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lie News and WATCU LABEL a year MH'i raval t dare befor splratla la rar avoid mlealag alagl es7. - TBEWEAimat Cleedy d eatttd Wdaeday aad Thar f rehabl nil, eelder Tkaraday. . ( a VOL GOV. NO. 174. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. 21. 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY, PRICE: FIVE CENTS. ;.J- hp lbs Li EFFORT TO PASS AIM BILL By Keeping Democrats Off i 1 rioor, r-orces nepuoncans . To Surrender NO -PCSSAGEBEFORE CHRISTMAS RECESS Expects Bouse To Adopt Dyer Measure But Be- . Heres Senate Will Kffl It; Morrison Visitinf & Washington; Pou Keieata Benson Appointment The New a ad Observer Bureau, 603 District Natl. Bank Bldg. Br KOWABD K. BUTTON (By Special Leaaed Wire) ' Washington, Dee. 10. The aggres air and tactful leadership of acting Demoe ratio Floor Leader Pint J. Oarrett, of Tennessee, the aolidarity of the Democratic membore of Cob gress behind him, and the geaeral; hip ha ahowed la. maneuvering . hie forces today routed the Republicans ia their effort la the Bouse to go iato general debate on the antl- lynching bin and that measure goe to th ahelf until after the holiday recess. It waa a Democratic filibuster, Sre and simple, that blocked the publieana aad BepublieM Tloor Leader Mondell waa obliged to aeek termi from BepreaentatiTe Garrett in getting a quorum. And the terma glrea Mm were that ad- further ac tio beyond the mere reading of the .bill ia the committee of the whole would bo undertaken at tali time, aad that consideration, of the bill should go over till January J whan the House will reconvene. Garrett Blocks Debate. BepreaentatiTe Oarrett had made a strong speech yesterday in fight ing consideration of the bill, snd tied op matters till late st night with Innumerable roil calls when the rule to take np the bill ws adopted. Toduy Mr. Oarrett began his fight against debet from th Jump off. He aad outlined th plaa of cam paign to the Hons Democrats. Boll ait aner yen " m" Mm mhm tha bill waa called no and aa attempt made t hare th House go hit m aommiUM f th wool At time ther wr but sere. Demo crats oa th floor of th Hoas end the. Republicans did aot bar enough nlim tit t a anorum. Attempt to tound Bp th Dem-' rata ild, and ther was a dead lock. Finally BepresMtativ Moa dell aonght a eonfersne with Bepre ssnVatiT Oarrett, and on th promise that ao debet oa th bill would b attempted at tht proaent time, tha Democratic floor leader secured th presence ef enough Democratic mem ber to make just a quorum snd at about 4:23 the Hone went lato committe ef the whole, th anti Ivnehlna bill was read, th committee adjourned, th Hons reconvened, BepreaentatiTe Mondell atated that th calendar for toorrow this eon tistlng only ef debate oa th aatl Ivnehina bill, would aot be called, and th Eoun adjourned for th dar. BcDrnentatiT Garrett stated to th News and Observer eorreipond at tonight that his purpose was not to allow debate oa th bill to take viae aad thea wait till after th holiday for a tot. H said -that to should follow Immediately af ter the debate. He feels that the Beoubliean of th Eonaa win finally pass thl iniquitous bill by th aid f partisan legislation meant w re tain aegr aspport for th aepuou can nerty. but that It will never get through th Senate. H aad th ether members ef th. Hon from th South regard th maar s oa that will stir np race antagonism lrritato th eountryf.aad -aaUjr prove to b naeonstitntional. Merriae la Washington ' - Governor Cameroa Morrison, ae ompaawd by hi littl daughter, Miss Aagella are visitors to Wash lngtoa, guest of llr. and Mr. A W. McLean at their horn a Con aeetieut aveane. Governor Morrison ia optimistic onerning affair in North Carolina, and talking about matter ia general 1 tb Btst aaid - tonight - - "Th General Assembly adjourned la. atalt M.M.ffwl tha work it did at tb regular osb1ob ther being a baok tracking a th gnat program that waa aaeted by it at th regular session. Th pro gram mad by th last General As sembly ia beiaf worked eut rapidly aad whea iniahed will tremendously strengthen th Stat. Conditions th State ar aot all that they ought to