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1 - WATCH LABEL " aa ywarr sswr. r4 iimiiI f ay kfm exsrfratWa la erdet OVoid BlMiSf lUsrU OOp. the wanna Cwllin lacrsoasng standi, noae renown by rain Taarsday aast rrtdaytee-de rriesy. News mm. server VOLCXIV. NO. 161. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Ob r 1 k Bra HARDING I ON Nil Reported That He Will An nounce His Choice Within a Few Days TWO NEGROES BEING CONSIDERED FOR JOB Much Talk About President's Failure To Refer To Sol diers' Bonus Bill In Mes sage To Congress; Bonns Legislation Appears Cer- ' tain, However NG NEGRO RECORDER News tnfl Observer Burcsu. 6(13 District Natl. Bank Bldg., By EDWARD E. BR1TTON (By Special Leaned Vfire.) Washington, Dec. 7. -President Harding, on what ii stated to tie reliable authority, ii determined to give to the District of Columbia a negro for recorder of deeds. "Link" t Johnaon, the Georgia negro, who la member of the Republican Na tional Committee, was knocked out of confirmation because of the dec larationa of Senator Watson and Harris, of Georgia, that i.c was per sonally ohjretionalde. And so Prcn dent Harding is going to try out the Senate by offering it another I c;ro for recorder anil put the negro :u n position where he will huic a large nnmter of young white women under his direction. Announcement Soon The statement made is that Preni dent Hardiug'a aoleetion will be named in a very few days and that his choice now lies between two negroes, one a resident of New York and the other from a Middle 'Vest State. Many negroes have been un derstood to hnve been ir. the run ning, but by the pr.iee.ss (-' eliiniua tiou the list has been reduced to two. H was thought for a while that President Harding would nomii ate Cliarles Coftrcll, a prominent n politician of Toledo, Ohio, who was held to be in the lead of the rive or aix negroes from Ohio presented to the President for his consideration I but it is explained with som-j em phasis at the White Uuuso that to Ohio negro has a chant r., that I resi dent Hnrding thinks that i-ln-ad" he hat been fairly good to Ms State, . and besides that he has appointed one Ohio negro to an important fed crnl position. There hns been Republican Ink Ing here for Whitehefd McKinlev, i Bepubliean negro of Waahiigton and he has been endorsed fir the position by Edward F. Col In Jay, the Republican national coram. 'teenian for the district, but the intimation ia that he ia out of it. It a thought that the negro from the Middle West being considered ia either Arthur Froe, an attorney of Welch. W. Vs., or J. A. Lott, an attorney of Indim apolis. There are a number of while men who are cumulates tor thi place, but at the Whito House it :s felt certain that the President has decided to follow precedent of past Bepubliean presidents ai.d appoint a negro to tli position. What will ' happen to tho nomination when it strikes the Senate is another que tion, and the negro who ia named had beet be certain that he has a record that ia not vulnerable, or lie will have hard sledding on various lines of attack. Left Ont Bonis Matter There has been considerable talk here about the fact that Prosiii- Harding, in his annual message to Congreas, had nothing to aav about soldier bonus legislation. When he anneared before the Senate and pleaded for no action at that time en the soldier bonua matter, his position was that all that was asked was delay. But yesterday he did n it even say wait a while but was silent on the question. Despite this fact, however, It now appears eer thin that very soon in this session there will be something doing and thst there will be n soldier bonns bill before Congresa. And when that bill again rets - hearing it will pass for the Republican! have htnrd ominous sounds that they will not i dare diaregard. Neither President Harding nor Secretary of the Treas r Mellon have announced any change of views, but the sentiment thron'hont the country hss been found to be so strong for thia mesa ore that it will be enacted despite ny executive Interference. The Democrats fought to put the measure across during the extra sea lion, and it wduld have passed but for tho apepnrance of President Harding before the Senate in oppo ition. Tho latest news is that eon tor Mr-Cumber of North Dakota, in tho Senate, and Chairman Fordney f Michigan, in the Honse, have both expressed themselves as ready to go head with the bill. Simmons' Proposal. Tho plan that is favored is that proposed by Senator Simmons, this for tho adjusted compensation to bo paid out of