VOlI CXII, ' NOi 148. " C SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
RALEIGH,4 K C THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. 1920
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. ' PRICE: KlVE CENTS
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DEATH CAUSED BY
E; SHE STATES
Lou Lynn Tells Story of Killing
ol GleruV Uppard'Iri
v Burke County
SOLICITOR HAS OTHER '
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
Woman Implicate! Threo of
Ken "Arrested"' On Morder
I
Charge While Others Exon
erated; To Exhnme Remains
of l5ead Man To Clear Up
Hooted Points In Evidence
i niekory, New t. I etatemeBt
j (ivi to Solkitor. Huffman, Chief of
Poliee Leaf tad Joseph l Murphy late
I today, Lo Lynn, n young white woman,
flfeclared that Glenn Lippard mi killed
fan the wood ef Burke county Saturday
night by Cecil Hefner, Dock Hefner
and Leae Young, with wham Lipprd
quarrelled la a poker game. Solicitor
Huffman. in reporting -tho Woman i
tatement laid that ho had other evi
rvioiw
at three counties. Ion lynn, the seeona
woman Arrested In tho eate, today waa
Lob route to Hickory ia a motor truck
ad wu preparing to enter aa automo
bile tt Hefner' 'atawe, owned oy wo
father. of. the. two boy, when Deputy
Sheriff leard, of Burko eonuty, plaoed
, her snaer arrest, mo ni .w,
Minni l'oung. waa aot preoent at the
hilling, it it etated.
ImiU rar Missies- Check. '
Baxter Hilderbrand aad BUlio Tal
lanl. the Lynn girl taid, were not preaent
at tire killing.
Tho woman ttory account for tho
$200 (heck found ia a local barber ahop
after the tragedy aad liaht Dock Hefner
1
i ap with ft.. - .f 'r
I In tho meantime tho examining pky
- okma und-etWe wea-to Alexander
' er-unty and exhumed tho remaiaa to
' learn more sbont the tine of tho bullet
i that hilled Uppard. - The Solicitor
I learned thit afternoon that Dock Hefner
femght 60 eonta worth of cartridge! for
i hi pistol Saturday-froor a local hard-'-
V war otoro and it waa one of thea that
' I ast found In tho road Sunday atoning.
, ' J - Tdw Of Meeting Moau -I
Loa tyna ia her ttatomont oaid that
' ie mot ho foar me aear Araey't
C'htper and toW them aho would be
. along after awhile. 8ha walked t the
- 1 place, where the (hooting occurred aad
I 8BW ino rour ncn nnuiiRg uj um siw
of a ftatk light end the mooa. loao
.1 j Young aad Glenn LIppnrA were "cutting
m Tuva ..I . p' " " - -
whttkey. Cecil Hefner jumped .out of
the ear and hit Uppatd aa tho right
tide f the head and Young urged him
to "pour it oa him, I'm with yon.' Bht
walked on dowa throad and heard Ore
pittol ahot but did not know Uppard,
i who waa her eweetneart, naa ooen
murdwedntBtrj-lnterr r
Tito women wat tent to Morganton
, tonight to be placed in tho Burko county
) Jait -for mrfehtcpinav Soiieitor Huffman
i alto, returned homo after help'ne; to
aolro en of the mott puzzling eaoea ia
1 this- Beetle
' AO, the eharnctera inToIred bore bad
reputations, officers say. ' -
PLANSl. FOR BARGE LINE
JDMriHEjaississiPPi
8t Louit, Mot Kor. tlv Nineteen
JKXJ-ton. tteel . barge and four tow
boats will be in operation on tho Mi
j ittippi river between St. Ixult and Sc.
. . Paul,. by next tpring, it is announced
. at tho ofllcet of the Government Barge
t Lin here.
' DliiwoU coal probably. willbeearrM
North, tho announcement tart and
Minnesota iron ore oa southbound tripe
I Twelve of, the barges recently were
released by the builders ia Stillwater,
Minn, aad Dubaqne, la and otre of
' tho towboats. baa beea Uo ached.
Tho barge are S00 feet long, aad
. whew lo-ded to capacity ' of -foet.
' draft. They drawoaly one foot whea
' empty. They hare double bottoms,
- twenty -two eompartmenta, .tad art
fitted with pipe lines aad steam pump
tot receiving and discharging liquid
' ; eargoee each a all aad molntte.
. TW are 41 feet wide and 10 feet deep.
The war department, which has tap
rVWa rer th terrice, ha tent wire
" tots eutfita here . to bo oet p la St.
" liouis, Memphis end New Orleans.
' 8!s twoboats plying between her and
' - Xcw- Orleaas wil .be ftted ap with
pperatae for emergency purpose.
