THE SUNDAY CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
WAtHINQTON, Dae. t. North
'Carolina! Rain and ooldar Sundayi
Monday fair, aoldar In Eaat: freah
, r,lftlr0 wlnde becoming North and
' Northwaat.
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1922.
PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c
AAPAGES
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jyuLAiyp MA Y WIFE OUT FRANCE'S WAR DEBT
rJEW BERN FIREI
REHABILITATION
F
UNDS APPROVED
$35,000 Provided for by
American aea cross
Simmons Announces.
TENTED CITY HAS
WINDS AND RAIN
Stacy Wade Repudiates
Report on Disaster on
Return From North.
WARWtNOTO arftain
- TBI AaSITILI. C1TUBK
l Bf H. B. C. HUYAST i
WASH INGTON, Dec. 9 Senator
lpiimona today wired Wade Mead-
w. 01 new m-rn inai jua?e
layne, head of the American Rod
ros. had approved the request
for (IS. 000 Tor rehabilitation work
Wihf fire swept district.
' fEW BERN. N. C, Dec. 9. Suf
uferiof thla clty'a two million dol-
it are lumeiit wxpm-iwjicea ineir
rt privation due to inclement
feather. In ttie city of tenta on
f he west side, the chill winds and
Bis rains added to the discomfort
f more than a.ooo homeless per
s-ons.
News of State Fire Commissioner
Rtacey wade a defenae of New
Bern's fire forces was received
Ihere with gratification following
he report of .Deputy Commissioner
V. A. Scott, who charged negli
gence of firemen as he mam cause
f tha disaster. ,
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ItTACT WADE REPUDIATES
REPORT MADE BY SW1T
RALEIGH. N. C. Dec. 9. The
teport of Deputy Commissioner W.
Scott, criticising the ew Bern
re Department and asserting ex-
losives were found in pegro houses
ring the lire there last week, tor
ay was repudiated by Commis-
loner Stacy M. Wade.
TK commissioner returned irom
t;ew York, .where he had been for
everal days and immedlaely held
conference with officials or ine
enartment. The statement giving
ha contents of Scott's report was
ver "submitted to the acting
hief of denartment and was issued
rom tha office by another official
Ithout his knowledge or consent,
Wade said.
consider it exceedingly un-
ate that what. In the excite-
of the impending; cavasiru-
Vmigk)t have been a momentary
lie or pnecauuon, anouiu (i"
tin distorted inte a charge, of
rfciinal neglect, on the part of
Jie firemen," he continued. ".
I "I bnnw the flremerit. Of North
farollna too well, and especially
Ria fireman of -the city OI w
fern. t0 believe they- could have
sen guilty of such a cnarge. ..
"The wonder la that in the midst
f North Carolina's lonflagration.
nd by a migihty gale, thy did not
nd themselves helpleas and give
o in despair. New Bern- is one of
hie oldest towns in the 8tat, many
not the majority of the nouses
kelng of the most inflammable
Utcrial, and with-etts wood work-
in plants nestled among tnem,
ie firemen were able to confine
is destruction to such a small
"The representatives of the de
triment- were dispatched with
witive Instructions to be of what-
'r aid they could in restoring
fler. preventing the spread oi
e, and rendering whatever asslst-
nce they eould fo the unfortunate
tcatttiiMMO m vat iwi
T SAID
10 BE MILITANT
FOB PROHIBITION
Haynes, Nutt and J, J.
Brut at Capital After
Tour of South.
ILLICIT DISTILLING-
IS NOW SUCCUMBING
Trio Skipped Tar Heel
state for Want of Time
Not Coming Back.
WAIWTNOTOW BOI1AV
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r it h. a. o. minM i
WASHINGTON, Dec, 9. Prohi
bition Commissioner Rov A.
Haynes. Col. L. (;. Nutt. acting I
cnier ueneral Prohibition AgenU,
and James J. Britt, chief counsel
for the dry unit, returned here to
day from a tour of the South.
They did not stop In North Caro
lina. When asked today why he
jumpea tnei Tar Heel state, said
to be a model for othera. Mr.
