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Weather 12 Pages x j Rain and Warmer Today; Saturday Colder World, State and Local News ' Daily, 1 - "' 5 n n -1 : I ill r ti n r -: v-, r, j ir i r i h JFQUNDED A. D. 187.01,, CynLy0. ipy;" WILMINGTON, N. C FRroiYiMpRNING; DECESiBER 23, 1921. ' : 17 OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. BAIL EIREANN VOTES' 77 TO 4 TO ADJOURN FUR THER ON IRISH TREATY TO JAN. 3 Yote Was on Amendment to Motion For Continuous Ses sions Until Action OBSERVERS SAY VOTE . FOLLOWED PARTY LINElS Vote Taken as Indication of Sen timent For and Against the Treaty , T.rcuiN, Dec. 22. (By Associated ,5.)-Thfi Dan nareann Dy. a voie Fr 10 44. decided late tcwfay,. on a of ' motion submitted by Michael Collins, tn nl'ourn further debate on the- Irish rl'.tv until Tuesday, January 3. It wati motion ittelf, but an amend- I n tnUv taken. The amendment. uro luc (1 and seconded by opponents - i'ie treaty, caueti tur cununuaimo t 'v ..-s day and evening until action (V taken on the ratification or rejee- Tpc efcat of the amen-dtnent auto nntiVally decided the motion. With fevv txceptions, so far as could be ob n cd the vote followed the party ;nes of those favoririgr or opposing treaty. Nobody tonight believes, of course, 'Mi it" a vote had been taken on the - , a:y itself the majority would have .ton po great as the vote on the ad journment motions gave its supports ei. but there is no doubt in the minds llf- -i,n?e who have been following the debates carefully that this vote rough v approximates the sentiments for and irainst the treaty. This is denied by of the opponents of the treaty, come assert that it was' not a fair test i many oi tne aepuxies on uoin swice, -specially the country members and ,-oted for adjournment in order that :iie- mig-ht get home for the holidays. In fact, Countess Markiewicz, one of the strongest opponents of the treaty, seconded Mr. Collins' proposal appar ently having in mind, as indicated by iur satircial seconding speech, the pos slhility of the debate continuing through Christmas day and night and overlooking the possibility of a party iivision on the motion. Mr. Collins showed eagerness to rush his motion through to quick division. Fie summarily checked Mr. Milroy, who interrupted the taking of the" vote to have the question cleared up as to vvhether deputies representing two con stituencies should have two votes, Mr. Collins declared that he would riot hear of having the fate of Ireland decided on the question of a technicality. . . , j When it Vcame apparent that where w&s to be a party Jine-up on the rote.1 failed to understand - the ignlacaace 1 of the proceedings, and tne greatest iew-ilderment was manifested -upon the announcement of the result of the vote: De Valera's face was stern and grim when the figures were announced. Con siderable elation was .shown by Col. iins and his adherents. Desmond Fitzgerald, minister of propaganda who supports the treaty, said tonight h? believed that not more than ten op ponents of the treaty voted for ad journment, indicating a majority for the treaty of thirteen. Pierce Beasley, an active Sinn Fein r. who intended to speak this after noon for ratification informed the As sociated Press correspondent shortly bpfore the vote was taken" that he could not make a guess on the outcome of the treaty vote, but believed that the fate of Ireland is trembling in the balance.'' RXTR A ORDINARY SCETfES OVER ADJOURNMENT MOTIOX LONDON. Dec. 22. According to a iisnatch to the Press Association Dub lin extraordinary scenes ocurred in r;:e Dafl Eireann over the adjourn ment motion. A reference by Arthur f'.rifnth to the length of -Mary Mac Swiney's speech, brought Miss Mac Swiney to her feet with a tearful re tv, ark, 'for seventy four days I sat ' rough Brixton (meaning Brixton prison), and I think I have a right to spyk for the honor of my nation." Another incident occurred when the ountess Markiewicz referred . to Michael Collins as having faced Pre 'ninr IJoyd George night after, night ntil Mr. Collins was worn out and " Kiry. To this, according to the press association, Mr. Collins reiterated: I never was worn out and weary". ' Wf-l, he admitted that he, was some what befogged," retorted the countess. "I did not," shouted Mr. Collins at tli'- top of his voice. The press association says a verti babel of voices followed the ex ' har.se, but that ultimately Countess Markiewicz apologized to Mr. Collins. MiBKEMEXT REACHED IN PRINCIPLE SAYS BRIAND PAl'JS. Dec. 22. (By the Associated T'-sidc-nt). Premier Briand returned h'M. tonight from his conference with Mr. f Joyd George at London, and spoke ''fly of what had been aocomplish ' 1 during the conversations on repara 'i'.nn. .- . Tho important thing" "he said, "is ' ic df'termination of the two countries ' a.