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'MEWS V -LLJli AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY GREATER CHARLOTTE'S H OME NEWSPAPER" THE EVENING CHRONICLE BrtaCll31ed? UraL 1 San'r l91 CHARLOTTE, N. CTHURSD AY EVEFp DEMBER 18' 4919. THE CHARt,OTTE NEWS THE EVENING CHHONICLE I C'onnolfdated ( May S. 1914, . PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'NOW LETS HAV .7 EDITION FIUMAN SFFUATION TAKES A MEW TURN PRESS URE EXERTED SEEK COMPROMISE WITH THE PACKERS " " - i One of Plans Being Considered is the Withdrawal of the Packers from Side Lines Grand Jury is Still In vestigating Complaint. ' Washlngotn Dec. .-Negotiations between' the meat packers and the government, it became known today, have been going on for some time with the object of compromising, the anti-trust prosecution which is still in the stage of a grand jury investigation. It is understood that tne of the plans considered is the withdrawal of the packers from side lines such as the wholesale grocery business, which va rious repons vi uw leuerai trace commission have charged them with seek ins to dominate. ' - m The grand jury proceedings, begun Vin Chicago, was Interrupted by decision of the government's attorneys and for a time there was a prospect of its being transferred to New York.. Meanwhile negotiations were begun,' at whose in stance it has not been disclosed, which it was planned wQuld remove some of the causes of the government's com plaint. It is understood that the pack ers represented that they already had begun withdrawing from the grocery business and were willing to carry the plan still further. rians also have been under considera tion by some of the packers for the separation of their corporations . into separate entities somewhat . such as the Standard Oil and American Tobacco companies, accepted, after the supreme court's dissolution decree. Attorneys for the "big five" packers were in conference again today with of ficials of the department of justice. Assistant Attorney General Garvan, with whom the packers'" counsel con ferred, said there . would be no state ment until late today, indicating that a settlement might be imminent. At torney General Palmer said, however,' no agreement had yet been reached. WONT AFFECT THEM. Chicago, Dec. 1?. Dissolution of the wholesale grocery interests" of the "big five" packers would not seriously affect any of them, Liouis F. Swift, head of Swift & Co., said today in discussing a report that Attorney General Palmer would announce today or tomorrow an agreement of the packers to dissolve all interests except those involved in pro duction of meat, poultry, butter, eggs, and cheese. The - meat canning, soap making and fertilizer . sidelines would not be affected, Mr. Swift said. Tanning interests of Swift & Co. were dissolved last summer, Mr. Swift said, when a new corporation known as Na tional leather was formed. Of the other, members of the group known as the "Big Five", Wilson & Co. announced some time ago that it had disposed of its branches of industry af-1 fillted wlth-.the wholesale"; grocery -bug' iness: and Armour and Company sever al weeks ago were reported to have be gun arranging, a, plan looking to se negation and separate financing ot its more than 100 subsidiary-properties. "I know nothing about a statement that the packers assented to this de cree, because of assurance that the gov ernment would win its dissolution suit against the United States Steel Corpo ration," Mr. Swift continued. "I have npver heard of any such report. "I am unable to comment upon the effect this deotelon or, agreement will have upon foodstuff prices,. Whether they will be decreased or go still high er, remains to be seen. -., "This decision probably means that the packers must discontinue their wholesale grocery- interests. The dis solution of these interests will not se riously affect Swift & Co., nor any of the packers, for these intrsts are comparatively small. "Since the reported decision enjoins 'Jeal'ng in food commodities other than the products of animals, the meat can "ins, soap making and fertilizer side lines cannot be. affected. ,. "pwift & Co. already have dissolved their tanning Interests. ; ur course, this announcement ran. 1 not affect the individual stockholders who may elect to buv in the oreranizfl. ons which will be formed out of the Jipsolutions."