North Carolina Newspapers

_ J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. ' VOLUME XLVIII. Governor Morrison s f \ ♦ Legislative Program . ♦ J _ i Is Organizing His Forces to Establish the State-Owned l Shipping Line and Other Important Measures. W)RE BONDS FOR road construction; —_____— * I Gov. Morrison is Ready to In- I induce a Greater Program Than the One Two Years * Ago. It is Stated. i Raleigh. X. .Tan, 1. (By ilie f Asso ciated !*****». —-<>» tin* tyy-joi the ser oikJ jjemh'al assembly <0 ais mluiini.s --i ration. * Governor Cameron Morrison is l-eady t«>4iifr»fluee early in tin* ses sion an greater legislative pro-1 jjrara than his first, and among Hie j advance guard of North Carolina Inav- j . makers ia Raleigh tonight tin* priori- [ Lie fjite these meugsuies wit! meet is | • flip ehiejf abject of diScussfon. "I r i*ftkji!i~ the position that practical-J - l.v «fverj promise in his platform lots ’ .... . been carried out, the governor now is j organizing Ins fortes to pass the state j shipping line «*«>rporation bill and oth-j er closely aligned measures. Improve- ! meht of fisheries in the state ami a - further bond issue to promote the! .A present highway ' construction pro- j . , gram ttre said ro he among the other! hills h** will urge for enactinent. ! (inWrimr Morris*, n told The As so- : ciated Press he will not reveal the tle- S. t;ii!s ol his piupiis;:! to establish a i stale-owned shipping line unfit the! t - measure'cuilMKiyiiig ir is presented for passage. chiefly, however, the ships would lie controlled by a corporation) commission. ‘'composed of such men I as now .make up the highway commis sion.” operating under authority fixed • by the assemhly._he said. !p ■' A committee of experts to investi- * - gate the plan and till conditions t-Olat- i ing to it and then to reach a decis - ion as to whether if would he practi cal hi operation is favored by the ex ecutive. according to his statements. Should this body decide in favor of tl'.e line, it was stated, the governor’s measure would give it authority to proceed with organization. The success Governor Kitchin met with in iiis first session of she i«c r*JUM ifclMffjiitti-' 1, luiTiTre T*> coiiTrol the second {iirm tile I Similar experience of Governor Hick- 1 est were discussed l>\ some of the leg- i „ islators'in relation to the manner in j hich the Morrison program will hc| - received. The governor, it \va> deelnr- ! edi'will not 'nicest with the same sue-J cess he achieved two years ago with I liis highway construction legislation, j -Conversely, other senators and rep-j roseiitatives maintained that Govern-' or Morrison now is more popular .than two years ago at the tirsr session and that his program is constructive and “perfectly safe" as drawn for adop tion. 4 Little interest is being shown in the selection of The house spetiker. ami president pro-fern of the senate. John G. Dawson, of Kinston, unopposed, isr' expected be. nominated fOr the speakership by the democrati ar .a cauctisx-hedulcd for Tuesday evening. . while the upper (house ofliee nomina tion Will be between \\\ L. Long, of Halifax, and A. A. Hicks, of Gran ville. The sixteen republicans of the assembly have riot announced wnetb-; er lhey will hold a caucus or make an nominations In the senate, there are forty-six committees and forty-seven democrat--. Among those being discussecUas men of the two most important com mix.tees are Senator L. It: Varser. of j Luiiiherton. finance, apd Senator D. F. Giles, McDowell. appropriations. Rep-j resent a t.ive Rule Houghton. Sparta, is • being mentioned fur re-appointment ;;S! chairman of the house finance coin-; luittce, while Representative W. X. E'v-j .erette, of Richmond, is expected to! tigflin head the appropriations oom mittee. Alex Lassiter is running for re-elee \ Hen as reading elgrk of the house, j without opposition to date although the name of David P. Dellinger, Cher-' / ryville. is being mentioned as tt prole j able candidate. Otis-P. Shell; of Dunn. ! engrossing clerk, is being opposed by i Miss Rosa Mmid, of Concord, the first! woman ever to run for the office. Frank Ilackett, of North Wilkes-! boro, is unopposed for chief clerk of ! the senate, as is Joe J. Mackey, of! Raleigh, for engrossing clerk. John Philip Cocke, of Asheville, and Cecil n Broughton, of Troy, are candidates; for. engrossing clerk. Schools Opened This Morning. I’rof. A;. S. Weid), superintendent of' R'“ Fom-ord public schools, stated at nmmjthat all of the'schools opened in' line fill;!pi- this morning, following the; < hristinns holidays. All of the tench-; "is except .Miss Ruby ('line and Mrs. Hinton McLeod, who are sick and Miss J .Mary Morrison, who is attending the. 4 l'incral of a relative in Wadesboro, were on hand for the opening. The' M'hnols Closed on December 15th. 