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L1AY DROP PIAHS
TO HAVE ONE BIG
Scheme To, Merge .War. and
" Navy Departments Meets
i , Strong Opposition
DESIRE INFORMATION 1
AS TO TAX SITUATION
HapF Requests Rf ardlnf
taxes To Be Paid and
Those Which WDl Become
' Ineffective Jam 1 ; Galling
- Conferences la Hobby of
Admiaiatratioa ,
;.Nswa.'ad Obasrcor'Bareea," '
- 603 District National Bank Bldg.
By HOWARD R. BUTTON
. (Bjr Special leased Wit)
'' Washington, Dm. 10. lafomatloa
and latlmatioas May arc that the
.plant for abolishing, the War D-.
- part moat aad Ua-JiaT Uepartawat
.aa separate department? of the goy
rraaeat aad tying them "together ia
-, km erganisatioa to b kaowa aa the
lpartmeat - of . National . Defease
have blows ap and that thcr will be
ao effort at all t pat tola scheme
' across, r that if It ia proposed to
Congress, that it will b don ia a
feeble a -snaaner aa U foraaat Ha
defeat ia advance. At oa tin this
appeared to b en of th pet
scheme for reorganisation and the
public waa fed up ; stor.es of the
possibl great saving to th govern
ment and th iaeideatal benefit to
th tag-paying public that would re
talt ia th amalgamation of th two
department..
8traf OapeeitiesL
It w tht aaderitaadiag that re-
esntly President Harding haa re
ceived Intimations from various
numbers of th Hon a and 8eiate
tad from ethers ef th admiaiatra
tioa that th preposition to auU
Siamese Twiaa of the tw depart
ment! would meet with strong ep
peiltloe both ia Congress aad ia the
cabinet itself. B itrong (a w:d to
f'lav beaa th opposition declared
t b ready to take th fleldl agalnat
th measure that President Harding
ia laid to hav takea th position
that h wiU not riak th failar of
th entig plaa of reorganization by
'pressing to hT th war aad aavy
department .combined ander one
Jiead. Aad it 1 agreed that it weald
bar takea trng sdmlnistratioe
backing to ha th scheme bar a
look ia for sweee. Th report that
ha gained groond la that Beaater
8aoot ia prepared to put akida aader
th propoaitioa if It appeared ia
Con rr esc . '
The pla for th Baling of a
.department of national defean out
of th two departaeaU la a part of
th geaeral cbm of departmental
reorgaaUatiea propoaad aad drafted
bf Walter T. Brown, th- Chio maa
who ia working at the head of the
CongTeeaional norgaaiaatioa eoai
mitte aa th peraonal repreaenta
tlTv of Froaident ia th ahaking np
f th oaooatiT departmenta. Th
whol plaa i aaid U bo readr for
tubmlaaioa to Congreat, bat before
tbil 1 don it will b placed "before
th Preaideat'a cabinet for diaenaalo
aad mlaioa. ConUatioa that th
merger wonld fall to aehler gar
marked eeswomiea and wonld ereate
aaaecemarw eonfuaioa la requiring
..a general roorganliatiow of th tw
departaitata ar being mad, aad H
ia aaf to aa aader th preaeat
cirenmrtanee ther will bo no am-
: binatioa of the two departmaat.
.. Bare Oa aerUfy.
tb urowa idea I to har oa
aeereUrw of aatiaaal defeaa. .1th
aaaiitaat oecTotarie far' both th
army aad th Nary, each of thaae
to hav a oomparatWelrJadopeadeat
erraniaatioa. Th wh are ia op
potitioa fraakly mj that all they
ia it 1 ft ethane to wipe oat oa
cabinet Job go aa to mr ': room for
another, th propoead Departmtnt
ef Publio Welfare, with ft eabiaet
eSeer at It head. Bat ther. it
Terr littl idea her jow that than
ill b a aeparat Department of
I'ublie Welfare, th departmeat that
at eno time it waa ehdnld 4 be
rganizfd, th report, being that th
poi:tioa ef Secretary of National De-
fens waa to b th Job girea by
FresiJeat Harding t hiaperaoaal
rnyatciaa, jsngidier general Dr.
tawytr, : , , ! .j
BoeeeHM Patatoa
Th fret t th year i lo at
hand aad member! of Oeagreea aa
well aa affielal ef th Treaaary De
partment ar reeelrlag reqneat for
. liiformatioa a to th rae tase
to b paid aad the, wtirh go out
ef effect oa Jaanary 1, 1921 Dire
tioni hare beea teat to the Iateraal
Hereon colleeton threnghoat the
ronntry to atop the eolleeUoa of the
ta tea effeetiro with th comlaf of
itt im i year, ia m n
rnme tax bniinem th head f
f iinily U osempt ap to 300 hi
in com ia place of th $2,000 here
tnfore oxempted, aad there i ' aa
e tcmptioa of ttOO : for rery , de
rendent member f a - family ' ia
! ace of t300. ' Thi tht chief bi
1 1 th am all taxpayer get from
t new raven bill. Traveler by
rill wi!I b benefited a the law re-
t ! the lgh per eent tranrporta-
i tax oa paaaenger fare .aad
' ..aa fare, whil ahipper will
i 1 rjer bar io pay th three per
t t.xes a freight ahipmrat aad
t pnekagea. Iaanraae taxes
i r-"M. and thereia elimina
n f f the "nuisaace' taxes oa swh
i aa ooda foaataia driika,
t, ma ileal instrnment.