the Interest on the 111,000,000,000 war debt of Europe to America. There is a view among many mem bers of Congress that Secretary Weeks will pass tho bark to Con ' f res in the matter of the bid of Henry Ford for tho purchase of tho Muscle Shoals plant. In this mat tor Representative Davis of Tennes see lays that ho expects that Sec re tary Works will transmit the "bid "with only a colorless recommenda tion, or without recommendation, but . ia either ease accompanied with sr - foments against acceptance." Ho holds that tho only way to have tho bid accepted is for publie opinion to aet to work for it. ' Publie sent! eat i favor of accepting Ford's offer la aa strong," aaid Mr. Dsvis, , "that it cannot bo ignored. Sooner or later Secretary Wseks will have - to taki action." And that action as - jCoaUaee a Pago TweJl Senate Confirms A. D. Watts In Straight All Democrats Vote For Con firmation; Republicans Against SENATE WOULD NOT CUT PROPERTY EXEMPTION Upper Honse Makes Ko Prog ress On Mots To Limit Few 'Roll Caff BUM" " - Confirmation of A. D. Watts as Commiaalonsr of Revenue by a vote in which party linea were unbroken defeat of the bill to reduce the per aonal property exemption from $300 to SUM) and failure to take final ac tion on the reaolution providing for adjournment on December 18, fea. tured yeaterday's session of the Sen ste which lasted for two hours and thirty minutes. Opposition within the Democratic party to the Commissioner of Reve nue which has been voiced repeal edly since A. D. Wstts received the appointment for a four-year terra beginning with May 1, last, did not find expression on the floor yester day. Only one speech was made, while a roll-call demanded by Sen ator Bumgarner, of Wilkes, the mi nority Boor leader, resulted IB. a vote ef Sfl to 7 for eonnrmntlon every Democrat in the chamber voting for confirmation and tne motion being opposed by all of the Republicans. The nomination was sent to me Senate by the Governor yesterday shortly after the session convened, but action upon it was postponed (Continued on Page Two) Foci To Decorate Colors of Two Regiments at Monroe; Moving Orders Fayetteville, Dec. 7. Under or ders from tho War Department re ceived at Camp Bragg today, Gen eral A. J. Bowley, commanding offi cer of the camp, has directed the eolors of the Fifth and Seventeenth regiments of artillery, the combined regimental bands and a battery of field artillery made np from both regiments to proceed to Monroe, whore the eolors of the two regi ments will be decorated with the hisrhest military honors within the gift of tho French Republic nt the hands of Field Marshal rerdinana Foch. General Bowley, who commanded the artillerymen when American forces broke down the German ad vance at Chateau-Thierry on July 18, 1919, and turned back tho tide of invasion, the commanding officers of the regiments all officers at Camp Bragg who served overseas, and about 100 men will go to Monroe to participate in the ceremonies. The battery of artillery will proceed across the country, and the officers and colors will leave Iriday morn ing. An impressive scene will bt en acted when tho supreme commander of the Allied armies pins the four- ragere on the flags of the two regi ments. The colore of the two regl meats will occupy the center of the formation, Hawked on either side by the guards and by the battery of field pieces. Behind them tho band, with the trumpeters. General Bow ley will stand beside the Marshal as tho decoration is conferred. CONDUCTORIsllELD ON MURDER CHARGE Preliminary Hearing of R. E. Crawford To Be Held . at Salisbury Salisbury, Dec. 7. The prelimi nary hearing of Conductor B. E. Crawford of Asheville, charged with the killing of Engineer Sam Hlnton by striking him in the head with a bottle at Spencer Monday, when the latter made remarks reflecting on the wife of the conductor, has been set for Thursday at 10 a. m. in Row an eounty court. Judge T. G. Furr will hear the ease and the State will bo represent ed by B. D. McCubbins and U H. Clement, Jr. Crawford, now in jail here, has employed Linn and Linn and Judge P. S. Carlton to represent him, and it is learned will make an effort to secure bond Wednesday. Two brothers of the accused man, a brother-in-law and his wife, com ing from Commerce, Os., arrived in Salisbury today and it is learned will stand by Crawford ia his trial. So far aa is known neither the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers nor the Order of Railway Con ductors have taken any hand ia the matter. WANT HALF MILLION ISSUE