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0 MIU NEW WEATHER If You Want All I ho A'ews About Businest Read the Ad Daily Fair had Col Today, Fair Friday. VOL. XXV. NO. 115 BNTmra) seninu ms mattm AT rUSTOtTlCK. OHKKNSSOIIO, N. c. GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1921 DAILY AND KI'TOAT, 19.(10 r THAI DAILY ONLY, IT OU m YKAS PRICE FIVE CENTS .OREENSBOR Lloyd George Says Britain's .v Heart In Conference. POPE ASSERTS SUPPORT American Delegation and Ad visory Committee Discuss. , Policy In General Way. VISITORS TO MEET TODAY Conferral Will Be Held Br Nearly : All Faretga Delcgagra -Develoa-. menta 8 Far From Confer . aacea Are Under Sarfaee. (Bj AaoeUUd Trm.) Washington, Not. While the del egates of the power were quietly at work today perfecting- their plana for tha armament conference, cheering assurances of support for the purpoee of the negotiation! reached Washing ton from two Important quarter! ef the old world. David Lloyd George, the British pre- mler, In a meuage expressing regret that he could not attend the opening session on Saturday, declared the heart of Great Britain was "deeply aet upon the success of the conference," ' and promised the diligent effort! of the United Kingdom toward a solution of the problem of armaments. -- At the same time It became known throughout unofficial channels that Pope Benedict had given his approval to the purposes set for the conference and might pronounce the official sane tion of the holy see at the consistory of 'November 21. He has prepared to maltain close contact with the. negotia tions as they develop. The certainty of support by two such powerful forces struck a note of en couragement In all the delegations as they conferred among themselves on the work ahead. For the most part -these conferences- produced no eurfaoe developments of Importance although they brouirht. tflietfcftr.ior-.lbeMrt lime ine tun memDersnip oi tne Amor lean delegation aud Its advisory com mittee and gave the representatives of the other powers, - occupied hitherto with a succession of ceremonial visits. . a breathing space in which to review their plans In the light of their ex pcrlences on American soli. . The meeting of the American big four and the advisory committee of 21 was little more than a preliminary get-together. The policies to be foster ed by this government in the confer ence were laid before the committee . members In the most general way, de talis of the naval reduction program worked out by the delegates being withheld until a permanent oommlttee , organisation Is effected. Former Senatorm George Sutherland of Utah was formally chosen chairman of the advisory body but further or ganisation details were left In tha hands of a special committee of six whioh will, report at another meeting tomorrow. Mr. Sutherland was placed at the head of the special committee, whose other members are Samuel Qompers, Hear Admiral William L. Rodger, Wll lard Saulsbury, Henry P. Fletcher and Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan. Organ isation of a number of sub-committees to deal with particular problems is expected to be Included In the recom mondatlons submitted at tomorrow's meeting. Further conferences are to be held tomorrow by nearly all the foreign delegations as well, although all of them will pause at some time during the day to pay homage to the unknown American soldier dead. A particularly elaborate tribute is to be bestowed by the British delegation which will . make a eeretnnnln I nlln-linntr. tn thm oapltol to lay a wreath on the bier, Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British delegates, pending the arrival of Lloyd George, Is expected to reach Washing ton In time to take part In this cere mony, NINTH VIHI.IMA IMMTIIKT GOHS ft 4 FKL Y DEMOCRATIC Richmond, Va Nov. 9. The ninth district, erstwhile Republican strong hold has gone Democratic for the first time In 20 years, according to unofficial figures from all but two of the 13 coun ties In the district, compiled by the Ttmes-Dtspatcn tonight. The coun ties In the ninth district that returned targe majorities for E. Lee Trlnkle o Wytlio, tha successful Democratic can dltlate In yesterday's gubernatorial election, nre Lee, Rcott, wise, Dicker son. Buchanan, Washington, Smyth Taiewell, Wythe, Pulaski and Glle: and the city of Bristol. When com plete returns are In, It Is believed that the remaining two counties, Russell and Bland, will ' be , found to have swung Into the Democratic column, th Tlmea-Dlspatch declared. WORKKHK It HOMK NTH I KB WHEN TUB FASCIST! MEET Home, Nov. 8. (By Associated Press) Rome tonight la completely Isolated by reason of a general strike called today by the chamber of labor because of dlfforenceii between the railway workers and the fascist!, who are hold Ing a convention In Rome. No train are arriving or leaving the city and partial darkness prevails. Some of the workmen's organtza tlons at meetings this evening voted In favor of a continuance of the strike Until all the fasclstl attending the con ventlon leave Rome. "How will they leave If no trains are running?" asked one of the leaders. "Let them arrange that, wag the reply. , MINERS' l AWYl-HH OPI'OSlj ANOTHF.lt IMJUMiTIOIT PLAN Indianapolis, Nov. 9-. Counsel for the United Mine Workers of America left here tonight for Charleston, W. Va., to oppose Issuance by the federal court there of a temporary Injunction to be asked tomorrow by the union of the Borderland Coal corporation, which re