I goods, chewing gum, toilet
WAR DEPARTfilEirr
TARIFF FRATilERS
FACE BIG JOB Ul
Work On Permanent Tariff
Measure Will Be Started
Next Week
AMERICAN VALUATION
rLAN UJMbS Uf rliidl
SenaU Tinaiico OoaunitU
Hopes To Eart Htaaura
Stady for Tha fanata
Early la Fobrvary; Mait
Paaa Oa Mora Than 100,
000 Itama Ia Meantime
WaahUgtoa, Dee. - 10. Seaat
tariff auker plaa to start aext week
th re draftiag of the o-ealld
permaaeat tariff bill paaeed by the
Hons last spring. Their aim la to
bar 'the meaaaro ready fr th
8eaato by early. lobraary, bat be
eaaeo of 4ha gnat task tavoWed ia
paaaiag. av.tSa more ,taa iOO.OOO
item ia. th bill,- thi hep may aot
bo reallxeoV- , .
Aaaeriraa Talaatleo,
The Irst task before the laaaee
committee is a deeiaioa as to the
adoption of a straight at American
valuatloa plaa of aseeesiag duties,
or the aubatitntioa of a plaa aimilar
to that outlined by Preaideat Hard
g ia hi message to Ceagrea early
thia. moata.- Moat member- of the
committee apparently ar agreed
that aom special arraagemeat will
hare to bo made if th meaeur to
b drawa fat to afford real protoetioa
to American, industry from th aheap
producing coaatrieo ia Central Eu
rope Hearings oa the tariff Virtual
ly were closed today, though oi
Jaauary represeatativea of the
8oathera Tariff Aesoeiatioa will ap
pear.
. Take Up Laaaae TarlaT.
Lumber aad dairy prod acta
th principal subjects diacusacd to
day, the lumber hearings being
marked by charge by Kobert B.
Alloa, of Seattle, speaking for the
West Coast Immber Maaafaeturers
Arjoeiatioa, that "ft Caaadiaa lobby'
ia Waahlagtoa waa foateriag "aa
Insidiout propagaada agalast the
proposed duty of 00 coat a thMaaad
eat ahiagl ad the previeiea t -the
rordnry bill glvtag tb rrwideat
authority to impose ft duty oa Im
ber If eouatriea aow taxiag Auert-
ena lumber import deel' to
move that tax. -
Mr. Allen supported then pro
visions, while they wet opposed by
Uoaald O. Coaa, of Miaaeapolia, for
the weatera Piao Mafc -en'
Aaaoeiatloa, Carriaoa Batten, for
the Northwestara Lamb:r .''aa't
Aaaoeiatloa aad other witaessc.
- Daty Oa Batter.
A duty Of tea eeata a poaad oa
butter ia phteo of the proposed eight
ceata. wiU ft eorrespoadiag tax oa
other dairy prod acta brought late
thia eoaatry, waa arged by B. W.
Baldaraoa, of Philadelphia, secretary
of the Interstate Milk Producers
Aeaoeiatioa, aad A. H. lioemia, of
Waahlaitoa. who aaid he repreeeat-
ed th National Dairy Ualoa
the NaUoaal Graaae. '
The witaesies charged that th
Daaea were making tha Halted
States dumping ground'' for their
butter whenever they found the
English market, their natural oat-
let, weaksaed. :- "v : "
Charles w. Holmaa, oxeeuUve
eeeretary of th National Milk Pro
ducers federation, whi .poke for
that aad other organisation, aaked
for a duty ef four eeata a pouad oa
cotton seed, soya beaa aad ooeoaaat
oil aad four aad half eeata a pouad
oa '.peaaat oil. with! eompeaaatory
duties oa the raw predaeta
which those oil ar xtra.d.
