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313" i,TO 12 FoUif sixt . ,... - :....'..-.-... . .. ...... .-.. ...... . .. ...... w. ,'. . ...... - a:;d a pnc"3TER cf scutku;:. r.EScur.c:: it CHARLOTTE, N.G.fU- AY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILYSEVEN CENTS, SU::. t 1 ;iH 1 llUllUUUIUIil.il KITS' III BE I, Juntaijf IsanJ and Great Fa!!i Id Provide Pcwcr. cst,J,oic?sepov;er Southern Tc-.ver Company , to pen'j V.:::' .i Developing Hy fdrqL..;c Plant at Once DffiLO ' J v flans xor tne onstrucuoa in we iinrac d.latt future Of two new hydro ; electrie power plants with marl mum. combined generating capacity . of ItsVAOO .horse power . were ' an 'iieuaced bjr official of tt Boathora Power ompaa? la thJa clr ywrtor Tate anaottneeinoiit, IndleaUnr f ( ruction progimni, 01 mmwunm .ViPiinr MnMir, mtrlu tho boain- . alns or a nw opocn mouru. , wtt aa th bydro-alMtrto tfovolop ' mat of North and goutb Carolina. It muni that taa lovoloproont of tn- ' duotrlaa ttk thla option, vblck wn uuoAlonably naa bm boW back ea oeount Pf tha Iftek of by4ro.-oloctrto ,. powf lorwara a a novo bro Moaleo. ' If ia alnlAcant thai tba rramp , tk of tha butldlOK vrorram of tht powor compaor la U ba marked bf 1 tbo bluldlnx. aot of ona ponar plant. , .but of two platou JmoItAjiooaily, a . tJUn( tbo oxpradlttiro of mlUlono . VuC ollara aj4,liw-raln tbo maxl ' ' num ctnoratlns capacity . of v tha -. company by .approztmauly 4 par ;, ..emit. ".". iew-i v ' '" ' r ? Tbo plaat which wlU bo oonploM ' ' r.i-n will bo a now' powar doom ," inedlaluiy adjacent .to tho prooont powar autloo at Ureat "afl. a. a it win fnowa aa uraat raiia no. 3 and J ,.ava a tr.ax'mam apactty uf 0.Oba boro 'pof f, harl-f thrao irfneratkis unild of H.0d . horaa towar McH. i No additional tfm,wl 1 t r-ni)rea for th! atatton.. nd t U al.Up.i(ii tat this plant a t trtad. In, about II inont,,x. ita Mcon.1 w poaar .k.t i ba at iloanin UUnd or t) C' , t rlyer, Jnt abovo Mt, Hollr. Tbls N tbo i a of th 614 Mauni: l eoaon mill wbioh was attarty royad and awapt' away t tho xl Hood of lilt. :TbU ha VhuT a regard d aa aa lcal loeatiaa r a larfo powar plant, ha Ting at ."""avallabio head of approximately ' r f oat Tho MoonUla islaad plaat wlU "'-haw four1 toaoratlna antta of t; horso .power each, dereloplng ' V maxlrouM of lo. horao power.' ity-Tt; Mow RalhMip .giraatoa,. ?, . t la order to fasUIUM thooeaotrao . tioa of tho dam and. power plant at Moontala island, the UMaaawo Korthem railway, wilt buUd-o, line " from Mt. Holly to Movntala island. "M a distastes of threw and a half anllee. 1 II 19 ugimwg mm !" im- V dlatety. . f."' ' . .''' '"-" : Tho oxaerieneo" of the eompaay has shewn. It Is said, that a period ' ef about two years Is reqalrod for the eoastractloa of a hydro-electHe plant and It Is assumed that tha plant at MoonUla Islaad. which will! bo the, second largest en tho Sooth ' era Power syatem. f.wlll reabo j something like that period for torn . pletlon, although H U understood : that tho work on both plants will be facllluted to -tmoet. . - ' . Tjr'ordry to u care of Ha eaoto . tiers la this a to the greatest extent poaalbte, the Gouthera Power eompany during recent years - has A'beea purchasing from the Georgia Railway and Power company ; and other producers of power a ery , - coaslderaMo wsantlty of electricity. Some of tbo contract for this poorer - ore expiring la tho near fatnre and the. prodoctioa of additional power ' im ihU section Is ' necessary. itle pouted out, to' absorb the 'demaM "S. which has heretofore . beoa eu polled by power secured from ostsids terri tory, pniess a lance namner or cua umers were to be cut oftfvIn-the mce of thi sitaanon tne power ora eials bars felt Impelled to beetn far ther deretopment .seen In, the. face of continued high .cost of conatmo tkm work and eqalpmeoe. - ' It h known ttM tne . Boutnera -Cisilssil Pate fer; vCJOiaiXYS' f Pair -J' -mewhat warmer (o tct wnartnod and warmer Monday, ... ... . '- . A . ' . .' . ... . ; : .'.'