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ates "weather r. A. P. SERVICE Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press FOUNDED A. D. 1867>—VOL. LVI.—No. 245. WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1923. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. Ruth Rippey Killed; Seven i Injured in Motor Wreck; ■ Negroes Sought for Deed Party is Run Down by' Cair Driven by Jfegroes; Only One Escapes ALAMANCE SHERIFF EXPECTS NO TROUBLE Negroes “Step on Gas” After Crash; Posse is Searching Through County GRAHAM- N. C-, Nov. 3.—Three ne groes are in jail here and a posse is searching the country around Haw River for a fourth wanted in connec tion with the killing of Miss Ruth.Rip pey, 14-year^old girl, at Haw River, and the maiming of two other white women. The negro who escaped was said to be John. Henry, of Winston Salem, the driver of the heavy car in which the negroes rode, and which caused the death of Miss Rippey. After striking the girl, the car con tinued through the viltage without stopping, the' police of Graham were informed, they stated tonight, and were not halted until they collided with a lighter car, in which Yer® the two women who wdre .injured. These were Mrs. A. J. Neese and Miss May Jay. Both are. in -a hospital in Bur ■ lington. The negroes were plasterers en route to their homes in Winston-Salem from, work they were doing at Oxford. They told the police, ^headquarters stated to night, that they did not see Miss Rip pey because of dust raised by another car that they were passing. ONE HILLED; SEVEN INJURED ■MEBANE, N. C., Nov. 3.—Miss Ruth Rippey, daughter of Rudy Rippey, of Haw River, 14 years old, 1b dead and seven other persons are receiving hos pital attention in Burlington and Haw River as a result Of being run down by four negroes in a big touring car .a- short distance east of Haw River this afternoon about 6 o clock. The injured are: The injured List Mrs. James , H. Neese, fractured shoulder and severely shocked and bruised. . » ' May Jamei 12 years old, lacerated face and scalp and shocked. .... Xiilly Thomas, rendered unconscious and. bruised, no bone? broken. , _ Alice Rippey, sister, of-. knocked down and bruised. ' * • ; . . Two Neese children, bruised but not seriously injured. ’ Only onje Neese of the party pf nine escaped uninjured. , , _ The four „ negroes in the big car were Will Ford, S. F. Porter, R. E. Foy and John Henry, -all- of J™°"T Salem, with Henry at the Wheel. It was alleged that after striking the party the negro at the wheel never hesitated,’ but stepping went racing, on toward Haw River. After runnih% probably a quarter Of a mile, however, the big car van into a small car and its flight was halted. In the confusion which followed two of the negroes escaped. One, was later captured and tonight only John Henry is at large with officers, pursuing him. • Feeling Bins High There have been angry mutterlngs against the negroes, on the part of a number of people in this vicinity and feeling in certain quarters, is running high. The sheriff of Alamance county declares that he, however, expects no trouble. New Postmaster For Beaufort -Town; First Since 1869 By H. E. C. BRYANT WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—South Creek postoffice in Beaufort <g>unty is to have a hew postmaster, the first slne.e 13B8. • ' ' v . .. This wap announced - today by tne postofftce department, which said that South Creek had not had a change for 54 years. Blaweol}U>£* N. J.» heat this record by. three years. “This information," the department says, “was obtained in a search of the records of the postofflce department with a view to locating postmasters with long service records. So far as disclosed by the volhiminous records tehse two offices are- presided 6ver by postmasters who l*fcye .held office longer* than any other .^in.the ‘United States. 1 "Edward Springer, postmaster, at the North Carolina office, has Just resigned, after a little more , than .64 ' years of service. He was appointed, January 26, 1869, and has held office continuously Since that time. He is now 85 yearq age. 1 “At Blawenbufg, N. J., John Van Sandt has served continuously as post master since April 23, 188*, a little more than 57 years.” TV 1 WRECK VICTIMS REACH PORT VERA CRUZ, Nov. 3.