North Carolina Newspapers

. ! . . - . . i . ' . - - I . x - j i. : - - - - - 8 Pages , 'T'i. - . . - Temperature . V,:;;: 1 ' '. v'i State and Local ews Daily ,"V FOUNDED A. D867. VOL. CVnt-No. 111. WILIINGTOI, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECE1V1BER 28, 1921. OLDEST LY IN THE STATE. If Ml I I M I III I I I I f I I I 1 I II I Ivl 11 V rllM II I I ll I IT I I .'I LtM VI I i I ? 73TV I I vTVI U . ; L t CONFERENCE TO TALK LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ASKED BY DAUOHERTY Attorney General Wants. State and Federal Prosecutors to Discuss Plans DON'T SEEK TO SHIFT HIS RESPONSIBILITIES Refers Particularly to Prohibi tion and Food and Fuel Supply Laws WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Co-opera von of state law enforcement officials wiih those of the federal government v-as asked by Attorney General Daugh f. -, in letters sent late today to tne attorney generals of the various states, c-n, h co-operation, it was maintained. w.'Ukl result in better and more uril enforcement -of allT statutes. , Enforcement or the prohibition and the food and fuel supply laws were pat ticularly referred to, Mr.- Daugberty explained in announcing the dispatch of the letters. There was . no dispo sition on the part of the, federal, gov ernment to evade responsibility, he added, but there was-a feeling tbat thfr states should make every enort to en force their laws which might be a du niiration of federal statutes. The letters were also accepted in some quarters as a step m connection with the' move, recently announced, of in vpstie-atiner retail prices, -ur Daueherty suggested to the state attorneys general that they call n conference of county prosecutors oi their respective states and, if possible, l ring about "a coherent, working ar rangement" between them and federal officials charged with the same enforce ment functions. Such a meeting,-he added, ousht to be held early in the M1V year that the basis oi unaerBianu r'nnld be employed to effect econo mi" in expenditures as well as serve the real purpose of accomplishing more thorough law enforcement. . rdi nation sought, MP.Taugn ertv said, ought to be of real help to municipal authorities, .chambers ,mT. ni others Interested vrachine: "violations for extortion fn til- nriops now maintained. rther to the co-opera tion which he asked, Mr. Daugherty ' This will make for a better under ct,n,iino- amonfir the people. ItvWil ifford an opopitunur jor uwt- . i .1 m t .1,., tcAoTfi- irnvprnmenu iu - laws which should be enforced by 6tt ,-uthorities and leave for tne .--jeawM ,0rr,m,nt sin-h duties as 'devolve nnn it1 'The two principal offenses which I now- have in mind are xnose as' Mie liquor and the food and fuel supply as There is no disposition on the part' of the federal government, as nranti vv the department oi jue ti-o tn pvsjIp anv responsibility in re spect to its duties, but the states, I believe, should first enforce their laws mi regard to the violations and tne iea cnvprnment promptly co-operat ;,io- with "the states, enforce the laws !, -i?;vi hp enforced by it. There are substantial duplications m many of these laws ai d a, better understanding between state and federal authorities will prove most beneficial to both in the enforcement of prohibition ) and c . .1 nvxi f nol . laws nertaining: to I j ' n auu The attorney general added that he was desirous of, Dnnging awu , mni0t0 nnri effective working system amnrif all law enforcement authorities -,, ;r, that nnlv by such an. arrange ment could a uniformity of proceeding he established and a similarity oi nnes . i nrnrlra1 nilt. ana senieuucs uc : 4ROLrVA ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INCtUDED snMial to The Star wism'RTON. Dec. 27. Attorney i Tv.nirh.rtv today wrote the ,'. ,rta ..noriii of North Carolina ask him to call a conference -of state , ..ontino. attorneys ana flisirici ai lornevs. Linney andN Tucker, to seCute a more harmonious enforcement or tne prohibition and" fuel and food supply This co-operation," he said, "will ro. onlv insure a reduction o : 4- 'j i art n more-permanent en foroement of existing laws, .as well as a uniformity of proceedings, sentences This will also make for a .u, tQnrUncr am one: tne peoicf Da usher ty wrote to other -attorneys ked that the con- rence rn North Carolina be called as - ar the new year as P9"---A. , Vm quite confident," he wrote, -v vt'depend upon you and the law ros y vov,0 f the several coun of your state, and I VotmIIt' , tha.t the department of Justice ii.wi all its agencies will eerfu Uycon -ii.ute to the extent that their assist . e may be required or requested. . . i...,i im-nw rt IRELAND TO PROMOTE FEAC SEyriMEJCT i .