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:;t3 per Week nn..rtiT ri u, .' . , innton. i ., f Stale f"ti. : A. i ew a, I ; v ii i , Test'ir.. x - i be bed. Delivered to , Your Homo. P U PUSHED DAILY I.W TH E LAR GEST CITY IN NORTH CAROLINA VOT, XXV, NO. 823. JSTONjEjJNClWDAY, MORNING DFXgSjEEgjji923 PiiESlQENT ASKS U. SJ TO SEE INDIAN BEAUTY 'SEVEN. WAR- TIME- .OFFICU.:,: HELDEO MO YDUfJG GRAY GAIIIS LIBERTY THROUGH MOBRIirS ACTS SSB0.0D0 FOB"; nEFITTIfiS fJAVY n-n Behind flequest Marks ) Change of Policy Since Arms Conference . MODERNIZED OLD SFjIPS TAKE PLACE NEW ONES Old Armament is Inefficient to Cope With Modern Methods of War. (By Tk asteeiaw rmi) Washington, "Dc. 10.- In order lo keep th flrat' Una ot th Amr- lean nsvy en a par with, th forces of th other grat powers. President Harding asked Congr today for a special appropriation of 11,(04,000 ai a beginning on -a battleship modernization program, ' The plan behind . th request- inarki Chang of policy result ing diretly from th Washington arm conference and wu descrlD ' d by becrvtary Denby in a latter accompanying ( th ' President's recommendation aa of major . and vital Importance In national, de fense. Befor th conference It hid 'btu th praotlaa to build nw ship rather than modernls old . one, a polloy which no longer can be followed feeoaua of th eon a ruction limitation Imposed by tn naval limitation treaty. ;.. Want Detailed Study . Seoretary ' Denby reported that a ..detailed study el tn problem , had beta mad by- naval officer ..and that the 1 1. sua.OOO asked fur moulds malt it' poesibls "to ' bsgia work on thirteen vessel.1 Ultimate ly be estimated the program would coat a total of 110,000,000. i : No . detalld ' Information -" a so what ablpa will b affeoted by the first appropriation or what work will be don on them wa given to Congreea by Mr.' Denby -or made available at the navy department. It I known however that in gen r4 the tentative, plana oall.for equipment of all ofthe lt-lnoh gun ahlpr of th fleet with deck protection agalnat aircraft 'bomb and high angle fir, "blltr '. pro tection agalnat torpedo attack and ,- modernization: ot th main oatur- t rive them a rang . now -,uable with aircraft spotUng. British ablpa -f the seme gen Iral, type' have already. oeen -Arought op to dat In this way a iU result of lesson learned In th 'fwar.' The work was begun In f British navy yards during th war and a specific prevision permitting It to b completed If mor than 1.000 tons was added- therby to th din placement, of each ship was In cluded in the naval treaty. Tilt new ship which th United State, wera bulldlns- and has asreed to scrap under th treaty war quipped with all the devices which It now becomes necessary to add to the older craft.'v The nw ship would have, had ' .main batteries with a range of 34,000 yards and th , interior- construction of th hulls was calculated to minimis ' th danger fronv torpedo attack. ; J- Old. Guns Inefficient -';-. . The old 14 Inch gUn ships which , ar to b retained under the treaty wer designed and built be fore aircraft spotting mado possl ble effective gun fire beyond th limit of vision from th ship. They wert also built before the.: "great " war proved the effectiveness; of submarine attack with torpedoes. It Is doubtful that the modern ixatton program will Include any of the ii inch, gun ships " of the A merlean navy whteh because. ..of their 4lghtr guns and light armor re n6t regarded; by naval experts ships of the first line battle. thre are she such ships now In t;rj active fleet and two, of thorn. th North Dakota and. Delaware will be scrapped when the new 1 Inch sun shlpav the West Virginia and Colorado are commissioned. , The British nave disposed already of virtually all thelr-II Inch gun hatt'.u craft. . ' " . s ....... . , Two Survivors ,' Plnehuret. .Dec. 80. William Tleekie of Upper Montclair, N. J. nd Donald Parson of Toungs town. Ohloi survived the seml-Hnal round ef the mid-winter golf tournament- here todav and will, meet for the trophy.. Monday. T. Russei Brown , of. llontcljlr went down four and two before Reekie today and John - F. Daley, Jr., of Rochester,' N. Y.rfell be fore Parsons attack five and four. WEATHER CONDITIONS 'rth Carolina, South Care Una: Rain Sunday , and prob ; ably Jfonday; nirmer Sunday; fresh fiaat - shift inn ... tn , ..M,k winds. Vtrslnlai - Ttmin ' Alt . arm em- e warmer Monday, probably mint ji Tenement Rnln s,mHuu. 