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W v 'i Weather 10 Pages fair Today; Sunday Cloudy; Temperature Unchanged Mi i. j World, State.'and Local News Daily : . , ' ' ft f r.r - V', -- - r -v : v. , ......... . vx .. . 1 rr ' -' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' FOUNDED A. D. 1867. VOL. CVIII-No. 94. IS SPRUNG EXEMPTION BILL PASSES UPPER HOUSE Twenty-Two to Twelve is Vote Recorded On Third Reading WESTERN SOLONS IN pleasure rveuuvw wowfoi property Jxempuon To $100 (BV BROCK BARKLEY.) rLEHH. Dec. 9. The passage in ,'sanate of Senator Sumner Bur- bi :. reaucing me ycisuuai , ,tv exemption in North Carolina son to 5100. proved the sensation from lo.Hslative mill, over- ' t if aaj ill tuv ..:,T.inwinK proceedings in the house, i,h included , 1 fn iino- Vkiii and the CllOOi lUIKllllo- ""1 . ' heated cieDares over both the finance act, resulting in the ent of the third reaiing vote municipa nysii"-''"-'" ....nntilll ..school bill until tomorrow. on the The western senators were Bluer opponents its determined frn..t!r: Senator Solgall, from the WHEN vt,tem county ui . , that anything of the kind waslmpend ator 0: the das " in the ? ing. Major Cocheu. sitting next tc nade an irapd.Ui.-, ,i , Col Walter Bethel. General Pershing's- ipeech. in opposition to the.DUl. de- . Judge advocate general in France, had Jumg that their opponents wero w...- nQt testlfled and Ms frIends said later ingto increase the ta tV W i wag present in his official capacity a? white People of Nor :h Carolina iv rder et thft leKlslative branch of the ,t,h a iiw strarsUn,? aoilar from 1 w. o catch a nw "lM,yZ'" ihc ncerro tenants ot tne east xae ae- .iared that Ins estimate ini umw bill the city man m Kutnenora coun. . tv would have to pay to the city 0re tax and the county man -s.u n0re to the couniy wuuxv. Uw ,tinnate v. in tne oiner counuea. May uic -r Senator rsursswyn i vus - the regular session with him and. EOt it through the senate. It died in house, however, ana a ouuen UJ- reurcentatives are reponeu a ueici xined to bury it when it .reaches the houf again. nohatps over tne municipal unance t and the school funding bill kePl Ihe house m session u wci7 Things went aion& fiuuuuuj nivus" nut the introduction Of 56 new bills. ut when the reading cierK orougnc up ie school bill for its third reading lit SOiOllS UfgdJl f J- v .fcv... Tom F.owie started tne aiscussion . - XL A 1.1 . n-ith an amendment providing inakt uto STl.O'iO realized! by the state lnf'lremi urns from the sale of construction bonds be applied to tne scnooi iuna deficit and that the remainder of the :mmifl deficit be borrowed; The mil as it stands provide for the borrowing provide for the borrowing of the enti re deficit, with the premium money going to the Pembroke Indian chool in Robeson county. Xegro School Money. Four hundred thousand dollars of he deficit is the result of appropria- Ions for the negro normal schools, the tate doing this in meeting a contract by which it is to receive from the na- ' ional educational board of New York 5125000 for equipping the buildings. DOth the federal and state govern Representative Jiowie's amendment ments have sent representatives into Tould result in the use of $75,000 of. the four hundred thousand for making mprovements to the Pembroke Indian school. Opponents of the amendment i contended that the appropriation of a I urn short of four hundred thousand or the negro school would be repudiat- re the contract with the national edu- ational board and that, consequently ae $125,000 equipment fund would be ;tnQrawn Inquiry arose as to what'tJnited States commissioners of con-i T?nt with theo riginal $75,000 appro- ' ?r;ated for the Pembroke school at the tsular session of the legislature. Allans for ruce into the yards today. ; iozen .solons. debating school affairs I rom every ansrle. were unable to ei-Lnv r th rn.okiner centers during the am where the money went, nor give ) uHd.,ea account as to what is to be one with the $71,000 to be borrowed result was that Speaker Harry who had placed Edgar Pharr in ne ciiair as his substitute, got through 'i! postponing further action on school bill until tomorrow mornintr. i the meantime, the department of I of patmn js t0 furnjsh tne house with j past appropriations, what caused . er ; . Clt-and what is to be dtne with 5.10.000 to be borrowed. The ;V. apparently supported Speaker " ' nis fleclarations that the state ! nv ' ' puuiaie us contract with : "' ar,cl t'iat the Pembroke school f "-000 as previously prom- 1 ,Ji IIP Crr.n r.