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PRESIDENT SAYS R
Barrett Contends That Con
ference is for Organiza
l tion Purposes.
I,rMAHONHASARRIVED
Along With Him Came Sev
eral Officials of A. F. L.
and Labor Leaders.
, '"We are not here to discuss plans to
.institute another strike here or any
where in the South.
'We are here to make no demands
that will engender a spirit of hostility
inhulustry.
"We are here simply to lay plans
by which the South may be adequately
represented in the affiliations of the
American Federation of Labor."
This was the cryptic explanation
given Thursday morning by James F.
Barrett, president of the North Caro
lina Federation of I.sihnr. of tlio nnr.
pot-e of the conference in Charlotte
today to textile union officials from in
ternational headquarters and labor lead
ers from four Southern states to "plan
tor a campaign to organize the unor
' ganized and to resist all effort to re
duce the standard of living among
Southern cotton mill workers".
The conference will not result in an
organized fight for wage increase and
a reduction of working hours, accord
ing to Mr. Barrett.
' T'.-.e leaders have no desire to widen
the breach between employer and em
ploye or to stir up a grater spirit
of antagonism. They merely propose
Btrengt henenig the Southern textile or
ganizations and placing the members
In a position to better defend them
selves against possible movements
among mill owners to lower wages and
bring about a reduction in living stan
dards, officials at the conference stat
ed. THOSE PRESENT
I International President Thomas F.
: MeMahon. of the United Textile Work
ers of America, is here for the confer
ence, together with a corps of orgonizers
and officials from New York headquar
ters. Those who came with MeMahon
arriving at 9:20 o'clock, were Frank
McCoskie, international vice-president
of the textile unions; Thomas J. Reagan.
Joe White, Edward F. Callahan. II. S.
Price and Henry Eatough. organizers.
-Jerome Jones, editor of The Journal
Of the most conservative as well as
the most prominent of Southern labor
leaders, is here as the personal repre
sentative of Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Labor Federation. Mr.
Jones was selected by President damp
ers during his recent visit to Atlanta
to come to Charlorte ami assume gen
eral charge of the meeting here tod-y.
The international offices will act only
In an advisory capacity, it was stated
decisions and plans resting with dele
gates to the conference from the South
ern ftates. Mr- Jones -.arie to Char
lotte Tuesday night. He has been spend
in? 'he last two days investigating the
loca! labor situat on and conferring with
'local leaders.
ilcMAIION HEME
j J. F. MeMahon, of Raleigh, chairman
Of t.'if executive committee of the Stat
jar-or rocieration, is also here for the
Conference, lie unci Mr. Barrett. ae the
twt. high officials of the Stite federa
tion taking part in the meeting.
I The four States in which the cam
fcaign will bts waged are the Carolinas
Gec-rsia and Alabama, these being the
textile States of the South. Tr.e
''.n;' here will direct attention
c!.; to the handling of details aud
C-hanmation of plans fur waging the
!).!. iship drive in the South. Chav-
'' wil! be the Southern headquar
ters.
"' St -n" of the leaders could give an
Ki'-a as to the length of the conference
tl-.uUL'h all agreed that it would lat-.i
throuxh'-u thy day with the prohsfcll
' '- :-jng ot a hang-over session
'''. flow- long International Pros
t:- nt MeMahon will remain in the city
not be determined, also; he Will
ti.'i be. here but a few days at the
th" membership drive other than offer
. -i- ;ind suggestions from New York
fte.'liI'jlKIl !'fS.
h ei nieience is heinc held behind
tv -. , doors, of course, and informa
tion -onccrning the proceedings de-
l -tMis upon statements of the officials
Ir was expected that a frank discus
, ' n i f the textile situation, which
J '.i rs admit is unsatisfactory nov
J 1 !;i t union standpoint, will take up
-. 1'f-nion of the meeting time.
'OVLY AFTER MEMBERS.
j i i ".is dispatches a few days ago
(J on. Washington stated the campaign
culd be waged for a reduction of the
Jv--' i -i-.y working hours in Southern mills
$ '' 'in 55 to 48 and for wage increases.
