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ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DEMOCRATS
QvER
THE STATE EXPECT
fllfJSllS FULL
Gubernatorial N o m i n a -
tion to : Probably Be.
V lesired by Four.
CARR ANDMURPHY
TO ENTER CONTEST
Tar Heel Delegation in
Washington Ready lor-
T,heir Work.
Preparations Along
Frontier Between Russia And
Finland On Extensive Scale
Finland Replies to Soviets That Karelian Question
Is One for the League of Nations Order Mobili
zation of Communists Says Moscow Dispatch.
RIGA, Letvia, Jan. 3. (By the I Kameneff. the commander-in-chief i
Aiti4B' Ti tt" i tl 1 nf the bolshevik jtrmlns. - ' I
-I
LIMIT AGENDA OF
COMING SUPREME
GQUNGit MEETING
f WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 3.
Tar Heels here,today were fuH of
political stories and party enthus
iasm. They, told interesting tales
of aspiration for offices and hopes
.for success' in republican counties.
Every : democrat, from the " stale
neie loaay was .rejoicing over mo
prospects for' gains this fall.. It
i wii thai.' consensu. . of opinion
among the congressmen and others
'-that: old line North, Carolina re
y publicans are dissatisfied with the
Harding: administration, and will
not go to the bat earnestly for its
1'candldatea in November. -
"White -feeling good over the
trouble-' of their ' opponents, the
democrats are selecting, persons for
the nomHgaf ions In their own
party. Three weeks ago it looked
as it there would be but one can
didate for the gubernatorial nomi
nation .tout how four men are
prominently mentioned as aspir
ants to succeed Governor Morrison
when his term expires. These are,:
Angus Wilton McLean, of the war
finance corporation; O. Max Gard
ner, of 'Shelby, Judge John H
Kerr, of Goldsboro. and W. B.
Hooper, of Wilmington. It isald
fey those Just in from the legisla
tive atmosphere ot Raleigh that
Mr. Cooper is certain to'' be in tin
; race It Is generally understood
that if Mr. "McLean goes into the
'contest he will have th support
of , the famous Simmons organlza-
ticn, so well officered and greased
' for a state-wide contest.
ALFRED MrXEAN
' WANTS GRIMES JOB.
Alfred ( McLean is til dead earn
est about his ambitions to succeed
' J. Bry&n Orlmes as secretary of
. state. An interesting fact In this
connection is ' that Dan Hugh
; "McLean, ? Alfred McLean's father,
' nil within a half dozen votes of
'Mr. Grimes in .the contest for tha
nomination two decades ago.
'''Ik was asserted here today that
W. T. Lee would not have any con
gest fort the -coriporattoa commls
" tion to succeed himself. Judge W.
' J. Adams comes Up for re-election.
-It Ts understood that he will gt
; the nomination without a fight. He
: la VAfV tanrktllai Ih t Vt A l.tl'ISr.
i". and thy determine this selection.
I a f New to the effect hal the con-
lest for congrtssman-aitrlarfsf uri-
I Ave the proposed apportionment
J m, win certainty oe between oenr
eral JTilian, S; Carr, f Durham,
and Walter,' Murphy,' of-.Salisbury,
came today. 'Tha show Iowa may
be. to nominate one of the these
two distinguished ' citisens, .. both
wMU Known throughout ths state,
blU of fluCte-differejit types. Many
democrats would give the honor to
General Carr for his splendid, rear
ord and servc to his party. - Otn
: era wou,ld voja for -Mr. Murphy be-,
cause of . his "ability and his gift of
speech ; , .--, . ,. ;,
-WILL NEAti WANTS i
TO BE GOVERNOR ' "
. W. W. Neel, of Marion. Is men
tioned, as, a probability for JUeu
ienant governor. He says that his
mends have something agalinst him
and would shelve him.; ,"My .am
bition," he declared," Is to be gov-
ernor, therefore I do not. want to
: ber lieutenant governor."
-Representatives Ward, Pou,
SteAmanJ Lypn,, Hammer, . Dough
ton, Bulwlnkle, and Weaver are
here for.; tha sessions Of congress.
Representative Kltetoin is Jit, Scot-
: land Nok ! and. Representative
'Brlnson is at New Bern recuper
ating from a surgical operation.
f Mr. Brlnson . if expected within, a
lew, days; :. , .- '
Senators Simmons and Over
man were on the Job today. Mr,
Simmons is looking fine and says
ha had a diversion straightening
cut his farming Interests. "I hava
been busy," said he,' "trying to
save dimes and Quarters this tight
year." ' 1
W. A. 'Rousseau, of. Wllkesboro,
hss come hers to be private secre
tary . to Representative Hammer. -
li J. Hill, of Duplin county, is
coming t& basecretary Xo Repre
sentative Brlnson. i . He succeeds
" ..w 9uvn ASAVVUIlflori, JOWa, XO
study to fee, a chiropractor. Mr,
to gore 'was named for Dr. Lucius
L. Ardrey, a son of the late Wil
liam B. Ardrey, who went to Bur
sas fsom. Mecklenburg to practice
medicine nearly SO years ago. Mr.
Hills home is Warsaw. Alia
MarlotJ Overby. grand niece of the
late. Gov;: Charles B. Aycock, is
stenographer to Mtv Brlnspn.
DIES FROM SHOT
FIRED BY NEGRO
GEBVVEtAVI5, B. C.. Jan." S.A.
