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Rain and. somewhat warmer Wednes
day; Thursday 'clearing; and colder.
Stage of water at PayetteTllle ' yes
terday at 8 a. m 13.7 feet. - ' :
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On a Sect ion
VOL. Clri. No, 355",
' WEDNESDAY' 1 1 OUNING, DECEIUBER 22, 1920.
WILMINGTON, s
, '-. I " 'r.7- r, : ,
OLDEST DAILY IN, THE STATE,
USE OF PARDON POWER
EXPLAINED BY B1GKETJ;
PREPARING F1NAL1 LIST
Tot a Defense, But .Confession
tive Declares'; lMiU'j
HAS FAITH IN MEN
Belief in Indeterminate Sentence
One of His Guiding v
Principles
(Special to Tie-Star) .V'.;
piLEIGH. Dec. 21. Prior to- thO ex-
io nf oxecutive elemenev to " the
I LC
hut batch of prisoners who. will -be
Blckett, the governor has prepared , a
statement aDOUi; nis .paraon recora,
which he says is not a defense of that
ecord, but a coniession ot.iaiin. -f ; ...
The governor aanuts mat? n nag
ads some misiaKes every, governor
before him has made mistakes and all
hose who follow mm wm mm mis.
akes, he says hut he has pursued his
,ardon policy along wen iennea lines.
The statement, wnicn , louows, ; is
e on tne eve oi issuance jjl pxraons
number of prisoners as ennsttnas
resorts. ' "' ' 's'.".'- v
Thp rover nor nas naa a rnumoer or
. j t A
hese cases unaer, consiaerauon -v ior
nm time and the pardons will " be
ssued in time for the prisoners to gret
o their homes and loved, ones by
hristmas day. , ' ' . . - : v ' v-;
The list will be issued Jater, but the
tatement concerning his own pardon
ecord is made public now; r " ' v
Text of Statement .?:..:.
"Iam this week issuing my. final se-
ectlon with these last acts , of execu-
Ive clemency I desire to make a state-
ent to the public. 'I have been much
riticised on account of ' my ; exercise
f the pardonmer power. I have regret
ed this criticism but have not resented
L It is entirely possiDie tnat II some
ther governor had made the same
urdon record I would have beenr fotlnd
mong his critics. rIt'is simply lmtos-.
ible for an outsider ta see the case
1th the governors eyes. ; 'WJ. ''" '
"Of course mistakes have' been made
y myself, and by" all go ve mors who
ave gone before me, and will be' made
y all who follow after me, and - this
or the simple reason that a man who
a cold-blooded that he,.wlll. irot o
asionatly make a mistake oil the ski
f mercy will never gtt close "enough
io the people of North Carolina ;td be
hosen as their governor.
"I do not have in my heart anything
at resembles an apology for throwing
at the life-line to men who have fallen
verboard. I am deeply grateful to God
to the people of North ; Carolina
r giving me the power to do so. - But
do think it proper, just before; the
urtain falls on my administration; to
lake known to the people the prlncl
that have guided me In the exer-
ise of the highest and most sacred
nction of my office. -.'
Indeterminate Sentence c -
(1st) I believe in the Indeterminate
ntence. That all punishment should
for a minimum and maximum time.
e people of North Carolina believe
this principle. The general assera
7 in the year 1817 conferred on our
dges the right to impose these inde
rmlnate sentences. In the vast ma
rlty of cases before me I have simp
applied this principle to . prisoners
nvicted before the passage of; this
w. Wherever the judge has Imposed
maximum and minimum term ! have
t, so far as I can recall, lnterferred
any case before the minimum term
Posed by the iude-e had xTired.! Th
'"erjying principle is intended 'to re-
u io men, and not destroy them. .
l am profoundly convinced
at the average man sent to prison is
essentially a criminal.' As attorney
erai 0f the state I prosecuted "every
case tnat came before the su-
fme court in eight years. During
e year? I was immersed in the
m or crimes and criminals. It was
7 duty til Xliptaltl , oi70rrr fn-ntrintftn
illegally possible to do so, and ray
k ienaod to develop a bias against
prisoner. But thes eierbt veara ex-
nence and study has produced in my
"id a deep and definite conviction
t the averae-A vinlatA nt tVi law In
'Amoral pervert, is. not essentially
ninai. hilt in o norfootW nnrmal
an who, by reason of an environment
wnicn he was not - resnonslble. or
reason Of nnmo tmHie.-n naaclnn ''-nv
-uciming temptation commits an
tttr which he Is very properly sent.
son. But, after this normal man
I Been in prison for a reasonable
the state gives him , another
tCl not be a menace to so-
l UJ wiu e a better citizen than
oeiore he fell Into temptation.
"as learned nnmthitiir. nhnnt IthA
i 8Jn. ' ' JJ :t
r Some Exception ; ' 1
1 'We are. of rnnra o-vnaa ai vl.
8 ceptlona to thia n nl ti1 .Tiitt
:e tonvlcti
not fundamentally wicked has
.iu oy my Biuay oi cranes
"y experienPA with Mmlnal (liira
fin th years service 'as governor
L wanted me the' constltu
i. "UTr- 1 1 1 1 naon . crtiiiaf aw
I evr -tti,rice or sentimentaiism, DUt
fe ZLc&Be.. 1 hae put to my ? soul
14 i u ' 8 ine man, wortr. saving,
- r-ooiuic iu save mm wuaoui
in .
