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3 .1 .1 THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Jin. 12 W.jth.f for.e.f for North Carolina: f .r and cooler Saturday! Sunday fair and warmer. lLAN RULED TOWNi - imitu innm umm i n in ilium iimiiu.; MESSES STATE! Two Witnesses Testify I That Black Masks I I Were Worn Once. RAIDING PARTY IS DESCRIBED BY ONE Klan Leader Asks for Conference With At torney General. bastrop. . Jun. r. winl fi tl Nor.sevort hy, Morehouse Parish.. J planter testifying today. In the open J I raring investigation if maakcd S l.aml depredations In Morehouse ft-md the slaying of Wall Vanr'. : -'I 'mil Thotn.i.- Richard, victims of a I i.'.aok hooded mull, credited "'up ''tain .1. K. SUipwilll. leader cif the I a I 'a i i.-.h org mi'titlon of the Ku Klux Klan Willi having said knit aid anil Daniel "knew Inn min'li." i Nors.-worthy was testifying as I" .: conference lie said was held with kipivitll in I laimrs home ai Vanchii, l.a. 'I'll'- dlscusMon nil up thi' disa ppoaranoi' of Daniel ami Ricba rd. Will Norsewoi-i liy declared 1c not a Klansniaii ami lliat li:r- Avenfcrcilcc vva In a.-.il'la I n ill. f I At'luntirilv of a report ilia I In lixLifld 1 '--1 accused of agreeing in t,4rc-ppi l.S0i to kill Mvipniin ami jrl'r. .ueKotn. . "Skipvith told li"' il ' lurky for nn- thai I Iia.i1 friends In Hue I country." Noteworthy said. 4 Th.- irMimnnv of Norawrtuv .'j with tin: statement of triili-llt Ot IJriltrrl I.. Ii:,rlf anil Ki- ly Harp tliat ni.-o-K i'i.-.kM wf-rP um-J l.v a klan Paml -son a inarili lo iMr villagf; of M iniplc-y prly last Humin"i' ami tin' t-siimoirv- of Josppli HaM'ii- port- Mit ' .Ilous" nin:haiit. :'' Shmh liglit."" of ilin ilay'H pi'orc-ii1- i I'arlr na id lie 'or" a blai'k nia:k 2 furnisliBd him by Kitward Ivy, : ' fr llon Klansnifii, when he was pi. kid up in Mnr Rousn and ak .,1 1- in n-.-ompany ih haniJ M" J 1 i-i p to Hlatiipli-y to lnvr:iti:ii'i a Iripint that i. mKi'ii va.- opi rat I us! i traml'liHK houfo tlu-ii- wliori' fli.ilh wliiiv iiir-ii and ncyriic.i fjani . I.le.l. li-holn Mrmlicr I I'lirty, Sajt. f ,(" saiiI Ml. M. Kuln al,so ira i imnili'M' of th" raldlfiR parly ' i ml that he (MrK'oin) was garl.- .1 in whim. llarp m-iiari'ii in.- -j . on bl.'n-k mask also on i a' rajd It was on this niar. ll that no..tr. .-.ira WaM llanii-l. W. C jk ...j- ' ..a ll.-.-iT Vi.i-li who I 'i I tistitled ypstPiday as to belnK lu ld uri" by the Klan hand. "Was Captain Skipwlth there?" Ilai p kh aaked. ponltivajy refUM to aO:yy(''' he rpli"d. . llarp ili'i-lnipd t" naniP who ap. lintPj him on a roninntn-p inaue of Klansinpn to ilpport AH'im 0v IlanilHon. hPll lie i piiiw-u loin thi- l-onitllitli", HIP WP- 1ipp paid thai IhP "man who (ip pointPd ni" lold nip hn would taku Hip rnaltr-i- up with the proper au thorities of lh: Klan." liivpnport testified at the afiet- nonn session of Hie bearing. My fumily h.-is resided In t lie M"i- Kouye distriit of Morehouse, .latins b.n-k for I IT years." lav .npott asuo-i'ted. "I lived in pea'-o iniil ill" advnl of Hie Klan. We then had to e-'t permission from hieh aiiihorlties of the Klan lo continue our residence in our old home, town." Tiavenport was railed to testify lir. aose of eonfereiipes held by citizens of M"r Kouee, Bastrop and ' oltl.-iala of the Ku Klux Klan rela tive to his brother. Huso l'aven port. having been ,n:i-u.sed o hc Ing an "antl-Klan" leader. Aflpr a en?thy i-onferonio. Ji.ivenport said, Captain KkipwitU had agreed to "lav off" the lavt-ii-pnrt. family but insisted that three other citizens. A- .'