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-v- Weather fair Today aiid Tomorrow;. ; Cloudy Saturday. - World, State and Local News Daily FOUNDED A. D. 1867. VOL. CVIV.No. 6, WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY MQRNING; MARCH 17, 1922. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. i ' ' rX-.V ". - 7 ; . 1 MEDIATE AMNESTY 113 POLITICAL RISONERS IS URGED Anneals Made to House Commit- tee to oeiiu Hwoiutwu to Harding. OPPOSITION TO MOVE Declaring Congress Has No Right to Act, Many &ay Flea Is Futile ,cmv;TOX, March 16. In' the It . - , ot ;M,j,ar nL and outspoken oppo siuoa inevcrH ana repceBeuiaiiveB ui lj!ni;il organizations pleaded limine judiciary resolution asking the (day in ,rAsi. en. to put- careful consideration" ropri-ny of granting immediate - r.rsty to 112 political prisoners serv- kng terms for violation of the Oommi'tcenien indicated that the nat con gross naa no rjyni io airect j" rrpident in such matters, espe aily b-causp of the lack of oppor nity to review the cases, (iilbert E. n attorney of New York, who ivxatfri the general principle of am--?:r. gaicl when questioned that he aw 'no impropriety in requesting the itom-y general and secretary of war a look into the appeals because the rosoiution seems as harmless, as the our-pewer treaty. Speakir.tr for the American Jeder :ion of Labor. Edgar Wallace declared hat war laws -were necessary, that hey should have -beH enforced 'but cr in peace rmes there was no good ka?on lor keeping- wartime oirenaers There were many clashes between hemoer? or tne committee ana wit- sses. Representative lates, Repubu- Mn, Illinois, enargeu inaL xvepreaeuia- ive liOndon. Socialist, . Xew . Yorl. , aq-. hor of the resolution, who declared he ;n!d free men convicted of violence ' the;- did so because of & d.e?P .re rious feeling, was advocating violence, krhich Mr. London was quick to deny. Another verbal clash centered around Harry 'Weinberg, a Xew "York lawyer. ne time counsel for Grover Cleveland fcergdcttl. the draft dodger, in a tilt ivith Representative Reavis, .Republi- an. Nebraska. Weinberg said he . .. 3 . vouiu express nis opinion on ponucai tiJ economic questions at any time and i puv place despite the supreme court f the I'nited States?" -V-J Referring to the release of some of nders, Weinberg charged that one ob- ained his liberty through the. lnter- -jflon of the Italian ambassador, and imc of his comment drew from mem rr? the reminder that they i would not ; there and hear the president and aitorney general criticized. This as after the lawyer had stated that .c of the men in whose behalf he had opealed did not get . out because he Idn't happen to be "a trust magnate." Nemoersr denied any desire to criticize : president. Iiss Caroline Lowe, of Kansas City, junsel for a number of Independent orkers of the World members tried at ichita, charged that, men arrested in e "famous Oklahoma case" were oil rkers ami that the animus back of Mr arrest "was the determination on part of oil operators to crush any tempt on the part of the workers to sanize.' Frequent references were made to the .rdon of Eugene V. Debs, and on this int some of the witnesses expressed ntiicting views. Many agreed, how- r, that President Harding's list of iristinas pardons contained the 'names persons who should have served their rms, which, thev insisted, were for ense- more serious than those largeil against "the political prison- It was contended that no overt M were committed by the latter. r,r. Franklin Edgerton, of the TJni-i frsity of Pennsylvania, testified that aiter T. Xrff, head of the Marine WiBport Workers' unions, affiliated ith tlie Independent Workers- of the VrjrUl, was convicted in Chicago on -'Madeiphisi charees and sent to eaven'worth for 20 years. Neff, he de- ared. had a record of 100 per cent for patriotism, and that his conviction for ostructing the draft was unfair, since s "nad urea everybody in the union, Philadelphia and elsewhere, to reg- ter." ce Bergs Threaten Steamship anes J'ASHixgtox. March 16 The hy- mat the Xorth Atlantic steamship ;!". normally use-d from February 1 August :;i may be rendered hazard- ?' prtsenr;e of extensive ice fields." rVlrfnef, Were described as "those 1 i,z f,t ::" minute north, east- v6: hi ' nnu." "Ice rr-i :eje i expected to threaten " anytime after April 1," the ;;ud. "making their contin ' v.avdous. When ice condi l,v t imperative to safety, v' 1 1 it sue definite Instruc- em.rr M ns.. rr.r; ! Oflii . Mir k 7'ports from the coast guard -tio-nV i;Cra' 011 (!uty with the inter-. -i' "... rvation service, indi (T r Unu5sua! amount of ice" u?" Ra-ce, it was announced. HURT IX AtTO CRASH 3erin;c ..,i"' : "4rcn.ls P- A. Tooker, reets and numns for nely"' " Hs i.ainfTilTr l i .. uugugu nut, oc- S thl-r. afternoon when he tno r t 'h it rvIK n Which he was . riding, ?