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FOUNDED A. D. 1867. VOL! CX-No. 98.
WILMINGTON, N. fcTOliJORNmCk; DECEMBER 211922: t
OTTITCST nATLY 1N THE STATP1. n i
Turks Are
more
And Agr
eement on
MayB
Effected
e airectea at
Some Sort of Plan - Controlling
the Dardanelles JExpected to
be Signed in Few Daysw
NOTE OF UNITED STATES
EVIDENTLY BEARS FRUIT
LAUSANNE, Dec. 3. The Turkish
end allied delegations-relaxed in their
attitude today and discussed control
of the straits in such a conciliatory
spirit that there is every indication
siime port of straits convention may
ie signed in a very few days.
The note of the United States declar
ing that it does not regard an inter
nauonal commission as necessary un
doubtedly more fruit, as Lord Curzon
rave careful consideration to Ismet
Pasha s plea that Turkeywould con
sider international interference with
Turkey's affairs as worse than death.
An agreement likely will be reached
exempting the demilitarized zone along:
the straits from control by . the pro
rosed international commission which
will have jurisdiction only over Jiavi
.ttion of the straits, leaving even the
pilotage to -the Turks. - -
Ismet Pasha also pleaded for fur
ther guarantees for the safety of Con
stantinople than those which would be
afforded by the league of nations and
proposed additional guarantees simi
lar to those given, to the Aland islands.
Lord Curzon, M. Baroro, Baron Hay
asai, M. Spallkovitch and other speak
ers expressed great satisfaction over
Turkey's conciliatory attitude.
Baron Hayashi said he was especial
ly gratified to see the conference which
had almost reached the stage of ulti
matums, settle down Into such calm,
and reasonable consideration of the
straits problems.
Lord Curzon, after hearing Ismet's
statement of the Turkish position, said
that Ismet's acceptance of the general
principles of free passage as outlined
by the allies now made it possfbl to
discuss details of the practical appli
cation of those principles. . , -
As it is clear that the United' States
will accept no seat on a straits control
commission, regardless : of how. much
the powers of this proposed - Interna
tional body arc limited, the members
of the American delegation were asked
tonight wether the United States would
in any way be bound to respect the reg
ulations imposed by this body, , and if
the United States would negotiate a
treaty immediately with Turkey. r-Ta
this Ambassador Child made nO;r&ly
27 Appeals
of by Supreme Court '
at Concluding; Session
RALEIGH. Dec, 20. The North Caro
lina supreme court, before adjourning
sine die for the term at noon today,
disposed of 27 appeals, granting a new
trial to John A. Bush, of Caldwell
county, under sentence' of odeath ..'tot.
the murder of Will Cline, but-; fin-ding
no grounds to interfere .wit Ji the; judg
ment of death pronounced in the lower
court of Buncombe "county v. against
V. W. Campbell. '
Bush was sentenced, to die in. Au
gust. 1922, far5tlermurder --ofrWUl
Ciine, the defense having set up a plea
of self defense A;; new trial1: was
awarded, accord In r- i"t6 ." the "supreme
court's opinion, "written by Associate
Justice Walker,'JicauSe the trial judge
erfed in the charge to the jury,
Campbell, whp was convicted in July,
1922, in the Buncombe county superior
court, was in" charge -of the police at
the oteen 'government ' hospital," 'nar
Asheville, when" he "wis charged with
the murder of Mrs. Annie Smathers, the
Oteen telephone operator, his sweet
heart. ' ' ', . ' ':' -
According to the evidence in the case,
on the morning, of, the killing the de
fendant stated to one T. JCParker: "I
want to see her one more "time and ask
her to marry me. Ii she , don't, ehe
can't marry any other man." '"' 4 ' v ;
Kyewitnesses testified - that Mrs.
Smathers was riding in the defendants
automobile on a road "near Falrview
that same afternoon; that ; she jumped
cut of the moving,' car, trying to run
away from Campbell. Campbellit wa3
said in the evidence, stopped his :ari
rap. after Mrs. Smathers for ;a few
yards, then fired, at her with a pistot
"Vhen she fell, he stood over her and
f red three more shots into her body
Uncover Plot to Loot
Brooklyn Naval Base
byG
iviuan
es
'E V YORK, Dec. 20. Details of an
allegred big conspiracy to loot the
Brooklyn navy base were revealed to-da:-
with the arrest of twenty-two
civilian employes. .. . '- . .
