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"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
7 ASHEVILLE, N. CFRIDAY MORNINQ. DECEMBER 221922."
ESTABLISHED 1868.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
-AMERICA MAY DICTATE REPARA TIONS TO TALS
Borah Wants Harding
J oaassr V V
o Cor international
Economic Conference
OFFERS HIS PLAN
iLM AMENDME1MTT0
SIG NAVAL BILL
Reparations, Reduction of
'Land and Sea Arma
ments Are Involved.
EES IMMEDIATE
NEED FOR ACTION
( Would Broaden Scheme
kf Conference Over Small
X4 er Fighting Craft.
M WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Ex
pensive discussion of tnternetional
jafluirs is expected to develop in the
senate as a result of a proposal
anday by Senator Borah, Republi
can, Idaho, for an international
V'liference to consider economic,
nanclal and business problems,
jiucluding German .reparations, aa
Swell as reductions of land, sea and
ineiial armaments.
I Senator Borah offered his plan
6s an amendment to the $330,000,-
I'iOO Naval - Appropriation bill.
which was reported to the Senate
today for preliminary considera
tion tomorrow. He proposed that
he President be asked to call an
international economic and dis
armament conference Instead of a
conference merely to deal with
limitation of. naval vessels under
10,000 tons and milffary and naval
fir craft as provided in the bill
as passed by the House.
Tn offering his amendment as a
substitute for the House provision,
Senator Borah declared world
economic conditions required im
mediate action and h nrnnnwil
1. 1 ha t President Harding be "au-l-thorised
and requested" to Invite
s'ich governments to send repre
sentatives to the conference aa he
; should deem "necessary-qnd f x
!.diet" wtth the object oC arriv
ing at "understanding or arrange
fnta" looking "to the restoration
. iff . trade., !tt iestabty$ ment-. l
.l.tlons." , -
With reference ,to' armaments,
the Borah amendment Includes the
House bill's provisions as to naval
vessels under 10.WD0 tons and air
craft with Its provision for con
sideration, of land and sea arma
ments. Senate leaders do hot expect the
llorah proposal, nor the Home
provision to be reached during to
morrow's consideration of the bill.
These and an amendment by Sana
or King, Democrat, Utah, calling
or a land and sea disarmament
enference which is pending, are
xpected tt so over until after the
'iinstmaa holidays.
Senator Borah's amenffmrtnt
-auMPd general surprise. especially
i view of his strong position in
lie past in reference to American
: articipation in European prob
lems. He was one of the strong
est opponents of the League of Na
tions and treaty of Versailles, but
ii his statement today he made It
iear that the above action was
leeded to solve pressing economic
"roblems affecting American trade.
BODIES OF TWO
BURNETTS All
STILL
0
ED
,Sister of Man Whose
family Left North Caro
f lina Fails to Show up.
COLUMBIA. 8. C, Dec. 21. A
little over three weeks ago on their
way from Pine Level, N. C, to
Thornasville. Ga., Mr. and Mrs.
lack Burnett and their four chil
dren, the oldest seven and the
youngest six months of age,
reached Columbia on th train
rrom Biltmore, N. C. It was at
Ftlltmore that the finances of the
family had become so depleted
that the automobile truck in which
they were making the trip from
North Carolina had to be sold for
ieady cash with which to buy the
necessities of life and at Biltmore
the eextette had boarded the train
for Columbia where it was hope
work would bo found. Burnett
laimed as his profession steeple
painting. '
For three weeks'Jiow, two bodies
have rested unclaimed in the par
lors of a Columbia undertaking
stablishmeftt. - Three weeks ago
Mr. and Mrs. Burnett weakened by
exposure. under-noUrished and dis
heartened, within a few hours of
each other succumbed to attacks
Jf pneumonia. - .
Effort by charity organisations
and other Interested persons to lo
cate the families of the deceased
resulted 'in the receipt of a tele
gram from the mother of Mr. Bur
nett to the effect that funds for
the return and burial of the bodies
were not available in the old home
In North Carolina. A slater of
Mrs. Burnett wired from Florida
that she was on her way to Co
lumbia but she has never arrived.
