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BOM) DAILY NEW GREENS i . . WEATHER You Want All the Sews About Bu$inest Read the Ada Daily Partly Cloud? Today aid Wednesday. - VOL XXV. NO. 120 RNTERKtl All WWII (tABB aMTTKB AT POSTOeTlfE, OBKKNHBIIBO, N, C. GREENSBORO, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1921 PAtl.V AND miNtlAT. .oo rr.t rut PRICE FIVE CENTS daily oni.v. ir.oo rv. DOORS ARE CLOSED REAL WORK OF ARMS CONFERENCE MOURNERS OF NATION ESCORT UNKNOWN TO CRAVE IFi s ' s -o-- I OVER STOCK TAXATION They Boast State Will Sit Up After Convention. .; -r--v v -. -v .f . - -vv.'- --y.H''vv.-,r,.;l(--ew 1 y i i- ft I One, Comprising Full Confer ence, Works On Far East. ANOTHER ON LIMITATION British Acceptance of Hughes Proposal , In Principle Calls For Important Changes. AGAINST FIXED 10 YEARS Wsnta Replacement Program Indegnlte Instead Of Kl.t 10 Years British Alan Object To America's e : Malmiarlno Fleet. By AaorliUd Prae.) ... J Washington. Nov. 14, The real work of the armament negotiations wu transferred today from the open con ference to the more secluded precincts of the committee room, t After a debate which developed wide ly separated views on the advisability of giving; publicity to the negotiations, the big five, comprising: the chief dele- Kales of the United States, Great Brit ain, France, Italy and Japan, nettled on the committee plan a the only ac cpetable' solution. . ': To -one committee, whose membership will be identical with that of the full conference Itself, was assigned the task of working out a solution for the far eastern questions. Another, com posed of nil the delegates of the Ave great powers, was created to take over the negotiations on the main topic of armament limitation. 8lnce only the delegates of the five powers are qual ified to act on armament limitation in the conference, the result' in each case will be to resolve the delegates into a "committee of the whole." i Meetings Behind Closed Doors. , . Although ho official would make, a prediction prior to the assembling of the new "committees" the presumption everywhere tonight was that the meetings will be held behind closed doors, and that the public would get a glimpse of the proceedings only when, In their capacity as committeemen, the delegates have an Important decision to report to the conference as a whole. The committee plan was said to have been agreed to as the most direct method o attack on the problems be fore the conference.'slnce it would per mit greater liberty of conlldential ex pression between the representatives of fhe various governments and would obviate much of the prooedure that would be necessary should the sessions continue entirely In the open. Another argument, used by those who favored "the proposal was that It ould facili tate such modifications of program as might become necessary through changes In the personnel of the-varlous delegations and In the diplomatic sit uation generally confronting the con ference. ' ' One resutt of the decision may . be In muke tomorrow's open session of the conference the last of those, which precede the period of actual decision of the questions on which the negotia tions hinge. The moBt optlmistio of ficials do not expect the committees to be able to report witnout long siuay and debate. It Is pointed out tnat there i on intimation against an open com mittee meeting, but the likelihood of such a development Is generally con. "reded -to, bo remote at the. present state of the negotiations. lieolla of Mrellnar Kept Secret An additional result, at least at the beginning, will be to permit the whole body of delegates to deal with sub jects before the conference Instead of leaving- the decisions to the "big five," or the "big nine." Hub-committees are provided for In the plan, however, should that step be found advisable. - The deolaton to create the armament "committee of the whole was reach ed at a meeting- of the heads of the delegations of the five powers and was adopted for the handling of far east ern questions also at a later meeting of the heads of all nine of the delegations Healed In the conference. It also was greed that at tomorrow's open sea slon an opportunity - would be -given for any nation to express Its views on '. the American plan for limitation of naval armament. Details of what transpired at to day's meetings were kept In closest confidence, but It was Indicated that Secretary Bughes, for the - American delegation, proposed open sessions in principle, with frequent executive ses ,- sions whose results should be made public. 