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voit tWENTY-FIYE FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY* NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY * 1936 NUMBER FORTY-THREE
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Tobacco Compact Hopes
Dead lor Preserit "Year
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Inability to Get Assur
ance of Action by Geor
gia Virtually "Kil l s
Chances for Adequate]
State Program to Con
trol Tobacco Produc
tion; Prospects for 1937
Agreement Bright
Washing-ton, Feb. 26.?The con
ference of tobacco state officials,
which began here yesterday, ended
today with all hope of effective ac
tion to control the 1936 crop vir
tually dead, but with prospects fair
ly bright for 1937.
The Virginia Legislature, which
is now in session, is expected to pass
a compact bill before its adjourn
ment, now fixed for March 7 or a
few days thereafter, but as a prac
tical matter seems no chance of such
a compact becoming operative this
year.
In the first place, the compact
would require the consent of Con
gress before it could become opera
tive. That would present some dif
? v_
faculties, but could proDaoiy uc se
cured if all the states were really in
cereseed; and may be forthcoming
under present circumstances before
Congress ends its present session.
But the bill which the Virginia
Legislature proposes to pass re
quires that North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia become mem
bers of the compact before it would
become operative for flue-cured to
bacco, and the membership of
Kentucky ana Tennessee before it
would become operative for burley
or dark-fired tobacco.
J. D. Rogers, personal repre
sentative of Governor Eugene Tal
madge, of Georgia, today stated
definitely that everyone familiar
with the situation had assumed it
to be a fact, that Governor Tal
madge will not call a special session
of the Georgia Legislature for any
purpose.
Three members of the South
Carolina Legislature who were
present, said that their legislature,
which is also in session, might fol
low the example of the Virginia
Legislature, Out wouia (1150 -
upon the inclusion of Georgia.
These developments appear to
make it certain that Governor J. C.
B. Ehringhaus will not call a special
session of the North Carolina Legis
lature for that purpose Therefore,
unless the North Carolina Legisla
ture should enact the law while as
sembled for some other purpose,
which also seems doubtful to say
the least of it, there seems little
likelihood of action by either North
Carolina or Georgia until the legis
latures of those states meet in regu
lar sessions on January, 1937.
In any event, the compact as it
now stands, and as it is expected
to be passed 7n Virginia, where
another regular session will not be
held until 1938, will make the act
inoperative for flue-cured tobacco
without the assent of Georgia, and
there seems not the remotest possi
bility of seuring that.
Representatives of Kentucky went
even further, saying they would
want action by Congress first as
well as action by such states as
v Missouri, Indiana and Ohio, which
<r*n-ar a small amount of burley to-1
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But the discussions .^today cen
tered largely around Georgia, which!
Mr. Rogers himself described as the
"fly in the ointment."
The representatives of the Geor
gia governor said that the growers
of his state were just as anxious
for action of some kind as the
growers of other states and that
they would co-operate in any plan,
even to the extent of forming a
corporation and entering into con
tracts not to exceed production, but
that state action in his state was
impossible. ;
He dwelt on the "honesty" of
Georgia farmers to a point where
Representative Harold D. Cooley
became exasperated.
"Why should your growers be un
der a honor system and those of
my state under criminal statutes
when the North Carolina growers
are just as honoet as those in
Georgia?" demanded the North Car
olina Congressman.
Sr. Cooley pressed his inquiries
an to just why Georgia would not
do what other states were propos
ing to demand and finely received
a ihore direct answer than those of
I ther governor's representative.
"Ceorgia is controlled *hjr a one
man government," said Congress
ma*Eugene Co*. - - , r> ;
"Georgia has a governor who jest
weal go along with anything pro
poned at Waahingfaa,M said Hbmei
Vweeh Representative Thomas ~G.
Burch, of Virginia, and Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus, of North * btifo;
lina. ' ; *
The Governor wanted to know ifj
a remark of the Virginia Congress
man about "anticipating objections
and technicalities" was- directed-v at
him.
".Frankly, Governor, I feel that
y*u are opposed to state action ih|
this matter,' said the Virginia Con
gressman.
"You are Quite in error about
that," replied the Governor.
Governor Ehringhaus remained at |
the meeting for a harmonious dis-j
cussion in which the proposed sta
j cute for Virginia, which was bad-1
i? ?aolonrlar XOHR TterfeCt-1
i ly nuuicvi j vowv*j ?.? K?
1 ed to the satisfaction of all parties J
concerned.
