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RA1M
ESTABLISHED 1868.
PANTS
URGE
EARLY ERECTION
OF POSIOFFICE
Furthering Efforts Start
ed by Other Organiza
tions in Recent Months.
J $2,000,000 IS GOAL
SET IN RESOLUTION
Representative Weaver
to Introduce Bill for
Appropriation.
Representative Zebulon Weaver
mil be requested to introduce a
bill In congress at 'the earliest pos-
ble date for an appropriation of
at least $2,000,000 for the erection
,,t a postofflce and federal bulldin,
in Ashevtlle .that will meet the
present and reasonably contem
plated future . needs of a rapidly
growing city; It was announced last
night hv officials of the Merchant's
association, at the close of the
semi-monthly Nusiness meeting.
A resolution was passed in or-
i -.. , fnethnr the effort fllreariv
f Initiated by the Chamber of Corn
s' - . i w .. ., .
riterce ana omni. nni ij.cocmi
rd to the hoard of directors it was
passed and the enthusiastic man
ner in which the officials view op.
portunides for a new federal build
ing lead many to believe that it i
h part of thw -future program of
the city.
All civic organizations of the city
will be requested to appoint a com
mittee of three members to work
..ut details and plans for launching
strong campaign for a new fed
eral building.
Matters pertaining to the school
ut salesmanship and the proposed
recreation and amusement park at
Kenilworth were discussed, but no
dennit aoti6n was taken.
The resolution passed by the
board of directors:
BIILD1NG ENTIRELY
INADEQUATE FOR .NEEDS
"Whereas, the present postof
llcc facilities are entirely Inade
quate to care tor the presont, enor
mous business growth of the city
of Ashevllle; and, whereas, avail
able records and statistics show
that the building at present occu
pied by the postofflce was con
structed about 1888 to serve a pop
ulation of 9.600; that said PopuUi
tiJn had groiwn In 1900 to 14,894;
in 1910, 18,72; In 1920; 28,604;
representing an Increase of 94 per
cent In the permanent population
of the city. ajd that lhere is a
floating population of approxi
mately 75,000 people to be served
during the summer months; and,
"Whereas, the receipts of the
Ashevllle postofflce were in 1921,
r04.1l,' an. increase of approxi
mately 172 tier cent, over the re-
lleelpts o( 110; and,, whereas, the
I number -of employees employed in
r uirf hiillrflnir have increased from
it i mm m ss in 1921: an in-
ft crease ot ,313 and onc-ttiird per
ient; said employees oemg rcuuu
ed to perform efficient service oft
a floor space of onjv 4,760 square
feet; and, whereas, it has been
shown that In order to accommo
date the 1921 holiday patrons of
the postofflce, it was necessary to
obtain and establish .sub-station
in four department stores within
ihe ctty o Ashevllle. and to rjent a
warehouse, for the distribution of
parcels; and,
COCRT ROOMS ARE
NOT LARGE ENOUGH
"Whereas, the present Court
loom facilities maintained by the
snverhment are Inadequate to
srve tt present needs of the
.court; the room being entirely too
small to accommodate the courts,
and being subject to great annoy
ance from the noise created upon
certain streets on either side; and,)
whereas, the government now
iHSjng approximately 14,082 per
annum, outside rentals- for bureau
offices, including weather bureau
foreWy sen-lee, geological survey,
repniltin nflter- etc..
. . va-1 ..iv,.ri That!
the Ashevllle - Merchants associa
tion go on record as endorsing the
urgent need of a new and larger
federal building,' adequate. In size,
floor and office space, and tn ar
rangement and architecture to
Pionerly house and facilitate the
discharge of business by the fed
eral courts, the postofflce, the post
office inspector, revenue officer,
prohibition agent, child labor bu
reau, weather bureau, forestry
-"Tvice, geological survey, ",recrult
ing office, both army and navy, the
Ml service commission, and any
and all qther bureaus, offtces and
''services -necessary to' properly
handle government business With
in Ashevllle and the surrounding
'rritory: That the necessary steps
he- taken' to secure the co-opera-Unn
of the postofflce department in
showing the immediate need for
Mit h a new building! within the city
"f Ashevlller - -
I'CTmON WEAVER '
TO INTRODUCE BLLL
"That we petition our represen
tative Congressman - Zebulon V.
Weaver, and he is hereby request
ed to Introduce a bill at the earli
est date possible for an appropri
ation of at least two million dollars
to build such a building within the
city of Ashevllle, as will meet the
ny ot Asnevuie, as wi i l 4the governor states that he does
l6."?'. fnd . easoj.ably temh dclt sound policy, how-
plated future 'needs of our rapidly
growing city,: ...
"That we call upon all our news-
I papers for thnlr l,tanc in nllb-
Hclty and upon our civic organiza-l
"ons witnin our community to ap
point an'approprlate committee or
committees to represent the civic
"TganlEttjiona, and to form a larger
"mmlttee; h proceed with-all pos
sible dispatch to present all avail
'bio facts to our Washington offl
I 'als In support of the appropriate
aforesaid, and that organisation be
''fwsted to fully Ap-operate. with
Uiis'bodjr and lp work with us un
t'l the much needed federal build
ing for Ashevllle has been attained.