'er in oast and colder la extreme west portion; Monday colder. ington Closed By (By as Asaoctattd rras (,.--' Wilmington, Dec. 30. Thomas K. Cooper, president' of the Com mercial National Bank which was 'losed by W. B. Folger federal iank examiner -upon instructions from th comptroller of the cur. fency this movnlntfx ionlght de nared that ail depositors will be paid 100 per cent. ; . - , 4-Th public had aa much notice nf th closing. as the officers and directors"-Mr.. Cooper said - Mr. FoU;er- ' would ,-nlake no rlatement whatever regarding the closing, ct the' bank. ... , . Officials, nay 4hey are able to protect all- depoiltcirs in ull. i 1 'WTien th kiwk was first -closed today officials offered v to raise I - s Sfe? ins . . v,,. : American eye, next yr, may har th opportunity of feasting upon th beauty of Her Royal Highness, th Mahoran of Takarl, ahown above, wlf of th Maharaja of Takarl, Th Maharanee, who waa selected recently as India' most beautiful woman, xpct to visit thla country. , . GRAVES AND BROGKiMELLON BACKING E Former Judge, of Superior Court Bench and Solicitor : Form Partnership YOUNG GRAVES IN FIRM it Members of Firm to Moves Families, Here jSoon(.v . gollcjtor 8. Porter qrav, Judge i Walter K. Brook, and . Attorney Wliuam ',vei - eav. lormea a partnership Sot the practice ot law In Wlntdn-Salm, and will open pffloM lit this city Monday morn ing. , January Th partnership was perfected last night and the aanuaoimant of the coming here ftbUl array ef legal talent will h. warmly .welcomed by their admirers ,ln this city.' ' :-' The pilrtnerehlp will be known a th firm of Graves, Brock TOPRAGTIGEHER n,.J..) w.ll . ,ieral'tody-ot lh banking cora- law praciic In this city and ur-jV on rrm credit legislation rounding trrltory. Temporary of-Onu ,n a letter sent to Senator Mc fices will located on the sec- Lean of Conhertlcut. the cbmmit- VtiVJvlMW ch.lrman, came out In support lr U?J?i4 ".-P'f .:"' th Capper bill with minor mod A. Y. Bams wh leave this week for "Ralelglt to attend the 1913 session of h legislature. . MeraberaV the firm tated yes terday aftlnoon that an office will be malifained for the present In Mount ATy. but the home of fice will Se in Winston-Salem. where aoh f th thre memberi.to the neds cf the larm-jr than of tb Tlrm m reside, iney wui move their families here in the near future. & . J . Judge Bro-df, who I recognised , as one of threading members of i his profal6 iff North' Carolina, together ' wilhi Porter Graves, ainietuure which would set up farm, lawyer of wlJnown aouiiy, ana 'credits departments in the existing Willie Graveaswilb compose a law, federal land - banks with an au- firm that will! hav few. peers in the etat. t r,,--. j ,! Sollcior Graves Solicitor S. IJorter Graves, the senior member jpf th firm, is well known in this Section. He has been solicitor of this district for twenty .ycacs, tind. was recently elected for anottier four years -aconsrRgs generally nn to the. form recoru 01 unoroaen service mai in not equaled wltljin the' state. His continued re-elation as 'solicitor vouches for the confidence of th people of. this district, and at the last election h4 majority - was three times greafter than- in any previous election. ', , ' . In running, for the solicitorshlp, Mr. Graves has Bad not jpnly th upport ot his ovh party, but has drawn steadily .from th ranks of the Republican party, and in, the last election doubtful and .Repub lican precincts 'In Several instances showed a majority if or Mr; Graves.-! This record tells li story,, both of confidence and UrfliMtioped ability.