North Carolina Newspapers

, " - THE WEATHER " " jj S EVERY FARMER'.. should sign up in the Co-' operative Marketing cam paign for cotton and to-, bacco. It means : .hfcrr.er . CLOUDY ..TONIGHT, FOLLOW ED BY RAIN ON' . '.'-WEDNESDAY f prices. . : -v v 1 .-v.- - FOUNDED 1876 NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1921 Single Copy : Five Cents ' " TV L- J Li l.L-i J 9, PIP .. ' . . ", -., t : 1 1 P l ll r " I 5 i . wort itivw A o QQi aw LilEilEI GF DELEGATES IE HERE FOR CONFERENCE Scores of . Visitors Already .c Here More "Arriving' on ,-a. Every . Train DI5HOP ' AND ELDERS ' , IN SESSION TODAY Ccr.ference Will Be Formally : -'Opened Tomorrow, Morn- , ;i ; 'ing at Nine O'clock ' t f Scores of i dp legates " are'-already her and lare number are arriving on every train to attend -the-. Method ist? conference which will be formally 'opened here tomorrow morning. ; Bishop Darlington and the presid ing elders arrived in the city, today tml lri' holding cabinet meetings this afternoon at the home of W. ,.'B' tilade-s, , where the bishop is staying diifing the conference. The- first meet- J. irijr waft held . this afternoon at s 3J O ciooit: Another meeting, win be neia tonight after supper, , .- ' ; i - Oohfcience Opens 0 n. m. ,Th. 'conference will open its ses sions' tomorrow morning at 9 i o'clock wKh the. Sacrament of the Lord's :.; n per." Thi3 will be followed by roll e.l,- after which , the. delegates 'will proceed to trannuctr. the .Urge, volume ciC business which will come before it. 1 ' .'licnr.-i-tw-ryf 'tlie'ffesnlins' ejderi of tliK tiistrict Wiii be the feature- of , th6 m ining's program an .dli is expected thit tliese v.rill be extremely interest ing, aa they will cover .the' year's rvoik in.: the, entire district and will fell vcf.v the progress that has been made by thd various churches. v; :. . Centenary Methodist : church -.will . eMabhsh. a ' precedent ' tomorrow at rne-'. o'clock . when Tt will seat the en-J tire. ;flelesfation, consisting of about four hundreds persons, at dinner in the; basement of the church.-At , all previous conferences . it . has been f 6u4d--. necessai-y to. have part of the d&leSKted eat .at - one time while the others, were forced to wait. Tomer- rbtvv however all tho visitors .will be seated at - one tifnc, . . , jFollowins "the dinner, the delegates vtill Adjourn t6 the auditorium, where tile-c6nfefonce will prpceed with its tftfulons. . -' two - Arrests in - bomb explosion 1 - '. ;(By AH.'ociated Press. (LISBON; :Nov. 15, Two men have bert arrested, . charged ; with : having placed the -bomb.- which exploded on the, slain'ase - of ;the American' con i4late.herc November v 1. . A . third rtalv ho jsNsaid ta have remained outside as a guard against the police, wjille. his companions did their work is ; still being - sought,- . . v , rr - v:i t V ' , . ...1 SENATOR PITTMAN IS 5 V SLIGHTLY INJURED WASH 1NGT.ON, Nov. : 15. Senator !K.7r-I1timart; of Nevada, was report t$ ''hav4 suffered .slight "barns ear Ijt. ioday in a' fire' which' did small dilnlaSe to . the Senator's home -on Sixteenth, 'street. - ' GiiAPTMTLL HOLD MEETING Interesting Session ..Will - Be l Held Tomorrow. Many ( Can j 'j didates to be -j Present a -'New Bern Chapter .No. 46, 11. A. M isj planning for ja big meeting, Wect- nesday afternoon and 'night, at which time a Ursre number of candidates, from ;New;Bern and other towns will present to take the degree work1. .The. first session will . be held to-jnorrow- afternoon at 2:30 for work in the Mark Master,. Past Master and Most Excellent ; Master degrees. The latter degree Will he staged at. five t' clock and there, will be special mu ic. for ther-work. A, luncheon will then be served, following which1 pre . pa rations will be made for the Royal Arch legree,- which will be staged at about T:4$. ' . ' At the conclusion of the degree "work, a turkey supper will be serv ed. . The Chapter is greatly indebted to OariMson, who has agreed to furn Jlrih : four Urge -.turkeys for. the . ban ' quest, , --. . Harding Sends Message To Methodist Churches , ' (By .Associated-Press) . . ; DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 15. T the churches fail ih their4 high and hoty tasks, there is small hope for civili zation, President 'Harding told the National Conference of .the Methodist Episcopal Chui'ch 1 here today, in a message read' by; Bishop,. McDowell, of Washington, D.C. The message was . re ad at 'the opening; of the conference regarded by leaders of the .; denomination as' tone of the most important in the churchs history. - - "Whoever halts the' churc&e&hnirst '-march forward more swiftly than they .have done' 'the President's mes sage continued.' "The churches must not fail." s -i The President paid a 'tribute. :to the church for its. 