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VOL, CXIi; NO. J 72. ' THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY. REIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MQRN1NG, DECEMBER 19, 1920. THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY. PRICE: SEVEN CENTS
REPUBLICANS TO
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SOUTHERN STATES
I.LB , S II II II S I I I I L
Rejection of Tinkham Resolu
tion Means G. 0. P.
Will Pay Court
TAR HEEL DELEGATION
DISCUSSES THE OUTLOOK
Some Think Wiie Policy Would
y Be To Select Two Congress
men at Large Instead of Re-
districting State; Some Can.
! didates For New Places Men.
I tioned at Washington
The News and Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Blag;
By R. E. POWELL
Washington, Dee. 18. Actioa by the
Republican caucus last night in reject
ing tba proposal of Representative
Tinkham to investigate voting eondi-
tiona in the South with a view to cut
ting down Southern representation is
generally interpreted as meaning that
, tha Republicans will par court to rather
than aeek to alienate the Southern
voters. ' '
The caucus was called to consider,
primarily', the several apportionment
; bills and the impression obtaining
' ainonff Republican leaders today is that
. the House will vote to increase1 its
membership practically on the basis of
. tha Biegel bill. Under the provisions
of thia bill, North Carolina will re
ceive two additional members of Con
gress. , -
Discussion today among members of
the Tar Heel delegation disclosed the
fact that a movement has been under
way in the 3tate for some time to have
these new members elected as Con
gressman at large. Democratic leaders
are opposed, it is said here, .to redis
ricting the State but strongly in favor
of relecting one Congressman at largo
from the east and one from the west.
Plenty of Candidatea.
Mr.ny names have been mentioned in
connection with the new places, which
it appears now will be "ready for filling
at the next general election. Sumter
Brawley, of Durham, has been givea
quite a bit of prominent mention for
(he western job and Col. John D. Lang
stenof Goldsboro, is foremost in the
discussion of candidates from tha east.
The job of Congressman at large will
be a bit more attractive than that of
district representative in Congress. A
j Congressman at large baa ne more votes
Jin the lower branch than a district
1 member-bnt he Serves a much bigger
1 constituency and placet himself in bet
ter position to be promoted. He would
have lea detail and departmental work
ta.de because Jia could leave thia to
re district member. Virtually surh
member would tank as a Senator in
the House.
Might Name Ki tenia.
The election of one or two extra
Congressman would come with the gen
eral election of 1923 and tome members
today were speculating oa the probabil
ity that Congressman Claude Kitchin
would prefer the title of Congressman-st-large
to that of Representative from
I the Second North Carolina district. If
'anybody approximates a Congressman-'at-large
without, having the title, Mr,
Kitchin doea and there is a atrong feel
ing that all things considered his friends
in the eastern part of the State would
hand it to him oa a silver platter if he
wanta it. -A
vacancy left in the Second Con
gressionai district, now served by Mr.
Kitchin, brings prominently to the
front the name of John G. Dawson, of
Kins ton. Lenoir s member in the lower
branch of the general assembly. Tar
Heela visiting the capital have heard
tlrat Mr. Dawson has congressional,
rather than judicial, ambitions and they
declare him fitted to succeed Air. Kit.
'chin in the event the Scotland Neck
statesman advances or retiree.
Plenty of Western Material.
There is more material in Western
North Carolina than in the East with
out picking Max Gardner aa Congress
maa-at-large, the member ia Congreaa
aay. Besides Brawley. who to a popular
sort of man, there are a half dozen ao-
aalled eligibles without even touching
Mecklenburg and Mecklenburg eould be
, counted upon for at least two candi
dates. There are A. L. Qulckel, of Lin.
eelntoa y D. F. Giles and W. W. Neal,
of Marion; Harry Grier, or Btateavuiej
Tom Gold, of High foint: Jonn uar
neater, of Gastonia, and a raft of
others. Organization and anti-organi
ration Democrats aeem to be in favor
of Mleetina the next two congressmen,
should North Carolina receive two, from
the Stat at large and letting tne ais
itrict remain as they are. The "im
; psrial Fifth" i the only outstanding
reason why the State should be-redia-
tricted aad to do this it ia neeeosary to
areata a aoiia nepuoiiean aisinct, w
era ay. The oppoaitiaa to this alterna
tive ia well nigh unanimous.
