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j The Concord daily Tribune ; TODAY'S m NEWS TODAY. ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 DISPATCHES VOLUME XXI j. CONCORD, N. C. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2. 1923 NO. 30 Blockade in Ruhr is Completed By the Occupational Troops; No Coal is Shipped to Germans I French Claim That Not a Single Ton of Coal Has Gone Into Germany Dur ing Past 36 Hours. FRENCH GUNS GUARD RAILS Tobacco Dealers Told to Pay Tax Direct to French Un less They Want to Pay the Tax Twice. Duesseldorf. Feb. 2 (By Hie Asso ciated Press). The blockade nf the Ruhr ViiHey from within was abso lutely . -i Hit i il. t today. Not it single ton of innl or coke hits entered Ger tuitny from the litihr in the lust thir ty-six hours, the French authorities iouiic.il. milium the measures put Into effect Wednesday nt midnight Hre totiilly effective. The lei-mans show no disposition to contradict Ihe French lis to the gener iil effectiveness of the hlockndo. hut they relate how one tin In of 4(1 tout ed coal ciit-s. disregarding nil siirnuls. pan the blockade nt Horde, near Dort i pin H I. yesterday afternoon and es i j ii 'i I Into interior Germany. The Freneh had 7.")'- commanding ci lery line into Germany, and the direct ors of the railroad have lieen inform j ed that aiiy locomotive attempting to escnia? will lie tired upon. In qnirles addressed to the French flit thurifies as to why they have not re sorteil to it simpler way of fearing up a few hundred yanbi of track along 'rtliclted the reply that they did not lilt Ol'l-IUHCO I II II 1 1 II III I I1C I V 1 1 1 1 I . wish to Interfere wUrh tratllc for the tresent other than esnnrts or coal ami i.l-okc. and were desirous of giving the railway men fidl iHUMirtrndty to re - tnmie "Weak, to?- -' '..-woKimp in A. An a matter of fact, the- -striking railway workers were showing an in clination today to resume their du ties on many of the Interior .lines in Ihe occupied area of the Ruhr. The French are occupying militarily only the lines surrounding Ihe region, and the interior roads now are being par t tally oiierated by Germans. The strike at Cologne also seems to lie petering out. The Dnesseldorf station was open today for the llrst time since January 25. iml only a small per centage of scheduled trains were running. Tobacco manufacturer in the val ley have lieen Instructed by the French that they must pay Ihe tax on tobac co at Essen or Duessedorf, disregard ing Berlin's orders to remit direct to the capital. Should the tobacco men I pay the tax at Berlin such payments would lie considered void, and would hove to be made again In the vnlley. General Allen Leaven Rhineland Com mission. ODMen Fel- 2 (By the Associated Press). Major General Henry T. Al len, who commanded the American forces In occupied Germany recently withdrawn, has been directed by the State, department to discontinue im mediately his unofficial connection with the Rhineland high commission. This Is Mr. Ground Hog's Day. , New York, 'Feb. 2. A great re sponsiliility rests upon the shoulders of the weather man today, and he doubtless got up early this morning wilh fear and trembling. For, lo these many days, and then some he has lieen dealing out a suc cession of straight flushes of snowy, stormy days, while ,the public has lieen begging him for some real nice, - lioniMt to gonilnesfl punnv weather. 7 But today Father' Knlckelocker would not have a sunny day turner any consideration. If the wenther mnn is obliging, he will see that I lie winnows of the heavens open and the snow de scends and that from sunrise to snn down there shall not be the tiniest rift In the clouds where the most -vagrant ray of sunshine can creep through, because this Is the day when Mr. (1 round Hog sneaks from bis win ter quarters to take a squint at the weather. i it he flndB It agreeably cloudy and rainy, there is an end of winter and luid weather, but if, by any chance, he should lay eye upon his shadow then see that your coal bin Is refilled and your goloshes in good repair. Southern League Clubs Get Two 'Yankee I'tajerK. New York, Feb. 1. The New York Yankees todav re'eased two playcTB to southern association clubs. Manley llewellvn. a pitcher, was sent to Atlanta, under an optional agreement,' white 13d Mruacl, an outfielder, was released outright to-Nnshvllle. Contract were mat ed by the Yan kees to 28 players, Including all of last year's regulars, except Babe Ruth and Carl (Mays, both of whom havis hold over contracts for 1923. It is known that each individual oystijjt changes its sex at difference periods but the authorities do not yet i agre ai to the sex with which the i oyster starts Its life. ADMIRAL SIMS SPEAKING AGAIN Denounces Both the