North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER Nerjh Carolina: Generally fair and colder Thursday, preceded by rain In northeaet portion Thursday mornlnai Friday (air. COMPLETE Reports of The Associated Press Supplemented by Many Spe dot Correspondents. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. " . ASHEVILLE7 N C, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1922. PRICE HVE CENTS llnrprtaintv Hancrina )Over Results Of The I Lausanne Conference ONEAS NESS IS AS SPREAD n Finale in Near East Ses sions Is Now Expected Early Next Week. ENOLANDWILL NOT RELINQUISH MOSUL llied Delegations Grow Less Tractable as End Approaches. LAUSANNE. Iec. 27. (By The uclated Press) Great uneasl- f 'ricjSls spreading throughout Near L Kast conference circles as the time f approaches for a final reckoning .n all Important questions, which n unsettled, between tue and the Allied powers. , . ..I. i ., &r '.v. ............ .... merit today that ureat Hrnain win not cede Mosul to Turkey and iloea not propose) to discuss that question further, was thesjforerun ner of less positive statements rora the other delegations. The sub-commissions are mak- -, littlo nmrrriM. Riza Mur Bey as-less truculent today In the eub- i'OtnmlSHlon un mmuimoa. iiicu delegations are clearly becoming less tractable In preparation for a final and complete statement of the Maximum they will yield. The indications are that the finale will comq early next week with an uncertain outcome on capitula tions, coptrol of the straits and the rights of minorities, Seemingly every one is Walked nut and every foot of ground be tween Mount Ararat and the Gar den of Eden has been traversed. Old Testament History Completely Revived. Old Testament msiory hm uocn revived from Genesis to Malachi; poets, historians, soothsayers, who . . .t,.i- .nrntrr rtirectlv back to Adam and Eve, have presented claims: ecclesiastic, soldiers and statesmen of many races, languages and religions have been nearu. ine hopper is filled to overflowing and 1 how the mill Is starting to grind. J Kurds. Arabs. Assyrio-Chaldeans, Armenians, Greeks, Turks, Bul JAarlans and Russians are watching 'with tense Jnterest-as the Allied leaders meet dally IB private con ferences, which are really deciding what the map ot Asia Minor shall be. Lord Curzon, Marquis di Gar roni and M. Barrere had a long discussion today on casltulatibns which, after Mosul oil, M probably i he most stubborn question for settlement. The three leaders made no an nouncement as to what decision had been reached. It was made -leur however, that foreign super vision of foreigners tried In Turk ish cnurta must stand. The Turks are insistent against lhis and will not even consent, to have a probationary period fixed so their courts may advance to Western standards. Meantime Censtantinople is be coming more unsettled and Greece and Bulgaria are floundering along under the burden of miser able refugees, who dread a re sumption of hostilities between Greece and Turkey. All 2 Allied Delegates Are lnlnly Discouraged. I The Allied delegates tonight vere plainly discouraged after sev eral hours'- discussion with tne PITCHED RATTLE WAGED BEFORE Lone Man in House Stands Off Sheriff's Force, State Police, Citizens. BTEtTBENVILLE. O.. Deo. 27. More than 1.200 shots were ex changed tonight between deputy sheriffs. State police and ne citizens and Joseph Jones, 60 at Follansbee, W. Va., after Jories had shot Harry. Jne f .k County deputy sheriff, and barri caded himself-ln his home. The deputy had gone to the Jones home In response to a tele phone summons from Mrs. Josepn Jones that her husband was Vratn1?icr her life. .AAn.inv if Mrs. Jones husband came home early tonight and attempted to force her at ine point of a gun to deed him three v.,,.c vhirh mh owned. She re fused and made her escape, call ing the sheriff's office at Wells burg. "W. Va. Deputy Sheriff Jones and Lee- Chambers, chief of Police of Wellsburg, hastened to the home and found Jonea standing on the front porch.. Jones im mediately oaened fire, wounding the deputy in the leg. About 20 shots were exchanged between Joseph Jones and Chambers before the latter retired. . Taking the wounded deputy, Chambers returned to Wellsburg, where he secured six. deputy sher iffs, two atata policemen, two ma ins guns and ten not guns m nin started for tna jones hbm. volley- of shots from the house wJL v met the posse and heavy tiring was Immediately opened by the officers, who were Joined by arm ed Follansbee citizens. . The machine guns wre immedi ately brought ..Into action and a hail of bullets poured into the house. Jonea kept up a steady re turn fire from downstairs windows and