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VOLUME 34 NUMBER 303
ABILENE TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 6 1922
price; five cents
DE VALERA RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT IRELAND
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AUSTIN IN HELD
TO
MEN WITH SLAIN TAXIOAB
DRIVER BOUND OVER TO
AWAIT ACTION .
EIGHT WITNESSES TESTIFY
First Witness Declared He Saw
One of the Men on Trial Fire
At Officer Young Near
the Ku Klux Hall.
(Uy the Associated Press)
AUSTIN'. Texas.. Jap. C Artef
hearing tosflmony of eight witnesses
this morning in tho examining trial
of Barney Blunt and Olney (Chiekon)
" Childress charged with assault to
murder In connection With tho fatal
' shooting of Peeler Clayton taxi-cab
driver near tho "Ku Klux Klan Hall"
Depcmber 15 last Justice of tho Poacq
- M. M. "Johnson ordered tho defendants
bound over to await action of the
grand Jury which convenes quo month
from today.
i - (By the Associated 'Press)
AUSTIN' Texas. Jan. G -Examining
trial of Barney Blunt and OInoy
(Chicken) Childress on assault tu
murder charges in connection with
fatal shooting of Peeler Clayton taxi-1
cab driver near tho "Ivu Klux Klan
IJn)l" on the night of December 10
last bqgah before Justice of the Peace
M. M. Johnsoh hero this morning.
M. A. Hudlor ;i mechanic was the
first witness. Called by County At-
torney Hornsby he said on Direct ex.
amination that ho was prosont at the
place and timo Clayton-was killed. He
said he was Btanding near the "Ku
Klux Klan Hall' when tho shots were
fired. that Ho went there solely out of
curiosity.
'I had heard that lights wero to bo
turned on this hall on that night and
went there meroly for curiosity's
sake." ho said.
Hudler said ho met four men there
whom ho recognized as Pollco Detec-
tive B. L. Young Patrolman J. L. Mc-
Neil. Federal Prohibition Agent Bas-
ket Miles and W. E. Mayberry custo.
dlan at Camp Mabry. Ho said an au.
tomobllo passed and later came back
through tho alley beside tho hall tho
lights off. Stepping- behind a tele-
phone vpo!o ho saw -Mr. Young stop
jus
.jvVk.lntQtherauoy una oraorcamioear to
HlUi. jiio ui jvur ui uiu uur iicauuu
tho car toward Mr. Young tho wit-
ness said and some ono in the car
said "Gqt out of the way. you 1"
Then Childress leaned out of the
auto and fired three; shots at Mr.
Young Hudler declared. He also Said
that he heard othor shots fired pre-
sumably bv tho officers but could not
say who did fire them.
Tho first shots wero fired from tho
automobilej ho said
The witnW did not admit ho heardinrinnrl
other shots fired until questioned by
Attorney John E. Shelton for the dc.
fense.
Mr. Young had previously said
there was whislcoy in tho car and that
was the reason ho tried to stop it
ho said-
Klan is Mentioned
Tho Ku KJux Klan was brought In-
to the caso when Attqrney Shelton
asked If ho was a member of tho Ku
Ivlux Klan
S: ?u " lP"?(i: . ' I
no "uer roiicraieu inai no nnu miu
no dealings with the Klan when qucs
uoneo oy Attorney 4iornsoy.
"Did you not ask a Mr. Weber at
109 East Sixth street to Join tho KU
Klux Klan" asked Attorney Shelton.
'No sir" replied tho witness em-
phatically. When Attorney Hornsby then askod
Mr Hudle. if ho had taken a Klan
membership application to Mr. Wob-
cr Justlco Johnson suggested that
such details wero Immaterial that the
Ku Klux Klan wero not on trial.
Attorney Hornsby objoctod saying
that 'sinco they have startod this
business wo would llko to go into it."
lie then ordered Mr "Weber subpoena-
ed to appear- Justlco Johnson altoW-
ed tho questions about tho Ku Klux
Klan ami ordered tho subpoena Issued.
