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BBnanaaanBcqD
Believe Republican Majority
Will Be Cut Down to
, Large Extent
PLANS FOR CAMPAIGN
BEING MADE RAPIDLY
Varied Opinion on Plan to
. Lef alixe ' Winei and Beer
.. . f o Purpose of financing
'"Soldier Bonus; Discvision
, of Pour-Power treaty
Waxes Warm
News and Observer Bureau,
60S District Natk Bank Bldg.,
Br EDWARD E. BR1TTON
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Dee. 28. Demoerati
f Congress who have left Washing
ton or who are preparing to leave,
" go to their homes with not alone a
Chriitmia feeling; but a jolly good
political feeling, a feeling of buoy-
. ancy and of party exhilaration. Thii
ii because things look good for the
Demoeratie party at the close of the
"year 'and became the outlook for
DEMOCRATS FEEL,
OPTIMISTIfOVER
COMING ELECTIOF
. . 122 is regarded aa feeing especially
good.
The aew ehainnaa of the Demo
eratie Congressional eampaiga com
mittee, Congressman Arthur B
Roo.se, of Kentucky, has lost no time
ainee hli electron to the position
few; days ago, and is already shap
ing natters up so a to begin
vigorous campaign with the jump-off
; the first week in January. 'Hn-.tt
Uf gathering from Democratic
members of Congress all data that
has any bearing upon the coming
eampaiga and is getting the views
of every Demoeratie member of
Congress as well as" the views of
Democrats throughout the country
who are not members of Congress,
right la Every 8tata
The Democrats propose to put up
a fight in every 8tate in the Union
where the Republieana captured
members of Congress in the last
election and there will be a particu
larly strenuous xght made in the
States of Ohio, Indians, Kansas,
Nebraska, and Iowa, these states now
having aolid Bepubliran delegations
la the House. Chairman Bousa ia
optimistic over the ' outlook and
voices the general feeling of conn
denca among the Democrats that
1022 is going to be Democratic
year. ' The outlook as he sees it ia
that many dlatrfeta will be red earned
and thai there will be a deep-dent
made u the big Republican majority
la tha House, He ia taking note of
the need of campaign funds and ha
feels that after tha irst of tha year
tha Democrats will have ae deficit to
contend with and that here will come
in the money needed for the 1922
election. The Democrats hold that
V all that la needed la to point to the
record made by the Republicans ia
the preaent Congress and that the
voters of the country will do. thi
rest. That tha Republicans have
fallen, down on tha job, that they
nave not lived up to their eampaiga
promisee, Is easily proven by the
record and the Democrats are going
(o aee that the country is fully in
formed aa to tha failure of tha Be-
pablicana.
Mellon and Moadell
. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
and Republican Floor Leader, of the
House Moadell part eompany on the
question of legalising the aale of
light wines and beer for the pur
. pose of raising money to pay a bonus
to tha former service men while
Chairman Fordney, of tha Houae
ways and mesas committee, stands
with Secretary Mellon in adveeat
Ing tha beer and wine tax, their
position being taken also by bill
tiered in tha House to legaliaa th
asle of beer and wines, and naming
tax on these for tha purpose of
nsiag tha money for former service
'tea. This, Leader Moadell declar
ed, was out of tha question, and
would never be passed. Having
these movements about wine and
beer ia mind, veterans and minis-
ten of Washington have beea talk
lag af tha matter and sentiment
divided oa the question.
Favora Wl and Bear
Tha newly-elected eemmaader
the District at Columbia division of
the American Legioa, Wateo
Miller, said today :
"I am ia favor of an adjusted
' compensation and any" legitimate
plan by which it may be raised.
aa a temperance man, but I do not
favor prohibition and I should per
' aeaally lika to see light wlaee aad
beer coma had.
Tskiag exactly tha opposite view
la Captain William Wolf Smith, af
the Kational Press Dub Pest. "No,
decidedly not, he aaid in reference
to tha proposition. "I da not bo
ne ta legitlaaUsed boose u;
mora than I do in legitimatixed eo-
ealae.
Commander Howard. Flake, of the
- Kgs Waahiagtsa Post, an ergaal
to which oao-foarth af tha
Legloaaatre af tha district belong,
- declare that h favors both th ad
justed com pease tie "and any plaa
. ... to bring back light winea aad br.
tf th same epiaioa Is Commander
William F. Fraaklia, of tha John F.
Coetell Peat, "Tea, I am la favor
Of it being hi oommeat n
general, I am to favor of' the re
storation f light wine aad bear,
aid Mgr. Theaae, of St Patrick
Catholic ehareh. I am far .Me
dlar boa as," declared Dr. U.
nerve, pastor f All toll Unitar
ian there, "bat n a raised would
not carry with k th virtao Jt
should have. A ammber ef leading
women iaterviewed oa th aabjoet
declined to eeaait thra selves, bat
it will aadoabtedly b feu ad that
TEMvPACES
EIGHT PBBSONS KILLED
Al RESULT OF TORNADO)
MANY OTHERS INJURED.
