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FOUNDED A. D. 1867. VOL
EJECTMENT MEASURE
CAUSES SPLIT WHEN
STIFF HGHT RAGES
Nearly All of Night Session Giv
en Over to Discussion
of Measure.
BILL HAD ORIGIN IN
SUMMER MILL RUMPUS
Vote on Second Reading Is 19
19; Vote Changed For
New Trial.
ly BROCK DARKLE Y
KALE it: H, Dec. 13. In the stiff est
ficht of the special session the senate
tonight split over a bill to change the
rules for ejectment proceedings, priv
ileging, the property owner to give
i,.,nd and force the tenant from his
piaet' at once in lieu of the existing
peculations privileging the tenant to
:ve bo ml and continue occuDancy of
i ho property until after court hearing.
Virtually the whole of the night ses
sion was given over to a discussion of
t'u bill, which is reputed to have had
its origin in cotton mill troubles over
the state during the summer when mill
owners sought to force striking textile
operatives from mill houses.
Senator llarsett, of Cabarrus, and
l.nnsr. of Alamance, 'championed the
new bill, while Senators Varser. nt
Uobeson. and Taylor, of Wayne, op
ioped it. "Vigorous speeches for and
against the measure featured the night
session. The vote on second reading
stood 19-19. In order to obtain recon
sideration tomorrow of this bill. Sena
tor Long changed his vote, making the
final second reading vote stand 20-13
israinst the measure.
Under the bill's provisions the owner J
of a property may sjye a bond and
force his tenant to move from the place
;n once, a court hearing- following,
insisting laws privilege the tenant to
.uive bond and appeal to the courts,
ejectments being impossible, until a
"ourt decision to this effect is made.
Stubbsi Bill Ready
Senator Harry Stubbs introduced his
widely heralded bill for a constitution
al convention at the morning session
md sot it on the
calendar without i
committee consideration. He succeeded
:ji getting a postponement of action of
the bill, getting what was tlaimed to
be a point, and delaying consideration ,
until some eastern house and . senate '
members can return to the city. Both j
the lirnnonents and opponents of this
bill have been making canvaeses of
house and senate- membrsvjud. both
.des are claiming a majority.
Representative Will JMeal's- bill .abol
;!iins; the state-wide primary,"?net "de
feat in committee this morning,' being
reported to the house unfavorably by
a vote of ? to 6. He will, get the house
to consider it, nevertheless, and an
other chance exists by reason 'f its
introdjetion last night In the senate. .'
At the committee meeting, just prior
to the opening of morning- session of
the house. Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Dr.
Delia Dixon Carroll and Mrs. Palmer
.Teaman spoke in opposition to the
i'ill. claiming: that Mr. Neal, although
"iie or the most popular memoers or
the rreneral assembly, always manages
'o set up something that Is in opposi
tion to women voters. They urged de
feat of the bill, stating that . the. pri
mary has its faults but it is much bet
ter than was the old convention sys
tem of nominating candidates.
President R. W. H- Stone, of the
Stat" Farmer's union, . also appeared
iiefore the committee to oppose the
fill. Mr. Stone has. been in Raleigh
ince the special session wasr convened.
Wants Irer Rates
Representative Fisher, of Transyi-
vania, introduced in the house a joint
resolution calling upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission to "begin a
schedule of freight and passenger
rates applicable to the railways of the
state, to range downward to a point of
reduction not less than fifteen per cent
'f the amounts now charged."
This resolution Is similar to the one
smarted in the house last night by Rep
resentative Fisher directing: the' state
frporation commission to4ake fmme
iiate action regarding reductions in
r'th passeneer and freight intra-etates
V -
at.?. Roth resolutions are-" before
"mmittees and will come before the
V'usp tomorrow morning.
To Matthews bill validating tax
-1 s heretofore fixed for school pur-
i'ospt! i.y counties passed on second
ailing: in the houee this morning after
'.! at deal of discussion as to its
r;ts and its possibilities in settling
spinas now in the courts over school
' x rates. Another contest among
1 members is expected when if
'ivs up for third reading tomorrow,
'"it its passage is regarded as certain.
" win throw out of court the Yadkin
a r.ri Ashe county school tax cases and
nf the counties sufficient revenue
' o,,. rate the schools for six months
'-K n niiir-pd by the constitution. Under
istin- legislation this would be'im-I'si'ili-
in some counties.
