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' Winlliam Howard Taft, chief justice of the United States and party, arrived at the Euston Station and were 'greeted heartily by a large gathering of British and American ad mirers, the American ambassador, Mr. Harvey, the counsellor of the embas sy. Post Wheeler, the consul general. Robert P. Skinner, and representatives of the American societies, the London Pilgrims and the English-speaking un ion were among those at the station. Major Oscar N. Solberti the military attache of the embassy accompanied the former President from Liverpool and- will act as his aide throughout his stay in England. Mr. Taft shook hands Warmly with many friends on the puatform and said he was glad to-be in London. "I am more than delighted to see you all again," he exclaimed genially; "it is exceedingly good of you to come here-to greet me after so long an ab sence." He posed good naturedly for the camera men,- first 'with the, ambassador-and then with Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Taft. To the injunction, "look pleasant," the former President re plied amid much laughter: "That's the easiest thing I do." , New Agreement on Size of Army. Washington. House and senate conferees on the army appropriation "bill reached a compromise on an army of 125,000 enlisted men for the next 12 months. This represents a reduction of 8,000 from the senate fig ure and an increase of 10,000-over the size of the army fixed by the house. Decision as to the conference report on the enlisted strength leaves only two important sections of the annual supply, bill to be considered, exclusive of the Muscle Shoals amendment ap proving $7,500,000 for the continuation of work on the federal power project -In the Tennessee river. It already has been agreed by the conference committee that the question should be submitted direct to the house be cause of the controversial character of the subject involved. Chairman Wadsworth of. the senate military committee said that only the Items dealing with the officer strength and the national guard provisions remain ed to be determined. ' It was expected that a reduction from the number of officers fixed by the senate would follow the compro mise as to enlisted personnel. The house fixed a maximum of 11,000 aar the number of officers while the sen ate amendment put the officer strength at an average og 12,530 for the com ing year. Richmond Ready for Vets. -Richmond, Va. With the proverbial outstretching of welcoming arms, Richmond, the center of all that true lovers of the South and the Confed eracy hold dear, is ready and eager to play host to the fast dwindling rem nant of the "thin gray line," the van guard of which descended on the one time capital of the Confederacy with the arrival of every train from the furthermost stretches of Dixie. While the lanes leading from the South are lined with the oncoming throng the roads from the West and North, too, are bringing a great gath ering of grizzled Confederate veter ans, their sons and daughters, grand sons and grand-daughters, who have strayed far from the shadow of the Southland during the last few decades. The reunion of 1922, probably the last that ever will be held in Rich mond, is taking on an unwonted mag nitude, because this city was the heart of the Confederacy, the headquarters of its government and the site of fa miliar spots made famous by Lee and Jackson, Stuart and Davis, which na tive Rlchmonders pass over with but scant thought, but which are hallowed ground to the Confederate veterans 'who are coming fired by a return of the old impulses that made their love for the Southland and all that it repre sented so great in 1861. v Richmond never has and probably never again will be host to such a gathering as will be within its con fines. The city from one end to the other is in gala attire and the holi day spirit is in the air. Many Killed in Ireland. Belfast. The districts of Altana Teigh and Lisdrumliska, on the South Armagh side of the Newry, were the scene of murderous attacks on house holders, the assassins -claiming four men and one woman victims killed and aeveral wounded. Several farm houses ere destroyed. The districts are largely inhabitted ly Presbyterians, and it is believed were selected for reprisal for the kill ing of two men at Llslea Wednesday. The tragedy started about 3 o'clock in the morning. ' Y WIND AND RAIN STORM SWEEPS OVER ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga. Damage estimated at. several thousand 'dollars was done here by a te$ffc wind and rain storm that lasted for nearly an hour Sunday. A tower on the Constitution building .was struck by lightning and bricks scattered for many yards over the street in front of the structure. the force of the wind uprooted trees in many parts of the city and scattered limbs across wires, temporarily paralyzing; the tele phone and lighting service. , Plate glass windows in several downtown store buildings were broken, while the heavy downpour flooded the basements of Wesley Memorial Methodist church and a store building, causing consider-' able damage. : , The telegraph companies re ported their lines practically unimpaired. SIZE OF ARMY THE QUESTION WEEKS