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TUB WEATHER ,- ' ' - Fsrscasti NsrA Cartiaa-Bala and aside Friday! Safari? (air. lie lMe .WATCH LABEL 4 yr psper. lead rsaewal Ira sys bsfsre exolrstisa la srdar a svsld atmslag a slBgls sspy. , VOL CXIV. NO. 162. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G. TRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9. 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS IUH WILL CONTINUE PIGHI Harding's Message Regarded As Declaration of War ... . Onf.Bto(r PARTY CONTROL IN CONGRESS IS MENACED Secretary Weeks' Speech In New York Showi That Drire of Old Guard On Agricultural Bloc Haa Been Launched; Test of Two Factions Coming The New and Observer Bureau, Ti3 Distrirt National Rank Bldg. Br EDWARD E. BRITTON, (Br Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Dee. 8. Though not sneakinc for Duplication .it la under stood that members of what haa been termed the "agricultural' bloc have been talking among friends and ex pressing themselves .. rather. freqly about lambasting which President Harding gave the bloc in his annual message to Congress- And tie re ports are that they do not propose to lay down simply because Presi dent Harding has TSsuod a partisan call for Republicans to get together and do as they are told to do f him for the agricultural bloe has the .idea that what its members are do ing for the Republican party is go ing to count more in its favor with the American people than the no complishments of t'ie reactionary He publicans in behalf of the million aires, the raulti millionaires and the big corporations. Along this line there f a short, but pertinent expression of opinion this afternoon in the Washington Daily News, the leading editorial in that newspaper under the ruptiun of . r.tk - m tii:.'.." . 1 : "It ia not exactly our job to save the Republican party, hut we simply rinnot refrain from offering this use ful advice to President Harding: " 'Instead of attempting to demol ish the garicultural bloc in the Ken ate, he should encourage it. This group's work in the public's behalf is going to make much better Campaign material next fall than the behavior of those Old Guard leaders who have now called President to thdr aid. Better let the farmer keep up their good work." X - A Dectaratloa af War The emphasis which President Harding ia his message placed 'apon Ilia call to nnity among Republicans ia Congress ia regarded by the farjpners bloc as a declaration of war served upon .it ia behalf of the "Old Guard" in Congress, and that Presi dent Harding is leading the attack ia demanding that all groups i the Republican party aa represented la Congress must be abolished "Smash the agricultural bloc;" is the anderstanding that its members have of the slogan that the President has given the regulars in Congress aad the members of the cabinet The regulars in Congress are at work planning how ixst to this and for the cabinet the speech of Heerotary of War Weeks made yesterday ia Mew York before the association of life Insnranee presidents, shows that the drive, oa the bloc ' aa beea launched by him oa behalf of the cabinet. In his speech Secretary Weeks do clared that the bloc's efforts to eon trol Congress was worse than Can aontara. He characterized its aims aa ''the selfishness which comes from the desire to eontrool one's fellow ma." And caotinuing ha said: "This ia having a potent influence ia preventing the restoration of the the coantry." While admitting that aosae of the legislation forced through Congress ty the bloc which it waa enabled to put into the law because the, Democratic vote gave the power to do so, air. Weeks also aaid:i 1 "Much of it ia unsound front aa aeoaosai standpoint." In continuing hia remarks Secretary Weeks said that the violent criticism of Congress throaghoBt the country has resulted largely from the weakeaiag of party a-overnment. .'the organization of Doeial i roups resulting ia special legialatioa aot to representing the actios af the majority but forcibly aaaeted by the eombiaatioa of di Targeat interests," meaning thereby the ee-ope ration of tb Democratic Tote with the Republicans. Party Caatrot Meaaesd. The fight on the bloe it being made because by it party cos trol in cob grass hi menaeved by the strength of the Western -tioutntra I arm eoaii tie, the leader of the Republican sartr ranlara earing today ia ex plaiaiag their oppoaitioa to the bloe. beaa party and aot a farm bloa to administer the government. Oa the other hand the farm bloe wa formed. aa aarmbsra of it assert, beeanaa the leaders of the regulars af the Re