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O If TV U N N A AND EVENING CHRONICLE I EDITION EDITION 1U lltfiTtfST7 CIRCULATIO N IN CHARLOTTE PUBLISHED AFTERNOONS AND SUNDAY. rr. XKWS Kstabtishe Daily. 1888: Sunda.v. mm rvnAHrf tA- .-.unnVTriil! Kdfdhiljahorl ion? CHARLOTTE, N. C THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DEC 21, 1922. May 8. 191 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEWS N A ii 0 VVffll ,1 pic Bitter Accusations Are Fassed by Delegates At Lauanne Meet. CLASH I IS AVERTED Outbreak Causes Head Of Minorities Board To Close Session. ,-. ri i.By the Asso A -vcray altercation r.icr Venizelos, of T . a- rv-1 I'-- ' u:n-. Xur Boy, Turkish C-a;' A;'--"'rt' caused Signor yl'v-'-" ir-s:v-t of the Near rur -'V eml tnls niorn- iiiterence. was over the question The v -tt--!- ,n. M. Venizelos bitter he Ancora government -srAir.st the alleged de- Orc-e'.is by the thousand ::iA;jr B--- implied in the same C T-V.rs Vort.telo with be-leri..-i':.sib'.? f ; the Turco-Greek --r.se-.'Ue-r.ces. -.a v,i; ? the two delegates V h:- both speak- ti.ue ana recusing of the president .'ov.;i. In view of ;:..u-.a declared the 1 jir.id confusion. y considerable : , . . .i today on the ":jn i-f minorities. 1 f the dispute - i the dc-signa-u'.I reference : : ';'i::kc; tu which .'.r.; are opposed agreement on hw thi.t ail the in-k-y shall be equal via-'h absolute free- i th;jt thv : i iht minori ... A; Iranians shall by the Turkish the minorities 1. r.4-r ; . :.. : i ue inmol'1- !v :';::-i;s as; reed to on fori:!-:: the: :n time of war the Turkish Govrinruf.it can impose re siructior?. although these must ap- vi-aliy to Moslem and non-Mos- X:. accor-i was attained on the AM demand that the Turkish Gov f:r.r.T.t help in the search for sep sritsd cumbers of families and re n:i their property but it is expect f'i a?, agreement ultimately will be rsched 0:2 this matter, which the 'i!'k; hold to he vita!. It is recalled here that the Ameri can F.d Cross and Near East Re lief organize. a special bureau in A:r.;:.; foUowhig the Smyrna trage 17 ;h:oi!?h vhhh many families re-mhted. Mid MRS. BRUNEN ISXOT MURDERESS Mr is Convicted of first Degree Murder. Z'zn Holly. X. j., Dec. 21. Mrs. f9 Bnnen. acr4i;ittd by a iury ".'rday of complicity in the siay---'J '"?r htisharfi. "Honest John" i.Erji;er.. was at her mother's Pni:a'"ie-irhia today resti:Ct j'.I'nV''r"ai of ,'"r imprisonment vr'a!' Her '"'f't'ir. ILarry C. X?' ' n T'r'" '1n' charge ard i'!t:a 2a:1;-- murder in the firs ; raine.1 in jail awaiting lj'..r'r'r a"10" by iiis counsel, who W : r-f";'f ''T't'on for an ap- rV.a;P-:arv- !ho dat Justice t.' -1 IV''J T'cjid impose sen b rc:;-'rn:y? i-s verdict, the v".''l'''vy'1 that llohr do fard"?Kr!,. 'r'-..'",f.'" i!V-r-Tisor.rnent at tirj5-.i-t."';: ' ' ' f?av; no ir--m- i-L aJf 'xr-ityr he would ac- t...r " " t!" fief." said Mrs. " I -4 a terrih'e hlowr 10 s ,-. ,'rrirJ'''' ir convicted I X " era n ted a new 1 p,;: trial cf Charles -i slayer of t;e -;-n fixed. As witness, he .-not. Brunen at lurs. Rrur,n at.d 'rr.ised $1,000 for s-aid. ':'! in, r ,"- - r arorOie 'Xte r'JJl 1 I'd ay by. the kui rcorlv',""f;,r"" "':":mittee on tht; f he HouFft t-i "ra sr. . 1ST suard servic :"5 Arrr.v h:::iu,r to that in in f r v a'r'-n- ' '; .ns :i'tr own -He fc-. V.-r-t far,;: f--st u.tlL' outer Kal' pri?f! to find Can get. 1 vww 1TUUIUU9 U& ' & CU 1UU S S U, : . W ... I W. U ,". 1? UlULl vyDv war Annual Report of Boa. Shows Quick Recuperation of the Farmer Under Help Extended Him by the Government ; Stopped Demoralization. Washington, Dec. 21. The Ameri-1 can farmer has demonstrated that when properly financed he can weather tlie worst economic storms, the War Financt Corporation de clared in its annual report sent to Congress today. The report set j forth that 41 per cent of the money advanced to the agricultural indus try had been repaid either in ad- Advances by the corporation saved the industry many millions of dol lars, the report declared, explaining that the corporation's officers be lieved its activity had proved as ben eficial in the restoration of confi dence as in the actual pouring of cash into spots where credit was tightest. The loans had made it pos sible for thousands of farmers to handle their products in an orderly fashion, it was added, and tht con fidence instilled in them through the knowledge that money was avail able acted as a stablizer, the value of which the report said could only be estimated. "It is impossible," the report con tinued, '"to estimate the full effect of the aid given by the corporation t to the live stock industry, because calamities that are averted can nev- i ver be . measured. It is generally recognized, however, that by pro viding as it did financing for more TO FILE WAR CLAIMS SUITS ! Daugherty's Assistants