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! VOLCXIV. NO. 176.
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RALEIGH. N. G, FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 23. 1921.
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Harding and Old Guard At
tempt To Discipline The
Progressives
THEIR APPOINTMENTS
FAIL TO GO THROUGH
Senator Simmons Calls On
War Department To Clear
Up Xeports Bejarding
Fate of Benjamin King,
Alleged By Witness To
Have Been Hanged
Ths News and Observer Burets,
603 District National Bank Bldg.,
Br EDWARD E. BRITTOM
(By, Bpeeial Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dee. 22, Troublt In
-th portmastrrship " appointment
business has taken a aew turn in
the lust few dajrs and thia turn it
involved srouW th. nMws.-fikM'e,
"agricultural blot" in doing thing
diapleaeing to Preeident Harding and
the Old Guard organization. In thia
Matter President Harding tt said to
be now attempting to discipline, the
Senators of that bloe with repriaali
in the way of tnining down their
recommendation fdr the appoint
ment of postmaateri in their reepee
tive itatei.
It ! aaid that in several inataneei
that Republican Senatori found that
the men whom they had approved
.for pmtstertbip -were-, not--the
men whose names were tent in, and
that an accounting waa asked. tip
information received being in a dip-
lomatie war that theie ware the
men lelected by the organisation,
and that for the present there spuld
be ao need for any recommendations
for (election of poetmaitera by the
inquirer of the agricultural bloe.
Member ( Blec en Black List
As -one after another of the Re
publican bloe (ought information in
matter they found that there was
a kind of official black list ngaimt
recommendation for Federal job
from them and putting two and two
together they-found that it made
four, and that four meant that their
wishes i to postmaster appoint
ment were of the persona non grata
-brand just so long as they were
foand bucking the administration.
This matter, so the report come, is
making the agricultural bloe Sena
tor tee red and they are more and
'ore determined not to be drlvea
away from the position they hare
takea at a matter of principle and
the outlook ia that with tb recon
vening of Congress after Christmas
and New Tear' holiday recess they
will be even more united and deter
mined than heretofore.
With the aid of Democratic rotes
they realise they eao rule the Senate
and they know also that Democratic
Senators are up in arma as to the
method being used to camouflage Re
publican buncoing of the civil ser
vice law as it affect postmaster
with and without. preference a for
mer serviee men.
Tilt. MitnMAnt aMftatonnlilM lb
eiril service by tho Postmaster Gen
, eral under the direction of the Presi
dent's executive order, which is more
and more recognized a having been
framed in order to pretend to ad
here to civil service and at the earn
time give the positions to Republi
cans, continue to excite opposition
and condemnation among the Dem
ocrats. Representative Weaver has
two eases which he hold to be of
th most virulent kind of, Republi
can partisanship. Enminations
were ordered held for the the filling
of vacancies at Lake Janaluska and
Moatreat and both examination
were duly held. At Leke Juaaluska
the only eligible secured by the ex
amination was Mies Emma White,
who i a Democrat and at Montreat
the only eligible was Albert R. Baa
nun, a Democrat and present poet
taster. Under the plain rule and
by simple justiee these two had won
'the sppoistments, but as they were
Democrat they were refused the
sominatioa and aew examinations
hare been called for by th postofflee
department Similar things hare
hm done in the ease Af rwmni.ta
j ia ether States and there It an up
heaval all along the line.