'i lie county schools jilso opened th ! s nr ruing, after enjoying a week's va cation for Christmas. • Death of “Wee Willie” Keeler. New York. Jan. L—William H. g mee ’\iliie' Keeler, one of the most i.unous old time baseball players, died b’dny at his home in Brooklyn. He ai 1 Mieen a sufferer ? from heart dis ease for more than two years. Lpicures in snail-eating prefej th<*m V i'llG 1 /y hile il n<l served piping lot fl x 1 1 1 H plain melted buttter II ' ,1 —— ——— . -- . ~ ~. ... —. ' ’ ■ Another kidnapping i CASK IN LOUISIANA? A Time Keeper Said to Have Been Car* { ried Off by a Thirty of 16 Men. Bastrop, lai., Jan. I.—Oepartmenl | of Justice Agents liere working on the j Morehouse kidnpppiug c-ase and at taches from Sheriff Fred Carpenter's ’office today were investigating the ul neged kidnapping Friday night by a iimity' of sixteen men. of Harold L. Teegeston. times keeper- for a enrbon ! plant at spyker. Ltr., uenr here, re jKirts of wbiHi were received by the • siH-t'et service men and the sherilJ' yes terday. "v l Sheriff ("arpentor. who investigated the* repmrs. -aid he was told that Teegeston was called from his sleep ing ipitirters at the plant at midnight Friday nijzhr. and was whisked i:\vny in The darkness tij the men who occu pier! s'.x automobiles from which the license plates had either been covered j or removed. I The Federal investigntors are re porT"d to ha vo «pi<‘. t Lmed Teegeston i Friday night a few hours the [reporied ' ti'-re it.; l they i>\ppif-tn -nil tile time I k""p«*: :;s n state witneos at the pufilb j lien rings here beginning next Friday! I BERGDOLL NOT FOUND* ON THK S. B. JUPITER .. - . ■ Captain Said Ho Was Surprised That Any Such Ke|>urt Should Have Originated. JVusm-ohi. Fla.. Jan. I.—The German steainslHp Jupiter, on wliich was rc -Ipm ted Grover Fleveland ItergJoll. ! draft dodger, shipped disguistMl jis a] I sailor, arrived in port aat b o'clock; this niorntng. Exh.-tnsitvi* senri-Jies h.v j sailor, arrived in port at 0 o’clock , of justice juen faswl to r.vehl the I presence or Bergdoll, TlVe eapajin ; I ..aid he was sun>rised tlmf any stu b j a rejMirf^could have originated, as lie 'was at t'ardin* wjieji chartered for | Pi tisjtroln loading | GERMANY 10 MARK NEW PROPOSITIONS On the Reparations Matter.—Expert I to Reach Baris Tomorrow. I‘nris, Jan. 1 (By the Associated] Pre.-s).—Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, the Ger- < man ambassador, called at the foreign j offit*e this morning a«d announced Uiar i Karl Bergmann. German ftp&iveto 1 j expert, would bring to Baris nc-» i»rop | 'IPIf, - expecltsl to reach Paris lotnonow morn-; J ing. • • • ! ‘ lUoncmd V. >l. C. Routs the Wake j - Forest Quintet. In a spirittwi neck and neck game in which tlie outcome was in doubt until the final whist e. Concord Y. M. c. A., defeated the Wake Forest basketball I team her" Saturday night by a Move of .J 0 to f>7. The loca: quintet showed a slight edge on the collegians who were handicapped by the • narrow court, but the Wake Forest team put up~a splendid fight and never quit until forced ty do so by the final whistle. . „ The game at tinier developed con- j siderable roughness on the part of players due to the close quarters and the closeness of the contest, but me best of feelings prevailed throughout. For.Concord Bil inger led the scor ing with four field goals and 11 fouls; for a total of nineteen .points. Wake j Forest, though defeated, made v-he j best, individual showing, Modin, right forward, scoring a total of seven goals from the floor and nine fouls for a total of El points. For the locals Wolfe and Dick aUp rhowed up we 1. wnilt ! Carlyle and Greason played a strong game for Hit- visitors. The line up fallows. Concord (40) Make Forest (37) Position. Dill inger R.F •• 'Modlin Dick L.F G reason Wolfe .. J- C Carlyle ; Long L.G FI anna gan !iMcGaskill _! ;R.G...