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THE WEATHER
WASHINGTON. March C For
. for North and South Carolina
F.ii TSorsday an Friday; wsrmer
f'liiy ana In InUrlor Thyrsdiy.
IUSE LEADERS
IIISTICiIII
JtilllE BONUS
'vtreme Confidence Ex-
i W TTT--1 1
pressea measure win
ePassedby Night
3SPITALIZATION
BILL COMING UF
Wley Will Call Meas-
ire, JMOb xixpecwju io
(Jet Right of Way
WASHINGTON. March 32. Ex-
lerae confidence that the soldiers
i.MJ bin wouia oe pssq Dy tne
. iwtf before sundown tomorrow
fw expressed today by republi-
I4a leaders jn cnarse oi me ieg-
b'iilion.
rh tet preliminary te; to the
.ntation of their program was
tkea today with the adoption by
M fWs committee vi a. rwoiu-
.lptrauoil u-ij aim o-mus noiur
mjr Hours iu.eau ui wiu usual
Prtr minutes for debate.
This resolution rai to be pre
lieA when the house convened
j ii a. n.. tcmprrow, an hour
mi oi the usual time. Demo
mic leadtrtj planned to moko a
etermined fight against the res
iation, but the resolutions com
ities were satisfied that It would
lialti the necessary majority for
i adoption.
WU'n the adoption ot the rule,
jealter CiiMott was expected to
fcoj!l!?e Chairman Fordney. of
u ways and means committee,
ir1 motion to suspend the rules
id p& the bonus bill.
A -two-thirds majority would bo
tceaury to suspend the rules and
isatlie bill but It was staled on
il (ides thfat far more than this
injwtty would be obtained. Lead
k roppnrters of the measure did
ot expect the. total voles against
to exceed 7 5 whilo some oppo
titl said the negative vote piob
bly would not fro beyond 80.
I'tider a suspension of the rules
!n bill could not be amended in
il particular nor could opponents
)J(f a motion to recommit with
rsWttor.s to the ways and means
raimle.to to make changes in the
r.mure. Democratic leaders in
Sr ficht on the resolution for
wpenfton planned to lay empha
li ion this situation. They el
ated the minority membership
j rote almost solidly against the
solution and counted on some
jppoit from the republican side.
After a conference today with
itjideiit Harding about his bill
(appropriate $17,000,000 for hes
itate for sick and disabled voter
na Representative Langley, Ken
KkS, announced he would try to
jll the measure up ahead ot the
nws bill. Representative Mon--41,
of Wyoming, the majority
and Chairman Cninpi ol
rules committer. id, Jiow
twrVnat fio would be unsuccess
ful. Mr. Mondel4-6?ld the hos
",;ation tlU would be taken up
ben'
Informal conferences of some
'tfe: delegates were held today j
nth' a view to obtaining an exact
m tip of the members on the bo
as bill and others will be held
timorrow. It . was Indicated that
greatest opposition to the bo-
Iis ftpm the republican side would
imd from the New York and,
r 'England delegations. The
sposition un the democratic side
hi ej'iented to be scattered.
JfCOKMICK DECIiARINC.
HILL WILL SOON PASS
CHICAGO. Match 22. Medill
vCufmU k today sent assurances
General Milton J. Foreman.
iwirarv past national commander
i the American Legion that "the
ijuprVrl (ompensatlon act will
artiy pans the house of repre
itatives and also will pass the
lite" without undue delay."
EEJjtS WILL GIVE OUT
. IKOMA FINDINGS TODAY
wetary Does Not fcow Believe
replacement Is Military Need
WASHINGTON, Mart 22.
jecretary Weeks had before him
Nfht lor examination the re-
m or the special imy board
rea iv uieuteoant-coionei
ittw G. Fisher, appointed to in-
Wnale the wrecklnir of the army
fmi-rlcirl diriAble '- Kbma at
mpton. va., Recently, with tne
ff many lives. Pending his
T of 'he docuttient, .the eecre-
FT f' Imed to make nubile the
f"o iln.lings but iaid he ex-
"a to give out the report to-
ow.
drfinitc decision has been
efl by tho war department as
1 r the question of whether the
is to ho placed In the army
sdnii e. Weeks said this de
"lon was not necessarily depend
t In uuy way upon the finding's
"ie hoard which investigated
0 dlatl'r Kilt nrniflrl VhnAI-t
far a careful study of the prob
military value of dirigible
"ipp. l or his own part, tha war
in lncutiea to oeneve
" auch aircraft hnv not suffl-
I'Jii vaiu,, to warrant a project
"Placement of the Roma,
un possble use for ships of the
,nu type that has occurred to
ir,l'.'irlnient officials, is that
"joiigiit act In war time as air-
V"-. v.nriors to take airplanes to
ls'iit. zone of action .without
fny ,,v..r tho territory of any
''was pointed out today that
'lying of airplanes or balloons
Mexican or Canadian terrl-
'n t.nie of peace has wet with
'""Il and that n n imp
nio necessary to .increase
: "Umber
"J I'ltni down tn tho mni, wi.IlM
met by similar protests that
rriitv '
lat in lrlal" believe It poaslble
Mil.. . n an nerency a light-inan-air
dirigible likt the Roma
toiJ employed to carry plane
pr and entirely by a aea routa
cene of their Intended on.