( jxdon. Dec 27. iBy Associated ::,.), -Today was regarded - n c ithern and western Ireland Jis tne winning of "truce week," which -is k .T.t.A tA-hHnsrine PUDiiC pre sre to bear in favor, of the ratifica :.,. r.t tvifl t.9- treaty. An-exten- v ly signed petition -from all classes' liis constituents nas oeeii 1 Patrick McCartan, ; former Trl .PeaaU would explrei automatic -native of the Dail Eireanri-intheTwicJieaae r d states, Imploring htm jto active- :nt; iv mnrt thA treatv. instead, as ne announced, his intention, oi-wBrcjr aining f ro m either .voting ,f or , or I u n inn pbts iw 8WINDLB "CASE -' r:MPHiS. Tenn.. ? Deer ' ZT-r-Jo?1 I. i. 28. was- unaer rrct ? , ";p"t, another man whose identity was ""t disclosed, wasbeingV;detaine4W '-oii.ion, and two other arrests ar x fluted to be madei.shortly, V according t( a police announcement," 4n connec u"u with an. alleged swindle ,scheroe-ln vhi' h Ed carter, aged Virginia farmer. to have lost: $28,000 her more 'Q a year ago,- , ' BIG INTERESTS ARE CHARGED WITH SECRET EFFORTS TO GET SUPPORT : OF FARM ORGANIZATION LEADERS Would Pernetuate (1 uamntv Section of Transportation -AcVSays LeFollette SECRET CONFERENCE IS HELD IN WASHINGTON Action of Railroad and Other Interests Exposed VVASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Charges were made; by Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, Jn .a formal statement is sued today,, that representatives of, the railroads and of the coal, steel -and lumber-Tnterests at a "secret" meeting ueia in wasnington- December 9 at tempted to obtain from farm organiza tion leaders, and did obtain from some such leader, adherence to an agree ment not 16 push legislation to repeal tne commonljr called guaranty section of the transportation act and to restore state control of state rates. The- Wisconsin senator made his charge In elaborating on his assertion tnat a plan is now afoot to perpetuate the fundamental provisions of the transportation act, embodied in section 15-A (the. guaranty section. of which a portion expires next March 1) and to render . permanent the intolerable con ditions which have made the transpor tation " System for the past two years ah instrument for the exploitation- of the American people;" , In substantiation of his charges, Hr.i LaFollette" made public what "he de scribed as a "brief report of the action of the conference" held here Decem ber 9, which. he hranded "as a conspir acy to, betray not only the farmers,' but the consuming, and the producing mil lions of the - nation. This report was made p'ublic by the senator without an explanation of Its source- as follows: ."On December 9 a secret meeting was held in Washington at which high officials of the railroads, the coal and .steel and, ... lumber Interests attempted to enlist the farmers in an agreement whereby all agitation by the farm in terests for repeal of section 16-A and for -the festoration otL state control over intra-state .rates should cease. ' , "The great special interests repre sented at this conference were success ful . m obtaining the consent of rcer tain of the farm representative to such an agreement. "This conference was participated in by the special committee represent ing the railway executives, of which Mr. Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania railroad, wast'ehairman. There had been ' a previous .-conference in New York, September ' 21, f . which " X It. Howard was, made : chairman , Those were W.W.,iAtteTbnry, of th Pennsyl vania railroad f 5H6ward EJHrott Of . the Northern Paelfici W. J. Hanrahan;' or the Chesapeake and Ohio; "WV B. Stoorny, of the AtacWsonr R. S. Bink ert, who is assistant 'to the chairman of the Association of Railway Execu tives, New York. ; "The iron and steel industries were represented byJ. A. Campbell, of -the Youngstown Sheet and xuDe company of Youngstown, O., and C. E. Bement,1 PuDiic: toaay Dy tne department of tm of Lansing, iliclu. representing the i merce which also gave imports for the Novo Engine company. period as valued at ?2,271,787,000. In "Railway supply organizations were tne same 11 months in 1920 exports to- represented by A. B. jonnson, presment oi tne fwajuway pusiucos bmuwohuu, of Philadelphia, and Frank W. Noxon seeretarv . of --the same association. Lumber Interests were represented by Charles Hill, of the Southern Pine and Sales corporation, of New York; A B Hammond, of the Hammond Lumber company,, of San Francisco; J. H. Browne, of the Pacmc Lumoer com - nan v.. New" York city. "Construction companies were rep resented by R. C. Marshall, Muhsey building, Washington, D. C. and E. T. Tripp, of Philadelphia, Pa "The National Industrial Traffic league was represented by W. H. Chan dler, Boston, and J. H; Beck, Chicago. vottnnal Association of Manu- ..i.. -,n- rnrf!int(l bv J. A. Emery, of Washington, D. C. Exports to South American countries "The agricultural interests were rep- for the 11 months aggregated' $257,120, resented by J. R. Howard. Gray Sliver, j 000. or about 40 percent of the vatne of H C. McKenzle, of New York; Ralph ; commodities sent there in the jcorre- Snvder. of Kansas, ana u. n;. crauiuw, ni.i.arn Thev were all of the American Sarm Bureau, Federation, io.t tHreA named . being members i. iec-ilative committee. The "ag- rlcultural interests also - were repre- sented by W. I. Drummond, president of the International Farm congress. - r a nf tVlo National ana. oy. Grange. Mr. Atterbury stated that the rail- roada 'desired the help of the interests represented in securing further wage reductions, ana in oppwmB u ..