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Weather To-day PROBABLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY VOL. 17. NO. 3. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1921 PRICE 2 CENTS -' i TICS rftTI TlfPf r3 W(Tft1lfrTl r(f1r hvSws3 NEAR AGREEMENT ON TAX Hi REACHED AT NOON President Harding Con fers With Senate Lead ers at a Dinner at the White House. (Br Tli Associated Prss Washington, July 27. Virtual agreement was said today to have been reached at a dinner conference ' at the White House last night for! senate consideration of tax revis- ion legislation before the perma-: nent tariff act is taken up by that body. i A number of senators were Pres-; ident Harding's guests and the j legislation situatino is said to have been discussed extensively. White House officials had nothing to say : about the conference today and it is understood Mr. Harding himself i had forbidden any advance an- nouncement of his plan to consult i his former associates in the senate. They were said to have advised him that the finance committee would j mit hni0 iha hftiup tariff lull reiidv for senate consideration short of' five or six weeks and it was on this showing that a concensus of opin- j ion around the dinner table was I that the tax revision should be 1 given precedence is said to have been disclosed. The president was told, it lA'as"1 said, that the tariff bill would re-1 unexpected extent. American valu- i ation today in the bill was (lis-1 succed by the diners and there! were reports that the president did tk .,ii L,t .t i on that phase was refused. The railroad question and the funding of the allied loans also were talked over during the dinner as well as some recess possibilities for con-! i B,rB"- GERMAN MINE FLEET IS FIRED UPON ! (By lh Aor!atd Pmai Berlin, July 27. The German mine sweeping fleet which has been operating in Kola Bight on the Northern Russian coast, is reported in a special dispatch from Vardoe. xt . t l l. M ; l u irtussian land forces. The Gn :urw3v. lu nave uecu mru uuuu vy . fleet returned the fire but no dam-1 rge is reported on either side. ! t rninv urn t tJTTOtl ! LLGIOiN WILL rUbn POP rniUPKNS ATION I M. V -VA'm. Jiki (B Th Auociatrd PrM) I Washington, July 27. - The ! American Legion served notice on President Harding today that the campaign for adjusted compensa tion for veterans "cannot be down ed." the message being delivered in person by Gilbert Dettman, chairman of the national legisla tive committee of the organization. Skater Mr. Dettmaan handed a dec laration of similar importance to ,SecretaTy Mellon and Hoover and Attorney General Daugherty. ) BALL PLAYERS ARE NOT GUILTY (Br Th Associated Pre) Chicago, July 27. Judge Hugo riend today informed the state ttorneys in the baseball trial that he would direct the jury to return verdict of not guilty in the cases f "Buck" Weaver and "Happy" f'elsch, former White Sox players, nd Carl Zork, of St. Louis, unless urther evidence was introduced gainst these men. RUSTEE FOR LIGGETT ASSETS Boston, July 27. The announce ment that the personal assetts of Lewis K. Liggett, president of the united Drug Company, had been laced in the hands of trustees as result of the decline of common Ck ?f It M JT: any in the last 24 lade today. O DISCUSS DRAINING QUARRY TOMORROW. ' (Bf The Associated Press) Raleigh, July 27. Because of he absence from the city of at brney general Manning, no meet ing was held today by the state iublic, and rounds committee at jhich it was expected the ques jon of draining the rock quarry ear .Raleigh where two automo jiles have been recently found af !r reported as stolen would be de- ded.; The' meeting will probably be eld tomorrow. $125,000,000 WANTED (By ine Associatea rrcssi Wwhington, July 27halman asker of the shipping board today 1 (By The Associated Press) sked the house appropriation com- dttee for an immediate $126,000,- )0 appropriation to meet expenses uring the next five months. No cuon was laxen on ine request. a . 1 . il . BAPTIST PIICNIC FRIDAY The annual picnic of the Sunday hool of the First Baptist church ill be held Friday afternoon at outh river. . Automobiles and ucks will leave the church at 2 . m. Lunch will be spread on the rounds about 5:30 or 6 o'clock, riday was selected in order that number of members of the Sun y school who are employed in the ores, which close Friday after xn, ma yatend. HENRY SHOWS US HOW! Ll UKri, 4trtL' 14flL r"TsrTri. .... i. ...nun n 1 n .Til Henry Ford should know, if any car- Here ne 18 doing it at tne M Harding, bdison and otner notable background who seems so amused tne tire Jla"4!j STOLE TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING .A.tlan'a't G,a- 27.