EUROPE IS LITERALLY
MOVING TO AMERICA
UrgM Owmm Facilitiaa For
Giving Th.m Rigid Medici
Cumlutioai
Vaahlngton, Jan. S.—Testimony by
Comalaaloner Wall!*, of the Kill* U
land immigration atatlon, that Kuropr
Ml "literally movlnif to the United
•tatea" and that a "Hood of allcna
wa* imminent" atlll laft member* of
tfce aanata Immigration committor
doubtful tonight aa to action upon tha
Johnaon bill prohibiting immigration
for on* yoar. Haveral member* frank
If mpreaaed doubt whether any maaa
araa to atop or rvatrlet Immigration
woo Id ha maited at (hla aea*ton of
Oon green
Tha committee obvloualy wan im
pwpaid with tha commlaaioner'* a late
•ant* aa to tha naad for Inapaction of |
allana bafora leaving Europe and for
MOT* rigid examinatlona after their,
arrival at American porta. Tha com.
•iaeloner recommended particularly
that facllltlea ba aatabllahad over aaaa'
far Mich Inspection* and declared that
W par cent of the immigrant* arriv
tog under the eatabliahed ayatern
would ba denied permlaaion to aall If
toy were examined at the porta of
embarkation by American official* A
proper lyatem of examination in
■orope and upon arrival, Mr. Walliii
aald, would prevent an imminent flood
of the, diaeaaed in body and mind.
"Fortunately" he added, "the ateam
afaip* of the world can bring only 1,-|
100,000 a year to the United State*.
It la In the limited tranaportation fa
aflltlen and Increased examination*
Aat we will get the beat protection."
war Has 1'nderaiined Their Health
The coram i*»ionor declared report*
ef the public health service indicated
Aat eaatern Kurupe today "ia in the
grip of four epidemic*—typhua, ty
phoid. dyaentery and tuherculo*!*."
The War ha* undermined the health of
Mnmm countries and their emigrants
ara "danjreron* to the public health of
*a United Stataa," ha added
Mr. Wallla reminded the committee
a mother'n aon who wwrt te
% hia home ontfl he had taken a hath
ia ationgeat diainfectanta and hi* clo
the* had been cleanted thoroughly."
"Yet the*e people come here un
ciaanaed and diaeaaed," he added. "One
«f the greatest trouble* we have at
Mis Iiland ia getting rid of thalr ver
It should be done before they ar
•We are there to protect the fate
to the nation," Mr. Walli* an id in
tailing of the work of the Ellis Island
station "I had rather turn back a
Aouaand (rood people than let one In
who would blow up Wall street."
Chairman Colt, of the committee,
aakad whether it would be "harmful"
if Congress postponed changing pres
ent law* for six month*.
"It would not be more harmful than
at present," Mr. Walli* replied. "But
I would prefer a definite meaaure giv
ing u* more inspector*, living quarter*
and Increaaed facilities overaeaa."
Legislation in Interest of Con
federate Veterans and
Their Widows
Change* in the cast of the state
lagialature affecting pensions of Con
federate soldier* and their widow*
will enable a larger group to draw
money in June, 1921, if they file their
application thru the clerk of the coun
ty superior court, when "an act to
regulate the property valuation of
Confederate pensioner*," and "an act
to amend lection 6160 of the consoli
dated statutes relating to the claasi
fleatton of pensions for soldier* and
widows" came into official recogni
tion.
During the recent special aesaion of
the itate legislature there ni so'
■rack Interest in the auffraire problem
and consideration of the revaluation
act Ibnltation, the conceeaiona to the
old soldiers and their widows rained
Ilttto attention. One of the chaagee
pcuridee that wnmi who married
Coofofonte soldiers before 1S7S are
•ligftle for peaaiona Thoae who
■anM at»M IMS have not been eM I
rlhlela the put
A anther change raieaa the lhnttatkm
in eertion 5181 from $600 to $2/100.
flat collection Including the aM-1
will be made la Jana,
MR. HARDING IS MADE
A 32ND DECREE MASON
Ha I* Raised Thru 28 Dogrooa
A| On* Continuous Silting
Arranged Especially For Him
Columbus. Ohio, Jan. 5.—Priikient
flwt lUrdliiK IxK-ain* a 12nd deirree
Mason tonight at the md of a 12-hour
initiation ceremony here participated
in by the ranking oflclals of tha order
fnim nil part* of the United Htat*s.
