North Carolina Newspapers

THE HEATHER * I'nir liHiiplit and Son- *? (lay. l/?c/i colder I it nitilil. ( old ware. Irons: *' norl hirot nirtd.%. ******** ??????? * CIKCI I 1TI<)\ I ridav * ? H."t ( Of tits KICHT PACES. NO. 5 Borah Favors Tax Reduction And Opposes Soldier Bonus !*iu'ukiii? To<l a > Before I li National liepiihliraii < 1 1 1 1 > of \iw York. Declares That (hie 4 an not lie lor Both, and Mu-I Make a (ilear <jit Decision (Pi Tif A?-?-i?tfd 1'rfU.i New York, Jan. 5. Dorlarlir hi:*.i*elf in favor of ta\ reduction and optmsed t<> the soldier bonus, Seiia-j toi William E. Horali of -Idaho, in an , a?1>1rc!<!' todav before flu* National I*e publican Club of New York. said.. t)ii> issue cou I<1 not be avoid* <1 or ?Mt*stepped, "One is either for ta\ reduction or lie Is a ua I list it," he said. "One has a ti.lit to be for the bonus or he has' a right to be for tax reduction. I>ut ' he cannot be for both. "You cannot take off a temporary j burden of $140,000,000. or $150,-| OOO.rtOO and lay on a permanent , burden or obligation of $4,000,000,-1 00') to $">.000,000,000, and call it tax reduction. It would be a dan- 1 geroua political experiment. It would defeat any pariv that would under tak*- it. Senator Horah <iuoted fluur?'s in dicating the rate of increase of taxes 1n the last eight or ten year*, de claring they "represented tile most searching tragedy of American life." In ?astern industrial centers the sit uation was serious enough, lie as-' serted, but in the agricultural. r?*- , gions of the West, "they an* losing faith in the Government" because ? l unbearable taxes and "the mad sat urnalia of spendinu," in which the speaker declared the Govern mem Continued to indulge. "Out in the great agricultural ar eas," lie said, "where, in lh? last analysis, must be found the source of national wealth $i nd contentment ? the place from which we are fed ? there is going on a patient, dogged struggle for the preservation of homes aud farms such as_no man can appreciate who has not witnessed it. Men and women who have tamed tie dest rt, suffered and sacrificed, de nied themselves, and under the mo.?l adv< rse circumstances opened up farms, now with 50 years of -struggle behind them, stand in mortal dread of the coming ta\ collector with his ever-increasing call. They nave seen their tax burden mount 300 and 500 per cent in the brief space of a few years, and while reflecting over what has happened, they are even more anxious about what may hap pen. "What do such tax burdens mean? They mean imperilled and forfeited Vhomes. they mean dissatisfied and .i jjJiscontented domestic life. they niiean less educational advantages for the coming citizen, they mean sep arated and demoralized families, I they mean energy thwarted and en- J tejrprlse sterilized, and last of all, they mean thriftlessness and Improv idence and moral breakdown of a great and proud citizenship." "Have we the courage to do our plain duty?" Senator Borah asked. "I beg the people to understand that it is not alone a question of reduein;: the taxes. It is also this: Can we throw off this national disease of ex travagance and waste?" Congress is the center of fire in tlie tax cut controversy, the speaker said, but not Congress alone Is di vided on the issue. "It seems to me that the adminis tration Is not presenting a united front," the Senator continued. "At I a time when economy is the crying ne#d and when the morale of th ? forces fighting for economic relief is of the utmost moment, the demands' which are coming in for a greatei j Army and for heavy additional ex penditures for military purposes should not be presented . . . "As I understand, there Is nearh $100,000,000 additional for military and armament purposes being asked for. I do not think the additional expenses are necessary or justifiable The most commanding, the ipost powerful and the most invincible na tiotf at this time l? the nation which is economically sound and strong, and whose citizens are prosperous, ( hopeful and loyal ?"lf we hulld up our economic pow- \ er, give life and energy to our farm-, crs and businessmen, make it pris Ji Ible for the average citizen to get ahead, to save something, to educate his children, we will be far more In- j vincible than If we have areat armies and a nation crippled economically. ' "The administration has done a fine, inspiring thing In puttlriK out a call for tax reduction, for the cur tailment of expenditures. Hut noth ing has discouraged, the supporters more than this grabbing for public funds by the different departments of the (rovernment Who can deny a soldier boy and ask him to sharp with his country the question of the matter of depression or prosperity If the1 proposed