Glaring Example of Hysecrky ,
A notable eat of Republican par-
titisnjhlp as to the pout mastership
rat at Ureenville, B. C. major W. r,
Robertson, the present postmaster,
who i a Democrat with a splendid
record for service la Franc with
the America amy, stood tint oa
. Ue list with a rating ef 84. The
third en the list, Charles C. Within
tea. only lately removed to South
Carolina from Massachusetts and a
Republican, attained a rating ef
TIM, and is also aa en-service man:
He was nominated for the position,
bat Senator Dial ha made the ease
such a notable one, denouncing the
methods ased by the Postofflee De
pertmest as being -a method . of
hypocrisy" that aa a' result the news
- it that Withingtoa'a asm is te be
.- withdraws aad the nam of th tee
end taaa em the list, alio a Repub
lican, is te be sent te the Senate,
this sua, Robert T. '.Thorn, te be
named a acting postmaster Ja a few
slays s that the Republicans auy
hare the : job and the salary till
oemc Bcpubliesa gets the commis
sion. .,
- - The Ssaste left auueted, ea a large
number ef aominatlons for . post
austert throughout the eountry whea
it adjourned for the holidays this
fteraoea , and there are many of
these for postmaster ia North due
line. ; President Hardiag added to
the Bt thia aftiraoea by eendlng
la Ire nomlaatioas for postmaster
la the State, the list being t -ieubea
SL Btaatoa. Henderson-
(CoaUaaed aa Pace Tw)
TO BLOCK
ninn
DLUU
Present Burley Crop To Be
Sold On Cooperative Plan
Dr. J. Y. Joyner Gives Official Denial of Rumors Cir
culated In Thia State That Kentucky Tobacco Grow
'era' Association Will Not Be Able To Function This
Year And Says Organization Ia Assured , For Three
Bright Leaf States
Simultaneously with receipt ef
definite assurance that this yeas'
crop of barley tobacco la Kentucky
and other States will be marketed
ah-the M-nnentiv rjlan DrV JV"TV
Joyner, chairman of the organisa
tion committee of the tobacco
U rowers' Associstioa of North Car
olina, Virginia and South Carolina,
yesterday issued a formal statement
declaring thst the success of the
"sign up" campaign in th throe
States which will close oa January
1, is assured.
Aa a result of widespread rumor
ia th Eastern part of the State
to the effect that the co-operative
association organized in Kentucky,
Ohio and Indiana will not be able
to begin operations in time for thje
year's burley crop which has not
yet been, put RpA. the market, Dr.
Joyner addressed an inquiry to of
ficial of the association. In reply,
the following telegram wis yester
day -received from James C. Stone,
president of the association and
widely known tobacco warehouse
Citizens Furnistl 220. Times
Bond Required of Officer
In Kelly Suit
Surety justified at $300,00 wat
yesterday furnished te cover a re
quired bond of 12,250 by F. C. Handy
St the United States Department of
ustice, upon -whom two orders of
bail and arrest were served by
Deputy Sheriff J. P. Stell, of Wake
county.
The orders of arrest were Issued by
the Clerk of the Iee county Superior
Court, where C. J. Kelly, fast week
sentenced to five years in the federal
prison at Atlanta for traffic in stolen
automobiles snd N. C. Kelly, mother
defendant in the automobile theft
cases who has not yet been tried,
hare instituted civil suit for the
recovery of the value ef three auto
mobiles. Sixteen mtehines were seised from
the Kelly at t: about th time ef
their- arrest last May aad all on them
have been ordered returned by Judge
Henry G. Connor. All ef the ante
mobiles except three, a Buick, a
Kline aad a Peerless hare been re
turned and a separate suit has been
brought for the value of each of
these. -
The Kline and the Buick ears are
now in the hands of the United
State Marshal, ready for delivery to
the Kelly who have - refused them
oa the ground that they have de
preciated ia value and heavy garage
billa have accumulated against them.
Claim aad delivery suit have been
instituted against Kelly ia Wake
County Superior Court for the same
two ear and these suit are assigned
by government officials as the real
reason for th failure on the part
of the Kelly to claim their property.
Ia addition to Mr. Handy, D. E.
Graham, one of hi assistants; Jesse
Hillard, former deputy United States
Marshal, and J. T. Carter, of Atlanta,
Ge.j representative of the "Atltomo
bile Underwriters' Association, art
named defendant in the actions
involving the Buick and Kline ears,
while Mr. Carter, the Firemen's Fund
Insurance Co., and T. G. Crab
tree, of the Raleigh police force are
beings sued for the recovery of the
Peerless, which waa takes without a
search warrant by the insursree com
party and which ha never been in
the possession of the government.
The paper were yesterday served
upon Handy, Hilliard and Crabtree,
the other defendants being out of
town. Mr. Handy was yesterday
deluged with offer to furnish his
bond, receiving three telephone enlls
before rising. Of s score of volun
teers, the following seven gentlemen
acted a bondsmen: L, H. Lumsden,
Sylvester Betts, F. H. Weather, T.
B. Moieley, G. A. Seott, J. A. Brigga,
and W. F. Upshaw. Bond for Mr.
Hilliard was given by W. H. Me
Etwee and J. A. Briggs, while Cap
tain N. Warren, of the Raleigh police
force, became surety for bis fellow
officer.
Irvin B. Tucker, of Whitevllle, who
will be sworn in today a District At
torney of North Carolina, announced
yesterday that he will defend th
government officer named in th ac
tions and will ask that they be trans
ferred to the federal court for trial,
as provided ia the. federal statutes.
