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16 PAGES TODAY THE CH A MLOTTE NEW AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" NIGHT EDITION .- flMliiuiii' r.m- i-Miininnra, 1SSS; Sunday. 1910 if1. u'MSli CIIKOXICLE Established, inox. ' lvlv- Tl CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1921. THE EVENING CHRONICLE Consolidated ) ppTPP TTTVP PT'MTCi THE CHARLOTTE KEWS (May 8, 1014. fXVlIli I1VD V;.JlTI A Q T W. BICKET (DAY AT MED TO 1 A-' RALEI GH HOME S Died Frly Today in Raleigh i. . former Governor Succumbs ! to Stroke oi raralysis Suffered Last Night. Hi; NEVER" RALLIED. Apparently in Best of Health He Was in Good Spirits When Attacked. Kalrish. Dec. 28. Former Governor Tlioma Walter Bickett, who suffered ;( Ktrt'UK of paralysis at Ids home here la!it niht, died at 9:15 this morning itlniit ever regaining consciousness. i rormer uv ei nor was eincKen r.'.z'--i while he was seated beside : e , i-f Mrs. Bickett, who is slightly M-'iiingly in the best of health . ; -its Governor Bickett prepared . ; . . . for Mrs. Bickett, who was con-.-..-! her room by iHness. He had supper and returned to Mrs. iv ;; -room and was sitting beside ' .1 when he suffered a violent i.e.vi'u-he. A few moments later lit c!-.' rc his own room to lie down. V:: V.n five minutes Mrs. Bickett ! I him scream that his head was ;..-nt killing him." He returned to ;. v"nn, fell across the bed and ; i into unconsciousness. A physi , - -vis summoned and an examina revealed no outward sign of life. i- soon developed a slight pulse, , , i r':. former Governor began breath 's: p-.rceptibly .after half an hour. physicians from the first helfl : hope for his recovery, his , right side being paralyzed. .-. 7. s restoratives were administered ;r. the former Governor at intervals : rr.x'iout the night, but without vt-f-cf Tra eni came peacefully at 9:t5 this rr r'.r.g. Mre. Bickett, their one son. V.";".:am Bickett, relatives and close . -s were at his bedside. 7V, inxiy of former Governor Bickett in state in the rotunda of the Capitol from f o'clock tomorrow r.-rnriE until 11 o'clock in the forenoon ';- n it will be carried to Christ Episco a" -v.ch. of which the former Gov-.r:-.m- iv3 a member, where funeral .,!': will be conducted by Rev. Mil : : A. Mail er. Following a service at .-hureh the body 'will be taken t'.ir'V.h the country to Louisburg, 37 . . "s north of this city, where burial ' t.-.k- vlace late tomorrow. .' ?u-'i as the news of the former ; -I.! ! death was announced, the or. Tl State buildings were placed half mast and the State offices were ; '.!:": Bickett was reputed to be . oi x'.v 1 -est debaters and orators in v i-tutf. He was in great demand t)i" war as a speaker and visited :i us sections of the country in the vr-st of the Liberty Loan drives and . v. a activities. !)HN AT MONROE. 7':.- :n.i - V.'a'.it-r Bickett was born in N. C.. Ft-bruary 28, 1S69. a - ' of T W. and Mary A. (Covington) : . :'.. V.'l.vn he was 13 years "old ; :r. ;-.-r iii d and as the oldest of : .;.' v.iiUr.-n hv had heavy responsibili-'.-.- ar, I in providing for their support ;.; -.intd much of the self-reliance ih- svjrdy manhood . which have . -'..ivv .i:.ii!iguishfd him. II :.::-ti'ivi the Monroe school and riawwl Wake Forest College. his own a way through school ! ft t..r same time was one of the - '' ...iK-.ste life, gaining honors - a 1!. .jtfr , winning :i wealth of ' ' i-.-v.-'iati'.t.t- and lasting frit-nd- l graduating A. B. with the - ' ' l ;. Thf ii followed a period 1 t-.;-.-:)::;t', principally in the graded ; i.-n;.-. . r' W inston-Salem, until 1S92. ' :.. .-p-ir, his vacations studying ' Hi. of his uncP the late ' ;rur u.. of Mor.roL'. and in ! ': ":' lJ- he entered the l.'ni "' '''' rf-.:;i')ol. He received his ' - piactico law in February, ! located at Danoury. He ' !:.!'(: for only r. short time. -"hia; to Louishurg, wliero )) was elected G.iv-tihu. in- I ins honii in Louisour-c ' ivas Governor but after n : t'-c governorship natii Vlal- i! !came a leader of the " ir. noted for his adequato splendid resourcefulness ' ' i!" 'iKuniiig and in wit, and with '-' of character that causeil '". '''' i' trust irnplicity in his 'Ml I;., l.HMSLATL'RE. -"-i 'h. ypars that followed he ' ''' h'tiit. tip a reputation as a ; -'".d h'caine well known to the ; :.