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RALEIGH, N. ,C MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12. 1921.
The News
ANOTHER BLOC 111
CONGRESS PLANS
I ACTION ON BONUS
Republicans Frankly Wor
ried Over. Soldiers' Bonus
. a . Situation
SECRETARY MELLON
STILL AGUNSXai
Leaders of Ex-Servicemen In
Home Serve Notice of
Intention To Fight All Ap
' propriations Except For
I Necessary Supplies Un
; lei i Relief I Provided
The News and Obaerver Bureau,
603 District National Bank Rldg.
By EDWARD B. BR1TTON
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dee. ll.-That it will
be "good bye Republicans" if there
ia not eorae satisfactory adjusted
Compensation measure passed at the
present session it the general pre
diction even in the cloak rooma of
Congreea. Talk of our "agrieul
tural bloc" and your 'bankers' bloc
and what they have 3one or propose
to do ia not to bo in it when there
geta into operation the Soldier's
bloc" for there are indicationa that
unless the Republican leaders in
Congress definitely agree upon some
plan of soldier bonus that ex service
ansa la Congress and those who hold
wh them will orgnnire in order
to do the aimple act of justice which
is called for by the former service
men.
Republican leaders wont talk
about what they propose to do or
not to do. In his annual message
to Congress, President Harding
opened not his mouth on tho ques
tion of soldier bonus, while as for
Secretary of tho Treasury Mellon it
is the same old story. He holds out
against the bonus and says it can't
bo given at present, maintaining the
same position thut he held during
the extra session. But despite this
there is au increasing determination
among members of Congress and
especially among the members of the
House where there are former sorv
ice men and men whoso sons and
their kinfolk served overseas, to
have enacted an adjusted coinpensa
tion bill or to know the reason why.
Ia fact there ia ap offensive and de
fensive plan of campaign develop
ing to force upon Republicans favor-
abl actum.
. Prases Ts Use Fore.
This campaign is along the line of
appropriation bills. While specific
ally atating that there ii bol attack
Intended upon regular sppropr c'.ion
bills or those required under the law
for the support of the Federal estab
lishment, the direct intimation is
being gl. u out that unless there is
passed an adjusted compensation
hill the organized ex-scrvice men in
Congress will fight any and all
Measures which carry appropriations
except as to the absolutely essen
tial measures for government ex
nenses. These men who have taken
that position feel eoi fident that the
sentiment of the country is behind
them and they are massing their
streneth to ahove through a bill.
They hold, and have just reason to
hold, that when there is an aajusi
ed compensation bill before Con
gress it will go through with a wild
firs rush. And they propose in some
way so get this bill before Congress
- ... . . . Ti-
even in lace ol tne opposition oi i
nubliean leaders.
Republican leaders are admittedly
worried over the aituation. With
' President Harding silent and check
d off as backing; the oppgiitioa of
Secretary Mellon to the passage of
soldier bonus bill on tho one haud
and the advocates of the bill in and
ut of Congress demanding the pas
saga of the bill, they are up against
It Especially worried are those ia
tho Senate and Bouse who aire seek
ina reelection next yesr, for in
some of the states and ia great Bum
bers of the Congressional districts,
Republican majorities were so slim
thst it is realized that oppoaition
- from ex-service men and thoir allies
will mean retirement to private life
The fact that the Democrats , hare
fought for the soldier boons and
propose to fight again for it give
them the cold ereeps when they
think of election day. Before the
Ways and Means eommittci of the
House then is a demand for actios
signed by sll the former service
b who are members of the House
Emphatic ia declaring that Congress
nst take decisive action at the
5 resent session is Representative
toy 0. Fitr.gerald, of Ohio, who is
president of the veterans' Associa
ties of Congress, representing 24 ex
Service men of the world war. 24
veterans of the Spanish-American
war and one Civil War veteran.
Hera ia the emphatic declaration
af Mr. Fitagerald:
Bervsa Notice Ob Congrsos
Tha soldiers' bonus legislation as
It Is commonly called must be pass
td at this session, ws will serve
aotlcs ob the leaders that saleas this
is done bo other legislation that in
valves expenditure of public funds,
aids from tht regular supply bill,
. based ob sobstsative law will bo al
lowed to pass." Aad he admits that
k has in mind particularly recom
mtadatioae jof Secretary Melloa for
- aa . inereass for various purposes
Ho claims support from every state
la the Union, and It is a fact that
the delegstioa from President Hard
tag's home state is practically
aaaaimous in demanding tha paa-
aate of ths bill. The Democrats in
Congress will back suek a measure to
tho limit aad tho forecast it. that
' their attitude will force the Bepub
tieaaa to its passage." " "
' Senator Pat Harrison, of Missis
sippi, in hi discussion sf the tax
' (Centisaed on Page Two) ' . ,
Daring Criminals Make
Their Escape From Jail
Chicago Gunman, Under Sentence To Be Hanged Next
Thursday, Flees With Two Other Prisoners To Lib
erty In Broad Daylight; Half Dozen Guards
Overpowered t
Chicago, HI., Dee. 11 .(By ths As
soeistcd Press.) Tommy O'Conaor,
two gunman, sentenced to be hang
ed aeit Thursday for murder, n1
two ether- Botcrrowr criminals, to
day escaped from tho county Jail,
fighting their way paat half a dol
es fuarda, moat of whom ware beaten
into unconsciousness by the despera
does in their daih ror liberty.
