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VOL. CIIL No. 357
t WILMINGTON, Nf C., FRIDA 'rJ RNING, DECEMBER 24, 1920.
OLDEST DAILTf IN THE STATE.
BRITISH KING GRIEVED
BY EFFORTS TO SEVER
IRELAND FROM EMPIRE
, 1 v - -
peplores Campaign of Violence
and uuirage nagcu .
"Small Section" ,
HARMONY HIS -WISH
T)oks Forward to Re-establish-
ment ot rraae neiawons
With Russia
LONDON", Dec. 23. -The ; king's
..,,1, on tne occmiuu m i.i viuiuku-
I of parliament, after reference to
PS ul f. j -ianllv rola.Hfvna HirltH-
rh coniniucu ........
nreien powers, alluded to - the Greek
difficulty and declared that ..the gov-
rntnent woum, iu wujuu,hv nm
Iiius endeavor iu i cu a ; ouiunuu
allien, .1 1 41-.- .
LompatiDie wii-u men jvim mvubi"
lilities. ,
The situation wnn rajreui i xiuseia
3 so still tin HAtt1l ' nnrl
obscure, and the king expressed the
iiope that trade with Russia would soon
b( resumed and lead to an era, of
ceace greatly needed by the suffering
Lpie of eastern Europe. ' . ..
"It is of the highest importance,' the
speech continued, "that Poland and her
neighbors should compose their, polit
ical differences and devote their undi
vided energies to producing interna.-
Itional stability ana 10 ine iasK 'oi
economic reconstruction. . ,
Th distriDution or rnanaaies ana
other work of the assembly of th
League of Nations were taken, up and
the assembly was declared " to "have
shown its sense of ? the .importance, of
including all nations in Its , member
ship and admitting two late enemies."
"It is my earnest nope, , aaaea ine
king, "that the spirit of harmony and
good will manifested at the assembly
is an augury of the valine - of the
league as a force malting for concllia-
Dealing with the subject Of Ireland,
the king said: , : '
"The state' of affairs in . Ireland
grieves me profoundly. I deplore ' the
campaign of violence , and outrage,
whereby a small section of my sub
jects seek to sever Ire irnd " from the
empire and I sympathize with : tne
loyal servants of the crown -who ere
endeavoring to restore " peaces and
Imaintain order under condtions of un
exampled difficulties, and 'danger.
"It is my most earnest hope that all
sections of the people of . Ireland-; wilt
insist upon a return to constitutional ;
nethods, which .alone can put en nd
1'lO the terrible events whichlhreaten-
uin to that country and .make pos-
isible reconciliation and a " lasting
peace." :''-; -
Then, announcing briefly the passage
lof the home rule bill, .the, king-con
tinued: "I sincerely hope . that this
ct, the fruit of more than thirty years
bf ceaseless controversy, -'will finally
I bring about unity and friendship . be
tween all the peoples of my kingdom,"
The king concluded by recounting
pe measures passed during the course
pi me parliamentary session. - ue.- re-
prred to unemployment as the dark-
pi cioua on the Horizon, , springing
fess from internal causes than, from
Kontraction of the export trade. ' aris
ing from the poverty of the other. na
jtions and their inability to; obtain
peaits. The government, he said, was
fciving unremitting attention to this
Demands of Hard Coal
Miners Turned Down
jOperators Reject the Proposed
wale, But Offer to Adjust
Individual Cases
PHILADELPHIA. Dec' 23. DMinlner
m. 1.110 a. w O.I u, . Ul LIIO UIIllBU
ates anthracite coal commission the
""ne operators here tndav r-lteri h
Rmands of the hard coal mine work-
or additional wage increases, ' a
rainimum 6 day labor rate . and the
;b'whment of the universal eight-
The operators, however, notified the
m? t0 ?-diust any 'individual, .cases
Innii y that may De due . to .the
"ua 01 me commission's. award.
, "vncra reDresentauves toia
operators that they could not acp
-pi any compromise and stood by their
'Kinal demands. They said that -the
we matter would be 'placed before
union's general scale committee at
LI:rai meeting in Hazelton, next
I ii tn. """" a oenniie. policy xor
Ti!.e artlon win oe outlined. -
1 miners asked general Increases
u" to the 17 per cent granted them
' 'He rnmmin: m. . , .
(enfle -""'""Baiuu. xnis, iney - con
anil.' W0111d give them wage' ad
lent qual to tn 27 er . ent re"
forkawarded the- bituminous i.mtoe
MAS miBOLS RELICS OF.
