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rrn BEE C 20 PAGES TODAY rpnn' NIGHT EDITION AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOT t o MEWS X J-i 11 t I IVI P. IM H 1A U A U L' n 7 II - - .. - j- & i i I I - ' ' II ! iir rntnlOTTK MOWS Rfabllhrrt. Dailv icce, K . . i HIGHER I IM I Hi ! 1 AT WAR COURSE AZMG GIVEN E FOREST CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1921. fTlW rlT Tl mrr. . iSi 'a,aB )KTia (PRICE FIVE CENTS r - I i ' ' T it A wmw m v. w - I nr W , . Patterson, Student, Badly Mussed Up by Band of Masked Students. b SECOND ATTEMPT. Court Trial Had Resulted from Previous Attempt to Haze Patterson. r.wst. Dec. 15. Officials of f V . f 5t College today are trying to ) e identity of eight students who . ; ck yesterday morning: hazed H V.itterson. a freshman, of Fay 'v binding and gagging him, - . ; hair, blackening his scalp c ."(ion of nitrate of silver and - ; mi tied. Patterson was not .- injured, although it is said " lis face will he disfigured for uet AS. The hazers woe masks. , an a; tempt was made to haze a!., ut a month ago, he drew f r and fired on his attackers. stvi ;dnc a sophomore, inflict- - flrsh wound. Wake coun . -:u- -; took up the matter ar.d . : Court in Raleigh this week -', : :. vs and O'i'.n Sikes. of Mon- v: 1 tvith hazing and Patter . wit!', carrying a concealed v. '. iv tried in connection witn . Satm.Vrs and Pikes u- - r. l-'d jt'.lcir.onts while Pat-;'::-.ed SO. Saunders and :. s '-vvi-f expelled from the vol- .'( MTV OUTRAGED t ! in the hist school has outpaced y of thi? the coil .'ge with such .i :7iicr as ;nK piaoe tins morn i .".'. uhvrs t!u faculty and the nau whi.'h has concurrent n with fur' facultv over dis- -.e !-:! iri- very effort to for : ,vu" the gii'ty ones. -ri- -r -n ti c heels t,f the conviction - .:r r:c of tv- Wake Forest students r-is-'de this in- rning has all the ar .sr .- .-f a contempt for law and the t' ni the --ulV-gf faculty is deter . i .-h:!! not gi unpunished. ': '. outrageous conduct of the haz - i- r!ie moi'" contemptible in vu- ' t:-.- !iea made l,v Prof. Edgar Tim- . d-an of the faculty who went v Court to plad for mercy for :.m. .'-azers on trial tnere. It places . i'! an -mbarrassing position after ', et!"rt to alleviate the pun hr ef haters to have this elisor s'on afterwards, v - .-.--it.?, member of the law fa ty to ..1 nis class today that the stu nt 'iv r-uist remove this stain of ap ar'T contempt for law that has been r'ir.'i'.'d on the community by thc : z-.'ro'.i attack on 3'atterson thts. IT I FOR VICTIM I n-.ir-h Patterson, age 17, of Fayette y.V.ir ;v:'? roomed since entering college :"h L. Ray, .station agent here for ft yers. the house being off the ''Vi Since the night of November i :. .'.! ;i he was attacked as he start- ' Patterson says he has not f it ef his room at night after p ; He bo;irds at the Hodnett house t 'i f- c'-n:piis. I Witlt William Powell, another fresh f 3" Patterson had started to Vn-nU-. Ai he pasped the gymnasium, uk"d men ran out of the door. :' them had red handkerchiefs tied Vir faces and wore old clothes. f: ?!? other three had donned piN "s and bed sheets for a disguise, 'he gymnasium were three y ''!-o masked in pillow slips. p;:"' ron attempted to run. but was j'"'; : and carried into the gymna f nt :i. d down to a bench, a towel Mi his mouth and his hair then Th solution of nitrate of silver n his head ran down his face. 'unately none of it got into his otherwise he might have beer nieht. tmse who have never had the "f trsinmg in modern hazing it may not be amiss to say of su-er m a weakened 'n is not harmful, but when of newness used this morning, it i"r' skin black and the skin neel I i frsf.n will carry the marks of " "r,:ig for several months. 8fU rII T1IKY GF7T IjOST? I .onsW.-it-able mystery attaches to the t diter a basketball game. Ros iniiins, a sophomore, who is an - ..t to the athletic director, is re ! fo ii;,ve lost the keys, this ac 'i tne aoors being open this Injunction Banning; LheckollKemrded b Judge A. G. Ande in Federal court at Tndianapof Av .s ?odly orl ym uii, vi appeal iV to Judge Ander 10 em-er a j while the car was remanded ' ith instructions .nary injunction eing re-!ieard. t - V'. fc ! I--,,. til' , ti- ; SCH001 BILLS ABOUT THROUGH LEGISLATURE This Part of the Program oi Jkxtra Session Nearly Accomplished. END NOT IN SIGHT. Amendment to the Munici pal Finance Act May De lay Final Adjournment. BY JIXE B. WARREN. Staff Correspondent of The New. Raleisrh, Dec. 15. An amendment to