- ' 1 - In addition to hlf duties as so licitor,: which deal largely ...:. with criminal law, Mr. graves has had a -id experience A civil practice In Surry, Ashe, .'Alleghsn and ther counties. ' H fas been connected-In th trial 4 a numtter of (Ooatunud oa ?t tX Coiuma 9u I Bank Is Examiner sufficient fund to saisfy any de mands if allowed an kour which tequest, Mr. Cooper n1. was re fused. ' ' The Commercial bsf of which Lieutenant Governor Ar B. Cooper Is chairman of the board and Thomas E. Cooper, prtfidsnt, was formerly- known a tbt American .Bank and Trust compaif changing its name six months sp when It became a national barn Charle E. Beathea h jfice-pres-dent; lloracs Cftoper. f secretary &nd s: D. Plttman, asint cash ier. .. , ,,; : ' '. '? ., , The" last- statement of ha bank niiblished "showed capita i and sur p'us of :30,000 and rtifurces of 13,800,000. 1 V - -THE CAPPER BILL Measure is Favored in Pref . erence to the Anderson Lenroot Bill ; ; HOOVER OPPOSES ACTION Mellon Thinks it Answers the V Needs' of Farmers J , By Th AMOOteted Preeer v' - Washington, Dec. 10. ThBj en dorsement' and support: of the treasury department was given to day to the Capper agricultral cred its bill aa against Its principal rival th Anderson-Lenroot credit measure, which 'recently was Intro duced In the senate snd house with th backing of Secretary of Agri culture Wallace and other govern ment officials. Secretary Mellon In testimony presented In : cloning the hearing ifications and with an amendment to extend Jor nine months after next June 30 the farm loan pow ers ;f the war finance corpora tion.. . .. :-. Support was given the . Ander son-Lenroot bill on, the, ground! that-it was more nearly adequate i th Capper bill. Mr, Hoover J whose testimony wss said to have related more generally to th n(ed of agricultural' credit than to details of its extension appeared ; t0 , favor the ; Andnrson-Lenront thorlxed governmenit-furniehed capitalization of 160,000,000 Tor the twelve banks. With the view of the three cab inet members before it the com mittee prepared to draft legisla tion, which will harmonlxe th .widely conflicting opinions held by Its members and toy member of of aid to be extended tne farmers and livestock growers. Secretary Mellon declared 1 the (OonlicuK) on Pnj Mix, Coin nan roar; Tin Canners To 5Iert Tampa, iF1j Dec $0. Mor than. 8.000 . "tin canners," tourists who travel In automobiles, are ex pected to attend the fourth annual convention of the tin can tourists of the world W-hlch begin at XJeSoto Park here Monday night to be con tinued all the week. - G. M. Tre nialne of Freedonla. N. T., ro-al tin can opener will preside at th sessions. Body Former Society Belle Found in Hovel Chicago, Dec. SONelghbor breaking down the door of a cheaply furnished '. tJiree-roorn apartment today found the body of Mrs. Maude Fuller Delias, eldest daughter of the late Mel ville W. Fuller, chief justice ot the lulted States supremo court. -.'.. A Washington society fovorlte, a arneratloa ago, Mrs. Delia, police believe ended ber life some time during the last three weeks. She was last wen alive on Decenibcr 8. - The rooms still reeked of the odors of burned cigarette and narcotics, according to Coroner Wolf, who inspected the body before it was. removed to th morgne. Police base their be lief in suicide on the fact that the door had been barred with a shovel braced beneath the knob. - - - : . :, .... , Beside ihe body was a check for $S3 and a bank book showed a balance of $97,000 In local bank, . , Governor Refuses to Allow Young Man to Be Carried to Kentucky SAYS BOY ACTED UNDER INFLUENCE OF FATHER EtTcris V.'iJr Be Made to Pro tect Hirn In Virginia Where t . ' He Is Student (BV BROCK BARKLET) luilsiah. Deo. iau.