Macy. of Charleston, Miss., foreman
road 1 conntruction gang, who
ul.1501' lMt Thursday by Calhoon
N,! Lt.,'nr'" 0' Anderson, at the
V r'lon camp In Anderson coun-
V y. dld tonight at a local hospital
r,at r,?'L L.?J A "I i
, . . nurriwn. rne negro s He d in
Anderson Jail.
HOOVER INVITED
TO MAKE ADDRESS
IN WINSTON SALEM
WiAWlllKCrTON. D. C r Jan.
senator Simmons tias Invited Secre
Hoover to speak at the annual
cnnyentlon of the North Carolina
potion Manufacturers associatioih in
Winston-Salem in April. Secreury
Hoover bas the matter under advlse
Tnsnu v .. , . , ... . ...,.-
Associated Press.) Extensive mil
itary preparations along the fron
tier between Russia and. Finland
arei known to be under way today
by both the Russians 'and Finns
and dlplomatSo tension la high.
Both the bolshevik, and Baltic
missions, at Riga, however, ex
pressed belief that here would be
no war.
A Helsingfora dispatch to the
Riga Cevodna today said the Tin
of the bolshevik armies.
While prepared to expel muti
neera from Karelia, the army of
Kaaieneft, according to the bol
shevlkJ, would not cross into Fin
land unless attacked by the Fin
nish forces.
' ' A wireless dispatch to the Rosta
agettcy, the official bolshevik news
disseminator declares that M.
Chltcherln, the bolshevik foreign
minister has handed a .note to the
Letvian minister of 'Moscow pro-
PARIS, Jan. S. (By The Asso
ciated Press) Premier Briand Is
determined to limit tho agenda of
, : . . - - --4n ani.w t -.; ,AiniB 1.1 iiuo uuiiung supreiiie council mec-
nish government had prepared an i testing against Letvia Joining Fin-,, t c" ' to two aUestlons
answer to soviet Russia's laatl land " PPeal to tlie league of " ,n"e l .,w '2u
To Only Consider Repara
tion and Restoration
Central Europe.
GERMANY'S ABILITY
TO PAY IS ACCEPTED
RAILROADS NOT TO
FIGHT REDUCTION!
ORDERED IN RATES
Reduced Rates on Farm
Products Are Now
in Effect.
Accept, In Principle, Proposal
To Prohibit Use Of Submarines
- .
Against Vessels Of Commerce
Premier! Briand Favors
Calling an Economic
Conference Later.
SHEDS LIGHT UPON
HAMILTON MURDER
answer to soviet Russia a last
sharp' not on Um Karelian ques
tion, Jn which Finland reiterates
her previous position that the
question was one for the league of
nations to consider.
. A Wireless dispatch from Mos
cow declared that Finnish -rolling
stock . had been concentrated at
Junction points and that tho Fin
nish reserve officers had been
warned to be in readiness for war.
According to official Letvian
sources the bolshevik have an ar
my ot about 150,000 In Karelia
and guarding Petrograd. It is un
der command of General Serglus
nations. Chltcherln terms this un
friendly Interference in purely
Russian affairs and hints that Let
vian commercial interests will be
Jeopardized.
' ORDER MOBILIZATION
LONDON, Jan. 8. A Reuter dis
patch from Riga quotes a Moscow
wttreless dispatch received there
saying' that the central committee
of the communist party has order
ed the mobilization of all com
munists throughout Russia who
were born In, the years 1899 and
1900. ' ,
PLAN
TO
PRESENT
NETGONF
E
JUNL
To Transfer Ownership of
Lands Worth Over
Million Dollars.
The Methodists of Ashevtlle have
placed tho seal of their approval
upon the plan recently proposed to
present the entire holdings of the
Southern Assembly at Like Juna
luska to the next general confer
ence of the M. E. Church, South,
meeting in May, at Hot Springs,
Ark, The holdings Of the assem
bly near Asheville are valued at
more than 11,000,000.
To this end a special committee
wms.organisea last iiignt witn .wai
lace B. Davis named chairman.
This body wlU co-operate with tha
general committee. " The commis
sion organized recently to press
this move' 'a represented locally by
E. I BrpWn of Asheville. Other
members of the commission are
John R ' Pepper, Memphis; Wii
Ham H. Btockham, Birmingham;
b. ji. moan, waynesvuie, ana Bisn
op Jjtmea Atkins. ..' "'' t ;.
The- presentation committee has
bees called to meet in Chattanoo
ga, January 12. : - This body in
eludes 85 laymen, representing all
the southern states east of the Mis
sissippi. - w -
ENDORSE THE
PRESENTATION PIjAN
Meeting in th directors' room
of the Central - Bank and Trust
company Tuesday night, a group
ot representative Methodist clti
ten , endorsed . tho presentation
plan as outlined by J. H. Mitchell
of Birmingham, who ; is now ' In
Asheville in ' ths ; interests of the
Southern assembly. Those Inter
ested in the movement believe that
by platrfng Lake Junaluska under
the control, and ownership of the
church its usefulness will be in
creased, the spirit, and Ideals of
its founders will be "preserved and
that a new' sense of security will
be felt by majiy individuals as well
as church boards who have- under
consideration the construction , ot
valuable property.
RATIFICATION
OF
IRISH TREATY NOW
reparations and the economic res
toration of central Europe, it was
indicated in authoritative quarters
today. It Is understood he Is In
favor of subsequently calling an
economic conference at which per
haps Russia and Germany may be
represented.
