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j:c ' -.'X The Weather jf? . v: vrsva3:j . - 5 Page's Today O lie Section 1 1 yalr and continued cold Saturday and Sunday- t ps.ttrrflfi 3 nil 0c Vl vm., - w :.?V';i'v:' VOL. CHI. No. 317. : ;;ILMiNGT Cv SATURDAY MORNING, NOViBMBER 13, 1920. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. .J ; 1 1 ii J, - ' ' , , , ' .. ' ' I I ... .. . . . , f- , . -., at, if . . . . :-. -. "V . .:.....''- ; v -- -- dipping Board De Ttifie in Fuel Supplies : : - LP4IR BILLS LARGER tIcAdoo Declares He Only Ap- neared Before isoara as voun- " BW YORK. Nov- 12. Alleged wpo- ,,-ai activity," previously testimony and reports before the ish committee. m . Tin it d States shiPDlnK ffairs oi - , was again toucnea upon m mony presenteu rr-?rv Congressman Israel W. poster. que LU " ,..v, t MAehan. deDuty chief oning J" f nvA.firatton. the boaras uu"" , r' i,ed it there had oeen any ium overnment tnrouBn rn.a aritnHn reoliBd , that n Pg" llic " ' 'uuld not say that there had. isked n mere nau mwh j f Knrh influence, the vritness William i. McAdoo, after he ha esignea luc reasury. It was charged- or- rather imniflined of. tne wimess anueu, mi it. McAdoo had appeared before the oard on behalt oi tne morse interests. I do not want to De understood." tne ltness continued, "as saying that It la ven interrea iiia.t ani. mwiuuu um.iu- rtered with, or has been narmrui to ,e board in any way." He explained he was testifying only s to criticisms ne naa.noara. Exorbitant Repair Bill ' - Meehan repeated prevous testimony iiat no irregularities had .been .discov- ed among the board's officers. Ref ences were made however, to depart ent heads particularly liv southern strict shipyards where dismissals had dken place at bis recommendation. ne oi these dismissals was brought bout, he said, by what he termed nilue and unnecessary delay, as well i exorbitant expense in repairs 'tor a ooden ship. The final repair bill on His ship, he said, amounted to .fully :i)o,ooo ana the shlpcould' riot be sold day for J75.00O. . ; :.- - "V . Going into details of alleged graft mong ship s ofticers, he related details I a catj on the steamship DIo. 'On lis ship, he testified, three of its of- trs, including the captain, had man- ,'ei to conceal the presence of 400 ns of fuel oil when it arrived from "tterdam. At Norfolk more' oil was .(ken ahoard for a voyage to Rio de nnerio. At this port the officers paid rr the delivery of 1,000 tons of the the witness asserted, but ' through onnivance with an employe of an oil ompany only 6M tons were delivered. he difference between the value of ic 600 tons delivered and the 1.000 ns paid for amounting to about ).(innwas "gpiit between the narties Plicated in the transaction. .The of- ?rs of the ship, in addition to the P'lt, also took the. usual "percentage." " captain, the witness alleged, also ivea with a repair company for rtain alterations to . the ship,"",'-fo nlfh the hoard was charged $11,000 Captain Under Indictment Th cdptain. the witness added; re '"1 $5,000 from this contract an hi. It was afterwards ascertained that a asonable price for the renairs would .. .uuu 4,uiu. v.iso- Deiore lling the Shin toolr ahnsnt nfHir "i to Jast nine months. mimh ; nf n was later thrown overboard,; he Mhan testified that the ' captairC ri,t engineer onri onnii,.. Nicted. The ixtte.m j, ; eived light sentences fromlthe court. captain was released on bond and is due to appear here for trial No mber 15. The witn. 9 l0en informed, however, that the cap dm. and his wife, and "fmirt rUnkS" had anilA Tr.- Trrj. usnos Aires. Th ,1.11.. k... 4. seeking him. Vt " nen informed nf 'ven bv Maav,o . h ivir. ivicAaoo issues e following statement- - - " ' ZTUme after 1 1" the treasury. fi -t -w, v-f Wfc I.VU W, A- A C U JBK " rneya nf it. . . .... ornna. 0 virgnia anipDunamg ru . " "uiiBc in a controversy oard arisen with the shipping ( 8hir!nder a contract for the building "'PS. Our relation to the-matter Purely nrnfi..olni i.v ism opr,et,ea and beyond " criti rii, . suiting ,, settlement - .was !tnment " uuwko 01 tne ; gov- ARS AT MOUNT ' OLIVE WERE ACTIVE llfieSafe, Mail Sacks and Offices of Small Amounts K.aV- 'J1V. Nov. .12. Burglars "flnfTm here again. last night, en- ;icturi or tne Mount Olive Man :,st t i COmPany. ' the . Atlantic W i 5"8t haul was made from the 1. ' entrance having been, gained by 1 to.... window in the ticket office. lonI aie was rifled, and 34 stolen, man t0 J' R- Jones, ticket agent. man : .t r T y fi 1 n was removed to. a near- 1 UHlfl anJ la . . . . m. - m