- 1 , , ''le S'lisatinn iV .7 .. Continued ueoate was ine on Page 2.) Thirty-Foot Channel Introduced In Congress By Lyon J't nif . "Jessea oy citizens ative uV n ,earning that Represen- r'ducp - - ', Lyon would soon in i d 1)111 jn congress, reouestine "wl r--?Uon for a 30 fot channel n;jrm?ti i.n emu ixie soa. j.n4S ispatch f Wa contained in a press icateri ,u asnington. which also "iten, . 'v congressman Lyon would : -a i, ill authorizing the construe- ie - -"vt 1UCK below Fayette- This inHlonl.. ... ; a mat tne dream or ue realized." said Bo; rr nf v-. . uuuurn, cnairman or tne -hpn ; -N'lvl&ation an1 PlAtaa.A ?iven the news late 1r nlpiht. "-man Chadbou rn reported that the a sn.f -. . . ... nSton t " cnannei rrom Wli- Rna . e sea originated by , ard of Navigation and Pilot- oieo, J?f,t,imate(1 that the 30-foot iiinn . cost approximately one 'l-iirinE eMhUndred t"usanI dollars, 'rkmn.4 a number of men. This Vision r p!rformd under the su- "in fV- J x ujt, army ui- 'ittft.l" lrge of the United States dis- ! aPDrovir offlce nere If ''the project Th o - t .... e channpi in .v. ' ' : ween Wi i (tpe'rear river ith . " f to? anJ tne bar 18 28 "hi: ' Prolo . ucym ai mo our, wevsi- l now near completion. trie prospective 'commerce1 Senator Tom Watson Threatens to Slap Major' race Because of "InciilHn Into Alleged Army Hangings Closes in Big Flurry WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Threats by Senator Watson, l?emocrat, Georgia, to slap the face of an array officer sit ting within touch of hiS)elbow threw, the meeting of the senate committee investigating charges that American soldiers had been illegally hanged in France into an uproar today an.d brought a quick demand from Chairman Braridegee for a ser geant at 'arms to prevent any physical clash; For a moment the utmost confusion , " prevauea. Above the din 'of shufrllng feet as some women hurried toward the door, the voice of the chairman in strudent tones commanded the Georgia senator 10 sit down to retire frprn the room. Banging the table with bare knuckles, the chairman soon restored a semblance of order, but there .wtre many heated exchanges before the meeting broke up until tomorrow af 1 xernoon Major George "W. Cocheu. attached to the general staff, was the officer op whom aenator Watson launched his verbal attack. It happened near the i close of a brief, but turbulent meeting . at which Senator Watson's charge that the nmmittaa "0 a amalnr, the committee '"at a secret session had prejudged" the. case was characterized , by Senator Shields, Democrat, bt Ten nessee, a member of the committee, as untrue end wholly without founiatlDn . The senator's attack on Major Cocheu hit the committee like a crack of lights ning. There had been no intimation general staff, Suddenly swinging on his feet and shakinir his riKht hand within two feet o the major.s face the senator, hisled, however, that the officers, sitting voice pitched hieh. exclaimed that, "fori there and gazing at him "in an insolent nennies I'd slaD jyour Jaws." The ; officer did not bat an eye Instantly' Chairman Brandegee war on -'his feet, calling for a sergeant-at- inSult Then declaring that he himself had' been insultod, Senator Watson an- noUnced that he would retire from the meeting. Taking hold of the situation, Senator T? J 1 A il " ll -reaerdi nuuiouucb Aid State Officials In Halting Disorders .-. i';".t.t. .1,2 thorities combined , today - to, stop vlo- lence in connection with the stock .... . i yards you strike.. yards you striKe.. - i Poar mediators two from the Uni- ted States department of labor an two representing the Illinois Indus- trial commission were sent into the i stock yards district to try to restore orier and bring he strike delegates t'0 deliberation between the packers and srikers. "We hope rioting and other disord- era win cease when it is known that the vards in an effort to.restore peace anj order" and Ernest Withall, chair- man of the state commission. Official government recognition of conditions, Mr. Withall said, should brine an end to the end clashed be- tween strike sympathizers and work- ers. and police when the federal and state agents get' among the strikers, Oscar F. Nelson and B. M. Mashman, ciliation, with two representatives of . the state, carried the government.. Tiier was virtually no decision in day. In Chicago, where there was bloodshed yesterday and day