Haynes declared his allowance of
time gave out. He has no inten
tion of going back that way.
Mr. Haynes' found conditions in
Dixie favorable. He and the
party conferred with State Direc
tors. Divisional Chiefs and their
agents, prominent officials and
citizens In furtherance of
a pro
gram for closer co-operation of all
dry agencies.
Delighted with the success of
the trip. Commissioner Haynes is
sued this statement: v
"Conferences) In which I have
participated the past week with
Governors, Federal Judges, United
States Attorneys, United States
Marshals, Mayors. Sheriffs, Chiefs
of Police and other officials in sev
era! Southern States, together with
Directors, Divisional Chiefs and
various officers of the prohibition
unit, having as the primary object
tne closer co-operation of all en
forcement agencies, proved inspir
atlonal and productive of practl
cal help.
"I found in South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama Louisiana and
Florida a militant public sent!
ment in favor of prohibition law
observance and constructive en
forcement. The attitude of offi
elals, who volunteered the fullest
support, demonstrated that an
aroused patriotic Constitution re
vering citizenship is asserting it
aelf everywhere in the South; not
unlike that In practically every
section of. the country.
; "Old time illicit distilling in the
south la succumbing to the vigor
ous, united attacks of Federal,
State and County officials, while
the charactter of the . product.
made-under most insanitary con
ditlon. Is causing such a slump In
.demand that the problem is no
longer difficult. The same may
also be said in relation to coast
line smuggling, which has been
reduced by means of sub chaser
and motor boat control and gen
eral knowledge that most so-call
ed smuggled liquor la not Import
ed, but doctored, synthetic stuff,
fraudulently bottled and fraudu
lently labeled. With all beaded
liquor securely guarded in ware
houses and scarcely any pure liq
uor coming from foreign shores,
consumers are rapidly ' realising
that most available beverage liq
uor is unfit to drink, and this
phase of the situation, together
with concerted action ail along the
line, is making the 18th Amend
ment a stern, enforceable actual
ity. "The trip' as a whole was ami-
v-tC0JiMe4 Two
IN
N J U RED
U N E MAN KILLED
TT
IN COASTLINE
Vo More Critically In
jured in Wreck Near
Charleston, S. C.
CHARLESTON, 8 C Deer I.
uroad and state officials were
tonight attempting to fix re-
plbillty for the rear end col
li at Hanahan. Station, near
.el early today that resulted in
I death of one man? critical ln-
7 to two others and more or
1 serious injury to a score of
er persons. State Railroad Com
moner Frank W. healy came
e tonight from Columbia, to
duct the inquiry for the state
io official atatenfent of the
se of the accident, in which the
na section of Atlantto oCast
i train, No. SO, a fast passen-
rain, bound from Charleston
Washihgton, ran into the rear
or local train No. 62, bound for
mnia and Greenville, but state-
yvs oy trainmen were to the er
t that a heavy fog obscured
ala set by the crew of the
! which had stopped to repair
lot box. Block signals also were
den by the fog, it was said.
tngineer W. A. Williams,- of
rence. who was at the throttle
fne rast train, escaped by leap
Just before his engine crashed
the steel Pullman attached to
. local and forced that car
pugh the day coach. Most of
f injured were riding in the day
h. the dead man, Isaac A. Ed
Ms. of Sumter, being seated in
J smoking room of this cr.;
'Xth W- Scruggs, fit Greenville,
C, a mall Nolerk, was Injured
a-nally, and p. p. Putnam, of
eenville. sustained fractured
uu. Putnam, it was said, tonight,
ji . grave condition.-
he collision occurred on ' the
rthboun.t track. The southbound
kck waa not blocked ana the
re seriously injured were
Pught to hospitals here on train
h 86. which passed apon afr
aolllslon. Leas seriously injured '
f a broua-ht here on a relief train
i iron, here.
KILLS DRY AGENT
AMBUSH
KENTUCKY BATTLE
Agents of Various Sec
.tions Assemble to Go to
Scene of Clash.
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Mil NW HAHKi
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RUSSIA
ESALE FA
PRODUCTS HO
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FEDEBATION
AIM
Operation Will Begin at
North Lexington Avenue
on January 1.