-an . '''aea "ifli a telebhone nole: T I . . .itC3 VV 1IIUHI1 IK1IL. Ill aa Jriv,'tK 8Tvoi(i a collision with a ' l-r... D.y John Wesley, negro, at N sir" ' ' ' --lon tf Metcalf .and John. I CAMP OF SOLDIERS IN SOUTH AFRICAN RIOTS. Hi . ' ' i55SBgBSE55BgSgsgB"!MMM 'V ' ' i ' 'iJA 2 ' -v.si Cameron Highlanders, shown; here in their tent camp, have quelled the uprising of striking miners in the Rand district of South Africa. As a precau tion against further fighting, the soldiers will remain at-Johannesburg, seat of the trouble. Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, premier of South Africa, has charge of the situation and is in command of all troops. LARGER ARMY TO BE REQUESTED BY WEEKS Says Force Allowed in Not Be Enough to Man Posts. Bill ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.. March 16. (By Associated Press.) Secretary Weeks plans to tell the senate commit tee that "it is impossible with a small force to man the 290 posts throughout ZL' r-.-S. .s1"8 ne saw toaay injXorth Carolina will" be 'considered at a cuiuuieiiHiig on liio action ot tne nouse appropriations committee in reporting ' a bill carrying $270,353,030.67 and pro- J vldlng -for an-army of 115,000 enlisted , u .Z ' , -Tt w Jiai,n1te"ance ; of all the nosts. Mr. Weeks said. t thai house committee's figure is to stand, would mean that the small number at .each Dost.wauld Jbe. reduced to iruardine . the property. Overhead expense should be cut in'cial committee has been, given :o,ut it the. same , proportion .as the army, if was considered by persons , here inter- this plan is to be followed, the war sec- ( retary declared. "Reduction in the per- I sonnel." he asserted. h'Ms esneciallv un- ! xxrifiA u'nToas the rvephp,l ni-ncno nt -' the army is cut at least the same ratio. ! It now costs about $2,000 per man per year as against about $1,000 as. before I the war. I do not know what tho present bill contains in detail, but so ' ia reu.cins.4yrnead;xpiise maintenaitee and "repair requirements pair requiremnts at mafiy posts which majr-v well be abandoned." J Mr. - Weeks said" -constant requests came to Washington for renewal of equipment and buildings at the army posts but no expenditure of $500', or more is allowed unless personally' ap proved by him. Should Cat Overhead If congress wishes to reduce army expenditures, the secretary continue, it should "abolish everything that is not necessary for the military de fense of the country.' asked congress nin'e He said he.had mnntha asro for ! authority to dispose of about 100 pieces of real estate. There are in addition, ! he added, a . number of military posts now valueless, many or tnem scattered throughout the west, constructed: originally for defense, against the In dians. Moreover, there are still others, he continued, like Fort .Marion at St. Au gustine, which contribute in no way to the nation's defense. .fort iiarion. however, the secretary declared, should be preserved under the war department and charged up to their appropria tion. Reduction of the army to llo.OOOmen will, necessitate abandonment of many posts, he said, adding if the army is cut to 115,000 men such places will have to be abandoned. "We will have to take troops out of them," he said. "It requires about 45,000 men on the border and in forign possessions whiich would leave 70,000 to garrison the re maining 25fc posts. The 70,000 in cludes aviation, quartermaster corps, medical corps, etc., so that the re mainder is only about 50,000 combat troops. This is only enough to act as guards of government property if they are to be divided among all the posts. Wants to Explain "I shall. hope to have an opportunity to explain the situation to the senate committee and have with me the exact figures of tfre distribution of the army if all the posts are to be maintained. "The arriiy at present numbers about 1ST nnn -mAn. - We have an authorization f of 150,000, but strict selective methods are being followed: in recruiting ana we are taking only the best men who apply for enlistment. It is costing less than $8 a man to recruit, whereas it usually cost about $100 a man. A per sonnel of 130,000 enlisted men could leave the army with virtually the same strength it has today. It is the opin ion of army heads that this should.be the minimum figure." . The ? war secretary said the Ameri can army in Germany would be reduced to 2,000 men - by April 15. The future policy of the, government as to dispo sition of that number remains ty - be determined, he added. Mr. Weeks plans to return to Wash ington with President Harding Sun day. , ' ... ' " " Crew of Ship Aids . Russian Refugees - WASHINGTON,. .March lTj3101,3 and men- of -the destroyer Childs - on duty in Turkish waters, have taken -ii.irM fh task of providing for the maintenance and cae - of - forty Russian refugee chliaTen. ... An account ; of the guardianship. es tablished