Starting ia the fourth floor "Bull
pen," whcr the prisoners were ex
ercising at 11 o'clock thia morning
the brrak for freedom led down Ire
floors through ths basement, into the
jail yard and over a 12 foot wall to
I to
a street, where an automobile wss
confiscated. The driver, a pistol pok
ed into his face, was told to "drive
ks hell."
A few minutes later ths machine
rallied into a telephone pole but
the bandits continued their flight.
O'Connor eommandeered another ear,
and when last aeen the murderer,
ho has been characterized by the
police as Chicago's most desperate,
gunman, was headed toward the
Mouth aide, under world, .armed for
battle. Two other prisoners who at
tempted to escape with the trio were
captured in the jail grounds.
Barape Well Planned
The escape carried out in broad
daylight, was the most aensational
ia this part of the country in many
ears and apparently was carefully
planned in advance. It was success
ful despite the fact that several
jail-re refused to heed tHe threat of
O'Connor's pistol and risked their
ivee in trying to obstruct his dash
for liberty.
The two mesvwho escaped with
O'Connor were Edward Darrow,
charged with a $(W .WO robbery, and
ames La Porto, alleged to have been
implicated in a 30.000 robbery.
O'Connor has bees in trouble with
the police on many occasions, but
his apparent immunity from con
iction earned him ths title of
Lucky Tommy."
Last spring half a dozen detectives
went to O'Connor's house to ques
tion him about a crime. While they
were there Policeman Patrick O'Neill
waa shot to death and O'Connor la
ter convicted of the murder, escap
ed despite the presence of half a
dozen officers, most of whom were
suspended for their apparent negli
gence. 1
Aft savors weeks, Tommy s pro
verbial luck failed, for bo was cap
tured in St. Paul, Minn, brought
Kentucky Co-operative Mar
keting Association To Be
Organized Today
Lexington, Ky., Dee. 11. With
the election of directors tomorrow,
tht Co-operative Marketing Associa
tion of bur ley tobacco growers of
Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia
and Ohio, with a membership of
,1,000, will come., into legal and for
mal existence.
According to present plant, a
statement issued from the nrganita-
ion headquarters here today said,
marketing of tobacco will be begun
in the next few weks, and it ia
probable that aa much as 10,000.000
pounds will be told before tht first
of the year.
Tho attitude of tht "Big Tour'
maaufacturera, as ascertained by
representatives of ths barley asso
ciation, indicates that they will deal
with the association readily on a
basis that will insure a fair profit
to the grower.
All Warthoeaea Cloeed
With probably no more than four
exceptions, all warehouses ib the
four states have agreed to close
their floors for ths salt of burley
tobacco, to await the action of the
association in taking them over by
lease or purchsse. A committee has
been active in arranging details of
ths trsnafer, which involves tht title
to millions of dollars of real estate.
Ths members of ths committee be
lieve that everythiag will be ready
to receive tobacco within a few days
after tht earliest is ready for de
livery.
The association now controls, It
is known, mors than M.85 per cent
of ths burley production of five
states. The percentage, announced
at the close of the canvassing cam
paigu on tho basis of reports from
county ehairmen, has been increased
by n period of supplementary sign
lag af contracts frost November 26
to December IS. This is still ia
progress ia the sections where little)
orgaaiaation work kas been done.
and final figures are not available
Financial Success Ansa red
..The financial success of tke mark
stfag of the 1921 crop was prse
tleally assured to tke last detail No
vember 22, wkea nil commercial
banks of Louisvills met aad agreed
to lead to ths association for tern
porary funding of advance pay
meats to growers tke legal limit of
their capital, totaling SIAWJOOO.
As sr-ptrmaaeat soorcs of 'credit,
the association kss tke standing of
fers of tke War Finance Corporation
and tke Federal Reserve System,
made in rulings iwti by W. P. 9,
Harding, governor of the reserve
system, and by the agricultural
agency of tht War rinaaee Corps
ration at well at tie directors. Tke
association can obtain (rota thest
' - (Coatiaaei on Page Two).
