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nn 16 PAGES TODAY AREOTTE MEW NIGHT EDITION 1 ! ! AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1921. sar'Sai I price five cents, Hi id CH thbj charlotte: sews j i i I HENRY FORD f T rarTiTi ta mm 7 TPI if wv T m ! ir " ; , . - . . mmiw iu mi . SENAT Majority Report Clears Newberry of Corruption and All Other Charges. DEMOCRATS" DISSENT. Declaring Michigan Sena tor Was Nominated by Fraud and Corruption. "Washington, Sept. 29. Opinions con flict ins: along party lines were present ed today by majority and minority members of the Senate privileges and flections committee on the Ford-Newbr-iy 1918 Senatorial election contest from Michigan. The majority report cleared Senator Truman H. Newberry, the Republican cand:date, of corruption and all other charges and recommended that he be legally seated. The Democratic mem bers asserted that Senator Newberry was nominated by "corrupt and illegal methods and practices" and recom mended that his seat be declared vat-ant. With the filing of the reports, the rrv now goes to the Senate for final oif inn. which probably will not be made for several weels. Meanwhile it understood, Senator Newberry will vot attend the Senate sessions. AO REE ON TWO ISSUES. On only two major issues were the republicans and Democrats in harmony in the reports filed today. They agreed that Henry Ford, the Democratic con testant had not been elected and Was ' Ct entitled to the seat from Michigan. They also agreed that too much money had been spent in the Michigan pri mary. The Democrats however eon- i D. S I tended that Senator Newberry was re- sponsible personally for the expendi 5 turcs while the Republicans held he was I not. Recommendations of the majority ro- port, submitted by Senator Spencer, j Republican. Missouri, who conducted ? the committee investigation and re- count, were: "1 That the contest of Henry' Ford against Truman H. Newberry be, and is hereby, aismissed. a I 2 That Truman H. Newbeiw is hereby declared to be a duly rcted I Senator from the State of Michigan' for I the term of six vears commencing on the fourth day of March, 1018. '"3 That his qualifications for a seat . In the Senate of the United States, to I whirh he has been elected has been 3 conclusively e.stal ilished. and the charg " ps mad.- against him in thi proceeding t both as to his election and quaiifica r tlon. are not sustained." ; Conclusions cf the minority, present . cil by Senator Pomerene. Democrat, Ohi. and signed also by Senators King, ; 1'tah. and Ashurst. Arizona, were: That the irregularities complain- cd of do not relate to the general elec J tii'.n but to the primary. Henry Ford 4 did not receive a plurality of the votes I fit the general election. We therefore find that the petitioner, Henry Ford, was not elected and is not entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States. "Second We find that, under the fcts and circumstances of this case, corrupt and illegal methods and prac t;ces were employed at the primary (lection and that Truman H. Newberry Vi r1 n t r.rl tVto rni-i-ni-it nra rf Ipdc dot unrl I the primary act of the State of Michi gan and that?" by reason thereof, he fiusrht not to have or hold a seat in the Senate of the (United States, and that he is not the duly elected Sena tor from the State of Michigan for the t'-rm of six years commencing on the fourth day of March, 1919, and we Jeoonimend, therefore, that his seat be declared vacant." SMACKED OF AUCTION. A separate minority report also was submitted by Senator Ashurst. who declared Senator Newberry's credentials v .'-re "stained by fraud and tainted by i:.egal expenditure of money." The testimony showed, ho said, that the U!S -Michigan campaign "partook more ' t the character of an auction than election." Claims of Mr. Ford to the Michigan were denied by both majority and J .: ''Tity members on th same grounds ' 't all charges against Senator - .', ; jTy related to the primary and y -. tj-r. general election and that it "siamisneu conclusively that, m n'-ral election. Senator Newberry t -ceived a majority of the votes. Ford's charges of bribery, illegal 1 : 1. undue influence and intimida- t. n of voters in the genera'l election V,v. oeciared by the majority to be .t!lO! 'it foundation. woru-y expenditures in the primary " . .t;"! main point at issue in the ''7"!i" tim,' recommendations. This was .,a ::,.( i,y rnajority at approximate 51J:i.OOO and at least $188,508 by the iii-noriH'. There was virtually total to S,- , -"'.ui. iuonif partisan lines, as enn-u,- Newberry's responsibility for " uiar'riRornf;nt for tne expenditures. "-re is no evidence whatever to -jt-,m the charge of improper use rnonfy at the primary or the general ( -ctiou," the majority declared. "The 1'icnr ,. shows conclusively that the '"-'i':im cost of " -mtarily born the by campaign relatives was and (Continued on I'axe Fifteen.) ; SETTLE ".tnwttc and Vicinity: Fair tonight; j-nrjay partiy rioudy. iittie changc in 'yiitiure. Uc-ntle south to south "m vnnds. 