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GREENSBORO BAIL EWS WEATHER Fair and Older Today iaturdaf Fair You Want All th News About BusiMst Read the Ads Daily VOL. XXV. NO. 171 tNTTn as actum cum uim T fOtfffllKIUL UHKKMMOaO, M. C GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1922 DAILY AND STNDAT, MM FK YUI DAILY tNLY, It.W fU Till PRICE FIVE CENTS MAJOR OPIE TELLS HIS STORY ON STAND , TO REBUT CHARGES HE FIRED RIFLE TWICE, ;e His Men, Fighting In Argonne, , - Became Demoralized. ., TRIED TO HALT RETREAT With Great Emphasis Accused Officer Declares He Never Shot Man In His Life. ONE VOICE AGAINST HIM M Was the Vale Ot fifcell.Shoeked Vlrtlaa Of War Now la Hoapltal . For laaaae Ople's Men Tea. ttfy la Their M.f, Favor. ; . (Br Asociated rm.) .- ' ' Washington, Jan. 6. Sweeping de nial of charges that he had ahot two of - hli men while hla command, part of the Jth division, waa In the thick of the Argonne fighting, waa mid before a aenate . Investigating committee to . day by Ma). HIerome jt Opie, ; of Staunton, Va., and nearly a .dozen men erring -with him overseas. At an all flay session only oae vole waa lifted against Major Opie the voice of a sneir-enockee) victim of war, now a patient In a Virginia hospital for tha Insanvy The witness, Lemuel C. 8mlth, declared that while In a dugout with fhre comrades and four Oerman pris oners Major Opie entered, shot and killed a eoldler. then ordered the body ; removed," without one ntterlng a word. "r..:-''J vr ; : In rapid succession the comrades . mentioned by Smith went on the stand and awor they saw no such killing, that they were not In the dugout, and - ; mat they knew of no evidence what ever 10 support me charges. And v then, sifter half a dosen of Major ,i Opie' men had testified that thev , i: never heard of hla shooting a soldier In France or anywhere else, the major himself spoke in bis own dstense, de claring there was no word of truth In tb Accusations and that he "never , snot man in nis me. - . ' - Breaking down while witnesses were telling the committee . that for hla , services in tn Argonne offensive, end. Ing In a hospital, wounded, be was awarded the distinguished . service cross, the legion of honor, and . the crola de guerre with two palms, Major Opie quickly recovered his compoiure and -calmly. " quietly;" but.IWIth great emphasis, isfeerted" Wat' h rnever fired revolver sill the time, h was la tb army. ,.- , Kaplalaa Vs Of Mae. . . Major Opie . explained In detail how be bad attempted to ret hla men in ' a line after they had been demoralised and were running wildly, some saying they had been ordered to retreat while there were shouting that the enemy . was approaching, A tense situation, developing suddenly, found him alone In the effort to reform the lines, at tha moment he was without sldearma. hs was wearing a raincoat the Inslg nla of which was covered with mud end It was with difficulty that he oould make the men halt "I took a rifle and fired twice," ht said, "knowing perfectly well what waa doing. On shot was fired In the air and one tn the ground. Nobody was hit After I fired the lines etopped and 1 got them In shape, putting men I recognised In command. I sent run ner to bring all the men up. There was not a dead soldier on the Hp and there had been no firing." "Did you ahoot a runner vtlth a re volver, as charged!" Chairman Bran dears . asked. . .. . . "I never fired a pistol ths whols tlm I was In ths army," Major Opie declared, with amphaat. Chairman Drandegee wanted to know If Major Opie bad any theory as to how the renorts about him had started. "Nona, sir." hs said. "It may be that one olrcumatane led to It I dislike to mention names, but It might be the nnlv thin to do n Justice to otners. It happened that tleut Floyd W. Cun ningham accidentally killed himself with a rifle and I was the first to reach him. I bent down, opened his blouse, end while there alone In that position Am i atraaa-lere -may - have been around.' I sometimes think this scene may have started rumor oi wnicn wa tha victim." . . - ' - Menator Willis. Republican, Ohio, queetloned Major Opie regarding the testimony of Henry L. Scott of Ken. more, Ohio, that he saw ths major shoot a runner. , ' -.Deliberately trainee." . "It is deliberately untrue," the ma lor exclaimed. Hen. tor Willis said he merely de- sired to tret ths major's denial In the record, . ' 1 , Renator Watson, Demoorat