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HOPEFUL SPIRIT
SENATE RBECTS
AT ARMS PARLEY
TO CONFORM TO
hi
JOHNSON
MR.WELLSFINDS NEED OF SCHOOLS
FOR
EOERAL JOB
Optimism In Washington,
However, Is Tempered
By Congestion
NO REST POSSIBLE
IN AMERICAN CAPITAL
English Writer Finds "Per.
menting Vat Overflows
With Press of All The
World"; Conference To
Be Effective Must Lay
Egg To Reproduce Itself
By H. C. WELI.S.
(By arrangement with the New York
World and the Chicago Tribune.)
How are e getting on iu Wash
ington I
The general mood in hopefulness
tempered riy congestion, mental and
physical, and by sheer fatigue. There
is no rest in Washington, no ces
sation. Jjist winter ' I was a happy
invalid at Ainalfi, I sat in the Ital
ian sunshine, the hours were -vast
globes of golden time, my mind
and my soul were my on. Now 1
live to the tune of a telephone
bell and the little feverish American
hour slip through my hot, dry
hands before I can turn my thoughts
round. I wish I could attend to
everything. The Conference has
evolved to committees, one on
Disarmament ami ono on Pacific
affairs, which meet behind closed
doors, so that one has three or four
divergent rej.orts of what has hap
pened to choose from; delegates
at all hours and in devious way)
call together the press men tu make
niDre or less epoch making state
ments; there are particular con
ferences with representative htisi
ness men of this country and educa
tionists of that, miu so forlh; one is
called upon by a multitude of well
informed people insistent upon this
fact or that point of view, elo
quent sidelights from South China,
Albania, Czechoslovakia, clamour
for attention. And there is a ter
rible multitude of mere pestorfrs,
who wnt to do something they
know not what. The weather here is
unusually warm and inclined to be
cloudy, a brew house atmosphere, due
entirely, one humorist declare!, to
the tremendous fermentation that is
going on.
The fermenting- vat overflows
wits the press of all th world. All
the world, we feel, ia present in
apirit at Washington.
Three Queatiowe Of Importances,
Three questions stand out as of
importance and significance. The
naval disarmament discussion, a.
ene could have foretold, becomes
a haggle for advantages. Each power
seeks to disarm the other fellow.
Great Britain detests the big raider
submarine and wanta none of it; it
il America's only effectie long
range weapon. A clamour comes
to us from acrosa tiio ocean from
the French Senate fW unlimited
submarines. These will be to attack
Great Britain ; there can be no other
possible use for them Perhaps the
French 8enate doea not really want
war with Britain, but this is the
way to get it. Japan is asking for a
7 to 10 instead of a 6 to in basis
for herself. And ao on. Be long as
unsettled differences remain, dia
armament discussions are bound to
degenerate in this fashion. Settle
menta and sincere disarmament
are inseparably interwoven. The
French, however, have led in an im
portant pronouncement, promising
evacuations and renunciations in the
Chinese area on the part of France,
provided Britain and Japan follow
suit. Lord Riddle, on behalf of Brit
ain, has followed suit; Britain is
ready to relinquish every thinPith
the "justifiable exception of Hong
Kong, a purely British creation.
And M. Briand has explained why
France must have an enormous
army to overawe Europe, but that
atill leaves tertain possibilities of
military restraint open for consider-
ation. We are atill discussing whether
we may hope to aee conscription
banished from the earth.
When such things swim up through
the boiling activities of the Wash
ington vat, not merely as passing
suggestions and happy ideas but
embodied in more or ress concrete
proposals, we cannot fail, however
jaded we may feel, from also feeling
hopeful. The Conference haa get
only to its third aessioa and we
already seem further from war ia
the Pacifie and nearer aeeurity
there than at any time in the paat
two years.
Mast Pravld Far Repredaetlaa
And these intimations of auceesi
in this world diaeusaion, or whicn
Washington is tho eontrolllng nue
leua, turn our minds naturally en
,.k In tha continuation and final
outcome of thie great initiativt of
p.iH.nt Harding's. The more
fruitful the Conference eeemi likely
t ha in sirr cements and under
standings, the more evident ia the
necessity for aomething permanent
arising out of it, to kola ana main
tail, ia apirit and in fact, thie ae
cumulation of agreements and un
ituntaadinn.
