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rSie Faif ettville Observer "North Carolina's Oldest Newspaper-Established 1817" FAYETTEVILLE, N, C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1922. VOL. CV NO. 299. PRICE: FIVE CENTS, PROMINENT JUDGE OPPOSES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT HERE r- I Judge C. C. Lyon, Well Known, Throughout the State, Opposes Capi tal Punishment GAVE FIRST DEATH SENTENCE IN STATE Also Has Passed Death Sentence on Five Oth thers During His 16 Years on Bench RALEIGH, N. C Dec. 13. (By Associated Preas.) "After sixteer years on the bench, during whlcb I sentenced the first man to die in North Carolina's electric chair and have passed tho death sentence or five others who were executed, 1 am more than ever opposed to cap ital punishment." Judge C. C Lyon, now lu Ral eigh presiding over his last term of Superior Court, today made this statement to the Associated Press while discussing his experience! and the impressions he had gained while nerving as a jurist. - "I would be more active in my oppostion to capital punishment," he said, "if it were not for the fact that a majority of persons convict ed nf crimes carrying long terms of imprisonment either escape or are . granted clemency within a few years. Very few 'of them ever serve their complete sentences. "Still, I believs capital punish-l went has failed of its purpose and in not humane." Although seventy-two years 01 nge, Judge Lyon is .very active. His face and figure give him an appear ance typical of a jurist. His hair and mustache are white, but the blue-grey eye3 that peer at one from behind shell rimmed glasses are clear and steady. "Sixteen years Is long enougi for a man to spend on one Job," he smilingly replied when asked why h was roUring. "When I became judge .of the superior court, I reached the height of my ambition. As a youngster, I used to drive into Elizabethtown and there I invariably wound m " way to the courthouse, where I lis tened to the trial of casen. I re solved then that, my goal in life was to become a superior court Judge." Admitted to Bar 1872 Judge Lyon's early education was interrupted by the war be tween the states and the resulting conditions, but later he attended the Maysville high school In Bla dert county and then studied law i the offices cf his older brother, the late Robert 11. Lyon, at Eliz jiberhtown. IIo was admitted to the bar in 1S72. In 1TO0 he was appointed solid tor-eeneral of his circuit by Gov roor Aycock, and a year Inter he was Elected for a term. He was elected Judge of the seventh Judi cial circuit in 100G and re elected eisht years later. "Attorneys ot the present day," aid Judge Lyon in replying to a question, "as a whole are not ae eloquent and oratorical a.) those of olden times. '"There also has been another change; years ago, lawyers were forced to take all the cages that came to them in, order to make a a living. Today they are specializ ing in the different phases of law and handling only certain kind of cases," he said. Judge Lyon is the father of four children, three of whom are boys and have followed their father's profession. One daughter, Mrs. J M Clark, resides at Elizabethtown. Homer L. Lyon, the oldest son, Is a member f Congress from the i.ih North Carolina district, hav ing been nominated over H. L. God- o,m incumbent, in is-su, eiecicu enrTre-elerted in 1922. Before be- oiprtPd to this office, he was appointed solicitor-general of the eighth Judicial uisirici nu for six years. Wanamaker's First Office Boy Pays Hjm Unique Tribute today PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 13. (By th Associated Press) Among the hosts of tributes to the memory of John Wanamak er, merchant prince, ' religious leader and philanthropist, which continue to pour Into this city today from all sections of the country, this one stands out as unique: . "He was always at work on time." Witn these seven words, Mr. Wanamaker's first office boy, George W. Stull, summarizes the secret of the world renown ed merchant's success. The one time office boy. who swept out, ran errands, delivered parcel and gradually learned to do more Important routine work for his employer, now Is super intendent of the store. Since the death of Mr. Wana maker yesterday, thousands of telegrams and letters of condol ence have been received by his family. ' ' - ' FAYETTEVILLE IS ASKED TO BRING CHEER TO OTEEN Fourteen Patients at Gov ernment Hospital are Assigned This City for Xmas CHRISTMAS'" BOXES