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N&BOR0 GREE DA LY NEWS WE A THER" The Greensboro Daily New U the e a I j papar la Guilford County thai guarantees itt eireola tioa through tha Audit Bureau of Circulations ImI Raima Today anal Probably Tmiftrnwi Cooler Tomorrow Local Temperature. H. 70) I, as. VOL. XXVII. NO. 161 ENTCTm . nCOND CLAM sUTTlu AT rwTOITKX, QKKKNBBOaOt H. 0, GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1922 aiu AJftt sondav, iii.ihi res thai dam wli. tf.M m mi PRK.A. FIVE CENTS a Dr. B. M. McKoin, ErstwhUe Mayor of Mer Rouge, Held In Baltimore; Troops Search For Dynamite Squad 1 IC1AN BE E Arrest Is In Connection With Louisiana Murders.1 M'KOIN DENIES CHARGE Declares the' Two Murdered Men Were On the Side of ' the Lower Element. PRAISE FOR THE KLAN He Taken a Fling At the Governor For Not Taking Action la Dtker Caaea Where tan Baa" Op- . tke "Good". . , (Bt Amcutet rrt.l Baltimore, lid.,' Dec. 16. Dr, B. M. McKoin, tormeV mayor of Me? Rouse, La., 'who la wanted there In connec tion with the Morehouse parish kid naping! and the finding of two muti lated bodies Intake La Fourche, was arrested here today at the Johns Hop kins university Brady Institute, where he Is taking a post graduate course. The arrest followed receipt of a. telegram, from Gov. John M. "Parker, of Louisiana, requesting the local nollce to arrest McKohn on a police officials. Dr. McKoin was locked up to await further action by Louisi ana authorities. ! ' Other tban requesting the local au thoritles to arrest McKoin. there was 'nothing contained in Governor Park er's telegram. It read: "Important. Arrest Dr. McKoin for murder. Hold him for Louisiana au thoritles." ' Dr. McKoin denied knowledge of the killing of the two man. "AH know." ha declared, "la that both men who were killed were on the bad aide the aide of bootleggers, gun men and men who' associated with negro women." Discovery la Aecldentnt The dlsoovery of Dr. McKoin here and his subsequent arrest cams about purely ty acciaeni. worn w r r1ved hern several days ago that .' Dr. McKoin was a atudent at Johns 4 Hopkins, and department of Justice agents aoughrto qutt Knln was registered aa a post-gradu ate, anl stated several letters had been received there lor mm, but, un able to locate him, the letters were turned over t the postofflce, depart ment as "unknown". . . I Early today a policeman was found on the water front unconscious. He was removed to a hospital. When the hospital report reached police head quarters, it was signed by Dr. Mc- Xom. It waa then that local news saner men rushed to tha hospital and Interviewed him. Up to that time the telegram from Governor Parker for his arrest naa not oeen receivea, Dr. McKoin spoke freely and Insist' ed he .was not a fugitive from justice, and that he had made no attempt to conceal his Identity. . Life Was Threatened. He Stated lie has been in Baltimore since October !, and had left Mer Rouge after an attempt had been to assassinate him. Dr. McKoin insisted he wss not a member of the Ku Klux klan. He praised the organisation, however, . saying "the members did .much to hold down bootlegging and Immoral ity while I was msyor of Mer Rouge. He also stated , that lawlessness I a common occurrence at Mer Rouge and that he was among those who 'started to clean up the place. The reault, ha said, waa a hard battle with bootleggers, moonshiners and men of bad repute, v "Just before T? left Mer Rouga boy of good family was shot In the back. What did the sheriff and gov arnor do? The cass waa dismissed after' a jury filled with bootleggers and tha vicious element declared the alleged murderer innocent. . Good vs. Bad Element, "Now. however, when a bootlegger end some one else are killed, the gov ernor jolna in tha Investigation. This affair, in shy opinion, will decide whether the decent and good element of the town will control." Dr, McKoin atated ha had received threatening letters a long time be fore ha left Mer Rouge and asked the sheriff to lnvestlgats, without sue cess. - "Just as I left the mayorship, and tha successful candidate went . (Continued on Page' Six) TWIN CITY MAN IS v KILLED BY A PLANE William Melchor, Cripple, Fatally Injured Whan Struck by Pro pallor of Ship. (SpwHl U Dilhr Km I Winston-Salem, Dec. 16. William Melchor, aged about 40 years, was fatally Injured about 2:80 o'clock this afternoon when he was atruck by the propeller of an airplane aa the ma chine landed on the aviation field on the Lexington road, a ahort distance south of the city. His shoulder was broken and his left leg severed Just above the knee. Death followed an ' hour later. The plane waa being piloted by Shelly Charles, who has had the machine on ths field for several weeks. He had been carrying pas sengers and was making a landing fter a flight when tha. accident oc curred. Mr. Melchor waa In a large crowd of people who were witnessing the flights. He was a cripple, and - could not move about as rapidly as the others, ao when the plane land ed and ran