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V0LO0V. NO. 169.'
VILSOH FAVORS
OPEN MIND UNTIL
II
Democrats Will Await Out
come of parley Before.
Acting
JUDGE RESULTS
AS WHOLE AT CLOSE
President Harding Will Press
For . Batlfication A Soon
As Arms Conference Ad
journs; Senators Seed and
Borah Begin Active War
conn ends
r-- esuw oagauias iui iriatj
The Newi aad Observer Buresu,
wj xinnci flsuunai Dini mag.
A V m i v 1 till-
Br IDWAKD E. BRITTON.
(Br Special Leased Wirt.)
Washington, Dee. 13.-There it the
keeaest interest throughout the eons
try cs to the attitude of former
President Weodroa Wiltoa towirds
the four-power Pacific treaty. la the
inception of the work of the limit
tioa of araameati conference, Mr.
Wilson's poeitioa, according to the
report! of those close to him. was
that he wished" ill tueccmr to any'
movement looking towards world
peace and that the .conference had
hie beet withei. Bepeatedly during
ill progress this has been the report
of his position. But the eonerete
thing of a treaty having been agreed
upon and signed brings the direct
question of what does former Presi
dent Wilson think of this, what is his
attitude towards itt
The action of close frienda of hi
ia the Senate -gives the answer, and
indeed some of them agree that the
attitude is that the Democrats should
defer expression or support or op
position to the four power treaty
until there ia further action by the
conference, and wait to learn the
final outcome of the deliberations of
the conference. That there is sow a
policy of ailence among Democratic
members of the Senate has hereto
: fere bean stated ia this eorrespond
" eace, and because it this silence
there can be no definite o accurate
statement as to how the votes of the
' Democrats outaido of the few who
have already spoken will be east
whea there ia a vote on the treaty.
"We are simply waiting to learn of
the inside facts about the treaty aad
tar see what ether actions are take
by the eoaferenee before we de
termine ear poeitioa is what eae
ef the leading Democrat! said to
day whea asked hit ittltade and tint
' ef ether Democratic Senators.
To Bit Steady ta Beat.
, That the fear power treaty with
actklag else following it ia the beat
thine for tbje atiiatry ia the ques
tion which weald have to be met if
there was an immediate acceptance
of the treaty and it ia with the idea
that there should be a waiting time
so as to have an opea mind for del
velopmenti that Mr. Wilson ia un
derstood to have suggested, that no
immediate commitments be made,
if there are big questions apoa which
there is so agreement at the confer
ence, or other agreements are made
to which objections eould legitimately
be made, the purpose of the Dem
ocrats is to sit steady ia the boat
and make up their minds after the
full actios of the eoaferenee is
known.
- The intimations today are that
President Hnrding will wait the final
aetioa of the conference oa all mat
ten before be transmits to the Sen
ate any one of the four treaties now
expected to be the result of the
eoaferenee. The impression ia that
President Harding will ly the four
treaties before the Senate ia person,
going before it with a special address
apoa the matters contained la them
aad preening for their acceptance. It
ia the belief ef numbers of the ad
ministration Senators that ia this
way he. will be able to obtain
atronger aupport than by feeding the
treaties to the Senate piecemeal.
Beaator Ledge waa for sending U the
fou peweri Pacific treaty at oaee,
bat there ia talk that ainee Senators
Borah, Beed aad LaFollette have
goae oa the war path against the
treaty he has revised his opinion.
This aftaraooa ia the Senate there
was what Senator Beed termed his
prelimintry statement" oa the
treaty subject whea he started la to
lambast the pact. Aad Senator
.Borah today flayed the provision of
the proposed treaty by which the "ia-
uuuur nonunions or Japaa, no de
clared, woald be gonraateod by the
United States, Great Britaia and
France against aggression, armed or
ttaerwlse. .-
- - '-'- Pm P.
"I Beaator Borah termed mea a
fiaraatee at being "most reprehend
le aad aude the predletioa that
we -guarantee eJue which he
holds to be la article 1 with regard
Jpaa "meana that the treaty will
certainly bt killed ia the Senate''
Oa the ethet hand the Associated
Press ia dispatches la tha aftemoea
aaperi saya that administration Sen
ators visitiag the White Hon so today
assured President Harding .that the
treaty waa aafa, aad that there woald
be ealy tw or three votes cast
against ratification. Tale aaasber Is
far tea lew, area if the Democrats
conclude to take ae part? aetioa as
to the treaty, aad leave the nutter
to Individual Beaator!, for tha ex-
preauoa aireaay nude aa to Us
treaty Indicate that tha ppeaitiea
will master a far larger number of
fetes. Democratic Senators - today
declared that aa one had a right to
aay that former President Wilsea
hadlndl rated ia aay way. it aay
Beaator hew h akeald veto aa the
treaty, that the ealy Utueatioa heard
ef waa that there should bo a call
examination ef all Ue acta ef the
conference before taking, a "land
position. Mr. Wilsea has siprsssid
himself ae deetreaa at tha aacceoo ef
the limitatioa of arm am en ti awaitr-
(CeaMaaei eg Page Two) . (
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
General Assembly Will Not
Adjourn Before Nfext Tuesday
Supreme Court , Passes On
Hitch In Municipal Fi
v nance Act
JUSTICE CLARK RULES
w.PASSAGEEFECTIVE
Senate Finally, Passes Long
Xjectment Bill By Vote
of S3 To 15
Pinal, adjournment, at the special
session of the General Assembly wns
yesterday definitely postponed antil
next Tuesday by aa opinion from
Chief Justice Walter Clark of the
Supreme Court to the effect that
the manner in which the Honae of
Representatives passed the Munici
pal Finance bill would render the
measure invalid nnlese rectified.
