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NEW BERN, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
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C!:r!: Give3 Version Of
Ii.cidcnto Leodinrj Up to
II::. Cu:"cn:icn For the
,Timo :rrmW?:Mr.
Tl o conhict between Mr.
Oci!'7,e 3Icredith, sieriutendent
zcf .streets, and Mayor Edward ,
I u k that lias leen fsmoulder
iri for months came to the sur-
, face : yesterday afternoon in the i
font of an 'open -break 'that.', re-
in the suspension of Mr.
.; ."( r-f-ilith on an order served by
CI.!-" t A. Ij. ISryau, under the
t jj i's instructions. ' Tonight
t!.e"'Uard of aldermeii will take
. ttr:' n. -" '..'.'' . " '. .
.Tie friction between 'the .sup
erintendent and tlw city's exee
Sifive stiiftctl over tlw; question
t f t:.e eiKplujniont of colored .la
bor on the htnnt force. -Mayor
' " ' k riVy v on out. Yesterday
' 'it : i. ;:,-: Vs refusal to
. t. bai nut ions :.f i-om the may- ..
or over. jlImv authority of .Chair-,
i i.A.:A. Kofcr, of, the - street
' cont-rittee, in reference. ,to a bit
cf' street, repair work on Middlii
t. In which,--, the' executive
i.ocl, ' t;.e' interest- of . the
; V '. .'.c were beius injured, lhaV
I : ought the tension .to a break
b; ? point, Tle susiensi6ijr follow
cdlast night.
Acting under orders fron tlie street
committee,-' Mr. Meredith has been
tlirectine; repairs on, lower Middle
strtot for the past week. Yesterday
bis brick crew moved up to the ,aec
tioil from McSorley's store, to Scott's
stables, roped- off the west side of
the street frpnithe street cartracks
to the curbing and began work The
lenprth of 'the roped, off section was
nbnnt a thirrl r,f the block. . F,
Mayor Clark told the' New'Bernian
last night that? Patrolman" .Wootten
went to his office about 3 o'clock and
told him there was some- confusion
among th) merchants -over the con-g-fetion
of traffic Aas a result of Mr.
Meredith's work, and that he , . was
wanted there.
: Mayor Investigates
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The mayor 'stated that he went to
the scene immediately and found the
trufftc' badly congested. lie went to;
Mr.. Meredith and -asked him not to
rope off so large a' section of the
street .at'One time, he said, and dis
cussed with . him the possibility - - of
halting the .work on Middle street
because' "it was the busiest thorough
fare : in the city and this the busiest
time, of the year. , Mr, Meredith told
him,, he said, that he was working
under. instructions : of . Chairman Ka
fer and. could -not change his plans
tlirre, ; '.'-.;
With that., the mayor said, he told
Mr. Meredith he would see Mr. Ka-
v fcr aiid try to "have the' work chang
ed so as to relieve traffic at any rale.
Hut- he failed to find Mr. Kafer and
the -.repair work
the street closed.
continued, half of
Afioxner attempt,
on the mayor's part to get Mr.- Mere
dith to open up a-part of the street
failed, ' the superintendent maintain
ing his stand that he-was under or
ders from Mr. Kafer. ' -
Makes Another, Effort ' ,
"I;made another effort to find
Mr, Kafer," Mayor Clark said, "out
of courtesy to the street committee.
I did not wish to usurp . any of the
power of his, committee, I have al--ways
tried . to treat each department j
of the city government with ' the re
epect that-is due them. But when I
- " wa s unahle to get up with Chairman
Kafer, , I felt bound to take the re
sponsibility under the circumstances
-andopen up the street for the con
venience of the public." " 'u "
The next time Mayor Clark went
to Mr. Meredith he said he gave him
instructions to stop" his work as well
sia he. could and open- up thg stFeet.
.'riicn it was that the latter told the
executive that he refused to take or
ders from anyone but Chairman Ka
fer. VTheti you have forced me to
tell you that I shall have to suspend
you," the mayor said he told him.
