GREENSBORO- DAILY NEWS 48 Pages Today Four Sections Vat uad Colder Today ana Monday. VOL. XXV. NO. 153 entmid m reroND class matth t rwTumc. uaiiiiMasuao, g. c GREENSBORO, N. C, SUNDAY , MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1921 DAii.T km minBHT. u on rn rui Milt ONLY, it.Os fU 1UI PRICE SEVEN CENTS NEW AND HOPEFUL TURN IS TAKEN BY ARMS CONFERENCE FRENCH10-SHIP PLAN 1SSUBMITTEDWITH0UT APPR0BAT10NQFPARIS Shantung Controversy Closer to a Settlement. ALBERT SARRAUT SPEAKS He Presents France's Naval Ex perts Views; Hughes Stim nlates Good Cheer. , JAPS HEAR FROM ; TOKIO settlement Of Shantung Depends Oa Few Details Regarding the Re. tura To China Of tke Tslng v s tsw-Tslnanfn RouaU 1 (Bl Aaaelaud fna.9 ' 'Washington, Dec 17. Conference development! took a new and hopeful turn tonight when It became known that the French 10-shtp building1 plan was submitted without the approval of the Parle government and that di rect conversation! between China and Japan had brought the" Shantung con troversy closer to a settlement. Naval eub-oommittee aatlon toward a flve-power pact on naval limitation awaits an answer from Premier' Brland en both the 10-ihlp project! submitted 'by French delegates now here and upon the joint counter proposal con curred in by Great Britain, the United States, Japan and Italy that, Franca aooept a capital ship strength of 175, 000 tons as compared to her present mi oho tnm In dreadnaughtn. A three-hour session of the sub committee today was almost entirely taken up by Albert gamut, head of the French delegation, in presenting views of French naval experts now here as to the naval needs of France. Secretary Hughes made a brief reply tending to stimulate good feeling among the committer members. The official communique, however, would admit nothing beyond the physical facts that the committee met, talked, adjourned and would meet again. Tke shantung Problem. Settlement of the Shantung problem apparently depends msatlsfutory ar. rangement.of a few details Involved in Japanesa; rWnrjL th Jslpg tao.-Jsi-in .,hi fclAnfehaw'leaae- 1"- ?. ' Tvoid. J S:.r ' Further Instructions on the subject were received today by the Japanese delegates, and although their exaet nature was not disclosed, there was evident tonight among both Japanese and Chinese a feeling that a final agreement was only a question of hours. ' ; As to the French proposal! for a new fleet of 10 86,000-ton capital ships, which stunned conference circles when they first became known, yesterday, it was learned that they were framed here by direction of, Admiral Debon, chief French naval expert, under his authority from the delegation to pre sent the views of the French naval general staff. Premier Brland and former Premier Vivianl both had left Washington before the admiral's pro posals were framed. The Paris gov ernment has now been informed by ca ble of the situation and of the counter proposition. It was evident tonight that the 17B,-000,-ton capital ship limitation for France was proposed by the American delegation originally, although the form in which it was presented was not disclosed. Italy's spokesman in the subcommittee, Senator Schanser, replied that Italy accepted the Ameri can point of view, as to tonnage whole, heartedly and would be satisfied with 17t,000 tons If Franoe accepted that figure. r .;. The ItaUan Position. The position of the Italian delega tion as it is understood to have been developed during the committee ses sions is that the Italian government had two principles to maintain in the naval ratio discussion, one, that the Italian navy should be on an equality wit) that of any other power In the Mediterranean; two, that the Italian ratio should be as low as possible for Italy's purely defensive purposes. Italy's agreement To the American 175,-000-ton ratio, conditioned only on ao oeptanc of that ratio by France, fol lowed. Knowledge that the French 10-shlp-buildlng plan, which up tonight had seemed a stumbling block In the way of the conference, was merely the sug gestion of the French naval staff here, as to what it deemed desirable for France, put a wholly new face on the present deliberations of the naval com mittee. The connection of the French experts outlining their views was not only, It Is understood, authorised by ths French delegation as a means to bring