J-A later dispatch from Atlanta, follow
a conference of leaders with Pres-
' Gompers there, stated that z'le
fr-'iference would be for the purpose
Sf rr.apping out a campaign to strength-
, a the membership of textile unions.
L Washington dispatch also quoted
P -s.r'r 7.T MeMahon as stating the
J .-.as would fight the employment of
jt;.:Mien in Southern mills. This state--"nt
immediately brought a challenge
.'.' ' Southern mill owners for Mr.
'Al-ihon to specify the mills in which
(''" labor is used. The employers
p "iaiatim was to the effect that the
f i ioyment of children under 14 is
' inbiied by laws in every Southern
f ' us well as the national law.
f'W.L MEN LOOK ON.
J 'ihe -entiment among mill owners fa-rr-"I
the fighting of a movement to
:-.' working hours and increase
' - s- The possibility of a fight 'm
'' a v( in- nt for increasing the South-
aiioeljership of the union was re-'
(Continued on Fagre Two)
r ridlay
j CHARLOTTE BANK CLEARINGS. I
nK-ptH-ira oy I'liamber of Commerce
tor the week ended:
September 21. 1921 $6,964,630.87
.September 14, 1921 $5,993,212.97
September 22, 1920 $8,132,181.02
N ALL BUSINE
Governor of Federal Re
serve Board Honored
Guest of the City.
WHY COTTON WENT UP
Nothing Board Did or
Didn't Do Had Anything
to Do With Boom.
That the future prosperity f
the whole country, and especial
ly the- South, hinges upon the me
thod of crop marketing and what
prices prevail for the raw products
of those districts " in which normal
ly so large a part of the country's
purchasing power lies," is the de
claration of Governor AV. P. G.
Harding of the Federal Reserve
Heard, who was the city's guest to
day and delivered an exhaustive ad
dress at the exposition grounds this
afternum on the subject of "What
t'ae Federal Reserve Board Is and
What it is Not."
Governor Harding declared that,
"with proper co-operation on the
part of merchants and bankers,
those engaged in agriculture now
have opportunities and prospects,
which nobody anticipated a few
months ago."
He stressed also the necessity for
pushing the foreign trade of the na
tion, notably as it relates to cotton and
the main products of Southern farms."
Some means must be devised." he said,
"for extending long time credits abroad
or interesting American investors in
foreign properties and securities in or
der that the exchange which now runs
so heavily against other nations may be
corrected."
The- Federal Reserve system, as great
as it may be, is not a panacea for
nil economic and financial ills, the dis
tinguished financier asserted. There
have always been years of prosperity
and years of adversity, but the federal
icserve system can do a great deal
not in the way of preventing these nat
ural waverings in economics, but to
modify them and to hold them in
check.
REVIVAL IS AT HAND.
Prosperity and depression are cycli
cal. In their unraveling, there is first
the period of prosperity itself, he said,
then there is liquidation followed by
stagnation and finally by another re
vival. "At the present time the process of
liquidation is well advanced and the
end of stagnation and the beginning of
revival seems now to be suspectible of
accomplishment in the near future."
"Here in the, South, we are all re
joicing over the recent advance in the
price of cotton. This advance is not
due to any increase in the loans of the
Federal Reserve Banks or to any ex
pansion of the currency. As a matter
of fact, the amount of Federal Reserve
Xotes in circulation today is about
$500 000,000 less than when cotton
reached its lowest point last spring. The
advance in the pricp of cotton is due
to economic causes, to the operation of
the inevitable law of supply and de
mand. After the last report of the de
partment of agriculture, the world
awakened to the fact that the present
c rop is abnormally small and that prob
ably loss than seven million bales will
be produced. In ordinary circumstan
ces a partial crop failure of this kind
would have been calamity to the South,
but owing to the large amount of cot
ton lefti in the hand.- of producers from
last season, it will be a vbenefit be
cause a more normal equilibrium of the
market will be restored and therefore
the debt-paying and purchasing power
of the South this fall will be far great
er than had been anticipated.
