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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21

death?' The only trouble is that you cannot understand because HI t United States you do not knoW W ite- has been going on out here III Irahs ;. caucasia. nor what has taken place III Armenia itself since 1914. It has all been just one disaster after another, in a succession so hldeouS "hShe IL i almost unbelievable
 The President reviewed the chap ters of Armenia's tale or woe - the World War, Turkish and RusSlan III y-asions and Armenia's war with Geor- gia. The final Turkish horror, ne said was only in April laeI' loui months ago. He went on;
 .sIn all these seven years from 1914, there has not been ane moment ot peace or security for anybody: Not thing destroyed, pillaged, burned. By erybody homeless. EVerybody starV- ing. A regular hell. .5, There's a free Armenia, today And when everythings said and done,
 there will be free Armenia. It | has cost a great many lives, ana an | incredible deal of suffering. But It's worth it. -. l Armenians felt that we could count, and we did count, on you Americans | Yo1 alone were disinterested in your relief work. You didn't mix in poll tics and you didn't try to exploit us; l s'J11st to say that we are grateful
 is nothing. What we feel about 1t is, l of course something deeper lhdh | mere gratitude. It is hard to say
 what it is that we feel. But you go
 out among the Armenian people
 you. an American-and you Will ma l that to them you are something ol1- ferent from other men, Whatever
 YOU want of them. you can have to the last man of them. ' ou don need a. passport or credentials or any thing else. You are an American we've oriv had peace in this coun- trv four months, now We are Work-
 ing our heads off, all of us, to try to put the country on it's feet again. But
 you cannot undo the terrible damage
 of seven years of destruction in seven
 months. We need help now more
 than we ever have, for it's now or
 never with us. We've got our chance l--ib;st we can't swing it alone we have to have help from somewhere
 In a year, if no new disaster hits us
 we should be all right. But until
 then-wen you Americans have been
 the only real friends we have ever
 had"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21
SERAJEV0 INCIDENT WAS REVEALED
 TO WILHELM IN DRAMATIC FASHION

(NOTE-Scribbled on a little note crammed into a cigarette case which was then flung high through the air from the bridge of a little launch to the deck of the imperial racing yacht; all this in the midst of the pomp and splendor of the famous an nual regatta in Kiel Harbor; thus was conveyed to the Kaiser the first news of the assassination at Sarajevo which was the spark that set the world af1ame seven years ago! It is told here for the first time on this side of the At lantic, together with other h1ther- O unknown prewar events The story is a chapter from the
 memoirs of Jules Cambon, pub
 Iished in the Revue de France.
 (By International News Serylce.)
 By JULES CAMBON, Last Ambassador of France at the
 KaiSer'S Court.
 Paris Sept. 21-One day I called on Secretary of State Cor F'oreign all his faults he had a certain urge for honesty, sometimes displaying even a somewhat brutal frankness; among all the Germans with whom I had official dealings there was scarcely another with whom, gener' ally speaking, I got along so well.
 One day, talking to him eye to eye I said:
 drove you (Germany) into the Agad1l affair? Why did you do it Wha1 was the motive and what did it ge' you? It gravely compromised the relations between our two countries almost caused a war, inflamed the na tionalistic feeling in France to the exploding point. aroused suspicion and even sowed the seed of hostility there-and the result of it all? Ever here (Berlin) public opinion is rag ing against you. Germany consider: itself humiliated and is convinced that it has sustained a diplomatic re verse. Why did you send that war ship to Agadir ?''
 HA raf1ected for a few moments
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for vermin, like so many little mon- keys.
 Exodus From Samara.
 Considering that these people have been wanderers since 1915 and that many of them have journeyed from the farthest corners of Russia, it is extraordinary what quantities of goods they have with them. You worldly possessions consist of a ham mer, but the average family has nearly half a ton of impedimenta. There are enormous bundles, with contents varied and mysterious; here a sack of dried mushrooms, there bag of coarse rock salt gathered in Samara, a thousand miles away; painted woden chests, with iron claps; bedsteads. chairs; babies in woden cradles slung from three polesi handlooms with balls of gray yarn; strips of birch bark for making san dals, and rough wooden trolleys, on which the robuster members of the family painfully transport the whole from one resting place to another.
 These people speak the White Rus sian dialect, a quaint mixture of Rus sian and Polish. All their talk is of the great famine. From Moscow westward, they say, the crops are things are bad. very bad. Many of them have come from Saratoff and Samara, the centre of the famine area
 