- WILL HE DISPOSE!) OF. . Chicago, Dec. 18. A dozen or more 4 "'ortant side line industries of the Chicago meat packers involving in vestments of many millions of dollars '11 be disDOsed of unir th . stlnn. !'tcil decree soon to be entered in. the Lmted States court at Washington on notion of Attorney General Palmer. v hile representatives of the packers today declined to discuss the details f the decree under which the pack Prs In the future will be required to confine the business activities to the Production of meat, poultry, butter, tgga and cheese, it was learned from an authoritative source that .the out ne of the plan had been agreed upon. Among the lines of business from which it is said the packers will be ordered to withdraw under the stipu lated court decree are the following; Leather, canned fruits and vegetables,. oaP, cleansing powders; groceries, fertilizers, cold storage', fish, refrig-v era tor car lines, cereals, glue, sport lnfe' goods and the control - of stock yards. 4 . . .. . . Representatives of the packers ex 1jJ.sh the view that under the proposed T'm they might continue to. manufac tu soap and fertilizer as they are natural products of the meat packing industry. Some doubt was expressed as f) whether cleansing powders is an animal product. . One purpose of the proposed reor ganization, it is said, is to prevent the packers from engaging in the ' whole KaI" grocery' business. Svift & Co. already has segregated s South American and Australian m'-at business, its fruit and vegetable fanning industry and its manufacture lf leather. Wilson & Co. recently dis posal of its wholesale grocery lines l( a Xew York firm." . Later Air. Swift in a formal state-tn'-U said: "Inferring to the decree in .question wift & Co. have already made a dissolution pf their leather business well as the ownership of Libby, -'icXeiii & Libby (a fruit and meat can ing .subsidiary), and also their packing iiou.se business in South America .ind Australia and have been anticipating mething of the kind for .some time. Our earnings will not, be unfavor ably affected as the lines prohibited J'avu not been especially profitable. . it give us more available cash cap iial for the real meat business and .its ""ied products." 1 ARE CONTINUED IN COURT TODAY Charges of Conspiracy to Limit Coal Production " Before Grand Jury. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 18. Investi gation of charges of conspiracy against miners and . operators to limit . coal production m in violation of the . Lever act, were continued in federal court today.' The 'federal grand jury sum moned by United States District Judge A. B. Anderson was in session most of the day yesterday, but there was nothing to indicate what progress had been made. Only a' few witnesses were in the courtroom, mostly operators and coal dealers. Neither officials of the gov ernment or the witnesses would ven ture an opinion on the probable out come of the investigation. WILL, HEAR PALMER. Washington, Dec. 18. The senate committee ' investigating, the coal sit uation will hear either tomorrow or Saturday. Attorney General Palmer's explanation of the basis of the agree ment which" ended the strike of bitu minous miners -and resulted in the res ignation of FUel' Administrator1 Gar field. , Mr. Palmer was in Chicago when the committee decided to hear him and ' he immediately ; cancelled his speaking engagements in Little Rock and Oklahoma City, where he ..was to speak on the , high cost of living. LESS THAN 50 PER CENT. Pittsburg, Pa,. Dec. 18 Due to the failure of some miners to . return to work S and th far.t that a. -number ." of mines are not in condition to be pperso ted, cdal -production' in the Pittsburg district has - not yet reached; 50 per cent- of normal, according to ' a state ment ;,issued '.today .py; the Pittsburg Coal r Producers1 Association. : LEGISLATION ON SUGAR SET BACK Protracted Opposition De bate Postpones Senate Vote on House Amend ments. Washington. Dec.