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V0L XVI.-NUMBER 20.
PQINGfVRE AND
LLOYD GEORGE
10
PREPARAT1
(By Associated .rress;
London. July 11. French Pre-j
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nllr Poineare will proDaDiy us;
invited to .London immediately
for a discussion with Prime Min
ister Lloyd George on the repara
tion question as it is affected by
present conditions in Germany,
according to oficial circles here.
Paris, July 11. The French
government is opposed to any im
mediate meeting of the allied
powers to discuss the reparations
situation and will only consent
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to such a meeting as a iinal step.)
This was made plain in official
circles today, after a conference
between President Dubis, "of the
Commission, and Premier Poin
care. FREEDOM OF PRESS IN
MEXICO NEAR REALITY
Mexico City, July 10. Free
dom oh the press in Mexico is
as nenc a reality now as has been
recorded during the past half
century, according to competent
observers. Contrasted withv the
t . ... i
censorsiiip uays ox neuria anu.
Carranza, editors and corres-;
pondents are enjoying almost
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unpracedented liberty,; and i
1 resident
occasions
Obregon on - several f
has emphasized that!
newspapers and other publica
tions are free to go as far as
they like.
Tlu
newspapers Omegra and
Las Noticias, the former a weekly
and the latter a daily, lead the op
position to the administration and
the vindictiveness which they
display in almost every issue
would not have been
for more than one day
tolerated!
the Carranza regime, for instance.
Thft mr,i-P inWani-e,! oro0nano,a!
Of th r-anital snarp nn inlr r,nv, in I
telling thp rpdina. nwifl wWaJ
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in thev think th OhrA
imp is it fmilt ntirl ovoti YanV-1
o ,
misQuotation nf pnTivPrsatinn-i
with ii o LZl ' " I? !
lowed to
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pass un only a miia
protesr.
President Obregon in one res-l'-ect
offers sharp contrast to his
predecessor President Carranza.
The present executive is much
wore approachable and has none
f the liooi ness of the former
irst Chief. He receives news
papermen regularly every fort
night and local reporters, manv
f whom have been with him oni
CONFER
ON
DNSi
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fampaijrn, feel no hesitation in a my v-j -a
Tallin? Chapultepec Castle by T1S subsidy will be paideven
telephone to converse with the! the ships of the Standard Oil
PFHent. The newspaper inter-.Company and the Steel Cbrpora
vs are exti-emplv infoT-ms,! f.' tion for transporting their own
taiTs. ihe president sitting at a
lc table in the centre of a
circle of reporters and corres
pondents. RnfT-Pmonfo
--VlL I CnllllinLl.n 1L5I
stories
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fill innil nnr
lu luiim iiui"
d II mUll UnL i
Stockholm,
tfuy
jsurpno :
"as
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served and quite frequently the! Rreatly increases the list ot cau
Presulent velaxps nnd tpll livplvi inS places for the campaign fund
n
CONSUMING
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o ---xvi il-s consumption oil not oiuy uic nauspuiw, vix- x ""j - , -wedish
iron ore, a fact taken: merchant fleet in our own pos-j it. 'It seems certain that
7V4t io in
dustnVs
1o indicate that European
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iiro r ,i i
the biggest iron orp minirvrUnnh n dpal ?
Ars'm Sweden the GraPTiPsoprSi
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ei th
y mor
eaki
tons of iron 1 rp
lnc nil : -. i
TL n . 1 iuus ieuuiU.