FOR FORSYTH Winston 8alem, Dee. 7. A bill au thorized by tho eounty commis sioners wis lent to Raleigh this af ternoon for introduction in tho legislature. It provides for tho Is suance of 4500,000 in road bond by Forsyth, tho money to bo used ia building a hard surf see road from this city via Walkertown to tho Stokes county hne, and for poviLg interest money to bo advanced for tho State ia building roads from hero to. tho Davio and Tsdkin eounty lines. Tho State has proposed to build these thoroughfares if tho eounty would provide the fundi, tho same to be paid bask later by ths ifluta, . - , . ,,r ... ARTILLERYMEN TO GREET WAR HERO Party Line-Up Murphy's Bill Would Make Radical Revision of Au tomobile Law MAKE SECRETARY STATE VEHICLE COMMISSIONER Honse Measure Proposes Abolition of State Cotton Warehouse Tax Divorce on the grounds of incur able insanity attested to by the superintendent of the institution in which the patient has been confined for five years or more, and reduction of the period of residence necessary for securing a divorce in the State from five to two years are provided for ia a measure aubmitted to the Houao yesterday by Representative McSwain, of Cleveland eounty. Repeal of the eptton warehona tax and the distribution of the WOO.OOO warehouse fund among the counties from which it was collected to he administered locally for warehouse construction, two automobile anti theft laws tho requirement of two reputable witnesses, one man and one woman, to certify the deatruetion of seised liquors, and two measures re .uealing the .State wide stock law were also included in the even hslf hundred bills submitted to the House. McSwain'a Day. It was Representative McSwain's day in the House. Seven of the 3 bills introduced bore his name, and two of his measures were matters of Statewide interest. The warehouse bill is fathered by him, and will be (Continued on Page Two.) E Board Commissioners Not Required To Levy Tax of 41c. For School Purposes Mandamus seeured by the Board of Education of Yadkin County in Superior court against the Board of Commissioners of the eounty to re quire that board to levy a forty-one cent school tax for tho year 1021 de dared aoeessary to pay teachers' salaries and pro-vide a six months school was reversed ind Vemanded by tho Buprems Court yesterday in a a opinioa written by Associate Jutice W. P. Btaey. It is the clear intent of tho legis laturs on the subject, the opinion holds, that thirty cents with a tor responding tax on tho poll is the limit beyond which, for the main tenanee of six months school term tho county must go to tho Vtate School fund. The suggestion is of fered that in ease of tho inadequacy of the county a pro rata part of the State School fund in addition to the .10 cent levy, "further means should be employed to meet the exigencies of the occasion. Upholding the constitutionality of the Statute under which the action was commenced, tho court's opinion held that the imperative necessity of levying a tax rate in full compliance with the plaintiff's demsnds or that ordered by ths judge, is not made to appear from the record. The Board of Commissioners, it was set forth, has levied a thirty cent tax on property and a eor responding tax on the poll to raise the salary fund- It is provided by Section 4, Chapter 146, Publie Lowa 1121. that no county shall be com plied to levy more and that if more necessary for a six months ichrx.1, the additional contribution should come from the State Publie School fund. Legislative Intent. The clear intent of the legislature. Justice Stacy, says, is that when the limit of 30 cents ia rescheu recourse should bo had to the public school fund. It is alleged in the com plaint, however, thst with ths funds derived from tho 30 cent tax, even though supplemented by the eou ty pro rata shars of tho equalising (Continued on Page Two) JAMES A. JONES DIES AT LAURINBURG HOME Prominent Oitiien Passes Away Suddenly As Result Heart Failure Laurinburg. Dee. 7,-Jsmes Arch ibald Jones, one of the wealthiest and most popular oitiseni of this section of the State, died suddenly of heart failure today about two o clock. Mr. Jones was about 47 years old snd waa born near Laurinburg. June 24, 1008, he was married to Miss Mary McNair, daughter of John F. McNair. Mr. Jonee waa president of the State Bank of Laurinburg, nnd gen eral manager of tho Laurinburg and Southern Railroad. He waa also president of tho cotton oil mills of Lttmborton, Bed Springs nnd Laurin burg, and vice-president of four Laurinburg cotton mills. Besides