along the field for some distance, he', was caught by the pro- ;. peller. Tha Injured man waa rustled to a . hospital, where he waa given medl ' cl attention. His home was on Sun nyslde avenue,, Southslde. France Gains a Victory As CommissjonJ Votes To Declare Paris, Dec. 2. (By Associa ted Press). France gained an . important victory in the allied reparatlona commission today when the commission by a vote of three to one declared .Germany In voluntary default In her wood deliveries for 1922. France, Belgium and Italy voted In favor of the declaration, while flreat Britain sast Its bal lot against It The deoislon of the commission was Immediately communicated to the allied .governments for their action. It may have a vital effect on tha reparatlona problem If France can retain the support of Italy and Belgium when the reparations question Is discussed at the January meeting of the premiers. The Ions vote cast against the declaration by Great Britain waa ,ln accordance with British policy, which has been opposed to de claring Germany In default, in the fear that such action might have a disastrous effect on the already precarious state of Ger man finance. France Is considered to have scored an Important point by rea--son of the fact that the decision of the commission was arrived at on a majority vlte. France had been alone for a long time In the contention that Germany could be placed In voluntary default by a simple majority vote. Italy's sup After 14 Days A Furious , Sea, Schooner Is Brought Into Port SKIPPER'S TA,E With. Hope Almost Gone, Pat , Hickey, Grins and Smokes His Black Cheroot. RESCUED JUST IN TIME .( Awodauu hml New York, Dec. 26. After fighting off death for 14 days In mid-Atlantic during whloh tlma their battered craft waswhJpped. aout at the mercy M eraw Of tha New Foundland schooner Gor don Fudge, were safe In port hare today. The men were brought hare by ths British freighter Menominee by which they were picked up 1,000 miles nil the United States coast. Csptt E. O. Fudge was owner as well as skipper of tha schooner. When ths Menominee hove to and sent her small boat to the schooner, vourtn unicer Mackle said, the Fudge was sinking. There was a pro nounced list, and. one of her port bulwark had been shattered by the ! . But sitting astride tfre rail, with a friendly grin on his face, was Pat Hickey, able seaman and optimist Tvs got a cheroot," he yelled to Mackle, "have you got a match T' The match being supplied. Hickey light ed his cigar and then helped pull the Menominee boat to the side of the steamer. Captain Fudge told his story as the big freighter, three days overdue hersel because of the steady gate ana naa lougnt, cams into her Plsr. 'We left St. John's londod with salt fish September 16. We had jet tisoned part of the cargo because we hit bad" weather going over, but Oc tober 6 we landed in Valencia. We loaded up with salt and November .26 we cleared for St. John'a. Wa had good weather until we- rfot to the Asores December 7. "For 14 daya we had a aeriea of weaterly, northwesterly and . south westerly blows. They ripped all our sails oft. We put up extras and those were (torn away. - . "Wa aprang a leak, When the orew wasn't -busy keeping canvas aboard, they were busy pumping. But she kept taking In water. On December 29 a big wave tore away everything above deck. It smashed our two life boats to bits. And then I noticed she wouldn't steer, and found' the rudder had been ground to kindling wood. "We hung up distress signals. On the list, about 2 Vclock the Menomi nee sighted us. She took us aboard and we fired our vessel so she wouldn't be a menace to navigation," Captain Finch of the - Menominee added" only three short sentences to the stary of the schooner's skipper. - we got -em aboard In half an hour. If -wexhadn't come atona- when wa did they, would have died. They could not have lasted In the blow un til morninar." MURDER AND BURNINGS AT RALEIGH CHRISTMAS ( ' Negro Boy Shot While Trying to Aid Father Put Another Na- fro Out of Stora. ..(Br AaorliM hml Raleigh, Dec. 26. Two killings snd an alleged incendiary burning of a home took place In and near Rn. lelgh Sunday and yesterdsy. Manchester Detman, eight-year-old negro boy, tried to aid his father put a negro out of his store. He received a load of bird shot in the breast and died Instantly. Joe Stephenson Is In Wake county jail cnargea witn the noy s murder. The second slaving occurred Run. Lftay afternoon at Caralelgh village, fhear.here, when John McNally shot and killed Joseph Upchurch follow ing an argument over a game of dice, according to the police. McNally Is under arrest on a charge of mur der. James Perry, a farmer living in Cary township, reported to county authorities that some sns set Are to his home during Christmas night. The house waa completely destroyed! No arrests have been made. Germany In Default port of France in the balloting , cams as a surprise and as an In dication that Premier Mussolini is swinging over to the French aide In the