'work during the warpadding: A l':''" " ' "The 'worjd never"before war; in ; such need of right- morals, right ideals, .right relations among men; and , nations, right soirit for meeting vunparalled conditions and sound rejigion in personal;, social and public life." - ' The 'President closed his. message by extending his "best v;ishes" for the work ,fyour . church and ' - other churches are planning to do in all the countries..' About 25 bishops of the church in the United-States . and sother countries and hundreds of ministers' and lay meji are in attendance. , . ' Tucker Is Nominated sr v " fByrAssociated' Press) . t , WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. Irvin B. Tucker was; nominated today, by President Harding to be United, States Attorney t for V the Eastern District of ' North Carolina; PERU 11 TO CONTINUE SHIP BUILDING Natio,n Cans. Still Build Many v Vessels According To . the v ; American Proposals ' - : (By Associated Press.) . ,. -- WASHINGTON,'' Nov. lo. Japan would face a rather extensive naval building program even during -the-JO year navar holiday- period . proposed by Secretary Hughes should tho American. 'plan be accepted. She has not" yet .built7 the proportion of auxil iary craft;, such as destroyers, light cruisers and -. similar vessels she would .be allowed to maintain under. the replacement provision of the plan it is said. Permission . to continue building up to those schedules is in-: eluded in the proposals. - . There ' is -practically no class of ships, except . airplane f cairers, in which-the United States As not' now fully provided, and more on the basis of the proposed' schedules. It may be said that if 'the- plan is .adopted. prompt step3 to supply any deficiency m airplane earners will be carried. No aircraft carriers of the first line are now projected, i ne . iangiey, a converted collier, of 19,000 tons, will be commissioned next month, but it is rated as a, secohd-Iine ship. Probably something could be work ed out in salvaging of other types of new craft if the American proposal is agreed to.jso as to furnish the addi tional tonnage in airplane carriers to which would be entitled. - FAVORABLE ACTION UPON WALSH BILL WASHINGTON Nov. 15. Fav orable report on the Walsh bill to create 23 additional federal tlLstriet judges, was ordered to day by the Ifouse judiciary 'com mittee. Similar legislation is pending before the senate com mittet, as recommended by At torney General Raugherly unci Chier Justice Ta ft. The bill authorizes 'temporary transfer of judges to other dis tricts to relieve doeket conges tion and creates, among others, one new district in Kastern Vir ginia and one in Southern Florida. C. Ji.' Bascomb, of Vanceboro, was amori! the olit of town visitors m the city today. Of Co nference istrict Attorney ROLL CALL !S EXPECTED TO BE 1 SUCCESS Southern Division Red Cross Sees Triumph of Cause . r ; s, ' In Dixie :'. ATLANTA, tia., Nov. 15. South ern division .headquarters of the Ajinerican ... Ited Cross sees a veritable triumph ..of the lied' Cross cause in Dixie as a result of reports from every section, of the divison on .the resudts of early, roll call activity. The south.. . these reports, indicate is keenly alive to "the importance of th peace7 time program of the organ ization and the' response to the ap peal of the greatest mother is believ ed ample assurance that ( the work now. being attempted will be carried on throughout the coming year and possibly extended so that every com munity;; in the' division will feel and know its benefits. This has been solely through the whole hearted co-operation of people in every walk of life throughout the section. Big success has recognized the benefits that accurc to :fc from participation in Tied Cross activity and the. response has been generous, and organized labor has been no less tuick to T?rasf the opportunity to aid a- cause that is one of the prime fac tors in our national life in adding strength and force to the masses. In fact, practically every labor leader in the south has not only en rolled "himself as a member but has g;ven h'.s enthusiastic endorsement of lied Cross program. The doctrine of Red Cross service Has ben preached from hundreds of evgangelical pulpits in the south an .1 at the same time it has been made the subject of endorsement from pre late and priest, in .clvurch and in sy nagogue.