BURLEY TOBACCO
GROWERS
READ!
back blre, eoavicted and sentenced
to hsng. .,,
Seventy five prisoners were tier
rising ia the (tall pea when O'Connor
aad his pals msde their brrak. Da
vis Straus was the onty gwar in
the roomr st the time-. One of the
men, according to SJraoss, suddenly
whispered something to O'Connor
The five prisoners ia' the jail break
jumped on Strauss, O Conner draw-
ng a revolver which had been smug
gled to him. A sack was placed over
Strauss' head and he waa beaten in
to unconsciousness. O'Connor re
peatedly brought down the butt of
Ut pistol oa the guard's head.
Hearing the commotion, two other
guards rushed into ths bull pen.
O'Connor ordered -them to throw
up their hands, but they refused and
sprang forward. Apparently afraid
that the sound of shooting would
bring so many guards that escape
would be impossible, O'Connor did
not fire. The guards wert beaten
into unconsciousness. Ont of the
guards hsd the keys to the jail and
these were taken away from him.
The'tHn men dashed for the
freight elevator but ran into an as
sistant jailer: Pointing the pistol at
him. O'Connor aliouted: '"Stand
back, or I'll blow you to hell!" The
jailor sprang at . O'Connor, but the
criminal hurled him to the floor and
continued his flight.
State ;:-Ftot Wall.
Down to the basement, past two
mora guards, tha bandits fled and
J hen started to scnlo tht 12 foot
wall aurrounding tht jail.
Hera two of tht prisoners tripped
tad were raptured at tht foot of tht
wall, but O'Connor and the other two
got over safely.
Robert E. Crowe, State t attorney,
immediately began a personal In
vestigation of O'Connor's escape, and
Chief of Police Fitzmorr-i assumed
personal charge tf the chase Scores
of policemen with shot guns were
placed on the Sanurderer s trail, and
to each of them Chief Fitzmorrit
gavt thest instruction: "Tht only
way to get rid of murderers like
O'Connor it to put them in the
sooreue. Shoot to kill and aim
straight."
Tht Supreme Court recently re
fused to reprieve O'Connor and I
fow days ago held that it had no
jurisdiction to order a stay of execu
tion pending aa appeal to Fadetal
courts.
.O'Connor was In court yesterday
oet certain legal matters, and ft it
believed that hia escape may have
been planned then.
EDUCATION BILL
Superintendent of Public In
struction Issues Statement
On Matthews Bill
The purpose of tht educational
bill, entitled aa "Act to Validate
Tax Ratea Levied for tht Six Months
School for tht 6everal Countiea of
the 8tato for the Year 1921 and to
provide for aa Equalising Fund' in
troduced by Representative Mat
thews, of Bertie, Sstnrday, was ex
plsined by Dr. E. C. Brooks, Superin
tendent of Education, in a statement
issued yesterday.
First," ssid Dr. Brooks, "it in
tends to validate all tax ratea levied
for the teachers' aalary fund in ex
cess of 30 eents.
Early ia May, tho Superintendent
of Publio Instruction saw that if
only a 30 cent rats were levied, the
equalizing fund would be totally in
adequate to supplement ths taxes in
Urge number of counties suf
ficient to provide for n six months
school term In accordance with the
provisions of the Constitution which
places the burden not upon the State
but upc the countiea to provide for
the six months term.
'Therefore, the county officials
were advised, to levy a rate that
would yield as much as a 30 cent
rate would produce on the valuation
of 1920. The counties had -full
authority under ths law to do this.
But the debatable question was, if
they refused, how could they secure
a six months term which is re
quired of them by the eoastitutiont
'As soon as possible, a test case
wss prepared in Nash County in
order that ths courts mght answer
the question and give the State De
partment of Education aome judi
cial or constitutional basis on which
to stand. Ths Snperintendent of
Publia Instruction waa sustained by
ths court and no appeal waa taken.
The mis, therefore, was adopted
for all eountiet expecting to parti
cipate in the equalising fund and
they, were so notified.
As n result of this and otksr de
cisions, over ninety counties levied
ratea for school ' 'accordingly nnd
these are the maximum rates for
teachers' salaries for these eountiet;
not only for 1921 22, bat also for
1923-23.
Matt Levy If Cent Tsx.
"Second, the bill provides further
that those counties whick kave not
levied school rates in accordance
witk tht rult referred to above, tanst
levy 39 eents for teachers salaries
before they can receive an amotsnt
front tko State sufficient to provide
for a nix months school term.
"This provision will affect lews
than ton eon a ties. Tko 39 cent rate
is tke average, rate thst the counties
would bo required to levy if n ami-
tors rate were levied in ill tke
eoantioa of tke State and Ut funds
BROOKS EXPLAINS
- (ontfaaed on Fags Twol
BLAMES FREIGHT
RATES AS CAUSE
Secretary of Agriculture
Says Times Sadly Out of
. .. . Joint 4ow
LACK OF MARKETS
HANDICAPS FARMER
Terrible Indictment of Mod
ern Civilisation, Wallace
Says, That With Such
Abundance In America,
Millions Overseas Should
Be Starving To Death
Washington, Dee. 11. Freely sad
frankly discussing the present plieht
of the American farmer. Seerrtarv
Wallace telle the President in his
first annual report today thnVthere
"seems to be good reasons tot le
lieving that the worst is over snd
that we may reasonably Vpo for
gradual improvement from now
on." He adds that "a dear rerog
nit ion of the conditions as they
exist should help us to realize this
hope."- " ' 'I
In large part the troubles of the
farmer today are due to world iJi"'
conditions and the inevitable result
of the world war, the Secretary of
Agriculture savs, i.dding that it it
not to bt expected that by some
"miraculous transformation" the
period of adversity may be turned
over night into a period of proa
pcrity.