—Eight ship wrecked Americans, members of . the crew of the schooner Algoma, which sailed, from Pensacola, Fla., October 10, nave reached here, aboard : the. Swedish steamship Tampa, which picked them up after their vessel foun dered off the coasi^f Yucatan. •; . . ' LONDON DREDS ITS FOGS LONDON, Nov. f—As the seasbn of, fog approaches, people here are Re calling what’these visitors do to them and tlreir city. They keep sunlight away from the city dwellers, deposit enormous quantities of soot broadcast over everything, and a* single bad, London fog costs the capital 16,000.000 fatrt extra laundering, and .-injury to !rahrlc*. * ‘1 METHODISTS VOTE $10,000 TO QUAKE SUFFERERS IN EAST Conference of Methodist Protest Church is Brought to Close With: Speech THOMAS VILLE, Nov.'V—After hear ing Rev. S. C. Klein, D. T>„ pt Balti more, in an address on the foreign mission work of the church, with par ticular reference to the earthquake conditions in Japan, - the North Caro lina Methodist Protestant conference tonight voted to raise $10,000 to repair, the loss that the disaster entailed. Dr. T. H. Lewis, of Washington, president of the general conference, requested that the conference consider making a gift of that amount, and the favorable vote followed. Another speaker at the evening ses sion of the conference was Rec. Dr. C. H. Beck, of Pittsburgh, Pa., secre tary of the board of home missions. Appointments of ministers' in the conference were announced at the night meeting. ■Late today the conference adopted the report of the committee on pas> toral work, which incorporated a pro test against what was described as the tendency to “ignore the fundamentals of religion and morals 1 as plainly taught in the Bible." The statistical secretary of the conference made his report .showing an . increase in the number of ministers, members of the church, churches,, parsonages arid Sun day schools. There are 144 ministers, 229 churches, 225 church buildings, 60 parsonages and 216 Sunday schools in the conference. The committee on so cial reform and conference trustees submitted their reports to the confer ence. The conference adopted a recommen dation of the committee on superan uates -to; require all ministers to con tribute.:one per cent of their salaries to a fund for the benefit of the minis ters superanuated. During the afternoon seessioh, Dr. C. E. Forliness, of the denominational seminary at Westminster, Md., ad dressed the conference, urging the con tinuation of its support to the institu tion he represented. Dozen Citizens Will Face Judge Monday on Misdemeanor Cases in-Morehouse BASTROP, La., Nov. 3—The writing of another chapter of history of mob violence in Morehouse parish wrll begin in sixth district court here Monday when more than a dozen citizens of the parish face Judge Fred M. Odom for trial on misdeanor charges growing out of the activities of masked bands last year. The operations of the hooded men culminated August 24 with the kidnap ing of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard of Fer Rouge. Two mutilated bodies found in Lake La Fouche four months later were Identified as those of the missing. At the open hearing held here in Jan uary the state’s inquiry developed evi dence of deportations, flogging and other outrages which witnesses charg ed to a "vigilance committee” and for which Governor John M. Parker held the Ku Klux Klan responsilbe. A grand Jury investigation later failed to re-. 9ult in indictments and Attorney Gen eral Coco filed bills of information charging misdemeanors and felonies against 18 men. The misdemeanor cases go to trial Monday and the re action upon citizens o fthe pa-tsh will determine whether the felony cases will bejtrled here or go to another par ish on a change of vanue. Trial dates for the latter have not been set. Two days have been set fo rtlie trials of the cases. , . trinity Bests Elon In Football Contest GREENSBORO, Nov. 3.—Trinity de feated Elon here this afternoon in a football-game in which all the "breaks” went to' the team from Durham, by the score of 39 to 0. The high spots of 'Trinity’s playing were the interception of two ■ forward passes,-the blocking of a punt aiid its dpwping behind the enemy’s goal, the recov'ery of a fumble by Bulluck foe a -run of 70 yards and the end runs ana line plunges of Shipp and Bulluck. While the aerial game counted for two of the six touchdowns scored by Trinity, those came as the result of intercepted passes. Trinity's pwn passes werei off, ohly three of 11 being completed.