cently won a decision made by Judge A. B. AnderBOn In the federal court here that threatened to provoke a na tlonwide strike of soft coal miners. - MAHtl- A NOTHHH ATTKMPT TO END NEW YORK MILK STRIKE New York, Nov. , At the augge tion of leaders of New York's 11,000 ' Idle milk wagon drivers and platform men. Health Commissioner Copeland ' will make another attempt tomorrow to bring the strikers and the milk companies together. . ' Nearly 200 wagons were sent ' to street corners today by the big com panlee to peddle milk. Police protect - ed the wagons. TESTIFIES KILLER SAID THAT ... v HOME WAS BEING WRECKED Talbotton, Oa., Nov. f. John H. Mc lichee, a witness today at the prelim Inarr hearing of MaJ. Lee H. Coart, charged with the murder of A. B. Mc Niece, county school superintendent declared that Major Onart bad told him that McNIuce was wivuklng his home, DISARM OR PERISH IS VIEW OF LLOYD GEORGE Amerlraa Caafereauv Holds Fatara Of ClvUlaatiaa. Ha Haya la Optlmlstte Over Irlak Bltaatlea. London, Nov. 9 (By Associated Press) The lord mayor's banquet this evening assumed more than national Importance when he prime minister, replying to the mayor's toast to the cabinet ministers,' followed the cus tom of sueh gatherings at the historic gulldhatrof speaking his mind regard ing foreign affairs. The tradition has been that the prime minister must touch only on foreign policies In his annual guild hall speech, but In response to the lord mayor's suggestion that the gueets anxiously awaited news of the Irish conference, Mr. Lloyd George quickly expanded the statement, made early in his speech that "the Washington con ference la like a rainbow In the sky," and then . passed to the question of Ireland, ' Ha declaaed that there was a better prospect of Great Britain's proposals to Ireland being heeded today and of Ireland accepting the Invitation to en ter the British commonwealth as an equal than for years, but that the conference still was In a critical stage. Beyond .this he carefully refrained from divulging tha results or the pos sibilities of the conferences whioh are now being held with the Irish -representatives. -. In bis opening remarks, the premier alluded to the economlo troubles af flicting the world, such as followed the Napoleonic wars. He expressed the conviction that ,. the force of the cyclone was already spent, and follow ed with a recital of numerous symp toms Indicating that a revival was coming, particularly the fact that "In every land the slackness that seemed to overcome labor lg passing away." "The world Is settling down to work," said Mr. Lloyd George, "and It Is work alone that will fill the tills which will enable purchasers to come to the markets. The blue sky Is be ginning, to emerge; the Washington conference summoned by President Harding, is like a rainbow In the sky. For, without the assurance of peace, restoration of business Is Impossible. This conference comes none too soon. The war has not had the effects which every sane man anticipated from I.C)jiJxesil3tJL6orSWth,iltrma,, men is. , 'Man is the most unteachable of all animals. . If you Inflict punishment upon any other animal he quickly learns the lesson. But, take the late war; it was the most terribly destruc tive In the history of the world. For that devastation competition In arms Is largely responsible. That lesson was scourged deep into the flesh of the world, and yet no sooner are we out of It than the nations spend their sub stance In devising fresh engines for war;, fresh subjects spring up every where to Justify war. You might Imagine that the one purpose and glory of national organisation was human slaughter. "Armaments today are thrice as ex pensive In men and material as they were before the great war; at the present rate they wilt soon be a hun dred times as destructive and terrible. In peace the burden was crushing; In war the effect will be terrible to con template. - ' "- ': ' i . "Disarmament Is the only road to safety to the human race.. Suspicions, fears, misunderstandings, even quar rels, are as Inevitable among nations as among Individuals and If a deadly weapon is ready at hand, one day they will strike. The American conference has the future of civilisation in Its charge; therefore I earnestly pray for Its success. Twenty-five years ago Lord Salis bury In this room expressed the satis faction which tha people of thia coun try felt at the peaceful solution which had Just been reported of our last serious difficulty . with the United States of America. Every man who Is a man of British blood has- been taught to regard a serious quarrel with America as unthinkable. That attitude of mind Is In Itself a guarantee of peace between the two countries. ' But this conference held under the auspices of 'America ought to carry a stage further; It Is the Inculcation of a similar attitude towards and between all other peoples. If that Is achieved at this assembly, the Washington con ference will be the greatest event of the last 1,900 years." FEDERAL ROAD BILL IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Appropriates (7(1,000,000 For Highway CoaatraetlonTar Heel Peat snawtrr Named. Olllr Nrvs turuii and Talmas. Office. : .. TM 11m BalldlK ( Luwl elnl Washington, Nov. 9. The senate and house, conferees on the federal road bill, which passed both the senate and the house, carried the bill to the White House today when President Harding signed It In their presence. Represen tative Robert L. Doughton, Vanking Democrat