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Principal buyers of Swed-
iron
of olVer,man an(1 the countries
PSimJ t .i;-.i T J f nnitpooa d.nrh -l c Pl flPSPrVAS TO T3II W ltll I
cumpanv nas export': reports to ue mauc tu juu6ivoo outu v-. ii" . ;
v.r, vill Vip ndvopates. The mm-i m
e tnric ; 4-uL 4.1 r.i, TVm tbp nponle oritv t enort was sisned by Judge,
i iia v k in mz xmi-' nnn no jii'i'iuiiiLiiiii ci,t lvj cumuir,'-- mi. ixi
..j null UIC tliail i II ' auiMf. t xt - - it . w - i
' i r -m aami a m -1 - r-t . . f i r r , u w . i- a m i i a i ( i t. . v .
same period of lyzi.l will never Know now uaui.y tne iavia w ximv,
T.iT9fl WilliaVn K. -Bankneart: s
. "i. mis year rsar riK! neouuiu;aii ynihj owi" - -------
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
The Strike
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July ll..The
coal strike situation marked time
t oday pending the decision of the
operators and miners in the un
ionized fields as to the accep
tance of President ' Harding's
proposal for the fixing of a new
wage scale bv arhitrati
immediate resumption of work
at the wage rates of March 31st
iiiv
iast.
COTTON MARKET
TODAY'S MARKET
July 21.81
October , : 21.96
December . 21.82 ,
January ; - 21.51
March V 21.38
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
July 21.83
October 21.83
December 7. 21.71
January 21.37
March . 21.28
MarklingTIinnieTodlay f ESTER!
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Ship Subsidy Bill Would
Cost Three Quarters Billion
Washington, D. C, July 11. too many ships are already built
President Harding has gone to for the business being done un-
the country to sound sentiment
on the pending Ship Subsidy Bill.
Unfortunately, he will not tell
certain facts about the effect of
this bill he is so intensely for
Uie measure that he will sing its
.praises, with none present to
) state to the. audience the follow-
ling truths which the neonle are
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entitled to Know:
The bill proposes to turn over
to the shipping trust $3, 000,000,-
; . . i
000 worth of fine steel ships
built bythNT Government, "the
most modern -fleet in the. world
most of them! oil-burners. The
people of the United States own',
these ships. The bill proposes
to sell them to this group of cap
italists for $200,000,000, or one
fifteenth of their cost.
The bill also proposes to lend
these men $125,000,000 to recon-
) dition the ships. If they had
been properly - cared for during
,;nne iiaramg administration mis
would not be needed.
ne oiii provides ior me pay-
mi in J f .-i
ment f a Subsidy of $750,000,000
t0 capitalists m tne next len
years for using this great grab of !
snips ior ixieir own private gam. i
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Durinr three recent years the!
Atlantic Gulf and West Indies!
StPamsbir. Comnanv made a clear
mn - ;a
jJHH.il- Ui -Ljvj pci ucui uii iiiJ!
shipping business without a sub-
aidxr- thp rnblisbpd rpnnrts nf
the company show this, and it is;
merely used here as an example
because it is one of the 'largest
of American companies?" During
the war some ships earned their 1
entire cost in one trip. There is
no reason why any of them j
should fail to be self-sunnoYting
products in their own ships for
their own profit. Is it any won
der they are all for Harding?
i And the passage of this bill
, n H
collectors of the Republican par-
ty when Mr. Harding comes up .
for re-election. Is it any won-;
der, therefore, that Warren i3
for the bill? ' i
xiAcr. iia viir flip flrmv and i
nw T.rcrmr will bp abolished
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sold for junk at a great loss
! ,1 1, Vmcii-naQC! -f 1 1 rnorl r"l7PT t.fl
nllU. iUC UOlil lyUlXUVU.
the trustwhen we already have!
the ships, built ana paia
x 1 Al, nrTn,4o Vn tlO
session. Is there a business man.
i-u ,-.4-.Wr who wmi m TTiftKi?
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1 Thp bill does not require any
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trust - JJwm ixa Fuju.
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Federal taxes, providing
xvf.ij.ijs, ' "
amount is set asiuc iui "uiiu..
J. . ,1 Vr-m l-i . hill H.
ing of new ships- and all
time the party is claiming that
f mm-m t i a Li . m.-i.i-m v . ; n i n nn wi a 7.19 m 11 v imp 11 1 1 n f 1 1 1 1
Tip hi 1 1 exemrjis me suw jui; ui itiuaiua,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C,
Sitaatioini
BEFORE SPECIAL
GRAND JURY
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 11. Fran
cis P, Garvan, alien property
custodian in the Wilson admin,
ist ration, now President of the
GNNM APPEARS M AY
CJiemieal Foundation, Incorpora-j of the brotherhood of the Chesa
ted. brouerht to Washinortnn tn.J Deake andf!hio was to nrn?nnt s
ted, brought to Washington to
day all records andbooks of the
foundation to "present to a spec-
j lal grand jury recently empan
elled to investigate, war contracts
der a Republican administration.