- ,f tin; State bar. He gave all ' :. to his profession in these ! ''-ar-;. entering politics actively '''' when he was elected to ait.urp. In the .Legislature he -ii"d himself as an able advo '.nc of the measures of spe 'ttar.ee to the State As chair " (-'ommittee on Insane Asy iiitroduced and secured the 1 " what is known as the Bick ' i fropriating a half million ' 1 110 purchase of land and 'i -' tion of buildings for addi of the insane of the State. ; ' - the largest appropriation ' General Assembly for a 1 'irpose in many vears previous bin! and marked a forward " 'a 'He State's care of her unfor-ri);'- U'-. also advocated a bill to t,",'. '"living, and worked for the d: ' -l.i.K nt of the East Carolina training School and the es- i, "t of a school of technology Sr"; ' f.-,tton mill center. OMlWri.I) FOR ATTORNEY '''M li.L. ..,A ;i ,!l !'.ate to the State Democra- ir-ii.t .ri n f if " . I ' ' I CONFERENCE IS THREATENED BY THE SO Powers Wrestle With the Question of Submersible Boats in Vain. UPSETS AGREEMENTS. FORMER GOVERNOR THOMAS W. BICKETT. CHAMBER PLANS j FRANCE REFUSES FOE GREAT YEAR TO CUT TONNAGE Will Lay Emphasis During 1922 Upon Seven Con crete Propositions. Seven propositions will constitute the program for the Chamber of Commerce durin Last Word on Submarines Was Delivered to Arms Conference Today. Washington, Dec. 28. (By the Asso ciated Press). Hope for an agreement Year 1921 Was Filled With vents Of First Importance Many World Problems Solved, or Put in the Way of Solution, During the Past Year; Arms Conference and Its Work Among Outstanding Developments. By FRANK CHARLTON. International News Service Foreign News Editor. Xew York, Dec. 28. Since the armis tice ended fighting in the great war there has not been a year so filled with events of world-wide importance as marked the course of 1921. International problems of the first magnitude have Britain and America May Apply Pressure, However, and Secure Agreement. By DAVID LAWRENCE. Staff Correspondent of The News. Copyright, 1921, by Sews Fuhllshingr Co. Washington .Dec. 28. Shall the sub marine which wrought such havoc in to prevent war in the Far Fast- the the F.nrnnPan war i.p t op mMn nf I Orient being the chief trouble zone at wrecking the concord of the major Pow ers at the Washington conference? For days the nations gathered here have wrestled with the question in vain. Powers have decided to intervene and restore peace. The next biggest war was in Moroc co, where he Riff tribesmen rose in arms against, the Spanish. Spain has sent a big army to Morocco, but has not yet succeeded in putting down the rising. There was some fighting, also, in Hungary, when former Emperor Charles attempted to regain the Hungarian FRET GHT RATE GES TO FECT SO GO been settled, and 1922 dawns with condi- j throne. The movement collapsed and . , v, Charles is now an exile upon the Island lions nearer to pre-war normal than I Qf ja(jejra at any time since 1914. j a revolution broke out in Portugal The outstanding development was j which overturned the Government. Con the drafting of the Four-Power Pacific ditions are still unsettled in Portugal, Treaty at Washington by the United j and the suggestion has been made that States, the British Empire, the Japanese France, Spain and Italy intervene. Substantial Reduction General Rates to and from Carolina. in ARE SOME INCREASES. Empire and France. This treaty aims Some delegates uespair of any setue-! Xrnited states for the reduction ment of the matter at this conference and suggest a new meeting of mure nations to discuss submarines. Oners insist that more patience will achieve an agreement. The trouble lies chiefly in the aban donment of. the formula used at the present. According to the terms of the pact, the signatory Powers shall submit any grievance to arbitration. Of almost equal ranking importance was the movement initiated by the of navies and limitation of ments. land arma- SMALL WAR IN BALKANS A small war began in the Balkans when the Albanians took up arms against the Servians. Albania claimed that Jugo-Slavia was encroaching upon her territory. Although the Moscow Soviet main tained its power intact, there were a number of disturbances in Russia. A revolt began at Kronstadt, the great These two events, both of which grew fortress defending Petrograd on the sea out of the Washington conference, have side, but was put down by Leon put the United States in an important j Trotzky after several days of desper new position in world politics. Ameri-jate fighting. The latest uprising in Rus- can isolation, which began to crumble jsia bi-oke out in Ukraine. It was led by Water Rates Eliminated and Some Other Special Rates Abolished. ?iltfet'l,na;rIie-ly agreeinS on a Principle