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FOUNDED A. D. 1867. VOL.
LONG EJECTMENT BILL
IN COMMITTEE;
OLD RULINGS REMAIN
jluch Feeling Aroused in House
by Passage of Bill in
Senate
EDUCATION MEASURE
MUST RE-PASS HOUSE
Matthews Will Make Second
Trip With Municipal
Finance Act
IULEIGH, Dec 16. By unanimous
vote, the house judiciary committee Nb.
2 tins 5'
ternoon killed the Long eject
ment uill, which had. passed the senate,
reversing the regulations governing
the ejectment of tenants from property.
The passage in the senate of this
measure had aroused considerable
feeling amonc house members. They
freely expressed themselves regarding
the bill when it was before the senate
and a Iar;e majority against it had
already been assured in the bouse. Its
death, at the hands of the Judiciary
committee, buries it with the pile of
other measures that the senate passed
an el the house killed. .
The measure provided for the imme
diate ejectment of a tenant from prop
erty by a landlord upon giving bond, a
.curt h'rinir following. Under evist
ing laws the tenant may give the bond
and retain occupancy - the property
until rafter trial by jury. -':'. .
In going back . through the house
the municipal finance-bill will have, as
i companion, the Mathews educational
bill. The lower body discovered this
momiris that an error, had also been
made in passing the latter. bill, validat
ing school tax levies for this year and
fixini? 39 cents as the maximum rate
' r next year.
Request was made of the senate that
both bills be returned 'to the house to
get a fresh start. They will get sec
ond house readings tomorrow and go
to the senate by special messenger,
where they will be put on, first reading
the same day. This is contrary to the
understanding of the constitution by
senator Harry Stubbs, and others, but
?enator Varser insists there are a num
ber of supreme" court opinions which
hold that a bill - may . have ..its third:
reading in one house and first treading
!n the other house on thl$ same day.
and still comply with the mandates of
the constitution.' The senate .majority
agreed wlihUhlnii-v f w..V'i.VV ".v'
upon- Ton tsarriirt&er senafeTWWy
senators pledged themselves to remain
in session until Tuesday moraine In
order to get the 'legislation "properly
passed. Others promised-to. remain if
they can postpone "btin4ss engage
ments at home. 'i
With the consent of ihe senate com
mittee on agriculture. 5 jthe 2Sjlctent tax
levied on cotton ginned for .the purpose
of creating a warehouse "fund 4was re
pealed this morning." The-"bill "Jwas In
troduced by McSwainof Cleveland, and
went through that body.'Withot oppo
sition. The tax will riot" be ' collected
until after the date of ratification of
the bills. Money, already collected will
be held for uses for which it , was in
tended. ; a .
The house of representatives this
morning passed the senate "bin" increas
ing the salary of
Adjutant-General
Metts from $3,000 to $4,500-' The bill
was defeated whett firs--introduced in
the senate. Brought ,tead6HEOr recon
sideration last nighty It'VasrpfUrsed y
a larere vote and the house'.-members
were almost unanlmouly;"for It today.
Several speeches praising : General
Metts foi his war record and . his con
duct of the adjutant-general's office
were made.
TWO PREMIERS HANDLE
REPARATIONS QUESTION
Move is Preparatory to Session
on Monday
PARIS, Dec. 16. (By the Associated
Press) The entire German- repara
tions problem was virtually, placed in
the hands of Aristde Briand, the French
premier, and David Lloyd George, the
British prime minister, tonight, pre
paratory to their meeting In London
Monday. This action followed the dis-
P?-tch to Germany by" the reparations i
ttoZd note!
commission of a conven
which reserved action on- Germany's I
announcement of her ability Inability '
lo meet her forthcoming payments un-
L1 there has been a consultation by
the allies.
Although the note of the commission
ill not be published until noon, . to
morrow, the Associated Press Was in
formed tonight from a most reliable
source that it Is brief and in no sense
tould be construed as an ultimatum to
t- German government.
The reparations commission disK!uss
eJ Germany's note at two sessions this
"ternoon. It was said to be the feel
nS of the members that, while a jeply
should be sent to Germany, the matter
so important It should be the sub
J??t of consideration by the allies-be-we
any definite action was taken. ,
it was learned tonight that when M.
r'a d and Mr. Lloyd George meet they
probably will have before them all the
acts which the commission has gather
fi in relation to the actual situation in
rrnany. ' . . ,
A suggestion has been made that the
commission take the money Germany
for
reparation pay
Tn a l
. .. ailol lt lo trance, -am
-'mission believes this amount. to -be
;ar'-" 200,000.000 gold marks.
