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IS PAGES TODAY TH k char: LO rinnn AND EVENING CHRONICLE J? II A t MEWS "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" NIGHT EDITION . ,-!iiH.OTTK XEWS Butablltihe ,MMt; CHHOMCLE Establi rill. riu POWERS MY 0 FDR SUB DECIDE NRULES MARIE d. Dally, 1888; Sunday. 1010. sl:eil, 1003. FRENCH GETTIP CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1921. THE EVENING CHRONICLE I Consolidated PTJTP1? TTTV1? PTCNTCl THE CHARLOTTE SEWS 1 May 8. 1914. rttlJ& T 1 V Hi -Clil J. O REST' A ID 5 CO' franco, Italy and Japan Yet to Make Known Decision on Restrictions. BRITAIN APPROVES. metidnsent That Powers Do Not Wait for Assent om Others. .ANT FIR USINESSMEN RAPPLE WITH M. Sa.raut Refers to Suspi cion of the French in Conference. V.".i I'ee. 30. (By the As-1 , v-Tho American pro limitation of auxiliary ;, maximum of 10,000 ; , m: vat understood to u:Uy agreed upon at ion today of the arms v.ii committee. .v.mt?' delegations accept-,-i proposal except the wiiili' holding formal ap-,-,i!uv. said such approval : i. of all the powers, un U mood to have giv c to the additional pro Ai! riean proposal that :.';i'.i.u-y craft be limited .:. I've. 30. (By the Asso ,c;s:on on the Amer - t . outlaw entirely the i ine against merchant today from three of naval committee of the .v'-.:-. ; '. sutned discussion of i i .proposal for a new -. :ud law to accomplish Formal approval of this '."'.': ''- - n by Great Britain its brief eonsidera-.-".; v. w.'.l agreement in prin- : .... o:' powers to the first ,,f -ht no- t resolutions reaffirm '.r x.s ;n ru'.. s of naval warfare i s-'triet application to subma- 7' o; t: a:: ns against merchant craft. WKNDMKNT t'OXSlDERED. Ti proposal i prohibit submarine . i-;n-T as; : p merchant vessels j i.- ov.-r f-n- furthrr committee dis . -,-, .) a proposed amend- . , v th i '!:! ish delegates where : ... - power would agree finally v.-. r, ii.ii. h i s to such prohibition v. ,,. :: --.v .- nirig world assent to such : .,r..r,: Tii" amendment was of . i-'; r the suggestion had been ! ! l-v Mr. Root as author of the r ;' : o and he discussion eiidel for ;.. ;;v a' 'aat point without any ex- .n ..n tii-- seond proposal by A a of the t her powers. in substance by the na- .m l sfiit to sub-coninnt- - ! li-il drafting the first Hoot ;-? is.-! s cit anew the rules of ..: ar.-i f-Tarch belligerent craft must o:.-.v in out ruing against commer--ss;? ar.-l couples with this the o:raicr- tl.ui submarines must be .rcrr... i .- -n.s.' rules. The resolu- -r iv :o be valued. Secretary '::- lared during its discussion, Nili.Ufr to any of the signatory t-.;or..- K'w.en whom future differ-r,:-s n-.ih: arise " that the weapons vjr.i'.h they possessed were not as in r.e fast to 1 us-.-d without reference :o laws of God and man." WILLING TO DISCUSS IT. Paris. Doc. 30. i By the Associated re.iThe French Government will ; jpH to discuss the status of sub irir. i wsth ref-rence to merchant us well as the humanitarian rr:r.2 of their use. it was said in offi- here tins morning. Regu i us-s of these craft might. '-'as ;. . '; ci. affect the question of nag-- :: rhf- question of the status cotue first. Wis p . 1 out in these' quarters, h ref-r-;?i to the tonnage issue, "- FratiO. ir.oiu-iing her colonies, has (I 1 5.01.10 miles to defend. Fi-in-d Slntfs, including fd.our ll.noo. CANNOT CONTINUE. Head of Delegation. Says Position of French is Uncomfortable. Washington, Dec. 30. (By the Asso ciated Press). Albert Sarraut. head of the French arms conference delegation, at the meeting today of the conference naval committee, declared in substance that France was beginning to be regard ed with suspicion by the other Powers represented in the Washington meeting and that this could not go on. M. Sarraut went on to say in sub- r-uiuee, according to reports received trom members of other delegations, that the position of France had become very uncomfortable. The remarks of the French delega tion head were made during: a discus sion of the Root resolutions to regulate submarine warfare. An article read trom a French periodical bv Lord L.ee. of the British delegation, according to reports, aroused the members of the French delegation, and drew forth re sponses from both M. Sarraut and Ad miral De Bon, of the French group. ARTICLE NOT APPROVED! The article in question purported to state the views of an officer of the French naval general staff approving the use made by Germany of sub