LICKED ON FACE BY
DOG, DIES OF RABIES
Daufhter of Prominent Day.
ldaon Tannor Victim of
... Pet Canine '
Winston Salem, Dee. JOz-lflsa Nan
alo Belie Alley, aged tS, aad daugh
ter of jame kUy, wall ' kaowa
Devidsoa eouaty farmer, died ia
groat agony at her hem today from
hydrophobia, . which' developed last
Saturday, eaaaed by small pet doc
which became rabid a meat ago,
liekiag her ea the face. A yeaagor
sinter waa blttea by th earn aai-
maL but took the Pasteur traatmeat
and ao Ul effect developed. Mia
Kaaaie aad the family oaUrtaiaed
ao fear from the way th dog played
with her aatil aha developed rabies.
Sh refused to oat aad at time it
required several persoa to hold aad
preveat her from biting thee aa
ta ooataet with. -
FORMER MINISTER '
I TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Green iboro, Dee. JO. Freak Oor
rell, well kaowa Orotasboro man, ap
aatil two year are ft Presbyteriaa
minister, I 4a the custody of th
sheriff ef Guilford eeaary, following
aa altercatioa at th stere here ef
hi unci, 1. H. Thaeker, ia which
Mr. Thaeker, aaiatd.by hi sea, re
strained Mr. Gorrell from aa attack
apoa htm, according to Thaeker.
Aa (xamiaatioa will be made into
the canity ef Mr. Gorrell by the
Guilford clerk ef court. . The exsmlr
aatloa was to have beea mad teday
but waa peetpoaed.
Mr. Gorrell aoffered from pella
gra several year ago, it ia stated.
and it ia thourht that that Is remoa
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Exclusive Portrait Of German Financier
:V
" Her I hi exilualv portrait ot
laaaeie aad iadaetrial loader, who
maa ia Uermaay. -
Newport News Ship Building
and Dry Dock Company.
Lowest Bidder
New York, Doe. W. (By th As
sociated Prss.)-It will coat ,AV7r
S03JS0 to re-eonditioft aad put along
side the dock ready for passengers.
Amriea'e 64,000 toa paaaenger
ateamship, tha Lavlathaa, according
to th loir bid submitted by ship
buildtr aad opened to day by the
United State Shipping Bo art.
Thia total waa computed by taking
th sum total f th lowest bid sub
mitted for the CJiieo laificationc
of th work called for by the epeeifl
eatioaa which were a follow t
Newport New Ship Buildiag aad
Dry Dock company, for geaeral re
Pair, $3,593,000.
Th same eompaay for oagia ro
pair, .1SM0.
John Waaamaker, stewards eup.
pile and moveable quipmnt, $587,
80M0. Bide Batisfaetery
Shipping Board Commhiaioner Jo.
W. Powell, vice-president of the Im
orgeaey Fleet Oorporatloa, aaid after
the bida were opened that they wore
eatlrely aatlafactory. Plana for fi
nanerng the work will bo immediate
ly act aader way, but it waa added
it was possible special appropria
tion will be requested, '
The call for bid brought forth
right proposals to do th wjrk for
th major contract aad" an equal
aumbcr for each of the other di-
viaions of the plana aad speciXsa
tiona. .. . -, ,
The lowest bid for stewards sup
plies was by Gimbal Brothers, cf
New York, I5A30JKK.61 oa alt except
hooka for the library. The Newport
New Ship Buildiag aad Dry Dork
Company was fourth with 1677,000
for all nowards supplies.
very Bsaasaabl
According to William F. Gibba,
chief, of oousfructioft for the later-
ueaal Mercanuio Manae ' vom-
paay, aad omeiaia or ta tuippug
Board, the bid were very reason
able, the highest for th geaeral re
pair being $10,350,000. . To baild a
new ship like th Leviathan, . Mr.
Gibba aaid, would entail aa xpadi-
tan of - approximately i22.0lK).000
aad the Lovithaa whea sh was con-
atracted, aceordiag to information ia
tha head of the Shipping Board,
ooet th : Bambarg-Amrteaa Ua
sliarhtly ia wees ef IIJOO.OOO.
The chip, if ah i re built la ac-
eerdaftco with th plan oa which the
bid wr submitted, Mr. Gibbs de
clared, would b qual to any ship.
that was eve set afloat, itsha. will
hav ft speed of approximately 14-
knota-and wiU bo if ft conditioa
that could ; aot be oxeellebf if. h
war built eatirely ew from th
keelap.. . .
. Th object of aakiaft for bid from
practical shipbuilders at this time,
it waa stated, waa to giro th beard
ft poeitiv basis of 'ooet ea which
plaa for financing the - project
could b based. T bida Mbmitted
were all boaa-lde aad aecompanied
by bond r certified cheek evidsa-
eing the sincerity of the bidder,
i Glgaatt Task . - -
The. teak of reconditioning the
LevUtha ie the largest that Ameri
cas merchant shipbuilder bar ver
beea called apoa to perform. Ia
foreign sou n trie It fa seldom that
mora thaa three or four firm will
respond to a call of Ilk magnitude
and the fart that eight firm asked
th privilege of .rebuilding the great
liner waa considered exceptional.
