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J WATCH HELL i m iews mm Korth CwWImi Fair WedsMaday. Tkan4r tirtniln etaodteeaa, B4 maca chaa U tmsrUro. y data befor exptratiaa ta order aa aeoed mamtacj a slagt cowy. Cent SoiC Ofoserver if volociv; no. lea DEMOCRATS FEEL IIIIIMCIII Chairman Cordcll Hull Will - Delivt Keynote Ad : " dress Tonight PLENTY OF FtGHTr LEFT IN PARTY YET Deniooratio Whip Optimistic Orer Outlook and Thinks "Republicans Ear Hothicf ' of Which to Bo Proud Zx cept legislation forced ..'- Ij Tanners' Bloc " The News ed Observer Bureau, PROSPECTS GOOD r COS District National Bank BIdg Br KDWABD B. BUTTON " " (By, Rpeial Lease Win)"" Washington; Dee, 17. Demoentk , prospect , throughout ;the country an ' BOW', considered so bright that -then rt memben of tat Demoentie . minority ia Congress who aot alea express eoaldeaee tut the BepabU ' a majority will be cat dowe to a ., aliai. edge, bat that the Eepubleaa majority will become tba Bepublieaa mlaority after tba eleetiea ia 121 Btudeats f the litaatioa point eut . that tba majorities ef mm Bepub u eaa members, ia 1911 sad ia 1920 war aeaat majorities (a their dls trfcts, aBd that with a -."pull all together' ia the Wa aleetioa these - districts earn bo redeemed. r i lad tbeoo Democrats are tubing ' food cheer ia tie seleetioa at Bep- rceeatatin Bouse ai cksirmaa of tba Deaoeratia -Congressional- paiga eoaimlttoe, aad ia tba will to wm that ia beiag shOwa b Chair ' a Cordell Hull, a the Doaioeratie National eommitV. Cr. Hull will ake hia tint publia addreaa aiaee hia eleettea ak a diaaer m bo givea la hia boaor hy tba Dtmoeratia State eoamittea of ToaaoaM at Maahville Wedaeadar mlfht, tba Claaer ta b attended by leadiag Democratic Jeea aad woatea from all parta of 'the Teaaaeaee.. and Via frit addrew aa Katioaal ahairmaa 4a expected to oa eiuioa call to ha Demoerac? vt mm wp mm a aomf. i " ' DeratB Ta TmA Flrtt ' The. DemoeraKo atembera of Cos . reta-are oaatln( oa' mikinf koary (aina ia Kew EarUid"tate,-Ne. York, Peaaiyhaabi, Ohio, ladiana, aad Oklahoma with fatne ' alao la UUaoIa, MaryUad, Jttnoari; MkU V(a well at other midwett aad , far wait (tatea.. Tbe' Democratic Ceat-reaaioaal eomsiittee aa well ai tba National committee are planning to collaborate with the varioaa die trie ergaaixatlona,, aad will preaa the gbt . They hold that there ia pleaty bf mmaaitioa iaraiahed by the Be pablieaaa ia Coagrem that eaa be need ia tba campaign aad propose to tbow also that ia both Hoaaea the Demoeratie jnajoriry kaa beeav alert ta the intereeta of the people aad that had it aot ken tor the ae tirity at tba minority there would ha to bora pasted crta more ob aoxiont laws than some of those thab ha beea enacted. It m to be a militant Democracy that gooaSiato tba eampaiga aad tarry leaden are ia flne fcttla aver the outlook for bir ruM.- " ' ; ' ; BcpresenUUTO 'Williaai . ' A.' Old. ield, of Arkansas, Democratic whip of the House, ia moot optimistic orer tb prospect. "Why should we aot auke the gains tad wiaf he queried today ia talking . over the political aitmatioa, going oa to aays -With Secretary of War Weeks demanding a return to Canaoniam by the Boos nd Coagreaamaa Aa- aorge, el esr Tork, condemning aad aeeking to la as feloaa members of the Hobs and Ssaat who come from the agriealtaral districts aad supported leglalatioa to aid the farmer, it ia reasoaabl to expect the body of voters to oppooa aad re buke such suggestions.' The tK.m eratU whip holds that the blocs hT done ataeh toward legislation that ia of benefit aad that tb rt. rd tbey bar mad ia tb beat that tb Bf publicans eaa offer to tb people, that the Old Guard of Bcpnblieaa km wUl tad that it to their etaad pat aad reactionary method that art beiag condemned by .tba people and aot ! things that tb "agri cultural bloc" has done. - . Bloc Kot New Thing . . . Mr. Oldfields eonteatioa is that ia the past tb maaafataran bloc, an railroad bloe aad olber apodal intereeta blocs had mflaeaced legie Utioa ia Congress, Tea if these various group did aot har the eoa troi wkich has come to the agricul tural tloe. He declared that the eredit was da tb Democratic orgaa iatioa aader Vreeldeat Wilson for breaking up these special interests bloc la tba Boas aad Senate by means