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922. HE WEATHER r.if. with If! Ctnwrn. r.tur. Wadne.eay. . t 1'lonr and warmar, pro-.- ttltd. 'u'wsanne Conference If Again Jeopardized; ml Turks Fearing Attack iiinnn n n IS WUHU 5AIU in m i i n r n tv ) IU L 1 0 l n 1 1 F THE STRAITS lurks Must Now Say Yes r No; Unruffled by Talk of an Ultimatum. CHITCHERIN STILL SEEKING SUPPORT diplomatists Endeavor to IShow Turks Scheme Is Peace Time One. Al'SANNB. Dec. 1fl. By The ijonlated Press) Turkish tears ubmarlnes, Turkish fears of ly flying military airplanes. ten with bombs, and. generally. Sopardy. The. United States is silent on e situation, but the Allied lead s say tonight they have uttered elr last word on the question of 1erty or the Straits. Tomorrow Turks must fay yes or no to Allied project. The British experts. Admiral eyes and General Burdett Stuart, ready have left for England, be- rving their work completed, and e French experts are preparing depart tomorrow night at the nplusion of the last session for scussion of the Straits. Whether rupture will come on the Straits droblems depends chiefly on nether the entente diplomats and heir experts can remove the Turk- h fears. This they are trying to Jo tonight. . The diplomats are endeavoring convince ' the Angora statesmen fiat the Straits project Is esscn- uiy iramed to meet conditions times of peace and that the Al es are not in any sinister hidden anner seeking facilities for war. nd especially against Turftey. hey say they have only sought ie emialitv Of nil fleets naulnp Jhrough th,e Straits on peaceful k-ij-rnnds. J I The Allies have em 5i liey cannot accent tl) tr st for the suppre emphasized that . the Turkish re- eunnresion of snh. ines and military airplanes; -dally t hey have, been unable (iccpt tHi Ottoman uifaAtinn that combrnffd foreign fleets en tering the Ulack Sea shall hot ex- eed in strength the fleef of the -trongest naval power of the Black 'That would make the Black sea forbidden ground," said a l-'rench expert tonight. As the Russians are here only ror discussion of the Straits ques tion, tomorrow may see the last of them at Lausanne. They still are ill a fightinsr mood, however, nan Tchitcherin was in fine argumen- ative iorm toaay. e tried to win American sympathy for the Ru- aian Straits project' bv insisting that it incorporated the American idea of "beneficent warships." But the Ailles have agreed that 'he Moscow Straits clan is abso lutely unacceptable. Tchitcherin made a dramatic plea to the World masses. He said Russia was con vinced the world's peoples were ICmUmtt m rut TwJ PRIVATIONS AND PERSECUTIONS IN NEAR LAST TOLD Horton Says Proposal to Send Refugees Back to Homes Means Death. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Color W stories of the privltations and frmCuUons uffered by Christians j KJ y wero toId before the Immigration Committee to M' support of the White bill proving to admit certain classes ?r ,riT KttBt refugees into the Unite States. One of those who 'testified was RMfa Khakinian, herself a refugee "hose flight wag stopped at Ellis Island. Keiease1 rn hnnt hv thn immisration authorities she came to -Washington and, between sobs, relate,! how she had been carried into captivity by the Turks, how her m-iir relatives, all had been Killed one by one and how she had made her way to America only to find the door closed in her face. Oeorge Horton who was Ameri can counsul at Smyrna, during the ecent Greece-Turkish hostilities in that region, corroborated many i' the assertions made by other vitneses regarding the tribuls "nis of the Christian minorities in Turkey. He said he was speaking wholly for himself and not as rep resentative of the State depart ment but could not refrain from 'aylnar a word for those who had suffered so patiently in the Near I-Jast. When one committee mem ber suggested that the refugees had occupied a district fertile in natural resources and should he sent back there to work out their own salvation Mr. Horton replied: O'Tod God's sake don't do that. u would be sending them to eir death." Representatives of th Near st relief, the Federal Council of Churches, the Younr Men'. Chrls- D Association anil ) NXjiTien's Christian Innrlillnn e among others who appeared Ssk for naaa- r th. fedl ;bich .would admit only nar rela tives of Americaa citibens among the refugees and whose provision would extend only until June SO. 1 furnish fears of aggrea.'