.' ; . . -. . , . ' i - i;--:L. - L t Bed Croe . C toted M j.t' Chrism as seats are . r pi.eo,-' . . h 6mb i Dropped Qf Secret Diplomacy and i Registered Sent European and Asiatic Representatives p Readjust Their ?:.-! M w ' . Mb ' "av ' . C '.. a ' m m .v . 1 '.A' . M .'I...-.' '' OijJeBi B J' '' ;is:as in cs Privacy ci yanous Hotel suites ana rrivau t Residences Powers Challenged to .Prove the Sincerity 'of Thcit-Prctastations.1 BT MART ROBERTS RIXEHART. Wrtttca . erprcMy ' for ; VaMrersal (Copyright. ; ltlt .byl CnlTorast WASHINGTON. Stirl ! ll--The United Btates today dropped a bomb Into the sab-cellar of secret diplo macy, and registered a direct BU. Tho gunner was Mr, Hughes, secre tary of state for this government, and the bomb was a flat offer to tho powers of the world to prove the sincerity of their , protestations ay a program of naval disarmaments to commence at onre. - The scene of thlo extraordinary and oearageon act. orhJch has sent Europeoa and Aalatlo fepreoeatar Uvea to readjast their Ideas ia ths privacy , of, various hotel spltoa and prtvato reaseneest - 'was- great square ball, balconied oa three aides and miea WJtn nfnea of mamr na- tlona. Mea with, here slid there a woman, for this business of making and unmaking wara la still a mans 1aslaeoa. ;. It.is troical of tho world situation as it still exists while wo men were la tho majority yesterday at toe funeral of the. unknown sol dier, today they were virtually ex- PIIIIP niiflrnifiriPMnnnisi'i u ui lull L'..uiUI.U r; i ie, e . a. o o -a" 4. 1 " ( si: -.a j i.i a . f ri, ( H 1 V ttTTDt.IVnTriV Mm. It 1 I.. terostlBg feature of the morning see s on of tho annual conference of the North Carolina Methodist Protestant church, ia sissloa here, ; was . ths adoption ef a resolution, which was ordered transmitted by telegraph to tho United States sopate, urging the passage of the WJlls-CampbelI onti beer bill. -...-v , -.- v'm A - The slesrJou wad opened wifb. do yotleaala, led by - Rev. J. H. Bow man, of Oalltord county. A period of, business followed, during which the reading of. pastors personal re ports, which had beea deferred from o previous session. -. was resumed. This feature wes completed before the end of the "Session: A telegram of fraternal greeting was ordered sent to ths Alabama lualaodlat Protsrtsnt'cenferenosr, ' Ch rarew's Bocao Reports. Tho reports of the superintendent of tbo children's home at High Point and the treasurer ef tho board of rustees of the institution wsre read. Tho report of the superintendent. H. A. Garrett, disclosed that over lie. had beea received la .donations during ths rear, and that msch con struct ive work hi buildings and other lmprovemeBte bad been made. . The report -' of (he treasurer ' tad'ostsl ihat tha Institution Is on a sound inenela! oasla- . -,!. The eonferenca brotherhood, a era- rem a and Insurants organlxatlon of ministers of the conference, held a meeting and elected officers and add ed a several new meemsers to tne membership roll . Officers' elected wero Rev. R. O. Brown, president, ot Hurh -Point: J. H. Moton. vice presi dent ! ot H'gh Point: Rev.- R. a Troxler. " tecretary-treasurer. of ThomasviUe. .- cr , . ,A' feature of tho eloeing moments of the sfternoon session was the re oort of ths board of education. Much dlsousslon ensued on aa Item of the report relating to tne selection or tho members. ef the Jhoerd of rus- teee ot the hew Methodist Protestant college, to be loested st Hlch Point President Andrews snplnted a-com mlttee of siXimembfrs to nomlnste the members ef the beard, wh'ch will be cmpeoed of ten members. - . Kdacsvlowel Rally, ,14 ' The svenlng session wss devoted to sn oducatlonaf rally, end was pre sided over by- Dr." T. R. :' Rfcrrla ."of Henderson. A song service preceded the eduestlonsl program, which 'wss ledi bV the. conference mualra! direc tor, Rev; R. a Troxler .of Thomas -vllls. A beautiful solo wss rendered be Miss Tsung, of 4hl elty. t The first snesker ot the evening was I. Norman WIUU, leading' la v rnan of Greensboro. " H spoke of ths undertaking ot building a college tn North Caroline, snd. stated that ht denomination had started something that It could not flnUh. meaating that the would be -always some thing to add 10 the lntut'on after the erection ot (he building and. be ginning, of. operation. ,t .. -as Otber speakers -were T. M. John son. V. Aahsvillsi Dr. W. A. Hsarper, president of Blon college; Pr. F.A Harris, presiding offloeri Prof. X C Amlck. member of far- u'ty of Elon eoltetev Rev. A. O. Plx p, IX V., of Baltlmor. Md.; Rv. D. A. Braswtll. of Lex nrton. rreeldent Andrews read a list, of (tisgestcd nam for 'the new eol- lre and spoke of the. naming of t .a Institutes aa an Important mat Into Cellar 4 v. r . eluded.,1 The old that men must work and women weep..