--v,-ments pending in congress proposing repeal of section 15-A. After a consid eraWdiscusslon, the agricultural rep resentatives not being disposed to op pose the amendments absolutely, ad- -. taken for lunch, with tn understanding that representatives of the carriers u -vr Sfterests would talk the matter out. SS? lunch. Mr. Howard reported that 5fe- agricultural representatives were nrenared to agree that section 16-A SJSld 2ot amended, except for the removal of the provision paragraph ra-relaUng to the percentage of re rfortwo years following:; March. 1, IS?-which expires by statutory llmi- walenVim'-a committee , com .ofMr. Emery, Mr. Atkeson; and lilver to rewrite the Capper bill one of the measures proposing repeal aS'Stie declared that In brief :ai-Z". vando, briei -tv farmers abandon -tpadf WV7ZZiZrr rate- In return tneiiri; clause of section 15-A thelri JU-n Action 15-A "if the farmers of th country amae r .-eement entered into by a brl XSr representatives ;at - Wash- i is yr .. . . o tha (naior lur- lnton I ,?2?t & Railroad ' interests b-n tfethe united demand of farm 11 def ear, w coilatnr. for the famers vo v t irm orffani sh!f esfnUd SisHtngtoivthat nations thincoirbination wouldr?!arith the -wouja f.' "ecuUves : and3 with the with' railroad execuuv Governor Bickett Paralysis Victim; May Not Recover Stricken Last Ni;ht and Physi cians EIntertain Little Hope of Recovery RALEIGH, Dec. 27. rFormer Gover nor Thomas Walter Bickett, 62 years of age, suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home .here itfcis evening and his condition was such at 10 o'clock that his physicians entertained but slight hope for his recovery. The former governor has been unconscious since he was stricken, but attendants said he showed a slight rally. after strong restoratives had been administered. Mr. Bickett- served' one term as g6v ernor and two terms as attorney gen eral of North. Carolina." Seemingly in the best of health and spirits Governor Bickett prepared sup per, (for Mrs, Bickett, who was confined to "her roonv by illness. He had eaten his supper and "returned to Mrs. Bick ett's room and was sitting beside her bed when he developed a violent head ache. A few moments later- he went to his own room to lie down for a few moments. ' - Within flyer minutes Mrs. Bickett heard him scream that his head was ''almost killing him" He returned to her room, fell across the. bed and- lapsed into unconsciousness. ;,: A physician was hastily summoned and an exami nation revealed no signs of life, -but heroic work .developed a slight pulse and the former -governor began breath ing perceptibly after half an hour. "" The entire right side ia paralyzed. Physicians attending exhausting every resource .at their command saw little encouragement in the slight rally in curred through restoratives and were skeptical of any real gain in strength except through the use of stimulants. His breathing was regular, but heavily labored. His pulse was weak and un certain. As soon as the news "of thhe former governor's illness became known, for mer Secretary, of the Navy, and Mrs. i it icuuo, iiasteucu iu uie cicKeii : aome. Mr. Bicketf-,was elected' as attorney general of North Carolina in 1908 and served two terms, retiring -in 1917 to become governor. He .was succeeded j January, i y ' :" - VALUES UNDER 1920 Imports $4,189,343,000 During ' Past 11 Months WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. American business 'houses epdrtfd'44r189,34S,1Qi00 In merchandise in the first 11 months of -this yeajr, accordingto figures-made -" fi,i,iij,uu aUU imports o,uiz,- 424,000. The declining trade was shown "fur ther .In statistics for November when exports aggregated $294,437,000 as com- pareM with $343,597,000 for October, and 676,528,00 for November of lasti year. The imports for November aggregated iir,vu wnue for October they , .j,oi,uuu ana ror isovember, 1920, were $321,200,000. Europe, as In 1920. drew tfh hniir f : American roreign shipments, the figures owttauB mat xur iNovemoer- merchan dise valued at $153,349,000 wnt tho making the total- for- the 11 months $2,209,358,000. Neighboring North American countries -received $71,646,000 In November shipments' arid $1,067,446. 