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FRENCH DEMAND
DISCUSSED BY
HAVAL EXPERTS
Silence Maintained as to
Reasons Back of the De
sire for Ships.
1 UPSETS THE PROGRAM
j jf Permitted it Means Not
i a Reduction But an In
! crease in Armament.
r-ii ana reduction in fleets in har--iv
tviih that already reported bv
"TVah inert Dec. 17. (By the Asso-
atec Preps The naval committee of
-fr?en o" the firms conference resum-
md Italia", naval problems, but with
3 ;t'e nroyppct that the day would show
Rny natcrial results in the way of ad
x o.r.-r.-r-t toward an agreement anions:
Vo :if rufin on relative naval
I-
I"'
;!-..': three' naval countries
Ti-.' (Oinniittee again was entrenched
! -;,. jfj, rale of silence, adopted yes-
;-,ay. and no further information was
i .-a :.-.o as to the exact nature of the
,.;,,!cni?,r't the French group is making
to t'ra nce's needs in naval tonnage
r ;nr ;.i-i- .l ner national securitv.
,., v;;s further light available on the
wh project to build ten 33,000 ton
n. Hl ships in the decade 1925-35
p.-'pi!? the secrecy rule of the com
it was known that presentation
' !n l Tench case continued today
r'.i. connection, M. Sarraut. head
French delegation in the absence
fr. n.:T Friand and M. Viviani. int
: last night that France would
j have the secrecy ban of the
J. r.::.!ttee lifted in order that a correct
ji."v or the position taken by her dele
" c 1 1 naval strength might be glv
: . ; tiie public. The only knowledge
,:' t:ie French' ten ship plan thus far
i: a.-? I'Miv.e from British sources and was
j: .arii: known prior to the committee's
xi 'tion in adopting the secrecy rule
1 The American group in the committee
rf 15 has not reached the point of for-
Privacy Is Secured!
r orRadioMessages
od whereby unless messages may
be sent to a eP.Jte receiving sta
tion without danger of being
nicked nn r -i: . - -: . . .
. -t- -o. oiauuiig is ciannen
m an anry.nent by the Official
CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1921.
IPAl BILL
ssdssssc ariM;si f price five cents
i i
An. iecmcai engineer
named ko is responsible for the
me? ,r
str -
the
AGAIN STARTS
THROUGH HOUSE
School Tax Validating Act
Also Has to Go Through
the Second Time.
ADJOURN ON TUESDAY
Now Expected That Legis-
miive Acuon win oe com
pleted Tuesday Morning.
"LAN DEFENSE irC.f.F,.de.t.tTfce3rew..
WZrXltlCir ljil0ri Sleigh, Dec. 17.-The House untied
IN MTTRllEft r'AQl? th Gordian knot of parliamentary en-
ITlUlVLFTjIi liiJL tanglements over the municipal finance
Ai;; r 7 r n act Friday ln tne usual and accustom-
AlieniStS Confer Over Case ed way that of eliminating all efforts
stated that, hv
a simple apoaratus. h
jns out and errcvuns what
the locked power lines" of
asnetic field into ti o ITf mmw
These rays, he says, can penetrate
luuunwws, tnereoy avoiding the ne
cessity of high antenae. It is also
asserted that the discovery will en
able the location from the surface
ot metal deposits in the earth and
will be of service to medical and
other sciences.
counter proposals as
to
j rer.r-n ana Italian naval ratios, it is
'tiwrstooci.
f
Washington, Dec. 17. By the A&so-:(:a-!
Press.) The proposal declared
j' British spokesmen to have been
''2 -r.nted by France in the naval con
a;;ttpe of fifteen that she build be-
iTn 1?'25 and 1935 ten capital ships
'io tons each, continued today
y overshadow all other conference de
s :rment?. The French group were
rptvtpd to continue the presentation
" heir ra?o when the committee met
feT.iin today, as it was indicated they
)v; not concluded at adjournment
Vsterday. Meantime they declined
t o',,r.e!y to discuss the matter under
I ? committee rule of silence and there
'.",' hn no official or even semi-official
-.a nation as to Fiance's position
! i; was
t
believed today that thn
nch delegates, in communicati'nij
n t.ieir Government pending the
: presentation of their case, might
"'Kjn? broader powers with which
'I'Hi with tlie situation here as it
v stands with definite agreement
rhoi htween the United States.
I'.itain and Japan on the "T-n.:v
With opportunity afforded the French
'vprnment also to study closely the
Tpo-pnwer agreement, negotiations ire
:'!''!. th French delegates have re-
F" ''v P"inted out, have been con
? "tl without any official knowledge
t pro..T.?dings on their part, it was
j ' Aizht possible that modifications in
f r-.v-Tich proposals might be forth
t nn The purpose of the French
"z;it:nn at thIg stagGj Jt was gaiJ
1 I a circles, is to place before
V 6 naval committee the French naval
I ucy ag if. las been Worked out by
general naval staff.