NATURE WORSHIP DAYS
f Says Bulletin of "National
Geographic Society , : V;
herio ' N(A70N- 1c 23-8ymbols of
knristma , observance, 10a
!re reUn ee canles and mistletoe,
IW!,of nature worshipping days
Py a k tlle U8e8 f ChHstlanity,
'Clonal T eun "sued today , by.' the
The olographic society., -
"Wined as spiri 4 of giving, ex
to,nan ,1 y Santa Claus,i goes back to
inp. il ?H' tne bulletin V continues,
he Tjn,tn,l less -of., the' ecclesiastical in
firistma States ... in ; observance T,."of
fnince nf n ln European ?, lands,
"efy juf' traditionally arnecesslty on
le- has? can Christmas dinner ,ta
uThe 3 Ugious oHgln'..v:A;;'vi
ftln ..cn0ice tidbits therein. the hnU
Kifti L were symDoiicai or , tne
b Chrif 5,roueht by the wise men to
1 ne fra 1 .rumt n uwt
,0ered." ncenj3e which they - also
ALLIED INTERVENTION :
TO STOP'JOLSIIEVISM
URGED DY HOFFMANN
German General Now Regrets
Use of Lenine to Break ,
Russian Morale
BERLIN, Dec. 23. (y. lhe . Asso
ciated P-ess.) General .Wilhelm Hoffmann;-
former chief of staff of the
German east army, who -played an im
portant 'part in the BrestLitovsk ne
gotlatipns, . declares in an . interview
published In m Berlin Russian Dally
Rul,, that. Bolshevism havtngr ceased to
be regional is a wbr'ld problem now,
which can be solved only by; armed
Intervention by the great powers" actlns
t" An international army v under. ' the
leadershipof Pershing, Joff re or Pocn,
should occupy -r Petrograd. c General
Hoffmann says, then march on Moscow
which, ' he asserts, is bound to fall be
fore any -well equipped and properly
officered force, - - K
With the i occupation of Moscow;
Trotzky and Ienlne would be unhorsed
and , their' three thousand commissars
overthrown, -and the members of tne'
whole regime, General, Hoffman pre
dicts would ask "safe conduct, to pasa
the shortest way to oblivion. ; . Y i
He feelB certain that Russian workmen-
'would , be, glad to desert n their
present leadejs at ' the first indication
that ' their; overthrow was imminent.
"Moscow must be spoken to" In the
language of Brest-Utovsk, not in the
language of ' Uoyd George In Ixmdon,"
the general' continues. "To -remodel
Bolshevism' ; is " Imp6i slbler. ? Anyc trade; f
nish a cloak - for red propaganda, for
Bolshevik aims j.wlll. ever be a world
revolution: -Vr.yK'V' -t, -C S:":; ;
" "The crash r of : the Soviet regime
would inevitably Abe -followed ' by a
retrlme - of : unnarallftlpr" anirnhv TVio
only thing that remains is armed Inter-1
ventioa by the great powers. As .chief j
of staff ; of the east army. during the ?
war, I directed the propaganda, against
the r Russian ' army. The ' general -staff
naturally; made . use of every possible
means ; to break through the Russian
front. - 'One of these ;-"'means j was ' poison
gas;, another . was ? Ienine.x r
- "The imperial regime dispatched Le
nine -to Russia .from 'the ' Swiss. . fron
tier in a sealed car f6rj a. definite , pur
pose. - With our . consent,1 Lenine and
his . friends . disorganized thei Russian
army. Von Kuehlmanri (former Ger
man . secretary', f pF foreign affairs)
Count Czernin (Anstrd'-Hungarian- min
ister), and. I "then . clbsed. the - Bteat-
Lit ovale treaty lthat wtrouldthro
ouj'-amjesaliisieest rr on
in : Brest; we TweT, convinced that the
Botshevikt cenld : not hold power more
than three ' weeks.-v "i'a ::--;": x""''?
Vi. "On my- word., of honor as a German
general, In spite of the valuable service
Trotzky i andi; tienine - 'rendered, " we
neither-knew norf f otesaw .the danger
to humanity from the consequences of
this Journey of Bolshevists to Russia
At -that time we weighed the matter
with as little consideration as the En--tente
does now . . . ."
"Would the ' allies, and especially
Lloyd - George, carry "on negotiations
and make' concessions- If they: fully
reckoned the .frightful danger ;which
Bolshevism represents?! .
General Von lloffmann. says that the
armv command , later realized the "dan
ger, and a plaii was laid before the su-v
preme command, of the eastern army
lor the overthrow of Bolshevism, . but
events 'developed' eo. rapidly following
upon the " assassination of Count; Von
Mirbach. . the German ambassador to;
Russia 'inMoscow, . and-the - situation
on the west front had become so criti
cal that It was Impossible to forcerthe
issue. n . - S " ' -
BRINSON WILL PRESENT t
' TROPHY AT NEW BERN
Gavel Made of Historic Material
Is Daniels' Gift . ' J
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Representa
tive :- Brinspn v went to New . Bern
Wednesday night to spend the holidays.