ANSWERS PACIFIST CRIT ICS IN ADDRESS AT WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY Extermination of Civilization is Pre vented by the Prestige of Armies. West Point, N. Y. Assertions that the United States does not need an army were met by Secretary Weeks, of the War Department, in an address at the graduating exercises of the Unit ed States Military Academy with the statement that "the civilization of the world rests on no surer foundation than did the civilization of Boston" at the time of the police strike, nearly three years ago. "If it were not for the restraining force of the military establishments of the nations of the world," he declared, "an indescribable state of chaos would result and civilization would beyapid ly exterminated through self-destruction." , To say that the United States does not need an army, he added, is, just as reasonable as to say that "Boston, Chi cago and our other large cities do not need a police force." The question of the size of the army, he declared, would always be a matter of controversy, especially as after a great war there is "an alarming ten dency for the overburdened tax payer to forget the lessons of the past and cancel his insurance, trusting to luck and for at least a few years without the national protection which thoae more familiar with military matters ana requirements deem necessary. But there is no question, he added, or difference of opinions as to its qual ity. "If it (foes not consist of more than a thousand men," he continued, "It shauld be an army of the best possible thousand men which can be developed. But you cannot have the best army, or even a good army, however sound the Individual elements which compose it may be useless it Is efficiently com manded." Export Trade Is Smaller. Washington. America's export trade suffered another decline during May, dropping from the, total of $318,- 000,000 reported for. April to $308,000.- 000. Imports, however, increased in May to $254,000,000, as compared with $217,000,000 for April. These figures as to exports and im ports for May as announced by the Department of Commerce show that exports last month compared with $330,000,000 in May, 1921, and imports compared with $205,000,000 for the same month a year ago. Department officials emphasized that the lower values of Imports and exports as portrayed by the figures did not represent corresponding de clines in volume of trade but were to a great extent due to the fall in prices. . Imports of gold aggregated $9,000, 000 in May were the lowest for the present fiscal year, being $3,000,000 less than the April total. Exports of gold aggregated 3,000,000 compared with $2,000,000 in April. Imports of sliver for May aggregated 6,000,000 against $5,000,000 in April, while exports amounted to $5,677,000. IS OPINION OF MAJOR5 GENERAL ALLEN, COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION.! PRESENT AT CONFERENCES Commander-in-Chief of U. S. Army of Occupation on Social Visit : in Berlin. ,. - Berlin. The presence of troops of "lower civilization" under the condi tions of military occupation is undesir able not only in the Rhineland but. any where, in the opinion of Major General Henry T. Allen, commander-in-chief of the American army of occupation, as expressed by him in conference with the American press representatives at the embassy. He was being inter viewed regarding negro troop unitja on the Rhine. General Allen will reitura td Coblenz after a social visit in Berlin. General Allen said in his connecton with the Rhineland high commission he had been present at a number of conferences with Germans with regard to the presence of. colored troops in Germany first with the clergy, then pwith university professors and later with" the newspapermen In all J of which it was emphasized that it would be better if these units were replaced. General Allen said most of the actually, black units already had departed. jAlf the Singalese had gone and only a part of the Madagascar troops remain ed. However, there were about 15,000 colored troops still on the Rhine, com posed of North African units, among whom a number of what are known! as 'black soldiers" are enrolled. None, of these were under . his command, (he added, and there was no prospect that any would be. ' ' General Allen expressed the hope that Shortly no troops at all would he required on the Rhine. He declared the occupation of the Ruhr was "tpo terrible to think or and a move thjat nobody wants. "Even the French qo not want to occupy the Ruhr, except In case of direct necessity," General Allen asserted. He intimated that the danger of disorder in case of such oc cupation was too great for it to be, lightly contemplated. As regards the withdrawal of the Norfolk, Va. -Approximately 1,000 quarts of liquor, valued at $10,000, were seized by marine guards of the navy yard in a raid on the na val transport Sirius, under orders of Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, commandant of the Norfolk navy yard.