The Waihinfoa Conference before
it breaks op aad disperses, must,
ia some way. lay aa egg to repro-
dae itself. Ia some fashion it must
aiwaeatly return. Boe.iuee wa nave
had ta bear ia mind that ia the I
at aad conclusive- tease of the
ward, the Ceafereaea east deeide
aothing. It haa produced a fine
aad generous atmosphere about it;
It will probably arrive at aa !
(Coatiaaed aa Pag Two)
So Superintendent Brooks
Tells Meeting of Coun
ty Superintendents
CONSTITUTIONAL JERM.
!WST BE COMPLIED WITH
Defines Limits of State's
Control Over Schools, and
Tells Superintendents He
Intends To Exercise That
Authority; Reviews Work
of Past Three Years
''Gentlemen, the law must be in
terprc led- in such a way as to insure
the operation of the schools of the
State for tux months; the constjlu
tion says that they must be rdn for
six months, and the law must he so
interpreted." Dr. K. C. Brooks, State
&ipvuntudcn.t of Public. J tt.fr uu
tion, assured the one hundred mem
bers of the Association of County
Superintendents at their initia' see
sion here yesterday afternoon.
"Where the State law says that
you shall lo certain things, there
the Superintendent steps in, and in
sofar as he is able, will nee that the
law ia observed. The law has noth
ing to say as to how your schools
shall ho, conducted in the school
room, nor does il say that the State
Superintendent shall select your
teachers- We can advise in these
matters, but the actual operation
of the schools, the tinal responsi
bility for their work is in your
hands.
Must Run Six Months
"The law savs that The schools
shall 'run sii months; it says that
all teachers shall be certificated ;
that you shall keep a record of ,lho
work done in your counties, the teach
ers employed and their grades, the
money collected and expended, -and
that the State Superintendent shall
have the supervision of the enforce
ment of these provisions. That is
the relation of the State to the Coun
ty schools."
Thus brifly Dr. Brooks outlined
to the Coun'.v Superintendents the
policy of the Slate Department of
Education, and what it aims to do.
The County men heard him through
without comment, question or ap
pLiuae. For two hours thereafter
Dr. Brooks elaborated and eiplained
various phases of the school laws
of the past session of the General
Assembly, and State Auditor Bax
ter Durham explained briefly the
workings of the new audit system
being worked out for the counties.
Reviews Hla Work
Preliminary to the detailed ex
planation, Dr. Brooks reviewed
briefly the work that has been done
in education in the State during
tlo1 past three years. He called at
teution to the fact that right now
there is JX'fi.wn.iWM) being spent for
new school buildings in the State
as against a total va'uation of all
school property of $l.Vo,(Nil three
years ago and 1." million for sal
aries and administrations as against
four million three years ago
"It is re making the rural dis
trlcts of the State," Dr. Brooks
continued. He discussed incidents
of progress that have been made in
many of the counties. 'Tho people
are with us -the grfat rank and
file of the people who want their
children to have equal opportunity
of education, and js up fo' trl to
prove that what we say is the truth
Some Few Reactionaries
'There are enough reactionaries to
persecute the saints, ' he continued
with a smile. "It is costing money
to run the schools, and you can't
reach up into the air and get it.
Most of the counties have levied the
required taxes without protest. Some
few of them have endeavored to ob
struct the way, but in the main, all
of you have given the program wond
erful eo-oporafion."
Dealing with the problem of teach
ers' salaries. Dr. Brooks explained
that better salaries were absolute
ly necessary for better teachers. He
caller attention to the fact that the
salaries of the superintendents them
selves had been raised on a cor
responding basis, and that aside from
other considerations, they had a ma
terial interes. in the success of the
program.