CHINESE JOY WATER IS
TOO MUCH FOR WHiTE MAN
oVa rrtneise, : Nor. UVg K
. Py," sUty-thooetnd aaart of it, was
detiarod too aapabrtable aa tatexleaat
.' - fir eay white maa, aad admitted at
a rd'rtne for-Chinese here by gov-
- mm cat order aad Chinatown waa re
" utBtiy aappy today. - ' V. '
Th shipment had een held p for
aevtrnl week a -aaspieien i riolated
tho elgbteath amend meat antil aa ef-
fetal rating -eoaki be obUIned from
. - 'VaebligtB. . . -' i-'.--'---.
f tit Ka Ibj a eold car tedkhie
' 1 taid I b fopama- among Chineoe. It
ll . eredhed .- with . wonderful earot
ameag thorn for aCmonta from tore
. : threat t ih bht.-' -. ' i',
WANT ANOTHER JUOGE i -"
7 TIT0 TRY DIVORCE SUIT
' Chmwo City,' Keveds. Ko. fX r
anal to that a Jorist ether thsn
J4t rr.sk T. Uiagsa be oalUd to
" try the tat ef ,adaa action to
4ie:hdrverefiaBted Wary Pick
- . ford. w htr. Poag'a rsirUaka,
. tVm O'sa IS on re, ws died by Leoa
. 04 B. rowfer, attorney p-swral la the
v dstlt court at kind's, Kerads, so.
die.' lira. IVrbank o-f U.-ore se
f.. ,a j'-'ifo . ' lnfja
BLIND ORGAN 'GRINDER
TELLS SHOOTING STORY
Declares" He la Innocent of
Mnrderl&f Blsf Wife Dnring
Trial at Macon
Maeoa, GevNev. Befeee a, Jury
in Superior Court tonight, C 0- Crea
aoar bliad orga grinder, told the story
of tb shooting on Jus 17, -U which
hie wife, Ernie, whom he married la
1913, met' death.
"I am M-iaaeaeat of the eharge ef
order aa any of yon, laid the bliad
man. . . ."..
He then recited laeldeato ia hia
married Ufa where otfierr had taught
to break no hit home, h"aid. Ho
claimed to have appealed to th polie
to protect hia home.
Then ho brought .their 4-yoar-old girl,
Evalia, into the ease. 1 had beea
telling aowtpapera oa tho treet," he
aid, "and Evnlln earn running to mo
oa that Sunday eftemooa and taid:
Old Dna and Charlie-4re forced their
way into mama's room and are trying
to blather" .v.
Creatoa told of rnahing back to hia
apartment and of ordmag tho mea
away. He taid tbey stood oa tho street
below earaiag him, aad it wsa thea,
ho taid, that ho drew hit pistol aad
ttarted to thoot through tho window.
-I wanted to rwa them away,1 he
continued. "When X had finished, firing
my little girl mid: 'Mama has fallea
out of tho window.' " -
Other witaemee oaid that Creaaoe'a
wife" waa aitting Jm. the second ttory
window aad that aho fell to the paro
ment with the firvr shot, "
Althoaeh It had been planned to a-
for th elosiug arfmmeats on both
tide. Tho-aeo-wilr-ge to- the Jury
about boob tomorrow.
Senator Fletcher Says Much
Work ' Before " Shipping
Board Needs Attention
Washington, - Nov. - M. Senator
rietsber, of Florida, ranking Demo
crat! member of th 6ent eoaaeree
oommittee, ia a . statement today de
clared that recent appointments by
President ; Wllsoa ' to the Shipping
Board shonld W eoa Armed without de
lay,; as mack depend s what wat done
by th bear In the) i thro months.
Th etttemeat follow the roeonf aa
Boaaeemeat by Chairman Jones, f the
romuittee, that -h -woald-eppos toa
Srmatioa at th eetnlag leosioa.
"I think Senator rieteber . taid,
Mlt would be.try;nfortujist f ti
thsm ap aatil aezt Vlareh. At present
ther are only two member ef th
Shipping Board sad there Ja ajremca
dous lot of work t be done. - To eay
that w should drag slong Batll next
Vbreh with - aly - two members . seenn
to m to b sbsurd.
' "Now is the critical Urn ia th
history of ovr -Merchant aiarin aad
a great deal. is going ie. depend a
what ia done, neglected or emitted la
the next threes months. As -far aa I
know th appointee ate. JUL ftpabl
Brea,-th aeleetieBer were wisely-sud
and they should 6 T confirmed. ?
"I feel emito-eortaia thatUaar are
Interest at work which has always
beta opposed to government ' build
ing, owning-oroperetlng-shipor-I am
very much fraid,hat there are sin.
later l-fiuenee at work to the dvanv
age ef themselves, -wves If x-means a
loss of aa adequnt marine, American
owaed and American -operated, for tho
benefit of America Infoitry and com
merce. One of th first step ia to
dlaered t as far as possible th Ship
ping Board anT every eihef govera
meatal agency eoaateted .with ship
ping, v -7
Ihe keenest watchfulaeas aad most
di' rent eorta or this-oill bo noecssary
to thwart their .purpose. Hence we
need a full board is full operation aad
every member etHr an diligent."
HAFJES KNITTIUG MILLS v
- ACQUIRES A NEW LINE
Winstoa Salem, Nov. M The P. 8.
