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14 PAGES TODAY ETJ1 79 i. J Ej NEW NIGHT EDITION AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" x BVESIHG CHUOX!CLE-E.b!i.h!d iViJ' 1SS8' sd7. 181a. CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1921. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS THE EVENING CHRONICLE "d?& PRICE FIVE CENTS OT jlE 1 .... rt. vk mm W mmm VRk mm I IT , IFiOUHIL'll UUIfT OF COTTON ILL 1 1111SUXJL11 C onsiderabld Part of the FAisting: Unemployment Due to Railroads. j SITUATION IMPROVED. l Vf-ry General Increase in Building Operations is Mot Happy Augury. w ' ork, Sept. 5. Employment cZ men by the railroads of the v5. suites would follow the pass ry Congress of the Townsend Railroad funding bill, Eugene - Jr., managing director of the Finance Corporation, asssrce.1 a : ; TV': 5 : :iv in a statement in which he - - 1 moans to remedy the pres mployment problem. He said V-:-'.:--ved his estimate of one mi1 lion .vtl? conservative. v i-.-i-.siderable part of the "xfstir.r u-- yment." he sa,id, "is due to fe r ticn in which the railroad., tlnd :s-'.ves; short of funds an 1 unable :-..-.:c their normal purchases and do n-rmal repair and equipment. X t only would the railroad;, by -r- passage of the bill, he put ii the of meeting their unnaid .-ic-cv :.'s already past due. but they :' 1 be able to go ahead with their r--i r.ance of way and repair of f-viprntnt work. This would directly V - i y a large number of men." i Meyer also pointed to the in.V.- labor involved in producing ar 1 "sporting lumber for ties and iron steel used for maintenance anl T':-. c enlarged purchasing power o: I'.vn so ernployed. the statement - H. would put large additional num ' .- i f men to work and the number r' :v.:n thus employed In direct and ?n r.r -ci ways would easily total the eri-::-;o offered. SO I Til CAN" PAY DEBTS. : h'pe that the War Finance Cor : rMi'-t;, under its new powers to a---.s: 'hp agricultural situation may : -r- effective in speeding up the re- of business," h continued. "The -ing movement of cotton to botn and domestic consumers will (:-' the Southern banks, both larg? a-: e-r.all. to liquidate loans and froz- . c r edits will be thawed out. The vjth will be able to clear up wL.h asonal'le speed the indebtedness xv.th which it has been struggling. "Fre-m now on. the South shoifd a large consumer of the corn and r -a- products of the Central-West: of shn.-s and clothing from the hides wool of the Northwest; furniture r.rA r -;rrnobiles: of fertilizer and agi;--;:--,ral implements and all other :vrrr.s of manufactured goods." The change in the cotton situation r.ai rniight most of the dealers in oo:-."'-. ?nl cotton goods without sufficient s'-ck of goods, Mr. Meyer asserted, be cause of the belief of an abnormal sur r uf. of t-liop commodities. Resumption rf - practice of carrying normal ks by manufacturers, wholesalers, : -' rs and re tailers was advocated as a r.-..';'.tr of sound business and in "ho fi':'.i- interest. The existence of sir. T' -fs jr. other commodities was also I'-vicrif-d in the light of the recent .:""a situation. ' 'T'.v arc oiher important factors in r"'-s'at situation that justifv tiie 'r.r- of imrro"inr industrial conditions 'A r- fuller employment of labor." he ' '!. "T rfcr fir5t to the distinct ';' v toward easier money condi ' r-..- - ; 1 -ih? jirospcct of early action -v.. ('o:!Erress on the tax bill now con--v.ratif.n by the Senate com or. finance. money epected ''.Vlth improving money markets 8 a'i c.-n ying out of th program on trix i -. iion. we may look forward to a.ii- i-f'ri,ing available on such a rea F"aa'r hasis as to encourage the hope thn. thff" r.ay be an adequate supply of funa" f"r public utilities, for indus trial f,;,Hi expansion, where this may pro-r t-, P needed, and especially for ' i".i:iL' n- ds of the country. The rf ti p building industry would vy t-.i u n to work than the revival ,,: r '' r,''A industry. ' '- "p, I believe the possibility Continued on Tage Thirteen.) Miss Tawney Apple is at Paiitfrs' folic. If a felle patient with his wi a fish, wo wouldn' sc home with pr wuz just rife as he is an manv uuuuu ...Tii, j nuuiuii ' v' "v - v women nn th street. THOUSAND DOLLAR NECKLACE IS HER GIFT FROM K. OF C. Miss Agnes Doheny shown wcarir? her thousand dollar necklace. Miss Agnes Doheny of San Fran cisco, credited with being Califor nia's most beautiful blonde, was ono of the many beauties who wel comed the Knights of Columbus re cently when they visited the Golden Gate city at their national conven tion. She was presented with a thousand dollar necklace by Su preme Director Edward Houlihan of Chicago, in the nam of the Illinois knights. RELIEF IS URGED FORUNEMPLOYED Millions Would Celebrate the Day by Returning to Idled Shops. Detroit, Sept.. 5. Dedication of L.a bor Day, 1021, to the relief