DIES
i!H SBl'RGH FINANCIER DIES
I7TSBURGH. Dec 16. John Bind,
y. aged 75, pioneer; iron operator ai.l
fancier of Pittsburgh, is dead at his
; int-r borne in Cocpanut Grove. ,Flor
;a "cording to word received 'there
Nlr- Kindley, oie of the ,'orgaAie'
: y former president of the Nationat
J ''''"I are association, was well known
.. c"-'- circles oZ Pittsburgh -and New
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Prolonged Cheering Fows Announcement Irish
Treaty is Passed by Both Pliament Chambets
nhv J;??10: Pc- i6- (By the Associated Press) .Prolonged
SSSSfXfff ted the announcement this afternoon that both
fe?e Bntish,parhament had ratified the treaty creating
mnnt 'FVltely ephatiS majorities... The house of com-
S 1 Jpntdy after the vote was taken approving the reply
of tr?tioflS Speech ir01 tiie throne, , which meant ratification
K-hStwi-86688?1 Monday to await action on the treaty
by the Dail Eireann, which is deliberating in DubUn.
lMt HpS,H?fnt?S an? ldie hards" fouht bitterly to the end in a
last desperate attemnt. fr tun, mn x
wio? 4.TYlderwilm them. Charges of broken pledges were
hurled at both Prime Minister Lloyd George and Austen Chamber-
M,.6wvBiuuiBui, teaaer m ine nouse of commons.
Irish Vote Monday
4.1, DU?.LIN Dec- 16. (By the Associated Press) .--A vote on
the question of ratification of the peace treaty between Ireland and
b-reat Britain will be taken at a public session o the Dail Eireann
Monday jmorning at 11 o'clock, according to an announcement
ma.2fxubhc tonight signed by Eamon de Valera and Arthur
urimth.
Four Wowen Arrested
As Leaders of Kansas
Mobs in Mine Strike
State Troops on Scene Aiding
In Preserving Order
At Mines
PITTSBURGH, Kan., Dec 16. (By
Associated Press.) Four women said
to have participated in demonstrations
in which non-striking union miners
were-, driven from work early this week
were arrested tonight and are in -the
city Jail here, tinder charges of unlaw
ful assemblage.
The women are Mrs. Mary Battori,
45 years old, wife of a miner; Mrs.
Mary Skubitz, 32 years old, wife of a
former deputy sheriff of Crawford
county; Mrs. Marie Daloney. mother of
two children; Mrs. Fannie Vimler,
widow of a miner.
One man
was arrested today. He is charged
with assault and battery, the county
attorney's office said.
Kansas national guardsmen, sent
here to assist In preserving order, con
tinued tonight patrol the coal fields.
HEAR POLES CAPTURE
EXPLOSION SUSPECT
Rivrot Services Has NoiWewsjOL.
I - ' " Warsaw UlUWVt: V
. WARSAW, Dec ,16 (By the Asso
ciated Press). A man by Ihe natne of
Wolfe Lindenf eld alias William tiinde,
has been arrested by the Polish police
here as 'a suspect in connection with
the Wall street explosion In New
York, September 16, 1920. The Warsaw
police said they made the arrest at
the request of the American depart
ment of Justice. They claimed to have
in their possession the. man's full con
fession of being connected with the dis
aster. HAVE ICO NEWS
NEW. YORK, Dec. 16. Local officials
or the department of justice declared
late today they never had heard of
Txri T.indenf eld. arrested in Warsaw
iin connection with the Wall street bomb
.miAiinn. It was added inai no re
riiia had cone from the New York
office for the arrest of any person
Poland.
in
REMAIN SILENT
WASHINGTON, Dec 16. (By the As
sociated Press). Justice department
officials would not discuss tonight the
arrest in Poland of Wolfe Lindenfeld
in Warsaw as a suspect in Connection
with the Wall street explosion. It was
indicated, however, that official reports
from Poland were expected by the de
partment and that further details
would then be available.