The bill makes no provision
for regulation of freight rates on!
the waternd creates a gigantic!
combination which can make i
rates as high as it chooses and!
leave . the
shippers helpless.
"Whether they will make the rates
hio-h asm bp dPtPrrYiinpd hv KarV.
N.
ing back to the operi robbery of
the war rates. - ,
In the Committee hearings
praetical steamship men admit
ted that- the-wages tof our-seamen
do not hurt the American steam
ship in competition with Euro
pean vessels. Their testimony
showed that the difference in
these wages does not exceed two
per cent. John C. Seager, Jr.,
vice-president of the Seager
Steamship Company, admitted in.
the hearings that there is no rea
son why American ships cannot
compete with. the world under
present conditions; his and other
companies are doing it. The on
ly difficulty he saw was that
some of the American companies
paid very large salaries to un
necessary executives,, some
of
a-i 1 . - rf fff 1 4
inein as nigii as ipwu,uuw pei i
year, greater than that of Pres-j
ident Harding. -
Thf bill nrovides for the Shin-
t.a nnn i
jjiiig uuaiu iu mane Buuaiuj uvxi-j
tracts with the shipping trust
Umprmrf rprinds nf fpn vears
this to prevent an effective repeal!
of the law, for its repeal by a
new Congress would not stop the
robbery of the people's treasury,
The bill even fixes it so that this
fund i? not dependent on each!
Congress appropriating the
monev annually as is done for
all other expenses of the Govern
ment.
The bill confers on the Ship
ping Board the most enormous
and unrestricted powers in re
gard to selling ships, making
loans and subsidy contracts and
in handling enormous sums of
money. The present members of
the Board are rushing about the
country making speeches in f av-
or of the bill at Government-ex
pense.
The Dili provittes more money; WlaYim
in' the form of subsidies, by fif- IVICAIW
ty per cent., Julian the total y
amount raid m subsidies, and
op.pan mail my by all of the,
. . .
othpr fonntries of the world put
together. .
President Harding goes to the
1r r.n l!i mpasnrft and savs
It rx io rtolv tn stand Or fa
or fall with
any
citizen who considers these facts,
i m. V. -
tnk'PTi TTOiTi tne miuoniv leuui-t
i on he bill, will agree that the
President who would support
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nf Virmm'fl and
oiay
m. . 0 - t .
t: rpn-o-oo nnri ic q m o t pv.
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I "TT TlflTr H ! r I I 1 1 I I. iJ UdCClk
A. . , r . M. ,
? In the history of tb
G o vrnment.
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TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922.
STRIKE
Cincinnati O., July 11. A
strike ot rate clerks, freight
handlers, express and station em
ployees on the Norfolk and Wes
tern railroad has been sanctioned
by Grand Presisdent E. H. Fitz
gerald, according to I. D. Mum
by, assistant to Fitzgerald, at
headquarters of the Brotherhood
here today.
Cincinnati, 6., July 11.- Mum
bystated further that the broth
erhood headquarters had been
advised that the executive board
resolution to' officials of that
load at Richmond today protest
ing against the wage cut, de
manding full time for vacations.
Roanoke,v Va., July 11. Not
a single clerkj struck at the gen
era lotf ices of the Norfolk
1 TT i 1 a . . 1
&na!
w esiern nere at ten tnis morn
ing, the time set by Chairman C.
B. Lane for the general walkout
according to a statement at the
offices of the President of the
road at ten-thirty.
MERCHANTS LET CLERKS
ATT EH D THE B ALL BftME
THIS AFTERNOON
MERCHANTS MEET TO DIS
CUSS THE QUESTION
At pnllfd nippti'nff nf ilntx'.
