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: ' ,.3- - Jk Weaiftzr ' 'li ! Fair and Wanner Today;'', Cloudy Thursday 3 World,' State and Local: 1 . .V- News Daily. I.,- r? FOUNDED A. D. 1867.--.yOL; CXvNo. 97 WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNDAM OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. I lit ill 1 V 31 i rait 11 Si illl: LAST; SWaRBM Turkish Fears of Submarines, Airpianes and General Ag pression Creates Critical Situation r . TURKEY MUST SAY YES,; ,. OR NO ON STRAITS TODAY United States is Silent; .Allies Beginning to Show an Atti tude of Impatience j British Experts Leave For? England While the French are Prepar ing to Depart; Tchitcherin Tries to Win American Sym pathy For the Russian Straits Project by Insisting That it Incorporates American Ideas TU-nWE, Dec 19. (By Th As 7"afi Fressl. Turkish fears of Bub sr:.He Turkish fears of swiftly Byins !! ,'i arv airplanes, laden wit bombs, ""d -;rally. Turki3b fear t ag reion from without that will put Con n ; - c v - ii c - - tr,TherUn?ted Sates is ilent Oft the it. .., on but the allied leaders say to-:-l ht chat they have uttered their lan n0rdon trie question of liberty of the straits, ves fr Tomorrow ine 4ii. no to tne aiuu iir1- ,pV Gen B-rdett Stuart, already ' have j f- io-England. believing: their work dieted, and the French experts are J ne-Tanri. to depart tomorrow night at conclusion of the Jast aesslon for 5usion of the straits. -Whether a iii come on the straits prob lems depends chiedy on whether ; the. irtente diplomats and tneir expens II -Love the Turkish fears. .This tev are trying to do tonisht, The diplomats are endeavoring to '.rr the Angora stateamen that tve cits rroject is essentially framed tn' et conditions in times of peace, and t'rat the allies are not In-anv sin ister hidden manner seeking faciiitle 'tor war and especially against Tur vv Thev say they have only sought tre" eauaiity of all fleets P through the straits on - peaceful, er- The allies have emphasis ,tht they can -ct accept the Turkish, yeqnest: for, hf cunpression of submarines andnUi ,tar nercplanee; especially .havs they vcen liable to accept the Ottora sugr region that combined foreign fleMs e taring the Black eea shall not'-Xceed :n'trenrth the fleet of the .strongest naval power of the Black sea. "That vouM make the Black t "J0,"u.c" ground." said a French expert tonight- A the Russians are here only for discussion of the straits question, to-mo-rov nav see the last of them at L?usanre. They etill are Jn a fighting, -mod h soever. George Tchitcherin was in Rne arsumentatlve form today. He tried to win American sympathy-tor e Russian straits project by Insisting irit it incorporated the American Idea of "beneficient war ships." , . But the allies have agreed that the Moscow straits plan is absolutely un acceptable. Tchitcherin made a . dra matic plea to the world masses. Ha said Russia was convinced the world's peoples were back of Russia in her at tempts to secure international justice. He also bitterly condemned -what? he called marinism." adding. "I mean the sei militarism which hopes to strangle Russia." " r ' An additional fear of the- Turks, which the all es must calm tomorrow-is that Tvith which they surround the pro Pr'se! international commission to. su pervise control of the straits. The T'.i-k? claim the commiasion will be in-q-rsitcrial in nature, that it may'in fr npe Turkish sovereignty, apd. final ly, that it may be used as a club'by srne powers to threaten Turkey.- Hence their ambition to have a general gnar rn'ee pact sigrned at Lausanne -wjiich will assure the neutrality of C;.