Ku Klux and Sinn Fein in Speech in Boston. ly Ise Assw-latefJ Prr-.. i Boston. Feb. 2- The Kn Klux Klsn and Minn Fein sympathiser were cqua'- ly comb'tiim-d by Kim Admiral " X. Kims, retired. In an address to the Lfl-flkl ('million last night. He advnmte.d that the wearing of masks should be a criminal offense. KiiggcKtiiig sn open seamm against masked men and urging that a bounty lie paid for their, ears, as was paid for the enrs of wolves. WALTKR KLl'TTZ WOl NDED ON mat BY STRAY It I 1.1. KT Was Accidentally struck While Walk ing In Front of the Office of Dr. J. P. Reld. Waller Kluttz. employe of the South eastern Express Cnmimiiy. Was iiccl deiitally wounded Thursiiay afternoon when a stray Indh't llred in the laun dry of Henry Iter Yen. struck him In the neck, as he was walking In front of the office of Dr. 1. F. Rett. An drew Brice. negro, was arrested by the police and was charged with Ihe shooting. According to police investigation. Brice was In the laundry talking to Ills wife, who Is one of the Ironers there. Just why he tired the pistol Is not known, as he and his wife tes tified that the shooting was acciden tal. But immediately after the shot was tired Brice and his wife laith ran. the woman going to her home here and Brice to his home In Knn iin polls. The bullet imssed out of the glass in the front door of the laundry struck n piece of wood that holds up the laundry sign, passed through the wood and struck Mr. Kluttz on the neck. The wound is very painful, but is not lielleved to be serious. Brice was arrested by the Knnmipn lice police offirers. He testified that the shooting Was accidental, and that he was just handing the pistol to his wife when It was discharged. She testified that she had not been qniir- rolfng with her husliand, that she did ijH. 'ftj.hft jgwyitfiltaW H'' heard . t.h report, and fhtir she ran from the laundry because she was "scaired." "too scalred" to reineuilier whether She left by the rear or front door. The State tried to prove that Brice was trying to shoot his wife when he fired the gun, and used the running of the two negroes us evidence that ev erything was not as rosy between the pair as they tried to mnke it appear when they testified. FARM RELIEF PROGRAM IS ABOUT COMPLETE Passage of the Lenroot-Anderson Farm Bill Will Complete Senate Farm Program. iBt tlie AssnclateO Piml Wuuliinfrton Foh 0 lMsKfllFe 1V the Senate today 'of the Lenroot-Andersoii I farm bill, regarded as certain when vote Is taken under an agreement on Wednesday, will complete action by that body on Its farm relief program. The Capiier bill, companion measure to the bill to be voted on today, re cently passed the Senate and has been referred to committee by the Hohse. Numerous amendments remain to be' disposed of. Among those acted on yesterday, the only one of Import ance hdonted , was by Senator Swan- son, democrat, of Virginia, providing for the distribution of excess cnpltnl of credit agencies to lie financed by the government. ELK RESOLUTION. 18 GIVEN TO PRESIDENT President Asked to Call Meet to Limit Production of Habit Forming Urttgs. (By Ihe Associated Press.) Washington. . (X, Feb. 2. Resolu tions passed by several hundred Elk lodges Risking President Hunting to call a ennrercnnanons joiujj mm-mionHi institution In the production of habit forming ;rySorTh Carolina TWlneeThiTrts-the were presented to the President today by a delegation of Chicago Elks. Mr. Harding told the delegation that if it were found possible, enforcement of the present anti-narcotic laws would be tightened. 'He said he was in hear ty sympathy with the general purpose behind the resolution. Secretary Havis presented to the President a similar resolution signed bv 000,000 members of the I-oyal Or der of Moose, of which the Secretary la Director-General. . BELGIAN DEPUTY PREDICTS WAR IN NEXT TEN If EARS Urges Six Months Military SefVlee In Army Reorganization. Brussels, Feb. 1. "I am convinced, If things go on as they are going, thnt within live years, or nt the latest 10 veers, we shall have war," said Emlle Vandervelde. Socialist leader In the Chamlier of Deputies, In the course of a debate today on plana to reorganle the Belgian army. "And what a war!" the speaker con tinued. "It will not he between arm ies, but will he a people's war of burn ing and asphyxiation." Six thousand letters were recently written by prominent Japanese wom en, and sent out to 400 women's or ganizations, these being aeked to in terview their special member of par liament on the subject of legislation for the protection of Japanese girls. TO SETTLE TROUBLE Many Trades Unions in Ger many Send Appeal to the Senate and House of the United States. J THINK AMERICA CAN BE OF AID The Message Says American Honor Asserted Now