' J- Not New Proposition.
' There will be some sentiment among
member of the general assembly meet
ing next month for redisitrlcting the
" - State although it. to often asserted that
the appoaitioa to atrong enough to de
feat any plan of tatting up the State
, Brain. There will be a redisutcting ox
" Senatorial diitrieta, it 4 eoarteaded
,but tho Congressional distriet will aot
be toadied at thia time. ,
'1 A CoBgTOssmaa at large win sot be
w anything new to North Carolina. They
Lar plentiful enough ia th Hon now
w kut ft baa been forty year tine North
:- Carslina had a Bepreeeatativ ia Coa
rresa selected from the But af large.
' TSom f the older members, recall the
mwnoialjU fight between Oliver Dock
i ery,' ia canny respect one ef tho ablest
Republican ever lived ia North
Iartinafan JnS T. Bennett, of
' Hadesboro, ,rcultiag ia the election of
Jadg BennetU , - , ' ' .'
- Tho Bepublieaa would rather two
additional seats were given to North
! ' Carolina than,; to any- Southern Bute.
They have beea told so often that a
; art ef Worth Carolina, eapecially the
(Contlae4 ea rag two;- .
CHARGES AGAINST
OFFICERS IGNORED
BY JUDGE CONNOR
Court Declares It Has No Con
trol Over-The Activities of
Prohibition Agents
GULLEY AND LIFSEY DENY
CHARGES MADE BY MORTON
Judge Connor Finds Probable
Cause Against Jane Lancas
ter But Releases Two Lam
caster Boys; Officers Criti
cised For Entering Premises
Without a Warrant
Declaring that the eonrt has no con
trol over prohibition agents and ia
without authority to either direct their
activites or discharge them, Jndge
Henry G. Connor yesterday ignored
the charges of ondoe intimacy with
liloekaders made Friday against H. G.
Oulley and J. F. Lifsey.However,
Jodge Connor severelyvejHieised the
action of Mr. Lifsey in participating
in a search made without a warrant.
Both of the officers yesterday de
nied the statement which were made
bv United States Commissioner w. B,
Morton, a witness against June J. Lan
caster, wealthy farmer and banker of
Franklin county, against whom Jndge
Connor yesterday found probable eaiwe
on the charte of intimidating tf. it.
Wheeler., a government witness.
Mr. Lifsey took the stand as a wit
nem for Lancaster. He denied ever
having obtained whiskey from Lancas
ter at any time' and said the defendant
had been of great help to the federal
officers in the discharge of their do
ties. The officer admitted having told
Wheeler he eould go home, bat ex
plained his action by sUting he did
not know Wheeler was interested m
any ease except that in which he waa
a defendant.
At the conclusion of the evidence
Mr. Gulley was granted permission to
make a statement, though the court
pointed out that the government was
ia no wav sponsor for the charges made
against the officers aa they - were
elieited by eounsel for the defendant
and not by the district attorney.
Galley Makea Denial.
Mr. Gulley denied that he had ever
beea to the bbrne of June Lancaster ex
cept oa official business. He stated that
in a number of ease, including the
Phil G. Kelly, the largest ever ema
nating from thia district. "It is em
barrassing for ma te make thia sUte
meat, but I have told all of tho offi
cers working under m that Mr. Laa
caster has been accused of dealing ia
whiskey and I hate beea aeensed of
protecting htm by . the fanatic of
Franklin county, and I have instructed
all of the officer to investigate fully
ery charges that might reach them cob
ccrning Mr. Lancaster without -bring
ing the charges to me Mid Mr, Gul
ley. '
In addtion to Mr. Lifsey, a number
of character witnesses were introduced
by the defense. J. R. Collie, superin
tendent of the btate prison aad a num
ber of other witnesses testified that
Lancaster bore a good reputation ia
Franklin county and was not believed
to have had anything to do with whis
key since he waa indicted for illicit
distilling about fifteen yeara ago. A
number of witnesses also testified that
Wheeler bears a bad reputation. The
two Lancaster boys and two other beys
who were with them at the time they
were alleged to have threatened the
life of Wheeler, all denied the incident.