of tb Federal reeerre law and the searching laTestlgatioa which had beea made durlag th te nor of oiiie by the Wilooa admla Istratioaw Ho expresses th belief lhat the mean bill as framed and enacted, and tb Bepablicaa tariff bill that ia being prepared, . will both aid ia patting the Democrats back ia power, pointing, out . that high sugar duties which are-aader rontemplatioa aad which wilt have to be paid by the consumers, while the Amerleaa valuatioa plaa will ft th big Importers wb are plaa t a way to pan these high duties r g to th consumer also. His ia that many induntrie will be I t ia aa unsettled condition by the : -nl tnriS and that its In jus i r well as those of t';C rTenn TWELVE PACES TODAY. KENTUCKIAN TO AID . I H WIND-UP DRIVE "CAFTAIX WILLIAM COIXIXt, Ctptala' William Collins, of Toung Fart,1 Kentaekyv ei-eeric mH, -is oa of th speakers from Kentucky In North Carolina this week to aid ia th wird-up dri of th Tobare Growers CeopersUre Marketlag Aa- aoeiaUoa. Captain Collies is a i of tb tat Joha T. Collins, one of tb leaden f th Burley Tobaee Qrowen Co-ope retire Assoelatloaa.ia Kentucky, who died before the bar ley asooeiatioa signed ap tb barley crop ad who passed the work on to his sob. Captain Collins has fulfilled fair father's wish, aot only aiding la the Kentucky eampaiga bat doing work ia ether states. State Democratic Executive . Committee in Session ,. Tonight at 8 t rrml aoeeptaae et ta reaigaa tioa of Thorn p.. Varna u chalr- maa of the But Demoeratie Execu-1 tire Committee," and 4h eleetlea of 1. D, Norwood, of BaMsbtirjr a iis successor will ialre pfac" wbea the Oommlttejgatben la easioa. ia tba Qall e tb House t Bepnatatirk at I Woek tonighU- Ileetioa f If r. Korwoed appeared to b with eut appositioa ameag' tba t maay memben of . tie tdmnlltt who reached Baleiih last aigbt. v Ur. Wama t retire from, ; the chairmanship after serea yean, of sctir serriee, durlag which tint the party majormea in tee nut aar trowa steadily t last year's record- breaker, of a3 eighty'. tboaaaad. air. Norwood eemc iat oerrle a head of the party machinery ia th Stat after a tutelage of eight yean u a meuber from tb Eeghta Coa- greHional district, aad la -tb prime of hlataaergiee. Hi friends predict for him a .Tory successful chairman ship. : ?': . Tonight' aeasloa promiae to be perfunctory, expect lor seat tribute to lb. Warren a be retire , from aetlre leadership f th party or gaaiaatioa ia the State. N ether bnsiaess bad come withia sight last sight. . A aeon or more membcaa of tba committee bad arrived ia the ilty, tad ao hint of eut-of the-erdl-aary deTclopments waa te be board ia th lobbies where' tbey eongre- gatod. . . ':',-'' Asong those wb an ia tb eity, if aot to b present at the session to b withia obserrbg. distance, an both tb UniUd SUte Beaatorial secretaries, Frank Hampton, secre tary to Beaator Bimmoaa,-aad,Al fna McLean, secretary to fbaator Uremaa. , uther attire party mea. aot members of th committee, are also Tisitinr ia th city. Th at teadaae of actual memben will rep resent scarcely mon. thaa half tb memberaip of bu. . .. . - f Mr. Warren s retirement comes a sarpris to tha people of , the 8 tat. H indieaUd ahortly after Aha, 1M0 electloa that it would his tort eampaiga as ehabrmaa. His retirement at th Urn he aspired to tb Supreme Conrt bench, after the death of Justice AOe would like ly hare precipitated a fight At that tim T. E. Cooper, member 1 from tb Blatk district, wa la lln for tb plaoe, but Mr. Cooper to bow aa aeti supporter of Mr. Norwood. KISSING RADIUM iS 'h; ,; LOCATED IN ASHES Newtoa, " Kaa, . Dee. 17 Nearly 12,000 worth of radium, or about one-third of a auaatlty from Axtel Hospital here, has beea recormd from S50 pounds of ashes by Eastera chemists, It was announced today. Tha ndinta disappeared-about two moatha ago ' - and Investigation prompted the theory ..that it bad fouad ita way to th f uraae ia baa. dages removed from patients. Mon ashes will bo chipped to the chemists ' for examination it was statco. . . t- FOSMEB 6. A. B. COMMANDER DIES AT INDIANAPOLIS ' Indianapolis, Dee. 2?. William K. Keteham, , former Commander-ia. Chief of the Grand Army of tha Be- publie, died at hia bomb her today. tie was 79 years old. Death was caused by scute