The order was issued; Chlel Bryan
served it; and Mr. Meredith dismiss-
ed his force. "I did pnly what the
charter gave me the . rifht to do as
the head of tb.e city government,"
said Mayor. Clark. . ' v
Text or Order
The following is the text of the or-
Admiral Earl Beatty Jutland.Hero, .
and His American Wife Here For'Visit
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Admiral Earl Beatty, Britain's most popular naval, hero, since ' Nelson,
lie-o to act as naval expert at the arms parley, was welcomed by .the city
ind nation-when -he arrived in. New York recently. This photograph shov'B
him Cat .left) on board the U- S. navy cutter Vigilant" which transported
the Beatty party ashore from the .steamship Aquatania. With the . hero of
Jutland is seen ; Lady Beatty and their younger son, the llonorable Peter
Beatty. -, At the right is Admiral Hugh odRman,'. representing the -United
States navy. Lady Beatty is the daughter of the late Marshall Field, ,-; xt
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of suspension: k ' .
, ' New Bern, .N. C,
3 N v., 1021
"o Mr. George W. Meredith,
Superintendent pf Streets, .
New Bern, N. C.
Dear Sir: . . - -
Please take notice that . the under
signed mayor ' of the City of New
;iern has and. doth hereby suspend
vou temporarily from the .office of
5jperintendent of .Streets' of the City
of New Bern fdr disobedience-of or
ders of the mayor, misconduct and
insubordination in office, . '-and. that
report of such- suspension will be
,mado to-the Board of Aldermen of
aid city, at a meeting of said Board
to- be held inthe City Hall, Friday
evening Nov., 1921, -t-8 O'clock, at
which time arid place the said board
will consider and report.'.
" .- . j. Besj)ectfully,- .
.s" BDWAItD CLARK, '
Mayor of the (?ity of New Bern.
The'.Chicf of Police, in directed to
serve the foregoing - notice upon Geo.
i W. Meredith ' by -leaving a copy of
the samo with him without delay. '.
- . ' . - EDWARD CLARK,
Mayor, of the City of New Bern.
Received 3 Nov.. 1021. and served
,-,y reading, and .'delivering a copy -of
y,regoing notice, to George W. Mere-
dith. "This M Nov., 1021. .. '
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. -"' ' . - Chief of ' Police,
'-.Meredith Talks v -In
stating his side of the contro
versy that resulted in his suspension,
Supt. Meredith" declared last- night
that he brousrlit on' the r.nvnr's ac
tion by obeying to the le'cter instruc
tions from Chairman A. r A. Kafer,
of; tlic street committee.. "My job
was the repairing of Middle street,"
said Mr. Meredith. "I was but car
rying- out Mr. JCafer's' instrucjtions
when I continued work contrary 'to
Jiayor Clark's orders."-
.Mr. Meredith-said he had sent for
an,:; officer -to come" down 'on Middle
Ktreet and have the owners of auto
mobiles to move their" cars so that
his force could go to work. Patrol
mas Wootten was the officer who
same, he saiu, but he stated that he
would have to return to -his post at
the Elks corner. He wouldsend Pa
trolman Ipock. In the meantime, ac
cording to Mr. Meredith, Mayor Clark
arrived on the scene.. He" did not state
what was said, He only declared that
he did tell the mayor that he could
not move hi3 force off the street and
open it up without instructions from
Chairnmn Kafer. r i
. Denies the Charge ;
"I -was not in any way insubordi
nate, disobedient, or guilty of mis-
Dk6V Investigation of Charse. Made By . .. K fP I F ITIT
conduct in office, as the order stat
ed," vMr. Meredith said. "When I ac
cepted the position of superintendent
of streets I was accepted as an em
ployeti of the strpet department, of
which Mr. Kafer is chairman. I had
not .previously taken" instructions
from . anyone else, and' 1 did not feel
that I should' yesterday.: The work
on Middle street was .in fulI--accord-ance
with Mayor Clark's dec. aration
when he took- office. He said 5 that
the city'3 streets aught to' be repair
ed at once. Out street work has been
along the line he. advocated. But he
has hampered its success all along,
interfering with the employment of
labor, and now,, finaUv, he has sus-
pended inc. and . brought the . entire
program1 to a halt."