The statute, in brief, calls for ad
ministration by a commission in
each state of not less that < three
nor more than five members, with
the director of extension as the
chairman and the other members
appointed by the Governor. The
commissioners are to act together
in interstate matters, but each state
is to have a veto power on adjust
ments of its own quota, with state
quotas in the first instance based
on production for the past three
years.
The act imposes a tax of not less
than one-fourth nor more than one
half of the value of the tobacco on
the order of the repealed Kerr
Smith act.
"Unless something is done this
year, the growers in all the states
face suicide," declared State Sena
tor W. G. Clark, of Tarboro.
That expression seems to be the
sentiment of the growers every
where, but there is little hope of
effective action by the Federal gov
ernment or the states, although the
general belief is that the soil con
servation act will be of some as
sistance. I
"I do not feel that the two days
have been wasted, but I have found
no lawyer here who is willing to
say that Congress can control states
which do not enter a compact, and
Georgia is now on record as de
Hinine- to eo in this year; and the
thing our growers must decide is
wheather theyi will go in under
those two conditions," said Gover
nor Ehringhaus at the close of the
conference.
'?Everyone co-operated and no
one said 'I told you so' to the de
partment, but if they had followed
the plea made to them and reduc
ed the crop last year, we would
be in a much better situation now,"
he continued.
Hopes for the conference had
been based largely on an as sump- i
I tion, now receiving sanction from
no legal authority, that Congress
could control interstate shipments of
non-compacting states. y
There was much speculation as
to the size of this year's crop, par
ticularly in Georgia. Last year it
was 70,000.000 pounds. This year,
estimates run as high as 100,000,000
pounds, but Mr. Rogers thought 70,
000,000 would be as much as will
be raised. He pointed out that last
year's crop was higher in pound
age than can reasonably be expect
ed again this year, but admitted
there would probably be some ex
pansion in acreage.
But it is admitted that another
flue-cured tobacco crop of 800,000,
000 pounds, the size of the 1935
crop, will be disastrous. J. B. Hut
son, chief tobacco authority in ' the
Department of Agriculture, who sat
in on all the conferences, " thinks
the crop should not exceed 640,
000,000 pounds. Annual consump
tion is 640,000,000 pounds and stocks
are now slightly above normal.
In starting the new broiler project
in Craven County, 5,200 baby chicks
have been ordered to date.
MR HI TNT TO LECTURE
IN GREENVILLE FEB. 28
William Lanier Hunt, a garden
club lecturer from the University of
North Carolina, will speak at the
Woman's Club in Greenville on Fri
day afternoon, February 28. Mr.
Hunt's program will be divided in
three sections; at one o'clock the
Club House wHl be open for those,
who want to study and 1feake r notes
on the various posters "and garden
plans he will display; at~f :O0 he will
make a talk on Southern Gardens
and how to have contimjous bloom.
After this he will show colored slides,
illustrating his subject.';
To hetp'pay expense* of the Iec
i tIiiL *?*?.Til
carer tot yrotnzrrs tnai wiii cn&rgz
: a small registration fee of 35c to
? thOSe in attendance. Women of the
;
?sdt to be ivooded with home-mack
?MM fcubiftto
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fUjULA WAiL?
mrnrmier
Farm Bureau
?imrto 4. Brockway
WkesOm1 Duties As
|: Secretary
Grttehvflle, \ Feb. 27.?Charles J.
Brockway of Mobile, Ala., assumed
his duties of acting executive secre
tary of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation Monday and estab
lished headquarters at 403 1-2 Evans
fcflwet. 1
Office space for the Federation
official was provided by Julian J.
White at the suggestion of R. L
Powell, secretary of the local Cham
ber of Commerce. '
Mr. Brockway, formerly county
agent of Mobile county, Alabama,
and prominent in Farm Bureau Fed
eration organization work in that
state, was named acting executive
secretary at a meeting here Satur
day afternoon of the committee in
charge of establishing a state-wide
Bureau. Greenville was chosen for
temporary headquarters of the or
ganization.
J. E. Winslow, head of the Pitt
| county board of agriculture will re
j main as head of the organizing
committee of the federation. He is
j being assisted by J. B. Patrick, of
[Washington, N. C., Ben Everett,
Palmyra, W. W. Eagles of MacCles
j field, J. H. Lane, Stantonsburg, G. T.