- NOT TO INVESTIGATE THE SHIPPING BOARD (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The Isenate commerce committee declin id today to institute an investigation of the shipping board as proposed In a resolution by Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin. The vote was under wood to have been unanimous. Sen rators voicing the opinion that the proposed inquiry was '"unnecessary and unwarranted" at this time. BAPTISTS, ARE " unmipjp tucid . 1 1 1 1 1 i i i in ii'r i s i - nnairrnnmr lmr' I .1 1 ill L L U L III 1 I. itmm . . 'J iiSiiur r is r us i r i i ii ' UU lit L-S L 3UL vM; Large Number of Delegates Are In attendance In Rocky Mount IMPORTANT P4ATTERS BEING BROUGHT UP. Convention Called To Order This . Afternoon by B. W. SpiUmanj: ofi Kmston ; (Ily AsfWJnitod Press) . ROCKY MOUNT Nov. 13 With representatives ttom vvcry - -section of (.he state- present sin attendance c.'ual t othe beet of former yearn,', promptly at "5:30 this afternoon. Rev. P. W. Spill man, l I.', of Kinston. announc ed that the 91st annual session if the North Carolina State. Baptist Conven tion was in ordete.Th.e usual devotion al exercises" "followed. ThisVgaf'nonrisr of JjJiptii': from the 2,500 chi.-eh-n of t1;:: .--tate p xiuisos lobe onr of 'the moi-t .rogres--:v' ;.'sl far-roacIi.itv of all .the annua: , rut. clings. Tho Un-n' yeai,-closing November 1 was featur ed with a business depression unex pected and far-reaching. It was the second year i of the Baptist $75,000, 000 campaign,': and- the. North 'Caro lina ..Baptist- faced : a pledge of $1,- 200,000 for in.insionary and benevolent-objects, 'and evey foliar of this money .ha dbuen approptnatud and was needed. It was the first year of serviro for Corresponding Secretary of Missions, -Charles E. Maddry, and the task .be fore r, hibi vwa :; a-'i-ntupendotis one. Handicapped; by ' an illness- during a par. -.(': the year, but tindaanted; by Maddry went at his task and-, his" an nual -.-report, 'read latt . today, shwved the contributions of the Baptist de nomnations foi the -year- were closed to $1,000,000, almost , within sight of tho goal. . . . Mr.. Maddry is -looking! ahead and he is asking the . convention td name and creat a "look-out commission," whose duty it shall be to plan "for the future of the 'denominational . work. Thfs suggestion is looked upon as.pne of the important matters to be decid ed 'at. this convention-. . E, OE BY sJAANESE dmiral Kato Sets Forth Ja pan's. ; Reply To the Dis armament Proposals By Associated Presw) WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The official text of Admiralt Knlo's address, with refer;vve to Use American disaniiaiwiit i;ropt sals, as delivered by his inter pret er, follows: "Japan deeply appreciates the sincerity of, purpose evident in , the plan of the American govern ment for the limitation of arma ment. She is satisfied that th ; proposed plan will materially rs--liee the nations of wasteful ex penditures and cannot f'lil to make for the peae of the. world. "She cannot remain unmoved by the high aims which have ac tuated the American project. Gladly accepting, therefore, !he pioposal in principle, Japan is ready to proceed with determi nation to a sweeping reduction in her naval armament. "It will be universally admit ted that a nation must 1;- pro vided with such armaments sis are essential to. its security. This requirement f must be fully weighed in the examination of the plan. With this requirement in view certain modifications will be proposed with re-yard to the tonnage basis for- replacement of the various classes of vessels. This subject hould be referred to pj;H'ia! consideration. When such modifications are proposed. I know that the American and other delegations will consider them with the saiise desire to meet our ideas as we have to nvjeet theirs. "Japan lias never claimed, nor has any intention of dlaiming. to have a general establishment equal in strength to that of eith er the I'nitcd States or Great Britain. The existing plan will show exclusively that she had never in view preparation for offensive war,' F G AL TEXT Worrm Whose Bomb Wounded Policemen at U. S. Embassy in Paris : 1 , w When a- Communist demonstration was ciado near the "American Em bassy' in Paris, following the ex plosion of a bomb which .wounded Ambassador Myron T. Herrick's valet, too '"poiice arrested Germain ljent!!iuM. She was accused of throwing a. live grenade " which wounded' throe policemen and in iured several other persons. The Lenthauld woman is shown here being held by - a detective while she. was photographed at the Perr focture of. Police.. " . . - .