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IN CITY fHE WEATHER 12 PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION Fair JySecond YEAR FULL LEASED WIB SIRVICB Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 1920 INOL9) copies rirm CI.TTS LAST EDITION FTThP CMffi I TffiOCM FQIJCY. I HAfflK ir II M ILJ J 1 ston Again Says U. S. Treasury Will Not Aid Hoarders of Commodities for Artificial Prices w SENTI u mm hi I 111 II .1 . 111 FACES intsn OF MIS ners Set Monday as o Begin Long- cipated Strike ES WILL CLOSE U Offer Made By Mine nernment Has tjocn for strike for Some nil Ion Fraught With . teat t'ncasiiicss Oct. 14. The United lay was faced with per ,ost ominous industrial ilstory. due to the decis ,ml miners to allow the , hBcome effective uht, following their re- tlie compromise hiand ror a iu o rease in wages- certain that unless the or the mine owners con demands of the men 'or and attractive offers. imi.oOO miners wuuiu pits Monday, tnereoy limlreds ofnousanas ui other industries oui ui auing a critical sltua poonomic life of the .v. lal turns irom m it concerning proposes its, showed an over .ajorlty in favor of the; At this morning's con the miners' delegates, ...xmiricr the deadlock, a itv held out for submis hiinis of the men to ar- lit this was Drusnea muuo. (1 that the miners exec ted to be summoned to if trade this afternoon. i this would occur, or 11 esage, was a matter 01 had news of the decis rs been received in the district of Cleveland, than the iron and steel rs there began prepara oslng the works. It is the strike materializes blast and steel furnaces idle immediately, ' ninifiit, while saying nt- ,3 hat oeen actively pre inndle the situation In f the strike being called. ABStNTEE VOTERS LAW ISSUSTAINED n Supreme Court Affirms Judge Kerr's Denial G. O. r. Mo tion for Injunction Raleigh, Oct. 14. The supreme court of North Carolina yesterday declared its faith in the constitution ality of the absentee voters act and affirmed Judge John H. Kerr's de nial of the Republican motion to enjoin the state board of elections, the state auditor and the state treas urer from complying with the pro visions of the law. The civil action entitled J. J. Jen kins vs. State Board of Elections, et al, was heard before Judge Kerr in Wake' superior court September 15. Judge George H. Brown wrote the opinion ot the court filed yesterday and Chief Justice Walter Clark filed a concurring opinion. Both opinions are firm on the point that secrecy of the ballot Is a matter of privilege for the protec tion of the voter and may be waived as a personal right and neither finds anything In the way of constitution al violation in the fact that election officials view the ballot of the ab sentee voter before it is cast. ' The chief justice closes his opinion with a citation of forty-three states in the Union which have absentee voters laws. HOOVER FEARS A CRASH WILL GOME Apex of High Prices Reached ' and Unless Readjustment Plan Made Fears Result ETY WOMEN BBED IN CHICAGO Oct. 14. 8ix women, imminent manufacturers men, were held up and y tuday In a taxi cab, of d at $4,500 and several 'liars In cash, but five ved the greater part of iy. worth more than dropping it on the floor while the first woman tiering her Jewelry.:,; I its. they said, were two who hopped on the run of their taxi cab as they k a social function at trve friend. its ordered the driver of drive to a lonely spot F iching there ordered the hand over their Jewels. Hotansky, wife of the flioe company, was the per, handing over three figs and a diamond laval- Topeka, Kas., Oct. 14. The apex of the high cost of living has been reached in America and from now on prices will undergo a continuing downward readjustment,. Herbert Hoover declared here last night in air, address to the Topeka Rotary club. If this price readjustment Is not based on a plan providing easy stages in its descent. It will go down with a crash and result in the de struction of countless Industries, Mr. Hoover . continued. "America needs a national program to con trol this downward readjustment and to protect our Industries from ruin." "Labor wages do not need to come down with the high cost of living, if labor Increases, production." PERSHING TO HAVE OFFICE IN WAR DEPT. OPPOSITION IS GDX RAPS ALSO