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VOL. 35
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1923.
NO. 11
COOUOGE SAYS
BUSINESS GOOD
(PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE IN
VESTMENT BANKERS ASSO
CIATION.
WALLACE OUTLINE PROGRAM
Tell* Them of the Government’s Plan
of Aiding the States in Construct
ing Roads. •
Washington. — President Coolidge
told a group of investment bankers
that the country looked to them to
' J)food out” those engaged in the bank
ing business who do not maintain "a
high standard of ability and honesty."
Addressing the bankers, who are
here to attend the annual convention
of the Investment Bankers’ Associa
tion of America, from the south portico
of the white house, the President said
it was “almost impossible to weed but
every undesirable element, but the
country has come to know it can
rely upon the representative made by
its investment bankers.”
‘‘More than that,” he added, here is
»an additional service you can render:
The country is coming to realize it
must depend upon your assistance and
help to weed out those who are not de
sirable by reason of not maintaining a
high standard of ability and honesty.”
Speakers at the first day sessions
of the convention declared that busi
ness conditions were good, were on a
stable basis, and have every indica
tion of leading to a still better situa
tion. Among them was Secretary
Wallace of the agriculture department,
who outlined the federal government,s
program of aiding the states in con
>structing and maintaining good roads.
Commenting briefly on agricultural
conditions, he said that if they con
tinued to improve as they had during
the last year there shortly would be
no “agricultural problem.”
Optimistic as to future business con
ditions in this country, John A. Pres
cott, of Kansas City, president of the
association, declared the United States
held the key to settlement of the
reparations question. Participation by
this country in an inquiry into Ger
many's capacity to pay, he insisted,
should not involve America in Euro
pean politics.
More than 1,000 bankers attended
the convention.
Nine Obsolete Ships Sold.
Washington.—Nine obsolete vessels
were auctioned at the Shipping Board
offices here* The offers received will
be passed on by the board within a
few days. The vessels and highest
bidders were:
Yucca, Equity Steamship company.
New York, $9,000; Wyandotte, Ben
Barber, New York, $14,500; Wachusett,
Boston Iron and Metal company, Bal
timore, $9,000; Freedom, F. J. Lucius,
New York, $9,700; Ascutney, Ben
Barber, $13,500; Neuse, Boston Iron
and Metal company, $8,000; Armenia,
Boston Iron and Metal company, $10,
600; Amphion, Ben Barber, $31,050;
Zaca, F. J. Lucius, $10,500.
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One Per Cent of Criminals Punished.
Chicago.—The custom of the Amer
ican people of putting a halo around
the head of a man wh ohas committed
a crime is silly and unreasonable, ac
cording to United States Senator
Frank P. Willis, of Ohio, in an ad
it rfj*s here before the Cooy County
Telcher sinstitute.
“Qnly one per cent of the crimes
in the United States are traced down
and. the criminal given their Just
du<$,” said Senator Willis.
■‘Many more are punished ip for
eign countries. Washington is the
principal city of the United States,
yeG*there are four times as many bur
glaries in Washington with 400,000
people thap there are in London with
p,000 people.
lany claim that the eighteenth
idment is the cause of crime.
is not so, but it has brought
*the natures of the people who
before prohibition were secretly crim
inal at heart and who are now open
in their desires and inclinations.”
Hotel Man Kill* 2, Then Himself.
Rochester, Minn —Mrs. Guy DeLong.
wife of a Rochester hotel manager,
and Andrew Walko, of Lancaster,
Minn., are dead as a result of a shoot
ing affray at a hotel here.
Walko, a former employee of the
hotel, apparently brooding over a sal
ary adjustment, walked into the cafe
teria in the hotel, drew his revolver
and started firing at Mrs. DeLong and
other employees. Mrs. DeLong wa*
shot In the side. _
THREE MEN KILLED BV
ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT.
Parkersburg, W. V.—Three men
were killed when an iron pipe they
were lowering into a well came in
contact with a high tension electric
wire. The three men, Worthy M.
Johnson, Earl Coe, and Opal Light
ner, were knocked to the ground
and died a few minutes later.
The contact between the pipe and
the electric wire lasted but a few
moments, the pipe sliding off the
wire. As the contact was broken,
the men were released and were
carried into the Johnson home
where they died.
BRITAIN ASKS I). S. TO HELP
ANNOUNCEMENT IS A SURPRISE
TO THE PUBLIC AND NEWS
PAPERS.
Offer Follows Coolidge's Ff$t state
ment; Curzon Wants Any Kind of
Participation.
London.—Correspondence issued by
the foreign office showing that the
British government had seized the oc
casion of the first public staTement by
President Coolidge on the situation in
Europe to send another formal invita
tion to the Washington government to.
cooperate in a new conference in an
effort to settle th^ reparations diffi
culty came almost as a complete sur
prise to the public and newspapers.