Hisned) r HOUMES? BRTSON.
I .-: - President.''
FORMER) CX)NRESgM.f '
' CLARENCE MILLER DEAD
...,ST- PAUL, Minn.," Jan; 18.
Marenc B. Miller, of Duluth,
Pin.( secretary of the republican
rational ' committee land former
("igreasman, died at 'a hospital
re late today. He was operated
L".0,:diU2? "nie critical due to
art trouble.
England To Release
Political Prisoners;
Form Irish Cabinet
Senator Clabo Is
Found Not Guilty
Of Taking Bribe
Tennessee Senator Vindicat
ed on Charge of Graft
By Jury
V HAN KLIN. Tenn.. .Tn. It.
"Not guilty'' was the verdict re
turned by the Jury tonight in the
trial of state Senator E. N. Clabo.
of Sevier county, Tenn., charged
with soliciting and accepting a
bribe of $300 at the last sessio'i
of the Tennessee legislature.
Acquittal came ctithln about a
week after Clabo's trial begun.
Practically all of today was spent
in the hearing of arguments.
Speakers who delivered the closing
pleas were Attorney W.. Knight
for the defense and Job Garner
fi.r the state.
After reviewing the case Mr.
Knight pointed "at Jeff McCarn of
the prosecution and said: "Every
where in this record K; N, f'labo
wns found in the right place ex
cept when he fell into your trap.
He was never found in bad com
pany ant you cannot put your
finger on a black spot in his char
acter until you put it there."
Like others who had preceded
him for tlie defense, Mr. Knight
assailed the motive of those en
gufceri in the legislative Investiga
tion. 'PARDON WEEK' IS
OE NO ADVANTAGE
Issues Note of Warning
to Those After Pardons
by Using Influence.
CITIZEN'S TCSITS Sr.lRAU
TAKSOSOCGR HOTSb
( BROC A' SiBKtSV)
RALEIGH, Jan. 10. The dis
continuance of the "Pardon Week"
plan of hearing applications for
pardons and paroles has been an
nounced by Governor Morrison.
Hereafter applications, will be
ffeard as they are presented- Peo
ple Insisted upon being heard In
between weeks to such an extent
as to make it impractical to con1
tinue the custom, the governor
said.
lie took this occasion to issue a
noti of warning against persons
setking pardons or paroles who
attempt to influence him through
close personal or political friends.
Governor Morrison said he deemed
this such an improper thing to do
that he would not hereafter con
sider pardoning people who soughr
to influence him in this way, aao
ing that he knew of no otjier way
to stop the, practice and that he
therefore would take this course
in the future.
This does not apply to attorneys
in the regularly orderly way ap
pearing before him as compensat
ed attorneys, or to friends who
really know something about the
case and who In an orderly and
natural way seek to stfvo him facts
in the case. But he Insisted that
he did not propose to have cam
paigns run to influence him in the
administration of Justice.
THREE PAROLES .
GRANTED BY MORRISON
The governor today granted
three paroles declined applications
I foe three and revoked the paroles
I of three. He also declined to ln-
terfere- In the death sentence
ot
Bonnie Andrews, of Pitt, convicted
of rape, refusing to take action as
an appeal Is still pending in the
supreme court. The three men.J
whose paroles were revoked be
cause of the conditions imposed
were: E. D. Corrlher, of Rowan
county; R. E. Ward, of Jackson
county, and Paul Vestal of Rowan.
The paroles granted In each case
upon the recommendation of the
Judge on solicitor during the trial,
went to the following: Robert
Edjjrards, serving twelve months on
the Johnston county roads for
blockading; Ellis BlacHburn. of
Surry county,, serving sit months
for receiving whiskey, and Nettle
Owens, of Transylvania county,
now serving- Jail sentence, who
was given a sixty-day parole in or
der to visit and nurse her sick
chiW- ' " , U O
Carole was refused Reuben S.
Haywopd, of Wake and Haywpod
counties, sentenced December U20.
to Ave years for housebreaking
and laroeny. The Judge and solic
itor who tried this case, recom
mended the parol buf the-teoom-mendatlons
were made soWly be
cause of the destitute condition of
the 'man's family. Expressing sor
row at the condition of the family
lnuLasklng neighbors to neip tnem,
ever to turn loose a thief and rob
ber In order that he mignt sup
port his family.
GRCESOMT3 KILLING TAKES
i ; PLACE IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 10.
Mrs. O. 8. Crawford is dead and
her husband dangerously wounded
9 the result of an attack made
upon them tonight as they slept In
their home, adjacent to the store
which they operated. Their baby,
lying In a cradle nearby, was un7
disturbed. , ' '
Mrs. Crawford's throat had been
cut and the head almost severed
from the body. Her husband had
beenttacked apparently with an
axe-ikod suffered severe wour.-" in
the head. ' ' . . .
The crime was discovered by de
tectives called to the jscene late tp
nlglit by a passerby, who noticed
the door of the s;ore next tp the
home was open. .