A decision of the 8upreme Court
declaring the same bill Invalid na
passed at the regular eessioa consti
tuted one of the two emergencies
which caused t-he special session to be
called nnd no thnnces will be tskea
at this eessioa oa the same thing
happening twice.
The Senate last aight passed the
bi'l oa ita second rending nnd is ex
pected to pasa it finally today, which
wil tenable the Hoaae to finish with
the measure oa Tuesday, if there ia
no further hitch. .. Senator Btubbt.
however, last night. lodged a motion
for the reconsideration of the vote
in which the measure passed its sec
ond rending in the belief that there
are features of the bill not present
ed to the eourt which render it un
constitutional. The matter was carried before the
Supreme Court on the specific ques
tion of an amendment inserted hy
the Senate exempting Madison coun-
(Contlnued from page two.)
Two Highwaymen Operate In
Raleigh Getting Only
Watch and $25
Three bold hold-ape aad street
robberies, with the total loss ef a
gold watch nd leas than $35 ia cash
baffled thh Raleigh police last night
The three occurred within the space
ef aav hear aad htlff the first tJctiaa
being B, L. Hortoa at Si4S p. m. aa
HUUbore street at the St. Vary's
School entrance: tha eeeond, H. C.
Wllktrtoa at 10:10 a. m. ea Person
street Bear the eoraer ef Oakweod
avenue; the third, D. J. Harrington
at 10:10 p. m. oa New Bern Avenue
within half block ef Capitol.
Mr. Horton, coming from his home
on Hillsbore street dowa town, waa
accosted at the entrance of St. Mary's
school by twe well dressed young me a
apparently about twenty years old.
Hold up your hands, was the or
der while two pistols were levelled at
bis head.
Startled, Mr. Hortoa grabbed one
ef the pistols. Whea he did, the
other highwsyman struck him aeross
the head with the butt of the gua.
The blow knocked Mr. -Hortoa dowa
aad while prostrate, the mea rifled
his pockets, getting ia all 3Xl, his
cheek book, keys to the Cross 4 Line-
haa atore and to Mr. Hortoa s home.
"Now beat it end if job look back
we'll kill you," wss the final injunc
tion, which Mr. Hortoa obeyed, going
straight to a physician who dressed
his wounded head. He was not ser
iously hart.
Mr. Hortoa said last Bight that be
did not see his assailanta until they
were open him with the order to hold
np hia hands. Beyond the fact that
they were young mea aad without
overcoats, wearing ilooeh hats, he
could give ao description.
in the other twe cases tne descrip
tions were more detailed and tallied.
Mr. Wilkerson held np near the
intersection of Person and Oakwood
Avenue wss relieved of a small
watch, the property ef hia wife.
Whea he told the twe men that the
watch waa bis wife's they returned
it to aim, stating that they didn't
want it anyhow.
Mr. Harrington, who was robbed
at tha eoraer oa New Bern Avenue
within half block of the Capitol,
gave ap a valuable gold watch and a
parte containing fzw. The twe mea,
he , stated, examined the , watch
closely. . .
Ia each of these eases the mea ap
peared to be the same. They were
young, aeatly dressed, eae wearing
aa overcost and cap while the other
wore military breech aa, civil iaa eeat
aad a cap.
Mr. Harrtagtoa told tha police It
waa his belief that the twe mea
were peratiBf with the- aaaistanee
ef a third la a Ford automobile.
While he waa being bold ap a Ford
drove by very slowly, stopping at
the eoraer. The twe whom they had
robbed him, weat ia the direction ef
the ear.
Last might, the police ware work
ing am Ue esses. Patrolmea ia aa
tomobeliaa with vietima ef twe ef the
rebbariea eeoared the city, but feaad
at trace ef tha highwaymen.
