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14 Pages 112 Colaans
N PRICE FIVE CENTS
At Request Of Japan
And China, Harding
Will Act As Mediator
JAPAMESE OFFER
CONGES
IIS
AND
II
SETTLE
But It Will Require Sev-1
eralDaysBefore Agree- i
ment la Beached
KAVAL TREATY IS
NEAR COMPLETION
president Makes an Ap
, peal to the Chinese
Representatives"
, WASHINGTON." Jan. 25.--(By ;
The Associated Press)- The aid of j
president '..Harding , hag been en
listed by the arms delegate to
bring Japan and China into agree
ment on Shantung.;,;,
taking a direct' hand In the I
Washington negotiations for the
first time, the President today
urged the Chinese to accent the
latent compromise offer and thus
remove Irom tne neld or eontro-
y a subject wnicn nag become
erious barrier to the progress
the whole: conference.
Whether the move Is to succeed
pears to rest largely with Fe
in. The Japanese already have
ndlcated informally their willing
ness to make the principal conces
sions proposed, and the President
approached the Chinese only after
the Japanese' ambassador had in
formed th state- department that
his government was ready to' ac
cept a tender of; good office.
- The settlement plan sponsored
by Mr. Harding deals only with the
return of : the Tsingtao-Tslnanfu
railroad, substantially all other
questions being agreed upon- In the
eparate exenagges oeiween tne
"apant-ae and Chinese. Under the
proposal Japan would abandon her
proposition for a. loan - to China,
and the latter would purchase the
road with treasury notes payable
nt opUon five to 18 years hen,
China' to have, possession within
five years but would withdraw here
opposition to retention of a Japan
ese traffic officer and - chief ac
countant during the period of pay
ment. ,,.
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f SOME DAYS XET ', 'A";
-Although several days more may
be required to reach a- final decis
ion, the Immediate, effect of the
day's developments was to bring
into relief the importance of Shan
tung in the general .scheme of con
ference accomplishment. As the
negotiations have been drawing to
. close the eyes ' of the delegates
have turned more and more fre
'quently to the simmering , feud
over Kiaochow, and It is' privately
admitted that It is not by accident
the big issues of the conference
stand halted Just short of conclus
ion. It is an open secret that until
Shantung is nettled, most pt the
commitments partially entered in
to here must remain indefinite.,.
The naval treaty, complete ex
cept for the-fortifications article,
wa, given another minute exami
nation today by the committee of
fifteen but no changes were made.
It now Is regarded as probable by
eome. delegates that no word re
garding the fortifications proposal
will come from Tokio before next
week, although the Japanese gov
ernment already has given It ap
proval to all but details of the ar
ticle's text. ' ;'. ,, .. .
Today's meeting of the Far East
ern committee was equally incon
clusive, the delegates debating
Without final aotlon the situation of
wireless facilities in China. It was
to reconsider it resolution adopted
on December 7 to restrict use of
wireless plants, and after Kllhu
lioot had presented a substitute
for his proposal of yesterday the
whole subject was referred ) a
tub-committee,"' 'At a -meeting lat
er in the day, the sub-committee
likewise discussed the various pro
pped resolutions .without action.
Another sub-committee, ' how-'v-r,
considering the plan tor an
'rternational conference-on rules
ni warfare, virtually decided to
i; me conierence can to oe -sued
by the American government
with the understanding that some
Kuronean city be selected! ns the
ii'icr of meeting. It was the sense
of the sub-committee that the con
ference should take, plate within
me nm three months.
U R 01.VG-TAHJE8 . .
):K&n.AB role :'.".."; J "
In moving to brlr.f the Japanese
and Chinese together on Shantung,
President Harding had fulfilled
the rote predicted for him by .many
of his friends when the conference
begun. By. those close to him it
's s.-Ud then that by holding aloof
from the ordinary course of the
negotiations, he would be In a po
sition to step in as an impartial
mediator should an imoasse threat
y. en the conference program. "...
I 'nr. naraing's appeal toaay was
mad direct to Minister Bxc, of the
Lhinene delegation, who went to
the White House with Secretary
Hughes.- The three went over the
points of difference carefully, the
President giving evidence of the
mos much he has maintained with
the negotiations as they have de
veloped through more than SO
Meetings of the Japanese and Chl
Bee plenipotentiaries. : The im
portance of . a settlement - was
stressed by the chief executive,
who pictured the benefits that
would result, not only to the broad
Purposes of the -conference,, but
to the future tranquility pf the Far
Bast V -V-
Dr. Rt. tnflr.ataA t'hitt ha tiad
A been much Impressed by the .Jeter-
out declared it had not yet
rwultedln a statement. Tonight the
Presidents views sre understood
to have been cabled to Poking.
Meantime, American' spokesmen
declared, the difference between
.the two delegations had been r
oucsd to "inflnltessImaP" pfOFor-1
t'ons and that a failure tov agree
teemed out of the question.
Pleads Forgiveness
As Tears Fall Upon
Face Slain Husband
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.
Km-etm.,' beside the. coffin in
whi.-h lay the body of her hus
band, win, with his stenog
raph. -- she had slain, Mrs.
