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VOL. XXV, NO. 819.
Ten Pagea Today
WINSTON. SALEM. N. U. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1922.
Every Morning
PRICE nvn r
Propeller Of Plane
Beats Feeble Man To
Death Near This City
URMENIA ISTHE
DR. McKOIN ARRESTED UPON
CHARGE ' OF 'MURDER; TROOPS
'S CENTER
E
w
MOVEMENT
SOfJ
STORM
FOOTTODCHANG
THE HE
L
IW OF PR MART
Spectator, at Aviation Field
Walked Into Prow of Air-
ship Which Was Coming
y io aianasiw Alter rngni
In Air; Moving, Slowly
AVIATOR HELD UNDER
BOND UNTIL INQUEST
Witnesses of Tragedy Attach
No Blame to Pilot of Plane
For Man's Death; Victim
Was Afflicted in Walking
Willi ra Henry Melchor. aged
thirty years, was fatally Injured by
an airplane piloted by J. Shelly
Charles yesterday afternoon about
!:30 o'clock, aa the airman was
landing hia machine at the avia
tion flld on the Lexington road,
juM south of the city. Metchor
u caught by the propeller of the
machine and hi left leg- wrenched
eft Just above the knee, hla right
shoulder crushed to a pulp, and
hit left hand broken.
The lnjuradman was rushed to
the Lawrence Hospital in Vogler's
imbulanre. which was on the
ren within a few minutes after
the accident occurred. Death camn
within a few minutes after reach
ing the hospital. die to the shock
and loss of blood.
Hundreds See Accident
The accident was witnessed by
'several hundred .people, who had
gathered at the aviation field to
watch the airplane in flight. It
v aa an Ideal liay for flying, and
the pilot had been taking up pas
acngers during the day.
According to- eye-witnesses no
hlanie can he attached to the driv
er of the Plane, aa it was impossi
ble fur hi in to see Melcnor from
the cockDlt. Thoee who were
present stated to a Journal report
er that Melcnor, ineteaa 01 step
nine aside to let the machine pass,
walked right lrfto the propeller of
the machine.
Machine Waa Landing
Charles had a passenger with
him at the time of the accident,
and w landing his machine. Be
fore attempting the landing, he
f i!iJ swerved low over the field and
rned the spectators to clear the
4.
i ways. He then rose again, ana
fftr about live minutes flying re-
irned to swooped to earth. ,
At the time the accident oc
,eurred. the machine had almost
come to a stop, the pilot having
signaled to his mechanic to turn
the machine around by the wing
to' place it in position for another
flight.
Was Standing Near
Witnesses of the tragedy state
that as the mechanic, who was
standing on the ground, was turn
ing the plane, Melcnor, instead of
stepping aside for the machine to
pass, walked directly in front of
the propeller of the machine.
The propeller, spun by a power
ful motor, struck Melchor Just
above the knee, amputating the
lett leg. The limb wae wrencnea
clear from the body and tossed
some twenty-five feet away, -tho
body being thrown to the other
side of the propeller, a distance
of several feet.
Call for Ambulance
Spectators, realizing what had
happened, rushed for a telephone
and called for an ambulance.
which reached the scene within a
few minutes. In the meanwhile
the young man was bleeding pro
f usely from the amputated . leg,
and a belt wae usad as a tourniquet
in an effort to atop the flow. When
the ambulance arrived he was
taken immediately to the Law
rence Hospital, but he died before
medical attention could be ren
dered. A post-morten examination re
vealed the severed limb, the right
ehoulder crushed to a pulp, the
left hand broken, and other bruises
and abrasions on the head and
body. The Injury to the right
shoulder wae sufficient within iteelf
to cause death, it appearing that
(Oontuiued aa Hmo, Column Two;
GERMAN ROYALISTS
HARD AT WORK 1
By Milton Bronner ...
Berlin. Dae. Sit. ftnenlv. when
time, place and of Hotels permit.
wcreny, when the reverse la true,
... German monarchtstswork for res
. toration of a throne. .
In favored places, like "White"
Bavaria, they are very bold. Even
ln "Red" Berlin and "Redder" Sax
they hava secret organizations.
. Der Tag" used to be the day of
which kaiserist Germany - was to
ociare war ana beat France, Eng
land aid anv thr nui.rrlu that
l50 lVi the path of German mon
archical' iilans.