Can Save World From "Inevit able Disaster." Berlin, Feb. '1 ( By the Associated Press .The "traditional Aiuerlcim tv of suiierticinl muccr and im-ciis-honor and appreciation of fair play" I lonallv those that are deeiilv seated. are ni limited to In a message forward ed by leading trades unions executives to the Senate and House of Represen tatives lii Washington. The appeal which gives expression to the "feeling of alarm" with which l'J.IKXMHK) Herman workers view the Huhr voices the confidence that the I'nlted States did imt enter the war for "the pnrlMwe of annihilating the German ta-ople" and declares that "American honor asserted at this time can save Europe and the world from Inevitable dlsaste." The chairman of Ihe executive hoards of the unions who signed the message, say the step has been taken without the knowledge of official fir cles. Demonstration Takes Place. Berlin. Feb. '1. A demonstration in front of the hotel at Frankfort on Main, in -which inter-allied commis sioners are living occurred yesterday. The crowd attempted to enter the ho tel, but the 'police intervened. FEBRUARY MEETING OF THE , ALDERM.YNIAC BOARD HELD ,irtlrtv. VP: til .March. Several Matters Acted I poll. Tlie board of aldermen held its regu lar Februnry mi'cting flt tlie city hall Thursday night. Quite a large, num ber of matters were presented to the board, but the majority of them Were continued until the March meeting, 01 until the meeting to' be held next Thursday night. Widening of West Depot Street was one subject that brought out much talk at the meeting. , This subject wis discussed nt length, and finally the board decided to continue the. dis cussion nt the meeting next week. Joe Robertson, representing the North Carolina Public Service Com pany, appeared before the board, and asked for more time in making some payments due the. city His company had lieen asked to be ready to make n renort at the meeting. Illness In the. families of several officials made it impossible to get the reports ready Thursday, tlie hoard was told. The city engineer was asked to con fer with proper officials relative to making the State and Federal high ways which run through Concord, one highway. The Treasurer was ordered to pay $300 to the local military compjny for 1923. The mutter of placing insurance tin the city firemen was continued until the March meeting. The board endorsed the petition of the police department asking the water and light board to place more ejectric lights in the back lost of the city. Sixty-Eight Alumi Meetings to Be Held. Durham, Feb. 2. At Troy in Mont gomery tonight R. E. Thlgpe.n, assist ant alumni secretary of Trinity Col lege, will launch the most intensive campaign among alumni ever mnpped first of 68 similar meetings to lie he.ld from Murphy to Currituck in the next 78 days. Trinity authorities by this Intensive campaign expect to realise the goal of of .the interest on $1,000,000 annua any from subscripttioiis from tlie alumni of the Institution. The. meetings are the follow-up of Intensive advertising campaign carried on from the alumni office in Durham and by district chair man over the state. "While we arc Interested In reach Ing the, goal set In the financial cam paign, that which is or equal import nnes." says Dr. Few, president of Trin ity, "is that we arouse the general en thusinsm of the alumni for their alma nutter, bring btKik the love that was theirs when the.y were students, that we show them that the greatness of any educational institution may be measured by the Interest which its alumni display." Senate Votes Against Senator Heflin Bg h AiiiSltti Prnaa.) Washington, Feb. 2. Dividing on party lines the Senate today sustain ed 40 to 28, Vice President Coolldge's ruling that Senator Heflin, democrat of Alabama, in yesterday's discussion of the British debt funding had re flected improperly upon Senator Wads worth, republican, New York, by de claring that be (Mr. Heflin) did not "repeesent the bond sharks and big financiers of Wall Street ( AVER AND m (t tt mat i it a m mews Dr. J. W. Uag stay Opera! Is law Matt Uninarf MhhW ty What ndaaabta. s. C. rvt- i fty th A ut-Uleil Press i I' . i!.iiik i tt i. Us the tnison fatal disease" In (be knowleilce of the ncii, H pinfssHnnJ Or. J. W. Long, of ilteenshurn. X C. In a l reusing the North awl Mtnub Carolina Dtviatm of the Asarrtcan College of Surgeuos. tonight declared that "If we ronkj edtnate the public and some doctor as wU, to tb full significance of operating lief are the cancer actually begin- we might cut our cancer stullstli-a half In two." The snrgeon stated we may go fur ther and state with all confidence that even alter the cancel has develo-d but is yet hnl, up t will cure 2f per cent, of the m-'s. and I firmly believe