Oscar Hosier today pleaded for
forgiveness. As the tears stream
ed down her cheeks and fell
upon the face of the man she
had killed, and with her tnree
months old baby son clasped
tightly to her breast, she re
peated over and over sclf-re-prnaches
for her art.
"I didn't me.ati it, daddy. I
didn't meant it. See, on my
bended knees 1 plead for for
glVeness. Oil, what am 1 to do,"
ehe ,-rled. " I lined you. Oscar.
(Juil Knows I loved you."
After :'o minutes ;ith the
dead, Mrs. Hosier became so
hysti.rh.il that her guards were
compelled to lead her from the
room. was taken directly
from t undertaking establish
men: . the county prison
where h,. la held wk'hout ball
to await I he action of a coron
er's inquest.
FARM
DELEGATES
I
HAND
PICKED
All
ANDESON
IE NO DIRECT
TESTIMONY ABOUT
HANGING SOLDIER
Officers Assert There Is
No Truth In the Men's
Statements
WASHI.VCrTOX, Jan. 25. None
of the sixteen or more witnesses
appearing today before a senate In
vestigating committee, was able to
present direct testimony relating to
charges that American soldiers hud
been , hanged without trial In
France. Others will be heard to
morrow. Henry Gentry; a negro, of Law-!
rence, Kas., who served In the reg
ular army prior to the war, de
clared he saw a negro officer, Ma
Jot Joseph PMJIIps, of East Or-'
artge J.V shoot William Patter-son,-
a negro private, but he could
not say positively whether the sol
dier died or whether Phillips was
tried by cotirt-martial. The shoot
ing, he said, followed the soldier's
refusal to help an army cook thee
bread. ,.
Three, medical officers attached
to base hospiii) No. 9, near Cha
teau Houx.. testified there was no
truth in charges by. former servic j
men that the bodies of nine men,
killed bx the military police, had
been sent to the hospital. The half
a doieu tormar soldiers declared
only two men were hanged at 1s-Shjr-Tille,
thjg number listed on the
war departmeat's hanslng report
at that point. Previous test.mony
was to the effect' that "about a
dozen" soldiers had beenyput to
death there. ; '
OSCE THREATKXEP
LYNCHING IX CAMP
Speeches made by Julius Rosen
wald, president, of Sears-Roebuck
and company of Chicago, to troops
in France while there as represen
tative of the secretary of war
were mentioned bjr a couple of wit
nesses, who asserted Mr. R?fn
wald had assured negro soldiers
they would receive better treat
ment at home after the , war ) and
that this had created same bitter
ness in camp. The committee was
trying td dig Into reports about
lynching, when the "Jd 1J
cldent was mentioned and one of
the witnesses said some S)t :,the
white soldiers felt like lynching -the
sneaker. All agreed, however, that
ffiatsyer rows resulting among
the men nobody was killed - . .
. From the testimony of a minister
LuMntr a. soldier hanged in
attending a , A letter
n-mnce It devoloped that a isuer
Mritten to the man's brother
K wuntrVstsUnf hat
hl. hanged. TesUmony on this
.hS indited that the
tomme o? $i eleven men omclully
?,fod al having been execute J
"fteV trial by couji-martlal. ;
WASHINGTON. Jan-
rpr.cg;nwdJehn;rg.
PaC.kCfrormal comptalnt, 1'hlch the
I? ! ruv Uvcstock exchange
KaDMo.J h had filed late today
announced it " culture,
tb' t tXSt com-
ter ot
Want Agricultural Devel
opment as Self-Sus- .
taining Industry
PLAN ENDORSEMENT
OF THE "FARM BLOC"
Work on Suggested Meth
ods to Relieve Present
Acute Situation
WASHINGTON. Jan. .Pro
posals looking to development of
American arglculture as a self
sustaining industry were consider
ed to&iy by Oc national agricul
tural conftrenco vjjle its commit
tee continued work or. suKttestod
meaeieg to relieve the present
acute situation and provide for
general rehabilitation. " J
The progrsjn of addresses which
covered marketing problums In
many phases was interrupted long
enough to permit Chairman Ander
son to deny the charge voiced In
some quarters that the delegates to
the conl.renco were "hand-picked."
Mr. Anderson said that Secretary
Wallace despite the shortness of
time in whjib to select delegates
after- the conference was called,
had. consu'atai farm organisation
leaders inu others in making up
his Hst.
Governor Parker of Louisiana,
one of the speakers on the program
who was the first to mention the
"whispered" talk of "hand-picked"
delegates at today's meeting, also
defended the conference.
