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f W.r ........... . L. &d EVERY FARMER . W THE LEATHER 'For Jf.. C.l Fair ' toiught and should sign up in the Co operative Marketing cam paign for cotton and to bacco. It means better , prices. -, Thnrsday. Not much change hi temperature S 3 FOUNDED 1876 NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1921 Single Copy: Five Cent fTl(?l PfnYnl WWW 11 S PI aWK fill If Fl W' 1 V I ! V . : i' .: . -a . CHINESE ffl UNABLE ARRIVE AT IttEiEKT Question of ( Shantung And "Ownership of Railroad v Not Been Settled JAPAN WISHES TO KEEP HER NEWEST WARSHIP C'.jects to Scrapping Newest Dreadnaught To Carry Out , i the Naval Ratio - i -'( By Associated Press)- r, WASHINGTON, Dec. . 14. The jna- f val ratio and Shantung, now the two overshadowing 'issues, of ' the arms conference. . both were . a crucial etage' tbdajf .with -.various prospects for settlement. V' "-' There .was every Indication that i.he . naval ratio discussions were proceed in? favorable' and some . of the dele gates Relieved ;that '; some solution mightbe reached' late , today. ' ' . The 'Shantung - negotiations, on the other; hand.' rrave developed a situa tion described as "very delicate" and the JapanescMele'gate.T have referred to Tokio the "matter of-y the lmo Chow railroad,' a"; point which has de veloped into an issue. , It ishjntsd thai he, ; Chinese and Japanese plen ipotentiaries may refe diiler- pnee directly to a "Big Tourcora pose4 of heads of the American, Brit ish,' Japanese'' and Qhinese delega;- tions. - ' - ' - . - Japan's desire to retain her new battleship, Mutsu, is the issue about Which center the naval discussions ': with :the Japanese apparently , ready to accept the American "5-5-3 planr if permittedto keep" the Mutsu and ' scrap instead an older (vessel. Similar concessions for th British and Ameri- 'cait navies would bo requisite, as an-4 "offset and the task of arranging , all the technical details involved is one ' whiclv is requiting ' considerable dis cussion. - - -' - CLAIM SOLDtER WAS SUMMARILY KILLED . ': (By Associated Press). , ATHENS," Ga 'Dec. 14 Charges of the summary killing of a siek.sol- dier .at Camp Wheeler in June, 1918, madei by former private Mario,n J. "Wallas', .rehabilitation student at the University' of Geogia, were repoifted iri lett-ers he received today, one fetateing' that the alleged victim "was named Holly, son vof a contractor in Tarjipa," ' Fla. v ULSTER DETERMINED TO REMAIN ALOOF . 1 ? By Associated Press). v r LpNDON, fDec. lf--Ulster's In .tentjori to etand aloof -from the Irish - free state provided for in the treaty , ltMeen Great Britain and Southern Ireland was expressed in a letter to Prlme.y-Minister Lloyd : George today - fron.Sir James Craig, according to a Belfast dispatch to. the Evening Sdtidard.. - - No ; Effort . Has .Been Made 'To Hold : Her Franchise In , V the Piedmont League 1 fcDANVlLLE, I' Va., . Dec. 14. Unless .flome action is-taken wiwiin the cur rent w ek in behalf of the retention of Danville's "franchise in the Pied mont League, the franchise will ,be placed With another . city, . according trt W,, G.' Braham, president of the league, who had written here that he will be compelled to forfeit the loeau franchise unless there is a revival of Interest in baseball here. ' FOCH AND VI VI AN A ID TO li i r lSgu e '.' t 5 , 1 - v ? SAILED" FOR FRANCE tion paynnts f rom .Germany, a high .j official in the French foreign office to- - ' . ' '.. r ' . , day told the Associated Press ".(By 'Associated Press). , This official said there was general "NEW YORK,, Dec 14. Ferdinand recognition in French officialdom that Foch and; Reine - Viviana, warrior 'Germany, must be aided in setting her and statesman! sailed back to France financial house in order if future in today, with America's, cheers followrjdemnity jiayments were to be forth ing the liner, Paris, own the harbor, coming. ; ' . : " . ' ' '. ' "' I " . ' -- i rom tne price or eggs they must think" Christmas is- Easter, HAVE FOUND WHAT MAKES HOT DOG WILD -. (By Associated Press) ' NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The se cret of what makes the hot dog wild is out. 1 iNew York's frankfurter taste has always been strong but re cently police on duty at Madison Square Garden during the six-day bicycle race were unable to under stand why certain vendors were un able to dispose of their errtire ken els at 30 cents a dog. - - - . , -. The authorities were considering come what to stamp out this profi teering -when a. policeman purchas