The four Mttle children too
young to realise the tragedy which
ne entered into their Uvea, nave
been placed temporarily la the
Children's Home here where It la
the purpose 'to keep them until
the first of next week and then If
no word, from relative has been
(CiiMj.it m Twi
LAI
FARMERS' CREDIT
WHILE CROPS IN
T
Simmons and Norbeck
Both Approve Plan Be
fore Banking Committee.
SILVER OPPOSING
SCHEME ENDORSED
War Finance Corporation
Makes Its Annual Re
port to Congress.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Ad
vocating production credits, to be
available to farmers while . making
their crops, under Federal Direc
tion, Independent of the presont
Federal Reserve System, and the
Farm Loan Bureau, Senators Nor
beck, Republican. South Dakota.
ami Simmons, Democrat, North
Carolina, appeared today before?
the Senate Banking Committee.
They explained features of the bill
which they had introduced to pro
vide such credits, and emphatically
stated their opposition to having
loans on growing crops adminis
tered by existing Federal a j'.ncies.
Senator Norbeck declared a new
bureau could be provided for by
extending thn life of the Wr Fi
nance Corporation, and chantfin?
its operatie nto supplying the
needs of the farmers while they are
producing crops.
Opposition along the line voiced
by the two senators also was placcl
before the committee by Gray Sil
ver, representing the American
Farm Bureau Federation.
Restriction of credits to short
time loans has forced farmers to
sell their crops, Mr. Silver con
tended, with the result that they
are not obtaining prices wnicn
cover the cost of production. Banks
generally want farmers notes, lie
said, because -Jt 4s difficult to liqul
date the .oredlt. -Aa.- tnterwi fliiile
credit, ne exiaea, would soive me
problem provided It was estab
lished, not incompetition with ex
isting facilities, but was supple
mented and available as an altern
ative for the farmer In times of
stress. .
Senator Simmons declared farm
ers generally felt the Federal Re
serve system was Inadequate to
meet their needs and was being
directed to meet demands other
than arising from agriculture.
Estimating that 76 per cent of
the cotton grown In the South is
produced by small farmers, Sena
tor Simmons said the tenant farm
ers' poverty was so great that he
had to borrow money to plan this
crop of cotton and could not ac
cumulate enough reserve capital
to go into diversified farming. The
agricultural prosperity of the
South, he continued, is dependent
upon the farmers getting away
from the one-crop method.
FARMER WEATHERS WORST
OF ECOXOMIO STORMS
WASHINGTON, Dec. ill. The
American farmer has demonstrat
ed that when properly nanced he
can weather the worst economic
stcrms, the War Finance Corpora
tion declared In its annual report
sent to Congress today. The re
port set forth that 41 per cent of
the money advanced to the agri
cultural Industry had been repaid
either in advance of maturity or
when due.
Advances by the corporation
saved the industry many millions
of dollars, the report declared, ex
plaining that the corporation's of
ficers believed Its activity had
proved a beneficial In the restora
tion of confidence as In the actual
pouring of cash Into .spots whars
credit was tightest. The loans had
rrade It possible for thousands of
farmers to handle their products
in an orderly fashion, it was add
ed, and the confidence instilled in
them through the knowledge that
money was available acted as a
stabilizer, the value of 'which the
report said could only, be estimat-
""tt Is Impossible," the report con
tinued, "to estimate the full effect of
the aid given by the corporation to
the livestock Industry, because salam
Itles that are averted can never be
measured. It Is generally recognized,
however, that by Providing ee It did
financing for more than 8.900,000 head
of livestock the corporation checked
the demoralisation in the Industry,
gave the stockmen a breathing spell,
stabilised the market and turned the
tide away from disaster toward re
covery and reconstruction. .
The effect of the corporation s ae
tlvlty on the livestock Industry was1
typical of that on many other phase;
of sericulture. It was - added, and
. Toli' m fan I'mI
MAKING
ejoo litteodoir
EraSr I
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GOVERNOR
EXERT ILK
FOR BIG
Chase Hopes Workable
Plans Will Make Insti
tution a Possibility.
FEW'S SUGGESTION
THOUGHT GENEROUS
If Achieved Would Mean
Distinctive M e d i c al
School for Region.
crrisax kiws nence
TllBOtOtOU I'OTEI.
i B IROCt HKJtLli I
RALBIGH, Dec. 21. "With a
workable plan of ro-operation,
there Is opened up In North Caro
lina the possibility of a medical
school that will be distinctive and
outstanding In the whole South
Atlantic territory," declared Dr. H.