poblieaa party failed to appreciate tho plight Bad Beads af the farsaers, the declaration being made that aatil the Bcpablieaa party (how the dia yosttios aad tho abUlty to paa the ntiseiary agrieaitaral legialatioa, tho Mae will coBtiaaa to da baaiaeas ia apito f tho efferta af Preaideat kt i : . i n . l unn, w vmu wwnra sm mm aaMeat ssasDiaes: to smask It. The test betwssa th two factioas vU aot be bag in arrivUg U the prsacat laagres. la fact it kss sU read started, far the agrieaitaral No ia tho Boast haa hena aaew Its effort to paaa the Capper-Va4- ataad hill, which M aw aa ta al sadar. taa parpeae af the hill bje ixur simply to free sopsrativs ao- artiea fraas pe asset ustsiatssas thick asshe It hard for them to da hsniaesa oa rrea terms with predt- fjakiag aeawaraa. m ate props ; tCmttMmi est Fate TJ TO HELP FARMERS All Hopes of Vanish With Fireworks On School and Fi nance Legislation Are Held In Reserve NINETY-FIVE NEW BILLS PRESENTED IN HOUSE Would Give OoTernor .Bight To Dismiss Any of His Appointees Fireworks scheduled to be set off yesterday morning when the Muniei pal Finance act and the School Do licit resolution came up in the House on second reading were held in re serve, and both passed by substan tial majorities, the former by a vote of 89 to 4, and the latter by 83 to 10. Amendments prepared lor both bills promise a renewal of the light when they come up this morning on the third reading. Representative Bowie will undertake to strike out the clause in Hie School bill appro priating t.75,D00 to the Indian Normal school, and opposition to the Finance act centers around the contention that it was written in the interest of New York bonding houses. No Time for Fireworks Little Mime was left for fireworks in the House after the members had finished introducing new bills. Ninety-five new pieces of legislation poured across the reading clerk's desk during the morning, nearly all of them local in character, and the majority of them providing for the issue of bonds for schools snd' roads and courthouses; or fixing the fees of some county officer. Nearly 250 bills, including a small number that have come over from the Senate, now stand on the House calendars, and promise of a short (Continued on Page Two) S OFMI Senate Committee Begins In vestigation .of Senator Watson's Charges Washington, Dec. 8. Detailed records of the War Department re lating to the legal execution of eleven member of the American Expedi tionary Forces were presented today lo a Senate investigating commit tee by way of denial of charges that scores of soldiers hsd been hanged without trial. Out of consideration for the families of the dead, the names of the eleven were omitted from the record. Read by Colonel Walter T. Bethel General Pershing's Judge Advocate General in France, the records showed that those executed by the military authorities included eight negroes, two whites and one Indian Will Prave Charges. Senator Watson, Democrat, Oeor gia, whose presentation of the charges oa the floor of the Senate led to the inveatigation, appeared before the committee today and declared he waa prepared to prove the cbargea and submitted affidavits, newspaper clipping and letter bearing oa the subject , Col Bethel, who was called after Senator Watson bad read several a davits, declared with great emphasis that the charges were false. Senator Watson is expected to pre sent tomorrow as witnesses a list of former service men and. others, in eluding a prisoner at Fort Leaven worth, who have claimed to have direct knowledge ia support of the general charge that there hsd bean wholesale execution of soldiers who had not beea given the right of trial by court-martial. WataoB Croae-Examlees. Ia naming the places in France at which the eleven men were hanged, Col. Bethel, under cross-examination by Senator Watson, mentioned the town of Uievres, at which, according to information given the Senator by former soldiers, a number of men were executed. The photograph of the gallows at Gievres, sent sometime ago to the Senator was not shown to Col. Bethel, although he declared that a gallow had been - erected then, for it was at Gievres that on (Continued oa page tea) WANT DAMAGES FROM BIG TOBACCO FIRMS s Suit For $400,000 lied Against American Tobacco Company and Others Cleveland, Ohio, Dee. 8 Suit for 400,000 damage against four na tional tobacco manufacturers, thir teea Cleveland jobber aad on Ak ron dealer wa Sled la eommoa plea court her today by th Weidemaa Frio Company, of this eity. Among the defendaata are the Amerieaa Tohaee Co, Lorillard aad Co., Lig gett aad hiyers Company