Judge Connor declared that Wheeler
had been discredited and remanded him
to jail, where he was sentenced earlier
in the term. He also dismissed the
charges against the two Lancaster boys.
W. H. Yarborongh, eounsel for the
defendants, declared it- waa ineredi
table that citizena of Franklin county
should have chosen Lancaster as presi
dent of the Bank of Wood if he had
been a blockader. He sUted that thia
belief wa held only by Dr. Morton,
whom he described as a "lover of the
sensational.
Lancaster Pat Under Bond.
However, Judge Connor refuaed to
dismiss the charge and ordered the de
fendant placed under a bond), of $300 for
his appearaaee at the May term of
court. The bond also stipulates thai
Lancaster shall keep the peace with
Wheeler. "Wheeler has been discred
ited, Dot there ia natural evidence sur
rounding this ease that ealla for fur
ther investigation: I shall find orobable
cause against the defendant, aad the
matter ef how he did just what Be told
Dr. Morton he would do can be investi
gated later," said the court.
Mr. Yarborough offered to waive the
finding of a true bill aad proceed with
an immediate trial, bat Judge Connor
declined to take that coarse. . '
Though vleaving the Charge of Intim
idation or th consideration of a grand
jury, Jndg Connor commented at
length npoa the action of Agent Lifsey,
Deputy Bheritr Dean and Lancaster ia
visiting the.home of .Wheeler at night,
wiuiout a warrant ana conaueung a
search of the premise and- arresting
Wheeler. ' ;
'There are certaia well understood.
clearly denned, immntabl law protect
ing all of oar citizenry, and I shall not
for on moment give the slightest coun
tenance to their being disregarded ia
this district, Judge Connor declared.
These three' men were an nnlawful
assemblage, engaged : ia aa unlawful
purpose, b added. ' , -
Scare witbawt Warrant- ,
Pointing out that arrests withoat war
ranto are authorised only ia - ease of
detection in the act of. transporting
liquor or operating a distillery, Jndge
Connor quoted a deeisioa of th fin-,
prerae Court beariag npoa th ease ia
point a follow t -1 -
Th effort of th aonrt and their
officials to bring th gnilty to pnaish
ment, pratoewsthy a they are, are aot
to be aided by the sacrifice of those
great principles - established by year
of endeavor and suffering which hav
resetted la their- embodiment in th
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Christmas Opportunities
Are Being
More thaa half of the first batch
The News aad Obsener yesterday morning have been taken, indicating that
the people of Baleigh ar more eager
avenne of rendering a real service oa 1 aanasgi vuig.
A majority of the opportunities presented are eases of real need. Most of
them do not include children, though many do. A number of instances ap
peared yesterday in which Bunday School classes or church organizations have
takea one or more opportunities, and it is understood thsl a number of classes
meeting todsy will take action.
A telephone call to the News and Observer after two o'clock this afternoon
will aeenre the address of tne family
The opportunitie taaen ana uose
OPPORTUNITY NO. L
Takea by 8t8newall Circle, Junior
King's Daughters.
OPPDKT UNITY NO. S.
Mother and daughter, both feeble
and old. Mother bedridden. Daughter
help support both by handwork "and
sewing.
OPPORTUNITY NO. a.
Taken by Mr. Capers White, 114 8.
Blount Street.
' OPPORTUNITY NO. 4.
Taken by Mr. K. N. Caviness, Hilla
boro Street.
OPPORTUNITY NO. t.
Takea by Ur. B. N. Caviness, Hills
boro Street.
OPPOKTtTNTTT NO. .
Takea by Mr. R. N. Caviness, HilU
boro Street.
OPPORTCNITT NO. I.
. Widow with one aesk-ySoa work.
Very deserving.
OPPORTUNITYNa S..
Takea by lira. E. H. Baker and Miss
Marion and Lonise Baker.
OPPORTUNITY NO. .
Father, mother aad fonr children.
Father has raberenlosis, works ia mil)
whea able; Very deserving.
OPPORTUNITY NO. IS.
Old lady and one son. Both work.
