; Tlie News and Ob V- 1 THE M LATHER ' North Caroline Rain Moaeav and Tuesday .moderate, teas aerator, .a, j. , k': ' WATCIl LABEL W Mere lr.Om w4 mM mIs tech rr. server Y VOll CXll. NO. 16f . TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, MONDAY M0RNING." DECEMBER 13. 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS . r t V-1 DANIELS SAYS 1 MUST JOIN LEAGUE OR INCREASE NAVY -t. The Secretary Favors Another Three-Year Building Pro gram If Nation Stays Out of the League, STRESSES NEED OF BIG FLEET FOR PROTECTION OF THE PACIFIC COAST Declare! If United States Ea ten World Organization to Prerent War Present Naval Establishment is Adequate Asks Facilities Jn Hawaii for fleet of a Thousand Vessels, Pointing Out Strategic Ad vantages; Tim Not Come for Abandonment of Capital Ships; Urges Amalgamation of All Marine Activities TJn der the Navy Department Kefers To Haitian Matter WuMngton, Dec. 12. Approval of an other three-year naval building pro gram, involving the construction of 88 vessels, the United States doea not enter the League of Kationa or a aimi lar world organization, ia given by Secretary Daniels in hia annual report today to President Wilson. "If the United States is not to enter into- any agreement with tho other paver of the earth, which are now njonnd together ia the League of Na tiona, styi the Naval Secretary, "I'feel compelled to approve the recommenda tion of the General Board that Congress authorize another three-year program to he begun as soon aa the capital hips now under construction are launched.'' The three-year program recommended by the General Board tho be under way by 1924 includes the . construction of three battleships, one battle cruiser, r 30 light cruisers, eight gunboats, '. destroyer leaders. 12 mine laying su marines, ft cruiser submarines, 4 air plane earners, 3 destroyer tenders and 3 tabmarme tenders. Jir- Present Navy Adsqaat. (If th United States takes Ha stand ' with other countries in an organization td prevent war and promote peace, " Mr. Daniels says, "our- present navy. IHta the addition of some special type. win be adequate Tor ear oerense ana , the. pretention at aggresaloa." v .TIs specific recommendation for ap- prtpfiMisa for w-con it ruction dur ing the nest fiscal rear ax included ia of the eoat of maintaining "the naval eetablishmeat for, the eoming year is 679,515,731 exclusive of any sums Con grass may add for neat, building. This v ia $240,060,000 more than, wa appro priated for the present fiscal year, bat Air. Daniels says the nam ' is, not really a Increase," but is "necessary to earry oa the construction of ships already authorized and the completion of shore f establishments si ready begun by diree tioa of Congress." t - The most pressing problem confront ing the nation with regsm to tho aa tioaal defense, the naval secMtary con tinues ,is the immediate necessity for increasing the naval shore establishment , facilities on the I'acine eoas. - . Weed JPaelSe Frfcet x Ths day will never come," Mr. Dan Jela nays, "wheal a powerful Jleet will YaV not be based in the raelfle and it la es sential that ample provision be made not only for the Pselfi fleet, but for the whole American fleet ia 1U statea per Jods of tactical exercises oa the west coast." v Among the new Pacific coast projects I -? sow under consideratloarvor which Con , great has' been or will be asked to pro Tide' funds are a deepwafer docking and repair base, a submarine base and " other dewloDmeat at Ban Francisco; aa aviation bane at Sand -Point;" King county, Washington a submarsae, de - stroyer aad aviat5oa base at Port Ange les, Iffashingtoaj a submarine base at Lee Angeles; a submarine and destroyer base at Astoria, Oregon, and a very extensive development .of harbor and repair facilities at Hawaii Ia all, the i neport declared, projects that ultimately will reseh a eoat of about 10,000K)0 i are argently seeded for the Pacifl eoaat - proper. f .. - V Needs Ia Hawaii. , Characteriain Hawaii as -the Vrees ' road aad key to thj Pacifle," 4Ir. Dan- iem recommenda the creation there of a ' fleet-tperatiag- bass . capable of aecom- nlatine the entire American navy with aU auxiliaries. Facilities forafleet ef . . thousand vessels eonld be -developed f at Hawaii; the report asserts, adding that "the strategie loeatioa -of Hawaii ia realized, its possibilities have been ' , carefully studied and set forth by aaval ' . experts and its development ea a broad scale a a fleet operating base cannot be too strongly moznnaended. ' - Despite "sporadie eritieiam" 'la rthn country and abroad of the eemplctiea 't of capital ships aathorised before the srar, the batUcship remains the "back - ooae of the fleet, Beeretary- Daniels declares. The ,war . proved that the '" time hu not eoms for the- abandon- meat of oapital ehips, he-says, and- support ef i deelaratioa he-foiais out that reeest British, baUdias ; pre BTaau have included funds for dread naoghU and haul era is rs aad that ' Japaa "Urns ' tayed . Sdowa :. Ave eapital shTpe siBe-the.armiHe aad:it U aa ' derttoed that eight other are projected for the seat fBtaw.t .y ' .' X stroag pl t ali zarine aetiv " Itiee of the gevarnmeo't be eonion dated " ia Vr tha interests of eceaomy ' aat omaiaaey 'is sd -bry!! Hint Baettary, He deaiaree: that "Ameriea ahamhtaav bat M avjr," and, that at , , praaaet there are Tnrroaa -iirue arees- aadsr wieauj givsrameat departments we activities eonld be fsr mere ad- , ' . '- v., (Centraaed OBsrerear.) I VISITING HARDING Former Food Administrator Gives First Hand Informa tion About League Marion, 0 Dee. 12. The League ef .Nations deadlock ' and other problems to be faced by the next administration were talked over between Preildeat elect Harding today and Berber. Hoov er, a eonspieuus advocate of tA) League, wbe came to Marion a one of the first men to be. sunmoeed by Mr. Harding in his promised "meet ing of minds." "We went over about the whole gamut of world and National Iruobloj," said Mr. Hoover after the -conference, "and we solved none of them. Beside the league, international conditions and European relations were the particular subjects ou which the President-elect sought the advice of his visitor, and there also were references in their talk to appointments Mr. Harding is to make in constructing hi administration. - Mr. Hoover frequently ha been men tioned for possible membership in the cabinet, but he aaid today's discus sion of appointment waa casual and not conclusive, WU1 See Rootjreday. Tomorrow, Mr. Harding will ace Elihu Boot, a former Secretary of State, and recently an adviser in the forma tino of a world eourt under the Ver sailles league covenant. Their confer ence, generally accounted one of the most important or the long series to be held here, is expected primarily to concern Ho league and related subjects. Ia giving his advice on an interna tional peaee concert, Mr. Hoover is understood to have urtjed strongly that portions of ths VareaUlea covenant b used ia whatever world, association the incoming administration may attempt to '.build. He aaid material ehaniror must be made in the treaty, Out took the positiot that the frnaie-wort em bodied itf it should be utilized a far as possible.' ' Tha former food administrator was aa advfser to the Amerieaa peace, dele gation at-Vsraatiles aad waa understood to have furnished. "Mr. Harding with much first hand inforttaUoa about the attitude of Karopeaa rtatesmta. Many of the Presidsnt-ileeVs questions relat 4 to eedaomie' coaditioas abroad with Which Mr.,HooVeril familiar through his recent relief work." ' ' WeaM Fix German Indemnity. Among other things, Mr. Hoever de clared the amount of Indemnity to be pajd by Germany, left indefinite by the peaee treaty, ahould be Hxsd at an early doto so that German industries could gauge inactivities to fix the lax of payment. Advising 'in regard t American economic relations with Europe he told Mr. Harding that one of the surest way to pnevent the un dermining of American industry was to encourage - investment of "American, eapital ia enterprises abroa Ths financial situation aft home' also was discussed at length Mr. Hoover making several suggestions for the stab ilization of Amerieaa markets. On the question of farm relief he advocated a general policy of extending credits to purchaser rather than to producer, oa the theory that auch a plan in the end would permit farm prices to find their proper level. Mr. Harding took a keen interest in hia caller'a description of the relief work now ia progress nader the super vision, end during the conference ar rangements were made for Mr. Harding to become personal sponsor for 250 of the children in Europe who are Ho be aided by Amerieaa contribution until next harvest time. The contribution for - . L it -i La. ' 1A ...ai' WBica wut TJtnocr m fiu wii, mmm Qiaae tj Mr. naraing tometiine ago ONE OFFICER KILLED, AND ANOTHER MORTALLY HURT f - Briatof. Tenn.