1? First ambulance plane to be used in the navy air forces. -2 ? American scout cruiser Raleigh, just com pleted, during her trial spin. 3 ? How tourists are welcomed to a village in the Swiss Alps, where the winter season has opened. * . ^ NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Sale of U. S. War Material to Government of Mexico Loudly Protested. By EDWARD W. PACKARD SUKPLUS war material Is being sold to the Meaican government, the first shipments of arms and ammuni tion having already been received at Mexico City. President Obregon sent a special emissary to Washington to ask this favor, and the granting of Jt was approved by President Cool idge on the recommendation of Sec retary of State Hughes, j though the amounts to be sold will be far less than Obregon requested. Opposition to the transaction has promptly appeared in both house and the senate and is not confined to the Democrats, though the opponents of the administration perhaps are loudest In their ..denunciation. ? Kepresenta^ tive Falrchild of New York, Republi can, jumped to the front ^vith a joint resolution to write into the permanent law of the country the prohibition of the sale of arms or ammunition to any foreign government, which was the policy of the late President Harding. "The sale to the Obregon govern ment is astounding,," said Mr. Fair^' child. "I am surprised it should ever be thought of. There is no essential difference between furnishing firearms and furnishing men to fire the arms. This act; constitutes just as much Interference and amounts to just as much slaughter." Senators Norris, King and others were only a little less outspoken in their dPKH&itf&n tattte fell e, and Sena tor Hiram Johnson in his Cleveland speeclm Thursday, opening his Ohio campaign, did not negle?t to Include the episode in Ijjs in#ctment of the administration, j^be pemocrats have, evolvea 'the theory it is a political move, pointing out that the diplomatic peace ?|th Mexleoris to be used in thg' coming election as one of the great1 Coolid&i accomplishments. If a revolu tion unlets the government that hall1 just been recognised, that recognition could hardly be counted as an admin istration asset It is understood Secretary Hughes takes jt^e stand that political difiicul ties in Mexico, Central America and South America should be settled by the ballot rather than by the bullet J that tilt* government shoulcj at no time encourg^e revolutionary movements that seek the overthrow of regularly constituted governments, ^nd should not reject appeals for aid similar to the one made by the Obregon govern ment. The^ehas not yet been az ything like a decraTfe battle between i:he federal and revolutionary forces in Mexico, but both sides are exceedlrgly active. The fopmer, according to dispatches from Mexico City, are now advancing on Vera Cruz from the south, west and north. The rebels ha>;e defeated the array of General Cardenas In Jalis co, that commander being wounded and captured and' General Navarro being killed. Cardenas was lured into a trap^nd the resulting fight was bloody' jand desperate. Ths was the most serious reverse the forces have sustained and Obregon (>pened for n betwp^n Guadalajara and the Pacific 4 rebels announced Thursday that they were beginning an advance and Mexico City from Vera :-/? .s $ ports. The I on Pue! J a Cruz., ] when there T'S a poor week for news is npt some trouble In tlje Balkans. Last week came un to the mark w'th the prospect of warfare between Jugo slavia and Bulgaria. Of course they are ahvays a? swords' points, but now the situation has become acute. On Wednesday t) e Bulgarian government gave permission for the return to the country ' of ex-King Ferdinand, who was responsible for fragging Bulgaria Into the World war on the side of Germany. At once Jugo-Slavin sent to Sofia an ultimatum protesting against this action and also against the secret increase of the Bulgarian army and alleged Bulgarian menace to Aegean - ports. .Sarbfan troops were mobilized or the frontier and were said to be ready to seize tne ncn coai region about Pernlk which Serbia covets. Bulgaria wants an outlet the Aegean across Grecian Thrace, and Serbia wishes to gain possession or Salonlkl to make up for the loss o Flume to Italy. In order to save that port It may be that Greece wHl feel compelled to support the Belgrade ul tlmatum to Bulgaria. In Greece the stage is set for the establishment of a new form of gov