- ■'»!*%- i Wlth the exception of the second'pe riod, when Trinity secured three touchdowns, Elon put'up an unrelent less fight. During the game Elon made 10 first downs from the, line of scrim mage to eight for Trinity. ' BRYAN IVOT IX RACE JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 3.—Wil iam Jfennings Bryan will not be a andidate ■ for governor of Florida but f tendered a position in the United States senate, “would be pleased to jonslder it in the light of larger op >ortunlties which. such a position vould present for service to my party ,nd the country at large.” ■ , '<■ Mr- Bryan made known his 'attitude n a letter to Frank Drew,- of Live Oak, vho had inquired whether be would accept .tbs gubernatorial candidacy INVESTIGATING ,1 ■ m . ... ;■ ' ■ 1 ” ■ , , 1 - Photo shows hearing of the senate sub-committee on conditions In the Veterans' bureau prior to its fast' re organisation. Colonel Charles R. Forbes, former director, shows at extreme left, has testified. Newspaper report ers are shown at right, and members of the committee at'the end of the long-table in center.- • JUDGE STACY ASKED TO TAKE LAW CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY Offer is Made at Close of Execu tive Session; Judge Thinks It Over RALEIGH, Nov. 3.—Associate . Jus tice W. P. Stacy of the North Caro lina supreme court today was offered the position of dean of the University of North Carolina law school, to' suc ceed the late Lucfus Polk McGehee, the offer being made at the conclusion of a meeting of the executive commit tee of the board of trustees called to select a successor to r. McGhee. Jus tice Stacy, after expressing his ap preciation of the offered asked that he be allowed a few days by t'he comtnlt tee to consider the matter.. The decision to invite Justice Stacy was said to be the only matter of business transacted by the executive committee: It was stated that "e" clsion was unanimous for him and that no other person was given considera tion for the position. At the con-> elusion of .the-meeting Justice Stacy was invited to the meeting where Governor Morrison, on behalf of the committee made known to„hiro the de cision of the committee. “This board, with remarkable unani mity,” he said in conclusion, “invites you to serve the state as dean of the law school I want to express-the very earnest hope, in sl^te of the hlshpct tion you. now hold,, that WH* - your w&y ■■ ftcccpt tltis p®**’ *iO*” ' Justice Stacy is the youngest mW ber of the supreme court and has dis tinguished himself in legal circles for his ability During the past two or three years he frequently has lectured to the law students at Carolina Abandoned Acreage Figured in Report WASHINGTON, Nov 3.-In fonea*t ig a cotton production of 10,248,001) ales for this year on the condition f the crop as of October 25, the de artment of argiculture. it was an ounced tonight, used a tentative esti iate of the acreage-abandoned, which f the department’s forecast of pro uction yesterday was followed by a ipld rise in the price of cotton. A statement supplementary to the otton report, issued today at the de artment of agriculture said: The average yield of 128.1 pounds of nt cotton per acre is ■ a computed gure derived by dividing^ the total jrecast production by the June ,25 es mate of preliminary acreage in culti atlon on tihat date. Since the acreage bandonipent figures are tentative, and ubject to revision on ecember 12, -hen the estimate of the percentage of creage abandoned has always been nnounced, the department has not ubllshed an estimate of the net har ested acreage for the 1923 crop. So Its Good Bye, Old Girl, You Won’t Be Back “Topsy,” the huge elephant may never again be brought toWUfnlngton with a circus, but even If she is not the depredations which she wrought while herwhtle here will never beJtoP* gotten, especially not by C. L. manager of the Eureka Dye worke-tb* plant <of which concern she almost wrecked ■ . Mr Myers states that he did not ented suit against thi Hagenback Wallace circus peopl® for $10,000, but merely for the actual damage done to the plant by the hUire. elephant when she was leading her trainers a wild chase all over town, - • In the trial In superior court here Friday the Eureka Dye works was awarded judgment Of approximately $600. -- ••'7 ■ '■ ,"v , -—-----■' HARVARD WISTS ONE CAMBRIDGE, MasSo Nov. 3.