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,1 I -: : 12 rati World, State and Local r News Daily FOUNDED A. D. 1867Vpi,. CVIIL-i-No. Bfc WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAtf$H 1921. DAILY IN THE STATE. 3 Fair Todayandi Friday; ; ? : ; 3 . 3 ji, Jjj PjjJpj ' -iZ- 'J J VLV S. PASSES EJECTMENT BILL WITH IHREE VOTES MARGIN Second Reading Finds .Opposi tion Senators Standing in Line f IN A.NCE ACT ALSO SURVIVES NEW TRIAL Deleted Amendment Sends Bill Back to House For Concurrence , UALK1CUI. Dec. 14. The ejectment reversing- the principles -govern the ejectment of tenants, from, property, passed the senate on second reading tonight. Senator Lunx Long's 0ve last niSnt whereby he ob li tiPd reconsideration of the measure, l.'vinp proved successful. The" vote v.-a 2i-l9. the nineteen senators who f.'iiposed it last night standing "pat" v iiiie the bill's supporters gained ;-rc . The senate passed on second read- alfo the ,munic5ipal finance act, hut in doing- so, an amendment which had been added in . the house was stricken out, necessitating the return to the lower . body for concurrance. MemDers wbrc uuueriernunea tonignt whether the striking out of the amendment would force the house to repays tiie measure on second and third reading- votes, thereby further delaying the proceedings of the" special session, if concurrance by the house can be UPPER HOUSE and third readings, . the ibfll-will go j in the complicated case of Mrs. Mar--Through the senate by- Saturday morn- ' garet Easton, Brooklyn recluse, who ng: otherwise the continuance : of the ?e?sion through next' Monday 'or Tues ii.iy may be necessary, it was . stated. Clear Up Bills Both houses spent the, greater part r.f tonight's session ridding the cal endar of local bills, a great mass of :um having gone through. The busi ress of the session was. systematically expedited, and members are hopeful of clearing the session of the "lOijal bills :oiorrow- or S&turday. .. Senator Harry Stubbs was not pres ent in the tonight's, session, and his i ll placed on the -senate ; calendar Tuesday morning. Did not come up for consideration. Whether 'the Martin -unty senator v will let his measure, Thich nrecinaked a fifirht Mondav and threatened to-create a regular storm in th? general assembly, die as it now rests, was a 1 matter of- uncertainty nong senators.. . No thine has , hon l.eard ot;i&e tprday morning, A bul to increase the' salary of the. adjutant-general1 from" 13.000 to $4,500 .nd providing salary 1 Increases for ther Ftate officerte not taken care of at the reuar session.' failed to pass en third reading In the senate by a vote of 26 to IS. , a '.. - Tou hed by appeals from several senators in behalf ofneedy Confeder ate veterans, the senate revised its ! Micy regarding private " pensions and passed a number of them,- . J Consider Local Bills . : - The house paid.no attention-to state vide measures at the night session, devoting its attention exclusively to i onsideration of the multitude of local i iiis w hich have been before it for sev eral days. ' Numerous house members declared tonight that the ejection bill ens4lin a land rd to force a tenant from his property by giving a bond, with the court hearing- following, would "fall. -to po through that body, the? majority against being large. ' The senate passed pn third reading without a dissenting vote today the school funding bill, leaving only ratifi cation as the final touch to the measure I'efore the state treasurer will be au thorized to borrow $710,000 to make up tne deficit in the school fund. The general assembly now has performed ne of the two duties for which it' was ahed into special session; Push Finance Act. The municipal finance act, the sec ond measure prompting the special 'tssion. will go before the senate to morrow morning and it will be through ly Friday or Saturday morning. Re gardless of pending legislation and a mass of local bills, the solons are go- r'g to wind up state affairs Saturday "pd adjourn not later than Saturday 1!nt. The house took a definite 'ten towards insuring adjournment for (Continued on Page 2.) Give Testimony To Show Eastlake Was Home When Wife Was Slain UONTROSS, Va., Dec. 14. Four wit--ses for the prosecution testied. to 'luy in the case of Roger D. Eastlake, "ief petty officer. United States Navy, ar-ed jointly with Mies Sarah E. Jnox. a Baltimore nurse, with killing ;'if wife. Margaret, in their Colonial. '" H'-h home last September 30. - Dr. n V. Tarrothers and his sen, W. V. 'brothers, both of Colonia'l-,Beachr-and w re the first to reach the . East ike home after the; killing, occupied t! sf and the greater part -of "the day. 1 'he late afternoon ' J. W. McKenney his wife, also of Colonial Beach, t stimony intended to show that '--tlake was at his home when his v- was killed. Eastlake contends ' "-as not at home when the alleged r' 'p was committed. . . ;-''t "lir-. -MrKenney testified ' she was ? '1!