Starting as a Master Mason, the
I'reelilent-elert was raisad through tha
other W <i»gri.» at a continuous sif
ting arranged particularly for his ar
rrimmoilation Ha was the third rhosen
chief executive to travel throuch the
hifher degree* of Masonry hafore the
S* ioto Valley consistory, James A.
(isrfleld and William Mi Klntay having
been Riven their 32nd degrees hara.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
Mr. Hording was presented with a Ma
sonic tine given by tha 82nd degree
Masons of Marion, his home town, who
had occupied posts of honor in tha In
itiation. He may return here Friday to
receive membership in the Mystic
Shrine.
ACTIVITY KESUMED IN
TEXTILE MILLS
Hoston,-Jan. 6, 1921—Resumption
of industrial activity, particularly in
the textile industry, took plat.' yen
Unlay throughout a majority of the
■ nanufai'turinK centers of New Kn>t
land and waa marked by the accept
nnce of a wax? reduction of 22 1-2 per
cent by many textile mill operatives
who returned to work. Many of the
planta have been shut down for iev-i
i-rat weeks owing to the slackening
demand from the ronsumcr anil un
stable condition* in the wholesale and I
retail trade, while others have bwn
rinsed from one to three weeks for!
Inventory.
Cotton mills in the vicinity of Prov
idence. Rhode Island, some of which J
have been operating: on a reduced
tchedule, went back to • full working
week la the majority of cases Tex
tile worker* in Mancheeter. New
Hampshire, abo.t JO.OOO In nwber.
stimed work yeeterday at the re
lured ware Leather worker* in Pea
tody, Dan vers and Salem. Massachu
setts. however, have voted to refuse to
accept wage reduction, although but J
to per cent of the workmen in the in- j
ilustry arc employed at present. Work
er* in other large New England indus
trial centers returned to work fol
lowing an inrt-ntory shut down but at |
■h< general cut In wages
In Idtwrence, Massachusetts, where
i he mills of the American Woolen I
f'ompany are situated the labor situa
tion has liern recently complicated by
h movement of an element of the Am
fiU:&mated Textile Workers to form
"one big union." Thfs effort has been
resisted by officers of the national
union, and a meeting of a chamber of
I-abor composed of delegates claiming
to represent 50 unions and 76000 work
ers voted Sunday night against the
aim of the radical element.
The American Woolen Comoany ha/
ln«en operating on a reduced schedule
following a period of closure, but an
nounced no wage reduction laat mcnth
when a general cut of 22 I 1! per cent
wa< decided upon by the textile manu
facturers. The general secretary of
the amalgamated expteaaee the con
viction that William M. Wood, presi
dent of the company, will on* reduce
wages. He bases his sta'em-nt on the
belief that the cut is unjustified.
Parent-Teacher Meeting.
The Parent-Teacher association met
as usual the first Monday "in .he
month, in the absence of the prudent
Mrs. F. L. Smith presided over the
meeting. After the opening exercised
the chief discussion of the hour wilt"
"What The Chnrch Should Do for the
Child," the discussion was lad by Rev.
Z. V. Roberson who handled the sub
ject admirably, he pointed out that the
influence of tha church on the child
was leas direct than that of the school,
that the influence of tha church was
largely thru the parent* and wm a
spiritual influence whereas tbs busi
ness of the school was to provide for
the mental and physical training of
the child. It is not possible for OS to
outline his discussion which wa* very
belpfal to those present After lev.
Roberson'» talk there was a round
table discussion in which the parents
entered more freely than hai bean
their cuatou in tha past meetings.
1 ha main purpusi of tha organisation
la t* draw eat the parents to a free
and tfss dtaresaten of all sehool peo
btesaa far tha m'.taal benefit of teach
er*. >■»*■>■ ami p«p4la. The attend
organisation vary encouraging.