-the straits and prevent acts of .hostility in Turkish territorial waters. ' The Turke tonight seemed urfrnrTled. Th?y did not appear at ail Impressed hy the ultimatum talk with which the Lausanne atmosphere is chargeJi. - It was pointed out tonlJlht that fail ''" r-i the straits negotiations would not necessarily imply failure on other vital n-.atters of the LausannS agenda, cr.e of which is arranging peace , be-; teen Greece and Turkey and between Turkey 3nd the allies. . ' Ms'- jis Curzon today Informed H. RarrPre r,f the French delegation., that th Br ish government' had abandoned t idr-a of having the Lausanne treaty written in the English and .French lah ?upseS Ho asrreed that French, alone shouM re used. As, France' has ".made no request in this connection, the Eng initiative created an 'exceedingly Peasant feelins among the ' Ffench-r- r u-ho like to have their -Jangnage rrar-v ; always as the language of -:?!om,tcy. . ":-. v , Curtailment of Power v to be Discontinued - HARLOTTE. Dec. 19. The Southm o.ver company announced tonight 1 curtailment of electric power 'Jt u.to effect by the company No- jmb,T 27, would l-e discontinued -to, ea"Kr0H" Under the curtailment V plan a'n industry operating on power fur ''3uf '1 hy the company., has pe'en'sus- " Il:ed one day In the Week." V ' in suspension of power : was put nto effect on November 27. btcauss o Ia--k o: rainfall and the mills -which into five sections, ;;Eaeh. sec- tior 'a a s n for one day each week to'CPP e the water supply-, Jn the epmpa- 8 reservoirs. , ...-V .' ERENGE.IS I nl 1 1 een Thousand Reward Offered DBmdil Clues Gathered by the Officers Denver; Colok, ' Dec,- ;j9.iDenver state and federal authorities tonlffht. aer a day and a night-spent tn search ins for the, bandits who yesterday momlns shot and killed Charles Lin ton., stole, a consignment of 5200,000 from a; federal teserye guards and reads their escape,' in. one of the-most daring and p sensational daylight hold UP ever-staged la th6 west, were with out tangible clue, as to the Identity of the bandit. '. , : '-" -Police, spurred on by the offering of a reward of Sio.ooo fnr, th l5a M aI,ve 'by the city and county ,,,r auu oy an aaaitional re ward aggregating $5,000 offered by the Kansas City federal reserve bank, ad mitted: that' although they , had many clues that promised possibilities, they were, still far frem the solution of the hold up. .. . Tonight a squad of 14 detectives are engaged in watching a rooming house in , th,e immediate vicinity of the gov- COLORFUL STORIES TOLD OF SUFFERING AMONG CHRISTIANS Hardships and Persecution Un dergone in Turkey Related to House Committee : WASHINGTON. Dec 19.- Colorf ul stories pf the privations and persecu tions suffered. by Christians in Turkey were told" before the house Immigra tion committee today in support of the White bill-proposing to admit certain classes of, near east refugees Into the United States. r One of those who testified was'EUsa Shakinin,: herself .a. refugee" whose flight was stopped at Ellis Island. Re leased -on-bond by the Immigration, au thorities, sheame t(. Washington and, between sobs, relate! how she had been .carried into captivity by ,thevTfirks fcw ; her : ifcear "relatives '.all" 'hadTbeVn l.ltt. r ... . . A . M - - .1. 1. M M. Zc?Z nation brought about by the kidnap the door. closed her facev " - ping last Augusrby Hooded men of f George" Horton. who was American flvs Mer louge cltisens, two of whom consul . at Smyrna during the recent have disappeared Greco-Turkish hostilities in that-ro- One report was that the troops had gon, corroborated many of the asser- L . .. 1 , tions made by other witnesses regard- een ordered to. Bastrop, Morehouse inr the tribulations of the Christian parish seat, where they were to guard minorities in Turkey. He said he- was - the court house there for 30 days, in speaking whollyfor himself and not as djcatIn tnat an nearlnff lnto representative of the state department. , ,T ' " but could not refrain from, saying .a i. the kidnapping decided on recently at word for those who had suffered so ! a conference between Governor John patiently Inr the near east." When one , M.' Parker and Attorney General Coco committee member suggested that the would be held immediately, refugee had occupied a district fertile.! Captain Cooper, who was ordered to in natural resources and should be sent Baton .. Rouge- several days' ago, pre back there to work out their own sal- sumably for a. conference ,w th Gover vaUorif Mr. Horton replied: I nor Parker and other state officials. Tor God's sake, don't do that. ToujTeturned at, noon but refused to dis would'be sending them to their death." j cuss the reason for the military order. ?Represntatlvesot the. near east , re- .In addit-on.to arms and t mmunitlon Hef. the federal council of cnurches, the , v itTn' fhrlsHan nsaorlat'on. and . the Youni Women's Christian asaocla-I Mayor Robert Dade, of Mer Rouge, t!6n were among others who appeared . Jn response to a messageaj to condi to ask for passage of the bill which ons there, stated tonight there has vould' admit only near relatives of een no disorders of any kind at Mer Xmericanmcitinsy among the refugees j S?li and whose -provisions would only until June 30, 1924. extend Bank Cashier Takes Stand in Defense of ; False Entry Charge Admits' Signing Statement, ti, States Its an OAdmission ; of Error and Not of Guilt ! GREENSBORO, Dec. 19Basll H. Hedgecock former cashier of the Home Banking company, of High Point, on trial in superior court here charged with -making-' false entries on his books, took the stand today in his own de fense. He admitted on the .: witness stand that he had signed a statement introduced by - the ' state through the testimony of L W, Bingham, bank audi tor whereby a list of .checks and notes totalling-leals -;tA!?;pAedthir being false entries, but declared that it was a" "cPnfesslon of his-innocence and not -of bis -guilt . He aid that he had typewritten trie list at the dicta tion of :Mr. Bingham and .that f ne Bigned the statement. ; . . - ;J When asked why he had-signed the statement, relative ' to false entries. Hedgecock rsald . that It was for the purpose of showing the property, of the bank and of proving his own In- nTheCstate today introduced testimony in an attempt io.;oww of $10,000 by Hedgecock in the account of M. J. Wrenn. ' . .' .." '' n oman laices. aiitity ot locfine - -rac4 Boie, ab6ut'18 or 20 years of, gs.Ms said to be in a serioul condition . at her room 4n the Coast. Line rooming! hbu se 'onFront street, as the- result, of fi V-ken1 a. duantlty ,of Iodine, last; I night about : 11:30 .o'clock, allegedly' IZ.TtSkirio.iiiai intenL . Dr. " Robertson gave" her ; medlfear" attention and expressed : the. belief that she will . re-.- tir ernmenf -ninV where ; earlier in ...the day-a car, evidently left on- the street by the bandits to be used in case of accident t5 their-own machine during the" hold lip," was discovered through information furnished by a woman- The can an investigation'' showed, had been stolen. The automobile, acv cording to the woman, had been.; park ed on the-street by : three men. about an h our preceding the holdup and sub- J sequent gun fight' on the frbnt : steps of the main . eatrnCe. to. the" mint. . . That the robbery was accomplished by Denver bandits and not by but side highwaymen, : Is ' the - belief , of Chief of Police H.:R. "W'iniams and the search for them ' is . being- conducted with that theory In mind. . Roads leading ,into the. mountain were thoroughly policed today by de tails of policemen in an effort to find trace of the escaped men hut all search ing parties,; reported ' to ; headquarters their trips had been fruitless,' : - LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUiylTiESTO ' " ; ' Heart, - of. the jUdiclary,T comtnittee; MnODCLinilOC nfinPIJlBachra6h' New Jrsey; member of riiuutitnuuot rAKian -V -; - - ' Ohio. Representative. Crisp.. . Georgia, - - 1 ) Democratic member of 4he ways and Fnnlnniul With Ammmi M4 means committee, spoke for it, and UIJUJIVU- AVAL JUUIUUIUUUII OlIU . 20 Days' Supplies; Purpose , Not Rerealed MONROE. La.. "Dec. Is.