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CI 1AM LO 18 PAGES NIGHT EDITION DDAY AND EVENING CHRONICLE " G,R EATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" niuu.orTi: nrays r:T:hWNhci, naMy. isss; Sriv 1910 J it!-: r.MNIX, CHHOAICMO HtablUheil. 10.1, CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1921. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS' (Consolidated IODTPP r'fXTT'L? THE EVENING CHRONICLE ) Maj ! 8, 1914. A Xl-AV-iAJ JL XVXJ UUniO Jl JJ U. II A Hi STUDENTS i UK ;! r vM2 i m ej ; sax 9 Principal Garinger Gave Them Option. as to Punish ment to Be Received. ONE CHOSEWHIPPING. Expulsion Must Be Con firmed by School Board to Become Permanent. i r e upperclnssmen of the Alexander ,-;r;.'n ,.u'i High school are under a sus i: 1 si'ntem'' of expulsion and an r s'.iivis ready to take corporal pun ' .ts tiie result of a three-hour , .i nf student body and faculty W- .'ri';. ;y growing out of a disturb i: ih :: 1 when the students ... i '':;d to have fired "devil caps". U.-.vrt Walker, a senior: CJarrett ad. a junior; Morgan Speir, a s. v,,;-; p.uil Whitlock, a senior, and ., -i ;i Jones, a senior, were sent home v. .- ie.y afternoon by "Or. K. II. Gar , -. principal of the school, Douglas S also a senior, accepted the alter ative of Dr. Garinger and said he v':M remain in school and receive what y. irishiiivnt the principal willed to give. IT. (;:iritiger. when called over tele . , Thursday morning for a state- ..neerning the affair, explained ; r i.is action came following a series urhances caused by placing the !'.;--.vorlv! on the floors of the corridors. siaL-; much fright and disorder among ml nts. One of the disturbances ii iv u Monday when many visitors " in the building, he said. ! declared that lie was sure of the :. : ;i ' ones .'.tid. after the matter had ; n brought to a head Wednesday .. 'TT'Ing by an unusual outbreak, he . .".- the student body together in an r to bring the disturb jg element : : tsk. After lengthy discission, the - '"!!;'( ssrd to their deeds.' ! !li!( f : (IK ITNISIIMENT ! :. Garinger then gave the student .: an opportunity to declare the .::itnent to be meted out but stu-:v- were reluctant to express their i - and the principal then announced . they could go or stay and "take !. eking'. ne by one the students - k t . :r clioice. following the lead . v"i:ng Walker, leaving the hall. was the only one to stay. lie '' :o face the music. T i.iy morning, according to Dr. ' e, ;au. !- Dyrdr Crayton. president of' the ;M -!;,;, nt council. .ami James Burwell, r :e i' ( the senior class, were niak- :.' .'-s io get the student body to . quest ionThepfrhcipar said ' N v :;:ing for the students to sa ! e. . !r I! be done and it was expected son, ft bins definite would be done " 'ere il;.. close of the day's session. !"'. (. irinrrer said he was willing Wed ' -.av for the students to speak and ' .- e ,i' is still open for any stateine,': t.-C'V i.-!i to make in regard to the r'fuir r.n the punishment for those i'sp.tib!(? for the disturbance. mi sr i:r; confirmed. Thf explusion of the students must ro- :,! !eed by the School Board with n two weeks, it was explained, and It. fk-ringe-r intimated that he will ! :i. h the cases against some of the Mulents. One or two of them, he said, 1" veVild nnt like to see returned be- i'wr of their so-called persistence in i-'sins- disturbance and dissatisfaction. The principal said the other students fine pupils and he feels sorry for tnrn '.r-eaui-e this is the first real of- nse that has been placed at their feet, i-t. the principal explained, the wel-i-'uv of the students at large and the ;,"a lK i s must be safeguraded and any -"-tiH-bipg element must be eliminated r"" trf c-aus3 of disturbance 'removed. T'r. Caringer said that the interest "i th. school must not be jeoparized by '!'- itifraetions of any students. When '. ,i? '""'"le clear that students are not ,; :' to nut their best into their schol ,Tie wr.rk because of the disregard of ''nfrs. then something must be done, '' sa il. AMKXABLK TO CHANGE. If ihe student body thinks that pun-'-'niunt in this instance is too severe ''r-' ,'':'n off"' any suggestions, the prin- a" i :--t;.i:Us ready to receive them, he "uul admitted that, in the case oi al of the expelled students, the. r-.'t-i.-hd.-.nt may l,e a little severe and "' !s willing to receive their ! e f 1 1 1 ; s-. . hettei' behavior and give "an tir.r.ther chance, if the student ..'ii.y desires that course. , ")' s"!ipathies lie with some of the r"."''"ri,;s- uhn are involved in the af lh,V are splendid fellows and -or;-, r-Pi.!..,ts, doing well in their work' 11 'i ! kn,-- an active part in the events .V s,'?:"l. Yet I must stand up for '""rest Mf the SOO and more stu- ' ' v.no ;i,e in school with a serious 'ifpose wh() ntver Kive a bit of ",,!' . 