ernment. On Wednesday, after Colonel Plastiras, chief of the revolution had delivered to the national assembly a vigorous justification of his ac^lon? and retired to private life, the <*blne resigned and all powers were landed over to the assembly. Next day M. Venizelos arrived to assist In settll g the country's affairs, and was given a tremendous ovation. As to whether Greece shall be a republic or a mon archy,- Venizelos has said he favored a plebiscite but his republican sup porters and most of the army ? Insist this shall be determined by the assembly. British Influence, which Is strong In Greece, is supporting tne rovallsts and the Bank of EnS,a?d.h?? just refused to float a Greek loan mainly because of opposition to a re public. THIiJltE is no longer any doubt that the big French dirigible Dixmude was lost in the Mediterranean during a storm, fo^ the body of her com mander and fragments of wreckage have been picked up by fishermen The disaster has caused much of a polltlca scandal in Paris, the air ministry be hig bitterly attacked. .In this connection It is worthy*?! note that Captain McCrary, com mander of the American dirigible Shenandoah, is outspoken In his op position to the plan to use that airship in arctic exploration next summer. He believes it to be unsuited in construc tion, equipment TlHd cruising radius for'siich a trip as has -been planned* The builders of the Shenandoah doillot | agree with McCrary, but they advocate the use of hydrogen to < obtain greater bouyanpy $nd advise making a direct dash . from Lakehurst to the polar re gion instead of the long detour by way of southern Califprnii. v } ?SWGftESS htte Resumed work after the holidays and the house ways -andsmeans* committee Is again strug gling: .wkth the treasury tax reduction bill. After this has been disposed ,of< which may be about January 15, the committee will take up the soldiers bonus measure. Chairman Green be lieves no part of the revenue measure should be reported until after action Is taken on the bonu$ bill; The Demo crats have not yet decided on their program in relation tb the revenue bill, but the farm bloc through Representa tive Dickinson of Iowa has offered a compromise, agreeing to accept a cut in .qijrtax rates frpm the present maxi mum of 50 per cent to a maximum somewhere between 37 and 42 $er Cent. He* thinks nearly all the Repub licans In the lower house except the La Follette radicals would support such a reduction and that many Demo crats also W9uld favor It \ x: REPRESENTATIVE UPSHAW has ^made up his mind that liquor drink ing by congressmen and high govern ment officials must stop nnd that there must be no more leakage of booze from the stores of foreign diplomats Into bootleg chann^ta Consequently he has embodied tnfcse ideas in a .resolution and introduced It in the house, following with a speech lnifts support. He thinks the State depart ment should "respectfully request that all foreign governments discontinue sending to this country diplomatic aid consular representatives who exert a demoralizing influence 'upon our official and social life by dispensing ft^m their residences and offices Intoxicat ing liquors prohibited by our laws to American citizens." He also suggests that all federal appointees be required to make a pledge of total abstinence and that all Intoxicated congressmen should be ousted. . / NOW Leonard Wood, Jr., son of Gen. Leonard Wood, and hlg. as sociates In four oil companies are tjn der fire because It Is said many ex service men lost money ny Investing In the stock of the concerns. The federal government is Inquiring Into the mat ter, and It also may be aired in con gress when Congressman F rear's de mand for the Investigation of the ad ministration of General Wood in the Philippines comes up. It Is likely the latter Inquiry will be enlarged to In clude the actions o? both of the gen eral's sons. OECRETAHY OF LABOR DAVIS ^ has transmitted to the senate and house immigration committees a draft of a new immigration bill providing' for extension of the quota restriction to all countries In the western hemi sphere, and for various modifications of the present entry requirements. The Italian government has made repre sentations against a proposed pro vision that would restrict each nation's quota of Immigrants to 2 per cent of the number of Its native born citizens In this country In 1890. This stipula tion Italy describes as an unjustified discrimination to