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South Carolina Senator Pro
poses To Show Up Republi
can Hypocrisy
COLD SHOULDER FOR
FORMER SERVICEMEN
Democrat Heads List Of Eli
gible 8 In Palmetto City
While former Serviceman
and Also Republican
Stands Third; Old Guard
' Politician Named
'The News and Observer Bureau,
60'J District National Bank Bldg
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
Wishlugton, Nov. 19. There is jo
rar.k a etna of political prostitution
of the purpose of civil scrvwe com
inj out of the nomination for post
master at Greenville, 8. C, that Sena
tor Dial of that State has announced
that he proposes to air the affair in
the Senate and to make an endeavor
to attract attention of the country
to the fact that President Harding's
executive order by which a selection
for postmaster is to be made from
the -three highest 'eligiblei on ai
examination is in reality simply
plan by which if any Republican it
on he list he will get the job.
And that is not even overshadow
ed by the fact that when even a for
mer service man, one who fought
overseas, standing first in the exami
nation if he is a Democrat is flatly
turned down under the Harding or
der at put in practice by Postmaster
ueneral William Hnys, who witb
pious face talks of merit ruling k
the rotduet of affairs of the Pott
Office Department.
Democrat Heads Litt.
Senator Dial senses correctly Aiat
the Greenville, S. C. case is a most
flagrant example of subordination of
civil service to Republican political
partisanship. Here are the facts in
i tie use William T. Kobertson, a
Democrat, stood first in the list of
eligib'es, his percentage on exami
nation being 84. lhe aecond man,
Kobt. T. Thome, a Republican, ob
tained 72.SO per cent. The third man
Charles H. Withington, a Republi
can, obtained 67.40 per cent on ex
amination, but. he was given five
points preferential because ha served
in the army in the World War mak
ing ais total 72.40 par tent. William
T. Robertson, first an the listed
aim close to Vi per eent yet
Withington-is the man who is nomi
nated by President Harding for post
muter. Cloafly a east in which there
is shown the Republican joker In the
"toreo highest eligiblcs'' Business
Senator Dial proposes to fight the
case, not with the hope of defeat
ing Washington, but to show that
the Republicans are dihonest in
their treatment of former service
men, that they are dishonest in
their treatment of the eivil service,
that they ara dishonest towards
America, and are wasting the money
of people by their pretense of civil
service examinations.
Whole Business a Fraud.
"The thing is a fraud," said Sena
tor Dial, "and ought be exposed."
Hugs sums of money are spent for
civil service examinations while the
sole purpose of these is to get Rc
publicans into office. As well might
it be announced that only Republi
cans need apply for these examina
tions, 1 am opposed to the use of
government money for the partisan
purposes that is being used in these
frauds of eivil service examinations.
They are not honest and oeght to
ba condemned."
The experience of South Carolina
Senator is being duplicated in North
Carolina, but the South Carolina
ease it the moet flagrant in the
treatment accorded a former service
man who is kept from an appoint
ment he has honestly won solely be
eaose ht ia a Democrat.
Dswaa Becomes Big Chief.
By sxecutiva order we have with
as now "Heap Big Chief" Dawes, he
of "Hell and Maria" fame, known
officially as Budget Director Dawes,
for President Harding has issued
the ukase placing brod authority
la th hands of General Dawes mak
ing him virtually the boss, the hig
boss over ona and all of the ex
ecutive officers of government. As
the order stands it it only Presi
dent Hsrding himself who can put
the curb on the powers conferred
upon General Dawes in gathering in
formation, no such power ever hav
lag been given so far ss known to
any other officer of United Stat
government. It is one of the most
important departures of government
ia a long time. This executive or
der of President Harding states that
Director of Budget Dawes in gath
ering information, acts directly for
the President, and further, that ''bis
calls opoa the chiefs of bureaus and
other administrative officers for the
purpose of consultation or informa
tion, take precedent over the cabinet
heed of a department, or any 'head of
aa independent organisation. This
added uthority tao the big powers
already given General Dawes as' di
rector of budget makes him a wallop
la-wslloput ia authority, ona before
whom all doors must be thrown wide
epaa, and aU archives produced whea
ha aays the word, everybody ia gov
eraaseat service to do his bidding ea
the hop, skip and jump.