reparations contro versy. Germany has carried out more than 60 per cent of its schedueu of wood deliveries for this year. When the German experts were before the commission several weeks ago they announced that Germany Jiad been unable to de liver more than she had and that the deliverlea for 1921 must be greatly reduced There was much comment to night over the fact thaf, Great Britain had declined to vote in favor of declaring Germany in default, In view of the approach ing meeting of the premiers. A1- though the deliveries of wood In .themselves are of less Impor tance than other matters con-, nected with reparations, the French point out that today's de cision Is of real value to France's position oh reparations, since It reverses tha order of things and places Great Britain In an iso lated position on the issue. . Soma of the French observers affected tonight to see in the vote an indication that France, Italy and Belgium may present' a united front before Great Brit ain on the question of repara tions at the coming meeting here of the premiers. of Battling In Crew of Little Custer's Trumpeter To Be Buried Today New Yarn, Dee. X-Joka Mar tin, wtt claimed to be tke last survivor of tke Custer Massacre om tke Little Big Harm, will he burled tomorrow In Cypress Hills cemetery.' Me died In a Brook lyn hospital gnnday at the age of a. , Mr. Martin was a tmmpeter and dtepatch nearer for General Cas ter, and was ... ana of tke little kandfnl af men wko escaped irses ala.lat-Tka-lfaa said auttrng JtoU. sent their Jsruvea aaralast Caster's men. ' Mr. v Martin enlisted la tke geventk cavalry In 1874, nerving tkrongh mark of tke Indian fight ing and through tke Spantak war. He Is survived by kls wleow and elgkt children. OFFICER, SAYS TALLEY He'll Expound Everything Sug gested By His Counsel, WILL TELL THE TRUTH Edwards Told Several Stories, But Carl Is Going to Tell One the Truth. WOULDN'T BE A "BRAVO" He-lays He Visited Oreeaskara One Time Since tka Tragedy Of May 4, 1811 OSIerr Tells Of Long Ckase. Lewis Edwards, who Is serving 10 years In the stae penitentiary, fired the shot that killed Policeman W. Thomas McCulston, of the Greensboro force, on the afternoon of May 4, 1(21. Such was the statement made by Carl Talley, in his cell at. the county Jail yesterday a(ternoon whan he answered a. volley of questions fired at him by a Dally News report er. Talley. attar a hair hour of si lenca In regard to, the part ha play ed In the tragedy, unfolded In a nut shell the happenings of that fatal afternoon. With bandages strewn s,bout his nead ana neck as tne result of be ing shot following a quarrel with his cousin, John T. Ccott, he does not seem depressed in the county jail. At first the outlaw refused to answer any question, stating that ha was going to tell the story 'straight when he took the stand. He said that lie had notified his wife to retain coun 8el for him and that he -would ex pound everything at the suggestion of his counsel. He Begins ta Talk But after, a half hour of thought. Talley opened up and aald that he was Innocent In regard to the shoot lng. Asked it.lt was the dead man who shot Policeman McCulston, Tal ley remarked that It was not. The question, "Did Edwards shoot the policeman, then?" was asked the pris oner. He go up from his cot and said, "Yes, Edwards, fired the shot that killed the officer. He only fired once. Edwards has told several different stories, but I am only going Ito tell one, and that's going to be the truth." ' Asked If he had eer been to Greensboro since the shooting, he re plied In the affirmative, etating tliat he canie here several months ago to visit ills wife, who Is residing with her mother in Hamtown. Talley, when asked if ho was not afraid to come here, Mated. "I came In the night, only remained a few minutes and left immediately. That was ths only, time that I was here." . . ' , With other questions being fired at s ; ' (Continued on page four.) IENII Theory Is "Great Influence For Good of Man. IS NOT A "MERE GUESS' American Association of Scien tists Wants Subject Taught In Public Schools. SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE Legislation Preklbltlag Teaching af The Subject In Tka Hlgker Pnblle ekeols Would ke a Fro. fennsl Mistake. ito Alilsl rras.) . Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 26. A reso lution affirming the "no scientific generalisation Is more strongly sup ported by the thoroughly tested evi dences than Is tha,t of organic evolu tion," was adopted today by ' the council of the American association for the Advancement of Science. The resolution expressed ths conviction that' any legislation attempting to limit the teaching of the doctrine of evolition would be "a profound mis take." It cited an attempt In several states to prohibit the teaching' of evolu tion in the public higher schools and the wide publicity given to assocla Hons that the theory of evolution was a mere guess which leading scientists were abandoning. It called attention to the fact that the Amerl can association had a membership of more than' 11,000 persons, Including tha American authorities In all branches of science. "There is no ground whatever," the resolution said, apeaklng of the scien tific evidences of the evolution of planta and animals and men, "for the assertion that these evidences con stitute a "mere guess'." It affirms that the evidences In ravor of the evolution of man are "sufficient to convince every scientist of note in the world," that the theory of evolution is "one of the most potent of the great influences for goo'd that have thua far entered Into human experience," and that to limit its teachings "could not fail to In jure and retard the advancement of knowledge and of human welfare by denying the freedom of teaching and Inqnlry which Is essential to all progress. ', The resolution waa drafted by a committee consisting of Edwin Orant Con kiln of Princeton university, chairman; Henry Fairfield . Osborn, president of the 'board of trustees of the American , Museum of Natural History,, and Charles B. "'"P station, of the Carnegie Institution. The council consists, of tha president of the American ' association, the permanent secretary. . general secre tary and treasurers the vice presi dents and secretaries ol the various sections; representatives of each of the forty or more affiliated societies and eight elected' members. The council Is empowered to make formal pronouncements on behalf of. the association. It ia not customary for the delegates to take further ac tion on any such .resolutions. Tha meeting of the council marked tne opening of the 76th annual meet Ing of the association here at the joint Invitation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard university. Its sessions for ths re mainder of the week will be held chiefly in the technology buildings. Every branch of science la reore sented among 2,000 delegates to the meeting. The scientists were wel comed tonight by the mayors of Cambridge and Boston, Dean Talbot of Technology, and President Lowell of Harvard. Professor J. Playfatr McMurrich of Toronto, president of tne association.' Introduced his pre decessor, Dr. E. H. Moore, of the University of Chicago, a mathema tician who holds the title of retiring president. In accordance with the an nual custom Dr. Moore In that ca pacity delivered an address on "what Is a number system." Beginning tomorrow the delegates will divide Into 15 sections, before which papers will be read covering a wide variety of scientific mstters. Teatneratarwa and Rainfall Waahington, Dec. 24. Official weather bureau record of tempera tures and rainfall for' ths 24 hours ending at J p. m. In 'the principal cotton growing areaa: Max. Mln. Preclpl- Station: Atlanta .... Temp. Temp, tatlon 61 70 B4 0 Birmingham 54 44 6 60 52 62 62 64 62 60 I 6 0 0 0 o 0.16 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 El Paso .... Qalveston . . Jacksonville Little 'Rock . Memphis . . . Miami Mobile' New Orleans 66 70 74 64 66 74 72 76 76 74 liSan Antonio Vlcksburg .. Ships Battle Furiously With Hurricanes . Sweeping Over the Great Atlantic Ocean (B AaoriaUd rrta.) New York. Dec. 26. Battered and scarred by heavy weather,' 14 ships plowed slowly Into quarantine from early morning until late afternoon today, the skippers of them all re porting a vicious nsver-endlng battle With a series of lashing hurricanes which seemed to shake the Atlantic to the bottom. One ship the gigantic new liner Caronia put in at Halifax because she was steadily losing her fight with thai storm. Another liner reported to her owners that she would be two days late. A third flashed in with a report that she couldn't reach New York until tomorrow, although she haa apparently, gone aafely through most of the storm. Tha center of the stornis which have been ruling the waves for ths last three weeks, appeared to be about 1.000 miles off the European coast. Sklppsrs of the liners said they crashed Into them at this point and fought steadily through the terrific gales within (00 miles of the United States. All of tha shipa which came Into quarantine today were , frelghtera. Soma at them had parte of the bridges gone, Small boats on their CHORD IN WASHINGTON Leaders of Congress Voice Dis approval of Plan. PEOPLE WANT PAYMENT Officials Discuss Banker's Scheme to Handle foreign Debt Problem. FREAR JUMPS IN FIGHT Members at Debt Funding Coatsala- aioa ' Say Tkat Tkey Cannot Follow Propeaala Unless Conarresa Acts. Washington, Deo. 26. The solution of America's foreign oebt problem proposed by Otto H. Kahn, the New York banker, failed generally to strike a responsive chord today In official circles In Washington. Members of the American debt funding commission took jtote of Mr. Kahn's proposal that the U. S. dif ferentiate between the seven and a half billion dollars loaned to Euro pean countries before the armistice and the two and a half billion dol lars loaned after hostilities ceased and arrange differing methods of re payment, but pointed out thst the act of