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ouuxijmu JKEUK, N. U., TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921.
l. XIII. NUMBER 53. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
JSmterates
ireland's claim fob
1 1
SEPARATION FROM
GREAT
0 T AN
MACHINE GUNS
MOUNTED
AROUND JAIL
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
5c PER COPT
(Bv Associated Press.)
IViMin. Aug. 10 At the opening
-- tin1 first public session of the Irish
jjopubtican parliament, Eamon DeVa
Icra, rcpuT'lioan leader, reiterated
IivVvti's claim for separation from
TCftt Britain, declaring that the
0'i i'.UUCIH nil l'- v-L-i
zo was the ministry of th
Irish Parliament.
(By Associated Press.)
Centreville, Ala., August 16th.-
iViacnine guns are mounted around I
the county jail with two militia com
panies guarding Clyde Thomas, negro
who is going on trial tomorrow charg
ed witih criminal assault and murder
of a fourteen-year-old white" girl.
ciuy
TARIFF CONGRESS CALLS
FOB TARIFF ON SOUTH-
El
PRODUCTS
(By Associated Press.)
Greensboro, X. X., Aug. 16. At
the Southern Tariff Congress here
Senator Broussard, of Louisana, and
William Burgess, of the United States
Tnriff Commission, spoke on a resolu
tion offered providing for a tariff on
Southern products to equalize the
cost of production with foreign coun
tries. The senator urged the divorce
ment of the tariff from politics.
STEAM
PROPULSION
Congress News
(By TJ. S. Press)
Washington, Aug. 16. A confer
ence of Republican members of the
Finance and Ways and Means Com
mittes of Co'ngress, practically agreed
to exclusion of the proposed dye em
bargo from the tariff bill and to give
the industry high import duties. Sen-
ators Smoot and DillingTiam and Rep
resentatives Longworth and Frear
were designated as a joint committee
to study the question of proper rates.
The conference also agreed to a mod
ification of the American valuation
plan as the basis for the assessment
of duties, the gneral principles of the
system as written iiiTfTie Tordney bill
being retained. A favorable report
was ordered by the Finance Commit
tee on House resolution extending the
dye embago i' t'i emergency bill to
XovemV-r" 27 . ?xt, with an amend-
h ib: extend the entire
jet to January 1
Democrats
Hold Party
Caucus In
Capital
Today
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 16., 1921.
The Democrats will hold a party cau
cus late today to determine the atti
tude toward the Administration tax
bill
CURTAIL
OA
HONS DELAY WORK
ON NAVAL SHIPS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, August 16. The cur
tailment of naval building due to de
creased appropriations will delay
work on battleships and cruisers, the
Xavy department "says. It requested
one hundred and fifteen million and
received fifty-three million dollars.
Woman and
Three Men
Disarm
Officer
NATURE RAPIDLY HEALING
SCARS DF WAR
SHELL TORN BATTLE FIELDS
NOW COVERED WITH THICK
VERDURE
T
RADE ASSOC AT DNS
AND
PRICE FIXING
(By Associated Press.)
cnariotte, jN. C, Aug. 16. At the
opening of the Hartsell Cotton Mill
a woman and three men "disarmed a
Railroad
Earnings
(By TJ. S. Press)
Washington, Aug. 16. If the rail
roads are the accurate barometer of
busines that they have been- regarded,
the skies are beginning to clear in.
this country, for the showing made
by the carriers for the month of June
is most encouraging. Net operating
.revenues for that month were $51,773
000, which is an increase of $14,697,-
special officer. All three were arrest-! ir i 4.
i iiucc wcitr aixtsi j 04(, over the net oneratinsr revenues
x C3
for May. Of the 202 class I railroads
ed. No other disorder occurred before
the militarv came oil dutv.
FARMERS
IL AVO ED
BY NATURE AND MAN
(By TJ. S. Press)
Washington;, Aug. 16. Following
the conferences between officials of
me JJearcment of Justice and the De- AUGUST FIRST CROP REPORT
partment of Commerce, it is announc-j SHOWS POOR ENCOURAGE-
i
ed that the government 's campaign I MENT
against price fixing by trade associa-!
tions will be carried forward solely
OF AIRSHIPS INVENTED
(By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 16. Invention of a
system of steam propulsion for air
ships is claimed by Captain W. P..