CUDAHY EMPLOYES TO
ACCEPT WAGE CUT
Ona, Neb, Nor. II. Employes
af the Cudahy Parking Company' ia
Bioux City, Iowa, have decided to
accept a wsga reduction, similar to
that accepted by Armour and Com
piny and ether packing house work
era la Chicago, it was aaaouaeed la
ta ay ta eonipeny, . I
ANOTHERCASEO
Lt HAYS
HAM
EXAMINATIONS
Carolina Tobacco Growers
Sign Cooperative Contract
Minimum Number of Pounds Contracted For in This
State; Assured of Handling 1922 Crop Through
Association; Growers Aim to Beat
Other States ;
WORLD'S GREATEST GROWER
SIGNS FOR JOINT MARKETING
Mr. J. M. Galloway, of Greens
boro, wis grows more tobacco
than any other man la theworld,
has signed np for co-operative
marketing, according to a tele
gram received last night at Ra
leigh headquarters to ths Tobacco
Growers Co-operative Association
front L. V. Morrill at Greensboro.
The contract signed by Mr.
Galloway, which la Identical with
that signed by the farmer who
grows only a few hundred pounds,
calls for the delivery to the co
operative association of 459,900
pound. . A number of Mr. Gsllo
ay'a tenants have also signed the
marketing contract bringing the
total amount of tobacco from his
farms to over a million pounds
thst will ba handled by the Grow,
ers Co-operative Association.
North Carolina tobacco growers
have signed up their minimum num
ber of pounds for the Tri State Co
operative Marketing Association, ac
cording to an announcement from
Raleigh headquarters. Assured of
handling the erop of 1922 through
their own aseocistion, the growers
are going to beat the sign-up rec
ords of Virginia and Kentucky and
are confident that the final figures
will show 75 per cent of the 1920 pro
duction signed in the Old North
State.
Yesterday the Raleigh office of the
Tobsceo Growers Co-operative Asso
ciation received the following tele
AI $1,1 A IE
No Awards Made In Hard
Surface Projects At Fri
day's Bidding
Construction costs on gravel high
ways dropped to the unusually low
level of $1,905 per mile ia eontracti
awarded by the State Highway Com
mission for tbebuilding of the Haw
River-Yanceyville road ia the Fifth
Dislrkt, while, to lowest figures jub
mated in -the bidding Friday en
hard surfaced roads advanced slight
ly to $28,203 per mile. The contracts
on the hard-surfaced projects have
not bee., awarded.
Everett Hholes Company,"of Dur
ham, submitted the low figures on
all three hard surfaced projects in
eluded in the bidding "riday, Lid
ding t-.jO per square yard on
asphalt . aving as against 12.83 from
the next highest The total of their
bids on 27.16 miles of road was
s.767,388.40, exclusive of bridges
Low bids on the bridges on the
three projects give a general total
of $822,770.40.
With the exception f three proj
ects amounting to slightly mure than
nine hundred thousand dollars bid
in by tae union laving company
several weeks ago, the Everett
Sholes Company is the largest single
bid for work ever submitted to the
State. The three projects were bid
sens rate undertakings, with
slightly varying figures on each bid
The contract has not yet been
awarded, being dependent upon con
ditions not yet arranged by the
bidder.
Low bids on ths five projects, in
which contracts were awarded in
the two gravel items, are as fol
lows :
Paviieou eountty H .rd surfaced
ro3d from Lexington to the Rouau
county line, 10.24 miles 292.9.')8 80
by Everett Wholes Company. Bridges
awarded to Austin Bros, for $37,
117.00.
Guilford county Hard turface l
rood from the end of concrete road
east of Greensboro to Alamance
county line, 11.7 rules low bid by
Everett Sholes Company at $.334,
2W.80. Bridge. $17,917.00.
Alamance county Hard surfaced
east of Graham to Orange eounty
line at Haw River, 5.22 miles low
bid by Everett Sholes Company st
$140,115.l'0. No bridges.
Casrvell eountv Ysnceyville south
to Alamance .county line, 14.85 miles
gravel ioa4 awarded to Whit &
Simpson, Chatham, Vs., $36,915.30.
Bj Iges to C. B. Heater, Greensboro,
$30,785.80.
Alamance eounty Hard surfaced
with Caswell road to he let and ex
tending, south to point en Centra
Il.ghwy west f Graham, 10.W
miles gravel -awarded to W. f
rliook, liberty, for r23,7(V5.20.
Bridges to Hanford Bros., Burling
ton, at $29,86100.
GERMANY MAY PUT OFF
REPARATIONS PAYMENTS
Berlin, Nov. 18.-(By the Asso
ciated Press.) Future installments
of German reparations msy bejas
poned, sfter those due in Jenu-.ry
tad February are paid, if the Allies
are "rontineed of Germany's sin
cerity," it was intimated semi-official
ly today after final conference
between Chancellor Wirth and mem
bers of tke reparations commission.