DETECTIVE IS KILLED
BY YOUTHFUL BANDIT
AUaata, Ga Dee. Irby
Walker, a private detective, waa shot
aad killed, aad B. Oream, Watt City
temptrtUer, waa probably, fatally
weaaded bora this afternoon la aa
aaantBseifal attempt by a ysethfnl
baadit to tab the jewelry stare at
Hat Kaiatr aad Com pa ay, at Nam
bet Three Peach tree street. Shortly
after tat cheating the poUee arrett
ed a yoang man giving the aame ef
Heary Cleln, aged It, who waa held
ta Maaktt akarg tf eatpkioa, t
THREE HOLD-UPS
IN HOUR AND HALF
Lower House Passes Amend
ment To State Banking
Law
GRANT OF DAVIE OPENS
BAG OF INSINUATIONS
Stock - Law Bill Excepting
Counties Killed B7 Orer
whelming Vote
rifter deleting the sections of the
measure providing for twe examine
tions of Stnto bsnks annually, nnd
declining to strike out the Matthews
amendment against hiring special
attorneys to prosecute defaulting
bank officials, the House reeterdav
morning paused, the emended 8tae
bank law draw by the Corporation
Commission to provlds machinery
for stabilising nnatablc banks with'
out forcing then into the hnnda of a
receiver.
Authority la conferred apoa the
Commission to call apoa itoehhold
ers for their liability to make good
tne bank's obligations without wait
ing to force the bank into the hnnds
of a receiver. Under the old lew,
receivership hat beea aeeeneary be
fore the State could force stock
holders to make good a bank's los
see, but where, ia the opinion ef the
Commission, a bank s resources have
been Impaired the situation" 'can
be remedied without a receiver
ship under the new law.
Me New Bills OSered.
Save for tha debate over the
banking bill, and a brief flurry
over the aew State Vehicle law dur
ing which Bepreaentative Doughton
took the floor to pay a profound
tribute to Chairman Frank Page,
of the State Highway Commission,
(Continued oa Page Two.)
PEAKE FAILS TO
Man Wanted In Winston
Salem Remanded To Jail
In Knoxville
WlMton-Salem, Dec .15. J. L.
Peake'i applteatioa for freedom up
oa the plea that ha was In Knoxville.
Tenn, at the time H. B. Ash born
waa killed ia hit office here aa the
nlglrt ef Deetraber-T.-ws -denied
by Judge T. A. X Kelson, at the
habeas aerpej hearing la Knoxville
this morning. Judge Nelson also de
clined to hear witnesses for tha de
fendaat, explaining that it wonld be
unfair to the prosecution ia view of
the fact that it bad no witnesses
present Motion for a new trial was
thea entered by counsel nnd after
argumeat the motion for a new trial
was overruled. Notice of appeal to
the Tennessee eourt of appeals wss
then given and Peak wss ordered
back to jail to await final decision
of the higher tribunal
According to a special to the Senti
nel this morning from- Knoxville,
Judge Nelson held thst the requisi
tion papers issued for Peske by the
Governor of North Carolina and
honored by the Governor of Ten
nessee, were regular and, therefore,
the alibi application for the defend
ant was denied.
In view of the appeal, Chief of
Police, J. A. Thomss this afternoon
wired, Policeman Brysn, who was
seat to Knoxville after Peake, to re
turn home at once and await the
aetioa of higher Tennessee court.
The Knoxville department will
represent the local police deport
ment in matter that may arise la
regard to the extradition of the pri
soner in custody there. It la prob
able that Chief Thomas will forward
extradition papers on the embexxle
mept and forgery charges at once to
hat to be prepared for any farther
move that might be mde.
The Knoxville officers bow have
a warrant charging Peake with em
betxlement ef funds from the Gate
City Life Iaturaaet Company white
he was manager of local branch.
This wsrrsnt waa twora out by 3.
T. Thompson, la charge of the mala
office of the insurance company at
Greensboro.
The check alleged to have beea
forged by Peake bears the data ef
December 1 Another cheek for
MOO appeared aa December 9. the
day before the murder, bat the
bank to which H waa presented for
deposit carried it to the Merchants
Bank and Trust Company, ta which
it Was drawn, aad there it waa tnra
eddowa because the signature did
sot appear to be that ef Ashbura.
Both, cheeks appear to hart beta
aigned by the tame person.
DANVILLE MUST PUT
. UP MONEY BY DEC 20
Durham, Dee. 15V The Danville
baseball club tf the Piedmont
League will be givea natil December
M to deposit itt eheck for tlOO
guaranteeing entry for the 1923 tea
tea. President W, O. B ram nana aa
atmaerd today.
hVltVCaeiacit Bslldiag.
Belfast Dec 15. Brtha. Asso
ciated Press,) Following a decision
today by a majority ef tha eouaty
taaacil ef Fermanagh, ia 'Ulster
evaaty, to reeoaraiae the aathority tf
tat Sail Eirtana, the police atiaed
tat tonaeU bntldiag aad all ita books
aad deeamtata.
Win Tkstt Tat 0. . - i
New Terk. Dee. 1&-Mra. Marrot
Aatalth. wift tf the former British
Premier Herbert Aaqulth, will ktte
England January IS for tha Uaittd
States, It waa aaaenneed Joday, ,
SECURE RELEASE
RALEIGH. R G, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1
1 . 1 1 1 snuunnnnsunusssnueswn
NO DECISION YET
REACHED BY DI
ON IRISH TREATY
Private Consideration Of An
go.trish,,Aflewent;L
Dublin Continues
PUBLIC SESSION MAY
BE HELD SATURDAY
Supporters and Opponent!
of Pact Both Anxions . To
Put Their Positions Before
. The Country; Woman
Member of DaQ Eireann
Favors The Treaty .
