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BOJRO DA WEATHER Fair today and Weanes- 20 Pages Today Two Sections VOL. XXV. NO. 141 ENTniro AS SECOND CLASS MATTE! AT PUhTOtTlCI. CRKENBtUIIO, N. C GREENSBORO, N. O, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1921 UAIl.t ANU SVNUAY. . Hi TH UAILV ONLY. tt.OJ PM VKAI PRICE FIVE CENTS GREENS ILY UNITED STATES IS NOT YET READY TO JOIN AN ALLIANCE F! Designed to Replace Anglo-Jap-anese Alliance. ( iNOT FORMALLY OFFERED But On the Part of This Govern ment There Is No Disposi tion toTakePart. V TO SETTLE NAVAL ISSUE Amerlrsa Delegates Think It Wilt Be Concluded Without Any Sort of Political Rearrangement. -Waiting on Toklo. (Br Axoclatcd mm) Washington, Dec S. Th question of a three or four power agreement to re place the Anglo-Japanese alliance Is demanding Increased attention among the arms delegates while they wait for Japan to define her position on the naval ratio. , The latest suggestion, contemplat ing an entente to Include the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France, has developed to the point where a ten tative treaty draft la under considera tion In some quarters although it has not been formally presented to the con ference. ' There are indications that the Jap anese delegates, and perhaps the Brit ish as well, are consulting their home governments on such a proposition at the same time that they are asking for further Instructions in regard to the naval ratio. On the part of the American govern ment' there apparently Is no disposi tion to entertain an entente proposal, at least at the present stage of the negotiations. Later such a suggestion may receive consideration provided It includes no requirements counter to American public opinion. Upon high authority it was aald to day that the naval problem as it was referred to Toklo after the last meet ing of the "big three" Involves no pro posal for a political agreement of any character but Is concerned solely with the naval and military aspects of the situation. The American delegation ad heres to Its expectation that the naval Issue will be settled without condition ing th decision on any sort of a po ll t. Janaa Move Slowly. Admiral Baron Kato, of the Japanese delegation, said tonight, however, that the naval question Involved issues which are of far reaching effect upon the national and International life of Japan and on the policies of great pow- ere or decades to come and perhaps permanently. These Issues, he said, should be brought to the full knowl edge and consideration of his govern ment before definite action is taken. The delav In presenting Japan's defl nite position on ratio, declared the Jap anese statesman, is due wholly to the difficulties of cable communication and the desire of the Japanese government to act circumspectly In so Important a decision. It has been indicated that it may be late in the week before the Japanese are ready to return a reply n tha latest naval DrODOsitlon. Meantime, the conference outwardly Is concerning Itself with questions of collateral significance. The committee nn draft, headed by Ellhu Root, held a meeting today and debated the prob lem of foreign telegraph and radio facilities' in China, virtually deciding to bring In a resolution providing that a minv of these facilities as exist without treaty sanction shall have only a curtailed use hereafter. The committee of the whole on the far east is to meet attain on Wednes- day, bringing the full membership of the conference together again after a recess of four days. An open session of the conference Itself may be held late in the week but no plana for it hnvft been made? American Relief Not Accepted. , The American belief that the naval Question can be settled Independent of political Issues, although borne out thus far by the direction taken by the t negotiations, apparently Is not read ily accepted In all quarters. A British spokesman recently declared that In the British view the naval and far eastern problems were bound up In the same sheaf and there have been Indications of a like opinion among some Japanese, despite the publio an ' nouncement of Admiral Baron Kato that he was ready to consider a naval agreement without reference to the political considerations Involved. It Is considered possible that in the present period of waiting the two threads of negotiation may become so tangled In the foreign capitals as to give the American delegation consider able