Durtiuiii. who .was :i British .na vol. of
ficer during the war and up to a year
ago staff captain in the Chief Me
chanical and Electrical Engineer's de
partment of the Roval Air Force. It
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
On motion of Senator Borah, the
bill to admit " American coastwise
ships to the use of the Panama canal
with tie idea of preventing infraction
I
of the law and with a proper consid
eration for legitimate 'business. As-
(By Associated Fress"V
Soissons, France, Aug. 16. Nature
is making such rapid progress in
healing the scars of war in France
that, outside of towns where ruins are
still standing, it will soon be impos
sible to discover the famous front) Tne Washington Post thinks that it
line of four years of war without j is or great importance that the gov-
close examination.
It has become evident that the
abandoned project"" of maintaining in
tact, as it existed at the close of hos
tilities, the line from Nieuport, in
16. Alonsr
Raleigh, X. C, Aug.
with other features of an odd'
comes the crop situation.--! &Ttb
ducers in our most essentr industry
surance is given that nothing will be'have P00r encouragement for their
done unreasonably to disturb commer-1 Fear 's efforts. Both .Nature and
cial and industrial activity. mau nave seemingly lllfavored the
t
farmers.
The ombined condition of all crops
, rr . ii ,
eminent exercise its influence toward! 1S Ptr teuc utlow tne Tn year aver
the breakiing up of illegal price-fixing age for North Carolina; even though
combinations, under whatever 'guise tliere was a 7 Per cent improvement
they may masquerade, and it states . durin 'ulv- Tlie United States'
i . i i t j.
ithat the revelation of investigating ; l uluumt u eiuP eonumon is t per cent
else- w average, with a decreae of
3.4 per cent during July in the " eoni-
reporting, but 72 failed to show a
profit in June, as compared to , S2
which showed a lbs"? in May.
The railroads have a long distance
to travel in order to get back to a state
of reaonsable prosperity,' "despite the
gains they have made" of late. The
net operating income"" shown for June
is equivalent to an annual return of
3.1 per .e;Aon the fair valuation of
the v- - '- determined bv the In
" '"Commerce Commission. In
,5' the ret income was at the rate
of 2.4 per cent on the valuation. This
shows a very decided improvement,
although it is still far short of the 6
per cent return contemplated by the
transportation act.
The improvement in the railroad
situation is not to be disregardel, for
it is highly significant. The last
showings ertainly furnishes a very sub
stantial basis for confidence in the
future.
carried out expecting at an enormous
expense.
C X J S X . m I -- I
oiaies uu eminent rowaras lurnisnmg shelled repeatedly until the subsoil!
preference to American ships" over the covered the surface almost, completely,!
Belgium, to Belfort, as a lesson to fu- committees in Xew Yorlc and
ture venerations' could not have heen,where revealed the existence of giant j
conspiracies to maintain prices 5t ab-imnea rrospecuve conditions, and the
normal levels and to restrict the sup-?final acre-yield is 13 per cent lower
ply of these materials These com-i s- ,eeL P"oes,
V iAr.n4-r. 1 1 . 11. .
binations, it says, were of such mag-i,vt"uls a"u g a
nitude and strength as to interfere;011' cr0Ps of ' the country having a
serkly with the tendency toward j respective production as great as
normal prices and conditions, Avere not
free of tolls has been made ttf order J Forests that were supposed to havej V
of businss. This opens the whole
question of the policy of the Unite ?
been annihilated have shown remark
able recovery. Positions that were
shipa( from foreiign countries. Great
Britain has heretofore secured equal
I T jF 1 l! J.1
is maintained that the new system "S"13 u auu. oi insisting on me
I - - J? 1 1 J A. '
will fnnrtio,. nt .nltitndes hitherto Ull- I provisions oi oiu treaties.
attainable with the ordinary type of
internal combustion engine.
Xllt. Ill till 1U1I 1- 3(111.1 I. KJ l-LJ .1
completely with the ordinary boiler,
the steam being generated by means
of internal combustion power or heat
energy. The superheated steam heat
energy is supplied tTJ special steam
motors which are reversible and can be
controlled from a central ool
station. 4
Only heavy oil is used as fuel and
it is claimed that the driving ma
chinery can be safely placed inside
tlie frame of the airship instead of in
separate gondolas outside, thus bring
ing about a great reduction in air
resistance and consequently ""reducing
the power required for propulsion
The
en'!ne
or "steam motors," as
Captain Burtnall calls them, are of
the bu!ile -acting type requiring no
flywheels.
teals Steam
Boiler
'i'y Associated Press)
Orleans. France, Aug. 16. A few
Il!ght;s a-o burglars broke into an iron
m Oliver warehouse and tlie next
"l0T!l!".U' the only object missing was
'' Wge boiler. The police at first
Sieved theft to be the work of
ri !'iadn,ai;. Later they arrrsW Mr.
lioiticr.
hr, nt
4
'WIS!
a wealthy wholesale wine mer
ii 1 owner of a chateau and ex-
s!ve grounds at Cerdon-sur-Loire.