High freight ratea, bg crops pro
dueed ia the face of high costs, un
employment in other industries in
the eodntry with attendant lessen
ing in buying of foodstuffs, and the
lack of foreign markets for the
farm surplus srt given by the Sec
retary ts the more immediate causes
for present ' conditions in ' agri
culture. He lays particular stress
upon the lsek of foreign markets
and high freight tatea.
Indictment or Civlllsatioa.
'It is s terrible indictment of
modern civilization," he asserts,
"that with such abundance here
there are millions of people overseas
suffering for the bare necessities
and other milliona starving to death.
And aurely we are aadly lacking
in our understanding of economic
laws or in our adjustment to them
when the production of bounteous
erons grown by the hard labor of
13,000,000 farmers and farm workers
sad their families is permitted to
play one poet in insists sfcif
oar inaunnet ana dusibssw i
home."
Large advances la freight rates.
while bearabls in time of high
prices, Mr. Wallnet says, if con
tinued are bound to involve a re
making of the American agricultural
man.
"The simplt proceee or marling
up the transportation coat a ten
eentt a hundred pounds," tha Serre
tarv writes, "haa the same enect
on the surplus producing state ss
picking it up snd setting it down
100 to 300 miles further from me
market. Asriculture is depressed
until ths rates art lowered or tretil
DODulatioa snd industry shift to
meet this new condition."
Helps Ferelga Casnpetltare.
With ths heavy consuming popu
lation of the country masted near
ths eastern coast long distances
from ths producing sress, Mr.
WsJIace savs. substantial advances
in the transportation coats have the
effect of imposing a differential
against American producers in
favor of their competitors in ror-
eign lands, porucuiariy i
the South or thie eouniry, "no uc
the advantage of cheap water
tranaportntion.
The agricultural Secretary inuu
that whea the country finally eu.er
got from the present condition it
will find itself at tha beginning of
a new agricultural era. Pointing to
the large increase in the country si
nnnulatioa and the fact mat most
nt tha eaailv cultivated land has
been taken no. he tsys the time is
sot far distant when home needs
will require practically all that
American farms producs in the sv
erage year.
"This mesnt, ks adds, a more
intensive agriculture, with larger
production per acre and lessened
cost, if we are to meet foreign com
petition and atill maintain our
standard of living.'
Planning Research Work.
The department is planning to
meet these new conditions, Mr. Wal
lace continues, by strengthening cer
tain phases of its work, more e.pe
cially the scientific research, the ap
plications of the result of fesearch
to farm practice, mors extended
studies of marketing farm crops
(Continued in Page Two.)
OF DEPRESSION
Senator Hitchcock Will
Support Pacific Treaty
Washington, Dee. 11. (By tke As
sociated Press.) Turthsr assurance
of bl-pmrtisaa Senate support for
tko four power Pacific treaty cams
tonight with announcement by Sea
ator Hitchcock, of 'Nebraska, assist
ant Democratic leader and ranking
Democratic member of tke Foreign
Beiations committee that ke expect
ed to vote for its ratification.
I aeo no reason for opposition
to Us treaty," said Senator Hitch
cock. "There does not seem to be
any very' serious objection r-or any
reason for groat rejoicing over it
ft reminds "mo of tko old saying
that tt to 'good enough, wkat there
to of tt and taeagfc of suek at it is
..Senator Hitchcock said tke treaty
waa similar in eosns respects to the
Lsagno, at Nations Mrsssamt,
JIMMT MIRPHT MAKES A
MW RECCED FOR SPEEDING
Baa Fraaclscw, Cal, Dee. 11.
Jimmy Marphy, Saa Francisce
pilot set sj new world retard kert
.day when ko www the lit milt
iBttrnatloaal twewsatakts l l to
snobilt net at the . Saa Carls
Speedway, by nsakisig sa sveragt
f lit sails sa near. At
tlasta Marpky'a apeed waa J II
milts aa hoar and he mads the
awtirt ditUnet In 1 kosrs. It
saiaatta aad II 1-2 stcoads.
Tommy Mlltaa waa second. Ed
die Hears third, Harry .Harts
fonrtk aad Ralph De Palms firth.
Marpky waa winner of the French
Grand Trix on last Aagast.