mine thai that." Thermo cautery. -r,vs .ami liutimn were uameil' by him as ililef remeilles in nddilion to the knife "In the list of remedies." he con- tinned, "the thermoi autery runs the Knire a close se-omi e snouiii ten the iieople that the thermo-ciiutery si in ply means a hot iron. The poker heated In the tire and applied to a lot a I lesion will cure many a case of potential cancer and some actual can cers as well. And how simple It Is. but to lie effective It must lie used lie fore the 1 mpathics have tarried the cancer cells into the IiIoimI stream. "X-rays and radium are ikaible first cousins. They have much in common. Neither one is a 'cure-all,' though either will desirov the ma tor- They nearly always elTect them far orably. In radium, I feel that w have Ihe most jKiwerful reimnly evei discovered, and I apply it with con siderable confidence, but we must tem per our enthusiasm with common sense and results. "There are certain facts regarding cancer which stand out with such startling clearness that he who reads may run : - "1. Cancerf Is strictly an Individ mil disease being neither contagious nor hereditary. Cancer is the most fatal dis ease we kiifiwi 1M) per cent, of the cas es proving fatal if allowed to run its course. Cancer is a disease of adult life. Sri tier cent, of those who die from il lieing t."i years old or more. Mlf those reaching 4(1 years, one man In every 12 and one woman hi every 8 tlie- of cancer. "While tlie death rale from typhoid fever, tuberculosis, malaria, pneumon ia and even old-age Is constantly on the decline, that fwm cancer is in creasing nt the vntof nliout 2.5 per cent, annually. For Instance, in tlvt f-the larger Bnroi!ht coimtrles, the death rate in 1881 vas 44.8 to the 100,000 imputation, and In 1011 It w 00.4. To come nearer home the death rate m .Massachusetts in 1NY1 was 30.0 ami in 1011 il was 02.0 In tht United States as it whole the death rnte from cancer is 78.0, which means that 00,000 iieople die of cancer In tlie i inteii states every year, or one fdr every six minutes. Cancer claims us many people each year as died from wounds and disease during two years of the World War 'f!i. Fifty thousand lives might hi saved every year by an intelligent co operation between the profession and the laity "I .submit that while it is etticient for physicians to reud scientific pu llers before learned medical bodies yet it is not sufficient if we wish ti reach those who sutler. We must get down Upon the level of the average mnn and speak lo him in bis own lan guage. The responsibility for the health of the community naturally falls up on the physician and the, educated classes. Now in order to do the grent est good to the greatest number we must tench the people the truth about diseases and their cure. "The primary cause of cancer is as yet one of the unsolved problems Of course, the followers of Mary Ed dy and the chiropractors know, but nobody else. Tae cause of many of the most common diseases has not yet been discovered. Measles Is a good illustration, yet any housewife can take her hot herb tens and cure the measles. Fortunately there are large endowed research laboratories, both in this country and abroad, devoting their whole energies to the study of cancer. Some day they will discover Its cause and its cure ns well. "The most important thing for us Tttr-rmderstand nliout cancer is that It Is always n local disease in the lie ginnlng. Cpon this one fact hinges the cure. I might say it Is tlie 'law rind gospel' of Ihe treatment of can cer I cannot stress this truth too much. No matter In what iiart of the body cancer stnrts, It is there and nowhere else. The idea that can cer is in the blood from the very first Is erroneous. It us tell the people that it is as false us the righteous ness of burning witches. Let us get this fact firmly llxed in our minds. Regardless of what we have heard issople say, cancer is always a local disease when It first develops. "The second fact of supreme Im portance Is that Inler cancer does get Into the blood, and becomes dissemi nated' throughout the whole liody. Cancer gets Into Ihe blood through the lymphatics. The lymphatics are tiny vessels, smaller tbnn the dineat sewing thread, which minify through out every portion of the body. Their function is to absorb or suck up like a vacuum cleaner any unusual dems- It wherever found. In like manner they pick up cancer cells and pour them Into the targe reins nt the root of the neck. Once these cancer cells get into the blood stream, they are tarried wherever a blood vessel goes. As the cells float along in the blood they are liable to lodge at any point, ana use tne tares in me pa runic, iney spring-up, hiio ueeiop necouuiir.v cancers. These are the cases that