marines against merchant ships during the recent war. The article as read by iorti iee said tnat the only weapon possessed by France to defend her coasts and to attack and destroy the british navv in event of war with Great Britain was the submarine. Admiral De Bon immediately challeng t-d any assumption that the article did in fact represent the views of the French naval general staff as to the proper use of submarines. He said th article represented only the opinion of an individual officer and declared ve hementl.v that it was not to be taken as typical of even French naval opinion on the subject. M. Sarraut then follow ed ami at the conclusion of his remarks the committee passed on to considera tion of the Root resolution. The article read by Lord Lee, it was learned, was written by a Captain Cas tex. After reading it Lord Lee. was said to have remarked that if that was the way in which French naval people were thinking there was reason for Lriti apprehension. Admiral De Bon. in his reply, it was later ascertained, said that Captain Cas tex's views' were entirely personal and that they were quite contrary to the prevailing convicitions in the higher command of the French." navy. M. Sarraut in his response repelled what was described as am est postive manner, the suggestion of Lord Lee that the French Government would use submarines in the barbarous manner in which they had been used by Germany. Mr. Sarraut said the French now were able to understand the British misap prehension of the French position. He alluded to what he described as embar rassment which has been caused by mis leading reports of French views origi nating as he understood from represen tatives of other delegations. M. Sarraut also mentioned a cartoon in one of today's New York newspapers Picturing France as a woman adjusting to her head a German helmet represen tating military imperialism, and men tioned the injury to French sensibilities f such a caricature. EACE PROBLFJ British and French Finan ciers Discuss the Econom ic Situation. LYING RECO IS ESTABLIS BY AME IC RD ANS Edward Stinson and Me chanician in Air More Than 26 Hours. MAY BEAT DIPLOMATS. Hope Prevails That New Conference May Be More Effective Than Others. Paris, Dec. 30. (By the Associated Press) The meeting of British and French financiers and business men at the French Foreign Office this after noon to grapple with the European economic situation, is regarded in French circles as one of the most im portant experiments since the first efforts to bring Europe back to a peace basis. It is generally believed that if the conference organizes an international consortium of bankers, merchants and manufacturers, it will have a marked influence on the future of Europe. Even in French political circles, where all efforts of British business men to intervene in European prob lems have been regarded with suspicion the impression is gaining that after all business heacs may lie able to ge. ahead faster than diplomats. BONDS DON'T SELL. The failure of the Allies to place any portion of the German reparation bonds, which it is understood have been offered in efery market capable of absorbing such paper, is said to have brought about the present con ference. All ideas .of making an enormous loan which all financiers agree is nec essary to set on foot the work cf re storing Europe economically, has been abandoned until it is seen what the Supreme Council meeting at Cannes may work out in connection with the business men's conference here. There still remains a difference of opinion between London and Paris regarding the participation of Ger many and Russia in a consortium and in the international economic confer ence, which will eventually be h.-ld. The French maintain their atttiude of refusing to meet the Bolsheiki offi cially, although there are indications that official circles are coming 1o the conclusion that the European problem can be solved only when all the great producing nations get together. IS A WORLD RECORD. Men Suffered Intensely from the Bitter Cold; Oil ing System Down. Washington Losing Faith In And Patience With French French Misconceived the Spirit of the Conference and Early Assumed an Attitude of Offended Vanity Have Tried to Bargain All Along. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, . Staff Correspondent of The News. Copyright, 1021. by News I'ubllshing Co. Washington, TJec. 30. The British and American delegations are deter mined to circumvent the French posi tion on the building of submarines by offering such a set of rules for sub marines in time of war as to render them useless as a weapon of offensive power. The French have protested so vio- of the possibility of obstruction. Still another episode in which French dis pleasure was incurred arose out of the conversations preceding the negotiation of the four-power pact. While France was included as a signatory, her rep resentatives didn't "get in on the ground floor" in the shaping of the project. What France could possibly have wanted except to change the character of the pact itself is not ex plained but the French are said to have had their sensibilities aroused lently against the German methods of -just the same. Admiral de Bon. suDmarme wariare ana tneir record on French naval expert, wasn't taken in Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 30. (Bv the As- e .f-iuject is so recent uiai ine aiuci- 0n the first conversations about capi - ic .d! e.ix.v. '- coas: !i ..ar:a. F'.ALr Ol H ROOKS PASSAGE. '"a-h.rsron, Jj. -. 31). iBy the Associ I'rossi. Again Arthur J. Balfour, i.-i i (,:' British delegation to the eor:f-.-r-.-n-e. lias reserved passage "; a roar... ! sailing for England, Jan 11. I; was stated by a British 0r:f-Mr.'in today, however, that this 'as only a tentative booking and there J9 i'i-a that Mr. Balfour would ave the conference until it had com-it- work. 1 Br.hsh military contingents, 'ft"' I-i-1 i tenant General The Earl '.raven, i,-.:m to sail tomorrow from v'iv: cm the Olympic for home. 0 LIFE POSSIBLE OX PLANET VENUS 1 -- '0'.-. Pa., Dec. 30. Investi- II. .y. John, director of the 1 ' tv; ory, California, and 'i' holson, his assistant, indi 1 Planet Venus supports no c---ert'd In papers read to th- American Astronomical " convention at the Sproul r", Swarthmore College. Both '- y had discovered no oxy "t on Venus, and, therefore, ' of even animal life was HWKhlS KILLED. Ok la., Dec. 30. E. W. years old, president of tate Bank, was called frorr 1 '.i the front yard late last a)t and instantly killed by '-'-fieri assailant. II 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 FAIR 'arlott,. and Fair and nr Vicinity: night; S witli rising temperature. im "W tonight; Saturday and 1 "ill '"mi,: II. .11.. . . i 1- I. . , --"1 uii-asr and easi winus, iw- v s' 'it beast and south. nh ( uolina, fair tonight and Sat-' s,',; U11' slightly rising temperature. Hi" ' Mr,,,ina' fair tonight and Sat " v,,mI rising temperature. LODGE AND HUGHES BOTH SEE PRESIDENT Washington, Dec. 30. President Harding gave much attention today to developments of the arms conference. Senator Lodge of the American delega tion, called at the executive offices earlv in the day, spending nearly two hours with the President. Several hours 'ater, and immediately after adjourn ment of the morning session of the conference naval committee Secretary Hughes arrived at the White House, -onferred for sometime with the Presi dent and then went to lunch with him. The call of Senator Lodge delayed the Cabinet meeting somewhat, the Senator '-emarkiner facetiously as he left that the conference concerned "New Eng land railroads." LODGER AT MISSION IS SHOT AND KILLED Baltimore, Dec. 30. Surrounded by seventy or seventy-five sleeping men o the- Inasmuch Gospel Mission in lA'at Samtotra. street, an unidentified n was shot to death early today His slayer escaped after threatening to th watchman of me mission, fxi bim for several blocks. All the sleepers were awekened and Anfnoirm nrevailed. No cause , m 1.0 assie-ned for the shooting The mission provides free lodgings for homeless men. strike!nthe coal fields threatened Pretoria, Union of South Africa, r, ?n A strike in the Transvaal coal' fields is threatened as the result of proposals to luwa mo ts has issued a mani festo to the men asking ' that they r.ont t Vir new scale, pointing out that 'the Government feels it will be futile to ask further concessions irom coal operators alone. the SOVIET BUYS GRAIN IN UNITED STATES t rrinr, Dec. 30. (By the Associated Tress)-The agreement negotiated here ,.;"-rooif wherebv Soviet Russia will turn over to the American Relief Ad ministration $10,000,"UU worm 01 j;oiu for the purchase of grain in the United States for famine relief in the Volga region, was signed here today bv Walter Lvman Brown, on behalf of the relief administration, and by Leo nid Krassin. on behalf of the Russian Soviet Government. ZAGLOTTL GOES TO l,ttIlAJJN FKUM