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TH H A SUBUSHED 1868. SfiEVILLE CITIZEN 'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ' 10 Pages 80 Columns ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS -..is nil f S lit! nil II MS 0 I uu mi IGAbO jjjfpozen Guards Beat on Unconscious by Des peradoes in Flight. , ifOST SENSATIONAL ' ESCAPE IN YEAES Auto U Wrecked in Flight i Anotner is mgKiy seized.. 1 ' in- $ 1 CHICAGO, Pec 11. (By The 'lwcUted Press.) Tommy O'Con ' itwo-rn h18"' "etenced to be Emnd next Thursday for murder ; " two other notorious criminals aiL Ushtlng their -ray past half a guard8- most ot whom were Miten into unconsciousness by the jwperadoes lu their dash for lib- IRISH PACT W1AY MAN WIN BUT Silt MAJORITY IN DftIL Collins, Leading Fight, Handicapped by Favor .of English Press. PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE MEASURE Unswerving Support of Irish Republicans voted by American Body. LONDON, Dec. 11 (By The As sociated Press) In the- absence of any new move and awaiting im portant developments of the com ing week, the press and public are engaged ift estimating the chances lu the ponding struggle for and against the new Irish treaty. Those erty. , . - ,, I oest informed see no reason to Starting " modify their vlw tht th wnero me prisoners, ... --- - but ULSTER'S DECISION TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF NEW IRISH FREE STATE Den wre exercising at 11 o'clock this noising. tn Drea.it ir ir-eoom tea ioi five floors, through the base jrtrf, into the jail yard and over a 11 foot wall to a street where an utomoblle was confiscated. The driver. P'01 Pked into his face, fia told to "drive like h ." A few minutes laier me macnine rrished into a telephone pole but ibi bandits continued their flight. O'Connor commandeered another nr, and when last seen the mur derer, who has been characterized hy the police as Chicago's most detper&te gunman was tieaded uwsrd the south ' side under world, armed for battle. Two other wtaoners who attempted to escape nitli the trio were captured In the ' jalt grounds. The escape, carried out In broad daylight was the most sensational li this part of the country in many run and apparently was careful Ij planned In advance. It was sue awful despite the' fact that sev, ml jtllora refused to heed the threat of O'Connor's - pistol and risked their lives la trying to ob struct bis dash for liberty. -v turn - " mm. " w tD1-fl.JCU W1C.J1 ffConnor were Edward Darrow, darted witn a S6O.000 robberv. yial UPorte, alleged to hare been Implicated in a (80,000 'robbery. O'Connor had been In trouble with :m police on many occasions, but Mi apparent Immunity from con viction earned him the title of "kcky Tommy.'' WAS CONVICTED OF1 HERDER LAST SPRING last spring half a doien detect ive went to O'Connor's house in vmtlon him about a crime. While iber were there Policeman Patrick. v.. Tiaa eiiut , m aeatn- ana O'Connor, later convicted ; of the aurder, escaped desDlte the nraa. of half a dozen offiesrs, most aom were suspended for their wrem negligence. Alter several - week. jmwrbial luck failed, fdr; he was piurea m st; Paul, Minnl.. wnght back here, convicted uri (Kilenced to hang-. Seventy-five prisoners were x 'rrtsing In the bull sen when tfWnnor and his pals made their talk. Davis Strauss was the only mi in the room at the time. One Mine men. accnrrllna- tn .... Mealy whispered something to uT ; 1 e nve Prisoners in the l break limH a. uunnor drawing arevolver which wen smuggled to him. A sack lu over Strauss head and iL ttlen ,nl unconselous v Connor reneatadlv hpmi.M saw of the n th "ER GUARDS MSH TO BVUi PEN ' H?gh0 Commotion. . two rards ru"he '"to the buU S. ror ordered them to SlVll1!.?" but they re- r.-.r . ''a lorwara.1 Ap' pie, dui are inciinea to take a less satunilne view of its chancer Iri Wednesday's dail eireann meet ing. It is believed that Eamon de Va- t lera and his, supporters will be able io put up a stiff fight. He will have powerful aid from Charles Burgess, the. minister of defence, who is eloquent and persuasive, while the brunt of the defence of the treaty is likely to fall op Michael Collins, who, in the opin ion of some wrtters, will find him self greatly handicapped by all the complimentary things the English press has . been saying about him since the settlement was reached. - Present indications favor a nar row majority for the treaty and probable refernce to a plebiscite of the Irish people. In the Eng lish parliament ratification Is con sidered quite safe. It Is admitted that Andrew Bonar Law, even if not approving all the. clauses of the treaty, has decided to accept it in principle or at least, not to offer substantial opposition, his view being that Ulster is sufflclent- I ly protected- by the privilege of contracting out. .The small body of "die birds" In the house of commons, num bering about 50, had. counted on Bonar Law and their opposition to the treaty is likely to evapor ate measureably, .wanting this aid. 