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WEATHERFORECAST . ; ,A y,, A-- A ' ond somewhat .der Sunday; Won- AV W " 5 V ll " ' ( P A II XS.! . - "J J rW' L L U , 11$ . . - V z - - - N . .-. : W .fLi3iVflrILAn-. ; ,. THREE SECTIONS; . : ' : ; . .- FULL LEASED. WIRE SERVICE: - C - - A ". A. A A ' TfA-VM ;, - -.: .i,"-."1 .'A VOL.. XXIII, NO. 347 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNIN G, DECEMBER .23, 1917 r .. PRICE. FIVE CENTa s. I irsnp"ns INEIfilblTIG FOOD nBMjn:-l?n!IVFn:' I. All UM IB1. ii 1 1 111 1 MoS Reported that German Soldiers Will Soon Occupy the Rus sian Capital j GROWING AGITATION j TO RESTORE MONARCHY j , i May Proclaim Grand Duke j Alexieff as Regent Bolshe-' villi Pcver Rapidly Falling; o- D 4. C, .! to neces ivijls ivciy where. . 1 1 i P.v United Press) i r, :--.)rad Dec. 22. Germans hava j ., -. ho Swedish embassy to warn -,v-,;Mi subjects to leave Petroprad, , . -v of expected occupation oi ; ;;r , . y," according to report:; v. ru-! PERSHING'S ORDER OPEN S THE I BQLSHEViKI 1 R OF N IDE ter's Husband Richmond Detectives Investigating IFE! V CHARGES HENEV fflil Tiif nrilil: : . M1H IMS- Ilt-i M -I HP-v. I 1 i- ...... , i - . 1-. . . l Warrant Sworn Out in Rich- Says Big Beef Barons Used mond and North Carolina War-Made Opportunity to Officers Notified Boost Prices MRS. KNIGHT BELIEVES I DRASTIC LEGISLATION IN HER SON-IN-LAW! CERTAIN TO FOLLOW Mother of Dead Woman Ex- Federal Trade Commsision Un presses Confidence in Dauerh- i covers Conditions Which De- niand a Remedy Packers Got Their Slice FORi FACING ITS MOST A HOT DISCUSSION S PROBLEM Allowing Sammies to Drink Mutiny and Revolt Against Wine arid Beer Expected to j the Yrotsky-Lenine Regime btart Something i Growing PROS AND CONS ARE i SITUATION FILLED ALREADY LINING UP; WITH POSSIBILITIES ! here tonight. Movement to Restore Monarchy S'o. kholm, we..' posted a1 Uapar "in order "Black Jack" Has Control . Unless a Strong Leader is Dec. 22. Proclamations .' in the Russian barracks 1 :da today that German : would soon arrive at Petropi'ad to establish order." ,.... ' Tile newspaper Djeio Naroda.' said j tiitre i crowing agnation in r-iiu-ri for restoration of the monarchy. Frociaiv.atiom will be posted Sun- Over His Men and His Or ders Go Without Any Other Sanction (Ey United Press) Washington, Dec. 22. - ereneral "Black Jack" Pershing opened up- the possibilities of a fed hot controversy ay. it was stated, urging that Grand when seeking to restrain soldiers H:k Alexieff be made Regent and; ! I ' ! ' k ' " .-A TAir lCi ' i 1 (1 Ll i VV Jb-M V V , ihe Grand Duke Alexandriovitch and ; from indulging in vice, li r-rmitted Fiince Leopold of Bavaria vice re- them the use of wine and beer, sents. Tjis recent orders nut a verv de- on Found, to Unite Factions Empire Likely to Be Split in Many Parts (By United Press.) London, Dec. 22. Russia's Bolshe- j Tik-6yernment tonight was facing M-s-ifcveavest crisis. on a large scale in the ( atretspf Ptrograd was reported in unitedrrress dispatches from Stock holmiiautinous troops starting the re- fnllowed attempts by the Bolsheviki government to withdraw four army out the restraining influence of punish corps rudder1-- turned anti-Bolsheviki j ment for any Sammy in France par- rd received here to- n r. f. i- v ri n rf t1 ri ni?ht "'-j taking ot.hard liquoi;" but he. 05 Every report seeping through the i cepted the use of the lIgnterintoxi Maximalist controlled censorship from ! cants. troublous Petrcprrad tonight indicatocii dissolution of the Lenine-Trotsky re-j ?ime is at hand. Lettish troops, heretofore the main reliance of the pacifist government, were now reported becoming shaky. All Caucasus troops have adopted ioint resolutions demanding that thej loNheviki rurrender their power toj thf- Constitutent Assembly which theyj have prevented meeting. As a result, the whole subject of liquor for fighters, both in the : army and navy, is destined. to get a vigor ous discussion. Anti-saloon