- Officers and men of the ship are confined to their ship; under guard. The Sirius is commanded by Com mander W J. Kelton, U. S. N. R. F., and Ensign Harry C. Mechtold, paymaster in charge aboard the Si rius. Both Commander Kelton and Ensign Mechtold were among those confined to the ship at the time of the raid, but Admiral Andrews an nounced' that they, with some other Officers and men, had been permit had been permitted to leave the vesseL . ' ' . "Both Admiral Andrews and Ad miral Rodman, commandant of the Fifth naval district, announced that a, searching investigation would be made under the direction of Admi ral Andrews. FIVE WITNESSES ARE HEARD INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE PROBING GEORGIA STATE i " " PRISON - IS Inquiry Conducted by Board Com po&ed of Superior Court Judges j Named by Governor. k ..MJlledgeviJle, Ga. An investigat ing . committee of the Georgia supe rior court judges, named by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick to investigate conditions at the state prison farm, heard evidence at the first session of the commission that there ' had been numerous specific instances of inhu man treatment and brutality. A state prison welfare worker, Rev. Bert Donaldson, told the com mission that there had been a great change to come over. the institution during the last two weeks, since charg es began to come out. He said that the prisoners were being treated as hu man beings now, were receiving clean food and that the institution had been cleaned up. The most sensational testimony of the day was- furnished by Henry M. AT SEA UNTIL SUPREME COURT DECISION HOLDS PRACTICE ILLEGAL, SAYS LASKER. DRY ; FORCES ALL AROUSED Chairman La&ker Defies Opinion cf Former Actng Attorney General Frierson. Bohn, a released convict from Atlanta, American troops from the Rhine, Gen-i and W. B. Norton of Macon, who has I eral Allen said he had no idea how long the remaining contingents would stay. For the present the American soldier " was satisfied and it had be come a standing by-word , in connec tion with penalties to say: "you go home on the next boat. j General Allen made it clear that though ; French troops were being brought in, his sector would continue to be distinctly American. . j Hays to be at Asheville, Asheville. Will H. Hays, former member of President Warren G. Hard ing's cabinet, and now head of the Mo tion Picture Producers and Distribu tors of America, wll address Motion Picture Theater Owners of North Car olina, holding their annual convention here June 20, 21 and 22, with head quarters at the Langren Hotel. Death List Is Growing. New York. The death list resulting from the cyclone storm that smashed arid swirled its way through New York and its suburbs continues to grow. The known dead now total 45 with 15 other persons reported miss ing. Police launches continued to grapple for bodies of those still miss ing after the storm left Long Island Sound off City Island strewn with wrecked and capsized boats. At least 40 visitors to City. Island were drown ed in the disaster and police are con vinced the death list will reach 70. Masonic Jubilee Ends With Parade. San Francisco. A pageant portray- fnar tho o-mwtVi nf Ma onrv a a raflar't fA - - m .a . 1.1 J i in some oi we leaamg events in ms tory and revealing noted characters proudly claimed by the Masons as members of their fraternity, marked the close of the golden jubilee of the; Ancient rabic Order, Nobles of thd Mystic Shrine, j Installation of James S. McCandlessj of Honolulu, as imperial potentate concluded the annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Shrine. Beginning with legendary traces of Masonry many centuries ago, down! through the crusades, electrilly illu minated floats in the parade portray ed the development of the Masonic order. Among the events depicted were Paul Revere's ride, signing, of the Declaration of Independence, LaFay ette's presentation of a Masonic apron to George Washington, the establish ment of a public school by Washing ton, and the fall of the Bastille. been pardoned. The former swore to instances of brutality, some of which he said he witnessed, and the latter exhibited his helpless right arm as evidence of alleged improper use of a drug by the physician of the institu tion. ' " ; J. Christie, whose newspaper com munications brought about the investi gation, was restricted to facts regard ing inhuman .treatment, improper at tention, laxity on the part of officials and sanitary conditions. Washington. Sale of liquor on ship ping board, vessels at sea will be con tinued, Chairman Lasker reiterated, until a supreme court decision has been rendered holding such practice illegal under the prohibition laws or until he "has been convinced of its ille gality. . Mr. Lasker maintained throughout the day the position taken by him in his letter to Adolphus Busch, 3rd, vice president of the Anheuser-Busch Brew ing company, St. Louis, despite indica tion that it would be made the sub ject of attack in Congress and the Anti-Saloon league and, other dry or ganizations. Officials of the department of jus tice refused to comment on the situa tion but in other quarters attention was called to an opinion on file there which was rendered by former acting Attorney General Frierson, in 1920. Mr. Frierson held that the national prohi bition act was effective upon ships flying the American flag wherever they might be. ; " According to high department offi