North Carolina Newspapers

he New' TUB WEATHER v Cteady Tuesdays with abett er Tsassay alghti Wedaes erver dara tofars sslrsM aa4 anal atfasta tixcU mt. VOL OT, NO. 132. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Ois FIVE GREAT CROPS LARGEST GROVN IN NATIOfTSHISTORY New ' Production Records for , Corn, Sweet Potatoes, To - bacco, Rice and Pfiars OTHER CROPS APPROACH PREVIOUS HIGH RECORDS Department of Agriculture Es timates Greatest of AH Cora . Crops a t 3,199,126.000 ' Bushels: Tobacco Produo. tion 1,476,444,000 Pounds'; Other Crop Estimates Washington, Nov. I. (By Th Aino eiited Press.) American farmers broke production records of fiv crop thi yer. Preliminry estimates announced toda by ths Department of Agricul ture ahow the eorn, tobacco, rice, awect potato and pear eropsSnirpaaiedto size thou of any previous year in the coun try'! history. In addition very large crops were grown, in some instances closely ap; proaching records, of eats, barley, rye, potatoes, applea and hay. The buck wheat production record, however, has stood since 1866 with this year'a erop a'otsleeirr Corn, king of all crops and of which . the United States grows more than 70 per cent of the world s output, reached the enormous total of 3,199,126,000 bushels . That is 75,000,000 bushels more than ever before grown in any year. This is the third eorn erop to exceed three billion bushels, the pre vious record having been made in 1912 while the erop of 1917 was the second largest. v , y ' Record Tobacco Crops. -v The Tobacco erop this year, placed at 1,476,44,000 pounds by the prelimi nary estimate, is 87,000,000 pounds more ous record were broken. Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina ex ceeded their last year'a production, -while Kentucky'a erop this year is 36, 000,000 pounds less than a year ago. Production of rice this year exceeds by 12,000.000 bushels the previous larg est crop in 1917. The outwit this year is placed at 39,208,000 bushels, almost half of which was grown in Louisiana. Sweet Potato Crop. Tha sweet potato harvest will show 103,676,000 , bushels which is 1,000,000 bushels mors ; than grown last , year when the erop exceeded all previous years' production. Alabama's output is larger than any other State s. the erop of pears this year is placed at lapes.iwu bushel. Tha previous larg at crop was that af 1917 when 13,281, 000 bushels, were produced. California produced more than 8,000,000 bushels, while few York a production is almost 2,200,008 bushels. A month ago tha eorn crop was fore east at 3,216,192,000 bashels, while last year's production, was 2,917,450,000 bushels; of which 142,211,000 bushels, or 4.9 per rent of tha erop, remalnded on farms November 1 this year, today's re port announeed, compared with 89,835, 000 bushels year ago and 82,818,000 bushel! the average of tha preceding live years. Preliminary estimates of this year's production of wheat, oats, barley, rye, hay ,ric and peaches were announeed last month. Other Crop Figaro. Production of other crops, aa shown by the preliminary estimate today fol lows I " -1- ..;'. Jiueawnemi izi,uw Bushels, com pared with 15,532,000 bushels forecast last month and 16,301,000 bushels pro duced last year. " v . Potatoes 421,252,000 bushels, compar ed with iUfiMflOQ last month and 337,- wi,uuu last year, Sweet potatoes 105,678,000 bushels, eopared with 103,779,000 last month and 103,379,000 last year. Tobacco 1,476,444,000 pounds, compar ed with 1,478,788,000 last month and L 389,458 hat year. " Flax seed 10,736,000 bushels, compared . wua u.ivtfjw last month and 8,819,000 last year, Apple 136,187,000 bushels, compared -"with 227,978,000 test moslh and 147 457,000 test year. ' Sugar beet 8,812,000 tons' compared with 8,970,000 test month and 6,421,000 test year. Peanuts 17.499,000 bushels. eomtared with 39,217,000 test month and 33,263,. uw last year. - - Seath'a Corn Croo. - Th preliminary estimate of tha pro duction of corn in Southern State fol lows! - - . Virginia, 45,600 XX) bushels; North wrouiiayK,MU,uoo : ueorri 69.405.000. Tobaeeoi-Virelnia 17953.000 nonnds. , North Carolina 883,922,000! South Caro- una wijoojowf Florida 4,620,000. - . i Cars Forecast Leas. Corn lost 17,000,000 bushels daring the month, tobacco was 2,000,000 pounds less than tn forecast a month ago, and there waa a loss ef 1,000,000 bushels in mic buckwheat crop. - Increases were shown for a number ' of crops, including potatoes, 7,000,000 bushels, ana apple 8,000,000 