.lon from J J AV.iout that will put ConMantino jilo in danger, hare tonight placed iliie wholo Lausanne conference in rlalns - nr.y ESTABLISHED 1868. Home Brew Cause Of Resignations At State College Indignation of Students Results in One Quit ting; More to Go. RALEIGH, Deo. 19. One in structor of the State College of Agriculture and Knglneerlng has roslgned and three others will resign immediately as the result of the indignation of stu dents occasioned by the discov ery that the Instructors had been making wine in their rooms, according to college offi cials here tonight. Habits of the Instructors In volved, it is stated, caused In dividual students to conduct an litvestigat'on which resulted In the placing of evidence of the manufacture of Intoxicants be fore the college authorities. The resignation of one instruc tor, r. W. Busbee, of Louisiana, followed Immediately Unless the other resignations are im mediately forthcoming, it was stated authoritatively at the col lege tonight, they will be re quested. RIOT SURVIVOR TELLS ROW MEN Fell When First Shots Were Fired While Vic tims Attempted to Flee. MARIQX, 111., Dec. 19. (By The Associated Press.) Robert Officer cne of the survivors of the rioting in which 20 non-union men were k.'lled at Herrin, testified today at the trial of the five men charge-.! with their murder. Officer, H graduate or the University of I'ennsylvaria, was a bookkeeper! at the strip mine where the troublo .started. He described the attacl: mi the property the afternoon of June 21. when three union miners, were shot and killed, Colonei 88m ffitnter, of the' ad jutant general's office' a; Spring - n 1 ann.KnM .'.... there were?- no " agrsementa be tween "tha lon-iniori workers at the mine nd local officials or the l-rited Mino Workers for a truce and a safe conduct for the besieged workers out of the district. Officer's testimony corroborated this. , 1 Colonel Hunter said he had trie 1 to aj-ranga such a truce while acp .ng in a purely personal capacity, having come down from Spring field when he heard of the trouble. Officer said that Colonel Hunter had talked to him over the tele phone and said that W. J. Lester, the owner, had authorized the sur render of the property. Just before nightfall, the witness testified, those in the mine raise'.! a white dag, hut the sniping from Biirroundlnjr hills continued all night and the flag waa lowered at daybreak when the non-union men took refuge in some freight cars. Then the fierceness of the attack Increased and the besieged decided to surrender, raising a white flag. nr said. Conflict in rotlmony As To Murder of McDowell After being assured of their safety, according to the witnessea. the s non-union men were led rrom the mine, C. K. McDowell, the( superintendent, limping pain fully along on his artificial leg. The crowd constantly ncreased and Officer quoted one of ts leaders, whom he could not dentifv. as shouting, "They're nothing but strike breakers and we ought to kiii tnem an. About a mile from the mine, the witness said. McDowell was led away by two men. Other wit nesses have testified the criDDled superintendent was slain at this spot Then the crowd marched about two miles further where the re maining 47 prisoners were lined before a barbed wire fence near a clump of woods. Officer said. "We're going to give you a chance for your lives," he quoted one of the leaders, and then the firing began. Officer said he dropped 'at the first discharge and rolled under the fence, fleeing while the crowd was hunting down those who had escaped the rain of lead. He de scribed the crowd as "howling like wolves." "Only those who have guns can enter the woods," the witness said her heard one of the mob leader cry. Four-Honr March To Scene Of The Slaughter. It was at the wire feme that other witnesses have testified 14 bodies were found. Four other aeenTdlng to the testimony, were found in a clump of woods a short distance away, having been ahot down as they led Six fugi tive -were captured, witnesses have said, driven through the streets of Herrin and shot down at a cemetery just outside the town. The distance from the mine through the woods to the ceme tery has been given as approxi mately six and one-half .miles The time of the start from the mine has been placed at 6:40 a. m., and the shooting at the cemetery at a. m. to 10:30 a. rn. Officer said the only man he recognized was Hugh Willis, Stat board member of the United Mine Worker. He said Willis Tirov up to the crowd before the shooting at the woods, asked for the leader and then disappeared from his view. " . Under a severe cross-examination. Officer said there were 45 workers In tne pit WERE SHOT THE ASHEVILLE "DEDICATED I Medical School Committee Okeys Joint Institution For University, Trinity College Joint School and Hospital May Be Established at Durham, N, C. OTHER COLLEGES MAY PARTICIPATE Approval of Idea to Be Laid Before University Trustees Today. RALEIGH. Dec. 19. The medi cal school eommittee of the Uni versity of fs'orth Carolina tonight voted its approval to a proposal laid before it by Dr. W. P. few, president of Trinity College, by which the University of North Carolina, and Trinity