The premier, heading the French
delegation to the council meeting,
with Minister of Liberated Regions
Police Abandon Their OJd
Clue and Work) on
New Theory.
OITUSN'I KIWI ICRItO
ttltnlrtmH HOTtl.
Sir iROr BARKLKY)
RALEIGH, Jan. 3. The rail
roads will not contest the order of
the corporation commission for a
10 per cent, reduction In Intra
state rates on agricultural pro
ducts, Commissioner Maxwell was
Informed today by representatives
ot tho roads.
The reduced . rater are now In
effect and no time limit governs
them. Rebates are to be given by
Remove Single Obstacle To
Ratification Pacific Pact
By United States Senate-
"FRENCH AWAITING
F
Agree to Exclude Main
land of Japan From Pur
view of Treaty.
CHINESEQUESTION
IS NEXT PROBLEM
Loucheur, M. Laroche, of the the railroads on Intrastate ship
T
HOUGHT CERTAIN
French foreign office, and several
experts, left for Cannes this after
noon. The French delegation fceto that
all other subsidiary matters should
be shelved, believing tnat if both
of the above questions are settled
satisfactorily the conference will
bo a success Indeed.
It Is known that the French
delegation agrees in principle to
Germany making four payments of
12,000,000 gold marks each on
the 10th of January,, February,
ments made Sunday or Monday
prior to the issuance ot the order.
The Atlantto Coast Lin and other
roads wanted to try out the re
duced rates for six months, reserv
ing the privilege of going back to
the higho r rates tt they desired at
the higher rates if they desired at
the opinion of the commlsaion,
would have constituted virtually a
contract Insuring the railroads
against further reductions and al
lowing them to raise rates again
in six months., Rate experts, din-
Shantung Dispute Will
Decide Success of
Arms Parley.
(Ry FRANK SIMONDS)
(wil Crrufi4raM, Tht iiknMf Citizen)
(Copyright, McClure Syndicate,
1921.)
WASHINGTON, Jan, 3. Agree
ment, at least In principle, has
been reached by all four nations,
signatory o tho Pacific treaty, to
an Interpretation which excludes
the mainland of Japan from Its
purview. And at the same time
agreement has also been reached
that the act u at amendment ot the
four power treaty will be done on
the Initiative of Japan
March and April, although Premier. cuRslng. the commission's order,
r, .. I I .... , , . . . . , , , ' nntnt.J mat . V. AnnMlnA. I .
Hope to Reach Vote in the
Dail Eireann by Fri
day Morning.
DUBLIN. Jan. 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tho dail eireann
assembled today to take what it is
hoped will be final action on tho
Irish treaty. At the close ot in
session, the impression . prevailed
that ratification was certain, ' but
thiit the majority would be small.
6ince the proceedings began the
rult has been tor speakers for and
against the treaty to be heard al
ternately and up to the present
It has not been found - necessary
to break this rule, so evenly Is
the parliament divided, and it" is
probable, that 'the rule will be fol
lowed to the end. The pace is
quickening somewhat, however, for
while tour speakers occupied the
entire morning, ten were heard in
the afternoon -and thero is some
hopt of the debate - terminating
Thursday or Friday.,; . v--
Frequent;, attempts "are :: bain
mlde to hasten the deolslon, either
bv .' limiting tho length of the
speeches or by a cloture motion,
but thus tar the leaders on both
s'ritti have ' not been able to reach
any- agreement on the matter. ..
Speeches were more frequently
Interrupted today yjan on any pre
vious day. Michael Collins, in par
ticular, persisted in interjections
of a challenging nature. Ha was
ono of the two principals In an
Incident which : was quite apart
from the dlscusglon ot the treaty.
Countess Markievics was the other.
COUNTESS TAKES
PART IN INCIDENT
.' During the course of her speech
denouncing the treaty which was
characterised by much bitterness,
iouutess - Markievics suggested
thst - possibly Viscount Lascelles,
Princess Mary's fiance,-might bo
tho new governor-general of Ire
land or perhaps, she added, Prin
cess Mary's engagement might be
broken off so that she could marry
Michael Collins,' and he might re
ceive tho- appointment. Thia was
Briand had insisted that nothine
binding was decided with Prime
Minister Lloyd George during- the
recent conversations In London,
Inasmuch as Belgium and Italy
were not represented there. It was
seml-offlclally stated today, I how
ever,' that he consented to- a delay
of the 1922 German payments, ex
cept for 600,000,000 gold marks,' as
well as to other measures intended
to relieve Germany, such as fixing
the price of reparations coal at the
lowest limit of French and British
current market figures. .
BELIEVE BELGIUM
WOULD CONCUR IN PLAN
Should Belgium concur, and ad
vices from Brussels are to the ef
fect that she will, nothing-further
in the way or cash payments in
pointed out that conditions six
months henco may Justify even
lower rates. .
The railroads would, of course,
have recourse to the courts if tlity
wanted to fight the commission's
order. Their acquiescence elim
inates possibilities ot an additional
rate fight and gives North Caro
lina agriculturists a substantial re
duction in ths cost ot -Intrastate
shipments,
SAY SUSPENSION
WILL BE ORDERED
The commission has received
numerous letters extending con
gratulatlons fori the fight inaug
urated last Saturday for a sua
pension of proposed Increased
freight rates between points in Vir
ginia and North Carolina. The pe
phone, regarding tho senator-ship.
