North Carolina Newspapers

P" tT " ' ' ' . , J, I WATCH LABEL 1 TUB WEATUER , North Carolina i Fair Than, day aad Friday, Ml much change i la Unaperstsr. VOL. CXII. NO. 155. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2. 1 920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS a JSC 'f STEDMAN OPPOSED 10 NATIONAL IAW ON SABBATH WORK Fifth " District Congressman Doesn'A Believe It Would v Help Morality GODWfN UNCERTAIN AS TO HOW HE STANDS NOW Sixth District Xepresentative Thinks Domestic Work On Sunday Should Be Prohibi ted Unless Don By Men and Will Propose An Amendment To That Effect Th New and Obssrver Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg., By B. E. POWELL. - (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Dee.i 1. Representative Bannibal L. Godwin ii uncertain whet li ar tha proposed bill to restrict eommer eial activity on the Sabbath will bar hie aopport or not and Major Charles M. Stedman, Fifth diitrict member, ia unqualifiedly opposed to the program. Other North Carolinian! beaitat to any whether the propoaal . will bar their Hiieriiue aciiuosbw rcsuiutiuu .uu aiu,- ' ilar to the South Carolina, resolution vassed a few dare a no. ia too far-reach ingr. There ia no hope of National law at the approaching session or uon- I grese but one applying to the Diatriet H, of Columbia, the Army and Navy posts and reservations and the insular pos- i - . . i t u. n. USB1U1W UX IU1. CUUUM uq UUl v the reformers. Major Stedman Opposed. "Of course. I favor the proper obser vance of Sunday," Major Stedman aaid today. '1 do not, however, favor the passage of a bill in which are incor porated provisions. making traveling H- lcetftsnd the publication of newspapers on Sunday also illegal. I do not be lieve such a bill ia aeeesaary in behalf of morality. The major advanced aonfe reaaoaa lor ma views. i " "Traveling on- Sunday ' ahonld W avoided aa far pa possinie, no sua, - "but frequently happens that sick- ... . ... .. . . . "V ..am A - ri.t . nr rolntiv make! it necessary. . Nor do I beljeve that Sun day newspaper when properly edited injure the cause of -morality. They fre quently advance it.- If the bill jpntains such provision. juat stated I shall unquestionably ota against it, if it ia brought bolorasTna House of, jteprssen tativea. It would be antagonistic tc "those ldeaa ef personal liberty to which the American people have become arm' ly attached through aa education trans mined from generation to generation. Wiati Women Protected. Congressman Godwin may be listed in the doubtful eolumn although ia frankly against the "organization" bill. like Tanner Bob" Doughton he would want the preaent draft amended but not' in the name particular . aa the mountain atatesman. He would have domestic work by women prohibited on Sabbath and where it ia necessary to the smooth running of the home, he believes that n provision requiring the males of the family to do the cnores about the House would meet general approval. ' ; Definite plana for reform legislation will be discussed at a series or eonrer . fnecs beginning here early thie month ' when representative' 'of the Beform Bureaath Anti-Saloon League and church boards hold a conclave. One of these Conferences it haa been an nounced will be an informal breakfast at the home ef President-elect Hard' ing. Extension of the provisions of ' the Volstead act to Americana living abroad . ia Wed by the Anti-Saloon League and an amendment to this end will be pressed when Congress meets. Leagn Net Supporting. Bearing directly on the blue law campaign statements issued tonight by Wavna B. Wheeler, general superin- tndent of the Anti-Saloon League, de- ' nying that the dry forces are support ing as an organization the new reform movement. A statement was also is- - sued from the W. C. T. V.. headquar ters of similar purpart. Mr. .Wheeler- asserted rigorously that the Anti-Saloon League is only concerned with toe , repression of th liauor traffic It is supposed, he ex plained, by . the churches and the ' churches are 1 naturally interested in '. at crusade to bring about better