. Whipple. Tom Milner and Walter 'Campbell, of er Rouge, would have to ;e.t out nf tho State because of their auti Klan actlvitie. Davenport satd a series or con ferences were held In an effoit to restore peace anil harmony in .Morehouse. "The conditions at the time were bordering on chaos," he said. JM- Conrad M'cDuffy. the last vn I O iiss of the day, told of .having V J-pren a light automobile truck at 11:30 o'clock on the night of Au gust Z-l the dam oi tne ki.iiiiiiii. of Daniel and Richard returning from Lake IyaFourche rrom win. n the headless and mutilated bodies of the two men recently was McDuffy and Marshall Mott. who also has been summoned as witnesses, were returning from Monroe at the time, according n McDuffy's testimony and were within two miles of the lako when the truck, driven by a man appar ently wearing a black hood pass ed them. Another automobile following the truck, he said McDuffy testified its occupants a.so were masked. culd Mott ,-he follow auto mobile e"K i Aav rode in hia w,n and his wife whose l3 i,ii. v.n,i hi-oken down on the bake LaKourche road, to Udi ville. Conferonw With The automobilists asked Mo-t. the witness said, "what did they do with those men they had bound and gagged In the truck last nigh.g Mott told him 1.3 ""t know anything about U. A, an early hour .onU ;t the At- tnrnpv (ienfraia pi"" Ti t probable that it i held t0nRepo0r were current here early toalVtSft Sklpwith had made an c.nen threat against tha Attorney General. Mr. Coco In a statement to The Associated Presa denied ihut the report was true. 1 The conference requested by k pwlth la to allow him to lay before the. Attorney General the various operations of the Klan during the laat year, he ays. n order that the organlxation could pi-ov-. no black maks were ever worn by its members. ESTABII5HED 1868. mW's '&.-' - .. IH !, ai AUTHORITIES T GREAT RUM FLEET But Attention of Moss Is Called to the "Extensive Publicity" Given. W VSlHN'iTON, fan. 13. red era I 'prohibition ofllclals i-vWenced onlv mild interest today in luess reports of the l.andinj? of lurae fiuaiiiities of smuggled liquor on the Ni w.lersey eoat. particularly in the vl. lnlty of Highlands Aside from a routine letter to William i; .Mosk, .-u-ling Kirector for New .1 pi- , asking tor a repon. oo notice will be taken of the iI Mil tint ion. it was dp.-laren nai.... Th" letter to Mr. Moss railed his altpntli.n to the extensive pub liritv which was being given the . ...,..... ,.r :t sinniosed Heel of n.'.n til not is off Ambrose Channel I lightship and snhse'juent attempts to land cargoes, rrohibilioti Bu reau official! said they had re ceived no reports of unusual ruin running operat ions from thclr rep resentatives In New Jcrspy or New York. Confidence as expressed at prohibition headnuarlers in the ability of the enforcement agents in that area to nanoie .- tin n which might " P-.-irnrd, however, ui.n um, -" ..,-ior Vellowley. of New ork and Seel In,, Chief Appleby, ,M."J r il. ifn- navy, had been '......,0,1 lo co-operat'- wiih M r. Mo,s in th" utmost of tliiir f.icil- Hies. There was no difpositlon to denv the existence of a certain movement of Illleit 'beverages, both n c rnss the Atlantic Seaboard and ' . .1,., Canadian lill N'eit.h"r H,e land nor sea forces of t.....o ,ie adeauaie, oflb laLs 1lm -aid. e'i"""" ' . .1.., cim.i- 1 1 thoroughly rope w11.11 .... --- Hon bnl tin- una.uini'.'i.-' fxin-cfsed that the enforee- being etn we.e ini- ment operatlous wi'' r i e. n 1 1 y omlUi.'en ami t" f,ri-il ...i.i a-i in r esulta obtained. Commissioner iiajnes bricfly with President Hairt ng 1 ,,p todiv. He said later that he sumggllns "'tuatlon cussed. was not d;a- SfSlNl. RICHMOND. Va. .Ian. 12. The, regional ' enferenee of agricultural and home economic experts repie s", ting 12 Southern states in ses l ", here .In-e Tuesday, adjourned ,.phout selecting a. place for I the next annual mnoe. Official.) of Hip Federal Hoard of! .i,..,oi u-.durat oir tonigni ex- pressed satisfaction with the .,r ill., conference and re de clared It one of the most ""P"''al meetlnr:s of the kind ever held It Southern states. It was pointed out by these officials thut the broad discussion of agricultural and home economic problems brought brrore the board in con crete form the needs of the farm communities of the South and pro vided a basis for an Intelligent and effective program of educational v ork during the yeai HEY KNOW OF NO Members Of Press Association On Reord In Favor Road Bonds; Appreiate the Necessity Ship Line HIGH POINT. Jan. adopting unanimously dorsing 1 12. After a set of continued program of progress Jor the State the North Carolina Preis Associa tion, holding Its mld-Wlnter ses sion here, adjourned until next Summer when the meeting will