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN
PERFORMS HEROIC ACT
Dires From Znrine Into
Ortsk In Effort To Savs
School Boy
New York, Dee. -sZ-Jerry Drit
eoll, a locomotive firemen ea States
bland, eras congratulated as a hero
today. While Lis train travelled at
33 miles aa hoar: ks Jumped from
the engine into s creek sad saved the
life of William Alexaader, a school
boy, who had been strode by the
engine' and thrown into, fifteen feet
ef water. The boy died la tor, how
aver. ia a hdtnltal. . .
The train had gone ahead almost s
mile before the engineer missed Url
eoll and when he stopped and becked
np, he saw the fireman sitting at th
edge ef the crock, holding the bey,
who was Unconscious from a fracture
ef the shall.- Perseus who saw the
rescue said Driseoll dived fear times
before he foand the boy. who sank
immeainteur ,
PUTS UP SURETY
OF M MILL!
man aad grower ef Ltiiugtea, Ken
tucky: - "Report that Barley Association
will not handle this year' crop ia
absolutely false. We are buying oar
receiving plant this week. Have ear
organization for fiscal operation
about completed and will begin re
ceiving tobacco within short time.
Bavo over 55,000 signed coatraeta
in association. Condition eoald not
be better for a.'
'This is the first tim that I have
made aa official statement that we
would go over th top; but w aow
have contract to support the
statement stated Dr. Joyner yes
terday. Virginia ia already well
past th fifty per cent "sign-up"
which make the contract valid
and encouraging re porta from South
Carolina are included la lr. Joy
ner Vntrnrent which follow :
Orgaalaattaa Assared.
"From the information at Ralels-h
headqjiarUtt.th erwiU.Ml
TQbaceo Growers Co operate Mir
-. (Continued ea Page Nine.)
TS
Twenty Seven Suspended
For Hazing Freshmen Af
ter Football Game
Charlotte, Doe. 2t Twenty seven
students of Darldsoa College have
been (uspended nnUT January 13,
because of a basing frolic reeentlr.
President W. J Martin, ef tho rcl
lege, said today that tho faculty
knew nothing of the affair aatil the
student council had taken actio dis
approving of the conduct ef the
sophomores.
The haxing episode was the result
of a football contest between the
freshman and the sophomore in
which the first year men played th
old timers to a stand still, th score
being a tie. This did ao suit the
sophomore, sad they decided to
take actioa relative to keeping th
freshmen 'in their pmces.'' .
The eolleg aathoritite are very
reticent to state how the sophomore
treated tho f reahmea, bat freat ether
sources it ia learned that th aaeieat
Dsddle, recommended from Biblical
days ae weapon for paaithing aa
ruly youngster, was ased vigorously,
aot to say streaously. Some of the
freshmen were takea for a "walk''
snd supposedly subjected to rongh
house treatment.
Th faculty did aot know the
names of the sophomores tsking part
ia the paddling until the student
council acted. Upon recommenda
tion of tho student eonneil, the fac
ulty suspended th studests.
It was not nntil tho reports perco
lated into Charlotte by the grape
viae route that it became generally
known that the suspension of the
student had takea place. President
Mnrtin refuted to comment upj the
event nntil afu-r it had beta aa
t; os need ia the r'eet. Eien then,
he refused te girs the names of the
suspended students, taking the posi
tion that such disclosure would be
unfair to the students involved.
MOTHER IN DOUBT AS
TO FATE OF HER SON
Wnmlngtea, Dee. tX-Al.
theagh Robert A. Harrison, aa
ex-eervlce man ef thia city, testi
fied before the WaUea Beast
eeaasaittee that Benats F. Ktag,
s aother Wiisalngtoaiaa was haag
la France bscaaa he refased te
eaey the order ef a atrgeaat te
clean-ap a stockade with ateeth.
brash, Mrs. Oscar Edwards, ef
.this city, mother ef Kiag, de
clared today that she la yet
deabtfal ss te the fat ef her
sea.
, Having beea informed freat
Octal and ether eearces that
King had died ef weaada In
France; that he waa seats need te
fear years la prleea far abasing
aa ellcer aad finally that he
waa hang, the relative her ef
th asaa ar deabtfal ss to what
to believe. Mrs. Edwards staled
this afteraeea that aaltll aew
she had S rally believed that her
sea' had died a setdler'e death
la France.
The name ef King had been l
claded la the Hot ef these which
are to be placed a pea the eeaa
try'a memorial to her World War
dead, hat cesBtnlttoe la charge ef
the BBesterial aaaeaaees that It
will be removed If he was haag
r dUhoBorably discharged.