bashels.' Coaditioa of citrus fruit eropst .. Orange 85 per cent of normal, com pared with 69 a year ago. v . Grapa fruit (Florida), 78 compared with 85. Lime (Florida), , 77. compared - with 71. . , ... Oil Barge Ceas Dawa. New Orlcaaa, 'Nov. 8 The United State. Shipping Board barge Nashville, with a cargo of 13,000 barrel of oil, went down in tha Gulf off South Pass between S and 4 o'clock this mnrninv according to a report received her this afternoon. All : member of th crew ...were eavedV-.'' . ? ' Th barge left this port Saturday afternoon for Mobile in tow by the Tug Hulver. No detail of th sinking has been received except that ah craw was saved. DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN STATE CONTINUES TO CLIMB lasUad ef piling majority f MM, a first reported, Craven eoaaty gave Overman it majority isf m aad Morrison a majority ef J,8J8, while the Income tax amend meat got a majority of S J IS and poll tax amendment a majority f MO. Congressman Brinson divided kenors wlrii Ovassaaa, getting the same majority. With this lacrosse of 1.S5S aver farmer estimates and Buncombe patting la a majority, af aver twa thousand, aa iacraaaa, af Sva hn dred. and a lsatla increase for Meekleabarav Aha Deatocratke ma jority la the Stat am the saest eon ervatlv baais has reached 7t,M. Over Six Hundred Delegates Expected at Asheville for Meeting; the Program Asheville, Not. (.--Everything is in readiness for the opening tomorrow of the annual convention of th general division of the ; United Daughter of th Confederacy. ' Delegate to th number of more than 600 are expected to come from 34 states. Many of the moat prominent women of the South will be in attendance. or Aiian ra sirs, ticb prt'siuen ; xars. 111.1. a. - Kh! i a. 1 ' WiHiara . Byrne Charleston, W. corresponding secretary: jura. m. i . Harvey, Hinston, Mrs. F. M. Willisms, Newton, Mrs. L W. Faiaon, Mrs. H. h. Adams, of Charlotte, all of whom hold important 'offices or committee ap- ointments in the eonveation. Mrs, William Overman, of Ander son, South Carolina, a sister-in-law to senator overman and one, or Me non orary, presidents of the North Carolina Division, is 'here. Others are arriving on every traia and the majority of the delegates are expected to be here in time for the evening session tomor row. Today committee meetings at tha Battery Park hotel featured tha first day of the meeting. The businesa session wli start tomorrow, with ad dresses , of welcome by Governor Bickett, Mayor , Boberts and local daughters. All local committees hsve worked hard ta complete arrange ments and : see that the local end ia ready with the opening of the meet- WAVE OP -LIQUIDATION SWEEPS OVER WALL ST. . '7- i -ii i ii ii ' s v ' . " Continued Money ' Stringency and Slump In foreign Ex change Chief Causes New Tork, Nov. 8. A wave ef liq idatioa ai.d prof sisnal selling swept over th Stock Market today, fa vorite shar. - adding 8 to 7 points to recent steady declines and carrying some two-scora Industrials and special issues, including former "war brides," down to lowest prices of th year. Tuday's a.'ieavat waa precipitated various adverse developments, notably th continued ttrinjncy of money, another and I miiig slump in foreign exchange and further infallible indication of country-wide contraction of tra"- and industry,' es being ae- eompani.d ia some instances by re dueed wages. . Of these factor th most unsettling war the collapsed international remit tances, due primarily, according , to re ports, to. further heavy . offering of grain and cotton bill on London and Paris., Sterling bill fell a. fraction ader $3.33 to the pound, or within 15 cent ol th low record of last Febru ary, while new points .of discounts were recorded by quotations 6a Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Ch.'atiania and Copenhagen. Tnere waa some esJliS- of loan here today based probably on teat week's unfavorable reports of th clearing nous and Federal Reserve banks, but call loans did not rise over tha recent maximum of 10 per cent. ' Time money waa quotably. unchanged, but actually ua very scant aupply. " ueaviest losses ia today' Stock Mar ket were incurred by issues whleh re flect'existing trad uneertalntiea, name ly shippings, . steels, , railway equip ments, motors ana oils. -4 SALMON GIVES UP TO POLICE AT SALISBURY Former. Morganton 'Man Eeld '- for Murder of Farmer Near - Greenville, 8. C. " - - Balisbnry, Not. 6V Walter Salmon. formerly ol Morganton, who is alleged to have shot , and killed Asa Flinkia khelt, near Greenville, 8. C, test week, and to Bars robbed him of several hun dred dollars, gay himself np to Chief or Poiie iKesm .hr last night. Sal mon' wife te a relative to Mr., Kest ler. Salmon told th polies h had seen la a aewsMPcr that his . wife was visiting ia Salisbury and h came here yesterday -from Spartanburg, 8. C, and surrendered to th authorities. Ths Greenville police hsvs beea notified ef SalmoBV arrest. . . 