take place at Rlowmr Hock. During the day tho members of v.. -..nrintion tourreyed to the I Thomasville Baptist Orphana ge , as . irhmnsvllle KO the gueais 01 - - . tary Club and had lunch at the institution. While there a resolu tion was adopted fav.rin? the pas sage by the present session- of the ?a.8JLlsyture of a bill which would extend aid to widow; with depend- ent children rainr the children placed than to have n an orphan- ne.nlutlons adoatid at the c.los ln session this afttrnoon are as follows: Endorsement of t nroposed 15 THE ASHEVILLE -nrnu-ATrr. L-rL rf A il-' " SEEING THINGS BY BILLY BORNE MORAL Don't Mix Them. Assembly Grants Railroads A Hearing And Adjourns In Honor Of Late Col. Grimes COURT CLERK FOR 36 YEARS SEAWELL QUITS; SON NAMED riAl.hMIII! .Ian. 1 -1 I Sea ell, ce;-k of Hie North Carolina Supreme I'oni't since 1H1I. i-esigiied -today and th" court in special session elected his roii. i:dw.iril C. Seawell. for r.i,-lii i-pars his father's assist ii o 1 as hw successor. He w is of el'hl elccled for a tel'lll J. U Sea well was elected cb-rk of th" court a.s successor to the late Thomas S. Kenan of Wiutoii. lHs resignation brings lo an end :jl'i vears of .ervlcc as clerk .and assistant. In accept ing the resignation of Mr. Si a wel. the court evpress-d Us "earnest appreciation for his long. ptnViPtil and faithful ser vice." TESTIFY IN THE CASE VS. State Attempting to Cor roborate Evidence of Chatmon Arson Charge. WINSTON -SA LEM, Jan. 12. Twenty-three witness were intro duced today by the State In the case of C M. Sawyer and Willie E. Chatmon. charged with setttns lire to a building here last Aug'ist. chatmon pleaded guilty early thai neck when the trial opened and gave a story of his connection with the burning in which he al leged that he was acting as an agent for Sawyer who, he assert ed, promised to pay htm 5U0 should the attempt to burn the building prove successful. In testimony presented today the Slate sought to corroborate Chatmon's statements, many of the witnesses' testifying that they had seen Saw-yer with Chatmon a few days before the lire occurred. Chatmon, In his direct evidence. said that at one time !-.awer pil0,VC(1 ,lm a can of kerosene oil n Kn-ver a bill fl tltr ami mui n was bought by Calvin Reck. On the witness stand today Deck stated that he bought live gallons of oil for Sawyer and placed It in tho front part of the store. Counsel for Sawyer endeavored Ih the cross-examination to pre sent conflicts in testimony given at the preliminary hearing and the trial today and brought ad missions from several youthful witnesses that they were friends of Chatmon. milliong of dollars additional bond Issue to continue the work of road building now under way in the State. Appreciation ofho value of the State of a ship line plying be tween North Carolina porta and the North Atlantic Seaboard mar kets, and also recognizing the. im portance of direct rail connection through the "lost provinces" Unk ing them up with the balance of the State and with the railroads to the West. Recognition of the existence of a spirit of laxity in law observance and the pledging of members to direct their efforts loward stimu lating greater respect for the laws of the land and the firm and Im partial enforcement of the laws. .Pledging the members to use their efforts to advance In every way possible the material prog ress of the State nnd to foster a program to wipe out illiteracy. MANY WITNESSES SAWYER xi-v-ruc- I IP.R1 III DINC w -. - - SHEVILLENrc.; SATURDAY Presiding Officers Ap point Entire Member ship on Committee. HEARING OF KLAN SET FOR JAN. 23 Little Miss Varser Is Named First "Lady" Page of Senate. 111 run Maori ilia rni.