on the house roads commit tee, was one of the conferees, who, to gether with the others, had their pic tures taken, following the Important service performed by the President when he Blgned the bill. There Is appropriated In the measure $76,000,000 for the Improvement and construction of roads In the various tatcs. Of this $25,000,000 Is now avail able to meet the needs of the country. The rest will be available as needed, and. will be expended by the close of the present fiscal year. The Washington chapter of the North Carolina College for Women alumna and former students' association will give a dance here November 10 at a Sixteenth street hotel, which will bo attended by a large number of Tar Heels who are In Washington. Postmasters nominated for points In North Carolina were confirmed by the senate today as follows: Robert O Smith, Creedmoor; Will C. Hoffman. Dallas; Francis A. Slate, Gastonla; Henry T. Atkins, Lllllngton; Clarence L. Klslier, Roseboro; Jesse T. Price, Wllliamston. All these are Republi cans, each of whom was chosen from a list of three eliglbles. Examinations, the datos of which are yet to be fixed, Tiave been ordered for the appointment af postmasters at Jackson, Newland, Moltonvllle and Car men. ... ..I"' ' ....... Forecast By Slates. Washington, Nov. 9. Virginia: Fair and colder Thursday; Friday fair and moderately cold. --- North and South Carolina, Georgia: Fair, cold Thursday; Friday fair. Florida: Fair and cooler Thursday; Friday fair, cooler In extreme south west. Extreme Northwest Florida. Ala bama: Fair and colder Thursday; Fri day fair. Tennessee: Fair Friday; Thursday fair, colder In east Louisiana: Thursday generally cold er In southeast; Friday probably fair. Arkansas: Thursday fair: Friday fair with rising temperature. Oklahoma: Thursday and Friday fair with rising temperature. East Texas: Thursday and Friday generally fair. , West Texas:- Thursday fair, warmer In panhandle; Friday fair. Tl Disgusted At Thought of In junction Against Decisions. MRrCOXSECURESROAD Commission Authorizes Road From Greensboro to Randle man Fix Route Later. NEAL WILL RULING GOOD Snpreaae Coart Affirms Rallag of the Lower Coart Fear Caaea From Gallford Caaaty Are DU poaed Of By Coart. . Tet Omubore Daily Nftn Baftaa, 101 MirrSlsU KatMul sua 14s. By W. T. BOST. Raleigh, Nor. . Halifax county citl- sens bucking the state highway com mission and calling It Into tha state oourta November 21 to show oausa why an Injunction shall not lie against its authorisation of the Scotland Neck Tarboro road by the "western route,' rather than by Speed and Hobgood, fur nlshed the distinct news break of to day's highway newa. with one accord tha commissioners declared If such procedure as this has Its day In court and tha state enjoins the commission from building roads where the engineers, the commission and the popular needs dictate, then the commission will dissolve and write Ichabod above tha temple on Morgan street. The Dally News bureau carried four weeks ago prophecy that this course would be taken. It is all the more interesting because It Is an assault directed by the power ful Kltchin faction In Halifax county. l no commission awarded no con tracts today but gave earful atten tion to road projects and ordered by their sanction many very vital ones. It worked all day and nearly all night, every member present. Commissioner Cox, of Guilford, got his Greensboro- to-Randleman route, the exact, course to be settled by Chairman Balre and Mr. Cbx, project Nov 10 getting thfWgri finally with the order -to build the road from Ashboro to Aberdeen. Mr. Cox also got the Stokesdale and Wentworth road authorised. For Immediate construction Mr, Cox also secured the highway from Greensboro- to Reldsvllle authorised for hard- surface. The Greensboro-Randleman road will also be hard-surface when route Is determined. , One of the most Impressive designa tions went to Commissioner Wilkin son, of the sixth district, whose work goes Into nine counties. Twenty-odd miles of these roads will be hard sur face, and great bridges are embraced In the projects which are as follows: Roads Ta Be Built. - Lincoln county, Lincolnton to Gas ton county line toward Mount Holly, 11 miles of topsoll. Iredell county, Statesvllle to Alexan der county line, 11 miles of topsoll. Rowan county, Stanley county Una through Cabarrus county to Granite Quarry toward Salisbury r 11 tmtles of topsoll; Cabarrus county Una to Lan dls, 4.8 miles of hard surfaee; Balis bury to end ef penetration road toward Statesvllle, T miles of hard surface; Iredell county line to end of penetra tion road toward Salisbury, 4 miles of tepsoll. Cabarrus county, Concord to Glass and Kannapolla to Rowan county line on Concord to Salisbury road, S miles of hard surface. Stanly county, Albemarle to Cabar rus county line toward Salisbury, 14 miles of topsoll. Union county, new bridge over Rich ardson's creek, between project (92 and project 19 east of Monroe, approx imately 200 feet span, west end of project $92 toward Charlotte on Wll- mington-Charlotte-Ashevllle highway between Monroe and Charlotte, ap proximately 4.S miles of hard surface. Anson county, end of federal aid project 72 to Wadesboro on Wllmlng- ton-Charlotte-Asheville highway, 10 miles of topsoll, or topsoll and hard surface: Wadesboro to Richmond county line on Wllmlngton-Charlotte- Ashevllle highway, is miles or topsou, or tonsoll and hard surface. Richmond county, Anson county line to Rockingham on Wllmlngton-Char-lotte-Asheville highway, 6 miles of topsoll; Ellerbe to Montgomery county line toward Mount Ollfad, 13.