FOR ACTS WITH LIS Duncan Richardson. Ben Richardson, E. G. Bullen and Will Debord Electro cuted in Arkansas. ALL WENT TO DEATH CALMLY Men Were Convicted of the Murders of Ira Culp, Farm er, and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Silsby, of Arkansas. (Bv the AuMM-latra Press.) Little Rock. Feb. 2. Four men con victed of murder died by electrocution at the Arkansas penitentiary early to- lay. All fiu-ed death calmly. Tin men went lo Ihe electric chair in the following order: Hun.au Richardson. Ben Richardson. K. (. liullen. all con icted of the murder of Ira Culp. farmer, near Wilmot, Ark. and Will Debord convicted of the. murder of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Silsby in Stone onnty Arkansas. Duui-nn Richardson, aged 20. was brought into tlie death chamber sev- ral minutes before the apparatus was eody. "Good morning, gentlemen.' he smiled lo ihe witnesses and attend ants. He displayed no nervousness, but walked about the chair looking nt il. and started toward the switchboard where the executioner was at work. The executioner moved quickly awiy. Don t be afraid of me. Uii hardson. who was not handcuffed, said, "I would as soon have yon do it as any one." When the apparatus was ready he entered the chair voluntarily, lie was pronounced dead In three minutes. Ben Richardson, agetl 10, was pule. but calm. He said nothing. Bullen. alter lieing in tlie chair five minutes, was removed and placed in i casket. The undertaker noticed lie appeared to Is, breathing slightly and refused to take the body, ihe body was removed, repined! in the chair, and the current re-applied. s Debord was being strapped into the chair lie shouted angrily to an at tendant : 'Look out there, fellow, you'n mashing my hand." THK (VTTOy MARKET There Were Rallies in the Market To day During Early Trading. (By (he Assoc) ii i oil Press.) Xew York. Feb. 2. There were ral lies in tlie cotton market during to day's early trading. Liverpool was relatively easy but the opening here was steady at a decline of 1 to 18 points and further scattered llqulda- tlton appeared to be absorbed by cov ering. Some trade buying was also cpiirtcd and after selling at 27.4i for May the. market advanced to L'7.74 for that position, October sold np lo 0.00 with the more active positions showing net advances of a hint I 1(1 to points shortly after Ihe call. Cotton futures opened steady. March 27:15: May 27:47; July 27:07; Oct. 24:KS; Dec. 24:57. FIRST CONVICTION I'NUER NETTLE'S BILL Speeder in Buncombe County Is Fined $50 Under New Yaw. (Br the V social eil Press. I Asheville. Feb. 2. The llrst convic tion under the Nettles bill enacted at the . present General Assembly for Buncombe County, following a bitter fight as to the right of a county to lie governed by laws other than those ap plying to the state as a whole, result ed in the imposition of, a tine of $50 and the costs on Jack Glass, niotorey cllst, by Judge Wills in police coui this morning. The charge was speed ing. Rev. Mr. Grant to Remain as Rector. New York, Fell. 1. Re.v. Dr. Percy Stlckney Grant will nol be tried for heresy lieenuse of recent sermons be fore his pastorate in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension, he was informed tonight in a letter from Rlshop Win. T. Manning. The. Bishop, who had requested Kev. Dr. Grant to "recant or resign" be cause of his professed doubt of Ihe deity of Christ, 'said he would let the matter rest for the present, because the pastor, replying to the request, had not made clear whether he really doubted Christ's diety or not. are absolutely incurable. "This brings us to the third Item we would have the people know nliout cancer; namely that cancer almost always has a pre-enncerous stage. In other words, It Is something else lie fore it is a cancer. In the Mayo' clinic, a large percentage of Ihe cancers of the stomach operated upon are found to lie growing upon the site of an old ulcer. Before 'the cancer started, there had lieen a chronic ulcer which has existed for months. perba ps years. These tilings being true, yon ciiiii readily understand why phytd clnns regard every abnormal growth as lieing a potential cancer, which means that It Is something that is lia ble to turn into u cancer. "Another observation worthy of our consideration is that cancer Im closely associated with chronic irrl tation. Tlie irritation may be produc ed mechanically as by means of frlc ' tion ; or chemically, as from the adds or me stomacn, or irom ruennic in iineiires, wiui-u mux is- eiiuri nun ui . cold," be said. , 1NYLIVESL0STIN mi cum ntoioTm uil mr UIM- , Tale of Horror Telling How Sailors on San Leonardo Were Burned on Ship or in Water Told in Report RIVER COVERED WITH THE FIRE Thirty Thousand Barrels of Oil