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; . ' . - . - - - - , ' ' - ' ' , ' , ' - A - " " , - - . "-- S . A . , , , , The Weather I "XX.X ' , 'X-.. - ' ' ' " - -' ' - - X ' ' x ' ' " ' - ' ! ' " " Pages Today tOijte Section 2Ti VOL. CIH- No. 351 WILMINGTON, -'.Kj, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1920. OLDEST DAILY IN THE 'STATE. 12 IMPORTANT MEASURES PENDING IN CONGRESS; LIKELY TO PASS Budget Law Probably Will Be in Operation in Short Time . R0W WITH HOUSTON Congress and Treasury Quarrel Over Farm Relief, But;; Some Help Likely 4 XLAX.X :.'X; XV ny MARK-SUIiUVAN Copyright by" The Star - WASHINGTON, Deo. IT.- -The present ssion 0f congress has' now. gone far Miough to make it possible to survey it as a whole and see what Is about to L, out. There Is, flrt 'of all. the wnropriation bills. Th& , passage of these is the main business of th ses ion Probably most of them wlll.be oassed, but any one who hag followed Previous sessions of congress, will not be surprised if at the end of the session gome of them have not been passed and left over for action by the special ses sion that Senator Harding will call immediately after he has become PresU "n addition, it is certain that a num ber of war-time measures will be re nealed. The repeal of . a law ' usually involves leas iruuww iu, na laBaav 0 a new one and this 'is espeoially true 0f war-time legislation. i Budget Bill Likely tPaa Other than this, it is apparent that there are three measures that - have the greatest chance of success - in the present sesion. One is .the budget bill. This legislation; which goes under g rather colorless name, ' is one of the most important bills that has emerged from congress in -receni . years. in ; fact, it is not an exaggeration to Bay : that within the field of gooa manage- ment of the government, the fft one law passed since.the Civil war, namely, the federal reserve act. The budget bill represents literally years of work and effort. In. its perfected form, it was passed by both houses, of con ttitutional objection.. Later congress amended the bill to neet this objection and repassed it. The, senate.; however, sdjourned before- getting- around to re consideration. ' ; v , -X" '" " ' In the present session , of congress the weight of leadership : in favor of the prompt passage of.- the ;bilL .has beea overwhelming and easily t recog , stable, . :,JJt waitv.6 paratively few things alluded;? to j President Wilson v ifc ; his message: President Wilson "said r that , the -bill had been amended.' ;to " meet', the on ititutional objection and utged - that Ut be passed in : ita -amended form. Although President-elect Harding; gave his Indorsement to a. large ' - jiumber of measures, he refused to put him self on record in favor of J any except the budget bill will vbe ' in . operation that he ougnt not to attempt " to. . In fluence the present session . of 'con gress, but was willing to make an ex-i ception as regards the . budget -bill, urging that It he passed. " v ; . , With the weight of this leadership in both parties, it may be asserted, that the budget bill will - be : 1 noperation within a reasonable time. This is one of the most satisfying things: possible to record in the field of recent legis lation. It would be b.ard to be ex travagant in describing the ' Influence nd importance of this measure. : ' ',; Action on Immigration Certain Two other subjects have , engaged the attention of congress . to ' such a degree that it is reasonably certain that some action' will be taken on them. One is immigration.', The over whelming: sentiment in' the lower house of congress at least,, is in -favor of drastic restriction of immigration. The members of the ' house have been warned by a score of signs that America seems to be faced with an Influx of immigration, which, ', both as regards quantity and quality, involves a menace. Eviderce has piled upor evidence of this fact. It has come from individual members of congress who have personally studied - the situation at its sources; from a ;New Kork grand jury, which pointed -out tne menace involved in the mass , of immigration; and from other sources, notably from, nswsnnnoi- mAn nnrl hers now in Europe, who , have writ.