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VOL. CIIL No. 360.
k WILMINGTON, N. CTUESDAT MORNING DECEIVER 28,-1920
X OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
Hi
SENATE SEAT JANglOj
IS DISCUSSED
Representative Good Comes to
Talk Over An Appropria- .
i- tions. Policy . -ir. -
RUSSIAN IS VISITOR
Resumption of Trade Relations
With Russia Discussed V
With Rahinoflf v vr 1
BES1G VS JANUARY . TENTH
jliRIO, Ohio, Dec. 27 PresI-'
w.rlect Hardingr "will resist! hin
,rtt a a l:,ted State itnator as
a Harry I Davis takes office
M governor of Ohio January 10, it
jgme known today following-; a
ifrrence of the two. .. . ; . '; T
jr. Davis vrill immediately issue
, rommLKlou to former ; Governor
MARION, Ohio, .. Dec 27. Senator
Harding"; President-elect, today' Inter '
.rnpted his discussion'of fVreigrri 'polity
md a association of nations vrith
prominent citizens to take' mattera of
domestic concern, around, which ;mo8t
of the discussion during the present
week will center. : ... ;. . : 4- -.-
He commenced hi.s talks on domestic
subjects today with Congressman
James W. Good, of Iowa, chairman ot
the house appropriations committee He
also talked with Max Rabinoff, con
ductor of the Chicago Opera company,
on Russian trade. - ;-. ,-
Today also brought forth the first
definite announcement , that Senator
Harding will resign his seat in the sen
ate immediately upon the' inauguration
of Governor-elect Davis, and the governor-elect's
announcement that he will
immediately appoint Senator-elect
Frank B. Willis to the vacancy. This
was announced by Mr.' Davis- 'after a
conference with Mr. Harding.
Tomorrctfv will witness "-further dis
cussion of domestic questions with Sen
ator McCumber of North Dakota,' rank
ing member of the senate finance com
mittee, and O&car . Strauss, former sec
retary of commence and labor.; " ' -
The conference today wJthTRepresen
s4tiv Good ws aid --d'' lrve -cftlefly
concerned apprbprlations and a ' pro
posed budget system. In a statement
issued after the conference, Chairman
Good said he had pointed out to Sena
tor Harding the importance, as L) it
seemed to him, of having budget" legis
lation passed by the present congress
so the fiscal operations of the new ad
ministration might be inaugurated on
the same plan. Y
"My suggestion," he said, "was .that
the best possible budget system be se
cared at once and that later it might
be modified if necessary. .. , .
"It is, of course, highly desirable
that the policy of the new administra
tion be formulated as soon as possible
so that congress may conform its. pro
gram to that policy. The present con
sress is making appropriations which
will run into the Harding adminlstra
tion but which of necessity represent
the policy of the present, rather, than
the incoming administration. 0 . ,
"Appropriations, of course, .are made
tor the people carrying out a partlcu
lar policy. It is therefore desirable
that the policy should be known to the
appropriating authorities as early, as
possible." i .' vv: '
Mr. Good said he. had discussed cab
inet members with the President-elect,
hut was not at liberty, to ihdica.tej .who,
tney were. - - .
Mr. Rabinoff's conference , with Sen
ator Harding today was said to concern
opening of trade relations with Russia
through the Russian co-operative .so
cieties withdut srivintr formal recogni
tion to the Russian government. He
said that opening of trae relations
with the United States is absolutely
necessary if Russia is to be rehablli
tated and to save itself, much less to
make its proper contribution to the
reconstruction of Europe. .-. :'-'y: V-
KvVlVAL OF SLAVE 1 ' "y': "'C '
TRADE CHARGED
LONDON", Dec. 27. Charges that
there has been a recrudescence ' . of
slave trading practices over wide areas
'n Angola, a Portuguese possession , in
west Africa, had been presented to 'the
assembly of the League of ; Nations, by
the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Pro
tection society. These charges are con-,
tained in the copy of a memorial pre
viously sent to the British, government
; including evidence- from c- Portuguese
. aH other sources concerning alleged
.'lave trading. ' ' - -
The society appealed to the League
Nations to take cognizance of these
charges and, if possible, secure aii' ex
haustive inquiry .nto the whole system
f Portuguese labor in "West Africa. v;
GALLI-CIIRCI ANNOUNCES C c: 'J-'- N :
APPROACHING MARRIAGE
;- CHICAGO, Dec: 27. Mme. Amelita
Gal!i-Curci, grand opera star, of Chi
o, announced today her coming mar
e to Homer Samuels, - her ac
Panl8t, and the man whom her hus
nd, Marquis Luigi C Curci, sought
successfully to involve in her divorce
u'ta year ago.,, ' ; -'v:
Mme. Galli-Curci wiU get her nat
lization papers on July 20, 1921, and
hef marriage to Samuels is expected to
Ccur the. same day. ,:-' ' '."', iff-?:-
Repohmkrs not against V.;'.;. .v.-
FREE SUNDAY ; AMUSEMENT
CHICAGO, Dec. -2rl Free moving
flcture Bhows and theatrical produc
es on Sunday would -meet no . obT
3ectlon irom the National Reform. as
8.0ciation, the Rev. William S. Fleming,
"'Striot manocrf- a Tl Tl rtH n Cftd . ' here' tO-
dav ....... , f
AH this talk about ; 'bluev Sunday is
bosh
We are not trying to pass any
Due' lawn - what :. -wa'- are after .. is
RllOGET
mercialized amusement-i;thatv is
Zt,ne money out. of the personal libr
Mr. ' Fleming r declared. V'Our
r Is a program of educating "the
fican people to observe Sunday,"
:
DANIELS PROPOSES
NAVAL CONFERENCE
Believes We Should - Either
7 Agree to Reduce Or Out- Mk
Build ihWprM-!'?-
;; WASHINGTON, DeeV Wheitnited
States,- if "it does not enter the Leagne
or Nations, should initiate a movement
looking to. an internationat conference
for the reduction 6t armaments, Se'CTft-1'
tary Daniels "of the i.nary said tonight;
If ..an agreement is irot reached by all
nations for such a program, 'the secre
tary added, 'the JJhited States should
have a navy second to none," , v
-The uestion of disarmament was
also j discussed In ' the senate' today,
Senator ; Johnson. V Republican,' Cali
fornia, declaring that ; a disarmament
agreement by the nations who consti
tuted -the five allied and nRnpifitH
powers, in the World war would con-
BtItllA V i . . . .