Replacement of her- present coal
burning equipment with that for ase
of fuel ll is included, la th general
repair work. ' The eaglaet aad hull
hav been pronounced la xeeDnt
shape, but fa the former ther will
bo some change ef conatmctioa aad
operation ia order that the vessel
may be efficiently handled by
merchant crew. ' '
Bipping out the cabin, state rooms,
and aaloona to make her ft troop
TORE-CONDITION
SK- Wit
k .... . U 1
'Hug' Btinne. Germany greateet
la f tea referred to aa the "biggeet
CALL CONFERENCE
ON AGRICULTURE
President Harding Suggests
Meeting To discuss Farm
Conditions !
Washington, Dee. JO-President
Harding, ia a letter today to Secre
tary Wallace, of the Departmeat of
Agriculture, aaked that the latter
coll a national conference at Waah
ingtoa to "suggest practical ways of
improvement' fot "the t acri-
aerieultural depression which exiset
throughout the land." Prompt aetioa
was takea at th Department of
AgrlmUac ia-japnso-ta oho -oo-
ouest,. telegraphic invitation being
despatched immediately to a aumbcr
ox organisations and individuals.
Jeeretary Wallace said tonight
that the date of th conference had
aot yet beea flxed, nor a complete
lavitatioa list made up. It ia ex
peeted, however, that the conference
will bo held within a month, aad
that, ia additloa to farmers aad their
organizations, industries associated
directly and indirectly with agrteul-
tur will b called la to assist ia th
efforts to improve conditions.
"No a will pretend that th
present conditions could hav beea
avoided," Preaideat Harding said ia
his letter to the Secretary, "but aoao
of us is willing to agree that there
ought aot to be some correct and
constructive steps takea to remedv
th severe hardship under which so
important portloa of our produc
tive citizenship t struggling.
"I am convinced that a conference
may be mad a very helpful agency
ia anggeustlng .practical way of
improvement, particularly if brought
into- eo-ordinutioa with th helpful
investigate WBi(fc fcu beea beg a
by ft Congressional com mission com
mitted to a related work."
Th President, farther suggested
that th conference might divide It
work into two lections, one "for
oonsidsratioa of oar present day dif-
acuities, rhlek though .temporary,
are aenewa ana aeeu. euenive alien-
' - . . m . . i.
tion," while, the aecoad could deal
with " survey of the futur la a
effort-vo- detennin apoa geaeral
policies. ' - -; - . . j
L0NNIE WILSON HAS;
A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD
Concord, Dec M LonnI WUson,
young wbito man1, of thi city, to
very much la demand by the' police
now Is' Beeorder's eoart yesterday
Wilsoa drew chala gaag aeatence
totalling iSO dayi for carrying coft-
ecaled weapon and (oiling 'liquor,
aad wnea tbeee ease ar anally dis
posed of, ho having ' appealed sev
eral ether warrant will; be await-
in? hinu," i "
. Poliee eBeer cay they yesterday
aftcraooa disco vsred 10,000 ' Pied
mont cigarette f and 100 pounds
C chewing tobacco aader hi house
oa Powder treeU Th ' goods, the
officers .say, were . itola . from -.a
freight car. r," '
Whil officers here t wr locating
thii' Stolea property Patrolman
Hoary Furr was ia v Moorestillo
ldentifvlng om . rood ; Wilsoa
aaid to hav aold and giva away
here aad .which 'th ; officer claim,
were stolea from ' a'stor at Oak
boro several weekssro.A silk waist
and a pice of silk cloth,' given to a
mend in Mooresvllle by Wuioa
were Identified by the oiBeori aad
the owaer of th Oxkboro - store,
sad last night th Mooresvills em
eers' telephoned her that, a suit Of
clothe Wilson sold ia MooresviU
alao had. beea find. . .
COLDSSCuO officer
: GOES FOR PRISONER
'Goldsboro,4Dcc 30-Deputy Sher
iff U O. Rhoads left tonight for
Greeavllle, B. C. u bring back Lou la
Lowe, (alleged automobile 7 thief,
Lowe was arrested several ' month
age at Bocky Moant aad apd by
jumping out th wladow of a fast
All SETS UP
NEV RECORD FOR
I
Stinson Remains In Air More
Than 26 Hours In Steel
Monoplane
MAKES LONG FLIGHT . -
DURING SNOWSTORM
Famona Stunt Ariator sod
Mechanician Badly Affect
ed Bf Cold; America Now
Baa Pour World Aviation
Becorda To Her Credit;
Bemarkable Feat
Mlaeola, N. Y, Dec 30.-(By the
Associated Press). The Laraen mon
oplane piloted by Edward Stinson,
which thi morning broke the world's
contiguous (lying record of 14 hours.
