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-THIRTY-FOUR - PACES TODAY. - RALEIGH, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING. MAR6H'!3. 1921. THIRTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY. PRICE: SEVEN CENTS
OVERMAN-SECURES
. PROMISE 10 THINK
"ABOUT THE SOBTH
. Harding To Give "Serious Corv
. sideratlon" For Representa-
x tfve from Southeast
WILL CALL SENATOR IN .
. , ' IF SHOULD THINK WISE
Junior Senator: Presents Heme
of Maxwell for Inter.
state Commerce Commjs.
ion; Withdraws Objection to
Confirmation of Potter and
;Zsch
HAMON DECLARED
HI
. V The News and Observer Bares,
604 District National Beak Bldg.
By JOB L. BAIII
(Br Bpetial I'aatd Wir.)
' Washington, March U. During -
half hour interview at tba White
House thi moraine, Senator Overmaa
j presented tha seme' of A. J. Maxwell, lama's trial afra today. W. B. Nicholas,
i ' ' ' C k. Lnrtti Cm rmJ i .a Clin. ! knil.x aaaneUta nt R.mna'a M.
LN SHOT
WITNESSES JM1E
Preacher Testifies That Dying
Man Told Him It Was 'Frame
Up By Others
POLITICS INTRODUCED
INTO OKLAHOMA TRIAL
Republican National Commit.
teaman Told Political Friend
v While Djinf 'Talk Direct To
Warren Hrdiifj"; Told Kin.
L later He Had Paid Off Worn.
an Three Times
lawless outbreak:
puzzles officers
Church, Two Schools, -and
Two Dwellings Burned In
Newlight
IS IT RETALIATION
FOR DISTILLERY RAIDS?
Burnings Follow Visit To Town.
ship By County and Federal
Officers Whose Comlnf . Is
Apparently Advertised To
Blockaders By System of
Sifnals In neighborhood
Admor. OkU, March ll.-Additioeal
testimony Uet Jakt L. Hamon, Okla
homa, Republican aal local committee
a, had declared oa his death bad
that be bad beea abot by Clara Smith
Hajaea aa be lay aa tha bad ia hie
hotel roam, waa Introduced at the wo
I 1 abairmaa or ue ortB t arena vorp-
JIaiAa,OMipiila-, to President Hard-i
. ---r--i , .- - T - a .'"ix. - 1 - - .v -
--"Ta wwt at -aKrw-w iiaawt'
! , waeaaelee aa Ue iBterrtate Commerce
' eeSamimioa.
' Following bil return to the Capitol,
Beaator Orarmaa said be bad a very
pleaaant visit with the President, that
the latter appeared impressed with the
Suggestion that the section included la
the Southeastern tariff territory ought
to be repreeented . oa . the Interstate
. Commerce commission, aad pre tb
Beaator to understand that be wouid
ire serious eesslderatiea to tba rof
geetlon, arid if be decided to allot oa
ef the two remaining places to the
BouUeast, to call Beaator Overman ia
tot aaother conference before nuking
aa appointment- -
While Presenting Mr. Maxwell aa a
ansa thoroughly equipped for the im
. portent datioa ef L C. C. eommiaaioner
Beaator Orarmaa made it clear that
what be ia moat eoaeeraed about ia
that tba South shall hart representa
tion oa the aommiauoa.
, .Patter AnaelBtatent Confirmed.
Because of Ue President' attitude,
Beaator Overawe aad other Bowthera
: Baaaton made ao abjoetioa today when
a baaiqne aaaorute or tiamoa a, eor
who eoadurtod Haaoaa rnaeral
reaa, quated Hamoa b aayiag that
Clara Hawon bad told bia the affair
waa a ''frame ap by othrra aad tht
aha wit aorry for what aba bad done.
for the Brat time in the trial, whlra
started two daya aco, politico, which
rained Hamoa national reaowa, waa
t oncked oa whoa one of the wlta
atatod he bad beea told by Hamoa to
'"take direct to Warrea Harding" -the
matter of appoiatmeat to office of ier
oral of Hamoa frieada, la which Ha
moa atill eipreaaed deep interert eren
while dying.
"fnmt.Vm By Otbera.'
- Wie told me tbia waa frame op by
otbera aad that ahe waa aorry," Rev.
T K Trvin naator of the Preabr
terlan church nt lawton. who delWeredl
Mr. Hamoa a funeral oration, teatifled
the dying man told him. "Three time
I bad paid her off, but tbia m the but
time."
The matter of the alleged "frame
ap" waa hot touched oa further by
either Btato or defeaat eonneel, and
Dr. Irwia did aet got to -oomplcte tha
J0t church, two ackool baildioga aad
two nnoeeapled dwelliaga were red need
to aahee ia few Ught towaahlp follow
rag Taida made Moa dry end Thareday
by federal aad oonaty offleera. Tha
eoaaeaaua of opinio la that that aee
Moa ia that the etrncturea were burned
by blofkadera and booUeggen aa
meaauro of retaliation or warning.