-. IS. Sugar legis lation received' another setback in the senate today when advocates of the bill to extend federal sugar control and .licensing during 1920 were uname, because of ". protracted opposition ae bate, to bring to a vote the house amendments broadening the powers proposed, for the United States sugar eaualization board. Spnatorv Harrison. democrat, mis Lsissippi, again sought , senate concur- rence Mn house amendments to tne bill when the senate convened, hoping for' a- mte before the railroad bill came up. Senator Ransdel, democrat, Louisiana, ,led the fight against the house amendmefits in the debate that followed which prevented a vote held the floor during the entire hour and a half allotted by unanimous consent for consideration of the bill. Managers of the sugar ' bill planned to send it to conference and were doubtful of its enactment before the proposed holiday recess of congress. . Senator Smoot, rtpublican, Utah, in terrupted Senator Ransdell to present late trade statistics giving Cuban su gar quotations which indicated a fall ing market, he said, with a crop "more than sufficient" for American demands by February. j The sugar legislation, Senator Gay, democrat, Louisiana, asserted had stiffened Cuban quotations and would force the sugar board to. buy at fam ine prices if enacted. He also pre dicted normal conditions by Febru ary 1. . ' .Attorney General Palmer was asked in a resolution passed today by the house to report by what authority he fixed 17 and 18 cents as the price for the Louisiana sugar crop. Representative Tinkham, republican, Massachusetts, author of the resolution, said living; costs had increased $940, 000,000 because of this 'price fixing. ' Objection was made by- republicans to an arbitrary price in Michigan of 10 or II- celtts for ' beet sugar, while tthe Drice of the' Louisiana cane crop was fixed at 17, cents ior yenow clari fied and 18 cents for granulated. ' "The attorney general, has absolute ly no ,legal authority to fix tile price of any commodity," ' Representative Tinkham said. Representative ' .Byrnes jemocrajJ South Carolina, said private interests offered from 25. to ,27 cents a pound for the Louisiana crop and that the arbi trary prices of 17 and 18 cents were fixed by Mr. Palmer when the sugar growers asked at what price it could be sold. . - v - ' , ' , "What the attorney general actually did," said Representative Byrnes,, "was to save millions of dollars for tle Am erican people." i . t ' .; I. W. Ws CASE TO JURY. Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 18. The case of 22 ! members of the Industrial Workers ojf The World on trial in fed eral court charged with violation of the espionage act, went to the Jury IB7 Mm'-. Hi -gushncU? ' ' " . 'K -' - ' ... ' I- ' . ' ' " '' ' ' - NIGHT SESSIONS IN .THE SENATE? Make Effort, to Have Cuitit mins- Railroad Bill Pass ed Before Holidays. Washington, Dec. 1 8 .Night sessions of the' senate, leaders said today"; prob ably wiil be . continued ? in an effort to have, the, Cummins '. railroad bill passed before the holiday recess. Anti strike clauses in the bill, which is framed to meet the requirements . of the raillroads when they revert to private contril, were up fo ponsid eration again . today, . including sub stitutes offered by . Senators McCcr mick, republican, Illinois, and Jones; ; democrat, New Mexico, designed along the lines of - the Canadian law.v The McCormick substitute would ',. prohibit I strikes or lockouts Of employes vntU 60 days after decisions by an arbitra tion board, which would be required to render decisions within 90 days. From the white house it; was an nounced that President Wilson's mind was still open on the question of re turing the railroads to private con trol. The announcement was in re sponse to . a petition , presented by a delegation representing union labor and some farmers' - organizations urg ing that the president delay . the re turn of the railroads for two years., Under a unanimous consent agree ment a vote will be had first on the motion of Senator Stanley-, democrat, Kentucky, to strike out the entire laboj section. If that is defeated, the-sub: st'tutes proposed by Senators McCor mick . and Jones will then be con sidered. . Senator Underwood, democrat,. Ala bama, opened the discussion. He op posed the Stanley . motion, - declaring congress., in tne interest or tne gen eral public, must provide tribunals for settling disputes so that there will.be no Interruption of railroad service. .. . - In opposing the Stanley motion, Senator Underwood declared some remedy against a nation-wide strike which would tie up transportation throughout the country must be pro vided. Labor, he said, claims it as a human right to strike, but ignores the right of every man when it insists upon the closed shop. If the .right to strike is not to be used as a weapon. Senator Underwood asked what was organized labor's objection to the anti strike clause.' . CAUSES OF FIRE ARE SOUGHT FOR Four Buildings Burned at Picatinny - Arsenal Five Men Injured. r f J Dover, N. J., Dec' 18. Causes of the spectacular fire which swept over part of the