-Company G. Louisiana national guard, consisting of 65 men and three officers under command -of Captain T'. W. Cooper, moved out of Monroe today on automo bile trucks for Mer Ruge, in More house ' parish, under orders ,frdm th adjutant : general's' office at. Baton. Rduge. ' 'Altn'o.Ugh, ho definite : infprma tlontif the purpose vpf . the .mlUtary, company atMerrRouge,. ha?., been re ceived, here. It- is -.understood ,theJtroops h were called Ih" connection" with :the s4t- " upeu wun provis- lons lo la61 cays parish officials expressed surprise that troops should be sent into' the parish, stating that normal conditions pre vailed there. The five Mer Rouge citizens, includ ing Watt Daniels and Thomas F. Rich ards, the two missing met were kid naped on thenight' of August 20 by 30 or forty hooded men. They were taken into the Country" and a whipping administered to at. least two of them. Three of . the party, includng. .John Daniels, father of Watt Daniels, were released and after wandering all night In the woods returned to their homes the following morning; Nothing has been heard since from Watt Daniels and Richards. Two Men Killed Near Raleigh in Auto Crash - RALEIGH, Dec. 19. An unidentified man was killed instantly and a man identified, as T. I Nevell, of Raleigh, a guard at. the state prison farm. .died shortly after being carried to a local hospital. v The deaths were the re sult of the car- In which they were rid ing, running oft. a" six-foot embank; ment abut 100 yards .from the Nor folk' Southern -railway crossing on the Fuquay; road five miles south of Ralr elgh tonight. A bird dog was found beneath th soverturned car . unhurt. Nevell leaves a widow and three chil dren." "A Quantity or whiskeyr was: found in th wreckage of the car. Cdnditiph of Locke , Craig Again Serious - A5HEV1XLE.' Deci 19 Ex-Governor Locke 4Craig suffered a re lapse , today and M condition im again pronounced a very precart oru. Governor Craig has been cri tically ill for Jhe past tw months. At times he has ralltedi and ; shown Improvement, only ;to. be foUowed by a relapsed s As result his con - dltlon la , very much" weakened' and r his friend, are very, apprehensive as t Ui recovery. - r- 5 - PROPOSEDIHANGEINI TAKEN ,.-v-. ? , UPmLQWERjHOUSE Sharp Skihiilsh J?Pr ing up of Iolpsl ltd Ban Tax Exempt j Securities measure is Approved BY PRESIDENT HARDING Debate Throughout Considera . ' iion" jpbU0e; tty Much ; Partyffctines , - WASHINGTON. 199.-rAfter.' a sharp preliminary skTmish the house took up today aesOljitlon proposing an amendment to -thteon6titutlon un der which issuance' ofWtax exempt se curitles, by thef.ederaf government - and the states would bpjrohlhited. i :. Backed by the indorsement , of Presi dent Harding and '.tbe,- treasyry, the proposal was the, center of a hard fight, In which many Republicaps opposed it Passage of. .the. mesrstire, offered- by Representatives Greei i-.Iowa, ranking 'Republican of tle ways and means pom mittee which ' reporteavU, wiu require a two-thirds vote of . the "house. Op ponents - claimed tonight it : would e votd down," "although.; leaders who caused It to be broughlup. Insisted It would go through. Four; hours of gen eral debate, alloted - sunder - a special role-giving the nreasurs right of way. had hot been' .concluded i on Adjourn ment tonight. Jk . ":::'".: Republicans- $peaklng.aga!nst the resolution were .Representatives ! Graham, Peonsyiyanlal R4aki.n, Repub- i party lins, - . v- ..-.w ' ' .- -. Chairman Pqrdney, - of 4he ways, and means committee, Mr. Green, ahd Rep- I resentative Mills, i Republican, New York, also of the voompilttee, .. urged passage of the measure. while Repre sentative Gardner, Texas. , ranking Democrat of the ways7 and means com mittee, directed the, fight against, pas sage and "made " Ibeprlncfpal speech.' With less . than pnj . hundred' members in the chamebr, Mr.-Garner carried the fight into., "enemy-; ground by. dealing ! out speaking tlmetov: Republicans, on his side of the conjtest,'" ' . - .'.