'Some of the other governments wanted absolute secrecy and the com mittee plan was decided on by way of . a compromise, BRITISH WOULD ALTER PLAN IN SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS (Br Asndsuo ma.1 Washington, Nov. 14. Great Brit aln's acceptance "In principle" of the American proposals for limitation of tiaval armaments contemplates an alteration of the plan In several Im portant details. The British acceptance will be pre sented at tomorrow's plenary session of the conference by Arthur J. Hal four, head of the mission who has plenipotentiary powers. Japan's ac ceptance-"ln principle," although It has been forecast by the statements (Continued on Page Twelve) , ONE WOMAN ON JURY TO TRY ROSCOE C. ARBUCKLE Only Pew Hundred Persons In Court- roess Arbncfclo'e Cmhi Smile Is Lacking. ..... San Francisco, Nov. 14. Roscoe C. Arbuckle. appeared today In the rol "" Of defendant In manslaughter proceed lots arislnsr from the death of Vir glnla Rappe, like Himself a figure In the motion picture world. Arbuckle's audience was one of the smallest that ever watched him, only a few hundred persons orowdlng into the courtroom. However, no throng ever watched the screen antics of the comedian like today's gathering gave attention tothe dry proceedure of selecting a Jury. Arbuckle himself showed he felt the Importance of the occasion. His smile was lacking. Arbuckle' wife was In court but did not sit beside htm at the counsel table. Qavln McNab. chief counsel for Ar buckle, stated that the defense would make no effort to, discuss the char acter of the dead girl. He told the court this formally. - When adjournment cam late-this afternoon, Ave Jurors, one of them u Woman, had ben accepted tentatively V French and Italians Reach Agreement (Br Anorltd ttm.) AVafthlnfftrm. Nov. 14. At ll ronfrrenre latr' today between Premlrr Brian... head of th F reach tfelra-atfoa, aal Nrnaiar (Icaaaaer, arm. drat of th Ifallaa aVIrccatloa. mm ipTrfrarat waa rearae for armonloaa attltnaV by the two raaatrlra toward qaeatlona oa la before the arataaarat confer ence. Thr arreement rovrv aot only 4 a eat in nil aiialna? out of the roa ferenre oh limitation of a rata meat but alao thoae which may eome up during the dlaeuanlon of Pacific and far eaiiterat affaire. The agreement which finally re aulted between the two eountrlea waa deaerlbed aa "complete aad. It waa aald In well Informed rir elea. would contribute to the real laatlon of the purpose which Trealdeat Hardin had In mind when he conceived the conference. FOR DENSE ONLY IS Plan Only Feasible Basis For Agreement. - I U. S. HAS MOST AT. STAKE Was Definitely Committed to Largest Naval Outlay So Hol iday Benefits It Most. BATTLE CRUISERS DOOMED Naval Officers Believe America a Pro posal spells End of Them aa Naval Weapons Jntlaad Bat tile Showed Inefficiency. (Si AmcUleernml Washington, Nov. 14. Limitation of the world's navies so that they will be adapted for defensive purposes only la the fundamental motive which In spired the proposals submitted to the armament conference by ; Secretary Hughes, It was learned tonight from authoritative sources'. The proposals were based, It was explained, on the proposition that navies should be so restricted In gun and maa power -that they would not be used for offensive purposes. The conception of defensive navies, It was stated, produced the American formula with limitation of captlal ships as the primary basis and sub sidiaries of such ships the minor fac tors, subject to adjustment through exchange of views of the naval expert of the powers. With the primary consideration that of providing for defensive navies, the American delegates. In drafting the proposals now before the conference were said to have adopted the present relative strength of the three great naval powers as the only feasible basis for easy agreement. The proposed llrhlts of. capital ships, for the three powers were regarded aa sufficient for respective navies of defense. 