-t KAUOK'tll. .Ian. 12 I'ndei- the dome of Hie rapitol tonight In legislative halls, 11 hushed rever ence permeated the air. tfe hush lliat conies only on those tew oc cafioiiH when the great he dead. The P the old St&tii Mouse stood at hnlf-m.ist, and every llovernnient o.fllce was closed to day In honor of .1. Itryaii Crimes, secretary of State, who died lasl night- After the brief session of the General Assembly today recess was taken until S o'clock Monday night, but the usual week-end ex odus of the legislators was not in evidence. This was partly due to the fact that both Houses today adopted resolutions of condolence in the death of Mr. lirlmes, and Speaker Dawson, of the House, with Presi dent Cooper, of the Senate, ap pointed the entire body of the General Assembly as a. commit tee to attend th funeral which will be hekl tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Christ Episco pal Church. Committee meetings were dis pensed with except for thre meet ings light at the close of the Sen ate session. Tin- iisual veek-end requests for leaves, however, were granted in both Tranches. The Senate broke all previous tradition today when Mss Uly Snead Varser, daughter of Senator Varser, of Ijnnberton. vas ap pointed page In that. Home on a resolution by Senator D. T Giles, for the jn-ofessod purpose Df "per footing feminine beauty of the Senate." The hearing on the Ragfett un masking bill was moved ip from next Thursday until JaniHry 23. hy request. Hmise Faces Some Prob 1c ms. The House faced sevenl prob lems of rule nnforcemen; today when motions to re-refer, and to suspend rules for Immediate pas sage of local measures, became what Representative Burgvyn. of the rules committee. termed serious violations. A sherffs pay was cut In Tyrrell County yester day by the hurried passafe of a local measure having to lo with salaries and tho sheriff appeared today to demand a hearbg- By the motions of Undsey iVarren, of Beaufort, the Tyrrell neawure was brought back from tie Sen ate where it had gone for lasssge, the House vote which appoved It was recalled, and It went o com mittee. The Senate was requeted to give the railroads a. beafng on the Mendenhall bill to Inuure Into alleged slow intra-stato freight movement in less than iarload lots, and the railroad conmlttec granted the request. The additional Houw nmmlt tees and their chairmen ac: Election laws, Z. V. Turlngton. of Iredell County, banks al cur rency, N. A Townsend. d Har nett County; enrolled bills, J. W. King, of Guilford County; federal relations, J. Frank Ray, ofMacon County; trustees of the unferslty, A. L. Quickel, Lincoln tnuntyj congressional districts. GeCge R. Ross, of Moore County. The only bill of state-wle Im portance Introduced today In the Senate was that of Senato J. A. Brown, of Columbus, to rovlde for "sanitary conditions" t rail way cars construction cams and on other railway property. Favorable committee reports were made on bills to amdd the charters of Wake Forest jonege and Meredith College In te for mer ense to perpetuate te col lege charter, and in the lrfer to Increase the rollege holdtar ca pacity from 11,000,000 to .000, 000. . OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ' MORNING, JANUARY 1 3, 1 923. i STATE OFFICES Wrench Army Takes Second Zone CLOSE IN HUNUH Funeral Service to Be Held This Afternoon at 3:30 O'clock. BODY TO LIE IN STATE THIS A. High Officials Pay Trib ute to Late Secretary of State -Resolutions. K A L. E I il II. .Inn 12.-- With nii'inbera of Hip North Carolina ti. n.-i-al Aten-niMy atmnilln In a Pu'l., i 1m- fulHT.ll of lY'loiif-l J. I'a a n i iriincs, sPi-rrtary ol Stato aline 1901. will ta-kn placo dl tlir!l Kplrt-upal I'huri'li tonior fun al'tertioon at .1:30 o'chi'-k. l'lccrdiii tlm fiiinrul nt-rvlre. tin body of I'oloni-I tlrlniCH will rest In ntatp In th. lot inula of tin' Slate i-apiinl from I" o'i lork this morniiiB until lln- fuimral hou r Tiio f,.A.tial party "ill at the c-apt'u 1 I" th.. i-apitol Kr.n.'.,"ls t' lh. Lnirlal will hi' Hit- rhun h. taniemr. ' ... All .StalP ilpparttnpnfjr ,"'SIT . los.'d yoslril.i and will it main i los.-d loda in r.-spp. I lo i"iiloiu'l O r 1 1 1 1 . s and Hi.- Haw on ihu tStam iapii.il Is a' half niasi Hy Joint ri-olutinii tin- two liousi-H ol the tn iioral Assr-mMy i.hl.di i-p.-esst-d today in rc-fppi't 'o "op lale spi-rr-:.i.v of .state, .ill not ircunvmo u n 1 i I Monday liU'lil at S o clo. k. Tlio not iv o ia llliiar'-rs will l : .1. 