North Carolina Newspapers

.":vr-;;-: ; :i,;-A'---'A v..:.. "- - tamer ; C! i vkVft". r;;? f j L :'YAyA0a 'kW$iy L Fair Today ahdi Saturday If ?f Temperature uncnangeq . FOUNDED ' NEWBERRY IDEGli0 ENTITLED TO SEAiy ill SENATE BWI41I0TE After Three Ballots on Differ- ent Resolutions narfl rouhf Fight is Jatiaed. vtve REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH UJcJMU UJXAi s Final Resolution Expresses -Dis- approval 01 use ox xsig Sums of Money, - m i VGTON", Jan; ' 12. r (?y Assoc!-. tfrt Press). Truman H. Newberry was the senate today to .be en ittpd to tne seat, onent in the 1918 Mlcmgw sena. torial election. i A !y 'fii-V" The vote was 46 to itcfl f sjpnator Newberry's stlpporters r:re republicans. The almost rs solid iilmocratic membership were Joined by ire Republicans in opposition-'X nese -Vre- Borah, Capper.r Jones of j,Wasb rnVton Kenyon. Ladd, La Follette, Nor; vorris and Sutherland A j-" crater Newberry, in t the following statement hailed the senates ctlon' as -My heart is filled wltfc thankfulness that the three yeara uuv rf nerecution have, ended vn complete vindication and exoneration' of myself and all concerned." : ; :f f,v ,::r The roll call follows:! Hi.; '-'i -For Seating Senator : Newberry Re publicans: Ball. Brandegee, , Bursum. Caldor Cameron, Colt, Cnmmina, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge, Elkins.i Ernst, Fer rald France, Frelinghnysen.i Gooding, Hale Harreld, Kellogg, Keyes,',Lenroot, Lodge. McCormick, McCJumberi McKen? lev McLean, . McNaryNelsorir 'New, Nicholson, Oddie,. Pagei Peppery iniipps. poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot,",Spencer, vtanfield. Sterling," T6wnsend,llWad worth, Warren, Watson Hndiana). WeU Wt and Willis. TotaU46.j4Jtji:A ainst Republicanf Bdrab.iCap Per Jones (Washington), IJeByft-B; Ladd U Follette, Norbeck, Norrif and Suth erland. Total, 9. - i''-.l-t 'it Democrats : AshurstJ Broussard, Cata wav. Culberson, DiaUJ?letcher.3erry, Glass, Harris, Harrison. Jlflin, iHitch oock, Jones (New . Me5tleo)t-KlnsTMCTt Kellar, Myers, Overman Owen, jPittman. Pomerene. RansdelU Robinson, k She'p pard. Shields. Simmons,. Smith,"; Swan son. Trammell, Underwood; t Walsh (Massachusetts) , "Walsh" CMdntana),. and WUliams. Total. lt.-ij.rf.fj-Sis senators w ere pair edf ,TTire Re publican's, Crow (pennsylv-anaj: Ju-j ?ont (Delaware), . ahdi ".Jfoses (JJeW Hambshire . -be4ilEair.4-rif iat Newberry. witlr Seaatprsr- 'Kendrlck- i Wyoming), Stanley; -(iventuckyj. : ana Revd (Missouri), against,- Vf;lvi Three Xot.lTotlntT.IW.'? Three senators were absent.rajid pot voting. They were: Senator Newberry, Johnson ( California) ' Republipan",-nd Watson (Georgia), lemOcrat.l An nouncement was a'dV'priginally-;Chat Senator Watson was paired iwitn Sen ator Xorbeck, but it was . announced en the floor that Mr. Watson-did::not nish a pair and Senator .Norbeclt voted. The senate's final VQtev caine on:th following resolution, amended by Sen ator Reed (Mlssiuro),,r Republican, to declare Mr. Newberry "entlUed tq his seat and substituting the Willis amend ment for the original -clause Which de clared the charges against Mr.? New ierry were not susta!leiV.i44T,'it;--': "1. That the contest. of Henry. Ford igainst Truman H. Newberrjr be, and t is hereby, dismissed. ' ; V .-t i2). That Truman H. , Newberry Is nereby declared to be ; a ; duly r elected senator from the state of Michigan' for the term of six years commencing on the fourth day of March, 1919, andls entitled to hold his seat In the; senate of the United States.'; , ' ;f;H.?;. "(3). That whether the amount ex pended in this (Michigan) primarywas ( Continued on Page Two) . Limit Is TakenOff State Highway Funds Governor Opens Way to Greater Road Making Prorajn. ':v- By BROCK BAuKlEYj'fe KALEIGH, Jan. 12.Tbe' way WfS opened for pushing with even greater yipor North Carolina's i higbway con struction program- when Governor ;Mor Tison. following a conf erencewltll the J-ouQcil of state today, notified; the nghway commission that the 10 million oiiar annual expenditure limit ha, "wn removed and that ample funds fo frying forward road i work' wouldfbf Prov,ded by the state. Tr ; L'-;; fijj hnie hrhway commission - " plans fii una twlce as many, miles of roadway tra ."j he Present year as was eon road u st year" A Provision Jin v the Zl l Prvides that the -annual rexi Pjditure shall be restricted to $10,0 00, h stfli the governor andi couhcUi of limit authorized to override . this toV hey deem wise, Theirs action remves the restriction and takes tar? a mit on the annual" expend! -xnpnv. road con8truction? worfc Thk p"S Ures u the- Wghwaya;;U xr doiipr ; l reach a total of 40 million ommtiral reatIonsriU pmlt?tne f"lr ?a appropriate $1,700. Proiert. v r,al aid money on. three road in ca"f'. links in the intrastate system, by Gm s out an ureut request made Ccnin-r Morri8on last.evenlhii 'om?e,dBe;inff tha far,'we8ter1r'And antal. er.n countIe have lacked ;ad.r ate in stron8rer 5ountie of ithe ,nor "v?n?Uln f ederal the gov Honev nt the commissUmf to place "ruction w.available towards'the con-hi?h-av , I Lthe Jefferson-WUkesbdilo Cav and A hierhw!r through Graham; Ash J rok counties connecting hhay anie road 'w"h' the Georgia CDmturw on contruction projeet in 10 the lUI,tLft?m' HabUinClty lv thV t H1 ""tion.