be, but eomparatively speaking th Stato If about-la aa prosperous a oaditioa as say other State ia th Uaioa. I feel gnat pride la th fact 'that North Carolina has passed Illinois. Louisiana aad NaT fork tb vain f farm crop, aad i bow nly aarpaaaed by California aad Tax. Par capita th Stat It aaail th greatest farmer la th Unioni well aa per aer planted. It raaks high ia th valu of ita maa a fea tures, aad half of th aew eottoa spiadlea ia all th South last year wer tmrtalted la north Garoliaa, ar building th greatest system roads ia America and ia twelve months hard r faced reads, will penetrate "j throughout th whole State. Wa ar ealarging th hi vital (or r anforteaate as w aa all th institution for higher learning ia th Stato. Th North Carolina College for 'Womea Greens bo r i being mad a th greatest ollege (or wmea th eountrr. Our farm exteasion ad experimental work is ia heal'hr sUt. W hav reduced deata rat way below th Borstal (Continued a Pag TwO METIB KS MiUion DaUy Added To Debt By Local Measures At Session Validating Old Bond Issues, New Obligationa For Many Purpose; Pile yp Totals; Fifty-Five Public Measure Among 510 Bills Ratified; All Hard Fought Bills Killed; Catalogue of State Measures Mora tha a million dollar m day iu added to tht public debt of the 8Ut and it minor political- aub- diTiiiona daring the flfteoa day -of the life of the speeisl eina ef tke Genersl Assembly adjourned t 1 :30 o'clock ytrday morning. All ef the aew indeJbteoeTthWfTeI ZSZTZ eoverthVavwt in th State arhool fund for 1930- 21. Validation of bonds already issued. funding th floating indebtedness of eouaties and municipalities, aad new bond issue authorised aggregated $13,261,400, while a number of bond issue authorized leave th amount of th issue to th discretion of the authorities of th political ubdlvi aioa involved. Amqng th latter is Baleigh, with permission to levy ap to the statutory limit for aew echool buildings. Mostly Local Meaaarsw Deinlte tha 55 Htstewide measures ratified, th specisl seasioa dqvoted itself primarily to local legislation, passing 459 local measures covering the whole nng otlegUtotrrw pos sibility from curbing th aepreoa tioas of domeatie fowls, protecting fish in-nnnamed creeks to tb author- izatloa og (2,000,000 for roads m KELLY 10 SERVE Sanford Garage Man Aban dons Appeal and Will Go To Atlanta In February C J. Kelly, Sanford aatomobilo dealer who was eonvlcted la federal court her last Triday oa a charge f tnterstata train ia tolea auto mobile yesterday abandoned his appeal nd waa released nader a bond of 115,000 for hie appearand a February 6, whea he will' begis th term of five year ia th Atlanta prison, impoaed by Judg nry u. .Connor. Kelly aaeUoa wa taxen just before th sdjouramtat oi ine term uhlea avao m f tr.ti win aw to Atlanta, at the sun Urn S A. J.Honeyoutt, K. ise merchant who ia ala year aeatenee, for roeeiving food stoM from .lawrsiann Hoaeyeatt alw abaadoad am appeal at this term f wart, but aot aattl after h had carried to separate coa vktl.ns to U Circuit Court f Ap peals, on judgment be'.ng affirmed aad th other reversed. Tha t.o defendant wtu oegin their senUnee oa th opening day of th speelal term which baa Decs called for th trial of Mveral Im portant ease. Case act for the neeud term laelud oa rmaialag ease aeninst T. E. Holding. Wake Forest druggist arrested shortly aftsr Honeytatt oa a like eharg aad who has alew bees tried twice, hav ing beea ao convicted and ae acquitted. Other case set, for February la elud three charge of violation at th nareotie law ia which Dr. J. M. Uanning, mayor or imrbam, vt. i. B. Lowery, prominent Baiigh physician and L T. Wiaatoa, Tauusvill druggist, ar th de fendants. An ef ti twenty dd remaining automobile . theft eases hav beea continued nntil th aext regtlar term f eoart whieh will convene ia May. Th one ease whieh wa tried consumed nine days, four other de fendants having bsea'iadlcted with Kelly. Th Jury also convicted Major W. Hoffman cf th New York National 'Guard aad Harry Craig, of Germaatowa, Pa, prayers for judgment being eontinned in both of these ease as th defendants ar wanted as witnesses ia rem tag eases. At