THE NEWS-RECORD, MARSHALL, N. C
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HEW DISCUSSION
OF SIZE OF ARf.II
PRESIDENT HARDING AND SEC
RETARY WEEKS EXCHANGE
LETTERS.
ARMY SMALL ENOUGH NOW
President, While Not Supporting In
erease, Will Not Favor Reduo
tlon of Force.
Washington. President Harding's
belief that the regular army at its
present strength 12,000 officers and
15,000 men is "as small as should
be contemplated unless there should
be a decided change in military con
ditions throughout the world," is stat
ed in a letter to Secretary Weeks
made public by the war department in
order to correct any misapprehension
as to the size of the army asked for
in budget estimates for 1923.
The letter was written in reply to a
communication from Secretary Weeks,
September 21, explaining to the Presi
dent that while estimates for 12,000 of
ficers and 125,000 men were being sub
mitted, the opinion of military leaders,
regular, national guard or reserve was
unchanged and that the minimum
force to carry out the national de
fense act of 1920 was 13,000 officers
and 150,000 men.
In reply the President said that
while he did not believe the govern
ment would be justified in exceeding
its resources for the coming year,
"there are limits in reduction beyond
which we cannot go, even is the praise
worthy cause of economy, without de
stroying the excellent foundation now
laid for our national defense and for
feiting the accrued benefits of World
war experience."
Allied Invitation Delayed.
Washington. Delay on the part of
one of the three embassies in the re
ceipt of formal instructions from its
government to extend to the United
States an invitation to participate n
the approaching conference of the al
lies at Lusanne, Switzerland, to con
sider conditions for peace in the Near
East, prevented the carrying out of
plans to deliver the invitation to Sec
retary Hughes at the state depart
ment. The British ambassador, Sir Auck
land Geddes, had received instructions
from .Downing street, and Count de
Chambrun, in charge of the French
embassy, also had heard from Quay
d'Orsay. Charge Russo, however, had
not heard from the Italian govern
ment probably on account of the dis
turbed state of the cables from Italy.
It was the wish of the allied gov
ernments that the invitation to the
Washington government should be
presented jointly through their diplo
matic representatives here, but It was
decided that the diplomats would wait
overnight for the missing instructions
from Rome. It is the understanding
of the three embassies, however, that
the desire of their home governments
In this instance would permit of no
great delay in the matter of presen
tation, and it was understood the Brit
ish and French officials would present
the invitation to Secretary Hughes
even though the Italian communication
had not been received at that time.
It is understood the three embassies,
which have kept in close touch with
policies of the Washington govern
ment believe that an unqualified ac
ceptance of the invitation cannot be
xpected. At the same time, however,
they are said to hold that the presen
tation is necessary to give' this gov
ernment an opportunity to participate
In the joint consultations of the allies
upon losses growing out of the war.
Freight Claim Officials Meet.
, Winston-Salem, N. C The Virginia
Freight Claim conference, including
freight claim officials in North and
South Carolina, Virginia and West Vir
ginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, met
here and adjourned after consideration
of plans for reducing freight claims
and thereby offering greater protection
to shippers.
Co-operation from the public was
emphasized and a uniform method was
discussed for handling excess . and
tray freight. Other points discussed
were thefts from cars of special con
struction, co-operation with special
agents to prevent freight claims and
, elimination of freight overcharges and
undercharges).
Railroads represented at the meet
ing were the Norfolk and Western, the
Norfolk Southern, Southern, Winston-
i. Salem Southbound, Merchants and
Miners Transportation company, the
Chesapeake and Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Western Maryland.
Death For Aviator. .
Okechobee, Fla. Wilford A. Rettlg
was killed and Charles Douglas was
seriously injured when an airplane In
which they were flying fell in the
atreets of this town. Rettig Is said to
lave been a former - army aviator.
Douglas lives at Garrett, Ind.
! The men were passing over this city
iwhen the plane went . Into a nose dive
At a height of several hundred feet
and fell in front of a local bank. Sev
eral hundred people witnessed the fall
IThe plane was a total wreck.
MRS. VANDERBILT ASSISTS
IN LAYING CORNERSTONE
Columbia, S. C Laying of the
cornerstone of the proposed wo
man's building at the fairground
by Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, presi
dent of the North Carolina State
Fair Society, featured the opening
of South Carolina's fall festival.
