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Cumming Tells Harding
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State," Health Officers - of
Southern States Are Itf
, vited to Washington
BYRNES WOULD KNOW
INFORMATION SOURCE
Protests 'Prom Officials in
Florida and Georgia
, Bead in the House. ;
WASHINGTON, fluly 28.-4cting
with the approval of President ttard
Jns, Surgeon General Cumming if the
United States public health eervite to
day Invited state health officer, bf 13
I southern states to meet In Washington
August 4 to consider the situation In
connection with reports of a threat
ened pellagra epidemic in parts of
v the cotton belt. ; s '..
; i The health officers of the following
states ,wer asked to meet with, public
health service ojjlciala: v ,
Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkan
, sas, Tennessee. Mississippi, Georgia,
Alabama, Kentucky, Florida, North
and South Carolina and Virginia.
Coincident with the Issuance of ln-
vitatlons, Representative Byrnes, of
"South Carolina, introduced in the
house a resolution requesting the
President If not incompatible with
public Interests to report to the house
all the facts within his knowledge on
which he based his recent letter to
the .American Red Cross In regard to"
conditions in portion of the cotton
belt.
Senators Deny Peril.
About the same time a dozen sena
tors presented in the senate denials of
reports of a pellagra peril in their
states. All read telegrams or newspa-
per statements declaring that no
shortage of food such as necessary to
bring about a pellagra epidemic ex
isted In the south. They also denied
that there were an abnormal number
of cases of pellagra this summer in
the south.
Surgeon General Cumming issued
' the Invitations for the Washington
conference after ' presenting a report
to President Harding in response to
the President's request, made Monday
for a survey of the situation as found
by the public hearlth. service and Ihe
Red Cross. I
The President in his talk with pr.
dimming today Is understood to have
called the attention of the surgeon-general
to statements by health officer in
the southern states challenging the au
thenticity of the public health service
reports. Dr. Cumming in reply told Ihe
President the reports were based on a
careful investigation conducted by the
health service and on telegraphic re
ports from state health ' officers. Thfcse
two sources, Dr. Cumming told the Pres
ident, showed , the increase In pelterra
cases and conditions noted by-the pi b
lio health service in its statement
Representative Byrnes said he jW Id
endeavor to call his resolution up or
consideration within ;.the next few dTU
Th resolution quoted from the- let er
sent by the President to Dr.. Llvlnjst m
Ferrand, president of the American I id
Cross to the effect that resorts "In 1
cate that due to the depressed oott n
market, many thousands of people i re
unable- to seJl their, one product or
variety of wholesome food and that this
is grave ureal oi .an epiuemio ot, w-
lagra." r
'''Protests are Read
.Mr. Byrnes said in commenting on Ws
resolution, that reports from the health
authorities tn the south fall to show any
sueh ''alarming conditions" as were iaia
before the President and that there was
a general desire to know how the- infor
mation on-, which Une President acted
was obtained and, from whom.
Protests from officials of Florida and
Georgia concerning ' reports of the
spread - of pellagra tn the south were
read also tn the house ' The secretary
of the Florida governor In a telegram to
Representative Searga Florida, said there
was "neither pestilence nor famine In
Florida, nor any semblance of cither. '
CLAIMS HE
PAID ID III OB
Sanitary Inspector Is Dis
charged by the City
" Commissioners.
"Iff close td blackmail," was the,
Htatjtmant mada to a reDresentatlve of
The Citizen last night by .A. J. Ly-j
m. n ),.... tntpfnffD(m1 i-pffardine hist
transaction with William H. Bird, city!
sanitary Inspector and employe of the
city lor mors tnan a score oi you.,
nrior tn and after the sale of the prop
erty of Mr. Lyman to the city of Ashe-j
villa for school Durnoses, .which on
yesterday resulted in the dismissal of
Mr. Bird by the poara oi city com
missioners on the grounds that he had
"condecended to accept remuneration
for service in connection with the ex
penditure of public funds voted by
the people." Mr. Lyman said he agreed
to pay Mr. Bird because of the lat
ter s demand, " M- -The
transaction is said to have oc
curred on December 8, 1 19,' after the
sale to the city by Mr. Lyman a tract
for use as part of the Catholic Hill
school site, the purchase price being
IS, BOO. It was announced by Mayor
Gallatin Roberts that he- had not
learned of the transaction In which
Mr. Bird admits he received compen
sation to the amount of $500 in the
form of a check, until last Tuesday.