-T. J)ec 12. Chief af Police Ban Littrell... of Big Stoae Gap, is dead. Deputy Sheriit J. M. Blessing, also -ot Big stone Gap, , is mortally wouaded, aad Davy Green Walden, of Appalaeaia, a aligi)Uy aroandea as the result of a pistol battle that took place abouWS o'clock. this moraine; when the officers stopped a ear ia which Walden, two men aamed Bnodgrsss and a1 woman were riding near Appalaehia, Vs. Long distance telephone . messages received ia Briatol ear the officers stopped the ear to search If or liquor and ia the argument that followed Chief UttreU drew hi pistol and fired. The occu pants ef the ear ar said to have re turned the ' Are aad thea made their escape. I. . , ' -" ; '. f r,' , JAP STUDENTS HOLD INDIGNATION MEETING Tokio,' Dee. i!A' Wre "mass meetiag of studeata; member of the Stadeatr League ef Japan, Was held here today. A resojuttow protestisgto tpe world in the "name" or Tjnsttee aad humanity agaiaat the anti Japanese law ia Cali fornia was" adopted. The resolution called en the 'Anierleaa people to "'re flect tnetrv Conr." ' . ' ; , The speakers, who were chiefly stu dent and i Jeafaaliit. ; declared that. while '.the - world recognised Japan aa 'a great power, America treated the Japa nese as aa inferior raee4 . The object of the meeting,- H was stated, was to arouse public opinion, - . ' ' .U' Killed Ia Accideat. , Armentieres, , France, . Dee. II. Twelve persons -have beeav allied aad thirty injured ia a heacV-on eolliaioa be tween a freight and a passenger train eutside the station, here. ' HERBER HOOVER BURLESON II note Ut 10 HEAVY DEFICIT IN Postmaster General Says Con - gress Responsible for De ficit of $17,000,000 CRITICIZES WAR BONUS PLAN NOW IN OPERATION Says Present Postal Adminis tration Has Been One of Cor tinnqns and Permanent Progress and Tells ot Im provements ; Opposed To Em. ployes' Organizations .Washington, Dec 12. Operation of flie United Stnte postal service for the fiscal year lQl'O resulted in a deficit of 17,270,482 the second largest ia the history of the service Postmaster Gen eral Burleson shows in hia aanual report today to the President, in which ei penditurea of the ppstofriee department are placed at S4M322,609 and revenue at H37.1.V) 12. The postmaster general charges Congress with direct responsi bility for the deficit, explaining that the expenditures included approximately 13,202,600 paid a a war bonus to postal employees and stating that but for this there would have been a surplu ox $18,427,917. Mr. Burleson sajs he de elined to approve the bonus action o the legislative department, adding that he had offered suggestions of snsther plan for compensating the employees which . would have served the purpose without at the same time giving blanket increase in pay to "thousands who were already amply compensated." For reasons that can be readily understood, he continues, the legis lative department rejected these BUgges- tion made by the postmaster general and hence is directly responsible for the deficit which inevitably) followed the in defeasible action. "" The postmaster general feela con strained to point out that f a prompt halt is- not called and such a policy i persisted in, there will be a deficiency for the next fiscal year of approximately $36,000,000 and the postal establishment will cease to be self-supporting, as should be, and will become a constantly increasing burden upon the general treasury.- Reference also is made to the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, granting the railways additional pay aggregating f8,lQ38u for carrying the mails, This served likewise to offset in creases in postal receipts. Mi. Burleaoa declares. ; - - : la his discussion' of hi admiajatra tion. ef the postal service, the Post master Genera says: The' present postal administration La been oa of continuous and perm a nent progress and improvement. Kothr mg has been left undone .that was within tho authority of the Postmaster General to do to effect readjustment in the interests of the people at a whole ana not la tnat or any special class. "The Air Mail Service, which ha been operated successfully since it inauguration, May 15, 1918, haa oeea extended across the continent -.eeilat eially aad further extension by eon tract service inaugurated. . Parcel Peat Extended. , "The Pereel Poet Service, both do mestic and international, haa been greatly extended aad facilities for handling parcels improved, 260 foreign countries and colonies now being reached by this service, "City Delivery Service has been ex tended.' tne established service in ai the larger eities materially improved, and' the government owned motor- vehicle service, inaugurated in 1914, ha been established in 163 eities. "The Kailwjy Mail Service haa beea operated with increased efficiency u der the space system, fscilities for the handling of ,atn improved, and te service firmly established upon a seiea "War conditions hav beea overcome is the Foreign Mail Service, which haa beta brought back to normal aad ia rapidly Improving;.