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i VOL. CXJI. NO., 180. ' ElldHT PAGE TODAY RALEIGH, j. C, MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1920. EIGHT PACES TODAY . JPR1CE: FIVE CENfTS
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IMPENDING BREAK
7 BY REPUBLICANS
OVER tHE CEAGU
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Antagonistic Factions Are Daily
Becoming More Insistent
Over program
VAGUENESS NO LONGER
u PROVES SATISFACTORY
Xepnblica Leaders Now Gon-
' fss That Their Differences
Hare Not Been Composed;
' 1 Indorsement of -Harding's
" Attitude By Pro yleagneri
Displeases Bitter-Enders
Tli News sad Observer Bureau,
603 District National Baak BIJf.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec W The bartend
ing break in the Republican party OTr
th League of Nations can ao longer be
kept in the background as the antago
nistic factions" of the Republican party
sre daily becoming Ben insistent thSt
the vague Harding program be made
SDeeLlla . that all elementa maw know
what to expect of the new administra
tion as to Us attitude towara inter
-naional affairs, and especially as to
' the Harding policy with respect to the
rear treaty and" a solution of the
league problem.
Averitable revolution whieh
beea brewing for weeks threaten to
break ont at aay moment in. all Its
fury as a foreword to a conflict which
may equal ta bitterness the one that
was. wired in the Senate and in the
country oinder President Wilson.
Open Ceanki Inevitable,
x Bepsbliean leaders sow confess that
their differences have not beea . Ma
posed, and that a conflict is inevitable.
At first the , irreceoneilable seemed
nleased with ' I the attitude of their
President electi as he declared that it
was not ratification that he wanted hat
rejection. Then it was the bittar- nd-
"ert felt they had won a signal victory
iav the. election of Senator Harding,
but ths Hardin aon-eommittal policy
aince that time has not only aroasod
auaDicioa bat it has given ample
grounds for the conviction that Mr.
Harding ia gradually receding zroan
tha poaitlo whieh pleased" them aad
ia aligning hhnself with ' the pV
1- iinra of his Dartv Drerjsratory to
i ..-uniting a definite policy favorable!
- association or a wag" vi
- ' i bitUr-enden have indicated
i . jiohg they are opposed to thie policy
tii-d will fight it aa they fought tha
Wilsoa policy of ratification of the
treaty of Versaijlea and tha covenant
nf tha lea mi e of nations.
Sach pro-leaguere aa Taft, Hufbee,
, Hoover and Boot have laaieatea ineir
endorsement of Mr. Harding's atlituae.
The very fact that they are pleased
has caused discontent among; the bitter
enders, who feel that what will please
this group of pro-leaguers will bV of
fensive to alt irreconcilable The Ut
ter nr aarainst aay hind of an associ
ation or Lagu of Uationa, where,
'-, the Elflm Boot group have never fal
1 tared -la their maintenance of the
proposition that there must be some
thing of an ' international agreement
to insure peace and preserve eivili
i xatioa. '
Tarlnf Bin Up Today.
Th Fordney' tariff bill, whieh passed
the House by a vote of 195 to 83, forty
one Democrat voting with the Republi
' can. majority, ia now in the Senate
' confronted by Bepubtteaa opposition,
also. Already it kaa been held up and
denied reference to the inane eonv
c xaittto. Though th ineluaioay of farm
nandneta ia the SDceifled items upon
which duty la placed Democratic bsad-j
era are "ft impressed witn in measuiw,
their e Wtion being that such a bill
will be t neither th producer aor the
. eonsoa but that it is a deluaif of
fering fn behalf of the prineipn ef pr
teeUoa. Sine the action of the. Hon
there is evidence ef Ucreae4 seati-
" meat among the Demoerata agaiast ahe
mearar. They xaej taat me diu wui
not only b of ao Deaeni x me .pr
'.doeers of the articles protected by
' ttvia. but taat wraunpor aV" ' "J
iKHOcrata win tend ,t weaken the
. im-hnorea Mppoaitioa of. th Deaw
' erati party te protection. Opponents
It- th bill in th emate xpet their
strearth to increase "with enlightening
investigation aad disenasirn ef the bill
Vaad hove is expressed that the measure
I aa-riir ka defeated.- '
kt Camgrem T Ct T Work :
vpngreaa wm not wnis w mv
the houdny nave pajea it piup "
the mam of busineerawaitiaf ita, action,
but will ga right to it from the start.