jurjng the great war, is now a thing j anti-Bolshevists, and there was violent muuiu 6uun iai sirengtn oe- f the puRt Tne powers must reckon 1922 as outlined at a meeting: of : to limit submarine tonnaere was declar the board of directors held Wednesday j ed to have been abandoned today at the afternoon, these being as follows: (meeting of the arms conference naval Development of plans for the con- j COI"mittee. ff r , . ,. A demand by France for a minimum struction of the Made-in-Carohnas Ex-submarine tonnage of 90,000 tons was position building: declared by delegates to have closed the Completion of citv plan as originated door to any agreement, the American by John Xulen, landscape expert two i ?omprornise proposal haying been re years ago, and interrupted because of , J.??ted, finally and completely by the post-war conditions. ! 1nc.' , A, , , , Publicity campaign, laying emphasis' -a.sVns a:le tho Possibility of har upon the advantages of Charlotte as ionizing views on submarine tonnage, a location for distributing house" ,he A,"erican delegation brought forth small manufacturing plants etc ' ia neyv Proposal to limit the size of sub- Make prcner provision to care for ' marines and other auxiliary craft to a freight rate' cases as they may come .maximu of 10.000 tons. Up. The presentation of the French view- Promote the construction of a the;"- 'Pint- based on calculations of her ter. , naval experts and reinforced by appiov- Reach final conclusion as to ostab--aI ?f French Cabinet meeting yes lishment of market house. I leriy in Paris, was followed by lengthy Creation of strong industrial comJ discussion, the committee adjourning mittee whose business it will be to the session after two hours debate to cro after new industrial entwnris meet again this afternoon. and undertake to enlaree, those - I -Albert Sarraut, head of the French ready located m Charlotte. delegation, it was understood, presented These seven recommendations were Wlth an air of finaIitJr the declaration brought to th attention of the direc- ' nat France could not accept less than tors bv President Gutheiy and Busi- 330,000 tons of auxiliary tonnage in ad ness Manager Allison, after they had cution to a submarine tonndge of 90,000. consulted among themselves as to aTne American compromise proposal definite line of ac.tivitv upon which to . would have given France about 31,000 center the activities of the organiza-1 )ns of submarines, tion during the new year. TWO RESERVE ACTION It was pointed out by Business Man- The British and Japanese delegations age r Allison that, after a survey of ; are understood to have stated that, in the budget for 1922 had been made, ,view of the French stand on subma it was found that the estimated in-irines they would both feel compelled come of the Chamber will be $27,500, ! to reserve action on the tonnage ratio figuring 1,100 paying members at ?25 i for auxiliary craft allotted Great Britain for each. The budget adopted in No- j and Japan under the American plan, vember to apply to the new year calls Italian spokesmen, following presen l'or tho expenditure of $20,020 on the tation of the French demand, it was usual departmental work and incidc-n- isaid, expressed regret that France had tals in the operation of the Chamber, not seen it clear to accept a smaller ton ieaving a balance of $7,480 to apply nage and Japan. aTso. through her dele to any new undertakings which the gat ion spokesmen, declared that the directors wished to concentrate upon. French demands amounted to something The board discussed the proposition ; which Japan could not hope to sanction generally of whether it would be well : under the American proposal, to plan for the expenditure of the re-1 The French delegation declared adher mainder of anticipated income upon j ence to the capital ship ratio agreement these seven projects, taken either in-1 desite disagreement on submarines but dividually or collectively, or allow a I with the reservation that she desired to sum to remain unappropriated to care j begin rebuildng, although this did not for some emergency, cases of a public ! mean that she intended placing them in nature that might seem to deserve the the water before the replacement period financial support of the Chamber. A i provided under the capital agreement, number of such as these, it is said, i The American prposal to limit the are pending, one of which is the Boy ' sizo of auxiliary craft to 10,000 tons also Scout band which threatens to fall into I provides that such