Tkt eld mark wkkk was shatter
ed today ws M mtteo as
kotr aad waa set at the Lot
Angeles speedway last Tkaaka
gtviag Dsjr.
RIOT STARTS IN
General Fight Begins While
Moving Pictures Are Be
ing Shown
Marquette, Mich., Dec. It. A riot
among prisoners at the branch of
the Michigan State reformatory hep!
-daring a moving picture exhibition
this morning was quelled after War
den T. B. Collin-had received nine
knife wounds, Deputy Warden Men-
hennit had been badly beaten and
ths litter's aon, Arthur M'-uhennit,
who was visiting his father at tho
prison, had been atablied in the
lungs. The latter is in a local hos
pital and ia aaid to be in a serious
condition.
A large number of the prisoners
I .id been taken to the chapel to
wtr.css the entertniaun ni. After
the chapel had been darkened to per
in it showing of the pictures, a num
ber of the prisoners, said by prison
officials to have len led hy "Gypsy
Bull- Harper, Jasper Perry and
Charles Roberts, all of lMroit,
sprang upon Cutlin. As a prison
rule paphibits carrying of firearms
within tht institution, the omnala,
aided by a large number of loyal
prisoners, fought the insurgents w-ith
their fists, feet, or, with canes they
carried.
Carving knives, believed to have
been obtained by some of the pris
oners from the reformatory kitchen,
were brought into play, and Catlin
fell before the knife thrusts. Ar
thur Menhenio went down soon after
ward aa his ' father was receiving a
beating at the hands of the inmates-
Sam Foard, serving a lift sentence,
rushed from the chapel as the dis
tarbaaces started, and. summoned
foVrlts'
Muck, n guard, from ths
outer wall. Muck raa to the chapel,
leveled his rifle at the prisoners, and
kept them at bay while other guards
were summoned. Ae prisoners wert
htrded to thtir cell!.
Tha leaders in ths riot srt In the
prison bull pen tonight awaiting de
eision by Governor Oroesbeck as to
their punishment.
The trouble ia believed by prison
officials to have had its inception
in friction between Warden Catlin
and Harper. The latter was son
tenced to Jackson prison farm for
highway robbery sometime sgo,
While at Jackson he killed s fellow
prisoner during a knife battle and
was transferred to Maruuelte us
p-inishmeni- Three monthi ago be
lacaped from the priaon, but was re
raptured at Nugaunee, 13 miles from
here two diys later.
At the outset of ths battle s call
was sent to Nrgaunee for State
police. Major Robert alarsh, of
Lansing, head of the State troops
was in Negaunce and left imniedi
utely for Mnrquette with fourteen
men, arriving only a few minutes
alter the prisoners had been driven
into their cells. Warden Catlin a
wo.ndt are sot expected to prove
serious.
Prisoners at the institution said
anight. Harper hsd voiced antipathy
for Warden Catlin because he be
lieved the latter had prevented his
being transferred back to Jackson
prison.
GUAM-YAY CABLE IS
REPORTED AS SEALED
Saa Francisco, Cal, Dec. 11.
Disclosure that tke Guam-Yap
cablt kad been sealed at some
time within tke psst tkree daye
by so ass person unknown waa
made In a statement Ittaed to
night ky tko Postal Telegraph
and Cablt Comptny, ownert of
the line.
Tke statement said lavestlgs
tloa waa being made tkroagh
the company's firm York efjee
bet that oaly three agencies
Ike navy department, the Jspsa
taw fevers saent off Ike Cable
Compaay coald have sealed tke
cable. It waa not knew a, tko
otatessent aald at exactly what
point tke cable waa sealed.
"The tresty is very mild snd is
good enough a way to get rid of tke
Anglo-Japanese alliance.
Senator Hitchcock's announcement
made upon Ms return from the West,
followed others by Democratic lesd
era thst they would give ths treaty
their support. With ths Republican
leadersship already on record ia be
half of tke treaty, hopes fer its
ratification were today increased.
L It appeared more definite that tke
opposition wonld be limited to a few
of the "Irreconcilablet" of the
league of Nations fight witk tke
prospect that their number wonld
bo krss tbaa ia ths League contro
versy. ' .
8enator Borah, of Idaho, prominent
Rtvrablicaa opponent of the league,
continued kis tilsneo with regard to
tas now treaty. , , ,
MICHIGAN PRISON
EXPECTTO WIND
UP CONFERENCE
BY JANUARY 1ST
ar Eastern Questions To Be
Pressed Forward At
- Discussions
EXPECT ACCEPTANCE OF
NAVAL RATIO BY JAPAN
Japanese Studying- Chinese
Situation and Want De
cision In That Quarter Be
fore Final Acceptance of
American Naval Limita
tion Plan
Washington, Dee. 11. (By tha As
sociated Tress.) With the four
powers treaty In filial form and an
agreement on naval ratio regarded as
practically assured, the arms con
ference goes into its fifth week with
ta principals confident they can wind
up H their major duties here by the
end of the year.