Some urged him to remain as gov
ernor but the majority advised him
to resign and be appointed senator,
Ho said frankly he had been im
pressed by the number ot the lat
ter,
Mr. Mitchell reported that al-Tgicted with a burst of laughter.
ready there are assurances that
enough stock held by individuals
will be gladly surrendered to. tire
church either by-donakn or by
exchange ot stock :. for building
lot and that church control and
ownership could now be made pos
sible provided the general confer
ence would assume approximately
1200 of . obligations,. This -Mr.
Mitchell declared tha church would
not be asked to do; 1350,000 Is
needed to clear tha property of all
indebtedness and to make some
necessary improvements. The
commission, proposes to raise this
sum. by offering for sale a corre
sponding amount of unissued stock,
which friends ot this Christian en
terprise will be asked to purchase
and transfer to tha church,
Lake Junaluska Is now a muni
cipal corporation Known as tho
('Southern Capitol ot Methodwm.
It includes 1,260 acres of land,, a
Mr. Collins wan not n
the time, but at the opening of the
afternoon session, be arose im
mediately and said:
"Madame. Markievlcz referred
this morning, when I was pot pres
ent, to ray name and the name of
a lady belonging te a foreign na
tion, and I cannot ' allow that to
pass. Sometime in our- history
as a nation a girl want th rnlii.h
Ireland and was not insulted. (This
waq to an anusion to Queen Vic
tunas visit in IMS)
of the deputy from Dublin; I Come
from the plain people of Ireland.
Tho lady whose name was men
tioned, is, I understand, betrothed
to some. man. I know nothing of
her personally In any way, but the
statement might . cause her 1 pain
and it, might cause pain to the lady
wno is Deirotnea to me. I will not
allow it to pass without challenge.
1(23 will be demanded from Ger- titiom for th. uan.n.inn nr mH
Manv than the half hi 11 Inn frlH I I , s - j .
. --- i una ucqm lurwuuvu iu lhv juiri
mama - is generally acoepiea in
ty to pay tho 600,000,000 gold
marke is generally accepted in
French ; circles, Germany stiH is
officially on record as being unabla
to pay more than,onerthlrd of this
amount, . ( ...
Dr. Walter Rathannu.-' ths Ger
man financial expert, was iri Paris
today, but it is expected that he
will eav for Cannes tomorrow.
It Is said he desires to place in
formation before the conference
concerning the possibility of Ger
many meeting four payments of
125,000,000 gold marks in the first
tour months of tha year. France
has no objection to calling In of
Russian and -German representa
tives at the proposed economic
conference, 4f thejr presence Is es
sential to the restoration of cen
tral Europe, It was learned today
by The Associated .Press.
The forthcoming economic con
ference is not arousing much en
thusiasm In French circles, al
though It Is generally agreed that
something of the sort must be
done. The pressure from French
holders of Russia pre-war bonds
amunnng too' between- 18,000,000,
000 and ltOOO.000,000 francs, feel
that the Russian bonds must be
made productive Is said to have
bad much to do with the French
government receding from its prev
ious nosuis altitude toward meet
ing representatives' of the -Soviet.
FRENCH WOULD
MEET WITH HOVIETS
Nikolai Lenlne'a recent state
ment to the soviet consress In Mos.
cow that private property must be
guaranteed nad a, good effect on
the French holders of . Russian
bonds and Is declared also to have
made the government lees hesitant
at meeting delegates from the
soviet government.- J4. Briand, In
parliament, said that it there was
a reorganization of Europe, France
could not remain out' of it: it
would seem, however, that matters
will not develop -smoothly as the
doubllens be expressed presently
n some protocol, appended to the
four power treaty already signed
removes the single present obstacle
to ratification, by the United States
senate. Although Senator Dorah
has talked upon many subjects, it
was clear before the disclosure of
the unexpected scope Ot the four
power treaty that opposition in the
senate would be limited to a hand
ful.
Even after the long discussions
which have followed the utterance
of President Harding, no -one has
really uncovered any logical line of
objection to the four party treaty,
aside from this single line ot ob
jection to tho four power treaty,
aside from this single detail and
now tms aetall in tn h rnmnvml
by common consent of ail concern .. BUnCOmbcf COUUtaln IS
"I do not: come from the classJ FTe.n2n deeat,on exports there
laks of 360 acres and nearly !?La"0W ' "y deputy in this assem-
hundred houses of various kinds.
Including ' auditorium hotels, . of
fices and residential cottages, i
FIFTEEN NOW ,
ON LOCAL CO.MMTXTEK
Other members of the local com
mittee ara E. Li Brown, H. A
bly to my nation to Insult any lady
Of this nation or any other nation."
CORK. MAYOR IS
AFTER PLEBISCITE
' Daniel O'Callaghan, lord mayor
of Cork, who - succeeded Terence
MacBwiney alter the latter s death
FIRE THREATENS CANDY
', AND MATTRESS FACTORIES
' ATLAVT& . ft. t. i vtl. i.i.o.
factory of the Wiley company tiere
tiireaienea tn MtM'ti,.,.airiintiir.
!rna.J 7)rMd ? "kit of Ills
MSlJ"e' Mattress' company nearby.
in. lit. .
