Weather 32 Pages Fair and Colder! Sunday ; World, State and Local News Daily: Monday Fair FOUNDED A. D. 1867.VOI WOULD CORRECT ERROR QPMATF RFfifiRn Til """' ,u Dclsny Favors Double Barreled Legislation to Insure Legality WOULD HAVE PRESENT v MEASURE PASS ALSO Two Senators, However, Want Time to Investigate New Proposal Hj BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Deo. 17 Double barrelled r action to insure a municipal finance n,r that will be constitutional and valid, was proposed In the senate this afternoon by Delaney, .of -Mecklenburg-. Kacked by supreme court . opinions and records, he advocated Che adoption t,f a committee report recommending i-.o correction of the" error in the sen rtr journal of the last regular session w hereby record of the third ' reading vote of the finance act as passed at that session was omitted. . The Mecklenburg senator would not interfere with the present municipal finance act, which Is now before the house and almost identical of the Pro-! visions with the bill that passed at the ; reg-ular session. The senate couto Cor rect the error in Its : journal and Das s the act now before the assembly." If this act goes through and Is fourd to he constitutional, the. former measure after passage the present bill is found "I" Av0t?- Si fOQd- In advocating adoption of the r.ai committee report. Senator Delaney jiointf -d out tnat the supreme court found that the bill " now . before the general assembly was being erroneous ly passed, and expressed fear that such a mistake might occur again Monday in putting it back through, the two bodies. The supreme court Informed him that the correction of the . senate Journal would make the regular session act valid, and a measure under which the cities could successfully operate Would thereby be insured. , Two Oppose Move- Senators Long of Hafifax, and Long of Alamance, oKJecteE to the adoption it the report this afternoon, asking for time in which to make a thorough, investigation as to the feasibility ' of the Meoklenburg senator's plan. De lanev moved that consideration f ;his senate would.:-pa:--1-ARtL4M'Jt,e port, aa the erpuX-ia fni.Us Journal.!:!' Another aKxemJty-ta.1; Interfered" with exist ing lawa goVertoing : capital . cases was defeated in. the lionse today When a measure providing -f or . the . fixing of punishment in all capital cases,' except rape by the juries,1 was. tabulated. The l ouse also voted down' a "measure au thorizing the governor, .tp .offer re wads not exceeding" ?l,50(i" lor the 'ar rest 0f fugitives charged with felonies. The Ross bill, designating the "oieye -iaisy as the state 'official flower "for North Carolina, came UP in. the.Vhouae attain and lengthy, debate on, the "sub ject ran from the sublime"to the ridic ulous. It was finally "passed by a VQt rf 46 to 15. The liouse ignored Repre sentative "Walter Murphy's request that Rowan county be exempted from the law on the ground that either the '"Vir ginia Creeper or the Trumpet flower, the latter sometimes affectionately; re ferred to as cow's itch, had won: out tn an informal referendum In1-his; county. Interest In. Tax BUT , 4j; interest in the house centeredarow the Dunlap bill providing - for the 're- peal of the law placing penalties, for the failure to pay taxes .within a speqi fifd time, the house, by a' close vote, sending it to the finance committee, which, members declared, means its .iestruetion. - "' Upon recommendation of the com mittee on agriculture,: the house passed without opposition, the bill fixing 68 pounds as the standard weight for North Carolina corn on, the cob and 70 pounds on shelled corn, instead of the old weights oS 70 and 74 The house held only one session to '!ay, hn the senate, adjourning at 2 r lork. tame back at 3 this afternoon spent a couple of hours clearing if calendar. It defeated by a large vnte the automobile theft law, requir ing dealers to give a bill of sale with -ach new machine and providing for h- registering of cars with the regis f" of deeds in the county sold. Senate rubers considered some.of the pro-v- ions of the bill unreasonable. FREED OF CHARGE OF KILLING SID HATFIELD i'LCH. W. Va.. Dec. 17. C . E. L:vMv, "Buster" Pence and William i!;"rs. charged with the killing of Ed 'Cambers, of Matewan, on the court fo stops at Welch last Augpst, were u-r,-i i,y the jury after 51 minutes of ' !.i'er;,tion tonight. The case was '-iv..ii to the jury at 7:43 o'clock and at v ; ! thy made their report to Judge '"'x Frrnch Strother. The defend nts were held under the indictment 'nfiin them with the killing of !S id ': .