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FOUNDED At D. 1867. V6L,,CynL-.No. 150. WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1922. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. DECLARES DEMOCRATS WILL RECOVER LOST GROUND IN NOVEMBER Representative Rouse Looks For ;ll " SOLUTION OF FILM DIRECTOR'S MURDER IS SOUGHT M I i I SPRING WILL REVEAL jf WILL ADJOURN PILES OF SKELETONS yt-'A ..-31 1 1 mm I 1 r - tod mm. mmm HINGTON T wtt tint Big Victory for Party in Next Election SAYS KENTUCKY AND TEXAS TO SWING BACK failure of Harding Administra tion Causing Loss of Faith He Contends WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. The prediu- tlon that the Democratic party would irake pains in every state In the north, ea5t and west and would retrieve in the coming campaign the ground lost ;n Tennessee and Texas in the last rlfction was made today' by Represen tee Arthur B. Rouse, of Kentucky, eliairman of the Democratic national congressional commitee. In a formal -oatement, Mr. Rouse said that , the congressional committee organization vould be completed in 'a week.' "TVe have been proceeding energeti cally, the statement said, "and have about completed our organisation In each state. Our committee includes In its membership a representative In congress from every state In the union that has Democratic representation In the national law making body., Thero arc now twenty inreo biv. w n.f u u - riAmorratic representation. In all ex cept five of these, I have, appointed a prominent Democrat to represent tne tate on the committee and the. organi sation will be complete within a weelt. -The committee also"; will . nave a cvomen representative in . each State srH half of these appointments have "iippti made." Rpzardine political " conditions! :hrouchout the country, Mr. Rous said that reports from every state and many districts therein "indicate that the r.poDle are not satisfied with the pres ent administration and are especially displeased with congress, because there ha heen a complete ranure in re fiopmir.sr the promises of -relief - that were made during- the last campaign. He described business conditions ; as roten." asserting; that they were rorse now than three months ago and 'vere continuing to grow worse. J The emergency tariff law, Mr-Rouse declared, has been an "absolute fail ure" and instead of helping the farmer as it was passed "ostensibly" . to Sol , "we find farmers burning epriC jforfjacl J ' and wlieat Mumjr uweruMui wnea nre ' bill was nassed: ' "'"f- -.tlr'- "As a result of such., conditions, he concluded, ' we will make Rains this year in every state in the ea'sti "north and west and will, redeem the districts we lost in the last eletcien in Tennes see and Texas." - ' ' ' . " IRISH LEADER CALLS ON LONDON OFFICIALS Collins Attends Conference With Treaty Makers lonikn. Feb. 5. (By the-Associated pres,. Michael Collins, head; of . the Irish provisional government, arrived :i London today and conferred '.at the '"clonlal offices with "Winston Spencer '"hurohill. secretary for the iCoIenles, and t!i lord chancellor. Viscount Birk T.head. . I.tpr n the day Prenwr ,Xloyd Georgp returned from Chequers Court for the special purpose, of ; presiding at a conference of the Irish committee of the cabinet in Downing street this vening. This conference,--in 'addition Mr. Churchill and Lord Burkenhead,' Included Austin Chamberlain, Sir Hamar Greenwood and Sir Gordon Howardt, Michael Collins. .KeyinjO Higgins and Damon . J. Dugrgan. Arthur Griffith has been 'summoned 'o London to join a similar conference tomorrow for diecussibn of the Ulster diffii-ulty. ' ' No ofnrial statement was issued: to indirat" the nature of the discussion ft the Downing street conference, but ! Is assumed the Prime Minister la anx-ous to arrive at some settlement, if possible, before the meeting of the Imperial Parliament this rweek. - At ins. meting opponents of the Irish treaty are understood to be prepared Tr 'Tin? a io..v n1r a t.aa. r-n trto h0 government, greatly fortified1 by ' - t that hnnfi r f a naAfn1 ajAf. ''n7-0nt hf'tWPen the north- and the "tn. around by the Craig-Collins rart. ,rer denly dashed, hr tiT ro,:it1on 's rendered mor grave m'.0.