PJOLEGATES WERE
NOT "HAND-PICKED"
A proposal for ' commodity
financing through loans to farm
ers runnlns from afx months to
three years was endorced today by
a sub-committee working on this
phase of the rehabilitation pro
' gm. The proposal was said to
nrnulita fni- frasltinn hv'the tOVem-
mgnt of an agency for discounting
farmers' notes based on agricultu
ral eommovJitics and livestock pa
per. This was said to be one of
the Important VJP necessary to
ameliorate present siiuauon,
A number of informal confer
ences were held today both before
and during the conference session
by delegates who were said to be
considering the proposal ot a res
olution endorsing the "farm bloc
in congress. Considerable informal
discussion of the ''farm bloc'Vhas
followed President Harding's ad
dress Monday, it was said, and del
egates favoring action ip support
of it are understood td ba canvaus
i... Adarmina what reception
sjjih a Resolution, would W. llkelJr
WANT lowro
n ATI'S n IiVBOR
Reduction of wages paid rail-,
way and labor and of freight rates i
was recommended tonight W J
sub-committee on costs, prices ana
readjustment. The committee dc.j
dared that price; paid TsiJW-. r
bor and . that . of other Industrie?
wm much greater than "turnsrc
celved by agricultural labor and
that a readjustment was necsary,
Ajiother sub-committee recom.
mend! A S rate f?5
mouW put eurar Production i
Amera on the same basis as dur,
hur ths war.. These reports are W,
bs'conrfdered by the full commit. J
JSllt .ndT.ur.nce io reported a
slder the advlsabll ty of a pan tor
Insurance, w--", . r ZL. .
Attempt to Defraud
Government of Two
Million Is Charged
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Met.
villa G-. Ncwmark. actuary , of
the American Fur Dealers' as
sociation of New Yorkj,! wl
arrested by agents of the de
partment of Justice tonight on
a complaint charging him with
being implicated in a conspir
acy to defraud the federal gov
ernment out of fur sales taxes
said to approximate J,000,000.
Morris Rosenblum, a former
deputy collector ot internal
,n-fnit nnri Herman ftchuss
were arrested yesterday on
similar cnarges. i-.ewmi u
part In the alleged conspiracy
was to connect Rosenblum and
Schuss with fur manufacturers
Involved in the so-called plot to
defraud. Schuss and , Rosen
blum are alleged to have pro
vided about 60 New York fur
riers with forged receipts for
tho 10 per cent tax duo the
government monthly on fur
sales. ': ,
SOUTHERN ROAD
COMPLETES ITS
WEDNESDAY
But Few Hours to
Permitted Other
Roads
Be
Democratic Party Is Ready For
Its Next Battle, Cox Tells
Party Leaders In Washington
1920 CANDIDA
ASSAILS RECORD
SOLDIERS' BONUS
MEASURE W LL BE
DRAWN SHORTLY
Increased Talk Among
House Members Is In
Favor Sales Tax
Winroc Hum nn Siplptnns
ATTORNEYS OFFER , ------ -
strongprotest; Are Foand In a Cave Near
Over a Million Dollars at' n I f f iir 1 J .
Bristol, ienn., un neanesaay
SSPu.- a.mt" Tad-'e. crea-
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Brief
hearings will be held, probably
next week, by the house ways and
means committee preliminary to
the drafting of a soldier bonus bill,
Chairman Fordney. announced tot-ay.
-Opportunity will be affordyii
representatives of the treasury and
ot veterans' organizations, such as
the American legion, to present
their views but it is unlikely, he
said, that any attempt will be I
made to obtain the opinions of
others .
Mr. Fordney said a bill would
be reported ot the house "within
two or three weeks" and would
curry a provision for the raising
oj necessary revenue.
Announcement of the commit
tee's plans came after a conference
today between republican leader
of tho senate and bouse, at wh o
it was agreed a bonus bill shouid
bo framed in the house with the
determination of a way to provide
revenue left entirely to the ways
and means committee,
i Decision of the committee to
take action also came on the eve
of a caucus ot house republicans,
tamorrow night at which members
who were in' the military servcei
HMrifiR iu wr are exnecieq 10 de
mand" prompt enactment ot a
honut bill. .
, MOKE MEMTSEflfl V '
FAVOR SALIiS TAX -
Insistence of Secretary .Mellon,
expressed in a letter to Mr. F,orrt
tey that the country's , finances
were to critical that a bonus wu
Inadvisable especially If linked l-pl
wun me loreign deot, pad a ten
dency today of -increasing talk
among hduse members In favor of
some' sort of a sales tax. f
Chairman Fordney - refused to
comment on Mr. Mellon's letter,
declaring he had not read It. Hs
reiterated the belief, however, that
some revenue for a bonus might
b obtainable from the foreign
debt repayment without disturbing
Ili.ur.ces of the country.
Committee members, however,
generally were agreed that a sales
tax would have to furnish ths buln
If not all of the revenue for n
bOnUS. . ; . , ,-. ,., ... ; Jt -
Declaring that the commlttf
"ffl In no way agreed as to what
Kind of a tax should be levied, Mf .
Fordney, said he was emphatically
Opposed to a tax nn 4
bill proposing a producers' tax ot.
bnnnZeSbl.7lfferre of 'opinion
wmit.rw-.jo... ,.fcM w.ter- itucn
way. opposition corning to Mr, Fordnew, who cor.
r?"ttat this proposal yer inat it w
wns endorsed.
Stake Adjourn for
Day
TiREKNSBORO." N. C Jan. 23.
The Southern railroad finished
with the presentation of Its "tax
reduction" cue in the United
States court here today; the state,
defendant, completed Its reply,
both introducing evidence In the
shape of affidavits and adjourn
ment for the day found attorneys
bemoaning the lack of time they
wilt be allowed for argument.
The three Judges, Edmund Wad
dill, Jr.. circuit court of appeals;
II. G. Connor and James A. Boyd,
district courts of North Carolina,
demanded speed, stating tht the
attorneys for the other roads, the
Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard.
