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RAIiEIGH, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER .0, 1920. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. PRICE FIVE CENTS .-
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WILSON'S ANSWERS
DISAPPOINTING TO
-LEAGUE DELEGATES
Was" Hopd That . President
".Would Name Delegate Qn
.Disarmament Commission
CANADIAN DELEGATION
SCORES NEW VICTORY
Secures r Elimination v Prom
Technical Committee's -Be.
' port of Important Articles;
Prospect! of Long Drawn
Out Session Wprryint; Is.
. temblj
,. Geneva, Dm. 9t (By,thasecJ
ted . Pre8Xyr eatatandlag
f sat art la ceaasctlea with ' tne
LMgaeief. Natjana asssmbly aad
Ua commissions today want
Disappointment evinced ever
President Wilson's declination of
tba . Invitation tkat an. American
- delegate CMptnli witk tha com-
aUtas that Balnria b adaslttsd
to tho leagao, this belag da large.
- ry to Marshal Foch' repartl that
Balgaria waa meeting her treaty
blinttons.
Fixing, of December 1 by tb
renaratiaas mlaaloa for a dhv
eaaaiea t Us reparation prahlasa.
GHsniaat'.aa of th proristo la
tfcw toehaical , cwaunittes's rcpert
tmt 'ponnanent finance, tranalt aad
health ojufilaaiBS, U which-the
Canadian delegatlosi atreanostjly
lertod.
Tha official Btatenuat of , the
- reparations commlaaloa Says: '
'The ennferenes of expert ap
amlnted bv their noversmenta In
accordance with th Frsnco-Britlah
acrcemeat of Noresaber , 19J9,
III wmmmt - HraalH HB DCm
her IS to discaasMhe problems of
renarmtioM.''
Geneva. Dec. 9. (By the Aesoeisted
PnttaA President Wihion's negative re
ply to name' an unofficial delegate to
ro-o pernio1 with the commission to be
ppointed by the Assembly to- discuss
diaarinanicnt 1ms caused great dissap
Dolntmcnt here. Th" chief desire-of
the Assembly member seems to be.' to
nf i iriii,! I i uTriMn -Ti rm immm m ia 11 i , r r.r 1111 n M m .... h v x w:, '..n-.x
maintain, asSmany points of aonUet as I assuming proportions Tb discount to
possible with the tTnited State and it lit early ris was the fear that North
was thonght th disarmament InvstM CatoHnov Bepublieaa would not staad
gatlon. afforded an opportunity ,oii
which President Wilson cotfld take ad-
Mtitaare without eommitUbi himself.
' Mr. Wilson' decisions tegarding th
Armenian boundarie hav not been re
teived here. It is thought in league
rireles that his reply has more likely
been scat to London or Paris, since it
is snsttor for consideration by ih
Supreme Council of the -Alike; rathe,
tLsn by the League or nattona. '
CaaSda Scores Atain.
Canada, whoso delegation ha made
a great impression on th. assembly
' scored ngmn today when it laectircd
elimination of the provision in tho
technical eoinmittce'a report for, por-
aiamcnt iinance, transit ana nesan
commissions. The Assembly, impressed
by the growing expenses of tho League
nd the interpational labor bureau, i
copied the Canadiaa view, Tho Can'
dins argued it was preferable to work
with 'temporary commission having
consulting power only on til it is pos
alble to see mors clearly just what may
be Apne with specialized organizations. I
Th prospeet of a prolonged stay in
Ueneya are beginning to worry tho del
egatea and officials of the Assembly.
All the members of th Lesgu delega
tions ar making every effort in com
mittees or full sessions to increas th
speed wf their work, but with little suc
cess thus far. After two day spent
entirely apon the report of the tech'
nical committee. President Hymans of
the Assembly, today mads an - earnest
appeal to th delegates to cut their rr
Hyman Vrgos Speed.
, President Hymans held over the
twida ef th delegates the menace of I
' two sessions dayy and lengthening th
-L morning session by half an hour. A
number of th delegate hav arranged
. to lears Jenera Friday or Saturday 'of
atrt week.- Meantime, tiers rsmsint
to boNdis posed of the report of ths
eomsaitt oa th admission of new
States, aad also disarmament, mandate
and the international court, beaidei a
usmbsr of smaller questions.