about a full discussion of the general problem of naval relativities, but it was also supported by confer ence precedent. - The only written presentation of Japan's first claim to a naval ratio of 70 per cent as compared with the American fleet, so far as known, was made by Japanese experts in the orig inal committee of experts, abandoned later by the naval committee of 15 on which conference delegates themselves sit. Except for that .change, the French suggestion probably wouid have been presented to the experts' committee. It appears to have been drawn up for that purpose. WILSON MARKET CLOSES DOWN TILL JANUARY 10 l p to note (There Mas Sold so.OSO.25J rounds, at Average of fmM Per Hnndrcd. . ISmrUI p Dsilj Nfln.l Wilson, Dec. 17. The Wilson tobac co market has closed for the Christmas holidays and will reopen January 10. Bales to date furnished by H. B. John son, secretary Wilson tobacco board of trade, show that there has been sold H9.060.262 pounds, which brought fll, 187.027.tia, an average of 128.14 per hundred, against for the same period last year. 40.773,7(8 pounds, which sold for 83.S76.783.4fi, at an average of I8l.il per hundrtd pounds. Seven Men In Jail Result Mask Fight Ardmbre, Okla.. Deo. IT- Seven en were being held nnder heavy guard tonight In connection with a triple - slaying which resulted front a vfatt of a band of masked "men to the home of Joseph Carroll at Wilson, Okla., Thursday night. The dead nre Carroll nnd John Smith, of Wilson, nnd C. O. Sims, an Ardntore nutrolmaa. It was believed that Carroll and Smith were slain daring n pistol battle wltk a band of masked men wko kad gone to tke Carroll tone with the expressed Intention of nsu gtng Carroll, who had keen ne eased of being a bootlegger. The body of Slma whs had died from a pistol wound, was foand at an outlying spot snld to kavn been used r members of tke Kn Klnz klan for a meeting nlaea. Slma was not In uniform aad several masks were found oa the ground at his side. Among those being held la fall charged wltk tke shooting vera tke Rev. Leon Julius, a minister of Healdtoui Joka Smith, a butch er) J. A. Gilliam, utoek ralseri Jeff Smith and Curley Smith, both of Wilson. , Late today Sheriff Buck Gar rett received a letter signed "elan No. T, Ardmore, Okla.," declaring that an attempt would be made to take tke "Smith boys" from iall. iH FILE AS A RESULT OF ' RECENTRAH DECISION Commodities Rates Will Be Filed ' At An Early Date. MANY NEGROES MIGRATE Census Reports Shows 161,679 Tar Heel Negroes Are Now Living In Other States. HOUSTON SEES SIMMONS Coumbla, S. C, Hanker Tries Te Com pose Differences Between Tar Heels And Federal Bank) Bank Has Plenty Money ' ''!: "" ''''., Dn Nt Runts and Tlemps Offlns, " ' tt AltM Building (Br Usax) Win) By- IHBOnoilH Tiu.Ep. s-V; --Washington,' See; Iffi North Caro. Unit's victory In the famous Virginia North Carolina freight Tata controversy caused the filing here today of new class rates In accordance with the re cent, decision of the Interstate oom- merce commission. The schedule rates as filed carry- out the mandate of the aommlsslon. " '';' Commodities rates In conformity with the commission's decision will be filed shortly. The filing of schedules today was the routine procedure necessary finally to make effective the commis sion's order removing the discrimina tions in favor of Virginia cities which havs long existed. J. , H, Flshback, the locar attorney who co-operated with M. ft. Beaman and representatives of ths North Car olina chamber of commercs and the North Carolina corporation commis sion, was present today when the sche dules were filed. The census bureau figures Issued to day covering the migration of negroes from ths south to other states show that 161, 67 Tar Heel negroes are now In states other than ths one In which they were born. The percentage of North Carolina ne groes living in other states In 1920, as compared to tha total number of negro Tar Heels, Is 18 6 for 1920 as against 17.7 per cent In 1910 and 18.6 in 1900. The census bureau finds that ths ne gro population of tha whole United States Is 10.342,734, of this number , 288,492 negroes are living In ths states In which they were born mainly in the south while 2,064.242 now live In some other state. North Carolina's negro population m glvsn as 788,128. The total number ,of