DEFLATION IN SUPPLY.
"I wish to emphasize, however, the
fact that this happy result is due, not
to credit or currency expansion but
rather to the deflation of the anticipat
ed sunnlv of cotton.
"Touching again upon the credit pol
icies of the Federal Reserve Banks dur
ing the year 1920 and at the present
time, I wish to remind you that a
chanse in the discount rate is not nec
essarily a change in policy. Central
banks in foreign countries have been
accustomed for generations to advance
or reduce their rates of discount in ac
cordance with changing conditions in
their money markets and their ation is
accepted without popular protest.
"The discount rates of the Federal
Reserve Banks during the year 1919
wpre helow the market rates, as was
the case during the greater part of the
period when the country was at war.
The war did not end, however, in a
financial sense with the signing of the
armistice and, the exigencies of the
Treasury seemed to require a continu
ance for some months of Federal Re
serve discount rates which prevailed
during the war.
WHEN RATES WENT UP.
"In January, 1920, however, Federal
Reserve rates were advanced generally
to 6 per cent, which, by the way, is
the highest rate that has ever ben
charged by the Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond. This advance in rates
took place at a time when there ha-I
been ample opportunity to market fie
crops of 1919 and before preparations
were made for planting the crops of
1920. , . . ,.
"The effect of this increase in dis
count rates at the Federal Reserve
(Continued on Pagre Two)
TS
Gastoe Coprity Day
PROPOSAL MADE
BY
CARRIERS IS
State Expert Thinks Fight
Will Have to be Made
Over Again.
INCREASEIST0FFERED.
Slight Modification of Origi
nal Offer; Ready to Lend
Money.
By JULE B. WARREN
Staff Correspondent of The Xews,
Raleigh, Sept. 22 W. G. Womble, rate
expert of the Corporation Commission,
back from the rate conference in Wash
ington is inclined to believe the State
will have to fight, the whole freight
rate problem out before the Interstate
Commerce Commission again, for the
counter proposal made by the railroads
in meeting the Federal Commission's
order to remove the discriminations
against North Carolina Shippers, was
not in line ifrith what these shippers
consider just an -I fair. The members
of the commission remained over in
Washington another day for the con
ference on the freight rates ro water
points, which waf, taken up as separate
matter.
The railroads proposed to carry out
the order of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to i-?mov; th; discrimina
tions by a general increase in rates to
all the southeastern territory. They
raised the base rates to the Virginia
cities and then eliminated the discrim
ination by raising the Xor:.h Carolina
rates to the level with the Virginia
cities, which was even higher than the
present rates- There were kicks against
this increase by the Virginia shippers.
who for the first time in half a cen
tury joined hands with the North Caro
lina shippers in a fight on freight rates.
The proposal likewise drew protests
from the New England shippers, from
New York, Baltimore, Boston and other
Eastern industrial centers who felt tnat
the increase in rates to the Southeast
would practically destroy their business
in the South.
The second proposal of the railroads
is some modification of the one made
thirty days ago, but it is still unfair,
in the opinion of represfntatiyea of-,, the
1 rathe Association ind tne Corporation
Commission. The probabilities, how
ever,, are that the new proposed rates
will be published as effective either
on November 15 or Novmber 28 The
only course then left to the shipp -rs
is to again ask for a suspension of
these schedules and carry the wiioie mat
ter back to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Representatives of the shippers do not
beli-?ve that the schedule or" the rail
roads carries out the spirit of the
I. C. C. order. It removes the d:
crimination oy a general increase in
freight rates at a time when the gen
eral tendency of prices is downward,
and at a time when the Federal Com
mission is not allowing general in
creases in freight rates. The railroads
have already delayed the effective date
of the order over a year, and it will be
otill further delayed.
READY TO LEND MONEY
"The government has a billion doll
ars with the war finance corporation
which is ready to lend for the purpose
of moving the farm crops," declared Coi
James R. Young, Chairman ol the
North Carolina Committee, which has
just organized for business. Farmers
desiring to get these loans for the pur
pose of handling their crops, but for
no other puiftose, can make ar r.go
ments through their local bank for
loans running up to fix months and for
not over six per cent.