-' ''The Money Order Berviee and the Postal Saving! System hsve rapidly re covered from war" conditions and are ia most satisfactory operation. - "The Bural. Mail Service was ex tended during the ftseal year to more than 90000 additional persons aad the fscilities of, the service systematized sjki laapreyea "There has been still farther 1m provemeat ia the regiitry and insured parcel post system and ' the method of handling dead letter. "A large number of important proremewts hare beea made ia the mail-equipment shop, facilitating the work, adding to the eompensatloa aad ths comforts of the employees, and at the same .time, lowering, . by efficient methods, the unit -eost of production. "Salaries of employees ia -all grades have: been Increased and working eon ditien . and convenience improved wherever possible.. ' -t auanieisesj vrnaua, Attention i again directed by the Postmaster General to the growth of organisations among"th postal em ployees -and he arges that steps be taken to "curb the malicious and' per ateious influence1 of these organiza tions upon tho postal personnel.- He says they have operated to "interfere to considerable ecteat with the effi cient conduct" of the service, adding that "muck of the so-called 'demoralis ed postal service and 'dissatisfaction' exists only In ths saiajd aad Imagina tion of paid agitator ef these' organi zation, who instill and hammer thea doctrine into the minds of the em ployees through1 the medium - of their publication. t.,.' :,,-''; '"-? - ,- 'The avowed purpose ef these organi zation, continues Ut. Burleson, "js not solely to advance the social aad eeeaomia welfare of their members, bat to exercise coercive Influence npea ths department -to com pel submission to thsir demaads. '. , " " : The postal service head declares the (Coatlaaed oa rasw'Twe). POSTAL OPERATION EXPECT RALEIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN TO MAINTAIN LEAD ; Miss Mary Shotwell Enthusias tic Over Thriftiness of Tar Heel Children ASHEVILLE GIRLWRITES ABQUT THRIFT? SUSIE Granville Toons; Woman Seals in Dnroe Pigs To Secure Money With Which She Will Secure Colleg-e Education ; Richard Peacock. Helps His Father San His Dairy The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District Kstinnal Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Dee. 12. Baleigh school children are expected to maintain their reputation won last year for activity in the school savings movement, ac cording to Miss Mary ft. Shotwell, di rector of the educational division of the government savings organization in this district. Natioa-wide plans are now being carried out for making the savings movement a permanent part of ids srnooi system, following a success ful start -in 1919. Instruction in the principle of thrift and the organiza tion of class rooms into savings club whose motto.' U- "earn and save" are features of the movement which are reusing widespread attention among educators and economists, to say noth ing of the boys and girla themselves. Raleigh and North Carolina children, report in Miss Shotwell's hands show, have been meeting this thrift program with an eager response. They have, converted their peanie into thrift slam pa and bartered bright hopes of the succulent ""lickerish" rope for more enduring investairwts, substituting the pleasures ef earning snd saving for those of the old time chewing and lick ing. All sorts of ways have beea de vised by them for, earning money, and the children sometime burst into rhyme when, they relate their experi ence ia the new aad fascinating game of getting ahead. Yoateral Dorothy Writes Bhyme. Youthful and enthusiastic Dorothy Kiadter, of Asheville, who bids fair to rival the famous' "pansy poet of the Old-North State, has this to aay in de scribing ths activities of one of the members ef sa Asheville savings so ciety: Susie saved her dime and nickels I Aad did aot buy cream pnffs or pickle stay candy t Kvx should say not Oh. Susie was a thrift tot. Another young lady who kelps North Carolina maintain her lead aa a banner State where school saving gclub are eoaceraed, deals ia Duroe pigs.' She procured a mother pig from the Bank