'Premier Llyod George has been utilizing the week-end at Chequers court in preparation of his speech for delivery Wednesday In the house nf commons. Ha . ed to speak an hour and a half and to make, a powerful plea for the treaty. It Is helleved that the debate will be concluded . more speedily than was at first thought possible and that the treaty may ! MUMS PARTY! Main Work For Conference Will Be Over By First Of New Year; Naval Ratio Agreement Nearing T Would Cover All Phases of Discrimination Against Them, Is Said. TEXT PROPOSED AMENDMENT GIVEN CONFEREES .WILL AGREEMENT II Legal Authorities of Na tional Prominence De clare It Constitutional. Map shews the Island ef Ireland, ths. section known as Ulster (shaded) and the four points at which England maintains military and naval facilities. These points are Quetnitown, Berehaven, Belfast Lough and Lough Bwllly, Indloated by circles Under the treaty between the Irish republic representatives and Great Britain the entire Island becomes a free state with dominion government. Ulster, however, has the right to accept this freedom or return to her former status In the British empire. Under the treaty Great Britain will maintain costal defenses In Ireland until the new government la able to take them over. . . . ' i i WASHINGTON Dec. it An nrinnren.OfU was made today by thi inulon.il woniHns party that agreement had been reached on the form of proposed new amend ment to the connUtutlnn "to covet ill politrlal. rlvil ami leRal di.-i-riirUiiHtlonft against women." The amendment us drafted reail: No politic. -til. civil or lepral dis abilities or inequalities on account of sex or on account of marriage unless applying alike to both sexe; shall exicit within the United States or any place subject to their Juris diction." Legal authorities of national proinlnence have approved the airtfndment and declared its con stitutionality, said the announce ment of the woman's party. Declaring that this "blanket equal rights amendment" would endanger the existence or at the very least would throw into tha rourta for years of litigation, stuto legislation now in effect for pro tec Mm of working women, the nntlonal women's trade union League at a meeting today asked, the national women's party to de clare whether It was against these laws. The laws declared to be en dangered inalude the mother's pen- Ision act. several statutes prohibit ing "aweat shop" conditions, and those prohibiting work in factor ies immediately before and after the birth of u child. LEAVE DETAILS BE NUCLEUS OF UP TO EXPERTS B IG ASSOC SUFFERING, STARVATION ABROAD IS TERRIBLE INDICTMENT OF OVR CIVILIZATION, WALLACE THINKS Secretary Wallace in First Annual Report Tells Pres ident Reasons Good to Believe Farmers' Conditions Will Now Improve. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Free- He,ls eitpect- !ly and frankly discussins; the pres ent pllgnt or trie American iarm er, Secretary Wallace tells - the President in his first annual re port today that there "seem to be good reasons tor believing that the worst 4s ovei1 and 4hat we may rea be ratified and the session closed sonably hope for gradual improve- by the"tenl of the week. The nect TAmmn1.' war' IBS-CII w Biv. ciiau- w . VrZ ! th ettlement be introduced at the new session In February. '.. Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, who has been conferring wjth the ment from nAatn.' He adds that "a clear recognition or the condi tions as they exist should help us to realise this hope." in large part the troubles of the farmer today are due to world-wide nrUru mhl.ipr in T.nndon returned i conditions and the Inevitable re to Belfast tonight but no dennlte I sun or me worm war, m. oocre exrpresslon of 5 Ulster's attitude isl tury of Agriculture says, adding expression looked for until the rate ot the treaty in the hands of the dail eireann is known. IRISH FRIENDS V (IN CONVENTION NEW TORK, Dec. 11 Unswerv ing support of Irish republicans who-demand complete political di vorce of Ireland from the British empire was pledged today by the national convention of the Friends of Irish Freedom. The pledge constituted one of several clauses In a "declaration of principles" formerly subscribed to by the organltatlon before adjourn ment of the convention. Another ihnn u. 8 a'd. that. the. sound of settlement through the setting up woum Drlng so msnv of an .Irish .free elate, while a third condemned as a "Detrayai oi rooting- would hln- mania .i.. " JJMbls, O'Connor did not fire. .. v,c uooiiii jnio un- American principles", the four pow er treaty proposed at yesterday'! III m IER pt WATSON'S MAN WHO KILLED tS MAV GO TOM SLAUGHTER ME MKlMEf ARREST Of WitnAsspa TJin Da lining rated to Decide Who Shall Be Called. : a Branri.-:. -N,.rBC- n- Chair. "ilttoe VrT, , ,' "r lne senate com- that it Is not to be 'expected that by some "miraculous - transforma tion," the period of adversity may be turned over night into a period of prosperity. ; High freight rates, big crops pro duced in the face of high costs, unemployment in other industries in the country witn attendant less ening- in buying of foodstuffs, and the lack of foreigri markets for the farm surplus are given by the Sec retary as the mors immediate causes for present conditions In agriculture. He lay particular stress upon the lack ot foreign markets an,f high freight rates, STARVATION ABROAD INDICTMENT DECLARED "It is a terrible indictment of modern civilisation,1' he asserts, "that with such abundance here there are millions ot people over seas suffering for the bare necessi ties and other millions starving to death.. And , surely we are sadly lacking in our understanding of economic laws 'or In our adjust ment to-them when the produc tion of bounteous crops grown by the hard labor of 13,000,000 farm ers and farm workers and their families is permitted to play such a large part in paralysing: our in dustries and business at honie." Large advances in freight rates, , while - bearable in time of high prices, Mr.- Wallace says, if con tinued are bound to involve a re making of the American agricul tural map.- "The simple process of marking up the transportation cost a few cents a hundred pounds," the Sec retary writes,- "has the eanse ef fect on ths surplus producing stats niMHnr It nn and setting- It down LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec,. 11. j i00 to 800 miles farther from, the MAINTENANCE MEN WILL REJECT CUT nit nf rARAftre.h fh farm nrnettpe. . r i men I mm an to .rjnn an nnnr more extended studies of market- Bn(i Ba(t io cents an hour to the scale Will Appeal for Wae Advances Ranging From 11 Per. Cent up. NEW YORK, Dec. II. Representa tives of 35.000 maintenance of way and railroad shop laborers throughout the country voted here today to re ject any wage reduction proposals by the roads and appeal to the railroad labor board on December 19 for In creases ranging upward from 17 per cent. The Increase to be asked would raise the scale of maintenance of way men irom o to 4Stt cents an hour lng farm crops with a "view to re duclDg costs, investigation of both nrndiiction and cnnautrintlnri at home and abroad for the purpose . WILSON of better adjusting American pro duction to market needs, .' and available to the farmer those de studies looking tweard making vices of. modern business which provide needed credit on easy terms and whieh may help to dis tribute production risks more equitably. The Amounts asked for this work in the coming: fiscal year have been "reduced to the mini mum," the secretary says, adding that in the future tho appropria tions should be Increased jut as rapidly as needed. In this connection. Mi. Wallace draws attention to the advisability of congress granting permission now paid all foremen and laborers In mechanical departments. COUNTY FARMER KILLED Two Worts Hunt as Car doing 6.1 Miles an Hour Jumps Bank. WTLSON, N. C. Dec. 11. Mike Whitley, Wilson county farmer, was Instantly killed and Robert Raper and Ollie Daniel were severely Injured this afternoon when the machine In which the three men were riding skidded over an embankment and turned over three times, at Five Points, near here. Whitley was thrown 2ft feet and Raper and Dan- lei were mined into a ditch. It was aid the machine was travelling (5 miles an hour when Whitley, at the wheel, attempted to take