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THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC IS
SUCCESSFUL IN THE ANCIENT
FIGHT IN CONGRESS.
fHE RESULT OF C0W1SE
Original Contention of the Farmers
Is That They Have Not Been Given
Fair Treatment by the Board.
Washington. President Harding
has assured the agricultural bloc that
li- intends to appoint a farmer to the
Federal Reserve Hoard. Senators
Kellogg of Minnesota and Kenyon of
Iowa, who discussed with the Presi
dent the proposals pending in con
tress whereby the chief executive
would be required to appoint a farmer
save the Impression as they left the
While House that they would persuade
their colleagues in the senate to
abandon the project.
The basis of the compromise, if in
deed the concession of the White.
House to the agricultural bloc can be
so described, is simply that the exe
cutive will do what (ho agricultural
bloc wants but the latter will on its
part give up the idea of actually
specifying by statute what the Presi
dent shall do in the way of future
appointments.
On the surface this has seemed to
be a controversy between a powerful
group in congress which appears de
sirous of usurping the domain of the
executive, but the meaning of the
movement lies far deeper than that
and is significant of one tendency of
reconstruction which affects not mere
ly the farmers of the west, but the
bankers and manufacturers of the
east. The farmers feel and their at
titude is completely, reflected in the
aggressive position taken by senators
from agricultural states that the
Federal Reserve Hoard was unduly
severe on the farmer during the de
flation period which began nearly two
years aeo. The banks of the nation
were advised not to loan money on
declining markets. The farmer was
caught in the maelstrom of rulings
and advice by the Federal Reserve
System. On its part the Federal Re
serve board justifies what was dene,
claiming that deflation is painful at
best and that the farmer had to take
his medicine along with the ret.
The overwhelming demand from the
rural districts for the revival of the
War France Corporation which See
ro'ary Wd-'on onposed undr the Wil
son administration and which was rc
lur'antlv accepted by the Harding
administration, lias vvorfed out so
"ell that the firmrs are pointing to
it as the hest evidence of their Ill-treatment.-
Twelve Lives Lost.
London. Eleven members of the
crew of the German steamship Vesta,
bound from Hamburg to Lisbon, as i
well as the wife of the chief officer, ;
were killed by an explosion on the ;
ship followed by a fire. Ten survivors
of the crew were landed at Lower
storf fcy a trawler.
Details of the disaster as related
by th" captain nf the Vesta are to
the effect that during heavy weather
the deck cargo of th? vessel consist
ing largely on naphtha, shifted. j
An explosion occurred anil a few ,
minutes later the whole vessel was
in flames, with the exception of the
space near the bridge, where the i
crew huddled for safety. A boat was ;
lowered but was engulfed in the heavy 1
seas and Its throe, occupants were j
drowned. I
Moonrhiners Wouid Attack Jail. i
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. Sheriff John M.
Litton of Abingdon, announced that i
an armed guard had been thrown
about tho jail at Abingdon as the re
sult of notification that a band of
mountaineers was marching on Abing
don from Moccasin Gap to effect the
release of Martin Branham and ('has. 1
Lyerly, who were ar-ested three days j
ago when officers seized 7." gallons
of moonshine liquor near Abingdon, i
Bread Stores Opened by City.
Tiffin. Ohio. --Continuing his fight
against fond profitei'rs and the high
cost of living in Tiffin. Mayor I'nger
established three bread stores. to
at fir stations and one at his auto
mobile supply store here.
Hundreds of loaves of brcvul have
been brought here fro'" Toledo bak
cries and are being retailed il ex
cents .a pound loaf. Tiffin brea 1 re
tails at eight cents.
Mayor I'nger is buying the Toledo
bread, wrapped and freight pi:c, at
five certs.
Revised Proposal by Enqst'om.
Sheffield, Ala. - A revised proposal
of the Newport Building company, of
Wilmington, X C. for lease mil ip
eratioii of government properties at
Muscle Shoals will be made fhrtly
Frederick Engstrum, president of tho
company, announced.