Congress creating the com mission would permit no such dif ferentiation even If considered ad visable. ' Members of Congress generally ex pressed decided opposition to' the New York banker's suggestion that at least portion of the debt be cancelled. several leaders lri both the senate and house declaring that the American people were In no mood to approve any such action. The views of Mr. Kahn as pre sented in a letter to Senator Bmoot. of Utah, a member of the debt fund ing commission, drew particular Are from Representative Frear, of Wis consin, a Republican member of the house ways and means committee, who addressed a letter to Senator Smoot asserting that "the commte slon should apprise foreign govern ments at an early day of the anoma lous position occupied by Mr. Kahn and that he does not speak for the commission, for the Congress or for the American people." Senator Smoot bad not received Mr. Kahn's letter today and Bald he. himself, would not comment upon It until he had received it and studied the propositions set forth In It. Other members of the commission, however, were quick to deolare that the commission coukl do nothing to ward differentiation In the debt as suggested by the banker. The co m- Utl "trie priTtttHHtlUl, was per mitted to do only three things with the debts allow postponement of payment of principal for not longor then 26 years, to fix the- rate of In terest af not less than per cent, and to authorise funding of the In terest, along with the principal for not longer than 25 years. The most that the debt commission could do In line with the Kahn sug gestions, it was said by the commis sion member, would be to present recommendations to Congress if study found that It wss Impossible to proceed within the authorisation f Congress. Representative Frear, in his let ter, pointed to Mr. Kahn's German birth, his subsequent British naturali sation, and to hla membership In Kuhn, Loeb and company, banking firm, and said; "The frequency of his advice for cancellation of foreign debts In whole ar In part and the publicity attending his efTort to that end, suggests a propaganda tend ing to embarrass the commission and to mislead foreign governments as to the sentiment in this country on the subject." , "Possibly testimony before our committee (the house ways and means committee) that over 64, 000.000,000 In foreign securities are held largely by International bank era Including Kuhn, Loeb and com pany, Mr. Frear continued, "may be a factor In constant appeals for can cellation of the government's debt. No payment of these foreign debts to New York International bankers or their customers can be expected until the government's prior lien of approximately $11,000,000,000 has been provided for. Mr. Kahn's foreign debt private holdings are not proposed by him for cancellation, nor does he sug gest thst foreign governments should relinquish their treaty land acquisi tions as an inducement for cancella tion of their debts." QaSke In New Cenland. . Wellington, N. Z., Deo. 86. The earthquake of Chrlatmaa afternoon waa confined to the uppbr and mid die portions of South Island. The shock was especially severe In North Canterbury and recalled memories of the quake In Cheviot county In 1901. decks were crushed and torn. In one or two Instances hatches were pound ed In. and all of thet- reported their crews had beef In oil skins slmost steadily for from five to 14 dsys. Even with 14 shlpa reporting In, quarantine did not have as nfany as were expected. Five ahlps, Including La Savole, were overdue. Savole re ported she would be In Thursday, but the owners heard nothing from the Lord Byron, the Eastern City snd the York Castle, all of which were expected at their docks today The President Monroe will arrive tomor row. . y Cable and wireless messages told of the ravages on the Eurppean'slde. Falmouth, England, reported three ships had put In there. with broken machinery and anotheY went to Kt. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, her en gines also damaged The Belgian steamship Loudnnler, going to Nor folk, Vs., 'had to stop In Clueenstown for repairs. Halifax reported that tha Norwegian freighter Lorents W. Hansen, which sailed from 8wansea, Wales, December 14, with a load of ooal, had been forced to put hack to Liverpool, leaking and with her bridge swept away. Armenian Appeal Stirs Turk Leaders and Warm Fight Opens At Parley PLEA IS HEARD People of Armenia Want Na tional Home In Turkey and Seek Land Near Ararat. EGYPTIANS ASK HEARING f Lausanne, Deo. 26. (By Associated frees.) Armenia was tha storm center of the near eaat conference today. The Turks refused to sttend .meeting of the subcommlsslon which had arranged to hear the plea of the Armenians for tha establish ment of a national homo In Turkey, and both Ismet Pasha and Rita Nur Bey sent strongly worded communi cations to the conference protesting against the decision to allow the Armenians to state their case. They declared that If the Arme nians, who had no official