ob- ' aervane of the Sabbaths, Members of Jhe Anti-Saloon League and officials may, in the capacity ef individuals, be interested in the reform movement. ' but the organisation has nothing to An. with it. v Nothing farther "for publication" has com ! from the International Bo- form Bnrean regarding its plan to eon duct s, vice raid in Baleigh and WU snington. Ber. Harry N. Frmgie," who . directed the drive inv Korfolkvlsiitaid to be here for the general conference est week, bnt his suit or oeceeuves - may be loosed upon the Tar Heel cap. ital at any time. The program la Ra leigh after Norfolk and en to Atlanta. CtuUm Named Raleigh, . . Scout Cruiser No. 7 of the United States, on of ten etssisers anthorited j Congress in h 1816 building pro- gram, will t timed Baleigh. Announcement to "-this effect was made today from the office of Secre tary Daniels when dataller of. tha r- launching of the Oraaha, the. flrst ef the ten, were made known. The Omaha will be launched at Taeoma en Decem ber 14 and Mia Louis Bunnell Whit will be the sponsor. V - ? Cruiser No. 7 will further ommem orate .the name of the former cruiser - Baleigh "whieh ha been stricken from vtho nsvy list It will hsve a displace ment of seventy-fv hundred tons and will carry a, battery of 'twelve ei inch guna, two number three aati-alr craft guns, two machine guns ana two boat gun among other equipment . ,,- ' FEEDING EUROPE'S CHILDREN "Is it all for me." one hungry tot naked timidly when a plat of ateamiat hot soup and a thick slice of whit bread was placed before him a one of the American Belief Administration European Children's Fund kitchens in Warsaw, H was only one of the two and a half million -boys and girls who must be fed at the American kitchens la Central ot privation, una jsairopeaa unuaren s f una nas over rnree tnousana nitenena all working at capacity, aeatteredi throngjhout Poland, Austria, Ciecho Slovakia and the Baltic States. f . V Hundreds of children, cup and spoon in hand, crowd every feeding center daily. If these waifs are not to be turned, back upon countries unable to feed them, because they have no food to give them; if thfy are not to atarwe help lea and unfriended, America mnst send them food The American conscience must express itself by way ef the pocket-book. ( Herbert Hoover heads the A. B. A. .European Children's Tund as he headed the, Food Administration and Commission for Belief ia Belgium. This'ia the first call on popular sympathy and support for European relief. Twenty-three miUiona contributed to the 'European Children's Fund will mean the gift, of life to two and a half million children caught in the swelling back waters of the war. oiHJ nCKfl TflUIr U Ltflll fib LflWltK ' CARRIESJOUT PLAN SHOOTS HIMSELF Organizes New Company To Take Over lOjL foldings; Plan of Organization Kew Tork, Dee. 1. Organization of a 'aew company to be known as the Pacific Oil Company waa announced here tonight by the Southern Pacific Company as the chief feature ot its plan providing for the separation ef its oil and railroad properties. The ew company will be organised under tht laws of the Bute of Delaware with a capital stockof 3,500,000 shares of ho par vain for which the Southern Pacifie Company will subscribe (15 per shar or 152,500,000. ' From this amount the-new company will ' purchase from tha Southern Pacific Land Company aa of January 1, Vizx, for about 143,730,000, . about 259,000 sere of Jaad now owned by the 'Southern Faeific Land Company and 200,690 shares, having a par value Of 120,089,000, of the outstanding capital stock of the Associated Oil Company. Holders of Southern Padfis shares will be given the right to purchase, at 13 per shsre, one share of the atoek of the new company for each share of Southern Pacific stoekv The land to be purehaaed ia situated! in tne state ot uaiuornia. About 255,rou of the 259,000 acres are proven oil lands and the remalndor lands hereto' fore withdrawn from the sale aa pos sible oil lands. The capital stock of the new eom pany is fixed at 3,500,000 shares to correspond' to the total number of shares of