—TWO touchdowns', on* with kicked goal, and a goal from the field from-placement by McGlohe, gave Harvard a 16 to 0 victory over the Tufts eleven in the Harvard stadium today. Harvard's line was stronger : than ip previous games and her backs made two rushes of from 40 to 50 yards each. ^ BOOKS GOING TO BAUM. . CHICAGO, NoV. 3.—The Island of Gaum is to, have a public library es tablished by the junior Red Cross, co operating with the American .Library association here. ' An Initial, contribu tion of 400 books for children has been collected .and shipped' to .the governor of Guam. * Since few. of the .natives of Guam except the school children can read English, children’s books and a few elementary technical- hooks' are the chief need at present. - ENGLISH STATESMAN SAILS FOIL. EMPIRE; PLEASED WITH TOUR —* — ' Final Talk Touches on Repara tions Crisis; Hundreds Bid Hint Farewell NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—<By The Asso ciated Press).—David IJoyd-George, war premier of Great Britain, tonight was On his way home in a flower-filled suite on the Majestic, confident * that hie plea for the linking of, the United States and the British empire for world peace had been well received on his extended tour Of Canada and the United States. The stocky little Welshman sailed at midday with a final word on the reparations crisis. The effectiveness1 of Anglo-American co-operation, he repeated in the golfing phraseology of his last addreess at the. Metropolitan Opera House last night, depended upon whether America "followed through" the proposal of Secretary Hughes for an International'commission to settle the sums that the defeated allies could and should pay. France, he was confident, wodld heed the advice- of the United States and Britain regarding German reparations. "France would have been a vassal country but for your country and mine,” he said spiritedly. A crowd of several hundred was on the pieer to bid Mr. Lloyd-George fare well, after his month's visit of the new world. This police, who twice had foiled attempts of Irishyrepublicans in this city to insult th* former premier to his face, consider able -number to the^MS^* jestlc and no uptowgrd incident, oc-J curred. Mr: Moyo-.peorgfe sailed In complete ignorance OX the fact that a Hindu, a disciple of Ghandi, originator of the non-co-operation movement in India, had been removed from the liner. The Hindu was reported to have followed, the little Welshman on his tour and at one time to have been de- j tained by Canadian officials. Mr. Uoyd-George was sorry to leave. He had found'America "hospitable,”, its people “warm-hearted,” his voice broke a little; his gratitude was al most child-like. A delegation frpjii the Sulgrave In stitution, a body designed tp promote frindshlp among English-speaking peoples, presented Mr. Lloyd-George with an Insignia carrying honorary life membership. Another delegation from the American Bible society pre sented him- with a Welsh Bible, -In forming him the society had its Gene sis in Wales. Virginia Tech Rolls Wildly Over Clemson - -. i BLACKSBURG, Va., N6v. 3.—Vir ginia Teeh defeated Clemson here to day, 25 to 6. The visitors presented the fastest back field seen .on the local field in many years, started off with a driving offensive and ran ever a touch down in' the' opening period. Coming back strong in the second period, V. P. I. by driving over a touchdown in six plays went into the lead. Ruth erford added three more points with a drop kick. . j In the final period Tech crossed the] Carolinians’ goal twice more. L*ater Rutherford’s toe again proved good for .three points when he drop-kicked from i the 35-yard line. IMMIGRATION JAM WORST IN HISTORY, SAYS DEPARTMENT More Than jttyee Thousand Foreigners/Besiege Port of New York for Entry NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—More than 3,000 would-be immigrants, including I, 367 who came on the Leviathan, which arrived today from England, faced deportation, it was announced tonight by Commissioner of Immigra tion Curran, who said yearly quotas of several countries'had been exhausted. ' Quotas of 11 countries, including Great Britain, have been exhausted, (Commissioner Curran said he had been informed by telephone by Commis sioner General of Immigration Hue band, of Washington. Mr. Curran sqid he expected about 2,000 British sub jects would be sent back unless some of them, along with subjects of other ^countries, were allowed to enter under special rullngB. Russia also has exceeded her quota by 600, Mr.