Sheriff Harriosa bai bogna aa laree
tigation of tha matter aad during the
next few daya will make a determined
effort to aeeertaia the ideatitr of the
a motion to eonflrm tha appoiatmeat I atatomant be bad otfrted Wauaa of aa
or Mara w. rotter, or. new xork, to I uterrnptioa cy eaienee aoaneoi.
t - r
t'.v
The elergymaa did aot bare direct
informatioa from Hamea that the
young woman, former wife of a nephew,
bad ahot him, aara.
Not ao, hawerer, with W. B. Kknolat,
fanaar chief of aliee of OUaaoato. City.
Okla- aad bnainea aad politteal
elate ef MrT Haatoa.
. Dytac Stat tea oat.
Ut WUholaa waa Ue aoeond
throora wheat the Btato aad eostM
iBtrwdue aa ajjegad dying ototoaient
from Mr. Hamoa and his teetimonj,
lika that of Kellr M. lUaah. a "kla
k.. rttmy taanrMM maw oa TaatordaJ'.
t tk. .ffaet that ha bae beea tolJi
the Senate eppoaed erUrmatioa of the I by Hamoa he know be was dying, ana
that Clara Bout tiamoa eao aim. -"BUI,
ahe got ma," NWouj quoted
Hamoa aa ha ring aaid, aad continued
that the wounded man had eaaartod be
waa tying dowa xof a reat oa the bod
. hi. mnm. which adJoiaed that , of
the eonuniaaloa waa before' the Senate,
aad Mr. Potter was eoaflrmed. How
erer, the, appoiatmeat ef former Bep
reeentatiTe ech to the Comatnaloa ia
ntil being bold up. Eaeh'a aomiaatioa
being objected to by Beaato lFoi
lette, ia wLoee Btato the) aomiaoe Urea.
Beaator. ImTelletto eppAaed the laeb
Cuaamiaga tranapertatioa act, e whioh
the Commiaaiea aomiaoe waa oae of
the eathore aad beeaoae ef the wide
difference it., their ideaa ea tranaporto
tisa auttera, Mr. taFDQatto i aspeeted
Aa do all i hie power he prereatech f
eoailraatida,' . : ' .
Moat of the Demoeraia who were ia
tffia-Ua-nt.r.at'
baraing of the achool bouaea, oae of
Fertilizer Merchants In Town
of Yttke Forest Receive
Warnings
ARE DIRECTED TO RETURN
STUFF WHENCE IT CAME
Farmers Waft Ptrohtied Mate.
rial Receire Identical Warn,
lnf While UnooBflrmoxl Ba.
mors Beach Baleifh That
Tohacoo Plant Beds Are de
stroyed la northern Wake
Fire mercantile eetablkhtnenu at
Wake roreot hare roeoired warn in fi to
aoaa reruiuor purchaeod by them beak
to the maatrfaetarera or tike the eon
aequeacea." Notice! were poo ted on
their building a few dayi ago, aigaed
by The Farmer' Friend.," aad bare
ao far beea ignored. Two cuetomera
who purehaaed fertiliaer from on arm
received similar warnings ea the atrht
following th purchases and rwtnraed
the fertiliaer to the dealer. No acta of
violence in thia cnanectioa bare beea
PACKERS AGREE TO
ATTEND MEETING
TO DISCOSS WAGES
Send Telegram To Secretary of
Labor Iter All Day Discus
sion In Chicago
srrcDTcn ciicrccTinu
TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES
- - '
Union Leaders Had Already Ao.
oepted Proposition and 8nf
fest March 18 As Date For
Joint Conference; Offer of
Mediation Made In Effort To
Avoid Calling Strike
Chicago, March 13. After aa all day
diaenaaioa by heads ef the packing
ndustry, a telegram kent to Janes
. Davis, Becretarr of Lror, at Wash
ington, accepting his suggestion that
they sead two represeatative to con
fer with bim aad two repreeentativee
of the employee regarding the present
aituatioa in the mduitry
REICHSTAG VOTES
TO APPROVE STAND
TAKEN BY GERMANY
HARDING TO SEND
HARVEY TO LONDON
Holds Up Adjournment of Spe
cial Session of Senate To
Get Him Confirmed
Waahiagten, Mar. IS. Plaas of Sen
ate leaders to oad - the special aeeaioa
today war overthrewa by a combina
tion of further delay nt th White
House aad Capitol affecting important
appointments en which the administra
tions wants artioa before adjournment
Failure of President Harding to aend
his aom teat ions for tba Shipping
Board ia understood to hav been the
principal barrier to bringing the aee-
sioa to a clone, it waa iadieatod that
nomination ' Ttotnaa O. Marvin, if i
Haatoa, to th tariff commission. . B-
Cirded a of tha "higheu proteetioa
to" ia the country,- the Vemocratie
Beaator opposed hi appointment ' to
the tariff commission oa th ground
that he waa a lobbyist Marvia has I the defeadnat. whoa Cava Hamoa came
'besa nerving a eeeretaay of th Horn to him; placed bar left hand jib am
Market ilub of Boston, protectionists head end Sred a bullet into hfarbody.