-t together. We have- -already ; i'o-vn clown broad lines and will only 've to complete the details at Cannes. 11 e leached an agreement in principle, fbofiying that resolve to act joint vhich opens the way for practical ' -ions. "We have only to reach them !"e CannpH conference: we already ' v wherp to Innlc for them and how make them effective.' ---- . . That is the : :al point." i;pi:rT harding to visit PIXEHURST THIS WINTER ( Special to Tke Star) V i HI NGTON, Dec. 22. A report '' fame current here today that" Presi dent Harding is thinking of staking a to Pinehurat some;' time this win for a brief period of recreation, ials at the white House say they have no knowledge of such, plans., It believed, however, that President irding is considering-the matter He announced . he would"? remam in 'A"aiaiagton over the holiday DEBATE DB VA1BBA FOLLOWERS VOTE -OVERWHELMINGLY TO ADOPT THE TREATY ENNIS, Ireland, Bee. 22.- (By the Associated Press). The Clare County council, the constituency of Eamon de Valera, today voted 17 to 5i in favor of the treaty be tween Ireland and Great Britain and requested Mr. de Valera to use his influence for the maintenance of natipnal unity. The resolution admitted that there grave objections to the treaty but declared that there was no ration al alternative to Its aceptanee. "Rejection of the treaty", the resolution added, "would be almost certain to involve Us in a war of annihilation, because our people will be divided, and because world opin ion, instead of being with us, as at present, will be against us". Copies of the resolution were sent to Mrv de Valera and other Harp I representatives. TOM WARREN RESIGNS STATE CHAIRMANSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE J. D. Norwood .Probably Be Elected Successor By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Dec. 22. The resignation of Thomas D. Warren, of New Bern as chairman of the state democratic executive committee was announced in letters received by party leaders here today, A meeting of the execu tive committee has been called to be held in Raleigh next Wednesday for the election of a successor. Mr. Warren's announcement J had been expected for some time as itr was known he had been contemplating giv ing up the chairmanship which he has held for several years. J. 'D. Norwood, banker and cotton manufacturer of Salisbury, is regard ed here as the Hke'ly successor of Chairman Warren. While other prom inent Democrats have been mentioned from time to time.- It was predicted by men intimately connected with the party organization that Mr, Norwood would have no opposition when the committee meets .Wednesday. v Mr. Warren .became the party chair man in 1914 upon -the resignation of Charles A. Webb, of Asheville. follow tng his appointment as United State marshal for- western . North . Carolina'. He has. made r remarfeabaegrecord In Be is . credited with much, of . its sue cess; in tne state, in ecent yearsfW- aer , nis'guKianc wortn : Carolina eave 1 Jtsrbiest . dmcAtle '-.majorifv'"-r? tne last election when invother state-s the party's fortunes -were -at low ebb. Mr. Warren h.s called the executive committee to meet especially. f6r the selection of a- new chairman but the committee will also" consider any other business that may come up. PRESIDENT CONSIDERS APPEAR FOR CLEMENCY No General Amnesty Expected; Only Clemency WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Christmas freedom for war law offenders was given final consideration by President Harding tonight at an after dinner conference at the white house with Attorney General Daugherty. An nouncement of those selected for exec utive clemency, it was said, is to be made from the white house tomorrow afternoon. At tonight's conference the president was understood to have gone over with Mr. Daugherty the digest prepared by the department of justice containing the complete history of the .197 war law violators and to have taken up each case separately without relation to the other3. In this connection it was thought probable in official circles that the case qf EVgene V. Debs, socialist leader im prisoned at Atlanta, was considered as an individual case upon its merits as were the other offenders against the war laws. While it was expected that quite a number of these offenders would be granted their freedom by the presi dent, high officials maintained that there would be no general amnesty ex tended war law prisoners and that to morrow's action would only be the ex tension of executive, clemency on a larger scale than usual. BUDGET SMITH IS GIVEN DECISION OVER PETE HERMAN NEW YORK, Dec 22. Midget Smith of New York was given the judges decision over , Peter Herman, former bantamweight champion at the end of their 15 round bout in Madison Square Garden