North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATUER North Carolina Fair Friday I lltnltjr, M But chaag In th tempsraur, VOL. CX11 NO 7Q. XTEEN PACES TODAY. , , RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1920. , ? SIXTEEN, PAtES TbDAY. . PRICE; FIVE CENTS I I- t t HARDING STARTS OUT WITH HOODOO, DEMOCRATS THINK Selects Publisher of Washing ton Post As Chairman For Inauguration HOBNOBSVITH HARVEY ANOTHER WILSON ENEMY "Ned" MoLean'Standj High Socially But Inexperienced , In Political Matters ; JBtate Highway Commissioner Page Optimistic Over The Boad Outlook ' Th News and ObHrnt Soww 603 District National Bank Bldg. By B. at POWELL (By Special Leased "Wire) Washington, Dec 10. A grest many Democrats and not a fw Republicans ar tonight wondering If thi Harding administration isn't going to get startea with a "hoodoo" at the result of the selection of Edward B. McLean, owner of th Waahington Post, aa head of the lnaagural committee which wiu Bare chants of the eeremoniea attendant upon tho entry of the President-elect into office Mareh 4. No selection that eould hare been made would hare eanwd quite aa much a-oesiD aa has tho naming of Ueiiean, and yet, It might be laid that it waa expected and in aome quartan actually feared. The very nature of the ap pointment intimately personal, suggests that McLean will be very close to the next President which is, ftguratiTely peaking, a marked contradistinction to his relatione with the Wilson adminis tration. Not only are folks asking "what does Mr. Harding meant" by the announce ment that McLean will hate super vision over the inaugural arrangementa but hia choice by tha President-elect has served to strongly focus attention of the eompany Mr. Harding has been keeping in Marion for the past several ilay.s, notably Col. George Hawey, the editor whose paper earned tne -in-maculate Contention" cartoon in tho campaign. Both Opponents of Wilaon. Messrs. McLean and Harvey, power ful in thoir respective' spheres, have bocn conspicuous during the eight years of Woodrow Wilson's administration for their fitter hatred of the Presi dent. Tho publications of both have at all timea been the rankest eritiee of the Administration and of lata the most sever opponents of tho League or r.ny.kind of a League or association. Colonel flarvar. eince hi las been at Marion, has evolved soma, aort of scheme for underwriting an' association of peoples but that is about as close as he baa gotten i us ueagus ox tinns. McLean is knows in Waahington as Ned Mclean. Th family ia known as "the Ned McLeans." Thapublisher is a wealthy, popular dub and eoelety man but he has never been a heavy weight ia th political world. He is a great devote or i-imneo ana noww and other race tracks and right now is the defendant ia a large damage nit arnwinir ant of horse racing, So far aa making tha inaugural of Mr. Harding a social event of urge proportions, Mr. McLean can eminently qualify for th job. And that isnt th point that worriea friends of Sena tor Harding or in nepaouwu inter ested ia aeeing th Republican admin titration wet away to a good start. They actually are afraid that McLean has ingratiated himself upon Mr. Harding to the extent that he will be a factor in ahaping the policies and making the appointmenta during the coming four yeara. Anraaea Mack Speculation, TtKrn i considerable speculation here aa to what Boies Penrose will think of this latest development in Be- publican polities. It la political to do sure, although several men BOt neeea sarily Mentifled with politics were mentioned for- th honor. Senator Penrose hasn't been happy over 'the Marloa conrereneey aocormu -n.. nminv from Atlantia City, and ha waa quoted aa being rather upset because Harding naa oven mviieu - bert, Hoover thereto tain booth League of Nation Penrose has a . jt.itv tnr Mr. Hoover. the su Th way th Democrats feel about it might b described best by saying they sr. "pleaaantly .hocked. They ar. anxious