-ticlfj and gave bond, with' the: same f- ndptvien as had been security on the 'it charge. :- r WRATHEK FOBtJCAST. - sitINGTON, Dec. 17. Virginia: ''aring and colder Sunday; Monday !: ,-. 2 . : :rth Carolina: Generally fair and ''"'"h colder Sunday;-Monday f air. ?. 5 v ; nth Carolina and Georgia: Fair, and Tr" colder Sunday; Monday fair., 'lorida: Generally fair and colder ;nday. except probably rain in e.x 1:1 south portion; Monday fair.' '-xtrcme northwest Florida: Fair, and 1 'ir Sunday; Monday fair and Warmer , ' .-.'t,j" ;f , Alabama: Fair Sunday and-probably -;"riiday; colder In south portion Sun r'.sine temnerature. ' " -. , Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair Sun- tla colder In east -portion.; , Monday motion oe posipofi-?inoj'a-joo ne proposal -at- length. then.uOniy het- in,-roasing 'Strrner. cloudiness and -slightly CVni.-No. 102. ARREST OF SUSPECT PiAKi RUMOR NEW. ATTEMPT TO WRECK DISTRTrT New York Feels Again Thrills' Experienced When Bomb Exploded NEW- YORK, Dec. 17.The thrills which New York experienced In Sep tember, of lasV year when Wall street was rocked by a bomb explosion which killed nearly two score persons were revived tonight, Coincident with the arrest or a sus pect In Warsaw and the arrival from Washington of William J. Burns, chief or the bureau of investigation of the department of justice, to take personal charge of the case,, there were circu lating in the downtown financial dis trict rumors of a new radical plot to blow up the stock ercbange. local authorities, . while admitting that special guards Chad been placed around the. exchange and other build ings professed to attach no great im portance , to reports that threatening letters" had been received by a num ber of "brokers. In this connection were recalled a number of post -card "threats" to blow up the custom house and post office, which followed the sen sational blast of 1920 and failed to materialize. ' Mr. Burns, on his arrival, added nothing to his statements In Washing ton that the arrest in Warsaw of Wolfe Undenfeld, former representative in New York of iJenine and the third In ternationale ajnd later in the service of the department of justice, would clear un the mvstrv wht ha iiir rounded the case. He said nothing tending to confirm reports current here htt- ir.ni 3n-Mt r, Aeenses Reds During the investigation, which ex tended around the world with the offer l T fiaiironfa AVAAAiniy 1 1 flrt AAA onil va. sulted ln the arreat ln thls country and Jour-'p,, ., H. Canada cf a score of suspects, who were subsequently discharged. Burns maintained from the first that the ex plosion was the work of the third In ternationale, as Indicated now in dis patches from abroad. ' Suspecta rounded up and discharged included; A former tennis player, arrested m Canada after he had claimed a psysio influence had. led him to foretell the disaster. A former convict., in a Wisconsin penitentiary, later found to have. been behind the bars when the blast oc curred. , Five seamen taken from a ship at New Orleans and later cleared. Three Cleveland suspecte, one a wo man, later freed. . ' Two Pittsburgh suspects, one later lodged In jail: for dodging! the it ' Wrestler. arrested1? Omaha ut later proven, iqs Jiave beeja ehgage on slon.'.-" ' ' - Mr.' Burns reiterated' that there was .no question that q in , trlttdenf eld's ar rest the department of justice had a solution" of the explosion. We- have-, known .it 11 along." he said. v . .' . ' J.- '. He regretted, he declared; that the "Warsaw, police, had perjnitted Ldnden f eld's capture to' beoome known at this lems capture io Ti, W tJon to one. who would attack you at - any necessary to waiffthe Dall's deci time. as it had been the intention to' ... ' A.:in .:tt. ia withhold the intt0J?x.lomA tbe The' letters were read after cOnsid- I raight settle nothing and if a. plebiscite Investigation might bMinhampered. erable argument by opposing counsel ; ln Ireland was decidr npon. parlia It,was through Lindenfeld, Mr. Burns a1 tbeijj admiSSibility as, evidence, j nient might -vheld7vis session, until said, ; that the Burns agency learned the c0jBrt- flnany permitting their read- after New Vfef..,,-;: prior to the Wall street exploeion .hat ( lng SUbject to proof being given, by.'the Lord Birknhe2Ld "tas charfire of tte "something .was. going to happen, but , deeBse . their; having - come f torn ) government; In Irish afaifs. no that he added-that thef exact location could BastlakeVrttect at"' the Dahlgreen ' the premis-'witL.pft engswedwitM. ndtbe determined. He refused to state proYinff grounds where he was -sta- Briand ont the matter of German rwpErr whether sussects were now m tnts country,, assertins.!ttiat. the number