tonight. Herman, , who apparently was not at his ' best, employed wide, open tactics against Smith. He fared well in the earlier, rounds ' but his carlessness led him into many tight places, and he was worsted In 'the hard exchanges. Gene ' Tunney, light heavyweight champion of the A. E. F., knocked out Eddie O'Hara a former sparring, part ner of Dempsey, in the lxth round of their preliminary bout. Jack - Renault, 'claimant of the. Can adian ; heavyweight "title, received the judges decision over Al Reich In eight j .Ttava Rosenberer. New York r r . .. middleweight, received the judges' de cision over Jimmy Darcy, Portland, Oregon, in eight rounds. CONGRESS TAKES RECESS . UNTli' THIRD OP . JANUARY WASHINGTON, Dec 22. Congress recessed late, today until. January 3 and immediately senators and representa tives began leaving for their homes' for the Christmas and - New ' Tar t holiday period. The house adjourned at , 4 o'clock and 'the senate at 4:5a. All busi ness will be suspended during the .re .ftsexceDt for the- tariff hearings by J the t'sonate finance committee. k : ; - - - ; rr---" ;. " :- : " - - - - l l W - .... . . . COL; HENRY VATTERSON DIES AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS IN FLORIDA Old School Journalist ' and in ternationally Known Editor Passes Suddenly PLACE BODY IN VAULT UNTIL COMING SPRING JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Dec. 22. The body of Col. "Henry Watterson, old school journalist and internationally known editor, who died in his hot2l apartment here early today, will be placed in a vault tomQjrrow after a sim ple funeral service, at which only mem bers of, his immediate family will be present, there to remain until spring, when it will be taken to Louisville, Ky., for interment in the family lot in Cave Hill cemetery. This arrangement was determined upon by his son, Henry Watterson, Jr., because of the state of health of his mother, he deeming it in advisable for her to gO, to Louisville during the winter. RewJ." T. Boone, pastor of the First Christian church of this city, will officiate at the service. Colonel Watterson, who, with his family, came here from' Louisville three weeks ao to spend the winter, passed away as the result of heart trouble superinduced by bronchial congestion, after an illness of only a few hours. "VVith only their son and daughter and several grandchildren present. Colonel and Mrs. Watterson celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary in their their apartment Tuesday. During the day Colonel Watterson contracted a slight cold, which was not regarded seriously but yesterday forenoon he suffered an acute bronchial attack and was ordered to bed immmediately by his physician. Colonel Watterson suffered very lit-, tie but was in a comatose condition the greater part of L'e tim rom early in the evening until ne; passed away, with brief periods of consciousness, during which his mind was perfectly clear. At midnight he realized the end was near, but his son, who, with his mother and sister, was at tne bedside constantly, said he dis not discuss it other than to say he was ready to go. His wife was alone with him during the last few minutes- of consciousness a short time before the end and he passed away in her arms. : Hundreds of messages of condolence 'werei- received today by Mrs. Watter son from old friends of Colonel Wat terson and newspaper men in all parts of the country who were trained under "Marse-Henry." One, peculiarly touch l ing, was from Arthur Krock, editor of tbej-Louisville Times. "Jim and I are vant, who has resided At the Walter 'moti hme -foe many y ears.- 'fj s- -; "'-Hon e " Eulosrie Waitereft W r.i"r WASHINGTON, Dee. 22. Col. Henry Watterson wagveulogized today In the house" by Representative Efarkley, Democrat, of .Kentucky, ;: as a man whose name was a household word In every Kentucky home and in almost every American home. . He declared that no journalist now living and very few who -are dead exercised more in fluence on the nation than the dead Kentuckian who at one time was a member of the house. Representative Mann, Republican, of Illinois, declared that Colonel Watter son never had been afraid to express his beliefs, although often criticized severely by the readers of his newspa per. Mr. Mann said that Colonel Wat terso'h and other editors "of the old school" exerted an influence that weulfl bf felt for generations. They never allowed the accounting room of their newspapers, he added, to determine their editorial or news policies. TELEGRAMS OF" CONDOLENCE RECEIVED BY MRS. WATTERSON JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 22. Col. R. W. Bingham, publisher of the Louis ville Courier-Journal, learned of Colo nel Watterson's death when he" arrived here late today en route to Havana, He immediately