000 for the 11 mnntv. ; V T ' ' ' 000 for the .11 months. , cuumg penoa last year. i To Asia, the fieures shnw .,,. v, ped merchandise of an aggregate, value Ul ,io,uuu in tne 11 months, but for the same period in. 1920 th ki ments were valued at $716,737,000. in j 11 months this year, Americans shipped , $147,104,000 and $68,837,000 to Oceania i and A frioa renintlir-ln m ' . ' , r 1 ji j ur. me 11 "-" lasi year tne amounted to $239,938,000 for Oceania l and $149,069,000 for AfHca. Imports from Europe for th flf n mon'ths of the year were $692,263,000 against $1,160,410,000 .for the corre sponding, period of 1920. while from Canada, Mexico and. Centra American countries, the imports totaled in.' 11 months $702,98-0,000 as-compared with x,oio,u,uuu in tne 11 - months of the preceding year, SETS MONDAY AS DATE FOR, PETITION FOR COMMUTATION (Special to The Stafr) RALEIGH, Dec. 27. Governor Morri son set. next Monday as the- date - for hearing the petition for commutation for Wright Rous e, negro sentenced to. die January 3 for the murder in Greene county several weeksr'ago of William Whitley. Rouse t was cctovieted wf tn ' Mrs. Whitley , who has received a life sentence, .'me negro v Is 75: years old and is said to be feeble?mlrided. The governor's office today offered a reward of $400 for" the -capture of each OE two negroes who last night shot to death R. H. Hamilton, local " 'railroad man, .as he was comin gto the city, with a young w'oman. Diligent search by the policy today had failed' to locate, the murderers, j . r ' ' ' -: ' " a ' v The state text book commission is in session here making 'the selections of books : for the elementary 'grades ; of public schools. No announcement of their selections will be made for some time.'. . -"' - - ...r- .-; FALLS IN HOLE AND DROWNS CHARLESTON, b:.! C; Dec 27. P. H. Cauthen.s telegrapher for -the Southern railway at', Branchvllle; S. C.,' fell In to a hole betweeh-treand tank and coal chufe . late .Monday... night and......was drowned, the "water being: more han ten f eet' deep.r -The ;hQle was recently dujr foe cond water tank, ? . . c AND 1 DEBS IS REPRIMANDED WRiMmH WASHINGTONMOT Failed to Get Permit for First Platform Utfer&cifir' Release FVojai Prison WAS LEAVING CAPITAL FOR TERRE JHAUTE HOME Has Not a Trace .of Bitterness or Hatred, He Tells Crowd of Several Hundred . WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Freed by President Harding - frorri.' Atlanta fed eral penitentiary, wiere he was-serving 'a ten-year sentence - for", making speeches in violation o the war laws, Eugene V. Debts, soplajist leader, was reprimanded tonight! by- Union station police here" from -maxlng a ' speech without a permit before leaving for his home in Terre Haute,. Ind Before boarding .'.tt'train.Debi ad dressed a crowd of several hundred per sons in the station. Including admir ers who had come to say . good .bye, expressing his gratitude, for ., his recep tion in Washington and closing with a reiteration of his opposition to , war and belief in the force; of love in the redemption of ther worl. No effort was made by uniformed po lice In the crowd to interfere with the address, but immediately upon its con clusion a plain clothes man rushed up to Debs and demanded it he had a per mit to speak in the station, and upon being informed in" theT negative, declar- eA: "You have taken a great liberty. -Debs, who had grasped the plain clothes mah bythe hand under the im pression that- rhe was - a r welU-wisher. apologized and said he had riot known he was dointr wrongs Debs went Immeaiateiy to nis train, but considerable excitement preyailed In the crowd, due. chiefly to the efforts of newspaper men to-learn the identity of the plain clothes man. . Me. rerusea tn eive his name, but after rather ex cited bickering with .reporters, declar ed he was the chief of police of the union station and flashed a badge Dinned.-to-his -belt. He said he had had no'special orders with respect to Debs, but that the regulations of the station forbid fioeechmaking- wlthoui a. permit " Debs speech was . his i first platform utterance since leaving, prison. uItuIbps fthowTKc isae-here. aI6o : wish to express my. gratitude to th renreaentattves. of thepress the representatives?of . the-fourth rcstate-r- whose courtesy, f airnesaj ana Kinqn,es has been beyond -expression. L "Manv disagree with me In an ecb nomic and social way he. added, "but we are all hJiman arid -nrie . touch . of nature makes the 'whole, world kin" Debs declared, that lie left Washing ton "without' a trace of bitterness or hatred"' addlntr that "many hate me, but that they, were entitled to their feelings and -the expression, of them. x heileve -in free, speech," he said. "In the expression of these differing opinions we' find our -way to higher civilization." v . ' -'. He paid tribute to-figures in history who had, he declared, had the. courage of theirf convictions, although if orced c.QT-ifi"Triiffh for them '.and referr1 ti Washlnerton. Jefferson and Thnma a Pavne.