-'. . In tho center of the lower floor had beea placed a hollow square of green- batse covered . tables, . and around.'thsse tables oa the other s'ds sal ths or so repreeentatires of, tho governments summoned to the conference. At the head of the table to the right Hughes. Root. Lodge and .Underwood ' also ( at. tho head, to the left, Balfoar and the British, down the right sldsV BmalL solitary aad watchful, Briand.' Be yond him Prince Tokugawa. chair man of the Japan eee senate, a short heavy man with aa tmpassivo face. Great Britain extended around the table 'on tho left, and beyond her was Italy. At the foot of the table wero Chma. Belgium, .Partagal, and flnnirwmn. ; , - -Baslacea Like Jxascmblsjro. Behind the chairman, Mr. Hogheo, Was lined the . American advisory Board o( II members, and the rear gallery, facing the presidtnsr efltcer. was given over to the senate and the house.' i - It was a buslnsss-liko assemblage. conspicuously lacking la uniform .... W.L-....:'-X ..,11 11,1 IMII I.IHI t Lulllu I WUIIL' .Catch ; ...n;.jct:n, i ..y t. i.i w...i ..i u- r I LsCevel nttfaiM - - - tc. Vf . - vi- tsrsareaek HaSt BYBItOCa;BARJrXKY,- ' ; RALEIGH, Nov. ll-RalelfVtbig armistice day parade yesterday -was uinug a band, and the dty commis sioners arc bow censldermg suspend ing th' annual six hundred dollar appropriation tothe Raleigh ssrried band because of sRa failure to per form on: theu occasion: .1 J ",. . When' tho band inaotor learned Thursday night thai tbo local Amor lean legion post had engaged soa uaion oand to furnish music for tha armwUce day dance,' he Informed the band members, ail of whom are said to belong to the union, that the band would not appear la tho parads. Coa- sequentJy. there wad a total absence 6t martial airs wbsa the kmg line of RsJslgh eitixens, school child rea and ex-eervloo men moved down Payette villo atroot' yesterdsy. " , Oit-lookers considered It atrapgo that the parade did not have a band, but tho reason did not become known until today, when the Vsm misslonsrs took up tho matter of suspending ths asrvtqo band's eo proprlatioa. They have set Tuesday aa tho data for a full invest ixation Into tho caas of tho failure of tho band members to perform- oa this public occasion, thereby, ailogedly, violating the terms ot aa agreement wRh tho dty by which the appro prlatlon waa made.;. . -Despite , the order of 'the band master, nine members reported for ditty Friday mornlngr-but they did not play instruments that could be nsed without other pieces, so tbelr Services had to bs dlspeneed with. The band members looked upon yeeterday'o parade as aa American Legloa event, end they are anecee) to have sought fevengs for the fail ure of this orgahisatloa to rmiiloy a union band : for the armistice day FIFTEEN , Sflsi FEIN '.k' PRISONERSESCAPE i -..''':- . e. i..-,, " .' bUBUN1. "Nov.' ii.-iTifteen- Sian Fein under 'santance escaped from Mount Joy prison tonight : The men got away after a fight in which re volvers wsre used..- . YON BERGMANN SELECTED AW2ASSAD0R .T0 AMERICA By rmvrrss! Smco (Special CaMc) BERLIN, Nov 11. Prom re liable sourceslats tonight It waa i; learned that Com mlssionsr Von' . Bergmana, who hi now In Wash . Ington, bss been selected, ss the , ... German ambassador to ths Unit- '" od Stale ' .