Memphis. Tea a. Dew.
Seven ntgroao and oaf
saaa are reaartod to have beea
killed and approximately
Injured In a atorm which atrack
tha town af CUrhsdale, Ark,
eventcea mllea north went af
Memphis, Use today and awept
through several aearby farmlag
sttlssneata, according to frag.
mentary reports reaching bore to
night by meaaeager and ever
crippled telephone wire.
Pay Hantaan, clerk la the
teaaral mercaaadla etor at
Baaha and Daaa at Ctarksdale,
which waa desaoHehod, waa the
aaly white peraoa known to have
been killed. Mrs. B. B. Booher,
whose home la elx mile north of
Clarhadale, waa blown from lis
foaadatlon, was aatong the In.
fared. "
Twelve of the lajared, all
aagreo. were brought to Memphis
kcaaltala tonight All war eaaght
aader falling Habere and aaasoa
ary when the Banks and Daaa
store, la which they bad tshea
refage from the ralnaterm, eel
lapsed. Uacealrmed reporta ware that
several persons were aalaaing aad
believed to be dead the Ken.
aedy Wllllard aad Booker plan
tations, west of Clarhadale, Mrs.
Ed Kennedy nad bar fear-calls
ran arc among theaa reported aa.
accounted for on th Kennedy
plantation.
'arent Convicted of Crime
- For Which Son Con
fesses Guilt
Winston Salem, Dee. 23 A son ap
peered in superior court today and
through his counsel" confessed to a
crime for which Ms-father had been
convicted and given a term of eigh
teen months on the eounty roads
It was the most novel eaao of its
kind that has come up for hearing in
Forsyth. '
Coy N. Crouse.who lives with hii
father, 8. W. Crouse, near Kernere-
ville, testified that he alone wss re
sponsible for a blockade distillery
found oa the land of hia aiater sev
eral months age; that his father,
who waa nnder sentence, was iaiao
sy responsible and tha court was
raked" to accept verdict of guilty for
the son and release the father.
Th ease of th father had gone
to tha euDremevxonrt, which found
a error ia the jury doeiasow al the
lower court Coy Crone waived
bill of indictment ehargingTilm with
manufacturing whiskey and hiving
"spirits" ia his possession. Judge
B. F. Long sentenced tha aoa to the
roads for ten months and allowed
the father to go free upon payment
of eosts.
Members of the local Rotary Club
became wide-awake ' neweiei" lite
yesterday afternoon and aold two
thousand eopiet of the Bentir.ei, the
receipts, $271, being donated to
charity.
The body of Peter A. Thompson
who died in Los Angeles, California,
last Saturday night, will arrive here
Saturday night aad th funeral serv
ice will be held Mondsyffternoc j
at the First Presbyteriialmr-h. 1
Of burn ncceeda Caen -
C. D. Ocburn. a well-known local
business man, waa today appointed
county commissioner to succeed Leoa
Cash, who resigned this week in or
der that he might spend several
weeks recuperating hia health.
Btate 8enator Cbaa. M. .'ones,
sheriff of Stokee eounty, his honre
being at Walnut Cove, baa been ap
pointed deputy revenue collector
aad will have hia headquarters ia
this city.
Jsmes Gulley, colored, waa ihot
and killed today and anegro named
Simon Horton is charged with the
crime. Officers believe that Horton
is hiding in the city aad that he will
be arrested.
B. C. Spaugh ia owner of the
State'a first bakery it it claimed. It
has beea operated in the family for
the past Vf years and waa founded
by the late Christian Winkler, being
continued for several yaara later by
hia son, Charles Winkler, Mr. Spaugh
marrying th daughter of th latter.
PRELIMINARY TRIAL
IS HALTED ABRUPTLY
Ardmore. Ok la., Dec. 13. (By the
Associated Press.) Tha preliminary
trial of tlx defendants oa a charge
of murder ia connection with the
killing of throe mea at "Wilson the
eight af December IS, waa halted
abruptly lata today whea Frank Bor
lead, former justice of th peace
here, and State witaeaa in tha ease,
declined to answer questions pat to
him by Attorney General Freeliag
pertaining to the Ka Klax Klaa.
After propounding IP questions
concerning th Ka Klui Klan, ealy
an af whie.the witaeaa ontented
to answer. Attorney General Froeliag
requested aad was granted adJoara
meat until next Taeeday to allow
him tiae, ha explained, to consult
th ttatoto an too eabjott
CHRISTMAS DAY TO
BE FAIR AND COLD
Washington, Dee, L Generally
fair aad mh colder weather will
prevail Chriataa Day in th states
Bast af tn Mississippi juvr, t ax
eept ta Florida, Peaiaanl aad aloag
to Beat Atlanta eeast, wnere tain
hi probable, th ' waathor ; karma
aaaoeaeed tot special DaJIetU to
night. , ' -The
llstarbaae bt Arkaaaa will
moTk rapidly north east ward, attend
d by general preeiplUUoa Sata
day aight. Cold -waveuwaraings
have bee ordered for Tenneaeee,
ATHER IS FREED
BY HIS OWN SON
TODAY.