of persons - Involved might be anywhere fromvI2-fo 300, Bqrns added that the operatives in n-flT acncv knew some relationship ex Isted .between the perpetrators of the Wall street plot and those who .sent bombs through the .mails to' several prqminent men in various cities "some months earlier. XlXTJENFEIiD TALKS " WAHSAW, Dec. 17. (ByAssociated Press.) Further ' statements relative to the .Wall -street bomb explosion have been made by Wolfe Lindenfeld ar rested by the Polish police yesterday on suspicion to. having been implicat ed In the explosion, and who subse quently made a full confession, giv ing the names of. the ring leaders and other information. .These statements are being ftranslatelAto English. Bill Authorizing -' . . : twenty Million V- - WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. A bill au thorizing the President to-expend zo, mSffinfot the funds pf the United StaW rain: corporation'-for relief of tne distressed and tartar people of Russia was passed tonight . by ihe hbuse,rH4 to 51. "r '"' . 'r'il-,. ..' Opponents of the measure fought lt to the iast and- forced a roll, call on the ground that the vote as announced, did not include a Quorum of the bouse. The roll call resulted 181 tb 71 and the .bill iow goes to the senate. - In. wrangling over the measure the hoJie attempted to.chop Itto P with amendments. The first actual test was i on an amendment y Repre sentative Bankhead. il?" ma. to reduce the amount from twenty Smion to-ten million, whichwas de feated; 78 to 60. wl",J nf There had been two solldtom of debateUuring whichaa:: fd v of tejoj quence was,let loose on the argument tnat thee starving children of Rom regardaesofahebohruht had brought about Iheir jatress, should have their . cry for -bread si lenced with American food, g-" fight was started! over - proposals to tear the bill to pieces. ' . . .,' : fprotesting againstnhe-use of funds for the people of any foreign nation. Chairman , Madden A of? W?? tionsicommitteei declared. K . ?? to vote a tax on the hack of the Amer, icas. people, and cry- at the same time for econohiy.' ' , ,'.' '.',.." . r,.mv., r oiTfHiona of distress tin I this country which would appal On- WILMINGTON, IN wat t: qtrfft MAV rf mahp cnnv, KIDNAmNC OF BOT AJTD TPBPT OF MOXEY CLIMAX - TO SERIES OF ROBBERIES By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Dec. 17. A series of bold robberies in Raleigh, reached a climax today when the eight-year-pld son of W. Furman Betts, evan gelistic singer, was kidnapped near th city market, taken to the city abbatoir, robbed of a five dollar bill .and detained by the highway men for two hours. Yourig Betts was en route to the market to make a purchase wh,en he was seized. He was tiotf harmed ; while in the custody of-an unidenti fied white man, and whejt released inade. h.is .way back to his home. Three -ropteries oti prinelpftJU streets, of vth.e city, have been reported in two days and the city Is alarmed by the crimes. Letters of Miss Knox To Eastlake Feature In Trial for Murder Considerable Argument Follows Effort to Bring in Letters MONTROSE, Va., Dec. 17. Reading of letters, many expressive of affection, marked the session today of the trial of Roger D. Eastlake, former naval petty officer, who is charged jointly with Miss Sarah E. Knox, a Baltimore w th the murder of TtoZlU , wun tne murder, of his wife, W1 muitt,sr ol "ls Wlie'. Margaret, at Colonial Beaoh. -Va., Sep- ; tember 30 last TVTr, nt Wa i.itD nilPOA -rwr 5 4-1. 4 I a were from the nurse to th ty officer, while a few were, between ' Mrs. Eastlake anil MUa TTnn-r- ! Mrs. Eastlake and Miss Knox; The letters from Miss Knox to the accused man were introduced by the defense to show that she possessed ', an affection for htm irhtl thrma ha.'tnmfi.j'tiv ttin Vftmembrahce of many tween the nurse and i Mrs. Eastlake were read to show that the latter was' aware of an Intimacy between her hus- band and Miss Knox which had caused ' her to inform the nurse that she was persona non grata at the EasUa.ke peared to revert o forMier' Premier As home. For the latter reason,' it is con- quith's warning abqttt a- "malignant tenaea, m.iss linoi, wno tne deiense declares murdered Mrs. Eastlake, de termined upon vengeance, The period of the betters was from -February -last up to the death of Mrs. Eastlakel. " The letters fronr-Miss Knox to East- draft. I "dan nfinhflw" ftnA hnv" .ftiiMw Akit:UfnilyA i ih k . HtuirHKKpn n lTTi in Burn iprms rr 4a nnusa' References to financiatTsettlementr tet&ttt-tIy&M ' from the former petty-, pinser.. the reX- erences, juo aeiwj tonipnaa, , oping . nf the fonn-df ttt&i?mm&Mty would; drorJt and iieces One