-r--'f ,-. v. ; i-'-.jw isDicnqr v OMAHA. Neb Novr7 it More) thsa 14( Indlcimenta Including a charge of conspiracy. In connection with the issuing and sal of aUeged fraudulent certtflratee of deposit egalnat II. 1. Babrock and Prank Burling vlrrl president snd csshier. reapectively, 'ofi the defunct Pirn National Bank of Chappet, Nb.j were made publle today following a return by a federal grand jury in HiQ&.auua tfovtmbe T in t UILII Uil 'I ' SrAIliLkJ viSIuIIG DELEGATES fJothlaj Us Frc?asa!s Parleys In V.M:h They t Had Rsured pr Read About, ZzxtfA Yclly L'r. ;:;are(W)penina Sessipn cf.Arma- , - meats Ccnfcrcnca CrLt but . BT KOR3IAX nAPCCT. Staff Oorrcsponilinit UniverstU Emtoa. , WASHINGTON, Nov. II, Like k bolt from a sunlit tky. 'Without warning or surmise, came he pro posal of secretary Hughes noday. at ths opening of the conference oa limitation of armament la Continsn- tal Hall! i ; - . . That Great Britain, Japan and , ths United . Slates shall lmms , mediately destroy , capital shlpf - ' to the tonnage of one million. ; sight hundred and seventy-eight -. thonsaatf forty-three tons. ' j j That there shall bo begun at ; - once a naval 'holiday for tea "'"years, , , ' l - , That after tho tea years ships . . cannot be replaced pntil they I are twenty yeare old. -J i. ,That never shall tho moat ; ' powerful ship . msasuro ,' more . thaa tt.lO tons. ? , From ths moment that tho P resi dent oDoesred - at tho little . door to the oouth of the platform, lust two minutes before the omeial opening hour of 1:I0.', until the adjourn ment at ll:4i, there elapsed, nut a trifle, over two abort hours. ' -.Besides tho orocram for. reducing aiwjament ths regular .business, sc- oomplished was the appointment H two .committees to carry aioag tne main work of the conference. One ia a committee oa program and . procedure rerardisg . limitation of srmsmsnt This committee win consist .- of reepressnUtiveo -of the five maior powers. '.. tAU-m Ths ether Is a committee a-pro. gram and procedure with regard te the problems or ns rseinc. ana inis includes renreosBUUves not only of Great "Brltala, tho ''Unite Ptatsa CohfctznteEnvelopefan; j -. ,-, 1 X Ku.Klux Ktart Cr;anizer. Under 1 Chafccs'for Falss Arrest i.. -' - - -l tncldant Growa Cut' of Raeant Raturri i vto Aahavjllf pf Woman Ptavloualy Ralautd y CotH '''M'f essaBaaaajaj '? .' ' . ASHXTILLK. :., Nsr. ' lt-Graad Jury . inveotlgatloa Into tbo actlvU Uee of tho Ki Klux Klan'la this section ' culminated tfcla aftemecn tn tha arrest of L. 0. rronenberger. organiser and kteagle for the klan here, on charges of falsa arrest and Imprisonment; conspiracy (o kidnap aad kidnapping..; '. VP '' Tho grand ' Jury 'returned tfiree true bllla, directed ggalnat rronen berger and - "other persona wboao aames arc; tp ' tfi grand . Jury ua kaowa." ; r i v . , rronenberger was leleaaa under ILoOl aoDearance bond. Tha tnveadgatioa grew out t the return kto Ula city, front Saluda. dlsunt It . UlecVof , two woman who ha beea arrested an etatu- tory charges and reisasea unaer cash bond. . The Identity or inree men who. brought them , back for trial was unknown,, and reference of counsel for the defeneo In su perior court trial were tha suae of tho , investigation - oraerra r Judge' Walter- Brock,- : presiding. Cpeeial proieeutloa wa engaged. Is the case, and admission that ths re tsioes waa Fronanberrer was mads when the court requested the nama Jndn Brock, la ordering the In- yeeUgetlon of the rwyterious dr eumunces surrounding the appre hension and return of the women, said 'it had teen thought to hie at tention that possibly the Ku Klux K!an had eomethlng to do with the return of tho women, and instructed ths grsnd jury to ei certain, a pos-s s'.ble, it such were tne case, ana re turn a bill Of proeentment kgalnst the leader of the party ot uniaenir- fled yea.', -, j --'v.. CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE - w T0V MEET JN VIRGINIA - aslrlal ts T PssteveeV. 