$ miles of topsoll; bridge on Yadkin river on Wllmlngton-Charlotte-Ashevllle high way. Anson-Richmond counties. Rocking ham to South Carolina stats line, 12.5 miles of topsoll. Scotland county, Laurinburg to Hoke County line, IS miles of topsoll; Laurln burg to Richmond county Una on Wllmlngton-Charlotte-Ashevllle highway, 12 miles of topsoll. Tar Heel Bidden. Letting contracts for road work In North Carolina and hearing delegations from .various counties occuplsd the time 41 the state highway commission today. i - At the October meeting contracts were awarded which resulted In a sav ing Hf about $2GO,000. Yesterday's seven projects let totaled $690,711, with second salvage of $250,000. There were 72 bids and North Carolina con tractors made the northern builders come down to rock bottom. The Tar Heel bidden took the work and will complete It at the lowest prices paid for road construction since 1914. State Treasurer Ben Lacy declares that the Dally Newa editorial didn't touch him thla morning, missed the facts a mile and then made fun of him. Ho didn't start this himself. He says he. never starts anything, but his attention was called and ha thinks he should be set right. For the collec tor sticks to It that the state does not take a million dollars from It auto mobile fund for maintenance, and that only an editorial mind paved with con crete could have held an idea so far from the truth as this. "The only money taken from this fund created to pay the Interest la the $250,000 aet apart for the highway commission," he said. "You read the law the other day," he said. Aaked how the editor of the pally News could have mUsed calculation one million dollars, Mr. Lacy gave It up. He still stuck It out that there Is some wild thinking In the Dally News office and cities the law as proof that there la no provision for paying out $1,250,000 before tho Interest fund Is taken care of. The state treasurer stands everybody down that nothing can keep the state from paying every bit of the Interest on the bonded In debtedness with the funds raised from the automuulles. ; Neal Will Case Affirmed. Supreme court opinions today af firmed the Neal will case from Forsyth, sent back the M. H. Plnnlx vs L. A Smlthdeal action for division in real estate proceeds, the amount involved being $2,200 and Interest, and modified and affirmed the Thomas vs Carteret (Continued on l'age Eleven.) AMERICAN OPINION NOT IN FAVOR OF ALLIANCES Frrark Writer Talaka Harvey Spoke the Tratfc and liave Karoae a 1'errul Waralag. ' (It lmt fin tt Dallr M By riULMI'H MKLLET. tCvrrtiht. lil, br rbllHtolphia rebut lw. Washington Nov. I. (Cablegram to today's Petit Parlslen)--Already I have made you acquainted with the broad lines of the policy the American government seems to Intend to pursue before tha conference. However well conceived tha American plan may be. It la Indispensable to state at onoe tha main circumstance which makes Its realisation dlffloult. This lies In the fact that American public opinion, In its majority, - re mains hostile to the acceptation of any kind of foreign responsibility. It la essential to grasp in this re spect all the shades of American psychology. There assuredly exleta in tne united states numerous groups or men who waMld like either that their country should enter the league of nations or at least that the policy of absolute Isolation should come to an end. For Instance, It Is significant that the convention of the American legion should havs voted unanimous censure- of Ambassador Harvey for his recent speech on the question of alliances. Still Harvey was very like ly right In giving Europe this useful warning, for the majority of this country as Interpreted by tha United States senate would ruthlessly reject any treaty, agreement or understand ing which Would Impose on America the slightest foreign commitment. This disposition will change some day. How ever, one haa to recall that It does not correspond merely to an accidental state of mind, but on tha contrary to a deep and permanent tradition. The American people are at bottom more conservative than tha British peo pie. Their traditional opposition to the policy of foreign alltanoes prooeeds from the same kind of tenaolous In stinct, which maintains British opposi tion to the Channel tunnel. Under these circumstances the policy recommended by the present American administration-Is In danger of hitting same snag as that which Impeded the progress of President Wilson s policies. If directly or Indirectly In the shape or n'ConsdrtTufff of in any other form, the administration appeara to be cre ating for the country foreign commit ments, either In Europe, or In Asia, It is to be feared that Its policy sooner or later will be repudiated. Already Sen ator Borah and certain others are pre paring themselves almost openly In or der to resume thelc old campaign against entangling engagements abroad In case a ratlflcatory vote of the senate should ba required. But the repudiation might aleo take other forms. If tn order to avoid the senate's vote the administration should try to avoid a formal treaty, what simply would happen Is that on the day the proposed undertaking should become effective and be embodied In certain publlo acta the senate would compel the administration to alter the Inter pretation originally attached to the undertakings In question. Therefore, tne work wmcb may