Southern Pacific stock Out standing. The segregation also involvea ths stockholdings of the Southern Pacific Company in the Associated Oil Com pany, of whieh it owned slightly more tnaa any per cent. Associated Oi! is at present reeeiv ing dividends at the rate of six per cent annually. Net earnings of ths Southern Pacifie Oil properties for the year 1920 will approximate $12,000,000, according to tonight's statement of ths directors, and earnings for 1921, baaed oa present production and prices, art expected to exceed this year's earning. The following directors of the Pacific ou Company were named: James 8. Alexander, B. D. Caldwell, Henry W D Forest, Charles A. Peabody, Samuel Bee. Mortimer I Benin, E. P. Bwen son and Paul Shoup, now president of the Associated Oil Company, of Call' foraia. , " , A OVER 600 KILLED AND WOUNDED IN, IRELAND Home Office Givei Out State. ment of Caaualtiea; Baida . and Arreata I 'vV London.-Dec L (Byth Associated Press.) Persons to the 'number of. 673 hare, been killed or wounded ia Ireland up tj November 27 of the- present year by anti-Government elements, . accord ing to -a statement issued today by. the Home office. -' Tho .death do not. in elude twenty' persona killed ln London derry and' 62 in Belfast , daring . the summer ' rioting nor fifteen cadets killed in the , KiUmchaet ambusead Sunday night r.:: ; ':' -:...;. ; ? oTh statenTTht say that 151- nolle- men hav been-killed and 230 wounded: that 47 soldiers hav met with death and 103 wounded. Civilians -to ths number of 41 hav been killed and 101 wonaded. 8ixty-ra -courthouse hav been destroyed aad-628 polio barracks hav been -destroyed and 1Q1 damaged. Ther hav been 830 raid a mails and ' 45 raids a . coast , guard - stations aad light' houses. Ia addition to those ther has been 1,901 raid mad for anna. ' '.-'. '. ' ; ' - Another official statement says ths arrests ia Ireland averaged eonalder- ably ever 100 weekly. , During th laat thre week of November 406 person were taken into' custody for political eifenaea, including 169 during the .last week of the month.'- ' i ,, i North Carolina Flat Bare. eiSS. Steplechase, Pinehurst, Saturday, 2:43. Europe this winter, if they are not to diej Statesville Man Can Uye For uniy Few Hours, say Hos pitai Reports StateavUle, Dec L Bichard B. Ve Laugh lin, on of th leading lawyer and beat citixea of 8UtMtrille, at tempted to commit auieid here this sveniof just before 0 o'clock. He was in his law ffiee and fired a .32 calibre pistol in hi forehead. Mr. D. L. Bay mer. whosw law offlo adjoins, hearing Ltha report of th "pistol, rushed' into hia ofliee aad feuad Mr. MeLaughlii sitting in his chair with a bullet wound in the middle of hia forehead and the pistol lying by his aide. Two letters ia Mr. McLaughlin s own handwriting- were left lying oa his desk, oae to his wife aad one to hi brother. Dr. J. E. McLaughlin, leav ing instructioas at to his business at fair and xpIainlBg hia reason for putting an and to' hia life. Mr. Mclaughlin had a large real es tate practice Sand it develop that of late he had 'allowed certain traasao tiona with hia client to giro him un necessary worry, which led i him to the decisioa of unloading the burdens. Hal own business affairs were in ex cellent shape and why he should have attempted to end hia life ja perplex ing to those who kaew him best. Mr, McLaughlin was taken to Long sana torium in nn nneonaeioaa condition. Benort from him tonighP at 9 o eolck are that ne ia etui living, oui mat it ia a matter of only a few hours st best. Ho is 54 year of ago and haa, a wife and four ,aons ana one usugn- ter. He is a brother-in-law. of Judge B. T. Long, of BtateavUle. . DEFECTS IN SHIPPING BOARD ARE REMEDIED Chairman Benion Teua new Board Membera of Correc tive Meaanrea Washington, Dee. 1. At th first meeting of th new Shipping , Board todav. Chairman Benson told th ev en commissioners that so far as he had been able to determine, defects in the board noted during th investi gations of'ths Walsh committee had either been corrected ft remedial steps taken prior to the actual meeting