trouble In separating them when the discussions here are resumed. It would not surprise some observers if . there should be an attempt to make the reply of one or more of the gov. . ernments conditional upon a political agreement of one sort or another. The proposal for a four-power en tente as now advanced Is considered a outgrowth of the suggestion of David Lloyd George, made several weeks ago in parliament, that the Washington conference might well consider ' merging the Anglo-Japanese alliance Into an arrangement to which the' United States-would be-party. The Japanese have shown an Incllna- (Contlnuea on page ten) VICTORY BONDS SELLING ABOVE PAR IN NEW YORK Data lasaes Ge To 100.03 On the Ex change Two Liberty Issues Also . Make High Hecords. New York, Dec. 6. Four of the United States war bonds made new high records on the stock exchange to, day during further extensive Invest ment purchases. Liberty second 4's at I7.S0 rose 20 cents per 1100 and the fourth 4's, at 98. H, showed a similar gain. Both victory Issues touched 100.01 as against the previous maximum of par or 100. Profit taking cancelled some of the advance before the finish, but almost all of the two series closed at net galnB. At their par value total deal Ings In liberty and victory Issues ap proxlmoled J9.nno.P0H or 'about forty per oent of the day s operations. Three Years Delay For Germany to Pay Paris, Dee. a. By Associate Press. Germany wlU probably be granted a three years' delay la her cask indemnity payments, the Associated Press is informed from the most reliable source. Negotla tloas are now going1 on between the reparations officials of France and Great Britain, and the re sponsible officials of both coon tries virtually agree that Germany must be given a breathing spell. All that remain, to be done la to work out a acheme acceptable to both couatrica. The suggestions of a three-year moratorium has beea abandoned at the earnest solicitation of Fraare. The French . represeatatlves ex plained that the word moratorium was especially offensive to Ike French people la connection wltk the Indemnity Inasmuch as It was understood- as meaning complete suspension of payments of all kinds. The greatest progress has beea made la the laat few days In bring ing the French aad British view points togetheri the result of the progress aaa beea the iectaloa to give Germany a chance to regain a aormal ntataa. The reparations holiday cannot be used by Germaay as a mesas of evading all fatare payments of In demnity, French officials explata. ' but It Is being considered so that Germany, will better be able at the end of two or three years to ful fill her reparations obligations, and she the must he prepared to pay full a "reasonable indemnity." CHINESE HIGH OFFICIAL I Negative Results Anger Secre tary General of Delegation. LONG DELAYS DENOUNCED Complains That Powers, After Agreeing In Principle, Bury : China's Demands. CALLS ' POWERS ROBBERS Tyaa Asserts Thai If Chinese alga Document By Which Nations Glvs l'p Postoffleea They Will Con- : done Highway Robbery (Br AnoeUM fnml Washington, Dec. I. Phillip K. C. Tyau, secretary general of the Chinese delegation to the Washington confer ence, and minister to Ouba, today cabled to Pekin his resignation as a member of the delegation In protest against the "negative results" thus far achteved, concerning China's de mands. Dr. Tyau told the . Associated Press tonight that In resigning he acted without consulting tho three Chinese delegates and his action represented his personal views. The delegation was notified ' after the cablegram had had been sent to the Chinese govern ment. "I personally do not feel that any actual results have been achieved by the Washington conference regarding China," Dr. Tyau said. "They have been negative in actuality, except In principle. Everything has been agreed to In principle and then turned over to sub-committees. In no single case China has present ed for settlement on the basis of the 10 points proposed by the Chinese dale gallon at the beginning of the con ference, Dr. Tyau said, has anything more than Justice to China been In volved. None of the 10 points required delayed action, he said, because they were based on China's rights as a sov ereign nation. 