of the na tion's unemployed was proppsed by Secretary of Labor Davis today in address to the workers of Detroit. an "In the past, Labor Day has been a holiday in honor of the man who toils. declared Secretary Davis. "This year it is the day that millions of our peo pie would rather celetirate. not by tak ing a holiday, but by going back to work at a job. Labor I7ay this yen. dawned on a situation that calls to ev cry loyal American for the bist thought, the mightiest effort and tae strongest faith he can summon. This year. Labor Dav must be dedicated firs of all to meeting this imperative hu man need of the idle. The dedication of the day to the re lief of the unemployed, estimated by the Labor Secretary to number "nearly six million," should carry with it, a said, a concerted effort on the part c all Americans, be they employes or em plovers. As measures of partial relief, ihe Secretarv proposed the undertaking of nublic works, the distribution of work in mills, "so that all may have jobs for at least part of the week,-' and the shaking off of fear and the taking on of faith and courage. MESSAGE TO EMPLOYERS. The Secretary in his address directed a message to the employers of the na tion, declaring: "Don't set your wages by the hun grv crowd at the gate of your mil?. That is only a temporary wage. During the war the pendulum swung over to the side of the emploj-es. Now it has swung back to your side. Play fair now and you will do more to stabilize your business and bring good feeling than anvthing else you can do." To labor, the Secretary held out toe assurance that, "in spite of the occa cinnai hard-boiled" employer, no tru? American business man entertains a serious thought of crushing the work men's organizations." NEW SAVING WAGE. Opposition to the principle of the living wage also was expressed by Mr. Davis. . . , "I am against the living wage, he said "It is not enough. We need to hear something of the saving wage. It is not enough for a man merely to exist, to meet the cost of living, what ever it is. to pay the rent and buy food nnd clothing for his family. A mnn like the American workman needs, tt'5 earns, and he demands something more than that. He wants to save and he should and must be able to do it. AMERICANSMBODIES TO START FOR HOME TTiill. Sept. 5.-By The Associated Press) The bodies of the sixteen Am ericans, who lost their lives in the ZR-2 disaster, having all been recovered, will be Placed aboard a train here tomorrow evening for Plymouth, where they will be transferred to the British cruiser Dauntless for the journey home. A contingent of American and British airmen from Howden will form an es cort from the mortuary .where the P.. " thi railway station will join In the process". be a brief religious ceremony In the mortuary before the . Boaies ar Lieutenant Elford B. Null, of the Am Lieutenant w nt Howden, will act erican air : nf thP dead Americans as omciai iv1"- v, Air Wee wVl sent two officers and twenty men ai an escort as for as -Plymouth- ii TTirH SIHIHS. 1 11C SUBJECTS iv IMPORTANCE ME ON AGENDA Election of Officers is Ex First pected to Consume Day's Session. NUMEROUS NOMINEES. Spanish-Speaking President is Discussed as a Com promise. Geneva, Sept. 5. (By The Associated Press). Questions of great international importance, were on the agenda of the assembly jot the League of Nations when it opened here at llo'clock this morning. South American questions. nvolving the vexed controversy over the future status of the provinces of Tacna and Arica, at present under Chilean jurisdiction, and the revision of the treaty of 1914 between Bolivia and Chile might, it appeared, be added to the program, of the assembly before its final adjournment. V . ' K.. V ellington Koo, of China, as president of the council of the League, opened the meeting of the assembly with an address of welcome. He point ed out that the meeting was held under more favorable circumstances than ever before. The next item on the agenda was the election of a president and six vice-presidents and, as this was to be carried out by secret ballot, it promised to be a lengthy operation. It was statt ed this morning that so many candi dates had been nominated it might be necessary to hold a special afternoon ses sion, at which more time could be given to the question- OPPOSITION TO MOTTA Qiuseppe Motta, president of Switzer land, had been a leading candidate but opposition to him has developed in sev eral quarters. Gustave Ador. former President of Switzerland and Paul Hy mans, former minister of foreign affairs of Belgium, were also prominently men tioned. South American delegates discussed just before the meeting the possibility of a Spanish-speaking president in the event that none of those already men tioned was elected. Dr. Aristides de Aguero Y. Bentancourt, Cuban minister to Holland, was a favored delegate