-im. ham Gray, wanted ai llumlimii. till. Ky to ahswar eMrgj of vuvKining money under lals pxe tensea through hi solicitation ot student for th Bingham ioheol at Mel bane, got his freedom today when Governor Morrison refused to allow hi return to Kentucky following a he&rtcg on th re quest for xtradlUon today. While finding that th young man nin oeen pernap too labor ate In hi dlaoriDtlon of '. BDlen. did football team, larg parade giounas, nundred of student In uniform and twntr-flv lnstrae. tors,' th governor said be did not believe he was playing th part of th thief In hi aoliaiutlon ot prominent Munsfordsvlll fatbar to send their sons to. Mebane, , Under FsXber's Infloaac) To Ad him baok to Kntuoky lo far trial on the fraud, charsa doubtlea would ruin aa otharwis promising career, th governor said. xprlng th belief that in kotlng merely as th agent of. hi lather. Colonel Preston Lewis Gray, h was actio- under th In flueno of tat father who, striving tor in return or a school uk th one . conducted at- Mebane .until fifteen year ago, had advertised his hopes rather , than aotiralltlea - Young Gray lead hi class when he waa tn hla father's aohool and last term he lead th first-year law class at th University of Virginia, Jle spent a year -at I al before jtulng to Virginia, ' and hi caxeei as a student has bee a exceedingly brilliant. H Is, attending th Virginia law school this year and was horn for th Christmas holi day wn a deputy sheriff from Kentucky procured hi arrest un der fraud charge. In announcing that h would withdraw extradition paper that previously had been issued, Gov ernor Morrison said he would writ Governor Trlnkl of Virginia In an effort to secure protection In that state for "Gray so that he might continue his studies and gradual in law next spring. - ' -, Tried to. Jiebnild School Colonel Preston Lewis Gray had on of th finest "prep" schools In .North Carolina when he was associated with Colonel Robert Bingham, who'som fifteen year sgo withdrew and founded the Bingham' aohool at Ashavlll. Slno then It has been going down grade until In 10 10 It was olosed. It did not operate tor a oouple of terms, but last summer Colonel Gray laid his plans for starting up again and he -doubtless dreamed, th gover nor figured, of another big insti tution. - ' - ; ' ' fie hired five Instructor and Is sued his catalogue. His ton took the catalogue to Kentucky and with Its glowing pictures and liter ature and his ..own power - of d "serlotlv lsmruag Induced seven prominent Mirmfordsvlll bjslnss men to send tneir son io ui Bing ham school at Mebane. He oolleot ed on the tuition, the amount run ning to about three thousand dol (Ooelinuea en Page BU, Uohuna we) PITT IS VICTOR IN GAME WITH STANFORD . . (By Tae AasoetaM Jresj i Stanford University, Cat Deo. 0. LTnivralty of Plttstmrgh' Tanther football team defeated th Stanford University eleven Is to 1 her today befor a crowd of ap proximately 31000 parson. For three period Stanford w entirely on the defensive but, In th fourth quarter It displayed an offensive that resulted In its only goat - Xn most department Pittsburgh show ed Its superiority. . , Captain Holleran of th Panther went lnto .th gam for the last three minute. Pitt carried th ball to Stanford II yard lln a,nd again Stanford held and by a for ward pas took th ball bade to mid-field as th gam ended. Forty Railroads Earned More Than Six Per Cent '(By Te AsseeHsKl rw) i- Washington, Dec lO-Appre-rt mately 4(7 railroad In th United Stat hav earned mora than th ( per cent fair return standard set by th transportation act, tbo in terstate commerce oommlsaton re ported to th senate today In re sponse to. a resolution by Senator Capper, ' Republican, of Kansaa. Estimate of th amount which may be due to th United State a a result are being worked out but determination . of th precise amount must await conclusion of the work ot valuing railroad prop erty. ,. - Under th transportation act th commerce commission is required to make rat which will give rail road a fair return on th valu ot their property used In transporta tion. For th fair return standard was set at par cent by th law but in 1111 th commlsr ion reduced th percentage ; to 5.1-1. ' "W ar not at thla tlm ta po sition to report th valu ot rail road property for Information de sired," the commission ald In re sponding to the resolution. "W hav mad tentative valuation of the property of various carriers. Such valuations, however, . data Bonar Law Will Go to Paris Conference' Wfth Three Provisions In Plan Look ing Toward Restoring Eco nomlo Welfare In Europe HUGHES SPEECH SEEN AS FAVORING BRITISH VIEW With America Won Over and Italy PractlcaHy Neutraf, Downlng Street Now Sees France Standing Alone (By Ike liM,i.l mn) MndOO, Z0. 