-jiiuns. ;
It hn'ar dePartment haa not as
Ion ,v, any P'an fr experiments
In U h!s J'"8 and Mr. Weeks ln-
I'umY , y 'tn',t the,, question
llmat .l1?",1! 'h "oard which
Mha .in, """" "very ynaso
hit.. ?'nUai7 posslbllltios df the
--Mian-air fiyine oraft. , ,
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i THE ABBEVILLE
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TABUSHED 1868.
AMERICA'S NOTE MAINTAINS
JUSTICE OF HER CLAIM ON
GERMAN REPARATION FUNDS
Rights to Money for Support
to Be Recognized, But
In Note to All
WASHINGTON, March 22. The
American army of occupation was
sent into Germany and was con
tinued there upon the basis of the
right of the United 8taie to "be
paid its actual cost upon an equal
footing with the alii.-?," and this
government "is unable to conclude
that the justice of its claim is not
fully recognized," accordlns to
identical communications delivered
today by American diplomatic rep
resentatives to the governments of
Belgium, Great Britain. France,
Italy and Japan.
The notes were delivered under
instructions from Secretary of State
Hughes and were occasioned by
recent information from American
observers in Europe that the allied
governments apparently contem
plated arrangements which would
Ignore American army costs alto
gether, although estimates both
for army costs and reparations
were being made on the basis of
the entire capacity of the German
government to pay.
The amount of the claims of the
United States for its, army copt. the
notes declared, was understood to
be free from any substantial dis
pute, but it was deemed to bo ap
propriate, "in view of recent de
velopments." to acquaint the al
lied governments with the repeat
edly reiterated statement that the
government of tho United States
waa expecting full payment of the
costs of itt army in the Rhine
land. BaKis of American Claim
Is In the Armistice
Basis for the American claim,
the notes pointed out, was found
in the armistice agreement, to
which the United States was signa
tory and which provided for mili
tary occupation of Germany bv the
allied and American forces Jointly.
Tho agreement, the notes recited,
expressly provided that the upkeep
of tho troops of occupation in the
Rhine 'district should be charged
to the German government, and it
was expressed as the view of the
American government that the
COURT TO DECIDE
POWER IN STATE
Whether Governor Can
Imprison After Sentence
Expires Questioned
cunts vm rnno
, TUWCOtclK V3T1L
RALEIGH ,N. C, Mar. 22. The
authority of the governor to re
voke a parole after the date of ex
piration of the original sentence Is
being contested in the supreme
court of North Carolina for the
first time.
In a case argued yesterday, and
on whlch a decision is expected
within the next week, Joe Tates, of
New Hanover county, la seeking
his freedom from the chaingang
with the contention that revoca
tion ot his parole was ordered by
Governor Morrison 12 months
after the date the original sen
tence ejpircd and that, therefore,
the governor now ha.s :io power,
legal or otherwise, to order him
into custody.
Yates was sentenced October 28,
1919, to 12 months on the roads
for operating a still. Governor
Blckett paroled him December 10
of the same year upon condition
that he be of good condition, re
serving tho privilege of revoking
the parole should he at any time
violate the conditions.
It seems that Tates was a good
citizen until within the last year
when ha was convicted In the re.
corder's court once of disorderly
conduct and twice of drunkenness
In one case he was sentenced to SO'
days. Last December, Governor
Morrison revoked the parole "upon
satisfactory information that the
terms of said parole have been vio
lated" Say Governor Hokls Man's
Liberty lor Mfe.
Attorneys for Tates argued be
fore "tho supreme court that if a
governor has the authority to re
voke a parole after the date of ex
piration of the prison or road sen
tence, the executive is holding in
his hands the liberty of a man for
the remainder of his life, since tho
threat Is continuously there to re
mand him back into custody for a
crime for which he had been par
donad. .Consequently, the attor
neys argued, when an original term
has expired, tho governor has no
power, legal or otherwise, to order
the man parolled back Into cus
tody. -
Assistant Attorney-General
Frank Nash contended that tha ac
ceptance of a parole Is the promise
of a prisoner to live within thj
law, and that the Issuance of on
la always with the understanding
that violations shall not occur
again. A parole Is a guarantee for
the protection of society while lib
erty ia granted to a prisoner. I
Similar esses have been up be-
fore In other stales but it Is the
first contest In this state of the
system used by a governor In ex
ercising the pardoning power. It
is recognlacd as quite a slgmltlcant
point of law because of tha hun-l
dreds In the state who are under
parole. A decision against the,
state would lease many of these
from obligations assumed at the
time of the parole by reason of
their past offenses.