.
SIMPLE FUNERAL
m.-ii niTrn iin 11 i mi
Klltt ilLLU rUK
COLWmERSON
Only the Immediate Mem
bers of Family and a Few
Friends Attend
- :amaaangMMemaanen?l.' 'As.. ''. -
FINAL TRIBUTES TO
SOLDIER-JOURNALIST
Widow of "Mam Henry"
Unable to Go Throngs Or
deal of Attending the
Funeral 8ervices, Which
Were Impressive; Body to
Bo Placed in a Vault
Jaeksoavilie, Fla Dee. S3. Ia
marked contrast to the journalistic
turbulence through which the maa
lived, aimple funeral rites were held
her today over the body of Col
Henry Watteraoa, a soldier-journal
ist f the Southland.
Only immediate members of the
family and a ttw, Intimate friends
attended the services held at a local
mortuary's ehapel. Tha ordeal was1
hot . to bo borne by Mrs. Watterscm,
a companion of mora than half a
century, and she remained at her
hotel apartment. Tomorrow the body
will be placed ia vault at brer
green Cemetery to remain nt reat un
til apring, when it will be taken to
Mama Henry Kentucky Homa
Impreeelve Bervlcea.
Th services today were imprea
aive in their simplicity. Out of defer
ene for the aged widow and to in
surer the quietness which th Colonel
himself had desired, th tun had not
been made public. A few minute
before the funeral party entered the
chapel aa invitation waa extended to
local newspaper men.
The small assembly clustered
around the casket on which four
floral wreaths rested aa Bev. J. T.
Boone, pastor of the First Christion
Church aad aa intimate friend of the
Watteraoa family, opened the ser
vices. In his eulogy Bev. Mr. Boone
told of a virile pen now forever
stilled, of a life aa open aa a book
Final Trlbatea.
These final tributes paid, the aerv
ivea were over and the body waa
again left to the vigil of the morti
cian. There was no music; the serv
ice lasted leas than M minute.
Thua were the obeequies of Col. Wat
teraon.
To th hundred of -messages af
condolence steadily arriving nine
Us ejoioBel s deatn yesterday mora
ing waa added today that of CoL
B. AL Houae, one a eoafidaate of
Woodrow Wilson.
Those Attending
The relative aad friends who at
tended the simple services today in
eluded: Col. B. W. Bingham, pub
lisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
th medium through which much
of Col. Wattersoa's brilliancy found
th light; Mrs. W. B. Jennings,
relative by marriage to William
Jennings Bryan, and two grandsons.
Patterson Miller aad Kent Miller,
of Louisville. A third grandson had
pfeeed the Confederate soldier to
the laat retreat when ha fell ia
Franee, trying to carry out hi
grandfather's often expressed wish:
"To hell with the Hoheniollerns.'
It waa by mere, chaaee that Col.
Bingham should 'bavo been among
tha bomefolks preaent He waa pass
ing through enrouto to Havana aad
topped! here to pay hia respects to
the Watteraoa family. He then
learned of their bereavement.
Irony of Fate.
It aeemed to be aa irony of fate
that CoL Wattersoa had embarked
on tha unknown journey so far re
moved from the center of bis activi
ties Be had long sine decided that
ha aad hia wife were not ae young
they ased to bo aad had re
frained from formal affaire. He
dropped into Jacksonville one day,
and after regaling with reminiscence
th body of young newspaper mea
who called to see him, he retired
from the winter activities of the
eity. Whea first greeted he had ex
plained his presence ben by saying
he waa merely on a winter visit, and
if Jacksonville suited him he would
remain her for tha winter.
Th family ia expected to remain
her nntil Mrs. Wattersoa's health
improves, thenc to go farther down
the etate nntil spring when tha ver
satilp warrior, shorn of his aeeontf-
vuta, will be taken home.
TAXED WITH THE COSTS
FOR BEATING PRISONER
Superintendent of Lenoir
Stockade Claims He Was
Justified
runs to a, vec, ZJ. meads war
today reported to have offered to pay
coats aaaesaed against Frank Sheet
superintendent of Lenoir eounty
roads, aaaesaed ia Superior court her
for th inflietio af corporal punish
Beat oa John Lee H alley, a negro
eoa vtct Khem ad mi ted havlac given
Hatley -between 40 and 100, blows '
with a laah, bat denied that th
whipping waa exeewive.
