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r , ,: ' -. ..... -' " i r-"- jr"vt -.-;-' f - .4't:.c6np"wiR33t.- Mi t ALL, THE LOCAL j NEWS PRICE: 5 ccrrs s I SSZ. ' ..Til -r- .;. I vjf ' EI 1 I I ': " -:T - ,S tf'a fill 4. Q -- ' rj -S I I '" 1 1 . II ' I I "'" D :: lv, H ' ' Ssgg- . ,vv ;, TARBORoTN- WEDNESDAY, DEC."22 1920 V,. cH- V, . - n r MILITARY! COMMITTEE AT -OUTS v-,-;.;'1 ' .'. i . , ,,: . . - ., SECRETARY HAS RECRUITED AN ARMY OF 225,000 MEN AND " i SaKD A DEFICIT OF, NEARLY CTNn HUNDRED- MILLION , J DOLLARS, WITHOUT AUTHORITY, SAYS COMMITTEE. . .f, - ' " B3t COL. WIN - W'ihlflstorf D- 22. The Houi. "i- MUti Committeo end Secretary ot War Bker are In a a row oyer the ' l .trmy recruitini .UuHion.s; CoiJr . able WtternM ha JeVeloped between tJaker and membar of the commit - - tee. '. - v , ' r 7 Th iituation in a nutshell may be : -V described as J bllowg : The last army -aiJproprfttioijrbill. only' made appro "iriationsufficient for an army of , 175,000 men, and about 14,000 offl - cers. That is ongres3"only provided ; "money to pay ad army of this size. Despite this fact, Secretary Baker for months has been striving to recruit : tha army to 287,000 men and he has ' : already recruited the army to nearly - 225,000 rank and file. ' As a result of this the war department 'will have to : asls congress for a deficit estimated all the way from $60,000,000 to $100- 000,000. ; This deficit is on top of the ' hundreds of millions.of dollars asked iim 1 congress for the annual ex ' - penses of the Tmy"for the next fiscal, : year. Tl mix-up in the situation has :" been caused, according to Secretary Baker, because congress in the last army appropriation bill authorised an army of 287,000 men, but didjiot ' jpiovide funds to maintain and pay in-army of 287,000." The appropria .'io was limited to pay and subsist- snce for only 175,000. , Mr. Baker claims that the bill not only , author " zed him to recruit the army to 287, " COD Jn number, but he construed the : jjii so thaf he claims it was manda tory on hint "to raise 287,000 troops. ; Sharp-issue has fcn taken with this ' gtand of Mr. Baker by members of - - the House Military Committee who claim' that Mr. Baker, under tbe term " pt ihe bill, was actually authorized to ' ' ' ;rticw ciil the number appropriated "'for,-viEi 3,75o"00, men, ' ' " Ai? aVesnlt of Baker's- enthusiasm to "raise, the ranks to nearly 300,000 BRITAIN WELCOMES u. s: INTO IE ' ' London,' Dec. 22. Premier Lloyd George, Speaking at luncheon in the t House f Common? for the British rid Dominion delegates to the tea f Nations assembly, declared to "day that the League of Nations would never achieve -tfcal progress until all nations were represented. . , . The premier said he. looked for ' -ward hopefully to the United States ventering the league, which "was es sential." , ' ITALIAN FORCES BLOCKADE -,i .,: -. -r THE CITY OF FIUME ; London, Dec. 22vItahan govern menf forces are bloekrfding Fiume by both land and water and fighting with D'AnnunzioB forces is expected mo mentarily. V : - 't .. TAFT WILL VISIT SENATOR HARDING V .Marion,' Ohio, Dee, 22.Pre8ident eiedHarding" it not expecting any Tlsitora today, but Ex-President Taft is scheduled for a conference with him sometime before the holidays, - CONETOE NEWS ITEMS. ISupt, K. 11. lentelle visited the Conetotf school Monday. "His many friends are glad to -know that he is ;gain able to resume his work. Misa Blanche Stewart spent the week-end. with Misses Elizabeth and Annie Wakon Tolbert. , '. - Mrs. Bruce Pope, of Scotland Neck, Jrai a visitor here Sunday. Mrs. Ben Whitley, of Washington, is visiting trie nda hefe. ' . Mr. BUI Eauon waa here Sunday. - Miss Elisabeth Thigpen arrived to day from Greensboro, where she is a student at the State College for Wo- meft. . . .. . ,, ', Herbert Gorham returned bast night from Carolina. v - - Miss Elizabeth Thigpen, from N. -C. G-.W., -arrived -last nlghr'on her y "to her home inJonetoe. . HUE -.. !: iniiii n . in ,ni 1 1 11 l. 1 i h iiivini ii-, : hi d. i iiieiiii' in