of the committee, . "The board unanimously expressed th feeling," Chairman Benson aaid later, "that "i" vry effort hould be made to assist the Walsh committee in it work and to co-one rat with it in every possible wsy In carrying out its investigationa and that every effort would be made to obtain further svl dance and to prosecut all guilty par ties aa soon as such evidence wss ob tained, regardless of whether it were ia th -organization or autsida. "PERFECT PRUNE" TO BE GROWN IN UNITED STATES Wilmington, Del. Dec. L The per fect prune" is soon' to b grown in America, Prof. L. B. Detjea, of Dela ware- college, announced ia an address before th - 34th ' annual - con veatioa of th -i Peninsula - Horticultural Society yesterdsy. v--1'""' """-' Describing-his super prune,-wnteh la to be volved from a domestic plum, Professor DetJen said it -would be ths first time nn American - variety ha been" adapted to prua purposes, at output 'hitherto having 'beea : grown froa European .varieties. - 1 WHILI POUCI LOOK FOB BOBBERS, POLICB QUABTEBS ; -BOBBED OF CCBBENCT High Point, Dec V The climax to the .. eorrat series ' of burglarise which hav resulted la local mer chants aleeping in their store to guard their merchandise haa bea cappV polic ' funds hav been stolen from polie ; headquarters while the night fore was out ia Search of burglars. Oa Monday night when the polie headquarters weft vacated but f oi a brief period a po lice locker waa entered aad about 175 . ia currency taken. . The police ar baffled, no clue to the -identity of the thief havmg been discovered. G0LDSB0RO SALE OF BONDS BELOW PAR JELO VALID Court Divides Sharply On Is sue Brought Up By Act of ' Special Session TWO CASES INVOLVING POINT BEFORE COURT Ajeoolate Justice Allen Writea Majority Opinldn for Court Whiles Viforona Dieaentinf Opinion! Aro Filed Chief Jnitlce) Clark and Aaaooiate ' Jttfitice Brown Ths sal below par of 1150,000 worth of bonds by the town of Goldsboro was validated by the Supreme court yester day ia' an opinion which held the act of the 1920 special eeeaion of the legis lature which authorized the sale below par as constitutional. The issu came before the court in the ease of Kornegay vs. Goldsboro, but the same question was involved in the case of Pennington vs. Town of Tsrboro. Associate Justice W. B. Allen wrote the ooinlon of the court while Chief Justice Walter Clark and AHoriflt. Jntir Oeorff. Blown 4 waa an action to restrain the sale of -bonds of tha city of Goldsboro at less than par. The special session of the General Assembly in 1920 passed an act authorizing the aale of these bonds at leas than par within four months after tha ratification of th net. In accord anee thereto, the bonds were sold to tho Wayne National bank at 96, with ac crued interest. Associate' Justice Allen answered the objection of the plaintiff in detail. The plaintiff first set up 'that the special set of the 1920 legislature was in eon diet with Article 8, Section 1, of th Constitution of the State, regulating the chartering of corporations by special act. To this, the majority of she court answered that the section of the con stitutioa ia particular hast reference clearly to "private bosinesa corporations and doss not refer, to public or quasi public corporations acting as govern mental agencies. I Confers No Privileges. i That the act wss also in conflict with Article 8, Section 4. the court denied. with the opinion that if the position of the plaintiffs that tha legislature ha n power except to pas general laws, the enactment of all special law relating to municipalities can bo maintained, the Uenerai Assembly, haa no power to in corporate a city, to amend its charter or to confer other pWers.' That ths act wafer special privileges ea an on munity which are not conferred on an othr and Is therefor unconstitutional. th court holds is Just a untenable for tha reason that ths very section of the constitution, rtiele 1, Section 7, which is quotd as authority, eoacmds with this exception, 'out in eonsiderstion of pub- be service rBurslv." save the court, "if this nrin elple