leaguers will doubtless try to force an issue, while the moderates will advocate Pershing's, ruling and try to extend it to this country as a "whole. Secretary Of the Navy Daniels said 1 tonight that his no booi.e regulations 7 ho Rnhnohjiva Gazettft. OnPS SUD Maximalists, in its issue i 01 e lxavy sianu, aiuiougn marine., m tne Jrersnmg torce unaer Army port'!' tne today declared: "'The days of the Bolsheviki are , control are subject to Pershing's or- Vykraine backed her declaration of independence of Bolsheviki rule by rojfj)rmidable forjees against th!5Er6tsky-rjienlne combination. Siberia was reported on the verge of a. separation government. General Kaledine's Cossacks were reported being augmented daily. "Heavily censored dispatches from Petfograd told of discovery by the Bolsheviki of a plot by the Cadets (Constitutional Democrats) to inspire mufiijH' among the garrison, hereto fore whole heartedly pro-Bolsheviki. Possibility of all the forces oppos ing the' Bolsheviki uniting in a Na tional movement to restore rule of (By United Press.) Washington, Dec. 22. A food trust (Special to The Disnateh) I Richmond, Va.,Dec. 22. On infor-j mation frb'm Detective Sergeant : organized by the big beef barons used Wiley, who is in North Carolina ih-i lhe war ade opportunity to. boost vestigating the Johnson poison case, I Prices Francis J. Heney, Federal Detective Gordon Smith tonight swore ! Commission Examiner charged today, out warrant charging Dr. Johnson! Subject to the mandates of this se with murdering his wife and NortJ et merger he declared are prices on r, L repots, rcultry, dairy produc-.s, leather, Carolina authorities weru erected to i grain and canned goods. hold him. ' J Heney promised to u icowr the The fact that Dr. Lemuel J. John ' tJ?ck f t!lis f.ood mer'.7' in series j ot public hearings to toilo .v tlie corn son, young dentist of Middlesex, N. ! mission's sessions here this week C, had another girl down home was ' vrt"cb disclosed the fiscal legerdemain t T.- , .u , 1 by which control of the Chicago Stock known to his wife and other member Yards was obtained by the ig pack. of her family, according to Mrs. ers: Future hearings, Heney indicated, George E. Knight, of this city, the'; maF e beld in Kansas City, or Chi- Col. Isaac Lewis Pours OF SUE BAflR 1 All PROBE ED HOOVER Tale of Bitterness to Com- ' .- mittee ' ''vAti cago, when the local sessions are con- ! eluded, shortly after the hnlidavs bride of three months who died hero; Drastic legislation to check-ma to mother of -Alice Knight Johnson, last Saturday night of cyanide of pot assium poisioning after taking a cap-1 food gambling is considered certain to I follow the Commission's disclosures. "We intend to set the eoods on these sule suppbsed to contain quinine. Yes, I people and smash this food monopoly." wes knew of te other girl." said Mrs. ! Eaid Heney. "Our investigators have trailed the Knight today, and although Mr. John son's father was said to be anxious trust for the last four months in va rious parts of the country. The dis for him to marry her, he chose Alice i C-osures to date are the result only or l.ueir nruuins m .Boston nnanciai T-rH,.! Thov ora n no hi o tn ?ivflioers. HUT. no wine mess aDoara sniu, -hn ' ..thor n0 r hrp.-id nr ! or in shore stations will be Dermitted.! the people in Russia was hoped for land They have given them only land only the President and Secretary Hvi! war. The workers and the soldier.