-'.' Throughout the 'debate, therauestlon continually bobed up' that" th prbposal CONSTITUTION wsuw.4iy4e, .the.tttot;ths';-ttate iRenorttf; of Committee v to the ::AlVaV.Ufrlreftanai h.eirl : HOUSC Not -EXDeCteQ eD' lail-n-thtTieTetVriymcth etitution of the United States, said Mr.i Graham, "and I knilw oT; no more ; per- i nicious proposalt ha n this. ; It is. an ef- I , 'wv '-o'aA fort to rob the state of one element oft WASHINGTON. .Dec. lS Proceed its sovereignty," , , ings before the house judiciary corn- Mr: Graham denUd" the. statements mittee In connection withUhe impeach ePSurmes & offtref S VSfeiSI' charges 'brought: against Attcr- taxation, declaring thousands of bonds nveKell en -$J issued by munlciplaities and-, which would be prohibited were held by poor people, who "took that refuge of safety, content to accept a lesser, ,lr CQme." ' Mr. Crisp said he was convinced, that if a stop was not put on tax exempt securities the.' income .tax law would be nullified. ; ) ' ! Mr. Fordney supported the resolution because, he said, he wanted the states to have the right to pasB on the ques tion. "Y. Mr Bacharach, in opposing the reso lution, said conferences .with New Jer sey state officials have mad him" cer tain that the effect "would be bad." not only for hi- state, but- for the nation at large. ' Issuance of tax exempt securities 'is unsound "whether we look at; it from the fiscal, economic or social stand point," 'said -Representative Mills. l. . Lawyer Has Evidence to Clear Jeffords COLUMBIA. Dec. ; l&.--Cbntending that - he had testimony ; to show .'that Frank M. Jeffords was not concernefl in any plot of . two week standing tp murder his partner, John C. Arnette. here last May. L;, G. Southard, of Spar tanburg, attorney for Jeffords, today made an urgent plea to Governor Har vey to investigate his testimony w$th a view to saving his client from death in the electric chair Friday, , . Mr. Southard 1 requested Governor Harvey to call upon Clint N. Graydoi, a Columbia lawyer, to tell of a conyer-. satioh he had ,' with Jeffords on. the night Arnette was murdered by .Jef fords, Ira .Harrison and Glejin Treece, according to the finding pf a circuit court Jury.1 .Mr. Graydon" would, not vol unteer to give the Information. ? Mr; Southard .declared, buf ' had stated; his willingness to impart -It to the gov, ernor if the latter, should ask hint for ;t. The governor is -considering the. re quest. '. .v - . y ' ; THE-DA Y: IN: Breaking records'fpr. speedy; enact ment of appropriation bills, congress sent the treasury ?ndcommerce-Is.bor supply measures to; the; President,- A suit challenging the constltutignal ;ty .of the- Sheppard-Towner maternity and Infancy act was filed In the Dis trict of -'Columbia:- supreme eurt,;; r Secretary" Denby transmitted-to con gress on -request a statement of naval scrapping-done by the several; powers since the Washinston arms conference, Th'e, house began .consideration ;of the "reen resolution - which V proposes constltutional amendment-'; prohibiting further 'ISsuanco.. of, tax exempt MOU'It ties,'--1 ."; i i'-'-i' Senator iLadd, Republicans . North Dakota, introduced a resolution" for an investigation of i condjtlcms Jn Nlcara? gua . in connection; with ...the:. American occupation there, - ' .vi " Th" senate. failed to' reach' an -agree- DISTINGUISHED MINERS ' r " When; governors from various states gathered- at . the recent convention in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., a few of them decided to make a firsthand-Investigation .of neighboring coal mines.' ,r Here is: Governor and Mrs. Thomas "B.' Camphell, of Arizona, about to descend into 'the pit. DAUGKERTY HEARING BEFORE JUDICIARY BODYING END Proceedings in Impeachment Case Indicate the End Near " , at Hand TO HEAR. WOODRUFF AT TODAY'S SESSION ?tiZrZ:rZ In fact. It was' indicated that the scope of future -hearings 'would largely De pend " upon the nature .of ihf ormati Jn ' to be laid before the committee by Rep resentative t Woodruff, Republican, ot Michigan, after lhls . examination ef documents at the department jf Jus tice.' Following: today's public sr sslort at which, no additional evidence, was recel-red. ' the committee decided In ex ecutive', meeting to hear Mr. Woadruff tomo,rrow- There, was ,some discussion as to theUlme of submitting a report to the house, but decision .on this point went over until rafter receipt of th- Report frbm Mr. Woodruff. There was . a.