'Every one of the demands," he con tlnued. "were for things taken from China In violation of treaty rights or through duress because the powers were strong enough to do It. They continue their violation ot China's sovereignty and then tie the settle ment ot the questions up In sub-corn mlttees." - - - . - Referring particularly to the with drawal of the foreign postofllces from Chinese soli, Dr. Tyau said the action of the conference in agreeing to ac cede to this demand by China only after long Investigation by a eommls slon was in direct violation of China's rights as a sovereign nation. "If we attach our signature to any such proposition," he added, "we would be In the position of oondonlng high way robbery on the part of the powers. The powers have been guilty of high way robbery of this source of revenue, and Instead of China pleading for restoration of the control of all post- offices on Chinese soil, China should demand Indemnity for all the revenue she has been robbed of by the powers maintaining postofflces In China." E. A. S1MPKINS BK.COMIC POSTMASTKR AT OOLDSBORO (Bperlil U IttlU Wl Ooldsboro. Dec. 6. MaJ. K. A. Simp kins today received his commission as postmaster of Ooldsboro ami win go in office tomorrow, succeeding L. M Mlchaux, who has filled the place for eight years. STRIKING PACKING HOrsF, MK.V ORDKHK1) BACK TO WORK Denver, Col., Dec. IS. Judge Clarence J. Morlev in the district court late to day ordered striking packing house workers' to return to work until the Colorado state industrial commission can Investigate the controversy be tween the men Rnd the companies, Macon Has Aaother Klrc. Macon. Oa.. Dec. 6. Fire that start ed in a storage room over the W. S Simmons shoe store, In the center of the business district at 8:80 o'clock to night, for a time threatened several big establishments. Firemen who an swered a general alarm confined the flames to the three story brick build ing occupied by the shoe store. Sweet Letters At Trial. Los Angeles, Cat., Dec. 6. Letters couched In affectionate terms, declared to have-been written by Mrs. Mada lynne Obenchain to J. Belton Kennedy wero admitted In evidence today in the trial of Arthur C, Burrh. Indicted joint ly with Mrs. obenchain for 111 alleged murder of Kennedy on August s, last, Legislators Do Not See Demand For Quick Ad journment. THE MEMBERS WANT RUFE There May Be a Popular Demand That Mr. Doughton Sit In the House. REPEAL OF VOLSTEAD ACT? There Are Rumbllags of Amendmeate To the Road Law Local Bills Will Be Jnst As Nuaacr onsAsRver Tba Gneniboro Dtll, Nest Bvreu. 901 MenHunU NtUeasl But lid. By W. T. BOST Raleigh, Deo. t. Legislators In tens. twenties and thirties are coming In this afternoon and tonight ready for the opening tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. The forerunners do not quite see that speedy adjournment which has been universally prophesied. Many of them declare that they are unable to see any demand for a short dog see slon except that attending the aasidu ous newspaper propaganda of the past several weeks. Representative Bill Neal, ha of Neal blll note, tells the world that he likes not the suggestion In the ahort sit ting. He likes Raleigh, always has done so. and picked his hotel rooms six months before Governor Morrison fell for the session. If Raleigh Is so loved of Mr, Neal he cannot compre hend the unreciprocated affection. He behaves himself beautifully even with the companionship that he often must keep. Consequently, he say he has no notion of going back home until the session gets through and he him self gets a good and ready. Speaker Harry Oner want out as soon a possible) He think It shows high statesmanship on the publlo's ac count that it would abbreviate a ses sion with pleasure or prolong ont with protest. Ten days he thinks long enough. Quite a bit of sentiment ex pressed Itself today in favor of the meeting, starting the machinery off, adjourning until the first of the year then coming back to do business. Tha state officials are opposed to this plan, but that may help rather than hinder a. Wont Give Rufe I The members will not give Old Man Rufe up. They say he Is coming and will sit in the seat ot the mighty. The house is judge ot his fitness and the house resents any suggestion that n Isn't fltten to sit here any mora. Every body on both sides wishes him. wants him. He la the George to whobi both senate and house delegates the Jobs. Of the making of laws there is no end and much work Is a weariness to tne flesh. Therefor Grand Old Man Rufe Is in great demand. Tkin.nu ha ., for him. without nun even worse thing may b done to decency In tax ation than was dona last spring