 Bread? An, bread, prosche Pana, bread there is none! Grass is what little flour. Since the winter there littlef our. Since the winter thero has been no rain; there are cracks in the ground so large that you can put your hand into them. The people are going away to Siberia, those that have the strength, but very many will die this winter. An, it is very bad with Russia now!''
 Relief Works Wonders.
 The percentage of pestilence at Baranovitchi had been surprisingly low, considering the unsanitary con- ditions prevailing. Under the quaran- tine regulations the newcomers are obliged to remain at least five days. During this period the sanitary off cials, the Red Cross. the Y. M. c. A and other American relief societies work wonders with the wayfayers. They are inspected, deloused. fed, bathed, clothed, and the children soon leave off lice picking to join in games and sports. When the period of detention is over they are placed on trains destined to the stations nearest their former homes. many of | which have scarcely one stick stand- | ing upon another.
 While many of th> families will un- i doubtedly live through the winter without charitable assistance and prosper in the future, others cer- | tainly will fare so badly as to become a charge upon the Polish government.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21
HIBnEN TELLS OF SITUATION
 IN ARMENIA

Erivan, Soviet Republic of Armen- ia, Sept. 20.-PaXton Hibben, a rep resentative of the Near East Relief, has just had an interview with the Soviet President of Armenia irzwhich the President told him that the feel ing of the Armenians toward Aneri- cans for their help was something deeper than gratitude
 Mr Hibbep explains that the Presi- dent is really the President of the Revcoma a double abbreviation of Revolutionary Committee and that this committee corresponds to what tries. ''the Cabinet
 The Armenian President came into an office where MT. Hibben was talk ing with two members of the cabinet. The relief agent describes the incl dent thus:
 .~The door opened in the casual way that people have of putting in ana out of anybody,s office and breaking into
 nunist land and a common soldier en- tered in the cotton khaki, high black boots and shirt outside his pants. His head was shaven like that of any soldier of the Red Guard. It was what writers call a bullet head He pulled l1p a chair and ast down, his el- bows on the table. listening.
 nat o9 aske9 ona D of 'G fI,e asn R3inis e ters. waving his hand at the man dressed as a common soldier, without mark of distinction of any kind on him. We made very little progress until I asked him about the American relief work in Armenia; then he open ed up a bit'' MT. Hibben quotes the Armenian President as saying:
 ssYou Americans must have heard so much about the sufferings of Ar | menia that I can quite understand | that YOU should say to yourselves eWhat;s the matter with these Armen- ians that they are always starving te
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21

plates for shipbulding, their trans portation down the river to sub sidiary of Birminghams steel indus try that builds great ocean liners, which in turn carry the citys iron and steel all over the world. No other city, it is said here, equals this combination of favorable circum- stances.
 Other episodes will depict the faith of the pioneers, their unshaken con fidence after the crash of the first rent boom, the ten year period start ing with 1900 in which the city grew from 3S, 900 to 132,0 900 and it's transi- tion since 1910 from a source of raw materials to a manufactory of all kinds of finished iron and steel.
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then said:
 'I shall answer your questions Prince was in England, fox hunting. You know how the English are-how they interpret the duties of hospital ity, how they captivate and charm guest. The whole visit of the Crown Prince was one big feast. Pol iticians, ministers, society people. the most elegant women-particularl the latter-view for the honor to be in troduced to him and to be invited his receptions.
 Short Sighted Hopes.
 ''Af the speeches he heard fairly oozed with sympathy with and flat tery for Germany. All these tributes. feasts and eulogies literally turned his head He took everything on it's race value and returned to Berlin with the conviction that no other prince or sovereign was as popular in England as he himself. that the majority of Britons loved Germany dearly, that England was. ever ready to help her, and that France could never hope. in the event of a conflict with Germany. to be assisted by Eng land.
 fly underlining every detail, of course. Well, there you are at the very bot tom of the Agadir affair."" It has never been accurately told how the Kaiser learned of the as- sassination of Archduke Francis Fer dinand at Serajevo- It was told to
 me a -ew days afterward by one who was present at that memorable scene.
 The Kaiser was on his yacht, which he had entered in the Kiel regatta. He was, as usual, busy, excited; he gave orders and personally directed the boat manoeuvers. Suddenly lit l tie launch appeared, making straight 1 for the yacht at full speed; she sig nailed that she wanted to say some | thing to the imperial craft The | Kaiser tried to wave her off with an | imperious gesture. The launch, ig- | noring this, steamed nearer.
 Only a few feet separated her from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21
MERGERS WILL
 CONTINUE ITS
 ORIGINAL. PLANS

