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w . CntCVLATION , : WEATHER. Fair and Warmer Tuesday and Wednes- , day. .-. -j?; Leads All ! Dallies ; In Northwestern . North Carolina ; PUB LIS H E D D A I L v I N ; . T H ; LARGE S T C, IT Y I N ' N O R TH CAROL I N A 3' VOL. xxiii:, NO. 131. CONGRESS RULED BY REPUBLICANS BEGINS TO GRIND MERRILY G. 0. P. According to Program Speaker GUIett Is Re-elected Presld - ing House Officer CONGRESSMAN KITCHIN BACKED BY DEMOCRATS Flood's Effort to Disturb Well Oiled Machinery Proves to : Be in Vain . (By Tba Aaawlated Prwua) Washington, April 11. The Sixty seventh congress v convened today with few departure from' time-honored precedent cand .adjourned until tomorrow when, at 1 o'clock, a joint session will'- bear Prealdent Harding deliver his opening message," Appointment of committees .to no tify the prealdent, of the assembling of the extraordinary session, reelec tion' of Speaker GUIett and other Re publican officers of the houae. Intro duction of hundred ot bills and res olutions in the house and organisa tion affairs were the principal fea tures of today's . session. The senate,- which, was organised by that Re publican at the extra session last month, wa in session only 20 min utes, but tha house organisation re quired several hours.' Crowds of spectators thronged both senate and house galleries. . c... Harding's Message. President Harding's -message to morrow is to be the signal for begin ning tha .session's work. - A' ' great rush at the. house chamber for the first appearance ' of the ' new' execu tive bafore -congress is expected. Ad mission Is to ba by card only and tickets were the object of lively ef fort today? -?.. ,.. .... - - The senate also will get down to business tomorrow, when bill ; and resolution are to be Introduced and debate begun on the 136.000.00 Colombian treaty,' . Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. Republican : .leader,' gave evidence today that ne would move for -penilacu-esloneaad hlin self make the initial speech In be half of rattfioatlon. He will be fol lowed by Senator Kellogg. .Republi can, Minnesota.- an opponent ot the treaty, and by Senators Pomerone, Democrat," Ohio,- and Knox;' Republi can. Pennsylvania, in Its support The final rote will come April 20, under previous agreement. Emergency Bill. The emergency tariff -bill. Intro duced today, i to be tha first busi ness of the houe Debate Is to start Wednesday and";1eader hope for prompt passage. .'. Chairman Pen rose of the senate finance committee said tonight the bllK also would ba rushed through the senate. Demo crats, he added, were disposed to withhold discussion until the perma nent tariff bill 1 brought in. He also announced that the finance commit tee would meetsWednes"-,a.y to take up internal- revenue revision. . In the opening preliminaries to day the -overwhelming - Republican majorities -of 22 1n the senate and about 170 In the house, worked with precision. Speaker GUIett was re elected, tit to 122. with Representa tive Kit chin, North Carolina. Demo cratic floor leader, his perfunctory epponent. Representative London, New York, tha onlv Socialist mem ber, voted "present." The Republi cans also bowled over an attemnt hv Representative Flood, to Investiga tion of the election "f Representative Richard R. Bird, Republican, Kan sas, who. It was alleved. spent in ex cess of $10,000 in his election cam paign In violation of the federal cor rupt practices act. No BDIr Welcome. In the senate, the Republicans, un der the leadership of Senator Lodge, held off attempts to introduce bills and other business today. Benator IiOdge said the precedents were .for postponement until after receipt of the president's message. " . All house committees were organ lied today but the senate commit tees went over because of .a.'dealre of the Republicans to Increase their representation on the ten principal enea Republican senators will con fer tomorrow before the session to arrange tha committee- schedule with Democratic leader planning opposi tion and criticism. BQlSALONGIi SUPREME POWER Labor Struggle in Great Britain Enters Upon Negotiations With Bright Prospect of Settlement (By Tae aaaoeiatsd Prra) London, April li. Tha respective conienuuna ot ma mine owner and striking miner are now In the hands of tha prima minister, who Is to take them under advisement, and meet the representatives ef the two sides in tha coal dlaputa tomorrow. The conference of the owner and miners, with government . officials' participating, met at the board of