-J cners aescriDing the - character "the immigration that is now set "ng out for America and the ' trickery fraud that are practiced to get wssports and other undesirable re mits of the exodus Just preparing to 'eave Europe. That congress '. has Den imrpessed by these signs is ear. The senate seems . somewhat iZ resPnsive than the house,., but sLBenate also f eel the , necessity , of migration restriction. - -n, F,Kht ver Fnrnter Relief ' !:, nli,M.e40ne other subject that is very, C. . the 're in the minds of mem farl0 coneress is financial relief for I and others who tire embar tw! .by falllng Prices. On this point Bress a snarp conflict between con on the one hand and, the treas- department on the other. wnen the fall4n prices began late In ua UI,,mer. delegations of farmert, Politicians --wn or farm organizations,' and "PPes treaB reared before the secretary of the r6ifAUry and asked for some form of With Urktnk '4. 11..!. . - J Until u ""-. i-u vurrr uieir guovs mieif V hPel-for time when" they sfcrit- able to get better, prices. Th srounf,yu of the treasy, took .. the thP ia that he cold do nothing under took Z as u now stands, and further ihi. . . eround that- It was undeslr- QO 9nTfkM. . .-. .. .. ... dine that the cau8e : of , the de cont ' Dioea was a factor beyond the oontro .the treasury and beyond, the the rhi i "y one eI8e- H said that was th cause of the -decline .in, prices sovernm ceiasatl0n of huge buyingby any "!nnt8 at war s on the basis of fe8ufflHeB the Beefs;mlghtvasks the fluBtrv J 01 a certain amount of in v Amerioi" EurPe which competes with of Rh"- Rtods- a-nd k the Resumption ruptei p f In,B whlch had ; been -lnter-u curing thA wM-rfnil .wWrt-nftw s goods from Austria and 'Argen-. SOME ""unued on Page Two) UNIVERSITY IS RAIDED v0 DY SMART BURGLARS Students. Lose' Many Watches, -. Pins and Other Valuables - and Some Cash !." SpcUl toTke Star) CHAPEL HIUU Uec. 17.Wlt"h "the nerv, and. I coolness ot; professionals but with evident familiarity with .their ground, burglars swept, through ; five dormitories at the University ol North Carolina Thurday night and stole ap proximately 30 -watches, a-. number " of pins, and oth6r , valuables knd several hundred dollars in-cash. , Thy erot away as clean as a whistle, and thus- far no, , valuable clue v as to their Identity . has been found. - In nearly every instance the burglars entered rooms' where two or three . stu dents were sleeping. In at least one room apparently they came through a window as .the door was locked, and showed no signs of having been tamp ered wlth. In half A dozen rooms stu-. dents woke up 4 while the atf angler was in fhe room' and questioned him as to his presence' there.. In each tn sUnce, lie replied. "I beg you pardon," I must have stumbled , in the wrong room in the d4rkV: ; C ,v . -As the fall examinations are on now and many students are "up late, the redv, did not -Beem unreasonable. The j familiarity Shown with the ; university millionaire oil mnn nd politician of buildings and the evident knowledge of i Oklahoma. , -Vpx him aervieea In beieom students' habits would Indicate that the Ing- a convenience" husband to Clara burglars were sure of their, ground ; Smltn, n order that rte mlglt bear the and the big scale of the job and the j name of Hamon, the' wealthy ancle paid sheer daring, university Officials aaid, :- Frank Hamon 10O a. month, declared Indicated professional work, - v Mrs, Rata Walker Hamon. y Losses ' were reported this morning , " ' ; .,; .. : . . t ..... . from the old West building, new East, - i . . ." South,-old West and new West. The Apfti YfYt? SlIlPTlt night watchman of the campus saw a A U.i K KJLV&fJL man enter the Y. M. A., .turn on the " . . . ' , light In the office and start lOOKing , throuRh a -desk, when questioned he said . he was looking for a paper and Students report that a Ford car was on the campus and It is thought that tb men escaDed. in ix. -:un w " :f short' light build, with ey ; e other was also short, but much heavier University authorities eany s mv ing phoned the police in all nearby towns to keep v a .lookout: ; ;. j REAPPORTlONMEtlT x liiOTElBlpGUS Retiican XAt South's Kepreseniawon WASHINGTON, Dec. n.-republlcan members of th' house, at a caucus night . decided : to put through at this vision of congress a blU roTtlon ing the membership, of the hoiise t correspond . with increases of popula So'as1 reported In the lcsus. r. The definite basis ior tlonnient was understood : not- to .have Len decided on at the caucusbut most of the Republican members were saia tl tivot I reasonabla increwe Jn h house membership- tvili Win Traftlnf of a re-apportionment bin resentative Hiepi Lr"irrraaln the and introduced ,a bill lnc5sl"?p;"t house - membership from the Psent 7k tn41J and this bill Is expected to be the oasis iur .: sfegel measure. would make th; 1 1 Fihlsis fof a congressional iustaln a loss : In its , represen raUon inhehoSse and II states would committee , to S extent negroes Ve being denied thf lot in southern states and to, recom mend a decrease tatko representatiov bf those states, according "to the ex tent of disfranchisement. ' Opposition to the resolution was un 7l.;x hav been expressed I ?hose "opposing it were said ito . have pointed to the Kepunucan .m.