Twenty-three persons' were' Indleted
recently by a federal grand Jury after
a lor gr investigation In whlcli the -navy
intelligence service, department of jus
tic1. and New York -police joined. The
twenty-third civilian had not been
io'.d at night fall. :;: '
The others were aralgned before
dcrai Judge Garvin and; held In,-f5,
0, fl bail each. None could furnish this
aiunt and the court Indicated ; It
wht reduce ball if an 'early-date .for
-r!?l could not be fixed 'at the .next
"taring January 3. '.-.. i ' ' ': '.'. :
Although attorneys at the. navy de
partment in Washington 'tonight' de
c red their reports of thefts in J3 rook-
1. vn indicated a total of only $1,200, In
vrved. the indictments returned
sunst the persons arrested " Charge
yffts totalling $2,100, . under - three
npadlr.gs, of 500. $800 and fl.000.
Officials taking partjn- the Jnvestl
saticn in 3rooklyn 'painted out tonight
;aat flfcKitte the mair amounts. specl
cally charged, the alleged thefts have
&een carried on over' a period of ' two
"ars and more thaft a " scdro 'of per
ns have been indicted rwhUe' many
-ore are believed to " have been in
volved. . . .. .. ..; -. :
vonci
e
Craig's : Condition
. is: Reported Better
ASHBVItLE, Dec, 80 The "coadl
- lon ot . ex-Gov. Locke Craig, who
la seriously 111 at his home here, was
pronounced tonight as slightly bet
ter. The former governor, however,
remains In sueh condition that little
'.hope Is held for his; recovery.
PURPOSE OF GUARD
MOVEMENT IS STILL
VEILED IN MYSTERY
Louisiana Officials Decline to
State Object of Sending Troops
to Morehouse Parish
MONROE, La., Dec. 20. The purpose
of the movement of a company of
Louisiana "national guard Into More
house parish by Governor John M.
Parker yesterday afternoon, tonight
continued -to remain a mystery to all
except a handful of officials.
- The passing of the day failed to lift
the mystery screen. Those In a posi
tion to speak would say nothing. The
governor, attorney general and others
remained in rigid silence. v
Late today a detachment of 25 men
under the command .of the company
officer, hastily departed from the camp
established In the heart of the little
town of Mer Rouge. The men said
they did not know where they were
going. The officer would not peak.
Close observers offered the, opinion
the men were en route to one of the
lakes in the vicinity of Mer Rouge
where It is believed the bodies of two
men, weighed down with wagon wheels
are resting, the, victims of hooded kla-t
nappers.
Four .detectives, .working with the
spotted the ttio. 4n -the lake
men; re m arag me ju or w
prptection' to an expert diver engaged
inithe recovery, according to reports.
The detectives . are said to have pre
ceded ;hemovement of the detachment
this evening. .
In the event the bodies are recovered;
open hearings, discussed - by Governor
Parker aftd other state officials, prob-'
ably wll be instituted at Bastrop the'
parish seat. Under this method the
state would hope to obtain evidence
upon" which the convict members of the
band of 50 or more hooded -men who
on hourse back and, in motor cars,
swooped down upon a party1 of five
prominent Mer Rouge citizens last
August when they were returning from
a celebration, and carried' them off into
the woods and "severely , flogged them.
Two of the victims, Watts Daniels and
Thomas Richards, failed to return to
their homes and in spite of a search
by officials and" their families, have
not-,been located.
-They- are persistent In the opinion
that the missing men were murdered.
The victims that returned told of
terrible experiences but declared they,
could not identify any of the kidnappers'--as
they were clothed in masks
an robes. One declared the, men
"looked what we know of the Ku Klux
Klan." Another said some of "the auto
mobiles parked at the punishing
grounds bore Kansas and Tennessee
license tags. J : , ' ;
. The statement Is believed to have
been the foundation for the recent
visit to , "Washington by Governor
"Parker who asked President -Harding
to . invoke his authority 'in what he
charged an interstate crime.
Efforts to locate officials to learn
the -identity of the hooded. :raen were
unsuccessful. ' ; "'$:' ' ''V?'
Hays Gives Arbuckle
Chance to Gome Back
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- L0S"ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. 20. Roscoe
Arbuckle, rotund comedian, barred
from the screen ' since last"" April because-'
of ..the .encounter with the law,
was today restored to the privilege of
coming 'back to the place he once oc
upied hie industry, if he can.- Will
H. Hays, head of the picture Industry,
announced that all restrictions against
the-5 actor were to end January 1.