'J s KLON COIXEOB. Nov m. Ths ' nUety-eeventh annual eesnion of the North Carolina- Christian conference hi to "meet; wrlth the church at Danville, Va on Tuesday from this olace. - A. Dickerr. of Ibe local church, la the - executive secreury of the 'conference, . and will te over in advaneo and set things -arrangsd for. ths assembly there. In the. North Carolina eon fere nee there are ' six churches In the stats of Virginia in tho associa tion with tt. For lbs Bret time In many yeare It Is to meet With one .pf-4ie j:hurcheeVr. Willi il UllUU 7f1 I . '... .1 Had Ever C:cn Known in of Great bport. japan, rraoce ana tiaiy, out - sum of Belgium, Holland, Portugal and China,, - :. v When the President appeared a! tho Uttlo south door. It was evident he was high Strang with tho tense interest of tho moment and ,whes he walked to tho center of the plat ftorm, smiling and greeted, with ap plause, he maintained th.a Intensi lOOk,- -. ' - . '. -Vt '.' . 4 Presideat Bardlac Speaks. 1 ATter the braver the President be can to sneak at le:e. He snoks lust It ' mlautes. Then he turned an S shook hands with the American del egates la orders Mr, Hughes. Senator Lodge. . Mr. Root. . senator unaer- wood. As this brought him to the end of the row . ho shook hands with 1 two or" three ther friends noarbr. and thus aaturall slipped out by tho atat door as quietly as hs had eoms. Already Secretary Hughes was on his feet..;.'-' ..:v-'.'f,v .-,.,.',- ' - ' -Wo wni psoceed," he said, "with the orgaaixatioa.-'". ' ; Immediately Mr. Balfour stood up and arooossd. along with a graceful tribute, tnat Mr, eiagnes presiae over tha mneral meetinss of the confer ence and an the committee meetlngjH at which ho might bo present. Mr. Hushes began, to speak at 11 snd finished at IlttO.' Those 40 mln utes might as well have beep four minatea. so, rant was the audience la rtho aoauenep ot tho necretarrn ,atata saoatavvwtqEvs'Jww . i Bv tiS:lf ths assembly , room in Continental Hall was filled, practical ly every seat being takco except thoop yryi r' T '"; .1 - a L Ciiw9 ' f-r t,M Lv. j c where a fJctable Feature. NOTE OF HARMONY STRUCK Calf c'-r U3'fci Proposal to C3IAND RESPONDS TO CALL Evan 'tha Qalloiiaa Help Along K Spirit of Good Faelinr. All ' 0WOHI vpuiiuuH WASIIJNGTON, Nor. II--(By tho Assoclatsd Press). Seldom , has, a conference of . nations' assembled ia an atmosphere of greater eordlality thaa that which enveloped the open ing sessioa of the armament ; con ference. ' ' v.s Prom tha moment Secretry Hughes called tho conference to order until tho last delegate bad Bled out ot tho hall tbo deference ovrywhere appa- rnt waa a notable feature of tho pro ceeding. . Even tho astonlshmsat of delegates and spectators at tho naval reduction proposal of tho American government failed to halt tho ox change of court eel ee or develop any manifestation of doubt that tho ne gotiations , would bor crowned with euecees. :- N-t, - - Arthur J. Balfour, head -of the British dslegatloa. was- the first among the foreign delegates to strike tho general bote of harmony. " He stirred the whole body of delegates and spectalots to pnolonged applause whea ho proposed that, as aa extra ordinary tribute to Secretary Hughes and the United States! the secretary of state act as chairman ay common consoat and- withaut a formal elec tion. ; :. . . i ' ' Later! whea the conference Appa rently had concluded its business, the galleries hslpsd tho Spirit of good feeling along by calling for one ertst another of the distinguished foreign delegates until every head ot a visit lag delegation had made a speech. Oris ad Brought to Feet. ..' v Premier Briand, of Franco, waa the. first (o be thus brought to his feet by an Impromptu demonstration f regard from the spectators, TheU followed similar demands for Prince Tekugawat-bead of the Japanese, and for representatives ef . Iitaly, China. Beirlum. Tho- Netherlands, and Portugal. - Msmbere Of the sen ate, aad house took a -leading part la the spontsnsous damoaat ration a. Premier Briaad apoke tn Freaoh, but with a warmth that moved many who could not understand btra. lie declared Franco waa entering tho conference Vwtth all brw"l and with all her heart" and waa ready to make any ssciifleo for success pro vided only hr owa safety wero kept secure, ; . ' "Hera with our friends," continued the French premier, "we shall speek heart to heart and looking Into each JW". .fW , ' ' ... what situation ws find ourselves, and others