of Mrs; . Eastlake's tetters to Miss Knox -.saidrX "I have told my-husband all and he understanda.'Vra'-.f; -,.;"'JT" k Later . one'-qfrthe -nurse's letters to Eastlake read today, said: . . "Would you rather remain with the woman- who has been false and wljl .do so gain, than with one who is devo ted to you? I have shielded you "from tioned. If this; "roof was not forth - coming, the court- added, the latter would be thrown out and the jury in- stmcted to disregard ' them.' -' portions of , Miss Knox's diary were also read to show the alleged lnti-, macy .existing between Eastlake and! the nurse. They contained several ref- ices to the purchase ' of cartridges. erences . . : rnvmi)if VrtT JT A VOKS A43TIVR jwm? - - , . a -KTrr.T r,na rrt 17 Atvio from ' Valdlvia, confirm Buenos Aires j flcations of the treaty, there is a grow dispatehes that the volcanoes Puyehue , ing belief that'Mr. Lloyd-George will disnateh o.rAK Caulle. near the Argentine bor der are in eruption, emitting great columns of smoke. Numerous earth shocks in the vicinity of Lake Puye hue, east of Valdivia have been re ported in the past four days. The present disturbance is near Vil larica, where violent quakes and vol canic eruptions occurred last Decem ber. r Harding To Use . .- . For Russia Passes Madden shouted, adding that-lEtiforma-tion to this effect had been 11 before him confidentially. --. U"But I cannot-see my way'Sfclear to vote .mony out of the treasury," said the chairman, "when it is hot to be used to relieve the distress of the peo ple we were sent here to serv." r When 'the . time . came to -receive amendments more than a core of members, jumping to their feet, de manded recognition. - In the midst of thr flood of them Representative Goodykbontz, Republican,.- West Vir ginia, stepped -forward -with a new paragraph . which would direct the President to spend), twenty million dol lars for .relieving distress among , the "Starving, hungry and unemployed cit izens ) Of the , United S tates." It - was howled out on a point of order, .but the West Virginia Republican stood his ground. ' - "My amendment may not come wun- 1 the rules of the house, Mr. Goody- koontz declared above the direction, I "but it at least has the merit of coming t within the constitution of the United States." ' ,;, -. ' , K After tha't amendment were, et up. In rapM jsuccession only- to be knocked! down. ' About all that - was tacked on to the original .bill was a. direction that grain (for ,the Russians be purchased in the United, States and sent . to Russia !a.. American bott'oms, .andi a direction that a' report- of all expenditures , be made-to congress by end of next year. The fiouseTref u,ed.' to include 'Armenia In the - area - to which relief would De sent i i -It" N. SUNDAY MpRGlpECEMBER X SINN Mi HOPES FOR SOLID FRilil IN MONDAY'S SESSION Believe Politfiiifferences Will Bfr Ripnioved in . ' intejii-- LONDON OFFICIALS ARE RETAINlNGf CONFIDENCE DUBLIN, Dec - lT-By -Issociated Press.) The rall Eireann remained in secret session untiT lalte tonight in an endeavor to thresh pnf- personal politi cal difficulties .. among;, the members, with the prospect that'; it might come out Inib pnbilpija yon Monday reconciled atieastotbe extent pi j -presenting a s&lid tfOtLt to the world m their- attitud? -toward . the Anglo Irish treaty.' " 'vV'i'fC' ';"". ' -'W i There appeared to bs:no question to night but that the treaty would-be rat ified, but in vtew ofythefact thit so many members of the Iflsfr legisiatiye body wish to pinDelalm their respective ly tnat a nnai vpte couia pe ta-iten De fore next Wednesday.,: ' h . If reports reaching- Dublin ' tonight from other parts of Ireland may be ac cepted as correct, the geheralVpnblic apparently is becoming irritated at the delay . in settling the, big- question that in nn Atr&-r-rYirtAvm mind.- ' These . renorts indicate that the general Irish public would like to see '-'"the. Dailv quickly tlf .Ift!1 political fights afterward. . lOmot v.MTt,0 wahft'"Hiiinition of PressOThere ah-6iminutiori of confidence in VLohaty tnat: the Attin.Tvish tFM Hff. liUtma.'tel'if '.will be I PACT of the letters Anglo-Irish. treaV'Wiefma'tel-wlU be J L,v 'fi-nna ta ronfli-L ad h fnrmr nt. i v t ' Tjiil Eifeann, or by iS mined continued , to .conflict, ad- the Irish people If a referendum should he.nrvma neuyaatsamrti-a: the UneXDlain ed prolongation.'thi'l' secret debates in Dublin has egtinto cause some Annietv here, which Isr.somewhat aug- similar proldngedf-debates an the Irish rWOInen brought operations to a side during Uhe course of . the negoila r1"- . tions that preceded theslgning of thatH fcr three days this week and document. -V;- i i The English pblie'rAind today ap- , fjeniu hovering ovr Mrisn an-vr, and this ra easiness- jwas 'Increased.