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fie Fayetteville Observer "North Carolina's Oldest Newspaper Established 1817" VOL. XXXVI NO. 274. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921. PRICE: FIVE CENTS, CONSIDERATION ; OF NAVAL RATIO RESUMED TODAY "Little Prospects of Agree ment on French and Italian Naval Ratio Problem STRICT SILENCE IS BEING MAINTAINED Intimated That French Will Seek to Have , Secrecy Ban Lifted at Conference WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (By the Associated Press.) The naval com mittee of fifteen of the arms conference resumed consideration today of the French and Italian na val ratio problems but .with little prospect that the day would show any material result in the way of advancement towards an agreement among the five powers on relative naval strength and reduc ' tion in fleet with harmony with that already urged by the "Big Three." The committee again was en trenched ,behlnd Its rule of silence of yesterday and no further Infor mation was available as to the ex act nature of the statement the French group is making as to France's needs In naval tonnage on the basis of her national securi ty. Nor was further light available on the French project to build ten 35,000 ton capital shps in the de cade of 1925-35. Mr. Sarraut, head of the French delegation, intimated last night that France would seek to have the secrecy ban lifted in order that a correct view of her naval position might be given to the public. It Is generally understood that M. Sarraut and Ambrassador Huss- erand, the two Frenoh-delegates now in Washington, lack full pow er to modify the basis or the detail of the naval proposals France has presented ,"n the committee. The delegates are known to have been m cable communication with Paris ULiUllU ULiUllttll PUTS UP BATTLE; STILL IS FOUND Colored Man Slips Out of Clothes and Makes Good His Escape McGeachy and Deputies Patrick, Kelly and Hall went on a still hunt this morning and had a hard lassie with a blockader, who managed to wiggle out of part of nis raiment and make a getaway The posse went to a certain loca tion near Calvary Churcn six miles south of the city where they found tne furnace of a still and five full barrels of beer. The still had been remrl. f was evident that whiskey had been made there a few hours before. After destroying the beer the posse went to the house near by of one of the supposed moonshiners, Sam Simmons, colored. Sam was In the house, and when he saw the officers approaching he snatched a Jug containing a quart of liquor. Deputy Hall had a tussle with the negro, and the officer says the dar ky fought like a tiger. He is Ion and lanky but hard as nails and very powerful, and a tremendous blow on the side of the head, in flicted by Deputy Hall with the butt of his pistol, did not Jar him. The stragglers got from the house into the yard where the darky lit erally . slipped out of his clothes, eel-like, and fled. A fusilade of shot followed him, and Deputy Hall nflvg he Is almost certain he wan hit. THI8 YOUNG FELLER MUST BE HARD-UP RALEIGH, N. C, Dec 17 Another robbery was added to the series of daring hold up and robberies which have puz zled the police here for the past three days when Furman Betts, Jr., eight years old, was seized by a young yhite man this morn ing and carried to the outskirts of the city and robbed of $5.00. The lad had been sent to the City Market to get the bill changed and It was while near the building the stranger grab bed him by the arm and led him away.. No arrests have been made. SOLDIERS FROM CAMP BRAGG ARE UKED BYMONROE General Bowley Receives Letter From Heath N Commending Fine -Spirit Shown BUSY SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURE ARE HELD TODAY Both Houses Hope to Ad journ This Afternoon , Until Next Monday Morning HOUSE TABLES ONE IMPORTANT. BILL PAPER SAYS BANKS CAN GET MONEY NOW (An Editorial.) To quote from an editorial in Thursday's Issue of the Haleigh News and Observer, "There never was a time when the banks had before them, so great an opportun ity to embrace a privilege and per form a duty as now." In this state ment the News and Observer re- Senate Cleans Up Local Calendar; Will Enforce Automobile Laws in Future Man Serving: Road Sentence Is Wanted That the Camp Bragg soldiers under the command of General A. J. Bowley. who inade the trip to Monroe at the occasion of the visit of Marshal Foch and the decora tion of the colors of the Fifth and Seventeenth Field Rrtillery regi ments, now stationed at the Camp made a fine Impression on the