Dublin, Dee. 15. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The second prirnte
session of ths Dsil Eireann today
having under consideration the Aa-glo-Irish
tresty lasted until nearly
eight o'clock this evening aad sd
journed without reaching a deeialoa.
It will reassemble in private ses
sion tomorrow at eleven o'clock to
continue its deliberations.
The most that can be said tonight
is that there ia a strong possibility
that fne public session, nt which H
il "hoped- to'tatsTvoto 'oa' fatlflcg
tion of the treaty, msy not be held
until. Saturday. If matters - should
progress ao further tomorrow, how
ever, then they have today it was
thought likely thst even Saturday's
sitting would be private nnd that
ths publia session, therefore, would
be postponed until next week.
Debste In Privnte
The interpretation plaeed on this
Is that it ia felt to be nndeairnble
to debate the eoatroveruial points
in detail in the presence of the news
psper men, and that publie aessions
of course will be arranged before
hand. The delegates to the London
negotiations and some of their sup
porters art said to be determined to
afford themselves of an opportunity
of stating la public to the DsU
through the Dail. to the country, the
reason why they recommend aceept
snce of the treaty. '
The oppononts of the ngreement
sre equally anxious to explain their
objection t to it Some of them ob
ject to inclusion of Ireland in the
British Empire and some to the
privy council as the supreme court
of appeals, and there are aumerous
objections to assuming a share of
Great Britain's war debt.
Wttnaa Favat Treaty
Dr. Ada English, one ef the wo.
mea mrmberr wf tht-Dafl. comment
lag aa the altaatiea thit evening,
said)
"We need a strong mat to get
our leaders together. Wa mast have
thit treety."
Heated diseossloas were indulg
ed ht before thit sfternoon s meet
ing wss called, various members of
the Dail gathering In groups about
the eomdort ef University College.
They were ta engrossed in their dis
cussions that ths meeting which wa
scheduled to assemble at 4 o'clock,
was not actually called to order un-
tlll moretban an hour late. Even
then the members had to be remind
ed ,by officers of the Irish Bepubli
can army that the speaker had call
ed the aseembly to order.
ANDREW BONA! LAW IN
FAVOB OP AGREEMENT
London, Dee. IS. (By the Asso
elated Press.) The event of the day
la connection with the Irish settle
msnt wns the decision of Andrew
Bonar Law, Unionist, former govern
ment lender in the House of Com
mons nnd one of ths strong mea on
ths Ulster side, to sccept the treaty
aad if aot to invite Ulster to come
Into the settlement, at nil events to
counsel acceptance of the boundary
commission which ths Marquis of
Londonderry in ths House of Lords,
hinted Ulster might reject.
Mr. Bonar Law had beea eonfl
dently relied upon by the "Die
Hards, if he spoke at all, to rapport
Lord Carson ia opposing the treaty,
or, at the worsti to remain neotrsl
His speech haa takea much of the
force out of the Carson its attack snd
is considered to have Inaured ratU
cation ef the treaty by aa over
whelming majority ia the Houae of
Commoaa. Had he apposed the
treaty, there wonld likely have beea
aa. acquisition to the forces of ths
Dis Hards." estimated at from eU
to SO, who expected to rote Against
rsufleauon.
May Tote Today.
The rote it expected to be takea
ia both bouses of Parliament tomor
row afteraooa and the moot impor
tant incident in tomorrow's debste
it likely to be Lord Birkeahead't re-
(OoatlBood ea Page Twe.)
OWNER OF MONUMENT
TO JOHN BOOTH OIES
Pink Carter Erected Monn-
aent To Memory of Slayer
, of Lincoln
Troy, Ala. Dec 15. Bn rial here
of Pink Carte marked the passing
ef the maa who erected a monument
ia hit ewa yard to the memory ef
Josa w ilk re Booth, slayer el I'retl-
leat uaeaia.
Carter, a former policeman, dh-d
at the heme tf a tea la Savaaaah,
Georgia. Hia body was brought here
for burial.
Boon axttrfthe War Bttweea the
States, Carter bought the monument
aad attempted to erect it ta the town
tqnart here, fcsrt his pleat were frus
trated by village authorities. Not to
be etitdeae, he pet ap the ihaf; ta
tat yard adjoining h'l home aad it
stood Inert aatll a few mtales ago
whea It wat ttattvel by perrons
wbeet ideality wtt atvtr established.