-.'j would ?70o,ooo If ,Jeff frson-Wilkesboro road fiiair,! " 01 tne federal aid fund, thm rj 1(111111. 01 million; .dnllllraJ h.ln qualiv hi m"lion.;dollars': being I . Cotfnsel-f or- Bullock;.satd Vtne .negro etern btween the eastern and I expressed fear, that herwould, be lynched projects. ' :s: r-:vi ": tri Jir-retuTfiod'fo'Norlizt; 1 ' aW&a - r ... 11 nvemtonmio 2i A.:is . en XL RETAINS iTOGA. .SECTOR NEWBEBRT "With.; bH;; nine. Republicans i yoting; against nim csenaior xruman xsiew berry,J of Michigan, ; was yesterday per mitted to retain- hds seat in the Senate Jby.a. vote of .4$. to 4... ,: . ..Sr. ose tt?''A'T-hfPflT JIA'V&O MA-' L I 1K WilUard andiFelton Wile 3tate- ! ments With CohiBiissidner I 'nil .1. Mu on ttaies. read "pirestdexito nmpleied Vtatemots dayT-mp;pp!Bislti auetioisateffinle Cwrimissoft Swtlg soiiabUi Vyf of i4raiwrtalioa'f raes Vf alstf Vndryrent 'iioged1 tjUestlonine by" Cmmlssirfp ;er Esch; whb- Heard' their1.? arguments. V DaniM ?viiiara,. oi-'uie. Baltimore' and OhidY du,rtng: a;longr, ex-j, change withyihb-iCmmiasIoneri insist ed that?Wwteoqsts of .railroad opera-. tion could not be attained ; by " aboHtton of passes for railroad employe'spriyates cars for executives or similar altera tions of policy- because., their relative Importance was little. : . V . i v ' - ' ! . C, W5.4 Felton, president of the: Chi cago Great Western;'- however, in. answer" to 'question from Commlssibn er Lewisl said that railroads cannot be eff icientl ln : the employment of labtjr until ' the : railroad - labor board which con trbls thm ;unjder . the transportation act,, allows tt.em s tor establish rates - of pay which corresponded'; to the wages paid workers of similar occupation in the ; communttiea ; which tne rauroaa serve, - ; t: v For section, hands, shop workers-and the general run of employes whose oa cupatioh - Is Jbfot, specialized, Mr. Felton aid,': wages ''i are now appreciatively higher than .enterprises' outsido 'j - Both : he 'and Mr. WKliard said that reductions : o( rates, on v specific com modities .had-so far failed, to stimulate traffic . citing . agricultural products and steel, manufacturers as examples of experimentation... . - . i "Henry Ford v. has expressed' the .-belief that'! railroad .efficiency would' be Increased v by : lightening engines 'and eauipmentpommlssioner Esch1 .. re-. marked- in'i .discussion .vwith ; the wit- I .... - t "Thiv tmnlUn mnrA , fhan:,tpa.!n I " ; uctsa,'. . . - movements evidently. : Io i you . think you? might cheapen your , operations - by trying itfjour; ; i'A'Wi'X'A -."We've gone exactly.contrary; to that thebrr in 841 railaxadl progress, r. Felton'?As'serted.w.s's :v?v-.c."t5 tin Increasing' the ; sixe of lococmo- tives, adding to th weight of trains And j. reducing; -tb number of "i-traip movements -has been : the .object sought. Indeed,'in. operating a single track line, -with no . money available for expansion, I have found a tenrpoarxy solution for difMcult problems "by doublet heading s all frelgjittraine and cutting the num ber of strains in half." " - j. s5- v. V , CNDER MARTIAlt LAW Wit ; I ' i'y f v I ? v MEXIA; Tex?Jan."12i-iThisoiI towhlta fight off his keepers when: they came and the oil?4-,'country " surroundings . it were ?til&aA finder-martial law,: today by , Gov.. P. M,v Neff , because of the aX" legedrexistenc; of "Open,: flagrant-vlo-latlon" of.;t law,4 and .tonight condi tions'' iwere-Huiet. -v.' ''; V -. .'f ' " . Several . arrests"1 were .- made during the afternoon and f a Vauantity of liquor The situation v was nn -cnarge or jng. Gen. - Jacob l.Wolters,- of -.the national uard, at'liere byovernorj'.Nff. jj men-of the? headquarters troop,; .ra; cavalry ' brigaae,, iw? wui e useu, GeneraiTrWolters' ; said, for, picket -duty They ; will .' be used, - and - to guard,; prisoners wnne : state Rangers are conducting : Inyesctlgations of conditions..