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GREENSEOltO DAILY NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1921 ,1RENSB0R0 DABY NEWS . aMu THijUSAA Published Every Day Its IM By Graeasbor Haws CoataM. B. B. JBFTItnsl XUWU A. B. jovNEH....ATartialas Mar. BARLB UODRBT Bailor a. L. STOCKTON.. Maasglng Klta Dally Sunday, s)oe Tari Ma aer week) Dallr Oalr. ST.) yean ISa par weak. Sisal Cava. Ually. Si luilar, Te. MONDAT, DECEMBER 1, TUB WASHINGTON CONrBRKSCB. Nov. 13 Hughe submits fanaral program for ten-year naval holiday and scrapping by tha United Stata of !(0 ahipa. total tonnage 145,740; by (lreat Britain. II ahlpa. 511,176 ton; by .Isimn, 17 shins, 44R,S tons; after which tha navies of tha United States find Qreat Britain would he limited to ,00.000 torn each. Japan's to 200,000 lorn. Three month after adoption of proposals the United States would have 18 capital ships. Great Britain 38, Juimn 10. Nov. 14 France and Italy agre to act together on questions com Inn bs fora tha conference. ' Nov. 16 Oreat Britain and Japan ao rept American armament limitation propoaala as a basis of discussion, the former aaklnir mora aubntantlal reduo tlona In submarine tonnage. Franc nil Tiatv tnnmv, Rrrtaaint and for mer aaka that land dlaarmamant be also taken up. . , Nov. ID China present ten princi ples. ' Nov. 17 Tha other natlona repre sented accept in principle cnma a pro- r. roattis mat ana oe aomrti-ea iu in im ly of sovereign natlona. Nov. ai-w-rriana promnsi int r mnu, will aoon out her military service to II montha, and on his request that franoa ba not left to defend liberty alona. assurances of moral support are given by the delegate of the nations that fought with Franoa In tha war. A Joint declaration of policy toward China, baaed on territorial and admin istrative Integrity, economic opportun Hy, and enforced "open door," and the abolition of "speolal rights" I agreed upon by all natlona represented. November 16 The committee of nine agrees In principle to the abolition ot extra-territorial rlghta In China. November 18 The nine powers adopt algn poatofflce privileges In China. November 19 Roeolullons are adopt ed looking to abandonment ot foreign court In China. , November 0 Japan makes formal request for a 10-10-7 naval formula, basing tha ratio on considerations of national security. Hughes and Balfour tender good offices for settlement of Shantung question. Pecember 8 Great Britain, Japan and Franc agree to retire from muoh of tha leased territory of China. Deo. t Japan agrees to return to China administrative control of Shan tung, conditionally, Deo, 7 Far east committee adopts resolutions providing for the neutral ity of China In oae of war In. which China Is not a rrly. Insuring th ter ritorial IntegrlrV of China, and pro viding for uas of wireless stations In China. - Dec. 10. Text of ths foor-power treaty, to supplant th Anglo-Japanese alliance, and pava the way for accept ance of the American propoaala for naval reduction, is laid befor tha cn. 'erenee, and made public It 1 an agreement to endure for ten years, and may be denounced by any signa tory power on 1! months notlo, after that period. Deo. 12. Japan announces willing ness to withdraw pustcfflcee from China January 1, 1928. Hettloment Is reached of the controversy between America and Japan over Yap. Deo. 14 China asks of th powers In conference that the Japanese 11 demamls treaty, and all treat loa grant ing special spheres of Influence III China, be abrogated. . Deo. 15 Agreement Is readied by th three powers on tha 5-6-1 naval ratio, modifying the Hughes proposala by In crease of maximum tonnage of eaoh power during and after tha tan years' naval building holiday. Japan ac cepts tentatively ofTer of China to buy Klnow-Chow Tainan railroad for 611 million (lorrnan gold marks. France claims the right to a naval, strength equivalent to that of Japan. PARAGRAPHIC. Vote early tomorrow and get it ai i.na - Considering the liboral idea of Moscow, It is hardly a compliment to our own Wall atreot, thi tale that our Mr. Burns narrates. " It seems that the 10-ship program of France was submitted without the 'approval of Paris. ' And without that of London, it ii equally clear. Toy and Doll Makers Ask Senate to Help. Headline. But Washing ton was full of 'wailing of infant industries before these came to town. When the Old Gray Wolf foes for Tarn Bowie it is a case of a meeting of the Hellenes indeed. Our wonder is that the furniture of the house is left intact : The Ross oxeyed daUy bill having been cut down by the senate the old state will have to worry alone for at luast another year more without a flower all its own. : The man who killed Sid Hatfield has been acquitted. Maybe the jury figured that it was of no use to try to hang a man lucky enough to get away with that job. The governor of South Carolina recommends authorization for an ex penditure of 34,000,000 on roads, during the next six years. It will be a procession, one of these days. There , ought to be considerable improvement in the climate of the Tight Little Isle. With Ireland on one side and France on the other, the water will surely be" kept hot enough. " And among other deduction from the Taylor trial let us not forget the warning that it is better not V talk about vour neinhbors unless vou are in position to furnish the proof of what you say. . The house of representatives has appropriated 20 mHliong for relief of Russia; but from this distance It seems that the price of two pairs of handcuffs, the same to be applied to Messrs.