It iolidaytwa eat short beea aa. of
th necessity of pressing legislation ana
it Buy bo expect j d that no Jms will
b lest ia rotting essential measure
ready for aetion.' - ' T; ' -.
bnmri?' 'te work for th Hons is the
passage l' tha eundry civil arppropria
tion BilL tarrying item not eared for
in th-other principal appropriation
wiig. v ;.- t;,'M
. Ai nice of rork f tiganti propor-
tions is that embraced ia th tx.-elve
- matter appropriation killa which have
.beea placed in charga ef Ue aargsd
'Hoes appropriations committee. Th
bUlg ar x v only th t imporiant,
bat th commute as well becomes,
nader tha ni order ef things, th only
eommitto thai ia really worth whil.
Tea ub-oommittoa from tai master
coamittee have bee 4epry agroaaed
. ia ahapiag bill. Tke ' district and
'penaioa W1 "' pamed-h
latUr dairying tSSSfiOOfiOO. Hearings
-, have been flniahed on - hert sundry
- . civiL legUUUve, exeeutiv ni Judicial
aad th postoffie bill. ' Heariays ar
in progreas en th army anftjniJitary
academy biU th - vj. t ortifieatioaa
. and rivoTl aad harbor bUla. -Th
j Indian and agricultural bill ar being
;;rJ fo hearing tai week, .
CENTRAL MARKETS
IN LARGE CITIES
, NEEDED Fl
Federal Trader Commission
Urges FederaP Licensing
System for Dealers
NEED FEDERAL ACTION
-FOR EFFECTIVE CONTROL
More JLdeqnate Facilities "for
Handling Foodstuff s Needed
- to Enable Producer to Ship
Freely to Central Points;
Milling Industry of Country
Concentrated - v
Washington, Dee. 26. fcstablUhmeat
of central markets for perishable food
products n ail large eitieaand the
setting np a Federal licensing system
applicable to all dealers in tach foods
at thoae marketxs is proposed by th
Federal Trade Commission in its an
nual report today to Congress.
Th commission's conclusions are
based on aa investigation wovering many
months and it declare that Federal
action is necessary to obtain effective
regulation and to avoid unfair and
wasteful practices with the consequent
effect a prices, Ia the present system
the-eommlasionee as a hindrance to
th proper passage of perishables from
th producer to the consumer certain
intertrade feelings which it believes
should, be eliminated aad it suggests
that the handling of theae products be
surrounded by numerous regulations
and restrictions such as th recording of
available supplies, the dating of cold
storage periods and provisions for auc
tion marketing.
Federal Control Needed.
Facilities should be made adequate,
tit commission says, to enable the pro
ducer to ship freely into the central
markets and "with proper protection
ef his intereata." The marketing sys
tem should be so governed that objec
tionable hoarding would be eliminated
aad proper co-ordination of ttsnaporta
tia facilities should be accomplished
to 'make deliveries certain when e
quired. '
Th eomimssion says that "th need
ed reforms eaa hardly b expected to
be aeemplished by the initiative of the
dealers and asserts that State . and
municipal authorities ktek" adequate
power to effectively regulate the handl
ing of th food supplies. Although eo
operaticHB, of Stat aad local authorities
and railroads might accomplish . the
etas 'wughttt. turn miwlon bellev
this phm doea4ot hold out maeh hop
for a aatiafaetory solution ot in proD-
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Miniae- ludaatry Ceaeatrated.
rnraln to wheat sroducts. the com
mission nays it has found that concen
tration of the millina- ' industry nns
hhiimiU far enonarh so that "prob
ably tea ef the largest mining con
cerns eeuloV supply the demand , ol tne
country "for flour." Th commission
mentions incidentally that its. figures
from 37 milling corporations showed
that their sales had increased from
4160,000,000 to '$354)00,000 between
1911 and M18 while their annual profits
had rrowa- from $W5OO,000 to 20,-
rmnooo in tha same oeriod.
Reporting on fh eperatisa ef th
Webb-Pomcxtae act peraiUing forma
tions of association for export trade,
th commission informs" Congress that
this act ha aerved as "a decided, fae
to" in rjromotiae- th progress of
American maaafactarer . in foreign
mttrkMm. The commUsion says that
daring the yeaf 43 associations eomprii-
ing apprexisaa,tevy 732 concerns wnon
nfflcx and nlnat are distributed over
43 states ef the Vaion reported to it
aa operating under the export act.