* Hood Refereg: Peterson, Charlotte. Times: 2 minute halves. ! Death of Mr. T. J. Fetzer. Mr. T. J. Fetzer died in a AYailes boro hospital yesterday morning at 17:40 o'clock, after a long illness. v He ; was 08 years of_ age and* is survived by bis wife and five children, Tom and Frank Fetzer and Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Fred Mills and Miss Dorothy Fetzer. j Misses Mary and Adeline Morrison ! and Mr: Frank Goodson left yesterday to attend the funeral, to be held in ‘ Wades boro today. Mr. Fetzer former ly lived in Concord, where he has many friends. He was a brother of the late I‘. B. Fetzer and l>r. X. S. Fetzer. I - Son Born to Mr, and Mi's. G. W. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. George Washington ! I fill arc being congratulated upon the , birth of a son in their 1 mine, r>7<) Park avenue New York City, on Simony. December 17th. It>22. The child will be christened l’e.rcival Smith Hill the second, after his grandfather, Mr. Pereiral S. Hill, president of The American Tobacco Company, of which die l)oy s father, Mr. George W. Ilill, is vice presUlent. . , No New Developments in Fred Allison Case. j Liiicolnton,* Dec. 31 —There are no further developments in Fred Alli son murder up to the present writing. Sheriff W. B. Abe.rnethy reports that , he is Unable to secure any fuctlur de tails of the killing. He states that when Solicitor Huffman is ready for his investigation all available informa tion will be placed before him and every pfTort. will he made to clear up the affair.* * PUBLISHED MO NDA ¥• S AND T H URSDAYS CONCORD, N 0,, MOND4V JANUARY l. 1923. !J ' J|l' U ' ' '' \ i . ■■ ’ I 1•- T - ! ALLISON HEARING HAS . . j BEEN CALLED BY SOLICITOR | * Hearing Will lie Held in Liiicolnton | » Under Orders of Solicitor Huffman. • 11 of ,"W ; . I j ijncolipon, N Jan. L-^Withess-; p»f Thartofrer f v last Sunday j j night, were smiHin ne i by Sheriff Ab j ernethy torlny to appeftr b<*re torn or | ! row ala hearing ordered by jfoliriio:- ) R. L. Huffman. A coroner's jury returned a verdict j |( h.ispuas Day that Allison, allegeu j j by the sheiilf's deputies to have been one of three men attempting to haul j j .10 gallons of liquor through ' Lincoln I County, died as a result of a shot fir-; ed by one of his companions, both of i Whom escaped during the affray, with | Deputy Sheriffs Baxter and Miller, i Mr. Huffman, after an investigation.) had Deputy Baxter arrested Saturday | night mi a charge felonious j j slaying” of Allison. Deputy Baxter, who was released | in 810,(MX) bail on this charge, already ; was under indictment charging viola tion of the state prohibition laws, and immorality, according to Mr. Huffman. I Federal officials announced last week 1 that (apiaxes charging violation of the Federal liTjuor laws had been issued | against Baxter, and would be served) this week.^ The hearing here tomorrow was or-; dered by Solicitor Huffman, the sher iff said. Huffman Off' to Charlotte. Morganton. X. C., *Jan. 1. —Solicitor R. L. Huffman left his home here to day for Charlotte, where he expected to interview several Charlotte men in connection with his investigation into the killing a week ago of Fred Alli son. aged 2!>, automobile mechanic of Charlotte, in Lincoln County. PAY MILLION RUBLES EACH FOR AMERICAN CIGARETTES Stfviet “Quadrillionaires” in Moscow Seem to Have JPriee. ' Moscow, Jan. 1. —American-made cig arettes now are on sale in the streets of Moscow for about’ 1,000,000 soviet rubles eaelm The Bolshevik ruble ha,s been fluctu ating to such an extent lately that it has been a common occurrence for deal ers to boost many articles billions <rf rubles over night. These were prin cipally diamonds, gold and platinum ‘ jewelry, furs and other luxuries sought by speculators, the “quadrillionaires” and others with loads of the soviet paper cash. One day the ruble dropped to 33.000.