- iri,. inoirir recalled a grue
some double killing here several
keeper n-W"i'r'. ' "t
mm
'DEDICATED
About Forty Under Sen
tence of Death to Be
Liberated.
ARTHUR GRIFFITH
IS NEW PRESIDENT
Turn of Events Brings
Immense Relief to
Whole of Ireland.
iBn TUB tUSOClUMD MtS
DUBLIN, Jn. 10. Amnesty.
hasvbeen agreed upon as a ret
eutt of negotiations between the
new Irish oablnet and the Brit
ish government, according to a '
report current here tonight and
Irish political prisoners. Includ
ing those sentenced to death, con
fined In both Irish and British
prisons, will be liberated "Wed
nesday or Thursday. The death
penalty prisoners number about
40.
D.WGF.ROrS RITT'ATIOV
IS SOMEWHAT CLARIFIED
PlIlIJN, Jan. 10. (By the A.
sociated Press.) When the .dai!
eireann adjourned tonight by con
sent of all sides to February 14,
the situation which last night was
dangerous and obscure had been to
a gnat extent clarified. The new
president, Arthur Griffith, and a
new cabinet, had been elected and
theway had been smoothed to put
ting into effect the' terms of the
treaty.
The following cablnnt offi
cers were named:
Minister of finance, Michael
Collins.
Foreign affairs, Geo. Gavan
Duffy.
Home affairs, liamon J.
Duggin. i
Local government, William
T. Cosgrave.
Jconomic affa i r s, Bryan
O'Higgins.
- Defense, Richard Mulchay.
Immense relief Is felt In Dublin
at the turn events have taken, and
this will undoubtedly be experi
enced throughout Ireland.
NO 1'F.RMANENT
SeLIT BY DE VALER.X
The temporary withdrawal of
Eamon DeValera and his support
ers from the dail, which rumor hnd
forecast, proved not to involve a
permanent split. Mr. DeValera
confined hi protest to the elec
tion of a new president, declaring
his unwillingness to recognize the
suitability to that post of a man,
who, as chairman of the London
delegation, was bound to give ef
fect to the treaty, which, accord
ing to peValora, subverts the re
public. During- the luncheon hour,, Jar.
DeValera and his associates who
left the halW held a private meet
ing. Some of the more ardent
spirits advocated refusal to return,
but moderate counsel prevailed
and the dail reassembled as a uni
ted body. The DeValera sarty is
meeting again tonight to formulate
plans for the future, but It was
made evident by the numerous
speeches from Mr. DeVaVlera what
those plans are likely to be.
He holds that the decision of the
dail In favor of the treaty binds
him and his adherents not to ob
struct the new government in car
rying out the treaty but he reserves
the right of free criticism, should
Mr. uruiun, in me uapai-uy . ui
chairman Of the provisional gov
ernment, do anything inconsistent
with the rights of the Irish-people
or the existence of the Irish re
public.
HRITISIf MINISTRY
VIEWED WITH SUSPICION -
At the same time be expressed
the conviction that English hos
tility may have to be faced, There
is still in tease suspicion 'existent
on both sides of the dail of the
good faith of the British ministry.
DeValera was clear In his assur
ances of the run support ot his
party in resisting an attack from
an outside enemy.
Mr. Griffith was repeatedly
pressed by Mr. DeValera to define
his position, which uevaiera de
scribed as a new case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde.
Mr. Griffith was challenged to
define his attitude toward the re
public, and it evidently was sup
posed that he would have difficul
ty lit reconciling his position as
presldentx with the position of
chairman of the provisional gov
ernment. Mr. Grimth.ehowever, frankly
recognised during the transition
period the existence of the repub
lic, which he undertook to main
tain, but he said when the Free
Slate was .framed and ready, to
come Into operation there must be
a general election, so that the peo
pde could choose between the free
state and the continuance of the
republic.
ATTITUDE TOWARD " "
GRIFFITH CONSIDERED
MrK.DeValera'a' attitude toward
Mr. Griffith was consldereate and
respectful, and Mr. Griffith ex
pressed bis cordial appreciation of
this.
Some of the DeValera support
ers, notably Ersklne Childers, were
anxious to press upon Mr. Griffith
questions regarding his future ac
tions which were obviously - In
tended to embarrass him. He
finally- lost his temper, declaring
he would answer no questions of
"any damned Jlngllshman" v; ,
This was the first display of real
rtieat by any of the leaders.. His
friends accounted for it by the
fact, as Mr Griffith himself said
later, that he had been engaged
for mapy months In continuoug
UVH M U UW.... "- . . . "
sume responsibility for the new
government, which would tax his
whole strength. ,
The irreconcilsbles sought to op
nose adjournment on the. ground
that meanwhile expenditure could
Lnot be constitutionally incurred 1
without the dall's approval. ' Mr,
Collins assured the members that
no expenditure was involved exv
cept the ordinary weekly wages of
the department officials, which It
was not desirable to stop. . j t,,
Mr. Griffith requested adjourn
ment Indefinitely, but on appeal, by
Mr. DeValera' consented to nx toe
tftwrtemenVw.s lb
14.. A general
uri-wetied. '
TO THE UP-BUILDING
ASHEVLLLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY
GAM
P BRAGG MAY
nr ARHMnnviirn iMiruru mi miimrtrqi
ul nuniiuuiiLu iiulilii hi iiuiiiuliiu;
irii np.pnniinilli in nrniTP nnnnr
UtPIJGMI
Sub-Committee v Decrees
That Either Bragg or
Knox Must Go.
