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HORT NOTE8 OF INTEREST TO
r CAROLINIAN8.
Wlnton-Salem. Dr. C. N. SlBk, t
bUto of Burke county, but who baa
bean practicing' his profession In
Georgia (or a few years, has been
elected county physician. . ; '
- Reldsvllle. The Body of Lester
Stone, of Schoolfleld, Va., who was
hoi nd killed by police officers four
miles from this city, has been sent to
his parents for burial.
fiickory. An action for"i5,000 dam
Ages has Jjeen instituted in Catawba
superior court by Alex Cook for Inju
ries inflicted Sunday afternoon,. No
ember 14, 1920, when he was shot
with a pistol by Deputy Sheriff Ray
mond Hubs. .'
Ashevllle. Congressman Zebulon
WTer will be requested to introduce
a bill In congress at the earlieBt pos
sible date for an appropriation, of at
lelt $200,000 for the erection of a
poetoftlce and federal building in
Asherille.
OoMflboro. While drlyingthrough
the country near Goldsboro an auto
saoblle occupied by Dr. J. W. Smith
wick, Leon Fields and John Rouse,
was fired upon by highwaymen, in an
nnsnecessfnl attempt to hold up the
occtojnnts of the car. The weapons
jftsed were shotguns, some 200. shots
striking the automobile.
Ashevllle. Scott Dillingham re
nains in the county jail here, unable
to ' adjust aa action brought by a
Greenville firm, charging larceny of
an automobile, although he has made
bonds aggregating 18,600 through
relatives and friends, on all criminal
actions pending in this state. .
Durham. One of the regional con
. ferencea on the country churnh which
have been arranged by the Homo mis
( skm board of the Methodist church,
' $outa, will be held at Trinity college
n June In connection wtt'x tho sum
mer school for -preachers, which be
gins June 7 and ends June 16
New Bern When Sam Elliott, a pros
perous. James City negro, returned to
this tome from church, he found a note
left by a member of the burglar rarg
bearing this message: "Your rafe
Is too heavy for two men to carry. We
in come back tor it later." His home
had been visited while he wn nt the
Church. Neighbors had seen two
white men visit the place during that
time, but thought nothing of It.
Ashevllle. Plans for the transform
ation of the site of the United States
women's training corps camp, attend
ed by over 600 women from all sec
tions of the country last summer and
commanded by Susanna Cocroft, into
a recreational park and automobile
.camping, ground by the city, which
owns the site, are being prepared by
: the chamber of commerce here, and
approval, of the man for the abandon
ment of the women's camp wil of
ficially come before the board.
Charlotte. Two wbJte convicts,
Pred Torrence, up for cr breaking,
and Elbert Lewis, alias Elliott Ar
mond, serving time tor breaking into
. a Dilworth -durg store and the Shu
- Fixery, who escaped from McLaughlin
camp, in the northern part of the
county, are reported to be still at
large,
.Wilson. Henry E. Thompson, of
Stantonsburg, near here, lay I" claim to
having one of the choicest bottles of
Moonshine liquor in the world. Mr.
Thompson Is the proud possessor ot
one quart of apple brandy distilled in
dgecomb county, N. C, In the sum
mer of 17T0. The whiskey has been
in the Thompson and Snuggs facii(na
for more than 150 years, Mr. Thomp
son' having had tho brandy more than
SI years.
Klnston. Though two policemen
aw Claude Rtvenbark fall dead on
Qneen street here, a bullet hole in his
head, and another heard the report
and saw the-flash, the police depart
ment was completely tolled, after an
4ll day search for a clue to the mur
derer or a motive for the crime.
Hickory. Nearly 90,000. packages
are1 handled 'by the local express of-
"Bee in a year and over one million
dollars in businews Is done by tho
Southern and Carolina' - and North
Western railroads,' while postal re-
, "telpts last year amounted to $36,131.
M, an increase ot JU90.28 over the
previous year or IB per cent. Hick
ory's population, without enlarging
,, the boundaries, Increased, 86 per cent
ta the ten-year period covered by the
mat census, and last yesr inside the
city limits a total of 144 white chil
dren were born. v .
IP SCRAPPING ,
i IS BIG PROBLEM
AWAITING WORD FROM
CONCERNING ARTICLE ON
- - FORTIFICATIONS
SOME PROGRESS BEING!
The American Delegates Regard Other
Issues Than the Ship Problem at
of Great Importance.