'id Dr. (larir.ger. , '" i ' i n i cl nut the seriousness of '." 011 '""' brought against the upper 1 r1'" " m that the firing of the caps : tiarrow lialls, crowded with stu ' r,,::. r"ig!it easily have brought on a -M' nreatr; tlv frightened students ( i"aa,y the t;irls, and some may have .' ' n ' T'i-ie d in the jam of students at .. -i'1 to g.-t out of the building, - ai: i h.. -,. v-;is. a f-irt, ("!!'s, ii was also explained, were ;:;,r"''"--'-'I outside the city-limits, such "IK li'-ing prohibited in the city. y'.' '!''; '""I'gbi to school ,y Speir 'll;t!ock and d ist i-il n it e1 :irnnntr 'IT,.-,- X'!'"r "l'"!, n,;-'. The caps were iirejd -'-'ud-'iits stepped on them, it was i ire d. FOPJ) AND EDISON TO START SOUTH FRIDAY It,.: !lis,,; Mich.. Dec. 1 Thomas A. who will accompany Henry Ford 'ispection of the Muscle Shoals, Irate and water power project, ''re today in Mr. Ford's private 1' lison was taken immediately f "i-d home at Dearborn. ("d and Mr. JOdison will discuss "I tiie Detroit manufacturer's Government for the Muscle ''ol and expect to leave here s"uih tomorrow or Saturday. A ' (iineers of the Ford organ oid acconi)any the party, '"'if? a time will be spent at Mus ;,'y is not known. It is under 'nvever, that the inspection to be di be of the most iniAuts catuie. 'i::l "til 111. 'Lin,. . ' -T.V . C- - f r , : CIIARM BANK CLRAmT.s (Heportf Chamber of Commerce) t'or . V veek ended: Xovenkb JO, 1921 .. !?6,716,926.05 November 23, 1921 .. $7,:98,646.18 December 1, 1920 . . . . $6,643,095.43 DESTROYER WILL HEAD OFF MORSE Ship Builder Left Country in Face of Investigation by Grand Jury. Washington, Dec. 1. The Depart ment of Justice was understood today to have asked the Navy Department to send a destroyer to intercept the French liner Paris and bring back Charles W. Movse, of New York, who was believed to have left the country in the face of a grand jury investigation of his ship contracts. It was understood that a naval de stroyer would put to sea from a French port within a few hours to intercept the Paris, which left New York Fri day. While neither Attorney General Daugherty nor other Department of Justice high officials would discuss the reported departure, it was learned that every agency of the Government would be used in effecting his return to this country. The Department's request for assist ance from the Navy Department was understood to be on the theory that the legal questions involved in the return of Morse would be threshed out when he was brought back. Immediately upon receipt of the report that Morse had left the country, the Department was under stood to have radioed the liner Paris to hold Morse for return to America. Canvas of the various departments of the Government showed that several had been aroused by the reports that Morse had left the country. In every case, however, officials refused to dis cuss the matter. In one official quarter the suggestion was made that perhaps the shipbuilder sailed under a passport issued some months ago, the time limit of one year on such papers not having expired. The Navy Department up to noon, recording to its officials, had not re ceived the - request to dispatch a de stroyer. There was evidence, however, that several of the Cabinet officers had been in communication since the sail ing of Morse first was reported last night. Ambassador Jusserand. of France, caired at the State Department shortly after noon and went into conference with Secretary Hughes. It was not dis posed whether the matter of Morse's departure on the Paris, which, under international law is French territory, was under discussion. Officials refused to reply to a num ber of questions bearing on the matter, such as how an American destoryer could intercept a Vessel flying the French flag and how Morse could be compelled to return to this country in riew of the lack of legal proceedings against him. State Department officials later sak" Mr. Morse had been granted a pass oort several months ago and that this passport presumbaly was good at the time of his sailing. It was pointed out, however, that no passport is necessary for a citizen of the United States to Nave this country, although evidence of his American citizenship is required in virtually all countries before his admittance, and the State Department issues passports as the most convenient proof of American citizenship. REPORTS ARE CONFIRMED. New York, Dec. 1. Joseph Bourgeois, publicity director of the French line, today confirmed reports that Charles W. Morse, whose shipping contracts are said to be under investigation by Federal authorities, sailed for Havre, France, Friday on the liner Paris. He said he was at the gangwoy