RICA A SAD MONUMENT
TO SIX YEARS OF WAR
Hor Population Reduced More
Than Half And Her Many
Factories Idle
Kijia, Latvia, Nov. 20.—Riga, which
will known beforr the war a« the pearl
of the Baltic and ranked a* Kiioala'n
•noad port, la one of the saddest
monument* to the destrui tlon wrought
hy »is yeara of cea»lesa fighting, muih
of which took plai n on tlie soil of tha
new rupublir of Lit via, arm-fed on the
ruin* of the old Ruaaian puiimfnlii
of l.ivonia and Courln.i I
Half a million person i lived in Riga
I if ore tha war and over 4(K> Urge fn< -
toriaa kept It buay anil prosperous.
Now there are only sl»ut In
habitanta and leas than n «rore of fac
torlea are opersting. T'ij empty shells
of varioua Industrie* aland awaiting
tha return of machinery which tha
Ruamana shipped eastward before the
G< rman advance. Lenin and Tratxky
have promised to return all the ma-1
chinery which belonged to Ruaaian
KUhjecta. Rut many of the factories
were owned by foreiirn capitalists and
coniequenMy cannot hope to recover
their plants.
(ireat rubber plants, cur shops,
wood-working shops and «w mill*
stand idle awaiting capital to l>uy ma
chinery. The river Dvina and varioua
InkfK and Inlet* lyinit about the city
arc filled with logs. But there are no
mill* to convert thein into timber, no|
ships tii carry them into foreign mar-;
ket*. The dork* »re idle. Few trainii j
upernte and thoie an? ttrrd with wood. {
Of the 1,600,000 persona In the new'
republic, nearly all are dependent upon
agriculture for a living. The crop*
were a failure thin year and conae
quently the outlook ia blue for the
new government headed hy Ulmania,
the American-trained minister-presi
dent. But the Lett* have learned the
joy of freedom in their few montha of
independence. They fought bravely
again*' the bolsheviki and later again
■t the Baltic barons, who triad to en
clave them under General Bermondt.
And they art courageously building
aMftNMAKMViS:
Unlike most parts of Ruasia. Latvia
was a country where education waa
general and only a small portion of
its population waa unahle to read and
write. It had been well In the line of
European culture. Its ports of Riga,
I,ibau and Windau had alway* attract
ed many foreign traders. The country!
had been so attractive to German buai-1
ness men that German culture was
firmly embedded in the lending cities.
Riga is more German thnn Russian in
its appearance. Its biMad treet*. mag
nificent, well-kept parks and dignified
public buildings give it the air of a
German city. Its numerous Lutheran;
churches arc mm.iar to those found in !
any of the II inseatic league cltiea.!
Its universitiy is organised along Ger-,
man line*. Rut the great majority of i
its people have no aympathy with G«r
many's effort to continue its influence
in Latvia through the German barona, j
whose eatstes have been confiscated.
The opera in Riga includes all the j
ntandtrd German, French and Italian
opera* in the Lettish language. Ita
school* teach Lettish. The state the- j
ater gives plays in Lettish, chiefly
translation of the great English, Scan
dinavian and German masters. One of
the new plays recently produced in
Kiga was written,by a Let about the
life of Weesters, a Lettish knight of
the 14th century who attempted to re
sist the German domination of Lett
land. It ia bitter in ita denunciation of
German methods and haa been well re
ceived by a public which aeems thor
oughly determined to maintain ita in
dependence at any cost
THE PRAISE CONTINUES
Everywhere We Hear Good Re
ports of Doui'i Kidney Pill*
Mount Airy Is no exception. Every
section of the U. S. resounds »lth
praise of Dosn's Kidney Pills. Fifty
thousand persons sir giving testimony
in their hom* newspnp "s The fcin
ce'Hy of these witness** the fact that:
they live so nesr, is the beet proof ef
the merit of Dosn's. Here's s Mount
Airy ease. "—• -r—v:.
Hugh Tiiley, farmer, 208 Orchard
St, says: "I used Doaa'i Kidney Pills
some time a«o and found these te be
just as repreeented. I had a greet deal
of trouble with ay sack and kMMys,:
bat Dosn's always biosgbt me gieet
relief. I rsrommmil Doss's at eswyl
Price Me, at all halm Deat
simply ask for a kidney remsdy get
Deea's Kidney Pills tin mm that
Mr. Tiller bad. Fsetar-MUbwre Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. T.
