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VOLCXIV. NO. 139.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOV. 16. 1921
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BRITAIN, FRANCE, ITALY AND JAPAN
FORMALL YA CCEPT AMERICAN PLAN
AND BEGIN DISCUSSION OF DETAILS
WHITEVILLE MAN
GETS HIS REWARD
VICTORY IN RATE SPECIAL SESSION
DECISION GIVEN WITHOUT PROGRAM
FURTHER IMPETUS FOR LEGISLATION
HIS OPPONENTS BY
HEADING PARADES
Blocks Republicans By Par
ticipation Jn Prepared
1 ness Demonstration
GARRISON QUITS AS
SECRETARY OF WAR
President Unable To Take
Position That Congress
Could Not Deal Jntelli
f ently With Preparedness
Question; Goes To Conn
try To Arouse Interest
WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW
HIM BY JOSEPH P. TUMULTY
(18th Installment)
Continued.
CHAPTER XXVlt
PREPAREDNESS
The feelings of the people
throughout the country began to be
roused they witnessed the out
lurry of Germany in ruthlessly at
tacking and wantonly interfering
with American commerce on the
high seas. The agitation for pre
paredness to meet a critical world
ituation was on in full swing. Con
grcss and the. President were
hsrrased by conflicting demand from
every aide immediately to "put our
house in order"' and to set America
nfclr on the road to national pre
paredness. Theodore Roosevelt was
elamorously demanding universal
compulsory military service and was
ably aided by General Wood and
Admiral Peary, who urged the adop
tion of conscription. frVerr-tary of
War Garrison and Senator Cham
berlain of Oregon were converted to
this radical movement ami unwit
tingly became part and pared of
the Roosevelt Wood preparedness
propaganda. These gentlemen could
ee only the direct route- to the ac
eomplishntenf of the purpose they
had in mind and wero alike nn
mindful of the difficulties and oh
itacU's that lay in the I'rinidcnt'a
path in the way of consummating
the purpose they had in mind.' To
them it appeared that nil it was
necessary -for the lrcsitletit to ilo
wns boldly To announce his program
of preparedness and serenely to
await its approval at the hands of
Congress. They Were unmindful of
the difficulties of the situation and
of the consummate tact tlYnt would
be required on the part of the Vresi
dent to inditre Congress to turn away
. irora the old volunteer system, and
to pot Into effect at once a system
that ortr night ' would transform
America into an armed tamp. The
President was bound to consider the
stern actualities of the situation and
to withhold himself as far as possi
ble from a too vigorous insistence
on any program of preparedness that
was not traditionally and funda
mentally American in its every es
aential. It was a ease of honest
men seeing the same thing in the
same way but differing as to the
practicable means of accomplishing
it. The President early realised
that the volunteer system was un
suited to our present needs and that
it could not be quickly turned into
an active force to answer emergen
eiea, but he was certain, also, that
the people of the country must be
convinced of thii before they Would
' agree to. cut themselves nway from
the Tolunteer system under which
, previous American wars had been
fought to a successful conclusion.
The President felt that the old vol
unteer system was antiquated and
sot to be considered, but the duty
lay upon him to convince the lead-era-
of we Senate and House and
the people that this waa a fact. This
was no easy tsak to accomplish.
Haste or impetuous action on his
part in advocating conscription
could only, in his opinion, delay
matters and embarrass the very pur
pose that lay in his mind.
Mind Open On Preparedness
While Roosevelt and liarriaon were
eriticiaing Congressional inaction,
the President's mind was open and
"to let" on the question of what
constituted the best means of put
ting America in a state of actual-
' and aggressive prepared nesa. As
President, he was bound to take
cognizance Of the deep seated antag
onism on the part of the American
, people to any aystem of military
preparednesa'that bad a eompusory
feature as ita basic element. It was
the President's opinion that the peo
ple of a eoiuntry ao big and varied a
as America had to be couvinced by
alternative methods as to what, in
the last analysis, was the best mnnns
of preparing the country against
aggression.
While he waa convinced that we
had to b prepared and ready to
meet any emergency, he waa not to
ba rushed in the matter and was
keeping hii mind open to find the
best and most practical method of
acomplishing what he thought the
average opinion of the country de
manded in the way of preparedness.
I had often disuessed the matter
with the President and, watching the
agitation for preparedness from the
aide lines, had Stated my views in
letters reading in part aa follows:
la my opinion, there ia left to
the Republican Tarty but two
available issues for the cam
paign of 1916" the tariff and the
question of national defense.
""" How we are to meet the enemy
a these questions is subject
which we ought thoroughly to
consider and discuss in the com
ing months.
"As to national defense: In
this matter we must have a sans '
reasonable and workable pro
gram. That program must have
ia it the iagrediknta that will
call forth the hearty support of,
first, the whole Cabinet (and
Continued ea Pag Hint.)