Were Burned and Only the Steel Frame of the Ves sel Was Left. the Associated Press.) New i Mb-in- Keb. 2. A tale of horror recounting how ten sailors of the Aigiila retroleum t'ouiuinys tanker Sua 1-eonnnlo. plying lictweeu Quit ports, were cremated on the deck of the vessel In view of thous ands of persons on the shore, or leap ed to their death in a river of flames is contained in a detailed reHirt re ceived by Arturu M. Kllas. consul gen eral for Meho of the million dollar oil tire in Tarn pi co Harbor on the night of January LTith. Thirty-tire of the crew esiiiied by diving into the I'auilco River, which forms the harbor, and swimming be neath Ihe blazing surface of oil to the shore, but all were severely burn ed. The San Ieonartlo. carrying BO.000 barrels of mineral oil. had just arriv ed at a receiving station at a free port section of the harbor and was at the discharging hnrbor when the lire broke out amidships. Within a few minutes the vessel was au Immense caldron with oil'enninl address in regard to the eon- Haines mounting 400 feet in the air Sweeping over tlie wharf the tire attacked the walls of the Freeport zone, and destroyed a large section. The San Leonardo is a total loss, only the steel hull remaining, and il is not worth salvaging, say the dis patches. HARDING AND COOMDGE I Kt.K BETTER POLITICS 1 1. urn il of Citizensnip Created by Presi dentVice President Urges Voting. Washington, Feb. 2 tCnpital News Service). By executive orde.r a new body has come into lieing, the Federal Council of' Citizenship Training All government 1atmen9 is the Hoard of Vocational Training , and tlie Veterans. Bureau are repre sen ted In the new body. "The duties of the council," the order sets forth, "are to make constructive suggestions as to how the Federal offices may op erate to secure more effective citizen ship training, botli in their own work and in co-operation with all other pub lic and iHivate agencies throughout the country. The facilities of all Fed eral offices shall be available so far as is practicable to furl her the work of Ihe council. Vice President CoOUdge, In a public speech, urges a greater atfentiton to Ihe. duties of citizenship, and ('special ly more attentitou to the Importance of voting. He said in part : "Good government needs the active, energetic, and concerted action of an aroused and earnest citizenship. "They can not leave their elections to the dictation of tlie few. They can not leave the holding of office merely to self-seekers. They must he pre pared to make the sacrifices, to endure the dlscomforture and the misrepre sentation, the loss of business oppor tunity required by lieing a candidate for and holding public office." With statistics at hand showing that more than half of Ihe electorate (al most twenty-eight million) did not vote in the last election, the highest officers In the government are urging a better and more conscientious effort " to discharge the first duty of citizen- f , 1. 1.. 1 i ...... i I ll,.t n ...... snip, 11 IS well n-iinft-i uiiii ple deserve the kind of government they get. and that only through a pro gram of education as lo the patriotic duty of voting intelligently enn the government adequately reflect . the pop ular will. It is emphasized that while tills government is one erected by the consent of the governed, it was never intended that such consent should lie passive only, but that the government should be literally not only of the people and for the iieople. but by all the pe.'iple entitled to a vote. RKPEYL OF INTERSTATE COMMKRCK tCT ASKED Representative Would Also Wipe Out 1920 Transportatiton Art. Washington, Feb. . Repeal of the interstate, commerce act with all Its amendment- and the wiping off the statute books of the Iransportitinn act of 1020 wire proposed In bills In troduced todny by Representative Me 1 .a ugh 'ii. republican, of Nebraska. Will Make Investigation. Raleigh. N. (.'., Feb. 2 (By the As sociated Press l. The North Carolina Genera' I Assembly today passed and ratified a resolution introduced in flic Senate by Senator Harris, of Wake County, which calls for Investigation of the stnte's finances by n Joint com mittee of House and Senate on finance and appropriation. The resolution empowers Ihe committee to call wit nesses, examine books, administer oaths and report liack to the General Assembly. The ad-age custom of the Japanese of sitting down on their folded legs on a cushion or mattress Is going out of fashion. All the schools an paollc gathering places now have choirs and benches of the western style. FINANCIAL CHECK IS In Address Before Joint Ses sion of General Assembly Governor Morrison Asks for Investigation. MAXWELL ARTICLE WAS DENOUNCED Characterised as "Untrue" by Governor, Who Says He