standing and represented no independent government, were heard by the con ference, there was no reason why the Egyptians or the Irish should not be allowed to present rfhelr demands. The so-called Irregular Egyptian delegation has been waiting In Lau sanne for. more than a month for permission to be heard by the con ference and voice a demand for the Independence of Egypt and oomplete withdrawal of the British army, In consequence of the Turkish protest the official meeting of the subcommlsslon was postponed and the representatives of the Inviting powers, Great Britain, France and Italy, sitting alone, listened to the Armenian spokesmen, who suggested that a home be established In the northeast vilayets of Turkey, which should Include historic Mount Ararat or a section In Cillcla. It was Impos sible, he declared, for the proposed Armenian home to amalgamate with the Armenian republla of Erlvan, which had been taken over by the Moscow Soviets. The Armenians would willingly accept the same re lationship with Turkey as the do minions with England. In conclusion he asked for exemption from mili tary service for the Armenians and urged maintenance of the orthodox patriarch in Constantinople. Petition tinder Advisement. The entente delegates took ths Armenian petition under advisement, as they did also petitions from the Bulgarians and the ancient people known as tme Assyro-Chaldeans. Nuradunghian Pasha, once Turk Mir foreign minister, presented tha Armenian plea. He said the tragic 'errtgTWI1iaa'Wldehed the" gulf 'between tha Turka and tha Arme nians. The young Turk government at that time had net only used un sjpeakable methods in dealing with these Armsnlaas who Were loyal sub jects of the Ottoman empire he as serted, but they also lacked the most elementary understanding of the In terests of their country. Although Armenians were serving vi the Turkish army, there were many de portations of Armenians and sup pression of a great part of the Ar menian population without the slightest pretext. We deeply regret that mutual distrust still exists between the Turks. and the Armenians," he con tinued, "and that nothing Is being done by Turkey to diminish the grav ity of the situation. It Is impossible for us to consider as a solution that the refugee Armenians wbe are In foreign countries should' return to Turkey, as Imet suggests." U was only by the creation of an Armenian home that the Arme nian problem could be solved, he Insisted. The BulgsrlanS requeeted that 160,000 Bulgarians who had fled from Oriental Thrace should be permitted to return to that country, which had become Turkish territory and said they were ready to accept the same treatment aa. Turkish cltisens. Biblical History Olaenased. Biblical history came before the meeting when the representatives Of the Assyro-Chaldeans arose. Their people live In Mesopotamia, between Mosul and the Turkish frontlsrs they wish to maintain their own language and customs and to be al lowed to "dwell in peace. General Aghpltros, their chief spokssman said with dignity thnt history had proved that Adam and Eve were born In their country, 'and the early chapters of early life moved about the Aanyro-Chaldeans. Hopeful progress was made today on the problem of the Greek patrl arch. The French suggested a possi ble solution that permission be grantedsthe patriarch to remalri In Constantinople as an autonomous archbishop, with the understanding that he would In no way represent political or administrative matters, or voice the ambitions or Incarnate aspirations of 'Greece; he would ex 1st as a religious figure. The Erench argued that the brusque removal of the Christian leader would cause an unpleasant feeling abroad toward the new Turk Ith state. The Turks later will give their views on this suggestion. The straits problem still remains unsettled; the allies are striving to arrange some formula for a general collective guarantee that Turkey will not be subjected to foreign qetgren- slon. The Turks decline to grant jurisdiction to the straits control commission over the xones of de militarisation, as requested by the allies. There Is a general eipecla tlon, however, that the straits ques tion will be solved, although Kus- sla's ultimate mystery. attitude remslns a Press McBride Suffers a Fatal Injury In Accident (Hrwrlil to Dill, Ncn I Mount Airy, Dec. 26. A deplorable accident occurred near this city last night when Press McBride. 