College may estyiBilsn and snalntain jointly, a medical school and hospital 'at Durham. Other institutions, no tably Wake Forest and Davidson College, will be invited to join In the establishment of the medical school and share in it control. The approval of the hospital committee will be laid before the meeting of the board of trustees of the university in sesslpn in the office of the Governor tomorrow at noon and Dr. H. W. Chase, presi dent of the University of North Carolina and a member of the hos pital committee will offer a reso lution to acoept the proposal of Trinity College and to appoint a committee to work out the details with a similar committee from Trinity College. The proposal of Dr. Few. laid before the. committee at the Gov ernor's mansion tonight, contem plates the expenditure of $8,000. 000 in the hospital and the medical school, $4,000,000 each for the university and Trinity. One mil lion dollars from each source will' be used as a building fund, ac cording to the plan. Trinity pro poses to endow the institution with $3,000,000 and the State, for the University of North Carolina will guarantee an appropriation to the institution equivalent to the in come from $3,000,000. "Details of the proposal will havs to be worked out." said Gov ernor Morrison, who made public the action of the committee late tonight. The committee accepiea the proposal of Dr. F(ew in prin ciple and will recommend it ac ceptance on the part of the uni versity trustees. I regard this as a great forward step. The Governor expressed his highest approval of the proposal. He was joined by Dr. W. H. Chase, who declared the proposed combi nation represents a movement unique in the history of medical institutions in this country. 'rt l In all the line of educa tional endeavor unique," he added. As a direct result ot tne agree ment to accept as tar a tne Hos pital committee can accept the nrnnneal of Dr. Few. th commit tee, determined tonight to make no report whatever o ntne locauon oi the Drooosed hospital for the Uni versity of North Carolina, which, until Dr. Few's proposal, was the principal matter before the com mittee and the trustees. , FATE OF TWO WILIj GO TO THE JURY TOD Ax. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.. Dec. 1. The fate of Mrs. Doris Brunen and her brother, Harry C. Mqhr. charged with the alavlna of "honest" John T. Brunen. carnival owner. Is expected to be In the hands of the Jury to morrow. The defense ha five more witnesses to testify and the prose cution will then proceed with the re buttal. Brunen wa shot on March 10. while reading a newspaper at the window of his home in Riverside, N. J., Chas, M. Powell testified he had killed the showman at . the investigation of Mrs. Brunen and Mobr. Many itnesses were called for the defense today. Five convicts form the state penitentiary at Trenton, one from the state reformatory at Kah way and several prisoners in the looal jail , were on th witness stand in an attempt to prove that Pwe0 was Insane when be made bis con fession. To polieemaji and a physician of fered testimony corroborating th story of Mohr a to his movements on the day Brunen was snot. ur. Wm. C. Coulaon. of Philadelphia, tes tified that on the night ct the shoot ing Mohr was with him at Ills of fice and at a meeting of an AmeM- can Legion post in Philadelphia. TO THE UP-BUILDING ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY THE CARRIER BOY BY RILLY BORNE Belgian Chamber Ratifies Pacts Of Arms Parley Treaties Approved Made bu Powers Having In terests in China. BRUSSELS. Dec. 10. (By The Associated Press.) The Belgian Chamber of Deputie today approved the text of the two treaties concluded at the Washington Arms Conference by the powers having Interest in' China, i ' . ' i t .vJFbe treaties referred to were signed . besides China, by repre sentatives of the United States, Belgium, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan. the Netherlands and Portugal. The first was designed "to safeguard the rights and inter est of China and to promote intercourse between China and the other powers upon the baBis of equality of opportunity. The second related "to the re vision, oft the Chinese customs tariff and cognate matters" and wa designed "to increase the revenue of the Chinese Govern ment.'' REILY'S CHARGES ON ACCUSATIONS WIEETINGPROTEST President of Porto Rican Senate Asks Harding For an Investigation. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. (By The Associated Pres) Antonio R. Barcelo. president of the Porto Rican Senate and leader of the nionists, the majority party in both legislative bodies of the Is land, today appealed to President Harding for an Immediate Investi gation into the charges made by Governor-General E. Mont Reily that accusation of misconduct in his administration of Porto Rico had been trumped up by persons discontented by their failure to obtain political sinecures. "If what Governor Reily states publicly is true or anything ap proaching it," Senor Barcelo said in a telegram to the President, "the guilty should he apprehended and Indicted; otherwise the accus er himself should be indicted a a slanderer." Senator Barcelo wired the Pres ident that Reily' statements were "of such grave character that for the honor of the United States, of Porto Rico, that of yourself as chief executive of this nation and my own as President of the insular Senate and leader of tne majority party, they call for immediate in vestigation." EXCEPTION TAKEX TO RKILYS STATEMENT ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (By the Associated Press.) Martin Travieso Mayor of San Juan, a member of the Commission sent to the United States to ask the re moval -of Governor Reily. of Porto Rico, in a statement today took exception to the assertion of the Governor, upon hi arrival in New York, yesterday, that the attack: upon- him bad been initiated by disgruntled office holder whom b had ejected from power. "Then men who are now de manding the removal of Gover nor Roily." said Mayor Travieso. "have never held any office from which they could be removed by the Governor. Th President of the Senate of Porto Rico, th Res ident Commissioner In Congress, and the Mayor of Ban Juan can not be reached by the Governor in hi mad and stupid campaign gainst the majority party of Porto. These . men have no per- OF WESTERN NORTH MORNING, DECEMBER 20, Did yeu avar atop to ponder How your paper reachaa you ? Old you over five the carrlar boy A patting thought or two? Me la up and on his route Long before the dawn of day. While all the raat of ua Slumfcer sweetly In tha hay. Why not remembar him Whan you're apreading Xmat joy. Soma appreciation shown For the faithful carrier boy? PROCEEDINGS. IN ERTY CASE ; ARE NEARINGEND I Report to the House Will : Not Be Filed Until After Christmas. WASHINGTON. Deo. 18. Pro ceedings before the Houae Judi ciary Committee in connection with the Impeachment charge brought against Attorney-General Daugherty by Representative Kell er, Republican, Minnesota, appear ed to be nearing an end. In fact, it was indicated that the scope of future hearing would largely depend upon the nature of infor mation to be laid before the com mittee by Representative AVood ruff, Republican, Michigan, after his examination of documents at the Department of Justice, Follow ing today! public session at which no additional evid-ence was receiv ed, the committee decided in ex ecutive meeting to hear Mr. Wood ruff tomorrow. There was irnnt discussion as to the time of sub mitting a report to the House but decision on this point went over until after receipt of the report from Mr. Woodruff. There was a tacit understanding, however, that the report would be withheld un til after the Christmas holidays. Mr. Kelller having withdrawn from th prosecution ot his charges, the committee, in pro ceeding with the hearings on its own initiative had before it today Mr. Woodruff and Representative Johnson, Republican, South Da kota. Both emphasised that they had no part In the drafting of the Keller charges and that they were appearing solely in response to an Invitation from Chairman Vol stead. Declaring he had been "drajrged". Into the hearing, Representative Johnson said the charges he had matiu in the House relating to alleg ed war frauds had been directed solely at the War Department. If the committee wanted to go Into those charges, he as prepared to give the names rf witnesses to support them he continued, adding that there ere officers In the department who "should be court-martialed instead of promoted." As to the Department of Justice action in regard to ar froud case, Mr. Johnson said that In his Judg ment Attorney-General Daugherty had proceeded with reasonable promptness. Representative Woodruff also toid the committee that since he made his charges in the House last April of a falfcre by Mr. Daugherty to prosecute the war fraud cases, suits had been brought in six of the eight or nine instances he had cited and that necessarily this had changed the situation materially. He added that In his opinion these rasea should not ( be lnouired into at this time. t Asking that-he apd his counsel, II L. Scalfe, a former attorney employ ed In the Department of Justice, be permitted to examine the aocuments In the Wright-Martin case," Mr. Woodruff said that whether he could present charges that would form the basis for lmoeachment proceedings within the scope of the Keller speci fications ould depend upon what those documents disclosed. . Assiat- ant Attorney-General Seymour im mediately announced that the docu ments would be made available to