. ' :' , Wsaksa Oppoaitloa. t
Tha strone opposition of the :
bars of th "Littl Entente" to ths ad
, mission of Bulgaria into the League ;of
Aauonn was msteruiiy weaceaea un
- morning by th receipt oy th eommis-
aun , aw Iha - admisaion of new stats
of report from Marshal Foch, atatino.
i i:n.j t,...
obligations belter , thaa any oa-ne
' ar onntry. .. -i. .
link Auttr iuuiim wci rnmmj
' Bnmania, Serbia, Caecho-SIovakia and
Greeea hav beea oondneting i figbt
for sevsral weeks agaiast fhe entrase
af Bulgaria at this tima, all submitting
long documents outlining numerous al
leged 'violations of the pese treaty by
Bulgaria. - Marshal Foch point - out
that Bulgarian disarmament - haa ad-
vanoad farther than ihat of any 'other
nmy atata, her army bow consisting
et 23,000 zsen, instead of 40,000 aa eon-
Waded by th "Littso Entente.'
f
BEGIN INVESTIGATION
. OF SHIPPING CONCERNS
eleven af th 13d companies operating I
Shipping Board vessels har beea re-1
eeived ffonr the board's iavestigating
eomnuttee,' Ubairmaa isensoa said '-tonight,
and three of tha is ports ar no-J
favorable.' - An. investigation ia being
conducted, tb chairman said, ts de-
termiao whether ownership of tho com-
paniea Is foreign or American; whether aad appeared before th board of army
the Jones Merchant Marine Aet is being engikeer ia'ths interest, ef improTe
complied with and to ascertain th ges- ment of th waterway touching Win
, oral efficiency. Thoso not coming up mingten. They war accompanied to th
to ' ;ndardjill h dropped, ho added, departmsnt Esnatof Simmons, j.
HARDING DEVOTES DAY
TO ANSWERING LETTERS
Acknowledges Offer, of Cover,
aor Cox To Allow Him
Setire From Senate , '
Mm Ion. Ohio, Dae. sVBnanswrsd
letter and telegrams that bad piled up
during his mouth awsy from Msrlon
occupied President-elect Harding's as
divided attentioa today nr as- put ia
severs) houn of overtime in tha hop
of catching up with hi-office tontine
before tha berinninn of hi Leaga jpf
Nations conference.
Bright, clear weather presented bisJ
best opportunity la week foe. a came
of golf and after lunch he wavered for a
while nnder the temptetioa -bat finally
pnt it add and ctaytd oa tha job.
During the day ha acknowledged by
telegram the offer of Governor Coi,
his defeated Democratic opponent In
the Presidential campaign, to appoint
a Republican to succeed him in the
Senate, if he wanted to retire nowin
itead of waiting for a Republican gov
ernor to aastua office.
Mr.Hnrding sent a brief messsg of
thanks but reserved. a decision.
The President-elect" plans have pro
vided thatji quit his Senatorial office
about January 10, when tb new gov
ernor it azpested to nam Senator-elect
Frank B. Will! to th vaeaaey. Ne
decision will be mad as to an earlier
resignation until Mr. Harding has eon
salted tha wishes of .the Senator-elect,
with whom he ha been unable' to com
municate beeaose of th illness of Mr.
Willis' father. . ' - . -
LMRiTLER
Sampson County Man Plans To
Make Strong Fight For
' Position In Cabinet
The News and Observer Bureau.
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By K. E. POWELL,
(By Special Lesaed Wire.)
Washington, Dee. 9. Th Iamb "nd
the lion are down together tonight and
Colonel Iko Meekins beats all Demo
crats in secpnding th nomination of
former Senator Marion Butler for
place in tho Harding cabinet.,
Colonel Meekins eame to Washington
this' morning from his boat in Eliza
beth City and after a loag conference
with Mr. Butler during th day, issued
elear-e'nt statement for publieaUoa
lata this .evening. -
The Butler boom, unouestioaablv. la
kaca.af theu fellow patriot and Colonel
Meekins bastes to correct this irs ores-
lion.. Ths eoioaal eaapthratd for Hard
ing in aoveral states this -year aad a
a 4eiegato to the cuieago onvwation,
was namea on tne eomnsstte er. no
tification that went to Marion this sum
mer.
Butler Busy Campalgnlnw.
Sdvatoi Butler has been in Washing-
ton for severs! day and has been
conference with Bepublieaa leaders dor
ing that time. Democrats who have
followed the movement to make him
member of th cabinet ar per
suaded that he ha strong chances, an
less John M. Morebead declines to n
dors him. Th statement from- Col
one! Meekins lends color to th sag
gestion that' th Bepublieaa of th
BUte will fall ia line with the warm
Democratic - endorsement given th
Sampsoniaa and make him a' serious
contender for on - of h th Harding
portfolio.
'Th great agricultural Booth wants
to be recognized in President Harding'i
satinet, said Colonel Meekins. '
-vsry agricultural organization in
my State and over the South, so fsr
ns I know, has joined in asking for
th Secretary of Agrieultur. Business
men and professional men' ar also
joining in the request for this recog
nition of our predominant basic in
dustry. It is most significant that many
Democrat ar joining wjth Bcpubli-
eaas la-asking for tnls recognition for
our Houthern agricultural smpirs. It
mean that th eeoaomi aad .Indus.
trial Interests of our peopl ar sp
pealing to them mors than partisan
consideration. Thi broadening view
andlseling oa th part' of oar people
present a remarkable opportunity for
(h support of Bepnbliean principle.