Tates appealed to . Superior
Court Judge George ttjConnor un
der write of habeai cdrpua for his
freedom, and this being refused he
brought the case to the suprema
court. , .'",', i
In most of the other states
where this point has been decided,
It was held a parole may be re
voked at any time during the per
son's Me should he violate Its con
ditions. In one or two states,
where a pardon board with limited
power extends mercy, the supreme
courts have decided to the con
Mrary. '
PAROLE
REVOKING
Di?ICATODTO THE UP-BU1LDING
of Army on Rhine Shown
Plan to Pay Ignored
the Allies.
armistice agreement 'had the clear
Import" that the powers associ
ated in that joint enterprise
"should stand upon an equal foot
ing as to tho payment of all the
actual costs of their armies of oc
cupation." Priority payment for the total
cost of all armies of occupation
was imposed by the treaty of Ver
sailles, the notes set forth, and since I
the right of the United States to
share In that priority was "not ex
pressly conditioned" upon ratifica
tion of the treaty by the United
States, failure to ratify should not
be construed as affecting in any
way American rights. In that con
nection, the notes pointed out that
"Germany haa explicitly consented
to the priority of payment of the
cost of the American army ot oc
cupation notwithstanding the fact
that tho treaty of Versailles has not
been ratitlea by the United States,"
and that, hence, "any technical ob
jection" to the discharge f.f llv?
just claim of the United States
would necessarily rest solely upon
the refusal of the allied powers
themselves to permit the discharge
of an "admittedly equitable claim,"
and it was insisted that the rights
of America were freo from any
technical objection.
Is Shown That Other
Nations Arei Paid
The notes set forth that the to-1
tal cost of all armies of occupa
tion from November 11, 191 S. to
May 1, 1921. amounted to 3.6:13.
2S2.000 gold marks; that the
amounts due to Belgium. Franco
and Italy for their army costs lor
that period had been paid in full
and that the unpaid balance due
May 1. 1921. amounted to 1.C60,
090,000 gold marks, of which i"iB,
374.000 gold marks were du.? the
United States and the remainder
due the British empire. It was
pointed out also that the British
government had received 1, "0,696. -000
gold marks between May 1 and
December 31, 1921, and that the
"payment was expressly made and
received subject to tho rights of
the United States."
WITNESS CLAIMS
Held Money In Eschow
and Was to Have Gotten
Liquor Is Testimony
MIAMI. Fla'.. March 22, Wil
liam' J! Spillard, a member of tho
flying squadron of prohibition
agents which began a clean-up
campaign here Monday, testified
at the preliminary hearing today of
five persons charged with conspir
acy to violate the Volstead law,
that C. M. Clayton, vice-president
of the Miami National bank, wrote
the agreement by which he was to
purchase for $4,050 a cargo of li
quor. Clayton, with W. C. Whelps, T.
N. Lewis, Foster Sloan and Mrs.
G. O. Harrison, co-defendants,
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Graham.
Spillard said that he had been
directed to Lewis, whom he was
told could supply him with liquor
In large quantities. With two oth
er government agents and Lowls,
Spldard said he went to the bank,
where they met Clayton. Clayton
was told, Spillard testified, that
the negotiations were for the pur
chase of 100 cases (if liquor, whis
key at $43 a case and gin at $30.
Upon settlement of terms. Spillard
testified, Clayton wrote the agree
ment and he (Spillard) turned over
$3,300 to him to be held In escrow
until the liquor was delivered. Tne
agreement was made out in four
copies, he said.
Spillard said Lewis and Phelps
then arranged for the boat to bring
the liquor Into Miami from Nas
sau. It was to be taken to a va
cant house on the water front.
Spillard went to the house, he said,
where Sloan and Mrs. Harrison
were guarding the liquor. He was
accompanied by K. B. Henson, an
official of the prohibition depart
ment, and another agent. They
looked over the liquor, and were
shown a part of it that had been
set aside as Clayton's part for his
assistance in the deal, the witness
testified The party then returned
to the bank, where a clerk told
them that Clayton would see them
at his home.. While they went to
the banker's' home to turn over
the money in escrow to Phelps,
other government agents went to
tho vacant house and confiscated
the liquor Spillard eald.
At this point in his testimony,
the hearing adjourned until to
morrow morning.
The government has about a
dozen witnesses to introduce, it
was announced.