IS jt - t .
j w-i. a-i
orfl ,. . "v ueieuse . oi ray, paruun
III!
aiti ,s mv confession of faith-
iuuib recn tock io xne
u' nl v nViUqv.-j i m
wnrtcn -4. . , . ,i ' .
tann. c omg m tne oia cnurcn
""ung Gospel hymn,-;
al. 6entlv With h. nrrtnr uns !
I'U - Q0 not thnn 1 1
He i, f; "rKiy stained with, sm,
"'uiucr.yet, , .'"'V
rChiu A ine selfsame herltajre
ru. . 01 the selfnTa ift. r . ,, . '
fe na k.. . r 'wi ,. .-. .
i
ou ,BtrnbIed in the path, ' i
m weakness rbd.': v.
K'JVPrn- T . .
'ould - iuaa.y- announced , tnat
(Com nslder" no ' more pardons
Defendants In Poison
Freed by Court
.BiAc6iir,';c;Dek 2 f on ok
te defendanta charged with poison
In Fred D. Saepanl -of Houston
county for hi money, were dlsw
ri"1?' h'I lale omI T Judge
m. A. Mathews, of anperior" court.
lde hew taat.: even granting
that Shepard waa 'poloner the state
ftad not. presented sufflcient ' evi
dence to connect theni with T the
deed : He , also ; declared testlmeny
of experts regarding th aUeged
poisoning was conflicting. - -.v:.
There was a mild outburst of ap
plause. ai the preUmitoary hearing,
which had .lasted n. week, cane to
a" close; and then' , Shepsrd's widow,
now Mrs. Pauline Elmer ' of Jack
sonville, leaped up and faelngv the
Judge cried, MJesua did -not walk
alone In the garden. I 0& not walk
; alone. - God wafer with me." ;- -:. v:
J The ' woman's words drifted ' off
Into Incoherency, and suddenly she
toppled over backward, but ', 'was
aaved from a, fall by attorneys near
by. Friends crowded.; around tae
other defendants, Mrs, Klmers son,
Ernest Hopsont her younger sister,
; Mrs.; :Ione. Henryft and i Mrs. f Annie
Cutts of Fltxgerald, In - a few
mhautea Mrs. i Elmer had tecovmd
sufficiently to be taken a war by
frtendst',?r?.: ' :.!; f-a-The
courtroom' which had 'been
well Ailed throughout the s hearing,
was -crowded.; tonight- and' friends
of,, the defendants' crowded around
to. congratulate , them. As they, left
the 'courthouse, ? they were nalted'
again .. on - the ' aidewnlk to receive
vongratulatlons.
MESSAGE JOP ?PILGKlM?fei
IIS RECALLED; BY ;t0DGE
Prophecy f MaderiBy Daniel
V WMVW A Willi ,VVfc .
PtTTMOUTH, 'Mass lOec.- mes
sae from the lives ;: of, itho?Pilgrlm
fathers' and fullfilment of a "prophecy
made; here i by , Daniel. . Webster; .100
years ago, marked the formal "exercises
here today before a distinguished
audience in - observance of the .300t'h
anniversary of the landing of the Pil
grims., '. 4 .v '" rv'i
The, message was. delivered by United
States, Senator .Henry CabobCLodge.
The ' prophecy -wasrfulfllied s-by.Gover-
i a in a ' . i.' . J. . : . i
nor ,- vaivin woonage, vice presiaent-
Senator 'IiOdge said the message-of
theiiIgTlms was. to be found in their
liyes, " cwhich showed , a. strdng'.and ac
tlve.. sense o public dutyy obediencel to
the la w- ' a n d i the. -plAern fir" bT spirl tual
.ArVhlle i the . Kreatreuclfc"?-Is.vtru&
In heart, arid deed to-thefmemQry'Of;the
Pilgrims . of Plymbuth',- it 'will lake no
detriment "even Jrom'the hand of time," -
-was' 'his 'peroration f ,v,c.-fif - ''vvvi
In the midst of his address just after
he had' spoken of the significance of
"Webster's speech, a telephone bell rang
Across the continent came a voice from
California. A mement ; later Governor
Coolidge, speaking from the chair of a
governor ; of , the Plymouth .colony, de
livered a greeting to Governor. Stephens
and the Golden Gate from the governor
of Massachusetts and Plymouth 1 Rock.
POINDEXTER AND MORROW
V CALL ON HARDING
' ;?'-' V'1
Believe He Is Working "Along
. Hopeful Lines" , I
MARION, ' O., Dec. 21. The -'.world
peaxe situation ana ..various domestic
issues were , discussed by President
elect Harding toaay witn senator Allies
Polndexter of Washington, a Repub
lican irreconcilable in the treaty fight.
and with Governor Edwin P. Morrow of
Kentucky.'' -,,-;- -'' . y '.' -s :;- . -
Neither of the callers who came
here at Mr. Harding's Invitation -would
talk about the details of "their confer
ences, but both said ; they believed he
was working along hopefuFUnes in his
efforts to,: formulate - an association of
n'atlons : VvC-1: :'-'; .St -. ' :r,r;.
Senator Polndexter also took occasion
to urge the selection of 'a western man
as secretary of the interior suggesting
that the appointment: might well be
given , to Governor-elect ; Joseph Dixon
OI ivioniana. i , . -
Another caller' during the day was
William Butterworth ? of Moline,.. 111.,
vice president of the chamber "of -com-'
merce of-the United States, who talked
about''' business conditions. He ;' asked
especially that the department of com
merce be placedunder the supervision
of' av secretary willing, to-; co-operate
with the nation's 'business. t
: Late in the afternoon Senator and
Mrs.' Harding motored , to . Westerville,
O., 60 miles away to 'take dinner ; with
Mrs. Mary- B, Lee an old friend.- Senator-elect
and -Mrs.? Willis and - mem
bers of; the Cblumbus;Republican Glee
club, also" were guests at the dinner. . ,
SEVENTY CONSTABULARY
ADMIT SEDITION CHARGE
Trials On Charge of Murder to
Come i Later
MANILA, Dec' 21. Seventy members
6"f the Philippine constabulary - pleaded
guilty here today on charges of sedi
tion in .connection with, the riot" with
Fiiplna military : police last Thursday
night which . resulted in eleven deaths.