of the steamer and persoinally examined the passports which had been issued to Mr. Morse. Bourgeois said that, as he had not seen the name "C. W. Morse" on the passenger list, he asked Mr. Morse if he was not "C. W. Morse, the shipping man". Morse replied "Yes, yes", ac cording to Boregois. He said Mr. Morse occupied stateroom No. 239, which had been made out to "C. Morris". Members of Mr. Morse's family here would neither confirm nor deny the re port that he had sailed. They said they believed he 'was either at Washington or New London, Conn. Mr. Morse has had one of the most spectacular careers of any of the big figures in American finance. For years a power in banking and shipping circles, he faced his first se rious clouds in 1908, when suits were filed against him for more than $200, 000 on promissory notes. Mr. Morse then was abroad and his counsel cabled him to return. On nis arrival here, he vas arrested and later convicted of having misap plied the funds of the National Bank of North America in this city. In No vember, 1908, he was sentenced to 15 years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Then his wife began a fight for her husband that attracted nation wide interest. Every art known to a loving wife was employed b' Mrs. More to make her husband a free man. Morse had protested to the end of his trial and after that he had commit ted no wrong, but had followed prac tices common to nearly every business man of his time. January 18, 1912, President Taft commuted the banker's sentence on the recommendation of the Attorney Gen eral, based on a report from the Sur geon General of the Army. Mr. Morse spent some time abroad recovering his health, and in 1916 re sumed business in New York by organ izing a shipping combine for service with Furope and South American ports. In 1920, he again encountered a Fed eral grand jury, being indicted on a charge of having unlawfully sold an American vessel, the John J. McCul lough, to the Government of Tunis for half a million dollars without permis sion of the Shipping Board. He plead ed not guilty, was released and soon afterward the indictment was dismiss ed. Charlotte and Vicinity: Rain prob ably late .tonight and Friday; somewhat warmer tonight. Inctreasing southerly winds. North Carolina: Increasing cloudi ness and warmer tonight, probably rain in west portion; Friday rain. FCCffS TOUR IS S DIVERTED FROM H SOUTHERN LINES RUU President Harrison, , Re ports Say, Would Not Con sent to Plan of Roads CANCELSENGAGEMENT Marshal Will Not Appear in Charlotte Dec. 9 Will Stop in Monroe. . Marshal Foch is not to pass through Charlotte on his swing around the con tinent because the Southern Railway would not enter into an agreement with the other railroads being used on the tour and handle his special train without cost, which, according to Pres ident Fairfax Harrison, is a distinct violation of the laws of the country and wdiich also, he contends, would not be for the best interests of the sys tem in the future Such is the information divulged Thursday to members of the Hornets' Nest Post, American Legion, and others in Charlotte who have been in terested in procuring a visit from the Marshal and who had arranged a great demonstration and program of enter tainment for him here on December 9 between the hours of S:30 and 9:30 p. m. This engagement had been made by Marshal Foch himself in commu nications with Colonel T. L. Kirkpa trick, who was acting as chairman ot a committee on arrangements for en tertainment, appointed by Mayor Wal ker. Since then, the e,ntire project was handed over by Colonel Kirkpatrick to the local American Legion Post. REPORTS CONFIRMED. For several days it has been indi cated that there was some uncertainty as to whether or not Marshal Foch would be able to keep his engagement here. Telegrams and newspaper stories from his special train have evidenced the intention of those in charge of his itinerary to divert him from At lanta via Greenwood, S. C, and Mon roe, and thence on to Washington, from which point he will go into Can ada. Local interests, however, refused to give much heed to these continued dispatches because of the assurance from the Marshal himself that he would be in Charlotte. Definite infor mation came to Charlotte Wednesday in the form of a telegram from Mar shal Foch's itinerary officials that he would not pass through Charlotte, tlm he would leave Atlanta over the Sea board and, therefore, pass through Monroe, where a stop of a half hour would be made. In their disappoint ment, those who were locally respon sible for having made the engagement and who were proceedirg with plans for entertainment of the world's most distinguished soldier sought the rea son for such a sudden and abrupt change in