the State municipal finance act which was offered by Hendrix, of Madison, in the House will invalidate the measure, the Senate today failing to concur in the action of the House and rereferring the bill to one of its judiciary commit tees. Pending an opinion from the Su preme Court this amendment would ex empt Madison countv mnninimi!tinl, trom the operation of the State act even should the court hold that the act is valid. There is reason to be ieve that the session will be prolonged and adjournment may not be reached until next Tuesday. The House passed the bill authoriz ing the refund of taxes erroneously collected by counties and paid into the Mate Treasury after accepting the Senate amendment which calls for re funds stretching over a period of two years back. Both Houses received letters from ;,K,,a"ai roc" regretting his inability MvtvAi. ceo Liie -Litisiaiure. NORTHCAROLINA THIRD IN VAIUI OF FARM CROP! Advances from Sixth Place to Third in Agricultural Production. TOBACCO INTHE LEAD Brings in More Money Than Cotton ; Fertilizer Bills Smaller. By JULE B .WARREN. Staff Correspondent of The New Raleigh. Dec. 15. Despite the 'fact that the price of cotton has decreased very materially and tobacco prices have oeen only tair. North Carolina has A cl n n nr it fpAm - . il.-j . .v v. sum iu iiura piace in the value of its agricultural crops Major William A. Graham, Commis- I verier or Agriculture told the Board of Agriculture In annual session here yesterday. The yields for the various crops this year were just about as good, according to acreage, as last year, although the farmers used r-nly 57 per cent as much fertilizer as thv used last year. The shortage of fertilizer sals is shown in the "financial statement of the Department, which depends largely on the tax on fertilizer "sales for its run ning expenses. Tobacco is the banner money crop for the year, according to estimated made by the Commissioner, for despite the fact that there were over fortv million pounds less tobacco produced than cotton, the tobacco will bring over twenty-five million dollars more. The part of the Commission's annual report dealing with the general situa-. tion follows: s THE REPORT. The year just closing has been one or the most remarkable in our agri cultural history. Although we hav had the most extensive drought in th" history of the State since records been kept, and the fertilizer used was only 57 per cent of that used last year, yet the yield of cotton and tobacco per acre is fully up to the average. The wheat cron this vpt- was badly damaged by rust, as was'al.-.o i no oar crop of the State. The sweet potato has become one of our marke crops and is perhaps as much -used as any other vegetable in the supoort Germany Is Unable I To Meet Payments Paris Dec. 15.(By the Asso ciated Press.) The German Govern ment has informed the Allied Rep arations Commission that it will be "unable to meet fully" the repara tions payments due January 15 and February 15, it was officially an nounced this afternoon. The note from the German Gov ernment adds that it has succeeded in raising certain portions" of the funds necessary to meet the pay ments but is unable to obtain the balance, either through loans, exter nal or internal, or other financial measure. The German reparations install ments due on January 15 anij Feb ary 15. respectively, amount to 500,000,000 gold marks each. SECRET SgON Hughes Finds It Necessary To Make Concessions To Japanese Battleship Program Will Be Arranged so as to Allow the Island Kingdom to Retain the Mitsu, Monster New Ship; Concessions as to Yap. AuRE of our families. Co-operative marketing has engaej the attention Raleigh. .Dec. 15. With the fini t.c. and numerous plans for its nnlminatir,. ,,v Llle eiHnaie or tile S710 000 I "a ' r piouucea, yet tne nrincinU svhool deficit bill, which is now io,.