trad tbia morning and at the request of the premier submitted at the af ternoon session exhaustive state menu of their cases, . which' .Mr. Lloyd George has arranged to dis cuss with them separately, meeting the mine owners at 11 o'clock in the morning, and the .miners at 12:10 af ter which the Joint conference will b resumed. V i Outlook Favorable. The prospects, therefore, are fa vorable, although U la stilt too early to say that the Crisis ha been verted The mine owners, even If I they were willing to make new wage M-onoaals. were today unprepared with any concrete echeme, and tha i resent Indication r that the con ferenee proceedings -Will ba pro ' tractad. . Aa official talemeni wa Issued TWELVE PAGES TODAY AVIATORS DEFEATED , BY BUBONIC PLAGUE (by The associated rrtiO ""' Washington. April It. Tha two airplane piloted by marines which left here for a flight to the Virgin Islands last week am retiming without navtag reached their ob jective, tt was announced today al tiMl nary department. The plane turned back at San Domingo City, It was said, because of bobem? plague epidemic at Sen Juan, Pur to Itlco,' the next and Inst stop scheduled . before the Virgin Is lands. The planes returned Saturday to Port AnPrince, Haiti, whence they are scheduled to fly to feiiiwt tenants, Cuba. The-' will retrace the route taken on their Outbound flight on their return here. ; Irreconcilables Come . Across With Purpose to Promote Spirit of Co-operation PRESIDENT WILL MIX WITH CONGRESSMEN No Solemn Dignity and Abrupt ' Departure When He Reads 1 Messages in Person . . - ." (By DAVID IjAWRENCE , Bpacial Correspondent Winstoa-Saleia Journal. , ' Copyright, 1921. - Washington.' April 11. President Harding and congress have entered upon an era of complete partnership. Talks with returning members whose factional difference ware pronouue ed in the last, congress indicate thai Mr' Harding has behind -him In con gress' a powerful influence to.' Q operation. "Irreconcilable"' : aa- well 1M i-eservatlonlet" as the groups bs etme kirown In the treaty fight lira asserting with ntntstakabl poaltiva nr that "thtf -president and the sen ate are going to gat, along earepUon. allly well together." . Mr. Harding ha decided to read liis address to congress. On the sur face .this seem as If he had merely swallowed another Wilson policy, but there will be a. distinct difference be tween the way of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Harding. The former was wont to enter the executive chamber la sol emn dignity and depart as abruptly as ho came To Be Real Mixer. Mr. Harding vlewa his visit to the capltot as an opportunity to mingle with colleagues In the cloak rooms and drink in tha atmosphere of fel lowship which Is characteristic of the membership of both tha senate and house Irrespective of parties. The new president can call members of congress by their first names- and hardly feel that ha Is doing some thing artificial to curry favor. . The writer ha been talking with some of iha so-called "bitter-enders" In the senate who feel satisfied that (Continued on Page Seven SEVEiOAPANESE PUT UNDER BOND Members of Crew of Eric Maru Are Charged With Vlolatlug . Prohibition Laws ' (By Tk Associated Preaa,) Jacksonville, Fla., April 11. Seven Japanese sailors, members of the crew of the Japanese steamer Ml Is Maru, were held In bond of ll.uOO euch after a preliminary hetvlng he fore .Federal Commissioner No'ole here late today on charges growing out of the seizure .by federal agents Sunday night of fourteen oases of whiskey alleged to have been brought .ashore by . the sailors and twelve aboard tha ateamer. District Attorney Herbert 8. Phil Hps announced today that libel pa pers would be served on the vessel .tomorrow. An appraisal -of govern ment officials places the value of the shipment at 1. 00,000. announcing that the prime piinls ter bad presided at the afternoon ses sion, which lasted frou for o'clock until nearly nine. There were pres ent also Sir Robert S.