While he is theire : he will present to
New Bern Rotary club a gavel which
Secretary Daniels had made for; that
body out Of material taken- from one
of the most famous vessels of the civil
war, the sloop-ofwar Hartford, flag
ship of Admiral yarragut In the open
ing of the Mlssis"sippi ' river ;.and at-the
battle of Mobile;Bay. . , '; '
This' vessel is atlll In service, as re
ceiving ship at the navy .yard, Charles
ton. After having 'been recommis
sionedlilt was ;used for some years-as
a training ship. " ' , . '
The Hartford was built at; the Bos
ton ' navy yard, launched in 1858 an.d
commissioned . for sea the following
summer. She was fitted with new ma
chinery in 1880, -and, with a new pro
peller of more efficient design, the
original one being melted and cast into
the statue of Admiral Farragut; erected
in Washington She originally mounted
9-inch guns, one 30-pdunder, and three
12-pounders. but when & she . wasf re
paired at - Mare Island - In the late 90s.
she Was given a battery, which included
18-6 inch .modern Jruns, ; together "with
g-a pounder, .4rl pounderr; 1-3 field gtin
and two colts. . ' : 't -7 Z
FIFTH FIELD ARTILLERY
HdNORED BY FRENCH
Highest ' Distinction Conferred
1 -For Bravery Jn , Action . .'-
FAYETTE VI tLE,' Ded". 23. The
Fifth Field ' artillery commanded by
Col. "A. ' .. Bowley and ; stationed "t at
Camp Braggi wan -today notified that
the French republic had conferred upon
it the fourrawe, the highest award that
can, be bestowed . upon a military . or
ganization,', for bravery in action, v ;
, The regiment was- attached to the
second division during the war and has
been , permanently, assigned rto , Camp
Bragg. !"'r-.'V;'?r:v.-f'''';'
- Plans' are being ' made to haVe " the
formal presentation of the honor by
Gen, Collngyi, military attache to the
French ambassador at Washington . -
Boomed ' For Secretary of k !
, . ; Treasury f
Cluirie D. HlUe, of New Twrk, - la
a formidable candidate for secretary
of the treasury In the Harding cabinet,
according to reports from Marlon. He
fcaa -Ion? bn active - lit" ttepublla
affairs and was secretary to President
Taft. v , i x v
WHITE LEAD COMBINE!
PRICiFIXER
- S
a;r
txooa Name Would Be r'fLead
-Kv t - ' -tt ' w v"
White
St
Says'Untermyer;
..
; NEW YORK," Dec. 2, Five manufac
turing concerns controlling over 95 Pe
cent of America's white iHead ' t tiu t:
principal lngredieht c tainU were ac
cused - of collusion; and price fixing to-
aay Dy xMew xotk: "biidingvtrusf: In
auiry. :- . fV: : :-'-.V: : ' i--
The capital stock of these corpora
tions .. approaches' 40O,0Q0,0O0 ; and ' the
Joint legislative committee conducting
the Inquiry was Utold in today's'-testU
mony that' they maintained equal, prices
and! exchanged information regarding
quotations and-4iames'of cnMphiersA
aia -reypiauon came to, tne - com-
tnittee from Charles B Tutle. irei
manufacturers, the assaciatlonthrough
which, Jthei companies -"exchanged price
data and other, information-: . ;
The fcorporatloha. he nanied-were the
Sherwin-Williams . company, f National
Jead; compainy W JJ Dupont 'de Nemours
compafly and Hammer Z. brothers, the
last named, the " owner .of the Eagle -Pitcher
company of Chicago; 'fifth .mem
ber of , the" group." They ' operate Iplants
throughout the country. ' '.' . " '
Samuel -Untermyer, -committee coun
sel,.: charged that -the Institute 'iyas a
Vrock-rlbbed ' combination" ' and su g-gested-that.
a. gbod hame- f brit would
be the "."lead pipe white, lead cinch." -.
Another - organization of hianufacr
turers of building materials,' cast iron
pipe in this--instance, crumpled up 'to
day .under" the" attack' of the investi ga-
tors.. The eastern raof! pipe manufac-
turing association, promised to dissolve
within "a -week.' .. ".-:; i v-t f .' '. . .;.
" With - the "-coming i of -the- newr year,
the -warfare against alleged combina
tion in the ; "building ; trust; will "be
augmented by the IJni ted 'States senate
committee -on,' reconstruction - and pro
duction to come here from Washington'
to conduct , investigation, into.; building
"combines" along national lines.:, '
''."' ' purse: increased -
LEXINGTON," Ky Dec. : 2 8. The
purse" of "the" Kentucky " derby ' to be
run" at Churchill . Downs, i 'Loulsvilie,
May 7;; 1921, has been increased to $50,
000, it was announced here tonight
by Cot Matt J. Winn general manager
of ; the Kentucky; .Jockey t club. This
sum together with' entry and nomina
tion fees will make the total value of
the race in excess of f 60,M0.The value
of the race . to the winner in 1920 was
133,000.;
1 - f
'axX PUGILIST Gl'ttTY
' SAN ' FRANCISCO, -Cal.,: Dec. 23.
Edward Kruvbsky,? San" Francisco
pugilisti and the seeondrbf tlye meA to
be tried for criminal attacks on yoiing
women,- was ;'found". guilty : in . '-the
superior court here tonights W ',-. '
Three men, arrested in rconnection
with the ' same' . charges, were ' taken
from the' Santa Rosa jail by a mob" and
hanged some weeka ago." - ;
Showless Christmas :
Forecast for,; US.