The Famous- Play ers-Lasky corpora
tion, which distributed Arbuckles pic
tures, announced that.no .effort ywould
be. made at present to market films
that were withdrawn, or.. others -.that
were never released. Josph , Schenck,
producr. said he would employ Arbuckle
and that the latter said he was thank
ful for the .chaftce to work and would
strive to make good. v . '
- Mr. Hays" Issued a brief statement,
saying he felt every man was entitled
to his chance and the film Industry not
only wanted to live and let live but
it wanted to live and help live. .A,
Nomination of judge
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is .connrm
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WASIilNGTON, Dec. 2S. The nom!nT
ation of Judgft.John C Hos6,:fto be cir-.
cult Judge of the fourth-circuit, which
fnclVdea-the Vtatee of 'yirginia.-, Mary
land - Virginia;. and vNorth and- South
Carolina, was confirmed- today -by the
senate , The nomination failed of con
firmation at the Recent: special "session.
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the
Straits
Lausann
GEORGIA SENATOR
Si KS HIGHER-UPS;
Upshiaw Requests Government
Officials and Governors
Not Ho Drink
URGES NEW ALLEGIANCE
TO THE CONSTITUTION
The More Influential Citizens
Should Not Encourages
Bootlegging
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 High , gov
ernment officials,' governors, judges
and members of congress were asked
today by Representative Upshaw, Dem
ocrat, Georgia, In a speech in the house
to emulate Marshal Foch, who "refus
ed to touch intoxicants while on Amer
ican soil out of respect for the dry leg
islation." '
- "No longer must the higher-ups say
'go'," shouted Mr. Upshaw. "They must
say 'come.' Anything less than this
would be a farce and a scandal. . Tim
orous souls have never inspired' any
body. . This is no time for pussyfooting
utterances and action on the part of
state and national leaders."
Mr. Upshaw urged that the president
issue a "ringing Christmas proclama
tion calling on every citizen and espe
cially every official to total "abstenence
for the common good." Referring to
the recent governors' conference he
said! "Let these governors, led by the
president and vice president of the
United States and all the members ot
the cabinet, walk out in the open and
lift their hands before high heaven and
take a new oath of, allegiance to the
whole constitution and the American
flag.
"Let them sacredly ' declare," said
Mr. JJpshaw, "that regardless of what
their tastes and practices have been
they will never again build up a boot
leggers' barbarious business by drink
ing any form or any amount of illicit
liquors at any dinner, at any func
tion, or In any ball room or any back
alley. Let every member of congress
and every United Stavtes senator follow
suit; let every state and federal judge
and every prosecuting attorney. In
America stand up like patriotic men
and declare they will never again per
sonally trample the constitution which
they, have sworn to Obey and .defend."
Declaring the "plain people" . laugh
at high sounding pronunciations, be-
cause they belieted that fmany high t
buying and drinking r Illicit, liquors
themselves while denying, the.privilege
to the 'poor devils down among the
masses who are foolish enough to want
the opportunity to buy and drink illicit
liquor damnation, "J .Mrj- .Upshaw safd
that.Jf these governors' who put their
feet ' under the ' president's mahogany,
at the white house really wish to get
anywhere In their conferences for law
enforcement, let them rfemember' what
the beloved and , Immortal Sam Jones
said: 'If you want to reform the.world, '
begin on yourseir."
Mr- Upshaw- commenced commander ,
Alvlh Owsley-of the American legion,
who, ; he Bald,' had- declared he would
not touch a drop of liquor while head
of the legion, and then launched an at
tack on' Governor ?Parker of Indiana,
who, he said, had asserted at the Tecent
governors, conference at White Sul
phur Springs, W. Va.. that "prohibition
is a failure.""
"I can not," he said, "close this hon
est, desperate Christmas exhortation to
the governors of America and all other
high officials without the inevitable
observation that .the conference of
governors will be in a bad fix and will
leave the president and his cabinet and
the whole country In a.' bad fix if they
are all down with the same complaint
which afflicts that visionary hero of
wind mills, the 'fantastic governor of
Louisiana."