a sharp curve. t for the combining of tho Bureaus GEORGIAN HELD First Degree Murder Charge Preferred Will Hold Inquest Today. (By the Associated Press. )7-Jack !e invact , "".a wfju ijdjf Ilia Anouvmi.iA , rilAT Kcl. ; AgTlOUUUrB 1 uclOBu nr -ni- . viirg-eB oi nomira, in roiiviti. wiv ""v unn ne rates are lowerea or un , HUIIIWI II 1 I nuivu VT. . the spectacular prison delivery here early last Friday, was arrest ed today by Sheriff j. J. ctow, oi Saline county, at Benton, on a charge ot first degree murder. . No date for. a preliminary Hear ing -has been set but a coroner's inquest into Slaughter's death will be held at 2 p. m.. tomorrow and the coroner has power to hold tho anflimaA man in ftlA 111 TV. The grand jury also na power t Killing regara T been committee will of more than !ha?, Ameplcan soidlers i'ace in. ,"ea"y nanged in t'C'ttpub- "Week. 9ver tor IJnwhile, th mi ut iinr ill nuirA Aaa ,rntMh0i Pf0BPecUve witnesses lor. i.?a "y Senator Warf.nn lkV horw,inln(r.rho to-call. It is nowever. that. - nmK rnBr, ?e 8uminoned, with : ChS?L0f intended hear- "Snlnl th? 'nvtisat!on will S itiu itftItho"h' the com- trisi oMtop" 'Wwe hanged . ! lr'ftl bv court m.rfi.i W0MANHjc3iriN v k NEW YORK MURDER nf J?'", tonlehT v " ' ""n a"" Inve.tiil.i UM"' ln center s? oolriv "I: Abraham OHclt..in to a I thJ? T?man' officials of iether "as JkJSWclaB i fa rJ? "er f. "hot i-tS 'Ptlon r"" I"en" 1 M- "on room and aisaP. s..fer.twrth.rnad couid , . .1 W0Tn"-n they " sn. iv. the mystery; fir,. h T. " no today, ha" I." rorted , that of Markets and Crop Batimatcs and the Office of Farm Management, into which would bo merged all the forces of the department that are engaged in agricultural eco nomic work. In his discussion of present conditions, Mr. Wallace de clares that the difficulties of the farmers are a matter of national concern and one thai should be given attention by every thought ful citizen, , "We must accept the cold fact," he declares, "that agricultural pro duction in adequate measure can not be continued for any length of time on a basis whioh does not give the producer a fair price," and icoiumm a rtti fkoj ON GRAVE CHARGE Princinals Must Decide Upon Policy Only Gov ernment Circles Say. salvaqingThoped FOR SOME SHIPS) Three of Six Cruisers Could Be Used for Pas senger Liners. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. (By The Assocated Press.) While tho i foreshadowed acceptance by Ja pan of the "5-5-3" naval ratio, cornerstone of the American llmi tatlcn plan, will leave much to be decided, It does not follow, in opinion of American government circles that the conference Itself Xill have to pass on all that muut lit- done. The remaining work on naval matters It is said, naturally divides Itself into two classes. They are decisions Involving policy and these merely dealing with de tails under policies tlready ap proved. , 9 The conference must act on all policy questions. In this group lie the Franco-Italian naval ratio do termination; the British desire to reduce the tonnage of each power in submarines and possibly to limit the size of future submersible-; the suggested modification of the ten year naval holiday plan to per mit some building as necessary ror protection of ship building knowl edge and skill; and final determi nation of fleet ratios in airplane carriers. In. the other group, It Is expect ed, will be found such questions as agreement as to methods of scrap. piny ships slated for destruction; ways and means to control con version of merchant craft Into war vessels in war-time; rules of war fare as applying to new agencies such as submarines, aircraft and poison gas; specific agreement as to fleet ratios- In other auxiliary ships besides .submarines and air plane carriers. It is held the con ference could Well leave at lean some of these points to expert dis cussion and '.finals- settlement through ordinary-ditUomaUe chan TfcKDKNCT TO SALVAGK WAR CRAFT IS STRONG A particular point in the latter cjuss Is the method to be followed in scrapping capital ships. This necessarily involves such dlspoal lion, of the vessels as will make them Impossible of ready re con version Into war craft. Tet there will be a strong tendency to sa! vage whatever can be saved for ordinary commercial or other purely non-combatant use. Already it has teen suggested that three of the six Americans bat" tie - cruisers could be made over into, safe, fast passenger liner. 