1 1. Saw 1 I M-'imiiirk, .V. bit S. A. iliH-t.m. ill 4'm iM't:i ry tf I. FlciiuiiL'. Goon Nichols, Walter I uiiiployes of th- bi iii-'a office. The honorary p:i ilhearprs will he: The Coirrnor and council of Stale, chief Justice and associate Jui.ll. cs ol the Supreme Court. Lieutenant Hovcrnor W. R. Coop er, president of Ho Senate; J. G. Daws. .it. ipeaker of the House of Kepr. ai-nlat i es, Frank Page. W. N. Kvtreit, Walter Murphy. 1 'olo nel Betieliaii Cameron, I r. II. W. chase, president of the university; Dr. D. 11 Hill. Dr ' Tf. Ju nor 11 N. Darken -nidge Jf.c-C. Con- ijrtjnr n . A. ira nam.- 1i .11. of Washington, .. C. R. V. a 1 1 Rl NOI.l TKiNS PW.rJ iiv tiiiM'HAii asm:mhi,y ritl2lt. M.M. MI.H..A.. fB."Ke. ..H M'Jiei Ru S,'Of n llll.l.l I RAl.EIT.ll. Jan. 12 Th" North Carolina General AssenibVv ad - lourneil at noon toiiuy until S ..'clock Monday night in honor of, the memory of the sue rotary of Stule. J. Ilr.van Grimes. The legls- latois will attend the luuurl In a body. Tb following resolutVap, Intro'' 1uced hy- Senators ICverett, Pitt, and Harris, of Wake, was unanimously adopted bv both houses' "Whereas. It has come to the attention of the General Assembly that Hon. .1. Ilryan Grimes, secre tary of Stale, died oil JaiwaTy It. :" I) p. in., and "Whereas Hip rabl Hon. J. Itryaii Grimes has an ollii ial con nection with the General Assom hlr and wa.i Secretary of Statu, and "Whereas by reason of long service to the State and his llto and charae'rr, that this General Assembly desires to express Its Cortfmnrif nil i'mic 7fJ BRUTAL MURDER OF HARVEY CASE IS DEEPMYSTERY Body of Hendersonville Man Found in Muti lated Condition. (By Staff Correspondent.) II E N D E R S O N V 1 1.1 F, , N C, Jan. i. Mystery surrounds the killing of Harvey Case of this city, who was stabbed to death by unknown parties last night- When the bodv was found this morning It bore 2T separate wounds, which had the appearance of having been Inflicted with a small knife and some kind of large blunt Instrument. Police officials tonight are coin nl...al., KrriaH In ilioir effortM to obtain a rluo as to the Identity! of the person or persons at whose bands Casi met his horrible death. The body was found on the out skirts of the city this morning about 6 o'clock, with 21 wounds In tho f.-ont of the body and at least six large ruts In the back, ills throat cut twice and the back of hts bead bearing the marks of 11 blunt Instrument. f H lTilnm- nrilice officer. stAted ' tcnght' t;)at although bloodhounds had been brought rom xsnevine and had followed a scent as far as Balfour, nothing could be obtained that would lead to the Identity of the assailants and the bloodhounds have been sent back to Ashevllle. Mr. Cae, who Is 32 years of age and IS survived by Ws wife and four children, was employed as a steam driller hy the Balfour Quarry Company and has Vslded In this section for several years, where he has enjoyed an excellent reputation and members of his family fall to recall any enemies. However. It Is stated, several days ago he borrowed a revolver from Al.'i Rollins, a farmer with whom not resldlcd. having never owned one and this was found about 80 yards from the body this morning. He left home last night about 6:30 o'clock for Hendersonville. according to his wife, to attend a lodge meeting and proeure medi cine for one of hts children. Residents in the vicinity of the spot where the body was found report they heard four shots and crie about 7 o'clock last night and when the pistol was found four shells had been emptied, but there are no pistol wounds on the body and death resulted from knife and other wounds. The earth near the spot where -V. c. rr ri EL GRIMES dlTIZEN Of Orrunntinn And Shows Worrv s 0ier A SLIGHT DELAY French Will Today Re quest Delay for Pay ment of Indemnity. MORATORIUM TO BE ASKED BY FRENCH Reparations Commission I Makes Some Progress During the Day. . i run jur rnti 1 PARIS. Jan P.' The repaia tii ns comml-sioii tomorrow will -t Gei-inaiiv a further delay, ,.'!;; I' 01 11111 . I. in Hie indemnity ;pM lie,,, .!- n,;oni loU,'.- j rife nevl M 1 11. It was fin' CMSt llr rc.ai-"ti.iis .li.li-g here lonight. i The il-eM.oi will be taken nt the l-riimst ..' 