MANY ARMY POSTS
ARE SLATED TO GO
Recommend Sale of Ffirt
Macon and Beacon
Island in N, C.
llHHf0TO3f SnRSftV
us mrius ciruesi
at a s. c. Kii.iri
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jn. 10.
Either t'amp Bragg or Camp Knox
should be abandoned by the fed
eral government, a sub-committee
of the house military affairs com
mittee recommended today.
''We desire to point out specifi
cally." siad the report, "the fact
that at Camp Bragg, Fayettevllle.
N. C, there is included in the artil
lery range 120,454. OS acres of land
a large portion of which we are
advtxed Is of ome value for agri
cultural purposes.
"This particular camp was lo
cated practically after the World
wir wag over. For the sake of
argument It may be conceded that
an artillery range should be lo
cated In the southeastern part of
cur country, but your commlttij
feels that argument is answered
by the establishment of such a
range at Camp Knox. Ky., with an
act ease of 80,264.
"Surely It is not necessary to
tuve two great artillery ranges lo
cated ih the same section of the
country and we most emphatically
recommend that one of these fields
be sold in the Interest of economy
and sano military preparedness."
Cm the present writing It look
I bnd for Camp Bragg, because Ken
tnriejMs more inclined to be repre
sented
RECOMMKNI) DISPOSAL OF
DOZEN OF ARMY POSTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (Bv
the Associated- Press.) Sale of
score of tracts owned by the war
department and the consolidation
or abolishment of a number of
army activities are recommended
by ' a house sub-committee which,
after months of Investigation into
the advisability of disposing of
war department property, niado
public its report today. The find
ings must be approved by thi
house military committee before
act'oii can be taken on thcra by
the house and senate.
The sub-committee approved In
their entirety recommendations of
the war department as to the dis
posal of dozens of army posts and
minor reservations no longer need
ed for war purposes. ,
In addition the sub-committee
recommended, the consolidation at
Camp Kenning. Qa ot the infan
try school conducted there and. the
Vail. N. J., "for , tank officers at I
Camp Meade, Md.. and for the en
flneerlng corps at Camp Humph
rey, Va.. The schools conducted at
the latter three cajnps would be
abandoned.
The report also recommended
abolishment of three motor repair
depots maintained by the army
with civilian Instructors at Camp
HoMblrd, Aid.. Jessup, Ga.. and
Normoyle, Texas. Every military
post the sub-committee held,
should have
shop facilities with
sufficient mechanics among enlist
ed men to do repair work.
Abandonment of remount depots
at Fort Reno. Okla., and Front
Royal. Va., was recommended, with
the suggestion that all remount ac
tivities be centered at Forts Keogii,
Montana, and Robinson, Nebraska.
needed Jn the southeastern part f
the United State.. th rnnrt .eVt I
the United States, the report stated,
recommending "emphatically" that
either Camp Bragg, N. C, which is
a tract 120,000 seres or Camp
Knox. Ky., which la 30,000 acres in
sire be sold.
Stating that It endorsed the war
department's policy of abandoning have SEEN M CRD En
L'.thro?. ."frf"10.?"""!"!;. Tbe vlt"ees who testified in
sub-committee said it might be I turn -that they saw the offlrwr
welt to retain Camp Lewis, Wash l.t a ma n d o w n we re Ch ar 1 e s E
as an artillery rang on account of. Kox, of Rch.mond. Va.; Stone wal
ImZ1.?0. P08KtlOn onhe4Pn:1 Jackson Albin. of Kernstown, Va
clflo coast and because the tract jamM E. Carlton, of Rlchmbnd
was
given io cne government oy.Va.: John n t.ecHv t v.
the people of Washington
.The report stated that a large
number of basses- utilized during
war by the army for warehouses
Should be sold,
Property in the south, which xWSSZ .Th
war department said it no longer occurred InjOctober. ilg.
aPolnt Peter, and Fort wllne'
aWMConina: BeaCn WMd'UtA.fi
Houth Carolina: Forts Freemont
and Ylnvaw and Castle Plnc hnev
"iw sinu vasim i intmiey.
Virginia; ronm nooas.
The sub-committee also approv
ed the war depsrtment's recom
mendation that Camp Hancock",1
Ga,, be turned over to tho public
health service.
Wilson Foundation
Fund Launched By
Asheville Citizen
" " ui,, , r
Contribution and Subscrip
tions Will Be Received
By This Paper
W. B. Henderson of Quebec,
Transylvania county. Is the first
and Mrs. George W. Vanderbllt,
the second to contribute to the
Wood row Wilson Foundation
through The Citizen.