UNION OF REPUBLICS
SUGGESTED AT CAPITAL
WTA55HINGTON. Dec. 16. An agree-
ment between the republics of North,
South and Central America by which a
policy would be. defined for extending
recognition to defacto governments of ,
the new world was suggested today by
hlgh American officials.
xne sus8uuu ":r
in a munis sion of recognition by the
United States of the newly established
government in Guatemala, a quw .
which it was said naa no. ucu u-.-
minea oy ie u'u
Existence of such a definition, it was
added by high administration officials
would be of advantage at present in
connection with recognition of the new
iivAfir nartv srovernmeni oi ui.c
And concord of action to guide
mala
de facto governments, it was added
emphatically, would be welcomed by
the United States. -
Whether the United . States would
take the lead in a movement to bring
about such a concord was not stated,
the Impression , being given . In some
quarters that the United States would
with frlendlv interest on any
proposals of the other republics.
DECLINES TO RESIGN
(Spdclal to tfce Star) .
WASHINGTON. Dec
oneral Daugherty has rlled-Marshall
?X Lyon? of South Carolina, by ask
Sg hirato resign. Lyon will resist.
Sf says his time is not our and
?eas 5 reason for the action of Mr
Daugherty who wants to , put a Re
SwfcaTln his place. ,Hill make a
twt"case and forco the attorney gen
eral - to oust him. -- - , - - -.
V FOUND DEAD IK ROOM
. (Special t tie tsar)
WILSON Dec 16.-Thls afternoon
about 8:30 o'clock. W. L. Wllkins, cot
ton buyer on this market for the past
thirteen V years for Rogers and com
pany, of ' NoTfolk, -Va and for W. A.
tro-t Wboro.: exporter.-was- found
"i ' flnor. of ; his room-, The
v. tiAttkX--irrt hearth'
failure sometime' uurjus ."
wa originally from xGJfPenvlll, S,- Cs
WILMINGTON, N.
Prosecution Rests in
Easdake Murder Case;
Defense Takes Stand
Witnesses Tell of Home Life of
Man Accused of Slay
ing Wife
MONTROSS, Va., Dec. 16. The pros
ecution rested its case late today and
the defense began the presentation of
evidence in the trial of Roger D. East
lake, former naval petty officer, who Is
charged jointly with Miss Sarah E.
Knox, Baltimore nurse, with -the mur
der of his wife, Margaret, September
30, at Colonial Beach, Va. Before ad
journment, several defense witnesses
had "testified as to Eastlake'e habits
and home life.
After the prosecution had rested Its
case. Judge J. W. Chinn, accompanied by
counsel for both sides
visited a nearby
ret, "five. The trial had reached the
stage .where the. children were the only
two remaining witnesses to testify for
the prosecution. Judge Chinn,, after
questioning the little ones for an hour,
announced, from, the bBqch that he con
sidered Margaret incompetent to tes
tify, and that -he was convinced the
child's evidence ,wouldi throw no sub
stantial light on tfce case. But.jthe boy
he announced, wast in his opinion, com
petiiiid'omisiir.-'ttoTpiolT
stnd Tio. -
stand, he" .very . likely"- would exercise
his prerogative and"call the child him
self. This' action would not be resorted
to, however, .the jude explained, un
less he. felt the boy's testimony' neces
sary. -
Shows Eastlsdce Abaeat
Defense - attorneys, . through ... wit
nesses, sought to break down the con
tention of the prosecution that' East-1
lake was . In his home at; the hour his
wife met death, and through Franklin
Carrothers. a fellow, worker with East
lake at theDahl green proving ground,
succeeded In getting into the record
uncontested Carrother's statement that
Eastlake was at work about the time
the murder is alleged to have been
committed.
A. R. Crowthers, of Ocean City, N. J.;
in. testifying" for the defense, identified
the hatchet found in the Eastlake home
the morning of the murder as the one
given him by Miss Kius at his home in
Ocean City to sharpen when the nurse
was at that place, Crowther's wife,
also a witness, corroborated her hus
band's testimony.
What was : described, as a "love let
ter" from Eastlake to Miss Knox,
which was said to have been found in
the possession of the nurse the morn-
; ing of the crime by Private Detective
J.UIII 3UU&wci, ui vuiyiiiai wills
testified for the prosecution that the
woman tore the letter In bits when" he
attempted-to wrest it from er. was
read to the Court. The epistle was
worded in such a manner, it was con
tended, as to show . that Eastlake de
sired Miss Knox to visit him at Colo-
ai Beach.
. identifies Note
Boulwer also identified a note, which
lt is anegea was signed by Eastlake
for ?600, neld Dy MiM Knox.
Thomas Howe identified a hlood-
stained pistol contaViing shreds of hu-I
man hair found at the Eastlake place
the morning of the murder, and a
bloodstained., handkerchief and two
empty shells..