-5'ir.r her hair at 5:05 o'clock; In .the "''rr.ing, when she heard a distressing "y in the direction of the Eastlake " r The prosecution 1 con tendsj this "hout the time Mrs. Eastlakje , was .-."'" ..V' ' '' ''i Tarrothers was called in-about "lock oa the morning of the.kjill Ile said he.was convinced that; a " as wel,l. as a sharp-edged hatchet he-n used in inflitaK- the29 "":n. is found on MrB "Eastlake's body, fold of meeting Missv Knox on the i "! of the Eastlake home, asking "her l i hf wis. The nurse explained, the "'ii"ess said, that she .was' a nufse from ' hrifi Hopkins ."hospital",' iPescribing " ''f'Odstain )he saldhe' saw; on . Miss K; ' -x 's collar the - witness ,ald, : that L . jL . i. -fV . . .F. ft. -r.. 3 , " DE VALERA AND MEMBERS OF IRISH UhLEG AT1QN , SPLIT ; TREATY SIGNING. REQUEST FOR SUSPEJ3CSION " OF LOWER GR.AIX RATE 18 ' OPPOSED BY WESTERNERS WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Request ifor a six-months suspension In the reductions recently ordered, by. the interstate commerce commission on grain, grain products and hay in -the trans-Mississippi territory was made by the railroads of the coun try and opposed by fifteen western state railroad commissions, agricul tural organizations and shippers in hearings today befbre the federal commission. Alfred P. Thorn,, general counsel for the Association of Railway Executives, in proposing the suspen sion asked the commission to allow the carriers in the meantime to make effective a cut of ten per cent in rates on all products of farm, range, and orchard in all move ments in the United States outside of New England. J Another Claimant Bobs Up to Claim Fortune Left by Gotham Woman Florida Woman Says She is Cousin of Recluse and , Wants Coin NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Another will and another claimant bobbed up today died October 27, leaving an estate of $250,000. ' - The latest document, purporting tfi be: the copy of a will, signed, by Mrs. Easton and her husband in 1910, was forwarded to the Brooklyn surrogate's office by Miss Jessie Alston Owens of Sparr, Florida, claiming to be a cousin. With it was. mailed t a credential, dr scribing Miss Owens as "a veritable lady bountiful" and signed by. Frank Harris, editor of the Ocala Banner of Ocala, Fla., who asserted that Miss Owens had been a freauent contributor to his paper, "both in poetry and prose on religious and. moral themes." , , Upon . Mrs.' Gaston's death, .jhere -had been mailed anndhymoasly to th.e surro -in92i,-:lahs'tft-9tai: ;al daughter, .Mrs. Florence Johnson, of Ohio." -A woman giving this name ap peared at an undertaking establish ment while. Mts. Easton's body' ,was there and 'claimed kinship,T but the document received today recorded the death of the Eastons "only two- chil dren, first a baby boy, then our daugh ter Florence.' .Today's will,- leaving the estate -to Jessie Alston Owens "our loyed cousin" was attested by Thomas- Perry and Charles Thomas, and purported to have been sworn to before U. C. Dupree, a notary public, who explained the ab sence of a seal on the document by the notation "unfortunately my , stamping outfit was lost out of the .carriage yes teroay Dut tnis an rignt. A copy of an affidavit, bearing the ime 'of J. I. Simmons, notary public name was attached. The . affidavit stated that Justice of the Peace Dupree and the two . witnesses were dead. FAINTS "WHEN CHARGED WITH DOCTOR'S DEATH NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Mrs. Lillian S. Raizen who yesterday confessed to slaying Dr. Abraham Gllckstein In his Brooklyn office Saturday night, faint ed twice today after she. had been indicted by the Kings county grand jury " on a charge of murder in the first degree. She had to be carried before county Judge Martin. Through counsel she entered a plea of not guilty. Then she was remanded to jail to await trial. , Indications were given that the pris oner, who claims- she had been wrong ed by the physician would set up a de fense of insanity. Her counsel has engaged Dr. Edward Hicks, Brooklyn alienist, and District Attorney Lewis notified the court that he would move for appointment of a commission to inquire Into the defendant's sanity. when asked yie cause of its presence, Miss Knox at first said she did not know,, but later told, him It probably got there when she went to the assist ance of Mrs. Eastlake: - Dr. Carrothers further testified to finding a pipe, presumably owned by Eastlake, under , the dead woman's body. Eastlake at the coroner's in quest denied that the pipe .was his. The witness stated that In his opin ion the