Tkt saan-oert tat Inscription s
Tt the Btemory tf Job a Wilket
Booth tt .ht kiiiiag tf oid Lin-
THREE NA m POWERS ANNOUNCE Am -AGREEMENT
ON HUGHES RATIO Pi Alt;
JAPAN RETAINS BATTLESHIP WTSU
Operation Additional Motive
" For Killing of Doctor By
Mrs. Raizen
New Tork, Dee. 13. Revealing
more and more ef the load of an
guish whieh she said tt last be
came unbearable and drove her to
take a human, life, Mrs. Llllisn S.
Raizea tonight supplied aa added
motive for tending a bullet through
the heart ef Dr. Abraham Click
stein Ja hit Brooklyn office last
Saturday.
Thia, the young toy-maker's wife
confessed, wss thst during ths six
years of their intimacy, Dr. Click
stein had performed an operation
which had rendered her incapable of
motherhood.
Only after months of msrried life
with - Mr-. Boisoat to-wbom.sbdua
msrried last Msy, she said, did she
realize the full extent of her mis
fortune, which inflamed in her de
sirs for vengeance on the author of
her nnhappinesa.
Thia diaclosure oa the part of
the young woman, who is swatting
trial on a charge of murder in the
drat degree, wss followed by the in
formation from snothsr source thnt
her trial would be notable for the
introduction of,. ideas snd phrases
unfamiliar to legal terminology her
alleged "vengeance complex," her
murder obsession ' words borrowed
from the lexicon of ths psycho
snalyst. Thia wss predicted by Dr. Samuel
A. Tannenbaum, tha neurologist, who
adivaed Mrs. Raizen to go South for
a change when, he aaid, he thought
his patient s nerves had been strain,
ed to the bresking point by her suf
fering. She had made a confident of
him, he aaserted, he feared that her
strange '"comple" with regard to
Glickstem nnd her lifesapping in
hihitions" would lead to violence,
either to herself or to Cliokntcin.
Chnrles S. Kaireo, ths eccused wo
nun's husbsnd, corroborsted Dr
Tsnnenbsum's statement thst his
wife, after eesfeesrog the asture of
her relations with Glieksteln. had of
ten found a sort of morbid relief in
brooding thoughts ef euteids.
"She sever talked ef taking ths
lift ef Dr. Glieksteia," kt said, "but
she talked of suicide. I tried to dn
suade her. It wss it Atlantic City
that she told of her relations with
the doctor, snd I forgsve her and
tried to comfort her told her. that
we wonld live it out together.
Mr. Rnizer expressed belief that
hit wife s first plan in going to
Qlirkstein's' office on Saturday was
to kill herself in his presence.
pn the sdvice of Dr. Tsnnenbaum
and the police nuthorities, Mm,
Raizea is being elosely wstched in
her cell to forestall possible at
tempts ef self-destruction.
DECLARES THE SHORT
SKIRTs IS HYGIENIC
Philadelphia, Dee. 15. "Ths short
skirt it hygienic, if nothing else can
be said ia itt favor." Mrs. Elisabeth
0. Middleton, of Kansas City, Mo.,
director of the World s and Nstionsl
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, said yesterday In an address
tt a group of high achool girls.
"It is only natural girls should
want to wear ahort skirts, she ssid,
"Of course, the length should be a
hsppy medium. But the short skirt
and unrestricted waist are a boon
to girls, bee ass of them they are
healthier.
The modem mother is a little lax.
she declared, cigarette smoking and
drinking getting a flying start during
the war and things have aot returned
to normal.
MINERS' INJUNCTION
IS ORDERED RE-CAST
Chicago, Dec 15. The injunction
banning the check-off system of eal-
lecting miners' duet recently issued
by Judge A. G. Aadrreoa ia Fedenl
court at Indianapolis wua todiy ord
ered re-mt by the baited States
circuit eourt of appeals. It was
remanded to Jndge Anderson with
instructions to enter a preliminary
injunction whilt the ease is being
rt -heard.
The opinion was signsd by Jadgee
Baker, Alsehulsr aad Page. The
appellate eourt took the ease aader
adviaemeat several weeks ago after
representatives of Wttt Virginia sad
Keatueky mining companies aad rep
resentatives tf the United Mins
Werkera tf America had appeared
to argot tht ease. The injunction
banning the check tff wss ordered
suspended ea the plea tf toantel for
the miners union.
WILSON PROUD TO BE .
COMRADE OF SOLDIERS
Washington, Dec 15. Former
President .Wilson it prond to eea
aider himself "as a comradt ef all
the mea tf tht expeditionary force."
Replying tt a letter from J. Bent-
ley Mulford, aatloaal first vice
president ef tha Raiabow Division
veterana, exteadlag New Tests
greetings, Mr. Wilson In a letter
made pablit today by Mr. Mulford,
says i , . -
"I am prond tt regard myself as
a comrade tf all the mea ef the ex
peditionary forces. U, therefore, af
fords ma tht grot test pleatart to re-
esivt from a grtap tt them saeh a
greeting aa la conveyed to mt by
year letter tf December the aiata."
921.