Then he laid down the law aa
enacted by the General Assembly,
and the interpretation of the courts
that the counties must levy sum
eient taxes to run the schools six
months. He cited the statutes on
the certification by the State De
partment of every feather ia the
state, and the aeguirement of a unl
form System of book keeping in
each county by which the Depart
ment might keep check on the work
being done in the counties.
System af Audita
The formalities of securing -he
county quotas of the five million
building fund were explained brief
ly. Moat of the counties have al
ready complied with the law and
ate aow awaiting tha aale of the
bonds in January. Dr. Brooks then
discussed the manner ia which tha
eounty fundi should be divided
among eounty and city achools, and
what should be dona with it when
tha division ia made. The eounty's
money mutt be paid over to tha
treasurer
The audit system was then up, aad
Dr. Brooks yielded tha 4oor to
Major Durham, who has beea work
Ing out a system 6 audita raieh
will be later approved by tha Board
of Edueatioa to be inetalled la each
eounty. A aaifom report blank will
(Coatiaued aa Paga Taef
Th Wtt Virginia, one nf thr
Rri'MltH iiattlenrilps ever design1
for the Awieiran Navy. Is shown
alutY') hs he war nliihnK down Hi-1
wavs st Nwrrl News. Shf has ;m
most Impenetrable armor an-l 11
lUt d to Varry elt;ht If.-inch nnV
The American naval red net it-n plan
h ft" ptvs nt4 to the -4rtnaroent Con-ftrt-n
e provides for n rapping the
We.it Virninla. If the American plan
In iiKrcfil t" the dreudnauicht. to-d.i'
r he tin I sh d and never pi" w
the Bra hearing the Star ami
Strl.M. Miss Alle Mann, ttti'twn
at'tive. wht' honie Is at Jlraniwell.
W V. . niininl the great ship as h
left the ways
Virginia-Carolina Game
Is Definitely Called Off
STATE S ANSWER
I
Attorneys For State Set Up
Position of North Carolina
In Controversy
Attniters for the State of Nr:h
Carolina jv-terdny filed answer to
the complaint of the Southern Rail
way in the action of the road against
A. D. Watts Commissioner of Reve
nue and others romeneed In federal
Court in the effort to reduce the
assessed valuation of the Southern's
property for taxation in North ( aro
Una from !Hiu6357 to f6O,OOU,0O0.
The answer is filed by Attorney
General J. 8. Manning, Assistant
Attorney (ieneral Frank Nash, Judge
W. P. Bynum, Judge George II,
Brown, Former Governor Locie
Criag, Thomas I). Warren, and Sid
ney S. Alderman.
The 19"Jt assessment of railroad
property fixed $96,O5,604 a the
value of the Southern's holdings for
faiation purposes. By a review of
this assessment in 92l by A. 1).
Watts, Commissioner of Sevenue, the
figure was reduced to 9t;,605.rM.
At this, the Southern filed euit in
federal court alleging violation of
its constitutional rights and attack
ing the franchise tax aa double tan
tion.
Denying that $5904,438 is the
true limit of value of the corpora
tion's property for taxation in the
Stat and asserting that 9..WU:,7
is the proper figure, the answer sets
out that before the Interstate Com
merce Commission when the plain
tiff was contending for a valuation
for rate making purposes, it main
tained that tho Interstate Commerce
Commission should' take, as "tho
value of the plaintiff's property t';e
plaintiff's invvestment account,
which showed property of the plain
tiff in North Carolina as alloeatel
on a gross earning basis to be of
the value of fl 1 1,T08,123."
Conclusive Proof
''The defendants further show,"
according to the answer, that, usinjr
round number the State of North
Carolina in determining saol
assessment for 1920 took only
86,4 per cent of the 111 1,000,000
valuation of the plaintiff's invest
ment account, whereas the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the
said application to raise rates took
91.1 per cent ef the said investment
account figure, and the defendants
aver that the said action of the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
conclusive proof that the North.
Carolina assessments were in no way
excessive.''