indigestion." Mr..Ketcbara was elected ComnDnn der-la-Chicf September 14, 190. Ue was sneceeded by Lewis Filcher, of New lork, who was elocted at the (.mil rnrnmr'T'eTtt r" 1 bor If A 1 LIE SUCCESSOR. TOUMBi PREDICTS END OF CROP MORTGAGES VnH II 3 YEARS Aaron Spario Sees Hope lor Southern Farmer jn Co-operation BRINGS MESSAGE TO STATE FROM KENTUCKY Leadtr la Oo-operatiTt Mar- kttinf MoTtmtnl D clarti Kntnc7 Has Oone Ahead o f California; tout! OoUiboro JLdi net to Elf h Zathvaiaim Ooldsbor. Dee,' tfPropboeyiag that wiUla three yearn th crop Ilea wiu oa exuaev ta norta umiaa tbrotifb. the-operotiea f e-pera tie marketing, Asroa ShpiroV of Califonla, roused to applause aa an dlence of farmera aad buaiaeec mea that ererflowed the court boon ken today. . Mr. Bapln cam ben direct from Kentucky foe. the first of a serin of ft mass meetings, which be wlil address "thl week, tad brought i message from Judge B. W. Bing. ham, a Tar Heel, wb to largely re ponsiblo for th nmarhsbl siga-np for 'aw-optntrnr " aiarketinr "bmoig the burley tobacco growers. Judge Bingham expected to help North Carolina ts the anal days of the eampaiga, but-"baa beea ordered to rest by bis doctors siaee be prac tically won himself eat la tha Asa tacky drlT. After a brief introduction hr Dr. 3. E. Fsrsoa, president of tha Wayne County Tobaee Growers Co-ope ra- tlr Asooeiatioa, Mr. 8apir Ulked for aa hoar aad forty-ae minutes ia aa formal way that held th at- teatidref bis audiene to th aad. At, the start ho asked that any ae who had aay questions r wished to challenge . aay of kls statements feel free to Interrupt klm at aay tim ana oaciana. taatvu there's aay- thin Weak la this movement' ha waatea jM aaow , gfc,. Kentaeky a riaa Beeord ""tkaTe ao pride left ia Califonla sine tb, Xeatueky . growen Acre showa aa how by rganUing-ready tor business ia lees thaa aix months with am 85,000 memben ia th bar ley asso Utioa,". declared Mr. Ba- pira. "Co-opntin mazketing has beea successful oa rry type of agricultural -: commodity kaowa either, la . Europe .r tb TJaited States. , ' "Onr growen la Califorala, like your ' growers ken, " ased to raise crop aad thea auk present of them to th buyers, but after yean bf this sad baring to borrow fnm aad time . merehaata, the growers decided that ft was either a rottea industry at !, something was wrong wtta u aoaauct I the Industry of agriculture If a farmsr couldn't get aloag without borrow ing to make a aew crop each year, Broke Market by Damping "They studied tho problem aad found out that growen wen break iiag our market by dumplag all their products oa tt withia a short time, tha very thing yoa growen an still doing putting It oa the mail et wba it eaaaot V abeorbod at a fair price." r . ' Th Calif oraia gnwars, azpiaiaed Mr Bapiro learned one trick ef mer chandising from big busiaess firms aad organised so that buyon sompet against buyers instead of growers against growsrs. - Tkey ala put their products oa th market a faster thaa the market can absorb it aad ban one control office making all sales with every grower getting the i trie for tb eam-craaiity aad quantity.'' ; ' ' : t ; Jteierrlng to th eriUe wh say - wonunnea oa rag two; U. FOREIGN TRADE v SHOWS A DECREASE IxporU to Enropo in jTotoHi per Declined EearO; ' Importi Larf er ' -Washiagtoa, Do. tTAmsrtcaa exports to Europe deelinaed IC,1 000,000 ia NoTomber as compared wit tb previous enontn; aceordiag to aa official summary of forslga tndo issued today by th Depart ment of Commerce Imparts from Europe increased ia th sam period about 3 ,500,000. . - - - . Only to Africa aad Oceania wu tb outgoing tnilo of the United 8tates greater la, November thaa la October, tbVinerease ia the esse of Africa beiag 170000 aad to Oceania W,400jOOO. : -.-? Exports to North Amerieaa coun tries aggngated i7lfiflO0 for No vember against 177177100' for Octo ber t to South America $13,320,000 against 15T7,00Q Aalafi41,10,000 agatast 21,000 j Oeoaala 18,15V 000 against i9,:7300, and-Africa 14105,000 against $44621)00. Imports from Europe wen 170, 142,000 for November against 106,-729.000-for October fnm North Amerieaa countries $50,317,000 against $53,502,000- South America 6,807,000 agalastv17,711)00i Asia Oreanla MJOijm against 000 r Africa 4,SleVK30 against 12, 812,000. . I ' ExDorle to Cu totalled SSAIA, 000 ia November against 19,895,000 In October aad Importe from Cnhi RALEIGH. N. C WEDNESDAY anaamsmsanmaaamiasKadcsmnimnanm TO HOLD INQUEST No Headway Made Toward Apprehension of High, . way Assassins GOVERNOR OFFERS. 