The commies ioa,-h'h has been ia
Berha for several days stndying
Germany's financial condition, re
turned i Paris tonight It was said
the commission made it clear ta-itj
Uerwtasy must meet the January
art February installments, but that
future payments would be fives far
mer eeaesderatiaa, , .
QUVEL R0AD1ET
gram from Aaron Sapire at Lexing
ton, Kentucky: i
''Burley tobacco growers associa
tion just formally authorized with
over forty-two thousand contracts
and over throe-fourths erop. Believe
you will do same for bright tobacco.'
With all the large tobacco grow
ing states of the South in friendly
competition for tho hnnr of sign-
inb up the largest number of grow
ers for eo-operstiva marketing un
der the same contracts, North Caro
lina growers are determined to pass
the best record made id any other
state.
Telegrams and letters are piling
up at Raleigh headquarters asking
for eontraets and speakers, while in
terest among business and profes
sional men increases ss the campaign
draws to a elbse. Bankers and other
business Interest are greatly impress
ed by the way farmera have shown
their confidence in the movement,
and there is no longer any reason
why business men should hesitate to
take an active part in the wind-up
campaign.
With new batches of signed eon
tracts coming in daily, it is impos
sible to give final figures on the cam
oaiirn to date. Production for 1920
and present sign-up figures in mil
lions of pounds for some of the lead
ing counties follow:
Edgecombe, 1920 production 12.800,
000 rounds: sien-UD 9.800.000 pounds.
Greene 10,800,000 and 8.500,000
pounds signed. Surry 11,500,000
8,000,000. Caswell 11,000,0006,000,
000. Person 11,000,000 ,000,000
Nah 17,000,00012,000,000. Lenoir
14,000,0008,000,000. Wayne 14,400,
0008,300,000. Vance 9,000,0005,-
000,000. Granville 17,000,0009,200,
000.
Governor Cameron Morrison
Issues Annual Thanks
giving Proclamation
Making a special appeal for the
orphanages of the State, Governor
Cameron Morrison yesterday issued
his Thanksgiving Day Proeal&mation,
calling upon the people of the State
to offer up thanks for the year's
triumphs, and prayers forlhe-future.
The proclamation follows: '
"Ona of the most lubluSWy beau
tiful religious eustoms of our coun
try is that of the President of the
United States, and the Governors of
the various States of the Republic,
annually fixing' a day pursuant to
law, upon which the people are of
ficially called upon throughout the
country, publicly in the houses of
religions worship, and privately, to
acknowledge God and render thanks,
and ask for fnture blessings and
guidance. The day has always been
a sweet and sacred one throughout
the growth of our State.
"Ths President of the United
States having designated Thursday,
the twenty fourth day of November,
as a day of thanksgiving, revotion
and prayer,
"Now, therefore, I, Cameron Mor
rison, Governor of North Carolina,
hereby designate and proclaim
Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of
November, 1921, as a day of Thanks
giving in this State.
"The General Assembly having
designated the day, when fixed as
a legal holiday, I respectfully urge
that all business be suspended, ami
that all of our people assemble in
their houses of religious worship to
acknowledge and recognise Almighty
God; and that in their homes, and
private places, they recall God and
their absolute dependence npon his
goodness and mercy.
"As a State the year it richly ltden
with blessings for which we ought
to render thanks unto Him from
Whom all blessings come.
"The year's triumphs along lines
of material and business endeavor
are unusual under all the eireum
stances. W should be grateful, and
with devout hearts render thanks
and generously dedicate the wealth
created to sacred and benevolent pur
poses.
"As a part of our thanksgiving
devotions and manifestations, I beg
that those who are strong and able
remember the orphanage for the un
fortunate children of. our State, and
that they contribute liberally
through their various religious agen
eies to augment the capacity of these
beautiful and practical expressions
of religion made through the or
phanages.
Let us not only render thanks
for the blessings we have received,
hut let us also on bended knees seek
'Jivins aid and guidance for our
future.
"I ask the prayers of the people
for strength, righteousness and wis
dom for all who are in authority, in
Mate and Nation; that they may
deal justly in sll things affecting
the discharge of their official duties."
CORPENING NOT HELD
ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Winston -Salem, Nov 19. It was
Devey Gmns who was given a pre
liminary hearing in the eity court
yesterday and ordered held wrthout
bond fo tritl ia superior court on
tho charge of burg'ary instead of
George Convening aa stated in this
correspondence. Corpening ia a
young man who ia held ia higi
esteem and was chief witness agaiast
Golns. This correction of aa iaad
rertaat error is made without ro-
ejaest, bat to do justice to Ccrpea
tag.