George Mason,' of Colonial Beach,
corroborated Howe's testimony, having
been present when ne articles were
found.
Franklin Carrothers, who was the
third defense witness to take the
stand, sajjd ' that when he was on his
way 'to work i about 5:30 on the morn
ing of the murder he heard , an object
fall In the Eastlake house, followed by
a child's scream. When he arrived at
the boat which . took him to work, he
added, Eastlake was already there.
Mrs. W. E. Carrothers, sister-in-law
of the witness, testified she had heard
a ?child scream before her brother-in-law
left the house and . that - it was
more distinct after he had opened the
door. She stated further that she met
Eastlake on his way back to his home
with her husband, and told him of hav
ing heard a child, scream. She said
that Eastlake replied. "I heard one,
too.", v . '
Robert Boardman, 6f;Cp!on5al Bfach;
Lieut. Green, Eastlake' s i superior : offi
cer at the provinE' v grounds i, CaptaSii
E.B.'R.obey. and" Pnot.Cumberland. if
the boat that conveyed ' Eastlake to his
work-;' Miss ..Grace AshtonJ Miss Mary
Griffin and.Miss Helen "Miller also" tes
tified for 'the defense. .. .. : v.'--. :
The defense' in ope,ning,its case. Call
ed Dr. W.- L. Brent.", of Colonial -Beach.
The .physician's ;; testimony was 'con
fined almost - entirely' to - the . lapse . of
time after ' death for -rigor ; mortis .to
develop. , He concluded his testimony
by -stating rthat his - personal, opinion
was that Mrs.: Eastlake had been killed
at" 8:80 'o'clock Vln the ': morning' Dr.
v.v.
along slmlarlinee.
C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1921.
REED LOOSES SECOND
SHOT AT NEWlTREJiTY)
SENATE AWifS PACT
Republican Spokesmen Say They
WU1 Wait For Intro
eduction DENY PACT TO CAUSE
U. S. TO TAKE UP ARMS
WASHINGTON, Dec 16. CBy Asso
ciated Press. j While another assault
on the four-power Pacific treaty, was
in progress today in the senate, ad
ministration spokesmen took their,
first notice of the senate discussions"
and let it be known that they did not
regard the treaty as. Imposing ah obli
gation to take up arms.- f
No provisions of the new agreement,
it was declared in highest administra
tion circles, obligates any one of the
four powers to take military measures
in pursuance of decisions reached by
consultations among tjiem. f wws
added that any su-ch guarantee did not
in any sense' represent the spirit of
the treaty.
The officials were not willing to go
further in interpreting the pact.but in
i response to questions they reiterated
their understanding that the "region
of the Pacific ocean," as the term is
used in the treaty text, includes the
principal islands .of the Japanese em
pire and Australia and New -Zealand as
well. British spokesmen have en
dorsed that application; of the term and
have declared-it to be the unanimous
understanding in which the treaty was
signed.
Reed Bats Again
The attack , on the treaty in the sen-
ate during the day was .made by-Sena-. of what was golng on until a conclu
tor Reed, Democrat, oflMissouri, who sion had been reachecL
referred to - the question of Including ; Tne British statement as to French
Japan proper within the scope of the : proposais preceded the committee's no
pact and declared- an obligation was talk decio. An official communique
included Tor protecucm oi Japanese
territorial integrity. He again cnax-
acterized the arrangement as an alli
ance by which the United States would
have little to gain and much to lose.
Senator Reed also declared the four-
power pian migni wmpw me umcou.
. . . . - 11 TI-U.J '
States to go to war against t.mi)a or
peateaiy tnat me irency no wo-jr .i
fects the mainland of Asia and could
not be invoked in relation to ques
tions arising within Chinese or Rus
sian jurisdiction. " 1 . '
Further than' this," there 'has been
no attempt by the administration to
Interpret or' explain the latiguage of
the E treaty, repeated, quizes,, meeting
with the response tbat,-thv text of. the
agreement , speaks for.itself-
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nuvjjieu o.uiuiiiov.yi,. Br-,.-,-.-.
after the three hour attack on the fotir
power Pacific treatytoday. by Sena.tor
Reed, Senator -Curtis,' of Kansas, their
party whip, ' announced ' that there
would be no discussion of -the subject
until it is formally submitted 'by Pres
ident Harding. v
Mr. Curtis' statement was made, lt
was understood,;', explanation for
the fact that o speeches . had been
made in favor" . ot the treaty and in re
ply to the attacks of Senators Reed and
Borah, Republican; of Idaho. Taken
In conjunction with the party policy of
the Democrats, who have decided to
maintain silence, leaders on both sides
predicted a minimum dt debate on the
new pact until after the armament con
ference is ended. At that: time, it has
been indicated, all of the agreements
reached in the conference will be fpr
warded to the .capitol.