. He hastily Investigated the charges
against Bird, tne mayor sai l,
Ts a hTn, Tn Til. fr, u
upon fipdlng them to be true, drew
upon a resolution, unanimously pass-
ed by the board, dismissing Bird from
the city's employ., , , v i -
Asked whether or -not Mr. , Bird
he given a public hearing by me board
of city commissioners, the mayorfstaN
ed he could not answer at thu timn
ne Wotiln ft rat mmnil h m,
',".' it.Miaia at rut rrriol
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AUbUST IN
LYMAN
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ra Information
From Officials
LD'S GREATEST
PELLAGRA EXPERT
CITY DN PROBE
Dr. Goldberger Was in Ashe-
ville Few Weeks Ago to
. Investigate Scourge.
PELLAGRA IS NOT
! EPIDEMIC IN REGION
Asheville Physician Cogni
zant of Activity Not Sur-
' prised at Development.
Dr. -Joseph Goldberger. of the U. S.
Public Health service, who is declar
ed to be the greatest authority in the
World on pellagra, was in Asheville a
few weeks ago for the purpose of In
quiring into the conditions here as
(they relate to the scourge, one of
jlhe worst known to men.
I Following : the receipt of this in
formation and that Dr. Goldberger
naa supplied the report concerning
CDndltlons in the south and which
has created so much comment, a rep
resentative of Th Citizen learned
that Dr. W. L. Dunn, one of the best
known men engaged in the practice
of medicine in Asheville and a spe
cialist of national renown, had been
visited by Dr. Goldberger on his last
trip south. Pellagra Is not prevalent
in this country.
When questioned concerning his
conversation with Dr. Goldberger here
recently Dr. Dunn first said that Dr.
Goldberger is probably the best
known pellagra expert not only in the
united States, but in the world. "He
has done more constructive work"
said Dr. Dunn, "to clear us causa
tion of the disease in this country
than any other, and I have lone been
acquainted with him and hi work.
As a matter of fact," continued Dr.
Bunn, "when I was ordered to service
In Italy during the World war with
the Italian army, he requested that
I make certain observations about
pellagra in the Italian army, its in
cidence and its relation to army ra
tion." Italy is known as the homn of
pellagra and after a study of condi
tions relative to the disease in Italy
Dr. Dunn upon his 'return to the
states advised Dr. Goldberger f his
observations. , ,
When in Asheville Dr. Goldberger
called on Dr, Dunn to discuss the
general pellagra 'situation In the
south and the Asheville physlciansald
last nignt i mat he , is ; not at
all surprised at Dr. Goldberger's re
port and his observations aB to the
relationship of the incidence of the
disease to the economic situation as
it affects a certain class of people In
the south. '"Dr, Goldberger'j investi
gations are not mere haphazard ob
servations or guess work," said Dr.
Dunn.
' lA a communication to The Citlsen
last night . Dr. Joseoh B. Graana
formerly In publie health service, but
now a specialist In Asheville, stated
.that he was surprised at the excite-
iniem; occasioned by the report of the
surgeon general of the public health
service. The communication fniinw..
Editor of The Cftlsen:
It WaS a (Teat SUrm-lM and rifmnnnln.
ment to me, to not that so much un-
.w,u7 traimtiii naa oeen occasioned
?7 ih?..Te?rt of Surgeon-General of
the Public Health Servicer and that the
pellagra situation In certain secttons' of
the south was serious. A careful read
ing of the Surgeon General's report as
well as of the President's appeal does
hot warrant the' larlnr headline a.n.
peering in the daily press. The question
unaer consiaeration is, whether or not
the situation in the'eotton belt, and In
the-mlll villages of the south, in refer,
enoe to pellagra Is sufficiently serious
to justify the Public Health Service au.
thorities in asking Congress for finan
cial aid in eradicating and lessening the
incidence of the disease. The writer
knoSrs of no better qualified- than Dr.