Merchants Associationthis morn-1
ing, the question of closing the
stores for the ball game thisaf
ternoon was discussed.
Mr. J, C. Riddick, who is man
aging the local team, had asked
the merchants to .kindlv close
their stores a little while this af-l engendered, have been granted aj the day was the birthday of Prin
ternoon, in order that the clerks : Kew lease of life, by the delivery cess Ilena, and she was offered
and those of the force wishing to
attend may do so. Mr. Riddick 's!
rpasnn for this hp stafpd is that.
the proceeds irom the game may
be larger, which will helD to tav
the huge deficit he sustained in
financing the league teams here
ivvo ears agu.
The merchants at the meeting
were all willing to help Mr. Rid-
dick out of the loss h has had.
w ; v, nHny,nr.na
uui, m a uiuuu ao mc aiicuuauu
tat the meeting was small, Mr.
Riddick snpstpd that, thn mer -
chants, instead of agreeing to!ieatesi; possible amout of seed
close their stores, kindly allow
their clerks and any of the force
who care to do so, to go to the
game. This plan seemed to meet
the approval of all present, and
a eommiTiee oi luree was F
pointed to see the absent mer
chants and have the plan car
ried out.
WEATHER REPORT
For North Carolina : Partly
cloudv tonisrht - Wednesday. Lo-
cal -thundershowers.
to southerly winds.
Moderate
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Mexico Gitv, July 11. Chinese
settlers in the state of Sonoraj
j nave ueeii engaging m a aiigui-
nary warfare for several months
ana so serious is uie siiuanou
they have created that a peti
tion has been sent the federal
overnment to order the imms-
diate expulsion of the leaders of
the two principal 'Asiatic fac
tions. - ,
ri he Chinese N ational League
Sonora has "been at odds for
sveral years with the members ;
nhiriPSP FrAP Masonrv in that
tate and numerous mysterious
wWo 9ni npr Primps are
i a 4. ;,.::c, ne iicai
Luai3 o,...
1 j n-nponiQtinnc
1 .wo orffamzations.
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agitators will,
f clear ttte atmospnere.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
TO DEAL WITH THOSE
AGREEMENT
(By Assoociated Press)
Washington, July 11. Repre
sentatives of "operators': of non
union coal mines willbe called
together at. the end of this week
to consider means of dealing with
smaller operators who are selling
coalat prices; higher than the
maximum recently reached by a
voluntary agreement with Secre
tary Hoover, it was said today.
II
MED AGAINST
DISEASE
Moscow, July 7. What
will
probably stand for some vears
to come as' a record in wholesale
inoculation against five of tbbj
most videspread and most fatal
cl epidemic diseases is now in
progress throughout Russia as a1
part of the program of the Medi
cal Division of the American Re
lief Administration. Ten mil
lion individuals are to be inocu-
i lated before that program is com
pleted to give them immunity
against typhoid, paratyphoid a,
paratyphoid b, cholera and small
pox. An order for 451,000 ampules
of neosalvarsan is now in process
of delivery. The drug is being
used as a specific against relap
sing fever, otherwise known as
recurrent typhus, which is widely
.prevalent inhef amme -district.
Overworked and lunderfed
physicians in the famine district.
ot the Volga valley, who stuck
manfully to their posts during
the war, fighting against al-
most hopeless odds the sickness
and pestilence that the famine
ot American Keliet Admmistra
tion food packages the funds for
which were contributed by thi
Joint Distribution Committee fol
lowing a special plea by Mr
Herbert Hoover.
American Relief Administra
yon workers retain
binsk and Jarpslav
tion workers returning from Ry
binsk and Jaroslav on the upper
' portion ot tne Volga itiver report
f that 1he neasants in hat, section'
i x . . .
j01 tne vaiiey are utilizing everyj
? mooment of daylight to plant th0l
ra in
As the sun does not set
now until nearly 10 o'clock the
peasants' working day is great
ly extended and planting is pro
gressing rapidly. In the fields
which were planted earlier there
is a good stand of grain, and the.