among the Spanish-Americans. Bolivia appeared to supply the only possible discordant note, intending to have the Tacna-Arica problem placed upon the agenda of the . assembly against the strong opposition of Chile Bolivia was also desirous of having the assembly considered the revision of the treaty of 1914. HUNGARY AN APPLICANT Hungary was the only new applicant for membership, but the assembly al ready had before it the applications of Letvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Azerbaijan Georgia, Armenia and Litchtenstein. was deemed possible that the assembly might be called upon to pass upon the admission of Germany, and it was said there were several member nations who would support her claims for admission MURDEROUS ASSAULT MADE ON AMERICAN Omaha, Neb., Sept. 5. Request that a Governmental investigation be mads into- what was termed a "murderous assault" upon Major Leroy Foster, 40, United States officers' reserve corps, by two Cubans in Camaguey, Cuba, Au gust 6, has been asked of authorities at Washington by George Foster, of Scribner, Neb., Major Foster's father, he announced today. " According to in formation received by the father from his daughter-in-law, who is with Mi jor Foster in Cuba, the officer wis struck on the head with a club by two Cubans, former employes of the Cuban Railroad, of which the major is assist ant general superintendent. Mrs. Fos ter wrote that the Cuban Government permitted the alleged assailants to go free, although appealed to for redrass. Major Foster, it is said ,is now confined in a Cuban hospital under the care T American doctors. From information received by the father, it seems that the Cubans blamed Major Foster for their dismissal from the employ of the railroad. WIND KEEPS HARDING FROM ATLANTIC CITY Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 5. Defi nite information was received here this afternoon that President Harding and his party aboard the Presidential yacht Mayflower would not put in Atlantic City because of the heavy seas. The information came in a wireless dis patch from the Mayflower. It added the President and his party were pro ceeding to Washington by way of Hampton Roads. COLONEL McCOY URGED. Manila, Sept. 5. Major General Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes, members of President Harding's special mission to the Philippine Islands, have cabled President Harding, urging that Colonel Frank R. McCoy, U. S. A., be appointed to the Vice Governorship of the islands. The American Chamber of Commerce also has cabled endorse ment of Colonel McCoy. SADI LECOINTE WINS. Brescia, Italy, Sept. 4 Sadi Lecointa, the Frenc'.; aviator, today won the aviation G.und Prix, flying the three hundred kilometres (186.41 miles) in one hour 13 minutes and 9 seconds. Lieu tenant Brakpapa, Italy, finish second in one hour, 28 minutes, and 58 sec onds. MEMBERSHIP IS INCREASED. Chicago. Sept. 5. Membership in the j United States Grain Growers, Inc., was increased last week to 8,115, Mvr.a the addition of 1,466 farmers, it was announced today. Twenty more eleva tors joined the movement during the week, bringing the tota to 338. NO RESISTANCE YET OFFERED TO Many Men Surrendered to Troops Sunday; Forced to Give Up All Arms. WILL BE PROSECUTED. io uniciai oiacKerism is to Be Tolerated, Gov. Morgan Announces. Charleston, W. Va., Sept: 5. Three of the five missing army air- , men were found dead on Twenty Mile Creek at 9:30 a. m. today, ac cording to a report received at avia tion headquarters here. Another was reported as severely injured. There was no mention of the fifth man, but the opinion was expressed that he was in the wreckage of the bomber that fell Saturday af ternoon while travelling from Char leston to Langley field Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 5. (Bv the Associated Press) Labor Dav found the Federal troops, sent into Wei'. Virginia's troubled area on Spruce Fork ridge near the Boone-Logan county line patrolling the district And clearing out such armed men as they encountered. A large number of men surrender'.1 1 yesterday and all who carried arms were forced to give them up. They then were sent out of the region an 1 to their homes. In this the Federal authorities had the assistance of United Mine Workers' leaders. The volunteer forces, sworn in as deputy sheriffs and deputy State police last week, nave been relieved of further service and have returned to their homes in Charleston. Huntington. Welch, Bluefield and other places. Latest reports from the area njw policed by the Federal troops was that everything was quiet. Soldiers occupjei the Spruce Fork ridge district with out resistance and moved cautious in whatever they did, army officers said, m order to maintain peace with as little friction as possible. Brigadier General H. H. Bandholfz, it was learned, was so well satisflc I with the