Superintendent Khem mad th
contention that while tha law oaly
allowed him to inflict IS la she. Hat.
ley ia etaekade delivery bad freed
II prisoners aad should kave bad 285
laah, or IS for each of th eoaviet
who cecnped, though h bad a Me
ef Impoeiag th whole Z85.
Khem aaid that beeaase Hatley
did mere work tha a rather laef
leleat srtoam eheveL and a macb a
any ether fear aegroee en the roada
fore, he had personally aided
having bM.toateae reduced (rem
fir year to three, aad that ha had
aa admiration for th negro blunted
only br Mailer s bad character aad
aa iataittoa (hat were th aegro to
get th epportaarty he weald km
RALEIGH. N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBERl!4,
HAPPY OVER THE IRISH SETTLEMENT
- 0 1 , t-eY ''-i ,k V4
if ' I
1 V
Three of England's leading statesmen snapped as they left Buckingham.
there following the Anglo-Irish pact
smiles, while Lloyd George teems Iras
Blind Children
Within Grim
Resignation Will Be Present
ed to Executive Commit
tee Next Week
Thomas P. Warrea will terminate
aeven years' service as enairmaa or
the State Demoeratie Executive
Committee next- Wedneaday when
he wilt preaent his formal resigna
tion. J. I). Norwood, of Salisbury,
will probably be named to succeed
Mr. Warren aa the official head of
Ihe Demoeratie party ia North
Carolina.
Mr.Warrea's retirement from the
ehaitmaaship of the Executive Com
mittee comes as no surprise to the
people of the State. He announced
shortly after the conclusion of the
eampaiga in 120 that it would be
the laat marshaling of the Demo
eratie forces nnder hia leadership.
Hia resignation at this time comes
oa the eve of the beginning of
another bi eanial campaign.
Talk of the impending reaignatioa
of the chairman ha beea heard in
termittently for several months.
When it appeared likely tkat ke
would be named to aueeeed Justice
Allen on the Supreme Court bench
several months ago it waa generally
nowa mat Tnomaa E. too per, arm
ber from the Sixth district would be
a formidable contender for th suc
cession, but Mr. Cooper stated i
definitely yesterday that he waa not
a candidate, and that he would sup
port Air. .Norwood.
Mr. Warren became a member of
the Executive Committee jnJOlO,
and was named'1 chairman in 1914.
During hia oerviee, party majorities
have grown steadily at each election,
to laat year a record breakinr ma
jority of 80,000 votes. The retiring
chairman Jiaa made ao announce
ment of hia plana. Talk of hia eaa
didaey for Governor lias been in the
air an ice tha vacancy on the Su
preme Court waa filled.
Mr. Norwood has seea manv vaara
in active party service, and if
chosea for th leadership, will bring
to the place a wide experience in
political matlera. He ia widelv
known throughout the 8tate, in both
political and business circles. He is
a banker, mill owner farmer aad
politicians v
VIRGINIA STRONG FOR
CO-OPERATIVE IDEA
Old Dominion Goes Orer the
Top in Tobacco Market
ing Campaign .
Keyeaville, Va Dec With the
arrival of thousands ad, signed eon
traeta at the Virginia office of the
Tobacco Growers' Co operative As
soeiatioa during the past week, the
organising growers hsve won aa over
whelming victory ia their eampaiga
for a 73 per cent State-wide aiga
up of tobacco farmers in the mar
keting assoeiatioa. Over 20,000 far
mers ia Virginia kave now signed
the contract to market their tobac
co for five years through their own
eo-operative association, while sign
ed contracts continue coming in from
all parte of the State aad oaly the
lis of th majority membership is
aow ia doubt.
A complete count of th aigna-
tures and pons da contained in the
contracts received at the Virginia
office ef th marketing aasoeiatioa
ia now being made by a coma teat
accountant net connected with the
organisation, who will certify to its
correction. From this count the
State wiy be diatribe ted for the
coming election of director ia the
marketing association but Virgiaia
tobace growers wbo desire to be
members ef what promise to be the
largest marketiag organization ia
th South, (till have aa opportunity
t Joia la th day that remain be
fore tor ejection ta Jaaaary.
MOORE COMMISSIONERS
TO BUILD COURTHOUSE
Carthac. Dee. IX Th comm-
sieaers of Moere county bar
cided to build a new court bouse.
At their aeetiag th first Moaday
a resolution waa ananlaowsiy aaopt
ed to haw beads to th aanoaat ef
tISOJioe to eon street th
eanrt bona. Th peoplaef Moor
eoeaty seem to be divided ever the
matter ef a new eeert he aee. Some
think it shew id be built wTwkiW
other feel that thia hi a time to
iaareaa ike bardea ef aa already
I heavily taxed peepn If big MM
WARRENDUT AS
PARTY CHAIRMAN
rl ki
Left Winstoa Churchill aad right
enthusiastic.