- pnstP'"ment of the Ard Fheis hpV,nEr ,hrous:h the strike in Ireland, m?ZJTn the who,e Sinn F.in FhJi s "Pronounced through Ard !'- '. positlon n the.de Valera cVi. nsidercd unlikely that C ollins can he "Induced to .vie!d tion. materially on th6 boundary ques- cct SIT X-1 t'-r - , TWO AIIE 9triUE:ZtRD 'oronJ ANOOGA- Tenn.. Feb. 5. A no, irrS J"ry at yette, Oa.; after.an Sher 7fr t '"fL th killing of Deputy brother V- r arrlBn and his 14-year-old 'ii .farr an. nar h rn High returned a - verdict , - - 'hat ,f" ShooHn s had been, done by p,artain and J"" rider others and . recom- tht Will Partaln, 'Irew Face Jess Huehei and Fred 7 , - ;.r'i9r. now in jall be held In connect :,n the cHme '- The lain '.on orotners and Tom Par t -re lrHnj i ... mnti t cu wnen me aeputy at- uckiu .wiuiKBr nui. lhe oon , er attempting to bring egers nd t0 Chattanooga boot- ST. pptBODT HAPfOD. J , KSBUna' Fl.;-Fi. 5.The t:rd trin rles barker, wealthy, re fo f Tanuracturer.' of- this city, rPin L flaneng at the end of a a, sma11 building used for. til re flav U1U oas t nis noime film,) , heen dead several hours when .-"j nv m . ' r". ..ke who was about-70 -years old. aere V WlHiamXesmond Taylor, noted moving picture director, who was mysteriously murdered in hi bungaibwi'tibs .' Anjgele, His assassin shot hirft from behind- while Taylor-was sitting at his desk. . ' ' '.. -;:.'- -Mabel TJormand. film actress 4nd neighbor of the slain man, told, police of having been Jt: Tlr's buitV galow' the evening before he was found slain. She said Taylor escorted her to her autOTOobfile ahdrti' before $ ' oetocJi3ts Edna Purviance, another film actress apd also a neighbor, told police she :aw?a JighVAitrning' in Taylor's home at midnight. ' J . . - " , . Movie Actor And aman Held In Angeles Murder Actor With Make-up on Facj Is Rushed To Jail To Tell ; . , V"' Story - i LOS AKGBLES, Feb. motion pietuxe ' actor end a cameraman were brought 'to' the Los Angeles county J Jail -here tMight for questioning as' r. -.. . -.- ...... .. ..... j to -tneir-jfinDjtnowieojrf oi um " The make'-up was still on the actor's J faoe when, he arrivexi at ,he jail, Indi- ! eating, offioeja stated, that the deputy j aherdffa rble-Jhad brought him in,. A, I ; Manning, chief criminal . deputy, and Harvey Bell, were in great h-awte . to iearn hia atory. The men were locatea at a motion picture-studio in the Hollywood dis trict ot Xbs Angeles, it was stated. After they had been questionea sep arately for- two hours, the officers started back to Hollywood with the actor: '" The trip back to Hollywood,- it was announced, was to give the actor an opportunity" to make good his' declara tion to the deputies tnat u tney wouw escort rhJni there he could account for his movements, last "Wednesday night, the night -Taylor was slain. At :tht tljhe, the cameraman ' was still in JaiL Search' tof a drug peiner.- upon whoe ' -trail ,r the police said they were .ti, wy' rnier " and thn absence of c-ettlncr warmer," and the absence or a woman's silken night dress,-said by Henry Peavy, colored houseman, to be missing 'frorn the apartments of Tay-r lor, were outstanding aeveiopmenis here tpnight or the searcn ior nis slayer. : V ' Th nnlice were reticent a to the details' concerning the'ir search for the peddler, " whor was believed to have oiieht natrons for , h4s contraband drugs among-the employes of motion, picture atudios, out mey- jnnmaiea their belief they had attempted to make a delivery through Taylor to: an address, who'found it diff icult to make k tMimlnM lnmenon.' ' The exact "importance of -the missing night dress," which was pink,, was not made iplain,-peavy, however, was firm in his deolaifttion that it had a regu lar place lii" Taylor's apartment "and equally-firm h his assertion that since his employer 'was slain, he had been unable , to