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THREE FIGHTS WILL
CLAIM
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DAYSJDFSESSION
Appropriations, Censorship and
Machinery Act Are Stilt
Pendina
BITTER ATTACK COMING
. AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS
"Tvrtj Caucus Tomorrow Night
To Thrash Out Soma Sort of
' Zlectioa Law; Machinery Act
To Answer Demands for Be. j
; peal Revaluation Act; Would
Amend Censorship
RALEIGH CHURCHES
determined offensive against the
meudations of tht Appropriations
Committee, tha moving picture censor
ahip bill, aad tha bi-ennlal machinery
act, carrying with it some " to
tha prevalent dissatisfaction with prop
ery valuation! remaia to b disposed
f la tha r.-ejnlng ill daya of the
constitutional 00 allowed the Genera)
Assembly for. Ha legislative business.
Today will are 'the launching of the
WrtW;-sdr.
wuucbuubiu iiiiuw 1 campaign, ai em tiers or in cnriai
are the working JaV aa 10 ina censor
CONDEMN SLIDE
AT MOVIE THEATER
Two Congregations Resent Al
leged Attack On Episcopal
Rector
CHRIST CHURCH BODY
WOULD BOYCOTT PLACE
First Baptists Endorse Leader.
ship of Be. Milton A. Barber
in Censorship rifht:: B. 0.
Allen, Owner of Theater,
Says Matter is the Besolt of
Quarrel Oyer Ten Cents
Japan Will Insist On Its
Mandatory To Island Of Yap
Japanese Base Mandatory On Final Decision of Supreme
Allied Council in 1919; Great Interest in Nippon Over
Protest of United Stales to Council of the League of
Nations.
attack
Striking hard at an alleged
upon the Bee. Miltoa A. Barber, rector
of Chriat eh arch, by tha management
of the Superb thntr in connection
with the activity of the Eplaeopal
rector in behalf of tha movingpleturt
eenaorehlp bill now before tha Legis
lature, the congregations of Chriat
Church and of the First Be pint church
yesterday adopted reeolutioaa heartily
condemning the, Jtion taken, tovthe,
Tohia, Feb. W. fcy the Associated
Preaa.) Japan will iaslat upon its maa
datory te tha lalaad of Tap, accord i eg
ta authoritative Japaneaa opinion. The
protect of the United States govern
ent ta tha council of tha League of
Natioaa haa aroused great iaterrat in
Japan aa a new move on a matter which
haa already been lengthily, but thua far
anaueceaafuUy, discussed directly by the
governmenta of Japaa aad tha tailed
(States.
Japanese) Claims,
It la explained here that Japan bases
her mandatory on tha final decision of
tha supreme council in May, 11)19, which
handed aver tha German, lalanda north
of tha equator ta tha Japanese without
mention of reservation. If President
Wilson made oral reservations regarding
Yap at previous deliberations of the
council, it is declared that Japan waa
not represented nnd has no official cog
nisance of this.
Japaa will take the stand that the
mandatory means control of the eablea
on the esme status aa Ueraany prior
to the war. During tha war Japaa
diverted the Tap end of the cable from
Hhanghai to the Loo C'hoo (l.iu Kiu) Is
lands between Japaa and Formoaa for
administrative purpose. Therefore,
cable communication from America to
bliangbai by way of Uuam and Tap
doea not eiiit.
Saggeala New Cable.
It la naderstood that Japan haa sug
gested to the United States to lay a
cable direct to Shanghai from Uuam
aa a substitute for the Tap route.
Among the ni;wapers, the Nichi
Nichi takes the view that the United
State la in no position to interfere
because it haa not ratified tha peace
treaty and has not entered the league.
But, it adds, considering America's
share in winning the war, it would be
immoral not to consider the contentions
of Amerlcn.
bin bill at the present aeaaion, and
'Wednesday will brieg -tha Machinery
cut. aa yet Unwritten, before the
Bouse.
Tha clan of the Association for
Promotion of Education in North Caro
lina for a 20,000,000 appropriation to
cover a aix year building program nt
tha varioua Stale institutions will be
fferad on the floor of the two Homes
of tha General Assembly in lien of tho
committee bill earning aa appropria
tloa of $3,790,000 to cover a program of
two years.
Scales Serves Notice.
Ex-Senator A. M. Scale, of Greens
boro. president of the Association an
nouneed last night that the aubatitnte
bill will be fathered in the House by
Representative Walter Murpby and
that it will be introduced la the Benate
by Senator Elmer and Luntford Long,
1 JCaeh of the. three member mentioned
" by Mr. Scales were out of the city last
niirht. but tha announcement waa cent'
tiled by Senator Walter Woodton, chalr-
i man of the Senate Committee on
1 Education, who will also support the
substitute bill.
