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TEN PAGES TODAY RALEIGH. H.:., FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 24. 1920.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
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BATTLE IN SENATE
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UllttULl)
DEFICIT
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TO DEFEAT TARIFF
STATE DEPARTMENT
TAKES COGNIZANCE
DEMOCRATS
BEGIN
GOVERNOR WRITES
FINAL CHAPTER IN
BOOK OF PARDONS
HOUSTON D
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BILLION
Consideration of Measure In
- Upper House Blocked By
Senator Harrison
UNDERWOOD PREPARED
TO F1GH-F AGAINST BIL1
Democrat! Plan To Delay Ac
tion Until Return of Senator
Simmons To Capitol; Under.
tood President Ready To
Veto Measure If It Comes To
Him tNqr Signature
The New and Observer Bureau,
403 District National Bank Bldg.,
Br U, E. POWELL.
Washington, Dec. 23. Democratic
Senators today begun their fight on the
so-called emergency tariff bill passed
in the House yesterday, when motion
to bring the measure up for consid
erntion was blocked by the objection
of Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississ
ippi.
' Senator Simmons is not1 expected to
return to Washington to take up the
cudgels against this measure on Hon
day, but the Democrat ean delay ae-
tioa until he doj return and they have
indicated tin course will be pursued.
The senior North Carolina Senator has
givwn assurance that the Democrats
will not resort to filibustering tactics to
defeat t!:e bill, but Senator Thomas, 6
Colorado, mid today that he was are
pared to 'o Quite a bit of talking on
the tariff -neasure and Senator Thomas
is some taitcr.
8eaa'or Read Smoot, chief mouth
piece Oil the Senate floor for Boss Pen
rose, announced today that the bill
would not be considered by the finance
f committee- Tho Democrats insist that
; as it is a protective measure only it
should have the same treatment as any
other tariff bill.
Underwood Againat It.
Tl. .;.;., in,i ;n t, BDnnt.
Senator Oscar Underwood, will oppose
the lull with all bis force, it was said
about the Capitol today. Tho Alabama
' Senator is not opposed to a tariff meas
ure of some kind at this session "for
revenue onlys," but be is against the
Fordncy-Uceu jtroposal.
The possibility that - this measure
will, gniu strength in the Senate has
not been overlooked by those Democrats
who see in it a net from which no
disciple of Jefferson or Jackson can
escaiie when the big protective bill
cornea in next spring or summer. For
this reason, rouamunientian has been
established with the White House and
it is understood that tha President
prepared tn veto the measure if it
comes to him for signature. The Dem
ocrats in the, Senate cau, if their backs
are forced to the wall, prevent passage
over a veto, although, two' or three
minority members are slated to sup
port it now.
Briiuon For It.
Contrary to anticipation after a poll
of the Tar Heel delegation yesterday,
Representative Sam Brinson voted for
the bill. Five member of the doloaa
tion were paired against it, these being'
Messrs. Hoey, Doughtonl Godwin, Mob
inson and Kitchin. Messrs. Pou, 8mnllN
Btedman and Weaver were on the floor
when the vote came last night and reg-
istered opposition to it.
The views of Mr. Kitchin were in
eorporated in the hearing on the bill
in a telegram yesterday sent by him
from Scotland Keck to Representative
v Charles B. Crisp, of Georgia, in re
sponse to messages sent him by Dem
ocrntif-member Of the House.
Kltchla's Views.
Mr. kitchin said:
"While you ran count on my standing
br what the Democrats . en the com
xaittae do.my judgment is that there
to nothing in the proposition that will
help the cotton and tobacco farmer of
the Booth ana the grain larmer or tne
West and much, ia the future, that
miaht hurt him.
" "It may increase prices, of some of
his necessary cure ha sea. Only oil from
agriculture products sjhould be includ
ed. Certainly mineral . oils should be
excluded: their prieM already sky
hia-h and too they are already the
object of outrageousfavoritism in the
tax set The proposition nsy help the
livestock man and , peanut growers for
next rear's crop not tii yarB. They
(the peanut fanners) must sell thisi
year's crop before a bag of foreign
ants ran reach here after the act.