4 V, .i , " aP South Carolina: Partly I '"uv toniRht and Friday; no change - mperaiure, M ade - Im Is Permitted to Pin Medal On Own Son - Fa? Mme. Outim pinning the Croix de Guerre on her own son. Mme. Outim, a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, has been accorded the unusual distinction of being permitted to decorate her own son with the Croix ie Guerre. The ceremony took place at Lander neaux, a channel port of France. SUFFICIENT TIME TO BE DEMANDED Reasonable Consideration Before Ratification of Treaties of Peace. Berlin, Sept. 20. (By the Associ ated Press.) The foreign affairs commission of the Reichstag today gave its approval to the ratification of the peace treaty with the United States. SENATE VOTE OCTOBER 15? Washington, Sept. 29. Agree ment for a final vote by the Senate on October 15 on ratification of the peace treaty with Germany was un der negotiation today between Re publican and Democratic leaders. The date of October 15 was suggested by Senator Underwood, of Alabama, the Democratic leader, in conference with Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Ropublican leader, and efforts were made to secure support from both sides. Pending the negotiations, Republicans were' said to be prepared to call off their program for night sessions of the hen ate. "Washington, Sept. 29. Democratic: Senators, meeting, in conference today agreed to demand "reasonable consid eration" before voting on ratification of the peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary. Senator Underwood, of Alabama Democratic leader, announcing the r; suits of the conference, said this meant opposition to the Republican proposal that niijht sessions be continued with a vote to come whenever no Senator was prepared to speak. "If we cannot have reasonable con sideration. we have the power and ar. prepared to use it to stop the treaty,' said Senator Underwood. The effect of the minority confer ences held today and luesday, some Democrats said, was to leave the mi noritv about equally divided on rat if- cation, probably insuring sufficient strength to the Republicans to ratify the treaties. Opponents of the treaties however, said a hard fight would te made. Senator Underwood said that "prob ably not a single Democrat" actually fnvored the treaties, but, as be ex nressed it. those for ratification desi- "to wind up the ball of yarn" and end terhnloal status of war by the only available means. Reservations were discussed at :cic conference today but none was agreed to. The Democratic Senators were said to Vie asrreeable to voting within i days or two weeks provided several in icrvpninL' davs should be given over entirely to the treaties. Senator Lodes, of Massachusetts, Re publican lender, after learning of the miTinritv rnnferpnee action, said he would consult with Senator Underwood on some voting arrangement but would insist on continuation or mgnt se sions. PUSH INVESTIGATION CHICAGO POLICEMEN Th ion eo. Sent. 29. Investigation by Federal arthorities of liquor rings, said to involve half of Chicago s o.uuu police men, was being speeded up today follow ing a dozen sensational development vesterdav. Thpsn included the death of a womiv while being questioned at the Federal huildine. the finding ot an auegea wnis key runner dead on a country road, the holdup oi a ireignt iram, wm.i bed of twenty cases of gin; the alleged confession of a police officer ana tn Viunt for "rum pirate snip. Mm. Rose Allen died a few minute pftcr nuestioning bv an assistant district nttnrnev regarding her connection with .'iiipe-ed extortion schemes. An investiga tion is being made to determine whether she committed suicide. i - Carolimiai MURDER CHARGE iS AMENDED TO f MANSLAUGHTER Fatty Arbuckle Released on Bail Following Ruling of Judge Lazarus. MAY BE TRIED OCT. 3. District Attorney Brady Criticizes Action of Judge in Long Statement, San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 29. Ros- coe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, at liberty to day on $5,000 bond aiter a two-weeks preliminary hearing on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, a motion pic ture actress, will be tried on a charge of manslaughter within a few days, if present plans of Matthew Brady, district attorney, materialize. Two such charges are pending- against Arbuckle one being placed yesterday when, at the conclusion of the hearing before Sylvain J. Lazarus, police judge, the murder charere was amended and the other having been eturneci recently by a county grand jury, which investigated the hot-A party given by Arbuckle and at which the State contends the young woman eceivea injuries which caused he.r death. Arbuckle regained his freedom short ly after