killing must have been com mitted earlier '.than 5 a. m as i rigor mortis had developed Twhen he arrived on the scene .and this rarely happens until at Meast five or- six hours after death. The garments worn ""by the dead woman together with the hatchet found in the Eastlake yard, were iden tified, by thA witness, who . declared, when examining holes in the kimono, that in his opinion, many blows had been struck after death had resulted, Dr. Carrothers. testified further that while he was in the Eastlake hame, he saw Eastlake, hatless, walklng- ut) and down on the opposite side , of the street. f'He seemed to be watching me, talking, to Miss Knox," the .physician said,- adding that Eastlake entered the house and, ' picking up a butcher's knife, held it'up and saicU Vlt could not have been done 'with .this." . . , a Toung Carrothers 'followed his .father and told of having -been called by Miss Knox to come to the Eastlake. home on tnev morning of th ev k 1 H in g. . i "I was'at. my bath," sajd "parrothers, "when my wife told. ne that a- i"an "as 'wanted ON QUESTION OF POWER IN DEBATE Collins and Griffith Maintain They Acted Within Legal Rights .-DUBLIN, Dec. 14. (By Associated lress.) Tdve - question of ratification ipr rejection of the agreement arrived t 'tives of. the British government and j th . plenipotentiaries of the Dial1 Eireann to settle the discoivl which for i centuries has existed between Great Britain and Ireland was debated, today ! at a public meeting of the Dail and later at two secret- sessions. Another secret 'session Is t0- 'be held - tomorrow. . At the public - meeting" today Eamon j de Vaiera the preisident, and Arthur I Griffith, Michael Collins and-other Dail ' deputies,-expressed their views as to 'whether the Irish delegation to Lon i don had exceeded its powers in sign ing the agreement with the British cabinet for a settlement of the Irish problem. Members Divided De Valera and the members of the delegation were sh&vply divided on the question at issue. De Valera contend ed that the treaty should not have been signed without Its having first been referred to the Dublin parliament; del egates Griffith' and Collins insisted that they and -their colleagues had the power invested in them to sign an agreement, but not the authority to conclude it. - Mr. Griffith- asserted that the reDresentatives of the Dail Eireann and of the Britfsh cabinet in this re- i spect each was obliged to refer the treaty to. their respective legislators for rati fication. Both Mr. Collins and Mr. Griffith dun ing the discussion resented a statement of President de Valera that the dele gation to London had not obeyed the instructions of the Dublin cabinet. "I have been called a traitor," ex claimed Mr. Collins at one point. "Let the Irish people decide whether I am or - not." The speculation- of the day over the possibility of a serious rift in the two factions centered in the secret session held after the open meeting. The first of the secret conferences lasted from one o'clock1, in the afternoon until two o'clock.'. Then after a long recess the deputies reassembled at 4:30 o'clock and the meeting continued until a late hour this evening. The meeting of the members of par liament behind, dosed doors, was con fined to animated discussion of the question as to how far the plenipotent iaries to London "were Justified by , their instructions in signing a treaty, with Great Btjtain in the early hours of Tuesday morning a week ago, without btlnjeaabgUtf afl , 4h MAyto President d Valera Ttnif "his cabinet: " X Mr.- Griffith, quietly, and Mr. Collins, with some heat, .in , the public session resented-.ariy Bnggestipn that they had failed to carry out their instructions 6r that they, had exceeded them In any degree..- It ' took .a longer time . than had been anticipated to ' clear up the points -in dispute, and afe Mr. de Valera had made plain his dissatisfaction of the' method adopted by the plenipoten tiaries -a secret . debate was decided upon. 4 ' The opinion among the members of the Dail tonight 'on the " question of acceptance or rejection seemed more Ievehely divided than had been expect ed. All apparently were, in agrement that ultimate responsibility would rest 1 with the country. It is considered pos- sible that the ; members of the Dail, after haying, expressed - their Individual opinions will refer final decision of the question - to the - electors, arriong whom all indications seem to point there is a large majority in favor of the treaty. Except" for a Sinn Fein flag draped with crepe and hung from a telephone pole, the only evidence of propaganda against ratification of the treaty out side' university college, where the ses sions of the Dail were held, were mem bers .. of the communist " party In Ire land