"If Democrats favor the preposition,'
said he, "couple it with' a clear, rigid,
enforceable, non-profiteering provision
protecting the manufacturer or sura
products: otherwise, they will take Jt
mm an awa to excessively ' profiteer,
TherrSroBositlon, it enacted, "may prove
indirectly virtue by undeceiving the-t
Western farmer witn respect w me
tariff, since in any opinion, the far.
atCT will experience praetieally no ben
edeiaT e'ifect from if. Ia our aeetioa the
only thing that will help now are for
the Secretary ,or me iressury v ru na
tion according to the intent ana par
nose of too War Finance Corporation
extension set we passed in the Sixty.
Jlfth Congress for the beaefit of eVports
ad for the Keservn ' uoara aot re
eh rage discount rate higher than ena
per cent" less than the legal rate of
interest la we Btaia n wuica u loan
1 atade. ' . ' "y - I
Cite Legal Kate.
For instance, -legal rate .fa , North
Carolina is si pr' cent When money
ia loaned to banks in this State by re
serve banks the rate should aot exceed
fir per cent. This leaves a margin ef
ene per cent to cover the expense and
some little profit to the borrowing bank
which will loan t the . people. Be
member, if hprohibitive tariff or em
barge is good ia times of emergencies,
H is good la aormal time to prevent
future emergencies. Caa we afford tn
educate ur farmers that bjgjf tariffs
(Ceatlaaed aw Page Two) - -
Two Conditional Pardons, One
Parole and Eighteen Sen
dee Reductions
"JIM POWERHOUSE" GOES
FREE AFTER MANY YEARS
Hag The Distinction of Being
Only Man Who Operated a
Still Within Penitentiary;
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Governor's List Made Up
Mostly Out of His Personal
Knowledge of Prisoners
The, final chapter in Governor Biek-
ctt's pardon record was written yester
day when he made public bis Christ
mas greetings to the men who serve
ia the State prison, two conditional
pardons, a single conditional parole
and IS commutations of sentence,
many of which terminate the sentence
immediately. The list is the Gover
nor's last before he retires rVom office
early in January.
There is no outstanding story in
either of the 21 items of elemency in
the Governor's list. For th most part
the men who are set free had none
to apeak for them. The Governor found
them for himself, and of his own judg
ment, determined to cut short their
sentences, because their eases seemed
worthy to him. Classified as to their
offences the cases arc: Second degree
murder, 11; second degree burglary, 2;
blockading, 3; rape, 2; murder, 1; man-
salughtcr, 1 ; assault, 1.
Oldest Prisoner Freed.
Oldest among the men who go home
is liunnon Haynes, a negro, seni up
from Columbus county in November,
1897, for murder in the first degree to
serve a life sentence. - Twenty-three
years has served to Plot mm out
of the memory of everybody, but in
looking over the roster of prisoners
and their prison record, the Gover
nor behoves that Haynes has served
long enough. He has been a good pris
oner. And there is Richard Blanton, com
ing to prison from Rowan eounty in
1902. to serve a life sentence, lie,
with another negro, were sentenced to
dio for rape, but Governor Aycock
commuted him. Ia these latter years
Blanton has operated the machinery
that transforms a 220-volt current of
electricity into more than 2,000 to ba
poured through th oodies or con
demned mn when they are strapped
in the electric chair. They sailed him
Jim Pgjrrrhoo.' ' I i
Baa Death Machine.
Something of distinction wan, gained
by Jim Powerhouse last fall when he
took a few odds and ends or nu aua
contrived a steam distillery ia the
basement of the prison, set it up and
tried to make liquor. It didn't quite
work. He has- made a perfect prisoner
and is one of the ablest mechanic in
the institution.