Georgia, whose charges in the ssnat that American soldiers had bsen hanged without trial In France, took no part In the examination of Major Opl or hla witnesses. But at th olo of th sesaion. Senator Watson, announcing that he waa not prosecuting any oase, presented a list of witnesses to be summoned to give testimony relating . h rknlj, fihareaa. The committee Indicated they would be called when the hearing la resumed next Tuesday. Soma of Major Pp'J i.n..iBi .Tnented here today, failed t .r.m in time and they will be heard next week. Eight letters from - . ' .. (Continued on Page Four! FEnERAL RESERVE BANK CONSTRUCTION HELD UP Pending Onteome of Leglalatlea Be fore Conarr to Repair Cea. gmalonalAathorisatloa. Washington. Jan. 6. Chairmen of nil federal reserve bank were advis ed today by Governor Hardin of the federal reserve board to stop all con ' .tni.tlon work for which contracts have not yet been let, pending the out some ot legislation before Congress to reaulre congressional authorisation for building operations by federal re serve hanks. This notion Governor Harding Said, will stop building operations planned 1.1 St Louis, Minneapolis Cincinnati Baltimore. Nashville, Jackeonvlll Detroit Loulavllle, Denver, Oklahoma City and Bait uaae uity.; ' ; Governor Harding explained, how over, that the aotlon of the board would not -affect building contract already letfor construction by rcaerv nanae jn various uiamcis. Hungarian Envoy Is ' Prominent Diplomat t . Jr ! I sf! "Aj ' ."v., '. I 1 1 ; Km L i mi Count Laazlo Siechenvl. well known in diplomatic clrclea and huaband of ths former Gladys Vanderbtlt. has been appointed minister to the United BJates R.C. i In Long List Confirmed By the , senate.-' BENBOW FOR TWIN, CITY aiii.sas.l..i1 V Thirty-two Others Safely Land Postoffice Jobs In North . Carolina. , DISPUTE OVEIlOT V CC eaate Oyeraaaa Maklasr Fight Have a Souther Mas Appolat. f d Oa Iaterstate Caaaaaereai ; , dooimlmitoa. I ' , - . Pillr Nwi sums and fBieptpli Offl,: 638 Alba sulldlm (s LuHd win) ' By THEODOBB TILLER. Waahlngton. Jan. t. At an execu tive eeaelon lata today th senate con firmed th nominations of Roscoe C Chandley to ba postmaster at Greens boro' and John T. Benbow as. postmas ter at Wlnaton-Salem. The aenate alao confirmed more than a score f other North 'Carolina poitolflce nominations which have been pending alnc De- oamber. Thl action waa forecast Ih last night' dispatches to the - Dally New. . , . . Th nomination at Andrews, given by President Harding to Clyde H. Jar rett I still hanging fir on protest of th friends, ot Miss Peart Parker, the Incumbent, who claim Irregularity In th Jarrett appointment In that he one refused the office to which he Is now amsd. ',. V In alphabetical order, acoordtng to postofflcss, th .Tar Heel .postmasters confirmed today were: . -. . - List of Raw Postal asters. Charlie A. Guy, Angler; Wesley L Norman, Banner,, Elk; Amelia B, Stepp, Black Mountain; Fannie Fields, Board- man; Bam . Troy, soiton; James a. Kelly, Candor;, Henry B.', Head, Caro- teen; Thomas E. Harwell, ' Catawba Blon H. Rogers, Clarkton; . Alex H. Duncan, Clayton; John: H. Hobson, Cleveland; Adrian K. Parker, Clinton; David W. Alexander, Connelly Springs Clauds C. Tillman,, Dover; Thad G. Tucker... Elk Park; WalUr Hogan, Ellebro; Cheater A. Hughe. Blon Col lege: Roacoe C. Chandley, Greensboro; Nancy EL Bullard;.Haw River;, Reuben H. Btaton, Hendersonvlllo; , Joshua P. Jessup. Hertford Hannah . J. Pate, Hope Mills; Abram W. Tltman, Lowell; Joseph E. Taylor, Lucama; Lula O, Harris, Macon; Sallle K. Wllklns, Mag nolia: Fred Herrln.. Mount Pleasant Elijah Pearce, . Princeton; George H. Hnriffln. Hamaeur: Albert Z. Jarman, Richlands; Ell V. Bird, Ronda; RoWt U Burgln, Sunburst; William E. Lln ney, Wllkesboro; John T. Benbow, Winston-Salem; William K. Rutledge Tadkinvtlle. .