-: itinn- declaring that adoption of the resolution would - kill the party in the; south. ; nv' Aonma H.t the . close or tne ais ... a rlInz .vote of 95 ;to ;43, decided agajnst- suporunK. u tion. 1 Representative , xinitnra announced - tha he . would . attempt 1 bring, up his ,. resolution when theap nnrtlnnment bill comes . .before h house. . . ' :X ' l'XX-.1' ; '. -Decision to push through the, apportionment-bill at this , session was sai to hive been due ., to the : fact that" number of state legislatures will mee : soon i after January VI,. while 'if th bill went over- to the extra session Jt would be parsed too late for many leg islatures , to act upon it.-.-, , REQUEST INVESTIGATION OE TEXTILE INDUSTRY Workers . Arouse.;; By . Recent : - Notices of Wage Cuts ; " NEW TORK, Dec.1 17. A congres sional investigation of the textile in dustry was asked in a resolution adopted" today by th executive counsel of the United Textile Workers of Amer ica which assembled here to "consider, the -action : of manufacturers in an nouncing,: wage cuts,, effective A. this month ' - f - - The ; resblutlon, y which ' asked . that special attention be given t the action of ' the manufacturers urged; members of the union not to strike at this time, because a. strike would be "very satis factory w to the employers 1 and would greatly assist them In the establish ment of .t'helr so-called open ; shop propaganda." ' - ' , v 'X ' r ' Agentv of Slain OU)viflliohairC if -.---w j I Xxl- x f- X - I. V 4MrX 4 k " 1w::vv -s"- '-Xj i i" " V" -- Xl : I ' ) - i . Xgg ' ' i" i "iiMr Huth Valker Hamon, wife of L. Hamou, - of Sacramento. Cal wko. ha . revealed. ' frer haiband as tke paid "love agent" f Jake L. Hamon." j Wylp tTimP MJJ VV HUG Ui KstlllltZ Officials and Citizens" Stirred to Desperate. Methods By. Mount ing Record of Murders, Rob beries, Holdups and Assaults -I HEW 'YORK,'-!De-rl7New --York City's crime wave continued tonight while officials and-indivduals launched concerted movements to' halt. the rap- my raouaune. recora. ox muraers,' uoiat ups and ;assaults.X;X''i-:)Xi- ';'' " ; The latest' crime: Was the .'holdup In the Bronx ; tonight of Carl Tiederxnan, aged";26j; an ; automobiler-salesmait.twho' was shot and Iseriously Wounded. -Uq .waaakenHo.-bosil'lf'irttojfH- uition ' was Teportea -as critical.. , Earlier in the . day- Police Lleu tenant Floyd Horton ded from . bullet wounds received during a"' battle with bandits whom he interrupted last; nigh t'M they were : operating In ? Upper Broadway". 1 One of the men, Joseph Loresch, was found, later, dead from a bullet believed to ha.VA-bAMi ' fired hv-''th nolIeemarK" 'V ' Late this afternoon twd . robbers atJ tacked ; an employe . of a. Manhattan firm 'in a "factory ; loft in .Xiong ; Island Qlty and escaped' with 800, ; the com pany's -payroll, .. which. the man : was carrying. - He was badly- beaten with the -butt of a revolver. ' ' " ; : Mayor Hylan, in a statement .tonight, appealed to the citizens, of the city, to co-operate 'in" aiding the police depart ment, .which. he aeciared. "is fully capable ' to meet and compete wth the crime that is prevalent throughout the city" , " " '. . Shoot' to - Kill In' Cfclcago ; CHICAGO, Dec. 17. Three- squads of detectives With' orders to shoot to kill, today searched the city , following . up "tips"i which, the police believed might lead to the., arrest of the, companions of -.Thomas '. Heavey of St. : Louis, who was shot-toVdeath after'' he-apd'one or more accomplices had held. up a drug store in the busiest corner of the busi ness quarter shortly before midnight last night. ,."' c:. 'Eight '' persons were under arrest to night i in - connection r with the ' holdup, which, It was believed, was made' pr- marlly to. obtain opiates." They included a girl vbelleved to have been Heayey's sweetheart ; and persons whose names appeased i In - a', notebook', in the . slain bandies pocket. . i The 'day 'brought- several "other crime developments? , ' ' -" - - CONFIDENCE VOTED BY y : . ' FRENCH- LEGISLATORS But : Minister's 4 X Resignation , Causes Sharp Questioning ts PARIS, " Dec..il7.