- "who i first, wrote- the words United States" as those who "at first misunderstood, won an immonai Uv nf clorv." v ' "With every drop of blood in my veins," he concluded,' "T am opposed to war. Human life is too sacred, a thing to be spent in bloodshed. Love is tne greatest force 4n 'this-world, love will redeerii'ns- love win save us .nu our name in the depths of civillza- bs and' his party are scheduled to . tnfllatiaDolis at i:3D p. m. tomor row and proceed from there to Terre Haute, planning to: reach the socialist leader's home at about' 7 o'clock tomor row liight In time for a demonstration which is said to have been arnd: 1 oililm. With him on the train were his brother, Theodore; Da vid Karsner.ihis biographer,- and Miss Celia Trotter and Mrs.- Bertha White, both of the Debs freedom league. ALBEMARLE WOMAN MISSING IN ; BALTIMORE FOUND IN HOSPITAL " BALTIMORE, Dec. 27:--Misa Lila Dale Russell, 23, .of .Albemarle, N C.. who disappeared f rpm thesouth branch of the Young Women's' Christian as sociation., was fbundthis afternoon at a local hospital where she was admit ted shortly after her disappearance on CrtSmaanight. 'The girl's - condition is not thought to be serious. . . Hospital officials - were puzzled over thfglrl's identity unjtil today when she revealed her .riame.. -v. . , KTXSTON TOBACCO MARKET TO - i EABLT IN JANUARY :lCIN4N,"De Vhe, local ; to bacco market will reopen early , in Snuarywitheveralf weeks' siness still ahead of the warehouseme.n and buyers Estimates of : the outstanding fob today varied , widely. thogh the general opmion as thatmor than & r raiUldnr or -two -pounds of; the Product is in pack houses. duced forces , win .handle ,tne Janiiary t It , was 'recJedA-lAy tliat , the sales : bjousesuldtbeclogedearlyln Febrtiaryvorot jaterhan themiddle of .that month. ; High prices-will ob tain for ' the season's last offerings.- be cause the 'gradual ' marketers" hold Ing.rthem ?bave held .? baqk muelv of their best 'weed;-until the last. . The flrsffew months of the -new year will find tobacco interests', here; as else where 'fh something of a quandary. Whether , the admittedly t prfvate Inter est here will v be able to vrbuck the farmers': association;1 which declares At will market the bulk. of the i1922 crop itaaif. is -a nroblem that ia occasioning greaUlnterestv -The -clash Jocail ,wiil. come next 'tjepteoiDSE pr ucwidbiv it . doeaf ' comer though one -ide - r the I other -inay. tart-busines;s -iu - August FRENCH VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE EFFORTS AT LIMITATION OF FLEET Her Determination to Have a Powerful Fleet is Expressed in Senate Discussion FRANCE AT DECISIVE POINT SAYS BERENGER Propounds Pertinent Questions In Presenting the Marine Budget, to French Senate PARIS, Dec. - r 27. (By Associated Press.) Frajice's determination to have a powerful- fleet and objections to the limitation efforts of the. Washing ton conference we're vigorously voiced in the senate today p&sring a discus sion of the marine section of the gov ernment's budget. fc . Senator Henri. Berenger who reported the marine budget, said France was at a decisive turning points. "Is France still" independent in her navy as in her army?" he asked. "Has thhe old prin ciple of sovergnty been sacrificed some what in those conference wherein we have been promised a sort of interna tional of happiness?" Senator -de Kergu' Ezec defended the submarine as an essential weapon of defense.j but wished it to be confined to military uses& instead of being ap plied to torpedoing commence. , "At the Washington. Jconf erence," he aald, "we were surprised to see that French dele gation demand '850,000 tons of capital ships when France does not desire to carry war into foreign waters. France desires no -imperialism, but if we found admiral de Bon's proposal strange there are, nevertheless, limitations which we cannot accept." Senator de Kergu Ezec -declared it was Impossible that the French dele gation at Washington had eaid that submarines would be used to destroy the enemy's commercial fleet. He ex plained the necessity of submarines in defending the coast and in transpor tation of supplies for troops. '. Minister of Marine Gulsthau, reply ing to Senator de Kergb Ezec 'said he fwas greatly affecte;. bytne .temarks lauheshlng ne asserted: "Nothing baa '.beenvpro ptfsed. that reduces ' France's powers.' Moreover, he -declared, ;no decisions reached -at Washington would beJ ef fective until' the French iparliament had approved them. He explained thatthe naval program ' was reduced