„ Curran said, while tne pther immigrants likely to be deport ed came from Greece, Egypt, Africa, Albania, Turkey, Palestine, Portugal, "other Europe” and “other Asia” under which several smaller nations afe list ed. More than 10,000 immigrants are on ships in the harbor awaiting exam ination at- Ellis Island, the conuWs* slongr J«ld. He characterised dux as one i>f the "wbrstTJa«?a,,' thtl; the department has ever faCdlt'' In an) dition to the 1,367 on the Leviathan’ there were' 623 on'the Majestic, 643 cn the'Belgian and 158-on the Cleveland and about 400 aliens on other vessels who were in 'excess of quotas. Most of the British were said to be on the Leviathan. ', Mayhew is Returned; • . Faces More Charges WINSTON-SALEM, Nov. 3—Four ad ditional ‘ warrants alleging' embezzle ment were served on Louis. Mayhew, Who had been missing from the city since October 21, upon his return here tonigl*t in. the custody of Policeman J. T. Coffey. Mayhew refused to make ‘ any statement relative to the charges when they were read to him Just before he was locked in the For syth county Jail. Mayhew stood silent while the war .rants were, being, served. But at the conclusion „ of the . reading he asked permission to sit down. His voice broke when he attempted to make it clear that he Was not prepared to make any statemeent. However, the return ing broker stated to newspaper men before being locked up that the auto mobile around which so much specula tion has clustered, had been stolen. He said that' he had known of this theft before his return. Mayhew was apprehended at Fair fax, Va., yesterday. He reef used to either admit or deny dispatches which alleged he had registered there as Mack Mayhew. When handed a copy of a local paper by a reporter, he said, “You known I was’ not living a life of ease with all this trouble on my mind.” Hear Gypsy Smith Today jnjp He Has Message for You Have foil heard Gypsy Smith? ~ : ;V If Pot, you have missed ap opportunity of hearing one of the greatest evangelists in America today. . Today is your last chance to hear him in -Wilmington for the present at least. * : ':V V . . He speaks twice today—ofice at 11 o’clock and again at 8. The Star urges every person who can possibly do so to hear/ Mr. Smith today. He brings a message that cannot-fail to arouse the test in any man. His sermons breathe the atmos phere of a vigorous, virile, religion that speaks for a better world. . .. .'' ■ •• * ' " ■ | Free will offerings will be taken at both services today, and ! The Star ufcges all who attend to make as‘liberal a donation as possible to the great work' being carried on by the evangelist. ‘ Only one other such offering has been taken sipce.?ilr. Smith’s arrival in Wilmington.- . ' • j. Those Who do not have an opportunity to contribute today may leave their donations at either the. Home Savings bank or the. Peoples Savings bank before noon Monday. '• . lie full text of Gypsy’s great sermon on ‘‘From Gypsy Tent to Pulpit” will be carried in fWl tomorrow in themail edi 1 tions for the benefit pf subscriber^who do not receive this spe 1 cfal sCryiee this morning. ; .V,-j ';V American Aid in Europe’s Tangles Reaches Its Crux; Outcome Now Seems Puzzle RESIDENTS REJOICE British Consul is Thanked; Songs and Lively* Time Is Had AIX LA CHAPELLE. No. 3—By the Associated Press).—The residents of Aix La Chapelle are celebrating their liberation from, separatist control, with its attendant riots. They sang British and German patriotic songs before the British consulate today as an expres sion'of thankfulness to the consul for his Intervention yesterday.: 'When the consul appeared in Rathajis square he (was hoisted on the shoulders of enthu siasts and carried through the streets by singing crowds. The more Serious minded took stock of the damage done td the publK buildings by. the fighting which occur red herd. They found many art'treas ures , damaged or ruined. The ancient painting of the Coronation of Charle magne in the Rathaus, where the cer emony took place, was pierced by 21 bullets. The centuries old furniture in the burgomaster’s office was wreck ed; famous frescoes by Alfred Bethel were riddled and rare books in the gov ernment building and ancient official documents were torn and water soaked, it was the intention of the separatists to reoccupy Aix La Chapelle. ISSUES COMMUNIQUE COBLENZ, Nov. 3.