-The chamber s of deputies voted confidence In ; the gov ernment today, 493 to 65, after discus sing the resignation' yesterday ; of Andre, Lefevre, the' war, minister. ? '-." ; General ' Castelnau, president . of the army ; comisslon. Interpellating Premier Leygues on the . resignation--of :M. Le- ievre,. saia: y-lt - v-.?.'.'-''.:'''r- "The case of former minister -Lefevre would.be justifled'if Germany: were not disarmed.; .We -ask ithey pretaler; 'ls Germany disarmed or in af air way of disarmament? . If not,1 .whs Vare ;you waiting ' to pert prni , the ;; operation, which ; this chamber;"ha, been request ing unceasingly the past Jyear?V. "We must . end at . least '. temporarily tile military' power. .'of; Germany, and end. It for as' long a period as possible. If Germany has not been disarmed, she must-Xbe, disarmed immediately, Germany fs a troublesome i?oWer and is oposlng execution of A thei treaty.- The reparations question is unsettled, al though the fact' remains that' Germany was defeated., , . ' k V, -''France cannot reduce her military expenses without sacrificing her-highest national interests, until Germany is diparmeeU! ' . - ' , vr TROOPS EN'ROtJTJS TO ' X;1 ' INDEPENDENCE. KANSAS INDEPENDENCE, fKan.1 'Dec;.17. Kansas, national . guardsmen were, reported.- on their -; way to this' little-oil city tonight to take .Charge of, the situation ' srow'ng out of last night's race trouble vvhlch... resulted in the kill- l ing of two persons and the wounding 1 of five others Mrs. Frank BOUGHT TESTILIOIIY,' REPLY IN POISON CASE Irs. 'Cutts " Is Ready to Story ot PloC-r-Others x:, Repeat It 'X; MACON, Ga.r JD ec. v 17;. The - greater part of the' state's testimony here to day In. the preliminary hearing into the j death last,: June of Fred i. Shepard, alleged victim' of .A"' poison plot for his fortune, was- devoted1 to efforts , to cor roborate the ' stery ; yesterday, " by . his sister,- Mrs.' Alice CJrandall, that Mrs. Annie ,Cutts told her Shepard was pol koned 'by his ' wife and' 'the other three def endnts.-.4v,j ; , - - : , fMrs' Cutts herself will take the stand if ithe, defense decides; to use any- wit ness, and will deny that ,she ever made such "a ' Statement ' or kew of . suchr . by? Mdredge ; Cutts of Fitzgerald,: Ga., uer iiusoanu, wuu is juho, ui lu .LLur- neys representing her.... ' t " -i.-' yS:: 1 5. Charges ;tha the present Mrs. JSlmer came io r erry( urnme raoning oeior? her marriage to Shea'o1 in Jacksonville in i)ecember,";1918, : and ' by . lnqulrleat learned' he. was wealthy and that, his fatherthad, been -"very-- wealthy'., were made by the state through tetimohy;of T. r.F. ; Anderson; while- the defense so light'- to show; In cross-examination fhat-evldenw )a the' alleged poison plot had been "bought up'f 'byj the expendi ture of "thousands ' of dollars.. ; Solicitor , Garrett ' tonight - expressed the opinion " that , the2:, state -. might cdn clude its case late (tomorrow 'with testi mony by members- of the Turner fam- ilyr former, tenants .on the Cutts' . farm near AODevme; regaraing, aiiegea con versation' with defendants.'- . , ; cj The defendants, "Mrs.; Pauline iElmerl her, son,, - Ernest Hopson;v 'ner; sister. Mrs, lone Henry, ajnd Mrs. -'Cutts. smiled I frequently at .eachj Otherltoday as Mrs. t j. . s. - jaacAiiiian- or . jp-ort- vauey, aua othr witnesses declared Mrs. Cut ts had repeated in their presence the plot story as related yesterday by;Mrs CrandalI.-? Mrs.. -Crandalt- -"who t returned to the stand vthdayt': denied:' that any pecuniary motive causea ner xo seeK xo involve the members of Mrs"Elmers family 'In a poison plot. 'She " said .she only . f ur-t nished I P. .Whltefleld. an .Atlanta detective, "several hundred dollars" . for expense' money in the investigation and aeciarea ; sne naa asxea - tne solicitor hot- to var rest. Mrs, ! Ciitta. l"t Jelt , very grstef ul to, her," said Mrs. . Crandalli for giving mej the information" Jjv: ' "Whltefleld told J. v W. - Bloodworthl Perry r attorney;' that he 'had spent "flf- teen thousand dollars on the. case,'! ac cording ;i to . th?i latter' statements. on croesrexaminatlon...a.nd... : added 'f -1 it k ft epx: -1 wonnyheed" any f JdbX,'"1e Mts. Crandall - Whltefleld)-?; spent " so much -mony that he Just had to hat eviaenoe . ia, jusnry nis expenditures, said defense counseTin arsruinsr for ad- missibflty oti the -purported cpnyersa4 ton, but the state was sustained in