While the chief agricultural pro
ducte of the Staie decreased in value
in the latter part of 1920 and 1021
more than three hundred percent, (he
freight rates of the plaintiff were
increased twenty five per cent d
their passenger rates 20 per cent,
the answer points out, the valua
tion of theplaintiff's property for
taxation in 1920 as reviewed and
reduced by tha Commissioner of
Revenue waa by no mean ao great
a proportionate increase over the
assessment of 1919 as were the Cor
responding assessments of real prp
perty in general throughout the
State.
"The question of the right of the
plaintiff to appeal from aa assess
ment of its property cannot arise
until the next assessment ia made
ia 1924,'' the aaawer continues, "such
aaaeaament being made under the
laws ofvMorth Carolina only quad
rennially. Tha same law which gar
ether tax payers tha right of a re
view of the 1920 revaluation a sees
eat, gave the railroads tha name
right of review before tha Commis
sioner af Beveaee, aad tha plain tiff
OOTHERN FILED
(Caatiaaed oa Page Twa)
University Authorities Re
fuse To Disqualify Wil
fred I. Johnson
FACULTY BACKS UP
ATHLETIC COMMITTEE
Action Breaks Up One
Oldest of Football
Classics
of
Cancellation of the Vir
ginia-Carolina football
game, scheduled to be play
ed at Chapel Hill tomorrow,
because of the refusal of
the University 6f North
Carolina to disqualify Wil-;
fred I. Johnson, star half
back on the Carolina team,
was announced last night
The announcement apparently
brings to an end the ohlest football
game in the South. The series was
crmmenced in 1K92 and the annual
meetings between the two teams bad
attained the status not only of foot
ball classics, but of events in the
outcome of which virtually the n
tire populaion of both states were
profoundly interested. The first
game was played in Atlanta, but the
scene of encounter was later remov
ed to Norfolk and still later to Ki h
niond, where a majority of the twen
ty two games cf the series were
played, and which remained the
scene of battle until 1919 when the
custom of alternating between the
athletic fields of two institutions
was estalilished.
In 1W19, the game was played in
Chapel Hill for the first time in
history and last year the two teams
met in Charl .'ilesville, Va. State
wide interest has always been main
tained in the games and this tiuio
the attendance would have repre-scntetk-ery
nook and corner in
North Carolina. More than 8,000
seats had been sold in advance ind
a large number of people, coming
from remote sections of the State
and from Virginia, had already
started to the gamn when the An
nouncement was made (hat it wo.iM
noi ne piayeu. nonieining nae 1.,
000 people in North Carolina will
now have to ehange their plans for
tomorrow and for some of them it
will mean the change of an sfnnuaJ
eustom that has been observed with
out a break for years on end. Spe
cial trains hsd been srranged from
several points in this State and
in Virginia.
Fscalty Saatalna Committee.
Following a last minute notice of
a protest otthe eligibility of John
son, four members of the Univer
sity of Virginia faeujfy committee
on athletics arrived in Chapel Hill
yesterday morning and went into
session with the Carolina committee.
After a deadlock lasting all day, a
meeting of the full faculty of the
University ef North Carolina was
held and after two hours debate
resolutions were passed by a practi
cally unanimous vote, upholding
the action of the athlstie commit
tee.
Johnson was in 1919 a member of
th eUavidsoa eleven, in 19C0 he
played with State College, matricu
lating at the University immediately
after the en dof the football eeason.