The clemency list loiiows:
Ashley Southerland, Wayne eounty
convicted of second degree murder
April, 1919,- and sentenced to 10 years
in prison, rardoned conditionally.
B. U. Newsome, rorsytn eounty,
convicted of second degree murder in
October. 1918. and sentenced to 30
years in prison. Pardoned condition'
ally.
John Henderson. Guilford county.
convicted of second degree burdlary in
December. 1913. and sentenced to 10
years in prison, raroied eouaiuouaiiy
Dok Harden. Kobeson eounty, con
victed of manufacturing liquor in July,
1920. and sentenced to la months on
the roada. Commuted to 6 months.
W. H. Williams, Lenoir county, con
vleted of second degree murder ia De
cember, 1918, and sentenced to 16 year
n prison. Commuted to expire. lecem
bcr 21, 1920.
Sentences' Shortened.
Dave Monroe, Kobeson eounty, eon
victud of rape in February, 1914, and
sentenced to 30 years ia prison. Com
muted to 20 years. J
Eugene Jackson, New - Hanover
tounty, convicted of second degree
burglary ia June, 1918. Commuted to
expire JMeember Xl, 19Z0. .
Sam McRae, Richmond eounty, eon
victed of second degree murder ia .Sep
tember, 1912, and sentenced to 10 year
in prison. Commuted to expire Heeenv
Der 21. lvzu.
Ernest N, tune, Randolph eounty,
conv'.rted of second degree murder in
March. 1919, and sentenced to 30 year.
Commuted to 20 year ia prison. .
Richsrd lilantoa. Bowaa eountr. con
victed ia August, 19021 for rape and
sentenced to life imprisonment. Cat to
30 yoars and, now commuted to expirs
December 81, 1920.
Liunnon Haynes, Columbus eounty,
convicted of murder and sentenced te
30 years. Commuted to expire Decern
ber 81. 19201
Leonard Armond, Beaufort eounty,
convicted of second degree murder ia
April. 1918, and sentenced te 20 years.
uommuiea to ia year.- -
Will Mtevenson, Mecklenburg eounty.
eonvieted ef, second degree murder inJ
July, .1914, and senteneed to 30 years.
Coramutea to kv years. ( ; v "! 1
Claude nance. Columbus eountr. -eon-
victed ef manelaaghter ia August, 1019.
ana sentenced to to m years. Com
mated to O to S years.
John Hairstoa, Forsyth eounty. eoa
victed of second degree murder ia July,
wis, ana eenteneea, to 2U years, com
mated te 20 'years. 1 --
Will Funderburk, Union eousty. con
victed -of second degree murder in Jan
uary, 1911, and sentenced to 30 years.
commutea to xv year. - , ,
Sob Beid, Mecklenburg: .county, con
victed - of second decree murder In
ApriL.1909, and sentenced to 30 rear.
Commuted to 20 years. " t . , J ' -. : .
J. JN. Carter, Yadkin eou a ty 4' con
victed ef mautfacturiag liaoor ; and
barn burning la March, 1919 and sea
teneed tes. 10 year. Commuted to I
years. . .- .......
A ,U, Johnson, Buncombe - eountv.
convicted of an asaatttt ia May. 1920
(Ceatlaaed ea Page Two)
Foreign Countries Require
Credit to Putvhase Cotton
T
IS NOW EXHAUSTED
Trie News and Observer Ex
presses Its Appreciation To
Those Who Made It Success
The entire list of sixty-three Oppor
tunities for Christmas Service offered
by the News and Observer to the people
of.Italeigh haa been exhausted and tha
paper ia it owa name and ia tha ancie
of the folks who are made happy Jbj
thie manifestation of the real Chrirmas
spirit offora it sincere thank to the
friends who eo operated to maks It
a success.
Id sddition to the opportunities al
ready credited the Junior Bed Oros
Society of Cary obtained the address
of Opportunity aamber 49, destitute
family living1 near Cary, in order to
add to the Christmas cheer of this
family. This opportunity had already
been taken but the Cary Junior Bod
Cross felt that the mare Christmas
provided for the family the better they
would like it.