'n type or merchantman lacking. In NORTH CAROLINA '5 WHITE BIR Tl iRATEIPACKlRS s E NATION'S HIGHEST MAY BE SOUGHT Another New, Record Is Set for the State in the 1920 Census. til population and industry shift to meet tnis new conauion. DIFFERENTIAL IN -FAVOR, OF FOREIGN LANDS1 , With the heavy consuming pop- nlnJInn nt th nountrv maasei4 near the eastern coast long aiaianceo ,th n i thousand ropulatl m. from tho producing areas, Mr. s.ti. r.n thira c, th. WiaHncOTo: snuuo ' TBS AaHSTU.ll CITIZBM (St H. B. 0. SR11.VT) WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. North Carolina has the laudable distinc tion of having "the highest birth rate, (31.7.) for the white popula tion," of any state for 1920 oc .MACON, v Ga., Dec. 11. Elmer J. Jonei", 28, died at 4 o'clock this morn ing from a gunshot wound received last night. A coroner's Jury ordered J. M. Davis, Jones' "Brother-in-law, held on a charge of murder. Mrs. J. J. Jones, mother of the dead man. told 'the coroner's jury that she was holding her son, trying to persuade him to go home, when Davis fired. , "Davis told me to stand aside, that he was going to end it right there,' she said. "I begged Mm not to shoot. He fired and my son sank to my feet." Davis who surrendered at the coun ty jail told officer that his family had been attacked - and driven from his home by Jones. MENTION IN Opinion Permanent Or ganization May Follow Is Widely Held. HARDING'S STAND NOW MADE CLEAR Presenting Treaty Revives Talk on Per manent Conference. (Br FRANK II. MMONDS) WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Will th" four power .issoclcitlon of n-i-tlonp, which was disclosed as al ready provided lor In the treaty presented to the session of the conference yesterday prove the nu cleus of a permanent association of Pacific powers having a Washing ton headquarters and some pro vision for later gatherings? This question ws asked and answered in the affirmative on many sides today. And there was general agreement that a further under standing involving nine powers, that is all of the Pacific powers represented in the present confer ence promised a rapid expansion in the membership of suc h an as sociation. I The truth would seem to be that tne session of yesterday cleared the air in many directions. First ot all it made It possible to discuss the general subject of an associa tion or nations without falling at once Into the bog of league of na tions disputes. We know now with some degree of exactitude) what President Harding means by an association or nations and we also know that his conception finds relatively Inslgntlcant opposi tion in the United States senate. As a consequence, there has been an Immediate revival of the talk of providing some way of per petuating the present conference Oc' more exactly of making appli cable the conference idea as it hai ben employed here and expressed in the four power treaty of yester day, Many reasons combine to explain the belief that such course would be useful, might even prove INSTRUCTIONS TO JAP DELEGATION ARRIVE SUNDAY Action on Navies Thought Still to Hang on Forti fiation Plans. ' NINE NATIONS MAY JOIN AS TO CHINA French and Italian Naval Ratios Expected to Come . up This Week. WASHINGTOnThc. 11. (BV ; Iho Associated Press) With the ' four power treaty In final , form ami ;in agreement on naval ratio regarded aa practically, assured, the arms conference gcies into its fifth week with its principals con ficlfiit they call wind ud all their . jniHjori duties here by the end ol the year. -, Tho problems of the far east and details of the naval reduction program, including the queston of -Pacific) island fortifications and na val bases, now become the subject . of primary consideration. The far eastern discussions are to be jres- r ed forward at dally meetings ol the committee of the whole at the same time that the naval situa tion Is clearing up through coll- -tlnued . communication with - the foreign capitals and while the sep arate negotiations over Shantung and Yap are verging toward de clston. , ' Although there are Indications that Japan is about ready to ac cept the American "S-s-3 naval ratio, It is not considered unlikely that she may refrain from com-'' mittlng herself definitely until there is a clearer understanding about future fortifications on the Pacific islands. There has been a general indication that all of the powers are willing to assent to an arrangement by which all present ' defenses In Pacific waters would bo retained and none added in tliw" future, but the question W yet jj , be made the. subject of formal'ex- - changes. . s . Further instructions from Tokio we,re received .today by the Jap anese delegates. The nature ef - the message was not reveald but necessary nd that.. the xiaatlon- .teiUhere- were-evldonc that tha Jap1' wasningion o&some form or clear Strikers Hold Mass Meet ings, Leaders Predict ing a Victory. : CHICAGO, Dec. . il.