find tt. After the. announcement of the search for the - drug peddler, deputy, sheriffs left for"; -an unnamed . destination on what they -germed the- most definite clue thuv far" discovered in the Taylor murder ytry- . ! TherVsaid they, were going to in terview "a. certain party", and possibly make in;, arrest. .This was the first active; - participation of; the. tterlff's forces nthe' eaa; ' - " ' ' : The. e arch v for Edward F... Sands, missing butler of Taylor., continued' to be . an important element of the -inves tigation, of Taylor's death, police said tddayv: : , . CheclcIngiVof the various angles of the case Vnopg members .of the. motion picture "ctrtoiis: anni other friehds and acqu4ritance of Taylor almost invari ably led to jJome! mention or oanas name, according to detectives. , Police - said - they ' had , had several dues -.to i S-n4 whereabouts, , but that ttheSe had reirulted in disappointments. Henryi Peavy, valet cf 1 Taylor, who found his' employer' body cam' to po lice headquarters again -today and was qaestionedVy detectives for, a half hour. is undersfcoohewas asked for mora detail ed 1 dforniatlon concertf )hg the irraijfment of Taylor .furnJf tur and; Other peionginga " vri ments. . a ,e .fv. ..-:.--: , - j , " i "' 3 If OTKIJ AlTTHOlt DIES ' ) NEW JOBK. Feb. 5. Allen S. Wil ilsin'i 84 4uthor,i ..naturalist. - and friend of; tha lte John Burroughs, died in, a --hoBpitf 1 tonightli . Thirty years ago, after several years peht:in news paper work, Mr. Williams, wrote a book exposing, rtna iicii arug iraae na lis effecta,' which led to 1 the ladoptlon on laws concerninar the sale of o pium. SPECTATORS HURT IN RUSH FOR POOR WHEN FIRE STARTS IN MOVIE NEW YORK, Feb. 5. An explo sion followed by fire spread- panic among 500 patrons of the Lyric mo tion picture theatre,, on West 23rd street this afternoon, but all reach ed the street safely.- The blaze was put -out by-firemen after-it had des troyed several thousand feet of film and damaged 'the operating roam. ' .'The playhouse, one : of ., small seating capacity, was crowded when a loud report washeardU - Tongpea tjfani In an instant Tth placer irf "111"- J Several persons- were slightly-1 in jured -in the crusVh -a.t . the' xlts: Mrs. Grace- Holly, the pianist. ton: tnued playing in an attempt to res tore crirti. She was the last to leave the pulldtfig.v A Troops In Kentucky ClasK With Strikers No Casualties Reported After Shots Are Fired , KKWPnRT. KV.. Feb. 5. Another series of . clashes between Kentucky state troops and strikers .and their sympathizers,. growing out of the labor disorders at the- plant of the Newport Rolling miils occurred on the streets of this city today. Numerous th..ts were fired, but so far as could be learned, no one was struck with bullets. Several persons, however, are reported to have been beaten. While none of -the clashes were as rinmi At those on the -proceeding day. when two' men 'were shot at least a score of others beaten, Including both union and non-union men, the- state troops were called on- to repulse two attacks against their - tanks and one iis-airist a truck. ' Several members or the attacking parties were arrested 'nd taken to' the temporary guard house I at th mill -"hea'dciuarters inside th plant.- In each case, it was announced, the soldiers fired only after being fired upon. - ...... Among - those arrested was Jack Niemeyer, former president of Local No. 15, of the strikers union. Niemeyer with several' others was arrested when the soldiers rushed a .mob which had attacked a truck guarded by the troops, conveying mill employes from .the plant. He is being held on suspicion. Outside of the clashes between the guardsmen and the strike sympathiz ers, the prinoipal development , of the day- was - the questioning by police of the authority of the soldier to over ride "them in the enforcement of the law, and the sending of an appeal to Washington and to Frankford asking that a stop be -put to conditions that are said to exist in Newport since the military