for Mr. Harding to hav the biggeat kind of inaugural in buttf h wanta to pick the Hamys and the MeLeane for hia playmates, that hia buaineas. . - Incidentally, the Democrats are watching and smiling. They anv few troublea for four years ahead ana trouble in the BepubHcan camp it go . v . f.Tr heat without any ntg- a,. tka TVmoe rats'. A letter made publie tonight by Bepresentatlv Hal nod, of Virginia, written Con creuman jatefcin giTe some idea of th jwaytha Democrat .look at ,th vtiAI. Wswltaasm f ttsftf?. Jfr.Kitehin'a letter was written ex--pressing the hope that Mr. Ilood wotld remain in Congree rather than run for Governor of Virginia "and ttia the Vir ginia member has decided to do. If such men a yon ar thinking of roing ut of Congress, Mr. Kitehia wrot. "I woald hesiUt a long tim before aoeepting thnj minontjjeader hip.jila consenting to b.a eandidat foi it, I wai espeeially eountiag n the helpful e-opratioa of yon and a few Mir mutual friend in organ- ising and keeping organised th Demo-1 ; crata ia an nonso. yn ord to b md-an4 f wis policy to be pursued by th Democrat ia th nea two Congresae ' th Democratic rarty must depend for it restoration to power. Upon th record mad and th policy pursued ia th Sixtr -first and Siaty-aeeond Cong-Teases, th Democrat wept th enntry ia 1912. Ia my Judg ment, the next fonr yeara la th Hons wUl glv yon aa opportunity to serve (Coattaswd Pag Tfcrsj) i ; TWO KILLED IN RACE RIOT ' AT INDEPENDENCE, KAN. . v . i , - iadependeae. Kaa, Dee. 1 One white boy and on SMgra wr killed and tar knea piwhably war fatally wnde4 la riotlag here t. I alght following aa all-day search : for a aegro wh held ap and killed a sabarhaa grcr. Lata tonight Chief f PUc E. N. Hall said h had the aitnatioa aader control, hat that he had already apal4 to , Gormwr Allca for State trpe. 1 Th troable, according to offi cials, wa th ran It ef excitement over the ahHag here early today f B. U Wharton, a whit gascerr . who waa killed at hb plac f baal awes early today by a negro, v Tha negr waa eaptared "by a poas late today and placed In jail her. Early tblaacveaing crowd of white ana negroes hegaa congre gating la tho dowatowa atroeta. Jsaddenly a ah at waa fired- Th crowds rashed toward each ether sad th ehoottng hecamo pramUca aa. Rifles, revolver aad shot gaaawere ased. Waartoa waa killed la hia stor early today hy a aasgro who ea caped with aboat tfioa. Shortly aftorwari tho alarm waa spread aad hundred of mea gathered harried ly, some of them araecd, to Sad th robber. The search kept ap for hoars wlthost any- delntt results. Race feeling waa stirred ap by th insistence of th search era la trying to And tho alayer of Wharton In tho houses of ether negroes. Various minor cleans malted . from tho atsreaalvenesa ef thk man hant aad opea violence broke oat la the evening. Shota were ttred la many ef tho streets and hoases wet psactared with th ballets, tho strnccla becoming more violent with each aacesedlng volley. All sorts of weapoBS were broaght Into play by both sides sad the streets were Ushled hy th Samoa sf S re anna whlla nsea and even woaaea aad children raahed throagh tha thoroaghfara la th aogv Barter Seating and ahoating. By f o'clock report of threw deaths had been broaght to polieo headqnarters and the Sghtlng had extended" In some cases oataldo the city llmlte with whites la parsait of aegroes. TMe aegro sa seemed ta have few Ire ana aad raahed boat la peals, seeklag to escsps. Reports to the police, however. In dicated that tho aegroes had tiled on white la several Instances. . Most of tho popalatloa of Inde pendence, which has 13,M inhabi tants, obeyed th order of the olloe to domain la their hoasoa to avoid stirring ap further troubj. TO SITITHW1 Harding Serenaded By Mender sonvilte Boosters, Who Ex tend Invitation Marion. Ohio. Dee. 18 Vlee-P.l. dint-eleet Coqlidge was formally in vited today by President-elect Harding to sit in the cabinet consultations and take an active part