SUEZ Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 30. (By the As sociated Press Said Zagloul Pasiha, nationalist leader, and his five follow ers who were arrested at Cairo last Friday, sailed from Suez for Ceylon last night. The six nationalists were eiected from Cairo after refusing to discon tinue political activity and their ie moval was followed by rioting in Cairo and other cities in which a number of lives were lost. . INSURANCE FOR ED?LOYES. New York, Dec. 30. (By the Asso ciated Press) Many railroads of the country soon may insure their em ployes, it was indicated last night af ter the Delaware and Hudson Com pany, announced it had taken out group life and permanent disability insur ance for every one who has been on its payroll six months or more. Large insurance underwriters said that other railroads were negotiating for similar protection for their employes. CHILE BREAKS OFF PERU NEGOTIATIONS Santiago, Chile, Dec. 30. (By the As sociated Press) Chile has broken off negotiations with Peru regarding the dispute over the provinces of Tacna and Arica. A note sent in reply to the latest Peruvian communication states that Chile had gone to the farthest possible limit in seeking an agreement and laments the barrenness of her efforts. The note summarizes the long drawn out controversy and concludes with the statement that the judicial consequences are that Peru is hinder ing a plebiscite, which is the only means by which she can recover the disputed territory. Unless the Peru vian policy changes, the notes state, it means that the Peruvian Govern ment accepts the results her present position may produce. sociated Press) The Larsen plane, piloted by Edward which this morning broke the world's continuous flying record of 24 hours. I 1 19 minutes and 7 seconds, descended shortly after 11:15 a. m., after hav ing in the air 26 hours, 19 minutes and 35 seconds. Stinson, stationed at Kelly Field, Texas, during the war, as a civilian instructor, because of his delicate health, probably trained more Ameri can flyers than any one man. Unexcelled as a stunt flyer, he is proud of never have fallen during his ten years in the air. He is credited with not even having broken a part ' on a plane. . Although more widely known in. the West than in the East, Stinson has participated ir. many big meets here. His acrobatics attracted particular at tention during the Pan-American aero nautic convention in Atlantic City and he was labelled a whole "fiving cir cus." Happiest in an airplane, he climbs into his seat 1 with as little concern as the average citizen going oui for a motor ride. The love of flying runs in the famifc-, for two sisters Mar jorie and Catherine also are adept pil ots. Stinson was forced to descend be cause of a faulty oil connection, witn which he. and his mechanician, Lloyd Bertaud. had battled since 3 o'clock this morning. They still had gasoline enough to have flown until sundown. The pump used to inject oil into the lubricating system from the auxiliary oil tank, went out of commisison at 3 o'clock. The flyers punctured the tank, set up a temporary tube and began feeding the lubricating system by hand, taking turjis at the controls of the plane and at jpie oil tank. Both men were alwtetf, blinded by oil when they. descend nai4ditkn they vfi.. saRtoing-seU-JisBin.. iluv bit- ier coiu, tor annougn ine plane was equipped with a-, cabin, Stinson had not left his seat in the open cockpit since 4 p. m. yesterday. and his mechanician found little time to se k shelter. Three fingers of Stinson's right hand and one on his left were frozen. Ber taitd's hands were numb. Stinson, who hails from San An tonio, Tex., and Bertaud, whose hor.e is in New York, were a sorry looking pair when they stepped from their ma chine. Their faces were smeared with oil. and their eyes bloodshot. Neither had had a wink of sleep since they too': off and Stinson said his only nou'ish ment had been a little coffee. Newspa per men found difficulty in interview ng Bertaud. who had been deafenel by the roar of the motor. The fliers, both 27 years old, who have been in the air since they weiv oys, took no particular precautions to protect thems'.lves against the wintry weath ,-r. ' Stinson said that he and his mechani cian suffered great pain from their frozen hands early this mormr.g. Finally they became numb and no oi.l, er bothered them. The pilot said that the maximum ; 1 titude achieved during the night was ,(uu ieet. ine macnine carried ;;.o gallons of gasoline when she took the air and still had 70 when she landed c: n s; anrl "Rritil havn now tnzcr an-! 