Seven f other - constabulary men '.ar
rested In ' connection - with . the f vriot
pleaded not guilty. I t
, Hearingr : Pf . the cases , of the seven
pleadin g . not - gui Ity was , se tor Jan
uary 5. Sentence ! upon ' the ? seventy
pleading guilty,' will not.be pronounced
until the trial of the other seven Is
completed; : Tlie . maximum penalty for
sedition Is ; ten years -imprisorimeh.
Murder- charges ; against , the constabn
laty men will mot , be tried untUi the
sedition charges" are disposed of ' '
Attorneys for the dfnse announced
the constabulary men would plead- noi;
guilty to the murder charges .and . the
cases : would;, be fought ' through-?: the
highest courts If, necessary..- . -
Complaints were filed yesterday In
the court of the first instance 'charging
the seventy-seven constabulary men
with assassination and conspiracy ; in
connection with the fatal riots..- j. ,.J
DECLARES
DEFLATION
AUE AUITOOIFAS
i.i-
dV,S !
shelve juuaru was dui iiece8"trf? ):i'Vt,;-r i- 7
:--:sary,,V Saysx Harris ;
wrWASHINGTONllDec 21
xne; nai-
nrat; deflation' of vcredita jfcame ailtoo
fast, Senator" Harris, Democrat,
u eorgia, declared In a statement tor
tgni. in - wmca r be warned those ; in
authority, that suffering among- the
iarmers - of this ; country t wll have: a
reaction tiponeyery line ''of..- industry.
A ; down-grade ; kick V from the fed
eral reserve board - was not necessary,1
ne aaaed. MItas -:t
keep the - line orderly
riy.5;K
of .the' financial wis-.
declaring; that all
dom of the. nation was not concentrated
on the federal reserve board," Senator
ttarris; cited fa statement ' by s former
Secretary of tl)e Treasury McAdoo ' In
supports of - his. declaration that the
country needed a -better , policy, in th
matter , of more discount rates. . I' have
no . desire, i the' Georgian ' added. . to;
harass the federal reserve board with
needless legislation nor . tamper with
the : financial system .. of the country.'
JI Y 1 1 Ua. . ' - . I
j-ur, i ocneve ine ieaerai reserve act W
a great achievement.: There are a large
number of competent financiers who do
not think the system was created as a!
wwuey; : zna-King proposition, ill Deueve
that lower discount rates will help -the
people who grow the. agriculture prod
ucts -of 'the country,'; and I believe it
so strongly that I have Introduced , a
bill limiting the ,maximum--ilIscount. :
: Thet8oiith does not aak'f for sym.
pathy,", he asserted, 'nor does the west
want anything but a 'square deal
NOT HEARING FROM DEAD,
WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE
:':?'' ' r - -..".-r-i--.f ;.v .'..v ,t
Such Is Theory Advanced in
- Long Beacase"S;lt
XONG BEACH. N. Y. Dee 21-Melan-choly
which fostered -attempts to. com
municate with her , : dead husbana
through, spiritualism was advanced by
friends today as supporting a theory
of suicide "in the case of Mrs. John
Lee, widow; of a'. Brooklyn ; physician,
whose body, waa found; onv the beach
here last night. -. , . i - ' t..
Jt wag announced an examination of
the stomach wotlld ;be. made ; for evi-'
lences : of poison u ti?!4fii sw v:'v,v-
Dr.'. Lee, who. was 'known in medical
circles throughout 5 the country ais t an
H-vTay . specialists ;4ied several; months!
ago. ' Following his .' death,: , according
kv jiama, rormeriyr, a ciose; .-associated! 1
Mrs.: .Liee became . highly Tiervous. and
irequentiy- attempxeo. xo : communicate
with- his spirit: by visiting , thefjamlly
residence . which , she vacated '.'at: the
time he-died. --'".V. u'--.; '.'.';-.";'. J.-"- . :
Positive .identification - of ; the ; body
was "made today by ' Arnold ( T , Ghegan,
the. dead woman's" real estate, broker, in
Brooklyn. "; - .' ' --c'y :'"'
. An. autopsy, late today disclosed, that,
there" were no bullet wounds or serious
injuries pr: bruises pn . the body. It had
been previously announced that super
ficial : examination ..-showed v a bullet
wound In the face. . ;':.. "... . 'VX:
UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE,
S ICDlSimBlSGTEHG
Considered: More iSonih
u ' K ' the 1 Irishr: Question "
: LONDON; -. Dec. -21. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Tlie ; government In. its
statement v to , parliament ? today - was
able to give but little satisfaction to
labor's - demand :f or a solution; pf the,
unemployment problem, (which- dally
grows ' more ; urgent. :; . - v : ; ; X;-1
Of the threes main-difficulties facing
the governmeiit at thepresent moment,
finance, Ireland and unemployment, it
is reported that the government views
unemployment as the . m'ost ; serious. ,' .