There waa a strong protest against
Johnson's playing with the Univer
sity from alumni and the matter
waa fully investigated and passed
upon by the faculty athletie com
mittea at tha beginning of the ses
aioa. Under the ''one year rule" aa
found ia the eligibility rules printed
in tho University catalogue, it ia re
quired that any student in order to
play oa aa athletie team shall have
attended the University for two eon
eeeutive terms of tha preceding aes
sioa aad passed a required aumber
of hour work. Johnson was de-
(Coatiaued oa Pag Tarn)
WILSON FRANKLY
ES TO COUNTRY
After Conferring With Col
onel House, He Writes Ap
peal Himself
BURLESON DID NOT
FATHER THE IDEA
President Did Not Follow
Tumulty's Advice Nor Did
He Make Apologies For
His Decision; An Unpub
lished Speech Made Af
ter His Defeat In 1918
WOOPHOW WILSON, AS I K NOW
RIM BY JOSEPH P. Tl Ml LTV
CJoth Installment i
CHAPTER XXXIV
(Continued. 1
Appeal Far A Democratic Congress
home time after this tlo l'resi
dent conferred with Colonel Mouse,
and when I ncit discussed the ma'
ter with the President, he inarmed
me that he and C.U,m 1 ll,ue had
finally agreed that the thing to do
was frankly to cmne out ni'liout
preliminaries of any kind and ho d
ly ask f"T the election uf a fVmo
erstic Congress. I told him that I
thought the mcth"d I l;.i I prop
for bringing linn into the thciis
sii'O was one that wi-ul-l l-e no"t
efTectiie and wmild cause lcat re
sentment, but he was firm in his
resolve to follow the course he finally
pursued. He was of the opinion
that this was the ojwn mol h'nr:il-le
way to ask fur nhat he thought
wou'd be p vote of confidence in his
Administration.
Not Burleeon'a Idea
It has often been slat.-. I that in
this matter the President had a. ed
upon the advice of I'nstmaster ' n
eral Burleson, and many of tlmse
individuals throughout the country
who criticised the President's .ippi .tl,
pointed an sccuing finger at Mr
Burleson and held him respontutilc
for what they said were the evil
consequences of this il' enisidcred
action. !n fairness to Mr Burleson,
it must be said, that he h.-id no'hing
to do with the appeal and had
never been ronsulte ' aho.it it.
These fact" are now related by one
not by way of apology for what the
President did, for in openly appeal
ing to the country he had many hon
orable precedents of which the gen
tlemen who criticised him wrre evi
dently ignorant. As Mr. George
Creel, in his l,k, "The War, the
Word, and Wilson" says, "In vari
ous elections, Georgu. Washington
pleaded for 'united leadership' and
Lincoln specifically urged up'Wi the
people the unwisdom of "swapping
hofses in midstream.'"
In a paragraph in Flerndon's
"life of Lincoln,' Z tiud the follow
ing appea':
"He did his doty as President,
and rested secure in the belief that
he would be re elected, whatever
might be done for or against him.
The importance of retaining Indiana
in the column of Hepubliran states
was not to be overlooked. How the
President viewed it, and how he pro
posed to secure the vte of the
State is shown in the following let
ter written to General rdicrman:
'F.jecutive Mmsion
Washington, September 19. 1M54.
'Major (Ieneral Sherman:
The State e'eetion of Indiana
occurs on the 11th of October
and the loss of it to the friends
of the Government would go
far towards losing the whole
Union Cause. The bad effect
upon the November election, and
especially the giving the 8'nte,
Government to thnee who will
oppose the war inevery pos
sible way, are too much to
risk if it can be avoided. Tha
draft proceeds, notwithstand
ing its strong tendency to lose
ua tho State. Indiana ia tha
. only important Btate' voting
ia October whose soldiers eaa
aot vote ia the teld. Any-
JafeiCoaUaaed aa PagsNlaj fci
Nomination of Georgia Ne
gro Republican Leader
Turned Down
ANOTHER SMASH AT ....
THE ADMINISTRATION
Senator Watson Leads ?ight
Against Confirmation and
Is Assisted By Senator
Harris; Irvin B. Tucker
Gets Across As Eastern
District Attorney
The News and Observer rtrrrrnif-. -'.!
l'istri.t Yi'mnnt Hank Illd'g
By EDWARD E. BR1TTON.
'By Special leased Wire.)