! IVre was no disposition in cun-
n';o uruies meanwhile today to mini
? ;-:o the total upsetting effect which
- M-enon proposal, if pressed, would
v,,;., "-r- "'"auon program em
I 1 1,1 the three-power ratio agree
l"c'u. -was. reP''esented authorita-
,.. - - .ir.nA,,Jiai UL eaca ol trie
7 mvoivea
With Mrs. Raizen's
Counsel.
Xew Tork, Dec. 17. Counsel. for Mrs.
Lillian Raizen, who shot and killed Dr.
Abraham Glickstein, her alleged betray
er, in his Brooklyn office last Saturday
night, conferred today with four alien- icism hat overtook the municipal fi
ists, who have been examining th wn. !ianc? bin- Some material amendments
man, to decide upon a course of de- had,.been added to this bill on second
to straightening out the mess and
starting the bill anew through its par
liamentary way to the statute books.
The House likewise discovered that
the school taXj- validating act, which
legalizes the levies this year and fixes
39 cents as the proper limit for next
year was also subject to the same crit-
fense.
Meanwhile, they have reached the
identity of the "mystery man" in the
case as Albert Bradley, 60 years old
waiter. It was Bradley who met Mrs.
Raizen at the pier when she arrived
from the South on the day before Dr.
Glickstein was killed and who took her
to the hotel where she spent that night.
Bradley became acquainted with Mrs.
Raizen when she worked in a shirt fac
tory and took her meals in a restaurant
where he was employed. He said that
she had befriended him on various oc
(jasions. He produced two letters which she
bad written him while in Florida. They
referred to her being ill and suffering
from "many troubles." The second one
asked him to meet her at the pier when
her boat came in.
Examined by District Attorney Lewis
late yesterday, Mrs. Razien declared: "I
felt that the man (Glickstein) possessed
my very mind and soul and I had an
idea that if I got a revolver it would
help to drive those thoughts out of my
brain. That's why I got it."
Weak and depressed because of the
strain which she had been snhiertor!
Irs. Raizen is being cared for in the
Raymond Street jail by another woman
who shot and killed an alleged betrayer
Miss Olivia Stone, who took the life
of Ellis Kincaid, a lawyer, in Brooklyn,
several months ago.
Miss Stone, a trained nurse, volun
teered to care for Mrs. Raizen, saying
she wanted to help "a sister in distress."
reading, which had not been corsider-
ea on three separate days.
tJotn Dills were recalled from the
Senate and put on their s ;cond read
ings. They will get third veadine io-
slfi-mr L.', !11 1 1 X
aim mis wm enaoie ine senate :o
LINDENFELD IS
HELD IN WARSAW
Confessed to Having Part
in tne wan street Bomb
Explosion.
Warsaw, Dec. 17. By the Associated
Press.) Plots and counter plots, read
ing like a chapter from fiction, were
involved in the search for clues in
many parts of Europe by American sec
ret service agents, which resulted in
the arrest here yesterday of Wolfe Lin
denfeld, alias William Linde, in connec
tion with the Wall Street bomb explos
ion in New Tork, in September, 1920.
Lindenfeld has fully confessed, the au
thorities say, naming the ringleaders in
the plot, which he declared was aimed
at J. P. Morgan, the infernal machine
exploding prematurely.
According to Silvester Cosgrove and
Paul Altendorf, who trailed Lindenfeld,
the suspect has named five principals in
the plot, now in Europe, who received
$30,000 from the Moscow third interna
toinale through Xew York communists.
Lindenfeld has declared his willingness
to return to Xew York as soon as possi
ble and turn State's evidence. The Po
lish authorities say he was exposed in
1906 asi a Russian secret agent and fled
to America at that time, returning to
Europe last Spring.
Altendorf came to Europe in Febru
ary last, while Lindenfeld came over in
March. During the Summer Altendorf
living in various communistic centers,
obtained a clue which led him to seek
Linderfeld's acquaintance. As a result,
Cosgrove arrived in Warsaw two
months ago, posing as having connec
tions with communist groups in Amer
ica and was introduced to Lindenfeld
Ly Altendorf. After establishing: his
acqauintance, Cosgrove suggested to
American Nations To Be
Called Into Conference
President Harding to Seek Closer Association of the
Southern Republics Which Feel Slighted Over
Arms Deliberations.
t BY DAVID LAWRENCE, .
Staff Correspondent of The Kem.