imii i rni,mr,tr WITH BAKER FIELD JONES the war'dopnrlmenfc, it vas reported today, is faced with the fact that after-February there will be no funds to pay either ofticors or men unless, congress agrees to quick passage of a deflciency till. . ' Baker ar.d General March, chief p.f staff of the amy, -have been grilled by the House committee over this sit uation,' and sharp-clashes have result ed at some of the hearings between the Secretary, March and.members of the committeo .: Z,. . The thing that annoys members of the ."committee is the fact : that Mr. Baketcannot give any explanation as to why bo, large an . army, numbering 287,000 men, is' needed at this time Mr. Baker had no explanation to this question. He merely contended that the- army appropriation bill directed him to recrnit the army; up to the limit authorized but not appropriated for. , - - ' .There are not lacking advocates 6f NationaljdefenEe, in and out of con gress,' who declare that Mr. Baker and tho general staff did exactly the right thing, in. rushing the recruiting campaign to the limit, because of the disturbed condition of, tho world, v The3e men say nobody can tell at this crisis in the affairs of the wqrld when a largo American army might be needed and needed quickly. Many veterans and citizens believe that the army should be kept around 300,000 men at all times. It is probable, how ever, that congress will reduce the appropriations so that by next year the army will be cut down to 175,000 men and kept at that number for some years; The huge taxes and cost of the army is the thing that will force reduction, v - - -' Regular armies' of the principal na tions,, existing at this time, are Great Britain,' 310,000; Japan, 372,000; Italy,' 300,000; Russia, 480,000; Ger many, 150,000; France, 794,000, Ml 4 Washington, ;Dec ; 22. rPresident Wilson plans to acepmpany President elect Harding from the -White House to the Capitol on March 4 and back again to the White House for lunch eon, the latter being the usual inau gural custom. President Wilson will then Tetire to his new home on S street and re sume the life- of a private citizen, after eight years' service in the White House Secretary Tumulty stated today the President's health had improvcd,-that he was in good spirits and he expect ed Wilson would write a history of the world war soon after he retires to private life. . - " . MINORITY DELAY--" DUTIES' ADVANCE Washington, Deo. 22. Democratic opposition to the Emergency Tariff Act, favored by the Republican ma jority nd reported out by the House Ways and Means Committee, was sol idified by the adoption of a tesolu tion bythe steering committee of Democratic senators pledging them to fight all proposed Increases In tariff rates 'not demanded by the present (conditions in the agricultural jndu try. . ." ' HOUSE COMMITTEE -ADJOURNS TO JANUARY 6 Washington,- Dec. 22. he House Ways r.nd Means Committee has ad journed until January 6, when it will consider a general revision of the tariff- Mr. Maynard Eeeeh, of Trinity, and sister, Miss Vera Keech, of NT C C. W., arrived last night. I ACCOMPANY HAHOING MARCH r iiiiiii iii iir''.v i.'iiri.iiwk uiiiiti 1 1 risi i- w v. n iibjip . 11:111 11 1 m m -M m t m s mm -m . Claims Statement ; Failed Show Full Value of ' : .Stock. : : ' : ; to DEMANDS $292,678 MORE r;-l Now York, Dee: 22. -Ait- , - ant U. S. District Attorney R. S,'. y. Holmet for the Government ha -' brought an income tax luit upon " John D. Rockefeller. In the ac- " . . ...... -. , . , ' . ..r. - . - . ttsn Ae Government seek to ob- ' . tain juogment agtmt Rockefel- " lor for $292,673.78, with pen. . ally of 5 per cent and interett , thereon at tho rate .of 1 per cent - 'from June 30, 1916 ;J ",' -' , Tne suit. concerns the incime tax return which the millionaire filed on March 28, 191C, with the collector of internal revenue, of the third district of New Y ork. This purporte4 to bo 8 trire and complete statement of the gains, profits and income received by -or accrued to Vm during the . year ending December 31, 