FOUNDED 1876 Single Copy: Fire Cents i'f h :pf?pi iirrow fill iipf JMW dMvnoatst mm Auspicious u IE0 VIEWS rn -n I i.J Li n rn.PTr IX 0 1 T 11 fl-T I ""-.iiilc-l Statement Was Pre , sented At ; Washington, To- ( ! -day', by Representative c?zu Dcnn policy , VIGOROUSLY URGED "": ni.,A.:: r ';ef fellow- and is: working hand in :?ticn of Disposition of and wUft nbc rcoo, supprlniewflciit I'roviace : of Shantung Not Drought: Up, Today ' '(By Associated .Press). ; ASlU,N"i"lV -woy..- i a . ue-: tiiilsd Statement: regarding Chinas. interests and hei . attitude on Far j. '3'-:tern questions was made today by ' ; r inutr ,S::e, a the .first meeting of J A, ft, committee-, on Pacific and Far; i". st em ' iutions. 1 , ' ' - ( ' : "N'o., program, for the consideration tt-t -Par.--- Eastern, questions . was a i i-ed upon; hut the heads of tne lifiiiitSoni of the nine powers form ir the comtnittee were to meet later t( ' y to " frame an order, ' of" : proce d v :ier. was no response froo the " J4 S" vnf "' matter-, China ' had presented -1 r vif- ..j of . the -? situation ' and ai- t r ' : .some- Kcnerul discussion de v .. fd,.-. all-: of .the. .other nations ret. r v nted reserved ar detailed etate-, ii t-of their opinions for later pre . ' --n - ' ' - - '' ' . i i(lt'ir.ncV tf 'Ahe open door fo-t'hli-i :i .vm said to have . been Urged v -j. owsly by Minister. Se, whqNalo .ttnac "'atrorigly. for abohtioa- of secret tn ities ailecting China i and Urged tba t hcreafler ' all such treaties be- twn-.- the powers be made public,. : ' eThe question of the disposition .of tAe '"province of Shantung was not l5rughtHp. Nlither did Sze go Into th "ueMtipri of granting future for- i?ti concessions : in ' unina. iioni oi tnese ,8UDjecis, ii , was icarneu, . were to 1 lft for future discusaibn. v " i : , ! . - . .' '-(' ' . ' . .- ' .' . J.'1' -.. TVELVE people dead ; IN GERMAN EXPLOSION . .pi Jlav been killed' and sixty injurr ed .lrt; kti explosion in factory at DGtfcheira, a short distance f rom vVies hfivien, ' -Prussia. The damage to the ri 'factory ' is ' eulimated ', at 25,000000 laarlis,- " j - ; Dotzheim -is" 40 ., miles north of Op paut where an explosion' occurred, on Septniber 21st,. killing one thousand persons..; and' -injuring' about ,4,000 others. ' , , ' - " " ' v , . 4 DISCUSS FAR Japanese ; and - Chinese Quea !; tiond-ow Take the Center ft-F-v Stage at Conference (Vy- Associated . Press) I , 'JTAHNOTON; . Nov. , 16. Prob lcHS. ot.tUe Far Kast, whose solution iSitUUdBed an-, integral part of th quesiyion i -of " armaments, took . the center of attention at the arms con , ference -today, while the plan for .re duction of naval establishments ; was passing through a period of technical examination at the hands of a com inittee of lexperts. 7. , . ' ' - For the ! first time the delegations of th . United - States, Great Britain Japan-: Fanee, Italy, China, Belgium Portugal and :the Netherlands, - acting :s a eommittee!' of. the, whole, on the Far 'Easterrt questions,- assembled for ' preliminary discussion and . to lay . " plans for . procedure, ; :Jn contrast to the manner, in which the conference tackled the armament l -problenTortvthe opening day, the rer preventatives of the powers went into today's committee meeting waiting for one another to speak on the in tricate' questions that . long have troubled diplomatic relations in the - Pacific and the Orient: .Of course, every - natioh . had a rather concrete idea of the principles it meant to . present, once -the negotiations began, but no one seemed anxious to break the' ice. - ' ' The attitude t)f the United States js that - the ' Interest of this ' govern nient is not. nearly so direct in the ; Far Eastern situation as it was in the i question ' of 'armaments. Both China sEflST PROBLEM ntl -Japana-: appearea 10 preier lOjPaterson read the following item wait and familiarize -themselves with J f rom Cincinnati pnper; the atmosphere of the conference, -. .... .... 