''c hill validates taxes heretofore
fixes the tax rates for next year
:,t fonts, provides an equalizing
; 'ii i of $832,000 to be distributed pro-
' rt onately among counties, and.pro-?
it'its the department of sducation
fr"rn using the courts through writs of
mati-i .-imus to force counties td levy
r,r. than the law specifically states.
Tin school funding bill, authorising
,:f state treasurer to borrow $710,000
make up the deficit in the schooj
!und. was passed on second reading. "In
' .senate without difficulty, the de
'aN'-s which follpwed the bill's intrp
iciir,n jn the n0USe being absent. It
" 'xp'-eted to be passed b ythe senate
V'm' trow, the legislature thereby per-f'Tmin-
one of the two special duties
f"r which it was called Into session..
KII.T.-RT TIC MTKK PTTtTfl
rmnsox, Colo., Dee. 13.--One join
;r is known to have lost his life and
ur others still are . entombed in 'the
ntanio mine of the Colorado Collieries
"lipany, near here, wbere:they "were
';eiome by flro damp thi afternoon
I ,UL fighting a fife. Others miners In
property when th explosion s oc
:tJ escaped or. were rescued,:,
CVIII. NO. 98.
BACKING STRIKE EXTERS
DEADLOCK STAGE WHILE
GOVERNMENT MAY STEP IN
CHICAGO, Dec. 13. Both union offi
cials and spokesmen for the packers
tonight Indicated that the strike of
packing house workers had ap
parently developed into a deadlock
not likely to end immediately un
less' the government intervenes.
"While the packers claimed that
conditions weie improving and that
pufftcient 'men were ready at all
times to take the place of the strik
ers, union officials maintained that
the strike has ne-er been more ef
fective than at present.
Secretary of Labor Davis confer
red here today with federal labor
conciliators and is expected to hold a
further conference tomorrow.
SAYS SHE KILLED MAN
FOR ALLEGED ATTACK
Brooklyn Woman Admits She
Murdered Doctor to Even
Up Old Grudge.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Mrs. Lillian
Raizen wife of a Brooklyn .toy manu
facturer, confessed tonight, District At
torney Lewis of Brooklyn said, that she
killed Dr. Abraham Glickstein at his
office on Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, Sat-
urday evening because he attempted to j
! assault her on the eve of her wedding ,
last May.
Owing to the woman's highly ner
vous condition, the district attorney
questioned her only briefly and held her
without bail for further examination to
morrow. Mrs. Raizen who is 29 years of age,
told the district attorney that she had
known Dr. Glickstein for about eight
years and that she had been "under
; his influence" most of that time. About
a year ago she said, she succeeded in
breaking the relationship. While buy
ing her wedding trousseau last spring,
Mrs. Raizen said Dr. Glickstein tele
phoned her and asked her to come' to
his office. Believing that his only in
tention was to apologize for his past
conduct, she said she called. The doc
tor, she told the district attorney, made
an improper proposal and then tried
to attack her, but she resisted him and
left his house in great mental distress.
Makfn Confession
A few days later, Mrs. Raizen was
married. While on her honeymoon, she
said, she told her husband of the treat-
ment sne naa suiterea irom me pnysi-
clan. Her husband forgave her, , she.
anaea ana urgea ner to Danisn me paw
from her mind. She declared, however.
thai- the
experience .m pr. GlieksteJaXlotltittemlMr : 30- and-that Easoak
fofftce.; shortly
to her head' and for three months she
was under the care of a physician who
recommended a . changle.v-ef climate for
her nervous condition. . .She went to
Daytona, Fla., and later to Jacksonville
where she bought the- weapon with
which Dr. Glickstein was kliled.
Mrs. Raizen said she returned to New
York secretly Friday night without the
knowledge of her father, Jacob
SchaCer, a Brooklyn tin ware manu
facturer or any of her friends, and en
gaged a room in a New York hotel.
She brooded constantly, she said, and
finally on Saturday afternoon started
for Dr. Glickstein's home in Brooklyn.
After the shooting Mrs. Rajzen said
she left the house in a daze and walk
ed the streets. She returned to Man
hattan and met friends, then she tele
phoned her father in Brooklyn what
she had done.
Mrs. Raizen did not see her father
and her husband until Sunday when at
torneys were called into consultation
and they advised immediate surrender
to the district attorney.
Aaron Levy, one of the attorneys en-e-atred
to defend Mrs. Raizen, declared
she was mentally unbalanced, indicating
tnat xne aeiense wuum ucu u in
sanity. In talking with her, she said,
she had remarked that she did not
want to live, as her life and happiness
had een ruined and that - while in
Florida she felt her mind giving away.