Scott, Smdthfield, L. O. Moseley,
Kinston, all prominent agricultur
ists in eastern North Carolina. The
advisory committee is composed of
! Dean I. O. Schaub, director of ex
tension service at N. C. State Col
I lege, Assistant Dean John W. Good
J man and Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon,
state home demonstration agent, all
of Raleight
j A permanent organization will be
set up after the various county Bu
reaus are established. Presidents of
the various county Bureaus will
form the directorate of the State
organization, and the temporary
organizing committee will continue
! in office until enough of the coun
ties have perfected organizations to
go ahead with a permanent Bureau.
Mr. Brockway, who was "loaned"
to the North Carolina Bureau byj
the National organization, express
ed delight with' the cooperative
! spirit being manifested by all farm
ers, extension workers and business
men in the establishment of the
organization.
"I sincerely believe that North
Carolina will have one of the largest
state Bureaus in America by June
1," he predicted.
Seed Loan Veto
Arouses Threat of
Senate Revolt
President Said Congress
Failed to Provide Rev
enue For Additional
Drain on Treasury
Washington, Feb. 26.?Threat of a
revolt in the Senate over President
Roosevelt's veto of the $50,000J)0Q
seed loan bill today brought a speech
from Majority Leader Robinson ad
vising against efforts toward re-en
actment.
The executive declined to sign
the measure, with an explanation
that his financial program had not,
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UUteil It WW wuauiuoviv^ ??iu
Congress had failed to provide
revenue, for the additional drain oh
the treasury.
On Mr. Roosevelt's assurance
however, that he would order a
transfer of work relief funds to aid
farmers still in distress from "un
foreseen disasters," Robinson, who
had hoped for Presidential approval,
advised against further action.
But the bill's author, Chairman
Smith. (D-SC), of the agriculture
committee, said he would insist;1
nevertheless, on a vote to override,
because "the need for the money
today is as great as it was in the
past"
Robinson's speech generally was'
regarded as lolling any chances for
passage over the veto. The ArkaiH
sas Senator also expressed hope that
: federal expenditures and loans for
all forms of emergency relief would
\ soon be ended
Action no the conference report
' adjusting differences between Seii*
ate and House on the $600,000,00#
soil conservation-subsidy bill was
* teM up nnta tonanw-td^penmS
j printing of the conference agre#*
I The Hbose, Which today com
Jpleted general debate on the 1161*
l|]|fR^147 supply bill for the agricul
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Court Biildmg
Open For Use
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Business Of Lawyers To
Pursue Truth, Says
Judge In Dedication
Address
Snow Hill, Feb. 25. ? "Patrotism
and pore religion are the basis of
our government and our civilisa
tion," Judge J. Paul Frizselle, of
Snow Hill, told a crowd gathered
? ? - a
in the. court room of tne newiy i
erected courthouse here at the dedi-1
cation ceremonies of the building' I
Monday shortly after the county 1
had been presented with flags and I
Bible for the new house of justice I
with appropriate ceremonies.
"In them," he continued, "rest!
the wisdom and justice and effici-|
ency of our laws and as much so I
the forcefulness of its administra-1
tion and the righteousness of its!
judgment." I
John Hill Paylor, of Farmville, I
former State representative from I
Pitt county, presented the court-1
house to Greerte county.
A. B. Alderman, Greene county I
school head, presented the State |
flag to be flown over the building.!
Walter G. Shepherd, county so-1
licitor, accepted the building for I
the county commissioners. K. A. I
Pittman, Snow Hill attorney, pre-1
sented the flag of the United States.!
Presentation of the Bible was made!
by the Rev. B. D. Critcher, pastor!
Sun? will Methodist Church. |
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District Solicitor D. M. Clark, of
Greenville, introduced Judge Friz
zelle principal speaker at the cere
mony.
At the conclusion of the dedica
tion exercises the corner stone of the {
building was laid under the auapi
cies of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, and the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. W. B.
Murphy was chairman of the com
mittee in charge.
A transcrip of the day's proceed
ings will be placed in the corner
stone. ' I
Judge Frizzelle traced the history
of Greene county and the history of
law in the county.
"The chief duty," he said in end
ing, "and high purpose of the law
yers who may try cases at this bar
is not to engage in a game of chance
in which skill and learning are
matched against skill and learning,
but to engage in an earnest, tire
less search after the truth, and so
long as these walls shall stand let
every one who enters these portals
seeking redress of grievance bring
his cause with the assurance that
equal and exact justice shall be
meted out to all men applicable
alike to the poor and defenceless
and to the rich and poweriui."
