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1 Weather 1 Rain and colder Friday ; Saturday fain ;, youSEDA. D. 1867. VOL. CVIIL No. 93. WILMINGTON, ti. FRIDAT MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE!. ,rt:J DEFICIT , BILL FINANCE MEASURE i$S SECOND READING Measures Slide Through Lower House on Greased Skids. rtVtfCE ACT DRAWS ; Tlnth Houses Now Vflff Pius i " ot 4 Rearing iouii Four Hundred By BROCK BARKLET alEIGH. Dec. 8. The educational bill t take care oj. mo iiiv . :.. thfi municinai nnancf ,:f thrmieh the second reading r aeJ track in the house today members may have been The house thinking about the 89 new koo busy Liu they had just introduced, but ..... n.ic nvsr these two meas- Absolutely to retu j, LB!y ten votes were cast agaansi lue ducational bill ana iour aguxnsi ;ub Tifrlitr.Tiinp sii nrnrtrl Hip bance aci. j-s" - nance act and So uie scnooi oui. "e ever-opposing Tarn Bowie cast : vote in opposition to the school bill "nine other members joined him representative cowies, 01 n.ea wine that tne nnancn avi v '-awn by a New York bond attorney ri that it permitted every municlpal v save Winston-Salem to doubla itr 4 rate, made a vigorous effort to ossolidate the vote against that hill at the best he could do was to swlnT "ree other members to his side. . The bills t0 abolish capital punish- rrats Tvere amy cxctuicu uj nuusn ri senate judiciary . committees this fternoon. After some discussion of five bills relating to the abolish ed of the death sentence they were Seated to the committee scrap pile d unfavorable report on them re- hrted. WSile tne house was spending in. ornins receiving its 89 new bills, the er.ate was adding 22 to its long list. ringing the total number of bills be ire both houses, local and state-wide, o around four hundred. And lega ooking papers can be seen yet sticking -om the pockets of law-makers. Sec Traffic Law . s The appointment of a Bub-cosnmrtte'''. y the propositions and grievance com mittee of the house this afternoon tc rayr up a suitable state vehicle -law fr introduction in that body gave pvI er.ee of the passage at this session of state law governing traffic. Traffic ills were turned over to the sub-com- hittee. and from these it is supposed o prepare a bill. W. M. Jones, secre- ary of the Carolinas Automotive trades association, was before th? oramittee this afternoon in support of measure. This body fought during le last regular session for the enact- hfnt of traffic legislation. The same committee this afternoon anded to a sub-committee a bill intro duced by Representative Glover. of ''ash. and Mathews of Mecklenburg, mpowenng the governor to "remove is own appointees for cause." This ill was executed at the regular session u Representative Glover revised and rought it back with him. The corr aittee thought it was giving the grov raor too much power to allow him to ischarge, for instance, a supreme j'Jtr justice or a United States senator rhom he had appointed. The sub-coir.-ittee will make some amendments to sempt this class of appointees and robably members of board of state v.n itituiions. and let it go to the house. Vesterday Senator Burewin.' of i"ew Hanover, introduced a bill to pu; pmswick county under the state-wide !'ocw law and today a petition signe.1 7 many Beaufort county citizens was iid before the house asking that their ounty be exempted from the operation the law. Some eastern counties rant the law and others do not. The ock law is likely to be a part of the Jiiy report until the assembly cd- j'jrns. PALEIGH ALTO THEFT HEARING IS STARTED RALEIGH, Dec 8. A. W. Hoffman. ajor the New York national guard, "'T Lraig, of Germantown, Pa., de cants in the first of twenty cases, 'Giving ten defendants from five attS, Starts i n T' i tori Cf o oo Ha c: court here, for alleged traffic in a:-n automriK-1 Co .inrl- V.o. T.. &r Vehicle thsft act wpm.lti nrin. f government witnesses today in - case in which thPSA twr with c. 4 v-., &o.ia.G UtAU, IIJ Ueorze s.Ttt f , -SW York ailtnmnHln o Hoffman and 1 . counsel, tonk- th tnnj "merit w tnesaeo tK- tne PUrchaHA nf .,, -6i. vying to the theft thirty - 3d v res ln iNew York' Virginia, d tn t- r 1W11UH most oi wnicn ne it Klly- Craig, who confessed ates "av after an enlistment in mini inn unuea ifr i K Arl i i . obi!, u "ow ne stole tne auto F Kf-iv- . V ine motor numbers I : n u r er t. j. iteri tC'l 1 111 "ar aaniora, anu near Sanford, olen rT Kelly knew the cars were One vlr?;n"o mo emeu, eiUie nf: s,old 11 to Kelly and the aeain L le.lt from Kelly and sold Raleigh. ion. f.p' of