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VOL. 34 PLYMOUTH. N. FEBRUARY 23,1923. NO. 25 BERMAN PROPERTY MM BE RETURNED ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN MILLER URGES IN STATE MENT. FAVORED BY THE PRESIDENT Administration Does Not Favor Con fiscation to Meet National al Debts. Washington.—Return to German cit izens of $45,000,000 of the $347,000,000 trusts held by the alien property cus todianas a result of war time seizure, was urged in a statement issued by Alien Property Custodian Miller. Such a reimbursement, he said, “would con tribute vastly to a relief of the econo mic situation in Germany” at the pres ent time. Legislation authorizing the $45,000, 000 payment, Mr. Miller said, is pend ing in congress and jts enactment is favored by President Harding, Secre tary Hughes and Attorney General Daughtery. The remainder of funds, about $302,000,000, could he retained by this government, it was said, and would be amply sufficient, if needed, to meet American claims against Ger many now in the process uf adjust ment by the calims commission. “The continued retention and ad ministration by the alien property custodians of the small trusls repre sented by the 93 per cent, under $10, 000,” the statement said, “ is uneco nominal and unwise from a business standpoint. If in the remote future there is a likelihood that a portion of this property will be used to saitsfy American claims, the proporti >n con tributed by the smaller trusts will be insisjtfvificant. Their return at this time wotiM contribute vastly to a rslife ot the economic situation in Gtrmany, which in turn effects the trade of that country with this country and other nations.” Locomotive Works Earns Profits. New York.—Overcoming a deficit of nearly $1,000,000 for the first six months, the American Locomotive Compony and its affiliated companies, the Montreal Locomotive Works and the American Locomotive Sales Corpor ation, showed net profit of $1,100,478 for the twelve months which ended December 21, 1922, the company’s an nual report disclosed. Dividends of seven per cent, amounting to $1,750,000 on preferred stock, and six per cent, or $1,500,000 on common stock were paid, "although this total of $3,250,000 exceeded tne 1922 profit and necessi tated the use of $2,149,521 for surplus. Child Labor Law Advocates Win. Washington.—Advocates of a child labor constitutional amendment won the first stage of their fight when the Senate Judiciary Committee ordered a favorable report on a committee reso lution providing for submission of such an amendment to the States. Opponents of the resolution, how ever, declared they would prevent its adoption by the Senate. A’There was no record vote by the committee in ordering the resolution reported, which was a composite draft embodying features of more than a score of child labor resolutions which the committee has been fighting over for weeks. The committee’s child labor amend ment would provide: “That Congress shall have . power, concurrent with the several States, to limit or prohibit the labor of per sons under the age of 18 years.” Decrease in Grain Shipments. ■Washington.—Grain exports from the United States last week totalled 3.650.000 bushels as compared to 6, 649.000 bushels for the week previous. Falling total was due prineioallv to heavy declines in the amount of wheat, corn and oats sent to the Unit ed Kingdom and other European coun tries. The totals for the past week, as compared with those for the week previous, were made public by the commerce department today, as fol lows: Wheat 1,164,000 bushels, against 2,861,000 bushels; corn 945,000 bush els against 2,163,000 bushels; barley | 4JS 000 bushels against 114.000 bush els; rye ’‘,089,000 bushels aganlst 1,462, 600 bushels; oats 28,000 bushels ' jigainst 49,000 bushels. r Flour exports last week were 176, 160 barrels as compared to 338,500 barrels for the week previous. Canadian grain in transit last week amounted to 2,021,000 bushels compar ed to 2,388,000 bushels the week pre vious THREE KILLED IN AUTO-TRAIN WRECK. Goldsboro, N. C.—Two men were instantly killed and another was fatally injured when the automo bile in which they were riding was 3truck by the Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at a crossing on the outskirts of this city. The dead are James H. Register, E. R. Pigford, and Herbert Suther land, all of Clinton. Sutherland was removed to a lo cal hospital in an unconscious con dition and died about four hours after the crash. The bodies of Register and Pigford were horribly mangled. The victims of the acci dent a/e said to have been prom inent citizens of Clinton. An inquest will be held as soon as the engineer of the train can be summoned to testify. BOARD NOW AT WASHINGTON TWO GREAT ASSOCIATIONS MEET IN SOUTH CAROLINA APRIL 16 TO 21. Other High United States Offciials Expected to Attend Committee Reports. Washington.