these positions ho was general man agar of tho many Interest! of John F. McNair, hero an elsewhere. His Interest in tho many different Industrial and other enterprises ia thia eeetioa of the State makea his death deep blow, not only to his family bat to this section. Mr. Jonos is survived by hie widow and throe children, and three brothers and one sister. Ho waa a steward of the Laurinburg Methodist church, being on of its molt faithful and useful members. Tho fuaeral will bo conducted Friday stoning at U e upoly YADKIN SCHOOL CASE REV RED ORCED TO BREAK TAX LIMIT PLEDGE DECLARESBROOKS: Answers Direct Challenge Made By Representative R. A. Doughton COMMITTEE SUSTAINS DEFICIT RESOLUTION Fight On Educational Polioy Continues Before Commit tee, Brooks and Watts Are Asked To Produce Figures; Bowie Expected To Renew Attack Faced for the first time with a direct challenge to answer for break ing the pledge written into tho Re valuation Act that taxes collected under the act should not exceed thoee of the preceding year. Super intendent E. C. Brooks, defending hie administration of tho State schools before the Joint Committee on Education yesterday afternoon, shifted the blame to the counties. Three times the question was put directly by Representative R. A. Doughton, who wrote the pledge in to the act, and repeated it in the Finance Act of 1!20, before Dr. Brooks answered it as directly with the declaration that the demand by the countiea for higher grade teach ers forced the collection of more money than the ten per cent increase would raise. , All Day Hearing The issue waa drawn toward the close of the hearing that began at 10 o clock yesterday morning, and resumed shortly after the adjourn ment of the House in tho afternoon. Within a few minutes after Mr.I Doughton had asked the question; motion was made to report favor ably the reaolution providing for the bonding of the school deficit of 710,000. The motion csrried by a vote of 25 to 4, and the Senate com niittee took similar action. Every phase of the administration of the schools of the State has been drawn into the discussion that cen ters around the passage of a resolu tion taking care of the deficit in tho school fund. Tuesday afternoon Dr. Brooks 'was attacked by Bepro- sentstive Bowie. Yesterday morn ing the dimension breams mrrps gen eral, even omtional, and yesterday afternoon, centered sround tho ques tion of school taxation. Wants Watte to Report Echo of the clash between Bowie, nnd Brooks Tuesday afternoon came in the Houao yesterday morning when Representative Everett of Durham offered a resolution calling, upon the Commissioner If Revenue to furnish the General Assembly a detailed report of what reductions in valuations had been made by him and upon Superintendent Brooks to report in detail to the General As semhly the salary schedule of its expenditures. The resolution would know how far the values of property in eacD eounty have been eut, what their present tai ratea are, what indi vidual reductiona in property have been ordered. It would also have in formation as to what the State De partment of Education does with the money that has been appropriated to it, how much to eoupty superin tendents, etc. Similar information from Dr. Brooks was demanded in a Sesolu tion offered by Representative Cowles shortly before tho adjourn uient of the House. Mr. Cowles had taken a vigorous part in denouncing the eitravagance of the school sd ministration at the morning hear ing. He pitched the discussion on largely partisan grounds. Again Under Flro Dr. Brooks was again before the committee at the afternoon session, defending hia administration, snd explaining how the deficit of f710, 000 enme about. Again he told that tho unexpected influx os teachers whose professional standing made them eligible fur higher salaries, made an unexpected drain on the fund provided for paying them The whole answer was pitched on that basis, but Dr. Brooks was not able to hold the discussion to thst phase of the eituation. Represcn tntive Bowie renewed his attack on tho position taken by Dr. Brooks that counties nre compelled to levy sufficient taxes to run the schools on hia salary schedule, regardless of tho constitutional limitation of 30 eents. Mr. Bowie charged that Dr. Brooks had exceeded his authority in di rectlnjf the eountics to levy more than 30 eents, thst tho schools were costing too much in overhead ad ministration, that the business me thods of the department were nn sound. Ho denied that there waa any deficit, and denounced the ef