- 000 to the dollar, and two days later flopped back again to 27.000,0000 to the dollar, where it remained “stabiroed” ■ for several weeks? During this jieriod the street car fare on the Moscow , trams was increased in one jump from oOO.(MM) rubles to 1,000,000 for a single * ride. ‘ Dr. Marion Lawrence to Speak in ‘ Charlotte. ’ Charlotte, .Tan. 1. —Dr. Marion Law rence. of Chicago, consulting secretary ! of the International Sunday School As sociation, and I). W. Slims, general! , superintendent of the Nojrth Carolina ! Sunday School Association, will be | the principal speakers during the) Sunday School Convention here Jan-! j nary IA. it was announced today. W. ! t ! E. Price, is president of the Mecklen- j * burg County Sunday School Associhr; . tion, which is sponsoring the rally. ■ j ~- ' ( > The states of South Australia is four times as big'as France. _■. . _ ~ RIOT I.\ KASHIOf ABLE I HOTM, IN ST. LOl IS f Two Men Sbot, a .Woman Injured, While Chairs. iViles and Knives 1 I Sf. Li* ' 1 ,vo ana wen ) ware, plates, i.iiiveii^aml ftirlcH, woxo I burled promisebmafy in a t int at the fashion file Hotel Chase in flu* west j end' uSkhe city early today when the | guests'm the main (lining ball objected j to the intrusion of prohibition enforce i liient agents and n squad of. police ! men who we.t ... arching for liquor. No arrests were made in connection | with the disorder which started ; when the enforcement, officers com-1 ! menced lifting tabio-covers and search-) ing for liquor. Failing to find any [of the contrabrand the officers first [ i were applauded, then hooted and j jeered, and finally the rumpus was in ) i swing. It lasted only a short while Two shots were fired during the tur- j i moil: One of them struck John Pnz-i Idem, lice president, of the Consumers'j j Grocery & Meat Co., who was shot he- I | low the knee as hsy was dancing with! ! his wife. Ib* fell to the floor. Geo. I 11. Bode, Jr., was shot in the foot. Mrs. \Y. 11. Robinson was slightly in jured. i ASK SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS HOW THEY STAND ON KLAY Norlliem Dmocrats Will Not Support Them Unless They Announce They Are Against Elan. » Washington, . Dec 29.—Represent:v tiye Gall, van, democrat, Mas&a schusett, declared in a statement to day that democrats .who go before the’ party caucus as candidates for .speak er of the house in the new Congress will be caLed upon by northern demo cratic representatives to say where they stand on the question of me Ku K ux Klan. “Mark you,” said Mr. Gallivau, * we are going to watch Ku Klux demo crats from the southland, whet, er they come from, Texas or any other state, and they wffll get no support from democrats in the north unless a? the caucus, which w.ll be called to select the party candidate for the sneakershin • these men pronounce their absolute and unequivocal oppo sition to the infamous organization which at present holds the front page i in our daj'y newpapers.” Mr. Galpvan declared tliat while he had uo candidate of his own, hi* would net sunnort Representative Garrett, Tennessee, acting democratic leader, because of his vote agaist the soldier bonus. He said jie al'bo opposixl Mr. Garrett because he voted an amend ment to the retiremeifL act “which would prohib'.t any federal emp.uye from receiving the Mnefits thereof if he had at any time w|fei) allied with any labor union or £m organization of such character.” i National Commander of Xvncrican Leg _ ion in North Carolina. Greensboro, N. C.. Jan. 1. —Alvin M. Owsley, national commander *of the Amqriean Legion, will spend two days . in North Carolina early in March, ac j cording to a tentative announcement [ receiveil here today by R. E? Denny, i state department adjutant, from Ooni j rnandef James A. Lockhart, of Char lotte. The itinerary of the national j executive will be announced within ; the next few weeks. Freight cars and locomotives sernp ped*b.v American railroads during the last ten years averaged annually 7G,- 700 aud 1,015 respectively. PRESIDENT SPENDS NEW YEAR DAY QUIETLY t Received Many Diplomats at White House —Many New Ye*r Greetings Received During the Day. Washington, Jan. I—lt was a quiet , Now Year s day for the