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t.fCv-v' y:
Irvin B. Tucker, Whiteville law
yer, was , yesterday nominated by
President' Harding to be United
States District Attorney for the
Eastern District of North Carolina.
Turker has been prominent in Ro
putdican polities for several years
and last year was the party's nomi
nee for lieutenant governor of North
Caroline.
E
W. L Dowell, Secretary
Municipal Asso., Believes
It Will Be Bief
A call for a meeting of the legis
lative steering committee of the
North Carolina Municipal Associa
tion to be held in Raleigh on No
vember 25 was issued yesterday by
W. L. Dowell, secretary of the or
ganization. The object of the meeting is to
prepare the bgislativc program of
the association for the special sos
sion which has been culled to meet
on December ti, part y for the pur
pi se of rectifying the clerical error
which canned thr Municipal r'innnrc
Act p.issed at the regular Bcssion
to be declared invalid.
In his letter, Mr. Dowell makes
the prophecy that the session will
adjourn by Dccenilx r 15 and urges
a full attendance of the, committee
in order that a bill may be drawn
and presented on the opening day
of the session. It is expcc-bV that
the-asaoeiation will support tt bHI
passed at the regular session, with
minor changes, if any.
Members of the steering commit
tee are: John W. Hinsdale,' Ral
eigh, chairman ; D. M. Clark, tlreen
ville; V. h. Condor. Asheville; W.
II. Ilolcomb, Wii:--fon Salem ; and
Lionel Wei', "Cioldshoro. The com
mittee includes all members of the
executive eommittre except Frosi
dnt Gallatin Roberts, of Asheville
and Secretary Dowell, both of whom
are expected to attend the meet
ing. Secrenry Powell's letter follows:
'"Pursuant to instructions from
President Gallatin Roberts I hero
by ca I a meeting of the, legisla
tive Steering Committee of the
North Carolina Municipal Associa
tion to meet in the court room of
the Municipal ltuilding, Raleigh,
on the twenty fifth day of Novem
ber, 1921, nt 12 o'clock noon.
"It is unnecessary to urge upon
you the importance of attending this
meeting for this committee will for
mulate and prepare tie program of
legislation to be undertaken by the
association at-the Special Session
which meets on the sixth of Decem
ber. ,
"'Due to the date of the conven
ing of tho extra session it, seems
to be the consensus of opinion that
the Legislature will not take ad-'
vantage of the constitutional twenty
days but that it will adjourn by
the fifteenth. Inasmuch as the
Municipal finance act will require
six days for passage even though
it should have, smooth sailing and
encounter no opposition, it behooves
the association to have their bills
ready for presentation on the very
first day of the session.
'I hope you will find it agree
able to subordinate all other ar
rangements ta this service for th
association, and, through the asso
ciation, to every city and town in
the State."
SELECTING JURY TO
TRY "FATTY" ARBUCKLE
Pan Francisco, Nov. 15. The end
of the second day in the manslaugh
ter trial of Roscoe C- (Patty) Ar
buckle, saw eleven temporary jurors
in the lim, five of them women.
Tho questions did not differ mate
rially from those asked at the open
ing of the trial yesterday.
Arbuckle remained silent, aloof.
He did not consult with counsel and
at the recess periods remained by
himself.
There were vacant seats ia the
court room throughout the day, al
though the erowd in front of the
building was larger than yesterday.
Gavin McNab, chief defense counsel,
said that there was a possibility of
the jury being finally selected by
tomorrow night.
The women in the box are all
housewives and some of them have
children who, they said, enjoyed the
Arbuckle motion pictures.
Sever Earthquake.
Washington, Nov. 115. A pro
nounced earthquake shock, was reg:
istered on . the seismograph at
Georgetown IJnivemity today, the
estimated distance of the distur
bance being 1,800 miles from Wash
ington and probably to the South.
The tremors begin at 3:51 p. m
attained their maximum intensity
at 4:01 aad ended ti 6:05 o'clock.
FRAME PROGRAM
SPECIAL SESSION
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Issues Order Fix
ing Schedules
MATERIAL BENEFITS
TO CAROLINA CITIES
Railroads Must Put New
Kates Into Effect By Jan.
15; Irvin B. Tucker Nomi
nated For District Attor
ney To Succeed E. T. Ayd
lett, of Elisabeth City'
The News and Observer Burean,
003 District Natl. Bank Bldg,
By EDWARD E. "BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Nov; 15. North
Carolina s victory in the North
Carolina-Virginia freight ease was
further confirmed today in the
opinion and order made public by
the Interstate Commerce Commia
sion. The opinion and order are in
tho case brought by the Corporation
Commission of North Carolina and
the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
and others against the railroads
entering North Carolina in the de
cision the findings heretofore an
nounced are modified, maximum re
lationship of rates being prescribed
between points in North Carolina
and Norfolk and Richmond, Va., on
the ono hand and points in South
Carolina and the Southeast on the
other, and between points in North
Carolina and Norfolk and Richmond
on the one hand, and eastern points
on the other.