the' preliminary hearine was ended. He already had on denosit 000 bail in connection with the indict ment and this was transferred to cover the proceedings arising from Mrs. Del mont's complaint. On the grand Iurv accusation, he was placed on "his own recognizance" to return October 3. That date had been set several days? ago, but Brady announced last nie-ht that, if he could, he would utilize it to bring Arbuckle to trial on the pel mont complaint, as modified yesterdj.y by Juds:e Lazarus. Whether he would be able to have Arbuckle appear to answer to one com plaint and then try him on another the same date he was not sure, he said, but declared he would try, since both complaints charge the same offense, arising from the same circumstances. "Brady's reason for this attempt, he stated, was that he -wished to avoid furnishing the defense attorneys with a transcript of the evidence before the grand jury. JUDGE IS CRITICISED. The district attorney in a long state ment last night said that JudgeLaz arus had accorded Arbuekle's case un usual treatment and charged that, ' if Roscoe Arbuckle were unknown and unimportant, he would have been hekl for murder and treated precisely the same as were other defendants of dis repute." When the hearing was resumed late Wednesday, Judge Lazarus began a discussion of the case. "We need not disguise the fact that this is an important case. In my opin ion, we are not trying Roscoe Arbuckle alone, the screen celebrity who has giv en mirth to the whole world. We are. in a sense, trying ourselves, our mor als, our present-day social standards. The question is larger than the guilt of this unfortunate, it is an universal issue. "The' affair was the culmination of an orgy at one of our leading hostel- jes. An orgy unrepressed by the man agement is, I take it, a common thing in our big cities. "I had really hoped that this court would be the avenue for full and com plete revelation of all the facts so the public of the entire world would have the opportunity to ascertain this widely-known defendant's guilt or inno cence. "The testimony heard shows that, during the whole afternoon, there went on, let us charitably say, festivities. Men ana women were coming and go ing so that witnesses are unable o say who were the occupants at any particular hour. '"Much liquor was drunk and th complaining witness in particular was in an inebriated condition. MISS KAPPE LED WAY. "Miss Rappe, according to the pictu.-e I have tried to draw of the event, went into room 1219 of this hotel, fol lowed, without previous conversation, by the defendant. "They remained in there about three- quarters of an hour, according to Miss (Continued on Pajfe Seven.) Tii Malta are fine all th' way, 'cept you have t' detour at Martinsville on account of the sheriff," said Ike Lark, this momin' f a couple o' well dressed voung men on "their way t' th' cit; . Elmer Beasley is now open for light i ,.. tiairin' mnstervd th ax- CIIliMUJ uiciii, ... . ophone. F.wn5 frSorn . W5MI Close EXPOSm ON HAS SWUNG FINE INTO ITS PROGRAM Largest Single Day's At tendance of Entire Event Being Anticipated. CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT. Crowds from Afar Help to Swell Thursday's Admis sions to Grounds. The largest crowd that has yet attended the Made-in-Carolinas expo sition is expected there Thursday to celebrate the closing exercises of the event. A big attendance is also ex pected throughout today of those who have been prevented' from being pres ent and who will seek this final oppor tunity to take in the show. The lights in the exposition building and grounds will not be blinked until midnight and the carnival spirjt will probably reign supreme until that hour. Many out-of-town people within au tomobile distance of Charlotte and others who can best reach here on a train Were expected, to avail themselves of the perfect weather now prvailing, either to make a first visit or a final visit to the exposition. A fact about the affair yesterday and last night was the presence of a large number of South Carolina people who could not afford to miss the show before it ended and came to spend a day and night t the exposition grounds. ATTENDANCE BETTER. Attendance both yesterday afternoon and last night was greatly in excess of the Dast few days, when rain inter rupted the carnival-like procedure of the affair. When the musical program began last night, the airdrome in front of the bandstand was filled. All seats were taken and a large crowd of people stood around the ends of the tenches. No musical program that has yet been offered was more enthusiastically received than that last night. The scarlet-uniformed . Kannapolis Band, which was in existence before the war and volunteered in a body here at Charlotte with the Piedmont Bat tery and is just now getting back into shape after its members and director got out of war service, was on the program and opened t with several v.