Norfolk and Western, Atlantic and
Yadkin, can present their cases
along with their arguments.
ONLY LITTLE
DIFFERENCE CASES V
Attorneye for tho four roads
protested vigorously. A day for
the Southern and only a llttlo over
an hour for them, they ask eft. The
csjtes are similar, the Judges toid
them. There in a difference In
each ca.se replied the railroad law
yer. Slight, said the Judges, and
fixed six hours for the five road
to argue, four for the state's law
vers, with the provision that there
may be some lengthening of the
time.
Today's proceedings revolved
around assertions and denials of
the over-valuation of the South
ern's property and attacks upon
the franchise tax and income tax.
8. R. Prince, attorney for the
Southern, made out a case of woe
ful discrimination and the state
promptly knocked It to pieces. The
Judges said little, so the struggle
today was in the nature of a draw,
except for the lawyers of the other
four roads, who did not receive the
ruling that they must get in their
evidence and argument in a little
over nn hour with any manifesta
tions of pleasure.
- There Is over a million dollars
at stake, they pointed out, and they
think that much money requires
considerable talking, enough- to
pres-jnt their cases properly, any
way, they said; ,- - ; ',
. 4 no ivn nuur cuiuuea lor argur
ment will throw" the esses air theN
point of decision Haturday faftwi1
ing, provided tne speeding up tac
tics or tne court are continued,
PUISTOL, Tenn.-Va., Jan. 2o.
Discovery of approximately 00
human skeletons In a cave in the
tnoun mlns about 15 miles from
which is thought to have fallen in
trom the opening above. The
ptak of the heap Is directly under
the enrtance and this leads to in
Bristol, was made today by Pro- j belief that tho Indians threw thfcir
feFsor Henry Woodnmn, or mis , aeno into mo cavity.
city, who made an inspection of
the cave at the Invitation of
mountaineers.
An opening which runs 40 feet
straight down In the earth was
found several days ago by people
living In that section. V'pon mak
ing investigation they found Sev
ern) human skulls. The skulls
wire brought to Bristol nd news
papermen and college professors
wuro asked to enter and Inspect
the interior of the opening.
Vpon descending the tunnel by
means of a rope. Professor Wood
man found a heap of human bones
3 (Ml feet high and about 80 feet
wide. Indian hatchets and beads
were also found. The cave has
several tunnels reaching oh on the
sides and is in the shape ot a hug
crevice in the earth. The bones
were partly covered over by earth
Tho heap Is cone shaped and
contains an assortment of every
l-.one In the human body. Profes
sor Woodman declares experiments
show that some of the bones have
been in the cave for abont 1,005
years A number of experts ant
archaeologists are planning to
sticud a night in the cave to con
tinue the Investigation, Tha cave
Is located in a spot in the moun
tains almost Inaccessible.
Careful measurements of ths heap
of bonsa were taken by Professor
Woodman, who lived several years
with the Indians In the west, A tele
gram tonight was sent to the Smith
sonian Institute at Washington, ask
ing that an expert be sent here to
alt In the investigation. A guard
has been stationed at ths mouth of
the cavs lo prevent moleetatlon by
trophy setkers and a ladder Is being
built from the opening to the heap
of skeletons below. ,
SOUTH
WOULD
A
D
N ATTACKED
PACIFIC COAST
RACE ISSUE, VIEW SENATE DEBATE
f-frt MfsiAnnMllin'i
IttD SHIP
three cents a gallon is pending be-1
fore the committee. It would pro-
evv,vvu,vvu annually, ac-
. - a .u., f ni uiin. w n n ,nr.
!. . Y?! JiSfrS! U 1 hiVotailenfLed' how'ver. that it would be
KTOOa. 1UW,vci . -- - -
Some Republicans to Join
Opposition to Anti
Lynching Bill
WASIUN'OTON,' J"' 2J
In the house .on tb Dyr antl
lynehlng bill was concluded today ana
the measure ws taken up ufider ths
flve-mlnute r. which afford mem
bers aa opportunity tu offer -amendments.
Republics a leaders, an
nouncing that the bill would be kept
before the house until a final vots
was reached, said they w eonfl
sent It would b sent to the srsnat
lata tomorrow ot Friday.- v v
Roll calls during debate' Indicated
Wat nrntmnpnll nf the IntUUrl WW!
in a majority, but It Is expected, that
tyium'ber of drasUe amendments will
bei orfrd in- an atumpt. to,. .alter,
nrdvlilons wlileh esll for heVv apn
sitles in the way of fine and Im
hrutonmsnt for nerson partloipatlng
Sin lynching and for efflclal who
through negligence failed to prsvent
them. The bill as It stands also pro.