Utilise . Trafl -ex pan a
'Veeords of the eoxnmiasion seem to
demonstrate," the report continue
Hhat th criticism to often eaargea
against United States exporter of fail
ing, to cultivate and maintain perma
nent trad relatione abroad and too
often: withdrawing fronr a partieular
foreign market soon as mora attrac
tive 0MKrtnnititTlwent themaeives
at bom or ebewher will not apply to
associations operating ander, th ex-
part trad act. ".. -
In reply to questionnaires sent out
by the commission requesting expres
sion of opinion aa to th actual work
ing out of th exporviraos aex, mi re
plies received for th most part ex
pressed satiaf action ever , result ob
tained under the law.' It was reported
tart the system ;of collective" advertis
ing and selling -make for tie limi
atioef muesruaejem'expsns and du-
nlieatiaa of effort, Bevrrai aasoeia-
tioas reported- that heir system - ef
eeadaetiag bnsiaeas abroad is meeting
with
th. arty approval : tho S
nuicn... r. ' . . -
Thensanaisaioa aaTn also that -the
law iaatead of toereaaing th strcngtn
of th already -great American indus
trial establiahmenta, has 'enabled tha
miller eaneem tat band together in
a fashion to push fully organized ex
port trad ia. a keen competitive man
ner which they are not abl to d at
horn. To this-extent, .the commission
believe, the : law kaa ..worked . to .the
rest advaatag f tha small firm. .
FAMOUS ACE C0?Jlrfs '
AUt Ur UUINli 1U JAIL
. Cojumbn. OW Doc - 24V-Iddi Biek.
enbaeker, premier Amoriean' aee. cam
"within an ace" of spending Christmas
in a Chicag jail, Instead f with his
mother in thia city." "
En rout east from California Bkk
enbacker "registered at a Chicago hotel.
Th clerk,. believing him to b th
fake Eddie Riekenbaeker, , who wit
married in Jacksonville, F'a, early this
week, and who waa alleged to bare die
appeared later after having embcaled
several then sand . dollars, called the
hsas detective" to -arrest nUn J -
After much explaining, BickenbicV-.r
coaviaeed toe police- that he waa th
real Eddi vRickenbacker, and wil Y-
9R FOODS
FAMOUS, ITALIAN POEf FIGHllS
LOSING BATTLE AGAINST ITALY
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Gabriel d'Annunzio. tha Italian poet,
Worty motor lorries with volunteers and
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Kin me, is shown here at ms home with, his son, Uabnciiino, a famous dramatis
artist. Latest report indicate 'that Italian forces are gradually closing ia on
th insurgents. . - -
Early ia 191 Italy wa,tstirred to fever heat over the question of taking
possession ofathe eastern coast of the Adriatic sea. On January 16, of last
year, Lieut. Col. d'Ajwunxio, as he was then known, Issued a manifesto in the
newspapers demanding the inclusion- of Dalmatia in the kingdom of Italy and
severely denouncing, those opposing this course, and closed with.
"No bones, no scraps, a rags, no bartering, no frauds I Enough t. Enough I
Overturn the counters I Sinssh the false balances! If it becomes necessary
we will confront the new eonepiracy with, a bomb ia either hand and a knife
between the teeth I"
Following this there was a controversy over the" use of Fiume as a port
through whieh to send food to Jugo-Slavs; which resulted in some slight disorder.
On May 24 when Italy celebrated the anniversary of her entry into the war
the poet waa denied permission to make an address and resigned from the
army. '
In taking possession", of name, a
ajl nannla amtscUrftllV l e II sin 1 n
HU V Hi O a lie I ' '
Foreign Questions Will Give
Way This Week to Domestic
. Discussions
Marion Ohio, Dec 38. Questions of
foreign relations and association of
nation will give -way to domestic dis
cussions at the home of President-elect
Harding, hare this weshy
flaoif those' with whom Senator
Harding will discuss domestic problems
are a number of Benate ana xiouse
leader. Daya on which they will
her has not beea announeed. Tha list
include Senator McCumber, of Hortu
Dakota, one of the ranking member of
th Senat Finance committee ; Repre
sentative. Good, of -Iowa, chairman of
the House appropriations committee:
Representative Mondoll, of Wyoming,.
Majority leader in the House; Bepre
sen tat iv Kellsy, of Miehiganread Rep
resentative Anthony ef Kansas, member
of the House military committee.