a motion .tO rUl It OUt. - . . U V took the Stand . today included reiteri- tlons of the . accounts .of me last weekipeace- between iimgiana .ana ne mn of t Snepard's Ufe, - stories of - alleged quarrels between Shepard and his wife. and of liquor he drank Fred'. Crandall, nephew of the dead, man. toldof drink- ing some llouor the night Sheuard waslnegotlations last1 week for" a confer taKen to a Macon.. hospital ' and. from wi Vf. .a i .mjm i i i from a bottle In Shepard's automobile ne , iubu reittnn' warnings . n j saia Airs. Cutts had given him of danger -to him self- and- his' mother, as did; other wit nesses for the state. Leaders Agree Upon ATI KmPrerPTf rranfr - T Applies to Cotton; Wheat, Wool, : Beais,' Potatoes, Livestock : ; x (and Meat ' ; - 1 ' x WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Congres sional leaders . decided today that the way out of ithe maze of farmer relief oua was enactment 01 an emergency tariff, to run for one .year and; toact as an,embargo, against importations, tit would ; apply:i t .wheatv cotton wool, Agreement .of the legislative leaders was reported ata joint cdhf eence of members - of ' ,the senate finance ;: and ! house ways and means ,; committee , at which : the- determination also was re ported 't to press, the . proposed, measure ctUardrafUng of the bUL was start- 1 lota In wm.Aav Kv-iv,AmiA.n ed late in; the day by members of -the ways and means committee. , ; Much : discussion ' was evoked in the confeence elatlve - to a choice between a fiat embargo and 'axhigh tariff, but the house leaders held out against thi employment or a Dan on importations In customs of x no embargoes -r except -in time of war be followed Senate mem bers ; of ' the conference declared that an ; embargo measure would, be s put through their branch of congress 'more easily than a high tariff 111 i but they finally. assured the house conferees that they . would luse all of their .-influence to push the measure through as .soon as it was received from the house RTJMELY CASE CLOSEn .NEW-YORK, Dec; 17. The case of DrW Edward A; Rumely, charged with concealing alleged ownership of . the New York ; Evening Mail during part of the -war, went to the Jury at 6:4S o'clock this ; afternoon," if. BANKER DIES . IN FALL N. r - FROM. TENTH FLOOR NEW TORK, Dec. JT-Edward V. Gamble, -vice . president, of the At-' lantic National bank of the city: of New : York, tonight "fell ; or jumped from his office on the tenth floor of the bank building at "256 Broadway and was Instantly killed. -.' x5;'.-,. ; At - the .'oven window of klifflce police f o-nnd k chmir on which rete4 ' (camera which., led; hem.1 to. be lievc 'that he ; may possibly have beett taking a", time exposure ot the lighted' buildings ' On Lower ,' Broad way aa lost his, balance nnd fell. On the long plnttgc to the street the body struck and broke a"arpole at the third floor. ' , British Commander Orders Irish to Surrender Firearms Geweral ; . Sir .' wevtl ,Macreaay, com mamder of 'the BrltlsM force in Ireland, who, has -set'. December. 27 as ike" date when all arms, ammunition and .- exJ plosive ' meld by civilian In the area under martial law must be given up. General ' Macready,' before taking com mand in; Ireland,), was head of the Lon don police-department.: ui.VXXrXC''V; . I.: I . - tire &np.ea Resumption Now Sought .At Dublin-Hooting of Inspector ' Leads ,to . Wholesale , Raid of - - Downtown Section- r " 1 "v.-j. DXTBiXS, rpee." IT Two . monaa teirles were- raWed' by "the military v jub4 jpolleo . In . Dublin .. this morning. ' iThey,, arretted tweVprleit5 one "of " c JtfcenF'ath.e DMnlnle, who wan chaplain to the ati" Terettce ,iMac later, nt Father pemlnle whs held. Seek'; to Renew' Pariejr :, DtfBiiN jpecV ;i7.(By The " Assocl- atedj'Pess.)rrut;! of the. ? crop of W'no- In 'nnW' tnAnv-rk ;.a,r renew .01 .torw, jiowra I Fein t organization, there emerged an I TO.i fSfnifa " X , X;XX a?"e,n- F?l v m-y ncn to arranra truce. 1 . S accepted as Ttrue vfy thos, . in. closet I loucn .: winr n& acvciuiixj.eii.(i. .iai---.wvr- tures came : from the .Republicans and one meeting 'was held to consider" the prliminaries."5::?i-vj'&!;X': Then came- the Cork- nres Which are said to have ;incenset.th tepubll cans that they broke -off the discussions. J intermediaries jiow are .trying to .in- tduce them to. meet s again with the mlli- tary authorlties.- CJmrtlo-Fortifleid - :;'X : . ; DUBLIN, -Dec. In order?; to..pre- vent a - surprise-: attack at points , con sidered vulnerable,- Dublin castle was being atrongly, fortified today. 