- Home, chan cellor of the ' exchequer, T. J. Mae Namara. labor minister, and. William Brace,;mlnlater of mines. , Long; Statements. Evan William made a long state ment of the owner' case and Frank Hodges an equally long statement of the miners' case. The premier then expressed a, desira to have an .op portunity of perusing the statements, and It wa mutually agreed that no report of . the respective statements should be published in the meantime. Tha premier added that he desired to have an opportunity of meeting the respective parties separately, pre II ml nary to a further Joint meeting. This was sgreed to and the meeting for tomorrow-was -arranged. The triple alliance tonight Issued manifesto setting forth Jts case In minute detail for firmly supporting the miners In resisting the "mon strous' proposals of the mine owners and defending the standard of living of the whols working class and thw vital trade union policy of national wag agreement" . HARMQI.Y SWINGS NCPLAN WINSTON-SALEM, N. FATE OF CONTEST L Corporation Commission To ,. Hand Down Conclusions in . Gas and Telephone Matter EVIDENCE TOO BULKY ' . FOR SPEEDY OPINIONS Colonel James H, Young. Es teemed Negro Leader, Dies At His Home in Raleigh . (By J CLE B. WARRF.X) The Yloaton-Salaui Journal Halrlfh Bona. Vnaanta' Nalloa) Dtnk HulMinf, Raleigh, April 11- 'Decisions on tha- gas company's petition and that of tha telephone companies regard ing rates will probably ba handed down sometime In tha near future, but It has been Impossible to make these decisions soon because of tha Volumn of evidence offered in both cases. While oral testimony wa given- the ronvnlnslon! . It doea not usually decide these cases until tha stenographer has copied the evidence and aubmltted tt in auch form that it can be studied by members ot tha commission. The telephone hearing came immediately at the dose of the gas hearing and tha stenographic forces had no opportunity to clear up one case before the other ' on started..'' ',.',' ! : Impossibility It has been a physical Impossibil ity to get all of the evidence copied and read by each member of the commission ' during the time since the two hearings came to a close. It 1 presumed that the commission will render Its decision In tha gas company case first, since that in voives a rate that the people are al ready paying. While those connected with the opposition firmly believe there will be a slight reduction In gas rates authorised for practical ly all cities, few beUeve tha commis sion will order any rebate on tha ratea collected during tha past seven months during whlchthe temporary ratea have been in effect. The fi nancial conditions ot the gas compa nies do not indicate that they havo been making any great amount of money,- and the cities were not able to establish the fact that the tem porary rates granted were too high for te period for which they were In force. That they are too high now 1 generally ronoeded.. Pare HpcruUtion. Any talk about whit the commis sion will do with either the ga or ' (Continued' oi. Pea Seven) L SPEAK ON Mass Meeting Tonight At the Chamber of Commerce ABLE SPEAKER IS HERE K. V. Haymaker Is An Author' ity on Home Building and Building and Loan , "One way to solve the ' housing problem of Winston-Salem" will b presented to citizens or this city to night at o'clock by K. V. Hay maker at a publlo mass meeting to be held In the assembly room ef the Chamber of Commerce. This meet ing Is of the utmost Importance to the community and everyone Inter ested in helping to solve the housing problem In Wlnston-Halem is urged to attend. . Mr. Haymaker is an authority on building and loan administration and the h.ousing problem, lie was a fi nancial advisor of the federal hous ing corporation during the war. He has traveled widely tq many Stales In connection with the organisation and promotion of 'building and loan associations. He is always In de mand to speak at assemblages of people Interested In housing and building and loan organisations. -Ho Is a forceful speaker, and conveys a volume of valuable and practical in formation as he Hpeaka.l. . The Chamber of Commerce Is han. dling the. mam meeting tonight.' This organization extends an invitation to its members and to the members of the Newcomers. Rotary and Kl wanls Clubs, the Woman's Club, the T. P. A., the Real Estate board, la bor organizations, and to the publlo generally to attend this meeting. Mr. Haymaker will Illuminate the hous ing situation and point to a way for its solution; He Is well informed on conditions, both Industrisl and eco nomic; throughout the entire coun try and speaks with a measure of authority, at once convincing, and in structive. . Mr. Haymaker met yesterday with a group of cltisen and reviewed many phases of the housing situa tion and problem confronting build ing and loan associations. He' dis cussed -legislation that Is needed at present to foster home building and to encourage Investments in this cn terprlse. ARKANSAS REGAINS BTf'. AREA FROM MISSISSIPPI i. (By The Ataotlatea Praia) . Washington, April U-Larga tracts of land in Phillips