good people of that city is evident by the following letter received by General Bowley from W. C. Heath. chairman of the committee in charge of the preparations for the noted Frenchman's visit. The let ter follows: Monroe, N. C Dec. 14, 1921, Genl. A. J. Bowley, Camp Bragg, Fayetteville, N. C. My Dear General: I am writing you a line for two purposes, one to express much thanks for your presence and Its great value to us on the occasion of Marshal Foch's visit and the other is to express our deep ap preciation of the fine spirit in whictf your whole command enter ed Into the occasion. I cannot eay how valuable your part in the cere?, mony was because it Is bo great that I know of noway to estimate it. I feel sure that bad you not have been Tiere there would oare been a great gap that nothing would have filled. The, fine spirit of your whole command led by yourself was be yond all praise. This was so mani fest and was so appreciated by our people that we felt that while the Marshal was bestowing the great honor upon your colors that we were in ourselves in a peculiar sense sharers in these honors which our brave men won on the battlefield. Had we had more time we might have done morel to make your stay more pleasant. We did the bqst we could under the circumstances. Your men who were billeted In the homes in our town are to be con gratulated upon their demeanor. It was a real pleasure to have them. They have written many letters of appreciation since returning to Camp. Again expressing my apprecia tion and hope that I may have the opportunity in the future of meet ing you again. I am with the kind est regards, Yours sincerely, W. C. HEATH, Chairmaf of Committee's. By MA XABERNATHY RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 17. The house today tabled the bill provid ing for juries to fix punishment In all capital rape cases with the ex emption of raps, vpted down a measure -Peeking to authorize the governor to offef a reward not to exceed $1.&00 for the arrest of fu gitives charged with felonies and after a bitter debate referred the Dunlap bill providing for repeal of penalties in the payment of tax es to the cbmmitte'e of finance, which means that the measure will receive an unfavorabla report and will not pass at this session. By a vote of 46 to 15, the House passed the Roth bill adopting the oxide daisy as the state flower, the bill coming back for consideration on a motion to reconsider the house action of Thursday when this bill was defeated. After cleani.ig up its local cal endar, the senate disposed of the following' measures: Validated acts of commissioners in borrowing money in anticipation of collecting taxes; passed the Municipal Finance Act' and School Deficit bill on first reading and authorized the employment by the state of an inspector to enforce the automobile law. Both Houses hope to adjourn this afternoon until Monday morning. trouble for, the banks in North Carolina,' State and National, to obtain, through the War Finance Corporation, money sufficient to make loans to every farmer who can furnish good security, at a rate not exceeding six per cent. the community's bank is crippled. Therefore, it seems not only good business, but the plain duty of a bank to assist in every way pos sible, even at a small margin of profit, the farmers and business men of the section in which it operates. The Raleigh News and Observer nolld dnArifnl otlanftnn rt V. i nn.. nra frn tna fanr tnnr tnora la nni -1 no reason why every farmer in North Carolina, with solid security, cannot borrow all the money he needs at 6 per cent if all the banks will embrace the opportunity to secure the money from the War Finance Corpora tion. A vear or more aeo thara Despite this ability to obtain the was a strong aj peal made to the LEGION TRYING money, however, we are confront ed right here in Cumberland coun ty and Fayetteville, as in other iiarfs of the state, with a great dearth of nioney.: Farmers in dire need are applying for loans and are being refused for the reason of lack of funds to loan. We are informed that the War Finance Corporation, for several months, has been in a position to furnish banks all the money they need, at the rate of 5 to 5 1-2 per cent, to assist. Can it be that the banks do not see enough profit in bor rowing money at 5 and 5 1-2 per cent and loaning it at 6 per cent, and for that reason are holding off? Such should not be the case, be cause the agricultural interest is the backbone of the country, If the farmer does not prosper, the community in which he lives does not prosper, with