by the ship's company is con tained in- the flotilla publication receiv ed today at the navy . department. Funds having toeetf provided byi the o cers and .members-of .the crew,. build ing was selected iashorefor. toe hous ing of . the refugees-snd -wlththe'aid of the American women devoting them- eool I CONSIDER EXTENDING U.N. C. MEDICAL COURSE Executive Committee Will Hear Reportat Meeting Next .Thursday. By BROCK BARKLBY RALEIGH, March 16. The advisabil ity of making proposed extensions of the medical course at the University of meetlns of the executive committee Thursday of next week when a special committee, appointed to investigate the proposal, will report . The university authorities have been contemplating extending the - course from two to four years. While no inti mation as to the. findings of the spe- ested in the plan, that it will not be undertaken at this time owing- to the financial outjay that would be neces Sary. A hospital, thOrOUKThlV eauiDDed. wil1 e one of necessary , additions to ine coiiege equipment ir the course were extended, a.nd the staff of medical instructors would have to be increased: Tn special committee which has been looking: into the feasibilitv of the ev- "a;s? isaac-act. canning, .-rcniec oil the medical staff at the university, and Dr.- R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh. The existing medical course is of such a high standard that students from the university can enter with, ease the largest medical schools in the country.- Two of the 10 honor graduates of the University of Pennsylvania last term wore University of North Carolina men. Announcement was made today of the addition . to the state department of agriculture staff of E. D. Bowditch, a r.ative of Mitchell county and a grad- uate of. the state college, who will be- come the department's garden export.' The addition of this line of work:to the department's activities was agreed upon as one means of making more effective the "live at .home" campaign inaugu rated some weeks ago by Governor Morrison. Mf. Bowditch will devote his efforts to the promotion of home gar dens in the cities and rural communi ties. Conference over the railroad suits olo.cc xa.v v-uuiiuiBBiuuer. A. xj Watts, was begun today by Federal Judges Boyd, of Greensboro; Waddill, of Richmond, and H. G. Connor, of the eastern North Carolina district. A decision will await several days' consideration of the points in the case by the jurists. The suits of the South ern, Seaboard Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern railroals, involving taxes of $500)00,' were heard in Greens boro several weeks ago, following which the three judges sitting held up a decision. The department of agriculture staff began today the removal of office equip ment from the old agricultural build ing to temporary quarters as the re sult of the award yesterday to J. E. Beaman, RalBigh contractor, of the con tract for the ;erection of the new home, the cost to be5$312,000. The new build ing will be five stories high, with base ment, and is to be completed by-April, 1923. Harding Will Add Day to Vacation Party Will Leave Florida City Saturday. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 16. (By the Associated Press). Decision of President Harding' to add one more day to his vacation stay here was an nounced late today by Secretary Chris tian, who said, the " presidential party planned now to leave here Saturday afternoon and reach Washington Sun day shortly after noon. -The president is taking advantage of the bright sun shine to golf and rest. A game in the morning was followed by a quiet after noon in his apartments. - Governor' Hardwick, of Georgia, who is ; motoring through Florida, called on President and Mrs. Harding today to pay-his-respects and afterwards was their guest at luncheon. Speaker Gillett, following the change In thepresidenf s plans, left for Wash ington tonight where he Is due tomor row, afternoon ,at 6:25 o'clppk. The speaker said befjre leaving that he ex pected ,to . confer with Chairman Ford ney and other house' leaders in Wash ington Saturday over the parliament ary situation in the. house ..with respect to. the plan to call up the " bonus bill next Monday 'under suspension of the rules. He goes to Springfield, Mass., to speak on the arms conference treaties Sunday, but said he. would be back In Washingfon.Monday,la time to Preside ADVISES ARRESTS OR JURY INVESTIGATION IN EXCHANGE INQUIRY New York Magistrate Holds Evidence Warrants Tak ing Action. . FORMER CAROLINIAN INVOLVED IN ACTION NEW YORK,. March. 