Operation of a wholesale produce,-:
chicjkeo and egg business
by the Farmers' Federation, Inc.,
in Aslieville as central headquar
ters for (strlbution of farm pro
ducts In this section will begin
January on North Lexington
Avenue, with Boiling f Hall, of
Waynesville, in. charge.
This announcement came as the
high point in the third annual
meeting of- stockholders of the
Farmers' Federation held yester
day afternoon at the Buncombe
County court house at which time
J. G. K. McClure. Jr.. of Fairvlew.
was re-elected as president bjr ac
clamation; R. Church Crowell, of
WWW I II II II
DEVELOPMENT ON
FAIRVLEW ROAD
New Jackson Building
Will Be Twelve, Not
Ten Stories High.
Property on the Fairvlew Road,
comprising 25 acres, has been
purchased from tha Patton Estate
by L. B. Jackain and will -foe de
veloped as Linwood Park, through
D. L. Strain, and Improved streets,
water, cewer and lights win form
a part of the development, to be
started at once, representing' an
investment of, approximately 125,.
000.
Two streeta will be opened, run
ning North and South' and the res
idential park will be approximate
ly three-quarters of a mile from
Biltmore, located on a hard sur
face highway.
It la AVnantA, that . , T...1 C II
Acton, elected as vice-prBsiilent, , day. wln be re,Uired t0 imrove
and G. L. Clay, of Fletcher, re-; the streets, Install water and sewer
oiei b a'ruuy-u-eMury. , mains and lights and the reslden-
The meetlaig was well attended ' tial section will be opened for
and emphasised the fact that the i building as soon' as this work Is
BRYSON CITY
FOR NORTH
SOUTH ROAD
AND
federation is now progressing on
the. road to constructive achieve
ment. 1
8. C- Clapp, of Swannanoa, di
rector of the State Test Farm at
that point, and Claude Wells, of
Leicester, were elected to the di
rectorship and with the foregoing
officials compose the board of five
members
completed. Being located In one
of the highest parts ef this sec
tion, it commands an excellent
view. , f
Mr. Jackson, who returned yes
terday from Charlotte, announced
that the building to be erected at
the corner of South Pack Square
and Market Street, to be known
as the Jackson Building, for the
Lexington Avenue wholesale store
after the first of the year will b
W. E. Clark In charge of the of
fice with Joe Davis, of Waynes
ville, as ssalstant.
It was brought out at the meet
ing Saturday afternoon that the
marketing department will aim
first and foremost to supply the
Aehevllle market with high grade
farm products and then to ship the
surplus. Officials point out that
It will thus act as a stimulus to
ward more and better production,
toward standardization, better
packing and better grading of the
products or the farm, it will aim
not to replace but to supply the
retail merchants.
When the question of co-operation
with the county agent in farm
MOUNT STERLING. Ky., Dee. , hht ,., mnv.fl h.
9. Robert E. Duff, -phohlbitlon . , ' "
agent, was shot from ambush in a tn( county Board of commisslon
battle with alleged moonshiners in n t th itockhoide author-
the hills of Meniree county. ; lB0 thtlp pre.ldent tio- meet to.
Prohibition agents from verioue aether with the district and coun
sectlons of the State were being ty agents, the chairman of the
assembled here tonight ' to Join county board and the head of the
posse which was being formed to Board of Education to formulate
go to the scene oi tne peine. plana (or extension work in un-
A' telegram was sent by United combe County in which the de
States Commissioner C. H. Wood partment would have .the assist,
to the Secretary of War, asking ance of the Farmers Federation
that the commanding officer at as co-operating organisation. This
Fort Thomas be instructed to noia action was iaaen.
troops in readiness to entrain for j . ,, ,-
the scene of the battle. . Details tjomb ALLEGATIONS ARE
nn.nlMi. were to tha ef- NOW ALL DISMISSED
feet that the agent was Mine tha MOUNT. N- C. Dec. 9,
frU'"V":r7 '4 .l inn.' .;t.d Casea against C. E. Pyle; Jr.. Cur-'
tls Bradshaw and P. J. Credlin
who were arrested several weeks
ago on hargee of having been re
ported for the bomb explosion at
the noma of D. T. Taylor, on the
Working with Mr. Hall at the I exclusive use of attorneys, will be
li, stories instead of 10. as pre
viously announced and work will
be started as soon as the plans
sre completed by Ronald Greene,
the Architect-
Undeveloped property, D8 by 83
feet, located at the rear of the
building site, with frontage on
Market Street, has been purchas
ed from Mrs. Cameron Waddell
at a figure named as approximate
ly, $1B, 000 and will be held by Mr.
