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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
SEES RECOVERY OF POLAND
American Business Man, Who Has
investigated, Says That Country
10 Returning to Normal.

New York.-Poland will be one OF
the first countries OF central Europe
TO recover from the effects of the war,
Francois de ST. Phalle. vice president
Il tie Baldwin Locomotive works and
resi' M of The Polish chamber of
~. cree IN New York. said on his
dl from investigating conditions
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
viii Have Detention Home.

Wake county is to have the first
detention home for delinquent boys
and girls in North Carolina, the
Wake county commissioners and the
city commissioners of Raleigh hav.
ing co-operated in appropriating the
necessary funds for the lease and
maintenance OF the Major Wilder
Place" about hve miles from Raleigh
on the Mlhurnie road.
Several counties have rooms for
delinquents in jails or other build.
ings. but Wake county is the first
to provide a separate home.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Few Deaths From Cancer In Carolina.

Few Deaths From Cancer In Carolina.
Washington. = The Carolinas have
the distinction Of being among the
lowest in the rate of deaths from can
Ger and other malignant tumors in
1920 A census bureau report shows
that the death rate from these dis
eases for the United States was 1874
per hundred thousand population,
compared with sos per cent for 1919.
The North Carolina rate for whites
was ell and colored 44.5; South Car
DINA, was 51s and colored 1856. Mis-
sissippi had the lowest rate for whites,
7.6.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

QUITTING down the estimates Of
~ Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
by $I50,0OO, the house appropriations
committee recommended the appropria-
tion of $9,2500O0 for prohibition en-
forcement during the next fiscal year.
This will provide for the employment
of about 800 more agents, Mr.. Haynes
also wanted S550,ooo to Increase the
salaries of agents TO keep them honest,
but this the committee refused.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

THE delegation from the Far East
ern republic, not being given Il
hearing by the conference, created
something Of sensation by giving to
the press copies of alleged secret notes
and treaties revealing Il military and
political alliance between France and
Japan for the purpose Of establishing
japanese domination In Siberia and
stabilizing French interests in Russia,
and 70 Illustrate Americas policy In
the Far East. The documents were
declared to be fabricatlons, by both
the French and the japanese delega-
tons, and the United States govern
nation concerning any such agree
ment. But 1t is asserted there are In
the files Of the State department re-
ports from American observers in a
general way confirming the allegations
Of the Chita representatives, and
there is talk Of senatorial investl-
cation into the Siberian situation.
Later In the week the Chita dele
gates produced another document, this
time an alleged treaty between the
japanese army In Siberia and Rus
sian officers connected with Semenoff.
antl-Bolshevist leader. whereby the
japanese agreed to support with arms
and money an offensive against the
Chita republic. Baron Kato, In re-
ply, admitted that a former japanese
cabinet paid Semenoff certain amount
Of cash to keep him In the field.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
meeting of the allied supreme council
was opened on Thursday.

DEBATE on the Irish treaty was al
~ most overshadowed In Dublin by
the kidnapping, presumably by support
ers OF De Valera, of A. b. Kay, cor
respondent of the London Times, and
by hot discussion In the Dali Ereann
concerning the freedom Of the press,
provoked by an attack on the Free
mans Journal because It advocated
ratification Of the pact. The CORE
spondents united In demand that Mr..
Kay be released and that public
apology for his kidnapping be made in
the Dali Eireann.
The strength Of the opposition 20
the peace treaty In the Dali Eireann
when 1t reassembled after the holidays
was unexpected. De Valera, Countess
Markiewicz and many others denounced
the pact bitterly and were not al all
abashed by the arguments Of its sup
porters. On Wednesday De Valera
issued proclamation to the people
of Ireland" and also circulated copies
of the Document No. =" shorn Of
several of Its clauses. This latter
was De Valera's proposed alternative
pact, and a fierce debate at once arose
over whether II should be considered
as an amendment to the treaty and
voted on first, as De Valera wished,
or whether vote should first be taken
on the treaty and II ii were unfayor-
able, then on the alternative. In the
course of the row De Valera shouted
that he was going to move this amend
ment at my own time and In my own
way" and when reminded this was a
matter for the chair to decide he
holly retorted: II am the president
here and am going to make my own
rules Of procedure In my own way
and at my own time"
The alternative Is not vastly dlf.
ferent from the treaty arranged In
London. 1t provides that the legisa.
ture, executive and judicial authority
Of Ireland shall be derived solely from
the people Of Ireland; that for the pur-
pose of common concern Ireland shall
be associated with the states of the
British empire, with rights, status and
privileges In no respect less than those
states, and that for the purposes Of
the association Ireland shall recognize
his Britannia majesty as head of the
association. Most of the other terms
are similar to those of the treaty.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