- upon which this is founded is rmmt, yhen the bill is properly ratified, and fhe samvthathtohP Board has' of the. Irish delegates is regarded with Authority of Irish Plenipo tentiaries Yet Under At tack by De Valera. PUBLIC REFERENDUM? Die-hards in British Parlia ment Launch Attack on the Government. Dublin, Dec. 15. (By the Associated Press). The Dail Eireann today resum ed in private session its consideration of the treaty calling for establishment of the Irish Free State. Today's session was held in private be cause, despite the exhaustive debate of yesterday, a decision had not been reach- ea on the preliminary points regarding the authority of the Irish plenipoten tiaries, who signed the treaty, and their method of exercising their authoritv. The Freeman's Journal states that. at the private session yesterday, "cour tesy and friendliness entirely supersed ed the snappiness noticeable in the morning". It was found necessary, however, to appoint a committee to examine all the correspondence relating to the dele gates' mission to London and the report and that a revision should be made BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Staff Correspondent of The Newi. Copyright, 1921, by 3 Tews Publishing C. Waschington, Dec. 15. Compromise which is the basis of all international agreement has been found necessary to meet the pride and sentiment of the Japanese people. Secretary Hughes, who started out with an insistence on the acceptance of the programme offered has found the Japanese currents of resistance' so strong as to make it necessary to give concessions. The Japanese argued for a greater percentage of total tonnage and lost. They countered, however, with a proposal that the Mutsu, the most powerful type of battleship yet built, should be retained. They argued that Japanese sentiment was wrapped ln,the new vessel, that it would be difficult to scrap so important a ship without endangering the acceptance of tne wnoie program. So in xirder to sat isfy the Japanese, the American dele gates were persuaded that as a prac tical proposition the inclusion of the Mutsu didn't vitally affect the total ar mament of the three big naval Powers and that possibly a rearrangement of esseis selected tor the scrap heap would be just as effective in the lone run. SAME TACTICS AS TO YAP. Somewhat the same kind of tactics were used, by the Japanese in the ne- rtuauous over the island o Yap where the mandate originally bestowed upon Japan was clasped tenaciously by the Japanese, although most of the exclus ive rights and privileges which it might otherwise convey were granted to the t inted States. In a nutshell, the American opinion seems to be that Japan can have all the superficial concessions she wants if it makes little difference in substance. Thp American naval experts do not leel that they are conceding very" much to Japan in letting the Mutsu remain for they insist that the equivalent of American battleships retained is more than sufficient to offset any advantage which the Mutsu might appear to have given. Still the naval experts are the ia&i people m tne world to object to any increase in tonnage for any country so long as it is proportionate. Deep in their hearts they have not looked with any particular joy on the prospect of scrapping nice new battleships upon which so much money has been spent. The Japanese desire to keep the Mutsu has therefore worked out to the ad vantage of those experts in all coun tries who felt that the Hughes' pro- i.i.auSiiuuiu merely oe a starting point f this committee was presented todav J he controversy over the proceecture Mouse of the Matthews bill validating furnish food for y all tax levies of this year and fixing j supplies necessary t cents as tne levy tor next year, the I inis 1S one i school part of the purpose of the sn'ecial 1 ever succeed. session is just about accomplished. The STANDING OF STATES validating bil will reach the Senate on h Tex,s 8 Thursday and should Ho naKo I ; i .::s the passage on- third -reading bv the always endorsed "Make your farma impatience by the press and the public our families and I ana expressions are heard on every side to nnpratp " nniD,D urging a decision on the roni imp 9 cents as the levy for next year, the I this is doHe no P'an of marketing will I acceptance or rejection of the agree ment. Today's newspapers publish a letter from Marv MacSwinov ciotoi. tiu 1.-, .... , , , I " " " v , L . ' i i 1 1 v xauc $-iou,4oz,ioo iorct Mayor of Cork, protestin os 3-0, uu strong terms against the treaty J0J, 837,400 As the Daid met it wn floMaroH ir 281,309.500 supporters of Michael Collins and Ar- -it4,uvz,bU0 tnur Griffith that they and the other i o4.uu-j i signers or tne iri.sli neace ssrrppmpnt now felt certain of an ultimate major ity in favor of the treaty. iney declared no prominent person rsday and should be nassed nn firmi reading on Saturday. By that time the .Senate wil have completed considera- uon ana passage of the Municipal fi nance act, so that adjournment will be leacnea on Saturday unless somethin else turns up to detain the Legislature ni riaieign. T , . , . 