th sim tim vi. ets ef aot (Continued oa Pag Two. CITIZENS SUPPLEMENT BALEIGH POLICE FOICB App rMlasaUly IN crUsoam of Baleigh hava been awva la as pedal pollco efficor by Cost mlsstoaer ef PabU Safety A. . Meeaerhaa aad war last might UtioMd la th iwaideac aad bnslacas dlatrkts f th city a a mipplBat to ih ragalar p. Ueo fereo. They will eaartlaae oa daty tec the temalmde' ef this week, aad a bag thereafter as their service amy be mssdsd. The eatraerdlaary at was takea aa m. raaalt-ef a aeriea ef street rehhectos eecarring tav the dty Ua w-eb, Pelto ffcUl are lacllaed to attribaU the IwM. aprto boy and thlak thave will b a retarrenre ef the iacMaats, bat Cemmlaslsasr Meeasyhaa enldsrd that a grwator degre of pattc pretectlea waa aeeaaaary la order to allay the foar ef atti. Cmmlaaiasr Xeoaeyhaa stat A yestorray that he eeaatdarel hi pctal ef fleer eeald reader mere effoetrv wwrfc if asms romalaed .' aahi atsUd that they had tally Mlortod by th departmaat aad ar all aa ef repate ia the' Mamanlty, aa wB a bm ef ykrVwCSl ffWW-k ' t . The aperisl of fleers, wke ar volaatoors aetared freat every else ef dUseaaalp, will eerva wtthMt pay bat ar under the dW ractlea ef Chief of PeHea A. E. Gleaa aad wtO be fnily armed wheaeadaty. r , , ' - 1NIIIIPRI1 Funding Floating Debt, And Wilson County, Local legialatwn oa a bread classification, falla iato th foUowiag group: Streagtheniag prohibltioa laws, 11 bills; amending charter of towns aad in stita tioas, S9; aaeadiag game laws, Wjyalidatlng local bond W suet''3ar: uuag,r,Oaranni'laT-' arica aad fees of eoaaty emeiala aad departmenrtal clerk, 47: regalatiag time of holding eoorts, aad Snlng jurtsdtctton of roeorder enwTta, S; provision for, workia groads, aad unifylag county roal laws, 18; levy ing special taxes, ZZ authorising funding bonds, 16; bond for street aad road improvement, 16; atiacel laaeoaa, 145. Moat ntta Laa la th matter of publie law, the session diatiniuiahed itself by ra aoa ef th things that it did aot do rather thaa by ita actual legialatioa achievements. All ef ita bitterest straggle wer concerned with mat ter that were denied final passage, and aot a single matter that ia aow new law ia law through virtn of any protracted fight ia it behalf. The fifty Iv measure passed wer- on acted almost by common consent. By far th bitterest strnggJ of ' (Continued ym Pag Two.) Harding Says New Treaty Applies To The Principal Islands of Japan Washington, Dee. tb. (By th As sociated Press.) President Harding, la a statement issusd tonight, stated that h had no. objectloa to ' a eon- it ruction by the armameat eonfer snee delegate that th four-power treaty includes th principal ialaads f Japa ia its applieatioa. Th statement Mid: "Whea th President waa respond ing to press inquiries at the after noon interview todsy he expressed th opinio that the homeland ef Japaa did aot eom wttnia u wards "iaaalar nnasessiona aad i tnanlar dominions nadsr the (oar-power sgroemest eieept aa territory proper f any other ntioa which ia a par ty to th agrcesMBt Thi errreasioBu.- U Matomaat eontinned haa beea empluunaed as a diviaioa between tha President aad th delegates to the eeafereae ia oastraiag the four-power, agree agreemeBt, "The Fresidsat aaasnaeed tonight that th difcrtae in view la a wise will be permitted to embarrass th eoafcreace or the ratiaeauoa of tha aareemeat, H had aaonmed all along that th spirit f th con-. f eve nee contemplates a eoaldeaee which pledgee respect f territory ia every way which toad to promote lsstlng peae. -Ho has learned fro, th United Stato delegate to th eeafereace that they hav agreed to th con straetioa whieh include th home land ef Japaa ia the term "in sols r posacsaiona aad insolar dominiona'' snd haa a objeetioa to that eon rtruetioa." , Th laagaag ef th treaty tha broaaht tat ouevtioa baa also been th subject ef Beaato dlaennioa. sad in response to inquiries based oa the assertion ef the opponents r ret" fleation, rpokesmeB for thai Amertcaa' delegation hav said re I pea ted ly that th major Japanese group mast be regarded aa included withia th provision f to agree rtevitw . WVem he eat forth -aa oppoaite view