oerore, there were only minor disturbances. Two women attacked a policeman with clubs and there were a few j fights. To prevent further disorder 1 union officials today issuea oraers that the strikers were to keep, out the local stock yards unless es- pecially sent there by their leaders. oaraded today while at Omaha a packing company in a letter to its employes urged them to organize with their employers "on a fifty-fifty basis". The ranks of the strikers were in creased here during the day by several hundred men from other unions and reports were that arrangements were being made for a general strike in the yards, to etart within a few days. Bill To Be of this port will mean that vessels of deeper driaft will soon commence call ing at this port, the' reported Inten tion of one concern being to bring vessels to this port tha will measure 550 feet in length and draw 26 feet of water. Congressman Lyon, on the -occasion of his attendance 'here at the conven tion of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways' association, conferred with Chairman Chadbourn, and he also had a confer ence with Louis T. Moore and other officials; of the- Chamber . of commerce. Both the chamber and the Board of Navigation and Pilotage together with J other organizations In,' the city, "have A.nno In Ka aft-foot vha.nnl ' movement. . V It is stated that the additional lock will probably he, constructed at Tin ney's landing, about 25 miles be,low Fayetteville. This will giv an eight foot depth between Wilmington and Fayetteville, It is stated. The cham ber of commerce of Fayetteville and other organizations there, ;have - been whole-hearted In their .' co-operation with Wilmington In the effort to have a 30-foot channel, betveen this city and the sea, .and, in turn, local jsupport has been given Fayetteville for, the 'eight- foot project v tL', " ' 1 WILMINGTON, N. Shields declared the committee desired to proceed in order and suggested lo Senator Watson that he had not been insulted. ' 1 "We expect you .'to conduct yourself .here in the same" manner you want oth- ers to conduct themselves toward you," saia senator Shields. . "An insult can be. given by looks," Senator Watson shot back, wheeling quickly again to face the officer, "if he looks at me again that way siap his face. I won't sit here am be 1 1 1 J a 1. - . . mm 1 Buiiuoiea oy tnese omcers Dy nis oun jawed brute. . Major Cocheu looked straight ahead at the senator as Chairman Brandegeo endeavored to get the proceedings within ni-ilorlv canatA l.n..r, V fi.- within orderly senate bounds. After repeating his command that the sena- tor sit down or leave. Chairman Bran degee and Senator Watson had a fiery exchange as tp just what had been promised in keeping officers out of the room while any of the Jatter's wit nesses were testifying. - Finally, the chairman shouted to the Georgia senator, asking if he wanted the officers sent away and on beinc informed that he did, they were told to get out. . .After that things settled down a bit Smiles came back to Senator Watson's face as he explained that ne wanted to beg pardon of the committee, if he act ed in an unseemingly manner. He add- manner, had aroused his southern blood." The committee later decided to hear some army officers tomorrow and then adjourn the open sessions for a week, so as to examine the mass of documents presented by Senator Watson. The senator announced that lie had no wit ness on hand today, but the committee (Continued on Page 2.) Railway Officials to Gut Employes Wages By 10 to 30 Per Cent Fing.officiWir of eastern aOr idsv meet- ins todav . to' -consider waa'Av cuts ' fort.? train service, shop and maintenance of f way employes, : . Agreed upoft schedules mi if rer for reductions or irom 10 to au - T t,0 nni0 ,,, h .KhmitM to tne ranroad labor board for rejection or approVal. Th railroadL nronose to reduest the employes to agree to a reduction in the wage scale so as tp establish -mem practically upon the basis in .effect ! prior to the increases which were : granted by the United States railroad labor board, effective May 1, 1920," said a statement issued tonight by the ex- "The railroads feel," it said, "that j they are justified in asking the em ! ployes to agree to rates of .approxi mately 62 cents per hour for skilled workers in the shop crafts, including boilermakers, blacksmiths, electricians sheet metal workers, and the higher grades of coach carpenters; for the semi-skilled' workmen, such