a. . rtfn. unea, ; mil most ot tne Wrn e left untouched. TJie h !1ey drawer was torn out,vbu't Nate round nothing, r Several k. . s- containing clothing, . were fWAa -m tne exPres8 office. . Articles HARDIM TO SPEAK g -Ol SOUTH'8 WPS To Discuss At New Orleans In dustrial Policy Not Influenced -. . ;; By. Sectional Interests f - pointN tsIbeu; iTex Nov. President-elect- Harding, whose outing at Point Isabel, ends next Wednesday, has agreed to deliver an' address in New Orleans on th follewing day jtst before he - sails 'for. his voyage to Pan ama. He will speak at a luncheon -of the New Orleans Association of Com merce and is expected to discuss: in particular the economic possibilities and requirements of the new south and the need for a national industrial- policy uninfluenced by sectional Interests. . Senator Harding's decision to accept the New-Orleans invitation means that in keeping with his oft-repeated ambi tion Xo obliterate.,sectlonalIsm. his first three j addresses ; as president-elect . are to be delivered within the territory ,pf the old -confederacy and In states that long have been pillars of the Demo cratic solid south. The first of these addresses was delivered in Brownsville, Texas, yesterday and the third has been scheduled for December 5, at Bedford, Virginia. ; , 1 Speeches - outside -American territory are to be avoided, and Mr. Harding in dicated 'today that he did not expect during his Panama ' trip to go within the -boundaries or watersof any foreign country. - Among other Invitations he has re ceived one ' from ' Preston . McGood win, American', minister to Venezuela, ask ing that he go to Venezuela and Colom bia, and . during, his stay here .he : has been asked informally several Urates to pay a visit to- northern Mexico. On Tuesday he Is to go into Brownsville to exchange" greetings with Governor Hobby, of Texas, and he may spend, the night there to avoid an early morning motor ride to catch his train, the next morning. . ... .. AUSTRIA APPLIES TO JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS - ; ..-rv- ' ...... o Minister of Foreism Affairs . 1 "Makes Formal Application i GENEVA, Nov. I2.r Apstrla8 formal application for admission to the League of Nations, signed " by Herr Mayer, minister; of foreign affairs, was re ceived by the secretariatof the league this morning. Attention- is called in the application to the fact that Austria was .given assurance when she signed the ' treaty of St' Germain ' that she would be admitted to the league at the proper. time and it - says- the proper tle..Jaa-.eoin;415iii : Vrher-8eerelariat7ha received ynt' InUV matlon ithat-. GeTmanywiUiapply for admissions It : appears : that . neutral countries whiph ainounced they would consider, the necessity of retiringffrom the ' league if ' Germany -was.- not ad mitted, hesitate to take the 'responsibility-of proposing her election in the absence of any steps on the part of Germany. ;' ,1 By some interested persons here' It is believed the chances now are that Germany must apply for admission herself or the question will not come up, althbugh certain circles hold that Lord Robert Cecil . Is likely to propose her election. - .. Some of the delegates who have ar rived here- for the meeting of the league assembly decline to be put In the position, of offering Germany mem bership, ' which they ... believe she might or might not accept. Numerous revisions of - the, program of business for. the assembly have thrown " the . question of- admission of new members toward the very end,- and unlessythe program is again revised the elections will not occur before the last few days of the meeting or about three weeks hence. . . - , . : ., . . . v ',The countries whose admission will be voted on besides Austria and Bul garia..;, are: Iceland, . Monaco, San Marino, ' ; Llchtensteln, Luxembourg, Costa 'Rica,": 'and the new states, of Esthonia, Finland, Georgia, Letvla and. Ukraine. - . U-. . ; ; ' '1 GETRMAN REPARATION IS DECIDED BY OFFICIALS Technical Experts, to Fix Total : Amount Due : :' PARIS, Nov. 12.