aad the jobs 1. Bagley Company. The petiUoa alleges that at th taatane of th maaafaetarers, local Jobbers formed sa ssseelatioa to keep ap the pries sf tobacco aad refused to dispose af their goods ta the Wsldaoaaa-JTrles Compaay be ta ase it sold to retailers at prices lower thaa those charged by other Jobbers. This th plaintiff allege hi foreiaf I oat sf baataess. Price sf tobacco aad cigarette srs said by the peUtioaer to ho M par seat hhjhsr -thaa ia Iflt, al thoagh the east sf raw tobacco ia claimed to be atlas per seat leas aa srves years ago. . Ihaafaetarer . assert they are ssiag tohaee pafehaa dsriaff the aeak sf ht(h prtess ia UU. GIVES RECORD Short Session Rush of Bills Senate Reverses Action Pas sing Burgwyn $100 Ex emption Bill TABLES RESOLUTION LIMITING NEW BILLS Sams Would Bequire lnreni tory of Bonded Debt In All Subdivisions Reversing two of Its actions of the day. before the Senate yesterday passed the Burgwyn bill reducing the exemption on personal property from $300 to f 100 on its second read ing and laid on the table the Men donhall resolution limiting the in troduction of roll rail bills to today and providing for final adjournment not later than Friday of next week. The Burgwyn bill, which was pas sed by the Senate at the regu'ar session, but killed by the House. encountered stiff opposition on Wed nesdsy from those opposed' to plae nig-further -burdens upon the man with little or no property and re eeived only 80 votes. However, when the motion to reconsider was called up by Senator Burgwyn, of North ampton, yesterday there were sev era! changea of front, the bill passing tie second reading by vote of 24 to 16. Senator Burgwyn made an effort to suspend the rules and pass the measure on its third reading forthwith bnt it failed to receive the necessary two-thirds vote, president pro tempore Long ruling a point of order by Sen ator Vsj-ser thst the measure levies a tax Snd would require roll calls on three separate days. Will Not Limit Bills. The resolution to limit the in troduction of roll call bills and to (Continued oa Page Two.) ITS AGAINSTTARIFF Cotton Textile Industry would Be Seriously In jured By New Rates Washington, Dee. 8 Serious Injury to th cotton textile Industry in Xsw England would result from enact ment f th cotton goods schedules isv the Fordney tariff bill, former Senator Heary f, Lippltt, of Provi denee, X. I., declared today before the Senate finance committee. He described the schedule as approved by the House as the most mora tionary" put forward nnder a pro te'tive policy since the signing of, toe nrst tariff bill in 1864. Both Mr. Lippitt, who spoke for the New England manufacturers, and Arthur II. Lowe, of Fitchburg, Mass., who spoke for associations of cotton goods manufacturers, north and south, declared that th schedules failed to take care -of the fine, fancy figure-woven goods turned out in the New England mills at a much higher cost than the ordinary cotton goods. These lines, built np largely during the war, face extinction, it wa con tended, by reason of the old and firmly established Industry ia Eu rope. Illaatratea Protest Mr. Lippitt brought for inspection of the committeemen numerous sample of fancy goods which hs dis played as he talked. Urging a 40 per rest protection for these goods as agaiast the preaent average of 22 per cent, Mr. Lippitt aid: "Poker chips get a 40 per cent protection. I think the cotton in dustry is equally entitled to that much protection.' Opposing any embargo oa dye, Mr. Lippitt and Mr. Lowe said they believed the dye industry should be protected, but at the same time pro vision should be made in tho tariff bill ta cover the dyes ia imported! goods since, they said, the foreign manufacture obtain teir dyes at a lower price than do the American manufacturers obtain their dyes at a the committee evinced a favorable attitude oa this proposal, but re garded the working out of a plan as difficult Assericaa TalaatJoa The America Tarnation plan as worked ont ia the Fordney bill, Lip pitt said, would afford an additional protection of from 5 to per cent, bat both witnesses took th position that even nnder this plan tho rate were too low. Referring to what he described aa reported opposition by the agri cultural "bloe" to high protection for Easter a industries, Mr. Lippitt told the committee that the textile indus try wa a baste oae aad that aa it prospered so would th rest of th country prosper. Charles D. Owea, of Providence, representing makers of blaaketo and blaaket cloths, asked the committee for a 30 per cent ad valorem rata oa blankets aad blanket