avails the railway and the elctrie company it will be npplied in behalf of tho municipal corporation an agency of the State, created for ths benefit of tho public." The plaintiffs further contended thst th General Assembly in, the adoption of the municipal finance net which re quires thst all municipal bonds be sold at not let than psr, acted with con stitutional authority, and the Wayne county act is in conflict with the general law and should be set aside. But ths court sweep this contention ' to the winds when it points out thst such a position if it could be maintained. would withdraw from subsequent legis latures th right to repeal or amend., legislation. Vsary Law Not IavoKid. The usury law which the plaintiffs held up proved no more substantial a hindrance for the court maintains that tha aale of bond haa been dealt with aa a sal of chattels. likewise, the con tention thatsthe special act is not gen eral in its application aad that it per mits the municipal corporations of Wayne county to sell bonds nt leas than par when the same privilege is not granted other localities, is mot suf ficient to invalidate th bond aale, As sociate Justice Allen holds. In ths court' opinion "all that is required by th' constitution is that the act shall anDly eouallv to all persons within the territorial limits described in the set." Tha final contention that the bonds were advertised in th Nsws nnd Ob server -which does aot come under the classification of financial papers as re quired by th amendment to tha Muni cipal Finance Aet- of the special ses- sioa, the court dismisses with this com ment i "But it is admitted that this paper in additioa to publishing 'general new also regularly publishes news r Uting t financial matters and also publishes fren time to time notices of proposed sal of monieipVl bond of municipalities ef North .Carolina which ia aufiiewnt eompuane wita tne stat ute - ... ' "Th statute of 1920." ' th court's opinion concludes, "haa been f rained to meet a pressing emergency and ' is of limited duration aad as we find no eon atitutioaal objectioa to it nac)menV it must b sustained. . - - ' Chief Justie Dlsseuu. In hia dissenting opinion, Chief Jus tie Walter Clarx says "Not only, is this special legislates authorizing the city ef Goldtboro to sell its bonds below par ia violation of tha conatitatioa which require equal rights to all and- special priv ilege to none, tt is In -violation of ths ameadmeat passed tor (h srpree pur pose f requiring uniform legislation aa to all manieipalitiea, and la violation of tha geaeral acta passed ia pursuance thereof by th legislature -of 1917. but ia a serious discrimination Tlnst other towns nnd cities which ar re quired to sell their boads at aot less than par and tends to depress the price ef nil municipal boads ia ths estate with great loss to ths tax payers and giv ing unlimited opportunity lor raha-off to powerful combinations v f - capital GOVERNORS URGE CONGRESS TO HELP AMERICAN FARMER Conference of State Execu tives Votes To Begin In quiry Into Situation CONDITIONS REGARDED AS , BOTH ACUTE AND TRAGIC Governor Bickett Introduces Resolution for Appointment of Committee To' Study Sit uation With View To Making Suggeationi To Congreas Action Without Precedent Barrisbnrg, Fa, Dee. 1. Governors and governors-elect representing more than half tha States of the Union voted at their annual eonference here today to begin aa inquiry into what was variously called the "acute ''alarming" and "tragic" aituation fac ing farmers of the country with a view to recommending Federal legislation to assist them. At. a first atop toward carrying out their lan, which waa suggested by ." . f r IT T TT . . T It.