ed one of the hot' dogs and punc tured it. Pure moonshine Now the ijolice . are keeping a close watch on everyot dog stand in town. . . -. ' v Riotinsr Continuas in Kansas Coal MinesA Women Tak ihg the- Lead J (By Associated Press), r - ' r TOPEICA. Kans. Decj 14. Notices I were sent today to" all national, guard I organizations, in . the state, compris ing about 2000 men to put themselves in readiness to entrain for the Pitts burgh coal 'fields. . Colonel Milton R. MacLane, in charge of the adjutant general's govenor during the latter's abseoce, said ordersVwill 'go out to day for the movement of five or. six eomanis to the "coal fields. No or der for movement 'had yet been is sued, Co'onel MacLane said at 9 o'clock this mortjing. (By Associated Press)..' , ' : PITTSBURGH, Kan.. 0)ec. 14.- Women rioters in 149 motor cars are sweeping " donw the east border of Crawford county this morning, storm ing every mine in their path and re questing men to cease work, a report to Pittsburgh at9. o'clock said. - ..::' (By Associated -Press), PITTSBURGH,' Kan., Dec. 14.- Whilo the state military authorities Were mobiliizng companies . vof the national guard for. entertainment . to Pittsburgh today, the militant women Df the Kansas mining fields,' adherents of Alexander W. Howatv were -engag- ed '.in the most .ambitious Campaign roaay tney naa so rar attemptea in i their ; program by ' stopping through violent activities the operation of the coal mines by men operate. , Sheriff Gould was beseiged iby min ers -who wanted, ta work ana sought protection ; from the hordes of wom en, relatives and friends of striking coal miners, , who for two days have overwhelmed workers about mine shafts, preventing them from going Icto the mines, and beating some min ers., n; The; women again were active this morning. More than 1000 -of them marched to Mine No. 49 of the Cen tral Coal and Coke Company. Except lor beating one. man, however, there was little violence. The string of mo tor: cars bearing the women' to the mine shaft was more than a mile long. WANTS MORE RELIGION IN . THE COLLEGES (By Associated Press), voeating relgion in the college and in the home, Dr. W. P. Few, president of the educational association of the Methodist-Episcopal Church, South', declared in his addrtsfc of the annual meeting of the association here today that the outstanding educational task at this time was to form "an insep- erable al'iance between progress and religion: between learnoing and good will; between yggressive evangelism and the adequate training of youth." To this task, Ur. Few said, the col leges of the Southern Methodist church had consecrated themselves, k Representatives of 90 schools and universities in 20 states attended to day's session of the convention which will continue through tomorrow. FRANCE IS WILLING TO FOREGO CASH TERMS PARIS, Dec. 14. France is williiiir itemp'orarily to forego cash repara- r - Henry Ford s friends, call him 1. I "len," because his plans hatch. TROOPS El IN READINE (Juestton Balks 1 he Mrms (J L6rd Fitzalan Viceroy of Ireland May Be First Governor General of Irish Dominion M Ski A I . M t, v Viscount .Ivitzalaii, (and wife) of appointment as Governor-General QUIT ILL I Wants - To Return To Germany ( And Live the Life of s A Country Gentleman ' - (By Associated Press). DOORN, Dec. 14. The former German crowd prince, who, since November 191 b,s has lived at Wirings- en, is planning to return to Germany an(j expects to -request permission, of the Dutch government for his .depar- ture early In the spring. ; Frederick Wilhelm looks forward to life as a country gentleman with his - wife arrd childEfin, on an vestato at Oelst (Oles) in Pru;$;ia. Several, members of his staff and a fewl servants of the former Kajser, it is said, will soon go to Oelst to prepare 'for the coming of the former crown prince. - T AO AM TDICC TA F?ITV - CHINESE RAILROAD ' - . , (By Associated Press) - WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. The counter proposal of China for the purchase from. Japan of the Kiao Chow Tsinanfu railroad in Shantung Province has been cabled to Tokio by the Japanese delegates in an ef fort to fettle the Shantung iiroblerf outside of the conference. , -V 18" Displeased With Turn of Affairs At the Washing ton Arms Conference V (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Dec. 14. War-like ap- peals have been issued-'to the Russian Bolshevik army and navy by Leon Trotzky, minister of war and marine. These appeals, sent out by wireless demand increased preparedness for