good made sf cotton, while Ward Thoron, of Bos tea, asked for higher rates oa piled fabrics such as v el ve tines. Ha sug gested 10 per cent ad valorem ia oddities to tha 33 11 per seat duty provided by to rorrtsey bill. Cramer At Bearing. Stuart W. Cramer, sf Charlotte, North Carolina, represeating the Amerieaa Cottoa Manufacturing A eoeiatiea, said th aaseeJatioa "will accept th seals of sd valorem rates ia tha Fordney bill based oa Amer ieaa ralaatioas with tha szpsetatioa that ssTToeposdiaf iaeresao will be made ia thees rates if th Americas vataatioa plaa Is modided aad rates srs baaed sa foreiga valnes." Bates oa ssttoa yaras saggastsd by Mr. Orsmsr ta the eveat sf medl- teatioa af th American valuatioa ptaat Wars, ia gssas twtaaeee, aearly dosbls these ia. th Ferdaey blU. Mm DEFENDANTS TELL OF AUTO THEFTS N THREE STATES Frank Moran, A. W. Hoffman and Harry Craig Are Prin cipal Witnesses ' CRAIG ADMITS THEFT OF 35 AUTOMOBILES Says He Sold Most of Them To 0. J. Kelly, of Sanford, Who, He Claims, Knew They Were Stolen; Is Hammered Hard On Cross Examination Introducing a dozen witnesses for the government, including two of the defendants. District Attorney F. Aydlett yesterday went to the heart of the case agninst C. J, Kelly, of Sanford, A: 'W. Hoffman of New York, George Scott of New York, and Harry Crnig, of Philadelphia, charged with illegal t raffle in stolen automobiles under the Dyer motor vehiclo theft act. It was the second day of the trial and it found Armisteud Junes and Con, A. A. F. Kennel I, and A. F. Gavin, attorneys for Kelly, and James W. Osborne, of New York, attorney for Scott, fighting every step of the way, objecting st every turn and asking for exceptions. Hoffman and Craig, who with Frank Muran, defendant in one of the three cases resulting from the Department of Justice investigations appeared without eounsel yesterday, were the government's principal wit nesses. - Hoffmen, who is a Major in the New York National Guard, told of hia operations as an agent for Kelly in the purchase of automo biles, but insisted that he did not know they were stolen. Crnig, not only admitted the theft of thirty five or forty cars in several States himself but maintained that Kelly and Hooffman knew that cars he sold them were stolen, that Kelly warned him against stealing any car in North Carolina, and' that numbers on automoobilea stolen were changed on Kelly's farm near Sanford with Kelly's full knowledge. Gives Scott Mash Money Hoffman, on the other hand, in volved Scott, former member of the Automobile Squad of tho New York police force, when he testified late yesterday afteraeosi that he had paid Scott at various timet 8S00 aa hush money when Scott warned him that automobiles ho handled were stolen. Hoffman, answering all questions directly, conducted himself on the stand with great reserve. Crsig, on the other hand, talked mare freely, and was hammered mercilessly on crols examination. Frank Moran, first witness for the Government, admitted thst he stole in Newark, N. J., the Cadillac auto mobile which is the basis of the pres ent rase, detuiled the various trans actions which got the automobile into the hands of Hoffman whence it went to Kelly and then to Craig, who abandoned it in the Carolina ( sdil lac Co.. shop hero when the muti lated motor and body numbers aroused the suspicion of ths man agement. According to the government's evi dence as presented by Moran, Hoff man. and Craig yesterday, me tan lae automobile with motor number 57CC305. was stolen by Coran at a theatre in Newark, N. J., during blixzard on the night of February 11. 1920. He drove the ear to New York, where he sold it to Hoffman for 4o0. It wss two week's sfter this sale. Moran testified, that he f first met Kelly. This was at Hoff man's apartment. According to I raig and Hoffman, the Cadillac was then turned over to Kelly, after it had been repaired, Kelly promising to guarantee to Hoffman the price of ita purchase by Craig. It was Craig's story that his arrangement with Kelly consist ed of the promise of furnishing him with three Ford cars in payment for the Cadillac The Cadillac, accord ing to Craig, hia sister and niece was driven Bouth by Craig, &euy accompanying with a new Stude baker. Ia the meantime, the orifi (Continued onEage Two) CONDUCTOR RELEASED ON BOND AT SALISBURY Salisbury, Dee. 9. CondueWr R. E. Crawford, of Asheville, was re leased on a bond of 7,500 when arraigned ia Rowan county court here today on a charge of killing Engineer Sam Hinton, also of Ashe ville. The killing occurred at Spen cer Monday, when the two men met ia S restaurant