-f 11-rendered numbers It is composed of ' 21- members, wttfr C A. isher as conductor. The band began rehearsing only ten days ago in preparation for its appearance here on the program. It rendered all numbers last night with snap and finish. COMMUNITY SING. Following the band's opening num bers, which were enthusiastically re ceived, T. T. Allison, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, presented Prof Paul J. Weaver of the University of North Carolina, who led the big audi ence in community singing. "Smiles." "America," "Till We Meet Again" and a popular roundelay were some of the numbers used. A part of the time Professor Weaver -had to compete with a passing Southern train and found it rather difficult to make himself heard The audience joined in most of the singing quite lustily and seemed to enjoy it greatly. Professor' Weaver will be on the program again tonight and invites everybody in Charlotte and the surrounding country who likes singing to be present and join in the musicale. "Good Night Ladies" will be the final number on the program. signifying the closing of the expositioi and the end of tne musical evenings that have been held for three weeks in the airdrome. QUARTETS HEARD AGAIN. The program of the vocal artists who are on the program for the last half of the week, including the members of the Empire Quartet and the All-Star Carolina Quartet, began with a solo by Miss March of the Empire Quartet, with chorus accompaniment. Her nuns ber was "Kiss Me Again," from Vic tor Herbert's "Mile. Modiste." Sh was enthusiastically applauded and called back to sing another number Francis Griffith, tenor of the Carolina Quartet sang Lohr's "Where My Cara van Has Rested" and as an encore rendered the "Lilac Tree." The next vocal number was the Italian folk song "O Sole Alio," which was sung magnificently by Mr. Bonell baritone, and Miss Cornells, soprano, of the Empire Quartet. Miss Gertrude Gower, soprano df the Carolina Quartet, made a big hit with Beach s "Ah, Love But a Day" and as an encore sang "Eyes of the Irish Blue" with splendid effect. Moszkow ski s Yv&itz of tne uance was sung by the Empire Quartet, which answered an insistent encore with "By the Wa ters of Minnetonka." Miss March next sang Tosti's "Goodbye" and fol lowed this with a popular number in answer to an encore. 'Neath tha Autumn JMoon, Dy vanaerpooi, was sung by the double quartet, which was also called 1 upon for an encore. The evening concert ended with a number of additional selections by the Kan napolis Band, MANUFACTURERS ARE MEETING IN CHICAGO Chicago, Sept. 29. Taxes, transporta tion ana new tarin legislation are among the matters scheduled for dis cussion at the sessions of the National Conference of State Manufacturers' A3 sociations, which opened here today One thousand manufacturers from 11 States are attending the two-day con vention. William Butterworth, of Moline, 111. president of the national conference, ex plaining the purpose of the meeting said problems to be discussed includeu enactment of an American tariff bill with the American valuation plan of assessing import duties and early ?c tion on pending legislation with re gard to taxes and transportation. Senate Is Getting Nervous Over Criticism Of Delay r. 111 4 Effort is Being Made to Speed Legislation, One Plan Suggested Being Cloture Rule; Real Trouble Sena tors Who Will Not Stay on the Job. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Staff Correspondent ot The SfeTvs. Copyright, 1921, by News Publishing Co. Washington, Sept.' 29. The Unitea States Senate is "getting wise" to pub lic sentiment. The few weeks of re cess gave many Senators an oportuni ty to confer with their constituents. The widespread dissatisfaction with the long time it has taken to get a new tax bill is one of a number of reasons why a group of Republican Senators met at the home of Senator Freling huysen of New Jersey the other night and talked ways and means of speeding up legislation. Details of the meeting are just leak- ng out. One after-effect was a confer ence with President Harding about the necessity of drawing up a cloture rule to limit debate in the Senate. This has been up before. President Wilson thought he had acomplished something when at the beginning of his second administration a new cloture rule was passed but it takes sixteen Senators to sign, the petition ad then a majority vote to invoke the rule. It has been of little effect. Mr. Harding is natur aly anxious to see the iegislative ma chine of the government oiled up. He isn t trying to dictate to Congress what ts rules shall be but as a former mem ber of the Senate, his advice was sought. THE REAL, TROUBLE. But the real trouble in the Senate is not curable bv cloture alone. Unlim- ited debate has its advantages as well as disadvantages. Filiburstering has ! been indulged in