uue great step- rnat. could
' taken toward . the promotion of
peace and the prevention oi all future
Secretary r Daniels : in his utit.mont
tonight declared, that hia naval esti
mates recently; submitted
called only for minor vessels and ex
pressed approval of the general board's
building program only in the event
that- the United States does not enter
the "League' of Nations or become a
party to - an international - agreement
io , i imitj tarmaments. :r.r-.n y s
SThe'i, ival secretary advoo.atita Ipo-u.
latlonSihiilar to that In the 1916 naval
appropriation .-.bill which :, authorised
esiaent. Wilson to appoint a commisr
i on of nine members to represent the
United States at an international arma
ment conference. : ,- . ::xa
'If we do Hot want the Ta iniA . nt
Nations," said Mr. Daniels, "we ought
to . have a . conferenr a nnr! n-n Yi
subject ofr reduction ' of : armaments.
Every.-nation V that has : joined the
league has promised this. "All thv
need nowi is to get us in. Unless there
is. Borne such r agreement the United
States should have a navy - second to
none. ; This is"; the reason that Ii have
advocated the sinking, of the German
fleet in mid-ocean as an object lesson
to all the world, that it is unhealthy to
umiu great armaments lor purposes of
conquest." .,
SPECIAL GUARD SERVICE
BEGUN IN NEW YORK
Gang Feud Feared As Resulbt
NEW.-YORK, .-Dec. 27. placing of
every railroad, rstreet car,- ferry and
highway entrance.: Irito": the eitv undrr
special police guard and the calling out
or .'.Ban-.-, embryonic policemen ;: for final
training" were announced ' by .Police
Commissioner Enright tonight as the
latest measures to check New Tork's
tide of outlawry. - ; . '- a i.
- Meanwhile, the .department fearing
another gang feud as a result of , the
murder of "Monk" Eastman, former no
torious gang leader and war hero yes
terday, exerted themselves In-, an .:. at
tempt to establish, the identity of his
slayer.1 . .' ; ;'- ' . .- '
i' A theory that Eastman as the head
of a "whisky ring" met . death as . the
result of a quarrel with associates over
division of profits was. being investi
gated. V.'..;.: ; V v .
- In this connection .the .police insti
tuted a search, for a woman known a
"Lottie," said to be one of Eastman's
intinates, ' ' ' . v."' '
' Charles Jones,, with whom he was as
sociated : in an automobile business
after the' war, "said to'day .he "was, en
deavoring to locate the gangster's sis
ter. He added that he would f see to it
that Eastman has a good funeral and
that there will be a lot of good men
there to show their friendliness toward
him." Jones ' asserted Eastman had
"gone - straight" since . he left - prison
ten years "ago and lie' know of no rea
son , why - he -should be slain.. ;
Eastman was the seventh noted ga.ng
leader to f he slain in .recent- years; r, .;
FERSHIlYG WILt DIRECT v
INAUGURAL PARADE
' WASHINGTON - Dec. 27. General
Pershing, in a telegram : irom .ttosiyn,
New York, tonight accepted an invita
tion to serve as grand marshal , of the
parade for the inauguration of President-elect
"Harding, it was announced
tonight "by the committee in- charge, of
arrangements. The invitation was ex
tended him in, conformity with the cus
tom of having the , ranking officer of
the army head the inaugural parade.
.MANY .HURT IN WRECK
1 PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27. One man
was killed and' more than' 40 persons
were injured, several seriously; tonight
when . a .trailer, attached to a sereet
car,' broke loose and dashed down a
hill and crashed into another car. Both
cars" were rcrowded with persons : on
their way to their homes from, work, .
SATS VERSAILLES TREATY
IS OPPRESSING GERMANT
BERLIN, Dec 27.--Complaint that
Germany's f orefgn position is "coh
timiallv becoming jvorse as the Ver
sailles treaty is carried increasingly
into effect" -is made oy Dr. waxier
Simons, the German foreign minis-,
ter, in a signed article appearing in
the '' Frankfort , Zeitung today. . : -
"Not a week ' passes,"- he says,'
, "without .our. former opponents ad
dressing demands we can only ful
fill by sacrificing' important Gertnan
interests. :,V':":'
: "With America we still live, in .a
' state . ofwar - and that' this is not;
simfely a manner.- of ;; speech has
'beeh shown by the incident between
the German and American ambassa
dors in Paris.? .' ? - - ' -: -' ;
rf . Rimons vthen refers s."as a
Wleam of hope" to the possibility of ;
f. . .- -1 ,.fer.niia maklnc nos-
sible the fixing at Geneva ofthe
German war debt within tolerable
;.. -'V'-)'-!-,i'-,--;v..:'r, '.;" ' ; -
'lie Voncludes;hIs article by say-1
' ng : ' ' ".""'':-.','' '
"We may toe sure the new Presi
dent of the -7 United States will not
hesitate to restore a state of peace
with Germany.' - , , ,
( ;, . .. '
iHimelCdsltieh
Report bf . Death Officially : DeV
nied," But-Said Ho Have Beer
nounoea in f ierce uatue o
"ii Cjontrol of City
LONDON. : Dee. Gabriel e
t D'Ananmalo Is said to have been
slisratly wounded, according to the
iMilan correspondent of the London :
r Times. S; Tbe revert t that - DAn
: ansie juis been killed, the corre-
spoadent adds,. Is officially denied.