vessels shall not fiisruution unless the Chamber of Com- i carry guns greater than eight inches. merce or some other body undertakes Tn American proposal to limit the to finance it for a year. Several other i learned avfter the meeting plans later to projects of a similar nature were men- j "resent a proposal dealing with air lioned at the meeting as likely to P'ane carriers, probably suggesting linv ask for financial assistance from the ! nation of size as well as number. hoard and the. attitude to take on these so-called emergency calls elicited quite a bit of debate among the directors. The program, however, as indicated above was adopted with the understand ing that it would be prosecuted to such an extent as the financial ability of the Chamber, would permit. Some of ihcsf propositions, it was) contended, would not cost a great deal of money; nthtrs would involve expenditures that cr.uid not be accurately forecast. What it would cost to put over the building, of the Alade-in-CaroIinas Exposition ;;-.iik:ing and the city planning project was somewhat definitely known, but as to others, the cost was regarded as en iirely problematical, dependent' in large !!(: sure upon the extent to which the Cl.ain.ber applied itself. 1; ;;i.,n in Charlotte in 1908 Mr. -t became a figure of State ;')tiiint-nce His nominating , " li.-uiz him so conspicuous that i? 'A."01'" v,'fis nominated for the office r l'J,''V General, and during the iw'T ' lhat fouowed he did much to id,,.. H;'''er the factions of his own ' J hrl contributed largely to the ,,nM"iH-d on Taice Fifteen.) Th' congressman with a pet measure is havin' tough sledding' unless it's a quart. Stew Nugent is out an' around as he wuzn th' mail' The French delegation, in advancing its demands for 90.000 tons of sub marines, was said to have declared that, as the French Government was behind its demands, there was no alternative which they could accept. Agreed that there was no hope of an agreement on total submarine tonnage, the committee turned from the sub marine question to that of auxiliary craft. The proposal that the size of any warship other than a capital ship or an airplne carrier be limited to 10,000 tons in future was put forward and under discussion when the midday ad journment was taken. Discussing the present apparent deadlock in the conference naval dis cussions a British spokesman today said that, if the submarine question were not settled. Great Britain would assert her right to build, not only sub marines, but such auxiliary craft as she believed necessary to defend her commerce. The British spokesman, however, be lieved that, even if the powers could not get together in limiting the num ber of submarines, it would at least be possible for them to agree to confine the operations of submarines to purely naval purposes nad to prohibit their use against merchant shipping Possibility also was seen by the British spokesman that the conference still would be able to agree upon some limitation upon the size of light cruisers. Such craft are generally regarded secondary craft and not in eluded in the limitation placed upon capital ship construction. The spokes man asserted that, in the absence of any restrictions, it would be possible to build these cruisers big enough to be in reality capital ships. It also would be possible, it was said, for the conference to agree to limit the number of airplane carriers to allotted to the various powers. Al! these subjects have been under consideration informally by the naval experts and it is expected they will be .brought forward for the consideration ot the full naval committee as" soon as it .acts finally upon the submarine issue fore discussing .each kind of craft. If Mr. Hughes had not insisted on apply ing that idea to the question of battle ships, the conference would have been unable to reach jny agreement on- larg er craft either.' Mr. Hughes declared that national needs was too vague and indefinite a rule to apply and that ex isting strength could alone be used in trying to effect a compromise of na tional viewpoints. There" is still another principle, name ly the relationship of the submarine and light cruiser to the battleship as a tech nical unit, for t he naval experts have always had plenty of ratios determin ing how many submarines, destroyers, cruisers and auxiliary craft, should be proportioned to each battleship fleet. BRITAIN'S POSITION But Great Britain started out bv in sisting that all submarines be abolished. America refused to accept that view