Announcement is made by the man agement of HareS Motors, Inc, that the abrogation by mutual consent of it's contracts with the Locomobi1e Co. and the Mercer Motors Go. will in no way interfere with the development of its original plans.
 These called for the producing and n,arketinz of passenger cars to sell respectiveIy for $1,70O, $2,500 and s4SOO, and full line of motor trucks.
 Hare's Motors has renewed its re1a- tions with the Kelly Springfield Motor Truck Co.,, and will continue to offel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21

a complete line of motor trucks, rangT Ing from one and one-haIf to six tons capacity, with perhaps the widest se-- lection of wheel bases, frame lengths and gear ratios on the market.
 The exceptionally strong engineers. ing staff of Hare's Motors has been retained. During the last year and a, half they have been busily- engaged, in developing the above passenger cars as well as working in close co- operation with the Kelly Springfield Motor Truck Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21
.P|TTSBURG OF SOUTH
 CELEBRATES GROWTH
Pageant to De- pict Rise From Village to
 Metropolis of Dixie.

Birmingham. Ala, Sept. 21-Birm- ingham will celebrate its fftieth an riversary Oct. "A to 29 with ex- position and historical pageant de- picting the development of the South's leading industrial city from the building of it's first house in 1871. Today the city has almost reached a population of 100000
 The pageant will be a record of Birnninghan's remarkable industrial development. Its chief episode will show the mining of coal. iron ore and limestone within sight of the steel plants of the city, fabrication of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-21

the racing yacht when Admiral Muel- Ter, standing beside the pilot, signal1- ed by pantomime that he had some thing to deliver. He held a piece of paper high in the air and then plac- ed it ostentatiously in his cigarette case and dexterously threw 1t upon the deck of the imperial yacht A Kaiser.
 Wilhelm opened the cigarette case, pulled out the crhmpied-up telegram unfolded it, grew pale, let It drop, and merely said:
 "Now I must begin all over again!' !'
 Then he gave orders to turn and abandoned the regatta
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
COTTON.

New York, Aug. 4.-Bullish crop
advices which have been received in
Liverpool since the recent low gov
ernment report caused an opening
vance of from 13 to IS points.
Ever since the report Texas has been
sending reports of great deterioration
and number of estimates of the
prospective do not exceed 100000
bales. Deterioration is also reported
in other sections of the belt. The
opening here was at an advance of
from IL to Is points with October at
1915 and December at 1916, and
later this was increased to an ad-
vance of from 20 to - points.
New York, Aug. 4.-Cotton fu-
turse opened firm with October
1900, Dec. 13.48, Jan. 1912, March
1868, May 1878.
The market at, noon was as fol-
lows: Jan. 13.47, March 1870, May
1880, Oct. 1906, Dec. 1880.
The market closed at 2:15 as fol-
lows: Jan. 1880, Mar. 1872, May
1878, Oct. 1912, Dec. 1852.
Spots Wilson market 10 1-2c.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
PROMINENT FARMER
AND MERCHANT Of
GREEN COUNTY SHOT
ADOPTED LETTER TO POCUE AT HIS TOBACCO BARN |D
Party Who Did the Shooting
Has Not Been Apprehended.
BIoodhounds on the Trail.
Mr.. Whitley the Victim Was
Quiet and Unassuming. In
quest Being Held.