and when Hinton is nllered to have made remarks derogatory to the character of Mra. Crawford. Several witneases were examined by the State. The defense introduced no evidence. The bond as required by Judge Furr was promptly givea tiy brothers of the accused maa and several conductors oa tho Southern. Crawford waa re leased at once and left ia company with Mrs. Crawford who srrived here from Commerce, Ga. ARTHUR GRIFFITH"T0 STAND BY AGREEMENT Dublla, Dec a (By th Associa ted Pre.) Arthur Griffith, heed af th Irish Delegatioa which aegotia- ted tha aetUsmeat at London, issued ths following statement tonight: 1 havs Biased ths treaty between Ireland 'aad Great Britaia. I be lieve this treaty will by tha foasda tieaS sf peace sad friendship be twssa th tw actions. What I hsV signed I shall staad by, la th be lief tut ths sad of ths ssafliet sf soatuiss hi hasA." OLD NORTH STATE TO WELCOME HIM ... .' i . . .'... . .. ,. $atV sow.." ' lil jlU n-IIM 111 MARSHAL FOCH. Distinguished Citizens Greet Marshal When He Arrives To Monroe, Dee. t. The eonnty that gave birth to Andrew Jacks will again today bo honored with a visit by Marshal Foch, who as commander of the allied armies in- the world new lustre to the flog of freedom. The welcome for the French mar shal to North Carolina will be one in keeping with his high .station. lovernor Morrison wilj be on hand with hia staff to extend greetings in behalf of the people of Tar Heel dcm. Former Secretary of the Navy Josephns Daniels today accepted an invitation ta attend the. reception to be accorded the Marshal. Other distinguished citizens of North Caro lina as well as thousands of less distinguished ones will be on hand when the Marshal' train pulls into the station 8:25 o'clock tonight. Brigadier General A. J. Bowley. eommander'of Camp Bragg, himself a veteran of the World War, will be on hand with two regiments of artillery, both of which (erved valiantly in the great war. The two regimen ta will receive from theJ hand of th Marshal th deeoratioa that th French goveramaat hs- oowod apOB the mea for their bravery oa tha field of battle. W. 0. Heath, chairman of the committee oa arrangements today received from Senator Simmon the following message: "Am glad to advise that the Sec retary of War has issued the fol lowing order: 'The Secretary directs that the commanding general of Camp Bragg with his personal staff and the com manding officers of the Fifth and Seventeenth Regiments Field Artil lery with a eolor guard of each regi ment to be at Monroe, N. C, Fri day night, December 9, between 8 and 0:45 o'clock in order that Mar shal Foch may personslly decorate the colors with the fourragere.' " Complimentary to the distinguished visitors hsre to welcome the Mar shal, the citizens of Monroe and Union county will hare a, banquet this evening at 9 o'clock. The Seaboard Air Line has an nounced special rates on account of. the occasion and a large number of visitors from other sections will be here for the occasion. APPOINT RECEIVERS FOR "TEX" RICKARD Mew York, Dec I Alloa Leaow aad John Rlagllag were names' by Sapreme Coart Jos tles Gay Tate today aa receivers for "Tex'' Richard, th Madiara Bcjaare Gardes Carsnratloa aad th Madkwa Sonar Sporting C'lah, lac. They feposlted hoad of IIS.. Frsak Aisaatieag. broher, who requested tho receivership, de clared he had aaed Richard for money loaaed him la varlaas apartlag eaterprieee dstlag from th Jehaaoa-JesTries ehamptea shlp host st Roaov Nevada, Jaly 4. ISIS, ta tho precartag Ja 192S of th Madhsaa B,aare Gardea Tha eerporatioae a cased wars laalag awaey, ha said, aad tha rocotverahlp waa accessary far tha protecttoa af hia Interests, pending aetloa oa the salt. Richard aaaoaaced he waald Sght the roeelvershls, declaring that at as ttat stoce he aasaaa. ad . msaagemeat af Msdlaaa a war Carwoa had Arsastraag beoa a pkrtaer or latcreaed la any way la Tho Gardea. "If the decision etaaae any lagttlmate paying baasacae caa ho placed la tha haass af a re ceiver," ho declared. "It ta rlsttcawss to think of each aa acttea regarding the tardea, far I have made It say frem tha start. It as aolveat ia every respect aad I will past a howw sf !1,,M to prove that the S b aaese sf th laetUatiaa ars la a healthy csadlthsaa." s added that the er tene ment sf receivers wa a ssrprkw ta hiss, "hacoaac there Is aat aa atataadlag debt of ay hiad. Or. J. M. Laag Resigsm, aaraasah, Ga.,. Dee. . -Dr. J. M. Long, saptriBtandeat af th Georgia aBptist Hospital at Atlanta, toaight Samoa need his roaignstioa ta soespt ths saperiiteadeaey sf ths Baptist Hospital at Birmingham, Ala.' Dr. Loaf