occupation of a part of the city. The . letters cited several , cases of alleged Voutrages" committed by the guardsmen. .' Several families tonight left "their homes in the mill district , and sought shelter at the city, buildings ."' - GOTHAM TO END SOON NEW -YORK, " Feb. 5. The end; of danger within a week from influenza and pneumonia, -was foreseen tonight by Health Commissioner Oopeland, who sal he. based his optimism on the mild ness of the epidemic and 'the i low death: rate this year, "lie recalled that during the v same period of the 19J.8 epidemic there wr. ! hundreds of deaths dally; from-both " diseases. :A :'sii-gt.v-;Jdcreas6;'-": in Influenza oases during, .the-last24 - hours was noted dn the dally report, of the health department, -. , . It . showed 1,198 new 'e''ttniuBa,.Jan,d "214 - of pnevt monia, . as ..compared with".. l,29t cases of ..influenza and . 222 of. pneumonia re ported ' yesterday, There were;"-14 deaths' from T-influenzae and 63-' from pneumonia -reported: today. Yesterday, I were were nine r aeatns sirom-onnuenza New FNot Yet Elect;:Twq Lead In Race Is Report BeUeve - Selection- Will Await Participation by, dardinai : f Jonnelll ROME, Febk- th Associated Press. ) T6dabaliotln 't or' new i . .." .Site, J. . . , i - la -. ve Imga ii.irT.lMk'-'-imlMlna; f ronv he slaitehjapt1 e'hiBirieyaf & ue morning's ballotutg , Was completed This evenm black snivk' again issued from the ehfitfney-IndtcaflhSr'that the arternoon balloting v: also, had been witnout result, " . The thick veil ef secreev which nrl rounded thei4eHber4tIon vIthm thfe Vatican slncmeconIavconvened Thursday 'wj-U4iStlMo4ar; wnen ic was;4wrseoTxom a most au thoritative source - that Cardinals Gas parri and Vsrry rvdelt Tal f;wre the ieaamg canaiqates .throughout Friday, with a few scattered: ; votes for five ether cardinal?!, 1 OnirSaturday morn - ing, the conclave was ;stiU -.deadlocked. and the caTdtalBaliaed:f;$haL't . the election or either ot these' candidates was impossible apd; in- " eonaequence ootn were virtually eliminated at the afternoon session. ' r ' !; v The , cardinals were busy ' last-night looking for- a compromise eSndidate with Camillo Lauren ti, secretarj' of the congregation of "the propaganda, and Vlovahni , Tacci, Papal Major Domo, both created cardinals Irt 1921 prominently to the fore. Cardinal Tac ci was reported to be leapg. In the balloting.,: 'y ... . The Cardinals within the. palace, and the pontifical household outside, are pleased with-the regularity with Which everything is proceeding, according: to an announcement made this evening by Prince ChigL the Marshal. - I The crowds, awaiting: the' apbstblite benediction,' which wasnot fdrthcom ing, . numbered probably 190.000. t"he long wait for the last smoke signal with to accompaning disappointment, led ' to the ; 'cpriclustori that '.the- Sacre'd colledge haddoclded' to retajd Its final choice unttl an 'American" cardinal" be cupied a 'place among; the ' throties ' in the Sisttne;chaeh ' Thus,. thought that there;will. be' no election until Tuesday mofninsr, . pr if : the choice is made tomorrow afternoon, it wilL not be announced until. the next morningl Cardlnala Send Wjbrd ROME. FeV J5.-(By the. Associated Press. ) Cardinal QPqnnell," of Boston, aboard the, steamer. Presldente Wilson on his way to Borne for . the cppclave .expects to arrive at Naples 'early -Monday jnoi ping. and hopes to reach Rome some time before , noon, says a wlrer- less message received from the, Ameri can college. '-A wireless message ; also has been received - from t' Cardinal Daugherty, of Philadelphia, aboard the steamer Xorine, saying he . hopes - to reach -Roipe. Wednesday, - ; "f. .- . , The American dllege . authorities have notified 'the-.Sacred College, of 'the time the American prelates expect toi arrive in-Rome: I : - ; . ', - v- ; . ' ; . The sovernrof nt. may place- aspecial train at -Cardinal O-'Connell's- disposal to iTieh-hlmv.tQ:"Rom'e cln'- time1 toi Mbnr day motnihg'si balloting'ibf ' the " coni .clave.; . The Rev. .'Bernard "J.fMahohey, J ovi' Luc&t uii suiyr ,wt:.i.ii.c. nmcrican coir 'lege," will- mee'ty Cardinal -d'Cbnnellf on his arriyal '"antaobrt him "toRenie.;- :'. -'INiNT,ISDEAD ROME, CNu, ;.Feb i8-M?a Mftrthil Smith Batjery,; I7 wiffqw of iPr Robert Battey. famous "suygon,? and'-: said to be Khe . 