the result that War Finance Corporation to as sist in the readjustment by loan ing money. The banks joined in this appeal. The War Finance Cor poration complied with the request. Now let the banks do their part, though the trouble may be consid erable and the immediate profit small. If money Is advanced, urgent debts can be settled, the farmers paying the fertilizer manufactur ers and the merchants. The wheels of commerce and Industry will be greased and great final benefit will accrue to the banks. Other states have availed themselves of the opportunity offered by the War Fi nance Corporation, but North Caro lina (especially this section) is lagging behind, and business is suffering in consequence. Let the people appeal to the banks to wake up and do something. EVERYONE MISSED GUESS ON COTTON CROP THIS YEAR Bright Side of Report Is' That North Carolina Has Best Crop of Any State REPORT FOR THIS COUNTY IS GIVEN Raleigh Station Declares All Agencies Were Erratic in First Reports $7,120 WILL BE PAID VETERANS OF THIS COUNTY Pension List of Cumber land County Confed erate eVterans Is Ready Clerk of the Court W. M. Walk er ha8 received the pension list of Cumberland county for Confeder ate Veterans and their widows, and Is now ready to issue vouchers to all veterans and their widows who apply at his office in the court bonne with the proper credentials. Tha a naitalAlia ata nald aAml- TOVUIW fllrr WIIf iaanaan'r- tne amount to be rilll VUl lillV (pal to Cumberland county penslon- WAS LAST KILLED Case of Sergeant Who Tried to Capture Last Machine Gun Is Given Engineer Recognizes "Gallows" as Crane MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17. William P. Cowles. a local en gineer, who served as a major of enqineers In the American expeditionary forces, in a statement last night said Fie ' had recognized the picture of a "gallows" furnished to Sen-. ator Thomas Watson, Irt sup port of the latter's charge of wholesale executions In the American expeditionary forces as that of a crane he had con structed while n France. "We had to - have some means of unloading gasoline tanks from cars." said Mr. Cowles. "I constructed this beam by means of which the tanks were lifted from the cars by a rooe and deposited on a platform." Portsmouth Detective Has Requisi tion Paoert for Local Prisoner. Detective-Sergeant H. A. Evens of Portsmouth. Va.. arrived In Fay etteville today with requisition pa pen for Otis Turner, who Is Herr ing a entence on the Cumberland county roads. Detective Evens states that Turner is wanted at Portsmouth (or an assault oa a prominent merchant of that city. It is said that the merchant was seriously injured by Turner. Turner was recently sentenced to the county roads by Squire A. Cheek- on a charge of Yagrancy. Detective Evens will leave ta the morning for Portsmouth, with hi" prisoner. MANY HERE TODAY The business streets of Fayette- rille were thronged with people to- WEATHER FORECAST WASHINGTON. Dec. 17 WeatV er predictions for the week begin ning Monday included: South At- dav, many of them from out of lantic states, generally lair and town. .They seemed intent on much colder weather, frosts prob sboppins. J ably, except la southern Florida. LITTLE BRUIN SAYS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec. 17. Who was the last American soldier killed in action? The American Legion, endeavor ing to learn the identity of the last to fall. Is receiving many claims at its national headquarters here. The French government will erect a monument to the last man killed. The case of a sergeant of the 79th Division who tried to capture the last German machine gun of the war has been offered to Legion headquarters by Major Albert T. Rich ofUhe regular sxmy. It was north of Verdun on the morning of November 11, 1918, taat the incident cited by Major Rich occurred. A first sergeant of an Infantry company, aspiring to take the last Boche gn, left his lines at 10:55 o'clock, Just five minutes before the war ended. The sergeant was killed perhaps a minute before the armistice, im mediately In front of the gun he was trying to capture. . At 11 o'clock sharp the German officer in charge of the gun directed four of his men to pick up the doughboy and carry him to the .American lines. Col. William II. Oury was in command of the regiment to which the sergeant belonged, Major Rich reported, and General W. J. Nich olson commanded the division. Col Oury is now stationed with the Mth Infantry in the Canal Zone and Gen. Nicholson Is in Washing ton. The identity of the sergeant and the company to which he be longed were not learned by Major Rich: era on this installment is $7,120 The list includes the following 73 women, $50 ... . .. $3,650.00 64 fourth-class. $50 3,200.00 1 third-class, $60 60.00 2 second-class, $67.50 .... 