was attsadiag th Stats Bap tist seaveatioa. bere ts whka as V -a" . J" 'asasH 'rf-.i of U TO WELCOME FOGH AT MONROE TODAY jmt mot !!4c'ji. ; - MORE DELAYS AT ARMS CONGRESS MAY BEEXPECTED Some Form of Arbitration Treaty By Four Powers Under Consideration ' CHINESE SITUATION STILL MUCH IN DARK United States Will Not Ad vocate Alliance But Some- thins; Must Be Done To Displace Present Anglo Japanese Alliance, Ameri can Position By FRANK H. SIMOND9. Washington, Dec. 9. Twenty four hours have added little of definite and much of vague statement to the sitnntion. From American official sources, nothing haa- beea added to the direct request made yostcr day on behalf of the American delegatioa that confidence should not bo withdrawn, a request which waa accompanied by the further statement that explicit and complete explanation would bo furnished at tha earlieat possible moment and that the delay would not lie long, Thrown bark upon Hritish and Japanese sources for infromation the Amerieaa press correspondents hsve been able to aecumulato cer tain impressions. It is sgreed that in some form or another there la nowJ,eing considered aa agreement which may include Britain, Japan, France and the Vailed States, or may aot include Fraaee, which will impreas upon a'l concerned some frrra of arbitratioa treaty, some period of delay before any hostili ties are entered into, with the poa aible additional rureumstanee that in case of trouble between two, the good office of tho other or others ahall be sought. This would clearly be a treaty calling for Ben ate ratification. Praseae To Neatrallsw Island. hreondly, there is the suggestion that some form of agreement fa un der eonsidreation which would amount to neutralising the island possessions of the various Pncifie powers, not of course, including the Japanese home land or the Ameri can, including Hawaii, but roughly speaking the ia lands included in Japanese mandate, sad the Ameri eaa eves-seas groups, which woald bs eoatprebeaded mainly In the Philippines aad Guam. Aa agree ment aat to fortify la peace sad not to attack ia war seems to be the underlying idea. Coupled with this 1 th familiar question of the naval ratio; It is implied la Japanese quarter that the arbitratioa proposal came from Tokio and that already there has beea some hint from Tokio that the second proposal, including the naval ratio would bo approved, but that there still remain details, which re quire consideration and elucidation. This more or lese vogue communi cation eeenio to be the menage which waa received yesterday aad figured ia today's news is aa acceptance by Japaa of the 5 5 J ratio. Chlasae Rllaatlaa In Darh. There remains obviously a third, very important group of questions centering about Chinese problems. Here the whole sitnation is still very much la the dark. This morn. ing Mr. Wellington Koe in the Chi nese committee made a rather im passioned statement of Chinese dissatisfaction both as to wbst had been done or aot done so far in Chinese affairs directly aad what seemed to be implied by the rumors of a three or four nower alllinn the Far East. One must note tho growing Im pression that in ths end there will le a refusal of the Chineae to ae etpt the decision of the conference in their problems Certainly the unreat and dissatisfaction within the Chineae delegatioa remain nnmis takably and the resignation of Mr. Wang haa beea transmitted to Pe king, whether it haa been accepted there or not But coincident with this impression of Chineae diasatie faction there ia also developing a sentiment that Chinese demsnds arc, oh (he whole, extravagant and Chi nese ability to perform wholly doubtful, evea were the requests granted. Amerieaa Paaltioa Uadwetased. In sum, while the American posi tion remaina for the present undis closed and tha statements coming from other directions subject to the qualifications to bo mode in all such cases, it would appear that the moment is at haad when it will be jioeaihle to announce some form of arbitration treaty, which will remove all danger of sudden and perhaps of-eventuel war la the Far East, to gether with aa agreement apoa a naval holiday aad a satisfactory naval ratio, probably the 3 5 3 with some ameadmeat due to the snving of the Mutsu. , Despite all the hints snd sugges tions no one believes that anything like an alliance eaa be really advo cated by ths Americas delegation or thbt ths delegatioa haa any Lotion of suggesting such a thing. On the other hand there is an appreciative of tho fact that something must be foand which ths Japaa.se can aud will accept as a substitute for the Anglo Japaa es alliance. Uirea the consent af Japaa aad of Britaia that this will disappear and the similar aaaertioa by tho tailed States that aa actaal alliaaee is oat of the ques tioa, it will b area thst there is La carta ta room fr maneosvrs be tweea thees tws iaed points snd that ths Caitod States will have every reaaoa for allewiag her com paaisas fall time aad opportunity to sake Boeaaaary arraagemaata at horn aad la this eity. Critical Ported Caafeeoaca. W ars saaaifWtly passing tareegs aPs PACIFIC AGREEMENT TO SUPPLANT ANGLO JAPANESE ALLIANCE Dl VALERA DECLARES HR CANNOT RECOMMEND NEW TREATY TO 3INN FEIN x Dahlia. Dec .