Woman does honse work.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 11.
Old lady lives alone, unable to
work.
OPPORTUNITY NO. W.
Taken by Mrs. Capers White, 214 8.
Blount Street. - -
13 PERSONS DROWNED IN
OHIO WHEN1B0AT SINKS
Within Five Minntes After
Sprinjring-'Leak, Lannch
Goes To Bottom
Augusta, Ky- Dec 18 Thirteen per
sons were drowned in the Ohio river
when- the United States steam launch
Margaret, sprang a leak and sank three
miles 'below Augusta at S o clock to
night. Kin mea survived . the disaster by
jumping into th water. Seven (warn
ashore and two were picked np by
fishermen.
The boat sank in mid-river. There
wa ao panic among the pasaeagers(t
was said, owing to tha fact that-they
did Sot realize their danger-.
Aecordiag.to tho survivors, who were
brought " here the launch was carrying
a party to August to attend church
services.
Tho- boat, which was used at the gov
ernment dam at Ohio, waa bringing a
crowd of 21 persona to Augusta. . The
launch waa . ia eight o. Augusta when
tho' engineer, Da a Dykes, discovered a
leak la the aid of tho craft. He started
the pumps to working , but th water
earn ia too fast.
Withia . less - thaa -five minutes, aad
before tho passengers were awarj of
their peril, 'it was aaid, 4ha boat listed
ad went nnder.' -
PURSE SNATCH ER IS CIVEN
SEVERE JOLT BY WOMAN.
Chicago, Dec -18. Out of thousands
of shopper - thronging Btate . street,
Stanley- . Zepoecki, a -parse "snstcher,
ehos Mrs-.W. A. Middlefba, aged 60, a
a victim. ; He did aot know ah wa a
teacher of physical enHare.
After demonstrating a few. Jin titan
trick, and regaining her purse, Mrs.
Middletoa surrendered kim to th po
lice, :
CAM1NETTI NOW STUDYING " -"'
IMMIGRATION CONDITIONS
Warsaw. Dee. IS. (By th Asaoeiat&l
Pre.) Anthony Cnminttti, Amerieaa
miioar of immigration, who has
beea her for- several days inspecting
condition affeetiag th tide of emi
gratioB to 'America, left Warsaw' this
afternoon with hie taff. ' H will go to
Prague, aad from that city will iiroeeed
to- Jugoslavia... .:v -i . ; ' :
Big Christmas races at Pineharat.
Satarday, Deoeaibcr-' UhS p." m. Chriat- j
l Oianer nt th Carolina a MO to LOO.
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Taken Rapidly
of Christaaaa opportunities presented by
thaa ever to avail themselves of this
represented in tne opportunity selected,
wnica are aim open jouow:
OPPORTUNITY NO. IJ.
Old lady widow, lives alone. Works
in mill.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 14.
Two old ladies living alone. Both
been sick, work when able.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 11
Senior B. Y. P. U., Section B, Bap-
tut Tabernaele.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 1.
Very deserving and hard working
family composed of father, mother
and four children. All work.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 17.
Taken by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. King,
318 New Bern Avenue.
OPPORTCNITT NO. 18.
Very poor family composed of father,
mother aad two small children. Father
blind ia one eve, works in mill.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 1.
Tsken by Mrs. H. B. Tanton, Caro
lina rower and Light Co.
OPFORTUN ITT NO. IS.
Father, mother and two children.
Father baa on arm, works in mill
Very smart and deserving family.
, OPTORTUN IT Y NO. 21.
Taken by Ladies' Auxiliary Brother
hood Locomotive Engineers.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 21
Taken by Mrs. V. 8t. Cloud, Bland
Hotel.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 21.
Old lady lives alonef feeble.
OPPORTUNITY NO. .
Old man. Peddle book and works
all he ehn. Deserving.
. OPPORTUNITY NO. 25.
Coaple, husbaad blind, wife feeble
minded. Both very smart and work.