WILL BE SENT THEM ESTEEMED CITIZEN OF FAYETTEVILLE DIES LATE TODAY Alexander Johnson Cook, 57, Succumbs to Stroke of Paralysis This Afternoon Preliminary Plans for Meeting of Odd Fellows to Be Blade First steps for the meeting of the Grand Lodge, Independent Or der of Odd Fellows, wmcu -venes here January 6, 1923. will be taken tomorrow night at a meeting at the Chamber ot Com merce. Several Grand Lodge offi cers, among them Rev. W. R. Cop pendage. Grand Master of North Carolina; J. D. Berry. Grand Sec retary. and Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Tast Grand Master, will confer with the committee of Cross Creek Lodge. Plans will be made and details worked out for the meeting here next month at which time the r--.r. cm, Tjirian J. Eaatan, or et In.pnh. Mo., will present the veterans' jewels to fonr membera of the Croas Creek Lodge. Alexander Johnson Cook, a prom inent and highly esteemed citizeu of Fayetteville, died at his home on Hay street at I; 45 o'clock IhU afipmoon from the effects or a stroke ot paralysis, which he suf fered vesterdav aft-jrnoon at 3:00 o'clock. He did not regain con scioubiieBs after ha was stricken, and little hope for his recovery WHS entertained. This was th; third stroke of paralysis which he suffered, the cause of them being, it is thought, a severe attack o.' typhoid fever with which he was afflicted some years ago. He naa reeained his health in a measure. however, and was enabled to con duct business. Mr. Cook's health recently had been better, than UHiial, and yester day morning he was iu good spir its and remarked that he was feel ing quite well. The stroke came while "Be was attending to business in his store on Hay street. Mr. Cook, w.ho was 57 years of age, was the youngest son of the late John H. and Mary Starr Cook. He was born and reared, in Fay etteville, and was one of the mostj loyal citizens of the community, alwavs ready to ao nis part iui the moral and material , progress and uplift of this city, county anu state. He was a man oi pure me, r.ni it r-niild be said 01 mm, as ..an i-i v n of most men. that he wan without guile. Honorable friendly and charitaole, his life was oi hiPRBlne to his family, friends on.) Vila -community. He was member of the First Presbyterian Church, this city, and ot uumc-er land Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Cook was a druggist, by pro rsJnn. and was accounted as skill- oil nd learned. At one time he was a niember of tre drug firm of Prior & Cook, conducting business at the corner now occupied by the National Bank. Later he purcnas- a.i th interest of J. L. Prior and moved to the present stand In the Mr.nnr.ald bui din on Hay street. At the time of hia death he Also was in the real estate business. Mr. Cook is survived ny two brothers, W. S. and H. u. cook oi Fayettevllle, and three sisters. Miss Nellie Cook of Wilmington, Mrs. Emma C. Owen ot Fayettevllle and Mrs. Lilla C. Smith or Arcauia, Fla. Tie was never married. The date for holding the ninerai services has not yst been fixed. Lads Who Foucrht So Bravely During War, are Fighting Even Braver Fight Now Fayctteville is to be eiven ano- 'ier opportunity to show her gen erosity. This time it is not for Ire Ruffers, nor for the noor and needy, but for soldiers at the Gov ernment Hospital at Oteen, N. C. miles east of Asheville. by send 'Jig to 13 patients in that hospital a Christmas box. Fourteen boxes, to fourteen boys wno wnne righting the Germans ent down under the hammer blows of that scourge of man moercuiosis. And are even now fighting tack with all their might tne grim reaper. Fayettevllle peo ple are cauea upon to send a Christmas box that will in some way cheer these men a bit that they may be more able to fight harder toward their goal ultimate recovery. Satisfied With His Tour, France's Tiger Sets Sail for Home NEW YORK, Dec. 13, (By the Associated Press.) Satis fled that he has accomplished his mission In America, Georges Clemenceau sails for home - on the French liner, Parle. He was up today, as usual, ready to And a place on the steamer's deck and wave farewell to the country he wishes to Join with Trance In working out Europe'.! afterthe-war problems. Last night he delivered his final address In America the briefest of all his American speeches at a dinner arranged by the committee for devastated France. He spoke only fifteen minutes, repeating his plea for American co-ooeration. "If you think you are not quite at the end of your duty, it Is for you to decide," he