1 - Held for MardtT. Greenville, 8. C. Nov. i Walter FaUnon, alia Smith, 30th Division vet eran soldier, wa today held by a coro ner's jury for th alleged murder-of farmer Asa Flinkinschelt. Tha jury's verdict alao held Mrs. Alie Aiken, who accompanied Salmon ia his escape to Spartanbarg after th killing, and she waa remanded tar jail this afteraooa ea a charge of accessory after the fset to th murder.; Salmoa will be brought tack to Greenville this afteraooa if the intention of the officer who left here in sn automobile to get him are cot changed as a precautionary sneatur w prevent possible trouble. Hitter feeling was expressed bv aom men who DAUGHTERS OPEN CONVENTION TODAY attended th inquest, , FEDERAL JUDGE IN SEVERE CRITICISM OF PALMER ORDERS Judge Anderson Says the At torney General Came Near Contempt of Court LIMITED EVIDENCE OF GOVERNMENT IN CASES 111111 " Trial of 126 .Coal Operators and Miners Continued Until January After Judge Ander son Undertook Investigation of Palmer's Orders Begard. ing the Cases Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8. Attorney General Palmer's' order limiting th government evidence to be used ia the oft coal conspiracy eases against 126 operators and miner ia Indiana, Illin ois, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, were criticised by i eaeral Judge An derson ia the United States District court . hero today aa being "strangely close to the compounding of a felony, and also "dangerously near contempt of court." Trial of the ease: waa scheduled to begin today, but government counsel said it waa not ready to proceed. Be fore granting the continuance asked by 4M ivernmet ceiwaol., Jj)jr, A n- n.KXC: mg the eases, ending with his erit- ; teum of Mr. Palmer's conduct. Th eourt next set January tenth a th data for calling tha trials again. announcing that the meantime "will give ua time to get our bearings and at least to find out whether we are to govern by tew or by person." One before tke. judge Had declared that Mr. Palmer's attitude in the eases was that of personal government, not govern ment by tew." Palmer Net Present. ' The Attorney General was not pres ent at the inveshigstion, but C. B, Ames, former chief assistant to Mr. rainier, explained that Mr. Palmer' orders had beea misunderstood by gov ernment counsel, who, testifying at the investigation, ssid the orders positively nullified the prosecution. Judge Anderson's statement regarding Mr. fainter s conduct cam after hear ing most of th' testimony, the eourt leading np to his assertion with a aeries of questions whether the Attorney Gen era! had authority to agree not to as certain evidence. Th judge discussed th elements constituting contempt ef court, hi pur pose being he said to "se how danger oualy nesr this gentleman hat got him self to a eentempt ef this court," Criticise Palmer. Th arm of this eourt is lone." eon tinned Judge Anderson, "and has been known to reach farther thaa Washing ton. I am not suggesting what may or may not be done. Mr. Palmer is the Attorney General and there is a certain amount of consideration thst I nm bound to pay to his official position if I do not pay it to him, himself." In "opening the investigation, Dan W. 8imms,,of LaFayette, lad., said he resigned special prosecutor in the esses because he said th Attorney General' order would prevent use of evidence that was th baa Is of tha gov- ernment's injunction ess test year gainst the coal strik and th later contempt proceeding for alleged violation ef hte court's order, directing cancellation of the atrike order. " t Mr. Asms Exalalna. Mr. Ames, however, said Mr. Palmer interpreted his orders to mean only th elimination of evidence that waa th basis of th contempt proceeding and pointed out that these proceed ings wer begun at a date later thaa that eovered by the alleged conspiracy, Mr. Ames also said thst the Attorney General has the right to , elect whether the government would prosecute its ease as civil or criminal matter and that having chosen a civil