The committee bill which folio
closely tha recommendations ' of tha
Budget Commission and received alee
nnanimoua support irons wo memoer
" at tha Appropriations "tommltteea , of
tht two Houses, waa introduced la the
itenato Saturday night by Senator aw
Coin, chairman of the Senate committee
' and a member of dbo Badge Com mis.
alas. ' Tha measure will coma up aa its
second reading ia the- Senate today ana
the larger plan will be offered as a
aubstltute.
Tha substitute bill adhere to tha
plan proposed by a number of eitisens
at a public bearing aa tha 23rd, which
attracted the largeat delegation of eiti-
aens that haa visited the capital dar
ing the present session of the Genera
' ausemoiy.
, Committees Wilt PhM.
P IWI . l.. 1. J ... V C .
in two comnnivar unuvv ui
tors McCoin aad Varaer and Represen
tatives Everett, of Richmond, and
campaign. Members or
church congregation also pledged .them
selves not to patronise thia theatre far
ther,
The resolution were the reealt of a
slid exhibited at the Superb theatre
last week, without definite personal
reference, questioning, it la claimed, the
fitness of a preacher whose daughter
goea to Saturday night dances "half
naked and cornea home Sunday mora
log, -to act aa a censor of moving pie,
tures.
The whole thing ia the result of
malice on account of n quarrel with
a neighbor over tea cents, waa all that
Mr. R. G. Allen, owner bf the Saperba,
would any Inst night when asked about
the matter, other than that he would
issue a more lengthy statement later
in the week.
Breaks Ecclesiastical Precedent
Sweeping aside ecclesiastical prece
dent, the congregation of Chriat Church,
following-the aerviee " yeatsrdiy " raotn-
ing, turned the church into na indigna
tion meeting house and unanimoosty
adopted the condemnatory resolution
pledging themselves not to further pat
ronise the Superb Theater.
Immediately after tha Sunday mr-
Ing service Dr. KiehardJH. Lewis,
senior warden, naked that tht tongi ' '.
tioa remain in order ta give axn' .-s
worn to.-th ladignstiatT faaswl hj itl"
Insult Ta tha roeto. -V''A' T:-
A resolution at eoademnati"rr
thereupon offered by Mr. 8. H i
Shepherd. Tha resolutioa had U
drawn by a committee from tha Men
Bible Class composed of Mr. 8. Brawn
Shepherd, Mr. Frank Haywood. Mr.
Charlea Farmer. Mr. Harry Howell, Mr.
Harry Adama and Mr. Virgil St. Cloud.
Ths additioa of the word "false" in
the last elans ia the flnal section
was added by amendment offered by
Mr. W. B. Snovr, aaeonded by Colonel
Bennehnn Cameron.. Tha text of tn
resolution follow:
"That, whereas our beloved rector has
been very active in the fight for
censorship that may remedy- the evil
that haa coma ia tha State through the
INGRESS STARTS DALTON WILLING
AH HflMF STRriPH inJAMflM
tfr iv-JNer wr'-r &tut shwt.-j .a .-kvaa..iTerm"w(i- m
IEV ATTACK IDE
WUMMS
NOT
TAKEN SERIOUSLY
McFaddcn Denounces Comp
trollers Call for Salaries
Of Bank Officers
RESOLUTION IN HOUSE
WOULD STOP NEW CALL
Hifh Government Offloial De.
Clares Williams Jfoit Effi
cient Man That Ever Held
Office of Comptroller; Ifot
Afraid of "Big Basinets" ; To
Honor Small and Daniels
OVER 40 KILLED IN
DISASTROUS WRECK
AT PORTER, INDIANA
MaWtff Legislation Awaiting
. Action Before Final Ad
journment Friday
News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank BUI.
By JOK U BAKER
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Feb. 27. Representative
U T. McFaddn, of Pennsylvania,
chairmaa of the House banking nad
currency committee, is out in another
attack en Comptroller of the Currency
I jona rikeitou Williams, oocaase er hia
JlU, )tiMe M.HtWMt' hut
PEI
CONFERS
with mm
Discuss Plans for Military and
Economic Pressure Against
Germany
London. Fh. 87. (Dy the Asaoclatad
Press). On the virtual eve of the al
lied conference with the Germans oa
reparations aad disarmament questiona,
the two principal allied military chiefs.
Marshar Fock, of France, aad Field
Marshal Sir Henry vTUson, the British
chief of staff, spent the week-end by
invitation with Mr. Lloyd George ami
Premier Briand, of, France, in ther
seclusion nt Chequers Court, the new
country, home of the prime minister of
England.