—(By the Associat ed Press).—Joseph Matthes, the sepa ratist leader, announced today in what he labeled an official communique, that "Wea re planning to retake Aix La Chapelle,’’ he said in his communique,' •’and within a few days our troops will be marching into the palatinate and other Of our forces will seize Es sen. Tl^Xt IS our answer to Belgium’s action- ' % Aix La Chapelle in disarm ing fis? , soldi era &nd bringing about out.i ii j-a.t. Arrest Fallows Report of Stolen Goods t'rom Catholic Church at Durham i : DURHAM, Nov. 3.—Thomas J. Dailey, giving his home address as Kansas City, Mo., and. John G. Cerpes, from South Bend, Ind., both 18 years of age, are being held by local officials pend ing a reply from a telegram sent by the ch'ef of police to Hamptoh Roads. They were arrested this m,orning after they had applied to Father William F. O’Brien, local Catholic priest, with the request that one. of the Catholic rites be-performed for them. Father O’Brien liad previously received word from Ral eigh regarding the boys, thought to be sailoTs, due tot heir wearing sailor uniforms, who were thought to be preying upon Catholic priests In sev eral Noyth Carolina towns. The police Were notified by the priest,, who left t#e boys in the church while he went dfit on a pretext to secure something heeded to administer the rite, but in fdality to notify the police. 'The police arrived and they were placed in custody. Word received here whs to the effect that the boys had presented themselves to the priests in Naw Bern, Goldsboro, and Raleigh with ,thb. same request made here. Church property was reported missing in New Beijrn and they admitted taking a small suin of money sit Goldsboro, and also a^bottle of wine and two packages of cigarettes. * Some of the plate from the chqrch in the latter place was report ed {hissing,, however. They stated they aret absent without leave from the navjy. *<5®NTRE DEFEATS KENTUCKY DANVILLE, Ky., Nov. 3.—Centre colMge Colonels dedicated, their new ( stadium, on Cheek' field, with a 10 to 0 victory over the University of Ken tucky eleven here .this afternoon. Fif teen > thousand' persohs, the largest cro’fcd ever to witness, an .intercolle giate, gridiron clash in Kentucky, brayed a steady downpour of rain to see 'the game. * - ■> ♦ ;• General Llayd-George sails for home amidst touching farewell. ; . Residents of All La Chapelle cele brate /release from separatist's. American -aid for Europe’s, repara tions Mangle is at standstill. ~ Bastrop mob .violence cases again .come Into the limelight. ‘ **. State . Ruth Ripney is killed and seven are ’injured in Alamance auto crash. , Beaiffort county town will have change of postmaster after 54 years. Justice Stacy, of state supreme court,, is offered university law chair.' Two'5youths are held . at Durham <m complaint of Catholic priest. Methpdist Protestant/meeting votes $10,00<jTto Jap quake aid. Local ■; •' ■ i f Red Cross prepares for roll call. Carolina liner carries cotton to Eu rope; f - Rey.iJ, E.. W. Cook accepts Green ville cfc " ' ■ ' ' . 1 Otis W- papps dies,. - * 'V —’ i Relationship Between London and Paris Furnish Latest , • Developments in Case -1; OFFICIALS HELPLESS; CAN ONLY LOOK ON America Still Stands on Free and Open Inquiry of Ger- ■ , many’s Ability ■ * WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—The latest move to enlist American aid In solving , the reparations puzle, which began so auspiciously, now has come to a stage where those who sponsored It most : staunchly, are extremely uncertain cf the outcome. , Like every other recent effort to bring American influence to bear to heal the war *wounds of Europe, the ’ new plan for an expert committee of in-,*., quiry has become entangled in the ,de liqgtely adjusted net-work of relation- . ships ■ between London and Paris, and (n such a manner that the American ' government cannot at the moment take any step to extricate It. , Still la Hope There still is- hope that In the end a workable plan will emerge from the ai-: most hourly exchanges that appear to be passing between the British and French capitals, and about which Ame- ’ rlcan