The raiding equad marked time
today and the only other develop
ment In the drive was the an
nouncement by Colonel U O. Nutt,
bead of the narcotic division of the
(nternal revenue bureau, iq per
sonal charge here now, that seiz
ure of more than $200,000 worth
of liquor had been frustrated be
cause "tips" had gono forth. He
gave no Intimation as to what ac
tion he would take against in
formers. DOUGLAS IS CONVICTEP
OF MURDER OF SHERIFF
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March
23. James Douglas, charged with
the murder of Sheriff A. Xi. Catron,
of Valker county, Georgia, on May
28, 1921, when he attempted to
arrest Douglas for rum running
was convicted of murder In the
first degree and given a life sen
tence by a jury at Summervllle this
morning.
FEDERAL SEIZURE 18
- CONDUCTED AT MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Mar. 22.--Narcotic
drugs, imported whlsxey
and automobiles valued at almost
$35,000 were seised by the police
last night and early today in a ae
ries of raids which resulted In a
number of arrest on charges of
violation of the liquor and narcotic
laws. -
DANKER DREW UP
LIQUOR COMPACT
ASHEyiLLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 23,
SENATE IN NIGHT
SESSION TO HEAR
TREATY0RAT0RY
Pomerene Characterizes
Pact as Pocket Edition
of Article Ten
LAFOLLETTE HEARD
IN DENUNCIATION
Says American Interests
Sure to "Be Outvoted by
Japs and English
WASHINGTON, Mar. 22. Eight
hours more of oratory, divided
about equally between praise and
condemnation of the four-power
Pacific treaty, went into the sen
ate record today as ratification de
bate approached Its conclusion.
So many senators wanted to get
their views recorded before the
hour for voting arrives on Friday,
that an nil-afternoon session was
not sufficient to accommodate
thcni. For the first time since the
debate began the senate recessed
for dinner and met again in the
evening to let the .discussion wear
itself out.
On the side of the treaty pro
ponents. Senator Pomerene, Ohio'
democrat, took u the fight for
ratification with a speech telling
his party colleagues they could not
consistently opposo tho four-power
pact lr ttiey nad honestly favored
the league of nations. J-n charac
terized the treaty as "pocket odl
tlon" of the celebrated Article X
of the league covennnt and said
that, although he would have pre
ferred the league or the "associa
tion of nations" advocated by
President Harding, it would be in
excusable to reject the'reglonal un
derstanding now offered.
For the opposition the debate
was opened by Senator LaKollctte.
republican. Wisconsin, who de
nounced the treaty as a "British
Japanese scheme to merge tho
Anglo-Japanese alliance into an
other alliance binding the United
States to support imperialistic poli
cies in the Pacific and the Far
East. In any conference held un
der the treaty, he said, the Ameri
can representative was certain to
be out voted by a Japanese-British
combination against American in
terests. Senator Shortrldge. republican.
California, and Senator Townsend'
republican, Michigan, also spoke in
favor of ratification at the after
noon session, the former arguing
that the provision excluding "do
mestic isKues from the scope of the
treaty constituted an admission by
Japan of the right of the United
States to handle the Pacific coast
Immigration problem In its own
way. At the evening session Sena
tors Walsh, democrat, of Massa
chusetts.and Sheppard, democrat,
of Texas',, nere given right of way1
to delivef prepared addresses op
posing ratification.
Little running debate was de
veloped by long succession of ad
dresses, the speakers showing a
reluctance to permit interruptions
in view of the limit on debate.
Conferences between variou
senate groups took place while the
day's discussion wss In progress
and although some of the "irre
concilable" group declared they
had consolidated an opposition to
talling within two or three votos of
enough to defeat ratification, the
administration leaders insisted the
margin would be much greater.
The leaders also stood pat on their
predictions that no reservation
would be adopted except tho "no
alliance" declaration drawn by the
foreign relations committee.
In all sven reservations and one
amendment are pending and It was
Indicated today that at least one
more would be presented before
the final vote. It is expected to
provide that each signatory nation
shall decide for itself what ques
tions constitute "domestic issues"
within thn meaning of the treaty.
JURY IS OUT IN CASE
OF SOUTH CAROLINIAN
Judxc Stays Up Till Nearly Mid
night to Got Verdict, Retires.
LANCASTER, 8. C, Mar. 22.
Tha case ot Charles D, Jones, law
yer and banker, on trial here since
'fist Friday on one of five indict
ment charging breach of trust and
misappropriation of funds of the
Lancaster Mercantile com piny,
while he was Its president, went to
the jury at 5 o'clock this after
noon. No verdict had been
reached at 7:30, when the Jury
went to supper.
The crowd of spectators in the
courthouse remained early tonight
awaiting a verdict.
Four speeches in argument be
fore the Jury were heard today, D.
W. Robinson leading off for the
state followed by Claude N.'Sapp
and Thomas F. McDow for the de
fense and Judge Mendel smith
closing for the state. Mr. Sapp
declared that a conspiracy had
been entered Into by Colonel Leroy
Springs iuid John T. Stevens, of
ficers of the Lancaster Mercantile
company, at whose Instance Jones
was Indicted after being deposed
a, president for the company, to
crush the defendant sociallv and
financially and get rid of him as
a competitor.