President and «l x w .verteTs were kept busy receiving can’s } of diplomats and officials, and jmany boxes of flowers ,were received from i friends who remembered Mrs. Ilard i ing's com alesi ence from her recent j illness. The President remained at. | the residence nearly all of the day. [Tie met dining the day ■i Governor E. Mont Hi-ily, of Porto Ried, iin his study. However, Governor I Reily said the. vrstr was only for tlie j purpose of extending the New Year's ' greetings. A complete holiday was granted to j all of the President's assistants of the ( executive office staff, and the White j House was lefr almost by itself. i Bailey to Speak at Press Convention. I High Point, X. C., Jan. 1. —J. TV. Bailey, formerly federal district reve nue collector, will be the speak er at the annual convention of the! I North Carolina Press Associative* j | here January 11-12, according to the l completed program made public, to night. A number of talks on sub jects relating to newspaper manage ments will be delivered by editorts of the state. J. B. Sherrill, who was re-elected president of the association at the Shelby meeting, has tendered his res ignation. At a recent session of the executive committee in Greensboro, however, it was decided to • present tlie matter to the cement ion for final action. 3lr. Sherrill was elected to the general assembly from Cabarrus! comity in the recent election. Methodist Planning A Vigorous Cam paten. Nashville, Tenn., Y)ec. 30. —The first four months of 1923 will be devoted by Southern Methodists to vigorous ef forts to complete payment of its *35,- 000,000 Centenary fund, it was decid ed here today as of the church adjourned their campaign congress. Efforts will extend through every Dy way, of the Southern Methqilist Church and (is expected to recall an almost as extensive drive as was launched wnen first efforts were made to subscr.be the fund. Fourteen mil ion dollars of the en- j tire fund was subscribed from 550 j city churches, it was pointed out at j the conference, with only $6,000,0004 having been paid and for that, reason j campaigh efforts will be more exien-1 sive in cities. Work will begin the ; j first Sunday in January. Strong pleas j for collection of the subscribed fund, were beard today from leading ; 'Methodists of the South. Thirty- Pwt> Horses Cremated in Blaze. | i Wilson, Dec. 30—The big Driek j {livery stable of Lawrence Walston, (at Kenlv, was totally destroyed by j I fire about 8:30 o’clock Friday morn-j , iiqr together with eighty-five barrels-! »f flour and a number of wagons and j [ several sets of harness. There were thirty-two horses and mines in the i } building and they were al crema ud. I The origin of the blaz« is undeter-1 , lYnined and whether or not Mr. WaisioiF j carried any insurance is not stated. ”j Japanese water bags of r.'ce paper ' j are more durab e than similar arnmes c.f rubber. Resin is used between the ■ I layers of paper, which is soft and -! flexible. outside is covered with ' lacquer. ni nan I y nr* nr m Aiiv ) li r H ilil li ih r rill r r \ j REJECTED BY-FRENCH German Chancellor Says His Country Offered Non-War Pact to France and All Other Countries. i UNITED STATES KNEW OF PLANS ! i No Country, Under Plan, Could Declare War on Any Other Country Without Vote of Its People. I Hamburg. Jan. 1 (By tin* Associated j Tress >. Gefinany's proposal to ' France for a non-war pact among all the powers- interested in the Rhine, which France rejected, was made ji / the belief that stable peace in Europe was attainable only if all the nations decided to stand on-the foundations of reality, declared Chancellor Cuno in, his sensational revelation here of (ionimny's latest move in connection with the reparations problem. The Chancellor’s aniioiincemont, made during the course of a speech before the Hamburg Bourse yesterday,! showed the German government lmd i sought to obtain France’s agreement as q means of alleviating French fears to the taking of a solemn pledge i of faith by till the powers interested. I that for a generation none of them ! would wage war upon 1 tie others [ i without specific authorization from all j their peoples in a popular referendum.! and that some world, power n<<r in-j terested in the Rhine should act as a j guardian or trustee of this pledge. I This-proposal, which was made to France through afcjpower nbt named, was rejected by the French, the Chan cellor regretfully announced. Proposition Submitted to Hughes. Paris. Jan. 1 IBy the Associated , Presst.