10 flinn. h. iourament et th alll.d premier "er on xomber 1 1 In ,rdr to avoid an open break between Orat Britain tad Frano on th aubj.ot et reparations ther ha been a flood of rumor and repnrt oon. !i 'h "olutlon of th dead look that Prim Minister Bonar fw "lr to propoe when iS " tt!ve resumed their dtaouaalon In Pari. Only today, howerer, waa an au thorlUUv tatmt forthoomtng from offloial crlol. Thl vax to th (tct that th Brltlah premier would go to Part next Monday rmd with a nw plan for a final and complete eettlement et th whol question of Germany war obligation. Immediately after th ' London breakdown. Downing street' hopes were that th French attltud would change, but th last fort night has shown th trend ot French official opinion te b away from. Instead of toward th British with th result that Mr. Bonar Law yesterday presented to hi cabinet a plan which it I atated comprises th utmost limit of Brltlah conces sions. General Plan In it broad principles th plan la ald to b aa followai .First any reparation program agreed upon in - Pari must b a Anal on which will- put a deilnlte end to the wrangling of th las( three year and glv an opport unity for th re-oonstruction of Kurop. Second a moratorium for Oar many Is essential for a period of from two to four year In which Urn Germany must balance her budget, stabllix th mark and un dergo general financial reform un der allied supervision, put not un der allied recelverehlp. . Third reduction of th repar ation total, to approximately f... 100,000,000 pound starling wnton if not forthcoming attar Germany I given a fair obano to make good her obligation will be ob tained by an asoendlng scale of conomlo penaiti. , , British official dlcount official -ennrt. from Part that th French hav- formed definite unchangeable plan to be n forced- against the German Mginnmg janumry j. it U stated, that Premier Poln car 1 llkly to b urprlsed to find Mr. Bonar l-aw In full sympa thy with him against th O;"" tactic ot evasion and non-fuifiu-ment of pledges, th only dlffar- no ot opinion being in tne mem n,i , nf obtaining reparation pay ments. th British remaining a unconvinced a ver . inai . Frnch plans for-controlof tn German eouroe of production wiu result in anything but erial and conomlo nP'?.1"1?? tgenttaued sa Pe, 8U, wasi israei SIRENS FROM STATE , TO ENCHANT TOURISTS s - . ' ; . (By Ta AaaeeteUd T) Aahevlll. . Dec. , 00. Believing i um. ynMMmTim nf motor tourist now wintering in Florida knew-what tne Lana m m. oj ha to offer, a larg percentage of thjm would return north vlath seen to highways of th western North- Carolina mounuwim, , i. ti. .hamhM of rinmmerce. i. nimnlni tn ifid tn Florida a motor compSny from Ashevllle. This aggregation, according m plan now being formulated, would be a party of missionaries,' armed LjulrM. 11Btraf In mnA 111. crlblng Aahevlll and th sur rounding terrttorr. togemer win film "khowlng omthlng of th v-.tirtf afforded In th westers section of North Carolina. back front four to eight year and hav not as yet been brought up to th period affected by the stat ute. : It will Involve considerable accounting." f . Th only class on road which haw reported excess over th per cent allowed In 1J1 are th Buffalo and Suaquehanna corpora U no, the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line and the Lehigh and New England railroad. Th Buffalo and Susquehanna In reporting an excess earning of tit, 80s, th com mission eald, - entered th claim that th return was tentative and not binding whll th Detroit and Toledo Shore Lin which wa in dicated to hav fl,114 in excess at th end of 1120 mad no state ment of it a reasons for falling to pay any ot th sum over to th government. Th Lehigh ' and New England, whoa exoeee earn ing war found to be I14.ll oc th face of th return, declared that the transportation act