WEEK OF INTENSIFIED
WARFARE IN IRELAND
Despite Raids and Arrests Op
timists Predict a Truce
Is Near, at Hand
Dublin, Dec. 18. Intensified warfare
the usual accompaniment of peace par
leysmarked the close of sn eventful
week for Ireland. Extensive raids and
wholesale arrests by the police and
military aad the increased activity of
the Irish Republican army in attack
ing th crown forces will make np the
news ia tho Irish paper tomorrow.
Little will be published about the effort
of the peace maker to bring about
settlement, but if the optimistic pre
diction of the principal intermediaries
re fulfilled a truce is near at hand.
"Martial law circular number one"
Issued over the signature of General
Sir Nevil MaeBeady today, says that
all the force of th-crown may rest
assured that so long as ia trying to
restore order, they do hot exceed what
is reasonably necessary for the purpose
they will hav fall approval and sup
port But all are warned against the
commission of of tenses against th per
son or property ef any resident, the
breaking into sny boos in search of
plunder or the molesting of a . sentry
protecting a persoa or property.!
"Any persoa subject to military or
martial law committing any of these
offense will b Cable to court martial
aad sentence of death. -
FEAR RACE TROUBLE
' AT FINCASTLE, VA.
- Boaaoko, . Vs., Dee. 18. Local .police
received word from.Fineastle, Va, to
eight that a negro shot and killed a
white boy aad badly wouaded three oth
ers, oa of them fatally, ia Fineastl
today, aad that aa outbreak betweea th
races is feared. . v ...
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN
KIDNAP SPANISH GIRL
Pittsburgh, Pa- Dec 18. Two uni
dentified me -entered a residence at
Homestead, a subarb. late, yesterday,
sized Blaadi Pato, 10 year old Span
ish girl who arrived . tier recently
from South . America, aad ' earned her
awaylia aa automobile. , ""
Mr. Joseph Pato, an aunt with whom
B'andla resided, reported to th ttolie
that sh .believed atr aiec wa carried
a nay by aa admirer who folipwedhei
from South America. - . -.
T MEETING OF
LEAGUE AT GENEVA
A
Hymans and Motta Tell Dele
gates League of Nations Has
Proved a Success
DELEGATES SATISFIED
WITH ASSEMBLY'S WORK
Final Day Marks Another En.
counter Between British
Delegates and Representa
tives of British Dominions
Over Mandates; Esperanto
Voted Down By Assembly
(leneva, Dee. 18. (By the Asso
ciated Presa.) The first meeting of
tho assembly of the League of Nations
closed this evening in a burst of elo
quence after passing through one of the
fullest days of its existence In a rather
agitated and not always clear Re
bate. In a farewell speech, Paul Hymans,
President of the assembly, and Dr. Guis
eppe Motta, President of Switzerland,
told the delegntes the first assembly had
roved the league was a living organism
and a success. The opinion expressed
by the delegates who have participated
most actively in the work of the as
sembly is that it hns done all that eould
be expected of it, if not more.
A niftnber of pet projects have met
with disaster; yet there are few, if any,
delegatea who remained for the entire
assembly that will leave dissatisfied
with the work of that body.
British Encounter.
The final day was mnrked by another
encounter between the English delegates
and the representatives of the British
dominions. Lord Robert Cecil, acting
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and significant declaration by Arthur
J. Balfour to the effect that if the as
sembly adopted any recommendations
concerning mandate ho and hi succes
sor on the league council would pay no
attention to them.
lord Robert Cecil and Dr. Doherty
criticized the council for holding back
inormation about mandates and sup
ported tho recommendations of the man
dates committee, th most Important of
which were that th assembly express
the opinion that th resources of th ten
ritories under mandate, should not be
exploited by th mandatories for their
own profit or for the profit f th al
lies aad that the recruiting, of troop
should not be allowed in such terri
tories.
The recommendation wir adopted
unanimously, Mr. Balfour eonetndlng
himself by laying they weald hav no
effect, instead of voting against
them. . .
Esperanto Lease Oat.
Esperanto fell a victim to a sharp1
assault by (Jabriel Hanotaux, when the
committee reported in favor of an ex
pression by the assembly with the ob
ject of encouraging th general teach
ing of Esperanto in the public., schools
witn a view to making it eventually an
international language and the language
of the league. After a debate the as
sembly voted against the proposal. ,
M. Hymans, ia hia closing speech
dwelt upon the fact that the session of
the assembly demonstrated to all the
value of the League of Nations,
me league has developed a con
sciousness," he said, "and now resoKes
to live, and will live. Through the set
ting up of an international court of
justice, the assembly has established a
house of rights and a palace of peace.