—The proposed non-aggression! agreement referred to in the Ham burg speech of Wilhelm Cuno, Ger man Chancellor, was suggested by the German ambassador in Washington- to Secretary of State Hughes, it was semi-officially said here today, but tlie , State Department, it was added, did not transmit it officially to the French ! government. NEW RECORD MADE IN Mrs. Ernest Ilirks Reports That $1,200 ; Worth of the Seals Were Sold in the County This Year. A .new high record for Christmas j Seals sale was .made in this county! this year, according to tin* report oi ( Mrs. Ernest Hicks, who was chair man of tlie sales committee. The to tnl amount of money received from j lfle sale of the bonds and seals was 1 81.200. The following is Mrs. Hicks' ; report: • Street Committees, including busings houses and offices $ 091.27 Central School i 120:39! High School —i 05.97 Jackson Training School 1 10.20 Sunderland Hall L^___ — 8.00 Scotia Seminary fi.Ol i Rev. Mr. Osborne committee _ 40.05 : Rev. Mr. Myers?' Committee __ 18.40 Rev. Mr. IVaucliope Com. 12.50 • Rev. Mr. Rollins Com. 11.(K) ! Rev. Mr. Armstrong Co. 9.00 Rural Schools Kannapolis V 7.09 Mt. Pleasant 3009 Grand Total 81.200.00 Three-fourths for Tuberculosis Society for Cabarrus Co. „—5900.00 One-fourth for State —— 8300.(X) :.liss ' Elizabeth Coltrane sold the most Bonds. • : The sales for the Bonds and Seals have been a wonderful success, and we are deeply gratified for the inter jest a fid co-operation given by The Trib j line and Times. Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, the ministers and all of the •faithful committees, in fact wej thank i all for what they did. MRS. ERNEST L. HICKS, Chairman. 15 Rum Ships Enter the Port of Gotham. New York, Dec. 30—With the sub chaser Jrlensen, federal dry navy of the port of New York, tied lip ai me Battery with engines disabled the Narrows was left unguarded tonight long enough for 15 runners to slip into port w th nearly $7,090,000 worth of liquor for New Years, the Police de ipartment was advised. 'I The 15 little vessels are believed j by proli bifion officials to have aboard 'at lease 60,000 cases of liquor. They, I represent qnly a part of the tleec of j rum laden craft which since a few ; j days before Christmas had been lay- ; ' ing outside the three milt* iimit, await- i ) to run the gauntlet Into ; . the city. . | : Federal prohibition zone ehiof Ap- j {plebv was amazed when he learned; that the of his "dry t fleet” was tied up at her pier, j “I thought she was qnf patrolling , I the narrows,” he explained. . - j Davis Springs Hotel Goes Back to Founder. j Statesville. Dec. 31. —The . Pavia ( Springs hotel, at Hiddenite, has chang-; ed hands, and during the coming sea son will be under the ; supervision and ! control of Rev. It. Le.e Davis, the founder and for many years the pro-j [prietor of this unique and popnlar re-j ; sort. v v 1 Mr. Davis sold liis interest in the( hotel three years ago and since that time lias resided in Statesville He has recently bought back a large in terest in the company and has been elected secretary and treasurer. W. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. : — -- 3IH ir.;«fi UAY VERYII DRY IN METROPOLIS ■ Extremely Wet Under Foot But From Volstead Stand point the Dryest New York Has Ever Had. ; \ '••.! ■ ; SERIES OF RAIDS ON THE WHITE WAY r ' ' A “Knock and Drag Out” Af fair at the “Monte Carle/’ —Hilarious Butler Carted Off to Jail.' New York, Jan. I.