REFUSES to nil HIICEliFN EXPLOITERS OF Pirai III! EVELDPING TO OH HARDIIIG AND NOTORIOUS 131MEXIC0 TRUST IRISHPOLICY TAF EN SPEEGH ESGAPE HANGING' G. 0. P. VI GTDE1Y - . , i England Will Not Tolerate Re-; Governor Is Getting the Two Chief of Police Severely Criti- Sensational Report Made to prisal Measures as Prac- Statesmen in Pretty Tight , I cizes Governor for His Ac- j Government By Special En ticed in Ireland ( Place Over League Issue j tion In the Matter. j voy to This Country PREMIER IS CRITICIZED i NEW LINE OF ATTACK; MEANS MORE .MURDERS PRAISES WILSON POLICY Washington, Oct. 14. General Pershing has transferred his head quarters here from the old Land Office building to the war depart ment building. - Five large rooms, occupied by the publication division of the adjutant general's office, are being , refitted for the accommoda tion of the general and his personal staff. The volumenous records of the American expeditionary forces have been transferred to one of the fire proof buildings erected on the Mall during the war for the use of the war department. y MATTER TO BE THRESHED OUT AT RALEIGH NOV. 12 Lord Robert Cecil, Unionist, Says Policy of IndiHrrlmlnato . Killing ana Burning In Ireland Against English Traditions of ' Fair Play Asks Investigation London, Oct. 13. Denunciation of the government's Irish polfcy by the Liberal forces '.of the country, re ported by the recent statements of Viscount Gray, former Premier As quith and Viscount Morley, seems likely to grow into a formidable movement. : The latest recruit Is Lord Robert Cecil, one of the most respected of the Unionist leaders who has Joined Viscount Gray In si letter to the press, calling for an investigation by a constitutional tribunal as to whether the govern ment is responsible for the reprisals. The letter begins by referring to Premier Lloyd George's Carnarvon speech as assuming that the re prisals have been confined to the shooting by Police, of those whose intention was to attack them o." who had been incontrovertlbly guilty of the murder of their fellows. It pro ceeds.. . - - . "That is a very incomplete account of the reprisals as reported In the press, i It is Joined on apparently overwhelming evidenced that the armed forces of the crown have tor months on the past systematically burned or destroyed building and other property in towns, 'villages and farms in Ireland; that they have fired rifles and thrown 'bombs at rudom, killing and wounding the Inhabitants, and driven women and children of all ages and in all con ditions of health in the fields and mountains.,.- .,...., "These acts undoubtedly were committed in revenge for horrible outrages perpetuated in the districts concerned, but they have not been confined to the Individuals who have been guilty of such outrages. On the contrary, he victims have fncluded Protestants and Unionists, who used to be the bitter opponents of the Sinn rieln. "If" Is further alleged that the policy which produced these results was sanctioned by the ministers, of the crown, Including the prime min ister himself. These are grave charges and require full, open and immediate investigation by a con stitutional tribunal." PRESIDENT STRONG FOR "AID TO THE SOLDIERS P LOOK BETTER yiNG ALEXANDER net. 13. Physicians at- 15 Alexander, who Is dan' as a result of infection 1 a bite of a mnnlcnv rr,'. V that while the Datlent'a Fas stationary, the out- netter. The highest shown hv the K-lmr I oat 40.4 degrees centrlgrade VV" lanrenheit) at "18 Dulse vai 19A A k this mornine tho Vur to 37.7 nii,. pnheit) and the Dulse Pt I)liot(ir VMa! ii,. !,, sli ian, arrived in Athens eo the trtni j.. 1 the opinion that his SfREPUBLIc" NOVERTHROWN im t . . ... 1 a d,. . Ih n ,u - "uniura in Ut the inking ov.