DerTag" now Is the day upon
which they will overturn the re
public and substitute for it the old
monocled swaggering Junker clan.
Time, oircumstance and condi
tion so play into their hand that
the monarchists are making' aub
tantlal gains. - ,
To those who feel Germany
hasn't a flrend, they say: "lou
drova ntif thA i. t u
... V nMOt MI1U av- ..."
v ersatlles treaty with Its cup of
To the workmen: - 'Under the
kaiser your wages went farther."
To the small business man: "Un
der the Hohenaollerna you never
had to pay sush monetary tribute."
The monarchists have press,
pamphleteers, book writers.
A snuffy Bavarian professor In
big university repeats that Ger
mans are so constituted that they
must hava a boss. '
Tie aid newspaper, "Kreux Zei-
Held in Russia
i. t
M. ' ? '" I
For the second time, Mrs.
Mar
guerite B. Harrleon, above, Balti
more, Md., newspaper woman, la
reported to. have bean arrested at
Chita, Russia, by the soviet gov
ernment and sent to a Moscow
prison. She was released from
that prison a year ago.
British Boat Rescues Men on
New Fouridland Schooner
Wrecked By Waves ...
SINKING WHEN' AID CAME
Vessel Was Set on Fire
When Crew Left It
Br The Auoelited PreM)
New Tork. Pec. J8. After fight
ing off death for fourteen days in
mId-AtlantIo, during which time
their battered craft was whipped
about at the mercy of wind anS
heavy seas the orew of the New
Foundland schooner Gordon Fux
were safe In port here today. The
men were brought here by the
British freighter Menominee, by
which they were picked up 1,000
miles off the United States coast.
Captain E. O. Fudge la owner and
sklDDer of the schooner.
When the Menominee hove to
-.a ...... har null t)0at TO in
schooner. Fourth, Officer Maokle
,a .v.. vm mat sinking. There
NtlU, .11'. ' ' ,
was a pronounced llet and one ot
. ... 1. .1 V a a n .hat.
her port dhw "
tered by tne gate,
n... .IKlnr astride the rail, with
a friendly grin on his face, was
t. vii-vov able seaman and
nntlmist.
"I've got a cheroot," he yelled
to Mackle. "have you got a
match?" ,, . ...
The match being supplied, Hlc
key lighted his cigar and then
helped pull the Menominee boat to
the side of the steamer.
Captain Fudge told his story as
the big freighter, three days over
due herself because of the steady
gale she had fought came into her
Pl ""we lea 8t. Johns loaded with
salt fish September 16. We had
Jettisoned part of the cargo be
cause we hit bad weather going
..., n..inhr A. we landed in
Valencia. We loaded up with salt
and on November 28 we cleared for
St. Johns. 'We had good weather
until we got to the Azores Decem-
te"For fourteen days we had a ee
rie of westerly, northwesterly and
southwesterly blowsV.They ripped
all bur sails off. We put up ex
tras and those were tow away. .
"We sprang a leak. When tne
crew waen't busy keeping canvass
ahoard they were busy pumping.
tung appearing as the "Neue
Preueslsche Zeitung," restores the
iron cross to its title head, wltb
the motto: "Forward With God for
King and Country." This In the
capital of the German' republic 1
In the relchstag the monarchists
have deputies. Among the' 459
members the Social Democrats lead
with 173. the Central jarty has
68, the German National Peoples
party 67. This latter is the parrty
of the Junkers and monarchists.
Its reichstag leader is h-arl Ht
ferich. -I
Not part of the National Peoplee
party, but playing the monarchist
game, are organixatlons . whose
name la legion.
Then there are such secret or
ganizations aa brought about the
murders of Kntberger and Kathe
nau. After these murders the gov
ernment passed laws for the re
public's safety. These laws have
brought the republlo and the Ba
varian government into hap5"'"
pute. The latter has looked wltn
benevolent eyes upon various or
ganieatlons whose aim. to say
the least, anti-republican.
Bavaria Insists upon self-government,
home rule. This undoubt
edly has the support of the mass
of Bavarians.