Governor Harvey R. A. Coo pet
Jr., president of the South Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical Socie
ty, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Harvey,
chairmen of the women building
committee, accentuated the grow,
ing Importance of women in the
present day scheme of things and
the part a fair plays In the lite of
the people.
The cornerstone was mortised In
by Mrs. Vanderbilt and she wellded
the trowel with delicate but expert
touches, after which she posed for
her photograph with her hand on
the stone.
rO 60 BEFOnE LEGISLATURE
fHE STATE STEAMSHIP LINE PRO
POSAL HAILED WITH MUCH
ENTHUSIASM IN BOSTON.
Governor Morrison's Plan For State
Owned Ship Line Commanded
By Boston City Officials.
Boston, Mass. Considerable inter
tst is being taken In this vicinity In
the plans for the organization of a
;ompany, with the State of North Car
olina as the principal stockholder, to
operate a fleet of steamships between
North Carolina and the North Atlantic
ports, as proposed by Governor Mor
rison, of the southern commonwealth.
The plan, which It is reported, will
be laid before the North Carolina leg
islature after it convenes in January,
was highly praised by officials of the
Boston government, the chamber of
commerce, the New England Maritime
association, and distinguished men
who not only have the interests of New
England at heart, but who have fought
long and Incessantly against freight
differentials and "extortionate" rates.
The proposition of Governor Mor
rison is of special interest to Massa
chusetts just at this time. Ex-Mayor
.intA fn'r ' i ho.in, hi
paign on just this Issue. The republi- i
ran nrtmlnlotrntlnn In fhln atntfl n
well as Senator Ledge, have been bit
terly criticized for the present deplora-
ble condition of the port of Boston
The White Star line as well as the
Cunard are preparing to abandon this
port after fifty years of service. ...-.. . .
, .... . . ' terpretation of that , section of the
Extortionate freight rates havel8tatute by the Bupreme court u wa
ruined not only the port of Boston but i lndIcated by h, h adm,n,8tratIon offl-
, liU6'"u" """"''rials. This interpretation is expected
Curley. "Only recently I was forced . . i, mM.
uuney. uniy recenuy i was lorcea
to go into the South to purchase coice.or ,n December. .
tor our municipal coal yards. Freight i n.,Bl.n ftf tna OTBon Hnnart.
tates were such that we could not even
attempt to haul 50,000 tons over the(Uw M n8trued by Attorney General
toad. Ini.i in hi. nniinn Af rwnhor
.. . . . . . ... i
I spent two days in searcn of snips
and two days more arguing with the
secretary of the navy before I could
get government ships to bring the coke
here.
"Philadelphia, Baltimore and south
ern rates are impossible and it is high
time that some action was taken.
Governor Morrison of North Carolina,
can depend on Massachusetts and Bos
ton for any possible assistance and co
operation." "Governor Morrison is to be com
mended most highly for advancing this
plan," declared ex-Mayor Fitzgerald.
"For years and years I have fought
these miserable freight rates. We
have just completed weeks of hearings
before a commission from Washing
ton in an attempt to secure some rea
sonable adjustment, some. Justice, but
what was accomplished? Nothing.
"New England business and shipping
have long been' crucified by .unjust
freight rates until the port of oBston
as a trade center has been commer
cially ruined.
"This is the one issue I am basing
my campaign for governor upon and
naturally the plane of Governor Mor
rison interests me very much. New
England Interests will greet North
Carolina's plan with much satisfaction.
There is not the slightest doubt of
that" ':;;V':-":'
"No section of the United States has
suffered more through extortionate
freight rates than has New England,"
stated an official of the chamber of
commerce.
"Long have we sought some solution
without success. The North Carolina
plan will meet with instance approval
here, and hearty co-operation when
ever and wherever possible."
Two Children Die When Home Burns.
! Salisbury, N. C A boy aged four
and a girl aged two years, children of
Grantley, McCulloh, were burned to
I death when the McCulloh home be
tween Cooleemee and Mocksville was
destroyed by fire, according to parties
coming here from Davie county.
The children were alone in the
house when the lire started from some
unknown cause, and the mother, who
was some distance away,- was nnable
to get to the house or to summon aid
in time to save them from the flames.