-. by rumors of -Important-in odificatlccns . of the treaty to b' suggested from Dublin pjknow-i yjrtet:tti -4f rinJster. George look , the;-, stand; that nic attempt vji uarimfo-f t .w I sitatefa'' new conference. Presumably 1 modifications by , the Dail would, have- the same effect. - - , There was much , political gossip .n i the lobbies of .parliament yesterday af-' -I ter the votes -were . taken- concerning the government's reason for not, prp Via u-TnrrmrB - rpftRftn f or not, -nTO rotrulne parliaments many members apparently not being convinced : by "the government' explanation that jt was rations, - and. it wlllbe .recalled --.that; in yesterday's speech Lord Birkenhead openly referred to the possibility, of an, app being made to thei country on the Irish settlement, t-,.: it is beginning to he believed that the Dail Eireann will ratify tne treaty j if at all, only by a narrow majority; ' gossip puts the number of. thosei known to be pleged to ratification at I . SV,ai,M Vit HcisiOTl as feared in . . - - - ' nnsrfg hfnri Irntiortant modi- resort to a general election eariy in the year. Irishmen themselves, according to Dublin reports, are irritated a the de lay, and want' the 'matter settled, if Only because of the uncertainty whidh is detrimental to Christmas trade, The serious disorders and shootings at Bel fast are also regarded as . another rea son for a-, quick settlement -. ' 1 i 'it expect Arrest of V : iirLANTA BANDITS SOON ATLANTA, Ga Dec. 17. The arrest of an unidentified bandit who killed one man and seriously wounded 'an other in a jewelry sfore robbery 4 here Thursday is expected with a short time, It was announced herei tonight by Lamar Poole, chief of detectives fol lowing the reported find In Chattanoo ga of 'the $2,500 diamond stolen by the bandit. .. . .? ' - ,. - r , B. - Graham West, city comptroller who was shot by the bandit, was said to be recovering, while the body of Irby,. C Walker, store defective, was sent today to Liverne,jAla for inter-r ment. ; -- -' ' r '-- r If was reported tonight that Nor folk, Va., police had been asked to loblt for the -suspect there. FRIENDS OP DOCTOR , . TO PROSECUTE SLAYER NEW YORK Dec IT. Friends of Dr; Abraham Gllckstein,1: Brooklyar Physi cian w ho was ' shot to death' by Mrs Lillian, S. Raizen a week ago have or ganlzevi The flicks telnJ memorial asso ciation with the -Intentto V of making fight to - protect hiSv reputation, v I corporation . papers have . been, sent to Albany, it was learned tonight. The movement was started soon af ter Mrs. Raizen's confession to District Attorney -Lewis 'was rniade public. In which she gave as the reason for killing- the physician that;' he ruined -her life and on her wedding" eve had-attempted, to attack h'er.4'. 1 The plan of the association, , It was said, is. to refuse these accusations and t, contend that the wV"an was In fatuated with tth physician. . v : i The. report of "theaJ4e.nlj5ts wlo have been examining MrsC , Raizen .was, ex nectfed to be read V en -Monday, -i I. . v ' ' 1 ..... ... , .. ARMAMENT PARLEY MEN HOPEFUL ASPECT m m r AD VICE MMMD y MUST O. K: L&VAL Head of French Delegation Advances Country's Right to Biuld Ships Beyond Prent Stren WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (By Asso ciated Press.) Affirmation of the right to build rather than th intention to build, warships considerably beyond' the present strength of the French: navy was the outstanding theme In; the;,fOr mal presentation today of the French point of1 view to the inaval commit tee of fifteen by M- Sarrau, the head of the French delegation. f tor the "Wash ington ; cosfpence- Kffti --fis Wf re mentioned, it is understood,1 throughout) the address of, more than ah ,hourf. ex; cept that at one moment M. Sarraut re marked that a contemplated increase was the addition of a fourth squadron to the three that France now has. V-M; Sari fat's purpose in the- tfresenta tibh was understood to be to place the members of" the Jcommittee in tull pos- t araaaffvn nf fl1 thfc nnsldpra tlnnS Which entered into the French goverfimeht's KANSAS MINES QUIET AFTER THREE BAD DAYS Smoke Issues f rom Number of Stacks Durng Day PITTSBURG, Kansas, Dee. 17 (By Associated Press). After three days of military guarrthe : Kansas coal fields W,rp quiet tonight 'and smoke came from the stacks at many of. the mines tn ti... (iltrtet toflav. in the distct .today claims Wto how -.