One of recent Bavarian develop
ments was formation of tn
tlonal Socialists. They are not So
cialists. They are monsrehurts. it
has been openly charged they have
(Omtiauri oi Pag Two. Oolanui W
CREW OF STORM
SWEPT
SHIP IE
Turks Object to Allies Hear
Ing Armenians Plea For
Justice and Peace
DECLARE ARMENIAN IS -WITHOUT
ANY RIGHTS
Spokesmen Seek to Acquire
Armenian Home in Turk
ish Empire
(Bf Tke aolu rreti)
Lausanne, Deo. tf. Armenia
waeAthe storm center of the dear
east oonferenoe today.' The Turk
refused to attend. a meeting ot the
sub commission which had ar
ranged to hear the plea of the
Armenians for tne- establishment
of a national home In Turkey, and
both Ismet Pasha and RisaKur
Bey sent strongly worded commu
nications to the conterenoe pro
testing against the decision to al
low the Armenians to state their,
case,
They declared that If the Arme
nians, who had no official standing
and represented no Independent
government, were heard by the
conference, there was no reason
why the Egyptians or tne Irish
should not be allowed to .present
aemands.
The so-called Irregular Egyptian
delegation has been waiting In
Lausanne for mora than a month
for permission to be heard by the
conference and voloe a demand for
the Independence of Egypt and
complete withdrawal of the British
army.
Meeting Postponed
In consequence of the Turkish
protest the offloial meeting ot the
sub commission was postponed and
the representatives of the Inviting
powers Great Britlan, France and
Italysitting alone, listened to the
Armenian spokesmen, who sug
gested that a home be established
In the northeast Vllaystes of Tur
key, which should include hlstorio
mount Ararat or a section ' in
CUlcta. It was Impossible, he de
clared, for the proposed Armenian
home to amalgamate with the Ar
menian republlo of . Erlvan,
which had been taken over by the
Moscow Soviets..' The Armenians
would willingly accept the 'same re
lationship with Turkey as. the do
minions with England. In conclu
sion he asked for exemption from
military service for the Armenians
and urged maintenance of the Or
thodox patriarch In Constantinople.
The entente delegates took the
Armenian petition under advise
ment, as they did also petitions
from the Bulgarians and the an
cient people known as the Assyro
Chaldeans. Noradunghlan Pasna, once Turk
ish foreign minister, presented the
Armenian petition.
Text of. Petition
He sard the tragic events of 1(15
had widened the gulf between the
Turks and the Armenians. The
young Turk government at that
t me had not only ued unspeakable
methods in dealing with those
Armenians who were loyal subjects
of the Ottoman empire he asserted,
but they also lacked the most ele
mentary understanding of their
country.
"We deeply regret 'that mutual
distrust still exists between the
Turks and Armenians" he contin
ued, "and that nothing Is being
done by Turkey to diminish the
gravity of the situation. It is Im
possible for us to consider as a
solution that the refugee Armenians
who are In foreign countries should
return to Turkey, as Ismet sug
gests." It was only by the creation of an
Armenian home that the Armenian
problem could be solved, he Insist
ed. -
The Bulgarians 1 requested tiiat
160,000 Bulgarians who had fled
from Oriental Thrace should be
permitted to return to that coun
try which had become Turkish ter
ritory, and said they were ready ito
accept the same treaty as Turkish
citizens.
Biblical History Reviewed I
Biblical history came before the
meeting when the representatives
of the Awyro -Chaldeans arose.
Their people live In '-Mesopotamia,
between Mosul and the Turkish
frontier; they, wislt to maintain
i their own language and customs
: and to be allowed to dwell In peace.
; General Aghpitros, their chief
spokesman, said with dignity that
history had proved that Adam and
Eve were born in their country and
the early chapters of early life
moved about the Aasyro-Chaldeans.
Hopeful progress was made to
day on the problem of the Greek
patriarch. The French suggested
as a possible solution that permis
sion be granted the patriarch to
remain In :r- Constantinople . as an
autonomous archbishop, with the
understanding that be would In no
way represent political or adminis
trative matters, or various ambi
tions or Incarnate aspirations of
Greece, he would exist as a rell-,
glous figure.-
WEATHER CONDITIONS
North Carolina, Sooth Caro
lina and Georgia: Ijocal rains
, Wednesday and probably Thurs
day: cooler Thursday.
Virginia: Cloudy followed by
rain Wednesday afternoon and
night and on Thursday; colder
Thnrsday.