Judge Smith reviewed the evi
dence in detail and appealed to the
jury to convict Jones. He declared
the evidence showed him to be
guilty of misappropriation of the
company's funds and breach of
trust with fradulent Intent.
Just before midnight Judge
Bowman left the courtroom and
went to his hotel, instructing the
sheriff to call him if the Jury haj
any report to make any time dur
ing the nighU No report had
come from the Jury room Bince it
resumed deliberation after supper.
ROBERT MERRITT FOUND
OUILTT A SECOND TIME
D0CGLA3, Ga,, Mar. 22-Rob-ert
Merritt was found guilty of
murder, with a recommendation of
mercy by a Jury here tonight in
connection with the shooting of
Walter Harper, three years ago.
He was sentenced to a lire term In
prison. A similar sentence im
posod last year was reversed by
the Supreme court. Two years be
fore this killing, Harper killed the
father of Robert Merritt. Threo
years ago young Merritt was serv
ing a sentence on a chaingang
when Harper passed. Toung Mer
ritt grasped a shotgun from a corr
vict guard and shot Harper
OF WESTERN NORTH
Government Loses
Amendment to Its
Irish Jtate Bill
Defeat Xot Likely to In
voke F ate of Ministry
at This Time
LONDON. March :'.'. (By
The Associated Press.) The
government was defeated in
the bouse of lords this evening
by the adoption of an amend
ment to the Irish Free Slate bill
to guarantee pensions to Irish
civil vernts. The vote was
to 4.
The defeat of the government
by two oles is not likely to in
volve the fate of the ministry at
the present stage. The amend
ment will be rejected by the
house of eornmAns and when the
bill i returned to the bouse of
lords the rejection probably will
be accepted in accordance with
the statement of Lord Umds
downe in the Upper liou.-ie on
Tuesday that if it became a
choice between tho lords' pro
posed amendments and t lie
measure itself, he would faor
droppiu;; the amendments when
the , in came back from the
commons.
Apart from this incident, to
night's debate in the upper
chamber was uneventful.
Comes lake a Bombshell
and May Cause Fall of
the Wirth Cabinet
PARIS, March 22. (Ry ..he As
sndated I'ress.j A partial mora
torium has lucn given Germany
for her rep iriUons payments in
according to a decision of
the rey-aratiotw commission made
public here today. The plan car
ries with It a specific, obligation on
the part of Germany to raise six
ty billion marks, paper, in addi
tion to capltil taxes; to float an
Internal loan to balance her bud
get, to tnp the exportation of cap
ital and make the Reichsbank in
dependent to radically reduce ex
penses to submit to a rywem of su
pervision through obligatory con
sultations with a commission on
Cuarantees anil either to float an
international loan or to make a
levy on capital to raise a substan
tial sum for reparatidns,
T'.io moratorium is conditioned
upon the fulfillment of the. condi
tions of the commission by May 31.
which. rony be revoked later K
Germany does not continue to com
ply with them. Tho commission
calls for the execution of the
Cannes agreement, providing for
the payment of 720,000,000 gold
marks and 1.450,000 marks In
goods during 1822. As Germany
has paid about 282,000,000 gold
marks in ten payments, there re
mains a balance of 438,000,000
marks due.
CABINET COUNCIL CALLED
TO CONSIDER SITUATION
PURLIN. March 22. (By the
Associated Press.) The decision of
the reparatiens commission in Ger
many's request for a moratorium,
with the details of the payments to
be made and the guarantees to be
given, were printed In the after
noon papers here today. The de
cision fell liko a bott.b shell In
the official quarters in Y'hlhelm
strassc and In the rcichstag created
aner and dismay.
The news arrived during a sit
ting of the foreign affairs com
mittee, whict was attended by the
chancellor and other mlnlate-m.
The sitting was immediately sus
pended and a cabinet council was
summoned to consider the situa
tion. It was assorted in certain well
informed entente circle today that
If the decision of the commission
Is persisted in, the Wirth cabinet
will fall before a storm of protest.
Tho official German attitude on
the decision of the reparations
commission is In striking contrast
to the editorial outbreaks on the
subject which were based on an
unofficial version of the commis
sion's findings, received in Ber
lin this afternoon
Chancellor Wirth and his col
leagues betray no outward signs of
perturbation, and pending nn in
spection of the official text of the
communications, which ariived
late this afternoon, they are de
ferring comment.
Official quarters permit the In
ference that It is believed the de
cision does not beat- the character
of an ultimatum, but that it leaves
the way open for a counter-proposal
or fresh negotiations.
MISSISSIPPI SENATF. NOT
CONCURRING IN MEASURE
JACKSON, Miss., March 22.