situation that he had under consideration a recommendation thai the Camp Dix troops be returned if the situation did not change today. Patrols today were instructed to search every Inch of ground for pos sible?. b.uried,-wea'DiPi8. It wasated at army headquarters that all arms wero not. surrendered by thev armed bands, but what became of them was not offi cially known. WILL PUNISH GUILTY". Governor Morgan has issued a state ment that there will be no Vofficial slackerism" in the prosecution of those who were responsible for last week's disturbance, which he termed insur rections against the State." All .li force of the State, he said, would be employed in assisting the county au thorities to punish the guilty. Th Governor also said: "The Federal officers and troops are prosecuting the disarmament of the in surrectionists with diligence and, while the leaders of the armed Insurgents have the members of the mob conceal their rifles and weapons before their surrender to the troops now in control of the trouble zone between Boone and Logan counties, the authorities have succeeded in accumulating large quan tities of arms, taken from the men who ! 1 .1 . J ! were engaged in aeiying tne authori ties. "Some of the leaders of the insur gents have sought to escape, as the evi dence has accumulated, showing their responsibility for inciting the miners to insurrection and treason against the State, but I am assured by the county authorities that every effort will 1 e made to apprehend the responsible parties and bring them to trial for their responsibility for this disgraceful uprising. "All the force of the state will be employed in assisting the county autho rities in their righteous endeavor to" punish the guilty. "Those who engaged in this insur rection after the noon hour on Septem ber 1 are not only guilty of insurrection against the State of West Virginia, but they also are guilty of insurrection against the Government of the United States, for they had been command ed by a proclamation of the President to disperse and return to their homes before that hour. This, however, is a matter for the Federal authorities to prosecut?. They AVill have the aid and support of the state in this endeavor. EXPECTS PROSECUTIONS "As Governor of AVest Virginia, I am not only desirous that justice shall be done and the proper punishment meted out to the guilty leaders of the insur rection, hut I expect the county author ities in the several counties involved to prosecute those who profited by the insurrection and who were responsible for providing the insurrectionists with arms and ammunition to make the as sault against th.; state. The opportunity for every good citi zen, who believes in the supremacy of government and who is opposed to riot and insurrection and to the interolable wrongs that accompany this form of tn archy, is now presenjted. The authori ties need their assistance and every available bit of information that tends to place responsibility should be freely tendered. "The Governor regrets the necessity that existed for the calling of Federal Iroops. He wetild have preferred to ' have used state troops, if they were (Continued on Pagre Thirteen.) GENERALS ASK FOR WORK Montpelier, France, Sept. 5. One hun dred Russian refugees recently answer ed an advertisement of a vineyard own er, offering temporary work at grape picking. Fifty of them we're engaged, among whom the owner was astounded to find three former generals of the Russian imperial army. Administration To Insist On Repeal Excess Profits Tax Wants to Make the Repeal Retroactive as of January 1, So As to Give Business Men the Promised Relief This Year. By DAVID LAWRENCE Staff Correspondent of The Smth. Copyright, 1921, by News Publishing Co. Washington, Sept. 5. The Harding administration intends to put the full weight of its influence behind the ori ginal proposal of Secretary Mellon that the excess profits tax be repealed as of last January, so that when Ameri can business makes out Its income tax return next March there shall be only the corporation tax of 12 1-2 per cent to pay. The change made in the house bill whereby the excess profits tax would be repealed beginning . next January was not made at the instance of the administration arid was passively accept ed by Republican house leaders because of a conviction that the senate could alter it and President Harding would bring pressure to bear when the con ference committee of the two houses finally had the matter in hand. THE CAMPAIGN INFLUENCE If the house plan were to prevail not only would American business be compelled to pay excess profits taxes next March, but the full benefit of the repeal would not be felt until a year rrom next March, which would be af ter the congressional election. The Republican leaders are mindful of the fact that they promised in the 1920 campaign an immediate