Four Prisoners Escape.
Detroit. Mich. Four inmates of tht
Detroit House of Correction esiaped
by removing the Iron bars fro-n - cor
lidor window and dodging a fusillade
of bullets fired by the guards.
Wedding Gown to Be of Silver.
London. Princess Mary's wedding
itown Is to be of cloth of silver, of
magnificent design. The material was
brought by the queen from India -lome
years ago.
The dress Is being woven by liand
workers at Bralntree. Essex, in c.M
English silk manufacturing center,
where the art of silk weaving 1us
been passed down from generation to
generation. So great is the care tak
en in the manufacture of this matritl
that only a few inches are flnlsVd
each day.
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MRS. 6LRNITA MATTHEWS.
Mr. Burnita Shilton Matthews, le
al research secretary of the Nat.onal
Woman's party, is directing a nation
wide investigation of laws afec'.inp
women, preliminary to the introdje
tion of an amendment to remo. add
discriminations in national and s-.ite
laws against women.
BRUM MS RESIGNED OFFICE
HIS INTENTION TO RESIGN CAME
AS SURPRISE TO CABINET
WHICH SUPPORTED HIM.
In the Course of His Speech Briand
Said United States Would Par
ticipate in Genoa Conference.
; Paris. President Millerand accept
ed the resignation of Premier Priand
i and his entire cabinet and indicated
j he would nut ask anyone to form a
; new ministry for a day or two. Min
ister of War Fsarthou and former I'rsi
; dent Point aire were mentioned 'imm
inently in parliamentary lol'hiei a
likely candidates for the ta. k uf torm
ing a new government.
Premier Briand submitted his resig
nation to President Millerand :it the
Kiysee Palace after making a lengthy
statt nient before tile chamber of depu
ties justifying his attitude at the Can
nes conference.
M. Briand s intention to resign was
announced to the chamber at the close
of his hour's speech. The nrr'.oiinee
ment came as an entire surprise, as
he had apparently wen the sympathy
of the chamber. His coU-'ugues of the
cabinet were filled with amazement
at his sudden determination. M.
Briand. after making lus announce
ment, left the chamber alon e The
members of the cabinet followed as
soon as they bad recovered from their
surprise.
Groups of deputies and government
officials speedily path-red in excited
discussion of the seriousness of the
situation, seeking a way out of the
difficulties.
Premier Briand put the Anglo
French pact, the question of postpone
ment of Germany's reparations pay
ments and French participation in the
Genoa conference squarely up to the
chamber of deputies, telling the depu
ties in the bluntest terms to take them
or leave them.
The pr-rnier first present. d the
question of the British pact.
"You have been complaining for
three years," he said, "of not being
called upon to share in shaping
French politics. I am brinslng you
what you have been demanding for
three years and it is up to you to
say whether you want it or not."
Premier Briand, in the course of his
speech, said the Cnited states had
agreed to participate in the Genoa
conference.
"As far as I am concerned," he con
tinued. "I am merely making these ex
planations to you and do not ask your
approval or refusal. Here is France's
security. Take it or leave it."
The premier next turned to the sub
ject of the Genoa conference.
"It is inadmissible,'' he said, "that
France should be absent from this con
ference, which is purely financial and
economic, especially when such a
powerful financial and economic state
us the United States, without whose
co-operation work is impossible, has
agreed to participate."
1 Greit Undertaking bv Ford.
Detroit. Mich. The Muscle Shoals
plan of Henry Ford contemplates one
of the greatest undertakings in the his
: tory of industrial America and if the
i Detroit manufacturer obtains posses-
sion of the project in Alabama he will
take immediate steps to make that
, part of the South one of the industrial
centers of the country; the Associated
Press learned. His plan, it became
known, includes development of the
property as a mode! to be extended
eventually to many other parts of the
country.