""it!er admitted the theft saying
1" had c,,!uliiitti'd in a "'moment of
v - Uill lilV ((HO
V.
such a boiler had he wished.
A
l!,"""'r n! similar boilers, some of
"em weii.lng over a ton, were found
tbo collars of liis country home.
fntior"s lawyer says he will plead
ptouifiuia.
SPRING WHEAT GRADES
Bepresentative Steenerson of Minne
sota, has secured a favoralble report on
his bill to modify Federal grades of
Sprinig wheat. The measure provides
that all foreign material in grading
of wheat shall be counted as dockage
and that moisture in excess of 14 1-2
per cent shall be designated on the'
grade certificate and shall not affect
the grain.
CUTTING ' DOWN FEDERAL
EXPENSES
Secretary Mellon, in transmitting
revised estimates on government in
come and exnenditures in accord with
those agreed to at the White House
conference, wrote a letter to Chairman
Fordney, of the Ways "a"n(T Means
Committee, reiterating his "warning to
reduce expenditures. The revised es
timates included reductions 6F $520,
000,000 in expenditures for this year.
FARMERS HIT BY PRICE
COLLAPSE
Governor Strong of the Xew York
Federal Reserve Bank, told the joint
congressional commission that farmers
have suffered from the-recent price
collapse, and that resumption of pros
perity for agricultural products de
pended upon reduction of their retail
osts and lowered wages.
DIRECTOR GENERAL IS
PESSIMISTIC
Director General of Railroads Davis
told the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee that final liquidation of railroads
is possible by December - 31, 1922.
When asked what percentage of rail
road are solvent, Mr. Davis said that
"if the roads do not do better all
will lie .insolvent." He strongly urg
ed passage "of the administration fund
ing bill.
TURPENTINE AND ROSIN IN
NAVAL STORES
The stocks of turpentin and rosin in
the storage yards at Savannah consists
of 7,317 barrels of turpentine" and
75,552 round barrels of rosin.
giving every appearance" of hopeless
aridity, nave been slowTy'covered by
vegetation.
Even the famous height along
which runs the Chemin des Dames
(the adies' Way), is covered with
thick herbage, that remains green in
spite of the drought. In order to
presrve certain famous war "scenes
such as the Bayonet Trench at Ver-
dun, it was necessary to erect a shel
ter and protect the trench from the
slow but sure work of nature in order
to preserve it as it was during the
great battle.
GOVERNMEN
IT OF PALES
TINE PUSHING
last year; while tobacco is forecasted
only illegal in themselves but distinct- at 59' cotton at 6L4 and'apples 45.4
ly against the public interest. I Per cnt compared with the" last nat
! 1 y -ml .1 1 s-- - s" - - n
"It is the duty of Federal authori-i uui'8'
ties." the Post, editorial concludes,! Due to certain new crors short"
"to break up such practices where- aSes' and' variable conditions, the
ver found, and that is the object ofprices Paid to aers increased 2.5
the Department of Justice in inau-',Ier ceut duril1" Jul-V- This Urease
gurating the campaign it has outlined, j makes the farm Prodcts of the nation
But it is not the policy to do any-javeraSe about 60 Per cent "below ti
thing calculated to frighten legitimate PHces a "ear aS and 36 Per ceat be"!
, -k 4.1 4. - .4. low the ten vear average of August
business. On the contrary, where it j - fee
1 of -ti a I n i r o ' -- -wi n tc T ttOct" Ai I- --v t 1 n
is possii3l2 to secure the corrction of 1 1
questionable practices without prose-
PROVIDES CREDIT
TD FIANCE CROPS
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO
SELL TWO BILLION -IN
BONDS
es increased substantially but
are
The North Carolinna corn crop e:c-
broken up and that price-fixing con-!J
spiracies be done away with. Law-
EDUCATION
(By Associated Press";
London, Aug. 16. So comprehen
sive is the education of the govern
ment of Palestine- that, at the present;
irate of progress, the whole country
will be provided vvith schools within j
four years, it is announced here. j
Since January, 34 new village schools
providing elementary education for
1,360 children, have been opened,
while 46 state-aided schooTsprovided
in villages by the inhabitants have
been taken over by the government.
An additional 35 schools will be open-!
ed during the current- fiscal year,
it is announced.
Measures also are being taken for
the development of the two training
.colleges for teachers. Teachers are
a7so being appointed to live among
the Bedouin tribes and teach their
children.