j Announce Plans at .Im- j peach men t Hearing. Witshinston. Doc. 21. Civil cr orirninal suits, on-? or Loth, against the L'nitcd States Harness Compary o Hanson, W. Va., will be ready for institution by the Government with in. SO days, Colonel Henry T. Ander son, of Richmond Va., a special as sistant to th Attorney General, tes tified today before the House Judici ary Committee. Mr. Anderson also stated that the government would bring suit against the Bricgeport Brass Company un less there was an agreement for stt tlement of the war claims of the Government against that company at a canfernce to be held next month. C. Frank Reavis., another special assistant to the Attorney General, told the committee that action, civil or criminal or both, soon would be started against the Thomas Roberts tr.d Company, .f Philadelphia. which purchased large quantities of Govern: nent surplus canned meal. Announcement of he plans of the Government was made at the heav ing on the Keller impeachment charges agair.st Attorney General Daugherty. Discussing the prospective a:tim against the Unite! States Harness Company, Anderson who had been called as a witness, declared that "we believe we have a good case"." Mr. Keller had charged that the Attorney General had "acted in an inefficient neglectful manner pre judicial to the interests of the Gov ernment" in the handling of this 1LVS CASE READY. The Harness Company was or ganized, largely by former army of ficers to dispose of surplus war harness. The contract between it and the "War Department as declar ed void by the President and the War Department undertook to t--.ke possession of property in tne hands of the company, but was stopped by an injunction issued by the State courts. The Department of Jutice then took the matter into the Fed eral Courts where it still is pending. Colonel Anderson said he could not go into details of the case the Government would bring as it would be prejudicial to the interests of thf Government. Pie declared, however, that tho case now was in "first class condition for handling." The Bridgeport Brass Company is located in Bridgeport. Conn. ?Ir. Reavis did not go into details of the Government's case. Mr. Kel ler, in his specifications asainst Mr. Daugherty, alleged that the Attor ney General had failed to institute suit to recover from Thomas Rob erts and Company, "a large amount of money upon a freululent sale of surplus canned meats." Questioned about the charge of a failure to prosecute claims against the Kenyon Company, of New York growing out of the sale of raincoats and slickers to the Government, Mr. Reavis said thorough investigation showed there was no doubt the Gov ernment wed the company $200,000 He added, however that the- Govern ment had some claims against the company and that the whole matter would be taken to the court o claims for adjustment. ; For Charlotte and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday; warmer Fri day. Gentle westerly winds. North Carolina: Fair tonight and Friday: colder on the northern coast tonight; slightly warmer Friday. South Carolina: Fair tonight anti Friday: frost tonieht; rising temnei aturo Friday. I armers Board irnce than 6,900,000 head of live stock, the corporation checked the demor alization In the industry, gave the stockmen a breathing spell, stabil ized the market, and turned tht tide away from disaster tow'ard re covery and reconstruction." "Large as is the number of ad vances made by the corporation," the report said, "it falls far short of indicating the number of farmers who benefited from them; for even those farmers who have had no fi nancial assistance, directly or indi rectly, have nevertheless been aided by the general improvement in the credit situation in their own com munities, in neighboring districts, and in the country as a whoie, at well as by the stabilization of mar kets for the many products of ag riculture." The report added that the gradual decrease in the number of applica tions for loans further reflected the genera! benefit which the corpora tion's operations have had on the agricultural credit- situation. Ad vances for agricultural and live stock purposes totalling $433,447,000 in 37 states has been approved up to November 30. Of this $182,859. 