1400 REWARD FOR DETECTION Sheriff Harrison Detafli Three Deputies to Work On Oaae: Deputy ftell find Ho Ballet Holes ia Oar; Dead Man's Pistol Oiren to Officers Xaejueet onr tb remains ef B. H. Hamlttoa, who was shot to death half mil oast of the city limits oa the HUbarai rosd ahertly. after I o'clock Monday Bight by two aaldeatifled negroes, according t th story told by Mis Irene Guess, wha was riding with him at the time, will begia this moraiag at 10 o'clock. A prelimi nary aatopsy will be performed by Dr. J. M. Caviness, aaty shysictoa. raiastaking laveatigatioa by Depa- ties Stell; Howard aad Biebardsoa, detailed to tho can by Sheriff D. Bryant Harrisoa yesterday, devel oped nothing la th aatun of i due to the identity of the aassasiaa. Sheriff Batrisoa declared that hia iaveetlgatloat to aot confined eatlrcly to th theory that tha a hooting waa don by two negroes, although ha has aot njoeted that hypothesis. The deputies ia charge of the ease have collected a man of details to be pre sented to th coroaers jury, May I serosa Reward. ' Beward in tho sam of 1400 for each of th assassins wa authorised by th Governor yestorday. sad a aimi tor . Mward for their eaptun will likely b offered by tb County Com. miaslonen withia tha Bert day -at two. Sheriff Harrisoa said yesterday that h thought tho nward ought to be Increased, aad that a measure that might lead to tho appnboaaioa f th slayen of Hamiltoa should be left uatried. . ' Careful survey of the mob f th shooting was 'Bead by Deputy Stool early yeetovday wtorning. At about tha point when tb shooting kt reported by Mies uusss to ban ee surred, tb ettoor foand tb tneks of twa 'mea lea ring th road, aad striking off aero th field. Th tracks wen easily distinguish!)! Ja th soft graaad, wet with recent nia. Ns tbr iadieatloas f a cine wen found, aad the trail of tha tricks was lost. Flada N Ballef Bote. Th rrd touring ear ia which Mr. Hamiltoa aad Mia Ooess wen rid ing when tho fetal shots wen fired wsa brought iat th city yestorday morning aad left at Sorrell's garage. Depqty Stell to t th opinion that th hole ia th curtate at tb rear of thenoa an aot bullet holes, aad tut tacy wen aot made then re- eeatly. The hat, half tiled with blood, was nmoved aad' placed la keeping f th sheriff. A mon detailed story f th trag edy was related by Miss Guess yes- iJ.a -L - 1. . . . Kiiutj, uwr mum mma ncoTereii some- what fnm tba shock. Aceordiag to her story, the two asgreee, oae of then tall aad aleader, and tba other ehort.and thick-sot, wen observed at soma little diotaaee ahead of the car, as they drove into tho city. Oac of tb aegroea, sh said, had a pistol ia hia .hand whoa h wa first ob served ss he earn withia th rang f th lights of th car. Mr. Hamilton, who was driving. seeing th possibility f a holdup, mereasea ue speea or the ear, ac eordiag to Mtos Oness, endeavoring to rash past than. As th ear passed, too aegro with th pistol red. th bullet passing ever th ea- gla of tho oar, aad Just a few yards runner, two mar shots wen fired, both of which took effect Just behind th toft ear of th deceased. Miss Ousscx thea eadeavored te right the ear which had plunged to oa side oc ta road whoa Mr. Hamilton eol topsed. TIM Bamntoa's rhrtet. tb dead maa's . nvolver . was turasd vsr to th fflcn by Guese yesterday, with the statomeat that tt had beea lying ia the seat be side him as a precautionary m ugalast hold ape. Nob of th cart. ridge had beea and. Coroner Owe stated. Miss Guess wllKaatMar bo ron th coroner s Jury, and nlato nor atory ox tno aunag o mi. Hamiltoa ia detaiL - Coroner Owea's inaulry lata the tragedy will begia at Bnwaa aader- taking estabtUhmsat when th body wsa takea Moaday alght after deau asued at Bes. hospital. After the autopsy, aad th eiamiaatioa bf the jury, tha body will be turned ver to relatives for burial, funeral ser vices will be held at 1:30 this after- Boost at Asburjn church, acar Cary, wita tatormeaL following, la ue church cemetery. . ,'.. .... , ADMIRAL