-! " . President Harding sent In today the nominations of two additional - post masters in North Carolina, as follows James L. Davenport, Jamesvllle; Llnd' aav H. Mltohell. at Weavervllle. - Protesting against the failure of President Harding to nam a southern man on the Interatate Commerce com mlaolon. Senator Lee S. Overman today told the senate that he was opposing pending nominations ot Commissionec Atchison and Hall, who nave Been re appointed by the President: Senator' Overman threatened to1 hold up thess nominations a long a possible and aald he had adopted the same course during the Wilson administration, The North Carolina aenator backed the resolution of Senator Trammell, of Florida, offered today, directing that hereafter no section of the country shall be overlooked In Interstate Com merce commission-membership and that the South Atlantlo states shall always havs a member on the board. At the same time Senator Trammell preferred charges of unfitness against Commis sioner Atchison. :. , i, . r. j : Calls For Seathera Appointee. In his senate speech today Senator Overman aald : "I held up these appointments be fore the hof idaya as a protest that the great southern territory had been al solutely Ignored not'only by-President Harding, but by President Wilson. When President Wilson sent two names - (Continued yu Tag Four.) HOPESfl. M'LEAN County Division Rumblings In Robeson Disturbing. SCRAPPY BUNCH TO MEET McAllisters and Johnsons Able to Make Old Guard Trem ble Considerably. MURDER PROBE DRAGGING After Foar Days of Iaveadgatlaa of Killing of HasaUtoa, Nobody I Vet Arrested Trail Gets a Little Warmer. TIN Oraraibwe Diur Km snnaa. 301 Hmoula NaUontl auk ld(, By W. T. BOIT. KaleLgh, Jan. S On the opening of 1123, and therefore a; primary year, Hobeson county, which has hoped to offer Angus Wilton McLean for the governorship by ratifying ths appoint ment of the machine, finds itself In the throe of a new county division fight and In danger ot having to meet the active opposition ot the McAllisters and Johnsons. ' Which Is the most diatreaslng old guard news since the Durham rebate. If the McAllister-Johnson taction gets Into action It can beat Mr. McLean or Mr. Anybodyelse. It has beaten others who would .not feel complimented to be put as runners In the McLean class, and It can do It again. The Hoberson lan rumblings are something fierce to hear In this beautiful and bright new year. Imprimis, 01 b Patterson, once upon time congressman from the bloody sixth, is believed to be getting ready. He la a dlvlaionlst He was horn divided and a non-confornist He Is said to 'be most anxious to create i couple of counties. One end of the em plre of Robeson desires to be Liberty and another LaFayette, distinctions without great difference, albeit, one would nave Rowland and the other St Paul as county seats. Lumberton, far away, is much against these divis ions. And the dividers are growing. Abel Te Gust Up Things. The McAllister-Johnson Influence Is against tha county division, but it has been so much against McLean that It might be able to accommodate its lesser differences. What this combi nation which finds Its Imperial Imper sonation In a great national hank, did for another combination likewise per sonified in a money institution, is much remembered to this day. It mads mur der of Governor Morrison' ante-bel lum campaign, slaughtered him In the places that knew him best. It has been death to "The Senator" and his disciples. Tom Johneon, militant lead er of the young element In It, doesn't belong to the sam bank that belongs la, Mr. McLean. And Johnson Is liable to go - rampara when somebody attemptaHo' appoint '., governor vn ri. si sm '. "yjw tsai" "'" I ' Tn .machine la arworK and putting Tlout to, McLean propaganda. . It is ordering Its offices on approved lines. It t building rapidly; But Tom coop er and Bill Cooper, have come in to niv trouble to McLean and notwlth standing the story that W. C. Dowd waa nut on W. B. Cooper's educational commission at th Instance of Governor Morrison, nobody believes .he will help the old guard in its McLean support Th Old Guard, carrying on Mcuaan, is Ukelv to be more heavily burdend by toting two. Alfred M. McLean has let the cress announce that he Is to be candidate for secretary oi amis w succeed Brvan Grimes. Ht. McLean's platform win be aown with Indorse of Marlon Butler can dldacy for commissioner of agriculture. Bryan Grimes attacneo nia pen name to Mr. Butler' petition a did other good Demoorat who had abused Mr. Butler as a bad man. On this record Mr. McLean hopes to oust Mr. Grimes. It might have been a good one a year or more ago, but it seem 10 do i doubtful on now. It I true Mr. But ler has lost out with th Republican and pecking at him won't hurt any body. Then there la dancer to A. W. Mc Lean and A. M. McLean from the ory ot too much McLean; but the real danger to th Lumberton itateaman is ioo much Johnaon." And that 1 laid- to be the meaning