1 . , 1 ; .. . i 1 . 1 .. . I . , con amps as nit; paiify wcis ueLween oiner .acK in ine conierence anu are , the British. Americans anrl .Taiianpsfl mono Stinson, endeavoring to see whether the French, 1 jn order to get an agreement among wnrM's who abhorred the submarine when the ' the first threp nowers. That ia still another 'cause of French discontent. There are many incidents like these which cumulatively have produced the Germans used it, will now defend it as a humane and legitimate instrument of warfare. The rules of warfare being drawn aro such as to make it impossible for a submarine to attack a merchant ship for obviously the undersea craft can not take care of the lives of either crew or passengers and one of the new rules provides that the merchant ship can't be sunk unless that is done. Of course the submarine would still be useful in naval battle against an in vasion by a fleet but then destroyers usually accompany the larger ships anyway and destroyers mean sure death to a submarine. For the moment, the effort to make French policy of obstruction Looking retrospectively, Americans are wondering whether it was such a wise thing after all to abandon the top ic of land armaments' when Premier Briand made his speech. There are those who believe the French would have "played ball" as the British are doing If they had been kept on the anxi ous seat concerning land arament. The dispatches inspired by the French Foreign Office indicate that the French policy on submarines is not necessarily inflexible and, if a world-wide confer ence was called, they would give up EW APPRAISE F BICKETT IS IADE BY STATE New Understanding of Big ness of the Man as Citi zen and Statesman. HAD BROAD CONTACTS Touched Life at Many Points, the Friend of All, Rich and Poor Alike. 1 i 1 . 1 cute vv ar Laiicu, nicy w lhv.i ivc France agree to build a small tonnage ; their ideas of extensive submarine ton or suomarines nas Deen aoanaonea s From ths it ig inferred here thttt but itis questionable whether the is- j the French are merelv seeking a means sue has been permanently disposed of. j cf postponing the settlement of the The French are playing Aashington question until they obtain from other against Cannes, which is only another ; European powers certain pledges which way of saying that, when Prime Mm-1 affect them much more vitallv than the ister Lloyd-George meets Premier . futUre size of a navv. The' French are Briand at the Supreme Council at ; atterrmtinsr to nrevent a German-British Cannes, some bargaining may take place which will modfy the French at titude at Washington. So far as the Washington Government is concerned, it is plainly, losing faith in and pa tience with the French. The talk is that the French have completely mis conceived the spirit of the Washington conference. Instead of coming here with the notion of giving up naval strength, the French have attempted to bargain all along the line. In the words of a man who ought to know, entente. Thev are irritated over British policy in the Near East. Conversely, the British are displeased over the sep arate peace made by the French with the Turks. In other words, the trouble is European and not American. And besides, the head of the French delega tion here, M. Surraut, is the brother-in-law of the owner of one of the most influential newspapers in France, which is said to control a larg? bloc of depu ties. This means that Premier Briand cannot easily override M. Sarraufs the French attitude is described as one 1 views and M. Sarraut is still chafintr Hi You couldn hire some fellers t' carry a watermellon, but they jest love t' tug a bowlin ball thro town. While out shoppin' don't cuss th' poor wrap pin girl fer hein' slow, she's waitin' fer a so ahead signal from th' bookkeeper. Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 30. A new world's record for coninuous flying was established today fcy Edward Stin son, pilot of an all-metal monoplane and his mechanician, Lloyd Bertaud, when they surpassed the mark of 21 hours, 19 minutes and seven seconds made in France in June, 1920, by Lu cien Boussoutrut, and Jean Bernard. Stinson and Bertaud commenced their flight at Roosevelt Field at 8:58 a. m. yesterday and at 9:20 a. m. to day they were still in the air with no signs of descending. Stinson and Bertaud hopped off in the midst of a snowstorm. Stinson said he hoped to stay until noon to day. They wore no electric suits, depend ing upon the heat from the exhaust pipes in the pilot's cab to keep them warm. The machine is equipped with one 185 horsepower motor. Every ounce of unnecessary weight was stripped be fore the flight. About 350 gallons of gasoline and 28 gallons of oil were car ried. Although the night was bitterly cold, flying conditions tqday were con sidered good. Seven judges watched the monoplane part of the holidays with Mrs. Ran circle over Mineola, Garden City and Hempstead. In addition, there were many unofficial observers, for commu ters who had listened to the machine circle over their roofs during the night, took a farewell glance at it before board ing their trains. Observers pointed out that whereas previous efforts to establish an endur ance record has been made in the most favorable season, this flight was made with mercury near the zero mark, to the accompaniment of strong winds and snow flurries. The flight was hailed as a fitting cli max to the achievements of American aviation in 1921, when four world rec ords were made by Yankee birdsmen. The other three wer;e: August 16 A Leoning monoplane fly ing boat, rising to 19,500 feet, with four passengers, established an efficiency and passenger record for a ship of its class. September 28. Lieutenant J. A. Mc Cready, of the army air service, drove an airplane to a height of 37,900 feet at Dayton, O., shattering the altitude mark of 33,114 feet, set by Major Ru dolph Shroder. November 3 Bert Acosta. in a Curtis navy racer, with a speed of 176.7 miles an hour, for a 150 mile course, broke the record for a closed course in the . Pulitzer trouhy race at Omaha- of "offended vanity irom the start He attributes French pique to an ac cumulation of minor incident which would sound incredible if th'j u -Us were published. He represents Premier Briand as exasperated in the first days of the conference because of some me chanical defect in the seating of the French delegation at the plenary ses- 'Aom: - Another incident ws the fact that the French were not- invited to participate as observers in the conver sations' between China and Japan over Shantung. Rumor has it that the Jap--anese didn't want the French because over the fact that Mr. Hughes cabled Premier Briand direct on the capital ship matter without taking it up with Mr. Sarraut as head of the delegation here. The answer from American sources is that the French proposal made here was unthinkable and Amer ica couldn't believe the plan was sup ported by the French.. Covcrnnjen I at home and took a course as is permitted any government; namely, dealing with the head of another state, when mi emergency arises. Franco-American dis cord is growing. 'And the submarine is the cause of it all. BRITISH ASSAIL FRENCH POLICY Most Newspapers Condemn Position on Submarines; Some Offer Excuse ' London, Dec. 30. (By the Associa ted Press) Efforts at the Washington ITALIAN BANK IS GIVEN TIME Moratorium of One Year Granted in Which to Straighten Affairs. Rome, Dec. 30. (By the Associated prpss The Banca ltaliano di Scorito, the doors of which were closed yester- conference to curb the use of the sub day, has been granted a moratorium marine as a weap and France's claim bSItChaf not1 been established that the for a large underseas fleet appear to bank actually has failed and there is be the topic in London, a tendency in some quarters to believe The majority of the editorial writers that the crisis may be overcome. assail the French attitude which the The incident lowered lire exchange ; Daily Telegraph says faces the world yesterday which went from 22.0 to . with "the posibility of world-wide orien the dollar in the morning, to 23.50 inj tat ion of naval policy away from the the afternoon. . capital ship and toward the subma- tita Tianea. Ttaliano di Sconto was line." the nlace where most Americans trans-1 The Daily News condemns France's acted their business in Rome. The moratorium granted the bank under the court's action is effective for one year. Meanwhile, the Banca ltaliano di Sconto is continuing all operations ex decision as "The disastrous debasing of the standards of international moral ity," and the Daily Chronicle says France's behavior cannot be regarded as othr than unfriendly to Great Brit ain. The Morning Post, on the other cept pavments. which it is stated, will, hand, wnile believing that Arthur J. be resumed as soon as the tribunal Balfour, expressed