Cabinet olcetions are also expeeUd
to-be diMuased at a proposed .eon
ference with Will H. Hays, chairman of
the Republican national committee,
Governor-elect Harry I Davis, ' W
Ohio, also is on the list for a conference
which it expected to deal with-Senator
Harding' . resignation from . th Senat
and the appointment of bis successor by
the incoming governor. It ia expected
that Senator-elect Frank B. Willi will
bo named to finish' out Senator-Hard
Ing's unexpired term.. Governor Cox re
cently announced that he would appoint
Mr. Willi if' Senator Harding wished
to resign hi -seat in th Senate to
devote hi time to other matter befor
entering on hi datien a. th nation'
ehief executive March 4.
Senator Harding spent a qufet 1ay
following bis Christmas celebration. H
remained at bom most of th day, the
only call being made at the home of
Dr. Q. a Sawyer. - Mrs. Harding ae-
comoanied liirn. . ' '
IRISH PAPER RAIDED BT
ARMED AND MASKED MEN
- Cork, Dec 28-Thirty armed and
masked raiders invaded "th offlc of
th Cork v Examiner Christmas ar,
broke th . machinery with hammers,
wrecked part ' of th - building with
exploaivea and set ar to the property,
They escaped before the arrival fit the
police. The fir waa extinguished t but
the other damage waa very extensive,
The raiders, who' wore civilian 'clothes
said they were acting ander order of
th Irish republic They, forced their
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way th rou gh-tli front entrance, carry'
a n . - !int . V I ltu
L Cutting the telephone wire' they pro'
eoeded to piace Domos . ano -eiicss ,oi
gelatin under the machines, worn .or
which were blown to pieeec Mj '
Th raider remained 25 nUastee. ,Jt
ia believed th attack was caused by the
attitude of the Examiner on the recent
pastoral letter issued by th Bishop of I
XtTEN 8T1XLS DESTROYED BY :
VIBCIlf IA REVBNUE OFFICERS
Bristol, ' Va, Dec 26-Elen' stills
and148 tubs, used as ermenters, were
destroyed 'by revenue and -local nm
eers in raid. captured .today la, Wise
county, , Virginia, r Permanent r still
houses, covered with tar roofing, were
found by tho officers. The moonshiners
escaped. ; ' "V . ."-1 - i.. ' ' : - '
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TBREB FOOTPADS OPERATE IN
HALF BLOCK OF POUCEMAW
- Rlchmead, Va, Dec 3-Jha W.
Hasalgrwve, it. Reanek, warn way
mid aad swbaed by three f eetpada 1
4he beart ef the tlty early terdght
witUa a half blotk ef a awUeemsai
tserJeaed In a kiosk.' . ;
Basetgtwv waa Mack lacked and
relieved of f IN. " Th thieve over.
looked a gU watch and ring.
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'HARDING WILL TAKE
UPHOMEPRQBLEMS
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who ia September of last year leaded
tookpo8esion of the Italian city of
Annunzio naa tne eympainy oi we army
LEADER IS SLAIN
"Monk" Eastman, Through He
roism As Soldier, Had Citi
zenship 'Restored .
New Pork, Pec 2. "Monk East
man, once leader of a notorious gang
that terrorized the lower East Side
a convicted felon, but rntorod.to
H cilUe"nTuip"M wii iw kereUm
as a soldier in the great war, was slaia
sriortly before day-break today by
"some one unknown."
Eastmsns body, bearing five bullet
wounds, was found by a policeman at
th corner of Fourteenth Street and
Fourth Avenue Nearby on the steps
of a subway entrance, lav a revolver
with five empty shells.
In hta dead man's pockets were;4140
a watch and - chain, and a Christmas
card.' The -presence of the valuables
indicated to. the police that the killing
of "Eastman - probably was not part
f -the prevailing crime wave, but the
result ef a vendetta.
Eastman, whose right name was Wil
liam Pelaney bad a youthful eareer
that was lurid oven for underworld an
nals. The son of wealthy and Indul
gent parents, he chose as his eompaa-
ions the gangsters of the one-time
lnn.l,M1 Jiatrit in V.r York. l.aT
"Fourteenth Stnect, and Third Avenue
only a uiuca irurn nucre uo, turn mivib-
ing was killed. .
A dozen veara aeo the "Monk" East
man gang wasr- composed t of gunmen,
burglars and drag Addicts, and the po
Jlee elaraied to hav traced a score
of .murder .mysteries, to, the sons ia
which the gangsters operated. ' Their
leader, however, served terms for lesser
crime burglary, smuggling of nar
cotics and disposing of. stolen goods.
The last', time Eastman appeared
on police records was in 1915 when he
pa arrested, pleaded guilty to robbery
and J was sentenced to two years ia
prison. On his release in October, 1917,
enlisted in the army as a doughboy
in- the 106 infantry of the 27 di
vision. He then was 43 years old.
