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Two General and Nine Fieldl
Men Added to Staff Others
Still to Be Named Still on
Hamilton Inquest With Only
Little More Light on Killing.
(ByMax'Abernet!iy.)
HALEIQU, Jan. 4. Coramissiowr
of Revenue A. D. Watt will today di-
vido the JState into "18 tax district ao
that Lia deputy commissijiicrs may be
gin work, at once, en the collection of the
1921 income, inheritance and schedule B
taxes levied by the State
Division of the State is to be made at
once by the commissioned, he announces,
ao there will be no delay in putting the
division deputiu in the-field, nine coi
lectori having been named yesterday.
,. , Others will be appointed aoon and they
i will come to Balclgh . tot instruction.
Under the plan mapped out My Commis
sioner Watta each deputy will be allotted
' a ' population of .approximately 160,000
and this indicate that tne appointments
just ntado will require lots of work.
The State is going to collect its taxes
with the sixteen deputies; which is less
than one-sixth the numbez of field men
the Federal government detailed in
iNorth. Carolina for the collection of Fed
, crsi taxes. -V' . '
General (deputies will be J. It. Collie,
of Franklin county, is; the East and C.
II. Hayes, of Surry county, in tho west.
Those nienwill direct tho work of the
division deputies under tho commission
cr of revenue. Mr. Collie and Mr. Hay
nes wUl .draw salaries of $3,000 and tho
-'division deputies $2,500 yearly. A. t$.
Carson . of Alleghaney county, 'has1' been!
appointed cashier of the revenue depart
went and the following arc the division
deputies named yesterday.
B. F. Tuttle, Chowan county; John O.
Thomas, Jr., Craven county; George H.
Bellamy, New Hanover county; W, C.
Hammond, Randolph county; J. M. Cun
ningham, Guilford eonnty; N. L. Can
ford, Forsyth eounty ;vJo!tn Murrisou,
BivJmiond county; G. E. Gardner, Yan
cey county; M. L. Reed, Buncombe
county.
Tho Council of Stat mvcta Thursday
-at the instance of Treasurer B. B. Lacy
to consider the bids made for $467,000
of the two and one half million school
bonds. 1 ,
One of the bids submitted Vns at par
with a premium, t lie others being strict
ly at par for the Xsrlh Carolina fives al
though there were some bidders who put
in theirs at -4 3-4 per cent. f
Treasurer Lscy ' ha not yet decided
what recommendations- he will make to
the council but he thinks that the entire
issue ought to be cither for four -and
three-quarter! pe"r cent or less, or uiorev
instead of for two or three different
figures. The bid of the American Trust
company of Charlotte for the entire issue-which
it was though would be sub
mitted last week when tho bids- were
formally opend has not yet been made. .
Investigation by the coroner's jury in
to the killing of K. II. Hamilton, Sea
board section foreman, was resumed to
day, all aession bein secret at the re
jucct of ttolicitor II. E. Norria. .
Blame for the killing has not been
placed but the investigation has partly
discredited the statements made by Miss
Irene Cue fiancno aud companion of
Hamilton si t the time he Was murdered
Tt.ifhuril Tav W. fnrmuT living near the I
scene of the killing, testifying that the! Mrs. IVarse, mother of . Patrick H.
shots supposed to have been fired when Tearse, the, first president of the Irish
Hamilton met his death came from the republic, who was executed after the
directir.nxof a small stretch of woods toi Dublin riidug in 1SU8, siioko against the
the left of tho Taylor homo and in njufy; Sho declared she knew that her
direction where no automobile nor light! ".. f he were alive, would vote for re
were seen, ho told the cornor's jury yes-1 jwtioh.
tcrday.
The woman maintains thnt the shots
' were fired bytwo negroes from the right
sidu of tb road just after the Hamilton
car passed them. The bullets lodged in
the left side of Hamilton's head uud be
died soon afterward. . ,
Continued opposition to the use of
Miuzey's American liitorr-Jn the puV
lie schools of . the State is expreiwed in
communications to Ir, K. . - Brooks,
ttate superintendent, of Public Instruction.-.-;
' : . 1 "
The Daughters of the Confederacy' of
North Carolina are h-ading thS fight for
expulsion of the Mousey publication and
the State department hears .that their
efforts lire meeting with some success
over the State. It is pointed out that
the State superintendent docs not bwvc
final jurisdiction in this matter and" that
the book niny lie eliminated by the conn
tr boards if they, so desire.
k Thia bits been done in several coun
ties alroady. "
MIL1S AND BANKS PAY
V f HANDSOME DIVIDENDS
(By fhe Associated Press.) . ,
SPARTANBURG; 8. C Jan. 3.'
Eighteen cotton mDls and 22 banks of
Spartanburg city and county paid , on
January 1, ?64S,tHS.i in aiviaenas, necora
ing to statements compnca ny a.
Iw and company and C.-1 WofSordi
nnd company, of this city. The textile!
plants paid $o76.7So of the total, and
the banks $71,580. The mill dividends
show an increase) of $19,633 over July 1.
Business men locally are greatly pleased.
BURNED TO DEATH IN
EXPLOSION OF STILL.
k ; fBy The Associated Cress. I
CAIRO, Ills., Jan. 4. Marie Ho
gan, 1 7, years old, and Gladys Hogan, 8,
sisters, were burned to death today in a
lire which police attributed to the ex
plosion of -n still. The home of Dennis
E. Hogan,, father of the girls, a grocer,
"was destroyed. A still and several jugs
of mooiishiue were found in the ruins.
Hogan and his wife ami three small chil
dren escaped. : j ,
THE WEATHER
North 'Carolina, !Mn tonight and
Thursday; warmer tonight; colder in in
terior Thursday. '
DEBATE IN DAIL EIRE ANN
mAS 'LASTED
Eamonn de, Valera Proposes Treaty of - Amity
and Association Between Ireland and Great
Britain Newspapers of Ireland Favor Ratifi
cation of Irish Treaty. T , ' '
(Bv The Associated Press.)
DUBLIN', Jan. 4. On the reassem
bling of the pail Eireann today the new
version of Eamonn e . Valcra 's amend
ment was distributed to the members.
It proposes a treat' of amity and asso
ciation between Ireland and the Govern
ments of Great Britain and of the other
States of the British commonwealth. , i
. The amendment provides: . .,
. ''That in as miKh as the articles , of
agreement fur a treaty betweeu Great
Britain and Ireland, signed at Londin,
December 6, 191, do not reconcile Irish
national aspirations aud the Association
of Ireland with the community of na
tions known ' us the British . Common
wealth, and cannot be the basis of an
en. luring peace between the Irish and
British peoples. '
"The Dail Eireann iu the name of the
sovereign Irish nation, makes to the
Government of Great Britain, to the
Governments of 'the 'other States in the
British commonwealth, and to the peo
ples of- Great Britain and of those sev
eral Btates, the following proposal for a
treaty of amity and association which
the inil Eircauu is convinced could be
entered into by the Irish eople with1 the
sincerity of good will.'' -
The complete text' of the proposals, it
wns announced, would be put into the
hands, of the delegates before the motion
was moved
... Mr. do Valera. after sharp exchanges
with Arthur Griffith, and Michael Col
lins over the much mooted "document
No. 2," announced 4 hat ho would move
his alternative proposals tomorrow as an
amendment to the Griffith motion for
ratification of the treaty. '
- The question was raised whether Mr.
de Valera, under' the rules of the debate,
would be permitted to make auother
speech . i
When the Dail . Eireann . reassembled,
59 of its members nearly half had ex
pressed their views oik tho Irish peace
treaty. . Between private and public sit
ting, tho Dail thus far Las devoted nine,
days to debate.
Although the list of speakers is still
far from exhausted, it is apparent that
every argument has been brought for
ward, and it is believed that henceforth
the pcet'bc will be short. -
Hope for a division tomorrow or Fri
day at the latest, was freely expressed
today, .The newspapers continue to
speculate on the size of the majority
for the treaty. Tho number of doubt
ful votes is estimated at five or six, in
cluding three "who will probably abstain
from voting.
The first 8eakcr at today 's session
was Ronald Buckley of Kildare, who
opposed the treaty. .
"The pe'oplo of this country have been
stamiH-ded into acceptance of Eie treaty
by the rotten press of Ireland," he
said .
Alexander MaeCabe,' of Sligo, follow-
aA n . ,i . . . i i
Mary Mae.Syiney interrupted him. sav-
ing the women were not in. faeor of the
treaty. To this. MaeCabe retorted
'I know wlust tho women of Ireland
nt as well as you
rn inn wr a nn uirr i
brlAKf AIliAljUKISM. I
t The Associated rreaw.s
LONDON, Jan. 4. Continuance of
tho sharp antagonism between advocates
and opponents of the Irish peace treaty
was what mainly impressed English news
paper correspondents watching the pro
ceedings in the Dail Kireann yesterday.'
The writers agreed that tho recess had).
done nothing to alter the respective at
titudes of the mcmlicrs end said it was
evident as soon as tho session began that
Monday's rumors of some possible sur
prise' making for unanimity had no foun
dation in fact,
.The-long succession of speeches helped
nothing and revealed nothing, according
to these observers,. serveral of whom were
convinced that the balance eventually
would be turned, not by votes but by
abstentions from voting.. This view ad
mittedly took no account of Michael Col
lius' proposal for letting the treaty go:
through, after which tho opponents could '
carry on -their fight against the provi-
sional government set ur under the pact.j
DENIES REPORTS OF i
- STARVING COMMUNITIES. I Stop 36 hortlyXfore noon todav,'
Vtr J,1?1 Vttf' v injuring more tlian a score of passei
CUARLESTON, V. a., Jan. 4. . pri, ..mi -ri..j
I Governor E. F. Morzan. nnsweriuir a i
M.!reiuest of United States Senator Suth-!
rrlaiid for information "concerning re-
jwrts that-men, women and children in
pertain West Virginia mining eommuni
ties were destitute and in a starving con
dition" tobiy denied tlie truth of such
reports.1 '". ..-. -. -
"These reports. "Governor Morgan
wrote to Senator Sutherland, "are gross
ly exaggerated, and are, eecmingly, the
proluct of imaginative minds of inter
ested propagandist who are desirous of 1
distorting conditions in mining commu
nities s a result of a depression- in the
coal industry, and differences arising
from the maintenance of contract be
tween employers nnd employes." -.
"It is true,'' continued Governor Mor
gan, "that scattering cases of poverty
have been discovered, 4ut the welfure
agencies find theso-case even in times of
general prosperity."
CAMBRIDGE,'- MASS., JanL ' 4.
Fiske Brown, captain of the Harvard
track and wrestling team, will resign
tho latter position Jterausc of his studies,
ho announced today. , ',
NINE DAYS
ALLIED SUPREME COUNCIL '.
CONFRONTS BIG PROBLEM
To Save Europe . From Com
plete Disintegration and
'.' the Entente From Tailing
. Apart Are Big Tasks to Be
Faced.
' (Continued on page six)
CANNES. FRANCE. Jan. 4. To
wave Aurope irom complete economic:
disintegration and keep .the Entente
frotu falling apart are the big tasks to
be undertaken here by I'remiers Lloyd
, George of Great Britain, and Briand, of
Frauee,' . Opening private conversations
today soon after the arrival from Paris
of M Briand and Minister of Liberated
Regions Loucjieur the two premiers be
gan to lay out the program for the Allied
Supreme Council which convenes here
Friday, ' . ,i ' .
Mr. Lloyd' George intends that this
shall lie the last meeting of the Supreme
Council if there is nny way of bringing
pending qmwtions to a point where they
can Jbwafter be dealt with. by the Am
bassadors of the Allied Powers.
M. Briand is understood also to favor
adoption of a rsroad understanding as
to what is needed to save the situation
and then to let the work proceed through
regular diplomat ie channels, details as
to the application of the terms being left
to the Council of Ambassadors. -'
Experts regard us an crrconrnging sign
the progress msde by the British project
for organization of an international
financial corporation to dear with credits
and exchange, ami possibly currency.
This is the greatest gain yet made to
ward settlement of Europe's woes, in
the opinion of financial experts arriving
hero for the conference-, There is strong
expectation that approval of the draft
projei-t adopted at Paris will be one of
the earliest results of the conference.
PROMINENT MEMPHIS MAN
, CONVICTED OF, BRIBERY.
(By The AssoeUred rsa. .
- MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jaffr-C, It.
(DocV liottumj Memphis business man
and promoter of siorting events, one oi
nearly a score of niqn indicted in connec
tion with alleged "whiskey running"
activities n the Mississippi river, which
resulted Jn au extensive Federal investi
gation,' went on trial iu United , (States
district court today for the second time
on a charge of having bribed Tyrec
Taylor, formerly a deputy United States
marshal, to permit the lauding of a con
traband liquor cargo here. At his first
trial Hottum denied the allegations.
The jury fuiled to agree on a verdict
at Hottum 's first trial last month.
Half of the men indicted have been
tried and with few exceptions verdicts of
w'ere returned
i CONGRESS MAY BE IN
i SESSION ALL SUMMER.
; WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Congress
faced a mass of pending and prospective
legislation that may keep it steadily at
work until late iii the summer, when it
got dp wi to work today on the 1922
program,
Along with the routine load of appro
priation bills to he handled for tho first
time by the House ami Senate in budget
uiiu, mi re i-iuimiiuni iiic neuaic me
nrnlMil.ililw t t,,.. , la. ...t,.l
, I . . . . . . . 1 i f A . I
'debate over the new international agree-
iments resulting from the Washington
arms conference, while the House also
faced important . issues, including
now pending anti-lyuching bill.
the
(By Th Asaocted Press".) i
PORTKMOITTIT VA l,n i vi.
low flags fluttered today at tho mast-
heads of the destroyer Branch and the
submarine tender Bushnell, berthed at
the navy yard here,
A member of the destroyer's crew,
whose identity was not revealed, and who
bad.' been occupying 'fsick bay" on the
BushncU, was sent yesterday to the naval
hospital here for observation. Xaval
doctors said they discovered symptoms of
smslpox, but it will take 48 hours to de
termine the ease. Both vessels are ouar-
ontinej. .
.' ' , .
-CLEVELAND, Jan. 4. The
n.UT ,ar 0f , double-header interurban
hadsd toward Akron
ZaWZ, ' Z
.1 IL.
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iTl iCTA V: ' t.. j
undetermini'd oriiriu Dractieallv dtrov.
ed the three stort brick randy factory of
i he W iley Com pa ny heri ea rly t oday .
Loss to tho-stork of the candy concern
was placed nt S60.000, irrespective of
damage to the building and was partial
ly covered by Insurance. , , ', . ,
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET '
NEWYORKVJan. 4. Cotton fu
tures closed strong.'
January 1 8.7.1: March 18.&."; May
1S.17; July 17.6,1; October 160; Spots
19.0o, . . i ...
TODAY'S CflnON MARKET
Cotton Seed ..... . . .'. .".
Strict to Good Middling
.43c
ISC
I Cotton Marketl
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THE SAME TRICK THAT
MB. KKOttT WORKED HERE
GRIFriN, GA., Jan. 4. A rase
by three aoidentified men yesterday
netted them 1330 -apiece at tht ex
pense of the Griffin banks. A well
dressed man p reseated himself at the
teller's window of the Dry Rational
Bank with, a check for $850, signed
with the name ef E. S. McDowell, a
local real estate maa and said:
"You know me. My name is Pat
rick, and I live near Griffin. -I want
to deposit $500 of this end want the
balance in cash." ;
i The teller complied and the same
procedure was followed by two other
men, one at the Second , National
Bank and the other at - the Griffin
Banking Company. Clearing house
officials discovered later in .the day
that the aijrnatnres were not those of
McDowell, but there was ao trace of
the men, - . ,v
Three strangeri had been found by
a newspaper agent in McDowell's of
fice early this morning and when he
called the police the men persuaded
the officers, they were insurance men
from Atlanta who had arrived on an
early train and were waiting for Mc
Dowell to come down. Police believe
the checks were obtained in the real
estate man 'a office. ,
TWO KILLED IN AN AIR
TANK EXPLOSION IN
GREENSBORO GARAGE
J. Ed Albright, Plumbing Con
tractor Is One of Victims
Several Others Are Slightly
Injured.
GRKKXSBOBO, N. C. Jan. 4. Two
were instantly killed and several others
ttlightly injured early today when an air
tank in a local srarago exploded.
J. Ed Albright, a plumbing contrac
tor, who had just entered tho jt.irnge oti
business, was one of the men killed. His
body was terribly mangled.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
REPORTS BROADER ACTIVITY
(By The AuocUteQ frets.
WASHINGTON", Jan. 4. Lessened
demand generally for bills of acceptance,
but a somewhat broader activity,. was re
ported by the Federal Reserve Board to-
duy in a yeur end survey" of conditions
in the acceptance markets of the; twelve
reserve districts.
The influence of tax payments coming
'.".ultanoously with tho new certificate
i. .., and the year end adjustments had
a det-.-r.-ent effect, on the investors, ac
cording V the survey.
. A eonsidi rable decline in the country's
foreign trade during 1!21, in addition, to
the fall iii prices, resulted in a reduc
tion in the amount, of bankers' bills in
the 'New York market, the survey con
tinued, adding, however, thai there was n
stesdily broadening market.
"A highly important development of
1921," the report snhl, "was the growth"
of a market for call money lent against
the security of bankers' acceptances and J
Treasury certificates."'
Acceptances outstanding on December
10 were not much lower than on Novem
ber 10, according to the Philadelphia re-j
port, exports of grain, flour, cqfton nndj
tobacco being the iM'm,'M'a' transactions;
for which acceptances were executed re
cently. - ' !
Acceptance purchased in the open I
market during Xovemler by the Feder
al reserve bank of Atlanta were smaller
in amount by 4 4 per cent than those
purchased during October.
A considerable decrease iu acceptance
transactions in Minneapolis during No
vember was noted, wijle Dallas reported
that the banks of that district had ma
terially reduced their aggregate accept
ance liability (luring the month.
FIGHT ON OPEN SHOP
IN BUILDING TRADES.
(By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4. A fight on the
open s'lop imsuc in the building trades of
Phi. id cwn ta-o tit nrnsTX ft
today w.hen
members of five unions went oiT a sym- I
nathetic strike with the union cartienters !
who have refused to work under the Lan-
dis wage award j
Four large jobs, invrdving a construe- I
tion cost of 4,.'.0O,OO0.-ere affected. '
t,.,iK, t h.. i'ii n Cnminittee .le. .
. i.. i ,1... . ,1... :..v. ,..,.,1.1 1... iiii.i.i ,;tl.
craftsmen willing to work under the re- I
,l.....l r ik 1 !...! o..uln im, or I
which, it is said, nearly every large con.
st ruction job in Chicago is being oper
ated. i
I'nian leailers s;.i'l t!ie strikes called i
.... . . ..1
are lint the toreruuuers or similar action !
on all construction jobs in the city.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA IN
COLLISION WITH SCHOONER
BOSTON. Jan. 4. The battleship
North Dakota reiorted by wireless to
day that sIh? has been in collision with
the British schooner T. K. Bentley, off
Cape Cod, last night. Tlie. battleship
turned back to the navy yard bore for
repairs.
The schooner was said to' be in need
of immediato assistance mid the naval
'tug Mohave was sent out from here. ,No
, one was injured. .
The batth-ship' shutters and cleva-i
tor were damaged. ..
The stdiooners damage wasf sported as
largely loss of headgear
FRENCH LICK. INl.,- Jan. 1. Dis
fussiomP regarfling the drafting of the
srhedules of the National anil
American leagues by John Heydler and
B. B. Johnson, the league president.
Wnro nntimip,! trtdflt-. .- TFiP .linciiiv.iikns
were begud yesterday and following the!
meeting it was announced that the dates'
for the oiKiiimr of tlie leadimr Karnes !
would probably be determined today. -
FRANCE ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE K .
PLAN TO PROHIBIT SUBMARINE
ATTACKS ON MERCHANT SHIPS
GASTONIA PDSTOFFICE
NOW IN FIRCT ri m
i, HUH 111 lUlUI ULflUU
V y
! Receipts For 1921 Passed $40,
! 000 Mark, Thereby Auto
matically x Advancing; Office
From Second to First .Class
Hundred 1 Per Cent . In
crease in Four Years Re
tiring Postmaster D o 1 1 e y
Made Splendid Record. T
Already first class in many " respects, i
Gastoniui.s uow first class as regards its;
poatofliee, or rather will bo after July
1st,' the date on which the postoflico de-'
pnrtmeiit's fiscal year commences. This
is not a prediction but is a fact, ascer
tained from the books of the. local office
which show that tho sales for 1921 ex
eeciled by mure tban''3,000 tho amount
required to put un ofiico In the first
class.
Nineteen twenty one sales by quarters
were un follows:
Quarter eliding March 31 ... .$10,820.37
Quarter ending June HO...-..- 9.2:14.00
Quarter ending Sept. ;10 10.4H.2S
Quarter ending I Kir. 31 I3,074.1M
$4.1,54.1.61
Tlii is n net increase of 3,793.84
over the Kales of 1920, which totalled
lr.10,749.77. , Considering the fart that
1920 was rated as probably tho beat
business year this part of tho country
inoxt infalliblo ind
e io mo growiu oil
nuv town. In.1917. four venrs airo.
tho s-iles of the Gastonia pontoflice total
..v , , . . . - - - '
led loss than $22,000.00.. Thus jt will
lo seen that they have doubled in four
year. There are, of course, numerous
other facts which show this growth, such
as the inerensu in the money ordor and
parcel pot departments.
Classification as n first class post office
carries several things with it, including
an increasj on tho postmaster 'a salary.
It advances this year from $3,000 to
:i,200. It also entitles tho office to a
new ofiicial known ns a suH'rintcndcnt
of mails nnd allows, one additional
clerk. i
(apt. Stephen B. Dolley 's last ofUcial
act before turning over the office to the
new poHt master, Mr. F. A. Blnte, wM 'tOj
semi in to tno department a requisition
for a parcel !ost automohilo delivery
tiH-k and t6 request, that tha general
delivery window. 1k kept open an hour
later' each day,- elosing at 7 p. m. in
stead of (i, this for the accommodation
of clerks and working people who can
not get to the oBiee by ti ojjjock. Some
time ago Mr. Dollcy secured a resurvey
of the town with a view to having the
free mail delivery service extended.
There is a ' probability that this will le
done within the year." Duriug' his ad
ministration of twenty months', Capt.
Dollev matle many improvements in the
Kervice an.) laid tlie toim-iation tor ntner
lmprovcmcHiM wuien win irouuuij vu iu
evidence soon.
SIX DEATHS FROM
DISORDERS IN BELFAST
(By Tho Associated Tix-fa.)
BELFAST, Jan. 4. Six deaths have
resulted from the present series of disor
ders in Belfast, one of the fatalities be
ing that of child who was shot while
i iu its mother's arms.
Firing continued last night, the fierc
est being in the York. street area, which
coSwcbi under Kie M o'Vlwk curfew law.
A heavy Snow aim frost nir not deter the
rioters.
In the Sinn Fein's Carick Hill district
late yesterday the police arrested two
men who lred on them. One bad n ri
fle and the oilier a number of bombs.
GETS ROUSING WELCOME
TO COUNCIL MEETING.
PANNES, Frauce, Jan. 4. - Premier
Briand and M . Loucheur. nt the head of j
French delegation io the Allied Su- ;
'Trm" Council, arrived here today Bud
reieived an enthusiastic welcome. M.
Briand. proceeded to :ie Carlton hotel,
""'I illjindstbly hold the first of .his so-
of preliminary conversations with
tne t.ntisn prime 'minister, Mr. i.ioya
George, this atteriio-.n. !
JinKims urxun, iirnisn oii-reiary in i
Stale for Foreign
today.
airs.
also arrived
"
J"- WlORK. Jan. 4. Freight ratei
.. 1.... ..m C...... ,...!.... ..j.1...,-!
..... .unu ,.n.u. , ,, inuu
tarilv by the- railroads and ordered by ;
l-vcr lAjHlinitTd HHU IIIHI WHS OHO ! Wfttjuili U.nuw.rut .I. in ro-to that AiLr I v 1 ..7w. v u'"b"
of the worst. thU net increase of "early commercial craft.- ,
ten per cent indicates a steady and n FrS? Th Fw'h "I'tanco in principle
healthy growth of the town; because the tlwlhki e fflw by Aieh 51 V U embrace, the Halfour amendment
business done bv n iiostofflee is an nb .V" , :f e.7i ... Dy. '"'-B under which tho banning of .' submaine
the Interstate Commerce Commission,; l took off the roi-s. " (Br The Assocv t'resa.)
?,ill cut down railro;id revenue- through-' "How many other men saw UK' Col-J WASHINGTON, "Jan. 4. lenial of
out the country by approximately S0,- 0nel Bethel asked. A ; recent charges by Senator LaFoUctc, of
000,000, it is estimated here. The com-, ."I don't kuow," replied thejitnesuujvlsi-oiisiii, that nil agreement not to
mission's order, calling for a decrease ofjiding that he had made .ie first" report j j,,,, legislation to repeal the so-called
freight rates on hay, grain, grain pro- to Senator Watson. I guarauty section of the transportation "
ducts and alfalfa for trans-Mississippi "What prompted 'you to Write met" j St.t and to restore State control over In
territory, will go into effect on Saturday 'asked Senator Watson, taking the sfimd. i tM-state rates wa obtaincl from farm "
and will add fi 12 jier cent to the 10 i-r
cent vohintarv- reduction of rates on va-j
riotis classes of farm produce made if-!h;
feetivc January 1. by alL railroad rx-
tept thoso of New .Englaiul.
Arrangements have been made by the;
Commission to resume itext Wedneslay'
i the inquirr uon which will lie based that
inquiry uon which willtte uosea tmit .
ImkIv' action inv directing further ratei
decreases.
l .
j NKW YORK, Jan. 4. A three cor-,
nered -leal which may send Itoger Peck- "How did you get tlieywse "s ' '.
inpaugh, former Yankee captain, to the; Senator Watson went on. J
nianngement- of the Washington Sena- "It sliptod over the head." '
tors, was expecfe! to bt clewed 1od:iy "If you took off the ropes hy did
wla n Clark tirillith. owner of tlie canitali.vou not remove the black C4lf " Chair-
club, conferred with Harry Fraiec. head;
of the Bo-rtort Bed Sox. This deal also)
involvef ihe, sending of Joe Du gun, ofjl
tlm Ufhlctie), to Boston, U Washing-i
'too. - - - .
Italy and Japan Are Still to Be Heard From Ex
act Nature of Reservations Attached to French
Acceptance Not Yet Revealed - Hope to Wind
Up Far Eastern Negotiations Next Week -
Reservation to Acceptance Probably Con
cerns What Is Expected-of Merchantmen.
SAYS DEAD SOLDIERS
WERESHIPPtDHOMEWmil
ROPES' AROUND NECKS
Rufui Hubbard, Employed With Craves
Registration Service Disinterred Dead
Soldiers who Had Rope Around Necks
and Black, Caps Over Faces Others
Testify Before Watson' Investigating
Committee.
(By The" Associated I'ress.)
W'ASllIXUTOX. Jan. 4. Kumfo
Hubbard, of New York, employe Ji
the American (iraves-Kegi.stration sljf
vice, in preparing iodies of American
soldiers for shipment from France, told
a Senate couimitteo today that tui jffiree
bodies -disinterred be found a rope a
rotmd the neck of each and a black cap
over each face.
Called as the first witness at UJrJ-
sumption of tho hearing of tli comfrfft
tee investigating charges by iiciwiltor
Tli . ;!... 1 1...
.... n..
i-iio. un im: uuiniuu ul viib cuuui, aun
the black caps wero not removed before
LM , r K::,i?r:; il lilU,
States for burml," Hubbard testifii
commander of the third battalion, ltlth i "T . f LnI 1PW it
;,, ., I ... ,ir t u ,j rar Eastern negotiations when they ate
Ken .1 ; i?. Js -fTlVii?f I probably next week, also ap-i-
nw'' f 'S '5.2'!i 'Ue' lnred to have l-n strengthened totlay
two soldiers in 1 ranee, was -ton.. hand . ...... : ...!".! u
Major Hierame Opie, of Stnuntou, Vs.,
with cminwl to enter lormul denail otij. . . T a.-. ..1.. ..
the charge IWauso some of. tho wit- bhsntung iss u IV "
nesse, were anxious tb tcMifyWrc- '.wU'd ' 1 "A JSMJ. h.
turn home there was no earlv reference t?n of tlm V' Ut'lT ?r , i
of the Onin case ' ally upprouching Seerctnry Hughes and
,l.&Xwork in tho field a. J: 2 ?!
ITK.,
uffsisiani, nniiaunrr, iiuuuaru- wens iu-
. . i . i..
to great; detail while Chairman Brande
gee was attempting to find out whaiJie
knPW about cW, of jlJcKai hangings,
v.i.'v written lni let..r m-
tell u in your own way what you know
nbout .the hanging charges,'' Chairman
Hranilegeo insisted,
vhile nt.n cemetery In France.
1. l- t-.i: 1-. i;..
aud
when the men were luinge
re hanged. I thinfcitwo; '
wero negroes, and one a white piaifM
think it was a disgrace to the army thtttj
the bodies went to the parents wjtlioutij
the black caps being removed." . J
The witness gave tlie names of sever-
, ,M.rin!l wno wcro preset nt the
me-
terv with him
'"There was too much hurry khNfho
registration service, " ho rontNl,
ana many saa misiases in laeminca-
tion were mode." ' Ti '
"There were no tags on tho Itodiesof ! (By The Associated Press.)
the three Holdicrsf" Senator OvcrJnan,' PITTSP.UROll, Jan. 4. -Mrs. Lnu
Democrat, North Carolina, askeiLC ! ra Kuight, a London artist, ha acccpt-
"I did not see one," Hubbard rc -
plied.
"Were bodies that were not properly
identified shipped home as. identified?
Senator Brandegee asked.
"They Vere," Hubbard replied.
Many wemen in the crowded commit
tee room who lost sons overseas !yW"'d
forward and likened closely to tTii1
bard's long recital , of " carelessmjis, ' '
and tears were in their eyes, s" V
"Do vou know if thoso three men ;
were excnte.l in accordance wnn me ;
law." tho chairman asked. .
"1 do not." . 11- (By Tho Assorwe4 x'ri;as.V
"Know anything of your own fmn f , T,. . , .
ledge of crueltvf" KANSAS CIT. Mo , Jan. 4. -The
"Vcs"hesaid " I first annual meeting of the Natioiiul As-
It developed what he wanted to tell ! socintion of State Directors of Vocation-'
was heirsay ' Educntiou opened here today, with C.
"Strike it out then," said the .liair-'V. Williams, of Manhattau. Kansas.
man I stato director of vocational education, in
Examined bv Colonel Waller A.44ieth- i Kansas, presiiling.
el. nctiiiv Ju.lire Advocate (ieneral of
,h,. Army. Hubbard said several hun-,
, in,,i Imh1i.s were taken un at tne I relic n :
cemetery where he fouutt three
with
roiies hooked around the neck.
'The thn-e Ixxlies Were taken up
different parts of the cemetery on
- 1 :.t
the
same ua, ne am.
"The row was nliont three feet long.
'Xfv dlntv a n Vnrmer er'if-f nnia
"If. the t:ig liad'y-Vliere would you
ive found it." .
"I certaiuly would I ' he rcpli.""!.
"Are you prepared to swearthere
was no tas in any of the three coffinsf"
Senator Watson aked..
' "I am. "
am. " j
Hubbard saiil he protest 1 to Major
jtiumier ogn:nst allowing the iKHlie in
lltaiUMI III IIV U" fcHV IjlVUUU VV,iniJlll j
in the. rain. ,
man UraHlgegte asact.
."I wasn't ordered to takeoff tlie cap.
orderel to nniove the, rei' j
"Why wvr '.H. wot ordxe.l.to take i
1 (CouUaued oo pug nx.)
- '
: Advertise in The Daily Gazette. .
WASH1XUTOX. Jaa. 4. An im-
important step toward agreement by tho
jKiwers on the American proposal to pro
hibit umo of submarines against mer- -chant
vessels was seen today in the
proposal's aceeptanve in principle by the
French delegation subject to a discus
sion of the precise language of the de- '
elaration. Although acceptances still are-.
awaited from the Governments of Italy
and Japan, there was indication that
neither of these powers would interpose
serious objection if the 'proposal re
ceived the Vull approval of France, and ':
it wns believed the delegations possibly '
would lie prepared to resume discussion
ui the matter today nt a meeting ef the
'full naval committee of the conference.
The -exact snture of the reservations
attached to the French acceptance, as"
communicated to Secretary Hughes by
Amlxisftador Jusserand Into yesterday,
had not 1een revealed, but it was believed
they might concern stipulations to gov
ern the conduct of merchantmen under
immunity from submarine attack, ' such
US 'whether they nre to be permitted to
arm .or run 'down sumersibles, or wheth-
nil unit against merchantmen would
IwH'onie effeetivo immelifttely fls between
... . ,1.. .1 t
, ig ZtctVTy .
-o.a.ion by . submarine coinnmndcr
f the rules of international law.
ri ii
v ,. a i. i i .,11.1. :.
lit .IILTVIT IU VMMR Hill UlUHIWK "IIB J""
Japanese on the shantung question ana
secure more Uireet -employment or ino
proffered ".good offices" of those of
ficials. " . ' . ' " . " ,
Another repuduited document bad been
added toihiy to the list of thoso made
public by the spenial delegation here'
irom 1 no rar fcimiuub s
r ar risxorn rcpnoiio as nr-
umian oftLers connected with Ataman
SominoS, the unti-bolshcvik leader.
the Japanese agreed to support": with
arms and money -a offens'ne against tho
arniv of the Far Eastern republic, were "
published by tho delegation yesterday
and were nt once denounced by Admiral .
Baron Knto, senior Jupancsc delegate, -as
"irbsolutely falMe."
( $ - ; ;
MRS. KNIGHT, LONDON
. ntc-r rr o v Ttnrir
cil the invitation of the Carnegio Instl
! lute of Pittsburgh to act as one f the
judges for the next international art ex-
hibition to W held here next spring, It
was aunouneed today.. The judges will
be Linden Simon, tlie French painter,
! diaries 11. Woodbury, of Boston, and
I Charles C. Curran, ef New York, judg- .
!es will meet In London, Paris, New
j York and Pittsburgh to award the hon-
ors hum meuaut. ... -
ANNUAL MEETING OF
VOCATIONAL DIRECTORS
me Mate uireeiors Ha"e cnarge or ine
exivnditure of Federal funds approrrw
m'u r .n-iiuu cumain.ii niri.. .
j One of the important subject to be .
discussed today is "rehabilitation" of -
crsons injund in industrial accidents.
DRUMMOND DENIES THE
CHARGES OF LA FOLLETTE.
organizatk-n leaders nKti conference here
with representatives of tlie railroads and
of eon I, steel and lumber intew-sts, was j
made tod:iy by W. I. Drunitnoml, of
Kansas City, .chairman of the- lionrd of
J governors ui the International rami
; congress.
'jjew Parking Ordinance.
t At a minting of the city council Tucs-
j , ,mi iiii ... . ...... ,..... .,
jday night an ordinance was eiia-tcl rrg
ulafiitg the pnrkiug of cars on West Air-
line avenue. Theordinan.-eprovi.hsth.it
m ears shall I parke.1 on the north side
!of west Airline avenue between Fa IN
aihl!us strtnts and that no -rs slialt
i i narked on the south si l? :! W.-t Air-
! lino avenue between South and Onklan.l
h!reets.
ngidati
tV.tir I
The priucial object of f it
un is to prevent acn.ie.if i
in' lint lrnrss rae ic
ti
line as is frfjuei-t ;
w t a 4 n lui lutsmi ji!Ii1i ia A itirvm taV