-Found K'ultv f stealing a two storj' brick ,ouhe ue" napman, a negro, nas ?.een Beniencea oy ouage jonn u. Humphries in Fulton superior f,ourtt 8erve twe,ve months on lna'n a"f .;:: ... . , -"f'"" , .-..c ...a, ..c "a(I " 7 - . e court waa sho.wn that he build.ng woo cm n a on1 manv wrt-naaaaa taa fjfipfl A tKo fan tKnt Chunrvan ! . ii ...i i i lock, stock and barrel"-from its former location at 951 Whitehall sireec. ine ouiiumg prior 10 me theft was the property of Jacon Elsas. Testimony introduced at the trial showed that Chapman had employed a gang of laborers, and proceeded to tear down the build ing. As the materials were taken , i , , , . JJS " T1Z i.V "bneilnesfteSd 1?J ver' od bu'ding already has been built from material taken from the stolen building. , till t ng the two months it required for 5 8fLthf..uh0?e'. t3 v-' oesses. Those who watched the work thought it was 3imply a gang 1 T iT,T. n V f. g concern. in?LZTCt tHe Wrkmen MAKE ADDRESS ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS Rev. Rupert D. J. Griffith, of Philadelphia, who is making a tour of the country, delivering addresses on the league of nations and the part Woodrow Wilson Dlaved in the . . a I historic peace conference at Vep - sallies, is in the city and will make talks on the street, at the intersec tion of Lee and Council, at 3 p. m. and 8 u. m. today and tomorrow. His subject is "Constitutive Peace ful Discussion for International Co- operation and Adjustment." He has leen in Charlotte severnl rlnv and was heard by large crowd there and his talks and discussions creat ed much interest. JAPS MAY DISCUSS FAR EAST MATTERS (Br The Associated Press) Washington, July 27. A com- mnnmo i wrveva TfttriA list It atmJ 4- s La - u , n w pan of President Harding's invf- i.aiivii bvj pai tiLipaLC ill ctii iiilbi na tional discussion of far Eastern questions as well as disarmament leached the state department to day. Pending deciding and exam ination, officials refused to com ment on the nature of the com munication and have made no de cision as to its publication. BOY POISONED BY MOTHER IS DEAD (Br The Associated Press) Rocky Mount, July 27. Ben Bloodworth, aged 13, died at a local hospital late yesterday as a result of drinking bottle beverage contain ing poison which, his mother is al- i j t u - i j i 5 a Y"k BJhLihe.TJf. ""v", " fA," sa dMbL t "'""Mi L'" a,-f "i?"1 ""IL1"!!.. ,8": mother has made no statement as to the cause for her alleged act. The body of the boy was shipped to Mclntyre, Ga., the former home of the Blodoworths for burial. EDITORS MEETING (By The Associated Press) Morehead City, July 27. With newspaper men here from all parts of the state in attendance, the con vention of the North Carolina Press Association opened here to day for a three day meeting. o ne does, how to crank a Ford aryiana camp wnere President s pitched tents, lhe fellow in the at Ford's labor is H. S. Firestone, GOVERNOR CANT USE MANSION Atlanta, Ga., July 27. There can be no reasonable dissent from Gov ernor Hardwick's recent special message on the urgent need and the business advisability of disposing of the state s present executive mansion property, according to newspaper editors and lawmakers who have discussed the subject. "I have been unable to use it," said Governor Hardwick, who is un der the necessity of making his home at a hotel. "It is unsanitary, unhealthful, and, in my opinion, its occupancy would imperil the health, to say nothing of the comfort, of whoever undertook to live in it." To this same purport wrote Gov ernor Dorsey, Govenor Harris and Governor Slaton in repeated recom mendations to the Georgia legisla ture. Georgia, as has been pointed out, has several things to face Mfore a criticising public and among them her failure to provide her '"hicf ex ecutive with a decent place in which to live. The state as has been shown, can C1I U1C WUIII-UUb sell the worn-out mansion on j v. ' li of a million dollars to apply to the reduction of the bonded debt of the state And it mi ht be ad(led it need t figure in the capitol' removal question at all. NO BASIS YET FOR IRISH CONFERENCE Dublin. July 27. Famonn de Valera, the Irish republican lead er, and his colleagues have not yet found a basis for the proposed con- r ..