After th war he was honorably dis
charged, but lacked th rights of cit
izenship because, he had been convicted
of felony. Governor Smith in restoring
tho soldier's civic states, scted on the
recommendations of the regiment's
pfaeers. ."" ' ' : .
An Incident related to the. Governor
was that Eastmaa has gon "over th
top" on hands and knees, with: gre
nades with which to attack a German'!
machine gun best. The enemy fire .was
so .Intense that bis pack Was sheared
from his back, but be gained, hi ob
jective i ' "
GREENVILLE JUDGE IS
S KILLED IN AUTO SMASH
. GrtesvUlc'S. C. Dec 2.-rWaltef ttV
Seo, Greenville county Judge of Pro
bate wm insUntly' killed-, and - his
brother, William Henry Scott, of Okla
homa, was seriqusly injured 'when aa
autinmobileVla whieh they, with Judge
Scott's wife, were riding overturned oa
th j.' August' road ten miles below
Qrnvlll thi morning ,at 10:30. .
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AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYERS '
NAMED FOR. AUSTRALIAN MEET.
Auckland. N. Z.. Dec 26. Wililam T.
Tildes, 2d, of Philadelphia, 'the world's
singles tennis champion, and, William M.
Johnston of California, formes sham
ploa of the United States, will represent
th American team, and Gerald Lv Pat-
tenon of Australia, , former .worlds
..U I A. J V ' DwuVm I.j.
of Australia and former British cham
pion, will re br esc at Australia in i th
challenge round of play, for; the Davis
enp on December 28., ( . ? '
Both the- American and Anstraliaa
teams have made the most of th good
weather of the past week -for practise
and ajl th players ay ia In fettl,
NOTORIOUS GANG
SENATE TAKES UP
TARIFF MEASURE
FOR DEBATETDDAY
Holiday Spirit to Prevail
Congress Until After the
lyew Year
in
UNWRITTEN AGREEMENT
TO MARK TIME FOR WEEK
Republican feenatorsExpect to
Vote 'JGmergency tariff Bill
Into Committee; Democrats
to Use Every Parliamentary
Tactio in Their Play for
Time
Washington; Dec. 26. Congress wiA
reassemble tomorrow after a brief Christ
ma week-end but the holiday spirit
promised to prevail, with little impor
tant buainCas planned until the New
Year. Many Senators aad Representa
tives will not return to Washington
nntil next, week and, by unwritten
agreement, several heating and other
affair will go over. U --
The opening clash, tn the Benate oa
the emergency tariff bill which passed
the House laet week, ts expected tomor
row. Blocked by th Demoerata last
week the Republicana plan for tomor
row another effort to refer the measure
to the finnnee committee. Notices ac
companied Christmae greetings, to all
Republican Senators from Senator
Curtis, of Kansaa, Republican, whip,
urging a solid Republican phalanx to
morrow to vote the tariff measure into
committee. Senates: Harrison, of Mis
sissippi, and Other Democrats opposing
tho bill plan to use every parliamentary
toetie ia their power in a play for time.
They do not hope to prevent ultimate
committee reference, however.
Demoerata Te Oppose Bill.
Prospect are that there will be s
mueh more solid Democratic line-up
against tariff legislation in the Benate
than ia the House and Republican lead
ers accordingly plan to forego formal
hearings before the committee aad
hasten aetion ia other ways. The ma
jority leaden Concede privately tba in
terminable debate ia the Senate ia ia
prospect aad see slight possibility ef
obtaining the aeeeaaary two-thirds vote
to invoke cloture.
Secretary Houston of the Treasury
Department will resume hi statement
regarding National flnaae tomorrow
before the finance committee. 1 Th
secretary has beea asked especially for
speoifle -advice regarding the bill, for
increased compensation to former rv-
ie men.
T Rename Coal Inveetlsatlain.
Farther hearings in the coal investi
gation of reconstruction committee
headed y Senator Calder, Repablicaa,
New York, may be held thi week, but
this iavestigattoa with other suspended
by the holidays may go over antQ
next week. ,
Tho House tomorrow will eonaidor
minor bills and during the week e-
pects to tiegin consideration of its sec
ond regular appropriation bill, the
Sundry Civil budget. All important House
eomnittee worn ia . auspendea antu
next week.
The House is to work all this week
except only New Year's day, but the
Senate may take another week-end re
cess for the lsst holiday ef Congress
before the end of th session oa
March 3.