It was - said - today - that " Premier
Lloyd George was postponing his visit
to Nice' on account of. this crisis. It
appears, however, " that'- his Js not ..tfie
reason but! that, the '.premier's Confer-:
ence 'at Nice has been delayed in-order
to see, the results of the Brussels 'finan
cial conference. -"' "
.A' statement in the commons which
was presented - by T. - J.- MacNamara,
minister , of . labor, admitted the seri
ousness of the .'situation, which, - said
the minister, made the Christmas J.outr.
look the darkest in .many, years. v '
Mr. XJoyd George in a general i-reply
to the' criticism, ' of. Mr. MacNamara's
statement agreed that the government
scheme , was. , a, temporary, palliative
Chance to relieve Immediate : distress.
He contended that unemployment was
the Inevitable; sequel -of the great war
and is not confined to England, on the.
contrary, It was to be found in almost
every: country. ,
CLARA HAMON EXPECTED
g TO SURRENDER; TO
Law i Firm Announces She Is
Ready to" GivetUp W$
f y ARDMORE, Okla Dec, V 21. At ; a
point along the international boundary j
between -the United. States and Mexico, ;
not far -from. El Paso, uiara - smith :
Hamon, will surrender to Sheriff Buck j
Garrett . of ' Carter county tomorrow, !
ending thesearch instituted "for her in j
November in connection with the fatal
shooting of' Jake. L. Hamon, according j
f an announcement made' here tonisrht i
by i-James' Mathers oftheriawi flrijdi pf
Mathers and uoaKiey, reainea as , coun
sel: for Miss Smlth & r.?r l'
HUNDRED S OF SAILORS
. ' ; . STRANDED AT .NORFOLK
V;a:!K: "v ,' '. , ,.."
; NORFOLK, "Van Dec. lrbdut? 300
Scandinavian-sailors are awating ships
at .NorfPlk.S and almpstias.' many more
ar-1 at NTAwbort . News, 'as a result? of
the "temporary laying up- of ;a ":'riurber 1
of , ships -here in .tne - past . monxn, & 7
v They are . nnable ; to ;get ahlps rf or
their home "ports by reason pf lessened
steamship service to the; Scandinavian
countries. The : seamen's union Ms se
curing - berths for them as irapidly as
possible but the total changes, little,
by reason of discharges from ships
coming In to lay up- tempprarlly. -
xmmPROFiTEERINGiCHARGED
itnes TeH&: SeriatelCpm
- i:m6rniati6M and Position Rnnhl
Charges tliafe goyerxiin entfpffi
cials Hdined in coal fcrcfiteerihp:
rlnrinrr 4Ti a norm f ,v,a'-U- L
UnnS the, periOQ 01 . .Shortage
last summer : were
George VJI; i Cushingmalaking
sale Coal" Association, -testifying
; j. - -. .-.-, . ' . , ... s.'-... - ..'"
ateanvestigarigcfc ut&II?
In J an executiye session thg
committee according Jt Senator
CalderRepubhnll
itschairttasu
Mrl: Cushing: with s the- name of
r L . jAi: vV --''
0 man, Said ,to have heeU j tt
nrinCTOal V ;iri ail npfati hri hv
P . : t a VPe aMn ! s
which a group of men in governs
ment service yphtaned; 450,)00
tons 'StrcorwWckni soldi
latera tr6j5oi J6.i);$
W: RaiiroaidcP officialsaridi ;;xne
army officer also partidpaled in'
the pront-tnakmg,f MrCushiiig
was said by Chairman Colder to
have' charg,ed:p. y&f
:v This phase d of Mr Cushtng's -testl-
mony before . the committee eyershadt
owed they rest of his statement, which
was to the. effect that the coarf shortage
last summer, was. due c to "panic, and.
largely, caused by statements I of the
interstate; commerce , eommisslohs, J the1
geological survey, the: railroad .'admi,!
istration,-. and- .the ' senate.":' interstate
commerce,cemmissron ieiung the con
suming public about a cpal 'shortage
this ,;wintervi'5 f:-'-'
J, ' A. ' D Morrow; : vice-president' :of
the 'National Coal , association, San or--
ganizauon. of operators the ofne .rec
ords of whieh were examibed iast-week
by;the : senate " committed took th"e
standklate in-.the day- and began a de
nial of : thelf panic'! .theory advanced by
KirkpatrickTateS
,1 .;.-":.-
ii rjEndurahce
Pilot Hopes to Remain Aloft' For
1
Period f 34 to 37
v. '
Hours
rm.
i iNEWTdRKDedX 2l'.M(thei.. avia
tion field blazed with brilliance ttfiffght
Under, the shafts of searohlights; guid
ing the flight of Lieutenant Ross CT
Klrkpatrlck; army pilot, who aaceidjeur
at, 7:35 o'clock thls .morning; in an at
tempt to break the world's record for
endurance. flylngrtr''.W ;; -':-. .
.;. At 10 p. m.,- when .the : hum .of JKIrk
patrick's ten-passenger biplane - could
be" heard -distinctly above the fleld; the
flyer had been up more than 14" hours.