-- are beginning to awaken. They will soon tOiow their might in behalf of the fatherland." A manifesto recently issued by the nrisinal soviet of all-Russian delegates ftiv; received here pleads with the people to "arise and defend Parlia i.iv against the usurpers who are now seeking a shameful separation an--! armistice peace." Rioting Reigns in Petrograd. ''-inc. riec. 22. Rioting reigns in 1'ftroerad, according to reports here loiiijMit. Wine shops have been de iii oshed and sacked, resulting in wi:d "rit and pitched fighting in the -T'-' i ; with rifle and machine gun fire. Armored cars were used in battle in the mo!; J. v: Dm T Ci;r: t;-i' Ml.. t i;i i Co.. have the power to alter this. General Pershing, on the other hand, had full power to take the course he did. by experts here tonight. Apparently the Ukerainians and Cossacks, under General Kaledine and Korniloff, are acting in concert. In the view of those conversant with And apparently he acted w-ithoutithe Russian conditions, divisions of consultine Secretary of War Baker in the great nation into half a dozen smaller republics, each wrtn more or less conflicting desires and aims, would paralyze Russia's strength for evermore. Diplomats, therefore, were hopeful that some great force, or some popu lar leader would rise to cement all the various elements together. Nothing has been heard of former Premier Kerensky now for several days. He was last reported near Petrograd with a considerable force. Whether the former "Lloyd-George" of Russia could shake off the vaccila- the trenches. Others say it is un-J tion which characterized his course wise to give men such stimulus, even j when he was in power before, was though great Jaritian anu nauw consiueieu yiuuicmdutai issue a "shot" mornings berore their men go over the top into battle. po;, T r! ; P Dtp W: poir any wise, for Secretary Baker said to day that he had "no official" advices, the Secretary refused to talk of the situation in any way. although it was suggested to him that his approval or disapproval would eventually be asked by the country. Army men. differ as to the wisdom of the Pershing exception. They agree on one point that his des're to limit vice is entirely- commendable, but' there are many officers who iarie Theatre square to disperse openly declare that a wine or "grog intent on a massacre of the ration is. almost essential to men in .Mciny shops, dwellings and the Ii Fid Cross have" been pillaged, reports here declared Red had arrested four members of ';r -ir.ia revolutionary staff; that ',;-.- r-oviet naa aeciareu mar-i iw, and that General Kaledine's (k miltary government had r-: ! to allow formation of a strong! ir government. t-vrh vas applied to the oliicej ro German paper. To Invite the Allies. I'oerad. Dec. 22. Reports from because e loved her. He and Alice were married ahead of the schedul ed time because he expected to be draftjed into the Army, soon and she had promised to marry him before he was called. He told us that he want ed to keep the marriage a secret down in his home town lintil Christmas, and we offered no objection. He wanted to surprise his pebpl taking Alice down there-then and introducing" hr as his wife. Mrs. Knight's every utterance im plied that she still has the most im plicit confidence in her young son-in-lhw, despite certain statements he ir. alleged to have made in Wilson, N C, after he took poison there en route home from his wife's funeral. Her theory is that her daughter's death was due either to an accident or to some jealous person whose iden tity is unknown to her. FLYNN TO LEAVE SECRET SERVICE (By United rress.) Washington, Dec. 22. William Flynn, veterafo chief of the United States secret service has resigned, i.. became officially known here tonight. New York reports that Flynn re signed to acept the police commis sionership of New York City, under Mayor-elect Hylan, could not be con firmed. Flynn was reported to be In New York tonight. Since long before the United States entered the European war, Flynn hai played a leading role in detecting German plottings throughout this country and abroad. While of course workings of Flynn s service have been carefully veiled, it has been gen erally suDDOsed it was the United houses.' Today's hearing in the Commission's offices was devoted to strengthening the connecting links between th? old Chicago Stock Yards Company and the present packers control. "We know that Armour was getting his slice of stock