TWO LITTLE CHILDREN
BURN TO DEATH IN HOUSE
m
Macon, Ga., Dee. 26. Two little
children in-tb horn of Tom Lowe, at
Gordon, near her, were burned alive
on Christmas Eva in a fire thst de
stroyed the Lowe home, : according , to
information ' brought here today. A
six-year-old daughter had been left la
the house to core for ths little ones;
while the parenta went shopping whea
th fir broke out,
EIGHT HUNDRED- BALES OP
COTTON BURNED IN ORANGEBURG.
Orangeburg, & O, Dee. M. Fire hat
night destroyed 800 bales of cotton aad
part of the building of tho Orangeburg
Bonded Warehouse Company. The loss,
estimated at approximately $50,000, not
including the damage to ths .building,
is said to be covered by insurance.
Several freight ears ' oa a aiding were
also destroyed by tho flames, but ths
Standard Oil Company' tank , and th
plant of th Southern Cottoa Oil Com
pany nearby, were t anally savea.
Christmas) firework are supposed to
have caused th fire. . x ,
WANT TWO MILLION DOLLARS
TQ, BUILD COTTON' WAREHOUSES
Oklahoma City, Dee. Aa nppro-
nriation of 42J0O0.0OO to establish a
Stat system of bonded warehouse for
storing - cotton ana otner farm pro
duct will be asked of tho Oalahoma
Legislature Jsnuary, ir was an
nounced today by the committee -which
has. been drafting a warehouss bill.
TWO MEN SHOT DEAD 1
WHEl Ttinx riaa yn lauurs
Dublin. Dec 26. Two men who fired
on tho Crows force today at Trate
were shot dead by th military when
thv triad to eaeana. Thee had re
volvers and "dum dum bullet in their
possession, --.t' f -. . ,
MISTAKEN FOR THIEF T "
MINISTER BADLY BEATEN
Dettoit, Mica Dec It Mietakea
for a thief aa he waa harrying to
hla ckarch with .owmmaaieei caps
ander hla aria, Row. Berry G. Miley,
pwtw af SU Paal'a English Evan
gelical ckarch, waa stepped aad
hadlv healrn by a crowd has today.
The anfauater waa knocked down
twk aad kkked by members of
th crowd befor be. eon 14 make his
Identity known. - Ho walked the
ckarch sad recetvwd first aid after
keinc Uhorated. , Be.. Mlmy'o face
wa eat aad ho waa badly bramaa.
QUICK WORK BY ARKANSAS
MOB IN LYNCHING NEGRO
Jeaeabore, Ark-. Dec1 34-Wade
TBAsaaa, th negro who last eight
shot aad hilled Elmer Ragland, a
BoHcemaa here, daring a raid oa
a dke game, waa taken from the
. Jail here tonight by a mob of aboat
40 citizen and after being pa.
raded throagh tho baslaeaa streets
ef the towa, waa hang to a tele
graph pole near the scene of his
crime. The body was then riddled
with ballets. t
Thomas waa arrested early today
at HexL Ark, and was hroaght te
Jail here. Arrangements had beea
made to call a apecial seasioa ef
the graad Jury Monday te han
dle the case promptly.
The amb went aheet Ita work
ojaletly, the leaders demsadlag ad.
mlasloa from the Jailor, who after
arglag that the law be allowed to
take Its coarse, tamed over the
keys. Tbomaa waa tohen from hie
. cell and with a rone areaad hla
neck paraded for several blocks
throagh the central part of town
by the CM or more mem ben of the
mob. The rep waa finally thrown
ever the cm aim ef a telegraph
pole, aad after the negro waa ap
parently dead, the body waa rid
dled with hnlleta. The snob Imme
diately dispersed, end the towa ts
aiet tonight. A namber ef other
negroes held. In th J'l connec
tion with the shooting of Ragland
were net molested.
Before being - taken from the
Jail Thomas admitted "hooting the
police at an, bat claimed self-defense,
aa the officer waa Sriag at
him. he said.
NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMERS
BELIEVERS IN CO-OPERATION
Saaapee, N. H, Dec. IS. The
farmers of . this couatryside have
rid their lands aad environs of s
plsgse of animal meaacea te next
season's crop la a new1 manner.
Calling tha spirit ! of competition
nad tho Jey of ta ' hjnnt to their
aid they organised $ men of tho
towa into two teania' ef haators.
The resalt waa a week 'a heat that
broaght down a big bag of awolr
ren aad esber email game.' gave
the Banters a good time aad for
tho farmers prepared the way for
the next planting.