of the Robeson rum bllngs. , . .) lhanrlur Boos IB, Government orders to Prohibition A rant n. A. Kohloss to have the cargo of boose carried by the Messenger of Peaca. recently caDtureo in yoraooa inl.t have nrobablv set the- loy-siun s-movlng toward Wilmington and the Seminole 1 probably at thl hour dragging th Messenger of Peac Into Wilmington port Aooordlng to revenue neaaquariers hr Mr. Kohlosa veaterday waa in strnoted to return to Wilmington and tn woinnme in the nam of the United States thl boat of boeae. When It get to Wilmington Mr. Kohloss either will be ther persoiinly or by proxy. Th Honor will Uen be tord and th department of -jusiice win unoor take to prove that tha board wa hiovader and was running th gaunt let In the atate. It Js just the rim of North Carolina that the Messenger of Pun. nadfles. Ther Is a bar strip of land which ha a fsw hole in It big enougfl to let in the Messenger.. A kind wind blew it in ?rom hnnrirari miles away ana aeni u u very dry territory. Bat the govern- nut tnr all that must show that Cap tain Coleman ano crew urjunu their rla-hta In hauling 110,000' worth of boose to Nova Scotia. i ' Thoae wh have any interest in sum announcement must,' be- pleased to know that the cargo of th Messenger (Continued o page tour.) , SHANTUNG CONTROVERSY HOPELESS OF SOLUTION t'klsteo Delegation riatly Refaae Te Aecept The Jspaneae , l ' '-; i' - Proposal. " 1ST AaadatM naa ' ' Washington, Jan. (. The Shantung controversy again appeared hopeless of solution 1st today whan, after two and a half hour aesslon between the Japanese and Chlness delegations, devoted to consideration of the return of tho- Klao Chow Tsinanfn railway, the latter announced that unless the Japanese accepted the Chinese plan for payment for the road In cash or In stallments by tomorrow th "conversa tions" would be ended. - Only a renewal of th ''good office" of Arthur Ji' Balfour and Secretary Hughe, It was said, could then bring about a meeting of the two groups. ' . Th Chines delegation definitely re fused to accept the Japanese proposal for a payment of the railway by a lap. anese loan, Wellington Koo. one of the Chinese delegates said, but tha Chlness msde a concession regarding Imracdl sts deposit of S2.000.00 Chinese dol lars aa cash payment. PRESIDENT RECEIVES CALLERS AFTER THEY WERE SHUNNED EIGHT YEARS sjSsN President Warding opened the doors tance during farmer president Wilson s ing the day, and a reception waa held. aent at tn yvut tiouse. Offer Submitted For Private Lease of Properties. 1 - MADE BY MARION BUTLER Proposal Is Explained In Detail and Compared With Offer i , Made By Ford. . v AGREE TO SPEND $36,000,000 Lease Weald Cover a Contract Period of BO Years Operate At Least One Plant Wltala Period - -of a Vear. ''. (Ir Aaecluai rnml - Washington, Jan. 6. Another offer for private lease and operation of the government's nitrate and water power propertlea at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, wa received today by Secretary Weeks of the war department It was ' pre sented by Marlon Butler, former United States senator from North - Carolina acting a. attorney fer Frederlctt BJMir-th"rWpTm-t Shipbuilding company, Ot 'Wilmington, rc. C ana wa accompanied by a lengthy1 (tatement explaining th offer tn detail and comparing it with that submitted ty Henry "Ford on which conferences 'will- b 'held next week with Seoretary Week. ' - The secretary was asked to give Mr. Engstrum a hearing at hla con van lence for the purpose of making fur ther explanation than was attachsd to the offer when It was delivered today. Ths nsw proposal Is the third offer received by Mr. Weeks, that of C. C. Tinkler, of Ban Francisco, being the second. ' Negotiations between the sec retary and proponent of th varldus lntsrests Involved, It "was Said, would proceed independently until a final se lection was made and the whole trans action submitted to Congress In a re port by the war secretary for it ulti mate decision. , ; " - Chief provision of Mr. Engstrum's bid, which -guarantee completion of th damt tajnd nitrate plants, the latter being rdmcdeled V manufacture that product according 16 the most approved system lor commercial proaucis or tne kind, call for am Expenditure of S3.