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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
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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
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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
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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
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L. :..-:..'"..' ; " adr
Coatlnue4 en fag Tw).
farmer. 1 i 1 1-'
wa reported, injured, .