C H. DAVIS ( ' DIES AT BOSTON HOME y " Washington, Dos. IT Bear Ad mtral Henry Davie, retired, brother- in-law of tVnator Lodge, ef II ehqeette, died at hi homo her to day. He was a satire of Boetoa and 76 yean of age. i Admiral Davis had beea HI for sons time. Eunersl arreagemenU had aot beea completed' today, but it was said burial probably would at Boston. Admiral Davis was tb soa of the late Bear Admiral Charles Henry Davis snd a brother of Mrs. Lodge. He was sptminted to th Naval Arodemv frnn J ' .ichosettS and . : 111 i. HAMILTON DEATH lOQ'CLDGKTODAY ..r. ....,' , MORNING. DECEMBER 28. SUBMARINE ISSUE MAY BE LEFT FOR Washington Conference Un able, ta. Reach Settle ment of Controversy POSTPONEMENT PLAN MAY BE SUBMITTED Bhantunf HeptiatioBS Take On Serious Aspect; Tour Fower treaty Fops Up in Conference Afain; French Hart Snrtested Similar Treaty for Zorope ' Waahlagtoa, Pea, 17-By th As sociated Press). The submarine eon tiotetsy bo revealed wid a Aif fenaeo ef epiniea among the powers that Wstmi. delegated snsertossiy dlecnwlng a plaa to leave tb whole question of auxiliary wsrshtfl to. aag te a later international eeafer CBC. So far oeaaidentiea of the project has beea entirely iafortsal with eon fereaee leaden outwardly refleeUng a hop that tb present aegottotioas ay yet bring tho sabeaaria proa lam to a Solution. Ia many Quarters, however, then an growing signs of discoaragemeat. over, .the prospect. aad aa aceompaayiag toadeaey to examine canfully toe possibilities f th potpoamat plaa. ' Fa tan Cearerewc. la klgheet Amerieaa official c! wa said today, that a concrete proposal for a futan conference might Jm told befon tt arms dele gates withia a few daya. President Hardldg was as id to feel that sash a eoafenae would be a logical de velopment of his policy of interna tional consul UUon aad was la dinted that he had oommanleataj his derin to .the Amerkan . del gatioa. Toa'ght th surauria tangle ap- pareay was as far.aa ever frota a aettlomoat, dasnt nafereaeee be twee the Amerieaa delegates sad th pleaipotoattories of Japaa Ju l rnnec, tih twa -powsrf wh as holding sat.Agaus ta amerieaa compromise ptrfpseab Tb aaval aav mitt, which , has ;b aot line 8tatday will rosam rt seasioa to morrow bat aeithcr th rteaeh a or lose expect to bo ia a pooitioa to modify their uetsoas to America plaa i : , weea for. aaaassag.. . ( The .negotiations' over Shaatuag also took as a mon eerioa aspect durlag tha day whoa tb Japaaeee, after tha receipt of frtsb Instne tisns from Tokto, H It. bo kaews that 'hoy wen aot pre pared to aiak say further eoaesssioaa ia their a chaages with th Chlaeo ver maris of th) Tsingt-Tes-Tsinanf Bailrocd Tb Chiaass alnady have declanl tbey eaa'ta a fsrthor toward compromise, bat la some eoafsrenee clrelia Urn still to hop that to tw gnups Buy be bnsght together, Mnatlm, ue sew gear-power re eifi tioaty, already signed by th United States, Greet Britaia aad Jspan, got back into confenne dls- easctoai through a toggeetio from Jainweao auarton that th fear pew srs site aot to apply th terms or th pact to th principal Islaads of tu japwaeo em pin. ia view er air- - ... - ... fenaeos of view developing ia the United State aad Japaa a to th meaning f th treaty, th Jape wan said ta be considering tba sag getioa-ef sach aa. iatarpntauv sgnsmtat, .. Mlsht Caaos Tangl Aa taterpntatio aot applyiag th treavy to the major Japanese Islaads would b a n re real ef th aader standing said' to have existed smoag tb delegation whoa th treaty wac signed. It would b adverse alas to tb late rpnta tie aaaoaaeod by th Amerieaa delegatioa, bat ia aar (Coatiauod ia Pegs TwoJ HELD RESPONSIBLE '.POK TntAInt Ulit Bnrninf of Incense On Stafe Oansed Traf edy t Hew Caren leoently ; Nov Hsvea, Coaa, Dee, 17 Qty Balldlag lasmsctot Joosrh. : B. AasUa, Lawrence B. Carrcll, maaagor of tha.BUlU Theatre, sad Alfred t. Blach, presides of aoratloa. - which " owwed tad theatre, an bald criminally re. ssoaoiblo for the death of ala aceueaa ta the Btalto . Tbeotn In of Noewmber tt, la a' Sadlag by Coreefec BU Mn toay. Tha eewaor says that tba dU tort of the Bra was tha baralag at Istceaso to gin ' stssosphsn" to -a atotlow see. tan. fianey stag inaottss he lag sgatted from tho totiase. . Taa eoeeaor fouad taat