-tacit understanding, however, that. the report would be withheld un til after 'the Ch"ristmas holidays. Mr. Keller- having withdrawn from the 'prosecution , " of ' his f- charges, the committee in proceeding with the hearings on' its" own initiative, had be fore it today Mr. -Woodruff-and Repre sentative Johnson, Republican of South Dakota. Both emphasised that they had no part .in the drafting of the. fel ler charges and. that they were appear, ing solely In response to an invitation from Chairman Volstead. I. . J, Declaring that he had .been "dragged" into the -hearing.- Represen tative Johnson said the, charge's 'he had fnade- in 'the house relating to al leged war frauds" had been directed "solely, at the war department. . If the committee wanted to go' into those charges, he Was "prepared to give the names of witnesses, to support them, he continued, adding that there were of ficers" In the 1 department who "should be court-martialed instead of promo ted."' - ' . 4' r- . ' ' :' ' ' AsKto the department of Justice ac tion in regard to rwaf fraud cases, JJr. Johnson said that in his Judgment At torney General Daugherty had pro ceeded with reasonable promptness. Representative Woodruff also, tpld the committee that "since he had made his charges In the house last April ,of a-failure by Mr. Daugherty to' pros ecute the war fraud cases, suits had been brought in lx of the" eight? or nine instances he had cited, and that : . (Continued on Page Two.) WASHINGTON ment as to whether-priority should' be given ths administration shipping . bill on- the' Nprrls; ; agrl culture '5 financing measure i'i.;.-.-;?.'. ; ';,;-.-. :;. i4 The house-' Judiciary 'committee, In- rvesugating , - impeachment '; charges against Attorney." General' Daugherty, SonifuuH, ieafta h?weWr, appeared to me, near, a end.; .. i Foreign S shipping "companies .? ' in' a bref filed; in isupreme ? court, .Mttackfed 4 .ow,er A?ourt aecision prom biting first payments cnai run irora o as their, .vessels i from carrying liquor in j high as $20 a hundred. Just prior ' to American : territorial waters. ' ' .' ' " Kthe jsecorid payment which will, double , '.MUon'on -tJe-snomrnatipD 'of PiereeHhe receipts. . , -Bu'tler,;St." Paul "attorney, to'be an as. ..'.Frank McCormick.: director from SOC-'Snte 'Justice "of th;; United, States Pittsylvania, the .Jargest ' tobaccp "pro supreme" court ,kwas deferred in the duclng county of the south, - following senate ; thrJrh .obiectloni o jconstdra-J : the meetings of association officials ; at tlon .atthis time. rlt was -indicated Raleigh today, ' said that ? numbers - of action -might-be "taken Thursday. ;. . (Continued on Page Two.) . i a. TOBACCO CO-OPS IN PALMETTO STATE TO Glf THIRtf TAYMENT Decision to Make Further Set tlement Reached at Direc tors' Meeting '. PAYMENT TO FOLLOW SECOND IN OLD BELT Cpllectiye larJceting Plan Makes ' Great. Headway .During Ssr 'r V (Special to , tho Star.) RALEIGH,- Dec. 19.- Directors of the,, Tobacco': "Growers1 Co-operative asso ciation,4 lit session: here today, decided to make a third payment t6 the mem ber "gTowers; of South " Carolina who' recently received a second cash pay ment Vwhlch... brought their , receipts" from this year's crop to more than they received' for their - entire offerings in 1921, i - . y'.': According, to the directors this third payment Willvbe.iprepared as soon as ... . . it : 4 i possioie ipuowiag lae uismumiuti u the millions , pf, dollars ' which- will double the ' present' receipts of mem bers in the old belt in January. An. nouncement of the date for this third payment will ; be- made at - the next; meeting of the bo.ard. Reviewing the work of the tobacco, co-operatives, 23 .men. selected . from 60.000 'tobacco farmers of the Carolinas and Virginia, reported that the outlook for the Tobacco Growers Co-operative association was never so bright as t.o-dav-at the -end.6f , its first year of oper ation. ; -' ' :" .: . ' These directors a year ago were among the thousands of farmers who staked their crops for five years on. a trial of orderly "marketing which, would prevent a repetition of the hardships and losses of the past two years. To-, dav they, are managing the largest grower co-operative marketing associ ation of America with over 80,000 mem bers. ' ; " . 