Application blanks for these leans can
be secured from 21. James R. Viting
chairman of the Nort h Carolina Com
mittee, at Raleigh.
The committee has organized and clec
ted Dr. B. W- Kilgore. vice chairman
and recommended H. L. Newl old, o';"
the State banking department fu: st
cretarv. The other members of the
North Carolina Committee are J. ilAood
Cox of High Point, S. F. Austin of
Nashville and Charles E. Taylor of
Wilmington.
No fixed quota has been set aside
for North Carolina, but Colonel Youn
says the disposition of the national
(Continued on Fage Fire.)
ROWAN WOMAN GETS
TWO CENTS DAMAGES
Salisbury, Sept. 22- Compensatory
damages, 1 cent: punitive and vindictive
damages, 1 cent. This is the amount
given by a Rowan county jury to Mrs
Woodington for sufferings and other
damages she sustained on account of
W. A. Roseman, a local merchant, sell
ing her husband extracts that caused
intoxication. She sued Roseman for
S10.000 for j-lienating her husband's af
fections ar.d the case consumed tw
davs in Superior court. A. ter delioerat
ing for two hours the jury answered all
issues in favor of the plaintiff, deciding
that Roseman sold Woodington extracts
and intoxicating liquids, that tliey pro
duced intoxication and that Mrs. Wood
ington as a consequence suffer'"! Injury
in rerson&l and property rights, and
that she was entitled to one cent com
pensatory damage and one ce n punitive
vindictive damage.
BONDS FIXED AT $1,450,000.
Chioaro. Sept. 22. Bonds for five
niip?P(l bombers, caught by police in
the act of bombing a shoe repair shoj
a few days ago, have been fixed at $1,
450,000. Municipal Judge Haas said the
fisriire. had been made so large because
the men had endangered the lives of
women and children.
FROWNED UPON
CAROLINA
LEA!
TO EXP
Mooresville and Other
Points Send Down Big
Delegations.
GOV. HARDING IS HERE
Bankers from Two States
Feature Day by Their
Presence in City.
Governor W. P. Q. Harding, of the
Federal Reserve Board, is honor guest
at the Carolinas exposition Thursday,
which has been dedicated as "Bankers
Day" and the day has also been given
over to delegations from Mooresville
and points intervening, who arrived
at 11 o'clock on a special train and
helned to swell the attendance figures
at the grounds.
Approximately 300 hankers of the
Carolinas are in the city to attend the
exposition and to hear the distinguished
financial leader of the nation. The
hour for his stated address at the ex
position is 3:30. He was- special guest
of honor also at a banquet tendered
by the American Trust Company at 1
o'colck in the city auditorium which
was attended by between 400 and 500
bankers and business men of the two
States.
MOORESVILLE SENDS CROWD.
The Mooresville delegation was head
ed bv E. H. Miller, president of the
Mooresville Chamber of Commerce and
A. B. Sandidge, secretary who were
largely responsible in stirring up inter
est in the enterprise and getting to
gether several hundred of their fellow
townsmen to come to Charlotte on a
special train that went up early this
morning from this city to bring the
excursionists down. The special train
stopped at all points between Moores
ville and Charlotte and added from
these places greatly to the number who
were aboard at the starting-point.
These visitors together with the lare
number of bankers, business and in
dustrial leaders of the two States, who
came here especially to hear Govern
or Harding make his address, made
Thursday another eventful day at the
exposition. Governor George J. Seay,
nf the fifth Federal reserve district, of
Richmond, Va., was jjriQther distin-
financial leader" who wasXlh-the city to
day, being one of the .honor guests at
the. American Trust Company s ban
quet.
The two States have sent to Char
lotte for these occasions the cream of
their banking and industrial leadership
Officials of National and State banks
are here from every section of North
Carolina and from many distant points
in South Carolina. In addition to the
bankers, cotton mill executives who
are known throughout the whole South
are present to hear Governor Harding
and to lend their distinguished presence
to the exposition throngs.