-' : ; r.:--.. General v Woltera - announced tonight thafci actlngt Mayor' Riddle, of exla, had promised the 5 fullest co-operation of the city officials with theimiiitary. n-.r- noits after n, catiUBU; HAMIL.TON. Ontov 'Jan:: 12.The .chief of -police of Norllna; N,. Is en route here, it jwas learned, today, to ; seek,; ex tradition ";-of .Matthew Bullbck.r a -negro against . whom ;hargrea ;of i inciting race riot-t have beenpreferred in .the M.v; rtrnllntavd. &J&W-9itZifr 111 1 '" 1 ' 1111 ' ' '.. 1 "ifl!. , Clubs WilllEIect-jpelegates and ;':r;Thus- Signify; Stand on K v ; . ; English Treaty. - y;iDUBiaN:?an Press) -Thi i :Silrigs proclamatioii Sof amnesty announcement or the depart-.-ure ;6f the' auxiliaries: and the resolu tion of the Sinn Fein 'executive council to summon an extraordinary convention for February, f to decide upon- the fu--ture f the organization aud its policy, '"after Eatnon de Valer had predicted a split In, the. organization, were the chief developments in' the ' ?lsH situation tb day;' -: . .-: -.. . v;.E.? -'''.;'vv I.- ."Behind-the Dail EJreann stands " tho Sinn Fein organ Jiati6n of nearly 1,500 clubs, from "eTPry direction.' in Ireland." It' is responsible for the success of par liamentary or oher , elections : and ' is regarded aa the authentic popular vdic bjrall Sinn ; Feiners; . JDe Valera Is still its president ; and i all Itsi; machinery heretofore has been directed exclusive ly toward Independent republican alms: The morning session of the executive body of the Sinn Fein was devoted to the election ' of a standing committee, which meets In Dublin for all 'routine work of organizing. - The election did p.ot.'follow strict party lines, but. its membership will be canvassed , through out the "country tomorrow, , to ascertiin whether. Its Influence ; -will ' be used for or against the supporters of the treaty. ' 'In the next f ortnlRbt in every part of Ireland and In every Sinn Fein. club u animated debate will be carried on fof and against ; the treaty. Since the clubs; must meet especially for the pur pose o: electing : delegates to : the con vention,, this ; will be , the . nearest approach.-to a refe'rendnm of the ..entire Sinn Fein , element of the population that Is practicable . In the present cir cumstances. C , . ; .' ;u ; ' The ' amnesty, proalamatlon -occupies' a prominent position in the' Duglln pa pers and has been the cause of : great fiatlsfactlon.4 it haa ibeen feared that attempts might ,be. made to discriminate between one political prisoner, and an-pther,-ut the sweeping:: character .of the4 amnesty allays such; apprehension: -'stage there jwere vincehdiary, fires ahd dlsturbanees In Entfland. for which Al- I leged SinnFelners were conyicted... Am-J nesty. does not Include them. It. Is u dewstood that'- their ? case -wilt? rejriaiu over for discussion betweenrthe British government and the government of. the", new 'Free State, t WJth reference to' of fenses committed since . the : trilce, thje Free State-government will have com 'ernracnv wui ' nave soip -dealwjith ! -ail- such, cases - " - -. .ir--.,, , plete power: to rin'uecouTse: 2Jtesii&. HMs -.turn. Itm Uwnmtt m -C - -Sat: tSi AlxrJBU2S Janr l2.-fBy Asdcii tHslr rkllroafla IftCannounced; fr Satur- I day atmldnight,-0wlng.ta -a refusal of ;the iallroad nanagers : ' to meet."? the chalrmanandsecrery-orjtelo th,e companies ,t Abolish tne regulation wages" and ljours wliich -were" settled by award,- of ;the -National tWa .Board In 4une, 1920;..-The-rmen,djeclared the strike was " called ito'i resist an; ..attempt to' J throwstnem :acic jinto. inepoaiuon jor .lo W; wages..- long hpurs;and bad .working condiUonSiOf : decade vago ,The. strike will 'Affects 23,00.0 - workers : ".' ! ; V SING smfrlELEpTRIC ; I ; CHAIR TAKES THREE Go rernor : Miller Refuses to Hali . Ixetions. v OSSINING, N.; J.', J Jan;! 12 Edward persons, , William "Marweg .and! Ray mond F. Mulf ord,', convicted of : murdejfi were put' to death in the electric, chair tonight' at Sing' Sing 'prison following Governor - Miller's'' refusal- - to ! Interfere with execution of the sentences. .. Persons', sister.. Miss Margaret Per sons of Cleveland, Ohio, continued, the fight 'for , her.; brother's -life., until this afternoon when1 Gov. Miller" refused j to hear her plea yat"' the. executive office In Albany. .. ? ':v:ZVy?i&? v Persons was convicted of the murder rt flAnrc Klincftr-r'aitaxieab driver-' In Jamestown: ; 'Harry Wilson, co-worker with Persons,, pleading guilty, turned States evidence and was.. sentenced to life imprisonments, KmngerJwas shot and his body burned Jn a hajr plle.'r. ""-Marweg was found guilty: of" parti cipating .. In.' - the ; kiliing - of . - Gedrgq "Weitz, .a;- Buffalo.