' WASHINGTON,', Dec 4 25.r-Santa
Claus on his visits to vth'homes of
American ehijdren tomorrow.' night
will be - compelled rto resort almost
completely , t6 an .'airplane : or. some
similar newfangled - conveyance, for;
the -weather bureau tonight fore
cast' a snowless Christmas for al
most the entire 'United States. - :
"Fair and ' cold,", was the ; weather
y forecaster's prediction .-for';, almost
'the -entire portion ' of the .countrv
accustomed in - "the-; eool " old : days",
to a "white Christmas." - ,
' The only snow, of sufficient depth
for 'the .. sleigh of. - the Christmas
saint,, the bureau said,--would be in
Wisconsin, Northern : Michigan,"
Northern New -'fork'?, and Northern'
New England; wherevsnow fell early .
In the week and has.not . melted, j ;
The Pacific coast, . was Excepted
from the forecast for ' fair weather,
the charts and: maps of the weather
' bureau tshowing that-, rain and . gen-
erally nnsetled weather i might 1 be'
1 expected west of tke Rocky Moun
tains. . f - - -"t
i The South where snow seldom ap :
pears- as early as Christmas, if ' at
all, will have weather' slightly "be-,
low the average in temperature for
this time of year the bureau said.
Jj
1 1 I'"
ALLEGED
IRGHWMlllESCAPE
HOLDUP
fefen Robbed
and Onenulled Near t '
State; Capital - J
. r ' i .v.v i : ' t ', - - v, t ' t .
-;.Y;'-(gp.;ial to ;Te Star)-7- f'l"
3liALEiGH;becC T?iolice officials
and ' deputy" ' sheriffs of r Wake ' county
have been -unable to.findany,. trace of
the negroesi wh Aeld up? ani auto? on
the Fayetteyill rqad; three miles ffoim
Raleigh,. ' iijed. .pVrvis V reaant,' ?19-year.-.old
t. boy,., and tobDedUepttier
occupaxitsy'Kj?:
t The crime . 'waa -' 'Cy-mml ted -.-'' aloutlLi
o! clock. Wednesday night, . according to
Information ,give.n ,by Percy Barber,, of
Johnston county,- an : Silas Messer,- f
Harftett' co'uhtyi.who ftwe're'j: the other
occupants tn. thev machine at .the" time
of- the holdup- and nturder.- '. 'i' : -
. . The .three. men ha, been" to Baleigh
and were. .retvrnl'ngMtheif , homes in
the country after an evening in the..
city.. As they neared the Hlnton-place
about- ir 'O'clock,' f6Ur"negrormen came
out of .the -bushes- and ordered, a halU
The . hegroea .were- heavily -armed VwitH
pistols .and. knives. .The men .were or-,
dered out of .the t car. After getting
but, ' 'Messer ran, escaping : fntd the
bushesy -altlidugb leVeral shots' were
ftred -at him- s he ran. ' When the
negroes - had - robbed tr ' two 'men of
about forty dollars, -thy left, going . in
the direction, of ; Raleigh, k n ,
' Barber, "with - the" negroes' out of ;the
way, , cranked- up-the " machine - apd
called to his companions; - Only Messer
responded. They r made a , search and
found' the- dead body- of Puryis Pleas
ant on the roadside with a bullet hole
I through, his abdomens Death ; probably
came almost Instantly.-.: The .men -were;
unable to say whether nr nnt th mnr.
der. wa""the. result ot resisitance on the.
fpf :the buiiets fired at Tandom bv the
" v. me ypungmsn. or wnetner one
raegroes haonehed' to -strike' ti Annan . - i
( Coroner Owens, Imaklftr -an investi- 4
gation late 'Wednesday, nighty did not
deem an inquest necessary. til. 4., J ; a ;
, The -dead '.man was! the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J;; ? Pleasant iof j'ohnston
. ---;.
Repiiblicalisf Oppose
gSSHigKwaylB
Doughton ; Reports Disposition
c ; - to .Prevent Action
i . WASHINGi'ONi. ,f Deoviop-4
"" iM iiir.TOOBiuerar t or rne nirm-i.
j, bsitloixvtoj continue fei ai l to-rublfc.
mediate actlorv it waa iOeamed i f mi
cocjimuye jU9UKfltoEy,,rneniDer: tf
the; roads committee and; aXstrong' ad
vocate of road legislation.. f . - ,
v"Atx a meetinif of .the committee to
day,", he aaldr-nhe' retort of the sub
committee to draft: a suitable bill was
to - have 'beeh'T received.. It- was - the
understanding,, that ' this bill , was to
reeeive immediate consideration by the
committee and be--- reported ; to :the
house, but the. ' Republican , members
of ,the - committee. " with" but one; ex
ception, voted 'solidly- to - defer action
.until; January. 25. It was frankly staed
by one of. the' Republican members of
the: committee.; that . theS Republican
steering s committee " was jnot 1 readv kt
this : time , to have the ' matter 6oiisid-
- "It looks ;ver y much as; though there-
was an : agreement among the Repub
licans,", .continued Mr. Doughton; i; "to
kill off any, legislation a't-this .congress,
although such purpose: was strongly
disavowed by -Mr. Sells, . a member of
the committee .from Tennessee. ' Any
way, lt . is -the Purpose,: of the Demo
cratic memb'era of rthe committee' to
leave- no honorable means unemployed
to expedite and .'make' certain the en
actment., of legislation at this session
of -congress "continuing federal aid for
the construction of rural highways. I
believe that'if the"cbmmlttee "shall fal
to report the bill in time for its favor
a,ble consideration:- at . this congress,, we
will be able:! to put an amendment oh
some - of the appropriations' bills. I con
tinuing the present policy of the gov
ernment and making necessary the ap
propriations to carry forward the work
which Is . now .being - conducted by co
operation': between, the federal govern-?