19 miaatee sad 7 seconds, descended
ahortly after 11:15 a. m4 sftcr hav
ing beea la the air 28 hours, 19
minutes and S3 seconds.
The official times werei .. .
Btnrt Testerday 'meraig", """at
8:881S. .
Finished Thia , morhlng at
11:17:80.
Stinson, stationed at Kelly Field,
Texas, during the war ss a civilian
instructor because of his delicate
health, probabl trained mors Ameri
can fivers thaa ear oae maa.
Unexcelled aa a stunt oyer, he le
proud of never having fallen during
his ten years la the sir. He is
credited with aot evea having brbkea
a part oa a plane.
Greet Stent Flyer,
Although more widely known la
the west thaa tha oast, Stinsoa kits
participated la many big meets, here.
His aerobatics attracted particular
attenuoa during the Pa-America
aroaautl convention ta Atlantic
City and he waa labelled a whole
'jSylng eircus."
Sappiest ta aa airplane, he climbs
Into his seat with aa little eoneera
aa ti 'average citisea going out for
a ..motor ride The love of flying
runs in the family, for two sisters
Mnrjorle' and Catherine also ar
adept piloU.
Forced To Laad.
Stinson waa forced to descend bo-
caos f a fultH alUooanectiosJ
with whieh bread hi maehaaietaa,
Lloyd Bertaud, had battled ainco
thro o'clock thia morning. They
still had gai aough to hav flown
antii sua down.
Th pump Used to Inject oil late
the lubricating system from th
auxiliary ell tank went cut of com
niimioa at t o'clock. The flyers
punctured th taak, set ap a tarn
porary tub aad began feeding the
lubricating system by hand, taking
turns at the eoatrol of the plaa
aad at ttt oil taak.
Both mea war almost blinded by
ell whea they descended, Ia addi
tloa they were oufloring intensely
from the bitter cold for although
the plan was equipped with a
cable, Stlasoa had aot left his seat
la the open cockpit sines four p. m.
yesterday and bis mechanician fouad
little time, to leek shelter.
Three nager of Stinson' right
hand aad . on oa. his left were
frosen, Bertaud a heads were
anmb. i32E3
. Berry Looking rair.
Stlasoa aad Bertraad hopped off
tonlo, Texas, and Bertaad, wbooe
horn hi in New York, were a terry
looking pair whea they stepped from
their machine.
Thslr faces war smsarsd with oil
and their eyes blood-shot. Neither
had had a wiak of sleep lae. thcr
took off and Stineea said his only
aourishmeat had beea a little coffee.
Newspeperatea fouad difficulty la
interviewing Bertaad, who had beea
deafeaed by the roar of the motor.
Th fliers, both ft years old aad
who hav beea la th air . r they
were boys, took partioular pre
cautions to protect . themselves
agalast th wintry weather.
Stinson said that ht aad his
msehaaiclaa suffsred gnat pain
from their frosea hands early this
morning. Fiaally they became anmb
and ao longer bothered them. .
Th pilot taid that tb maximum
altltad achieved during th Bight
was -4,700 feet. Th atachin carried
350 gallon f gasoline whsa - ah
took the sir snd still htd seventy
whea she landed. .
t Flew Ia Sftow Btena
', Stinson aad, Dortaud hopped off
ia' th midst of a aaow storm and
aid, they hoped' to stay up aatil
aoea today, 1
fThey wore a electric ' mlts, da
neadlag apoa tb heat from the x
haast pipes la th pilot's cab to keep
them-warm. - t--i-v:' j p.
4 Th maehia I equipped with oa
(Continued oa Pag Tw.)
HON-STOP FL1GH
BcJter Wi3 Gi Tt Firat AulhorilaUTe .
Story of What Happener At Paris
lay lUaaard Baker,, who waa (he Pre Repreatatatlvo of the
Amerkaa delegatlosi at Pari, begins a aerie of article la Seaday's
News aad Observer, which will giro the aatkerltatlve story of the
Peace Ceafereacw at Paris, President Wilsoa gave Mr. Baker the hey
to hi hex aad secret meawranaa; " Mr. Baker -wsa la cloeo teach
with Mf. Wilsoa In Pari.'. Nobody ha yet wriHeft the real eUry of
Aaterka'a part la the Pceee Cmsference. Mr. Biker will tcU It. -
Is t OcheUl1, a hlsUrlsa, writer of approved ability. ; - -' - J
. laaday'aNew apd Observer will have la "Th .White Hoaoo Look,
lag CUea,1 a sketch of Tom Feaco, of Raldgh, by Mr. TamaUy. It
ia from th pest of ft frWad aad admirer of Mr. Pane Bspplesseatlag
this story by Ms. Tamalty, the editor of the Mow aad Observer de
scribes Tem Peace a th Sherlock Holmes of Amerkaa Politic.''