-,n. fi7iV'!mhrown e flrialH here to h. Tage received today at 1"' lie TphresiUe"t of the (kin. " messa8e was on," 'Jy was hv "'""'"roiation re Washington, Oct. 14. Investiga tion of the failure f the North Caro lina State Corporation Commission to authorize 20 per cent Increases in passenger fares and baggage rates within the state, similar to the ad vanced Interstate rate, to determine whether any unreasonable advant age has resulted between intrastate commerce and Interstate and foreign commerce, was ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commission Hearing was set for November 12 at Raleigh, N. C, before Examiner Thomas P. Healy. ATLANTA TO ENFORCE AUTO TRAFFIC LAWS -Washington, Oct. 14. President Wilson, In a letter read at the open ing session here today of a confer ence of the federal board for voca tional education with members of the various state boards, declared the Importance of vocational reha bilitation of disabled Boldlers "cannot be exaggerated for the welfare of the nation and the development of Its energies. - - - The conference was attended principally by members of the boards from Eastern and Central states. Announcement was made that a sim ilar conference would be held at Salt Lake City November 4, 6, and 6. for the convenience of the. boards In Western states. . 10,212 SHIPS HAVE PASSED THRU PANAMA fcy the the fh President of the "pe national an- AND JOHMcam EVLAND TONIGHT rmeCrU " WilUa.m G. rlZ HfV of the four rtH morning Mcfc8.,. and l citv 'Pea at ' Otv -I,,!. '".- s PXeh.n-- . " noon: at "ES California, tnt m-.( " nour later H. Hon., Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 14. Eighty citizens were sworn in and ready for duty today as volunteer policemen to aid In checking speeding and other violations of traffic laws. Decision to enlist the aid of bus iness men and others In forcing traffic laws fallowed three fatal au tomobile accidents recently in three days and disclosure that deaths from such accidents here averaged almost one a week during the first nine months of 1920. S. C. COTTON GIN IS ORDERED TO "SHET UP Columbia, a C, Oct. 14. Gover nor Cooper has requested W. A. Mc 8waln, state Insurance commissioner, to make investigation of the threats against cotton gins in this state. The insurance commissioner makes in vestigations of all fires in the state, but In this issue he Is asked to take an ounce of precaution. JThere has been threats against gins in five counties. "Shet This Gin," read one In Richland county, "or we will shet It for you." Inaugurated Today Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 14. Dr. Marlon Leroy Burton, former presi dent of the University of Minnesota, was inaugurated president of the University of Michigan today. Scores of college presidents, university regents and prominent educators at tended the ceremonies. Washington, Oct 14. The num ber of commercial vesels which had traversed the. Panama canal since its opening In 1914 had passed the ten thousand mark at the close of the fiscal year ended last June 30. According to the canal record, 10,212 ships had passed thru. The average monthly number of vessels making the passage has risen steadily, except during a few months in 1915-16 when landslides closed the gateway, until It reached 144.9 ships per month during the first half of the present year. - ASST. SEC. OF TREASURY SHOUSE HAS RESIGNED Washington, Oct. 14. Jotiett Shouse, assistant . secretary -of the treasury, has resigned and his resig nation, effective November 15, has been accepted by President Wilson. Mr. Shouse wrote the president, under date of October 7, that he desired to quit his post in order to adjust his personal affairs. The president replied that he accepted the resignation "with very deep re gret"' and expressed his sincere ap preciation "of your Intelligent and effective service in an Important post In the treasury." Mr. Shouse, whose home is In Kinsley, Kansas, was appointed as sistant secretary of the treasury In 1919 and has been in charge of cus toms. Internal revenue and war risk insurance. Goes To Rescue of Mexican Gunboat Sandiego. Calif., Oct. 14. Under orders from Rear Admiral Wiley, the United State mine sweeper King Fisher today was en route from this port to the assistance of the Mexican gunboat Progresoeso. reported stranded on Sacramento Reef, San Geronimo Island, off the Lower Cali fornia Coast, with 200 passengers aboard. Replying to Tart's Statement He Says It Is an Admission That Sen-, Oligarchy Does Not Intend That Will of People as Ree l irded, ,hall Bo Respected Vanwert, Ohio, Oct. 14. A new line of attack upon former Presi dent Taft's position upon the League of Nations was made here today by Governor Cox In opening a three day campaign In his home state. Referring to Judge Taft's state ment that even in event of Gover nor Cox's