Hanea Kniting Comrmny, whieh operate
tho largest still la th world for anna
faetur ef heavy knit anion suit for
men and boys, anaonneet today It baa
added to it Knee the - prodnetioa of
high! grade nslnfwk. athletic anioa salt
for ntqles. The new garment ia already
being placed on the market. -h- -
Tbe. tobacco. Warehtttet closed this
afteraooa antil next Monday. Sales this
week hve bee th largett ef the tea
eon aad th block eaaetd a reduction ia
price. W """-' '
- Thomas M. Poo, aged SS,? who was
gassed ia rraaee daring th European
war ddied at a hospital kef today. Be
had been ia .bad -health sine he wa
dlacBATged from oervke. ' .-
DEK0CRATIC MAJORITY??
INSsaWAS-60,297
Colombia, 8. tJ, Nov. liTh Bess
oerati taajority ia th tleetioa of Nov
ember t, la South Carolina, waa 60,297,
according to th State Board f Can
rasiers, whWh met today aad detiarod
the-resale "-.-..' . '
Th Domoerktie - electors "'roeelvod
KfiCJt votes. Jwo . oats of Hepublieaa
olecrot ' rseeired - tlO .votes,, whll
tweatybrhl" SeeUllsr tote were cast.
Two eeateata, wrought by defeated Ke
pnbPaa asBdidate. for. Congress, L.' A.
Ilswkine la th Seventh district and
T. St. Mark Saporta U th Tirst dis
trict, were not considered by the board
s thoy had sot prsvlowly presented to
eoaaty bonrd ss swulrtd. .Then was
n 'opposition ts Doraoeioti candidate
fr tftate silice in th election. "
..Bey Jeffersoa Hotsl.
Virhmond, Vs, Kov. tt-Coloael
Charles H. Consolvo, of Norfolk uad
fUlitmeee, ks s---'4 a eontralUng
intemt Is tht lr ertos Hotel lre.
-"-V te sst '.!' Informs, 'oa
; it j i ;. '
TpBSged
WAR ON BUILDING
TRUST RESULTS 111
NEW IHOICIEfffS
Testimony Links Wrought Iron
and Steel Industries With
"Alleged Trust
BUILDERS LOSE OUT
IN LEGAL SKIRMISHES
Sobert P. Brindell, So-called
Zing of The Alleged Bnfld
ing Tmit Named In Two
New Indictments Charging
Extortion; Mnst 'fnrniah
Books For The Committee
New York, Nov. I. New TorkfgSrsr
fars against th alleged "Bnilding
Trust todsy brought forth thro new
Indictments charging extortion, aa well
as testimony linking the wrought Iroa
and wrought steel industries te th long
btt of other producer of eonttration
mtterial which nr alleged unlawfully
to hold price uniform throughout th
country.
While th allied force of aa extra
ordinary grand Jury aad the Joint 1.
occurred in two court) and the city's
independent inquiry Into it million!
oi dollars la contract wa postponed
antil Monday.
Twie daring th dsy th Joint com
mittee was diverted from it investiga
tion to def efid -iteelf againrt ontlaugJa)t
ia the courts. The committee ws vic
torious la both occasions.
Bares Safer Defeat
Decisive defeat marked tho efforts of
th Builders' Material Bureau ia both
the Supreme aad Appelate court to re
strain th committee from, getting bold
pf it book and from examining it
tteaographer, Elizabeth O'Dea. Two in
junction were secured by coastal for
the bureau, but wer quickly vacated,
and later in the day aa application for
a stsy wss denied.
Then eounss) for th bureaa agreed
te prodae the books aad papers ander
the sabpoeB, and t bars aa effieer
of tho bursa n head to testify.. Mia
O'Dea already had ben adjudged in
contempt by th eemmttle for foiling
to answer a summons, y
Brindell la Indictments, .;
Robert P. Brindell, presideat of th
Building Trade Council and nUeged
"King', of boilding trade workmen la
the metropolis, 'wa named Jatw ef
today 'a Jndietmeets, both ehargiaf $
tortion.'.Th ether Jndltftmrnt, also
charging eztortios, wa' agaiatt Brin
dell' r'shif ef staff Betsr SUdt
miller, a member of the Building Trade
CooneiL Stadtmiller 'a bail wet fixed at
tlOOXKJ. Brindell, already aader 100r
0000 bail oa previous Indictment oa
ehargiag cstortioa and the, other at
tempted extortion wss Bet required te
furnish additional bail, but H wa in
timated h might b called en. fo. do. to
Priday. , "
Charge gainst Brindell alleged that
h forced Looi J. Cohen, building
contractor, to pay him $900 aader threat
of stopping work oa a conttrnetroa Job
hut July. Stadtmiller' was accused, of
extorting $lflO0 from th Garden City
Wrecking Companp by threatening - te
put th firm out of business ia ease of
refusal.
. Wreaght Steel Meaoaoly.