The flash of tho gun was so clc -o to
his face that ho was powder burnt
and' the flash blinded him. Ho heard
ahout eight shots fired by men In tho
alley he said.
In direct refutation of Hudler's test-
imony was that pf Mrs Bon Walker
who lives directly across tho street
from tho "Klan Hall." Sho wild sho
saw the shooting frojn the door of her
house nnd that no shots wero fired
from tho auto in which Clayton and
his companions woro riding. Ono bul-
let passed over her head and lodged In
tho door sho said bolng removed lat-
er by whom sho did not know.
Aftr tho moij In alley had fired
eight shots sho testified they went up
into the hU and immediately sho
hoard applause and stamping of feet
coming--from tho hall alio was posi-
tive that no shots wero fired from the
'auto and that tho lights of the car
wero burning when it came from tho
alley.
POST CIT1 BANKER
(Special to Tho noportcr)
TOST CITY Jan. C.-gW. O Stevens.
ono of the moat popular and prominent
uslnees men of Post City is goliiK tu
Lublyjck as president of tho Citizens
National Bank of Lubbock
Mr. Slovens came to Pott 12 years
ago and 'has been conspicuously suc-
cessful. Ho continues his big mer-
cantile establishment ' hero and wl
also retain his placo as presidont of
tho First State Hank or l'ofit City.
' ThO First Sta o Bank of Post City
declared a dividend of eight porcont
at Its eoml-nnnual meeting malting IS
percent for the year. "V. O. Stoveni
was oleetod president; N N. Rqdgors
vlee president- Ira L. Duckworth
casluei and L. P Stevens assistant
rashior- The directors arc "V. O.
Stevens N. N. Rodgera. A. C Surman
W. P Stevens M. L. Mason .and Ira
1i. Duckworth.
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LUBBOCK
-tl" 'Mi II .HI ill II W'"Mtt'-H 1 -
ALLIED COUNCIL IN
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CON-
T'KKENCE WITH GERMANY ANI
RUSSIA IWUTICIPATING IS GIV-
EN' APPROVAL
tBy the Associated Press)
CANNES France Jan. 5 Tho al-
lied supremo council today approved
unanimously tho calling of an Intprna-
tlonal economic confctcrico to bo paiv
tlclpated in by Germany and Russia.
(By the Associated I'rcss)
CANNES. France Jap- C Prime
Minister Lloyd George lias decided
thero can bo no question at this tlmo
of a formal allianco between France
and Great Britain it is said on good
authority but ha3 held out tho pros-
pect of a mifCiciont guarantor to aid
France if sho Is again attacked ns
in 19I-) under certain conditions.
Theso are. is Is stated that Franco
co-operato with Great Britain in tho
economic restoration of EUropo and
consent to modification in tho repar-
tion payments by Germany on tho bas-
is of tho suggestions martd in tho re-
cent London conferences of a half a
billion gold marks in cash and a bil-
ion gold marks hi kind instead of two
billion marks in cash.
(By the Associated Press)
CANNES. France. Jan. 6 Prime
Minister Lloyd Gepige of Great Brit
ulh addressing the opcliing session of
the allied supremo council today
warned tho allied powers -that they
could not look to any other but them-
selves to work out the economic" re-
habilitation of Europe Ho appealed
tq tho allies to set asldo prejudices
and work together to this end.
(Bv tho Associated Press)
CANNES France Jan. G Premier
Briand today convened the allied su-
premo council for the conference at
.wjtich is to bo considered measures
for tho economic restoration tit Eu-
rope. George Harvey American ambassa-
dor to Groat Britain who is to act as
offical observer for tho United States
at tho conference told tho corres-
pondents that ho had no intention of
speaking at the first session and had
no piogram to place before tho allies
as has been rumored.
Ho -was non-committal when asked
if ho would outline tho American
viewpoint of the world's situation if
presscU.tax'-dd4asowjsayinsiiShqirtW0uld
"jump that-fcnfce" when ho came to it.
Tho conference whs In session
slightly more than two hpurs It ad-
journed after having appointed a
commission on reparations and an-
other on tho economic situation.