Inquiry directly Into the charges
made by Governor Lee M. Russell
that suit for $100,000 damages,
filed against him by Miss Frances
F.lrkhead, a former stenographer,
was fostered by what the governor
termed "outlawed" fire insurance
interests was expected to be taken
up at a session tomorrow of the
committee named by the Missis
sippi bouse of representatives to
investigate this and other allega
tions made by Governor Russell.
Another development today in
connection with the Insurance sit
uation In Mississippi was the re
fusal of the senate to concur in a
house bill, adopted yesterday, pro
viding for the establishment and
operation of fire insurance rate
making bureaus under state super
vision and regulation. The resolu
tion not to concur was adopted by
a viva voice vote without debate.
THINK PORTRAITS REAL ,
OF PETER AND PAUL
ROME, March 22. What are
believed to be contemporary por
traits of St. Peter and St. Paul,
have been discovered In & hypo
geum, or underground structure
of the Roman (Ppoch. The belief In
their authenticity is shared by the
well knowti archoologlst, Professor
Liuiltanl.
MORA
OR M
0
GERMANY
CU
ANGER
DISMAY
CITIZEN
CAROLINA"
1922.
HELD
BRIBE CHARGE
Alleged to Accent Bribe to
Permit OpeAtion of
Insolvent Bank
GIVES BOND FOR
HIS APPERANCE
Former Bank Commis
sioner and Capitalists
Under Indictment
OKMVLGEB. OUia.. March --;'lty
the Associated I'le.-ti
Governor .1. It. A. Kobe,-, . ,
Oklahoma, submitted to a
bore tomuh: on i cliarso oi i
ceptlng a bribe to permit op. r.i.
t.on of the Guaranty State ltU
of Okmulgee while "it was i U:i
i'-llegod insolvent conditio:). The
governor lmnicd i.uelv gave bond
cf $."..000 I'..,- ips appearance nt
t.-ial.
Governor IU br:.son nitii Fred
G. Dennis, former uate bunking
rommifi.sloni'ir, and several bca
capitalists, were named in indict
ments returned estcrdav bv the
grand jury wbleh Investigated
fiiihjivji of Mate banks in Okmul
gee county. The grand jury
chaxgeU that alleged quotf ionable
manipulations had been conducted
by a state bank, said to bo Insol
vent and were continued after Its
purchase by another bank here,
culminating In the failure of the
Institution.
Roth Governor Robertson and
.Mr. Dennis were charged with ac
cepting a bribe to permit the Guar
anty State Dank here to continue
to operate after, it was aliened,
they knew It wan Insolvent.
The indlctpients against the lo
c; I men. all active officers in the
two banks, contained chargts of
embezzlement, accepting a bribe,
bribing an officer, receiving depos
its In an insolvent bank, perjury
and borrowing money while acting
us bank ofllce r.
All the defendants late today had
np PDA red and had given bond
pending theii trial, except Den
nis, r.nd four men reported to be
out ot the city, two of whom are
named in connccUjm with failure
of Mate banks tit Preston and
Hoffman.
Y
TO 1H0 MEN
Two Members of House
Believe the Senate Will
Raise That Number
WASHINGTON. March 22. The
house gave Its approval today to a
provision ot the army appropria
tion bill which would require the
reduction by July of the regular
army enlisted strength to 115,000
men and then proceeded to enter
upon a prolonged discussion of
whether congress should direct
the return to tho United States of
certain troops stationed In China,
Hawaii, the Panama Canal stone
an'd on the Rhine. Secretary Weeks
has already ordered the with
drawal of the troops from the
Rhine.
The bill provides that before the
beginning of the coming fiscal year
approximately 0.600 troops sta
tioned in Hawaii, 2.000 men on
duty in the canal zone and the
entire force" of 600 garrisoned in
China as well an all but BOO men
and officers in the army of occu
pation in Germany must be brought
back to continental United States.
Representative Crago. republi
can. Pennsylvania raised a point
of order against the provision on
the ground that congress was at
tempting to usutp the power of
the President of direct troop move
ments. The point of order however
was overruled by Representative
Longworth. republican, Ohio, pre
siding, Who declared that while he
did so "with personal regret," he
believed congress in appropriating
for maintenance of troops could
properly place such limitations on
the President and war department.
A motion to eliminate tho pro
vision from tho bill was then
made by Representative Rogers,
republican, Massachusetts, but the
house adjourned before a vote was
taken. The bill will be taken up
again Friday.
During discussion of the enlisted
strength provision both Repre
sentatives Sissou, democrat, Missis,
sippi and Mann, republican, Illi
nois, predicted the senate would
Insist on a larger army than the
house and that, the figure finally
agreed upon would be tn excess of
that fixed by the house.
DRIVE TO EXTERMINATE
SHIP WORM 18 LAUNCIIF.D
NEW TORK. March 22. Thi
campaign to exterminate the ship
worm, now said to be threatening
the eastern seaboard after boring
its way through millions ot dol
lars worth of marine property In
San FTanclscn htirbor. tonight was
formally launched nt a meeting
held to arrange for appoint ment of
committees at arlous Atlantic
ports.