proceeding in the atrike, Mr. Palmer did not be lieve it fair to proceed criminally af ter having obtained the miners' com pliance with the eourt order. Mr. Ames said th department . had eo-ope rated whl-heartedly ia th prosecution and had not interfered iaaF way with th action of th government's' special counsel ia th present conspiracy ease. PALMER DECLINES TO , ' COMMENT ON MATTER, Washington. Nov. 8. Attorney Gen eral Palmar declined tonight to com ment en statements ef Federal Judge Anderson at Indianapolis today with respect to th court' inquiry into th attorney general' connection with the soft coal conspiracy case. Department ef Justice offleial aaid, however, it had beea expected that C. B. Ames, whs went to Indianapolis aa th depsrtraent's representativs, would - "read into th eourt record all of the instructions ia question.'' Whether tha eourt had bean advised of this plan wss unknown at th department, bat pending develop ment ia th eoutoversy, officials wers silent ; - . Th statement waa reiterated at th attorney general's office that the only instructions sent by Mr. Pslmer were those contained in a tetter to Dan W. Simmi and which respited is hi resie nation. Tuia letter baa sine beea mad public COURT DENIES S. A. L - .INJUNCTION REQUEST Washington. Nov. aVThs Supreme Court today denied the request of th Seaboard Air Line Railroad for aa in junction restraining ' th - Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing certain train regulations. . lnr taking this action th eourt af firmed the ' decision handed down in Virginia , court in, th , "Richmond switching ease,' in which th conten tion ef the Interstate Commerce Com- mission that th practice 'of th rail road or absorbing - switching ' ebargsa wa a violation of seetioa S of th com merce act ia that it mads traffic rate discriminatory against certain ahip- scant. TV0 BIG BASEBALL LEAGUESBREAK UP OVER LASKER PLAN Eight National and Three American League Teams Form 12-Club League APPOINT JUDGE LANDIS CHAIRMAN OF TRIBUNAL Five Remaining American League Or Johnson Clubs Fail to Join in Reorganiza tion Flan for Civilian Con. trol; New League To Have No Effect On Them Chicago) Nov. 8. The major baseball league today wer broken up and a new twelve , dub league composed of the eight National League eiuba and th three" from the American League, which have" aided with them in the plana for reorganisation of th game, was organized. A twelfth member will be ehosea later, it was announced. Organisation of -the new league came after the five American League club had refused to reply to an ulti matum issued by th other eleven clubs giving them an hour and a half to join in the reorganization. ' After plan for civilian control of profession al baseball and appointed Judge Kene Saw M. Landis. of Chicago, chairman of the tribunal which will govern th same. Landis Heads Tribunal . Judge Landis. if he accepts the po ition, will be the supreme dictator ef all leagues joining the plan and will receive a salary of 150,000 a year. Second and third " members of the tribunal will be appointed, later and one of them will be ehosett by th minor leagues. Representatives of the new league Jeft tonight for Kansas City, where the National , Association of Minor Leagues meets tomorrow to present th proposition to themt Th minor league member would serve for six years while Judge Landis would be given a contract for seven yesrs, according to a statement made after the meeting by the club owners. Will Consider Offer. Judge Landis waa notified of hirap pointment by a committee of five members and he told them he would take the matter under fdvisement for a few days. Tha plan for the new league and a new controlling body contain frequent ,1 reference , to the minor leagues, which are given sssur anee that they will net be overlooked in administration of th gam and that their territory will not be in vaded in selecting 'the twelfth member of th new league. Th taction earn after an all-day sssston ox both factions in the reor ganization plan, With neither aide yielding to tha 'other. Emissaries from the Johnson camp conferred with the club owner at tha joint session of eight. National and three American League clubs, but without result. At 2:30 p. m. the joint session isaued an ultimatum,, to the Johnson clubs, tell ing them they could either come over and take part in ths meeting, which would be governed by a majority vote, or a new league would be formed. Failing to hear from th