Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-23
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, n. {. THURSDAY JUNE 23 1921

American citizens will be COnfiscated
on great scale. This would consti-
tute an international wrong of thS
gravest character, and this govern
ment could not submit to its accom-
plishment."
The Republican majority In the
house took steps to discard the Borah
amendment to the naval bill, and to
substitute the idea of the Porter joint
resolution, which cOncurs in the ex'
pressed purpose Of President Harding
to call disarmament conference but
refuses to tie his hands with instruc'
tiOns or requests, as does the Borah
plan. The Porter idea, it !s said. u
the more pleasing to the President
but he will not directly intervene II
the controversy. The house Demo
Gratis are almost solidly in favor OF
the Borah amendment.
The senate performed a peculiar
flop last week in dealing with the
army bill. On Tuesday, by a vote OF
"a to 80, it rejected the drastic army
reduction voted by the house, adopting
the plan Of the senate military CON-
mittee for an army Of an average
strength Of 10000 during the next
wear, with a reduction to 10000 by
February Is, 1922. Next day the SEN
ate reversed itself, deciding, 30 to 81,
to reduce the army TO 10000, which
would necessitate the discharging OF
about $4,000 men before the middle OF
next February. The entire bill was
then passed without roll call. IT
carries an appropriation Of $333,OOO,'
900 for the army for the fiscal year
beginning July l.
President Harding announced to
congress his selections for the recon-
structed United States shipping board
A. d. Lasker, a well-known advertis'
ing man Of Chicago, was appointed
chairman. The other members are:
II. V. O'COnnOr of Buffalo, n. Y; for
mer Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
Edward c. Plummer of Maine. f. /.
THOMPSON of Alabama, Meyer LisSncr
of Los Angeles and Rear Admiral
Benson of Georgia. The selection Of
Mr.. Lasker was criticized sarcGstlcah
ly by certain Democratic congressman
and warmly defended by Illinois rep
resentativeS.
The Republican national committee,
in session in Washington, accepted the
resignation of Chairman Will Hays
and elected John T. Adams of Du'
buque, Ia., to succeed him. Mr.. Adams
has been vice chairman, and that po-
sition was given to Ralph f. Williams
Of Portland, Ore. A. new basis of rep
resentation ut national conventions
was adopted by which the Southern
states will lose % delegates from the
number accredited to the Chicago con.
venton of last June. The >Old system
allowed for one delegate from each
congressional district, but under the
new plan a district must have cast 2.
500 Republican votes in the last pre-.
ceding election before 1t may send a
delegate to the convention. To have
two district delegates there must have
been cast 10000 Republican votes, or
Republican representative must
have been elected to congress, Under
the former plan 1900 votes gave two
delegates.
Just before tile committee met. one
of its most prominent members, Alvin
T. Hert of Kentucky. died suddenly In
Washington hotel. Mr.. Hert was
very active in the last campaign and
President Harding offered him an am
bassadOrship and other high posts. He
was a leading business man of Lorls-
Vile.
Another sudden death that shocked
the country was that OF Col. Frederick
w. Galbraith, national commander of
the American Legion. He was killed
In On automobl,., accident near In.
dlanapclls, ana Henry Ryan, director
Of AmercaniZatiOn in the Legion. and
Col. Milton ]. Foreman of Chicago
narrowly escaped death at the same
time.
With what we like TO consider the
true American spirit, the people Ol
Pueblo already are at work restoring
their city after the devastating HOOD
that swept through that part of Colo-
RADIO. The National Guard Is policing
the area of destruction, which eln-
braces about 296 square miles, and all
week supplies Of food and clothing
were being rushed in by all possible
means of conveyance. 1t is not likely
the number of dead ever will be known
accurately, but 1t probably reached
500. In addition to the immense prop
erty damage in Pueblo and other
towns, much of the crops and the live
stock in the food area was destroyed.
Fears of an epidemic due to the utter
ly diSnrrouizal Snnitat tion of the re-