000 Went to 4.400 banking institu tions, $77,761,000 to 113 live stock loan companies and $172,827,000 to 32 co-operative marketing associa tions. v WOULD REVISE NAVY'S COURSE High Officers Meet to Plan Training Suitable to New World Tweeds. Washington, Dec. -3. By direc tion of Assistant Secretary Roose velt, of the Xavy Department, hijrh naval officers. including Admiral Jones, commanding the new con solidated United States Fleet; Rear Admiral Wilson, superintendent of the Naval Academy; Major general Lejuene, commandant of the Ma rine Corps, and Rear Admiral Wash ington, chief of the Hureau of Navigation, are meeting in Wash ington, it was learned today, to con sider revision of the Naval War College courses and a general over hauling of the instruction system for Naval staff officers both afloat and ashore. In his letter calling the meeting Mr. Roosevelt said that "the increas ing importance of the United States' position in international world poli tics," among otln-r reasons made it necessary that nav.d officers have a thorough grounding in the "princi ples of strategy and tactics." He added that he believed the confer ence of officers would find it desir able to recommend certain exten sions of work at the Navy War College as well as in other Navy schools for this purpose. In outlining the general subject of the conference Mr. Roosevelt sraid one of the points to be considered would be "creation of a new course for younger officers on shore some what along the lines of Ihe Army staff colleges," and that another would be creation of a- tactical sciiool of the fleet. Co-operation b'f tween tle Army and Navy War Col leges also was to be discussed. The board of officers held its first meeting December 19 but has reach ed no conclusions as yet. it was said today at the Navy Department. COLLEGE LOCATION COMMITTEE MEETS Dr. Few's Proposition is Under Discussion. Raleigh, Dec. 21. The special committee appointed to investigate the proposition of Dr. William I. Few, president of Trinity College that the Durham institution and North Carolina University enter into an alliance for the construction of a medical school at Durham and to re port in January was in session here today. Dr. Few again outlined his pro posal during the morning session and other matters relating to the subject were discussed. No details of the ineet'ng were given out at the noon recess. A committee was apnointed by the board of trustees of the University several months ago to renort on the advisability of establishing a med 5ral school. At a meeting here yes terday. Dr. Few offered a fund of $8,000,000 Given by the uk inter fiifi anH -lohn D. Rockefeller, for the establishment of a naedica school at Durham, with additional State support. No .agreement was reached, owm? to contentions that Trinity was a denominational institution and the rlan of operation with the State and fti University was not practical. n-l . committed anpomted to further consider the proposition. ATTACK DISTILLERY. Bardstown, Ky... Dec. 21. Keep ing three guards cornered in the of fice by laying down a barrago Of pis tol fire, bandits attacked the T. W. Samuels distillery near here before oawn today, broke locks and escap ed with 88 cases of bonded liquor n a motor truck. It is thought a dozen men participated Tho liquor was valued at between $1,000 anil $16,000. Jurymen Declare Hedgecock Guilty Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 21. Three years in the State's prison was the sentence imposed by Judge XV. F. Harding upon Basil II. Iledgecock of High Point, con victed in Guilford County superi or Court this morning of making a false entry in the account of M. J. Wrenn, a depositor of the Home Banking Company of High Point, when Hedgecock was cash ier of that institution. Notice of appeal to the Su preme Court was given no addi tional bond being required since the prisoner is already under a $25,000 bond which was given at the time he was first charged with having made the false en try last April. - There are several other counts charging false entry, but it was stated in court today that these would not be pressed. One charging Hedgecock and Will Switzer with conspiracy to de fraud the bank, will be heard at the January term of superior court ,it is said. In returning its verdict th morning the jury recommended mercy of the court. The case against the banker grew out of an alleged shortage of funds discovered in the High Point institution when the bank s accounts were audited last April by examiners under the direction of the State Banking Depart ment. An alleged shortage of approxi mately $123,000 was shown Ly the audit, but the specific count on which the former cashier was i tried involved the false entry in the YVrenn account of $10,000. which reduced the savings ac count of the depositor from $24, 212,50 to $14,242.50. iver To Clear Up Mystery Bodies of Two Kidnap ped Men Are Sought In Louisiana Lake. Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 21. Search of the bottom of Lake LaFourche for the bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, missing member?) of a party of five Mer Rouge citizens who were kidnapped by masked men on the night of August 24, while re turning from a good roads' meeting at Bastrop, will begin today by div ers, under the protection and with the assistance of a detachment of Company G, Louisiana National Guard, which arrived here yester day, from Monroe. Lake LaFourche is a deep body of water fifteen miles southeast 01 Mer Rouge. State authorities and detectives sent here several months ago to in vestigate the disappearance of Dan iels and Richards would not affirm or deny reports that the bodies of the two men had been located but it was reported they had intimated that they have reason to btlieve that the hooded band which kidnapped the missing men killed them and threw their bodies into the lake. Two iron wheels of an old farm wagon which were lying on its banks are said to have disappeared the night of the kidnapping and it is the be lief of the authorities that these may have been used as weights to hole the bodies beneath the surface of the water. An expert diver employed by the State authorities arrived here last night with his diving equipment and will start to work this morning to explore the lake bed. Captain W. W. Cooper, in com mand of the troops here, will take a detachment of his men to the scene to protect and assist the div er and his helpers. Official information received by Governor John M. Parker thai threats had been made against rep resentatives of the State who were investigating the kidnapping of Dan iels and Richards, reports circulated here as the reason for the sending of troops to this place. The threats it was said, came from persons in Morehouse parish. Captain W. W.- Cooper, command ing officer, interrogated before his departure, was reticent regarding the movement of the troops, but said: "I am in honor bound not to re veal our destination. You know, of course, that the work of drag ging the lake is going forward. Other than that I have nothing to say." One of the guardsmen declared the lake was dragged yesterday aft ernoon but without success. Captain Cooper has given orders to l.is men to be on the alert to prevent attempts of outsiders to in terfere with diving operations. Re ports were in circulation that ene mies of the movement would in terfere. It is believed the orders to the guardsmen are to shoot to kill. ARREST SOON IN WADDELL MURDER Fanford, N. C, Dec. 21. The coro ner's jury which is investigating the killing of Mrs. Laura Waddell, near here, about - ten days ago recessed until December 2S after holding a brief session last night. Coroner L. Scotc today stated that the inquest was postponed in order to secure certain evidence de sired by the jury. He said he thought the county authorities had found evidence which would lead to an arrest within a few days. Seeks U II ? Til CEI I FAMOUS BITS A AC m r 1 aim Historical Locations Are Included in Federal "Junk Land" Sale ANTE-DATED" FORTS Sites at Morehead City, Beaufort and New Bern Not Needed. Washington, Dec. 21. Bits of land which have or if developed might have figured largely in the history of the South, are included in the War Department's "land junk" sale. The bill authorizing the sale, which was today before the Senate Military Committee, shows that tht Federal Government plans to dis pose of real estate which was ac quired as early as 1799 for fortifica tion purposes, but which modern warfare has relegated to the class of surplus and unnecessary Govern ment property." Communications received by a number of Senators from Southern States indicate that some of the property will be purchased by his torical societies. Examination of the history of the tracts to be offered for sale revealed today that the deeds to two two tracts, Old Fort Jackson, at Savan nah, Ga.. and Perry Point, in Nor folk County Virginia, were made cut and stand today, to "Thomar Jefferson, President of the United States, and his successors in office." Another tract. Fort Nelson, also In Norfolk County, Virginia, and bough as a site for fortifications for Norfolk, is covered by a deed made out to John Quincy Adams, and his successors in the office of president. The parcels to be sold also an shown to include Beacon Island, off the North Carolina Coast which was acquired by the Government in 1799 as a site for fortifications off New Bern, which was an important city at the close of the revolution ary war; Fort Macon, near Beaufort and Morehead City, N. C, bough', hv 1819v and 1826 as a site for the defense of Old Topsail inlet, and Fort St. Phillip, on the Mississippi River, South of New Orleans, -which was acquired as "Defense againet the British prior to the battle cf New Orleans." CAROLINAS FREEZE. FLORIDA SWELTERS First Storm of Winter Hits the Southland. Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 21. (By the As sociated Press.) With one section covered with sleet and ice with fore cast for snow and another section slushing through rain with temper atures slightly above freezing the South early todav is in the grip of its first blast this Winter. Miami and points on the Florida peninsula, however, continue to be bathed in sunshine with average temperatures of 70 degrees. Virginia, North Carolina. and South Carolina, are reported cov ered with ice following sleet storms during yesterdayt Indications for North Carolina today show little re lief with rain on the coast and prob ably rain or snow in the. interior. Virginia is also slated to have snow in the interior with rain on the coast. Rain is the forecast for the eastern section of South Carolina. Georgia shivered early yesterday, then became soaked with rain. Cloudy weather is the forecast to day. Arkansas experienced weath er four degrees below freezing dur ing Wednesday with warmer and rain slated for today. Alabama. Louisiana, and Tennessee are sched uled for partly cloudy and cooler weather today. The low tempera ture at Memphis yesterday was 30 degrees, while New Orleans fared better Avith the mercury only down to 48 degrees, rising eleven degrees during the night. Birmingham re ported its thermometer registering at 43 degrees last night. The northern section of Florida is slated for cooler weather today, with the temperature at Jacksonville hov ering around 50 degrees. Miami sweltered during the day with a high temperature of 82 degrees. During last night 70 degrees were registered. HINTON AT NATAL,. Natal, Braiil, Dec. 21. (By the Asspciated Press). The seaplane Sampaio Correia II in which Lieu tenant Walter Hinton and his com panions are attempting a flight from New York to Rio Janeiro, ar rived here at 12:50 p. m. from Ara caty. qbo XoMeXo do wxr Says Tiger Believes mericahs ituation Borah Asks Call Of Arms Parley Washington, Dec. 21. A con ference of the world powers to consider economic questions, to be called by President Harding, for discussion f possible agree ments to establish more stable financial and business conditions and also to bring about a re duction in land and sea arma ment was proposed by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, in an amendment offered today to the Pending Naval Appropriation Bill. J Upshaw Stirs New Booze Proble Open Secret That There is Much Drinking in Official Washington By DAVID LAWRENCE. Special Correspondent of The Xews. Copyright, 1022, Sews Publishing Co. Washington, Dec. 21. Representa tive Upshaw's speech calling upon all officials of the United States Government as well as the Gover nors of the several States of the Union to take the dry oath them selves has tended to bring out into the open one of the most perplexing phases of the entire prohibition ques tion. " -For it is ah "open secret, that al though prohibition is the law of the land and the national capital is the center of law enforcement and re spect for the statutes, the use of liquors in private parties attended by officials high and low is not frowned upon. There is a . clash between public duty and private sentiment. Mr. Upshaw, of Georgia is the first to attack' that attitude of officials which seeks to impose the prohibi tion law in the abstract sense while countenancing the use of liquor pri vate. No intoxicants are served on the tables of high officials in any public functions but as The Washing ton Post, an Administration news paper, said not long ago "a census shows there are about 500 bootleg gers in the District of Columbia and now if we could only have a census of their private customers." The fact of considerable drinking of in toxicants is not denied. But the law doesn't prohibit drink ing. Officials who use liquors can very well say there is no restriction in the constitution or the statues against the use of liquors or even their purchase but simply their manufacture and sale. The question raised by Mr. Upshaw of Georgia, is that officials should, however, set an example and refuse to buy any liquors. So far as stopping the boot legger trade, the cutting off of the national capitol's supply of illicitly sold liquors would be a mere trifle in the entire bootlegging trade of the country. The theory of Mr. Upshaw and the other drys who do not like to see Government ' officials drinking at all is that they will be better able to enforce, the, law if they privatelj' believe in tt.. There are "wets" who think just the opposite, namely that if Government officials found them selves absolutely cut off from all liquor supply they would better un derstand the public sentiment 'of thoes localities where the liquor lr.ws are openly flaunted by State officials as well as the most prominent citi zens of the community. ' William Jennings Bryan is one of the few who have been in official life not only to champion the dry cause publicly but to practice what he preached. He used to keep a book on hand so that any of his friends could sign the dry pledge whenever the impulse moved them. It has frequently been