five. American League clubs, the other eleven clubs went ahead with their announced plana. - , Five Johnson Clubs. Th flv dub which stood with Johnson ia th fight ar Detroit, Phil adelphia. Cleveland, Washington and St, Louis. Tonight they maintained that the new league would have no ef feet on them. "W are the majority of the Amer ican League and eonseauently sre the American League,'' Clark Griffith, of tha Wuliinrtna clnh. nil). "Th. American League will operate this yVar with or without the Chicago, New York and Boston clubs," Th new league will give New York. Chicago and Boston two clubs ia (he sams league. Brooklyn also is includ ed, giving greater New York three rep resentatives, i Tha other member wer Cincinnati, -Pittsburgh, St. Louis (Na tlonl) Philadelphia (National), and th twelfth member yet to be chosen, T Draft Rule Later. Th rules governing ' th leagues which enter into th new arrangement will ha drafted later when th tribunal has been "(elected.' th! minor leaguea wiU be represented la the drafting of th regulations. Th new organization will Us- known as th New National League and John Seydler, "president cf the now defunct National League, will be president, sec ratarv and traaanrev. ' a deciding all baseball matters, the rotes, under the sew- plan, will be east by clubs and ) it by leagues. The New National League had its Inception ia the 1919 world aeries scan dal. After eight member ef th Chi cago Whit Sox team had - been - in dicted for alleged participation in th throwing of games, a letter was sent to' all club owner by William Veeek, president of the Chicago- Nationsl League club, John MeGraw of th New York Giants, Barney Dreyfuss and oth srs telling them that "it wss time for a new deal ia baseball with a aew gov erning body." This letter outlined th plan proposed by A. D. Lasker of the Chicago .National League eiub, which called for l civilian tribunal. Later, at a meeting ef th ' eight - National Leagu clubs, and th three American League clubs siding, with ihem, the plan waa approved and th other five American League clubs notified that they could com la or th eleven club would form a new twelre-club league. ' Lack of a chairman for th national commission for many month, the banc ball scandal and th enmity of the thre American League clubs for Baa Johnson were contributory causes to th formation of th league. ,Th three (Cantlaaed Fag Fear.) Court Rules Transportation Of Liquor Is Not Unlawful In Reversing Action of Lower Courts, Supreme Court Holds That Transportation of Lawfully Acquired Liquor in Commercial Warehouses to the Home of the Owner Is Not Prohibited by the Volstead Act. Washington, Nov. 8. (By ths Asso ciated Press.) Storage ef lawfully ac quired liquor in commercial warehouses and the transportation of such stocks to the bom of th owner is not pro hibited by the Volstead Act, under a de cision hasdei down today by the Su preme Court. In passing upon the ap peal of William G. Street, of New York from decisions of lower courts refusing to enjoin Internal Revenue officials from seizing liquors he had placed in a room rented from a sat deposit company, the Supreme Court reversed th lower court and ield that the injunction should b grauted. The effect of this ruling had not been fully appraised tonight by Internal Revenu end Prohibition Enforcement officials. Tha belief wss expressed, how ever, that the result might b th re lease 'of some 10,000,000 gallons of in toxicating beverages which have been stored in warehouses since January 16, 1920. Test Caaes Te Result. 'Records on file here show that, ia ad dition to immense qquantities of liquors purchased snd stored by individual con sumers, there were in storage when the Volstead Act became effective large stocks held by -hotels and restaurant as reserve. Whether these latter stocks come within today's ruling has not been dotormined It waa anticipated JAtcat ... . ...... . . iSwntinell'-'Bcepythf wmrtnttffpn raltfotatWtf terpretation of ths Volstead Act. Justice Clarke, who rendered the opin io a today, held thst th transportation of liquor front warehouse storage to th owner' home would be legal, if th liquor had been lawfully acquired and for a lawful purpose. He aaid: "That transportation of- th liquor is not such ss i prohibited by the section is too apparent to justify detailed consideration of the many pro visions of tha, act inconsistent with a construction which would render such removal unlawful and that th act la BICKETT TO MEET