th'p 0iestlQed he did not know the ,'noDUM ne bought from ''ere stolen 'H3IIV T ... . - - AVKS TO WBLCOMB MARSHAL KOCH Bt l)n lfjrrison 7' Dec- 8. Governor aieigh 1' ftia taff. will leave !bard 7 0W morninK over the aaI fVh VL Zonroe to welcome Mar- vi t, ur-n Carolina - upon his "'on Jirw afternoon in . the 1b.. ly geat. A cnmmlfffi frnm rHl m.. 8 Rnd bouse Of renreaentittiv rlto.0 Monre and tnvtte the stop over in the state capU SCHOOL Cotton Good s Ford fney Tariff Act Would Hurt Textile Representative Flood Dies and U. S. Congress Suspends as Tribute WAHINGTON, Dec. 8. Congres sional business was suspended today out of respect to Representative Hen ry Flood, Virginia, chairman of the Democratic congressional committee", whose death, caused by heart trouble, occurred shortly before noon. 1 The house immediately after going Into ' session, adjourned until tomor row after adopting resolutions of re gret. Later the senate adjourned un til Monday out of respect to the dead representative, who as chairman of the house foreign affairs committee in 191, introduced the resolutions declar ing that a state of war existed be tween the United States and the Im perial governments of Germany and Austro-Hungary. Mr. Flood had been in ill health for several weeks. As chairman of the state Democratic committee, he tbok an active part in the recent gubernar torial campaign in Virginia, but since the election had been unable to attend sessions of congress. He died at his Washington home. Serving his eleventh term in con gress, Mr. Flood represented the tenth Virginia district. His home was in Appomaioi, wnere tne Dunai will De after funeral services here Monday. : peaker Gillet is expected to announce j -p0wer chips get a 40 per cent nro tomorrow the selection of a committee tection. I thinkhe cotton industry -t'V1fLhtn representatives to repre- equally entitled to that much protec sent the house at the funeral. On the , tion." "- mucu proiec senate committee will be Senators! n, i ' Swansnn tlorrln r-o - o Heflin, Curtis, McKinley and Willis. r"r A,' .r As chairman of the committee' on territories, Mr. Flood was author of coviuiiuii auiuuung new mejlCO cover th ri vc in j ; , . and Arizona to statehood. He was hlf said t P ?X e(ds,slnce recognired as one of the Democratic li: leaders in the house, and had an im portant part in framing legislation during the past two decades. STAGE PREPARED FOR HIGHS' GRIDIRON BATTLE Winston-Salem and Fayetteville Meet Saturday . school toottaLU clMalc M the .lat. oni5;f?r1I?e.r i',',?'0?'". "to saturaay, December 10, at 3 o'clock, when the Winston-Salem highs, -western champions, meet the Fayetteyl.He highs, eastern champions, in the decid ing game for the state title. It is dlfficnlf to rHv t K-li for calculating the comoarative r raloulatlnir th nnw,n.H.,.' strength of the two teams, as the sched ules have differed widely, one playingj all eastern teams and the other play-: lng all western teams. Local followers ot; the gridiron sport believe, however, that the game "will be closely fought. with the palm of victory going, per- haps, to the team which can outwit the have relied mainly on similar tactics, I each depending for its offense on iine. plays and end runs, and each eschew ing the use of the forward pass. The contest on Saturday will be col orful, rivalling almost the Carolina Virginia classic. One thousand sup porters from Fayetteville united be hind a girl cheer leader, the first -to appear on Emerison field, and cheered the Fayetteville highs on to victory .in the game with New Bern here last Sat urday. The backers of the Scotch lads will be back again this week, and the supporters from Winston-Salem , are likewise expected to number four fig ures. The Winston-Salem sup-porters will have one grandstand and the Fay etteville supporters will have the other. Both Winston-Salem and Fayetteville are newcomers to the state title game. Neither school has ever , before repre sented its section in the final game for the football championship. Fayette ville" entered the championship series in football last year for the first time and Winston-Salem has been in the race for a half doaen years or more. Twenty-seven schools entered the championship series on November 1 and Winston-Salem and Fayetteville are the 6nly survivors. SAYS BLUNPER CAUSED LOSS OF SUBMARINE -BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 8. One of the men rescued from the subma rine S-48, which sank last night in the waters of Long Island sound above five miles from here, charged