in shaping tho poli ciee Of the coming administration. xno invitation waa extended at a conference her at which at Mr. Hard ing'a auggesUsa ths two talked over in detail the questioa ef cabinet appoint menta aad planned for an association of nation and many, other problems involved ia the aasumptioa of xecU' tive authority next Mareh. Governor Coolidge indicated that he would accept gladly such reaponaibUi ties aa hia chief might suggest, and after .the conference both expressed warmest gratification over tho results of their talk. The Vice President-elect declared that he waa particularly pleased with the progress made ia the conferences here and predicted that Mr. Harding would work out an agreement behind which th American people eould stand united. It was not revealed what position Mr. Coolidge' took to-wards preservation of the framework of the Veraaillea League ia the building of a new world peace structure, nor what new suggestions he contributed to the advice gathered by the President-elect ia his series of eon' feronees. . Besoming these conferences tomorrow, Mr. Harding will see Wj J. Bryan and ask hia advice about - the Veraaillea League and other questions of- foreign policy. i , - -Governor fcoolidge, accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, reached Manoa ahortly before noon and remained guests at the Harding horn until evenings During th afternoon th Governor waa taken by Senator Harding to th Marion Club wher he held ha informal 'reception. Later th President-elect and the Vice-President-elect were serenaded at the Harding front porch by a band- accom panying a delegation from Headersoa- iii- ij n i i. . t .l uigf xT. wav nai aviw M, hk wiai Mr. Harding be th guest of their home town for the winter. . He took th la vitatma aader advisement. - - - . In asking tha Viee President-elect to advise with th cabinet Mr.. Harding fulfilled apkpmis made boos after his nomination - ':.U.,-'1';.", ' ACT OrCOURTESY COSTS' ' CAMP BRAGG MAN HIS LIFE FrvatteviHe. Dae. ltU Kirbv 1". Sanadera, of Wilmington, a rejected recruit for the ualted Bute Antty, lost hia life u th remit of aa act of courtesy en his part a th Camp Bragg road yesterday afternoon. Saunders was sent to th recruiting depot here after enlistment la Wilmington bat failed to pass th physical examination at Camp Bravi, He waa being brought back to th receiving station ia this eity toother with a aur bar f accepted recruits, th party riding la aa army track, when th rat of on of the yoang mea- blew off. 8anador "Jumped off th track to get th bat. He waa strnek by an of --the s wheel and knocked und-r th heavy t tea, - The young man father was expected here from Wilmington today, and the body wUl be carried to that eity for buriaL : . .''-. J I KS LI DGE DISASTROUS BLAZE CAUSES DAMAGE OF OVER TWO 'MILLION Fire at New Orleans Damages Floating Dry Dock and , ' Three, Ships ELECTRIC FEED WIRE STARTS CONFLAGRATION No Loss of Life Bat Number o Minor Injuries To Tire Fighters and Workmen Heavy Pall of Smoke Prom Bnrninf Structures Hakes Suppressing Flames Difficult New Orleans, Leu Dec 18. Destruc tion f th Jahncke drydoeks and dam ag to three largo ships anchored near by, caused by a spectacular fir her this afternoon wUl' entail a - loss of something like two million dollars, fd eisls estimate tonight. Although a num ber of minor injuries to. fire fighters and workmen at the docks were report ed, early reports of low of Ufa war not an stained by "later investigations. Only three vessels wer damaged to any extent, although a number were in danger from the flames. 