rganiaation, ad np chiefly of a told how Hamon had aaid he threw
' Maaaaehutett textil men, whoa pro- hi left arm to hnoek aaid th Sre-
jkKtloaiat idea ar for a high tariff. - arm, but too lato, thea leaped to hi
Marvia Strong rvetocttoeJat. feet, knocked the tiny automatic piatol
At th time President Wilson mad from th womana hand, ea Hie knee
hi fsmons eharga that aa inaidious I searched for it ia th darkness oa the
lohhw wa oxartins Its inflnaaea at tha I Am, nwaveved it. Disced it ia his
eapitol end aa investigutioa wan orde I pocket aad then walked to the i anitor
ed, Uenator Ltveraua waa made eitair-1 ium where Be aiea nv onya wuir,
which waa la uae, Superintendent of
School John C. Loekhart yesterday
went to th New Light section to make
aa laveatigatioa. Mr. Loekhart aaid
that the J. L. Hears' school near Stony
Hill, the old Stony Hill school house
mil away and the West Grove Baptist
Church northwest of Stony Hill were
burned daring th early hours of Fri
day morning. Mr. Loekhart mid real
deata la th vicinity stated th three
stueturea were consumed by th flames
practically at th aama time. Mr. Lock
hart mid all waa quiet ia th Stony Hill
sectioa and there appeared to be a
exeitomeat or feeling aa a result of the
free, which appereaUy were of incen
diary origin.
Fallows Uaaer stales.
Oa Mondar Prohibition Agent Ranee
aad Biebardeoa aad Deputy Sheriff W
D. Edwards, of Wake Forest, went into
th New Light sectioa and destroyed
on still site, although th itlll had beea
removed. That atrht. an unoccupied
two-story, dwelling houee at Stony Hill,
about one mile from None river, wa
baraed. Th structure wa th property
of Mr. Loo Bay, of Baleigh. An old
frame structure across th river wa
baraed oa the ham night, it .being the
aroporty of Mr. JJinni Harrison
Prohibition Agent jcteaardsou ana
Shore, aad Chief of Polio W. W. Bob-
bttt end Deputy Sheriff Edward, of
Wak Foreel went viato 'New light
Thareday aad destroyed eigfct atill site
ad eaetared eae atili.- Itovwa ml the
1 sUJla wr removed before the raiders
reenaed the lite. However, a aambwr of
fermantor were fouad, aad abeet tflOO
gallons of ber-.wre deatreyee. . Ii
operator war yoapturod. waring . the
raid. ""!.-' ' - '-'.. -
Friday morning following th raid th
L. 3. Bear' chol r Stooy Hill was
burned, causing damage eetimstsd at.
18,000. The eld Stony HiU school hous,
at Stony' Hill, about a mile from th
Sears' school, wa alio reduced, to ashes.
This structure bad for several year
beea tb voting praoinet ia th town
hip. Th West Grove Baptist Chares,
CUaaod on raga Tare)
SPRINGFIELD READY TO
COPE WITH DISTURBANCE
raDona to nr. ne e ui u u thi ark em . . 4 . . 1 - , w iutw, - j wmm satur(Ai uaa
rour mesuge rcceivea. mil oe
far.
The aoticee were posted oa the busi
Bees houses Tuesday, wr type writ tea
ana war aaonymoua. They were ap
parently written by n person or person
with some degree of education, as th
.spelling and punctuation were praeti
rally correct One copy of the notice
read aa follows:
WARNING BEWABE.
"This guano is too high priced to
us. Take it back from whence it
cam or tak th consequence,
(signed) "The Farmer's Friends.
Copies of the warning ware posted oa
buildings of W. C. Brewer and Co.
W. W. Holding, Wilaoa and Daniels,
Wake -Forest Supply Company, and the
Wake Mercantile Company.
Mr. Joha M. Brewer, of W. C. Brewer
and Co., stated that hi firm waa the
only oa of th nv that kss received
shipment of fertiliser so fsr. He mi
th copy of toe notice was posted oa
th fertiliser warehouse, air. Brewer
sddiag that fertiliser waa sold to aom
Ht H U customers and that ea th
night following th jutehase identical
typewrittea warning! we) re posted oa
th place of residence , or majority
of th customer. Mr. Brewer mid
two of the customers returned fertiliser
purehaaed by them as a consequence of
th aoticee. No sale of fertiliaer
bar beea mad by, any of tb ether
Wake Forest Arms, Xbes warnings
have beea Ignored by tb morwaatils
eoneerna, aad ae violent act a a. eon
asqueaee bare bean reported.