point. So diet France and Japan. Much argument was used as tothe defensive value of the submarine and emphasis was laid upon "national needs", aeain. The confusion of theso two principles lea the Powers further and further astray , until Mr. Hughes again tried to compromise by proposing definite ratios of submarine tonnage. France opposes on tne ground ot national needs. When the -rtsr$-tfrtMs conference comes to be written it will-be found that the failure of the American nronosals at the outset to include definite ratios for auxiliary craft had as much to do with the prolongation of the conference and possibly its last-minute failures as any other factor. By contrast the initia tive of the American delegation in estab lishing definite ratios for the battleship stands out as proof of what might have been done if the program had been all inclusive. The British don't want anv subma rines built but would agree to 60.000 tons. On the other hand talk of post poning the issue until another and larger conference would be called which smaller nations would be included has only served to accentuate British view that if no agreement is reached they must be permitted to build subma rines without limit. In a race between Great Britain and France, the latter would be hopelessly behind as neither the funds nor the materials are avail able fOi extensive submarine programs. America, too, would be at liberty to build countless numbers of submarine. NOT REALLY HOPELESS. While today the submarine situation looks iicpeless. it really need not be regarded in that light for the pressure of the British and Americans can be applied in such fashion as to compel an agreement in the end. But if the ratio of submarines cannot be settled, it also upsets all calculation on other auxiliary craft. No nation will be con tent to build a limited number of light cruisers and destroyers if, on the other hand, the submarine is unlimited. For the late war has shown that destrovers and liij'it cruisers are the real weapons witn vnicn suDmarines can be fought effectively. And the British spokesmen say plainly that, if there is no limit on the numbers of cruisers that can be built or their size, it will not be long before the cruiser encroaches in ton nage on the capital ship and endan gers the values of the capital ships agreement. The French, with characteristic skill in diplomacy now withdraw their conditions in connection with the cap ital ships ratio and accept the figures set for them irrespective of whether there is an agrement or disagreement on submarines and auxiliary craft. This looks to further bargaining on auxiliaries. Temporarily the submarine issue is shelved in the hope that comprehen sive agreements can be made on the number and size of other auxiliary craft but the conference will hardly confess failure on the submarine issue until the ratios that shall apply to ev ery other kind of auxiliary craft are exhaustively discussed. FRESH EGGS ARE CHEAPER. Chlcaero. Bee. 28. Fresh eggs on the Chicago wholesale exchange dropptd five cents today to 44 cenfs a dozen The dron was ascribed by produce men Ito a plentiful supply following the Christmas holiday week-en?.. Receipts were nearly three times that nf normal. with the United States in any big move ment of international significance in the future. Another big peace development which came at the end of the year was the Irish settlement. While Britain held the Irish problem to be a domestic issue, it is now generally admitted that it had ramifications outside of the United Kingdom which fostered trouble and unrest. Credit for the settlement of thit seven-century-old problem goes to Pre mier Lloyd-George, the wizard of Brit ish politics. After holding out and threatening trouble for the Allies. Germany finally accepted the Allies indemnity demands. Under the terms of the ultimatum im posed last Spring, Germans' is bound to fighting in and around Kiev, the Ukrain ian capital. There was a Red uprising in Middle Germany, but it collapsed. Grave unrest broke out in India, where the Moplah tribesmen went upon the warpath against the British. Many have been killed in fighting. Despite the turbulence in India the Prince of Wales carried out his plans to visit that country. Several times during the course of the year discord developed between Great Britain and France,, and it looked for a time as though the entente be tween the two countries would break down entirely. Some of the causes of the dissension were German indemnity, the Upper Silesian