8evefl were towed to aafety before the fire reached them. The heavy pall ef amok from th burning structures made fir fighting difficult and for a time it waa tin pos sible to determine how many ship were burning, first reports stating that ao loss than tea were doomed to do strnetioa. The Hamea wsr started by th break ing of aa electric wire underneath the wharf. Tha broke wire fell into the river, th Ibrfaee f which waa cover ed with oil, spilled from a tanker. As sooa a sit toaehed, the oil-covered water waa ehortrCireuited with a roar and a flash, the latter igniting the pool of oil, which Bent a sheet of flame into the oil-soaked timbers of the wharf. Damage to shipping was confined to th steamers Diilwyn, Bavingtoa and Dado County. The damage to the steamer John Adama early reported de strored. was slight. Estimatea of offl ciala distribute th damages, a large amount of which ia covered by insur ance, as follows: Wharf and equipment, f9W,D00: orks, 800,000; steamer Diilwyn, $60,000; steamer Bavingtos, 4W0j steamer Dad Oounty, 4150,000. FOUR AMERICANS DIE INRIQTATJJAMLA ft lurEwce Occurs Between Enlisteft FQipinos and Manila Police Manila. Dee, 16. Eleven men, four Americans, and aevea Filipino, wer killed here last aught during a riot within the walled eity between enlisted mea of tha Filipino constabulary and tha Manila police. Tho American killed were Capt. of Police W. E. Wiehmann, Patrolmen Albert H. Troge aad John W. Driscoll, and Augustus Jaeaman, field clerk of tho United States army. Fifty shot ware fired when forty constabulary men sought to avenge this shooting of constabulary man by tho Filipino po lice. Got. Gen. Franeia Burton Harrison and Brigadier General Bafael Crame. Filipino chief of the constabulary, took active step to quell the rioting. Th governor found the armed eon stabnlary congregated at the Walled eity aad advised them to return to their barracks and instructed General Cram to hold all the constabulary In the barracks. Disorders ceased upon the arrival of General Crame, who placed members of th constabulary involved in th shooting under arrest and announced they would be tried befor civil Courts. Mayor BamoniFornaades declared the presence pf the Vons tab alary barrack ia Manila waa dangerous to th peace of th community and announced he asked th governor to hav barrack removed ostside th city limits, BUREAU STATEMENT ON COTTONSEED CRUSHED Figures Give Seed On Hand, Products Manufactured and . Oil Production Waabian-toa. Doe. 1L Cottoa eed crushed during the period August 1 to November 30 amqunted to 1,421 ton, compared with 1J1S.646 a year ago, aad seed ea hand at mills Novem ber 80 was 581,806 tons,' compared with 783.751 a year ago. th Ceasus Bareaa announced today. -. , Cotton seed products mannafctured duriag' that period-snd oa haad .No vember 50 was: Crude oil prod need, 465,810,493 pounds compared with 620391,678 a year ago; on haad 166,21,303 pounds, Compared with 149,185,556. Befined oil produced Joe .654 ,671 pounda, - compared with 815715)56i On hands 195.204,268 pounds, compared with 130,42956.- - ' Cake aad meal produced 637Jn9 ton. compared with 781,553; on haad, 120,009 ton, compared with 10717. Uater produced 185.266 bale, com pared with' 268.064 : on hand CS.737. compared with 838,956. Exports of llntcrs were 744 bales. MOB BKSPONDS TO AD 1 ' ' FOR TWKTi-FIYI MEN .Wula4elpiitarP, Dee. 16. A oa- traetlac firm advertised for twenty- fiv pea today and uch a large crowd respoaded that a detail ef polie had to b summoaed to maintaia rdr. Appli cant for work wer asked to call at 7U50 at. m- but they bearaa to gather t 4 o'clock. Thea e&paea wer cent to Lakelknrst, N. J, where a hangar for the aavy is being . onstrseted. -- STAGNANT It "' tl-ill,l.lwlW ... , , , I -. t T'-r - 5'; jj... i g:i- , J I. -. ' I Th nbov photograph tells the story unemployed mea ia Vienna lounging Plan Tariff Legislation To Give Farmers Relief IT LASTS Worst Seismic Disturbance In Two Years Was Probably of Submariner Type Washington, Dee. 16. Somewhere perhaps leagues deep, beneath ths roll ing ,blu of the Atlantia and forever hiddea from the eyes of man, the earth's crust wa torn and twisted to day by a titanic convulsion. For hours th earth's surface shuddered under the feet of it heedless million. Fore wave thousands of mile ia length swept outward from that