his plans. HARRISON'S REASONS. The information came to the effect that President Harrison had . refused to give his consent to the plan orig inally determined upon by which all the railroads to be used on this tour would donate their lines and equipment for a special train without cost. It was pointed, out that the American Legion was not sufficiently financed to under take the expenses of the continental tour and officials of the Legion imme diately sought out railway officials w:th the proposition to make no charges for the special train. President Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania System, handled the matter for the railway executives and, it seems, got the consent of all the systems except the Southern. According to Colonel Kirkpatrick, Pres ident Harrison took the position that, while it would be a pleasure for his road to concur in such a plan, he felt that he was bound by the laws of Congress, which strictly forbid such an arrangement, and refused to con sent to any so-called winking "nt the statutes, no matter what the Inter state Commerce Commission might agree to. Presiden Harrison held that this was a matter not for the jurisdic tion of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, but for the Congress itself, Congress having passed the law for bidding the railroads to follow such a precedent, and Congress had refused, he stated, to amend that law to uit the special occasion of Marshal Focr:s continental trip. Under these circum stances, the president of the South ern withheld his acquiescence in the plan adopted by the other railroads, but offered to be one of a number of railway executives personally to fi nance the trin. nfferine- $1ftrt fnr tvia purpose. President Atterbury, how ever, notified him that this was i ac ceptable to the American Legion offi ciajs, who were insisting upon the original agreement being carried out. NO RIGHT TO BREAK LAW. President Harrison took the further ground that the Southern Railway was being importuned all along t its lines to make needed improvements and that many of these, which ought to be granted, were being turned down because ths company could not afford at this time to undertake extensive projects which would call for a large outlay of money. He further contend ed that he had no right, as president ot the road, and being answerable to the stockholders for the best adminis tration of its affairs, to allow the Southern to break the law and turn a train over even to so distinguished a guest as Marshal Foch during such financial straits as the roads are pass ing through these times. When Mr. Harrison's objections were made known to Mr. Atterbury and it "was disclosed- that he could not be moved from his -original position, Mr. Atterbury directed the shift in the itinerary and the delivery of the spe cial train over to the Seaboard when it reaches Atlanta. WAGE CAMPAIGN ON THE THEATRE COUGH Paris, Dec. 1. Paris actors have. de cided to organize a campaign against the "theater cough." Coughs, they said, have a habit of occurring at dra matic moments in the plays and spoil ing the effect intended by the play rights. There is little excuse for 75 per cent of the "theater coughs," according to French specialists, who say a mo ment's concentration when the cough is felt to be doming on will usually prevent it. Thert! have been instances of actors threatening - to stop perform ances due to coughing in the audience: UPREME OLDS AGAIN N Board of Accountancy Can't Hold Examinations Out side State. SEABOARD IN . SUIT. Woman Witnesses the Exe cution of Claude More head, First in State. BY JULE B. WARREN. Staff Correspondent of The Kens. Raleigh, Dec. 1. In a 20-page opinion the Supreme Court yesterday reverses the decision of Judge Biss Ray ii the case injunction proceedings of -the State and D. H. McCulloch against George Scott and the State Board of Accountancy, holding that the board has no right to hold examinations or perform other acts of an official nature outside the State of North Carolina. The injunction was sought to prevent the Board from giving an examination in Washington, D. C, the week follow ing the examination held in Raleigh, and at which time the same questions used in Raleigh would be used. In the lower court the case was tried on a demurrer fo the complaint and motion to vacate the restraining order and refused preliminary restraining in junction to the final hearing. In reversing this decision the court rather drastically condemns the effort of the Board of Accountancy for at tempting to hold an examination out aide the State. The decision expresses surprise that the accountants of Wash ington should have the Mohamet come to them. The Board of Accountancy was created for the public interest and