SIXTEEN
For Shantung Railroad
E
GETSJARD JOLT
District Attorney .Aydlett
Plays Trump Card and Case
Is Ready For Charge
After ths ehsrge of Jndge H. 0
Connor to the jury in United States
District court this morning the ease
against C. J. Kelly, Sanford auto
mobile desler snd Tour other defend
nnts of New Tork and Pennsylvaaia,
chnrged with tht interstate trans
portation of stolen automobiles, will
ge to ths jury this- morning, tfter
jrnoro .tha a.week, otlrjaJU ; .
The "government, reserved its trump
card for the last putting oa the
stand yesterday morning, before the
argument started, Joseph Olree, gar
ageman of New Tork, who testified
thnt Kelly in company with A. Vf
Hoffman and Horry Craig, defend
ants snd government witnesses,
drove n Cadillac car to his plnco,
4AS3 Brood sy for repairs some time
in May. UCO. On invitation of Die
triet Attorney E. F. Aydlett he
identified Kelly, sitting outside the
bar in a crowded eourt room.
It waa the tensest moment of the
trial. Kelly had repeatedly na
nerted on direct and erosa examina
tioa that ths first time he had seen
the Cadillse csr, principal item in
the bill of indictment under which
he is being tried, waa in German
town, Pa where it waa in the pos
session of Harry Craig. Both Craig
and Hoffman had testified that Kelly
received the Cadillac in New York
and by arrangement with Hoffman
who bought the ear from. Frank
Mornn, defendant, undertook to guar
nntee Hoffman for the purchase of
the ear by Craig. Cruig had further
testified that ia exchange for the
Cadillac, to sxts Kelly tkree tuto
mobiles which hs stole in North Caro
lina and Virginia, ia spite of Kelly's
warning thst ht should aot steal ears
ia North Csrellna,
Kelly Mskas Dealt!
Denying all thit, Kelly hid furth
or maintained that after he saw ths
Cadillac ia Gcrmantown whert it
wat in tht possession of Kelly, his
next view of it was in Sanford when
Craig drove the ear there aad hsd
some repairs msds prior to lit sel
ore ia Baleigh.
Thia was ths background for the
Inst government witness. He arrived
at midnight Wednesday niglit.
When he took the stand yesterday
morning Kelly was not ia the court
room. He testified to having seen
Kelly and Hoffman together with
the ear at his garage on two differ
ent occasions, on the last of which,
he said, Kelly, driving the ear, hsd
some minor repairs made to remedy
a back fire, and asked If 01 roe's
garage eould weld a fender. L'pon
the witnesses' tssurtnet that he
could aot weld tha fender, Olree
testified that Kelly stated he would
not hsvt it done tnyhow, as he
could get it dott dowa South. He
asked that the fender bo tied np
temporarily, as hs wat about to start
the trip.
The witness described Kelly and
itnted that ha would recognize him
again, although he bad seen him
only twice. It wit then that Dis
trict Attorney Aydlett nsked the
witness to pick out the Sanford de
fendant or the rann who he ssw with
a Cadillac at his garage in Mny 1920.
Picks Out Kelly
TTnsble to get a view of the eourt
room from the witness stand, Judge
Connor allowed the witness to pass
out of the bar among tht spectators.
Kelly, ia the meantime, had come
ia and had taken hit teat tmopg the
tpeetaotrs. Starting first toward
kinsmsn of C. J. Kelly who closely
resembles the defendant, ths wit
nets caught sight tf hit msn in nn
ether psrt of the room and went
straight toward him."
"This is Mr. Kelly," said he, tap
ping him ea. the shoulder. .
It was nndsslably a jolt to the
defense. The Judge, the jury, the
eourt attendants, and tht attorneys
for tht defense were keyed to the
test. Tht sffect tf tht identification
as aotlceabls.
Shortly thtrttfter tht argument
la the. ease began, five hoars and
a half having beea allotted, three
ta the defease aad two and a half
to tht Government.
Attorney! Spenk
Jtttittiit District Attorney C. E.
Thempeoa opened with a fifty-minute
argument. Thea followed Col.
Armletead Jonea for tht defense
with a 40-mlnate speech; A. A. F. Sea-
well, for the defense with a 3a
miauta speech; E. L. Gavin for the
defense with a SO minnte speech ;
W. B. Jones for tht defense, with
a 30-mlnute speech tad J. W. Or
borne, (or tht defense, , wit a to
mlnntt speech. District Attorney
Aydlett closed with a. speech tf ta
hour aad a half s Jengib. .
Thia morning. Judge Connor win
deliver hie charge and tha case will
re to tht Jury. Only two tf tht dt-
feadaata Kelly aad O cores Beott,
totpended member tf the New York
Automobile Squad, havt foagbt ins
cat. Hef sua, Major la tht New
York Netioaal Gusrd. Barry cratg,
ef GermaatowB, Pa, and- Frank
htoraa. tf Ntw Tsrk, saving Beet
peed tt gtTtmstat witaestee.
KELLY OEFENS
PAGES TODAY.