- r rspor.iea to oe-gain.
ins headway Muhs candy. UiAwym
structure, and fifteen streams
Zm0t:F wer P'yd on that bulld-
i th nttrss faotory. ThS
, ha sweral bun-
' to the tthr stocks.
Dunham, 'L.- B. Rogers, Frarik j delivered a very moderate, quiot
ctmiin, xi. v-. jumiouii, v.. -t .
Brftwo, S. B. Burton, C. R, Perry,
Dr. I W. EUas, Claude H Felmet,
Guy Weaver, Ottia Green. C. A
Rayson Frank M. Weaver. Mark
W. Brown. ; '
Outlining this "Play of the Lay
meni" "a booklet has been issued
by the Southern assejjifbly Ih which
the proposed transfer is explained
as follows: - ' ; , , . '
. "Tha method of transferring the
ownership does not Involve a rs
nrmnixntinn. There is at .present
only $14s,000 In stock in the hands
of stockholders, the balanc sold
having been turned back into the
treasury by its ownera in exchange
for building lpts on. the assembly
grounda The present stockholders
,m h. vtv.n an oooortunicy to ex-
chahgfl their stock for lots. Thus
the greater pan ox un.iini
stock will bo retired without any
toss to the num and women who
Invested their money that this en
terprise might be built. .. . -'
"The corrumlssipners will oner
for sale enough of the unissued
stock tp clear off tho present In
debtedness of the assembly, about
1200,000, which interested laymen
will be asked to Ijuretiase t it gift
co the church,- This stock will b
transferred to a board ot trustees
elected by tha general conference.
Thus the majority ownership en
will bo many complications in the
present plan for an International
consortium as put forward by Blr
Laming Worthlngton-Evans, the
Briiwn secretary of war.
"May tha Euronean statamn
show resolution equal to that of
oecretary Hughes at Washington,"
says the Petit Partolen, In an edi
torial today. .. ."The Washington
conference has reached ' a -romiit
wiiich tha regrettable submarine i
controversy cannot diminish. May
we Washington methods be enf
ployed at Cannes ao we can learn
exactly where wo are;" i
The Belgian and Japanese dele
gations will leave for Cannes to
morrow. -:".-.' ,' '. .
state commerce commission, and
members ot tha - North ; Carolina
commission believe the suspension
win pe ordered. - The. rate in
creases, as suggested by the rail
roads would" become effective
January 16. If the proposed in
creases are suspended, tha inter
state body will hear the argument
of the North Carolina commission
against further advances.
Testimony offered at ths coroner's
Investigation today tended to shed a
new light upon the mytlfylng Hamll
ion muraer case ana inaicaiea tna
a new line of search may be openee
up to the police. The case hss at
tractsd' much interest in Katolrh.
George Taylor, farmer, near whoss
home on the MIKtourne road, R. H.
Hamilton was murdered Christmas
night as he was driving to ilaislgn
with. his finance. Miss Irene Guns.
told the Jpry the shots that killed
the man were fired from a--patch ot
woods near his home and oil from
the road. Mtas Quess told the police
and stuck to her story during the
coroner's Investigation, that two ne
groes fired from t the road-side si
the oar passed. '
SIGNS OF STRUGGLE
NEAR THE ROADSIDE
Taylor said he - heard three shots
and a woman scream, from the direc
tion , of some woods to the left of
his house. TelllnK of some examlna
tions on the road and near where he
first heard tha scream and pUtol
shots. Taylor testified that tho morn
ing after the snooting ns rouna im
nrlnt. nf a woman's and a man s
shoes by the sld ot the road about'
360 feet from wners Hamilton s oar
stopped. The imprints were si i
nlaco that revealed signs of a Strug
gle, -he said, one mark on the ground
Indicating that soms one had fallen,
Imprints ot a woman s snoes inai
catd te him that they led in a dtrec
tion . opposite from the way .Hamil
ton', car was DOlnted.
Hamilton was supposed to lhave
hun ahrt as ha was drivinr the car.
Dr. ravlnm. a. local Dhysloian. told
tha Jury tt seemed impossible for a
bullet to have penetrated the clothes
nil enter the head at an upward
angle while the man was seated at
the steering wheel of the car, a
the young woman companion nan
said. The physician performed an
autopsy on the dead man.
The coroner's Jury apparently has
eliminated the c!ue that th man was
killed while driving, ana me mu
Governor Spronl . .
Awaits Decision
Before Resigning
HARRISBl'RG, Pa., .Ian. 3
Governor William C. Sproul to
nights dismissed tho reports that
he would reign as governor to be
unpointed United states senator
within 48 hours by saying tho ques
tion of tho nut-cession to Boise Pen'
rose would not be settled for some
days, possibly not until early next
week.
"Messages and letters have been
coming to me from, all over the
state, but It will bo somo days be
fore I reach n decision. It may be
next week. There are a number o
people 1 WHtit. to see, including
Henator William R Crowe, who in
in a hospital ut Pittsburgh," said
tho governor. "My plan is to see
some friends tn Philadelphia to
morrow and pofAibly to go toward
tho end of tho week to Pittsburgh.
I have no announcement to make."
During tho day many friends nnd
L APPROVAL
TO DEFINE TERMS
' - i ( :
Exact Nature of French-'
Reservation 13 Not i
Yet Revealed.