- . Consldsn Sntlar IjsallOssU-
' "Asother most significant thing is the
unanimity with . which ' aljf those els-
meats, regardless of party,, hav joij
sd ia presenting aa same and one1
only, Marion Butler. It is because they
recognize in him oa of the strongest
men. in tha -Sooth, who ha in n very
marked degree svery - qualification for
that most important cabinet position.
H b on of our largest aad most sue-
sctaful - farmers b ha all his lif
bsea ' identified with, every movement
for th advsneemsnt of sgriealtnrs and
'nsf tn nignest oraer or aaministra-
H ikllitv ,. ,
-- - y jr
xas placing ox senator ssooer xa
that position will mean that President
Harding will fcavs ths greatest Secre
tary of Agricnlturs who has svsr flllsd
that-position, i aad will at tha
tima mean-mort for th sucssas of th
Bepublieaa party ia oar State aad th
whol Hontatnan aaything ais .which
can 1 don dttring hia adminUtra-
tion.'. i ''';'".; . $ .t
Th tim is rip to aeeord this roe
oguitlPa to our part of tb country
and ths arreat Wast should joia
making it nnsninrous. x,
Morriaoa la Washlarton.
Governor-elect Cameron Morrisoa and
Word H, Wood, president of tho Ameri
can Trust Company, of Charlotte, ar-'
rived in Washington yris morning snd
ui spend two or tare days' ia' ths
Natioaal capital.
Both were1 in eonfersneo most of tha
day . with Senator Tarnifold M. Sim
mons. They lunched nt the Cspltol with
Senator Simmons and Senator Over-
man. :.''- -;; -'-. t
J. Allan, Taylor, James H. Co waa andi
outer tvumingtomana wsr aere.txmay
i irnrnin w a as s sa i
1 " .. 'Mlmil!lu.iHWMH3al
ViOWftW'S
TELLS HER STORY
Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney Ap
pears Before Commission On
v Irish Question
TELLS OFllFE AND
- DEATH OF LORD MAYOR
Sister of Terence MacSwiney,
Also On Witness Stand, De.
clares American Aid Needed
For Irish Children This Win.
ter;. feaj Jrish -Determined
, To Cain Their' Freedom
Washington, D. C, . Dee. 9. Th
widow of th lata Lord Mayor of. Cork,
Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, presented to
day to tbe commission' of the. Commit
tee of On Hundred investigating th
Irish qeustion her story of th hanger
strike at, Brixton Prison, London, of
bar husbaad and of his death; and
th- detail aa sk had witnessed ihem
of Sttemnta by th ' Irish Bepablieans
to gain freedom for their eountry.
rnTlfraSlW-"a
is recognized Miss Mary MacSwiney,
sister of the late Lord Mayor recalled
to add details to the story sbs told
the commission, yesterday, added to-the
-declaration of her sinter-in-law th
assertion that the coming winter wonld
be "Ireland's Valley Forge" aad sp-
pealsdVfor American aid, not, she said,
for tb men and women of Ireland,
but for th children.
Will Bo Hard Winter.
"The coming winter , in Ireland''
said Miss MscSwiney. will bo hard.
Tb British hav destroyed onr crops,
our supplies - of food. Ths
get on j th women can stand the (of
fering. But it is for th children
plesd. Ws must hav help thi winter.'
Th widow of .tho Cork' Lord Mayor
declared therVas no choice for the
Irish Bepublicans but to stand to
gether whatever tha cost snd eontinu
the fight for Independence. She- said
it was such a spiri thst had actuated
her , sua hand to refuse food nntil
death.
"J knew nty husband was happy, as
bis physical strength was worn away
by hunger, for his countenance abso
lutely radiated peace aad contentment.
Mrs. MaeSwinsy asserted. I was be
sought to -pload wUkUTm to tako goad.
But I wonld net, for I nsvro, nsvcf
would Interfere with iy hnshand a a
matter of coisaeJUntoa. It was hi eheic.
It was tn aeeisioa ox Alt spirit.'
Aided Mwvwasest. - .
Misst MaeSwinsy expressed th be
lief that th fatal-hunger -itrtk of
her brother had greatly benefitted tha
Irish independence movement. She told
oft, ths series of telegrams shs had si
changed with Premier Lloyd George ia
aa attempt to fix rasponsibliity for her
brother's prison sentence and for th
treatment he and his relative had beea
accorded by th British government.