fort to appropriate even the premi urns on tho bonds to some new pur peso. Donghtea Takeea Hand Dr. Brooks took tho floor again and repeated hia simple story of a alary schedule enacted into Inw by tho General Assembly in 1920; the fact that tho counties had employed aa nnexpeetedly large number of bitter equipped teachers, nnd tnjt there was aot enough money to pay them with. At that juncture Mi. Doughton took tho floor. Wss it tho intention of your de partment to live within the ten per cent pledge written into tho Kevsls ation actf" Mr. Doughton asked. , "It was, replied Dr. Brooks, vl dontly surprised by tho directness with whleh tho question waa put XCoatjaaag fag. XwaJt, FUTURE OF IND!A AND ITS BEARING ON WORLD PEACE Wells Says 'Hands Off Pol icy Will Solve The Asia tic Problems REAL ASSOCIATION, OF .... NATIONS IS POSSIBLE Removal of Rival Fear Among Nations Will Settle Questions of 'Possessions' and 'Subject Peoples'; Duty of Girdle of English Speaking Nations By B. G. WELLS (By arrangement with the New Yo k World and the Chicago Tribune It is difficult to think of any sub ject more completely out of the agenda of the j1 I Washington eon iLl ferenco. than the f.- future of Inlia 'v jir .... j j. nut none uriiifiii'i. g1 I .our attention more . sf I nrirentlv if we are to ' biiibf up ant- thing like a work nig conception of an Association of Nations. Home days ago Senator Johnson leclared. that he had received as surances from President naming that no further atepa toward a deft nite organixation of an Association of Nations were to be taken for the present, but these, assurances will not hinder ths drift of thoughts and events towards such a developing systsra of understandings as must at last, ia fuel if not in name, eon -dilute a world association. Indeed, I lie .less we try to fix such a thing at ,present and the more we hink it t, the more probable and safe is its coming. 1et the President go on. Iicrefore, taking no stops directly towsrds his association, but proceed inn as he must do very soon, with iome sort of international confer ence ujion the economic disorder of the world and also with the creation of some arrangement, permanent un derstanding, or whatever other name may be given to that commission which ia inevitable if the peace of the Pacific ia to be guide secure, and let us who are dealers in the flimsier preparatory stuff of ideas and public opinion get on with our discussion of tho wider stsbnfxtng understand ing that looms bohiad. roaoo Domaaei rrtee I have already said that from every country, world peace and uni versal prosperity will demand price. The price America will need to pay, if she is to impose her con ception of a universal peace upon the world, is a great intellectual ef fort, an effort of sympathy, an sbsn- donment of some venerated tradi tiona, and in addition ahe must nerve herself to what may seem st first very great financial generosities. France must pav by laying aside an ancient and cherished quarrel, her rlorious and tragic militarism and the lust vestige of her imperial ambi tion. The thought of predomi nnnee and the thought of rpenge must be the German sacrifice ami Britain also must pay in an al'ero alltitude to those wide "possessions' of hers inhabited by alien peole that have hitherto constituted th hulk of her empire. The destiny ef nirthe English speaking democraries that have risen now from Ixiug Itritish colonies to semi independent states seems fairly clear. They will go on to nation hoed; therr lirks to (ireat Britain, continually less form.i and legal and more and more nnd more strongly sympathetic, wil be supplemented by their attraction towards America due to afl'nity and common eharucter. All the mis chief makers in the world cannot I think, prevent the D'ltdi Knjli-h o South Africa, the English-French o Canada, the English Freneh of A. is tralia, the r-nglish Heotch of JNe v Zealand, the Americana, th's n emancipated ircland r.nl Uritain being drawn together st last ly al tliei commiHi habits of thjngbt nnd speech and even by I'm nielbwe memories of their past conflicts, into a ennaeioua brotherhood of indepen dent but co-operative i ations. Ireland's Fatare The day has come for the Irish to recognize that the future is of more value than the past. Even without any other etates, this girdle of English speaking states about the globe could be a great prednminan association. With thia . English speaking circle of peoples, a whole series of experiments in separation independent action, readjustment cooperation and federation