the general senti- be ment in Great Britain when he regret be resumed as soon limits the amounts which By JULE 15. WARREN. Staff Correspondent ot The Ne . Raleigh ,Dec. 30. The death of Thorn as Walter Bickett has brought th Stata to a new sense of realization of the bigness of the man as a citizen as well as the statesmanlike qualities of his leadership in the public life of North Carolina. This new appraisal of Bickett is considering him not only as the for mer Attorney General and Governor, but as the man, who after quitting the executive chair, calmly took up the work of re-establishing his law practice in Raleigh, renewing his old connec tions, living the life of the average man in one of the larger centers of popula tion in North Carolina. And this new appraisal of Mr. Bickett is indicating that he was much loved as the man, as well as the official. People have been reviewing his record while he was Chief Executive of the State, and they are finding that his influence help ed to write much human and progres sive legislation on the statute books of North Carolina. They have been some what amazed to discover the immense number of things in which he was in terested, the number of projects now coming into their fruitition which are the outgrowth of his foresight and were brought about largely through his lead ership. Although the vast majority of the people of North Carolina necesarily have to remember Mr. Bickett as the Govern or, thousands of others who were privi leged to know him like best to think of him as the friend who gave attentive and sympathetic ear to every form of human emotion, who heard the call of the forgotten man behind prison walls. These friends love to remember him as the fireside companion, the student of the classic literatures of the mother tongue, the devoted husband 'and father the man. ' ' . HAD imOATX CONTASTS ,J s To few men of his generation was it given to touch the life and the heart ot the State at so many points. The bread 1 1 1 if bis ' vision and his sympathy mad him alike the friend1 of the man win. dwelled in the mansion and controll ed his. millions and to the humble negrc who eked out a miserable existence. Few men have so quickened the con science of a generation or come nearer writing into the life of a State the ideals for which he stood. A dreamer of dreams was Mr. Bickett, but with all of this idealistic side he possessed the requisite amount of common, practical sense to make,, these dreams come true in a large measure. But for the shock and grief that came to his family through sudden dath close friends believe death came as he would have had it come suddenly. In con versation recently with friends he had suggested that death was but a sudden leave-taking. It was like a friend of a group dropping out and not being heard again. His death was almost like that, for he attended one of the shows being given at a local picture show during the holidays on the day he was stricken. He walked out of his office one after noon and never came back. Raleigh yesterday continued its mourning for its dead. The white and black bunting, emblem of sorrow and mourning, draped the State House, girdled the rotunda of the building. All State offices were closed and shuttered, and empty, the flags fluttering at half mast. Official business was at a stand still while the State mourned the loss of one of her most gifted sons, most patriotic citizen. may withdrawn daily. ted that an agreement as to subma rine ratios had not been reached. Turin. Italv. Dec. 30. The Industrial I urges ine statesmen aim juunia isis, League here has sent a circular to its to put themselves in 1 ranee s p ace members in connection with the sus-; and consider the French point of view 'Rono wnicn is not uue lu 01 is uiu.1 m, uul oension of payments by Ttaliano di Sconto, of Rome, pointing out that this institution is the only one involved in the financial crisis. The brokers have sent a commission tn T?nmn n tnlrA im'"vith thf Govern ment the question of the position ofi11181. exchange, which has been aggravated by the .crisis. geographical necessity; it is not blood thirstiness, but merely realism." Elihu Root's proposals for regulation of the use of submarines receives much attention. The Daily Chronicle com- FEDERAL INQUIRY IS NEARING COMPLETION HIS FORMER PATIENT DEFENDS DR. LORENZ Chicgao, Dec. 30. Publication of an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association that the cure of Lolita Armour