The purpose of the consultation was
Washington, Feb. 21. Congress enters
tomorrow oa the home stretch drive
toward adjournment Friday with whip
and spur oa appropriation bills and a
scramble for the tape oa the part of
cores of other measures. Nifht ses
aioaa are in order, with na all-night
final aa aaual preceding Inauguration
Pay.
All of tha appropriation measures,
except tha naval budget, arc expected
to go through,- although only aevea of
the fourteen regular money bills have
been completed and just two have been
signed so far by President Wilson. The
chief cxeutive plana to be at tha Capi"
tol tha forenoon of March for action
on eleventh-hour measures.
.Five af tha' appropriation measures,
tha army, agriculture, aaadry civil, leg
islative aad fortifications, ara ia eon-
f err imc, but agreements ara expected.
A I ; ;bt la expected over the army
bill . to the Senate's increase of
tlio i,ular army to 175,000 men as
against 150,000 axed by the House.
Be as Ohataclaa.
t The qutioa af f raa -accda and- trf-atywir'wlta
lUIlVCS Xiveruvt, HI icmunu. i - -- : . .
Doughtoa will fight determinedly for J exhibition of Immoral fend indecent pic
v. na. enmmistaTti uiu. uui ioxv tiuwatitiiK - -
bill will attract a considerable follow
ing ia each House. Avowed friends of
tha substitute bill ara mora numerous
ia the Senate that in tha House and
tha substitute ia believed tu hare a bet
tar chance, of paasag ia tha upper
body. 1 -
The principal effect of tha plan ap
proved by tha Appropriations Com
mittee is to reduce the program front
aix year t two year. Tha Univeraity
f North Carolina received tha largest
''Whereas In hia efforts b has neither
exceeded the bound of propriety aor
shown persona feeling aor animus, but
waa prompted ly the highest motive
aad
"Whereas oa aeeouat of thia activity
he haa been subjected - to a malicious
attack through an exhibition oa the
screen of the Superb Theatre, casting
aerious reflection upon Si innocent
young daughter;
V IhmfAM K. ft Hulnil tha.
?uti iU4.a-d..r ,.td k-J
but members of the Appropriation
committees stated but night that th-y
are convinced that tht vmfiOO appro
priated will be ail that can be expended
wisely ia two year, n. ais point to
the fact that a large tncraaa na neea
of the management of the Superb
Theatre ia thia unwarranted attack
pos aur beloved and much-respected
rector and hia daughter a aaealicd
for, cowardly, malicioua and false, aad
that we, hereby pledge ourselves that
msd. . tha figure recommended by V thi
the Budget Commiaaioa for maintenaaee
' at tht Univeraity. .
. SM Bills Pending.
- - i tTpwards of 800 pWie, puhliaJoeal
and print bill are awaiting: aispoal
tioa at tht band of the Genaral A
eembly, among1 which ara tha eleetioa
law, judges retirement bill, toek law
"tlxr 'ssreTti OTirtey tha odneational bill,
r and the' Matthew pension bill allowing
tha counties te supplement the state
, ttenaioa funds. The Senate biU sat
with it tha Saaaea act. : -1
' - Attocetber. tha- General JLaaambry U
coafrented with-anch a mass af work at
win to all probability make adjourn
anent Seat' Saturday night impossible,
, deepite the hopes af a majority at th
member that they might be able to
theatre.'
Baptist A I Condemn.
At the Sunday night service at the
First Baptist ehureh Mr. W. N. Jones
offered the following resolution which
waa immediately adopted by a aaaat-
mous 'riaing votes ' -
Whereas, Bev. Miltoa A. Barber,
KfiOOfiM loan to Armcrr la d mith.
stricken region of tha west are ring
' n tha asTiftullnraJ hill.: Tha Rnnata
aad House ara deadlocked ou the sun
dry bill over the 103,000,000 Muscle
Shoal power amendment of the Ben
ate and ever the 18,800,000 appropria
boa for soldier hospitals.
The Houaa probably will vote tomor
row in an attempt to clear thia dead
lock. Tho controversy aa to the legit
lative bill now revolves largely about
the ' provislona for purchase by tht
treasury of $300,000,000 of farm loan
boadt proposed by the Senate. Tha
Houaa will vote Tuesday on the pro
vision.
- Little legislation except the appro
priatioa bills ia expected to get through
tha flnal jam. The rordney emergency
tariff bill comet-up tomorrow In the
Senate for flnal action with transmission
to President Wilson ia prospect. It
one measure ia a four-cornered fight
for precedence in tie Senate. The
other three bills behind which pressure
I punned are: The war-time laws re
peal resolution, tht toldiers bonus
aad tht navy appropriation
budget. Tht last it expected to bring
a renewal af disarmament debate which
promise to so delay aetioa at to
thwart passage of the measure.