- Lenine and Trotzky, would accomplish more. s i. . 1 " North Carolina, third amongst all la agricultural production loads the southern states in the amount invest ed in manufacturing not counting numerous manufacturing enterprises that in their modesty evade the fed eral data sharks. ENGLAND, FRANCE AND AMER ICA. It is a strong plea that th French make when they point out that during the month and yars when the Brit ish and American navies were being swiftly expanded to their prssont great strength, Trench workman and French steel Wars ' being employed exclusively in the manufacture of shells for ths American and British armies. But th argument, will not bear analysis. True, th French steel that went into shells might have built a navy; but if it had gone into a navy, or If it had gone into anything else but shells, there would be no Franc today, or no mor than a melancholy ruin. If Franc was making shells for our armies, Instead of building battleships for herself, we, on the other hand, were putting all our battleships at her service. Th British and American navies pro tected the coast of France so well that she didn't need a navy at the most critical moment in her history. As the Washington correspondents have pointed out time and again, Franc will not and cannot build 10 capital ships, no matter what the Washington conference says. But if the 5-6-3 ratio goes right down the line of fighting craft, the possession of a navy equal to Japan's even in theory would give France the right to construct, in fact, a number of sub marines that would bear to England's submarine tonnage the ratio of three to Ave. Th Hughes proposal was to fix the American and British sub marine tonnage at 90,000; under the 5-5-3 ratio, if applied ' to Franee, that would give the French 64 000 tons of submarines) They might not be able to construct the entire number of battleships al lowed them under that ratio; but they could build the relatively inex pensive submarines. . And a subma rine fleet 54,000 tons strong and only 22 miles away would make Eng land decidedly uncomfortable, The British sre arguing that, as we applied rigorously in the case of Japan the doctrln that existing fleets fumlsh th only possible basis of calculation, w- should apply the sam doctrine to Franc, No matter how the French fleet came to be de pleWd, they say, the fact remains that it is depleted; and this confer ence Is for the limitation of future armaments, not tjje restoration of a naval balance of power. But as a matter of fact, we did not apply that doctrine rigorously. At this moment, relatively to the United States navy, Japan's ratio is not quite up to three, npr England's quit up to ftve.Ws have-ivMi each Of them a shade of advantage in our figuring. It is not a big enough advantage to amount to any thing, but It has kept down argu ment by demonstrating our good faith. If, then, we permitted both England and Japan to inerease their naval establishments a bit, regard less of the doctrine of existing strength as th basis, shall we refuse the same privilege to our oldest friend of them all? On the face of it France Is not asking for much merely the privilege of coming abreast of the hlndermdjt of the great maritime powers. On the face of It, it would be far from gracious for the United States to oppose so modest an ambition. Yet In this apparently simple re quest may be wrapped up the hegem ony ot Europe. As the United States decides and it must decide one way or the pther so French influence, or British influence, will rise Into th as cendancy on the continent of Europe. All Europe takes it for granted that as soon as England can get along without France, she will promptly ditch her; or as soon as France finds herself in position to force her pol icies upon Britain, she will proceed to run over her rough-shod. So evenly matched are the contestants at this moment that that on of them that succeeds in acquiring th moral support of the. United States will thereby acquire an advantage suffi cient to turn the scales. Kipling's prophecy for four or five genera tions hence has come true with a