-.. : . mnh rnftl won h herenta'f the organiaaiion set-up by 4j.' s" intetiLtfonal h'eadquarterst of - the Unted Mine Wprkers of "America de clayiHg' that production was better than -;it had rbeen before the marching strike leaders asserting that work was virtually; at ' a-, standstill and would continue so. ,S - .-, George F. Wark, federal-prohibition director for the -state, of Kansas, h is beea ( in ; the coaJ fields ;fpr the, last A hours. He has mwiei a. number; of ar rests and : captured : a quantity of Jhome made wtnt;anquor utumsnns wns. , :'WeTe irolng'ja ke$ J&a, hittJug' 6ft:the ;iiiasjfe--?Mff..49 fearlvtnwnitfBirtttarhe from 'UmmXWmli t - SEVEN" -iSlXDitQBJS; "Oklal; JEJec..' ITSeven enj' were' belng held under heavy guard here tbnhncnnectiqn?with a Vtripi6v slaying J.whi.cixVresiited:; Vsli-f . a band of masked men to the,: home.:, of j jqsepn;:t:arrou .at . jWj.Jisont Okla. Thursday rxight.- . . , The dead are Carroll and John Smith of Wilson, and-CU-G - Blms,-an Ardmore patrolman, ; It was belieTed-that Car roll and , Smith: were .slain;" during a pistol, battle with a band of. masked menrho had gone ; to the. Carroll home with the expressed- in-lentibna of: fl'pg gingCarrolli who. had beefi Accused jf being a bootlegger. ? ' ' ' "Th body of Sims, who-1 had died from a pistol wound, was f oun'd? )ivaht(outly irttr snot said to have -beenV-lised by members--of the Ku Klux n 'tot 'j meeting place. ' Sims was, :n9&fm un&i orn, an3 BeVer41 'masks wrftffan3 , tT,nft belnc: heidin. iaH -t.. -.-liifl- 4-i- i .hafp(i witn xne isaBauuK. ., wcic cue cnargeu w1-1; V"? rz.-n-,x Rev. Leon Julius.' a" minister if- Heald tonJbhn Smith, aj butcher; X A. Gil liam, stocks raiser; Jeff, Smith and ur ley Smithoth of Wlisbn. ; " Late .today Sheriff .Buck: Grrrtt de ceived a letter signedClan 8umtr' T, Ardmore Okla.," declaring tRat1 .an at tempt would be made-, ';rtq,i4ake . the "Smith boys" from jail. ..f r MORRISON PAROLES 4 ? HELD IN SXrVTE ! JAILS Pardon Week is Lightest in 1 Governor's Terni ' v," By BROCK BARKLEY RAtiEIGH, Dec. 17, Closing Decem beri?pardon week Govexno.r Morrison today' granted i four. afteis and de-t clined to interfere, in the 'ca'ses pf three prisoners. The , week! has -been a the lightest since the inaukuration tot i the plan; -from a standpoint of 'both appli cations and paroles -granted. -' v Other cases will be. announced Mon- day. (-, , , Those pardoned today were Charles Rayle,i sentenced last July to six months onSthe Rowan county roads for the larceny of an automobile; -Luther .Trihnson.,? sentenced in?; August to six months for-.Violating? the prohibition I laws; VV Uliam X1.UI7 o.i uwyu6u, ocu- tericed in OctoberJ'to three .months on the Person county roads for dealing in whiskey; and William Weaver, Sen tenced In, August-to"; eight months, on the Person county roads,tlor dealing in whiskey. The latter was, granted only a thirty-day parole. , . were granted upon the recommendation of the judge who sentenced .them or , the solicitoi; who prosecuted, the-cases. , ' , pardon applications were declined for Luther, Gordon, of Haywood ounty, serving- five years in the. state's prison f br 'second degree murder; Charlie Ed wards, of Durham county, isfirring two years for violating the liquor laws. BANDITS RAID 'TOWX BUENOS AIRES,-Dec 17.--The small town.' of Lasheras, ' ? In " Santa Gruz province, has been -raided - and sacked hv 600 banditsacoordrng "to -dispatches I from " Ctoodbre andVRiyadavIa. - The settlers in ine town are reported w ue fleeing in terrors t' ,---v -t- k c:r OLDE i -i '-'' :-' , .... a desire. to have a navy that should cor respond to her needs. He is sasid to have stated quite frankly that the French delegation was awaiting the development of the various reasons un derlying the conclusidn o the major naval powers for a 5-5-3 ratio.. France, he said, was' just - entering into a discussion of the subject which had occupied the three, powers for some time .and he desired to go into a full explahation of the' French position in preparation for a more complete "is cusslon of the proportionate strength of nayies. France, he added, had no in tention of attempting at present to build., up to what she regarded as her requirements. It was a question rather, he explained, of the admission of the right to build instead of a completion of a specific building scheme. REPARATIONS PARLEY IS TERMED 'FATEFUL' Premiers, Briand and George to Meet Uoyd LONDON, Dec. 17 . (By Associated Press) ii Monday's conference In Down ing atreet j between Premier Lloyd George and the ' French premier, M. Briand, relative to reparations, is de scribed by the 'newspapers here as the most fateful- sinee' the Versailles treaty was concluded. Th meeting . was arranged before Germany's official declaration of her Inability to pay the forthcoming repa rations ' installments, and there is a disposition .in ' some sections . of the press to regard the German move as a maneuver to bring pressure to bear on the premier's meeting. This view is confined mainly . to those newspapers known for their' strong advocacy of a firmer ; alliance between Great Britain and France. The general opinion is that . the Wirth - government has hon estly tried -to meet, its - obligations and that it will be necessary -ftP gftrant Gerr many a delay of a few 'months, it ' not ttiat ' moratium; :. ':".