Krnest P. Goodrich, a member of
the American Society of Consult
ing Engineers, will head tho New
York port committee. Other com
mittees will be formed in New
England, Chesapeake Ray, Charles
ton. 8. C, and two culf poi ts. The
campaign on the Pacific coast will
be Intensified with organization of
a militant body In the Pujet sound
region.
A paper by Dr. Herman Von
Sohenck of St. Louis, consulting
railroad engineer, read at the
meeting said: '
"For years we have believed
that the sewerage pollution of tho
waters of the New York district
has rendered these worm attacks
problematical. Out of late it has
been discovered that the teredo
navalls appears with as much vig
or et the mouth of larfe sewers a
11 does elsewhere."
OKLAHOMA
E IE
HOUSE
APPROVES ARBITRATORS
REDUCING
M
PRICE nVE CENTS.
WilfiNaval Abandonment
Of Atlantic By U. S.
Forecast By Expert
Khedive Hailed as
Egypt's King With
Pomp and Ceremony
,3.
if tt , i
Ahmed Pasha, khedive of F.gyot,
vvlth due pomp and ceremony has
announced that P.irypt Is an inde
pendert and sovereign state and
that he h.i.s assumed the title of
king. The ltrltish High Commis
sions. Field Marshal Irfird Alien
by. congratulated Kin? Fund,
whom he addressed ns "yoltr ma
jesty." OF
E
EYET
AT
Final Effort to Adjust
Claims Hard Coal Mines
to Be Made Today
NEW TORK. Mar. 22. After
being closeted for two flays In Joint
conference, members of the an
thracite miners' and operators'
wugu arbitration committee of
eight announced tonight that they
were still at loggerheads.
One more session Woi oe held
tomorrow In a final attempt to
settle wage differences befors
labor members of the committee
tuave for Cleveland, to marshal the
six hundred thousand anthracite
and bituminous miners ot the na
tion tor the general strike ordered
for April l.yf
"We havo' agreed upon nothing,"
lohn L. Iwls, international presi
dent of the United Mine Workers
i f Amerloa, announced at the close
of today's session. "Our - discus
.'Ions with the operators have been
confined to general conditions in
the industry.
''Although operators have de
c's red they will not Increase
wages, but will demand that they
be decreased, they have not yet
made specific proposals befom tho
committee ot eight. In the mean
time we are standing on our lit
demands for higher wages and bet
ter working conditions."
The operators declined to com
ment on the results of today's ses
sion. Mr. Lewis today refused to con
sider seriously the suggestion of
Frank Fiirrlngton. president of tho
Illinois bituminous district for ne
gotiation of 11. Hopjfrate agreement
with operators which would per
mit Illinois workers to disregard
the general strike edict.
".Mr. Farrlnston's statements are
Inronequental," be declined. "The
lillnol miners nro with us, and
tne United Mine Workers 'will
present a solid front when the
strike becomes effective.'"-.
COAL MINF.RS All I, PLANNING
TO NTIUKK INDEFINITELY
INDIANA POLIH, Ind., Mar. -22.
Without hope apparently, of do
vebq. merits forestalling ..the coal
strike set for April 1, officials cf
the United Minn Worker? of
America tonight .declared that the
miners were ready for a general
susni nslon of many weeks dura
tion. .None. ..however, would pre
diet how long the walkout would
continue, asserting that their tight
could continue indefinitely.
While no official forecast of the
length of the strike was made, it
was Indicated authoritatively that
the union officials felt that ar.v
wae conference with operators of
the central competitive field was
doubtful until the big coal stocks
now on hand had been depleted.
Operators here uaid that lh elm Lu
If'ti hand would meet the country's
requirement .for two months and
'hat meanwhile non-union fields
rould supply half, of the normal
demand.
While, the strike in the soft coal
fields hinges on the situation tn
tlw central competitive bold, which
Is the union's basis for wuges of
cil soft coal districts, the strike 111
Pennsylvania anthracite fields may
bo ended before that in tho soft
coal fields for negotiations are un
der way for a new anthracite wage
agreement.