Washington. The "big five" powers
made further progress in their final
revision of the naval treaty but en
countered a difference ot opinion when
they came to lay down rules for the
scrapping of the . proscribed battle
ships. For the American delegation, it was
proposed that the surplus vessels be
rendered entirely useless France
readily supported that view, with It
aly Indicating a similar attitude. Great
Britain and Japan withheld assent,
however, the suggestion being made
that. the dismantled ships might be
used. as harbor guards or training ves
sels. When the five delegation heads ad
journed after several hours of debate
the question remained unsettled and
will be taken up again. During their
two sessions, however, they had com
pleted approval of the first of the
treaty annexes, embodying a replace
ment chart, and they expressed hope
that all of the five annexes might be
disposed of.
' Except tor the article dealing with
Pacific fortifications, all of the text
of the treaty proper already had been
virtually approved, and should Tokio's
reply on the fortifications provision
be received in time a plenary session
for public discussion of the completed
treaty may be held. The Japanese in
dicated that they expected to receive
the awaited messago from their capital
soon.
Indications that an agreement will
not be difficult were supported by a
declaration of a' Japanese spokesman
that he saw no objection to Including
Bonin Island and the Oshlma grout
in the "BtatuH quo" agreement on for
tlficationB. It is said to have been
over these islands that the issue now
ruferred to Tokio arose.
Meantime,, also, some members oi
the various delegations began to laj
their plans for resumption of the
general far eastern negotiations.
which will follow completion ot the
naval treaty. For the. Japanese it
was predicted that the Chinese plea
for consideration of the "twenty-one
demands" would be quickly ruled out
by the far eastern committee, a view
that seemed to be supported by Amer
lean official opinion despite a minor
ity effort in the American advisory
committee to instruct the delegation
to support China's request.
There was Increasing evidence
however, that the American delega
tes regard settlement of other pend
ing Chinese questions as of great im
portance, and that actual signing of
the naval treaty is also ready tfoi
approval. It has been the American
position that the two subjects are not
Interdependent, but U is known thai
Certain advisers have strongly urged
conclusion of the two pacts simulta
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Request Another $50,000,000.
Washington. An appropriation of
550,000,000 for settlement of claims
was requested of congress by the
shlnninR board. This amount is need
ed In addition to $50,000,000 already
sought by the board for expenses dur-
inir the coming fiscal year, a comma
nlcatlon forwarded to Speaker Gillett
by President Harding from the bud
get bureau stated.
Tariff Protection Favored.
Washington. President Harding il
said to have told a delegation repre
senting the Southern Tariff associa
tion, calling at the White House, that
he favored a tariff that gave the same
protection to the South that is given
to the North and the same protection
to the roan who toils in the field as is
given to the man who works In a fac
tory.
Transoort Out of Danger.
New York. Threatened by heavy
northweRt eales which weather ou
reau officials predicted would sweep
the North Atlantic coast, the army
transport Crook, making eleven knots
an hour under temporary repairs, was
striving to reach the lee ot the shore
in a race against- the Impending dan
gr. The vessel, bringing back 842
A. E. F. men from Germany sprung a
leak off the New Foundland banks
in heavy weather, but a' late radio
said danger had passed and all was
TOKIO
well. '
0 SETILE
BLEU
PROJECT
WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
LOOK FORWARD TQ AN
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
WEEKS TO CONFER WITH FORD
To See Wilmington Man as 8oon as
Approaching Conference With
Ford Is Concluded.
Washington. War department of
ficials look forward to an early con
clusion of the negotiations they have
been conducting with private interests
for the lease, purchase and operation
ot the government's nitrate and water-
power projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala.,
or a decision for their retention by
the government in the event none of
the proposals received Is found- ac
ceptable to the department or to con
gress. The visit of Henry Ford scheduled
for the latter part of this week, it
was said, probably would lead Sec
retary Weeks to take definite action
at an early date on the proposal
submitted by the Detroit manufac
turer. Whether the secretary would
decide to recommend its acceptance
to congress to satisfy himself with
submitting a report to that body
merely reciting the facts ot the case
and leaving congress to decide tor it
self on the question ot acceptance or
rejection was said to depend largely
upon the answers. Mr. Ford would
give to the questions Mr. Weeks will
ask him,
The war department has prepared
a questionnaire, which in the opinion
of some officials will lead to quick
action by the secretary when Mr. Ford
arrives. The questions are described
as being pointed, with the intention
of bringing the negotiations to an end
and without delay and designed to
bring the parties concerned to thor
ough understanding of their positions
Former Senator Marion Butler, ol
North Carolina was Informed that Mr
; Weeks would confer with Frederick
'Engstrum, president of the Newport
Shipbuilding company, of Wilmington
'N. C, as Boon as the approaching con
ferences with Mr. Ford was concluded
iMr. Butler also presented a letter tc
the secretary by which Mr. Engstrua
-formally agreed to lease and operate
the Muscle Shoals plants for the man
ufacturo of commercial nitrates undei
the proposal submitted by his com
pany. The construction part of the
proposal made by Mr. Engatrum, h
said, was incidental to the manufac
ture of commercial nitrates
F. C. Hitchcock, vice-president ol
the Construction Company of North
America, also announced that hie
company would formally offer a plan
to the secretary which would contain
a provision for the manufacture ol
fertilizers in the event the concern
was permitted to bring the plante
to a final stage of completion. Re
vision of the original plan proposed
by the construction company, it wai
,sald, was being made by Its engj
,neers in California and probably
.would be completed within a week.