1915, V . The complaint drafted by Prosecu tor Holmes alleges that the Rockefel ler return was incorrect, misleading, and false in that, among other itemsj defendant failed to include as part pf his profits and income for 1915, any part of 00,101 shfWS of the 'capital stock of th Illinois Pii,Xino Gopi pany, or 07,170 shares of the capital stock of the Trairie pipe Line Com pany or the value of these shares. "The net income," the complaint states, "for said, calendar year end ing December 3l, 1015, irrespective of said shares of stock received by defendant gs dividends as. set fortf) was in excess ef $500,000, and by reason of the premises an additional tax in the sum of $292,678.78 be eame due, and' owing from tho defen dant to the plaintiff, namely an addi tional tax of 6 per cenfc on the Bum of $4,877,979,661, the difference be tween the market value of thd shares nnocn 5.r ine time,uie same .were ant, to wit: $16,606,013 and the par value of said shares of stock, tq wit: $11,728,033,34," , ' . The complaint in conclusion, assarta that no part of Jhe additional tax of $292,678.78 has been paid, although demanded,' and the same is now due and owing, together with a penalty of 5 per cent of the amount thereof- and interest at the rate of 1 per cent per month froni June 30, 1917. New York, Dec. 22. Leaving a sick bed in her apartment, Evelyn Nesbitt, the former wife of Ilaiy K; Thaw, went to West Side Court to appear against her brother, Howard Nesbitt,.whom she had summoned on the charge that he was withholding )350 belonging to,her which she in tended using to go to Pittsburgh to see her son, Russell Thaw at the home of her mother. '.'.' Evelyn's illness showed itself un mistakably on her countenance when she appeared in court. She was very smartly attired as ever, wearing a brown coat with a. leopard skin col lar and leopard skin cuffs, a purple Tam-o'-Shanter and a purple veil and fancy dancing pumps." Evelyn told the court that a week ago she gave lier -brother diamond ring worth $32,500 which she asked him to pawn for$ 1,000, as she need ed some money. She said her brother got $500 irr on, installment from a pawnbroker which' he" turned over to her, but of the second installment he had given her but $150. UTAH BABES SOLD, REPORTS A JUDGE Salt Lake City, Utah, Dee. 22. Declaring that hundred pf babies are being sold in Salt Lake City every year, a judge of this city recom mends to the -governor that legislation-be enacted to prevent thia das tardly traffic in humanity. - - Mn Benjamin Havens, of Gaines ville, Ga., has arrived to spend the holidays with relatives. E1EIII SBITl SUESHERBROTHEfi Htp tpii ipnut I , ! VNeW Yoik, Dec. 22,-Wai Po 'I'.lWi Lieutenant ; Morton hot and kllL-d with the revolve . owner by Mrs. Luciilo Emma ? Brook's, wifo of John W. Brooks, ; well-to-do . AtUnta ' Insurance , man ' and, with his wlf, wolfv known in a number of cities? - . Four sliota wevo fired ffonv Mrs. J Brooks gun, or d lcaat a gun ilint greatly resembles her own tho gun gives evidence of that, it being found in the "edoker in her apartment. But 0h what occasion and for what parposywero the bullets discharged? ' This .important phase pf New York realistic ;"De Luze Annie" case re mains-unexplained. Mrs. Brooka went before'the grand jury refusing to sign a waiver and thereby granting immunity from prosecution and she told; her. 'story. "Do Luxe Annie'' was not. responsible for her many fic tional 'crimes because of a twigt of mind later cured, and Mrs. Brooks told tho. district attorney's office- that ihe haqibecom? dascd immediately after the shooting and knew abso lutely nothing until she awoke in her new apartment the next morning with the revolver o.i her table. She de nied she li.