7 On the northwest comer of '.the! castle,." the 8treet was 'closed and llarbed ' wire barricades were -placed.Xv X t-X- 1 Dublin i castle's weekly . summary of .vents in Irelaad, Issued-today, contains ioaAin flrticTM :rm athe -"truce ? talk." Which- it ; terms . i'just- simple plain propaganda. :. ' Inspector Shot Dead DUBLIN", Dec'.' 17. (By The .Associ ated Press.) The . entire business .Seo tionof Dublin was raided- by the police this tfvenlhsr following the shooting of ritn.TAa'nMhr"n'Siil11viB.n nf Diihlln ateX The .inspector twits . passing ' a 1 j ... - fancv ;fair . in . Jdienry.; street,, 'accom panied ;h; Miss Moore,- to whom he wan Aneard : tot be .-married.1 . v x '""v;. . ,t....a ns!iiiiiTiin in . c ihK. r.itaT iTi--ho,nr.' after the " shooting. - He iaa .. fired' " upon by two- - masked j cVviiians' :'"5:.r:;:-; X XXXX .. . V 1 x r-i 'i, - I i 4 X ' 1 l Jtriv KVn- its ' COTTON EXPORT COMPANY - LA UNCHED ; Federal International .With Subscribed Capital of Seven Million . DollarsDirectors Nominated 1 NEW ORIiEANS, TJec. 17. The fed eral international wanKing, company. with a subscribed, capital, stock of ?7, 000,000, was formally launcnecr nere tp day at a'meeting of . the campaign comi hnlttee.' , . s .'.. v'vi":5'-.'V- Fifteen .members of tne, Doara or ai- r,ectOrs "were nominated at tonignt s frnca -and will be presented to.. a meeting of the4 stockholders too be .held here January tor connrmation. Following - the connrmauen 01 tne board of directors 'by the stockholders, officers of the' new ' institution will be AiAdted bv the board, and :the bank - will begin to function-under the provisions of the Edge 'act ana unaer a; cnarter from the federal reserve board. , ? i ' l The conference held here today was attended; by; .bankers from nine south ern states, I the banks "of 'which.' have Trartlclpated, In the preliminary organ r llzatlon and subscribed-the capital stock. j j A-canvasa of the stock today showed LIBERAIS AROUSED BIPOINDEXTERIBILlPllPRESIDEflTiEtECTi Several Soloiis and Labor Lead- -; ers Confer On Plans - For Co-Ordiimtion ; ! WASHINGTON, pec. 17.- A Herles of conferences attended .by several . sena-. tors, , representatives and labor leaders was begun today for the announced purpose of achieving better co-ordina tion of the liberal forces of the "country with; their representatives in the house and. senate. - ' " Senator LaFollette, Republican was understood to " have, figured largely "in initiating the 7. conferences as . an - im mediate result Of the senate's passage yesterday, ofthe Poindexter anti-strike bill while . Its ' foes were "off ' watch Plans for fighting the Poindexter1 bill when- Senator . LaFoJlette's 5 motion for reconsideration K of : the ; senate . - vote ' comes up and formation, of : a "bureau of legislative Information". to . watch the interests of the . Aiherals." were said to have-:. been -. among -the : subjects broached at today's conferences which; It waa announced, are to-" continue for several days in "an fEort to determine a definite course of action.. !'Na speclflo legislative program; however, was said to be contemplated. . A 'X-, '-'.".'?'. , Names ; of-', those ; partlcfpatlng. In, to day's meeting. were1- withheld, tempor-, arlly, but among' those' reported itt at tendance in addition . to S.enator La Follette, r were Senators France, ;. Re publican, ; Maryland ; rWalsh', Democrat, Maryland, and Representative- Frear, Republican, ; Wisconsin,; and '. others of the house !labor group."a Others . par ticipating. It . was announced, were heads of the railroad labor : Organlza- f tlons and leaders of other . progressive organizations.", - ; , 1 .. A statement given . out, by, William H.' Johnson,'', president .of i thetintema- tional ' association ', of .; . machinists, through Senator LaFollette' s office said that the conference ''grew out of the fact that the.: leaders ' of ;the railroad labor ; organizations were meeting at this time " in- Washington';; to : discuss K-arious- problems and ; the: time was thought to be opportune' for a general discussion.' j-.-v;-' ;--'-''St ';.""'-:' When ' the' senate fight, "to" overturn the f.passage.-" of the - Poindexter f bill would be made r. had not' been . de termined tonight. 