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r porth Carolina: Gonorally fair on
nday and Tuaaoay; angnny coiaer
Monday.
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:USANHE M President Will Support FOREIGN TRADE
GLARED TO BE The Bonus If Feasible LPASSES CRUCIAL
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IS FRENCH VIEW
f Intention Serious, Says
One Writer, U. S. Could
Annul Claims.
I.M SANXE, Dec. 17. (Fly The
ssoiiiit-d Press.) Turkey de
mands primarily absolute Integrity
jf territory where me lurks arc
i overwhelming majority anil on
this question will make no sarrl
ces. Ismet 1'a.fiha declared tonight
I mii address before the Swiss
i.-icty of the Friends of Turkey,
ismet, who receives a commem
irallvp medal for himself and .in
ither for Mustaph.i Kemal. In
sisted that his country would (I-
pnd to the minority populations ( ciorslng a sales tar with roodHturrs
..ra.inmir in Turkey all the nd-1 exempted, as a means of raising
vAragen recognized by the recent i the necessary revenue to finance
European treaties dul warren yiai j m- uunua.
the introduction of any other ex-1 C. Hamilton Cook. Buffalo, N.
optional stipulations would be an, v., national commander or tne
CINCINNATI. Dec. 7. Assur
ance that President Harding would
support a bonus for ex-service
mea. providing a feasible means
of financing the bonus can be
found, was given ex-service men
by Colonel C. n. Forbes, director
of the Veterans' Bureau at Wash
ington, before a Joint conference
of national and state, executives
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
here today.
In the conference were the
members of the national council
ot administration and the depart
ment commanders of the veterans
organization.
Immediately following Forbes'
address and a discussion which re
sulted In strong approval (of a
sales tax. the executives unani
mously adopted a resolution en-
tadmisible attack on Turkish sov- Disabled American Veterans of the
Jrclgn rights.
A A ktlsn rights. No TTirkifb '
r jfVninent could ever accept sin h
traditions as it. would be tanta-
jf Jrount to establishing a state with-
I in a state.
I I LAUSANNE. Dec. 17. (By Th'J
e 'Associated Press) The labors of
' n Lausanne conference have ail-
nced so far that already the of
ficial scribes have begun their tnsk
f writing out : the preliminary
rafts of the treaty. This docu
rnent will enumerate the broad
lines of the pact and Is being pro
fiared so as to have in concrete
jform those problems which have
already been solved, and also have
ti e preliminary signature -of the
Agreement from all parties,
f There is a feeling that too much
tune is being wasted on secondary
,tiutstlons in the sub-commissions
tind that the big aim of the con
jt"e renege is in danger of being lost
iitrht of d-uring the interminable
3li;sodsslons, often petty in nature.
peed IsyTiovv" the watchword at
il.aunann,e
I J'b.e straits problem practically
iiis .Keen settled; great progress
jnasbeen made on the question of
?rdnoritles and the generol eco
nomic and financial subjects have
h uiul their essential solutions. The
g along ot sev-
Bueh as the de-
Greek patriarch.
Vhe Mosul oil dispute and the dif
Vtiltv over foreign tribunals,, in
i7-key. is checking the forward
esvSjng of the conference.
J" "the Russians have been practi
cally obliterated as' a conference
factor, but have again complained
iiiat they are being ignored. They
freeently protested that they were
ft'Ling systematically "shut out of
.'he straits discussion and nave
written another note to the presi
dents, remaking ironically that
iaii'ce they have received no an
swer they assume their orrglr.a1
bote wast lost.
Everybody here gives to the re
ported American plans for eco
ticimic assistance of Europe over
whelming importance as an inter-
snitional event. All the delegations
fhnve been optimistically affected
,! this news and seem to feel it
i double duty to make the confer -
Ience a success and thus hasten the
work of European reconstruction
and European peace.
A big masked Oriental ball at
, the leading hotel here, at which
j.jjli.met Pasha dropped in and cotn-
pllmented the Swiss damsels on
"St'lr beautiful and bewildering cos
jllmes, ha3 added a gayer note to
'me general proceedings in Laua
"I nnne.