Water Transportation Week.
Washington. Presid 'nt John H.
Small of the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress, announced that the
first wepk in March Is to be "Water
Transportation Week" In Washington,
with addresses hy distinguished speak
ers, and discussions of questions relat
ing to navigation both upon Inland
waterways and the high seas.
On Wednesday and Thrusday, March
1 and 2. the r.eventeenth convention
of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress will be held in the New Wil
lard hotel.
Decreases In Food Prices.
Washington Retail food prices In
16 principal cities in the United States
decreased 12 to 18 per cent In the 12
month ending December 15 last, thg
Bureau of Labor, statistics department
announced. The bureau's figures
showed that prices prevailing last
month in 13 of the cities from which
1913 statistics were available had In
creased since that year from 33 to 69
per cent. During the mouth from No
vember 15 to December 15, 1921, 12
of the cities reported decreases in
tood prices.
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POSTMASTER GENERAL WILL RE
TIRE FROM HARDING'S CAB
INET SOON.
NOT YET SIGIiEO CONTRACT
Date of Hit Retirement From Cabinet
Depends Largely on the Wishes or
His Prospective Employers.
Washington. Intention of Post
master General Hays to retire from
the cabinet In the near future to be
come the directing head of motion pic
ture producers ami distributors, was
announced at the White House at the
conclusion of a conference between
President Harding and the postmaster
general.
President Harding, in a statement,
declared he could not "well interpose
any objection to Mr. Hays retiring
from the cabinet to take up a work so
important," while Mr. Hays, stating he
had decided to accept the offer of the
motion picture interests, made it clear
that as yet no contract had been ex
ecuted. The postmaster general, how
ever, expressed confidence that a sat
isfactory contract could be agreed
upon.
Representatives of motion picture
producers and distributors have been
negotiatinK for the services of the
postmaster general for some time and
are understood to have outlined to Mr.
Hays what they wish him to under
take. Within a few days he expects to
confer again with them, probably in
New York, and unless something un
foreseen takes place, it is expected
that a contract will be signed at the
meeting.
The date of his retirement from the
cabinet, Mr. Hays said, would depend
largely on 'the wishes of his pros
pective employers. He declared, how
ever, he wouid not give up his gov
ernment duties until the President has
had time to select his successor. It
was said at the White House that noth
ing would be done toward selection of
a new postmaster general until Mr.
Hays had formally tendered his resig
nation. The President personally gave out
the following statement:
"The postmaster general and I have
been discussing at considerable b'ng'h
the proposal which has, been made to
him to become the head of a national
association of motion picture produc
ers and distributors. If the ar
rangement proves to be. when the de
tails are worked out, what it seems
to be. I cannot well interpose any
objection to Mr. Hays retiring from
the cabinet to take up a work so im
portant. It is too great an opportunity
for a helpful public service for him to
refusa."
"I shall he more than sorry to have
him retire from the cabinet, where he
has already made so fine a record,
but we have agreed to look upon the
situation from the broadest, viewpoint
and seek the highest public good."
Mr. Hays made this statement:
"With the President's consent I him
decided to undertake the work sug
gested by the motion picture produc
ers and distributors. -o contract has
been executed as yet. I am assum
ing, of course, that a satisfactory con
tract will be possible and one which
will make certain the carrying out. of
the high purposes contemplated by
thts "great industry."
Oil Town is in Flames.
Pallas, Texas. Mexia. the south
west's greatest oil town, was swept
by fire.
The loss was variously estimated
at between $2",0.000 and $1,000,000.
The fire started in a downtown build
ing. Water pressure failed almost com
pletely under the demands of the Are
department.
Woman Killed by Airplane.
Red Bank. N. J A runaway air-,
plane, starting from the ic. crashed
into a crowd of several hundred skat
ers on the Shrewsbury river, killed
Mrs. Anna C. E. Houn'han, severtd the
right arm of her brother. Lawrence
Conly. of Middletown, and slightly
Injured many others. !