Copyright, 1921, by News Publishing Co.
Washington. Dec. 17. President
Harding has decided to call into action
the Association of American Nations.
The occasion for the call happens to
be the question of whether the Gov
ernment of Guatemala shall be recog
nized but this is really a vehicle for
a Pan-American understanding on
other matters of general concern to
the nations of the'' Western
phere.
Ever since the armament conference
was summoned and newspapers began
to look upon the gathering of the prin
cipal allied and associated powers as
a sort ot executive committee which
would manage the affairs of the world
the countries in the South
continent have felt sli"htf.H Ti,m,
were not invited to the Wasiiincrtr.
conference. Their only contribution
to it vas the use of the Pan-American
bnion building for the onfe.-pnr. nnm.
mittees.
CLOSER ASSOCIATION.
president Hardinar has
complete three readings on the bills by t ,T gruve suggested to
holding a session after midnieht on Lmdenff!-3 a scheme whereby, by giving
Monday night ' information in regard to the Wall
SEVEN SEAMEN ARE
HURT IN COLLISION
1 .71 "1 ' i l .
in auuiuon to untangling tr-is P:r
namentary trouble. the day's session of
the legislature has the following to ts
credit in the nature of work accom
plished:
1. Increased the salary of he Adju
tant general trom z 000 to $4, 500, put
ting ;nm on the same basis as the
other State officials, by the House pass
ing tne Dill after it came from the
Senate.
2. Repealed the 25-c;nt jer bale on
cotton for the creation f a warehouse
fund, and ordered the bill l-tine-.
6. 'look Folk county out of th' un
judicial district and put it In lt.;
took Catawba county ou; of t!i? l'th
and put it in the 16th.
3. Repealed the bill wilc'i Roruscn-
tative Owen had passed at the regular
session taking his and th-j prepvty of
50 other citizens out of the corporate
limits of Roseboro, and putting them
back on the city tax boAks.
4. Caught up loose legislative ends
by passing local and roll cal bills and
preparing for adjournment- ate. Mon
day night, or on the legislative day of
Tuesday.
Afta- passing on its third reding the
bill giving the commissioners of oub?ic
safety under Form C. of the commis
sion form of municipal government, di
rect control over the police and fire de
partments of the cities, the House de
voted considerable time in gathering
IT" i -L. 1 T
3ii-eei explosion, ne couia receive
large share of the rewards offered for
the arrest of the plotters, without risk
to himself.
Throughout these operations by the
American secret service man! Polish op
eratives shadowed Lindenfeld, and the
Poles claim that, while Lindenfeld was
pretending to play into Cosgrove's
hands, he was at the same time "double
crossing" the Americans.
Clues developed while trailing Linden
feld led the Polish agents to arrest a
number of communists who are alleged
to be spias working against the inter
ests of Poland. Several women arc in
volved in thia alleged espionage plot.
RIGHT STORY
Washington, Dec. 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The reported arrest in
Warsaw of Wolfe Lindenfel on on sus
picion of complicity in the Wall Street
bomb plot mystery is "the right story",
William J. Burns, director of the bureau
of investigation of the Department of
justice, said today. -
Cln Burn!aid'-iitth,reer?JTt f a ca
ble report from Warsaw he would be
unable to discuss the details of the
case. He added, however, the depart-
ment has known of Lindenfeld for some
time and indicated that agents had beei
working upon his supposed connection
with the Wall Street explosion with the
expectation of clearing up the yeai
old mystery.
start had in mind a policy of cIosai-
association between the two Americas
as a sort of substitute for the inclina-
j-iuii ui uie last administration to busy
itself with European affairs. The
greater interest of the United States,
he hns indicated, lies southward r,H
not eastward Yet the Dress nf rth0-
matters has caused him to be diverted
to other phases of foreign policy. The
conclusion of the four-oower treaty rel
ative to islands in the Pacific stretch-
nve tnousand miles west of the
American coast has made some South
Americans apprehensive that Mr.
Harding, like his predecessor, had
strayed far afield and that he might
neglect the affairs of Central and
South America.
Mr. Harding has let it be known that
he has not forgotten. In fact he has
hint or! that , , , ..-: j.
au cum mauve policy is in
Costa Rica-Panama dispute. The' con
troversy between Chile and Peru over
boundaries has been before the League
only to have it pigeon-holed for -fear
the United States might not like it.
Denials and counter-denials were en
tered that Washington had offered no
objection and had indeed suggested
ws-.dispue go "efore the League.
REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
But aside from the live questions
which are straining relations- between
various countries in this hemisphere,
the question of recognition in Guate
mala and a similar question in Mexico,
the idea of a Pan-American under
standing arises out np Air n.a,.i;
conception of regional association of
notions Buropeas League is one
UlmS' ? e cl'eation of a Pacific League
of .Nations as embodied in the. fnm-.
pewer pact is another. Now the Ameri
can Association of Nations is to be
revived so it may seek to accomplish
precise objects. Mr. Harding believes
international conferences should
summoned to settle specific things in
partciular regions of th o-ik
j line with that idea he has "called the
puncipal nations concerned into separ
ate meetings. Will he ask ii the
twenty-one republics of Central and
South America to get together ia a
single conference? That has been tae
formula of the past and has involved
fcifliculties because it has placed lar-e
nations like Argentina, Brazil. Chile
and Peru on a footing of equal influ
ence with Haiti. San Domingo oc
Xicarauga. The chances are that
there will be a group analogous to the
principal allied and associated powers"
with perhaps a rotating personnel o
as to take care of the interests of the
smaller nations but in any event a
smaller group than has heretofore
een, organized for the discussion of
j. iiAiiiencan anairs.
GENERAL POLICY.
Although Guatemala, is for the
CHINA RINGING
WITH PROTESTS
AGAINST PLANS
IV r
ment the snhipnt -f i-
Course nf nrnii'imtmn ,.,v,i,.i, nnocl r,n . v-i"-"-'n mt-
SUVA imiV rf .,,.;. 1 . . rlr(..- J .'ililLU
VJ 11 "X ine countries
of this hemisphere on all matters of
American concern. The deepest inter
est attaches to this move, for it will
be recalled that while the South Amer-
up the legislative threads which had
"ii-l.- 1,-. 1-7 C I UAAM 1 1 : ,1 c .
injured in the collision between the nicipal finance bill and the Matthews IN UBLJtLiO lliOLAFIl FROM
liner 1'anama and the United States measure authorizing a 39 cents school
destroyer Graham, qo Sea Girt last tax levy.
nignt, arrived here early today nad The vote by which each bill had
were taken to the naval hospital in passed he House was reconsidered and Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 17. Bud Noble
THEIR HIDING PLACES
Brooklyn.
The men, all of whom were of the
crew of the Graham, were:
W. H. Kelly, Raymond A. Smith, F.
W. Thompson. J. T. Wright, Benja
min xvieggison, Fred and J. Brogers
passed on their second reading anew. I and two members of his family. Beecher
Mecdenbure- county's representa- and Soldier Noble, have escaped. from
tives gave their troubles another air- the mountain cave in which National
ing over the bill which authorized an Guardsmen and a sheriff's posse
increase of $600 in the pay of the coun- thought they had them surrounded, and
ty treasui-er, this measure having irom which the soldiers were plannin
Kelly was most seriously ininred havl been defeated by the House at Thurs- to bomb the fugitives out with tear gas.
ing suffered concussion of the brain I day's session. The Nobles were being sought in con-
and scalds from a broken steam tine I un tne motion or Matthews, of Ber- nection with the midnight attack on the
The men were brought to this citv e to recons'der the vote by which it Breathitt county jail last Saturday
on board the Panama, which proceeded was defeated .the came back for when a man and woman were fatally
under her own steam after the acei.
in taat agreement
Should carrv nut Vir-f
1 c;ari rirn:?r;im it rn,,u .
- vvuuiu mean i
"s-il'V for the.
-''s- r,IIt an increase, with the
r -j ratio mnintained between them.
L;. fdr Eastern branch of the
J-.'r'r! neotiations, on the other
SVv,, C: had been a 'Jrn for
& ' "rr'-rePs today in the ten-
'""-"i- itacnea netween ir-e
aril I hlnnf
- - - vmii trat.
it ci
rlnlfliratoo I r-
r . ill
'' nttiTig conferencp nn tlm
:n;incial settlement by China
of the Kioa Chow rail-
' , removed, the 1
lelegations
their negotia-
rneeting today.
CHRISTENING OF BIG
-UKSHIP POSTPONED
further discussion and after an amend- wounded and another woman probably
ment caving the matter ot a salary in- tataiiy wounded.
crease in the discretion of the board Kale Noble, a young son of Bud No
of commissioners of Mecklenburg ble, was arrested by the soldiers late
county was adopted the bill passed its yesterday as he was makinsr his wav
second and third readings by a vote from the supposed new hiding place of
of 56 :.o 16, Representatives Pharr and his father to their home, probably for
Mattnews lavonng and .Person oppos- supplies, according to a telephonic re
mg the amended bill: port received by the Adjutant General's
smmua. ofhee here late last night from Captain
T) - . -C I TT 11 T T T 11 i -i
TTTXTT7 firvifT i xrtr 'v ocl,ullIs municipal nuance n. ji. nuiorooK, commanaer Ot tne
INlZiVV rriUrihi L-UlVlrAJN I act act back to the House on Friday guardsmen. Tom Noble, who was sent
morning in order that it may get a into the cave by officers to ask his fath-
new start, tne benate prepared the I er to surrender and who stayed with
way tor aajournment atter midnight I tnem, was recapteured.