World War. who was attending the
conference by invitation, said his
organisation would take immedi
ate action to support the resolu
tion. The American Legion, which is
the largest of the veterans' fwafani
zations. was not represented at the
meeting.
'"This means that the bonus bill
Is liable to be passed at coining
session of Congretw," Colonel Til
llnghast Huston. New York, na
tion.! commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, suid after the
meeting
Colonel Forbes called President
Harding by long distance tele
phone shortly, before going Into
the conference and in the course
of bis address referred to the con
versation with toe President. "I
callod blni up because it was sug
gested to trie that the bonus might
be tnui-hed upon," he said. "I
wish you knew the pulse of Presi
dent Harding. I wish you knew
his innnrmost thoughts. I wish
you knew how he loves the ex-
service men.
"Harding is not opposed to
bonus. He will never be opposed
to a bonus if they will provide
means for financing It. All sorts
of legislation have been sought
all sorts of means have been men
tioned and the most simple means
of all these that have been brought
to my attention is the sales tax to
meet this obligation.
"If Congress had brought to the
President the solution of the finan
cial problem of this additional
financial responsibility be would
have signed the bill. I believe the
nales tax is the means whereby
this obligation may be paid and
the sales tax Is the answer to the
problem of paying the bill.
ADM
N T RAT ON
THAN IN H
STORY
Atomic ana iinnnnm
s )t uiul their essential
V 'lierslstent dragging
ol ni thorry points, s
yynrtation cl-the Gi
BELGIANS CKITICISIXtt
AMERICAN PLAN OF AID
BRUSSELS, Dec. 17. (By The
Associated. Press) Reports of con
templated action in the United
States looking to the reconstruc
tion of Europe have been received
with much adverse criticism by the
Helgian newspapers. The Natlou
Beige says it would be Belgium
and France who would bear the
burden as they would have to
abandon their liens on Germany.
Ihe Vingtieme Hlecle considers the
Cofi(tRo v vim Mwrn
FACE BATTLE
EOR SHIPPING ACT
Leaders Desire to Keep
Measure Before
Senate Today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Ad
ministration leaders in the Senate
tomorrow face a battle to keep
the shipping bill before that body.
Pending before the Senate when
it convenes after an over Sunday
recess will be the motion made
Saturday by Chairman Norris of
the agriculture committee to lay
aside the shipping measure and to
take up his bill designed to relieve
agricultural distress) "'through the
creation rrf a government capital
ised corporation to buy and to sell
farm product.
The motion' will e opposed by
Chairman Jones of Commerce Com
mittee in charge of shipping bill and
others who have been most ear
nest in the support of that meas
ure and will be pressed by foes of
the ship bill including the almost
solid Democratic membership by
the Progressive Republican group,
and by others who believe that
adtlon should be taken without
delay In the matter of agricultural
relief.
Both sides In the impending
battle said today that they were
confident of success. Those sup
porting the move to lay aside the
shipping bill and begin considera
tion of the Norris measure eaid
they would have at least half a
dor.en more than a majority. Those
opposing the move said they liad
made no poll but were certain ot year to year and this letter coming-
enough votes to prevent substitu
tion of any agricultural relief not
having a considerable unanimity of
support which they assert the
Norris bill does not have.
Meanwhile the Senate banking
committee will continue with its
hearings and study of the various
rural credits bill. Its members
hope to conclude the hearings by
Wednesday.
COTTONSITUATION
MORE FAVORABLE
Wallace Tells of Strides
Made in Combatting
the Boll Weevil.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Steps
tuten hv the Denartment of Agri
culture to combat the cotton boll
weevil have brought a situation
"more favorable than ever before,
Steretarv Wallace Informed Sena
tor Harris, of Georgia, in a letter
made public today by the Senator.
Mr. Wallace declared nia aeparv
mint had found effective the dust
rnr method and also the new
method developed In Florida an'l
bad Tequestect the -co-oiSeration of
the War Department in the further
testing of the policy ot airplane
dusting. .