vengeances the Yankee tips the world as a man tips a see-saw plank. The thing that Kipling did not fortse is that th Yankee would be devoutly thankful It he could escape the necessity of tipping the world at all. The United States Is sincere at least in her refusal to try to doml- nate the world. All we want is to live in peace and let others live th same way; but w have grown so big that our weight makes everything sag our way, and every time Uncle Sam turns over he jars the entire world. Th house census committee is re- ported of a mind to have a regular, official census taken in 1925, instead of the unofficial . count that has hitherto been made midway In every decennium. That will interest, among others, High Point, which is on its way to an enlargement of boundary that it expects will giv High Point the numerical lead in Guilford. One of the profits of good population showing is in th resuftant census publicity, but hither to that has offered a real opportunity but once in 10 years. With an of ficial census In 1925 High Point would simply reap one substantial product of its sowing . five, yean cnrlier than It has expected. SAYS IT CANT BE DONE. A correspondent furnishes the Daily News a lengthy argument, bristling with facts and figures, which argument pruvos on the face of it, among other things, that it is a phys ical Impassibility for th tobacco crop of Piedmont North Carolina to b marketed according te th plan of the oo-operatlve association. Without undertaking to examine his prem- , his conclusions seem to be even too complete) ths argumamVis open to quurtlon as to whether it does not prove too much, It is at Uast strongly Intimated that the only way of dis posing of this crop is by ths present scheme of auction selling. Thst would be an, absurdity, wouldn't it? Ths Kentucky burley growers have signed Up for their Present crop, and it is unsoldit has bean th custom there to begin marketing after the beginning of th year following that in which th crop was produced Farmers of North Carolina will thus b afforded an opportunity of ob serving the workings of the co-op erative scheme of tobacco selling, in advance of an actual trial of it them selves. It will not follow, necessari ly, that because Kentucky burley can b advantageously marketed by the association, th Virginia bright belt product can; there may exist material differences in conditions. But if it succeeds in Kentucky, that will at least be an indication that it will succeed in North Carolina. Present indications are that co operative marketing of th weed will b given a trial in North Carolina next year; and one of the foremost reasons why it will be given trial Is. the average grower's conclusion that it can hardly ba less satisfactory than the present method. Th course of the tobacco markets thi year could hardly have been de liberately laid out for a greater ef fect in favor of th co-operative mar keting movement, Good grades have, by all compari sons, sold well, for the most part. The prices 1 paid on the various markets have been consistent. No market has stood out as offering mor for the same sorts of leaf at th sam times. Yet th fluctuations hav been many and extreme, from week to week. Ap parently all th buyers on all the markets have heard about the same thing from headquarters. In short, placing tobacco on the market has been a gamble, as to time. The grower naturally reasons that his tobacco was worth as much last week as it is this week, that it will be worth as much next week as it is now. The manufacturers know their requirements, their prices do not vary from month to month, they have a fairly dependable foreknowledge of production costs. The thoughtful tobacco' producer has taken these things into considera tion; and most probably they have had no small influence in shaping de cisions to sign up for co-operative marketing. " , . TWENTY MILLIONS FOR RUS SIANS. When the bill authorizing the President to expend $20,000,000 out of th funds of the United States grain corporation for th starving of Russia came up for debate, there was opposition on the grounds that the funds of ths people of the United States ought not to be used for any foreign nation, the action is equiva lent to voting more tax on the peo ple, th party in power is pledged to economy, there is much" distress in this country which congress ought first to relieve; "many starving, hungry and unemployed," A West Virginia representative rejoicing in the name of Goodykoonts offered an amendment that would direct the President to .expend the sum men tioned in the bill for the relief of his fellow citizens. - The chairman of the appropri tions committee, Mr. Madden, inti mated that from reports h is receiv ing he is aware of an amount of dis tress in this country that he dare not disclose. It seems on the other hand to b a