Mr, Woodruff and his attorney at the department any time durln.; the day. TWO DIE AS RESl?LT OF AVTO ACCIDENT RALEIGH, Dec. 1. An un identified man was killed instant ly and a man identified as T. L. Neve 11 of Raleigh, a guard at the Stat prison farm, died shortly after being carried to a local hos pital. The deaths were the result of ths car In which they were rid ing, running off a six foot em bankment about 100 yards below the Norfolk Southern Railway crossing on the Puquay road, five miles South of Raleigh tonight. A bird dog was found beneath the overturned car "unhurt. Novell leaves a widow snd three children. A quart of whiskey was found in th wrokag of fit car. OXLT SOCIPTOB KNOWING LINCOLN PASSES AWAY WASHINGTON. Dec. l.Lott Flanery. a sculptor, best known for his status of Lincoln which re cently was replaced before the courthouse hers, died here today at the age of SC. The Lincoln statu Is said to be the only one made by a sculptor whu knew him osrsonallv. DAUGH CITIZEN CAROLINA" -T-.X ; l 1922 J ION njSCMEIg: ! Declares It Means Taxa tion of State, Town and j County Bonds. WILL ADD TO THE FARMERS BURDENS Many Republicans Unite in Opposing Latest Ad ministration Plan. wt!ino" antt isa savii.ta iinn . H ( :. vt : WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Rep resentative 1'mu flayed the Admin-: Istrstlon In the House today tor I proposing to lux the bonds Issued by states, towns snd counties, ! He pointed out thin this was the real purpose of the proposed i amendment to the constitution making lax exempt securities no ; ! longer possible snd warned his ! i colleagues that the niiisure was I J "loaded." Mr. Tou said: i "I come from a State that has ' been called the 'Ohio of the South.' , I suppose it is intended as n com pliment, becauso of its great In ! tenia! Jbjvelopment. , "How are we going to refund our bonds when they come due? ' of course, by imposing a higher ' rate of Interest upon all new bond issues, our people must be taxed to pay the increased rates, so you are adding to the already heavy burdens of the agricultural masses." ItEPVniJCAXS JOIN IN I II.HT ON PROPOSAL WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. After a rharD preliminary skirmish tho House took up today, a .resolution proposing an amendment to tl.e constitution under which Issuance of tax exempt securities by the federal yovarnmeni and the state would be prohibited. Backed by the endorsement of President Hading and the Treas ury, the proposal was the center of a hard fight in which many Re publicans opposed It. Passage of the measure, offered by Represen tative Green, Iowa, ranking Re publican of the Ways and Means Committee, which reported it. will require a two-thirds vote of the House. Opponent claimed tonight It would be defeated, although leaders "ho caused it to be brought up insisted It would go through. Four hour of general debate, allotted under a special rule giving the meaeure right of way, had not been concluded on ad.ioupment tonight. Republicans apeak ing against thr resolution were Representa zzlADim t)-ea tiranam, i-ennsyivana, rang- i f --t . ... v . ;tng RenubUcaw-of t , Judteiarfr jOnav.Maort w that th troop tives Graham, Pennsylvana, rank CommUUfieii'kDa.cha'mch. iNewiJaew sy a member ( th "fivwys Mean Committee)'"' Crago, Pmn-' aylvanla; Csble, Ohio, and Norton, Ohio. Representative -Crisp, Georgia,. Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee, spoke for' it and the speeches otherwise were along party line. Chairmen Pordney of the Ways and Means Committee: Mr. Green, and Representative Mills, Republi can, New York, also of the com mittee, urged passage of the meas ure, while Representative Garner, Teias. ranking Democrat of th Ways and Means Committee, di rected the fight against passagi still made the principal speech. With less than one hundred , members in the chamber, Mr. Gar- I ner carried the fight into "enemy" I ground by dealing out speaking time to Republicans on his side of the contest. I Throughout the debate the qiies-l tion continually bobbed up that the proposal would invade the right of the States to control their own credit. "Already irreverent hands have been laid upon that sacred docu ment, the constitution of the Unit ed States," said Mr. Graham, "and I know of no more pernicious pro posal than this. It is an effort to lCtttimu4 s fpe Tif VICE-PRESIDENT ISt! EARD BEFORE L Same Language Used to Introduce Him as Used for Daniel Webster. CHARLESTON, 8. C.,' Dec. 19. Calvin Coolldge. vice-prIdent of the United States, left tonight for Pennsylvania after attending the lOSrd anniversary of the New England Society, of which he was the principal speaker, dwelling on New England's features. W. D, Mellon, president of the University of South Carolina, Rear Admiral Albert P. Nlblack, commandant