later from upstalrsv Officers iMiimi Jones fired at leest 100 REGKGNING 1 PRISONER L COAL INDUSTRY Corporation Commission Makes Public Biennial Report to Governor. WOULD AMEND THE NEW BANKING- LAW State Regulation Motor Vehicle Transportation Is Suggested. RALEIGH. Dec. 27. (By The Associated Press) State regulation of motor vehicle transportation, Federal control of the coal Indus try, amendments to the new bank, ins law providing semi-annual ex aminations' of all State banks, and employment of an expert to relieve "unsatisfactory handling of freight shipments between points In North Carolina, are recommended in the biennial report of the Corporation Commission made public tonight. On September 15. 1912, total banking resources in the State were $254,588,817.07. being an in crease of $241,366,312.95 over the figures of December 2. 1899, when the commission was given super vision of all State banks, accord ing to the report. This la a per centage increaso of 1825 per cent. In 1899, there was G2 State banks, 21 private banks and eight sav ings banks, making a total of 81 banking institutions. The number had Increased to 649 on December 1. 1922, it Is stated. "During the year, 1 92 , IS banks were authorised to begin business, which number included seven branch banks," the report reads, "and, during the year, 1922, 19 banks were authbrized. which In cluded 11 branch banks. . Twelve Banks. Consolidated during 1923. "There has been a consolidation. of 11 banks in 1921 and 12 in 1922, including branch banks that have beea consolidated with their home offices; a liquidation of two banks in 1921 and three banks In 1922. wherein the depositors and creditors of these banks were set tied with in full: and four State banks surrendered their charters as State institution and went into the national system during 1922; none in 191. "During the year, 1921, the com mission cloied 12 banks. Involving $2,352,251.49, and in 1922 'closed five banks, involving $1,761,136.96 a total of 17 banks closed, in volving $4,113,887.45 during the two years. Of the resources in volved an estimate of the total or percentage loss at this time is problematical, and varies in ac cordance with the deficit and the amount of capital stock. "These failures for the most part were caused on account of over extended conditions, and shrink- ago in value of assets held by these banks. In a few instances, the failures were caused on account of dishonesty and bad management. A number of defaulting bank of ficers have been "prosecuted by the department within the last two years, and several are mow serv ing terms in the State prison on account of such defalcations. AKgrogata Amount Involved Comparatively Small. "In the opinion of the commis sion,'' the report continues, "the aggregate amount involved In ICuaimut m Mi Tmi TA OS E B APT ST ITAL BODY Sprunts of Wilmington Charter Steamship Line at $100,000. onsu saws bobuo (t BROCK URKLMl) RALEIGH. Dee. 27 An lmaort ant charter Issued today Incorpor ates the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Ino., with principal of flees In Winston-Salem, a non stock corporation to be controlled by the Baptist State convention and which will "construct, own, maintain and operate hospitals, sanatorius and Informarles." . Twelve prominent North Caro- llnt RaDtists are the incorporators and will serve as a board of trus tees until the next Baptist State convention when a governing bodjr will be named by the Baptist or ganisation. The incorporators are B. F. Huntley, J. Wilbur Creks, Egbert L. Davis and Mrs. Ruth Rlddick, all of Winston-Salem; A. Wayland Cooke, Greensboro; A. E. Tate, High Point; J. H.-Bostic, Charlotte; T. l. Johnson, Lumber ton; Mrs. Laura Rose Vaughan, Nashville; R. 7. Bateman, Ashe ville; Zeno Wall, Goldsboro, Gil bert T. Stephenson, Raleigh. The Sprunts, of Wilmington, chartered a new steamship line to engage both in foreign commerce and coast-wise trade. The corpor ation Is known as the Cape Fear Shipping and Trading Company, North Front Street, Wilmington, and It has a paid in capitalization of f 100. 000. It is authorised to "take, bold, and lease or charter one or more steamships or other vessels and to operate them under the American flag or other -wise," between the . port of Wilmington and forefgn ports and In coast-wise trade. The Incorporators are James Sprunt, William Sprunt, T. E. Sprunt. J. T..Lwrnce and Walter H- Sarunt. FEDERAL G01MTR0 RECOMMENDED GRANT EDCRARTER 3F0E I CO. FOLKS. HANT 70 call youff AT TENTON ro a few of rue tHs youRc Q0H$ T0?m MEM BE ft NE BY G1VEEHI THE ONCE CVEK HOT 20 BAD. E WHAT? PLAN TO RESIST E ONE Till MR McKoin First Angered, Now Treats Arrest Order ed by Parker Lightly. BALTIMORE, Dec. 27 Cap tain George G- Henry, chief in spector of the Baltimore police, re ceived a telegram tonight from Governor John M. Parker, of Louisiana, asking that hearing in fha jent of- habeas corpus, ob t .