--A ' definite agree ment concerning the precedure to be followed with regard to the reparation by ? Germany . was read todays between the French and British governments. The agreement-calls for a meeting at Brussels, of allied;? technical experts with the Germans, and also a,meeting of th allied premiers ln'Geneva In the rst half of February to discuss th total tulDUUl uuvi auu vjc u'uu; d ity for payment. ' 1 M. Leygues, the French premier, - in a' note ? to the ;British ambassador the Earl of . Derby,' notified the ambassador Of. the agreementVbetween ; France and Gre4tr Britain based on the f our points primaVlly arrived at. ' ' The 'four points referred to are: v First Brussels conference of ex perts ; second a meeting at Geneva, be tween representatives, of the allies and the ...German . government; 'third- con sideration by the-reparations commis sion of the findings of the Irst .two conferences and, ; fourth, a meeting of the' premiers ' to consider the decisions of the reparations commission. . The' note shows that the' Geneva con. ference of the allied mfnisters will be held after a plebiscite has been taken In" upper Silesia, or at the latest, ' in the first fortnight of February. It also indicates that Jthe fourth stage of the meeting ofi thei preniiers will , dis cuss the plebiscite and sanctions, and that steps wlii be taken to Obtain the consent of other interested states to the procedure arranged. . . HOTKIiS CUT , MBNtT "PRICES . ' NEW YORK, Nov. 12. An - average reduction of 10 per. cent- in. f pod prices was announced today by several of the city's largest hotels after conferences with federal- f ood ; investigators. V The number of items on the menus on which decreased had .been; made varied, from sixteen in one large hotel to 1U In another, '-. ; . .... 1 . Ureat Cam or PresidentlSays ' nrtiyS5X3',i$OVm' l2 resident Wilson issued his ThanksgivingN. vfrtuSuanfl and- Peac"' ou T&?n and setting aside s Thuray Noyember 25, for the usual observances.. The text follows: triiS- o J T02-?VT0&cheB when behooves us to turn from the dls- : nlate th P.eVPi,atK0n8 2f our da41y f e, that .we may contem f eft t n5 t8vlch, have 1 been, vouchsafed to . tts. and' render heart- --ftSSf eiCTl thlanka unto God for his manifold goodness. -1 . .... in" n; . Sstr.!ancme oC the American people, deeply imbedded thefr o4n insKtence. The bUrdftJls and t& i'tra of life. have wffi:vlS2i -c for thanksgiving. The lesions of the sent taPif L. i", The reat. army , of freedom, which America - nation &Vd.5,e oilbertyi "turning to 'the grateful embrace of the ' SSmStl? as it v-"eful, pulsts of Peace- as simply and as J0, country's call. v The f Lr LCM,f ur laws hs received steady vindication in the support rAffaWb,it Ilf Plopl vartons and sinister attacks, which have ' reflected only the baser agitations of war, new happily passing, far tL f Bei?-l1ityiand1Peace' our virtuous and self -reliant people rfa w,TUtrf.' ts duties, 4ts opportuniUes. May we have vision-to fnAmr-f.tttl8: th,Btrength, both of hand and resolve, to discharge ttTo ti1 tt ?pitit,"'th?n,J j, devotion and' v stewardship we should give ' tssfslvw-ta the srIce of Gd'8 mrcifui AmZSih. Woodrow Wilson, president of , the United States of toSVfJlaJL?f Vt&seiine and Prayer and I call upon my coun Slw ,ma?n their ordinary tasks and avocations upon that day. fitft .2iSPSiS5fl a1Snoedee-ana Wessings and UNION REFUSES TO AID RED CROSS Ireland Has Been Neg--iected by Body, Claim NEW YORK, Nov. II. The Central Federated union; at.ltiweekly meeting onight, voted to. Ignore an appeal for aid from-the'Ameriean Red Cross, after John Sullivan .tra,,r.r na otner speakers had urged the del egates to withhold- their support until the organization "does its duty by Ire- land." A letter front; Miss Elizabeth A. Cul len, associate ' director : of the Red Cross, - describing its membership en- irollment wnPlm nd asking the sup port or the ' 350,000 men reported by tne union, was nissea. - letters re ceived "by. delegates ;from friends in Ireland telling of conditions therewere read - to the ' delegates, , who thereupon voted against extending assistance to the 'Red Cross.- f." f:.;-- .v t :j- v ; Ernest Bohnu secretary of the union, expressed, the opinion that a. movement to withhold support of labor from the American Red Cross would become nation-wide, and! wouldf "contintte ,4 until the organization .sent medical-supplies and food to Ireland. ' . . ' Sullivan stirred the gatheriag : when he said: "I think it -Is , the sentiment of 4h- body as' well g-emirallarrtnujsri.Op mnioh meJi In ihiik city ihat n be extended' to the RedsCrosa until that organization ' does Its duty v by "Ireland. We have read reports of how. they have' aided the distressed people of Armenia, destitute people Of. Czecho-Slovakia and the starving Inhabitants of Jugo slavia, but we have ; not read a line about their -aiding the . wounded and sick in Ireland." ., . VIRGINIAN SLAYS MAN FOR ATTENTIONS TO WIFE Clyde James, Petersburg, Is Vic " tim of Tragedy PETERSBURG, Va., Nov. 12. A coroner's Jury after investigating the fatal shooting early today of Clyde James, a widely-known young man of this city, returned a verdict charging Georjge Lundy with the killing. Testi mony before the - Jury disclosed that James was shot - as he was leayingthe apartment of Mrs. Lundy, w'ho-jSad been estranged from her - husband. Coroner- McGilL -who - testified that James had made an ante mortem state- meht to (hm admitting Intimacy with Mrs.