Testimony that three-fourth of. ib
wrought steel trad ia America ia con
trolled by three powerful corporations,
maintaining prices aoJly absolutely
aiform and that two groat manufac
turing concern domlnat th entire
wrought iron buaine with similar off set
touched tho peak ef interest ia the
evidene which th day brought forth.
Prevoutly the committee had board
wltnemc say that national associstiona
regulation distribution and prieet
throughout th United 8ttea ia Jime
stoas, marble, tand and ether build
ing matsrials.
Th testimony regsrding . eonditlott
in tho wrought iron and steel market
came from John G. Cornell, Jr., a Jobber
and exporter,' who also declared dealer'
quotation ia New Tork ar aaaally
ideatieal and that "ther was a -time
whea price wer fixed "at laacheoaa
attended by a "club" pom posed f th
: fCoaUaaod Oa Pago TwoJ
LARGER PRODUCTION -;
; OF TURPENTINE SHOWN
Ontpnt of Turpentine Placed at
. 471,031 Caeks; Prodno
. ; - ilea ;ef EejlaV'' X '
WMhlngtoa, Nov. t. Larger produe
Hon of tarpentln and rssia this year
at compared with last year, is reported
by tho - Bureaa of Chemistry, f th
Denartment f igricuKsrs, ... r-v
; The emtpat ef tarpentln le plscsd
t 471.0JI osak eomptred with tofiOO
last year, and ef rosin, IJStflM roaad
barrels, of approximately SO0 poaadt
each, compared .with 1,237,000 barrslt
last year. These figurse d not
taslud wood turpeatise, wood - reel
aad rosla reclaimed from still wests,
which asaally amonat to about 10 per
eeat ef production. The- totals . com
bine th aeraal statistie sf production
to Augast 1 aad prod seers' estimates
of prodnetioa for th remainder ef th
sessoB. ;. Th prodaetr, , th . report
ttates, seem te hav bee svsr-eoassrvs-Uve
ia their estimates aad It la possible
total . wrodnetioa . will be ooasewhat
Urge than aleBltd,
1 Th report, follow! . j . ''
Oa bead at till April l. mO Tur
pentine, t,763 esaks - eompered with
it,0M .last year) renin.. 7,43 bands
compared with 130,039 last year.
i Prodnetioa to August 1 Turpentlas,
7,153 rosla. f)tfil't. ."-
Eatimated production - remainder f
aeaaoB TurpcnUne, S33A76I rosla,
UVfi-.i. t ',. .' -t
Stock ae?I fy elilef eoasumlnr In
dustrie Aurf 1-Turpeatlnt, itiM)
eomnnred with SQ Inst yeavi resl,
1i.0;ijO compared with 182,00(1 last
HARDING EXTENDS
I TO
SENATOR SIMMONS
Washington Hears That Senior
Senator May Be Invited
To Confab
AROUSES SPECULATION
REGARDING ATTITUDE
President-Elect Paces Difficult
Task Am Ee Attempts To
Xeooncile Conflicting Views
On League Covenant; Out
come of Conference Awaited
With Interest
SIMMONS HAS KECBITED NO
INVITATION TO CONPEBENCB
i
Now Bora. Nov. IL Blaster Bias,
mono stated Unlght that he had awt
rcoetved aa lavtutlea te attead th
Hardtag eoaferoBce aad la the ab
sence ef details aa to where and
whoa thl woaleT be held aad Jaot
what weald he discussed he eoald
not asy wbother or net be weald
5iS5r?isxar-ysri
ma umtnet National Bank Bidg.,
BT B. S. POWEXIi
(By Bpecial Leased Wire)
Washington, Nov. 84v Rumor that
Senator P. M. Bimmoaa would receive
I invitation froEPreidcnt-eleet Bar
ding to go to Marioa and disc no with
th "leadiag minds of th eoantry the
matter of th peace treaty aad league
covenant have aroused considerable
tpecalatioa ia Washington,
, Prissds of Senator Simmon weald
net be th least surprised if he ohcmld
decline th Harding invitation, if ex
tended. .Be ha all along been regarded
ss a friend of th treaty and as as
Ha foe. Rtnator Shielfa aad Seed, tw
sf ths Democrats asked te Marie
would be Strang "bed fellows far him
sd Senator Pomerene played eif the
reservatioa qnit a bit hlmseif darlag
th erappUg.
BsraJasr Diaacast TeeB -
Admiaitt ration Pcmecrat ar later
ested ia th forthcoming meeting of
Mr, Hardiag with "ths leading miad f
the country." It I set violating any
confidence to say 'they are - watching
With a eavag pleasure th initial at
tempts of the pretideat-elect to reoen
cile th warring clsmcBta that combined
to give aa an prosed en ted Bepublicaa
victor- ia th eleetion. ; . . .
Prior to this oonference. Senator
Borah, wider of th . irroeoncilablel
troop, i expected to issue a statement
toying Jutt what thl wing of th party
will demand of Mr. Harding. A boat
the earn tim Mr. Boot plans to' leav
New Tork for Marioa aad give oat a
statement saying what "hia wing" ex
pects. Such is Just a fragmentary idea
ef -what-will fall apoa th Bardiag
thoolder M day before he take the
oath of ofBe.