eyes. -'We-shell tell, you in re shaft let you know all wo can do." v- - -- Toksgawa Speaka, , Only a fsw sentences, tn English, ". ' " .. ' ' I tCeaMaawd sO Pace Fear) ' ; - - , . e . TEN-YEARN AVAL HOLIDAY OPENING Ot CONFERENCE nm iiiins Senators and Representatives i 1 of BotiuParties Commend Plan -1 : UR. SIMMONS FAVORS IT Plan for Limitation of Naval Armaments Generally and En thu!atically Commended. : ' By'tho Associated Press. WASHINGTON. - NOV. 1 1. len oral and onthuslastlo commendation Was given by members of Congress tnitt of the American plan for limi tation of naval armament Leaders of both- parties Joined in expressions of approval, r ,-.-. "1 feel that the program, 4 won derful ldeaL is desUnod Tor success.' said Senator Pago, republican, Vermont- chairman of tho senate naval committee.-. "Ordinarily. . it " might he difficult to attain, but .with feel ing of all peoples ot the world as It IS, ' S iei luiv-iiim-w" " &' a. feasible, practical and liberal one, from the American and also other olata of visw. will bo transUted i to an agroomoatf irvyf-: . . . . Bimilar views were expressed by Senator. Hitchcock, -democrat, ' Ne braska, ranking minority member of the -senate, fortlsn relations cpm mlttee. ' ' v -' Prooi of KoKhea. . , "The noidnen and canaor oi oac- -i.li,,) -j,ro-,,Sji rfired i -jO-.ly," SltiJ ; i'xFi "" S .-ii'.- "'. ,(.-riin hJ enormous an i I b- ,.l s' 'a Succe-s. . I t-l P i, ..t we avo encHi cra tu.y of state as Mr. Hughes." -f Senator Po!ndexter.--republican. WaahlnetoB. who has active charge nf naval a oDrooriatloit bills in the note, said ths program presentea "a very good- basic if properly worked -out and proper guarantees for fuimiment.are given," The gen eral plan as I view it said he, "puts tho Uaited-States oa an .equsi toot ing' with -Great Britain and gives Japan a somewhat bighsr relaUve Some asmocrauo teoaers, moiuo- ln Senator wanson, . of Virginia. former chairman of tho aeaate com mittee, and Repressntative raagett. ot Tennetsee, former ? chairman ot the, house committee, and others Withheld comment . ' .Too tacflceoaa at uuisevr, am afraid wo have been too generous at the outset," said Sena tor Mow, republican. New Hamp shire, of the, foreign relation com mittee, stating tnat . n .. propewso ftirtJiar atudv of the nropossL One democratic senator ' pointed out that the naval appropriation diu of lilt had a clause giving tne President power to conclude aa ar mament limitation agreement with out a treaty. Another pointed out that, tho disarmamsnt' clauses -relating to Oermany in tho treaty of Versailles declared spscincauy tnat Germany's disarmament was atipu lated In order to prepare tho way for other powers to limit their ar mament. f From tho same source came the. 'suggestion ' that Germany might wen be Invited to tho present conference, to be a party to a volua- tar agreement of limitation. SS o factor of thO rrencn 1 oemanas iov an army, for :t potenuai ueiense against Germany.' ''- - - . ' Huamons abviwcb. - Senator - SimamnsL , democrat. North Carolina, said tvs was -heartl' ly In tavoeT.wt thengbra suggec "I tnJnk tt was a bom pwy, aara Senator - Shnmoas. - -I , hope . that the other natlows will agree lo U mmA If on la wrtlt draHMistmtO (hat Uw United Statta baa Ukea tho lead toerard world, peaoo." "Th nian la a maatenv one." saia Senator Smoot republican, Utah. "IU conception and presentation re ft art honor upon tho. nation I am sure that It will brlni about success ot the conference." j Senator . McCumber, republican. V (Ceattwsad sat Pace Fear) i it ' a CAR DEMOLISHED BY S TRAIN 0N; S0UTHERN Wjnston-Salam Lads, Return : Iny i From Football Cama, ' , Hava Narrow Eacapa. . Sseatal to The Osasrves.' WINSTON-SALEM. Nov. .11. Five high school boys who attended the Wlnstoa-saism-cnanotts foot ball gams la ths latter city yester day had a narrow escape from se rious injury; about "4 o'clock this morning. ; They were returning home in a Ford coupe, : owned by one of the bora When It wss struck by a freight train! about Ave miles out from Charlotte oa the Salisbury road, Ralph .P. Blum, - owner , of I UIRt.ll 1 II, OTP I ll'H VIIH.I ,,,w f practically demolished auto. Blum tne was taken back to a Charlotte hos pital, suffering from a broken rib and other bruises.. Ills associates were badly shaken up, but escaped arious Injuria. EUROPE AWAKES TQ ' EVENT'S ftTPORTANXE ' i A T S '" m .v i, 1 BTa r, BIStTXXLI, 4 . .. " Universal Bet-rioe StanT Csrrea- j,. 