The clean-op of the countryside
was accomplished on a competitive
basis that allowed so assay paints
fee each saimsl hilled. Sqnirrels
hedgehogs, foxes, sksaks snd rab
bits esch hsd their point vslnes
aad each had many members la the
aggregate bag that totalled &4.2M
poiata at the weeh'a close. Ell J."
C lesson, ths Rah snd gsms wsrden,
waa captaia of ths team that won
with h eeuat of I1.90 and under
th condition of the contest were
given a dlnaer at which tho anU .
seam killed were tossed into the
poite provide tho feast.
Babbit stew baa been th plot
d resistance at" -family table km
Bis
An Effort to Destroy Organized
Labor Movement, Says
. Church Council
New York, Dec 26. The open shop
campaign In American industry was
criticized ss aa sffort to destroy the
organized labor movement, in a state
meat issued today by tbs Commission of
the Church aad Social Service of ths
Federal Council of ths Cfcureiet of
Christ in America. - This eduncil is
composed of representative - of SI
ProtestaatV denominations having a
membership of about JSSOO.OOO. The
statement follows i
"Ths relation 'between employers
and worker throughout ' the United
State ar seriously affected at this
moment by n campaign which is being
conducted for th 'open shop' policy
the so-called 'American plan' of employ
ment. Those term are now being fre
quently ased - to designate establish
ments that are ;- definitely anti-onion.
Obviously, a shop of this kind is not aa
'open shop' but a 'closed shop' closed
against member of labor unions.
-We feci impelled to call public at
toation to th fact that a very wide
spread impressioa exists thst the pres
eat 'open shop' campaign Is inspired
in many Quarter ny ini antagonism
to union labor.- Many disinterested
persons ro convinced, thst an attempt
is using nias to uciu vj uw ,iii
labor movement. Any such attempt
must be viewed -with apprehension by
fair-minded oeople.
TVhen. or example, an applicant
for work ia eommlled to sign n con
tract nledcina- himself against a filiation
with a anion,-or when u union maa is
refnsed emDlovmeSt or . diEcnargeu,
merelr oa the srronaa or union mem
bership, the employer is using coercive
methods snd is violating tne xunaa-
mental nriaeiplo of an open shop. Such
aetion is unfair and inimical to eco
nomic freedom and to the interest of
sneierv ss is corresponding' coercion
exercised by labor bodies in behalf of
the closed shop. " .
"It seems Incumbent ntma vnrisusn
employers to scrutinize carefully any
movement, however plausible, whiehis
likelv to result in denying to tho work
ers suck affiliation is will ia their judg
ment beat aafeeuard their interests ana
psomot theis welfare, aad to precipi
tate disastrous industrial conflict at a
tim when th country needs good will
and co-operation between ' employer
aad employe.
URGE REPEAL. OP STATE ANTI
TRUST LAWS in airusi,
vzr..vi.aa. TIm. HI ReDsal ef Stat
ax.pa.t Im ta Jeealiaa the newly
la.rlnt aaarisia InsnraneO svn-
dieates is nrged ia.a report made pubU
today by tne xtoase ommino on mer
chant marl aad fisheries and th ship
nUg heard. '-'L.- -'i
The report attacks the legislative dis
abilities imposed by BUt statutes oa
ts.0. development OI Amenesn insurance
for American ships aad roeommead a
more liberal tseatmeat ef American
companies Is thasnattcr of taxatioa-and
legal testrktioBai . -i.
CRITICIZES OPEN ,
SHOP PROPAGANDA
ITALIAN TROOPS
GRADUALLY CLOSE
Expected That d'Annunztan
Stronghold Will Soon Be
Captured
POET'S SOLDIERS MAKE
ONLY WEAK RESISTANCE
t
Oen. Cavigftilia Plans to Tighten
Grip Until d'Annunzio Is Re.
duced to Helplessness ; Or.
. ders Are Given Not to Fir
Unless Provoked Bj Inspff-
, ents
N AROUND RUME
Trirst, Dec. 26. (By the Associated '
rress). The Italian regulars hav
reached the factories en the edge Of
Finme and are closing in gradually on
the D'Annunzio stronghold. It is ex- '
pected Fiume .will be taken this even
ing or, tomorrow morning.
ueneral Cavigilie on Friday ordered
the occupation to advance position
around Fiunio in consequence of recent
incidents and the threatening attituds '
taken oy JJ Annunzio s legionsires.