county. Ar kansas, which were transferred to Mississiplp- by a sudden diversion of the Mississippi river In 1Mb, were returned by the supreme court today to Arkansas. The court ordered that the report of the commissioners who were appointed to-survey the dis puted boundary along the river be low Friar's Point, be confirmed for mally, and entered a final-decree In the case between tha two States. MANY BIM4 INTROnrCED FOR SPKC1AL. HERSION . (By Th Asaociatad Prsaa) " Washington, April , II. --Bills de signed to rover some of the more Im portant problem before the present congress were Introduced today In the house. They include the emer gency tariff, repeal of some vjar taxes and proposals for -new onus, soldier bonus and soldier relief, federal bud. gei. restriction of immigration, and federal road building. j) OVER RATESWIL BE DECIDED SOON HOUSING PROBLEM C.? TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1921. Harding Presents Scholarship ; aO , yvV 1 t"81."" "cholarshlp offered by H 8. WmtoTkron tlra maautaotarar, for tha bast aasay on good road. The. president) o','01?" ta romit and wamly mgrat'lated Mis -. wa unsp DOUEHTON FEELS Thinks Contest Will Be Decided : in His Favor SOME - CAMPBELL' VOTERS Furthermore Service Rendered . By Doughton Entitles Him to Retain His Seat (By FRANK W, LKWIS.) Tha WlniHa Hal.m Jmmal Waahlnjtoa Ba ftao. SOS Manaay BaiMlng. Washington, April 11. Representa tive Doughton, ' back from tha Tar Heel State; where he has been en gaged In defending tha contest Waged against his seat In congress by his Republican opponent. Dr. Campbell, declared today that he felt all right over tha ' prospects and that tha evidence- had shown up mora favorably to hint than ha had hoped for.- He said when the evidence waa ail In It would be shown that Dr. Campbell received more illegal votes than ware received by htm and that while there J had been no great amount of irregu Illegal voting had been practiced Dr Campbell had been tha gryuter bene ficiary. 1 . . Voted for Campbell - . . He also stated that It had been shown In the Counties of Ashe, Iredell, and Caldwell, where he has taken evidence up to date, that deserters who had not paid their poll tax, and ex-eonvlcts who had - not been re stored to citizenship, . had voted for Dr. Campbell. Also one man and his wife who had voted tha Republican ticket In Ashe county had testified in the superior court In said county twice in the last year that hi home was in Virginia. Also It had been shown that In one county having a Republican sheriff, poll . taxes had been given out after May 1st and dat ed back.-' v " - --- " ' Mr. Doughton stated ha had no fears whatever over- the outcome when the fact had all been present- Ail a thtk enmmlttee. AmlAm from th i Justice in the case which demands that Mr. Dougnton be allowed to re tain his seat, It is important that he be kept In congress for the service ha will be able to render. He la ranking Democratic member on ' the roads committee and la an enthusiastic sup porter of all advanced road legisla tion. Tar Heel of all parties feel that It would be unfortunate for him to ba turned out, s they need hi splendid, service , In. such work...,. SUMMERS AFTER U.S. JUDGESHIP Virginia Republican. - Backed By rilemp. Would Huoreed Jnilgo Jeter C. Prltchard XBr Tb Aaaoeiated. Pra) . Bristol, Va.-Temi., April-M. & p. Summers, of Abtnston, Va.. .Will- be a candidate. to. succeed ..Judge Jeter C. Prltchard,' of the 'Vnlted Btatos circuit court Df appeal for he fourth district. .. I - ' This' announcement wa made iy Mr. 1 SJmmers at Ms horns tonight following a conference with Con gressman C. Bascom Slemp, of 'hs North Virginia 'distrlei,' and . other RepubHran leaders -in- southwest Vir ginia. Mr. Summers, -who ha been endorsed by the Virginia State Re publican .committee this year as the ReBubllcan' candidate for governor, said tht Mr. Blemp bad promised to upport. him, -. . GREAT NORTHERN . FOR BOND ISSUE Will Cost Itoad Twenty Million to Retire' Certificates Coming ' ' ' "Doe 8nly 1st (By Tks Aaaodsiad Tr) Washlriglbh," April 11 Figure presented to the interstate commerce commission todsy at hearings on th application of tb Great ' Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads for permission to issue Jointly 1210,000,- 000 in bonds Indicate that It will cost those rosds $10,000,000 to retire July 1 the- fllMOO.000 of ' bonds wHh which they purchased the Chicago, Burlington and Qutncy Railroad. George B. -Whitney, . of the New York banking firm of J, P. Morgan and Company and other bankers snd officials of the Oreat Northern and Northern Paelflc,t said the proposed bond probably would sell at tt 1 -1 fbr the preferred stocks and deduc tions for -commissions Issued quar terly. . ,.. APPEAL FROM VIVIANI New York. April 1 1. A plea for moral solidarity-ambng the allies In facing post-war problem wa made by Rene Vlviant, former, premier of France, before an audience that pack- ad Carnegie Hall tonight. SURE OF VICTORY - aasuiusa jsmajra,.'