Mrs. A. C. Wilson, of Raleigh, also
sest a 15 contribution to be used in
the manner deemed, best for meeting
the needs
or one Christmas oppor-
tunity.
The-, opportunities taken yesterday
were :
OPPORTUNITY NO. T.
Taken byia friend.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 14. v
Taken by Mrs. J. Crawford Biggs.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 4s.
Taken by U O. Bullard, 401 Jones
street.
OPPORTUNITT NO. 42.
Tken by Jck Ooursey, 920 W. Lenoir
ret- ' f
TAR HEEL SENATORS
: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Secretary and Mrs. Daniels To
Spend Holidays In The Na.
tional Capital
By R. E. POWELL. -(By
Leased Wire.
Washington, Dee. 23. Both the
North Carolina Senators will spend the
Christmas holidays ia North Caroliaa,
Senator Simmon having left last
night for New Bern and Senator Over
man for Salisbury. The junior Senator
is expected to return here about Jan
uary 3rd whea the Congress will reas
semble ia full aambers . and Senator
Simmons will get beck day or two
aaeaa to jlne op the tariff opposition.
: osererary an Mrs. uaniela will spend
the holidays da Washintrtoa and will
have with them-their four sons, Jo
sephus, from Raleigh; Jonathan, from
Chapel Hill; Worth, from Baltimore.
ana rang. .-.:
Representative Kiichia trill return
- - v. wvwvicvw 1 hu arciAW WIV
aouaaye at ni some With bis family,
Major Stedmaa. BeoresenUtiva Pou
aad Representative Godwin will spend
tne Monday ia Washington also.
Representatives Hoey, Brinsoa aad
Kobinson are already ia th State and
Representatives Small. Weaver aad
Doaghtoa loft today for their homes
la . washingtoa. Ashevills and Laurel
Spring , ' -
Frank A. Hampton, secretary to Sen
ator Simmons, goes to Rocky Mount
for the holidays, and C. Hubert Martin,
Wi let ' or Starr ia Senator Overman's
office, will-Tialt Louisburg and Smith-
aeia during the recess. . .
J. it, JlalL ef Wilkes eounty. was
today appointed prohibition agent and
will be assigned to duty under Chief
Inspector Herbert Galley. '
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Britton have
with them for the holiday Mrs. Lewis
P. Armstrong. Mrs. Britton's niece, ef
OPPORTUNITY LIS
Richmond, 1
The Governoi and Mrs.
tend
Christmas Greetings
to
All the People of North Carolina
May the Joyovt Suon brini to'vt all a now
birth of love and tau$htet, a uii gratp of
HoaVon and a hemer relish of tho earth; and
above the diteoidant criet hf thell-thochei and
debt-haunted men mop We still be able to heai
the Blessed Anjels sin$.
Consular Agents Report Ques
tion of Credit Is Now De
termining Factor
GERMANY NEEDS OVER
HALF MILLION BALES
Detailed Figures From Agents
Show Needs of American
Cotton Abroad
Washington, Dec. 23. The question
of exchange and ability to get credits
will determine largely the amount of
American cotton which will be taken by
foreign countries, particularly Ger
many, American eonsuTaraCnt i4
in a report which was" transmitted to
day to the Senate by President Wilson.
No summary of the reports was made
by th State .Department, the detailed
figures from each of the consular
agents being transmitted.
. The reports were gathered last sum
mer in response to a Senate resolution
aaking for the amount of cotton which
will be' needed during th year, the re
ports of the consuls covering the pe
riod generally from August 31, 1920,
to August, Ul-l.
Germaay'a Needs.
Between 600,000 and 700,000 bales of
eotton will be needed by Germany for
the year ending August .31, 1921, the
American consular agent at Berlin esti
mated. Germany is operating between one
third and one half of her 10,000,000
spindles and the market is short of the
better grades of eotton snd the short
fibred low grade cotton for which there
has been considerable demand and has
been largely of East Indian production.