who endeavored to distribute pamphlets urging rejection of the treaty. Members of the Irish Repub lican army dispersed the communists and confiscated their literature. TREATY PRESENTED LONDON, Dec. 14. (By Associated Press.) In, a scene which is 'likely to prove a landmark in English history, the Irish treaty -was today presented In the imperial parliament for ratifi cation, while the Dail Eireann at Dublin indulged in heated debate turn ing on Eamoa de Valera's charge that the Irish plenipotentiaries exceeded their powers in signing the treaty without further reference to Dublin. Neither the commons , nor the Dail Eireann, however,' has yet come to grips on the actual decision respecting ratification, which has been postponed until tomorrow. . A , feature of the debates in West minster was a bitter attack on the , gov ernment by: Lord Carson in the' house of lords and Captain Charles Craig, Irish unionist In the house of commons. "Lord Carson especially showed hot the slightest diminution in." his old time denunciation of any accommodation with nationalist Ireland. He dared the government ' to do anything to : stir Ulster- against the ' empire, and ex claimed: "Because Ulster is loyal, you think you can' kick her as you like. "I promise you,", he continued:, "that she will keep out of rthis agreement. You have tried to make her position impossible.. -I believe you told the Sinn Fein delegates to do so. Why has the inn Fein in this treaty been given an army,, if not to invade Ulster? Was it to invade America, or the Channel is ands?" i . - - " . ' ' ' ' iThe ton of his whole speech was one pf unrelenting . hostility ' to a settle ment, .. .. .' . , -- : : " Premier. Lloyd George's speech in the commons . ws less of ..an oratorical dis play In defense of the treaty, -' which "had been expected, than a' careful ex position of, the agreement and itsvim-. 'plioatiqns, ,'with'a' view of .putting-- the house. In -possession of the - complete mind of the government on the settle ment. -iHe.'.fo'res'talled attacks by? the" argument-Tthat' the', treaty : had received unstinted praise. from -the "king and the British dominions, and could not.be re garded" as inimical to the country's in terests , '.- - Ulster's- official reply has also been delayed Tintll tomorrow, bt- It is known tVt ' -(Continued on Page 2.) GALL NATIONAL GUARD of KAiiiiAioaN COAL FillifRiRLE Martial Law Not io- te Declared, Officials Say; s Frequent WUMHiiN MAKUBftS AKE r A TTCTC VlT titl7,l?Tr,TTT 'TV lAUOli Uf , fltlJlil I TOPEKA, Kans:, Dec , J 4 The Kan- ?8 auonar guara.w oraerea ibio the Pittsburgh coal fteld. to night. Mar tial law will not be, declared, officials said. , Await Tt'wwpV PITTSBURGH.; Kai'Pec. 14. The coal fields of Kansas,! long ' the scene of , industrial turbulence, settled back tonight to await the' -coming of na tional guardsmpnt orderefi: in - after of ficials of this - county ;Jiad rejported that they were ;unabiej;tOtoope with a situation growing" oiitl-oK the storming of mines andmistrattaent of non striking miner's by." large groups of women strike sympathizers who for three days have -carried' on their cam paign or terrorization. . - v The situation in th was reported qtiiet tonighT af tir day Prepare to give an opinion on of hubbub created ibylthe women whether the Chinese proposal can marchers1 who paraded from mine to. .properly be taken up under the con mine, threatening workers ' and pai-J ference a-genda. rying on demonstration's Vdesienpri to I Prevent the men from '"entering the , . ' ' A. i Although the request ;f or troops had been discussed by officials?" for several days, it was not until. early this mnrn- ing that the action finally Was taken. It followed dramatic appeals to Sheriff Milt Gould of Crawford county, and Jwdge J. IL. Crawfordof the indus trial court by delegations of non-striking miners that they.be giveniprotec tion and be permitted;, to work. . The non-strinng lintiners. several thousand in number 'originally went out on the volunteer jstrike called in the Kansas district when" Alexander Howat and August :;Dorchy; : -fornler president and. vicerDresi den ' tvio Kansas dictriM 'r.r V in8monSritrms 'fon atS Ml state industrial court.-;aw by calling lat -,irtill.i"Vw , Later the Howat administration was deposed by the. international union offi- cia.ia wno oraerea tnejjtriktns: miners back to work. The women demonstra tors are. wives, and relatives ;of. those miners, wno so rar nave refused, to obey the international's edicts and who are supporting the Howat organization- which. 