- ortu TJaroIina; HoTcoiwif of ton neeticut; Parker, of Louisiana, and Goodrich, of Indiana, to make a pre liminary survey snd report back be fore the conclusion, of the eonference After that it is contemplated to sen the committee to Washington to utga legislation before Congress which eon vencs this month. Movement Without Precedent. The object of the State executives which is said to bs without parallel in the history of American govern ment is for the organization of gov ernors ito .suggest to Congress and ae tivcly advocate passage of legislation necotsary to refund the debts of. farm era who are pinched by falling mar nets with heavy stocks of surplus prod ucts on hand, so as to give them a year or more in which to recoup1 lours and wait for a atrengthening market. It ia proposed to do this through exten sion or adaptation of the Federal re serve system. A second proposal also scheduled to receive consideration by the commit tee is another by Governor Hardin that a foreign trade corporation be fortned to finance, purchases of Amer ican farm product g foreign coun tries unable, through present lack of funds to come into the American mar ket Bickett Introduces Besolatlan. Acting on Governor Harding's sug gestioni, Governor Bickett Introduced a resolution providing for appoint ment of the committee to aet under instructions of ths conference snd take the propositions up with Congress direct. This motion received a second and wot about to be voted upon whon it was objected that the constitution of the Governors' Conference forbade forms! resolutions or action of the sort. At this, Governor Sprout, of Pennsylvania, pointed out that no aueh formal action was necessary and at th call of Governor Bamberger, of Utah, who presided, a vote was taken oa ths suggestion to sppotnt the com mittee informally. Approbation of the Governors was overwhelming. One voice, that or Governor Ed wnrds, of . New Jersey, was raised in objection.. ,The Eastern executive, who is a banker, aaid he thought Federal legislation such as is contemplated by bis colleagues wonld be "economically wrong." Conditions should be left to adjust themselves, he declared. Regard Coaditioae as Critical. Apprehension regarding agricultural nnd industrial conditions throughout the country characterized most of the ex prossions by speakers addressing the governors today. Several States, represented by theirJ- cniei executives or governors-elect, were reported In a condition verging on the extremely critical, while spokesmen for mot of the others sssented to ths gen eral proposition thst there is- genuine Cans for alarm ia the outlook. Conditions in Iowa, Governor Harding said, menace th very existence of the agricultural industry. Be urged on every Htarte official the necessity of emergency legislation to protect farmers from lm pending ruin. Ths farmers he warned are facing conditions under whieh they Will, bs unable t supply cities with necessities of lifs. Production of foodstuffs will pes! Uvely cease in ths Mississippi valley withla ths next two years if better eon ditions srs not quickly brought about, Gov. J. B. A. Bobertson, ef Oklahoma, tola ths conference when he was Intro duced at a luncheon tendered the vial tors by " the Harrisburg Chamber ef Commerce. Uaabla to Market Crape Governor Bobertsoa told cf huge sup plies of grains and foodstuffs as well aa cotton which he said, hav erowded warehouse in th 8onthwet following bam per crop which could not b moved from their point of origin when prices were still' high en account of the ear shortage, whil present price received for the commodities are aot sufficient (Continued aa Pear Tea.) WOMAN GIVES BIRTH r TO FOUR CHILDREN V Halt Lake City, Utah, , Pec av al. Vina T. Knight, wife of a farm, r at Plain City, Utah, gav birth t fear children, three .boys and a cirL last night. Dr. Corg Baker. W Ogdea, reported thst the mother mm- cnildresi are prngsantng favor ably.. .;. .