135.00 1 first-class 75 75X)0 Ttotal $7,120.00 It will be necessary, as stated for all pensioners to have proper credentials, and when this is done, and the holders are identified, Mr. Walker will issue vouchers, which will be cashed by one of the banks of Fayetteville at par, that Is witn out exchange charges. This money will come in nicely at the Christmas tide, for most of the receipients are poor 1n thin world's goods. Still Investigating Wake Forest Hazing WAKE FOREST, Dec. 17.--The student senate committee of Wake Forest College and college authori ties are continuing their Investiga tion of the recent hazing episode in which Ralph Patterson, a mem ber of the freshman class, from Fayetteville, was hazed. As yet no definite Information has been given out by the committee, but it is understood that every means l being used to discover who the hazers were. Firemen Is Injured When Truck Turns FINAL REPORT OF RED CROSS ROLL CALL OVEN OUT Claude Rankin, Chair man, Announces That Campaign Netted Total of $1,090.80 Claude W. Rankin, chairman of the canvassing committee, informs The Observer that the amount of $1,090.80 was realized from the Red Cross Roll Call in Fayetteville November 10 to 24. A diligent can vass was had during the time the roll call was conducted, and con sidering the many, calls on the peo ple for other causes and the strin gency of tne times, the showing made is very good. The subscrip tions were made as follows: 1 person paid $ .80 $ .80 10 " " .25 2.50 2. " " .50 1.00 991 " " 1.00 991.00 6 " " 2.00 12.00 1 " " 2.50 2.50 2 " " 3.00 6.00 7 " " 5.00 35.00 4 " " 10.00 40.00 ' Total .$1,090.80 The people of Fayetteville al ways have shown liberality toward the Red Cross ,and they have been amply repaid, for the organization has done good work in this city and county. Four Candidates Been Taken in Elks A regular, special and social meeting of the Fayetteville Elks lodge, at which time four candi dates will be given the initiatory urnrlr will ha holri n M nnnair svan. ing at eight o'clock, it was an-i u""",,clcu l"B " ' (Special to Th Observer) RALEIGH, Dec. 17. The cotton crop for 1921 was like this year's weatner. Everyone guessed at It ahdj missed. The ' "Government" or Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates, has been criticised be cause their estimates were too low this year. The October fore cast was for 490,000 bales and the December estimate was 800,000. These estimates were based on the reports of the same 2300 report ers who are farmers having above the average knowledge of condi tions. The "Government" there fore reflects the 'peoples' veracity and information, not that of any special official. Since all private agencies were quite as erratic, the Cooperative Crop Reporting Service at Raleigh hag recided that everyone was Just fooled about the acreage and yield, or else many Just tried to fool others. Then too, the yield improved wonderfully after the August extended drought. The terrible boll weevil did not do near 1 the damage expected, excepting in the counties adjacent to South Car olina. The bright side of this deceptive cotton crop is that North Carolina nas tne best crop of any state, having made a fine yield per acre, fh view of the dry conditions, and It -has helped in giving the state a possible rank of third, or in the class next to the California and Texas empires. Even Illinois and Iowa seem to be surpassed. If o, cotton and tobacco did it. The un derestimation should have helped the farmers rather than otherwise. This year's crop seems to .be about 800,000 bales or North Car olina or almost ten per cent of the South's 8,340,000 ,bale crop which gives us fifth rank among cotton states. The state's yield per acre was 256 pounds and the Decem ber 1st, price 16.4 as compared with 16.2 cents for the national crop. Who would have thought this state would make more cotton than South Carolina or Oklahoma, and almost as much as Georgia? The South's crop made but 127 pounds or less than $26.00 per acre. This state used a greatly decreased amount of fertilizer and yet pro duced almost an average yield per acre, which argues that cotton i a dry weather crop if you don't have boll weevils. The last four years have respect ively shown for the entire belt, yields per acre of 160; 16?; 171; and 127 pounds averaging 27.6; 35.6; 14.0; and 16.2 cents