: i ;:Y;-"V - Bombarding v"Clty f-
xttiiusTJfl, Dec ;va7-rThe regulars
Ular
under . General Cavigjia are .bombard
ing Flume in combination with the
navy, a systematic siege being under
way. The v guns are being directed
against the barracks,' the palace and
similar buildings, the intention being
to damage the city as little as possible.
Flsrfctlasr Is Fierce.
LONDON, Dec. 2T.Fierce fighting is
proceeding in the 'environs of Flume;
say London Times dispatches from Mil
an, and losses to the regulars are very
heavy, among the casualties being two
colonels ' mortally v wounded.
' DAnnunslo flew - over" the" lines Sun
day arid dropping leaflets from his air
plane calling on the . regulars to de
sert. The poet's,, troops' "have trans
formed, the ' houses ( in v the ; public
gardens into machine gun nests, which
have been effective' in v stopping the
government forces.' All' the main
streets are defended by, barbed' wire
barricades.
: An instance is related in which the
legionaries made a desperate stand In
an armored car, which" the regulars
iucceeded 1 in seizing after killing- three
and wounding two of the occupants.'
The resistance encountered , by Cavl
glia's troops apparently is -unexpectedly
strong ' and the capture of Flume
has : been considerably; delayed by the
poet's defense. ,-:mi;';.y ." f. :
--: ' Saddened ; By : Hbbuh -VENICE,
Decc 27.The reports of the
dekth"otiGabrfel-'C,Atinonzio''-- spread
quicHly hroughut Venice todays Thet
Italian coiOr . on the flagstaff n- St.
Martin: square .were immediately haTf
masted : and soon afterwards the flags
on. private .houses throughout the city
were lowered. : ." : ; ; '
According to some! reports-received
heref,','IAsnttQsi6'was,-:-ionIy wounded I
and was taken to. a. ' hospIJ.ap 'm-1. XA
. vjne, report . says, mat, notwitnstandr
Ins the bnc.oiJDrA-inuifivfiahtlng
contlhuesTrrtoe?71eiOna4rer-: trylnirto
prevent the passaged ot the regular
troops, which are composed chtefiyiof
carbineers. ; It is asserted .that the
battleship Andrea Dorla participated In
the 1 operations against Flume by -firing
grefci'acdes which -killed .several per-
sons. :'.':';':; ry: ,1'': -;r- j; .. i
One of the . grenade's struck the tor
pedo boat destroyer j3sperorsetting the
vessel on ' fire.
!.t-S-.:-y. Thirty'; Killed
ROME, Decv 27 -The casualties sus
tained by the regulars in -the fighting
with D'Annunzlo's . legionaries up to
the present are reported to be 30 killed
nd about 100 wounded. The wounded
Include several carbineer- officers.-- The
rebel forces have blown up 'four
bridges over the Recina. . : .
' r - -- -.- ,, , ; ,''-.:
. Company Ambushed ': - V
LONDON, Dec,- 27. A dispatch to the
Stefanl agency from Rome says . that ..a
company, of AlpinI was' ambushed and
capteured by the Fiuroan ,leglonaires.
Many ' are ' said ' to .have been wounded
when the AlpinI stubbornly resisted J
after; they, were taken . prisoners
through a ruse, .: theflr captors having
pretended that they wished to' surrender.-
; : v-'j .-:;"-. . ' - -. ':-: ".
. Other -. reports .' state i. that ' the- de
stroyer . Espero, ; which .joined D'An
nunzlo's forces recently, has been set
afire, and that an attempt to revolt
by : citizens of - Flume has" been re
pressed with, bloodshed. - , 7
ROME, Dec. . 27. A committee of
members of the- chamber ; of deputies
was received this afternoon by Pre
mier Giolitti who informed -them that
the reports concerning "the situation in
Flume were greatly exaggerated. .He
Bald that Gabrielle D'Annunzio neither
had been killed nor wounded. . . , -
The : premier-' said: the government
had purposely made a great, display of
force around .Flume .In order to induce
the leglonaires to surrender, like those
at Zara,. , Energetic action was indis
pensable for the application i at . the
treaty Rapallo and also to prevent the
Serbians from '.undertaking to settle
the 'question, as they had already", pro
posed to. do, which would cause much
graver,, complications. vvvlr; -w-
Slgnor XJiollttl said he trusted within
a few, ;houTS that General! Caviglia's
troops would enter Flume without
further; bloodshed. He denied; that the
battleship Andrea Doria had bombard
ed Flume.
LEMWS PROGRAM BASIS
OF FRENCH DISCUSSION
.---if.. , v . t ' .