-rifled by counsel for Dr. McKoin, be held up Until officers arrived with extradition papers. The writ was obtained In an ef fort to obtain bail for Dr. Mc Koin, who was arrested here yes terday after a telegram was re ceived from the Louisiana gov ernor requesting that the -former be held on a charge of murdetj In connection with the Morehousa parish murder an' kldnaplngs. Hearing on the writ is scheduled for tomorrow. Requisition papers iaaued by Governor Parker on Governor Al bert Richie, for the return to Louisiana, of Dr. McKoin, are not expected to reach here f of two or three days. Governor Ritchie to day asked what, action he would take said he would await receipt of the papers before issuing a statement. Meanwhile friends of Dr. Mc Koin are rallying to his assistance. Money and Moral Support ' For MoKoln Pledged Telegrams were received today from many persons pledging their moral and financial support. Among them was one from two physicians, signing themselves as fellows of the American College of Surgeons, composed of many leading men in the medical profes sion. Another telegram from the Central Savings and Trust Com pany, of Mer Rouge, La,, offered to deposit any amount of money In a local bank in' an effort to ob tain release of Dr. McKoin. Dr. Hugh Toung, head of the Brady Institute, of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, with whom Dr. McKoin has been asso ciated since he arrived here last October 1, made public the tele gram received. In an interview witn newspaper men prior to his arraignment in police court this morning. Dr. Mc Koin started he was unable to throw any light on the deaths of Thomas Richard's and Watt Dan iels, whose mutilated bodies were found several days ago in Lake LaFourche, near Mer Uouge. While angered at his arrest. Dr. McKoin la incline o treat the matter llfHitly. He said he could aocount for every hour prior to the kidnaping of the murdered men, and every minute since their mys terious disappearance. MoKoin Never s Klansmaii, Not Asked to Join Them Dr. MoKoln reiterated he was not a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Neither had he been asked to Join the organization, he said. "In fairness to them, however," he added, "I must say they have done much good work in the matter of ridding Mer Rouge of undesirables. I do not mean to say that they have driven people out of town On the contrary they have, by the use of common aense, talk ana tact, made good men of Individu als who undoubtedly would have landed in Jail sooner or later." Former United States District Attorney Robert R. Carman, of counsel for the accused, stated he would fight any effort to extradi tion by the Louisiana governor. TRAII. masked men took FOLIOWED BY ACTHOKITrES BASTROP. La. Dec. 27. Civil and military authorities today fol lowed through the low red hills and swamps of Morehouse parish, the trail they believe was taken, by the masked men on the afternoon and night of August 24. when Ave men were kidnaped a.nd two mur dered. - The trail covered a distance or 25 miles from a point on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge -highway, where the men were kidnaped to a ferry- landing at Lake LaFourche near where the bodies of two of them were feend last week. The recoKo!er" were seeking I i .1 - - '-T-r ' l --IsT saw t- i M I i . I 1 I ! n r U J I I 1. V I XTRADIT ON 0 OUR LEGACY BY: BILLY BORNE ! xm Mm '111 TO Mm: w. w$XS&y ICGLUMBUS SCENE nrffoLOFjlfl(OLESALE North Carolina Quota to Wilson Fund Mate rially Increased. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Wood row Wilson in expected to spend the greater part of his 60th blrthd8r tomorrow quietly in h's "S" Street home, though it is un derstood he probably will receive a delegation duriner the afternoon. The Woodrow Wilson Founda tion, it was announced tonight, will send a delegsttoif) to th residence of the former President a t 3 o'clock to eirtenj birthday greet ings. and inform him of progress In its efforts to raise a Jl.000.ooo fund to advance Ideas enunciated by him while President. RALEIGH, N. C Dec. 27- Contributions to the Woodrow Wil son Foundation materially In creased 1 North Carolina's quota yesterday and the total for the iewl state will be announced in days according to Mrs. Josephu Daniels, chairman of the Wood row Wilson Foundation" In North Carolina. i ! Mrs. Daniels made public a tele gram from Hamilton Holt, chair man of tho movement in the na tion In which he said: "Congratulations to North Caro lina. Permanent record of foun dation W'U reflect great credit upon your good ttate." MEDICAL SCHOOL fULAR APPEAL Special Committee of Uni versity Trustees to In vestigate Soon. eiTiza vsws arista TARaoaaros aorat, (Ht BROOM, BiHKLBYt RALEIGH, Dec. 27. Three de nominational . college presidents put their okay on the eight mil lion dollar medical college project following a conference with Gov ernor Morrison today. The con ference was upon the Invitation of the Governor who wanted to ex. plain the whole scheme to Presi dent Martin, of Davidson, the Presbyterian boys' school of the State; President Harper, of Elon the Christian College, and Presi dent Binford, of Guilford. The Governor will confer soon with President Potest, of Wake Forest College, who is now in New Tork. Within a few days he will call a special meeting of the com mittee of university trustees, who are to Investigate the prospects ana make a recommendation to the full board ot trustees. Support of the scheme by the trustees seema probable, so that there appears to be little doubt that it will go before the general assembly at the coming session. A decided change in sentiment to ward the project is reported with the clearer understanding as to Just what Trinity proposes in the way of turning over Its million dollar building fund and three million dollar endowment and an nouncements as to the State reached In consideration of the plan. . That Trinity's action would amount to a virtuat gift of four million dollars to the State for the construction and maintenance of the school and hospital upon con dition that the State appropriate a smaller amojint Is the announce ment of officials dealing with the proposal. About the only string now tied to Trinity's offer is the location of the institution at Dur ham, as it offers to place the op eration of the college entirely un der the Statw's controW with the board of trustees appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. - PLANNING FOR POSTAL EMPLOYES CONFERENCE RALEIGH. N. C, Dee. Vt. conference of postal employes un der the personal direction of Dr. Hubert Work, postmaster-general, will be held' in Raleigh, January 1. It was announced here today. Arrangements are being made to accommodate 1.200 or more postrl employes of the state, according to W. B. Duncan, postmaster at Ralelah V LAN GROWS V. ULV1 BfST-Ttiri PrXWS, rCftL COX- it BEET D- viFi DPME.NT NV4 KtHlLWOrVTrt HOTEL CITY pLANNmbCOrt. mcmm SCHOOL BLDGS MORE PAVED 5TRftT3 KE VIEW DEVElOr HENT Will PL OT Allege Homes of All City .Commissioners and uthers Are Marked. i dOLUMEUS, Ga.. Dec. 27. This city was stirred as it had not been in years when announcement by officials was made late today of the discovery of an alleged plot to blow up the home of all five of the city commissioners, an apart ment house, and a factory. The authorities have taken precautions to prevent the carrying out of the schedule of murder and destruc-. tlon. The county grand jury will meet tomorrow morning to make a full investigation of the affair, it was TTtl DYNAMITING announced tonight. The names it)repWj,s commission thaf . . 1 fiarmanv hurl riflfAiiIr in thm da- several persons, believed to have information . regarding the plot. were placed into the hands ol the roreman of the Jury by the city commissioners, and It Is expected they will be subpoenaed to appear before the. body The active plotters, according to the police, are about a dozen men. criminals, anarchists and persons who are believed to be enraged over the strict enforcement of the prohibition law here. They have in their possession 100 pounds of TNT, enough to wreck wholesale destruction, according to inform ation in the hands of city authori ties. Tonight the homes of the five city commissioners, the Dimon Court apartments, the largest building of its kind in the city, and the factory of the National Show Case Company, of which Mayor J. Homer Dimon is presi dent, are all under guard, . while the city is at high tension. While these precautions have been taken, officials do not believe sny attempt will be made tonight to carry out the plans of the al leged bomb plotters, because of the publicity given to their scheme. Police officials say the plotters met last night in a local cemetery and mapped out thefna- 'or tack. They charge that among 12 men- attending the meeting were members of the police force, mal contents, criminals, and one or two persons from the Alabama clues across the Chattahoochee River. Discovery of the plot was an nounced at a citizens meeting at a local hotel this afternoon, follow ing a session of the city commis sioners, at which time Judge George P. Munro