Germany before the war consumed
about 10,800,000 bales of Americas eot
ton annually, he said.
"The question of the extension of
the sales of American cotton in Ger
many is a matter of credit, he assert
ed. The Germans require aix months
credit, the report sdded, and while pro
posals have been put forward for those
furnishing the product to tnke the fin
ished product in payment this has not
gotten anywhere because a German law
forbids a creditor tSf hold a lien on ma
terial furnished to a mill under such
term.
Belgian ' Requirements.
Belgian needs for the year are esti
mated st between 50,000 and 150,000
bales. Her demsnds ars confined to
high grade staples of one inch to one
and one eighth inches in length, the re
port, added.
. Greece's reqirements were estimated
at about 26,000 bales, snd that country
produces a quantity of eotton similar
to American middling of 7-8 . inch in
length
Spain s requirements were placed at
330,000 bales, with the statement thst
the amount of Indian eotton imports
would probably be reduced owing to
exchange conditions.
The eonsnl at Havre reported
Frances textile industry rapidly recov
ering from Ue war and her imports of
American eotton placed at -695,000 bales
as against about lfiwpOO prior to the
war. '
Holland was reported a largely In
creasing; her warehouse manufacturing
facilities' with a view of increasing the
imports of American eotton which she
intended to manufacture and sell the
manufactured goods to Germany. A
eotton market ha been opened at Rot
terdam. Jaaaa Uncertain.
The forecast of what Japan will
want was declared to be ''very ascer
tain by the consul at Kobe) and he
estimated the needs at between 623,000
and 800,000 bales. ; ,
Estimates for Norway were placed at
about 25,000 bales aad for Denmark,
the same'BomleTV.'i V'rf ':,"
The consul at Liverpool reported no
definite information as te what Eng
land might need, while the report from
the consul at Portugal said that it was
posible Brasul might be able te com
pete with the Americaa jeottont, "'
Mexico uity reported no Imports of
cotton necessary as that country .raised
enough to take care of tha noaieatie
needs. w
Cotton for Austria was reported te
be Aaadlel ) fBta ot 4 owi Am, I
Bichett
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MATTER IN SENATE
Sharp Criticism of Coal Asso
ciation and Government De
partments Made
Washington, Dec. 23. Senate investi
gation of the 'coal industry was sus
pended today until next Wednesday,
but sharp criticism of tho National
Coal Asvciation and government de
partments came up on the Henate floor,
when Senator Colder, of New York,
chairman of the investigating commit
tee, brought recent disclosures into de
bate. The New York Senator gave no
tice that the committee would proceed
next to clear np charge by George H
Cushing, managing director of the
Americaa Wholesale Coal Association
that government officials had person
ally participated in coal profits during
me periou oi suunago last jhii.
Senator Calder, speaking on the Sen
ate floor, aid the War Department had
enabled eoal men to make (8.000.000
profits by buying two million tons of
eoal during the stringency, and report
ed that D. W; Wentx, president of the
National Coal Asoeiation, took $75,000
in commissions for purchaing a part of
the quantity.
Senator Pomercne, Democrat, Ohio,
demanded that the committee refer the
matter to the Department of Justice if
found that Col. Wcntz sold coal mined
by himelf for $3.50 a ton while the
government paid $11.50 for its qiiot:
Senator Edge, Republican, New Jersey,
a.' 1 that in fairness to the Association
president, the 'Senate should note that
he advised the War Department agninst
making the purchase and did not sell
the government his own eoal.