--; ; STREET SUPT. T SELECTED Man To Succeed Meredith As Street Superintendent Has Not Yet Been Named - When interviewed this morning re lative to the employment of a new street commissioner to succeed Mr. Meredith, A- A. Kafer. chairman of the street committee, stated this morning that while two or three men were under consideration . for this position, rm definite appointment had as yet'- been made. lie stated, how ever, that announcement probaTTJa would be in. "Hie in this connection within the next f;v days. i In tile meantime; the work on im proving the1 streets7 of -'the '-'city is continuing, Mr. Kafer giving the work his personal attention. BODY OF SOLDIER HOME FOR BURIAL FAYKTTEVILLK, Nov. 15. The body of William 'MeLrfiurfn, mechanicT Company A ll!)th Infantry, who was killed October 8, 1918 in -France, will be returned here for burial tomor row, according to information receiv- ' ed here by friends and relatives re centiy. William Mc-Laurin enlisted in the ! National Guard in August, 191,6, serv i ing on the Mexican border and sent to France in 1917. It was while marching German prisoners to the rear on the Ilinden burg Sector that he was killed. It was announced this morning that the funeral services will be held" it Ka,stover tomorrow afternoon at '! o'clock., in clunge of Cuberland Post X4. 3 The American i.egion. Pobert S. McNeil, commander of (.he local post of the American Le gion isswd the following notice to ail J.egion members and ex-service men iii the county. "All members of Cumberland Post No. 3. The Ainericah Legion, and all ex-service men in the community are requested to as semble at Rogers' Undertaking establishment at two-forty five o'clock Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of attending the funeral of their decease, I comrade, William ilcLaurin." KITCHEN'S HEALTH ! REPORTED IMPROVED (By Associated Press). WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. Repre sentative Claude Kitchin, democratic leader, left here today for his home in North Carolina. He returned to Washington several days ago from Albany, N. Y.. where he has been re ceiving special treatment for some time. His health is reported as beinar greatly improved. ' It - & 3 fi liJ?! jar i - 7 - Jt -M S w'T"'''-' ' jj 1 Here i! ' FOR ISAIAH! i j - , . . 4 ' - General ; Proposals Are Acceptable -To Repre-' sentatives o5 Various Powers Now Gathered . In Washington. . ; . DETAILS STILL TO BE WORKEDi OUT Endorsement of the Plan Submitted; By Secre tary Husrhes Receives Approval From J All of the Diplomats 1 4 V r ,', .'. v WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.--(By Associated",' Press.) --In unison, the spokesmen of Great Britain, France, vltaly" and Japan today accepted the American proposals for limitation of , naval armament "in spirit and principle," ' making only reservations or suggestions as to details. . , ' ' ; ' ' ' In- order, Admiral Balfour, speaking for Great ' Britain, Admiral Kato', .'speaking for Jaan,. Senator ShanzerJ speak ing for Italy and M. Briand, speaking for France, (rose' in. their places and praising in higest terms the v plan? and' pro gram suggested by the American government, gave'the ad herence of their governments to the general tone . of -jthe proposals. - -,. - - i - - - ' : 1 - Secretary Hughes thanked the representatives " of :-the -powers for their cordial expressions and declared ,$h'etime had come, proceed with d etails concerning the agreement. : The 'question -could now ' Be 'studied; Mr.;: Hughes Vsaid, "with" the7 assurance that there will come out of . this cohf er ence an 'appropriate agreement to' the end that, there willbe no more offensive' naval war v .. ,v - --. - .' -.,'. FORD-N EWBERRY .CASE BLOCKED IN SENATE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. A move by the republican leaders to get the Ford -Newberry . election before, the senate .today for immediate consid- j was proposed and 'discussed ' by - Hrf eration was blocked by the demo- j Balfour and Admiral Kato will all b crats after Senator Pomerene de-"thoroughly considered"." to '; the ehd clared that he had heard that 3omeJthat fter -careful deliberation We nlty " republicans planned 'to "jam thru" accomplish the purpose fr whjch a resolution declaring Senator Npw- thla .confero'rtce assembled ....to'' achiec- berry duly elected: " ' J ' There will come put of the conference - .;"-..' ' ' .