TOURS, France, Dec. 27. (By The
Associated-' Press.) The left, center
and right wings of the French Socialist
congress in session here today, voiced
their fears and- hopes on "the- proposed
adhesion to theMoscow Internationale
under ' the 21 conditions ; as laid s down
by Nikolai Lenine. " Leon Blum, Social
ist member of the. chamber of deputies,
defended " the co-operation - of - the So
cialists With i., the government durintr
the war.- He was interrupted by the
: Mr. "Blum . said;: he i agreed-- with -the
Communists", theory - that the Socialists
cannot cOnftne themselves ,to legal ac
tion, but he emphasized that there: was
la ".difference -between-- that -and -the
clandenstlne power contemplated .under
Lenine s .'conditions, .;: whichv he J . said!
"state that where there Is a legal and
an Illegal organization the former shall
always -be subordinated." : :
.
VOTES FOR- WOMEN "
-RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 27. Votes
for Brazilian .''women- over, 21 ; years of
age who - are able to read and write.
is the object ' of tan amendment just
presented in the "chamber of deputies
to an ' electoral revision "measure now
before 'that ? house. , The, amendment
provides that when it , is deemed con
yenient-women, so. eligible may be in
iluded in. the. list oi; voter, -
ft ' 'A '
iTONlDIGATES
1
mmmmmi
,1.1 -
mates Measure Would Cost
v in.vExcess VoY;(Two :f-:ri'i
W. ;y Billion ; Doliairs . : ;
f Vlir4-i2.; -' 4" - f- - AY )
rHGiOr .DeCrf 2?.---ApprOXi-
mately $2,300,000,090 -was the estimate
suomitted today Dy secretary Houston
of the treasury a' thev cost' of carrying
out provisions of the ;1 soldier bonus
bllL'-."-?'.-. ;-;'-. - : ;; . .
The treasury secretary presented his I
estlmate to the senate finance commit-1
tee without comment other than to 1
urare .that no legislation h enacted I
which would-lay an additional burden j
on the nation's finances. '. . r - I
The estimate was accomcanied' byl
nQiTinH Tfi nnfinc
IIIJUL1I U UUI1UU
figures showing the cost' of carrying j of Labor Wilson., s Cancellation of $50,
out:4my"one of the "five optionl pro- 000,000 worth t contracts with Amerl-
visions of the bonus bilL provided . all i
former ".serTiceY men chose a . single 'tb'::MartensJ:fv!-:''";v i --p:
plan. , , The figures - for the various .The message '! from Tchitcherin , de
plane rage from $1,842,000,000 for the clared that while' most' other nations of
adjusted pay provision to $4,534,000,600 the . world are1: entering i Into economfc
ior cne,-insuranoa'proviuen..:':'-'Tn
maximum possible cost of the ' voca-
tional training aid and the farm and
home development pJans were placed
at $1,880,000,000 each, r while" the seo-
retary - saidthat the fifth provision; ;a
plan .for land settlement, held so many,
uqceruunuw : vM impossioie i Wfto have: gtvenVfto manr? warmly ap
to estimate ths possible expenditure. I . ..tw. with
Submission of the estimated total 1
vw . ium - sua pirBf , impression on 1
u,wnBWB: tu wmmiitee, wnicn is
. M . , t . . . -- 1
considering 'the.boaus-. bill, as passed
berdeto foScerM
measure, out it . was .recalled that Sen-
ator McCumber.' Republican. North I
Dakota. sttd Lt tb. nn.ntn., r
togs on the .bill that its passage would I
depend largely on the state of govern-.
merit flnanr.AH " and ' thit'lMr. : 'TTitnitnn
had . testified that with .normal expen-1
ditures the. treasury - would' hare a
deficit of --$2,100,000,000 for the .year
ending next June 30 and a deficit of $1V-
600s.000.000 for - the following ; twelve
montns. ; -; . ! . .. - - - s- r-?;v; -.:, .
During Mr. 1 Houston's ; testimony . 1
became increasingly - evident that the
present, treasury; administration does I
SSrtSS
vidincr for rrtr" governmental 1
nnnditnroit Th Marv nuia ufain
to' thecommlttee his hou'cht' in 'sub-1
mitting x-8 list; or pc?lble sources of t
invhev were fo ' -tnn'i information of
congress 4 and were in. no sense .more
than suggestions. , 1
Relteratihg his ODDOSitlon to revival
of.: the .war 'finance corporation,' Mr. I
Houston declared ? the :z present sources
of revenue were: fast dclinlng and ad-I
ded. that he knew not where the money I
was 5 to come 'from to meet: the; bonus
payments - should the bill : be enacted
into law,' -- "' i - r- - .1 j
Dr. T. S. Adams, treasury economist t
land , tax -expert, 'at ? the suggestion of
Mr... Houston, gave ' the committee a 1
complete- statement, of revenue obtain- I
able from thevarious taxes suggested I
to congress - in' Mr.' Houston's - annual I
report. He pointed to- 'many hew
svuivn, nfitku xuij(ub mc, uuucu, uui
explained that much of the "question
of raising ' a taxslevy centered flrst-in
the determination, of a- revenue policy
which ..only . congress could provide.
Dr. Aaams also suggested to the
committee - that' one of the greatest
needs was a simplification of the rev
enue laws, a statement concurred in
by Senator Smoot. Republican, Utah, Boatmen's union : voted tonight to re
who said there was. an evident need ject. the new working agreement for
for enactment of tax laws "which the 1921 tendered , by. 600 independent
average man-can understand.". - ;
17ii1iii-A A Polnna '
i? allure TO rveieaSe .