Goldberger to inform Surgeon General
Cumming of the Publlo Health Service
as to the danger of the spread of the
disease, u is Known oy the medical
profession that Dr. Goldberger after
years of study of pellagra In the south
has shown ' that this disease is lararelv
due to an unbalanced diet, or defective
nutrition, in tne present case the fac
ulty nourishment is the result of eco
nomic stress, owing- to the low price of
cotton, and the reduced scale of wage
in the cotton mill districts. It would
seem then that the daneer of an Incraaaa
of pellagra la a real one, and cannot be
Druanea esiue Dy tne mere statement
of Dr. Goldberger, which we certainly
cannot deny. It Is necessary for the Fed
eral government as represented by the
Public Health Service to take active
measures to ameliorate the situation.,
"According to "the New York Times
Dr. Goldberger, in charge of the pellag
ra department sometime ago asked con
gress for an appropriation of the mere
sum of 130,000 to carry on the pellagra
investigation. This was reduced to J20,.
000, and finally to (18.000, a-Jt now
stands before the appropriation commit
tee. According to Dr. Goldberger the
sum of 9140,000 Is now needed for the
purpose of pellagra eradication, particu
larly for fhe establishing of dietetic clin
ics where the people. may be taught the
use of woper food for the' prevention
of this dreadful diseases The President
was evidently greatly impressed by the
seriousness of t he situation which caused
him to write the letter occasioning so
much unfavorable comment. , It was
evidently President Harding's wish, as
well as that or tne Burgeon uenerai or
the Public Health Service, to help the
people of the south, not slander them,
nor injure the financial or business sit
uation in the section affeoted.
"This recalls the aotion of business
organisations n sscw unwrnii aume ytmra
jago (1906) oenymg tne presence or yel
low fever in in&i cixy mi ino uiaeasa
had made such progress that they were
glad to call on the Publlo Health Ser
vice to eradicate the disease, but not
before hundreds of lives had been need,
leesly lost. It would be a eiimef the
eouth were to again suffer from delay
imply because certain business inter
ests will not admit the danger of an in
crease of pe lagra. For a long time, 'the
presences of hook-worm disease in cer
in In section was strenously denied, but
1 " ... Tl . . 1-1 i TII.U O . I I J
Hhanks to the Publlo Health Service, aid-
"1" he Rockefeller foundation this
f ',. been greatly lessened.
"If this appropriation of $110,000 ts as
ereatly needed as the Publlo Hea th Ser
vice thinks, we should pause before
bringing ihncento bear on our rj
reaentatlve in congress, Which mlgiht
prevent their Indorsements of this much
ID
ASHEVILLE CITIZEI
ASHEVILLE, N.
I1IIIIIJIIIIL.IV i la I III I I
CONFERENCE DATE
EE
American Government? Sug
gests Date;Be Not Later
Than Armistice Day. -
BRITONS WIliL HOLD
PRELIMINARY SESSION
Invitation to BP Extended
Them to Conduct Con
ferences in Apheville.
WASHINGTON, 28. (By the
iimnniBtfid Press informal negotia
tions over the date ' f oT the dlsarma-
ment conference wereon i
day with the American government
suggesUng selection of f me not latsr
than Armistice day, November 11.
Definite replies arefyet to be' re
ceived, but unofficial information here
stems tP indicate thai softie of the
other powers will pref a later date
and that several dlplon attc exchanges
may be necessary befoi e a unanimous
agfeement is reached,
The question of a ineeting time,
now the next lmmedls te concern , in
the conference preUmir aries, was dls
cuBsed by Secretary H ughes during
the day with the Britlsli and Japanese
!,.. ,,!... o n it,, tallan charee
here. China and France are to be!
consulted In the near iuiur. uuuin
it is emphasized that there will be
no disposition to press tor a decision
until each of the parti s to the con
ference has had time to, study the
situation thoroughly, . ,
The British ambassador. Sir Auck
land Geddes, Is unders tood to have
suggested that a date li ter than No
vember 11 be selected mless a pre
liminary conference is t o be held, at
which the dominion premiers can be
present. Such a preliminary meeting
would toe possible, In th view of the
British government late this summer,
when the premiers now In London on
their way home for the convening of
their parliaments. '
Japan ts said to feet t disadvan
tage because of the time that would
be required for her deleg tea to reach
Washington, but officials here believe
she will consent to the Ndember .a,te
If the other powers find W agreeable.