Stanilas Wojciechowski
New Polish President
J sWARSAW, Dea 20, (By The Asso
ciated Press) The new president of
Ptoland. Stanilas Wojciechowski, took
the. oath tonight. He was elected to
the: presidency with 298 ballots. Of 519
east by the national assembly.-
Although the police forbade demon
stration, President Wojciechowski waa
greeted enthusiastically as he emerged
from' the parliament building. - While
he is supported by the t" radicals, he
nevertheless is hiehly respected by the
nationalists. . -
Born in 1869, Wojciechowski entered
Kalisch university, but his studies were
Interrupted Tin 1891 by his expulsion
from-Poland; by the Russian policefor
Belonging to a secret political organ
ization. The. following years jhe spent
In Switzerland, France, and England,
and he worked with his ; old friend,
General - Pilsudski, unremittingly for
Poland's' independence.
' In 1905 hei abandoned politics and ob
tained permission to return to Poland,
where he Initiated the Polish co-opera-tlvex
community, organization.' He was
a strong pro-ally during the war. - -
THE DAY IN
Announcement was -made that tpe
department of justice was preparing to
file"a suit agalnstthe Wright-Martin
Aircraft - corporation - to ' recover : a
83,601,715 war claim. . , '
Hearings by the house judiciary com
mittee on . the Keller impeachment
charges neareda conclusion vwlth the
examlnatlorx; fof fdepartmentoi: Justice
oflclals.-::'.Y-&:
i 'Renublican: leadere decided toi defer
further considerartlon by :"the house olJ
tni urcen ;i eBOiuwuu vy(ivam -.-stituttonal
amendment ! to prohibit is
suance of tax exempt securities: 2 t:'t
Representative Upshaw, Democrat.t
fIVE-HOU
DEBATE
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fAILSO
H r SEfJllipLOCK
Fight on glipUre and
- ' v NoiriJnues .at tr -
' - J&' -"nsion - - ;:
AilEEWENT DENIED
Three Distinct? Efforts to Fix
Date For , Vote -Fails to
. Break Deadlock
WASHINGTON i toea"2(K Five' hours
of debate and partiamentary. maneuv
ering in the shate today served only
to tighten the ealoclr which has1 ex--Isted
. for three. days, between two op
posing and, almoai;; equal" groups, ,ne
fighting t tQ . keepr the admnistration.
shipping bill, before the senate and the
other to displace ,th?.t' measure. .
Three aeparate and distinct fforta
were made , during .the day to .break
tho' deadlock-' through ' a unanimous,
consent agreement to vote at jdeslg--nated
time upon pipendlng motion to,
lay aside the shipping bill" and to take
up the Norrls ' agricultural ' financing
measure, but eachStime "an objection
nullified the .attempt.; After th; art-,
successful result", "Of these" efforts, .de
bate ran, far . afield,f rang ing ' fro nr. a,
discussion of .the' disp'ositloh of Muscle
Shoals to , charges ;, that Ambassador
Harvey, at London, " 'through, his jrecent
statement on . .the European situation,
had 'endeavored ; . to. aifect; the . cotfbn
and 'grain markets! in. the United States.
Shipping - and. agricultural relief leg
islation were discussed; '-and .when'. the
senate adjourned .administration: lead
ers were frankly .pessimistic "over the
possibility of a vote within' . . several
weeks upon the shipping, bill. :
Generals belief .was expressed that
the Christmas Tecess-'would come and
go without a,breakin the struggle for
dominance between1 those trying to
keep the ship blir before the senate un
til rural credits legislation can be re
ported from the banking and currency
committee, and those members of the
alliance formed between foes . of the
ship bill and -ad rocates- of the Norrls
agricultural bUl. -
The Initiative t'in the effort to bring
the question Involve, in the deadlock
to an; Issue .was 'made today, as on
yesterday ' fand - Monday, i, ,by xSenator
iones, i:j epuwiean; Washington, in
eharge Jhi ahlpplbiU,4-who-.''pro--
senate,, . Unanimous consent was re
fused by -Senator, Fletcher of Florida,
leader of the Democratic opponents of
the shipping' legislation, and Senator
Jones thereupon proposed '. a vote at 4
o'clock. , . .
Senators King of Utah, and Williams
of Mississippi, Democrats, objected.
Pointing out that the banking and
currency committee chairman had pre
dicted that rVafl erudite legislation
might be expected from his committee
early next week, - Senator ; Harrison.