sought Mrs. Watterson to offer his condolences. From Miami came a tribute for the soldier-journalist from William Jennings Bryan,- al ternatively opposed and supported in his presidential aspirations by the trenchant pen of Colonel Watterson. "The country will learn with deep re gret of the death of Henry Watterson," said Mr. Bryan. "His ability, long ex perience. r.5s picturesque style and his I impressive and genial personality gave him a conspicuous position among tne nation's journalists. He was a unique character no one can fill his place." Colonel Bingham, deeply moved at hearing of Colonel Watterson's death, paid him the following tribute: "Mr. Watterson had a very full life, filled iwith honors, accomplishments, achieve ment. He played a great part in the most troubled period? of American his tory, for he devoted his splendid gifts of mind and personality to healing the wounds of the Civil war and to recre ating a sense of national unity be tween the sections. His genius made him known and admired all over the world. His "grace of manner, his ex traordinary charm, his intent in his fel lows made him beloved by those who were privileged to know him. In many lands and among every class he numbered his admirers and friends and the bright flame of his mind, the mel low glow of his charm were undimmed to the last. Many - will mourn him, many will remember him with affec tion The intellectual' world has felt his power and he leaves no successor in that newspaper world of which he was the undisputed chief." Unique Figure WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. "I knew Col Henry .Watterson for a great many years," Chief Justice Taft said today "He and jay father were friends. He wa a n nioue figure in tbe political and i-i iw of the country. He was a most able journalist, picturesque, forci ble and original in every position he i took and every cause he advocated. He was eloquent, chivalrous, courageous in Titest: an old-time leader .in jour nalism, a charming gentleman, a warm friend and a patriotic weutau ywo brilliancy, knigtttly character and hu man nature made a deep impression on his fellow citizens and won their; aff ec snect. He Will long; be fond-. w remembered. We. shall-all miss 'him much. Hia . going makes a void, I trsenlnv fnr thft dfinth nf nlri ma.rster. 'jrriffstTfninWTrsSrf( age& hegfoserT Of MSMli Prices To Fight Alleged High Com modity Prices: Ky Exposing RetaUerS Stated WASHINGTODe 22.-Federal in vestigation of r&Q.'- prices' charged in various parts ofheountry for food, fuel; shoes : arid cohhig was Initiated today by Attorney General Daugherty. He gave order:". to 5irector, Burns, of the bureau investation of the jus tice departnItossign a force of men at once io the- .duty of obtaining data on retail prices; jy& different locall tics ' f ' ' Mr. Dausherip'deiAared that prieeu of necessa?yjYciSmmodrties were too high and thatsln isme Instances the profits of 3refaller,y?e"re "unconscion able:" It-wosldiinvr e possible, he asserted, to getprtce down to the Pre war level, but.1tfcr wages lowered and the' costs f fWtuff9 . reduced he was determined ; tcIerp whether the pres ent "badly tproned" retail prices should be maintained- Mr. Burns rwas instructed to put Ins men to work - simultaneously to obtain the variations in various localities in the retail prices of-general foodatuf-s such as meats., OTQions,eans bread and butter, fuehoes and clothing, and to make schedules of the compara tive prices. Reports will also be gath ered on the wholesale 'prices et wheat, oeef Ind meats of All kind;in order, Mr. Dauffherfy explained, ttiat-compari-Sms mi-ht be -made of the costs of Z commodities with 'v the prices charged by the, butchers; and grocers. The department's agents are .to be in structed to do helr work carefully but as rapidly as,posslble. .41-fl,tlon-Action to remedy,: price conditions. Mr Daughertyl declared wouhl be taken through Several channels, in Ihfmain, he said, the situation was a local onend the states would be asked to do as much: as they could to solve lt . ..j.-.-oi 'rtrtneration. becreiary Hoover; hradded. would be invited to Tom withthe justice ' Pe "S J-"i ir&t. Prices, while it was be- ?2?T- rr.vl iation of the com SSve'Iand. reU-prices n?ry 'Iccuritenaiedge of actual COrgantSnS5irs- in different nart? of the: coulitry were blamed by DahefbiglTPrlces These aociatp?.thdeclared. wereormed "?y smart .mentwho;- fQl a scheme to "Li iojtheieountry by per- TTL": for fixing prices ieciinB ai 'u.,;i',,nRe under , i t. Aits eal ' surpo iit &UlH& -Mf. Daugherty de- i."