election there would re main enough Republican senator to defeat the treaty, the Democratio presidential candidate here today declared this Indicated a plan to dis regard a decision In the league ref erendum. "This can mean only one thing," said Oovernor Cox, "that when I am elected on a straight-forward plat form favoring the league it Is the purpose of the brazen conspirators In the senate to treat the mandate of the, people with contempt and turn theier backs on the expressed will of the electorate. This, in the first place, is unthinkable, and In the second place, will not be permit ted,' for after all this is a democracy and the will of the people Is tri umphant. "On the other hand," the gover nor continued, "If the candidate of the senatorial oligarchy were to be elected, because he favors staying out or the league, and then his as-! sumption of office, were to turn about face and propose entering ths league, what about popular mandate and tttefrendvm then? -What would Borah and Johnson say, and what would the voters of the coun try think about such repudiation of their will? The time is now for us to remind ourselves and think ser iously of the fact that the govern ment of the United States Is a gov ernment by the people. Senator Harding may be willing to scrap the league, but the America people are not ready to have their government scrapped by a deceitful band of po litical free booters." Governor Cox reiterated that he favored "going Into the League of Nations with the Hitchcock reser vations, or any other that are offer ed in good faith to further clarify or reassure and that do not have ths purpose of destruction. "It has been apparent," the gover nor continued, "that the entire pur pose of the senatorial clique has been destruction of the league and repudiation of the purposes for which we entered the war. "America has forty million voters who are getting sick. and tired of the purposely created doubt and uncer tainty and who now demand to know whether Senator Harding In tends, as ex-President Taft has im plied, to repudiate the result of the solemn referendum in the forth coming election on the greatest issue that has ever been before the peo ple. . 1 In every state and city and town and village, from the Atlantic to the Pacific the people of this country are nomine indignation meetings to show their resentment against the clique and against the candidates that have shown their willingness to sacrifice the honor of the nation to win 4 partisan victory at the polls. Here we have the proposals by Sen ator Harding and the approval of Ex-President Taft that we play fast and loose wltn nrm rights to Amer lean citizens and that we even disr gard their definite decision of pur pose as expressed In election." After closing his fourth Indiana visit last night at fort Wayne, Gov ernor Cox brought his League of Nations and other causes to central Ohio, with engagement at Vanwert, Delphos, Lima, Wapakoneta, Sidney, Plqua, Urbana and Columbus, the state capital. The governor is billed for addresses at Delaware... Marion, the home of Senator Harding, I'pper Sandusky, Carey, Fostorla and Bowl ing Green enroute to Detroit. On Saturday he speaks at San dusky, Elyrla and Cleveland. HARDING CHALLENGED TO DEBATE WITH COX New York, Oct I4i On behalf of Governor Cox, Senator Pat Har rison, of Mississippi, has Issued a formal challenge .to Senator Hard ing to meet the Democratic presi dential candidate In joint debate on the subject of the League of Na tlons. Acting . for the speakers' bureau of the Democratic national commit tee, of which he is chairman. Son stor Harrison wired Senator Harry S. New, who occupies a similar jo sltion in the Republican organlza tlon, offering to cancel any speak ing engagements heretofore made for Governor Cox In order to bring the two candidates together Continuing, he included any and all Republican speakers in a blan ket challenge to meet other Demo cratlc speakers who, he said, would be willing to use a portion of their meetings from now until election day to discuss Senator Harding's po sltion on the league with any one who cared to debate the point. Two of the It Hanged Today and Another Is to o Into Ktemlty By Name Route Tomorrow All .Thirteen Were to Have DH ' Today and IViday Chicago, Oct. 14. Frank Cam