—Invitation to attend the conventions the United States Good Roads &JfjfiiMfeiLaI>d the Bank head nat’onaMwM^Bfan;! the United States gootyjHppWnow to be held April 16 to^ft^Gheenville, S. C., ex tended to resident Harding, Vice Presidentt Coolidge, Secretaries Wal lace and Weeks and Postmaster Gen eral Work by a committee represent ing those organizations. The committee which also includes representatives of the South Carolina chamber of commerce, established headquarters here and prior to be ginning their round of calls said they had informed assurances from a num ber of high officials that they would be present at the Greenville meetings. The committee hopes that- President Harding’s arrangements for his Flori da tt^ilrUHb mode so that he will be returning to Washington about the time of the meetings and will be able to stop over in Greenville to make an address. A South Carolina delegation, head ed bv Senators Dial, and Smith, call ed on Secretary Weeks to extend the invitat’on to attend the good roads meeting but was told bv the war sec retary that his present plans called for a visit to St.. Augustine, Fla., early in Anr'l a^d that it was likely he would be in enema at the time of the Greenville meeting. Mr. W»eks sa-'d he would oersonallv investigate conditions in the canal ! zone in both the militarv and civil branches of that administration. B'O Packing Plant is Burned. Omaha. N~b.—A fire burning fiercely and that was called by ve*eran park ing men the most dsetrurt've in the history of America’s packing industry destroyed three niue-storv buildings of Armour & Co’s, plant in South Omaha with an estimated loss of $2 000 000. Two other large buildings used as lard refineries were threatened More than J 000 men temporarily were without emnlovment as a result, of the fire. Twen*v-nne fire companies were concentrating the'r efforts on prevent ing a further spread of the flames. O C Mollis, general manager of the plant., sa.:d the fire started In the ninth storv of building 19, from a defective elevator motor. F'remen experienced groat difficulty in making water connections because of the sub-zero weathe-r and low pres sure of the water hindered them, the streams harely reaching the sixth storv at times. Huge ptoctrs of lard melted and ran over the hi»"d!ngs like lioit'd fire, nullified the efrarfs of the firemen, and mad" the fire the most snectacular as well as the worst in Omaha's history. Firemen became enmi°*ed with ice and some of them literally froze to their hoce l*nes. M. J. TXneen. assist ant fire chief, was b'own e'ght feet into the air hv the exnlosion of an ammonia tank and was taken to a •hospital'. S!v other remen were over come or injured. Thousands braved the cold to watch the fire. Swift and Comnaay's plant was threatened when the roof of the feed elevator ignited from burning em bers but four fire companies qn.ckly extinguished the blaze. Nitrates Measure Killed bv House. Washineton.—A senate b*ll pronna ine government purchase of 110 000.000 worth of Chilean nitrates for re-sale to American farmers for use In sow in*: the 1024 crons virtually was killed in the house. /The appropriation oro vision was stricken out on a point of order and with a fight in prospect the house adjourned. 22 HGS LOSE LIVES IN FIRE WEST WING OF THE MANHATTAN STATE HOSPITAL SWEPT BY FLAMES. 5,333 WERE COKED THEBE JL Some of inmates Laughed and<0*4*d Out in Glee at the Sight at : Flames. New York.—A terrific blast, M dredgers in Hell Gate, rocke4 buildings of the Manhattan Stated fl! pital for the insane on Ward's Island, in the East River and set the 6,338'in mates cowering and wailing with a sense of impending doom. Attendants calmed them and got them to bed before morning, the doom fantasied by the disordered brains had come true for 22 of the maddest. They had been burned jfco death in a fierce fire that swept tie west wing of the main building. Thr«9 heroic attendants d!ed with them, striving to the last to rescue them. ' Hospital authorities and City Medi cal Examiner Norris, who rushed to the scene said that in all probability the blast had been the immediate cause of the fire. According to their theory, it caused a break In the In sulation of electric wires in the attic of the building. A short circuit, they think, did the rest. The fire was discovered by Mich ael Campbell, an attendant in ward 43, in which all the fatalities occurrde. Hid calm, heroic work, and that of Jnmee Hill, attendant in charge, ,and Patrick Billigan, of Hartford, Conn* George A De Emo and George Preiss, the three attendants who were burned to death, prevented a far greater holo CaUSt % Campbell" manner!" line and fought back the flames, while the others, directed by Hill, ran up and down the 200-foot top-floor corridor, rousing the patients with the cool order: “All up for breakfast.” As far as the maniacs—declared by Supt. Marcus B. Heyman to have been the most dangerous on the island— could be marshalled from their rooms, they were marched in orderly proces sion to the fireproof dining hall, far from the scene of the fire. Seventy of the ninety-two inmates of Ward 43 had been led or carried to safety when a huge water tank in the blazing attic crashed through the ceil ing completely blocking