INAUGURAL TO BE SWELL
AFFAIR
Exp«ct«d to CmI Government
• Million Dollar*
Washington, Jan. fl.-Everbody in
thin nock of the wood* hu been im
pacting something to happen to swerve
the well-oiled Harding Inaugural ma
china, with Ned Mclean at tha wheal,
from Ita path. People have nibbled
at the plana for a "royal" display, and
a great outlay of money, but it re
mained for Senator Borah, the Idaho
hammer-swinger to put the firat real
monkey wrench in the machinery.
Ha predicts that tfce fourth of
March avant will coat tha federal gov
ernment a million dollar*, and intl
matee that the President-elect has
been over-perauaded by "frtvnda."
"I am Intereatad to know whence
the influence cornea that prevailed
upon the President-elect to, depart
from his idea of a aimpla dignified
inauguration to that of the moat oa*
zling dlaplay 'within the memory of
the present generation' and one <ta
signed to aerve the pleaaure of '.he
wrrntest number of people." said Mr
ISoiah. "I ahould never have said a
worrf about thin mattri of the windi
tion of affair* in which we finH our
•elver had been an ordinary one out
we Have $24,0<10,000,00» of indebted
in f. we have 14,000,000 000 of <:urrent
f ,M-n*e», and we have $2,000 «M)0<H)0
*t. r'ng us in the face. The taiiines*
rrwn of the country even those who are
rupposed to be men of competency,
are greatly disturbed a* to how they
Khali continue to meet the burdens
which must be Imposed upon them by
the government. The mere $*0,000,
or *30,000 of the $1,000.000 which we
>ay appropriate It not alone the ob
jection but it ia the psychology of the
'tublic mind in regard to these mat
ter*. They expect something, and re
trnidless of the party, they feet that
lh< se who represent them ou^'ht to
tnl e into oonsiderition the conditions
at home."
This speech wan followed by til*
reading into The Record of a new»
->ap«r story tolling of Mm rlrit of tha
aialli «|)l)iiiati»- -yHofcor - of IV
Washington Pint and The Cincinnati
Enquirer and hi* Inaugural committee
to Normally'* front porch at Marlon:
"The plans for the Harding inaugura
tion, as outlined hen- today, (contem
plate the most dazzling celebration in
the memory of the present generation. j
Senator Harding, it is said, was ori
Kinally in favor of a severely simple
inaugural ceremony hut has been pre
via led upon to acc.!|'* a program which:
he was assured would bring the great-,
est amount of pleasure to the greatest'
number of people."
Mr. Borah warne.1 that the inang
uraI ball, which President Wilson cut
out of his Inauguration, wilt coat the
country about $200,000.
"The proposition to turn uver the
pension building for inaugural pur
poses, the hall, it is estimated, will
coat, when there are taken into con-!
sideration the delay In the serrice, the
interruption of public business the
moving out And moving in, something
like $200,000." Mr. dorah explained.
Senator Thomas asked if any part
of the debt incurred by the govern- ]
ment would be liquidated by the In
augural committee of which Mr Me
nan is the head.
"No part of it will be, I think,"
said Mr. Borah. .
"Then what becomes of the money
the newspapers say is being raised
by the committee?" asked Mr. Tho
maa.
"It is finally returned to those who
raise it," answered Mr. Borah.
"They secure reimbursement thru
the levy upon visitors." added Mr.
Thomas.
"In understand that they try to pro
tect themselves by proper methods,
but nevertheless in a business way,"
responded Mr. Borah.
No one here would interfere .with
a proper Inaugural ceremony for Mr.
Harding. Democrat* as well aa re
publicans want to give him all that
but the local Washington committee,
which paves the way for the fleecingI
of the visitors, la going to have •
great lay out Members of It have
intimated repeatedly that they wast
ed to vet away from the hard picking
dava of >« >odraw Wilson Washing
ton city diallkae Mr. Wilson not be.
cause of anything he did daring the
war hot hirsaei he sipped to the bod
the plas for the Inaugural ball. IV
moment he realised what it would (vet
he pot his veto on that part of Mm
pi"Hims. Wtthis a few dsye after
Mr. Hardtoc was elected Weal news
will have the tsanrora! hall."