-.l a. J--.X lerence wnn ine oniisn govern- ment on the Irigh ue8tion in t. An w tin.n,, tv,iV I UUII lUl SIC lUl!blllUIIl bllCIA 1 r ior a common grounu on wmcn tne contending parties can meet, it is stated in well informed quarters here today. r TjrvT ITVT A V A RMTP IjAIvUIjIXN A 1? AKftlLK IS ASSASSINATED (Br The Associated Press) Wilson, N. C, July 27. E. S. Pearson, 46 years old, a prominent farmer of Taylor's township, near Wilson, was shot and instantly kill ed by an unidentified assailant late yesterday while feeding hogs on his farm. Members of the Pearson family say he had no enemies and the authorities have not found a clue to the identity of his slayer. FLORIDA BANK ROBBED TODAY (Br The Associated Press) Jacksonville, July 27. Six un masked bandits robbed the Bank of South Jacksonville, across the St. John's river from here, of cash estimated at 33,500 before 10 o'clock today. After robbery the bandits en tered an automobile and reports in dicated that they had crossed the river and entered Jacksonville. MURDERED FOR REVENGE Mexico City. July 27. The re cent assassination in front of hi; c"- ooo0i..anU,. ... ..u..v .. of Gen. Maximiliano Kloss is now believed by the police to have been the work of. German who was sent to Mexico to avenge the publication of Kloss of alleged German military secrets. Kloss recently published a book on asphyxiating gas and it is said that a group in Germany decreed his death as the result DIES ON HIS HONEYMOON Denver, July 27. Samuel Q Black, president of the Washingtor and Jefferson University Washing ton, Pa., died at a local hospital after a two weeks' illness growing out of complications resulting from an attack of influenxa last April. He was on a honeymoon trip to National Park, CaL KUHLOSS NAME NO AVOID "WETS New Prohibition Director Outlines Policy in Fill ing Places Ho b s o n Chief Clerk. Prohibition Director R. A. Koh loss, who is head of the federal prohibition enforcement forces in North Carolina, and who succeeds Col. T. H. Vanderford, with head quarters in the postoffice building, is now in complete control, having taken charge of the office Monday, has appointed Mr. W. Henry Hob son, of this city, chief of the exe cutive department, and he will be on duty at headquarters all the time. A. H. Price, Lsq., has been named legal advisor of the state prohibition enforcement depart ment. These are the only ap pointments made so far by the new enforcement director. However, there are quite a num ber of appointments at the dispo sal of Director Kohloss, who says he will be in no great hurry to fill these as he is desirous of nam ing efficient and capable men. men who are in sympathy with the cause, to all places to be filled by him. He has asked the assistance of all county Republican chairman throughout the state in securing the best men to work .under him. No man who bears the reputation of being an anti-prohibitionists will be considered for appoint ment to any of the "dry" enforce ment offices under Mr. Kohloss, and every one named must file let ters of recommendation from at least two ministers of the gospel testifying to the sobriety and in tegrity of the applicant. In order that he may be enabled to carry out this policy Director Kohloss has sent the following letter to every county Republican chairman in North Carolina: "Having been appointed Prohi bition Director of North Carolina, kindly permit me to suggest the following: "In the office of the Prohibition Director there are several posi tions to be filled by capable men, and as a Republican, it is mv our- posr to select Republicans to nil these positions. "While there are not a sufficient number of existing vacancies to permit of the appointment of a Republican from each county in North Carolina, yet it is desirable that candidates from each countv be recommended so that the best qualified men in North Carolina may be secured. "The office of the Prohibition Director is an important one. It is the duty of the Prohibition Di rector to undertake the suppres sion of illegal manufacture, distil lation and distribution of intoxi cating iquor. The oroDer func tioning of this office can only be brought about by the appointment of men within the Department whose character and integrity is above reproach, and whose repu tation ior soDnety, obedience to lhe law, and enforcement of the Prohibition Statutes is unquestion able. Men directly or indirectly interested in the traffic or illegal manufacture of intoxicating li- juor, or men who have hitherto- fore borne the reputation of being mti-prohibition men will not toe considered. "Bearing in mind that the State of North Carolina today, is look ing to tne ornce of the Prohibition Director for the enforcement of '-he prohibition law in thin stnte. I will as,k you to recommend only those