'nfttiZ fefti :.i5ii4ld, ;:to' 'Hire vin Floyd county Georgia,' then in control of Ihdians. ;dled her home here to day. ; -v ' : Although can invalid lat ' th in'e . Of the' eival ;;iyar, iistrs Bayttefyj-was jmany times summoned before, the PtTnibn-mili- tary- forces for hen Y,outspoke.n senti ment ' in favor5 -of t'the- southern 'state. Mrs." Grace Bayard, 'Oeorge - M. Battey -and -Mrs J&.'Os Crttehon'of 'At Janta4,1' "4& ON RUSSIAN STEPPES Associated Press Correspondent Tells of Thousands of Deaths Among; Refugees VICTIMS DIED IN SEARCH FOR FOOD UFA, Volga Region, Russia, Jan. 7. (By Associated Press.) When the snows mjjlt :next .sprns,i'le: Rusajlan steppes.'w'iil be; strewn' with' k'e.i'ets They will resemble the high prairies of the American cQw countries in the days when big cattle outfits had insufficient hay to carry their stock through a hard winter.; But among the - skeletons of cattle and camels, there will be the bones of hundreds 6f thousands of men, women an'd. children, who fell exhausted in their I quest . f dr. brad who lived the simple uvea ineir-peasant ancestors Uvea tor centuries and had little conception of J xa poiuioai upneavai which made this famine, more terrible- than that of 11,1. They wandered; andv millions of them ar .sun wandering. . There 4was jrcith :ih to . eat In their homes, " so -'they started or. the trek for -bread. Some drifted , westward : to. the Volga and rfound death. in the typhus-ridden rail way centers, or among the .horrors' of refugee camps along the Volga; others Started for Turkey; still-others moved eastward towards Siberia, the land of gold and wheat, which has always been so alluring to the Russian. moujik, jprhb heard U'ttle of its vastness, its hardships - anj Its heartlessriess. The peasants, ' iniw ' nothing 4 pf modern ways. .. Theyt were . unable .to buy. tick ets, on: the rail ways,-unable to get per mits .t'oC ride tn - trains burdened with theXRed army and food for Moscow and Petrograd. When their animals - fell dead,,the families walked .on always hoping that food lay over the next n1' ' ' , .; . . i But the country districts have no grain, or if peasant faniiUes have v a small supply, they conceal it in the effort to prolong their own lives until another cropls harvested. . In the larg- of . any , nation; but, oh the . contrary. "Jncance; thait. the formal agreements r towns, there la food for. sale at "nive, given -such reassurance' as but i J?at.. are to' '?' brought to consumma fabulous prices, but. the starving, refu- few visionary dreamers had content- I tl.on tomorroTf- He is to make only a bow DUTneiMiw nww jwwi 10 plated up to three months ago." exchange and can only, sit, down- to t "With America's wealth and resour await death or trudge on until they ce8 Baron Kato said, "she could have alnk. of . exhaustion. . r- , . dominated the aeas.- She chose, hows- . OfF"4? -Tkem .. eyer, the , wiser course,' 1 the ' way of TheC bOdieS that' lie, alOng;- the ra- -mMn-y ''Hi.! Anmnilnrtml ads.Ar collected on . cars-and-thau .b.t; pnt.era 'vlny--. -P1 ,4" rtlvH Fref .ref ugf ej.; renove : alItea immensely result, of the learn- garments from, the: Jleadsc pis :t roztkl bodies re . nude wnettMhe- cavengera tT bee collect them.- . . . -reached;-' Ts K'? s-y " v ' ' families .drif t.apart andwander aim- MIn ; japan: reaimed" that a new less on-to ? their, inevitable fate. Hu- spirit consciousness, 'had come over the man instincts are lost and they become woria; but," we' could not bring- our little better than beaste. . Theicltyand selves- trueirto believe , that it had to2n .',,opf1!a1lW af? $1JF??