ef Granville mat Spring, with the promise to give two little pur in pay ment. Now she has nine pig of her own, unless she haa already sold them, - k. a . A, A 1 wuv propuana vu uo, isr eiu cacn, with the intention of investing the pro ceeds ia War Barings Stamps for her education. For, in ardrr thst they may not gain a false eoacepUaa of thrift as a form of stinginess, 'or look upon" saving as aa end in itself, children are eneour ged to aav fow some definite worth while object such ss a college educa tion. Find It Great Fan. Bight aero the long gap from June to September, the youngsters kept at tha business of earning and saving money by mesas of thrift and war sav ings stamps, finding it just as good fun aa swimming holes, picnics, baseball and doll babies. Aad arfw that the sav ings clubs are being reorganised for the winter epos the foundation) laid last year whea the government x plan waa lint put into operation ia the schools, reports and letter show that ia many ease the youthful club members hswr beea carrying ea the idea . by theut- selvea daring the summer months. Bienard ePaeocks account of his sum mers adventure in thrift 1 typical of a collection ef essays just jrrelved by the educational division or the govern ment -savings organization for this dis trict, from boys aad girls i who hsve written of their expensaces.' Richard, wh ia ia the sixth grade, aayei I earn money through the summer to buy Thrift Stamp. My father is a dairyman aad I help him deliver the milk. We dug oar carry potatoes. J helped pick them np. I gnC 5Qf nts for helping. I picked raspberries and made 10 cents per -emart. My brother and I aad a patch ot potatoes, - I took them to market aad got fifteen dollar for them. I have earned about twenty five dollars during my raeations on the farm." ; '. ... Want College T Bet. -Plans bars beea laid sis to intro duce the saving movement -in colleges. Institution in North- Carolina, li it other state ef the Fifth Federal reserve district, will be encouraged to make a practical study of the principle of. wise spending aad the relationship rof ex eeaditnre to income. - . , y Hra. Josephus lMaleU.lens. for "ta- leiga tonight to spend com -time. Herbert W. Jackeoa, of "tienmona, Va who ha beea the guest of occ ro tary and Mrs. Daniels for the last few days, tetaraed to JUeamoaa today. Mr, itiesett, who haa been in wash iagton a th guest of airs. W. K. Carr, returned . to Kaleiga ' tonignt, JIM. Bickett . has been the guest of honor 1st several functions. . , ' Udors Cmcfcsteia Dtea. Loadoa. Dee. 12. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency.) Isidore Gluckstetn, founder of the Irm of Salmon aad Glackitein, tobaeeonlata, died last night., Mr. Glaeksiela alio was a member of the Irm of 'restaursUura, which was the first in England" to promulgate th rum that no tip should be givca to waiters. , . Earth Shocks FcU. Ran Juan del Bar. Nicaragua, Dee, 11. Earth -tremors hare ' occurred at Choluteea, ' Honduras, simultaneously with tremors felt nt Ceon. Nicaragua. Xi eenoos aararr was reported. ; E TO VOTE TODAY ON I BILLS Resolution to Revive War Fi nance Corporation Tp Be Acted on in Senate IMMIGRATION BILL TO COME UP BEFORE HOUSE Leaders of Both Houses Hope, ful of Passage of First Major Legislation at Today's Ses sion; Other Important Legis lative Matters on Program for Consideration Washington, Dec. 12. The Senate and House will convene tomorrow with lenders hopeful of passage before ad journment of the first msjor legislation to be voted oa at this sessiqn of Con gress. The 8enate Will traume its considera tion of the agriculture committee resolu tion directing revival of the War Fi nance Corporation and the extension by the Federal Reserve system of lib eral credits to farmer. An informal understanding haa been reached to bring the resolution to a vote before S p. m. tomorrow. The roll-call on the measure ia expected to be preceded lr an at tempt to Strike out the provision relat ing to credit extension by the Federal Reserve system on the ground that it ia unnecessary and useless. Immigratfoa BUI. The House under arrangements com pleted today, is expected to proceed rap idly to a final vote on the Johnson bill to prohibit immigration. The measure as amended by t,he Ilouse iu the com mittee of the whole would stop immi gration for one year instead of for two years as origtnnlly drafted. Adfocatea of the longer prohibition period organ ized at conference held today to elimi nate the one-year amendment when the measure romcTnefore