' naat Beela mssaeors. r
TJaeOn A rmtedL report ef destraetioa ef
. . -i ...
tobacco plant a M wo nor to era aeo
tiea ef Wake eouaty hav besa roeeiv
ed. Oa report haa.it that e aamber
ef plnt bsas iB the eeetioa aieag ins
BouarlH J'oad frm Baleigh to Neuse
were reeeaUv destroysd by unMentinea
parti, while aaother wa to the effect
that similar aeetruetioa or piaa aeas
occurred: in part ef wake Trt towa
ibis and ia the Mcttea oetweea vrsa-
dell aad Zebulea. ' ,
No eaoae for tb destruction .or th
nlaat bed has beea advanced other
tbaa that the occurrence ar local mea
sures to preveat planting ef tobaee
ANOTHER TANKER SLIPS
FROM WILMINGTON WATS
-man of the Investigating committee.
That Senator aaid today hatMarma
waa ealld before . the committee aad
admitted that he wa here, to lobby
gaiaat th Underwood -8 iramona tariff
law aad for high proteetioa rate la
the Interest of the. Masaachusetta mana
' f ssturers. A dispatch - froavr Boston
that morning nay that "Mr. Marvia is
on ol th strongest protectionists ia
K. ...... .-J .1.- u
AaWa To Leavw City.
The former police chief testifled he
wa ia Mr. Hamoa' offlc th following
morning whea Clara Hamoa enterea ana
it greed apoa demand of Frank Ketch,
lusines manager for Mr. Hamoa tbei
and bow administrator or nis enaw,
that ahe leave Ardmore quickly.
"Clara I bar never butted into your
affaire before; but I am now. Ho more
the country," sad that the "majority disgrace for the Hamoa family,- tcn
tJ tna --nJ a... ,m I Mtm nnoteA Ketch a aarlag aaid. "Why.
ista, ae that Mr. Marvin' eeleetioa Ibr you talk as if I did it." he aloTClar
. . . m m est ww . a M rx m. ? Wa A M m 1 1
the tariff commiasioB ia a mast popular I repuoa. s ui n smwu -
1 toll wan ao.' . " f.
Demoert oppornd Mr. Marvin, not Oa arom-eiamlnation, Mr. Nicholas
nly beeaue they regarded him aa I denied h had eeea-brume aad mark
lobbyut, but because they UUk tha i ea Clara Hamoa' face aad hand at
Tariff rnii,iii .t.ms k. . .j- I that time. Tha jOjeletiae.haj inaicstca
mea who will .tudy tariff quctione Pea that om lfll
from aa unbiased point f view Badl""-.8?
- mass recontmea nations oasea oa e
' eeieatiH study, ' rather, than ef mea
who go ea th eommiasioa with th
" plain . euipoee.o sky-rocketing duties
to th very highest point they can get
tkem. - -.. 1 . - , -
I Crgee Framottoa For Bowley.
After leaving the White Howae tha
morning, Senator Orermaa, tailed apoa
Secretary of War Week to urge arer
notioa lot Colonel Bowloytommander
hilled him was fred wbU he was ia th
act ef striking her with a chair.
'Other witnesse this morning els
were questioned rJoeely ea that point
aad deaied tna ar iae aao aaaaa
bora marrh from a physical combat.
Through Mr. Nichols it was brought
out that Clara Hamoa demanded $5,000
fman Ketch with which to -leave 'Ard
more aad that the busines . manager
arreed to get it for her. Nwbolaa
at . Camp Bragg. -Colonel Bowley I eaotod Cur. m having amd skeHamoa
BoaUnatioa to be a brigadier geaeral
. wss sent to the Senate by Preaident
'Wilson, bat th Senate withheld eoa
. . flrmatioa. Secretary 'Week assured
beaator Orermaa that " CoL Cowley's
BoaunatioB foe prometioa woald be re
: awd and it at eoar will be eon
' Srmed this thma. . This ' wiU Drobahlv
'meaa that, Colonel Bowley will eoa
Uaa , to com-Aad Camp Bragg ia-
' deSai4sly.v - ' - - J
rrosnoQow xor B. j raisoa, a
Korta Carolinian waa nerved aa a brig-
aoiar aanag is waria war eae
told her h might hav that amoaat.
.. Bona Te Secrecy
Defense counsel a fa ha beea strict
la bringing statement' from each ef
Ue (bar Btate witnesses whe ewere to
knowledge of the manner of the ahoot
ing, that they had kept it a deep eeeret.
each witaes tssuryiag ae aad. beea
bound to eecroey by Hamoa (rem hi
death-bed.
Everett W. 8IBa. a ehaaffear ef Dal-
lae, Texas, testified he had drives Clara
Hamoa from Dal la to Cuee, Teens,
where she boarded a trsia fee El Paso
maneee ue tairoett rvmme ateae m reatte Chibaahaa City, Mexiee,
-f wav mtmw mnwm ur CTHIW IW v. -V. .MnaJ tm Mat aa ala.
tt&3F te-ut-vit. Mrs
tww pistols partly row sea led la 'her lap.