Florid: Generally fair In south
and central and local rains m
extreme north portion Wednes
day; Thursday cloudy and cool-
erj probably local rain.
Alabama: Rain Wednesday;
Thursday fair and cooler.
Misstoslpp Rain, probably
followed by dearinir and cooler
" Wednesday; Thursday fair and
cooler. - .
" Tennessee and Kentucky: Rain
Wednesday followed by colder
Vft-dncsday afternoon and night;
Thursday fair and colder.
Politicians Proposes to Bring
. Government "Nearer to
the People" .
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MAY BE ELIMINATED
Entire System of Presiden
tial Nominations Would
Be Changerj .
By FRANK W. LEWIS.)
Washington. Deo. The move
ment to bring government "nearer"
to the people and lbs popularity at
this time of tinkering with the con
stitution as a political pastime will
result In legislation being proposed
In congress In the near future for
a federal primary law for the nomi
nation of candidates for president
and vioe-presldent,. The movement
to bring about more "popular" gov
ernment is having a new vogue as
a reaction from the present Dower
of special Interests In governmental
affaire.
Tho Party Convention
The presidential and viae pdeal-
dentlal candidates are now nomi
nated by party conventions, com
posed of delegates selected by the
respective parties in the various
states, In various way. The party
platforms are drafted In these same
conventions. In some ot the states.
these delegates have been "In
structed" by primary elections to
support .certain candidates for
nomination. If It were possible to
have all these delegates so Instruct
ed, then the effect would be large
ly the same aa though a nation
wide primary had been held, pro
vided, of course, the delegates car
ried out their Instructions and vot
ed for the candidates favored -at
the state primaries. Next to the
nation-wide, presidential primary,
this is what the progressives would
prefer. -...
Under' the primary system, the
making of platforms would be a
different matter also. Wisconsin
has bsen a pioneer in the matter ot
primary laws. There candidates
for nomination to oflloe announce
their platform. Since they are the
men who have to carry out the
platform pledges. If eleoted, It le
considered reglcal that they should
announce them. They are the in.
dividual Dlatforms. After the par-
(QmUaued on Page Tin, Colusa Tare)
Yadkin County Defends
Commissioner Doughton
And His Highway Policy
Hard Surface Highway From Brookn Crotr Road
toiElkin Was Urged By People of Yadkin and
Authorized By Doughton After Being En
dorsed by the Whole County.
BY U J. HAMPTON ,
(Staff Correspondent) .
TadkinvlUe, Deo. 11. Yadkin
county wante It known that when
'Governor Rufe Doughton, Seventh
A iat r'.ft Vilfrhmair ffnmmlulnnRr. oll-
.ttrxl-aH th, htilMlnff nt hard anrJ
face road from Brooks' Cross Roads
to Elkin, he did it upon tne reoom
Mand.iinn anil a t the earnest re
quest of the Tadkin county corn-
quest or tne xaaain county uum-j
mlssionars and that practically the
vhnlo nnuntv unauallfiedly endOrS-1
whole county unqualifiedly endors
ed tne move.
The stinging rebuke In an editor
ial In Carter's Weekly, a North
Wilkesboro- N. C. . publication,
quoted last week In this correspon
dence has elicited widespread com
ment all over thl' soounty and it
appears to be the concensus of
opinion among leaders as well aa
other prominent citizens, includ
ing farmers, bankers, merchants,
etc.,' here, that the Criticism of
Governor Doughton was unmerited,
to say the least.
. It was pointed out that with the
exception ot the stretoh of hard
surface now being built from
Brooks' Roads to Elkln not a cent
of the state's money' has been ex
pended In Yadkin county for per
menent road work. It is also borne
out by statements of merchants and
other individuals that the great
proportion of business traffic com
ing in ana going out oi uppw
v.vin nmintv nasses along that
particular stretch of road. That
it is the Intimate purpose of the
state highway commission to hard
aril a r-a. thm mail from the Forsyth
line through this place to Brooks'
Crosa Roads is taaen ior (raim.