With these two major and high
ly promising developments Of the
past year to tnorougmy test oui
the coming season, the secretary
wrote, "the scientific forces of the
d -partment will be fully occupied
nnd those who have been studying
the problem feel very confident
that out of these methods and the
oies now in use will be found a
satisfactory combination for prac
tically all 'conditions."
The agriculture secretary's letter
was' In reply to one from Senator
Haris enclosing a communication
from a constituent who expressed
the belief that "half had not been
done by the department wiitc.1!
should have been done."
"The damage from cotton boll
weevil varies considerably from
PERIODJN YEAR
Gains Some Ground De
spite Inroads Made by
Competing Countries.
NOW ENTRENCHED
BETTER THAN EVER
Retail and Wholesale
Food Prices Show Ad
vance During November.
W A SHI N C. T O N, Deo. 1 7.
An. erica n business has just gone
t hi ouch "one of the most critical
periods in the Mt nvt nf Oil Mri-
tion's foreign trade" and has gain
ed some ground against the in
roads of a "recovoring European
competition." Dr. Julius Klein, di
rector of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, declared
:n the annual report of the tureau.
made public today. The Ainer.
can exporter, he said, has firmly
grasped the opportunities present
ed and Is entrenched In the. world
markets in a better faahio.i than
ever before.
Dr. Klein's remarks concerning
tho broadening scope of thU coun
try's foreign trade were based par
tially on a gradually increasing
volume of exports togetner with
a remarkable, nation-wide Inter
est in foreign trade as reflected
by a 400 per cent increase In the
number of inoulrios received hv
the Department of Commerce for
Information on, world markets in
all lines.
Requests for foreign trade In
formation are coming Jt the ra'.e
of roil'- thousand a day now ss
compared with one thousand a day
a ye-t ago. k
More than 60.000 merchants and
manufacturers called In person at
the bureau's divisional office cov
ered by the report, while the gen
eral headquarters there the re
port said, waa Instrumental in the
extension of foreign sales organi
sations of several thousand firms.
To the end that the Department
of Commerce and Dr. Kleln'a bu
reau may be able to give quicker
and more complete information
as to the status of country's ex
ports, it has recommended the
transfer of the government' sta
tistical organisation from the
treasury to the Department of
Commerce.
Such a change. Dr. Klein said.
would give the commerce depart
ment control over preparation of
the statistics concerning trade
which It now distributes. It would
fherefore. be believes, prove to be
basically a more thorough glean
ing of facts and figures regaining j
this country'a world trade a0 en-'
a tye ft. to answer requests i'o.- In
formation more quicKiy.
The greater interest shown by
American business men tn rorolgn
trade must not be allowed to warns
Dr. Klein declared, adding that
every business man, either large or
small must be supplied with all
daja which would enable him bet
ter to meet new and changed con
ditions wherever there are mar
kets. He said the "bulge" now
Cnnul n rf sctwj
Three Nations
Represented In
Church Service
liinhop Manning Says
Time Has Come for U.
S. to Enter Council.
NKW YORK. Dec. 1", A
Service of "intercession for
brotherhood and fellowship
among all good people." with
representatives of the British,
French and the I'niled states
government attending wa.a
held today in the Cathedral of
Ht. John the Dlvlns. under the
luspices of 27 societies and so
cial organiiatlotis.
The Right Rev. T. Manning.
Protestant Kpiseopal Bishop of
New York, told the gathering
that the need of nations wsa
"a voice in which all can have
confidence, because it Is known
to be generous, Just and disin
terested. "And America." he said. "In
Ihe light of record and by ihe
very facts of her situation is
able to speak with such a
voice."
Bishop Manning said the time
had come for some sort of
council of nations in which,
without surrender of American
national traditions or princi
ples the country could have her
lull part.
"In this time of crisis." he
ontinued. "America must have
ler place and bear her part In
:he council chamber of the
.vorld."