Last night about midnight, while
at his barn curing tobacco, Mr.. Willie
Whitley a prominent farmer and mer-
chant who resides about quarter OF
mile from Walstonburg, small
town on the Norfolk and Southern
railroad, some 1S miles east Of Will
son was shot to death.
There is no clue to the perpetrator
' Of the crime, and the community is
greatly aroused over the tragic and
|dastardly deed, especially in the view
I! of the fact that Mr.. Whitley was
quiet and unassuming, and was not
known to have an enemy in the
world.
Bloodhounds were brought from
Washington early this morning and
are on the trail at noon as we go to
press with the first edition Of the
Times. The coroners jury is also
holding an inquest at this hour. 1t
was thought this morning that the
funeral would be held this afternoon,
but it is now thought unlikely since
other evidence may be procured bear
ing on the situation.
Mr.. Whitley sas shot through the
cheek while he Was lying presumably
asleep on tobacco truck. He leaves
a wife and six children. He was the
son Of Mr.. John Henry Whitley, and
the brother of Mr.. John Whitley who
runs store in Walstonburg in which
the dead man is interested. He is also
related to parties in Wilson being the
nephew of Mrs. ]. H. Garris of this
city. Tracks were found around the
barn, and the dogs are now on this
tContinued on page 81
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
QUESTION OF THE
SEIZURE Of VESSELS
Outside Three Mile Limit
Raised in the Matter of the
Henry L. Marshall.

Jersey City, Aug. Warrants for
the arrest Of the officers and crew of
the steamer Henry L. Marshall which
was seized with a cargo of liquor of
Atlantic City, Three others who are
interested in the cargo have also
been arrested, by Commissioner King,
on the charge of violating the VOL
stead act and the revenue laws Of the
country.
District Attorney Haywood Arrested.
Washington, Aug. 4. - United
States district attorney Haywood Of
New York will most likely be sum-
moned to Washington IN connection
with the seizure Of the Henry L. Mar
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LENDING MONEY
TO THE FARMERS
OF THE Country
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED
Smith Amendment Authorizes
War Finance Corporation to
Take Up 100,ooo,ooo in
Bonds of the Federal Farm
Loan System. Harrison
Amendment Also Adopted.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Disposition
of amendments to the agricultural
credits bill was begun by the Senate
today, but a vote on passage OF the
measure, which is favored by the
administration as a substitute Tor
the original Norris bill, went over.
Two of score of pending amend
ments were adopted, after hard
fight. One, offered by Senator Smith
Democrat, South Carolina, would au-
thorize. loans by the War Finance
Corporation to associations of agri-
cultural producers, and the other, OIL
fered by Senator Harrison, Demo-
crat, Mississippi, would authorize
the corporation to take UP $100, 0,OOo,-
900 in bonds of the Federal Farm
Loan system.
The Smith amendment was cor
tested hotly. Senators Harrison and
Williams, both Democrats, of Mis-
sissippi; La Toilette, Republican,
Wisconsin, and Ashurst, Democrat,
Arizona, led the opposition and
fought for direct loans to individual
producers. The amendment, was
adopted, 43 to %, with party lines
divided.
Senators Smith, Lenroot, RaDuh.i-
cans, Wisconsin, Smoot, Republican,
Utah, and Simmons, Democrat, North
Carolina championed the Smith
(Continued on page 6)
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
STUDYING PELLAGRA
IN SOUTHERN STATES
Representatives Assert No
Epidemic. Conference is Now
Being Held.

Studying Pellagra.-The pellagra
situation was discussed in a confer
ence here today by commissioners
from southern states and Surgeon
General Cummings who presided at
the meeting. Several Commissioners
said, before entering the room that
there was no danger Of an epidemic
of pellagra, and there was little in
their states.
Data which had been gathered by
the federal government was pre-.
sented by the Surgeon General who
said he hoped to get first hand infor.
nation from the delegates present
Pellagra was generally discussed, and
among those present were represen.
tatives Of the Red Cross, three ex.
perts of the health department and
Dr.. Golberger an expert in Pellagra
cases.
DR.. Goldberger presented expert
opinions on the subject of pellagra
and the danger Of its becoming cpl.
demic unless proper steps were taken
to prevent. The future course OF the
disease especially the conditions and
the liability Of its increase in 1922
were gone into. Il
Among those present was Or,
Rankin Of North Carolina
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
CAN'T GET TOGETHER
ON IRISH QUESTION
Both the Ulster Crowd and the
Sinn Feiners- Seem to be at
Loggerhead ON the Question.