The Commission states that '"the
situation with which the case deals
is very complex, and in attempting
to comply with our findings defen
dant carriers have met with var
ious difficulties,"' this causing the
modification of the original findings
aud order '"in a manner not in
consistent with their intent and
purpose, but with a view to elari
fication and the avoidance of the
difficulties which have been en
countered."
Kinds Rates Highly Prejudicial.
The Commission states that as to
rates in zones 1, ", 3 and 4 in North
Carolina and points iu South Laio
Una and the Southeastern States
named that it found ' the existing
first class rates unduly prejudicial
iu ao tar as trie sxceeu rates less
than the corresponding rates to
and from Norfolk and Richmond by
amounts specified,"' the differen
tials beiiig grouped as to North
Carolina ia a lengthy table. These
differentials are modified so aa to
reduce the undue prejudice found
to exist, tho Commission holding
that tho first class rates from and
to Points in North Carolina and
the Southeast '"should be lower than
tho corresponding rates from and to
Richmond and Norfolk' in items set
out in the tables.
The order of the Commission is
that the railroads establish the new
rates on or before January 15, 19:12,
with UU days notice, the rates which
it authorizes. As to North Carolina
the roads are '"to maintain and ap
plv all rail rates between points in
said rone 1 in North Carolina and
points in New Kngland, New York
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
and Maryland'' rates which do not
exceed the corresponding all rail
rates contemporaneously maintained
by them between Richmond and the
same points in the States named
above by differentials in cents per
llKJ pounds which range from 60
cents in class one to 26 cents in
class six and 14 cents in class D. In
zone 2 tho differentials in cents per
100 pounds range from 72 cents in
class 1 to 31 cents in class 6, and 17
cents iu class D. Water and rail
rates are also adjusted in the zones
bo as to correct tho injustices that
might have arisen by the applicaiton
of all rail rates where there are
points due water and rail rates.
Vlctoiy Sweeping One.
The victory is regarded as a sweep
ing one by those who have studied
tho case from its inception, and J
11. Fishback, of Washington, the at
tornev who has reuresented the Bal
eigh chamber of commerce and the
North Carolina freight rate assoc. ia
tion before the Interstate Commerce
Commission gives his view of the
decision as follows:
'"North Carolina shippers win a
victory all along the line and the
order of the commission ajid the
rates to be put in as a result of it
will remove the discrimination long
existing in favor of the Virginia
cities. The chambers of commerce
of the State and the Corporation
Commission get substantially what
they asked for. The railroads, I un
derstand, have prepared a scale of
rates in accordance with the order
"In the Northern adjustment the
Commission fixes the percentage and
relationship finally on the first and
the lower classes of freight snd
North Carolina will get the Tela
tionship as tothe Virginia cities and
points in tho North to which she is
entitled. These were not provided
in the rates which the railroads pro
posed to put in under the first de
cision of the commission and the
Chambers of Commerce protested
them recently.
Much Reduction All Along Lias
"There will be considerable re
duetion on practically all classes of
freight frowcJitd to the eastern
cities, such aa Boston, New York,
Baltimore and so on. The carriers
have drawn up a schedule in accord
ance with the final order of the enm
.mission and these detailed rates
soon will be available for publics,
tion. Under the Commission's or
dcr rates between the North ajd
Kast and North Carolina will be re
duced to all parts of the state of
North Carolina and on all classes.
(Continued oa Page Two)
Convening Three Weeks
From Today With Little
In Prospect
UNCERTAINTY ARISING
ON DOUGHJON'S PLANS
Probable That He Will Not
Sit As a Member; Munici
palities and Schools Re
quire Routine Help; Com
missioner Watts Mores to
Warehouse
Xooa three weeks from today will
witness the convening of the General
Assembly of North Carolina in ex
traordinary session, but what it is
going to do after it convenes, whether
. 1 1 i i . . i
11 will cmirK upuu pri-giaut wi
general legislation, or confine itself
strictly to business mentioned in the
Governor's call for the session, none
of the seers and prophets have
guessed.
I ncertaintr enwraps the coming
session. No legislative program has
been worked out. Municipal authori
ties whose agitation over the failure
of the Municipal Finance act brought
about the session have evolved noth
ing yet in the way of a program
of corrective legislation. The State
Board of Education will be emi
nently satisfied with a resolution ap
propriating $700,000 to cover a de
licit.
Finance Act U All.