Picatinny arsenal following an explosion in the .research laboratory late , last night were made the subject offlcera today. .' f I The fire destroyed four buildings, en tailing a loss estimated as high as one million dollars. Five men were injured, one, possibly fatally, but so far.as could be ascertained there was ho loss of . life. The plant was sakyto Je deserted at the time, save for guards : . r The explosion ' rocked buildings in this town and was heard 40 . - miles away. Major O. L. Miles, in charge of the plant, summoned volunteer fire" men- from .: Walton and Rockaway and marines from the nearby barracks at Lake Denmark. The work of fighting the fire was made hazardous by .ex ploding -shells and it was several hours before the. flames were .brought Under control. 1 TEST ELECTION . EARLY IN YEAR? Great Britain Seeks to Test Country's Confidence in Coalition Cabinet. tjondon, Dec. 18. Predictions that' a general election will be hsld in the near future' are revived by several newspa pers in connection with" r"teiors current in the. parliamentary lobbies yesterday. Parliaments .-will be prorogued next week until the second week, in February, when, according to widespread belief,! the government will immediately pre pare for a dissolution of parliament and an' election to test the- country's confi dence in the coalition cabinet. ' ; : Members of jhe labor party,' it is stat ed, : are convinced "this is - the govern ment's intention and are pushing plans to put 400 candidates- in the field. The sole plank of the party," it is said .will be the nationalization of coal mines, al though . one section 1 is -asserted ; to be lieve this to be a mistake, claiming th-re would be a better chance in presenting a definite program for social and political reform. tvyA'. ; : ' . - Lobby gossip further attributed to th government a realization : of the : labor party's supposed mistake, and it is said to be satisfied to meet: labor on this is sue at the polls- In the meantime, tne laborites are arranging to stump the country energetically during January in the interest tf the nationalization . ques tion.; - s ..... ' TCHAIKOVSKY HAS AN ' IMPORTANT POST New York, Dec. 18. The veteran Russian social , revolutionary, Nicholas Tchaikovsky, will arrive in New York from. Paris in a week or . ten'days.'p'n his way to Siberia, -where he has accepted an importaht; postr under the all-Russian government, it was announced , today. JTor more than . two years he was heaa of , the provisional government in Archf hangel Tchaikovsky, who is about 70 years of age, -was the founder, of the Tchaikov sky "circle, composed of Russian "in telligentsia," whose-, object is to go among. the - people "teaching them to read and write, spread . good books among them and give .them the ideal of a better social order." The circle, it is said, played an important part in the .Russian revolutionary . movement of the' seventies. . . . ' . " According to the New York' commit tee for the regeneration; of Russia, Tchaikovsky will be chairman of the committee which is in charge of the elec tions to the all-rtussian constituent as: semblyi '. - - r-': ' "' LABOR PROBLEM OF " V FARMS DISCUSSED " ' Memphis, Tenn., Dec! 1 S.-rLabor prob lems confronting the . Sqiftherh-farms and means of holding the. ftegro labor er in the South wevevambng the most Important subjects planned for discus sion at the annual convention here to day of the Southern Alluvial : Land As sociation.; 1 " -;' "- ' . Governor Liowden, of r Illinois, who owns plantations in Art ansas and Tex as, in addition to his. farm land holdings- in Illinois,: arrived this morning to address ' the ' convention at its , af ter nooji'Stessioni The morning session was demoted ' chiefly - to t'ae reading of re port. 1 V , : -. ' i :"- t , y :- MONTFAUCON HILL TO BE MONUMENT Parish Wednesday , t)ec.; 17.- Mont faucon Hill, in the Argonne, on which are hundreds of. graves of J American soldiers, who fell in battle in Septem ber and October, .1918, may; be ma'fe an historical monument' by the French government .4 It Ms expected that, the. ruins of the village of 'vlontfaucon, Which surrouYi the top ; of the -hill, will be left iiheir present, condit.on to further commemorate the- work: tif the Americans during the great strug- TWO SHIPMENTS OF ARMS SEIZED Germany r. Was , Sending Guns to Mexico, Officials in Coblenz Learn. 