W. Chase, president of the uni
versity, In a statement issued late
this evening setting forth the
status of the eight million dollar
medical college project as it stood
upon the adjournment of a meet
ing this afternoon of the special
committee of the university trus
tee!".
"The suggestion that a medical
college should be established in
North Carolina through the co
operation of the university. Trin
ity College and, if proper arrange
ments can be made, Wake Forest
and Davidson, is one which de
serves thoughtful and serious con
sideration," Dr. Chase said. "Any
plan which may be devised must
be acceptable to the trustees of the
institutions concerned to the na
tional authorities in medical edu
cation, and it must not violate the
constitutional provision guarantee
ing the separation of church and
State. The end in view Is so big,
that If a way can be found which
commends itself to the sober pub
lic opinion of the State, it ought
to be found and the project car
ried through, it such a way can
not be found, of course the pro
ject must be abandoned.
1 am frank to say, ne went
on. "that there are such possibili
ties o( doing a big thing for the
State in a big way that It is my
earnest hope that the difficulties
may be solved; and, in saying this,
I believe I am voicing the senti
ment of the University Committee
and of President Few."
Morrinon Will Work for.
Proposition Men while.
The Committee will be fJled4t.
meet, shortly after Christmas &y
Governor Morrison when it "will
continue its investigation as to the
feasibility of the plan. Meanwhile
the Governor will confer with va
rious, denominational and educa
tional leaders of the State to give
them first hand knowledge of the
plan and to seek their endorse
ment. He talked today with two
of the biggest men in the Baptist
Church their names are not
available yet for publication and
they Joined the supporters of the
plan.
Dr. Chase's statement, which
voices the present centiment of the
special committee, was the only
announcement aa the result of. to
day's meeting. .
"President Few has made a most
generous suggestion," Pr. Chase
said. "It ia not that the college
be located on the Trinity campus,
or that It be operated as an ad
junct to the Trinity College. It Is
that, If possible, a plan be worked
out whereby a medical college
should be built up in Durham, con
venient of access to both Institu
tions, with both Institutions and,
if possible. Wake Forest and Dav
idson having a voice in its man-
(CmIImu m hn Tim
'UBLIC HEARING
N
CASE GJNCLUDED
Committee Votes to Meet
to Begin Formulation
of Report January 4.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Wind
ing up its public hearings on the. I
Keller charges against Attorney
General Daugherty, the House Ju
diciary Committee voted today to
meet on January 4, to rea:h its
formal decision and begin prepa
ration of its report to the House.
It was regarded as practically cer
tain that the committee, would hold
that there hacf been produce.! no
evidence upon which Impeachment
proceedings could be based.
The public sessions today were
taken up with the examination of
officials and employes of the De
partment ef Justice in answeV to a
number of the charges made
against the attorney-general , by
Representative Keller. Republican,
Minnesota, in announcing the con
clusion of the case for the attorney-general,
Paul Howland, his
personal counsel, stated that Mr.
Daugherty had proffered every
thing we have in relation to these
matters and produced all ol tne
documents that have been asked
for "
.Mr. Howland announced that he
would like to make a brief state
ment "expressing our position and
hopes in this case," but the com
mittee showed no disposition' to
hear hlra and proceedings were
ended. ,
Aside from Its report on the im
peachment charges the committee
has yet to act on the question of
what action, if any. Is to be taken
on the rfeusal of Mr. Keller to
obey a subpoena calling him to ap
pear for examination under oath
aa to the information upon whtcb
he based his allegations sejalnst
Mr. Daugherty. This question has
been referred to a sub-committee
of five members, but as yet Chair
man Boles has not Issued a call
for the eub-commlttes to meet
5CH00
DAUGHERTY S
Stirring Altercation Is
Staged At Lausanne When
VenizelosAnd Turk Clash
Former Greek Premier Charged With Being Father
of the Campaign m Anatolia Turkish Com-
! mumque Says Nationals Are Dying.
l-Ai;SAVXK TW 31. IHv the ! and defend)! Turkey, and then
Associated Press. 1 A stirring al- ! made a personal attack on the for
tercatlon occurred at a meeting mer Greek premier,
of the sub-commission on minor!- i ' Another Indication that fofliiiT
ties today between former Premier lr running high between the
Veniselua. of (ireece, and the Turks and the Greeks wn found
Turkish delegate, Jtlxa Nur Bey
The dispute between the two arumi
over the question of tiie responsi
bility for Greek deportations iu
Asia Minor And was so violent thut
it became necessary to adjourn
the session.