-Tn resnic or-trus esenango. or
telegrams, she added, "made -m feel
Lthst Lloyd Gesrge wu responsibl be
fore God and man for the death of my
brother. I shall continue tft feel that
way and I shall eontinu to spread the
truth' of that situation "throughout all
Ire lan dT .
Alleges Coasniracy,
Mis MacSwiney gars an account of
what she characterised as conspiracy
betwens offlelali of -Brixton prison and
the British Horn Office "to defeat plans
of the family to take the" Lord Mayor's
body back to Cork," because, she said,
ths British, feared aa uprising nnd
they didn t want any mors troubls thaa
they already had." 1
We Irish ars no domestic -problem
of England," she said. "We are an
international problem. Ideals of all
Irish Bepabllcans are the am and
my plea to tbe American Mottle I that
yap at least gwe fair play aad justice
to me, for - the British stories of tb
Separatist movement do not carry all
th facta. "We ar not divided aad ws
intend that th wbotejrorM shall know
tne trnta bote. of. ear cans and tne
misrepresentation of th British."
Th eomminsioir tomorrow win hear
several former members of the. Boyal
Irish eohsiabulary. ? " . "y .
As th life story of the late Terrene
MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, was
told by bis widow, ; Urs. xMaeSwiaey's
accounts of the anjneroni arrests of
her husband, hi efforts, oa behalf of a
fro Irish nation aad the actions of th
British government In attempting "to
throttle Irish development" were poa.
posted by applause and sobs. .- V
. sirs. ssacBwiaey toia or ner numag
to th Jate Lord Mayor ia. England .in
1917, just after her husband had been
released from on of the snany prison
terms. She related howheir only baby
was born -while its father was ia jail
ia-Belfast and how. ah daily carried
to child to visit tho-father in prison.
Mrs. MacSwiney reeonnted the arrest
Of- August 12, 1920, aad the tiegiaaiag
of the last huager strike, Hr husbaad,
shs saidVwna charged with having had
aode used by the police, aad. aha as
ssrted, thia was proper bscaaso of his
poutioa aa-iiord hfsyor. She wea pres
ent st the; trial and said the Lord
Mayor told her thea of his intention
to continue oa hunger strike. She be
came eonm&d thea, - she dsetared,
that the Mid, Mayor wonld die or star-
vattoa aaress the. British govwrnmeat
gran ted Hi released . ..'('-:.:.
"After my husband muds his speech
at the trial,'' she continued, I goes
became resigned, aecustomsd to what
! (Cosrtla'aed oat Psg Two)
IMPORTANT STATEMENT '
' IRELAND TODAT
1 Leadea. -sate. 1. (Br tba . Aaas-
etated PhmI-II Im uiii that
Premier Lloyd George will mahe aa
important etetememt'ea Irs la ad on
SSUf or mo JISHS 9
at aosa Friday, ' -.
BILL TO PROHIBIT
IMMIGRATION GETS'
SUPPORT OF HOUSE
Supporters of Measure Win In
Every Preliminary Skirm-
ish With Ease
ULTIMATE PASSAGE OF
' BILL SEEMS ASSURED
Special Sole To limit General
Delate To Fpnr Honrs Adopt
ed Bj Vote of 151 To 9;
Measure Would Prohibit All
Immigration To U. 8. For
Two Tears
Washington, Doe. 9. Supportera of
the -Johnson . bill to prohibit immigra
tion for two year won every prelimi
nary skirmish in th House today with
each eae that ultimate passago of the
measure seemed to them to be as
sured. The only record rota thst eame dur
ing two hours oT debate was carried by
advocates of restrictedimmigration, 151
to V. This vote taken oj adoption 'of.
,jpnoJ to )uo.tt general ,debatJ
tion, however.
. Two of the four hours allotted ' to
general debate had been consumed when
the House adjourned late in the day
Another two hoars of general debate
will follow tomorrow and then speakers
will be allowed only five minutes each.
Chairman Johnson of ths Immigration
committee,, who drafted tho bill, ssid
that disposition of amendments prob
sbly would .delay the final vote nntil
Saturday,
Divided Debate-
- Debate at today's session waa divided
by agreement between Chairman John
son, snd Representative Baker, Dem
oerat, California, who lead tho forces
friendly to the bill ,and leprseeatative
Siegel, Republican, of New Tork, and
Sabath, Democrat, of Illinois, leaders
of the oppotn.t-.on.
Partisan lines disappeared during th
debate. Apparently by coincidence, the
leadership divided itself equally be
tween Democrats aad Bepublicans, on
member of each party leading the forces
for and against th bill.
Campbell Oawaa Debate.