1 pendent , 1 PARIS, Nov, lLOa tta very eve tho peopto 'of Europe secsa to bavo suddenly owakened, to the paramount tsnnortanos of tha Washington conference oa llnuV tstlon of armaments. - ' .' Editorials ia even, the antl Briand papers which bare bJUier to beea antagonlstla to TTardlns; at ecbobia Tho Loadoa Mall'a deciaratloa chat "tbJs la tbo moat Important eoaferanoa ataoe the dawa of eJrlllsatloa ., , -f rWhatevcr tl TCssxtta," says Augusta Gas; vain fa Tlie Journal Debate, "the Ualeed Btates and Japan mast leraaia fkfgbbon aad com prebend thai Aey caautot de stroy each other. France by rea son of its antecedents ia heat able to prove- tho truth of this tact, bat she should first beght by prac ticing Ja IJnropo ( what she Headiee." ' ! , ' M PnOPflSSLS "Far neacWna" tut ttay'Es Switab'e Cacis,fcrt C i n r.'ivil Cisarr.umerit Apart . Frccn , Cther Cucstlons. By The Associated Press, WASHINGTON, Nor. IS. Japan's delegation to tbo armamsnt limita tion oonfsrcncs is prepared .te reach., an. agreement on naval ' limitation Independently : of tho question' of naval, bases in the Pacific or setUe tnent.of.far eastern political prob lems, also to be discussed In Wash ington. .Ad ralraj Bason Kato, head Ihf the Japanese group; mads this statement - tonight - amplifying hie early expression that the American propoaala wars "far reaching." but probably formed a suitable hasU for conference discussion of the strictly naval phase of the agenda.1 1 - ' The ABierlcaa plan has beea lura- ad over to his aaval experts hers by Baron Kato. Pending; their study and report, he said, he could not say definitely how his delegation would Mew the spociilo Proposals It con tained, with that report In hand1 aowever, the baron said ho expected soon to he prepared to make a defi nite answer. ...t-lT-;- ,. , The' Japaaees leader waa creased for a atatsment as to whether actual agreement to limit naval armament nugnt not do linked up with far east era settlement so that tha ons would ninge on the other In reaching final conclusion Hs reiterated that be was prepared to deal with each sues tioa separately, and had no prefer ence as to tho order Of consideration. Stating his own Impreasioaa as to Mr. Hughes' proposals, the Baron declared they were "the most com plete and logical'' suggeetlone for limitations of naval forces he "had heard. , Ho was In favor of the gen eral principle stated by Mr. Jiughee. he added, and could say that Japan waa "prepared to sarry out the de sire contained In the proposals to ins extent peestDie," , . - t - s Again -urged to cay what hie atti tude on the question of .Pacific naval bases la natation to tho proposed plan ef limitation -of navies would be. Baron Kato said ha moat . await American proposals urwlsr ths naval bass heading of tho agenda. ' Before he entered the room, how ever, Kataro Mochiaukl. of the aa ansae parliament heading the un official delegation sent to Washing ton by the opposition or Constita tlonal party In Japan, .dlacusse-t the base question at length. He Insisted that tt must bs sonsiasre4 la de termining the relative naval forcee of the Pacific powers. Mr. Mochiaukl said . he proposed, to insure peace la tho Panlflc, the dlsmsntllng of outlying Island tertl- Ocatlons by both the United Saitee and Japan. If the American mvest ed In those Wand -. grotfps whre American fortifications wsre planted prohibited that course, he raid, (hen at least an agreement- shoull he reached to stop all expenditure i n existing forts. . k " Baron Kato waa askeu If 1 hts quesUon of Psclflo tvse was In iiis pute between the political panie-i In Japan, but 'he declined to 'oniipent en Japan a Internal political l-wur. He wa well aware, however, he said, that ths "people la