.JV .-. .. !t.i. ;jrj s. . "s-i- 1
JLeUS OtirS rXieiiaS
c:ni:H .f a.i. iir: 1
touviaiiap Av,av.- T iisuii , , a- ui
Refusal to Free Head of
. -Their; Party -
nmrArin?' ni.- vt -a -
th, i,,,,' nf v.ii nniitii.61
and restoration : of - political v liberty
nhii th, . iit vi i trn.nn(.m
is .erased," was promised in . a state- committee haa oeen auinorizea to yro
mentt from? Socialist' nartv headonar. ceed with its preparations f-for i the
- Wa 4, v AMikaVfai w w- vn w, WW IIOVUIDIU
ters here today, following the: refusal
nf Pi-aiMonl- Wllsnn r . -no-fAnrsy Hii -
gene Debsj at Christmas. : , -
"Wo. . f,,aa t , h.n. - v,l
ment saxs, "that. PresldenWilson, who
has ' pardoned k murderers,' bank rob-
bers burglars, - adulterators , of food,
J j. .
wreckers - and, Other; choice -criminals,
speaks tor the ; American people when
tie continues - to Keep - in. prison : a po-
iitoi rr.nt .
uwy.. j.v..v. ... ....... .... ..
dope dealer;-together: with the refusal
to: grant .ai pardon to Eugene V. Debs
and other - political prisoners,:1; was J the "Roosevelt,", tne snip on wmcnAo
nmhbhiv masnt at hinxo- imHiaiow mlrsi Tearv's expedition' discovered the
to . the Socialists and other elements
that -have-: heen nemandlne s.-imnnfl!.
tional release of ; men and women in To finance : the expeaiuon, ne- says,
Jail "solely for- the expression of their will cost about $300,000, andvie is seek
opinions ' " : ' ,' ingto make arrangements with scltM-
, .f'Thev principle involved Is simply
have tk. j American neonle the risrht to
express their honest opinions on any
subject, poutioai.'.eeonpmic;'' - voclalj'; or
have th'ev not? '-If ,thev have then It
la nrtme vasrainst 'the 'American neonle
tn send men, and women to nrison for
the vrnrRsions of their ooinion and
the' 'man : who Jy his own deliberate
act; keeps such people in prison, sins
against the vwhoie - 'American-? people.
Tf ,thv hiva not tben-onF" nrtAninng
at - rlatnn(riV fl.nA libertv ma a II nnH
.L.Ana. k, htt'c.T ". ' - .... :
unT.TTtava iA8ft 1TATH.T.Y
HviiSTijic xar Dublin
, i '.A , ' ; ; ? -
DUBLIN. Dec .27.; .The holidays
paased fair auietiy inDubrln; con,
mT :. Tnio.ti.tionii: ' Th Anrfan'
order was iiot ; relaxed.; but on- Christ-
mas Eve it was to some extent Ignored
by .roisterers througnout the night and
than van mnh BJ&rm .&nA shnntino-
.....fo'i nannng . hef ncr 11p-htlv In-lnr-avrt
A young, soldier in civilian clothes
wa-a shot dead by a sentry at Kilmain-
hom -tnr 'ff lusInBr: tn ha.lt ..when nh1.
laaviul Tn Arfrnt narta nf th him.
trv. mert .ver ihotvdead obv.. armd
gangs,- ,
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SQVIEK MINISTER DENO&NCESM
"HOSTILITY" ON PART OF U.S.
Compaisvitude of
, . Sr.
Other Countries Which Are Ke-opening'
Trade Relations With His;
.,EW;ORKi;"j..Ded. '27A - message
fVonv George. Tchitcherin, soviet minis
ter, of toreign:raffairs, in which he d-
nottnced the present American adminls
itra iioi b foi S VhnBrilftv": tn Ith invt
government, was. made, public here to-
aay ny ' Ajuawig c. .A,;Martens. . foyi?t
"ambassador" - to' theNUnited States.;
;' 3 accordance . with orders contained
im tfle message,. Martens notified, the
department - ot laborvthat-he wUl sur-
reinaer himseijor deportation to Kus-
Bia, on .January 8. 7; t,a -j ijv
Instructions ifrom his government.
Hartens said, were to. the effect that' he
must not appeal from the order for de-
portation recently signed by Secretary
can firms waa .also ordered, according
relations with .soviet. Kussia, America
iftc1 making such relations ' impossible,
Y"The hostility of the present 'Amerl-
can - administration, expressed in ' this
act," the message said,.; "cannot reflect
the opinion of i the American . peopfe,
especially , ofJthe American - workers.
workers and peasants jof Russia.
tni , fc nii,,nn,.
' . VHui . ft- luiok.. j Aat v vms.mk fcMw
nrtnff wa ::va honorably
;n4 paett eSdeavde4'td- carry: out
SVln.trStton;rcelvedp to
wtm a csa'v :vhmti" TTTrrfrkTJXTm
i V
XOHOAOCS i ilVXfi illWWWlH
OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE
State Department Gives No Sign
. t -
of Concern
Washington;. Dec. ; 27.indications
were in , evidence at. the state depart-
ment today that there was no desire
oh; the part of 'the American govern-
officials to make whaiinthe la
guage of diplomacy. Is known as "lnci-
dent'Voutof the transmission of, a-com
municauenr or- tne imusa amTjassaaor
ia meneroi congress. nn amoas-
Tman'TCeKog'g: ot the senate cotmnlttee
investigating: cable y communications.
aenying testimony, betore .tne canrmir-
tee that the British ?autnonues im
posed a censorship. on't;able nressagea
coming to the United States from Great
Britain.