charged that of the so-called drys in . the House and Senate who voted for the Vol stead act as well as the eighteenth amendment many have kept a pri vate supply of liquor since in their homes or in their offices. One lo cal newspaper not so long ago won a good deal of ill-will on Capitol Hill by publishing photographs of emp ty liquor bottles carried away fiom Congressional buildings by the gar bage man from time to time. There are, of course, hundreds of employ ees in the Capitol other than tnose who . have a vote and there is no certainty that- any or all the bot tles came from the legislators them selves. SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSIES. But the presumption of Mr. Up shaw that officials are not doing all they might themselves to discour age bootlegging in the District of Columbia even though the enforce ment officers are zealously trying to root them out will ever be the sub ject of controversy as between wets and drys here. As usual with pro hibition questions, there is little proof. It is all surmise but he would be -an untruthful reporter who didn't agree that there is much in what Mr. Upshaw says about the attitude of many officials toward en-J forcement of' the prohibition laws. Will every man who tries to im (Continued on Page nineteen) Misjudge In Europe Surplus of Income From American Tour is Placed at $20,000. FEARFUL OF DEATH Clemenceau Particularly Hoped to Live to Finish Mission to U. S. Washington, Dec. 21. (By the As sociated Press.) Former Premier Clemenceau's American visit added $20,000 to the American Field Serv ice Fund Fellowships, Stephen Bon zal, who managed the tour, a n nounced today. The amount is the surplus of money received from lectures and newspaper articles by "The Tiger" after defraying the, ex penses of his trip. The war-time premier, it was ex plained, was unwilling to accept financial assistance for his mission and his own means were inadequate, so he accepted lecture and writing contracts to pay his way. He ex pressed the desire that any surplus be devoted in memory of his student year in the United State, to the fel lowhips which are intended among other things to stimulate friendship between America and France through the education in each coun try of young men from the other. The American field service was organized and directed by Represen tative A. Piatt Andrew, of Massachu setts, to enable young Americans to do ambulance work in France before the United States had entered the war. It was in recognition of this fact that M. Clemenceau selected as the beneficiary of his tour' 'the American Field Service Fund Fel lowships, organized after the Amer ican Field Service had been disband ed with the end of tho war, to per petuate the names of 127 members by creating a like number of schol arships to send young men of each country to universities in the -other. Only 30 have been established, how ever, because the greater part of the fund's total, set at $3,500,000, remains to be raised through contri butions. "The Tiger's" surplus, it was announced would make "Cle menceau scholarships" available to deserving students. In expressing his interest in the aims of the American Field Service Fund Fellowships, according to M. Bonzal, M. Clemenceau voiced a de sire that the young men of France and America "learn the lessons of life together." He was especially eager that French youths should "digest the precepts of Democracy through play ing footbal land other American games in American institutions" and become definitely a part of the college life. Various agencies whose offers of financial assistance for the Ameri can tour were refused because of the ample provisions of his con tracts. "The Tiger" suggested, could, if willing, held toward his great aim by contributing those funds to the Fellowships. The considerable sum remaining after the cost of the tour had been deducted was said by M. Bonzal to be due to the co-operation of M. Clemenceau's friends in cutting the expenses of the trip. Railroad rates- were reduced, a pri vate car was loaned to the party and other economies effected. "The Tiger's" arrival in France yesterday recalled a presentment he had voiced that he would die in this country. M. Bonzal, observing his happiness upon the completion of his second address at Chicago, his last formal engagement before sail ing for home, questioned him as to his emotion, and M. Clemenceau. teUing of his presentment in France that death would overtake him in the United States, explained: "I was afraid, if that were so. that I should not be able to finish my task here. But it is ended now, and I don't care two pins." Comments by many of his audi tors on his command of the English language, M. Bonzal related, caused "The Tiger" to remark that if he had remained in this country six weeks longer