-nl firc-d :r shot ailcl slfe de nind that she had seen a man killed in her automobile and his body later abandoned in a hallway. - .'Did Mrs. Brooks say: " 'If there arc any more cartridges in that gun I'll use one on myself?' Was that the next morning after she realized he terrible crime!" The Criminal Court was alivo with -repot that Mrs. Brooks had threat ened to kill herself but she denied it. HI! 1198 G1T1 m i iv Washington, Dec. 22. Of seventy. expressed themselves ps being In fa vor of suspending immigration until congress is- given 'ample opportunity to mako a careful study of the entire question. Thirty-three others with held judgment pending further in vestigation. Only twelve expressed themselves flatly as being opposed to suspension. IG SURPRISES' ' I G O. P. GAB8NET Washington, pec. 22. Some big surprises are in store for the public when President-elect Harding names his cabinet, according to Senator Har ry 'S, New, of Indiana who has just come, from a visit with Harding at Marion. ' j. The senator said that while no defi nite tender of a .cabinet place has been made by Senator Handing, a number of the positions have been practicully agreed upon. . It is not likely that any appoint ments will be announced until the entire cabinet, slate has been fixed, It is understood. "Considerable progress ' has been made'by Senator Harding in select ing his cabinet," Senator New sdd, "and. while I am not in a position to say anything about the probablo se lections, I can say thtt when it is composed there will be some sur prises." - ' , Senator Would Bar Soviets. Washington Dec. 22. A resolu tion declaring it to be the sense of the United States senate that the United State should not recognize the Soviet government of Russia as a de facte government was introduced in the senate by Senator King, Dem ocrat, of Utah. j , In introduclcgjthe resolution, Sen ator Kin geriticized the department f labor for "takinsr -two years to b?arn what everybody else knew, that Mr. Marten was spreading seditious teachings." Mrs. Ae. Brown, who has been sick at the home of her daughter, Ma. C. A. Johnson, Is reported some better'today. - , Persons Out After Midnight Are Searched, for Am). TAXI NUMBERS TAKEN New York, Pee. 22. Two hundred men and five women have beeh ar rested by the police in their round-up against the crime wave, and in con sequence -criminals who infest the city are in flight. The. police, in a formal order by Commissioner Enright, are, directed to stop all perSbnB found on unfre quented -streets between midnight and dawn and search thcra for arms. Another notice suspends the half hour meat time period heretofore al lowed members of the force. Commissioner Eiuight also gave! out the following statement; "Persons using taxicabs should ! take tho numbers so that In case any crirna is committed, or attempted, there w.ill to some cluo which will aid the police. Tho public should use only reputable taxicabs or other ve hicles." CltEATt D DISTURBANCE. Six' boys were before the iwordor and ha nit with the eontn ami an ad monition against creating a disturb ance on the school ground corfrary to a slatuto which they were charged with, violating. FOUR MEN ARE KILLED N I)UFONT EXPLOSION Scranton, Penn., Dec. 22, Four men were killed ami two injured in an explosion in the DuPont Powder Company's plant near. here. HUNDREDS KILLED ON RUSSIAN TRAIN London, Dec. 22 Several hundred porsons arc reported killed or injured in a railway accident near Petrograd, due to overcrowding a train;,. ALLIED, PREMIERS TO CONFER IN FRANCE Paris,, Dec. 22. A conference- of the premiers of Creai Britain, France and Italy will be held nt Nicd or Can nes, beginning December 28, to dis cuss a nos&ible revision of the peace treaty with Turkey. HPUNES FITTED FQR'GAS ATTACKS Washington, Dec, 22. rians for an invention whereby airplanes may make gas raids were submitted today to the ar department by Jean Dimi trioa Kansas City inventor. Dimitrie has plan3 for air gis bat tles between planes carrying a tube trailing to the ground and attached to huge gas tanks. D'.mitrie also submitted to the post- -mastcr general secret plans for .a new method In mail delivery between the Atlantic and T'acific coasts. He claims that, by the u,;e tff this , invention, mails could .be trnmspoitcd in abso lute safety to- Europe within ihrity Kix hours. The postmaster general has not yet given Dimitrie any reply as to wheth er the government wiH consider'his plan, but Bimitrio'states that if the government does not take it Up ho will seek private aid in its develop ment. : : N. Y. COTTON MARKET. Open. High, Low.' . - A f - ' I .4 1 A 2:40; 14.10 14.03 Mar. 14.60 14.00 14.03 May- 14V0 14.70 14.2U July ..'14.70 ' 14.70' 14.30 Oct . 