hostile action and declare hat Japan "hoping to strengthen her Siberian position at the Washington confer ence," has launched an attack against the Far Eastern republic. "Attempts to gain the world's con fidence by. promising to recognise lh" debts of the imperial regime." he ar gued, "are futile and grand trade, con cessions are usgless.if attacks on Rus sia continue with the aid of French and .Japanese arms." Complaint of "repeated treacherous attacks" along the Polish-Roumanian and Finnish frontiers is made by the minister, who adds these have been committed while "hypocritical speeches about disarmament were be ing made by capitalistic diplomats in Washington." ; , , - r TROTSKY Ml START TROUBLE -who is considered -as the possibility of te new dominion. cU&L Irish Parliament Will Not Meet Until , Tomorrow To Consider Ratification (By Associated Press) ' DUBLIN, Dec. 14. The question of ratification or rejection of the Anglo- Irish agreement 'by the Dail Eireann has been postponed until Thursday, when a public session will be held and the deputies will debate ; the matter and come ,to a decision. This was de cided upon at today's meeting of the Dai, called to consider the agree ment. . Meanwhile the Dail, in secret ses sion this afternoon, discussing the dispute between the ' delegates to the London conference and Earacnn d- Valera,the republican president and his adherents on this issue as. to whether -the delegates had the power to conclude the. agreement. i LONDON, Dec. -14. Opening tht . special session of parliament, called to consider the Irish peace settlement. King George said in his speech from the throne today: i'lt is my earnest hope that by the articles of agreement now submitted to you the strife of centuries may be ended and that Ireland as a free part ner in the commonwealth of nations forming the British empire will se cure -fulfillment of her national ideals." HOUSE OF COMMONS CHEERS THE PREMIER (By Associated Press). LONDON, Dec 14. While ratifica tion of the peace treaty between Great Britain and Ire'avid was being urged by speakers of the House of Commons this afternoon. Prime Minister Lloyd eGorge entered the house and was re ceived with a storm of cheers. No ageement ever concluded between two peoples had ever received such uni vrsal accord, he said. MOSES DENOUNCES FORD FOR THREAT TO SENATORS WASHINGTON, Dee. 14. Henry Ford'waS btterly denounced by Sen ator Mof.es, (r). New Hampshire, in the senate recently for threatening to oppose the re-e!e--tion of Senators wlio vote to allow Senator Newberry (r, llii higan. to retain his seat. Ford also was attacked for "permitting his henchmen to threaten senators with the resentment of a people who rare nothing for him or his millions." ROY ; A R VKR S KXTEXCEl) TO 25 A'EARS IN PRISON PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dee. 14. Roy Gardner. famous bandit, 3leaded guilty here this afternoon before Judge Sawtelle,' of the I'nited States District Court, to attempted robbery of the mails here. . He was sentenced to a tern of 2 5 years at -Fort Leavenworth pen. " Must be hard to be easj DEFERSiPEAGE IATIFICATIOH lib IlETIIB ' OF BEJEtOIRE Over Two Hundred . Visitors Are Expected at Charter Presentation Meeting PREPARATIONS FOR AFFAIR COMPLETED EnjoyaHe Frogram Been Ar ranged. Banquet To. Be J-!cId in'Stamley .HaU;- ' With . the determination to make the occasion the most enjoyable of its kind 'ever held in this part of the it ate, local ' Kiwanlans today are. ompletiag arrangsrhents for the big charter-pi '?sen tat ion meeting ' to ...be held here Thursday night. Kivanians from . -Washington. Greenvi ie, Tarbcro, . Kinston, an,d other towns in this section will be in attendance and it is estimated that ibout' 200 visitors will be here for the. occasion. ' Tlie banquet will be held in .Stanley Hall, which is being "decorated today ind put in shape to rthe-big event. An elaborate program . of enter- td'nir.ent, consisting of speeches, -songs and various "stunts" will be carried out and promises to. make the', affair a lively and . enjoyable pne from beginning to. end. - . . Although the Kiwanis club has been .organised in New Bern for some tirae;- the ; official presentation of the charier has "been 's-deferred from time to time, for various rea sons. The club," under the leadership Of its 'president, .Mayor Ed: Clark, has been doing 'some . splendid work in New Bern. The membership is com posed of some of the most progres sive, business and professional men of New Bern. ENRAGED PARENT MADE ATTACK UPON TEACHERS (By Associated Press) i RICHMOND, Va:, Dec. 14. An at tack alleged to have 'been made by John W. Morgan upon two teachers. Miss Sara Henderson and Charles Ed wards, because Morgan's son had been whipped in school, is reported to have caused a panic yesterday at Colonial Heights school, Chesterfisld county. Morgan is alleged to have struck Edwards artd caused the teacher's face to be put by his eye-glasses. It is further alleged .that'he then turn ed and struck Miss Henderson. Chil dren fied panic-striken and great ex citement prevailed. TJiree warrants have been sworn out against Morgan, one charging him with carrying con cealed "weapons." S. OCCUPATION ATTACKED BY DOMINICAN LEADERS SAN DOMINGO, Dee. 14. Former officials of the Dominican govern ment, testifying today before the American congressional committee investigating alleged brutalities by United States Marines in Haiti and San Domingo, bitterly attacked. American occupation as "unjustified." Francisco Peynado, former Secre tary of the Treasury, declared there was no cause for military occupation. He declared American lives or Amer ican property had not been threaten ed. He said there were more foreign ers killed in a single day in New York than ever there had been in San Domingo. GEN. WRAXGEL TO IiEAD M1W ANTI-SOVIET ARMY RIGA. Dee. 14. A sensational in crease of Anti-Soviet activities was reported from Moscow today. General Baron Wangel, who led t h' '' " While" army in South Russia, and who was crushed in battle in Crimea, has announced that he will lead another military expedition n.gainst Red army. Wrangel is believ ed to be in Turkey, where the remn ants of his army fled. VAUDEVILLE WILL BE A BIG FEATURE The Elks' bazaar will open with a bang ;it the .Blades garage tonight. One of the outstanding features will be the vaudeville acts put on by the best local talent in the city. Tonight Mr. W. W. Osteen. who is .veil known here, will do a blackface act and monologue which from all accounts will be a scream. This with other attractions bids fair to make the evening one round of pleasure. Tomorrow evening Miss Annie King Cook .and. the "Kiwanis Quartette" will be the main featiires. Other acts of similar nature will be announced later. ROBBING CHILDREN OF THEIR XMAS DINNERS The most low-down thieves in the world have been discovered i-ight here in New Bern. Several days ago the local post if the Salvation Army placed Christmas boxes . in various stores ijf the city. Placards on the boxes informed the public that donations ec?!ved in the boxes would ba used a, provide Christmas cheer for the poor and the needy. Three instances have been re ,'orted by local' merchants where inknowti persons, have cut thru he bottom of the pasteboard' boxes xnd extracted all the money. They ;ommitteed ,tfte act while no one vas looking and their identity is snoknwn. . As far as local history goes, this 5 believed to be the most contemp ible act ever committed within the oundaries of New Bern. ' Submitted Best Name for. New Brand of Overalls To Co Manufactured Here Few contests, in New Bern have at Tacted ygroater '. interest than, that staged recently by the Nassef Manu facturing company,..- in which ' tney offered a cash prize for the best brand name for the overalls which, will be manufactured in their new factory on Pa.steur. street. v ' ' , - -Thousands -f suggestions, were re ceived. The company selected "Bear Brand" as the hiost desirable. A large number submitted this name' but as it was. first sent in by -Mrs.:- ."" W. X. Benners, of Griffith street, she was a- warded the prize. ! The Nassef Manufacturing company expects to-start operations as soon as possible. They are now - desirous of securing, labor and are 'advertising for girls and women to learn the' btjs iness. Employees will be paid while they are in training. COTTON MANUFACTURES SHOW BIG INCREASE (By Associated Press) -WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Cotton manufacturing showed increased ac tivity in November. The monthly re port of the census bureau, issued to day, showed 407,000 bales of co'tton were consumed in November than in October, while consumption was 194, 000 bales lajrger that in November a year ago. Acti,ve ; cotton spindles showed an increase" of 2,687,000 over November last year, and 616,000 . over October this year. ' Cotton consumed during November amount to 526,61(2. bales of lint and 53,257 bales of linters compared with 332,712 of lint and 34,827 of linters in November last year. FORMER CORK MAYOR, (SHOT IX DISPUTE WITH TWO MEN CORK, Dec. 