savinics are to be eaten up by wasteful burdens? "The great obstacle to tax reduc tion, it appears. Is the proposal for a bonus for sx-seivlce men. If we consider the bonus purely m the lluht of material or financial aid. ? n<* If our real purpose is to assld the soldier in that way, I ran think of no greater benefit for these men than that which would be derived from a betterment of the economic conditions throughout the country, ! "It Is five years since the war. These younu men are back In civil; life. They cannot succeed when bus iness. Industry and agriculture are embarrassed or discouraged. The' BRITISH HONOR FOR LADY ASTOR \ i-count Aiilnr Announce* That Painting Coininciiior atill? Kirs- 1 \\ nimui Member In lie Placed ill Parliament. (Br Pi* A??rii fd I ffu,' Plymouth. Blip., Jan. 5. ? Lady Astor. conservative member of par liament. fwnicrly Nancy Langhorn oT Virginia, will be paid a signal honor. according to Viscount Astor. who annonunced today that a paint- 1 inu would be placed in parliament ] commemorating the arrival of the; first woman member of the House of, Commons. The picture will be . hung on th* wall of the main staircase just be-. J low the place where Que?*n Elizabeth ; is portrayed. WEALTHY MAN WAS VICTIM OF TIIUGS New York. Jan. 5. ? Edward II. ] Dolue, wealthy real eHtate broker of1 Mount Vernon. New YorkT died at a hospital here today of wounds suf fered at midnight when he was at tacked by two thuus on the stairway of Hunstpoint station. New York, on the Westchester and I>oston railway. He was 55. SOUTH EHN STATES FACE COLD NICH'I . Atlanta. Jan. 5. ? The Southern States are facing a prospeet for a colder niuht. Freezing is the fore cast tor many sections of the Soutn and reports indicate tie- general sweep of a cohl wave through th ? South which will extend into Flori da. CONEJOS STllUCk MINE IN THE BLACK SEX Liverpool. Jan. 5. ? The Constanti nople correspondent to the Liverpool I'ost cabled today that the captain of the American Steamer Sinona, had just arrived there and reported that two Russian boats rescued the crew of the Shipping Hoard Steamer Com - jos, which was reported lost in th?* Black Sea. The message adds that the Conejos struck a floating mine. IN". (!. I'rrs* Assoriatioii Ad journs Till Summer Plneliurst. Jan. 5> ? After passing resolutions pledging Its members to strive to impress upon tin* people of the State the necessity for expanding the public school system, the impor tance of social service work, and the need of creating and enforcing prop er laws, the North Carolina Press Association adjourned hern yester day. Selection of the place for the sum mer meet Ins was placed In the hand's of the executive committee. An in vitation lias already been extended by Morehend City. FIX M. \KI< \x<;kmkxts SALE WAIl MATF.HIAI.S Washington, Jan. 5.- Final ar rangements have been made for the sale of 5.000 Knfleld rifles, 5.000, 000 rounds of ammunition, and eight surplus airplanes to the Mexican government headed by President Ob regon, according to announcement today by Secretary Weeks. LINCOLN LETTERS HRIN<; LAKGE SUM Philadelphia. Jan. 5. ? Two letters written by Lincoln to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, brought $1.2.10 at public auction here today. One of the letters related to the Monitor. Lincoln sfltd he WEI "?!? elded I y of the opinion that she should not go skylarglng Up to Nor folk." Lieut. Warden told him 1 Ti. Monitor could be easily boarded and captured. In the other letter he said he felt that he would be defeated for re-election by McCleUan. pittance grunted them Individually would mean nothing In the sum to tal of their well-being, but anythliir: and everything which contribute* to the rehabilitation and revival of eco comic and business conditions throughout the country will be h permanent prosperity to the soldier far beyond anything which mere In dividual aid would mean. "! do not believe It Is ttosslfclr to divorce the soldier's welfare at this time from the welfare, of the coun try: In other words, from the w< i fare of the farmer and the business man generally." AKTKIt BREAKFAST ? liipioniaiK of the Washington corps gathered at the Pan-American I'nion for a breakfast recently. Photo shows the Belgian minister, Du ron 0?' Cartler civ Marcjilenm* (left), leaving. dill kiii Train Service lla> Hrrn SihiM'iidril i Havana. Jan. 5. ? All train service on the Cuba Railroad and the North ern Railway of Cuba, two nf--tbo ; most important carriers ?in the isl : and. has been* suspended following acts of violence durinu the strike. ac cording to reports received here to j day l?y the Secretary of the Interior. Legion Adjutant llx Annonneed I tesi^: nation Indianapolis. Jan. 5. ? Lemuel Holies, national adjutant of the Anv ericau Legion for four years and a half, today announced his resigna tion to accept a position with a New York publishing house. TO HOXOH KlT( MIX'S MKMORV Washington. Jan. 5.