through i!4ck-. of .money but that-a defensive program . was prepared; -providing for the-utilization'of the commercial fleet. Senator Berenger severely, criticlied the conditionrof the navy, and other senators joined .with him in urging speedy reforms, r Senator Berenger de scribed the central naval administra tion ' as being "in a state of what I term arterlo sclerosis. , Preceding thhe debate over the naval budget, the naval commission had pub lished a resolution urging. theminister of marine to increase the number o submarines so, as to adequately def en the coast line, in view of the present weakness of the navy, wnjen r was stressed during thhe discussion in .the senate The concluding paragraph of the naval commission's resolution, was jSts follows ' "One cannot iconceive' therefore, that France's .efforts in ;this direction should be obstructed or limited. It is a question of national Independence And o. the right' of legitimate defenses that is . at stake." The " resolution .was adopted In connection with theh irtaval commission's report on its program, baseJd--.on two principles: That the French navy must always be superior to the German 1 navy ,nd sufficiently supreme in-- the Mediterranean to safe guard French interests in North Af rica and the near east. - "-i ' i'he commission's report ; credits France with having 49 ! submarine, of whiich"15, it is declared, will, be obsolete L3s-y 1925.1.. These are to be replaced, only b- 12 provided in. the present- program, although . 24 Others are scheduled .tor thej indefinite future. The comralson suggests two groups of undersea craft, one to be composed' of short range and the other yf long range submarines, the latter group being for "pursuit, of enemy commerce, pursutt of pirates and of light enemy, cruisers" --s . FRENCH IN WASHINGTON .RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS . WASHINGTON, Dec.' 27 tBy Asso ciated Press h"-rTh'e instructions of the French government on ; the submarine question, reached- at- a . meetingiof the eabiinef today, were received tonight by the French . delegation ' to ;. the Washington conference; and while their" nature was not announced It was Bar'raut, head of the c delegation; and Admiral- - de .Bon ' had conferred " with. Secrteary. Hughes that f France- would hotVaccept the - American suggestion for. ner to maintain the status quo in submersibles..-. V '.; y :: yyM y-hf . French ispokesmen declined to : say the . delegates 'to make any compro mise' "rdnT -tbX original French"; request for -a' total ' submarine j tonnage of .at least . 9P.0OO tons. The French position in:thi regard, it was added,,. would be outlined in detail at tomofrow's meet in g of the naval committee of -the "con ference.' ..y.:y " V,' ' - o; ; , r,:---y-'-yy It ils understood, - however, . that the French . position is based , in a general way" on-the non-acceptance of the. ex isting strength as it applies to whit 1st regarded by them vasstrfctly de fenstve .-craft. :- The French naval : ex perts are " described as holding that each country; is entitled to. ay for -itself ihpw 'many1-.4 "defensive crai are needed, taking - into consideration .the extentof -coast"IIn of both the home land: and coloniaLvpossessioniaJ So,.ar as submarines are "Concerned, their view, appears, .jto. paral'lel that. tf - the Japanese - in- - one .respect- that neither cares how many such craft the. other A. - DELEGA1ES 'MBANDON M. F ... - S? HOPE OF ON AUXILIAR Y WAFT ' . - American People Indulge Heavily In Picture Shows Spent 750 Million in Past 11 Months, Senate Finance Committee Is Told WASHINGTON, Dec 27.-The Amer ican neonle spend from seven hundred and fifty million dollars to one pillion dollars a year to see motion picture shows, the senate finance committee was told today in the course or argu ments for and against a high tariff on foreign made pictures. The investment in the industry totals about $250,000, 000 and employment is given to about 250,000 persons. Paul M. Turner, of New York, -speaking for- the Actors Equity association, testified that the idea that everybody connected with the industry made "big money" was erroneous; that 96 per cent of those engaged in making films re ceived only "a living wage." Mr. Turner and vJohn Emerson, an independent producer of New York, speaking-, for hlmsel'f and' for D. W. Griffith, urged a duty on Imported films of from 50 to 60 per-cent ad valorem in place of the 30 per cent in the. Fordney bill. They said the in dustry was in bad shape with many studios, and a large number of the 18,- 000 motion picture theaters over the I country closed. Declaring that only a high tariff stood between the industry and exter mination, Mr. burner declared that at this time 54 German-made pictures were being exhibited in this country and that four or five of