1,- Less than a v year, ago without funds, without .warehouses., without tobacco other than the contracts, of .their mem bers, these farmer-directors " were en trusted with the task of organising, the second largest industry of their-state. Today they "manage the selling business ot the majority of tobacco growers in the world's, richest tobacco section. Thev-control a majority of the ware houses in three . states. .They . com mand many millions of . dollars fn credit. They have received the re peated sUDPort of tne courts ana leg islature in. upholding the contract of the association. - They are disbursing millions of - dollars to " make second cash- payments,- while the tobacco con tinues to pour into, their c-oierativ floors as the member growers of the old belt hasten to make deliveries which will insnre . the doubling :of their first receipts, early in the new year. Tomorrow will be a gala day for association members in. eastern North Carolina when they double ' their first cash feceluts'upon presentation pf those participation - certificates -with" which they were advise'd to light their cigar ettes! by those' opposing their organl--zation. '. ' -; - -. .; '.- - According- tor the announcement of the idi-rectors at today's meeting v!nV Ra leigh; members-of the association at all points are Instructed ; , to hold their carticihation . receipts for a third' and probably a fourth payment from the j s-ales of the millions' of pounds which j are " reaching - association nenters ' weekly. " - J - : l ; 4 i ; &tf?2&$'&3 j livery joints1 of Virginia and Western "Carolina as loads of tobacco on the ! co-operative vffloors continue to bring ONE OF SURVIVORS , ( OF HERRIN MASSACRE TELLS OF; KILLINGS . ..".''". ; Robert Officer, College. Gradu-: ate, Rolled Under' Wire f I .Fence and Escaped DESCRIBES ATTACK ON PROPERTY JUNE 21 Col. Sam Hunter, V pf Adjutant General's Office, Also 1 Testifies MARION. Tils.. Dec. , 19. (By Asgoci- ' ated Press;) Robert Officer, one of tho survivors of the . rioting In whlch ?0 non-union men? were , killed ! at Herrin, testified today -at the trial of: the- five;.! men charKed wltK their rmirder. Of?l- cer, t'a 'graduate; 'of . the JJnlveriltyypf jr-ennsyivama, was a bookkeeper at ta ? strip mine - where . the trouble started. He deseribed the '"'ii'ta'ck' ott . the5- prop erty the afternoon of June .21-. when three union miners : were shot anil killed. - .' ; -. ; -" :- ,: - ' ' ' Col. Sam Hunter, of the adjutant general's office iat Springfield, another witness, testified .tberej were ho Vgreif- -ments between the t non-union, .workers ' at. the jmine and "local officials of th , United , Mine Workers f or : a truce and safe conduct" for the besieged workers out of the district! .' Officer's testimony corroborated . this.: -. ' ' ', .' ': Colonel Hunter said he had tried io arrange t such a truce while acting in a - purely persona)' capacity-, - having come down ;.from!. Springfield when he heard of the trouble.' ' -t. ' v : "Officer said ' that; Colonel Hunter had talked to him over the telephone : atid said that W. J. Lester, the owner, had authorized the surrender '-of . the pro erty. v. . : ','-'; Just before nightfall the witness , testified; those In the mine raised T a white flag, but - the snipin?- from sur rounding hills continued ail night and the .flag was lowered at ' daybreatt when the non-union men took retuga in some freight cars.. Then the fierce- ness of the -attack i, Increased and the ! besieged ; decided" to ' surrender, raisins ' ft. white'-'flag, -he paid.' '''' C After being assured of their safety, accordingito the-witnesses, the 48 non- , union men were led from the m'ne, .C. .! T--m . , 11.