0 . Another Strong Community Yo : Aho'.her spler.did tribute t of work accomplished' ty the Comn m"ty .V. M. C. A. was . Tf ceivjd "ti.day. liy Dr.( W. Li. Hand in a k-tt-T recs'vod Jro'n Charles A" . Fly nil, W ij'i'ir;..! l, .V. Cl JIr. r'yn.'i was one tf tho organizers or the T.'.JI. C. A, .vo-k jn Wasnins tvn find hij IgU't will bo ' if f:i: ih.Tt j to local resident. :.Jt r-a--iil a:f icl- . Washington, N. C, Nov. 36. Dr. W. L. Rand, v ' ' Nefr IVrfi. NV C. . . Dear Sir: - . . 'Answering your letter of November. 5th, I am very glad to' advise tha.. w e established a Community Y.- M. C A; in our ;.town -just two years ' j 3 Our; secretary ; is an t excepti'-natly in 'deveioping the boyjj and gir-n,- XiTour-; Ixr'ot any kind that . Is-'diing ways- .having an eye out in looking after the unprivileged boys.. . , - We have aa active Boy Scout or ganization anl w also havean 'ictive TiY club which- id composed of older , . , w. ..., f ' ' . ,";... ,. ..!,; I AVe have-a-, business mens " v -. ISOIIi! America To " Fight, An Fur ther Pipoposali - To Furthef Vr ' , Limit Tonnage - - ' i WASHINGTON, - Nov. 16. rAmeri can naval experts are preparing today lo loose their IB-inch guns upon any proposal from Great Britain for fur ther limitation "of submarines totmase. -' 'They were ready to offer united op position to the .suggestion of a cur tailment of undersea strength to', be proposed by Great ' Britain as an umendment" to the Hughes plan for ihe limitation of naval armament: -' The submarine, it '. is pointed out, strategically s a defensive arm. For years the general board of the navy flepartment, the general staff of naval warfareAand the court of last appeal in matter - pertaining to vnaval start eby, has contended that , the island of Guam and the Philippines should be made submarine bases of 'the first order. " - ' Since the United States was not to tWot .Af td .i,rv -ata necessary . to- offset the handicap : of distance between San "Francisco and Manila; -st was insisted that fcny ade quate plan of national defense must inclurle RniTie moans of holdintr our.! island possession until the main fleet 'otild' arrive - - The original Hughes proposal took this argument Into consideration. 1 1t placed normal" submarine" , tonnage of the United" States and Great Bri tain -at-90,600 tops which was some what in-'excess of our actual com missionedVonnage of effective under surface craft. SECRETARY WEEKS CONSIDERS OFFER WASHINGTON, ;Nov. 1 C . The of - Jer'made by. -Henry "Ford for the Muscle Shoals, Alabama,- nitrate and water power : projects,- which will be explained - to Secretary "Weeks Friday by Ford - will ( be considered by Mr. "Weeks' and final actiop. on it taken before consideration is given to any of the other offers. - V 0 .'15 OPPOSED to mm ei7 f arsosis eai ie American 01 "How many men do you suppose uncovered their-heads when the A merican flag passed by in the Arm istice Day parade," , asked Harry Pe terson, one of the marchers, in the parade, this morning. "1 marched right - behind, the P'-rine 'colors," continued Mr. Peter on and I kept an 'eye on the spec tators ranged along the sidewalks. I ommted sixteen white men and one colored man who 190k off their hats when the flag passed by. I also saw one school boy who fumbled at his cap; Otherwise, nobodjt- seemed to pay any attention." : l4.nd . then, just to show how other cities paid tribute to the flag, Mr. .- Endorsement M C. A. Work ball clr.b coqrpofied of some of the leading bus!nS3 men 6T our town up to Arty, ye r.s of ajrc playing practi i ally -tvfiy iiflcrmi'in, for ono tiour rom ,fiye to six o'ciok tlunnfj tbo ,'J1 .ond ,siir;rif? ronti:s: itw hfrvc had arf many as hii.y n:cn- playiri.at. one ?Int We a'MO bave a -Jadie.j volloy i Our -Kncretary rotKlui.'U-ct Icasruc ' in iuMiiv.Hl . durinS . thi ;- summer moiilliiT. and" K"" helping .to. prouiotu tenuis. .ii l ' TJut Tpt'rmtpndont of our KCbool teflk wi'iiint.li! ;iiM J on feroat holp to Ahini in helpms to .promote Hie molp'iHd Jii'u's of puiils. " Our: hBrclw all-; emloraa and ytro icadjnsr thfir UiiQ iit .t thi rooveiDCnt and it . Is pcnerally-. concMR'd." among ill r. us vvhn, arc in- toiifli with, the ' r t" -..