na accomplished by the conference with regard to tha far east might very well bain -vain If It tried to be effective. The same disappointment would ba awaiting ua French If as a result of some generous Impulse the American government should offer to finance either a new treaty or guarantee, or an equivalent to It. Neither Hughes nor Harding would be followed In that case. Even If they should be followed, one would have to fear some ulterior development of opinion tn a return to the traditional policy of Isolation Certain clear-sighted Americana go as far as to say that their country will never be able to have a foreign policy In the European sense of the word Though their pessimism may be exag gerated, It is entirely Justified for the presen t. ' MERCIER COMMENTS ON DISARMAMENT QUESTION Famana War Cardinal, la Aa Inter, View, Glvea His Views Oa Wash lag ton Confereace. trolal Cabli Is Daily Sm. (('oprnitt, I'll, w rtiiw-ajint nbii Mr.) Mallnes, Belgium, Nov. 9. Cardinal Meroler, who In a few days will cele brate his 70th birthday, has made the following signed statement for the Publlo Ledger cable service: At your request I willingly ex press my Ideas on the subjeot of the conference at Washington. 'Every effort toward dlsarmamen necessarily deserves the most cordial and whole-hearted support. As such the forthcoming conference In Wash ington Is hailed with satisfaction bv an rignt minded men. Its work, how ever, can only hope to be useful In so far as It provides for an effective sanction In case of breach of Inter national agreement In tha future "The experience of the Immediate past teaches us bow easily treaty ohll gationa can be avoided or evaded by procrastination and dilatory tactics, how Impossible It Is to enforce tliel execution without st leant an armed demonstration It not tha actual use of force. As soon as an efflclen method of sanctioning International obligations Is hit upon, so soon will disarmament be an attainable Ideal. "CARDINAL MEKCIKH, "Archbishop of Mallnes, In addition to the above statement, the famous war cardinal said that beginning Armistice Uay, he would order prayers throughout his diocese for the success of the conference. In arranging to secure the audience with Cardinal Mercler which resulted in the foregoing statement, his secre tary, Canon Francis Dessaln, who ac companied the cardinal on his trip to the United States last year, expressed the belief that his eminence might not feci Inclined to give publlo expression to hla sentiments concerning the con ference on account of the fact that "neither God nor the Pope had been Included In the Invitations to Wash ington." The rardlnal, although great ly fatigued from over work, decided otherwise and only delayed In giving the statement long enough for suf ficient reflection ' In order that what he wrote might lie direct to' the point and not "something banal." JOHN l. CHAPMAN IKAlia - GOLF FIEt.n AT PINEIII'RST Pinehurst, Nov. 9. John D, Chap man, Greensboro Country club, with an 81, led a field of 18 tn winning the qualifying round hero today of the 17th annual autumn golf tournament, the opening gun of the southern golf season. Ernest Selfert Killed. Richmond. Va., Nov. . Ernest Selfert, 46, was killed here today when etrurk.hy.an. Il)lerurbanrar. onthe Richmond, Petersburg electrlo line1 Selfert Is a brother of Sylvester Selfert, a member of tha Roanoke, Va., board of aldermen. Womb Beats Brother For Mayor. Salt Lake City, Nov. S. Miss Stena Hcorup, high school teacher of Sallna, defeated her brother, P. S. Scorup. merchant, in the race for mayor- of Sallna yesterday by 14 votes. Fears International Control Over Her Finances. SEEK SUPPORT OF U. S. Hopes to Keep America From Committing Herself to the t Consortium Plan., AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM Calaeae Delesratlosi Ta Dtaarmameat . t'aafereave Haa Fired First Am maaltloa and Its Resalta Are Being Beea. ; isi ftleiraea Oftr. f 1m Sloi fcitldlni isi Lnm4 etrtl By C. W. GILBERT. (ftwyrllM. IPSt, by nultouplut Publlo liter,) Washington, Nov, ' $. Tbs. drive whioh the Chinese representatives here have started upon th sohsortlum raises one Of tha big Issues of the con ference. China Is afraid that the plan which moat of the delegates have la mind Is to extend th authority of th International banking group to th supervision of her finances and to strengthen th political support behind the consortium. ! Some members of th administration here favor this Idea. But It Is not clear whether Mr. Hughes does or not All his publlo utterances Indicate a desire for a minimum of Interference In th affairs of China. Th Chines have started their pres ent publicity campaign tn th hop of keeping the American delegation from committing themselves to th con sortium plan and of starting agita tion In th senate against th con sortium and th commitment of this country to It. Th Hu Kuang loan Is hlkety td be thrashed trat on the floor of th senate within th next few days unless the Chines version of what haa happened with respect to It la effec tively disposed of meanwhile. ' And then the foreign delegate will - con centrate their attention even mora upon th senate than they do now, which la not a little. As already Intimated In this cor respondence th Chinese contention Is that all of China's present nnanoiai troubles spring from the determina tion of the consortium under American leadership to use Its exclusive control of credit for China to compel China to pay certain bonds