THREE THINGS ARE
READY TO APPROVE
This agutiemeht, which will officials called him on the Me-
I
IS
NAMED GENERA
the. Mnnt 'ManHflma 4 1 1 -1 -. - U
course of the unoffldlal debate the
lact nas Doen emphasltod that the
real objective of the treaty la to
dispose of the Anglo-Japanese air
nance, wnicn had to be rentOy'od
before th "'disarmament agree-
mcnis can oeacceptea.
Inj-etrospect, ths history of this
extessloni ot the four power treaty
to Japan, becomes quite unmis
takable. The United States de
sired to be rid of the Anglo-Jap-,
anese alliance. The Brttish were
prepared to drop that alliance upon
two conditions: First: that some
thing could be found as a substi
tute which would alike satisfy
Japanese requirements and fall In
side ths four corners of the tradi
tional policy of the United Stutes
in the matter of foreign commit
ments; second: mat this substitute
should satisfy Australian demands
for protection.
NEW ZKALAND AND
AUSTRALIA PROTECTED
The real remaining value ot the
Ar.ilo-Japaneuo alliance to ihe
Pritlsh empire w'th both K tssia
si.d Germany out of the way, wu?
ti e protect! in :t gave Auj r.i la
and New Zealand from a, y Jap.
anese attack, nine it was uj ! :i
'..at as an ally ot Britain, jayai
Wr.t stopped fjotnxany attack upon
l.i.li'sh domlnbn' In the P .'.
A,,tp bacic lat ummtir":U
""'"u oiis naa indicated to
London that Washington would
f .J00t upon "ome rfangoment
... riciw oi rorts, as contrnr
One of Three Appoint-
- ed in State. - '
. omiH'i is
' ' iinotinl s-zm,
tv MOCK lARtUITI '
RALEIGH. Jan. 3. Mark L
Reed, of Buncombe county, form
erly- chairman of th Buncombe
county commissioners, prominent
democrat, who was named a mem
ber of ths committee for the erec
tion ot a school for tha deaf and
dumb in this state, is one of the
three general deputies added to the
staff ot the department of revenue
by Tax Commissioner Watts this
afternoon.. Mr. Reed, as many will
recall, was exceedingly active in
the Internal revenue department
wun ABneviue neaaquariers
short time ago.
These deputies will bsgin their
duties at once, the division depu
ties supervising the collections of
tha state income tax in their re
spective districts, and the general
deputies having supervision -over
tho enttr field
J. R. Collie, former superintend
ent of the state, prison, and former
Sheriff c. JI. Jlaynea, of Hurry
country, are the two general depu
ties. The nino divlnlon deputies
named today besides Mr. Reed are
R. F. Tuttle, of Chowan county
John C. Thomas, Jr., of . Craven
county; George II. Bellamy, of
Wilmington; William C. Hammond
of Randolph county; J. M. Cun
ningham, of Guilford county; . Nf.
L. CranCord, of Forsyth county
John Morrison, of Richmond coun
speech against the treaty. , Lord
Mayor O'Uallaghan visited th Uni
ted States in the. cause of Ireland
early -last year, but was ordered by
the government to leave that coun
try. He deplored the heat display
ed on both sides and proposed the
question- of ratifying th treaty be
left to a plebiscite- , , -:
Arthur OrlfBtn was yry angry
when a member who disclaimed
personalities, referred to the Irish
delegates In London as "followers
of the Welsh wlxard.'K - ' ,
As on previous occasions some of
th notable figures , In ih Irish
warfare, like Pierce Beasley, Sean
McGarry and George Nichols. ;wer
among tha warmest advocates of
peac.- - .--' -: j
, Lively interchanges . followed a
request by Michael Collin to in
tervene In. the debate so that he
might make a suggestion in th in
terest of harmony. ' - . ,v
Hi idea was to mvv jio divis
ion at all on the auestion of raxl
flcation but, that r the opponents
should lef th treaty go through
and permit a provisional govern
ment to be set up after which they
couid carry on their flgfttfor a,
Testfbno." ' " 11 - " ' " .
"Tou can redeem th country In
thia way," he aald "and take sjl
kinds of honor and glory, and we
can hav all the sham and dis
credit.'' ' ' . -' '.
L
cation is being conducted along lines
which ths police believe will develop
additional cluea everal days wlU
he devoted to the investigation a
numerous witnesses are to be heard.
It Is the most mystifying murder
caMe lUlelgh has had In years.'
ENGRAVING PLANT
OPERATIVES STRIKE
NEW YORK.-' Jan. Fifty
ownera of photo ongravlng plants,
inr-itirfinor men nf wealth and so
cial position, put on overalls to
nifrhi .nil went to work In one of
!th 70 shops affected by tho dU-
put between union photo engrav
er and their employers.
Allowing their shops to remain
closed, the volunteers worked In
regular shift to turn out worn
MADISON OFFICE TO
REMAIN UNCHANGED
WASinNTON, D. C Jan. 1.-
Th. mnafnffl. ri.M..in,..i j
nounced acceptance of proposala for I necessary to the publication of an
ppswn-ice quarters at Mt. Airy tnd i illustrated dally newspaper ana in-
ty.
A Tew other division deputies
are yet to be appointed. More than
100 application for appolntmont
were made to the commissioner,
The salary of the general depu
ties is 13,000 a year, and of the dl
vlHlon deputies, 12,500. Messrs,
Bellamy, Cunningham and Cran
ford are now In the federal service,
and will not take office until they
are relieved. A. S. Carson, ot A I
leghany county, has been appoint
cd cashier.