- 000,000 by a corporation to be formed, operation of at lat one plant within a year after the property come within t)ts possession, ami covers a contract period of production for (0 years. " H Anotner teatur ot me - oner in volve sale ot sxoess power developed and use of the profits derived in a way that is Intended to reduce tne selling nrlc ot ' fertilise - to farmer , and other buyer to arat equal or lower than that at whirl th Chilean product oould be void In- thl aountry. Tne price woum, do nxecj r oe secretary - m aa-rlimlture and-tl cevernment ' would . . i . . . - nave two nirwtii-1 wwwwu w Its Interest Ih U opr.nss anectea aftef they pass tli, "?Mlon ot corporation.: ,. .J i . ' Th f uU prppb! nq condition follow:- ' .'-'.'jU-ti .eriV.i i ' "To Uk tha property In l?a ,re ant condition, -oomplet the power, ata- tlons and dams -1 numbers, t two ., . and thrs. and auch .otbsr -works s are re quired In acoordaac -with, such plans and specifications -as .may be, 'agreed upon by th pows, company - ana tne secretaries of war: and agriculture,, and to operate the. nitrate. plant ,a, her liULftar.onaolfled.:.. . - rTc commsnc , construction within (0 day. from-the, date- of possession, and to -complete eonstruction within four years thereafter, -, . .- -'To complete at least .25 per cent of the construction work during each flseak vear.'i' .i.-, .. "To protect tA government for th full 'and' faithful performance of the contract by sclvlng a good ana sum dent -surety, bond, to be approved by the-aovernment , - - i - "To market the excess power under thl contract at a minimum price . of one mill ner kilowatt hour. , - "To operate, th nitrate' plant,' th onaratlon of at least one plant to com menoe, within, one year from the date of oossesalon, and to , invest ana. ex pend annually In such .operation, the net receipts, up , to and including one mill per .kilowatt hour, from th sale ot the -excess power, over -and above that required to operate the property, . , (Continued on page four.) . Forecast By mate r Washington. Jan. (.Virginia: Fair and colder Friday; Saturday fair. North and South Carolina: Fair and colder Friday; Saturday fair, oolder on tha coast 1 Georgia: Cloudy and, colder Friday; SaturdavJ fair,-. -v- - - - - Florida; Cloudy Friday, oolder In north; Saturday unsettled. Extreme - northwest 1 Florida, Al bam a, Tennessee: Fair and colder Friday; Baturday fair with rising tem- oersture. ". ' ' Louisiana; Friday. 1 fair! Saturday generally fair, rising temperature. V , Arkansss, Oklahoma, West ; Texas Friday and Saturday fair, slowly rising temperature. . . . , igsW!S HEAD OF WILMINGTON SHIPBUILDING CONCERN WANTSMUSCLESHOALS of the White House to New Tear' callers, after they had been refused admit eignt year term oi oinca, The Executive This picture show part ot th crowd Will Abolish War On Merchant Ships Five Greatest jNaval Powers of the Shall NotTk Used As Commerce DestroyerPowers Ac cede In Part to China's Request That Foreign Re 1 strictions On Her Tariff Be Removed. V . - ID aasKtotas rna.1 Washington, Jan. I The flv grt- est naval power of the world decreed today as bstween themselves abolish ment ot submarine warfare against merchant ships. To purg th aa forever ot thl hidden menace to peaceful folk and ships, th world I asked to subscribe to the decree a a new principle ot International law. As adopted by th naval committee ot the arm conference, the resolution proposed by Ellhu Root and amend ed by Arthur J. Balfour to become Im mediately effective between the - five signatory power .runs as follows: ', "Th signatory powers recognise the practical impossibility of using sub marine as commerce destroyers with out violating, a they were violated In th' Tednt war-.of. l14-lvlAV th . re quirements , universally ''- accepted by Uie .lives of neutral .and non-combat-anta, and to the eid that th prohibi tion of th uss of submarines aa com merce dsstroysrs shall bs universally accepted as a part of the law of na tions they now accept that prohibition as . henceforth - binding . a between themselves and they Invite all other nationa to adher thereto.' Aotlon of the committee 1 final so far as th conference and the five naval powers are concerned, the con ference merely will give formal ratifi cation to ths anti-submarine pact when the five power treaty in which It will be Incorporated come up In open ses aion. Ths naval, committee also adopted the first Root proposal to declare In simplest terms the rules of Inter national law applying to merohant ves sels, their full application to subma rine and th