when the farmers union saved civilisation by partially inducing the legislature to return to corporate Cretan Ism In ap praising property. One third of Ihe counties stood pat They will pay less taxes relatively than those which hocuspocused valuations and got high er rate. The principle of revalua tion was not utterly destroyed because 10 counties still have It They are trying It out and they have found that It not only beat lying It keep them away from the courts. Besides,1 the Income tax, th lower limb of revaluation remain. On this brace of legs taxation still walks. It has been lately discovered why the farmers union opposed the Income tax. The best reason was that It onoe favdr- ed It and the union never I satisfied until It has tried all sides of all ques tion with appropriate- periods of mourning when further change of policy la Impossible. Collector Bailey was the spiritual advisor of the union. His original position waa opposition to the Income tax because the farmers was paying no tax and agriculture was freed from ths burdens wnicn broken-backed big business was then bearing. The after thought was more brilliant man that. Tne income tax was, fit, bled and died for, solely be cause It 'was a part of revaluation, Mr. Bailey ha recently declared, And ths Income tax abides. Then union can't repeal It. Half of revaluation, Its whole underpinning will continue to abide. Th wreck Isn't complete. Tackle Tax Amendment. But there I a large disposition to do something to the tax amendment which restrict the rate of taxation to 15 cents Instead of 66 and 2-8. The rate Is too low. The statesmen who understand something ot renunciations tools their cussing gracefully last year. They hooked up revaluation, the Income tax and the II cent rate, made them Siamese triplets. Such tamper ing with revaluation as has been done Is largely moral. The lying- system of ancient days has been restored In sofar as It could be by th self-suf. flcent and the slf-inefficient county control could be restored; but 30 coun ties have not turned back and 70 which have done so either In part or In whole, are Inseparably tied to ap proximations to truth and they can never get entirely back to th evllest day. The proposal to amend th constitu tion so a to Increase the 16-cent limit, making margin for the return of an (Continued On Page Three.) TRAGIC AND UNUSUAL DEATH OF S. P. WALDO Krnly Maa Returns To His Market Saturday Night and Kails oa sharp stick. Canning Deala. , tSnerul ta li.ltr !lmt Wilson, Dec. 6. A shocking death according to report, occurred at Kenly sometime Saturday between-midnight and daybreak. 8. P. Waldo, who con ducts the Kenly meat market, after closing hi place of business, later in the night returned Vo see that every thing was securely locked. In the meantime his family retired and were surprised on Sunday morning to find that he had failed to return home. Search was Immediately made and his dead body was found behind his market with a sharp stick In his throat. Th supposition is that he stumbled and fell and that the stick punctured his windpipe. He is survived by a widow and nine children; a widowed mother, Mrs. A. A. M. Waldo of Carey, two sisters, Mr. O. R. Rood of Port Haywood, Vs., and Mr. John Brothers ot Carey, and on broth er, N. R. Waldo of this city. The body was taken to Carey for tn terment. Weatber Heport. . The temperature In Greensboro and vicinity yesterday, according to A. R. Horry, local government observer, waa: ttigb tO Low . ... HISTORIC ENGLISH CASTLE IS WRECKED BY FIRE t "a v ft;-., ! .. l,wl 1 J: i . 1 TtT ITUirt-- .want Ihrnnah th. raatle of wings remaining. Most ot the many niture were saved. Th photograpn ' - BUSINESS BETTER, SAY THE TAR HEELS, BACK AT LEGISLATIVE GRIND Kitchin, Brlnson and Hammer Missing As Congress Opens. FIRST TWO ARE STILL ILL Others Cheerful, Stating Folks At Home Are Making Best of Economic Situation. OPPOSING PUBLIC WASTE Congressmen Not Expecting to Havo to - Pass Any Bat Urgently Needed A- . - - proprlatloa Bills Joe Browa Is . Gloomy Over Boll Weevil. Dsllr Nam Boraai tnd TlccrBSh Orses, 11 AIM BuUdinl Hi Luhs Hint By THEODORBJ TILLER. Washington) Dee. '.-Reporting bet ter business conditions In - th Stat. m.mha.