Activities Of Assembly.
The activities of the assembly respect
ing typhus he declared to be a mntjnif.
icent demonstration of human solidar
ity. When the assembly spoke of disar
mament, M. Hymans said," the members
of that body displayed' keen anxiety to
lift the weight of armaments from the
shoulders Of the world but at the came
time realized that in the present un
settled Conditions of Europe nothing
better eould be done than bad been.
He referred to fraternal spirit shown
by the assembly, the members of which
were separated only by shades or opln
ion, not by principles. He appealed to
the youth of the world, the men of to.
morrow, those who fought in the great
war to construct a moral world indis
pen sable to the future of mankind,
and concluded :
"Let us continue our ascending march
towards the stars." f
VOLUNTEER FIREMA'.' LOSES
LIFE IN ANSWERING CALL
Rocky Mount, Dec 18. Responding
to a call of th Central fire department
to extinguish a small blaze at a locsl
hospital early this morning, Wiley T.
May, volunteer fireman, In some man
ner miased hia footina on tha firs
truck ana wa thrown under th rear
wheels and sustained injuries from
which he died, six hour later. . May
is well known throughout this section
of the Stste, being' district agent for
well known motor truck. He served
as a First lieutenant in .the Amerieaa
army ia-tha world war. .
SEAMAN DROWNED IN EFFORT
TO GO TO SEE SICK WIFE
Norfolk, Ta., Dee. 18. Denied per
mission to -visit hia siek wife, Reuben
G. Torres, - acamaa, - leaped from the
'deck of the coast guard cutter Ore
ham aad waa drowned. He wa drawa
beneath th rushing ship before h
eould make a stroke for th shor on
which stood th bom : la which, hit
wif lay ill, i '. - - !
COUGHS UP WOOL DRIVEN " '
. ? ' INTO LUNGS BY BULLETS
Boulder, - Colo, D. nS-George
Davis, of Bed Lodge, Montana, a gov
ernment vocational student at th Uni
versity ef Colorado, yesterday coughed
up two piece of "O. D." wool that had
beea driverf lata hi lungs in Franc
by German buHeta, thereby tiding
four day coughing spell. - - ,
FIRS
COMES 10
CLOSE
FAVORABLE ACTION
ON RESOLUTION TO
GIVE FARMERS AID
TO AIR CHARGES THAT
NEGROES IN SOUTH WERE
NOT PERMITTED TO VOTE.
Washington, Dec 18. Charge
that many negroes In the Southern
State ar aot permitted to vote
will be aired by the House census
commttte la considering the reap
portionment bill,, it waa annoaneed
today by Chairman Slegel.
A aatnber sf organisations and
Individuals havs Baked permission
to present evidence thst la many lo
calities tho negroes are coerced, Mr.
Slegel said, aad the committee will
devote seversl daya after the holi
days In hearing such complaints.
Hons Republicans, in csucaa last
night, refused to approve th Tink
ham resolatlo providing for sn In
vestigation of alleged disfranchise
ment of negroes with a view to cat
ting down ths representation of
Southern States. Mr. Slegel said to
day, however, that no reapportion
ment bill would be reported to the
Ilonae by hia eoramitte aatll hear.
Ing had Leea held.
A meeting of th committee has
beea called for Monday at which, It
ia expected, a decision will .bo
reached aa to the extent of the ia.
crease In hoasemembership, A bill
already Intredaced by Mr. Slegel
ealla for y48S members an incresse
af 48 over the present membership.
Designed To Protect Twenty
Farm Products; May Be Pre
sented Tomorrow
Washington, Dec. 18, Framing of
an emergmexJa;iff.lfeiignd to protect
twenty farm products waa completed
late today Ty th House ways and
means committee. The measure prob
ably will bo presented to ths House
Monday with a request for action on
it the following day.
The bill wa designated s th Ford
Bey Emergency Tariff. A drawn, it
would be effective for one year from
date or paaaage.