'lAmerl can delegates were, reported to have rejected, as basis for consideration, the questions of territorial possessions, their extent anl whether they were scattered or collected. They also were said to have rejected, as Impractical In considering a defensive navy, the ques tion of mileage of respeotlve coast lines. It waa made known that the United States, by virtue of Its having the most extensive naval building program, felt itself In a position to make the definite proposals which were laid before the conference. TAie American delegates were said to feel that, undor the cir cumstances, the United States had a prlmnry" Interest In naval building and competition. They considered, It was said, that not only in present building but In future programs this country was definitely committed - to the largest naval outlay and, there fore, had most at stake in the declara tion .Immediately of a naval holiday. In far eastern questions, the United States was said to face a different situattoh, for whereas the question of naval limitation was held to be a pri mary one for America, problems of the far east were regarded as not so vital as perhaps to some other countries. For this reason. It was Indicated that poasibly the American delegates would not take so definite an Initiative on thla subject when Its consideration is reached by the conference. The capital ship formula in the naval program was said to have been adopted with the Idea, not only that subsidiary arms of the navy could be easily and more definitely limited, but that it offered a tangible basis for enforcement. Capital ships, It was pointed out, could not be built quickly and hardly secretly, In violation of any agreement which might be reached.. - No attempt waa made In the Ameri can proposals to limit development of aircraft, it was. said, among other reasons because It would be difficult if not Impossible to insure observance of any such agreement. It would be nearly Impossible, it hi declared, for any check to te kept on airplane en gine - construction,- while - the- -matter of equipping an airplane engine with (Continued on pagn two) Keroeaet B Mtate-a. Washington, Nov. 14. Virginia: Fair Tuesday, cooler in southeast; Wednes day fair. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida: Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday; .. moderate temperature. Tennessee: Fair Tuesday; Wednes day cloudy and warmer. Louisiana: Tuesday unsettled, prob ably local showers near the coast, somewhat cooler; Wednesday partly cloudy. Arkansas: Tuesday probably fair; Wednesday partly cloudy, warmer. Oklahoma: Tuesday fair, warmer; Wednesday Increasing cloudiness. West Texas: Tuesday and Wednes day partly cloudy, aomewhat unset tled near the coaF: cooler In the north ern! and southwest Tuesday. Rast.Texas: Tuesday fair, warmer in north; Wednesday fair. ... t j j j ! I . ' ' ' 5 -, " -, - I Accompanied by officers of high standing in the army and navy and oongresslonal medal Honor men, the casket ef White House on route to Arlington cemetery. The photograph shows the caisson, In the outside group are left to right, Ueneral O'Kyan, Ueneral Menoher, General Wonder If Hughes Has Another Bombshell. CRITICISM UNDER SURFACE Europe , Fears Consequence of America and Great Britain Disarming Too Much. , ASIA THE DARK SHADOW Earopeaas Tklak Disarmament aad Far Bast Very Closely Bound To gether aad Dlvrrenre Of Opin io Make Wider the Golf. Dtltr Newt Bureau tod Trlefnpu Office. 23 AlbM Bialdinc (By Leu Win) By FRAJfK BIMONDS. (CoDrrlfht, 1021, bj tiw MrClun Newipiper fjrodlrite) Washington, Nov. 14,-rOn the eve of the second meeting of the Washing ton conference one interrogation dom inates all discussion; What of the far east? Is Mr. Hughes preparing anoth er bombshell In the shape of a second detailed and specific program such as took the conference by surprise on Sat urday? Nothing is perhaps more Impressive now than the fashion In which after two days ef reflection Interest and at tention have turned back to the far eastern problems. The American ten dency to regard disarmament and Pa cific problems as unrelated finds no echo in the European minds. Unmistakably the Japanese and French representatives are overjoyed at the fact that Mr. Hughes' flrat aeV dress avoided alike the Subjects of land forces and of Asiatic questions. Vet -there Is a significant tendency on the part of the British to emphasise the fact that limitations of naval, arma ment without reduction of land' forces gives France unquestioned supremacy on the continent of Europe, while a. similar limitation without an agree ment in the Chinese area establishes Japanese domination In the far east beyond all challenge. What Abont Far East. .What Is Mr. Hughes going to do about the far east? Washington ex pected fn view of what happened In recent weeks, that his opening address would bear as heavily upon Pacific problems as upon sea power.