-Opening debate lav the bouse today oa
us immlgtotioa qnestion, Jtepresenta-
thro Campbell, chairman of the rules
esaasaittos, whs declared that aaUss
"the flood gste are closed, the standard
of living will be lowered, nnemsdoyment
already estimated at 1,000,000 men, will
ran rampant and the -wag amnios de
stroyed." T
Kerressotatire BUiath. Pemocrat, of
Illinois, took iesae wttk Mr, Uampbell
oa the question of unemployment, de
claring that he did not believe there
was anything liks 2,000,000 men out of
work. I ile condemned the rales com
mittee for -reporting a rule limiting
general debate oa th immigration meas
ure to four hoars, declaring it was
dangerous precedent fr the Bepnbliean
to set.
Bepressntative Johnson, Bepublieaa
South Dakota, read a letter received, he
said, "from a prominent American, jour
nalist ia Europe," depicting eeene of
crowds besieging American consulates
aad declaring that consuls were 'doing
noble job in holding off the gangs,
but most have help and legislation which
will strengthen their hands."
Representative Fssa, RepublisaA. of
Ohio, said ''this legislation would fail
to keep undesirables on of this country,
unless Assistant (Secretary of isibor
Post was removed from his office. After
that has been done, he sdded. "we can
assimilate sons of thoss already here
and ass the deportation statutes to get
rid of the remainder.
MOB THREATENS NEGRO
WHEN UNABLE TO AGREE
VirBinia Governor Orders
Troops To Staunton To Pro.
tect Prisoner In Jail
Staunton, Ts - Dec. 9i Failure of
jury to acres on a verdict ia the
trial of Harry- Hart,' a negro, charged
with attacking a white girl here yester
day, lesVto th formatioa tonight of a
mob outside the jail where the negro
I held. Festr of snob violence hav
caused city officials to ask for
pany of State guardsmen. -
The aegro was indicted sarly today
by a sDceial errand Jury called to n-
vestigato the alleged . attack. Trial of
the negro - war held . tonight, bat the
jury, after, being oat two hoars la
formed the court that it was tanabl to
reach aa s greenest, - The jury then
was ordered locked , ap for tho night
and court adJooraed nntil tomorrow.
The city authorities fear Khar wheal
aews of the jury's tailor to agree be
comes geseraJly kaovrn the mob will
increase ia size and attcmnt to (torn
jnu.
' CharlottesriU. Ya - Dec 9. Ths
Charlottesville company of r the Vir
ginia Kstional , Guard, kaowaTaa - th
Montiecllo Guard," was ordered by
Governor Davis tonight .to entrain for
Staontoa to guard against snob vlo-
pen growing eat of "the alleged at-
uca oy a negro oa watt 'gin aad the
failure of a jury , before . whom - th
aegro wad tried to reach a verdict.
. The . Charlottesville . company. - com
posed of Bfty men and commanded by
Captain Darwin C Disehs, will leave
here tomorrow morning, at I. a clock, t
i
. ; Csaaefaa Wias Fnal Beand.
Chicago, Ills. Dee. 9. Robert , Can-
nefax, of New Tork,; defeated John
Layton, of Bt. Loss in the final rouad
of th Kstional thres-euvhion billiard
tonrnament tonight by tbe-seos of 79
to S3, ia 77 ianiag. The victory threw
the toomament into, a three cornered
tie between- Cannefat, Layton ' and
Clarence Oaekson, of Kansas tfltyl no-
tittjns; plsy.-9ff-tosrrpj(, ..
EXPECTS NO EARLY
ACTION TO REVISE
'SYSTEM-OF TARIFF
Rep. Longworth Says Restor
ing Protective Tariff lit
volves Many Problems
WOULD REQUIRE TIME
TO EFFECT CHANGES
)hio Congressman Tells Life
Insurance Presidents That
Early Reduction of Taxes Is
Impossible; Should Not Sac.
rifice Our Industrial Inde
pendence
New Tork, Dee. 9. Tariff revision to
restore th principle of protection for
American . iAdustries forms a task
hedged about with eo many new prob
lem difficult cf solution that no early
action by Congress is to be eipected,
Representative Nicholas Longworth, of
Ohio, a member of the Honso ways and
means eommittM, Aclared here tonight
. ' rj
reductions in ths nesr futurs were im
possible,
"I sincerely hope that I am wrong,'
Mr. Longworth declared in discussin
tariff revision, "and that during the
extra session wewill be sble to complete
a thorough snd scientific revision of ths
tariff laws, but I am bound to confess
that so far si I can now ses into the
future, the prospect is decidedly hazy.
. Cites Problems.
Chief smong the problem to be eon
fronted in su a revision, the speaker
placed determination of the attitude of
the united States toward assisting ia the
economic rehabilitation of the powers
associated with it in ths world wsr.