Other Legislation.
Other important billa which seem
threatened with failure include the
packers' control bill, tho maternity and
infant aid measure, the budget bill, the
aongraaaional reapportionment measure
tha Calder coal regulation plan and tht
tioo.yuoawo goad road appropriation
Prediction were general tonight that
tho soldier bonus also weald bo added
to th list of failures.
Bill to regiriate cold storage, to re
organise tha patent office and to aa
thorite co-operative marketing by farm
era also ara fneonferenco with tht
Evidenc. 'Against Youth Who
Stole $772,000 in Bonds To
Grand Jury Today
Chicago, Feb. 27. The evidence in the
ease of William Dalton, 1 years old, 5 employe of the association."
a month bank clerk, who waa arrested Doubtless Comptroller Williams
in Heyworth yesterday 48 hours after docan't mind thia new attach, la which
he had .to.e. ,772,00 1. Liberty bond. fcato UjJ. e.U
from tb Northern Trust Company hr.a , p(rt of the pttttnt administra-
here, where he worked, will be placed tioa .haa had more attache leveled at
trodueed ia the. House a resolution that
no association shall, ia publishing any
report requested, required or. called for
by the Comptroller of th Currency
after February 1, 1921, be required to
iaelude la aueh publication any In
formation aa to tne salary or com
pensation of any director, officer or
before the grand jury tomorrow, it waa
announced tonight.
Robert Crowe, state attorney, said
effort would be made to bring abojt
speedy punishment of the boy who
found it a simple mstter to carry oui
him than haa Comptroller Williams.
Commenting on thia latest attack upoa
the Comptroller, another high govern
ment official aaid yesterday that the
Comptroller waa being persecuted
simply because he could not be con
trolled. This official declared that
v- w. . J k.t I. hl.tnrv nnl, I "
rllVr. .m. -. Comptroller WlUiama waa the most
7 ii iT. v. V.7 k. " rZniMAA "pabl and the most efficient man that
stable after he had beea recognised I .... ... . ....
from 'pictures published in- new" papers-
had over Mid ,th office of Comptroller
ah 4i. la.iI. .w.nt nnm fnv avkl I wl vurreucy i mat ne waa UBsnciB.
which had been cashed, were recovered. Lf"?tory f,1"?'" wp-tattvatj of
M-.-i.il. rn. . ...tin. rbig busineaa' beeauae he would not
knm. -i.h . .rMlnn.l tear vnnnlns I ""low himself to b controlled by them
down hit chtek. He waa brought back held tho other hand that hia
from Bloomingtoa Ill.early today. offle wa a publto trust, aad that be
Bepeatedly he asked for hia mother, discharging hia, duties faithfully
It nufl hia ,wn aiatAM r,Mififl&t mm a 1 mis whiii mm as "wiwi MB nuura
ihiekea dinner and be discussed bit ? wink at certain questionalt.Braa- U
mttomacrr'-t'':' ''? - tie whl!h, laTha pa.l,hd beea eaa-TT,
ia trying to oeear a eentorShip- of tiie
xhlbitioa of inunoral - and indaeeat
picture in the snoving picture theatres
is tha Gtato fjy'tfaw Legislatnrer and
whereas ia his afforta in thia direction
he baa neither exceeded tha boa n da of
propriety nar shown an improper spirit
as a minister or as a man aad waa
prompted, aa w believe, only by tho
highest anotivOai aad whereas aa ac-
xaemoers u rntr nm ,w, "IJ,-. lu t.. . ... ,
tassion will very likely extend over
to Taotday morning af next week, aad
i va thea tbora will bea aadimaat
f andiepesed at bills aa th calendar
and slat tared, in committee.
Drafl.JCUetton Law.
Tha' atrsggle aa the appropriarlena,
ainehiaanr aad ceasorship bill will a
bitter tad perhaps long draws out,
bat whatever fighting I to be doea aa
tha elect iena law will bo doae tomorrow
sight when joint eaaeaf tha ma
jority party af 'th Hons aad Seaate
. will aonvoao ia tha hall af th Hows
ta-. dlseata the prop seed repeal af tha
atato-wide primary, aad aaadry other
measure having to da with tho eleetioa
machinery ia th atat. , ; , ; ; t t .
Committee work af tha present essr
sioa is hugely aver, althoagh th past
few dart have aeea an avalanche af
Uy kav bean subjected to a very tat
proper aad nana attack by aa ex
hibition an a screen af a local theatre
which is known ta th eommnaity and
which, in aur opinion, shonld he aat
asatMi aaw, thoraferc, ; 1
Be it resolved, that thia church here
by express its condemnation af tha a a.
warranted tod nnjutt .attack am Mr.