TWO KILLED III
E
BODIES OF ERISCON AND ARM
' STRONG CRUSHED AND
MANGLED.
FALL EI6HT HUNDRED FEET
Lose Their Lives In Fall at Hampton
Roads Naval Air Station; Not
"Stunting."
Norfolk Va. Lieutenant Edward
Lewis Erlcson, of New York city, and
' Lieutenant Rober Franklin Armstrong,
i of Rochester, N. Y and Norfolk, naval
'avlatnra war, lrlllnf Inatantlv whan n
plane crashed to earth with them near
No. 1 hangar at the Hampton Roads
naval air station.
The badly crushed bodies were
dragged from the plane's wreckage by
a dozen men who witnessed the fall.
The shoes and leggings of one of the
men had been unlaced and removed,
apparently as if he expected his plane
to fall In the water nearby and had
made ready to jump tor safety.
The fliers, both of whom were re
garded as first class pilots, had them
selves constructed, or rebuilt, the
plane in which they took their last
flight. It was of the JN-4 type and a
land machine, and they were making
a test of its strength.
They were not "stunting," according
to men at the air station who witness
ed the fall. The plane had been in
the air only about ten minutes when
the crash came.
Men who saw the fall said that the
"flippers" were out of control. The
naval board of Inquiry called to In
vestigate the acoldent had little to
work upon, because the plane was so
thoroughly wrecked that investigation
of causes of the tragedy were doomed
to futility.
As well as they could estimate wit
nesses said the machine went into a
nose dive for 800 feet and struck the
earth with a terriffc impact, which
shattered It. -
Lieutenant Ericson was in command
of the squadron of seaplanes which
"attacked" ships of the Atlantic fleet
last month with torpedoes hurled from
the air.
The accident cast gloom over the
air station on the eve of the big
day celebration. Both the vic-
"m9 DPular Rnd "cognized as
,ulorl"u "Jr.
Prohibition Moves to Wait for Court.
Washington. Enforcement of the
national prohibition law with respect
fre,n shipping within American
b y KOVernrnent officers late next month
urn
CRASH
mont in .u.,,, n,-m.nt of thlwn,,w h. v.Iha both as a sten in
"I" j,
g was formally communicated to As-
6, was formally communicated to As
gociate Justice Brandies of the an -
preme court, who, subsequently refus- j have undertaken, up to this time with
ed to grant various steamship lines ! out success, world girdling flights but
a stay against the enforcement of
Federal Judge Hand's decision at New
York dismissing their application for
a permanent injunction restraining
federal agents from applying the Vol
stead act.
Justice. Brandies, who was sitting in
chambers, was understood to have
agreed with counsel for the govern
ment and the steamship lines that the
decision to withhold enforcement had
removed any necessity for a legal stay
through a writ of supersedeas, which
had been requested by the lines and
acquiesced in by the department . of
justice. The decision as to the enforce
ment was incorporated in a formal or
der issued by Secretary Mellon to the
customs officer and prohibition agents
which was drafted after Mr. Mellon
had conferred at length with Attorney
General Daugherty.
Textile Exposition Brought to Cloee.
Greenville, S. C With an attend
ance of over 3,000, the last day, the
fifth Southern Textile Exposition came
to an end, the total attendance dur
ing the show being estimated at ap
proximately 26,000.
Exhibitors and visitors have united
in declaring that the exposition has
been the best ever held here, and the
work of preparing for the next expo -
sltion, to be held in the fall of 1924,
is already under way. Already three
blocks of spaces of 25 each, and In
addition 17B other spaces, had been
sold for the 1924 exposition, according
to a statement made by W. G. Slrrlne,
president of the Textile Hall corpora
tion. ' :
Cruiser Raleigh 81 idee Off Ways.
Qulncey, Mass. The scout cruiser
Raleigh, a sister ship of the Detroit,
was launched at the Fore River Yards
of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpor
ation, Miss Jennie Proctor, of Raleigh,
N. C. broke a bottle of water over
the vessel's bows'.