the House sitting in regular session. Representative Raker, Democrat, Csliforie, assisting Chairman Johnson, olthS immigration committee, in urging enactment ff the bill, laid tonight tharhe was confident the measure' supporters would have sufficient strength -to vote down the amendment. Ultimata passage of the bill is regarded ss assured. Groana Packing Bill. The Senate, after disposing of the farmer relief legislation, will take up the Oronna bill to regulate the packing industry, one of the measures left over from the last aemion. A long period ef debate is considered !a prospect on this messnns Several fieaator were aid today to be preparing formal eneeehee on other (ubjeett, including in ternational affairs, which may cause the Benate debate between now and the Christmas recess to be turned into ehan nels other than thst relating to regula tion of the packers. The Volstesd resolution to repeal most of ths Wartime laws will have the right of war in ths House aftor disposition of the immigration bill. General de bate oa the Volstead resolution by de elsioa of the rules committee is to be limited to two hours, and Ilouse leaders expect the resolution to be added to the list of adopted legislation before the end of the week. Contlaae Farmers' Belief. Disposition ef the resolution designed to grant financial relief to farmers will aot end consideration by the Senate of mean ot helping farmer confronted by falling prices Tha Senate agriculture committee will continue it hearing with a view to recommending ( further relief meaatfres. Several other Senate committees will begin work this week, the finance com mittee having announced 'it would hear representatives of the American Legion Wednesday on bonus legislation. A sub committee of the Interstate Commerce committee headed by Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, Will begin Wednesday an inquiry mm cnuiv jnuuiugB, vtmtu is u subject of controversy between several government departments and the West ern Union Telegraph' Company , Tnx Revision. Chairman Fordney, of the House Way and Mean committee', announced today, that hia committee was prepared to begin hearinga tomorrow on .tax re vision legislation. These hearings will continue until the Christmas recess and early in 'January th hearing on tariff revision will be started. Neither tariff or tax revision will bo attempted at this session, lesders have agreed, , but the hearings are designed to permit prompt action at the extra session to be called by President-elect Harding sooa after hi inauguration. HEAVY PRODUCTION OF HARD AND SOFT COAL Washington. Doe. 12. Production of luitk MinmtnnfiB and anthrflettii AI reached a. new high" mark for the year aurmg ine wee , or jLeeemoer , ac cording to a statement tonight by the Geological Surrey ahowlng the output for the week to have been 12,757,000 -tons of bituminous aad 2,051 ,OQ0 ton of anthracite. . ' Th week's soft eoal production has been exceeded oaly four times since the Geologies 1 Surrey baa been recording the. weekly oatpnt, three of which week were ia 1918 and one mat year. The record production of bitamiaous eoal was attributable, the eorrey, (aid to the ability of the railroads to sup ply ears. . Figaro obtained by.th sur vey showed that 232,340 ears hsd beea delivered to the mines and this, it ex plained," ws done in 'the face of with drawal by the Interstate ' Commerce Commission a few dsyi previously of all priorities on open top ears. Th soft coal' production for the first S87 trorking daya of this year, however, Lstill ' lags behind 1917 and 1918, al though nearly W.OWJim tens greater than last yer.- This year's output ' t December 4 was 512,431,009' tons, the production for the aame period last year was "S .291,000 ton, for, 1918, 1645,858,000 tons and for 1917, 518,172, 000 tons.: - :- :: . ,,', .,.: r HOUSE AND SENAT MPORTAN BUSINESS SECTION OF CORK SWEPT BY DISASTROUS BLAZE II VK KILLED WHEN ONE-MAN CAR GETS BEYOND CONTROL Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 12v Fir persona are know to have been killed and 28 injured, nix er more perhspa fatally her tonight when s oae-man operated atreet car got he toad control of the motormaa, dashed down on of the longest, steepest grsde in the city, struck s switch snd was demolished. Heaclof Manufacturers' Asso ciation Replies to Charges Made By Union New York, Dec. 12. Manufacturers in ths clothing trade do not intead to "lend themselves to the establishment of Sovietism in their industry," de clared William Handler, president of