London, Aug. 4.-The Irish situa-
tion took a very serious turn today
when it was announced that Presi-
dent De Valera had decided to sum-
mon the full Irish parliament to con-
slider the English proposals for set
tlement Of the Irish questions.
All kinds of Iumors are afloat to
the effect that Ulster would not again
consider the matter of a union with
South Ireland and that It was not
possible to get the parliament Of
Ulster to consider the terms in any
manner whatsoever.
The Irish parliament has been
summoned to meet Friday August 6,
according to bulletin issued from the
Irish heaqnarters here today.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
STOCKS.

New York, Aug. 4.-Ths stock mar
ket opened irregularly today with a
of leading shares scoring de-
clines during the first half hour. In
vestment rails and the leading spe-
cialties were, among those which
suffered declines. Yesterdays. drive
against the railroad shares was due
to misgivings regarding dividends
American Sugar, Central Leather pre-.
ferred, Cuban cane sugar and Beth
lehem Steel registered declines OF
from a half point to three quarters.
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governor HARDING.
REPLIES TO THE
!. VARIOUS CRITICISMS
AGAINST RESERVE BOARD
N52EKVE bOAKU
Says That While the Board
Does Establish General
Rules of Discount it Does
Not Have Absolute Control
Over Member Banks. No
Appeals Have Come Up.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Governor
Harding of the Federal Reserve
Board today began his reply to the
criticisms of the Board regarding its
loans and discounts rates, including
these of Mr.. John Shelton Williams
former Comptroller of the Currency.
Governor Harding said that while
the system is under the direction of
the Reserve Board its operation is in
the. hands of the reserve banks, and
the board only exercises general su-
pervision over their operations and
does not control them. ..
Under the law the banks which are
members of the reserve system are
private corporations controlled by
their directors. The attempt to estab-
lish a central bank did furnish
means of mobilizing credits.
Representative Fink Republican of
Illinois asked him a number of
questions and in reply Governor
Harding said that there had been
some feeling in the west Of the oper-
ations of some banks, but that no ap-
peal had been made to the board, as
a member bank had the right to do.
The matter of the extension of Gre
dts to individuals is up to the re-
serve banks Mr.. Harding said.
Interest rate on re-discOunts after
put into effect by the district banks,
but no appeal has been made to the
reserve board to do this.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1921-08-05
MELLON SAYS THE
KNIFE MUST SINK
DEEP INEXPENSES
TO PREVENT A DEFICIT
Expenditures are Now Rum
ming $3.50, 600, 900 Ahead CT
Income Secretary Mellon In
formed the House Ways and
Means Committee. Every
Month Exceeding Last Year

Washington, Aug. "A cut ol
more than $3.50, 100000 in the ordin'
ary expenses of the government fol
this fiscal year if adequate taxes are
raised to prevent a deficit was the
statement made today to the House
Way and Means Committee by Sec.
retary Mellon of the United States
Treasury.
Secretary Mellon said that the cur.
rent expenses of the government were
running at>the rate Of $4,000, 600, 200
of which only 3,SO0,OO0,OOO can be
secured from taxation upon the pres.
ent estimates.
Even with the suggested reduct-
ion in the expense account the ex-
penses are not expected to fall below
$3,357,00O,O0O cut as closely as poss-
ible the secretary said.
The secretary told the committee
that the actual expenditures for the
first four months of the fiscal year,
afer an extraordinary effort to re-
duce expenses would on the average
run ahead of the receipts. The ordin-
ary expenditures for July amounted
to $322,000,00O. as against $3O7,-
100000 for the same month in 1920,
while the current deficit last month
was s1t2O00,O0O as against $76,-
100000 for the same month, last
year. An analysis of the expenditures
for July 1921 showed deficit OF
$59,O0O,000 on account hof the wal
department, $56,OOO,OOO on account
of the Navy and $32,O0O,OOO on ac.
count of the Shipping Board.