The post s soldiers resisted the ad
vancing troops, who lost Ave men
killed andthirty wounded. ' ,
Advance two kilometres
. without firing a shot
Udine Italy, Dee. 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press). General Canagna's
regular Italian forces advanced two
kilometers this morning without firing
a shot ia a combined land and naval
movement to close irp on Gabriels
d'Annunzio, the insurgent leader ia
Fiume whose men retired. The Fiume
triangle now is cut off -and the poet'
aviation field has been captured, i
GENERAL PLAN8 TO TIGHTEN !
ON rDEX'3 FORCES GRADUALLY
Udine, Italy, Dec. 2L- (By , th
Associated .Prest). The plan of Gen
Caviglie is gradually to tighten his grip
on Fiume until D'Annunzio is reduced
to helplessness. Cavigilia'a . men ad- '
vanccd today from the"" North cutting t
off the top of the triangle of whieh
Fiume is formed and occupied - Gro
bnio, Bauta ,ro and Baa Mattis. The
aviation fieldvaptured is St tirobnico. -
Thi D'Anayniio troopa evacuated the
points without offering resistance.
At points from the thor northward '
the D Annunzio line gsvs way and the ,
regulars adonced. half a, kilometre. It
was a simuKnneous movement from
three sides. The movement from they ,
ftireetioo of Udine was effected by an
overwhelming body of troops whieh ad- .
vsneed on the ' thinly held line of '
D'Annunzlo's legionaires. The adrsnee
wss atcompliahed principally "by Al
pini who oeupied the hkh land cover
ing the rugged territory to the tear of
Fiume, including two ranges of hills.
Toward the ses the regulars' line. I
held by tha Boyal guards aad carbi
neers. , ' '
While the troops advanced sa the
hilly ground overlooking the ses, ths
Italian flat l-Ant ilant mard in Fiums
Bay. Tbs powerful squsdron consist ,.
of first line battleships snd destroyers.
It is reported that th orders to th
Italian regulars ars not to fire qnlee
provoked, u Annnnxio s spoaesmen say
he hss ordered his officers not fo fire
until he-gives th word.
MANY APPLICATIONS FOR .
WATER POWER PROJECTS
Aggregate, of Twelve lUlUcaw
HorscPower Planned for " ' '
Development , ' 1 .
Washington, Dec . 26. Application
for th development of more than 12,-'
000,000 horse power had beea filed
under th Federal waterpower act with' .
th Federal power commission upto
December 18, the commission announeed
today.
Completion of the contemplated
plans, as shown iu ths applications, the , -commission
estimates, will advance
water power development ia the United a
States by care than 40 per cent and v
will involve an lnveatmont of $lO0,:
000100. The projects covered in tho
applications range from a small tea
horsepower plant for a olony of sum
mer eottsares in the Wyoming" moun
tains to the storage of tho waters of , - ,
tne upper vol raao ana iu inuuii
la a huge reservoir and the ultimate ',
development of more thaa SflOOflOQ. "'
horsepower by the utilissrioa' of the ,
waters in a drop of 2,600 feet. . i
Twenty -seven states in addition to )
Alaska and th district of Columbia are
represented in the 129 application filed -with
the eomnnaaion.
TAi-mita hat haan llleit from fiottthsm :
states ss follows:
.Alabama, three; District of Colombia,
Mwfand. Virtrinia, (eoubined) on;'. '
Flbrida, one; Florida and Alabama,
(combined) one; . Mississippi,' oae;
Nortk Carolina, , th : and Virgiaia,. -
FEDERAL AGENTS ARRIVE
TO INVESTIGATE DEATH
Bayonne. N. J- Dec. -26. Federal
agents arrived " here today - for aa.: in. '
vestigation of the death of John F. Me-'
Ouiaasss, prohibition enforeemett agent'
whose body was found in Newark Bay
on Friday with a bullet kola through his -
bead. Tho . investigation was started.
at the instance of Joseph- P. Tumulty"
secretary to the President who lsr a
relatigs of tha Widow of th dead pro
hibition official.; . : ,r, , 'i ,,
The Federal offieisls, headed by Wil
liam J. Flyaa, of tho department of '
pasties working In tooperatioa with
prohibition agents, sent from New York,'
examined tho seenerbf MeGuinesa' death.
aad the revolver found ia bid bfjid. .
Th New xork j gent oxpmaed tho
opinion that if 'MeGainnes bad shot
himself, aa tha Bayonna police .believe,
th revolver would not have been found
in hi head, as ki fingers would hava
relaxed after th discharge of the ran,
which would have fallen into th water.