Barber and hia family aad alto hereby
copras ita approval af th soars f
Mr. Barber la hia leadership af tha ea-
tomeat af thia eommnaity far aeearint
ar ceasorship af tha moving pietnr
Dtnuuw in uua uiata. - - - j
RALPH DE-PALM A SETS '
NEW AUTO SPEED RECORD
Los Angales. CaX. FsK 17 Balch De
IPatssa wea th fifty asBo final sat seas
new legisjatioa offered. The Hows baa I bile race at th apecdway today ta tl
aunute aad b seconds, aa average
speed af one baadrad aad ss-vea aad
beea forced ta resort to- a aaleadar
committee to deal with tha aeora af
bills that have beea offered siacav ast I three-tenths mOe aa hear, aaid to be
Thursday with tha twoaeat that they g I a record for sutomebiie af 183 inches
immediately a Don tha calendar. Be lire- displacement. .
awatativa Parhaai ia chairmaa of that I Tommy MiRoa waa second; Soaea
nariea, taira; Jimmy jaarpky, zourth:
(Cot!aad aa Tags Thraw) . 'Ira Vail. tiJk, aad tit XL-icr, aixla.
1.c.Cbriate
test includes urODOsala for impeachment
01 l ederal Judge Laadi and for -fares
ligation af tho Bergdoll case, both af
we seemingly -ars ieadsd xor the
casualty list.
- Committee Reports
(Numerona committee report also are
do this 'week, Ameag thea ar sea
tlaaiona af tha House eoramittee'a war
Maveetlgationa, th Shipping Board In
quiry, aad th : Caldr reeanstraetioB
stady. Tha Ksnyoa commit will meet
tomorrow to frame report aa it ia-
vearigauoaL last summer aaa zau tat
poliUeal - campaign axpendiUirea. Far
ther iaquiry will bo mad tomorrow bf
taa Bonata aommitte lavestigaung al
lied loans, bat legislation ia regarded
as doabtfuL: . . : ... n ' r,y--:
Bsaato veaiocrat will make aaother
effort ta aocar eenfiraaatioa af tht
many army premotioas recommended by
Presidsat Wilson. Bepdblicaa leaders
predicted that anther any af tha army
premotioas nar any af tha thousands
af postmasters aad ether civil nomlaav
Uoa submitted will b afirmed. A
I expected to be mad ia th
Hawse, hewevar, to obtain the rank af
lioatoaaat-sTaaaral I at . Major Ueaeral
Enoch H. Crawdar. '
fba- Wkkersham Grigsby eleetioa
sateat frata Aiaaka as to 1st settled
thia week by th Hoaee, with iadiesUow
poiatiag to the nateatiac of Dalegate
Grigsby, a Dametr. - -
Iaaagarsi areparationa aad roorgaai-
aation aetivitiee lookiag to tha extra
seseiaa. alee will aoma da far sttawtioa
this weak. Bepab-eaai elected to Ue
next Haas will castes tomorrow sight
"I did wrong and I am willing :to take Idoned by dme big banker who had
my medicine, he said. "I don't know I eongin ana secorea special ravort from
lust why I did It. but for a week I had I'th Comptroller't office.
beea handling hundreds of thousands of Defied "Big Baetaa,"
dollar in bonds and it wa to easy to It wa bee use Comptroller Willlami
walk out with them that I just eould'nt Has refused to allow certain practices
help it. of the past ta ba eoatinued under hi
Th boy again denied that th ease of administration that the fight was begun
Francis Carey, 19 year old Ottawa, Ills; oa him that ssaulted in tha refusal Of
embaxzler, who waa treated leniently 4b Senate to confirm hie nomination
by Judge Landis, had influenced him. for a second term when it was tent by
"I never thought of that ease and it Pretident Wilson more than two years
never eecured to mo that if I were ago. Despite tha refusal of the 8eaatr
caugni i noma p treated leniently. I to acquiesce ia hia appointment Preei
wat nervout and excited yeatorday and dot Wilson haa kept Mr. Williams ia of
the reporter who quoted mo on that flee for two year through recess ap
point mutt hart mesunderstood me. polntmenta, ehowing hia complete con-
PLANNING TO DISPOSE TJ".! f1'0,1"' f
nr ma tsaoa irwmn Under torn of the former ad minis-
world war veteran, today wa plan. I ,k. Tm.., i..., . vr..i.:
nlng what ho will do with th. fiSB.OOO hi. VortiZ .11 aln" Preai-
eantura nt William Da linn niilnn, I
i"C .7 - .r 1 ana bo special isvora nay Dean granted
k,b a v v . W S"" W business
" ""per, t,y iTesident WUaoo, hia aecretariea of
tne treasury or Comptroller Williams.