- r s- . ' , " . '. ' . . ww1!, .'frw'-wcv-have no mt'vcmtn't'ln more.-,jv or k tl:an our Community. ,Y. if. C. A. , . v I': tun-not- endorse the ; work too Htroniy and I . hope that New lierii will alao endorse similar .work. ; . ' . Yours respectfully, " - ' - ClfAS. A. FLYXN.. Were' Submitted This 1 Morning --Session ; of ,; Con . , -,- u ' ' ':...-... ference at Rocky Mount KOCKY MOUNT,. Nov. - 6. Dis cussion of the work of the Baptist Youtig People's Union, the Sunday School and stao . missienV featured the morning' session of the- second day of the' Baptist state .convention. Secretary Morgan told of thei growth of the: young people's work during the : year. Seven associations , have been organized and 21 institutes held. Secretary Middleton, of the Sunday School work, reported remarkable progress during the year. North Car olina now leads the Southern States and reports' more - organized schools than any other- state-. belonging to theMouthern Baptist .convention. . Corresponding . Secretary C. E. Maddry addressed the - convention and stressed the '..Importance of pro gressive work along enlistment lines. t l . r . .... . ; . ... fer -Tcad ' from. Baptist schools and colleges. . Both "Wake Forest and Mer edith reported capacity attendance.. ; Fraternal greetings were sent to 'the Methodist conference m session at New Bern. The convention re- elected B. W,. Spillman president, W. : M., Oilmore, recording secretary; C. ri.vMaaary, corresponding secretary of the Board of Missions. . "William Louis Poteat caught the minds' of the- convention with a ser rles of resolutions -commending the President and Secretary Hughes for their stand at the initial -session of the conference for the limitation of armaments.- The convention sat quit ly- and adopted the resolution unani mously withtout dissension and ap -Jiointed Dr. Poteat to present them to President Harding SEXATOU KELLOGG LOSES LEFT EYE IN OPERATION "WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, is recovering today, his physicians said, following an operation for, the removal of his left eye. "More "than 5.000 marchers defied the rain to pledge their devotion. As the flags passed by, the colors of the regiments, -Cincinnati remembered the admonition. "Hats off". Preced ing the parade Boy Scouts distributed circulars of reminder of the etique to the flag. "Suddenly -from out of the cloud came the burst of bombs and the long line halted. Another fusillade and every marcher turned to th east, right arm raised in rigid salute and for a period of two minutes the paid their last respects to America' dead, typified by the lone body tha now sleeps in Arlington. "Another bomb and the march was resumed." FINE REPORT mm BY THE BAPTIST At Colors nil : INOiPAr next: IHSALLMEKT' , j Ur.ofScirJly Notifies the Allies That SheKCanjiot Pa,y ;." oWXTirne .ItK":UN,'W.-i C i i Il.ullo - f "ornianv-.l:a;i' "iid1i -1V i .i ;.. V Ibe ftHi. Ui;it ahM n n p v i.ic m-xt tpdlHiOllf? iv.JU'JK-Ilt ft ..ll;"i(0.- Jnoii gnW maf!?; muo- iy J muary la, ! 11)22. ' ' ' , ' f Tli? Internatnfial M v -t ""aorvico wan . in form wL-xnv' the hi,"i st uiitrvoi'- 'Ay tod.tj' the tlerman govern mont channels to' the allicTi t!i information thsvt' sh 'is at? thH .end of her rope.' j All proteats by 'the allies hereai:er about Germany's failure to me?t the reparations payments due iyll.b met by the. .statement ''-'try and get it." Qermony's attitude, it w,u made plain, is not one of di'fjuiLe. but of utter despair. ;The allied commission here, it learned, is convinced of Germany's ability, to-pay. The experts attached to this cqmmiysiun are a gain going, over, ther situation follow ing Germany's aotion in notifying the allies' of her inability to pay. ..'' : . . 