- Republican leaders of the House have decided to devote next Wednesday's session to a memorial service for the lafe Claude Kitchin. of North Caorlina. for years the minority floor leader. Republicans and Democrats alike will eulogize the former representa tive. It Pay* To Advertise in The Daily Advance It hrs been clenrly demonstrated that advertising in The Dally Ad* j vance alone is all that is necessary to put over a sales campaign. Tin most recent proof of this statement was made through the suit and ov ercoat sale of Weeks Sawyer. In planning the sale Mr. Sawy.-r told a representative of The Advance that he relied upon this paper alone to put the sale over with the people of this city and section. He sent out no circulars, post cards or hand bills of any kind. The only announce ment of the sale was made through a full page advertisement and other la rue display ads In The Daily Ad vance. When he was asked how the ad vertising "pulled" Mr. Sawyer sakll "It has be- n the best -ale we have evp? had.' The advertising in The Ndvance proved most satisfactory ami the results are gratifying. We used no other method of advertising and so we can trace the results di rect to our display ads." Mr. Sawyer has arranged for an other series of advertisements which will have a climax on Wednesday in a full page announcement of the '.'Whale of a Sale." His faith In Ad vance advertising has led him to re ly upon this newspaper almost en tirely to announce his annual clear ance event. The sale r/f suits and overcoats at one-half, one-third and one-ouarter ofT. Is still In progress at Weeks &? Sawyer's and the "Whale of a Sale" will start on Thursday, with reductions on fur nishing. hats and other Items of ap pa i el. roi.D WFATHKR COMIVfJ A storm warrlnu was received from the Weather Hureau at Washington SA'lilfdky IHbNIlnjt lo file eTTeH that strong northwest- winds beginning this afternoon will continue tonight with much colder weather. A sTorin developing "at Cape Hatter, m will move nortji ind northeast and Increase In intensity. NKW Ml sit IlilllVKs The new music for the flrsl re hearsal of the clival society has ar rived, and everyone who Is Interest ed In mu??ir Is again cordially Invit ed to be present at the meeting Mon day night at the Klks Club, says Tr uer 0. Davis, director. Mrs' Harold Foreman jind daugh ter. Kleanor. and Mrs Foreman's sister. Miss I.attra Rednev. are e\ pected to arrive Saturday night from Laurel. Delaware. i I PRESIDENTIAL I'Aim W 1 1 .1 . (;0 ON CRUISE Washington. Jan. 5. ? Despite the rapidly falling temperature, already below freezing point. President and Mrs. Coolldge today ordered th? Mayflower here for a cruise down the Potomac. They have invited ahout 20 itiKrls. J APANKSK CABINET INSTALLED SUNDAY lllr Tli? AmwI**'!! Prr?.' Tol>io. Jon. 5.-f-The new cabinet under Viscount Kiyoura coinposerl chiefly of members of the Kenkvku . kal or ma iorfty- organization of the House of Peers will he installed to morrow. I I Mils. MIKIIIll, The funeral of Mrs. H. H. Mitch i ell of Norfolk, was conducted Satur day 'afternoon at 3:. 10 at the home of lver parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Jenk ins of Pennsylvania avenue, hv Rev. Daniel Lane, and interment was made in Hollywood Cemetery. The pallbearers were: J. It. Jenk ins. Jr.. Wright W. Jenkins. O. Ver non Jenkins. George W. Hell, David Strnughn and Rrandon Davis. Those out of town attending the funeral are: Mrs. \v. K. HtallitiKH 'and Mrs. -W. W. Jenkins of Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. (I. Vernon Jenkins of Henderson and David Straughn of Randolph-Macon. Mrs. Mitchell died Friday night at f : 1 at the home of her parents. She Is survived hy her hushand. H. H. Mitchell, six-year-old daughter. Mary Lillian: her . parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Jenkins, and four brothers an.l four sisters. Mrs. VV. K. Stallings of Norfolk. Mrs A. P. Meaume of Chi cago. Mrs. (I. VV. H??ll and Miss fJrac" Jenkins. J. H. Jenkins. Jr.. W. W. Jenkins of Norfolk. O. V. Jenkins and J. Willard Jenkins of Hock Hill. S. C. Revival IVIoihIhv at Prrtthylrrian Cliurrli Revival services begin Monday at Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church and will continue for two weeks Dr. D. K. Walthall of Waynesboro. Virginia, will assist the pastor. Rev, Frank H. Scattergood. Servicers, will h<' held each afternoon and evenlnu. j In the afternoon Hible study will be the chief feature, and the evening services will he evangelistic. \ The pastor and people of this church invite the public to co-oper ate with them In making the revival of real helpfulness to the commun ity. STATION COLLAPSES SEINE SURGES IN iWr AMOHatwl Pf?? I Paris. Jan. f?. The threatening waH ol the entrance of tlie Invalide* railroad station collapsed a distance nt a hundr?