and Foreman Frank G. Lumpkin, pf the grand Jury were called into conference. A verbal resolution was adopted at the meeting requesting the city commissioners as the constituted authorities, to .meet snd recom mend sny eteps they might deem necessary to forestall violence. The aid of those present was pledged to the commission In the fight against the lawless elements. TWO LOSE L1VE8 IN FIRE; THIRD MAN SOVGHT GA8TONIA, ' N. C Dec. 27. Search continued tonight for E. J. Eddings, who Is believed to nave burned to death in the fire which today destroyed the Underwood boarding house and property of the Oamlbrill and Melville Mills at Bexsemer City, near here, snd in which John D. Hough and his stepson. Mack Hopper, lost their lives. , Irs. Hough, wife of the dead man, remained In a serious con dition at a hosmiUl here tonight as the result of Injury sustained when she leaped from a second story -window and struck a fence paling. Damage to cotton stoca ana property was estimated between 125,000 and $30,000. 24,000 ARE EMPLOYED BY STATE CO-OPERATION RALEIGH, N. C. Dec 27 Twenty-four thousand men nd women ware given employment 1i North Carolina daring the past 12 months through the contperatlou of the i stats and federal govern nent in the employment service of which M. L. Hhlpman Is director, according to the summary of em ployment statistics made by Mr. Shlpman today. Actual place ments totalled 24,2(1 againat a total registration of It.tSI. Re quests for help during the period totalled 14,721, First Official Disclosure New International Conference Is Being Sought Made In Senate- E SEIZE GERMAN STATE FORESTS Will Present Plan to Take Them as Guarantees Fol lowing Default. WILL BE ISSUE AT PREMIERS' MEET French Contend Now Qer many Would Resist All Her Obligations. PARIS. Deo. 27. (By The As Hoclated Press) Premier I'olncare plans to follow up the rrsnrntions commission's, decision declaring Germany in default of her wood deliveries. Iiy presenting to the Allied premiers' meeting here next week a sclinme for taking over the German state forests as a guaran tee. If opposed. It Is understood, France Is preaared to set alone. It is now feared that the British and French altitudes will he as far apart then as they were when the recent London conference ad journed. Sir John Brandbury went to London today to confer with Prime Minister Ronar Law and other members of the government on the effect of the reparations commission's action "and on the question of (he gennral British policy toward the premiers' meet ing. Sir John's reasons for refusing to support the default vote were that certain extenuating circum stances entitled Germany to more lenient consideration and that fur thermore, the Allies had previous ly agreed on a course less radical In the event of Germany's failure to make the deliveries. France's victory in the repara tions commission vote is ascribed. to the personal efforts of Premier Polncare, who is said to have care fully planned a coup. ' The commission's sudden decis ion too( not only the Americans but Frerfch political circles by sur prise, since It was generally un derstood that the commissioners would take no decision until after the premiers' meeting. . The notification of the Allies by Germany had defaulted in the de livery of telegraph poles' snd lum herprovlded for In the scheme of payments and deliveries on repar ations accounts, fixed on May 19, 1(21, is regarded in Franch of ficial circles as making applicable the article of the Treaty of Ver sailles authorizing the Allies to proceed to take repralsals and put Into force economic and financla.1 measures as a penalty. The matter will come up before the conference of premiers next Tuesday when Premier Polncare will propose that the Allies In turn formally register Germany's de fault but reserve the question of the applicability of the penalties clause of the treaty. The French government will maintain at the premiers' meeting that Germany's failure to deliver the lumber and telegraph poles -1cim rm fi STATE'S AFFAI MAY S1W0THE RINT NG Governor Is Too Busy Now and May Not Con-. sider Complaint. ermas bbwb bcnbau TABBOBODOB SOTB1. mock UniLi.Br RALEIGH, Deo. 27. Busy days for the Governor and other offi cials of State, comprising the state Printing Commission may postpone Indefinitely, and probably deny al together, official consideration of the complaint of Edwards and Broughton. local printing house. concerning responsibility for proof reading and alleged discrimina tions in printing orders as regis tered in the recent controversy be tween the firm and the State Printing Commissioner and his as sistants. Governor Morrison has refused to make anv statement