MAKES APPEAL
FOR ORPHANAGES
10NDS THINKS
BUGABOO OF WAR
IS DISAPPEARED
Prophet Of Trouble With
Japan Finds All His Fears
Dissipated
programTFhughes
will get through
To Hare Naval Limitation
and Mutual Understanding
That Will Banish Night
mars Of Collision and
Open War To Adjustment,
Declares Writer
By' FRANK H. SIMONDS
Washington, Nov. 19. At the close
of first week of Washington con
ference how shall ona summarize
the progress of eventsf Briefly thus:
We ara still measurably under the
influence of the first session. Mr.
Hughes" swift, startling, and decisive
declaration seven days ago still sup
plies the main motive power at ths
session.
In ths nature of things two ques
tions were to be answered. First,
what of limitation of armament?
Second, what of the Far East I
Aa to the former, we have a pro
gram already adopted by the great
powers and despite all the present
haggling, protesting, suggesting, in
the end Mr. Hughes' program is go
ing to be sdopted substantially as it
was presented.
11 aches' Naval Program Accepted
AU the confusion of rumor does
not in the least affect the main
situation. Each great power has
special interests snd special concerns
in the matter of sea security. Each
is presenting its case. Modifications
and amendments of the Hughes pro
gram in detail are not only possible
but probable, but such amendments
aa would transform the propositions
and measurably restore competition
will in the end disappear.
So far aa the naval phase is con
cerned, we have had a week of feel
ing out on all sides, but this pro
cess has followed an acceptance in
principle and everyone knows that
in t he end ''there will be an accept
ance in detail.
As to the Far East, several vital
questions have been answered. Had
the United State assumed to wr'te
ox indicated a desire to dictate the
terma of a Far Eastern settlement
war with Japan wis at least sa
eventuality. The shadow of this
possibility overhung ths first days
of the conference. It has been dis
sipatcd. Wa know that Mr. Hughes
will not risk real and valuable prog
ress in the way of limitation of
armament to impose necessarily
vagus points or principles upon
Japan.
No Break Over Far East.
Just as it is now certain that we
shall have a reduction of naval
strength, so it is now dear that we
shall have no break over the Far
East and that .measurably we shall
proceed by unanimous consent to
establish these points on which
agreement is possible and to post
pone for future discussion those in
sues on which immediate agreement
is not possible.
In sum, the first week of ths con
ference hae demonstrated that the
whole world ia ready to accept a
program of naval limitations such as
Mr. Hughes with daring eourage pre
sented to the conference on the first
day. By contrast, all the talk of
modification and change in the rela
tivs strength is "small beer." Mr.
Wilson used to talk of appeal to the
peoples of world over the heads of
their statesmen. Mr. Hughes spoke
directjy to the people of every coun
try in the world sr 1 their respons
will dictate ultimate substantial se-
eeptanee by their governments of
Mr. Hughes' program.
To Have Mutual L nderstaading.
And in the same seven dsys it has
been demonstrated that problems
of the Far East will not imperil the
success of the conference or be per
mitted to menaee the peace of the
world. We arc to have a definite
agreement in the matter of limita
tion of armaments on sea and we are
to have mutual understanding on
conflicting pointa of view in the
Far East which will banish the
nightmare of collision and open the
way to adjustment
Now we wait upon V. Briand to
tell ns the position of Francs on
land, and sfter M. Ilriend there is
every reason to hope that Prince
Tukagawa, or Baron Kato will illumi
nate us as to Japan problems ss
he sees them in the Ear fast. Equal
ly sympathetic attention is assured
to both. As I have said before, the
rvsclt cf the Washington conference
promises to be neatly wrapped up
with appropriate parcels ready for
inspection in the hrittmas stock
ings of sn expectant world.
(Copyright, 1921, McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
CITY RESTRAINED
FROM TAX INCREASE
Coldsboro, Nov. 19. A storm rbt
has beea brewing for a long tin
Surst when a number of tax pavers
tVough their sttornrvs, J. L M-r--head,
cf Durham; Juldge D. H.
Blind, and Ltngst a, Allen aud
Taylor, of Goldshoro, eteured an in
jo-e'ion f mm Judge Bond, at Leiis
burg, temporarily r straining toe
juthoiittes from collecting say eity
taxes. Ths rase will be trie I oa
November 30, ia the Snperio- Court,
Julg" F. H. Cranmer, f miding. The
lawyeis named above. w. II repeats it
ti tai payers, aal City Attorrev
l)it ('. Humphrey, nvisted by hr
able loot taleat wiU aafeaaT Us
ettf.