*<l f * ? ? ? The waters of the Seine rushed In. The station had been ciored slnV" Tuesday. Frosty weather set iu, today ami it is hoped that the end of the Hood Is in sight. I OTTOS MAHKKT New York. Jan. f> -Spot cotton' closed steady. Middling "ft. 2ft. Fu tures Closed at the following level*: January 154.20. March .14.53, May 34 *0. July 33.70. October 2*. .'54. New York. January 5-? Cotton fa tup* opened this morning at the fol lowing levels; January 33:00; March .14:40; May $4: 65 ; July .13:65; October 28:15. Mrs. R. T-.Cf'owby and daughter.1 Mary, left for Norfolk Saturday to visit Mrs. Crowley'!* brother. Capt. 1 Joslah Larralx-p: From there the> will go to Huffalo, where Capt. Crow-, i ley has been stationed. One Man Control Wins In Government Shipping |{rar Vdiniral l.eiuli I'alnit'i4 Will Direct Operation <il' Mer chant Marine \\ liilr Sliippi n-z Hoard \\ ill lake Over lli)' Herniation of Iroijjllt Half Hy 1.A\V11K\<K t Co j?rlqht. 192). By Thf Wash injrt oil. .Ian. I. ? One-man control lias won a victory i ??? it t!u' hoard or commission method of management. The ship { pinir problem is at last on its way to a business-like solution. .More harmony prevails today. : in the counsels of the Govern ment as to the handling of tlie American merchant marine than at anytime since defeat of the 1 1 aiding plan for a ship sub sidy forced the administration, to seek alternatives of policy. ^?'?1 volution which lias been taking place Is exactly whnl occurred ' dut-ine i|.. war when efficiency com-! !???! I? *d the delegation of power to one' man rather than a group in order to! end wrangling* and disputes and j disputes and prevent serious delavs. i . The new plan for the handling 'of I tile ship problem means* that t lt*a t nited States Shipping Hoard will hereafter assume a place in the gov-' lerninental scheme of things not un , like the Interstate Commerce Com ? | mission. What the latter is to'rail I roads and land transportation, th??j | Shipping Ho;ird will he to ships and j ocean traffic. The reguation'of rates and the su pervision not only of Covernment owned ships hut American vessels I operated hy private companies will be the principal tasks or the Fnlted I States Shipping Hoard. operation or the Covernment I owned fleet will ? dirertly under .the Kniergency Fleet Corporation of ?) which former Rear Admiral Leigh | Calmer is to' he president. He wl!| , have the same powers and authority as the president of apy corporation has in private business. He will i ,Vrto,ca,,y responslhlle to the I niied States Shipping Hoard hut only until such time as new ieuisia | tion can give him and the Fleet Cor poration a separate status. The ' Shipping Hoard under the present 1 law can delegate j|s power and au thority to operate ships .and the hoard after a conference with Pres ident Coolidge last night agreed to .'give Hi.- new president or the Fleet Corporation the necessary power un der the law. I'ltimately new legisla tion will have to he passed but Tor | the present the plan can be carried into operation without it and valu able time saved which might other [wise be taken up in controversial .debate in Congress. What the President finally has jcome to realize about the shipping problem is that it has two parts the operation or the fleet inherited i from the war and the regulation or water transportation. Controversies t within the Shipping Hoard Itseir have delayed progress. The whole thing is reminiscent or what hap pened during the war. All sorts or boards and commissions were creat ed but it became apparent to Presi dent Wilson that progress was being hampered and he began to give more power to the chairman or the various boards and commissions. For e\jnn ple. the war Industries board was drifting along without getting very far and Mr. Wilson re organized It and put I! M, Haruch in control with power to decide things instantly. President Harding gav? \ n Lask or almost unlimited power in liandl ItV'-' the Shipping Hoard. Mr. I .ask ers Influence with Mr, Harding was! so treat that the board members fell in line with what was. proposed pp. cause* they owed their appointments to Mr^Hardlng or would depend up on him for re-a ppointment. Hut the one-man method did produce antag onisms Inside the board. That was inevitable. And the quarrels Inside the board in recent weeks which le<| to the resignation of Chairman Far ley are due as much to a revolt