She told him, he said, that the thought
possessed her that she must destroy the
doctor and end her life.
NEW TREATY TO COVER
SITUATION IN PACIFIC
IS SIGNED BY POWERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Bv Asso
ciated Press). The four power Pacific
treaty, with a reservation attached to
make it inapplicable to purely domestic
miAKtions and to the American man
date policy, was formally signed today
by the plenipotentiaries of the United
States Great Britain. Japan and
France.
The reservation presented in writing
by the American representatives and
accepted by all the others, declares that
the American attitude toward Pacific
mandates shall not be effected by the
treaty, and that the treaty provision
for 'a four-power consultation on ques
tions arising over the Pacific islands
shall not be construed as applying to
any problems '"which in international
law are only of domestic concern.
No formal ceremony accompanied the
affixing of seals and signatures. The
signing took place in. the ante-room of
the -office of the secretary of state in
the presence of a large company of
American and foreign officials, and rep
resentatives of the press were not ad
mitted. m .
The American copy of the treaty now
goes ito President Harding, who will
'submit it to the senate for ratification.
He probably will not take it to the cap
itol in person - and he may delay its
submission until the arms conference
Is nearer a decision on tne pm?r im
portant points before It. It Tvas indi
catedvat the .White. House today that
MrV Harding saw no reason for acting
hastily. '. - :;.::s.- r :: -
WOTJXJD CUT tOt ARMAMENT
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., Dec. .13.
The arms limitation conference is. urged
to place a baa on the toy armament of
America in a resolution adopted
jy. the local., audubon", societr tonight.
- Thy mimtC - cannon v macuine gun,
ind martial beAt Of tjie kiddy, drums
onl-perv to ,rlheulcate a militant
spirit,-the ressolation say ' . '
WILMINGTON, N. C,
ATTITUDE OF DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
ON NEW TREATY TO BE ONE OF SILENCE
Democrats Explain That Anything Said Now Might fee Harmful
to Armament Conference Because of Secret Sessions- Sena
tor LaFollette Announces His Opposition to Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 The attitude
of Democratic senators on the Pacific
, four-power treaty for the time ;being
; w111 be one of silence, some of their
! leaders declared today after a canvass
of the situation. The democrats, it was
explained, desired to avoid discussion
which might interfere with the arma
l ment conference, and also to give the
Republican leaders opportunity to ub
mit any legislation of the "intent" of
the quadruple pact.
There were several other senators,
however, who declined to be listed as
(concurring in a policy of silence. Their
reasons were said to have included
those assigned by enator LaFollette,, of
Wisconsin, a ' Republican, "irreconcil
able;' in the Versailles treaty fight,
who issued a statement today setting
forth his opposition to the new four
power treaty. Mr. LaFollette, in his
statement, denounced the treaty as one
which would provoke rather than avoid
hostilities.
The crux of the Democratic position
as advanced by one senator was that it
was not known what had gone on be
hind the closed doors of the conference
EASTLAKE TRIAL FOR
WIFE MURDER STARTS
Defense For 'Naval Petty Offi
cer Accuses Woman as
Real Murderer.
MONTROSS, Va., Dec. 13. The trial
of Roger D. Eastlake, chief petty offi
cer, United States navy, charged
jointly with Miss Sarah E.' Knox, Bal
timore nurse, with killing his wife,
Margaret, September 30 last at their
home at Colonial Beach Va., began
today in the Westmoreland county
circuit court, when Eastlake was ar
raigned, pleaded not guilty and after
a jury had been selected, opening ar
guments were made for the state and
the defense. Miss Knox will be tried
later.
Commonwealth Attorney Watt. P.
Mayo outlined the state's case to the
jury, declaring that it would be
shown tha Mrs- Eastlake was mur
dered at &:05 qclock on the morning
Miss Knox. W. W. iBptzner; of coun-
sei for the defense, 'in his opening
statement said he would undertake to
prove that, th6 Baltimore nurse was
the actual slayer of Mrs. Eastlake.
The jury was "selected from a panel
of 20 veniremen and was completed
at 4 o'clock. Several pleas to quash
the indictment against the defendant
were made b? Mr. Butaner and his as
sociate counsel,, S. M. Chichester, of
Fredericksburg, for alleged irregu
larities in calling the venire but they
we,re overruled Jy Judge foseph E.
Chlnn. In pleading not guilty East
lake spoke ift a clear voice and was
calm throughout the day.
.. Says Hatchet Used.