yards profits," Heney announced. "Now we want to show that Swift, Morris fnd the other packers vwere getting theirs." . " - Wilson and Cudahy also, were m the combine, according to Hensy. "The size of their profits was shown in testimony that, Armour and Com pany, annually from 1910 on, realized more than the $77,000 it invested in the nwe stock yards company, besides splitting $3,600,000 surplus with other packers that had accrued to the old company. A network o" inter-related sfock yards throughout the country, in which Armour was shown to hold stock se cretly was revealed by Heney. Control of trade publications by the packers j was charged. I Launching his attempt to show that the packers extended their reins to grain, poultry, canned goods and other j I food products, Heney today developed that they controlled various cotton seed oil plants. Declined to Allow Food Ad ministrator File Statement, on Sugar Question COMMITTEES ADJOURN UNTIL WEDNESDAY - f i Red Tape in Equipping Army :. V is Charged With Respdnsi-C, j bility for Lack of Guns and c -; v Clothing (By the United Press.) (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 22. Col. : -Isaac .-t'Vv';' j Lewis today poured out before-" the JOilfVlLIVinVjO rLAl kjikmLU i Senate Military Affairs Committee the ; V. SATURDAY'S HEARING! bitterness and disappointment ' of 4V ltv years, as he told the story of the re-if!? dent Wilson Was Drawn Into the Controversy Reed and Hoover, Bitter Per- ie?tion of the Lewis machine gun ty-M i c - - v o itnis government. v k o r sonal Lnemies, Clasn Presi- 1 summing un the r tniir tion of his gun, Lewis dramatically, 1 laid the whole blame upon' ' "a''8ysteittH-;.-..' that is the curse of America." t That " (v finite t.ri j system, he.. called 'Crozierism'be-:?; Washington, Dec? 22 .-Food Admin- ?T declared its chief exponent '7: TI - , . m the War Department ia Major Gen-!' ; ' istrator Herbert Hoover, and Chairman i orai WilIiam Crozier, Chief of Sr4-5v Reed of the Senate sugar probe com-! nance. ' . . .' Av mittee, bitter personal enemies, open- i Lewis' testimony marked the ( ell- ly clashed today. Reed's refusal to 1 max thus far of the military inquiry. . : . accept Hoover's statement on the su- !rn!?h faas been filled with Startling 0 . . , ,. J. , testimony concerning red tape and de-V,!-' gar shortage was the climax of devel- iftv 1 . ',;.?.;:':.. it also proved the outstanding fea." tme of a week of Congressional invest - 'V tigations. -: - r-i !',' During this time the Seriate Com ; opments which embroiled President Wilson, the Food Administration and a majority of the Senate investigation committee, in a heated series of ne- U"."' ,5 lT "mt tne, senate uom. . 'oHtiSm, 1 - " ' c ferc-cMitte has-developed--that : j gouations. . the snipbuilding program; Is belnslWt tvteu4 accorumg 10 me jpooa Aamm-jsuea witn great vigor, nnder h busl istration, had been clearly shown in pegs reorganization of the Shipping V the unfair light of attacking Hoover J aoarf ana tne emergency Fleet .Cor- - porauon. .. , k j and rejecting the information he had specifically requested of the Food Dic tator at the beginning of the probe. President Wilson urged the commit The Reed sugar committee, : after, V a days of examining witnesses, some oil ; whom bitterly charged Herbert Hoo- v ver with mismanagemnt of. the sugar; A Soldier's Bad Luck.' (By United Press) Anniston, Ala., Dec. 22. Private Clyde Skiles, of the 116th field artil lery, no wstationed at Camp McCleA lan, seems to have been born under an unlucky star. At any rate, bad iuck has campped on his trail since Thanksgiving Day, and the end is not yet. On Thanksgiving Day the artil lery soldier led to the altar Miss Ma rie ( Tarver, the pretty cashier at i local millinery shop, and the day fol lowing the ceremony the . soldier was confined to camp for a period of twen- POSTOFFICE BARS CHARLESTON PAPER p...i,'tn,i nan 99 Thp nermit of- ( liai 1CDIUU, iV-v. J ( tj. J the Charleston American to be enter-j to Petrograd as second class mail matter wa3 Petroerad has stated ' nothing offi cially now for 48 hours on the peace, coming chiet aDout six years su. negotiations at Brest-Litovsk. At last During the Taft administration he reports, from unofficial sources, it temporarily served as Deputy Police was stated that the German delegates ( Commissioner of New York, had flatly refused the Bolshevik con- ditions for a separate peace and that pQG TRIED TO PULL the Russian delegates were returning tvjmpilavs fin tnn rf this the new . . . . 