JAPAN READY TO HELP STRAIGHTEN
6T FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CHINA;
ADHERES TO '-'OPEN DOOR"
F
House and Senate Conferees
Agree To Corporation Tax
Of 12 1-2 Per Cent
Washington, Nov. 19, Tha tax re
vision bill cams through its third
re-writing today and will be return
ed to the House on Monday. Be
publican leaders are hopeful that
the final step in its ensctment can
be taken in time to permit Congress
to end its special session Wednes
day as planned.
Only five of the ten conferees on
ths till hars signed" ttis conference
report. Ths Democrats refused to
sign and ona of the six Republican
managers, Senator Smoot, of Utah
proponent of the tales tax, withheld
his signature. He said it was bis in
tentinn to study ths bill to see
whether it was any improvement
over existing law before reaching a
decision as to giving It hit spproval
Boms Opposition.
Opposition to some features of
ths bill is expected to develop in
both the House and Senate. House
leaders plan, however, to put the
bill through the House Monday after
four or fire hours of debate so that
the Senate will have two days to
consider it before the time now ten
tatively fixed for adjournment of
Congress.
Leaders of the Republicans in the
House who bolted on the surtax
amendment said today that while
some Republicans were opposed to
the action of the conferees in strik
ing out Sensts amendments provid
ing for increased inheritance taxes
and for making income tax returns
available to Congress, there would
be no organized opposition to the
bill.
Corporation Tax Rate.
In winding up their work on the
measure today, the House and Senate
managers fixed tho corporation in
come tax rate at twelve and one half
per cent, the figure! in the original
House bill. This increases the pres
ent rate by two and one half per
cent, but is two and ona half per
eent below the figure agreed upon
by tne (Senate.
Ia Ilea of the Wadsworth amend
menta taxing industrial, alcohol and
beer, wine and whiskey used for
medicinal purposes, the -conferees
agreed to the original House provis
ions relating to liquor taxes. This
retains the present tax of $2.20 a gal
Ion on distilled spirits with a pro
vision for an additional tux of $4.20
a gallou on such spirits diverted for
beverage purpose!. Thit tax would
be paid by the perton retponsible
lor sucn diversion.
The conferees retained the Senate
amendment ' repealing the normal
exemption of "$2,000 allowed coroo
rations," but the repeal would not
apnly ja the case of corporations
having net incomes of $25,000 or
lest.
Eliminate Walsh Tax.
The Walsh amendment proposing
a tax ranging from one per cent to
twtnty flvt, per cent on giftt of d.oiv
cr'y ly persons was dim nated. This
wis digned, according io its author,
to prevent evasion of , h-s sunni by
wealthy individuals dividir. their
property among their relatives.
A new provision for taxing gain
from the sale of capital assets was
written into the bill. It is limited
to individusla and provides that if
th taipayer elects to make a sepa
rate return for the taxation of hit
income from the sale of capital asfc'i
be shall pay a tax on the gain at the
corporation income rats of twelve
and one half per eent on the total
of the gain. The Lenroot amend
nient excluding stock of corporations
from capital assets to bs so treated
was eliminated.
Retain Syrao Tax.
The managers retained the Sen
ate amendment imposing a tax of
five cents a gallon on fountain
syrups used in ths manufacture of
carbonated beverages prepared for
sale in closed containers. This is in
addition to a tax of two eents s
gsllon on such beverages.
In reducing the proposed corpora
tion income tax rate the conferees
reduced by $l.';o,u00)no the estimated
return from the -bill. Treatry ex
perts had calculated the Senate rate
ouid y.eld $i6n,0yj,iX)O sdditionsl
from the eorporstions, the increase
through this source bung resigned as
a partial offset against the lots of
$4,Vi,ut.),iK)0 to resuit from repesl of
ths excess profits tax.
s Figarea Not Obtainable.
Repeal of the gifts tax amendment
and the change in the taxation of
distilled spirits also resulted in fur
ther cuts in the estimated revenue,
hut accurate figures were aot obtain
able. Some estimates wars that from
$15ti,X .I) to $700,000,000 had been
cut from the bill, which, ss it passed
the Senate, wss detigned to yield
approximately $.!,W,l'0,nO0, or
slightly less than the total Treasury
orhcisls told, the Senste finsnce com
initttee in September would be neces
sary for this f.s, si year.