- jeweler. I While j ad mitting . he fewas present t at ' Weitza death, he .dehied .actually committing thecrlme..t Mulford, ?.. whose ' confederate ; Floyd SI over,; is. awaiting 'death . here " .was convicted '; of ' wkilling'1 Abrham 5Telles, a. Buffalo . clothler.'v -on Thanksgiving --esg. Late today' guards found an. iron ' bair concealed vunder- bedclothes --in Mar wegs cell and, discovered thatthe ceil lock. had ,ieen jammed." The condemn ed man - would not. , say - whether he planned to cheat" the! electric -chair by" committing suicide or reserveoV the bar" l to lead him to. the death chamber. , 'i.. CASE'S IS gEUSOTED SAN FRANCISCO,; Jan; 12,-i-The jury box v was 5 filled for the first time in Roscoe ; Arbuckle's" second- trial late to day; and the' process of weeding out- by means . of; peremptory, challenges k was begun. R" Arbuckle is ; accused -of man- slaughter, theTCharge prising f romithe suit -oc jnjnnes wmonxne-prosecution contends, , Arbuckle- inflicted" on .her- at a .carty. , , i '- - -t. - ' Five ventre passed the Attendance though It increased- as. prospect, of ob taining a Jury grew 'greater late In' tiie dy.; , The . prosecution has. iour ; per emptory i chaHenges left; ,fch def ense . J. f " - , I ' 'M.-i-t-M.,. .'.RICHMOND," Va.V Kt Jan. i. 12. Jiide-e Jesse FelixWest. 'of ,Waverly; Judge of the" third -Judicial circuit,' was . nomi nated by . the Democratic Joint caucus of the general assembly' tonight to fill the ivacancy on the : bench of ktlte? su members, one? a womair. 1 1 JLOdo foreign' ." service-' .'veterans, .war griaiing'-bf; attorneys today.! brides and chlldreri.'":,.' K 'A at the trial was small.1 5 Wireless measages' picked" up at'.Govi. ipremecouri appeals ot Virginia cre-f t ated y;ther deatli iof.f;,.Judge 4 E..,j'$f. I preme, oourt appeals of Virginia cre- " 1 " 111 ' 1 1 ' 1 " J 1 "' ' - ,' "' '" '. ' ' ' -" 1 : Senator ot: of U tah, Republ W can, Introduces Amend- ;if"tnentJn.i$enate. :wdtJx'tefej ;rAsmNGT6N jin;iM ers jtsked :fojbresidnfcs Hardings9L. idmlnUterlng i therbbbsed tneF ihd "ban ginMd'wdiHofls-iifih"' could. -"ftotvbntJctPte.drfcy,4cpng!resi.. would be 'grantednder amendments to theFordiieyUlprppsedtbayi by: Senator. SmOdXZ;of s.Utih, tanking Her' publican pn t-fnlte finance, commit tee. . .. -: . "v'i'-t "''V-: "Xs-k; r The, presldejnjwqttldtlie authorized .tcf Increase or decrease:,tarlfl! rates iy, ' not exeeeding JOercen f rates fixed ip I tiori as- the basis ; fori :;A.sse8B.lnlutieS on. any givei Istof; impori s.;- to, changp. rates witnlnttfe ot:50 "per fent sp.' as to meet situations. ariihr.in. Amefi ean markets s a. result . of depreciated f oteign excJiangesi-tb-'prevent, djimplhfe I discrimination vagainsfAmeflcan :; forr eigVcommeycejy; f orefetiicountpe;? i ' Adjustments --hi rat,estp" equIizgtdifr ferences ' in : eondltion?" of - copip'etitioh In, .trade of 4 specified ' 'articles ; - in" the. i united states-, ana r competmgipretgn countries cduld be made- only after, In vestigatioti.-and -hearl'ngt and would at be effective. ; until vwlthin ?0?days 'of their proclamatibft, Thirty , 'days , als would, have to -elapse bef ere- adjusted rates beeauee-Of-deipreciated currency W0uld come W.to ff eet- nd also "before proclaimed American' 'valuation- 'could be put into t oreevf ?y,f f "WT'f Z . ..Besides thesef.;amcndnen'ts,S?natdr. Smoot aJso bfCered iattXamendment tt the American valuation - section of , thje Fordney bill proposg'thatuWhere.T thie duty is .based upon prregulated, in, any manner, bytnef;vaitie,pf-,the-imporJted merchandise he'dttty Would beiawessi i;J' .w - j-----iw-w-j-i..-,--c-.i'. I wholesale Vprice thfefebfatrtKe trmeJof Its eibdrtatlon '.i& iJhe principal market ol.iuo.cvo,vi .univiw u' ar, . Senator? Smooth' previousl had" pro!-: posed an .amepdmen rtp the i bill Provid- in? for Assessing: duties orr the "basis "of the ;involcealue'idf jthc import alnd;f toji uuci uvvumt iiiav iuc .unci t Ui hhj HI- ternative propbsaj i, today was largely in order, to. brnr before ' the .senate 'a plan' favored' by some Jcn'embers of the f -'l'3t A. - V"' ' . 7 - ' "4 - J . -. . . - . i i Cook liKee 'inree; smart-vracKsxo j aw. ai staruipiamna '.X!--'-r.,:- . IJbNXX)Nania.iRy - the : Assoc ia-t ed ';Pre8S.')-6rge Carpentier,? heavy weight chtfiftiiTon boier jbf iJurdpoi won his match- er tonigh garnst "George' Cook, the Auetraimrt"heavyweight.i He knocked C6oMOBtlilnt tlie? 'fourth round.1 -A straight-SleffetflfVtbe-i chin i and va right to thft sjaW- floored .CoOR f qr the count.?