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V HE $1.50 Per Year WILSON, N. C, Friday, Feb. 24, 1922 Vol. 27 No. 35 Times. I 'h .' -H WILSON OF LS CAUSE OF AIR DISASTER THIS IS BELIEF Chief of the Lighter Than Air Service Expresses Surprise at the Statement Attributed to Lieut. Smyth in Which He Said Rcma Was Unsrfe; Had Stood Every Test. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 23. Members of the army Investigating board con tinued today their efforts to deter mine if possible, the definite and pri mary cause of the disaster which ov ertook the giant army semi-dirigible Roma over the army base here Tues day in which 84 of her passengers and crew meteath and the world's larg est semi-dirigible air ship was de molished. ' , That the fatal -crash followed, a break down of the controls regulating the altitude of the craft appeared to day to. be definitely established. Of the eight injured in the acci dent all were said to be making good progress toward recovery with the exception of Chas. Devorack, super intendent of construction at McCook Field, Dayton, 0., who was still re ported to be in a critical condition. The condition of five of the injured had permitted them to be removed from the hospital to Langley Field. Newport News, Va., Feb. 23. BREAKDOWN coin "Knowing Lieutenant Clifford E.Jmade for two hot rs work or less. Smythe as I did, I cannot believe that he has been correctly quoted by , vuitagu iciauvc iu uib lener iu uib latner In which he is said to have declared the Roma unsafe." This statement was officially made this morning by Lieut. Col. A. S. 'since 1916. Fisher, chief of the lighter than airj service at Langley Field. J "Relative to the Washington trip 'SAYS POOR FARE of the Roma I desire to say she be haved very nicely under trying weath er conditions. There was nothing wrong except our speed which was a! little slow at the time owing to the Italian engines not working well in as the rich and po'werful are repre this climate. These motors were re-Jsented in the court by highly edu placed and there was nothing wrong cated lawyers, while a large portion with the craft when she left here Tuesday. led by incompetent men, Judge Good- "Lieutenant Smytbe returned from 'win of Chicago declared in his open Washington by steamer after making! ing address at a conference of the bar the flight from Langley Field, be-1 association here. Until such is cor- cause be was ordered to do so. (Continued on page 8) Sev- ILL NOT She Will Accept Ship if it Comes to Her Without Cost as Under Versailles Pact. Washington, Feb. 23. The navy departnient It was stated today has notified the state deparement that it does not want the German Zeppelin now hflfnr cnn.tniAfArt hv nrm.v.01 for the United States under the rep aration clause of the Versailles treaty unless it comes to America without cost. xne question nas arisen, It was said, as to whether the amount of money allotted for this purpose by the allies under the reparations agree ment was sufficient to complete the zeppeiin, and there is a possibility the United States may be required to make up the difference if she cares to have the ship. This, It is stated, Secre tary Denby Is not wiping to do. ; IRISH INVITED TO LONDON. London, Feb. II. The British gov AMERICA W PAYFORZEPPLIN rnment has invited the Irish signs-and Great Britain. torles to the Anglo Irish treaty to' J. L. Armfleld, former president com to London for an early confer-J of the Bank of Thomasville, charged ence it was announced in the House 'with improper handling of the bank's oi commons today oy w lnston, Churchill. TEN HOUR DAY IS VIRTUAL RESULT FIREMEN GET CUT The United States Labor Board Eliminates Extra Pay for Raliroad Workers Until Af ter Ten Hours, Pay Pro Rata Wages After Eight Hours, Effective March 1st Chicago, Feb. as. Another pay slash this time hitting 10,000 rail road firemen and oilers was made by the U. S. labor board when it an noiinced rules effective March first eliminating extra pay until after the 10th hour and setting up a "split trick" of eight hours within a spread of twelve without any over time pay, Following several other decisions which virtually restored the ten hour day for railroad men the board au thorized the roads to pay only pro rata wages after the eight hours which the board denoted as consti tuting a day's work. Time and a half will be paid after ten hours. In the case of the spilt trick straight time will be paid for the first ten hours whether it is included in the twelve hour spread or not, and time and one half will be given