relating to the controversy, and when asked today If he proposed railing the printing commission together for consideration of the printing houses complaint replied that he did not care to make an announce ment. However the Governor who la chairman of the commission and the official who would call a meet ing, is busy with the preparation of his annual message to the Leg islature, the medical college pro ject, snd a dozen other Important matters, and. with the legislature I convening next week, little time seen which can be devoted to such a subject, looked upon by sev eral in official circles largely as a local business matter, that can well afford to wait in view of the press ing demands of State affairs. The controversy has quieted down now, in the absence of a re ply by Printing Commissioner M. U. ghipman to tne last say-so oy President Smith of the printing house. But there Is no guarantee that it will remain quiet. In fact. reports have been current that ef forts have been made to get the Legislature to look In on the squabble. But the Legislature, too. will be quite a busy body. Not a vary opportune time was selected for breaking the row if any one wanted officialdom to give it any ffleial consideration. POIfJCAF! WOULD ?JffSeBr Senate Delays Conrad W. Crookcr. An appeal to the Massachusetts courts to unseat Senator Lodge Will be taken If the Senate committee on privileges and elections delays hearing the petition filed with Vice-President Coolldge. by Con rad W. Crooker. Crooker Is at torney for John A. Nlcholls, Pro-hlbitlon-Progreeslve candidate against Lodge, at the recent elec tion. He threatens, immediate ac tion If the Senate refuses to act. Forecasts Trip forBonar Law if Labors of First 'Body Successful WAUUK, -Uec. II. ly inn sooiated Press,) The v British fi rs ncial mission" to fii tJnltel States headed by Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, sailed for New York this morning on the liner Majestic, Besides the chan cellor tin party included Mrs. Baldwin and daughter; Montague C. Morgan, governor of the Bank of Engand; Rowe Dutton, flnan" rial adviser, and P, J. Grlgg, of the treasury., it Is expected the mission will return about the end of January, In a statement to the Evening Standard today. Mr. Baldwin point ed out that under the present ai risngementfc Great Britain's pay ments to the Ur'ted States would amount to between 60,000,000 and 70,000,000 pounds sterling an nually.' ''We hope to fund tnls debt," he said, "and get the burden of inter rut eased. If It is successful I hope America will be kind to a much more Important mission which Mr. Bonar Law is shortly to under take." The Evening Standard says this latter refers to a reparations M'ttlemenl. The chancellor added that it is of supreme importance to Europe that America would have her say as regards Europe's financial problem. Mr. Baldwin's statement follows: "My mission concerns our I. O. I'.'s held by the United .States and U a delicate one. We are is the position of debtors. We must triad warily. Nevertheless we hope to persuade the United states gov ernrnent to come to a permanent settlement on the terms of our debt to America, of something like 95ff,000.00fl pounds sterling. "At present a law or congress provines mat this must be repaid witnin Zi years at 4 1-2 per ceni interest. i nts would mean an annual payment by Qreat Britain of between 60.000.000 and 70,000. 000 pounds sterling, a very heavy Item in our budget. We hope to iuna mis aent ana get the burden of Interest eased, but of course, the jasi word is with America. If we can effect a settlement on such a matter we shall set an example to Europe, an exampla wiut:u mipni wen oe an augury for the settlement of even greater I roblems than this one interna tional problems. if 1 rm successful I hope America, having seen the result of one mission, win be kind enotiKii to the much more important mis sion wnun Air. Bonar Law is miomy io undertake (the word reparations' was here parenthetl. rally Inserted by the newspaper) and which Is more dlfileult than mine. "It Is nf supreme Importance to Europe tl-at America should have ""j in in many perplexing mat ters now engaging the attention of GRACE LINE STEAMER STILL HARD AGROTTND CHARLESTON, a o.. Dec. 27. The Grace Line Steamship Santa Rosa from Chile, with a cargo of nitrate of soda. Is still hard aground by the bow. off Morris Is land, with five tugs standing by to float her. The coast guard cutters Yamacraw and Modoc are reported to be standing Into the Santa Rosa for tha-purpoae of aiding. The Santa Rosa grounded Tuesday, but the position of the vessel at this time is not considered dangerous. She earrles a crew of 41 men. Officers