Senator Reed, however, announced
another purpose. He proposed' to send
"the treaty to the American people
just as was done with the treaty of
Versailles," . and he predicted that by
the time the voters have an opportu
nity to act on the question, ' they will
know that this treaty had all of the
vices charged, to the treaty of Ver-.
sallies, with none of its virtues.
INSPECT OLD SHIPS
READY FOR AUCTIONEER
Business Men Look Over Obso
lete Naval Craft
PHILADELPHIA, -Dec. 16. (By As
sociated Press.) Obsolete 'battle- craft
that are to be sold by the navy depart
ment to the highest bidders were in
spected today at the Philadelphia navy
yard by a group of business men com
prising financiers, shipbuilders, steel
operators and scrap dealers. Bids are
to be submitted to the navy board of
survey appraisal and sale in Washing
ton or before January 16.
Chief among the ships in the lot at
the local yard are the battleships
Maine, Missouri and Wisconsin, . Their
turrets, rusted, decks warped and the
grey paint on their steel sides faded
and peeled, they appear Tbut little more
than the description in the sale cata
logue "hulks."
In the early part of the present cen
tury when most of them were launch
ed, they were the pride of the navy.
All have a " displacement of slightly
more than 10,000 tons and were in
service but not in action in the late
war. The Maine was built in Phila
delphia and the Missouri at Newport
News in i90i. The. Wisconsin was
built at Sa.n Francisco In; 189 8.
CHARGE AGAINST ALABAMA
" PUBLISHER $8 ! DROPPED
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 16The.
case against Charles H,. Allen, publish?
er of --the Montgomery Advertiser,
charging a disturbance of the peace
when -hff'vdenoTinced. Dr. ,P. A. Bayen,
national .superintendent? of the antl-
salobnleague, ""was - dismissed when it
was xaue.tt..jft:j;ne,:.r!unn! nm.
afternoon. . The manager; .of the hotel,
in 1 the -lobby of which . the : verbal c'ash ;
took, -place, .said "that sln.ee.. Dr. Baker.
did-no iresent. the verbal assault and ,
,thero was :-nq - fight, would .with- i
draw the . complaint -.hlcji , he ; J ha4
PI ANE FINDS BODY, '
MIAMI, ?Fla., DecU6---The body of
Roy E.',.' Mas on. .who was, drowned in
Biscayne bay. J Wednesday night, ' was
locatedbyi-Seaplanf this;. after: Roon.AJ
marker was':" dropped and boats will 1
go' out to grapple Xo It tomorrow. -
NA
VY
THREATENED BY
TO BUILD GIGANTIC SEA FORCE
Paris Delegates
Would Build, Not
Destroy Warships
Bombshell Is Exploded rrWhen
British Announce French
Plan
WASHINGTON,.. Dec. 16. (By . the
Associated Press). British, spokesmen
hurled a bomb shell into conference
circles today with the announcement
that France had asserted before the
naval committee of fifteen her inten
tion of building between 1925 and 1935
ten capital ships of 35.000' tons each.
The statement stood unchallenged from
French quarters through the day.
It appeared that a French proposal
was submitted at ' the - first meeting
of ' the committee after Secretary
Hughes had announced the agreement
between Great Britain, Japan and the
United States to abandon projected
building programs, scrap 68 capital
ships aggregating nearly two million
tons and set their navies in ten years
on a 5-5-3 ratio basis as between them
selves. The one action disclosed at
today's meeting of the committee of
flftpTV was th acrcflnifint nnt tr talk
as to today's session said merely that
t- --comnlrtW-..TOet. adiourned and
would meet again tomorrow
; There were indications that the
French group had not concluded pre-
" '
seiutiiiuns ui us case u me inree nour
H(,Hf,nrl n . mmmitt. riT-T,o- the
da The ar eipected to. continue to
morrow ana, pending- that, 'It is be-
communication with their government,
possibly to seek broader powers.