(Br the Asso ciated Pros.) Esmon de Vslern saalght loaned a statement saying that he con Id not recommend the peace treaty with Great Britaia ta the ball Elreann or to t&e country and that In this attitude he la sapported hy the ministers af defense and of home affairs. A psblle sseellng of the Dall Elreana haa beea fixed for Wed aeaday. DAIL EIREANN, LEFT TO DECIDE TREATY MATTER Dublin, Dec. . (By the Aasoo clated Press.) The third aeaslon af the Dall Elreann cabinet end ad tonight a few minute after Bin o'clock. It I anderatood that the opinions were divided, aad that the etl will a lft ta th decision of the Dall ElreaBB. Aa official report of the meet ing Is promised Ister. London, Dec. I (By the Asso ciated Frees.) Th Irish cor. respondent of th Poll Mall Ga sett asserts that the Dall Eire--aaa haa glvea erdera for th Im mediate demobilisation af the Iriah Repahllcaa army. F Virginia Representative Was Prominent In Congres sional' Affairs Washington, Dee. . Congret aional business wua suspended today out of respect ,-to Representative Henry D. Flood, of V lrgims, chair man of tho Democratic ( ongreasionnl committee, whose death, caused by heart trouble, occurred shortly be fore noon. The House, Immediately after going into session, adjourned until tomorrow after adopting resolution! of regret. Utter the Hennte ad Jonrned until Monday out of respect to the dead Representative, who as chairman of the House Foreign Air fairs committee in 1917 introduced tho resolutions declaring that a (tat of war existed between the United State and th Imperial Government of Germany and Austria Hungary, Mr. Flood hsd been in ill-health for several weeks. As chairman of the State Democratic committee took aa active part in the recent guber natorial campaign in Virginia, but sinee the election had been unable to attend sessions of Congress. He died at hia Washington home. Nerving hia eleventh term in Con gross, Mr. Flood represented the Tenth Virginia district. Hia home waa in Appomntox, where tho burial will be after funeral services here Monday. Speaker (illicit is expected to snnounce tomorrow the selection of a committee of eighteen Represen tative to repreaent the House at the funeral. On the Senate committee will be Senators Swsnson, Glass, Harrison, Cnrnway, Heft in, Curtis, McKinlcy, and Willis. As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Mr. Flood was author of the resolution sdmitting New Mex ieo snd Arixonn to Statehood. Hi was recognized as one of the Demo erstie lesderi in the House, and hsd an important part in framing legia latioa during the past two decades. BAND OF ARMED MEN GET MUCH WHISKEY Tyrone, Ky Dec. I. Whiskey rained at naore than H.00 waa removed from ths T. R. Rlpy Distillery, aesr here, tonight hy a haad of twenty armed mea, wha held ap the aaperintendeat aad thre gaards. Tea barrel and 11 caaea af bottled la band whiskey were removed hy the bandits, wit aaed three tearing ears and three tracks ta hanl the liquor away. Police af all central Ken tacky town have been notified ta be aa the lookout fr the party. REPORT ON COTTON CONSUMPTION ISSUED Cotton Ginned To December first Aggregated 7, 640,879 Bales Washington, Dee. Cotton gin ned prior to December 1 amounted tj 7.MO.S70 running bales, including 121,V,0 round bales, counted aa half bales; 22,05 bales of Ameriran Kgyptisn, and bales of Sea Is land, the Census Bureau anaouneed today. Ginning to December 1 last year were 10.M1.2&3 bales, including 191, 539 roui.d bales. 