This sec t has been well kept, es
pecially considering the presence in
London of all the empire representa^
tives, who must have been aware of
the move, which undoubtedly was dis
cussed in the confidential debates in
the Imperial conference on foreign
affairs.
•Lord Curzon’s request is for Ameri
can participation in ahy foVffr,: either
official or unofficial, or, alternatively,
to participation in an inquiry by a
special commission appointed by the
reparations commission. Whether the
government's move was prompted by
General Smuts, or whether^; General
Smuts’ famous speech was ^intended
to lend weight to the govefnmeent’s
move, is not known, but it will be
noted that General Smuts! proposal
was for a conference of all the powers,
including the neutrals, not merely
those interested in reparations.
In his reply to Lord Curzon, Secre
tary Hughes declared that the United
States is willing to take p^rt in an
economic conference in which all the
European allies chiefly concerned in
German reparations participate plan
for payment. He emphasizes three
points, however, first, that while the
United States has no desite to see
Germany relieved of her responsibility
or just obligations, regard must be
Bad for Germany’s capacity to pay and
for the fundamental condition of Ger
many’s rehabilitation; second, that
such conference should be advisory,
and third, that the question of the
inter allied debt is entirely separate
from the question of reparations.
Trapp Declared Acting Governor.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Lieut. Gov.
M. E. Trapp was declared acting gov
ernor of Oklahoma in a decision of the
state supreme court, making perman
ent a-writ of prohibition against Gov
J. C. Walton and District Judge Tom
G. Chambers, Sr., which restrains
them from interfering with the lieut
anant governor’s assumption of the
office. t
The court announced its decision
orally after a brief conference follow
ing an affirmation of the argument.
The decision, it was explained, made
the writ effective against J. C. Wal
ton as an individual and not as gov
ernor. Judge Chambers was enjoined
in his official capacity as judge. The
vote of the court was five to four.
The decision sustains a resolution
adopted by the state senate suspend
ing Governor Walton during his im
peachment trial, and nullifies an in
junction obtained by the governor in
Judge Chambers’ court which would
have prevented the lieutenant gover
nor from becoming acting governor.
Mobs and Police Clash in Germany.
Berlin—Food rioitng, the pillaging of
shops and potato fields, and the inevi
table sanguinary clashes -between the
hungry mobs and police, continue to
be the outstanding features of the
news published in Germany. Reports
from more than 50 points throughout
Germany yield an impressive cross
sectional view of the almost cataclys
mic social situation in which all
classes of the population appanentlv
are being engulfed.
HEAVIEST TRADE i
III THREE YEARS
--
FEDERAL RESERVE REPORTS ON
CONDITIONS FOR SIX
WEEKS.
WHOLESALE TRADE LARGEST
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Production of Basic Commodities Has
Declined, However, and Summer
Business Small.
Washington.—Reports to the federal j
reserve board covering business con^
ditions during the last six weeks show j
that wholesale trade was the largest!
in three years, that retail trade in-;
creased nine per cent over a year ago,
although the seasonal increase over
summer business was smaller than
usual, and that production of basic
commodities declined. Employment
was maintained at the high JeVel^oif
the last several months. j '•?
While a review of the board,, made
public shows a decl'ind of five per.pbht
in production in th^ six weeks’ period
and a reduction of^ep per cent" froth,
the peak reached iftVllay, some com-’1
modifies,? including ^^nent and. sugar
meltingrs wgre prcjfl^jfced in
quantities than in ihe> months immed
iately preceding. f 1
» There also was ah | ncrease in con
tract awards for bjSsI jess and in<Ju§
trail* buildings. Ddfe* ;o the decrease
in contracts for resijjjnces, new build
ing construettbn as armhole, however,
showed a rajPcatioiiyS compared with
preceding nyjpths. substantial re*
ducatlon ija The produMtion of iron and
steel also was recalled*
Distribution of all biassed of com
modities by the railroads continued
at a high raje in September and early
October. This condition. the- r&StieW
points out, reflects th^ increased
wholesale and retail trade as well as
the heavy stocks held; by retailers at
the end of September. The board
found that retail stocks were thirteen
per cent Jargbf at the,end of Septem
ber than on tne same gate a year ago.
The hoard's summary of prices
changes discloses tjhat wholesale fuel
quotations declined;!^ September for
the eighth successive month, and
building materials and metals were
also lcrwer: Wholesale prices, at
large, however, sho
per cent, particulart;
creases being clotlbf
farm products.
increae of two
noticeable in
foods, and
George Visits Battlefields.
Richmond, Va.—The battlefields of
Fredericksburg and the wilderness,
scene of some of.tbe heaviest fighting
of the Ctvtl War, were visited by Da
vid Lloyd George, the war-time pre
mier of Great Britain. Lath in the day"
he came here to be the guest of John
Stuart Bryan, publisher of The Rich
mond News Leader, and he will in
spect old battlefields in this vicinity.’