In outlining the state's case today
Mr., Mayo said he would show that the
dead woman not only was struck at
least 25 tmies by a sharp-edged in
strument but that a blunt Instrument
had penetrated the skull, and that he
would show furher that Miss Knox
had brought a hatchet to Colonial
Beach.
. Mr. Butzner described Miss Knox as
infatuated with the petty officer. He
gave in detail alleged movements of
Eastlake on the day in question and
said he would show that the East
lakes were living together happily.
On the fatal morning, he added, he
would show that Eastlake .not only
breakfasted with his wife but kissed
her goo dbye, and had planned to take
her to Fredericksburg to -witness the
marine maneuvers at which President
Harding and others were present.
Continuing, the defense counsel said
he would produce bundles of letters
written by Miss Knox to Eastlake in
which it would be shown that the
woman hounded him against his will, i
A motion to have a number of letters
which passed between the two pre
sented during the trial was finally al
lowed after the court had inspected
their contents. The prosecution also
agreed to furnish "a certain collar and
raincoat" at the request of the defense.'
The jury, nine of whom are farmers
and three merchants, all of this county.
are: L.. W. English, foreman, Acorn; F;
B. Anthony, Hague; L., A. Washington,
Oakgrove; W. Lu Healy, Mohtross;
James E. Damoron, Kinsale; W. O, San
ford, Oldhams; G. W. Beddon, ILerty; S.
E. Wilson, Oldhams; Ira C. Muse, Oak
grove; P. B. Mayo, Kinsale; C -E.
Stuart, Montross, and W. J. Wilkins,
Oakgrove.
Miss Knox is still at the Richmond
jail. Assisting commonwealth attor
ney Mayo in the prosecution are Thom
as L. Jujter of the Virginia house of
delegates and Charles A. Moss of Rich
mond. ..
It was the belief here tonight that
the case will likely go to the jury the
latter part of the week. . , .
The trial of Miss Knox will hot be
called until the first week in January,
it was said today. " ' ' ' ; .
The court room was crowded with
spectators from Fredericksburg, Col.
onial Beach, Baltimore, Washington
and udge counties. Mrs. S. E- M.' East
lake, mother Donald Eastlake, broth
er; Reginald Eastlake, cousin and , Mrs.
Mabel; Chambers;.' sister of the defend
ant, sat in the outer room during the
trial. .
TBAIJT L TAMPA
TAMPA, Fla., Dec 13. The Wash
ington American league club will train
again in Tampa, according to Manager
W. F. Adams of the municipality owned
Tampa Bay hotel who has ; received
President Clarke Griffith's signed con
tract for accommodations for the squad
for thirty . ' days beginning March 1 J
The .nations haye.only spent , two, ta
three ; weeks in, 'xamp on their two
previous 'training 'trips -here.- - '
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1921.
sessions and therefore .senators were
in no position to criticizeor commend
an agreement, the basiq reasons for
which had not been officially disclosed.
One question said to-; -have been
broached informally was': whether the
real purpose of .thj treaty was to take
a step toward1 world peaoe or whether
it amounted to "an alliance to insure
world domination of comitjerce" for .the
powers concerned. ;
The question as to ther. definition of
the meaning of Article two also was
said to have arisen in discussion. Sena
tor Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, said
later that in "Mis opinion where Article
ten of the league of nations covenant
required unanimous vote dt the council
before action could be taken, Article
two of the iSacific agreement permitted
a majority of the contracting parties to
rule. 7? ,f ;
While most of the democrats indicat
ed their willing to await a republi
can statement before speaking on the
treaty, Senator Reed, democrat, TMis
tfouri, one of the league fit 'nations' "ir
reconcilables," said - liei. expected "to
have something to say about the prop
osition within a few days.'. '
MAJORS OPPOSE BIO
SALARY FOR MINORS
j - '
Advocate Boycott For lubs Not
Recognizing Big League
Draft. ' :
'
NEW YORK, Dec. 13- (By" Associated
JPress). Appeal to boycotts-class A A
and class A minor baseball leagues, in
sofar as the purchase of their players
was concerned, was made at the. an
nual league meeting today, by Charles
H. Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn
club.. Other league officials were said
to have favored the idea after discuss
ing the "prohibitive" prices : asked by
the minors for sta'r performers and
suggested that the matter "be placed
before the joint major' leagues meet
ing Thursday.