settlement, France's desire to invade the Ruhr district of pay about $38,000,000,000. Here again j Germany, the Greco-Turkish war in the United States figured. Germany ap-jthe Near East ana France's treaty with pealed to this country, but Secretary of i the Turkish Nationalists. On the eve of the Washington con ference Premier Hara of Japan was assassinated at Tokio. It was feared I State Hughes advised Germany to settle upon the Allies' conditions. The SPesian issue, which caused an armed uprising and for a time threat- j that the murder might affect Japan's ened war between Germany and Poland, i policy at Washington, but apparently was settled by the League of Nations it did! not. Shortly afterward CrOwn without. outside interference. Upper 'Prince Hirohito was made Regent of Silesia (which had been a German pro- j Japan because of the continued illness vince before the war) was partitioned, of the Emperor. part going to Germany and part to Po- One of the biggest calamities of the land. Germany resisted the decision, year was the Russian famine. America but was bound to accept it. , took the leadership in giving relief taut There was considerable fighting in despite this assistance vast numbers 1921. War broke out in the Near East of victims have succumbed, chiefly between Greece and the Turkish Na-. children. tionalists, King Constantine went to ! There was a modification of the po Turkey and put himself at the head oflitical principles of the Soviet Govern his army. The Greeks advanced from ment during the year. Lenine put aside the coast to the very gates of Angora some of the most drastic of his politi- the Turkish KaUonalist capital but were defeated and thrown back. The cal and economic principles and adopted capitalistic methods.' RECEIVERSHIP IS ASKED FOR KLAN Temporary Injunction Stop ping Disbursement of Funds is Granted. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28. Receivership of all property, funds, documents and records of the Ku Klux Klan is sought in a petition filed today in the Fulton Superior Court by 170 "bona fide mem bers" of the Klan, headed by Harry B. Terrell, Lloyd B. Hooper, F. W. Atkin and A. J. Paddon, Jr., deposed grand uoblins. Judge John T. Pendleton granted a temporary injunction against the Klan, restraining the organization from dis BANKS SEND OUT ANNUAL CHECKS Total of $183,375 Declared by Local Institutions in Semi-annual pay. Dividends aggregating $183,375 will be mailed the stockholders of seven National and State banks and trust companies of Charlotte Saturday. Meetings of directors of all of these institutions have been held within the last few days and the respective semi annual dividends declared, available for the first of the year. The other dividends were sent out in July. The Merchants and Farmers' Nation al Bank declared a semi-annual divi dends in July of 9 per cent on its cap ital of $200,000, dividends aggregating then $ IS, 000. At a meeting of the di- osing of any of its property and from j rectors held- Tuesday another dividend isbursmg any money except for ordi- of 9 J)er cent wag declared and an ex po di nary expenses which it Is stipulated tra dividend of 2 Der cent more a to muni hul oaiai xco ut uiiiLria and employes. The petition further seeks the re moval of Edward Young Clarke, Im- tal of 11 per cent, or $22,000 for the January vouchers that go to the stockholders. The Independence Trust Company , v.? , oi uie ivmn aim .vns. hag doclared a semi-annual dividend of rjiizaoem lyier, neaa or tne .propaga- 4 r cen c EXPECT CONFERENCE TO DEVELOP SHORTLY Newport, Ky., Dec. 28. Conferences, between employers and employes of the Newport Rolling Mill to settle the strike of union men, are expected by the more optimistic of those who ar ranged the public meeting last night for a discussion of the labor difficul ties. Two more companies of State troops are expected to arrive in Newport to night. When they arrive, there will be 330 men and officers on duty around the mill. Col. H. H. Denhardt, in command of the troops, said the order for more soldiers was given by Gov ernor Morrow following his report to the Chief Executive of the State that "the local civil government of New port does not function." . Mayor Joseph Hermann, of New port, and "Sheriff Dietz, of Campbell county, refused to make any com ment today upon the action of Govern or Morrow in deciding to send more troops. No disorder was reported in the vi cinity of the mill early today. tion department, both of whom are made co-defendants to the