20 years old. was fltrlck by an automobile, having one leg crushed and his skull fractured. The young man was rid ing a bicycle snd the driver of ths car, Cabel Forkner, claims that he lost control of, the wheel and ran In front of the car. ' The force of the collision threw young McBride through the windshield. He waa carried to Martin memorial hospital, and died from Injuries about noon todaf. .Mr, Forkner is in the hands Jailed For Failure To Heat Apartments Hew York, Dee. SO Charged with failure to warm tke homes of kla T3 tenant families, Jaeoh flaloteroff, owner of four Eaat Side npnrtmeat fconees, today was sentenced to tke Tomke. for 60 daya wken he was nnnble to pay n fine Imposed ky Magistrate George . Simpson.' Tke magistrate refused to en tertain tke landlord's plea tkat ke kad been unable to buy eoal. It ta apparent," ke said, "that tkls defendant did nothing but wait nntll wlntea wna upon us. It Is not euongk for n landlord to say thnt ke cannot get eoal pew. Tke Question le did ke make any effort wken ke first learned tkat there wna going to be n eoal short age T Tke evidence Indicates tkat this landlord gave no tkougkt to these tenants.1 George Num Lee, If He Gets Flapper, Must Go to Her. SHE HAS BOBBED TRESSES Miss Mildred Wenn, of Wash ington, Balks At Being Sent to Fiance. WEDDING FEAST IS READY And Thousands of Dollars Worth of Jewelry Awaits tke Beautiful Lit tle Modernised Girl of Oriental Blood. (Br AmcUtm Trm ) New York, Deo. 26. The twisted streets of Chinatown, which have pulsed with subdued gossiping slnoo Mildred Wenn, 16-year-old Chinese "flapper" ran away from her Wash ington home Friday, almost on tha eve of her wedding to George Num Lee, scion of one or tha best Chinese ramnieir rrr . c w iora, naa some added thrills today. The first came when 1 word waa passed that Miss Wenn had returned to her home and that George Lee whose father la president of the On Leong Tong In the United Statei had rushed to her on the first Wash ington train this morning. Then, along about noon almond eyed Inhabitants of Mott street con gregated about the Lee home, at No, 61, saw two blaok, shiny wardrobe trunks unloaded and lugged up five winding flights of stairs, by truck men of the Canton Transfer company Boldly across the end of each trunk, In brave red letters was the legend M. wenn." The trouseau had arrived, but still no bride. A little while later, Lee Quon, Tong chleftan and prospective father-ln-iaw, hurried from the house and according to neighbors took train for Wsshlngton- Rumor Sweeps Onward. This gave added sweep to rumors tnat the Americanised Mildred Wenn bed put her tiny foot dawn on Chi nese traditions that a brldt must go to her husband, and had delivered an ultimatum that there would be no Wedding unleas It was solemnised In her home In Wsshlnrton. The elder Chinese of Mott, Pel snd Doyers streets masking .what ever emotions they may have had be hind lmpertubable faces, shook their heads and kept stony silence before the little army of reporters that In vaded their city within a city. Members of the rounaer aenera-. tlon were less reserved, but still could not sdd much to the story of, the disappointed bridegroom and the uneaten wedding feast. All they knew was thst George Num Lee had expected his betrothed to arrive on Christmas Eva and that she did not; that thousands of dol lars had been spent on jewels for the bride and for a wedding feast, but that the jewels had not yet found a place on Mildred Ween's comely figure and the wedding feast was still unserved. Several Versions of Mla-up. Thers were several stories con cerning the csuse of the mlr-up, but no one could say which was the true (Continued on psge four.) Forecast lly States. Washington, Dec. 26 Virginia Cloudy followed by rain Wednes day afternoon and night and on Thursctay; colder Thursday. North Carolina. South Carolina. Oenrglar Local rnlns Wednesday and prohablv Thursday: cooler Thursday. Florida: Generally fair In south and central and local rains In extreme north portion Wednesday, cloudy and cool, probably Incnl rains. Extreme northwest Florida. Ala bama: Rain Wednesday; Thursday fair and cooler. Mississippi: Rain probably follow ed by clearing and cooler Wcdnes dsy; Thursday fair snd cooler. Louisiana: Wednesday, thunder showcra. somewhat, colder; Thurs day fair. Tennesce, Kentucky: Rain Wed nesday followed by cooler Wednes day, afternoon and night. Thurs day fair and colder. Arkansas: Wednesday thunder showers In east, fair In west por tion, colder; Thursdsy, fair warmer In northwest portion. Oklahoma: Wednesday fair, colder In southeast portion; Thursday fgrlr somewhat warmer. East Texas: Wednesday fair, soroewhat colder In east and south portions; Thursday fair, warmer In northwest portion. West Teiss: Wednesday fair; Th'irsdny fair, warmer In north por tion. Winds: Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate to fresh and weather over cust with rain by Wednesday night. Hatteras to Florida straits:. Moder ate to from southerly and weather overcast Wednesday, BAGGETT MAY NOT GET CHANCE TO INTRODUCE HIS ANMJI. K. BILL Another Measure of Similar Nature Being Drafted. OPPOSITION TO BONDS Long, of Halifax, Slated For Re-election As President Pro Tern of Senate. DAWSON FOR SPEAKER State Capital Very 4ulet Before Com Ing of tke 'Salons Legtalatera Now Prepaslag Drafts of Proposed Laws OrMDtbora nail. News Nt. ffomrnrS BalUlng. Raleigh. Dec. 26. Naturally at thej atate capital this year there Is noth lng much after Christmas before tha legislature, and the latter is a full week off from tomorrow. The caucus la to be