Vide that counties in which lynch
4rm occur rmtt forfeit tlO.OM to the
pjuntuss ot) ins . vicunjs, a, -
Democrats are said to sUnd prae
tlcally solid in opposition, although
two minority members, Representa
tives Oockrsn and Griffin, both of
New York, spoke In favor of the bill
tod-ay. Severs! republicans have ex
erpsed opposition to.it snd a num
nr of republlcsh meJnbsrs sre -
the final roll call. ' i h
: The session today was marked by
a verbsl clash between Representa
tive Sleson, democrat. -.Mississippi,
sntf Cooper, republican, Wisconsin,
which threw the bouse into con
fun on with several hundred negroes
In- th galleries Joining In a demon
stration that wss silenced with dif
ficulty. Ths flare-up occurred, when
Mr. Cooper deolared Mr. flinrnn hd
"openly edvocsted" mob rule. - Mr.
fiisson during sn attack on the bill
had described conditions In the south
and had contended that mob violencs
oould not be stamped out until "black
rascals keep their hanils off the
throats of white women,"
Advocating federal action as a
means of checking lynch lugs, Ilopr
WANT IMMEDIAJB
HELP FROM GOVT. .
The report oi no V""""'v,;";' "
a grave mistake to levy such a
tax- - . - .,i -
. The Committee chairman .ni l
to , have decided - not tn hiii i
OF THE MOVIES
PASTORJSSERTS
Myers CaUs For an In
vestigation of In
dustry? WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 Cen
sorship or control by the federal
goverjinient over , the motion pic
ture Industry, was urged upon a
senate Judiciary sub-commlttoe to
Ux by the Rev, Wm. S. C'liieo, pas
tor of Brooklyn, N. Y. who brought
into thedl scussion the name Of
Crstmaster-General Hays,
The healing was on a resolution
introduced by Senator Myers, dem
ocrat, Mciitana, proposing an ia-, sentatlve Mondell, repulhllcnn, deader.
yestlgatlan of the motion picture
Industry based on charges that It
(laWirad that -:! had fallRil ut
terly to assert their authority. If
has -entered politics hd -ft!t PasKaC'rmHted to. so "Jd, Mr. Mon
a -rithin n,. ..,,ntmi nt IjikU vX con . ended. lynoWng will break
down and destroy law sna oraer sna
civilisation.
wantVe
CHATTANQTet SSSMr"
Ths, Ue "'fCAdky. Indorsed ths
session ..WnoV 'pmlln In. esn
Woodruff b .rt t five-year fd
Ve?'JI fjim: and urged, oon
ersl aid fr .minimum of
"V-. ""million dollars armuaiu
Stats h3:, of , ,he Muscle
HVL-d section.' presented sr-8hoalh4-;
rn the routing of the
thsfcOVPt'"7i-h. u(-tion to th
GrJJan , lhe , time au
Miaste? director to- fill exlt
bk th en the board. Th.
Wave evntmr-h. xt m
Ti . lunrium wal left to
kVrai or:
-in in
vidlng immediate credit . for armers jsngthy--; hearings .n the bonB(
ffn aiaonrownlcrtrey Intern. I revenST l3
hd made toani foi agricultursl pur- , testimony from various
So.es. It would als3 provide for Irdlvlduals as to the effect of dlf
ftan direct by this anency to any , fcror.t kinds of tsxes.
co-operativ. (!.aV-.'CS-trr. Y..- :.
vnnnnv i tniCB fflI.LON'
w . .. THEAtURY 'WATCM OOQ"
mSSK0.! - M Hwiford
lit JIIa n'lonl pomeiander of
mf,an legion, issued a stste-
- ,:, r" cPrging necretary Mel
,J01w'tlL. having adopted - "'wslch
r'
under the laws of any state , where
farm paper is secured by a ware
house receipt covering the commod
ity on which the loan Is sought.
This agemcy would also he empow
ered to sell debenture wftn security
ef not more than three years snd
secured, by such paper. . Notes ot ths
agency could be redlscounted by the
Federal Reserve banking system,
Kxtenslon of the war finance cor
poration from July 1 next until such
.l ,k. T treasury' attitude to
US!0"" utlon in his let
ter oonosin tha m ....
terdsy to Chairman Fordney of the
time as my Mm Mewary and bous ways-snd means commlttse.
nrn.r" i aim reoonTmeno ed .
Due representation of sgriculture
on the reserve hoard also was urged.
The sub-commlMee on tobacco rec
ommended Investigation by ths, stats
nvummmt In civonerstlon - with
The secretary ta i.wi-"hk. -' .
EfMl"".',0 V,le?." of the" bonus si til
fii?n,V C'S"' MacNlder said, ssrt
ng that figures and estimates cited
In th secretary's letter did noT
, Ti, f oompued by an se
ed, within the control ot Lrnky
Fox, Zukor, Leemmle and Loew
and mat rts tmiuence is to uo ex- RAm-esentatlv Oarrett. Tsnnewes.
cried to obtain repeal of censor- democm.Ho lead-, sppealsd to mem
ship laws already enacted and pre- bers from the Hsclfio coast, who. h
vent ennctment ot iurtner icgis- . ".hn,, im
lation to copttol ov supervise tho
"icturftf.
The influence of motion pictures
on American life was emphisiafci
by Dr. Chase who aasj.-ted that prob,enii ws the wm under
grave danger jay -in in j stand, soia Mr. oarrett
plexing race question, to stand with
opponents of the Dyer bill In resist
ing Interference of the federal gov
ernment in tuts strain.
"Whatever you people In ths west
decide to do In working out your
.i.i. - m. nr the most economic i luary tn too tr..,,rw .
methods of production and conaump. and submitted by Senator MoCum-
tlon, kinds of tobacco most suitable
for particular sou sna me uwn. "
ods of controlling Insect pests , snd
nlant eeass. It urgea a manuara
ber st -the loot JuT.'