A CCORDING to New York news
"A paper, Postmaster VIII Hays has
accepted the position of director gen
eral Of the National Association OF the
Motion Picture Industry which was
offered him some time ago. II is said
his contract is for three years at
salary of $4,000 year. The az.
ISOLATION embraces in Its membership
all the motion picture producers in the
country.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

Japan and China, through their
y delegates, resumed the interrupted
conversations" over the Shantung is
sue, but so far as is now known they
did not make notable progress toward
an agreement. The arrangements for
payment by China for the Kiaochow-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

Tslnanfu railway were still the stick
ing point. Japan persists In her de-
mand that Chinese borrow the neces-
Snrr funds from Japanese bankers,
which. as has been explained, would
mean Il continuation of japanese con-
troll Of the roads operation. 1t was
hoped, however, that this Shantung
matter would be settled early this week
through the good offices" of Messrs.
Hughes and Baf0ur.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
T'HE death of Senator Boies Penrose

TIVE death of Senator Boies Penrose
L of Pennsylvania not only deeply
grieved his many friends and admirers.
1t also caused considerable dismay
among those who do not approve Of
the s0-called agricultural bloc in the
senate. For Penrose was chairman
OF the senate finance committee and
IL the system of seniority is adhered
to his successor in that place of power
will be Senator McCumber of North
Dakota, one of the charter members
of the bloc. PenrOse also was
recognized as the leader OF the con-
sentative element in the senate. and
In this position he is succeeded by
Senator Watson Of Indiana.
Gov. w. c. Sproul Of Pennsylvania
was urged by some Republicans to re-
sign and accept appointment to Ill
out Penrose's unexpired term, but this
he declined to do.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

DRESlDENT and Mrs. Harding re-
! vlved the custom OF holding New
Years reception to the public, and all
official Washington followed suit by
keeping open house on Monday. Among
the callers at the White House and
guests at the diplomatic breakfast was
Dr. Karl Lang, the newly arrived Ger.
man charge d'affaires.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

g ENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON In an
~ address In San Francisco set forth
In considerable detail his objections to
the Pacific peace treaty agreed to by
the arms conference. He especially
disllkes Article 2, which he thinks as
bad as Article 10 Of the League Of
Nations. Senator McNary of Oregon
thinks the treaty offers fine chance
for settling the Philippines problem
and when II comes before the senate
he.will offer this reservation:
"The United States agrees within
two years TO grant complete lndepend-
ence to the people Of the Philippine
islands, provided the high contracting
parties will obligate themselves to re-
spect the political independence and
territorial integrity of the Philippine
nation"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Wright Rouse Gets Respite.

Wright Rouse, 70.year.old one-armed
negro, sentenced to be electrocuted in
the state prison for the murder OF Will
liam Whitley, Greene county farmer.
near Walstonburg last fall, received
respite of 80 days by order of Gov
ernor Cameron Morrison.
The change in the governors judy
ment in the case came, he explained.
as result Of telegram from Judge
Frank A. Daniels who tried and sen.
fenced Rouse, asking for a respite.
The petition for communication was
opposed by similar petition asking
the governor not to interfere. II was
signed by large number OF citizens
Of the Walstonburg neighborhood in
Greene county. The preamble OF the
petition pointed out that the indig-
nation of the Greene county citizens
was only kept within the bounds OF
the law by the assurances that Rouse
would be tried and given the limit
One Of those appearing before the
governor in opposition 10 the petition
for communication was brother OF the
dead man.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Continue Campaign.