And It le also understood that the
T3M. tv.I1 iMiUntr on ' to the
Wllkesboros will be Riven the same
"coat of dressing ' tn me noi mu
tant future, making a grand hard
surface thoroughfare - straight
through to tap the mountains and
connect in east Tennessee wun mr
great trans-continental , highway
west and the Lee highway north
and south.!.-- - v , -'
Without quoting some high coun
ty officials here It may be said
that mention Is made of the 700,-
AAA am vaait et TM m little more than
that already expended or in process
ot construction in tne matisr
roads In the "State Of Wilkes" and
also of Us great system fft high
ways now completed and being
traveled. No discount is made" of
the fact that Wilkes has spent a
lot ot her own money, but jnentlon
Is emphasized of the vast sum the
state has allowed to the great do
main, the "Key to the Blue Ridge,
i- ..i thnt ArV an an even
larger scale Is contemplated there.1
Those familiar wun mo to
.a t..,Mt-. in the Seventh
district point out that the road from
Elkln to eparm.
usually rich section of the moun
tains, waa actually "on the map
before Governor Rufe was named
on the eommimion. It Is stated
State Troops Continued to
Guard Jair in 1 Morhouse
Parish and Lakes Where
Bodies of Mutilated Men
Were Found Recentfy
OTHER ARRESTS ARE TO
FOLLOW, SHERIFF SAYS
Think Hooded Men Are Re
sponsible For More Than
Five Murders Occurring
Along the 'State Line
(By Iks AueelaM rnmi
Bastrop, La., Deo, II. The sec
ond arrest In connection with the
Morehouse kidnapping of last
August was made late today when
Dr. B. M, MoKoln. until a few
months ago mayor of Mer Rouge,
wae taken in oustody at Baltimore
at the request of Governor Par
ker, who charged him with niur.
der. The physician was taking a
post graduate course at John.
Hopkins.
The former mayor Is expected
to reach here within a few daya to
JoJn a former deputy sheriff who
la now beftig held on a similar
charge In the Bastrop Jail,
Troops Guard lake ' 4
While the arrest was being
made, a detachment of National
Guard wan reoonnolterlng along
Lake Laforche, for evidence to
lead to the arrest of dynamiters
responsible for the blasting at a
terry landing last week when the
bodies of two men, believed to
have been tortured and murdered
by masked and robed men, were
blown from the bottom of the
lake. .
The company also was to act aa
a body guard for the sheriff who
was to make arrests In the event
his suspicions Justified them.
'During the day Adjutant Gen
eral Toombs, suddenly called back
from Washington by the governor,
arrived In Morehouse to dlreot the
operations ,or the three companies
of state troops encamped here and
at Her Rouge.
It , was persistently reported
during the day that all prepare
tlons had .been made to call out
two additional state companies if
necessary. -- , :'
People Armed
.Soldiers are en guard duty at
(Oogamies on fsge Two, Ooluns wr)
that the oontract for that stretch
of road had beef canvassed before
the Alleghany man took his seat
as a regularly commissioned mem
ber of the state board and a de
cision reached as to Its construc
tion. -. ... , ....
The Yadkin county commission
ers told Governor Rufe that they
wanted the first money spent in
tnis county out on tne roaa won
Brooks' Cross Roads to Elkln, be
tlavlnir than aa thtf KaI iava. ItAl
this county but on the road from
llevlng then aa they believe now
that it would serve the greatest
number of people and many prom-
lan. . na. i h.u. avnp-la a
themselves upon the matter declare
they want it known tnat it wasn't
any "one man" Job. , , ;
Yadkit. county, Its highway com,
and spokesmen regardless of politi
cal laun or aitniauune nave
presmed their absolute confidence
In Governor Rufe on many .occa
sions and have reiterated it time
and time again. The great body
of people here, the citlsens of this
county reflect that, sentiment and
invaaHvatinn Infn ntiartnra where It
would be most expected reveals jthat
no one has a ormoism ot uover
nor Rufe or his administration ot
road affairs Insofar as It concerns
Yadkin county's oart In the
Seventh district. .;"
Then, too, it, is the belief con
fidently expressed that when ever
Yadkin county wants anything
within the bounds of ' reason in
road matters all she has to do la to
go to Governor Rufe and get It, for
It Is pointed out that be has never
refused a "request from this coun
ty. Because of the long division
among the ten counties of this
district of the funds coming to it,
Yadkin has been careful to ask
for aid only where It was Impera
tive, but thle'ald was extended and
the county is benefiting from a net
ne flna, aamil-ftlMV hlvhwaVS
that have literally worked a miracle
upon its Industrial and economical
llle.