-Lundy and ,J4rs. Lundy herself were the principal witnesses. The lat ter testified thai -a her husband shot James while facing him, but-Coronef McGill told the jury, that in his belief one of t.e; two bullets that took effefct entered James' back. Lundy Is being held 'in jail without ball. . ' Home Brewed Beer for Own Use Law Violation, Commissioner Holds WASHINGTON, Nov.: 12. The in ternal revenue bureau, in formal state ments today, -confirmed reports that, a crusade "against; hOme,. brewing of al coholio j beverages is planned by the government's prohibition enforcemeht agencies. : The bureau did not reveal, howeverthe means It proposed to em ploy in the campaign, .nor, admit that it had approved preliminary instruc tions by--' Prohibition. Commission V" : Kramer directing that sales of malt and hops ; be restricted : to bakers and confectioners. J'lf . malt extract, hops, or other ma terials are sold or advertised for sale in circumstances'which show that they are advertised , or jioid for use In the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor," said la' ' statement issued tor nlffht by Commlssloner.WIlliams of the internal revenue. bureau, "it is the puri pose "of the bureau to prosecute per sons so offending: '.'The, so-called home ' brewed beer manufactured in the home 'for., beverage! purposes, :even-though for the sole use of the family and bona fide guests, is, under, the bureau's "construction of the law, illegal and the sale of .materials for the purpose of such manufacture .is Hikewise illegal." v j v Commissioner . Kramer was still ab sent from the. city tonight and no au thoritative statement of the nature of such instructions as he has already, is sued In the anti-home brewpampaign was obtainable. ATBtateinent by the fed eral prohibition director Of Ohio, how ever, that he had received; instructions from Mr. Kramer to prevent :jiales of malt and hops'ex"cepttohdkef s and to confoJtiW has . hen. denied by Thanksaivin&- In Proclamation U. S. GETS COPY OF , ADRIATIC PACT Official Views on Terms - Refused WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-Such de tails of the , Adriatio settlement be tween ItalvVftTKl JnM.fil..To. s. 1 !, : - ""i 1 r. ?. ve uepartmeniT have been transmitted -to' ; President ! Wilson, it was stated today at the partment. The President " will decide whether the' agreement rneets. with. the approval of t the government, hut whether he will make: formal expres sion of; his; views' has not been indi cated. -"':;";.'.' '. : -V ;;?V' ""-f.- . Secretary - Colby would ?not discuss the . agreement today further than to say that'.it:had'an;hvmaiety-rof an agreement, between the two. principals.'' ' Besides the information contained in a telegram from -the Italian govern ment' to its embassy the department as received- the ; formal," statement "on tne subject of the - disposal of Flume' made public by SecretaryiGeneral Con-1 tarlna of Italy esterday As" made public by. the .'department,; it; follows!' I With -the exception . of Sera and'anew twelve-league club. which -now burg and San Pietrd taatajly; and "runs through; Monte Neuoso toHBe Adriatic, J wnich it touches between- Volosco and I Castua the .-.latter., being given to Flume.' The Istrian line of frontier . is to be. contiguous with the .independent state' of Flume. - - The railway from Flume to Sah Pietro: is assigned to Italy. The" country south of Monte Neuoso is divided between Jugo-Slavla and ..Flume On a , basis i whereby- the higher alticudes go. to Jugo-Slavla and the lower altitudes to Fiume. .' 'Jugo-Slavia also will get Longetico and the adjacent valley. s " 'A commercial treaty also Is being negotiated at .Rappallo.' " RAPALLO, ITALY, Nov. 12. In addi tion to clauses concerning the Istrian frontier and ,the Independence of the state of Flume' with territorial con tiguity to "Italy, the treaty signed- to night between Italy and JUgo-Slayla shows that Jugo-Slavla . consented to Italian request -that Serbia be under Italian sovereignty with a. Hinterland covering a radius of mor thah si miles. Italy In exenange gave up her claim to the Adriatic Islands, except rCherso. Lushin and Lagosta, which, by the - terms -of the treaty wik be an nexed to" Italy. ' When - the Italian and- Jugo-Slav delegations appeared at the gate of the villa Spinola, where' the protocol was signed the crowd shouted "Viva Peace." , All the delegates appeared 'to be sat-; isfled with the work accomplished and answered agreeably, to congratulations addressed to them. . 