suit. An additional feature of the restrain ing order is that the defendant eornora- tion :inr1 the two nffieers named are I prohibited from banishing, suspending, expelling or prosecuting the Klan mem bers whose names appear on the peti tion as nlaintiffs. William J. Simmons, Imperial Wizard of the Klan, was informally notified of the signing of the court order today. Accompanied by several of the deposed grand goblins. W. H. Terrell, attorney for the plaintiffs, visited "Klan Krcst, ' the home of the Imperial Wizard. Mr. Simmons greeted the party affably and smilled when informed that the restrain ing order had been granted. Formal ser vice of the court order was to be made later in the day. January 28 is set as the date for a hearing to determine whether the tem porary injunction shall be made per manent, and whether the receivership for the Klan shall be granted. RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY NOW ASSURED London, Dec. 28. (By the Associa ted Press) It has been learned from a reliable source, says a Central News dispatch from Dublin today, that, at a secret meeting of the Dail Eireann leaders, representing both the support ers and opponents of the Airglo-Irisih treaty, a compromise was reached which will insure the ratification of the pact. HIDE TOO THICK FOR .22 PISTOL BULLETS per cent on its capital ot $1,000,000, sending out, therefore, checks amount ing to $40,000 to its stockholders. The same imount went out in July. The First National declared divi dends this week of 6 per cent on its capital of $300,000, a total of $1S,000, a like amount being issued in July. The Charlotte National declared its usual 5 per cent dividend on a capital of $375,000, a total . annual pay ment of $37,500 to its stockholders, a payment this week -of $18,750. The Union National's usual dividend of 6 per cent semi-annually was de clared on a capital of $200,000, $12,000 for January and $12,000 in July last. The American Trust Company is mailing checks this week aggregating $48,000 to its stockholders, these rep resenting a semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent on its capital of $1,200,000. A similar dividend was paid in July. The Commercial National declared its usual semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent in a capital of $500,000, a total of $25,000 now and a total of $50,000 for the whole year. Annual meetings of the. stockholders of the banks will be held on the accus tomed date which is the second Tues day in January, that date this year being January 10, at which time di rectors will be named and the direc tors, dn turn, wdll immediately meet for the election of the officers of the re spective banks for another year. BY JULE B. WARREN. Staff Correspondent ot The Nrwi, Raleigh, Dec. 29 The new freight rates which will be put into effect or. January 15 will be a substantial reduc tion in the rates from the North tc Carolina points and from North Caro lina points to the South, but some other changes have been made in the adjust ed rates which will increase the freight rates between points in North Carolina and points in Vrginia. The Corporation Commission has received copies of the proposed schedules, and while there has not been suffiicient time to make an exhaustive study and comparison of the proposed rates with the ones now in effect, it is said that the interstate rates will offer a substantial relief from the present discriminations in favor of Vir gina. cities. In the main the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission has been carried out in the new sched ule of rates. Points in North Carolina which in th past have enjoyed the advantages of water rates, based on supposed water competition. Will be hit harder than oth er shipping points in North Carolina. The rates to these ports have been lifted to the basis of dry-land rates all over the State. The new rate for sixth class freight, for instance, to Wilming ton is exactly doubled under the new schedules. At the present time sizth class freight carries a 24 cent rate. Un der the proposed rates the sixth class rate will be 48 cents. Durham and Winston-Salem will also be hit hard in the readjustment of the j ates if the present schedule is put into effect, for the advantage these two cities have enjoyed because of thier Norfolk and Western direct connection with the Middle AVest, is eliminated. Ten years ago the Interstate Commerce Commission, on petition and complaint of ihe Corporation Commission, which made its initial stab at the western