or $44.00 $57.50, $24.00 and $20.60 per acre for 1918 to 1921 crops. Compare these with North Carolina's per acre values of $70.60, $93.70, $41.40 and $42.00; for the four crops be ginning 1918. Most of the pres ent crop is sold, and ginning is TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS OVER TWO TOWNS MANILLA, P. I., Dec. 17. (By Associated Press.) More than two hundred and fifty na tives were drowned by the tidal wave that overwhelmed the towns of Ibajay and Mecato, Is lands of negroes, November 26, according to details received at constabulary headquarters here. Thousands of head of live stock were drowned and the rice crop of a large region vir tually destroyed. Fifty-two residents of Ibajay were carried out to sea In their houses and drowned. The total property loss in the province of Capiz is estimated at $2,000,000. MAN CONFESSES " TO WALL STREET BOMBDtPLOSIQN Story of Hunt for Lin denfeld All Over Eu-. rope Reads Like Fiction DECLARES MACHINE EXPLODED TOO SOON FARM BOARD TO MAKE STUDY OF STATETENANCY State Board of Agricul ture Invites Four Men to Join in An Inquiry nounced this afternoon Refreshments will be served and an important business meeting will be held following the degree work. It Is urged that every mem ber of the Elks lodge attend. Legion Will Elect Officers on Monday Commission Seeks . More Information w& PARIS, Dec. 17. (By Associated Press.) The allied reparations commission has refused to consid er Germany's requestfor an exten pion of time of her January and February reparation payments un til the German government tells Just what she can pay on these installments and gives' other Infor mation demanded. This developed when the text of the commission's note to the Berlin government was made public today. Fierce Fighting in Ireland Today HIGH POINT, N. C ., Dec. 17. T. A. Shelton, a member of the High Point Tire Department, wa reported in a critical condition at a local hospital at noon today, as the result of injuries received last night when a motor Are truck which he was driving while answer ing an alarm, turned over to avoid a collision with an automobile. At the hospital, It was reported Shel ton received a fractured skull ana has been unconscious since the ac cident Luther Martin, a member of the Fire Department was on the truck when it turned over and was also seriously Injured, but his con dition was slightly improved today. physicians said. The firemen were called out when a blaze was dis covered 1n the old Bellevue hotel, which is being re-built. Owners of the building estimated the loss at $22,500 with Insurance of $15,000. Weather for North Carolina: Rain tonight, warmer in east and colder in extreme west portion. Belfast Dee. 17. (By Associated Sunday, partly cloudy and much ; pr. Fierce firing broke out In colder, probably rata along the the Newtonards Roads section and northeast coast east Belfast today. The tiring was so intense that tram r ssrvics was suspended. Lewis guns were used-against the rioters 'by the crown forces. An employs of the city tram Ford's Experts to Confer With Weeks WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Engi neering experts i nthe employment of Henry Ford, will confer with Secretary Weeks, at noon Monday, in regard to the offer of the De troit Manufacturer for purchase and lease of he Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate and power plants. Secretary Weeks in addition to making this announcement said he would There will be an important meet ing of the American Legion Mon dav nieht. December 19, at the school lunch room, at 6:30 o'clock. It Is urgently requested that every ex-service man be present. Impor tant business will be transacted, among which will be the election of officers. Supper will be served at $1 per plate. Truck Driver Placed in Jail After Wreck ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, Dec. 17. Josephine Pulley, nearess, was Instantly killed and T. W. Barthol omew, United 8tates deputy mar shal, and J. 8. Cockrell, driver of a bus, were painfully injured here late last night when a delivery truck collided with a Nashville bound bus loaded with passengers. Lee Dunston, driver of the truck. has been placed in jail on a charge of manslaughter. He Is also charg ed with having stolen the truck and with having been under the Influence of liquor when the acci dent occurred. The Pulley woman was riding with Dunston. IF HE 18 GUILTY IT SERVES HIM RIGHT SANFORD, Fl.. Dsc. 17. A vounc white man named Rehrer be willing to entertain I tarred anil feathered hem last any proposition submitted