the corridor that led to safety, and filling the hall with flames and smake. City firemen, fighting their way past the blazing barrier, brought out several struggling, screaming maniacs, and several who had been overcome by smoke while dressing for the “breakfast.” Most of the dead were found in the room sand corridor beyonu the fallen tank. Sev eral were believed to have been bur ied beneath the debris when the floor gave way. While the rescue work was being carried forward, the flames burst through the roof of the building and lighted up the entire island. Screams of the terrified patients nearest the flame roused the entire population of the madman's isle, and in a twinkling every window framed a maniac’s face. Some laughed and cried out in glee at the sight of the flames. Oth ers stared moodily. Others wrench ed with maniacal strength at the bar red windows of their cells, and scream ed in anguished fright for rescue. Attendants in buildings far remov ; ed from the danger zone had almost as strenuous a time preventing mad men's and m3d women's panics as those at the actual scene of the blaze. Building Boom Continues. New York.—Evidence accumulated lated during the week of an accelera tion in the pace of the business re vival. Although anxiety still exists over the potentialities of the European situation, the feeling has grown that this country can enjoy prosperity, for some time at least, without regard to any improvement abroad. Some lines of business already have befen stimula’ed as a result of the French occupation of the Ruhr. Steel prices have st'ffened markedly within the past week. Much of the present buying is due to a desire to obtain supnl'es a~ainst later higher prices, as *he trnd6 is beginning to fear that the market may get out of hand. Losses are inevitable when re action comes, as it must sooner or later. Activtty tn steel haB contributed largely to ma'ntenance of record rail road traffic for the season of the year PROPERTIES AND FILMS VALUED AT MILLION BURN New York.—Properties and films vafued at $1,000,000 were destroyed in a fire which razed a three-story building in Harlem occupied as stu dios by International Films and the Cosmopolitan Productions, Inc. Many valuable objects of art,5 bor rowed from famous collections by the film companies for use in plays of medevial days, copies of many costly film plays and the entire wardrobe of the actors and actress es employed, were destroyed. The aged watchman, who discov ered the fire and sounded an alarm, risked his life in an effort to save a monkey and a parrot, caged on the top floor. He managed to bring both to the street, but the parrot, its feathers singed d'ed while rau cously suqawking fire." LETTER FROM THE-PRESIDENT HARDING COMMENTS UPON RE CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH AFTER WAR. Achievement One of Greatest Accom plishments of Any People in History. New Orleans.—The peolpe of the South in accomplishing the recon struction of the south after the Civil war “set the finest example that could be urged upon a war wasted world to day,” President Hard ng declared in a le‘ter made public by Captain James Dinkins, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the an nual reun'on of the United Confederate veterans in New Orleans in April. The President wrote Captain Din kins expressing his regret because of his inability to accept an invitation from the committee to attend the re union. ‘‘You say in part,” sa'd Mr. ^larding, '“‘the cal! of the time is equally to emphatsize and impress the courage, loyalty and constructive citizenship of American manhood in the peace that follows war. The confederate veter ans began a new with resources ex hausted and opportunity reduced, and by matchless energy, devotion and co operat!on rebuilt and rehabilitated their land into immense production and broad prosperity.’ , "I am quoting these sentences, be cause they have moved me to say that in my judgment the reconstruc tion of the south, by the people of the south, in the face of tremendous dis couragements following the war, set the finest example that could be urged upon a war wasted world today,” the Pres’dent continued, “The men of Lee’s and Johnson’s armies went home to their tasks of reconstruction, with hearts of courage and purpose of de termination to overcome ail obstacles; to deserve the good will and the help of others, by proving their own good will and by helping themselves to the utmost of their capacity. They had earngd the respect and regard of their opponents on the battlefield; they earned it yet more completely and em phatically by their conduct after wards; and in earning it, they insured not only the union's restora'ion, but its advance to that splend'd place which it holds in the family of nations. “In this connection, because this theme has long made a peculiar apoeal to me. I should like to add another thought. The men of the Confederate armies wont home after the war to a land that not only was devastated, but had suffered literally a revolution of its economic system. However, desir able