men who in every way con form to the qualifications hither to fore mentioned. "The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is a son of North Caroli na and his record and progress in jfflce will be largely measured by he record and progress made in this state. It is our duty to sus tain him by a prompt and efficient enforcement of the. prohibition laws. It is my purpose to per form the duties of my office to the very best of my ability and I shall expect and require each of my jub-ordinates to do likewise. "Each of the candidates that you should obtain letters from two Ministers of the Gospel living in his community that testifies to the sobriety and integrity of the ap plicant." COTTON MARKET NewYork, July 27. With the jxceptibn of a little steadiness iround the opening when first prices were 1 to 4 points higher Jue to trade buying the cotton narket under pressure from liqui dation influenced by bearish crop reports and dring the early trad ing sold down to 11.90 for October ir 10 points under the previous close. " Opening Steady New York, July 27. Cotton fu tures opened steady. October1 12.03 December 12.46 January ...12.40 March 12.71 May .12.75 Concord Market Concord, July 27. Cotton sold for 11H cents on the local market today. - - . . IN H S DEPARTMErfT ) KILLS WIFE AND CAMLY DIRECTS SUNDAY SCHOOL (By Associated Press.) Wilmington, July 25. Brunswick county authori ties today charged that af ter shooting his wife to death and throwing the bedy into the swamps last Sunday morning, Ed. Snetd, a negro in Northwest town ship, of Brunswick county, proceeded to Sunday school of which he was superinten dent, and calmly directed th services. The body of his wife was discovered while the Sunday school was in progress and Sneed was arrested by Sheriff Lewis when he left the church. News of the killing reache dthe city today. NOT TO RAISE RATE General Manager. Hole Says It Will Continue to Make Extensions and Improvements in Salis bury. Mr. R. J. Hole, of Greensboro, general manager of the North Carolina Public Service Company, was in the city this week and an Evening Post representative sought a statement from him relative to the conditions now existing in the local electric situation, in which much interest has centered by rea son of the fact that there is now i litigation in the courts relative to 'electric current. Mr. Hole frankly stated that while he was very much disap pointed as to the outcome of the hearing in the case of the Southern Power Company vs. the North Car olina Public Service Company be fore Judge Boyd, yet neither he nor the officials and counsel of his company have any doubt but that the supreme court of the United States will uphold the decision of the state' supreme cocrt rather than that of Judge Boyd, and said: "It is only fair to assume that the higher federal court, like both the state superior and cupreme courts, will. hold that the Southern fpwer Company has- to .furnish service to all of its consumers alike, rather than that they be allowed to pick and choose their customers This controversy at the present time is in the federal court; the federal judge has issued an order requiring the Power Company to furnish the Public Service Com pany for a period of six months and the Public Service Company has taken an appeal, which automati cally forces the Power Company to continue to serve the Public Serv ice Company until the hearing of the case before the United States supreme court. It is expected that this case will be heard on its ap peal by the circuit court of appeal!! some time during the coming fall, and it is hardly possible for the ease to be finally heard by the United States supreme court under two years." Mr. Hole stated emphatically that he did not expect to ask the commission for an increase in rates on account of the recent increase given by the commission to the Southern Power Company. Mr. Hole further said: "For the past three years the Power Company has been charging and collecting from the Public Service Company for all current sold to it a rate of one and eighty eight hundredths cents per K. W. hour. Under the ruling of the Cor poration Commission, as I under stand it, the Power Company would only be allowed to collect one and twenty-six one hundredths cents per K. W. hour, which is a substan tial decrease under their former charges, and amounts in dollars and cents to about f 1,500 a month." Mr. Hcle stated that there would be no change in the policy of his company as to making extensions and improvements, and that it was the company's intention to do such construction