Tbe- ewteome of thl eoafcrcae it
going to foreshadow, it i strongly
believed her, th type ef treaty advo--oaie-Mrr
Hardiag will select for hi
Secretary of Bute. If Mr. Boot and his
frisnds ar winners at th Marioa con
ference, Mr. Boot i likely to be np
pointed te th portfolio. If Borah aad
Johnson win th initial stnggls. It is
most likely that Senator Knsx will V
appointed, considering, of sours, th
dlsadvaatsg hs has inenrred through
th support of William B. Hearst.
- North CaroUaa Moeta
North Carolinians turned eat la good
pumben tonight for the aaaual mcetiag
of th Tar Heel society aad th ball
following at Banaehcr la Northwest
Washington. Ia the receiving line to
night wer Secretary aad Mr. Joeephns
Daniels ; Angus W. MeLtaa, president
sf th society'. Bad Mrs. MeLcaai Ed
ward E. BriUon, vie president, Mrc
Brittoa ; Congressmaa aad Mrs. Joha H.
SmaU. th former sx Presideat sf th
Society i Eugene P. Hartley, sesretary
of th society, aad Mrs. Hartley J Capi
tals Tsrry A. Lyon, brother ef Con
gressmaa -elect Homer Lyea, aad .Mia
VUribell Small aad a aamber ef ther.
Th ball toaight wa th first ef a
trio at function pmaaed for the
winter..'
Th postoffle departmeat laformed
Major Btcdmaa today that W. M. Mo
Csulcy had been appelated acting peet
msster at Eloa College, Hi Bosalaa-
. ,T (Csatlaaed oa Pago TeaJ
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD
HOLDS QUIETEST MEETING
Announcement - of Appeal To
.. . Courts Prerents People .
, ; Jfroai Zzdtement . .
- Adierm, Kov.' ttV-Tke ' Jaeksea
soanty sasvasstBg board at aa U day
tsssioa held at Sylva ; empleted ks
work wl thoot changing the dosisiea
reached tt U last board aessioa held
la AshsvUl whea th Indiaa vet wa
thrown out, all Democrat . declared
lotted saeept two aad edjowraed.
Bepert received' toaight frsea
Sylva ar to the effect that tt tesoiea
of tho board wa th qaieteet yet bald,
with bat few people beiag prtteat at
th eoerthoos when th final retams
were decls red. '--'?"! --,
,'A pomiaeBt Bcpnblieaa from Byrva
stated .'that th aaaoaaeoateat f th
Bcpablleaa they wM appeal th
esse to the -eert a AVabt ttatit
msny f those wh had beta . mash
excited ever th aoardV aetreat look
at th matter ia a calmer XguCV
Ashevill attorneys who hv Veea
Interviewed n - ths subject, disarroe
ts te ths board right t go b-h'-d
the awora returns Of the. pree'l Pt of.
fieiala, which grounds th IruTen
rot wss threwa eut. Governor B'.ekett
would not giv aa op'sion a M ar-s-tienlar
matter daring hi vlnit here
Uen th JwksoB county pistter was
St i'lt h:Cet,
ItlVITAll
TO SEEK POVER TO .
HELP IN SETTLING
Hi '.
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League Council Takes Action
In Conformity With Inter
vention Resolution
TO ADDRESS TELEGRAM
JO LEADING NATIONS
United States Will Probably Be
One of Powers Asked To At.
- tempt Mediation Between
Turkish Leader and Arm.
nians; Tnree Applicants for
Membership
GuevaT Nov. (By The Assoeia
ted Press.) Actioa it conformity with
the resolution for Armenian iatervea
tioa recently passed by ths assembly ef
the Leagus of Nation was take today
by th council of the lerue.
The council decided to ask tho gen
eral secretary of the Leagus to preps re
aad submit a telegram to b cent to
the noan to mnuih of tho Ta.nln'
Nationalist leader, and the Armenians
b sought.
V. S. Ameag Powers.
It I expected the United States twill
be among the powers to whom the tele
gram is seat concerning Intervention
ia Armenia.
It traatpired today that tho council
oa Sunday invited Sweden, Norway aad
Denmark to Join la tho VUaa expedi
tion, tending ten -men each.
Tho efforts of th eeaneil committees
to keep their deliberations aader cover
without offeadrng- too atnea th strong
sentiment ha th Bsssmbty for abswhrte
openness, ar provoking eeasidstable
sommeaf ssd- maatmcnt. There even
I talk among . the mors mdepoadent
sslegsies of a revert agstsst what they
ee eider aa effort on the part ef th
oaaeQ secretariat te override the as
sembly. - .y-
RSYfTES PROIKCT POP. .
INTtUNATlONAL ST APT
Geaevs, Vow. 14 (By the Associated
Ptsss)-P rejects for aa iatsraatioasl
etaff, prepeeed try Leon Benrgeols, Of
Prsne at' th YtraaUle eonfereae
had rejected there; were reviewed her
ystotUy ta a prelosged diaeatsioa
rsrardiag th reductiaa ef rmament.