as freight car repairers and inspectors, 52 cents per hour; for leading signal men or gang foremen, 67 cents; signal men, 62 cents; helpers, 42 cents; for telegraph- ers and clerks, practically the remain- intr nortion of the increases granted by decision No. 2 with some adjustments to eliminate inequalities in the present scales of pay. "Me chanics in the maintenance of way department who did not receive as great increases as in the shop crafts. reductions of 5 cents per hour; track labor base rate on main lines, 32 cents; branch lines, 30 cents, with a maxi mum rate of 35 cents for exceptional conditions. Shop and roundhouse labor, 3 cents above the track labor, rate In, the immediate vicinity. Freight hand lers, 3 cents above the track labor rate." "Insofar as the occupations in out side industries are comparable with those in the railroad service, the rates In such industries have been taken Into account in deciding upon tne rates which the railroads will request," the statement said. TESTIMONY CONNECTING MAN WITH MURDER LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. Testimony in the trial of Arthur C. Burch, the alleged murderer of J. Belton Ken nedy, late today indicated that he was at a point near anta Montica on the edge of the Pacific ocean within an hour after the time Kennedy was shot and instantly killed in Beverly Glen, eight miles away. ' It is the conten tion of the prosecution that the shot gun with which Kennedy's life was taken, was hurled Into the ocean near Santa Montica t -- Louis Besanty arid his wife, had tes tified earlier in the - day that Burch drove through Beverly Glen subse quently to the time he was declared to have been seen at the ocean. B. S. Summars, the last witness of the day, said he was driving with his wife near the mouth of. anta Mon tica Canyon, near, the . beach, between 9:45 p. m., and 10 o'clocK on the night of August 5. The slaying" of Ken nedy had ' been fixed at- shortly after 9. Summars said he turned a corner ana was cuniruuicu wim a pair of glaring headlights, fixed tp a car backed along side the road. Ha said he was forced to. stop because the lights blinded him. Then, he declared, he saw Burch seated in the car with the lights. He described the car as a roadster of , the same make as one which Burch, acordlng to previous testimony rented, early, that evening in Los Angeles. Summars -said he "swore at Burch" and 'the latter made no reply .Summars examination will be re sumed Monday morning, to which time court adjourned. ' SATURDAY MONG, DECEMBER la, 1921. GRIFFITH, 811 FEIN CHIEF, EXPECTED TO PUT TREAT&HROUGH Balance Of Opinion Decides Against De Valera Opposition BELIEVE PLEBISCITE WOULD BE FAVORABLE LONDON, Dec. d. (By? the Associated Press.) After the first-surprise occas ioned by Eamon de Vilera's repudia tion of the proposition ior creating the Irish free -state, 'offlciaiafin both London and Dublin were occupied today mainly in canvassing the prospects for ratification- of the Anglo-Irish treaty when it comes before the meeting of the Dail Eireann next Wednesday. The balance of opinion in both cities' appeared to 'be that Arthur Griff itn, as sponsor of the. treaty, will obtainlan .effective majority, although It was ad--mitteed here that Mr. de Valera" posses ses a strong following and that the voting therefore may .possibly be very close. If Mr. de Valera should be de feated in his fight against ratification is is thought here that; he may resign his position as head of the Sinn Fein Should matters develop into, taking a plebiscite of the Irish. 'people, it Is thought there would not ibe the slight est doubt of a great majority In favor of the treaty. At the special request -ef lord Cur- zon, the address in reply to. King George's speech in the! house of lords will be made "by Viscount Morley, one of the oldest, and etaunchest advocates of Irish home rule. He will make the motion for ratification., v.i The motion will be seconded ' by Earl Dunraven, who for many years lta advocated a dominion settlement as applied to Ire land Prime Minister Upyd George and Premier Sir James Crafg. of Ulster held a long conference ."today, v which was1 participated in at various times by other ministers. . Nothing was made known - tonight, regarding r the results "Jtt was supposed, however, that the conference' had to do largely, with mat ters of finanee . - 'It. tljSlSirelandiIetiHj kv the t,sa - 4r.inUo4. nr reieased - internes of the Ballykinlar camp