1 14.86 14.35 Dec. '14.55 14.55 13.85 14.20 14.30 14.C0 13.85 Wife of R. I. Governor Drops Dead. Providence Dec. 22. Mrs--Elea nor R. Bceckman, wife of Governor -Beeckman, died at White Sulphur Springs, Va., from heart trouble. Miss Ablythe Wilson returned last night from 1. C. W. . Messrs. Sam Jenkins, 'and Charlie Smith returned from Carolina and were met in Rocky Mount m. FOR FARMERS' REEIEE CIIAMBER OF COMMERCE STARTS ENDLESS CHAIN UHlICTTY FOR McADOO AS HEAD OF THE REVIVED WAR FINANCING V - CORPORATION CREATEST FINANCIER IN AMERICA. Tnrboro, through its Chamber of Commerce, has In Icon tha initlniiva for the benefit of tho farmers of t entire south, by culling upoaPrcsi- dent Wilson to act favorably upon the Farmer' Relief Bill and to appoint W. G, McAdoo-s head of the War Finance Corporation, which has pass ed both houses of congress. "The whole south is looking to you for aid," is patt cf the telegram sent the President by Secretary Foster this morru'ng. The full text of this' telegram and another to Hon. Wm. U. McAdoo, urging him to accept in "the name of humanity," as well as one to the Chamber of Commerce of tho United States to circulate the de- mnl through the Chambers of Corn- meree jn evey "Section of the country, for immediate" action by the President in tho appointment, of Mr.jMcAdoo, appear hereunder. The Edgecombe Chamber oi Com merco.has started an .endless chain of publicity in that every civic body throughout the country will, if it does it;; full duty t,". the people il serves, agitate for tlte appointment of Mr. McAdoo, the moat capable financier in America, as the head of the revived War -Financo Corporation, brought into being for tho a,id and benefit of tho farmers of the United Stales througn these trying times. Secretary Foster, in addition to his communications to national leaders, has been in touch with Secretary Bea man, of the Raleigh Chamber of Com merce, also all other chambers of commerce Within a hundred miles ra dius, assuring the cooperation with tho plan of extending the publicity by the Insistent demands of the civic bodies of the towns and. cities' of North and South Carolina.. If the Chamber of Commerce of tbe. United ftates will do as much in I urvns ck action upon this, most New York, Dec. 22. T Edward A. Eumely, former owner and pub lisher of the New York Evening Mafl, and S. Walter Kaufmann and Nor vin R. Lindl-.eim, attorneys associated with Dr. Kumely, were sentenced to one year and one day each in the At lanta Fedeml Prison by Judge Wm. I. Grubb in the Federal Court. All three ware found guilty of con spiracy to conceal from the United States Alien Properly Custodian the fact that tho Mall was bought with $1,451,700 loaned by the German government. Although liable to fines as well, no fines were imposed by the court. The three prisoners were, paroled In the custody of their counsel, pending an appeal. Just before sentence was -imposed Dr. Rumely addressed the court and declared that the paft two and one half years had been "black as hell" for him. He said he had been hounded dur ing that period for the part he played in the transaction and had spent a fortune in endeavoring to clear his" name. He claimed that he had given the "bett in me" to the United States. COMMISSION ON IRELAND TO HEAR CF CORK BURNING Washington, Dec. 22. r.The Ameri can commission investigating condi tions in Ireland will hear a firsthand account of the burning of Cork when the Misses Annie and Susan Walsh, glsters-in-law of the late Lord Mayor McCurtain of that city, testify. The Misses Walsh, who left Cork the day following the fire, arrived in Washington lost night.' '.. ' " Messrs, William