The appointment of 16 division
deputies and two general deputies
wns authorized by the budget com
miHslon at Its meeting labt Satur
day. Some of theno appointments
had been previously marie, by Col.
Watts and tho few remaining will
Ua announced- soon.
CHARLOTTE YOUTHS
LAUNCH CAREER OF
ENTERING STORES
Madison.
The Mt. Airy office is to be leaned
In th present quarters from John
Banner for a term of five years fnom
February 1, or the date Improve
ments are completed, the least to
include equipment, heat, water, light,
safe- and parcel post and postal sav
ings furniture when necessary. .-
Ths Madison office remains In- the
present quarters on Murphy street
sno is ror a term ot nvs years tram
January 1 or the date Improvements
ar completed - with similar services
furnished. s . -
$175,000 ADVANCE -FOR
AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON, - Jan. S Managing
Director Meyer of war finance corps
announced today ' another advance,
amounting to flTS.000 in North Caro
lina, for agricultural and live stock
purposes...- - -
ELEVATOR BURNS
WAYNESBORO, Qa., Jan J-r Irs at
1:46 tonight - destroyed th Burks
oounty grain elevator which wa only
recently completed, valued at 16,
000 fully covered by Insurance.
American Association of Fhoto
Engravers.
In th meantime representatives
of th union and th employers
meMn, attempt to compose thq!r
differesces, described by th op
posing , parties, respectively as a
lockout and a strike.
Matthew Woll. international
president of the photo engravers
union and ylce president of th
American Federation of Labor, to
day assumed charg of the men's
side of ths controversy, meeting a.
with his colleague of the com
mitte. responded to -ths union's
proposal that an attempt be -made
to settle the troubl by direct nego
tiation.
to AmsHr-nn .u, JQnn niorrison, oi jiicnmona coun
ntlmX'n 1- ty: O. E. Gardner, of Yancey coun
Ujre of th Washington conference
In the present negotiaBons, to
which Mr, Balfour brought a loose
ly drawn plan or arrangement proC
pared by him on his voyage out
and after long and free discussions
between three powers, for Franco
a d not at onco participate In the
discussion, agreement finally ar-
nV the then
Mr, Balfour expressed the wish
that the mainland of Japan should
?Li'?Ul0,", that Australia
and New Zealand already had
been. Mr. Shidehara demurred
asked for time and consented the
tI2C"'.ung- uAs for tn United
States, through Mr. Hughes, it
nctther advocated nor opposed the
proposal, viewing It a unlmport-
The Japanese objection voiced
wHen the extension to the main
land of Japan was proposed was
based upon the idea that the Jap
anese psoplo would regard this
stey an an affront to th.ii nrM.
and an Injury to their prestige
But Mr. Balfour argued that the
prldo of Australia and New Zeal
and would bo similarly urt if
these great sovereignty wero nut
in an Inferior class, that is classes
With tho Philippines and other In
sular possessions and that there
fore Japan should be Included.
When the disclosure of Hie in
clusion of the mainland of Japan
came there was a novel reyelation
ot Japanese protest and American I cidfctl to launch themselves upon t
protest against the ame provlnlon ! wholesalo series of entering etoroi
and houses. According to thcl
cnnfeHSlons, they entered every
store and homo charged against
them, stealing whalever t li e y
could find, some of them forcing
an entrant while the others acted
a. sentinels,.
One of the first charges present
ed against the boys was that of
temporary larceny of an automo
bile belonging to tlio Lambeth
agency.
The next warrant was for Oscar
Roberts, -Worth. Kelly Vest and
J. B. Bteadman. charged with
forcing an entranco Into the
Stonewall Pharmacy, stealing pen
ells, razors, flashlights nnd 10
pounds ot candy. The defendants
confessed that, while Oscar Rob
ert and Worth vest did the actual
wHy V8t
cldental work for other New York
n.n.r.. On. nf the workmen was
Adolph Schults, i president of tho for exaitly opposite reasons. Now
Pfetil CwrNiwiifaw, Tt iiknill Ciltim)
CHARLOTTE. Jan. . Charged
with store breaking and larceny,'
five prominent boys of Charlotte,,"
James Vest, Oscar Huberts, .1. H.
Steadman, Worth and Kelly Vest,
were tried In tlio Itm-ordPis court
Tuesday morning, nnd bound over
to the Superior court under a bond
of $1,000 each.
From tho ovldem-e presented, it
i-l alh-ged that the boys had do-
the Japanese seem to have taken
mo matter in tneir own hands and
decided to ask for an amendment
and Mr. Balfour, speaking for the
British empire, ha apparently
agreed that Australia and New
Zealand should pocket their prldo
and accept the protections which
they see In the four-power treaty,
protection against Japan, of
Course. , .
HUGHES WILL ' '
WELCOME SOLUTION " '
unmistakably Mr. Hughes and
W. Morbjy, chairman of the m- bis associates will welcome this so
ploy ersr contract committee, wnoj wiwn iur, aa, i nave said, a very
uioonCTiuiy political ngnl was
brewing in th senate based upon
this issue alone, for no one has yet
found any other real noint nf mt.
t'ck In the, four-power, traaty, s. I swaktwi
Thnlmr'-mireiftfiaoTthough'Tbere is talk that th Minat
vanoed In a letter to the individual may reinforce the traaty declara
smployers. The chos. howevec, tion with a further assertion that
to ntgotlat through th photo n- no moral responsibility to go to
graver beard of trad and, the war 1 Involved In tha consultation
contract commltt was sent to which is prescribed. Such a reso.
meet th finlon spokesmen. . icnw m tt gwso
' ' ,' y'.t - ' - . -: :. - ', :
Lr.d Steadman kept watch. Rom
of the riior it la alleged, have
been turned over to a companion,
F. I.. Walsh, who . was charged
with receiving stolen goods, but
found not guilty upon trial. Tho
boy fie from good families
.J : I
Question to Be Decided Is
Regarding Term "Wer.
chant Ships."