The simple day* el Pnatdant Wil
son have fane from the national cap
ital for years
ADOPT SEVEN ORPHANS
FROM RUSSIA
Officer Briny* Children Home
With Him From That Coun
try Where He Ha* Been On
Duty.
Washington, Jan. 6. -Southern
hivalry I* not ilvnil yet. Roar Ad
miral Newton A. Mcf'ul'v •»( the U. 8
Navy. by bringing to Mil* cojn
try seven Russian children wf.fiin li*
intend* to rear and educate
Admiral McColly was lom ai An
derson, H. C.. June I!i, 1ST and grad
uated from Annapoli* In I S7. He i*
a bachelor and I* very well fised.
.Sympathy for the Russian h'1 ' ■>,
and hi* desire to giv. '.>• in a chance
caused him to adopt his little array.
He romtemplates taking hi* family
to hi* old home at Anderson.
Red tape waa cut at the depart
ment of labor and order* issued for
Immediate rclaaae from Kills Island
of the children.
Admiral MeCully appeared In per
son before Alfred Hampton. acting
commissioner general of immigration,
who ordered the children released on
parole in the custody of the gallant
American navy officer.
Later Secretary of Labor Wilson
took hold of the case in person. Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels having
discussed it with him, and communi
cated by long distance telephone with
the authorise* of Rills Island.
Certain formalities must be gone
through with, hut there I* no doubt
that Admiral McCuiiy will be permit-'
ted to hare ajl the children, give them
a comfortable home and educate them j
In official circle* here there was a
general choru* of approval over the
action of Admiral MeCully in assum-i
ing thia heavy responsibility.
The admiral frankly confessed to'
Secretary Daniels and newspaper men,
who talked with him that he brought {
the children home with him with mis-1
glvinas.
"Many Americans and others in
south Hum la, Meing the frightful
under which childreo of mil
•tfM wnt nmpfll«il to 1!t« wk! they
would adopt anrnr of thrm" said Ad
miral McCully. "I am the only one
who did ao. I do not blame the others.
It's a great responsibility and 1 was
almost afraid to go through* with it.
"My present plan is to leave for
New York tonight and gel the I'hll
dren.
Admiral McCully has .rot yet made
definite plans for bringing up his fam
ily. As a bachelor he lacks personal
experience in this line A r.ieee whom
he educated and who has kept house
for the admiral mav accept the super
vision of the children, bu' has not yet
been consulted. She is now in An
derson, at the homo of hi/ people.
Naturally Admiral McCul'y ioes not
wish to discuss any plan involving his
niece until he has hnd an opportunity
to talk matters over with her.
"There are hundeedn and thousands
of orphans in precisely the same situa
tion as theae whom I irought with
me," said the admiral
"They are living sevi-i and twelve Ir.
one room, Keeping on pa'lets en the
floor, frequently in unheated build
ings."
Asked whether he had documentary
proof of hi* authority to bring the
children out of south Russia, Admiral
McCully said he had a stack of docu
ments four inches thick. These he
took with him to the department of
labor, but the Immigration officials
would not even look at them. First
he had the general approval of Gener
al Wrangel to bring all of them. Then
he had the approval of local councils
and finally, where parents are living
he received their formal writUn con
sent.
II ine iiwi (rovpmin(f aaopuon will
permit me to do so. I ■hall legally
adopt them all," Mid Admiral McCul
ly. "In any event, I shall provide a
home for them and educate them. I
want them to learn English and Amer
ican ways, bat to preserve all that it
good of their Rot?Ian way*, and I may
say that there are many beautiful
thing* ill the Knasian way*. It hi my
purpose to provide for the children
until they are able to take car* of
themselvea. just as if they war* my
own. Already I have promlaed to
take them back to Kuasia some llaaa,
when T can get sufficient Wave and
after they have learned Engitah.
Should any of them daolu to r—Hi
then after the visit they will he per
mitted to "to so."