The problems of the Far East Snd
drtaHs of the naval reduction ' pro:
gram including tho question of Pa
cific Island fortiftcattons md navoi
liases, now become 'Ik subjects of
primary considerations. Ths Far
Kastern discussions are to be pressed
forward at daily -meetings of the
committee tf the whole at the same
time that the naval situatiidr is clesr-
ng up through cyitinued communica
tion with the iJVrcign capitals and
while the teparute negotiations over
Shantung and iup are verging toward
decision.
Japan To Accept Naval Ratio.
Although there are indications that
Jnpun ia about ready to S.'fcpt the
American 5 0 3 nuval ratio, it ia
not considered unlikely that the may
refrain from committing herself defl-
ntely until there is a clearer miller
standing about future fortifirati.nie
oi the Pacific islands. TIiopj has
been n general indication that ali the
powers are willing to assent to an
arrangement by whi-li all present
defenses in Pacific waters would be
retained and none added la the fu
ture, but the question is yet to be
made the subject of forma1 ex
cliiiuges-
Further instructions from Tokio
were received today by.the Japanese
delegates. The nature of the met
ssge was not revealed, but there
wore evidences (hat the Japanese
wore preparing to eaavass tks silaa
tion relative to Pacific basse before
going further with the naval ratio
diseusrions. The two subjects hsva
been long regsrded by Japan as
inseparably linked and her desir
to dispose of both st ons time is no!
regarded ss a serious barrier to a
ratio agreement-
Studying Cklneoe Bltaatlon
The negotiations relative to Chins,
although proceeding eepartely alio
are rectiving the careful attention
of the Japanese while the naval
question is in abeyance, and there
have been some hints that, they
ould prefer to set a decision !n
ih.it quarter also oe.Srj they make
fnc? fAieptanee of the 5 8-3" final
and binding.
II is ths general e recta tlou that
tne result of the Far Eastern dis
ructions will be a anit.'u declaration
of rol ry hy ths nine nations lep
r sentfd here, embodv ng the "fwi
p rots'' of Elihu Rot and making
sijcii apecifie sppllea'iin of them as
u.;sj) be found pot i. lie. Su-1!
do -.oration, a part of which M
gicc official sancti-ii by tho nine
nui'uns st yesterday's plenary ter
tion, it was eipej'ed would finally
ik i the form of a gentleorr s
undcrsturding." Somd cf the phm
potentiarirs, however, aant ta write
into s treaty and a defliio.i on
taut pi'Pt it yet to no reached.
Afterward a similar declaration
may be made ss respects Siberia
but it is possible that the separate
pronouncement on that sub'eot now
understood to bo contemplated by
Japan may be accepted as sufficient
May Delay roar Power Treaty.
When the four power Pacific treaty
consummated yesterday is to be sign
ed by the representatives of the
United States, Great Britain, Japan
and France is still an unanswered
question. It is the impression among
some of the delegates, However, ins
the formal signature may be delay
ed until the naval problem ia set
tied and that President Hsrding will
not s-nd It to the Senate for rati
fieatioa until after the conference ia
over.
Over 8unday consideration of the
new treaty among members of the
treaty ratifying branch of ths gov
eminent developed indications that
the leaders of both tks Republics
and Democratic parties will Stan
united for its approval. Senator
Underwood, tke Democratic leader.
ia one of the Americans who will
sign ths tresty aa plenipotontaries,
and kis advocacy of ratification will
bo seconded on tho Democratic side
by Senator Hitchcock, senior Demo
crntie member of tko foreign rein
tions committee.
While the naval raf.o and Baeifie
fortifications questions move towsrds
a decision, other details of tho gen
eral naval problem are comipg into
prominence. First among them to be
given detailed consideration probably
,tkis wsek are tke proportionate
strength to be fixed for Frsnre snd
ItnJy. and ths questions of modifies'
tion In tke naval koliday plan and
In tho suggested submarine tonnage
as fixed in tko American reduction
proposal.
When then mora or less rtllateral
subjects sre eat of the way, and the
klgh spots of tko Far Eastern nego
tin tions and tko naval ratio discus
sions themselves are disposed of, it
it probable tkat the principal delo-
gntes will go komo, leaving various
commissions to work eat fanner de
tails and communicate tkem direst-
. svtral jtorjliajmeea.
IfORTI CAIOLINA LEADS
ALL STATES IN HltiB
RATE FOR YEAR 110.
Washington. Dec. 11 There le
ee race anlclds la Norsk Caro
lina. It lease all the Stales la
its birth rats, fsr 12. Its rats
selag Sl.fi per I.Me pwpaiatlwa.