16. Chief City J Magistrate McAdop'i4'y!fno conducted a "John Doe" investigation of the Amer ican Cotton ExchaTifir, tonight request ed the district aitorrtey either to draft warrants for the :ar.rest.of certain offi cials arid members "ctj the exchange, or immediately to lay jbjefore a grand jury evidence of jDucket-, shoppins:. , Besides officers-of the exchange. Magistrate McAdoor.saiu tne following peraons . had "been "fivblved so far in testljhony takeif afjS the' "John Doe" hearings :; '-"'. - '. ;r Martin Goulke, ' trading under the name of Martin audebmpany. Israel Goulkei trading under the name of Anderson and company. A. T. Jennings' and Leonara C. Co cheu, trading-undfer: "the ; name of A. T. Jennings and company. Edward L.Tattofi1''trading under the name of Edward Xr-Palmer and com panj". Raymond Palmer, trading under the name of Palmer aSjdc6mpany. Randolph Rose'ij'Sr., and Randolph Rose. Jr.. trading&der name of Rose and Son. '" ' - - A. .W. Graham, formerly of-Oxford, N. C president off the American Cot ton Exchange, and':;author of the cot ton futures act, arid George W. Pratt, secretary, are included among the offi cers involved in the testimony, Magis trate McAdoo said.'r ; . . ; The written' request for warrants or a grand jui-y investigation goes into a detailed explanation of the law defin-. ing bucket: shops, prohibited under the penal code., 'The.law "is clear and ex plicit,", tle' magistrate said, in estab lishing explanation- to "prevent "ficti tious and make-believe sales" and de fines as a bucket sop any building or place "where any contract prohibited by this article is.ntade Or offered to be raaae. " , . . Deplore Xowrfnsr Unit Magistrate McAdou v"iticized the ex change 'for IoweHn"s theiinit upon which "wagers'wfee; made from 100 to 10 bales and addedThat. it ."was a serious- misfortune forvthe large number "of foolish dopes "Wfib nduleed in this forni "of gaiibifh'erll fr'-aks:regate nave ' Wcrvfta v n , n. a.i.i- . had been higher than 100 bales. "Even when the speculating is car ried on within the law, it calls for a large means in order to . meet large losses," the magistrate declared, "but -imagine the chances there are to the so-called customer when the game is often "redticed to a wager with dishon est and irresponsible persons and when most of those speculatins . live far away from the exchange, cotton belt of the southern states." "The evidence shows that the largest part of the transactions .on, this ex change were simply wagers made on the fluctuations of the cotton market obtained by - telephonic communication as to the activities and actions of other exchanges, following which false rep resentations were made to those who had risked their money in these illegal transactions; "I am of opinion that the evidence given warrants presentation directly to the grand jury, or the taking of a complaint against the officers and per sons In charge of the American Cotton Exchange; for conducting " a bucket shop under the terms of this act." Regarding witnesses who testified at the "John Doe" hearing. Magistrate McAdoo advised that "where they have frankly and fully and without reserve given evidence material for the -prosecution and for the public benefit, I would advise 1 that immunity be- ex tended to them." " The district attorney, he added, had not asked the witnesses for waiver's of immunity, therefore they would not be liable, under the aw, to prosecution. Will Abide By Ten Rules Rather Than Sojourn In Prison URBANA, . Hi., March 16. As an al ternative to going to prison for 15 years for robbing a store of $600. Guy Robbins farm hand, today; agreed to obey ten commandments laid down by Circuit Judge ' Sentel. The rules fol low: Go to church or Sunday school at least once each week. Give up cigarette smoking for one year. Read books selected by the public library and report to the probation officer what he had read. Keep employed- constantly and keep account of expenditures. . . Stay off streets at night except on business. Keep all laws of state, city or vil- IflgC Drink no intoxicating liquor. Pay all court 'cbsfs in $5 monthly in stallment. Report' to circuit judge the first day f each court term. ? , 1 JURY SWORN IN. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. The jury In the Roscoe Arbuckle case was finally completed and sworn in at the conclusion of the; court - session , today. The film comedian is facing his third trial on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of Miss Vir ginia Rappe, film actress." Four Women are on the jury-. i ST. LOTTIS ikpLUONAIRE DIES ST PETERSBURG, Fla., March 16.--Frederick Es'selbrueggeU 76, millionaire business man of St- Louis, Mo. died here, this morning.'. He had been p res ident of St. Petersbjzre.twp months. The widow and one son. survive. They will accompany Ithe- bpdy--to 'St. iluis for- l burial,- -- ' . , , jb Conference of House Republicans Tuesday Evening on Bonus Sought By Califo Filing of Report , of ment in Bonus Call Up Q 7 Rules. -WASHINGTON, MT g 16. There were just two deveiw 4nts .today in the soldiers' bonus mud'ale. One was the filing by Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee of the ma jority report on the compromise bill which was estimated to cost the gov ernment a total of $4,098,719350. The other was the circulation "of a petition by Representative Liheberger of Cal ifornia, a former service man, for a conference of house Republicans for next Tuesday evening to discuss the bonus legislation. , Mr.