Rescued From Watery Grave.
New York Without food or water
j for two days, and dnring that time
i lashed to the cabin hatch of their
1 water-logged 'craft to prevent their
I being washed overboard by mountain
ous seas, Capt. V. M. Cole and seven
! members of the crew of the American
I schooner James M. W. Hall arrived
' here on the steamship West Canon,
which rescued them 250 miles south
east of Cape May, N. J.. after they had
virtually abandoned hope of ever be
ing picked up alive.
Woman's Party In South.
Washington. Alice Paul's cavalry
brigade It ready for a sure enough
invasion of the South. The first out
riders will We here this week. The
purpose of this movement on the
"Solid South," as announced from the
national woman's party headquarters,
is "to assist the southern state chair
men" in their campaign for equal
rights legislation."
A big meeting of the national coun
cil of the party will be held here,
when definite plans for action In the
various states will he discussed. j
Opposition From Southern Women.
New York. Organizations seeking
enactment of legislation giving women
equal rights as property owners and
in politics, and changing the laws rel
ative to childbirth control, are meet
ing strong opposition In the South,
Miss Anita PollUer, legislative chair
man of the national woman's party,
told 'nembers of the party In this
stat.
Vjry little of the general progress
of '.he women's movement is reflected
In the South, said Miss Pollltier,
whose home Is In Charleston, S. C.
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E. LEE TRINKLE.
E. Lee Trinkle, the Democratic governor-elect
of Virginia, whose 75,000
j majority is the la'gest ever given to a
candidate in the history of the state.
SHIP SCRAPPING IS PROBLEM
AWAITING WORD FROM TOKIO
CONCERNING ARTICLE ON
FORTIFICATIONS.
The American Delegates Regard Other
Issues Than the Ship Problem as
Of Great Importance.
Washington The "big five" rowers
made further progress in their tinal
j revision of the naval treaty but en
countered a difference of opinion when
they came to lay down rules for the
' scrapping of the proscribed battle-
i ships.
! For the American delegation, it was
I proposed that the surplus vessels be
! rendered entirely useless. France
'readily supported that view, with It
aly Indicating a sim lar attitude. Great
j Britain and Japan withheld assent,
i however, the suggestion being made
'that the dismantled ships might be
used as harbor guar. Is or training ves
sels. I When the five delegation heads ad
journed after several hours of debate
the question remained unsettled and
; will be taken up again. During their
two sessions, however, they had com
pleted approval of the first of the
treaty annexes, embodying a replace
ment chart, and they expressed hope
that all of the five annexes might be
disposed of.
Kxcept for the article dealing with
Pacific fortifications, all of the text
of the treaty proper already had been
virtually approved, and should Tokio's
reply on the fortifications provision
be received in time a plenary session
for public discussion of the completed
treaty may be held. The Japanese in
dicated that they expected to receive
the awaited message from their capital
soon.
Indications that an agreement will
not be difficult were supported by a
declaration of a Japanese spokesman
that he saw no objection to including
, Bunin island and the Oshitna group
in the "status quo" agreement on for
tifications. It is said to have been
over these islnnds that the issue now
referred to Tokio arose.
Meantime,, also, some members of,
the various delegations hegnn to lay
their plans for resumption of the
general far eastern negotiations,
which will follow completion of the
naval treaty.
Request Another $50,000 000.
Washington. An appropriation of
jr.d.nHd.oon for settlement of claims
was requested of congress by the
shipping board. This amount is need
ed in addition to $',0,000,000 already
sought by the board for expenses dur-
ing the coming fiscal year, a commit- i
nication forwarded to Speaker Gillett i
by President Harding from the bud-'
get bureau stated.
Tariff Protection Favored.