CONGRESSMEN TAKE
RECESS FOR HOLIDAYS
Washingtoa, Dee. SL Cosgrest re
cessed 1st today aatil January S
snd immediately Senators aad Repre
sentative began leeviag or their
somas ror the Christmss sad New
Tear holiday period. The Hons ad
jonrned at 4 o'clock and the Senate
st 4:50. All business wiU be si
peeded daring the recess except for
the' tariff hearings by the BeaaW
rinaace Committee. - -
ARMED ROBBERS GET
, $14,000 FROM HOME
Chicago. Ills. Dee, SlTwe arm
ed robber today catered the home
ef Btenhea Ma la to. a former As
sistant Htate's Attorney, baud sad
gagged Mrs. MalatowhO was aloae,
ana ro&oeei in koase or jewelry aad
money cetimatea at g lejwo, ,
DAVIDSON SOPHS
PADDLE STUDEN
DAUGH
E
LEVEL OF RETAIL
Attorney General Initiates
Country-Wide Investiga
tion of Prices
BURNS INSTRUCTED TO
START WORK AT ONCE
Profits of leUflers In Boms
Instancts Art "Uncon
scionable," Declares The
Attorney General; Blames
Organisations of SetaQers
for Hifh Prices
Washington, Dee. tS. Federal in
vestigation ef retail prieea charged
ia various parts ef the country for
fjod, fueU. shoes' and clothing wat
initiated today by Attorney General
Dougherty. He gav order to Di
rector Burn, of th Bureau of In
vestigation of the Justice Depart
ment,- to bus iga a fore of ' men-at
once to the duty of obtaining data
oa retail prices ia different local!
tiee. - -
Mr. Daagherty declared that prices
of aeeeesary commodities were too
high snd that ia some instance the
profits of retailers were uneonsri
oaable." It would never be possible
he asserted, to get priees down to the
pre-war level, bat with wages lower
ed sad the coats of foodstuffs r
dueed, he was determined te learn
whether the present "badly propnt
tioaed retail prices should be msia
taiaed.
Start Work at Once
Mr. Burn waa instructed to put
his mea to work simultaneously, to
obtain the variations ia various lo
calities in the retsil prices of gen
eral foodstuffs, such as meats, pro
visions, beans, bread, and butter,
fuel, shoe nnd clothing nnd to mske
schedule of the comparative prices.
Reports will, also be gathered on the
wholesale price of wheat, beef and
meats of all kinds in order, Mr.
Daugherty explained, that com pari
aons might be made of th eosts of
fhe commodities with the prirrs
charged by the butchers and grocers.
The department's agent are to be
instructed to do their work carefully
but as rapidly as possible.
Plan ef Actio
Aetioa to remedy price conditions,
Mr. Daugherty declared, would be
takea through several channel. In
th main, he aaid, the itoation was
a local one and th state would be
akd t do ae much as they could
te solve it with federal co-operation
Secretary Hoover, he added, would
be invited to join with the Justice
Department in it effort to lower
price while it was believed that the
publication of th , comparative
wholesale and retail prices would do
much to remedy high price by con
veying te th honsewivee of the
eountry accurate knowledge of ae
tual condition.
Blamea Orgsnlsatleaa
Organizations of retailer in dif
ferent part or the eountry were
blamed by Mr. Dangherty for high
prieea. J"he aasociationa, he de
elared, were formed "by smart men
who sold a eeheme to defeat the
laws of the eountry by perfecting an
organization for fixing prices which
concealed it real purpose under I
declaration of a desire to help eom
petitioa."
The department, he stated, intend
to "get these smart fellows," while
st ths same tim recognizing that
th many Innocent merchants had
been imposed epos by them. Mr.
Dangherty declared himself as un
qualifiedly ia favor ef trade organ!
aatioas which confined their opera
tion to improving their services to
th public, but he esserted they
would aot be allowed to fix prices
or apportion, territory among their
members, thus stifling competition.
Trade associations generally, he
aid, were showing s eommendab.le
willingness to confine their sctivi
ties to the lines suggested by the
Justice Department, ss in conformity
with the law, but which the depart
ment's advice bad been disregarded
it had beea necessary to institute
proceedings under th Sherman anti
trust set.