'Officials js well as other leaders
wbo have expressed themselves up-
lha aithlaot wtnfl It known that
the thing now nearest their heart
Is the hard-surfacing of the Boone
Trail Highway, which splits this
county wide open and 1 goes on
thrmia-h Wilkes into the ."Lost
T)-A..,..u " . Tnivtrfml ..endorse
ment and public sentiment are be
ing BTOUgOt to Dear upon am ui
ter and it is hoped that after the
meeting of the ext general as
semblv the state highway commis
sion will be able to see its way
clear to authorize sucn an expendi
ture. ... --. "
. Appreciation Is expressed for the
stand, taken by The Journal for
"Two hard -surfaced highways for
Northwest North Carolina" and It is
pointed out that the Boone Trail
is certainly one of the two designat
ed ss it is. figuratively speaking,
tne "spine" of the district.
Revealing Egypt's
V -1 . ..
4 . 7 .
V7
si ;-,vv- Li !
Lord Carnarvon, head of the krehaeologtcah expedition, which' dis
covered in Egypt the tomb of King Tttenknamen with It wealth of
burled treasure, la shown here descending with a party to the inner
tomb. Left to right, are Lady Evelyn Herbert, Lord Carnarvon, Howard
Carter and B. B. Callander.
KAHfJ PROPOSALS IS CHARGED WITH
ARENQT FAVORED S4.0QD.00Q FRAUD
New York Bankers Proposed
Solution of Debt Complex
Unheeded
CONGRESSMEN PROTEST
Kahn's German Nationality
Pointed To '
(nr TO AMoelstod Knee)
Washington. Deo, 2. The so
lution of America's foreign dent
problem, proponed by Otto II.
Kam. the New York banker, failed
generally to strike a responslv
chord today In financial circles In
Washington,
Members ot the, American debt
funding commlsalon took note of
Mr. Kahn's proposal that the
United Btates differentiate be
tween the seven and a halt billion
dollars losned to. European coun
tries before the. srmlstloe and the
two and a half billion dollars
loaned after hostilities ceased and
arrange different methods of pay
ment, but pointed out that the apt
of oongress creating the commis
sion would- permit no such differ
entiation ' even tf considered ad
visable. ',,
Members of congress ' generally
expressed decided opposition to
the New York banker's suggestion
that at least a portion ot the debt
be cancelled. .
The views of Mr. Kahn were pre
sented In a letter to Henator Smoot
of Utah.' Representative Frear of
Wisconsin, a Republican member
of the house ways and means com
mittee, addressed a letter to Sena
tor Bmoot asserting that "the debt
funding commission should ap
praise foreign governments ad an
early day ot the position presented
by Mr. iKahn and that he does .not
?peak for the American people or
or .congress.". Other members of
the debt funding commission, how
ever, were quick to declare that
the commission could do nothing
toward differentiation In the debt
as suggested by the banker.
The most that tjie debt commis
sion could do in hoe w:th the Kahn
suggestions, It was. said, would be
td - present , recommendations to
congress If. study found that It waj
iraposs'ble to proceed " within the
authorisation of congress. ' . v
Representative Frear In his let
ter pointed to Mr, Kahn's German
birth, his British .naturalisation,
and his membership In Kuhn, Loeb
A Company banking firm, and
said; :
i "Poeelbly -testimonies before our
committee (the house ways and
means committee) that over 14,
009.000,000 In foreign securities
are held largely by . International
bankers, Including Kuhn, Loeb A
Company, may be a factor in con
stant appeals for cancellation of
the -government's debt, . tyo pay
ment of these foreign debts to New
York1 international bahkers ' or
their customers can ' be, expected
liMtil tha D-nvantnanCa nolnn 1 i an
u ill wsw v v iiiitw hi- m (ItlUI
of approximately $11,000,000,000
has been provided for. Mr. Kahn's
foreign debt private holdings ere
not proposed by him for cancella
tion, nor does he suggest that for
eign governments should relinquish
their treaty land acquisitions as an
Inducement for cancellation ot
their debts." ,
STANLEY BALDWIN SAILS
FOR THE UNITED STATES
V (By Tke Aseeeiated Press) ' -
London, Dec. J8. Stanley Bald
win, chancellor of the exchequer
and members of his mission which
is going to the United States to
discuss the British debt to the Uni
ted Btates, will sail tomorrow on
the steamer Majestic for New York.