A central education committee has
been formed, consisting of four Mos
lems, three Jews and three Christians.
Under the arrangements now in force
the people of the villages provide the
buildings and furniture and keep them
in repair, while the government pays
the salaries of the teachers and other
costs of maintenance.
c-4-t!1 ii.lin i . i n r. (Mi 4 1 .1 An- 1 . . i I l 11
cution this has been done. There is ; 1
,. ... 4. i 4. 4.i, 4. 4. Jvear average, 51 below those of two
no disposition to beat the tomtoms.- to '
, . , , . ., vears ago, and 3S per cent below last.
nnrl TQiao o ordnpri nlfirm nut. it l s - a ' 1
necessarv for the protection of the !ear s Prices
public that illegal combinations be
jperienced a bad spring tor 'germina
tion and growth. The try weather
! . . . . . . . i . .i i - . i 1 1 .i.l . . . i . . .1 Hi - a1 I i. in li
ful business has no cause to fear the; 1 1 1
.activities of the government authori-: 1
eg ,, Jin the piedmont or central counties
I is a low, weak, and yellowish plant
1 i
jthat promises poor yields of grain or
j silage. The crop at present shows p
! fairly good condition (85 per cent)
which is some below the average. The
j
i yield is estimated at about 19 bushels
i
per acre, where-as last year it aver
aged 23 bushels. The price for the
j nation averages 62 cents per' bushel
Manchester, Eng., Aug. 16. The j compared with $1.64 a year ago. An
Federation of Master Cotton Spinners j interesting study of the condition by
Association "has decided to increase i counties was made in comparison
WORKING
TO INCREASE
HOURS OF COTTON
MILLS
work in mills using American cotton
to 35 hours weekly against the pres
ent short-time of 24 hours. The mills
using Egyptian cotton will immediate
ly resume full time working.
IS
TRITON
OF
NATIONAL LANDS
with the Weather Bureau's records
for June and July and showed that
the condition of the crop was in direct
relation to the rainfall. There was
Jlitte rainfall from Stokes to Northamp
ton counties, and here the crop condi
tion figures are also low
(By Associates Press)
Mexico City, Aug. 16. National
lands in the territory of Quintana Roo
which have stood idle since 1909 are
to be divided into small tracts and
sold on easy terms of farmers who can
give suitable financial references. The
ditribution of these lands . was sus
pended on ' December 18, 1909, in or
der to allow for a complete survey.
WEATHER REPORT
Forx North Ohrolina: Unsettled
weather- tonight and " Wednesday.
Probably showers and warmer tonight,
AVashingtcn, Aug. 13. The Farmers
relief bill which passed the Senate last
week, and which it is believed will
pass the House this week, confers
very extensive powers upon the War
Finance Corporation for the relief of
agriculture.
This corporation already lias actual
assets to the amount-of $332,000,000
$400,000,000 of this in actual cash
subject to immediate check and the
balance in good securities. The bill
gives the corporation the power to
sell $2,000,000,000 of bonds, thus giv
ing it :. 'r ontial en ;! 1 of something
over $2,5:iO-,(-uo,ooO. In addition it
may resell its securities and use the
:::t.;u'y rocived the. el.V"; a ; a revol
ving fund for the relief of agriculture.
In addition to providing foPl inancing
immediate exportation of surplus crops
the bill provides that the corporation
may loan money to enable farmers
to carry over their crops until they
can be marketed in an orderly way
that is, until the market is ready to
take them.
The most important provision in the
bill is that which authorizes the cor
poration to loan to banks, both State
and National, etc., the full amount of
money advanced either heretofore or
hereafter for "agricultural purposes,"
I not only to farmers, but to anyone
making advances to farmers for agri
cultural purposs. This, of course, in
cludes the fertilizer man, the horse
and mule man, the supply man supply
ing the farmer, as well as the farm
er. These loans are made with the
understanding that they may be renew
ed from time to time for not longer
than two years. Under this provision
any bank which has heretofore made
or may hereafter make "anlidvance to
the farmer or to any intermediate man
except on North East coast. Moderate j ?or agricultural purposes may borrow
to easterlv winds.
COTTON MARKET
October. 13.01
December 13.42
-! January , 13.43 . Bank upon its bonds $100,000,000 for
March .r . 13.66 the year 1921, and $100,000,000
from the corporation at a resonable
rate of interest the full amounnt so
advanced. The bill, as it passed the
Senate, also provides that the corpor
ation may loan to the Federal Land
for
May '-- 13.77 .the year 1922.
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