Hits Drunken Driving.
"I think the time has come to
realize that the drunken driver, no
matter who be is, whether he be
rich or poor, deserves to be sent
to the roads on being convicted of
this charge in the courts of pur
State," Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, of
Snow Hill, told the first grand jury
ever to sit in the new courthouse,
"The drunken driver should be
made to realize," said Jurge Friz
zelle, that this crime is not to be re
garded lightly." He spoke in com
plimentary manner of the new court
house and told the jurors that they
should deem it an honor to sit as
the first grand jury in the new
Greene county home of justice.
Calling particular mention m his
charge to drunken driving Judge
Frizzelle said that he couldn't
imagine a greater menace to a com
munity than an intoxicated driver
of an automobile.
"Injuries and the loss of life and
limb in this State on the highways
during the last few years," he said,
""have reached alarming proportions,
It is incumbaimt upon you and me to
see that the law on drunken driving
? t i 1? j.. in.
ana owier iaw? niivm^ w uo wiu*
the safety of people on the high
ways is enforced,
Farmville Officials'
; Seeking Rural lines
Raleigh, Feb; 26.?A delegation of
Farmville ?" officios nailed on the
state rural electrification authorities
?today to secure'aid in making sur
veys of prospective rural power lines
in Pitt county.
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ence report, . No strong opposition
-was in sight in either branch.
Fnndsf to th^^hilfiWaion
dollar cost of theaubciriy program
to replace the' AAA will be raised
through- new axea. A conference]
^ithHoueeJeaders on the tax pro
gram has ibswn tentatively aet for
the- White ?ouae< tuuavro^nlgfchr:
In his seed loan Veto message,
the Freident again Con
ouogw umiiauona snouia m zouoiw
- by taxes to arise thettwaty,
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Anil Tax HII
Oa Ca^tal Hid
President Again Warns
That New Taxes Must
Accompany New Ex
penditures
Washington, Feb. 26.?With a still
guarded tax program in formula
tion at the White House, Congress
tonight pondered the implications of
a reiterated Presidential warning
that appropriations not included in
the budget should be covered by new
taxes.
President Roosevelt's statement to
this effect was included in a message
vetoing a bill to provide $50,000,000
for seed loans. In it he noted speci
fically that the "financial program"
included not such outlay and that
tioi) annmvml It "without
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making provision for any revenue
to cover such loans.'*
His words stirred immediate spec
ulation as to whether the forth
coming tax plan would call for new
revenues to meet, partially at least,
the cost of paying the soldier^ bonus*
ordered by Congress over the Presi
dent's disapproval and not included
in the budget. '
The 1 Chief Executive, meanwhile,
preserved the secrecy which has
surrounded the preparation of his
suggestions. Nevertheless, in the
absence of any word to the con
trary, House leaders continued to j
keep tomorrow night open for a
White House tax conference, as the
President suggested a week ago.
The day also saw Secretary Mor-j
genthau go over the details of the
Treasurer's March financial pro
gram?$1,009,000,000 for retiring ma
turities and as much new money as
may be needed?with the open
market committee of the Federal
Reserve system.
While details were lacking:, he
was understood to have outlined
the character of the new securities
which will be issued- The commit
tee, formerly composed of gover
nors of the Reserve banks, will be
superceded March 1 by a commit
tee dominated by the Reserve
Board. 1
In the House, Representative Tab
er (R.-N. Y.) asserted there was
an ."absolute necessity" for raising
taxes, adding that "never in all his
tory has there been a situation
where the President has so failed
to meet his responsibilities.
! In his reminder on extra-budget
appropriations, Mr. Roosevelt sal J:
"In my budget message, transmit
ting the 1937 budget, I stated:
" 'If the Congress enacts legisla
tion at the coming session which
will impose additional charges upon
the Treasury for which provision
is not already made in this budget,
I strongly urge that additional taxes
be provided to cover such charges.'
' "No provision was made in the fi
nancial program for the fiscal year
1936, or the fiscal year 1937, for ad
ditional crop loans, ; and notwith
nf AM/livtrv *M tt kiT/lrmf nf ofomnnf
OUUIUUI^ U1J UMUgtV OVdWIIKIIb)
quoted above, the Congress by this
bill authorizes an additional draft
upon the Treasury for $50,000,000
for new crop loans, without making
provision for any revenue to cover
such loans,".