thereafter. Formerly the firemen and oilers were paid time and one half after eight hours. Sundays and holidays will be paid lor at the pro rata rate, a minimum of three hours pay being Monthly rated employes wages are t0 be adjusted to eliminate the did cime ana one nan provisions The board's new rules supplant the national agreement made during fed eral control which has been in effect BADLY IN COURT Washington, Feb. 23. Equality before the law is impossible so long of the poor and ignorant are represent rected there will be little justice he said. The shrewd and powerful men and interests of large means are able to know who are competent and who are not, Judge Goodwin asserted, adding it was difficult for the poor and Ignor ant man to make a just estimate as to who was capable of properly ad vising him. "During my years as a trial judge I was frequently distressed by the fact that one side or the other in the case before me was so Incompetently .represented by counsel or represent ed by such Ignorant counsel that owlng to the skin and learnlnS f at" 'torney8 on the other 8lde u seemed ,mPss'ble to get the case properly I before the court or to keep error out ln recoru, juage uooawin saia. I WEATHER. For North Carolina, probably rain tonight and Friday, eolder Friday and in west portion tonight fresh south- .erly w,nds GENERAL NFWS The German government is soon to discuss with -party leaders. the elec- tlon of a new president for Germany. An authentic authority states that Premier Lloyd George will go to Paris Saturday to confer with Pre mier Poincare on various matters af fecting the relations between France funds will probably remain in Jail til his eass comes up on March 2. OF CUT IN WAGES HACKNEY BROTHERS SUFFER ANOTHER FIRE LOSS WITHIN TWO MONTHS Paint Shop Burned Yesterday Afternoon With Loss of $50, 000 Covered by Insurance. Fire Quick and Hot. Four Workmen Were Injured. Two in Hospital. One of the fastest and hottest fires ever seen in this city occurred yester day afternoon about five o'clock when the paint shop of Hackney Bros, in this city burned, and four workmen came near losing their lives before they were able to escape from the building. This is the second fire suf fered by the Hackney buggy and au tomobile plant located on Green street and running back to an alley between this property and their store property which fronts on Nash . street since Christmas. This was the fifth fire yes terday. The fire at Christmas caused a loss of around $400,000. That fire burned two buildings fronting on Green street and stopped at a double wall, (Continued on Page Eight.) MARKETS COTTON. New York, Feb. 23. Cotton fu tures opened firm, March 18.50, May 18.10, 'July 17.65, Oct. 17.03, Dec. 16.86. New York, Feb. 23. The feature in the cotton market early today was the small number of March notices. So far as could be learned only 17 representing 1700 bales were issued and there was active covering by May shorts with the market opening firm and soon showing net advances of 30 to 37 points. N. Y. COTTON OPENED Mar. 18.45, May 18.18, July 17.64, Oct. 17.06, Dec. 16.86-B. N. Y. COTTON CLOSED. Mar. 18.20, May 17.95, July 17.33, Oct. 16.66, Dec. 16.65. 12 O'CLOCK MARKET Mar. 18.52, May 18.31, July 17. 70, Oct. 17.00-B, Dec. 16.82.B. Spots, Wilson market 17c. LIVERPOOL OPENED Mar. 10.29, May 10.33. July 10.29, Oct. 8.96. LIVERPOOL CLOSED Mar. 10.32, May 10.35, July 10.31, Oct. 9.98. CHICAGO GRAIN OPENED Wheat, May 1.46 7-8, July 1.27 1-4 Corn, May 63 3-4, July 65 3-4. Oats, May 41 3-8, July 42 7-8. WHEAT CLOSED. May 144, July 124 3-4. CORN CLOSED. May 65, July 67 1-8. OATS CLOSED. May 41 7-8, July 43 1-8. CALL MONEY Closed at 6 percent. 12 O'CLOCK MARKET Wheat, 1.46 7-8, July 1.27 1-4. Corn, May 66 1-8, July 68. Oats, May 43 1-2, July 43 7-8. Money 5 per cent. Sterling 440 5-8, Francs 914 1.2, Lire 503 1-2, Marks 46 1-2. STOCKS. I New York, Feb 23. Accumulation of buying orders over the holiday gave momentum to further advance of prices on the stock market today. Foreign oils especially Royal Dutch were the strongest Issues. Southern Railway and St Louis and San Fran- un-Cisco featured renewed Inquiry for rails. NATIONS EXHIBIT AN UNWILLINGNESS T COMPLICATED SITUATION America Has Appointed a Funding Commission But Italy and France Say They Cannot Pay Because of High Tariffs England Refuses to Cancel French Debt. (By David Lawrence.) (Copyright 1922 by The Daily Times.) Washington, Feb. 22. World fin ance is threatening to develop a "vicious circle" involving not merely the payment of American Liberty Bonds but the