' The Raleigh, which has a displace
ment of 7,100 tons, la 550 feet long
with a 10-foot beam and a depth of
15 feet
Several residents of Raleigh, head
ed by Mayor T. B. Eldridge, were present
U. S. DESTROYER FLOTILLA.
ARRIVES AT CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople. The American
destroyer flotilla which sailed from
Norfolk October I to protect Ameri
con Interests in the Near East, ar
rived here under command of Capt
C. M. Tozer.
The IS ships steamed np at 8:00
o'clock in the morning, but owing
to the congestion at the Bosphorus
naval anchorage, were unable to an
chor together. Six of them, there
fore, took up their station at the
usual American anchorag at the
foot of Ylldis Palace hill, while the
others continued on their course,
were reviewed by Rear Admiral
Bristol from the Scorpion and an
chored off Beikos, five miles above
the city.
Four hundred sailors had shore
leave and Constantinople was de
lighted to find many old friends
among the.m, as four of the 12 de
stroyers were here a few months
ago.
PLAN FLIGHT AROUND WORLD
TENTATIVE PLANS, HAVE BEEN
UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR
MANY MONTHS.
In Line With Reasons Whloh Prompt
ed Roosevelt to 8end a Fleet
Around the World.
Washington. Tentative plans for
an attempted flight of army airplanes
around the world have been under con
sideration for some' montha by air
service officials, it was learned, but
the project has not as yet passed the
preliminary survey stage.
Valuable data on available routes
in both directions has been obtained,
however, and ultimately . fl is hoped
to send a considerable ' aerial squad
ron on the-voyage. The project will
not be laid before Secretary Weeks
for" approval, It was said, until it takes
much more definite form.
Two of the routes considered are
that from the Atlantic coast via Ice
land and Ireland and that from the
Pacific coast via Alaska, the Aleutian
Islands, Siberia and home via Ireland
and Iceland. Air service officials said
the route offering the most favorable
conditions as to prevailing winds
would be selected should the flight
be ordered, and it would then become
necessary to obtain permission of
each of the countries to be traversed
before the squadron could start.
The question of aft navigation by
pilots of one country over the terrl-
tnrv nf another nntlnn h hepn con-
sldered by the council of the league
of nations in order to establish unl
formity of practice. So far as the
United States and Canada are con
cerned a recent agreement Axes re
ciprocal rights for the pilots of the
two nations.
Army flyers conceived the world-
ircling flight plan in line with the
reasons which prompted President
I Roosevelt ' to send the fleet around
th wnrM In 1908. it was said." It
(providing aerial defense through train-
!i,r in .tvinv h ni-M hattnr
j - o o
understanding of American post-war
1 developments. Fliers of other nations
only with a single plane, while 'the
American 'air service project would
call for a fleet of air craft and careful
preparation involving considerable ex
penditures. Possibly a special act of
congress to authorize a flight and
make necessary appropriations would
be required should the administration
officials approve the scheme. For this
reason it Is not expected that any
definite step will be Uken tor a year
or more. ? ; .
Heaviest Rainfall In 34 Years.
West Palm Beach, Fla. The heay-
lest annual rainfall In 84 years and
the incomplete stage of the state's re
clamation program Is responsible for
the present flood in the Florida Ever
glades, according to a statement giv
en the Associated Press by F. C. El.
liott, chief drainage engineer of the
state. ' ' . ',
Mr. Elliott's statement in describing
conditions in the affected territory
said "there exists a strip of land
around Lake Okeechobee, some of
which Is entirely free from water,
while other portions in this locality
have from one Inch to several Inches
of water on the ground." In this sec
tion are located by far the largest per
centage of farms and other improve-
imehts, according to the statement
His statement continues: ,
Mr. Elliott's statement added that
I the work which will be completed in
the next two years in tne isvergiaaes
will have more effect on drainage than
all the work done "In ten years since
the project of reclamation was start
ed." . '
. Te Prison For Life.
Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson
will begin serving a term of life im
prisonment at the state prison farm
within the next few days. It was sUted
at the Fulton county Jail
The statement came after Mrs. Vin
son had entered a plea of guilty soon
after Judge 'John D. Humphries had
signed an order granting her a new
trial on the charge of murdering her
husband. Dr. W. D. Vinson, an At
lanta physician, several months ago.
7'rs. Vinson was convicted of first de
gree urdr at Ter first trtaL
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IIS ACCEPT
1SIIIUGI0II BID
FIVE CENTRAL AMERICAN GOV.
IRNMENT8 TO SEND" REP
RE8ENTATIVES.