today, Mr. Harding waa aaid by officiala, close to him to have act ed without eoaealtatioB with his Stato Department advisers aad with t any delnit purpose ef aa aouneing th attitud ef th ad (Continued oa Pag Tea.) ERNEST HINT0N KILLS HIMSELF AT CLAYTON Prominent Clayton Business Mam Commits Suicide At His Horn Gaytoe. Dee. IllmtesCage It, eaa ef the meet preealaeat haalaas anoaxef this eeettea, committed antcide at Ma heaae ker talght at l:M e'cleclu He placed a abetgaa la hla meath aad palled the trigger, death se Baiting tnataatiy. Ill health tt aacrfbedsathei a had large here, being prasldsat of the Clay. , tea eettea mffls, prtdat ef the Clayton OU mlUa, dlractor af tha Claytoa Banking Caeaneny, aad aaauaseted prwaal neatly with athef ismsfdsl amterprlasa. ,He waa also praoUeat ef the Chat ham Oil aad rertlUne Ceaapaay at ntteketw. . . haws a wife, who before aaarrtoge w Maw Lato XWm. teavd a mm, Braast L. in Mr. Hlatoa la a amtot sf J.C., EHlagtoa, af Baletgh. aad k H. Xniagtaa. af Blrbmsai. Ya. - Ha wa a mssahs af the Bap. flat ehnreh Bad ef tha Msssaa aM Knlgata f Fythiaa.H wa highly respected dtiaea and had a large part la pablla af (aire here. r! - F amoral ssrvlesa wtQ he held' asaa time Tbaraday. prebaUy Thareday mSrateg. The Imt ' Psent wdl tak placa here. ... J JAPATi INCLUDED III PACIFIC PACT MORE W1T.1ESSES HEARD None of Six Was Able To Give First-Hand Evidence of Hangings TAR HEEL SAYS HE SAW TWO LYNCHINGS lobert A. HafrUonr orWil mington, Declares One of Lynchlnfi Was Conducted Bj Hard.loiliaf4"iiith; Major Opie Bharply De nies Charges Washlagtoa, Dec, SO. None of the six witnesses appearing today before a Kennte committee eras able to give first hand evidence to support charges by Blnntor Watson, Democrat, Geor gia, that American soldiers had Been haaged without trial in France. George H. Taylor, of Philadelphia, thin nnd frail and under treatment aa he himself explained, for epilepsy, declared he "had seen twelve soldiers hanged or one more thna the number omeially listed by the' WsrDerart- meat as executed ia accordance with eoarta martial verdict approved by ueaerai rerahing. WUneaa CeafaeML Taylor, confused as to th number af vietima, testified at first hs had see three, and then under direct questioning increased his figures to four, jumping finslly to twelve. All of theee, he declared; were put to death' ia and around Is-Sur-Tille in the-period from April to June, 1919. in ae Instance eoald the witness sty he knew whether any or all of th twelve had beea tried by military court. Beeau of the evident physical weakness ef the witness, Senalo'r Watson suggested that army oncers, including col. Walter Bethel, As sistant Jadge Advocate General, re tire from the room, explaining that Taylor was subject to epileptie at tacks and that tha presence of officers Blight diaturb blm. But the former soldier announced he wanted th of ears to remain. Brings Sharp Deals! Testimony by Henry L. Beott, tS years old, of Keamore, Ohio, that no aaa eeea two soldiers shot down la sold blood by a "Major Opley , commander ef tha Third Battalion, HOtt laxaatry brought a quick and "harp denial from Maor Hsirome L. Opie at hi home at Stauuton. Va, wa waa in charge af th erganiM Uoa aad whs announced hs would be glad t a before th eommtttea. Beett was positive ia th asrtioa that ae aaw boU mea killed at dif ferent times, that th first shooting oi a courier was witnessed by sav sral hundred men aad that he aloe saw th second. Having Major Opie la mind as a commander of the battalion Colonel Bethel pressed the witness closely a o the spelling cf th name, and later informed Chairman Bradegee privately that Beott evidently was referring to the Virginian. But Scott stack to Opley. la making sweeping denial of th charge, Alajor Opie, at 8taunton. de clared to a etatement that Beott "write himself dowa as a skulker by hi ewm testimony," th't he be longed to another outfit and never should have beea la th fighting llao witt the Third Battalion. Tar Heel em Stead . Although be did aot kaow of his wa knowledge- of 'any execution without trial, Bobert A. Harrison, of Wilmington, North Carolina, told th committee "that