Beyond that there is no plan. It
is generally supposed that the cities
will ask the proper passage of the
Mtmicipnl Finance act as it waa writ
ten last February. No fault has been
found with it except that it had not
the proper entries made in the Senate
Journal- Representative Matthews
of Bertie, chairman of the Heuse
Cotnjnittee on F.ducation, will likely
offer a resolution for the relief of
the school fund.
And that is all. Vague rumors are
current of an effort to abolish enpi
tal punishment; of an effort to
call a constitutional convention to do
something about the taxation system,
and to modernize the basic law gen
erally ; of an effort to resuscitate
the revaluation act and restore some
thing of equity in taxation among
the counties. But whether any of
these things will be attempted re
mans to be disclosed.
What of Doaghtoa. '
Uncertainty as to what will be done
goes largely to the uncertainty as to
whether Representative R. A. Dough
ton, for a generation the dominant
figure in the General Assembly, will
return to his place of leadership.
Mr. Doughton himself is not de
termined as to what course he will
pursue. He feels that he ought to
be in the place that he has occupied
for .18 years, but he doubts the
propriety of it.
Political associates are urging Mr.
Doughton to return. The Governor
assures him that his place ou the
State Highway Commission does not
hinder him from sitting as a mem
her of the House. It is urged by the
Attorney General that tho Highway
Commission is a special commission
for a special purpose, and not em
braced in (U) constitutional inhihi
tion. against holding two offices of
trust and profit.
Friends Against Coming.
Close personal friends of Mr
Doughton urge him not to be inftu
enced by considerations urged , by
Governor Morrison and others who
would have him back in tho House,
regardless of the fact that he is a
member of the Highway Commission,
with a salary of $10 per day when
attending to highway business in his
district or attending sessions of the
commission here. His friends tell
him that it just wouldn't look right.
It is generally assumed that Mr.
Doughton will not sit as a member
of the House, or that if he does,
he will' first resign from the High
way Commission. His absence will
leave the majority wing of the" House
without tho leader .upon which it
has relied for a generation in every
legislative session.
. Everest to Succeed Hiss.
Bepresenfative W. N. Everett of
Richmond, now head of the appro
priations committee, will probably
succeed Mr. Doughton at the head
of the finance committee in the
House, in the event that Mr Dough
ton does not sit as a member. Mr
Everett has been longer associated
with Mr. Doughton than any member
of the General Assembly, and is'
generally familiar with the details of
legislation.
Representative John C. M'Bce,
from Mitchell, also serving a a mem
bcr of tho State Highway Commia
sion, will be governed entirely by
the action of Mr. Doughton as to
whether he will claim his seat at
the special session. OthefSnembers
who have entered other branches of
publie office have resigned outright,
and in several instances their success
ore were chosen at election hell yes
terday.
WatU Moves Out.
One man at least is prepared for
the opening of the session, he being
Revenue Cornmisisoner A. D Watts
Since his induction into office last
May lie has occupied the State Senate
chamber as offices for his depart
ment. Yesterday he moved into the
State Highway Commission building
on East Moigan street. His clerical
forces hae taken the storage rooms
on the second floor aud tho cnminis
sioner has found temporary shelter
in an nnsused office on the fourth
floor.
Comnvssioner Watts it expecting a
return of courtesies from the Senate.
He has moved into a warehouse to
make room for it, and in turn, he
experts the Sas.ate to confirm his
appointment as commissioner for four
.years. His friends assert that there
, (Continued on Page Two), ,
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II
All Officers Re-elected
North Carolina State
Convention
By
PETITION PRESIDENT
TO OPPOSE ALL WAR
Strong; Resolution! Pr&ising
Ami Conference Adopted
at Opening; Session; Board
of Missions Recommends
Radical Changes For Ex
tension of Its Work
By T. W. CHAMBLISA.
Bocky Mount, Nov. 15. Rpeding
up the engine wad getting every
ounce of power in ordr to accom
plish four days' work intwo days,
the Baptist State conventfrMi stood
still a bit of timo late this afternoon
in order to hear Dr. William ToVi-s
Potest of Wuke Forest College, read
a series of strong resolutions, com
mending the position taken by the
government at .Washington, con
cerning the conference for tho limi
tation of armament. Without waiting
for discussion, the resolutions Vere
adopted. I
There is a spirjt of calm confidence
pervading tho convention in this, its
91st annual session. All disposition
toward debate seems absent and the
convention organized this afternoon
without a single contlict. President
H. W. Spilman and Recording Sec re
tary W.- M. Gilmore, were re elected
bv acclamation. Then ennjet the
order from the President to proceed
to elect a corresponding secretary
of the Hoard of Missions. In less
time than it takes to tell it, Dr.
Charles E. Maddry was re elected by
acclamation and the convention rose
as on man and united their voices
in that old hymn "'Blest Be the Tie
That Binds."
