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In nl mi TUT TP? TUT w - 4 VOL. XVII' NUMBER 23. CITIZENS OF TLAIM BACK.WATER FROM BADEN DAM INJURES HEALTH OF FAMILIES. (By Associated Press) W1XSTOX-SALEM, N. G, Xov. 14. Damages totalling fifty nnsand dollars are asked by citizens of Alleghany in a Super-j r 4- onit anrainat tVlP Talli-! 101 LUUll ami 0v - T..coa Pmver Comnanv on the 1 rounds that the health of their families has been injured by backwater from the dam Baden. at DECLARES GE LACKS MONEY FOR 'RE (By Associated Press) London. Xov. 13. Sir Eric Geddes did some very plain talk in? about German reparations as mUGHMW ASK FOR DAMAGES mm PMTON the guest o fthe Thirty Club, offending additional troops to th London, recently. This club is I an association of advertising ex-! Derts. When in Parliament Sir! Eric was noted for his straight forward style of speech, and since he became a business man again he is more outspoken than evei. In 1918 I was a politician." be said, "and 1 said then that wa should not make a fetish of rep arations; that we might find rep arations a boomerang, 3 and " thai: the demanding of great ' sums from Germany might be bad 1 nearlv lost mv seat over that statement, and I had to hedge a bit." He was under no necessity of dome' anv hedcino1 bet ore tne Thirtv Club, he continued-! mee the recent excitement ot ''What I said in 1918 has cornel the steel mergers this class of absolutely true now," he declar- j stocks has disappointed most cd. 4 4 We' were absolutely wrong. I people, m fact those who consid as allies in trving to get the er the steel industry as a baro last penny out of Germany. We! meter of American business are cannot get it because it is not' decidely ui et. Roger W. Bab there. 1 son wbo forecast the iailure of the recent merger schemes in "It is no use chasing a mirage, these columns explains the act ion can only get reparations outjou Gf these stocks rather satis cf Germany by either money or t factorily. goods. She has no money and j "Steel nriees" he savs. "hava if you take her goods it will mean unemployment here. If the leaders of thought could bring that home to our people it would oe a good thing tor this country., I have just come from Ger many, iy. They are desDerate there There will never be a strong gov- st0IT- lou remember tnat eminent until the people know S1X months ago the trend of pro that they can manage their own auction of steel as well as other affairs. Until we and our allies commodities, was distinctly up come down to bed-rock find outward- Stee outPut ha.s TeGZ hat Germany can pay, and telle,red from the domestic 1921 them so. there will be no improve-! slumP when only 20.000.000 tons fcent. When we do that Ger- 1 01 'steel were produjeedj, wnu-.U many will trv to nay. if'nossible. was 50 percent under the prev- But you cannot PmbvA a natinn you cannot enslave a nation 01 seventy millions tions." for genen?. E PROJECT GOES INTO DISCARD (By Associated Press) Mexico City, Nov. 13. The American Chamber of Commerce r Mexico is authority for the Statement v.v. if;n n-nA IE 1 -ii, liiUl UVJ LAX lUCAltU OllU . . , j tfiP ttuj : i n , -iitcnnasre. which lumrjed irom - imcu oiaies nave aroppeu fte free zone idea for the pres- jnt although several months ago there annpL,! .or the project. u The United States turned its tack on the scheme deliberately cutting out of the tariff bill fst passed the free zone provrs- zy says a recent issue of the lumber Bulletin, and Mexico; .killing the plan here by ignor- D it. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION Chile I s A g aim Shaken By Qunake SIX HUNDRED BODIES IDEN TIFIED AND BURNED IN PUBLIC SQUARE. PROPERTY DAMAGE YET DETERMINED. NOT (By Associated Press) Santiago, Chile, Xov. 14. Chile was again visited by earth shocks, severe trcmers being felt at Laserena, seaport town of Carrizal consisting mostly of un derground dwellings and copper mines, which are reported to have entirely disappeared. Xo mention was made of the number of lives lost. Laserna was one of the cities which wras severely stricken by Saturday's quake which took more than fif teen hundred lives m various parts of Chile. The extent 4 the casualties and property dam- age are not fully learned. Six hundred bodies were taken from the ruins of the city of Val- lenar and were burned in ii , j , . . public square after .dent1f1cat.on. Santiago, jnne, iov. . director of the Zone, are promis Outlawry broke out last night in , ing to make