tha Clothing Manufacturers' Associa tion, in a statement ivued here tonight. He cbaraetcrixed as "humbug, sham and false pretense" the union's charge that the manufacturers have inaugurated a "lock out" and plan to return to "sweat shop conditions" "This will be evidenced." the state ment added, "by the fnct that the em ployers are about to put into operation a plnn of work, whereby employment will be given to the thousands of workers who for a long time have beet) idle, because of the inability of the manufacturers to compete and secure business. And the workers will be in vited to work, but it is feared that they will be prevented from so doinfsj ly the union s direction that they strike. Sweat-shop condition today are 'a matter of the remote past and are inconceivable and impossible through the safeguards and protection afforded workers by our present labor laws." Mr, Dandier asserted a complete change in the fundamentals controlling the local labor market ia imperative to. restore the industry to a basis of business efficiency snd eradicate the evil praeticea , in which "the industry is steeped and th penis which thrcatea This is necessary, ho declared, In order to meet the public' demand for a reduction of clothing prices, to save to New York City the clothing market with its shnaual output of 100,000,000 and give employment to about 60,000 worker. Mr. Bandler cites numerous confer enees with the union, which, he said led to nothing and the onions posi tion that "irrespective of merit and of ousting economic conditions, ' it would not) recede from what it had secured during war time. After the onion re jected the proposal that workers be held individually responsible for a daily standard of production, to tie agreed upon, and manufacturer be permitted to discharge incompetent help, Mr. BamUer said: 'There remained no other course orien to the manufacturers tlisn to publicly announce flie severance of re iations between- the association and the union and to proceed to put into mi feet a plan of work whereby each worker would be paid for "what he pro duces and on a basis which would per mit ths New York manufacturers to secure business in competition with the other clothing markets where the wages are very substantially lower. ' Airplane hits auto INJURING TWO PERSONS ' I, Child's Skull Fractured in AccL ' dent at Charlotte; Mother Also Hurt Charlotte, De. 12. Rising from the ground,, but failing to attain proper altitude, aa airplane driven by Pilot Clark, this afternoon struck ,an auto mobile at a landing field at Myer'a Park, injuring M.I Copaas ana der fimr old d.iuuhttr. Grace Jackson. The child' akull whs fractured and is lite tonight uneoneious in a local hospital. The airplane is one that has been flying with "Dare Devil" performer, pulling hair-railing stunts on the wings, Tha ear waa parked on a road near the Held and was come distance from the standing point of the' plane. The top was hit by the wheels of the machine, The child was struck at tha base of the skull by pieces of the top. The mother of the child ia an American woman, wiotmed snd who married a Greek here. ' PREVENT BREAK IN CABLE. CONFERENCE Washington Dec 12 (By. the Asso ciated Press.) Difference over diiposi tion of the fprmer German cables, which have threatened to break ap the Inter national Communications Conference, in session here were temporarily smooth ered over todar at nlenarv session held atthe Beat Department. Kego- tiatiens beena tne Svsj allied and associated power represented in the conference will be continued. BOLLIN& SUCCEEDS HEFLIN - - . r AI ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN. Montgomery, Ala., Dee. 12. In a ape ial election, which will be held Tues day, December 14, electors of the Fifth Congressional district will elect Was, B. Boiling to luceeed Senator J, Thomas Benin, in the House of Bepresentutive for the unexpired term ending March 4, 1931. Mr. Boiling waa .elected vie the office- for the regular term, over a Be publican opponent, ia the general elec tion November t. He is unopposed for th aseipired term. NO SOVJETISM IN CLOTHING TRADES Conflagration Follows an Am bush of the Military, in Which Four "Persons Were Killed BOMB EXPLOSIONS AND FIRING HEARD IN CITY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT Early Estimates of Property Damage Place Loss at Three Million Pounds Sterling;; Many Lives Believed To Have Been Lost in Major Blaze; Number of Fires Break Out in Other Parts of City; New Contingents of the Military Show Unusual Ac. tivity; Proclamation Calls for State of War Dublin, Dec. !2.