said. These boxes will each contain useful articles, such as handker chiefs, socks, neckties, safety ra zors, pencils, orange3, nuts and candies. TheBe boxes will cost ap proximately $3 each and that Is a total of $96 that Is needed for this most worthy purpose. This will be used for the purchase ot useful articles and the ship ment of the boxes. The nuts, can dies, and raisins, (3 pounds each to the box) and oranges and ap pies have already been given by patriotic merchants of the city. It is now up to the people of tht city of Fayetteville to give the $96. Two of the boxes have also been given, this leaves but 12 men to be provided for. THREATS WITHOUT ACTION OBSOLETE, POINCAREASSERTS France's Premier Defi nitely Answers Critics , of His Reparations Stand TIGER TO RETURN HERE AGAINBUT ONLY AS A GHOST i So Asserts Clemenceau as He Embarks for France After Whirlwind Tour of U. S. Amount " Needed Ninety six dollars Is very little for so generous hearted peo- Dle as those who live here to con tribute to the cheering of 14 roep who offered their all to make the world safe for democracy. During the past three yearn Fayettevllle has provided for 45 men at the two hospitals, Kenilworth and Oteen, near Asheville. This year Kenilworth has been disbanded and the ward at. Oteen has been portioned out r.mong the towns who last year t.ent boxes to both hospitals. This year Fayetteville ward is R-3 and consists of 25 pa tients. Burlington is to supply 12 of these men with Christmas cheer and Fayetteville the remaining 14. Individual Boxes Anv nerson in the city that wants to can contribute the amount for the purchase of one box and mar nlace his or her name In it and that will be placed in a box a rnmlne from that individual. These Cards will be. acknowledged. Th committee which is to gam er the funds and send the boxes, have found It advisable that all pnntrihntinns be In money in or der that boxes may bo packed with rttplea that will be useiui ana that there will be no duplications. The boxes are to be sent from Fayettevllle by next Monday, De cember 18. Contributions should be sent at once. . Where ..to. Sena. ir a- ti nwrver has undertaken on Wialf of the Woman's Auxiliary to raise this amount ana nas nwn- d T. J. Revell, Chairman, ana . a Tinoa RBfretarv ana iibbu- ... .... .. almtif Ha or All coniriDuuuiiB - sent to The Observer office, checks ki , h navable to N. B. Jonea. UDlllg aaiaa-uw f j Treasurer. NEW YOKK. Dec. 13. fBv As- sociated Press.) His speaking mission ended, Georges Clemen ceau, war-time premier of France, sailed for home on the steamship Paris today, declaring he would re turn again, "but only as a ghost." liieaged statesman, who closed hit strenuous tour with a short speech before the American Com mittee for Devastated France last night, appeared in fine health and rar.i good humor, as he took hla place on the upper deck to watch New York vanish behind him. I The Tiger's farewell messam to America was gltn In the form of two telegrams one to Woodrow Wilson, and one to Otto Kahn hanker. mo messages oetween former n-esiuent Wilson and Clemenoran ioiiow: "Georges Clemencecu: Allow mo to bid you an affer- uonate farewell and to congratu late you on the admiration you hare" won from our ivaonio ah good lortnno attend you. "Woodrow Wilson." Clemenceau replied: "I cannot but be most crnteful , . V - 1 I , iui mo .judu message you were ?ood enough to send me. Your leelings are mine. All your effort tor the best, you did not spare in my country. Those are the princi ples of the French people and may oe summed up in these words- Justice' and peace to all.' These are France's principles, as well as tno.ie or America. My best wish es for your health and welfare and my kindest regards ta Mrs Wilson. "Clemenceau." KELLER INSISTS ON HIS "RIGHTS" Trafl&c Cops Start Enforcing New Laws and are Kept Busy . Mayor MacKethan has had trafflt cops stationed at two points where side streets Intersect with Hay street. These cops are making auto driver come to a full stop before ontartns- Hav street, and also mov ing cars which tare been parked flTe airplanes which left San An on forbidden places. That's a good ton!o Tuesday morning to search start, but the Mayor Is handicapped ,f0r the missing aviators, Colonel by not having a sufficient number Marshall and Lieutenant Webber, arrived here yesteraay anernuou. The other two planes crashed on their wav here. It was announced today at headquarters of the 12th Observation Squadron. Three of Five Airplanes Searching for Missing Aviators Land; 2 Crash vt. PASO. Texas. Dec. 13. (By Associated Press.) Three of the of men to enforce the traffic ordln ances all along the line. A prom inent citiien.aaid this morning that the men should be employed at once, mis is specialty a iimw year when auto travel is heavy. Fayettevllle, he said, does not want to pass ordinances and then lust drift along without enforcing them. Fayettevllla should drive. 