4s -maintaining- a rival . ad ministration. -..:M $y$j Hi ith TOGElOHfeEjIC. EFFORT v TO feEfiD EDUCATION Closer Co-operation Is Sought by Methodists MEMPHIS. :4Tenni -Dec. 14. A defi nite step toward .closed co-operation with other denominations in the cause of Christian education was taken , here today at the sessions of the Educa tional Association, of, the Methodist Episcopal church south wh en hv 'unnn- , imoUs vote, the convention agreed to appoint a committee to confer with the Jtsaptlst and Southern- Presbyterian Educational boards on a broad pro gramme for educational advancement in colleges of the various southern churches. Although not specifically stated in the resolution, It was advocated by several speakers that this move should be extended to other denominations having colleges in southern states. When action was taken on the re quest of the Rev. Dr. R. A. 3ond. of j Birmingham, secretary of the Baptist maucationai board. Dr. W. P.. .Few, president of the association announced the committee would be appointed to morrow. - " Pleas were made, by speakers for a broader tolerance and greater recogni tion by the southern Methodist church to those state schools and colleges where religious training' is not a part of the course of study. ' Regret was expressed, by the ministers discussing the subject that "God is too often left out of the schools of America." 1 ' "The Methodist church today must keep abreast of the progress of the world, and no advancement is . possi ble if the eyes of those in charge of the, forward movement are kept turn ed back to the ideals and accomplish ments of the past," Dr. Few warned the convention In his "keynote" ad dress. : . -'-' ', - . ' ; Continuation of the campaign for $33,000,000 for Christian, education in the south was urged by Dr. J. H. Rey nolds, president of Hehrix college , and director of ther -campaign.. ' Dr. Roy nolds announced that so far only about $18,000,000 of "the . amount had been pledged. - THORN TAKEN FROM KNEE IS .EVIDENCE LOS ANGELES, Dec, 14. A small thorn,' extracted,- according to ' testi mony, from the knee of, Arthur C, Burch, was admitted ,. in evidence late today in Bufclfs trial for1 the alleged murder of . J, Belton .Kennedy.,. The prosecution announced thef o Should be further testimonr relating to the thorn; Mention had "been- made earlier in, the trial of i thorn bushes growing about the rustic- cottage in Beverly . Glen, where Kennedy was" shot.; -..- - Other' testimony , during the day, in cluded assertions" that 'Burch and Mrs. Madalynne Objfenchaln, 4 his .co-effnd-ant, ' were "watching . Kennedy's resi dence" the . afternoon "before .Kennedy was slain; that Burch' after his-arrest declared that. If; he, killed .Kennedy; the latter "got no mdre than he deserved that Burch said he "would not be sur prised" if he aarr1ed Mrs.' Obenchaln and that Kennedy and Mrs. Obenchaln visited. a "cjairvpyanj" who was asked to ' say whether . they woyld - wed. ; . - Just '. before adjournment -was ta!ken until tomorrow, morning,, the court' told the jurors he wanted them- to turn Over to r ; him ..." any annohymoua letters they might receive- with reference rto .'the case. - , - . ' - ' :VI -have 'received numerous commun ications of this knd,,' the judge said, and 1 added that th'ey, were ; "threaten 'S PLEA FOR A OF "TWENTY- ONE D BALKS New Controversy Started By Chifia In Shantung Fuss Japan Objects and Session is Abruptly Called to Close WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Bv Asso ciated Press). - With the Shantung ne gotiations already at a delicate stage, the Chinese delegates threw a new ele ment of controversy into the far east ern negotiations today ty asking that the treaties resulting from the famous twenty-one demands be abrogated. 1 The Japanese immediately objected 1 to consideration of the subject and the Far , 'Eastern committee abruptly ad journed. Before another meeting- is hem au or tne nauonai aeiegauons Meantime all the delegation1 spokes men except tne uninese are uepimms to discuss the subject, and mention f tne abrogation 'proposal was omitted from "the official communique of to day's session. In the view of the Chinese represen tatives the subject actually "is before the conference and must be discussed and disposed of one way or another. Further complicating the negotia tions, China also asked the powers to make a definite and specific declaration abolishing, all the claims to "spheres of influence" which have been made under several treaties with China. What disposition would be made of that proposal also was problematical. Meantime some w me wnaiciai .a- f Shantung negotiations were aavancea, Dut tne pnnciym p""1" volved in Japanese withdrawal from the Tsing-Tao railroad remained as it-much a stumbling block as ever. . Japanese delegates offered, according to the understanding of the Chinese delegates to relinquish the Japanese claims over the railway on the basis of financial Compensation, subject to ap proval of the