-.-' .-. - '. i. . According to the Evening Standard, uerraa-ny Jntas oitereUi, to -JJ e: -Me :fipi01Bbihri:-0r about hal j Jthi actual sum, -d-uev bu t' therff'-is no ' coh- Parisro jBrlJj,: Lthat:sueh.rfen, - . offer .has oeeu, ma(Je.; M.' Briand, however, It'. is. learned, received the German., ambassador at Paris, who made 'certain applanations -- and it "Is considered xisslbie the off er was made then -i' r-- ' . . :;-.-'':.:.;...--. .- That there are only, two alternatives 4s ;the cottixnop opinion here either to grant a , rftoratium or. insist that eGr rnany is able to. pay." thelatter .prob ably: -entallins'the fall of the German f overiiment: The reparations commis sion, it is pomtea.out, may; insist, unaer article 234 of the treatyof": yefsaille?, that Germany pToviae prpof" pf her ih aBility to pay. - : - -r' - COJTFIDENCE; CHARGE : ; AGAINST;'4 SEVERAL DROPPED WAUKEGAN,' 111., Dec. 17. (By Associated- Press.) With announcement by the court .that he had already decided-one charge--that of Iterating a confidence; game would- not be upheld, argument on" the motion to quash in dictments against Gov. Len Small and Vemon!Curtls, Grant Park, 111., bank l;erifosd today. lh -r - yri l tt. -, -, n . . juuge laafe kj. j&awaras rrom ine bench, announced he was in perfect I accord with the contention of the de- fenseHhat the confidence game charge was faulty, the state having, failed to allege commission of a felony through omission tf the word "feloniously." ' With this charge ' eliminated there remained 18 counts against Mr. Curtis and 24 against Governor Small, charg ing them with embezzlement of state funds and- conspiracy. " Judge Edwards J probably will hand down his decision 1.U.0 u'vuva iu uuaau inese counts next week. : - Germany Will Build Zeppelin ..For Mi U. S., Termed Diplomatic Triumph .WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (By the As sociated Press.) Authorization by the allied council of ambassadors for the construction , by. Germany, of a Zeppelin of the L-70 type for the United States was regarded today in official circles here as a distinct triumph ifor Ameri can diplomacy. , : By virtue of that authorization Ger many is permitted to -go behind the terms of the protocol signed in Paris last June 30, which limited the size of airships she might build to 30,000 cubic meters capacity. The airship which Germany will build for, the United States is to toe of 70.0QO cubic meters capacity and there . had ' developed among, the allied .governments a decid ed opposition to establishing a pre cedent by permitting Germany to go behind the terms-of any - treaty or en gagement. ; J ;. . The opposition of the European gov ernments was overcome.' by repeated representations by Ambassador Her rick that . this country would not use the' new airship- for military purposes aitd that America was entitled to com pensation in? kind'; for .the Zeppelin awarded this.- government and later destroyed by ,Cfermanyi. '.The .represen tations were matfe; immediately after the signing of th.e,'jrotocbr and, were renewed until the allied governments were assured of the justice of America's claims' and the good faith of the Unit ed States government in engaging that the new airship would not.be "used for military purposes. 4 ." . ." ' .' Under the decision of the council : of ambassadors 'the' text of ; which was AILY IN THE STATE. MORE PLAN SHANTUNG AGREEMENT NOW HINGES ON MINOR DETAILS, ENVOYS SAY Further Instructions Are Re ceived by Japanese From t Home Office FRENCH ADMIRAL IS BACK OF SHIP PLAN;, Delegates Relieved at News Briand Must First. Put O. - . K. on Proposal " WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (By ASO elated Press.) Conference develop-f ments took a new and hopeful turn tonight when it became known that the French ten-ship building plan was" submitted without the approval of the , Paris government and that direct con-', versations between China and Japan ' ' had brought the Shantung controversy close to a settlement. Naval sub-committees "action toward, a five-power pact on naval limitation f -awaits an answer from-Premier Briand,.' -on both the ten-ship project submit- ; ted by French delegates now ihere, and upon the joint counter proposal-' .