-'Democrat, Mississippi later proposed
tnati a -vote be taken next Wednesday,
Senatoy.-' Jones f refused to - assent,' to
this-after -the opinion Thad- "been 'ex
pressed by Repub,ll9"an l.senatprs ; that
agreement to- the jfioposal "would have
the effect bfr preventing aay action! bn
the shipping bill in the -'meantime, j: -
Clemenceau Back in
Frencl (i$;Wi& 1
Happy Remembrances
PARIS, Dec; 20. .(By the . Associated
Press). Georges Clemehceau, France's"
noted" war-time premier, "returned to.
Paris today from a 89-day trip to the
United States. He brought back, with
him, what i he-. termed happy remem
brance that the people of America still'
love France and also two ' boxes of
grapefruit, which he . declared would'
contribute;to his longevity.
, Although he eeem'ed to-belln a rarely,
good-natured raobd; nevertheless, close
friends claimed to see' evidences that
his strenuous tour In the United-States
had left its -Impression -Upon him-?; ; :
No official welcome awaited Clemen-,
ceau, either at Havre,- where he -landed
this morning, front the steamer Paris,
or in the capital. - Numerous friends,
however, greeted him at Havre ' and.
also in Paris. ' ..-'."" ' ;' ' '
Official notice of his return was lack
ing due to his expressed wish.
The. Tiger when asked concerning-his
views of what -had - been accomplished'
during his - tour took refuge behind , the
brusque manner, he" so well- knows, how
to assume when occasion requires,'-; He.
'indicated' by- a few casual, phrases that
If there was any import" .'to -his : ylsjt
the American people would get IU ' ,
. "They have got -senBo efifough,"i he
declared. ; ; ; ''..-'Ki : .'-r.'": .1;-: .
He added that. forn h,lm.;hls . journey
was the chapter that" ended his careen
H said he waB. moyea py. ine sense ox
fatigued which- sooner - or- later must
terminate his Interest in "the influences
of earthly matters f like' a- true French
man, he was yearning for . the ' qttlck
'pa&ca of solitude ;
WASHINGTON
Georgia, in a speech In the house, called
on high' federal and state government
officials - "to sacredly v . declare'! :. they
would hot drink, bootleg liquor, "L " ,";; -
5 Federal reserve banks -weto author
ized to purchase or rediscount bankers
acceptances of six-, month. maturity
drawn by growers -ot staple agriculture
products or co-operative marketing as
soclatlons; ---yX$ .K-fe'tVv'i'
f? A bill wasintrodueed in; the'aeiiate
by Chairman - Wadsworth, : ot the mllU
tary. affairs 6mml ttee?. authorizing ;th&,
war department, to sell nearly 50 pieces
of. property not . needed for ; military
purposes: .and located ii , 20 -different
states.".-;
LOOSEN
ACQUITTED OF PLOTTING HUSBAND'S MURDER
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1 muu. i.vjctujux.--XM-w rjj.ee. su. Airs.
and her brother, -Harry C- Mohr, ,wa
degree' in connection with the slaying
John . T. .Brunen,- carnival owner. The jury recommended; that Mohr- be en?
tennced' to-,llfe Imprisonment '? at hard labor. 1 . , ' - yu ;
Supreme
Designed
Stocks awi? Bohte
Chief Justice Clark Dissents;
Other'fcMenihersIX Sustain
CJ6.- .
Kuiing o
wer
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SUIT PUSHED: THROUGH
BYWILLIE M. PERSON
Star's News Bureau, ;.
' " 1 '". ' - 3iiTnekeT Building.
. ' ' By BROCK, BARKlylEY
RALEIGH. ;Dep. 2 0. With the chief
iu'stlcei'aiksl court
today dismissed former State- Senator
Willie MPerson's stUtl.toVcompel' the
state : comm-issioner, qf ' revenue to re
qulre; the; listing for v taxation of all
stocks. and bonds held by individuals.
While - finding that: Colonel Person
was In error In appealing .to a judicial.
1 tribunal when hej should, have told his
troubles to ' the v legislature. Justice
Adams, In." wrfflng" the opWion; and.
Justice Staceyr-in-a-concurring one, got.
fully Inte, the, manner - and method of.
taxing corporate, stocks andbondsand
sanctioned the, system as, one : in strict
Oomp.liance: witht,h'e.; mandate of the
constitution,-flS ..v 1 -a . : ".;
.vi'vlJChlef Justice, Clark as "not concur
ring." as . he .designates., his .opinion,
writes : through 30 phages on the bur-J
denlng of tne masses ,.wiin taxes .ana
sticks, to,his not infrequently expressed
the Contention -that the constitution is
being 'Jclearly violated'..". ,
Judge Adams, sets forth the conten
tion i of, the (plaintlff ;when 'shorn of
verbiage?: as-folio ws: : -., ' -; - : .'