Such aid should be extended, ho said
but never "at the sacrifice of American
Industrial independence" through throw
ing down the tariff bars to foreign pro
ducts. It was true, he said,v "that the war
bad changed conditions and that a fa
vorable trade balsnee. former)' "i
feather in our cap,' was not perhaps
a liability rather thaa an . asset sines
it bad reached an aggregate of nearly
900)00,000 for ths years 1918-1919
and IPSO) up to September.
"But hav they changed," he added,
to such sa extent that ws ought to
abandon all th standards aad policies
Of th past aad forgetting- our home
market, enter into a mad aqrambie for
the world market T
Mr. Longworth added It was doubtful
whether throwing open American mar
kets to aid Great Britain, Franc, Italy,
aad Belgium, rehabilitate themselves
and discharge their debt to ths United
States would accomplish its pnrposs.
. N Bednced Taxes.
Substantial reduction of taxes ts not
possible in th near futurs, Be pre
eatativ Lone-worth declared her
kjrhile speaking at the meeting of tkt
Association of Lif Insurance rrssl
dents. '
'Our Immediate problem, Mr. Long-
worth said after aa .analysis of ths
covernmeni s fiscal situation, is th
revision and modification and slmplifl
cation of present law, and the subeti-
tptioa of fair and proper taxes for the
present teres which to my mtna are in
many respects unfair and improper,
Bare a Binioa.
Ths sneaker predicted that Congress
would slice in tho neighborhood or l
billion dollars from estimates sggrs
gating more thaa four billions pre
sented by ths exacutiva. department
when Congress opened Monday. 'That
would, not permit, however, he added
any general reduction in taxes, and
Congress faced ths task of finding
new sources of revenue which could be
-substituted for existing , taxes which
should bs abandoned or modified.
Customs .receipts, Mr. Longworth
said, war too low, but despite a firm
conviction of the eoundneneV of a pro
tective tariff policy be added that he
did not consider that a general tariff
revisioa to Increase duties could be un
dertaken in the present disturbed state
of the world.
Ths zees profits tax was describes'
by the speaker as "essentially a tax on
brains .and ability 'and efficiency of
snanagemsntr which ought to be re
pealed.
"But the situation Is. aad we might
i well frankly face it.1' he ssld. "thai
it cannot ds repesied unless some other
tax is substituted for it that it wlU
raise approximately the earn amount
ox .mony.
CLOSE WAREHOUSES IN
GREEN RIVER DISTRICT
Serious -Outbreaks Threatened
Because of Low Prices Paid
Por Tobacco .
Owensboro. Kv Dee. 0. ftorinua mit.
break ar threatened here because f
tho conditio' of the tobacco market
low prices of which. It wss said, threaten
farmers of the Green River district
with bankruptcy. Fly hundred tobac
co growers following a meetinr hers
today, marched in a body to the loose
leaf warehouses, where they demanded
that the owners close their places of
business nntil better prices could be
realized. ' , . -,-i'. ? .
1v of sthe seven warehouse hold in ir
sales vher have sgreed to close, i Sales
today were practically three dollars a
aondrM stronger than- yesterday av
erage, 72,420 pounds selling for sn av
erage of $8.78 a hundred.
Orowers psid little attention to this,
insisting that the market be closed
until prices reached a level which
wculd inxur them "a living wage.. '
-' New Aastrisn President, "'- ' '
.Vienna. Dec. 9. (By the Associated
Prtwa.WDr. . Miehul 'Rainta-h" (waa
fleeted President of Austria today1 by
ine ftauonai aasectfi
TURKS AND ARMENIANS
" SIGN TREATY OP PEACE
Reported That Pact With Turk
ish Nationalists Was Signed
December 2
Constantinople-, Dee. 9. (Jlavas).
A pese treaty between Armenia and
the Turkish Nationalists is reported to
bsv been signed at Alexandropel dur
ing the night of December 2-3. Under
th treaty Armenia' territory will be
reduced to only the region of Erivsn,
th? cspltal, and lake Ookcha, exclud
ing Kara and Alexandorpol.
Th treaty provides .that all Arme
nia' armaments must b delivered to
the Turks with th xeepttn of 1,500
rifle, 28 quick flrers and three can
non whlehthe Armenians are permitted
to keep.
A Soviet administration has been
organized in Erivsn, according to the
reports and a complete 'accord exists
between Soviet Kussian Azerbaijan
Armenia and tha Turkish Nationalist.
President Wilson Tells of Ap
palling Conditions In China;
Issues Appeal -
sin x.
resulting irom famine Jn several of ths
provinces.
Ths President said mat' in order to
assure aa orderly collection of contribu'
tions he hsd invited "a nation-wide com
mittee" to lend their aid. Thomas W.
LamontjT of New York, ts named chair
man of the committee, and Acting Ss,
retary Davu, of the Stat. Department, '
treasurer.