officials hve but a sketchy and inconclusive knowledge. Such advices - as reached the state department today did nothing to encourage confidence In a satisfactory outcome however, and news dispatches from aboard likewise were accepted as adding little to what had gone before. In the circumstances officials re peated that 'they were helpless to do . more than look on from a distance and await the result. The views of the United States are well known to both" /> London and Paris and If they are dis regarded in the diplomaaio formula finnally worked out President Coo lidge and his advisers believe that noha ■ of the blame for fallure of the plan can , rest on Washington. From the: very first this government hps insisted that a full and free Inquiry Into the"capa city of'Germany to pay' her repart ions ■' bill must be permitted If any real re sults are tp be; accomplished and that f any restrictions like those apprent ly favored by France are to concum scrlbe' the-investigation, It scarcely will'be worth while. Issue Seems Clear So clearly has , this principle . been : enunciated in authoritative utterances both from the white house and the state department during the past 24 hours, ;hhd^ai\*tecidlk.:ba8 it bssen .set InftH^al.qouvefsa present rvqs, that’ officials were spirte? what surprised -today to learn Ithat Premier Poincare had hnded a new note ,to British ambassador in Paris, reiter ating his position in favor of a restric ted Investigation only. It had not been felt Heye that a reiteration of the French viewpoint was heeded, Inas much as the French premierhereto fore alredy has been very specific In laying down the limitations. he waits to attach to the functions of the pro posed expert committee. In informing Great Britain that he will not vest the committee with pow ers violative of the Versailles treaty. M. Poincare likewise has repeated an axiom of French policy thoroughly un- ' derstood both in Washington and Lon don. No one here desires to take away any of the-treaty, rights of France*And no one has supposed that the findings of the experts would be In any sense r binding until all the.interested govern- - ment sad on their volition accepted them. But that is not regarded by Ame rlcan officials as a, valid - reason why the new committee for "purposes of in-' vestigationly, should not' be tflven an opportunity to survey the whole field of; conditions bearing oh the . repara- ' tlons controversy, unhampered by such restrictions -as' might prevent It . from arriving at more than half truths., ' Fear of Shortage ' Keeps Cotton Up ’ < ' . NEW YORK, Nov 3.—rThe excitement and strength which characterised yes terday's cotton 'market-were in evl- .« dence again at the opeiiing today when , prices on all- active deliveries showed ' advances of JO-to 65 points due to a renewal of mill buying1 and outside suppjort through' commission houses. * Pear of a widespread -cotton shbrtage -■■■• hid spread throughout the domestic' and foreign cottori trades over night and resulted * in heavy accumulation Of contracts. •- -- The demand; sent the January de livery to' 32.18;, March to, 32.33 and May 32.36; representing' 58 to,70 points neJT advawce or'fiilly 81360 a bale- tip In'two days and at a new high level for the season. . The south sold’a good deal of cottdn at the advance, however, checking further, rise and in the last ’ hour\ rather sharp reactions occurred, . which left the market Anally resettled and generally 10 to-38, points higher. MINISTER ARRESTED FOR. KID NAPING _ ... PORT SMITH; Ark., Nov, 3.—A min ister1 named Corey, and-his son. were arrested .late today by Sheriff Allen, of Scott, .county, on a warrant, charging them* with the kidnaping'of little, Pearl Turner, three-year-old daughter Of Lem Turner, mountaineer; who. has beeir 'missing for more than • two Weeks.-’ . ' - - - ■- j j. The warrants : Were sworn -out by Chalmers Ferguson,' mountaineer her ihit, who claims to have seen the child In- the-custody-of. the minister and JUa son. & V. REID PASSES ON , - V LENOIR, Nov. 3.—E. F. Reid, ag6d 65, division freight and .'•passenger agent of the Carolina and Northwest ern railway, died here tonight,' follow ing an'illdess of several. da^S, He had heeen in the, railroad'servlce Sl'years. Funeral serftcds will be - held here Monday morning.”* , ■bl
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