verv largely to nrevent I a vets being taken when many Senators I are absent from their seats. Absentee- ism is the real problem that has to be solved how to make Senators stay on the job. Scarcely a day goes by that the Senate doesn't have to call for a quorum whereupon members come scurrying from their offices, listlessly answer a roll call and go back -to their offices again in another building hoping nobody wil call a second time for a quorum. A cloture rule will be bitterly fought. by the , minority. Half the strategy of political parties is speech-making In the Senate. The Republicans won their last campaign, it is conceded by Demo crats, largely through the attacks made by Senators Borah, Johnson, Brandegee and Lodge in the open Senate. It is the minority which benefits by unlim ited debate while the majority, always anxious to accomplish results, chafes SENATE CLOTURE RULE POSTPONED Lodge Fears it Would Re sult in Serious Delay of Important Bills. Washington, Sept. 29. A general un derstanding was said to have been reached between Republican Senators today to hold in abej'ance, at least un til after disposal of the tax bill snd the peace treaties, the proposal for a new cloture rule to curb Senate debats. Republican Senators who started the movement said they would continue to campaign for support but would yisld to requests not' to embarrass action on the tax measure and the treaties. This arrangement was announced after con ferences between Republican " leaders and a discussion of the situation b?- tween President Harding and Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, majority floor leader. It was learned that Senator Loig-3 opposed any immediate attempt to press the new cloture rule. It alio was understood that at present he op posed it on principle. Opposition of Mr. Lodge to immediate action was said to be based on belief that presentation of a new cloture res olution would precipitate a most pro tracted fight and tie up the tax bill, the peace treaties and all other legisla tion. BREAD LINE STARTED FOR THE UNEMPLOYED New York, Sept. 29. New York's first bread line since the stormy days that marked the start of the World war was in operation today at thj Church of St. Mark's in the Bowery. The bread line was opened last night under direction of Dr. William N. Guthrie, rector of the church, as a result of conferences-last week wi'-h Urbain LedoUx, champion of the un employed. About 600 men, many o whom raced from the benches in Bry ant Park to be first in line, were fed'. A near riot at St. Mark s chapel pre ceded the dispensing of food. The men had gone to the chapel by mistake and it was with difficulty they were persuaded to come to the other place. Dormitories have been opened in taa chapel, and about 150 men slept there last night. ' Despite the opening of- the bread line and the chapel sleeping quarters, members of the industrial aid bureau, established to help the unemployed, re iterated that unemployment conditions here had been over-painted. It was pointed out that the municipal lodging house and other agencies where jobless men can get food and shelter in ex change for two-hours' work were run ning at far below their capacity. FORMER OFFICER AT JACKSON ARRESTED Denver, Sept. 29. Dr. Gilbert L. Lininger, Pueblo dentist and former army officer, was arrested at Pueblo on a charge of theft of army dental supplies during August, 1919, while sta tioned at Camp Jackson, South Caro lina. Lininger was arraigned before a United States commissioner and order ed held for trial at Aiken, S. C. Three brothers living in Denver fur nished bail for Lininger's release. CIIARLOTE BANK CLEARINGS. (Reported by Chamber of Commerce.) For the week ended: September 28, 1921 $5,756,123.63 September 21, 1921 6,964,630.87 September 29, 1920 6,704,294.27 under the delays incident to prolonged discussion. There have been periodic movements to limit debate. They come every time legislation is , delayed and an impa tience arises from the country. This timo the failure of Congress to pass either a tariff or a tax bill since it went into session last spring is weigh ing heavily on the minds of Republican leaders. The House with rules limiting debate functioned smoothly and passed both a tariff and a tax measure. Both have to be revised and probably will be rewritten in the upper house, but the fact is the House did its job while the Senate hasn't gotten very far. That's why a group of Republican Senators are so active in advocatin cloture. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP But aside from the suggestion of limiting debate, there is a very inter esting bit of controversy going on un der the surface with respect to Repub lican leadership in the Senate. Mr Lodge, of course, will be absorbed with jhis duties as a member of the Arma ment Commission which acts under specific instructions of the President Temporarily, at least, Mr. Lodge will be working for the executive branch of the government. The struggle for possession of Mr. Lodge's job as Re publican leader is becoming intense Senator Jim Watson, of Indiana, and Senator Curtis of Kansas are equally prominent in the race. Then there are the insurgent Senators to be considered. They are not over-enthusiastic about being led by either Senator Watson or Senator Curtis, who' represent the conservative wing of the party com monly called "standpatters." The truth is the latter element is in the majority in the Senate and the re-election of Senator Bursum in New Mexico has encouraged them to believe the coun try is with them. While the so-called progressive group takes issue with that statement, the fact is that the stand pat Republicans have the votes to se lect any one of their number as leader This is a critical week in the legis lative situation. But the conferences among Senators in both the Republi can and Democratic parties indicate that the sparring for position will soon be over and that lines of cleavage will soon be made more distinct. The voice of the country demanding more action and less talk is being heard. AMENDMENTS OF THE DEMOCRATS To Tax Revision Bill Are Offered by Simmons on Behalf of Minority. Washington, Sept. 29. Retention of the corporation capital stock tax and repeal of all of the special taxes, such as those on brokers, proprietors of thea tres, circuses, automobile bus lines, shooting gallaries and the like is pro posed in one of a series of amendments to the Republican tax revision bill of fered today by , Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, on behalf of the Demo cratic members of the finance commit tee. The bill, as reported to the Sen ate, proposes repeal of the corporation stock tax and retention of the other taxes. Other proposals offered by the minor ity provided for repeal of the freight and passenger transportation taxes and the $2,000 exemption allowed to corpor ations, and that persons whose net in come exceeded $20,000 a year be not entitled to the normal exemptions al lowed single men, married men and heads of families on account of depend ents. Another minority amendment pro poses a 32 per cent surtax rate on in comes from $66,000 to $74,000 and the fololwing rates above that: 33 per cent $74,000 to $82,000; 34 per cent $82,000 to $90,000; 36 per cent $90,000 to $100. 000; 40 per cent $100,000 to $150,000: 44 per cent $150,000 to $200,000; 48 per cent $200,000 to $300,000: 50 per cent $300,000 to $500,000, and 52 per cent on incomes in excess of $500,000. LAFOLLETTE ATACKS BILL. The opening attack on the bill fron the floor was launched from the Repub lican side, Senator LaFollette, Repub lican, Wisconsin, speaking against the section defining foreign traders and for eign trade corporations, declaring th:;t the proposal to exempt from taxation their incomes derived outside the United States was "a device to enable individuals of great wealth tov escape taxation." "Aside from crime with which the entire scheme of this bill is properly chargeable in its studied purpose :o make the poor bear the burdens of government while wealth escapes, the inconsistency and folly of its provisions is unbelievable." said Senator LaFol lette. He declared that, with factories closed, farmers in distress and millions unemployed, there never was a time when the United States in such need of capital to develop its resources. "With this imperative need of capi tal for development of these vast ca sources," continued the Wisconsin Sen ator, "we are putting forward a scheme to drain the country of its cap ital in order that the favored few may reap fabulous profits in developing the resources of other countries. RELIEF MEASURES OF UNEMPLOYMENT Washington, Sept. 29. Possible emer gency measures by municipalities to cut down the number of the country's in voluntary idle were taken up today at the public hearing before the public works committee of the national con ference on unemployment. The committee's inquiry was direct ed toward developing what measures misrht be taken up by towns. and citi- mlght be taken by towns and cities for speeding up its public works and in creasing appropriations to carry on the construction of roads and public build insrs to provide employment for the jobless. Thorsdav .Nifflit ISH SIN FEIN INVITED TO ION PARLEY Britain Cannot Alter Its Fundamental Position of Allegiance to King. REGARDED AS FINAL) Personal Assurances Fail to Satisfy the Cabinet, Lloyd-George Writes. London, Sept. 29. (By the Associated Press) The Sinn Fein leaders were to day invited by Prime Minister Lloyd George to a conference in London, Oc tober 11, on an Irish peace adjust ment. The invitation was extended in Mr. LloydGeorge's reply to Eamonn de Va lera, dispatched from Gairloch, Scot land, the Prime Minister's temporary residence. The reply