southern-born negroes living in the north and west was 780.794 in 1920 compared with only 440,634 In 1910. North Wllkesboro Eligible, Representative Doughton was today notified by the postofflce department that ellgibies for appointment as post master at North Wllkesboro had been certified by the civil service commis sion, and were as follows: first, J. O. Hackett; second, Henry Reynolds, and third, Capt R. E. Walters. Hackett, who leads in ths rating Is the present postmaster and a Demo crat, while ths secpnd and third ones in ths list are Republicans. It Is believed here that there will be a lively rumpuS over this appoint ment regardless of how It Is made, or which one of the Republicans, Rey nolds or Walters, gets the Job. Tar Heel Democrats seem to think the Democratic candidate at North Wllkesboro hasn't much chance to land the postmsstership and Repre sentative Doughton shares that view. Mr. Doughton and other members of the delegation interested in postofflce matters say ths actual picking of ellgibies Is done by the Republican or ganization. Representative Doughton observed today that the-"grand Cyclops or tne Republican party In North Car olina not only holds the veto power in such cases, hut must necessarily "(Continued on pHge six.) ED CHAMBERS' SLAYERS LIBERATED BY THE JURY The Three Men. Also Charged With Killing Slid Hatfield. Gave Bond aad - Were Heleased. Welch, W. Va., Dec. IT. d. E: Live ly, "Buster" Pence and William Saltern, charged with the killing of Ed Chambers of Matewan, on the courthouse steps at Welch last August, were freed by the jury after 61 min utes of deliberation tonight. The case was given to the Jury at 7:48 o'clock and at 8.34 they made their re port to Judge James French Strotcher. The defendants were held under the indictment charging them with the killing of 8id Hatfield and gave bond. with the snme bondsmen as had been security oa the the first charged. . ill Tarn Wanted to Take Penalty Off of Taxpayers. HENDRICKS BILL IS DEAD Mr. Hendricks Would Have' the Jury In Capital Cases to In dicate Degree of Guilt. BANK BILL BY LAMBETH Murphy Thinks the Communities Should Proseeutu Big Criminals, Such as Bank Criminals. House 1'nfrleadly. ths 'Ortraibore I'tlir Nevt Barns. -101 Mtrdustt N.Uootl auk life V By W. T. BOST. . Raleigh, Dec. 17. Grand Old Han Rufe got Into real action today when his next door neighbor Tarn Bowie un. dertook to take tha penalty off tax payers who don't pay their tribute by ths end of January, and Grand old Man Rufs won. It was the closest and prettiest bat tle. of tha session. Fur new, -but no body got mad and for once party politics had no connection with It The efforts of Bowie were directed to ward removing ths penalties against all tax-payers who fall to discharge tneir aebts beiore jrebruary i. ana to prohibit any premium on the payment of taxes during the months of October and November. Bowie drew to bis support the speaking aid of Repre sentative Murphy, of Rowan, who said that he would oppose the principle in ths law it hs lived to be 68 minutes older than Methusaleh. Mr. Doughton attacked Everett, of Durham, and Grant, of Davie, to ths advooaoy of "business methods.' The' real merits of ths bill will not get the regular tryout Bowie was fighting to have the measure put upon the calendar and heard in the first see slon after the morning hour, Doughton Insisted that it go before the finance committee. The Alleghany man is chairman of that committer Mr. Bowls told the house that meant death, that the chairman of the com mittee oall It together when hs saw fit. The Alleghany man fought like a wildcat for his own committee and won. It was evident that Speaker Grler waa against Mr. Doughton, but there was no way known to the cnair by which the house could block the flight of tne bin to tne uougmon oom mittee, save the vote On the show down the vote was 41 to 48 and Bowls, Murphy and ths friends of the no- penalty kissed ths gentry an anec tionate goodbye. i Hendricks' BUI Put to Death. The house put to death Represents tlvs Hendricks' bill modifying the death oenalty In three of the four eap Ital offenses. Mr. Hendricks would have laid upon the Jury the duty of indicating ths degree of guilt and the punishment to fit tha crime. The bill which was Introduced early in the ses sion, djd, not get out lor .discussion .un til, today. And there was neither time nor Inclination to talk. Baby Glover, of Nash, movsd to table and the vote was 91 to 88. The baby la understood to be in favor of the bill and sharply In favor of soms modifications of the present law, but this was not ths time for the debate. The bill could not have passed under any conditions at the present session. Only a wholesale death penalty In the house and a new birth in the senate would get a start for such a proposal. Ths Thomasvllls bank cases had a little indirect airing today, too. Ben ator Lambeth of Davidson had in troduced a bill allowing the governor a limit of 11,600 In rewards for big criminals. Ths senate passed the bill, but the house was not friendly to the proposal. Murphy, of Rowan, regard ed the needa local and thought ths com munities In which the offenses re committed, particularly thoss connect ed with the bank, should prosecute the criminals even to offering big rewards. Amendments went ths way of the main issus. . Nearly all tha measures of sharply controverted- character having passed or gone back for a new start, neith er house had anything of large state Interest today. Many members went home and soms of them will' not re turn. Monday's session should have about 90 members of ths lower houub and 40 of the upper. Tha constitutional convention will not be undertaken. The proponents cannot agree on detail. -Tha general Impression is that the state will not havs a constitutional convention no matter what the needs. Ths referendum on calling it would probably carry it, but the proposal to deny popular ratification Is fatal. The history of the 10 amendments of 1914 Is Intsrestlng now, Governor Bickett, who was the foremost champion of the 10 befors he became governor, always prophesied that 10 could not carry simply beeauss they were 10. But eventually he saw substantially all the 10 enacted by offering them in brok en doses. Governor Morrison fought the endorsement of the 10 amendments in 1914 and claimed the salvation of thres congressmen by defeating con vention endorsement. The Republican convention strongly supported the work of a Democratic legislature in of fering ths amendments. Ths Republi cans in both houses are not disposed to work for ths constitutional conven tion Senate Session. It took the senate ' about an hour Saturday morning to dispose of the local road bill taking one of the townships out of tha general highway district of Graham county this morn ing, but the divorce was Anally' ac complished on a vote that, followed party lines pretty closely. Ths bill provided for the repeal of the 1921 law creating the county highway com mission for Graham county and waa Introduced by request by Mr. Graham, of Graham, before he became so ill that he was forced to leave the city. "Senator Dewer, of ' the district In which Graham county Is located, op posed ths bill because he did not be lieve the township system for road work as effective or as efficient as tlio' county-wide measure. When the measurs came up he moved the bill be tabled and gave his reasons for making this motion. He explained that he had tried to get some expres sion of opinion from the representa tive of Graham before he had to leave the city, but that his.'phyelcal condi tion was such that he could not get him to make any decision. He had told some that he did not want his 1921 road bill changed, and others that hs did lot object to ths pro posed measurs. Sol Gallert, senatorial watchman and protector of the interests of the Democrats In the strongly Republican counties of ths west, could see in the bill nothing but an effort of the two Republican townships of Graham, which have never yjited for roads, to (Continued on Page Sixteen) . H0USEPASSESAB1LL . FOR RELIELPF RUSSIA Use Funds of United ' States Grain Corporation. BILL GOES TO THE SENATE Opponents of Measure Fpught It to Last and Sought to Murder It. TWO SOLID HOURS DEBATE Chairman Madden Protests Against Is Of ths Panda aad Tells Con. gresa There Are Conditions At Home That Are Appalling. i (an Mnrltud ma. I Washington, Deo. 17 A bill author. Islng ths I'resident to expend 820,000,' 000 out of the funds of the United States grain corporation for relief of tha distressed and starving people of Russia was passed tonight by the house lit to (1. Opponents of ths measnre