4 the internal "rOvenue bureau,' although It is' understood that Commissioner Williams has not as yet approved . the specific orders.: - -. There was an apparent difference of opinion - between officials of, the bureau of .internal revenue and' Commissioner Kramer's staff of advisors as to the powers granted under the. Volstead act with respect to prohiDiting -the sale of articles employed In the manufacture of beer at home. ,;; ; ,; Commissioner Williams' : statement declared it had "never been the purpose of the internal revenue bureau to inter fere with any legitimate business."; He added that ;they appeared. ., to have a misunderstanding .as to 'the rht to manufacture home liquor- 'eyen for home consumption.-' v . . "In cbnnection with the so-called home brewed, beer j". the statement con tinued, "the Impression : seems to pre vail among some people that materials which ordinarily arO or may be used In the manufacture of - intoxicating liquorsmay behold freely and legally, even though 'sold for the purpose of making, " intoxicating . liquors. - When xnnh .mat.Afka.la ar sold for. h'-W,M nf n.in,-MnrtftH intn iwf,,n I ufactured T Intoxicating liquors, such ,- - t.'-, .. i . . . m - .tfc X the-Jaw and -regulations .with, reference t .!,.,' :mnftiire .n. to , such . manufacture - are compiled with."- , ; . . . lLH4-y. -- :. ;-,"s ;--? ' "The commissioner; cited provisions of the lawwhich state specifically '- th 2' articles ; ''intended" to ;. be . used in the manufacture of cliquors can not be. soM exeeptunder'permit, ' It was indicated that prohibition -officials believed they could restrict the sale of 'malt and liops under tae-Cprovleioua, - 4. 1 BASEBALL FACTIONS ipWafflAJOR LEAGUES TO STAND Each --3ide Concedes -Points in J Battle Orer Reorganiza- - 'n. ,". tion Proposal JUDGE LANDIS POWER SUPREME IN AFFAIRS .a Lasker Plan of Civilian Tribunal : v!lejec.ted--Real Peace Con- tetluded. Owners Believe ViUCAGO, Nov. 12. The warring baseball factions in the major leagues today made .peace, each side conceding certain point? to the other in ,the bat tle over -the reorganisation of profes sional basebaff control. After. a three-hour session the rep resentatives of the sixteen clubs voted unanimously to appoint Judge K. M. Landis supreme-director of the leagues' destinies,; but did away with the civil ian tribunal proposed by the Lasker planf voting, instead that Judge Landis should be a committee of one in com plete charge of the administration of the leagues' affairs Judge Landis immediately accepted 1 tne position, . out stipulated that h ruu,u. ,cu""u ln WOUld remain rn ' tVi f.Harol I r80. ,and hold both 1 positions. rJudge salary as chairman : of the baseball league will be $42,600 a year de-id he also will receive $7,500 a year as : federal judge, giving him an 'an HUal stipend of $50,000. Originally he was offered $50,000 as baseball chair man, but it was' reduced by .the amount he receives as judge. . The fundamental principles of the Lasker plan of, reorganization were agreed to' by. President Johnson and the : Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland and St. . Louis American league clubs which sided with Presi dent "Johnson in opposing . the Lasker plan. -" ; ' ' - . . , "We've made a real peaces one that will' last" was the comment ", of Pres ident 'Vieck, of the Chicago National leagUe-club as th( meeting broke up. ; Today's meeting was arranged, at the minor, league convention' in Kansas City a' few days after the "eleven clubs favoring the Lasker plan had formed iri differ in their fundamental ideas of reorganlsation-rfa fact bTWgTrruthOH fore the minor leaguers m aaoresses Dy representatives or ootn ; noes, v . - a : No. official records, of -.the. proceed ings of . the meeting today was' kept. There were no lawyers, stenographers or clerks 'present. and President Heyd- ler of the' National league. and Presi dent. Johnson -of the American league also were absent, j - . Operation of New Plan . " - CHICAGO, Nov. .12. The 11 clubs favoring, the vLasker- plan, conceded points to the five opposing It. Instead of a. civilian tribunal as' the governing body of baseball, Jiidge Landis -probably will remain the -final Judge, al though the