tonight that some person or persons at the plant of the Lake Torpedo boat com pany blundered in not properly clamp ing the lid; of a manhole and that the submerging of the boat was followel by an inrush of water. As result jof something having gone wrong 51 men faced death for 11 hours. The submarine was to have been de livered at noon yesterday to the gov ernment at New London.. It was passed upon as being mechanically per fect when It left the plant Wednesday morning. ' . ' Simon Lake, consulting engineer of the Lake company said tonight that the accident might , have resulted from some mechanical defeat or a blunder by some human agency. p B Brill, general manager of the Lake, company, says that carelessness by some one at the plant might have caused the accident- , -, . . Both Lake ana .trm - v- - - n; thu nlonf cnr.p 7. -. innasMMtlnn may be sustainea u, ,1 but; said tney couiu """"r definite statement until after the boat had been examined. , FREIGHTER IS FLOATED. KEY - WEST, Dee. 5. The shipping board freighter Nobles, .which , went aeroiind off American shoal light, 4 r.iir i T.aHav. was-floated today with the assistance of the coast today , wun nd steam er GaraldlT ahd tot thIk -port.?The iC Mr: Hayes declared that 55,000 men oblfti ii T operated-by LykeS; Brothers1 were on. strike in the various packing S?SO?l?Jnsn ;has ,a catgo of centers. , 29.j)00 of these being in Chi sa.1 from Germany. ' ; cac Schedules In i Trade, Warn Two Speakers Appear Before Senate Finance Committee. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Serious in jury to the cotton textile industry in New England would result from enact ment of the cotton goods schedules in the Fordney tariff bill, former Senator Henry F. Lippitt, of Providence, R. I., declared today before the senate fi nance committee. He described the schedules as approved by the house as the most "revolutionary" put forward under a protective policy since the signing of the first tariff bill in 1864. Both Mr. Lippitt, who spoke for the New England manufacturers, and Ar- tnur H. Lowe, of Fitchburg, Mass... who spoke for associations of cotton goods manufacturers, North and South, declared that the schedules failed to take care of the fine, fancy,. figure woven goods turned out in the New England mills at a much higher cost than the ordinary cotton goods. The tines, built up largely during the war, face extinction, it was contended, by reason of tne old an firmly estab lished industry in Europe. Mr. Lippitt brought for inspection of the committeemen numerous samples of fancy goods which he displayed as he taiked. Urging a 40 per cent 'protection for iiiese cooas as aerainst the nrpspnt average of 22 said! per cent Mr. Lippitt ,Tf. '"ua't; " "yes, Air. wPPHt ana Mr. LoWe said thev be Sieved the dye industry should be pro- leciea: Dut at the same time provision should be made in the tariff bill to A il j --j i- u n itrniG Liian vxu nits American manufacturers. Ma jority members of the committee evinced a favorable attitude on this proposal but regarded the working out of a plan as .iifficult. - The American valuation plan as worked out In the Fordney bill. Lip pitt, said, would , afford an additional protection of from f. to 6 per cent but both witnesses took the position thit even under this pUn the rates were too-lo-W,-. ., - TWgU--Z mittee,. that the textile industry was a basic one and that as it prospered so would the rest of the country Drov Per. .. , ' "7 iviu tne coin- .r"-"?. Vwen. Ol v-xi'arieB u. Owen, of - rT-rwi "B :He or Dianketo and blanket ninth, u,. --"w a.oiv;w. my cummmoe xor a -SO -per cent ad valorem rute on blankets and blanket goods made of cotton, while Ward Thoron, of Boston asked . for high rates, on piled fabrics' such as velvetines. He suggested 10 per xent ad valorem in addition to th 33 1-3 per cent duty provided by the thAnther Pe1 for the reopening of 5in?s .n American valuation was .made to chairman Penrose today by the National Dry Goods Retail as sociation whl-ch asked that spokes men for organization onnnson t P3an be given an opportunitv t u heard. NORTH CAROLINA MEN . ELECTED TO OFFICES NORFOLK Va., Dec. 8. Dr. Joaeph L. Spruill, or Sanatorium, N. c, was elected president of the Seaboard Med ical society at the closing session of its convention here today. Other officers were chosen as follows: First vice president, Dr. Joseph T Buxton, Newport News; second vice president, Dr. W. E. Warren, Williams ton. N. C; third vice president, Dr. Cora Z. Corpening, Suffolk; Fourth vice pres ident, Dr. F. T. Gates, Manteo, N. C ; treasurer, Dr. George A. Caton, re elected, Newbern, N. C; secretary. Dr. Clarence Porter Jones, re-elected, New port News. Newbern was chosen as the seat of th 1922 convention, which will be opened on the second Tuesday in December. One is Shot and Many Are Arrested in New Outbreaks in Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 8. (By Associated Press.) Chicago's stock; yard district today was the scene of another series of outbreaks of packing plant employes which has been in effect in all of the country's chief packing centers for four days. One man was shot, scores were in jured, police engaged in pistol and rifle fights with strikes sympathizers and dozens of, men and women were arrested as a result of today's disor ders, which occurred as the workers rere leaving the local plants. At--the Armour Glue company about 2,000 men began hurling bricks and stones at the workers as they left fhe plant. Almost simultaneously disord ers broke-out at half a dozen other points and within a short time the whole packing district seemed to be in disorder. v Women played an important part forming in crowds which blocked the trnffii and hindered the nnline TW Honrs after the fir.tr Two hours after the first outbreak the ' police declared that "evreythinj seemed well in hand." . While ,the packing companies still maintained that the strike was of small consequence and not seriously affecting , them, Cornelius Hayes, inter national president of the-Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North -Americadeclared it had reached the 100 per -cent stage. ;: - ,, ''X T EXISTING STATUS IN PACIFIC ARMAMENT. IS LIKELY Ti BE KEPT Forecast Agreement Including ' Fortifications Now Being Used. AWAITING ADVICES ON FOUR-POWER AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (By Asso ciated Press.) While - they wait for definite replies on the naval ratio plan and the proposal for a four-power agreement in the Pacific, the arms del egates are pushing ahead with other features of their negotiations. Today's developments brought into prominence for the first time the ques tion of a limitation of fortifications and naval bases in .the. Pacific islands, and although the subject was not advanced "to the stage of formal exchanges, an agreement was forecast preserving in general the existing status. Again applying the American "four points" to t the Chinese problem, the nine nation's represented in the Far Eastern committee pledged themselves to make no treaty or agreement in fu ture infringing on China's territorial or administrative Integrity or inter fering with her right ' to economic and national development. In the Shantung negotiations the progress was less pronounced but the Japanese and Chinese delegations : held' another consultation on the subject of public properties and afterward both sides renewed their prediction of a satisfactory settlement. No News Tet The four power plan to preserve peace in the Pacific was discussed at a two-hour, conference between xthe heads of the'vAmerican, British, Japa nese and French'delegations, but it was said afterward that no definite word had yet been received either from Tokio or Paris. The British govern ment is understood 'to have already ac cepted the proposal in principle, and the American delegates have indicated a willingness to proceed to a discus sion of details. A message from the Japanese capi tal was received during the dav by the Japanese delegation, but imper fect cable transmission was said to have rendered it impossible of definite interpretation. - Acceptance by Tokio is expected in. 'all quarters, howover, and .press dispatches .-.tonight saying that a, conditional acceptance had be&n decides on caisf ho suirUe'here. ' Tftsf preis edy ices. "indicated that the Japanese wanted an agreement on the naval ratio and further'. application of the American "four pdint3" to China before they abrogated the Anglo-Japanese alliance .which the four-power agreement is designed to replace. This development was ifot regarded as a serious barrier to-an. agreement, since Japan has Indicated consistently that she desired to have all of these prob lems cleared tip together. Hene Viviani, whose conference' with Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato transformed the "Big Three" of the conference into a "Bif Four" for' Consideration of the four-power agreement, has recommend ed to his government that it accept a place in the new arrangement. A favorable response Is expected soon. , Meantime some of the 'Italian dele gates have