general ' In Japan dealred reduction - of ' n.ivai armaments and the- Jepaneae dele gation had coma U WaahlngtoniX' peeling to meet that deelra. THE HE J Proposal tore Drastic Than Anybody Had Expected. FOREIGN ENVOYS STUPED Sweeping Challenge Presents d' ; -to Craat Britain and Japan t' '-tt Vary Outset 1 - ' M , ..r - ' By the Associated Preea, "i WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. More drastic. and far reaching than the most -ardent advocate of " disarma msnt dared to hope, America's pro posals -were - suddenly ,lald before the arms conference today at its first sesaiom by Secretary Hugheii -- A . 10-year naval bolidsy. U the proposal. In short and. the United States .Great ' Britain 'and Japan ' hall, scrap (f capital asxre- , gating 1,171.041 tone-,-. Within three months after the conclusion wi ' an - agreement - the United States would have 11 capital ships. Great Britain's and Japan 10. The tonnage of the three im- such' a plan-,, be tOO.tiO; 104. 4G9. and'111,700. ' .. Ships whew i0' "'years i old mi?'-1 be replaced under the plan, and ttie renlarttttnent at-ham la kftS SAS t..i for the United 8tatei.' S0,009 ton for Great Britain and 140.000 tot ' ffr ,T' r-"i. y re'scf -Tit . p CO'M-i HI, i lOJ -1. Tne Vr 1 t.ites tri,wI4 r o : capital i !'ifre - unsr 4J.7 ton: Crt ""iiialq 10 fcit-. 111.37 t and Japan. 17 a. ... gating . i ton' -.,.- Tha I.. includs old saips i be scrapped, ships building or f r which material has been assemble 1 Characterised by Baron Kato. the Chief Japaneas ' delegate. ' as "very drsitic' but probably suitable s a bsals far discussion, and by Mr. Balfoar, head of the .britUh del gatlon as "a statesmanlike Utter ince, pregnant with Infinite poal- bilities and moat hopeful of satla- factiry resuiu, the American ' pro posal, concrete and detailed, fell on the opening moments ot tits great eonferenca i like, a bombshell. Tt e foreign delegstes were stunned. No other word describes their faeltn. Asaertcaa ITopottaU, The" principal feature of t r American plan proposed: , rnat lor not less men is ' yesrs, competitive naval bulla- , ing cease ' as between- Crest Britain, the United Statej an i ." Japan.- .-. ;-.".. , That all caoltal ships bulld- . ing or planned be. scrapped snd a few recently, ttlaeed In th .water be destroyed within three -. monthe "Of v ratification ef tbe '.agreement''-',;' - - , ' That the older . shtpa of en -it fleet also be destroved. reiu.' v Ing the ' British force 1 ti ii ' tiattleehlpe. the Ariericnn t 10 and .'the ' Js'paneae . to 1" ". each ehip to be rtalne4. being specifically named. . , That during ths , skreeineiif , ;'no capital craft be laid down . ' :." except under - a , detailed r - placement scheme-Included In , : the proporal .wh!eh wcuM pio . iride for alllniate - suuaiity of ths British and American flveia and for, a Japanese force at I . f, per i cent - of ths-strength ' of i either- of the other two. , ,,'-luat. all ether' naval craft ,be similarly provided for lu tho 'same ratio, aoeclflc Ssurea for ' ' ltfruita tonnaaw , In each , claw being' laid down. . " ' ' Tbe naval aircraft b4 dlsre- . ; gxrd d. In . the scaling, down f , tCoWtaed Pa- nw) , huciies riV'i v;;t;i . ,-,raaefe ' y- - gSfia..,. si VVt asseeessicwaw Thinka I! ' Trcpcsala V.7: PutCl!.: on M9 Cvlv .cna wi .-iva. BT 1L IX C BilTAXT. , ; WASHINGTON.' Nov. ll.6cr tary Hughee mad a bit here t) day with hie prograia for ths lim: tstioa ef arms.. Hs gave the t-v Ucaa .administration a goo. b whan hs announced hU prom.---Should bis re-onimndaUns be a -cepted the enlire country weuiJ r North Carolina tonir"""1" f Ifeatad much tntereat In th day of the erme ewiifarenne. ator Overman had an honor -and waa pi i with ih made. , , "Mr. Hualxs put tha u squarely upta the otltri ' Mid he "and they Inust hope that the plans ihl country will wm out. reach some a itr m;,i the cost of armament, way lo reduce F reajr1 to friv 'r:d--: credit f-'i any eAt t In thia. uH.ieriaaiPS " CAPITA Y - m , .-'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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