Panama, in spite of Vallenar, the chief sufferer of its distance from the United the quake, while reports of rob- j States, a well known center in beries and hold-ups came from aquatic diversions. The water in other places in affected region. the lagoon is a rare combination The government is considering devastated regions. PANAMA BUILDING FINE NEW SWIMMING ARENA Cristobal, Canal Zone, Nov. 9 -The warm waters of the lagoon I iu iTcimu -Liv)t.is, me interest . . .i y . .i i j i a i BABSON EXPLAINS SOFTNESS IN STEEL Wellesley Hills, Nov. 14. recently shown signs of weaken ing, a genenrally expected ten- aeney. A survey snows tnar. surface conditions indicate A "I ill strength, but the underlying sit .nation which is the most import- aiu ieAL a toiauy unj-eirut wus year s output. Witn tne ;t-.- ereasing supply, there was no scarcitv. Unfilled tonnasre was , , j mcreasing only moderately ana transportation conditions were not connsidered critical, frices j of steel billets at that time were I ruling 2. percent over the pre j war average. "Suddenly the picture chang ed. The pinch of the diminishing i coal supply became more . eff ec- tive and the advent of the rail (strike brought additional appre hension. The buyer began pur chasing ahead to protect deliver ies. Oredrs were pyramided a fact that is reflected by unfilled r ' . . -fi x enrnnnn 5,776,000 tons m July to 5,,9o0,000 tons u?? b,S m feptem jumped to 6,691,000 tons. The wave of heavy buying due to ar tificial elements, is now passing. The outlook is again changing. The coal and railroad strikes are pvpnta nf tliA Tast. artf as artifl- cial tendencies are ironed out and eliminated, there is a strong possibility of a weakening in the price structure. This does not mean immediately for the ques- SCOTLAND NECK, IT. a. OF CONFED ERACY HOPE TO COMPLETE DAVIS MONUMENT (By Associated Press) Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 14. Efforts to raise the remaining thirty thousand dollars necessary to complete the Jefferson Davis monument at Fairview Kentucky will be made at the Daughters of the Confederacy convention which opens tonight. Pledges will be taken from obelisk which now is t nundred and sixteen feet high. DAUGHTERS vsw'immmg as a sport and health -xne i i i ,, . . xui exercise amois me Americans living in fte Canj z energy of Homer Baker, physical J of fresh and salt and constitutes another attraction. Br. Baker, has plans under way to construct the finest swimming arena in Central America. There will be a long straighway course for racing, with ro'om for 100 contestants to start abreast. I Two fine steel aiving towers: j traveling rings and aerial glider, ! and two water polo arenas also will be built, and it is hoped to bring down some well known American swimmers during the "PTi-io- winter tion of delivery over the winter months is very important. Steel billets today rule 38 per cent over the low point of this year and 65 per cent over the pre-war average. This level is high enough for we are not on the eve of a boom in steel or commodity prices in general. "We should not forget that there are several important phas es to consider on the bear side. The steel producing capacity of this country as it stands today is. i icn greater man our ability consume and export. In 1913. the actual output of steel aggre gated 31,000,000 tons while pro ducing capacity wTas estimated at 35,000,000 tons. In 1920 we produced 40,000,000 tons, last year 20,000,000 tons and this year probably 30,000,000 tons, but the main point is, if called upon, we could produce steel .it the rate of 55,000,000 tons an nually. 1923 is bound to be a year of keen competition. Fun damental conditions indicate that we are not entering a prolonged period of over-expansion and any stimulation in coonsumption will mvwp frr-fldnfll and ol- a limited1 pioe graauai ana 01 a iiinneu, phnrantpr FpnniiftiTicf fosts Tar- rr , . . i ticularly 'fuel, transportation anu labor, are high enough and the next major move, in conjunction with the law of action and reac tion should be downward. Cer tainly this is not the time to be bullish on steel. Protection over; the winter months is the prime 1 buying incentive. "It is questionable whether the steel industry is fully readjust ed. It did not conform fully with the contraction of the econ omic cycle in 1920 and 1921 and this is one of the reasons why I am not partial to steel stocks. The underlying structure of steel J stocks is not over-strong altho of