these had yielded the exhibitors $2,500,000. Amer ican producers can not compete with the Germans, he said, adding that pic tures which cost from $200,000 to $300, 000 to produce in this country could be made in Germany for from $10,000 to $12,000. Saul E. Rogers, of New York, speak ing for the National Association-Motion Picture industry, opposed the duty in the -Fordney bill, urging that the present rate of 3 cents a foot be re tained.' He declared that only a few foreign-films and those depicting great spec'taeles had been successful in this country-. '. An aitacK on tne juastman JS.QaaK company ieaturea tne neanngs, "f - l Service C'compahyr Inc., Frederic R CoudeTt,' o-f New York, counsel for Palhe - Exchange, Inc., and other wit nesses ; charged ? that " this : company through" a1 monopoly of the "iraw" film product 'would be able to control the motion " picture" , industry if imports were shut but. . They consequently op nosed the. 20. ner. cent ad valorem duty on "raw' films proposed in the Ford-l ney bill. ' . EXPANDING ACTIVITIES MAY &WAMP U. S. COURT CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Expanding, ac tivities of the federal . courts . may swamp them, "and delaying Is a denial of justice," Chief ; Justice William Howard Taft of the United States su preme, court: said tonight-in an address before the Chicago Bar association urg ing reforms to expedite court proce dure. - Chief Justice Taft urged three re forms which he outlined as follows: "First, an - increase in the judicial force in . the-trial federal courts, and an organization, and effective distribu tion, of the force by the council of judges. ' "Second, simplicity of procedure in the trial federal courts. . "Third, a reduction in the oblls-atorv jurisdiction of the supreme court and " in an Increase in the field. of its dis cretionary iurisdiejtion by certioari.' "There -is no - field of - govern-mental action so important to the people as our courts," he said. "There is noth ing in those courts so essential to the doing -of justice as the prompt dis patch of business and the elimination from procedure of such . requirements as will defeat, the ends of justice through technicality and delay. "While the bar and the. bench are really much less responsible for delays in legal procedure than the public Is likely to, 'think, the very "fact that they are popularljr supposed to be responsi ble should makeus. act with energy to justify the.-existence of our profes sion and the maintenance ofi.courts. " "Examination of the etatistice of cases brought and tried and personal conferences with "judges leave - no doubt that an increase of the judges of. first .instance Jn the .federal system is absolutely necessary.- 1 , ' WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES 1 Fair and -colder Wednesday; Thursday increasing, fa coloudmess -with rising temperature.' :'"..:' '..",-', -' ' ;Nerth tand ' South Carolina, 1 Georgia Pair Wednesday; Thursday increasing -perature. . . y FloridaH Generally; fair Wednesday and ."Thursday; "little change in tem perature.,; t'-., ,.yy -A'i' ,. '-- . " c .. Extreme northwest- Florida, Ala bama: "Fair y, Wednesday : ' . Thursday SStC iiiL'J Tennessee :V Fair Wednesday; Thurs day cloudy and warmer;' probably ; te eoaning unsettled. v ' jy srBIJRCH'S ; FATIIER TESTIFIES' ' f LOS ANGEiESriDec. 2 7-Actlona! of Arthur C Burch, on trial on the charge of murdering - j. . Belton Kennedy, both f were?L related t Jlengtfotoday , by the Bevi WlIliam:I AiBurclC ?of Evanston, 111 father of the. defendant,-In support of the opinion, he-said lie had formed that his son : is Insane,. ." -; V-. v-. f. :-. -. The Rev. Mr, Burch i said he reached that conclusion August 14, ' last, when he saw-Arthur, jn the ls Angeles coun-. ty; jallsfor 'the flrBttime after the your. man had Ijeen charged '.with -the ' - i n " "v r - REEMENT Seriously Discussing Plan to Defer Matter To Future Conference Wide Difference of Opinion is Revealed by Discussion of Submarines : AMERICAN DELEGATES MEET FRENCH AND-JAPS ' But Agreement Apparently No' Nearer;" Shantung Negotia- ., t ions More Serious ; , WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (By Asso-' ciated Press.) The submarine contror' versy has revealed so wide a differ ence of opinion among the powers that the arms delegates are seriously dis cussing a plan to leave thhe whole question of auxiliary warship tonnage to a later international conference. So far considerableo the project has been entirely informal, with conference leaders outwardly reflecting a hope that the present negotia'tions majr yet bring the submarine problem to a .solu tion. In many quarters, however, there are growing signs of discouragement over the prospect, and -an accompany ing tendency to examine carefully th possibilities of the postponement