Ths barest o( tkt centoo aa.
aooitead todey la Its statement tf
lrtha aad birth rates la tkt klrtk
rsa-tttratlaa sres of the I'atted
states tkat far lKt tke kigkeat
klrtk rote as well as the kigkeat
for tks while pesntatti' ' the
satire cowtrtry-was fawwd t fcwrtsi
Carolina, this latter being' ll.t
per l.e poptlattoa, while fer
Ike colored peptlstloa, this la.
Hading negroes, ladlsaa, Cklnese
tad Japanese. Ktrtk OaroHns,
Meed third wttk s rate of til
tor l.tOO popalsllsa. aaly Was,
lagton witk H.I and California
witk St.S. ranking ahead. The
lowost klrtk rate for wkltes la
feead In Caltfaraia. 1s t per l.eeo
population, while tke lowest lor
colored papalatlea disregarding
the very low ratea In a few af the
New Eaglaad States In whlrk the
negro population la smalt, are for
asanas witk 17.1, and Keatarky
Itk 17 S.
a tko klrtk registration ares
la North Carolina In 120 there
were 81.47 kirths, of these !T.54
being white. For 11 tke figures
werei Whit, kirths, St,U2; rok
sred kirths, 11.011; total, 71.H14;
skewing an 'Increase In blrtha la
KM of 7 .Ml. For ether years tke
klrtk rates la Nortk Carolina per
LM poaalatloa woroi For 117,
wklasa, It.t; colored, !., totsl.
M.; 1111, whites, St: colored.
JM; total. 11; 111, whites.
Ml; colored, M.I; totsl, .l;
lilt, whiles, 11.7; colored. 11 1;
total. 11. a, Tke klrtk rata la the
registration sres lor tke entire
seantry, covering II.S por cent of
ike population, was 11.7 por l.tot
topelttlon In 12, or nearly eight
less tksn tke rate In Nortk Care-'
Ilea.
Durham High School Stu
dents Against Modern
"Beautifiers"
Durham, Dec. 11. Back to the
nays of . grandmothers days, saitn
effect the youthful flappers of
the Durham High School and the
bsa haa been nailed apon twentieth
century means ta beauty. Ths lip
stick, the eyebrow pencil, rouge.
rolled stockings, ths decollete gowa
snd Yvea the old Ittndbys-ehswing
gum snd powder sre by official de
crec laid at rest beside the restless
remains of John Barleycorn, and
perhaps with sa much affect.
From Flapper to Lady" might
well designate the proposed transi
ion snd the regulationa aa laid down
by the Student Council of ths
school, are ss follows:
1. We disprove of the nse of the
eyebrow pencil, tht lipstick, rouge
and heavy fact powder.
2. We disprove of powdering pub
licly in classes.
3. We disprove of georgette, chif
fons and other thin silks for school
wesr.
4. We disprove of sxtremsly low
necks snd formal evening gowns.
5. Ws believe that dress length
should be regulated to suit the
physique of the individual.
t. We disprove
of rolled snd
fancy hose.
7. We disprove of gun chewing is
public placea.
S. We believe that alang should
bs sholished in our speech.
V. Ws believe in acting in a lady
liks manner at all timet, in all
placet.
10. Wt disprove of tonvertatioa
over the fence at recess wjia
friends.
11. We believe thst bo articles
such ss lunches, bakery products,
etc, should' bs received over
playground fence.
the
12. Ws disprove of ehesting is sny
form or fashion oil' examinations or
recitations. Some forms of cheatin
are: L'amg notes, using wrmen
translations, ssking one's neighbor
questions, snswerlng questions
someone slse snd looking on
for
each
other's papers.
13. Ws believe that in esss
of
dispute as to whether or not a cer-
tain act is a form of cheating, the
matter should be decided by th
judicial committee in collaboration
with ths faculty advisors.
14. Ws disprove of note writing
IS. Ws believe that the student
should show mors respect to teach
era and older people.
16. We conaider it dishonorable to
nartielnote in exaggeration and
e-osaiDDlnx'.
17. We believe that any gin wnt
coasts' to tcbool improperly or un
modestly . sttired, or commits sny
other offense included ia thctt ret
olutions, should bt tent before the
judicial committee of the council an
the faculty advisors, snd, be dealt
with according to her oarnse,
WILSON MAN KILLED.
IN AUTO ACCIDEN
Wilson. Dee. 11.-Ai? Five Points,
Wilson suburb, Mike. Whitley was
instantly killed this af'ruoos in an
automobile accident Ro'o Baper nnd
flllis Daniel, who were badly hurt
went taken to n locsl hospital. All
are tha aona of Wilson count far
ms. Whitlev was tt ths wheel
whea the car was said to bo going
OS miles aa kour while turning
Mm BAN
1 LIPSTICK
sharp carve. The machine turned
ovor three time throwing Whitley
tO feet, Baper and Daniel were
tkrewn la a ditck. Th ear wot
badly damaged,
,: . ;.! u ; - v..f .....