4,1A0 hale of Ami rican Egyptian and 969 bale of Sea Island. Ginninga by states to December 1 thi year were: Alabama 573,110; Arixona 23.715; Arkaasaa 56,0g; California UfiM; Florida 11.724: Georgia SU3J15; Louisiana (73.197: Mississippi 790, 326; Missouri 64.130; North Carolina 739 ,0.; Oklahoma 470,352; Booth Caroliaa 734.M5; Tranesses ZSictSI; Texas 2,073,572; Virginia 14 all ether state 6,608. Bevieed total of ths giaalaga prior ta Nsvwmber 14 ws aaasaaeed st TftTtfMd tsxasa. . CHAIRMAN 1000 DIES AT CAPITAL Proposed Four-Power Pact Also Includes Harding's idea of Series of World Conferences CONFERENCE AWAITS REPLIES , ON TREATY AND NAVAL PROPOSAL! Queition of Limitation of fortification and Karal Bases In Tha Pacific Brought Sharply Before Conference; Nine Kationa Pledge Themaehreg Not To Make Treaties or Agree, menti Infringing On Ter ritorial and Adminiitra- tive Integrity of China; Japaneie and Chinese Still Confident of "A'eement" On Shantung; Matter; four-Power Plan Making Encouraging Progress Washington, Dee. 8. (By th A sociated Press.)-The prellaiaary draft of the proposed four-power Pacific agreement i understood to include four clauses, the first of which declores that the agreement shall nerve aa -a tubatitute for th Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The draft further provides, It is understood, for discussions or oa ferences in case any matter of a disputations nature nriaea, thus ia corporating President Harding's idea for a later seriea of international conferences. AWAITING REPLIES ON TWO MAJOR SUBJECT! Washington, Dee. 8. (By ths As sociated Press)-While they wait fsr definite replies on" the nsvsl rati plan and the proposal for a four power agreement in tho Pacific, ths arms delegates srs pushing shesd with other features of their nego tiations. ' Today's development brought into prominence for the first time tha questloa sf a limitation f ortiira tioaa and nsvsl bases la th Pacifie islaada, and although th subject was net advanced to tho atag of formal sxchasgea, sa agreement ws foes east preserving ia swasrsl th exist ing (lata. Agsin applying the Amsricsa 'l . - I O . I ft ! 1 iuur jhhuw l9L,1s' vninese proo lem, ths nine nations represented la ths Far Eaatera committee pledged themselves to make ao treaty or agreement in future infringing oa. C'bina'a territorial or administrative Integrity or interfering with her right to economic aad actional de velopment. In th Shantung aegotiation th progress wis less pronounced, but the Jspsses sad Chinese delegations held another consultation oa ths subject of publie properties sad af terward both sides renewed their predictioa of a satisfactory settle ment, Th four-power pUa to prtssrv pese in the Pacific wa discussed at a two hour conference between the hends of the Amerieaa, Britlah. Japanese and Franch delegatioa, but it was said afterward that aa definite word had yet beea received cither from Tokio or Paris. Th British government is usderstssd to have already accepted the p re posal ia principle, and the Ameri can delegates have indicated a willingness to proceed to s diseas sion sf details. A message from tha Jsnaaese capital was received during th day hy the Japanese delegation, bat Imperfect cable traasmissloa was said- to have rendered It impossible of definite interpretative. Aeeeptaats) by Tokio is expected in all euar- Urs, however, snd press dispatches tonight saying that a eonditleaal acceptance had beea decided sa reused no surprise hero. Tha press advice indicated that the Japanese ' anted aa agreement on the navel ratio and further ap plication of the Amerieaa "four points'' to China before they abro gated tho Anglo-Japanese Alliaues, which ths four-power arrangement is designed ts replace. This de vslopmeat was aot regarded as a serioua barrier to an agreemeat, sinee Japaa haa iadicated MS sistently that she desired to havs all of these problems cleared P together. Bens Viriaal, whoaa eoafereBee with Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour aad Admiral Baroa Kato transformed ths 'Big Three" of tho conference into a "Big Four for consideratioa of tho four-power agreement, has recommended to hi government that it accept a plies ia the new arrangement. A favor able respoase is expected sooa. Meantime some of the Itallaa delegates have suggested ia sa aa tirely unofficial way that tae Pa cifie agreemeat might i strsagth tned by the additioa of Italy, bat tha position of the delegation aa whole is said to be oa of satsfacUoa . with th four-power arrangement Italy ha aot th exteaaive iaterett of tho others ia th Pacific aad her official apokesmea say they havs as inteatioa of formally presestiag a suggsstioa for her Inclusion.' JAP AX ESS APriOTI KfW .st.ssssuasist srw m STate-ISaM Jtsfe ath sates M s4 ws T liVM (seam Tokio, Pes. I. (By tas Aessiiaies Press.) Th seatiefacial Tsikek New Ageaey reports that ths Ja pan gsssrameat haa aotifled Ha dshwatoe at ths Waahiatsa ssafstv tae af its approval af tha preoes sd sjoadrapl sataata ta Jvriaeipla, aajsaasaBBSsBmasmt- - 1 ' tCoatiasod n Kge haa)