Invitation of the five power to all other nationa to Join in the declaration. When the naval committee adjourn ed, the third Root proposal to declare violations of the rules laid down br submarines, acts of piracy for which submarlna oommanders could be held to account personally regardless of orders they may havs received from their governments, " was still to be taken up. It was Indicated that It alsu would : b adopted and the final link lorgea in the chain of world pronounce ments designed to fid the seas of ths perns n non-comoaiants that came with German submarlna terrorism. in its final form, the resolution da curing ; submarine warfare against merohant ships abolished so far as ths nve power are concerned showed direct, relation to the German . war urn, practice not'.alnnluded n the original; RaWdraft. The clause ."as they were' violated m the recent war of 1U4191.' was Inserted on motion ot tne French delegation. . Home significance may attach to ths fact that It waa the French group wnicn maa this amendment in view of the , "misunderstanding" of the French attitude on submarine warfare which brought the committee delib erations to tense moments when the question of limitation of submarlna tonnage was under discussion. In that connection Lord Lee, for th British group, took th opportunity to ex press his appreciation of the prompt official repudiation by M. Barraut, of the 'French group, of the writings of Captain. Caatex, of .the French naval ataff, sustaining the German theory of submarlna warfare. , Lord Lee had read extracts from, these writings to the committee to explain .British ap prehensions-ft to France's. deslrs for; increased submarine, tonnage.'. ' 1 M. Sarraut replied to Lord Lee to. day, Indicating Uiat the Incident had served to clear "the air between the French and British, groups f any pos alblllty of misunderstanding as to Francs' attitude1..'- A moment later, on motion of the French, th specific renudlatlon ot the whole German the Ory and practice a to submarines was incorporated 'in the anti-submarine resolution, apparently closing the In cident. i ' "With Its ehlef remaining toplcthe anti-submarine declaration favorably dlapoaed of, 'the naval committee was moving swiftly toward culmination of Its' work in ths final drafting of the five-power naval limitation treaty. The naval expert worked away dur Ing the day at details ot the technical questions still to a -settled and -as fast as a clauss waa completed, It waa hurried to the legal experts of the confsrsnoe for overhauling as to lan iiui to psrmlt It incorporation In to th treaty, It waa explained offlcl; ally that the treaty would not :- be brought up before the naval committee for final action until the legal experts bad finished Jt so there-would be.no necessity for- delay while any group "consulted lis lawyer", before giving formal- assent. y . -, .44 POWER ACf'KDK IN PART TO TARIFF DEMAND OF CHINA Washington, Jan. i. The powers sc ceded in part today -to China's request that foreign restrictions on bar. tariff received- many prominent guests dur- awaiting their turn to call on the Presl- Submarine World Decree That Submarine system be removed and that steps be taken toward withdrawal ot foreign troops from her soil, Under an agreement adopted In the fair eastern committee ot the arms con ference an Increase estimated at $4t. ee,M la Chine customs receipts Is t ha granted Immediately through Mlflcatloa of existing treaties, and vachinery I to be aet In motion for further Increaaea whan they are war ranted by reform In Chine tariff admlnlatratlon. By another resolution adopted at the eama meeting, th foreign ambassadors at Psklng will confer-with , Chinese officials, whenever China so reauests. relative to execution of tha declared purpoa of the powers to withdraw their troop In each, case where oondl nona ma it practicable, Regarding, th tropp declaration the vmnesa, delegation did ,. not- express themselves at. length, but they vetoed disappointment that th tariff settle ment had not fixed a definite date on which foreign supervision ot the Chinese customs would be withdrawn altogether. Complete tariff autonomy has bsen held by them to be essential to China's commercial development, Juat aa wunorawai 01 foreign troops has been regarded a neceasary to restore China to full sovereignty. ine entire meeting waa devoted to consideration of tha tariff and foreign troop