-.i "That the constitution of North Caro--iir.a,
articles .5, ? second 3, provides that
iiwn sib.U be nassed taxing by, a uni-
-farnV rule? all moneys,' 6redlts,V;ivest-4
ments . in nonces, 'stooKs, jmpv. etuuis.
nianles. or otherwise that;, stock'--
holders: should ;therefore list for tax
ation1 in" their, own. names ;auj;snares
of stoOk held by; them; that all .stat u tes
purporting! to exempt ' the Ihdlvulu
owner from the necessity of listing
hls-f stocks "in! this .manner are vpid and
of no effect and ' that it :is the 4uty of i
the defendant ' to; enforce . compliance :
with this constructions of the constl-'
,tutlfnal provision i ;: f v- ; . - ,
' Judge Adams pomis out ina- me re
lief - sought could vnot be ; obtained In
any event i without .exolset. .legislative
funcUons and the plaintiff -was in fatal
orror In the assumption that such, func
tions :n&y .be Exercised ?by the,, courts,,
if .-iv 1 2 -arm, 111 ' Yitk sufficient
..r tM. alone would: J ba suincienc
grounds -for1 the dismissal ? of the suit,
which seeks' to ..haye : the . court , force
a' state official to do something - that
clearly would ;be i Invlolatlon of the
i.-n, nAr which he works, ;
I i ' ai belt ' "the paramount . Importance,
j'u; - axiestion which 'assails the. policy
adopted, by the legislature, tor taxing
Corporateroperty and:contlnued with,
minor changes f or . well-nigh half a
- rsentury.' demands an-expression of;
o?lnJo?: by ,the,: courts." So .Justice
Adams-proceeds- to-glve him one.
The statute objected to simply pro
vides -that lf' the corporation pays a
tax onlts 'capital stock and-shareholder
shall not 'be required either to
st or-to payi al ta2x onhls Individual
shares," he writes, and. then goes on:
- In his assault upon-this statute the
:JmtHtr savsiln effect that the constl-;
tutlon requiresthe-paymentj of a .tax j
-.- , t i ja i.niMi Vila individual
..vam r-when -the corporation -pays
l'itK -caoltaUstockK iThis is-
the ' nlalntlfTs ; fundamental ; and fatal
I-JU.Tn: . thJConstltUtionVtiiNorth
rCarollBaitherels ;no Wjh provision.'
it l required that laws
Ittgv byt a uniforms irlel-moneys,,
credits.? Investments in onds v stocks
sand Joints stbckcomoanlesorther
wlse.4 Iti is the ) ly estment vthat Is Kto
-1 'jSv. Contlnued;onsPageiTaj-
DAY. VtONT MtSV .Till? IS PIECE
uonrfruHeH waa -tonigni. acquiiiea
s found; guilty' of 'murder .in the first 1
: 01 the. jormer.'s nusoand, " ione$t '
ILIfiEftGItr.lENT probe::
OAUGHERTY
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im CEASE TflD AY
Judiciary Committee to Report
Finding: of no Evidence to '
Justify Impeachment h
WASHINGTON, I Dec. J 20. Publio
hearings pn the impeachmeiit charges
brought' against - Attorney General j
DaughGrty -will end ' tomorrow before
the house, judiciary committee' which
is expected to report to the house that
it found no evidence on which to base
an impeachment proceeding. The re-'
port will not be made, however, until
after- the -Christmas holidays because
of the absence of members from Wash
ington during that time, f ,
When the committee adjourned -tonight
after two long sessions, th(ere Re
mained to' be heard only a half a dozen
witnesses. These are officials ' of the
department of justice who will k be
questioned concerning allegations "In"
the ' specifications- drawn by Represen
tative Keller, Republican, Minnesota,
which, had not been touched upon at
the time Mr. Keller.withdrew from the
case. - .;. - i ; . -. . - .