pro vision ar unconstitutional. . ' A number of the smaller rail road whose earning were found to be in exceo of th fair return standard likewise declared that n part of the 'money la legally -du h government. - Russia Wishes Good Will To A 11 People Of All Countries t Lausann, Deo. 11. M. Tohttcherln, th Jluaalan aoviet tor lgn minister, mad an appeal for recognition of th soviet fd- - aratlon today la a tatmnt to th Associated Proa, : ' ' "Th ovlet republic, M h said, "earnestly hope that th beginning of th new year will bring us Into closer collaboration with th American psopl tor productive work and tor th open ing of ur natural rource toi mankind.. . , .' . "Our moat arnt deatr la unlversaf naval disarmament, , a well aa disarmament on land, peac and productlv work. Th . oit republlo la trong nough to resist aggrMion, but w must regret that th chm which has prevailed at Lauaunn will oompal ua to arm. and fortify our south coast and will divert us from ouf fundamental a!raproduot!on.u , Th ntlr ovit delegation delivered m Nw Year rmon t th power, taking as a tut "Russia' aympalhy for opprsd pople". - -V ( - . . . M. Tohttoherlq dlstributad to ail th delegation at Lausann a mamerandum declaring that a solution of th Near East prdb- , lem la poaalbl only by abandonment of th polloy ot oonquast and Intervention toward Turkey. Happily, th (ovist advent to powr In Russia had aaved Turkey from total disintegration. Unhappily, howvr, at Lausann, according to th memorsn. dum, th great powr oontlnu their old, polloy of domination and expansion and seek to ttl th Strait problem o that It can b used a a bail of attack agalnat th Black Sea countrle. Th memorandum warmly take aide with Turkey In her truggl for ovrelgn freedom and lnlsta that imperlallstto na tions must oea to consider Moelam aa Interior. lit behalf . ot th Mooow government, Tohitohwln reoommend th calling , of a palal eonfrno to axamln Into th statu of th minor." itie ot all countrle and declare that th only way to establish peac In th valley of th Danub and In th Balkarj I th formation ot a con federation by th people f thos region, aeh atat ratatnlnff It autonomy, SENATE PASSES APPROPRIATION Naval Bill Including $325 000,000 Goes By With out Opposition BORAH NOT MENTIONED Attempts to Reduce Navy is Nipped in Bud (By The AaweUtad Fm) Washington, Deo. 10. After a calming of th senaU'a thre day storm throuah withdrawal by Sen ator Borah, republican Idaho, of hi amendment proposing a world' conomlo conference, the aenate today passed th IUB, 000,000 na val appropriation bill and ad lournad over New year s day. Dsbate on the Borah amendment wa not resumed today and th bill also wa passed without men tion of the house provision raquest mg th"presldent to negotiate with th principal naval powers (or fur ther armament limitation. This provision remaining in th bill wlLf go to the president and will not com before th aenata and house conferees, He request UK presi dent to negotiate with Great Bri tain, Japan, Franc and Italy with a view to agreements limiting; ves sels under 10,000 ton and aircraft not coveted by th arm conference treaties. i Threatened effort to extend the house provision did not matarlalls after th flurry ovr th Borah amendment. Senator King, demo crat, Utah, did not offer hi amend ment propoelng a land and saa armament limitation conference. 'After passag of the naval bill th administration - shipping bill wa brought up again and placed tn position for resumption of de bate when th senate meet again n z t ' Wdnday. Protracted speeches today on extraneous sub- jeot resulted fn a charge of fili bustering by senator Smoot, . ite publlcan, Utah. The peech msk. ing stopped soon after "Senator Smoot's statement. Senator Jones, republican, Washington in charge f the shipping bill gave notice that next Wednesday ha would cell up hi resolution- to revise th senate rules with a view of check ing futur f!llbutrs. ' -No Important change In th na val bill wa mad by th senate ex cept th addition of 11,000,000 for naval reserve training nurooses and 1850,000 additional for tor pedo construction, the latter de signed to maintain th Newport, R. I,, and ether torpedo stations. The senat without a record vot (Oontismed oa Page Btx, Ooluaia l"v THINK BERGD0LL WILL ATTEMPT TO ENTER U.S. Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 10. Th Gsrman steamer JupiteV on Which Orover Qeveland Berxdoll. draft Codger, I reported to be attempting to enter tne united State through Pansacola, with ordinary weather condition was expected to arrive her tomorrow or Monday. Th Jupiter sailed from Fayal, Azores, December 11. Bergdoll ha been aboard th Jupiter for mor than a month, ac cording toJ. Garrlga, ber loon! agent. If he" boarded her at any port in Germany. Sh sailed from Cardiff.' Wale, with a cargo of coal November 10, for th Azores, where hi company chartered her. Local custom snd department of ,'nstioe official ar keeping con stant virgll for th vessel and she will be boarded Immediately upon arrlvaL. , ... . : i DEFY COUBTSTO IJ Government Holds That Su preme Court Hds No Ju- rlsdiction in Appeals WAR ON FOREIGN LIQUOR Seek to Exclude liquor From All Ships Coming Here , (Br 'i'ba AiMntau Pnxi) , Washington, Deo. 10. Challeng ing the jurisdiction of th Supreme Court, to consider the appeals brought by foreign eteamihlp com pant from th prohlbiUon ' rut in of Judg Hahd at New Tork and. Insisting that th authority of Congress xtnd to oontrol over lntoxlcaUn liquor on Amerloan hip on th high seas th federal government today filed with th court two brief which will ,b uad a th oasis for its oral argumsnU next wk when th ap peal ar raachad, ' ' . With regard to the proceedings Inatltuted by th foreign line th government declared it had not consented to b sued, and that tut against It could not be sus tained without Its consent. It also questioned th right of, th foreign companle to bring the appeal, In sisting that they had other remedy at law open to them and had not presented a caus for action. Th appeal of th American line war not challenged on th ground ot Jurisdiction but the gov. eminent Insisted it Congress could prohibit American ships from In cluding intoxicating liquor In thslr cargo It oould also prohibit them from having such liquor in their eg ator for us by passenger whil on th high seas. There 1 no distinction In law between carg and sea to res, the brief held so iar as exercise of authority by the United State la eoncrnd, . In it brief dealing with forelan ships, Ui government declared that any difficulty th foreign steam ship companies might experience in Obtaining adequate crew owing to absence ot liquor could b obviated by payment of higher wages. It wss Insisted that the prohibi tion against bringing liquor within th territorial jurisdiction of th (OeatloiMa oa Vtt Kieras, Col. seven ; The Day In Th Houee and Senate adjournea over New Tear' until Wednesday. Tn House completed considera tion ot the annual postofflce ap propriation bill carryin $84,14. 000. .! .s.V- -, Th treasury through' Secretary Mellon endorsed befor th Senate banking committee th Capper ag ricultural credit bill. - A supplemental appropriation of 18.800,000 wa requested of Con- frees by President Harding for modernization of battleships. ' Ths Senat passed the f 321,000, 000 naval appropriation bill with out the Borah economlo conference amendment but with th Hous provision urging a further naval limitation agreement Th first annual conference of Senior Circuit Judge called to dis cuss th consideration of federal court and to adopt means relief congestion adjourned. Upon the basis of figures cover ing Canadian trade officials em phasise assertions that the new tariff law had eausd no cessation CONSIDER BOOZE Alleged to Have Pari,;: . , In Frauds During t';3 V,'.; in Which Several lh:.:.!r:j" ; Million Dollars Were In volved v INDICTMENTS FIRST OF : THEIR KIND RETURNED Forty-seven Overt Acts Are Mentioned In Indictments, Among Them Being Con spiracy . ' iT TSe AMfiw ft.) - Washington, Deo. 10. Benedict Crowell, former assistant secretary et war, and i other war tlm offi cial of tn war