daughter of J. Ogden Armour, of Chicago, by Dr. Adolf Lorenz. of Vienna, was "not a cure" today brought a statement from the former Miss Armour, who is nowi Mrs. John J. Mitchell, Jr. In 1903 and 1604 operations were performed by Dv. John Ridlon, of Chicago, and Dr. Lorenz on Mrs. Mitchell. "I cannot say," she said, "that a perfect cure has been effected in either hip, but the hip treated by Dr. Lorenz is far better than the other one, with which he could, do little because it had been 'too badly mishandled,' she said. "I myself, "be lieve that had it not been for the work done before he was called in my case I could have effected a com plete cure. "There is, of course, much jealousy among doctors and they are not eager to see great honors go to a foreign doctor. Personally, I am very fond of Dr. Lorenz, and I feel that if it had not been for him I would not now be getting so much pleasure out of life." It is difficult to believe that Mr. Root is not in humane collusion with Mr. Balfour for the whole object of his proposals is to make it not worth while to build submarines for the de struotion of commerce " The newspa per asks, however, whether such rules could be enforced if adopted. RECORD FOR DIVORCES. Philadelphia, Dec. 30. Divorces granted here this year totalled 2,291. the highest number ever recorded, but the number of new suits begun was only 2,332, the lowest since 1918. More than two-thirds of those seeking d' vorces were wives. 1 THE PRESIDENT LOOKS FOR BETTER BUSINESS Omaha, Neb., Dec. 30. Belief that thes national business situation is go ing to improve in 1922, was expressed by President Harding in a message made public today by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce in connection with an entertainment in honor of trav eling salesmen who work out of Omaha. President Harding said it was his earnest hope that traveling men "wifi continue in the coming year the splen did work for American business and national confidence which they have always conducted in the past. It has long been a conviction with me that no group of men do more to spread the spirit and sentiment of optimism than do these ambassadors of business, as I like to call them. "I hope and firmly beliave that the efforts which they and many others are putting forward are going to bring about a vast improvement in the na tional business situation in the coming year." SPARTANBURG DIVIDENDS. Spartanburg, S. C, Dec. 30. uotton mills and ba'nksllof Spartanburg county will pay $64S,6C3.50 in semi-annual divi dends on January 1, making a tolil ol $1,373 700 for the year, according ti figures compiled by local finnucia.1 server. The last freeze houses, 1 December. 31j 192ft Washington, Dec. 30. Federal investi nation of retail prices of necessities in all parts of the country is rapidly reach :ng completion, it was said today at th lustice department. Department agents assigned to the duty by Director Burns, of the Bureau of Investigation, it was said, have been gathering price information in all the 'arge cities and in smaller communities and county districts as well, and it was believed the whole country will have been covered in another week. Reiiorts from the department's agents officials said, are being- prepared for Attorney General Daugherty, who has announced his intention of making pub lic the results of the investigation to show what mat-gins exist between re tail prices and reductions costs of food, fuel, shoes and clothing in various localities. BRITISH SHIP IS SEIZED OFF BOSTON Washington. Dec. 30. Coast guard headquarters today received a report from Boston of the seizure of the British schooner Golden West, off that port, yesterday, by the .cutter Acush net. The report gave no details of the evidence which led to seizure, stat ing merely that the ship, which had about 8,000 gallons of alcohol on board, had been turned over to the collector of customs at Boston. No report of the case has as yet been received by the Department of Justice and it was not believed that serious or Ejection to the seizure would be raised by the British Government, in view of the reported American ownership of the Golden West, although the craft was still under British registry. FREEZELESS YEAR. Albany, Ga., Dec. 30. This morning, when a minimum temperature of 3i degrees was recorded, Albany completed the first "freezeless year" 011 reeonl here, according to the Government o-- ocurred . oft J
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