& struck so deeply into; the; souls of men, suffering that they are l ttle moved by until e came " to . Waahington. We the , misery which lies.. all about, them, came and weha lerne anitt turn Death seems more mercltoWn. the coun- we have, I think,? glyeirvBenc4 such try, for the refugees; they sink, into the no man can mlstaieei that Japan is white covering of the endless plain ty, fa-wolves t strip their bones.' ?Frpnr PsaxmiEkalnburg. to the Caspian Sea. death fs eklaguovec the steppes. nussians,- tossncua,- ii.ai - mucks. Kirghiz and Tartars, alike are meeting their- end with nopeiessness China l Gratefal " and patience begotten of centuries of WASHINGTON. Feb; 5 (By the AS unequai strupfgle against political ex- sociated Press). The following cable tortion and unfavorable climatic con- g.ram from President Hst Shih Chang, ditions. made woTse by ignorance of t.r.sM.nt nf th. vh n 1 specific t methods of tUHng the soil. American corn will be too late to save many of thest . wanderers through th steppes, as well as the families who havo fleeted to make their fight In their villages remote from the rail- war rather than endure the hard- ot the long.outstanding Shantung ques sHips and death their nelghbors -have tlon ha, m- ...m. suffered alonk the main lines of trans- X,taton , ' ' , , , Entire -village populations have . died in the provinces east of the Volga, and the .animals which survive are so weak 1 it is unyvniuii! i kcl avicqua t. vis,- po.wer to deliver roods .to-tne tnousanas or snpw-DOuna retugees, iar irom iooqi stations. Mexican Bandit - Is Still At Liberty Federal Troops Unable to Locate General Aleman MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. (By the- As sociated Press.) Federal troops under General -Guadalupe Sanchez have been unable- to locate the band .led by Gen eral Miguel Aleman, who a week ago revolted in the state of Vera Cruz, ac cording to a statement by-the war of fice. ; Aleman, who is said to have gained some adherents since he started the re bellion, has declined-combat with the ieaera.i ' ty in the mountains near Santiago Tuxtla ' The war office reports that 'revolu tionists to the-number of 200, under Colonel FrancisTA Cardenas in the state of Mlchoacan - have ' been dis persed. ' , Notwithstanding a statement " by United States department of justice agents at San Antonio that the where abouts of General Francisco Furguia, jthe, rebel leader, was ' known last Thursday, the Mexican war office . has issued, no statement ; dealing with the progress of efforts being made to se- cure his apprehension. v. raw.in.iw tate that Murzuia, a former Carranza general, . crossed ( -the a international boundary at- Lbs Naranjos,- state , of Tarnaulipas. .. ; . , .: , - It is believed here that General Mur- . -.L. ,1,a a . -moll. K-njf if Atii I :.' ,"" J lng made to release il3vprisoners now teen . men. has . no serious , intention flfin the federal -penitentiary at Leaven- revolting at this time,rbut is merely on j a scvuviis BHomuvu 7. uu piuuauijr will to the United States side before federal forces can- reach him. - ' " i There are. reports' of activities, by Esteban Cantu.i fprmer igovernbr lower California; who 'is , said tor hays croasedthe California "boundary. None of these revolutionary f rumors" t has' 'SOLD' SAYS HE AS HE EMERGE FROM UNDER WRECKAGE OF MOTOR NEW YORK, Feb. 5. A new auto mobile plunged off an Edgecombe avenue cliff today and landed 70 feet below, a wreck. Around It gath ered a crowd. "I'd give )SQ as she is," remarked a bystander. "Sold," said a voice, and Edward Jackson, who bought the car yester day for $600, crawled, from beneath its twisted remnants. Yourg Jackson's father was learn ing to drive and In attempting to avert a collision with a taxicab, put his foot on the accelerator Instead of the break. ' r Neither was badly hurt. The" el der Jackson was arrested for driving .without-a license. Chief Jap Delegate Says Parley s To Live In History Says Proposal For Conference on Arms Was "Stroke of Genius WASHINGTON,; Feb. 6. (By the As sociated Press). The proposal of the United States government for the con vening of . the Washington armament conference was "a strode of genius? ld land whIch .wiu iive in history aa hi n T?r trotn head of the Japanese delegation, said tonight In a statement commenting on the .meeting. The' agreements signed here, he added, contain nothing that - ,.ii.iii.tJt .t'(i;,'imM-ir inrHv wolisLWoldU't mamci&rvsft : and th6 btabl erie 8 the snirlt ' of IhlernatloikaK frindahin and co-operation for the greater good Jof humanity which the conference has r bnmsfetf: ahouC i - . ' ' . . received today at the white house: "t ftm ranRt hunnv t u,.n ,i- InB. .