on Monday night, or on the legisla- The new hiding place of the Nobles
tive uay or Tuesday, tor it is estimated
that the bill will get through the re
quired number of readings in both
, J . . t r r : i ii . . . .
i-.rjiL. vviLn inern were Drougnt 00 sea
men who were being taken to Charles
ton on board the Graham for distribu
tion among various naval stations in
the southern states.
Confusion of signals was said by the
LTranam s crew to have caused th-:
collision.
FOR BRISTOL SECTION
can countries nave all joined the
League of Nations, some of them fail
ed to attend the last meeting of the
assembly because of a belief that the
aloofness of the United States should
be heeded by them. - Mr. Harding
usually refers to the League itself as
the "European League of Nations" and
while l.e insists that the United States
has not sought to induce any nation
to withdraw from the European
League the Washington Government
has not failed to show its disfavor the
moment any American question was
uebunea to become. Ta,i A .
affair again. The last Administration
hesitated long about recognizing Car
ranza and finaii.r ?j , &
1Jr ounmiimeu tne l'dilk-
inf six (linlnm-jfiV
Washington of the Central and South
9merican republics before deciH;n
whether conditions of recognition had
teen fulfilled. The United States Gov
ernment under the Harding Administra
aTyd ,the same thingnamely
lulrth-e facts of its controversy
with Mexico before a Pan-American
meeting. In the event of an adverse
tL fafvrable decision with respect to
the Obregon Government the policy
Z,tLhe 1Q Ult f a eneral accord
WhfT, B L?: Responsibility.
-- - lu rar eastern
taKen up by the League.- The Denart-! tion- xr wT "r.w8ce .es
prevented t.h min Cr"! Ane -".arcung Ad-
I "VAI, i ri
ment or State really
league irom taking cognizance of the ' policy is toward the South.
foreign
NEGRO EXODUS
TO THE NORTH
Vast Increase Shown in
Census Report ; Many Also
Move to South.
is known, Captain Holbrook says. Al
though both Bud and Beecher Nobles
are reported badly wounded, their su
perior knowledge, of the mountains en
abled them to . escape from the cave
through an entrance not known to their
Washington, Dec. 17. Permission
was given today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to the Cumber
land Telephone Company, the Chesa
peake & Potomac Telephone ComDanv Houses on the legislative day of Tues
and the Bristol Telephone Company to day-
consolidate several Tennessee and Vir- At the suggestion of Senator Varser
ginia plants in towns surrounding Bris- I tne ro11 was called to see if a quorum pursuers, Captain Holbrook believes
toi. va.-lenn. wouicr agree to remain over until Tues
A new corporation, to be known as day morning in order to get the legisla- "pTt1 A K"P PAF1 TO "RF
pany, will be organized under the con- bers answered yes to the question. Only
trol of the Bristol company to control three voted no, while the remainder
the consolidation and will issue $400,- indicated that they would attend if
000 in securities in exchange for the their presence were needed to make
HEARD DECEMBER 24
properties acquired.
V''"M;r:gton. T)eo 17.
1 tl s
Plans to bring
ft"n' Lir -i , a,rs"iP. the Roma,
ibon vJZ tlelaVvirginia, to Wash!
I.-;.- V-r on her first cruising
t: rV..,:ir;f JTKloned early today af
,vi .1 !' ' 1h army air service or
1 i. . . i ' , "s'ne3 or tne big craft
i-k'I i;ome minor trouble
Ilir p-'?, tr"e ,fl,eht inadvisable.
ro'(7.!!' w,11,;h is Planned for the
ciaiiv r;jr.;"mit,,ns th.e Roma to be
Mr. i 1 ana inspected, will
fdvorable, air service of.
i ci n
CRANE USED BY
SENATOR WATSON
i out a quorum, but they had important
engagements on Monday and would not
attend if they were not needed.
REPEAL COTTON TAX
Knoxville, Tenn,, Dec. 17. Argument
on the habaes corpus petition of J. L.