1 1 1 J J.T I J - " States secret service wmcn uaieu j benedict's outfit is in quarantine on famous Luxburg correspondence andjaccount of a 'haifjozen cases of moa- uncovered the trial of German mtn . ,ies gue at Mexico City a: "-e time, of the attempted German-Mexico-Japnn pact. Flynn has been connected with se cret service for nearly 20-years, be- tee to accept his defense, but at the jsituation, clashed with President WlUv s i 4. t. j , son in its last session of the eek last moment Chairman Reed and theover admitting Hoove?s staSn-nS committee declined, to prevent "dis-) defense. ' courtesy to the - committee." v The food Administration made no attempt to; hide its bitterness toward Chairman Reed, whose attaqks on Hooverityhen the food control bill was under; discussion, in the Senate havet not been. forgotten. Judge vt?rirtis S. Lindsay, personal counsel ; fIr, Hoover, in an inter view -iai0jqlda.y-aid: "Re&d iShpwed 1 that he is obsessed Despite the President's request.that ords, the committee refused untilT? Hoover could appear personally next Friday. A-: All three investigations adjourned w tonight until Wednesday when Major General Sharpe, Quartermaster Gea- A eral of, the Army, will continue his test' - A , timony before the military investiga- ; tors. The transportation of clothinnr a A by personal . venom. The investiga- an(i supplies to France for; Pershing's tion isJ6e4ng. conducted by him in that spinuVyt.ihave a letter from Reed ask ing Hotter, to; submit a list of wit nesses ad alL information likely to aid the Jcopamittee inits probe. But when. Hoover tried to present the com mittee yrijth his side of the case, Reed refused .to hear. it. Reed even is re ported to have said there was nothing? of interest in .the, statement. "I believe- the public ought to know that Hoover Vas, denied this right to be heard,! ; The statement was a clear exposition Aof fixe entire sugar situation. troops will be gone into. In. this ro-; spect, the military investigation will dove tail with the shipping Inquiry. " Commerce committee members re . eager to learn whether the transport service and the transportation of sup-A plies for the War - Department 7.,has ; been put in on efficient and waste-. saving basis. General -Sharpe . will be : asked for detailed information on this ; point. .t " a;aa "S The shipping investigators. probably will hear Admiral F. T.' Bowles.; man-" ager of steel ship construction," fiv ex ; ed r.i;ovsk tonight declared it had! today revoked by the Postmaster DO A K: Si; ii li'-'.'.l desirable from the stand of principle, that all bellige--'"'anicipate in peace negotiation:? !" 'ific conducted there. Both :' if 4-rmid, had decided to invite !i Britain, Italy and the United ;;; io send delegates. The Gac 1 '-'insider it necessary to tinuw AMies' reply before opening formal '-''t int ions. Christmas BoOze Destroyed. (By United Press.) A tm i-ton, Ala.. Dec. 22. One thon- jr;i!lon of beer ready for traus - ''n into the Christmas liquid h ( i:, p, s jd tne toil taken by two 'inif oi't'icers. The stills ranged 1 'o 00 gallons capacity. 