Admiral McOally *aid the Collier
Saaqmpo touched at Br*et, Praeae
en rule from Constantinople aad ha
outfitted hia wards there, so at pna
eat they are wiartng mostly Wail
cfethsa. All the jeimgsteis stead ths
voyage wall.
HARDING WANTS NAVAL
PROGRAM TO CONTINUE
Until Binding DiureuBMat
Agreement Between Nation*
Can be Reached.
Marion, O., Jan. I,—A javal poltcy
to keep the United Stain one of tk
■tpininl arit power* In tlM world un
til a binding disarmament iptiant
ran be reached wa« diacuaaad at a eon.
ference here today between Prealdant
Harding and Representative
Butler of f*enn»ylvanla, rhairuian of
the Hr>u»« naval romaittua. After
ward* It waa Indicatad t' »t, although
a final derialon muat await develep
mm'1, *' present attitude of (Una
tor Harding pointed to a .ntlnuatioe
during hia adminlatratlnn of the fleet
construction program now in pratma.
Coupled with thla program, however,
would be a material curtailment in tha
number of civilian employe* of the
navy department and varloua econe
mies in the land atatlona under navy
jurisdiction.
nr. narr.ng long has favored aa
efficient navy aa thf first line «f
American defense and he la under
xtood to f»el that a big navy policy
might be continued practically if
itteps are taken to curtail the
strength of the army along the Hnaa
he approved yesterday hi conferenca
with Chairman Kahn, of the houae
military committee. Ha also favon
strongly the reserve system for both
army and navy, and ia underatood to
have indicated to Chairman Botlav
that an adequate naval reaerve should
he considered one of the requisites to
national defenaa.
The whole question of the navy
hinires, however, on what progress
may be found possible in the move
ment for a general reduction of arma
ment throughout the world Mr. But
ler. who is inclined to place little
faith in the proposal, expects to de
velop in committee hearing? beginning
next week, all the information avail
able on the probable consequences of
disarmament. Thia information ha
will turn over to Mr. Harding. "1
aa determlaed to km," ntd the
committee chairman. In a statement
tonight, "what the other nations of
the world desire in the way of an
agreement to limit armament and
especially that of the sea."
FORESTS YIELD GOOD RE
TURNS
Further Purchases Will be
Made in North Carolina.
Washington, Jan. 6.—A great ef
fort is being made by the department
of agriculture to give the Appalach
ian forest purchases a good standing.
Congress is asked to make a lump
sum appropriation of (10,000,000 to
enable the national forest reservation
commission to continue ita purchase
program in North arolina and other
southern states.
An announcement made today in
dicates that the foreeta about Asha
ville are beginning to yield good pa
turns in revenue.
"The national forests of the east
ern United States," it is asserted,
yielded a gross revenue of $110,26#
in the fiscal year ending June SO, 19
20, as against less than (72.000 the
previous year. Since 1917 the re
ceipts have increased by (88,000 and
it is believed that within five yean
the revenue from these areas will ex
ceed (200,000.
"Of the seven million acre* includ
ed within the originally located areaa
in the southern Appalachiana and
White mountains, the purchase of »,
796,788 acres has been authorised to
date by the commission at a cost af
about ten and a half million dollars.
The average price paid the owners per
acre for forested and cutover lands
was (S SI. The estimated net balance
of purchase funds from the original
appropriation of (11,600,000 made
for this work by Congress in 1911, li
"The devtlopunt of tha timber
tvsoutcm and the protection of tha
fornti from fir art the leading ad
ministrative consideration* in tha
eastern national foreata. Thar* baa
alao bean a naaarkable iarraaae hi tW
uae of these foreata as rafraatin—I I
croonda. To meet this growing de
mand tha forest serrlea Is providing
camping froonda farnlahed with wood
firepjaeea. abetter bswaa. clsan
apitaffa and sanitary baprovaaMBta ,
for tha Mafei^ and eoarishac* of
viaftara. The <M«f jwpaitaams «T the
forapte, ho waver. aside froas tWr pro
taction faataraa la thai* aae as drmon
it ration areas «Wn Wkmm uU
Dtkars interested fci waad-aainc indqa
triaa can artaaBy pas tK prnflta that
may aecmp fM) tha scientific M