pione and JamVl H. Reese, murder ers, were hanged here today, and Krank Zagar, another slayer, wll' mount the gallows tomorrow. Ten other men sentenced to be hnnged today or tomorrow for murder wers granted reprieves. Campions was convicted of the murder of a saloon keeper during a robbery, and Reese was found guil ty of killing his wife with a hatchet Zagar was convicted of killing two Greeks, Efforts to have hint ad Judged Insane proved futile. Chief ot Police Qarrity, in discus sing the .reprieves for ten of the convicted men, issued the following statement: "The fact that all but three of thirteen murderers have slipped their neck from the noose Is an In vitation to the gunmen to go back to their profession, -"In my opinion the big reduction In murders this year, recently mad th subject of a report by the Chicago crime commission, Is in part at least the result of the thirteen hanging sentences which served as warnings to the gunmen. .-'.:" rwhen . the gunmen, t - who ar watching these cases carefully, not the final result of the sentence, they may be expected to smile at the law and begin murdering again." SEEK TO CLEAR UP MAN'S DISAPPEARANCE Eau Claire, Wis.. Oct 14 In an effort to solve th mystery surround ing the disappearance of Edward J. Sallstad, head of a manufacturing company here, who, his wlf be lieves, was burned to death seven weeks ago In his summer cottage at Lake Nebngamon, District Attorney Archibald McKay today sent Coro ner William N. Brown to Lake N bagamon to attempt identification of bone found in rums of th cittace. Mrs. Leona Sallstad, wife of the man ufacturer and the mother of his two children, seeks to collect $60,0t) life insurance her husband carried. The Sallstad cottage at Lake Na bagamon, near Duluth, was burned on the night of August 28. On that day Haimtafl and Mis Dorothy An derson, his secretary, disappeared. Testimony given yesterday by Frank Thiry, a uuiutn taxi driver. Indicated Sallstad and - Miss Anderson as those of the man and woman ha had driven from Duluth to the lake cot tage on the evening of August Following the man's Instructions. Thlry said, he waited at th railway station until 11 p. m. when he pick ed up nis passengers again and took them back to Duluth. The Sallstad cottage was said to have been burned about 11 p. m. A separate investigation of th case has been started by A. C. Wolfe, district attorney at Superior, Wis, county seat of Douglas county. In which is Lake Nebagamonto, COAL CONFERENCE POSTPONED TO 23RD Hazelton, Pa,, Oct. 14. The joint conference of th miner and opera tors, railed by President Wilson at Scranton, Pa.. October II, will not convene on that day, Secretary Jaa. A. Gorman, of. the Joint cale com mittee, announced Mere tonight. Ar rnngements completed today provide for the conference being held at Philadelphia en Monday. October it This arrangement was made owlns to tne Biennial Convention of dls trlrt Number 9, -United Mine Work ers of America, being held at Khamo- kln next week. Refers to White House "A Fortress Which Tower Above Human I'slllntrx mid Mtwlie of ln Irlgtie" -Vhlnton Full nf lobbyists In Interest OU Men n BUSINESS WHISKEY DEALER IS 1 RELIEVED OF $7,000 Baltlnfcre, Md., Oct. 14. Con fronted by armed men, who sagged and bound him with a sash weight rope, Harry Kulln, 30 yearn old New York city, was robbed of 17.. 000 he had secreted In a room at the hotPl Kernnn, according to a report ne muae to police headquarters last night According to Marshal Carter, Kal- in has been engaged in the legiti mate buying of whiskey, and It is believed thnt he whs a victim of thieves who followed him from New York. Kit I in said he hus carried sums ranging as high as 130,000 on business trips. WILL SEIZE SHIPS CARRYING BOOZE Norfolk. Va., Oct. 14. Ships bringing smuggled whiskey Into this port, will, in future, be seized and conficated by Federal prohibition ollicers They will be boarded st the cape when the pilot takes charge, or farther up in Hampton roads, when they are visited by the quaran tine officer. 