- Lineberger announced tonight, that there were s ty signatures to the petition, or ten more than the number required under the rules for a confer ence call. Chairman Fordney declared emphati cally that it still- was his determina tion to bring the bill up Monday under a suspension of the rules, If that could be -done, and if not, to call it up Tues day under a special rule if such a rule could be obtained. Speaker Gillette is due to arrive here tomorrow from Florida, one day ahead of the orginal schedule, and at that time the question of whether the bill will be tyken up Monday probably will be settled. Mr. Fordney said the con ference with the speaker would be in "perfect harmony" and that if Mr. Gil lette'.held against a suspension of the rules he would proceed with plans to bring the measure up under a special rule. The chairman went on to say that it was not his desire to limit debate;, that if the measure were taken up under a suspension of the-rules he ask unanim ous consent for two days of discus sion, -which would throw the final vote over until late Tuesday. Should his re quest be denied, debate would be lim ited to forty minutes under the house rules. The estimate in the majority report that the total cost of the bonus would Labor Federation Will Support Coal Men, Says Gompers Miners Will Have Fullest Backing If They Go WASHINGTON. March 16. Bitumin ous coal miners - who have voted to cease work April 1, come what may will have the support of the American labor movement in their struggle," President Gompers, of the American Federation", of Labor, said in a state- la ment, tonight. Coal mine owners, "bound by a sol emn agreement to confer with the workers upon the terms of a new wage agreement" after that date "have re fused to abide by the terms of their own pledge," he declared, adding that "no group of employers in any indus trial controversy in this country has ever placed itself in a more indefensi ble position." "The citizenship of America can draw from this conduct but one conclusion." Mr. Gompers continued, "and that is that the mine owners wish it to be un derstood that the pledge of mine owners is valueless. They are willing to break their own word If by do do ing they can reduce wages or weaken the union. "Profits and power with the mine owners come first. The' United Mine Workers of America have an honorable record of agreements honorably kept. The industry for 20 years has been conducted upon the basis of" negotia tion and joint agreement. The mine workers have met every demand made in those agreements. What they ask now is negptiation and agreement. The thing they want least of all is to be compelled to cease work as a final pro test against the dishonor of employers. The. cause of the miners is just and in that just cause they will have the united and unswerving support of the great labor movement of our country.". No action was taken today by the government affecting the probable break in the industry and officials con versant with the situation appearea convinced that nothing more could be done to adjust the disagreement In ad vance' of its final development. J. b; A. Morrow, vice-president of the National Coal Association, made pubitc tonight copies of a letter he has ad dressed to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, complaining that the union had "sent broadcast" erroneous versions of testimony given by the coal witnesses seeking railroad rate reductions before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Morrow declared he had never testified that average selling prices of bituminous coal were $10.50 during 1921, out of which miners received $197 as labor cost, but had fixed the total cost of mining bituminous coal during October as averaging $2.59 per ton against an average selling price received by the mine ; operators of $2.73. GERMANY RETURNS COTTON. BOSTON, March 16. The British steamer Mackinaw, In f rom Hamburg and Bremen today, brought back from Germany 5,000 bales of American cot ton shipped there several months ago. The cotton was returned to this coun try it was said, because market condi tions in Germany at present were such that the cotton could be sold more profitably? inv this country, notwlth standinr the "freight charges involved. ? I postmasters; named. (Special to Tke Star.) ' WASHINGTON. March 16. Arthur T. Willoughby has been appointed post- master. at AnosKie; at 'Elizabeth Gity And Minnie T. Moore -at Atkinson. : K . w Course Undecided ity of Committee Is Other Develop ile; Fordney