"We thought at first," said 'one club
owner, "that we could fix a limit price
to be paid by majors for minor league
players, but decided that this would
not help matters. The only way to get
around hisrh prices is to adopt Mr. Eb-
bets' suggestion and refuse to buy stood t0 have been allowing the mat
players at any price, from leagues re- I ter t0 rest untji the present but the
fusing to draft." , . . . w j. , i aDroachinsr crisis inv the finances of
t snggestionr ortne ; -Brooklyn
1
place a ""stoneii walln about the minor
stars even; hljrUej tjia4 -that built by
the dropping of tho draft, according to
some of the international league own
ers, who finished up their annual meet
ing today. They asserted that a boy
cott would serve to antagonizes the
minors and cause a breaking up of the
friendly relations now existent. Com
missioner Liandis, they said, wopid
hardly stand for such a condition.
In his report to the national leag.i
President Heydler said he believed the
time had come when the major leagues
should consider means of increasing
the supply of skilled players artd to
give proper training opportunities to
young men desiring to enter the pro
fessional game from the college field
or the sand lots, but who decline to
join minor league clubs for fear tjiat
their advancement to higher classes
and higher pay would be restricted.
The ruling permitting clubs to ar
range their own spring training dates
was retained.
A discussion of all matters regard
ing the league's relations with the mi
nors was - postponed until tomorrow.
The 154-game schedule was favored
for 1922. The opening date was sug
gested as April 12, subject to the ap
proval of the American league.
For consideration of the league,
which will meet asain tomorrow, Mr.
Heydler made the following sugges
tions Legislation of action looking to the
arrest and conviction of pop bottle
throwers in baseball parks.
Protection of umpires in exhibition
games between American and national
league clubs by giving umpires power
to report to Commissioner Landis in-
fractions of rules or of deportment on
the field.
Arrangement of exits from the play
ing fields at several national league
parks, so that umpires would not be
compelled to come in contact .with
players of either club when leaving
the field. '
Joining with all leagues in an effort
to secure, a return to normal railroad
rates and especially to secure elim
ination of the 50 per cent surcharge
on rullman tickets. .
TRAIN TURNS OVER AS
IT HITS AUTO; 1 DEAD
Coaches of Coast Line Train
Crash at Red Springs.
RED SPRINGS, Dec. 13. After
crashing into an automobile driven' by
Almo .-"Gilchrist of Wagram, instantly
killing Gilchrist, 1 Atlantic. Coast Line
train) number sixty-four ran into a
aiding., fifty feet 'beyond the scene of
the accident, derailing "the engine, ex
press car and coaches; at noon here
today.
.Engineer Rutledge escaped , injury,
but Fireman J.f E Mangus suffered se
verAi lnlurles w'hen he was-crushed be
tween "the engine cab and the-tender
Passengers were severly .shaken up but .
all escaped' injury. -' . ' . '
ijiicnnst, ariver me car, waa
hurled beneath the engine , when . the
docdmotive struck.- His body was badly
mangled. . V . '' -
A wrecking -train . reached Red
Springs from Florence this afternoon.
PALACE IS BOMBED f
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1-8. The -Siguaran
zia palace at Bolgrad,' BessarabiaJ' has '
been wreckedby-a bomb,.;accordlng t.o ; at'' 25 cen,ts, had more, thaii ' $3,yi0 in
a dispatch s from- Buoharest4 -One-.-bun j their possession.- The women' were ar
dred soldiers and police on duty with- J rested in a"j6cal store where; tie al
in the palate" were billed. '-,.'V' j leced-theft occurred. ' 'u ,
ECONOMIC COFERENCE
MAY BE CALLED WITH
LLOYD GEORGE IN LEAD
Foreign Diplomats Thus Inter
pret Indications Coming
From Abroad.
PLAN MAY CALL FOR
DROPPING WAR DEBTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Some of the foreign
diplomats in attendance at the arms
conference have received word which
they interpret as indicating that David
Lloyd George, the British premier, Is
preparing to. take .the initiative in
world economic matters, having become
convinced from the results of inquiries
made here that the American govern
ment does not intend to call an inter
national economic meeting; at least
not in the near future.
The British prime minister's plan,
according to the information in the
hands of these diplomats, contem
plates the cancellation of all war debts
owing to Great Britain by Italy, France,
Belgium, Russia, and the smaller Bal
kan allies, amounting with interest to
upward of two billions sterling.