M. Doogeois, first f all,, declared
that th carrying out of th Versailles
treaty most be ottered before disar
m assent wa possible, Hs aeelared t)Mt
ia rder to mats that treaty effective,
cam military ergsnlaatioa inch as he
had proposed at th peace conference
waa resraired.
Details f the disenssioa made
knowa 1st bst Bight Udieated that
th sentiment prevails la th commit
tee 0 disarmament that it la impos
sible to secure at present a general
scrapping of war materials. Oa ths
ether hand. Signer Sehanxer, aa Italian
mom bar, pointed oet tho danger to th
hmgaa- la th disappointment ef th
masse if nothing saeald b doae.
- Tata Apadcaata,
Thar b some ameertalaty relative to
th admieaioa f Luxemburg and Pia-
btad to th league, bat ft is said that
it la probable they may be invited to
Join by a majority of the delegates.
atoatenegros eleventh hour appliea
tioa baa aot a yet beea discerned aad
teatiment would appear 9 to indicate
that Albaaia may aot be admitted.
Notwithttanding th deeidoa ef com
mutes aamber one, oa geaeral organ-
izatioa, yesterday which ruled that
there should be a amendments to the
covenant of the league at this tessioa of
th assembly, th Bwit delegation will
-k th eammitte oa general ergaaixa-
tioa to Consider a peopeeitioa to choose
th zoar elective member or th eoonol
fieia amsng different Stnte seeces
slvely, with aly sac term expiring
each year. The fhriat re presents tives,
with th support of Bcsndinaviaa dele
gutss, will ale ask th earn eemmittee
(Cow tinned oa Page Pear.)
FORD EMPLOYES TO
GET BONUS CHECKS
Cheeks Axgregnting More Than
. $7,000,000 Vow Being Writ,
ten; Extra. Bonus
Detroit, Nov. tV Boa cheeks ag
gregatiag mere thaa flflMflQQ far m
ploye f th Perd Motor Compaay ar
new Wag writtea aad their dmtrlba
tioa will start Jsamuy 1 aext, aecord
laf to anaeaaeeanoat this meralag by
Bdad B. Terd. atemdeat f the Perd
Matoy Compaay. ;, J':'
Mr. pari aloe ' eaatl a forth
ssmhtg xtra tare ereent ata meatht
saaing Beeember Slst a Perd laveet
meat eertiaeatce held by employee af
U oempaay. Thia, Mr. Perd taid, it
la addition to th gearaaseed six per-
- H added that S -perceat ae
aald Jalr SI. tatt. atakiag total
ef 1 pereeat oa th certiacate for
UOO. . .... j v .-
Mr rrae sts tomcat waa made, k
wa aaaeaaeod, to correct what be
said wa aa arrsatsa report of tetti
meay by SL R MarooJi, direeto at th
Perd Uawatioaal Bepertmeat, before
isdge AhKkuler, la Chicago yesterday
rhw affect that tb recent rltdaetioa
ia the arte f Peid car bad ratalto
la-th bona te employ Uleg.frae
tirslry eat eff. The .aUtsmeat that
100, mea af tho Detroit plast had
curt work wUhla the htet N day wa
correct It Wa aaiA at th aeeativ
office f tb eempany bora, bat the
mea had left velnntorily, and -' ln
eresred prodnetioa of the temalaint
emt l. rre had modem Beeeary to
ARMENIA r MATTER
STOP WORK OF LAYING
W. U. CABLE AT MIAMI
Karal Porces Interrupt Cable
Oaag Trying To Connect
Shore Cable Ends
Miaml, Da., Nov. ft. Th; Wetrrn
t'aion cable situation here developed
todsy ia a rare between employes' of
th Western Tnion Tdegrap', Company
tnd the Ntvy foreei in Biw-Ayte Bay,
tho.compsny's workmen attemptins; to
connect the short endt of the cable and
tho Navy to prevent them from doing
so. Ths Western Union's men, fifteen
in number, were placed undi-r guard
and are rtill being held tonight.
Early this morning the Wester
Union's gang went to a barge where a
eable has beea stored tines the Nary
Department Interfered with its laying
several months ago, under orders from
New Tork, it ia said hers, to lay the
cable Immediately.
Submarine chaser 154, with a armed
crew oa board, immediately left the
muaieipal dock and drew up alongside
tho barge ,oa which tho workmen had
maded, aad took TmmeeioT and pre
tested the men from leaving. An
armed patrol of seamen from ehaner
154 remained on the bsrge to g-iard the
cable and prevent itt being laid. When
they arrived the workmen had the end
of the cable in their hand bnt had
not began spiking it to the cable bud
ander the rausewsy connecting Miami
with Miami Beach, whea the causeway
waa ouut last year.