1 e- . . . jicinuers oi me lower nouse are et California North Carolina 4 New York .... . I Illinois Pennsylvania . . S Iowa this shows that North Carolina ia third and that the States of Illinois 225,830,000 upward before the conference came to u nriai agreement The arms ftOnf frrenye : :ha k legated Far Kastern questions to a secondary place for the moment" while all atten tion is concentrated on naval matters. The hope is that a plenary session may be held on Saturday of this week in order that the naval agreement may be formally proclaimed. But while the conference has put the Far Eastern tangle aside tentatively, the prospects are that the most acute situation of all has yet to develop with respect to China. The delegates of the later country have been sitting pa tiently waiting for the conference to accomplish something concrete for China besides mere declarations of principles. The Chinese have been given promises and pledges of the same kind before. While thev nnt openly expressing any disapproval of the new four-power pact they admit privately that the new treatv places no restraint upon the hand of Japan with respect to the mainland of Asia and merely binds Japan not to infringe upon the rights of other powers in the Pacific Islands. NO LIMIT TO AGGRESSION. hat is to be done to limit Jap anese aggression in China? The Chin ese have appealed to the powers to do away with the treaty which Japan forced upon China during the war, con taining the famous twenty-one de mands. The Chinese have sought to regain Shantung. The tendency of the powers thus far is to try to get as much accomplished on naval matters and to do away with the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, feeling that after all these were the Drincinal nhwte nf whole gathering so far as public opin ion was concerned. On the other hand Mr. Hughes, in his original invi-i La.Liuu iu me powers summoning this conference, laid down the principle that the peace of the world would not be achieved until Far Eastern questions have adjusted. The confer ence has for the moment set up a machinery to solve certain theoretical questions with respect to Pacific Is lands. The vital matters affecting China have been sidestepped as much as possible. The Chinese fear the eva sion4 is to be permanent and that the commence is to adjourn with nothing more than a hew set of declarations which will not be any more binding upon Japan than past pronouncements There is some ground for their suspi cion because the powers have already shown a disposition to appoint investi gating commissions to report at a later date perhaps a year or two hence. There has been no such pres sure to settle the Chinese problem as has influenced the course of the dele gates on either the naval ratio or the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The conver sations concerning Shantung are not viewed hopefully in Chinese quarters The net of the whole situation is that if the American delegation concedes another point to Japanese pride and re fuses to interfere in the settlement of the Chinese-Japanese disputes, the far Kastern situation so far as the Chinese are concerned, will have been very little improved bv the "Washing ton conference. The Chinese official here are apprehensive that America's readiness to yield to Japan on th-3 Yap mandate as well as the American, de cision to airer the original Hughes naval proposals in order to satisiv' .Tan anese pride and sentiment is an" omen of Japanese-American co-operation which spells trouble for China. EMENT ON REPARATIONS IS A STEP FORWARD Wiesbaden Agreement Most Momentous Negotiations Since Versailles. FORMS CORPORATIONS. Which Will Receive and Fill Orders from Sufferers of War Damages. New York, Dec. 15. The problem of reconstruction supersedes all others in France, Maurice Casenave, chief finan cial advisor to the French delegation at the arms conference, declared in an address today before a dinner of the National Industrial Conference Board. The economic situation of France, he added, must necessarily be of interest to the whole world. M. Casenave described the recent W iesbaden agreement between Ger many and France as "the most mo mentous of all negotiations since the 1 reaty of Versailles." "It oegins a collaboration with the living, working Germany with that part of Germany which honestly wants to pay its debts," he declared ' It proves that France does not seek to rum Germany." The Wiesbaden agreement, the speak er said, established a French commit tee or "possibly a corporation," repre senting all the French sufferers of war damages. This corporation will re ceive orders from such sufferers for whatever materials they may require for re-construction, up to the sum of one mUlion gold marks per annum They will be handled by the French corporation to a committee or corpora i ion of Germans, which will represent leading German manufacturers of all types of materials, payment for thesa materials in Germany being made at the price of the material bought on the French internal market. CREDIT IN GERMANY. The German committee or corpora tion, according to further outline of the plan by M. Casenave, will open a credit in Germany on behalf nf th : ii m, D 1 Ifmrl tnvra tii-V.,,-.!