the detriment of a friendly nation. I ON THE eve of the assembling of the new parliament the British do' not know Just what to do In the mat^ ter of a new government. King George* has demanded that the Labor party be given its chance, notwithstanding the declaration by its leader, Ramsay Mac Donald, that the monarch's light to dissc/lve parliaments should be curbed. But the prospect of a Labor or Social ist government Is having a bad effect on the money market and the pound' sterling has had a decided decline. Consequently there sprang up last week a strong demand for some sort" of a fusion of the Liberals and Tories to keep the Laborites out of office, and as it seema impossible to find any other Conservative leader willing to take the jol* it ma* be lhat Baldwin will be induced to hang on to the pre miership with the promise of Liberal support, though he is represented as eager to resign. In the Labor party there is growing friction between the intellectuals, who include its leaders in parliament, and the trades union ists, who assert they iiave done most of the work of building up the party and therefore are entitled to most of the offices if the party takes over the government. PREMIER YAMAMOTtf of Japan, and his cabinet- resigned following the attempt on the life of the prince regent, and Viscount Kiego Kiyoura, president of the priVy council, was asked to form a new government. ? He announced two days later that he was unable to form a ministry as he could not get the support of any political party In the diet. Fj*RANCE and Belgium have sent to " Berlin identical replies to the latest German note, and their tone Is quite conciliatory, the German government being assured that the two countries are willing to co-operate with the Ger^ mans In establishing a system of ad ministration In the Ruhr and the Rhineland. The armies of occupation already have been greatly reduced, and only sufficient soldiers will be left In. the Ruhr to preserve the customs boundary for the application of taxes on exports for the reparations account. The chimneys of the Ruhr are smok ing, again, for ^he German and French Industrial magnates have entered in to agreements Independent of their governments and are exchanging coke and Iron ore; Henry M. Robinson, the Los Angeles banker who is the third American representative on the reparations com mission's committees of experts, con ferred with Secretary Hughes and the President In Washington and is now on his way to Europe. * r ?. . tt* W. CLARKE, "imperial gfSht," I-*, has Issued a call for a national congress of the Ku Klux Klan In At lanta, February 26. He asks the klans men "to gather together and prayer fully .tonslder methods to eliminate' existing evils, or else to follow the ex ample of the founder of the original Ku Klux Klan,' and have thfc Courage and manhood to devise ways and means for the Jmmedlate dlsband ment of the organization:" ? ?>.. .. - . 1 - , >'* ' ' ' pvESPITE the protest of Secretary Hughes, the Turkish government Insists that full customs duties must be paid on the vast quantities of food, clothing and medical supplies that Americans have contributed free for the destitute in Turkey. Consequently the Near East Relief has withdrawn entirely from Tm*?r. - ? ? i j, ?? " ? a. ? m J !??? ;Jf a:? " til lAPP'ROjrfMATEtV $250,000'LE3S f f nt ox iwjiit no> ? . . THAN THBf BUDGE ,?*, ESTIMATE. Increase over last year ?".jf X'm' ? w. .? V 1 . ' it . 1 ' Uncollected Franchise and Corporation . Taxes Now in Hands* of County < Sheriffs. " 1 '' ' , . i ? x- Raleigh. Revenue collections for the year 1925 of $5,760,267.93, or approxiiriiate y $250,000 less than the budget com nission's estimate of $6,000,000 for the .pear, were .reported here by State Commissioner of Reyenne R. A. Doughton. In making public his Td )ort Mr. Doughton expressed the ripiti oni that the total collections, when jeveral outstanding- items' #ese' col ecfed, jarould equal and perhaps ex ceed the figure set * by the budget ttmmissiojk ? , < ' He stated that the collections had >eep greater on every item than the commission had estimated except the nheritance taxes, which ffeli short >y $276,000. ?*. 5 ?' TJiere is due the department; ? as nerted' the commissioner, a consider ably amount' of inheritance. tax* which is ii:i process. of; collection,' and > when l>aW into the department will ;? very materially^, reduce this decrease aa compared with .