Bring Joy
Prison Walls
Christmas Carols By Pris
oners of Darkness Light
Up Dreary Lives
ANNUAL CELEBRATION
... Al STATE'S PRISON
Other Celebrations for City'i
Unfortunate and Poor
Today and Tonight
Hard, bitter faces of women whose
hands did not tremble even when
raised against the life of a human
being, grim, stolid faces of men who
had exhausted the catalog of evil
were wet with teara, and the miacry
born of atern iustica waa washed
away for a brief hoar at the 8tate
prison laat night when the voices of
blind children were lifted up in the
solemnly beautiful measures of
"Holy Night"
Always there ia that note of sor
row and of bitter tragedy for those
who carry to these forgotten, miser
able ones something of the spirit
that U called Christmas. Last night
there was aa unwonted pathos when
theae children, imprisoned forever
ia darkness, without hope thst the
light of day will never penetrate th
veil that it ever their eyes, sang
for those that live aader the atara
veil of the law. It waa the meeting
and to blending of tragedies.
But aot unmixed tragedy for that
solam Jay that abtaea eat -from
Christmas music waa brought more
cletolr to th hearta of those wbo
have beea shut p behind 'walls of
stone when sung by children who
live in a more terrible prison of
darkness. And afterward, with the
heart purged of bitter thought, there
waa more abandon in the jtiy that
greeted the lighter aprightiier things
that the women of the Woman a
Club provided for those who would
not otherwise have known that it is
Christmas.
Mr. Bowea1 Black Magic
Preatidigitationa from the hands
of an unsung master of the black
arte. Professor A. P. Bowen, registrar
at Btate College. If it should eome
to pasa that the college no longer
needs a registrar, Mr. v Bowea would
shortly aaass fortune with this
other art of his. But should he
win th plaudits ef the world, he
will never find an audience that
wilt revet mere in hia magic Over
oa the side ot the unapei wnere
the aegroee were seated, many grew
actually hysterical ia their joy in
him- Tears, as doubt, have gone
site they kasw such a performance
Gifts for Everybody
Then under the direction of those
two Prison Angela, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe. H. Weathers, aad of Warden
Buabee, euch a profuaioa ef gifts
aa haa never been seen at the prison
waa distributed. The Prison fur
nisbed a ten pound bag of candy
and apples aad nuta and the like,
the Woman's Club gave every man
cigar, a package of cigarettes,
bag of tobacco, a plug of tobacco.
chewing gum, aad a pound or eaiKiy
made by Mrs. B. V. Williamson,
The eia-ars were given by B. T
Csxle the tobacco aad cigarettes by
the America aad Liggett k Myers
com Denies.
Then at the end of the distributee
ime a thing aausual ta prison cele
brationa. The Serration Army had
provided a aeat testament for every
maa aad weaaa ia the prison, aad
in each eae, a eard of greeting fronr
tha Superintendent of the i'riaon
The service was staged by the Prieoa
Committee of the Woman's Club,
with Mr. C B. Park aa chairman
Aaaiatiag her went Meed am es George
Marsh, Alex Houston, aad Uerrard,
aad Miss Sawyer. Superintendent
Pea a greeting te the mea aad worn
ea la the prieoa follows:
apt. re Greeting
T wish far yoa a merry Ckriat
aa aad a happy New tmt, aa muxy
aad aa happy as th daya caa be
nnder year present ctreamsteaeee.
We've doa r bast, altboagh small
te help make tkem anarry and pleas-
sat. Tea ea make each day yoa
remaia with as a more nloaasat day
far yearself aad year fellowmea by
going about year work willingly aad
pleasantly. Try eailiag . Instead ef
frowning. 'A maa may be down
bat b is never eat' Tej' still have
oleaty f eportaaitiee ia Uf to
aaak good. I want to help yea all
I aaa, bet that it M little compared
(Coatianed Page Two.)
KO PAFEB MONDAT.
. Is order I enable) the fere ef
ttv Mew aad Ubserear t eejey
Cbvtatsaa aad bar day eat
of free, th Mown and Obeosw
war will net appear
1921.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
Palace after a Privy Council held
Sir Hamar Greenwood are a study ia
E
Cornerstone for $100,000
Structure at Oxford is
Formally Laid
Oxford, Dec; 23. The Orand Lodge
of Masons of "North Carolina met in
special session in Oxford todny to
lay the cornerstone of the William
J. Hirks Memorial Hospital to be
built at the Oxford Orphannge. The
exercises were presided over by
Orsnd Master J. Bailey Owen of
Henderson, aaaUtrd by members of
the urand Lodge, some acting as
deputy o (Boers -for- those shaeitf
Paat Graad Master B. 8, Royaler in
troduced -the orator of the day, Wor
ahipful Grand Htewnrd A. J.
ris, of Hcnderaoni who in a fo
address paid a glowing trilmte-Wnfhe
memory of Col. W. J. Hicks,' th be
loved superintendent who gave o
many ycara of his life in work
among the orphans of thia inatitu
tion and for whom the hospital is
nsmed. He also- spoke in words of
highest commendation of Grand Mas
ter J. Bailey Qwen and Tat Grand
Master B. 8. Jloyater, who have beea
instrumental in initiating and in
raising large eums for the hospitsl.