'" - 1. 0 aner vsTterdav received a
stating she would forward 500 to.'" to re-form hla line north ofifrnm Washington that Instructions
be used br the Foundation. I .i mtr nme upie nrea smaa oeen iorwruea mm oy in
-'-A number of Inquiries have been'""6 th command "seemed to be dtpartment of Justice to Rslelgh.
received by The Citlxen from ln-,'n General retreat," and efforts I he made Inquiry at the postofflcs
terested person in regard to the,wr', belmT ide to stop It, Wll-nd telegraph offices for special
Foundation, which Is to be a mil-
Uon doiiar- th. income for which
wilI be used as awards to persons
who perform soms- special public
service, particularly In (the Inter-'
est of world peace. . I
flubKrlptlons' and contributions!
will be received by The Cltteen
gnu forwarded tnrougn tne stats
chairman. - Mrs. Jnaanhua Daniels.
.t-Tt.l.lih. Th. ;m.. ( .11
;;-;ifc,r;r- - :.::zr vi1" .. mncs. aeMDrsti7 ua,
th !
amount, will be preserved by off!
rtslt f the- reuse at to.
OF WESTERN NORTH
MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1922.
WITNESSES BREAK
IN btWAJML PHUBt
Hearing Centers Around
Charges Major Opie
Shot Own Men
HEAR NO, EVIDENCE i
ON HANGING CHARGE
Senator Watson Asserts
He Had Not Brought
Opie's Name in.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Nei
ly ii dor.cn witnesses, all from Vir
ginia, broke about even in num
bers today in testifying for and
against Major Hlerome L. Opie of
Staunton. Va., before a senate com
mittee investigating charges tlint
American scrtfliers had been hand
ed without trial in France.
Hut at the all-clay session there
was no evidence relating specific
ally to hangings. It all swung
around charges that Major Opie, ut
commander of the third battalion,
116th infantry, had shot some of
his own men. Men who had serv
ed with the. regiment, supplement
ing testimony submitted la-st week,
declared they saw Major Opie
shout runners In October. 19 IS
while hl command was in the Ar
gonne offensive. Others who were
with the officer qn the dates men
tioned, asserted that he had- shot
io one and that he only fired to
stop some of his men. apparently
in disordered retreat, in an effort
to reform his line and get troops
back into fighting state.
Chairman Brandegee seeking to
cut through th conflicting evi
dence, endeavored to ascertain the
exact number alleged to. have been
snot, out in me end tnere was
some doubt in the minds ot mem-J
berg as to whether the witnesses
had seen and were attempting to
describe the same alleged slaugh
ter. OI'IE SI J-K.S A
SPEEDY HEARING
Counsel for Major Opie, In a
brief statement at the conclusion
of the Onle testimony, exnraiotnd
Alic hope that there might be a
speedy finding and asked that fur
ther evidence relating to him
might be presented at one time.
Senator Watson, democrat. fSnnr-
gla, whose speech in the senate ledf
to the investigation, opposed any What they recognized was that as
attempt to sjnglo out the Opie, de- long as the French army was kept
daring he was not the prosecutor, "0 trl present strength France
that he had not brought the ma- : would be able to maintain Its stand
Jor's name in and that the major on the subject ot reparations, and
himself was the first to give the I the French stand spelled economic
charged publicly after a wjtness ruin for. Britain. Therefore Brit
had told of the shooting ofNi man "a(l accomplish on of two
by an officer designated as "Major things, the mmoval of the French
lnlv" 1 1 1
As all the testimony, for and i
against Major Oplo was cleared!
from the slate, a special date will!
be fixed for reopening the charges
by the committee In the event fur-
Th. ' W,n.i rfir. ..,i
direct testimony.
againm major vpie tOCJRy Was giv
en by Charles E. Fox, of Rich
mond, Vs., who swore he saw the
officer shoot a runner in the back.
Later counsel for Major Osle re
quested the witness to state wheth- tlftlrl fliimori fnr Viola,
er he, had written a certain letter O-01Q. UWnerS IOr VlOia
whlch had been put Into the rec1; JiOH Of National PrO-
Fox was not certain as to wheth-1 ' hibition Act.'
r he had written it. The letterT
SPi..for!h ,hat Kox was ftn orPnan'i WILMINGTON, N. C Jan. 10.
" iwimen nis motner WI
living. It was presented in what'
was regarded as an attempt to
show that the committee cotBd not -
believe him.
iox was required to copy the
letter In its- entirety and while
there was no explanation as to
wnai me comparison of handwrit-,
ing reviaica tne committee an -
"?"n"l,tHh w!ln?M.a,1',d to Kttanel prohibition act,
".Umnioned. b to W. to, .,,. ,.,
me veracity of Fox would Dot be!
called. Prior to this announcement
orders to call him had been' Issued,
Fox meanwhile being Instructed to
remain In Washington. Finally he
twoki.' ci.iiutvn ftr.
whji excused.
and Dewey D. Hester, of Marion,
Va. Fox placed the Incident he
described as "back of Vordun In
1918." .AJbln and Hester did not
D-Ivt tl-ttt tlH,.,ln 9 , 1 , . ,
.""," r., i BT vn vul",or
8 op 1 "ow because, as ma-
m , . .