LIGHTS OUT AN HOUR.
Darkness overwhelmed the big expo
sition for more than an hour Wednes
day night when a big transformer blew
out, cutting out all lights in and about
the building and interrupting the short
run trolley service. The crowd was
in a happy mood, however, and the
band and singers came to the relief of
the disagreeable situation by givin;
their urogram despite the darkness.
The big warehouse was well tinea
despite the threatening weather out
side. The suspension of the lighting
service was the cause of many bright
expressions from scores oi men ana
women scattered over the building, and
from every nook and corner some re
mark rang out which created a ripple
of laughter un and down the aisles.
Some of the exhibitors confiscated
candles, and the management brought
automobile headlights into use, run
ning the machines at the entrance and
throwing the light down the aisles
This had an effect on the general set
ting, the brililant lights creating heavy
shadows and visitors felt their way up
and down the passages.
The lights went out shortly before
8:30 and it was 9:30 o'clock before thcy
came on.
Although most of the Winston-Salem
visitors got away during the late atter
noon, following the band concert and
sneakine- nroerram, several Twin City
streamers were observed on the hats
and coat lapels of visitors Wednesday
nights.
WINSTON PLEDGES SUPPORT.
Mayor James G. Hanes was the prin
cipal speaker of 'Wednesday afternoon
After an introduction by Colonel Kirk
oatrick. the Twin City mayor spoke
briefly, paying tribute to the promoters
of the Carolinas exposition ana prom
ising the support of Winston at future
exhibits of Carolina products.
"Winston-Salem will back any move
men for the betterment of the State,'
he said. "Winston-Salem is delighted
that Charlotte has done this thing for
the Carolinas. If Charlotte wants to
put on a bigger event next year
Winston-Salem will be ready to help
Our people were astonished to see the
bigness of this exposition. We are
proud of the success of the affair and
I wish to express for Winston-Salem
our appreciation of tne splendid re
ceDtion Charlotte has given us today.'
President Richard G. Stockton of the
Winston Chamber of Commerce, was
brought to the platform and Introduced
bv Colonel Kirkpatrick. He also
nledsedthe support of Winston-Salem
to the" undertaking in the future and
complimented the exposition officials on
the sucess of the enterprise.
Inclement weather has affected the
night attendance at the exposition for
the last two nights to some extent but
the building has been crowded during
the afternoon. Satisfactory street car
service is being: furnished and one can
reach the exposition building without
inconvenience in any kind of weather
The band concerts are given inside
(Continued on Page Five.)
Membership Of Disarmament
Conference May Be Increased
Britain Wants Six Delegates and All Countries Will
Send Same Number; United States Anxious to Have
the British Dominions Represented in Discussion.
By DAVID LAWRENCE
Staff Correspondent of The Xtws
Copyright, 1021, by News Publishing Co.
Washington, Sept. 22. News from
England indicates that Great Britain
will have six members on her delega
tion to the armament conference. If
this is her wish it will be granted and j
every delegation will be increased from
four to six members.
Of course America hasn't anything to
say about the personnel of other del
egations and has not attempted to limit
the size beyond the general statement
that the delegations ought to be small
so as to permit effective transaction of
business. But it is a iet that Ameri
can public opinion as gauged by those
in authority here indicates a desire to
have the Dominions of the British Re-
have the Dominions of the British Em
pire represented somehow in the Brit-
sh delegation.
In the interests of better relations be
tween the various English-speaking
countries, it had been hoped that the
British cabinet would invite the pre
miers of Canada, New Zealand, South
Africa and Australia or their represen
tatives to sit in the Armament Con
ference as a part of the British dele
gation. DOMINIONS VITALLY INTERESTED
Many of the problems which will be
discussed at the conference on Far
Eastern questions are vitally related to
Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
The United States would like to be
apprised directly of the view of those
countries and to make sure that the
representatives of those nations are in
formed first hand in Washington of
the details of policy of the Washington
government. Indeed, far more than ap
pears on the surface, the conference
is destined to have an important bear
ing on the relations between the United
States and the British Empire. Jt is
significantly recalled here that the
whole parley is the direct sequel of
he Imperial Dominion Conference
riu r
when the opposition to the renewal of
the Anglo-Japanese Alliance on the
part of the British Dominions coinciden-
tly with the expressions of the Ameri
can press against the continuation of
that pact.