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Airplane Will Aid In Search.
St. Paul, Minn. Use of a National
Guard airplane to aid in the search
for James Maher, county commission
er of Cook county, missing for 14 daye
and believed to be lost on Lake Sup
rlor, has been authorized by Governoi
J. A. O. Preus. Tugboats ' to scoul
around the numerous small Islands 1b
Thunder bay, where It is thought Ma
her may be, also were authorized by
the governor.
Maher left Grand Portage on Decem
ber 27 for Port Arthur, Ontario. He
was last heard of at Cloud Bay.
Blackstone Institute Burned.
Richmond, Va. Blackstone Female
Institute, at Blackstone, Va., was total
ly destroyed by fire, entailing a lost
of 1175,000, according to information
reaching Richmond.
Members of the faculty, board ol
trustees and student body lost virtual
ly all their clothing and other per
sonal property. There was no loss
of life.
Five Drink Poisonous Liquor.
Hoboken, N. J. Five men died
from drinking poisonous liquor, the
authorities believe the liquor had been
obtained from sailors on an Incoming
steamship.
The police believe that James 8bee
by,, a longshoreman, who died in Jer
sey City Saturday from drinking
poisonous liquor, obtained it from the
same sailors who sold It to the other
vlcttms. ;
The police started to search piers
and steamships here In an effort to
prevent further, sales. .
LOVE FOR
Mill ML
WILL TELL CHILDREN VARIOUS
WAYS OF SHOWING RESPECT
0 THE FLAG.
TO CO-OPERATE 4YITH LEGION
Executive Committee of American Le
gion Will Hold Meeting InGreen
' ville on January 18.
jtaleigh.
American legion officials ot the
state are elated over information im
parted to them by Dr. E. C. Brooks
that the department of- education will
add a chapter on the American flag to
the text book on civil government
taught in the North Carolina public
schools.
State Commander Tom Byrd) of
Ashevllle, was in Raleigh, and he and
Adjutant Cale K. Burgess discussed
with Dr. Brooks plans for Ae addi
tion of this qhapter. The state super
intendent of education informed the
officials that this chapter would be
inserted. It will tell the children of
the state the various ways of showing
respect to the flag and of the signifi
cance of the banner.
Commander Byrd came to Raleigh
tor a visit to state headquarters and
to confer with American legion offi
cials. Plans for the membership drive
received attention at a meeting of the
legionaires and further plans for the
campaign will be taken up in detail at
a meeting of the executive committee
in Greenville on January) 18.
The commander and Adjutant Bur
gess also visited Governor Morrison
and talked over legion plans with
him. The governor is a strong friend
of the legion and Is interested In its
undertakings in behalf of the state.
The legion executive committee,
rwhich will meet In Greenville, Is as
follows:
Commander Byrd, J. R. Hollls," Wil
mington; Adjutant Burgess, Chaplain
T. G. Vlckers, Ayden; Historian Rob
ert S. McNeill, Fayetteville; Dr. O. O.
Dixon, Ayden; R. T. Allen, Kinston;
Tom C. Daniels, New Bern; Daniel W.
Terry, Raleigh; Robert E. Denny,
Greensboro; Huhert T. Prosser, Ham
let; Thomas B. Marsh, Jr., Salisbury;
S. S. Chandy. Marshall; J. Will
Pless, Jr., r ;.ion; Dr. Paul Ringer,
Ashevllle, chairman of the hospitaliza
tion committee; R. G. Cherry, Gasto
nia, chairman of the Americanization
committee, and Don S. Ellas, of Ashe
vllle, chairman of the legislative com
mittee. Highway Officials Make Tour.