Senators Pomerehe and Kouyon, Be
publican, Iowa, exchanged " remarks as
to the "common honesty" involved in
coal dealings, whild Senator Calder
charged that sthe coal association had
influenced the Interstate Commerce
Commission, manipulated Geological
8urvey figures on coal production and
collected $1,000,000 from its members
to maintain for Ihree years the organi
sation, the activities' o which he criti
cised. 5TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT
IS AWARDED FOURRAGERE
Camp Bragg Outfit Awarded
The Highest Honor Within (
The Gift of France
Fayettevillc, Dec. 23. Christmas cetc
brat ions by the Fifth Field Artillery,
stationed at Camp Bragg, took on an
added fervor here today when the regi
ment received notice that it had been
awa: ' t'efo -g-rj .:.o highest dis
tinction that can be bestowed by the
French Republic, ia recognition of
beroism.
Announcement of the nward was made
in a telegram to Colonel' A. J. Bowley,
eommsnding officer of the regiment nnd
of the camp, In a telegram from Gen
ertl Summerell. The regiment served
overseas with th First Division and
with tho. Sixth and Seventh. ' was in
almost continuous action for a year.
The award corresponds to the personal
decoration ef the Croix do Guerre, and
tarries with It the privilege of every
man in the outfit wearing the colors
of the order in a shoulder nigrette.
Flan are being made foe the official
presentation of the award. Invitatioa
will be extended to General Colingy,
military attache to tho French em
bassy, to make the presentation,. '
Colonel Bowley commanded the regi
ment prior to th outbreak of the war,
whea he -was advanced to the rank of
Brigsdier-Genersl snd placed- ia com
snand of the artillery of tho" Second
Division. Since ths war he ha ben
returned to the regiment and accom
panied it here sevsrat weeks ago whea
Gamp Bragg became the regiment's per
maaeatpost. 1 i ki him 1 r .
New Orleans, Dee. 23.
CALDER AIRS COA
Orleans, Dee. 23-Totai rieelij) bed at :30 e clock each night for
production for Louisiana for this sea
eoa was estimated at 25,EOU,ooo bushel
ia-a report 'mad public today-by th
local ofliee of th bureau of crop esti-
Apiculture. t , ., . ".
Secretary Says Congress Must
Avoid Putting Heavier Bur
den On Treasury
DEFICIT MUCH LARGER
THAN WAS ANTICIPATED
Continued Discussion of Sol
diers' Bonns and Legislative
Measures For Financial Re
lief Affecting Market Prices
of Government Securities,
Secretary Asserts
Washington, Die. 23.- Declaring that
the government fares a gross deficit of
$2,100.ixK),ikmi tr the current fiscal year,
Secretary nttuston today warned tho
Senate finance committee that Congress
nhould avoid putting a heavier burden
on the Treasury Department. The
estimate camn as a surprise to the com
mittee, as it !U nearly $ 1 ,000,000,000
greater than tlwit recently estimated by
Senator McCunilicr, Nprth Dakota, one
of its members.
For the fiscal year, ending June 30,
!22, the treasury head estimated the
deficit would lio approximately $1,500,
000,000 and he added that it could be
seen that new. Sources bf- revenue nmst
ho sought to meet even current require
ments. Dlacuaars Bonus Bill.
Mr. Houston was called before the
committee to discuss the soldiers' bon is
bill which, according to estimates,
would require an outlay of $1,500,000,.
000, nnd ho indicated that i1- Treasury
would oppose any action by. Congress
that wtiii Id ten.1 to open a new drain on
the treasury. x
The Secretary also reiteratod his ob
jections to the revival of "the War
Finance Corporation. It would mean,
ha said, thnt t' e treasury would bo com
pelled to launch a new program of bor
rowing. The committee was unable to com
plete its work today and asked Mr.
ifoiixton to return for further testimony
Monday.
BOND PRICES Bl'FFERING
AS RESULT OF DISCUSSION
Wushington, Dec. 23. Market prices
of Liberty bouds and other govern
ment securities were said today by
Secretary Houston to be suffering as u
lesult of the continued discussion of
the soldiers' bonus and the various
legislative measures for the relief if
the farmers, auch as the revival of tho
War 1'iuaaoe Corporation. r . -
Enactment into raw of either of
these propositions, the Treasury Secre
tary declared, would, necessitate flota
tion by the government of a loan which
would add to the amount of govern
ment securities now outstanding sag
cause consequent reaction in the market
for government bonds.