-'". Li . i . ,a . . xv. aiciuwttii, ;ioe superravenaen:, lirnii- -ing : painfully -. along. on; Ms '- artificial, ' leg.pAThe, crowd constantly, itjcreajr .ad ; Officer: quoted -one of -its. Readers,; ; whomx he could ;not Ideatlf y,- a shout- 4ng, 'Thernothlnhu1;; strlUei: feak.;: rsanavge.vugat ; lotcm - tner4 Uii." ness .said? McDowell ; was Jed .way by""1.'. yif two men,-. , Other":-witnesses- .have - tca-r'. '. . ; tinea trhe -crippled rupierintendntitv5s slain-. atr -.this Spot. ' ;'i : ' ; 'Then the Tcrowd marchedi about two miles1 further "where the' remaining 47 prisoners - were -lined - before a barbed -wire... fence-? near, the , clump of woods. . Officer said. . , .' ' - r "e're . going to 'iye you a -chawe ror your iiyes, ne . quoted one or tne . leaders,,, and then the firing bean.' j Officer - said he-t dropped at . the first'.-,, discharge, -aid rojied under the , fence, fleeing -while the j crowd ; was hunting down those ., who ; had escaped, the rain of lead. He described the crowd as "howling like, wolves.' ' : 4 ."Only, those who have .guns can en- ter. the .woods," the witness said he , heard one' of the mqb 'leaders cry " i It was at -"the wire fence that other '- witnesses .have testified 11 bodies were found. , . Fpur others,; according . to the testimony were f bund In a clump, of. woods- a short distance away, having been- sh t down as they fled.. Six f ugi ties were, captured,wltnesses have said,' driven through' the '.street of. ."Herrin and shot down, at Ja cemetery' Just'ou't- ; side the town. The distance from, the j 'mine through jthe woods to the -cem- 'H tery has been given as approximately i : six and. one-half . miles." The time of ? the start from ' the mine has- been ;;; placed "at 6:40 a. m., and the shooting' , ! at 'the cemetery atjS ra.' m. to -.10.30 a. m. ... , ; r .. : --- . : : . .... --'-t ' , Officer 8ald-tha,t the only, raani ne ree-i : oghUed j was r Hugh " WlIHs,.-state board, v member, of the Unlfed Mlne Workers. ( He said- Wilftsdrovs -up , to the ''crowd p. before the shQotJng;;;at s the jt woods,; asked for- the leader ' and thehj disap ;j peared" from .his view. ' T - ''xSiii Officer saia toere ? were. , workers in ;r ,the ,. pU .and about 55 guards, ' ail of whom had been, brought, from Chicago atpthe time of the.'. riots. -.He said 5a ; j was ai- -present .einfJ-oyei,.a tv.e tucky. mine In whch W. .J. Lesterhas an ' interest: '","v-; ; :,r"',v.-J K'm :. Officer said . McDowell had - deal out r : arms and ammunition which- the . men ' used In the mine at the time of the. first ". attack and said4 he himself had .a- gun. He also told -'ot an hlrplane flyln: over the mine and said he heard explb slon beneat,h;lt as though it vras. drop ping bombs. - ' " ? - i- -1 C Officer was on the -stand . most of the clay, his ; cross examination rtakln? up',-, all of -the 2 afternoon' session Of court. which adjourned with the; witness sriJI r on the ' stand.-r-Hls cross eafamlnation i : will-be resumed tomorrow. - . i s . Calvin Cpolidge Speaks .. i -;. ; iwice-m ar on is ' CHARLESTON. : ;;Deq. J ; 19. Calvin . CooUdge vice-president "of the 'United; States, ;idfttpniKhj;t; for'.Penpsylyantaj'k; f ii' j after ' attending , the :l03rdi"an'nivcrsary ' I v ' u i i ; of. the New' Enerland society. of .which I ' i ' :- be was the principal 'speaker, dwelling pnf New ; England's Of eatures. " . W, , : D Mellon; president of the University of South Carolina;' Rear. Admiral Albert p., Nlblack..; commandant of the.' navy. yard, - and of. the sixth: naval - district and Walter B." Wilbur. Of the Charles-' ton, ' bar, werq other. Speakers . at'tbe 1 dinner.' the fiev. will jam. Way, D. D president jbLthe'New England society; presiding:,; ik.--. vieerKresiaent, uoouase .arrived , ear-; lv- this morning and.ln the forenoon, he hrlefly ; addressed the; fa'cultynahd stti- I" the boys and .girls of the Charleston , ' i: 4 orshan home. i i - in V-i .' h: -;;- i : m ' 1 n tmi it'1., 1 ' i'',Mi A : .-4 i i ' : r ,. v.-. X J i ' - If it ,'4 rl Vr.' - r - -. . 1 T -v. i t iS-.'At..- it . 1 1
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 20, 1922, edition 1
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