?,, . . . . ASHEVILLE PLANS ' NOTABLE TRITE ! ... 1 " . . Entire City Pays Honor to Judge Pritchard's Memory ALL BUSINESS TO SUSPEND Senators and Representatives in . Washington Give Recognition to Jurist's Achievements (Rpaeial te Tk Joans!) , Ashevllle, AprU 11. While mes sage of condolence ware pouring In from distinguished persons all over the country expressing sorrow over th death Sunday morning of Judge Jeter C : Prltchard. Ashevllle today was preparing - publicly - and , pri vately to pay the highest honor with in it power to tha memory ot its lata lamented rlttxen. - Business to Halt. ' 'Business will corns to a complete halt, for five minute at I o'clock Tuesday Mlfcrnoon when i funeral f service npen at the first - Baptist cnurcJi. Was hingtott authorities gave permission to oalfAbperatlona at th local poetoffloe. . Practically all tha civla organisations have adopted res olutions expressing sorrow and hun dreds have visited the Prltchard home on Chestnut street today. Half tha city la expected to flla In Iha church tomorrow when the body lie In state for several hour before th funersl. Flag of the city are at half mast today and wtll remain o until after th service. , Condolenore. ' Messages of condolence have been received from President Harding, Vice President Coolldge, Judge James Pi. Boyd, Marlon Butler, John W. Ijingley. Judge Y. Webb. Judge Edmund Wtaddell, Judrs C. A. Wood, .1. Crawford Biggs, General Julian Carr, and hundreds ot others In all part of the nation. Associate mem bers of tha United States . circuit court of appekl and many other have wired that they intend to b present f the funeral. Hey. -Dr. W. F. Powell, who" wa Judge Prltchard' pastor for several years, will ba In charge of 40 serv ices. ) v. i J. J. Brltt wilt give th funeral ad dress. ; Keenest Regret By Fnuik W. Ijewla Washington, April 11. Member of th North Carolina congressional delegation expressed th keenest xe gret 'over Judge Jeter Prltohrd' death, and paid him th highest trib ute as ah honest and upright Judge, Both Senators Simmons and Over man, who knew him Intimately,, wer deeply affected. "I am very 'eorry that Judge Prltchard died Just in th prime of life," mid Benator Sim- .monsf "In our ervlc: togetnar, in the senate T ..learned to like mm. tn truth, I had real affection for him. W were very hostile political too at the outset of my career;- hut after an all day debate on, the Ted-shirt cam- rtlgns wa became friends. ' He said had been fair and Courteous to him iafdebata, and he appreciated It Judge Prltchard 'was a . very able man, h had a good Meal of natlv ability. He wa upright and hon est." '., i, . Senator Overman ' likewise- paid the deceased Jurist a high tribute. "Judge prltchard was .a . good man and had splendid Jnfluence in tha State," said the senator. ."He was a partisan, but was always -willing in recnenlza the right and view of L others. He, had 'high, moral- vlsw and was a in inse. . Representative Btsdman supple mented what th senator- had said by expression of the keenest regret over the -loss of a useful citizen and able and worthy Judjf-' ? Former Senator Marlon Butler, who went to Aahevtlle to be one of the. honorary pallbearers, wired along with th president nd other prominent men here expression of sympathy to Mr. Prltchard. 1 . IyORD MA TOR OF CORK MUST RE71TRN TO ERIN (By The isaaeUle Press. Washington. April 11. TTnle th court Intervene, Dnnal O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who earn to this country ldst January a a stow away and without a passport, must depart on or before June 6. Order that Immigration Inspectors take O'Callaghan Into custody should he be found within th untied States after that date were Issued today by Secretary , Davis, of th department of labor. . ... M'MBKR CASE POSTPONED. .' , : (By Tba Aaaoalitsd PniM) : ' Washington, April ll.Reargu ment of the American Hardwood Ijumber case wss peetnoned today bv the uprneme court until October 10, The lumbermen are. appealing, from decision of the lower court enjoin ing them from continuing pertain co-operative selllrf