That is why Wall Street and "big
JtTimJSaUlbttM'
and ecenTtfjA pressure sufficient, to
ehanae tho mind of Germany, should
her government refuse the reparations
terms of the alliea.
While one aspect of the question ia a
dramatic warning to Germany that the
invasion of tome parts of her territory
may follow a refusal of complianea on
her pert, another it that the French
government, which would have to sup
ply moat of the troopi, desires to be
ia a position to act suddenly should
the moment requiring action arrive.
The general' plan considered, of which
many collateral features require exam
ination, la understood to provide for a
northward movemcat by Belgian troops,
which would occupy Dortmund, while
the French would re-occupy Frankfort
and penetrate tha country beyond to
a considerable depth, poaalbly as far
as Munich, while a fleet would blockade
tha port of Hamburg. The declared
object of these movements would bo to
enfort -th ..military . elauaea . of the
treaty and secure tht disarmament of
the Bavarian elnwobverwehr.
Tho aetioa taken would that be based,
not upoa the disputed economic de
mandt, but apoa tha violated armament
section of tho treaty. Ia these air
eamstaaae. th alliea It la polatod oat,
would not bare to wait until May 1,
New York Central "Interstate
Express" Crashes Into De- .
railed Michigan Central
Train at Junction
Point
MANY PERSONS INJURED
AND TWO COACHES TORN
TO BITS BY THE COLLISION
Towerman Arrested Immedi
ately After Wreck; Definite
Oanse of Wreck Not Deter,
mined; Rescue Crews Be.
more Bodies and Give Aid To
the Injured; Scene of Wreok
Identical Spot Where Haf en-beck-Wallace
Circus Train
Was Smashed and Eighty
. People Killed; Many Bodies
Mangled Beyond Kecofni.
tion; Wreck One of Worst in
rorwr, inaf eto. Z7. Be
tween thirty and forty persona
were reported1 killed and . an
unknown number, injured to
day, when a westbound New
York Central train crashed
into a derailed eastbound
Michigan Central train here,
in which railroad officials said
may be one of the I most
disastrous wrecks in history.
Michigan Central officials
placed the number of dead at
SO, while unofficial reports
made the death list as high as
fifty. -
The towerman of the Michl-
I gan Central was arrested im
mediately after the wreck,
official, an vino- triAV heliaved
he had left a switch closed,
causing the derailment of the
eastbound train.
Train Cat la Two.
Tht Michigan Contra! train left Chi
cago at :05 p. ja bound for Toronto,
Caatdav It waa cut in half by the west-
th village constable and the father of
Paul Draper, afterr the latter had tried
In vain to induce "Blev" Bolin, town
m&rahal, to take the fleeing boy into
custody. I
"I'll bet $100 he ain't Dalton, Bolin
declared at the tmie, but today he sor
rowfully admitted hit error.
Young Draper, who wa wounded
overseas, is an amateur detective, hav
ing taken a correspondence school
course in tne art or eatening eriml
business" generally are arrayed aaainat
tha present administratis!, aad is why
Comptroller Williams ia objectionable
to the banking interests that hare made
him th object of to many vieloue at
tack. . .
In hit statement oa Comptroller Wil
liams latest call, Mr. McFadden (who
may be recalled as th man whs. tried
to tax the farm loan bank odt of ox
nals. He intimated tonight that heji'tenee) aaid that th only purpoa to
would give 1100 of hit reward to Ed
win Dennis, hit 'buddy in France,
who called, hi attention to Dalton.
Both young Draper; and hia father
war kept busy today posing for news
paper photographers, who were aided
by Mrs. Draper, th wife of tb con
stable. - ... -
Pa, pla your star on th oufaid
be served in tho demand for salaries
of bank officials to be made public was
to 'satisfy tha desires and whim of
the present acting comptroller. It will
give to th banks competitor aa un
due alvaatnge by exposing salaries paid
w m uau uuiciai lamuy ana win en
tourage competition : in Mcurlng ser
vices of th men now associated with
aetaaWa wblch-th- sHtef nraat I bound fljtr and both wagtaefi elnnged
lafora. Bamttnyt bo -inatlt the fcnst ft a ambaakiaoat.' t:. f J, f . i '
ner ia . remrstiona aad after which I Both aglnemen of th Now Tork
Germany, nader tb treaty, may argue Central train war killed. . The angi-
her ease before tb reparation commit- near was Claud Johnson, of JEIkasrt,
sion. By basing their ease apoa tho lad. Fiva bod lea war recovered Bear
disarmament demaadt they could not tb debris of th two ngine,J ,
immediately under th authority of tht Fifteen bodies bad boon recovered
trawty. tha anonsern of tha plan area. I within a few hour after tho wreck.
argue. I tw tare uetMUaaad.