1-ranie. Althoilgll the , ollleial i-e ifon Is ti. give 111" I' rem 11 ili-leinlion more time 111 which to , pr. pari- i-ew moratorium rontll 1 turns, it 1- lclloicd Hip increasing I In.llo.tlon of passive resistance l.y C 1 many in I be of lit" Kulir Ii nuH li to ! w HI) It. j It Pas been decided to begin dis 1 cii.slon of 1 let-many s re.iucsi fin- moratorium tomorrow' 111 o r n In? ' snil to rri ' Ii a decision as soo i possible, but it is 1 bought In I i'eiaratl.ii' ; i ll' j sir' s i.. b a j nioratoriuir In i weeks iimre, ti eb'S that l-'rati. the riiesl.iti e de of spense f , s v . ral tie. hat turn ucr- ; mail events miv tako ! "nlin re Willing To Mi".t German There .ire many reports of the po slbllily of Premier Polncare r : ranging u meeting with the Ger ; n ans, to which would be Inviied (flriat Pritalll, pelufliini, Italy and ! perhaps Hie Putted Stales. The : pill-pose of SUell n llieellllK would lif- to trv to nrrnoge a settlemeiil with Germany now that France i hn selr.rd guai.-nitees wblrh she legai-d ns necessary to the fulfill mem of ny terms which might be preaeiued to Germany, M Poln- nr left the way open 'when ha ilppned the 4ropoa of Hugo amines, ;he (wt .Ornun Indue lrir,lrVln A.. I ansl '! tl.A COMMISSION TO m. in nil nrnnm v; i ALLOW blMm onbrifWTTow ii of the W'eeiit prenil"is' conference) In an effort t reach a direct iin-t.-rsla ndliic between France and the German Industrial it ts. If no such meeting develops, the reparations roriiniutaion Is expected ti grant Germany a moratorium by a majority vote sometime, before the new ly granted delay expires. A general outline of the new French plan for a oratorlum was circulated prlvataly today. It provides frtr a two years' moratorium, and Is de scribed ap being h decided modifi cation of the French position re garding reparations; but it Is taken for granted In reparations rlrrbp that ther In not the slightest pos sibility that Fisnre will give up her present position In the Ruhr until Germany nt least has carried out the conditions of any moratorium that may be granted MAS who w i:xt TO thi-: KIOXDIKi: PA.NSKS AWAY I WINSTON-SAI.K.VI. Jan. 12 j V. J. Savage, rl merchant of Oer ! maniow n, Stokes County, died nt I his home there today, aged 1 I years Mr Savage was one of the i first to enter the Klondike gold fields, and after pp-ending somc Itime there, be returned to North I Carolina, married Miss I.lllle Jones, ! of Pinnacle, and took bis bride 1 back to Alaska, where they lived three years. ROH-KK KXPMlKS.'.M.?f IS KIPPID INSTANTLY WILMINGTON, Jan. 1!. Hugh Morris, aged 34. was instantly killed at ! o'clock this morning when the boiler of a saw mill at Vaneebiiro. Craven County, ex ploded. Morris was blown through a pile of slabs 7ft feet avxay and his body wrapped about a pine sapling. Physicians who viewed 11, o ninaini ad evcrv bono miners aecia-re uio iroie,n.ui. his body was broken. Men, Dogs, Turtles, Monkeys, Song Birds, and Carpets To Go Toward Making Up Cargo Of Troop Ship ti- tub imocureo tbem) COHLENZ. Jan. 12 The Ameri can transport St. Mlhlcl will look a good deal like Noah'a Ark when she sails from Antwerp with the last of the American forces In Ger many If the officers and men are allowed to carry all the queer ani mals and merchandise they have accumulated In the Idle and fanci ful hours of the last four years. The extent and variety of these possessions only bega n to dawn upon them during their hurried preparations for the homeward voyage. Some are expressing the fear that their menagerie will have to be left on the Rhine. The men have acquired many strange creatures, ranging from monkeys to Rhine fish. The ex act number of German police dogs In the outfit Is anknown but they are multitude, and In addition there are numerous dachshunds, turtle, monkeys and song birds. Of the Inanimate objects, there are queer little music boxes fixed In the bottom of bee steins that, when properlM worked. make noise like birds; there are weird collection of postcards, antique picture and all varieties of carved pipe and great supplies of carpeu and civilian clothes, the latter in cluding queer shaped hats and silk underwear bought at ridiculously PRICE FIVE CENTS w w - 7b Operate Mine! - . NO ARMS WILL BE SOLD ANY NATION PRESIDENT SAYS WASHINGTON. Jan. U. No