by C. night by a party of unidentified per C. Tinker, head of a San Francisco eons and sent down the main busi Constructlon company who sever- ness street of the eitw hHnr service was shot dead and at least ,al aays ago wired the War De- upon his back a placard stating six persons are known to have partment with respect to an offer that Ba fcAd soM liquor ts young been wounded.' tot tba Muscle Shoals property. ' boys, Even an eight million bale crop means but 2 per cent of last year's crop. Our unexpected large production Is but indicative of the fact that North Carolina is about the most fortunate cotton state in the Union. Our per acre value of crops is quite high, and we are not burning corj because It Is the cheapest fuel." We are behind and unprogresslve in many respects but the Lord has favored us this year. The cotton yields per acre by counties for the coastal and -pled mont areas are estimated to be as follows: Coastal Districts Beaufort 289, Bertie 335, Bladen 215, Brunswick NO,' Camden 328, Careteret 325, Chowan 345. Colum bus 173, Craven 260, Cumberland 250, Currituck 340, Duplin 218, Edgecombe 225, Gates 247, Greene 276, Halifax 194, Harnett 287 Hertford 3l2, Hoke 270. Hyde 231 Johnston 298, Jones 265, Lenoir 259, Martin 302. Nash 291. New Hanover 260, Northampton 236, Onslow 240, Pamlico 270, Pasquo tank, 290, Pender 215, Perquimans 315, Pitt 334, Robeson "87, Samp son 286, Scotland 327, Tyrell 330, Washington 280 Wayne 305 ' and Wilson 318 pounds per acre. Piedmont Districts Alamance 165, Alexander 230, Anson 183, Cabarrus 258, Catawba 224, Chatham 220, Cleveland 257. Davidson 130, Davie 180. Durham 145. Franklin 148. Gaston 218, Granville 128. Iredell 221. Lee 274. Lincoln 280, Mecklenburg 257, Montgomery 220, Moore 215, Or ange 194, Pork 265, Randolph 202, Richmond 170. Rowan 251, Ruther ford 240. Stanly 215. Union 234, Vance 216, Wake 237, and Warren 198 pounds per acrr RALEIGH, Dec, 17. A thorough survey of the tenant farming sit uation in North Carolina was pro vided for by the Board of Agri culture yesterday when it adopted a resolution requesting four prom inent students of tenancy to co operate . with two members of the State Board of Agriculture in mak ing plans and prosecuting investi gations. The four students of the tenancy question asked to serve on the com mittee are: B. F. Brown, director of the division of markets and ru ral organizations, N. C. State Col lege; Dr. C. C. Taylor, division of markets and rural organizations, N. C. State College; Prof. E. C. Branson, department of rural eco nomics, University of North Caro lina: and Dr. E. C. Llndeman of: the department of rural economics, N. C. State College for Women. The resolution adopted follows: "Whereas, the alarming Increase in tenancy presents one of the most serious problems now confronting the farmers of our state and other statts. In 1880 only one Ameri can farmer in four was a tenant, whereas now practically two out of five are tenants, and the percent age ts higher In North Carolina than In the country as a whole. Our public men as well as our agricultural leaders are now be coming aroused to the seriousness of this evil and there Is general demand for a thorough investiga tion of the whole problem with a view to discovering precise facts and suggesting definite remedies. Therefore be it "Resolved by the North Carolina Board of Agriculture, That we hereby request four men In North Carolina who have given prolong ed study to the question of tenancy and land ownership in this state and other states and in foreign countries namely, B. F. Brown, di rector of our division of markets and rural organization; Dr. Carl C. Taylor of the division of rural economics, State College of Agri culture and Engineering; Prof. E. C. Branson, department of rural economics of our State University, and Dr. E. C. Llndeman of.a sim ilar department of our State Col lege for Women together with two representatives of the Board of Agriculture to come together and make plans for a thorough going study and Investigation of the whole subject of farm tenancy and proposed remedies, proceeding Immediately with such studies and investigation as they , are theniH selves prepared to carry out, and making plans for the co-operation of all these Institutions in prosecut ing such additional surveys and in vestigations as are deemed necessary." CAMILLE DEAD PARIS, Dec. 17. Music lovers today mourned the death In Al giers, Africa, yesterday of Charles Camille Saint Saens, noted French musician and composer. He was, M years ot axe. To Organize Council In