-. in , , I 'rauesi. -mey want to go home f , iU1 years nave oeen in any part ot Ireland had yet protest Saturday and if adjournment sine die is I !'rPra second and third and seemed ed against their action in signing an not secured by that time the. spssinns to have secured these positions oerma-1 agreement with the British OnHincf the following week are likely to be rath er slimly attended. The Senate calendar is in ?nmi sImhp A. 11 local legislation is disposed of, and nentiy, are surprised bv the Tar t-Too. President rio vaiora'c ;ni . , ,aif, beSinni; to exhibit to the stated to be to certain details of the i V - l,aoliy to stand near treaty, which he thinks would have the head m all their undertakings and I been improved if it had been re-sub- the Wednesday night session iust were on'y awaiting a suitable year to I mitted to him and the Dail Cabinet auuui completed consideration of the I mey couio no. important State measures still before XORTH CAROLINA CROP the upper branch of the T.piHslatnro AL.IES 1921. Production. NAVAL RATIO IS NOW AGREED TO Tonnage of U. S. and Great Britain to Be Increased to Save the Mutsu. P !-. lJKr: Uv ft- it...; efl t. Vt'T 18.: : A-v He tit'..; ht i w.- . tt-' ; at t .') , f.tr 1 tt uY nfc : of ' ht I r"1 1 1, 1 tin. l b- vi. act,., i; - K.r - x owell, there was another n in f-ight, but neither of them "iy or tne masked men i r their lives while several a nearby dormitory witness and by the time the eight - n had completed their haz- ;; forne 25 students had gathered ,vmnasium. So far as known, . -"-as made by them to annre i ICiuxers. When the hazers ; y eparted somebody led the t grnnasium and rescued 'in. He was taken in Ttr Kitchin's home, given medi- ' oo and was in condition to later. l Oii PROTECTION denies that he purchased "; " :rr any other purpose than ; O.i the Monday following ' that his pistol arrived, a i"u:a on the bulletin board 'v :'. reading "Get Pattersnn ";' -Ttillery has arrived." The at- ' "i-mg took place the next ! hhooting episode on Novem- ; tV"f:0 students came to the '' Pi.v later in the evening ;;,!r,'n that they be permitted '-'-.on. Mr. Itay refused and ' he had told them three '.".' did they ciomply with -They or others then shot ' the streets and Mr. , ,v,no is not strong at best, -v Inghtenod that it was ne- W. Thompson to v.hile Dr. Thompson was ; -- Homebody stole the bat - . nis car. s' ?'Zr'liy knows J'ust how many !'.', '.,.'H.vrf'POrted that thei"e haV f k -Mi, -n'I )a.n a dozen and some put - tv. ine college fhe Senate saves, time bv watehino- Crops. the bills with fight in them in the. Corn House, and in committees and then does j "heat not cteoate them when thev set to tlieluats upper body. Barley IIOISE SESSION TnnAV ye The House of Representatives Wp. SltT Cat" nesday passed a bill introduced bv Ren- rwall. i.ncmanvr UIHIUI Ul VV llSOn COllntVltS nmdnrfinff 1,, T.. .... . . . : - . I 1 - Lilt; I All hav v 7QD nnn . .295,000,000 lbs. cotton. 337 700,000 Tbs. in order to nnprnfo tho nwln t,i e.113 ll.UOO Ou. for n ri :,Z n"rY,a Clover seed fni- in Hq co -i:..i: u eanuis 48,700,000 bu. 4,943.000 bu. 2.2S7.000 tu. 3,360 bu. 388.000 bu. 85,000 bu. 4,000 bu. 4,050 000 bu. Potatoes 10.253.000 bu. public school law which provides for Tnhar a jury trial in al cases over the question t nt pm lf 1-1.-, rnta .!.. . . 