department vers charged today In an Indict merit is turned by a special federal gran t Jury with conspiracy to Urn-ami ths government and with dnlaylng and defeating th admlnlaira.Wxi of law. ' Sevan defendants wore m ty th Jury to hav participated un lawfully In th award of contrai'ts let by th government during the war nd after the armistice tnvulv. Ing xpendltures totalling hundreds of million of dollar and In which sonis of their number had a pe cuniary Interest. ' Woven Ar Nairn's Thos namd a conspirators wsr: William A. Starrtt, of New Tork, engineer and arrhlun u n.tnl to hsv been a member of the firm ot Barrtt and Van Vle-k and th Thoma Btarrett Company. Incorporated and later asswliitud with th George A. Fuller Com pany, general contractors. .. He wa ehslrman of th war department commute on mrgncy conalruo. tion, connected with th council ot national defns. , Morton C. Tutrs, of Boston, said to be general manager of th AIiki thaw Contruotlon Company and formerly a mmbr of th mer gsnry -, construction l? oimife Clsmens Lundorft, of Cleveland, Ohio, said to b vie president snd general manager ot th Crowell-Lundorff-Uttl ampsny snd k-h-ral manager of th Cl"veluiul Construction Compsny. He sb wa a member of th emergmiry construction committee. Clslr Foatf, reported to- live In Csntds, and formerly aseocUHe'l wltlt th Thompson HtArrtt .nd Oeorg A.. l'ulr comiitnl', and Iso with the emergency conetvun tion committee. ' John II. McGlhbona. ot Balti more nd Chicago, said to ha represented a, bonding company issuing bonds for iitraclrrn, and during th war with th con struction commute. ' . Jams A, Meat, of Boston and Springfield, Mass., former general manager of Fred T. Ley ami cnm pany, Incorporated, general con tractor to whom th first con tract for eonatruotlon of a na tional army cantonment ws awarded. He was secretary to the ' construction committee in the war department during th war. First Indiouueut of Kind , Ths Indictment Wss the 11 rot of Its kind to be rsturned s a re sult of investigation of war frud cases Initiated by Attorney On ral Daugherty. - Others are' ex pected' to foijow completion f evidence by department ot Jinnies agents which Is stild to be rapid ly approaching the stag for jury consideration. - -. After Identifying the 'defend ants the Indictment reiterated at ((Jontloutil sn !' l,ltu, uei, ,iiai) WILL BUILD CREAMIC . . . PLANT. IN ASHEVILLE Ahvlll, Deq, 10. Making known a comprehensive program ot activities in which North Carolina geological and economical survny plans to participate during the comfngr year Colonel Joseph Jfyde Pratt, director, announces a plnn to locate In th Ashevlllo section a ceramic laboratory in which clays of all kinds found in such abund ance throughout th Stat may be tested. Thl 1 to ba ' pushed, Colonel Pratt assert, In conpsctlon with in vestigations relating to minorais particularly clays and building tones. The program to be strewed Is the, need of much larger appro priations for the protection of the forests from fire; investigation and exploitation of water sites. The program as pointed out 1 entirely dependent upon th action of th general assembly In making appropriation for thl work. Yashingtoii In th' flow of import into th Unltd State. ',:. Th interstate commerce com mission notified the senate that ap proximately 40 ralfoads , in -tho United State, have earnej more than tile six pr cent fair standard et by th transportation act. President Harding commuted sentence of eight former members Of- the Industrial workers at tha world, convicted of conspiracy ar.d violation of war time laws to ex pire at once on condition that thiy ieave th country. Th government filed with the Supreme Court two briefj chal lenging th jurisdiction of that court in sppe.il brought by fore n steamship companies from tk.e pro hibition ruling of Judge lani at New York. Th special grand jury r'ur:-I sn . Indictment . arainst J r?i. -t Crowell former assistant bh ' of war and otlu-r war time of the war department I'l r'n-,,-,, Hon with the an&rd bv tvn e . ment of war-t-Ti cut" -., ,.