cials, an opinion of an attorney . gen eral remains the official interpretation of a law until it has been revoked by court decisions or by. a superceding opinion. Furthermore, they added, such -opinion always stands unless ; request for a review comes from the same de partment or agency which originally (requested the ruling. Mr. Lasker's stand as to liquor on board American vessels was taken, he informed Mr. Busch, on the authority of an opinion rendered by. General Counsel Schlesinger," of the . shipping board. The chairman conferred with Attor ney General Daugherty, and-while there gave him copies of the corres pondence with the St. Lewis" brewer. The matter of liquor sales at sea was not the primary purpose of the confer ence, Mr. Lasker indicated later, but it was brought up Incidentally. Refusing to discuss .his talk with Mr. Daugherty,! Chairman Lasker de clared he would not ask the depart ment of justice for a new opinion, be ing entirely satisfied with that i ren dered by Mr. TSchlesinger. He added that he would not answer further let ters on the subject of liquor selling. Representative Upshaw, democrat, Georgia, announced publicly that he would offer an amendment to the ship subsidy bill providing that no part of the federal subsidy fund should be used Christie told in detail of the flog gind of R. Lee Denson, ex-service manjhy the steamship lines dn whose ships Two-Cent Stamp Goes Everywhere. Washington. Few places are left on the globe where the ubiquitous Amer ican two-cent stamp won't take 'an ounce or fraction thereof of first class mail. ' " ' ; The recent addition of Haiti and Bermuda to places where two cents will carry a letter draws nearer the day when a two- cent stamp will take a letter anywhere, be it north or south, east or west. Attempt to Rob Train of Gold. Calexico, Calif. rancisco Garcia and four of his followers are dead, seven were wounded and four soldiers of the Mexican army were killed, and nine wounded in a fight resulting from an attempt to hold up a Southern Pacific train laden with $450,000 in gold bul lion, according to a, report received here. Moffett Explains Aviation Advance. Pensacola, Fla. Speaking before the Kiwanis club of Pensacola, Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, announced ex pected developments in the aviation program, particularly In relation to the use of both land and sea planes. Pensacola has just presented to the United States government the use of two landing fields here and the navy is spending $100,000 at the Pensacola air station, in increasing the size of the landing field there and making oth er Improvements necessary. 4 - of Atlanta, "because of something thai happened on the ' field." Christie charged that Denson, whom he said was subject to fits, was refused treat ment by Dr. Crompton, the physician of the farm. The direct charge was' made by Christie that Chairman Davison of the prison commission had direct knowl edge of the "facts in "the case. Christie told of W. R. Lipscomb being 'sent to the farm from Atlanta in an automobile, "because he was ness. "And they allowed him to die with practically no attention," he ad ded. Christie said he had charge of the Infirmary, and he swore "that men who were sick were neglected to a degree that was horrible." W. R. Tompkins, white man, died about April 27, Christie swore, from stomach trouble and from lack of at tention. i Judge W. E. H. Searcy, chairman of the Investigating commission; de clared that the commission men would find out" the truth before it finished. liquor is sold There was talk that such an amend ment would be put squarely before the committee 'itself. One ardent prohibitionist went so far as to express the opinion that "by next summer a law will be enacted prohibiting the landing in the United States of foreign ships on which liquor selling IS permitted." Lay Consumption Is 495,674 Bales. Washington. Cotton consumed dur- too sick to go by train, said the wit-.Ii TooZ V , , waiBS Ul ... Mint and 52,344 bales of linters. com pared with 440,714 of lint and 48,071 of linters in May last year, the Census Bureau announced) . Cotton on hand May 31 in consuming establishments amounted to 1,419,836 bales of lint, and 159,251 bales of lint ers. compared with 1,280,723 of lint and 216,252 of linters so held a year ago, and on hand in public storage and at compresses, 2,561,007 bales of lint, and 94,181 bales of linters, compared with 4,738,261 of lint and 260,376 of linters so held a year ago. Imports amounted to 114,320 bales, compared with 10,542 in May last year. Exports for May were' 469,397 bales, including 12.061 bales of linters, com pared with 477,389 bales, including 4 340 bales of linters exported in May last year. i .Coton spindles active during May numbered 31,653,061 compared with 32,836.107 in May last year. Statistics for cotton growing states follow: V Consumed during May 331,771 bales compared with 268,492 in May last year. . ,r ; ,y.7 ... On hand May 31 in consuming es tablishments. 685,792 bales.compared with 573,371 a;year ago, and in public storage at compresses. 