"W know- American people want
iU-.-rLh lPm ooUiander
declared. "Th adjusted . eomnn.
of the industry. into politics.
'They have engaged the postmaster-general
to be" tholr mana
ger" he said, "and one of the du
ties which K is reported Is to be as
slgjsi to him will be to prsvent
ths adoption of this resolution of
Jny.esllgation."
-Dr. Chsse termed it "curious"
that the meji selected for htls
should have been former chlrnian
jf the reaublican national coror. U-
tee.
rOWEH COMPANY RL.IKCT8
COUNCIL'S PROPOHAL
RICHMOND, Va.. Jan. IS.
Criticism of the Virginia Railway
and Power company was made In
a statement tonight from the head
of ths car men's union in Rich
mond, following the announcement
that the company had rejected the
proposal of the city council to ar
bitrate the wage scale.
...j. rr trinnnortlna' different tvoes tion plan Would An mn u
of tobacco and a warehouse .system.; en th economic fabric ef the nstlon
TV, .1,-h..nmmittj.A AB CFOD StAtiS
tic recommended that a census of
agriculture b taken every five years
by the bureau of th census. In co
operation with the depsrtmen of .ag
riculture; that an annual census of
acreages planted In various crops be
i'.kn?k,ct.er'th,n thet'oaa be
Il-v. thfrs any reason to be
Lit Itk alL -rvlc men will
n,.?1 i!.th n" alternative.
But when thousand of ex-ervlcs
j'.:.T", ""I" - ins streets ws
wiwi" t : . . .. . ",. , i, ubii wa
taken in the, spring by Ux "-iJt bIIv they ought to be die-
aors in oonnecuon wiin ino minis m
taxable property;' that the depart
ment of agriculture report In addi
tion to crop conditions and forecast
during tt.e growing season the pro
duction and vain, of all crops, ths
quantltv of products on farms, the
marketable surplus of crops snd that
the county he adopted as the geo
graphical unit for , reporting , crop
production. - ; ' , '
CONVICTED Or RUM- - ' -i j
. RUNNINa Off C0AT
BOffTON, " JaW. 15. Twe men wSr
soqulttad snd Hhre oonvlcted of
complicity Im ths rum-running soliv
Jties of the British schooner Golden
West, off this, coast a month aao,
hy a federal court Jury i tonight.
Philips Bruno, ons of the men con
victed admitted buying the vessel In
Halifax. N. 8.. but declared -that h
did It on bhslf of on "Walter
Thletoault." of Rt. Plerr, whers ths
liquor wss loaded. r:
The schooner was , seised snd
brought Into this port by a coast
guard cutter. Bvldenc st the trial
wa tn tha effect that part of th
tanus was as. dad law. boats jvhlch
took It ashore at Plymouth.
tated to a t what f 7'
sation they ought ta take.';. v , -:
FORI IGNS CONTKAtlT1 TO'
ft JEAiSE MUSCLES SHOALS
' DETROIT. Jan. 85. -The con
tract covering, the proposed lease
and purcHaee of the govsrnment's
nitrate and waterpower projects at
Muscles Shoals, Ala., wss signed
by Henry Ford and returned to the
war department by one of h
Ford .engineers tonight, a few
hours after it had been received
it was announced at ths office of
the Detroit manufacturer. . .
' . X RELEASE IITAN
PARIS,- Jan. 25. Thomas fltcw
srt Ryan, who had been held in
custody since last week when his
wife took poison and later died,
was released this evening on bill.
Mr. Ryan Is an American news
paper correspondent. His wife, n
violinist, was known professionally
ar Aodrer Creightnwi .
ttmpt In certain farts of the Indus
tr to use It to promote ,rmoMi
ity ' He contended that the federal
government had Jurisdiction to KS
late the industry in the Inlersi-t of
public welfare. '
ATHENS, Oa, Jan- 25. If the
farmers of Oeorgia can
problems ot adjustment or- produc
tion to probable demand, standard
izatlon of product and contro ot
distribution as to time, and place
they will have the marketing ques
tion in hand," delegates attending
the Georgia market conference
here were told today In a paper by
Lloyd a Tnny, assistant chief of
agricultural economics at Wash
ington. ; . ! ; '
- "These " problems . cannot be
solved ty the fedsrsl or state gov
ernments." Mr. Tenny continued
in the paper which was read In his
absence. "It is up to ths farmer
entirely to settle tho problems, that
is with ths aid of the state and
national governments."
- Discussing control of distribu
tion Mr. Tenny pointed to what the
California fruit exchange and th
American crartberry exchange have
done in placing their products in
every available consuming .center
during ths time their supplies are
, large,
REFUND
B
0
IS
RING
REPUBLICANS
Borah Discusses the Sit
uation In Europe
. Wednesday
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Dis
cussion of economic conditions in
Europe, snd an attack on the con
stitutionality of the measure
marked the senate debate today on
th allied dbt refunding bill.