Tl" ... l . -
vsrsningion, ..,! v ...- An', so
Henry Line. .In Jnhnson gets th
knock, nut from the N nate Thus it
is that Linney lands while "Link
gets it in the neck. The nomination
of the (Jeorgia negro member
of Republican National Committee
was presented In (he Senate with
f.ivi. ruble report from the Ihstrict
of Columbia committee, that is, from
the H. pul. Mean members of the com
m ittcc
In the ex-eutite ctun of tin
Senate the debatH is said to hate
w.ned hot. this being led bv Senator
Tom WaNon against the 'confirm;
to-n of the ne(rr, and associated
with him was Senator Harris, of
ti'-or-ia t'harg, s cf J.-hnson's
tr.atfvactions with clients in licri;
arc said to have been the basis of
Hie aureus wtiiie oilier v.. ices are
said to have been raised in tibi
ti- n to having a negro put in charge
t white girls and white men. Sen
t r liitlin is said to have spnk
freely in the invjter as well as other
S'.iuth.Tii lieiiiOi-rals.
Another Smash at Administration.
The defeat of Johnson is regarded
as another smash at the administra
to. u fer the continued holding
the nomination of Johnson before
the Senate is understood to have
been at the insistence of the organ
iation Itepublicans. The und
stsnding on the outside is that the
confirmation of Johnson was defeat
ed bv the addition of the votes of
Western Republicans to the vot
of Southern Democrats It is also
said that the reason for bringing
the nomination before the Senat
at this late day of the session was
that there was some thought tht
in the closing hours t.-re would be
no strenuous fight made against the
norninalion.
There shiM be flowers of regret
sent to "Link" by Linney. for ter
tainlv it was Henry LincuJn Johnson
who was the big factor in getting
the North Carolina negroes to let up
on Republican State (hairniji
Frank A. Linney, though Mr. ljnnev
will swear that this is not o. But
to tli se who t I without the door
and heard from those inside of the
developments of the meeting of the
Senate Judiciary committee which
okehed the Ijnney nomination
there is no doubt but that the tiow
pia negro helped t turn the trick
f.r the presen United States attor
attorney of the Kastern District of
North Carolina.
Tarker (.eta Arrow Line.
Irvin H. Tucker, of Whiteville,
went across the line this aftern.rf.ii
with the confirmation bv the Senate
of In nomination for I'nit.d S'r.t.s
..iiornev nf hn Kastern District of
North Carolina. There was n op
position to his confirmation and thii-.
another colobrat. d ''ling combine"
gets the bacon that had beer bud
aside for thorn bv the North ' aro
hm Reimblican machine It is the
understanding that Mr. Tucker w
t ike over the office on some la .
agreed upon by him and h rot ir
ing district attorney, t.. r. .yi
of Elizabeth City. On I ember
J.l the office sol have ceen ior
eight years in charge of Democratic
..ftieials which the Kepui.ncan.
think too long any way, though
there would be two more years left
for Mr. Aydlett if he had held the
office for the full term.
Camp Bragg Landowners Get
Court Award of $906,546.40
Litgation between the War Depart
ment and owuers of 2o,'hi acres of
land condemned for the use of Camp
Bragg will bo brought to an ci.d
toward the last of the week when
Judge H. U. Connor. Judge of the
Federal Court for tjie Eastern Dis
trict of North Carolina, signs the
decree fixing the values upon the
land taken by the Government.
Values tentatively determined up
on by Judge Connor give the claim
ants approximately seventy per cent
of the amount asked for when they
earn into court. For the 25,lMi
axt to which the War Department
line noj, yet the title, the Court has
determined $,14h'.4'i as against 1,
311,347.22 for the value fixed by the
Hoard of Appraisers named by the
court laat January.
Blaa Ceta llll.ltl
Neill 6. Blue, owner of more than
11(XKI acres of land, gets $:!1 1,191
inatead of the 53010 for which he
fooght through a hot week of court
laat Ju y. The next largest award
of the eourt will be approximately
HW,nO0 u against 2W,0Oe) contend
td ior la Ua eourt, and awarded
TWELVE PERSONS HI RNED
WHEN 1.11(1 (III BECOMKS
IG.MTED AM) EXPLODES
Athena, (.a, Nov. Il Twelve
persons were painfully burned at
CrwwforeavtlU Jodip whn txlresk.
gsllona of confiscated w-nisk-ry
were Ignited by a match and el
ploded, flsrinaj Into a iruwd of
people watching It being poared
out by county authorities.