not for the special interest of a cla: but the suggestion that the examina tion would be held in Washington be cause of its greater convenience tc some of those desiring to take the test is itself an act in the interest of those desiring the test and not in the inter est of the public. Attention is called to the fact thai George Scott testified that the Board would use different questions in the Washington test, but says that in trials of this kind the contentions in the com plaint must be assumed true. When there is serious contradiction the cas. is usually continued to the) hearing. The court holds that the Board has il legal or implied right to hold a tesi cut of the gite and sends the east vVjRk -to tlVvrr, court. . Tlfe Katna School Rural Community as a corporate entity was practically kiled by the decision of the Supreme Court when it 'affirmed the decision oi the Mecklenburg Superior Court in holding that the incorporation of the community does not conform to the law because it takes in a part of three other special tax school districts, where as it was represented to the Secretary of State when application for the char ter was made that the new community embraced only one school district. The court holds against the Rama Com munity in threa important contentions: 1 That the courts have no jurisdic tion to question acts of the Searetary bf State under the Rural Community law. 2 That the Attorney General a? plaintiff has no right to maintain his ac tion. 3 That the complaint does not con tain facts sufficient to justify the relief sought nor other relief within the scop of the pleadings. Other opinions banded down follow: Vann v. A. C. L., Sampson, no er ror. - Butler v. Mfg. Co., Cumberland, new trial. McKaughton v. Bank 'and Trust Co., Forsyth, no error. Fay and Egan v. Crowell, Stanly, new trial. ' White v. Realty Co., Mecklenburg, no error. Groves v. Ware, Gaston, affirmed. Hotel Co., v. Griffin, Mecklenburg, affirmed. Jordan v. Motor Lines, Randolph, no error. Hulin v. Telepragh Co., Randolph, new trial. Hayman v. Davis, Randolph, error. During the six months that will end with the year the Highway commis sion will have let contracts for 50' miles of road construction and a large number of bridges. October was the largest month so far, 130 miles bf road being let to contract during that month. In July contracts were let for 24 miles of hard roads, in August 41 miles, in September 86. in October 130, in No vember about 125, and plans are now under way which will permit the let ting of contracts for about a hundred miles of new construction in December. The prices of material and labor are down lower than they hava been for many years past, and the cost of labor is less just at the present time than it has been since the beginning of the war. The ability of the State, there fore, to let constracts just at this time means an enormous saving in the con struction of roads. When th're is a difference of a quarter of a million dollars, on a million dollar -"iontract be tween low and high bidders it will be seen that there has oeen a vist d crease in the. cost of construction, it is pointed out. And that difference ex isted recently in one of ihe letting.?. WOMAN SEES EXECUTION. For the first time in the history of electrocutions in North Carolina a woman who refused to give her name to reporters . and pilson officials wit nessed an electrocution on Wednesday morning when Claude Morehead, negro wife-murderer of Gulford county, went singing and praying to his death. The young woman was pretty and stylishly dressed and came to the electrocution with friends, who guarded her name with the same care that she did. Warden Busbee tried to get her name when he asked her to sign the death warrant, thereby adding another new chapter in the history of electro- (Contlnned on Pare Eleven.) TWO GOVERNORS NAMED. Washington, Dec. 1. Appointment of Capt. E. T. Pollock to be Governor of Samoa and Captain Aldebert Alt hause to be Governor of Guam was announced, yesterday by Secretary Denby. - . . .. t Japanese Are On Naval Bases In Pacific Reason Behind Apparent Reluctance to Accept Hughes Program is Desire for Bargaining; America Willing to Forego Strong Bases in East. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. )Staft" Correspondent of The 3Vew. Copyright, 1921, by News Publishing Co. Washington, Dec. 1. What's behind the Japanese reluctance to accept the American figures gxing the ratio, of present strength on a basis of 5 for Great Britain, 5 for the United States ana d tor Japan.' This correspondent .has had an op- i portunity to examine the official cor- j i-esponaence pass ng between Japan and the Vnited States in the sceret sessions wherein the American navy explains in detail the method by which the 5-5-3 atio was fixed. It is an open and shut case. The formula used takes account first of the Japanese estimate of her own strength ba.sed upon the tonnage figures she herself furnished, and also takes into account every contention made by the Japanese and works out finally to a 5-5-3 every time. It is a plain piece of arithmetic and the quandary of all who have had a chance to learn how the American program was worked out is what possible ob jection the Japanese have to its accept ance. The conclusion being generally reach ed, nartlv from thiners thp Jananpss themselves are saying and partly from ' t l- . i : . . , l . 1 . - ii : j., i I .inr miu? iney ici 111 me secret ses sions is that the Japanese are getting ready to agree absolutely to the Amer ican estimate of existing naval strength but are planning to condition their ac ceptance upon another agreement with respect for fortifications and naval liases in the Pacific. This question has heretofore not been raised by the Japa nese in the official conferences, though in the meetings with the press the Japanese delegates have emphasized the importance of fortifications. AMERICA WILLING. The American delegation does not rear the introduction of the fortification problem, though, of course, it will! hardly wish to explore that controver sial field until a definite understanding has been reached on the basis of the original Hughes program concerning limitation and reduction of vessels afloat as well as under construction. When fortifications are considered the view of th American delegation will be found to be most generous. The Japanese cannot contend that the bases of the United States in the Pacific are of any value, American naval experts say if the Hughes' program of reduced strength goes into effect. What the Japanese really. want is a promise that the United tSates wil not bouild up her present fortifications or add new bases. This pledge probably would be forth coming if reciprocated by the Japa- Naval bases bear a distinct relation ship to naval strength if they are suf ficiently near the scene of possible na val - operations. If the- United States were to conduct an offensive war against Japaii, the naval base at Ca- SERIOUS RIOTING BY VIENNA REDS Windows Smashed, Shops Looted, Hotels Wrecked in Great Demonstration Vienna. Dec. 1. (By the Associated Press.) Rioting of a serious nature broke out in Vienna today following a great demonstration before the Parlia ment building, where red flags were j raised on improvised masts. The crowds then began smashing windows and loot ing shops dealing in articles of luxury. Large crowds also attacked a number of fashionable hotels, most of -which be ;ng those where, foreigners reside. The New Bristol was the first of these ho tels to be assaulted. Its great doors j were battered down, thus permitting the crowds to pour through into the building. They began to break win dows, some of which were as high as the third floor, and to hurl bedding" and furniture into the mob-crowded street below. The old Bristol Hotel later suffered the same fate, its costly furniture and rich tapestry being hurled out to the cheering crowds, which packed the streets ' surrounding the building. The Grand Hotel, the largest in the city, and then in turn the Hotel Im perial also w'ere looted. The activities in these hotels, however, appeared to have been confined to the lowrer floors. The ' Vienna police were apparently helpless, many squads of them being een standing quietly by as onlookers. Next V . wait in fer a laundry t ad just a claim, th most maddenin' thing is waitin fer a clerk t find sornelhin we saw in th' show window. Who re members when ther used t' alius b5 a big jollification after an election just V rub it in? i Seeking Trade vite, in the Philippines, would have to be much more' effective, it is contend ed by the American experts, than it is at present and the very fact that it has not been re-enforced, the Ameri cans contend is proof of the pacific intentions of the United States. The fortification of Guam, however, is con sidered by America as more of a de fense of Hawaii than an outpost for offense though, to be sure, the Amer ican view is that the Japanese them selves know of how little value are the present facilities at Guam. The trouble is the Japanese have not yet made clear wrhat it is they do want if they agree, as seems inevita ble to the 5-5-3 ratio. The American delegates have explained, of course, that the Japanese are not eager to take into account vessels under con struction. Of course, if these are elim inated the 5-5-3 ratio would be disturb ed but the American contention is that a vessel on which money has been spent is to that extent a part of a country's "existing