-- It developed today that .R. Leslie
Cragie,flcst secretary 0f . the embassy.
who signed -the t communication, dis-
cussed his action with Assistant. Secre-
tary of State Merle .-last i'weeK. r it1 is
also indicated that the British ambas-
sador expectsx to. makejaniexpianation
of the embassy's; action- as soon -as -.ne
recovers from his present slight illness.
- . , , ,y - n
it A PTIOT? "RO ATMEN VOTEf
TO STRIKE JANUARY 1
Reject Working .Agreement
Offered For ;1921;: :
NEW YORK, ' Dec. 27. The . Harbor
I owners and , to go on. strike ; January 1.
Arthur Olsen,, secretary or tne union,
declared 2.200 men will .be affected, c
The principal objection to Nthe new
IwnrWine - ncrr,ement offered'to the: men
last Tuesday is a: clause stipulating
a sixty-hour week,1 lt;was stated. Both
I orsranizations take the stana mat,' u
tvrrf tv . Ma tnA Amnlo-irAr
wou'd be given an opportunity to evade
lxao jr cbshawu- w .. f . .. -w w
paying overtime rateswiTne marine-en-
glneera have accepted: tne-. sixty-nour
, Leaders oT c DOtn unions - aeciaj-eu an
I necrotiations with; the independent boat
owners ' and ; the -Tow i Boat exchange
naa oeen orusen wu u m
I , ,- - . , . -
struggle, which mehacea harbor trans-
I OOrtatlOn. " '.- -
Officials r fit rt he :harbor ?boatraen
stated; tonight that they were satisfied
to ont1
pasis witDjuvm1mv.
of time and a hal f, t, were opposed
t tn the : . Tow -Boat exchanjee s proposi-
tion which W - .Jt J
.wouiu tu.c"t '.v
I - J '
WOULD -CROSS 'NORTH
.. . i - ... ,nnI .mrn
PHILADELPHIA, uec. 4 t. Vu
Robert A.r Bartlett. who. was master of
North , pole, has aeciarea w.num.uM
1 to cress tne XMonn. poie in
tlfic bodies ana weaimy men !- wto
t advance of this sum.-. U-'-P,'-'"--
I Captain :Baruett . is kbw--wbwik
army, navy ana ncienunc mu
1 Trtn t- Hear" . and : is a veteran Of five
I Pnir -rneditions. r? '.-.!,
t: M arrived here recently to become
int: rantain in the .army transport
service and is in charge of the -trans
ports' being completed at Heg Islands
' tzA ri-"'- '' ." 'Li'2i
E s i' STRONG ,jts.v , -
t :'fvr- A TCS A S CITY. Dec 27. A Strong
h-r twio-hine 150 pounds and contain
; i,rri .amount in ; checks and
- Idraftsi tanen irom n-iwiiv-M
lr.-tf -rnres company trucKjnis morn
I ins, wnen nve unnmon.. y.
bandits held up the vehicle,: was found
by detectives this afternoon near, Jian-
sas City. Kansas. Police, say. tney. zouna
I ten Ann . in checks ' and drafts strewn
about the open cnesi .wnica
Iby the thieves with tne Key ja uie iwca
1 . - " "
I : ... AM.vor t""
I NTCW YORK. :DeC. . 27. EnrlcO ' Ca-
Jruso. tenor, ,wno u vi
inleurlsy unnsnnw . ajr, w t-yurieu
limnroved toniaht. A bulletin issued
hv hl8 PnySlCians saiu.
I... "Mr. Caruso is reuu. wcii. uis
i . .... ki
i conaiuflB 11 pruiowu wtvhhV,
United States. ' You did so,.' notwith
standing malicious .. insults and : petty
persecutions" on I the" part of; some :ele
ments In 'America; ; . convinced ; ' that
eventually the common interests .of the
people of America t and,'; Russia would
eliminate the " obstacles .to understand
ing. ; :;;'v::?;:.?--'5 '- ' '' " '! '
f Even now .we; are certain the masses
of the American : yeoplev will in . due
4-f m a' K1 n rv o Vv : Vi am iiwrl arflf Q A
rang. .'At the .present' moment, : how
ever, we are 'confronted with "the Oold
fact - that America who " repeatedly
avowed her, good r-wIll . toward the pea
pie of Russia and with whom Russia
for many ' reasons'; was : eager to : de
velop' mutually , advantageous : coopera
tion in the economic field, makes such
cooperation . impossible. ', ThlsIs done
at a; time?rwhen .most, other nations of
the world,:; even such as openly con
ducted waragainst :us and wasted no
time on : sentimental assurance! ,. tf
friendship, . are entering into " economic
relations' with Russia, c. r
- . Martens ; asserted, that continued . re
fusal to . resume . trad,e ' relations with
Russia wiU; nullify. ;"a . $6,000,000,000
order ; for-' American goods,, alleged ' to
have .'been' brought'4 tolthis- country by
Washington.' v' Bv - Vanderlip ' of Los
Angeles, who' recently ' announced! that
he had procured a .4 00,00 0 square mile
concession In 'Siberia: for ; a 'California
syndicate.: g"-; '!-'"-V ';s - ":''-'"' : vV':..
. There are ' aboutt tl8 , : Russians on
Ivlartens Staff her., and; he has applied
for peirmissionr.f or ,them; and ; his family
to accompany "b.lrahome.1 ; ; ; . .