The convention was organised and
without taking a formal ballot and
all done in three minutes.
Tonight Dr. B. C. Hcnning for
maajr years pastor at Kliaabeth
City, but now the representative of
the Borne Mission - Hoard of the
Southern Baptist Convention, thrilled
the convention in at address of half
an hour, but every minute waa well
used.
Following Dr. Henning, the conven
tion listened to the annual sermon
The preacher, Rev. T. C. Davis, of
Albemarle, was at his best and all
who have ever heard Dr. Davis will
agre that he has no superior within
the bounds of the Mate convention
All Officers' Ke-electfd.
Immediately following the an
notineemont of President B. W. Spll
nKtn, that, the convention was ready
for organization tha messengers re
elected Dr. tpiliuan us president to
serve his fourth term. Recording Sec.
retary Walter M. Gilmore, of Ran
ford, was also re elected. There
was 'no opposition in either caso.
Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, of Hocky
Mount; Rev. E. U Wells, of Kdenton,
and R. I Ijcnions, of Salisbury, were
electee! vice presidents. Rev. Chs
w:is re elected correspond
ing secretary of the Hoard of Mis
sions. Tho committee on enrollment
reported a larger imm!' r of niessen
gers present than at the organization
last year. Dr. Maddry read the an
nual report of the Board of Missions
and it was referred to a committee
for report later, the same action
was taken concerning tho reports
of the board of education nnd the
board of ministerial relief.
With littlo discussion the Board
of Missions was authorized to aid
financially in the support of part
time school of applied stewardship
to be located at Hadin. This is to
be in the nature of dcniniist ratio
of the plan of euch an institution
Vigorous Protest Against War.
Dr n uham Ixjuis I'oteat intrn
duced a resolution pati!ii:nig Pre
dent Harding with reference to t
prenent reference for the liuiita
tion of armaments. The resuni!
were unanimously -adopted and Dr
Potest was instructed to convey
copy of them to President Ilurding
The resolutions are:
"That wo protest against tho
waste, the, crane and tho folly of
war as the means of settling inter
national disputes.
"'That the interests of nations, are
com u. on and interdependent, not
exclusive and antagonistic and
their relations ought, accordingly to
be adjusted on the ba.su of this
controlling fact.
"That com pel it ion in armaments
in time of peace violates this rela
tionship, is iu itself u guarantee
that the p-are will be broken an
makes financial demands out of all
reason, handicapping the economic
recovery of the world, and neces
sitating a tax burden which the peo
pin are not able to bear.
"That we coinuif n 1 the wisdom
and the humanity of the President
of the 1'nited States ia calling the
conference on tho limitation of
.armaments already in session nt
Washington, .and respectively peti
tiou hlin and our representatives in
the conference to insist that the
Christian principles of good will,
brotherhood, and justice rontrol its
discussions and its agreements,
"That we gratefully recognize the
boldness, vigor and promise of the
American proposal in the initial
session, and seek the divine, blessin
upon every succeeding session to the
end that the conference may issii
in relief from intolerable financing
burdens, in release from the horror
(Continued oa rage Two).
S AGAIN
HEADS BAPTISTS
What Is Japan, Becomes
Question In Foreground
&i f
ANNUAL MEETING
OF METH0DJ5TS
N. C. Conference Opens In
New Bern Church This
Morning
Br T. A. SIREH
New Bern, Nov. IS. The stage is
all set for the opening pf the Mth
session of the North Carolina Con
ference in this city tomorrow morn
ing at 9 n clock. At that time
Bishop V. V. W. Darlington, who is
to preside dnrmg th entire session
will call the conference to- order
and conduct the opening religious
exercises. He will in all probability
use us the opening hymn the same
one that he has announced for the
three proceeding conferences over
which he has persidod, "And are We
Vet Alive and See r.ach Others
Facet" The principal business of
the opening day will be the organi
ration of the conference. Rev. It
II. Willis who has been secretary of
the conference since the jdcath of
Rev. W. L. Cunnitiggim, will bo
elected to succeed himself, and by-
noon the machinery of the gather
ing will be in shape and then the
business will move on from day t
day with nothing out of the ordj
nary so far as can now lie seen to
haltfl the routine affairs of the
bo.lv.
All day today members of con
ference have-bten pouring into the
city by trains and automobiles and
many came by boat,' and tonight the
place is filled with the Methodists
of eastern North Carolina. By the
operttng hour there will be about
Lfour hundred visitors here.
Bishop Darlington and bis cabi
net, the nine presiding elder's, nr
rived today, and already one meet
ing has been held. The cabinet
will meet with the Bisliop at least
once each day during the session
nnd at these meetings the appoint
ments of the preachers to ftieir sev
eral charges will "lie "made, but
will not be resd till' next Mon
dnv4.