LEON CASH RESIGNS
FROM FORSYTH BOARD
Prominent Twin City Han
Forced To Betire On Ac
count of Health "
Wlnstoa salem, Dec zz. oa te
count of ill health, Leon Cash, ha re
signed ss a member of the board of
county commissioners, to which he
was elected last yesr. Mr. Cash was
also chairman ef the board. He left
today for Hot Springs, Ark., te take
treatment for rheumatism from
which he has beea suffering for sev
eral months. Mr. Cash it one of the
leading member of th Masonic
order ia this State.
For operating aa automobile while
aader ths influence ef whiskey and
destroying a traffic booth oa the
courthouse square shortly sfler mid
sight L. W. Price, was fined $250 in
the city court today.
Paul Doab and Ray Grubbs, two
white boys, after pleading guilty to
the charge af assaulting a femsle;
were girea road seateaees, Doab get
ting 14 moutba aad urbbt 10.
Fusssagora Mesasrid Safety.
Baltimore, Paa. gx The passes
gcrs ea the steamer Cambridge,
which stranded ia Easts ra Bay
last night's heavy gale while ea her
way from, Baltimore to Claiborne,
Maryland, were takea eh! thia mora
lag aad leaded at Claiborse. The
steamer wss reported still aground
bat la aa easy1 position, the sea hsr
RTY SAYS
PRICES 10
IH
lag Mbsidea ennsiderablyw ,i
'Marse Henry" Claimed By Death
A f
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COL. HENRT
Col Henry Wdtterson
Dies In Florida Hotel
Venerable Editor of The Old
School Was Internationally
' Known
SIMPLE SERVICES AT
JACKSONVILLE TODAY
Hundred of Messages of
Condolence Poor In From
AH Parts of Nation
Jacksonville, Fla., Dee. K.-The
body of Colonel Henry Watterson,
old school journalist and intermtion
ally known editor, who died in his
hotel apartment here early today,
will bo placed ia a vault tomorrpw
after a simple funeral service,, at
aluea only member of bi immedi
ate family will be present, there to
remaia antil spring, when it will be
taken to Louisville, Ky for inter
ment in th family plot in Cavt Hill
cemetery.
Thia arrangement was determined
upon ty hit son, lienry nntterson,
Jr., because of the state of health
of hit mother, he deeming it inadvis
able for her to go to Louisville dur
ing tho winter. The Rev. Mr. J. T.
lioono, pastor of the l"rt Christian
church f this city, will officiate at the
service.
Brief Illness.
Colonel WaUerson. who with his
family "came here from Louisville
three weeks ago to spend the winter,
Hissed away .is the result of heart
trouble superinduced by bronchial
ongestion after an illness of only a
few hour.s Willi only their son and
dsughter and svcral grandchildren
H;cscnt, Col. snd Mrs. Vjjtt-.-rson
celebrated their 56(h cl,r it anni
versary in their apart i nut i iicsday
During the day Col. Watterson con
tracted a alight cold, which was not
regarded seriously, but yesterday
forenoon he suffered an acute bron
chial nttack and waa ordered to bed
immediately by his physician.
Havered Very Little.
Col. Watterson suffered very lit
tle, but waa in a comatose conamon
the greater part of the time from
early in the evening until he passed
away, with brief period of conscious
ness during which hit mind was per
fectly clear. At midnight be realized
the end was near, but hie ton, who,
with his mother and sister, wat at
the bedside constantly, said he did
not discuss it other than to say he
was ready to go. His wife was alone
with him during the last few min
utes of consciousness a short time be
fore the end and he passed sway ia
her arm.
Hundreds of Messages.
Hundreds ot. messages of condol
ence were received today by Mrs.
Watterson from old friends of Col.l
Watterson snd newspaper men in sll
parti of the country who were trained
under Marse Henry." One, pecul
iarly touching, waa from Arthur
Krock, editor of the Louisville
Time. "Jim and I tre weeping for
the death of Old Marster," it read.
Jim" is Jim Wilson, aged negro
servant, who hit resided at the Wtt-
tersoa home for many years.
Brysa Pays Tribute
Colonel R. W. Bingham, publisher
of the ' Louisville Courier-Journal,
learned of Col. Watterson's death
when ha arrived here late today
ea route to Havana. He immediately
sought Mrs. Wattersoa to offer his
condolences. From Miami came s
tribute for the soldier Journslist
from William Jennings Brysn, alter
natively opposed snd supported In
kit Presidential aspirations by the
trenchant pea of Cel. 'Watterson.
"The country will learn with deep
regret. of th death of Henry Wat
tersoa,' said Mr. Bryan. "Hi ability,
long osrperience, hi picturesque
style aad hit impressive and genial
personality gave him a conspicuous
position among th aatioa's jou real
ist. Ha was a aaiqu character
so one can fiR-ihia place.