TO RENEW EFFORT TO
ORGANIZE STEEL MILLS
New'IrCommittee to Hold'f
Meeting Soon . : i
i - - ', ' ? ; : :! .'j
V WASHINGTON;. Dec.; 27.r The new la-1
bor, committee ciarged. -with . continu
ing the effort - tof organize; the steel in
dustry f plans - to ; hold ,its- Jflrst 'formal
meetlhg'hereiVm'o.nth. Some of
the. members,, already .here express the
opinion, thattthe rstrjneeting probably
Will be , devoted. - largely to" survey
of ithOi developniehfa of---the' '-jrear which
has'passeilince the' ast; attempt and
the . laying: tfground: to; -cohtlnne the
fight at, a time which the;. leaders may
consider. opportnneTj; r ;r rcvVx-"":,;;.-r
The v chairman ? of T the. reorganized
AnmmttrM la M i f'lirViiii onH tha Ban-
retary now ris waiiam Hannon. .Wil
liam 'H.t Johnson president of tthe In-
ternationaL Association , or Aiaenmists,
is -a member. v Secretary lorrison, : of
the lAmerlcah-? Federatlori ' of Labor is
expected to f participate .in--?the coming
meeting, as. he . Is trustee .-of. the -$70,-000'
fund which , remained in the hands
of the- old organization committee when
IV; waa dlssOlved.-l.w-?.: fr:' v
The new .committee was , formed ct a
meeting , last . month at r which v were
represented ; the International unions
having members In ; the; steel industry,'
rather than Jat? a meeting 'of the execu
tive : council., of ; the , American : Feder-
anon , oi ; ju. uvjt ao w ma duuuwuij
stated at. the. time.' The representatives
of the unions.: however, . did meet at
the call of" the 'executive1 call.
MAY EMARGE CAPITAL
OF COTTON CORPORATION
KNOXVILLB, - Tenn., Dec 27. En
couraged by the sucoessof preliminary
efforts , to : organize the "federal Inter
national -banking company j under the
provision of the Edgej act, to provide
credit for' southern 'farmers: by .finan
cing; export movements' for crops, an
attempt 'will ;;be( made te; enlarge '. the
capital of the,- corporation, , . the f, mini
mum capital - of wlol 'A was ; placed ; at
$8,000,000 under - the j Edge act tp
$io.ooo,ooo.'i r.fr. .:ri-i?-i'r;'f. v.'-i :
For this purpose a meeting of secre
taries of southern' 'states bankers asso
ciations will " be ; held ; atr New Orleans
Wednesday, it was announced tonight.
The New ( Orleans meeting will be
held . by : the -same; men who gathered
here '-December , 10 to confer on bank
ing problems; now conf ronting' south
ern financiers. - i ' ' i v' . .'...- ..7
, ! . ... . I., k '.Vvr.;, !i " . : : -X--. : .
NATIONAL GUARD TO r.
Yy'-y;:f: PROTECT PRISONER
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Deo. 27. To pre
vent' possible:- mob' - violence,' .' seventy
members : of the :Kehtucky ; National
guard: tonight- boardedv a train carrying-
Lee Ellison, ("negro, charged with
the murder of Sheriff i Scott Hunter,' of
Hopkins -county,' ;t to JMadlsonvllle for
trial. -' - v , .- s 1 - " ' '
Jackson . Morris state: adjutant gen
eral, bad charge of the troops, and they
will 'protect IJilsOn, throughout his
trial, whichbegins. jtomorrowiC Reports
from Madison vllle w? ere the troops
ar,e expected to arrive in- the morning.
were that ther town was -quiet. , ,
Eillson, it . was charged, ; shot ' And
killed Sheriff-Hunieri in i'Madisonville
on November.- 6 f when tthe officer- at
tempted to,'.' arrest ", him for ? alleged
whiskey "bootlegging: - v -t. A
ATTEMPTED LlftUOR SALE .' r 1
- J CAUSE OF. FATAL HOLDUP.
. ' . - " 1 1 11 -. . ;
R ALEIGB t r ijf'ec' 27, P.nrxl"
Plants, nineteen-year-old Johnston
county b'oy:. killed r while on - the
roadside near. Ralfeigh on "Wednes
day night." LwasC killed while . his
- party, was "engaged in' the, sale h of.
eight ' gallons, pz. wnisKey j to zour
negroes ;.,whdm'-Hhey.had,v carried
from Raleighilaccordinst to; a story
that . came - out Jn the,- inyestl gation '
by the:solicitorVJtoday, :xs;
Leslie Messer and; Percy Barber,
companions of , the; dead boy, gave;
this additional informajtion regard--lng
the v Killing 5 when Cross-ex-
amlned byVtfc solicitor; ' r ' ' . '
. They had. .brought', the whiskey
from Johnston county,'- secreted it,
on the roadeidei and had .come to
Raleigh " to i find purchasers. ' They
picked ' up-' the 'Vfour' negroes, but'
when tbey:Teached the biding place,
of the booze the;Jiegroes drew, guns
and robbed, them.";, After the negroes
left the men found that Plants had
been Mlled"- " """" " ' ' "
L
REPORTS JAPAir READY;
TO: ACCEPT CALIFORlilA
"YELLOW PERIL" LAWS
Representative ' Eahn - -Brings
U This Impression From Con-; .
'"V'V '' . ;;-'wm'if'':,' -.'
--:'.k icrcnce nun luorxis -yv
A
MAY ALTER LAWS
Substitution of v More . fGeneraP
: f Enactment Suggested ; By
' Way of Compromise ' .
; WASHINGTON Dec. 27. Declaratlohi -was
made tonight by , Representative
Kahn of California that t he belieyed,
reports were true that the Japanese! "
government had withdrawn,1 its oppo-s: .
si tion to the reoently. ratified Callfornlai ; :
Jaw prohibiting acquisition by ; Jap '
aneseof -title to real estate ' in that :
state.': ..'. ' h h- :.