alorm center like ripple ea a rock broken pool. Yet EARTHQUAKE oaly th wnajewping ianaHriWlh,rrntm-4 also td Trtaka th protfram it ,nd inscribed a mute iwrd " iwt non-potltUal; If the minority members watchful seien tints who- gnnrd them First word of ths disturbance cam from Georgetown University here, When the Ber. Father Fraaeis A. Ton- dorf, director of the seismographie ob servatory, peered at hia delicate meen a nia a this morning it told him of a shock more severe than any recorded in the last two yeara. .Somewhere the power beneath was still bulging at the earth crust, holdihg it in cheek. father Tondorf aent out word of the shock, thinking it might be another great disaster. As the day west by, however, no word came back over the cables or telegraph wires, .leaving to conjecture the scene nnd exact nature of the disturbances Experienced observer that he is. Fath er Tondorf classed the record of bis instruments as that of a "terrible" shock. It began soon nfter 7 o'clock this morning here, reaching: its Brest est intensity towards 8 o'clock and was till leaving a wavering, diminishing trail after noon, aa tha earth slowly settled to quiet. It was estimated the distance from Washington waa 2,800 mile. First impressions were indistinct. while records of great disturbances in South or Central America have been recorded aharply and clearly at the ob servatory. It might have been, the sci entist said, a submarine disturbance, a new mountain peak flung ap under the waves. There was ao war to judge, he added. The distance eastward would place th aoen not far from th Azores but no word of aa earthquake came irom any quarter. TO MAKE PAPER FROM SAW GRASSES IN THE EVERGLADES Miami, Fla-' Dec. 16. Announce ment waa mad her today by W. B. O a eat, . fiscal , agent for th Grass Fibr Pulp and Paper Corporation, that th mill making paper pulp from the everglade .saw grasses will be in oparatioa within two months. BOBBERS KILL ONE MAN AND SECURE JEWELRY IN N.f. OFFICE BUILDING New Tors, Dec. 1 (v Three ssasked rebbers eatered the reams of a Jew. elry concern ea th. eighth floor ef ia ofSco baildiag la the heart of the, Fifth Avsbs ahopplng district this afteraooa, shot aad killed Edwta W. Andrews, 'a member of th firm, haad and gagged three thr mea aad escaped with Jewels valaed at litMtv ' . - f Stepping . freaa ' th crowds of Chrhatasa . aboppers aasalng ths baildiag. located bctweea 44th and ISth streets la th eeater of a grasp sf department etoree,' hawks sad ex. ebnsrv sheas, th mea took the de rate to th Soar a pan which An irewa Ems ha oSIeea. Mr. Aadrew 'gm alonsv ;.,.'..,., : -i. ..V4..:. , Jaat what secarrad police laveati atlag th case hav ha anablo to tetersnlta. They believe that An. Irewa attempted t dee th door of h saf aad that on of th naasi chat Han. N shot was heard ta searby offlce aad Aadrewa was load when ferns r- Lake Malllgaa, a maaaeagcr, was th Srst to distarb the-robbers. As he catered ho' waa grabbed.-honnd, tagged aad throws oa tha floor Be lla Aadrews. Two aaleamaa, Arthar Marts, f Newark, aad Viaeeat Prs. rsnssas), eatered aa after aad met with th asms trsstmcat. CONDITIONS IN AUSTRIA SHOWN Kit. r Mr A li r-N f " mL i us- m awsamMavawaamft x mutt" tvfrfQv ts"i.s: of conditio Austria today befter about th street .waiting for nothing ia Joint Conference of Senate and House Committee Will Be Held Today WOULD ACT AS EMBARGO ON IMPORTS INTO U. S. Congressional Leaders To Bush Through Zmerf ency Pro tective Program Washington, Dee. 6. Members of the Senate finance and the Houae ways and means committee win meet is joint conference tomorrow to formu late an emergency program of tariff legislation to act as an embargo snd to give relief to th farmers from the decline in prices, Decision to hold tha conference was reached late today by Bepnbliean mem ber of th two committees, who agreed that speedy action waa necessary. They wouJd es-operata. Import Datfea. Primary consideration will ibe fives