''A famine) alarming In Its propor
tions, today holds in rts grin several
important prowices in China,' ssid the
President's sppesL ''The crop failure
is complete snd th present distress
which is great is likely, before winter
has run its eours, to become sppalling.
In fact, our diplomatic snd consular
agents in China inform ms that ths loss
resulting from death in distressing form
may run into millions of souls. It is
certain that the local government and
established agencies of relief are unable
to cope with the magnituds of the dis
aster which fsees them.
"Under ths elreumetsaees, relief to be
effective should be granted quickly.
Once more an opportunity is offered to
the American - people to show that
prompt aad generous response with
which they have ' invariably met the
call of their brother nations ia dis
tress. Th case of China I regard as
especially worthy of th ceraest atten
tloa of-our citizens. To an unusual
degree the Chines people look to or for
counsel nnd for effective friendship. Our
anarch es- through Kerr religious and
medical missionaries, their schools and
colleges, aad oar philanthropic founda
tions bare rendered China an incalcul
able benefit, which hsr people recognize
With gratitude and devotion to the
United States. Therefore, sot only in
the name of humanUy, but in that of
the friendliness which ws feci for
great people in distress, I venture to ssk
that our citizens shall, svsn though ths
task of giving is not today a light ons
respond as they can to this distant but
appealing cry for help,
r j.1a, rt l.A i ..it rt 41i Aril a .1
collection o( such donations, lsrgs or
small, aa may be offered, I have invited
a nation-wide committee, whose names
ar attached hereto, to load their aid
to this mstter. I bavs designated Mr.
Thomas W. Lam oat, of New York City,
to act as chairman of this committee,
nd Mr. Norman Davis, Under-Secretary
of State, to set as treasurer.
'1 realize that this eall, added to those
for the underfed children of Eastern
Europe and the afflicted peoples of th
Nesr East and to tha nseds of our own
country, makes heavy the demand upon
th bounty of th nstion. I sm conn
dent, however, that all these pleas will
be answered in generous spirit.
MILLIONS IN CHINA ASB
' NOW FACING STARVATION
New York, Dee, 9. Th Chinese
famine,' for th relief of which Presi
dent Wilson today announced the ap
pointment of a national committee,
affects five provinces, according to a
csble message from Admiral Tsai Ting-
Kan, director general of the Chines
Bed Gross, made puiilie here today.
They are Chihll, Shantung, Honan,
Shansl and Shensi; in Northern Chine,
Tbe total population of the affected
district is estimated at 87w,uuo per
sons, or whom between owu,uw sna
50,000,000 srs in want: Of these
20,000,000, th Chines Bed Cross of-
ficisls reported, actually are starring
or dying of hunger and cold.
Th lamina fnllnwaf! a TMT of vir
tually complete drought after three r
four years of gradually failing crops.
In Jarg area tbe crop this, year idid
AotYun more than one per cent of nor
mal, failing to retura the seed planted.
In a few districts they were about one-
third normal. Admiral Tsai Ting Kan
reported that all of tb peopl of some
districts ar living on weeds and leaves.
Entire families hsvs taka. their own
lives While parents are Soiling and
drowning their children. ' . . .
' falls to Deliver Prisoasr.
..vi.vi.i - a-ff v.mo k
pear In Federal court and show cans
why ho should not be fined for coa
ts rapt in failing to safely hold, a
prisoner turned ever to th jail by gov
ernment officials, W, M," Hsansn, City
Sergesnt.ead Jailor, was fined tuOO by
Federal Judge Edmund Waddill today.
SENATOR OYERMAN ON '
. INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
Washington, ' Dec; - 9. ' ; Senator
Kswr. of Psansylvsnta, aad Nets,
f Minnesota, Republican, wad Over,
man- of : North Carolina, Dsssecrnt,
have beea appelated by.-Tlee-Prsai-den
Msrshsll as the Senate mem
bers of tbe lolat Congrssslojuil sees-,
mites to have charge of the sr
raagssnsnts for the Inasgs ration of
President-elect Harding. . ., .. -
CALLpFiS;
Tfl HP D PH MfvP
IU IILILI UUII.LUL
KITCHIN ATTACKS :
TAX PROPOSALS Ifl
' HO USTOfTS REPORT
North Carolinian Takes Excep
tion To Recommendations
of Treasury Head
SEVEREST INDICTMENT .
0F.SECRETARY'S P0UC1ES
Voices Views of Many South
ern Democrats Who Hare
Been Displeased With The "
Administration's Rerehne
Measures Relieves Corporal
Interests, He Contends -
Ths News aad Observer Bureau.