-U: , TWO OF BABIES DIE. -Ogata, Utah, Dsc 1. Tw mt the wadrspleta -bora to Mr. Vina T. Knight, of Plain City, laat night, aliod a few hours after birth, , Th attending physician aaya h think tha thr 4we will live. The babies woJghed a boat - fear aad eae-half poaads each. DELEGATES JOYFUL 5 OVER PRESIDENT'S OFFER TO MEDIATE CAUSES A STIR IN . LEAGUE ASSEMBLY I V, K .i ' V - W(f' 5-f t"i Aaaj, itajor MarlborouRh Churchill, former assistant chief of the the United State- Army Intelligence Service, has arrived sion of the League of Nations. The Arrival of- Major Churchill, although apparent without any marked signifi cance as far - as the United States is concerned, caused considerable stir among the delegates of the assembly. HON TODAY Several Men Charged With Be ing Implicated In Killing Will Be Tried Morgantpn, Dee. L-TbeT preliminary hearing in the GJenn Lippard murder case, the investigation ot whieh at Hickory haa attracted much attention during the past two weeks, will bo held here at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon before Magistrate W. V. llallyburton. The alleged murder .occurred about three miles from Hickory just across the Un in Burke county on funday night, November 29th. Since the find ing of the body of Glenn Wppard' by horsemen on the day following Solicitor Uunman hna been following every clue thst would in any way help to solve the mystery that surrounded the ease, Dock sad Cecil Hefner and Lon Young are now in jail here on war rants charging them with murder, John and Jim Hefner, father and brother of the former, are eharged with being ae eessories sfter the fart, each under $2,500 bond to appear here tomorrow. and Lou-Lynn, the white woman, whose testimony" counts so strongly sgainat the Hefnors, is held as the Stats s prin elpal witnesa. ' Solicitor Huffman stated today that he would introduce at the hearing to morrow only enough evidence as will bind the Hefners snd Young over to the December term of court which eon venes here next Mondsy. He intimated that the most eonvine Ing part of th evidence that he ha re ceived in the case will be held unti the time of trial. Self and Bagby and J. L. Murphy, of Hickory, will aaaiat the solicitor in the prosecution. A. A. Whiteaer, of Hickory, will represent the defense. It is said that he will attempt to establish an alibi for his clients and try because of nor character to disprove the testimony of Lou Lynn. COURT CONCLUDES ITS INQUIRY OF KILLINGS Over 1,000 Natives Slain Since Intensive Campaign Against Bandits Began Port Au Prince. Haiti. Dec, l-(Bv tho ' Associated ' Prose.) A total of 1J42 Haitians met death since the be- r i . a ,L. i : -: K against tha bandits of tha island ap proximately two years ago, it was de veloped by the Naval court, of inquiry during its. three - weeks' of hesrings just concluded here into the setiens of American Marines in Haiti. This total includes the ten natives alleged to have been killed by ex-Corporal Freemaa Lang and Sergeant Dorcas Willisms. , - Outside the ten deaths eharged againat Lang and Williams, sll the deed accounted for during the hearing fell in the 2,198 actual battle that oc curred, including th attack ea Port Au Prince in January, according to th testimony. " , ' '.. TWO KILLED BY TRAIN AT CONTENTNEA JUNCTION Wilson, Dec. l.-At - Contentnea Junction a whit man had a negro were lorn limb from limb by the Northbound express section of. train No. 80, They wets walking between, tracks watching ths spproaeh of a southbound freight trsin snd stepped in front of th north bound tram. It is said both parties lived 'ia this city but their ' names hare' hot been ascertained. '- - TARIFF0N RICE, WHEAT ' x AND. COTTON IS URGED Chics zo. Dee." l.A protective tariff on cotton, , rice' snd wheat was advo cated before th National Assoeiatioa of Commissioners, Secretaries aad Repre sentatives of Departments of Agriculture today by Harry D. Wilson, of Louisiana, who declared that although he wo a Democrat, h favored protection for th p-ty.- i 1 i y 1 1 " ". ;- r i 1 'Ti i - -a iL . t m aj.i: i. ri - HOLD HEARING IN Spain and Brazil Offer To Join President In Mediations Tc End Hostilities In Armenia : COUNCIL IS DRAFTING, LETTER TO PRESIDENT ? ACCEPTING HIS OFFER Receipt of Letter front Mr. ' Wilson Createa. Profound Impreision Among, Dele, fates of The Leagfne of Na tion! ; "Poor Old Europe Will Feel Leaa Abandoned," Ex. claimed One of French Membera; Much Speculation Aa To What Course Media.' tion In Armenia WiH Take; wThe President's Acceptance Brings Belief 1 1 AUSTRIA VOTED MEMBER intsaoaali roted a member of the League of naiaona ay lb coaamiasiea for