practice alleged 10 ct mmpyiiivu.. i'-v . KVKRT : MORNING OUTLOOK FOR YAP ISLAND SOLUTION IS NOT CHEERING FIVE THOUSAND - i VOTES POSSIBLE i IMCITY PRIMARY Almost That Number Cast' in - November Election; Many ' J Have Come of Age WOMEN MUStIrEGISTER ; AGAIN FOR ELECTION East Winston Citizens Gather Tonight; Meeting For Salem and Southslde Also . Flv thousand votes will he east In the eity 'TTemocratlo primary If all tha Deraooratlo volar turn out and If th woman voter register. A lotai or 4,lf Deraooratio vote wara out In th election last November lit the City ward for eovernnr. .and It 1 probable that quite a number of oier nave reaohed their majority noi wet uma, i Women Will Vote. ' For th first time in th history vi ui oity, ma women will help se lect tha city offloan for th ensuing term. However, women cannot vot in tha eity primary unless they rag. later. The registration for the last election do not qualify woman voter to vot In th city election, and they must register again In or der to .vote. , Reclaxratlon Ilonli. ' ! Th registration hook will open Wednesday, April II, and will be open for ten day exclusive of Sun day. Thay will open at o'clock and will he open from I a, m. until p. m. Tha book will close Batur. day, April II. Place) foe Registration. ' Tha plaoa tor registration .la and for each ward and tha registrar for aaoh ward are respeoUvey a fol. lows: . - . - - i First Ward Book open at eourt house. Registrar, J. P. filmmons. Becond Ward Book open at Ma sonic temple. Registrar T. I Raw ley. Third Ward Book open at " Win. felon Vehicle Company, Registrar Ira White. Salem ward Book apn at Hop- klna-Landqulst Drug Co. Rogisirar Women ar manifesting fine Inter est in the contest, and H i tnougnt (Continued on Pag Sevan) ' MELLON TO TELL ALL ABOUT BEER Secretary Soon to Carry Into Kffent Palmer' Antl-Problblilon Oplnloa (By Tha AaaoaiaMd Praaa.) " Waahington. April lW-JWIIliam F. West, formerly deputy commissioner In charge of accounts, wa designated . - f ....... v . J . .IIUI. Wm Mf. 'I t I pending tha appointment by Presi dent Harding of a successor to Wil- kllam M. William. Mr. William re signed March ft, but at th request ,ot Mr. Mellon has been acting as aommlsslonr until today. , Secretary Mellon announced today that regulations ar to be drafted keoon covering tb us of beer for med icinal purposes in aocordsnc with th ruling by former Attorney Gen eral Palmer. Mr. Palmar rule th.t , prohibition enforcement official could not set a limit on tha amount of beer or other Intoxicant that a duly registered and licensed physl. elan might prescribe for a patient for medicinal purposes. WOMKW'S OOJVVIaTIfIf DKIifiXMTKS AT WORK (By Th associate Prats) Cleveland O, anell If n-t.. i bf tha seven ittanrilna. aam,mi... -. tha national league of Women voter secona annual eoventlOn which open, aned a week's meeting her today with seven pra-conventlon confer ences, were sdio lonignt to report th recommendation to b offered to convention proper which opens to. morrow morning with mora than 1,. 000 delexatea and aitarnata ..... Ing. Harding to Adopt in Delivering Message in Person To Join t Session of Houses Today (Br Tha Aaeoetatsi Prsas) Washington, April 11. President Harding's message to th special sea. alon of congress tu bs . delivered in person at 1 p. m tomorrow had not been completed tonight and he re mained at work on it in hi study throughout th even tag. Preparation of th message occu pied virtually all th chief executive' attention during th day, hi hop of ending to the public printer a abort and quickly prepared document by early afternoon being abandoned once he got into the awing of his task". A It took form tonight th manu script covered a long list of questions and threatened to run avral news paper column in length. " Varlowa Subject :, Beside making speulflo exeeutlv recommendation on variou subjects, tha message Is expected to serve a a broad declaration of administration policy on most of th country' fV sign and domestic Issues. It 1 under, stood that the president decided on such a pronouncement in th -belief that It would make for a general un derstanding at horn and abroad, even though om of th question touch rd upon ar not to ba treated in Im mediate legllaon. - v , . - v In order not to be Interrupted. Mr. Harding remained away from hi of fice during tha day and received in , PRICE FIVE CENTS ; REPLY TO HUGHES MOTE SEEMS FAR FROM COMPLETE Britain and France Send An swers, But Contenta Have Not Yet Been Given Out . BRITISH STATEMENT PURELY TENTATIVE Under Secretary '' Davis Calls Conference and Seems to .'