high public duty, if th gen tleman ha any reliable data to sup port his alarmist intimations, to re veal them to congress and th pub lic. Of course there is want her at home, and ther are not lacking as sertions that conditions throughout much of the country will become gravely worse before thoy are better. Thar is always basis of logic in the position of the opponent of for eign missions who asserts that the money for their support might bet ter 'be used for spreading the gospel among his own people who have lacked gospel opportunity, that minis tering to the sick and promoting edu cation among distant heathen are in order only when there are no more needy sick, no more blight of ignor ance, at : home. It is especially a reasonable argument If the objector is devoting a substantial part of his own means and effort to home mission work. The house paid no attention to this argument when it came to vote, nor will it receive greater consideration from the public. There are plenty of sources from which relief can come, all around th individual in this coun try who is in want; individuals, or ganizations, state, county and munici pal agencies are well able to supply his wants. It is true that notwith standing the presence of these jiear neighbors who have food and money in abundance, want still exists and will continue to. exist; and that is a matter for the conscience of the people to wrestle with. The Russian hasn't any near neigh bors who are able to serve in the capacity of good Samaritan. He starves, not in a land of order and of plenty, but in a land of chaos and famine.. That, also, lies upon th conscience of the world, including th people of America; if congress in its representative office takes 20 cents from every man, woman and child to do alms in Russia, it is a cold logic indeed which cavils thereat. The poet deplored the rarity .of Christian charity under the sun; there is fsr from enough of it to go around; but the taking of this sum out of ths people's pockets for this purpose means simply that much more from those able to giv, to those in need, than would otherwise be forthcoming. Americans who sub scribe to the creed ot Christianity should be especially grateful that this Christmas offering is to be made in the name of universal brotherhood. The members of congress exercise stewardship over th people's treas ury, and stewardship chooses the way in which its responsibility will func tion. The woman emptied the prec ious ointment at tha feet of the Mas ter; but Judas, who carried th bag, grumbled because the price of it was not added to the common fund. Besides these considerations in the field ft pure altruism, there is always the possibility that the sum of 20r 000,000 may actually accomplish. something substantial in Ruasia, in a national way. If the flood that has overwhelmed' that country should ever threaten our own shores, it will have come out of Russia' and inun date Europe on its way to us. .The American, the comfortable, property- owning, tax-paying American, can think of nothing more objectionable than that same flood, and of few things that would be more desirable than for Russia to come to- its senses. Now if one having departed from his senses is without food, it is un reasonable to expect, that he will re turn to those senses until he has been fed. ' Whether 20 million dollars will feed Russia may be problemati cal ; but the experiment will' be com paratively inexpensive, And if Rus sians should come to their senses, perhaps the first reflection in the field of rationality would be a comparison of results as between the ideas of Messrs. Lenine and Trotzky, and those that persist in America. Well, the Third International cer tainly caused a flurry on the stock exchange, even if its financial stand ing Is not high. FRANCE IN DILEMMA MUST SWALLOW PRIDE OR ACCEPT THE BLAME 'Continued irom fag Oner what they regard as unequal treat ment, as humiliating and Impossible conditions, or they must accept th re sponsibility for wrecking th confer ence, a responsibility which carries with It the full disapprobation of ths mass ot the American people and may permanently eliminate American sym pathy from Franc. It is Quit ob vious that such a momentous choice will be made in Washington. In point of act the whole situation has already been put before the French govern ment In Paris and further Washington negotiations will wait upon M. Brland's response. They may even wa'it upon th results of the forthcoming confer' enoa between M. Brland and Mr. Lloyd Qeorge In London. At bottom It Is es sential to recognize that what has taken place in Washington is only one mor Incident In the Interminable quar rel between the British and the French, In which, as usual, the French have bsn successfully placed In the wrong. AS to tne statement by me frencn that