DAVIS ARGUES IN
RICHMOND GOUR
I
Former British Ambassador
Appears For Greensboro
Electric Company '
Richmond. Va., Nov Z2 Argn
ments on the quest ion as to whether
the Southern Power Company esn
be compelled to Sell rlc-ctrie current
to the North Carolina Public Scr
v t'otnpuliy, supplying tlpe cities
of (irrensbnro and High Point,
vvh'-tlier it prefers to do so or not
was argued (od-tv hi f-.rc the I'nited
States circuit court of appeals and
Milonitted.
No derision is anti ipate.l before
the February term of court. The
iu--.e was appealed from (jreenaburo.
where Circuit District Judge Hov
refi's, d to issue a mandamus co
piling the Southern 1'owor Co
p;iiiv o eo'itinue selling its product
to the piifhi- service coinpaiiv . John
W. Davis, New irk lawjer, former
solicitor general of tho I'nited
States, and later American amhnssa.
dor to (ireat Britain, arguing for
the. public, service coinp.'iriv for the
cities of Greensboro and High Point
joint appellants, insisted that tin
Southern Power Comp'tny had dedi
rated its service to public use and
therefore, had no right, to discon
tinue it.
The same position wns taken by
Aubrey L. Brooks,, (ircensboro nttor
ney, also counsel for the appellants
Judge W. P. Bynum of dreens
horn and W. ti. O'li. Robinson of
Charlotte, counsel for the appellee,
cited the action of the Southern
Railway Company in establishing
the Southeastern Express Company
without even incurring litigation at
the hands of the American Eipress
Comp.mv. which had been using its
trains preivouslv.
This, they contended, indicated
clearlv that the railroad had the
right to substitute its own service
for that of another if it saw fit (n
do so. Litigation in which the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
emerged victor over the Western
l inon Tclcgrnph Co. in contest over
its right to force the telegraph com
puny to discontinue using its right
of way, after the contract hsd ei
pired, was al"o cited.
Counsel on the other side contend
ed that these cases were n d analo
gn. The enr.sr.vt between the
Southern Power Company and the
North Carolina 1'uclic Service Co
having already expired, the appellate
curt will issue an order directing
that the service be continued until
the qui lion is finally settled.
NAME DESTROY ER IN
HONOR OK ADMIRAL FORD.
Washington, Nov. 22. The name
of II. st rover 22", heretofore known
as the "Ford," has been changed to
'John D. Ford," in memory of the
rear admiral of that inline who died
in April, 191, in Baltimore, his
native city. During the Spanish
American war Admiral Kurd wns
Dowov's fleet engineering officer in
the battle of Manila bay and other
engagements in Manila nnd was ad
vance.l three numbers for eminent
and conspicuous service in battle,
the John D. Ford, which was com
missioned in 1H20, is now in winter
quarters at Charleston, S. C.
Christine Niisson Dead
Copenhagen, Nor. 22. By the As
sc.ciated I'ress. IChristine Nilssnn,
the noted operatic soprano, died here
this morning.
them by the Board of Appraisers.
J.S. Muultshywill receive about -'4,-iKKI
instead of the 7,im asked for.
Originally there were 120,110 acres
to be acquired by the (lovernment
for the camp. Much of the land
waa bought through private nego
tiations, and last January there
were 72S tracts outstanding, the
owners of which hadnot been able
to agree with the agents of the
(ioverninent. Judge J, Crawford
Biggs, of the Raleigh bar, was nam
ed by the Attorney (ieneral to take
charge of the litigation.
Judge Biggs Waa Lawyer
A board of appraisers was named
by Judge Connor, and in July hear
ing b-gan beforethe eourt with
property owners who had not at
that time accepted the Government
figures. Hearings lasted for several
weeks. Judge Biggs, and John O.
Shaw, the latter of Fayetteville, ap
pearing for the Government. The
awards by the Board of Appraisers
was vigorously, attacked.
In April, Judge Connor wished to
(Coatiaued oa Page Tea.)