He aaid Chare Hamea told him ah
had shot. a man, hoped he 4ied,tead
that aha ami amkad WkathaaL a. M ar
aao wanwwey sonuii eommrrtee - . i- . . .
to National Assotiatkm ef credit la 1?" to.ko
Credit Mam Make Ptwiawt. i
ieeerdiag te e story la eae- ef tie
leading trade aad flnaaeml papers ia
New York City thia merarag, Ue beak
- ing aad eanwaey executive eomautte
aiea aa Iaaue4 a statement protest
isg against iweeat lerisiatioa la North,
Carolina which prohibit notaries publht
from protesting oa -payment . checks,
irtfta, etc, whea each ne a parses t ia
i t to the refBaal ef the beak oa which
the check a drawn ta amy at. a Mr.
s result ef which th aer eoUettioa
(Caatiaeee' ea Fag Three)"
with to kin iim. Salli mid b told her
an eld eae. a rust, aad dirt thea weald
help make th wound wetse." .
No afternoon aeaarioa warn held, end
th Btato win eoacrado Be introd actios
ertotrmay Monday. , , "
W1w rsaM Te Ateend - -
Mrs. Hamoa, the widow, wa anabl
(Cewtinwed Oa Fare Tww "
Ho Further Trouble Expected Oarolina BWpjardB -Oomplote
In Ohio City, , Where) Eace Present Program But ex.
mot inrestenea 1 1 pect new wew
SprtagSeld, March 1J. The (trU I Wilmingtoe, Merck IS. Th Uaroluu
of Springfield were deserted tonight I Steel Shipyard today Uu ached iU BU
aad civU and military authorities! vessel the San Leon, aa oil tanker, for
a British firm, ox ww tons, maung
the eeeond ef this class of ship which
agreed that the racial disturbance
which ha kept this city la a turmoil
line last Monday, culminating ia the
hooting of a policeman ..last " night;
ware aeequngly at ea cad. If there-arc
ao disturbances during th eight it la
Mid to be probable that Btato - an
thoritie will begia withdrawiag troop
early sen week.
Hearts David Jones, piaeea la com
plete charge of the aituatioa, aad with
eight companies, of national guardsmen
aa hi aides, tonight bad barred all tref.
a from city weeta. uspaded street
car- eerrie) eloeed stores, theaters, end
all public gathering pine and ordered
all citizens to remain in their home ef
tor six p. m. As measures to enforce the
order of the sheriff, guardsmen patrol
ed the street on foot end in ermy
I pucks with maehins gun. . 1 ;
r. . - - . i
, ABOiner preeauHonaiy meaaoirw laaon
by th authorities waa the expedition
bringing to Justice ef James White, 17
year eld negro and confessed assailant
f Patrolman Joseph? Ityan, whoa hs
hot three times last night la tne open
ing phse .ef the , disorder.. Captured
shortly before boob today by a posse
1-of farmers following a running pistol
battle, White was brought to this city.
takes before Judge Beiger in Juvenile
tha yard has launched since th Em err
eney Fleet Obrporetlon finished with
its sis steel freight carriers, each of
hieh waa 9500 tons. .Mrs. William
Llayd Kitchell sponsored the vessel aad
Included with her la the launching
narrr. all from New York, ware Mr.
aad Mrs. Hsrbert I. Csrr, Vr. aad Mrs.
George Cogill, Mr. sad Mrs. Hugh
White, Mr. end Mrs. Walter Q. Bmith.
CoL and Mrs. C. W. Wiekershsm.
large avmbor ef people" eaer the tanker
Uuaehsd into the water ef the .Cape
Fear river. The taaker will fly the
British flag end upon being mad ready
for sea willoepert for eeaae Meaieen
port for e cargo ef eil. , "
The future ef the steel ehipyard here
is uheertain but it i believed that if
order' are forthcoming steel voce
will be eoatlnued though the kuaehlng
today eemplctes the present program.
PREPARING TO CLOSE
; DOWN BIG .PAPER JIILLS
eaBaaWaWaaWaeB - rf
Asheville. 'March ' ltv Prspsrstiens
re aader way for the elosiag dowa
early next week ef the great Champion
mi - n Ultl. r... . ... 1.
1!' u.TJfL. targmr-u..faet.r.rr.f.p.p.r.la
" - " I Ue Booth. Follewisg the depression
lllllOmS piaa n MHIJ IV wrIU I , . .V. VI- . ill.
i - 3 av - M -1 .1 ial I au mi vw "
aaiuaiaa wrarwi ue anovuaa - I .. k..
glsd tu follrw your suggestion."
A statement give out at the same
time that the telegram waa made public,
aaid:
"We assume that the justios aad
necessity of witre ruts will not be nt
issue.. Noy eaa there justly be sn issue
on the matter of boors." - ,-
Secretary Davis offer of persoBal
mediation in an effort to evert a threat
ened strike in the industry also was
accepted by the union leaders, Dennie
Lane, of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of North Amer
ica, sending a telegram to tha head of
the Federal ljilor LVrtsrtipebt in which
he suggested that a joint conference of
packers, employee nsd representative
of the Labor Department be held in
Washington March 18.