Must lsaua Bonds.
Necessity of a bond issue to finance
a soldiers' bonus, Mr. Houston said, is
readily understood, but it would be
equally necessary for flie government
to borrow in o:der to enablo the War
Finance Corporation to function. Tha
corporation, ho said, has about $370,000,-
000 in book credits against the Treasury
but to resume its setlvities it would
have either to issue bonds of 'its own
to obtain funds or call upon the
treasury for its balance, in which esse
the Treasury would be forced to issuo
certificates of indebtedness in order to
raise the money.
The Secretary also said he was op
posed to the various proposals for ex
icnamg ereiit to loreign nations on
the basis -of government funds, the ad
ministration having decided there
should be an end to foreign loans.
,. Against Bales Tax.
Discussing a sale tax te provide gov
ernment revenues, a subject now under
consideration by the House ways nnd
means committee, the Secretary dee la r
ed himself opposed to a general sales
tax on the ground thtt it .was eon
trary to the theory of progressive taxa
tion. He added, however, that ne
favored a selected sales tax applicable
to certain classes or articles not neces'
sarics whiclf he said would keep ths
burden or 1 e tax from lose unable to
WEAVER INTRODUCES
INDIAN tAND MEASURE
Bill For Distribution of Chero
kee Lands In Weatorn N. C.
To Come Up Soon
Washington, Dec. 2.1.J-Distribution
of the lands now held by Cherokee
Indians in Western - North Carolina,
provided for in a bill introduced in the
House by Representative Weaver, Dem
oc rat, North Carolina, will come np
noon before a sub-committee, Mr
Weaver today announced.
,ach Indian would be allowed .thirty
acres of' land under ths bill. Repre
sentative Weaver said the lands of this
colony" consisted of between 40,000 an
150,000 acres in Swain county, contain'
ing valuable water power sites which
probably will be retained by the gov
ernment.' .
GIVES CHRISTMAS JOY
TO SENTENCED BOYS
West Orange, N. "J.; Deo. 3. Recall
ing the day when, he too' was a boy,
bent upon pillaging jam larders snd
mother's pies set out to cool, Recorder
John B. Lander's heart softened today
ahd he issued an order that brought
Joy to three West Orsnge youngsters.
Hailed before the recorder, a trio or
mischief-makers -was sentenced to re
ceive no Christmas presents,' to take no
part in Xuletide celebrations ana go
mourn. . ., . , . :
.Citizens 'intervened, ' protesting thst
the panislinieut was to severe. . To
night th sentence wss suspended ever
Christmas. v aad Christmas, and
.Santa Ciaus was. notified.
OF. CABLE INCIDENT
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British Embassy May BAsked
For Explanation of Letter
To Senator , ,' .
KELLOGG SENDS DATA
TO STATE DEPARTMENT
Letter of Embassy Direct To
The Senator Denying Testi
mony That British Anthori- , .
ties. Censored Cable Mes.
sages Regarded As Breach
of Diplomatic Courtesy
Washington, Dec. 23. (By the Asso
ciatcd Press.) Official eognizaace was
taken today by the State. Department of
the action of the British embassy in
writing diiectly to Chairman Kellogg,
of the Senate committee investigating
cable communications, denying testi
mony of witnesses that. the British an-- "
thorities imposed a censorship on eabls
mcssag's coming to the United States
from Great Britain.
At the department's request, Senator
Kellogg scr.t to Acting Secretary Davis
a copy of the embassy's letter, together
with a transcript of the testimony
of officials of American cable companies
thnt a censorship was imposed.
Officials declined to discuss the inci
dent, but it was indicated that the em- .
bassy would be asked for an explana
tion of what was regarded as a breach
of diplomatic, courtesy. A similar
efnirse was followed recently when Dr.