- f aa itnauallfiedly in favoi of trade organUatlonh. whlcli confined n,a1.oHoTis to imoro-ving then the oubliC. but he asserted. rZ... ; t .a allowed to fix prices or apportion territory among their members, thus stilling compeuu Trade associations generally, he said, v,-.,,-in a commendable willing ness to confine their activities to the lines suggested by the justice depart- m nnnfnrmitv Wltn tne laW. Kt where the department's advice had been disregarded it had been necessary rrnn(fiiners unuer to IU mauiutc v - Sherman anti-trust act.- rrn nmrKIVE BIDS ON GRAIN FOR SHIPMENT TO RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Bids will wcirrcA at the erain corporation in New York tomorrow for supplying grain to ships at North Atlantic ports for shipment to Russia,. Secretary Hoover announced today following f lAcislative action on the bills authorizing an appropriation oi $20 000,000 for Russian reuei. mm. Hoover said that grain would be mov ing to Russia under the governmental appropriation within eight or ten days t o-fwoT-nmeTit machinery is not in op- Y time, however. Mr. Hoover added that the grain would be pur chased for the account oi ..oii a? administration. "All food," Mr. Hoover said, "will be purchased in the United States and transported in American ships. It Is expected that the ranway cni ""f r-ta n the famine region some 1,500 miles will be borne by the soviet gov The shipping board, he said, is pre paring "to do a food job'' and asur- vey is- being, maae, ui V""w"iI southern , Russian ports to facilitate the landing of grain. "The entire overhead expenses will be borne-by the private resources fur, nished the American relief administra tion," Mr. Hoover said, "so that not one cent of the government appropriation will be absorbed in rather personal or any other expenditure except for ac tual purchase and transport of food. The American relief administration in Russia now has some 1,000 stations feeding about 1,000,000 children, and these stations will -be- rapidly expand ed to provide for adults. GENERAL HANS VON BESEIiER, GERMAN ; WAR VETERAN, DEAD BERLIN, t Dec. 22.-By the Asso ciated Press (general Hans Vqnt Beseler, v who captured Antwerp and who was later governor general of the German occupied, territory m during the war, died here today. Death occurred In a sanitorlum near Potsdam. Gen Von , Beseler was born in 1850 in Pomerania. He was educated at the Wilhelm Gymnasium . In Berlin, and entered the' German army in 186S. He saw service? through ..the Franco-PrusT slan war during which he received the iron cross and-the order of the ?ed eagle for his' work as a' lieutenant. : Ad vancing in" later, years: he; became' com mander of 65th Infantry inj 1598 and a year later was., made quartermaster general. In l804-he was .promoted to a. major iff'neralBhlp;''4vvTaised to v th,e rank of the nobility. . ' - At the - outbreak. 4 of the word war he directed "the ' Gerihan operations against Antwerp Later he..Was-jrans-fflrred to'the.veastern'froht-andbecame governor . gf.neral?of ' the . occupied , ter ritory in:iRussiaVfA;Vi '''' " i-- NOT RESTRICTION, ABOLITION OF UNDF GRAFT, SAYS mM More Objectionable Than Sur face Capital Ships, He Says in Statement THEIR WORTH CLEARLY DISPROVED DURING WAR WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.4-(By Asso ciated.) An 8,000-word communique by the armaments committee off the Washington conference ' after todays meeting was in the form "of a para phrase of the statement' made for the delegation of each power with respect to the British proposal that subma rines be abolished as a naval weapon. The argument of Lord Lee of the British admiralty came first. It stated the view of the British government to be "that what was required was not merely restrictions on submarines, but their total and final "a ntion." Lord Lee presented the following es timate of existing submarine tonnage: v United States, 83,500; Great Britain, 80,500; Japan 32,200; France, 25,360; Italy, 18,250. . He pointed out that under the Amer ican proposals of 90,000 tons each for Great Britain and the United States and 54,000. for Japan, the United States could build 6,500 tons, Great Britain 9,500 and Japan- 21,800 with the other two countries in proportion. "He felt bound to .say," the para phrase continued, "that it seemed to him very strange to put before a con ference on the limitation of naval armament proposals designed to -foster and increase the type of war ves sels, according to the British view, was open to more objection than surface capital ships." Lord Lee said friends of the sub marine contended that it was a legiti mate weapon of weaker powers and an effective and economical means o de fense for coast lines, and maritime com munications. Both contentions could be challenged on technical grounds and "were clearly disproved by recent his tory," the paraphrase said. Lord Lee declared that method of lo cation, detection, and destruction of submarines had; proceeded much fur ther than the department of subma