Tokio government.. Coupled with this, however; a. Chi nese delegate said, the Japanese inslst d that Japan,, would have to retain, a "flaatntererJstw the Chinese replied they: were unable In connection with China's request concerning the abrogation of the twenty-one demands, treaties and the powers claims of spheres-of influences conference circles -thouK-ht little could be done. Japan, it was recalled, is re luctant to go into the validity of old treaties. . . , . OPPOSES PRESIDENTS PLAN FOR AUTHORITY IN TARIFF DECISION Philadelphian Says Scheme Isn't a Good One WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. President Hardlnsr's proposal to congress that he be given authority to adjust tariff rates as changing conditions might warrant Is "altogether Impracticable ana un desirable," John P. Wood, of Philadel phia, president of the National Associa tion of Wool. Manufacturers declared today before the senate finance com mittee at hearings on the wool sched ule in the permanent tariff bill. Such a nlan; Mr. Wood said, would keep industries "in a state of imrest at all times" and would result in con stant pressure for changes in rates be ing brought to bear On the President and the tariff commission,"" which, un der Mr. Harding's proposal, would rec ommend the changes in rates to the President within the limitations of maximum and minimum figures to be fixed by congress. "Any plan that takes out of the hands, of congress the power to fix rates for a definite time would be un settling to business," Mr. Wood con-j tlnued. There would be constant hearings before the tariff commission and we feel that the commission would make no more rapid progress in reach ing decisions than the Interstate Com merce commission- makes, and every body knows how fast that is." Senators Smoot, of Utah, and Watson, of Indiana, Republican members of the (committee, differed with Mr. - Wood, arguing that the plan proposed would result in' less uncertainty for business in this country than would otherwise follow the liquidation in Europe and the changing values of currencies abroad. ' Senator Smoot . declared that under present ' conditions congress would have to delegate authority as to tariff rates in some such manner as suggested by the President. While agreeing that business here would- have to suffer some measure of demoralization because of conditions qverseas, Mr. Wood said he did not ze lleve present conditions would, last as long as some students' thought they would. "What weare most concerned with," he added, "is' that there shall, be an adequate,-and. balanced tariff as speedily as possible and we fear that any new element -in the situation will cause de lay." , : J ' I KILLEIJ Df WRECK CHICAGO, Dec. 14.r One man was killed and fourteen persons were-Injured here tonight in a collision be tween two Illinois . Central railway I trains near the- Thirty , first ; street suburban - station. !The dead, man is W. K. Fifield of Chicago. A north bound train was sideswiped by a Biirn side' suburban -.express. ,.. ... ir- -' '-- ; :-."'- ' .- PRESS MEET OPENS - i LAKELAND, Fla., Dec.-14. The an nual meeting of th-e ' Southern Press association was .- opened here tonight Instead of tomorrow. morning as-originally planned. Addressesv of welcome marked the opening session. , LANDS" L. J A T1 A A 7 A lEED ON 1 A t AA V But One Phase of Sea Ratio Question Yet to Be Decided by Powers WASHINGTON, Dec. i. (By Asso ciated Press.) Great Britain, the United States and Japan -were in full accord as to principles tonight on a plan of naval limitation. All major questions involved have been whipped into shape. Technical details as to one phase alone held back an official announcement. The plan worked out by Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato in a series of joint con ferences, follows the original Ameri can proposal except in one respect. That difference is tne agreement that Japan may retain the battleship Mutsu instead of the Setsu; that the United States retain the Colorado r nd Wash ington in place of the Delawareand North Dakota and that Great Britain build the approximate equivalent in capital ships. Promulgation of the agreement has been delayed by arranging details as to the British equivalent for the Mutsu. The "big three" are in agreement as to policy. It appears that the British Angle might be settled by providing that she retain two super-hoods and scrap three or more old ships in their places to bring relative tonnage in retained ships into approximately the same ratio as originalJy proposed by Secretary Hughes. That element of the plan was still to be finally decided, however, when the "big three" meet ing late todav adjourned-. Further meetings of the trio are expected. Any formal announcement of complete