, Premier Lloyd George, it is recalled,
proposed to President Wilson that all
inter-allied debts, including those ow
iner to the United States,' should be
i cancelled but his present design, ac
cording to the understanding, does not
inc. the renewal of that suggestion
to the United States. He is said to in
tend to annul the debts of other coun
tries due Great Britain subject to con
ditions, one, it is understood, being that
France should forgive the debts of al
lied countries to her amounting about
the .equivalent of two billions of dol
lars and another being a reduction of
German reparations due 'to France by ed today with a warrant alleging con
13,511,000,000 ; of francs. This is the
io,uix,uwv,vv v. spiracy to defraud the government and
amount the French government Dor- ( J
rowed of England during the-war and the emergency fleet corporation in
is about as large a sum as that loaned which the United' States is a stock-
to France by the United States, which
was 15,285,000,000 francs at the ex
change then used of 5.45 francs to the
dollar.
The idea of the British government
acting independently of the United
States in the cancellation of debts,
according to foreign officials here, ap
pears to have originated with Austen
Chamberlain when he was chancellor of
the exchequer. When Sir Robert Home
succeeded to the liancellorship he ob
jected to striking off from among the
British assets so large a sum as the
' 1,800,000,000 sterling due with accrued
interest Mr. T.lnvd CJenre-A Is under-
keVr continental ountries. Darticu
tlon of a plan by Wrthingtp.n Evans
and others." which iSc. expected by the
foreign diplomats, DIoyd George wouMH
present to an economic, conference'' tf
one should be, called on his own initia
tive. BEVERAGES COIUP IN
FOR DISCUSSION AT
COMMITTEE HEARING
Tariff Framers Are Put Through
Mental Test.
WASHINGTON, Dec. t 13. Tariff
framers on the senate finance commit
tee had a course in mental gymnastics
today in following the combination of
subjects presented by a dozen or more
witnesses. The discussion ransred all
the way from canary birds to cows and
from near beer to champagne, with
onions, spaghetti, candy, nuts, tomato
paste and other items thrown in.
The specific schedules under consid
eration were these dealing with agri
cultural products and provisions and
spirits, wines and other beverages.
Liquor importers, through Levi Cooke,
of this city, protested against the pro
posed rates of $5.00 a gallon on brandy
and J6.00 a gallon on champagne,
pointing out that these were in addi
tion to the internal revenue tax of $2.30
a gallon.
Calling attention that under the law
liquors could not be imported for bev
'erage purposes, Mr. Cooke said most of
it was used for medicinal purposes,
adding that the tax was a very steep
one to impose upon medicine. This led
to a discussion of the medicinal Use' of
liquors, and Senator Smoot, Republican,
Utah, remarked that , he recently had
seen some forty persons taken sudden
ly ill.
Speaking for., the Anheuser Busch
company, Mr. Cooke asked that present
rates on imported hops be retained,
declaring that these hops had to be
used in combination with the American
product in the manufacture of near
beer to get the desired flavor and that
any curtailment in their use would
necessarily curtail the use of the home
grown product. He added that the im
ported hops in no wise came into com
petition with the Amrican hops.
Increased protection ; for the long
staple cotton growing industry, in the
southwest was asked of. the committee
by Governor Campbell, of Arizona, and
Dwight B. Heard, of Phoenix, pub
lisher of the Arizona Republican. They
said the growing of this cotton prom
ised a development that would put to
use much arid land in Arizona, Cali
fornia and New Mexico and asked that
it be protected from the Egyptian
product.
DOCTOR IS RELEASED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. The
charge against Dr.. M. E. Rumwell of
performing an unofficial autopsy .-on
the body of Miss Virginia Rappe,
rlnth .resulted in' a manfilaiich-
ter charge, against Roseoe C. (Fatty)
Arbuckle, was dismissed -in police court
today. The prosecution said. It-was
convinced Dr. . Rumwell 4id not intend
to Violate " the city health ordinance
under which he was charged.
TWO HELD FOR ' THEFT "
TAMPA. Fla., Dec. 13. Mrs. Hen-
rietta Marty and her daughter, arrested
here? today and Oield without 'bonS on
a charge of stealing post ards valued
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BELIEVE DIFFICULTIES
BNCOUJfTEKED BY JAPS
AND CHINESE AT MEET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By As
sociated Press.) Some difficulties
are believed to have been encoun
tered today at the conference be
tween 'the Chinese and Japanese
delegates concerning the question
of restoration in China! of the Kiao
Chow-Tsinanfu railway, the most
important of all subjects being con
sidered in the attempts to settle
the Shantung controversy by "con
versations." The Chinese delegates left the
conference rooSi in an apparent at
titude, of dejection, one of them
saying:
"We did not make the progress
we should have, and do not under
stand the Japanese position."