heighth of the tariff wall being constructed by the Ameri can Congress. France says through former Min ister Loucheur that she will not be able to pay America the war debt be cause of the high customs duties im posed against her. Italy through Ambassador Riccio who is a famous economist as well as a diplomat says the tariff wall will prevent Italy from paying what she owes the United States. Great Britain says she will not can cel any of the debt owed her by France unless the United States can cels an equivalent amount of British debt. France says she cannot pay Great Britain until money is forthcoming from the German indemnity. America has just appointed a fund ing commission and has yet to speak her policy. But certain fundamentals can be taken for granted. One is that the new commission composed of Secretary Hughes, Secretary Hoover, Secretary Mellon, Senator Smoot of Utah and Representative Burton of Ohio will not cancel any of the Euro- pean debt. No such power is vested in the commission. The most that can be done for Europe is to spread the payment of Interest and principal over a period of years and here too Congress has imposed a limit of twenty five years. This may have to be extended but that's a subject for bargaining across the table. In fact, the appointment of the American funding commission has been the signal for pointed expres sions from both France and Italy. The cry that neither can pay unless the tariff wall Is removed is regarded here as having some basis of plausi bility from the viewpoint of sound economics but the belief prevails that Europe will look around for many an excuse to postpone or repudiate pay ment until finally compelled to meet the question directly in the official negotiations. The action of Great Britain in an nouncing that she fully intends to pay interest and principal and that she had already set aside approxi mately $110,000,000 to pay 6 months interest on her indebtedness to Amer ica has produced a profound Impres sion here and is another evidence of the betterment of Anglo-American relations. There are of course three ways by which Europe can pay her debts to America in gold, in goods and in service such as freight carrying. Gold can be transferred only if America buys of Europe. Should the American people indulge in the purchase of se curities of foreign enterprises, this would tend to help the situation but Americans have been slow in the past to Invest heavily in European busi ness. The export of goods which would be payment for debts to America would help Europe but the tariff laws under consideration in Congress will tend to reduce the amount that Eu rope Can sell here. If It ever comes to a question of permitting foreign man ifestation to flood American mar kets and hurt American Industries, the tendency would be to forego pay ment of foreign debt and keep Amer ican Industries going. But there is a mean between two extremes a line below which Amer ( Continued on Page Bight,) 0 PAY WAR DEBTS MUCH OPPOSITION TO RESERVATIONS ON PACIFIC PACT PRESIDENT FAVORABLE The New Reservation Provides That Nothing in the Pacific Treaty Shall he Construed as Committing the Nation to Armed Force Without Con gress' Consent. Washington, Feb. 23. A modified blanket reservation to the four pow. er Pacific treaty made before the Senate foreign relations committee after a conference with President Harding met with immediate oppo sition from, several Republicans as well as Democratic committeemen. The new reservation intended as a substitute fo rthat proposed several days ago by Senator Brandegee of Connecticutt provides that nothing in the treaty shall be construed as committing the United States to an exercise of armed force without the consent of Congress. After more than an hour's delay which failed to win over to the new proposal any of the senators who had supported the Brandegee reservation the committee adjourned. Although Senator Lodge did not inform his colleagues specifically as to the attitude of the President the other members understood that the reservation would be acceptable at the White House. It had been dis cussed at the earlier conference be tween Mr. Lodge and Mr. Harding, but it was not formally offered to the committee with administrative back ing. . Senators Borah, Republican of Idaho, and Johnson, Republican of California, both pronounced the modified draft as unsatisfactory, while Senator Brandegee and his fol lowers withheld a decision and indi cated by their attitude in the discus sion that they did not find the new proposal readily acceptable. Washington, Feb. 