Tha Germaa government haa been I it la believed that virtually all of tht
notified that tha principal point on th I dead wore in two of tho Michigan Can
rrogram will ba diaarmamant, tha pun-Ural coaches, which were demolished
iahmeat af war criminals, aad ropara- whea th New Tork Central train hit it
tioaa. Diaarmamant may be th first Th only dtad known on th New
abject to be taken up, aad Major York Central train were the two 'cn
General von Seech, the German chief of e-inemen. Tha anaineer of the Miehiawa
staff, aad a member of tha official dele-1 Central ia miaeing. It was reported
gation, it coming to London to answer I that ho leaped from hit cab when kt
ue repmenuitioii iinuer " saw taa oncoming jNew xora Central
Among tho form of economic pres-1 traln.,
erne wnlen might M applied to ter- Tha tracks of the two railroad In
many, now nnder diaeuttioa, it tha aet-j teraect here at a sharp angle, being
ting up of a new caitoma . frontier to I almost parallel. The Miehlnn r.ntr.1
aeparat occupied Germany from tb train was believed to hare started across
remainder of th rapire. One of tb
perplexities to tha conferee brought
cut oy this proposition is th question
nt to what attitude tht American gov
eminent would take and what inatri
tion would be sent to Major General
Allen, who it both tho military com
mander of tha American foreee on tht
Ph'jie tad chief commissioner for eivu
affairt ia tht district,
tho intersection and then to have beea
derailed. The towerman waa blamed
by railroad offioiala for allowing tht
Mietiigan Uentral train to attempt to
crow ahead of the westbound train.
A few persons living At this junction
point immediately begaa work of ret-,
cue, using lanterns ia their search for
the dead and injured. Belief tralat
arnvea rrom sticaigan City and Chi- -
mv auuui so nour aiior ins wrecx,
r.ri t"TU. nurse and doctor. Tha wit
The alght German I " -"cniawn
of your aaat so they will know you tht aatloaal banks, who might be sought
art an officer of tht Jaw."' was her uk.ha "lh fP1.. Statoanki and
timt inV"" owmimniea.
geetion, .aad Draper lost no
complying.
DXNNIS TO CLAIM ALL
, OF THI l2t,OH RIWAKD.
Boomington,Fb. 7Wtmes C. Den-
Mbv jsbanfianc. .jfeg, .a Irimber epmnsBT.
waa gave a ride to William Daltoa, tho
unicago bead thief, whea ho fled to
Heyworth, today agagd attorneys,
waa made forma claim on .the North
era Trust Company for tho whole' af
tha 136,000 toward, which was paid to
Paul K. Draper, so of tha Heyworth
eoastabl, who actually made tha ar
rest. Draper ' baa - aaaoaaeed that - he
would sir part of the reward .to Den
nis, but baa not stated th amount.
A a matter of fact, tht call doe not
require that aalarle of individual!
shall be mad public, but that th 'ag
gregate salaries paid by a bank shall
ba disclosed, just aa the bank art re
quired by law ta make public all their
oilier -iiaBimict at wen as their aa
sett. Mr Williams made thi perfectly
clear ta n etatement replyiac ta a
eritfeism of tha call made by the Pitts-
oarga Clearing souse , air, , wiiuai
aids :J - "
"The Comptroller of the Curreaey in
hi report for 1920, recently submitted
to Congresa, recommended that all-na
tional bauka be required to furnish to
their stoekholdera. an anal) w. infenaa.
tion of tho aa la rise paid to their several
executive affieer. Ia tha form which
tho comptroller called for tho Informs-
EXPRESS THEFT CASES
UP IN FEDERAL COURT Uomt eW oalary paid to each
" I officor was not required to b given, only
Maeaal Ga-, Feb. 87 Sixty-four mca
indicted by the Federal grand jary last
October in . eonheetiea with alleged
theft from tha Amerieaa Kailway Ex
press Company will ba arraigned be
fore Judge Beverly D. Evans la Ualtod
Statot District Court tomorrow mora-
iag. nM win bo catered by tha ao-
auaed parsons, bat their triaia will not
begin nntU March 14. -v . ... s ,
Soma of- tha beat-known lawyers af
Georgia and Alabama have beea ca
ge red aa eonaael for accused -perse as.
From th evidence preaeatad Ja. tha
red era I graad jury, theft from the
Amerieaa Bailway Xxprae Company ia
th Booth for th first sis months f
im totaUed WlS,r224 to -vein.
tha aggregato of executive officers aala
riea-aad tha aggregato af ealarier paid
to an ather omploye. .