of the Navy Yard and of the Sixth Naval District, and Walter B. Wil bur, of the Charleston bar, were other speakers at the dinner, the Rev. William Way, D. D., presl dent of the New England Society, presiding. Vice-President Coolldge arrived early this morning and in the fore noon he briefly addressed the fac ulty and students of the college of Charleston and the boys and girls of the Charleston orphan house. The Vice-President was intro duced by the Rev. Wm. Way, D. D., president of the New England Society of Charleston as "a man with a heart big enough to discern the entire nation and a man big enough to discern its best inter eats," this being the language used in Introducing Daniel Webster to a like audience In this city 71 years ago. . Mr. Coolldge' speech was a eu logy of New England principles and achievement. He reviewed the early adventures of the Pil grim, described the part they had in bringing about democratic gov ernment, told of their seal for education and dwelt at length on th effect which their work and Ideal had exerted upon the his tory of America and He course of t government- Cfl STON 00 PRICE FIVE CENTS Simmons Assails Shin Subsidy; jam wines m oenaie Challenge Former Premier Hymans To Fight a Duel Seconds Sent to States ntan Following Ex change in Chamber. HnrsSEI. Dec. 19.- (By The Associated Press) Minis ter of 'he Colonies Frnnrk has hallenirerl former Premier Paul Hvniiins to a duel. M. F'rmirk sent his second to M. Ilymans today after sharp wor.ls bad passed between them in the chamber of deputies. The iilterration came during a stormy period of the session which followed the passage, J to 83, nf measure making Ghent University a Flemish In stitution. The vote is expected to bring h (ahlnet crisis as the liberal ministers recently an nounce,! they had resolved to quit the government if the bill was adopted. L UNIT IS SENT INTO ME R Understood to Result From Situation Arising From Kidnapping. MONROE. La., Deo. l. Com pany G, Louisiana National Guard, consisting of 65 men and three of ficers under command of Captain D. W. Cooper, t.n'ed out of Mon roe today on a f nobile trucks for Mer Rouge, li lorehouse Parish, under order ..urn the adjutant general's office - at Baton Rouge. Although no definite Information of the purpose of the military company at Mr Rouge has been received here, it is understood th troop were called in connection w,lth the situation brought about by the kidnapping last August by hooded men of five Mer Rouge cltlsens. two of whom have disap- penrva. -1 had bn ordered to Br Moreftous TSrlsh seat, where V were to guard ins, courthouse tlitv for SO days, indicating that an open hearing Into th kidnappings decided on recently at a conference btween Governor John M. Parker and Attorney-General Coco would be held Immediately, Captain Cooper, who was order ed to Baton Rouge aeveral day ago presumably for a conference with Governor Parker and other Stat officials, returned at noon but refused to discuss the reason for the military order. In addition to arms and ammu nition ths troop were supplied with provisions to last 20- day. Mayor Robert Dade, of Mer rUuge, in response to a message as to conditions there stated to night there has been no disorders of any kind at Mer Itouge for several months. Morehouse pirlsh officials expressed surprise that troops had been sent into the par ish, stating that normal condition prevailed there. The Mer Rouge citizens. Including Watt Daniels and Thomas t Richards, the two missing men', were kidnapped on the night of August 20 by 30 or 40 hooded men. They were taken into the country and a whipping administered ' to at least two of them. Three of the party. Includ ing John Daniels, father of Watt Daniels, were released and after wandering all night in the woods returned to their homes the fol lowing morning. Nothing ha been heard since from Watt Daniel anil Richrrds. ANOTHER MKRGKR IN STEKL PLANTS ASSURED TOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Dee. IS. Purchase of the Brier Hill Steel com pany of Voungstown by the Youngs tnwn Sheet and Tube Company, an other local concern, was regarded :n eteel circles tongiht aa practically assured. After a meeting of the director of the sheet and tube company. Pres ident Jarnes A. Campbell announced that "it Is no possible that tin. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company will acquire the Brier Hill Steel Company." Mr. Campbell said while details of the proposed merger remains to worked our, the plan will be sub mitted to stockholders of both com panies sofn. The directors of the sheet End tube company today increased tae quar terly dividends for the last quar ter by 25 cents per share, making the rate $1 per share. TEN INJTRED, NONE BADLi- AT CHARLESTON CHARLESTON. S. C, Dec. 13. Ten I persons were Injured, none seriously, when a Seaboard Air Line Railroad passenger train and a trolley car collided on the outskirts, of the city here today. The passenger train was traveling slowly at te time. Six men and four women wer taken to a hospital, but after having bruises and cuts treated went to their homed. All of the Injured were pa&sengers on the trolley car. The train that struck the car was Train No. 45. bound from New York to Jacksonville. The engine was not damaged, and the trln proceeded af ter the injured had been cared for Tine trolley car was overturned. SOUTH CAROLINA HOTEL MEN W'ANT IN BODY COLUMBIA, 8. C Dec. 19. At a meeting today of the South Carolina Hotel Association, presided over by P. D. Smith, at Spartanburg, first vice-president. In th absence of J. L. Alexander, of Greenville, atepe were taken to join the Southern Ho tel Association, which now includes North Carolina and Virginia. Tha in vitation a extended the South Carolina association by J. 9. Sum mers, of Salisbury, who ttendd the meeting. ' NAT ONA GUARD ROUGE WATCH THE LABEL On your aaer. It will tall yeu whia your eubeerletiort eselre. sianaw flv nay hs'era expiration, and yen won't nina an iaeua. Legislative DEMOCRATS SIDE FORGE IN FIGHT 1 Efforts Are Made to Have j Agricultural Bill Made j Unfinished Business. iMerqed"measure ma5 result j May Vote Today to Set Aside Ship Subsidy Bill ! for Other Laws. W4misaTov seta? -a AsaiTii.i.B oiTuas I ,! .. V, R'J.V!' WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The fight on the ship subsidy bill is under way now and Senator Sim mons went to the bat on it today. He declared that he would us any fair and honest mean to defeat the measure. In tht contest, th Democrats are lining up with the Insurgent Republicans, not because they love them any more than they do any other kind of Republican,, but to defeat this legislation. Senator Simmons mads a speech In the Senate stating his position. He explained hi probable action in voting to displace the ahlp measure and make the Norrla Ag riculture Bill the unfinished busi ness of ths Senate. Senator Simmons said that th Norrla bill wa entirely unsatisfac tory to him and many other friend of the farmer in th fln ate and he explained that hi vote to substitute th Norris bill for . the ship subsidy bill as th unfin ished business of the Senate would not mean that ha favored It, but only that he would displace th viclou subsidy bill. ; In concluding Senator Slmnfons said: "I am not going to commit my self definitely now to what vote I shall cast upon th question of supplanting ths ship subsidy bill with this utterly unsatisfactory so called frmrr relief bill. If I hall ultimately vote for th mo tion, Mr. President, It will not b and t wish that distinctly under stood because l favor ths - pro posed legislation as being either wise or sound legislation or as ade- UuaMT' tevtolattajM "it. Madias; l riv. th. farmar th relief fof ":hia.l w.'l.'iww asking, and t wwhiai which he to otrvtotmiy eattUM; but I shall vote for it, if I -do de cide to vote for it, simply because It would probably enable u at once, if the motion should prs- -vail, to take up legislation that is of the most urgent character and most necessary to be passed in order to relieve th situation of more than htflf our population, and would displace legislation, th viciousnasa of which, In my judg ment, 1 probably without a paral lel in th legislative history of the United States. "Of oouree I know, as- every other Senator knows, the. Norris hill shall be. made the unfinished business. The Senate need hot dkim's rm rn POLISH COLLEGE OF ELECTORS TO CONVENE TOD Alf Steps Are Taken to Pre vent Untoward Events When Assembly Meets. WARSAW. Dec. 19. (By Tha Associated Press.) In anticipation ot the convening tomorrow of th. national assembly which ultimate- l ly is to choose a president in suc cession to the late Gabriel Naruto wicz. the government tonight took pleasures to check possible un toward events. Under the Polish constitution the natio-ial assembly is the elec toral college. Ea.-h of the 441 deputies and the lit senators ha a vote in the choosing of a chief executive. The assembly chamber 1 open to the public while . the balloting Is In progress. Written ballots are used and no discussion is permitted. Should no candidate on the first ballot re ceive a majority of the vote cast another ballot Is ordered. If this, also fails to produce a majority for any candidate the candidate who has received the least number of votes is dropped and still an other ballot it taken. This pro cess of elimination continues until an executive finally is chosen. The newspapers, regardless of party affiliations, praise the course being followed by President Rati and Irime Minister Sifcorskl. NT INSURGENT 1 4llsS& F'-'r" - 1 1 1 1 H -tt