11111 COt yL .... .a.c ui iaA i;uuniiea must levy ed for in the State Constitution inis proposal was first offered by representative L.onnor as an amend ment to tne Matthews bill validating school tax levies and fixing the rate at c: cents tor schools, but It was with drawn and re-introduced as a separate bill when Representative Rufe Dough- ton raised the question as to the valid ity of the Matthews bill, which had al reaay passea two readings, if the amendment was tacked on at this time Value. $40,908,000 7 118.000 1,578.000 3.OU0 449,0u0 77,350 5,000 5.468,000 10,971,000 14.852,000 85,550,000 58,975.000 38,500 264,000 6,216,000 1,482,000 before it was signed The general impression in Dublin to may was that Lord Carson's speech i tne iouse ot Lords last nierht had helped Collins and Griffith in their fight in the Dail for the treaty's rat fication. It was pointed out in thi connection that Tord Carson had nic turea tne fJrglish action toward Ul ster in a light, that bore out the ore diction of Mi hael Collins at Armeah last eeptemher, when he said that England would use Ulster as long as it suited her purpose and then throw her over 22.000 bu. 4,782.000 bu. Apples 741,000 bu. Total value of 22 principal frnn 77 per cent $233,954,850. Total value 100 per cent $303,837 400. The law requires the Department to issue a Hand Book of the State basd on each census of the National Gov ernment and showing the condition in ea.cn county. I ask that the Commissioner be in There was no debate over the Doughton structed to have the Hand Book pre- KI CU 111 LI 1S93, addins court, so the change comes through the think wiH improve it in showing con- Per correspondents. UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION London. Dec. 15. (By the Associated Press). Meetings today . of the Dail Lireann at Dublin and the Imperial Par liament were expected to bring some tning more definite out of the Irish peace situation than was developed at yesterday's sesions. Today's meeting of the Dail will be secret, as were the two final sittings yesterday after the difference between Lamonn de Valera and his group of dis senters, on the one hand, and the treaty advocates includinsr Arthur u-rimth and Michael Collins on the proposal to make doublv sure, that ti, pared in the style of that issuer) in u.Lwr- naa oecome so marked that the "VTtl t V kKT3 Kill tl'AIlM 4-nK J . . i . . .'iii vVuiU otcLim uu in I . ' . . . . (.iuico aa lit; niclv ision was taken to bar all newspa Connor bill rather than through an amendment. The bill specifies that in all contro versies over the rate of school tav which is needed to operate the public scnoois ror six months trial shall be by jury, decree or the courts being final. Heretofore actions which have been itarted over this question were first heard before the superior court iudtre in cnamoers, tne case going direct from the judge's ruling to the Supreme Court lor an opinion If the bill passes the Senate it will call for a jury trial in cases over the question as to the rate of tax needed (Continued on Page Five. (Continued on Page Four.) LAUNCH CRUISER CONCORD. Philadelphia, Dec. 15. The light cruiser Concord, one of ten of this type vessel being built by the Government. was launched at Cramps Shipyards to- Gay. The cruiser was sponsored by ;uiss Helen iiagley JButtrick, of Concord. Mass., alter which plae the ships was named. SETTLEP For Charlotte and vicinity: Fair and slightly colder tonight; Friday increas ing cloudiness, probably followed bv rain in afternoon or night. Gentle to moderate north shifting to east winds The clash during the public session hinged on the point whether Griffith Collins and the other Irish plenipoten tiaries had exceeded their powers in signing, the treaty instead of referring il ursL lo tne uaii. ine plenipotentiaries contended" their powers were plainly set forth in their credentials, but to this de Valera responded by questioning wheth- Al1 Vw .... . .3 i " . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . . nc v;i eutJiiniiis iiiiu ueen accepted Dy me xriLisn government. It was thought probable that Mr do Valera and his followers would not force a direct vote, but would ask the Dail to authorize a public referendum on the treaty. Reports from various sec tions of southern Ireland indicated- that such a referendum probably would re sult in a large majority favoring ratification. Unexpected opposition was met in ti-io Imperial Parliament Vesterdav T.nrr! (formerly Sir Edward) Carson, launch ing a bitter attack on the Government in the House of Lords, and Captain Charles Craig. Irish U nionist. OPnosinp the settlement in the House of Com mons. Further opposition is expected to come today from the "die-hards". ASQUITH COMMENDS TREATY. London, Dec. 15. (By the Associated Press) The House of Commons this afternoon resumed its debate on the Anglo-Irish agreement, the feature of the early proceedings beine an arirlrps by former Premier Asquith commend ing the treaty for the acceptance of the House. LAW FAVORS AGREEMENT. London. Dec. 