he had witness ed two lyaehings" one conducted by "Hard Bollled" Smith. The eoldier, h said, was pat to death for refus- iang to sweep a artoekad with tooth brush, that th killing, aa hs (Coatlnued a Pag Tea.) REGARDING WATSON CHS Only Thirteen Christmas Opportunities Are Left Only thirteea Opportunities for Christmas service out of the half haadred preatated by Tb New aad Observer ia coo pe ratio with the Associated Charities remain to be takea. ' Only (oar day before Chrlstmaal Ther Is not much tim ia which to mak Christmas cheerier for a doxea families who, without some frieadiy hln from the ontsids will be without all those thinn that lift hristmae eat ef th proeessio of age, enteral uiaes and inherited weakness, th eppressioa of hard times aad aaemployaeat all these figure im the coaditieas of th thirteea. Ther ara avothsrs who hav a hope of a Saat Clan for their under noarished ahOdrea aad ther ar children, too young to work, wh have J0"ttir meager iaeem entirely inadequate to meet the needs of a full grown family, deprived by aia erVmisfortnae er Providence ef its earning power. Here are th Thirteea. Select th Opportunity you wnt. Telephone Th Jtewa aad Observer for the sddre. Thea do everything within (Moaabla limit to mak that Individual er that family happy. Oavawtaalty Ne. I Widow with two aoaa, both work aad very assart OppeAaalty No. S Father, mother aad three sobs, 6 Jtm, f years aad 1 year. Father akk, ear ha .temporary werk. I Oppottaalty Ne. T Very aid lady aad eaa son. Bo arks, lad ha beea akk. Deserv ing.' .- Opportaaity No. li. Deserving family, haabaad aad wife, ad foar ehildrea. . J . -' Opportunity Ne. SI OU tody, nick, live alone, ,-. Otvartaalty N. Zt. DMerriacvManle. man not aV to work regular! yaad S children. Boy U and girl f ysars oU. 1 . Opp-vtaatty N. 17. Taa by Jlias Bailie Cameroa aad Wtor. ..7. . ,, . Opperfaalty He. U DeaervUg aad pitiful family -posed ( asetbr aad two boys, sad 11 years aid. t Mother werk 11 eaa. Oppartaatty fw lVserviaar family ompoed ( waa, HARDING AMAZES 1ING1I BY HIS EXPLANATION Generally Understood That Japanese Homeland in eluded In Treaty PRESIDENT GOES BACK ON SECRETARY HUGHES ExpIahatr6n"TW6mW h It Home Tha State Depart ment Was Not Consulted Brings More Bewilder ment; Pacifio Pact Is Meeting; Opposition - Bv FRANK H. SIMONDS Washington, Dee. .20. Something approximating complete bewilder ment has existed ia eonferonee cir cle most of todsy ns a eonsequenee of .the definite statement mad at th White House that th President of the United State does' aot regard tb four power treaty as covering th Islands which constitute th home land of Japan. This bwilderment is due to the fact that oa three sepa rate occasions in response to direct interrogations to newspaper repre sentatives have been told at tha BUte Department that the America delegation to the Washington confer- ee - which signVd th document signed it in the belief that it did ap ply to all of Japaa as well as to the self-governing dominions of Great Britain in the Pacific Further thna thi similar definite, suthoraitstive statements of a similar interpret tiea have eom from -th French and from the British delegates. Several hours , after the White House statement a second aad for mal statement was' issued by the President which nhserted that the President hnd mad his earlier dee laration without reference to the secretary cf State and without knowledge of the position takea by th btate Department It empha sixed the fact that th President had believed that th treaty did aot apply to th mainland of Japaa but also contained tha further declare- tioa that th President had no ob jection to th treaty ss interpreted by the State Department. Thia declaration eliminated th idea of a break betweea the Stat Department aad the Executive over th treatv. bat it added rather thaa subtracted from th amssemcnt whicch tb in cident had aroused. Whole Iaaalar Area Included. We are thaa thrown baek upon tha History which Just preceded the p rosea tatlon of th four pwer treaty to th plenary session of the eaitrenee on December 10. How ver, Information obtainable today aa t what happened at that time