-It now believes that the final version of Mr. Hughes' speech, which reglegatcd .the tar east to a relatively minor place waa something of an eleventh hour decision, not Impossibly induced In part by the Japanese manoeuvers of- earlier days. In any event the surprise was al most equal to the relief when Mr. Hughes .avoided pressing home a spe clflc program In the far east. But obviously Saturday's session was only a postponement and tonight nasnington Is clamorous to know whether Mr. Hughes means to abandon any definite program in the far east a course which would make the con- ference superficially, at leaat. the most gigantic success In recent his tory is biding his time to make a new stroke. . , Once again I counsel my readers to beware of bellovlng all that appears in the foreign comments or In the expression of opinion by visiting for eign Journalists. Jn both - cases real opinions are frequently disguised both by a desire to be courteous and a wish to avoid exciting unpopularity and thus prejudicing their national Inter ests. Notwithstanding the widespread ex pression of approval of Mr. Hughes' program as spoken on Saturday, there is a oeep undercurrent of criticism to be heard among all the foreign dele gations and Journalists which finds no punuc expression as yet. Exactly this thing happaned at Paris and con tributed to the ultimate complete mls- unaeratanaing between the United States and Europe. To America Mr. Hughes' proposal seems specific, definite and clear, as It Is within limits, but aa one distinguished Brit ish Journalist representing' a liberal newspaper Indicates to me today, even liberals stand aghast at a policy which contemplates disarming peaceful pow ers such1 as the United States and Oreat Britain without providing any (Continued on page two) REWARD OF $400 FOR ARREST OF ARMFIELD shortages Charged To His Manipula tions Maid To Aggregate Abont SIIW.IMMI. The Oreenronro Utile Wewi Bureio, 30) Mercbsuu MiumiI But Blfe Raleigh, Nov. 14. Governor Morrison today offered a reward of M00 for the apprehension of J. U Armfield. former president of the Drnten and Thomas ville banks which went to the wall In the summer and revealed on receiver ship tremendous shortages charged to the president's manipulations. The losses In the two banks run near H60.000, of whlrh amount Mrs, Armfield, wife of the fleeing president has offered to make good to the extent of her $70.1)00 conditioned partly on the receivership of the bank. Sheriff T. J. Finch was made receiver of the Thomasvllle bank and that may have altered the proposal. Calvin L. Homer Injured. (Speelll U) Dally Km.1 Salisbury, Nov. 14, Calvin Houser, well known' cltisen, was seriously In jured today In a fall at the southern transfer shed where he has-been em nlyed for many years. He was rushed lo a local hospital. v No Resistance Possible To Hughes' Bold Stroke '.. He Has Virtually Brought About Beginning of Naval Armament Limitation and In Addition Has Practically Killed Any Anglo-Japanese Alliance He Is Expected to Solve the Far Eastern Issues In a Like Manner. " . Dslly New, Buruu sna Telitrtph Offlee. s 829 Alhn Bulldlni I By Lewd Win) By C. W, GILBERT, I (foprrlibt. 1031, l riilladolphia PuMIe UM. Washington, Nov. 14. Mr. Hughes has followed the example of President Wilson at Paris In asking for and ob taining what he wanted, and what this country wanted. He has done so dra matically and Impressively. Hp has achieved a popular success which Mr. Wilson failed to secure. If Mr. Wilson had at the first meeting of the Paris conference read a detailed proposal of a league of nations, saying "This Is America's proposition, the parallel would have been exact- Mr. Wilson at Paris left the difficult political problems of peace making' to follow the agreement on the league; Mr. Hughes leaves the difficult prob lems of the far east to follow the agreement upon the far east. uacn louows me same line oi rea soningremove the prospeot of future war and a Just solution of political difficulties will follow. It - has been Senator Borah's reasoning In urging disarmament first -and apart from a consideration of the far east. A sarprlelng Departnre. The secretary's action of Saturday was a surprising departure from the administration position aa the confer ence approached. All along the admin istration, haa said . that the strength of this government Jyas -that It .sought nothing-, that this country was richer and could build naval ships faster than any other power. That was the compelling force it apparently intended to use. when the other nations got together hero In Washington. And that argument Is abandoned In the proposal to limit armament drastically and construct no new