Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-27
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Warrington

Washington
Senatorial etiquette, as It relates to .
noted stage beauty, Lillian Russell
plunged the senate into q heated de
bate In which counter charges were
hurled that both sides had slightet
her. The debate preceded the passage
OF the Colt bill extending the 8 Del
cent immigration law for two years.
Almost 100000 fewer cotton
spindles were operated during March
than In February. the monthly cotton
report Of the census bureau, issued
recently, disclosed
The 1922 naval budget ran through
hostile waters in the house, As the
weary end Of solid hours Of debate was
reached. with less than a corporal's
guard on the floor, the air was filled
with claims by leaders opposed to the
bills provision for nm enlisted force
Of $1,000, that votes enough had beer
pledged to beat 1t.
The question whether the name ol
Christ was censored out of the open
Ing prayer Of the arms conference was
raised again in the senate. AAskina
the question and answering 1t himself
In the affirmative, Senator Caraway
democrat, Arkansas, produced what
he said was a copy Of a letter written
by the Rev. w. F. F. Abernathy, who
delivered the prayer, saying he had
been reminded" there would be Bud.
hists and Confucianis,s present, and
told that It was the feeling that q
simple recognition Of the Diety would
fill the requirements"
Charges Of human "butchery" were
made by Senator Borah, Idaho, against
General Gregorie semenoff, Russian
anti.Bolshevik leader, were testified
to before the senate labor committee
by two leaders of the American ex.
peditionary forces in Siberia, Brig,
Gen. Graves, commander, and Lieut..
Col. Charles H. Morrow, his chief aide.
who gave Instances after instances Of
murder. rape and banditry which oc.
CURED during the period Of American
occupation Of the region.
BY a teller vote Of 1T to 100 the
big navy" appropriation bill increas.
ing the personnel from $1,000 enlisted
men and 1000 apprentices to tho 60.
900 enlisted men and 5000 apprentices
insisted on as the minimum by Presi.
dent Harding, has passed the house.
Trade associations throughout the
country were asked by Secretary
Hoover to furnish voluntarily to the
commerce department statistical in.
formation concerning industries to be
published by the government for the
benefit Of business and the public gen.
orally.
The United States has officially rec.
ognized the new government in Guate.
mala. it is announced at the state de.
partment.
II Is announced that the Joint c'm.
mission Of agricultural inquiry viii
'ec0mmend sharp reduction In freight
rates as app''cd ~ agj icultura! pod
ucte
Determined to Smoke out" the ad'
ministration's Russian policy, and to
open up. II possible, the whole secret
chapter Of this governments relations
with that country since the downfall
Of the czarist government. Senator Bo
rah issued a subpoena for the appear
ance Of General Semenoff before the
senate committee on education and
labor.
Bitumionus coal production at the
end of the second week of the coal
strike shows an increase over che frs,
week.
Chairman Kelley Of the sub-commit
tee on appropriations Announces that 4
record vote will be demanded N the
house on the amendment to the nava
bill increasing the enlisted strsng,t
from $1,000 to $4,000.
The war department has sold to the
Surplus Trading company Of New
York city, Camp Pike, Ark, with q
considerable quantity Of accumulated
| stores.
Declaring Outrageous profiteerine
still continues in the coal business
Representative Beck. republican, Wis
! consin, asked the house labor commit
tee to secure internal revenue bureau
figures regarding profits Of coal cor
pora ions for the last three years. al
revealed by their tax returns. He sa!t
II the committee did not act on hii
request he would take the fight t.
the floor Of the house.
Domestic
With hundreds of families alraad,