--Both the unions apd the packers marked time today in the strike of packing plant employes and the stock yards district was more quiet than It has been at any time since the cording to a census report issued walkout started a week ago. today. California had the lowest, to investigate the less of any other action. Meanwhile Howard Is again held in the' penitentiary here.. He was brought back from Benton lata to day on request of Governor T. C. McRe. ; who assured Saline coun ty, authorities that he would be de-l nverea ' to tnem io siana , inu when they desired. Howard had been returned to Benton to assist in a search for the 1 pistol with which Slaughter "captured" the penltentairy in his spectacular escapade. Tho : pistol was wanted largely because of the part Jt plays In the investigation here into the responsibility.' for Slaughter's escape. ' i Howard said that Slaughter, while the- convicts were In the woods forced one of the ' negroes with him to take the pistol and give him another istol to change and that the negro later threw the pistol Jjt cre'i. failed to disclose the pistol and Howard was tient for. . The gun was later . found In a field The gi jld, th Wallace says, substantial advances in the transportation costs nave the effect of imposing a differential against American producers in favor of their competitors In for eign lands, particularly those to the annth of this country, who, have the advantage of cheap water transportation. - , . The agriculture secretary thinks that "when the - country finally emerges from the present condition it will find Itself at the beginning of a new "agricultural era,- point ing to the large increase ,ln the country's population and the faot that most of the easily cultivated land has been taken up, he says the time is not far ln? 7hn ' 0ed 27.7.' North Carolina stands third in the birth rate of other colors; apo Is exceeded by the District oft, Colum bia where the negro flourishes, and California, where Orientals are increasing. The average birth 'rate for the 2 Instates covered ' was 23.3 per thousand. North Carolina there fore,' la far ahead. ..'.; The record for North Carolina was: Vhlte, 67,054 and colored 1.24,353, for 1920 and 61,832 and 22,022 for 1919. (The birth rate for whites last year was 21.7 . per thousand and colored 31. 3V :.. 'South Carolina's white birth rate last year was 28.3 and col- needs will require practically all that American farms produce in the average year.1- "This means," ho adds, ; a more intensive agriculture,, with larger production ; per acre and lessened cost, if we are to meet foreign competition and still main tain our standard of living? nKPAHTMENT P1ANS - f XO MEET CONDITIONS meet i these newv conditions, Mr. 'Ther is no ' lndlcatiort of race suicide, among .the old settlers of the Tar Heel state. The birth rate was higher in 1920 than-it was in 1917. i--.'-: SHORTER COLLEGE PRESIDENT DIES inmrrc n.. rv n nr. a. Tha denartment is nlannlngToTyn H?oe; preaidenrof Shortercol- dUnrnttlnar another detail in HOW arrfe stnrv of the final hours of jth bandit's life and hi death., let died ft local hosnltal this ust waitace conimu, "."""""" days ago for an ahseas. He Dennis l.ne, secretary of the hlest cutters and Cornelius Hayes, International president, both left Chicago today, the former golmf to Washington and the latter te New York. It Is reported that Mr. Hives will Join Secretary Lane In Washington, and that a conference with President Harding may ba held as a step toward asking gov ernment Intervention. ' Five mass meetings of striker were held today and leaders pre dicted victory. Packers assert, however, that the coming week will see more men returning to wot k and that operations will be more nearly normal than during the "past week. , REPRESSION WILL MEET DISORDERS the : present American commei',al fleet. The three ships under con sideration, have been completed un to the water line. At that point, natal experts fhture. It would ba possible to