-:M:&tttZtt?kheettheii thetref ereet & araclt-ASmith i flnJsheSlithe coiint 4Sf -""lOC'uiWMVibo-'ateI. f t t ' The. weights tyere aitnounced as'Cooc pounds-atra carpentief; 120 pounds. '' In the opening: rAund-Carpentier-was the first? to lead; sisotlng With both his left 'and right; without- return,' XJopk tried for -a ""right-: swing t. but missed. Considerable - infighting followed. ; in J-which' neither; mn- g had:-anyl; marked advantage., .-Cojo to took ; a, nasty; blow :on the ribs but himself scored well toward the - close "of the:round,2 -'Ai'r'fv -tBoth; men sparred .cautiously, at: ih.e beginning of the socond round, Carpen tier .landed; a left book -to the - Jaw and easily, eveded aft attempt; at a counter. The. Austrian:had the better, of , the iri? fighting which .ensued, , and ',twlcesent home hard .lefts which surprised . Car pentier, -whq-.f ailed to find ah - opening f 6r- his ..right'i Uxi&-i4-M t ..Up ' to the ; third round thei bout ap peared to be 'going in favor of the Aus tralian.t : Xnl the,, third Carpentier.: land ed' a.- light- right "to ; the- :cbin, r but at close quarters l.Cook' fought; :nard.:Car- pentiera i best longr range, t rNear the Frenchman - scored .:.well.wtih lefts -. and rights to the hjad'i and body-and; it ;Was easily- .his. :roiind..";:f- Thee Australian caught t Carpentier. with. -a; blow'.to.' the Jaw .after the bell .had sounded ind was cautioned ,by'.'th"e;;refee44-:V.';.i I v.; Earlier In the? fourth; round. the flgh-. ing was mostly at close"quarters Carpentier-twice landel lefts ito: the; headl and. Cook scoredtp. the chln4 ? The Aus tralian -then rushdi' Carpentier but oniy .to meet.: with? a straight UefV to the.- Jaw : and two ,-rights to ?thev same place .which end ed -the t bout: j j- i I There wai considerable betting; lrior to. the flghtjwiarpntler; the, favor ite at five -to itwittJ y.-s'-i'i-.t--,-4ct-.MT!fi i xGHTVTb LAI Transport CrboKXimping. ohlTp. v;i;'5.Siii n?o'untaihoy;seayrIeWngJan ly, disabled by epgne.tr9uble', the army transport ' 'f :;Ct.q1g6nlX-'xi'A6ggly ernor'.s Jsland reiported-,th ' troop :shlp stiir.se veral-h.mdr0dj miles 'jit -sea' hut steaming toward Wi'-Ypt'' axAwort knot ;clip. ;Up the St, Mihleient biit to ald'the Crook had-Inot;;reppfted':i'y;;f:--, Dispatches' rofeij?' the:tra,nsjpprt.,-def ciarea ; tne morale, or: an ion., board " wa s high,unshjak' en .'by v last! Ulght's'iarders to man the life'1 boats. ,and;prepareV to deserjt fthe floundering "vessel.-t-g f-rw.orK jSmeaiKr. op ; aipreduce armament oy r: specnying,.; tnat iAU!A-H-0A--t f thesurplusc- ships fwustf 3esput! outof 2;2e.nd -o':yztherpuwfe,thq . .... . . -: muntAinM .ner'nem - to "laim witn rur women, tney- saiq," nung over .rails, I proacweu. ci em Vi . cuo. o.uu wu. laughing ahdiJqlfclng-wUhVth sag;asj they msde ailf ready 'to ' r;tet 1 the catastrophe if -itf should' ?o i, ; -r . i , .t. ' ' i - - ;ii : i-i 1 i- ; Give - Up Hope of -Plenary 5 ? v. V:This)Veek f WASHINGTiON -Janl2.(Bv i Asso . caed;PrissKFurtherV details the; n"ayarty ndtt ntn, ner gotiations V were .'irbned ' out todays' but the armainent delegates gave up ? hope, 9if& plenary session 'this week 'to an- ! npince .denite rpeults. : tThe "bisfnvtejrbfepleted its first; re- ,r .vision ; of . the naval convention, ; aiia . seit the text backr to lis ligaf experts . , , " v w ? - - uirrtcumes for a redraft', or tne cnanges maae,'. vii j to Federal Commissioner Hayes to- ; will meet agaib tomorrow, and . a Vir- ! day ' that the work . of his ; agents' -tually Completed- treaty may be ready ; during the month oi December ad for an y executive blowrs'to i hayal'committee jon Saturday or Mon- J , moonshinlng ih' lils: state. An ai- J d$. t,'-'v-r'';'?:; ' 'A'A'fi'i:-t:- "fP:"A-'-ti leged lUgfier-up,he said,-. Who -wa- In the- Shantupg conversations fur their supplemental, agreements . " were reached by "the Japanese 'andChlriese and: a iUew ; premise, of progress :6n the central r question, 'of .the ,. Tsingtao Tsinanf u ' railroad " was held by . Secre tary Hughes and Arthur J.: Balfour isWord of -the resignation -of ;Premir Rriand of France created a-Mir in. con ference i circles,! but the: disposltloiv in French quarters ; tonight- Was . to mini mise Its-linniedlate effects on the Wash ington negotiations. ? ' Albert, Sarraut. bead; of; the delegation, 'announced he wo'uld': feo.