suggested ln an entirely unofficial way that the Pacific agree ment might be strengthened by the ad dition of Italy, but the, position of the delegation ags a ' whole' is said to be one bf satisfaction with the four power arrangement. Italy has not the extensive interests of the others in the Pacific, and her official spokesmen said they have no intention of formally pre senting a suggestion for her inclu sion. BOAT DETAINED BY ' MEXICANS PULLS OUT SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dec. 8. The American fishing boat Mabel, which was seized by the Mexican gunboat Tecate off Ensenada, Lower California, recently, has been, released and Is pro ceeding up the coast to Its home port, according to advices received today by the owner, a fisheries 1j and cannery company at Wilmington. The boat was released after the pay ment to the Mexican authorities of a fine assessed on the charge that -it was fishing in Mexican waters withou- v permit. Five members of the crew of eight also were released, but three were detained at Ensenada, the reason for which was not known here. DR. LONG RESIGNS SAVANNAH, tia., Dec. 8. -Dr. J. M. Long, superintendent of the Geortria Baptist hospital at Atlanta, tonight an nounced his resignation to accept the superintendency of the Baptist hospi tal at Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Long was attending the state Bap'tist convention here to which he made report tonight. The Better Man May Christie, most; popular writer of women's serial stories, author of "Love's Gamble," "For Love of Betty," and "The Disturbing Kiss." and many others, has written a new love serial. It is "The Better man," The Wilmington Morning Star has obtained exclusive rights- in thl? territory to May Christie's newest serial, and the first installment will appear In the Monday morning Star. "The Better Man" Is a fascinating tale of rapid action, a romantic hero of noble ideals, plenty -of love mak ing and exciting escapes from dan gerous situations, vand the ending- that Is a . secret, to be unfolded in May Christie's own inimical style. - South Africa, land of blank af fairs, huge , pythons and diamond mines and intrigue, provides the set ting in "The Better Man." Misa Christie visited South Africa, recent ly to obtain first hand knowledge for her new serial, and her descrip tions, cleverly interwoven, add lustra to the story.' :'.':. ; n 'WWW. ' l Y "The Better 'Man" begins ins Mpii-, day morning's Starv ' Watch! for it,. NO SECRET TREATIES AFFECTING CHINA TO BE SIGNED BY POWERS Adopt Compromise Resolution Providing Against Se cret Pacts. PRINCIPLES OF ROOT RESOLUTION SUSTAINED WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (By the As sociated Press.) Striking at the heart of secret treaties affecting China, the far eastern committee of the Washing ton conference today adopted a com promise resolution providing that . no treaties or other forms of understand ings should be entered into by the pow ers between themselves which would impair the Root resolutions already adopted by the conference. The resolution is in effect a modifi cation of China's proposal in point number 3 of the ten points presented at the beginning of the conference, under which no treaty or agreement would be entered into by the powers "directly affecting China, or the gener al peace in these regions" without previously notifying China ahd giving her an opportunity to participate". The resolution presented by Sir Auk- land Geddes, to meet principally ob jections from the Japanese delegates, and Arthur J. Balfour for Great Brit ain, provides that it is the intention of the nine powers represented "not to enter into any treaty, agreement, ar rangement, or understanding, either with one or another, individually or collectively with any power or powers which would infringe or impair the principles which have been declared by the resolution adopted November 21 oy this committee" (the Bxtot resolution.) Other developments of the day af fecting the far east were further dis cussibn by the Japanese and Chinese delegates of minor questions relating to public properties in the Kiao Chow lease hold In c Shantung, and' an an nouncment by Mr. Hannihara that he would notify the far east committee tomorrow the date on- which Japan would be ready to withdraw post of fices from China. The entire session of the far eastern committee was devoted to consideration of China's third point of ,her "bill ol rights." Dr. Wellington Koo, for China, and heads of virtually all the other delegations 'participated in