Washington. President Harding is
said to have told a delegation repre
senting the Southern Tariff associa
tion., calling at the White House, that
he favored a tariff that gave the same
protection to the South that is given
to the North and the same protection
to the man who toils In the field as is
given to the man who works in a fac
tory. Transport Out of Danger.
New York. Threatened by heavy
northwpst gales which weather bu
reau officials predicted would sweep
the North Atlantic coast, the army
transport Crook, making eleven knots
an hour under temporary repairs, was
striving to reach the lee of the shore
in a rae against the Impending dan
ger. The vessel, bringing back S42
A. K. F. men from Germany sprung a
leak off the New Foundland banks
in heavy weather, but a late radio
said danger had passed and all was
well.
Marries In Haste.
Miami, FIh Charles Weston won a
race niralnst time for the possesion
of an KnTlifih estate and nn annuity of
$5,000 when he and Mrs. Mary C.
Vantlne were married here.
Weston was notified hy a British
firm that "Mrs. Wecton" had been left
an annual Income of $5,000. $20,000 In
cash and an estate of 140 acre in Dev
onshire.England, by an old friend.
Weston's wife having died two years
ago, he was advised that he could
claim the money only hy remarrying
before February 1. 1922.
Forcing Railroad Rates Down,
Washington. Railroad rates are be
ing slowly but surely forced down
ward by economic laws which govern
their levels, Daniel Willard. president
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, ar
gued before the interstate commerce
commission, when that body resumed
its inquiry Into the general level of
transportation charges. There is no
need but considerable danger, he ad
ded, in forcibly decreasing them by
government edict at the present time.
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CONFERENCE HOPES TO DISPOSE
OF THIS PROBLEM AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
KET TO FAR EAST QUESTIONS
Naval Treaty Completed and Method
of Scrapping Ships is Settled
j Apparently Satisfactorily.
Washington With the naval treaty
virtually completed, the arms dele
gates are preparing to turn the con
lerence spotlight on Shantung, ap
parently in the hope that a settlement
of that controversy may make it eas
ier to go ahead with other trouble
some problems of the far east.
It now is the expectation in con
ference circles that during the next
j few l-sys, and probably until a de
cision is reached. the Shantung
'negotiations will have right of way
while discussions of other far east
ern subjects remain at a standstill.
So far the Shantung exchanges
have taken place between the
Japanese and Chinese alone, with
American and British observers
present, but the next phase of the
; conference program is expected at
least to (oncentrate upon the prob
lem the friendly interest of all the
governments represented here,
At their meetini; the Japanese and
: Chinese groups reached an agreement
for opening up the entire Kioa-Chow
leased teritory to foreign trade and
i they are to take up others of the
: collateral questions involved In re
storation of the leasehold to China.
In the naval negotiatioas only a
few details, considered more or less
1 perfunctory, remain to be arranged.
An agreement has been reached re
garding methods of scrapping, under
which discarded battleships may be
converted in some cases Into airplane
carriers and training ships, and a
final settlement relating to Pacific for
tifications awaits a reply expected
from Tokio.
If present plans develop, the final
draft of the naval treaty will he laid
before the full naval committee this
week and will be publicly announced
at a plenary session of the conference
a few days later.
Federal Authorities Hold Liquor Ship.
Washington. Disposition of the
British schooner, Message of Peace,
held at Wilmington, X. C, is appar
ently in the hands of federal officials
in Xorth Carolina, it was indicated at
the justice department.
The Message of Peace was seized
with a cargo of liquor off the Xorth
Carolina coast by the coast guard ser
vice. Federal Prohibition Director Koh
loss of Xorth Carolina has confer
hed here with prohibition headquar
ters and the justice department on
the case, but officials declined to
comment on future proceedings.
At the justice department it was
said that no statement regarding Mr.