agreement on the basis of the Ameri can "5-5-3" ratio plan must await this last step. Eager tor Decision It was emphasized in conference cir cles that the three conferee are eage. to reach full accord and that no tech nical objection of a minor character would be allowed- to stand in the way. In view of this spirit, plainly mani fest on all sides, an announcement of success by the naval conferees was viewed as to be expected at any mo ment. . -.Should a proposal that Great Britain retain two super-hoods of the four she had ordered be .advanced and found ac ceptable it would, be taken in naval circles , as evidence or. tne gooa -reia tionship, that has been established dur irTor the onf ereiwrev . The plan is open, JUS sain, eo iecanivai,.''-Vi"' -V" the, ships would be. of a type not In cluded ? in , the Japanese or American navies. They were -planned as vessels bordering on the "composite" type talked of just at" the close of the war. They would combine the batteries of battleships with the speed of battle oruisers, but sacrifice something in armo- as compared to battleships. The super-hoods, also, would be be yond the replacement limit of 35,000 tons displacement proposed in the American plan. That figure dealt with replacement building, however, and not with ships under construction, each of the three powers having a number of 40,000 tonners in prospect. Since Great Britain has already spent money on the plans and specifications of the ships, it seemed improbable that a pro posa1 for their retention would meet objection in American circles, at least. The attitude of Japan's .delegates was not known. Included in the treaty into which the j naVal limitation agreement is to be worked will be establishment or a status quo understanding as to naval bases and fortifications in the Pacific. This feature of the plan has already been approved by the "big three." It means that the United States abandon any thought of creating naval base at Guam, but excludes from the re strictions to be imposed by' treaty, Hawaii, islands on the coast of Japan, or those in waters immediately adja cent to Australia or. New Zealand. In effect the naval trio are in agreement that none but purely defensive out posts shall hereafter be erected in the Pacific. It was this understanding and the willingness of the United States to bind itself not to add to present for tifications or base facilities at Guam which is believed to have cleared he way to a large extent for Japanese ac ceptance of the "5-5-3" ratio of fleet strength. France Will Ask For Navy Large Enough To Assure Full Protection WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (By Asso ciated Press.) France will ask for. an allotment of 315,000 tons of capital ships and proportionate percentages in smaller classes when the question of the French and Italian navies is taken up, possibly tomorrow or Friday, by the recently appointed conference nav al committee of fifteen. This was dis closed authoritatively tonight by a spokesman for the French delegation. The French thesis takes the program adopted by the French parliament in 1912 which, had it ben completed would have given a fleet-now of 450,000 tons. The war caused the program to be abandoned. The present require ments of France, it will he represent ed, are '.both in : the remote Pacific and continental, the defense in EurOpe cov ering two naval fronts, the Atlantic and. the Mediterranean. Communica tion with Algeria, it also is held,by the French, would be of vital importar in war because of the necessity of transporting troops- and supplies free ly. These reasons it Is expected will be developed in detail by Vice Admiral De Bon and his French colleagues on the committee. 1 .. , The French delegates have assumed their spokesman said, they will not encounter a spirit of dictation respect ing what are ; considered to be Euro pean requirements' in a conference called to deal with Pacific naval pro portions.' There have been no prelim inary studies by this conference, it'was pointed " out, of European problems discussions having been confined to the Far East. '' The . disposition of the French' delegates which is described as DGATION FAUJ RATIO Hughes' Plan Foundation Is For Navy Agreement Reach Understanding on Alt Major Issues of Question of Ratio WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (By Asso- ciated Press.) The arms conference delegates have rreached an agreement on all the major issues of the riavat ratio but are encountering new diffi culties in their discussions on the far east. The American "5-5-3" ratio forms the' basis of the naval settlement but there are to be readjustments in the original American plan to permit Japan- to re tain her new battleship Mutsu. The United States and Great Britain will us