' Examination of the department offi
cers, began, late today over, the protest
of several committeemen who. Insisted'
that : the attorney, general should not
be -asked to offer . witnesses to testify
.concerning charges insupport o ' which
no evidence had been presented. Chair
man vVolstead ; Insisted, however, that
the.committee ought" to go into all of
.the;Jharges in an effort to satisfy itself
as , far as might be possible as tp
whether there was basis for them. ::
. Before this line of inquiry was open
ed '.Representative ."Hloodruff, Republi-'
can,' MichigaH,: laldj befpre 'the Commit-"
tee , evidence, which . he contended
showed "unnecessary delay" by the
department .of justice in bringing suit
against the , Wright-Martin Aircraft'
corporation for the recovery of 3,601,-,
.715 growing..; but "of . alleged overpay-1
ment of .war claims. , Assistant - Attor
ney ; General Seymour , announced that i
suit for the' recovery of Hhis amount"
obn ".was to', be: filed 'and. Col. D. Goff,
former assistant attorney,general, who:
has hadchTrgeT,or' the easel denied the
charge of unnecessary delay.
; i Most? Of tbejremainlng time, of ' the'
hearing today was" taken up with "an
inquiry Into the building trades cases
growing out of the LockwoodU commit- i
tee investigation in New Tork. i :-1 :
Goldsbbro Pubusher j ;
' Weds' in Washington
''' : By H, E: BRYAWT-i'tfiVfi
WASHINGTON," Dec. 20. R. FJ Beas-
jley; North Carolina newspapers pub
lisher, "was married here.at:3:30 lo'clock
this ' afternoon to- Mrs. . Clyde ; Powell
Dowell, ; daughter; of Rev. . George J,
Dowell, of Raleigh-tvu: - utr? ri'
The . wedding s was , at - the home "of
ArthuV" E. Dowell,";. an uncle "of .the
bride, 11n:;ClevelandivPark , The- cere
mony was performed by Rev. Dr; BigeV
low;: , pastor :tof:Cpngregatlonali church
Misa HarrlettiBeasley, offMohroeycame
here :fo attend the; weddings $:&i:f?4$
Mrv ahdfi Mrs Bea s ley willj so end! a
few ays at th&-WllIard4ioteirand'upon
their: returni to North' Carolina, will re
side a.f vGoldsboroMi-tJ-
Court Dismisses buit
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BLOOD CURDLING
STORIES ARE XTQLD
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Mine Guard TeUs of Seeing His
; Comrade's Hea Blown Off
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MARION, Ills.,' Dec.x20.(By; The As- )
soeiated Press). --.Peter Hlller and Otja .
Clark, two of the five defendants on '
trial charged 'with murder? eonnecV.
tion with the Herrin riots were pointed -out
in court as two . of the "members of
the : mob by two of the . four survivors
who took the witness stand today.' ; '
The survivors, who ,; occupied ( the ' i
stand most of the: day,1 were ;,WillIam'i,:
Cairns, P. J. O'Rourke, Bernard Jones
and Robert Officer, the. latter a Univer-i
sity of Pennsylvaiila graduate,:. was ;'a J
bookkeeper at the Strip " mine where
the . riot started an4 wlilch . resulted in
the death of 20 non-union, men. k The
first three were guards at l?ne mine, i .
Cairns , testified:' that, the 48 men tn;
the mine surrendered under a white
flag between'. 5:30 and 6 o'clock : the
morning of June 22 and were marched
out of the pit with; their hands above t
their heads after $eltig toldthat : they '
would not be harmed. He said-he had '
seen: C K. McDowell, the crippled: su
perintendent of .the mine, led away by
Otis Clark,: who had. ft gun, and another
man. .y,:- '-h ; ; ,".; T.c::
vi'We were marched on until we came ;
to a barbed.: wire, fence,"; he - said, "arid i
'some one' shouted.: 'All men with guns .1
line up -to the rights and then some one'
else cried: 'Now you fellows run.' Then I
the ; firing started,- he? said, ': When he "
waifwounded and flying ; beside p the ;;
fence ; with ! two buUeis In his body; ;
Cairns .said he: w.; Peter-"Hlller -come ;
UP to another wounded man who was
leaning against a tree and fire Into hSs
body, after shouting, '"You great big
S can't we kill you." - s .