have been made in the last century and a half and are still going on, of the utmost significance in the problem of human association. No other series of communities has had such experiences. No other communities have so much to give mankind in these matters. Tho German coales eenees have been marred by ol methods of force, methods which have usually failed In tho English cases; and Spain nnd Latin America are at least half a century behind the English-speaking world in the arte and oxperienco of political eo operation. India Ontaido Circle But when wo turn to India we turn to something absolutely outside the English-speaking world girdle. Ono of the many manifest faults of that most premature project, the Leagno of Nations, was tho fiction that brought ia India as a self gov ernlng nation, as if she were th tame sort of thing aa those self governing western states, it was indeed a most amaxlng assumption India is aot, nor anything liko natioat India is a aoafnaod taxiai JSsiSimi iM tm FOUR-POWER AGREEMENT MA Y SOL VE ALL PA CIFIC PROBLEMS A T ONE TIME HARDING VOICES OPTIMISTIC NOTE Says Conference Is Going To Succeed "Beyond Our Fondest Hopes" SPEAKS TO RED CROSS AND UNION FARMERS 'I Know Whereof I Speak," Declares President, In Re ferring To Progress of Arms Conference; Proud of Influence Wielded By The United States Washington, Dee. 7 (By the As soriated Press.) -Decided optimism with respect to the results of the armament conference was exprcsied by President Harding today in two rief addresses, on to a delegation of farmers and the other st the sn- nual meeting of ths American Bed Cross. Sneaking to s delegstion from the natiour.l board or farm orgsniia lions, the National Farmers' I'nion nil affiliated organizations which culled at the White House, the Presi dent, said : This conference will demonstrate the wisdom of internationally com ing together nations facing each other ami settling problems without resort to arms. Several hours later Mr. Harding in convening the annual meeting ot the lted Cross, in referring to the conference declared: Going To Succeed 'We are going to succeed beyond our funib'st hopes; it is getting to be pleasing to be able to any that things never done before we can do now," Tho President, in making this statement, remarked: "I know whereof I speak." Whether aignificant or not, it was noted that Secretary Hughes, head of the American delegation and chairman of the conference, hid visited tho Whito House and. held somevrhat lengthy eon fore eo with the President before the Red Cross sddress. "I dont know of any rolatlna- ship," Mr. Harding said, "which cornea with tho Presidency of the republic, which touches tho heart and appeals to that inner man so intimately aa association with .the American Red Cross. Prond of Red Crooo "I wish 1 could siK'ak a littlo mor intimately. 1 am just as proud of what the American Red Cros dros as though I were sn intimate and ac tive participant in all its programs. It is one of the finest manifestat 3n of the better side of America that has ever been shown to ourselves or to the world. I hope with all my heart that much of the big work which has been yours in the past will never be asked of you again. It will le a wonderful thing for you and for me to have lived in a perm when we have brought the conscience of atjinkind into an underatandi ii; where we shall have done something' tangible to prevent calling upon yju Hga'ii for ar aervioo. And I like to say to yon, because I know whereof I spesk. We are going 'o saeceed beyond our fondest hopes; It Is getting to ho pleasing to be able to ssy thst things never done before wo ran do now. There Isn't anything Imnpaaihlo when the conscience of present day civilisa tion Is fixed on that accomplish ment. Prasd of America "And quite spart from our contri bution to this new consciousness in the world, quite apart from the immediate benefits and satisfaction which come to us, what a wonderful thing it is to have lived in thought :ind acted in such a uny as to bring the deliberate i 1 1 "l l jgerit public opinion of the world to this conclu sion. I nm so proud of America. I don't mean in the sense we have heretofore heavted becomingly I don't mean in any materialistic way or in that magic accomplish ment which is justly the pride of Americans, but I am proud of America because I have been the witness to the radiation of Ameri can conscience and American pub lie. sentiment to ths furthermost parts of the world. - American Influence. "You haven't any idea the influence which the state