This City Soon IStirrinft addresses were made last night at a meeting held at the Fayetteville chamber of commerce by E. C. Caldwell of Greensboro and Mr. Burnett of Wilmington. The talks were based on the bene fits derived by belonging to the United Commercial Travelers As sociation. Fayetteville is becom ing a centeil for traveling men and It was stated today that a council of the association will be organized here In the near future. Plot Made at J. P. Mor gan; Huge Sums Paid r Through the ' Communist WARSAW, Decl!'l7. (I3y Associated Press.) Plots and counter-plots, reading like a chapter from fiction were. involved, in the search for clues in many parts of Europe by American secret service agents, which resulted in the arrest here yesterday of Wolfe Lin denfeld, alias William Linde, in connec tion with the Wall Street bomb explosion iir'New York in September,. 1920. Lindenfekl has fully con fessed, the authorities say, naming the ringleader in the plot, which, he declar ed, was made' at J. P. Mor gan, the infernal macbirie exploding prematurely." According to Sylvester, Cosgrove and Paul Alteri dorf, who trailed Linden- fold, the suspect, has nam ed five principals in the plot now in Europe" wba received $30,000 from th.l Moscow Third Ini tional through New V -- communists. "y" WASHINGTON," Dec. 17. 'i .. ' arrest in Warsaw Of Wolfe lindeu field will clear up the entire myst ery of the Wall' street, explosion of September 16, 1920, it was stated positively today by . William J. Bums, head of the Department Of Justice's Bureau of Investigation. Lindenfleld, whose arrest was re ported to the Department by the Associated Press, was described by Mr. Burns as the key to the solu tion of the mystery 'and .the Only man that we know' In the world, that knows all about lt.'V Mr. Burns declared that Linden field himself was not Implicated in the accident, one of the, worst tragedies in the history of Nervr York, but was so close to the radfr cal element who were Its perpetr tors that he knew all abc-fct? It. Th Third International, Mr. Burns said, was the moving spirit be, hind the plot. , . "Lindenfleld, according to . Mr Burns, went abroad originally on behalf of the Justice Department to obtain information which would lead to the arrest of those responsi ble for the explosion. When ho reports were received from him, Mr. Burns said Sylvester Cosgrove, one of the Department's agents', was sent over to find out why Lin denfleld was not sending the Infor mation promised and the arrest followed. Radicals in Europe, as well as la the United States, Mr. Burns as serted, were under surveillance by the Department for suspicion in connection with the explosion and If the information to be obtained from Lindenfleld proves to be as expected, arrests are in immediate prospect. Will Address Women Here This Evening Miss Margaret Starratt will ad dress the local Business and Pro fessional Woman's Club here this evening, it was announced this morning. Miss Starratt is here In an effort to have the local club become associated with the Nation al Federation of Business and Pro fessional Women's Clubs and It Is urged that every member of the Club attend. Deputy Sheriff Finds Quantity of Moonshine Deputy Sheriff R. T. Ozment, be ing informed of the location of a blockade booze plant in Manchest er townshipf about 15 miles' from Fayetteville, yesterday -recounolt-ered. and seeing no one about, atone went Into the sudentnarsh on the banks of Little River and de stroyed 150 gallons of beer and a gallon of low wine. The still and fixtures had been removed, only the furnall, beer and low wine In dicating a still site. There were evidences that the etill had been, up and in operation recently. CLOSING COTTON E. J. Wells, cotton merchant, re ported local cotton middling today at IV 12 cents with 75 bales for sale. New York , closing cotton ia as follows : December 18.40 January 18.27 March 18.11 May 17 68 , July mi 1 Forced to Abandon Plans to Fly Today WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.- Plans to bring America's largest airship, the Roma, from Langley Field, Vir ginia, to Washington today on her first cruise .flight were abandoned early today after receipt . by the army air service of word that the engines of the big craft had de veloped minor trouble that made the flight Inadvisable. . The flight, which Is planned v the purpose of permitting C y Roma to be christened and fits-; ed, will occur Monday, pi. weather conditions -are L'-Vf. air service officers Midi . -
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