- concurred In by Great Britain, the United States, Japan and Italy that France accept a capital ship strength o" 175,000 tons, as compared to her -. present 164,000 tons In dreadnaughts. - A three-hour session of the sub committee today was almost entirely taken up by Albert Sarraut, head -of j the French delegation, In -presenting viowb "i. r jcucu ; uaviti OApcl LB now here as to the naval needs of France. Secretary Hughes made a brief reply, tending to stimulate gjood feeling among he committee members. 'The official communique, however; would admit nothing beyond the physical facts that the committee met, talked, adjourned , a,ndwouli nieet again; ; t ' Settlement of the Qhangtung prob ,- lem apparently depends on jsatlsfactpry', f arrangement of, a. few details involved" in Japanese ' return of th Tsigtabi ' TSinaftffraitroaefn'. ' lease nolo. - . ' A'. . ' t' vFuriher; instructions Kbthfesubjeot 1 i' , ' ' were "received today , by the Japanese -f . V 1 delegates, v:and althpughA- their 'exactL nature t"Ktas ;. not .disclosed, "there was evident, tonight among bbh Japanese . and Chinese a-' feejlng; that . a;, final agreement- was only .a' question "of hours. . ' ' ; ' . . 'As to the French proposals for a new fleet of ten ' 35,000 ton capital ships,, which stunned conference circles whext.". they first became known yesterday, ,' it' was learned that they -.were framed here by direction of Admiral De Bon, chief French naval expert,' under his,; authority from the delegation to pre sent the views of the French naval general staff. .Premier Briand and for mer Premier Vlviarti both had le'ft Washington before the Admiral's pro--posals were framed. The Paris . gov- ernment- has' now been informed, fcy cable of the situation and of the , coun ter proposition. 1 It was evident tonight that the 17$, 000 ton capital " ship . limitation ,fbr France was proposed" by the American delegation originally, although . the form in which it was presented was not., disclosed. Italy's spokesman ln the ' sub -committee, Senator Schanzer, re plied that; Italy accepted the American rvoint of view as to tonnage whoV heartedly and would be satisfied with 175,000 tons if France accepted that ' figure. V . - Have Two Principles ' The position of the Italian delegation as it is understood to have been de veloped during the committee sessions, is that the Italian government had, $wo ' principles to maintain In the naval, ratio discussion, one, that the Italian navy should be on an equality with j that of any other power in the Med iterranean; and, two, that the Italian ratio should be as low as possible focL Italy's purely defensive purposes. Ita- lys agreement to the American 175,000 ; rCOntinued on Page TWo) l received from Ambassador Herrick at the state department ' tbday, Germany will construct a Zeppelin, of the L-70 ' type at the Frederichshafen hangar, the only one in Germany large enough to permit the building. of an airship ' of that size, and then will tear, down the hangar and disperse the mechanics ' T brought together to ' fabricate- the air - -monster. .- " V , . : '' - The completed airship.', will be' de hlvered to the United States lii German' Rftrm n n v (Wiiaout me expenaitureff.a- single enny !by this government,., it , was --stated, and then 'will be flown he Atlantic by. a crew of navy depart- jeni aeronauts, construction of the airship' will" be under the direction of a stafTof American, navyexperts, the person-nel of ? Which has. not yet-been announced. ,." , . . - - ... -- -- . i . - ' Frota nine months tg: a 'year is the time estimated , by -American experts as required, for ithe . construction of a rigid ship of the L-70; type. The Amer- lean experts say that Germany has' the" necessary materials," Including dura lumin; for 'girders.. Personnel for. the construction, fhoweyeiy Will have to t be recruited; and: organized before actual work- can be undertaken, It was said. Bince the completion of the ; two com mercial Zeppelins, - the Bodensea and the Nordstern,r.in the 'record' time - of flve-f months,- and ; their subsequent transfer to France S and vltaly,. rigid airship' construction has ceased in Cer many and the mechanics and special ists have entered" other Industries froth which they wilt have to be won back.v t - v J t 1 : .11 'j A it ft . f M f t s b 4 i t i "'I l!f l! t It 1 " I1! h . f i v (I 1' Mr ' T ll . Uj t- t . ' ji ' 1',' , -5 v i' lgress It a aarpo-xeun , ft 5 a - S I: