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EXGG7.T.7.BiCKETT
Held Today From. (Christ's
- Eoiscooal Church at llal-
, Tl,A..o.nJn tn ciJfouTW supper -was served.
wuaaiiu -a aj
lent Tribune to Memory.
CHURCH CROWDED ; ;
; tonoverflovvIng
Interment at Louisburir, Mr.
Bickett's Old Home, This
i . Afternoon. Thousands
View Body at Capitol.
,, (Bj- the AjuMra4 Piwu.)
Kaleleh, VQi 20.-Thousanda of h
. fllow cltlneii Jnwpectlve of race or
!i political aflUlations, paid -llent re
: left to the memory of Thomas IfaMcr
V ItU kett, former Oovernor ? of North
- Carolina, who died at his home liere
je-ttenlav after a brief Hlupaa'ha they
vlered hta body whk-h lay la state In
tho rotunda of the capltol hoc for two
: ' honra thla morning. ; v
' The flrtwor-ladon 'conkot hrarinjr the
- - body of thft former Oovernor. aa ro
' -.i ' moted from ,b.l homo h tho- capltol
. 1'irly today and at 0 o'clock the fonr
. 1 oiitrance to the building vera thrown
open, the crowds IIIIiik past the' bier
to (tet a lat elimpno of the State's for
, jner Chief Kseciitivei Tear were olv
r : rved In the eyea of many person fi an
i thc paNwi oot of the building. V-
j I'nder eommand of Lieut. Andrew
' flreen.. member of the local military
i-ompany all reterana - of the world
'! war cteil as a gnard of honor, a
i wildlor atandihpr at attention at , the
t; head and foot of the. rnaket, and two
, at each entrance fo the rotnnda.
- The casket retried on a bier directly
4nitcath the dome of the. capital and
waa draped In the" American aud State
w Jlnca. ' Klowers banked either aide of
- - the coffl 11 whllo other denlpia rested
uiioo It.-- ' . - - . -
y At 11 o'-lock the doora of the capl
, . tol building were closed adi) the body
wna removed Just ' acrosa the alreet to
Ohrlst'a Episcopal Cbjtrch, 5 of which
..air. Bickett wiia a member. ; Her fun
v.cral aervkra were held at lltflO con-
ducted tjy Bt. Ker. J. C. Cheablre, the
biahop of -the diocese of North Cro
Una, and Rev. Milton A.'BUrbHr,.rriJui hoopla would hare to die while
dIr the rder of the fnnctal eriva
laid (lows In the Epiacopnl ritual being
4-arrled OOfc-:, There.- wet bo apedal
i:oa. but the ehttrch choir ;aanr a
number of , hymns Including 'Ten
Thonaaad Time nTen u Tousamr
"Joaua Uvea,", "There 1 a lllensed
Home": and,KBejrond the World uf
lrve. T ; .'' -
- ; Follow Injt the aervtcea at the church
., tlie body waa placed In a motor hearse:
nnd the. funeral party left for Imia
j bnrif. IB mllea from Raleich, Mr. Bldt
,'tra old home, where, burial took
:. place thia afternoon. .
. The honorary pall Nwrera Included
; members of the council of ittttjo.' the
.'atate anpreme court, the Wake Coonty
Bar Association, and former Secretary
-f the Navy Joneptma Danlela, whllq
- the active pall bearcxa were Intimate
friends of the former Governor. , :
CONTESRES TO HA1NO
. t , TAHKN . UOr HIS WlrT-
"Joseph FUtcraft, of Tent, ImL, RUya
- IDs Wife inFUof Anew. ; ,
Teru. Indv. Iec, 20. Joseph 'nit
craft, 40 yenra old. confessed, the po
lice aald- late last ntoht, to having
killed hta wife Margaret, on Sunday,
and burled the body , beneath their
- .home, r ,''."'. r':'. ;-" '
. Police were dtepa tolled to nitcraft's
home and after digging beneath the.
lunme found the podjr. The only mo
tive for - the alleged crime givea by
Klltcraft in hU statement, according to
, omciaun waa that he. became enragtd
when hla wife did not return home
. Saturday night. : It waa later ascer
tained Mrs. Hitcraft bad been emptoy-
ed aa nurse, and had been unable to
leave the pftlent that night. The
couple were the parenta of four smal
children.-- . ' ,
... -c m ' 1 ' -i-'-" -
The telephone arose out of an at?
tempt "to design an apparants to aid
deaf people in hearing.. :;. .. ; : j ".;
' The Best Chrblmas Present
. A Pass' Dob!c in Our
' TSAVINGS DEPARTT.IENT .
-
s..4 Per Cent Interest Compounded Quarterly
A new Savings Quarter starts January 1st. De-.
posits on or before January 10th draw interest from
January 1st. , , " . ; ,
- START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
. Safe deposit boxes for rent in our burglar-proof
vault. '. ' ' "
cojccorJt), c-
' "'. BtBD ftt'PPEB . ;
Served U Stsdent and Aliunnl ef the
, Slat Inlvcrsliy at th,Y, M. C. A.
' Last Evening. ' ? ."-.-' -
A anmher of younger women" of Con
cord. wlth" their ; out-of-town guests,
were honor gnesta at'a bird supper
nerved last evonlnff at 8 o'clock at the
T.- M. C Av ' Thmnppcr wn slven by
a numlier pf atmlcafs and alumni of
the Rtnfo t'hlrrriiliT,,' and .proved a
moAt InlcrcHtlnK : occoslon.' i A , four
; Mr. R. P. fllbson won toastniaster,
and clever 'Biieechea were made by Rev
oral present. Including the ladle. ' A
apodal feature of the' occasion waa a
toast to "Carolina," offered , y Mr.
Cameron MacBae.v- -i---, --.i
. .Those present were: . ; '-. " ,
Joe Boat and Miss Knty Norwood, of
Knlfclmry ; Wm. ltltchie and MIks Mar
tha llesti of Warsaw jiilcath I'cmlier
ton and Miss IxiK Cmwell ; Ben Whit
and Mlsa 1'at Ashcraft, - of Monroe;
Itnthcrford McFadyen and ills Ade
laide Harris;- Karl Brown, Jr. ; Cath
erine Odmlman j 'Greenlee rtldwell
ami Miss Itnf h crowell : Baxter (illtim
and Ml EUahcth Smith j Far roll
White, Luther Hartsell, Jr., Mr and
Mrs,-Cameron MacUae, Mr. and Mrs.
IMchard Gibson. Mr.. arid. Mrs, Eugene
Barnhardt.Jr. , '
STARTING Bl'SSIAXS ARE
'yt 1 EATIJiO B0U1KS OP BRAIJ
First OftlMal Kevert t Canalballsai.
( hlidmi Are Take. Out asd Left
i Rira, DecJ S8. The Ural official re
port of cannibalism 'In the . famine
diafflota of Russia, has been made 1o
the all-Russian soviet congt es .by
Uc'sgate ovsienko. of samara, accord'
inft to a dispatch to. the otUcinl Jtosta
News neencv dated Moscow.,
"At Ramikovekay the' parish people
are eating the bodies of their "lead,
uvsetnko tow the congress.- "it n
dangerous to bury, the famine vic
tims. In. the oresence of the 'people,
and guards must be kept over them
until, they are In state.-that makes
eating impooaioie. ..,!.,'
Ovaeinko jtaid thit Dr. FVcdtJof
Nausea hiph commissioner of the in
ternational committee of Russlon' re
lief, even though a hardened explor
er, returned, to iMoscow sicKnu oy
the scenes he wttnesaed In the strick
eneil districts. The speaker said' that
children are being taken to. steppes
and left there to die; that mowers,
maddened . by - their experiences,; cut
the throats of their babies. -' -
(At the .ibealnlng of January, con
tinued Ovelnko, the Soviets, wltk all'
their outside, aid, will be able to feed
onlv half the starvlne children and
ohly l-jo of the ndulls, Tne rest 01
11 2 il ....4 k a..-u. JU H.LII.
, YOttK ROBBr:RIES
'.", ? , ,
WUbtn the Past'. Five Dajs. Four
Other Seriously Wounded. -C"r
the Aw pmm.),,
"-New Tork. Dec. 2t. Flw klied and
fonr aerloasly wounded are the re
sults o fthe last fire days robberies in
New Tork City, which todny set police
and Diatrlct Attorney's office bard at
,Work- to prove their oft-rcpeatctl ay
aertlon thst-there has been no crim;
wave thia year. . . . - '
Of the dead, two were holdup men.
Great Decrease in (too Values, v
Washington. Dec. 28.--The country's
Important .arm .crops - were valued
thia year at $S,6"r, MT.flOO based On
prices paid to. farmers on December. 1,
thp department; of ata'lcnltnra, an,
nounced today. In it final estimates.
The same crops, which comprise about
00- per ..cent of the value of all farm
crop were valued, last year at $t,075,.
388,000.. V.v ,.-.:;v.. -y. i
1 The area, devoted to , Important
crops this year was 38.S30,Ofl0, acres,
compared with S40.0fl7.000 acres last
year. , ' . ' ..:-; ': , ...
Over 900 DoMirhbovs Sail from Eumpe
-.-. to America.- -Coblenz,
Dec 27. -Nine Hundred
and seventy-one American soldiers, 22
omcers and an overseas casual de
tachment of 38 men and 16 destitute
former soldiers . left - here today for
Antwerp, t They will sail for the Unit
ed . State on board ' the.- transport
Crook tomorrow. All the men- are
from the second brigade. They ex
pressed regret at having to leave tit-
asmuciwaa the exchange- situation1 is
favorable and the holidays are on.
: Rev. Oscar Black welder will return
to Roanoke tonight after spending the
holndnvH. here: with hla parents, Mr.
unit f ra' - Tnhn - A '' ttlflpb welrier. : . On
'North Spring street A .-.:;-.:.;:;
iNNt'Al CAROLINA BALtv r
- :.r WAS BRILLIANT SUCCESS
'--vl-, v
Dance' Given Latf Evcnlne in the Elks
Club Nundier ef Visitors Present,
Hie flnnnnt Carolina Ball, given by
the student and alnmnl of the State
t'nlverslty waa. held last evening In
the Rlks Home; and proved the most
tpterosting and brilliant aoelat event
of the Christ mas season. ' 'llie ' dance
hall waa elaborately decorated with
Carolina' coiora, arid the blue and white
color .''scheme.- was minutely .carried
out. ' : '--':,,; i. -.""- :-
. Dancing began at 10 o'clock and con
tinued until Z, and several unique fen
tnros'were ortered. 1 Hats, liorns and
streamers .were given as fnvors.
The club..figure was'' led by Ben
White and Miss-; Vat Asbchraft, - if
Monroe, and the Grand March by T,
Hartsell, Jr and Miss Mary Heath
Jonc,,'of Ijincaster. Tbee dances
proved the most interesting , of the
evening. .-;'.. ', .!.;.:-,
Among' those dancing wcret
Robert Bell with Miss Curtis Hen
derson, of (Impel Hill ; Joe Boat with
Mlm Knrv .orwoot. - or. siuMmrv :
Earl Brown, Jri; with Miss Alh-e
Browu; Greenlee" Caldwell' with Mls
Ruth Crowcllt Baxter ; CUlonwIlh
Miss Elisabeth Smith; l.uther Jlnrt
soll Jr.. with Mba Mary Heath Jones,
of Lancaster; - Rutherford MeFndyen
with Mi.a-. Adelaide, Ihirris; Heath
Pemberloiv, wlthi Miss, Lois Ctoweli ;
William Ritchio Vtth - MIks Martha
Itcst, of Warsaw; Wl Swink Jr.
a-Ith'.Mis. McDowell,, of. Seaitle,
Wash.; Bea White with Mlsa Pat Ash
craft, of . Monroe; Ray 'Morrla .with
Miss Helen. 'Carmnck, "of Charlotte;
William Morris with Mlsa Kllziibotli,
Harris ; Martin FoilwltH Miss Cather
ine Goodman ; Ds. J. A. iSJiauem with
Miss Ruth Cannon : ' Jonh Goodman
wlHi Miss Bertie Willeford ;: Mr. and
Mrs, S. I. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. K. V.
Rarnhnrdt, Jr.
. Stags Marvin Iong, Garnh Propst,
KarreU White, Miles Wolfe. John
Webb, Jonea Vorke, Wm.Jnt, Zeh
Morris,. Archie Foil, uarry t'auiweu
Sam . -Smith, Robert , : Wearn, Fred
Pharr,; Lauren- Chorlney and Frank
Yorka, of Charlotte;, Lnke' Blackmer.
Franklin Smith, of Salisbury. : ,
GOVERNOR SMALL FORMIIXV;
CIIAKGED WITH ICMBEZZLEMEN'T
Court Orders trial en 300,00 Embet
alement Charge to Begin January 9.,
, Waukegon, IllvDec. aft By the As
sociated Press). Judge-t;laire O. F.d
wttrds -of -tho: circuit court of Lake
County, today upheld the intiictment
charging Governor Len Small with em
bezzlement, of ".00,000 of state fumui
anil nine of the thirteen counts .of an
Indictment harglng, the ( jBovernots
I.li-nt. Gorernot- Fred F.. StArlinin. and
WipawHlit li WhWjUfatoa.
I'urk. HU-with eormpinwyl wad oper
atlng a vonddenca game Involving f2
00rt,OO0 tu Stuto money. ,';..
Thei court ordered the Oovernor1 to
trial -on Jannnrjv 0th on the f.00,0ia)
cmwjizlemeirt charge,
The i charges against the -Governor
and Lieutenant Oovernor and Mr. Cur
tis centered around the alleged-Illegal
practices during tho term of Governor
Small, as-state Treasurer, ii7-iui!;
and the term, of Lieut. .Governor Sterl
ing N State Treasurer. 1010-102L;,
TI1E COTTOX MARKET. , I s
.Opened Steady' at a '.Decline of S
roint to an Aovanre oi rqims. -
.' .''i.tBy tfc :Artt Press.), '.' -.
New York. Dec."20.-rThe cotton,miir
ket waa rather .irregular and : nnM
tied 'during ; today's, early. tnWig.
Liverpool made fairly steady showing
and there were reiterated report of
favorable trade outlllk in-the cotton
good market. After opening( steady
at a decline of A points to no advance
of ' 0 points, prices eased off .nndcr
scattered realising' which came chiefly
from Wall Stret and western sources.
Cotton futures opened steady, Jan.
18:73; Mar. 18:80 May 18:32: July
MUM; Oct l:a. '
$ll,eo FOB Pl'RCHASE OF "
( K.HETEK1KS Hi rJI KOI K
i:rged by Secretary Weeks, $750,000
,. E- . I.. 4.,W.1 ...
- BJr the AsMHtiaiw Ptea '".
Wasbinston.'t Dec, 20. The purr
chase at an estimated cost Of $111,
000 of -seven tracts of land in Europe
for permanent American cemeteries
waa recommended' today by Secretary
Weeks, who In a letter to Speaker Gil
letr, asked also that Congrcs amake an
additional 745,0t)0 available for Im
provement of the cemeteries o tney
will compare favorably with those es
tablished by the allies for their way
dead. ' r---" '-':s-..:vy:
Vanltr RotUes 2.W0 Years Old.
(Correspondence of Associated Press)
, London. Dec, 12. A consignment of
eastern vanity bottles 2,000 years old
ha Just reached London. Some were
found with mumies or j-;gypuan wn.
men of fashion ; otbeM canio from a
Roman tomb In Nazareth.
The are atlbyium pot, from the toilet
tables of vanished leauty. . stibium
1s a preparation of finely powdered
antimony with which the Egyptian
woman darkened their eyelids and
pencilled their eyebrows
Time has made these little vanity
bottles very thin and irrldescent.
They shine with toautlfnl prlsnmtic
tint of rich gold, green, blue, purple
and red. (When tney arrived, they
were full of desert sand. Held against
the light, thev" show that a" dark de
posit has. eaten Its way into the giaftf ;
it is 2tMntnrie old eye paint. .
Two Killed in Bomb Explosion. '
Llabon. Dec. 2ft (By tho Assot-iatfcd
Press.) Two persons were killed a4
Ave others wounded today through
tho explosion of bombs, which tt i
iicgeo, were tteing muuractorto u
a bulldlag bclobgiog to tie Lisboa
General Fedora Uou of Labor. .. borne
arrest followed. The fomnmeat U
maineawicc order aaa tea cu-tn-tn
from which violence waa feared by
the authorities are under anmlliaacN
co;:ferei:ce ilmted
t sul;,!,:'! issue
Arms Delegates f Today E
En.
lered Negotiations Which
Will Determine Suceess of
the Conference.- ,
ROOT PROPOSES '
' ANOTHER PLAN
Would Giv6 France Subma
rine Tonnage Desired. But
Limit :' the Operations ' of (
tne uraits. . j
. (lly ih AaMelarnl-flw.) ..
Washingtonr. Dec."-2j. A direct Is
sue as to whether fnUw? warfare shall
bo conducted .uiulervthji' civilized rules
was raised today by .ti)o American del
egates before tliwarmsjconfcrcnce, nav
al committee..., Tho Anterictfus all urg
ed' the adoption of the- ltoot aesolntion
and won the support of Groat Britain,
But the French, Japanese. and Italian
delegations, '' urged rensrence of ..the.
matter to a commissi oh of experts.
' Root's resolution wWch would regu
late the- use of -;sub9arlue t agalust
merchant craft, waa sahjeet of spirit
ed debate at the morning session ami
action, on same was- iiostponed until
further discussion could le had at an
atfernoon session. t ; 5
TJnlimlted construct km of aircraft,
but sharp delimitation!! of their uje in
War times are understood to be. em
bodied In ' recommendiationa . decidco
upon, by the 'aab-committee on avia
tion of the armament i conference.. Re
port bf sub-commlitteewas said to be
ready for presentjition; to the meeting
of- the . land armaments committee,
called for 8 p.. m. today. . '.' t '
, rWauhlngton,; Dec. art ( By tho. Asso
ciated Itesst. It's hdVlon beclouded
by mnny-elemcuts of tincertainty, the
arras conference today entered a rilisse
of Itw negotiations which will determ
ine whether, it will he successful bi
imposing 11 mltiHIous qn ' any ' Class of
war craft except .capital ships; ,
- The immediate proposal Is-fore the
naval committee wheni, it resumed -its
session, was a plan ' of the American
government to limit Ui. tonnage of air
plane. Barriers to be maintained in fu
ture; nnvlea of tlio powers. It-la rn
thlo proposition and on the proposals
to jnarrhffl taa Msaawhwajtnna aad
the also of the Individual warships of
tho auxiliary ..dasM' that the Ameri
can-delegation now- piaa Its hopes of
amplifying the - capital .' ship ngrcer
ment already reached, but ' to which
jFrance yesterdny attached a reserva
tion a to replacements. - ' r -,;
, Much attention centered about the
proposal of Klihu Root, of tho Ameri
can delegation; for a limitation of rub
marine operations, although it was in
dicated that so agreement on that fea
ture was in alght. The delegations all
haver indicated that they ileslre fur
ther "instructions from their govern
ment on the point, especially in view
of Mri Root's suggestion that tho use
of .undersea ra ft against tlie mer
chant vessels i. be prohibited entivcly.
and" thab anbmarlue mmmnqito who
violate the laws he liable to trial as
pirates. - - , .
It was 'privately conceded in -all
qnnrters that1 tho -negotiations on the
remaining issue of the ' conrercncc
had not been made, easier by yestcr
day'8 pointed exchangea' in tho ituu
niiltee session Which heard France's
final refusal to lay aside her submarine
program. The open dectllratlon of Ar
thur J. Balfour of the Brinsn group.
and Alhort flarraut of the FrUhch, re-'
gawllng the future Anglo-French rela
tions were talked of as forming an un
usual chanter bf diplomatic history,,. lv.,.
ana . oruwiuB ,n ins muM)
conferenco at last the embarrassments
that have complicated relations hc
tween London and l'aris ever since the
armistice, ; . ', ''
t rre Import Duty ef $1 Barrel on
' 8r Ikr iiMdiM Pr.
Waahlngtom Dec. 20. Aa import
duty of 1 per barrel on crude oil wa.s
urged herore the senate nnnnee com
mittee today by Harry H. Smiith, of
Tulsa, Okla., for tho Mid-Continent
Oil. and Gas ; Association and the
S'atlonnl " Association of Independent
(Ml Producers. - - ; , . -
: BEGIN NOW
Hundreds people who have started SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS with small amounts have lived to see
their accounts GROW from $1.00 to $100.00, then
to $1,000.00 and on up. - n 1 ' : - " v : v :' ;'v.
; 5 To begin your SAVINGS ACCOUNT with us
- now is what COUNTS-afrer that saving becomes
.'.a habit. '.:h'!yr r'Y'My's'.
4 Per Cent INTEREST COMPOUNDED JUAR.
t ' - TERLY. ::i-':'0 :'y :t
, JOIN OUR. CHRISTMAS, CLUB
which is NOW open and have money ready:
" for next Christmas. . - .-;
Citizens Dahlr ahd trust Cbmpimy.
Oias. B, AVarooor , X T. GooduMp- , . ' C f. I- Trowst
rrslaoot ". ',''..''."' , Cashier Ast. tat-bier
LONNIE WILSON PACES i ' - !
.,:. f. , SEVERALr SERIOI S FACTS
Already In Jail I'nder Two fliorgrs
. ami retire Are Ready With More
". .Warrants When He 1 Released, i
" Ixinnie Wilson, young white man of
this iClty.'l very- mts-li in demand by
the police now. In recordor'a court J
yesterday Wilson drew chain gang son
tencca totalling lfSd-dny for carrying
a concenliHl w4apon ami selling Ucmer,
and when .Iheao'CflKea are Anally dis
posed of. he having appealed, several
oilier warrants will be awaiting him.
- Police ."otBcer ; yesterday,- a f ternoon
discovered fltt.OOO Piedmont cigarettes
and 100 pounds of chewing t0hacco,'uo-
ler his house on Powder street, 4The
gissls, . the ;ofllcer's state, were stolen
from a freight car. ; , 'V i
. While oltkrs lmro were lis-allng this
stolen property -Patrolman Henry.Fnrr
was in ' Moorewllle Identifying sonic
good Wilson had sold and, '..girrn
away there, . and which the oHffcrs
cdlnim, were. jtlca from a . store at
( taklsiro seiral weeks agd A silk
val'st. and a piece of silk cloth, given
to a friend In .Moorcsvllle by Wilson,
were identified by the otllcer and tliei
owner of the" Oakboro store, and last
night the; Moorcsvllle orBcers" 'phoned !
hero that a suit of clothes Wilson old;
In Moorcsvllle also had. been found. ,
,-!-.: !
EFFORTS TO Rl'N DOWN '
MEMBERS OF MASKED MOB
That Beat t'p Birmingham Attorney
; ituwt with but Little (Success. ,,
(Br AsMctae4 Vtm.) -
Ilirmingham, Dec. 29. ?lty' and
County nnthorltlea had made little
headway, they reported today, in tin
effort to run down members of th?
'masked mob Who lured W. K Tnmlin,
well known Birmingham attorney, to
Red Mountain Tuesday night and bent
him until) Mood streamed from scorea
Of wounds on bis body.
Tomlin was enticed from Ills home
by a youth who pretended the lawyer
was wanted by a patient In Red Moun
tain sanatorium to draw up a will,
When he had reached a lonely spot lu
the hills. Tumlln told the solicitor,
Tnmlin was sciaed by masked men
who bound and beat him. The lawyer
reported to Solicitor Tate that he was
told he trust promise to remarry tils
divorced wife, or death would be Im
mediately, Inflicted.' v
DRl'NKNESS INCREASED
- IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR
Report of City fCoSirts Show 51.000
Arrest This Year for Intoxication
Agaiast 320S la U20,
i'- - tttr Aaselate Vmm.
Chicaogy Dec. - 20. The annual re-
port "of tho municipal courts of Chicago
submitted -today-' byi .Clerk 1'Jaa. ;A.
hcrfct
ing arraigned for intoxication in lt2l,
On against :t2,v' in 1020.
The report followed tho action by
the City tJouncil yesterday. In voting
52 to (i for a resolution, demanding
that Congress and the . state legisla
ture authorise the manufacture, sale
and distribution of "wholesome beers
and light w lues." ' .
BRITISH SCHOONER FTCX ,
; - OF LIQl'OR IS SEIZED
Golden West With a Cwrgo of Alcohol
and Liquor Aboard, 8eiied by Coast
Guard (Hitter. , . v
iBr ! AawM!laa "rvu.i
Boston, . lec. J 2iX-r-The . British
schooner Golden West, jrith a cargo
of .alcohol aud se liquor aboard was
seiaetl by the- coast guard cutter Acu
shnrt -while at anchor outside this port,
it waa announced 'today. Sue was
towed here by the eutter this morning
and turned over to customs officers.
Tlie.latter ald they had received word
that the liquor' laden vessolj flying the
Union Jack said to be owned by for
mer Boston '"liar tender, was Isinnd
here from Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1
The Reds Give Deb a Big Greeting.
(Br the .tiMorlatca ITn.
Terre Haute, Iud.j Dec. 20 fiagene
socialist leader, paroled
several day ago from the Federal
Prison was restlug at his home' here
today following a routing home com
ing celebration tendeml hlui liisf night
liy thousands of followers and fellow
Itownspeopel. Relatives- nnnonncd
that for the next few days Mr. Iens
probably would remain in the seclusion
of his home. Persons in the big crowd
which formed about Deb's home were
decked in red hats, carrying red tire
and with large red flowers.
) A philosopher is too often a mAn
who Is pondering over the mysteries of
life when he ouaht to be making a
ll Ing.
PRESIDENT HARDING AND
i MRS- HARDING MTO a RECEIVE
Gathering at the White House Monday
to Extend Wishes Foa a Happy
"'New Year. v".
Washington, J). Dec. 20. Seldom
has there been a gathering - at the
WWJe House sd fraught with elements
of interest as that Which will essemble
on Monday to extend to the Prcsideiit
and Mrs. Harding wishes for a happy
new year.. It will mark the resumption
of a.- time-honored and popular custom
after a lapse Of .nearly a decade, and
it will also afford to a large part of
the public in , "Washington their first
onoortunitr to meet the nresent Clilnf
1XIZ T; ",iHt.mw ,?
Tbe custom of holdlns it nubile re
ception at the -.White- House on New
i'ear's Day la more than a century old,
beginning with ,the levee held by Mrs.
Washington at which all tho guests
Were seated and served with tea. cof
fee, and "plain i-ante and plum."
Through each successive administra
tion, with few interruptions,, the cus
torn -waa -continued until the begin
ning of President Wilson's admliilstra.
tion. Now such a long time has elapsed
since tho- last function of the kind and
there have been so 4 many change
among the personnel -of the staff at the
executive mansion that those In charge 1
have been obliged to look up the past
records in order to' arrange-Hm pro
gram an. that' the guests will be re-
entVAfl 111 ItprairftiilliXk n-IIH' im.aim1oimw
and that all of the oilier elaborate de.
tails will be given proper' attention.
Official business of all kinds will
be shelved in Wnshlngtou during the
day. The social festivities probably
will begin -with a hreakfast at tho
home of the Secretary of Htale and
Mrs. Hughes.-' for ambassadors and
ministers and I liclr- wives, together
aith those delegates to the arms con
ference still remaining in the capital.
Tlien comes the White House recep
tion, to fx4 followed in tho inte after
niton - with receptions at the homes of
the several cabinet omcers, and at
the homes of many Senators aud "many
Representatives. Jinny diplomats will
also keep open house. ,1 , . -,
Tho White House reception will ls
dlstlngulshett by tho attendance of
diplomatic representatives of nearly
all the nations of the world, of of
ficials from every branch of the gov
ernment and of citizens In every walk
of life.
The first greeting of the day will
fie extended to tho President and Mrs,
.Harding by tho Vice President, mem
ber of the cabinet and their ladies.
These feUeltntioiis probably : will be
exclianged In the private rooms on (he
second floor of the mansion. While, the
presidential party Is gathering above
.there will be another assemblage
the state dinlua-room on. the-' first
of their respective courts, will be the
diplomatic representatives accredited
to ihe 1'uite.l states. The line will be
tended, by M. Jussemnd, the French
ambassador and denn of the foreign
diplomatic corps.
Tho dt'seeut of the president I111
party 'from the private rooms to the
JSluo Room will lie one of the iiiowt
picturesque features of -the day. As
the President and Mrs. Harding .start
down the staircase, followed by others
of the receiving party, a flare of
trumpets will resounded through the
historic mansion. The Marine Band,
lu brilliant scarlet Uniforms, will Ikv
stationed in the stately halt
'. Chief Justice Taft and the associate
justices of the Sunreme Court of the
United States will lead , the entire
Jmliclary present, after which will
come the senators and reprcsenta fives,
the military and naval contingents
wtll follow, together with the nfliciuls
of the Government, representing the
various departments and nil important
bureaus. ReprcsentatlvcK of the vil
lous patriotic societies will have
honored places in the line. The func
tion will end with tho reception of the
general public, thousands of whom
pnVbahly will be on band to extend
their felicitations to the President and
his wife. ;
Sliriiirrs Meet at New Bern.
New Bern, Dec. 20. The mid winter
'ceremonial of Sudan Temple, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine Is In session here
today with about 1200 Shrincrs ami
N) candidates in attendance. - The bus
iness session liegun nt 10.30 a. in. in
tbe Masonic Tc.mple' " John II. An
derson, of Fayettcvillc. -was eiicted
Potentate, succeeding Wm. R. Smith.
KlUf-ton was selected as the city for
the summer ceremonial of 1!C2.
The Lord Chief Justice, the highest
salaried judge in Knglnnd, receives
$10,0i0 a year. ,
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EKGLAflD'S VIEW OF
Newspapers of Great Britain
ii Express Much Regret That '
French Will Not Change
'Naval Proposals.
I ENGLAND ALSO TO
HAVE MORE SHIPS
The Liberal Newspapers Con
demn France, Accusing"
Her of Haying v Adopted
Imperialistic Aims. ' "
: lmlon, I ee. 2i) tBy the Assoclatiil
Press). Xows of-France's action 1s?-foi-e
the Washington nrinnnieiit confer.
chop In "refusing -to accept aji ollot-'
ment of submarines of less than 00,00) ,
tonal was printed' In London newspa-
jiers tolny- under-(iiptiiins' indlcatlug
llsnppolntment. r A-. .
The Time.-, while avoiding any re
crimination against France.- deplores
her decision, which it . thinks 'may
have a regrettable effect usn tho iur
tltude of. the American s-oplo toward ;,
many lni)0!'tniit pi-olilcms." aml claims .
that Orear. Britain.: will lie obliged,
hiiwiwer rclnctunlly, to build 1 lstli
submarines and light cruisers to an
amount coriiiiiensiirntc with the French
figures.
. Fnmce's attitude Is strongly .'con- .
(lenineil by', the lllwral uewspnlpers.
which regurd her as liiiring .adopted i
imperialistic aims, such us she attrllH
uted to ticruiaiiy.
Naval Poliry for Spain.
Madrid, IH'C 20. Adoption' of a
naval policy for Spain must be under
itaken 'Imtnediately, declares the Kl
Debnte today In discimsing the Wash
ington confeit-nce. It argues that, a
(further conference must, be be d t'if?
coming year hi Europe in order to
decide on the strength of the tiav.il
forces in the Mediterranean and that
Spain must Is? prepared for such a
conference since she cannot lie exclud
ed from delmorations as in the cast;
r.f the WnshiuKton sail viiig
Willi Our Adiertlscrs. -
' llo.w about a box of Wiley's for - a
New Year gift? This cnudy is sold by
ln&niajriPbffrmslcy. See new d. lMiii,v.
.'lou cahiret a or kind 'of iiisuraucei
toaa . Aok KCggpaj'reTw in tin t ti. trt ".
sad lk to -tliein -about llio Various
forms they offer aft w- reading enrev
fully new ad. In this paper. v w
Before." real winter sets la you hud
better have your plumbing exaininiil
by an expert. Call E. B. Grady, us ad
vised In" a new ail, .today. ; -
The II. B. Wi'lkinsiui Furniture Store
has au ml. today that will please llief'
IMitron--. Don't full to read It.- . .,-,.
' The Lyceum attraction, the Princess
Xadonis Indians,"at the Central GruK"
ed school tonarlit, will Isvone of the
most Interesting nunilicrs of the se
ries. The Ihive-BoNt Co. nro the exclusive
iknlcrs here for sevcrnl splendid lines.
See new ad. Y
Lizzie' Harris, colored, died" at her
home hotv last . night, licr denth fol
lowing a strofco of pnrulvsis.
In Florida Waters are to be found
six hundred and fifty species of lish.
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