TO DISCUSS ARMS LIMITATION
Informal Communications, Reach Unit
ed 8tatee From All .Five of the
Interested Countries.
Washington. Informal communica
tions from the five Central American
governments invited by the United
States to meet in conference in De
cember for discussion of arms limita
tion projects and other matters, Indi
cate early acceptance of the Invita
tions and appointment of Ave delega
tions. There is no doubt that Secre
tary Hughes' action, taken as it was,
virtually at the request of the five gov
ernments, has been received In Central
America with gratification. Formal ac
ceptance in some cases may be delay
ed through the necessity of obtaining
approval of either cabinet or congresl.
The American Invitation occupied
attention in Pan-American diplomatic
circles to the exclusion of other topics.
Both among the diplomats and in gov
ernment circles the feeling prevails
that a step has been taken which may
bring results of atar-reachlng nature
with respect to international relatione
In the entire western hemisphere.
Whether the Central American Con
ference will prove a stepping-stone to
subsequent treatment' of all Pan
American problems in a similar way,
it was said, must rest upon the work
of the Central American delegations
when they gather in Washington in
December.
From the American viewpoint the
forthcoming conference is expected to
have Immediate and decisive reaction
toward the solution of many vexing
problems now troubling the relations
of the Central American group Salva
dor, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala
and Costa Rica. -There is no question
that the Washington administration
seized eagerly upon the formal sug
gestion that reached it from Central
American capitals Indicating the de- j
sire of those" governments that the '
United States sponsor a Central
American conference, where a formula
for peace and adjustment of all Cen-.
iral American problems might be ar-:
-rived at. Lacking somite such step,'
it is an open secret that Washington
, officials have been gravely concerned
lest serious disturbances arise in Cen,
tral America.
f
Supreme Court Loses Member.
. Washington. Associate Justice Wil
liam R. Day, of the supreme . court,
placed his resignation in the hands of
President Harding, to take effect No
vember 14, and it Was accepted. By
resigning Justice Day will be able to
devote his undivided attention to his
duties as umpire of the American
German claims commission. His ac
I tion will have the effect of placing
.. .. ., . iV:
him upon the retired list of the court
In full pay.
By delaying the date upon which bis
resignation , will become operative.
Justice Day will be eligible to partici
pate with the other members of the
court during the three weeks' recess
preceding the next meeting of the
court on November 13, in conference
for the decision of cases which have
been argued at' this term: ,
Cotton Ginned For the Year.
Waahinirton. Potton sinned nrlor to
October 18 amounted to 6,696,034 run
ning bales, counting 128,487 round
bales as half bales and including 8,-
391 bales of American-Egyptian end
$.152 bales-of sea Island, the census
bureau announced In Its third ginning
report of the season. '
Ginnlngs prior to October 18 last
year amounted to 6,497,864 running
bales, counting 98,460 round bales as
half bales andincluding 7,530 bales of
American-Egyptian and 1,339 bales of
sea island. To that date in 1920 gin
nlngs were 5,754,582 running bales,
counting 140,099 round bales as hall
bales, and including . 14,312 bales of
American-Egyptian and 324 bales of
Sea Island. -
Ginnlngs prior to October 18 this
year and last year by states were:
Alabama, 608.732 and 427,023. ,
Arizona, 10,238 and 8,679.
. Arkansas, 649,630 and 467,968.
" California'. 4,722 and 3,922.
Florida, 18,653 and 8,187.
Georgia, 668,917 and 336,630.
Louisiana, 276,995 and 194.983.
.Mississippi.-686,625 and 510,675.
'Missouri, 62.921 and 40,462.
.' North Carolina, '448 019 and 443,857.
Oklahoma, 458,822 and 852.493.
South Carolina, 836,270 and 498,208.
, Prisoner. For Fifty Years.
v Waupqp, Wis. A strange golden an
niversary will be celebrated here with
the guests tagged by numbers. 'the
younger ones ranging up to 16,000 and
the honor guest No. 1,727, Bill Max
well. The guests and honor guest and
convicts at the state penitentiary and
the anniversary marks the termination
of 50 years' imprisonment for MaxwelL
now 83. ;
Maxwell has never seen the outside
of the prison since be entered at the
sge of 33 on a life sentence for mur
der. . : "
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