Chairman Penrose, of the Senate
managers, however, said the bill as
finally smended by the conferees waa
"entirely sdequate" ftr the imme
diate revenue needs of the govern
saent, but he would make no esti
mate as to the total yield.
MATERNITY bTlFiS
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Washington, Nov. 19. The House
lata today passed ia ameaded form
the Sheppard Towaer snsternity bill
prsrioBsiy approved by ths ,Aeaale.
Ta aieaswra SfJ
1
RE10N
TAX MEASURE
Brotherhood Alone Can
4
Save World, Wells Says
FORD WOULD BUY
S
Detroit Manufacturer Made
Offer To Harding; Will
Get Nitrate Plant
Hew York, Nov. It. (By the
Associated Press.) "You bet,
Ita going throagh," Henry Fard
aaid today regarding his pro
posal to bay and lease the Mus
cle ghoals, Alabama, nitrate
and water-power projects. The
terms, ha added, were an ta the
govern saent.
Mr. Ford, who conferred hers
today with Thomas A. Edison,
regsrdlng ths Muscle Shoals pro.
Ject, wss asked If ke proposed
to compete with Chile in the
production of nitrate.
"If wa can't beat ths Chileans,
we ought to quit," he arrested.
Referring to his visit to Wash
ington yesterday, when he con
ferred with Secretary Hoover
retarding; Muscle Shoals, Mr.
Ford said ha also had had a
conference with President Hard
ing and at that time had offer
ed to buy for jank battleships
crapped by the government as a
raaalt of th arma conferene.
He added that tht Prealdent had
enjoyed a hearty langh.
JURY WANTS DOCTOR
IN M0REHEAD HELD
Returns Verdict That Wo
man Came To Death From
Probably Illegal Cause
New Bern, Nov. 19 No arrests
have been made as a result of the
verdict of a coroner's jury st More
head City lsst night that Mrs. Psu
line Glover Link, who died in a
local hospital last Sunday, earns to
her death by peritonitis, caused
probably by an illegal operation
snd-'Teeommendlng that Dr. Ijeedoh
Sharp of that city be held for the
superior court of Craven eounty for
bis alleged connection with it.
Solicitor Jesse H. Dsvis is under
stood to be preparing papers, but
it was stated "tonight that no ar
rests would be made before Monday.
According to Solicitor Davis Dr.
Sharp was tried in Federal court
several years ago on a charge of
having used ths mails in unlwful
manner. He came to Morehead City
during the war and has been hers
since.
Following the exhumation of the
body of Mrs- Link, a specimen was
taken to Chapel Hill for eiamlna
tion by a pathologist, but no report
has been received from there. The
verdict of the jury ws based on the
evidence of several physicians st
Morehead City who conducted an su
topsy.
HUSBANDlTwilFE
KILLED IN WRECK
Monroe, Nov. 19. rtartley Mullis
was killed and his wife so injured
that she died later, and Iei Brook
was badlv hurt this week on the
Euto and Marshville road, five and a
half miles from Marshville. They
were driving a Ford on a perfectly
good piece of road-with nobody in
sight and the wreck was complete.
The evidence about the wrecked
car indicated that it was liemtr
driven at a great rat,fttnf speed. It
turned over with such orc that it
turned a second time and righted it
self and stood upon its wheels eros
wise the road and waa completely
wrecked.
It ia said by those who saw the
party before the accident th:it Mullis
and Brooks were under he influence
of drink. Neighbors sav that Mrs.
Mullis could drive the ear and was
in the habit of going with her hn?
band on occasions as a prfttction
wtien he was drinking. JiiM how
the accident eame will never be
known exactly. It it-th: ,ujiposi
tion that Mrs. Mulns was on the rear
wat and the two men on the front
seat, and that thev luegan contend
ing as to who should drive while the
car was going at high s)ed. Brooks
has stated that he was driving and
Mullis suddenly grasped ths wheel
snd caused the wreck
MAYOR OF DURHAM IS
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Durham. Nov. 19 Dr. John M
Manning, mayor of th s eity, snl
brother to Attornev General J 8
Manning of Raleigh, was arrested
here today by Department of Justice
arnts on a charge of violating the
Harrison narcotic law. The mayor
lived a oreliminarv heanrz and
released on a $10.'K") bond, furnish
ed by friends, for his presence at
Federal court ia Raleigh, which eon
venes Tuesd"v.
Ta eharres araiatt the mivor. who
is a nhvsirian. are out of ureteric
tions for two patients in this city.
Depsrtmeat of Justice sgrnts have
been working oa the rase for the
past ci?ht months and his arrest on
so aeriout a charge cams as a shock
to his friends.