According to spokesmen of the
Turkish delegation, Riza Nur Bey ' ,,,, a ln or nuT . ,,
declared the Greek army was not!, ,''verv Jy n.ore that. JO Mos,
so much responsible for the recent' lem ""' d-vh,' ''"".7" l"
military disaster as was Venutelos n "r hunger. says the
himself because it was Veniselos ! 'm'nunl.,ue. and Moslems gen -who
had inaugurated the idea of j "y.. a rZjml ld,en ZV
tne ureek ministers who were re
cently executed at Athens were in
all probability entirely innocent of
deceiving the Greek people lie
cause the real father of the Ani.a
Minor campaign was Venizeloa.
The Italian Chairman of the
sub-commission, Slgnor Montagna,
hai previously warned both the
Turkish and Greek delegates that
references to massacres and cruel
ties must henceforth be" avoided,
but ''fhe Turks alleged Venizeloa
today refused to obey this Injunc
tion. He delivered a bitter Indict-
ment against the Turkish armv
and went so far, the Turkish dele
gates assert, that the Chairman
was obliged repeatedly to call him
to order.
After insistent attempts. Rija
Nur Bey eventually got the floor
lERCE BUTLER S
AS
JUDGE RE
ORTED
Democrat Takes Place of
Pay Will Not Take Seat
Before . January 2.t
WASHINGTON.' Dec. 21.1 The
nomination of Plerc Butler. St.
Paul attorney, to be an associate
Justice of the United States Su
preme Court, Anally was confirmed
late today by the Senate. The vote
waa said to be 61 to 8. .
Opposition to Mr. Butler, was
evenly divided, four Republicans,
Senators LaFollotte, of Wisconsin,
NoiTla, of Nebraska, Brookbart, of
Iowa, and Norbeck, of South Da
kota, being Joined by four Demo
crats. Senator George, of Georgia,
Tremmell, of Florida, Sheppard, of
Texas, and Hefiin, of Alabama, in
voting against confirmation. 1
The Senate voted to remove the
ban of secrecy from the roll calls
and It was announced that a mo
tion to recommit the nomination
to the Judiciary Committee, was
defeated 63 to 7, with virtually the
same line up that gave the nominee
confirmation. . ,
Justice, Butler, a Democrat, who
was named for the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Former Jus
tice Day, will not take his seat be
fore January 2, the Supreme Court
now being !i recess. A prior nom
ination during the recent special
session was blocked by the oppo
sition. More than three hours of discus
sion preceded the Senate's vote.
Senators LaFollette and Norris, it
was said, made the principal
speeches against confirmation, with
Chairman Nelson and Senator
Walsh. Democrat, Montana, mak
ing the main addresses for the Ju
diciary Committee, in favor of confirmation.
0NFI1A
fit FOfi LEVELING MT. MITCHELL
ANb ALL THE fiEST OPTHB HlLL
AROUND HERE jF THEY GTAftO OE'
TYiEEN MEfiND ff?OCf?ESS
AN THEM'S Ay SENTIMENTS
I" a communique which the Turk-
Ml delegation Issued later, de
flaring that reoent advices from
Ar.gora pi ore that the Greeks are
conflsciitinif all the farms belong
ing to .Moslems in Crete and that
ibe Moslems in the hills, fearlnp
massacn . nav, nea lo me ciues
lx:-)1 Curzon, M. Barrere and the
Marquis t'l (iarroni held an im
portant conference tonight in an
etideavor to straighten out the i-e-n-alning
difficulties over the straits
control. The Turks are Insisting
strongly that the International
commission shall not have Juris
diction over such matters as light
houses ond piloting In the Straits
nnd especially shall have nothing
to do with demilitarization of the
sones.
Strengthened by the American
view that a Htraits control com
miwiion Is needless, the Turks said
tonight they saw no real necessity
for a commission, particularly as
its powers would be so limited; yet
tl ey had accepted the idea of the
commission and would abide by
their acceptance.
ATE RESTS IN
ROSECU
OF
R
OTDEF
All Five Defendants Have
Been Pointed Out as Be-
ing Seen With Guns.
y, .