FRAUD CHARGE PLACED
AGAINST C. W, MORSE
Is Given Freedom After Making
Bond of $50,000; Says He
Is Innocent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Charles W.
Morse, of New York, who was recall -
ed to this country from France by
Attorney General Daugherty, was serv
holder.
Arraigned before United States Com
missioner Isaac. JR. Hitt, Mr. Morse
pleaded not guilty and upon waiver
of hearing was freed from custody
upon $50,000 bond to wait the action
of the grand jury. The warrant,
which was issued upon complaint of
Frank . Burke, manager of the inves
tigation department of the Shipping
Board, was served on Morse in Com
missioner Hitt's office in the presence
of his attorney, Wilton J. Lambert,
and District Attorney Gordon.
Before leaving tonight for New York
where he will await the outcome of
the grand jury proceedings, Mr. Morse
issued a . statement declaring the
chatges against him.-in the pqajBla - intb
. be impossible to ieny tnem spectn-
them, specifi-
eally. According to shipping boardj
CjCials specific details of the charges
Kagalmst Mr. Morse are to be made :a(rJwar.e..a.nd North Dakota, and the ten
the proper time.''
There were no indications tonight sa
to when grand jury proceedings against
Mr. Morse could be expected but it
it it
that1
was suggested in som quarters ina.t
they might go over until alter the new
year.
Mr. Morse's statement said:
"I have read as carefully as the
time has permitted the charges for
mulated in the comtplaint and will
cay in regard to them:
"1. They are so nebulous and false
and lack any definite statement?, it
is impossible for . me to deny specifi
cally, but I have no hesitancy in say
ing that infefar as I bave knowledge,
there were no false statements made,
neither were there any false vouchers
presented 1o the fleet corporation by
tbe Virginia Shipbuilding company.
"2. Further the only definite charge
made was on the 16th day of July,
1919, a statement made to the full
shipping board emergency fleet cor
I oration by the Virginia corporation
through its offices, Mr. C. H. Living
stone, its president; Mr. Martin, its
treasurer; Mr. Cristy, its auditor,1 and
its counsel, Messrs Gibboney, Scott
and Gordon and at which my son E.
A. Morse and myself were present,
which statement I have no hesitancy
in saying was undoubtedly true.
COMMON LABOR DAY IS
SET AT TEN HOURS BY
FEDERAL LABOR BOARD
CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (By Associated
Press.) Slashing extra pay provisions
for the first two hours of overtime af
ter the regular eight hour day's work
from rules governing railway main
tenance of way employes, theh United
States railroad labor board has set up
a schedule of ten hours a day as the
regular hourly wage for common lab
orers in new rules announced tonight
to replace the national agreement made
under eavernment control.
rm. nfinMnio nf "ple'ht -consecutive
I 11C wixawaw '
hours shall constitute a day's worn:,
Is retained, however, and time and
one half is granted after 10 hours work.
The new provisions make possible a
ten-hour day without penalizing the
railroads which were compelled under
the federal agreement to pay time and
a half after eight hours. Practically
all section gangs work more than eight
hours a day due to time necessary for
traveling to and from the point of
operations and because of the seasonal
nature of the work making long hours
necessary to take advantage of. good
weather. .-
REWARD FOR MURDERER
LENDS NEW MYSTERY
PITTSBURGH. Penna., Dec. 13. Po
lice Investigation Of the death of Leroy
Holmes, Morris, whose body, with' a
bullet in the breast, was found Sunday
night in a North Side park, took a new
turn ; today: with the appearance in a.
Pittsburgh newspaper of an advertise
ment offering $100 reward for "infor
mation leading to the arrest and con
viction of the murderers of Leroy
Holmes Morris. Address E. Y. Clarke,
Klancrest, Atlanta, Ga."
The" police admitted that in one ot
Morris", pockets they found an applica
tion, properly filled out, for member
ship 'in fthe Ku Klux Klan.
Three men already under arrest in
connection with the killing, were held
in three 'police stations, for preliminary
hearing,' after investigation by the po
lice. . S -
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OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
E AGREEMENT ON
JON OF RATIO IS
ANNOUNCED SOON
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ONLY ONE CONDITION
ATTACHED TO JAPAN'S
ACCEPTANCE OF PLAN
Tokio Delegates Would Substi
tute Battleship Mutsu For
Old Warship.