fought It to ths last and forced a roll call on the ground that the vote as announced did not Include a quorum of the house. The roll call resulted 181 to 71 and the bill now goes to the senate.. In wrangling over the measure the house attempted to chop It to pieces wun amendments. The first actual test was an amendment by Represntatlve Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama.' to ts duce the amount from (20,000,000 to 810,000,000, which was defeated, 71 to 60. . . ... There had lean two solid hours of debate during which a flood of elo quence was let loose on the argumsnt that the starving children of Russia, regardless of the bolshevik ruin that had brought about their distress should havs their cry for bread slleno- ed with American food, when a new fight waa started over proposals to tear ins bill to pieces. , Protesting against ths use of funds for ths people of any forelsrn nation Chairman Madden, of the appropria tions commutes, declared It was sasy to vots a tax on the backa of the American people, and cry at, the earns time for economy. - "There are conditions of distress In (his country which would appall Con gress If I dared relate them." Mr. Madden Shouted, adding that infor mation to this effect had been laid be fore him confidentially. "But I cannot see my way clear to vots money out or ths treasury," said ths chairman, "whan it Is not to be used to relieve ths distress of the people we were sent here to serve." When the time came to receive amendments, mors than a score of members, jumping to their feet, de manded recognition. In the midst of Vhe flood of them, Representative uooaykoonts, Republican. West Vlr glnla, stepped forward with a new paragraph which would direct ' tha President to spend -120,000,000 for re lieving distress among the "starving hungry and unemployed eltlsens of the lifted States'-It ,was howled out on a point of order, but the West Vlr glnla Republican stood his ground. "My amendment may not come with in tha rules of the house," Mr. Goody. koonts declared above the din, "but It at least has the merit of coming with In the constitution of the United States." After that, amendment! were set up in rapid succession only to bs knocked down. About all that was tacked on to ths original bill waa a direction that grain for tha Russians be pur chased In.. ths United States and sent to Russia In American bottoms, and 'a direction that a report of all expen ditures be made to Congress) by the end ot next year. The houss refused to Include Ar menia in the area to which relief would be sent. ONE KILLED AND NUMBER HURT IN AUTO COLLISION Josephine Pulley, Nrgra, Meets In stant Death When Truck and An Auto Hit KparRorky Mount, (IpttUI is D.ilr Ness! 1 Rocky Mount, Dec. T.JOn person was killed and several subjected to mora or less- serious Injuries last mght about 11 o'clock at the begin ning of the hard-surfaced Nashville highway, near ths city limits, when a delivery truck driven by Lee Dunstan, negro, and occupied by Leon Pulley and his wits. Josephine Pulley, also a negro, collldei with, the Nashville jitney bus driven by J. A. Cookrell and loaded down with, passengers among whom were several women ami chil dren. Josephine Pulley met Instant death when she was thrown out by the force of the impact and lodged between the two colliding machines. Mr. Cockrell waa badly cut about tha face and head as well as subjected to bodily injuries when hs was pitched for ward against the steering Wheel and through ths windshield. Deputy Mar shal T. W. Barthalomaw, who was ons of ths occupants of the jitney, wai also cut up and his shoulder probably sprained. Ons of the lady ocoupants of ths bus complained of a sprained arm, but the other passengers, though shaken up considerably, escaped with out Injuries of any note. Ths other two occupants of the delivery truck were unhurt. As a result of the accident Lee Dunstan, ths driver of the truck, has been lodged In jail here on a charge ot manslaughter. He will be given a preliminary hearing Monday before Recorder Lancaster. Forecast By States. Washington, Dec. 17. Virginia: Clearing and colder Sunday; Monday fair. North Carolina: Generally fair and much colder Sunday; Monday, fair. South Carolina and Georgia: Fair and much colder Sunday; Monday fair. Florida: . Generally fair and colder Sunday; except probably rain In cx- troma south portion;. Monday .fair..