held on the night previous no one haa heard whether Tarn Bowl will again eject newspapermen and interested observers or not but tha caucus Is rather cut and dried save for the matter of a few assembly clerkships. Chief attention ' Is probably being paid by the members-elect to the matter of drafting legislation, soma ' of which, aa word of. It drifts In. would appear to be Including a park of the holiday hang-oyer. senator Baggett, fnom - Harnett. will hardly be allowed to Introduce the only antl-Ku Klux bill. At least one more will be Introduced with tlio provision that masking to destroy one's .Identity, which Mr, Baggett would make a felony, Is to constitute mlM.ma.nn.. T, nl.ht k Inl... . estlng to note In this connection If It hasn't been already noted that tha essence of the Baggett bill waa In troduced' Into the senate at tha sea- ' slon ' of 1921 hv T.iinafnrri T.Ana nt . Halifax, who got his hands so full of educational appropriation during the closing daya of. the session that he didn't feel justified In taking on mure iignis. , Elrmatloa la rl n.etr Reductlon of the personal prop- ' erLy exemption rrom ssuu to iuo ia coming back, too. Burgwyn of North. ' amntnn Is nnrt.r.tnnH ,A haw . re cruited some strength for hla prop- -osltlon In the house and It la known that one of the new senators Cas tellee of the third district Is an out-and-out opponent of freeing ao large a clasrf of ths population from tax ation. ' This Is the only attempted tag ; reform .hat haa so far coma out Into ths open; but there are rumbling will amount to remains to be seen; but the state highway system isn't rural enough to ault some of tha membera of the firm of ' Alexander, Stone and company. Complaint la ba in voiced by C. W. Hunt, of Meek' ' lenburg, who la aendlng out a letter to dlvera state papers this week, ' against the tendency of the road to serve tha centers of population first and relating with some gusto Implied charges of self-interest made by others against Highway Commis sioners Cox, Doughton and McBoe. Accompanying this is a criticism Of the Judgment of his own commission er Mr. Wilkinson In lneatlnv tha Charlotte-Concord road. The bulk of Mr. Hunt's protest, however, deals with the authority pf the highway commission to go right on with the location of a road and to settle for the damages, If any, 60 days after the road, Is built. Against Wine nad Beer. A new member of the legislature writes that he will not favor a hill for light wines and beers, but la-: In favor of repealing the "Homestead act ' and going back to the status ob taining prior to Its enactment tha quart law. If Is believed. A slight flurry of interest In tha grist for ths caucus waa arouaed some daya aince by the report that A. A. Hicks, who Is "omlng to tha senate from Granville, might have a try for the pusltlcn of president pro tempore. Thst has stopped, bow ever whether because the water was felt out and found hardly lukewarm or from a lack of real Interest exhibit (Continued on page four.) MADAM BERNHARDT ' IS MUCH IMPROVED Famous Aclrvu Confide, to Hor IT I TL a CI tsVf 111 r rriena iismt: nam yt ill Dm Back Soon. ; j'arin, uec. iny Associate Press) Thi household of Sarah Bernhardt was jubilant this evenlni over the remarkable ImDrovement shown In the condition of the famoua actress. The deep gloom which had settled down upon the family and faithful follow of the star be cause of her Illness was almoat en tirely dispelled by the continued op timism of the doctors, who have per mitted Mad rim Bernhardt to sit up In her room twice during the last 24 hours. Madame Bernhardt had Christmas dinner last night with tht membera of her family and a few Intimate friends. Mho nte a small piece of turkey and tulk'ed cheerfully and hopefully of her return to the foot HjthtR. Hhe wan beginning to believe, she said, that she would be spared to act 1ft years more. .She confided to several friends that she expected to assume hfr role In the new Ouitry play that was about to be produced when' she was stricken, within three weeks. The physicians smiled when Mad limo Bernhardt IndulKd In this three weeks' talk, merely saying "perhaps." They frankly stated, on the other hand that the "Divine Sarah's" condition was vry weak,, her long years of hard work on the boards having told upon her. and that It was quite punslhle it would be many months before she was able to appear In public. There are not lacking, Indeed, those who think uermi-rui may never act ikhiii, The few ld and faithful emvunU- who have followed Madame Bern hardt around the world, through for tune and adversity presented a touching picture tonight. They were overjoyed at the prospect of their mlfltreHs' return to health. "Just think, Madame Sarah sat tip again tonight" said the old butler. "1 will make a bot that Madame will be back on the stage In a month and such an ovation as she will re ceive" & ; of tha officers, .: 'I'
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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