avainst the system of one man dic tation as anything else Mr. Farlev however Is a strong believer In the schemes of one man control. The new plan fathered bv Senator Jones or the State or Washington, chairman of the Senate comTfilftee oil com- i merce, is exactly in line with many1 recommendations made to President I Coolidge by Chairman Farley last ' November. Mr. Farle) did not so licit the job of chairman. lie was ttr*e4 to fitk- it by Me. Harding H* proposed a plan for the Operation or 'he fleet through subsidiary corpora tions. Tbi* was declared by Attor ney General Daughcrty to lie Incoi* slstent with tlie present law and fh#1 scheme was drop|>ed. Hut the prin ciple of it hits been retained. Fori the Ktncrgcncv Fleet Corporation will do as a parent body :? 1 1 the things that tbe various subsidiary corporations or companies or steam ship lines were to do under the Far lev plan. The retiring chairman goes out with a fe? Unit therefore of having contributed something to the devel opment or solution. Hut the main victory is that which makes of the licet corporation a business instifu tion. divorced rrom the pofltlcal In fluciices that hover about the tfhlp 1 idn? Hof rd. freed from the hanl|?er inij conferences and prolonged con troversles In which a board invsrlab*! I> becomes absorbed, afid able now REBELS TRY CUT COMMUNICATION OI>re?on General* Hasten to Drive Them Away ? Fijiht iiifl Entering Period ?>!' Great Activity. Mexico City, Jan. 5. ? It is official ly Hi a led that the rebels under Matt uel 1 Hegue/. have appeared in the' vicinity of Leon, an important city on the Mexican Central railway in the state of Cuanajnate, ISO miles northwest t?r Mexico City. Ii is evidently their intention to cut railway and teieuraphic com munication with the north. The war department ordered (Jen em! Eulogio Arils Nodot and Jul ian Medina to hasten there and drive ! off the rebels. The department an nounced that fighting is entering a period of great activity and will soon show the people whether supremacy rests with Obregon or the revolution Ists. , SCHOONEK LOST WITH HEK CIIEW OF SEVEN Curling. Newfoundland. Jan. 5. ? - The loss of the Schooner Donald Sil ver. with a crew of seven Thursday in St. (loow Hay otT Heatherton, f?0 miles from here, was reported today". Five bodies have been recovered. I.OltD M A YOU \(i.\ |\ST i;kstiu<ti:i> sindays London. Jan. ft.? The Lord Mayor of London. Sir "Lou is Newton. I>e lieves the people should he permit ted to do as they please on Sunday so far as work and entertainment are concerned. He nave practical emphasis of the Idea recently by breaking the tradition of a Mansion House Sunday and attending 011 that day a dinner of the Eccentric Club. In a speech lie acknowledged the "gift" of being inade an honorary member, and said one feature of the club which he appreciated was its unrestricted hours, "for one tills day of grace it ought to be left to the people to choose the hours they de sire for work and entertainment without eternal parliamentary re strictions." DWIGIIi IIAIUUSON SEN TENCED TO PEN Columbus, O.. Jan. ft.- Dwlulit Harrison, former vice president of li. L. Dullings Company, was today sentenced to three years i ?V the peni tentiary and fined $ft*0O(i for mnk inu false statements concerning the holdings o f I lie rtyioenlx Portland Ce ment Company of Ohio, which stock was sold bv the Dullings Company. COM EU ON PROBLEM OF Itl'M SMUGGLING Washington. Jan. ft. President. Coolldge has requested Director Lord of the Hudget ilnreau to con fer with t lie Shipping Hoard and tip* Navy Department with a view to pnr chasitlL' vessel* under control of these agencies for use in combatting rum smuggling off the American coast. El)tu : ATION ( ;< IN VEN in IN TO MEET AT II A LEIGH I'aleiuh, Jan. ft.- Having received advices from Winston-Salem that the new high school there will not be completed by March 12-14, the date** for the annual convention of the North Carolina Education Associa tion, the association's executive com mittee here yesterday decided upor Kaleigh as the place to hold the con vention. to function on a parity with the pri vately owned and privately managed steamships of foreign countries, the main competitors of the American merchant marine The i'nlted States Shipping Hoard will deal in the end with abstract, questions, the Emergency Fleet Cor poratlon will deal with operation and management of the Government fleet In which billions have been invest ed and In which the expense of up keep to tbe tax payer Is now about .?*? fifty million dollars a year. The plan may fall as have tin' others but It- * u Ives promise of starting In the right direction - -at least it arcmi to have unanimous support here. 1