ujentndj the various states." s;--'i-..:-
-y - - '' -y ? :
Property Loss0 of Four Hundred
Thousand Reported At -"
r r ; Galveston
' GALVESTQN, Tex Dee.3 2 3i Damage
tentatively placed at' M00.000 .resulted
here this afternoon when ?a fire Spread
by an explosion aboard ,the oil barve
Bolikow swept a portion' of the South-,
ern Pacific docks. , -.',. . , ,
Two men are known' to be dead and
two .injured. ; 0- :
' The- Bolikow: was a total loss, while
the ; steamship El Occidente, Aschen
borg . and . Hastnal sustained damage
from' the flames. 1 f
' Part of . the ; docks on both sides
'of , the ship',ln which the vessels were
berthed were ' burned. : - .:. '.- , t
Capt. -Wallace MacKensie, master of
the !' -British, steamship, v Aschenborg,
brought hi .'vessel. ysafely:, thfough a
blazing Inferhb., . - '
-With cthe fire lickin at his vessel
from both , sides and a wall , of , flame
rising from-, the , oil-covered water,'
Capt, MacKenzie, 1 crouched on the
bridge ? of vessel, one. ,hand t oft the
awheel .and:- the ' Other n; on hli , e-Jf -ine
room coniroiiera. , .pwie in s as f ;
bogi safely ' through, the fire .an-'i
thevchan-neU". - :n
- The' damage to the ELOccident i
not "obtaiuabljft vtonl
shtb
Ut"it ev.
flcially announced - that ; the r II
suffered pnly .slight damage U
Superstructure,-, ,.'t
J, ' KWOTT IDE3VTIFIK1I
ORLANDO. Fla, . Dec., 28. Dr. 1
JB. Knott, escaped 'liferi -was :dsl
tto 'Warden J.- W Plttman, of the
bama-state prison Rafter prop fr 1-'
fication today and he depart 1
afternoon" train Tor VTetunpL
1 l"MR f II V
miti nit
Party" fpf 1
Planning: Fight to Regain Her
Church .v
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A four-page advertlaenieiit lnaerted I
'ft! . - ....
1
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by airs. Ana-nnta Stetaoat in UTewtTorfe dent, but it'was Indicated' that the am
aiewspapera wa ntrned roif- bassador would be asked for an expla
nent Chrlatlaa Scientist ' aa aotinca-f nation of 'what was regarded ' as . a
tion taat'abe . plana to open a campaign j breach of diplomatic courtesy.' " i
to regain control - of t ae FIrat -ChuwM
of Cnriat Scientist in New York.; Mr.
Stetson, a i piipll bh4;; friend 1 of ' Mary
Baker j Eddy,, founder of tke . cknrca,
waa; dropped from I" fke'" rblisTof the
mother church at Boston in 1909 on
chargea that .,: ahe had departed ' from
the teaching- of Mnu Eddy.- Blink Stet
aon.'; waa head of the ,New Tork ehurteh
for . twenty-five-, years and ; pastor , for
aerenteem r . ; r j x V ?
"SCOREDlirllNATE
"t- .".
Caldef Promises ' to " Check Up
OriCh
-1"4":
IrgeJiKhinggl
:WASHJNGrON-;Dec.d23enate in
yestlgatibn',.:bf sthe j coal i industry waa
ibial; ai asspc
detiartroentilcameVtioniri
fi oofhen Sena td :ideff tke'w;
-nils
cpmrnittee. trougnt .recent - disclosures
into debate. f4, :: .'!- : '.'.. t
,.xne ixew', iors senator: gave : notice
that the committee jypuld proceed next
to f:clear.; up : .charges , by 'George 'H.,
Gushing, ' managing., director ' of ; the
American wholesale, Icpal association,
iai government omciaia naa personal
ly. .PrMcipated.incoal.profltsIautins
the period of shortage last fall. -:
jSenator Caljer, speaking on he sen
ate floor, said' the , war department had
enabled coal men ' to make ! $8,000,000
in ' profitsVbybuying; 2,000;00:tohs of
coal during the' stringencyt and reported
that D. JW. Wents. president of the na
tional coal association,' took' 875,000 in
boramissions fbr 'purchasifrg" as-part olf'
the. quantity. ' : v " " l". t : s ; :-'
- ;' Senator' , Pomerene, 'Democrat-Ohio,
. demanded, that the : committee, refer '
the matter to - the-Jepartment "of Jus
tice if it found that Col. - Wen ta , sold
coal mined by. himself for $3.50: a tbn
while ithe government, paid,'. Stl.50 for
its quot Senator; Edge,K Republican,
New-JersSy, saldthaf in fairness to the
HgRnr.iM.Tinn nrinpnr rn flAnara m n.tit?ri
association, president, the senate should
no, te .that,- he 'advised the- wdr depart
ment against making the purchases and
Senators Pomerene- and ' Kehyon, - Re
publicans Jowa, exchanged remarks ; as
to- the "common' none'sty".- involved In
coal . fdealings, : while : Senator v caider
charged ' that 'the ' coal , association had
influenced the V interstate 1 ucommre'e
commission, 'manipulated J:;'-.'ge'oIogicai
eurVfey. figures- on 'coal-productlon and
collected, Jl.OOO.OOOjrfrom.its: members
to, maintain fot ..'three years, the brgan
lsatioh(;f the activities ; of t: Which-' he
LIQUOIt SMUGGIJNC LEADS
TDISMISSA0F
TwoSAKResult'of
Prosecution i : .;: '
5??.