He has undertaken to stay Ua -thje air
continuously front 34 to 37 hours. .The'
world's record, for the- feat Is 24 hours
19 .minutes and seven seconds, estab
lished: at..Villesauvage,: La., Marnogue,
France, June 3.74, .by . the Farman
Goliath, .a two. motored French -ma
chine.'-'.V-itv?:'--.;. -rf '-- v. ; ; r
While powerful - lighting apparatus
tonight kepCthe Held4 almost as bright
as day, Lieutenant Kirkpatrick. hovered,
mothlike about 500 . feet ' above. Het
varied his flying in height and radius
from; time to time.; but always remain-;
lngn within the'ear shot'; of observers,
who, during ;the daylight hours, kept
him constantly, in sight.' : ; - ;i
. The' machine- has a 400 horsepower
Liberty motor of the bigh compression
type. "Although-deslgned to carry. 3,200
pounds It has a. load of 4,200 on this
flight. Food is being carried' to last
35 v hours. ;VMax;s Goodnough, - a former
army aviator, : accompanied. Klrkpat
rlck as ' mechanlcan : and. relief pilot. ' .-
ooters Scour I
City air Bandit Hunt
v UBW YPRK, Dee. 21 Armed with
repeating rifles, 20 sharpshooters' of
the New York police tonight scoured
the city iu automobiles In m humt
for landtts ' t- K - t - , u
Each sharpshooter, a 'picked mas
from the police rifle squad, was ac
companied , by three detectives , and
a . uniformed patrolman.
" Under, orders r? to shoot' every
suspect - who, ajttemptedr - to - escape
them the .men searched the high
.ways':?' 'and ' byways : of rv the - clry -
.throughout the t night." v-'j-
-Other,- drastic : measures , to curb
New York's .-rjme:.wTei -wvhAehVtoi.
day swept -3 beyond ; the- city's border
Into nearby New Jersey towns, .were
launched t by ' police officials . and
Judges. Removal of Police Commis
sioner Enright was proposed "la a '
resolution in .'a , meeting of . the
' board of . aftdermeu,
'-' Aa .increase im the' police force of v
769: men syrm authorised e by .the
board f - estimate1 and- In ' Order to :
provide ,fltd' f r;!paybag the extr4 ;
. pa'tralmen.i an issue of -special reve4:
. nue i bonda, lh1921 'was A approved,
.taa&e'r?fciAre 'a-of
geheral ,agicis, ordered"'. 150 . peri
'sonsnow: on bail "of from f 1500 to
ipC3'on ; )robbery ,' charges -to:, ap
i'pear tomorrow when, he said,; thelf :
-Jbail will be fncreased. cases
; today men ' previously released, u
lower-bail f or similar; ehagepVwer
held: In " f 25,m -ieaeh.i.-t -; f - j
'"New; Jersey police; aroused ' by : to
day's 'crimes- an I attempted bank
robbery'; Blilltown, the" chloro
forming 'and .robbing of a "girl, and
two r holdups gave oraers that - all
Tuae ivuiiobs KBuucr mb, ersey
he kept under' guard to prevent the
Influx of criminals driven from New
York. ,'"'' '-. f:,'': 'wC"'?1-'''-,
"T? -r' rr" r-.:,:,.
Cushlng to explain theshortage,iiMr.
Morrow Jwasj excused ? until. tomorrow
when the committee took Mr. ' Cushing
t;'rl-Tliatlye;jie
cf airman Caider at the! 1 elose of, the
legislative session recounted a cart - of
Mr.Cvshing's statement,: saying nhat
no names would bet made public by the
committee until investigation - of the
charges , was - completed. ; Certain ; pffl
cials,4t was said Cushing testified,: were
able to secure information as to com
munities where- shortage conditions
were particularly .'feared - and . nossessed
Information as to the effects of priority
oraers on the furnishing of coal rears.'
These officials also ; were ' said' to have
obtained information as to coal in tran
sit ;and' to- have' - been able to - obtain
supplies which '-. could be. diverted to
-more; lucrative i markets.:-i;:'-j:i:v;:s'3
x One "pool", mentioned : by ' Cushing,
Senator. Caider said, involved ? 450,000
tons while bther--operations : were - said
tQhave':beniatimated'--A,::;i-4-:!
V: The government official' named. - by
Cushing -was said;-by the witness ; to
have; resigned some time ago. .'
U Mr. Cussing, In ; the .- open .- session,
said th&tjrailroad officials had a joined
in fthe profit-makings "diverting . hiD
mentSs going over., their own rails to'
new - destinations, , but refused- to give
the names, except .in confidence, be-
yipv mj. uiubn.ina.a4i( 7(400. ex. v t i j. . .
-, Qn . the - subject bf the r shortage - last
summer, the witness . said it - "had re
leased, the worat ele'raenta-r in human
.natureJ4-ii5'.f .wi--.:i'"y,' --i 's. .; '
VTh staements- of public officials of
impending . fuel - famine i this winter,"
he - said, " "didn'.t cause -the . high - prices,"
ht 'gave Ue... Opportunity If or them.'
As' tof; the : condition . today, 'he con
tended j that - "anybody can -,. buy coal
almost. at hi s own price," and . remarked .
(that "If the railroads, hold up and there
isnvw any , resumption . or, ,won twar,
Americans, can 'forget; they have ' a coal
problem,', for 25 .years." 'production
would . .,exctd - all -known:- records, he
s&ld,. If maintained at the ' present rate
until: April 1 when the coal' year ends."
, Mr. Morrow told the committee there
wav . an "actual ' shortage,' of 20,000,000
tons In production last- spring; -arising
from ' the coar strike bf 19 19 and :the
Strikes- - on- the ' railroads." !. Senator
i Ed'gejf, RepubliCa'j Nem 'Jersey.V pro
eeeded
ett-wuBBUOij' ui assertion, Dnti k
Lefl ifor.ffnal. settlement Itbhior-
wa.3:
vr'-".--vyj'.
Bills P6im3ftE33
?S:Ioiis:! HmdrancetprjDelbp-i-
rment h or Merchant , Marine.
s ommanaer . uaiewooa
Dec' ' 211 Charges f
expesiyer and "exprbltant" cosjts,,mad'e
by, Ameiricantab,ipyards.;foRr repairs tOT
veg! f nwrittit hv) 'hi iTTnlf .-. Sfitn'n
Shipping board andprivate 'firms were
maae . nere toaay . ov commanaer. a. x.