DELICATE QUESTION.
The first cable dispatches from Lon
don would seem to indicate that not a
HARDING HANDS
CRITICS ANSWER
Calls John Sharp Williams
to Task for His Late
Accusation.
"It was part of the duties of Mr.
John Skelton Williams, when a
member ex-officio of the Federal
Reserve Board directors as Comp
troller of the Currency, to pass
upon the salaries iven officers of
Federal reserve banks and in a ma
jority of oases, the salaries he is
now criticising as extravagant were
approved by him."
So declared Governor W. P. G.
Harding at the American Trust
Company's banquet tendered at 1
o'clock in the City auritorium in
honor of the distinguished head of
the.Fedpral reserve system and at
tended by more than 500 bankers,
eotton mill executives, business
men and merchants of the two
Carolinas.
Mr. Harding confined his remarks,
speaking only for a few minutes, to
J -1v. -K'il-
n''! '? rw
liaillS, lUUUfl V.UHIJJUU.ICI ui vr"i
rc-.r in finllahnratinn witll TVlP Man-
. .1 1 , 1 . TOolj-f-in-
against the policies of the Federal!?000 to. $l0'0t010ft na"d - fr
iowi Jrnh iat0riv hps incomes from $10,000 to $lo,000.
board and which, more latterly, has
turned into a crusade of criticism i
nee ot The Sew York City Federal
OanK.
Mr. Harding read the criticism of
Mr. Williams and held it in his hand
on the rostrum
I am not able to say
with absolute evactness w
whether the
t or not. I
figures he gives are correct or
e tie gives lui -;
am willing to assume tney are uhluj
(Continued on Tage Two)
Ponv Momos. president o' tlr town
board, has only been in office six months
ac a n' Vii cnlr;lid leader -
ship he has accomplished th" follerin' j
a talked of swinuniir pool, new court
house steps contemplated, a reduction
o' taxes In th background, four new
lamp-posts prophesied, a budget system
suggested an' a party split almost iron
ed out. Lafe Bud quarreled with his
wife yisterday, th' bullet lodgin in his
neck.
At Carolinas9 Exposition!
single representative of the British Do-
minions will be on the British delega-
tion. This has occasioned much disap
pointment here. At first it was suppos
ed that this may be due to a hesitancy
on the part of Britain to have her Do
minion governments discuss foreign af
fairs with other powers but the promi-1
nent part taken by General Smuts ot
South Africa in the Paris conference
as well as the success of the British
government in securing representation
in the assembly of the League of Na-
tions for its Dominions would seem to
t .- i . i ...... . . f It
' . 1 . , .111, t, .1.111 V .'.'.V'll. W L I I . 1 . . -
Panarllnn npnnln fnv a rnmmlasioner in
Washington. In principle this plan has
1- A
met with approval here but while the
riiuhn government iist ui
cL VUIlclUlctll UUlimiJOOlUllL-1 111 (I aoiiliif,-
ton. would thev anDrove of an Ameri-
can commissioner at Ottawa? Although
there is no parallel between tne import-
ance of Egypt over which Engiana
maintains a protectorate on the one
hand and Canada on the other, it is a
fact that an American commissioner
possessing virtually diplomatic powers
has been resident at Cairo for years.
The whole problem is one of the deli
cate points between the United States
and Great Britain . which it had been
expected here would be settled before
the bio- conference bearan.
fKOBABUS Al'l'UlATftUS.