9 LITTLE BRUIN SEZ Cold Snap Kesps Farmer at. TTrvme? Business Drot)& The cold anap today kept th fanners at home, with the result! that business has been rather on' the quiet order. It is quite likely, also that they are holding cotton. off the market, with the confident; expectation of getting better prices later on. DEEDS FILED But one dd wa filed for regl t rat ion In theof!Jc of the Regis ter of Deeds yesterday: Thomas A. Geddie and wife to P. W. Guy and wifs, two acres In Flea. Hill Township, consideratloa $150. mem I L ' Wednesday: A line day, although lomewhat cloudy. Crisp, bracing at mosphere, which induce to quick novement and tut tie. Thermom-i ter 4 at 1:00 o'clock this after noon. Our Forecast Probably rain to night or Thurs-ij day. Warmer. WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight; Thursday probably rain, warmer In extreme , west Thursday. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By Associated Press.) Samuel Com- pers. President of the American Federation of Labor, frankly told the House Judiciary Committee to day that the executive committee of the Federation had authorized the employment of cancellation to assist Representative Keller, Re publican, Minnesota, In prosecuting Impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Daugherty. Notice was served on the commit tee today by Jackson H. Ralston, counsel for Representative Keller, Republican, Minnesota, in the im peachment proceedings that he would Insist on his "rights" before the committee, even if he had to go to the House of Representatives. NOT A SINGLE MAN WILL BE CALLED UP Says There Has Been No Postponement of Ques tion; Waiting on Commission PARIS, Dec. 13. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Premier Poincare, in the resumption of the parlia mentary debate on the French for eign policy, will announce that the government retains the right to use a free hand in issuing securities for the German debt. However, he will not specify what this security will be, nor will he give a detail ed account ot his plans. The Premier made thin clear to Interviewers last night, saying he would speak either spontaneously, or in reply to the interpellations on the "fresh" postponement of the occupation of the Ruhr" of which Leon Daudet and otners have given notice. "I never said I thought of occu pying the Ruhr," he told his Ques tioners. "I did not know exactly whit h we would choose. If we d d, we sTiould be very careful not to cry it from the housetops. This I Certain! "This, however, is certain: "Whatever actions we decide on will not involve the calling up ot a single man. What is no less cer tain, Is that the time for threats without acts is past. We have fully resolved to act, even alone, and even if before January 15 the rep orations commission pronounces In favor of a fresh moratorium for Germany. "In any case, we cannot take any step before January 15. That Is why it Is wrong to speak of post poncment. We postponed nothing and the fact that we are adjourn Ing continuation of our discussions to the beginning or next month in volves no loss of time. - NEGROES SLEEP ON AS SOME PERSON PLANTS STILL IN NEXT ROOM At Least That's the Wild Story They Told the Offi cers VV lien the Two are liuluced to Forsake Slumber-to Face Facts; Their Story Sounds ". Fishy and They are in Jail Pete Bell "anl Nelson Ray, col ored citizens ol Carvtera Creek township, were utterly astouished last night to And that a 3u -gallon bloekade liquor still was running at full blast in a room next to the one in which they were sleeping, or pretended to be sleeping. At least that's 'what they ani'l, but tht officers of the law did not believe In town and lodged them in Jail, their story,: so trey brought them to town and lodged tehm in jail, where tbey now are being protect ed from the water's blast. Whereupon these worthies expres sed great astonishment, one of chein exclaiming: "Land sakes Mr. Underwood, we don't know nothln 'bout no still. But what ?its me Is, Row it ever was got in here and we not know nothln' 'bout It. We lys down and goes