Owing to the pressure brought on
the committee from growers in the
three states who had not yet had an
opportunity to sign, the committee
decided to continue the campaign for
signers on the same basis until Feb
ruary 2, 1922, when 1.-THE board of d.
rectors will assume control
Among the resolutions passed by
the full committee were vote OF
thanks and appreciation to campaign
managers A. w. Swain of North
Carolina; NJ. o. Wilson of Virginia.
T. B. Young of South Carolina, and
to the extension service of the three
states. The services of DR.. Poe OF
The Progressive Farmer were recog-
nized by rising vote of thanks.
while the News and Observer and
those newspapers which have loyalty
supported the organization of the as
ISOLATION were extended a vote Of
appreciation and thanks.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Those Present.

The following men were present
at the meeting:
North - Carolina j. W. Joyner.
Clarence Poe, J.. s. Tomlinson.
George Ross, B. w. Kilgore, ]. w.
Stephenson, A. w. Swain and E. G.
Moss.
Virginia o. M. Wilson, J. H.
Warren, C. Gordon, H. T. Jones, M.
C. Johnson, C. r. Sanderson, ]. Fl.
Quisenberry, ], r. Hutchinson, F. v.
Shelton and w. Scott Garrett.
South Carolina Bright William
son, N. A. Mcmillan and T. b. Young.
AS the final act of a long days
work, the committee, in obedience
to a unanimous vote stood While
DR.. Joyner most reverently led in
prayer, offering thanks for the accom-
plishment of the biggest task ever un.
dertaken by southern farmers and ask
ed for guidance in the future.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Tobacco Growers oraanIzs.


The first steps in the launching OF
cooperative marketing of tobacco in
North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia were taken when the organ
ization committee Of the Tri-State To-
bacco Growers Cooperative Associa.
ti0n received reports that an over
whelming majority Of the growers In
the three states have signed fve.year
contracts and made plans for holding
election of directors of the associa-
ton.
In a meeting characterized as the
most momentous ever held In the
three states" by Bright Williamson,
prominent grower and banker Of
Darlington, S. c., the organization
committee, composed of growers OF
three states, wasted no time in Or
atory but disposed of record volume
Of business in connection with the
election of delegates and directors to
be held this month
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Divide Up Territory.

The bright tobacco growing terri
tory Of the three states was divided
in to 20 districts, of which II are in
North Carolina, eight are in Virginia
and two in South Carolina One d.
rector will be elected from each OF
these districts TO conduct the bust
ness of the association, and three
directors, one from each of the three
states, will be appointed by the gov
ernors to represent the public on the
board of directors.
On January 30th each county in
each district will hold a primary at
which time delegates will be selected
to attend a district convention on
February End. At each district con-
vention, held at some designated
place in the district one director will
be named.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29

also be enabled to observe the day.
receiving an extra allowance of SO TO
piece out the everyday menu provided.
At the Crawford Shops. maintained hv
the association, segenty-five old men
and women employed there will be the
guests OF Miss 2eiina T. Clark.
For the families Of men SERVING
terms ia state prisons the Prison AS
ssociation, l36 Last Fifteenth Street,
mas. prepared dinner baskets, to be
ready for distribution to-day. This
IS the seventy-sixth year of the asso.
cations activity.
The ST Andrews Une Cent Coffee
Stand Society will also celebrate an
anniversary with this years dinner to
the poor. When 2,0OG men and women
t down ut the long tables at 81 West
Eighth Street tomorrow il will be the
tnirty-ftth anniversary Of the frs.
Thank giving dinner under the aus.
pices of the society
Special efforts have been made bv
all the philanthropic societies to pro-
vide turkeys for their guests of the
day, but in some instances it has been
found necessary to subs titute beef or
ham for the main course because of
the high prices. This New York Meat
Council, II East Forty second Street,
made up Of wholesa G aud retail deal
ers, forecast only limited supplies of
Thanksgiving birds, with resultant
high price level. Only decided stand
by the housewives against the pre-
vailing prices and a Willingness on
their part to substitute other meats, as
some of the institutions have done, can
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29
Girl Weeps at Friends
Coffin, Then Disappears
i4- fear-Oid Frances Bunten
Goes 10 Take Chum TO School
and Learns She Ia Dead