French spokesmen have repeatedly
pointed out that they - were without
any official knowledge of what was in
progress in the "big three" naval neg
otiations culminating in the triangular
agreement. They received the official
announcement of the agreement late
yesterday arid -it appeared- possible
that, when the .French government had
lim? lQ cioseiyy ttw threer
r jc-ff&ncn proposals -mig
might., be foihcom
ing. .vasrue . ; hints . of such r possible
developments .were in circulation to
night but whether founded on Knowl
edge or hope could not be determined
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
QUESTIONS SLAYER
Says Woman Murderer of Doc
tor Has Acute Mind
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 6. Mrs. Lillian
Raizen, who shot, and instantly killed
Dr. Abraham Glickstein- at his Brook
lyn office last Saturday, today was
questioned in a two-hour examination
by District Attorney Lewis.
"She seems to possess a very acute
mind," Mr. Lewis said. "My main ef
fort was tc find the trend of her men
tality. She told me nothing that she
has not told before, and I asked ques
tions purely for the sake of studying
her mind.
Attorneys for Mrs. Raizen said they
had found a number of letters 'tarijtten
by her after the alleged attacker the
physician, three weeks before her mar
riage. Tjhese letters will, prove, they
declared, that Mrs. Raizen's mind was
unbalanced, in that she was obsessed
with the idea that Dr. Glickstein
shpuld be removed from her life for all
time.
Alienists engaged by the woman's
attorneys will conclude their examina
tions tomorrow, after which, it - was
said, the defense wilP decide whether
to apply for a commission to pass upon
her sanity. In the event of their re
quest for a commission, District Attor
ney Lewis said he would employ alien
ists to assist in. the prosecution.
DRAWS FIVE YEARS
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
RALEIGH, Dec. 16. C. J. Kelly, San
ford automobile dealer, Was sentenced
to five years In the Atlanta peniten
tiary and fined $5,000 in United States
district court today for interstate traf
fic in stolen automobiles, when the
Jury, after four hours deliberation on
the ease started : Wednesday, December
7, brought in a verdict of guilty against
Kelly, A. W. Hoffman, major in the
New York national guard; and Harry
Craig, of Germantown, Pa. George
Scott, suspended member of the New
York automobile squad, and Frank Mo
ran, of New York, involved as .the de
fendant in the sale indictment, "were
acquitted. District Attorney Adlett
reserved piayer for judgment against
Hoffman ar.d Craig.
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TWO ALLEGED LEADERS
; OF. MOB ARE TAKEN.
LEXINGTON, Ky Dec. 16. rCale
Noble and Tom .Noble, two aCSeged
leaders of the attack on the Breathitt
county jail . last - Saturday morning,
have - been captured on top of the
mountain over th'e cave in. whi-ch they
t'nht Tfifaee. according:, to a telephonic
message received late tonight by Mrs.
v G? Mulliklh. from her husband... who
wlh his bloodhounds went to Breathitt
ctmnty from Lexington. . Wednesday
nIsht . : - -
rjo particulars of the capture were.
related
o Mrs. Mullikln by her hus-
bant).
GIBBONS OUTPOINTS ODOWD.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 16. Mike Gib
bons .of St. Paul . outV olnted his ' fellow
townsman, Mike O'Dowd, tormer mitr-
diewelght..champlonX'in;: .ai;ten ground
bout- here tonight," newspaper men at
the ringside agreed.
OLDEST
CURTAILMENT
Japs and Chinese Are
Nearing Agreement on
. Railway Control Item
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (By
the Associated Press.) A tentative
..agreement to return the Kiao
Chow Tsinanfu Railway in Shan
tung to China within .nine months
was reached today during the con
versations between Japanese and
'Chinese delegates. An agreement
was a'lso being approached on !
other points concerning the mode
of payment, it was said by the
Chinese.
It was decided that the road
should be paid for in Installments
but no decision was reached on
the period over which 53,000,000
by the Japanese, and the Chinese
gold German marks, the price
agreed upon would be agreed.
The Chinese offer to pay in cash,
made yesterday,- was not accepted
by the Japanese, and the Chinese
countered with a proposal that
payments , be completed within
two or three years, making the
time as short as possible. The
Japanese, according to a Chinese
delegate tonight, said this period
was too short and suggested what
to the Chinese seemed "a very long
term."
The sudden turning back of the
railway, the Japanese are under
stood to have said, would adverse
ly affect Japanese trade interests.
China will not borrow from Japan
any money with which to meet the
payment, the Chinese said, nor will
any loan be negotiated.