etola. ttoaa of the law la the thntr laotaded th she sac af safe gaatae. r ' . n - . i' Lewis Iddlata die - - Bom. Dec ITWBy tb . Associ ated Press.) Lewis Morris Xddiags, of Wsrrea. Ohio, loag urn secretary of tba Amefieaa embessy ia Bohie aad preontaeat ta war relief work ia Italy during th war, died saidsnly hen tort analag. : - Tote Ceafldeae la Briaad Parla. Dee. 17. By th Assoeisted Press.) Tb Cbambc of Deputies today voted confidence la the gov. enment of Premier- lmaaa by majority at 177. , '.j ... .. AI201RT.H IWI TWELVE 'PAGES TODAY. FORMER GOVERNOR SUFFERS STROKE PARALYSIS; LITTLE HOPE FOR RECOVERY E! Agreement Between George and Briand Would Clear Up Situation l FRENCH DESIRE TO REACH SETTLEMENT British leaHy. in Earnest in Iffort to Eliminate Sub marines; Ho Apparent Way in Which - Amerioa Oan Inflnenot JTance to Ohanfo Course (By FBANK H. SMONDS) Waahlagtoa, Do. ST. Th good ship Cos fereaee to' tonight hard aground the bar ef Eeropeaa polities. It eaa be nleased only by asslstsnn coming fnm tho other eld of tho Atlaattc To pot the thlag very simply, the single cbaaec of rreae yielding, which would make a oompormiso over tho 'sub- marlaequetioa possible, He ia the poasibility of a epcedy agreemeat between Lloyd Oeorgo aad Briaad over Europoea qaestions. The Trench pooitioa hen ha at at beea outlined with crystal si sen esc Ths French desire a En ropeaa agreemcBt, a political agree meat corrwpoadlag ia character to tb four-power agreement covering the' Pacific sitaatioa. They do aot cesser ily ask that ths Halted SUte be a' party to it, although ob- tioaaly Amerioa . would be wcleom. but what they do ask Is that a gen oral Anglo-British . agreemeat pre cede aay speelns agreemeat over th question of aaval armameat. British Boally la hraeat t All ef which hi aaother way of saying that hf th British nail d air totUe ths qaestloa of eub ataflaei. actually want to llmtaatc aay real sr : Imaginary meados to themselves discoverable ia 'reteS tioa by Ue i reach of freedom ef aetlea Ja the told of aaval arms meat outside af battleships, thea the way to obtala it to to ateet Preach coadlttoaa.' , ' 1 - Ths . argumeat of ths Tnaeh Is aim nia., .The oav: la th as af th United mate tha acid of iatorert as far as naval strength 'weat,'was' ia ths Pacific Thaa, befon tha Uaited Btatos aa dertook to deal with the aaval, quos- Uaa, befon Japaa or Ureal Britata would deal with It, all three aego- tiated a tnety of political oettle- mat. to which rnnce was mad party ia th f aal momsst ' This, say tho Pnaeh, was logical gad aat- hnL . One mart always deal With political eonditloac Srst. f S htaar PoUtieal Qaastloaa New la th same order of idou, then are political questions la Ea rope,' most intimately concerning Prance sad Britaia, but aot without iatorert to ther countries. - Then to the Questloa of ths German repa ntioas. la fact, tho whole Genua qusstion. Then to ths qucctioa or ths Near East, with sac phase ct Constantinople aad aaother at Aa son. There is tho qusstion of saanntee for'Fnaeo against Oer maa attack ia ths future. All of the suestlons. Insist th Prench an as pressing aad rital as the ques tions, the political quest loss of the Paelns. Wbst mors natural thea that following th Pacific precedent then should b a political agree meat ia advaao f aay agreemeat covering actual strength real or theoretical, ,lthr , a toad or oa aeaf ' , M M.' Brtaad snd Mr. Lloyd George meetlag ai Caaaes an able to thresh sat th politlesl questions, which to polito for atylnj if tbey na reach, A bargaia which satUflos 'reach oadltioas, thea nothing could be asier ar simpler thsn Preach recession hen sad a prompt aareemeat a dob the questioa of sub. marins strength aad aaval strength aacrallw But the reduction or limitation f Pnaeh aaval atrength to esaditloaal upea tba positloa the British tak apoa other problems of Tital iatcroct te Praaee. , May Kxooct An Agreement , . Then' pea hav th situatloa as ft saists tonight.. Ths Trench mission hen spects messags from their owa govsramvatiwhica wm cover their fours tomornw., They do aot beUev that the general liquidation of Aaglo-Preaeh matters, eaa be achieved sooa eaoagh to permit the Ususaee f - wlease nen - iroi Paris, ia M or 4S hours. Bean they sxpect that