and crew of the steam freighter are still on board. The next effort at floating will be made at high tide after midnight. Today 'a efforts were futile. ft BALDWIN LOOKS FOR REPARATION M SSI TO U. S. TLODGE REVEA S Does Not Oppose Flan In Principle but Wants It WeJllDefined. BORAH FORECASTS ANOTHERBIO WAR Says Present Conditions Will Bring One in Year, Entangling U. S. WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press.) The first olTtcial disclosure that President Harding Is negotiating toward an International conference for tha consideration . of European eco nomic problems was made by Sen ator Lodge, ot Massachusetts, Re publican floor leader, during open debate in the Senate today on tha proposal of Senator Borah. Re publican, Idaho, for the President to call an International conference to discuss econotnlo conditions and armament. In opposing the Borah propsml, which Is In the form ct an amendrnent to the NavJ Ap propriation Bill, Senator Lodge urged that the President be not embarrassed "in the efforts which he is now making as a mat ter of fact." Senator Lodge did not oppose the calling of an economlo confer ence but said it should be careful ly and strictly defined with such questions as reparations and allied debts, and that Immigration be specifically excluded from consid eration. . . . ' The State Department, which has consistently maintained 111 :ca declined to add anything to the statement of Senator Lodge, but it was learned that President Hard ing was considering' aj-liusly transmitting a letter to tb Senate giving information of his negotia tions and at the same time fplor ing any Congressional intervention which might hinder his efforts. Important Details of Scheme Remain t'ndlBeJase,.'v-At. - s: It Is understood that ."through the State Department, the Presi dent has bean "sounding out" sov S1 Jojyra ragsTdins:..the deaa felllty of holding an economio con ference. Whether the proposed conference would be called by or held In the United States or wheth er tins nation would be a par'lcl pant were, however,. 'Importa-it. details not disclosed. Secretary Hughes conferred with, the Presi dent at the White House lata to day, but no announcement . was made at Its conclusion. The Borah amendment was' dis cussed for four hours in the Sen ate. Senators Lodge and Lenrnot, Republican, Wisconsin, opposed and Senators Borah and Williams, Democrat, Mississippi, supported" the propogal. No action was taken and further debate went over until tomorrow. The open- ins- debate on the amendment de veloped the full fores of adminis tration disapproval for It as draft ed and also bi-partisan support and onnosltion. Administration leaders mappeo. out a program to defeat tne amendment on a parliamentary BIG INCREASE IN CAPITA STOCK OF MILLS ASKED Charged With Using Stock Increases to 8 , cape Corporation Tax. RALEIGH. Deo. 17. A ood of charter amendments from cotton mills into the secretary of states office, providing for heavy in creases In capital stock, is being channeled around Uuole Sam's corporation tax system, according to explanations here by person familiar with the plan pursued by the mills. Through the stock increases, th mill corporations are issuing their surplus in stock dividends and thereby getting around a system of taxation that has been heavy on them, it a said. A dosen or mora of the larger mills of the state re cently have procured amendments to their chatters permitting enor mous increases. Many of the mills that formerly had a capitalization of four cr five hundred thousand dollars have run their authorisa tion up to a million ami in some instances to two millions, while even larger mills have made pro portionate Increases. Surpluses and heavy Incomes thst would have been reported for collection escape the fedwal tax. It is expected, while money Is madj cvallable for further expansion of j the plants and the stockholders Increase their holdings in the cor porations. Another charter amendment was Usued a cotton mill today, provid ing for an Increase in the capital!- w.tlon of the Smitherman Cotton Mills, of Troy from $160,000 to 4350,000. . . Through another charter today. Western North Carolina lfnes up 1th the Sandhills In the forma tion of large and substantial com- I panles for horticultural develop ments. The Boon Trail Orchard Company, of North Wllkesboro. I with a large list of substantial men I of agricultural Interests as lncor-1 poratoi-s. lias a- paid In capitalisa tion of $23,000 on a hundred thous and dollar authorised capital stock. I' will specialise in the growing! nf apples, reaches and other fruits. I tpMiBU pea rttt omj epuTMr r put i n Gunu.iL Nuniwu m BORAH PROPOSAL 1 i . a