paid to German Interests for the construction of th Hu Kuang railway. Cklness Propaganda. The exact facta are not available here. What la put forth by ths Chinese Is put forth toy propaganda purposes. It Is denied by Thomas W. Lamont, speaking for Morgan and company, tha leaders of the American group In the consortium. Without a publlo Investi gation In which both sides ar called upon to produce proofs, It Is Impos sible to reach any conclusion as to what the exact truth Is. What ths Chinese have accomplished has been to create an atmosphere of suspicion. What they allege to have been done by th consortium In this case, the use of the consortium's power over credit to make Itself the collect ing agent for claims against China other than Ha own, Is something that If It has not happened In this case might happen in the future. Japanese bankers, for example, might do what the Chinese agents assert American bankers have done In thla Instance. For the legality of the claims r" gardlng ths Hu Kuang bond there Is a strong presumption. The Chinese representatives are not especially em phatic in asserting that the present holders have not a,' reasonable'rlght to demand payment, stnd the note of Sec retary Hughes t6"Chlna would appar ently Indicate that after examination of the Issue the state department was convinced that China should pay. But what the Chinese representatives are striving to do is to show what power the oonsortlum even now has over China and how It may be abused. As a matter of fact China has suffered In the past, not from thla consortium, but from Just the sort of International debt collecting which she alleges now. She has been told mora than one that sho could only obtain a loan she was seeking If she paid some foreign claim which she regarded as utterly unwar ranted. One of the Big Issoes. " Thus tli consortium and th Hu Kuang bonds art likely to remain ono of the big lasues of the conference un less the Chinese charges aro com pletely disproved lit detail. Foreign journalists gathering here are lmpresaed by nothing more than by the difficulty of inducing fills country to undertake commitments In the far east They know that opposition to any suoh commitments will start In the senate the moment any commit mcnta are In sight. They see the country vastly Interested In disarma ment but uninformed and Indifferent about the far eaBt. They foe that tho American public as It becomes In formed will react against commitments In Asia Just as It did against commit ments in Kurope propoaed by President Wilson. Foreign opinion on this sub ject may be better than our own for the visitors here soe us In better per spective. Hut as a matter of fact the beat Informed opinion hem In Wash ington Is agreed with that of the Brit ish and French Journalists who have recently come here. The uproar over the consortium and the Hu Kuang bonds- la the first big buret of publicity over the conference. Th Chinese representatlyes have got the jump upon everybody else. They have fired their ammunition before anyone else. And they have shot at one of the big Issues of the conference. There will be many similar uses of publicity during the gathering her, Tha Amarlem- nrese with vaat-- newa printing facilities affords such an op portunlty for the public presentation of questions as never existed in any other international conference. All of It will aim to Influence Amer ican public opinion regarding the orient and through American public opinion to Influence the American dele gatea or if nut tho American delegates the American senate as the court of last appeal. Jl'DUK HH(M K (IHflRHS RUT IS ASHI1VII.I.K INVESTIGATED Ashevllle, Nov. 9. An Investigation of the activities of the Ku Klux klan In Ashevllle was ordered today by Judge Waiter K. Brock, who charged the superior court grand jury to con duct such an Inquiry and return true hills of Indictment against persons found to have usurped powers of the courts contrary to raav DEMOCRATS MAKE GOOD GAINS IN FOUR STATES Da Batter la Keatawky, Vlrarlala, Mary land and New ark Klectloaa. - Several Mayoralty IJpsets. (S liaoclaKd Few.) New Tork, Nov. (.Final summari sation tonight of results of yester day's "off year" eleotlona throughout th country Indicated substantial gains for th Democrats In four states Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia . and New York while municipal ballots In many cities resulted in changes of party control. Th outstanding case of state-wide Democratic vlotory aa In Kentucky, where that party regained control ot th legislature, which has been Repub lican for two years. In Maryland, where th entire lower house was elected, with 11 mem burs of the sen ate, Democratic control Increased. In Virginia th Democratic guberna torial candidate, State Senate K. Lee Trlnkle, led his Republican opponent by a wide margin, which extended also to his running mates. Including 1. Mur ray Hooker, th party's oandldat tor representative In Congress. In the New Tork assembly, th Democrats Increased their representa tion by II seats, although tUe Republi cans, with a total of tt assembly men, still retained a wide working margin. Albany, long regarded as th strong hold of Republicanism in this state will have a Democratic administration for the first time in ii years. Th Democrats elected their mayoralty can didal. William 8. Hackett, and seised every other berth In th city adminis tration balloted on, Including a large majority ot the 1$ aldermanto seats. Detroit re-elected