rines themselves, and greatly reduced the value of submarines against mod era war craft. He said he believed Germany had used 375 U-boats . in the war, of which 203 had been sunk and that the accomplishment of the U-boats In "legitimate naval warfare" had been "almost insignificant.'' "Np less than 15,000,000 . British -Istrjoots, had-. cJspaseii-rAn4- .xecrossed English, channel during ' :the war and twt w lost frpnu.iilie. nospitai 7rBM?a-tne - parapnraseore clared, iater "some 2,000,000, . United States troops, had been brought cross the Atlantic and t thei submarine iiad Troved equally powerlesBr1' In .their case, it added. - . ; "In. fact," the communique continued, in presenting Lord Lee's argument, ''the U-boat whether considered as an offensive or a defensive weapon against any sort of organized naval, force had proved almost contemptible. Taking up the argument as to coast lines, Lord Lee pointed out that Great Britain alone had almost as much coast to defend as all of the other powers at the conference combined or "four, times the circumference of tht. globe." In addition, he added, Great Britain had the longest trade route to protect "It was partly because our experience had shown that they were not effective that we were ready . to abandon sub marines," Lord Lee said. "The late war had made it abundant ly clear that the greatest peril to maritime communications was the sub marine, and that peril was especially great to a country which did not pos sess icommand of the sea on the sur face. Hence, it was ;to the interest of any such power to get rid of , this ter rible menace Lord Lee asserted that submarines had "achieved real success" against merchant ships only and made the for eign summary of what German sub marines had accomplished against mer cantfle vessels in the war. "No less than 12,000,000 tons of ship ping had been sunk, of a value of $1, 100,000,000 a part from their cargo. Over 20,000 non-combatants men, women and children, had been drowned1. It Is true that this action had been undertaken in violation of all laws both human and divine. The German excuse for It had been its effectiveness. They had used the same argument as in the icase of poison gas which had set a precedent which appeared likely to endure for all, time now that nations had been driven to resort to it." Lord Lee argued that the submarine menace coul-d be banished only by total abolishment from the sea' adding that this was the intention of the treaty of Versailles,- which forbade Germany to construct submarines for any pur pose The concluding paragraph of the ad visory committee report said: "Tne committee is or tne opinion that unlimited warfare by submarines on commerce should be outlawed. The right of visit and' search must be ex ercised under the same - rules as for surface vessels. It does not approve limitation in size of submarines." The report declared that "whatever is' said about unlimited warfare by submarines is also true of 5 unlimited wi-uub ,1 ,rouea ef combatant wishes to violate the rules of war." It pointed to operations of confederate cruisers in destroying property but hot lives in the war be tween the states and of the German moewe, a surface ship, in the. late war, and added: y "So that unlimited warfare is not necessarily an- attribute of the sub marine alone." The report pointed out the difficul ties of visit and search for' submarines because of limited personnel ' but said this also applied "to small surface craft. It added that vulnerability of the sub marine" and the ;"probablJlty of its sinking the vessels it' captured" in the late war prompted 'merchant ships,' in cluding neutrals "to aym. - ' . r'Suich action 'greatly" hampers the ac tivity ""of- submarines and,' tends toward (Continued on Page Two) BRITISH PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH GETS NO SIMMONS WANTS FACTS ON HANGING OP BENXIB KING; REPARATION TO RELATIVE WASHINGTON, Dec 22. Senator Simmons asked Adjutant General P. G. Harris of the army today for the facts as to the killing of Private Benjamin King, of Wilmington. At tention was directed to the testi mony before the senate committee investigating the Watson charges by Robert A. Harrison of that place. Senator Simmons told General Harris he had a letter from E. S. Waddell, president and general manager of the Hanover Furniture and Music company, 29 South Front street, saying that Mrs. A. E. Green, grandmother of Benjamin King, liv ed over his store and has been expecting her grandson home for Christmas. Her condition now is described as "heartrending". She heard for the first time of the boy's death from reports of the testimony here, on the matter but if the re port is true, will ask that, the mur derers must be punished and repara tion made so far as possible to King's