Peake, charged with murder in connec
tion with the killing of Henry B. Ash
burn at Winston-Salem, will be heard
by Judge T. A. R. Nelson in criminal
With the consent of the Senate com- court, December 24, he announced Fri-
mittee on agriculture the 25 cent tax day
levied on cotton ginned for the purpose Finger prints of Peake were taken
X4 rven Hnrr n -f , 1 A I tCtilCnr Vlir fir O 11 f Vl ft1 1 1 0O r Vva cant
Unloading LieVlCe WaS CjX- pealed by the Senate on Friday. The the Winston-Salem police for compari
. I t -1 , . i , , - , i T t , I ertn ... , 1 r- t r ri 4-n T . r
uin was inurouucea m tne riouse dv wim muoc nscu .u nave uten
McSwain of Cleveland, and went found in the office where Ashburn's
through the Senate without mourners body was found
and was buried without benefit of
clergy.
The agricultural committee last ses
sion fought off attacks on this bill, the
Department of Agriculture failed to
furnish information about the amount
GERMANY ASKED
FOR AH, FACTS
Reparations Commission
Will Not Consider Defer
ment Without Data.
Paris, Dec. 17. (By the Associated
Press) The Allied Reparations Com
mission has refused to consider Ger
many's request for an extension of
time on her January and February
reparations payments until the fir
man Government tells just what she
can pay on these installments and
gives other information demanded.
Ihis developed when the text of thr
the dividing line between the North c'ommission's note to the Berlin Gov-
tiiimeni was made public today.
The reply expresses surprise that
Germany failed to tell exactly what
foreign exchange she would be able to
deliver, what delays she desired and
what guarantees she would offer mean
while. Until these details arP fnmi.v,
ed it will be impossible to consider or
even examine the request of the Ger-
iiian uuveiimieni, tne note declared.
j.iic cumiii'ssion expresses regret
that Germany had not replied to its
iieviuus queries as to what action she
piupus-a laKing regarding the commis
f u" -s,csi;on ior balancing the
DUrtget, preventing the exportation of
vrerinaii capital
Washington, Dec. 17 The total num
ber of negroes reported as born in
Southern States and living in the
North and 'West had increased from
440 534 in 1910 to 780,794 in 1920, the
Census Bureau announced todav in a
special report on negro migration based
on returns of the last census. The
southern boundaries of New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois!
ht; a j
nuouun ana ivansas were taKen as
and South for the purposes of the re
port.
Of the 10,331,309 negroes enumerated
in the last census, there were 38,375
for whom no State of birth was re
ported. The 780,794 Southern-born
negroes shown to have migrated to the
North or West constituted 8.1 er cent
of the total of 9,006,943 negroes born
in the Southern section, i The percent
age of this migration for the preceding
decade was not shown.
Against this migration from the.
South to the North and West, of the
tctal 741,791 reported in the last
reeion. 47.23. or fi4 r nt P"ai ana measures to bo
living in fha, c.,tv, rpu,,,, u' i'," """se irom German
nioitea oy ueorgian as
Picture of Gallows.
T'Wn-'Yfc0"8 arranged for today,
!K nuUSL;h.eln? f the big
Vl fair
oaser hv tv, i
- "j hid Ainei ican ijov-
iiaiy, with a bottle of
, j "V t 1 -. v,j
'inn the n.u!
Willi k- . . ""vi "-I11J L raui
.... ,Mi;n
" i ' nro
h
flight
Ampriran sinrl o rv-c
-ifj - . II lo
Mnn i s- as Passengers, will
t a ly,.lf the makes
1 at that time.
iixg"breaks"out
1a "lfast section
T'-Fu.-J.7:y the Associated
Twnir,!,. nroke out in the
i.t toVlav Sf,ction and East
f f h;jt i- ' firing was so in
lr,k(l i' . m car service was sus-
i - .V I C r-. ' .
rir.ic,. , '.uns were used acainst
rn r-mV;, " X"p Crown forces.
'X "f the city tram car ser-"i:-.),;.
' dead, and at least six
!!'"n lo have been wound-
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 17. Wil
liam P. Cowles, a local engineer, who
served as a major of engineers in tne
American expeditionary forces, in a
statement last night said he had rec
ognized a picture -of a "gallows" fur
COLDER WEATHER
FOR COMING WEEK
Washinston. Dec. 17. Weather nre-
of taxes collected under this law, the dictions for the week beginning Mon-
uiaiiusinuii Liictk iiciu: ueeri ma,ue ui tins I aay are
nished to Senator Watson in support mnnov tho mimw nf haioa f ttn I nni ax, !