carried a declination to meet the Sinn Fein negotiators on the basis of the previous correspondence between Mr. de Valera and Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister holding this to be a basis which might involve Great Britain in a recognition of Irish sovereignty. Great Britain's position on this point was fundamental to the existence of the British Empire, the premier declared. OFFER IS RENEWED. Mr. Lloyd-George, however, renewed the offer of a conference "with a view to ascertaining how the association of Ireland with the community of nations known as the British Empire may best be reconciled with Irish national as pirations," proposing London as the place and October 11 as the date. Mr. de Valera, it is pointed out here, has already agreed to confer on the question of association of Ireland with the Empire but has reiterated th.3 decision of the Dail Eireann that its negotiators would consider themselves representatives of an independent coun try. Since then, however, Arthur Grif fith, who will be the chief negotiator for the Sinn Fein should the conference be held, has been quoted as declaring the Sinn Fein had never asked the Brit ish Government to recognize the clai'.i to Irish independence as a preliminary to a conference. Thus the view held in some quarters here is that the Sinn Fein can now accept Mr. Lloyd George's invitation without abandoning its own standpoint. TEXT OF REPLY. Gairloch, Scotland. Sept. 29. (By the Associated Press) The text of Prime Minister Lloyd-George s reply to the latest note from Eamonn de Valera, which was dispatched to Dubin early today, follows: "Sir: His Majesty's Government have given close and earnest consideration to the correspondence which has pass ed between us since their invitation to you to send delegates to a conference at Inverness. "In spite of their sincere desire for peace and in spite of the more con ciliatory tone of your latest communi cations, they cannot enter into a con ference upon the basis of this corre spondence. , "Notwithstanding your personal as surances to the contrary, which they much appreciate, it might be argued in the future that the acceptance of a conference on this basis had involved them in a recognition which no British Government can accord. On this point they must guard themselves against any possible doubt. There is no pur pose to be served by any further in terchange of explanatory and argumen tative communications upon this sul- iect. The position taken up by His Majesty's Government is fundamental to the existence of the British Empire and they cannot alter it. ANXIOUS TO CO-OPERATE. "My colleagues and I remain, how ever, keenly anxious to make, in co operation with your delegates, another determined effort to explore every pos sibility of a settlement by personal discussion. "The proposals, which we have a -ready made, have been taken by the whole world as proof that our en deavors for reconciliation and settle ment are no empty form, and we tsel that conference, not correspondence, !s the most practical and hopeful way 'O an un lerstanding such as ,we ardency desire to achieve. "Therefore, they send you herewith a fresh invitation to a conference m London on October 11, where we can meet your delegates as the spokesmen of the people whom you represent with a view to ascertaining how the asso ciation of Ireland with the community of nations known as the British Empire may best be reconciled with Irish na tional aspirations. "I am sir, "Yours faithfully, ; (Signed) "D. LLOYD-GEORGE." ARE A G R DE ABLY SURPRISED. , Dublin, Sept. 29. (By the Associated Press.) The reply of Prime Minister Lloyd-George to Eamonn de Valera was received at the Mansion House here at 1:30 this afternoon. It was read by Mr. de Valera and Arthur Griffith, Foreign Minister in the Dail Cabinet, who were awaiting it. A reply may be drafted to c'ay and placed before the Dail Cabinet, vhich will meet September 30. The Sinn Fein leaders were agreeably surprised by the wording of Mr. Lloyd George's reply and one member of the Dail Cabinet who saw it expressed the' view that public confidence in the con ference being held was justified. Fore casts in the newspaper had led th. Re publican leaders to believe that a sec tion of the British Cabinet had succeed ed in securing the insertion of conditions which they must refuse. A Dail Minister said this afternoon: "The reply certainly is bet 'or than we expected." CARL WANDERER MUST HANG. ., Springfield, Ills., Sept. 29. Carl Wan derer will hang tomorrow. Governor Small today accepted the recommenda tion of the pardon board, which was a refusal of clemency. Wanderer was con victed of the murder of his wife and a ragged stranger. AR LO
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Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 29, 1921, edition 1
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