arms wlllibe sold to any nation or Individual by the American Government ilui-ltm President Harding's lentiire of utile. II was stated orhvlally today al th" White House. Py such a policy it was explained the President hopes to discourage armed conflict and promiscuous cii-i-vin-4 of lireartns l.y indi viduals Hltlnnigli It will In no vvhv HfTeet the right of private Individuals or llrms to sell arms. The State Department, It was Mated, recently was approach ed by a "businesM diplomat" who wanted to purchase 5U0. UUU rifles for a Kuropean power not Involved In the pi ear. nt rep.iriillons crisis. When .Mr. llardliiK Informed of the tentative propusiiion, hu not only expressed his disapproval, bul ussiied orders aiialnst such miles in tli future. The inline of the Government for whom the anus were lu . mnded was withheld. DOE THIS? am American andCltl Debt Commissiov l-J a 77" Il 1 TIG I an AETBCIIltJI WASHINGTON. Jan. versatlons between the ' American debt conn progressed today to a poll It is believed the inattei terms of the settlement t nrltnln'a debt of niore that. 0(10, 001) can bo approached next session on Monday. An t ment In principle, at least, stl forecast before tho end of m week at which time th Brltlsi commissioners plan to depart for London.,- - ' ' . An official spokesman for lha (-ommisatoiis declared aftor today' session that th" .nnr; sltu,tln had been tfcomi P-a t nod that ir1-rfei f pnfrn had been mdn in clearing; up many points essential to a general, assessment of the whole jaroblem. In thw negotiations thus far con to the form of repayment of the slderaMn attention has been given principal of the debt and II was Indicated that an annual Install ment plan had been uppermost in Ihft ronversatlonei on this partlt.11 ks.r point. Whether there will he a deferment of the yearly pay ments on account of principal until Great Hrllaln has more fully re covered from the Industrial depres sion In which she now finds lier self remains to be determined. While the method of meeting tha Jinnual payments of the American government will -be through the purchase of exchange In the mar kets of the world, it was reiterated that funds for such purchases must come from British Internal revenues. In this connection it was nolnted out Hist Great Britain had 'balanced her budget and rut her expenditures right and left and the belief was held that as timewe nt on and British wealth increased and government expedl tures decreased, payments could 1.. mt without actually Increas ing tho burden of taxation on tha British people. While terms are yet to he dis cussed, there were Increasing In dications today that the settle ment agreed upon would be well without the limitations fixed by Congress certainly so far ns the time of payment of the principal was concerned. W'EI.MAefN RESIGNS AS T1EAI OF THK ZIONISTS LONDON, Jan. 13. (Jewish Telegraph Agency.) Dr. Chaira Welzmann has resigned as presi dent of the Zionist organization, according to Information received here from Paris. Zionist leaaera AMls-nation will not be accepted low prices In Cologne, together with furs and other odds and ends. Getting all this duffle aboard the St. Mlhlel has become a great problem, but all In all, It Is cer tain the St. Mihiel will be fully loaded. But It Is not sft much what the soldiers want to take that counts as what both officers and men are leaving behind. The maturity are pulling up by the j roots the life they learned to love: It Is not a regiment, dui a coiouj, that Is being moved. There will remain for a time 50 officers and men to straighten out the records, dispose of prop erty and settle claims. Major General Allen and Colonel William W. Hart, chief of staff of the Army of Occupation, probably will hesd this rear guard. They will olose down the model farm, where cattle, hogs, chickens, rabbits. fruits and vegetables nave Deen raised and to which was attached a large dairy. One place which officers and men will abandon with great re gret 1 Carnival Island, the scene of many horse shows and baseball and football matches. Its diamond la regarded as the finest In Europe, and the game there not only ex cited the wonder of the Germans but placed Allied soldiers In close contact with American eoorts. BRITAllM! 