1 ,V Coblenz, Tuesday, Dec 18. By the Associated Press.) Two shipments' 1 machine guns and machine . gun acces sories being seht; to Mexico from Ger many and discovered in transit' across Holland have been held up bV the al lied inilitary - authorities, according to information reaching the American officials- here. : - r- 'S -:" The exportation; of .waj! material by Germany is a violation, of the armistice and peace treaty.: The Gernian gov ernment .has been asked to iexplain the shipments and notified not to-attempt any further, exportation of such arms. ' The first shipment" consisted of four carloads - of Second-harfd machine 'gunsr all boxed and . ready . for..' ocean trans port. " -This shipment- consisted of 2,695 machine- guns. and, according to Mar shal ( Foch, the guns arrived in Holland on November ,28, the' senrlers being the firm of Brockelman .and Senetgrun, of Cassel. The consignee was the Johan Aluntz Arms and Trading Company, of Amsterdam. ? . ; . ; i The communication to the inter-allied armistic commission at Cologne giving notice of these shipments says that Marshal " Foch '; ha information showing that the shipments had been made "across Holland with destination Mexico."- ' .. y -V ';;'.-. . - I In calling the', attention . of , the com mission to , the violation . pf the armis- ! tice . terms, Marshal - Foch says that bills oi lading . sno-w . maicauons. tnat these shipments were "not across occu pied regions." ' .- ' . ' , The second shipment consisted of one car' containing 27 cases of machine gun accessories weighing approximate ly 22,000 pounds. It arrived in . Hol land; according v to Marshal Foch, on November 29 from Germany- and was consigned to Mexico. . As far as known here no reply has as yet been receiv ed from Berlin to the note asking for an explanation. . Disposition Of the machine guns and accessories has been placed in the hands of . Dutch and Am erican officials. f: SNOW FLURRIES ARE - FORECAST IN SOUTH WaaTiiTiP-tnTi Dec. - 181 Below ' zero ten: peratures were registered last night and early foday in parts of New 'York state and New England. The lowest tem perature reported to the weather bureau was 22 below at Northfield, Vt..-' : - Zero temperature was .registered m New York city; at Boston it' was 1 6, be low and at Albany 8 -below. . Philadelphia and Atlantic City showed-4 above; Baltimore 8 above and Washington 10 above. " y - ' While the cold wave east pf the Mis sissippi is a severe one,' it was said at the weather bureau that no temperature records were- broken -even for this early in the season. -: , .. While the weather will moderate, some what tonight, the official -forecaster said cold 'weather would continue for the present and : that the outlook was for snow flurries in the middle Atlantic arid New England states, the upper Ohio yal ley, Tennessee, the South Atlantic and east Gulf states tomgnt ana tomorrow. WAR BRIDES? 2,28a -; AilE ALREADY HERE . Y ' -. -Y V.-.;. " - -,-'-Yv 'r ' New York, Dec 18. Two thousand; two hundred and eighty-hine war. brides of American soliders "have reached the United States, according to the - Young Women's -' Christian - Association, ' and they " represent ""18 nations. Eight; hun dred and ninety-three do not'speak Eng lish, but approximately "half of the total number have trades or professions and are self-supporting. - The grand total includes 1,505 French brides, 426 English, '4T Irish, 49 Belgian and 46 Scotcjti.. . , Feeling is Running at the Highest Pitch Preparatory to the Plebescite- Many Soldiers Wisli to Remain Un-"-til After Formal Annexation is PromisQd: v Flume, Wednesday, Dec. 17.-y the Associaled Press) Obstacles to the withdrawal of Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio forces brought about a new turn in the Fiuman situation today and may block acceptance of proposals made by General Baddoglio, Italian chief of staff. Strong pressure is being exertea - oy.Na large number oi, . soldiers wno. wish to remain - in. Flume until formal annexation ' to Italy v is promised and there are . also'i various : ele-' ments of the annexationists waiting stronger guarantees even insisting' that -the present garrison be maintained here as a regular Italian garrison under the command of D'Annunzkn .,,r-v . C0NFERENCET0 SELECT LEADER Senate Democrats to Choose Leader to Succeed ' the Late Senator Martin. Washington, Dec. ,18. A call for a conference of democratic senators Saturday to select a leader to suc ceed the late Senator Martin, of Vir ginia, was issued today by Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who is ' con testing with Senator Underwood, . of Alabama, for the place. ' Settlement of the contest between Senators Hitchcock and Underwood .is the only , business to come before the conference. 