during his exile in the sixties he might have become an American citizen, since at that time it was not necessary to file first pa pers but merely to apply for citizen ship after a certain period of resi dence. . . , M. Clemenceau's American tour was replete with incidents which touched his sense ,of humor. Ac cord "to M. Bonzal he was not of fended by Congressional, political or newspaper attacks, but enjoyed them and. welcomed them as giving him an opportunity to make replies. The only incident he regretted, his manager said, was what he charac terized as the desecration of the tomb of Lincoln during his pilgrim mage of reverence there when pho tographers created considerable dis turbance with shouts and flashlight explosions.' The fumes choked him (Continued on Pagr Nineteen CHARLOTTE BANK CLEARINGS. Compiled by Chamber of Commerce. For week ended: Dec, 20, 1923 .. . ., . . . $9,614,105.55 Dec. 13, 1922 8,842,507.35 Dec. 21, 1921 .. .. 7,703,898.82 STUDENT AID BY FRENCHMAN ALLIES FAVOR U. S. PROB HUN W Britain Approves Plan Hoover Presented to Cabinet Session. TO FIX INDEMNITY France is Expected to Endorse Inquiry by American Board. London, Dec. 21. 'By the Asso ciated Press). The request made by a German trade commission that a committee of American busings merf headed by Herbert Hoover, vis it Germany to undertake a thorough survey of economic conditions thai would be used as the basis of a nev reparations treaty, was seen here to day as perhaps the starting point of the flock of rumors as to American intervention in the reparations problem. Great Britain, it is semi-officially learned, has informed the American State Department of its consent tc such a plan. The British Govern ment's message, sent in response to an inquiry from the United States, it was said, is expected' to be follow ed by the assent of France, to which the' American Government also com munciated the German suggestion. The proposal was made by a Gov ernment commission headed by Chancellor Cuno, to the United States Chamber of Commerce which in turn is understood to havstf asketi Secretary Hoover to present thf plan at a cabinet meeting. This was done and the matter passed into thc hands of Secretary Hughes. The Germans propose that the American commission determine th extent of Germany's ability to pay and assert they would agree to meet this amount of France and Grea' Britain approved of the plan. T this end Secretary Hughes openei! negotiations with the London am Paris' Governments. EA LTH SEE NO GRAVE OBSTACLE TO REACHING AGREEMENT - Washington, Dec. 21. (By the As sociated Press(. German overture:1 A through informal channels for American intervention to obtain a ' revision of German reparations schedules, reported in London dis. patches of The Associated Pres. throws the first definite light on tht method by which ' American influ ence is being drawn into a new at tempt at final adjustment of thi vexing reparations problem. The next step to be looked for, oh viously, is an indication of tht French-attitude, on the German pro posal that an American economic commission review Germany's pves en4. situation and estimate her capa city to pay as a bisis for1 a new rep arations treaty. There is reason to believe thai previous government reports fron Berlin are of a character to justify i hope that if France should prov. agreeable to the proposed pi? n fo' reparations revision, no insurmount able obstacles would remain in th way of an agreement a to the spe cific amount Germany could anr would pay. A stumbling block to such a' agreement up to this time, official here and in Berlin are understoo to have felt, has been the lack o a channel for informal preliminary exchange of views between Bcrli, and Paris. British agencies hardly could offer their service, as Grea' Britain is too fully committeed or. reparations views in opposition 'ti the French position to be cfectiv in negotiations to he Paris Govern ment. AMERICA AS MEDIATOR. As the proposal approved by th Cuno Government is seen here, i representts employment of Amer' can commercial and Goverr.m-nt i agencies to bring German .-mi French views' into harmony. It i: known that a view taken in officia quarters; in Berlin that is an unbias ed reconsideration of Germany's ca pacity to pay would show that fig ure to be not as remote as might h expected from the lowest estimatt of the French authorities as to wha' reimbursement they must receive (Continued on Page Nineteen) Ther's hardly anything so pro nounced as th' change o attitude that comes o'er th' pedestrian after he gits t' drivin one hisself. How anyone expects uh f believe that they prefer chicken any time t' turkey is more'n we kin tell. '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 21, 1922, edition 1
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