Sale of Road To China Sub
ject To Approval t)f Tokio
Government
CHINESE OFFER TO
PAY FOR IT IN CASH
Satisfactory Progress Now
Being- Made With the
Shantung- Question
Wsshington, Dee. 15. (By tht As
ioc ia ted Press.) Subject to TokloS
approval, the Japanese delegation
today accepted the Chinese offer to
pay 53,000,000 gold Germaa marks
for ths Kino-Chow Tsinsnfu Rail
road in Mhnntung, plus what Japan
haa made ia permanent improve
ments, but less deterioration.
...Whea the eonyersaHona . between
the two delegatea were renewed this
afternoon the Chinese offered to buy
the railroad outright in cash, but
ths Japanese, it wss said, raised
questions as to why this rkurse was
proposed, pointing out that all other
railroads in China hsd beea built
with the aid of foreign loans.
Chinese Exnlsnatlea
. Ths Chinese delegates replied
that the Chinese consortium was
ready to finance the restoratioa ef
the railroad and China's desire was
to make one of this in order to do
swsy with "-foreign eontrol."
Mr. Hnniharn, of tht Japanese
delegation, aaid after the meeting
thst satisfactory progress hsd beea
made toward a settlement of the
Shsntung question, but would give
no details.
From tht Chinese, however. It wss
learned that after the provititnal
acceptance of the Chinese finnneisl
offer for complete Chinese eontrol
over the rnilrond, the discussion oen
tered on the mode of payment. No
decision wat reached, and the dis
minion will be continued tomorrow.
Ths amount agreed apoa virtually
it ths valuation plaeed on the road.
exclusive of the adjacent mtaaa, by
ths reparatiant eomtitaaioa set ap
under the treaty of Versailles, aad
which Japan it to pay Germany.
The question ef coal minet aad
certain iron ere fields (evolved la
ths disputed railroad remains to bt
settled, bnt according to tht Chiai
probably will aot bt reached aatil
the method of payment ef tht read
proper tt agreed upon.
FIND CONGRESSMAN'S
BODY IN THE POTOMAC
Washington, Dec II The
body ef Reprassntstlva John A.
Elston, of California, wua feaad
floating la the retemae River
late today. A note feand la the
Cengreasmna'a cost said he waa
csaght la "a chela ef ctrcass.
stances which spelled rain."
Mr. Eletoa, It wat said toalght,
disappeared Tnesdsy morning,
hat wss feand by deteetrree thnt
evening. Within a few hears,
however, he agala. disappeared
nnd thnt waa the last aesa ef him.
H believed that he plaaged
lata the river tale thnt night.
Hs apparently had been aaaTertag
nndcr mantel depression, sl
..thoegh he had given ae evidence
ef it aatll he dleappsared Taea
day. Failare ef the gearametrt to
tndertnke extensive develepaaont
ef the Alameda, Cel., naval hate
project waa anderstood to havt
hsea a canse ef greet concern to
him... Whether ether .matters
pertaining tt hit district hat
alse weighed apea hit mind eeald
not bt said tonight, although It
waa asserted that hs had decided
not to stand far, r-election next
fall.
MAJORS VOTE FOR A
SEVEN-GAME SERIES
New York, Dec 15-(By the
Associated Prsas.) Major
Lsagae baseball owner, la Joint
meeting tedny, toted to reestab
lish seven-gnat world striae. In
stead ef the nine gams serial la
effect for the last thrse yean.
American Leagae clnb owners
were snanlmoss (or the change,
whlla National Leagae magnates
voted T to 1 agalaat It. leaf
ach aa aader a Joint agree,
meat, each leagae haa taly awe
vote, CeenmhnsleBer Laadla, wha
Is Sutherland to cast the dedd.
Ing ballet la ease ef a tie, voted
fsr tht terea gsate series.
TO DRAFT SCHEDULE
OF SOUTHERN ASS'N
Memphis, Tenn, Dec, 15. South
ern Assoc iu tion club owners aad di
rectors, at tht wlntet meetiag tf the
league here today, established a pre
cedent by toting to dispose with the
enmmittee named tt draft a playing
schedule, naming ia Itt stead Joha
D, Martin, president of the astoeia
tioa, a committee ef one to have a
tentative trhidult drafted for-to b
misaion to tht spring meeting to St
held here February 6.
Committee reports slat were heard,
statistical tad financial affaire tf
tht leagut reviewed aad tommittoet
named at tha opening session, held
behind closed doors but. M wat ttit-
ed, at aetioa waa takea ea proposed
rules, revisions, tr tht tjaetttoa at
furnishing tfOrtal assistance tt
ttubt kt tht tmaller tftiea, , .