Mayor Jame Cousena, whose campaign was waged on a platform calling for municipal traction ownership, while Cleveland gave Fred Kohler a substantial plural Ity over Mayor William S. Fttsgerald, Republican, and voted to change to a city manager plan of government In 1924. It was Kohler who, when dismissed as chief of polio by Newton I). Baker, then mayor, told his friends he would some day vindicate himself by being elected head of th olty government. He conducted his campaign without th backing of an organisation and with out making a speech, Cleveland I said to be the largest city which has adopted th olty manager plan RepuMlnin mayors, were. .lectel. In Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Tammany chiefs tonight wer eele bratUrgyth results of yesterday's elec tion Vwhlch promised absolutely un ohallged control of th city's gov ernmental machinery after January I. In th greatest Republican rout ever experienced In a olty election here. Mayor Hylan was returned to office as was every one of his running mate on th Damocratl ticket He had a plurality of 417,1$$ over his coalition ist opponent Henry H. Curran, garner ed through a clean sweep of every borough, and wss outdistanced In only five of the II assembly districts. Ninety-three per cent of th 1,HI,- 414 voters registered east their bal lots a turnout which political ob servers declared was th heaviest In New York'! history. Of th Republican contenders, th strongeet raoe was run by Stat Sena tor Charles C. Lookwood, oandldat for controller. U Ktd tha 4tfcd of ' his ticket by 10,981 votes, although falling to carry any of ths boroughs. - An outstanding feature of th elec tion was th small vote of th social. Ists, about 80,000 less than was given Morris Hlllqult when he ran for mayor four years ago. Jacob Panken, th party's candidate, received $1,109 votes. Ons of the few exceptions to th general Democratic sweep was In th second judicial district where District Attorney Harry E. Lewis. Republican, was elscted as on of tha candidates for the supreme court bench. HARDING MAY MEDIATE IN TAX REVISION FIGHT Wide Spilt la Itepubllraa Ranks Over K4 Wionia i-Aststax , JravJalABe-lasavgiM , , rata Have Demoerntlq Backlag, .. 1ST AsnotaUS rma.) Washington, Nov. . President Harding may b aaked to act again as mediator In th tax revision fight This Is ths view of Democratic lead ers In tha house, . who point to the wide split In the Republican ranks In both the house and senate on the In come surtax provision In th lax meas ure. . v Th Domocrats say that the majority leaders In both houses ar opposed to the senate amendment with Its max imum rate ot 10 per cent, but are faced with the responsibility of Its final en actment through a coalition of "In surgent" Republicans and the solid Democratlo minorities. Repreaentatlv Dickinson, of Iowa, and other leaders of the "Insurgent" Republicans tn the house believed they have sufficient votes, with the aid of the solid minority, to force acceptance of the senate surtax rates. They have agreed, however, to defer the fight In the house until after the conferees get under way their work of rewriting the tax bill. 1'nder the agreement 'as 4itllned today by both aides, tha bill will he sent to conference tomorrow wlthou Instructions to the house managers, but the managers before agreeing with their senate co-workers on the surtax provisions will ask tho house for In structions. This, It was explained would open up the fight on the floor of the house, probably next week. The tax bill aa passed by the senate was reported back today to the house. Upon examining It members there found -4hnt the senate hud something of a record by way of amending a house bill by adding a total of 833 amendments. Despite this great num ber of changes, Chairman Fordney, of the houso ways and means committee, who will head the house conferees, said the bill probably would b In confer ence only a few days, HOLD WOMKN ( IIAHIJIC (IK LIltUOH I'KimiT CHUIIKHIINKMS New York, Nov. .9. Mix Helen Small, former clerk In the office of the oollector of Internal revenue here, and Mrs. Nellie O'Kourke, wero arraigned today before l.'nlted .Sluice Commis sioner B. M. Illchcock, and held In $2,500 ball each for trial on charges of trafficking In forged liuuor with drawal permits. It was alleged that the women ac cepted $3,0110 lit uiaikad bills in ex change for a paper purporting to allow withdrawal of 260 rasea ot whisky from a bonded warehouse. Their cue tomer was Federal Agent Harold 11- Dobbs, AC4UITTK.ll OIK A HAIKiK OF K 1 1. 1.1 i H HI TH K tt-1 S -I, A W Sylvester, Ha., Nov. . Walson Hason, tried here today on a charge 1 ah murder In connection with the looting of his brothcr-ln-law, T Leary, On nciniier zi, was acqu by a jury late tonight. Kaaon made a statement to the Jury that he shot In self-defense. Th only witnesses to the tragedy were the parents of the alaln man Weather Report. The temperature yesterday, accord ing to A. It- Horry, local govrrnment EGfLI AMERICA Unknown Dead Rests Where ation'evMighty Sleptr NOTABLES PA TRIBUTE President and Representatives of Departments Place Wreaths On Bier. GUARDED BY COMRADES Wood SI, Hero ef Heraea. Heads Body jsrarrra aaa Five Otaera Staad at Attention While It Heats la state. (r AModaua rrea.) Washington, Nov. 9. A plain soldier. unknown but weighted with honors as perhaps no American befor him be onus he died for the flag In France. lay tonignt in a place where only martyred Presidents, Lincoln, Garfield, and