Gatewood, head of , the tboard's - repair
and donstructlon " departmeni' ? i"5', ..
. Hxce.sslve cos.t ;of repairs, ranging as
high - as '.."250 :per . cent"! above- the list
prifie.; .Cpmjnander Gatewood. -.: said,
were working. serious handicap to the
successful competition of an American
merchanti marine; .-.-fwith t oreign -flag
.vesseas.1 ;S'-'''"!,..-s',J(jf.j, --s" .
.- He t appealed for po-ope ration ; of ..the
shtp owners ;in -efforts of. his depart'-,
ment'- to .;hring 'these vPricesJ down ; Jto .
, wreasbaahle'!r.'ilgrear.-wv r-?-.-'.Commander
- Gatewood r; spoke at . a
luncheon , of. American, ship- owners "at
WhlebPFrederiefc; L Thompson recently
appointed vice i-chairman of , the ship-:
ping . board, vwasja gtiest -."
Miv ; Thompson - suoke- In . support of
the " Commander . Gatewdod'Bi plan, .and
said. -he; had-' the i "full support of- the
board, and - no influence," direct or in
direct,' Is ' going : to alter that : position.""
'. Detailing some of .the' allaged exces
sive costs, .which the had .investigated,
Commander- Gatewood '.said '? that the
-present ' monthly bill of repairs ;. on
American -; ships v amounted - to about
36,600,000. This amounf; he 'said, was
32,000,000' -in excess of:what: it should
be.' - '?;' - - J ' t.'. - ' 2,
f Repair costs In - American . yards far
exceeded 1 those 1 in Japan . and Great
Britain ;'and; repairs.' -made on :British
and Japanese owned : and-, operated
ship were nominal ' as compared 'with
repairs
on 'American
vessels,
:he de-
cbxred;
- i -'
SUSPECT IN: WALL TREE
- ji
CONSPIRACY ARRESTED
Isadcr Cohen; Long Sought By
' Eastern Police i . -
Cohen, long sought by, the police- of
NeV York; - Washington and other
cities in connection with the 35,000,000
theft conspiracy of a year ago in Wall
street, v was. i arrested tonight .at the
union station here while supposedly on
his way from Cleveland to. New; York.,
EVANS DIRECTS SEARCH
FOR BUSSING BALLOON
Authorities Adniit the , "Situa-
tioriTia-SeriouV
VrCKAWAT;j N. Y.-Deo. - 21 Lieut.
Albert ; W, Kvana naval aviator, ; bal
".oonistlanddirig'lble pilot, was ordered
to leave tonight for Ottawar. to direct
search ; there for the balloon .missing
from the' RoN:kaway naval . air station
for more thanra - week. :'.-. w,;
" While , the authorltiea at the naval
air . station have hot givtsn up hope
for the three men in the' balloon, Xthey
admitted, that , the' situatLafl v was ; se
rious." , " - - - ' V y '
They now are -working, tLleutenant
Evans -said, on the theory,, that the
A-55S8 did not land in. the. (Adirondack
mountains, but passed northof Ottawa.
BACKER IS: HEARD AS
RA1SE1TARIFF
Plan of Otto Sahn Also Includes
Repeal, of . Excess
Profits Tax
WASHINGTON,:. Dec,T 2L Establish
ment of a sales' tax,' repeal "pf the tax
on excess 4, profits, ? reduction : of - the
higher .rates -on income, surtaxes, up
ward revision " ,o( the - tariff, and the
levying "of ai flat 'tax ' on net profits' 'of
corporations were' advocated before the
house , ways and ; means committee to
day by Otto Hi. Kahn,. New York bank
er, in - a - cpmprehenslve - discussion of
tax: revisIonlegislatlon,i-V.;,f''!''::
' Mr Kahn, one "of . the' few1 witnesses
Invited ' by - ".the . committee ' to 5 appear
before it, dwelt at length on the ques
tion: of : sale's 'tax,' partly; in response
to indications in the , committee that
this sort of tax is gaining In favor.
-l Chairman Fordney.'before Mr. :Kahn
was. called; said he, and several other
members ? believed some-' sort, of . sales
tax would ', result; but J.wjere" seeking
methods by which the tax would not be
multiplied' and. the . consumer unjustly
taxed in . the final purcnase.. , : ;
'As . a" result t pf .the" chairman's state
ment,.,MrL Kahn discussed that phase
of. the problem, .advocating legislative
prpvislbns which wouia-retlhlre' the tax
to be made ;.known : lnf each sale and
added to the selling;prioe as a separate
item.T Such an arrangement, he said, ;in
his opinion, 'would check Vthe profiteer'
Ing which . has'-resulted?; from, the ex
cess profits tax..i V?f -fr ', v
Prevents " Healthy Growth :
In .his -discussion of .the need for, a
revised taxation: program, , Mr. .Kahn
declared, that American rbusiness could
L not experience a: healthy growth if the
government -sonunuea .: on . rom; i
excessive taxation; and. confined to ab
sorb the life-blood-ofbusiness through
concentration f taxes on 'incomes and-
uayitat. xac auucu jia. ixic..
den" had already actually stopped com
mercial development."
"What . has r happened ' In the past"
he ": continued; . "can "reasonably t be - exi
pected to happen: again in the . future.
We .have, seen, the end- of this tax 'plan
and havKseen Jtjl disastrous results.. ; It
has forced every business .house- to run
to banks for , credit to conduct; bsl-
ness, but finally: the; banks ran out ap4
the federal . reserve , board .had to call
a" halt:' ;; v"f;U;: & -''':.. i1
' . '"After .thia camft the collapse in markets.'-!