proposal, ths Chinese finding no opportunity to press their request that the "twenty-one demands" controversy be brought Into the conference for re view. The next meeting probably will not be held until after the auhmarlna question, now occupying the attention 01 tne nv major power, has been let ilea. A a supplement to the tariff lutlon. tha special subcommittee head ed by Senator Underwood of the Amer can aeiegation, recommended to the iuii committee adoption of a deolara tion advising China to take "Imm. aiate and effective steps" to reduoe her military forces. Maintenance of "ex ceaslve" land armament, the eubcom mittee. held, had aeriouslv Imnairrf mines oomestic economy and had be come a atojcult barrier to the nation reatoranon to financial stability. Th auggestlon was referred to a draft committee for revision, but Indications tonight seemed to oolnt to its latar aaoption. Y .ti , , . . in presenting. the tariff revision nlin tit. ".. n',1;m"d,,ltel,. wou 2 can put a stop to this criminal negll have an "effective ' 5 per cent tariff i rate Instead of the virtual i 1-1 per f (Continued or page four.) It Exploded In Unused Room In Aispaugn nan and Did . ' Little Damage. MAN - CHASED FROM ROOF IBKrlal la pall, Nm.1 Durham, Jan. 6 A lead pipe bomb thrown Into an , unuaed room at Alspaugh hall. Trinity college dormi tory, this morning at I o'clock shat tered two window panes of the build ing ana aamagea a wall seat In the room. R. L. Humphries, night watch man at Trinity, discovered the place of the;- explosion forty-five minutes later when he chased a thick, heavy set man frbm oft a roof In the rear of the building. Of the young men sleeping In the dormitory only two were awak ened by the noise. No motive csn be assigned for the act Mr. Humphries I sure that the person chaaed from the roof waa not a etudent According to the story, told by ths night -watchman, be was tn his room at I o'clock when he heard a muffled explosion. Immediately he went to the Crowell science hall to Investigate. thinking that some chemical apparatus nao expioaeo. , His search revealed nothing. Forty-five mlnutea later, be says, he started on hi hourly tour of Inspection of the college buildings. While .going "through the library he heard a- peculiar sound at the rear and outstde of the building. Hasten Ing In the direction bf the sound, he discovered a man standing on a roof which project over a flight of steps leading to the basement of Alspaugh hall. This roof is on a level with the first story windows of , the building and hemmed In on either side by wings of the dormitory. The man plunged through the window on the level of the roof and escaped through 'the Biiildlne-. . The explosion was explained whan a crudely constructed bomb was found on . the L. floor beneath the window through which the men had. plunged. It ws made from a leaa pipe six Inches long and an Inch In diameter. DEFEGTIVETANKWAS 13. S, Brother of Man Killed Invest! , gates the Accident. ANK WAS NOT WELDED Manufacturer Represented It As Welded Or Seamless, Accord ing to Professor. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE? Ed Albrlcht'a Brother, a Georgia Terh laatrnrtor. Declares Kltorta will Be Made To Kind Ballder Of the Tank Defects in the construction ot th compressed air tank caused it to ex. plode In the establishment of the Dli- e Sales company Wednesday morning, nstantly killing J. Ed Albright and seriously Injuring A. S. Lowe, accord ing to G. a Albright brother of tho man killed, who said last night he had conducted a thorough Investigation ot ' the accident alnoe arriving In Oreens boro yesterday morning. Mr. Albright , Is an Instructor tn the mechanical de-. partment ot Georgia Tech at Atlanta. It la nothing but a case of orlmlnal negligence." said Mr. Albright 'Tha head of the tank was not even brased. It was simply stuck In there when It was represented as having been weld ed. If Ed Albright had known It wa brased he would never have been up there at work." Mr. Albright explained the dlfferenco between a brased and welded head on compressed air tank. It Is never safe to attempt to cork a brased tank because It has a tendency to make the leak larger rather than close It, b said. , Mr. Albright said he examined the head of the tank In the plant of th Dixie Sales company and there were Indications that efforts had been made to cork It with a hammer. There wa a spilt there, he