MvKlnley, have slept in death. He kept lonely vigil lying In stat under the vast, shadowy dome of tha capltol. - Only th motionless figures or five armed comrades, on at tha head and on facing Inward at each corner of the bler kept watch with him. Rut far above, towering from th great bulk of th dome, th brooding figure of freedom watched too, as though It, said "well done" to the servant, faithful unto death, asleep ther In th vast dim chamber below. America's unknown dead la horn from France at last, and th . nation has no honor too great for him. In him, it pays Its unstinted trlbut of praise and glory to all those sleeping in tn jar son ot Franc. It was their horn coming today; their day ot daya in tn Heart of the-nation and ther, must have known It for ths heart beat of a nation defies th laws of space. van of eternity. Fall Mead of Honor. Sodden eklea and a gray, oreeping. chilling rain all through the day seem ed to mark th mourning ot thla Amer ican soli and air at th bler of thla unknown liero. wit no jot ot ths tuit ' meed of honor was denied th dead on that aocount. From the highest offi cials of thla Democratlo government, to th last soldier or marine or blue jacket, rain and cold meant nothing be. side the desire to do honor to th dead, - Th oaremonles war brief today. They began when the far boom ot saluting cannon down th river sig naled th coming ot th great gray cruiser Olympla, Th fog of rain hid her slow approach up th Potomao but fort by fort, post by post th guns took up th tale of honors for tha dead as she passed. . Just as the ship's bell clanged out the qulok double strokes ot "sight bells," the sailors' form of 4 o'clock, and tha hour set for arrival, th bugles rang out again and th crew lined th rails far above th dock. Th marin guards tiled down th gangway to fao th troopers across th dook, th shln.ka:i nam down and formed beyond the marine. On deck at tha gangway head, - four stdeboys took their plac on eaoh sld facing to. ward eaoh other and th boatswain watting behind them to pip a dead comrade over th side with th honors accorded only to full admirals of th fleet War Leaders Meat Body. Cars bearing Secretaries Weeks and? Denby, Assistant Seoretary Wain Wright Oeneral Pershing, Major Gen eral Harbord, Admiral Coonts and Major General Lejeune, the marine commandant, and their aides rolled up th gangway. Just as the casket passed out through the rails, overside to the plank, the wall of th bo'sun'a plpa sounded' thrilling the last salute ot the sea to the dead. Step by step th bearers labored down th plank, sanded against the slippery murk of the rain, to the cobbled dock floor below. Again the pipe above walled aa they stepped ashore at last and the unknown was again on American soli. The caisson walled in a 'spar be tween the second and third squadrons of the full strength of the third cavalry from Fort Myer, and beside It stood the eight body bearers of tha army headed by Sergeant Woodflll, hero of heroes among Americans who fought In France. The soldiers took over the gun car riage and then could be seen a wither ed handful of flowers, th only decora tion on the flag wrapped casket They were the blooms with which this cas ket was choaon from others there In France before the long Journey home began. Through tt all they have Inln there above the breast or the dead, yellowing with each passing day. They will go with the unknown to his Juki. sleep In the stop crypt at Arlington. As the casket was strapped In place, an ordor rang out, and tho. ravulry band swung off the left playing "on ward Christian Soldiers." Ahead th winding round to the old gateway was lined on either side with marines at (Continued on l'age Bight,) DISCIPLES OF CHRIST END THEIR CONVENTION' Hev. ( Ia.de C. Jonra, of Greensboro, Uhoarn Representative to Inter. national I'owveatlon. (Bpartil u Dallr Km .1 Greenville, Nov. 9. The annual stat convention of the Disciples of Christ, In session hero since Monday morning, came to a clone tonight. The final day was featured-by tho election of officers and members of various boards and the decision to have the executive committee select the convention city for IKS. More than 800 delegates' were In attendance, representing practically every church of th denomination In the state. Officers re-elected wore W. C. Man ning, president; C. W. Howard, vice president; P. A. Dodgers, recording secretary; L. J. Chapman, treasurer; O. W. Howard, P. A. Hodgers and H. p. Smith, members of the state board; .1. M. Waters, member of recommenda tion uommilt,-and Hv. Claude -CV Jones, of GreenHlioro. N. C, represen tative on the nominating committee of the international Christian miSHlonary convention, itlcliurd llnaby and W. J, Shellburne were named alternate. George Hackney, of Wilson, Mayor (Maude Klaer, of Grcenalioro. .1. F, Taylor, W, C. Manning, L. J Chapman, W, A. Davis and Dr. ('. S. Kaglos, wor re-elected members of the board ot trustees of Atlantic Christian colleg. Unix dlroctiira aililud were C. B. Mash. burn and Sully Cooper. Reports of various church activities Including those from sotne mlsslon arlea. were received during the day, th afternoon session being given ovr to consideration of Atlantic Christian col lege. Rev. II. O. Pritchard, of In dianapolis, Ind., secretary of the board of education of th Disciples i-hurnh, addreaned (be convention on th cduoa llunul pruuram of the church. observer, was: High , 62 Low 4
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