What f th year 11227 .Saaday' Newa. aad Observer will have
oplalo, foreeeoto and aentlment from prominent North Carolinian.
' What eleef Half a desea other apeclal articlee la sddiUow to th
regular taaday foatares, each ewe worth the price of the paper, ".
. r Newsdealer huld wlr order tor vaeagh to meet the demand. ,
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NAVAL PACT NOW
BEING DRAWN UP
WashlngtonConference
Reaches End of Rope On
Naval Armaments :
TO FURTHER CURIFY
PACIFIC AGREEMENT
UniteiLStatea Withdrawi Ob
jection To Japaneao Pro
poial; Far laitern Quee
tion Remain! Bif Item of
Buaineai To Be Diapoaed
of Bj Conference
Waahlagtoa, Dee. JO. (By the As
soriated Frees.) The arms eosfer-
eaee hss virtually reached the ead
of Its effort' t pat a curb oa aaval
armament. .
T th Capital ship settlement wss
added today aa agreement for limi
tation of future tonnage la airplane
carrier,' aad the thr aaval com
mittee' adjourned Indefinitely, leav
ing determination1 of various prob
lems ef detail to a tub-committee
ofsxperta. t
Five-Power Treaty
JBom sort of declaratioa with re
gard to use of the submarine and
aa agreement aot to construct any
auxiliary vessels aereaiter witb a
tonnage of more thaa 10,000, arc
expected, alao to be added to the
aeeomplishmenta cf th eonference
before the final curtain is rung
flown, a ve power treaty embody
Ing all the point .which there
I agreement new I la process f
drafting.
There are growing indications, too,
that .the four-power treaty to pre
serve peace la the PaeiBe, which al
ready has beea signed, will be ia
some wsy further clarified before
the eonference quits. The Amerl
eaa delcgatloa is understood to hsv
withdrawn aay objeetioa to the Jap
anese proposal that the treaty's
scops be defined not including
th major Japaaeee island aad the
plaa for aa exchange of clarifying
note or for amendment of the
J,! "i
nit form within a few days.
Want C'larlBcatiea
Th Japanese request for a clarl
deatloa f th treaty's terms ia said
to hsv beea based largely ea th
development ef difference In view
of the snbjeet betweea President
Harding aad th America dalega
tioa. Thia developmeat ha beea a
topi f uch widespread SDecula-
tioa la ooaforraeo circle that th
President today took occasion to
characterize aa "silly" published re
port that Secretary Hughes waa
considering resignation from the
cabinet ss a result of differcaece
arising betweea him aad the White
House during the arms wegotlatlons.
Far Eastern Preble ma
What ia to b don about th Far
Gattera problem aow become the
big ananswered question of th eon
fcrenee. Japan and China ar dead
locked la their effort at a separate
settlement of th Shantung eon
troversy aad as a eonaequeaee all
the other Far Eastera discussions
are' at a standstill It was Indi
cated tonight that a 'meeting of the
Far Eastera committee would be held
next week at whleh Chin would at
tempt - to transfer the Sbaataag
negotiations Into th full conference
Meantime, Senate discussion of
th seeomplishmeats sf the eonfer
ence ar continuing even though the
Senate I sot I session. Today
eontributioa to th argument came
from Senator Edge, Bepublieaa, of
New Jersey, who declared ia a pub
lic statement -thst the Washingtoa
aegotletions had laid th fouadatioa
for great progress toward peace aad
good wjll. ' '
SHERIFF CONDUCTS
BIGGEST STILL SALE
a-
Sharlff D. Bryant Harruoa yeitsr
day staged Wake County' 'largest
sale of captured whiskey stills, 8,889
pouads of virffia copper vetag bought
by the Baleigk Juak C, for $286180,
the price paid being a little less tha
ain cent a pound. Th total price
rep reseated ao more thaa th cost of
alaety-av gallon f the coatrabaaj
tuff. ,f i . y . ' ' '.
The aeeumulated metal represent
ed the fragmeat ef alaty tills,
cap aad worm, destroyed sine the
but quarterly mm wbieh .occurred
Just after Fair -week. Mor thaa 100
stills wae esptured 'daring ' th
ninety day period, taoo - that - trt
mad ef galvanised iron -being de
stroyed immediately sad enly cop
per saved ' for sale
COMMITTEE AGREES
ON SIZE LIMIT FOR
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
UORRISON BXPKXSSES BIS
' DEEP SECRET OVER DEATH
OF EXXOVERXOR B1CUTT
(Ry -Loosed Wire)
Wuhiartea, Dec "I was
reatly ebecked at the aewa of the
mddea death ef tanner Osvsraee
llckett aaid Cevsraer Came raw
werrteea. who was here today re.
taralag to RaMsft rtoca a bass
see trip ta New York.