work in each of the departments as might be necessary in order to give the best possible service to the community. At the present time a considerable amount of construction wosk is being car ried on, namely, the paving of the car line along Harrison, Caldwell and Council streets, as well as other construction work, all of which will either tend to bet ter the individual service or in crease the efficiency of the entire plant. Continuing Mr. Hole said: "I feel that the recent order of the corpdration commission vindi cates our company in its charge that the Southern Power Company was attempting to collect an ex horbitant amount for electricity from the pople of North Carolina, inasmuch as after a hearing which took up ten days, and a study of a most voluminous amount of evi dence, the commission only allowed the Southern Power Company a total of twenty per cent increase, whereas they were asking for an increase of approximately sixty per cent ,m some instances, over what they had been formerly charging. The rates authorized by the com mission applicable to municipal!- (Continued on page six.) PUBLIC SERVICE CO! WADE GETS A TIP ii T BE MADE Oil Company President Otters to Let the North Carolina Commissioner in on "Gusher." (Br MAX ABERNETtlT) Raleigh, July 27. Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade's cam paign on the Blue Sky companies in the State bobs up again today when the commissioner's morning mail placed in his hands a late ap peal from the Union National Oil Company of Houston, Texas, set ting forth in detail how a million or two might be made overnight. The commissioner thought that the Texas "wildcatters" had aban doned their promotion schemes in North Carolina following his rath er gruelling campaign of thre months ago against the oil com panies. There was in fact a sus pension o factivities. Stock sales men were recalled from the state, advertisements cancelled and North Carolina stricken from the list of possible sucker states. Today's appeal direc'. to Commissioner Wade raises the question as to whether there is to be another ef fort to invade Tarheelia. Unless there is a better founda tion laid for the new appeal to North Carolinians than was evi denced heretofore Commissioner Wade's assistance in blocking the oilers will, not be needed. Folks with money that might be interest ed in get-rich-quick schemes are wise enough to see through the "wildcatters" propaganda. Here's the way Commissioner Wade's letter from the .Houston Company seeks stock takers: "Within the next hour I am ex pecting to receive word from Breckenridge that the well of the Union National Oil Company, et al, in martins addition is going over the top. "We are down to pay level about 3,100 feet, that ie we were yes terday and all that retnins now is to drill in. You know what that means. We have already drilled on gusher on this 17 acre tract; it is still making more than 100 bar rels a day and is over three months old. The formation in this second wall ore identical with those in the first well. In my own mind I am certain that we will'get a gusher- one of the biggest ever drilled in Breckenridge. I would not tell you this unless it were my honest and candid opinion and if I did not believe that there is hardly a chance under the sun to fail to get a gusher that will make the com pany more money than any well we have yet drilled. "Furthermore, I am telling you this because I want you to put every dollar in the world you can 7ct your hands on in the stock of this company as we are just be ginning. I am about to close an other deal. I have been working on it for weeks and I think I will have it sewed up before night. If so, get ready for big action, quick drilling, r.ore oil and early divi dends. "If ever in. your life you acted quick, now is the time. I will give you one more chance at twenty cents per share on the condition that you wire me your reservation as soon as you get thii letter. The price has advanced to 25 cents but I am going to treat you fair and and honest if you act ,uick you will yet have time to get in at the old price. The communication bears the signature of Henry H. Hoffman, president of the unincorporated company. No Pellagra Epidemi. As was told in this correspon dence yesterday there is no epi demic of pellagra in North Caro lina. Governor Morrison's office here received the following tele gram fro mthe St. Louis Post Dis patch: "Will you please telegraph at our expense what famine and pel lagra conditions of any there is in your state needing relief contem plated by President Harding's statement