Th measure waa agreed to after alz
hour discussion by the full member
ship of the committee, which elected to
honor it chairman by giving th bill
hi nam. Mr. Fordney will prepare
and introduce ths formal draft. Th
Commute broadened the original pro
ject of Benato and House leader in
joint conference. The bill was said to
have been planned aa a comprehensive
measure to shield agriculturists from
further priee decline. Representative
Young, Republican, .North Dakota,
chairman of the agricultural sub-eom
mittee, indicated that ways and means
committee members would urge its pas
sage before tho Christmas recess.
Products to which tariff protection
would apply and the rates agreed upon
under the committee 1411 were as fol
lows:
Wheat, 30 cents a bushel; wool In
the grease, 15 cents a pound, skirted
20 rents a pound; mutton and lamb.
1,2 1-2 cents It pound; rattle, 30 per cent
ad valorem; wheat flour, 20 per cent
ad valorem;, corn, 15 ecnis a bushel;
sheep, SI a head if under one year
eld and 12 a hea. if over one year
onions, 40 cents a bushel) peanuts, 2
cent a pound ; rice, Z cents pound
if cleaned, and 1 12 cents a pound if
uncleaned; potatoes, 25 cents a bushel;
long staple cotton, 7 cents a pound :
and cotton seed, eocoanut, peanut and
soy bean oils, 20 cents a gallon.
The committee asked the Treasury
Department to compile a schedule of
rate on wool products, which would
be equal to the rates applied to wool.
Thi schedule is expected to be ready
early Monday for inclusion in the bill
when introduced, Mr. Fordney announ
ced.
Proposals to include, sugar, hogs, fro
zen beef, vegetable seeds, barley, flax,
butter aad potato flour and potato
starch in tha list were voted down.
NOT TO USE GOLD COINS
FOR HOLIDAY PURPOSES
Washington, Dee. 18. National and
other banks hav been requested by
John Burke, treasurer of the United
State, not to distribute gold coins for
holiday purposes. The . request is ia
line with the. policy of the treasury
to conserve the gold reserve, it wa
explained today, but when gold ia de
manded upon gold obligations the de
mand will be met. Old sold will be
paid, however, and no S2.50 gold-pieces
will be issued as the coining or tnese
piece has been stopped.
TEN AUTOMOBILES STOLEN
IN WAYNE IN ONE DAY
Goldsboro, Dec 18. Tonight while
T. W. Corbin, ef Fremont, was eating
supper at a local eafo, soma party pur
loined hi 'automobile. 'According to
report mad ' at police headquarters.
thi mdo a total of ten automobile
reported stolen here during the day.
During the past few) day a number
of bold robberies have takea place
her and the police believe that a bead
of professional crooks are now operat
ing in thia city.
CAPT. MOFFITT NAMED
. . DIRECTOR OF AVIATION
Washington. Dee. .18. Captain Wil
liam A. Moffett, formerly commandant
f th Gnat Lake Training Statioa
aad later commander of tho battleship
Mississippi, of th Pacific fleet, ha beea
sppoiated director of - aaval aviatioa,
It waa announced . today by Secretary
Daniel Captain Moffett succeeds Cant.
Thomaa T. Craven, who will be sent to
sea, probably ia eommaad of a battle-.'
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FRAME EM
ERGEHCY
TARIFF MEASURE
House Votes 212 To 61 To
Adopt Senate Resolution Re
viving The War Finance
Corporation
GOES TO CONFERENCE
FOR ADJUSTMENT WITH;
THE SENATE MEASURE
Final Vote In Honse Comes
After Five Honrs of Debate;
Section Two of Senate Seso.
lntion Stating Opinion of
Congress That Federal Re
serve Banks Should Allow
Farmers Liberal Credits
Struck Oat; Opposition To
BiB Declares It Is Class Leg.
islation, While Advocates
Stress Necessity For Some
Sort of Relief For Fanners
Washington, Dee. 18. Tie 8ent res
olution to revive the War Finaae Cor
poration aa a measure of relief ' for
farmers wa adopted by the Hon late
today In amended form and by a vot
of 218 to 61. It bow goes to confer.
enee for adjustment with the Senate
measure.