Tonight in Centenary rhurrTi,
where tho conference will hold nil
its sessions. Rev. Thos. N. Ivey, D.
1)., delivered an addreaa before tie
North Carolina Conference Hitori
eal Society at its annual meeting.
His subject was, "(Ireeii Hill;
Preacher, Pioneer, Patriot.'" It
was ono of the most interesting al
dresses that has ever been delivered
before the society. Dr. Ivey has for
a numt'or of years hoi n urging the
conference to secure a title to the
(ireen Hill place, near ljoimtiurc;,
where th first annual conference in
America was held. The address to
night will in all prohnhihty be nn
impetus to the conference to lie
plans to preserve that old hntoric
place, and make it a home for su
pcr.umaiite preachers.
Rev. V. A. Cade, was elected pros
ident of the society for next, year
and Rev. V. H. Brown, secretary.
ROGER A. PRYOR DIES
IN HOTEL IN LONDON
Ixndon, Nov. l.Y
death from natural
A Tcrdirt of
Iilises was re
turned today after a coroner's tn
ipiest on the body of Roger Atkin
son Pryor, aged fin, of New York,
found chad in his bed in a Ioiidoii
hotel last Saturday. He was a
brother of Mrs. Henry C. Rice, ot
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va., Nov. IS. -News has
been reeeied in Kichuiutu! of i!it
denth in Ix'iidori; Kngland, on Nov
1-, of Roger Atk'tiisdn Pryor. ti
y ars old, the last surviving son ot
the lato Judge Roger A. Pryor, mem
ber at one time of the Supren.e
Court of New York, brigadier general
in the Confederate army and before
going to New York member of Con
gross from Virginia
FOLLOWERS OF HO WAT
WILL DEFY BIG UNION
rj'ttsburg, Kansas. Nov. 1" 1 .tohji
Fleming, acting hi ad of the Il .ua!
miners' organization, in a t item, -tit
late today declared none of ihe fol
lowers of Alexander Honat would
return to worr t m rrou, in spilt
of tho threats of the in'ern'itioiial
organization to revoke the charters
of local unions, thus o:it,rg from
the union all the in.-n, I'ers of the
locals who refuse to work.
BANK OF FARM VII. I F. TO
OCCI I'Y NEW III II DINT,
Farmville, Nov. 15. - The Bank of
Farmville will have the formal open
ing of its new banking building rl
day. The bank will keep open house
during the day and provide special
features Including music by a five
piece orchestra Tho new hoi'dnig
cost UiOjKiO and is the handsomest
in tho city.
ItOAD BUILDERS EI.F.CT
PAGE AS Vl( E-I'KESIDENT
AT ANNUAL CONVENTION
Nw York, Nor. IS. Frank
Page, chairman- of the North
Carolina State III(hy V0"""'
sion, waa elected lc president
of ths American Koad Builders'
Association at today's session of
its annaal contention her.
K. G. Wells Says Obedience
Is Keynote To The Japa
nese Character
JAPAN DIFFERENT
INJTS EMOTIONS
English Novelist Says War
With America By Britain
Is Unthinkable
By ri. (J. WELLS.
(By Arrangement with Chicago Tril
line and New York World I
Of all the National delegation
assembled hyre in Washington, the
most acutely scrutinized, the most
discusstcd and prooalo.v the least
underi-tood ' is the Japanese. The
liiiiebght graw'atcs 'towards it,
moved, one feels, not so much by
an extreme respect as by an inor
dinate curiosity . .
(If only one onfer people I write
as a spectator from ou-rscaa does
One fotd the same sense of the pos
sibility of dramatically unexpected
things, and that is the Americans.
The Japanese, ivc led. we hino not
lound out and the Americans, we
feel, have not found out them
selves. 'Already' the Americans have
sprung onu tcat surprise upon the
conference. Britain, France, Italy
and the rtlier powers in nitesi
dance are coii.paratively r.i l ii ! :i 1 I.'
- si; far ai their representation cpo s
WwT Japan is dilT-roi.t. it is not
built upon the saij.,0 lines, it fol
lows different bins.
I went on Siiiul.i night, to the
press reception at tho Japaneso
loiuiWHrirs. l he Anihassarinr is a
buoyant man of the wm d, speak
ing excellent Knglish and thoroughly
nerhuiatied te an American pros
gathering. Hot many of the Jap
aneso faces about him set niv im
agination busy, putting thVm back
into tho voluminous lobes and the
sashes holding the double bwords,
with which L had first met tbein
long ago in Japaneso prints, and
which would havi! 'becoinn them ao
much brtfer. Admiral Kato spoke
in Japanese and Prinro Tokugawu
in Kugiish; they welcotaed the
Hughes proposals with waruf general
ities and hopes for pence at we
all hope for jtease with insufu
tirnt partieu ars. I got no conver
Ration, with any Japanese; they
were not talking to us, they did
not want to talk; it was a reception
of hearty politeness and rto e
changes. I found myself falling
back iikjl aa earlier nupresion.