Fourteen year-old Frances Bunten
left her home, S17 West bath Street,
MONDAY morning for the home of her
friend, Ophelia Prieto, fifteen, 46s ST.
Nicholas Avenue. She and Ophelia
were to go together to the Julia Rich
mond High School, where both were
men' Ners of the freshmen class.
Upon arriving at the Prieto home
Frances learned that her chum had
died short time before after an ILL
ness of eight hours. Frances, over
come with grief, sat beside the coffin
then left the house and has not been
heard from since.
The police were searching the city
Tor her ast night. Her father told the
roiice that the girl had been troubled
for some time over the deaths of a
sister-in-law and cousin. Frances
had only 10 cents with her when she
left home, he said. She is described
as being about Ave feet tall, with
blond hair and weighing LOT pounds.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29
$4,000 to Dine
L O-n1OrrOW as
Guests OF City
Children in Hospitals
Also to Get Toys or
Gifts to Make Their
Thanksgiving Memorable

Elaborate preparations are being
made to make this years observance
of Thanksgiving Day notable. Social
affairs, dinners dances and the like
will, as is customary, be feature of
the festivities at night. To the poor
and the sick, however, dependent on
public or private benevolence, to-mor-
rows holiday will mean even more.
Practically every charitable institu-
tion, hospital and orphanage has pre-
pared Thanksgiving dinner in which
turkey, despite it's high price, holds
the key position.
The city institutions and prisons will
set tables for more than $4,000 of it's
wards, nearly 5000 of whom are in
mates Of the prisons. In addition to
feeding the children in the hospitals
with all the turkey, stuffing, cram
berry sauce and pie they can hold, the
municipal authoritiea will see to it
that each gets toy or gift of some
sort to make the occasion memorable
Many families dependent for shelter
and food on the Association for I'm
proving the Condition of the Poor will
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29

- speCIai ColhmittSe OF Ine oGRaniza-E
son has recently made a comprehen-
sive investigator of the part-time and
double-session problem and will be
prepared to submit its findings and
Recommendation to Mayor Hylan and
President George j. Ryan Of the Board
Of Education within a week.
What the members of this body have
done with respect to the congestion
problem, and what they hope to achieve
In assisting TO work out a solution is
told in a discussion on the subject by
Mrs. Anna w. Hochfelder, executive
secretary Of the association. Mrs.
Hochfelder has for many years taught
IN the public schools and also has been
able to get viewpoint of the short
comings of the present school system
as probation officer in the Children's
Court.
Find Children Backward
Speaking for the mothers and fathers
Of the citys youth of school age, she
says that the problem of to-day is to
get action. The parents have seen
their children crowded into rooms too
small and frequently two at desk.
They have seen their hours cut down
and O certain carelessness of the child
shout it's lessons. If the parents are
not illiterate, she says, they probably
have observed the child doesn't "know"
as much as it should.
The trouble? OF course, says Mrs
Hochfelder, it is the shortage of
schools, with all its resultant wills.
"The parents want" she says, "a pro-
gressive school building program that
y-if1 3;o%1
tion of as many buildings as possible" +"
The appalling waste of time involved
in the fiLty-one routine steps required
now before shovel Of dirt is lifted
Tor a new school will have to be elimi-
mated, she asserts, the organization
standing ready to further any legisla-
tive reforms necessary. It ought to be
possible to put up school in eight
months, she says, instead of the two to
ten years heretofore required.
Experts View of Situation
Her discussion folIows:
81 am giad to nvte that the public
has been aroused to an appreciation Of
: the fact that they have allowed the
biggest problem of any community
(, the education of it's children-to take
its course without interest or intelli-
gent study. There was little interest
Two years ago when, at the instance OF
Robert E. Simon, q group of persons
met at the City Club and formed an
active citw-wide organization Of pa
rents of children in public and private
schools, to function as central agency
for united activities of parents in all
matters of educational policy affecting
the welfare of school children.
1T was Immediately after the or
gauizstion of the associate had been
completed that it was found that the
immediate problem was that Of conges-
ton and overcrowding in the public
schools. The conditions in some of the
schools were reported to us as appal-
ling, and there were indications on sill
sides that the parents of the pupils
we're fully alive to the situation and
were bending every effort TO cooperate
With the school authorities to solve the
problem.
''The present procedure In school
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29