ont the program to import duties on wheat and wool, th producers of which, Chairman Fordney, of the way and means committee, said were now "prac tically broke" as ths remit of falling prices. Tha portion of the program relating to the tariff waa decjared, however, to be more comprehensive and to include consideration of protective levies on scores of other commodities Possibility of the conference deciding to wipe out th free list of the Under wood tariff act waa declared to be within range of action. Talk of Tariff. Be-enactment of portions of the Ding ier tariff also waa being talked of among the more ardent high tariff supporters. Mr. Fordney, however, said he was in - favor of rushing' through th emergency protection for whest and wool aad a' few othf r commodities and letting other tariff matters go over for hearings and further consideration. Clamor for relief, legislation of tariff nature with duties so high that Athey would serve practically aa an em bargo may be too strong to be halted, conservative supporters of the program contended, FsnaVForcea Solid. One of the forces in the House seek ing relief for the farmers solidified itself today into a compact body which, its leaders declared, would be contin ued as a Concessional organization Republican aad Democratic members from agricultural districts began eon slderatioa of a definite policy for deal ing with pending relief legislation and a, report will be prepared by a special committee for presentation to the .full conference next Monday. while these two movements dealing Iwith farmer aad business relief legis- lation were ia progress, us xiouse banking and currency committee voted to report favorably the Senate resolu tion directing revival of the War Fi nance Corporation to assist in Ansae- in tha exportation of agricultural and other products. The House committee track cut th clause declaring it the opinion of Congress that th Federal Reserve Board take action to permit its member bank to grant liberal xten sioa of credit to farmers. , Veto la Committee. I The vote in tha , Hons committee waa seven t six, mem Mrs irons tns 8ootk and West supporting the.resoln tioa, with tho from th East ad New England opposing it. Th eonsid- ratios of th commute followed aa 11 day session at which Secretary Honetonaadviaed against revival of the War - Financ - Corporatioa ' oa the ground that neh .a policy would be fiscally unsound, jwd Eugen Meyer, Jr., head of th corporation whea it sus pended activities last May, argd its retsilb)hmBt';'::' ".;, ' r."i "LANSDOWNK" WAS NOT THE ' HQMbVOF LORD DUN MOKE ' Bichmond. Ta' Dee. 16. "tan- downe," the' old Tinsley home, de stroyed by t fir Tuesday, which place was erroneously reported .ia dispatches from Newport News last night as be ing ' -ths country , residence of Lord Dunmor, last colonial governor of Virainia. waa never occupied by him, according to information received her from Williamabur today.. Ths Dun mor country horns, known as rPorto as in BeUa" Is tiH standiat. .. , : fry ,fVr S .TT' I. 1,7 ; J i A? T YKaAi fii thaa eould a 500-page book. It shows particular just lounging. Defense Places Two Witnesses On Stand To Prove Alibis For Defendants SOLICITOR HAMMERS ON TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN Marshall Cook Says He Was With State's Principal Wit. ness On Night of Tragedy; ' Baxter Hildebrand Claims To Have Been With Lone Young On Same Night Morganton, Dee. 16. Ths Uppard murder trial made much headway today ia th examination ef wltnesaes for the defense but evea with rapid stork it is probable that the taking of evidence fwtR "last through Friday and probably Saturday. It cannot b learned Whether th defendants themselves either oa or all of them will b put on ths stand. If they should be, the ease is sura to run into next week. Marshall Cook wss tha sensational witness of th morning and Baxter Hil debrand'of the afternoon. Cook waa put up by the defense to prove that he was with