Jackson for future development.
SENATOR AND MRS. FDGE
ARE OFF ON HONEYMOON
a cave wnere indications poinuu
to the existence of a still, when a
volley was fired and Duff fell.
SHOOTS MAN FREED WHO
HAD KILLED FATHER
GRATSON, Ky, Dec .Harri
son Blanton, 14 year old, shot
and killed Paul Herron on the
courthouse steps late today, a few
minutes after Merron naa peen ac
quitted of killing the farmer!
father, William Blanton. Sheriff's
denutles were auardinr the county
Jail tonlgnt in coneequoncw i
norta that an eiiori wouia u
made to lynch tne younger man-
ton. - j
The slaying of Herron was wit
nessed by a crewd of men and wo
men, most of whom had attended
the trial. .. - .
According to spectator! nianton
eirarf three ahots. Two pierced
Herron's body and he died almost
initintlv. On of the bullets
wounded laaao Houch, a farmer,
40 years old.
- Blanton ran a few yarn a ana
surrendered to the town ma renal.
He waa ruahad to the Jail. A few
minutes later, the grand Jury
jCl It i ll Bmm
night' ot October 14, were dismissed
When the three men appeared in
municipal court for preliminary
hearing today.
At the hearing the prosecution
that warrants for the arrests of
the three men had been- Issued
upon evidence given by two white
youths which had been taken into
custody on larceny charges and
the youths later repudiated their
statements,' declaring that the evi
dence given by them was false. In
the face of this development the
State took a nol pro ass with leave
to drop the charges against the
three men, who had been under
bond since their arrest.
Pyle la the secretary-treasurer
of the local machinists' union. He
waa formerly employed at the At
lantic Coats Line shops, at South
Roky Meunt, but went on atrike
with the other employes there last
July. Credlin was also ' a striker,
and Bradshaw was alleged to have
been a strike synrpathls.
BATH. Maine. Dec. 9. United
States Senator Walter K. Edge, of
New Jersey, and hit brl1e. formerly
Miss Camilla fiewall, daughter of
Harold M. Sewall. of this city, lft
late today for Canada on their honey
moon. Their plaas. so far as was
known here tonight, provided ifor
spending a few days In uuebec, be
tore sailing from New York nex
Saturday fnr England. Their stay
In Europa, It waa said, would be over
Christmas holidays, but the length of
tne tour would dnpend on tne oourss
of events at wasnlnarton
Although President Harding waa un
able to be present owing to the re
cent lllnesa of Mrs. Harding,
White House did
the
overlook the
not
event. Senator and 'Mrs. Edara re
ceived a telegram while they were
in tne receiving line at tne recep
tion, extending congraituiatlone and
neat wisties of the .President ana Mrs.
Harding.
LYNCH NEGRO FATALLY
WOUNDING A DEPUTY
MORRILLTON. Ark., Dec. 9.
Leas Smith, a negro, who shot and
probably fatally wounded Deputy
Sheriff Gren Farlsh, when he at
tempted to arrest the negro thla
afternoon, was taken from jail and
lynched hero, tonight.
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I f 1W5 TOSHOP
IO DOIT
NOW
Representatives of Three
States Will Help Secure
Proposed Bouting.
(avwWl CntMBMtnn Tit Ailmill, CilUm)
BRYSON CITY. Deo. 9 In an
enthusiastic meeting here today
measures looking to the eventual
Completion of a. new. highway
from Detroit to Miami which shall
ub ivv miies snorter tww-vrjf'
present route, were, disnuaaled.
mere ueing represented Cherok
Graham, Macon, Jackson a
Swain Counties in North Carolina,
and the stales of Tennessee and
Georgia.