ENGLAND AND U. S. IN
OPPOSITION TO CHANGE
Neither Country's Delegates
Favor Revision of List of
Retained Ships.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Announcement by the
Washington conference of agreement
on the "5-5-3" naval ratio -between
Great Britain, apan and the United
States loomed tonight as probable be
fore the week-end. A plenary ses-
, sion for the purpose is expected to some
delegates.
Japan has indicated conditional
. . . iu . i - o i i i r
"8,eeme"1 lu LIlc ,T 7 ,
) ,,. tn substitute the new battl
ship Mutsu for the old 12-inch guu
ship Setsu in the list of ships she
would
retain under the Hughes pro-
posal.
The decision of the Japanese govern
ment was communicated informally
to Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour by Ad
miral Baron and was discussed today
by the full American- delegation at a
conference attended by Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt. Later the "big
three" of the naval powers. Messrs.
Hughes, Balfour and Kato, again met,
this time Mr. Roosevelt, Admiral
Coontz and Rear Admiral Pratt of tho
general board attending the session.
After this meeting it was said that
only "one very small point" remained
unsettled.
It was indicated that both the Amer
ican and British groups were opposed
in a general way to changing the list
of retained ships of each power as
t would be necessitated if Japan re-
tained the Mutsu. . iis. opposition,
however, is expectfea in confer uke! .
- circies, U -give way it tbe' Japnesa v' - v i ' I I
learned, the- United
learned, the" united States probably
would retain the battleships Colorado
and .Washington In place of the: Dela-
year naval holiday would of necessity
be modified to permit Great Britain to
i construct additional ships.
.Follow fcarller Plan
jle Japanese proposal to retain the
Mutsu in place of the Setsu is in line
with the contention of Japanese naval
experts during the first discussion of
fthe naval ratio that experts of all na
tions were agreed that ships armed
with 12 inch guns could not lie in the
battle line against modern craft armed
with 14 inch, 14 Inch or 16 inch rifles.
Both the Setsu ana th Delaware and
North Dakota are 12 inch gun ship
while the Mutsu and the Colorado and
Washington each carry eight lo-inch
rifles.
Great Britain has no battleships' of
a type as far advanced as the Mutsu
and the Colorado and Washington. The
heaviest British navai guns are 15 inch.
Presumably, if provision is made for
two additional British battleships to
take the place of the two oldest ships
of the King George V. class on the
presenjt retained list, vessels of the
Mutsu type and armament would be
added. The four super-hoods planned
by the British and to be abandoned'
are more than 40,000 tons in displace
ment and beyond the.35,0Q0 ton maxi
mum limit proposed in the American
plan. '
It has been indicated that Great
Britain did not desire to carry out ny
building program at this time. Prompt
British acceptance of the American
ratio proposal has betn represented to
some extent as due to this attitude.
There was some reason to believe to
night that British opinion in the ses
sions of the- "big three" was being
exerted against any modification of the
original American plan that would re
arrange th list of retained ships In
such a way as to make it expedient for
Great Britain to proceed with capital
ship construction.
In Advantajreonx
So far as the United States is con
cerned, substitution of the Cnlnraa
and Washington for the North Dakota
-. - w hv
is regaraea in the Amer-
siuuij naving certain economic
advantage. It would defer renlaeemAw
building for these two ships until ten.
a. ner me naval noiidav on.-
It would also give the fleet three mod
ern, 16. inch run ships which have
much increased degree of securitv
against submarine attack due to huH
construction, for the Maryland, now
with the fleet,: Is a sister ahi
Colorado and Washington. The fourth
ship of the class.. the West Virginia,
was launched just after the conference
began. She is destined for the scran
heap in a yy case, apparently.
If the plan of substitution to retain
the Mutsu, suggested by the Japanese,
is followed, the result would be to
change the aggregate tonnage on capi
tal ships retained by each power but
not the number of ships each retained -It
would also. It is assumed, provide
2ulif tan!al adherence to the theory '
of the a5-3" ratio which Is understood!
to be the only basis upon which an
agreement for retentTon of the Mutsu
t, i De reached in the American and
.British view. . -
EX-MAYOR IS ELECTED
BOSTON, Dec. ,13 Former Mayor ' v
James M. Curley was elected mayor
of Boston today by a plurality of. 2,- '
315 votes over John RJ Murphy, former V vt
fire, commissioner, 1n one of the closest :
mayoralty contests in the , history of I f
the.-city. The other tw candidates ran'" .'- !'. .
far. behind. irThe vote was: .Cirley i'A '
cvj, iiviurpny . Yi.ae:- t:naries' s. vsaxrer ' i
4,243; Charles S. O'Connor ' 10.S18, --iV
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