- - ' ' -in approved" agreement for reduction NFW' AIRSHIP riVPN iot naTal armament: and tho end Of AinpmrUl Vtn offensive -naval warefafe, which', wi'U INITIAL TRIAL TODAY 'V(,rk tho reat and'' enduring" peic4 , v . of the world." " ' ', ' ' , r , '. . - :' - Mr. Hughes said if it was hot' the NEWPORT NEWS. Va Novr.15. j desire,to contimie discussion it Would The semi-rigid airship, Roma, hop-i bo in order to adjourn adding "that ped off at 10:30 this morning at Premier '.Briand would be expected to Langley field on hec-first test .llight i present-his views-fully-later-on-;tit -since being brought to tliia country. 'subject of land' -armaments :' ': ' JSho' will be up about , fhree hours, -.iccoVding to plans, and probably will make a flight to Washington tomor- row if everything is found all right, : . ONIjY IIKIl PAJAMAS LEFT; I'OUCE SEEK AMERICAN , 15 P0-,iCe armed PARIS. Nov. with a warrant for his arrest are cf Ficts-jthat searching for George 4Joor.;, burgh, charging that he and j -7 Kelly, of New York, confiscated" the entire wardrobe, except the i. ajamas of pretty Miriam Horner, -an Kgu.sh , . , ,t ,..,. i j . .r.hnrliK srirl after a. nai'tV in h(-r room. . Kelly told the police that it was only a "joke"" and that they would jind the girl's clothes in Moor-j's room, at tiie Hit?:. This proved to be correct but Moore bad vanished. OBTAIN FIVE Jl'ROUS FOll AIIBI'CKIjE TRIAL SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Nov. 15. Koscoe C. Arbuckle appeared in the role of defendant in man-slaughter proceedings arising from the 'death of Virginia Rappe, like himself ai figure in the motion picture World. Arbuckle's audience was one of the smallest that ever watched him, only I a few hundred persons crowding into j the court room. However, no throng ever watched ; uic screen amies ui me uuiiieuio.ii f tua ,1.-,- ,.nrir f loeti,, a iurv. Arbuckle himself' showed hi j'ied in mayor's court this mornirtgr... felt the importance of the occasion.."0 was bound over to the Recorder's His smile was lacking. iicourt under a bond of $50. which he Arbuckle's wife was in court but l3 unable to pay. He is now being: did not sit beside him at the counsel table. Gavin MeNab. chief counsel for Ar buckle, stated that the defense would make no effort to discuss the charac ter of the dead girl. He told the c( 1 1 ft this formally. Whei. adjournment came late this afternoon five jurors, one of them a woman, had tivcly. been accepted tenta- Toddy Chairman Hughes ' declared' that all listened with gratification and profound, emotion to the expression of cordial agreement in principle With the American proposalsA 1 , v '' "It now. may be in order to consider tho details,". he said. "There are sub- ,jects which must - be examined j naval experts that it ja the desire of 'the American government that whAt j Premier Briand " then suggested that the time for the next - plenary ' session be left to" Chairman .Hughes, t j who could determine, how far , the ; 'committee work was adyancod. .BecV i retary Hughes replied that he Wotild ' ! advise the delegates of the work -, of ' the committees' and . asked- that f tile j committees meet today ' after," "he ' ituulu consult wnn me ueiegation the fit meeting. of the commit-' i iieaus. iur. nugnes aaso proposed J x-aciiii; ana r ac ii.asi.eiii iuea- t ii.. : .i . t .-. . . . . i z. - :'.- , . ' ! ;-,-. The conference assented to Chair : . 'man Hughes' " suggestion and ,)ad ijourned at . 12:45 - o'clock ' to lrteet I again at his call. ' i'- - NEGRO THIEF; NOW IN JAIL Charged With Having Stolen " . .' -.' i . Two Pair of Shoes From 'i , . .'' ? ' - -Local, Syrian Merchant - s . - ' ' .' i f. f Abraham Kennedy, colored, charge !ed with having broken through a. & Svlndow in Albert Carman's storis and stolen two pair of shoes. was Ipeia in jail, awaiting trial. Only ono other case was tried in court this morning, it being th&t - Of ZKiley Curnan. colored, charged with -disorderly conduct. He is said- to ihave become vexed with his wife and to have slapped her rather vigorous ly across the face.. She resented this treatment on his part, and had him , arrested. He had to pay $10' andv costs for his little pleasantry - 4