8. R. Brame, Federal prohibition Mflcer, with jurisdiction over Hve southern Matc, Is suthority for the proposed drajtic action for prevent ii g the 'mportatlon of smuggled whiskey into this port, Mexico City. Oct 14 Charges that the "petroleum Intrigue has been unable to reach th Whit House and has turned Its attention to th department of state, which ) over-run by lobbyists representing Interest working against Mexico In petroleum, political and divers othr inatters" ar mad by Robert P quler, personal representative In th United State of Provisional Presi dent D La Huerta, In a statement Issued tonight. This statement, said Senor Pesquler, embodies a report he will make tomorrow to th provis ional president, Senor Pesquler, who also Is Mexi can financial agent In th United States, with headquarter In New York, ha Just returned to Mexico City after a two months' tour In th United Stales. Incidentally his re nort denies that any friction exist between him and Fernando Iglvsla1 Calderon, Mexican representative In Washington. Th report mads public by Senor Pesquler assert that ther ar two main group in th United States which ar most activ In opposition to Mexico. The first of these group, It de clares, comprises the "Coyote" In cluding th speculator and money brokers who "have acquired Ill-got ten gains under th various factions which hav contended for power In Mexico, but are now banished by th nsw order of things In Mexico and who hav floods.! Ill Washington hotels and tat department corni er In unceasing hostility to Mexico. Th second croup, tn report al leges, comprises "an association of oil operators, which has also carried on in active campaign against Mex ico, but which ha shown a willing ness to wait until Mexico decide her difficulties equitably.'1 The report states by saying that Secretary of the Stule Colby and Under Secretary Davis ar "friend of Justice." proceeds with an eulogy of President Wilson and rerun to tne Whit House as "a fortress which tower abov human fallings and meshes of Intrlgus." it 1 assert. however, that the lobby 1 "all striv ing together toward the sam end, of preventing th Washington and Mexico City governments coming to an understanding with the hop of a republican victory in th UnlUd State and every expectation of that party administration lending Itsolf a an instrument of their purposes," The statement denies rumor that the new Mexican government In tend to start a period of persecu tions of th Cathollo church. Senor Pesquler expects to return to th United States "rlday. A ru mor is In circulation that h bs been appointed Mexican representa tive In Washington, succeeding Senor Caleron, who 1 returning her to as sume hi duties as senator, MARINES WERE ONLY CARRYING OUT ORDERS Washington, Oct. 14. Major Gen eral John A. Lejeune, commandant of th marine crops, said today that ths two Marine Corp privates who wr tried (or killing captive Haitian bandits, executed the prisoners on order of their commanding officer Lieutenant II. T. Brokaw. who wss adjudged Insane and removed from ths service. The privates ware sc quitted, th general said. Evidence adduced at th trial of th two men led to an investigation of what Brigadier General Barnett. then commandant of the crops, char acterized a "Indiscriminate killing" of Haitians. General LeJeun declined (0 dl runs the result of the Investigation which General Burnett ordered ut year Immediately after examining the evidence adduced at the trial of th two marines, and which he referred to In his report to Secretary Daniel yesterday on marine corps operations In Haiti up to last June SO. General Ix?uebe said Secretary Daniels probably would hav a state ment to make on hi return to Wash ington tomorrow, 16-YEAR-OLD BOY GETS THE BEST OF BURGLAR Omaha, Neb., Oct. 14. Ijwrenc Wenlover. IS, boy scout, has paid part of his debt of gratitude to C. K. Jewell, whose family gav hlme a home last year after ha had been found trudging alone on a country road near Omaha. Returning from school yesterday ffe found a burglar sacking the fam ily silverware. After arming him self with a knlf he fought and fin ally routed the Intruder, but not un til he had been cut twelve time. None of his wounds however, I General Decline as . Comparer) With September of Last Year; Factories Idle ... 1, r . : - ; Washington, Oct. . 