-- -4. -trrv,t thpoMB.h , ntiri, taken by your excellency and by all the American i.l.tin a -rtif,t the peace of the fareast is' further assured. On behalf of th government and n-nl(, nf Via pv..' t have th. honor , ' YtaT1, tn , ' excellency our sincere thanks and fell- rltatinnsi" j-n - W - Lrtiinlr rlpPTPrl Hv Gang Identify Two Cleveland Man and Wife Tell of Florida Wire-Tapping FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.. Feb. 5. Two of the 12 alleged confidence men held In Jail as a result of Friday's raid on their establishment, were today identified by Mr. and'Mrs. M. H. Bluem thal, of Cleveland, Ohioi as having fleeced them of ?19,6t)0 at St. Augustine early in January. A man named Cowan, who escaped during the raid and is now being sought by . the police, was Identified through' his photograph' by the couple, as a man who approached them on a train between St. Augustine and Jack ,i,u oH ll h.m oil . f arrest Cowan tonight - or. tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Bluem thai : who came j here from St.. Augustine .when they ' I heard of the roonoVftp of : the band, an "" d fur- nounced they , would, remain an ther assist the prosecution Officials said they expected a large crowd of victims, pf the band's, opera tions to be' on hand; at tomorrow's pre liminary hearing. - - ( ' In "addition to the 12 men charged with operating ;a -gambling establish ment, W. O. Backrow. of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be heard on the charge of frequenting a gambling establishment. He was arrested in the raid - - . Y ' " SEEK RELEAOK .w.AVTc-rivnii'rw in.iSitiWEii - - - '- t" i .. - - ST, LOUIS, Feb. B.-Efforts are be-! : " . ' wbrtW.Kan8s, for alleged .violation of tne war time laws, i Jttoger jsaiawin, director, of the American; Civil Llber- ties union of New Torkl has interviewed the'prlsbners with the permission of the department -pf .jnstice.y, ' , ' Among, the .prisoners are two Mexi- can . radicals, J; O.' Benton, a socialist editorbf TDuluth,; Minn.. , and , eleven FORMAL SIGNING OF TREATIES SLATED AS ENVOYS' FINAL WORK "" " . . . ... Despite Small Amount of Work, Session Expected to Last ' Several Hours ' - ;; ' , HARDING GRATIFIED OVER PARLEY RESULTS He Is Impressed by Closer Re lationship Brought on by Sessions . . WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. (By Associ ated Press). The Washington confer ence on armaments and far eastern problems will-come to an end tomor row'with a. plenary session given over to the formal signing of treaties and to a farewell address .by President Harding. . . . , Making his first appearance .in the sessions of the conference since he welcomed the delegates to Washington on November Z, the president plans to voice briefly his gratification over the results accomplished and his. con viction that the experiment has justi fied full faith.' in the practice of set tling troublesome questions In an "in ternational meeting of minds." . Mr. Harding's belief in his "confer ence plan" of .conducting international negotiations has been so strengthened by the developments here, his friends say, that he regards the tangible re lationships resulting from the Wash ington meetfng 'as of eveh greater slg- short speech, but it Is expected to-con- i.a.111 imporwnt utterances on the -gen-, , eral subject of international fellow ship. '. :- ;, , .- ;- - ..4 l. x Despite -the small amount of '-woHr left to it, however, tomorrow's- session nayTeoyer several hours.'