. The statement issued by the pachera
make ao mention of the wartime arbi
tration agreement which waa can celled
by them en February 26 aad says re
garding the recently announced reduc
tions of wage and readjustment ef
working hours that "except tbVouxh
such measure as we have adopted, the
possibility of industrial difficulties that
might eloee our planta would star us
ia th face." . .
inducing aom of the men he want' to
accapt, aad both ha aad the leader in
congress are anxious to have the ap
pointments made aad con Armed before
Jhe senate quiU.
Whil it waited for the Shipping
rjoara nominations th Senate heard
also, mat Mr. Harding might ask U to
paaa judgment before adjournment on
tha aomiaatiea otoloael George Har
vey, the New Tork editor, to be ambas
sador to Great Britain. Selection of
Colonel Harvey ia understood to have
beea definitely decided en, and although,
atr. . naraing was aot reay to trans
mit th nomination today, the Republi
can manager ia th Senate received ad
vance information of such positive char
acter that they conducted a poll of the
Foreiga Belatioa committee on the
qaeation of eenflrmatioa.
8 till another cause for prolongine- the
special senates wee provided by Senator
Larollette, Bepublieaa, Wiacoaain, who
objected to immediate eonaideratioa of
Foreign Minister Simons Makes
I Ak-. . I .ai .a
Lcnginy explanation 01
Allied Reparations
' Demands
DEMANDS FULFILLMENT
OF VERSAILLES TREATY
SO FAR AS POSSIBLE
Crowded House Heirs Stete.
xnent of Oerman Delegate To
London Conference, Who
Dilates at Length Concern
ing' Extraordinary Difficult'
. To Make Definite Proposals;
rrencn uenerai uraers ia.
armament of 1,300 Security
Police (a German City, After
Hefusal To Salute Allied Offi
cers; They LearePor.Kssew .
. ... mi -. . r , .. tv. ... - -.1 . . j .- - t . .
Press) . Approval of the German gov
erament's attitude toward the silled1
reparatioB demands wa voted by th
Baiebitag today after Foreiga Miaister
8imon mad a lengthy explaaatioa ef
his work at the Londoa conference.
Thar war a parttma debate ever the
resdhition of approval, which was
moved by the eoalitloa parties, but it
waa Saally adopted by a rot ef SOS
to 29. The Nationslieta and majority
Socialists voted with th govsramsnt
bloc.
A eotamunlet rseolutioa demanding
th Immediate establishment ef dlplo-
. I in. a .. n ,
inane niuiuiw wiia OQTIWi JSUBSia wa
decisively defeated. . , -
Vk. k.M.a J - J A. . .
-wa uvvun o eear isri
Simon' state mant. ia which ha 41.
latod oa the eniraardinarv JiAnltv
deflnitc proposals ander the uncertainty
.aceraing upper Bileaia aad the coa-
rule, th' nomination, m.t from .th. h th. ft.!. I Vropol.,
White Houe yesterday, had to be put iJ, 0em" ontr-propomle ,
ever ..til Moaday, J. . m"? . P0"'"'
.1.. 2lL-- . s . bli owe personal resDonaihllltv-.
f ita slste of emuatelated aomiaatioa, rtt U" f" ",BOm8nU
voting coaSrmatioa ef e number cent betot the London conference,
la earlier in the week and ef aereral S8toM,f ee',, " tt Wee that, .
tut i Mr. Herdlag .ebmittodTtoday. "f-e alllce . had tore , np the
Mark Pwttar f New Terk, whose nesnl- PT tbrfor Void for Ger-
k..i.' .L t.mi.i. manjr. wsaJsll wmn i L
,V!"rL","t Jbo' Cemmlseion was matte the senate along Hd repay Wrong with wroag.
'ClS l!fJM,;?,J ttwh that if Mr. Ksch, wae eae ef thoec "i r"td with laaghter eae "
LrlT. .. ij lT ,v . . eeedrmcd. 'Among the selection sub-Mdr,, bnt Dr. Simon eoatlnued I
mitted by the President daring the dsy 'ur tsenqaey tbtra stiU remain ful-
had favorably acted oa by the Senate Sllment of the treaty se far ae that
Were: WUliam W. Busband, of Vermoat, ie possrbleut no farther."
to be eommiasioaer-geaeral ef Immt- He thea proceeded to edvocste the
gration ; Harry H. Billany, ef Dele- seeking of a middle path to the eoua-
ware, te be fourth assutaat Poat-maeter ter proposals a a different bails,
general, aad CaH Mapee ef Michigan, "But,' be added, "it the moment we
to be eolhuter ef the bureau ef internal are given such a chip ia th face we '
revenue. cannot oner our band end aay, we will
Word that th Presideat might ask for be friadV That hi impossible. If we
early aetioa oa Ue aomiaatioa of renew negotiation w must point eat r
Colonel Harvey earns as a surprise, the that the basis is altered both n-reho-
reneral expectation here having been kfieajly aad actually by th Ibibo.
that all diplomatic appoiatment would sitioa of penalties.'
be put ever until the ssssiia) teas m tot
DEPARTMENT ISSUES NO
. -. - STATEMENT DUKINS DAT.