...Vskcd For Instructions ' '
s went -to . Chairman Kafer' and
Alderman Bangert immediately '-after
h order was served o.n me and ask
ed what I should do- Their ai Wee
was . that tf stop my work and atiue
by the -mayor's, decree, and . await
developments,", he - continued, - "and
so -I. have no more to say until the
board takes action tomorrow night."
Mr, Meredith has been severely
criticized by members of the . city
administration for . his policies.- but
on the whole, he has been compli
mented on the . efficiency he. has
maintained in carrying out the street
repair program especially. Mayor
Clark 7. has never complained about
the superintendent's work, but he
has criticized him severely on . what
he has considered to be his determi
nation to ' carry out his own ideas
despite the wishes of "himself and
the board of aldermen.
Ccmposite Flag
On Unknown Grave
I.ONDQN, Nov. 3 A composite
flag, representing Great' Britain, 'the
United States. France, Belgium, It
ay and Ja pan ' has juat been placed
upon .the grave of the British tin
known warrior, in Westminster Ab-
liey by J-Jmik L. O. KohenthaU most
patriarch of the national division 'of
the Sons of Temperance of "North
America. :,Accomj)anyipg the bag
was 'the following message: ', h
This flag is placed here as a trib
ute to the service,: devotion, valor
and sacrifice rendered by him who
is buried here, and to all his asso
ciates or ,inis and allied, nations, in
the name of. his comrades , in arms.
members of the Order of the Sons of
Temperance in Canada and.. the Unit
ed States on the 29th anniversary of
the birth of the order.".'
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Investigation of Charges Made By ; '
- Senator Watson Likely: Be Dropped
' (By Associated Press) . '
WASHINGTON, Nov: 3 A motion is to' be made in the sen
ate' tomorrow Democratic senators announced tonight, to
drop the investigation by the special committee into charges
of Senator; Watson, democrat, of Georgia, that American sol
diers were hanged in France without trial. -: '; -
Whether a partisan issue would develop out of the case was
uncertain tonight,, but several republicans' declared, they vtfbre
ready to resist the democratic motion which Senator Simmons
sakl he planned ,to offer. He is to move for a discharge or
dissolution of theispecial' iavestigating committee,' headed by
Senator Brandegee, republican,, of Connecticut,-, .which Was
appointed last Tuesday. . - - .
The : Simmons motion. Ws agreed on after; conference ' be
tween republican nad demccrat'ic leaders and Senator Watson
and after presentation by. Watson oE ktters, telegrams and
newspaper cKppmgs. in .substantiating "his charges. - - - -
ARBAKGE PROGRAM ; ;
JMfilCKPITI
AHMMHIT. PARLEY
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Policies Are Beginnin'j To As-
sume Definite Outline, It
is Said-. -
FAR REACHING REDUCTION
Effort is To Be Made To Keep
Ail of the Negotiations
' in the Open
(By
Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. The PoIt
icies and ' prograpi .of the American
delegation to the ft'.iament confer-ent-e
-are-' beginning to assum-? defi
nite outline .and if- ttiss. expectations
of. ofileial' Washingtyrt "are .. Eealized,
the opening -civs FWiH -..--see a ..se
quence of flevelopmerit's ; something
like this: , i. '. . - s"
Presentation-1 at. the' outset, of a
concrete . (American plan : for far
reaching reduction of naval arma
ment. :' . ' . . ' . ;.'.-'
J Consideration along , with this plan,
of such troublesome probJms of the
far- east as may naturally project
themselves, into thei pictures. . .'