Frank Page, chairman of the North
Carolina State Highway Commission,
Sfate Highway Engineer TJpham, Con
struction Engineer Gardner and Main
tenance Engineers Miller, McDaniels
nd Clingman were visitors in Wash
Ington a few days last week. They
were on their way to Hyde county
where they reviewed a road project.
They were joined in Washington by
Frank C. Kugler, chairman of the
Beaufort county road commission,
who accompanied them to Hyde. While
on this trip the engineers inspected
the hard surface roads built out of
Washington and Belhaven, and which
form a part of the State highway sys
tem. The entire road from Washlpg
ton to Leechvllle was taken over by
the Stater several months ago.
The party returned to Washington
and Inspected the hard surface road
now being built from Washington to
wards Wllliamston. Four and a half
miles of this road has been complet
ed and part of same Is now open to
traffic. The visltors stated that Beau
fort county has made more progress
In the construction of hard surface
roads than any county east of Greens
boro except Lenoir, which had two
and a half times more money to spend
and whose area is about the size of
Chocowlnlty township.
Chairman for Cabarrus County.
Rev. J. F. Armstrong, .of Concord,
has been appointed chairman, for Ca
barruft-rounty for the near east relief
for 1922, according to an announce
ment by Col. George H. Bellamy, state
chairman.
Conference at Raleigh.
District Attorney Tuckerind State
Prohibition Director Kohloss confer
red here on the Hiatus ot "the Mes
senger of Peace," British liquor-laden
schooner, and Us cargojf wet goods,
now in the customs house in Wilming
ton. The officials are gathering evi
dence against the ship's captain and
owner and a strong case is being
worked up against them, they Bald.
Both refuse to consider the claim
of the captain that the boat was forc
ed into port in distress.
PREMIER Ii0'?
RES OFFICE
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AS -SURPRISE . TO CABINET
WHICH SUPPORTED HIM.
CAUSED EXCITEO DISCUSSION
In the Course of His 8peech Brland
Said United States Would Par
tlclpate In Genoa Conference.
Paris. President Millerand accept
ed the resignation of Premier Brland
and bis entire cabinet and indicated
he would not aek anyone to form a
new ministry for a day or two. Min
ister of War Barthou and former Presi
dent Polncalre were mentioned nroia
inently in parliamentary lobbies us
likely candidates for the tack of form
ing a new government.
Premier Briand. submitted his resig
nation to President Millerand at the
E(y8ee Palace after making a lengtby
statement before the chamber of depu
ties justifying his attitude at the Can
nes conference.
M. Briand's intention to resign was
uunounced to the chamber at the close
of his hour's speech. The announce
ment came as an entire surpriseYas
he had apparently won the sympathy
of the chamber. His colleagues of the
cabinet were filled with amazement
at his Budden determination. M
Briand, after making his announce
ment, left the chamber alone. The
members of the cabinet followed as
soon as they had recovered from their
surprise.
Groups of deputies and government,
officials Speedily gathered in excited
discussion of the seriousness of the
situation, seeking a way out of the
difficulties. -
Premier Briand put the Anglo
French pact, tho question of postpone
ment of Germany's reparations pay
ments and French participation In the
Genoa conferenco squi 'ely up to' the
chamber of deputies, telling the depu
ties In the bluntest termj) to take them
or leave them.
The premier first presented the
question of the British pact.'
"You have been complaining foi
three years," ha said, "of not being
called upon to share in shaping
French politics. I am bringing you
what you have bneo demanding foi
three years and it is up to you to
say whether you want it or not."
Premier Briand, in the course of he
speech, 'said the. United States had
agreed to participate in the Genoa
conference.
"As far as I am concernod,' he con
tinued, "I am merely making these ex
planations to you and.do not ask youi
approval or refusal. Here is France'e
security. Take it or leave It."
The premier next turned to the sub
Ject of the Genoa conference.
"It Is inadmissible," be said, "that
France should be absent from this con
ference, which is purely financial and
economic, especially when such-n
powerful financial and economic state
as the United States, without whose
co-operation work is Impossible, bae
agreed to participate."
Means End to Genoa Conference.
Washington. In the absence of sig
nificant developments In the local con
ference, attention was concentrated
upon the surprising events in Paris
The resignation of M. Briand did not
come as a surprise; Indeed, It was ex
pocted when the French promier left
this city a month ago. But what war
recognized on all sides was that the
retirement ot M. Brland would mean
an end to tho Genoa eonftvonro and
perhaps all hope of American northI
patlon In European reconstruction foi
a considerable length 'of time.
Conference at Cannes Adjourns.
Cannes. The allied supreme council
adjourned indefinitely after receipt of
ifews of the resignation ot the Briand
cabinet.