Among all the participating nations
there is an appreciation f' the Psy
chological advantage of 4v?1?'ni: ""
due delay, and It Is expect 'hat iac
tor will be a conspicuous ne m the
final decision. - 1
ASHEVILLE SEEKS fTHEM.
With the cable dispatcll "last nisht
-to the effect that BrltMn omciaia
are In favor of holding a ung pre
llmlnarv tn th diaarmarrnt confer
ence, at some Canadian citor United
States city other ta-jftfshlngton,
F. L. Seeley stated he wasfyery much
gratified over the prospe s for the'
meeting -to be held at the rove Parlt
Inn. L, ,
. It was also stated by "r. Seeley
that he would get In cOm mnnlcatlon
at once with Sir Auckla d Geddes,
British ambassador at Wat tiington, In
an effort to have him hand the mat
ter, with the delegations from Great
Britain, which will be headed by Pre
mier Lloyd George.
Since the Initial lnvltati n' sent to
President Harding by ofBc als of the
Grove Par k Inn, interest I n the dis
armament meet has been high In
Asheville at the prospect of the inter
national gathering coming t ) this city,
PREMIER TO HEAD DEI EGATION
LONDON, July . (By the Asso
ciated Press.) It was stat 'd In offi
cial circles here today that a, meeting
preliminary to the Washln srton con
ference on disarmament an . far east
ern problems, to be held- vithin six
weeks at some Canadian -lty or a
city in the United States o her than
Washington, waa virtually, a certainty,
although it was admitted th it the at
titude of Washington on su h an ar
rangement was as yet un nownin
London. J .
The program of the W ishlngton
conference would be arrang ;d at the
preliminary' meeting.
' Mr. Lloyd George, the pr ma min
ister, plans to head the Bri tish rep
resentatives, while Premier I- ughes of
Australia and Premier Masse; of New
Zealand, also would attend t ie meet
Ing on thetf way to their h mes.
: It is realized here that to " Brit
ish, ships from American lorts as
the board has authority to o under
the shipping act, might lead to a se
rious international incident and the
impression is given that ulh a re
course stands well In the background
even though it never is lost Nght of,
as a possibility. The general expec
tation is that a few days wiH see a
complete appreciation of thel-Ameri-
i STILL DRIFTING
j ' BY BILLY BONE. ' v
Rlini U T H RFR U FT
NEGOTIATED WITH KILUNG ROSE
C, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 29,
' 1
T NOW
Oil TRIAL CHARGED
Former Prohibition Office
Beck Sole Witness First 1
Day of Trial.
BRYSON CITY. July 28. Charles
J, Beck, former prohibition agent and
the only eye witness of the death of
prohibition agent Hoi Rose was the
first witness introduced for the state
In the trial of Babe Burnett which
began here today.
Beck testified he and Hoi Rose In
company with Deputy Sheriff. J. M.
Welch went to the home of Babe
Burnett on Brush creek on the morn
ing of the 25th of last October and
that after speaking to Burnett and
his wife they found two barrels of
apples under an apple tree near the
house and said that Babe Burnett
stated that it was for the purpose
of making vinegar. He said they
continued their search, finding some
more barrels of pumice and two
kegs, one of which he declared con
tained a small quantity of brandy.