" Meantime, an effort by . the United
States. tq keep "the negotiations in'-the
open so that public opinion may ex
ert its pressure toward practical - ac
complishment. ,
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NOTICE OF TAXES
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Sheriffs Office Notified Craven
County Tax Payers; the.
, Discounts
Notices advising Craven county tax
payers iOf tho amount of ' their taxes
-for 1921 have been mailed out oy
Sheriff J. D.-Williams.. He stated
Yesterday that there has been some
confusion- over the .meaning of the
notices.' Some persons , had- not. 'un
derstood that the amount quoted was
for 1921 and not for 1920-
The . taxoaver - is .-notified that . one
per cent discount will b allowed on
taxes paid during this month. '.. . If
paid during the months of December
and January there, will be no dis
count; and .if paid in February one
per cent penalty will bo added- For
each month thereafter the penalty
will increase by one per cent.
FOR
921
MAILED
PRICE OF COTTON IS
EXPECTED
President of Cotton Manufacturers Association
That Cotton Industry Is Headed For Pros
perity in the Very Near Future
: (By' Associated lress.) "'
BOSTON, Mass.,' Nov. 3. As a
result of the present condition of
the cotton crop,, seriously dimin-
, ished by the depredations of tlie
boll .weevil, buyer and consumer
must 'not bo surprised if cotton,
prices are higher, Kuspcl B. Lowe
of Fitchburff, ,,. president of the
National Association, of Cotton
Manufacturers told " the semi
annual convention of that body
here tonight.
Speaking at "a banquet that
marked the conclusion of a two
days session, Lowe asserted that
the weevil Iiad destroyed more
than $200,000,000 rth f the
ADMINISTRATf DIV IS.
EXPECTING TO MAKE
B!G CUT Ifi EXPENSES
Plans .To Reduce Expenditures
. . Fcr . the Fiscal -Year
' ' $439,000,00 - . -
BUDGET IS STILL LARGE
Total ., Expenses For the - Next
Twelve Months Estimated
' NcarJv Four Billion
,i" (By.v Associated Pres3i
- Vfl S Hrr""GTOk, ' Xov. ad
ministration expects to .effectr- an ag-
Kregate redmttipti ' in ; government ex
penditures ftr-the fiscab year -of--1 95?
of I li 3 9 P0 0 B'.O 0 0 j hf cad '..r it ; its i'revi-
ovH estimated reduction, pf ? 3 50,000,-
000, President Harding informed conn
gress through a . letter to Speaker Gil
lette todayv ;' , - - - . .--.'.
On the basis of the. . latest- esti
mates received from the departments
and establishments,', the president
said, the total expenditures - for the
next year ! stand now at $3,940,000,-
000, a reduction of- $94,000,000 from
the estimate of $4,034,000,000 s?ub
mittgd to congress on-August- 10. ' "
oThe- president's estimates were sub
mitted -in connection' with ; the trans
mission -I of supplemental and deflc-
encyf- estimates of appropriations
amounting to nearly -. $188,000,000,
which he said were taken into con
sideration in. arriving at the expendi
ture total for next year.. -
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Champagne Sells
Cheap in Coblenz
r COBLENZ, Nov. 3- Champagne at
iBO cents a-bottle in Coblenz is one
-of the joys of the American occupa-i
tion asa result of the.. continued de
'pteciation of the mark. s
."What wiU you have, Chartreuse
6r "Benedictine'?" asked a buck pri
vate who was entertaining a party of
live at dinner the other night. "I
want t finish this thing royally," he
added, ,
They all' had Chartreuse; ' n cost
the buck 35 cents.
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Large Quantity
Chicle To U. S.
MEXICO CITY, Nov.- 3 The chi
cle crop of the state of Campeche
ihis year was upward of five million
pounds most of. which went- to the
United .States and was manufactured
into chewing gum.
TO AVIATE
cop.and the question of the sup
ply was serious.