MARION, 111.. Dec. lily h
Associated Press.) After eight
days spent In the introduction of
evidence, the prosecution rented
today at the trial -of five men,
charged with .murder In connec
tion with the slaying of 20 non
union miners during the Herrin
riots last June. The defense will
open tomorrow morning.
In the testimony of Its last few
witnesses, the State completed Its
relation of the events from the
time three mine guards were shot
while driving a truck from Car-
bond ale to the Lester mine oh thesj
morning of June 21, to the attack
on the mine that afternoon when
three union miners were killed,
the surrender under a white flag
the next morning of 43 men in
the pit and' the slaying of 20 of
the prisoners.
All five defendants have been
pointed out In court as having
been seen with guns during the
riots and several of them have
have been named as having shot
down some of the victims. Dur
ing the" course of the presentation
of the State's case, four of the sur
vivors of the tragedy have taken
the stand and described the scenes
of horror which they said accom
panied the killings.
The cross-examinations ey the
defense have been brief and ap
parently designed to bear out lis
contention that the non-union men
in the mine and their employers
had Incited the riots for the pur
pose of having State troops called
out to protect the pits; that the
guards in the mine were armed,
and that they disregarded warn-
-CtHiiurH n Ptat rwi
NDANTS
AS THEY LOOK TO EACH OTHER
BY BILLY BORNEi
A THS
KEEPS up.
THY NAAfe
SENTIMENTAl
SIMP
FINOS!
CHARRED BODIES'
0
Both Were Well Known
Army Men, One Serving
With Distinction in War.
LEFT SAN DIEGO
ON DECEMBER 7
British Aviator at Wash
ington Completes Plans
for World Trip.
SAN 1'KA.NCIHCO, Dec. i'l.
The charred bodies of the missing
aviators, Colonel Krancls N- Mar
shall and Lieutenant Charles Web
ber have been found on Pnualo
Indian reservation about 75 miles
west of Tuscon. Ai laiona, the South
ern Pacini Railroad offices here
were advised this afternoon in dis
patches from Tuscon.
A cowboy, the advices stated,
came upon the bodies ner what is
known a" Indian Oasis. The bodies
lay In the wreckage of the fliers'
airplane. It Is not known whether
Colonel Marshall and LJeutenant
Webber were killed when they
Crashed to earth, or burned to
death afterward.
The message to the Southern Pa
cific said:
"Some cowboy found those two
aviators near Indian Oasis. Both
apparently burned to death. About
75 miles south of Tuscon, on Pap-
alo Reservation. No railroad there.
!t is on a wagon track. Suppose
airplane fell to ground and avia
tors burned to death,"
Colqnel Francis C. Marehall at
tached to the staff of the chief of
staff of etvalry at Washington, and
a 'brigadier-general who served
with distinction in the World War,
and Lieutenant Charles L. Webber,
of the uir service left San Diego
at 9:15 o'clock Thursday, Decem
ber 7, for a flight to Fort Hua
chuca, near Tusoon, Arizona.
Colonel Marshall had been on an
Inspection tour of cavalry camps
throughout the country, and had
used airplanes extensively on tnle
mission. He commanded a brigade
of the First and Second Divisions
in Franca from 1917 to 1919, and
received the Cralx.de Guerre, with
palm for distinguished service, i
Lieutenant WeUber was an ex
perienced crosa-uountry pilot aad
mi instructed tn renort by wire on
his arrival at Fort HOachuca. rebi
ber was 27 years old. and a native
of Denver. Colo. Webber entered
the aviation school at Berkley,
Calif., In 1917. and was Commis
sioned at Mount Clemens, Mich., in
191g. He served two year! in the
Philippines.
Saturday morning five airplanes
started an Intensive search for the
missing airmen. They were Join
ed lator by 16 more airplanes. The
planes carried emergency rations
and water containers so they could
be dropped at any point on the
desert if the lont offlcers were
sighted and a landing was Impos
sible. ' The search was conducted on a
scale larger than any other similar
operation conducted by the army
air service.
NOGAIiKS IS WITHOUT
DEFINITE INFORMATION
XOOAI.ES, Ariz., Dec. Zt. Col.