1. : v Muskogee Leads Georgia. (By United Tress) ' '-iuithiH, Ga., Dec. 22. Muskogee : i' : ds Georgia in the Red Cross i". Ganeral Bleecke1 Jj. "''-' n!' campaign has just .,.u. von- M. Poulnot, on the ground tnat me paper had violated the act of June, 1917. Notice of the revocation of the per mit was served upon -Walter A. Liv ings, president. Of the American Com pany; A. Clifford Thompspom. mam-r-mg editor, and Nolly J. Sams, citv -alitor, in the absence of oJhn P. Grate, editor and general manager. Some time since the American wa-v summoned to shov cause wny Alleged Spy Killed. Fl Paso. Texas. Dec. 22. Charles BABY FROM FIRE (By United Press.) Sycamore, Ga., Dec. 22. Despite, the hernia efforts of a Det" dog. the six Feifie. or Wew oYrk City brteved jo, infant of Mr. and Mn De a uermaii syy, suul auu . la hnrnfHl to death tonierht 10 miles eaest of El Paso, by a seventh cavalry border patrol, while attempting to ford the Rio Grande. The mother left the baby sitting in a little rocking cair before an open grate last evening. When she return ed to the room a few minutes later she found the- child on the floor, a Buying Saving Stamps. -(By United PreNS.j Warrenton, Ga., Dec. 22. Postmas ter Evans stated today that the said ma Je names. the chair ad toppled ;''f government war saving stamps and over throwing the baby into the fire. should not be deprived of the mailing ortincates naa -opened, m wntuu The dog had. pulled ttte enna irom inrivileee A hearing was. nem n, j-u.mat uue man - tne grate ana was cuucaiuuut, Washington in November, but no an nouncement had been made as to whet action the government would. take un- tli service of the papers today. in certificates today. Two Deaths , at Camp Jackson. it outside the room. The child died ;a few hours later. C Aimbia. S. C Dec. 22. Three new . t mT-r " -, - , . v . tW naot Wll I IAIVI 1 ffjnioi otatomTir was erivn out caes. "na lwu ucalus -" i-" - . lll 111! Il.IfXl Xsl i,vw . n - - - r . TO SUCCEED COKER ''I'wlnted on-this fact in c messag.i,30rsriip'' law passed In j June. A u ofnotor 'PniiTnnt. hut it was hours' was the report on tne meningt-i that thP naner served on one tis Tsitr-tlon at -Camp Jackson today of the officials of the company stated rAuthorities atfthe camp have declined; (Bv united. Press.) that the right of the American . Com to raise the quarantine although they r0umbja. S. Ci- Dc'-. 22. William pany's second class mailing Drivilees say the situation is improving. i Elliott, prominent Columbia attorney; had 'been revoked' because of the vio-( . - - A toniffht received, a telegram from Her- latinn -bv the American of tlte-Tea-' A Kaid;on'tngiana-r .i bort Hoovr stanng mat ne hhmibbu Atlanta division headquarters. u wnc. the ilrst chapter to reach the goal, 3,300 new members,; ' '' '! mg to reports 'London, Dec. 22. A . German air- recommendedto'.Presid?rit Wilson for t, t nrooo editor of the Amen- v A " anDomtment.. as iooa aaraimsc ntiui in UVUU -x . vi.v.w, :-; 1 . ... , ' . .. i -rx . I - T can Is not in Charleston tonight and -of . three cr.ptv.rcd m one or iwo uer- south Carolina, to- succeed uavia n; ced bv Lor'l Pnker who .-resigned ' because of ill Till rluxLCIXLV. IJ X ri ever- , VM . -iuu. ..u - f . . from headquar-.ncials-of Wepaper.-ne aiubhwu rencu - - Z? - 1- Is tere -declared to be' aertons. -edge '6V tbv -ferime;-' - - ' (Conttanea (xm rage. Three.' Z&b:-!?-i'&' "VA-AAi-ATA A-A Aif '-A-A 5 A'A:;A-;i:AnA';! .yJ.': JA?i Al .A ';;? A- " i -A ,A--i'i--t;;'A; A- J"A A v ;--A A A A - , ' Married Sick Soldier. i (By United Press) Anniston, Ala., Dec. 22. Private George H. Dickerson, one of the Vir ginia nniKhere, and'Miss Kate Price, a pretty Staunton girl, were unit-ad in marriage at the base hospital at Camp McClellan last night. The groom has been very near death's door with a n attack of pneumonia and the ceremo ny was performed as he lay . on his cot in the pneumonia ward and with the hospital attendants as interested witnesses. State Banks Growing. (By. United Press) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 22. Resources of North Carolina State banks have have made a net increase of f 38,281. according, to a summary tonight of tha State Corporation Commission's re ports A - . A-Deposits also jumped upward ot $36,000,000. Total resources of the 45S -State ' -banks were $156,i93,899: total deposits $125,000,000. lhere.were no personalities m it. Mr. j executive session. Admiriai Bowles Sprecfeelsi; -who a attacked Hoover inWiShes to give the committee 4 A In- testmion. was .not even mentioned . formation concerning; the - probable in the statement". Senator Jones, of New Mexico, made a strong'', effort -to have the Hoover statement incorporated in the record ,oday, .Reed, however, stated that as completion of ships month . by . month through the coming year. -:-a The Reed committee will begin its inquiry into the coal shortages. AThls HooverAwould be heard on Friday, itjis to' be done because of insistence of ui an , iiiciuucis uui ocuawi iwcui ReedChas persisted in1 keeping on with the sugar inquiry, but Senator kenyon. got his agreement to opening the coal ment. Hoover may maneuver to pub-, lish his Adefense through the White Houses priori to, Appearing oh the wit- eiduu..ff. ,-vV . jquizz Wednesday, Clifford Thorae, of . .Between, bickerings over the Hocv-'rowa -is scheduled as the flrst witness.' er statement,; the probers today heard He ig t0 tell about transportation' con- ' Western.-sugar beet growers who de- ditions m the Middle West, held re- manancrBase, iu: tne price tne reun- spongibie in large measure for: Jhe. fuel eries .pays for beets. That the acreage I famie , v ,v " Friday the Interstate Commerce , Committee plans to begin Jts', invest!-JA gation of the railroad ' - situation , - the; country over, y a- " A'.Vi-k- Investigating committee .' members asked tonight tos sum up- their Jmpres-" sipns of the, several Inquiries gave " -their views of what has been J eve 1- of Sugar beets will be cut down 65 rr.i-cent,; if prices' are not; raised from $8.37"-,a1totij.to 12- was the claim- of Dr. R,E, Jones, Coloradolan. KILLED AND BURIED MAW (FO RHIS MONEY Fuel horan So" Newspaper , A - A (By United Press.) Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 22. Because. period.. ODed thus: The military ", investigation A.-.'. 'has shown beyond question that theWar: urepartment nia not avail ltseir o? from 40,000 to 50,000 -machine guns It IBy United Press.) dpftifibus- j Gai, Pec, 22. Barton! iNiex and-nepnew. Amert miex, are supposed to. be; confined in the Fulton : countvrjffiail tonight, where they werei svent for. safe j-tieening. following- aimjght have had because the Browning' complete ontesson of the latter late! gun had been purchased for. more than Wnhlack of fuelhe EufaulTbailv 1 Monday'effept that they mur-U,000,000. This gun: has' neyer had a' Citizeh ijaftera f ore5 1 dere nd buried Les-. Alexander, and field test. All.the machine guns ;Per-, tosKnendS the latter a brother fishing's:, army ;hasVwere-: furnished, by to i .nenqpuDiication ror an maenni.e , :T. -piM- n PAlnmWi H franfce. anff pantflnmpnta In thU oiin. The -motive- was' robbery. ; Four hun- try have a. few French guns with two dred. dollars Vwera stolen. Confessing makes of American guns a . ' v ' to th0.cHme, -Albert Niex, who-.-claImsJ''oislghtVjof;rlfle:-inalter8,vwho:8aw' to baonlyATyears oM, revealed the.- the .war- coming before, the I War De- detailsV'to. Doctor Co3by, foreman of .paHment did,,has resulted in nsurincr Columbia Is Fijelless. - -; j (By United Press) A Columbia, S. C, Dec, 22. In an 'it fort to. relieve the suffering among the podr of this city due to the acute coal shortage, city, council at a meeting t- aay aeciaea to estaoiisn a municipal fuel Sard. J One of the members was ordered to go to West Virginia in an the toroner,'6 jury, and. Solicitor. -G'il-4 raPid; and . conlinuous rifle production McLaughlin, 'Thej cpnfession lnyolved .from now on, although there was much ' onlytwa- menV. j Bartow vand .'Alberdelay .because of official hesitation to ; Niex -.It was- madeSinAthe Muko?ree1decide;on; minor changes-iaArlfle .Ade- i couhty?jail,' Immediately after; the boyhsignA This official hesitatioh coupled