Chairman MoCtimber, of the fi
nance conrmittee, in charge of the
measure; told the senate before ad
journment that he hoped to get
final vote tomorrow. - v
The situation In Europe, was
brought Into the debate by Senator
Borah, .republican, Idaho, who do
dared that "the key to the polfcy"
there was the economic destruction
of ths German people. He -declared
that while the treaty of Versailles
"remains the law ot Europe" It
would e futile for the United
States to seek satisfactory ad
justment of the foreign debt and
that any assistance that this court
try might seek to render European
nation would be of little avail.
"tt the treaty of Versailles were
revised and the allied nations r
duced their armies even to a rea
sonable extent, Senator Borah said,
those nations not only could meet
the interest payments due the
tJnlted Btates, but could retire pari
of the principal of ths debt a well.
Under present conditions, be said,
no, man could say when th debtor
nations could begin to pay interest,
adding thst it was proper tor him
to call attention that so long as
present policies were pursued in
Europe, "we are Justified in trans
acting this debt matter on a pure
ly business basis." ,
A constitutional point against the
bill was raised by Senator Walsh,
democrat, Montana, who argued
that by means of it congress wss
undertaking to transfer the treaty,
making power from tho President
to ths secretary of the treasury
and a commission. He quoted au
thorities to support bis argument
that the agrssmsnU which would
be entered into between the United
States and ths debtor nations
would be in fact treaties and de
clared under the constitution the
negotiations could be conducted
only by the President.
Senator McCumber and others
disputed this contention the finance
committee chairman arguing that
the demand obligation which
were to be refunded were the
property of the United Statfts and
that congress alone had authority
to dispose of government property.
N. Y. NEWSPAPER MEN
OROEREO TO TE8TIPY
George Wilcox, executive score-
Senator Myers author of the res- 'tary of the central trades and labor
ol'Jtlon. asserted there ws sn ai-i council ana spoKeamnny ror me
union worHcrs etiea inn in loutm.
Ing upon the "open shop" question
the company simply was making an
effort to dodge tho wage Issue, lis
announced that the company had
"the open shop" and that a num
ber of the strikers were non-union
men. Mr. Wilcox further declared
i that while a carmen's union exist
ed In Richmond none of the em
ployes were forced, or even asked
to Join.
Fifty street cars were operated
in Richmond today, th tenth day
of tho strike. Officials of the com
pany stated this was the largest j
number since tne strike started
and is more thsn half th normal
numher of trolleys to operate in a
single day.-
OF
In First Public Address -Since
Campaign Cox
Warms Up
TRACES NUMBER OP
NATION'S TROUBLES
Democratic Party Stands
Where It Did In 1920,,
v3; He Declares
DAYTON Ohio. Jan. 25. James ;
M. Cox, democratic candidate for ,
president in 1920, and former gov.,
ernor of Ohio, tonight told demo
crats gathered here at av Jackson
day banquet that their party stands
Just Where it did 'when the votes
were 'counted" and is "ready for
th next fight-Public opinion. h
declared has "steadily borne the
destiny of America nearer each day
to the seat ot the league of nations ,
at Geneva." - v.; .vv,f :,&:.? -vfr.'"'-
ln hi .first., public address .since
tho campaign of 1820, Mr. Cox as
aalled the politics tff the present .
administration, condemning the
work of the Washington armament
conference, declaring that America -had
refused to accept world lead
ership and that financial depres
sion was Wu to the "treachery of
Lodglsm." Thousands of repuhii-
cans, he declared, ''now. realise
that the leaders of their party in
the making ot policy have profaned
republican history by forsaking trut
soul of Abraham Lincoln for tho
spleen of Henry-'Cabot Lodge.
Mr. Cox said in part; ... .
"As t Interpret proprieties, th
defeated candidate for the presi
dency ehoujd hold to the unspoken
word until lime nas Drought tne
unmistakable evidence ot payment
or defau.lt by those In , power ,on
campaign pledges, ,
"''Almost it full yesr h elapsed
snd very properly can ws spply sn
analysis of Its developments. The
ruins of war still, mar the interna-1
tlonal perspective. v Willing Industry
ts without ths aid of finaneiaVcredltx.
Countries solvsat if not rich tn p
turat. ttaoure,' srs -in Idleness' anil
missry, The reaction, true to pro
phecy, I upon us snd very eom
munity Is ufrotd. Th c-hotng cry
of America first, is $i mockery to hu
man) Intelligence as unhappy experi
ence tells us that w are a part of 1
the whol world, in soul, by ths will
of Almighty Uod, snd In practicalities j
by the logic of nature's laws repub-
ttcan dictum of tha contrary noi.
withstanding." - t
PAPM PRODUCTS ARE '
PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS
"Farm products have diminished n
price, much beow ths labor cost of
production) vast invtntonss of shop
snd mill have follow d ths downwaru
trend until thousands of farmers ana
business concern are hopelessly Insol
vent., Only the resiliency of our bank-1
ing System hss averted ths most u
structlvs panic in all History, tnven-i
lories have dlmlnlahed In value, but
debt remain ths sam. There can
be but ons i final result to this situation.-
.' . ,
"And how needless it all hss been,
when peace cam Europe needed re-!
building upon which credit could have1
be given. ' - , , .