Weetera Union employes say the men
qb th barge are not under guard, but
Former rrernier-Asquith and
Sir Hamar Greenwood Prin
cipals In Debate
Loadea, Kv. ts. Debate apea receat
disorder lav Ireland ttiapiid ts tes
siwn of the Boas of Chammen today,
priaeipal ta the diacasmesr being for
mar fromioe Aoaohh aad. Si Baata
Greeawood, eblef secretory for Ireland.
It was aifflcatt, ald Mr. Asvnlth, to
speak with reetraint f Sunday assst
tinatioa la Dablia.
"They were cruel, cold-blooded mas-
ders, h eeatlaaed. "Aad can ssly bar
beea the work of mea wh hav lost all
sens f humanity aad honor. The very
gravity such trims a these I am
afraid it a asmtak to say they ar
decressinfmakee it all th mar
Becsesary that tb executive sbsll be
sblo to sneoonter them- with a
front aad slsaa hands.'' ' . -
Sir Hamar Orawood wa loudly
cheered e rlsiag to aatwer Mr,
QUith. ,
"The fait majority of the people or
Ireland are aot ia favor of mnrder,"
ha aald. They want peace and they
are getting pear a because the forces of
the erowa ar breaking th terror."
Sir Hamar declared ta vast majority
of the Irian people were oa the best
of term with the soldiers and th police.
Th murder . yaag ia Ireland, a
continued "issue a doeament knowa as
tho Irish Be publics Bulletin and that
murder gang sands th bulls tin to per
sons la Eugtaad aad to aewspspsr fat
England. Soma af them publish it. What
aataae m ia that, th London liberal
federation ha actually a ted th bul
letin aad baaed sa it a charge sx re-
prial so-called, aad eirsalatod wih
oat asy eommeat excepting: Display
thia prominently wherever yon ss.'
Th right boaorabi gsnusmaa (Mr,
Asouith) is president of that federa
tion." Sir Hamar added.
Sir Hamar noted that air. Atqusw naa
referred to the comment of an American
correspondent.
We hav certain Bnowiedge," con
tinned tho chief secretary, "that torn
f thea cajoy th hospitality of the
murder gang itself in Ireland. They
end their newepeper matter to America
to hurt Anglo-Amerieaa frieadahip aad
do their beet to dsmsg the British
emrjiro.
I eoald nnme three paper that have
printed tho moat notable falsehoods,
bat thhkt eleetlsB la America ha
beea aa adequate respoase. Thee wh
tet ap to mak th Irish aucatioa an
issa rsUsr taaa Angio-nnienenn
friendship wer covered with defect,"
The erowa force, declared the chief
seeretarp, wer dally growing more ef
fective. It waa tra that mar ef them
wer being murdered, bat that waa be
cause they were asserting tb authority
of th srswn. Extract from a docu
ment h said bad beea recently captured
vend to show that 700 had beea
peat la rgaalatag th hoadqsrtsr staff
ef th stepbueaa army sine jury. ?aia,
ha aald. was th coaler ef the "marder
gang" aad that It wa from this center
that ia aom ease uw - per ssn i
th poUeo aad mUitary had been paid.
Specific instructions for ths maaa
faetare of eertaia high sxplosivst bad
heaa eUseavorwd. th chief secretary d-
tored, aad tw earcfally detailed plant
for th dvstractioa z a iarg power
boa la Maackoator and f dock la
Uverpeol bad beea foaad. Ia the Uv
erpoei sss, be said, ameag th detail
were testraetioa regsremg an tea as as
aetata, iavolviaf tte ase of eight baa
dred aeaade of gvligaito.
Sir Hamar eeneludea ey claiming taat
no eeoatry la th world has to seal
arlta aaeb a aaanoaln of marder aad
eatrag ac Eaglaad had to deal with U
Irelatd, bat aald th government was
succeeding ia tte effort to stamp It out.
The Siaa Psia force had diatppotrod,
he deoUrsd, xspt ta back room meet
lag for propagnndal tt boycott bad
beea brohoa, and Ma agly sister, intimi
dation wss goiagj hsngsr-striklag had
tnded and th Irish rspablicaa army
waa being brokea ap.
: " Ot Cettoa Mill Waee- - -.TJaloa,
K CV, No. S4- Three large
eettoa mill la this onnty which re
cently eat wage tea per eenU htve
aaaaaaeed saothsr. est sf fifteca per
eeaV but will run fall tim, , It wa
learasd today. . Bcveral ather muis
hir reduced wags tea per ctat will
eoa..ue e m thre day a week work
ing ixU.2.i!e. 1
i Jcaj-s..
DISCUSS RECENT
IRISH DISORDERS
i
PROPOSED SCHOOL
LAWS PUZZLE THE
Enable To Decide What Posi
tion To Take and Will Meet
at Later Date . .