strikingly confirms th view of tho State Department rather than oi in wnite House, it would sppesr mat on December 9, when complete agreement had been reached by all concerned as to th form which the treaty should take and as to th language of th treaty. Mr. Balfour laqoired a to what th represent tives ef th nations present under Lstood by th meaning of th term I V.1..J Jk 1- .u. ja .1. . a . u aa iwn u. Mia uia&fc VL uiv treaty. Various definitions wars volun tee red all tending to suggest that an inland was a smsll body of land surrounded by water, then Mr. Bal four explained that the British view was that all Pacific islands were in cluded in th document and that the British understood the tresty to cover both th mainland of tha self g-verning colonies of Australia, and New Zealand and also th Islands constituting th homeland of Japan that is, that it applied to the whole Insolar tree la th Pacific covered by th Japan flag. At this point tim was saked by (Continued on Pag Ten.) the 35 days of th year. Youth aad worn aad oa aoa ( year old. Man vary old sad feeble. Woman work whea eaa. Oppertaalty Ne. IL Old eouple. Van sick,' deserving. Oppertaalty Ne. IL Couple with oae girl IS year old. Maa does aot provide fog family sad mistreat wife. , Oppertaalty Ne. U. Takea by a friend. ' ' Opportaaity Ne. U. Takea by Neil Battle Lewis. Oppertaalty Ne. M. Deesrving family composed of maa, wemaa aad S children, boy 15, 10, T ad S year eld. Twin girls 1 year old. Husbtad work bat makes vi (snail salary. Oppertaalty Ne. ST. ' Old lady, feeble. Deserving. - OppertaaitrNe.1. Taksa by Baad No. I, Baptist Tab- Oppertaalty Ne. S, ' -' Takaa by A f ricwd . t Oppertaalty N. . '. ' Aa eld lady, widow aad som, vry deserving. . . SOME PROOF OF "MOONSHINE SYNDICATE" t ' iiaw-r HH1 Ik a V -Muy tr;f ;- 1 . r- - IT ' 3 11 r'p ' !? -r: Her ar two reasoas why FOederal Prohlbitloa Director B. -A. Kohloss. of Salisbury, think there ar mooaahia ayadicat la North P.rnlln. Mr. Kohloss, who personally directed th two raids resulting ia the destruetioa of the two stills photographed above, aaya that each efjjth stills waa of two hundred gallon capacity, Th raider destroyed 28,100 gallon of beer and 75 gallons of liquor at th two stills. These two stills wer only two out of twelve distilling plant deatroysd oa oa trip Eastern North Carolina withia a radius of two and a half miles. - Mr. Kohloss, who is a good business man, say th character ef the peopl operating th (tills, did aot operatloB oa so. large a acale. Kohloss Going After The "Moonshine Syndicates ROGER EASTLAKE GIN FREEDOM Navy Petty Officer Found Mot Guilty On a Charge of Wife Murder Montrose, Va, Dec 20. Soger D. Eastlakc, Navy petty officer, charged with th murder ef' hi wife Mar garet, at their home at Colonial Beach, Va., oa , September SO last, waa this aftetAOoa found not guilty by a jurywn Westmoreland county circuit court her. , Tb verdict was returned at 8:00 p. m 47 minutes after the jury wa given the ease. Whea th words "aot guilty'' wer pronounced. East lake smiled. His mother, Mrs. 8. M. Eastlakc, and his sister, Mrs. Msble Chambers, who had occupied seats directly behind the defendant, rushed to his aide and showered him with kisses. W. W. Butxner. chief aoansel for the defense, thanked tha court aad Judge China discharged tha jury. X felt eertaia those twelve mn would not believe that I murdered my wife," said Eastlak. "I will ask to be transferred to nnother naval etntba and will start life anew." Kastlak is said to b (till a pety officer in good standing in the Navy and under construction of the rules is understood to be obliged to report immediately for duty at th Dahl gren Proving Grounds where he was when his wife met her (feath, accord ing to th testimony lie gavs at his trial.' Lieutenant Commander J. II. Oreen, Eastlaka's superior officer, was ia court aad at the request of defense attorneys, graated Eastlakc a leave of absence for three dsys. Eastlak left tonight for Fredericks (Contlnusd aPag Two) CENSUS BUREAU GIVES FIGURES ON GINNINGS Nearly 800,000 Bales Are Ginned In North Carolina To December 13 Washington, Dee, SO. Cotton gin ned to