repeal of the excess profits tax and already leading Republicans, both inside and outside of congress are saying that if the excess profits tax is not repealed, to take ef feet before the congressional election, the pledge will have been futile. Another argument being made in favor of repealing the excess profits tax as of last January is the fact that this is probably the worst year of. the business depression following the war and that if business ever did need as sistance and incentive, this is the time to render aid. Futhermore if excess profits taxes should be collected next year for the year 1921, it will put a MILL EMPLOYES VOTE TORETURN All Cotton lYIilis Affected by Operatives' Strike to Resume Tuesday. All cottommills in Charlotte and Kan na'jSolis will open Tuesday morning with a full force of operatives with the pos sible exception of the plants of the Ch.idwick-Hoskins company. - Definite information concerning the re-opening of the plants was lacking mis morning only with reference to plans of Chadwick-Hoskins officials. F.. C. Dwelle, local head of this company, and H. H. Boyd, general superintendent, could not be located arid satisfactory an swers could not be obtained to questions asked persons in the company's office. J. T. Jordon. official of the Mecklen burg mill, stated that his plant would be open with a full force tomorrow mor ning. It was the epinion of responsible men in. mill circles that the Chadwick Hoskins plants would also resume op erations but the announcement could not be made with certainty owing to failure of the cfficials to make state ments. All operatives in the cotton mills of Concord and Kannapolis, excepting a few whom mill owners have refused to re-employ, will go back to their jobs when the 7 o'clock whistles blow tomorrow morning. As announced in The Charlotte News of Sunday, mill operatives met Sat urday afternoon and night and voted to go back to their jobs, accepting Th same wage basis and general conditions that prevailed when the strike of 090 operatives was calle'd last June 1. The mills have agreed to receive the striking employes with exceptions. The exceptions are few, however, and ap ply only to operatives who were con sidered instrumental in calling the strike nd creating differences between employers and employes. All of the mills in Concord excepting one and all in Charlotte but three have been in operation for some-tip-e although they were forced to close down tor several weeks owing to the strike. Opening their doors with the announcement that striking employes would be given work on the same wage basis that existed June 1, these mills succeeded in getting a limited number of operatives to come back. The High land Park mills and the Johnston Man ufacturing Company, of the Johnston chain, succeeded in getting back their full force owing to a vote of the op eratives. All other mills have had on'y a limited number of employes since re opening. Nearly half of the 8 000 strikers had returned to work Saturday, leaving only slightly more than 4,000 ' to break the strike by returning to work tomorrow morning. The return of these, how ever, will mark the final end of the strike and the resumption of normal operations by the mills which is expect ed to have a marked effect on general business and economic conditions in Piedmont North Carolina. The Charlotte mills which were clos ed because of the strike are Highland Park Mills Nos. 1 and 3 and the John ston Manufacturing company, of the Johnston chain:; the Mecklenburg mill and the Hoskins, Chadwick, Louise, and Calvine mills of the Chadwick-Hoskins chain. In Huntersville, this county, (Continued on Tage Three. I Charlotte and Vicinity: Partly cloudv tonight and Tuesday, with probably thundershowrrs Tuesday: cooler; gentle northwest and north winds. North and South Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. strong weapon in the handse of those members of congress who are opposed to the repeal at any time of the excess profits law. They will be able to say that if the excess profit tax yielded so much in a bad year, the chances are it will yield more in others years to come, and that it should be retained- The 1921 yield would be looked upon as a minimum that could not be ignored. In other words congress might be put in the position of repealing a tax which might become the basis for campaign controversy next spring and summer when the congressional primaries and elections will be in full -swing. SALES TAX NOT ABANDONED Incidentally, the idea of a sales tax, or rather a production tax, has not beenaltogether abandoned. Senator Smoot is working on a substitute for the house tax bill and has announced that the entire tax program can be sim plified by meas of a salens' tax. Owig to Senator Smoot s influential position in the administration it is obvious that he would not be working incessantly