-HBeveral large see tion of Cork were devastated by fir Saturday night and today. The confla gration followed th shooting from am bush of a military ptrty Saturday. On tho South bank of the River Lee the Carnegie library, the Corn Exchange and other buildings were rszed by the fire while in the territory between the northern and southern branchea of the river much havoc was w rought by flame in the business sectkin. Lnto this evening it waa reported that the fire wiia under control, but it was said that the damage done by the flames was estimated at between ,000,000 and 3,lKs7,00O pounds sterling. The conflagration followed an. ambush of the military at PHlons Cross Hatur day night, in which four person were killed and many wounded. Three civilians were taken from their houses and shot dead after the anibutli of the military. Then the fires started. There were bomb explosion's and firing also was heard. The populnee ia anic stricken. The municipal buildings, the Carnegie Library and the Corn Ex change, which cover a large area, have been consumed by the flames, which are so hot -at places, thst passing tram 1 ears nave Deeniset on Are. Bovsrul blocks of buildings in the heart of the business district of Cork were destroyed by uradnring the night, constituting th costliest destruction of property since the reprisals began in Ireland. A group of publie buildings on Albert Quay, including the City Hall, Carnegie Library and a portion of the Corn Exchange also- wr burned, ss . well a private residences ia various part of the city. ' Damage 3.OO0.Me Pounds. Early estimates nlae th ,nimn . between 2,000,000 and 3.000.0OI) nni.n.l. sterling. The fires extended to 8t Pi,M,'. Street from -Cool Street to Maylnr street and swept entire rows of build ings on both sides of Winthrop atreet. It was reported from Cork yesterday afternoon that newlv arrived n.rtto. of auxiliary cadets marched through tue streets holding np and aearehing pedestrians and firing into the air fob lowing the ambush of auxiliaries with in half a mile of the barraeka, twelve of. them being wounded bv a boml, . ' thrown from a lorry. ' Trouble "tarts. Between seven and eight o'clock a period of intense quiet fell on the city, but near nine o'clock uniformed nn began to display great activity ia va rious parte of Cork. At some points tram cars were held up and pessengers taken out. It was reported that a num ber were boatcn and other placed ngainit the wall and eloscly questioned but were finally, allowed to proceed. In the Bummer Hill district, tha scene of the ambush, shortly aftsr cur few two brothers named Delaney are reported to have been taken from their homes snd shot, one fatally. Durina. the hour before curfew terrorism hvM . sway and. whenthe afreets were Imp tied of civilians loud explosion ad rifle and revolver ships' sept up aatil ranj inuming. i ne explosion ap peared to come from ineendiarjr bombs, aapcrsons who ventured to. look from their windows saw fires break out ia St. Patriek'a Street and daylight revealed the full exteut of the damage. Many Lives Lost. It ia not improbable that lives have . been loat in the fires. Already seversl persons connected with the destroyed houses .and business . premises srs re- ported missing. At 4 o clock this afternoon people were just beginning to venture again into the streets; the whole city was then In control of the military and it is understood, that' tha officer ia com mand assured the populace. that the mil-, : itary would remain on duty indefinite ly to prevent further destruction. The" troop ar in full lighting order, pick-. eta withmachine guns being posted at all vantage points. Only one large drapery' establishment ia left intact In Cork. r.y , . i- PROCLAMATION DECLARES ' ' . 8TATI OF WAR EXISTS Dublin, Dee. 12, tA proclamation de- Y daring that 'the publie must at enee ' realize that Ireland la in a state of war c with forces of the British crown,'' has . been issued over the signature of the officer commanding troop of the Irish Repubiieaa army at County Moaaghaa. . The proelamatioa. which sets forth that armed gangs in County Monogha ; have beea attacking 'and murdering la offensive etUaens, aaya that "'whils w extend the hand ef friendship to all : Irishmen, murder gang and their guide aad informers shall be summer- , Uy dealt with." - y;' " flRK HOSK AT CORK CUT. ' ''.'- STOPPING FIRE FIGHTTRS Belfast, Dee, 12. By the Associated J'- (Coatlaaed ea Page Tw ,'. .?'- v. ' . ' "7