Bingham's Tribute
Col. Bingham, d.eply moved at
hearing of Co). Watterson's desth,
paid him the following tribute t
"Mr. Wattersoa had a very full
lift, filled with honors, accomplish
ment, achievement. He played t
. (Obatiaaed ea Psge Two)
WATTIRSON
PAY TRIBUTE TO
COL WATTERSON
Louisville Grieved By News
of His Death; Taft De
livers Eulogy
Louisville, Ky., Pee. 22. Col Henry
Watterson, who died in Jacksonville,
Flqrida, early today, left Louiaville
three weekt ago for hit annual pil-
grimtge to the South, where for year
he had tpent the winter. Apparently
he wat in his usual heslth which,
however, for several years had sot
been good.
News of his desth wss received
with many evidences of grief in
Louisville, where for more then fifty
yesn he had been s sotabls figure.
Apparently he faced with calmness
the end of his span of life. Once,
before undergoing an perstion, he
said to the managing editor of the
Courier-Journal:
"I am prepared tt any time to
surrender my life to God who gave
it. We do not know about these
things snd I fate the outcome with
serenity, whatever it may be. It is
a perilous thing for a man 'in hit
seventy ninth year to submit to the
surgeon's knife, but I tm ready for
it and all that may follow."
While convalescing from a pre
vious Illness, Mr. Watterson consent
ed to read some advance obituariei
of himself snd wrote this!
"I sm getting a foretaste ef my
own funeral sitting np ia ths grave
at it were and reading the obitu
aries and grinning tt ths boys, but
very cheerful snd grateful. It it
'kind o'niee' heap better than be
ing baddled with motives sad called
names. '
Wss Fearless Fighter.
Col Watterson wss known ss th
fearless man who, having arrived at
s decision on matters of public
policy, fought brilliantly snd with
tenacity for the position hs snd the
Courier-Journal had taken. All
through the World War every edi
torial he had written invarisbly con
tained the slogsn "To hell with the
Hapsburg and Hoheniollerns." La
tor, after he had retired as editor
he occasionally made contributions
to the Courier -Journals - editorial
page. On the approach of hit 78th
birthday, under the title "An Auto
biographic Foray,1 among dhe latt
of hit editorials, he wrote on s va
riety of subjects, including womaa
suffrage snd Woodrow Wilson. A fov
of woman suffrage, he said those who
fsvored it regarded it ss sn enter
ing' wedge openly to turn loose tnd
proclaim that the Bibl it s man
made lie out of the whole cloth de
signed for th subjection of wo
man," and "that nnder the Chrestion
dispensation, the world it a many
mads world of wrong, injustice and
false pretense to women."
Wsrnlng M Wilton
He warned Mr. Wilton, then Preti
dent, to ''hold himself to the consti
tution and be held by it, not above
it.
"Whoever wants to consider this
disloyal," hs wrote, "may accept is
sdrsnee my seora st a poor erea
ture whose good opinion, if uttered
loud enough, weald kill a dog, who
ever regards it as the peniimism of
an old mas, has ray invitation to try
conclusions, Marquis of Quoenshury
rules. But whoever believes that the
storm hat pasted me by snd that 1
can ao longer keen up with the pro
cession ought to ace me swim."
' The eonclutloa of the editorial wss
regarded as plctarssquely Wstter-
senna,
"Oa the limb af a tret,' it aaid,
"by the tumbling eceaa sat a little
tomtit.. Be was musing upon 'the
the perversity of mea and things
official. Over the wares cam a ttea
tore voice exclaiming: 'Oh for aa
hour ef Oonkling and Ltmsrl' snd
from a crag ppou ths mountalnsids,
(Ceatuuea oa Page Two)
REGARD SUBMARINE
AS VALUABLE PART
OF NAVAL DEFENSE
BAMON Dg YALRsU'l OWN
COUNTY VOTES IN FATOR
OF ANGLO-IRISH TRtAlT.
. BaaW- Jv4MurW)M tt-By
the Aataclsted Preea.) Th Oar
Ceaaty Coaacil. the eeastitBtncy
af Rasaoa de Valera, today veled.
IT to I, la faver of the treaty
Between Ireland aid Great Brltsta
aad reesested Mr. IH Vsleca t
sum hi ladsesM-e (er the saslBteu
aace ef astleeal aalty.