-Appointment of acommlttee tto
consist of one member from each
county represented and from the
State of Tennessee aud Georgia
this committee to keep In touch
with legislation pending or necej-
erjsary in tne several States con
cerned to brln about the new
highway running through Bryaon
City, waa authorised. This body
win oe named at an early date by
Kelly Bennett, of Bryson City,
who was chairman of the gather
ing. Following the morning and aft
ernoon eesslons, ti banquet waa
held Saturday, night at the En
tella Hotel, at which time a gen
eral discussion of sh hatcheries
waa introduced and an able dis
cussion upon a State wide system
of game laws made by Horace
Kephart. author of "Our Southern
Highlands" and well known
sporting writer making his head
quarters here.
Resolutions were unanimously
adopted endorsing the passage of
a 915.000,000 bond Issue in North
Carolina with which to carry out
the great highway program now
under way.
Speaking in favor of this move i
were Q. B. Walker, of Andrews,'
Dr. James DeHart, of Bryson City:
T. M. Jenkins, Robbinsvllle, and
J. M. Zachary, of Calvert, these
being the newly elected represen
tatives and senators for their re
spective sections present for the
meeting.
It was brought out In the gath
ering that the Forney's Creek
township, Into which a 29-mille
link of. highway has been built,
lacks a seven-mile stretch which
would connect with the Tennessee
State line. It Is felt that this
shoull be a part of the State High
way system, and that the 20-mile
link should be taken ovad by the
commission and the seven-mile link
constructed. Tennessee, It Is point
ed out. would- then connect with
the North Carolina line, via Mer
rv"ie. . I
That the Tennessee legislature
will likely pass a $75,000,000 bond
Ismio for highway construction In
the near future, was predicted by
Senator F. E. Patton, or Knox
ville, who took an enthusiastic
part In the gathering.- Georgia
has already constructed, its part
of the new highway, W. G. Grif
fith, of Athens. G, reported.
J. H. Harwnod. of this town,
delivered the address of welcome
and stated the object of the mect-i
ing. D. H. Tillett, of Andrews, j
spoke impressively upon "The
Misslner Link." He was followed
by Mr, Griffith. Wythe M. Pey
ton. Division Highway Engineer,
of Ashevtlle, expressed the regrets
of J, O. Stikeleather that ne could
IK
IS DISSATISFIED
OVER TURK STAND
Abandonment of Russians
in Dardanelles Question
Is Annoyance.
ORIENTALS WARNED
AGAINST ALLIES
Charge France Quit Tur-
Key in Jfavor of England
Over Reparations. j
LAUSANNE. Dec. 9. (Rv The!
Arwoclated Tress.) Proof' -thm i
bolshevik Ruisia Is highly dlsaat-
iliea with Tu' hey bemuse lsmet !
Pasha hus ahundnned the Hue-1
sians on the question of the Dar
danelles was found today when j
M. Tchlti liei ln. the soviet foreign
minister. Issued an urgent invita-1
tion to the Turkish ImM-tiallHta.
and. In the course of a lonn1
bpeech, warned them of the dan
ger of placing their trust In Ihe
Allied natloni.
M. Tfhltcherin did not wnt to
say anything la the way of crltl-
ciam of Ihe Turkish plenipoten
tiaries hut thought the Turkish
people at home nhould know of
the trend of things at Lausanne.
He had a distinct. Impression, he
said, that war between Turkey
and the powers was still going on.
Trhltcherin charged that France
had abandoned Turkey In favor of
England and the consideration,
probably, was some ronceaeiona on
the reparaUons problem frum
England. '
But It rem.iins to be seen." h
continued, "how far France ani
England will agree when the Brus
sels conference is hold.
He rejoiced that Turkey .an
RusBiH had finally come tonethe
because they were vitally Impor
tant to each other,
The
NEW CONGRESS
FOR PEACE IS
WOMEN'S GOAL
W omen's International
League u Pledged to
ew Movement.