. Foir .treaties " B;duplemht' tc -fifth .are -tr ."toe , signed- hjs thetf iterates -at th btg' : green table in Continental hall, around Which all the , -public, -meetings of the conference, have been held, the affixing ui wx' actus una an me exacting worn ' of inspecting .. the treaty' texts before signatures are tasks of such impor tance that conference officials say there will be no disposition to. hurry.. . All Sign Two Pacts Two of the ..treaties, that relating to' the. Root "four points',' and the opeu door, and. -that dealing with Chinebe: tariff problem's,. must 'be signed by the full delegations of the United States, Great Britain Japan, France, Italy, . China, Belgium, Portugal and the Neth erlands, while the" other two, limiting capital ship strength and regulating submarine and pbisbn gas warfare, are to be given approval- by- the plenipo tentarlea. of the United States, Oreat , Britain, France . and Italy. All these v except Italy, are to sign. also the suprr-; plemental agreementdeflning the scopto ' . of the four-power Pacific treaty. . It is the plan to. complete the signing before the President speaks, so that as v he delivers his appraisements of the , significance of the conference he will have its final record, of accomplish- y ments on the. table before him. There will be no other speech maKing, ana as soon as Mr. Harding has concluded the conference will adjourn sine die. Most of the . foreign delegates plan, to leave Washington tomorrow night or Tuesday, and they spent today mak- lng a series of . farewell calls aO work In, their offices, winding up final details of the tasks which have kept them here for .more than 12 weeks. Several issued statements praising the achievements of the conference and the . hospitality of the American Pople.v Before the end of the .week the con ference treaties , probably will be in the hands of , the senate. The Ameri can delegation already has about com ftP.JjT thA reoort that is to accom- , iany the treaties when they are turnea to President Harding, and he has indicated that he will submit them t or raiflcatfoi within a day or two? aften . they come into his possession. Air lire , . exnected to go to the capitol at ne S , biit Whether the President w"ll d3we? them in person remain, to be decided. - .. TEXTILE STRIKERS ARRANGE PARLEYS Steps To Be Taken to Settje Differences .'- PROVIDENCE, R. I- Feb. 5. An nouncement was made today by Nation- l n:ini.CTTjam6S- A. wi. w Amalgamated - Textile Workers .'of Arnrfca. who is conducting the strike of more than "2,500 cotton mill worKeTs in the Pawtiicket valley, that a se ries of conf eriepces have been arranged for tomorrow between representatives of the strikers, and the mill operators to attempt ito . aiv ' at a settlement. The textile workers went ,on a strike after a wage reduction of twenty per, cent Labor organization In the Pawtucket valley and lp tha Blackstorte valley. thetwo -chief " textile centers In the state, gaVe .o.VAr.the. day to a series oj. 9..Hnn ,mctln.. Thomas F. AfrMahnn. Drefflaent.oi tne unixeti j.b: tile Workers- of - America, , the labor or- . . - . . . i i t fanizatlon active m tne jsiacKarone ley. addressed a mesting of ubion del- e gates in F.awtucket . tnis axternoon. While no. .new, .walkouta ... were an nounced, plans were diseussed -for ask ing, the aid 4 of other, branches of or ganized labor In the fight againstthe wage reductiori. , ',. 'i: It was reported,-todeA by President McMahon that outside, the Pawtucket yalley, between;. 8,000, and 9,000 .textile . workers are" out of 1 work' lnRhod Island.' that--the thousand of - which -are v, members of laWr organizations, - HI !, , . f t 5 ,1 f 1 I 1 1 1 . V 11 i , , I. i J i 1s t y-t mm mm St. ? f J 1 ' 5 vew tork U yaaxa ago. I He la survived' by a'wldow. vand,. fifty-eight from pneumonia J, Mrs. MaryB;- jang.'or-Waycross.'jG- " I aerlouslr--' 7 yr t' f , lUon "to; the4Wectitre draft. ; , 1 1 .v-'.V'-
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