1 n ih in 1 1 n 1 1 1 MANY NEW LAWS Are la be mid during the rMirt HMm ef the General Aeeembly. The Clllten'a alelh Bureau and pecll A aooiated Preee service eervee The Cltiien reader all the new regard I nej 1he Legislature. 'Have The Cttlaen come to your heme every mernlnf. ajr- NOTE OF PRQTES German Officials Expre Fear That Operations ) May Cease. MINE WORKERS SAY THEY WANT WAGE ) French Now Realise Tech nical Operation Not Sufficient. iY tilt JMOt UTZo tKEUI KssHN. .lao. la. trbmi-klit'ln-n, Ihnw mllon northntM of lieti and In tho anroixl cono of omi)Mitloii, was taken over by ilic l-'rrncli today. WASHINGTON. Jan. 1J. Th American Government will tnak no reply to the German proted against the French moeement In to the Ruhr. It was said today m tho White Home. Government officials. It waa nld not only seo no necessity for a re dIv to the German protest, bul believe that the TV" 7 Salt IJOVS OnOO HUGHES WILL NO ANS1R GERMA - nay One-Pants Suits 98 Es. atu the Hi results achlered. hlit th waai expressed tonight,: by 'the Germans, ana not annioa oy -w French, that the entire succesa et the French occupation from the economic viewpoint depends upon the co-operation of the existing German organisations, "and If theyi desire to refrain from oo-operat-j lug, the entire structure at Ruhr! Industries will break down. The French apparently were loath to admit It. but seemingly s they realise they failed to grasp j the magnitude of the eoonomlo op eration and that their technical, financial and economlo effective were not sufficient j to carry out their share of the wrk effect Ively a the military accomplished theirs. From French sources It to an nounced that the coal operators alid other Industrialists attending to disregard the Berlin Govern the lessen conference are prepared ment ruling that they must die- continue making deliveries jn kind to France, Belgium and ftaly on account of reparations. - Not withstanding this good will.; how ever, the Germans desire to know whence payment for deliveries will hi. fni-tlieonilne. since the Berlin ! government Is no longer prepared to meet them. Tney win conunuo deliveries, it was said, but they must be guaranteed payment by France. Z No untoward Incident has been reported from the newly occupied district. The French soldiers strict Iv obey the orders to avoid mo-r-liig about on the streets. The German population Is orderly ana quiet, is somewhat sullen. RTIIiL OPEN TO .4XLtEJ . WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. ec. reta-ry Hughes' proposal for refer .nee of the reparations problem , interested financiers for reconv.. MAn.nnn. hnri noon nureiv eco . nomlc considerations is regarded In Washington as still before the Allied Governments for acceptance or rejection. In the opinion of administration officials it may yet Hiding views of tireat Britain and, offer a. way to reconcile the con France on the course to be fol lowed. A White House spokesman stated today that the "Government was not moving In tlrl Oeman reparations i-onm iw " r this time and could not mdve un less the powers concerned showed a desire the It should do so. It . was added that the friendly pur-i poses of the United States have been made plain to all concerned. ANOTHER FORSYTH MAN FACES GRAVE CHARGE! WINSTON-SALEM. Jan. IS.B. F Babst, who for ome time repre sented the Warren Sales Remedy Corporation in this city, arrived hero this morning from New York in custody of a local officer who way sent to that city 'after him. The first warrant drawn charged the defendant with embenlement of $2.0tX). but upon hi arrival here Babst wal notified that the amount had been raised to f 15.000. His bond wa fixed at tne latter. ' amount and In default of some he was committed to Jail. COAL JUMPS IN PRICE AND VP GOES AY AGES' fy TUB ABSOCIiTto fX&SM) ' RERUN. Jan. 11. The prlre of German coal was Increased an av era re of 68 per rent today. - The nuners' wages have been n creased about 6S per cent.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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