TO DIGEST ARGUMENTS
FOR AND AGAINST THEM
Teachers' Assembly of" State
Opens In Asherille With 868
Members In Attendance;
Address By Dr. Prank Bch
man, of General Education
Board, New Torkr -
AthevDle, Nov. Sf.WIIh " 865 leaeV
era present, the fint sessioa of the
thirly teVenth tnnnnl meeting ef the
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly j
opened here this afternoon. Only the I
business ef starting the great esavea- J
tloa to work waa undertaken, Supcrin- J
ten dent 8. B. Underwood,-ef Greea- t
ville, presiding at president. The ad- i
drett by Dr. Trnnk Bachman, of ttk '
wrv mxmmnnmtimrwtmmmjkf man
th feature of the first day of the con
vention. Discuasiott of proposed State school
laws, passsge of which would mean
revolutionising tho county educational
tytrem in North Carolina, thia aft
ernoon took up the whole late esio
of th North Carolina county orhool
superintendents aad finally resulted in
tn nnanuaoua vote to leave endorse
ment or rejection of the proposal in
the heads of the assoeiatioa to be
definitely decided aits later date.
T UecMe PeslUea Later.- '
AIL aigameat la favor aad opposed :
to she proposed bur meaawhil will be
printed- aad then placed la tte heads
of Btemben ef the. assoeiatioa. Follow
ing, digestiea of thea arsrumtnU, a I
special meeting ef th eon sly school
sperintendente will .be called aad a I
definite ttand. voted 0. WhU a dell- '
aite . date ha been decided e foe
th pesUl meeting, in all probability (
It win be called about a week befer i
the aext tettiea of th legislature. . I
. Th meeting today of th uperin- 1
teadeat wa th third aessioa. f th i
MnnliM AthntlU V.U 4tn41-
with th teach era' atseciatioa. th first
meeting wa held Tustdny night tnd
war given ever" te a. discussion ef the
aehi-jj fcmdMt nmkmm. ... At 19ie moiwI
niosv hald thia . marnlne at 9 : 311 f
'clock la th high eebeel -building,
tcbool wperinteadent from ttery
eoaaty la North Caroltaa were ia at
tendance. Ther a re 100 eouatiea ia th
State. Ten eoaaty superintendeato tub-
m ... 4 1 4- W ,1.. M
pcrvision of school aysteme hav dose (
mach for Improvement Of iadivtdusl ,
das work. S. L. Hawkins, director sf i
vocational 'tducatioa for th Federal j
Vocational Edaeatioa Board, followed l
with aa addret on vocations! duc-
Ilea ... i
Fiv districts la all were represented '
tt th morning mcetiag aad delegates i
were given power, to held future meet- ,
ings isolated from the general aaecting,
st which their various officer will b
elected. Election, however, ' will prob- i
ably not be attempted until Friday, the
last day sf th Teacher' Assembly la
Abeville. ; - - '
Diacaao New School Law. 1
sV C. Brooks, af Raleigh, president
of th county aaprlntendeatar called .
the meeting to order. He thea intro
duced Dr. Frank P. Bachmaa, general .
edueatloa board, who explained the
proposed' new North Carolina . chool -man,
would giv the county , school .
laws, i !
The law, a interpreted by Dr. Bach- J
board more power, would further pro- '
vide protection for the teacher aad I
weald mak it possible for e -ordinal- '
tag all county schools. Proviaue I
mad that th county board would be
made retpeniiblef or all schools in the '
State and that it duty would be te
provid fund for all th schools. To
morrow eight asperate cession f th '
assembly wiU b held.
Meet Hav Ce-erdlaatlea,
la order to provid for all th chil-
drea. Dr. Bachmaa pointed eat, proper '
ee-erdiastioa of school! aader n ecu- '
tral school board, a provided la the
prepeeed law, I Boeeasary.
Th law would take ut aU tt va- .
rSoB school powers, ceasolidat them
and giv mere power, which, it i be-
lisved, would result Ib a movement for
better schools, quick growth aad auicker
devclopmeat, - ' - v '.r
All superlntcBdeat teemed to agree '
with Dr. Baekmaa that thee proposed
changes ia the -school law ef th But .
re aeeded, bat whea he settled down '.
to axplsnatloB f th so-called election
claaa la th proposed law, h drew op- '
positwa fir from aU rara af tb :
aaditoriam. . - -.
Weald Elect School Beerea.
Th law. it eeema. would do away
with the apooiatmeat ef school board
member aad weald delegate an elec
tion ef member lastted. Dr. Bachmaa
declared that thl method would 4a
away with tt called "political p!l,
these appeiBtmeat following the shift
la Stat emeial.
m n Tl J1 .
iateadeat from Davie, wss th first te
gain tt fioor. H protested that a pop
alar wot for elect iea ef a oouaty echcx l
superintendent would make for par'y
fear ef psrtiaaa schools. He expressed a
fear f pr"e eckeol ytem devci.
tag. H than ffered a resolution t:
th assoeiatioa go record ss c
posed to th eleetioB f msmbers 1 1
eoaaty tchool boards.
0. L Ceoa. aperiatendout fi-.e V
tea, objected to paatsg af this r-
lutioa, claiming that th achools -
aow la politic aad that passage ef t
new law would help to free thsm sf I
problem,,- "
"Ws must hav om provision v '
by the' people ee hare tom-'' '
do with the election f men v.:
(Ceot'sel en l"i I ' 1
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