naval strength." First the Japanese contended that pre-dreadnaughts need not be excluded even though more than 20 years old. America's experts included them and still came to a 5-5-3 ratio. The repre sentatives of the United States went still further and included the "Mutsu" in the Japanese estimate of her own strength as a partly - completed vessel and still reached a 5-5-3 conclusion. The Japanese, for sentimental reasons, want to keep the "Mutsu" as she is 98 per cent complete but the United States has a battleship of similar strength also nearly completed and the original proposal to scrap everything under construction still stands. HUGHES INSISTS. Secretary Hughes is arguing that if once the principle is violated, the whole structure of the American pro posals is broken down. He insists that the vessels under construction must be counted in any ratios and must be scrapped. The United States has spent $330,000,000 already on ships in the process of building and the American delegation has told the Japanese that the public opinion of this country would not countenance the loss of such a large sum of money unless Japan was willing also to scrap everything she was building. In other words, the sentimental fondness of the Japanese for the "Mutsu" is largely counterbal anced by a sentimental fondness for the $330,000,000 'already spent by America. The big - issue ia " slowly emerging, however- It is not the quarrel over ratios bf existing strength but forti fications and collateral matters on which the Japanese are not eager to agree at once. The attitude- of the conferees does not indicate hopeless ess ,but , confidence that the differ ences which have appeared will soon be resolved. . RESERVE BOARD TO HAVE ENVOY Will Send an Adviser to the Next Conference of For eign Bankers. Washington, Dec 1. (By (he Asso ciated Press) Decision has been reach ed by the Federal Reserve Board to send an advisor to the forthcoming conference of foreign bankers called by the R?parations Commissions to dis cuss exchange stabilization, it was said officially today at the Treasury. The Board, officials said,Jias signi fied its willingness to be represented at the conference, which will? consider specific methods of preventing sudden exchange fluctuations resulting from the January payment of the German indemnity. The date and place of meeting of the conference has not been communicated to American officials, who regard the whole matter as still in the form of a proposal. Treasury officials asserted it was probable the American representative at the conference would present sug gestions for avoiding disturbance of exchange ratios, but as yet definite methods have not been disclosed, al though very much the same ideas were believed to be held by the foreign banks of issue. One method understood to be under consideration would be a proposal to ! avoid the payment of the indemnity j in the money of any one country. In-! stead of requiring the reparations pay ment to be made in American dollars, as in the case of the last installment. it was believed that a cushion might ! be provided against a sudden exchange 1 uiuij v , .y oji trcivAiii a. ijui null ul nit; payment over into Dutch or some other exchange. It was not known as yet, officials said, whether the next repara tions payment would be in American dollars, as it might be called for in pounds sterling or the French francs but the effect on the exchange of any one country whose money was used for indemnity purposes would be the same. j The proposed conference, it was be-; lieved, wrould devote its attention prl-! marily to some method by which the ! January reparations payment might be made with the least disturbance to the exchange values of the money of any : of the various nations. j Treasury officials did not intimate ; who tne Reserve noara s taviser might be, but it has been considered probable that Roland T. Boyden, the American observer at meetings of the Reparations Commission, might be des ignated possibly with the assistance of an agent of the Board. WAS BEATING A RIDE; IS SHOT BY MARINE Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 1. George Rey nolds, 25, of Elkhart,-was shot in the leg last night by a United States Ma rine guard on. New Y'ork Central train No. 43, Chicago bound, it was learned today. The Marine told the police he shot a man because he feared he was trying to break into a mail coach. ' Reynolds dropped from the train af ter being shot, called a taxicab' and went home. He said he had been to a dance at Goshen, ten miles from here, and was "beating" his way back to Elkhart. He was not held by ; the au thorities; " - POSITION HAS IDEVELOPED ITO EPOCHAL EVENT Crowds on Second Night of Show Far Surpassed All Expectations. "SHIRLEY