2,055,536 bales compared with 4,255,615. a year ago.. j - Lady Astor Welcomed Home. i, London. , Viscountess Astor was nailed as a "good fellow" at a gather ing of 400 at a dinner given by the English-speaking union to accord the first woman to take her seat as a mem ber of the house of commons a wel come home after her American tour, j Mrs. Wintringham, who shares the honors of feminine representation Jn parliament with the Virginian, united Kfith Lord Lee of Farnham in saying njlce things about the guests of honor's iork in parliament and the unofficial mission she performed recently in America. ' Build Hospital For Cripples. , iban Francisco The laying of the cornerstone ofthe Shriners' Crippled Children's Hospital by Imperial Poten tate Ernest A. Cutts was the chief of ficial event to engross the attention of; the 300,000 Shriners aid visitors b-ipe to attend the fortytsighth impe rial session of the Ancient Arabic Or def U Nobles of the Mustic Shrine, This was "get acquainted" day for the multitdue who trod the hot sands from lands to reach' the oasis of San Francisco for the greatest event la Shrinedom's colorful history. Plan Big Electric Plant. Washington. A project for the de velopment of 10,000 horsepower to op erate a proposed cotton mill near Ashe-' vllle, N. C is , contemplated by the Carolina Power and Textile company, under application just filed with the federal power commission. 1 v The company asks for a prelminary permit to construct five po.wer projects in the Pisgah National Forest in Hen derson and Transylvania counties Three of the projects would be located on the South fork of Mills river, one on Rocky ork and Davidson river. SHORT NOTES OF CARLN,AN u, , i nearly 1ft. :5Clur womenhereatt, mo ctuuuai summer SPll - c,clM'ar of tu.. Lincolntcn.-cw ' Morrison is serine , farmers advising them JJ Dr. Faulhaber.lof the 76 Veterinary depjUaent J?5 lncomton on Junp or, . 111 W of testing cows' for t,,,..rtheW Oxford. The rw. busy making prenaratlv.J big dav in rvrf .1 o tJ, . u- lfle ou duims aay on juno .rH rates on all raiij -. 1 h nounced and thp e history of the orr-h;: Winston-Salem. the erection of th T?i.,c.0Ilt memorial nnflit, , " . v.lwlluln l0 cost V has hPfVl a-a-nr-,! - 1 r. Construction comDanv V, . 6 city and Charlotte, according .D ..v, liClc irom thean Asheville. Charlotte was ; ""h piace and Louise M. Fowlpr nf w ed worthy grand. - matron at I iuum6 sessiuu OI me ann,,,! . tion of the Order! of the East vxjv ui ;Opencer.waS! worthy grand patron. Greensboro. --"Civic righteoi, came off victor in a sort nf j! scrap over the pool rooms W city council deciding to relicen3e pooi rooms Dut with such strijf regulations mat the owners m rooms declare they will be so sei i. i- - ii j . i ... iy uauuicappec mat they canfe continue business Durham. Miss Miriam Brlea Selma, was declared winner ts short story prize cjffered by the Fi society pi young wpmen at Trinity lege. This prize is a ten-dollar piece given annually bv thp. ph , - C" Eko-L, a scholarship organizatiot Trinity, to the high school in N: Carolina submitting the best story. 1 PinehUrst. Work is starting new theater which is to cost J5S and be ready for use the first of uary. This is a building by Aw Embury, and is novel in its desks It. will be a six-sided building, iritl tractive outside architecture and side a stage capable, of accoramodi: an ordinary troupe or concert coups that may come this way. 7 Aberdeen. The Fruit Growers' sociation is planning a campaign! supply the towns of North Carq with fine peaches made in this sei instead of sending everything to & markets of the north. The sq agencies will undertake to pat 4 largest possible shipments into m North Carolina town of any size seta the people can become acquainted the products of their own state. Burlington. Capt. W. V. Copetej commandine the local unit of I North. Carolina National Guard busy getting his organization ! fnr th annual enca moment tnai soon to be held at Morehead City. TM annual affair for the local boys is wavs looked forward to with much terest and this year the event prff Irak tn hA onp. of nlrasure ana p- It to all members of the local m' organization. Wake FQrest Three new teacbe- session total ot an hivtt. hoan rocM tiv added totheWI ty of the Wake Forest summer s which will open Tuesday, June newly added instructts are Miss lie Mae Johnston, Mrs.,W. B. E4 nf .Wpldnn. and Miss Jennie Ho ot Durham. These additions W faculty of the vacation Wake oFrest make a structort. TT.-i ttj iha manage! nt nivora anA 'Nrarhmari, thee ter is installing a complete radio 1 and will soon be giving pat i f nmllsefflZl11 mat popular piace ui - tti cal and instrumental artists D7 of the radio. Lenoir.-Wj H. - - most respected and ,nigiu, - jj, citizens of Lenoir, passeu home" on Kibriten street, - npsa nf litflft more man a " Cloyd was in his' 74th year. passea ms last. Diruiuj 28, 1922.. -' ' ' ' " i . -on Marion. A force or menced work -this wee the site for the-Country, $ James, t near Marion rtnoo56 nntir COU sue ior our new - being cleared and work on courthouse is to begi nat o ' if Wadesboro A tragic acf.dV i TiiifPaTo Creek. WD t,.ttf M.M Al T" TlAP rl Cl ll I es laiu lue rcc i when a named Thomas Dees, , while attempting to swim w across the mouth of the, cr miles from here, '1
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