15 fP.v tho a O th PUStOfhee I Press) During the dehato i 1, While steppin' out loderate north shying to east winds, t'day Ike Lark met his long lost sister House of Commons on the Irish agree iNortii ana south Carolina f'au to-1 face t, feet. Most ever' irl has nil th' I nivUt- IVMo,. iMC; Tr,..,i: j ... r7.... i 1 ... "u,cw iclw, union . l. i .'ui V n j iL tir.iHJis ui nn wcuniii iuapieu oui cepi ist leader, announced himself in favor probably followed by rain. who she's coin' V hook. of the agreement. KIWANIS CLUB HAS ELECTION Directors Are Named and They Will Choose Officers for the Coming Year. Washington, Dec. 15 (By the As- sociitfed Press.) Consideration of the naval ratio question was under stood to have been completed today by the Big Three of the Washing ton conference. Meeting at the State Department, Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato spent an hour discussing, it was understood, the naval ratio question and, at the break-up of the session, it was indicated they would not meet agajn. This was taken to forecast final and complete agree ment on limitation of naval armament ; s regards the United States, Japan and Great Britain. Mr Balfour, on leaving the State De lartmenc, said: '"The conversations are through." He would not elaborate on the statement and Secretary Hughes and Admiral Kato refused to discuss the meeting. Later announcement was made that Secretary Hughes would see the news paper corre sponuents between fiv-3 and &ix o'clock instead of 3:30 o'clock, the usual hour. This, together with other developments, stiengthened the belief that a final r greement had been rea'hed and that announcement was imminent ot a plenary session of the conference tomorrow or Saturday for presentation of the agreement. ' The Big Three at their meetina- toilav had before them two alternative pro posals as prepared by the experts to I " balance Great Firitain's navai forces ! RJa against substitution by Japan of the superareadnaught Mutsu for the older ship Setsu and for a similar substitu tion by the United States of two newei- ships for older ones. Plans for a meeting later todav nf the new naval committee of 15. repre senting! all five of the naval powers. were made after the conclusion of the session of the Big Three. It was in dicated that an f.nnouncement of the agreement on naval matters between Great Britain, the United States and Japan would be made during the after noon. Washington, Dec. 15. (By the Asso ciated Press). With the probability that the United States would retain two additional ships of the Maryland class as an offset gainst the retention ly Japan of the superdreadnaught Mutsu becoming almost a certainty to day, there were indications that' the. Colorado and AVest Virginia would be the ships selected for retention, rather than the Colorado and the Washington. The Colorado and Washington are un der construction at Camden, N. J. The West Virginia is being built at New port News, Va. While the West Vir ginia was the last of the trio to be launched, she is substantiallv as well advanced in construction aa the Wash ington, it is said, and her retention in place of the Washington would permit work to continue in two construction yards instead of one. To a degree, this rrangement, some officials feel, would relieve the economic pressure that will result trom the scrapping of all other apitai ships now under construction ince it will enable two yards to keen their men a.t work for the time required to finish the- Colorado and the West Virginia. The board of directors, from which the officer? for the coming year will. be chosen, was elected at th? weekly lunch con of the Kiwanis Club Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce. Directors elected arc: Dr. W. 11. Frazer, J. R. VanNess, B. Scott Blan ton. Hunter Marshall, Jr.. George E. Wilson, Jr., E. E. Jones. y. p. Dunna- gan, Laurrie C. Dixon, L. M. Hipp and Dr. Oren Moore. These directors will meet within, a short time and name th.. club's officers for 1922. The direct oi were nominated by the fcllowing com mittee: J. H. Cutter. Ben J. Smith and R. A. Mayer. ine meeting was strictly concerned with the business confronting the or ganization and no special guests were present for speech-making. George Selig, field representative of th- Ki wanis International Association, w.