Julio Binnchi, the Guatemalan mini
ster, took up directly with Senator.
Moses, of New Hampshire, a discussion
of the Senator's resolution Hiking the
State Department for information con
cerning the detention of former Presi
dent Cabrera by the present authorities
in Guatemala.
Incident Not Similar.
It was made clear, howver, 4hat th
two incidents were not regarded as
within the same category as on dealt1
with ontemplnted acticn by the legis.
lative branch of .the government,
whereas the other had only to, do with
an effort to correct what was regarded
by the embassy as erroneous informs,
tion which had becu given to a Senate
committee in the course of a hearing.
Officials also indicatiaftheir belief
that there aa aoiae reasonable explana
tion of the embassy's action in dealing . .
directly with Senator Kellogg instead
of through the State Department as is
the usually accepted procedure.
Kellogg' Explanation. -
Senator Kellogg said today that ia
referring the matter to the State De
partment he had acted on th advice
of Fred K. Nielsen, solicitor of the de
partment. With bis letter to Acting
Secretary Davis the Senator trans
mitted a copy of the letter received"
from the British embassy and also "
copies of the transcript of the test
mony of Mr. Carlton and of John Gold-
hammer, secretary of the Commercial
Cable Company, charging that the
British censors required suifenission of
all American cable message!.
Senator Kellogg said that in view of.
these positive statements that a British
censorship existed, he was asking ths
State Department to inquire from ths
kBritish embassy, despite its letter of
denial, whether 11 was irueaai a sen-
sorshin existed.
The question of making public th
embassy's letter nnd the Senator' let
ter to Secretary Davis will be decided,
Senator Kellogg said, after diseussioe
of the incidont between the department,
and the embassy. - -r
Not Made Pablle. ' .
Neither the embassy's letter nor that
written by Senator Kellogg to Mr.
Davis was made public. The former
was understood to have been signed
by R. Leslie Cralgi, .first secretary of
th' embassy and It w dispatched
after a- public statement had been
made "at the embassy for publiewtiaa
that such a communication wonld be
Sent. Enclosed with the embassy's let
ter was s newspaper dispatch printed
in this country quoting a high official
of Scotland Yard as denying that thers
was a censorship on cablegrams origi
Sating in the British Isles for th
t'nited States. Despite this deniar Sen
ator Kellogg, in his letter to Secretary
Davis, asked the State, Department
to inquire of the embassy whether a
censorship existed as testified to by
Nowcomb Carlton, president of th
Western Union Telegraph Company,
and John GeJdhammer, Secretary ef
the Commercial Cable Company. ,
Close Incident.
While this incident was under cos.
sideration by department officials, jn ;
nouncemcnt was made that the incident
of the call of Dr. Julio .Bianehi, ea r
Senator Moses had been closed "la '
view of the minister s explsnation and
apology. ,--.'
In a communication - to the depart
ment Minister Hianeni saia 11 naa neea
him 1nfniAn when ha called 'nfSMI
Senator Moses merely to explain the
policy of his government in the t'nv
pTisonment of Dr. Cnbrtrs snd to ox-" '
onerate himself. He said he had not
commented upon the policy ' ef th
United State nor that ef th Americaa
legation in Guatemala, adding 'that he .
rearretted th incident and promised
thnt it would not, be rpeatd. . ' .
PNNUNZIO SAYS HE ' -
W1LL, F.GHr.lU IHb.tNU-
Rorae. Dee. S3. The; Popolo Romano
today published a -dispatch from . Ah--basie,
saying; that d'Annansio haa de
clared he wtil resist to the end and has
invited the people of Flume to . hold
themselves ready to sacrifice their lives
snd their fortune. -1 , sV -
D'Anaunxio. the despatch add, had .
several house searched bees us of fear
of a revolt asninst him, most or the
population of Flume desiring to avoid
a
eonniol wub toe regular asanas
troona.
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