-.-. Extreme Northwest Florida: Fair and colder Sunday; Monday fair and warmer. Alabama: Fair Sunday and probably Monday; colder In south Sunday, rising temperature. Tennessee:' Fair Sunday, colder' In east4 Monday Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer. , Louisiana: Sunday fair, continued cold In southeast, rising temperaturs In north and west portions; Monday partly cloudy, warmer. Arkansas: Sunday fair, warmer; Monday partly cloudy, warmer In east. Oklahoma: Sunday fair, warmer; Monday unsettled, colder in afternoon or night East Texas: Sunday fair, warmer; Monday partly cloudy, warmer. "Not Guilty." Welch. W. Va., Dec. 17, C. E. Live ly, George "Buster" Pence end William Sailers were found not guilty by a jury in criminal court here tonight of killing Sid Hatfield and Kd Chambers. August 1. - Self Confessed Slayer of Physician S-asSsii ilBl llliavisIM i - . t ' ' r s Vir i 4.,. ..un henaerfer Raisen as sne the office of District Attorney Lewis. In t'-7 X) ! coniession 10 ins staying or ur, Auranam vueasiein. Rumor of a New Plot to Blow Up Stock Exchange TO GUARD STREET Burns Is Satisfied Arrest of Lin denfeld Will Clear Up the - ,1920 Explosion. OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED . (Br Aawltud Prat.) New Tork, Deo. 17 Ths thrills which Nsw Tork experienced In Beptember of ras". ysar when Wall Street was rocked by a bomb which killed nearly two score persons wars revived tonight. coincident with ths arrest of a sus pect in Warsaw and the arrival from Washington of William J. Burns, chief of the bureau of Investigation of the department of justice, to take personal charge of the cass, there were dlrculat- ng the downtown financial district ru mors of a new radical plot to blow up the stock sxchange. Local authorities, while admitting that special guards had been placed around the. exchange and other build. Inga. professed to attach no great Im portance to reports that threatening letters had been received by a num ber of brokers. In this connection were recalled a number ot postcard "threats " to blow up tha custom house and post- office which followed the sensational blast of 1920 and fulled to materialise. Mr. Burns, on his arrival, added nothing to his statements In Washing ton that the arrest In Warsaw of Wolfe Llndenfold, former representative In Nsw York of Lenine and tha third In ternationale and later In the service of the department of justice, would clear up the mystery which had sur rounded the case.- He said nothing tending to confirm reports current here that local arrssts were expected. , During the Investigation, which ex- tsnded around the world with the offer of rewards exceeding 8100,000 and re sulted In the arrest In this country and Canada of a score of suspects, who wsrs subsequently discharged, Mr. Burns maintained from the first that ths explosion was the work of the third Internationale, as Indicated now in dis patches from ahrond. Suspects round ed up and discharged Included: A former tennis player, arrested in Canada aflsr he had claimed a psychic Influenrs had led him to foretell the disaster. A former convict in a Wisconsin pen itentiary later found to hAve been be hind the bars when the blast occurred. Five seamen taken from a ship at New Orleans and later cleared. Thres Cleveland suspects, ons a wo man, later freed, Two Pittsburgh stisp'-ots. one Inter lodged In jail for dodging the draft. A ItAyonne trurkman who was able to establish a cast iron alibi. A wrestler, arrested In Omaha, but later proven to have been engaged on a western mat the day of the explosion. NED LYONS, IS uEVKItKLY CfT AUDI T HKAII IN AC TO WHK.C It (tti'tii to niir n ) Salisbury, Dec. 17. Ned Lyons, a local printer, Is In a hospltRl suffer ing from ncvere cuts about the head, lie and Stanley Martin were in a car near town tonight when It struck an other car that wn blocking the rosd Mr. Lyons went through, the wind shield. Let us help you solve that gift problem. A l'sld-1 p subscription To The GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS offers a splendid solution. Numbers of our readers mske n prsetkee ot giving year's subsrrlpllon. As a rrndrr you know and appreciate how much this newspaper menus In ennhllng lot: to ubtnln n correct view point. Vour friends "III rir Ike llsllj News. Tke rcist Is trlHIng romnnrrd with the value received. Let tke dully reminder nf your thougalfulnras be a subscription to the mate's best newspaper, tke GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS t mi x ar uppeured whils being questioned In Brooklyn, New York, following her The Peking Cabinet Offers Resignation 8tHltl Cjmi Dally am. . tCotsrrlsHt. leal. Iv ruiunomt fublli Wibw.i, Peking, Dee. IT The Peking cabinet has resigned en bloe, Tke reuses kus not keen given out, hmt It Is presumably beeauss as ex presses', Chang Tau Lin, ths Man rhurlaa war lord, demanded It. Ths resignations . have not yet keen accepted. MYSTERY MAN IN THE Mrs. Raizen, Slayer of Dr. Glick' stein, Being; Examined By Four Alienists. WOMAN WEAK, DEPRESSED . (Br Anwltud rren.1 , New i Tork, Deo. 17. Counsel for Mrs. Bnlten, who shot and killed Dj. Abraham aitckststn, her alleged be trayer, In his Rronklyn office last Sat urday night, conferred! today with four alienists, who have been examin ing ths woman, to decide upon a course of defense. ; Meanwhile they have revealed the Identity of the "mystery man" In the case as Albert Uradley, 80-year-old waiter. - It was Uradley who met Mrs. Ilalien at the pier when she arrived from the south on the day before. Dr. Gllcksteln ' was killed, and who took her to the hotel where she spent that night Bradley became acquainted with Mrs. .Tlulsen when she worked In a shirt factory and took her meajs In a restaurant where he was employed. He said that she had befriended him on various occasions. He produced two letters which she had written him while in Florida. They referred to her being 111 and suffering from "many troubles." The second one asked him to meet her at the plur when her boat came In. Kxamlned by District Attorney Lewis late yesterday, Mrs. flaisen declared: "I felt that the man (Ullckitrln) pos sessed mv very mind and soul, and 1 hud an luea that if I got a revolver It would help to drive those tliotiKhta out of my brain. Thai's why I nut It." Weak and depressed berauxe of the strain to which she has been sub jected, lr. Halien Is being cared for in the Kaymnnd street Jail by an other woman who shot and killed an alleged botrayer Miss Olivia Hume, ho took the life of F.llis Klntd. n awyur -in Lruoklu. in uml ..muiiths ago. Miss Stone, a trntned nurse, volun teered to cure for Mrs. Itnlzcn, snyftig she wanted to help "a mslor in dis tress. - . li nil inn l u ',:ha., ,ii i Britain Finds It a Jest Too Deep For Laughter. BUT TREATS IT SERIOUS So France Will Cross United States and Force Us to Exert Pressure On France. EUROPEANS ARE AT ODDS Uny ef Reckoning Between Francs Are Pur Apurt Jiinglund Heady To Tkrow France Overheard. PttlT Nt Kuewl tne Ttktrtptl Offtcs. iU AltM Bulldles ' SI Uusl Rim) By C. W. UlLHERT (Csptthm. 1111, or ruiMhiiisis rsbilt Uaw.l Washington, Dec 17 The news from abroad ' that France Is seeking a treaty of alliance with England ex-, plains France's demand here for a ratio In the naval agreement that will permit her to bulid ten super-hoods. France makes her claim here for the purpose of trading when her premier, '. M. Hrland, gets together with the British premier, Mr, Lloyd George, France's super-hoodi are a jest. Tha British find it a jest too deep for laughter. If they treated this Imagin ary fleet ot a bankrupt nation ths way they treat the possible fleets of Ger many and Russia, as something to be considered when It begins te corns In to being, something which may causa all thres of the great naval powers to modify the agreement in ths future, Franoe could be left out ot the pad being made here as Germany and Russia are being left out. But England, perhaps to get France Into the position of crossing ths oath of ths united states and opposing the American program, pnsists that, in Imaginary fleet bs treated as a reality, It may be that her plan to modify Is to Induce the United Btates to' use pressure upon France, for the day or reckoning between Franoe and Kng land la at hand. In tha conference whloh Is coming between M. Brland and Mr. Lloyd George. The two countries lave been drift ing steadily apart alnce the signing of the treaty of Versailles. They are a't odds over German reparations. They differ over Poland and the little en tente. Thsr have had a violent alter. cation over Turkey, leading