HEAR FURTHER PLEAS
AGAINST LOWER RATE
Railroads Appear Before Com
merce Body
WASHINGTON, Dec, 16. Renewed
arguments against general rate reduc
tions by the Interstate Commerce
Commission were made today by
spokesmen for railroads in three dis
tricts of the United States. Arguments
were based, the spokesmen explained,
on statistical studies of earnings and
the effect upon dem of rates and traf
fic fluctuations.
T. C. Powell, vice president of the
Erie was the witness lor eastern car
riers; W. C. Maxwell, vice president of
the "Wabas. lines spoke -for the ; Cen
tral" -freight association', and George
W- Lamb,udltor'vfoTMth
laHway'x present
tatlon for the' southern, district.
The' agitation for .lower rates work
ed to decrease, traffic. Mr. Powell ' said,
while Mr. Max, well asserted1' "that "the
outlook' jwould be gloomy indeed or
the -centra!! roads If the' rate' are to
b. decreased."
For the year ending September 30th,
the southern railroads earned but 1.8.!
per cent on the .value of property used
in transportation Mr- karm said, pre
senting figures for the class one lines
to which he said all statistical pres
entations applied. For the- ten months
of 1921, to November 1, he fixed the
Teturn at 2.2 per cent.
SUPREME
COURT JUDGE
DIES IN ROCKY MOUNT
ROCKY MOUNT. Va., Dec. 16. Judge
E. W. Saunders, of the supreme court
of Virginia, former congressman from
the fifthi, Virginia district, died1 here
this afternoon. The funeral will be
held tomorrow "afternoon.
Judge Saunders' death was due to a
heart affection.
Mr. Saunders was born In Franklin
county; Virginia, October 25, 1860. He
obtained hte 'primary education in the
public schools in Bedford county, and
received- the degree of L.L.B. at the
University of , Virginia in 1882. He
married Nancy D. Walker, of Lynch
burg, Va.December 11, 1886. He be
gan the practice of law at Rocky
Mount,: Va,; in' 1882 and was a member
of the Virginia house of delegates from
1887 to 1907, and speaker of the house
from 1899 to 1901.. He was judge of the
circuit cOurt from 1901 to 1906 and in
November, 1906," was elected to the
fiftieth session . of congress for the
unexpired term Of. Claude A, Swaneon,
resigned. He wis successively re
elected to the-sixtieth and sixty-first
sessions of . congress, serving from
1907 to 1911 from , the fifth Virginia
district, and was succeeded by the late
Rorer A. James when he was appointed
to the supreme court bench.
SIX INJURED WHEN
TWO SHIPS COLLIDE
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Six members
of the crew of the United States des
troyer Graham were Injured tonight in
a collision, with the passenger steam
ship Panama off Seagort, N. J.
The boV of the Panama cut into the
starboard side of the destroyer and
held her fast. v. No attempt was made
to draw the vessejsl apart before the
arrival of wrecking tugs and other
craft dispatched from the' navy yard in
answer to wireless calls for assistance.
.Three hours after the accident, a ra
dio message from the Panama said the
destroyer was resting easily across her
bow and that the injured' were receiv
ing medl'cal aid from the liner's sur
geon and a physician from tne steam
ship General O. W. GoethaHs which had
reached the scene of the accident.
YOUTH IS ACQUITTED
COLUMBIA CITY, tnd., Dec. 16.
Fred Decker was found not gruilty to
night of the charge of murder in con-,
nection with the death of Leroy Lov
ett, an Elkhart, Indiana, youth. Lovett
was murdered as part of a plot to ob
tain 120,000 insurance, according to the
state's contention. - Decker, it -was
charged, instigated . the plot. His
brother, Virgil Decker, i serving a life
sentence at the state penitentiary for
the murder. .;.:' -
CONFIDENCE. IN BRIAND
PARIS, Dec. li.w-The senate ' tonight
voted. confidence in the govntment of
Premier - Briand: on 'the"" question of the
resumption of relations by France with
the Vatican. Th vote was 74 to 129.
DAILY IN THE STATE.
PROGRAM IS
ei:t -r- -m t r r tpv n ry -rr tl
French Proposal
Is Obstacle In
Path Of Envoys
Far East Discussions Make Un
expected Progress
During Day
WASHINGTON, Deo. 16 (By the As
sociated Press.) -The negotiations for
reduction of naval armaments struok
an obstacle today while the far east
ern discussions were making unexpect
ed progress.
France furnished the latest complin
cation In' the naval problem, and al
though details of her attitude were
carefully concealed she was represent
ed as desiring to launch a capital ship
building program on a scale that would
scrap the whole ship-scrapping pian
agreed on by the United States, Great
Britain and Japan.