At this point, the witness stated, he
left Rose and Welch -and went to
arrest Burnett but saw him crossing
a ridge leaving the place. The three
officers, according to the testimony
of the witness, left and went to a
nearby house while he and Rose returned-
for the purpose of arresting
Burnett. Upon . approaching the
house, the witness said, they saw the
defendant running from the crib to
ward the barn and that they ran after
him, were pursuing him and Just
rounded the corner of the barn when
a shot waa fired from a. straw stack
he turned facing away from Rose,
at the rear of the barn. Rose ex
claimed, the witness said, "Babe, you
have killed me." The witness said
when he heard Rose fire his pistol,
and turning again saw him fall dead.
He stated that immediately there
after he saw Burnett running up the
road and that he opened fire upon
the fleeing man, emptying bis pistol
at him.
Draws Diagram.
The witness drew a diagram upon
the floor before the jury, and de
scribed each alleged movement, show
ing positions of places, objects and
persons throughout the entire alleged
transaction. Upon cross-examination
he stated that he did not see who
fired the shot, nor did he know who
did the ehooting that resulted in the,
death of Rose. Counsel for Burnett
tried repeatedly to inject Into the
evidence the question of the rights
of the officers to search the premises
of Burnett, and Beck was asked the
question as to whother he had a ar
rant either at the time the search
was made) or at the time he was
shooting at Burnett.
So far as the evidence has de
veloped it appears that the attorney
for the defense will make their case
on three major propositions: That It
cannot be proved for a certainty that
Burnett did the shooting, and that
therefore the state must depend upon
circumstantial evidence; that the of
ficers were without their rights either
in searching the premises of Burnett,
or in attempting to arrest him, as
the claim will probably be made that
they had no warrant, and that If Bur
nett did the shooting it was in self
defense as the two officers were pur
suing him armed and Rose with his
loaded pistol in his hand at the time
the shooting occurred.
The state is of course Insisting that
the crime was premeditated murder
and that Burnett seeing the approach
of Rose and Beck, angered at the
search that had been made in the
morning, ran to the barn, secured his
kshotgun. and hiding behind the straw
stack, fired upon Kose ana Kinea mm
as he sgain came in sight- Beck was
ths only witness examined today, as It
took four hours to draw the Jury,
more than . 40 1 names having been
drawn from the hat, and after the
state had exhausted Its legal num
ber of pre-emptory challenges, and
the defense had pre-emptorily dis
missed 10 of its allotted 12.
Seven rden ' were excused because
they stated that they did not believe
in capital punishmnt. two because
they stated they had formed an opin
ion that the defendant was guilty,
and two because they believed him
not guilty, one because he Is deaf, and
two because they were related to- Hoi
Rose. :'..,,' , '
The-lunr consists of M. L. Price,
Joe Johnson, Ross Watkins, Kelly
Payne, France Duvall, C, R. Muse,
Harrison Lunsford. L. L. Crisp. R
D. Estes, Walter Grant. K. A. Hall
nd V A,- Duvall.
ir
1921.
CONGRESS EXPECTS
TO RECESS ABOUT
AUGUST 20 TQ 25
Congressmen Are Dinner
Conference Guests of Hard
ing at the White House.
WORK OP REST OF
SESSION OUTLINED
Vacation in House Is Deem
ed Likely to Last About
Six Weeks.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Passage
lof the shipping board appropriation
nd railroad legislation beiore tne
uggested summer recess of the house
as understood to have been urged
n house leaders by Prcside,nt Hard-
g tonight at the White House din
er conference.
The recess, Under the legislative
scheme on which there was an ap
parent agreement is scheduled to be
gin between August 20 and, 26. The
President was told, it was said, that.
It would be possible to clear up the
calendar of the legislation on which
he urged speed by the latter date at
th' outside and that by pressure, the
house might clean up Its work and
start a rest at the earlier time men
tioned. .
The vacation of the house was
deemed likely to last about six weeks
or ilntll near the first of October. By
that; time, it was said, the President
believed, ' the senate will have got
through with either the tax or the
tariff bill and conferences to adjust
differences between the houses could
be started.
Wys and means committee mem
bers at the dinner were reported 'to
have informed the President that they
would, have the tax bill in the hands
of the house on or before August
15. and that they figured It could be
passed in nve days at most. They
said, it was understood that demo
cratic members already had begun
marshalling forces for a drive on the
tax bill when it appears, and because
of the bitter fight expected, the com
mittee leaders said they could not
be too .sure of the time required for
passage; of the measure.
The conference lasted until after
midnight, having been begun around
8:80 o'clock in the evening. 'Al
though few of the guests would dis
cuss what went on the great state
dining room at the executive mansion.
it was (gleaned that foreign affairs
as well as senate legislative prob
lems did not enter into the discus
sion. It was described as a "frank
and informal talk into which every
one entered with the President lead
ing his visitors into the channels of
subjects 'upon which he sought in
formation. The Sweet bill, upon which the
Ing to 'adjust differences between thei
two housds, was mentioned and the
President was said to have expressed
the , hope I for an early agreement.
Some bills of lesser consequence en
tered the discussion also, but ths Im
pression glK'en waa that Mr, Harding
had kent nhe discussion largely to
the three pieces of legislation.
FEET DEGENERATE
BY .WEARING SHOES
Osteopath Claims One Class Mental
Defectives turn Die.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 21. Thous
ands of children become mental defec
tives from injury to the neck at. birth.
Dr. . Raymond f W. Bailey, of Philadel
phia, declared tin an address at ths 25th
annual convention of ths American Os
teopathic association here today. All of
these cases can be cured by osteopathic
adustment of the neck, he said, adding
that-Jiothlng else can cure them.
Osteopathia clinics for the tree treat
ment of these eases are to be establish
ed all over the country. Dr. Bailey an
nounced.
w. KennncK omitn, or Boston, De
clared (est have degenerated to an amas.
Ins derree among civilised people as a
result of wearing shoes.
"When you compare tne i city man s
foot with - that of the naked savage It
can hardly be recognised as the stun
anatomical structure, Dr, Smith said.
He criticised people for wearing shoes
whlchv are too smell and urged ths wear
ing of shoes which are straight on ths
inner edge. - v ,
-V BANKER , l ABHEBTEp' '
TAROO.'N. v., July 21-rtf. L. Belse-
ker, of Fessenden, N. D., head of a
string of banks and heavily Interested In
other business activities, submitted to
arrest in Fargo today on a charge of
.violating we jeosru can i""-
American Ships Must Be
Given Every
Competition
EU11 UH5
IN SESSION PLEDGE
TO PROITE STATE
Annual Convention Breaks
Lose From Formalities to
Inspired Meeting.
SEEING CAROLINA
TOUR MAY BE MADE
Head of Journalism School
Urges Home Talent Be
Won to Profession.
IKptili Krmpin4tnir Tht AllteUl fllijeiil
MOREHEAD CITY. N. C. July 28.
The North Carolina press associa
tion today liberated Itself from some
old fashioned shackles. It smashed an
idol or two during the day and at
play beheld beautiful maidens smash
ing all kinds of idols. Nobody tnlked
shop but everybody talked about
North Carolina.
It is a convention full or pep, as
the sport writers say. There are
about one hundred of the newspaper
men here and they came without the
traditional pad and pencil, the circu
lation score card or the advertising
bill of faro. They have nothing to In
spire conversation besides the gentle
sephyrs that blow this way from
other countries, but, on the whole,
It is a moot talkative lut of folks.
President Hurley started the ball
rolling for this Innovation when he
worked out a snappy program ana
the brothern of the cratuhave been
Industrious in tholr labors to make
the annual summer meeting a grand
and glorious success. Plans have been
partially worked out with represen
tatlveg of the railroads for the "See
ing North Carolina," tour in the fall.
The convention Is whole heartedly be
hind the "Made in Carollnas," expo
sition which is to be held in Char.
lotte in September. The tribe has de
termined to explore and explain the
str) and it went to work this morn
ing. Daniels Is Heard.
Editor Josephus Daniels, of Ral
eigh, discussed North Carolina and
her newspapers this morntng and
Stantford Martin editor of the Win
ston-Salem Journal, told the craft
how to carry the story of the state
tor' the readers. Louts Graves,.1 new
head of the school of Journalism at
the university, begged the co-operation
of the newspaper men In win
ning to the profession the talent born
in Carolina.
The speakers all talked of the rapid
strides of the state in aducatlon and
roads and health and many other
vital ways. Mr. Graves this morning
made the observation that the old
state, after struggling nigh On to 40
years to hold buckle and, tongue to
gether, has within tha last 16 taken
the lead in the development of the
south. He discussed it from the view
point of the northerner, though a
native of the state, and his observa
tions were refreshing.
A paper written by Earl Godbey,
editor of the Greensboro News, and
read by E.B. Jefferles, secretary of ths
association, attracted the most at
tention of the members. Mr. Godbey,
writing in an intimate way about ths
state, warned the newspapermen to
view with some alarm the disposition
of the press to praise the things clos9
at hand and criticize the things far
away. He called particular attention
to the threatened return of pellagra
in almost cpldemla form and threw
out the suggestion that the state press
take Inventory of the healt hand eco
nomic conditions of its citizenship.
More striking perhap in his paper
was his reference to the mushroom
growth in North Carolina of the
Ku Klux Klan. He summoned the
brethorn to take up their cudgels
against an organization spreading
over ths state like wildfire, "in bold
defiance of the state constitution."
History le Recounted
Labor Commissioner Mitch Bhlnman
read the history of the association for
tne past twelve months, recounting with
equal diligence the addition of a Ml lr
hand saw to the plant of the Morgan
ton News Hera'.d and the change in poll.
viva oi xns jtamivius limes.
He welcomed, for the ansoctaUon. the
return to the state "Th Old l.'ndanr"
and that fictitious characters offering
in the Rhamik&He Roastor. Mr. Ship
man would not recognize the lealtlimicv
of the old codger's son, w'hose fulmlni-
tions appear in ""me Jiurrtnane Harrier,"
but be warmly praised owner John
Parks of The Raleigh Times for improve
ments.
There is much diversity in the nroe-
ratn fixed up by President Hurley, there
was a dance last night, fishing parties
mis morning ana a ooat rme una aft
ernoon. Tonight there were sailing
parties and danoes both at tfhe Beda
worth and he Old Atlantic, across the
sound. Tomorrow the entire iarty goes
to Cape Lookout to inspect a new devel
opment project there.
The single shot sentence call on the
members at the afternoon session brought
fourth some long and pungent phrases.
It was a atudy of uhe state rn epitome,
most or - tne epesjcers eneauing some
new ustre upon the glorious crown of
Tar HeeUa. The fever for studying
and knowing the stale gripped the emo
tions of the publishers and by individ
ual pledgee the convention resolved to
lay aside the old and take up the new
for a season.
See Fort Macon
After the sthrlna rhapsody of stsite
rlorlfto&tton sverybody wet to ride on
the water to take a look at Fort Macon
and pay a pop call to Editor Giles Me-
Dane a town of Keauforo.
Editors Giles and Bob Wade, of the
More-heed City Coaster, are joint hosts
to the convention nd they tiave left
litue undone to mase tne lorty-nintn
annual session of the newspaper .men de
cidedly the brightest of the half century.
gwlnsliur boldly in with all or tne ac
tivities and proving themselves real hu
man beings instead ot tne persistent
pests they are plotured as a small bat
talion of press agents, better known by
their cards as the oireotors oi publicity
for such organltatHons as the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph company,
the stats board of 'health, the Alumni
Review, the Southern Railway and Sou
thern Publlo Utilities company, and, last
but not least, the veteran, Andy Joyner,
exploration, special let for the state in
surance department. These fellows came
along to pledge their heeirty co-operation
tn the business of regenerating the ttfe
ot the state and measured by the cout.
teev of lha laihroada they are' all there.
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AGGRESSIVE POI TRY ;
IS ADOPTED TO GET
RIGHT TREATMENT
London Press Declares "Ul- .
timatum" Is Given Brit-.
ish Shipping Lines. -.
CLAIM THREAT MADE
FOR AN OPEN MARKET
Retaliatory Measures Under
Jones Shipping Bill May
Be Made Weapon.
WASHINGTON. July 28. (By the
Associated Frees. ) Aggressive meas
ures Iiave been adopted by the ship
ping board to Insure fair treatment
for American merchant ships In the
award of trading privileges inforeign
ports.
Although but partially revealed by .
negotiations now In progress, the
board's policy Is understood to rest
on the proposition that other nations
must give -every proper opportunity
to ships which fly the stars and c
stripes or else run the rtek of en- .
countering the retaliatory measures
placed within the prerogative of the '
board by the new shipping act.
There is every indication as re
Amerlcan government will stand
vealed by officials here that the
squarely behind such a program, and
has every confidence that it will suc
ceed, without serious opposition in
placing the American merchant ma
rine on' a proper level In Interna
tional trade.
A situation which has brought the'
board's policy into prominence exists
at Alexandria, Egypt. In relation to
contracts for the carriage of Egyp
tian cotton to the United Kingdom '
and the United States! In ths view
,of the board offlciajsthe British ship
ping interests nave taken an unrea
sonable attitude toward admission of
American vessels to that trade, and
strong representations have been
made which confidently are expected
to have the desired result .
There Is no disposition here to re
gard the Alexandria problem as con
stituting a ertousv disagreement in "
Itself, but there Is a feeling that 1!
will set a significant precedent.
The negotiations-whloh have led up
to It really are concerned with the
broader subject of .dmisslon of ths '
shipping board's representative into
the conference of shipping interests' ,
which control such awards as that
at Alexandria, and the general recog
nition of the board as a factor lq
shipping decisions. - ,
Just whst steps have been taken
by the board agents in Great Britain
dealing with the Alexandria sltua-, ;
tion has not been made known here,
but, board officials said today they
had no Information to bear out press
despatches that an "ultimatum" had
been delivered to the British shipping .
lines. The same dispatch mentioned
a possibility that retaliatory meas
ures against British ehlps htAmerI
an ports might be adopted, should
the American protest fall,but the
officials here described these negotla- '
tlons as too delicate to permit ot
comment at this time.
BILL FOR
IWED DEBT GETS
FAVORABLE REPORT
Measure Granting Blanket .
FUNDING
Autnonty for Action
Probably Will Go Over.
WASHINGTON. July 28! The ad- '
ministration bill to give the treasury'
department blanket authority to
fund the ten billion dollars of Allied
debt and interest was reported fav- .
orably today by the senate f!na,nre
committee. The vote was 8 to 5. Re
publican leaders said consideration
of the bill probably would o over
until after the recess of congress.
The administration draft of the bill 1.
was approved with only one amend
ment, that offered by Chairman Pen
rose requiring funding to be com
pleted within five years. There was; "
no recorded opposition to the amend
ment, but further efforts to revise the -bill
were defeated.
. la contrast to the action ' of the '
committee,-negotiations were report-""
ed proceeding between republican and
aemocratic committee members to- i
ward an agreement under which the
authority granted the secretary of the
treasury would be restricted. Such
a change was considered as likely to
bring to the support of the bill man
senators who declare thelr.-lntentlon
to oppose it in its present form. Sena- '
tor Walsh, of Massachusetts, pre
dicted today that unless the bill was
materially amended It would precipi
tate on the floor Of the senate ths
most bitter fight of the session. '
Prior, to the committee's action, -i
Secretary Mellon in person, presented ;
a memorandum, called for by the
committee in which he declared that
in view of the action of his predeces
sors "this government is commuted
to the postponement of the Interest
fop two or, three years," and "to the
spreading over subsequent years 'of
the payment of the postponed inter
est installments." He stated that this
postponement is contingent, how- '
ever, upon such foreign government
carrying out with reasonable prompt
ness, after this government is ready
to proceed, a satisfactory funding of
Its existing short time obligations to
this country.
With reeard to the negotiations oon.
ducted under the Wilson admlnctratioa
between Albert 8. Katnoons na repra
sntaves of the British goverment, the
secretory advised the committee he re- T
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