were the ultimate results of that revolution, it imposed upon the peonle of the south a complication of d'ffi culties? which vastly aggravated their task of reframing an empire’s soe'al and industrial plan of life. Their achievement, in all their circum stances, constitutes one of the great est accomplishments of any people. “Of their loyal acceptances of the restored acquiescence in the verdict of victory, the'r unswerving devotion to the re-established union. I need say little at this late date. The south’s contribution, since that day, to the waging of two foreign wars, has told more eloquently than mere words can i ell. of how unquestioning and un sual'fled is its participation in the full obl'gations and duties of American citizenship. % “Feeling thus, ! hardly need tell you of the regret with which I have to say that it is impossible for me to accept an invitation which so great ly appeals to me. It- has been my ii.isfortune since entering the presi dential office, not to be able to accept the invitations of either the grand army of the republic or the United Confederate veterans for their annual gatherings. HUNT JAPANESE GOING 10 BRII2IL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLONIZATION. STORY IN BROOKLYN PAPE.iS Newspaper Says It Leams of Move Planned For Five Hundred Thousand. New York.—Agreement has been reached between Brazil and Japan for the migration to Brazil of 500,000 Jap anese for purposes of colonization, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said it had learned on good authority. Under the terms of the pact it is un derstood that the Japanese govern ment is to pay the cost of immigra tion, about $8 a head, and the Brazil ian government is to take care of the Japanese when they arrive, distribut ing them to agricultural sections where they are needed. Brazil was said to have welcomed ‘he agreement from an industrial standpoint because of her need for cheap labor. The newspaper points out that the proposed immigration also would have political significance, offsetting the in fluence of the large German and Ital fan colonies already established. "The Germans have colonized par ‘icularly in the southern portion of the country,” says the newspaper. “They have increased rapidly and from a political standpoint there has been some fear of a possible separa t’’onist movement, which might prove very embarrassing to the government. The Italian influx also has been heavy and the Italians are grouped in sec ‘ions where they predominate, and there Is the possibility of their future political activity.” J Muniz, Brazilian vice consul, made the following statement: “I have heard that negotiations have been under way for some time between the Brazilian and Japanese govern ments for conclusion of a colonization scheme. These pourparlers have been in progress for a considerable length of time, but. I have not been informed of tbe signing of any definite agree ment. “It is my understanding that Japa nese laborers have been brought at va rious times into Brazil, but of this, also, I have not official assurance.” Dry Measures in Parliament. London.—The groundwork for what is expected to be the first debate in *he Br'tish Parliament on a measure for total proMhit'on was la'd when two private member bills dealing with the Pernor oue3tion were introduced and formally read for the first time in the House of Commons. The most sweeping bill was that sponsored by Edwin Scrvmeeour. prohibition mem srer for Dundee, backed by two or three labor members who are teeto talers. This measure wn-’d pro hibit the manufacture, importation end sale of alcoholic .iquors fa the United K'nedom. The other measure was introduced by Lsdv Astor. It won’J amend the law wi*h recard to the sale of in toxicating l’nunr to voung persons. Private memi'er bills !n the British Parliament, lackihe government sup port are rarelv adopted but the in troduction of the' Scrvme-eour meas ure opens up the possibility for de ha to to test parliamentary feeling on prohibition. Forbes PuHs\ Vets’ Bureau. Washineton.—The resignation of Colonel Charles R Forbes, ns d'rector of the Veterans' Bureau has been ac cepted bv President Hard’ng effec tive Februarv 28. it was announced at the White House. Without comment, while House officials made public a letter from ♦he retiring d’rector. who now is in Europe, assigning ill health as the reason for his resignation. There was no mention, either In the letter or bv off‘clal8 at the executive ofT'ces, of the charges of improper adminis tration in the bureau which recently has led to an investigation by a com* mlttee of Congress. Embasav Liquor Inquiry Ordered. Washington.—An inouiry into the importation of intoxicting liquors by foreign diplomats was ordered by the house by a vote of 189 to 113. The inquiry is directed to Secretary Mellon, who already has Informed the house judiciary committee that be could not “properly” give out the In formation which the house now aaka for. W. J. JACKSON & SON (Established 1895) Plymouth, N. C. 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