Wants "Slander" Exposed to the State. (By the Haletgh, X. , Feb. 2. Vigorously denouncing 'nrioration t'ommiasliei- er A. J. Maxwell for publication of a treatise on the tlnaucinl condition of the state, which he characterhted as "untrue," and asserting that its publi cation was mutilated by a vlndiHlvf attitude toward the administration lunl It "constructive program," Gov ernor Morrison in a half hour address to the joint session of the General Assembly called lo hear him at noon today, deuiaudetl a complete investi gation of tlie actual condition of the Stale's finances. "A situation has arisen concerning Ihe fiscal a Pairs of the state, which in my opinion, makes It my duty to come to you and submit the remarks and information I am about to ad dress to you." the Governor began, and after discussing Ihe figures that were Incorporated In the Maxwell ar ticle to which he refarred, and deal ing with the source of his authority for the statement he made in his bi- dition of the state's finances he clos ed by declaring thai the Maxwell al legations are "not the truth." "It isn't true. 11 isn't the truth," the Governor declared in bis impas sioned conclusion, "and I demand of this General. Assembly that this mat ter be Investigated and this man ex poaed in that slander of the Btate whose bread he eats." Opening his remarks upon Mr. (Max well's troatlse Governor Morrison said "an officer of the state af North Caro lina holding a very high and honnr ab e position which he lias held par a ' long time, has made an assault on the fiscal financial condition of the state and the financial . condition oi the rtlS-.-Z'--.irtr-jt.-i v--!:. ....... wTilcTnf tjon He cmtinll, iiitii uiuai uc givt-u aucu- continued saying that "that part of the pi ess so hostile to the pre sent administration that fairness could not be exacted of it," had sougnt to have the general Assembly believe that "I have given false and mislead ing" information about the suite's linn in- al affairs, and this he had ignor ed, he stated adding that "the siate ments coming from Mr. Maxwell an officer of the state, must receive rrom those in authority prompt1 and fearless consideration." "If Mr. Maxwell's statements re true," the Governor said, "the Treasury of tlie state has mad; an untrue re port. If Ihe re-ort of the Treasury is the truth this officer eating the bread of the state has made ail untrue state ment aff:cUng importantly, if not vi tally, the cred.t of the state at a criti- al point in a great construction pro gram. ".Make a prompt and fearless ln- sti gation, and wherever the wrong lies place it," Governor Morrison urged, and -rcceeded to -tiscitss me fl;;ures involved, telling the Genera Assembly that Treasurer Lacy had reported a de ficit in the states operating fund of $1,953,895.41 and stating thnt the re port was made as of June 30, 1922, the closing date of. the stage's fiscal year. Thnt Is the only deficit the Treas ury reported, the Governor stated, and he added that Mr. Moody, of the Treasurer's office had reasserted the accuracy of the figures today. "Mr. Maxwell said there are other deficits," Governor continued, "stating there is one back of that deficit. Of what character would be the Treasurer s report which gives the actual condi tion at the end of the fiscal year, it back of thnt period wns a deficit not brought, forward? It would be -a fnlse report." "We deal with the lliiciil year," the Governor asserted. "This is n seri ous matter lieenuse every recommenda tion l have made to you, all of the recommendations made by fhe budget commission, were founded on faith in the absolute verity of that report." He added that there are those "inspired by malice and venom, seeking to in jure the Governor of this State, who have undertaken to show I have made statements that are untrue, and in an effort to substantiate them they omit to mention facts" in he treasurer's saleinent. "Maxwell alone I dignify with com plaint, be continued, ami he called atlentlton to the. fact that the budget commission wns n legislative commit tee and not an administrative one, Icniuposi'd of men whom he character ized highly in some detail to repealed applause, and asserted that i this laxly had found Ihe figures as to the state's financial condition upon which the statement of an ultimate fiscal surplus wns based sufficiently satisfactory for Ihe commission to make them the basis of Its recommendations. Paris feminine hairdressers an nounce that the fashionable color for women's hair In the coming year will y be white. y A bill to make women eligible to inrr- service has been introduced In 'the Connecticut legislature.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1923, edition 1
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