the discussion which .developed considera ble objection to accepting the Chinese proposal 'that Chlfti. be -consulted and allbwfed to participate in future treaties affecting her, qn, ftehaipf committee in which he "observed tnat there might be treaties affecting. China not adverse to-China, but it'could be said that' there would be no. secret en gagements," and suggested embodying in a resolution the principles underly ing the Chinese, proposal and an ex pression of intention to do nothing in derogation of theRoqt resolution TROOPS GUARD JAIL AS MOB THREATENS DTERSBURP. , Tenn., Dec "8. State troops stood guard at the county jail here tonight as a - precaution against a possible recurrence-of a. mob demon stration in which several. hundred men gathered 'outside the jail enclosure last night and threatened to lynch Will Wiggins and "'four other negroes held in conection with the killing of R. L. Burkett, a Newbern, Tenn., farmer. While conditions outwardly were calm tonight and officials expressed the opinion that "no further attempts at mob.' violence would be made, decision to .retain' the troops here , was reached when it was reported that Wiggins had made a statement to county officials in which he . is- alleged to have admitted that he witnessed -the killing of Bur kett and implicated two of the men under arrest. Wiggins was taken to the ecene of the killing today where he' is said to have repeated is staternent.' The troops, a detachment of fifty men from Memphis were sent here at the request of Mayor Carr of Dyers burg, who asked Governor Taylor for aid when he- learned -that-the-mob was forming last, nisrht. Appeals by the sheriff and other officials to the crowd not to attempt mob violence resulted In the rout of the mob before the .arri val bf tlie troops. Plans were made to arraign the ne groes tomorrow. Records of Executions In France Brought Out In Senate's Inquiry WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Detailed records of the war department relat ing to the legal execution of 11 mem bers of the American expeditionary forces were presented today to a sen ate investigating committee by way of denial of charges that scores of soldiers had been .hanged without trial. Out kof consideration for the families of the dead the names. of the 11 were omitted from the record. Read by Col. Walter E. Bethel, Gen eral Pershing's judge advocate general in France, the records showed that those executed by the military author ities included eight negroes, two whites and one Indian, . Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, whose presentation of the-charges--on the' floor of the senate'led to the inves tigation, appeared before the commit tee today and, declared he was prepared to prove the charges and submitted affidavits', newspaper, clippings and let ters bearing' on the subject." Colonel Bethel, who was called after Senator Watson had read several af fidavits, declared with great emphasis that -the charges were false. , Senator Watson is expected to pre sent tomorrow as witnesses a list of former service men and others, includ ing, a prisoner at Fort ; Leaven wort n, who have claimed to 'have' .direct' knowl edge ln support of the general charge I-that f there had -been wholesale execu tions" of, soldiers who had not been giv en "Vthe .right, of , trial ibyurtmartiafc I In t naming the ' places in France, at s " (Continued on ' Page Two.) ; DE VALERA REFUSES TO APPI VE TREATY FOR f ISH PEA CE Irisn Leader I CiClI CD 11C Vf i to rarrr&nt 01 uountry oaDinet Is Divided DUBLIN, Dec. 8 (By the Associated Press) Eamon de Valera , tonight issued a statement saying the peace treaty with Great Britain country, and that in this attitude he is supported by the minis- -ters of defense and of home affairs. A public meeting of the Dail Eireann has been fixed for Wed- - nesday. Complete Abandonment Of All Forms of Gas Warfare Recommended WAHINGTON, Dec. 8. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Complete abandonment of all forms of chemical warfare is un derstood to have been, recommended to the American arms conference delega tion by its official advisory committee. The advisory committee report was drawn by General Pershing and there is some intimation that it does not re flect views of all other high army offi cials. In general, army officers are in clined to believe that poison gas or any other form of chemical warfare should . - . . ,;ii a rv mpa. be treated as any other military wea , pon should be treated. American army policy under Presi dent Wilson prescribed gas warfare af- th ormintipo was 'sisned. It was formally stated that the American l army would not develoo gas for often- sive use but would confine itself to hrfroueh atudv of chemical warfare ,-r, nrpration for adeauate defense nrpnaratio against . any enemy who might resort . - to its use. The general tneory oi iui policy, it has been understood, was that it was impossible to confine gas attack to purely military zones oi operation; that the fumes were driven by the wind from the battle ironi over great distances at times and found civilian- victims in towns far -l. V A flo-hfin o 1 i n A iTVia ftfmV and other devices, but civil, popula tions, have and will ;have neither the protective equipment or- the. -necessary training in Its' use, .officers' ; have felt. In his annual report, published Jo day, Secretary Weeks f'does not say definitely what the present army pol icy as to gas-warfare is. He does, de vote space, however, to arguing the necessity of keeping up the intensive study which has been in progress dur ing and since the ..war onHtus. subject. So far as known, the determination not to use gas as a weapon of offense, unless an enemy should first employ it, has not been changed. MRS. RACHEL PEARS ALL OF DUNN PASSES AWAY Dies at Age of 84; Remembered Four Wars. (Special to the Star.) DUNN. Dec. 8. Mrs. Rachel J. Pear sail, eighty-four years old, one of the best known women of the Cape Fear section died here tonight at the home of her daughter Mrs. John C. Clifford with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband, David M. Pearsall, in 1899. Funeral services will be held from the Presbyterian church Friday after noon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Pearsall was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mlddleton, of Duplin county. Until five years ago she was one of the most active women of Dunn and tn spite of her advanced age made fre quent visits to relatives in Georgia and Alabama. During the late war she was a most active worker for sol dier relief and is said- to have knitted more garments than did any other wo man of the town, he lived through and remembered vividly four wars. She was eight years old when the Mexican war was fought. Her hus band was a soldier in the war between the states, and three of her grand sons were soldiers in the world war. Mrs. Pearsall is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Clifford, her sons Da vid M., and Leon Pearsall, of Rocky Mount, her sister, Mrs. Jemimah Hay wood Pearsall, of Dunn, and numer ous other relatives throughout the Cape Fear country and the south gen erally. FAYETTEVILLE BUSINESS MEN CHARTER SPECLAL TRAIN FOR BIG FOOTBALL GAME (Special to The Star) FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 8. At a mass meeting of Fayetteville business men tonight arrangements were perfected to charter a special train from th,is city to Chapel Hlli for the football game between Fayetteville and Winston Salem, to be played thre Saturday, for the state high school championship. Previous effort' to obtain a special train had . been given up, but another movement was started today by the Elks of Fayetteville to secure the train, and the required guarantee was raised at the. meeting, which was held in the Elks' club rooms tonight. The train will be. run by the Norfolk Southern, over the lines of that rail road and the Southern. It will prob ably leave, here at 8:30 Saturday morn ing. VISIT SENATOR SIMMONS. (Special to the Star.) WASHINGTON, Dea 8. Mr. Wnd Mrs. Wade Meadows, son In law and daughter of Senator, and Mrs. Sim mons, were here today. Other visitors were Misses Virginia Fairley, of Lau rlnburg and Carolina McDiarmid, of Fayetteville, and B. F. Keith of Wil mington. ,';'-'' Statement In Which He De it Recommend Peace Treaty that he could not recommend ; to the Dail Eireann or to the ?: TEXT OF MESSAGE j Following is the text of Eamon dt. Valera's message to the Irish people issued at 11:30 o'clock tonight. "You have seen in the public press the text of the propoesd treaty .with" Great Britain. The terms of this' agreement are in violent conflict with the wishes of the majority of this na-. tioh as expressed freely at successive elections in the past three-.years. "I feel It my duty to inform you im mediately that 1 can not recommend acceptance of this treaty either to the Dail Eireann or to the country. In this attitude I am supported by the minis ters' o'f home affairs and defense. "A public session of the Dail Eireannl is being summoned for Wednesday aC 11 o'clock in