plan In highest American official circles it was said today that '.a- Concrete propo sal for a future conference might be laid before the arms --delegates within a few days.; President Harding was said to feel that suci a conference would' be a logical development of his ' policy of international consultation, and it was Indicated that he had com municated his desires to the American delegation. I Tonight the submarine tangle appar ently -was as far as ever from a settle- rent, despite conferences between the merican delegates and the Plenopoten tiaries of Japan and France, the two powersr who are holding out against the American compromise proposal. ;The naval committee, which has not met since Saturday, will resume its sessions tomorrow, but neither?: the French nor Japanese expect to be In a position to modify their objections to -the Amerian- - "" 't,-?2,- ' " '--"'' '-1 yj.a.5 the day when the Japanese, after the receipt of fresh instructions from To kio. let if be known- that they were jiot prepared fa make any further conces- sions in their exchanges with the Chi nese over return of the Tsingtao Tsinanfu railroad. The Chinese already have declared they can go no further toward a compromise, but in some con ference circles there still Is hope that the two groups may be brought to gether . v Meantime the new four-power Paciflo .treaty already signed by the United States, Great Britain. France and Ja pan, got back Into conference discus sions through a suggestion from Japa nese quarters that the four powers agree jnotto-apply the terms of the pact to the principal islands of the Japanese empire. In view of differences of vieW developing in the United States and Japan as to the meaning of the treaty, the Japanese were said to be consider ing the suggestion of such an inter pretative agreement. An interpretation not , applying ; the treaty to the major Japanese islands would be a reversal of thhe under standing said to have existed among the dclegaffwis when the treaty was signed. It woul,d be adverse also to the interpretation announced by the American delegation but in harmony with that voiced by President Harding. onoum tne xokio government decide formally to suggest such an agreemen-t, the move might precipitate an intri cate situation in the conference. - Another- suggestion involving inter esting political considerations . came during the day from French circles. It was a hint, advanced informally whilA the delegation waited for news of the decisions of the cabinet in Paris, that; France might be willing to agree to & Status 'QUO HmltAflAn nf - ohmo.n. J strength if. the other, powers would 3In with her In a treaty designed to v cocj v c pence in European waten. - As tentatively y outlined, ' such J a ; : treaty would be similar in purpose 'to : that just concluded to cover the Pacific; -,and ; would aye'1u ;Its signatories Frantce, ' Great Britain Italy' and Ier- manj , Should thejr desire to dp so. It .was said, the United States and-Japan might., also participate jn the ... agree ment al though t thhe inclusion of the four European powers, Including' Ger- many . expressly, would be considered ' indispensible. : -yy.-y, ' - - .. 1: y ':. While all of "thtae Informal' 'mm.? tions werfr occupying-the attention ot -many of thA delegates during the re-. ' cess of; the 'naval 'committee,;' several of the conference 7 substitute commit tees held meetings to discuss collateral issues, c The substitute committed re-: deemed near anerf6men" X i atitntA -i , , v-uiuee . tana arranremcintii stitute committee on aircraft drew n . - tentative declaration 'of : principles ,j to - ' govern air warfare, The naval experts . also consulted over' a plan for uniform , " measurement of warship tonnage to ' T the .eer.l row,,,. i ,;, - ' In the deliberations of, the substitHta diviaions of the-f conference there '; ap I eared a growing tendency to leave de tails of the; Washington negotiations to be s worked out, by continuing com missions, wlto; would report' directly ; to;' thei various foreign offices or to future i conferences. Two i o three such . com missions already have been decided on: and it was indicated in administration circles that the .whole scheme of con tinuing consultations . among .: repre- r ; A sentatives : ot -the powers was regarded 'A''- ; by President Harding as fitting In with' A'Ay his proposal for a future series of In- '' ternational 'meetings. - . - ,. ' ' , - yyVZ'A. ;..The. President, it was said by dmin-"i; ; ? istratlon officials, r. would be much ; dis . ', appointed "If "'the' Washington r confer,- ':A ' ' , : v (Continued on Page Two) " . . ' i';V - L '-,...'' - ' - , .A ' ' r- ; . ' i : ' a - - : ' 'jr.' mm y!m w : ' V5K-, 1 'SU-I 'mi y. '.?yV4 yJf: - ; - . A j , y :A ' ... - .. . -. r '5 i... - h ' .. yyi. '.. if '''I