continue construction so as to produce a purely passen ger vessel Instead of a potential cruiser. Changes would be neces sary so that the vessel never could be restored to war purposes except to tbe extent that any other com mercial ship might be used as an afxlllary for war. WARSHIP nilJj MCCH LIKE LINERS Outside of special hull construc tion to afford protection against submarines and mines a warship hull Is practically the same as that of a liner up to the water Une. In the battle cruisers, some of the en gines and at least eight knots in speed would be sacrificed if the ship was changed to a liner, and these changes would be perma nent. No change back to cruiser coniiti'uctton would be possible, ex perts declare. The same thing is said to apply to battleships. There is a possi bility that these not too far ad vanced in construction could be changed Into intermediate freight and passenger carriers, but naval experts have not gone far enough to .determine if tjils Is a aract.i cable and economical suggestion. ; There are various non-combatant naval uses to which new or old capital ships might be put when stricken from the list of fighting ships. ' Already one old American predreadnought, the Kearsarge, has been 'made over into a fleet crane ship. She now has no fighting quality. Similarly, it might prove expedient to use a battleship or two as repair or sup ply vessels, stripping them beyond possible restoration of fighting characteristics, offensive or defen sive. These are alt technical mat ters however, which naval experts probably "will thrash out after the conference itself has adjourned. lng hou.e for all of the time Pa cific powers would be a logical ex tension of the present situation. The briefest examination of; the business of the present assemblag explains this view. It Is clear that we have already poetically elimi nated the Pacific Islands as a scene ot American-Japanese rivalry. In the same way we have disposed of the Anglo-Japanese alliance and will, no one doubts, agree upon naval ratios and thus remove any cha'tiee of naval competition. Af ter all, however, it was over China, not about the Pacific Islands of the naval ratio that the real danger of American-Japanese collision arose, and, given the best will in the world, there remains tho unmlc takable fart that not all Chlnesu matters can be settled at the pres ent conference, that many thtnsi be left rontlngent upon future de velopmens. WASHINGTON MKEI.V SCENE OF MORE MEETS What would be more logical or more natural then than thui Washington should bo made th i possible, sent of other conferences upon far eastern matters of utmost concern to all Pacific powers? Moreover, what would be better calculated to meet Chinese feelings, given tho fact that not all Chinese demands anese were preparing to canvass situation relative Jo Pacific bases before going together with the na val ratio discussions. . The two subjects have long been regardej by Japan as Inseparably linked and her desire to dispose of both at one tinio Is not regarded as a serious barrier to a ratio agree ment, JAPH GIVE CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHINA , The negotiations relative to China, although proceeding sepic rately also are receiving the care ful attention of the Japanese while tho naval question is in abeyance and there have been some hints , that "they would prefer to see o decision in that quarter also be- . fore they make tholr acceptance of the "b-o-S" final and binding. It Is the general , .expectation that the result of the 'far eastern discussions wilt be a united, dec Juration of policy by the nine na tions represented here, embodying tho "four points" of Ellhu Root and maklnc such sneclflo aonllca- tion of them as may be found Bucn a declaration, :t part of which was given official sanction by the nine nations) at yesterday's plenary session, It was expected would finally take the form of a "gentlemen's under-, standing.'' Some of the plenlpo- can possibly be met at tho present tentlarles, however, want to write, - OmMiwnf m r Two) , (CtdKaiw Fiat fatl KANSAS CITt, Mo.. Dec. Jl. ("By the Associated Press.) Quiet prevailed today in the packing house district In Kansas City. Tills afternoon Mayor Harry B. Burton of Kansas City, Kas., and Henry T. Zimmer, chief of police. warned George W. Reed, negro HITCHCOCK WILLiPRDPOSED PACT T TREATY SEEN AS BASIS OF WORLD PERCE Agreements Like It Will Develop Public Opinion, Says Borden. OF FOUR NATIONS MOBILE PRISONERS FAIL TO ESCAPE MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 11. An at tempt to break jail here on the part of O, P. 8haw and James M. Ryan, federal prisoners waiting trial for attempted ,; postoffice safe burglary and W. E. Dover, convicted of burg lary of several stores was frustrated today by Jailer F. W. Gibson, of the county jail. - The prisoners had smug' gled In. steel saws and mads a saw handle from ths iron handle of a water bucket. A, 10 foot piece of rope, soap and two broom handles were found in the cells of the pri soners, '. .