December 13 amounted to 7,799,458 ' fanning v bales, counting 122,849 round bales as half bales, and including 15,848 bales of Ameri can Egyptian nnd 8,064 bales ef Be Island, tha Cessna Bureau announc ed today. ' To th am data last year 10,876V 763 raaalag bale wer ginned, wanting 197,838 reead bale as half bale mad iaeladlng 64,587 bale f American Egyptians aad 1,318 baits f Bealalaad. ' Ginning by states this year were: Alabama 681 ,030 ; Arizona 30,208; Arkansas 774,527 J California 19,924; Florida 11.337 1 Georgia 11,262; Louisiana 273,501 j Mississippi 80S,. S3 j Missouri 67,415; North Carolina 767172; Oklaheme 474,673; South Carolina 75866; Tennessee 291.965; Tex 8,097,8331 Virginia 15,983; all ther stat 8,803. , if 1 indicate thnt they eoald Inane Never Issued Statement . Foi Press But Made Official Report Only HOWEVER, IFS TRUE THERE ARE SYNDICATES No Intention To Reflect On Basinets Men of State As a Whole Salisbury, Dee. 80. Federal Pro hibition Director B. A. Kohloss so busy wsglng warfare oa moon shiners ia North Carolina that hasat time to issn statements oa tb progress of hi work, other thaa those that he ha submitted to hi superiors ia Wsshingtoa. Statements recently hsnded out In Washington charging that ther ar moonshine syndicates operating North, Carolina appear to he the work of the publicity bores eon ducted by Federal Prohibition Com niisaloner B. A. Hsynes, but were based on report submitted by Mr Kohloss. Mr. Kohloa recently returned from eastern North Carolin where he conducted n raid resulting in th destruction of twelve distilleries within a are ef two and a half miles. ."From .th character of th peo ple whom I sscerteiBed wer con ducting these operations," says Mr. Kohloss, ''it was ostimsted that they war aot la a situatioa to (nance so large aa enterprise and, of coarse. wer being backed ap by people of substantial means. I only giv thi on instane as ther ar a number of others." Positive Evidence Becarad. Evidence of the existence of moon shine syndicates is declared to h positive, and a thorough investiga tion is being mad with view to instituting prosecution of those concerned. "from aa examination en my part of certain editorials appear ing ia aome North Carolina news papers,' Mr. Kohloss states, "I would seem that th editors desire to crest th impression thst I in tended my report to th Federal Prohibitioa Commissioner to reflect upon th basiness men in general in th State of North Carolina. Of course, I had no intention f doing anything ef th hind, a most ef the business men of North Carolina ar Incapable of lawlessness of this character. The moonshine syndi cates referred to have existence ia oaly eertaia part of th Btate and ia only a few commaaitie and axe being investigated." Enforce Law Tlgoreealy. While th Volstead act I being violated by maay people ia North Carolina, Mr. KohloM state that aa caracst effort is being msds to stop U with suck assistaae as he ia abl to secure at thi tim aad tvideae of the (access ef his werk submits his report for the meatfe ef November, . ' Daring the meath ' hi areata de stroyed 11 atiUa, seised 733 gallon f spirits," seised 1023 fermrater, destroyed 83,930 gallons f beer sad 1,400 gallon ef wine aad elder, recommended 173 persona for pro. eutioa, arrested 77 aad gbt aia automobile. The . total appraised ram t property seised aad 4U . , (Catlaad a Fag Two; : SUBMARirJE ISSUE NEXT MAJOR JOB FOR CONFERENCE British Want Plenary Ses sion For Presenting Sub , marine Question" . . V- BJ'.vv-,- mn -w-w-ammam- i ,- WANT ALL UNDERSEA VESSELS ABOLISHED i nil aami fteaca'"Acc"eptance"ol 176,"" 000 Caplthl Ship Tonnage (fleart Wtjr For The Bub. marine It sue; txfchanfee Between Hufhe ani Briand Made Pnblio Washington, DeciO. (By The As. soeisted Press.) Acceptance by I., Freae with reaervatlona of th American proposal ef 175,000 tons ia capital ahlpa each for Fraae aad ' Italy swept the arnu conference t. Bight to ita next major problem th submarine issue. Italy, it waa stated officially, already hat accepted tb . 