50 PER CENT SUR TAX RATE THOUGHT. LIKELY i ( By:. Associated Press). : i WA SHINGTON. Nov. J 6,-,ccpt- noe. by the hfuift of the .senate amendment, fixing 44ho maximum jn como sur tx rate at 50 per cent was the gues3 today of . some of the load- ru -.imfjftg- the x-d ffi-noc rnt i-a.!"il- "i n - surs'int" republicans.-Chairman Forl- hey. of the : house, managers said the ote on the ,siir tax . provision - would be had in-, the house tomorrow. Kepubik-an . leaders in both vhe oust and-senate ure opposed 'to the 0 per cent rate and ?hope to-see it I educed to a-yeast 42 per cent. Many f tnem lavor an even sharper re duction. : -T BANDIT TURNS OUT TO BE EX-CONVICT (By Associated Press) . PHOENIX Ariz.. Nov. 16. A ban- it captured here last night, follow ing an attempt to rob a mail car. was identified -by finger prints today as Roy Gardner, who recently- escaped from the federal penitentiary at Mc Neil's Island. According to the police. Gardner admitted his identity. DEf AKDS THAT .WILL - If AYS BE PUT ON RACK WASHINGTON, Nov. 1C Demand for a congressional investigation . of Postmaster . General Hays' and pleas that he was discriminating against former service men in making pdst- oflijce adjouitments was voiced in the senate recently. by Senator King (D) Utah, , .. The charges were made soon after the senate convened by Senator Fletcher (D) .Florida. In Florida there was a competitive examination for a postmastership. The man who passed was. a former -service man. Hays has ordered another examination for partisan purposes," alleged Fletcher. FORBES GIVES HARDING REPORT OX PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. W. C. f'nTCrnnr.r.Pnpra nf the Philippines and a member ofi the commission" headed by Major-General Leonard Wood, which has been con ducting an investigation of Philippino affairs, Monday rendered a report to President Warren G. Harding. The report, it is understood, oppos-- ed Philippino independence at this time. It is expected that the report will be made public in a short time. PERFECT FEET ARE , FOUND IN NEW YORK (By Associated Press). NEW YORK, Nov. 10. A pair of perfect feet, dainty pink, ex quisitely arched insteps as com fortable in 4-13 B has Leen dis covered in New York and is on ex hibition at the health show. The- flawless pedals are owned by Miss Elizabeth Doyle, a nurse. They were discovered by a phy sician, who dared her to show them to Reuben H. Cross, registrar of the First Pediatic Institute. Of hundreds of feet, the registrar ex mained, he decided Miss Doyle's were entitled to the prize to be warded next Saturday at the foot clinic booth of the exhibition. Miss Doyle had on high heels, pointed toes and thin soles when the award was made. Alaniou . B. Hcushton Said To Re Slatc.d As U. s. Envoy to Germany ' StJi ft i j: ' ' ! : - " ! . l::s-'-- Rcpn?r;pnt.al,:ve Alanson B. Hough- j ton, ol UornmK," In. i., is trow serv- ling hi lii.coud term in the-house. fills names wa3 -. understood,; to be I first m the ir-yid of President Harding" after; a conference- between the President and OLarles .D. Hilles repuljiicj:i national - committeeman for New York. Itepresentative Houchton. a native of Cambridge, Mass.- is a. graduate of . Harvard, the University of- Gottiiige'n, and he studied in . Paris. He ! speaks Gor man ard rl(1ruych fluentiy.. He is 58 years old. '"'v1, ; . EXPECT U. S. TO, LEAD IN FAR EAST PROPOSAL WASHINGTON, Nov.; 16; Amer-: Washington, Nov. L6. America's spokesmen will takj the lead irt sugr gesting a basis for settlement f the Far Eastern questions, jnst as they did in the matter of limiting the navies, of tho worl(i. This positive as sertion came today, from an official high in 1 the councils of the adminis tration. Whether' Secretary of State Hughes will hit-straight fom the shoulder on the delicate and" more ; controversial questions of the Pacific, as he did