THE HAGUE. Dec. 9.
The Women's Interna
tional League for Peace
.and Freedom today adopt
ed resolutions recommend
ing a new peace based up
on new internatio nal
agreements and charging
its members to work for
the convening of a World
Congress for this purpose,
either through the instru
mentality of the League of
Nations, a single nation,
or any group of nations.
The resolutions were
moved by the British and
French delegations and
were adopted unanimously.
MORATORIUM FOR
GERMANY, OFFEF
MADE Br FRANCE
T
GER CONFIDENT
TRI
PROV
AMERICA
0
ES SUCCESS
bolshevik leader declare
that, to allow foreign warships to
pass through the straits, would
mean the handing over of Con
stantinople to the nation with" th
strongest-navy. Naval units would
seize Constantinople, then attack
Russia. Therefore, If Constant!
r.cple was n darger, Russia also
was In terror.
Turning his attention to Kug
land, Tchitchertn told the Turkish
correspondent that Great Britain
had her eye on, aortheao Persia
Tne iway- to." nortnen 1 for la , was
thro.islr Caucasus. ' The . wa to
the Caucasus was throaisu.-l'Jhe
Daitialie,He asserted tharnhe
Russian program at Lausanne was
based on community of interests
between the Russian and Turkish
peoples and he hoped that the end
of the conference would find the
two countries rearer together.
w a
MODEN GARAC
BUILDING GQ
UP ON BILTMORE
Logan Motor Co., Distrib
utors of studebaker, to
Have New Quarters.
On account of the steadily In
creasing volume of business an!
the Imperative deirtand tor larg
er quarters, the Logan Motor Com
pany, distributors of the Stude
baker automobiles In Western
North Carolina, Is erecting a mod
ern garage building on Biltmore
Avenue, South of the Intersection
of Southslde Avenue
The local concern waa up until
recently an agency under the dis
tributors at Greenville, S. C, but
on account of the sales record and
facilities for giving service, has
been made distributor for the
Counties of this State, West of
McDowell.
Owners of the local company
are Thomas Strlngfield and C. G.
Logan and N. W, Dendy Is gen
eral manager.
This expansion program r-. re
sents an Investment of $70,000.
The lot at No. 25 1 -25S Biltmore
Avenue, and the new building
totals around 150,000 and the
stock which will be carried Inven
tories approximately $20,000.
The new structure will be of
tile and the front will be of fel:
stone with large plate glass win
dows, provision for an excellent
display of all model Studebakers
having; been made In the architec
tural design of the building.
The building now going up cov
ers only one half of the lot which
la 270 by 70 and later It is plan
ned to enlarge the building ao It
will cover the entire lot.
A driveway for entering and
one for leaving the garage are
being provided and an entrance
from Southslde Avenue ti the rear
of the building will be a conven
ience which will help In popular-
using thla garage.
The automobile business Is taken
as an Index to the general busi
ness conditions of a section and
this Studebaker distributing con
cern shows by its volums of, busi
ness that Western North Carolina
le In a prosperous condition as
well as the fact that aalea of thia
not be present. He made known car are continually Increasing 'in
tne fact that the district omciais
the heartily In accord with the
project. H. O. Webber aerved as
toaatmaster at Ahe banquet dur
ing the evening.
Feels America Convinced
France Not Militaristic.
WiUPayDebt.
GAINS SYMPATHY
FOR FRENCH VJEW
Points Again to Hopeful
Passage in Harding's
Official Message. .
KKRNERSVTLLE WOMAN
DIES IN tTTH YEAR
WTNSTON-8ALEM. Dec. 9.
Mrs. Sallle Korner, widow of Phil
lips Korner. diert today at her
home In Kernersvllle, aged 97
years. - Mrs. Korner waa a mem
ber of one of the best known fami
lies in this Bart of North Carolina.
She waa the mother of H. C. Kor
aer, - of Wlnatnn.Ma.lem. and J.
Gilmer Korner, of Kernersvllle.
all models, roadster, touring nd
closed la the light six. special six
and big six.
MAY CALL SPECIAL
TERM FOR DALLAS
WILMrNGTON. N. C, Dec. 9.