ships for 10 years, before any approach is made to the difficulties in the far east I have said that Mr. Hughes has asked for and obtained what this country and he himself sought Two ends were uppermost In the minds of the administration, one to reduce the burdens of naval armament and the other to end the Anglo-Japanese alli ance. There la no doubt here in Wash ington that the Hughes proposal to cut tlio cost. -of navies will . be sub stantially accepted. The experts of England and Japan require time to study it In detail and the delegates of those two countries perhaps have to communicate with llielr homo governments. Hut prl vately the Japanese express their de light with American proposals, ' and persons familiar with the British posi tion have no doubt that Lloyd Oeorge will welcome the cut In the British navy suggested by the 'American sec retary of state. E Union Leaders Claim 100 Per Cent. Answered Call Em ployers Say 60 Per Cent. THE STRIKE MAY, SPREAD (Br Aaoelilea Proa.) New York, Nov. 14. Leaders of the striking garment workers announced tonight that a check up of their forces Indicated that 100 per cent of the workers answered the strike call In 3,000 shops this morning. The manu facturers who had claimed earlier In the day that to per cent, of their em ployes had remained on the Job, to night set the figure at 4u per- cent. Those who stayed at work, they assert ed, were the elffclent, capable opera tives who welcomed the piece-work system as an opportunity to earn more money and produce more goods. The strikers held meetings during the day and perfected their strike or ganizations. Kreqnnntf meetings will he held, their leaders said, to keep them In touch with the latest develop ments in their strike against the In stallation of the plere-work system and increased working hours. Louis Langer, a union officer, said tonight that unless the strike Is set tled favorably wlfhln a few days It will tierorrre--nation wide -and sprHS to Chicago. Baltimore, Boston and oth er cities. A strike vote Is now In progress In Phllsdelphla. he added. FATAL NKAPLAKK AM lUBJiT " OCCI'HK AT I'KSWAl'OLAr FLA. Pensacola, Klu., Nov. 14. Machinist Mate Alvln Brue.e C'olton is dead, and Lieut. I. 1. Spalding and Ensign Stead ham Acker suffered severe lacerations of the face and head aa the result of a seaplane falling about noon today. Lieutenant Hpaldlng and Ensign Acker were picked up by rescuers from the naval air station, but noth ing could be found of Mate Colton. The bay is being dragged In an effort to locate the body. Cotton's home Is In Burlington, N. O., and his father has been notified. A board of Investiga tion has been called and will deter mine the cause of the accident. Weather Renort. The temperature yesterday, accord ing to A. Tt. Horry, local government observer, was; High ....68 Low 41 surrounded by the honorary pall bearers snoruy oetore leaving me i-apiioi Kdwards, General Harbord, Admiral Wilson and General Morton. Details may be changed The British may desire to retain more of certain kinds of Bhlps and less of others than Mr. Hughes suggests. The Japanese may may ask for minor modifications. boH an agreement upon naval reduction within a few weeks is almost certain. The ending of the Anglo-Japanese al liance follows as a matter of oourse. With each of the three great naval powers adopting a purely defensive policy and having navies adequate to their defense In their own waters, al liances between any two of them for defensive purposes, and that Is what the Anglo-Japanese alliance was, be come unnecessary, Inconsistent with the general attitude and unduly pro vocative. The Anglo-Japanese alliance cannot survive such a cut In naval forces as Mr. Hughes proposes, suoh co-operation among the leading powers as limited navies and an abstention from building Involves. . British Will Abandon Alliance. ' Already the British have given an Indication of their Intention to aban don the alliance. The revival of their naval base at Singapore means that the British In future will take overJ the work of guarding their own in the Pacific, a duty which devolved upon Japan under the alliance. . with reararri to. the-far east problem the Japanese argue and with much rea son that Mr, Hughes Is not going to be exigent He will tsks disarmament, they say, some sort of easily arranged compromise with regard to Asia and the Harding administration will enjoy Immense political prestige In this country. - - ' They feach this conclusion from -the unexpected order in whloh Mr. Hughes brought up the