una .Lynn, the states principal witness together with witnesses who figured'yesterday until after 11 o'clock the ' Saturday night of the tragedy but befoy Solicitor Huffman fit the stat waa tn rough witn the cross sx amine tioa young Cook was so confused that h eould not be quite sure about anything. His testimony ths most important of ths ' morning waa in substance as follows: Hahsd joined Coy Hodges, Jim Williams and Lou Lynn at Bhod- hiaa that Saturday night and had gone with them to Bum town, wher they built a'Sro and stayed aometlme. Two boy out hunting came up' aad while they were there the party had some whiakeyf Tbey left about. 10 o'clock, telling th boys to put out. the fire and had gone oa back to Bhodhiss. Cook left the automobile, be awore, at the Bhodhiss bridge. , This story sounded all right' for the defease antil the cross-examination began. The witness bad to admit that he had been with Loo oa previous oc casions, in fact rather -frequently, that oa the Monday after th murder be had gone over to Hildebrand for her in hi ear and by an agreement with Martin OlazebrookS and others had tak en her to Bhodhiss. He ssw her again that following Wednesday and took her back to Henry river. His first confusion appeared when ' the - Solcitor tried to get him to aay that oa these occasions he had told Lon he didn't want to hear of ber being mixed up with this af fair, that it would be best for her to get out of the country, that the whole bunch would swear she wss with them oa Saturday night and - that it would be best for ber to swear to that, too. The tens moment of the examination came whea with Coo. still on tne stand, the Solicitor called H. H. Bum gartner and 'naked the witness the di rect question, "Did yon not tell Mr. Bumgartner on the day of the prelim inary examination that it would no hell if they make all aa boy sign libels t" Cook stammered, around, appeared aot (CsBtlaasd aa Pag Two) TY COBB LEAVES FOR ; ) CONFERENCE AT N.Y. 1 , - -ah in I a li I i . Augusta. Ga Dee. 16 After spend ing several days her with his family, following hia return from a post-season serve in Californis, Ty Cobb left to day for Nsw York tsTkecp an appoint ment withi the owner ef the Tigers.' While going ostensibly to discuss matters pertaining- to the signing of players for th Detroit team,, it i an cpea secret her thai, Obb'e confer ence is to b msinly in referent to his becoming manager of tlj Tigers next year, a matter which he hat ander ad visement. . - - : - ' . j - , J , - cMANNWAT NAMED CAPTAIN OF THE FUBMAN ELEVEN Greenville, 3. C Dec 16. Announce ment na imad today of the election of tfilton MeMaanway, of Greenville, as captain of . the Furmaa- University football team, next seasoa. He plsys le.' LIPPARD MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES quarter-back. v- -.. : LEAGUE ADDS FOUR NEW COUNTRIES TO . MEMBERSKIR. ROLL Bulgaria. Finland, Luxemburg and costa Rica Bring Total -Members To 46 ARMENIAN SITUATION SUBJECT FOR DEBATE Assembly Wishes President Wilson Good Luck fn Media. ' tion In Behalf of Armenia; Trench Delegates Abstain Prom Voting Por Admitting Bulgaria Oenava, Dee. 16. (By the Associated Prees.) Th League of Nation In creased its membership to 46 atatea, today by the admission Of Bulgaria, Finland, Luxemburg and Costa Bica. None of them met with opposition, but there was some abstinence from voting, led by French delegates, who Aplsined ' that, although they held no grievance against Bulgaris, they lacked auffieieat information and preferred not to act either way. Armani came np again today to trouble the assembly. To do something for Armenia has appeared to b th '' slogaa of several members sines ths. beginning of ths meeting, including leading figures such ss Lord Robert Cecil, .who represents South Afriea is the Assembly. The committee on the admission of new ststes hsving de cided that Armenia eould not be ad raited now. Lord Robert asked the as sembly st least to hold out