TAMPA, Flal, vDec 2?. Dismissal
from the service " for i- Ensign ; Frank
Lamb U. S. N. "RSfr'.i and discenrollment
o f - Ensign Windsor ; H.1 Cushing, , U.' S.
N. R. F., ,has ; been - approved and di
rected here by. Prohibition Director . d.
P. Hlllburtt,. whose : office insisted . on
the prosecution of tha two officers who
were in a 'navy .seaplane which officers
say smuggled liquor ' from" Biminl f Into
the naval station" at Key West last
April. , .
Naval authorities at first refused to
take cognizance of the case, even upon
the remonstrations of the United Stated
attorney: here butt when indictments
were returned - -'to the ? federal .. evil
courts by the Florida district attorney,
courts 'martial were ordered. . ."
Twenty-One Benefits
By; Xmas Clemency
RALEIGH, Dec. 23. ; Eighteen
commutations, ; two conditional par
dons r and . one conditional , parole
were granted tov prisoners ' in the
state prison by ,-Governor f T;Wt
Bickett today -as his Christmas gift
to men , behind the bars., . ', ; ,
,' ,The .governor , had previously n an-'
ruounced tthat this : woulo? be the
final exercise of executive clemency
during ' his administration, -which :
closely early .in January, unless-an'
immediate ; necessity arises,' T s
j" His pardon record, admittedly 'the
highest of. -any governor In the his
tory of the state, closes with a total
of paroles' and pardons approximat
ing,. OO.; :, ..
GOAL
ASSOCIATION
ijaDeided tbdayi until next Wedhes- was understood ,tohave;beniSigSa4y
aaV-buranaV'mii B'.-tesUe Crajge. . first, aecretary ; oflthe
TOASKIXPLAIJATION
DF DISCOURTESY ON
AMBASSADOR'S PART
State' Department Takes Cog-'
nizance of British Embassy's
Letter; to Senator
WASHINGTON, Tec 2 3Official cog
nizance "was. taken today by. the state
department of the action of : the British
ambassadoP' . In . . writing directly ' to
CliatrmanVKloggof the senate com
mitteo inyestigatiivr" cable communica
tions, "denying 'testimony "of witnesses
that 1 he -Brith 'thoritiea - Imposed a
censorship on cable- messages 1 coming
to the United , - States : , from Great
Britain. . ! ; ::; :; t ';., :'" ;
4 At the department's' request, Senator
Kellogg sent to Acting Secretary Davis,
a copy- of the ambassador's' .letter td-gether-
with a transcript of the testi
mony of ! officiale of , American ' . cable
companies- that,a:ensorship was, im
posed. j-.-'i-V -c N H. : ": .v:;.:--V.-
Officials- declined to discuss the incl-
A', similar courseXwas followed recent
ly when; Dr.. Julio Bianchi, the" Guate
malan minister, . took;, up' directly with
Senator Moses, ? of New 'Hampshire; a
discussion 'of; 'the senator's resolution
asking the: state department" for Infor
mation cohcerninjg - the detention, of
f omer President Cabrera : by the pres
ent ' authorities in Guatemala ; - ; ,
. Incidents Tet ' Identical "; F.s" "
- It was made clear, however, that the
two incidents .' were not : regarded as
within the. same category as one dealt
with"' contemplated, action .by a legisla
tive branch of the government whereas
the other had - only ' to do with . an ef
fort to correct ,. what was regarded by.
the ambassador aa erroneous informa-
iTtion which had beehfgiven to a senate
comm'i ttefe Viiv-. thecourBev of r a V hearing.
: Officials "" also .indicated 'their' belief
that, there . was some" reasonable expla
nation of ; the ambassador's action in
dealihg ; directly with ,' Senator Kellogg
instead Jot throxhithejstate depart
ment as is - the usually' accepted procedure.-
:-'H5V.::"V":-U
v Neither ; the ambassador's letter nor
that written. by Senator ;KellogB . to. Mr.
Davis was - made pubiic Th,e.vf ormer,
a ipnbUc ::tatipniat'-di"beenmada -at
.the, ,nibassy;vtor;publicatlp thatjsucj.
a communication wbuidbe sentx ''-''i.