{he previous year; The collections of the department lor 1923, exceeded thoBe of* 1922 by mora than $2,500,000; but <3ofaTmiB i roner Doughton explained that this uas in large measure due to 'the fact that the 1923 legislature transferred from other departments toft'the' ' de partment of revenue the collection of certain classes of revenue. ? The fig t res ? shown for 1923 included $10, 220.110 license tax collected by the cepartment, but paid directly ?. into the ptate treasury. An item of $22, 791.5 7 uncollected franchise and cor I oration tax was shown in Commis sioner Doughton's report, the indivi c uals making up this amount Hjeing row in; hands of i various, sheriffs throughout the state for cpllection. Tie statement issued with the re port expressed as the opinion that the license taxes under schedule B, of the rsvenue act, collected by^the depart eni of $4,180.29 is materially in en of the amount of this license which has heretofore been col lected by the sheriffs of the counties. The amount of $418,029 covers the t^x collected by the department from 9SS t;ix, tine oily, 1 to \i "It ;rtr ciise privi 1J 23 1, 1923, to Decejnber ,$1, 1923, the tax collections from January June 1, 1923, having been coK ctepi by the sheriffs of the counties, is also the opinion of the de p^rtqient that the corporation fran-< and public service corporation ege tax collected for the year is in excess of the amount col' le|cte|i for the year 1922." 2 s C< xW of ec of Civil 1868 Statel or th: W fitt, da otier \Ajforth Portrait Given to State. In the presence of four generations hip descendants and a distinguish company of citizens the portrait Jonathan Worth, Financial Direc tor ojf the commonwealth during the War and Governor from 1865 to was formally presiented to the of North Carolina and placed e walls o fthe Executive Offices. Presentation of the portrait on be half Vlrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley, of asbixigton, and Mrs. Elvira E. Mof of Richmond, two surviving ^lgfyters of Governor Worth and lineal descendants was made Associate Justice W. A. Hoke, of b State Supreme Court, and ac ceptance by Governor Cameron Iftor whose "maternal granfather wi.s closely" associated With the Whig lender for many years in the General Assembly. ,} i. Stirte Building Breaks Record. ,Un])le testimony to the prosperity of Nfrth Carolina cities and towns is borae by the money spent in build ing duriig 1923. Almost without ex pel >?ion, buildings operations without pr< Cedent since the World War are reported, and. even at the height of pr< >gp< irity before the war, there was perer vas widespread ponstruction worfc carried on in?the state as in thdjjrisar Jusfc .gone. ?. u- ? (fcfca rlotte Iveads the list with lfve and) a quarter million dollars in build ins B end A8heville is a close second ] wi ty ($4,500,000 . while Raleigh kept ste^in big company with $3,800,000 in buildings alongside Greensboro, which rerioijtjed $3,500,000 in buildings. How ev$$. Greensboro claims- a place higb owqing to the fact that a new er 17 W Lo: Ca: deifel;' V. $try skyscraper has Just been completed, 'which was started in 1S#2. Notaries Public Commissioned. ' Tfe following notaries public were coiakiissioned by the Governor: f ? George H. Bender, Jacksonville; Mrs. 9 Eoa wright, Asheville; Robert M. < !>? I Cafr, Wallace; E. L. Chappell, Belvi Mend on Davis/ Pun go; Gladys Harris, dsboro; John S. Morton, No Harlowe; Burke Little, Raleigh; Pol p.* McCoy, Red Spriggs; El C. Smith, Rocky Mount; T. B. Wilson, JSli sfcbeth City; \ George W. Springle, Rajqigh; WXhe DLvlsion . of J Entomology has done considerable work, in conducting experiments and demonstrations look ing to a direct control of the weevil. A number of demonstrations have been carried on by Mr. Mabee and a number of scientific studies have been made by Dr. R. W. Leiby. The results j secured from these studies have bssn I very gratifying and will be presented I at- the coming meetings by Mr. Mabee. ^A.8 arranged by the Division of Eni tomology, tfce seventeen ? r meetings will be held as fqllows: January 15, Louisburg; Jan. 16, Hendejson; Jan. 17, Warrenton; Jan. 18, Halifax; Jan. 19, Jackson; Jan. 21, Wilson; Jan. 22, Nashville; Jan. 23 1 Tarboro; Jan. 24, Greenville; Jan. 25, Williamston; Jan. 29, Windsor; Jan. 30, Aulander; Jan. 31, Winton; February l/ Gatesville; Feb. 2, Ed enton; Feb. 4, Hertford and Feb. 5, at Elizabeth City. "* Each of the meetings will begin at 10 30 