th hop thst Armenia will be sdopted into the family of nations next year snd to wish well to President Wilson in his mis sion of mediation between th Armas ians and Turkish Nationalists. Saggeste lavsstlgatlea, Edwsrd D. Millen, of Australia, sug gested it might be wis to find ont whether it was true Armenia had goas Bolshevik and 'had made 'peas with, Mustapha Kamal Pasha, the National ist leader, before instituting farther on the proposal of mediation. George Nieell Barnes, of the English dsle gation, asked whether it would not -b wis to drop" th whol subject rather thaa risk a vote. If th vote should b negativ, he declared, ft would, be like a alap ia th f ae t Armenia; if favorable, it might prove to he without tangible result. Th assembly invoWed itself la a tangle of prooedar which Rene Viv ian!, ef Franc, asual, an ravelled by . th simple suggestioa t mi 1 th whol question back to ths commit t, which, of course, would be naabl to .report at this assembly. , Pass On Appllcatlsaa. The entire afternoon waa occupied la " holding out hop to Esthoaiaw litha ania, and Latvia, whoa applications for admission wer rejected by th committee. Thes state found advo cates in delegatea Bestrepo, of Colom bia; Scbanzer, of Italy, aad Prise Dowleh, of PcVa. M. Vivian! saidi "I join all those who express sym pathy with, or hop for, th Baltie states, but thsre is a gmvs question involved. There 1s nn article ia th covenant which has mads some aoi in th world Article Ten which re quires the members of hs leaga to go to the aid ef a fellow member wh hi attacked. Now who will be reedy to go to aid in th defense of those Baltie states t Let those who wot to admit them first make sure their gov ernments are ready to send troop t defend them." On the roll-call Esfboni was reject ed by 27 votes out of the 83 cast. Latvia and Lithuania each received five vote out of 29. ' Armealaa Qaestloa. The committee reported unfavorably on the" applications of Armenia, Esth onia, Lithunania, Letvia and Georgia.. It failed to recommend the ndmiaslnn of Armenia because authority over th entire territory of that nation was not being exercised by the governmeat. The hope wss expressed that Armenia might be added at an early date. ' It waa pointed out that Armenia wss s signatory of the treaty of Severe, th Turkish peace treaty, and the questioa was raised whether the ratification of that treaty when, it was accomplished, ' would not make her automatically a ' member of the league. '. - The decision of the assembly for the present, however, was against th admission of Armenia. Canada,' Swiss- ! erland, Sweden, Pern, Uruguay, Ta ; zuela, Portugal .and Salvador voted for her admission, but the votes Of 21 ether states were recorded against her. China, Persia and Poland abstained from vot ing. Wish Wllsoa Coed Lack. -The assembly passed a resolution pre sented by Delegate Rowell, of Caaada, - expressing the hope that President Wit- , son's efforts would result ia the sav ing of Armenian and the establishment of a stable government ao that ah might be admitted to th leagu ia th not far distant future. 1 r.. At the opening of today'a ssioa President Hymana announced . th re quest for consideration of th Taona Ariea ease at thi session of the ss- . sembly hsd been withdrawn with ths re qust tttat it ba put-on- the agenda of the next assembly, to meet ia Septem W ... , - ' T-i fnmA Di4 Not VaU. ' France abstained from voting oa the questioa ef admitting Bulgaria to th league. Bene Vivlani, the head of the Freneh delegation, declared it had ao objeotioaVo Bulgaria aa a member, bnt ' preferred aot to vote la view of th incompleteness of fhe informatioa givsa it regarding Bulgaria 'a fitness. . Thirty-fire sUtes voted affirmativ-. ly when th balloting took place aad Australia joined Franc la aot record- . ing her vot. ' ' -- The question of admitting Costa Bias was th next en th dsy's agenda. Dr. Nans a, of Norway, explained th only ; - CatUd a Psg Tar)