Solicitor Wood us Kellum Is con
sidering requesting a special ses
sion of criminal court for the trial
r.f Herbert E. Dallas, he admitted
tonight. Dallas is charged with
the killing of Joe Southwell, At'
Inn tic Coast Line engineer, who
was shot to death during; the rail
strike last July. Chauncey B.
Holltman. - witness for the state.
whose absence has twice delayed
the Dallas trial la now In Jail her
PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 9. .(By
The Associated Press) Georges
Clemenceau, the' French war pre
mier, today ended his "formal"
speaking missiop to America be
fore the Philadelphia Forum in
the-Academy of Music with the
broad Intimation that he believed
he.rtiaJ awumplished all of the
three-pi-tes! for . which, he ttut !
took, hisfcottage ., by the sec in vancee
France... . .- :..
Of tw of them he evinced no
doubt.- He waa confident he had
convinced America . that Franc
was not militaristic nor an Im
pertalistlc nation. He was equally
sucn ne nad spread conviction that
f rancs Intended to pay her debt
to America not Immediately, per-
napa. put ultimately. . t
ti requoted a naraaraoh from
rrealdent Harding annual mea
sage to Congress yesterday as an
indication that the third point
tiring America back to, tha side of
r ranee ana r.nmaiid also was be
ing accomplished.
The- paragraph was the Presl
dent's comment on the four-power
pact, which the Executive said had
had brought 'I a new confidence In
maintained peace" and which, he
suggested, "might 'be made a
model for like assurances, where
ever In the world any common in
tereats are concerned."
I told your chief," Clemenceau
continued, "that when he ponder
ed on what I had said to him, I
believed tils feeling would find its
way toward us. And 1 believed It
has. But I don't know what the
diplomats will make of it."
It was again his "peace mes
sage" that Clemenceau delivered
to the representative, audience that
faced Mm In the gaily decorated
Academy of Music.
But It was a plea for a peace
based on France's Ideals and these
Ideals he declared, France would
defend to the last drop of her
blood, even If she had to defend
them alone.
All Five Adilmwcs
Blended In Tills I,ast
All the five "formal" addresses
he had made before were blended
n this last of the series. Now he
waa the fierce Tlgar, flashing de-
flance against Frances enemies;
now,' the advocate, carefully stat-
rtg his case; now, an old man
pleading for his native land that
he be not misunderstood. Several
imes he was interrupted by ap
plause.
'I have have no mission, hs
reiterated at the outset. "I only
came to tell you what I think."
He eald he had found, shortly
fter he landed In New York,' that
he charges of militarism and Im
perialism had not been believed.
"If Germany had ever suspected
that England and then America
would have entered the. war" he
declared, "there would have been
o war. That s a strong argument
for your letting the world know
ow you stand.
When the American troons
came nome. he continued, they re
polced that "we're through."
"Alas, that's not true," he de
clared. "What is the use of shut
ting the eyes and saying "all goes
well'?"
Clemenceau said, he had been
told by a high official at Wash
ington that America ever -would
be found on the side of right and
justice.
"That may be," he continued,
"but a deed Is a deed. We fought
the war together and you did not
sign the peace treaty."
He reiterated his explanation
that although France Intended to
pay her debt to America, she'
would have difficulty in paying
until she could collect from Germany.
Cays Charge French Want Too
Much From Gertnany, Nonsense.
The charge - that France has
asked too much from Germany, he
said, "was all nonsense," as France
already had remitted 67 per cent
of her original claim.
They say today that Germany
can't pay,", ha went on. ''Perhaps
sne can t. But there waa a day
Omh..i a era tm
Poincare Says Scheme
Permissible Under Cer
tain Guarantees.
ITALIAN PROPOSALS
ARE NOT REVEALED.
Discuss Reducing German
Indemnity to 40 Billion
Gold Marki.
LONDON, Dec, (By The Asa.
soelated Press.) The clouds that
overhung the reparations confer- '
ence last night have been partially
dispelled by today's proceedings.;
mo lour premiers, Monar law, .