The Impressive service of laying
the cornerstone was witnessed by th
entire student body, factulty, gran
lodge and large assemblage ot friends
of the institution.
At aa Impressive service last Fri
day preparations had been made for
the cornerstone laying of this build
ing, which ia to eeet 1flf.-"Wr1t
will be suspended nntil $100,000 has
been subscribed.
Among visitors preaent were Mrs.
Elisabeth Hioks Johnson, Mary and
Margaret Johnson, Mariaa Wyatt
William Hirka Johnson, of Bsleigh,
Mrs. Clyde J. Tamer, of GreenaWo,
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Weldon, of Hto-
vall, relntlvea of Col. Hicks; Mrs.
Belle Ask Perk, of Greensboro, wor
thy Grand Matron of th Order of
the Eastern Btnr.
Grand Ledge Officer.
Orand Lodge officers present for
the exercises were:
J. Bailey Owen, of Henderson
Orand Master; C. V. York, of Rnl
eigh, as Deputy Grsnd Master; Hu
hert M. Potent, of Wake Forest
Senior Grsnd Wardea; W. B. Smith
of Rale1gh,,as Junior Grand Warden
W. B. Balleau, as Grand Treasurer
C. T. McClenaghan, of Kaleigh, as
Grand Secretary; Bev. J. D. Harte,
as Grand Chaplain; F. P. Hohgood
Br, of Greensboro, as Grand Lee
turer; Frank M. Pinnix, of Oxford,
as Senior Grand Deacon; Ben W
Parhsm, of Oxford, aa Junior Grand
Deacon; F. P. Hohgood, Jr.,
Greensboro, aa Orand Marshal; C. H.
Hunter, as Urand Sword Bearer
George B. Harris, of Henderson, as
Orand Pursuivant; Andrew J. Har
ris, ef Henderson, Orand Steward
J. S. Boystef. ae Orand Steward
W. D. Terry, of Baleigh, Grand Ty
ler.
The past Grand Masters prcsen
were: General B. B. Royster,
Oxford; F. P. Hohgood, Jr.,
Qreensboro; A. B. Andrews, of Bal
eigh.
An unusual thing happened during
the laying of the eoraerstone. Th
westher today was gloomy, the skies
being eloduy most of the day. Just
at the moment when the cornerstone
was laid the tun burst through the
elouds aad shone ia all Its radiance.
BELIEVE KING WAS
KILLED IN ACTION
Wilmington Zx-Berrice Man
Throws More Light on
"Hanging" Case
Wilmington, Dee, 13. Veraey
Wells of thia eity, sergeant ia com
pany 0, 110th infantry, ia which
Beaaie F, King, , reported hanged
without trial, served, declared today
that there waa little doubt ia h
mind that King; waa killed on Sep
tember 29tb when he and two com
radee were,streek by a Germaa shell.
Followihgth battle of th day
Walla waa informed by Corporal Os
car SheHoa, C Druid, N. C, that he
(Hheltoa) saw King killed. King
kelmet was fonnd by Wells aad gua
aers amber On and Two of the
anaehiajr gua outfit were found dead
and removed front the Held by Welle.
King was Number Three la the ma
chin guh awtflt and it ia Irmly
believed that a wee killed at the
saaa time th ether me lost their
Uvea, ' Sheltoa and Wells were food
friead f King and both are cer
tain that h waa killed la action.
Mrs, Oscar Edwards, aether f
King, was reported to have become
seriously 111 when ah learned df
the testimony which Robert A. Har
risen, other Wilmington eerviee
ana, mad witk regard to haviag
seea King banged la Franc beeanae
af hia refuMl to obey aa order.
Senator Tea Watseaa laveetigatiea
MASONS TO BUILD
1
SUBMAR1NESAND
TREATY COMMAND
CHIEF ATTENTION
President Characterizes Dif
ference in Views as
"Unimportant" - '
CONTINUE DEBATE ON
SUBMARINE PROPOSAL
DiscTjiiion of General Ques
tion of Auxiliary Tonnage
Held Up Became of Ex
changes With Paris; Con
ference Oivei Up Plan for
Extended Holiday
Washington, Dec, 2.1.- (By the As
soeiated Press.) A three-hour trian
gular debate on submarines occurred
today in the uavnl committee of the
Washington conference, Admiral f)e
Bon, of France;. Arthur J. Balfour;
head of the British group and Sena
tor Rchunzer, of Italy, being the
only participants. The official com
munique issued by ths committee
showed, that no ation war taken
Admiral de Bon declared the eon
fronee retttd ot'riraioBabry limit
submarine construction at all, but
that if it did, "1)0,000 tons is the
absolute minimum for all the navies
who may want to Bnve a submarine
force."