enterea tne - station nere xnis evening several bombs were 'exploded. Injuring three of f the released men, one of them seriously, some persons in the crowd around th platform were slightly, hurt- py splinters One report ? a'v-it -. that ' the bombs were tIlVosiIcloiisly, while ip. other Quartersnofl qeciarea tney were intended as a gretlnf, but were clum sily handled. KLAN GRAND GOBLIN . HLD UNDER BOND PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 9: F. W. At kin, deposed grand goblin Of the Ku Klux Klan in this district, was held in $6,000 bail by Magistrate Reneshaw tq day to await extradition proceedings to Atlanta. Qa.. where he has been cnarg ed with embezzlement of funds of the order. Atkin gave bail and was re leased. Action of local court was based on a telegram to local- authorities from Sheriff J. I. Lorwery, Atlanta, claiming that he held a warrant for Atkins' ar rest on charges of "larceny by trust of $10,000." Lowery, according to Atkins, is a member of Koncilium of the Klan Atkin was one of the four grand goblins of the order recently disoharg ed-by Imperial Wizard. Simmons. He declared that his discharge was caused by an investigation.-he and other 'offi cials of the klan in this section re cently made in Atlanta. NEGRESS ACCUSED. ETJFAULA, Ala., Dec. 9. True bills were returned here late today against Anna Lee and Daisy Rice, negro wo men, by the special grand jury inves tigating the death of J.. S. Wilcox, 62, Birmingham insurance man. He was found choked to death last Saturday morning near the home of Anna Lee. with Daisy Rice was arrested shortly afterwards. FOUND . NOT CIIILTT. H A WKI NS VI ILE, Ga., Dec. 9. E. E. Coleman was acquitted by a jury in superior court here today of the charge of conspiring to murder William Hall, whose body was found in an automo bile that had fallen Into a creek near here a year ago."' It was charged by the state that Coleman, and ''others made way with Hall to- collect in surance irfmey on his lif?, but Cole man tol-d: teh jury death was due to the accidental overturning of the auto mobile. A Sapphire Ring A sipphire ring placed on the fin ger of Camilla. Westbrook meant much more' to her tbari acceptance of a trial engagement to Regfe"yan Tuyl; it brought adventure, ro mance, danger and revelations. The sapphire ring plays a domin ant part in, "The Better Man," May Christie's newest; serial, first in stallment of ,whlchs will appear in the Monday morning Star. How the ring affected the life of pretty Ca milla Westbrook, , brought, to her adventure- and' romance, dangers and thrills, is -cleverly told . .by Miss Christie in a novel of. South Africa,' a land hes recently . visited to ob tain material for her story. You'll not want to miss a single Installment of the serial in the Star once you . read 'the opening chapter FOUR-PLY ANGLO-JAP AGRE ANNOUNCED AT CRITICAL STAGE IN SHANTUNG REACHED WITH RAIL Chinese Say Success of Confer ences Hanging on Decis ion Today WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (By Associa ted press.) The critical stage of the Shantung conversations between the Chinese and Japanese delegations was reached late today when it was agreed to take up tomorrow the question of the Kiao-Chow-Tsinanfu railway, now under Japanese control. On the question of whether Japan will agree to China's having complete authority over the railroad, depends the success or failure of the Washing ton conference so far as China is con cerned, according to the Chinese dele gation. After the entire day spent by the two delegations in disposing of the question of public properties in the former German leasehold, which ended in a promise by Japan of their return, subject to confirmation by Tokio of one phase of the negotiations, Dr. Koo, of the Chinese delegation, said that other questions involved in the Shan tung controversy had been 'temporarily put aside, so that the all important question of the railroad could Come up tomorrow. If the. railroad -question was not set tle satisfactorily tp the Chinese, Dr. Koo said, then the agreements thus far reached during the conversations would collapse and further discussion of othr er points still in dispute would be of no avail. MORRISON WELCOMES FRENCH WAR LEADER Monroe and Carolina Pays Tri bute to Foch MONROE. Dec. 9.