Ths reselatlea admitted that
there were grave ebjectiea te the
treaty, hat declared that there
was ae rational alternative te Ita
acreptaae.
"Rejection ef the treaty." Ue
reeelatioB added, "weald he sU
meat certain te involve ah i
war ef snalhllatleB, becsaae ear
aeeplo will he divided, sad be
cause world opinion. Instead f he.
lag with as, ae at preseat, will be
a galas! as.
Cepkss of the reselatlea were
seat te Mr. DesValer sad ether
Uve represent si' vea.
ADJOURN DEBATE
Dail Eireann To. Take Up
- Pact Again January 3; Ex
pect KaiiTicaiion
Dublin, Dec. 22 (By tht Associat
ed rress.l-The Dail Eireann, by a
rots of 77 to 44, decided late today,
oa a motion submitted by Michael
Collins, to sdjourn further debate
on the lr.sh treaty until Tuesday,
January third. It was not the.
motion itself, but an amendment to
the motion, on which the vote wat
actually taken. The amendment,
introduced and seconded by op
ponents at the treaty, called for
continuance of aittinga day snd
tvening until sction wat taken on
the treaty's ratification or rejection.
The defeat of the amendment
automatically decided the motion.
With few eiceptiona, ao far as could
bo obaerved, the vote followed the
parry lines of those favoring or op
posing th treaty.
Show Treaty Attitude.
Nobody tonight, believes, of
course, that If a vote had beea takea
on the treaty itself ths majority
would hava beea ea great st the
rots ea th adjournment motion
gave its supporters, but there it ao
doubt in the minds of thos who
have been following the debttet
carefully that thit vote ronghly tp-
proximated the sentiments for tnd
against the treaty. This is denied
by some of the opponents of the
tresty, who assert that it was not a
fair test, as many of the deputies on
both sides, especially the eountry
members, voted for adjournment in
order that they might get home for
the holidays.
In fact, Countess Msrkiewies, see
of ths strongest opponents of the
tresty, seconded Mr. Collins pro
posal, apparently having in mind,
at indicated by her eatiricsl second
ing speech, the possibility, ef ths de
hat continuing through Christmas
Day and night and overlooking the
possibility of s psrty division on the
motion.
Mr. Collins showed eagerness to
rush his motion through to quick
decision. He summarily kecked
Mr. Milroy, who interrupted tht tak
ing of the vote to have the question
cleared up as to whether deputies
representing two constituencies
should' hava two votes, Mr. Collins
declaring that be would not hear of
It ii v in g th.- fat of Ireland decided
on the question of a technicality.
Much F.idtemcat
When it became apparent that there
was to be a party line-up on the
vote the atmosphere became U te
with excitement. Mi.ny of the spec
tator failed to andorstand the sig
nificance of the proceedings snd the
greatest bewilderment was mani
fested upon th nnouncement of the
result of the vote. De Valera' face
was stern and grim when the figure
were announced. Considerable ela
tion was showa by Collins and his
adherents. Desmond Fitzgerald,
minister of propaganda, who sup
ports the treaty, said tonight hs be
lieved thst not mok thnn ten oppo
nents of ths treaty voted for ad
journmsn, indicating a majority for
ilie treaty of thirteen.
Pierce Beaaley, aa aetivs Sinn
I'ciner, who intended to apeak thia
:'ternoon for" ratification, informed
Tl.s Assoeisted Press correspondent
shortly before tht vote wat taken
that hq could not make a guess on
tht outcome of th tr n.ty vote, but
bcl ci that "the f-t of lrc.;.ud it
trembling ia th; btlane-.
MILITARY SITUATION
IN IRELAND DISCUSSED
London, Dec K. (By the As.
socisted Press.) A long confer,
ence wss held st th Colonial
Office today, presided ever by
Winston Cherchill, Colonial gee
rotary, aad attended by Sir Lam
- Ing Werthlngton-Evaas, Beers,
tary for Wan Sir Hamar Crete,
wodo, Secretary for lretaad, ad
General H. M. Tader, Commasder
ef the Crewa Forces la Ireland.