MASON DAY" Another Famous Star of Screen World Reaches City Thursday. With Thursday and Friday, remain ing of the Southern Motion Pictuiv ; Exposition and with the crowd in attendance Wednesday and Wednesday night far exceeding that of the opening day, the best part of the exposition is yet ahead, in the view of officials ! of the body and thoue well acquainted '! with its management. ' At the city auditorium Wednesday j right the crowd was much larger t.ian ( n the opening night and the occasion J was a gala one from the opening of . j the doors at 7 o'clock until the labt ! ot the dancers departed about 12:-5 o'clock. There were other interesting ; things on the program but when the . i audience was in any doubt as to what - ! was ahead, it danced, with the Penn sylvania Serenaders ready and willing at anybody's signal to resume a jazz, program. They stood, so to speak, at attention, ready to start a melody the moment any pait of the program i was finished and an interval came. i One of the delightful features to thp j exposition is the entire absence of j 1 any set or formal program. It is a i testival rather than the traditional i convention wrhere long-winded orators get up and expatiate about this and that. When the curtain rises on the stage for a moment it is to add some new ' i festive feature to the program and not to inflict oil oration on tbs .! audience. Between dances the curtain ; was raised many times Wednesduy night, but it was for the purpose of allowing the big crowd to have a peep at the approximately 25 ' beautiful young women who won in the pre- " convention beauty contests conducted by theaters throughout North Carolii.a, which was held for the main purpose of finding among them a star to appear in the picture to be made before the ' convention is over. v MISS HAMPTON POSES. On Wednesday night Miss Hope Hampton, the First National star, posed before the camera, with Richard Bathelmess, also a First National sUr. directing the camera work, as a demostration to the aspiring movie actresses on what they may expect' in posing for . pictures. Last night Jlr. Barthelmess was in the role of director again, while a number of the other young women among the beauty con tesitants went before the camera. Afterward, an impromptu comic scone was presented with Mr. Saunders of the Metro sales force before the camera State Senator James J. Walker ; of New York directing the picture and ' F. J. Hudson of the First National ofkee of New York acting as "maid." Prior to this Mr. HutSon had intro duced Senator Walker to the audience as a man who has been interested in pictures from their beginning, has been attorney for film interests an 1 is now a great friend of the fifth industry in the woiid. Senator Walker made a . brief address, in which he -expressed his pleasure at being at - a movie exposition in the South and stated tha,t the anticipations of South ern bosphtalitjv of TViiic'h he had heard "' SQ. much, had-been abundantly -livedo "; up" to in Charlotte. " . -, Senator Walker took" occasion .U$jp pay a tribute to Richard Barthelme,:) First National star,' in 'whose hon; ' Wednesday at the v exposition war, Sji called "Barthelmess ' 'Day," "and said-Xl in ,ihis opinion',', he ,was the premier 52 mpving picture. 'artist', of the Unite J'X' 1 Mates and of the world. He referrfcdvv , to Broken , .BlossomSiJv- which Mfr'-' Barthelmess recently appeared inv as 4 his best work and said it was one" ot the greatest pictures ever screened. , BARTHELMESS RESPONDS. Acknowledging, a moment later, the , r introduction of. Senator Walker, Mr.t 'uS BartheJness disclaimed the high merit, .'g the introducer had ascribed to him tutvi"if said he 'hoped to aneasure up 'at Jess in some' degree to it. His keenest WJsh'vi lie said, was to make pictures that tUfh public will like and that Will be 'uplift-? n-'J ing. He talked for some. minutes, and.'-. db expressed his pleasure at being here- to; V;S meet in person many of the ieople" who ''yV admire him as an actor. One of Mr. t0Z Barthelmess' .accomplishments, or gifts. 5 is his ability to remember names and faces, and many who have met him Vj in the casual contact of daily round at the exposition building or at the ho- vv4? tel have been surprised later that he recalled their name and face at once.- ; Mrs. Louis Kalbfield, Sr., one of thej&J personalities of the convention, won ffl the biggest applause of Wednesday evening when she headed off Mr. " J Barthelmess as he was about to re- 4i treat from the speaker's place in front; -Jt, of the stage curtain (where he stooc . unconventionally with his hands in hif A pockets and one foot forward on the 9 footlight shield) and held him there (Continued on Pa pre Four.) 7fl '. a- ;, : . .-': 'if "" -