Japanese Believe In Obedience.
Home weeks ago, I had a very il
liimiiiating talk in n i y garden nt
home with two Japanese visitors,
Mr. Maslnko nnd Mr. N.-gifshi, who
had coiue ta discuss winous e-hoa
tioiial ideas with me. And they toM
loo things that Soclll to llie to bo
fundamentally important iu this
OU, stlolt. 'We I, till. I l:n -fuir el. I
ilri-n " n.aiil Mr M-ih-ko ''nnon !i
diametrically liferent piea from
yours. e turn thiu tho etlor way
round. Obedience and voto.n aic
our lending thoughts. AM our r. i
men:, all our ntoiu -i and po, liy, the
trad-lions of coin. ipo. tr oh o
ally, 1 -1 1 iimpiot lo-iiiijr loyal' v.
of v. ,fo to htihlianl, of man to hi
lord, of eiery ono to the Monarch
The l-yaty is religious. !-i tar
as political nnd S"Ci il questions
(jo, it is fundamental. Itut your
training actnitios eu It I v.'tjtes iiolc
peinleiiee, fr-" thought, flio un
paling criticism nf u per iors, in
s' itut ions, rrhiti hi s. i'orhaps it
is 1,,-tti r in the end and more in
VafoV'it i i it; , but it st - ins to us a wit.l
and dangerous,," " Wo bein to
hae a sort of puloie opui'n n, but
it is h'lll diffident nnd tunul.'
An Am neon and t.ne!ihn an. In
said, cared for his coin try becaUM'
ho bidieti-d il licliuige, to Vin i ; u
Jap. no so eared for Ins country bo
i ai.se he lioliov.'d hi' belonged to it
Im.
ou d not l
from one b a ! 1 1
nd to th ;.
,t frr;tve ri"ks
easier to d' -'
h.
Kith
doll o M
obeli u'liet
It
1,1
IS e
II to
eli
i-il
of t
I
soil
s reliiiriib'l
the i 'h, r
a reii
-it on
de, b'
a felli.iv
Irani t'l W ji -1 , 1 1 , l: (
A (.'hit. esc u.li
th i nks - I ike no
Japanese iilu,is
I you nhat 1.'
encan ljut-"n
els ho is nn
htp'iit, even if he isn't an :o
leM
one."
A Fundamental Comparison.
Now tins is ' iy n.'' r s' mi; and
pr.-hahly a i, r t i"-!:, i.ei.tal com
pardon. This d.t'ercice in spirit
k ill rnak" tho J.ipan. -o p'- ;i' ;:
verv difl'-rent 1 1' i into lit fr-.iu th"
Alii- re an arid Kin ih. or brooch
peo le. It mil make Ike .lapano-o
irovrmnient a different tinn from
the irolcrillnehts it ttill be Inei'linr;
in Washington. A people lonlt up
ou obedience can be hi Id and
wielded as no uioilero demicratic
people ran bo held and wielded.
It is different in kind.
Unless this point is kept in mind,
there are certain to be great an I
possi'ily danireioiis in'Kinidcrstati.l
i n Its in the Washington ir,.Misi"ti.
There have probably been verv d.m
geroiis in.sunderstaiulings already of
the European powers- by the Japa
nese. The Japanese are likely to
think tho Atlantic governments are
more free lo decide than they really
are-and tiiat what they say is more
(Continued on I'age To)
From world conflict to world
harmonyl Ho1 is it to be aeeom
plishcdi H. O. "Wells' outline of his
tory points out the path. Adv.
Four Great Allied Powers ,
Pledge Their Adherence ;
To Proposals Reducing ;
Naval "Armaments
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES -
MARK BRIEF SESSION
OF Flft.1 CONFERENCE
Premier Briand, Arthur J
Balfour, Senator 8chan
zer and Admiral Kato
Speak and Conference
Adjourns To Meet Affaia
at Call of Secretary,
Hughes; Newly Appointed
Committee On Naval Arm
ament Goes Into Secret
Session; Matter of Naval
Limitation Referred To
Committee of Admirals)
For Expert Consideration
Washinjrton, Nov. 15. s
"j inr .ri.--.-niv Ittlt-U I CM,;
The sweeping American pro
posals for reduction of naval
'iri'i ') I'.l'.l l.nnnn,A 1 L .
iu iiiiiuieiiL ut-l..rtlin; me ACS,
cepted fundamental policy
of the armament conference
today by the unanimous as
sent of the five great powers.