-tMarshal Foch on Tne oast tap ti : nis ... transctfwn?niHa tourtPf the country, - was' welcomed" to North 'Carolina here "tonight by Gover nor ; Cameron Morrison, who presented him to a vast crowd. as "the world's greatest milltarv leader." Here to greet the Marshal, in addi tion to the governor and his staff, were committees of both Houses of the leg islature, now in session, mayors of sev eral cities and towns of the state, offi cials of the American Legion and a throng of people from the surrounding country, including several ' hundred from Charlotte. , Marshal Foch' was escorted from his special train to an improvised plat form uptown from which he addressed the crowd, briefly, expressing great ap preciation of the cordial receptions given him here and , at other points along the line of his tour through the sputh and paying tribute to the Ameri can soldier who fought in France and to the American Legion. Cbmmander Bird, of the North Caro lina department of the legion, present ed Marshal Foch with a "peace pipe" and a string of beads made and sent to him by the Cherokee Indians of West ern Carolina. A feature of the event here was the decoration by Marshal Foch of the col ors of the fifth and seventeenth field artillery regiments for vaior in the world war, large contingents of the two units being here from Camp Bragg to receive the decorations. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO SEEK RATE REDUCTION SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9 The South ern Pacific cpmpany is attempting to bring about , rate reductions on its Southern routes in order to drive the steamship lines operating between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts out of busi ness, K. K. Gardner, representing a number of Western shipping interests. charged at an Interstate Commerce committee hearing today on the ques tion of equalizing rail and water tar iffs. . "When the company has effected its purpose and reduced these rates to the points where the water carriers can not compete, it will then raise the rates," Gardner charged. The revisions were being sought, he said, to make the' Southern Pacific's combined rail and water intercoastal route dominate the striotly. water carriers. NEW ORLEANS BLOCK DESTROYED BY FURE NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10. Fire early thia morning destroyed a large portion of a block in the heart of the b usi- ness and financial district. The flames said . to have started in a film shop, spread to the plant of the General, Au tomobile company and a. number of other structures. , Early estimates said the , loss may reach $200,000. EARTHQUAKE IN TOKIO TOKIO, Dec. 8. (By Associated Press.) A severe earthquake occurred here at 9:35 o'clock this evening . Mnlns Are Broken TOKIO, Dec. 9. (By Assocated Press.) Up to noon today the most serous damage reported through the earthquake which occurred here last evening was the breaking of the city's water mains, necessitating the tem porary cutting off of the water- supply. Havoc was done in the crockery shops '' PETE HERMAN WINS -NEW1 YORK. Dec: 9. Pete Herman. of New Orleans, former bantamweight ! disagreement has arisen and that the champion,' knocked out Pkcky O'Gatty. board has exceeded itsPowers in pres of New Tork, in the f first" round of a 1 cribing rules for the selection of em- 15-round ,'boutr tonight. O'Gatty was " floored 3y a left hook to the .jaw after two' minutes and 40. seconds of boxing, v OLDEST TREATY O M TODAY Taking Gaurds' Arms, Notorious Desperado Flees With 6 ; Others L.ITTTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 9. Tom Slaughter, desperado, came to the end of hl long career of crime tonight In the fastness of the Saline country hill. He was shot from behind by one of the white men whom he led to liberty from the state penitentiary this morning. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Dec. 9. (By Associated Press.) Tom Slaughter, considered among the most daring of desperadoes in the history of the south west, is at liberty tonight after direct ing a spectacular escape in the early morning hours from the Arkansas state prison, which he ruled like a "czar" for five hours. Slaughter summoned a guard, feign ing illness, and when offered an extra blanket to warm him in his death cell he covered the guard with a gun, dis armed him, then canvassed the prison, disarming and jailing the guards as he met them. Before leaving the prison Slaughter went to the adjacent home of the warden and aroused hm from his bed and forced the warden' and his family to return to the prison where they were also locked in the cells.. It was