It 'bit the farmers first, buKnone
h s Deen-rPT'redi-.and : allvjjulns JiaA
retb.e.etsrnh.
been? at ruck ftffv.Tre -.extent -titaV'y. fear
he will. ; -Toa'.-ean see from ! that rha
will t happen unless - the principle is
changed' yit 'fr.i-'t;- 1
One of ' the means Jtiggested by Mr. I
Kahn for.llfting the presentetax burden
was a funding -of the.vvlctpry notes and j
War 'saving- securities.-. -v-Ci-?-V
i The witness said i he r was not pre
pared" to say a, skies ;tax ', would be a
success. He ; said,- however. that he
believed "it ? would-.work successfully,
but because It was 4nthe nature pf an
experiment; ne ;- wou"4 propose a low
tax irate :for the initial., test."-.-? He sug
gested a rate "of one-third: of 1 per cent;
estimating thatsuch a levy would pro
duce approximately 3650,000,000 a . year.
This yield, Mr. Kahn said, was based on
the assumption' that conditions would
be normal when tbe tax .would become
effects in 1921-22,' '&Z.H '',:- V'
'" Mr. " Kahn. "also proposed a, tax" of 15
per cent' on net, profits of corporations,
a tax ' which he said he. was confident
wonld'produce at least 31.000,000,000.
The tariff revision which ne proposed,
the witness said, ought to addiapproxl-ma!ely-
85O,OOO,000 to the Import Teve-
"nues: now. obtained annually, making
that source-yield nearly 3700,000,000. ' .
. Under" the. ''revised Income ' surtax
schedule' proposed', Mr.': Kahn. estimated
the government- would ' derive between
3850,000,000 and $1,000,000,000. Ques
tioned as to rates for the reduced sur
tax, Mr, Kahn) said that present surta
rates were driving.' rl5h. Investors to
place their ; money -in tax; exempt secur
ities most of Iwhich,1 he-declared; were
sold oh a basis to yield 5 1-2 per cent.
It : was " therefore - his belief,' the - said,
that by flxihg' tKe , surtax" charge at
or near 33 1-3 per cent-as a. maximum;
the treasury would receive as- great-a
yield; If not greater . than ' under - the
present tax:
NEGRO SENTENCED TO.DraT'C.;.- : ":' "l
5 ' FOR M1TRDER OF WOMAN
- .ROCKVILLU,' Maryland," Deo. i 21.
Charles Robinson, - a slxteen-y ear-Old
negro, was convicted . today ' in r the
Montgomery county court of murder in
the first degree ' and sentenced to be
hanged , for an attack- several weeks
ago on a white woman, wife, of his. em
ployer. -' ." -''v: ''.''." '': h'-J -i .---v;".:M
:Roblnson 'was charged " with - attack
ing the woman with an axe, assaulting
her and then setting fire to her cloth
ing. . ' -r-ZT-r-.
Robinson narrowly escaped lynching
after the attack; and since ' that time
has- been held In a Baltimore-jail for
safe-keeping. Tha three Judges sitting
In the case rendered their verdicit with
in . three minutes, after conclusion of
testimony: and .arguments, -v.. ;-'
. . i - ; 1 1 . '".' : ' ..'S '
.NOUNCE'-T;'i.WER;W tV
. CHICOPEE, , Mass '. Deo. 21 Wages
of the 2,000 employes of the- Dwight
Manufacturing -company, ;here, , makers
of textiles, .will be reduced 22 1-2 per
cent beginning January 1 10, according
to . announceneht - -.today: v The s plant
Will be closed tomorrow, night and will
reopen January . 10. ;' -': ;.;...":
JACK' Ifiail"S12X MTWMjn ... .
ROTARIANS . RETIRING
i SALT LAKE CITY," Dec Sl.Jack
Dempseyi worlds -heavyweight box-
inx champion, threw out a challenge
! today which was not' accepted- -
;The champion . was the guest of j
honor, at .'the , local 'Retary club's
luncheon. ' He declared that he : was
not a speaker, which -reminded him
" of the story of -the man who " went
to ' a dance and' who couldn't sing
; nor dance, but was willing to lght.
"To be sociable, I will fight anyone,
in the room," Dempsey said - qpnld
laughter. . . - ;' ' - . "
WOULD
nilI!G!!ESTEiWOtiE:
I:G0V;Elp
POLICY TOWARD IRISH
Not Supported By Mass ot BriU
gjJ ish Opinion, They, Tell :
Committee:';-'v:-:":-::-:'-
1- .."
FORESEE DOMINION;
Deliberate-Effort to Force Erai
graticn Is Charged By . ;:
; f ' .v : :;'X; ' One Witness
- DUBLIN, Dec 21( By the Asso
elated Pres)Ileavy, flghUng has I
' ,kenJ Place . between large" forces
. of eivlltaqs' on 'one" side and Sol- , -,
' dlers'and police. vn' the; other In
i the section lylag between . Callan, '
County Kllkeny,-: and Glenhower,
County Tlpperary.-v;': ';';:v;-v -
':.;TThe military . and.', 'pojiteeV;''. Were, 'i
. - ambushed ; at', not less, than I three .
; different places and numerous eas-' "'
tual ties ..resulted . on, both sides. .
. These '. Included Sergeant Walsh,
j-Royal Irish constabulary killed,
and Sergeant, Shannon and several ,S
soldiers , wounded. "- About Uhlrty i
vcviHan were : wounded , or cap-.