given a compensative quota of addi tional ships not yet determined in de tail. ' -In the far eastern negotiations the latest element, of controversy is a re quest by China-for abrogation of the treaties resulting from Japan's famous "twenty one demands." When the re- ' quest was presented to the Far East ern committee of the whole today the Japanese promptly objected and the committee adjourned. Coming at a time when the Shah- ' tung negotiations are at a critical sjage, the Chinese abrogation proposal has somewhat beclouded the prospects of a far eastern agreement, but most of the delegates remain confident of ah ultimate solution Another meeting of the "Big Three" late today advanced the naval ques tion nearer to the point of a final and detailed settlement, but left some minor points still to be determined. In all quarters announcement, of a com- plete accord was regarded as only a question of hours. I One Reinaliilng Point.' As an off set. to Japanese retention of the Mutsu, the United States is to re-tain,,- the -superdread,naughts Wash-' ington and Colorado, and an equivalent Increase in British capital ship tonnage is to De provwea.. .ne- aetaiis. o.t tma is to be. provided.,. .The--detajls. o.f-this , - . , , . ' . . ,-.2re -. s ' 1 poms sriii to dc ubviuw. u.,. -Mt.'v:v . 'Coupled with the naval agreement in the proposed treaty .will be a "stat us quo" understanding. on Pacific forti fications and naval bases, exclusive of Hawaii arid the islands off the Japan ese, Australian . and New Zealand coasts. The plan means abandonment of the American island of Guam as a potential naval base. Temporarily the naval question -is receiving major attention . from the arms delegates, but there were indica tions today that the increasing ser iousness of the far i eastern differences might soon require the principal fig ures of the conference to turn their ef forts to that direction. China's request for abrogation of the "twenty one demands" treaties was coupled with a Suggestion that the powers also take some definite and formal step toward abolition of exist ing "spheres of influence" in the far east. There was no discussion in the committee, but it was evident tonight that the Japanese would not stand alone in opposing the abrogation pro posal. In the Shantung conversations, the present point of controversy Is the compensation that China is to give for Japanese improvements on the Kiao Chow railroad. The Japanese have asked for instructions from Toklo, but subject to a favorable response from their government, offered today; to withdraw from the railroad In the event of a satisfactory compensation arrangement. In view of some of the Chinese dele gates the financial guarantees desired by Japan as a consideration of "her withdrawal amount to virtual perpet uation of Japanese control oyer the road. The suggestion has been made in some quarters that a new "big four' composed of heads of the American, British, Japanese and Chi nese delegations be asked to take th question under advisement. one of "calm tenacity,"' is taken as an indication by many that the meetings of the naval sub-committee may b" more interesting than has been suppos- ' ed by many observers. Some suggestions has been made.ln French quarters , that--France's naval ' ratio was a subject for direct negotia tions between France and : Great Britain, and it Is considered as not un-' likely that Premier Brland and Lloyd t George may discuss the question at' their approaching meeting In London. Senator Schanzer the " head , of theb Italian delegation in talking of Italy't ; naval needs to newspaper correspond ents at the Italian embassy today, said -,' the Italians will go Into the commit- ' tee with two princinles. "The first Is," .he saldthat we shall have the same' ratio" "as France; the secpnd that the ratio be a low one be cause .we do not desire, to build upto -,'i7p v- V' a, large one." 1 " ' - - : ;-. " ri-&i&V-$nM 'Q- vv-uokui ocnaiuer auiuaea to . . m. -;.; .-v : r;i r-,i, , ri . length' of Italy's coasts her dependence;?; -ivf : Vlh- on sea communications f or a large part-"',';?; o i of her food' and. fer. Anhlnsi - nosition;'" r&rr'L' .'-!U-: in the Mediterranean, v He added .that' ' France quite agreed, to Italy's having " --ea i f i the, same ratio- as the French. ,-.:-ity&$-fi-' TAKES OWN LIFE JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Dec. 14. Maurice E.sBloch.3 of Chattanooga.; Tenn.; committed - suicide in a-, local -y-;'" rooming house '-late today' by shooting himself through ' the head. - lie left a -note that his brother Manuel Bloch' at ! Chattanooga be notified, " , ' ' il itfL f mi mi X : ii' lii ..i- .-:J.: via " ,i',i'-"; l!:: "V iV i b : ''i m - f " : If::1 mi fill! 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