of mind of this re public bss had on the other nations of the world in thia very crucial and important time. And it is sn fine to know that the rest of mankind ac cepts the attitude of this great, pow erful nation, much abler to go on in a competition for armament, di ii ' h stronger to. assert its demands through physical might than anybody else In the world today, and yet notwithstanding that more fortunate position of physical might and financial strength, here Is our repub lic asking nothing of anybody else in the world except to join us in the accomplishment of a thing which God would wish and for which hu manity must rejoice. GEO. S. SHAKESPEARE DIES AT LENOIR HOME Lenoir, Doe. T. George O. Shakes prare, ono of tho, leading furniture manufacturers of the Stnts. and prominent eitiun of Lenoir, died it his homo here today. Hii remiins will ba taken la his boyhood horns in Palawan. Jomorrow for latorasoat RALEIGH MAN GETS HIGH SHRINE HONOR Y--.'. ; f - CHARLES V. YORK. Raleigh Now Has Two Totes' In Active Service: Cere monial at Charlotte - By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. (Staff Correspondent.) Charlotte, Dec. 7.- -Charles V. York, of Raleigh, wns today acclaim ed illustrious Potentate of Oasis Temple of the Mystic Shrine at its annual winter ceremonial here to day. His election ly a unanimous vote, was accompanied by the big gest ovation of the Knleigh contrac tor career. With becoming modesty, the new potentate promised the t'our tlinus- sand members pf Oasis Temple the beat service witVin his power. His election gives Raleigh the unique honor of having two illustrious po tentates In sctire service at the same time, tho other "poto" being W. R. Smith, head of Sudan Temple at New Bern, who was here today to join in honoring his fellow towns ma n. No Opposition Hints of an effort to 'displace the Kaleigh man from regular succession to the highest, office of the sbrine proved without foundation. A Irrrn of circumstances placo'd the Raleigh man's residence within the jurisdic tion of Sudan Temple, but did not render him ineligible for election to office. Through years of faithful nork, York had made himself the logical man for the place regardless of territory, jurisdiction, or favorite sons and his fellow Klirinera were delighted to honor him today. , Officers Elected Other onVirs were advanced one rank in accordance with custom with the exception of Thomas tlrif fith and W. 1 McDonald, recorder and treasurer, respect ivelv, who are regularly re elected. Charles F. Long, of lliuli Point, succeeded to tho position of outer guard mado, vacant by the a-haio-eiio-nt i,f En gene 11. i.raiiam, ot i narioiie, to captain of the guard. Otln r officers elected today are: Chief HaM.an, A (1. Myers, Gastunia: Assistant Chief Kal.l.an, J. i. Elliott. Hickory; High Priest, and Prophet, lr. Chase P. Amliler, Asheville; Oriental (inide, U I). Sutherland, Charlutte; First Ceremonial Master, .1. Le'irand Everett, Rockingham; Second Cere monlal Master, C. M. Vanstnry, Greensboro; Marshal, P. T Wilson, Winston Salem. Julian Price, of Greensboro, nnd Dr. J W. Grin', retiring potentate, of Asheville, were elected representatives to the Iniper in! Council of the 8hrine, which meets in Han Francisco next June. To l ead Delegation Potentate York J1 have the honor of leading the delegation from Oasis Temple end already plans are being made to operate 9 special train across the continent for the event at Han Francisco, Recorder Griffitli reported two hundred and twelve candidates pres ent to take degrees in the Shrine. Charlotte was gaily decked today (Continued on Page Two.) CQWLEYTOARRIVE AT MONROEJOMORROW Will Be Accompanied By 100 Men and Band To Greet Marshal Foch Monroe, Dec. 7. General A. J. Rowley of Camp Bragg has In formed ths Foch reception com mittee here that he will he in Monroe by sutomoblle it five o'clock on Friday afternoon with one kindred enlisted men, eight officers, a band of thirty pieces and foir pieces of artillery. Re and his officers will ho guests of the city at a six o'clock banquet, which Is to be given ia honor of Invited guests from over tho State pending tho arrival of Mar. hal loch's train. With the sail. I tary hand and tho Hoy ScoitV band of Charlotte, there will bo ample music. Tho city of Char, lotto Ii lending tho scoot bsnd at the city's expense, which la vary mack approctatosl bf the) YORK POTENTATE OF OASIS TEMPLE Mutual Pledge Not To Fight Over Pacific Dis putes Basis of Proposed Substitute Treaty "COOLING OFF PERIOD" OF DISCUSSION MADE ONE OF ITS FEATURES Discussions of New Proposal In Place of Anglo-Japanese Alliance Well-Advanced, But None of Four Nations Has Given Its Final Approval; Both Jap anese and Chinese Reflect Optimism Over N'gotia tions Over Shantung Ques tion ; Pledge To Respect Chinese Neutrality Given By "Big Nine"; Growing reeling That All Problems Will Be Included In One Blanket Understanding Washington. Dee. 7.