Will Confer With Prominent Republicans of County Re carding Situation Ashvill, Now. 8. In a final coa- fartns her the delegation of Jaekaoa county who came her to see Governor Bickett decided not to returt. to Bylva tomorrow but to wait over and .1 the Governor when he arrives at noon. Chairman Mason, of the eunty canvas sing board will telephone hi elark to morrow to adjourn the - board until Wednesday,' By that time the chair man hope to be able to secure Uov ernor Bickett, perhaps the Attorney General or one of his assistants, and a stenographer to take with him to Byl va. Then it 4a proposed to convene the board. The situation in Bylva to night is reported to b very tens with high excitement prevailing. Governor Bickett . told year corre spondent over long distance telephone tonight from Newton where h (topped off en rout to Asheville, that th Jackson , county -Mnvmaaing board should meet tomorrow -and proceed to canvass th rote. Under his instruc tion th chairman, J. J. Mason, who cam her to see, the Chief Executive, prepared to return to Bylva tomorrow to open th board at 1 1. o clock. Governor Bickett instructed the chairman and sheriff of Jaekaoa conn ty, to arrest every person who in any wsy attempted to interfere with th board and if there is not enough peo ple in Jackson county to do that te take tha name of every maa wh in teref eres and he (th Govsrnor) - will see that he 1 Sailed. He told the chairman that If he found a esuldn t open th board, then to adjourn it to meet in Asheville or Waynesvill and not to attempt to hold any other session in Bylva. The instructions were final, th Governor said. Be said that hs did not propose to visit Sylv personally unless h was absolutely needed, but ba could do it. I will not send troop to Jackson county, th Governor stated, 'for we don't want wa there, or anywher else, we want peae. Th canvassing board is a judicial body and has th right to most and canvass regardless of who win. I want the chairman to get a stenographer to be present and when the board open hsvs the atoaographar take down every not and rot and re cord all proceedings. ; If th board esnnot proceed with its sessions there, then adionrn to meet in Asheville or Waynetvill and thr U be no trouble there" ; - WM-.V'-. f 'i . A detention of the moat prominent Republicans of Jackson county includ ing O. J. Harris, of Dillnboro, owner of th Asheville Time. Sheriff Cole, John B. Ensley, Dr. Nichols, George W. Sutton Republican attorney, J. R. Long, former Sheriff William Quiett and other, arrived here this aftsraoon to confer with Governor Bickett r regard ing tha sitnstlon la Jacks county. They deny that any Republican threat ened or intimidated th member ef the canvassing board and ssy hat nothing would hav occurred had sot Walter Haynes, Democratic lawyer, ef Ashe ville, inflamed the crowd with hi speech against the illiterate voters. There is every Indies tion, according to new received from Sylv today, that the crowd tomorrow will b eves larger thaa it ba been any time since the trouble first started. .Th member of th mob which has poured into Sylva very day since the eleetioa eorn mainly - from Barker's Creek and th Qualla sections of the county, both of which srs Republican by big ma jorities. They claim, according to re ports received her, . that - they will JACKSON CITIZENS understood by the officers charged with it execution a permitting such trans portation is shown by the provision of th regulatloa of th Bureau of In ternal Revenue authorising permit for the" transportation of liquor from one permanent residence of sn owner to an other in th ease of his removal Al though no such transfer is in terms provided for by th act.'' Th opinion pointed out, however, that Internal Revenue authorities un doubtedly had the administrative power to regulate the transfer of such liquors so as to prevent their use in violation of the law. "An intention to 'confiscate private property," th opinion concluded, 'eves in intoxicating liquors, will not be raised by inference and construction from previsions of law which have ample field for their operation in ef fecting a purpose clearly indicated and declared." McReyaolds' Opinio. Justice McReyaolds, concurring in th judgment of the court, dissented ss to tha reasoninsr by whieh it was reached, ' "I think tha Vnlatead Act waa iron- erly interpreted by the courts below he said, "but to enforce it as thus construed would result ia virtual con fiscation of lawfully acquired liquors by preventing or unduly interfering with their consumption by th owner. i . . - .