-al.itt...laa..Hl fll-tlnii. in Congress returned to their legisla tive grind today. Indication are that this will be a long session and that it will be midsummer before the North Carolina representatives have time to go home again for any extended stay. All members of the delegation, with th exception of Representatives Kitch in and Brlnson, who are sick, and Hammer? who 1 detained to close up certain legal matters connected with the office hs formerly occupied, got back today. Reports from John Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, where Mr, Brlnson recently withstood a serious operation, are that Mr. Brlnson Is Improving rapidly. He was abls to sit up yesterday and prob ably will be pack at hi office before ths holidays. - Business Oa th Mead, Representative Bledman renorted business conditions at Oreensboro and Winston-Salem on the mend. Major Stedman thoroughly enjoyed his brief stay in hi district, where he shook hands with hundreds of constituents. Farmer In the district of Represen tative Doughton, he aald, are still suf fering because of low prices and re stricted credits, but are bearing up as cheerfully a possible. 'The federal court In session at Wllkesboro," com mented "Farmer" Bob, "Is a lively proposition Just now, where It Is do ing a thriving business with the viola tor of the prohibition laws. It may be said that the prohibition officers are enforcing the law, and that jthelr agressive attitude In the matter is hav ing good effects in the matter of sun- pressing th boofleggers." Senator Overman said he entoyed his sojourn at his home at Salisbury with ms family. "Conditions In that sec tion of the, state," he aald, "are good, ,nd the people seem prosperous and appy, I did not hear much complaint about hard times or stagnation In bus iness and generally the people appear to be doing well and are contented.' - Senator Overman said he would be come quit busy Thursday when the special committee, of which he Is member, will begin the hearings on the charge against the army brought by Senator Watson of Georgia, who alleges that soldiers were hanged with out trial during the world war. Senator Simmons spent his vacation at his home In North Carolina, where he remained quiet In an effort to re cuperate after the strain of his ardu ous duties which kept him here at work continuously for months. He comes back in fine fettle, ready for tne tariff and other work that Is be fore him. Interest In Disarmament. - i Representative Buiwlnklo, who spent his vacation in his district, said his constituents were most Interested In the disarmament conference and that this was the principal matter discussed by them. "As to conditions in my sec tlon," he declared, "it may be stated that from Greenville, 8. C, to -Oreens boro, N. C, the situation as to busl ness and conditions of farming inter ests 1 better than In any other- aee- tlon Joe A. Brown, of Chadbourn, former member of the North Carolina senate, who is here looking after business be fore the departments, gives a less hopeful view of conditions In hi sec tion of the state. "The boll weevil" he said, "has done great damage In my section, which Is the finest cotton country In the entire south. .The crop was In the first Instance reduced in acreage to one-half the normal slse and then the bolr weevil made Its ap pearance and reduced the crop by at least one-half, leaving us approxi mately one-fourth of a crop. Th to bacco crop was short, and this, to gether with the misfortune that has befallen the cotton crop, constitutes a serious sluslon." "Ths greatest danger, however," Mr. Brown said, "is In the further develop, ment and spread of the bolt weevil, which menaces future crops In North Carolina. The ravages I fear will be greater next year than It has been this. (Continued oa a'ag Etgbt.) It 'V. (3 Tit m y ' " ' n I N i- r. V. . - 1! t i Kihnalrd. the Forfarshire seat nf the valuable pictures In th ancient edifice snows iunnaird castle, witn tne furniture 21 Lose Lives In a Train Wreck; 25 FIRE TAKES TOLL Most of Victims Perished In the Flames Which Broke Out After the Crash. TRYING TO PLACE BLAME OUT lawUM rim) Philadelphia, Dec (.Additional bodies recovered from ths smouldering debris, and deaths of two of th In jured tonight Increased to 21 th list of fatal injuries a a result of the head on collision between Philadel phia and Reading railway suburban passenger trains today on ths Newton branch of th road, about ! 