-- ahead ' with - his conference duties'; pending-.instructions.? from the new ' cabinet, '- And indicated . his belief 1" "r would. not vitiate the agrfeements;proj- f0 here,-- .: -.s : -..iv - ? Fear;SvM?j Eef "v ; . . . jimnne- American omciais r nine-con- f erenci; however, ithere was some . ap prehension, that ;M. Brland's. retirement might -have a' far-reaching effect. on the 4iaval ii'llmitatlbn pros:ram.;fIt' was pointed out that? the Iretirlng premier would be directly responsible' '.for France's 1 Withd rawal b f her 4 50,00 0 -ton capital ship proposal, and that -the tem per of the succeeding ' cabinet ont" that sUbJect1 could ''oAly be 'conjectiiredi -! ybh :the'- former, lioweveif the chteif;dele5 gates' are: said: to. ;:be" 'ih'ylrtuar agree ment,While!lhf tee&fA' to -f of tifications: he in Btructjons,awa.i ted f rqm Tokio- are generally. . expected .to, malsie an "early setttementiposslbJie Aky ':V'j' ' arAtttoafr'vejipri.beS: feby,..4eleTatiop spokesmen aa- re presenting nq serious divulgeiiCe of 'views nthe'-discussdons over, : 'methods ? iof :k sjerapplng-. have aroused ! unusual - interest. amonsr the .naval expert i of the; conference, ' In theiri suo-commlttee "report ),the i ex perts;recottmended ithatvpermission be given for converting 'of proscribed war-: ships' into other typesf "ciraf t and they have: urged ttfat! the ' provision would represent 'a?il'arge; flnanclairVavinsr be-? cause: of the 'necessity. of 'construction of new ve'sselsrof various classes in "the -near-; future." " - - . -;-?vThus, none of the flve: powers has at present moqeyn airpiane carrier, the ratio ; asrreemen t permits them,, to build fro'na'-two to five each. If. battle ships, ; partially cojnpletet ?butjf ailing outside the list of retained vessels could beO:remodellediintOr airplane f carrier types, it'iSj arguedj muchiof tthemqney "already, spent on- hulls, could.be, saved. Opposed.' to '.this 'is "the'; view.; that . to convert discarded battleships iinto :'an- dther.;type qfw;ar vessels-would net be of J the Washington conference. This position is understood tq .. have, been taken" in the '.'big five" meetings by Sec retary Hughes.. "'XToj support . this Ithe argument .was ;; imalde-thatc as -a -matter of Dolicylthe conference should give a practical demonstration..of its desire ; to The 5?auestion! of "defining, the geo graphical, scope, of -the Pacific fortlfica-1 Uons article ;WaSiOeBcrea j4auT.ni?ri tative circles' today, as largely a matter of flinins the proper technical termi "tfology ito''"carry"''ttul7 deciel6fts''alfe!ady reached. A-; reply from rTHloLinowj is expected by the . Japanese"; by ,' Sunday and they believe , 'the., tentative Wording worked out1 byf the big -i fivegwill'be accepted., ' - - ' ' 4 ' i : Originally " the" fortifications " agree ment prVldedthatpilsland legiti mately within the "homeland" of Jthe United .States or .Japan should' be a-f-f ec te dVby : the treaty 5 bu t tha tn all qther islands in ' the region of the ;' Pa' cific, fortifications should he :4kept ih; tHlr nfesent status. .-When,, the V came ld'bylthel Japanese. ibe a.;partv;.of the' Japanese t'hqmelahd": although japapese had no objection to extending the "status q'uo" agreement' so- as .in clude th e. Bnltt group. ; - - A In consequence an attempt now 4s ; m euwitnHhscoior ttos-article.wlthout?aie, sametlme classifying- it as.j.outslde the. Japanese nomeland;! V The -present .-proposal is q attach tq.; the t treaty a map, . with lines'-drawhia,, indicate in precis'ely what cone thesatus;qub"is; to apply. Th5 line Which ha represent :the : western' boundairy of the Amereari'hb ternatiqnal date lipe,-roughly th,180th jneri dianj leaving t outside S. the ws'statas qua the Aleutfon-Islands of -Alaska as well as Ra-vairand-MIdwayt VAM3i :V nojr-yetflnallyceei - .- !, nvrsaioM.b'ig erstooa to ne ;jnf noexwnans v 1 "ai-atti rttirtV; f rtrTadfle or tlrications. r maimng. issues or tnenar eastern nego-i . -. . i -J i I' s. h . Tf , . - m ' t m -v-. ' Oat ironea Kbhloss Reports ? Moonshine )Ring Tells Haynes V Agents! Have De- : liVered Smashing vBlow at ;.::";,pB6o;Mald WASHINGTON,: Jan. i- -R. X. Kohssiabitiohdirector I for N orth Carolina, . reported in - person. s'usnected of financme- illicit Der ations, committecD ' suicide after 4 .; arrest and :Mr. Kohloss believed ..a reputed , moonshine syndicate "was ' t broken up. f ; v . ...... i ....... ., ; . .During ; December. Mr. Kohloss ; said nearly 250 stills r were 'seized,' ' including nine automobiles and ; . , 500 gallons of moonshine, and ,: enough' Mash - to make 80,000 gal- ' Ions of liquor, were confiscated.: .,, The. North Carolina director .de- :' -l clared hes had the most courageous ,-and efticient''mopns,hine,! .hasesl. . in the United States, defied1 a moon- , r : ehiner. who- "suddenly- pressed a- re- :' volver . against;- Mar breast, i saying . "You are a dead njan If- you do not :-'Vrelease,TOe,fri:y-- '? , Jennings ; cooly replied: ;'l "Go : ' ahead and ..shoot . if you have the ; nerve." -Meanwhile Jennings as- , eociate happen edotti the cene- and; -'., leveling a 'revolver at the - moon- ' shiner's' temp-le, -compelled Mm to ' r drop his. gun.