subjects before tne conference. In the advance declara Hons of the administration it had always- been said that no real disarma ment could come except as a result of reviewing the cause of dispute In the Pacific. It was expected that the American noaltion would give us a rea sonable agreement In far east and we shall cut our fleet to a purely defensive else. Fail to do so and "we shall build mere shins than you can. ' Mr. Hughes has rejected ttiat method of approach to the negotiations. He makes a proposal lo which Jspan has only to give assent In order to be supreme In far eastern waters. Then he asks forbearance with regard to Asia from the power which he has Just recognised as supreme. Now If he asks difficult concessions of Japan and' Japan refuses them lie will create Issues whlrh will weaken his own disarmament before the Amer lean people. Just as Mr. Wilson weak- (Contlnued on Page Nine.) Former Member North Carolina Legislature Dies At the National Capital. TAKE BODY TO LIBERTY De.Hr Nevt Burem snd Telegraph onto. 23 Albee Bullilloa (Br Uued Wire) Washington, Nov. 14. Thomas M Robertson, one time member of the Ncrth Carolina general assembly and for recent years one of the special at torneys of the federal trade commis sion, died suddenly here today. The bod,y of Mr. Robertson will be taken to Liberty,' N. C tomorrow and will be burled from the Baptist church In that city on Wednesday. Mr. Robertson was formerly presi dent of the North Carolina society of Washington and was known to thou sands of Tar Heels In the state and this city. Ills unexpected death today shocked members of the delegation and othors from the state who now live here. Mr. Robertson arose this morn ing to go to his office but complain ed of feeling badly and remained at home instead Shortly after 11 o'clock he died, heart, failure and high blood pressure being given as the cause. He was born in North Carolina In 1867 and Is survived by a widow and four chll tfres; -Dtrrsntr -Peart-, Ltn-y- and Thomas D. Robertson. Mr. Robertson was a member of the North Carolina legislature In 13 and shortly thereafter entered the gov ernment employ In Washington. He was for some years connected with the bureau of corporations, and the de partment of labor and became attor ney for the federal trade commission In 1815. He conducted a number of Im portant Investigations for the com mission Including those of the lumber, water transportation, oil, tobacco and meat packing industries. When the Underwood-Simmons tar iff law was framed In' 1913, Mr. Rob ertson was one of the experts called In by Senator Simmons and the finance committee and aided In the prepara tion of the senate bill and amend ments. He also served as vlce-chatrman of the board of review of the federal trade commission. Mr. Robertson belonged to the Ma sonic and the Knights of Pythias fra ternity and was a member of several Washington clubs. 1 1 '""""J eft , I the unknown American soldier left the PEACE PROCLAMATION Peace Between Germany and America Formally Declared IS FIRST OF THREE STEPS Second Will Declare War With Austria Ended, and Third Peace With Hungary. WILL END ALL WAR LAWS Whlrh Inrlarir Espionage Art, Liberty Bond Act, Ktc After Third Proc lamation Prealdent Will Dis pone of fehsf Case. Washington, Nov. 14 -iPeace between the United States and Qermariy was formally proclaimed t,oday by. Presl dent Harding. v"-' - The President . In a proclamation signed at 1:63 p. m. today declared the state of war between-the United States and Germany, existing from April 1017, to have terminated on last July 2, 1021. when the Joint peace resolu tion of Congress was approved by the executive. Issuance of the proclamation, which followed exchange of ratifications of the treaty of Berlin, effected Armls ties day In the German capital, was considered the first of a series of three steps which when completed will re turn the United States to a complete peace status. The second step probably will be the promulgation of a proclamation de claring the war with Austria to have ended and the third the Issuance or similar proclamation With respect to Hungary. Until the third and final step I taken the purposes of the formal proclamations will not be achieved In the opinion of officials, These pur poses are staled to be to put an end without douht to certain war laws af fected by the congressional resolution of repeal approved last March Notable among these war time laws are sections of the espionage act and trading with the enemy act. Portions of the last named statute