16 miles north of Philadelphia. All were resi dent ot town along th Newton branch or ef Philadelphia. -"- -, Four of th & or mora .Injured war. In a critical condition. It waa feared other bodies still wsre concealed by the hot ashes and twisted framework of th two wooden coaches which ught fir. " Most of th victims perished In the flames, which broks out almost Im mediately after the crash, for both trains consisted of wooden coaches. Rescuers were obliged to stand help less at the top of the cut where the crash occurred while th victims, en meshed In the wreckage, shrieked as ths flames tortured them. An outbound train from Philadelphia ran Into the Inbound one from Newton In this cut, which is IIS feet deep, nar row and curved. It sides were) covered with snow and lea and It was with the greatest difficulty, that the Injured were dragged to the top. A statement from the railway offices said the accident "seems to be due to train No. 115 (that from Philadelphia) overrunning its orders." An Investi gation has been started by ths rail way, another ha been ordered by the state, while Buck county officials havs announced they will conduct a third. Th out la situated between the Woodmont and Paper Mills stations. The road la single tracked. The south bound train, carrying to Philadelphia, makes no stop between Southampton and Bryn Athyn. The outbound train usually wait on a siding for it to pass. Th engineer I laid to have waited ten minute, and when a local that was late, passed, to have assumed It to be other ' and proceeded, The curve with It steep, rocky wall hid each on-coming train from the engineer of the other. In th middle ot the cut the two locomotive crashed. That of the northbound train rose In the air, and then toppled backwards, falling upside down, over the track. The southbound locomotlvs veered to the east and wsdged Itself In between the rock wall and the wreckage. Aid was summoned from nearby sta tions and ambulances, wrecking crews and fire companies hastened to the scene. A special train waa sent out by th Reading officials with nurses nnd blankets, but the uninjured pas sengers and the country folk had ac complished nearly all the rescue work possible when they arrived. Firemen found their work extremely difficult because of the precipitous sides ot th gulch. They poured water pumped from a nearby creek into the burning debris, and climbed down the slippery side to work their way slow ly upwards again bearing the injured and dying. The roads were heavy with snow which also increasod tho diffi culties of the rescue parties. The Heading was hampered by the isolated location of the accident, for there was ndther telephone nor tele graph communication at the spot. REPORTKD THAT F:-KAI1I 11 I.VIKMH TO MAHHY, AGAIN (Br Awoclaled rrm.) Berlin, Dec. 6 According to the Zwoelf uhrblatt, former Kmpcror Wll Ham has decided to marry again. The lady of bin choice, the niwpa.jr says. Is the widow of a high officer, from Danslg, who was killed in the war. The newspaper profisses to have re ceived the information fro a most trustworthy source, Ex-Knlscr Itrnlcs It. London, Dec. 6. Denial was given today at the home of former Emperor William at Doom, Holland, of the re. port of his betrothal, says a dispatch to the Dally Mall from Doom. ' Forecast by Ktates, Washington, Dec. 6. Virginia and North Carolina: Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, not much Changs In tern perature. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. extreme northet Florida and Ala bama: Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, not much change In temperature. Tennessee: Fair Tuesday and Wed nesday, not much chango In tempera ture. Louisiana. Arkansas, Oklahoma, esut and west Texas: Tuesday and Wednes day fair. ,'1 4 fcv. Nan Karl uf Boutiieaa. onlv tho servants1 and many of the antique pleoes of fur on ins lawn More Injured Agreement On Irish Problem Is Reached London, Dee. . (lly Associated , Press 1 Ta conferenea between -the government mlnlatrra aad slam frln delegates rearked an ree moat at aa early hoar this morn Ina em the new proposals, watra underwent certain modifications for an Irish settlement. After 'a sessloa which lasted mors than three hnnrs, from 11HS last night antll liito this mora. lag, th meeting ef th goverar meat ministers aad Irish repre sentatives la tba Dawning street residence of th prime minister separated and a member ( th cabinet, replylag to ones tlon aa ta how things steed, said l . Th new Isn't bad a) agree. nsenU,.Aa laa. has on ..rooahsaV the terms of which will h com municated to th press la time for the Wednesday morning papers. Th delegates looked very tired and grave aa they left the pre