. tured, '.,;'-'.'. ,.' '.::;..-'"J.v-' '.;'',', ' :..'
: :'K 'An official communication, rlssned : .
by general headquarters tonight V
; estimates the; casualties among ,th . -;:
attacking forces at: .sixteen .and
v given ; the military ; casualties ; as
one private severely wounded, ; s .
"r.; . The .;. inhabitants ; of 1 the country- '
. side: are , in a ,state of terror and -many
are fleeing from, their homes.
WASHINGTON. Deo.' 1 2L--An"' ar ,
raignment.of . the, coalition government
for what: was described as "Its7 lack of
sincerity in its policy towards Ireland"
was' presented,;, tojflay; by ; two : English"
wome .to the. commission of the com
mittee, of rie , hundred ,lnvestigainsf
tfekJUish-o.ueatlOn.",'': :.".'
'Miss Eileen; C Wilkinson, of .' Man
Chester, one, of ten women who- invest
tlgated ; oondltlona : !n Ireland for the -Women's
.International - leaguei declared ,
that if . a referendum4! were 1 taken It
would be found, that the;"mass of Brit '
ish opinion .was not behind the govern
meat's, presehtrpolloy : .; . :i v . '-.
Mrs, Anetta ROblnsonri also :'of Man- .
chtnj- Joined her lja-.the' 'declaration' :
Ihat'wnAathft.'tirJto
ready-tsw accept- -the. fiinn-Feih. plan of .
a.n'lriga-repuhlle, .'-Itelahd; cau: be . won ;
yt t",-if .i the government' adopts a : sin--.
.cere;'''po"lIcy..--:-j.-.ii;.;y--c;J('.v :r.r:' .; .
: Both- women indicated their belief
that dominion home rule' would prove ?
the final solution of. the Irish Question,' ;
-' i '- Fear Military, Bases . , . 4
''; "Little scraps of nations are op -posed
by the' English as Inviting strug
gles betweeh . masters," ; Miss Wilkiij
son said, adding tha the fear pf. other ,
powers using Ireland "for military bases
probably would- prevent . the ' English ;"
people' frbm ?v willingly . accepting the t
complete severance, of Ireland from, the;
United KJngdoml i,-?-' . y ; --V r
Both, women told of the burning ofj
homes and the, destruction of propertrl
In Ireland. y .:' '';. 'N f';U: '.,
. "While English opinion is becomings
more aroused to the needs, of a proper
policy In ireiana," Miss wiiamson saia,
Vlt has -been hard f or us to believe that .
our . men were ' committing . the ? crimes i'
with which they were accused. ; I "had a '
brother in the military, service who
was .stationed for a time In Ireland."
a Miss Wilkipson described ' reprisal
by the military -in Cork, which shl
said she witnessed In October. : . , J
; "At 10 o'clock at - night," t, she i said,.
"the curfew - sounded and the streets 4
became quiet with startling 1 sudden-,
ness. : Lights were, cut - off. Up 'the
street pn which my hotel Was situated 1
came a body of infantry In extended;
formation. rA searchlight from the -end)
of the street played upon their glisten-,
ing bayonets and steel helmets. : Three
armored cars followed and .behind them ,
came . lorries ' filled U : with . men. . The
troops moved -with precision and dis ;
clpltne- through the -auiet streets. Sudj
denly c they: commenced fifing method
ically into the. hpuses.' They marched,
back and. forth, until 3 o'clock the next '
morning. - I could hear constant - firing,
and the challehge. of sentries.!? "'':-:
y ir-...-.-;-- ''; Passport Refused . - -r- .-.' ' . .
Mrs; Robinson told of the refusal of ,
American Consul Wells, at1 Manchester, ;.
to. visa the - passports to) America-of
herself and Miss Wilkinson. After.'th
refusa.1 ; she 1 visited v the . 'office ' : of the.-"'; ,
consul general;' at; London- she satd, ;
and when she returned to Manchester
her passport was : vised alter sne naa
nromlsed not to "erigage in propaganda, ' ,
,or; to ive Interviews for .the. newspa- :
pers."- - : v '. "' . :- ; '
"Destruction, of ; co-operative industry .
and; agriculture in Ireland is a deliber
ate effort by the military to force emi
gration of - the young men, Miss Wil
kinson said. , Lord i French, , she -said,
had declared - that; Ireland . could - be
pacified if the "300,000 too many young
men" would leave. ; f',. '
. The " commission ? tomorrow wilt, hear .;
Misses Annie and Susan Walsh, sisters- -in-law
of the late. Lord Mayor McCur- .
tan , of -XJprk, I who left Cork the, day
after- the burning of the; business sec-
tlon'of that- city.. -,v,-r.:-V ';.i- ." i
CABINET OFFICERS SON
VkILLED BY AIRPLANE
Walter Alexander Dies oh .Wash-
ington Aviation Field ; v
.V'H" ---- ' r':va-'.'::-'i;' ::-''4'--j: .
i WASHINGTON Dec.""' 2 L-Walter R.
Alexander, aon of Secretary Alexander ;
of the department of commerce, . was
killed, instantly at Boiling Field by the
propeller o an: airplane In which he
was preparing' to make a;. flight.,' strik
ing him on the head. ' . ;-. i, - '
The r commerce ' secretary's j son was
a commissioned. officer- in 'the army air ;
service during the World-war, and had
gone to the aviation field ' today to
make a flight so as to keep in training. '
. Mr.'- Alexander, who was' 28 ; years- of
age,' - had t been connected with. , the
shipping board :and 'had recently returned--from-
trip to Europe on s;ov
ernment - business. :-