are preaerv ed, however, through the treaty. Take TJ Debs' Case. Disposition of the esses of Eugene V. Debs and others convicted of viola tion of war laws likewise will awsll tho third and final step. Attorney General Daugherly has prepured a opinion for the President auggcstln a method of disposing of the Debi case, and It Is understood, propoaini definite treatment of the esses of nth ers convicted of similar offenses. Till opinion, however, has not yet been presented lo the President, and Mr. Daugherty has indicated that there may be laat minute changes before Iti nlimlMsltin The proclamation Issued today hai no bearing on the . resumption r diplomatic relations between the Un ted States and Germany, state depart ment, officials asserting that the ex change of ratifications In Itself re stored such diplomatic relations. Just when Germany will resume her old dlplomatlo status In Washington Is not known to officials here hut It la ex pected that Baron Edmund Thermann, former counselor of the German legn tion at Budapest, will arrive In Wash Inglon stortly to arrange tor a toch nlcal Installation of a Germany em bassy. Press dispatches from Germany have Indicated that tiro Klicrt governmen was having difficulty in finding suitable appointee to the Washlngto ambassadorship In view of the. expense through difference In exchange rates It has been suggested that German might for a time be content with charge d'affaires but such suggcstlo: has not been officially communicate: the American state department. President Harding for some time has had under conxlderatlon the names of several possibilities as ambaasadoi to Germany and it Is understood that Representative Alanson It. Hougnion. of New York, is first in tho President mind in that connect Ign. Text Of Proclamation. The text of the president' proclama Hon follows; i'Hy the President of (he Ignited State ot America. i "A proclamation. "Whereas, by a Joint resolution nl Congress, approved Milrrh i. 1951. II was declared that cerlijln aits of Con greas, Joint resolution of proclama tions should be construed as If the war between the L'tllled States of America and the Imperial German gov emmrnt -harr rnrten, -hirr irrtntn acts of Congress and proclamations Issued In persuance thereof were accepted from operation of the said resolution: -"Whereas, by a Juint ruuolutlou of Congress approved July 2. 1021, the state of war which was declared by Joint resolution of Congress approved April 6, 1917, to exist between the Un(ted States of America and the Im perial German government was de clared at an end; "Whereas, a treaty between the Uni ted States and Germany was signed at Berlin on August 21, 1621, to restore the friendly relations existing between the two nations prior to the outbreak of the war, which treaty is word for word as' follows: . ' ' (Here follows text of treaty). "And whereas, the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratification of the two countries were exchanged at Berlin on Novem ber 11, -J81; "Now, therefore, bo ll known that 1. Warren O. Harding. President of the (Continued on Page 8even.) 1 ' ' . ' ' '-. : ' I '", TOBACCO PRICE IMPROVES , October Average For State Is $30.87, Nine Cents Above September Average. GREENSBORO SOLD 228,062 Monday of Pardon W eek a Bine Monday Far Many Petitioner Governor Morrteon Rcfnsee to Pardon Mnrderer hwd Anto Thlrf. The nreeiiMiorti huly Neva Buhteu. 30S MerrhanU Nellimsl Be.uk Bliaj. ' By W. T. HOST. Raleigh. Nov. 14. Advance agents of the Farmers' unlon'cnnventlon, with out saying ono word of concrete char eoter. say that when the unionists ad Journ after their state convention here this week, the state will know thst they have been here and that Governor ' Morrison, who Is to be their guest as wetcomer, will know specially well. Whether that mean the union will place Itself squarely on record as against some of the most constructive policies of the governor, or whether It ' is going to demand that certain taxa bles be given a greater portion of the burdens to carry, the agents do not say, Chief Justice Clark is said to -have prepared the plank which will declare for taxing the BBdO.OOll ono or so worth of shapes in corporate slock not now double-taxed. And the rea son that Judge ('lark Is Anderstood lo have prepared this declaration is very natural; He Is the only North Cam. Ilnlan who seems to be In favor of It. Ilx-Colleotnr J, W. Bailey, who ran heat the chief Justice writing sod speaking, doesn'.t agree with the unions on this proposal. Nor noes James H. Pou, who