they deBlra equal and even slight ly, larger naval strength than the Jap anese, this curious and wholly Frenoh fact may be noted. No Frenchman In Washington hesitates to say with con viction that the battleships will never b built; French finances and the opin ion ot French naval experts on th future of the battleship combine to preclude this. What they French ar fighting for in the matter of first class units Is the rtgttt to do something thy do not mean to do and against th assumed right on the part of the Brit ish and tha Americans to deny them such a right. You get somewhere near th truth If you accept the tatement that France feels she has been treated not as a first clasa power, not even a a second class power, but more as a poor relation. The Qneetloa of Fact. What Is really Important to recog nise now is not th question of right or wrong, but the question of faot. That fact Is that the French are die-" appointed, Indignant and rather bit terly conscious of the Isolation which has been their part from the beginning of the conference. They feel that they hav been compelled to sit in a corner xaept on rather rare occasions when they wereca11ed In and told what waa expeoted of them. Everybody els has had a chance to explain his position without having th detail of that posi tion published broadcast and mad th basis for an attack upon th good faith and Integrity of that nation. No circumstance has perhaps contributed o much to endanger th whole pro gram ot the conference here In Wash ington as the British publloatlon of th French naval program, because this publication puts th French in a hope- loss situation. If they recede now they still have to bear tha burdens ot un popularity over having mad their pro posals, while from their point' of view If they refuse to recede their loss will be hardly greater. In the end I believe they will re cede, but not without material delay and certain concessions. CAPTAIN ST AMU " ARHIVK lit .. CITY TO NPFIND CHRISTMAS Capt. n. A. Stamsy, U, S. A., arrived in the city yesterday from Camp Orant, III., to spend th holiday with hi parents. Dr. and Mrs. X. I Btamey South Kdgeworth street. Captain Barney, who has been serv ing In. the Infantry branch of ths serv ice, has recently been transferred to th aviation department. From here he will go to Camp Carlstrom, near Tampa, Fla., to undergo a course of training In the art of flying. Tokl Paper Violently Protest. Tokio, Dec. II. (By Associated Press) Tha retention by th untud States under th agreement on naval limitation of the battlcsmpa Colorado. Washington and Maryland, haa called forth violent protestations on tha part of several of th vernacular aswspa' oars. Wonder If Some Folks Don't Wish They'd Been Good Little Boya and Gone to Sunday School FRENCH PROPOSAL NOT TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY BY THE OTHER POWERS 'no d uioji pnuuuor view th strengths ol th oolonial party In France, This, It was explain ed, 1 not a political organisation In parliament but Is oomposed of senators ana deputies or all political groups who ar devoted to th development of French possessions abroad. Th trad with th French colonies Is now up ward of two billion franc a year and I regarded by th Frenoh public gen erally as on of th greatest futur sources of national wealth. If public opinion la to tie th guide for the French delegation, It was point ed eut by lis members, Frenoh opin ion is th only one that they can fol low. ' While mush regret Is exprsed ever th impression that appears to exist mini th ledegates of the three ma jor naval power that France ha sur prised them my asking mor than had been expected. Members ot th French delegation consider this as In no sense thslr responsibility bsoaus they gave their figure as soon as thsy were ask ed to do so. Premier Brland' accept ance In principle of Mr, Hughe' plan, according to French circle, was, Jt Is ndlcated, not an acceptance of the status quo of navies but an acceptance of "th principle of naval limitation." Th note of hi speech In ,the French text, it Is avsrred, show that this was th case and that all of th criticism of Franc outside th conference as having changed her attitude sine that speech is due to a misconception of what he really said. Although the French naval plan It self stipulates that no new capital ship shall be laid down before ls6, th view of th French government, It is affirmed, I that building can b be gun In that year and regularly con tinued because by that 41m It I ex pected that Frenoh finances will hav recovered sufficiently to permit of this expenditure. SENATORS TO DISCUSS WITH . , HOME FOLK PACIFIC TREATY Isr AaneltM mm) Washington, . Dec. II. The four- power Pacific treaty and possibility of further reduction In armament are te b discussed with th "horn folks" by a number ot senators and