Meanwhile speculation is developing
as to who the additional two members
of the United States delegation will be
if the membership of all delegations is
increased from four to six. It is as-
sumea tnat anotner iemocrai win ue
chosen. John W. Davis, former Amer- Injured persons to the number of 2,
ican ambassador to Great Britain is 500 had been attended.
especially familiar with the problems to
come Deiore tne conierence ami is nut
Known as a ia.r liso.ii xeiiiuuictL.
name is being mentioned repeatedly as
a probable choice. Kobert Lansing, ior
mer Secretary of State, is anotner uom-
ocrat. who is eligible, although it is
i i
,inAX ua aiiettU-v e"baBi;
uf LIlt! " b'" aa "
visor. As tor the Republican memoeis.
John Bassett Moore, recently selected
Justice of the New York Court, is spok-
en of for a place on the commission, marks, according to Berlin advicea' re
while gossip at the Capitol is that Sen ceived here today.
ator Knox of Pennsylvania, a former
Secretary of State, might be added to
the American delegation.
GRADUATED TAX
ON CORPORATION
Proposed as an Amendment
to Tax Revision Bill of
the Republicans.
Washington, Sept. 22. A graduated
tax on corporations, in lieu of the Re
publican plan for a flat 15 per cent
levy, is proposed in an amendment to
the tax revision bill offered tsday by
Senator Walsh. Democrat, Massachu-
setts, in colloboration with Senator
Com- TiPmnrraf. Rhode Tsland. Un-
der the amendment, corporations hav-
ing net uicuiiks ol iuu,v)uu ui iws
would pay at the rate of 10 per cent,
v,o T,o-,r? fr-nrn m c nnft t,i
n -r t
$6uu,uuu a.L j.u pel win emu uiuoe un-.
ing incomes above $300,000 to 20 ier
cent.
Senators Gerry and Walsh sponsor-
ed another amendment proposing ra-
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ductions in the normal income tax on
'individuals to two per cent in the cas3
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Senator Walsh explained that this
would bring about a loss of $105,000,000
In revenue, which he proposed should
b? made up by a tax of one cent, a
., l, U tUa
f'". l" "c
source, and retention of tne corpora
L,V" OL"v"v
miiiee oni iiuputn's iu iei:ai. oc-iicil-ji
Walsh said the gasoline tax would yield
t f,.om SinftOOOOO to $200,000,000 and th.
- T f - $S6.000.000 an
nually.
WORLD'S SERIES WILL
START OCTOBER FIFTH
Chicago, Sept. 22. The world's series
will start October 5, it was decided to- on the Rhine. He has organized kltcli
day, the first game being played on the ens to feed the families of victims of
home grounds of the National League the disaster and the high commission-
team.
In the event either Pittsburgh or
Cleveland should finish first, two games
W1? b plt I" th? Xnal ilo
C1LV. Llie lieJLL LUU 111 Lll5 aiilci n.au
League town, and so on. Both New
York teams are at present leading the
leagues. The details of the series were
arranged todav at a meeting or tne
league presidents with Judge Kenne
saw M. Landis, Baseball Commission-
er
Nine games may be played, it was
decided, the series going to the winner
of five.
WILSON IS DEPRIVED
OF HIS $35,000 PURSE
Jersev Citv. N. J.. Sept. 22. The New
Jersey Boxing Commission today decid
ed to denrive Johnnv Wilson, middle
weight chamnion, of $35,000 he was to
have received for his Labor Dav bout
with Bryan Downey, of Cleveland,
j Wilson was accused of failing to put
1 frrtVi his Vipst efforts in the contest and
found guilty by the commission.
MISS STIRLING WINS.
Ottawa, Sept. 22. Miss Alexa Stir
ling, of Atlanta, today eliminated Mr i
w A Oavin. of New York, from the
Canadian ladies' open golf champion
ship tournament 4 and 2.
NUMBER OF DEAD
STILL MOUNTING
TTotimof nf 1 FCOO Clforirlc n
- EjUIIUUe Ol ,tUU OldllUb dS
Number of Injured is
Rapidly Increasing.
RECOVER 850 BODIES.
Nothing Remains at Oppau,
WTlPTA fri TMnnf Qfnrtrl
""CIC t11 ru111 OIUUU,
JliXCept Large Cavity.