- HENRY TURNER EDDY DIES MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec 11. Henry Turner Eddy, 77, professor and dean emeritus of the University of Good Enough Way, He Says to Get Rid of Brito-Jap Alliance. WASHINGTON, Dec. II. (By the Associated Press.) Further assurance of bi-partisan senate support for the four power Paci fic treaty came tonight with an nouncement by Senator Hitchcock, of NebraskR, assistant democratic leader, and ranking democratic rwmber of the foreign relations committee, that he expected to vote its ratification. "I see no reason for opposition to the treaty," said Senator Hitch cock. "There does not seem to I be any very serioua objection nor ny reason for great rejbiclnx over it. It reminds -me of the old t.ayin(f that "it is good enough, what there is of H and enpugh of euch as it Is." Senator Hitchcoc k said t h e treaty was similar in some respects to the league of nations covenant. "The tre.ity is very mild and is good enough a way to get rid of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. " Senator Hitchcock's announce ment, made upon his return from tho west followed others by demo cratic leaders that they would give the treaty their support. With ihe republican leadership already on record in behalf of the treaty, hopes for its ratification were to day Increased., It appeared more definite that the opposition would be limited to group of the "irruconclHables" of the league ot nations ngm, - wun , ; 1 1 . , 1, -Urt ... U 1 "icffl IVUMjT. Al VB1IUUH VOUCH 11V in certain - phases of its wont, more especially the scientific re search, the applications of the re was for merly president of Brenatt college and re- years ago. ties similar to the shootings which recurred last night arountjy he Morris plant would result in IfeH 0'is repressive measures. Reed said he was not responsible for last nights slight outburst. been connected with Rose Polytech nic institiitue, University of Tennes see, Cornell university! Prlncon university and tha University of Cin cinnati. A son and four daughters surv'" i -. ... would be lets than in the leagua controversy WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (B.' the Associated Press,) Out oC agreements similar to the four power Pacific covenant adopted by the armament conforence yester day will be developed a public opinion among nations which aloni cats assure th maintenance of wurlc! peace. Sir Itobert Borden, Canadian delegate to the confer ence said lu a statement issued to night. "Pour great nations have so' emtily agreed that every contro versy between any of them arlsln;: out of a Paciiic question and cn r.iMa ot settlement by diplomatic! methods shall be brought to a joint , conference of all four powers and shall be there considered and adj Jucted" the statement said. " ,"This treaty in terms relates to tho Pacific, but, as the Convention of 1817 although applicable only In the Great lAkes extended in spirit and In practice toVhc entire boun dary 'between Tanatfa and the United States, so we may confi-. .-; dently trust that the spirit of thia treaty will govern all controversy between the four powers. I hail ita acceptance as a notable step to ward the assurance of peace." ,c " ' ROTARIANS WIVES CONDUCT PROGRAM HICKORY, Dec. . Wives t , Rotarians had charge of ladles nlg.tc of the club at Its second December meeting and put over a program that terrTtttrtfTbe tleTitrefTtn the May ofT pep and laughter. Incidentally snow ing the men tew imngs.. rrAslJrn1 Senator Borah, of Idaho, prom- Watt Shuford turned the tneeiir.!- inent reoublican opponent of the league continued his silence with regard to the sew treaty. over to them atter tne dinner ba-1 been disposed of, and action followed' In rapid order. 1
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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