CONVENTION TO
CROWD SCHOOLS
. IN LEGISLATURE '
Measure Calling For Rewrit
ing Constitution Comes'
-Tonight
BOTH HOUSES APPEAR
TQ FAVQRCOV.ENTlOltt
five Hundred Bills Clnttsr
Calendars of Two Honiss,
Thgh Principal Mens,
ores Have Palled Crisis;
House T ikely To Kill ad
emption Bill
School finance' measures that have
occupied the center of the legisla
tive stage for almost from the mo
ot the (Jeneral Assembly eoa-
vened last Tucadav at 11 o'clock
are likely to be crowded out nf the'
spni light when the two houeee
reconvene sfter the weekend re
cess tonight, for then the Constitu
tional Convention will come dowa
before the footlights,
'legislation calling .for a Consti
tutional Convention in the sDrlnst -
l!fJ:l will be offered in the Sea-
ate toniiflit by Senator Harry
Stubbs, who got a similar measure
through tho upper House at the
regular sesi..n in February. The
House kill' d that bill, largely be
cause, its proponents would not
agree to submit the question to n
ote. The vote in the House was
lose.
The tangled disorder into whick
the State's tuiation system haa fal
len bits fed a growing sentiment
throughout tlir -rltato -for n revision "
f the Constitution. Opposition la
tho House has materially decreased.
nd indications developing yester-
lay lend enronntgeroent to the be- '
lief that the measure will paat la
both houses.
Three School Measaroa Tel.
But should t fight develop over ti
measure, it will not entirely over
shadow the three education measures
that are still pending before the
General Assembly. The municipal
nance measure is prnrtirnlly out
of the way, ith most of tht oppo
sition gone, but two of tht Depart
ment of Education measures art still
before the House, and all three have
yet to make their way past the Sea-
ate. Three or four days of the
week are regarded at sufficient for
them, and sfter that, adjournment
of the session msy aome at aay mo
ment. les thss two score of ths 500
hills that have been offered In the
two houses have mnde their way to
the enrolling clerk's office for rati
fication. The rest of them are some
where on the calendars of the House
or Senate, and it ia not unlikely
that many of them will die there
when adjournment comes.
Many of them have been killed
outright, and others will die in com
mitter. The fire bills in ths House
for the abolition nf capital punish
ment have been "electrocuted,' to
uss the phrase of Representative
Hpenre, who fathered the first of the
bills. lie wanted hia bill brought ap,
and a roll call vote taken just to
see whcee the sentiment of tke
Uouee lay, but the House dldnt"
want to go on record, nnd the bill
still lies dead.
Both the House snd Senate have
turned denf ears to certain- eastern
counties that would be relieved of .
the stock law, and that issue ever
which more legislative time hat bee a
squandered tlmn any other major
measure, seems definitely quieted
until the next regular session at -least.
The tnti stock law forces are
hard to convince that they are dead.
despite the fact that the House
chloroformed them last February,
sfter a desperate battle.
A hostile majority awaits ths eom-
int- or the Hurgwyn Din reauciag
tht tax exemption from S300 to S10S
whea it arrives from the Senate to
day. The same bill came over from
the Senate in rebruary ana was
duly killed. The nvjority of tenti-
ment in the House today appears to
le sgsinst the proposal, and its
death appears to be certain.
Tht House has passed a substi
tute measure for ths MeSwsin bill
repealing the cotton tax, aad tke
metaure appears to htvt torn SSSs
siderahle backing in the Senate. The
substitute provides for the repeal of
th tax, affective June 30, 1922, but
eliminatet tht .section distributing
tht $500,000 revolving fund already
collected. This fund will be retain
ed for the tssistsnct of new ware
honss construction.
Insanity is a ground for divorce
appears to have few sympathisers
in the House, and the McSwnin bill
will probably dis quietly. The provis
ion for reducing the residence re
quirement fur securing n divorce In
the SUte from five to two yssrn, m
favored widely, but it is not before
the House in definite fashion, except
as one of the provisions of the 11
Swnio measure.
Few other State wide bills of any
consequence arc pending in either
House. The usual run of bills about
trapping fish and bear and shooting
partridges, dumping sawdust In "
streams, and the like clutter the
calendars. More than 200 bond ktsiio
snd special tax bills have been in
troduced, ranging from new author!
xations to the funding of tks in-t
debtsdness of counties aad cities are
still up, uiav of nem will die by
limitation eJ? lime.
Adjournment by Saturday Bight
is tks goal and desire of most of
the members of the House nnd IVV.
ate, and n resolution ehutting down '
the new bills it pending tonight bo- :
fort tks Senate after TMsaago of tke
House. Many members kave already
atkei for indefinite leaves of ab
sence, nnd tke rank will be, thinner
sack day. Me difficulty m aatlei-
Clod, however, in kolding a auortua
re aatU the sad of tke weak, . .