Kohloss' conference nor the disposi
tion of the British vessel would be
made, but that developments in the
case would be expected from the fed
eral authorities in North Carolina.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
said that he merely discussed
case of the Message of Peace
the !
w ith
Mr. Kohloss before the hitter's con
ference with the justice department of
ficials and that Mr. Kohloss had re
turned to Xorth Carolina without ac
quainting him of the results of his
talk at the justice department.
Newspaper Man in Paris Prison.
Paris. Thomas Stewart Ryan, of
the Paris staff of the Chicago Tribune, !
firmly protesting his innocence, was
being held in Santa prison in con
ection with the serious illness of his
wife, due, it is alleged, to the taking
of poiscn tablets while in Mr. Ryan's
room at a hotel here. Mrs. Ryan Is
a California woman. She is a violin
ist and Is known professionally as
Miss Audrey Creighton. She is in the
American hospital, where the physi
cians held out little hope for her re
covery. j Four Killed by Cave-In.
Scranton, Pa.- Four men are known
tj have been killed, several others
are believed to be dead and an un
known number of mine workers ar
entombed as the1 result of a cave-in I
in the National mine of the Glen Al-
den Coal company in Minooka, just '
across the southern boundary line of i
the city. Miners who escaped said the
number of men believed to be behind
the barrier is about twenty. Ther '
was no confirmation of a report that !
nearly r.O men were caught. The com- !
pany has given out no Information, i
Sailors Are Seeking Wages.
Shanghai. Seven warships of the
Peking government navy have left for
Shiherwel, near Yiingchow. In the
province of KIuiik-Su. lice command
ers announcing their Intention of col
lecting the salt duties there to obtain
money with which to buy food for
their sailors. The crews have not re
celved wages for six months and their
officers claimed before sailing that the
action was necessary to prevent star
vation of their men. Shelherwel Is
the point at which salt Is transhipped
from the region of the Yangtse river.
No Civilians In Hospitals.
Washington. Overman has been
Informed that officials do not contem
plate any executive order putting civ
ilians in charge of the medical work
of the hospitals for disabled soldiers.
He was Informed hy the director
of the veterans' bureau that the pro
posal to disenroll the reserve office
of the public health service fias been
abandoned.
Such a plan was considered, but
the howling protest against It block
ed the promoters.
Charlotte V. J. Brawley. sub-dis-
I trict manager of t"e I'mted States
! Veterans' bureau, has just received in-
; formation from Wa.-hington to the ef
! feet that there will be an Immediate
I "clean up" campaign at the bedside of
hospitalized, disabled veterans of thi
world war to the end that all will tie
given relief to w hit h they are en
titled.
The complete notification to Mr.
Brawley follows:
"A new drive has been inaugurated
by the Vnited States veterans' bu
reau. This campaign is limited to dis
abled veterans confined in hospitals,
and was begun Dec. 21b It will be
a campaign conducted at the bedside
of hospitalized veterans in every state
of the union. Definite and Immediate
action will be taken on all pending
claims for compensation which have
not been awarded a temporary total
rating from date of hospitalization;
and In cases of ex service men hospit
alized but who us yet have received
no compensation award.
"Kx-tservice men hospitalized but
who have not as yet made formal
application for compensation will be
assisted in preparing and filing
claims. Folder containing the claim
ant's complete case will be taken to
his bedside and with both the case
and the claimant before them, the
veterans' bureau representative will
be in a position to make definite
decisions. In cases where addition
al evidence is required the clean-up
squad will explain to the claimants
the exact character of the evidence
necessary. Hospital officials will
designate a responsible person on
the hospital staff to receive this ad
ditional evidence and transmit it to
a special unit in the district office
to insure its receiving Immediate at
tention. A follow-up system will be
j inaugurated to see that this provis
I ion is carried out in all cases.
! "All ex-service men contacted In
! hospitals who have not filed claims
for compensation will be assisted In
he preparation of their claims and
ieh new claims will be promptly
adjudicated in the district officers.