to Public Health Service and Red Cross." After consultation with Dr. W. S. Rankin, state health officer, who furnished the executive office with the exact status of the situation in North Carolina, the following re ply was sent: , "No famine in North Carolina nor unusual prevalence pellagra. Thirteen pellagra deaths less this year than last for same period." The State Board of Health had previously issued the following statement concerning the pella gra situation: "The general warning of a wide spread epidemic of pellagra in the southern states and especially in the cotton belt issued by the U. S. Public Health Service is not ap plicable to North Carolina accord ing to statistics on file with the State Board of Health. "Pellagra is not a reportable di sease in North Carolina and there is, therefore, no way of checking the number of cases except through the number of deaths reported. For the first six months of 1921 there was a decrease of If in the number of deaths from this cause. A decrease is shown for each month up to June, which latter showed an increase of four. The total number of deaths re ported for 1920 as having kata DN HOW MILLION HUGHES DEMANDS ; RELEASE BY RUSSIA9 OF AMERICANS HELD WARRANTS OUT FOR ARREST ILL. GOV. (Rr Tht Atwtlstfd Prs Sprinfield, 111., July 27. War rants for the arrest of Governor Len Small on a charge of embez zlement and conspiracy to defraud the state were placed in the hands of Sheriff Mester of Sangamon county this morning. The sheriff immediately sent a message to At torney Albert Fink, Governor Small's counsel at Chicago, inform ing him that it will not be neces sary for the governor to submit to arrest in Chicago today. The mes sage said that arrangements for bond could be made when the ex wuHve returns to the capital. 11 R. H. Kluttz Stricken With Paralysis 57 Miles to Preaching Ready for Chautauqua. (Br A. W. HICKS) Spenucer, July 27. Mr. R. H. Kluttz, one of the foreman in the car department of the Southern Railway at Spencer, was stricken with paralysis early today and is still in an unconscious condition at his home on Rowan avenue. He was starting to the shops for the duties of the day when suddenly stricken. The best of medical at tention is being given but without results so far. Mr. Kluttz is one of the best known citizens of Spencer and is widely known thru out the county. He has been ac tive in the Junior Order United American Mechanics and Sons and Daughters of Liberty for a num ber of years and has hundreds of warm friends who will be pained to learn of bis serious condition. Driving 75 miles to preaching is the experience of a number of Spencer folks who have been mo toring to North Wilkesboro occa sionally during the past two week to hear ' Cyclone Mack, the noted evangelist. It used to be consider ed a long ride to go ten miles to hear a preacher bu the Spencer ians take great pleasure in the longer ride. They report roads fine by way of Statesville to Wil kesboro. Among those who have been making the trip by motor are Rev. and Mrs. K. D. Stukenbrok, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Brendall, C. W. Crowelr, Rev. R. C. Kirk, W. P. Neister, Rav Bowles, Robt. Haynes and J. F. Ware. The evangelist comes to Spencer for his next meeting August 28. Everything is in readiness for the opening of the Radcliffe Chau tauqua i;i Spencer Saturday, July 30th, to continue until Tuesday night, August 2nd. A splendid list of attractions have been booked for the three big days and the event is being pushel by ihe Spen cer i-etk-rment Association, with a sec re of guarantor headed by Mayor R. J. Goode as general dhairman. It is expected there will be a large attendance. Mayor Goode states that the big Chatau qua tent will be pitched inside the Spencer baseball grounds, which is considered an ideal place for the entertainments. Fishermen returning from More head City report that the season is about the best for fishing on the coast for a number of years back. Fine catches were reported by the Spencer sportsmen just home from a week spent in camp on the sound near Morehead. The party includ ed Caot. T. J. Rosemond, Engi neer O. C. Godfrey, Engineer L. D. Perkins, Engineer Geo. J. Al bright, Alderman J. B. Connell, H. L. Young and others. The Sons and Daughters of Lib erty of Spencer have arranged for a big picnic at South River Friday evening when several hundred are expected to be present. The out ing will be for members of the or der who will meet at their hall in Spencer at 6 p. m. for a drive to South River. Free conveyances will be provided for thep arty and