. See Cause For Hope (By The AaHKtatad Pnai) Wsshlngttan. Aprlf 11 rrane and Great Britain are understood to have replied to Seoratary Hughe recant not regarding the Japan mandate over the Pacific Island ot Yap. Th British government' r spons la said to hav been or a preliminary nature.' Stat department offlnlala, Whlla intimating that raplle had bean re. ealved, declined to say so positively or to Indicate their natu,r, -! Franca In raptyine; to a previous American note regarding th Yap mandate, expressed th hope that th IStatea and Japan nn this subject wniiia oa semen py airact negotVt tlons between them without lavnlv Ing her a principal, ' f T ; Gora a Bit Farther. r'A'f-t . Whether renewed expression Is given to thl hep In rrance' latest note ha 4 not been announced, but som diplomat are of the opinion that in any event her new oommuni. cation vent 1 1 ft mt fiiHk.. Im .,.k a Mr. Hughe dealt with the whole uhjeot of mandate as wall a With tap Rpecinoaiiy. - - It has been th expectation of stale department officer and of som for. algn envoy her a welt that the allied governments would admit th soundness- of the Amrtoas position that, s on ot .the pHnolpal allied and asoclatd power in tavpr of which (iermany hy th treaty of Var allies renounced It rights and tills ovr"a possession, th united Stata 1 entitled to a wolcs in th ultimate disposition" of those tr. rltori, B . Teatatlre Anawev v In view of fh sppos tentative eharactar of th British rsply lo Mr. Hughe there waa little, dlsnoaltlnn In olTloial nlroles te comment regard Ins th altitude. r ,. w. II1IIV Th opinion ha been advanced, how. ver. anai ureal Britain' attitude probably would be Influenced In great meaaura by whether Japan Insist sd upon th carrying out of th term of th treaty of, London. .; ; Mandate' Question. i,;:... I''; " With lh Yap mandate question aoDarentlv still na fmm uin.m..i It s ternatlonsl communication confer- no, wnicn resume Its session to morrow wtTf make great progr to ward agreement, nn the h...iil of th former German cable. w. uavi. rormar tinder ecretary of atata who a chairman, called tnmnrrnw'fi martin., - . in conference with Secretary Hughe nouns louay. ARar leaving th secretary's office, Mr. pavia said th outlook fe nlMm.i. . .... among th conferee waa good. . MAIfY PROBf,FMH BFFORM "U-.KriWG OF FARMERS : tD, Te AaaoaiaM rrtas.) Waahltlgton, April llLowr transDortatlon ehanat. taxation, equal treatment: under any tariff law. and ahart iinifni.. .-1 among the subject whleb rapresen. tatlves ot farmer In throa State be gan discussing hare today prelimi nary to making up a beginning of iaiinn wmn wouie. e Tor th relief of th famra , f si nw mj-f "it... i ... , iiiiiiii ' ' ' !(ir ' f TEXKKS8EK SOIaOK) gtlT. ' " -toy rs AHtMnO rt-aaa.) 'i . Naahvlll, Tnn April 11. Th Sixty-second session of th Tsnnes see general assembly adjourned sin die a few minute after I o'clock this afternoon. During the present session 10B general Mils hav been passed. Thl waa tl lea than wr passed at th 11 session. Wilson 's Method hi study in th White House proper only a few visitors. Ha wrote ba manuscript In long-hand, followiag custom h acquired as a newspaper editor, and turned it over to stenogra pher several page at a tm for transcription. The Major Plaoea Tariff, taxation, the railroad sltua tlon and foreign relations ar a-xpect-d to hold major place In th com pleted message, it has been mdlcat d that he would carry delineation of hi attitud a tep further than in his pre-1 gauguratlon utterance snd might , make Important announce ment of administration policies. - One of the announcements forecast by officials close to tha itresldsnt is expected to Indicate a waning nosst-r bllity that th administration will en. ter th Versailles teago of Nation on any term. - In- that connection Mr. Hardlrig I eonsidared certain to endorse the resolution of . peace with Germany, though It I believed he Will not ask for hasty action while hi ne. gotlatlons for a new , international concert I in progress-'," v.'iii .-'i. Repeal of the excess profit tat and substitution ot ether tax schedule to be worked out by congress Is to be asked - by the . president, and . his recommendations for a tariff program are expected to include emergency measure (o protect agricultural In terest ,. . .. ; J .1. !.
Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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April 12, 1921, edition 1
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