. The w'Unesa said he paw another man .
approach John Shoemakerj- assistant"?
superintertdent at the mill, whowii)
lying' wouded In the field and'say:,' ! .1
.''Here's that - - ' . machine gun-:
n f r-J i Cairns. 'd eel ar ed " the speaker; the h '
I drew a plstdl and . blew ; Shoemaker'i
; s4Th-e'jwies8':isii4he Iwass picked. v-'li
.-jvnaxtoB. .sAMr-anja-ouriatei
-.ORpiirke- toldof, bcinR hot tw.lce Jit i
euyB.-oi. neeingnrougnxn wpopr,
until ,he was; re-captured and "marched J'j
with AVer other rbleediRg,pieadlhg 'ylc j ;
tiras; ;vthrough Herrln, . to a cemetery j
outside,. the;lty,herealllsix,twerft j I:
shot down ,. in -the. road ,v The ;wi).ness '' !'
saldhe remember e4praying;forv any H
Christian ln th Crowd! - t4 bring;'' hlro
water and, in, the'name of vhis. mother, ,
for some one. tp notify her .of his fate. .
He. said some v One knelt over him -and
slashed his throat with a pocket-knife. ; :
O'Rourke iwas pjeked Up ' wlth;3even' r
bullet wounds. In his body. '. "; ' - -J. ;j:
. Jones testified that the had raised a ii
white flag at the "mine on the order of ; 1
McDowell, and was told by the. leader j
of the attackers that' those In the mln I;
would be taken safely out or?xneconh. !
tf. He told of the, mirch from tie
mine, while some rone S; in - th , crowd c.
shouted: "KilJ. them." "hang, them," but
that others. OTiet)oi:we afe going to .
put theaion- atrain- and- get- them out
of .'here. " They' veA had enough.' He .
quoted Otjs' Clark a(j, say lng : v - , ;,
. "We're going through with this lf1
have . to; shoot tliem;; alj-.inysel3t!l' p-. '.f
; Jones said when-: the . firing". at -the ;
f ence,started..he ran through; the .fields, f j
and. after - being given, refuge .by ..a '
farmer, boarded- a train -for Chicago.., ,
M ft
. . On cross-examination,: j:ones - said he - r
had been ; employed by several'- private 0
detective agencies:' He said at the mlhe '
he had acted as guard at th water tank"
from June 14 to "the. 19th; but'was not ;,
disturbed during this timej: Jones said .!
heB was ; given a shot, gun and ; qtioted - i;
McDowell -as" saying Hfji y?M-&$ji$$zifr
: "We dp n't -want -any trouble, but we'-?
can't -have our, shcyels Vblown i4M
. ;'Isn'tiJt 'true' 'thatyou' ere;-Instrnbtll-:
ed'Jto-: 'bring spme 6ne and start ?trou pie;
b6 troops w'ou id be ; called out ?'; he was :;
'That Is absolutely not' true."' f ' 4
'Another ,;w
or wariout tesiinen mac aner ine riots ?
he had heard Bert Grace,. another of ths
defendants;' boastthat he- hadpreVeht- :
ed some,, one from giving vone 6f the
men.wounded at the cemetery it drink
.of water. . ; : j JjteXK, - f! jt'f
, .Donald , M. Ewlng, a'Chicago ' news?
paper man, had previously testified that
Grace had preyentedhlm fromTglvinga ' '
arinK 10 one pi inewounaea,. ana . an- '.,
otherfltness-ha'dt sai heiliad 'f.tfk&z.
Graces hooting.. In :the: cemeteri:,:''p
, A. T, Norman, a n tierrin hardware
dealer, - testified, that oh :: the - afternoon
;0?i.Jun ,-,2l a crowd or ; boys
came Into his store .and. got . three guns
and; askedihimtoiehargerthemito, the V
llertin 'Miners: .local. ; Norman, said 4 he 1
refused &nd asked fornames, and they
gave two,- and-saidttfley wanted tthe "
giins ini a "hurryitt'S'S: .-: -' '.
. ;A.-.AiA Mosely,-;a- another . : hardware :
Tealer of Marlon,, testified that 15 or 20
men-came Into- his. store .the afternoon
of June; ? 2 1( andf seized 'nine Jshotgun
fc.ndetoid4 nlm tOichargel; them ?to s th4
Herrln 1 o cals. - and - if -h e- wan ted verifi i
cation to 'cair upHugrhrWtllis or Will
DavisTtiminers::frieJals JRoSert Her-j
ron, chief of police of Herrln.'who, one
of the witnesses testified, - was a soee- 'x '.
tator of the "death march through the .
townVahnbunced his resignation, today,
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