"Looking into the future," he
said, "the gemi-al opinion' is that
the cotton industry is headed for
prosperity with a -shortage of
. production when demand becomes
normal..'
"The wliole textile industry
faces too much uncertainty In re
gard to the purchase of cotton.
The price fluctuates to such an
extent that the manufacturer
cannot plan his work nor can tlie
garment manufacturer be certain
of any pric on which to base his
product. There: are few indus
tries, if any, in which such a spec
ulative feature is present,"
HE FIELD THOUGH!--TO
BE S0IBE -BETTER
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VOTES AGAINST THE
SALES TAX PROJECT
Senate . Rejects the Measure By
Vote of Forty-Three to m
Twenty-Five. - .; -j
DEMOCRATS, VOTE SOLIDLY
Senator Smoot Offers Another
Amendment; This Not
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WASHINGTON, NoV. 3 The sales
ax was rejected tomgnt by the sen
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The vote, forty-three -against to
twenty-six for, -ivas on a proposal by
Senator: Smoot, republican, of Utah.
or a. one per cent levy ...with exemp
tions in the case of sales by. farmers
of th? products of their farms, sales
by public utilities and-thoe by the
United States or any foreign govern
ment or any state or territory; the
army an4 navy and. hospitals. ' "''
; The democrats voted solidly against
the sales tax and were joined by sev
enteen, republicans, v . '
': Senators Glass" and - S wanton, of
Virginia, and Senators Overman .and
"Simmons of -Njjrth CaioLriJa, .Voted
against the" amendment. -
The vote - was i regaraed' generally
as decisive of the whole question of a
sales tax at this time, but immediate
ly after it had been announced. Sen
ator Smoot- offered another amend
ment embodying a business sales tax
of one-half of one per cent on gross
sales, in excess-of $6,000 a year. This
went over until tomorrow and Sena
tor Bmoot said he did not think con
sideration of it would consume much
time. " ..' - : , . ,
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At Dinner in Liverpool He
Voices Sentiments in Re
ygard to Jap Merger
; s , (By Associated. Press.)
' LIVERPOOL, Nov. - S. George
Harvey, the . United States ambassa
dor to Great Britahrtold an audience
at the Liverpool Chamber of Com
merce tonight that it was rttile to
hope - that America, as . Lord Derby,
recently had . been suggesting, may
some day be merged in a definite al
liance with- Great Britain and ' Ja
pan. This statement . was made as a
digression .from an address in which
the . American , ambassador, attacked
Communism . and socialism and de
fended the principle of individual
ism. - , . - - ' ", . . ' '. ':. - ,
In hhs digression Ambassador Har
vey recalled Lord Derby's statement
in a recent address in Birmingham,
in which the latter voiced the' con
cition that the success of , the Wash
ington conference would mean peace
and that its failure would mean war
in the near future. The speaker also
recalled -Lord Derby's suggestion to
former President Ppincare, of France
at a dinner last Tuesday that an Anglo-French
' alliance would be desir
able intimating the hope tliat Amer
ica might join the combination. .
Will Go to Lexington and Lay a
Wreath on Tomb of Rob- :
ert E. Lee
(By Associated Press)
LEXINGTON, Va., Nov. S Marsh
al Foch accepted, today in a telegram
to officials .of Washington and Lee
university, an invitation to visit Lex
ington and lay a wreath on the tomb
of Robert E. Lee. Presentation to
the Marshal of the degree of doctor
of laws, conferred on him : by the
university, will take place at? the
same time, it was announced;-
The date of the visit has not been
set.- ' ' -
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FQCH TO PAY VISIT
' TO VIRGINIA p!TY
ATIOM
In Ohio Miners Who Had
Walked Out Are Order
ed. To Return to Their
Job-? Without Delay
ASKS A SUSPENSION
Miners' . Union - Officials
Will A$k For a Suspen
sion Judge Anderson's
Terniiorary Injunction
(By Associated Press) '
JCOEUMBUS, O, Nov. S Ohio
miners who have ceased work' In :
protest against the injunction' 1s
- suedOlri federal court at Indian
V aixlis abolihhing the ' "cheek off"
system, were i ordewxl to return, to "
, work by the executive board ot ".
district1 number six . United Mine -;
AVorkers of America, after a moot-
: ing here today. "" - , , .