club owners , may decide later to appoint' twocivilian associates to act with Judge Landis. . If the pne man commission is re tained, the president of each league will be special pleader for dubs under him. AH matters will be taken up at Joint meeting of the two leagues, where the vote will be cast by clubs. If there is a division' a vote then will be taken by - leagues, each organization having one vote.' If they cannot . agree, the two presidents then will appear befo?t, Judge Landis and his decision will be final. ' " This arrangement is a compromise between the plans suggested by the two sides. The 11 clubs wanted the vote to be entirely by clubs, while the Johnson faction held out for a vote by leagues.: The two plans were com bined. ' Landii Decision Final Immediate attempts will be made, to bring the minor leagues Into the plan. A committee of six, three from the National league and three frOm- the American league will confer with a committee of six from the minor leagues. If the minors come in the will be given .the. right to appoint a special pleader to appear, before Judge Landis when matters involving them are considered. " y ; Judge 'Landis' . term is. for seven years,- and then, an election will be held by all leagues in the plan to de termine who shall be commissioner. He will have power to question any player, club; owner or league president and to take any action he sees -fit in all cases. The-leagues agreed to sign' a contract to abide by, the judge's decisions.- i- To Keep Game Clean ' Judge Landis official- acceptance was made in the followingvstatementi" -"I have aocepted'the chairmanship of baseball on' the Invitations of the six teen major league, clubs. . At: their re--qtjrest, and in accordance with my , own earnest wishes I am to remain 01 the bench-and continue my work here. The opportunities for real service are limit less. It Is a matter to which I have been devoted for .nearly ; forty, years. 6n the question of policy all I have to saV ir'this: - The only; thing in- any body"smlnd! now, is to, make and keep baseball what . the millions- of fans throu ghout the ; United - States want it to be.", . ; -.iV.V-i. "4 i: FORM KIWAWIS CLTJB (Spcelal to The Star) FAYJBTTJSVAtiJSI, XNQV. rayette- ville now has a Kiwanis club. The local hntfnihli ins- organization was formed by a scon ine organization was formed by a score of yodng business men with. John w. ,tm present at the or- Davis at its fteao. : f resent at tpe-or- ranization meeting, which was marked ny ientbusfasm, : was (Mr, Sellg, Tepre Benting the International Kiwanis, who explained in' detail the principles of Kiwanis. i The board of directors is composed ' of -- IX M. -Varnedoe, B. R. Huske, Jr., C. B. Taylor, Dr. M. L. Smootr - J S.; Sch enck. D , W. JCm rrler -3, W. Davis and C. W. Rankin. " Mr. Ran Kifi ii tUft iwrt tarj, ( ' i . DAUGHTERS WILL MEET NEXT YEAR IN ST. LOUIS, MO. j - North Carolina Holds Honor For BT ? M - m-m .... largest isuniBerj una- dren's Chapters ASHE VILLE3, Nov. 12. SL-Louls won over Blrminghanv 1,254 votes to 225 for the 1921 meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Grand division at the afternoon session of the twenty-seventh annual convention here today. x Miss Katherine Van Bibber of Balti more won the $100 prize for the best peace essay offered by Mrs. John C. Brown. Several thousands of dollars were raised on the floor of the con vention on an appeal from Mrsi Nornfan Randolph of Virginia, chairman of the Confederate woman's relief. One of the first subscribers was Mrs. Richard Lee, aged 9i, of Philadelphia, who claims to be the oldest , delegate. .Another sub scriber was Mrs. John Jones of New York, who says she has attended every annual convention of "the U. D. C. North Carolina, won the banner for having, the largest number of ., new members in the children's chapters last year, 150 having joined in' this state. Tonight was observed as state pres ident night with delegates being pres- ent-lrrom 24 of the 34 chapter states, The convention will adjourn tomorrow nic-ht BOY SAYS FATHER KILLED HIS STEPMOTHER Search Failed to Disclose Body Buried in Well LANG DON, N. H., Nov. 12. An all day search by Sullivan county author ities failed today to disclose any trace of the body -of Mrs. William B. Whitney, which her 15-year-old r step son, John Whitney Is alleged to have said he saw-his1 .father bury in a well four years ago. The well ' in the 'Whitney barnyard, which had filled in, was dug out in the presence of County Solicitor Henry Hurd and Sheriff Albert arton. The sheriff "said tomorrow he would superintend-': the-;.