175,000 tea figure,. condtload Mly , a ita acceptance by France. Formal announcement of French ' acceptance and details ef French reservation apparently wer ressrv d by th sub committee of Bfteea for th full aaval committee of the conference called to meet Thursday. me cub-committe did break it sf lane sufac'.ently, however, to pub- nsa thi message exchange by Be. . tary Hughes and Promier Briand, whieh led np to the action ef th French delegation. The -maagn "" war read and discussed by th u- committee, but tb official com munlque disclosed'to more thaa th text of th cablegrams. French Bearvatlaa. Th Premier' meige ahowed that reservations attnehtd to aeeeptanca . of th 173,000' capital ahip tonnag had to do with "light cruisers, tor. pedo boat and submarines." Thi . . . haa served to bring th conference to a stand nntil th submaria issoa eaa be solved, whea the iv power , capital ahip grmBt will be com pleted automatically. It i aaumd thi full aaval lommittee waa called -to lay out a program for the discus sloa of submarines and anti-subma-rin craft, aa th tire ar Interwwen, ia Frcaeh and British opinWa. Thla tmnllaa that ...SS elements ef th American plaa must '. b shsped Into greement before tha esarereae committees eaa rtur to -ratify U capital chip agraemcat, Sahmtrin Iasaa. k diret Step toward bringing .:p the submarins issus In it first phasa th British proposal to abolish sub ap during tb day. Th Britiah delegatioa akd tlat a plenary a. ' slo of th -conference be called to permit presentation of their east k agaiast submnrlaei. Probsbly ruck v a sessiaa will b held during the week, althoagh a data had aot beea announced tonight At such aa opea seasien. Lard Ls ror ui snuis roup, will ;t a la detail the tochnicl aad ethe res sea why th British believe ths submarine ahould be bsnned by the world as aaval weanona. Ha will read hi statement, it Is understood, great ear having been takea ia ita preparation. Bub ther are Indira- . tiona that avian ia that statement the British will show lack ef eoavlctipm ' that tha conference will ahar & Britiah view ef submarin. It will,' It ia understood, set alae th . t -ondary British proposal that if sub marinas sre to be retained, th toa aag allotment of sach power b cat ftr below t existing atnagth ' priaclpl af the Americas propoaala, Aatl-Sembaria Craft. Tksr Is also a tuggestioa ia Brit lsh qnsrtcrs thnt should neither f these view oa . submsrine prevail, the Britteh would deem It aoeesesry t seek radical increase ia their t lotment ef antl-oMnarin craft al a meuur of aelf-defeaa. That, means more light cruisers aad de ' -stroysrs, arnf possibly alrplaa ear. riers, for all of these weapoas are used against mbmsrlie. Th cable eorrespoadsnt betweea Mr. Hughe and Prmir Briaad shows that ss conference chairman, Mr. Hughes dealt very frankly with th situation created by th French proposal to build 10 aew capital ' ships. . "I regret to say h said, "that after caarassing th matter thor oughly aad taking th best la for. matioa I eaa obtain, I am eompellsd to conclude thnt It would aot be pos sible en this basis to carry through th agreement." ' V Mr. Hughe added, after pointing out that th retained Sect agreemeat betweea Great Britain, the TJalted State and Japna wa eontiageat aa ! ''aa appropriate agrsemeat; with , Erases aad Italy." that "thr will aot be the sUghtest difficulty ia making aa agreemeat with Italy if w can reach m auitabl aadertaad- ' lag with France." BsgWe Msasaga. V To will observe the attltade ef -Fraae will determine the seeees er failure of the efforts to reduce the bevy burdea ef aaval armambat ine America a minus iw stressed hi view that th Freae '' Premier's etatomeat lndieatlag to . the eeafereaca h particular ltn. atloa af Fraae with respect to 14 ' rmameat" aeemed to peiat to "th . vary great Important f ledaetioe . ' ia aaval araiameBt. ' 1 At thia tim," he dded, "whea . w an aaxiooa to id F ranee la full jraeevcrf f her aeanoml lif. It -wbald be diaappeiaUag to ba advised that aha' waa eentesiplsiiag patting knrlni, a.illtltx i.la. kaltls. hip." ... That psrilea af Premier Criaad's reply Which I takea a acceptance . (ContUned -a Pa Two )
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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