"I wired my deeaea aympathy
aad exprsselsaa of my grief to
Mrs. Blckett ae eeeei a I leaned
of the deeth of her hasboad. Slac
going to Raleigh I have
throw la peraoaal and
friendly cm tact with forme Gov.
erne Bkhett aad had learned to
odmlr hi aad to seta am him
highly. Be waa a Rao cttlaea, a
maa of UMhlgbcotlmpalaeoaad 1
hav ft paraeaal foelUg of grief
la hie Mth.' North Carolina eon
III afford to ket mow of the tya
of Taomao W. Bkhett, Ho waa a
patriot aad e stale an devoted
-to the lasers ef Wecta) CaraUaa.
Has mesaery will bo hoaored la
the auto which he baa rvd
faithfally aad a woH,"
Cover r Morrtaoa weat to Hew
Terk with BtaU Treaoaror B. R.
Lacyl oa burin aaected with
the tees of bead by North Caro
line Oe ef the datlea whil ther
wae the olgalag of a Bomber ef
beads by the Covecwoo aad the
State Treasurer. .
"1 algned my aaaae eight the,
oaad, three haadred tlateo while t
woo there," aold Ooverao Merrl.
aoa, "aad It waa oae Job. I left
Mr. Lacy la New York UH sigw.
lag ha acme a tt&o rate of fear
haadred algnataree an hour, sad
going ot H hard."
Governor Merilesa loft
for Raleigh,
FAfflSHIPin
Californlan Takes Advertise
ment of Warehousemen As
His Text
By R. W. GRIXX
OreenvUlt, Dec MOa behalf ef
sixty thoussad tobacco growers ef
the Carolina aad Vlrgiaia, Aaroa
Sapiro issued a "ded" to the ware
house mea ef WUson, Klnoton, aad
Greenville before one of the largest
crowds of farmer ever assembled
la eastera North Corolla la the
courthouse here today.
Introduced by Dr. B. W. KUgoro,
ef th North Carolina Extenaioa
Service, as the foremost apostle of
co-operative marketing ia the United
Btates, he placed the advertisement
of the Greeavllle tobacco board of
trade on the rostrum, where all could
see it, and based his talk oa that aad
similar advertisement that appoartd
in State paper thi week. He aaked
that if there were any warhouma
or other la th crowd who had any
questions or argument against co
operative marketing to present them
aow. declaring that ir this
meat is right I am aot goiag to let
any selfish warekeaeemaa block it
oaa laeh.
Mr. Saplre aaaoaaeed that mar
thaa 60 per eeat of the crop in the
thro itates f Virginia, Pierta aa
South Carolina, had boon signed, that
all of the conditions of the contract
had beea fulfilled aad the asooeiatiea
would 11 th 1031 wop of
Aocttoa System the Worst
"Of all agricultural prodoct th
auetioa system of marketiag tobacco
ia the went for th grower, aad
nothing! could b rotten as the
system worked cut with the aaaist-
aneo of Green vill warcboaMmM,"
be declared. Her h tapped th ad
vcrtiacment of the tobacco board of
trade announcing that all the ware
houses of Qreesvul would bo opea
la September, 1922, to do buslaees ia
th old wy. '
"Why should these mea advertise
now la December that thy will be
pea aext September! 'Why did they
wait antil I cam beret They ar
againct u snd I am glad to kaow
it. -1 am helping them J dvertisc
SAPIROTALKSTO
They rep re seat the dumping system
which has made them rich and yea
growers poor. For thirty ears they
hav sat oa their bag of gold aad
think that they eaa hold back 00,000
organized grower who ar going to
merchandise their own tobacco aad
quit damping It" Pointing to the
advertisement ho asked, "Who fa the
greatest enemy of the farmer la the
mate of North Carotin f Bead this
d.
H fjpld tb farmer how the bailey
growers bv completed all of their
arsngsmeats for selling th present
crop of barley ia Kentucky, Ohio, In
diana, ad West Vlrginlui bow th
largest bank ia th United BUtes
had offered to upply all th moaey
the growera needed i aad hew the
"big four" are ready to buy direct
from the eo-epe retire associatioa.v ,
"We have received written offers
to dry prize twice a much barley
tobacco a Is produced In the United
8rawa, but a larg part of it will
be sold green because the compaale
want to do their ewa dryicg. The
bur ley, growers are going, U tell the
buyen what they wUI take for their
tobacco in this their flret rear. Siaee
th Kentucky groweraJiav organised
(Contlnaed aa Page Two.)