1 ' ; : ; " X'' i- Senator LaFollette , 11 who "is prepared with, the 'backing - of i the - railroad . and other labor Influences to make a vigor ous fights with :.' the -aid: of- Senator Johnson : Republican, California, , ana others, was busy, studying . procedure precedents in view- of- Important parUa mentaryi questlohf .involved. .Some thought : that the Controversy -tnigit; be Controversy tnigftt.be rcjiej tomojero-w, -chut tiothers-' teellevtd'- that' It would - go-1 tar -until' next -Week at least. Charge Hl-Treatment Of Disabled Soldiery Witnesses Tell'House Commit tee of Alleged Oppression, in . v XiMany-institutions : .-; -v. v-. ? ;" ' . .' , J.. -.' .' v.-';-'. V: WASHINGTON Dec: -lT.-4-Af ter hear ingcharges of -ill-treatment, and 'im proper 'housing: ot- disabled ex-soldiers 10,000 ofwhom' were - reported to be suffering In 'state, hospitals and poor houses; the .house 'committee on - pubUc buildings : voted today to report favor ably" the bill ; authorizing the govern ment toileass a proposed $3,000,000 hos pital to bc rected in New "York City by" "thrf'tate'- government.':? v'.,;-:: vf- Hnder .the'- bill as approved, the gov ernment' Would -pay the state an annual rental Jot -1 0 per cent a year . on the costs' of constructions i X: ' T v X ( . Estimates were ' submitted!.' showing that;;; theranriual, rental 'would - total ' the actual cost ot i000,00O 4 in ? the ten year lease period specified In the bill. . H. H. Raege, of the national legis lative, .committee Of thet t American Legion, : who appeared 'before , the com mittee to discuss the, conditions of dis abled service meh in state , and couti Instithtions, charged that New'York state"- was profiteering to the extent of- 300,000 a year, on 800. totally dis abled men farmed "out- to, its state in stitutions -by; the federal gOTernment. He asked' that all ex-soldiers be placed in I federal hospitals Xv :Uy,,r ' , Surgeon .General. Gumming, fof '!the public health, service; said reports of a similar nature had reached .him.;; . TO 5TART NEW SEARCH v - '- -FOR MISSING BALLOON t ' -.,'' ; f, c . --; . i. : i , j.ji t ; ! NEW- TQRKi Dec-17. Twotrmy air planes" will be -sent I tp ' Albany "from NewYork tomorrow morning' to search 1 for the naval balloon A-559?, missing since -Its start' from the Rpckaway I naval air station five days ago, TO SAVE CROP Banking Company Starts that a total of $7,000,000 has been sub scribed,' making it. possible for the cor poration to begin with a capital of 000,000 in. excess of the amount origi nally agreed upon. .'."Stock in the corporation will be di vided into, 70,000 'shares at a par valued of $10 each. ' At the meeting of the Stockholders In this city on January 7, the. banks mak I f . t t 'a. 1 A ' ll. . ji.t , a. ins nuuecniiuvui iu . me cuyiLcti biock will actually pay - Into the treasury 25 per, cent of their subscriptions, making it possible" for the organization to be gin to function Immediately. . '. ' - v Subscriptions by states so far actual ly recorded, as annohnced today, are as follows:"' ', ' X - - - ' i Arkansas, $427,000;;. Alabama,- $543, 675 .-' Florida, $112,000; Georgia, $1,4 00, 000;" Louisiana. $1,719,725; Mississippi, $390;900 ; South Carolina, ; $225,600 ;. Ten nessee, $622,500; ' Taxaa. ILS50.000, Total, $7,000,000. r -1 BRYAN ASSERTS FAITH HEARD ON ASSOCIATIO;: 'r-iH.I'; Gerard and Reed Also Discus3 ; International Problem With ; Mr Harding ;v'-. CORDIAL 'MEETING Nebraskan , Believes Harding to Be Man Whom thelPeople L 1 X , .Will Trust, , ; x i ! MARION, O., Dec.' 17 With his plan for an association of nations' assuming more definite form, President-elect Harding took into his confidence today three conspicuous Democrats, Willianr ; Jennings Bryan, James W. Gerard and; James A. Reed, and asked their advice', and : their aid In-fashioning a program behind which the nation can. unite.' ' - "All three came as invited' guests of ; the president-elect, and their consulta tions with him were surrounded ;wlth . f an air; of -warm- cordiality.? t ;p 4-' ' "Afterward Mr. Bryan, takingf the lead .. in expressing gratification at the day's - t developments, , declared ' his v. faith ? in; .; Mr. Harding as " an ' honest v and con scientious public; servant' whom the ,. people would trust ' -'?.-'-;: ' The former seoretary of , state also , announced that he- had found himself . in ; agreement with ' the president-elect; on "fundamentals"- and added ' that he took a hopeful view of the conferences her to- evov.J world peace, Mr. Gerard. a iormer American am- bassador to Qermany; Joined' with Mri K Bryan in expressing satisfaction at the scope "of the association of ' nations j ' cohf erences ; ' '"- -:.'