-..-:viJ":-r; ', ana-umcer n urnrAf - . i; Hbra- iWinsoW trial of Sergeant Robert-Ik ancas,ter and: J4eimtyi9M-f. M. Alabama nattoal guad,fwhp w.as a, fitness Jorvthef defenseearllex; lhth day hgaged:na-personal combat . in front of the' post, office here late today' Blood 4, was 4 floFfng ';. f rontf littfe'Wf ace of each jvheXrtheyere" :sarted5S5; The first fight. J? ; ss4d.:)ve. ;been' tne - ai,iermatn ;-qi; a 'Ciasrjsoetween the ivviuey. U.HU niwi-jaBs.:in;tn.e ;-couri; room earlier Inthe day,4 when laeuten-1 ant jueBride, Who ,WjaS7r being cross- examined,' replied tpvhe:iquestlbn whether he - na notc made-A. certain statement at the-fdreiKtriAlJof jjari ;i fr. caster, answered that lie "did .not khbW what was'ih'. ' thai, book ?o " what ,y6it put in it,,";,( t t v - '-'" ' r .Wilkinson'deciared that the' book Was theofficial : recqrd-pf . the former . trial and said if the witness had ma.de that statement .eutside 'the. .couret rdom; he would "knock;, his head off,"- : !' -- The lieutenant " is said by by-standers to have struck-, the - attorney during a recess of icqurtilatethislafternoonv .. ,; -v liancas.ter took, the stand in. Ills . own behalf late today and denied any; con nection with 'the .lynching "of -William Baird, striking coar miner, i for " which he is being tried;.. . y: . . Asked the ; direct .question ? by. his counsel if; he and 'other r soldiers had raided theWalker; county Jail, seized Baird and shot him' to death. Sergeant Liancaster,-f f acingj ' the Jury, : in - a clear "I did not." S. C. ASSEMBLY PICKS HIGH COURT JUSTICE Marion Name After Deadlock kLef t ncfr 1921; ; . ? COLUMBIA, : ,S. e,: Jan.' 12. John Harding Marion, of; Chester, was late today ' elected -'associate. Justice- of .the South 'Carolina ?fsupreme eourt, ..-the deadlock existing throughout the last session . of rhe general assembly being lbbkvJjiith.i'4tth.'i baaiot.7". J$z&:&ii - Mr. Marlon, . wiho is now a member of the1 state senate,,, will - fill ' the - vacancy caused by the death.'. of Associate Jus tice . George W. .Gage, 'who also was f jrom Chester. - Justice Gage' died during- the last' session: of ithe general' as- senly.., -.-; , JA TAAI.Am c Thei. 39 . oaiipts j weretaKen a in txsz a f in - a vain effort to name a successor. Since then' the supreme.' court ..has. had only, four members Four - candidates were" being ballotted -on' when-the" 1921 session jended:sMrr Marion,ll'General Bondaiam.. of. Anderson Jesse F- Car ter, of - Bamhorg; - and. Circuit Judge G. W. S. ; Shipp, of ' Florence. ' Balloting was resumed a t noon today; .The name of Judge Shipp was " withdrawn 'after the second ballot of the day and Mr. bf the contest, Mr. Marlon , was .named over General Bonham . by a vote -:of S3 :to 1ZA':AAX -1 t- , 4,::- '- ;... . ... TWO HITRTlir BLAST yAfA KETWEST.:; Fla4 'Jana 12FrancIsco Blancoi was ; killed and Ameteco . .was seriously injured "as the reult'bf an expleeion aboard the Key West-Havana . ferry boat Estrada-Palmer today, believed by officials '- to : have ; been caused When the' men- attempted'tb re jnov6 one hundred cases' of contraband liqnor hidden ( In s the 1 vessel's mplases tank.' It was believed the men struck a?matehln?thef- tank which lgnlted moiiasses xumes s xne vessel mbllasses.'fumesS'The vessel is perated company. the crewy ' ' ' ' LULLERAND CALLS Oil RAYMONIJlO jiMEIO SELECT, rJEV! LllfllSTRY ?A4?$iA f'"-'" . s- J. . v -&'.'- . j ft """' Former." entV Wm Detade TorJxlbidi wuriT rnenas. ; ? m a 3 .-.' t'-v BRIANP'S ACTION . SURPRISE TO DEPUTIES ijii&0t '00J0a-a: ;quence in vTellihg i of Cannes & ISJ:'--; ri :;" Parley and Is Cheered ; ! aaa'I ; PARIS. JJan. ' 12.--(By Assocdatid Ac Press. )rr-Aristlde '- k.BrJand today! ; re -';'. - sigpea . xrora cne-prfiroiersnip, ana ay- ( f s bopd Po4ncaref An4er,,president,ofi th i v :; republic,' -ijrtlf . likely auoceed: himi- ?- ; M-'-- Brland's resignatlo-i - came .t-witbi f - ; dramatic ' stiddenness,' In " the' chamber yv of deputes,,f or th premier, returning V' this morning from his conference, with AA t the' Br'i'tlsih .' p"rlme;jnln1stlr at" .Cannes. A A bad brought .