Russians say that thus far the
weather has been most favor
able for agriculture, with ample
rain to assure a good growth.
Lieutenant J. C. R. Hall, the
; son an( Mrs. Robert H.
j Hall, vf Whitehall, New York, is
now in command of A. R. A.
i activities at Rybinsk. His work, i
! mg iotfce includes one other
j American, Lieutenant James B.
Walsh, of New York, and some
DEPH T0PE1TDR5
NOT OBSERVING PRICE
RU SIRS
BEING
HUE
Russian stevedores aad Rus
V V CUT i sian women, His task is to ship
I 20.000 tons American corn
down the river Volga to Kazan,
in the heart of the Volga famine
area, where Amenea win suppiyi
the starving thousands with food,
until .the next harvest.
j
Two hundred and fifty families,
all of whom claim American cit-
izenship, have made application
through the A. R. A. for aid m
getting out of Russia and back
to America, either in person or
through relatives still in the
United States.
Seventy-three families already
-have received the uequired pa-
; persin accordance with the Riga
acrreement entered into Detween
tliP A T?.. A. and , the Soviet" eov-
' nm4,' afnr.a tp1 lof ftnprs tions
x a -- x
1 tllUUClll UAiiUll. jlijtj. -
t thft naep nf
about 30 families the reauired
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formalities , ior. rejatriauou aic,
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ISDRDERS
REPORTED
RAILROAD
STRIKE CENTERS
CURTAILMENT OF TRAIN
SERVICE mD ADDITIONAL
EMPLOYMENT OF TROOPS
REPORTED-
(By Associated Press)
Chieago, 111., July 1 -Increasing
disorders, the r;'nent of
tram, service av- iditional
troops on dutyf ; : eral troub
le centers rr : : .the situation
m the ?f today.
The A the strikers were
also 1 .YdVlS thft Clprlrs nf ff,a
Norfrpd Western were
,r vui.
au
this thonzedVo strike at
ten
morning. ,
Troops are on guard at Bloom
mgton and Clint
Kfeons, Kansas and New Franklin,
Mo., with other units under arms
ready to entrain.
HORSE PRESENTED QUEEII
AS WEDDING PRESENT
Bucharest, Rumania, July 11.
Members of the local Jockey
Club recently assembled six
horses and asked Princess
Marie, now Queen of Serbia, to
select one as a wedding present.
With the Princess came her moth
er. Queen Marie of Rumania, and
Ilena, trae younger daughter.
After seeing the horses, Prin
cess Marie was unable to choose
between two. "Well, let us pre
sent you the span," gallantly of
the members and the offer was
accepted.
Then, it was remembred that
a norse, which she selected and
accepted, inally, it seemed un
graceful; not to offer a horsd
to the Queen, who is a splendid
horsewoman, and; this t offer she
accepted. Had the King been.
present,, doubtless he would have
been- offered the two remaining
horses.
MANY REFUGEES ARE
RETURNING TO VOLGA
, Saratoff, Russia, July 11.
Thin but sunburned little groups
of ragged children and adults
who fled from the hunger-death
o fthe Volga last autumn to
provinces that promised pread,
are now trekking back to the
homes they deserted.
Daily they arrive at Saratoff,
samara,
Kazan and other rail
way junction points in the fam
ine belt. Some of them are in
worse shape than when they de
parted. They found other prov
inces inhospitable and food
scarce everywhere.
Many of -the returning wander
ers are being fed at American
Relief! Administration food kit-
' chens. Others are struggling
on as Dest tney can unwi tne oep-
tember , harvest.
nearing completion and their de
parture from Moscow will be a
matter of only a few days.
Moscow is a great student cen
ter for European ; Russia. Its,
universities, technical and profes
sional school's still have some 30
000 students enrolled. Of. this
number 4,000 ajeeiving ono
meal daily in t2ffint kitchen3
under the supervision of the.A.
R. A. The expense of this feed-
i in or .re def raved bv the btuaenta
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raised by tl, American .
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