3Betion 6ZU, Ualtod States revised
statutes, expreesly requires every aa-
tienal bank to submit to tho aoaptral
ler not leas than fire timet a year a r
port xhibiting in detail and nader ap
propriate beads, all leeotieees and lia
bilities, ia the form prescribed by tb
eamptrolrerr - The statement - also re
quire that th report, la tha earns form
ia which it it nude to tb comptroller,
shall ba published la a newspaper in
th pTaef where each - association ia
acta aliased. '. i..:.
This office it not advised fat what
't.(Caatla4 t raw Taya) .
Berlin. Feb. 17.-
delegatet to tht conference with tha al
liea in London, headed by Fe reign Min
ister Simons and accompanied by a
staff af aoma 87 secretariet aad tlerkt
aad a party of aorta German new.
spapormea, left Berlin naosteatattoaaly
at noon today oa a a pectal train, onroato
to England.- Chancellor Fehreabaeh and
Dr. Simon both appeared to-be ia te-1
poeially "good tpirit,- unghing and lok-
iag aa the photographers snapped th
rareweu scsb.
F8AXCX TO BE BXADY
FOR ANY tVENTCALITY I Indiana
City.
' List af tb Daad.
Tha list Of idsatifled dead follow t -Clande
Johnson, engineer of tha Ifew .
York Central train, Elkhart, lad.
Carl Delaad. fireman of the Km
Tork Central train, Elkhart, Ind.
Mr. Barney' Kramer.- Miehiaaa City.
... .....r. . .. .t - ..
-. iii., t--.i . , '
... . itoeeawald, high v school.
teacher at Mihigan City.
. . Ueek, travelinc salctman of i
Chicago, ... : ,. . .
Mra. Harry Kramer, Michigan City,'
Paris, Fsb. S7-Ia aa editorial today
00 : th . subject of the Los don eonf er
cbco with tho Germans, ' beginning
aiarea 1, ue Temps decUrea lhat
Prance, while fearless aver tb pottiblt
y Woood a Page ThreO
CHAMP CLARK REPORTED
TO BE SERIOUSLY ILL
At 10 aVJoek these bodie had' been
recovered from the wreck tad railway '
officials were af the opinion that tha
total death list might exceed forty-five.
1 Tweaty bodies were taken to Chee
tartan, Jad- and four to Michigan City.
Iad4n automabUea. -
Thar were na physician here and
first aid waa given tha injured only by
passengere. s ' - - 1
t, Tm aMU tka mwrnuV U at im m
Turn for the Worse in Condition I tot tpet where th Hagenboek-wiuoo
sp
ot the Veteran Democratio
Leafder Reported
Waablagtna. Ftb. 17a-BeBreseatativt
Cham Clark, Democratic leader of tha
Hons, van describe: aa seriously in ia
a bulletin issued tonight by hi physi
I circus trtia waa demolished and
' prozimatoly eighty persons killed
oral y oar age. The circa traia was
ranning aa tha Now York Central track
aad th Michigan Central train trashed
lata it. - -."' -
Were la Waeefea Coach.
AH af U. victims aa far aa known,
cans after a aonenatioa. The eondi- except the two members ef tha Mew
tiea 'of the formew-aeaker, who baa York Central aagiaa grew, ; war ae
ba aick for several days, was aaid to enpants of th waadaa day coach aad -be
not not a favarabla as yeslertsy. wr 1 mostly tatadaata of mined,
r Mr. Clark who ia -anff arias' from a ladiaaa and Miehiaaa paiata. Sixteen
aerie of cemplieatia rasaltiaf fram I af -tha bodie have beea ramorsd to
aa attack af aleariaw- showed a dacidad I rWarlaa. InA. .
imprevemeat yesterday, bat a tarn for , ; ? ' ' ' -.
ta wan developed daring th night. I angia sa im.
Hi pavsieian. Dr. Jeas Shoua. today! eerdlng ta raUway afficials, U die-'
called Dr. Llewellyn H. Barker, f BalU-1 attar waa .etated by. tha faUar af th
mora, aad Dr. Thomas A. Claytor.' sfleaglaaer or use aucugaa ccatrai traia
Wahhiagton Into eeaawltation. Th bul-lt heed a block aignal at tha roaavr
letia issued toaight by the three ahrsi-l where the Miehigan Central aad Kew
eiana aaid: - . , . ITork Ceatrat t racks iatertect.
Mr. Clark Is seriously ffl. "He haa I Tha black aianal automaticany mC a
kad aa, acuta ia feet ion. Be now ba J daraUiag switch. Whea the Mxh rn
Said ia th right plural cavity, an ir- iCeatrai traia failed ta heed tha aifnal
ragular heart. Increase1 froaaonar afl : 1
raspiraUan ana aUiMoamrJa, jCaallaaad Oai faga Tre) ;