TV". ' , -" -
a.. njr men, no saia.
county : Virsin a cZ.i i .
iWht-r
wmm with Ufa .u- j...
KiMpt .Inhn.in.. -art i .
was with Major Oule the davi
Floyd Cunningham was accident- j
ally Jellied, and agreed with Major
Opie'. theory that stragglerTsee-
Inr him rush tn riinnlsihimNi
ing mm rusn to Cunningham side
might have started the re-iort that
ne snot mm. .
Johnstone denied having- told
Stonewall Albln, a witness, not to
testify, as the latter had charged.
Robert W. Bmlth, Kernstown, Va.,
corroborated the testimony of
Johnstone to the effect that he
had told Albin It was his duty to
com before the committee and
"ten the truth."
ATTEMPTED TO
RE-FORM HIS LINE
W. B. Eubanki. Norfolk, test!,
fled he was present , when Major
Opie seized a rifle and "shot over.
eized rl n
attemot-
m . Teel, ' Norfolk. toldT the
committees
f his brief statement to the com-
f" wit-
cochin.: of RlehmorTd. counsel for
the officer, explained he was par-
tlcularly anxious to have all of the
evidence relating to hlro cleared up
".''ir pobbhub mermen c.
... ao not believe that th men
tes-
l"ln MJr.. Pis. except
Cutehiiw declare: "I think they
in tney 1
aid, but I
I really 1 believed what they
1 in ; :ir't-r-J.'
CAROLINA"
aval Treaty In Final Form
Except Details In Regard To
The Pacific Fortifications
Character Of the
Game Revealed To America -By
French-British Alliance
(Br IBANK SIMON DS I
( Sf'ntl i(ttpi4rHflt. Jk itkftitle iti.- )
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 Word
from Onins and London of tin
completion of the test of an agree
ment amounting to a defensive al
liance between Britain and France
should serve finally to enlighten
Americans n.s to the character of
the diphimutU Raine played under
their own eyes in this city during
all the period of the conference up
to the moment of the final aban
donment of the submarine discus
sion. For three years I'rame has
sought a guaranteeof aid in case
of new Gorman aggression. Kh
asked it in Paris in 1 ft 1 9 and was
premised it by Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Lloyd (icorge In return for an
agreement to renounce all claims
to permanent occupation of the left
hank of the Rhine, but the United
State senate rejected the promise
and the British guarantee was con
tingent upon American ratification.
Since that time Krone's has nm
noetivered tnrM at least a British
ytuarantee and Britain hns endeav-
orea to escape giving sucn a pieugc
unless America followed suit.
Most of the paralysis which has
followed in Europe hns been due to
this conflict and the decisive en
gagemeni seems to have bee.i
fouht In the American capital and
to have resulted In a sweeping
French victory. British statesmen.
British Journalists, the wjiolo Brit
ish representation came hero ob
viously Imbued with the Idea that
American aid could be enlisted to
compel the French to abandon
the'r army and to agree to accept
a naval position which rendered
them npwerless to oppose British
wishes.
The British were not afraid of
'''"'1 attack by French militarism.
KOHLOSS RETftlNSlTO EXTEND STATE
BRIT SH
LIQUOR
UUUIUsJ I
SHIP AND
in v, l..r,nlatrf Press.) Htattf
prohibition Director R. A. Kohloss
ar,ived here todav with a message
fp(m Kederat Prohibition Director
ViavnP instructing him to retain
ru.toay of the "Message of Peace,"
prHu,h liquor ship and the cargo
,nd t0 h0M Owner A. Coleman and
captain Thompson under arrest
on charge of violating I
the na-
Mr. Kohloss declared tonight
prohibition agents have been
watching the activities of the
hquor schooner for some time anl
that he would bring witnesses here
for the hearing Saturday.
Mfanwhlle, efflcl a I s declared,
criminal prosecutions will be be
gun In the North Carolina court
gainst members of the crew for
violation of the federal prohibition
laws,
The Message of Pe.vce was seized
last week off the coast of North
Carolina by the coast guard after
she had Stranded on Okracoke Bar
with a cargo ot liquor.
TLCRKR TO PROSECL'TE
THOSE UNDER INDICTMENT
RALEIGH. Jan. 10. Charges of
having sold whiskey while tie
"Message of Peace" was In Ameri
can waters, will be prcferrel
against members of the ships crew.
ur.coedlng to District Attorney
Wilmington.'. The district at tor
rev found Vo Instructions from
fy J. . V ln"7u' llon ',rom
I wmih nrtnn jnon his arrival In
. i,Hiih hut this hn said, whs ss
, V A
mma ciunru. Oium.
the ship and Us cargo legally
Enforcement
: uincer jvoniosn.