a. m. and in those counties where there is a farm agent, this worker will be in charge and act as chairman. Mr. Mabee states that there is much Interest in the boll weevil over all this northeastern sec tion and indications are now that godd crowds will greet the party represent ing the College and Department. Progress in Tick Eradication. "We are making good progress in eradicating the tick from eastern North Carolina under the zone plan legalized for us by the last General Assembly," said Dr. William Moore, chief of veterinary work for North Carolina State College and the State Department of Agriculture, in a state ment issued. "On our recommenda tion the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture has releas ed Bertie, Camden, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans and portions of Dare and Beaufort counties from quarantine. This was made effective on and after December 31 by order No. 285 of the bureau of animal industry and signai by Secretary Wallace. "We will be ready to begin work in zone two beginning with the new year. Last year, at the height of our work in the first zone, we had about 75 men employed as inspectors, range riders and supervising veteri narians. The government furnished us experienced veteriaanrians to su pervise the work in each county and with the exception of a few herds of cattle on some local farms and some other wild, or semi-wild animals in the swamps the first zone has about been cleaned up. ?' '/ , . .* Besides, cleaning up the tick in those counties realesed from quaran tine; Dr. Moore said he and his co workers had found it necessary also to clean up large area that had been reinfested dne to ticks coming back from infested counties. He said, however, that,, the tick will -be pushed into the sea within three years if the people will co-operate in the movement. Fourteen counties infest ed with the tick remain in eastern North Carolina. Special Session of Solons Expected. H Governor Mdrrison's conference with members of. the Corporation Com mission was followed by 11 statement in recent ne%s dispatches to the ef fect' that he had abandoned his boat line scheme. \ While the report of the Governor's decision to let the flotilla rest in peace came from sources that could not be questioned, his explanation is of, such a character that members of the Gen eral Assembly, in the city believe now he will ask for anvextrasvdinary ses sion of the lawmakers to convene in j Raleigh not later than February 1. Tucker Expects to Seize Liquor. District Attorney Irvin B. Tucker announced that he has asked th$ At , 4 ' , ? > torney General of the United States f?r (instructions in regard to, 2,2X8 cases of fins whiskies jtaken from the schooner Kawasind at Wilmington and that he anticipates that a libel will he filed against the ship and its cargo. The Kawasind was grounded in the sand it Frying Pan Shoals, 17 miles off shore on Friday, December 21 and was tawed to Wilmington by s coast guard vessel. >' hf $'? It hu Public fifty It i It hai anda? it a in nature Catarrh tion of wembrajj^ ff3t? itself ul thr^ tlle bowe!| Parts of the PE-RU.| sswsaa 5?^ EVtry^ Tablet* or A pu t* t-L Y VtOtTAHLt COMPOUND C OMTAINS NO MERCUP> NARCOTICS OP OTHEP HAKMFUL DRUGS NA TURES MOST PUf LAXATIVE- NO mm AFTER-EFFECTS-^^ FOR SALE EVERYWN0 BUY A BOTTLE Jc Wl. .HAND MEDICIN CHARLOTTE NC FROST PROOF Cabbage PU Jarly Jersey, Charleston Wakefitfl Succession. Postpaid, 100, 30c; SOU 1000, JL50. Charges collect - 1000, fJ 10,000 at 80c. Bermuda Onions, Lr Kale, Brussels Sprouts, Beets, Kct lame price. Satisfaction gruarant? D. F. Jamison, Summervj Roger's Sli Only a lit your psrt For parte McKinnet Ayden, N< ACOLOTDDAY^DONl Avoid & Rdj COLDS INFLUEM HAL BY TAKING 11 'CHILL TONI it It a RtUabl * Central Inolifd 4 -? Hooey back wjtM Jf HUNT'S SALVt treatment of ITOJ RINGWORM, TIB Itchllifr *kin dim 75c ?t A. 1. 1 1 chart i MtdKMti To Build Houses on H t On the roof of a hotel to *d in Chicago five bunga'-o* built, with gardens an'l ti handball courts. There can be no true 1 that is not founded on vlrt ciples. USE Musn tk? SURE RE0 -p.SuxlUJHMb wJtrmM, CkeltTM, ft*1* Says Thos.F i Fills. Ia.? "I hJ?s can Mustang L"'23 yards for 24 yc^n. Dr. James Rig#. *? the Rigg strain ? used it in his yaroj recommended it to! ity. It is o post* Roup, Bumbled ' Head. I would to keep fowls witlxj ? botUeotMasiM1 FREE SOL'V% JfOt ahmoluUly fr? * ureetiona /or miflt!! ??nt for family TtH ?i