The California -representative made
the statement afters a conf erenoe today1
with f Roland S. Morris. American ami ;
basaador tto, Toklo.'r ; 6 fX-Y-S Y : --- 5'.y
'Announcement was made by Repre,
sentatlve Kahn that a meeting of. the :
California members of the house hadj
been.- called for 'Wednesday to discusg .
the aspects ot negotiatrons now being;
carried . on between , the United . Statea :
and Japanese governments .looking to
ward a treaty defining ' the rights oil :'
Japanese , nationals', inn the United '
States.. f -.'i . .. . ,;;. t. '. 1 ', . . .
'! Another Lsw Bnnreeted :.;.
, The ' yrincipai matter to ; be taken up : .
at the conference,; Representative Kahn
said, was the proposal, that ,the , CalU
fornia legislature . be , asked, to . enact
a- substitute for? the . reoently . enacted; "
lawt ; ,The substitute i would prohibit
contention vof s the Japanese govern-.
(ment 'that; the present - California law?
Mr. Kahn, who conferred at the -state
department f.wlth Ambassador Morf la, y
who is -repfesntlnar the United: Statea "
in the negotiations conducted by , the
Japanese government through its am ,;
basaador -here, Paron Shideharar said ; ,v
his impression ; was that no. , definite :
conclusions as to- the proposea treaty -between
the .two nations .had-, been
reached, "evf-w f v ':?' ."i'
The -conference- heldby Mrr Morris' '
with ; thflrCalltornia- representative-. la v
understood to have, ben ia': accordance
with, a; suggestion made by the state -..
department that leaders in. both: houses' -of--
congress - be consulted -.with ; regard
to r the proposed . treaty, , with i a view
to obtaining, approval , from congress '
for various i provisions, of the ' paot .
when It ,1s ' completed. ' These . consul- ;
tations are unuerstood to have included :'
conf erencee with , Senator ' Johnson.' of s
California, the 'only . member of the
foreign . relations .committee from the :
Pacific coast states,' and Representative :
Johnson, of Washington, chairman of '' .:
the house immigration committee. ' - 7
.'-: '.i '.: Conferences .Informal .;:':'-, 1 .;
The , conferences between ; the am?"
Dassaaors. it is t unaerstooov nave : been
marked, by an absence of. formality ;
which has permitted - considerable iatt :
itude ,without committing the respect "
tive governments to a definite program.
Satisfactory progress has been made, ; ,
it is said, and. a mass of material in- -
the. shape of reports, is about to be ..
submlttedv to . Toklo and to . the tat -1
department ; here. Ambassador Mor-
ris'. report,(:it is believed, wiirprobably'
later be made available to the senate
committee on foreign relation,,, , ;i
While details or . even the general
plan of the proposed . treaty have not ,
been disclosed, blunder an - agreement, .
reached -' by.- the two", governments , in.
undertakingthe ' task, it is understood, :
that the Japanese government has in
dicated 'that it , would, not object to: '
any reasonable limitation of .the rights
of the Japanese, in the United States. -:
Conferences said to ' have been held -with
the California delegations to as-,
certain whether . the state might be
willing itself to remove any discrimina
tion embodied' in the Webb law or. the
referendum measure adopted at the
last- election. It- has; been . suggested
that California f might enact a state :,
law that would, for instance, prohibit
entirely "the holding ; o. f real ;: property -c
by any slien. . : ;..,; V'
So. far as is known., the question of
conferring civil rights upon the Jap-. V
anese " in. California' or in . any ; other
state has not arisen. It Is understood,;
however , that protection has v been,
sought "for -the. Japanese- In America -
in whatever. property rights they may
already have acquired under the law
and treaties in existence, although the
principle ' of prohibition , of additional ',
acquisitions may. .be;- recognized. ' t ;
HILDEBRAID IMPLICATED
... v.
BY ALLEGED CONFESSION
MORGANTOWN, Dec. 27. Following,
the re-arrest today of Baxter Hilde
braid on a charge, of' murder, in connec-,
tion with the killing of Glenn Lippard
in November, Solicitor . R. .L." Huffman
made public an alleged confession from
Dock Hefner, one of three defendants
convicted Jast . week and sentenced to
the penitent! ary ' r ' A ' ;
. .According: to the alleged confession:
Hefner declared that, he Was an eye
witness to the tnurder of -Lippard and
that he was killed' by Lone Young an.l
Baxtetv Hlldebraid, the former . shoot-4 f
ihg him iii the " back , with a pistol and
the latter hitting - him over'' the head '
with his pistol after he. had been shot
down. if.-t. '.".' .' ; ;.
NEGRO,. SLAYER OF TWO; v.
... SURROUNDED BY.POSSC
OSCEOLA- Arlc, I Dec. : 27.-Charley
Giles, a ; negro, who shot and - killed
O. T. Craig, a planter; and if rs. Craig'a
daughter, Mrs. ' May Belle Williamson.
at.WIlsoni Ark., Christmas day, tonight
was believed; to be surrounded by a
posse about nine miles from here and
his capture was expected momentarily.
More than 100 men were In the party
pursuing : Giles, . which.', had with it a
pack : of -bloodhounds,' procured from
Dyersburg.vTenn." According, to a re
port from Driver,' Arkv the negro, for
merly a farm hand on the Craig planta
tion, -was hiding in -.Young's -lak,T a
basin from which the' water has beta,
drained, s '--v .
A-
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