In the far eastern conversations the
question of Japanese withdrawal from
the Kiao Chow railroad in Shantung,
which twenty four hours ago seemed
to have reached a stage of considerable
delicacy, was brought suddenly to the
point of a tentative agreement between
the Japanese, and Chinese delegates.
Other issues of the arms conference
remained at a standstill, although tn
the senate the attack on the four-power
treaty was renewed by Senator Reed,
democrat, Missouri, and admlnlstra
tlon spokesmen took notice of the de
bate long enough to say they did not
regard the treaty as obligating the
United States to take military action.
Would Oust Sub.
.In the new naval committee of fif
teen, the British formally, presented
their request for abolition of the sub
marine, but discussion was deferred
and it was indicated that the point
would not be pressed with any hope of
success. The request was all but lost
sight of in the stir created by presen
tation of the views of France.
What actually happened with respect
to the French proposal was screened
behind the interdiction of secrecy that
surrounds the meeting , of trie commit
tee of fifteen a secrecy which was
agreed upon today by the committee
itself. An official spokesman of ' the
British delegation, however; made bold
to say that the-French, had presented
& building program that would give
them" ten 35,000 ton -super-dread
naughts ."during-nhe ten -years-!- jmbseV-. '
quent to .1925 and tht Great Britain,
the United States and Japan all had
objected. ,
Storm Looming.
Developments that followed this dis
closure gave evidenpe of a brewing
storm over the question of secrecy fof
sessions of the committee. The French
declined to comment, saying that "un
der the discipline of the stats depart
ment" they were pledged to keep quiet.
An official American spokesman foi
lowedvthe same course, saying that the
situation was that the committee met
at eleven o'clock and adjourned at
twenty minutes to two to meet again
tomorrow.
Both the French and American ex
pressed surprise that any one. had ven
tured to reveal what transpired behind
the closed doors of the committee room
and there were hints among the Frewch
that an investigation should be insti
tuted. , .
Out of the tangle the only national
attitude to be clearly enunciated was
that of the British. They said frankly .
they could not approve the French
plan, since lt would1 B,lve to Francs
by 1935 a great preponderance of new,
first class ships over every nation in
the world. If France built, they said.
Great Britain must build, too.
Italy was also .represented as disap
proving the French plan, but as insist
ing that she must keep abreast of
France in any re-arrangement of nav
al strength.
TRIALS OF NINETEEN
TO BEGIN MONDAY
AUSTIN. Tex., Dec. 16. Examining
trials of nineteen Austin citizens
charged today with the murder of P.
R. Clayton, a taxlcab driver, who 'was
shot to death last night, will be held
Monday before ' Justice of th6 Peace
Mendel, in whose court the charges
were filed today by Earl Shelton, an
attorney.
Late today 13 of the 19 men had been
arrested and released in $5,000 bond
each. .
Clayton was shot while sitting at the
steering wheel o fan automobile which
had halted in an alley next- -to - the
building known as the- "Ku Klux hall."
It was reported a meeting was n
progress in the hall at the time of ; the
shooting. ' . r . r
Two other taxi drivers were -with
Clayton. According . to stories told the
police ,the three' were-on their way-to
a dance and had stopped. In the -aUey
for a few minutes when five or six men
opened fire on them. Clayton was
wounded and lived only long enough to
exclaim: "I don't know why they did
ft." ..i
SET PLAYER LIMIT'-- '
IN . SOUTHERN LEAGUE
MEMPHIS, . Dec. 16. rSonthern ; asso
ciation teams, next season ,"wtll be com-.
posed of sixteen, players, .nine of prev
ious class A expexlencA and seven of a-,
lower rating the. salary : limit ' stands y
at $4,500,: thAthreo jyfar. rule wUl ;
P8 out t existence,, and each of th
clubs will sharein , the 4 gate Teecipts
or ; the- rou them '.world'a series' be
tween the Texas And Southern associa-
tlon clubs under legislation adopted at
the ' final - session vtoday of , the wintsr i
meeting of the association. V ,' '-
;The fixing of vthevplayey aimlt at 1SJ ,
is an Increase of one over the limit to."
which the clubs wr: held last season,.'.
The Rookie" rule, limiting, tho nnm
ber of players -of -class A experience,
remains in force r as it was durlnsr the
ISZl 'seasoni -i-X-'.-:. : " "
Another resolution , adopted "t the
final; session, raised the waiver -pries -from
J06 to S500. - . .
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