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
First Great Stride Taken
Twvard a- Flyo-Power :
Treaty Limiting Na
val Armaments" F ' -
INCLUSION OF FRANCE -
AND 1TALY.NEXT-STEP
TOWARD SETTLEMENTS
United States, Great Britain
and Japan Agree On Basis)
of "Status Quo" fender,
standing As To Tortilla
cation of The PaclfitJ
Islands; Betention of Jap
anese Dreadnanght Mntif
Inrolres Changes In Fleets,
of Three Nations; Agree
ment Dependent Upoa
Suitable Settlement Wit
France and Xtalj; Prbu
ciples of American Fro
posal Hot Impaired)
" Frencft ' Want"' Fleet Ai
Large As Japan's
Wsshington, Dec 15. (By tht Am
soeisted Press.) The first great
stride toward a five-powtr treaty Hats
iting naval armaments waa taken tt
alght whsa the United Statet, Great
Britaia and Japan announced a laal
agreement oa the America "M-S '
retro:
The pert ttep elaboration ef the)'
Italy waa initiated immediately:,
within the aew naval eommitte tf
fifteen, ia which all tvt powert art
rep resented.
Pacific FertlaVatlewa. :
Agreement iniong the three majet
nnrnl powern waa reached a the)
basis of a "Stains qto" nndtrttanir "
ing is tt fortification ef tht Paeifid '
Islaads. At the same time) tht '
United Statet and Greet Britaia at
ceded to Japan's desire to retain hey
aeweat battleship, the Mutea, with v
proportlonnte changes ia tha Amer
lean snd British fleets.
While the principles ef the trigfa
ait American proposal wart aot iate
paired by tha triangular agtwtattat,
tht tettlemtat eon template! tht fob .
lawiag thaBget ia fiesta ha bt) tea '
talnedi '
Changsa la Fiesta. j
Great Britaia, twenty ships fcattttl '
ef twenty-two, with an aggregate tl -fietMO
tots instead tf tut ,434 ton,
United States, tighten ahipt at
trlgiaajly proposed, bat with aa ag
gregatt ef '829,000 tout instead tf
KIM IMA
Japan, tea ahlpt at trlgtaany prat
mad hut arlth an mmmmtm . lis .
$08 torn Instead of 21W,700 tone. .
At tht end ef tht tea-year bhildW
holiday, the fleets will staid aade
the revised detailed plaa aa follow!!;
Great Britain, 525,000 tons; United
Ststss, 823,000 tons; Japaa, tlSflW '
tons. ,v,-j
Official Explanation. .
In announcing tht three-pewe 1
agreement to the committee tf 1ft
teen, the following official txplaaae
tioa was mtdet ' ' "
"This srrsngement between tht -United
Statet, Greet Britaia and
Jipaa is, so fsr ss tht aambtr at ..
ships to bt retained nnd scrapped!
It concerned, dependent anoa a sntta
able agreement with Fraaee aad Italy'
aa hi iseir capital snips.
Strict Silence. 5
Strict eilenee was mnlataiaed Vf
all members of the committee tl
fifteen is to whit transnired eftae -
the announcement had beea received.
aa official statement saying- merely
tnus negotiations lor Us avt-pewef
ngreement and treaty were proceed
ing. The French group it aader
stood, however, to hsvt begua prat '
tsBtatloa of Franec's desire for a)
capital ship tonnsge eaunl to thst
ef Japan in tht revised figures 4 15.
000 toss. Thit presentation waa aot
concluded nnd will continue whea the)
committee renssemblet tomorrow.
Ja refusing comment at to teats
ittee proceedings, a spokesman few
one group aaid that "diseipliat tf the
State Department" must bt sbeerved.
Thtrt wtrt intimations ia both
French ead Italian ei relet that
long discussion mirht he a
before a complete five-power nndwr "
standing eould emerge- for- actloaj
by tht conference itself. l
Far East Negetlstlaanl
While events as to the naval ratist
agreemeat were moving swiftly, at
gotia tions for Fir Eastern, settle - -
the separata Chiatse-Japaaett dm .
missions ef Shantung. A tettlemtat
betwesa the twe groups is aot yet 1
sight, tad ao data haa beea tat fta
resumption of ether Far Eastern tea '
vsrsatioas. Ia eoasolidatiaa- the
states euo" agreement aa to forti
fieationa ia tht projected aavnl timie .
tatioBi treaty, separste considers tie
of that matter hat beea avoided, wits)
a resultant tiring tf time
Save Three Shlaa
The revised thrte-aowef anval
tgreemeat, ia addition to ttree-t
Ing the moot difficult etamhlatg
block ia the pathway tf tht toafsr-
enee-Mbe relative strength at tha '
American and Japaaett fieete hso
saved three hage - aew topardrcad
aiughtt from tht scrap heap. They
art the Jepaneee Mutva ' and tha
American Colorsdo and Washington,
ihipt tf the tame 'TttWaUaid'
design, embodying Ism sat tf the
1IVIM .11 ) ' ,
Provisiei also it atidt rot twe aeat
British "poat-Jntlaad" thlpa to be
mid down at tact and dote aot
sthsrwistv modify tht tea-year kelUi
day ta aavnl building. I
la place ef tht MuUre, Japaa wfl
teray tha aid drtadaaoght BatM ar i
, (OtatiBaed ta Pagt Two) '