. , - . . t mr . . m fn.. ,1..
nAsiunuiu.i, jan , tor iu
Associated Press.) Th American
proposal to prohibit use ot subma
rines against merchant vesseU, . ,
now the predominant issue ot tho
arms negotiations, ha been accept- ,
ed in principle by Franc, but her
delegates have reserved final sp
proval pending a discussion ot the
precise language of th declara
tion. . , ..." ;-.;-.-r--w",-J
British acceptance- previously
has been driven, - and , although '
neither the tullan nor th Japan
ese had received final instructions
tonight there were indications that
fflnll n.i Hnma nni 'l-nlrtn Aimtiljl tn.
pose serious objection if the '
proposal received Frante's full ap
proval.. ... ', ..'-,-:..' t '
Tho exact natur of tb French
reservation was pot revealed, but '
the Impression wa gathered in
some qucurters that it mhjht con
cern such a definition of th term
ot the deciaratloia as would make -it
clear Just what conduct would be
xpected from merchantment n '
view of their imaiunlty from tub
merine attack. ;
Should' that point be raised, an
interesting and many aided discus
sion might result, for in several
quarter thw ha been apparent
tendency toward the opinion that
th term "merchant ships' should
be strictly denned with express
stipulation a to whether mer
chantmen are to be permitted to
arm and. whether it 1 to b per-
missroi no aisguiM warship a
vessel of commerce.
Th French delegation. howver, "
tn making known their acoentance
in principle, has emphasixed that
tney n.ot only agr to th orlglnul
proposal of Elihu Root that th
new prohibition on eubmarln war
fare become effeqtlv when all na
tion have agreed to it. but. also
to th amendment of Arthur J.
Balfour which would mak the
nrohlbitlon immediately effective
as between the five great powers..
ROOT DECLARATION .
At the same tlmi. tha Tnrh t
hav accepted th additional Root '
declaration under which any subs'
marine conjffiAndor violating the'
rules of International law would
be liable to trial for an act of pi r
racy, in regard to this also ac
ceptance still are awaited from'
th other foreign government,; It!
Is possible the delegates' Jnstrue-
tion will be sufficiently complete,'
howeyer to permit a meeting of th
nawil committee of the whole.
The French acceptance wa com-'--munloated
to Becrslary Hughe by
Ambassador Jusserand lat toda)-,
while the formal proceedings ot
the conference were passing;
through another perjiod of outward I
inactivity but while developmnta
thot touched other Important is- -sues
of tho Washington negotia
tions were stirring behind the
scenes. s
The Chines, moving to' break,"
their deadlock with the Japanese
over Shantung, took step toward
mor direct employment of tho
proffered "good offices" of Secre
tary Hughes and Arthur J. Bal
four. Tho respective head ot I ha,
American add British delegations'
wer aaojooxiied personally by th
Chinese representatives, and In
some quarters doflntte result ar
expected within a few day. ' ;
Following the example of tha,
Americans, tha British group Indi
cated that it. will hav. nr. nnnn.l-
- u - ,"JJ 1
Hon to tho Japanese proposal to
cianry runner the scope of the
new four-power Pacillo treaty so)
that It will not apply to the prluci
pal Islands of the Japanese m,
plre. A definite declaration on th -subject,
to bo approved by the four
signatory powers, la understood to :
b In preparation. c
HIV VS TARIFF I
SCHEDtXE DrXIDED
Meantime, work on two m,
portant collateral features of the,'
conference. Involving technical d -tails
of tho naval settlement and
itivisuiu or me i nineso taritr sya
moved forward in eub-com-
mlttnea with a promi.e ot early
couciuHinn. ine naval experts'
sub-commltfee spent nil day clear
ing away tho remaining loose ends
of the naval agreement, and the
tariff s-H b -com nut tee la understood
at. a session lato today to have
reached a virtual decision regard
ing the . readjustment of China's
tariff schedule.
Before the meeting of the tariff
body, Its chairman, Senator Cn
deiwood. of the American delega
tion, conferred at length with Al
bert tfarraut, head of tho French
group, and they are naid to have
discussed the particular Interest of
France In the new Chlnaso fiscal
arrangement rlning out of condi
tions along tha border of French
Indo-China. The entire subject of
the open door Is understood to
have been, reviewed by the two
delegates, with the result that the
worn ot , wie suD-comnutte wa
facilitated materially.
Particular Interest wa aroflssd
by furthe-r charges by the unoffi
cial delegation of th far eastern
republic regarding Japanese plan
I " . iuuiib, ntr nrirnnuVIl IHSaillg
public what it declared wa th
text of a taeaty between the Jsp-j
aneae army and Russian "rebela"j
In tho house, , Representatlv.
Reavls, republican. Nebraska, tn-
trodured a rewolution klng tht(
tV,l,IHW.B W. 1
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