repre sentative In a series of meetings ar ranged by ths national council for limitation of armament, it was an nounced toaay. sixty-eignt meetings already have been scheduled for the Christmas recess period, It was said. One of tha first Is o ba an outdoor assemblage at Madison Square, New York, on Christmas eve. TBB DAVIDSONIA1 TO IHSIK A WOODROW WILSON NUMBER I8w,-I, is Dill, gen.) Davidson, Dec. IS. Monday the staff of th Davldsonlan, student weekly publication of Davidson college, will issue a speolal Woodrow Wilson num ber. Thi Issue will be' th most pre tentlous ever attempted by th Davld sonlan and on of tha largest ever published by any southern collegW weekly. It will be a Woodrow. Wilson Issue In faot as welt ss in nam, for it will carry about 25 columns about the ex President. Every effort ha bean made to secure only authoritative material trom ths pens at able men. Dr. Thornton Whaling, classmate of Mr. Wilson and noted Presbyterian church man, contributes a notable article on "Wilson' Education." and Dr. J. M McConnell, of the history department of Davidson oolicga, contributes an artiol on "Wilson's Aooompltshments at- the Paris Conference," discussing them from ths political angle. In ad dltlon to tha above the paper will carry articles about ths family of th ex-President and about various phases of his career. The front page will carry a picture ot th x-Prsldent and a facsimile copy of a personal letter from him to the edltor-ln-chlef. Vuneral of Mrm. Htmrrmv. The funeral of Mrs. K. Q. MurraV, who died at her home, 14 Peach street Revolution, Saturday afternoon, was held at th Revolution Baptist church yesterday afternoon at 1:0 o'clock Rev. B. O. Whitley conducting the services. Interment was made In Green Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were C. S. Young, X T. Stout. Z. C. Newman, J. I.. s . . ' OF TAR HEEL WORKERS 55 PER CENT. OF MALES FOUND TO BE FARMERS 'Oontlnuen irnm I'ag On' yJrfxoIWl:C'Txx:lMrrvxmay;JiaolJa''-avloJff, work was not specified, 8,626 males and 71 females. The number engaged In certain Im portant professions were a follows: Clergymen 1,214 men and 81 women; physicians and surgeons 1,101 men and 29 women: lawyers, Judgos and Justices 1,664 men and 11 women) trained nurses II men and 1,183 women. Proaoaaeed taereas. . Pronounced Increase for females art shown for th following occupational classes: School teachers, from 7,641 In 1910 to 12,451 in 1920; laborers In cagar and tobacco factories from 4 17 to 4,148; seml-skllled operatives In cotton mills from 19,331 to 18,748; laborers In cot ton mill from 1,112 to 1,814; stenog raphers and typewriters trom 1,421 to 1,624; seml-skllled operative In olgar and tobacco factories from 1.717 to 4, 980; bookkeepers, cashiers and account ants from 730 to 1,823; saleswoman trom 1,067 to 8,664; clerks, exoept In stores, from 411 to 1,732; trained nurses from 114 to 1,983; clerks In store from 101 to 1,181, On th other hand th number of laundresses not Insludins those employed In laundries deoreased from 23,192 In 1910 to 19,185 In 1920 and th number of servants and wait ers decreased from 18,566 In ths earlier to 11,321 In the later year. SAM THOMPSON KILLED BY THOMAS WILLIAMS Homicide Takes Place Near Hones Ot la lira sciihi nw vumiura. , Williams Makes His Escape. ISpHlsl tt Dally Ural Concord, Deo. ll.-Bad feeling which had existed for some month between Sam Thompson and Tom Williams, both negroes, resuuea in. in aeatn riuar night of Thompson, when h was shot twice by Williams near th- homes of both men at Silver Hill, negro suburb. Williams ran Immediately after the killing, and nothing has been heard ot him since. Th nolle wer told that Thompson went home with a determination to giv William a thrashlngr th former telling members of his family that Williams was worrying him, Th men lived In adjoining houses, and Thomp son's sister stated that . about two minutes after her brother left his horn she heard th (hots. Thompson fell In th middle of th Charlotte Conoord road, and made no sound after receiving the two bullets, both. In ths left side of his head. CONCORD WEDDING BELLS. Blgger-FIew aaS Barrlnsrer-Teagne Ccremoalcs Occur. IKlwrUI l Ditlr mi Concord, Deo. 18 Miss Maude Big- gar and Hubert Flow,' both of No. 10 township this county, were married Thursday afternoon at tha home of the brlds's mother, Mrs. R. w. Bigger. Only a -few friends and relatives wit nessed the ceremony which was per formed by Rev. O. W. Rollins. The couple will llv In Charlotte, where since his return from France, Mr. Flow has held a1 position with the Ford Motor plant. Miss Grace Barringer ana ttooert Wayne Teague were married Thurs day night at 7:10 o'clock at the home of the bride. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. W. A. Jenkins. The ooupl will mak their home here with the bride's mother. Mrs. jonn Barring er. Mr. Teague Is iinoiMP operator for th Jackson Training" school, ana ths young people are poBular with a wide alrcl of friends In the state. ADVOCACY OF WORKINGMFIM'S PARTY STARTS SERIOUS RIOT Detroit, Mich Deo. 18. Seven men wer Injured and 600 persons, many of them women and children, wer thrown Into a panlo when rioting brok out at Q. A. R, hall here today durlng.n meet ing of th party of the Armenian re public, Th rioting began, the police say, when, a spedker named Sharon advo cated overthrow of the party and for mation of a strictly worklngmens party ot Armenians in Its stead. At th start of th disturbance men In th hall pushed women and chil dren Into an adjoining room, then di vided Into fartlona and fought with chair and their flsta. A aquad of 36 solic reserves quell the rioL INDUSTRIAL CLIMBED" TO THE HIGHEST POINT FOR YEAR LAST; WEEK 'Continued from Page. On) presslons of belief that both these steps deserved to rank as greater accomplishments than the Versailles treaty quite naturally buoyed th ex changes. When tha rise began th shorts were unmercifully driven In. The Tuesday reaction was little more than a settling down after the Monday spree. In addition to the speculative position, a considerable quantity of bills, evidently held for some time, ap peared In the local market. November foreign trade, compared with tha fig urea for November 1920, showed that exports had been reduced by more than one-half whereas Imports had declined only one-third. If continued, thi will be another factor making for tha relative strength ot th prlclpal ex changes. It Is expected, however, that th rapid advance In sterling during th last month or so will speedily correct the current decline In United State exports. It means a readjustment In the purchasing power of many of the Countries banking through England; It also makes American products cheaper In terms of sterling. So far there has been no wild rush to pur chase grains or cotton or copper, but better orders In most lines ar not un likely. J No substantial Improvement In busi ness has been reported during the past week. The Ford plants were closed on Friday pending Inventory taking and this has had some effect on other es tablishment supplying parts or equip ment for Ford cars. Steel operation contlnuos Unchanged and Orders ap pear to have fallen off somewhat but this Is probably du to a deslr to await lower freight rates, not merely because of th transportation cost of tha product, but because reductions In ore and coal freight ar expected. The Influence of dividends has been vary marked .during the week but moat of th companies whose pay ments wer In doubt declared the usual dividends. Th apprehension last year was of an entirely different character. It was then recognised that many dividends would be lopped off, whereas at the present time some dividends are already talked iof as ponding restoration. WILSON NEWS BRIEFS. ' Kaneml of W. L. Vllklna Vandals Wreck a Negro School Hons. (SDHltl u Dill tal Wilson, Deo. 18. Funeral servloe over tho remains ofW. L. Wllkins, cotton buyer, who was found deal in his sleeping apartment on North Ooldsboro street, was conducted from St. Timothy's Episcopal church Satur day at I o'clock by the rector. Rev. Morrison Bethea, after which tha. body was taken to Greenville, S. C, ,for in terment. Wilson Superior court, for the trial of criminal cases, will convene Mon day morning with Judge Oliver H. Allen on the bench. There an three murder cases on th docket. Vandala on Friday night, a few mile from Wilson, maliciously shot the wln dowliBhta out of a negro school house, broke down the doors, smaahea tne furniture and scattered It along the public highway. Not satisfied they demolished a rural mail box and shot at several persons who went out to see what the trouble wa about. Two suspect -were arrested by Sheriff Howard and deputies and are being hold for Investigation. In K. SHA7VNIN IS DliiAU AH , RESULT OF AST ACCIDklNT rew was receivea tn ureenuiroru yesterday afternoon of tha death of L. n, . , , I 1. 1 .. V. A . I. Bi, OIlKllillll, Willi;,. UUUIICU VI. M.v- SlOn hospital in Asheville yesterday a.sA ... I 1. Ht Dh.n. nln, who wa Injured In an automobile accident In Asheville Saturday attar- noon, nao many inonus in urreeusuviu. .TV. A ..,111 h. . , tn Vila hnm. It, Los Angeles, Cal., forburlal. ' Son Sue His Pareatta. t Chicago, Dec. 18. .Tames K. Rend, Jr., 23-year-old grandson of the late William p. Rend, wealthy Chicago coal dealer, has filed Suit against his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Rend, tor the recovery of $350,00 worth of stock In the W. r. llend company, it was an nounced today. Young Rend charges he waa defrauded eut l th 1350,000 by his oaronts. James, J. M. Woodell and A. O, Hil Hard. 4 V