'The outcome was said to be In doubt. ' : y - : Friends of Senator JJnderwood inti mated today they might endeavor to postpone a vote until after the holi days : when the full democratic mem bership, including Secretary Glass as the successor of Senator Martin, from, Virginia, is expected to- be -present. Supporters of Senator Underwood .are said to desire disposition of the treaty before the leadership is settled in or der that the question V of endorsing Senator Hitchcock's management ! ' of the treaty might not be an issue in the vote for leader, y. .- "-';''. The action of , - Senator Hitchcock, Who now is vice, chairman of the dem ocratic conference, in issuing today's call, .was taken : by " his friends to7 in dicate that he reels connuent pi hav ing enough pledged votes, .' to . insure his election, although a number of democratic senators are not in the city. .- - , . t.' . The rminority - leadership - contest, ac cording . to democratic senators. ; - has considerable bearing -on- 'the , treaty controversy and: particularly its Imme diate dutcdrrfe'. Senators Hitchcock and - Underwood . have differed regard ins future" procedure, the former op posing" and" latter agreeing to accept as a last alternative the plan of Sen ator -lCnox .republican, "Pennsylvania,' to ratify the; peace terms of the treaty excepting the? league of nations. ' It has been said at the white house that, irrespective of . the outcome - of the contest ' for democratic leadership, Senator Hitchcock will continue to lead the administration fight for - the treaty. - y Some of Senator Underwood's friends were outspoken in criticising Senator Hitchcock's - call. s . " "It's an outrage," said Senator . Har rison - of Mississippi whCL has been ac trv'in ' behlf " of the Alabama" sena tor. 'Upvto' now Hitchcock forces have been urging that the conference be postponed, untiV after the treaty, is settled- and also until more democra tic' senators are in -town. There are half a dozen of Mr. Underwood's friends absent now who can not be got ten back in time with this notice of only 48 Jiours." '' A, compromise was , suggested in some' quarters - today, proposing that Senator Hitchcock be made leader , and Mr. Underwood, be promoted, to Mr. Hitchcock's present position of vice chairman or assistant leader of the democratic conference, a position which would give Mr; Underwood man agement of many important measures. H0EY CIJT DOWN SOME J. - : :-: ' Burke Switches Back to Re; publicans; Lead Now is Around 1,500. . Shelby, Dec. 18. The official vote, in Tuesday's election is still lacking ow ing to the fact that the returns from Mitchell. Madison, Yancey and. Ayery are still incomplete, but no revision has occurred to show that Clyde Hoey a maiority.has .been . sensationally j-eduo ed as some in republican headquarters are attempting to, explain. It would seem that Burke county, is . practically a standoff, the -changes occurring be ing the estimate that Madison had giv en Morehead a majority of between 1 000 and 1,100 as against an estimated majority, of 900V Yancey, it appears, has "failed to give Hoey the 200 accred ited to him while no gains have been made in the following majorities orig inally given Hoey: Gaston 205; Lincoln 132; Cleveland 1 ,911 and Mecklenburg 2,163 - : ' yt-:. ''';''' The elimination of Burke as a possi ble majority county for Hoey together with the increase in the Madison ma jority, for Morehead hi-bigg about, a re: duction - of about 250 votes from the original estimate which would easily give the democratic candidate a major ity of about i,iuu. - Mr. Hoev- contends that he has won the election by such figures, agreeing with, the semi-official returns from the mountain counties which have reduced his majority in YanCey from 200 to about ah eVen break and which nrive Morebead an increase, of about 200 votes in Madison. ' ,. 