-, search of another abandoned well '.on .the. Whitney prop erty, in a meadow a quarter of a mile from ' the house.- Should this reveal nothing,' he added; he would proceed to ah exam!natlon--of J:hree other wells in tne vtovnon rarms -. formerly j in tA. did4Pfi8siojjoXWJltoey Mi-s. Whitftey-w as tlast- se'etf'on the 'UVnevjjijwhen she and hehusbahd-ajftended ra;iectuTeVl A- steao. ,a rew. miles -distant.!. .Whitney' told hie- friends that she had gone to Visit relatives; In Ohio, but the-relatives later sent word that she had net arrived. . . - Whitney himself disappeared on Oc-. tober 30, last Shortly afterward bank-, ruptcy petitions were ".. filed against him, and .charges were made that he had duplicated mortgages on his home. J The boy's, alleged story was to the effect that .after ; a quarrel on their return -from the lecture at Alstead, his father had killed his step-mother with a - stick of firewood, hid ' the body in J tne nay in nis Darn, and. later buried it in a well which he had filled in. SAYS HE PAID BIG SUMS FOR "STRIKE INSURANCE" Hylan Trying to Make "Circus" of Hearing Charge NEW YORK, Nov, 12 After another tumultuous session with Mayor Hylan, the Joint executive committee investi gating the "building trust" ttfTay heard testimony alleging the payment of $32, 000 by a building contractor to Robert P. Brindell, president of the buRdlng trades council for "strike insurance." Testimony by Hugh S. Robertson, of Todd, Irona and Robertson, that he had paid this amount as part payment of an agreement , to pay the labor leader $50,000 for protection -against strikes,' came as a startling climax to the af ternoon session of the committee, which spent the greater part of the day probing into the city's school lime stone contracts.. ' Despite protests by Samuel Unter myer, the committee's counsel, that Mayor "Hylan was trying to turn the hearing Into a circus and this order- j ly investigation into a general beer garden," the mayor persisted through out the session to get a letter before the committee exonerating him of any responsibility In having the school building contracts changed from terra cotta to limestone. ' Falling in this, the mayor, gave the letter to the news papers for publi6atlon. The. mayor was finally excused as a witness until next Wednesday when the committee resumes Its hearing. CONFEDERATE VETEH ATf S A Y1IVG FAREWELL KISSED THE LADIES ORLANDO, Fla.t Nov. 12. Upon ad journment of the 30th annual reunion of the Florida division United Confed erate -Veterans, Major .General N. , A. Blitch," of Tallahassee, commander ofH the division,, in saying farewell insist ed upon kissing every lady present, which privilege was most charmingly granted. . " . t , 1 - ' GETS DIVORCE, COMEDIAN , ' CHARGED WITH CRUELTY " ;;v-".'.'-". 'J'-i' I y LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12. Mildred Harris Chaplin ."was granted n dc me of divorce from Charlie Chaplin in the superior court here late today. - Mr. Chaplin, .whom Mm. Chaplin charged frith cruelty wne- not ' In : court, . but , was jcprcscntcd by . at- tontcys. i.."- . f--"; , :It was stated a property, settle ment. Involving about f 200,000, nad been "made out of court and an agreement reached " hy which ;.- Mr. Chaplin would not una the name' of Chaplin professionally. LIKELY TO E AS HEAD OF PARTY. HE SAYS Bryan Not Regarded Serious, But McAdoo Looms Strong, Writer Asserts ' ", CERTAIN FORCES WILL -ELIMINATE GOVERNOR Inside Story of Campaign Fund of Over Million Dollars That Cox Turned Down By MARK SULMVAIf , (Copyrtght. By The Star) Editor. Note-In this article discussing the . leadership' of the -Democratic party (he next , four years, Mark Sullivan reveals a se eret story of the late campaign 7 how, at the moment the Democratic national committee was hustling to collect 97,600 as an advance pay ; ment on Governor Cox's special train, It received an offer of 11,-, 500,000 provided Governor Cox would make a. certain which wan act made. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Such v multitude of things happened at ths recent election., and so many of them were spectacular, that it was not sur prising if the public finds itself wan derlng in a fog composed partly of facl and partly of surmise. In an effort to get rid of much, ot the surmise and bring the facts Into their true relations, .there Is no point more convenient to start from than the present condition and future pros pects of the Democratic party. I re fer to the Democratic party, as a na? tional organization, and not merely , to the' Democratic senators and' represen tatives who will be in congress after Marnli A.' TKTViat the,. will J and what nolir.ies thev will tiiv mnt 1 0 GQNTINU appear in due course.; For the present . , V let us oonsider a separate thing, the - jj i future', of the Democratic party,. as . 