Washington.- March) U-The formal
replierof th packers and of the em
ploye ia thst industry to Secretary
ievnr reiegram eaanng mediatiet ia
the wag swduetieB eenasoriss were net
receive a
tonight
secretary
Tb secretary raid, however, that he
would sot a eat, for the conferences
aa sooa aa th replies consenting to
th discussion had beea offlciallv re
ceived aad edded that Secretary of Com
merce Hoover sad. Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace whom hs consulted be
fore preffenag hie personal medjatioa
would be, asked to toko part in them.
Theiayidviee Would be valued; he said,
as both of those departments arc vital lv
eoaeeraed with condition ia thapack-
FAILURE TO GET LICENSE
UAUitS TOUSHEt 5 ARREST mbl next month. Joha W. Paris, I FRENCH GENERAL ORDERS
tha ratirrnr ambassadorb Loadoa, is 1
State IBSnxanoe Commissioner I oa his way home, however, ana it wa
Construes Co-operatiro Con
cern As Corporation .
WUliaautoa, March IS. J. Frank
Fouah, secretary sad manager ef the
Peanut Growers Exchange, of Suffolk,
Va, was errestcd st Plymouth, N. C,
todsy ea A warrant sworn out by. the
North Carolina Insurance Commit-
tioner for. sailing stock without a North'
iadieatod that Mr. Hardiag had about
decidedit would be uawis to leave the
poet scant until congress reassemble.
disabmjJg or the pouci
Duesseldorf. March IS Tl. ),. s.
eUted Press. Inability ef the German
secany police omccrs te comncl nri-
The belief toniaht wss thst thai V "u "-r aaea
'iti.to ZTmi;
ally kaewa that White had been cap
tured.
Todfy psssr quietly with no
ward IneidanTts. Chief laterest was
area sod by military preparation and
elomv which U ie aadsrstood has Just
beea made, woald shut dowa- sjl de
partmeats, threwiag out' of empToravewt
100 mea, thi action feeing taken. It
Is stated, owing to' a mek ef orders from
th arrest of Whir, but ht as time was t-sjsished mill, et BamUton,lOhlo,
there anvthina- but traaauUitr.- - w. ; w , -"-
- - s-t ni
w 1 ivwm muifm
FORECAST COLD WEATHER
OR THE SOUTHERN STATES
Washington, March "11 Weather
predictions fee the week beginaiag
htewday arei
'. Middle AUaatic States. Cold aad
aaaottlad weather with rata er esew .
part eg the district the
Are half ef the week.
South Atlantic aad teat Gulf
-Stasee. CeaeUled weatawr. fn quiet
ralae aad temperature hiliw nee
Bui, with freete In Ue laterier.
THREE DROPS OF CHESflCAL -
- BrfOUGH TO, KILL PERSOlf
New Terk, Marca lly The enema.
skisi
cat warfare ssirhii
llaatd nsleew ae strung
era wUV Iklfl any
M toecaea, at beeam
day. - ev i.
FaOtaaj like rein frem
Bched -to airpleaen the UssM weald
kin ererythlarg ia the aircraft path,
eeeerdlag te a high, otectal -ef the
IN . oeuvi. sonigns waa ia n,i rv- , .- .a.ua
Harvey nominBUoB7elong with toveral g"??j ontt?
selections for the Shipping Board, prob- ri'" ' ""t Jc
ably would be ready to sead to th P" f Duesseldorf and eoa
mnatc earlr next wck. - . r..th" ? the ehy before
' ewioca loaigBt.
A. B. & A. RUNS FIRST ' r.teteI.nch'nZr'
TRAIN TO C0RDELE, GA. been Sned three thousand marks.
General Degoutt aad General Gaucher.
Crolln. licehtr. Fousb. garc bond- tSXZttX&& Swm bVedorf, w. .TrrinV S F-ch
for hi ppearane before th Be-1 raa it Srat traia from Atlanta to I headquarter todav whan the fla.
(order' court ef Plymouth Moaday, I CordeleGa- todav nine th wag strike I offieer asked to it permitted to ami.
begin mat Saturday ana anBouBcea uui i ph dus in r rencn general deeliaed
employee had return so to work at asoa- m aeeepi Taa apology.
texamV aad Douglas, Ga and that the Meaatime the recalcitrant private
place ef the striking telegrapher had stood lounging in " th eommsndant't .
already been nlled or woald be shortly, waiting room. Th Trench major had .