14,-i-CottoB consumed during September amount ed to 417,647 running balsa of lint and S7.121 bales of llnter, th on su bureau announced today. " Consumption 'In September last year wa 491, 09 bale of lint and 11.182 of llnter. Cotton on hand September 10 In consuming Mtablishment amounted to 907,2111 bales of tint snd 25S.6S5 bales of Motors, compared with 1, 007,970 of lint and III. 101 of llnter on September 10 last year) In "public storag and at compresses 1,72,192 bale ot tint and S4I.971 i.f llntera compared with i.tOI.IOT Of lint and 117. 15 of llntws. Imnorts during September wr 10.004 bale, compared with 14,342 a year ago.-..' . .; Export wer 12 J.OII bale, in cluding 1,441 bale of llntsrs, com pared with 121,194 bales. Including I. Ill of llntsrs In September a roar ISO. ' Cotton spindles actlv during September numbered 94,040, HQS compared with 14.119,91 In Sep tember a year ago, j ; GERMAHS TO TAKE PARI 111 Iyi UllllUV Matter of Reparations and In demnity Are to Be Discuss ed at Conference Pari. Oct. 14. -Abandonment by the reparation commission of th task assigned to it by th treaty of Versailles I th principal featur ot th compromise adopted during th conference botween Premier D lAorulx and Lloyd 4Jorfe, My th Petit ParMen. Th commission w charged with the work of fixing th amount of th German Indemnity and th mat ter ot payment, but In future, th newspaper say. It will probably ait only In a consultative capacity. Kxehange of views relative to reparations continue between Eng land, Franc and Belgium. It I aid, and Premier Lloyd Oeorr persists In th belief that th Ger man will carry out mors willingly n agreement In which they hav had a share In framing. Franc and Belgium, It I Indicated, hav ac ceded to thla view, and German will probably be admitted at th propos ed Brussels conference. They may also share In ths deliberations of th supreme council. LES IN NORTH CAROLINA V , 1 ' . Report for September Shows Average of $19.21 Against 941.10 Year Ago Kaialgh, Oct. 14. Tobacco sales wer much less during Heyjembcr than last year. The price averaged 919.21, compared with $41.10 per hundred a year ago. Ther wer 40,490,064 pound pro ducer tobacco reported sold during th month. Th 92 warehouse fall Ing to report r estimated to hav old 1,040,000 pound making a total probably sold during th month of 44,620.054 pound a compared with 79,220.071 pound sold during Sep tember last year. The highest priced markets wer Mebane, 924. 54, Ftiquay Spring, 922.29, and Wilson, 122.92. Th Wilson market sold 7, 229,200 pounds, which was valued at $1,424,449. Th total state' sale during the month wer valued at $9,920,702. This Indicate that farmer are complying with their promise to hold th tobacco from the market. Th tobacco organisa tion seem to hav soma weight. Th lowest prices were shown on th fol lowing market; Lomuerton, 11 74, Msysvllle $12.00, Hurgaw $12.44, (There was only on report from Lumberton.) t Th product offered for sal o far has been of poor quality, mostly lugs and primings. Much of that marketed would have damaged on the farm. ' Farmers complain that they cannot meet expense with th prlre fhey ar receiving. Th mid-summer wet weather caused a rapid, tall growth. Th lute August and September hot and dry weather further hurt th devel opment. The result ar that a pile of tobacco will weigh but 40 per cent as much as last year, The texture la pretty and crisp. Th grade I low and faulty. The color Is good. Th estimated production fell from 424,000.000 to 291.000,000 pounds from August to September. The United Slate erop forecast is but six per cent more than last year' crop even tho the present corea la greatly increaseo. Farmers Representatives anil Secretary of Treasury Are Frank In Conference NO RETRACTION IS MADE Houston THU Delegation He Onli Stated Fa When He Ha Id prhf Had Ikwun to Kewd--lie ami Smith, of Month Carolina. . . llnw Heated CoIKkibj . Washington, Ocfc .14. Secretary Houston reiterated today to represen-' tallve of agricultural lntrels, In eonferenc here, that th treasury wftuld'nOt be a party to th with holding of any commodity from the nykt in order to maintain artlfl. Icairy high price. Spokesmen for th delegation wer frank in their criticism of Mr. Houston' recant statement, that prices had begun to recede, but th secretary told thm a frankly that hi statement properly represented conditions. The delegation sought mainly to hav th treasury revive th war finance corporation, "arguing that through t they would b able to