relatives. RAILROADS VOLUNTEER 10 PERCENT RATE CUT ON MANY COMMODITIES Cut is (General and Jn Addition to That Ordered by I. C. C. OMAHA; Neb., Dec. 22. (By Associa ted Press.) The railroads of the coun try will put into effect on January 1, or as soon thereafter as possible a vol untary 10 per cent freight rate reduc tion on cotton, butter, ppultry and other commodities, as well as the re ductions ordered by the Interstate Commerce commission for western ter ritory on grain and grain products and hay, according to a statement issued tonight by F. W. Robinson,' freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific system. The voluntary 10 per cent cut is to be effective for six months as an ex periment, and will apply to the entire country, he declared. Mr. Robinson also announced I lnP , roads would continue until Juhe 30 1922, reduced rates on livestock and that a 10 percent cut in rates for live stock on which no cut has. been made. wotria? be'uf 'inrteT; Effect 'Reduction-, in the rates on gram, inAh .thereafter a tariffs ' ran he . amendedT . "A reduction of 10 per cent applying ) generally throughout the United States ' will, be maue On the following, com-. modifies- - "Cotton, butter, eggs, cheese, Poul-1 ' o.,. -So wtn. seed hulls, . unmaAufactured 'tobacco, j fmits fresh , or Greens, not including i canned or preserved fruits, dried or evaporated, other than candied, canned crystalized, glanced or stuffed; vege tables, fresh . or ' green, dried or evap orated, wool! and mohair. "This 10 per cent reduction to con tinue in effect for an experimental period of six months ending June 30, 1922." - EFFORT TO TAR AND FEATHER BOOTLEGGER CAUSE OF KILLINGS K. K. K. Be, Involved in Inciden tal Manner ARDMORE, Okla,, Dec. 22. lt was the effort of 150 masked men to.. tar and fpather an alleered bootleirster that led to the triple killing at Wilson, Okla- - V. vv loaf TTMfOaW Tlio-Vlf1 - --- . homa, near here, last Thursday night, according to statements given out by the authorities today. Jamee H. Mathers, county attorneja asserted that his investigation of the mystery surrounding the three deaths had revealed that the shooting result ed from the visit of a crowd of men, led by C. H. Sims, an Ardmore police detective, to the home of Joseph Car roll, where they expected to find an illicit distillery. The expedition was said to have carried buckets of tar and pillows of feathers. On the. way to Carroll's home, accord ing to Mr. Mathers, Sims stopped at the home of John Smith, also accused of dealing in illicit liquor, and forced him to accompany the party. Carroll is declared to have met the party with a pistol In his hand and the battle fol lowed. Smith and Carroll being killed on the spot while Sims died later wltn several bulleta in his body. A declaration that the Ku Klux Klan woild be involved only in an' "inci dental manner" in the trials of the 14 men charged with murder as a result of the killing was made by S. P. Freeling, state attorney. Nine of the defendants entered pleas of not guilty when the examining trials opened today. They announced they were ready for trial and requested f thir cases from those of the other defendants. Three others asked for severance on grounds of different defense. The remaining two requested 24 hours within which to make their pleas and severances. 1 IRVIXG TUCKER SWORN IN AS U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Special to The Star) RAIjEIGH. Dec. 22. Irvin B. Tucker, of Whiteville, .was sworn in as federal district attorney for eastern North Carolina before Judge Connor just be fore the adjournment of federal court here this afternoon. He will enter for mally ;Upori his duties tomorrow and will. attend his first court here in Feb ruary". Mr. Tucker said he had decided Upon Raleigh as the place for his offi cial residence. nrtake by carriers to become- -arveydoV tSS fective-januaryrl-on one day's notice, 1jf SUBS SUPPORT French and Man i Spokesmen Definite On Submarine Stand Contend That Undersea Craft Properly Employed as Legi timate and Valuable WASHINGTON,, Dec. 22; (By Asso ciated Press.) Great Britain's plea that the submarine be banished from the seven seas was' presented to the arms conference today, but it. received no support from any other power. In turn, the spokesmen' of France, Italy and. Japan replied that they . Re garded submarines, when properly em ployed, as a legitimate and valuable arm of naval strength, and were un prepared to see them abolished. The American delegates took ho final stand on the question, but' suggested that the conference turn its efforts to ward such a revision of international practices as would prevent a repeti tion of the ruth!ess submarine methods of the world war. - A further exchange, of views on the British proposal will take place tomor