course individual stocks may show independent strength in sympathy with the action of the stock market." General business as reflected in the index figure of the Ba&son chart is holding its own. Activ ity is 5 per cent below normal the same as last week. TUESDAY, NOV. 14, 1922. THE TOLL (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 14. Lieuten ant Commander Godfrey Cheva lier, who crashed with his air plane , at Hampton Roads Sun day, died today at the Ports mouth Naval hospital the Navy Department has been advised. OCTOBER COTTON (By Associated Press) Washington Nov., 14. Cotton consumed during October amounted to 533,950 running bales of lint, and 64,006 bales of lint ers, the Census Bureau an nounced. AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL DEBT SHOWS HEAVY INCREASE (By Associated Press) Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 14. In his annual speech to the House of Representatives, Feder al Treasurer Bruce, o Australia, disclosed that the Australian nat ional debt on June 30th totalled $4,210,000,000 as compared with a pre-war debt of $1,695,000,000.! During the course of his speech Mr. Bruce said: "The estimated revenue for 1922-23, totalling $312,591,250, includes $140,000. 000 Customs and excise ; $76,250,- 000 income tax, and $48,250,000! Post Office, Telephone and Tele gaph receipts. "The estimated expenditure is $310,118,405 showing an esti mated surplus of $2,472,785. "Of the accumulated surplus. estimated at $34,514,935, $16,000,-, 000 will be used m the reduction of taxation and the encourage ment of agriculture and manu factures. "The proposed remission of taxation includes the increase of the general exemption from -520 to $1000 for all taxpayers." Mr. Bruce announced that leg islation youid. be mtroaucea in the near future lo reduce the sal j sry of members of me House of Representatives from . $5000 to $4000. Speaking on the national debts Mr. Bruce declared: "The gross Commonwealth debt totalling $2,080,352,545, shows an increase in the year ended June 30th amounting to $71,752,420. AYS "The total national debt of J ing the fact that they are non Australia, including the Common- j plused. They simply have no wpnlt. hand States i $4,210,000.-! explanations to make, at least 000 compared with the pre-war! debt of only $1,695,000,000. ,T i For North Carolina: Showers Wnwmo. WEATHER REPORT tonight or Wednesday. Warmer in tie interior tonight. Gentle ui "PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON IN NEW (By Associated Press) Sydney, Australia, Nov. W. E. Johnson, the temperate advocate, Americani recently passed through Sydney on way to New Zealand to his help the anti-liquor fight there. A lunch-hour meeting was held in Svdnev Town Hall to welcome; Tiim nn bis arrival, and -in the evening he addressed a big meet ing in the Hippodrome. He de clared that prohibition in Amer ica was" a tremendous success. Experience had shown, he said, he said, that prohibition was for the benefit of the race and the advancement of civilization. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE LOSES TITLE (By Associated Press) New York, Nov. 14. Mrs. W. H. Felton, Georgia woman Sena tor lost her title on the date of the election of her successor and will not be entitled to sit in the Senate when it convene Monday, is the opinion expressed here by Governor Hardwiek, by whom she was appointed. GOV. HEADS ODD FELLOIPABUBI (By Associated Press) Alexandria, Va., Nov. 14. The ! three thousand deWatps tn th second annual convention of the Northern Virginia Odd Fellows Association, which opened with a parade headed bv Governor Trinkle, Grand Lodge officers "ons irom quanta tins re and prominent Odd Fellows from m ,th! iase f ro the ranS many parts of the country. ; fT t1rial at ,the Pcl,al tetrai of V ake court called for the pres- i ent week. The case will be con- COTTON MARKET. TODAY'S MARKET December 25.88 January 25.74 March 25.76 May 25.57 July 25.22 YESTERDAY'S MARKET December 26.27 January 26.09 March 1 25.99 May 25.75 July 25.44. Republican Hopes Are Blasted DISSATISFACTION WITH HARDING ADMINISTRA TION, THE VOLSTEAD ACT AND THE TARIFF CAUSE OF UPSET. By ROBERT W. MADRY (Special Correspondent) New York, Nov. 8. Nothing has so blasted Republicans hopes in this State as the sweeping Democratic victories in the elec tions this week. Alfred E. Smith was elected Governor of New York by the largest plurality ever given a Democratic candi date, and Dr. Royal S. Copeland' defeat