believed Slaughter and the white men and four of the five negroes , who escaped under his leadership are in the wild hills of. Saline county, 30 miles west of here. The fifth negro is believed to be dead, killed, officers say, by Slaughter or one of the men with ihim, after being wounded in a gun bat tle staged in the main street of Ben ton, Saline county seat, early today. In pursuit of the desperadoes are many posses, including two from Hot Springs, one from Malvern and another from Benton, while sheriffs and other officers within a wide radius are on the watch and in communication. The officers believe one. negro was killed because the car' in which flight from Little Rock was staged contained alodra,J!oaked sweater worn,, y. Charles Jones, the negro received .a. the- prison- only yesterday. , The rear seat of the car was covered with piooa. One of the , many bullet holes " in 1 the back was waist high to a man seated inside. Inside the car were found a loded revolver with the grip shattered, probably by a bullet, and part of the grip of another revolver, taken from Warden Dempsey, of the .penitentiary .- The car was found 13, miles north of Benton, where the bandits abandoned it when stopped by an open ditch on the highway into which they were forced by the men who fired upon them at Benton. A farmer 'n Saline' late today told officers of seeing a large -White man, another white man and four negroes in the woods. It is believed they were the hunted men. Thus far, however, there has been no further exchange of shots. RACE TO CAPTURE YACHT'S BOOZE SIPPLT TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 9. A race is on between the owners of the yacht Glen doveer, which was burned and sunk in St. Andrew's bay, near the town of St. Andrew's, last Sunday, and federal prohibition forces, for possession of the cargo of the sunken vessel, accord ing to A. L. Allen of this city, federal prohibition enforcement director for Florida. Mr. Allen said he had information to the effect that the Glend'over was a booze runner and had $30,000 worth of liquor aboard when an explosion of gasoline Sunday night caused destruc tion of the craft and loss of one man, caused him to send two officers of his force from here, and they are now on their way to take possession of the hull, which lies in fourteen feet of wa ter. Meantime, Mr. Allen said he had been advised, the owners of the yacht are trying to salvage the cargo. It is said the owners tried to employ a gov ernment dredge now operating in the bay in an effort to raise the hulk so as to get at-the cargo. The scene of the disaster to the yacht is one of the loneliest spots on the gulf coast of Florida. n M -3 'A Y k Federal Labor Board In Court As Defendant In Pennsylvania's Suit CHICAGO. Dec. 9. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Buffeted about by the criticism of both railroads and railway workers for more than a year and a half, the United States Railroad Labor board finally was haled into federal court today when if was made defend ant in an injunction suit brought by the Pennsylvania railroad, which pro cured a temporary order from Judge K. M. Landis restraining the board from handing down a decision against the road in a shopmen's controversy. Members of the board said they "wel comed the suit" as. a means of settling many perplexing quetsions, which have been the- subject of many three-cornered tilts between , , the transportation lines, the employes "and the board. . . Charged by the transportation act with settling railroad, difficulties, the board has no legal power of enforcing its orders and several roads have even even dtspted the' extent of the board's jurisdiction. . Hearing on , a permanent order will be held before Judge Ls.nd is -tomorrow. The railroad's petition is based on two allegations; "that the board has jurisdiction--only over cases over which a ploye representatives in negotiations with thecarTiers." . . - Today's injunction has the effect of DAILY IN THE! STATE. REPLACE ENT TO BE ESSION TODAY PLENARY SESSION IS CALLED TO ANNOUNCE SUBSTITUTE ALLIANCE Decision To Hold Meeting i? Reached Suddenly After Conference FRENCH ACCEPTANCE OF PLAN RECEIVED! Question Of Naval Ratios Not To Be Taken Up At This Session WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (By the As-, sociated Press.) The rour power3 agreement to govern conditions in the Pacific as a substitute for the Anglo Japanese alliance will be announced at a. plenary