The Times printed an Interesting
character sketch of Mr. Baldwin,
laying emphasis on his simple and
modest nature and "hiding beneath
a placid exterior a highly sensitive
personality and a highly ' trained
. and equipped mind,":
Buried .Treasures
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William S. Cunningham Ar
rested In St. Louis With
., Slick Scheme .
WORKEDlN- BALTIMORE
On Way to Mexico When Ar
rested Last Night
(Hy 'ike atiMiaioe l-raaai
Bt. Louis. Deo. II .a eaM...i
fugitive warrant charging use of
in mans in a scnema to defraud
in w i org was issued late to.
day against William L. Cunning
ham, a stock salesman, nn dee sr.
reel here. . Cunningham remained
In Jail when.h fealled to furnish
' f ;V
t . '.'.. '
hond flxed at 5,000. Police do- runhed to the hospital aud Ipter
olared he announced his Intention viewed him. Up to that time the
of waiving extradition.
Cunningham and Frank Carter, a
valet employed by Austin Howard
Montgomery, who is said to be
wantd in Baltlmors and New
York for questioning In connection
with the promotion of the Com
munity Finance Company, .were
taken Into custody yesterday by
postal Inspectors and private de
tectives. Carter later was released.
Cunningham said - he was en
route from Montreal to Mexico
City. In his party were the valet,
Mrs. Cunningham,. Mrs. Montgom
ery and her three children, a gov
erness and a maid. He stated he
was accompanying Mrs. Montgom
ery and her party as a friend to
Mexico Olty to get., Montgomery,
who, ha said, was there. 'Mont
gomery was head of the Commu
nity t Finance ; Company, . which
failed recently with liabilities es
timated cat mora then $l,&oo, ooo.
Cunningham declared he was
willing to return' to -New York to
face the charges, and that aa soon
as he was able to furnish bond, he
would continue the Journey to
Mexico City with Mrs. Montgom
ery., ' - - -;"yy;-v;v
Baltimore, Md., Pec." "2l. Ber
ing federal warrants for the ar-
rest of Win. J. Cunningham, al
leged associate of Austin H. Mont
gomery, said to be the "master
mind" of the Community Flnahce
Corporation, and other .: alleged
"blind pool" systems operating
here, Jos. R. Knapp, Jr., receiver
and Karl V. Htelnderg, an; attor
ney, left tonight for 8t, Louia.
where Cunningham Is being held
In 5,00 biond. The - warrants,
sworn out by the reoeivers. charge
Cunningham with possessing prop
erty belonging to others.
Cunningham, besides being want
(Continued on Put !, Oeiuaw Betea)
Scientists Advocate
Teaching Of Evolution
. . , -y "'
Cambridge, Mass., Dec,, 26. A
resolution affirming that ,bo!
scientific generalization Is more
strongly supported by the thor- i
oughly tested evidences than Is that
of organlo evolution, ' was aaoptea
by '"th.. council of the American
Association for. the advancement ot
science today; The resolution ex
pressed the conviction that any
legislation attempting to limit the
Teaching of "the doctrine of evolu
tion would be , ';a,1 profound mia
take.".' v 'y'i' t ' '' e-'.'
It cited an attempt ' in several
states to prohibit the teaching of
evolution in the house schools, and
the wide .publicity iven to asser
tions that the theory of evolution
was a mere guess for which, it said,
"there is no ground whatever, and
further it affirms that the evldnnces
In favor of the evolution of man are
' sufficient to convince every scient
ist of note In the world." that the
theory of evolution le "one of the
most potent qt yi.e great Influ
ences for. good that, have thua far
entered into human i experience."
and that to limit Its teachings
"could not fall to Injure and re
Apprehended By Baitlmcro
Police Upon Request From
Governor Parker Who
Charged Him With Mur
der of Men Found in Lako
DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE
OF THE DOUBLE'MURDERS
Arrest of Doctor at Johns
Hopkins Came as Pure Ac
oidcntAftcr.lt Was Denied
That He Was Student ,
(By Tae AMMlttet tnuf ''
Baltimore., Dec Is. -Dr. B. M.