Plea Agalnat Sabaarinee
For the Hritiah Mr. Ha four re
iterated hid extended argumenta al
ready advanced by Lord Lee for
toshd-'aboiieh-meirt of submarine. He
UtnWtedf however, that "the Brit
iah Empire has no hone of rctttinr
?J'Mfny important support in the course
of this conferenre. Adding:
I do earnestly trust that our de
bates may go beyond the limits of
this room or even of a publi sea
sinn. '
Benator Schanxer Insisted that
the conference waa "confronted by
substantially technical difference
of opinion'1 as to the defensive value
of submarines. The Italian delega
tion felt that the problem should
he "examined subsequently in
wider conference,"' he said, before
snv action toward abolishment
of
underwater craft could be under
taken.
For the present, Senator Schan
aer added, "one point la clear in ear
lad and that ia that th beet
eourie would be to follow even in
this ease the spirit of th Amerl
can proposal and consequently
aliminats submarinee to th measure
strictly necessary for the ends of
purely defensive naval policy.''
Exception te Balfoar
Admiral de Bon took exception to
a portion of Mr. Balfour's rematke
which the French officer regarded aa
imputing to him a desire to support
the theory that submarines had
right to destroy merchant vessels
after saving the erews. Neither he
nor the French government held
that view, he said.
Mr. Balfour replied hat he had
not intended to 'misrepresent Ad
miral de Bon," but had attempted
to ahow that, if the submarine was
to play "the great role ia future
wars which Admiral de Boa had sug
gestcd in his speech, it could only
do so by resort to extreme methods
for it was futile to suppose thst sub
marines would make a practice ef
stopping merchant ships and pine
ing prise erews oa bosrd to take
them into port.
No Entanglement
New prominence was given th
treaty discussions during the day by
a pub'ie statement by the President
characterising the differences over
interpretation of the pact as unim
portant and declaring the Ameri
ran delegates bad the "full eonfl
denee" of the White House
Mr. Harding added that the treaty
contemplated no "alliance -or en
tnnrlement,- and aaked that lease:
questions of difference be not per
mitted to obscure the central pur
pose of the agreement to preserve
pesce and provide means for friondly
consultstion aa a means ef settling
international controversies.
Fatare Coa ference.
With the submarine discussion! has
developed a proposal that plana be
made for some future conference
include other nations and take
detai'a ef auxiliary fleet construc
tion which some of the delegatee feel
cannot be settled here. The Italians
have taken the lead ia advocatin
such a plan, and the British are
understood to have suggested that
the United States coma forward with
some definite proposal la liae with
President Harding s desire for a coa
tinning series of international meet-
inn. The conversations have net,
however, reached a formal stage.
It Is the hope of eoaferenee lead-
era that committee diseussiou of the
proposal for abolition of the eub
marine may be concluded tomorrow
and in some quarters it ia be'levcd
that after Christmae the aegotlatlon
relating to the Far East will be re
sumed concurrently wlta ta
changes oa auxiliary naval tonnage.
The Japanese hop by thst tlae to
have further inatrnctions whieh also
will permit reoumptioa of the Shan
tuag eoavcraatipaa.
Ceerg White Badly Earned.
Marietta, Ohio,, Dee. . George
White,' former chairman f the
Demoeratie national eommltte was
eaiafully burned i n expiosioB f
gas at J oil well t Noble eoaty
yesterday. Ha lajuriea are not
serious, ' waa aaid by bi physician.
. - Mack Christmas Mail
New York. Dee. 23- Tk rteena
ship Adrlsti arrived today free
England with aer thaa TjOOO sacks
ef Christ maa saalL She also brought
15,300,000 ift gold ejeaaigaed te keoal
rnrr" mrr prro
TO GET FREEDOM
CHRISES DAY
Sentence of Former Socialist
Candidate for Pre$lr
dent Commuted -y;
-" i i ii in v 34,.
SERVING SENTENCE. IN;;,
ATLANTA PENITENTIARY!
wenty-Three Other Persons
Convicted . on Various
Charges of Hindering th
Government Dating tho
War A1 so Receive Preai
dential Commntafions .T '
Washington, Dec. 25. Eugen Ts
Dehs, former Socialist candidate fa
President, serving a sentence of tea
years at Atlanta penitentiary for eie
lating teh espionage act, aad 23 ether
nasAna aAwuit.J . 1 .
of hindering the government doriaaj
the war with Germany .received, to
day from President Harding eea
muiAiioa or sentences to become ef
fectlve Christ maa Day. Atth ams.
time gvlk fnrm., i U141AU
military court ror the murder ef
.British officer while aervlna- witk
the Amerieaa army oa the Bhina
received full pardons, effectiv -
Christmas Day. ,
All Caaea Closely Studied.