Mr. Tucker said he believed suf-
Tcio.nl vlJnc1h1d bn obtained
to. '';ur ""v'ct'on of mem.hr"
h crew on charges of soiling
uhl.i, ,.! .h,. v.,.t . in
whiskey while tho boat was in
American waters. He scoffed a'
the claim of the ship's captain tha'.
she was brought Into port In dl
tress. Hearing before the federal
commissioner at Wilmington is set
for Saturday. Mr. Tucker said he
would appear personally to prose
cute the case against the men. lie
explained that his Interest centere
erllirely on the prosecution of thos-i
a T-r t.mt tn A .ml .tint Hi ri.'i.1rt f 1 1
'the ship and also the cargo of
I liquor now in the customs house
at Wilmington, is up to Mr. Koh
loss. .
Althnush doubting the correct-
tiesu of vestardav's Dress reDOrtl
merges, nnamg none awaiung
mm.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PIlIfK-H TO imnKHMI PRORK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Tenta
tive ' agreement for an Investiga
tion of wholesale and retail prices
throughout tha country to be car
rtd on by the departments of jus
. tloe 'conunerce and Jabot hsa been
erty sld tods-
J .
Diplomatic
obstacle by American pressure or
by Uritish purchase.
You had then from the British
journalists, led by Wells, and al
most without exception, an or
ganized suult upon the French I
army which began when the Brit
ish writers landed and let up to
the moment In the conference at
which the question of land arma
ments came up. Franco, militar
istic. Cliauvlnstlf. using Senega
lese troops to coerce whito Euro
peans, was a picture painted for
Americans daily by British press
mon.
The attark failed.
Mr. Hughes declined to take u
the subject of the Fremji srmy and
Instantly the objective shifted. You
had Instead the attack upon the
French submarine Mr. Wells,
leading the goose-stepping. All this
artillery preparation led up to the
crisis when the French declared
that they would not yield on the
submarine, despite the effect re
fusal might have upon their Amor
Iran situation because they per
ceived quite clearly that American
leadership had quite unconsciously
been manoeuvcred into playing tho
British game.
THE FRENCH
WIN THEIR t.AMF.
But now what has happened?
At the precise moment when
American newspapers' are' stltl de
nouncing the militaristic French,
Irltaln, the champion f the
American Ideas on disarmament, is
cooly negotiating ah alliance with
militaristic France. In other words
the French, ,by holding out - In
Washington and declining to dis
card , their submarine weapon until
they wore paid, Just as tlie British
declined to discard their Japanese
alliance until they were said by
us, have won their game and got
their alliance. Unquestionably we
shall hear little more of French
militarism tn British Journals for
the timet being, or until there Is a
new clash between British and
French purposes. All the bltter-
nmmm whleh hti MTlafi4 hr hn.
tween Frenchmen and Britons has
aisappeareq tor Dnana ana iioyo
George, who are amicably engaged
f ' CntM rttt gltkt
. .1. i i- j -
FAIR GROUNDS BY
FLDATI BONDS
Mrs. Vanderbilt's Help
Working Wonders,
Says Pogpe
cmsa' sews it.iin '
TAMSnsnens aerii.
i$t brock BMW L.ay
RALEIGH. Jan. 10. Plans foY
greatly extending the state fair
grounds and building equipment
were formulated at a tneetlng of
the North fcfcrollna Agricultural
society here this afternoon. Mm.
George. W. Vandnrbllt. president,
presided, having come from Wash
ington this morning.
The new charter, granted by the
special session of the general as
sembly, was formally received by
the society. It provides for life
and annual . memberships, the
former fnr 150 and the latter ut
5 the share.
The society expects to sell sev
eral thousand dollars worth of
memberships and use this money
In the extension of the grounds and
equipment.
Bonds of mound $100,000 will
also be sold and this money used
for the erection of new buildings
and enlarging those already up.
i A new race track is already
'under consi ruction. U will t-oet
J 1 5,000 and will be completed by
next May. The site of the prohtnt
race truck, embracing nine seres,
will be used for the new buildings.
"Lookout for the success of the
slate . fair as the greatest it hns
ever been," declared Colonel .1. It.
rogue, for 20 years the agricul
tural society's secretary. "With the
"l . . . ,, ,
ate to be made at once, wo will be
able to greatly Increase the ex
hibits and North Carolina's stats
fair will be put oi 'the map with
the other big- fair of the coun'.ry.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's support and her
enthusiastic conduct of her office
bus worked wonders In the move
ment to mako the fair bigger and
better."
THREE DEATHS REPORTED
FROM "BLACK SMALL lOX"
FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 10
Doclurlng the small pox epidemic)
now raging, in eastern Oklahoma
It the "black plague" or "black
small pox," physicians and health
olliclals at Fort Smith today Is
sued a request to all employers
operating public places to order
their employes vaccinated without
delay, stating the disease from
Okluhoma was graduully spread
ing and was of the deadliest char
acter. Three deaths were reported to
day at Poteau, the center of the
epidemic;, bringing the total num
ber of victims to 13. Six deaths
jnlso occurred lit Leflore county.
UKia., during tne past, n nours.
STORM OF INTENSITY IS
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. A
storm or margea intensity la cen-
'ri uc iiuruiooi Aisrailia, io
nisni moving nurneaacwara, , ins
weather bureau announced.