the morning. "I ask the people to maintain dur ing the interval the same discipline as heretofore. The members of the cab inet, though of divided opinions, are i'lti'aiw m uaii y on puunc services as & v not affected by the political situation and continues under the same orders'-' and control. ' "The great test of our people Uas come. Let us fur it wnMtitio ,..uv. out bitterness, and, above all. without recriminations. There is a definite i""l" u" resolving our po- I litical differences. Let us not depart ana let tne conduct of the rQ hinAt i - 4-; n cabinet in this matter be an example tu me wnoie nation." FARMERS OF LEE ARE, GROWING MAN Y CRpPSj Approach of BoJI J We v i 1: (Special to The Star) SANFORD. Dec. The rapid and cet, tain approach of the. boll weevil and the pecular adaptability of the soil lias led the farmers of Lee county to turn their attention to the production of other crops than that of cott- a3 the principal money crop. Alreay it. has been demonstrated beyond a peradven- . ture that Lee county soil is adapted to the growth of the fiiest grades of to-" bacco, and the tobacco market here for the past two years has made- good. But many farmers in this section are unwilling to put all of their egs even in two buckets. They are branching out into the culture of berries and peaches. For a number of years dew berries have been grown In this coun ty with great profit. R. E. Carrlngton. has 15 acres near Sanford in dowber-'J ries. Mr. Carrington recently vet out" 10,000 strawberries and a thousand peach trees. C. H. Smith has a large farm near Olivia, about 11 miles from here, which . he has recently equipped with well ap pointed tenant homes. Mr. Srlita has set out this fall 2,000 peach trees. He" will also specalize in tobacio culture and the growth of peas. L. P. Wllkins and H. A. Palmer recently purchased a large farm in the Lemon Springs sec tion, which they have equipoad for ihe growing of fruit and tobacco, having put out 5,000 peach trees. E. B. Hodgin who is the pioneer peach grower o this section, has a five acre onhard;; between this city and Jonesboro, wMciVf has netted his handsome profits for the past two years. J. R. Dalrymple, of Jonesboro; W. A. Harkie, of this city, and many others in the county havo launched into the fruit and berry busi ness. Through refrigerator cars from this place to Cleveland, O.,' and Boston, Mass. ,are used ln shipping, the products of the Lee county orchards. V NAME RECEIVERS FOR TEX RICHARD'S GARDENS NEW YORK. Dec. 8. Allen Lexow and John Ringling were named by su preme court Justice Guy late today as receivers for "Tex" Rickard, the Madl- , son Square Garden corporation and the -Madison Square Sporting club, Inc. They deposited bond of $100,000. Frank Armstrong, broker, who re quested the receivership, declared he had sued Rickard for money loaned him in . various sporting enterprises dating from the Johnson-Jeffries cham pionship bout at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910. to the procuring in 1920 of the Madison Square Garden lease.; The corporations. named .were losing, money, he .said,, and the receivership was necessary for the protection o. his interests, pending action on thew suit. -r GOVERNORS ATTEND HARDING BANQUET WASHINGTON Dete. 8. Governors of state-who attended the annual con ference of state executives this week at Charleston,- S. C, were entertained tonight at a dinner - given at the white house by President" and Mrs. Harding. Covers were iaid for 50, and a nam-' ber of other guests besides governors' and their wives were on the invitation. list, among them being the Vice-Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge, Sir. Charles Fitzpatrick, Lieut. Governor of Quebec ;. and Lady Fitzpatrick, Senator and Mrs.; Arthur Capper, -Senator B. F. Arnold,;. , Senator and Mrs. Frank B. I Willis, Governor E. Mont Relly of PortovRico. Mrs. Harry G. New, Mrs. Stephen B, Elkins, Mrs. William Allen White and ' Mrs. Miles C' Riley. -An after! dinner -entertainment ot recitations ralso wu : arranged, y- :W YC ' ' ..-':.!: . v ..::-f .'l ' -.-?- fc.'--:; 'V'-t - ; fvV.-.'H-';;..'j-vS.i.i.,i-v".i-..,,!-' fV'- - iJ rf.', .".::J'.ir. .i'-sii -FjiE i'.fVis- -S' 'WW i f ) m i I 1 I ' 1 i ,'ti I 1 ( h 1 t 1 r- t r. 5 ! ' i, i , I . f- ! . i tr 1 " ' ' h! .. J n ( )' i v i. .... iii 1 ! , 1 1 4 '.j - i ' I r, V i il . 1 ) J:,j(W, if; WS'WxsW: t ?v V ' f i!MW''WWW ''i':-'ii:y;':W:' i ' A t'
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1921, edition 1
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