lilJS 'L' but with a probability of local
u..io i. "i operation or tnis tax. The resolution snows after Wednesday; much colder
ary Force, as that of a crane he nad nskini? for this infnrmntirm wia nno Lth r.r?r, wb-
constructed while in France. "Vve early in the session, and attention was
had to have some means of unloading called to the fact that this informa
gasohne tanks from cars, said Mr. tion hacj never been furnished. The re
Cowles. "I constructed this beam by suit Friday was that when the Measure
means of which the tanks were lifted which the committee on agriculture had
from the cars by a rope and deposited saved at the regular session, came up on
on a platform. I recognized the crane a favorable committee report from the
at once when I saw it in the paper, committee, and went through without
which called it a gallovs.'' The struc- comment or discussion,
ture was ten by eight feet and stood The tax will not be collected after the
across the road from the depot at date of the ratification of the bill, and
Gievres, south of our office. the money already collected will be held
"I think Senator ' Watson's charges for the uses for which it was intended,
will be traced down to incidents of Some of the members of the Senate un
this kind. The judge advocate general derstood that about half a million dol
said there were eleven hangings in iars had been collected. This money
France and I think that it will be was appropriated in the original bill for
found that that was all. I was presi- the building of a system of cotton
dent of a court, martial over there and warehouses in North Carolina through
r want to say that I would rather ioans to communities which would
take my chances with such a tribunal '
than a civil court of justice' v Continued on rase XwoJ
Soutn Atlantic and East Gulf States:
Generally fair and much colder, frosts
probable except in southern Florida.
Tennessee, generally fair and much
colder, probably snow latter part of
week. ,
HARDINGS TO HAVE
A QUIET CHRISTMAS
Washngton, Dec. 17. A quiet Christ
mas in the White House will be ob
served by the President and Mrs. Hard,
ing unless present plans are changed
by unexpected developments. It was
announced today that the President
would hang up his stocking "at home"
and, with the possible exception of at
tending church that Sunday, nothing
would break the Quietude of the holi
day. .
living in tne tsoutn. xnus the pro
portion of Southern-born negroes who
migrated to the North and West
according to the reprot, was only
about one-fourth larger than the pro
portion of those born in the latter
region who migrated to the South.
"While it is impossible to calculate
exactly the extent of negro immigra
tion from the South during the decad?
erded with 1920." the census report
saia, "the available data indicated that
approximately 400,000, or somewhat
more than half of the 733,571 sur
vivors of the net negro migration from
the South to the North and West
prior to January 1, "1920, left the
South subsequently to April 15, 1910.
"Although migration to th North
and West has not taken place among
the far-Southern negroes to the same
extent, relatively to their total num
bers, as among the negroes in the
r.crthern part of the South, there was,
nevertheless, a pronounced increase in
such migration "from the far South
during the past decade."
As examples of this gain, the report
cited increases in the migration of
negroes from Southern States to Penn
sylvania from 1910 to 1920 as follows-
Georgia, 1,578 to - 16,19..; South
Carolina 2,113 to 11,624; Florida, 393 to
5,370.
nomers. 'lhe German Government
was taken to task in the note for this
situation.
JUDGE E. W. SAUNDERS.
Rocky Mount, Va., Dec. 17. Judge
E. W. Saunders of the Supreme Court
of Virginia, former Congressman from
the Fifth Virginia district, died here
Friday afternoon. The funeral wil be
held this afternoon.
I
RAIN
CONSCRIPT MEN
AND ALL MEANS
Secretary Weeks Would Ex
tend Conscription in Case
of War.
Charlotte and Vicinity: Rain to
night; Sunday clearing and much
colder; freezing temperature Sunday
night. Moderate to strong south and
southwest winds, becoming northwest.
North Carolina: Rain tonight, warm
er in east and colder in extreme west
portion; Sunday partly cloudy and
much colder, probably rain along the
northeast coast.
South Carolina: Rain tonisht and
colder in west portion; Sunday, gen
erally fair, ani jwicii cttlfler,.
Washington. Dec. 17. Secretary of
War Weeks is in favor of the mobili
zation of men. money and manufacto
ries under a conscription law in the
event of future war.
Such a course, the War Secretary de
clared in an address last night at the
second annual reunion of the War In
dustries Board, would preclude profi
teering and slacker lists.
"I would conscript every person in
the United States from 18 to 60 years of
age snouia a tuture war prevail," said
Mr. Weeks, "and would say: 'You are
to do thus and so, because you can do
that better than anything else. You
can fight, or you can serve in some
other capacity, a capacity .for which
you are best suited.' "
Secretary Weeks described the draft
law of the world war as "one very great
piece of legislatipn, and carried on al
most perfectly."
Conscription of all men between 18
and 60 years of age, he added, would
keep down prices during war, reduce
profiteering to a minimum and prevent
wages from reaching untold heights.
Had such a course beeYi followed in the
past war, he continued, "we would hav
avoided difficulties through which we
are now going and with which we are
Loot tiU'C-Jish yet."-
Proposed International Con
trol Brings on Storm of
Indignation.