Also Reaches Agreement On
Size and Armament off
Auxiliary. Craft, Sub- :
ject To French
Confirmation x: -
BRITISH AND FRENCH
SETTLE DIFFERENCES
OVER UNDERSEA CRAFT
French Delejatea Disavow
Article Written By Cap.
tain Outex Wbich Caused
British Soma Apprehen
sion Befardinf France's
Submarine Policj In War;
Much Befret Over Inci
dent Expressed By
Spokesmen; Committeo
- Clears Decks For Aetioa
Oh Boot BtsohrtioB" Btay
ninf Submarine Warfaro
Afainst Commercial Craft
Waahlagtoa, Dec J0.--(By the As
sociated Presi). Agreement reached
teday by the aaval committeo of th
arm ooaf jreneo rneladed alsft and
aggregate tqnaagt llmnanons aa air
craft carriers aad, subject nly to '
French goverament eonDrmatlon, oa
size aad armament at auxiliary craft.
That cleared the committee's decks,
pending replies from the French and
Japanese government ea the Hoot
rseolutioa, to laltlate th banning ea
tirely of submaria warfaro against .
commercial craft; Adojurameat waa
takea indefinitely bat probably only
antii aext week, whea these comma
received aad com plot ion of the aaval
limitation agreement in committee
made possible. . ,
Nvl Warfare Rslec
Th Boot lub-eommitte will take
ap tomorrow the drafting of the Root
propooal to reaffirm existing rule of
naval warfare agalnat msrehaat craft
aad declare their appllcattoa to sub
marina f all powot. 81multn
sly, th aommittee of naval JX
porta will work out a replacement
chart for capital chips to complctt
that aoctioa af tte liminiUoa agree
ment -Jn f v
- Tho American proposal to limit
aaxiliory sraft other . thaa aircraft
earrie ra to 10,001 toa aad their arnv .
ament to guaa of aot mere thaa
eight-inch boro was approved formal
ry by all delentioaa but the French,
who deferred formal aaswor needing
advice from Paris. .. .
UmH Aircraft Csrrfor.
Tho American propooal to limit air
craft carriers ie a. urtximam of 27'
000 tea displacement was aaaai
meualy accepted, tho basis of relative
aggregate toaaago arranged being
Great Britala and th Called BUtea
USflOO tou each, or flv carriers of.
the maximum sixei Japaa 11,000 tone,
or throe ship of the maximnm toa
aago France aad Italy, 60,000 teas,
or a little awts taw) would be re
quired for two maximum six ahlpe.
The French tonaaga resulted from
tha statement of French expert that
on-, azamtnattoa of - the .quee tin a
Franc might prefer to hav tare
XlflQQ ton carriers to tw 17,000 toa
craft.- ' : . : H .
Whea . the naval ooauattts met
today, 8cnator Sehanacr ald . the,
Boot proposal to baa ubauuria war
far' agalast merchant Md-. eat
tlroly, as ameaded by Mr. Balfonr
for tho British, to bo immedUtely
ef ecUvo as betweea tho Ire sign-'
tory pvwor pending it ratUeatioa
aew statemsnt of, is tarnation at
law, had beea communicated tor tb
Bom geveranrent, whieh prevented
furthr dsbats by tho Italian. .It'
Sarraut mad similar statement fop
th French group - and Chairman
Hughe agreed that diaeussioa ia th
ireamstonee wonld b f limited,
vila, but invited otnmnt by any i
delegate. , uyf-,.,.
Lord Lee, for tbs British rrcmo.
laid ha felt there waa a "m launder,
standing" in tho French group aa U
tha British attitad aa th submarine
euestloai . .,. . ,
- .- , Sabmarim Attitad ..v .
X aaaaot hetn feellar." h mul.:
"that her w bar uniqoe oppor
tunity for th rraek'deleatlon aad
goverament to reassure, th British
admiralty aad public opiaUa in re
gard to this matter of whieh Z trope
lacy win avail uewi serves. ;
"I want to oxoMift tcv our Freaeh
frlcada, if I amy, why it h w hav
these' special apprehensions which
bar beea. expressed so forcibly la
connection with France ..-. ,
j"We are aot clear what are the
view of the French aaval staff ea
thia matter ef the atllixatioa of sub
marine ia time of war. It 1 true
th views of expert do aot aiway
by aay mesa determine the aetioa
of governmental if , they did, an
doubt we should some dsy be plseed
la a poaltioa -whleh the late Lord
Salisbury once described when ' he
said If w listened to tho expert a
we should have to put a garrison on
tho anooa to protect it against in
vasion from liars.' -
"But tho views of aaval stairs. '
the experts, ars of importance u;'-
aad aatil they are disavowed t t
government they serve."
Takes Up Differenr-e .
Lord Leo then, referred to r
article on submarine wi
French Bevue Uflrillm i
Cspltaln d Frigat t 1 :
tunc chief of one ef t. e i
1 oa Tog Two)
a.bl for hi mental condition.
(Cpatiaaed ea Pag TwO
moving trala. ,
(Continued oa T, ) X