The action was takea after tke Da
partment of Juetice had atudied eep.
nrately the enses of 197 persons sere
ing sentences for violating wartime,
laws nd . after. Attorney General - -Dougherty
had discussed th sitae-v
tion at length with President Hard.
mg, who was aid to be deal roes if
possible of granting soma pardons
for Christmas. The commutation.-
was explained, do aot operate na
restore citixenship by the felony eon-" '
vietions, but the pardons da. BavwraL.."
of the civilian nhVnilera will ka- 1
ported to the European countries f '
their nntivity, two are under obeerva-
tion at hoapitaln for insane and th
era are now out on narolea which.
were granted by President Wilaea.
Aaaoaaceaont By Harding.
The commutations and nardone
were anaonnced personally, by Free-
uent anruing, wno. too toe action
in accordance with the custom af
extending clemency to Federal af.
renders at thai Christmas season.
Th tre aoWier riven full no.
dons are Carl J. Brya, Jame A, "
O'Dell, Boy Youngblood, George Ta
uuuer aaa J. it. Klchardsoa,
serving life terms to which tie
wejw sentf need while with th Amer
ican army oa the Bhina for the U
leged killing of George Laneefleld,
a former British officer. .
Other toaantatleaa.
Among thoae whose sentence were
commuted were Charles Ashleigh.
rormcr newspaper maa and a writer '
. . . . . ..... i . ,
poeiry, wno was conriete na
Chicago for conspiracy nnder th
espionage act aad givea a ten-year
aentenee. Hia urIaum waa mm..
muted upon hi agreement to accept - -deportation
to England, the country -'
Af Ilia H.llvitv . j.
Other prisoners released included
Orville Anderson, eonvicted at Dead.
wood, 8. D, October 5, 1818, nnder
the espionage law and sentenced to , .
four years. Oiorannn Baldaxxi, aeat. '
enced to ten years after espioaare
. w u.iuiii n . . ii lS " , liu A .
Blodgett, eonvicted at De Moinea, .
Iowa, and serving twenty year m
charges ef opposing the selection
service act, who ia now tn St. Eliaan
)eth Hosiptal for the insane for b ,
serration.
J. T. Cumbie, eoavieted at Okhv
homa City, aad ae ate need te aix ,
years for violation of the Espion
age Act; Thomas Carey, convicted
st San Francisco for violation ef th -."
Espionage Act, serving a two-year
seatenee; Jeseph M. Caldwell, coa
victed at Providence, Th L, tot
violating the Espionage Aet, erring;
three years; Mojick Fierson, eon.
victed at Detroit nnder the Eapioa.
age Act, and aenteaeed for twenty
years, but already givea eons
mutation of sentence to 6ve year
by President Wilson.
Tried Te Sell Can Plana.
Claus Freese, who was senteaeed
at El peso, Texas, to Ave year ak ,
Leavenworth for departing from tk
United States unlawfully ia tin ef
war in an attempt to sell th Oer .
maa consulate ia Mexico plana f s
new gun similar to those designed. -for
use by the Uaited States armyt
Ed Hamilton, eonvicted at Chicago,
August 30, 1918, aad sentenced te
te years under the Espionage Aet I
"imam 4. Head, aenteaeed nt Siong """
Falls, South Dakota, ia 1917 for
violating the Espionage Aet,
Gustavo H. Jacobs n, eoavieted at -
Chicago aad sentenced to three yea re
tor attempting to aet oa foot a aaili.
tary enterprise ia India ncalnat -
Greet Britain during tha war. Mr.
Idell Kenaeay, ef Loe Aagelea, Cat.
aenteaeed te tea years for attempt. -ing
to cause insurbordinatioa aad re.
fuaal of duty among selective eervic ....
me. Jack Law, eoavieted at Ckieaura
for violating the Espionage Aet aad. '
senteaeed to tea years; Joha 1
Murphy, sentenced te Ire arrara at
Saerameato, Cal, aader th Espiea.
age Aet) Walter Phillip, convicted
at Oklahoma City for kiaderlag tk
selective semce law aad esateaeed
to tea years, though he waa released
parole Jaaaary 10, 1921, by Preai
dent Wilson.
Joee Prado, seateaeed to two year '
for bringing alien lata the TJaited
State aalawfuUy ia time f wart
Albert B. Prashaer, esateaeed to )et '
years .in 1914 after oavietiea 6
Ckieago for violating tk Cepieaag
Aett WUhelsa Bchaaaaa, eoavktsi
at rert Dodge. Iewa, aader th
Espionag Act. aad sentenced te f t
year! Joseph A. Be r aadsManri.
U Baitkia, hot aervlag six y.
terms t. vkirh they war aenta
at ladiaaapolis ia 1911 for viobt.
(Coatianed ea fs-e I
, (CeUnnod If Two
Mhnuaaippt and imbam,
ha smarda to men a. '
eemarUe in Washington. -
baaka.