of William M. Calder in the Senatorial race was equally surprising. J Present returns indicate that the New York State Legislature will be Republican by only a bare margin if at all, and Smith carried the entire State Demo cratic ticket. Republicans are not conceal for the present, for they are too 1 dumfounded. Several yeeks ago. on the basis of Up-State uros- x i i 1 ii: 1 x rr j V1 loc4 LUA1J ! in favor of Miller When avor 01 fr- , . Smith came to New lork ci ago to direct the campa.gn here personally things began to : taKe on a umeieiiL uue auu. wucu election day come around Smith backers were offering odds of 5 to 1, with few takers at that. Dissatisfaction with the Hard ing Administration, the Volstead Act and the Tariff "are the ex planation offered by those inter ested enough to attempt to ex- ' plain. In many cases where wets I had as their opponents dry candi- dates the former won, and it 1 should be recalled in this con- nection that Smith is a wet .md that Governor Edwards who de feated Frelinghuysen in the New Jersey Senatorial race was also among those candidates who de- clared themselves for light wines and beer. In New York Smith repeated the political miracle he perform ed two years ago, when he turn ed over nearly a million votes in a presidential year. He has car ried the State by more than 400,000 and cut down to barely 5 CENTS PER COPY AVIATORS LOSE THEIR LIFE (By Associated Press; Baltimore Md., Nov. 14. Lieutenant Edwin Shroder was instantly killed and Lieutenant Fauces Marsh was probably fa tally injured when an airplane crashed at Logan Field today. PROSECUTION DFDEPDSED :,luiIer goes over . - 'M w (By Maxwell Gorman) Raleigh, Nov. 14. Counsel for W. y. Guerard, former king kleagle of. the Knights of the Ku KluxKlan, charged with em bezzlement of approximately $4,000 of funds belonging to the klan, having served notice on the prosecution that it would be necessary to secure certain de C- t .1 . . . . : tinued until December. i The bill of particulars asked I for by the defense and furnished j by Solicitor Norris is devoid of j the sensation which, it was su jticipated, would follow a mor : detailed revelation of charges ; against the klansman. The bill taking up each case in detail names the person who, it is alleg ed, turned over money to Guerard and the amounts which, as alleg ed in the indictment, the former king kleagle failed to remit m each case to the Atlanta head- I; quarters of the klan 80,000 the Republican Up-State plurality on which Gov. Miller relied. Smith beats Mayor Hy lan's record of last year; he beats the records of all former candidates for Governor of thij State Election night in New York city was gay, but oldtimers would say it was lacking in pep. It was a mildly smiling rather than exuberant night jubilee with which the White Light district celebrated Smith's victory. The hotels and restaurants were well filled with merry parties celf-,' brating the landslide or striving with a dearth' of wet material and that bad, to drown theic sorrow, as tlie case might be. But the Broadway scene lack ed the effervescence, the sparkle and pep, the carnival spirit o spontaneous abandon to merry making that used to mark such triumphs in the days of old. One missed the slowly moving multi tudes, tho police standing almost shculder to shoulder along the curb from Herald square to Times -square to regulate the two ava lanches of pedestrians. Here and there one heard th$ shriek of a tin horn, the ding of a cowbell trailed along the pave ment. But lacking were the ear splitting pandemonium, the play ful thrust of the feather' trickier.. The raucous rattler, the pro cessions of snake dancers should ering their way through densely packed street throngs and beat ing upon tin pans or other noise making devices, wagon loads of which were backed up at every street intersection and selling like Liberty bonds in war time. Gone-probably forever were all those relics of pre-Volstead days. There were several improvised screens along Broadway, on which the story was flashed in bulletins. But apart from this there was so little outdoor diver sion that the multitudes craned its necks and laughed gladly when a motjwr truck jogged up Broadway carrying a quartette of young men armed with mega phones who were advertising a t;o-called popular song by sing ing its refrain, the burden of which seemed to be, "To-morrow, to-morrow how happy I will be ! 3- -I
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