1 " ENGLAND-AMERICA -AIRSHIP SERVICE? London; Dk. 18. A weekly airship ( service, to America is coniempiaicu vr a combination of aviaiion firms, which are credited with the intention of ac quiring the famous K-34 and her sister ship, the R-39. These are bejjig altered to - meet passenger and cargo . require- MAJORITY Feeling Is running af '5 high , pitch preparatory, -to the, plebiscite, which : N will be held tomorrow. A meeting was held this evening to discuss - varioua phases of.a the question. It- was an nounced as open only to citizens ofi : ' Fiume, but it was packed with officers' who have - donned citizens . clothes to! gain admission. Most of the ' rest ofj v i the audience was made up of women's and girls. . There was some confusion ', . and:, heckling between the various groups. . One man who ventured to . address- the meeting a "a Fiuman ' who had fought for Italy" being sharp ly questioned by. a spectator, who said: he was "a Fiuman who- - had foueht for J Austria-Hungary,:.- because 4-" being , a - Fiuman he was an Austro-Hunga rian . subject." k . , The secretary of the Fiume national - council read the terms of4 the pro posai made by General Badoglio urg ing its - acceptance , as tatamount ta aimnexation to Italy. .. ' . "This proposal," he declared, , says r the Italian government guarantees the occupation of Fiume. shall be by reg- " uiar troops, exclusively Italiap.. That means they will not be British, French or;' American. It. means that-there will be no foreign troops, ; mission delega- . tion nor s any representative of a for eign army in. Fiume.", . Commander Rizzo. chief , of ' the' " D'Annunzio navyr: "said that Captain D'Annimzio's troops would be 'taken ' back to Italy and would be permitted - to rejoin 'the army . without punish ment.' Answering those asking for the " retention of the present garrison under Captain D'Annunzio, he said D'Annun ziosould not remairi with the garrison, for . al- general would be sent- ta com- ' mand. it. ;. ' rr " "D'Annunzio has been more than a king," said Rizzo, "and : he cannot be , allowed to - serve under a general sent by , the . Italian ( government." ' - BILL CARLISLE?" JUST A NUMBER fYs-i " i. : J-y "V i y VV.'''r-:T"'-'";-,-- "Hello, y Biir "Howdyr Cap"-r-And a Life-Termer Was Back in Pen. . Rawlins; . Wyo., Dec. 18 .High walls ' Of the Wyoming penitentiary once more' shut Bill . Carlisle, - bandit and train robber, from the World. Earl y today, ai Union Pacific train one of the kind Carlisle : was ; wont to rob so debonairely paused . here long ' enough to discharge the bandit and his guards, and they drove up the long straight hill from the depot to the prison, excit- ing scarcely . any a.ttention, ... '.".At "the door of the prison, Carlisle was met by Warden Brine.' from whose "custody he had escaped November lb. "Hello, Bill," was the warden's greeting.- "Hody, . Cap," replied the bandit. That was - all, and . Bill Carlisle be came again nothing but a number and so to be known, for the remainder ot ' the life ".sentence from which he had escaped. ' . . - y - " Since his capture,' a short time ago, Carlisle had been confined in a hos pital at Douglas, recuperating from the bullet wound : in his chest, which was inflicted upon him by a sheriff in arresting him. : . MEXICAN REPLY RECEIVED TODAY Official .Text Differs Onlv Slightly from That of the Associate! Press. Washington, Dec. lS.-Mexico's re ply, to the last American note on the case, of American Consular Agent Jen-'-kins (wa received today at the state department.. y ... The official text . was. ' said to differ -only shghtly from that contained in! Associated Press- dispatches Tuesday" night from .Mexico. City, v , While officials said they would have; no comment to make 'until they had' -had time to thoroughly study the? note, it was ' Indicated that - at first reading ..the N commUnicatl9n had -not made a favorable impression. - SOUGHT OBREGON'S LIFE? ' San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 17. Two; Mexicans prominent in pblitical af - fairs have been arrested at Mexico . City-through the activities of General. Benjamin Hill, charged with Attempt ing to assassinate Lieut. Col. Alvaro; Obregon, ; candidate for - the ." Mexican presidency, it is reported here today in . dispatches to ; Mexican- y newspapers. .General Hill recently- resigned from ' the federal army vto, take charge oi Obregon's campaign. A TENSE SITUATION. Washington,' Dec 17. Refusal of , President Carranza . to . permit General Alvare Obregon . to retire from th? . armjr and appear as a. civilian candi , dae; for the presidency has created c tense situktion in Mexico City, ac cording to advices today from the Mex lean .capital. ' . ; !!? Vf -w - -w 3c 'it ' W W -if W -A- 1 4 , TUB WEATHER. For ' Charlotte and Vicinity: i . Fair tonight and Friday; rising i!f ir temperature. Gentle to southeast , -winds. - : M ! ! t r. q
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