'a "-"r- " .:-! H national organization . whose . chief function looks to the selection of a carir' didate for the -.presidency.; every four years. .- - ' . .. i - - :.: In hia" sense the controlling body ' of the party is the. Democratio national ; committee. Whatever the party is to -do officially must be djone through this 'j Z xyiUtta formally this commit tee more or ress- goes to sleep during the four yeara between elections,, but it ta , unaerstooa tnat - some elements in ma , y party: will undertake to bring about a 4: special meeting In December or Janji- aryto survey, the conditions, take ao, count of assets, and determine what to 5 do about the next four years. At that -meeting-it will, probably appear what element in the party is likely to be dominant, and just what individual is likely to assume leadership. ' ' About this last point, there is much talk that is the" sheerest surmise and. goes far afield from the facts. In one quarter it is said that Cox will con-t: tinue, to be the leader; In another that Bryan . is going to. come to live In Washington' and take charge of th Democratic party; in another that the' friends of Mr. McAdoo are going to be dominant in the national committee.' A Deficit That Will Talk To consider' these possibilities Intel- ligently, one starting point as good as any other is the hard, definite, and in sistent fact that the Democratic or ganization ended the campaign with a loan due at the bank for $160,000 and ; other bills aggregating nearly the same amount a total deficit of nearly $300,000. That .deficit is there. Some body must pay it. My observation has been that the persons who make up a deficit under such circumstances usual- ly have a good deal to say about the future management of things. Money talks. It talks as much when Jt Is in the form of campaign contributions as anywhere else.- - m This deficit of nearly $300,000 is the, most concrete and urgent fact In the Democratic situation. To be sure de- ' flcits are no novelty with either party. But this Is a deficit with a failure.. There is all the difference in the world between a deficit plus success and deficit plus failure.- , ' The Democrats ended their campaign four years ago with a deficit of over twice the present sum. But they were successful then, fcnd a successful party , need have no, trouble; about meeting a;.' deficit. By that same token the Repub licans right cow have a deficit over five times ihe Democrats' a deficit of $1,600,000. But the Republicans are the successful party. It is-the Democrats who should worry. - - MoAdoo's Frlendn Have the Money I don't doubt that if the Democrats c had' the necessary machinery: they ' f could make up their deficit of $800, 000 through small contributions from, a large number of individuals.. Thers . ? are plenty of i loyal Democrats, but the trouble is the Democratic National ; committee is not ln.a good ' state -of ; organization and has not got the rather elaborate mechanism - which alone ' can ;l collect large' sums : In small contrlbu- .' tions. Under these circumstances, and. -being pressed -for- the money, as they ' undoubtedly aye, the Democritlo or . ganlzatlon will probably turn to . those of their friends who are at once rich and generous. i And v when ' you .'Seek , .( out Democrats who are rich -and geni , erous, you are apt' to find them among ; the friends of Mr. MoAdoo. It would- be a reasonable guess that; whatever;., changes take "place in the Democratio organization will ' be Jn the direction' of jjllacing Mr." McAoo's - frtends la the saddle end of giving t Mr. Mc Adoo as much dominating leadership-.'" as any; one- person Is '.likely to hord in 'the" near .'future..;, r,' f---:v.;-. t';i;;:, - I don't ' by any means - intend to Ira- -ply that Mr. McAdoo's leadership will ' be"due to the fact lhahis friends are better able to pay a deficit than Mr.x Bryan's friends, for example. Any one ' r who will review "the history of the San -) Francisco' convention will. reoognlze that Mr. McAdoo is', a natural heir , to' . the party leadership on other gronnda,, ' CCa&Unuad PR Page Right v - - Si : '3! : i i m ?-:V. m ii! An J, i 'X; v m i 4-1 ill 'UK: Mm ill i I, it ii ! ;7 f 1 'ii- ' II! ; ' m ! V', t
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