- At tlie same time '- Leo 'Hall, :
-president of the district, was -no- .
titled to inform all coal operators
: that compliance with their con- ' -tract
'which inclndes - provisions
of the "chetrk off" syBtem, is ex
- lKH'ted and that violation " of .' , it ' .
will l-esult in a strike. - " . '
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' ' OTHKRS TO GO OUT '
-. (By Associated Press) ", '"
PITTSBURG', Pa.,' Nov. . . 3 Forty
thousand union' miners in the Pitts
burg bituminous coal district will ba
caliecLIout on striies- next - Mohday "
morning if ,the.i.exeiqutivol , board
district -nbmoer ftre, -United -Mine
Workers of America, tomorrow act .
on the. advice of President Robert' nJ
Gibbons. - The strike will be confined'
to ' the coal . companies ' which have'
notified Mr. Gibbons' that they wilL
no longer observe' the ' ''check off"
provision in the union scale; ,J t -'
' SEEK INJUNCTION ' '
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Nov. 3 Siis- f
pension .of Federal Judge Anderson's
temporary injunction 'prohibiting, th
check' off of union dues by operator
ahd directing a cessation of union'
efforts to organize West Virginia coal .
fields will be asked tomorrow, in. the-circuit,;-
court of appeals', at 'Chicago
by miners' union officials., . " . . ..'.
v. Counsel for .the Indiana operators
who jalso opposed-the .injunction suit
before' Judge Anderson, will not join
in the appeal because of the walkout,
of 25,t)00 miners having forced aehut-
I clown of Indiana' mines' and the atti. .
tude - of the operators was to let th
union-fight it out. -. --
.- Application .for the granting' of an
appeal also will-be made at Chicago
by (the union, but 'this -was aid br
counsel to be a perfunctory proce'ed-
ing that might either' be brought be-'
fore Judge Anderson "or any '.otbt-p "
judge. , " -- - ,.-
New York Once ; .'
Again is Milkless
NEW YORK,, Nov." S.-Cltisens .'of -the
metropolitan, area rose again this
morning t.o, breakfast without: milk
and crean. on Jhe second day of? the
milk handlers' strike, with slight pros--pect;of
a settlement in sight.- Except ;
for deliveries by small distributors
the milk' delivery system continued
in a state of paralysis.7" -. - i .' .
Representatives of the employers'"
organization,- the milK - conference,
board, and milk wagon -drivers' union i
were called to the office of Mayor Hy-' '
Ian today to discuss possible .terms of.
settlement. Both sides .expressed lit
tle' hope of reaching a settlement.
Several cases of violence by the' '
strikers Vere reported, to the police
in the early morning. Three men were
arrested after they were said to have
stoned a driver of a truck with a sup-
plyof milk for hospitals. . The police- '
man who made the arrest held back
a crowd of 500 with his revolver.
Strikers stoned other drivers at dis
tributing stations, the police- said.
and patrolmen were sent to the sta- .'
tions . .to-preserve order-- and; insure
the safe "delivery of milk. , :-.
A large crowd of strikers Assembled '
at one large company's uptown plant
and jeered the arrival of 100 strike '
breakers. . . - . . . ' .
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Petrified Forests
- i
Been Discovered
" ROME, Nov. 3 Discovery -of -huge
petrified forests' on the' plateau . of
Northern Sardinia,- the trees of wliich
are from nine to twelve feet --.'. in
circumference, is reported in the.-.
Tribuna. r v ' "
A government commission declares '
that the find is of world-wide im-
portance as these forests are said to
be among the grandest in the world.
A,