"The American legion, through
National Commander McNider. In a
telegram tendered its active co-opera-'
Hon. The American Red Cross will
also assist In this special hospital
clean up campaign. The following is
an extract from a letter which Col.
Charles R. Forbes, director of the V.
S. veterans' bureau, addressed to all
district managers on December 23:
"Central office impresses upon you
and through you upon personnel as
signed to this duty, its desires to
make this special hospital campaign
fruitful in immediate adjustment of
every case falling within the classifi
cations named. Select the most com
petent medical, compensation and in
surance personncd available, instruct
them fully as to their duties and In
form them that the bureau Is looking
to them for results.''
Academy in Financial Trouble.
Rutherfordton. The called meeting
of the Green River association for
January 20 to consider what to do
with Round Hill academy is creating
much interest. The school faces a
debt of $5tni0 with Interest on $20,000
for four years. If this Is not met at
once the school will be sold. The as
sociation will meet with Round Hill
church.
Business Showing Prosperity.
Lexington. Stockholders' meetings
of the various furniture factories,
banks and cotton mills here, which
are being held, show a generally pros
perous condition, according to reports
from each. Good dividends have al
ready been voted and paid by prac
tically all of them.
Charged With Robbing Mail Boxes.
High Point. High Point police
placed under arrest in the postoffice
Rufus Pickett, young white man, who
is being held on a charge of robbing
the city mail boxes. Missing mail
i from several concerns the last few
i days led to an investigation by the
postal authorities and the police force
and decoys were laid to capture th'
pilferer. Pickett admitted his gull
when questioned.
Achsville Girl Shot on Street.
Asheville. Mrs. .1. M. Parker, call
ed to the scene of a -double tragedy
near her home in Grove Park, found
her daughter. Miss Dorothy Parker,
dead as the resnfl of a bullet fired
into her brain by John Turner Sharp,
a young man of Wavc ross. Ga.. who.
it Is generally thought, took Miss Par
ker's life after be bad been informed
that marriage with her was impossi
ble He i-it-r turned the gun against
his own temple, life becoming extinct
while he was being rushed to the
hospital.
Daring Attempt t Robbery.
Spenc er - Safe blowers n ade nn at
tempt to open the safe of the Orange
Crush company In Spencer, but failed.
Both the large outer hinges were
snwed off the site which was then
turned over on the office floor In an
effort to get the cloor out. Several
hack saw blades were broken In saw
ing off the hinges and tbese were
found on the floor when M. L. Kiser,
Hie proprietor, opened for business.
Despairing In their effort at robbery,
tbe robhers left the place before being
discovered.
Fulton May Be Escaped ConvHet.
Tarboro. In apnrehenrtina the men
Fulton, one of the two who made
away with the Bulck touring car be
longing to J. R. Simmons of this place.
It Is 'believed that they have ciught
Fulton Lowry, an ex-convlct es
caped from the state penltentlarv sev
eral years aeo after serving only a
few weeks of a !5-year sentence for
burglary committed In Elizabeth City.
Tt Is stated that his description and
"nger prints coincide with those of
TOwry. An Investigation Is being
made with the view of identity.
CAMP BRAGG AUTHORITIES HAVE
BRITISH SUBJECTS NABBED
BY THE POLICE.
ARE WANTED l?l CHARLESTOM
nterstate and International Complica
tion Likely to Result Over Sale
of Inferior Furs.
Fayetteville. Five British merchant
seamen are being held bj; the police o'
this city for Charleston, S. C, author
ities on charges of false pretense in
selling inferior furs as genuine. Their
arrest and the proceedings agaiust
them, it Is said here,' may cause
interstate and international complica
tions.
The men wear the uniform of Pin
British merchant marine. They are
all Scotchmen and give their names
as O. D. Williamson of Kdlnborough.