PAPERS AGAINST IT.
Leading Editors Oppose the
Proposal of the Washing
ton Conference.
By EDNA L. BOOKER
International Xews Staff Correspondent.
Shanghai, China, Dec. 17. Interna
tional control of China as proposed at
the Washington Conference is bringing
forth a storm of protest in the edi
torial columns of the leading Chinese
e'ailies. The editor of the Sin Wan
Fao. one of the leading Chinese news
papers in China, comments as follows:
"Is it not a fact that the advocates
of international control in China are
actuated by the motive of putting an
end to internal dissension in China?
"The political parties in China ar
composed of various elements, and
the disputes are of such a complex
character that no policy for interna
tienal control can lead to anywhere
miles sit is to be supported by military
force, and when the vastness of tne
area of China is taken into considera
tion it will be interesting to know
what spare troops the foreign nation?
can transfer to China for the mere pur
pose of preserving peace and order in
this country.
"Does it not also follow that t-ie
employment of such military force
constitutes a direct violation of China's
sovereign rights? And will such ai:
eventuality be consistent with the
guarantees repeatedly given to China
by the Powers that they will always
safeguard the territorial integrity of
this country?
POWERS TO BLAME.
"Since this question of international
ccntrol of China has .arisen from the
indebtedness of China to the foreign
countries and since the debts are of
various sizes, it is by no means easv
to establish a standard that will satis
factorily serve as a medium for meas
wring the degree of control In the cas
of every nation, and should it happen
that one or two Towers by reason of
the predominance of their claims were
to have an overmastering grip over the
Chinese situation, such a condition
will not only be prejudicial to th
welfare of China, but will also jeop
ardize the interests of foreign Power
generally.
. "China does not wish to wash her
hands when she is charged with hav
ing disorders intthe provinces, but 11
our critics realize, that this blame is (r
be also partly shared by the foreigr
nUions as well. During recent vpui-.
or international strife in China th
arms and ammunition used by tin1
warring parties have been purchased
mostly from foreign countries, and thr
funds which marked the extravagant
of tho Government and made possib'o
the prolongation of fighting on thi
part of the militarists were fund
largely derived from foreign loans.
"Moreover, we have seen the foot
prints of foreign nations in the va
rious contending camps transferring
their backing from one party to
another.
I'ROTECTED IN LEGATION.
"And what is indeed scandalous waj
that our political culprits were afforded
open protection in a foreign legation.
inu ims was witnout a word of protest
from the foreign Powers.
"Indeed, instead of blaming China
for having internal troubles, the for
eign Powers ought to take to heart
the warning uttered by Dr. Wellington
Koo that the foreign nations ought to
give China the opportunity of setting
her own house in order. The Powers
should stop the influx of munitions
and funds for the milita riot Tl-...
should also block the path of any one
ration seeking to dominate China by
fanning the flame of political disturbV
an ces. i
"Let all attempts to violate the sov
ereignty of China be scrupulous,'
avoided in order to prevent the people
from being restless.
"Here lies the real . solution of
Chinas troubles, and it is only bv
carrying out these consistent policies
that peace will be restored in China
and commerce will be placed on a
basis on which it will thrive. AU
uc.nv ui me international control nf
nina is nothing other than
the cart before the horse."
UNITED STATES TO
BUY GERMAN AIRSHIP
xiPars' Dec 11 By the Associated
Press.) The Council of Ambassadors
has granted permission to the United
States to contract for the construction
at Friedrichshalen, Germany, of a Zep
pehn of the L.-70 type. This decisiion
marks the end of diplomatic negotia
tions which have proceeded between the
Allied Powers and the United States
since last July.
The application for the construction
of a Zeppelin grew out of the destruc
tion m Germany of five big dirigibles,
one of which had been alined t tha
United States during the peace confer
ence, ine united States based its ap
plication on the grounds that it was
entitled to another airship under Ger
many's reparations agreement.
lhe Council's decision has been dis
patched to Washington, and should
reach the State Department todav. It
is said that construction of the new
Zeppelin may be started in January.
IRISH DECISION NOW IS
EXPECTEDWEDNESDAY
of
putting
Dublin. Dec. 17. (By the Associated!
Press) Final decision on the Irish
peace treaty by the Dail Eireann can
be expected on Wednesday, but not be
fore, according to information obtained1
from authoritative Sinn Fein circles. A
public session of the Dail is set for 11 j
o'clock Monday morning at which a'
motion for ratification of the treaty
will be made. Debates will, it iW
thought, occupy the session Monday!
and Tuesday, with final action on Wed-;
nesday. - I
The members of the Dail assembledf
today for continuance of the secret sea