to sleep and somebody creeps In, unba- knownest to us, sets up a llkker still and begins makin' the awful stuff, which wo sure do hate. No sir, Mr. Underwood, we don't know nothln' 'bout no blockade still.' Deputy Underwood was not Ira. m, . ... A. (pressed sufficiently with the statn- The story runneth thus: About . t, ' i x,i.. ! Z 11:00 oclock last night Demitv TURKEY BALKS AT MEET; IMMEDIATE BREAK THREATENS Ismet Pasha Declares Tur key Will No Set Aside an Jnch of Soil f or Armenians LAUSANNE, Dec. .13. (By the Associated Pres) Turkey refused at today' aesslon of the Near East Conference to assign any special part of Tur key a m national home for the Armenians. Ismet. Pasha det dared this would mean a new attempt to dismember Turkey. Ismet Pasha was Irreconcil able on other point concern ing the treatment . of minori ties In Turkey. Besides de claring Turkey would not set aside an Inch of Turkish soil for an .Armenian national home, he said she would not accept the regulation of the minorities by an international commission In Constantinople, or elsewhere. Lord Curzon warned Ismet that there would be no sym pathy anywhere In the world for Turkey, If the conference broke down on the question of the treatment of minorities. After a long and unsatisfactory discussion, the entire question of minorities was referred to a sub-commlslon. Xmas Cheer Committee Will Meet Tonight at City Hall to Organize The "Christmas Cheer" Commit tees of the Kiwanii. Elks, Rotary, Moose and Lions will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock In the city halt. Plana are to be formed for the collection of Christmas cheer boxes for distribution among the poor of the city. It will be remembered that this same thing was done last Much Complaint Heard on the Country Roads There Is some complaint by the people ot the country about the condition of the roads. In some sections the roads are reported as very bad, but It must be borne in mind that It take some little time for the road worker to get around. anerin w. j. underwood and posse went to tho house, which is located near Slocumb, abdiu 12 miles north of Fayetteville. They knocked on the door, but received no response, a stillness suddenly falling on the household. The pos se found, after waiting a reason able time, that they were not go ing to be given admittance, so they forced an entrance, to find ?ete Bell and Nelson Ray in bed asleep, or pretending to be asleep. The officers then went Into an adjoining room, where they found i so-called liquor still In operation, tne cnarge being about converted jto raw liquor. They also found three gallons of white corn liquor I two gallons in a Jug and one in big pan." They went Into the! sleeping room again and informed! Pete and Nelson of their find. ment to bid Pete and Nelson to go in peace. On the contrary he con. eluded that the best place for thera was In Jail. The still, two galva. nized washtubs welded together, was turned over to Deputy W. P. West. ,, Nelson Ray was tried at the last term of crimln.U court for making liquor, but was found not guilty. NORTH CAROLINA MAYORS ORGANIZE AT RALEIGH MEET Mayor MacKethan, J. S McNeill, J. Bayard Clark and J. R. Har- "' rison Attend WIDER SCOPE IN NAVAL AGREEMENT NAVY BILL URGES Arms Conference Did Not Limit Number of Types of Smaller Ships, Bill Asserts COLEMAN CASE IS COMPROMISED AND ACTION DISMISSED Captain Coleman Will Get His Ship and Govern ment the Liquor, Is. Announcement SHIP SEIZED YEAR AGO BY DRY AGENTS Cases Against Three Oth er Defendants in Case are to Be Dismissed - as Result -.- Mayor E. R. MacKethan, James B. McNeill, city tus collector, J ?ayard Clark, city attorney and Idermafi J. R. Harrison vaster. day attended the annual conferenco of the North Carolina Municipal Association held at RaleiKh. at whlcu lime many Important mat ters were brought up and dlscus- Bd Sy the North Carolina mavors. ino local men returned' last ev ening. Jtevlsal of the State constitution to enable municipalities to retain fines, and penalties assessed in mu nicipal courts Instead of paying tnem over to the public school fund, the correction of "thirty dis criminations in the Revenue and Machinery Act" and amendments to the Road Law that will eive cities and towns some hand in tax ing motqr vehicles made up the tentative program which wan adon- ted at the meeting yesterday. Plenty of Christmas Goods in Fayetterille Tho nearer we get, to Christmas, the more elaborate are the displays year and brought much real cheer by