in Saturday's historic naval -session, re mains to be seen. But .'there is an American program, definite and cori crete, and it will bo presented at the first opportunity. The statesmen of Europe and Asia are prepared for it. They are prepared . for, almost -anything after the shock of Saturday, They are al so apprehensive, particularly the Japanese. The visitors from Tokio have ."their -own program in the Far East. It too, is said to be definite and concrete, and they are far 'more anxious to get a peep at America's proposals in. the .orient, than they were-to get a look at the naval pro gram. The splitting of the conference into two distinct parts one dealing with limitation of naval . armaments, and the other with Far Eastern questions may result in the American pro gram being laid out. in the secrecy of closed committee room doors. It is said this point will be determined at today's second plenary session. 15. Y. P. U. The regular mid-week prayer scr- vice ill me J am uaui- ""1"-'" will be in charge of the P. i". P. U., tonight nt 7 : 30 - o'clock. Group four (4) will have charge of the pro - EI ' ' a':I v l!'', 0 gram. All invited, especially the dea- -Rev. R. H. Willis, the former-sec-eons, retary was asked by Bishop Darling- (Bj Associated Press) KOCKY MOUNT, Nov. the management to dismiss iment of the Atlantic Coast Line at this point a walk-out of ! employees in that department figures of the men idle being variously estimated at from one to four hundred. The charge against the man, whom the fcnion demands should be dismissed., before the employees will be allowed to return to work, is, it is stated on good authority, that he has not paid his dues to the union and that he has declined to do so. The contention of union lead ers is that he is no longer a union man and that he can no longer hold his position. ,1 mim B1L.I Ull id IVIHL : - LAsfnlAlS Between; Four And Five Thousand Members Have Been Added to the Church Since ,r, the Conference A Year Agor' V " SUNDAY SCHOOLS Church Has Progressed In Every Department ' i- ' . ' ",' ' - 3. ';-' . Beyond the Fondest Expectations of ; vVv - v the. Leaders : ' ' ) By T. A. SIKES , ' The opening session of tho. North Carolina Conference of the Method ist church here today was teatured by the reports of the mnu .presiding jlders. Their names-were, called one iy one and each subnuVted a verbal report of the work d,one in their re spective districts during the. year. Tho reports indicate that although this has' been a very Hard year in the material world, . yet . the 'church has progressed in every department be yond the fondoat hopes of tho lead 'rs'in; the earlier i part 'Of the year. Many new churches havu- been fin ished and others enterpnsed. Several new parsonages . have been built and others finished since last - conference. According'to the reports of the pre siding, elders, there have been, added to the 'church during the -year be tween four and five thousand and there will be a net gain 'of about three thousand In membership. The Sunday schools are - doing the ' best work in their history and it is evita ble .that many new Sunday school de partments will have to be built dur ing the next year, ' . V: ' . ' Reports From Old Pastors Another matter " that was upper most in the heart of: the conference today was the calling of the. names of the superannuated preachers of the f rrv, ..t .u brethren who were present touched the conference very deeply. Rev. T. D. Sulton stated In his address to the conference that he had built, himself a. comfortable "home for himself aud -wife', and that as soon as they were through with it hot intended, that It . should then be used by some other preacrjer mut was unaoie lo ao euec tive work. s Messages of '.love- and '.lympathy were sent to all -the- old brethren who could not be present at this session. , . ' By order of the conference Thurs day afternoon at two oclock is to be set apart as a special hour for prayer in behalf of the disarmament con ference now in session in Washing ton. At nine, o'clock this morning. Bishop Darlington called the conference to order. He led the opening hymn. It is the custom of this conference that at the opening session the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is administered to the members and visitors. .This custom was adhered to this morning and the bishop assisted by Revs. R. F. Bumpass, J. A. Hornaday, G. F. Smith and D. N. Caviness administer ed the sacrament to a large congre- 1 gation. 