,sa3ir?" x '
ter was a vnewspjElpr -dispatchrprintecia'
in. this country.; auounea.rhigh omciai
of Sco tland-Yard, aa -denying; that there
.was a censorship 6ri-: cablegrams brlg
inatinir in.' the British Isles "' t or the
United Stated Despite this denial, Sen
i ator Kellogg, iirThis letter to Secretary
Davis asked, tne state H aepartmenti ' to
inquire of : the ambassador,, whether a
censorship- existedras testified by New
comb Carlton, jplresident "of the Western
Union Telegraph :i company, and - John
Goldhammer, .secretary of, the Commer
cial Cable company. i5: t :'v;
While this incident, was under con
sideration by , department officials, ' an
nouncement .was made that the inci
dent of .the call of Dr. Julio Bianchi on
Senator-. Moses 'had been closed ; "in
view of theminister's -explanation and
apology."- Minister Bianchi said it had
been his. intention when he called upon
Senator "Moses merely.; to explain the
policy of his. government . in the lm-
r,nt:J..ar1i&'ta ex
nerat (fclinself..te He- said he had not
conjmented , upon the, policy, of the
: ... - . m il -t a - .
United States . nor that of , the "American
legation In Guatemala,-" adding that he
J. resrretted the incident - and promised
D'Aniumzip
Evacuatiori Started
FiumCommaner
v Will Resist-Itaiian Regu-
: ! :T-, '-;'.v;: lairs id TEnd;;:'::v''.;';': '..
- LONDON, V Dec. ; 2 3,--The ; evaquation
of Flume by. clviliaha has ; begun, ac
cording to a dispatch from.. Milan.,. -According
-to the London -Times,- already
100 refugees have arrived- at Candrida.
The f oodl. situation t "Flume is co-ss'id-ered..almbst-.:4eflperata.?"t;i.'".:.':"-
ROME, Dec - 23. The Popolo Romano
today publishes a dispatch from Ab
bazia, saying thatf. D'Annunzio has de
oi ared . he will, resist to the end aad
has invited -the people of Flume tb-i
ho'd themselves ready to,; sacrifice their
lives 'andtheir fdrtunes.:':--:,::' V
DAnnunior the dispatch adds, j had
several houses searched because of fear
of a revolt against him.Vmost' xt the
populatldn1 of Flume desiring - to avoid
a conflict with ' the regular - Italian
troops. .' ;- fi'f, X?:'
SAYS ALLIES SHOULD HTEAli
LOANS ARE STILL DUE
McKellar Attacks Statement of
Secretary Houston
WASHINGTON, ?Dec..23.7 The - allied
' natfepns should I be;, advised r that 4 the
United ' States' will - not cancel, loans
i made during the ' war. Senator McKel-
lar, ": Democrat, Tennessee, , declared S In
; an address today in . the - senate criti1
Icizing Secretary-. Houston Of the treas-
! J " i ,' . 11 X A Tn ft A .
ury uepnrvmeiit,.-: -i ivurcu lauui c tv
take steps to facilitate payment
t Interest - on -the . foreign ;. loans, : . he
added, should be vpaid -when due , and
the allies' informal certificates ).of 'inr
debtedness "converted Into- long term
bonds, I He charged that .there" was an
"insidious propaganda" In v, favor of
cancelling the foreign; loans.'- . J
Secretary Houstpn's statement on the
foreign loans In his- annual .-report
Senator McKellar ; termed '"vague, and
indefinite.! r: ;: ..".;' i ' y .' "t
t "The senate and the American, people
are entitled" to know why' these interest
payments, amounting' to' $500,000,000,
have been' allowed to' lapae." the sen-
; ator said. - - - .- '"-,: i
ACTION OF
. V' '.I . . - , -..
PRESIDEIJT
ON FINANCE BOARD DILL
WAY PRECIPITATE : ROW
Correspondent ; Expresses Belief
That Measure Will Meet
Executive Vtb .
REASONS REVIEWED
Sees Effort to Press Politics
Upon Members of Re-
. , serve Board , , ',
: By'sUKK IULLIVAN,
... (Copyrla-kt By Tht Star) .i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. -There Urn '
now before the President, -lor veto or'
approval, the first bill passed by the
present .session of congress. The Pres
ident's action i will be important not
only as regards this present bill In
question, but also as. the first In a long1
series of conflicts between two 'schools
of opinion, 'which conflicts "will un :
doubtedly compose the bulk. Of f Amerl- A
can politics for several .years' to come,
The present bill ls for the re-estab- :
lishment- of rthe War Finance corpora- t
tlon. This corporation was an offshoot V
Of the i'treasary, ' originally organised
during-' the wart for the purpo$e; of Is -.
suing government bonds and utilizing1, '
the proceeds . to aid - private '! corpora- 1
tions doing war wdrk which needed .
banking;-assistance, r After .,, the war.
ended,- congress : renewed ' the corpora'-, -tlon
for the purposed facilitating ex
ports. :-y,: :y-';, .- .y 7 v'p'-"''.' v-
" Last May, Secretary' Houston, by his
personal'- orders discontinued, the. cbr- 1
oration.;-,He- based .his action; chiefly'
oh the: ground ithat: It was inoylonger
necessary to facilitate exports .as goods
were already going-abroad In'unpre-;
cedented quantities -through "the normal .'.