Gives Dates For Short
Course, Farm and Home
Week at State College
! The annual b-H club short course,
a week- of fun, fellowship, and in
struction for rural boys and girls,
will be held at N. C. State College
from July 22 to 27. '
As the short course, is brought to
a close, Farm and Home Week, an
educational vacation for farm men
and women, will open and continue
through July 81, according to an an
nouncement by Dean I. O. Schaub,
of State College,
Last year the short course and
Farm and Home Week were can
celled on account qf the outbreak of
paralysis over the State. This year
it is hoped that the programs will
u??e up iur uiw uumppumvinent ex
pressed by rural Meple who had
planned to attend jjdtese events last
sumraer. the deanniid.
CHRISTIAN SOCIETY MEETS
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Macclesfield,., Feb. 27,?The Mis
sionary Society of the Christian
Church -met- Monday evening in the
home of the president, Mrs. C. K.
Griffin. Mrs. B. B. Phillips, lead
the devotional using verses from the
4th chapter of Hebrew. Other num
bers on the program were "A Mexi
can Minister" by Mrs. D. L. Felton,
"Tasks of The Church" by Mrs, Paul
Slower* ^^;,f^nb^'N;.1teligionM.
by Mrs.< B? ^ Qlovwr.-and'^Efficiency
of Prayed by~lfri^*::;ifc: Lewis. \
.' After A business bsarira -a:social
hour was enjoyeaanii 'rerreanmcnts
were HWfcfto twenty guests, ' in
oaiiey ana. Mrs,. uiBMi JNarron of
, m
Ho Conclusions |'
Reacbsd Oh Extra
Mon Issue
*We Will Cross That
Bridge When We Get
To It," Says Governor r
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Washington, Feb. 26.?Members of |,
the North Carolina delegation in v
Congress conferred with Governor
J. C. B. Ehringhaus for three hours f
today behind closed doors on the j,
question of social security legists- g
tion. No conclusions were reached. j(
The meeting did not begin until
after 1 o'clock and only one or two r
of those present had had any lunch,
but all of them stuck it out and g
Representative R. L. Doughton, p
| chairman of the committee on Ways j
and Means, in whose room the c
meeting was held, called off a meet- ^
ing of that body scheduled for 3
o'clock. 0
Although all the participants in p
the meeting were unusually un- u
communicative as to the discussion
which absorbed them for so long, it t
was learned that the meeting pro- g
duced no answer to the question of ^
whether there is to be a special ses- ^
sion of the North Carolina General Q
Assembly to consider such legiUa- u
tion.
"We will cross the bridge when
we get to it," was the reply of
Governor Ehringhaus to a query on t
the subject from newspapermen. t
Some members of the delegation ^
were known to have expressed rath- v
er forceful opinions that the time ^
for action has already arrived, but g
they -followed in the main the at
titude of Senator Josiah W. Bailey .
that the question was solely one for .
the Governor to decide. .
However, Mr. Doughton, one of
the authors of the act, and several .
other members of the delegation are
Irm/vnrw tn hnM tllA view that the
state should take advantage of the 8
act; and those opinions are under- v
stood to have been stated, some of 8
them with considerable emphasis. 0
Governor Ehringhaus explained n
the financial situation of the state 8
to the delegation in great detail. 0
but gave no indication as to when
there would be action on social se- c
curity, although other matters that *
would constitute a charge on the *
treasury of the state, such as higher *
salaries for teachers, were pointed u
out ' '
The possibility that revenue for *
old-age pensions would have to
come from a real estate tax was z
also discussed by the Governor. ?
Perhaps the best indication of the t
present attitude of the. Governor h
was that although he was in Wash- ?
ington for two days on other mat- r
ters, he held no conferences of any
sort with members or officials of g
the National Social Security Board, ii
though several governors have y
made special trips to Washington for c
that purpose. ii
Senator Bailey acted as spokes- c
man for the meeting. a
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DEWARD JOYNER
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Funeral services were held for v
Deward Q. Joyner, Sunday afternoon e
at 3:80, from the home of- his fa- e
tfier, C. L. Joyner, near Farmville, t
with Rev. L. R. Ennis, Baptist minis- ii
ter of Farmville, in charge, and Rev. E
J. C. Moye, Free Will Baptist pastor r
of the Snow Hill church, assisting. 3
Interment was made in the family c
cemetery. ?
Of a genial nature, Mr. Joyner, j
who had been ill with tuberculosis t
for nine months, will be greatly miss- y
ed in his neighborhood. . He was t
twenty-five years of age. ,
.'? Surviving are his widow, the for- 0
mer Hiss Louise Fuasell, a small c
daughter, Joyce Ann, his father, C.