Carstarphon and Bruce ' Wynne passed thru Tarboro this morning enroute to their homes in JVilliamston after being in Trinl ty'college, Durham- -. . ' Mr. Aubrey. Shackell returned this morning from Carolina."" T ' " Miss Hazel Hoard returned today froni Greensboro. ' ; :.r" : .. -- : ' DR. RUMELY GETS YEAR IW PRISON 'S?INiTTATiyi essential appointment of McAdoo, as has Tavbpro, then it is "a foregone conclusion that the demands of the' , people of tho south will be responded to by President Wilson and Mr. Mc-' Adoo and in consequence relief will be-speedy, .; ' The' telegrams sent today jra as follows-: , , Chamber of Commerce of the United -" States, ' . Washington D. C. . ' "We realize that the salvation of the southern farmer depends tipon . tha favorabel action by" President ' Wilson on the War Finance Corpora. t.ion Act and urge that you bring all . necessary pressure to bear to have measure signed. Also handle with the -Chambers of Commerce throughout the country and urge them to wjre President Wilson, stating urgent "n.eedf . of measure and ask him to iign it for -the salvation of the south, is Alio to uvg.j the appointmenTof William "G. McAdoo as head of tha corporation. " . "J. D. FOSTER, Secretary, N -"Edgecombe Chambrt' of Con." Hon. Woodrow Wilson, -: ' President of the United States, : Wnp.hington, D. C. ; ' v h . "An representative of the farmers we urge you to act favorably upon ihe farmeib' KoMef Bill which has pawed both Houses of congress. We also urge the( appointment of William G. McAdoo, as head of the War Fi nanco Corpu....ion. The whole fouth is looking to you for aid. "J. D. FOSTER, Secretary, "Edgecombe Chamber of Corn." Hon. William G. McAdoo, New York, N. Y. "Press 4-eports indicate revival of War Finance Corporation. We are urging President Wilson to appoint you as head of this organization. If appointment is tendered, we urge yon to accept in the name of humanity,. Present conditions of the farmers are tho worst In the history tf our coun try, and -they believe that under your leadership the present conditions can DC 'r ' J "Edgecombe Chamber of Com," be improved.. IN STATE OFFICERS (By MAXWELL GORMAN.) Raleigh, Dec. 22. The formal in DELAY SWEAR auguration of Governor-elept'Mcjfri- , son and the swearing in of the other -state executive officers will be.:post- poned a week later than is customary because of the -program to put a mea sure through the legislature provid- ' ing for an Increase of salaries of the various heads of departments, j-5 , r As this must tie done before the be- , ginning of the new term, and as it ' will require some ten days to put the meas ure through, the inauguration ' will take place the third Wednesday -j after the first Monday in January, in stead of the usual second Wednesday . the legisUJure convening ae usual on tho first Wednesday-after the first Monday. - ;-. ; ' :. ; -' ;i. 'The delay wi'l. be agreeable to the . governor-elect, as he is of cvinsel inj . an important case at Charlotte to be heard early in January. Lieutenant- . " Governor Cooper Is expected to be sworn in when the new senators are, as the "term of Mr. Gardner expires with the old senate, -i ' r ' Dr. J. Y. Joyner returning from ' Richmond, where he attended a meet- ; ing of tobacco growers, represented ' in committees from North and South " - e Carolina ami Virginia, declares defi- -nite plans were made for state, coun ty and township organisations in the s state and that out of this meeting last week grows faith that tobacco grow- ' efs wffl find tb'ir fiMnciltI Rivaton' and economic emancipation. . J Aaron Sapiro, California attorney for four successful cooperative mar keting associations" as well as asso ciations in other states, advised with the tri-state organization which elect ed Dr. Joyner chairman of the Rich mond meeting and E. C. ' Moss, of Raleigh, secretary. , . " .. Mis3 Emily Hart is home from St Mary's school. . - x Miss Mary Collis Powell from N. C. C. W, returned home last night i
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