Mr. Lloyd George, who has always
been an admirer of many of Jhe Con-j
federate generals, is visiting the Vir
ginia battlefields with Rear Admiral |
Cary T. Grayson, of Washington, who
is a native of this state, and a friend
of the former premier since the days
of the Versailles peace conference
when the admiral accompanied Presi
dent Wilson to the conference as his
personal physician. At that time Mr.
, Lloyd George arranged with Admiral
Grayson to visit the battlefields when
he came to American.
Three Killed in Mexico.
Mexico City.—Heavy forces of police
were maintaining ^rder here following
a pitched street battle between rival
political forces in which three persons
were reported killed and a score
wounded.
The fight followed a monster politi
cal demonstration. Supporters of two
presidential candidates, P. Elias Calles
and Adolfo D. LaHuerta, clashed. One
man was killed during the fighting and
later police received wotd that two
others had died of their wounds.
After political meetings parades
were formed. The rival factions came
together in front of labor party head
quarters where fiat fights broke out.
Some one obtained arms and ammuni
tion from labor headquarters and the
shooting began.
High Voltage Fails to Hurt.
Mount Carmel, Pa.—For five minu
tes 2,300 volts of electricity passed j
through the body of Richard Hebsack
er. an electrical expert of Wilkesbarre,
without seriously harming him. The
current was so strong, however, that
it completely melted a gold ring from
his right hand. ]
SUB COLLIDES AND SINKS!
5 OF CREW MISSING.
Washington.—The United States
submarine 0-5 was sunk in Limon
Bay, Canal Zone, after a collision
with the United Fruit company’s
vessel Abangarez, the navy depart
ment wa3 notified by radio. Five
members of the submarine’3 orew
were reported missing.
The Abangarez was undamaged.
In the belief that the five men miss
ing went down with the submarine,
divers immediately began efforts to
recover their bodies.
Those reported missing were:
Lawrence Brown, chief electrician's
mate, Tynghboro, Massachusetts;
Clyde E. Hughes, motor machinist’s
mate, first class, Manite, Iills.;
Henry Dreault, torpedo man, sec
ond class, Grand Isle, Vermont;,
Thomas T. Melzer, fireman, Phila
delphia, and Fred C. Smith, mess
attendant, first class, Christobal,
Canal Zone.
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
JV{jr»
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to .Convince congress is the
KEYNOTE OF BOLL WEEVIL
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Hard at Wor* I nV$j£i gating; Meetings
:• Were Informal; All Given Oppor
, tunity.
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'^New Orleans.—Concerted action, to
convince Congress . and the country^
tha'Cthe cotton boll'weevil menace is5
a national and ..not4sv sectional prob
lem was the. keynolir of discussion at
preliminary sessions of delegates from
every cotton groVftyf. state? here _ f3r"
the national boU'wCfevil menace con:
ference. # > . i
The feature of the session was the
appointment of a committee of inves
tigation wihch went into^ession tra;
mediately |P formrlate a program fdr
fcr'lwmtatioi to the general meeting.
Dr. W. R. Dodson, dean of the Ag
rlcultirt’&l college of Louisiana, state
university, heads the committee, and
his associates Include farmers, bank
ers, planters and federal and state"
agricultural workers." The personnel
of the committee follows.
. State officials and representatives
of institutions engaged in agricultural
work: Louisiana, Dr. Dodson; Okla
homa, W. L. Spears; Georgia, Dr. H.
P. Stuckey; North Carolina, Dr. R. W.
Lerby; Missouri, J. JC. Stinson; Ala
bama, Dr.-W. E. Hines; South Caro
lina, H. WjBare; Mississippi, R. W.
Barnard; . Texas, George N. Terrell;
Tennessee, Homer Hancock, and G.
M. Bentley; United States govern
ment, Dr. B. R. Coad and W. R. Hunt
Bankers: J. L. Berry, Mississippi;
Dr. R. O. Young, and W. A. McCutch
son, Louisiana. American Cotton as
jociatigm. Harvie Jordan, Georgia.
Planters'* J. W. Fox, Mississippi;
I. W. Ferris, Texas; J. D. Duncan,
Louisiana, extension division; W. R.
Perkins, Louisiana, and F. W. Gist,
Alabama.
The meetings were informal and
were designed to give every one who
had had experience in fighting the
weevil an opportunity to discuss it.
rhe talk ranged from methods of
planting to the numerous mechanical
levices for dusting the plants with
poison while various poisons and com
pounds had their supporters.
In this connection, Dr. Coad, in
iharge of the United States depart
ment of agriculture experiment sta
Jon at Tallulah, La., where for more
:han a year scientists have been at j
work”on the weevil, explained the
various steps taken, and expressed
:he opinion that calcium arsenate is
the most effective weapon yet dis
povejed.