oh- , tain fund to finance exposta, which, they claimed, wer falling off, creat ing a stagnant market. Secretary Houston asked If any member of th delegation would loan dlreutlv nn flBrmiii K.,n .... fsecurltl, exnlslnlna- that nravlnii. appeals of cotton producer were that th government should make available to them th Gorman msr kel. A heated colloquy between the secretary and Senator Smith, of South Carolina, followed. "Uermany must live," th senator said. "You know she must liv. I no reason why her bond should not he accepted, t would reply to yuur uirtsui quesiiunt I ne. a tlioinunrt time ), fur, as 1 atd before, (lor many must live or the world pay Senator Smith told the m.-r.tnru that h wa "th on and only one'' In th government who could .dlrrct resumption of governmental activi ties which would relieve th situa tion complained of by th agricul tural Interest. , Secretary Houston explained that lh treasury wa constantly In the market to borrow money for the payment of current bill. Ha tnid them that th war finance corpora- unn eouia ootain money only from th treasury and that If It war to loan, II meant only that th tressu ury' borrowing would hav to be Increased and the government would hav to call on th people contin uously for mor money. Senator Smith declared ther If such wer necessary. it wa th proper course to pursue H said he had no objection to another popu lar loan If the exigency required. (secretary Houston said th de rlalon of th treasury not to ravtv in war finance corporation had been approved by th president and numerous prominent sanator and representatives. All wer famlllst with th problem with which th corporation would deal if it wer re vived, th secretary said, adding that th consensu ot opinion wa that th benefit derived from restora tion of th corporation would not counter-balanc th evil effects It would hav on general market and cradit condition. Governor Harding., of th reserv board, yesterday told - a committee which appealed to him for relief. that th board wa preparing a state ment of policy covering all phase of th credit situation, h statement, h added, probably would be mad public Saturday. Oovernor Harding denied that th board had issued In struction which would result in cur tailing farmer' credit. erlou. ) - Southern fwtftc Shopmen Strike. Houston. Tex., 6ct. 14. "A vaca tion' strlk of 1.400 Southern Pacific shopmen was In effect her today due to the reinstatement of four negro workers by road officials. The men will meet later with union official to discus th situation. , f Ottawa FUcs Price of Sagar Ottawa, Ont, Oct 14. Thai retail price of granulated sugar was fixed t not nigner tnan n cent a pound plus freight, by an. order Issued her last night by th Board of Com- mere of Canada. The order, which remains effective until the end et the present year, also prohibits th Importation ot sugar. STOCKYARDS DISPOSAL CASE GOES OVER A WEEK Washington. Oct 14. Th District of Columbia supreme court, at the request of counsel for th govern-' mem, today postponed for on week hearing on the proposal or the "Big Five" packing companies to dispose of their stockyard holdings to F. II. Prlnc A Company, of Uoaton. Objection to th proposal were filed several weeks ago by th de. purtment of Justice and Wstrlct At torney Laekey announced that the postponement wa sought to giv th packer time to consider amend ment of th original plan. tipoaI by the packer of their stock yard holding Is required under th volun tary divorcement decree, . under which th government agreed to drop anti-trust proceeding. RUBE MARQUARDS CREDITORS GET BUSY -Cincinnati.- Oct. 14. j, B. Bruce, secretary of th National coram!- sfon today, was serv with a notice of attachment on Pitcher "Rub Marquard bar of th world' sa ri receipt. Th action was baaed on two Judgments returned against th Brooklyn pitcher In the Stw York court., - , , Th claim of Jos. Ttosetiwelg Is for $214.91, while the. Joint claim of Louis Henry and Max Robinson to tal $524.01. Mr. Bruno as ceretary of th comnihwloiK wUI end checks to th player Who engaged In th series. The attachment notice sent to Cincinnati did not state what ths suits In New Tork wer baaed on. V;
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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