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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. ,." , . .
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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
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