WRECK
DEFEND S
AMERICAN RELIEF
UINN
MM ATI ON
NAME PILSUDSKI
CHIEF-flfSTAFF:
JOINT DEMONSTRATION
IN PRUNING PLANNED
6AILSBURY. N. CT, Dec. 17.
A joint pruning demonstration by
the county agents ot Rowan and
Cabarrus Counties will be held at
the Estate of Sig H. Rosenblatt,
Gold Hill, tomorrow morning.
'ohibition Enforcement
Conference Set For Today
wAhINGTOX Dec. 17. Presi
dent Vardlng's conference with
GovernX-a On prohibition enforce
ment wl take place tomorrow at
the Whi House. Sixteen Sta'.o
executive have signified their in
tcctlon of Njtending, several having:
already arved from White Sul
phur Sprina, W. V., where the
fourteenth einual Governors'-con
ference va held, last week.
This- oriaial nlart of the Presi
dent con tet plated a . meeting of
Governors fere In January for u
discussion 6 the prohibition prob
lem but th proximity of a large
gi oup of then. In attendance at the
white SulpUr Springs conference,
was one of ne factors which caua-
c? the datHo be advanced.
In atimilstration circles, it Is
relieved, bwever. that another
con:erencet-lll be necessary after
"January Uis many of the Gover
i ors will t out of office after the
firet of thlyear, and a new group
"-ill be (Jrged with co-operating
in the eiSrcement of the prohibi
tion lavj? President Harding, in
k,"?achinc decision regarding to-
Vtorl-owMconference, It wa said.
,-fronted with this problem.
brlt was thought desirable to ob
tain n9 views of those who hae
I d experience in dealing witn tne
oniMtion question during the
ft few years, so as to make It
illable for the new State exeeu-
as another conference is held,
'hose who have indicated they
t .attend the conference are::
Governors Sproul. Pennsylvania:
ien, Kansas; Denney, Delaware;
tchie, Maryland: Kilby. Alabama,
-de. Missouri; Davis, Idaho; Mo
rris, Nebraska: Campbell, Art.
w; Trinkle, Virginia; McCrav,
liana; Cox, Massachusetts; "Ol-
cett. Oregon: Hartness, Vermont!
Baxter. Maine, and Freus, Min
nesota. Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun
sol for tho Anti-Saloon League, ami
W. H. Stayton, executive head of
the Association Against the Prohi
bition Amendment, issued state
ments today commending the call
ing of the conference
Mr. Wheeler said the Lnited
estates must check lawlessness or
lie engulfed in ikl' Mr. Stayton
taid his association agreed "witn
President's declaration in his last
message to Congress that crime is
running amuck In this country."
"The Governors' law enforcement
eonferencj is most opportune, said
Mr. Wheeler's statement. "The
organized attack on the eighteenth
amendment and the laws to en
force It is an affront to law abid
ing citizens.
"The Governors of the States
have already in many instances set
a worthy example by calling 'upon
i.uhllo officials to enforce tne law
and private citizens to obey the
Mr. Rtavton said his association
agreed "that it is high time to call
In the Oovernors. because it is Fed
eral law which has been broken-
down," before the adoption oi tne
eighteenth amendment, he said.
most of tne states naa tneir in
dividual prohibition laws, which
were duly enforced without scan
dal." v
The orgy of crime ana aisrespect
for law was not known at that
time. Mr Stayton aid. adding that
ho hoped the conference would
have the effect of "pointing to the
inevitable adoption ef the plan of
our organization of turning the en
tire matter of enforcement oacg to
the Governors and the Statej,
Where it belongs." .
us It does Just at the close ot one
of the most seriously Injurious sea
sons experienced in recent years,"
Mr. Wallace wrote, "no doubt truly
represents the state of mind of a
great many people in the South
Those howover who have been clos
est to the problem realize the dif
ficulties with which the scientific
workers have had to contend in the
development of control measures
tor this insect and consider rath
er that the advancements made
have been more than could be ex
pected. "In fact, Just at the present
time the .situation is more favor
able than ever before. The dusting
method has in the face of the
htavy infestation of this year prov
ed itself capable of satisfactorily
protecting the production of cotton
in large areas of the South. This
method seems to be especially
adapted for the more productive
areas and where the staple cottons
have been developed and In those
regions where the yield per acre is
half a bale or more the method has
been proven satisfactory.
"Just recently, as you no doubt
know. Dr. Newell and Mr. George
Smith, of the Florida Experiment
Station, have published a bulletin
giving a complete and. detailed ac
count of a long series of expert
ments in the use of another method
of control which appears to be
peculiarly adapted to meet the
conditions in the Florida region
and in other regions of the South
in which the cotton production per
acre is relatively jow
The factthat the Florida method
bus been carried out successfully
oy tne ordinary share croppers and
the cotton production practically
equal to that before the weevil in
vasion seems to warrant the .eon.
elusion that this will prove to be a
cneaper and erriclent method ove
a large area in the South. The
department is just at this time re
a nesting co-operation of the War
Department in the further testing
of the possibility of areoplane dua:
irK. "The remarkably successful s
aults obtained elsewhere by this
method seemed to abundantly jus
tify the additional expense that will
be Incurred in a much more ex
tensive test to be carried on this
year which should determine con
clusively whether these machines
can be depended upon to material
ly assist in the control of this pest."
NO APPREHENSION
Prompt Action by Officials
Has Quieting Effect
Arrests Made.
HANIHARA ACCEPTABLE
TO V. g. GOVERN MINT
TOKJO. Dec 17.(By the Associated
Press.) The Japanese foreign office
has received word from Washington
through the American embassy Bare
that Masane Kanlhara. recently ap
pointed ambassador to the United
JHates. Is persHia grata to the Amet
Ipsa Qovernnieai. . - - i
WARSAW. Dec. 17. (Bv The
Associated Press.) Marshal Jo
seph Pilsudskl. former provisional
president of Poland, has been ap
pointed chief-of-staff of the Po-
Itl.h ,. u. unl.u. nonnral
Sikorskf, who has assumed the
premiership.
The assassination on Saturday
of President Narutowicz has
aroused the sense of patriotic duty
among all the political parties,
and there Is now general co-Of 'ra
tion for the maintenance of strict
order.
Tha formation within a few
hours of a new cabinet through
the efforts of M. Ratsl, who au
tomatically became president when
Kajrutowiez was assassinated and
of General Sikorakl who was call
ed to the premiership, has givnn
the people a feeling of security.
The Immediate summoning of
parliament next Wednesday to
elect a new president has streng
thened this feeling ami Pilsudskl's
appointment as chief -of-st:f has
given additional assurance that ail
necessary firmness will be shown
by the heads of the government
In this critical time.
The cabinet is beinj rapidly
filled out around the skeleton
group of ministers who took office
Saturday night. Ministries that
were not filled are being operated
for tho present by the various
men now holding portfolios.
Xlewadomskl, the asaiasin of
President Narutowlcs. is a painter
and (3 years old. He was born
in Warsaw. He was a student at
the acadefVS of fine arts In Pet
rograd an? Paris. Hi men'al de
rangement Is attributed to injuries
suffered in an automobile aceident
In 11. which necessitated two
trephining operatnlns.
Xiewadomskl abandoned his art
work and became active politically
several years sgo, but his irre
sponsibility caused him Ho be ex
pelled from two political parties.
There seems to be no doubt he
acted on .his own responsibility,
without accomplices or knowledge
Nff any political group.
Embalm iiody of tne i
Dead Prmldent.
The body of President Naruto
wlcs was embalmed today. It will
be taken Tuesday to the ancient
roval palace, where It will lie in
state during a great public cere
mony. The funeral win be neia
after the election of the president.
Narutowlcs visited the art exhi
bition where he was assailed
against the advice of Premier
Nowak. who told him it would no
dangerous to expose himself. Na
rutowlcs, however, accepted an in-
Says No Blame Attaches
for Body as a Whole for
Finding of Contrabrand.
MOSCOW, Dec. 17. fBy The
Associated Press.) In view of an
article In Isvestria, relating to the
finding of contraband articles in
American Relief Administration
mall and trunks,. Captain Cyril
Qulnn, acting director of the
American Relief organization, has
Issued a statement in which he
points out that no reflection has
been cast upon the relief adminis
tration chiefs or upon the organi
nation as a whole .
Captain Qulnn states the relief
mall was Inspected sometime ago
at the suggestion of Colonel Wil
liam N. Haskell, director of the re
lief administration. Some pack
ares, Captain Qulnn says contained
a few diamonds, gold and silver
Jewelry. and several engravings
which individuals were attempting
to send out of the country. He
announces that four Individuals In
volved .have been dismissed from
the personnel.
Since the organization came to
Russia, he divulges, more than 40
individuals have been discharged
because they violated rules in one
way or another.
The Isvestria article wsa headed
"How they are helping." It adds:
"American Relief Administration
officials are of the opinion that the
government had nothing to do with
its pu Duration; in fact, they feel
the government would have ad
vised against It if it had been con
sulted."
The furs, tapestries and rugs re
ferred to in the article were not
in the mail. It is pointed out bv
Captain Qulnn. but in four trunks
which individuals attempted to
pass through customs at the fron
tier by use of American Relief Ad
ministration seals contrary to regulations.
BELIEVE
OF tug resulted;
IN DEATH OF 27
Full Story of Lake Acci
dent Is Nov Disclosed
by the Survivors.
22 PASSENGERS
CARRIED ON TUG
Islands Near Scene of Ac
cident Being Searched in
Hope of. Rescue.
SAl'LT STK. MARIK. Mich
Dec. 1 7 -i Twenty-seven permits
are missitiK and are believed in
have drowned or have died front
exposure following tho disaster
which overlook the tug Reliance
when it hit the rocks of Lizard
Island four days ago. This was
the fear expressed by officials of
the Superior Paper Conipuin. the
owner, of the tug, who. tnnigltt
for the first time, admitted th.it
In addition to the crew of 14, Ihe
Reliance ca.ried 22 passengers.
Seven aurylvors of the wreck
reached here last night. Two
others, Mr. and Mrs. John llarten,
rooks, were suffering so from cold
and exposure that they were left
Ht the station of the Algoma Coil- j
tral Railroad for medical attention
by the other survivors.
The last seen of the missing 117
persons was Wednesday morning
when the Reliance, battling
through a blinding miow storm,
went on the rocks off LizaVd
Island, stripped her wheel and
sank almost immediately.
Captain D. A. Williams of this
city, and six others who were for
ward tpok one lifeboat while nine
others, Including Mr. and Mrs.
Harten, took the other. The sec
ond boat drifted several hours In
the storm und was blown ashore
on the Canadian mainland, 85
miles north of here. Mrs. Harten
waa so exhausted that the party
was held up 36 hours in an Indian
shack before It waa able to start
Inland toward the railroad which,
waa reached Saturday. The sur
vivors express little hope that the
others survived the storm.
The announcement by the com
pany tonight said that In addition
to the crew of 14, the Rellanoe
carried 20 lumberjacks, an offi
cial of the company's forestry de
partment and a fisheries company
agent, who had been picked up by
the Reliance on its last trip to
the lumber i-amp. The missing
men, It is stated by survivors, left
the wrecked tug In a launch which
was carried by the Reliance in ad
dition to its two lifeboats.
It la pointed out that if the miss
ing men reached Lizard Island in
the storm they were without food.
If Vm xmI i Tl ft iav tfsil And m'tiara
theii Cere fcntita,4aeir problem of
rig n ting tne aoa would not' be so
great, out oeing wnnout weapons,
their chances of obtaining food
were -declared to be slender. Tugs
are making a search for them.
Tne Lizard islands are a few
miles off the northern Ontario
mainland. 75 miles north of Point
Aux Pins, at the western entrance
to the St. Mary's River.
Tht eastern end of Lake Su
perior Is sparsely settled from
Datohewana Bay to Mlchpicpoten
harbor, a distance of more than
50 miles, and the nearest railroad
is len or fifteen mile Inland from
the poJnt where part of the crew
of. the Reliance washed ashore.
All the eastern end of the lake
from White Fish Bay to Michoico
ten Island was swept by severe
storms for several days and is re
ported tilled with drifting Ice. The
only government rescue boats sta
tioned in the vicinlly are three
small vessels at Sault Hte Marie
and the converted sub-chaser
Cook, of the coast guard service
at Grand Alarai Refuge harbor.
Charlotte Scene Of
Early Sunday Fire;
Over $440,000
TRUS
SOUTH
Loss
French Commend
Rescue Work Of
American Crew
20 Men and Children
Among Survivors of
liurned Transport.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17
The work of the officers and
creu- ot the American destroyer
HalnbriilRc. in rescuing 482
persons yesterday front the
burning French transport Vlnh
Ilong in the Sea of Marmora,
was commended by Admiral
Dtiniesil, the French naval com
mander at Constantinople, In a
cablegram forwarded to the
Navy lieparimenr from the I".
S. S I'lttsburgh. flagship of tho
American fleet in Kuropean
waters Admiral Dumeail hsd
formally requested that the
gratitude of Ihe French navy be
expressed.
Another message from the
Pittsburgh, describing the burn
ing of Vlnh-Hong and the res
cue, said about 20 men and
children were among the sur
vlvors. Casualties were esti
mated t 12. The Balnbrldge
Is In charge of Lieutenant
Commander W. A. Edwards,
and on sighting the fire, the
messsge said, ran alongside, ef
fected the rescue and look the
survivors to Constantinople,
IS TOTA
BUILDING
TRYON
.LOSS
HUSBAND
WOULD
AMEND
IMM
RE
LAW
TON
Commissioner Would Ad
mit Desirable Aliens, Not
Throw Open Doors.
dualities which would make them
desirable American citizens. The
commissioner Is opposed, however,
to opening the doors to aliens,
"I am of the opinion," he said.
' that it would be entirely possible
to continue the basic number Of
immigrants at a minimum and
then provide for modifications
which w.tuld meet the actual needs
of the nat:nn.
"One of the changes I have In
SAVANNAH POLICF.
AUK DETAINING COUPLK
SAVANNAH. Oa., Dee. 17 J. W.
Hudson. RltM J. w. Stansell. and
Carl Frederlckson and a woman claim
ing to be the former's wife have been
arrested here and ars being held for
tne police of Kansas City, Mo.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Imml
gratlon Commissioner Husband Is
quoted In the current number of
The Nation's Business, the organ
oi the Chamber ot Commerce of
tho United States, as favoring mod
ification of the Immigration law so
Am A aAmU iTIVwna tvhn WAllId ftll
th. Indnstrlal veed'3r ooun.-! enrnt nave proven disastrous
try and at tne same Time possess Tift the recent on it Kw Bern
Two Other Structures Are
Badly Damaged, Pied
mont Water Soaked.
BELIEVE BIG RAIN
HELPED CHECK FIRE
Fire Is Within Block of
Where Mecklenburg '
Declaration Signed.
CHA RJ.OTTE. N. C. Dee. IT.
The six story Trust Building on
! South Tryon Street here containing
tne Kietn vaudeville Theatre and a
large number of offices waa de
stroyed and two other structures
seriously damaged by fire early to
day with a total loss estimated at
I more than $440,000.
The roof was burned off an ad
joining three story building occu
pied by Brock man's Retail and
Mail Order Book and Stationery
Store and a number of offices and
practically all the contents of the
structure were a total loss due to
firet and water. The Pledmon
building on the other side of the
Trust Building was watersoaked
from roof to cellar. It was head
quarters for the Piedmont Fir
Insurance Company, the Morris
Plan Bank, and contained numbers
of other offices.
The Are waa believed to have
originated in the furnace room of
the Trust Building, and had gained
great headway before ft was dis
covered. Save for one or two minor In
juries to firemen, - there wore ne
casualties in the fire which at
tracted hundreds of persons. One
of the heaviest downpours of rain
Charlqtte has had this year began
to fall about the time the Are was
under control.
Had it not been for the heavy
rains ot the last week which left
nearby buildings soaked, and the
aid given by .the torrents of
rain water that fell this morning.
Fire Chief Wallace said the blase
N. C.
Tons of water were thrown in
to the smoking ruins throughout
the day and South Tryon Street
waa blocked to traffic until the
late afternoon as parte of the front
wall of the Trust Huilding fell in
to the street. The scene of the fire
was between Third and Fourth
Streets on the West side of South
Tryon, within a block of where
the famous Mecklenburg Declaia-
niind." he continued. "Is the rrea-ttlon of Independence is said to have.
been signed.
In addition to the losses to
business men and others whose
offices and equipment was de
stroyed the lodge rooms of the
tinn of rome svstem under m'hlch
ll.e available supplies of labor of
various, kinds In foreign countries
v.ould be constantly communicated
to our government .in order that
uhnn thAI-A ( In th. Ifnl4 L'ln...
tin hones; demand for labor of ' Dramatic Order Knights of Khor
certain kind, we may know where I as,,an which were In the Piedmont
turn for the best people avail
able to fill that need.
"In the last fiscal year. 139.000
nilena entered the Cnlted States
who in their own rountry had been
laborers and servants, and 126,000
who had followed similar occupa
tions here departed, so that prac
tically nothing was added to the
Industrial man power of the coun
try during that year. In the first
three months of the present fiscal
J'tar however, 69.0.00 aliens of this
class were admitted and only 17.-
ICtmtitmri m fait ri
building were water-soaked. Tho
Trust Building which also wss
known as the Academy of Music
had nothing left tonight but tot- .
terlng walls, the front part ot
which had partly fallen out. It was
erected 18 years ago and was the
first office building In Charlotte
to be equipped with electric ele
vators. Within recent months It
had been mirchased bv C. W. John
ston at a price said to be ?253,00t.
Total loss In the building oecu-
Cnf tunes' fcfff riMi
'EVENTUALLY-
BY BILLY BORNE
LABOR OUTLINES
TS LEGISLATIVE
LANS IN STATE
Members of Executive
Committee of State Fed
eration Return to City.
tM Cwrwfea4mf Tf 4lkHI! CtHl
GREKNSBOKO. Dec. 17. At a
meeting here today of the execu
tive committee of the North Caro
lina Federation of Labor a legis
lative program was outlined to b
submitted to the legislature, and
for the enactment of which a vlg-
I orous fight will be made.
The legislative alms include, a
I forty-eight hour week for women
i and children in industry, free text
books for public schools, the Aus
' Italian ballot, a workman's com
i .penaatton lawi examination and
! licensing of all stationary firemen
, and engineers. The t-ommlttee de
i cided to make a determined fight
; against the wage measurement
' hut which lately has been fre
quemly meationed in some quar
ters.
Any antl-plcketln bill will be
fought vigorously, also. Further
It was decided that all instructions
of the State Federation in con-
I nection with legislation will be
carried out. Here for the meet
ing were J. M. Ellis, Spencer, pres
ilent of the federation; H. C. Cald
well. Ashevllle. first vice-president;
H. F. Allred. Greensboro,
third vice-president: C. V. Jones.
Huntersville. fourth vice-president:
C. G. Worley, Ashevllle, secretary-treasurer.
WORI.ET ELABORATES
ON LEGISLATIVE PLANS
Commenting upon the various
matters coming before the execu
tive committee, Mr. Worley. upon
reaching Ashevllle last night, made
known the determination ot th
federation to oppose) sny move
ment to do away with the primary
election laws
Also the labor erratrtratlnn will
tCi.mim m r Tml