A. J. McNab, In command of oper
ations In the Nogales sector in the
search for Col. Francis C. Mar
shall and lieutenant C. L. Web
ber, missing army aviators, talil
tonight he had been unable to se
cure any definite information con
cerning the reported discovery of
the aviators' bodies on the I'apago
Indian reservation, 76 mllos west
of Tucson.
Two reports today fixed the
place where the bodies were found
in two different sections of the res
ervation one at Indian Oasis,
Southwest of Tucson; the other at
Covered wells, on the road to AJo.
almost due west from Tucson and
north of Indian Oasis', according
to both reports, the charred bodies
PffQGHESSlVE MOVEMENT
we wont Aye ah mount
COM
TWO
AIRMEN
ains LEFF and ouf aeUTruL
SCENtfff INU ML B 9PIACC0 SY
ATI9SETJ' CH.PfObfESs.WrtAT I
CRIMES ARE C0MMUED IN
J J
Scheme Emerges From
a
Help Solve Problem
T
BY MACHINE
SEEKINGJODIES
Expect to Recover
Corpses of Masked Men's
Victims at Any Cost.
JUSTICEAGENTS
WORKING ON CASE
Professional Divers Call
ed in to Help Find Bod
ies in Louisiana.
MER ROUGE. La., Dep. 21.-
Bivouacked tonight on the shores
of Mer Rouge parish lakes, n com
pany of Louisiana National Guard,
bent upon a mission probably un
tiaralleicd in the history of this
nation, faced the propect f
spending the Christmas holidays
dragging the waters and aTordlng
protection to professional ulvors In
tm eftrt tn recover the bodies f
two prominent cltliens t,f Mer
Rouge who were believed to have
been murdered by masked and
white robed men of three states,
Two days of effort on the part
of the military and some 75 men
and boys of the pariah have been
frultlsea. Unsuccessful It. its effort
to recover the bodies In Laka
Cooper and LaFourche, the search
will be extended to ether lakes iu
the vicinity.
"We will drag every lake in the
parish until we find them. Cap
tain W. W. Cooper, commanding
officer of the company, declared
today. '
Machine guns were planted ai
strategic points on the lake shores
Iste today as a precaution against
the possibilities of sniping on the
part, of those aligned with the mob
that' swooped down opon flv Mer
Rouge citizens last August while
they were returning home froisva
t tibtatlon nd-Veai Mwwrt
punishment ground where they
were severely handled..
. Watt Daniels and Thomas Rich
ards have been missing since thut
night.
That the slaying of the two men
was not premeditated is conceded
by all interested. Young Daniels
resented the merciless flogging ad
ministered, his 70-year old father
and tore the mask oft one of the
men and recognising him called
out hjs name which was heard by
Richards and both men wero slain
In ths fight that ensued, accord
ing to a story credited to members
of their families. The bodies then
were believed to have been weight
ed down with wagon wheels and
thrown Into one of the nearby
lukes.
, Department of Justice men were
working on the case for many
months, are said to know the iden
tity of many members of the mob
and upon the recovery of the
bodies which will establish that a
murder has been committed,
wholesale arrests will follow and a
court will be established at Bas
trop, the parish seat, whereupon
'hearings under direction of Gov
ernor Parker and other stato offi
cials will be established.
Soundings by professional divers
at LaFourche ferry landing today,
where investigators had charted
the most probable location of the
bodies revealed the fact that the
lake at that point was of such
depth as to make successful oper
ations there almost an impossi
bility. A plan to drain Cooper lake of
water also was abandoned late to
day and instead soldiers and par
ish cltiiens waded through the
shallow waters but without result.
GUILTY. 13 Gl
3 YEAR SENTENCE
Jury. Reaches Verdict
With Much uimcuiiy
Mercy Recommended.
rKH CMfmxmiUni Tkt 4Kll CUUml
GKEENSUOKO, Dec. 21. B. II.
Hedgecock, former cashier of the
Home Savings Bank of High Point,
was sentenced here today by
Judge W. F. Harding to serve three
vears in the state prison. lonowing
his conviction in Guilford Superior
Court on a charge of making a
false entry in the books of the
bank.
The Jury reached a verdict only
with great difficulty. IS hours after
I got the case. It was learned
that i on the first ballot, taken
Fhortly after the Jury got the case
Wednesday afternoon, the vote
stood 10 for conviction, two
f.alnst, and the two were pulled
Into line today for conviction only
when It was decided to accompany
the verdict of guilty with a recom
mendation for mercy. The Jury
was composed of 11 farmers and
one brick mason.