It le aadenteed the milltsry .
altnatiea la Irelaaa wss ai.;'
tin rmaa Killed. ' -
Vnm. De. 22. Five oersoat were
killed and thirty injured in the col
lision at Ban Dors yererasy or two
raltwa exnrest trsias. The S-
eident occurred ea the bridge cross
ing she flare nver. -
ON IRISH TREATY
British Plea For Abolition ot
Undersea Craft Receives
No Support From Other
Powers i
AMERICAN DELEGATES
SUGGEST REVISION OF
METHODS OF WARFARE
Spokesmen of Pranot, Italy
and Japan Declare Bnb-.
marines LefitimaU and ,
Valuable Maral Weapons
When Properly Used and
Are Unprepared To Sea
Them Abolished; Question
of Anxiliary 0 raft To
Come Up Next, With
Waiting; On Presentation
of Estimates' By Tho
Prench ; Much Signlfloano
Attached To ' Exehanf ti
Between Washington and
Paris; Treaty Discussion
Continues
Washingtoa, Dee. 22. (By ths As
sociated Press.) Great Britain's
pies that the submarine be banishsd
.trAMk IMifll .... - ! M.I.I. S
to the srm conference today, bat
it received so support from any -other
powr.
In turn, the spokesmen of France,
Italy aad Japan replied thst they
regarded submarines, when properly
employed, as a legitimate and valo- -able
srm of naval strength, sad -were
unprepared to te them abol
ished. Th American delegate took ao
final stand on th question, but sug
gested that the conference tnm its
effort toward such a revisloa ef
internstional practices it would pre
vent s repetition of the ruthless sub
marine methods of the World War.
Farther Eschsngs Tedsy
A further exchange of.risws ea
the British proposal will take place '
tomorrow unless Franc, who rep
resentative again are awaiting, ia
strurtioss from their premier, is pre
pared to go shesd with the delayed
presentation of estimates for auilt
sry era ft ths desire to keep aader
the aaval reduetioa progranu. The,
Preach indicsted tonight thst they
hoped at tomorrow'! meeting to at
Watt know their exact reqiuremeat
ae to submarine teaaige. -
Today's discussions took pines he.
hind the closed doors of the commit,
tee room, but ths British ssked thst
their indictment of the submarine be
mads public, snd indicated they
probably would carry their fight
later te an open testioa of ths son- -ferenee.
They apparently do , not
hops to succeed, however, ftr to
day's expression of .views, ' sad are
planning to join ia the move (or aa
understanding to restrict ths oper
atioas of under water craft ia future
ware.
Freacfe Case Rarsctse
Aanouncent of th 1 renca that
they' were .aprepared to preeeat
figure today aa to their auxiliary
tonnage requirements caused general
surprise in eoafereaee si relet. Be-
fore the committee meeting they had
indicated that their estimates were
ready, but later it became apparent
that cable exchanges of sn important
nature were in progress between
Washington and Premier Brian d. In
these exchanges SeertTary Hughee
joined at the conference chairman,
receiving word of t': latett desire
of the French Premier in a message
from Ambassador Harvey at Lsadoa.
Th nature of the exehtngee was
not revealed, but considerable sig
nificance was attached to a news
dispatch from abroad aaying thst hf.
Briand felt be must eonault with ths
French csbinet before making a defi
nite snswer to ths message from
Washington.
That development generally . was
accepted at greatly diminithing the
possibility of sa agreement ea
auxiliary craft for several days,
aad torn ot thos ia conference
circlet professed to tee a thane that
some aew issue had arisen which
might again obscure sums ef the '
major plans of the conference.
Tresty Still fields Swsy.
Whils the nsval problems were ia
ths pises of prominenes during all
of the day's negotiations, ths dele-'
gstes found time te give increasing '
attention te the discussion ia
Amerieaa oflyeial qua . tors over ln
terpretatioa of the aew four-power
treaty. They weighed the possible
effect of ths difference of .view be-'
tweea President Harding sad the'
American delegates sad watched de
velopmenU in ths Benats where a '
group is organising te oppose rati
flcatioa of the pact
Meantime, ths Japanese snaouas-
d they had prepared to preeeat at
the aest meeting of the Par East- "
sra committee, now expected te be .
held next week, a statement la ep-
position te China's request for ao
a, . I . L . . ...
suited from ths "tweety-oae de
mands." No further instructions '
tarns from Tokio to permit reeump-'
tioa ef the Shantung aegotiatioas
aad it was ia dies ted that the aaval
discuasiona weald eontiaa ta -ee
.11 . a a. a '
gate aatil after Christmas.
Illegitimate Weapon, "
-The ease, of Qreat Britaia against
the submariae was presented ta the '
committee today by Lord Lee, chief :
of the British Admiralty, who de
clared aaderwster craft act ealy eat- f
raged aM eoaeideratioas of haman ;
ity, bo by illegitimate methods Jeep- (
srdiasd the national life - of the ;-
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