Adjournment was taken after Wal
ter Rathenau, the German financial ex
port,, had finished his addressiog the
council, and no action or comment
was made upon his remarks concern
ing Germany's default at her January
reparations payment.
Great Undertaking by Ford.
Detroit. Mich The Muscle Shoals
plan of Henry Ford contemplates one
of the greatest undertakings in the hlR
tory of industrial America and it the
Detroit manufacturer obtains poises
''Ion of the project in Alabama be ill
take Immediate steps to make that
nnrt of the South one of the industrial
centers of the country; the Associated
Press learned. His plan, It became
known. Includes development ot tho
property as a model to be extended
eventually to many other parts of the
country. " " " "
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smtiG ISSUE
CONFERENCE HOPES TO DISPOSE
OP THIS PROBLEM AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
KEY TO FUR EAST QUESTIONS
Naval Treaty Completed and Method
of 8crapping Ships Is Settled
, Apparently Satisfactorily.
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Washington. With the naval treaty
virtually completed, the arms delft
gates are preparing to turn tho con
ference spotlight on Shantung, ap
parently In the hope that a settlement
of that controversy may make it eas
ier to go ahead with other troublo
some problems of the far easL
It now is the expectation in con
ference circles that during the next -tew
days, and probably until a de- t
clslon is reached, the Shantung
negotiations will have right of way
while discussions ot other tar east
ern subjects remain at a standstill
So far the Shantung exchanges
have taken place between - the
Japanese and Chinese alone, with
American and British observers
present, but the next phase of - the
conference program is expected at
least to concentrate upon the prob
lem the friendly Interest of all the
governments represented here.'
. At their meeting the Japanese and
Chinese groups reached an agreement
for opening up the entire Kloa-Chow
leased teritory to foreign trade and
they are to take, up others of the .
collateral questions Involved in re
storation of the leasehold to China.
In the naval negotiations only a
few "details, considered more or less
perfunctory, remain to be arranged.
An agreement has been reached re
garding methods of scrapping, under
which discarded battleships may be
converted In some cases Into airplane
carriers and training ships, and a
final settlement relating to Pacific for
tiflcations awaits a reply expected.
(from Tokio. '
It present plans develop, the final'
'draft of the naval treaty will be laid'
before the full naval committee this
week and will be publicly announced
at a plenary session of the conference
a tew dayB later.
Federal Authorities Hold Liquor Ship,
Washington. Disposition of the
British schooner, Message of Peace,
held at Wilmington, N. .&, Is appar
ently In the hands of federal officials
in North Carolina, It was Indicated at
the justice department.
The ' Message of Peace was seized
with a cargo of liquor off the North
Carolina coast by the coast guard ser
vice. Federal Prohibition Director Koh
loss of North Carolina has confer-"
hed here with prohibition headquar
ters and the justice department on
the case, but officials declined to
comment on future proceedings.
At the justice department It was
said that no statement regarding Mr.
Kohloss' conference nor the disposi
tion of the British vessel would be
made, but that developments In the
case would be expected from the fed
eral authorities in North Carolina. -
Prohibition' Commissioner Haynes
said that he merely discussed the
case of the Message of Peace with
Mr. Kohloss before the letter's con
ference with the justice department tit
flctals and that Mr. Kohloss had re
turned to North Carolina without ae-
qualnting him ot the results ot bis
talk at the Justice department
Newspaper Man In Paris Prison.
.Paris. Thomas Stewart Ryan, of
the Paris staff of the Chicago Tribune,
firmly protesting his Innocence, was
being . held, in Santa prison In coll
ection with the serious illness of his
wife, due, it is alleged, to the taking
of poison tablets while in Mr. Ryan's
room at a hotel here. Mrs. Ryan Is
a California woman.' She is a vtolin-i-
Ist and Is known professionally as
Miss Audrey Creighton. She ts In the
American hospital, where the physi
cians held out little hope for her re
covery.
Four Killed by Cave-In.
Scranton, Pa. Four men are known
to have been killed, several others
are believed to be dead and an un
known number of mine workers are
entombed as the result of a cave-In
m the National mine of the Glen Al-
den Coal company In Mlnooka. tut) J
across the southern boundary. lino of i 'l j
the cttv. Miners who escaned said the i
number of men believed .to be behind jt J
1 the barrier is about twenty. : Thftrn.i',.
was no confirmation ot a report that 1 j i
nearly 50 men were -eeugbfc -f1"Bl"- - j
pany has given-out no IntoraaSSaa4' -
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