Conference Authorizes Ap
pointment of Sub-Committee
to Study China's
Fiscal Affairs
LAND ARMAMENTS TO
BE DISCUSSED AGAIN
AT AN EARLY SESSION
Senator Oscar Underwood,
Member of American DeL
egation, Suggests Sub
Committee to Make Study
of China's Financial and
Revenue Troubles, Espec
ially Customs Kegula.
tions; Encouraging; Prof,
ress- Being Made In Div
cussion of Far Eastern
Affairs ; Naval Armaments
Also Under Discussion In
formally; Briand Expect
ed To Make Another Plea
In Behalf of Prance'i Po
sition Washington, Nov. 22.-(By the Aa
soeiated Press. - The negotiation
relating to both the Far East and
armament limitation moved mora
slowly toiv a, the attention of tha
arms delegates passed from general
policies to p,vific details.
( hina s e -onotua' embnrrassmaata
formed the -t. it f the Far Kastern
discussions, which resulted in tha
appointment of a subcommittee of
representatives of nine notions to
study tke whole subject nf adminis
trative -autonomy for the Chinese
republic, with particular reference
to tariff and tax restrictions.
: Land Armament Matter.
The land armament problem also
was coiihider.il at various informal
conferences during the day and a
meeting of (he armament committee
of the whole was called for tomor
row with the expectation that Pre
mier Briand, of Franee, would aay
a liist word as lo li s country's at
titude on reduction of armies. It
is understood that he is anxious to
bring the question to a point of a
formal expression by the conference
before his departure for Franee.
On the side of naval armament, In
formal exchanges continued between
individual delegates and naval ei
perts with an air of growing confi
dence that details of the Amerieaa
plan, although requiring consider
able time for determination, would
eventually bring all the powers into
agreement.
Consider Naval Plan.
It is possible that the naval plan
may receive s-nie consideration at
tomorrow's meeting of the five dele
galions which constitute the arma
ment committee of the whole, but
the greater attention is expected to
center on land armament in view, of
the imminence of M. Briand's d-
parture. It is the preservation of
her armysriti the moral hacking of
the principal powers that most ia
ests France at the present stage af
th negotiations, and it is knows
that M. Briand would be pleased
to take back to France with him a
formal conference endorsement of
the position he has taken against
material reduction.
Whether the other delegations
will he willing to go so far aa to
take formal action of that charac
ter just now is uncertain, although
it is taken for granted that at to
morrow's meeting there will bw
many general expressions of appre
ciation for the reasons which impel
France to maintain the largest army
in the world.
Talk Over Problem.
Land, naval and Far Eastern ques
tions were talked over by Secretary
Hughes today with the American ad
visory committee nf twenty-one, aad
after he had presented a report oa
the present status of the negotia
tions, a numlier of sill) committee
were instructed to prepare report
for the American delegates on vari
ous subjects f detail. The submar
ine issue raised by Great Britain
will be one of the questions to be
thus investigated and another whoa
inclusion was regarded aa forecast
ing an entirely new angle of th ne
gotiations will be the use and legiti
macy of new weapons of warfare.
Thus far that subject haa aot beea
mcntjoned in the conference proper.
Chinese Finance.
The sub committee on Chine ad
ministrative autonomy, authorised
today by the -ull body of delegate
of the nine nations sitting aa a com
mittee of the whole on th Far
Eajt, is eipeited to find it ehlef
talk in an attempted re arrangement
of the customs regulationa, which
for many years hav kept China
from imposing a duty of mora that
Ire per ceut on her import. Ia,
addition, there is expected to be a
inquiry into the varioua interna
tional agreements by which eertaia
specified items of the republic's ta
returns must be turned over imme
diately for payment of foreiga ab'
ligations. L.
... - iAt 1 ,
V All oi inese restrictions, ue
rChinese declare, have resulted ia
such a curtailment of national rf'
enuea as td make eeoaosaia prefT
impossible. Sine th. confer bv.'
gan the Chinese delegate kav
phsjlxed tha tariff autonomy aria-',
ciple as on of th meet tasportaat
she wiahed to establish aad taera
.."
(Continued a Fag Twa)
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