ago. News rf his death, however,
w.is a great shock to his friend here.
His fa'her, James William I.imbuth,
was a missionary and is buried in
Japan. It is not known here whether
the prelate's body will be returned to
this country or be buried in the Orient,
(lie scene of his life's work
liishop lyimhuth was born in Shang
hai, China, but educated in this oirtie
try. His career became as a medical
missionary 'from the Southern Method
ist church in China following his grad
uatior. from the VantferbjK Vmre rsity
School of Medicine in lt77. Pmce then
his life has been given to the mission
ary interests of Lis church. In 1910 he
was elected a bishop, and for years he
bad been reeogr.ir.ed as one of the lead
ing figures ia the missionary movement
of the Christian world. One of his re
rent achievements was the location of
a Methodist mission in the Ceage eeast
try, the Srst of hi ehurcA In Africa!
conoN
XPORTER
BITTER FIGHT Oil
TAXATION BILL III
SENATE EXPECTED
Notice Given By Simmons ol
"Sweeping and Jadicar
Amendments To:Measyre
SUGGESTS COMPROMISE
ON SOME PROVISIONS
Democrats Might Accept Sales
Tax Provided Such Levy
Should Be Necessary To
Eaise Needed Revenue;
Plenty of Objections When
Bill Is Taken Up
Washington, Sept. 27. Tax; revision
legislation was put under way today In
the Senate with indications, of a bitter
fight to come over the more important
provisions of the measure reported by.
tho finance committee.
Notice was given by Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, ranking:
minority member of the committee, that
sweeping and radical amendment
would be offered by the Democrats and
he added that if tho sponsor for the
manufacturers' sales tax would accept
those amendments, serious considera
tion would lie given to such a sales tax
, . 3 I. .. T 1 ..k
UB A pUrt Ul kllO 11111 IFtl HllS KUrUID yiU-
vided such a levy should prove neces
sary in order to raise the needed
rcveifij.
rienty of Objections.
Objections to specific, .sections of the
bill came from the Republican as well
as the Democratic side of the chamber
and Senator 'Inroot, of Wisconsin, a
Hepnblican member of the agricultural
"bloc," proposed amendments to the
income surtax provisions under which
cxistjr rates would be continued np
to fiper cent on incomes exceeding
100,000 Stith an alternate proposal of
it 50 per cent levy on incomes of from
$Ui,ikiO to fltm.iKK) and a 60 per cent
rate on those above $300,000.
I, i.i ! , L t.:ii
iiy lining inr 0111 up uuuer su agree
ment to accept uncontested committee
amendments to the original House
measure, tho Henate made considerable
progress on proposed changes to some
of tho administrative features. None
of the levy provisions was passed up
on, however, objection being made in
each case. Consideration of tlie bill
under this same agreement will be con
tinued tomorrow and Senator Penrose,
of Fennsylrstnia, 111 tharge" of the
measure, gave notice that he would
seek to have the Henate meet an hour
earlier each day in order to expedite
consideration of the legislation.
In offering objections to some phases
of the bill, Senator Simmons told ths
Senate that it was his judgment that
in enacting peace time tax laws it
would be better for the Senate "to
strike out boldly on new lines instead
of tinkering with uud trying to repair
a machine that was created to meet
other circumstances and conditions."
He declared that ho would Vote against
the bill in its present form, describing
it as "the most horrible and unjust
proposition of taxation that has ever
been presented in this clumber."
Wants I niform Taxation.
The amendments to be offered by the
Democrats, Senator Simmons continued,
would be designed to "produce some
thing like uniformity of taxation be
tween the different classes and groups
of tax pavers in this country and will
remedy some of the class discrimina
tions which re, k throughout the hill."
He added that "the favoritism which
this bill displays towards the corpora
tions of the country ami against the
partnerships and individuals is so great
that most of the partnerships will dis
solve to incorporate and every indivi
dual in the country who can if pos
sible, would like to convert his oiera
tions into corporate form."
There was sms discussion today of
a tax on the undivided profits of corpo
rations held so as to avoid payment ot
revenue to the government. Senator
Smoot, Republican, Utah, said he hoped
that no effort would be made to pass a
law which wonld force corporations tn
distribute their profits as dividends an
this would tend to prevent them from
living by sufficient surplus to meet a
business slump.
Senator Simmons and Senator King,
Democrat, I'tah, sai 1 there would be ao
disposition to enact such a law, but that
some means should be found to prevent
corporations from evading tlie payment
of taxes. Senator Smoot told the Sen
ale that he did .not think there would
be many concerns which would make
enough in the next several years to
have any considerable surplus left after
paying regular dividends.
OPEN SHUTTER CAUSED
SINKING OF SUBMARINE
Two Lives Lost When Under
sea Craft Went To Bottom
In San Pedro Harbor
Iis Angeles, Cept. 27. Opening of an
inner torpedo door while the out board
shutter was open and failure of an
interlocking d'-vice to operate caused
the sinking last night of the navy
submarine R 6, with loss of two lives,
in Satf l'edro Harbor, it was officially
announced at fleet headquarters today.
J. K. Dreffein, of San Pedro, was
drowned, and Wrahk O. Spsulsburg, of
Towers Lake, North Dakota, was trapped
ia the engulfed craft. Bot'u were sea
men on the R 0.
Tlie sinking occurred wljile the K t!
was moored with right other submarines
to the mother ship Camden. That the
inkinir was acreler-vled bv inrush of
water through opened vents and the con
ning tower, also open due to tho ex
cessive warmth here last night, waa the
opinion expressed by Besr Admiral
II. O. Sticknry, commander of the Pa
cific fleet train. 'Be witnessed it from
the deck of his flagship, the cruiser
Frederick, moored nearby. .
Diving crews expect to havt the S t
raised by-twmonttwr- It tonalnr toner
U ail feet Mdcr wnter,