Still Determined to in Monday Under Suspension be $4,098,719,350 was based upon the assumption that 70 per cent of the 4, 458,199 veterans who would be eligible for compensation would accept ad justed service certificates; 2 per cent vocational training and 10 per cent farm and home aid and 7 per cent land settlement aid. The remaining 10 per cent would be paid in cash after passage of the bill under a provision requiring veterans whose adjusted compensation would not exceed $50 to accept cash. Total costs under the various options of the bill were estimated as follows: Cash payments $16,000,000; certificates, on account of deaths $577,571,000 and on account of maturity $3,lo4, 823,350; vocational training $52,325,000; farm and home aid $186,000,000 andland set tlement $112,000,000. . The greatest cost in any single year was estimated at $3,154,823,350 in the fiscal year 1943 when the certificates then outstanding would mature. The costs under all other options ejxeept the certificate, would cease, the report said, in 1927. The last payment under vo cational training would be in 1925; under farm and home aid in 1926 and under land settlement in 1927. After that time the only cost each year until the year of the maturity of the cer tificates ' would be payments on ac count of deaths of holders of certifi cates. The cost in the fiscal year 1923, the nrsi year arter the bill came into opera tion would be $74,279,000, the report said. The report said no provision had been made for a raising revenue to meet the first year's cost because a majority of -the committee was satisfied that "no new taxation nor special provisions are needed until after the expiration of that fiscal year" It added that any estimate of government expenditures for 1924 and the amount of revenue needed on account of the bonus "would necessarily be very inaccurate at . this time." Hard Coal Operators Framing Answer To Demands of Miners Decision of Owners , WiIl Be Made Known Today NEW YORK; Mar. 16. Operators of 74 anthracite coal mines went Into se cret session here tonight to frame their answer to the 19 wage demands sub mitted by leaders of organized labor in the coal fields. Whether they will , accept, reject or counter the demands of the miners will not be made known , until tomorrow, when owners and workers will hold a joint session. Regardless of . the outcome of this conference, it Is generally predicted by both sides and by official observers ot the United States department of labor that the anthracite mines will suspend operations after April 1. The object of tomorrow's session will be to deter mine whether a protracted suspension or strike may be averted by an offer to compromise the wage question. Secretary of Labor Davis, here todav, banished all probability of government intervention in the present negotia tions. "The government will maintain a hands-off policy, and will give the own ers and miners every opportunity to settle their differences peacefully," he said. "Unless a protracted suspen sion or lengthy strike results, reaching a climax which will result in direct in jury to the consuming public, we shall not intervene. "What policy the government shall adopt in such an event will be decided when the emergency actually arises We need not cross the bridge until we come to." Express Car Thefts Bring Many Arrests Detectives, Farmers and Busi ness Men Accused. BUFFALO, N. Y.. March ,16. Thefts of merchandise from New York Cen tral railroad cars on an enormous scale resulted in the indictment today of railroad detectives, " saloonkeepers, merchants, chauffeurs and farmers, who are alleged to have made up a ring of thieves and fences that han dled goods worth $2,000,000 a year for the last three years. The indictments were reported by a federal grand jury which for ten days has been hearing evidence gathered by a force of - New York Central investi gators. Whiskey and alcohol comprised the chief loot of the ring during the year, it was said by Peter J. Bentley, of New York, special attorney for the New York Central. Since January, 1921. 23 robberies of cars containing liquor have been reported and the claims on these alone total $750,000. . With the alleged connivance of rail road police, detailed to guard the trains, yardmasters, switchmen 'and othctr railroad employes, it was possi ble for thieves to remove goods from a car and reseal it, so that the looting would not be discovered until the car arrived at Its destination. The car selected for a job. Mr. Bent ley said, would be taken out of a train and put on a switch easily approached by automobile truck. After the car had been robbed, and the contents load ed, into .trucks, the seals would be re placed and the car put on an out bound, train .with no records of the de lay en the yardmaster's books- REED GOES OPPOSITION FIGHT ON ARMS PACT Campaign; of Irreconcilable