14J Patrick Meade, former Mayor of Cork, was shot and wounded by two men recently fol lowing a dispute. Two Men, Wanted By New Bern Were Arrested By Washington Officers Ellis Hookas, wanted here for hy larceny of automobile accessories, was arrested at Washington. N. C. in company with J. H. Petesson, while the two were driving about that town in an automobile. Officers searched their car and found a small amount of whiskey, a pistol and a pair of brass knucks. Officer Belangia of this city went to Washington yesterday and brought Hooks to New Bern. He will be W'v en a hearing today. ; Jim Wilkinson, who is also wanted here for alleged assault upon a wo man, was also arrested in Washington and brought to New Bern by the offi cer. CYCLISTS ENTERTAIN ' ON POLLOCK STREET C J. Harrison and wife, of Kan :as. exhibitors of the "Harrison Act" ja series of bicycle riding stiints, erf Itertaiped several hundred , people on I Pollock street at "two performances (yesterday. , " . . - . :- - - I - ' '' . IAHRESTED II BROUGHT HERE i uestton LEGISLATURE ENDE TO STEM FLOOD of mm : School Deficit Bill : Passed the . Third Reading of , the Senate Today REFUSE TO ADOPT THE DAISY AS STATE FLOWER Attempt To Pass Large Num ber of, Special Bills' Pre- ; vented by - Squires V By MAX ABERXETHY RALEIGH, Dec. 14. Both .1iouse and senate took steps .looking to early adjournment .today, . the house by, passing a.' joint resolution fixing today as the . last day on which new; 1 Jjills may be introduced and the , senate by working through its local, calendar and arranging for a night session.' - ' " The only feature of the morning session of the senate was th.e passage of the $710,000 deficit brUJ on v third reading, making it a: law up"on. rati fication without a dissenting yote and without a dissenting vote and' with out discussion. The last year's deficit in: the school fund Is now taken care ,of '.through organization of bond issues- . 1 1 i . Attempts to pass a large number of special bills failed because of the con stant obpection of - Mark Squires, - of Caldwell, to the third reading. These bill had ; received a favorable report of the pension committee, but Squlrea, thought the general pension law am ply. sufficient' to cover" practically all- cases.' He will read the bills before the next session and see if he wants; to fight them- ; " ' . 'The, house refused to adopt the daisy as the state, flower.; It took up most of the morning -cession to com plete the local .roll -call calendar and consideration of the general enabling bill of the department of education,, validitiiig present county school tax rates and fixing 39 dents as a proper Jtax for next year. These came" up at the end of the meeting and many a mendments.were sent up, provoking, a fight. The vote has not yet been reached. BEIXilUM WILIj INSIST ON INDEMNITY PRIORITY BRUSSELS, Dec, 14. Belgian fin anciers and officials today said : they . would vigorously oppose.. Louis' Loa cheur's attempts . to persuade, '-tbe0 Belgian government" to forgo its pH ority. right to German Indemnity,'"''' . They said Belgium would insist1 'or, strict execution of the treaty ofVer- , sailles. : . -: '' " MRS. OBENCHAIN REFUSES ' TO TESTIFY FOR BURCH LOS IANGELES, Dec. l.-Maa'ai-lynne Obenchain will - refuse to api pear as a witness in defense of Ar--ihur C. Burch, on. tal for the mur der of J. Belton Kennedy, it became definitely known for the first time when Burch's trial jvas resumed today in Superior Judge Reeve's court. Mrs. Obenchain's refusal to be 'a witness for. Burch will , be made .on the sfdvice of her attorneys. - ., j , New Evidence Is , Introduced In Murder Mystery of ' Colonial Beech I (By Associated Press) MONTROSE, Va., Dec.M4. Dr. W. V. Carruthers, of Colonial Beach, "Va. where Mrs. Margaret Eastlakev met her death September 30, testified at the trial of. her hjjsband,' Roger D. Eastlake. that he found Eastlake and Miss Sara E. Knox, a Baltimore nurse, oh the scene when he arrived at the Eastlake home at the morning of the murder. " . i - Miss Knox, was sitting on the porch the witness said, and when he called attention to a spot of blood on her collar, explained that it probably had resulted from her efforts, to assist the murdered woman. Z ' Eastlake, the physician said, emcrst ed from the house and walked up and down the lawn, apparently very ner vous. .. . Those bathing beauties,1 who., left magazine covers not long jago, ar$ ' posing for Hie 1S22 calendars,;. EflSTLAKE CASE ISCONTINljlNS 7 S
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