mier' realdrace to eater waiting cars. Asked whether he had any thing ta say, Michael Collins, th alan tela taaae minister, aa awered sharplyt "Not a word. It Is officially aaaoaaeed that tho terms of the agreement will b aabmltted tor th aeeeptaae of parllameat and at th Dall Klreaaa. A copy ef tho agreement has beea seat to Sir James Urala, the li liter premier, by special messenger, - IS SHARE Loses S3.362.26 Because He Played Exhibition Games After Close World Series. SUSPENDED UNTIL MAY 20 tsr smeiita rmai Chicago, Doc t. Th "bad nsws" for Bab . Ruth, world' champion horn- run bitter with th New York Yankee, broke today. Ruth was fined hi world' erle prize, amounting to 13,362. H, and sus pended until May 20, of the 1921 sea son, by Judge I.andls, commissioner of baseball, for participating In exhibi tion games following the close of the world's series. Outfielder Hob Meusel and Pitcher William J'leroy, also member of the pennant winning Yankees, who partici pated in ths barnstorming trip witn Kutn, tlrew substantially the same penalty. Pitcher Plercy's fine was $100 less than the other two players aa his shara ot the world' series was that much less than the other players. The suspension of Ruth for at least the first month of the American league pennant raoe, practically means, bam ball observers pointed out tonight, that the New York slugger will have little chance of breaking his home run reo ord next season. Itnder the ruling Ruth may apply , for reinstatement May 20. Ths decision, which, in the baseball world, rests as the most Important Judge Lanills has made since he he came commissioner, was marie after two months' deliberation. After the players gave up their tour. .Indite l,an dls sent each a nuestlonnnlre, asking their reasons for violating Ihu rules of organised baseball. The rule, enacted In Kill, forbids a member of a team comin liuK ill the world's championship Kerles from par ticipating 1n - any exhibition (fames after the clobo of the serli-s. Huth replied to tho nuesilounalre, but neither of the othe.s anxwnred it. Judge Landls, in his decision, said the oflendlng pluyors wilfully and de fiantly" violated the rules and that the situation involved not merely rule violation "but rntlier a mutinous de fiance Intended by the players to pre sent this question: Which Is the big ger baseball, or any Individual in baseball." NKGIIO t'l.KAriHI) OF HAllCB OK KII.I.IM; ITIIMIOIU) MAN tSPrtl.'. u- O.Uf S-aa.1 Ooldsboro, Dec. 5. After being out only a few minutes, the Jury In the case of I'ete Rodders, a negro, charg ed with the nitirrler of John C. T.aning. a Plttuboro merchant on the night of last August ii, the case having been on trial In ths Superior court here since Thursday, brought In a verdict of not gnltty. The authorities of Chat ham rounty will now start in search ,1 evidence of tbs guilty person. ,11 IT Congress Will Probably Listen to Mr. Harding, Too,f . POLICIES ARE PREPARED Allied Debt, Tariff, Ship Subsidy and boldiers' Bonus Await Action. BOW TO ADMINISTRATION When Congress Is Unpopular aad onndly Cnraed It Tries To Uala . Fsror By Snuggling tip Te the Administration. ptltr Niwi Bumu tad Ttlemra Onto, til AIM Bundles 1ST IMS) ml By C. W. UILMKHT. (CoottUM. 111, by rhlUdHpnit Mbilt Uont.l Kashlngton, Deo. i. Congress com ing back and beginning work today has Its opportunity to crawl In under the Harding tent It Is a big tent. There Is room tor Congress within it. And Congress, facing the necessity for re-election next fall, will probably b found taking refuge within. This regular session will ba very dif ferent from the special session just closed. In th first plac the "admin Istratlon measure' Is beginning to put In It appearanc. In th special ses sion Congress was on It own. Th administration had no measure or plan. Congress wa left to work out with little suggestion from th Whit House th major law which th Re- publican party bad promised to th country. Congress did this badly. It waited time, failed to pas a tariff bill and Anly passed a makeshift taxation measure after many month. Administration Measures. , In the coming session it faces first an administration measure, ths allied debt refunding bill. Then tariff legis lation I beginning to tak an admin-' Istratlon character, Mr. Harding favor Ing an alastlo tariff which leaves much discretion to the executive. Then th hip subsidy bill will also b an ad ministration measure. Th soldiers' bonus, too, when It come