Charles Stewart, William Stewart und
A. Stewart of Inverness. They hail
from tbe port of Olasgow. They were
arrested on suspicion by military po
lice at Camp Bragg. Preceding their
arrest a telegham from Chief of Police
James R. Cantwell of Charleston, re
questing the detention of the m-n on.
the false pretense charge had been re
ceived by Chief of Police J. A. McLeod
of this city. While Chief McLeod
and his men were conducting a search
for the five seamen. Captain Smith,
provost marshal, telephoned to police
headquarters that he had the men
wanted. Captain Smith stated that
they had made some sales of furs at
the camp and that he arrested them
on suspicion.
From the statements made hy
Charles Stewart, who assumed the
role of spokesman for the party, it
seems that all the sales they had
made in South Carolina were to the
naval officers on destroyers in the
Charleston harbor. The trip to
Fayetteville was made, presumably,
for the purpose of disposing of th
remainder of their stock to military-
officers stationed here. Stewart,
however, denies that they made any
sales at Camp Bragg, declaring that
they did not have time to do so
Chief McLeod was unable to say
whether the removal of the men to
Charleston would be handled by the
slate or federal authorities. It is pos
sible that the men, all British sub
jects, may claim immunity from prose
cution in the state courts, the conten
tion made by their spokesman being
to the effect that ttuy had sold no
furs except to Vnited States.-n;vyal of
ficers, Cnitd States naval .destroyers
being in line with this ldp. Any
sales made on the Camp. ' Bragg
reservation would also fit in with
this contention. Whether such a
claim would bring immunity from
prosecution for violation of a civil
law is, of course, another question.
Wreck Train Wrecked.
Norwood. A wreck near Oakboro.
on the Norfolk and Southern .railroad,
resulted in two wreck trains being
also wrecked before either cunbl
reach the point of the original acci
dent. . A freight train gclng In the direc
tion of Charlotte, after passing Oak
boro, derailed nine cars. The wreck
ing outfit of this line was dispatched
from Raleigh to clear the line, and by
a defective rail this train also wont
to the ground. The Southern rail
way's Charlotte wrecker was then
leased and sent to the scene of the
wreck, and, on account of its weight,
caused the rails to spread, thus eaus
ing the third accident. .
Charged With Murder of Father.
Winston-Salem. William Chapman,
aged 18, who was arrested at the home
of his brother, Silas Chapman, on the
charge of killing his father, Matt
Chapman, in Stokes county, October
19, last, admitted at the county jail
that he shot his father, though he
claimed he did it in self-defense. He
said that at the time the fatal shot
was fired his father was In the act
of assaulting his mother.
Helton Makes Efcape.
Marion Whit Ovvensby and Broad
Robbins got word that Charlie Helton
was wanted in Caldwell county on
some criminal charge. They found
him near Marion and arrested him
and placed him In the McDowell coun
ty jail. A message came from Raleigh
that Helton wns an escaped convict,
laving served n part of a five-year
setnte nce and was to serve an addi
tional six year sentence, but the mes
sage came too late, for Helton had
sawed out of the cage he was in and
made his escape.
To Study Boll Weevil Conditions.
Wadesboro. A number of tjroml-
m farmers arid business men of An
son county wBI leave here shortly to
study boll weevil conditions avi the
hest. methods of combating thjm in
Georgia and Alabama.
A determined effort will he made
In Anson county to offset the ravages
of the boll weevil, and In addition
to this diversified farming will be
rpsorted to. Peaches, potatoes and
peanuts will he cultivated as th
county affords a variety of soil for
such experimentation.
Reward for Stills.
Lumberton The sum of $20 will be
paid to the sheriff or othr county
officers of Robeson county for the
capture of and delivery to the board
of county commissioners of a coppy
whiskey still. Ten dollars will bs
paid for the capture and delivery 'to
thp hoard other devices used in the
manufacture of Intoxicating lftjuors.
while an additional $10 will be paid in
to the officer when the operator, or op
erators, of such stills are arrested and
convicted. This order was patsed at
a recent meeting.
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