Poincare, Theulns and Mussolini, '
held two meetings laming five
hours. There waa nothing ap-
proachlng an agreement, nor had
any agreement bean expected,
from one day's deliberations. Th .
chief result waa something more -nearly
approaching an under
standing in the positions of tha
two nations, ; Great Britain and
France, than had existed at any -time
during the past few weeks.
M. Poincare offered. In behalf
of France, acceptance of a two
years' moratorium for Germany
provided satisfactory guarantee
were forthcoming; these guaran
tees embraced measures for eco
nomlc control of the Rhlneland,
industries and partial occupation
of the Ruhr district with a divis
ion of soldiers to collect customs
on the ooal output. M. Poincare .
did not consider that this pro-.
gram would be regarded ee mill
tary actlou against Germany. -
' Cremler Boner Law's reply,
which came In tha afternoon, aft
er M. Polncare's exposition oat,
France's attitude in the morning,
surprised the French because it ,
indicated that Great Britain might. -under
satisfactory conditions
abandon the attitude laid down In '
tha Balfour note and oancet tha '
French debt to England. Mr. Bo- ::
nar law also opposed military '
measures to compel Germany to,
pay. ;. (.,-. ' .
The reduction of the Germaa,
indemnity to approximately o,-'
000,000,000 gold marks, waa die-,
cussed, . e
Premiers Poincare and Musso
lini wsre the chief; speakers at
the morning session. The I tills n
reported to paye ad-
aome oroooeals, the nature
of which, has not yet keen revaiU
ed. m.-...-: ' -
Karl Bergmans, German finan
cial expert, arrived today and pre-
sented Chancellor Cuno's proposal :
to Premier Bonar-Law. The plan
Is said to embrace allied partlci
patlon ' in German Industries In
stead of an external loan. America
and caJVllatlon of European,
debts to that country waa one of '
the topics touched upon la thai
morning. ?
JAPAN, FORMALLY ASKS
ADMISSION TO SESSIONS ,
LONDON. Deo. . The poeslA
blllty that .Japan, and the United
States may be admitted . to the
conference, of the British. French,'
Belgian altd Italian premiers hero
this week-end is discussed today
by the diplomatic correspondent
Of he Dallv Telegraph. The writer
saya that Japan has already for...
mally nequcsbed admission and '
that although America ,haa hot .
made the same requeitt. "this fact
nejjd not preclude consideration ttt
ih. noint. especially having In re
gard the strong views entertained
by Washington and vigorously ex-'
nreseri bv the American ambas
sadors upon certain aspects of the
Issues at stake." - v
The correspondent eiurgeste that ,.
the four participating delegations
mar devote their first exchange of j
views to aettltng this question, the
inference from hie statement ap- .
parently being that if admission at.
-.Cmimms as ww rv
CON
UNDER S
SP
GALS
IN GREAT FIR
Probe Shows $12,000,000,
Conflagration Began at
Two Places. !
ASTORIA. Ore., Deo. (By
The Associated Prees.) Rain feU
today on the ruine of Aatorla'a
business district, helping the flre
men queiCH the smouldering rem-l
nants of the blase wnicn rnoaw
wiped out the heart or thla oe
tury-old city.
An executive eommttee, eonH
posed of officials and business
men, with power to handle relJ
work, reconatruction probleme at
in administer municipal affalt
until such time ss orderly conri
tlone are, re-eetabllshed was form
ed. I
The reUef work is well in ha
and there Is no prospect of phyt
leal suffering. To provide mM
for auch as could not oe aocora.
modated In the homes of the cldV,
National Guard forces today t i
gan serving meals from two re
Ing kitchens in one of the bull
ings which escaped the flames.
No official eatimate of the a
a-reaate loss waa made, but tl
general opinion of bualneaa tnirt
who were familiar wun toca eos
dltlons was that the loss woul.
be between $10,006,000 and tit
000.000. I
Incendiarism was I leaponafbla
for the fire, in the oolifon of MatH
or Bremmer and rblff of It
Carlson. Local radicals are. Ul
suspicion, the onViala, aald.
Investigations ltteid that
Are began In two separate pIstJ.
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