Fayetteville merchants of their to many a family that otherwise splendid stocks ot holiday goods, would have had nothing. A full. There is absolutely no use for a attendance of all members ot the Fayetteville person or for . any committees from the aeveral clubs; shopper within this trading area Is urgently requested. I to go outside of the city to buy Christmas good. No formal action was taken on the legislative program. It Koes from the Association, to its legis lative committee, with their Judg ment to be final as to what part of program Is to be laid before the General Assembly in the form of proposed legislation. The commit tee will meet between now and January 1 to formulate some defi nite plan of action. Oallltan Roberts, mayor of Ashe ville, was re-elected president of he North Carolina Municipal As sociation, with Mayor D. M. Clark, Greenville; T. B. Eldrldge. of Ral eigh, and R. W. Rigsby. of Durham, first, second and third vice-presi-l aents, ana wiuard u Doweii, of Raleigh, secretary and treasurer. These officers, with Lionel Well, of Goldsboro, P. C. Painter, Greens boro, and W, H. Holcomb, Wlns-ton-Salem, comprise the executive committee. Defore they adjourned yesterday! he Mayors had constructed for themselves a full fledged organiza tion, with a constitution, by-laws, and membership fe;s that puts the Association on a permanent basis Instead . of the loosely organized ' thing for mutual advice that has r I WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By Associated Press.) A request that President Harding seek to broaden tho scope of the naval limitation agreement, so as to Include a lim itation of construction of smaller types of war vessels and on mili tary and naval aircraft is Included in the annual nival bill as report ed today by the House Appropria tion Committee, Under the bill as brought Into the House, the President would be asked to open negotiations with Great Britain, France, ltuly and Japan for an .ugreement which would limit future building of all surface and submersible, types wafcraft having a tonnage of ten thousand or loss and on classes ot army and naval aircraft. In its report, the committee pointed out that the arms confer ence did not limit the number of types of smaller war vessels and added that Information had . reach ed congress that "already large programs are planned on vessels up to the maximum, ho permitted tinder the agreement, and that new and larger types of sub-surface craft had begun to put In an ap pearance. , "In other words," the report con tinued, "competition is on action in the single direction to which the unratified agreement does not ex tend and if It be allowed to go on unchecked, the purse strings must again be relaxed and this govern ment, like ull others, will be con strained to luunch upon a new program to the extent necessary to keep us, at least, abreast of any of the other powers." MAYOR'S COURT The Mayor's Court was occupied this morning adjusting a number of violations of the parking regula tions. One case of concealed wea pons and one for driving car under Influence of liquor were transfer red to the Recorder. HARDING HAS PLAN TO CONSOLIDATE ARMY AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS INTO DEPARTMENT OP NATIONAL DEFENSE WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By the Associated Pre.) Con solidation of the War and Navy Department into a Depart ment of National Defense, designed to function under a cabinet member, with assistants In charge of the Army and Navy, r spectlvely. has been definitely recommended to President Hard- Ing by Walter P. Brown, head of the' commission appointed to prepare a plan of governmental reorganization. The President I giving serious consideration to this and other recommendations submitted by Mr. Brown and may lay them before Congress within a week or tw accompanied by a special message, expressing an opinion of th administration en each of th change suggested. Many Endorse Plan to Enforce Regulations Expressions ot opinion to an Ob server reporter reveal the fact that, a majority or tne citizens neartny endorse the action of the Board of Aldermen In plans to rigidly en- fnroa the nnlnmohile laws. And they say that all should be enforc J ed as to speeding, parking, driving, without lights, minors driving cars.j etc. ! CLOSING COTTON ! K. J. Wells, cotton merchant, re ported today's New York closlnv cotton as follows: January I.. 25.38 March 25.57 May 25.57 July 25.2 I December 26.32 Spot cotton brought 25 12 cents