-the opposing mesapers oq . his cabinet .intovaccord ,wltl Ms -poli-v cies, atfd,1 by1 a' p'o Wer f u speech,,' in the ; J, chamher.had: apparentlyxwon oyer the ' v: "; great majority., to his rside. .1' His bluftt A': y eloquence evoked Ta? tremodo'us "dvatioan r ! : and .when ,heabruptlydeclared hisU4'. '"i tentlon of withdrawing f rom ithegov-ZV f erhtoent th'e" Ufem-bef s ,pf the "chamber A seemed. overwheImed.;-.ui. V;y , , ; Although: the f. retirement 6f; Premier A A Briand , was unexpeeted .It .was "appatv l.:. et, from ithe: .very", beginning tjiafc . felt keen resentment Agalnstt the: tnaiiy f , obstacles placed' in" his ' way . in the Im'- v portantjnegotratinli iti whlahw-he his 1 vi V been engaged.-? 'Hehad' th appearance A, of a ma)i aged and physically 'fatigued -p'S jthVouglxputhAS;ehiire ip.eecn.j' Ate 1 i '- ' -:,-fc - 'h BeefMnies ' GIeqwat A? f'Ai. i ot withstafldihgnhi,t;howver,v dom , has -MBriatid rrleent -the ..histh" 'i ':A- pitcti r Of-, eioquenoe attained today, ' when In-avbleerremMtf SpWVmlAte:hl col leagues' on ttr ministerial benches, lie " ' v . sa stotesmahasbiforightHb go' A.i A w ju pout , oz cattle t ti -i ne naa ; not toe f , chambr 'He (remained with, thtf . pree : ' X-J could oot -t'contittiie i to..- govern-under' Identf -only fe Wminutesi ! then '? he v ii " , jformdh;l.e84r:rpteentatives.r. i t:--?'Myv resiknation is -absolutely ; finals ' suoA; conditions,:;.: Jcourser shall- not return to Cannes, but I hope my resig 'n ! : IMition willjiot cause "iAhceUation,of "5 thei Genoa -conf erence.f''' ?:':i:'4;Jx, i'-;-?: j WW"lth MjvBriand :went. rnis entire vcai; ' ' Ihet' and; ; ,afte,r, ..conferring .v with . the $ A ! preeiaertis or tne, senate .ana cnamoer. M.v 'M ill e rurfd c al 1 ef upon M Poincare : f teform a neW minfstny, .M., Polncare: tentatively agfeeo;, t : thls hut asked j for few li ours ln'whlch.!tflftniiiik tif ' WieridajV"Hie.pmised'i togive ;(Anlf?,fz tjMgSrr er ' ; tomorrow. ZuZcAfJ wV-ji)' it x-ei -.et iJrewiaacHi5 ine onam w, ? .. before , roceedln.g4', ; to JQlyse's , palace -. Bald, '.to - the. Associated Press corns-.'.'-.-'::: sponde.nt f anil. .orth.r;rfvirrance. is fac-" : In g a si tuation which . is:as gloomy ; . : the- darkest ;,' days-.qf , they war. ' Whn ' ?, the,4 Germans, were at Chateau-Thierry, , .Mi PoincariiKtheh resldentof the -.xnht&A public) A pyerloeWntff former , personal (: ' differences - betvfeen. tiimfeif ..i;And ,m; ; .i A Clemencau, vpaildj irt the man whom, '.ii : -the' country demanded.'"' Today, "if, as 1 is-freely saW,' there' are - differences bf ', - opinion . between the president of. tft'-". ' ; . republic and M.' Poinoare,. our jresideat .. :: is a big enough man to forget tkemi" V . ; Rene Viviani former i premier, who V 'r : 1 A Continued on-Page' Two.) -, v McGirt Reports list .. ..'- '- i,, r v i I " -r-J' of HigKway Projects v Ut mber of Contracts to.Be TiiisYear, Forecast. rA- . (By BROCK BARKLEY, JliRALEIGH.s.N.CV Jn;-1 2. -Highway oonstruotion' proJec'ti'f or Which coa- ' - -tfacUwm-t)e:,W-withln the ne$t month, were announced .today by Conl-''- v; . mi esloner -A. -McGrrt : during .'the state hlgbway commission meeting: , A XMzabethtownT t&rougii ? Clark tori 4o' ; : . Columbus county ? Una, 'II miles,: sand. ' clay roadway. , A:'Sa'( 1, " ' ; " -l! :i: Eleven --'miles, sand;:ciayT; In 'bhslott?' from Jacksonville to . Dixon, s -,' ,1 ' - Thirteen 'miles " of ,hard surfaced "'A. ' tremi 'tlnrw' n " w ' , , T --". -v Hanover county line. This road pro ably;, will - be- macsdamlze surfaeo treated like the roads of New Hanover ' county. " ; v '-. i , T4ie. county ommisiiojiers of Cum- ' berland -havingagreed . fx .adTance the . money, eleven miles: of bard surfaced ' ' roadway from Fayetteville to the Hoke r courttV' Une 'was authorized. ' V - ,1 The .'following w surveys , were ' or- ' dered-t , - -'t j, ..A, - " ; I . , Supply to,. Wilmington;' Jacksonvllie " r to; Jones - county line X towards New Bern;, and .leland- In Brunswick1 cbuntr to the Columbus edi'nty line... --- . i : Commlssioii'er . McGirt made a' report to tli'e state' oemmfssion on the .con-. trqyersy between and Columbus coun-V ties ' regarding $ the route of ; the jW. p4 ; Aj;: highway i between, TimSrtnn m.A ' Wilmington. He set: forth Jil joltijn ;C and expresses the'! bp In fen " that the route now established between Lumber- " ton; and ,Wilmingtqn . could' notbe dis- ' turbed except by an act .of the legisla- ' tore--' He "did,; bowever, request , the commission to investigate the situation thoroughly, and have a special oommitr i tee appointed ,to consider: every phase of the controversy. The" matter wat , referred to Ciialrmaa Frank Pajce.and tne state highway engineer, . 1 :' 11) X, i At' .t'.::. i. M ' "h i : i i ; 1 I,- ?l)ilVA.y 5 ii