Seconding the hold lead
of the United States, the ac
credited spokesmen of Great
Rritain. Japan, Italy, and
I'Yance roue in their places at
today's plenary session of
the conference and one af
ier nnomer declared the
readiness of their trovern
ments to accept the Ameri
can proposal in spirit and in
principle, but with the reser
vation of a right to suggest
modifications of detail.
-' H . .ail ik.
Then the problem of these detail s
which overvono realizes m at
rur ins irol(iri)fril attention of thai
conference, and invnlvo .ths sueeass
or failure of the whot' plaji, was)
referred for preliminary examination,
to committee of five technical aakt
advisers, ono from each of -the bisjs
five poweTs. Within this committer
lirt. of all fireat Britain will ask
for a further reduction of the limit
proposed on submarines tonnage.
Japan will end'. -nor to prors) her
right t'l a greater ratio of rlSTal
Strellirth ihrin ii'i l-,.,t .o.iMAA A.
Iter, ami Unie and Italy will re
'piest. 1 ti.it. Il,e,r naval questions ba
lonsidered along itli those of th
three stronger naval powers embraced
m tho America u p'an.
First American Victory.
Thu.vtlie iliuoi,i"cy ,,f ( Amr
e an .i .;gato.ni has on its first Tie.
t ,r- in H. .-iiiii'.-reii.-, but still flodf
" f ntroi.', uitli question! of
admitted no nori ance nnd delicacy
'i s riHtutMto to attaln
p:.rpo,. s for which the
c.iiied into consult.
in ' lit oi f li
It It OOIS V '
tion.
While th
tlo V. ,'l t
and the ,!
t -llllft I', fol
Ami ri'-in
of the c,,,
ntuf-on,
formal c,r
IllOCllllg to,
of nil th
T'lmehl ev.
tchnit.'il .advisers wres
annni.cnis problem
'' gati i Hi. Ins, -ve COB-
' 1 1 Co1- , ri.it mns on" the
an, the other I.ik subject
i , th'- Far Kastcrn
1 KU'en its first
!i i it on at an exoeutive
ou row of the delegations
nine interested nations.
ry one of the delegations
"as i a a w i ;
bar l::o.h ru
nnli. hi I, ,. a
"'' no nt t,
g itiiilo toward the
q ic-tions, and, if any'
coin i r'-hensive plan of
pres. nt. nt the outset.
. fool cone, ale, I.
'Halfour lakes Lead.
I ' I in a. ot n ir the nrrnetnia
Th
f Ho
-ken
i rem
.Vvri
111 to-! ,
o lv C
iii ii .nil proposal was
S lie , tll.a; oi 1 COn-
it lir.taiii, whose his
r i a. v wouhl eventu-
V to an e.piahty of
the l intel States, if
' ii " nn a.-tuality.
rellgth
P'M
I ,
vrriiur .1. H-.lt-i.r, head of the Brit
ish d. Ii-jtat aiiiiiia.', d tho Untish
ce.-pt-iiae ni a spe -eh that stirred
the emotions of . I. I.-e;( , ,,,( ,pec.
laton an! I'.irtel ;4 discusison in
which ,lip n,ni ,'i.- cards wem laid on
I'.n infill- in u in inner unprecedented
ni i I.' ei i a' ion . I conferences.
U I
:'e tho hall si ll echoed with
'io for the ' .speech of the
Ii sl.iu iua, the. chief deitf-at
pan, A limr al bun :i Kato, was
s f . ' to pl'-.li,'.- th.- readiness
'I- m l Klin ne ,f tha Kast
1 v. iih sieo nu reduc-
iii lo-r th-. t. S.nator Nchanzer.
if .la
f
foC
Pa
' and Ti, iii-i r llriand, for
id-!- I .ii their turn a ptedire
i'la'i.oi iu the protra:u laid
Franc
of co
down bv tho I nitod States.
Desired Modifications.
Ms. Ha't'oer alone made specifie
mention of nin e of the modifications
that would l.- mi-. s 1 1 1 1 as the ne(0
t. at ions' pr-cr. ---ed. Reduction of
tho u'Kuro t ns h maximum of submarine-
tonnage , w us the project OB
which he indicated his -government
would be most, insistent, but later
ineinliers of the Ilritish Kroup elabor
ated the suggestions they are to put
forward somewhat as follows:
First-Heduction of the submarine
tonnage the 1'nited States, Great
I'.ritain and Japan would be allowed
tn maintain iu the proposed limited
fleets. The ftKures in 8eeretrjr
Utilities' proposal were 90,000 ton!
each, in submarines for Great Brit
aiu and the I'nib'diStates and 54,000
tons for JapanvJt was indicated that
Great Uritain would urge cutting this
(Contiiius Oa F-s Tares),