Cotton Picking Nearly Ended.
Washington.—The weekly weather
and crop review, issued by the depart
ment of agriculture, had the follow
ing to say regarding southern crops:
The first part of the week was j
cloudy, and rainy in the central por- j
tiop of the cotton belt, but rainfall 1
was light to moderate, as a rule, in
the western and more eastern dis
tricts. It was unseasonably cool
throughout the belt except in the At
lantic coast states.
The top crop continued poor in
Texas where picking and ginning ad
vanced very favorably, with fully half
the crop gathered in the northwestern
portion. The progress of cotton con
tinued poor also in Oklahoma, where 1
damage has been done by wet weather
and there was some complaint of
sprouting in the fields: bolls continu
ed to open slowly, with picking and
ginning backward. The rainy, cloudy
weather retarded picking in Arkansas
and did some damage to open cotton, j
KELLOGG GOING
MINNESOTA SENATOR IS SELECT
ED TO SUCCEED GEORGE
HARVEY.
APPOINTMENT EXPECTED SOON
Preaident Coolidge's Selection of Am
bassador To Great Britain Causes
Surprise.
Washington.—Frank B. Kellogg, for
mer United States senator from Min
nesota, has been selected by President
Coolidge as American ambassador to
Great Britain/- Formal announcement
is withheld for the present, but the
appointment’ is expected to become ef
fective soon.
Newar'-that Mr. Kellogg h^d been
chosen to succeed George . Harvey,
whose resignation recently wa^accept
ed, created a stir at the capitoh Sen
ators generally declined to comment
on the selection,„jbut come of them
mad^littie^lto'rts '^ conceal thetr sur
prise".1" Heretofore Mr. Kellogg’s name
had pot been mentioned prominently
in connection with the ambassador
ship.
White house and state department
officials declined to discuss the selec
tion, ttfe £hly comment at tfce whit*
'"hous®. betttg that: .the/; President felt
the^ine-liljid not yet.'come when an
announcement of the"' appointment
could be made.
.... President. Qoolidge. from the first
'has' been determined to appoint a
.western man^to the court of St. James.
At the time when the names of Elihu
Root, of New York, and Speaker Gil
lette, of the house of representatives,
_whos« home Is in Massachusetts, were
ampng those mentioned in connection
with the post, ®Hends of the President
. .sisted that he was looking to a sec
tion'other than the eahtr Th1sr<?wer*
reports then that former Governor
Lowdet), of . Illinois, might gSt the ap
poihWhent.
ljftllk£ Ambassador Harvey, who is
regarded as a “bitter-ender” in the
league of nations controversy, Mr. Kel
logg was counted among, the “mild
reservationists’’ in the senate fight
over the treaty of Versailles. He also
was a supporter in the senate and
since his retirement of - President
Harding's proposal for American par
ticipation in the world-court.
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,Dr. Chas. P. Sotinm.etz Dead.
8chenectday, N. Y.—The body otJ)r.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz, inveij|or,
scientist, mathematician and electfical
wizard, who died here of heart fail
ure, induced by the-fatigue of a trip
to tire Pacific (fijast, will lie in his
home -in state for public reverence.
After private funeral services, th*
body.will be*"inferred in Vale ceme
tery, in the hoar.t of the city.
Tde inu£fi£3rvdied ^t his home at
a tinrj^wnSr his-'lfriends had stfppo**d
he had well recovered from a lecltfre
trip which had drained his strergth.
He was not accustomed to addressing
large assemblages and the strain of
the speaking, combined with the fati
gue of the journey, aggravated a
heart weakness.
Ten Million* For Japanese Relief.
Washington.—The American Red
Cross through John Barton Payne, its
chairman,.reported to President Cool
idge that it had raised $10,448,002 fo|
Japanese earthquake relief and tha|
the entire amount had been or would
be acutally delivered to the eartt^
quake sufferers either in the form of
cash of supplies. None of the money
was expended on personnai.
President Coolidge id a letter reply
ing to Mr. Payne’s report declared “It
should be a source of gratification to
those generous citizens, who ^answer
ed the appeal for relief, that the en
tire amount -of their gifts, amounting
to more than 10 million dollars, will
be actually delivered to the Japanese
sufferers in yie form of either cash or j
supplies.”
Four Die as Home Burns.
Dillon Vale, Ohio.—Four of the five
children of Frank Abdrejkoi perished
in their beds when fire destroyed their
home. The parents were severely
burned when they vainly attempted to
rescue the victims, who were Alex,
five: .Jennie, 7; Imttie, 9; and Stan
ley, 12. The fire was well under way
when neighbors’ shouts aroused Ab
drejkci. Although partially overcome
by smoke, he succeeded in carrying |
his eldest boy and wife from tbs,
house.
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