row unless France, whose representa- tives again are awaiting instructions from' their premier, is prepared to go ahead with the delayed presentation of estimates for auxiliary craft she de sires to keep under the naval reduction program. The Frenich indicated tonight . that they helped at tomorrow's meeting to at least make known their exact re quirements as to submarine tonnage. - xoaays discussions took place 'be hind the closed doors of i3 commit- ,; tee room, but the British asked that, v their indictment of the submarine be made public, and indicated they prob- 1 ' ably would carry their fight later to ' an open session of the conference, t They apparently do not hope to sue- ' ceed, however, after today's express sion of views, and are planning to Join 'S In the move for an understanding to restrict the operations of under-water craft in future wars. Announcement of the French that "-t they were unprepared to .present fig ures today as to their auxiliary ton nage requirements caused general sur prise in conference Circles. Before the committee mfeHno thov he4 tnt . uau illuttltlQU that their estimates' wAro eanviv -k.. later it became apparent that cable ex changes of an important nature were In progress between Washington and Premier - Briand..". Jn , these - exchanges 'r ! Secretary Hughes joined as' th con fprAniio a (otyio n -' t.i - j . " ui expnanges was not reveaieq, out -considerable significance rbToa'savTnghat" "m XT , 7 "S? J?! f p an.d n STak.VJ - S5S JS?"01- CabInt Detore making a definite answer to daff'rom Washington. That development generally was accented a. f"a"y diminishing the possibility of an a&reejnent on auxiliary craft for several days, ared some ' of those in conference circles professed to see a chance that some new issue had ariesn which might again obscure some of the major plans of the cortferemce. ' While the naval .problems were In the place -of prominence during all of the day's negotiations, the delegates found time to give increasing atten tion to the discussion in American of ficial quarters oyer interpretation .. of the new four-power treaty. They weighed the. possible effect of the dif ference of view between ' President. Harding and the American delegates, and watched developments in the sen ate, where a group is organizing to oppose ratification of the pact. Meantime the Japanese announced they had prepared to present at the next meeting, of the far eastern com mittee, now expected to' be held next week a statement in onnosltinir China's request for abrogation of the I agreements that resulted from the I . M .. -. ' u w u m vki xv auiutfiiLifin nrr rnA iweniy-one demands." No furth.. instructions came from Tokio to per mit resumption of then" Shantung negotiations, and it was indicated than the. naval discussions would continue to occupy the major attention of the delegates until after Christmas. The case Great Britain against the submarine was presented to the com mittee today by Lord Lee, chief of the British admiralty, who declared under water craft not only outraged all con siderations of humanity but by illegitl- ; mate methods jeopardized the national life of the British Isles. As a defen sive weapon, he argued, the submarine had proved inefficient except in a lim ited way. Albert Sarraut, Senator Schanzer and -Vice Foreign x Minister Hanihara, speaking respectively for France, Italy and Japan, replied that although sub. marines must be held more closely within the practices of humane war fare, their abolition would remove an. important element of national security. They all expressed warm appreciation of the presentation of the case by Lord Lee, but indicated they could not agree with him as to the ubmarin'ai defen sive value. For the United States. Secretary Hughes suggested that the one note of unanimity apparent among all the powers was in relation to such restric tion as would remove the abhorrent . feature of submarine warfare In the ' world war. He read a report by a sub committee of the American advisory committee recommending retention of undereurface warships under proper regulation, and proposed i that attention be given to the possibility of bringing j the submarine operations against mer chant vessels . within,' the' well entab- llshed principles of search and seizure, under international, law. As an alternative, the secretary eug- gested that the; conference might even consldej whether ue, of submarines against merchant' shipping under any circumstances should be forbidden. At -tomorrow's meeting Admiral tie Boa, -for France, will mak.e a further argu ment for retention, of , the submarine, and it was said' tonight: that' even If he . (Continued - op Page Two) 1 i. : i . - . ' .... . ( T r if y.g.n.;', at, "-t7 i f
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