M ence, Sept. 22. (By the ASSOC-
A1 - wv . -
tta 1 rfssj niie estimates ot the num-
ber of dead from Wednesday's exnlo-
sion, which destroyed the Badische
g , ....
ih. s g.eai cnemicai plant at U
pan, continued today at approximately
i,uo, the total of persons actually
fmitwl tn . . . . ,
. - " llJ
first figures by a wide margin.
The French and German authorities
in the district were continuing the res
cue work today in the closest collaboi-
tion. A general hosnital train has a,--
rived at Frankfort and a French train
at ireves with injured from the seme
ui me disaster.
850 BODIES RECOVERED.
Paris. Sept. 22. Ttd to this innrniiu-.
850 bodies had been recovered from thn
ruins at Oppau where the plant of the
Badische Aniline Company blew un vc-
terday, it was announced in Mayence
aispatcnes.
If js reported, adds the advices, that
me explosion occurred during expe-i-
mems ior tne compression of a new
gas, the qualities of which had n t
been fully ascertained.
LOSS 150.000.000 MARKS 1
' 7 - - m
Amsterdam, sept. ZZ. (By the Ass
ciaiea i-ressj Tne total damage from
tne explosion in the Badische Anil hi"
Company's chemical plant at Oppau
yesterdav is estimated at 1 so nan ana
OPPAU SWEPT AWAY.
Mayence, Germany, Sept. 22.t-(Bv th?.
Associated Press) French troops and
volunteer workers toiled through the
night m the rums of the Badische Ani
line Company's war-born chemical
plant at Oppau, where hundreds of
workmen were killed by an explosion
yesterday morning. Estimates of the
number of dead ranged as high as 1,-
500 early today, but definite ' figures
were obviously impossible. More thai
800 bodies had been recovered, how
ever, and it was known that at least
1,500 persons were injured by the blat.
Oppau was virtually swept away, and
the explosion hurled desolation over a,
wide district on the west bank of thi
Rhine between Mannheim and Fran':-
enthal.
Immediately after the blast, every
means of rescuing injured and bring
ing out the dead were utilized, but sev
eral minor explosions prevented work-
ers from entering the grounds for a
long time. Great clouds of chemicai
fumes hang over the ghastly scene .f
piace were compelled to wear ga-j
masks. The fumes spread as far as
Mannneim and iudwigshaften, and
lellueu LO xieignien me lears oi no
friehtened nnonle
NOTHING TO INVESTIGATE.
An investigation of the exnlosion
has been ordered by the authoritk
DUt inose wno nave visited the ruin
ueciare mere is nttie upon wnicn &
finding can be basyd. The buildings eff
the Badische Company have disappear
ed, only a great hole in the ground
marking the site of the main structure.
It- is a theory of those familiar with
the plant that at least two gasometros
exploded, and that nitrogen compound
stored in the buildings, or in proems
of manufacture, were detonated. Nitro
gen products are unstable as a rule,
and it is believed the first explosion,
which vas relatively light, s."t oft
great masses of chemicals. Another
theory is that nitrogen tanks let ;ro.
V1U lIlaL 1U.UI ul
and that four others were set off by
lnl. concussion. ,
This is the second time Oppau has
been destroyed. In 1883, a dam burst
above the town and the place was
swept by a wall of water.
General Dc-Goutte, in command of
French forces of occupation, went from
this city to Oppau and immediately
sent for the sanitary staff of the army
I er has given 75,000 marks to the wor?
ers syndicate to alleviate distress.
PRICE OF SOFT COAL
SLIGHTLY ADVANCED
St. Louis. Sept. 22. Prices of soft
coal, virtually unchanged since April
M-- em&sV rdiSS .o
an announcement today which declared
the other concerns would make an
equal advance on October 1. The in
crease is classed as a surcharge made
necessary- in handling small amount".
according to the announcement. The.
price now ranges from $o.25 to $8.Z5 aj
ton for various grades used for heaiy
ing and cooking purposes. j
Charlotte and Vicinity: Generally
fair tonight and Friday; little change n
temperature. Gentle variable winds.
North and South Carolina: Generally
- 1 fair tonight and Friday, No change
1
I temperature.