--s a visitor and spoke briefly on the expan sion of the club. He announced that the present membership of Kiwanis is 60,000 in 633 clubs. Silent boosters were given by Arthur Wiley, of the Auto Inn, calendars, and Ben J. Smith, iiasurance. pocket knives. Mike Durnagcn and Dick Brabble, than whom there is none whose voices can reach their vocal height and de;,h sang "Old Black Joe" at the urgent re quest of the club. The retiring officers are B ft nton. president: Thnmas Ti-.-r. j treasurer, and Hunter Marshall, Jr.'. retary. CONGRESS! ONA L R EC ESS Washington. Dec. 15. The Senate tn- day adopted the Curtis resolution that Congress adjourn for its holiday recess from December 22 to Januarv'3. The resolution now goes to the House where favorable action is anticipated. many on behalf nf th 1 rench committee or corporation . of an amount of 7,000,000,000 gold marks to be repaid in 1936. The German seller will be paid by the German organization, the amount of each payment being placed to the credit of the German Government and deducted from the German debt. In terest at 5 per cent will be paid to Germany, Al. Casenave said, because of. -the. anticipated -payments--which she is to make and, if, in 1936, the date of the .maturity of the said credit, "th Hughes' rights of France to indemnity have not .eacned tne sum of 7,000,000,000 gold .narks, Germany shall pay in cash the (Tincrence between the amount of th indemnity due her and the said sum of 7,000,000,000." "One can see that this agreement has the great advantage of bringing the question of reparations from the financial to the economic grcund," the speaker continued. "France knows that all he:: hope of being paid the debt owed to her is in the commercial hab iiation of Germany, which is intimate ly bou id up with the rehabilitation and stabilization of the mark. Anything which can bring this result will be con sidered by France with a favorable eye. 'Contrary to prevailing rumors. i' ranee trom the beginning, tried to organize a. practical settlement of rep arations with the Allies as well as with Germany. "The Treaty of Versailles provided for reparations in species and in goods, but numerous obstacles, material as well a moral, stood in the wav of their fulfillment. Only time and ex perience could furnish means to over come 'hose obstacles. "This is the reason why we began by financing reparations out of our own resources and without waiting un til Germany would be ready to pay CANNOT PAY IN MONEY. ."Time has proven that Germany could not pay reparations in nmno'v and that an arrangement for payments, partly in goods, was necessary. "A first attempt was made in thi? direction by the Brussels conference in December, 1920, and in January, 1021, but the attitude of the Farenbach Cab inet, and particularly of the Foreign Minister, Dr. Simons, did not permit the application of this elaborated scheme, and a uni-lateral plan was imposed on Germany, the fulfillment of which made necessary an ultima tum, together with the menace of the occupation of the Ruhr and some eco nomic sanctions. "These sanctions have nlno then been .ifted after the first manifesta tion of good will made by Germany, and. as soon as the AVirth Cabinet was formed, M. Louheur, French Minis ter of the Liberated Regions, renewed the economic parleys and met M. Rathenau in the negotiations which resulted in the Wiesbaden agreement." THREE GANG MEMBERS SURROUNDED IN CAVE VOO CAW COME k " X r; v eFaxes J i HOME js Jackson. Ky., Dec. 15. Three mem bers of the band which raided the Breathitt county jail on Monday morn ing, killing one man, fatally wounding a woman and seriously wounding an other, today were surrounded by State troops in a cave on John Little's Creek, 12 miles from here. Captain Holbrook. of the State forces, planned today to use gas in an effort .to drive them out. The men were discovered in the cave late yesterday. Captain Holbrook sent Alfred Noble, a friend of the fugitive trio into the cave last night to ask the men to come out. They sent him word that when they came out it would be "feet first." Captain Holbrook did not feel that his little force was adequate to hold both entrances of the cave, which ex tends through a hill on John Little'a Creek, to the head of Caney Creek, so he came back here this morning to get. more men. Bloodhounds were brought here again this morning, but it was not stated for what purpose. CHARLOTE DANK CLEVRINGS. (Reported by Chamber of Commerce.) For the) week ended: December 11, 1921 56,013,211.1 1 December 7, 1921 S6.364.0S4.28-- December 15, 1320. .... .....$6,753.156.10 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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