a great time is expected with a supper on the river bank. DENBY WILL RECOMMEND NAVY AIRPLANE CARRIER Washington. July 27 Recom mendation, that approximately thirty million , dollars be appro priated for construction of an air plane carrier will be made to Con gress in the near future. Secretary of the Navy Denby announced to day. A measure embodying such a proposal is pending before the House naval committee and it is understood that the naval secretary will urge its speedy enactment. caused by pellagra was 297. The total number reported for the first six months of 1921 was 116. If the same average ia maintained for the jemoining six months of the year, 1921' will show a net decrease of 66 deaths from this cause." SPENCER FOREMAN SEIUS COITION DELATIONS WITH . RUSSIA DEPENDS UPON 1 REPLY Action Taken Only in the Name of Humanity No Indication as to Course if Refused. (Br Th Associated Press) , Washington. July 27. For-' tnal demand for the release of American prisoners in Russia lias been made on the Soviet authorities by Secretary Hughes. The state department was advised today that the eom niunieation was handed the soviet representative at Itevi.1 yesterday by Consul Albrecht. . The text of the communication has not been made public. It ia understood, however, to be a brief insistence that the Americans os released before there can be any thought of better relations between the United Stats and Rus. The action was taken in the name of humanity and because all effort 3 to secure the release of the Ameri cans, made thru the Red Cross, have failed. ,(l ; What course will be taken by the United States if tue soviet au thorities ignore or refuse to ac cede to the demand was not indi cated. The communication was sent to Consul Albrecht, July 23. , The curt demand made upon the Russian authorities for the release, of the American prisoners is the first .official representation made upon the subject, altho Lenine and Trotsky and therr -associates have previously been advised inform mally of the determination of the United States not to consider , closer relations with Russia until this was done. - WANTS GRECO-TURK HOSTILITIES ENDED London, Juy 27. MustDha Kern el, head of the Turkish Nationalist government sent a telegram to . Constantinople today asking that the central government intervene with the allies in an effort .to ob tain a cessation of Greco-Tufkish hostilities, according to a dispatch from Constantinople to the Ex change Telegraph company. Athens, July 27. Information from all sources Indicated that the resistance of Turkish Nationalists in Asia Minor is completely broken, the Greek official news agency de- ' clared in a statement issued here today. The Turkish losses in killed, wounded and prisoners to date is estimated at 60,000. The Greeks, the statement says, are constantly pressing the Kemalists along roacLT to Angora. , JACKSONVILLE GETS BAPTIST CONVENTION (Br The Associated Prssi) Nashville, Tenn., July 27j Jacksonville, Florida, has been awarded the 1922 sessions of the 'Southern Baptist Convention ' which convenes May 17, and con tinues a week, it was announced today by Dr. Hight T. Moore, fe; cording secretary of the convent," tion. ' INVITED TO N. C ,: Washington, July 27. Senator Overman and . a delegation of North Carolinians yesterday call ed upon Secretary Wallace of the agriculturol department and as -sistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and invited them to speak at the tariff congress to be held in Greensboro August 15 and . 16. yBoth gave assurance that they would make every effort to be present. TO ABANDON CAMP BRAGG, Washington, July 27. Reduc tion of the United States army to a peace time strength of 150,000 men will be accomplished by July 31, in accordance with the decision of Congress when it refused to ap propriate funds for pay of a great er force after October 1. With tha. reduction, Secretary Weeks an nounced today, there' would be a general redistribution of troops. practical abandonment of seven of the great war time army canton ments, placement of many organl- zations on the inactive list and skeletonization of others into ma terially reduced strengths. The cantonments to oe aban doned "at the earliest practicable date," as announced oy iJecretary , Weeks are: Camp Devena, Mass.; - Sherman, Ohio; Pike, Ark.: Grant, 111.; Jackson, S. u; ueaae, sua.; except for a small detachment and Zrarar. N. C. Those to be retained under the plans of reorganization are: Dix, N. J.; Travis, Tex. Lew is, Washington, and Knox, y.
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