- -. - . w .' . - - . . prohibited not personal use. Prohibition enforcement officials be gan, studying the decision Immediately after It was read. Th opinion wa frankly expressed that many ehanges would have to be made in th enforce ment regulations but pending detailed study of the ease and the circumstances surrounding the litigation, no official statement faa forthcoming. Danger of fraud. Ono effect of the decision foreseen (Contiaaed ea Pag Three) No Arrests as Result of Killing of Toung Man and Wound ing of Woman ...... , - " -' Gaatonia, No . 77 After night nd day of investigation and search, ofooera tet tonight wer apparently nowher near a volution of the mysterri tou tragedy enacted three mile from her test night, when John Ford, young man of Lineolnton, waa ahot to death and Mis Ezxie Beatty, of Gas- toaia, waa probably fatally wounded, white on aa automobile rid with Ran som 1 Killian, of Lineolnton, and Miss Effi Griee, of Gaatonia, N arrest have .been made. Officer returned teaigat from Bteeksburg, S. C, where they went to day to investigate a report that two negroes had been arrested there ea suspicion of implication ia tha crime. Th report proved unfounded and the officer returned without 'new informa tion. They wers accompanied by Ran som Killian, who was taken along to identify the negroe reported held there.. Exeltesaeaf Subside. Excitement, whieh was high test night, greatly subsided today and in terest centered in the account of th alleged holdup and killing ss given by young Killian, at th eoroaer'a inquest. H aaid that white th four were rid ing out toward Bessemer Oity, they topped and Jrord and Mis One got out of th ear and walked out . of (ight, white th witness, and Mia Beat- ty remained in the automobile. After a few minute a negro appeared from th woods, held him up at tha point of a pistol snd - robbed bin of a few dob. ten, firing hi revolver three time, one of the bullet striking, the young woman. About th same time "other shots were heard ia the direction 'ford and th ether girl had gon and a ee- oad negro approached and said he had shot the ether maa ''down yonder." At this point Killian' testimony wa in terrupted by tha officers, who took him to Bteeksburg. 1 - .' .. Th shooting ia i said to hav - earred about 7:30 p. m, but it was not reported until nearly tea o'clock, when Killian and th girl brought th body of Ford to th eity.- . - .-,, .). Offer sa Kawarev,- Citv council in session tonight offered a reward: of tSOO for the ar-re of the gouty partie or -viaene leaaing to their arrest. ' Coronet Davis jury adjourned late tonight after aa all day hearing, with out having completed its investigation. Th inquest Will be resumed Tuesday. Held Two Bsafeeta, Union. 8. Cw Nov. Sv-Two negroes named Dixon and White, arrested today aa ansneeta wer held in jail her to night awaiting arrival f officer from Gastoaia, in connection with tha killing of Joha Ford, last night. Both negroes declare thev are innocent. WANT BUPREMC COURT ' "-. i TO RUSH BEKCER TRIAL Washington, Nor. 8 Th " govern ment todsy . requested th ; Bupreme, Court to sdvanee for early hearing th case of Victor Berger, convicted on charge of having violated the Espioa- g Aet .'rs,v'y-t-::'.':i:'l, : Tlwe elected to Congress, Berger was deaiad- a (eat once before and ne sine his conviction. Solicitor General Frierson,' who -filed the motion to ad vance, said it wss of great Imports nee that th government hav aa early rul ing for th guidance af district Judge GAST0N1A TRAGEDY REMAINS UNSOLVED LEAGUE MATTER TO GIVE REPUBLICANS -FOOD FOR THOUGHT Senators McCumber and Ster ling Say League Covenant Must Be Scrapped WARNING FROM ELIHU ROOT CHANGES MATTERS Reported That Boot Told Hard.. ing Eorops Would Not Stand for Throwing League and Treatw Awiv far Naur Asso ciation; Also That Separate Peace Was Impossible Washington, Nov. 8. Th Repub'! . lican took a peep today into Pandora box. Th thing of trouble they saw' for the first time in their joy over the" result of th election wa th treaty. ' and covenant of the leagu. - ' A number of Senatora earn to 'tha, Capitol today and gar their varying, viewa on the league and th treaty., Even so sturdy-a Republican friend of, . th Versailles treaty aa Senator Me-j Cumber, of North Dakota, a member of, th foreign relation committee, who; votea ior th league, is now eonvmeedj by the result of the election thst the, covenant of :"". ' .ITSguo mum., up, riKnmn - '. 