23. Advice of President Harding as to the accept ance of the reservations to the four power Pacific treaty was sought by Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and New of Indiana, of the foreign rela tions committee. The conference generally was re garded as having an important bear ing on the progress of the Pacific pact toward senate ratification, action of the foreign relations committee having been held up pending ascer tainment of the President's views. Foremost among the proposed reservations discussed by the two senators was that of Senator Bran degee, Republican of Connecticutt, providing that every adjustment reached under the treaty shall be subject to the review of Congress. This has been favored by the In diana Senator, while Senator Lodge hag not committed himself. Mr. New reiterated his oposition today after seeing Mr. Harding, but gave no indication of the President's views. LEAGUE MEET ON MARCH 1ST Richmond, Va., Feb. 23. Acting President Bradley , of the Virginia League announced a meeting of the league directors had been called for March 1st in Newport News for elec tion of officers and acceptance of a schedule. NEW DORMITORY PLANNED FOR DAVIDSON COLLEGE. Davidson, Feb. 23. The trustees of Davidson College in annual spring session yesterday approved plans for a second four story dormitory to dup licate the one contracted for last year and for a new and larger heating plant. '."y ' ' , ' , Trustees from five Southern states, were in attendance, Dr. W. L. Pringle of Richmond presiding. , ELDER S. B. DENNY IDENT STATE SECRETARY TALKS Mr. R. L. Patrick Selected for Vice President, and Mr. Clarence Stokes Second Vice President. Mr. M. B. Lewis Treasurer. Miss Culpepper Was Re-elected Secretary. . Election of officers, a splendid speech from State Secretary Panl Leonard, announcement of dollar day March 15th, and arrangements for the annual banquet, March 7th were the outstanding features of the Mer chants Association meeting held last evening. The members of the Association were especially grateful to Mr. Mr. George Starr, the retiring Pres ident, for his energy and activity in looking after the interests of the Association during the time he has held the reins as president, and up. on his retirement last night, he was given a vote of thanks, every mem ber springing to his feet, when the motion was put Mr. Marvin Lewis also came in for words of commen dation. He was reelected treasurer, and there has been money in the treasury all during his administra tion, it was announced. Some one said that he should have a life time job as the carrier of the purse. Miss Culpepper, the efficient secretary of the Association also came in for commendation. The opinion was expressed that she should be made secretary for life. Upon motion of Mr. C. P. Clark, seconded by every member present, j President Starr sent a round robin, regarding a dollar day March 15th. The last dollar day brought so many people to town, and gave them sa (Continued cn Page 8.) E Gray Silver Has Completed a Statement Urging Accept ance of Mr. Ford's Offer. Washington, Feb. 23. Rival of fers of the Alabama Power Company and of Henry Ford for the purchase and lease of the government nitrate and power project at Muscle Shoals, Ala., were officially before the house military committee today. That body received the Alabama proposals from the House while it prepared to com plete study of the Ford bid this week. Chairman Kahn estimated actual work on the Alabama offer would be gin next week. Gray Silver, Washington represen tative of the American farm bureau federation, completed a statement advocating acceptance by Congress of the Ford contract leaving only two others to be considered, W. B. Mayor, chief engineer for Mr. Ford, and Thos W. Martin, president of the Alabama Power Company. These will probably be disposed of tomorrow. CRAWFORD GETS HIS FREEDOM Salisbury, Feb. 23. Judge J. Bia Ray in Rowan Superior Court today suspended sentence upon the pay ment of costs of Capt. R. E. Craw ford railroad conductor who submit ted to a charge of manslaughter dur Ing his trial last week for second de gree murder in, connection with the killing of Engineer Sam Hlnton last December. The Jury which was trying Crawford asked tor his pardon. Crawford killed Hlnton by striking him over the head with a eatsup bot tle for alleged Improper remarks con cerning Crawford's wife. 1 , CHOSEN PRES BY THE MERCHANTS RVAL OFFERS AR BEING CONSIDERED v , -A T i. - n -mm k i Stiff If m. A 7;
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