activities of . private business,1 and ' on
the groundsthat the- treasury had other
and moi-e presslfig needs for the money,
being at. thai'; time, compelled to borrow1
for the purpose of paying current bills I
y .l Farmera Proteat' Discontinuance T
This 'v discontinuance 'caused, 'some.
commotion at the' time. But 'that criti
cism was ymiid compared to that which
arose .later on - and during, the : past
three mo nth a" As soon, as - exports
.slowed up, and for other jreasons. prices
began, totall,, the farmers of the bou tb. .
and wesitvWho were among., the "thief , v
victinre of the- fall ;ir. prices, began to
c;ljp,rRor.?:forv'governmnt; atd..v Vy' V' '"
:Av a likrt"that aid they asked See-
Miary : Houetdii ;to 'withdraw' jils : order
;n.teniityt
i.tionragaiivite-'H f unctitjm-scretary
Houston .refused' on the ground that'the
fall in prices was due-chlefly to 'otlier .
oausesj'Which ' could not . be " materially - '
remedied by the resumption .of theWar . .
Finance' corporation; 'and; also on, the
ground that the time has gone by, when
It was- expedient 'for the government to
be ; in the banking,, business, and that,
as before, the government-: needed all
the, funds It was' able, to borrow at a -.
reasonable ratefoir the purpose of pay
ing Itp -ordinary -bill's ; .; l ?i r".-:. ::.
y Finally," "-just v. as :sQon; as congress C
came together, 9ne of ! they most ob- v
vious incidents of its temper was a re-1
sponse : to ithe. - pressure y from r farmers
for relief y and if determination yta. at
tempt some form ,f relief. : The senate
committee--on .-agrlculur'a held; hearings x
in which on the one hapd,. the distress '
of the farmers "was pictured ; by wit
nesses from the - south arid west, : and
the specific question- of -reviving the
War Finance corporation was covered
by the testimony of Secretary Houston, -of
;; the :' treasury. Governor Harding of
the federal reserve .board,-and the for
mer managing director of the . War FI-i
nance corporation,. Eugene Meyer; ;V . ,
... These hearings took, in ' a way the "
form . of a debate, Messrs. Houston and 1 '.
Harding; resisting! the revival of; the y
War, Finance .corporation ::, '.and.', Mr,
Meyer, backed ;"by .the; farmers,; earn-
vestly advocating it. . :. '. - -
v Any one who followed these hearings i r
sarefully - felt,' that.' Secretary; Houstoni '
and Governor. Harding .were in rather ',
the better'posltion.' ; They stood on the
nolid- ground of economic ' first prlnci-'
pies. ,y They advocates of the1 measure
more or less frankly Jbased their argu
nent on groundsjof an expediency Jus
tified by. the . emergency., . i " , , -y5
Gronna's Bill .- : '-.... ,, t
yAt the close of the hearings, Senatpr," '
ironha,' chairman ,of. the. .senate com
mittee oh agriculture, introduced a bill
contalnlnflr two sections.- The first .sec
tion directed Secretary Houston to re- r
vive the.'War Finance corporation. ' The
second' section- of the' bill was clearly .
ess defensible'".. It ""directed the federal
reserve board "to -take such iaytion as '.
may be necessary tfi permit the mem-'.
ber banks of the federal reserve sys- '
tem in accordance with' law and con
sistent ; with, sound banking "to graht .
liberal extensions of credit to the' farm- -ers
flf the courttry,.yy;' y;.T, V" :'-',V' ;'?'? '
" . Much" can Justly be said in favor of :
reviving the War Finance corporation
on'; its merits? . but ; the "'second section .
tainted ;the. -bill" as. a .whole. It was
promptly and vigorously denounced' by
many senators, - chiefly by Senator , Mc--Lean
of Connecticut a Republican, and
Senator Glass of Virginia, a. Democrat.
i Senatdr McLean ;; said: f 'IVt.hink-' we
had , better not try ; to fool the farmers.
! "If the chairman of' they committee
can1 point out that section , 2 would
provide a ."single additional dollar for :
the accommodation , of farmers seeking'
crediv l .wlliTwltbdraw, my: objection,
That cannot.be done under the. section. -We
know-it Is an Impossibility." --'
Senator'" Smoot ' was equally - frank.
He " said:'. "1 do not want the farmers
of the country to think for'amoment ,
that Section - z : piaces one aouar . more
at, their "copimand than, is " "at;'-thejr
command , today. If a ",-. senator can ,
show "me what Section 2 will do? toward
assisting the agricultural' interests o
the .United States, Iy will admit ..that
Ii was wrong; .but there is nothing to
it, senators.'" - V v" " ' I y y
-At," another ; point y Senator McLean -emphasized
the. bad, faith -of Section. 2 .
by quoting humorously the remark -made
. by a 'foreign ambassador upon ,
taking . his first . drink of grape "Juice. .
The. ambassador ' saidf -:"It looks : good
and it tastes good, but 'It doesn't ab--complish
anything." ' ' ." .' ." -,
: Senator Glass of Virginia put the ob-j
Jection to Sectlon"2 into pungent slas'r
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