3ajfiBrt tTr'-O W 1 ivy am hi - - the covenant with the Lodge resorva! ttons, agree with Senator McCumber., Twa Rid af Malta. 1 nu l . 1. .. 1 . . i .1 , .... .. .. . ' mrowing ins covenant into tn aiscan and for negotiating a separate peaee with Germany, news come thst Elihnj Koot in a cablegram had warned Sen ntor Harding that the nationa of Eu rope would never agree to th scrap ping of tha covenant of tha league au tha treaty, and that a aeparat peae- itrgoteted between the United State! and Germany waa unthinkable. Tbi eahlefifram waa ant in Rffnatnv tag during the campaign, according to' report, and it ia aaid that hs wss aa angered with Mr. Root that he will re-l fuse to eonaider him for the position) of Secretary of Stat in th new eabUj aet. , t TTier te no chance of th Sena1 agreeing to go into th present lesgn even with reservations, said Benatoi McCumber. ""There will hav to bi some new association of nations f peace. It would not ba possible to1 gat a two-thirds wot of th Henst ti ratify the treaty with , th presem league - covenant. It ia not unlikely' that tb treaty of psac proper aai agreed upon can be agreed to.- 1 Ne Hop for CoTsnaat. "The tim ha gon by," said Bene-1 tor Sterling, "when the leagu covsa ant, even with the Lodge reservations, esn be adopted. It 1 sr to stythatj mi Mw association of nations that, th United State goes into will be ' without Article X of th present league. I believe that th proposed per-' msnent internstional court of justiea' will be th main feature of any' :, new plan. Th decision of such ' court, backed up by th moral support' of all the nation joining it, will be' stronger than the decision of tha' present leagu would be." I Senator Borah, who ia her, of course, scorn tha idea of any Sort of I a league. Senator Hitchcock, th lead-t r of th Democrats ia th Senate t leagu fight, aaid he had no inform a-1 tion from th Whit Bouse but doubt-, ed that the President would resubmit,, th league, and he had no idea what . th Democratic attitude -would b to-, wards any proposal of peace put for-, ward by the new President. Hs thought ' the Republican would hav serious difficulty in arriving at nn agreement. New Leans Iniposalble. Th Root cablegram advises Senator Harding that "'a new deal from th beginning by abandoning the peae treaty of Versailles is impossible snd that tn attempt it would. brins chaos and an entire loss of th result ef th J war, and general disaster involving th United SUte." , ,' Democrat her say that if th eon- tent of th cablegram had gotten out' during th campaign there might be a different atory to tell now. It wa ' sent th laiter part of August to keep Senator Hardin from coins' ever t Johnson and Borah. Will Hay asked Mr. Root if The Hagu tribunal could not ba substituted for the league. Mr. Root told Mr. Hay that The Hagu tribunal could cover only justiciable case and it would be vry nswise to declare the league dead. It had hardly begun to function becaua the term of th peae had not been enforced. Mr. Root pointed out that modification of th leagu roald be mad ia sonfer- , enees.iof .th nations, but th eovenaat ' ia th main must be kept. After sending thte cablegram and af ter Senator Harding had made his Da Moines speech going over to th Irre eoneilables, Mr. Boot returned horn and ; made a speech inpporting th Senator. But Mr. Root' friends ssy. hs did this because, he believed th Senator could ' be brought back to a modified leagu ' whea he take office. Kitchia In Cenfermcea. Claud Kitehin, th House minority . leader, is busy in conference with a . few of th Democrat who hav com bar sine th election and who will ba ia th new hoase. Hs is organising hte . small band for th great fight he know is eorn lag with the Bepablicaa mob. 80 many report of casualties on th Demov srsti aide hav aom tine th eleetioa that Mr. Kitchia hat had t revise hi clans daily. Ia th defeat of Repre sentative Cordell Hull, if Tennessee, Mr. Kitchia said he had lost ons. of hi most valiant lieutenants, but there will .still be Gamer, OldBeld and Crisp oa th great Way and mean committee. The en concern of Mr. Kitchia' friend te whether or aet hte health will, sustain- him "iar-th batthr before " - him. He te confident it will,, but h i conserving every iota of his strength. Renresentativ Moor, of Virginia. came in aad begged Mr. Kitchia to go 1 I (Ceatlaaed a Psge , Fmu. ia similar ease, ... . ..(Centlaacd .On Pag Two.).