Lord Cur son In the midst ot this peaceful con ference here In Washington to launch a bitter attack upon his cross-chsnnel neiahbor. In snlta of Mr. tisifmir's kind words the two countries are rad ically apart on the Question of land armaments, which Franoe la responsi ble tor maintaining at homo and en couraging In l'oland and In southeast ern Europe. They are tar from agree, ment upon Russia. - France finds herself drifting toward isolation as Japan did before this con ference waa called. Only on Incident ha saved her from the appearanoe of isolation In this oanfersnoa and that was Mr. Hughes insistence that Franca be Included In the four-power pact In the Vaolflo, .and the American secre tary's motive was not so much ap proval of. Francs aa regards to Amer. lea's prejudices against this country' snterlng Into a combination with Eng land and Japan alone. Great Britain la now. all the readier to throw Franca ovetboard, to iso lata her In Europe because the con ference here has fre.d her hands In ths I'aoiflo, giving her more opportun ity to concentrate on Europe and be cause she sees In closer relations be tween herself and thla oountry a chance to cut herself free from a part, ner In Europe who embarrasses her. Francs la fighting not to bV Isolated. Hor ons point of attack upon England is ths navy. Given a navy, given sven a largt fleet of submarines, France friendship bscomes essential to Eng land. Thus equipped France may pursus her alms on ths continent and England will have to veil her disap proval. Isolate France and leave her outslds ths restriction of naval agree ment and ahs must at least build a' largs fleet of submarines. Thsrsfnra Mr. Balfour Insists that the big pow ers Include France In their pact end make restrictions especially upon tub marine building which keep her from forcing hersslf as a partner upon England. There is ths whole politics of France's extraordinary demand for Ihn rlght to build a navy which hs not and , is not likely to have money tn build. Probably France makes her cnpltul ship demand largely liecsuro umv tuumtnnt allowance wilt ne pro- portioned to her capital ship quota. Hubmarlnes srs what Interest' her. They touch England where tha is weakest. They will give Frsnce a hold upon Englsnd which England cannot Ignors, A hard and fast alli ance between EnglnnS and Frame, ' an understanding between them with regard to reparations and ths future of Germany, an agreement on tha near east, to be reached between Hrlanil and Lloyd George would probably cause France to accept gracefully a large cut by nils conference in her demands tor capital ships. lint Mr. l.loyd Ueorce wishes not t pay this price to rid himself from French submarines. Through Mr. llnl four, he Is seeking to use the desire of the United Htates to see the naval con ference a success In order to free him self from France. If the United Btates will stand with England against France on ths ratio, M. Hrland will go to Lloyd George hat In hand. If It does not M, Brland will go to Llovd George club In hand. Ilehlnd France'a Imaginary capital ships lie submarines and behind sub marines lies the issue ot the political hegemony ot Europe for which Great Mrltaln and Franca are more than ever rivals. CITY IN DARKNESS FOR MORE THAN HALF HOUR Nomhrra Power rompanr Lin TrAiihle Thf r-u-r 'bu-h- Much Trouble - la Dully wa OffUe. All of Groe-iitiboro was in rJarknrnn. for mora than 30 minute J . t iiinht, every electrio IfKht in the cliy belli nfferterj and all machinery operaU'd by pltrtrlotty Btnpperi Offrlaln nf th North Carolina Public Servitit enmnany BtuTrd that tha lark of t'urnmt wan duo to trouble on a Southern Power company's wlra between Charlotte nnd Sallabury, the current whirl, aupplles Ureenaboro eomlntc t( thla city via that wire. No one at the Public Serv ice company office had been able to loarn what the nature of the trouble wan. . The Pally News, especially, suffer ed through the inability to secure light and power. All of the linotype mi chines, together with the rest of the machinery In the plant which Is all operated by electricity, were stopped. The current was off so Ions; that the metal pots of the linotype machines became cold and an additional 10 min utes was required to re-melt the metal heforc the machines could be operate after the current was turned Of