L. Joyner, two sisters, Dora and Lot- g
tie Joyner and four brothers, Jessie *
and Thomas, all of the Farmville j
section, and Claude and Charlie Joy- ?
ner, of Walstonburg. j
TO GIVE LECTURES ]
. Rev. R. U Isbell of Lenoir, N. C.,
will speak on his travels through the J
Holy land at the Ramville Christian
church Sunday, March 8th at. 7:80
p. m. He will also speak at the
Farmville Presbyterian church Mon
day, March 0th at 7:80 p. m., on Us ?
travels through Egypt. The public <
is cordially invited to hear this wide- ;<
ly traveled evangelist. . i
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With the "power dome" head, the <
engine in the 1086.'Ttoeraplane has 1
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Financial Militarists
in Japan Create Grave
Crisis With Bloodshed
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High Government Offi
cers Seeking to Bring
Extremist Revolt To
End Without Further
Fighting . . . Premier
jOkada and Two Other
Notable Men Assassi
! nated
Tokyo, Feb. 27.?High government
nilitary officiers, fearful of another
iotous outbreak in Japan's military
lurge, pushed their efforts today to
(ring the extremist revolt to a close
rithout further bloodshed.
Their course guided by the em
>eror himself, who was reported to
tave convoked a council of highest
urviving statesmen, the military
eaders ordered strict enforcement
f martial law over the Japanese
apital.
As the city shook off a nisrht'a in
activity, cordons of military guards
latrolled the vicinity of central po
ice headquarters and kept silent
rowds far from the scene of possi
>le conflict.
Warships called in from their
cean stations sped to stragetic
torts to enforce public safety meas
ures.
Daylight brought no direct con
act between the insurgents and the
pvernment troops, although mili
ary officers declared a "showdown"
tossible; and expressed their fear
f more bloodshed in the rebellious
[prising which has already cost the
ives of three of Japan's high offl
ials.
First reports of actual rioting in
he military insurgence described
he siege of the police headquarters
y a considerable force of infantry
fhich moved on the building at
awn Wednesday under cover of a
wirling snowstorm.
Police Chief Kazuo Oguri was be
feved to have been killed at first,
ut later was reported to have fled
rom the building and set up tem
orary headquarters in another sec
ion of the city.
Police guards patrolled the
rounds of the imperial palace
rtiere, the Domei (Japanese) news
gency reported, a solemn council
f venerable statesmen and govern
ment officials was in session in an
ttempt to solve the government
risis. ?
The first attempt to form a new
abinet after the assassination of
Premier Keisuke Okada ended in
ailure when Home Ministers
\imio Goto, designed the new act
ng premier, handed resignations
or himself and his ministers to
Imperor Hirohito.
In the capital thousands of citi
ens worked to clear the streets of
he heavy snowfall as the police pa
rols diverted traffic from the main
Jghways and many residents moved
o and from their occupations by
egular means of transportation
Curious, well-behaved crowds
huffled the icy pavements, press
ag close to the principal scenes of
esterday's putsch. A far-flung
ordon of guards kept them mov
ng and military authorities de
lared their intention of preventing
ny neutral citizens from entering
he conflict zones.
Military authorities said the head
luarters of the Tokyo garrison,
rhich is co-operating with the gov
rnment, had declared a state of
mergency as a precaution to main
ain peace and order. Later, an
tnperial ordinance, signed by the
Smperor and counter-signer by all
a embers of the Goto cabinet,
pread martial law over the entire
ity district.
Dispatches to the newspaper
lochi from Shizuka said that
he venerable Prince Saionji early
'esterday fled by automobile from
he Villa Okitsu near Shizuoka and
rent into hiding at the residence
?f the chief of police after taking a
iruitous route to avoid an attack.
The of the military in
urgents took the lives of Premier
Ceisuke Okada; Admiral Viscount
tfakoto Satio, former premier and
it his death Lord Keeper of the
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Vatanabe, chief of military educa
tor
P. D. Duncan Bfjbned
To Succeed Spilman
Raleigh, Feb. 26.?F. D. Duncan,
iccountant of the State Department
>f Education, has resigned to be
yne yid hn?ttuw?. ?pi?.
par of East Carolina Teacher* Col
ege at Greenville, and will be sac
seeded by Clement A. Davie of Hills
*111 succeed the late 3. B.