16. Occasioned by a refusal of an employee of the car depart- resulted at noon 'today, the 'pening MAKE GOOD SHOW ton to call the roll of the conference and it was found'that a large major ity of the members- were present at the first "session. ' . . . .. -- Rev. R D. Willis wag elected sec retary and nominated as his assist ants Revs. J. M. Ormondand - W. .11. Brown. - " , .:' ". ' - The standing .." committees " were nominated for the . presiding eldQrs by Rev; N. II. D.. Wilson and are ts follows:' ' , ' . ; , Conference Relations C. 1'. Jerome B "Nx"vCjiviness. Wil liam Tower, R. F. Taylor, ,I .H- .Joyi nch,- B.. B. Slaughter- E. H. Davis, 1?.' IK Bumpass, J. B.. Hurley k . v. -' , Church Property ' ' i J. L. Smith, K. F;i DUval, - S. A, Cotton, H. ' M. Eure,: R.,F..;Mrannu, .1. W. Harrell, I. T. Poole,. B. T.' Hur ' ley; :H. C. Smith, W. R.- Brother, ; rf. Hargctt. B. B. Adams, E. S. Yar borough, D. N. Geddle, K. M. Barnes, J. C. Galloway, E. - J. Jones, Dr.' N,. I'. Boddie. ! v ' ' . , ' v, District Conference Rocordw ' -" C. W. Morgan, Guy 'Hamilton, T. Thrift, N, W. Wright, J. J. Boone. , A. S. Parker E.: Q.. Frew,: O. P. Fitz gerald. G. M. Daniels. ' ' 3Iemorlals to' Confercnco General 3. M. Qrmond, D. H. Tuttle. ' Jj U. !rhtA - ' Per; G' t T- Adal"!f' T. G. Vivckers-, W. A. Stanbury. v W. , r M ,7 t : j-. vj .iruwii, o x.- i) i-li, jl. V., .oaiiu .. lin, E. II, Gibson, ; C. S.. Wallace. S, Flowers. C;' ' I' . : Public Worship - - , - , ' i- -.... uuautwuii, , jl. . jiuiuuivi - G uy Hamilton, T. A. Green. ' . A, S. Barnes., . . Vacancies on the ? several board. were also Tdfed upon Uho nomination of Brother? Wllsph aqd are as follows? i Sunday School Board -i K. F. Duval in place . of 'J. VM. v Daniel; L. M.- JIall in place 6t R.. C - 'raven, L. T.-Singleton in jjlace ptt F. S.'Love, E, S. Yarborough in place" of Dr. M. Bolton. ' -. , Board of Temperance and Social v SerSico ' ' ".'.: ' O. I. Hinson in place of : J. 3&. Daniel; W. H. Clark in place' of W. O. Saunders. ' ' y ., Rev. G. T. Rowe,' book editor , ot the Southern church and also -editor, of the Methodist Review: A. W. Ply--ler, editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate; Rev. vJ. -'IL Earnhardt, pastor of West" Market chuch, Greensboro and Rev. J.'. I. Andrew of the Baltimore Conferences -were introduced to the conference.,? ' yuestion No. 17. VAre all the preachers blameless in their life and officia administration," was called and trite names of all the superanuate 4 nrparliprn and thp nina nrwsiilinfl' aid ers were called and they made ther reports and their characters passed. Rev. H. N. . Snyder, president, Of Wofford College,' of Spartanburg, B. C, addressed the conference in behalf of-Christian education. "' THREE MEN HURT THIS AFTERNOON Three men were hurt, none of thenlL seriously when a scaffold gave way. at the building being constructed at the corner of Craven and South s Front St, this afternoon and hurl-., 9 them into a pile of lumber be- . jiiaatb, them. ; The injured are Noah Lee, who had -his leg broken; Johnny Brown, whose shoulder was badly mashed, . and John Gibbs, who hroke one Of ais fingers. Lee had to be take to the hospital for treatment. All three me men are coiorea. The accident occurred at 3:30 this afternoon. The men fell about 20... feet. . - - - jJ , . The saddest words of tongue orjpen: I'll pay that ten, but can't aay when.