The House struck out Section Two
c( the Senate resolution stnting tho
opinion of Congress thst Federal Re
serve banks should allow liberal credit
to farmers. The vote was 132 in favor
to 0 against on the motion to striko
out.
The final vote came after fir hoar
of debate.
Chairman McFadden, of th baaking
committee, leading the opposition,
characterized it a las legislation
which would lead to inflation and
charged that its proponent had delud
ed th farmers into believing H would '
help them. .
Says Farmers Deceived.
"The farmers have beea deceived,
Mr. McFaddea said. "They hav beea '
told taia resolution will help them. Ne
advance to farmera ha beea mad by
the corporation for mors than a year
and eould aot be authorised under thi
measure. Instead, th corporation ha
mad loana to such institutions aa th
International Harvester, the Bethlehem
Steel and tho Baldwin LoeosuUv
Work. -
n a t . r . ,
Acpresenimivs jwnm, jnepwoiicaat Il
linois, supporting tha biK said k did
aot sew how it would do barm aad
probably would do aom good. Repre
sentative MoadelL Wyoming, majority'
leader aaid the bottom had fallen oak
of business because privat Institution
had aot been able to extend the re
quired relief. Revival of tho finance
corporation would help th aituatkm
aad could aot, under any ei reactance,
bare a harmful effect, ha (aid.
Not Class Legislation.
Representative Stevenson, Democrat,
South Carolina, denied that the meas
ure waa clasa legjslatioa.
"The hanks have gone th limit," h
said, "and they cannot extend credits
further. We must do it by selling
stock of tbe corporation to th invest
ing public."
Representative McFaddea aaid tha
project waa "nothing ls than patting
th hand in the publio treasury for
the benefit of special interest.
I don t believe honestly it ia going
to help the fanner in the way he ,
expects," he said. "You will be called
upon to revive th grain corporation
and other government war agencies.
"Until th consuming publio gets the
full benefit of the declining price, I
think nothing should be done to inter
fere.
Weald Add Burden.
Representative Madden, Republican,
Illinois, said the measure would add
another billion dollar burdea to the
backs of the people.
"Already Europe owe u $13.000,000,.
000," he aaid. "Thia would add anoth
er billion to that debt. It moreover.
sustains high prices and does aot aid
the working people whose wage ar be
ing rednced all over the country."
Other speakers supporting th reso
lution were Representatives Strong, Re
publican, Ksnsas; Steagall, Democrat,
Alabama: Tincher, Republican, Kansas;
Wingo, Democrat, Arkansas.
SAYS POLAND WANTS TO
PUY AMERICAN COTTON
Washington, Dec 18. Poland
seeking to buy between 800,000 aad
400,000 bales of Amerieaa cotton, so-
cording to information givea out by
Prince Cusrnir Lubormlski, Polish Min
ister, to Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
ranking Democratof tho Senate foreign
relation committee
To buy th cotton Polish interest
are seeking to arrange long tim
credits which are imperative, th Polish
envoy informed Senator Hitchcock.
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MINISTER FAILS TO SAVE
DOCTOR FROM BEING FINED
Zion, Ills- Dec 18. Effort of th -Rev.
Mr. O'Brien, a Methodist minis
ter, ss attorney failed to sav from
fin Dr. George Billmeyer, a physl--eiaa,
charged 'with smoking oa one of
the busiest corners in Zion today.
Th Rev. Mr. O'Brien contended that
Patrolman Isaac Parry, who mado tho
arrest, waa misled by congealed breath
due to the cold weather. , Dr. Billmeyer
took the atand, however, aad admitted,
ho had beea smokiag tobacco. H was
fined 10 aad costs. ;
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION TO''
- HOLD ITS MEETING TOMORROW
Memphis, Tens., Dec IS. proposals
to raise th salary limit, inauguration ,
of a movement to aeeor tho anaet- , -
ment of atrlngent laws against betting
a baseball games aad feasibility of a
poet-season aeriea with . aha winners of
the Texas League pennant, are among .
matter expected to bo discussed at th
aaaul meeting of the So them Asso
ciation ef Baseball Club her acxt