Paris will suggest thst ths whole matter of submaria aad seeoadary armameat be left aver to aaother coafenaeta cm or two luai'-Vj '... :'- " , la ' this period ( delay Trance and Grnt, Britaia may be expactod t reach a aeaeral. sgnement pre elsely like that agreement ef 1804, which followed th Pashoda episode aad led to ha Aaglq-Prench entente Paris Bcwspapen and Trench states mea like M. Poiaean have beea clamoring for aueh a geaenl llqui datioa for 'many mootlis, It aearly arrived once, but was defeated '""(Confirmed o Page Two.) OH 8 HIND LATEST DEAD OCK State's War Governor v Who is Stricken Down A I ' Km. t I 'Si r1 Thomeo Walter Bkhett Miss LHa Dale Russell of Albemarle, Disappeared While In Baltimore Baltimore, Md, Dec. 27 Miss Llla Dal Bussell, S3, bf Albermarle, N. C, who disappeared from th South Branch of the Teung Women's Chrlstiaa Assoeiatioa, was found this afternoon at a local' hospital, when shs was admitted shortly af ter her dtoappnraaee oa Christmas alght, Tha girl's coaditioa is aot thought to be serious. ; floiplUl officials wen puxaled over theirl's identity antil today, whea aha revealed her earn. DUAPPBABANCI MT8TEBT TO ALBERMARLB PEOPLK Albermarle, Dec 17 So far as to knowa la Albemarle . tonight, the whereabouts of Miss lila Bussell, st this plseo, whose dtosppersae from her room ia Beltimore Sunday alght was announced la a Baltimon news dispatch thia afternoon, remains a mystery. That something out of tho ordinary is ksowa to bars happened spnean certain, bat then seem to bo bo cne ia Albermarls who Knows what Mrs. T. O. Bussell, of Wert Albe marle, mother of the yoaag women knowiappeMBtry nothing except that she has beea informed , that her daughter is missing. Whea seea this afternoon by the News sad Observer correspondent, she stated that twa of her soas-ta-law, Pnak Crlaeoe, mem. her of the police force here and Ea gen Martin, of Concord, left toil aight for some point without telling enyone when they wen going et for what tnrDose. Mr. Criseoo'i wife wa queetionso aad she kacw aothiag except that h would be gone until Wedaceds or Thursday. At th tim sh tbouzht nothing strsng of hi lesv ing, but since the reporx tnai atua Bussoll to missing shs fools sun thst hs received some message aad one to Baltimon. Mr. Bussell said this evening mat her cob had received a message statist that Miss Bussell, Messrs. Criseoe aad Martin would be la Alb marl oa trein. Number S ' tonight The traia has run, however, and the tmrtios did aot show up. Much In terest is being manifested ken, as Miss Bussell was well kaowa, baring worked for sometime ia one of the leadiag stores as a clerk. 8ba Is said to b a girl of good character aad verv rietty. What eoaaeetloa Baymoad Morr's has w.'th the mystery to aot knowa. Then wore formerly two young mea wh resided hen by ths same of Baymond Morris, . hut both of them have beea gone f ronv Albe marle for some -months. t Mrs. Bus. sell sbld her daughter wss acquaint ed with dbs of the young men. The young woman-bad beea-ia Baltimore about four months.' 8b was taking a course ia decoratings : . ITALIAN MOTHER SAW SON AS UNKNOWN HERO Bom. Dee. !7(-A dramatl Incl dent of the funeral of th Unknown Warrior ia Bom 'has just become known. Oa the tost aiffbt whea the coffin wa exposed la tb Church, ef Bant Maria DegU Anfeli a psor old womna earn from Venic and pa sionat'jly implored the ia authority to all her to sea ths form withia ths eeffia because, shs declared, her alaln'soa had appeared ia a visloa and had assured bar that hia wsa the Flinging herself qn'ber knees, she cried: .1 implore yoa for tba love of tb Madonna, let stay hen all night, and thea whea tU tho people ban sr as sway yoa wlu surely le ma look ut once again aa my wa bov Shs wag kindly told her dcsln wss impossible of fulfilment snd with gieat difficulty was persuaded to kava. PRICE: FIVE CENTS BICKETT Is Stricken Down Shortly Before Nine O'clock Tues day Night While Minis tering to His Wife Who WaslH . .. . : . HE WAS APPARENTLY : IN BEST OF HEALTH FOR LAST FEW DATS With Complete Paralysis of Kifht Side He Shows Slifht Reaction to Power fnl KestoratiTes; Prienda and lelatires Gather at Bedside, WhOe Scores, of AdmiMTi., Asembl jOnt ' side KckeU Residence !' .Former Connor T. W, Biekett