session of the Washing ton conference at 11 o'clock tomorrow. The question of naval ratios, it was said tonight by some foreign sdelega tion spokesmen, will not be taken up at the meeting, at least directly, al though it is understood that Its rela tion to the proposed agreement is held to be vital. Decision to hold the session . was reached suddenly tonight at a meeting of delegation spokesmen with Secre tary Hughes after the French accep tance of the proposal had been received from Paris. Previously it- had been the plan to hold a meeting of the com mittee on far eastern questions at that hour. At the same time reports will be received from several sub-committees which have been at work on questions affecting the far east. , The four power proposal has now been accepted in principle by the four powers concerned, Great Britain, Japan, France and the United States. The heads of the respective delegations, it ie understood, will formally declare; their adherence to it at tomorrow's, meeting. . Shtdehara Out Again . : Tne Vegotistidfls 'tpnlgltt-were partis cipated in for the first time lri several weeks by BarahASh1dehTa, th- Japarr- ese ambassador, who has 'been ill. He was sufficiently recovered, however, to leave the embassy tonight and confer with Secretary Hughes.- An official statement by the confer ence said: "The .fourth plenary . session of the conference on the limitation of arma ment will be held on Saturday, Decem ber 10. at 11 a. m. in Continental Me morial hall." Already the task of drafting the treaty into final form is well advanced. Its text is brief, providing in direct terms for abrogation of the alliance and for a "coolins off" process should war be threatened over qupestions of the Pacific islands. The details yet to be settled are said to Involve only minor considerations. It is the expectation of some of the delegates that the coming plenary ses sion also will see a publicly announced agreement between the United States, Great Britain and Japan, on the "5-5-3"' naval ratio. Japan has not yet assen ted to it, but her cabinet is sitting in Tokio with an apparent prospect of favorable action. "Status Q,uo" Accented. A third element Of the Washington negotiations; the separate parts of whoch have become intertwined at the time for momentuous decision arrives. . also has been advanced to a point where the attitude of each interested delegation is well unnderstood. This element Involves future fortification! in the Pacific, and Informal discussions of it ' have established the "status quo" as an acceptable basis of agree ment. There remains only the chance of a serious controversy over the problems of China as a possible barrier to a far reaching understanding in which the national spokesmen can come together on all the major points at issue here. With the sealing of such an under-, standing, the rest would become a mat ter of detail. Most of the principal delegates believe they could , go home (Continued on Page Two.) holding up a decison on the Pennsyl vania citation befori the labor board October 20, when the road was sum moned to show cause why it should not be declared in violation' of the board's orders. C. B. Heiserman, genera coun sel, and E. H. Serteff general 'J solicitor made no. defense of the roads action, confining their argument to conten tions that the board has acted with out its authority. The same contend tions were made by the road's attor neys in the petition today. The controversy arose over the road's disregard of an order -from the boar to hold an election to name employee representatives for negotiation of shop rules with the carrier. A previous elec tion was declared void and the new election was to give opportunity for the election of. system . federation ' No. 90, the union organization affiliated with the American federation as a unit to represent the employes. The road had refused to recognize the. federation as rpresentative of the mployrs al though not objecting to . members of the union serving as negotiators It elected asL individuals. ; When the -itinie limit had expired and the-new election was not-held the road was summoned before . the board and -it was -expected that they would publish a decision that the carrier had-viblated its rulings;' V- y i,r;t !:; i ''"' I' 3 11' ! 3.!' 1( p J f f I 1 ff 1 ' i i : 1 r 1 1 c. t 1 1 ll. - fi 'J- i ; f 1 If W'i n l a '''1 f ' - r - i i-. - - 1 r I . - 3 ft' V
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