haa gladly represented the farmers In their .opposition to exces sively high land valuations. The fa (her-ln-law and son-in-law are loo olever for their farmer friends. They swamp the unionists with the argu- ment and send them back to Judge Clark for fresh material, Bailey will not stand with them on this proposal and his platform will be contained In his address which will be made Wed nesday. , , Kirk Against Big KipradHurrs. Then K Is almost certain that the" union farmers will put themselves' on record against the vast expenditure of the administration. The president, R. W. H. Stone, of Guilford, can stand ' with the unionists when they ask the double-taxing of stocks in corporation and Mr. Stone should be excused from voting when the other things are taken up. Nobody seems to bave defi nite knowledge' other than the declara tion In favor of double taxation of shares In corporations, but In a gen eral way It Is promised that this ses eion of the union will be notable. The pet plan of Judge Clark haa bad an awful time of getting a start. It had a bad self-starter. Judge Clark allowed himself to go In the prints and Maxwell pulverised him, annihil ated' him. The Judge gave dates re marking the surrender to the corpor ations. Maxwell confounded him them asked him If he wished to stand on a record of misstatement to the public. The judge never an swered. Ho probably disliked the rec ord, but waa fearful of messing hint self up wursu. i Then the legislature won't listen lo him. ' HI life-termer In their service to him and his political views, won't introduce hi bill, and suspicion that he la back of any legislative act kill it The Farmer' union ought to muk the Judge's demand more Impressive.' The union frightened the legislature half to death last year and may be able to do so again. Governor Morrison's Ural day of nl second pardon week, a period devoted to hearing appeals for clemency, was a blue Mon lay for many petitioners and those who bore them. The first apiillcntlnns were declined, Governor Morrison following his an nounced policy of publishing all decli nation. And the long-termer who was serving 89 years for murder In Ihe second degree, in of which Gover nor Blckett h lopped off by a com mutation, waa presented by hi mother. Appeals Acted I porf. The following ai,rnls were acted upon today: W, B. Ballard. Jr.. Washington coun ty; January, 1915. Murder In the sec ond dogma; sentence, !S yenrs In stale's prison, but commuted lo 10 years by Governor Blckett on Herein ber 23, 1919. Petition presented by prisoner' mother. Declined; Novem ber 14, l:m, Robert S, (freer, Wnke county. Orln. ber, 1920. Larceny ot automobile! sentenced to three yours on romity roads. PrisenU-d by L, 11. Williams, attorney for the prisoner, and his wife. Declined. November 14, 191. Toharco sales In North Carolina had, noticeably Improved before Ihe stat Itlclan In Raleigh prepared the month ly report which showed for October an average of $30.87 a hundred. This heats the October sales In 192(1 1.6 cents-a pound and 9 cents the September sales. Tobacco buyers wlm visit Halelgh deolure that gootl weed Is almost as high now as It was In the best months of 1919 and 19J0 when tobacco avrraird about 60 cents, poor IoIibcco soils budly now, hut the .far mers who made good curings and hail (Continued on Page Heven.) LEE VUNCANON KILLED IN SPENCER RAILROAD YARD Crushed I niler An Old Hoi Car as It Wns Unloaded From Flat Car. . Badly Mutilated I'imn Mln oi reiMilai Spencer. Nov, 14. Lee A. Vunrsnnon, aged 6&. assistant foremen of a South ern railway wrecking rrew, was killed here thla Ifl.rnnnn hu k.l.ff ...... under an old box car being unloaded from a flat car It Is said the car turn ed over accidentally, catching Mr. Vuncannon unawares. His bodv was badly mashed. Both legs were broken and he was otherwise Injured. He wa rushed to a hospital for attention but died In a short time. He is survived by a wife and two Sons, by two hrothors, II. V. Vuncan on, of Athens, (la,, and Charles H. Vun canon, of Chattanooga, the latter be ing assistant chief claim agent for the Southern railway, and by, several si ters. WILL MARRY DIVOItl 1:1) WIKR WHO It HKI.Ii POU Ml HDKIt, Los Angeles, Cal.. Nov. 14. A mar riage license was obtained from the county clerk here late today by Ralph, Olienchain of Chicago, lo wed his dl vorced wife. Mrs. Mailalynne C. Oben chain, for whom he Is attorney in the case in which she. under indictment for murder in i-ontiection with Ih death of ,1. floitou Kennedy, is await In trial here.