McKoln. former i mayor of Mer
Rouge. La., who Is wanted there In .
connection with the Morhouse par
ish kidnappings and the finding of .
two mutilated bodies In Lake La
tourche, wsa arrested hsre todsy
t the Johns Hopkins unlverelty,
prady Institute, where he la taking
a poet graduate course.
The srront followed the receipt
of a telegram from Governor John'
M. I'arksr. of Louisiana, requesting
the local police to arrest McKoln
on a charge of murder. After
questioning by police ottlclals, Dr.
McKoln was .locked up to await
further action by Louisiana of- .
flclals. ,
Other than requesting the local
authorities to arrest Mi'Koln, there
was nothing contained In Gover
nor I'arksr Parker's telegram. ' It
read!
''Important, Arreet Dr. Mo
Koln for murder. Hold htm for
Louisiana authorities."
iHsiiies Knuwlcdge of Killing
Dr. McKoln denied knowledge
of (he killing ot the two men. "All
1 know," ha declared, "la that both
men who were killed were on the
bad side the side of bootleggers,
gunmen and men who asuoctated
with negro women.", -
The discovery of Dr. McKoln
here' and his subsequent arrest
came about purely by accident.
Word was received here several
days ago that Dr. McKoln was a
etuderit at Johns Hopkins and de
partment of .Justice agents sought
to question him, . However, uui-
varsity officials , dented McKoln
was registered a a post graduate
'and Hated several letters had been
received there for liin, but, unable
to locate him, the letter . were
turned over to the poatoffloe de
partment as "unknown.".
Early today a policeman -was
found on the ' waterfront uncon
scious, He was removed to a hos
pital. When the hospital report
reached police headquarters, It
....... k rt x( t.-i t, .
then that' local newsuauer
. .. i a 1 ' J . ..- .V .... , CT w
men
telegram from Governor Parker
asking for his arrest bad not been
received- Lr. MeColn spoke freely
and insisted Its was ot a fugitive
from Jtistice, and that he had made
UO attempt to conceal his identity.
He stated he has been in Balti
more since October 1, arid had left
Mer Rouge after an attempt had
been made to assassinate him,
Dr. McKoln Insisted he wan pot 1
a member of (he Ku Klux Klan, He
praised the organization, however,
saying "the members did much to
hold down bootlegging and . Im
morality white I was mayor of Mer
Hougs." He also stated that law
lessnnss is a common occurrence
at Mer Rouge and that he. was
among those who started to clean
up the place. The result, he said,
was a hard battle with, bootleggers,
moonshiners and men of bad re
pute,,. "Just before I left Mer Rouge a
boy of good fdmlly was shot In
the back.. What did the sheriff
and governor dot. The cos was
dismissed after a Jury filled with
bootleggers and the vicious - ele
ment declared the alleged mur
derer innocent. ,
"Now, however- when a boot,
legger and some one else Is killed,
the governor Joins in the invests,
gation. This affair, in myvoplnlou.
will decide , whether decent and
good element of the town will con
trol.".' -.. ' ' .
aJr. McKoln stated he' had re-'
eelved threatening letters a long
time before he left Mer Rouge and
asked the shgrlff to investigate,
without success. "Just as I left the
mayorship, and the successful can
didate went Into office," W con-.
tlnueA "Osngs that paraded the
streets fired shots around my
house. I asked the sheriff to take
the ; matter In hand but nothing
was done,"
tard the advancement of knowledge
and human welfare by denying the
freedom or- teaching and inquiry
which is essential to all progress."
' The resolution was- drafted by a
committee . consisting of Edwin
Grant Conklin, of Princeton Uni
versity, chairman: Henry Fairfield
Osborne,, president of the board
of 'trustees of the American
museum of natural history, and
Charles B. Davenport, director of
the Cold Spring Harber station of
the Carnegie Institute, :
. The council Is empowered to
make formal pronouncements On
behalf of the association.
V The meeting of the council mark
ed the opening of the 76th annual
meeting of the association hnre
'and the Joint Invitation of the
Maesachueetts .institute of Techno
logy and Harvard University. Evry
branch Of science Is represented
among the three thousand delectus
to the meeting.
Beginning tomorrow the dele
gates will dlvido Into fifteen S'W
llons, betwsnn v ' '." papers will
, be , read cover!';.; a .. wide , variety,
i of scientific rnau'sra.