Northeast storm -warnings en
the Atlantic ooast from Boston to
the Virginia Gapes and southwest
warnings south ot the capes and
on the gulr'toast at and south of
Tampa were ordered displayed by
the buretu,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GRQWIiMG BELIEF
PARLE! TO LAST
LATE IN JANUARY
Probably Delay Plenary
Session Until Somi
Time Next Week.
shantungTrow has
new lease on life
Consider Separate Treaty
on Submarines and
Poison Gas.
Washington!" jnn. 10. (ftr
the Associated Press.) Except for
details of- the Pacific fortifications '
agreement snd a half dozen lesser
questions of phraseology, the live -power
naval limitation treaty was
put Into final form today at a con '
ference of th heads of the Amer
ican, nrltish, Japanese, French
and Italian delegations. . ,
The question of googaphicI
soope was understood to be the
chief point remaining unsettled In
th fortifications I article, which
provides for maintenance of a (din.
tlflcatlons "status quo" In the Va-
cine, jne Japanese were said to
have agreed tentatively to a
American draft of the article bu
to hve deferred final action until '
they communicate with Toklo,
' As a "result of this development
and other tline-coflsumlng details
of final drafting some of the dele
gates predicted that the full navsl
committee would not be called to
aejt on the treaty before Thursday
oAFrlday and that no plenary tes.
sloV to discuss It publicly .would
be "held until nsxt week. There
wis a consequent postponement of
tentative sailing arrange menu for
the foreign delegations with indi
cations thai a majority believed
the Washington conference would
last till late In January. The day's ,
discussions, -both among- Individual
delegation and at tho meeting of
the "big Ave," an eunderstood to
hava revealed a sTowina inclina
tion to exclude tha submarine and
poison, gas resolutions from Ihe
naval treaty and make them the
jubjeet for a separata agreement.
Whothw thsr will take) the form
or, another treaty or will be at
tached as a nanneg outside the
main :body of the five-power pset
was not finally decided, but the
Impression of many delegates to
night was that they did not nrnn.
rly-telong in the same Instru.
ment with the provlslona for ton
nag limitation.
SEEK TO CLEAR AWAT
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
Meantime the Shantung negot).
atlona, which for several days have
appeared to be near the verge of
dissolution, took a new lease on
life..; Without 'setting- for -ths
present the rentrsl disagreement
over return of the Tsingtao-Tslii-anru
railroad, the Japanese and
Chinese agreed to resume their
separate conversations tomorrow
In an attempt to clear away other
points; ot difference. -
It was Indicated that Secretary ;
Hughes and Arthur J. Balfour,
whose tender of good offices has
not been formally accepted by both
parties to the controversy neverthe-
less were working qulejjj for a
settlement. In some quarters there 1
were suggestions that President
Harding might be asked to mediate ,
In the railroad dispute but It wss
said at the White House that so
far as he had received no formal
invitation to do so. , ,
The five delegation heads cam
together to discuss the naval treaty
today after ach national group
hsd met separately ajid completed .
the detailed sljjdy of the text be
gun yesterday. At tho end ot it
three hour session the "big live"
adjourned to meet again tomor- '
row meaning. In an agreement so
far as pollcry was .concerned on all
the provisions except article re
lating to the pacific fortifications.
A half dozen, other articles. It was
said, rernnmed to be finally cast
into lecal phraseology but none of
these seemed to present any cgn- '
sldersble difficulties.
INVOLVES CERTAIN
JAPANESE IMiANDK
Th question arising over sr
tide 19 Is said to relate to determl
nation of the status, under the for
tlflcatlons agreement of certain
small Japanese islands lying to the
southward of the principle Japan
ese group Whether these Islands
are to h Included In the ternwrjf
within which no further fortifica
tions can bo erected Was not clear
ly defined when the agreement, flrn
was effected Confidence was er.
pressed In Japanese circles tonlglu.
however that Toklo would approve
promptly the delimitation agreed
10 tentatively by them in today's
discussions.
So far ss Its principal feature.- are
concerned there has been no change .
In the fortifications settlement as 11
was draws) up In conjunction with
the American-British-Japanese eree
ment on the 6-5-3 capital ship ratio.
Hawaii remains exempt from the
"status quo" provisions, hut Guam Is
included under it. The prol lm of
determining Its exact geographies!
scope in other areas for thu Pacini
Is on which is' recognised tn bo of
primary Interests to the United Stat"
and Japao and the representatives of
the other powers hao Indicated tlmr
readiness to accept any arrangement
that may bo worked out by these
tWO. , !
ENCROACHES UPON
INTERNATIONAL LAW
To support the suggestion for
separate, agreement regarding suh
marlnescsnd poison gas, It Is argued
that these subject not only are bet'
dlstlntly related to problems of ton
nage limitation, but that th resolu
tions adopted by the naval commit
te in respect to submarine snd gas .
warfare constitute attempts to chons
exlstlnj International law and thscx
fore should not b bound up with ths
fundamentally different mstrumem
which Is to embody tha naval limits-:
tlon contract. - I ; '
Dy many of th delegates It Is
' irltM m tut sXWli
It.
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