offered a erroke of paralysis at hia . em hen last aight ehertly befon . ' I 'clock, aad at a bt hear hU not rallied perceptibly aader powers ful reetonttves sdmlaistered by abi teadlag physiciails. Little or a hop wu held out aad hie death ia atemeatairly eapeeted. v Mamben of . .... th faimly ban been summeaed. ? BeemiBgly ia tho beet ef hoaHbi sad spirits, Goveraor 3'iekett with, hia swa hands prepared supper for. Mrs. Bickett, wko to confined to her by illness, had eatea his owa rapper aad returned to Mrs. Bieln ett a room. Sitting beside her bed, he developed a head sea. A few; moments later h went to his swa room to 11 dowa for a few mtautoe. Withia Sn mlautee Mrc Blehstb heard him scream thtft hia head wad almost killing him. Hs nturaed as her room, fell a rose ths bed, aad topsed lata uaeoasclousaesa. Mrs. Bickett telepkosed her oouata, Mtos Penelope. Davis, who, with Dr. A. C Campbell, Dr. James B. Bogera, and. Bow, W.' W:: Paeto, horrtod to 1h Blfkett hams. Hasty examination re veatod ao signs If life, but heroia work developed a ellght pulse,, and ' h begsa breathing pereeptibly af tor half aa hour. : ? ' Tho entlr right aide is paralysed, Phyeictoas exhausting every reeouno at their command -sew- little' couragemeat ia the alight rally la dueed through res ton tires, sad wst skeptical of any real gala la stnagta except through ths ao ef stlmusat. His breathing waa ngulk', but heav ily labored. His pulse wss week, and uncertain, Mrs. Bickett, ' watching beside klm, holding ap wonderfully decplto her illness, slow laag ta belief that h would nlly.' -Coming out of the Ooveraar's f. .. flea ia tha early day of 1921 la much bettor physical coaditioa thaa, whea ha went iat ffic four years befon, it was th geaenl belief of bis friends thst tbs Governor had befon him a long life of pone aad good health. Altbuogh only tt yearn old h had recently talked to les frieada, confiding ia them th be lief that he would go, as his father and ancle had gone with panlysi . around tho age of fifty, Tldicgs af th Former Conner' nines spread through tho eity with stuanlug swiftness, and withia half aa hoar, scores f eitiaeas etooi without ths residence, i sileatly, pnyerfully hopeful that th went . would aot come. : A few friends' who called fouad the house hushed aad stnl, with ao sounds san whtopsnd consultations of phyalctoaa, . aad muffled aaswen to the telephone that nng roastsatly with iaquiriea after ths strickea Wsr Governor. , Friends wh won admitted to Mr. Biekett's chamber fouad her pnying. -silently. A phyaietoa satered the " room for a momeat and to him aha said "Pny for him. Doctor, I Ion) him so." Tbs Governo appeared to -be ainklng thea, and ch weat to hia side, arid remained then, calm and collected, though evidently tora with dread. " Thnugh the early been f his UlBcst, ap until midnight, she did aot lesvs him. Thousands of th 'f Gonnora ' friends who have ana him about tb streets during, the past few days, . nartieularly a tb day befon Christmas whea ho wu happily do ing the family Christmas shopping, for himself and for- Mrs. Bickett, who was at home ill, have remarked bja wonderful good, health aad his spirit. Lata yesterday afternoon ha was eat ia his gardes at ths mi derm ia Hayes-Dartea, aad wavedv friendly greeting to frieada pass ing. . ,' For ths past few lays ths family bu beea without a servant, their . maid having been under the neces sity et going to th hospital. The former Governor has, with that won' derful facility for doing anything that cam to ..hand, ministered to Mrs. Bickett, who tys suffering', with a painful attack of rheumatism, Not a week ago, ks carried a frien 1 horn at eight to dinner, and to gether, with Mrs. BirkettT gutdin? advice, they prepared cupper, en l th three cat down together, with V a fervor Qpveraor ia th finest sr'r-Us.'.- w- v ; !.- Their only ooa,- William Eickt!', wh Uvea ia Winston Salem, was bom for th holidays, and rtu only yesterday morning to h't Oa Monday the family -s to 1 gon to Louishurg to spen 1 t with relatives, but oa arcoui t ' ' Blrkett'a illnena, the ei C mained with hex her. 1 n aor's anfiagS'nr g'"--d r (?onV:- ' :
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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