SOFT COAL COST SHOWS
OVER 100 PERCENT RISE
CHICAGO. March 22. The
average Increase, in the cost of soft
coal at the mine since 1914, has
been 105 per cent, according to re
plies to a questionnaire sent lo
nearly 4 consumers; with an np-
".'tf'BiiHfWntf ft.i ftp TiraJ
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WAG
LOGGERHEADS
H PAGES
TODAY
f LIKELY
T
E OF BIG
CUT IN FORCES
1 Efficiency Not Otherwise
Possible Under Reduc
tion of Armaments
i INTERESTSNOW
; ARE IN PACIFIC
; Norfolk Naval Base Would
j Be Only One Necessary
! In an Emergency
j Washington! '.Mar.h 22.-
I Itadh-al reductions in the navy
'discussed by bi'iisi. appropriations
committee members may result In
naval -abandonment. of Atlantic?
waters and concentration of tha
fleet in the ("acme, sono.i navy of
tlciais bell.. ve. Klllclent training
for war of the reduced establish
ment It was explained by one of.
hVci today Would require such ae
lion. The navy department has
made 110 plans. n far as Is known
s lo steps to be taken should con-
iiross or er u reduction in enlist
ed personnel t ) tij.OOO as is un
derstood to lie the plan of the
house appropriations sub-commit,
tee. Careful studies have been
made, however, of the number ut
major craft it would be possible to
keep in commission even with re
duced complement uf that Lastln.
These studies ar :Jd to havo
shown that not more than 12 bat
tleships, or two-thirds ot the naval
limitation treaty strength of tha
fleet, could bo operated and pro.
vlded with the destroyers and oth
er auxiliary uroft necessary for
working out fleet problems and
keeping the navy afloat In trim
for war. Th belief of tome offi
cers that coHisolldatiim 'of the.
floating navy Into a single fleet in
the Pacific would result from so
radical a cut in-the sixe crises
from their conviction that It would
be impossible to give necessary
war training .'otherwise. Should
the fleet remain divided Into two
six battleship organisations It ws
said its lighting efficiency could,
not bo maintained.
Oversea Interest Lie;
MoHtly In Vacuus .
There Is efery ralion to expect
these officers believe, that it the
navy Is reduced to a ono fleet ba
sis, thait fleet would ba etatloneil
In the paclflo because American
overseas Interests lie very largely
In thoso waters. It waa sufficiently
Indicated, it was added, by tbe '
calling of the recent Washington
naval and Far Eastern conference
to make it obvious that it Is tho
policy of tho government to keei
a substantial naval force In Pa
cific waters. - ,
What the effect of a transfer ol
the whole navy afloat to the Pa
clflo might have, cm the Atlantic
shore establishment was not art
6l early indicated It .was said, al
though it, waa aprtarcnt thai' its
would not bo necessary to main- ,,
tain all' of the six Atlantic, coast
navy yards and other bases and,
stations designed only to serve the
fleet. From a strategic point of
view, many naval officials regard
the Norfolk naval buo as the only
0110 essential even with the fleet;
in the Pacific. It would ba re
tained. It was said, no matter
what was done with the navy
afloat its it would bo needed tt
care for the ships should any
emergency rtcult them to the At
lantic. The fate of other yards)
or sunions would be largely a mat
ter for congresa to decide on eco
nomic; grounds. It waa added, as it
seemed probable the navy itsolt
would lose Interest in them it ltt
activities were centered around s
comfllned fleet in tho Pacific
ALLEGED MOONHITIkU JS
SLAIN IN PITCHED FIGHT'
Member of RaUlliur Force Is Shoa
Three Times, But Will Recover
MACON. Ga.. March 22. Fed.
eral prohibition officers working
under tho personal direction of W.
II. 11a hr, agent In charge of th
middle Georgia district, engaged in
a, . pitched battle with alleged
moormlilners in Emanuel county
late today. Ed F. Newberry, for
merly chief of detectives in Ma
con and now a member ot th
federal raiding forces, was shot
throe times and is being brought;
bore, llu will recover, according
to reports preceding him.
V. Bnrvviclv, 40, alleged moon
shiner, was taken to a howpltal at
SwaiiiHboi'o. where lie died at
o'clock tonight.
According to th" federal offi
cers, they were dMded in to two
groups while sean hiiiK for stills,
one group being almost upon two
big copper stills when tho other
group engaged in the gun fight.
They were a hall' mile apart.
Hutu and E. C7 I'carcc, wlu
wen. at thu stlli. nish.'il to tho
aid of .Newberry and E. E. Nelson,
who were engaged in the pitched
battle. They found I'.arwick help
less on the. ground and Newberry
wounded. The latter was fuelled
to a. doctor in Adrian and Burwick
was sent to Swain.sboro.
Returning to the scene, the offi
cers found that the. still had been
carried away 111 a wagon. They
follow cd . the w.-ium tracks to a.
creek and recovered two stills from
the stream and 12 barrets of bow
and a considerable amount of man
ufactured whbk.y, all ot wliUU
was destroyed.
ASK SECRETARY DAVIS
TA RUN FOR SENATE
Washington! March 22. --
Secretary of Iibor Davis had un
der consideration today tho request
ot a delegation, of Pem.sylv,'.nia
republicans that lie become a can
didate for the republican nomina
tion for senator fiom tifit state
succeeding Senator Grow who an
nounced a few days ago he would J
not be a "Candidate fur- eleotiou,
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