construction has been found largely
responsible for the delay in the erec-
tion of new schools and has been dis
cussed and attacked by us from time
to time. It is pointed out that fifty
one steps have to be taken, shutting
back and forth between the Board Of
Education and the Board of Estimate
and Apportioninent, before construc-
tlon on new building can be started
This procedure takes anywhere from
two to ten -A3~s before building is
finally completed.
ut is quile Generally known that Of
ice and business buildings can be con-
structed within six to eight months. II
private construction can be fastened
that way there appears to be no reason
why public letting and construction for
school buildings cannot be done as eff
ciently and quickly.
Seek End of Red Tape
ave are desirous of obtaining some
action on this point, and to that end g.
committee of our association will con-
suit with the various city officials and
school authorities for the purpose Of
ascertaining which of the ffty-one
steps may be eliminated and what pro-
cedure or legislation will be necessary
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29
Boston Complains 20 Capital
ON Profiteer Turkey Prices

BOSTON, Nov. 2s.-To protect the
public against further raids, he said,
Mayor Curley. to-day sent Attorney
General Daugherty complaint that
the price Of turkeys for Thanksgiving
Day dinners has been artifcially ad-
vanced.
An investigation by the superintend-
ent of Markets and the Health Com
missioner of the city, the Mayor wrote,
disclosed shortage Of turkeys was
made to appear until seventy two
hours ago, with the result retail prices
were set at 90 cents a pound for cold
storage birds and 80 cents pound for
fresh-killed Northern turkeys. He
charged the prices were set by "the
so-called Big Five Western packers"
and said the price of corn was 80 per
cent lower than last year.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-29

TO bring about the desired result--that
10, completing school building within
eight months.
The parents knau what Is ro;n- ors
make no mistake about that. We have
bec1 helping them 10 stau tne
tional problems of our school system
and learn something of child and
schooiroom psychology, TO hear views
OF acknowledged educators and % take
concerted action when they are con-
yinced that changes should be made.
They are convinced that some remedy
should be Forthcoming TO eliminate the
evils Of part-time instruction and are
preparing to exert their concerted ac-
tion where and when found necessary.
ain September OF this year our executive
committee, realizing the critical pass to
which conditions had come, urged upon
the budget committee o. the Board Of
Edrcation that al moneys and efforts
of the board should go first to allevi-
ate the part-time situation TO the ex-
clusion of all other matters brought
before the budget committee.
"We carried our demand for remedial
measures before the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment on October 13,
when we pleaded that no moneys ap-
propriated in the budget for school
purposes be used for extra school
"frills" until sufficient schools should
have been provided to relieve the
frightful congestion in the elementary
and high schools Of the city.
Reviews Hylan's Tactics
"Tn answer to our suggestion the
Mayor condemned the efforts of certain
organizations as intended to discredit
his admin tration, and said that in
his opinion figures on overcrowding
were exaggerated. The Mayor also
stated that as fast as the Board of
Education asked for schools the Board
of Estimate and Apportioa. ment grant
ed the appropriation, and that the d f.
ficultv lay in the inability to get the
buildings completed on time
"The members of our organization
went on record, after discussion of
| the subject, as doubling the practica-
biiity of the present system of lett ng
school contracts if the emergency was
to be met. At that time, on October 16
we publicly deplored the shocking con-
ditions in the elementary and high
schools caused by the congestion and
overcrowding and pointed out that one
Of the main causes of tie increasing
shortage of seats in the schools was
the practices still followed in letting
construction contracts, thus doubling
and trebling the time consumed in pri.
vate construction.
"The organization then proffered it's
aid to the existing authorities for OBJ
tanning proper legislation to remedy
the existing evils. A committee we
have had working on an invest. cation
of the question has about completed
its inquiry and probably will be ready
to report its findings to the Mayor and