When the verdict was announced
counsel for the defense made a
motion to arrest Judgment on the
ground that the bill of indictment
did not name the offense for which
Hedgecock was tried. He was in
dicted on a charge of misappro
priating over one hundred thous
and dollars of the funds of the
bank and tried on a charge of
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GUARDED
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HEDGEHFUUND
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THREE NATIONS
ARE WILLING TO
UNITEJN PLAN
U. S., Britain and Ger
many Discuss Program,
but .Not Diplomatically.
PLAN NOWBEFORE
PREMIER POINCARE
England Is Interested as.
Solution of Unemploy
ment Problem Involved
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (By
The Associated' Press.) A plan
under which an American com-,
mission would determine how
much Germany should be requir
ed to pay the Allies in reparations
has emerged from the effort to,
find a way tor extending Ameri
can aid toward solution of the
economic troubles of Europe. .
Although discussions of the pro
posal have been kept thus far out.,
side the formal channels of di
plomacy, the exchange of views
has developed a thorough under-
standing in authoritative circles
that the United States. , Great
Britain and Germany all are will
ing to assent to the creation of
such a commission.
The plan now Is before Premier
Polncare of France, and he Is ex
pected to make a decision after he
has concluded a series of confer
ences with Industrial leader of h
own country vd of Germany. . It
is assumed it will be communicat
ed later to all the nations inter
ested In reparations payments.
Officials of the Washington Gpv
ernment. wl o trom the beginning
of the present discussions have
been unwilling to do more than;
hint that way was, being sougnt
to render Aid toward a European
settlrment. refused -today , to di-
.,y.e4 plJsy'.'feMSjJajnartesn
eomm.slon Btn-Mtarj Hughe,
however, did issue a statement
saying the "fot.rmnent, had pre
sented "no propoeU" on the sub
let. .
The procedure ty which all of
those 'directly interested are
sounded out .before jtny definite
"proposal" is submitted with gov
rMmnt a ill hnHtv hnhlnd It is 111
- - - - it
usual method employed in nego-i ' I
tlatlons of great delicacy. The i I
secretary's statement recalled an
assertion made a few days ago by
White House spokesman , 'Who
raid in discussing the American
attitude toward Europe that Is.
would not be proper to display on
the stage all that was taking place
Denina tne scenes. .
The plan for an American com
mission first was disclosed early
today in an Associated Press dis
patch from London where the pro
posal has been actively under dis
cussion. The dispatch credits'!
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States with having first latd
the suggestion before Secretary
Hughes, and it was learned here
today that much of the actual dis
cussion which has taken place
since that time has been conducte-t
tn behalf of Amorcan industry by
officials of the chamber.. -
At the State Department there
was a disposition to draw a sharp
line of distinction between thai
activities of American and other
business men in regard to thai
problem, and the moves made by
Government officials themselves. It
became clear during the day, how
ever, that the two groups had kept
in closest touch, and that not only
Secretary Hughes, but Secretary
Hoover and others high In the ad
ministration were fully advised of-
efforts made by President Julius
ICtmmu aa r$t Twi
D
F MAT.
D
LAN TO DEVELO
BUCHANAN TRAC
100 Acres Recently
Bought for $156,000 by
Hotel Lessee.
The Buchanan property, com
prising 100 acres of valuable un
developed property, located with
in a few blocks of the business)
section, suitable for business and
residential development, which
bus been purchased by Wilbur
Iinvendorf, lessee of the Battery
Park Hotel, for S166.000, may be
developed within the next ninety
days.
Should the property be develop
ed, the frontage of l-29 feet on
Biltmore Avenue and the 800 feet
frontage on Valley Street will
probably be used for commercial
property and the remainder for
residences.
Mr. Devendorf Is silent on plana
for the future of the large tract
which was purchased after a court;
sale to guarantee the title, but 1
is known that he purchased tne
tract as an investment and should,
it not be sold, will make imme
diate plans for developments.
Streets and improvements, r
suiting tn a large expenditure
would follow development plans,
it is understood, and the property
may within the next six months;
be the scene of considerable ac
tivity, aa nians for development
would probably be started wltb.1
the next sixty to ninety cays.
VENDOR