said. - Vaable T Olve Maker's Name. According to Mr. Albright ths tank was purchased by his brother for the Dixie Bales company through a Jobbar. He was unable last night to give the name of the firm manufactur ing It but said efforts would be mad to learn the name. If I could do something to stop this criminal negligence I would do It , If I knew I would be exiled," said Mr, Albright. ' "I do not recognise a mis-, taks of this klad and I know my broth." sr wouldn't." Th Georgia Tech Instructor has had several years experience tn the work of repairing tanks and said hs was thoroughly familiar with the process used In their manufacture. "You can brase five ot these tank In the time It requires to weld one," he said. "And they turned It out In order to make more money on It They figured ' they would be saving money by bitasinr U rather than -by taking .rr, through the prooeaa of welding." ' Mr. Albright said h determined th cause of the explosion after learning that the other possible causee did not lead up to the accident that cost the life of his brother and seriously In. Jured another man. The gauge on the tank oould have failed to work properly and tha pres sure could have been aufflciently high to cause the explosion, while a cer. tain kind of gas could have been an other reason. However, Mr. Albright' thorough Investigation disclosed that neither of these rsasons applied In that case, he ssld. Certain He Foaad Cause, "I am absolutely certain that I have found th causs of thia unfortunate occurrence," he reiterated. "My uncle and Ed' uncle, who wa working around tanks and boilers when we were born went down there to the place to look over the situation and without making any statement as to what I had found I waited to see It he would confirm my opinion. And he did." Mr. Albright did not slate his uncle's name. The Atlanta man aald he was coa fldent that any boiler maker of any experience would condemn the con struction of the tank. He said he had no desire to "cover up the matter." but thought the public should learn the tacts. "I realise that we can do nothing i ir u. out we can uu nomei inn lor I .... ., - ,., inrA, , r .h.ffl.M, I was represented as hsvlng been weld ed and he felt certain Ed Albright of the opinion that It was this kind ot tank before he began making the necessary repairs, It was in voiced as a seamless tank, he said. mns vnD arxittT nnvna . MJiiso run uliiuu VJ own I'J ARE REJECTED BY STATE Tarn Down All Otters Por s.ft.000,000 Worth of Boads, As Strings Are Too Many. The Onmmbm belli Neva Ihphw, aai abttluMi Natloesl auk sldi Raleigh. Jan. I. Rejection of all bid for the five million dollara in school bonds was announced by Governor Morrison tonight, following lengthy meeting of the oounoll of state, for whom hla excellency spoke. r The figures on the bonds were very good, but Governor Morrison declared that so many conditions were attached that the oouncll could not accept them. Moat ot these he freely disclosed to the newspaper representatives, but some of them so manifestly affect the sales not yet made that they readily saw the wisdom of silence. ' The negotiations meanwhile go on. The bonds can now be sold privately. Plenty of premiums were oeffred and Incidentally Governor Morrison explain ed why the state can sell the long. 1 term bonds so much more advantage- ously than the short The purchaser prefer these 10-year bonds to those which mature in one, two or five year and the atate saves thousands, roughly guessing, two hundred thousands, on on of these ordinary purchases. . He paid high tribute to Treasurer Lacy, who will not sign up until bs ha won the last farthing for North Caro lina. The treasurer wilt keep up to fight. -- - - " . WAGK OF MEN RRDVCBD IB " PER CKNT BY SHIP OWNER. New York, Jan. I. Wags reduction of It per cent and upward will be put into effect Immediately by th Ameri can Steamship Owner . association, Wlnthrop U Marvin, general manager, announced after a meeting today. Wage of officer, Mr. Marvin said, would be cut It per cent with higher reduction for soma other classes of employe. These cut wer necessary, he added, to meet the competition with foreign vessels. It wa pointed ont that there Is wage agreement now existing between the ocean boatmen'a union and tha steamehty owner association.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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