on the local market today, approxi mately SO bale changing band. THE CAPITOL TO YOU Are you keeping posted on the doings of Congress? It's easy, if you read the week ly letter from Harry Hunt? NEA Service staff writer and Obser ver's Washington correspondent. Hunt give you an impartial in slgUt into the doing ot our rep rest ntatvics in Congress, as well as other of the country's leaders in Washington. His let ters will bring the capitol home to you. Read His Letter In Sundays Observer RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 13 (By Associated Press.) All federal prosecution of Captain Arthur Cole man and his shipmates on the Mes- sag3 of Peace, British schooner seized by prohibition officers In Ocrncoke Inlet nearly a year ago wun more than ono thousand caes of liquor aboard, woa stop ped here today, when District At- orney Tucker agreed to a com. promise proposed by counsel for Coleman and anked for a nol pross of the Indictments. By the terms of the compromise innounced through attorneys, the Mesyage of Peace, now tied up in ne port of Wilmington, is to be' released at onco to Captain Cole man, the owner, and the cargo of whisky, held by customs officials In Wilmington, is to be confiscated by prohlbitidn officers. The cases against Coleman and Claude Graham, super-cargo on the Message of Peace, charging the two, along with three other defen dants v.ho failed to show up, With conspiracy to violate the national prohibition laws and with perjury, are to be squashed under the com promise with government attor neys, Another Dismissed - RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 13. (By Associated Press.) No action wl'l be taken against Captain Walter Yeomanj? of the coast guard sta tion at Portsmouth, N. C, who wa accused by a witness in the trial of Arthur Coleman, owner of the Message of Peace," and Claude druham, supercargo, charged with conspiracy to violate the Volstead act, of holding a lantern while Coleman removed liquor Irom the vessel for sale to two Bontou iportamen. R. A. Kohloss, federal prohibition director for North Car olina, stated today. - Given New Trial RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. J3. (By Associated Press.) The Supremo Court today handed down a decis ion granting a new trial to C. G. (Red) Thomas, Charlotte automo bile salesman, who was convicted In Carrabus County of second de gree murder, in connection with the killing of A. J. Allen at Kanna polls, near Concord, last October. ThomuH was under sentence of 18 years in the State penitentiary. RALEIGH PRINTING FIRM ASKS PROBE. INVOLVING CLARKE Chief Justice Walter Clarke of State Supreme Court Involved in , Squabble RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 13. (By the Associated Press.) Formal re quest for an official investigation of its printing contract relations with the State, involving alleged payments to Chief Justice Walter. Clarke, of the State Supreme court, for services in connection with tne Droof reading of reports, was ask ed ot the State Printing Commis sion today by the Edwards " & Broughton Printing Company, ot this city. The request for an official inves tigation follows an exchange of let ters between the complaining firm. Commissioner of Labor and Print ing M. L. Shipman and Chief Jus tice Clarke. In regard to the statements asserting fees were charged by the court official for reading and anotating the reports, the Chief Justice declared the pro cedure was regular and has been customary for many years. The concern in its letter refers, to Instructions previously received to send the proofs to Chief Justice Clarke "who made the necessary corrections and upon receipt from him of he corrected proofs, wa have proceeded with the printing and completion of the volumes." Town Topics If the traffic ordinances of Fayette vllle and the auto-nobile laws wer strictly enforced, there would be les danger to pedestrians. ! The davt are so snort now that i early riser does not know whether he Is lumping out of bed at midnight or along about a. m. ' Those who want mistletoe and holly berries Christmas should strike the wood sellers on Green street. And thev should do so t once if they don't want to get left. Smithert says that the guy who puts galvanlred still nog Christmas in egg-nog will apoil good eggs. From now until January 1st, traffic cope and ether offloera of the law should be specially busy in enforcing the law, a auto travel Is at tho peak.
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