up, will also probably tak an administration char acter, Mr. Harding having promised some sort of relief to th veterans of the great war. What has happened I that In th few month sine Mr. Harding' In auguration varlou subordinates of his hav worked out a plan with rarard to th allied debt. It Aeoome an ad ministration measur. Hi shipping board lias deoided upon a subsidy a th only way of operating the war built merchant ship, hence another ad ministration measur. Th tariff com mission or Mr. Hoover or both hava put their mind to th tariff, on which Congress notably failsd, An elastlo tariff smsrxes, another administration measure. Th soldlsrs' bonus presents mor difficulties. No administration measur ha taken shaps as yet, but one will necessarily, " Tl administration measur -baa be. com th salvation of Congress. No body love Congress. - Th steadiest of our political habit I to curs it and r-lect It. Congressmen have rs turnsd with the curses ringing In their ears, It ha no Illusions. It is un. popular, but it is used to being un popular, Ther are many way of ssonplng th consequence of unpopularity. On I to snuggle up to th administration. If that is popular, by passing the ad ministration measures. Thl Congress will doubtless do thl. It will make mor of a mess of doing It than most Congresses have because the Repub lican have too large a majority, be cause the Republicans are sollt bv tha agricultural bloc and because tha President Is a gracious gentleman who doss not Ilk to exert authority harsh ly. But Congress will do It., r Take Congress too Seriously. Yeu hear gloomy remarks about Congress aa It comes back. You al ways do, A returning Congress alwaya fill Washington with dark and un happy thoughts. It Is on ot tha con' ventlons of our political life that Congress should mnke us sad and pes. slmlstlc. "If." say all ths wlssst ob. servers, "the election had been held last fall the Republicans would hav lost ths lower house and more than half their margin In the senate, and, "It Congress goes on this year a it: did last the country will go Demo-! ratio In the fall.'! Thl la taking Congress lo serious, ly. The country has got out of tin habit of voting for Congress. It grum bles about Congress aa It grumble about the weather, but It no more thinks Congress can bs Improved than it thinks tbe weather can be improv ed. It votes for or against the national administration when It elects Con gress. One cannot see how the present ses sion of Congress can blunder so rnurti that a Republican majority will not b returned on the strength ot the Pres. -ident's popularity. - Count against Democratic prospect the public approval of naval reductions and a naval holiday, sure to be obtain ed at tha present conference. Mr. Harding's personal grace and charm, which endear him to the country, an-1 the strength of Mr. Harding's cabl-1 net. Count also that you cannot beat some party with no party any mora than you can beat somebody with no body and the Republican party is leaving on the country the Impression that It Is the only real Instrument of government, just as Lloyd Ueorgs Is the only man In sight to run Kngland. I yield to no one In my. belief In the capacity of Congress to blunder. But the stupidest Congress In the world could not fool away all this In the longest possible session. RAILROAD MAN IS KJLLEn BY ANOTHER AT SPENCER R. 10. Oawtoril Hlt Hnm Hlnloa Ovrr The Mend With n Hold- Hoi ta Hr-lUrntH tf A-tiovillr. 'tCMl' o Pill Vt.i Spencer, Pec. 5. Knginer Sam Hin ton, well known cltU-n of Achrville, in dead, and Conductor It. 10. Crawford, also of AHheville, la lit-lt! without bond as the result of a fiht In Spencer to day. - It Ii aald tho enKinT ntndo lomi remark reflpiet-imr on tho wife of th conductor, who -trunk Mr. 1-1 in ton on the head with a bottle, causing his doath several hours Hat fir. Both men are well known in railroad circles and have many friends, Mr. Hinton leave a wife and acvural children. MOflltlHON AMI Jt'STlCKS TO WEIsCOMK FOrif TO ST AT 10 nallifh. Dec. &. Governor Cameron Morrlfim, htK staff And members of th Suprm ronrt of the state will wol romp Marshal Forh to" North Carolina, KrldHV niwht at 8:25 when 'the special train carrying1 the i'ommandi'r-in-phlrf nf th allied ftrmlps from Atlfwita f WashinnK'ti tti' 'fort y-flve minutes at Monrue, K- C ' . . , I
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 6, 1921, edition 1
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