during the recess of congress if he did not have some encouragement from the White House. It is known that in cabinet discussions a production tax, payable once and at the source of man ufacture has been favored, and the only real obstacle to the embodying of such a tax In the new bill is the warning of the treasury department that it would take the income tax bureau at least four or five months to acquaint itself with the best method of administer ing the new law and ' that the collec tion of the tax would be an expensive proposition. Of one thing, however, business men may be certain: the administration in tends to stand by its original promise to repeal the excess profits tax as of last January and it is predicted by cabinet members that President Hard ing will probably have his way on this matter when the tax bill is up for final consideration. OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY HERE Holiday More Extensively Celebrated in Charlotte Than in Previous Year. Labor Day1 is being observed in Char lotte-today more extensively-"than ir past years, according to all appear ances. The banks, postoffice, railway freight offices, city and county 'offices, schools, some of the stores and mo3t of the manufacturing plants ar closed, and several events have been planned to celebrate the day. Union people have gathered at Inde pendence Park for an address by J. VI Huneycutt, commissioner of public ?af3 ty ,and a baseball game between the textile workers and carpenters' unions. Special events have been arranged at Lakewood Park for the entertainment of hundreds of people who are ex pected to flock there during the after noon. Boxing and wrestling, free mov ing pictures and a dance are among features of the special program ar ranged by Manager W. S. Orr. The people of Dilworth will hoi 3 their first community picnic this even ing and they are looking upon this as a sort of celebration of Labor Day. The public is invited to hear addresses there at 7 o'clock by O. Max Gardner and Dr. W. H Frazier. Spartanburg and Charlotte are play ing a special Labor Day doubleheadtr. One game was played this morning be fore a big crowd of fans at Wearn Field and the second game is sched uled to start at 4:30 o'clock. The custom of celebrating the first Monday in September as Labor Day was originated 39 years ago. in 1882. At first the holiday was observed omy in a few States of the Union but the spread has jbeen gradual and there is hardly a State in the Union or a city of any size in which there is not some form of observance. HUNEYCUTT SPEAKER AT LABOR GATHERING An address by Public Safety Commis sioner J. E. Huneycutt at 1 o'clock and a baseball game between textile operatives and carpenters at 10 o'clock were the scheduled features of the Labor Day celebration af Independ ence Park. The events were arranged by local textile unions and attended by a great crowd of working people. John J. Dean, textile organizer, was the captain and pitcher of the textile team, while Business Manager Edgar Smith, of the North Charlotte local, stood behind the bat. The carpenters were expecting to put out a strong team and much speculation existed this morning as to which bunch would have the most runs when the game was finally ended. A big picnic dinner immediately pre- ceding Mr. Huneycutt's address .was also planned, and baskets enough to ieea ine Dig crowa were txijecicu jh hand when the dinner bell rings. WOMAN IS HELD ON CHARGE OF MURDER Snowhill, Sept. 5 Mrs. Sarah Whit ley, Thomas Hayes, a white man, and Wright Rouse, a one-armed negro, aro in Greene county jail where, accord ing to Sheriff J. E. Herring. Mrs. Whit ley confessed that her husband, who was killed at a tobacco barn on his farm on the night of August 6, wa? slain by Rouse, at the instance of ner self and Hayes, with whom she was infatuated. The coroner's jury has held the three without bail and to Sheriff Herrin.?, ac cording to that official Mrs. Whitley broke down, confessing that the. ki'ding was the result of a conso and Uv.t Souse a freak doctor i fortune 1 ell- ' ... . . . . i- er, committed tne c:me m m. iJium ise of $500, which was ne i.- ;mii IRITISH CABINET WILL BE CALLED UPON TO DECIDE Whether Irish Negotiations Shall be Continued or Ul timatum Issued. SITUATION IS GRAVE. No Thought of Retreat lri Sinn Fein Reply, Made Public Last Night. London, Sept. 5. (By the Associated!! Press.) Members of the British Cabinet will be called upon to reach a decision , on Wednesday either to continue nego- . iations with Sinn Fein Ireland on the basis of "the consent of the governed" or issue an ultimatum to the Irish re publicans to accept or reject the Gov ernment's proposals looking to a set tlement of the Irish question. The re ply of Eamonn de Valera and his asso ciates to the latest note from Prime Minister Lloyd George, made public here yesterday, did not break off nego tiations with the British government, but it was admitted here today that the situation had lost none of its grav ity. There appeared to be no thought of re-treat expressed in the Sinn Fein reply to the Prime Minister, and it seemed the situation remained as it was before the last exchange of letters be tween Dublin and London. There was a disposition here today to think, that the negotiations would continue, but it was apparent that the parties in the controversy ha.d not reached anything like a common understanding which would serve as a basis for further par leys. Patience was counselled, how ever, in the hope that some way out! of the maze might be found. JUKE DKIVE FOR ULSTER Dispatches from Ireland would seem to reflect a desire of the Sinn Fein to bring Ulster, or at least the counties of Armagh and Fermanagh, into the Irish republican fold. Michael Col lins, minister of finance in the cabinet of Eamonn de Valera and commander-in-chief of the republican army, spoke at Armagh and made an appeal to Ul ster to stand with southern Ireland against partition. At the same meeting, Owen O'Duffy, chief liaison officer for northern Ireland in the republican army, threatened Ul ster with an increased boycott if she did not "come into united Ireland," adding, according to report, "if that is unsuccessful, will bring lead against her." Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, has not shown the slightest in dication that he intends to meet the Sinn Fein leaders in peace conversa tions. With the exception of The Morning Post, which said "it is impossible to make terms with a rattle snake," Lon don newspapers this morrfing made a united plea for forbearance in hope that a common ground might yet be found. TEXT OF SINN FEIN REPLY. London, Sept. 5. The reply of the Irish republican parliament, which is addressed to Mr. Lloyd George and signed by Earaon de Valera and which was given out at the Prime Minister's official residence Sunday night, follows: "We, too, are convinced it is essen tial that some 'definite and immediate progress should be made toward a ba sis upon which further negotiations can usefully proceed' and recognize the futility of a 'mere exchange' of argu mentative notes. I shall therefore re frain from commenting on the fallacious historical references in your last com munication. The present is the reality with which we have to deal. "The conditions of today are the re sultant of the past. Accurately sum ming up and giving in simplest form the essential data of the problem, these data are: "First: the people of Ireland, acknow ledging no voluntary union with Great Britain and claiming as their funda mental and natural right to choose free ly for themselves the path they shall take to realize their national destiny, have, by an overwhelming majority, declared for independence and to set up a republic, and more than once have confirmed their choice. "Second: Great Britain, on the other hand, acts as though Ireland were bound to her by a contract of union that forbids separation. NOTORIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. I "The circumstances of the suppojed contract are notorious. Yet, on the theory of its validity, the British gov ernment and parliament claimed to rule and legislate fo rlreland, even to the point of partitioning Irish territory against the will of the Irish people ml killing or casting into prison every Irish citizen who refuses allegiance. The proposals your Government sub mitted in the draft of July 20 are based fundamentally on the latter premises. AVe rejected these proposals and our rejection is irrevocable. They are not an invitation to Ireland to enter into a free and willing partnership with the free nations of the "British common wealth. They are an invitation to Ire land to enter in the guise of, and under conditions which determine a status deflniteiy inferior to that of these fres j grates j " Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand all are guaranteed against domination of the major State, not only by acknowledged constitutional rights, which give them equality of status with Great Britain and absolute freedom from the control of the British parlia ment, but by the thousands of mile3 which separate them from Great Brit ain. Ireland would have guarantees neither of distance nor of right. Tho conditions sought to be imposed would divide her into two artificial States, each destructive of the other's influ ence in any common council, and botn (Continued on Pae Thirteen.) DR. JEREMIAH SMITH Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 5. Dr. Jere miah Smith. Story professor of law emeritus . V"1VV B1L "" " 'J senior member of the faculty, died voftenbv ar S!t Andrpws. N. R. He was - ,. born at Exeter, N. H., in 1837- TS0N AT CHARLOTTE, SEPT. 12 i-IN-CA TTEND T f 29 R0LSNAS EXPOS! HE MADJ