The Cordel traia Jejeheduled to re- addressed him la Gennaa:
tura here tomorrow aad a rou ad trip Tb must aaJut ma. The police-
win be hisdr Sunday1- between i- sua replied, "I won't, ''-and did not
mingbam aad LsnsviUe, Ala., roaa em-1 n similar mcmeni, yesterday wee set- i
cials said $ -Vr Nd by the apology of two officer sadl
No official advice from the united I nir promise to enforce the saluting of
State Ballway Labor Board had been I French oflJcers by th polie. .
uenerai xMgoutte, waea - ae left the
March 14, at M a. av
For th past two weeks, Mr. Fouah
and three field cgonto, have beea in
Martin end Washington ; eenalic se
ta ring sigam to lb growers eostraet
hich has beea ifaed it it claimed, by
early four thmad grfwer in Vir
ginia snd" 7?6rth Cafdlinl.- AecordrHg
to th terms, ef th contract, the grower
pay aa orgaaiaaioa foe et $10 at
ths time of elgning the.eentreet and
then agree to nay the balanc off
dollar dueea eae har f- common
stock as soon us the growers represent
ing more tbaa nrry per cent ef the
peanut grown In the two states have
aigaed the ceatred '
Aeeerdiag tor Mr. Fouaht, the ergani-
mtlon 1 a Boa-proflt,' eevsperative ai
sotiatioa cad the eae ahVr - of stock
that the grower coaditioaally ggreea te
take wfhea he -ign . the contract ie
merely hc basis tor membership inlb
reewed by B. L. Bugg, ateaiver, er by
uaioa chieft regarding th call for a
conference March 1. and officials ef
both aides withheld comment pending
direct word from th board on the con-vaMaea-
which waa told of in press dis-
patebea. TJnloa chiefs, hewever. had
previously .issued a statomeat enpress
iag determination to fight Ue wage re
duction tevthe ena,
Biruyw stns zor memoersnip urra , nnnirnr lCCTi
axchaage, The.esatraet he maintain! LAKE. PROJECT Mfctl
I modeled after the California pUal
for ee-eperative sjsoeiatioa sad is vir
tually th came aa the contract now
being preetedto eettea sad tobaee
grower of the South for their signa
ture. ; : .- . .
WITH WIDE APPROVAL
coafercBec with Geaeral Gaucher, ox- hi'
prosed aatisfsction with th situatioa
in th occupied areas, where he aaid
Ue French had showa tb Germaa they
war doing their - auty kindly, - but
firmly. Over all th ereaa, he- added, , '
Ue situatioa "was very quiet ead peace-
fuL . .. . i - --
Scarcely had General Degoutt' or
der for disbandmeat ef Ue security po
Bee been issued before truck- loaded
wiU Ue police ead piled, high with
baggage begaa rnmbliag toward Ue ,
outskirts. It had been expected Ucy '
would be marched cut la a body and
formally disbanded, perhaps being el-
jury Acquits two me,
COURT. REBUKES JURYMEN
i Cnrrttaek. Kamb. U-Aftar be.
rag east fee newtr three hew re dar
ing which ttaae they nt their din.
nor the tare In the case sear star
Ss. Clair Uwark aad Jeha lVWIrker
with the merater ef P d Canep.
iwtarned a verdict net gw'Hy
tkb afteraim et StlS p. . The
verdict si amid to aeaae as a pala
ral (mrprie tor the eeert, Jadaw At
leetb arnreaalag hie dlaapptsiel ta
sajangast talis. 1 never earn a
plalaar aae fer the auto ta my .'
are," he said, address the reran.
"It aeeuas to he a had day fee Cn.
rttaek.'
Second Asaual Marek "Hi
Flat race, Steeps
y edneedayAd v. .
cbee. . fiaabarst.
a. Mi
mhat ever Ue Pisa for Us
construction ef a great lake which will I jowad to return te their homes in th
extend frem Asheville to Bremre, a tr. The indications were,' however,
ampped oat here, Uis wA at "eatings that ths majority of them would be
presided ever by Cel. Joseph Hyde Pritt M ef Dueeetlderf before Ue time limit
are peering in here-daily. The lake by Oeaeral Degoutta. WUthia tw
hour after the order was ' issued, the
streets were virtually deserted by Ue
police ia their green aaiferms and few
soldiers were in evidence, except Ue
nausi Beatrice. ,;
The security police appeared la the
best of spirit and waved goodbye te
frieada, It 1 understood the 'blne
trame police "will be counted ea by the,
salutary to malatala order as there t
ne preeeat ratentioa te snbsrrtete ii
ether body for tb disbanded polie
fovea. -
Before nightfall most f U seecrity
police were proceeding toward , Eaeea
by aseter tracks aader aapplemestal
nsatrnctioaa te vacate net ealy-Doee-
selderf bet all thj. newly eeeupiod area.
Oae truck lead, carrying fa as, aeta.
mati piatol aad bayeneta, waa greeted
with. here by crowds ia Ue siree' ,j
;. ' ' - '
director wiU meet March SS te get the
autter actually started aad it 1 be
lieved erase deSalte actiea will be taken
f-aeat week ia ' beginning the work
mapped . out. . . .' , . - - - -
SAYS HOLDING UP LIQUOR v
IS AW UNFRIENDLY ACT?
Victoria!- B. C March LtSepert
that Bqaev twemigaed te nerUera Brit
ish Coram Mhas hi bedag held at Ue
Amchan f rentier by American authori
ties wUl he, ia vevtirated ahd if feaad
tree," pretested to Ottawa as aa ea
frieadly act, Atteraey General Farrie
aid today.- The attorney general eaJd
bad reeeived pretests frem many
ta th nerU ef the heldiag up
ad liauan,