ASSAILS L0D01ISM ''
AND PRAISES WILSON
"Th dlstreufin Rusala Is charge-
able to the terrors of sovtetlsmi the
distress In America te the treachery
of Lodgeism. -. - ,
f'Ths- first essentlsl thing to on
prosperity is ths formal recognition
by our government of the fundament
al cause of deprnslon. Since this
would carry scceptanre of tne theories
of Woodrow Wilson, there is hope on
ly for th belated relief that will corns
from the presaura of public opinion.-
"Kvsry economist and statesman
In th world whose mental process
ar free from ulterior- thought, ad-v
mits that ths house ef civilisation .
cannot be put In order without th
co-operation of th national possess
Ing both the leading gold supply and
ths facilities of tremendous produce
tlvlty. In th fareVf thess founds
mental truths, the administration sf '
Washington Is vainly trying to bring,
better times, by resort to the noisv
methods of a circus.
"Of the present treaty between th
governments of the . United States ;
Great Britain, Franc and Japan,
prudence might suggest that Jndg- "
ment be reserved until we , know
what the treaty means and th eni ,
tent of Mr. i-odfe'a secret under
standings. The President gave In
terpretation of th written word; Mr, "
Lodge Instsntly corrected him with
ths statement that ths real meaning
wa in the unwritten word In tha
understandings between ths represent
Utlveswhlch Mr Lodge hsd refrals -
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Twenty.
Ight persons, mostly newsnsper
writers and publishers. -.were directed
In a supreme courtordar issued today
to appear Mr ore Attorney sicuonaiu
DeWItt nest Tuesday, snd give testi
mony In connection with Msyor WILed from mentioning when he address
nam Hal Thompson's suit ror iioer; ed -his eountrymm. Ju8t when its
against publishers of The , Chicago tions seemed committed to open dN
Tribune. j plomacy. Mr. Uidge In the name e
Mr. DsWItt was appointed by the America, resorted to the diplomstlu
circuit court of Cook county. Illinois, j methods of old, .
as a commissioner to take testimony , ' In Ks behalf It Is said of the treats
of witnesses In New York. 1 that . It recognises the principle o
. Mavor ThomoSon'a suit Is based . nn gives proieciiori
upon publication In the defendant
newspaper of articles which he i latin.
d charged him with pro-Oermsn so
tlvltles. Th articles, the petitloa
said wero publlshe'd after Myaf
Thompson had given th people's
peace council permission to hold
meetings In Chicago. -
STOCKHOLDERS TENN.
ROAD El,ECT OFFICERS
NASHVILLE," Jen. tS. Confirma
tion of election of officers by Tonne
ee Central railway stockholders, who
recently purchased the Tennessee
Central railroad, will take place to
morrow, it was announced hers to
night, , -: i
By-laws to govern th operation of
the new company also will be adopt
ed by the stockholders st that time.
Hugh .W. Stanley, who has been
acting ss receiver for the road since
1917, was announced today as presi
dent of the auceedlng firm, and his
choice, together with that of Claud
K. Boettcher and George O. Morse,
both, of Denver, as vice-presidents,
will be confirmed tomorrow.
UNKNOWN NEGRO USES
AXE ON WHITE COUPLE
Birmingham! "Ala., Jan. u.-Mr
Louisa Lorslne lies at the point of
death and her husband Joseph l.o
raino Is In a critical condition, ss th
result of an attack hero 1st tonight
by .an unknown negro who entered
their More snd struck them over ths
head with an axe. The attack upon
the Loralnes Is th third of Its kind
mad her during th past five weeks.
against external aggression On tha
other hand It creates a group of rs-t
tlons and thus nisy encourage the
establishment of other group. This
treaty creates dlvlaton of moral pur
pose. The league of nations con
tmplates the merging of purpose,
This treaty set up a new enterprise
that may lead to other like project.
Ths leagun of nations assemble s't
rations deorvlng of name. I: the
present pact, after mature, refhsotion.
Is to be accepted l,y America. !
should b provided that whenever
America Joins the league of imtlune,
then th Washington treaty shall &
null and void.
STANDI WMtBS ME
DID IN CAMPAIGN H
"Our faith in the official pri
nouncsmenta of 1!20 is unaffected by
th result of th election of that yeai.
Ws stand In our very tracks, juaty
EIQHT ARB MISSINO counted. Ws have not rsireatrd a'
OPP STEAMER MOD step. The flag still files and ws sr
remny tot me neai ngoi
NEW TORKV Jan. Asent of
th Norwegian steamer Mod, which
sank In mid -ocean last week while
on her maiden voyage, today were
advland that Captain Waarli snd
eight of his men were inlawing. V
previously hsd bn reported that
they had been picked up. tiy , th
George Washington. Th rest of
tha crew wr reocued by the Ml
mnre Head. That steamer Is sow
making for s Nora Soottan- scrt
T I n I P. o. wllh thm l,,m,a, fthln MWj'
ernor In rrlticlslng the Harding d
mlnlstration wera Senator pat Hare '
rison, of Mississippi and Atles Power-J
ene, of Ohio; and Mrs. Oertruds tlrcs--lan
Fuller, of Pittsburgh.
"Tha record of th republiesn ftd-
ministration during ths last 19 months
Is enough to arouse the Ire and rau
not only a blush ef shame but of let
f w4mt4 e F tii'