Dr. M.iaaia was sleeted war or at
an eleetwa held ia Mar. He kss
beea proeaiaeaUy identied with .the
afalra of the tf for at aafl years.
SCRAPPED
I
"Security" Dominant Catch
Word At Arms Conference,
He States
NATIONS HAGGLING
TO GET ADVANTAGES
Enduring Peace Only Pos
sible Through Treaties
Between Countries
By H. G. WELLS
(By Arrangement With the New
York World and Tha
Chicago Tribune.)
The new and really quite beauti
ful catchword that dominates the
Washington Conference is 'security."
Tho word was produced originally,
I believe, in France. France wants
nothing in the world now but se
curity; she has abandoned sll
dreams of conquest or glory, sll
aimressive economie intentions; she
is the white lamb, of internationsl
affairs, washed snd redeemed by the
Great War. Only she must be se
cure. Great Britain, Japan, are in com
pleteunison with France on this
subject. Great Britain asks for
nothing but a predominant fleet and
naval arsenals in perfect going or
der. Mr. Balfour's eloquent Bpeech
at the second session of the Con
ference made the necessity of this
security incontrovertible, Japan
wants East Siberia, the special con
trol of raw material in Manchuria
a grip upon China, because she is
driven by the same passionate crav
ing for peine and rest. We have
had this explained to us very clear
ly here in Washington by represen
tativo Japanese. All these powers
will accept every proposal Secretary
Hughes makes, or is prepared to
make, eloquently and sincerely in
principle." They then proceed to
ttate their ' minimum requirements
for that feeling of security which is
the goal of sll peoples st the present
time. When these requirements have
been stated, it becomes plain that
these States srs to be not to much
disarmed, ss stripped for action, with
highly efficient instead of unweildy
and overwhelmingly expensive equip
ment: They de hot to' much tiro
pose to give up war ts to bring it
bark by a gentlemanly agreement
within the restricted possibilities of
their austere bankruptcy.
French Conception of Severity
. The French conception of security
is particularly attractive. France
stipulates, I gather, for a dominant
army upon tho continent of Europe,
for a Germany retained permanent
ly by agreement among the powers
at the ejtremest pitch of wretched
nets and feebleness, for an outc t
Russia, for a series of alliances hv
which such countries ss Poland wi
be militarized in the trench interest
rather than imliistralized in their
own. And France, in further pur
suit of the idea of perfect peace (for
France) is training great masses of
barbaric Kenegalese for war, with the
view of using them to police white
populations and sustain her mil-
lenium in Eurrtpe. They rail have no
other1 use now. I do not know if
the blrn-k troops are to be retained
after their discharge in France to
supplement and improve th French
population rr whether thev are to
return to Africa. In the latter ease
these trained .soldiers yill lacrumu
late ss s new s4 injeresting el
ment in African lite, until some
black Napoleon arises to demand "se
euritv' for Africa. At rtrenent
Franc displays an sstonisKing con
fidence in th British but ho douht
if her smszing peasants snd her
wonderful soil presently lesd to psr
tial recuperation, the will realize th
need of bringing her now nnglectcd
fleet up to 'security standards a
And it is axiomatic among
per't that no power with 1 eoat
line is really secure un!j(s it hss
a Meet at. least the d'nie of any
other licet that can possibly op
er.i'e upon that coast.
These statements are not th face
tiuus iiucntinns of an irresponsible
uri'er; they are fiiir samples of th
sort of tlniig that th various depu
rain, ns nave orought wnn them o
Washington. Theru are the thin tr nlr
talk on and sr gradually t.-t'kmg
out cf s.glit. And if th YYutuing
ton Confrren'-e sried no fithT pur
pose at all in th world, it would
have been quit worth while, in or
der to get together all these totally
incomparable conceptions of security
and by that approximation to dem
onstrate their utter absurdity. Along
th lines cf either unregulated or
rgu!atrd n m.iment, there can be
no seeuritv for any rse or pople
Th only security for a modern State
now is a binding and mutually satis
factory sllisnc with th power or
powers that might otherwise attack.
The only real security for France
against a German revenge it a gen
erous and complete understanding
between the French and (ierman re
publics to th:it thev will hive a
mutual interest in each other's prot
perity. ierma,ny is naturally a rath
er biggr country than France and
nothing on the earth can alter thst.