tho sdmtaaioa of pew states here today. . cxpenca ta assembly ml tha waga will ratify this actio a. Geneva, Dec 1. (By The Associated Press.) A letter to President Wilsoa, accepting his offer to aet as mediator ia .Armenia, was being drafted by the conneu of the League of Nations her today. Mr. Wilson's note, wheih was r. ceived this morning, was read to mem. bers of tha eouneil at 10:30 o'clock snd was received with marks of live-' ' liest satisfaction. It waa announced this afternoon that 8pain and Brasil had offered to ioia President Wilson in his role of Armen ian mediators. This offer has been em bodied ia the Yeply to Mr. Wilson framed by the eouneil. , The reply to th American president, it was tated, expresses deep appneia PrMiat' acceptance. Th allied high commissioners at Constan tinople, it says, are being consulted as to ths best way for Mr. Wilsoa ta proceed. Th eouneil. it is added, believes there will b no great difficulty about the President's mediators conferring with Mustepha BTemal Pasha, th Turk' ish Nationalist leader, who haa been making wsr upon th Armenian, rt'j Offer ta Ce-eswrata. r9 The offer of Spaia aad Brasil to Joraf in the mediation came during this """" morning' session of th council. Thst body left it to President Wilsoa to d. eide if he desired thia m.Mnil K After further discussion of the not I In the council meeting this afternoon it win go forward to Washington ia the early evening. President Wilson's acceptance created a great impression when it waa an. nounced today. , "Poor old Europe will feel lean mhntu doned," waa a remark made bv a nu-m. ber of the French delegation white discussing the; matter. Th sews gav the assembly great relief, aa the Ar menian question hsd become th bug-v bear of tha assembly. ' Speculation aa to Meaaa. ' ." Thye ia much speeulstion as to what form 'the mediatiaa of Armenia will take. A. J. Balfoxtr, a leader ef th - British delea-ntion. has nirkl tfc. assembly that ia order to negotiate it ' would be neceasary to offer Mustepha Kemal, chief of th Turkish National-, iats, something, cither money or terri tory, and thia remark ia recalled ia connection with Mr., Wilson's opposi-t tion to th disposition mad of om parts of ths territory, ef Turkey by ths Sevres treaty. Prediction ia made here that, ia the end, the Greek may pay th pries for aaving what remain of th Armenian people. "President Wilson's actioa ia a big step toward a solution of on of th , most serious problems before th as sembly,' wss th war Lord Robert . Cecil characterized the American praai deat's acceptance. . . Brings Hack Relisf. "It brings -relief to all of as wh' ar trying- to find a way to help tha : Armenians out of the difficulty," h . said. "Mr. Wilson 'a aeeeptane ia com-'' mendable and worthy of the best tra-, ' ditions of ths United States, which hav. always been a friend ef Armenia aad -' taken ths lead in alleviating her uf- fe rings. ' v . , . "Th dseisioa f President Wilsow; s not ia soy sens political, from any',1 point of view, nnd cannot give ea- couragemeot to aJl those who wish to - see th United State ia the league. It . is simply a natural development at an old, humanitarian peJ icy, Bave Foaasl ta Mask"" . .'"V" Dr. Fridtiof Nansen. wha had been . one of, ths first to become itereated in Armeaia, and ia n member of the committee considering developlaent in . that . country, waa rather incliaed ta , . pessimism yesterday. - When heard the aw todsy, hwvr," h beamed with Joy ' 1 ' -' i .' " -. . " ; ' '. "We have found th man," h cn4 , "ad th rcst.will b wy." . . SOLDIER PATIENTS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE IN FIRE Greenville.- a C Dee. l-ixty-elght soldier nstieate confined la the United ; State - Public Health Servie koapltel at Camp Servier, had a Barrow ssssys about midnight last night, whoa fir practically destroyed wards 16 aad V. The patients aided by nurse and Bed Cross workers, werav removed without confusion in record ton, and "no a (Continued on Page Two). L. :..-:..'"..' ; " adr Coatlnue4 en fag Tw). farmer. 1 i 1 1-' wa reported, injured, .