rates granted a reduction of eleven cents on first class rates to these citien on all goods shipped to the Middle West. The proposed new schedule removes this advantage enjoyed by these two cities for the past ten years. The Corporation Commission is mak ing a close study of the new rates, and wili have some formal statement to make about them later on this week. The lowering of freight rates,, to gether with the elimination of the war tax on freight and passenger service thr first of January will mean a consider-' able saving to those who travel and to those who ship. LOWER INTRA STATE RATES. The railroads are putting into effect the lower rates between points in North' Carolina on crushed stone, sand grav-d etc., and on cotton. Some of the are publishing the rates on sand and gravely and crushed stone under protest, but the 'shippers wrill get the advantage of the decrease unless the roads carry pro test to the federal commission, which does not now seem likely. There has been no kick against the lower rates on cotton ordered by the commission.. For the short distances the reduction, on cotton in bales amounts to as much as thirty per cent. As the distance in creases the reduction ordered decreases until there is practically no reduction on the longest haul of cotton. NEW SERGEANT INSTRUCTOR. Sergeant C. S. Bush, of the United States army, has been detailed to North Carolina as sergeant instructor in the infantry branches, and will be on duty with headquarters in the office of the Adjutant General. The regular army has now detailed two instructors here for the infantry regiment, one for the coast artillery and one for the cavalry. Sergeant Bush served all through the world war as a member of the 82th in fantry of the first division. He was one of the eight men in combat line who served through the whole war. He was in" all of the battles in which his divi sion participated and was wounded sev eral times. GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD. Governor Morrison has offered $400 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who killed P. H. Hamilton as he was driving his automo bile on the road several miles from Ra leigh on Monday night. Mr. Hamilton was carrying Miss Irene Guess for a ride on Monday night and was killed while driving the machine. The bullet is supposed to have struck Mr. Hamil ton in the back of the head after it pas sed through the back of tho automobile. Miss Guess, of course, was the only eye-witness to the killing. She say? they saw several negroes In the road ahead of them, but paid no attention to them an when they passed them After the machine had been driven by Miss Guess says she saw her escort lurch forward and fall against the steer ing wheel of the machine. She thought he had fainted and pulled the machine back in the road and -stopped it. A few minutes later another man came by and she hailed him. They took the wounded man to a local hospital, but he died soon Greensboro, Dec. 28. Shot .from be hind by Sam Melvin, 18-year-old youth, Frank Hall's skin proved an effective armor, for five of the seven bullets of a .22 calibre revolver to penetrate. Two bullets took effect, but five others bounced off Hall's back and were pick id up in the Proximity drug -store, where the shooting occurred today. Hall will live, physicians sajv J . REFINED SUGAR BREAKS. New York, Dec. 28. Refined sugar broke below the five-cent level today for the first time in several years, due to the continued weakness of raw sugar. The Federal Sugar Refining Company reduced its quotations ten points to 4.90 cents a pound for fine granulated. DOMESTIC POSTAL RATES. Washington, Dec. 28. Effective Jan uary 1, 1922, the domestic rate of 2 cents an ounce or fraction thereof, will apply to letters mailed in the United States destined for Argentina, Lrazii Costa Rica, Ecuador, Pamaica. and Mar tinique, the Postoffice Department an nounced today. (Continued on Face Ten.) SEARCH FOR TWO BANDITS. . Kansas City,-Mo., Dec. 28. Police to day were searching for two bandits who held up the express messenger of a Missouri-Pacific train, Joplin to Kansas City, and lotted the safe in the ex press car late last night. L. H. Hol land, the express messenger, was shot but his condition was declared not to be serious. The amount of the loss was not made public. Charlotte and vicinity: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and Thurs day. Gentle east to south winds. North and South Carolina: Fair to night and probably Thursday; warmer Ihiusdaje i v I