— An extremely wet New Year Day—under foot —-fol- lowed rlie dryest— from a Volstead ] standpoint—New Year's eve that Xe\v j York ever had. , It was also turbulent, j Leaden skies wept copiously today 1 over battered hats and smashed bof -1 ties on deserted streets which a few ‘ liom:s earlier were Idled with deter mined and frequently {trim ugly, mer rymakers who were unusually dry iiy the mpdern meaning of the adjective. | Two hundred Federal prohibition enforcement agents, and several times 1 I that number of policemen and plain Y i clothes men caused tln i New Year to he ushered in with less-of liquid cheer , inside than ever before. I This was accomplished -by a series i of raids in the White* Way district that. I brought many minor battles , bet weep ] enforcement agents and determined | breakers of tin* dry law, and at least 1 one “knock down and drag out” af j fair that enlivened the evening at the _ j thrice-raided "Monte Jrarld.” Greenwich -Village, :m outlying sec- >j j lion, profited by the concentrated drive !on Broadway, however, and reports from those sections were that liquor j flowed freely—in everything Imt the ! price. The city has set a record too, in the number of home celebrations, presumably wet if one is to take as a fail* sample one rich I’ark Avenue I home where the butler got so hilarious' the family had to have him carted off to jail. (’elehrators with lire arms rolled up :f casualty List of two fatally wounded and seven others less seriously hurt, I while others apparently convinced j they were burning up, gave the lire ! departments 84 unnecessary inns in {the hour that straddled the old and mw years. ’ *»■■£ . !of tic* New N ear was very wet in 1 most of flu* eastern Seaboard and far [northwestern states, despite the eon-, j centra ted activities of the govern ment’s prohibition agents. I This information was given out to day not by the prohibition unit, but , by the" weather bureau. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes | was out of tin* city, and other officials j of his office had received no reports as (to the endeavors/of Federal agents to start the'year of lbL‘B wHh strict en- I forcement of the Volstead act. - The weather bureau, however, pronounced «<* it “an awfully wet” New Year inaug ural in several sections of the country. The rain began to diminish, howev\ ‘ er. in the east about the time late eel-\ ;eh rants of New 1 car’s festivities got' home, and the weather bureau promis ed it would he succeeded by clear and moderatelly cold weather, Clear skies and normal temperatures greeted the new year throughout tl|e country, with the exception of the reg ions. • 1 . t _ ■ FRANK CONFESSION BY WILLIAM Z. FOSTER Says if He Said What He Thinks He Would He Arrested o » the'Spot. Denver, Colo.. —an, 1. —William 2L - Foster, nationally konwn labor or ganizer and leader of the nationwide steel strike two years ago, 4° an ad dress here hist night declared: “I am a radical.. If 1 said whut 1 think I would Ik* arrested on the spot.” 1 Foster advocated establishment of a workers party by the greater organi zations of workers in the United States, so that he declared, they might "follow the example of the workers in* * ropean countries.” Germany, Russia, Italy and other Eu , He urged his hearers to fight “to the j j hitter end” for their ’'rights.” Locke C raig Expected to Recover His Health. 1 Asheville. Dec, 80 -‘-The result of / an operation which former Governor Locke Craig underwent several days j ago has not been definitely decided, Dr.«. Mil lender, Senior and Junior, said tonight, hut they confidently assert his : recovery is assured. I * liis rheumatic tremble lias seemingly ! departed. Although the forpier gov- Jernor has suffered a great dtfal. he is I in good spirits and most of the time j the lasi few days has rested comfort aldy. As soon as lie is well enough to travel, the* doctors expect him to go Ito South Florida with the hope that [complete rest will restore him to nor- / , mal health. * ' British Plan Cuts Reparation 64 Pe» \ C ent, to 12,00,000,000. In regard to Mr. Bonar laiw’s reiwry/" ration plan, which is believed accord ing to the advices from London to ; call for approximately $ 12,000,000,000, the Treaty of Versailles did not name any definite sum due from Germany, ‘ but specified the various classes of damage under which Germany was to j pay reparations. | The duty of assessing she damage was assigned to the Reputation Com mission. which after receiving the - claims of the various powers placed the total sum justly due at 1C2.00G,- (XX),000 gold marks or ij&3.000,000,000, - 1 •51. ;