Continues Despite Wan ing Interest. SMALL AUDIENCE LISTENS TO ATTACK Solons Desert Senate Chamber and Reed Attacks G. O. P. for Absence WASHINGTON, March 16. Tho cam- paign of the lrreconcilables against th four-power Pacific treaty' continued without abatement in the senate today despite signs of waning interest and, the disposition of leaders to regard rat ification of the pact as a foregone- con clusion. For more than three hours, In a sen- , ata chamber which most of the time was all but deserted, Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, assailed both the four-power and naval treaties, which he said would fit together to put the United States in a position of "help lessness" in the Pacific. He charged that the facts underlying the 5-5-3 na val settlement had been misrepresented and put into record figures of his own designed to show that superiority of speed, armament and auxiliary 'i craft would greatly increase the relative strength of the British and Japanese navies. ? The Missouri senator's address was interrupted by senators who question ed him on minor points of information regarding the naval estimates he sub mitted and when he had finished the . debate drifted to other subjects. Th administration leaders made no effort to reply to the attack, maintaining that yesterday's agreement to vote fi nally on the treaty on March 24 had crushed all . possibilities of adverse vote. Toward the end of his argument Sen-, ator Reed trained his fire on the ap- parent diminution of interest In the de bate, noting for the. record that only two Republican senators were, present and flaying the Republicans who had stood with him against the Versailles treaty but now werd supporting. th four-power pact. These men, he sadt had heard the commanding voice of their political party but -kept away v from the debate on the senate floor be cause they were "ashamed." In the view of -senators who hava canvassed the situation carefully, the ; two. big, issu -jemaOUntf to -be -ttled5 1 in th Tour-power treaty fight revolve about the foreign relations committee's "no alliance" reservation and the com promise reservation that Is to be pro posed regarding participation of out side powers in conferences over Pacifio' questions. Young Dodge Gets 5 Days For Speeding Goes to House of Correction in Detroit. DETROIT, March 16. John Duval Dodge, millionaire son of the lata John F. Dodge, the Detroit automobll manufacturer, was sentenced to flya days in the house of correction and fined $100 by Judge Charles L. Bart lett, in recorder's court here today" when he admitted driving hlB automo bile 23 miles an hour three miles im excess of the speed limit. He was Im mediately taken to jail. Judge' Bartlett also recommended that Dodge's drivers license ba re! voked for a year. Mrs. Dodge wept when sentence was passed. As Dodge was being escorted to th county jail to spend the night, prepara tory to being transferred to the housa of correction tomorrow, he was served with a summons In a damage suit for $10,000 Instituted in behalf of Edwin Schultz, 12-year-old newsboy who : Is said to have been run down by Dodge' a automobile several weeks ago. The speeding charge was filed against Dodge March 5. His counsel today asked for a continuance, saying hiH client was unavoidably detained In Kalamazoo, where he was arrested Monday charged with driving an auto- " mobile while intoxicated andi illegally transporting liquor. Judge Bartlett refused, announcing: a bench warrant would be issued for Dodge if he failed to appear. The Kalamazoo case Is the outgrowth of a ride following a danoe, early Sun day In which Dodge, Rex Earl of Kal amazoo and , three girl students of Western State Normal participated and which resulted in Emeline Kwaker neck, one of the girls. Jumping from the automobile , and sutainlng serious injuries. Dodge is under, $7,000 bond to appear for hearing there March 21. Find Body of Man Who Shot Deputy (Special to The Star) FAYETTE VILLE, March. 16 The body of John Baker, who snot and wounded Deputy Sheriff J. T." Klly Tuesday morning, was found by Sheriff N. li. McGeachey and .Deputy Thomas Ray in the woods near Baker' home, in Carver's creek township, about noon today, with the top of the . head blown off by a shotgun. Baker had evidently committed suicide and Dr. R. A. Allgood, county coroner, deoided that It was - unnecessary to hold an inquest. When Sheriff McGeachy and Ray reached the spring Baker was sitting on the ground with the shotgun be tween his knees. They rushed forward to capture him and found that he was dead. 'One barrel of the gun contained am empty shell!' It is thought that ha took his life shortly -after shooting DeputyKelly Tuesday -jhornlng. - SENATOR ON WITH i m a i t ! ,:i f : 1 . . 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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