Other powers or all th powers sasy
eome into such a treatr at gusrsa
tors, bnt the essential thing for peace
between f ranee and Germs ny U
pears made good and clear between
them, a cessation of mutual injaries
snd hostile preparations. The cwty
effectual security for tie eossmani
eations of the Bhriea Sfaptre ia the
roeeffsjtioa by all tBSJsktpd'thaa tt
PRINCIPL
Baron Kato Declares China
Should Be Left To .,
Work Out Domestic
i H.ij
Affairs, However
FAR EASTERN MATTER
AGAIN CONSIDERED AT '
CONFERENCE SESSION
Japan ?,4gards Question Of
Abolition Of Extra-Terr!'
toriality As One Of Ths'
Most Important To Be
Disposed Of By The Con
ference; Island Empire.
Delegation Looks Upon
Adjustment Of China's
Foreign Relations As Prin,
cipal Item In Far Eastern
Settlement Plan; Spokes-;
men Of Other Delegations
Voice Sympathy For Chi
na's Position and Dr. Sse
Expresses Appreciation Of
Attitude Of Other Nations
At Conference
Washington, Nov. 19. (By ths 'ia-'
sociated Press) Japan joined with
the other powers today in an expres
sion of sympathy for the national
aspirations of China, hut added B.
postscript regretting any tendency
toward a detailed examination by
the armament conference into "in
numerable minor matters'', 4a th
Far East. '. ,
In a statement omitting mention
of specific points of controversy oa
tneen the ho countries, the Japan
ese delegation informed the eonfer
enre delegates that their government
claimed no ''special rights and privi-'
leges" in the . procurement of raw
materials from China, harbored BO
"policy of territorial agrandiaa
ment" at China's expense and was
ready to join in any readjustment
of extra territorial rights which ap-
penred "fair and satisfactory."
Objects To Details
To enter upon an examination at
details, however, the- ststement de
clared, wou'd be en attempt likely
to result in "undue protraction of
Hfia' tia,MiiAnl " -rifmtioit nt VtlS
objection Japan has expressed re
peatedly igainst re-opening tha
many controversies in the Far East.
In turn. Great Britain, trance,
Italy, the Netherlands, .Belgium and
Portugal expressed in broad terma
their desire for ths emancipation,
of China through commercial liber
ty and preserved territorial inte
grity a generail potition already
having the tdhcrence of the United
States. Then the committee adjourn
ed until .Monday, when ths diseoa
tion of principles it to give way to
a mora detailed consideration af
China's declaration of rights.
Jtrur T :3
Hold Conference.
The session of the committee waa
the only formal action of ths eoa
ference during the day, although all "
ttie national groups conferred in
formally among themselvet and
there was a conference late ia tht .
afternoon bcUewi Secretary Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour "and Admiral
B.arnn Kato, respective hesds of tha
American, Britih snd Japanese
delegations. All three declined to
talk about the meeting, but the In
ference was drawn that they had
met to eontiilcr further plans pa
procedure for the naval srmtmeStt'
negotiations in which the three go
ernnientt are the chief participants.
Meantime, the naval problem re
ferred several days ago to a com
mittee of eiperts, showed evidence
of having dejfrpd to tha -point
where thejrival establishments of
nd Italy soon would be as
a tentative status betide
those of the three etronger powers
in the reduction plan. It was env
phasiaed, however, that any sug
gested ratio th committee might
consider would be carefully viewed
by the delegates themselves before
any national policies were laid down.
Land Armament xt-
On Monday the conference will
turn ita attention for the moment to
the question of land armament aaa
at aa open plenary session anu
li'caf frcm Premier Briand tta
French viewpoint regarding tha
maintenance cf armies. lt ia ant
ejpected, however, that details of
the question will be taken up until
later, perhaps nol before the naval
armaments and Far Eastern ques
tions are nesr solution. Ths com
mittee meeting to resume the Far
Eastern discussion will be held lata
n ths afternnou after ths eon"
lusion of the plenary session.
Jspsn's Views.
Baron Kato presented Japan's
statement at today's meeting ia the
absence of Ambassador bhidshara.
ho ia ill. Br the Japanese spokes
man China's troubles were attributed
largely to internal causes with which
it was .declared the Tokie go vara
ment had ' no desire to interfere,
much as it desired to see China'a
peace and nnity'' firmly establish
ed. Emphasis sat ttid oa the de
pendence of Jspan upon a .supply
of raw materials from China, bnt
Baron Kato insisted that the ' ml
of equal opportunity for every ana
mutt ba preserved.
The statement, generally consid
ered ss merely a reiteration of tho .
principles to which Japaa hae sub- .
scribed ia the pstt, caused ae ear-
arisa - among ths delegates because) -
of-the rravieaily indicated rates-
aI tha Jspaaeaa to avoid die-
reflUM en paga eaj.