-(Bt the As sociated Press.) A mutual pledge not to go to war over disputes in the Pacific without a "cooling oh period" of discussion, ia the basis of the new four power treaty proposed as a substitute for ths Anlo Japa nese Alliance. Diacussions of the proposal among the irmi delegates -hsve reached a 11 advanced stage, although none of the governments concerned tho I'nited states, Great Britain, Japan, and France has given its final ap proval. A suggestion that the Auglo- Jspanese pact Iw revoked hsi gone to London nnd Tokio. Possible con troversies over the Pacifis islands alone, exclusive of the Hawaiian group and Vap, would come under tho provisions of the new agreement, Vup is to be the subject of n separ ate treaty, negotiations for whi'H kro nearing completion, and Hawaii is to lie considered for purposes of tho agreement ss part uf the American mainland. China Is Excluded The probeius of China or other portions of tho Asiatic mainland no not to bo touched by the proposed treaty, nor will it contain provisions relating to Pacific fortifications or tho nival rrductioa program. It ft possible, however, thst ill of th?to questions may come simultaneously to the point of a decision. By the Ameriran delegates, the project il regarded aa establishing neither an alliance nor an entente, but merely as applying to the Pacific ialanda 'he principle of the thirty odd Bryan oence treaties to which the United States already ia n party. A publie statement setting forth that position probably will bo mado in the near future by Secretary Hughes. No Otitis! Statement. For the present, the authorised American spokesmen prefer to any nothing sbout their conversation! oa the subject, w.uch hsvs been proceed-' ing entirely behind th curtain of "executive sessions." Apparently the negotiations ao far have been kept within a very narrow circle etntering in the ''Big Thru''--Hughes, Balfour and Kato. An evidence of the optimism with which American officials who ars in ou the secret, view the general situa tion in the arms conference waf giveu today, however, by President Harding, who declared ia a publil address that the negotiations prom ised to "succeed beyond our fondest holies." Without making direct ref erence to tho proposed four powei agreement, he predicted that the Washington conference would Usher in a new day in international imity. All the outward indications point 1 1 a merging of the Pacific quoatlon v, tli the naval ratio problem so fal as tho hnal decisions of some of tho foreign nations are concerned. No 1 1-1 1 1 v from Tokio regarding the naval Itiction plan now is expeeted until the Japanese government also il ready to make some expression on the four power propoisl. It is pos sible that in tho tins! analysis tho questions of rjhaiitung and China generally may also become inter- woven in tne general scheme before a specific and definite settlement of any of these elements is reached. Settle All tluesllons Thus, it would not surprise clone (bsirvers here if the whole range of controversies under eonsideritioa were gathered in the end nndor one blanket understanding, to be trans lated then into several formal in struments of sgreement. Both Japanese and Chinese reflect ed optimism over the shantung negotiations tonight after mother meeting in which Japan offered to give up the publie property in tho leased territory ot ruao-vnow, as another step toward meeting the Chinese position. In the committee of whole of the nine nations reso lution wss, sdoptcd during ths day pledging respect for China neutral ity in future wsrs, snd snotner re stricting the uses of foreign radio facilities on Chinese soil. There is a genersl feeling that all of these subjects, the Chlaeae questions, Shantung, the naval rati and the new "cooling off" treaty may all move ilong concurrently so thit none of them reaches defialte sottlemsnt until all are ready Jto be lumped into a final program of ae- eompiisnmenb I ncrosst asrrvwo. While I have found nuny a' satisfaction la the knowledge ef the tender things and sympathoU thlngi and helpful thing! aid Cnrti Uke thing! which yen have loan, H , . . ICwttamtd. oa pee tUsiae4