- "'-;.) ;?u Vc'a ''f..' , Senator Reed reserved judrment of ; I the outline ' of an association la,ld be-. fore him by the president-elect,'; but declared 'himself -delighted that one . so irreconcilably 'opposed to the Ver-,.-...' sallies' covenant and to foreign, entan-' glements generally 'should '.have been : invited to Mr. -Harding's. .council table. .:" . 4 No' Detailed Report .' None of " them would discuss In de tall the subjects touched on In their ' talks with thepresldent-elect, but tt : became known, .that something ''more ; than a ' scattered collection- of sugges- . tions was offered for their-scrutiny, v ' ' Lit' is understood, although Mr. Hard- c ing's plan! "stm- is ' far from- complete, his talks .with leftding-'men have'; given him. the 'basis of a" scheme 'of . world eo-operatlon which he; irfhSipe'fuVU?; 1 be ractlcahlN.And arceutakhl.toith& nauon."'-, t-XXv-X -In all of hlu eonf srencda f rom now-on' it Ms expected that opinidns , be 1 fcoughLi'Mnhis talks today,' Mr. 3 lard ing is understood to have declared par ticularly 'that the" proposal shoe M have nestings ; of partisanship. , - -. ' .i , i After rhis conference wltti lfr.-Bryan,' the president-elect accompanied his guest to - a meeting . of the laymen of the Marion' presbytery1, and delivered from a flag-draped pulpit a short ser-; mon on the need'for a national re-con-secratlon to the religious tenets of the fathers.- He declared that In the pres-y eht world-tumult and that la the search for a way tb end' war, no element was. Iso much': needed as a deep-seated' re- v Ugious faith, ;'-- i ;: '-?-r;r-:--? "... " In the suggestion - that the assocla-' tlon of nations plan' be divested of all . partisan : colo' 'the : 'president-elect found himself in perfect accord, with ' Mr. Bryan, who 'made an' active fight u to keep the league 4ssu out of the ; recent campaign, ' advocating t accept ance -t, of y the 'Republican' ' reservations V after it became apparent i that unra- -served ratification .'w'as impossible. 7 ' It; was. not 'revekled' what part Mr.: . Bryan recommended 1 f or ' the J Versailles ' covenant in, the new association plan. . 1 believe that lUr." Hardirisr' is, not only ; a'- honest . man," said Mr. ' Bryan'" afterthe conference, "but' I believe he la a irn, whose purpose Is "to do what -he belleyes is best for." the American . people. . It is not 4 expected, of course, ., that everybody will agree as to what is. v best,' but I believe that If a man wants to - do that and If that' is ' all of his purpose, the people will' trust him and be hopeful.". " :X': . The former secretary was a' luncheon guest at the' Harding ' home, and Sen ator Reed ' was entertained .by .the president-elect and Mrs, I Harding at dinner, and remained in conference in Mr. Harding's office until late at night. : As one of the bitterest Democratic op- ponents of many of President Wilson's policies, and- as a' leader 'In the fight against ' the Versailles ; treaty," the Mis souri senator spoice. lor an element . hitherto ' unrepresented in the Marlon consultations. ;r V v i . Mr. Gerard, although invited here fo discuss the plan" in' the light of his experience ' during the1 war; also pre -seirted ?a plea ' in behalf of the Amer ican, committee for the independence of Armenia. Mr. Harding made a Close study of the ' Armenian situation sev eral montns ago as neaa 01 a senate foreign relations sub-commltee, and Mr. Gerard said he 'expressed a keen -Interest today' in steps ;,for;Armenlah relief and political advancement. COUNTY SURPLUS. TOTALS ' $800,074, UEPOHT SHOVES i Auditor Completes General Bal ance Sheet For 1920 x , Theft general balance sheet of assets and liabilities of New Hanover county, C9mpleted yesterday fy' 3r 'A. ' Orrell, county; auditor, shows that the county had. a surplus of S801.074.23 at the end lof the fiscal year.' November 80.? ' : '. 1 ' Cash on deposit to the - credit of the - I different funds; .It. was 'Shown, totals OA'T4tf4 mtr r Jt . .11. .AAMVttU. .m4 ' m . i ii uu nun otuvivioo u n.u- y crued interest, reaches an aggregate of $231,058.41. - Including -th . taxes dv(e -the- county, and; schools,'' the cash ' as sets' of the county are: raised to $547, 221.28. County investments, including roads, buildipgs, land,, equipment and schools, make the total assets of the county ' $2,116,067.21.;. X h ' 1 The liabilities In floating" and bonded indebtedness, reach a total of . $1,211, 531.68. The balance due special fundi is $102,48X30; and th suxjOus
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