003 District Nsrteaal Bank Bldg.
(By R. af. POWELL.) 4 '
"K (By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dee. . Kepabliesa aad
Democrs,tealiko in Wsshington. inelud-"
ing a list of prominent party men from. ,
the Stste, spent ths better part of the
afternoon discuming the sharp state
ment issued to the press this morniag
by RepreMntative Claude. Kitehia oa
trotigly"
f ii Sajr .F--..-... ;.-;
tuning ssxeeplions to the
fulfillment of ths promise he made in a
statement to the News aod Observer on
November SO, to the affect thst the
burden of the Demotrotie fight in. tha .
next Congress would be to resist nny
attempt on ths part of the majority to
take ths taxes off the manufacturers sad
pass them to the consumer. .
Kltehla's Sersrsst ladktmsnt.
While there is no effort mods to eoif- -eeal
tbe fact that Mr. Kitchin has at all
times beea displeased with ths policies
of treasury hesds under Mr. Wilson, tho
indictments lodged against Mr. Houston
are mors severe than any yet made
against tho sdministrstlon of the treas
ury by a Democrat or Mr. Kite, la's .
prominence.
Southern Democrats, particularly have
been displeased with the policies of
Secretary Houston. A notable exception ' .
to a list-of Southern Senators baching
ths recommendations of the Southern -
and Western combination program in
Senator Carter Glass, himself a former
treasury head. v,
Relieves Corporate Intersste.
Mr, Kitehia said hs felt certain that
if the Democrats were, in control ia the
Hones the ways sad means committee
and th House they wonld aaaaimoaaly ,- ' '.
reject Secretary Hosston's propasale.
"The whole latest aad policy of hie
recommendations,'' Mr. Kitehia son tin-
uedr "are to relieve th corporate inter
ests and millionaire), who for the last '
four year have plundered sad pro
fiteered apon th peopl to th extent of
fifty billion of dollsro, of a billion
aad a half or two billions of dollars of L
taxes annually and place that amonpt ,
upon ths backs of the people, that ar
ths victims of such plunderers and pro
fiteers. S
"I esnnot understand bow any man
who claims to havs a single impulse
for ths masses, or who claims to-be a
Democrat, could make each recommen
dations." i
1 trust th Bepublieaa secretary of
ths treasury under the next adminis
tration will havs more confidence in th
Republican Congress than our Demo
cratic secretaries under Wilson's admie- '
1st rations hav showa la Democratic '
Congresses, sad. will aot assume to tell
Congress what it shall tax er shall aot
tax and the rate of taxation, but will
. I. . .
DSj willing so leave n wasrv m ouvr
Secretaries of tho Treasury, before the
sdvent of the Wilson administration, ,
havs left it to ths judgment of Con
gress, as th constitution doe. They
performed their dntleo by informing; .
Congress ths condition of th finances
of the government and the amount of .
money Required to meet government ex-
ppsnsrs.
Rspnbllesn Doctrine, Be Bays. :
If the Democratic parry ia Congress
were to sdopt the suggestions of Secre
tary Houston's report, it would be no .
us to hold future Democratic toaven
tions, for no Demoerstie candidate hero- -
after would get anything liks as many
votes as Governor Cox did in th last
election, and the Lord know h got few
enough. . ;
I predict that in the next Congress
thst ia behalf of many Republican mean-.
urs with respect to taxation, th Be
publicans will eite Secretary Houston
as well as ths President, as authority
for their position." . , "
LOOKS FOR REVIVAL OF -V. !.
BUSINESS AFTER JAN.' 1 .
-
New Tork. Dee. 9. Indication are ;
that th ''tide of the market has tamed '
and th manufacturers ahoqld make
cautious preparations for rsviVsl of the . '
msrket sfter January 1, Stanley :Ju
Sweet, official of a largo overall eon
cent, declared today in nn address be
fore tils' semi-annual convention of tho s
International AssoeUtlon of warmest :
atsnufacturors. - , . - .
The session wss devoted largely to a
lscussioa of standardization si ;eoi. -
tbronghout the industry.- , -' - r-
Senator Irvine Lea root of Wisconsin : -
will address th convention tomorrow.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST -
CHANDLERY CONCERNS p: v
Wsshington, Dee. 9 Complslnl '-, of . ,v
Kunfalr competition in the ship haa- .
dlsry business was lodged, today Byrne . (
Federal Trade Commission srainst tha.
Marin Supply Compsny, of Norfolk,
aad George C Legesdro sad Son,- of l
Texas City, Texas, spplleatioa fort is
suance of complaints having been made
sgainstr each concern, : , j ' -, '
The two com panics, the commission ;
announced, will be given ,forty'-day
to' answer i sverments "that essh ceoia-;
miuions aad gvstuitie were givea to.
shin captains sad ether officers to ia-
due such officers to purchase from tho
two companies , ship . chandlery , sua-