(By the Associated Press)
CANNES. France Jan. G A gen-
eral exchange of views on tho econ-
omic situation was to follow tho open-
ing of tho allied supreme council to-
day under tho presidency of Premier
Tho council is shifting a great deal
of tho work on committees of experts
so as to bo freo to discuss tho larger
aspects of tho questions of its agenda.
Consideration of all features of the
proposed international financial cor-
porations and lnternatloal economic
coherence will thus continue In com-
mittee While tho council is engaged
(Upon othor questions.
j Tho reparations exports will also
go on with thoir efforts to reach a
basis of agreement as to how to fac-
iIltato nvmonls i)V Germany and
how to divide tho first ono billion
gold marks which aro In tile hands of
tho reparations commission
'me ncacis ot nciogauons present
rue; Premier Briand for France;
Promior Lloyd Georgo'fo Great Brit-
ain; Foreign Minister .Taspar for Bel-
gium; Premie. Bouomt for Italy and
Baron Hayashl for Japan. They are
accqmponiod by aides and exports in-
cluding Louis Louchcur minister of
liberated regions and U. A. Avonal
a member of tho supremo economic
council for France; Sir Robert Home
chancellor of the exchequer and Sir
Laming WorthWgto'n-Evans scerctaiy
of btato for war for Great Britain.
Tli eMarquls Delia Toretta 'foreign
ministe. for Italy; Viscount Ishll for
Japan and Premier Theunys for
Belgium.
Sx?nkfl at Coleman
(Special to The. Itoportcr)
COLEMAN Toxas Jo.il. 6 At ono
of tho largest meetings since its or-
ganization tho Coleman Breakfast Club
had as their guest this week Porter
A. Whaloy general manager of the
"West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Whaloy delivered an address on
how a commercial organization -could
best servo a community. More than
fifty business men attended the
'breakfast.
BREEDERSTOMEET
(Spcclnl to Tho Reporter)
HEREFORD Texas. .Tan. 6 Final
arrangements have been completed for
tho Panhandle Swluo Breeders Con-
vention to be held hero on January
17 and IS Tho rommltteo have mail-
ed letters to oery member of tlie ns-
soi'iatton exit-tiding a cordial Invitat-
ion to attend tho (onvontlon.
Tho tommltteo In charge of tho
banquet on TUes-day night tho 17th.
nro nrenarlng for a largo crowd It
Us expected that 300 will bo prp&ont.
porter a wnniey. manager on mo
West Texas Chambe. of Commerce
has nrcepted an Invitation to dellvor
an address at the banquet.
Albany Has Started
Work on Enlargement
of Its Water Supply
(Sneclal to The Honorler)
ALBANY Jan. 0 Albany has ro-
nently sold Its waterworks bond Issuo
$100 000 and work has been Marti d
In Increasing the ri&eruh and Albany
oxpeetd to have a sufficient water
supply to last through a prolonged
drouth and to have tho future water
Kiiniiiv tnv Albany comnlotoiw nnU'd.
BRIEFSE5SIQNHAS
APPROVEDSCHEME
PANHANDLE Sli
II II WnW nUi ! M M--1I M 1 iiMi-w-Hf
FIRST PICTURE WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
THE "ENDLESS" LTNE--F. r tho first timo in nine years tho Whlto House New Year reception was held
by President and Mrs. Harding Jan. 2 Members of the iablr.c government and military Offlrials wero re-
ceived first Then for more than two houiatho public moved .hrotigh the mansion I - a lino throo blocks long
as you see above. '
EFF REFUSES TO 0ID01PIES
GHAMT A STAY AND GfiUSTISOi
mn a r ia ii n bi am n -
lil ;J iltO!
SAN ANTON-T.Vjre.YaH. tna .
0 George McKlnlcy Grace net'o
was hanged In the Bcar comity
jail here at 11:25 o'clock today
for criminal assault upon a whlto
woman. TJie negro as eecU(cci
nftpr certain women had made a
determined attempt to lilac tho
governor commuto hH feeiitencc.
AUSTIN T'e.as Jim fl Gov-
ernor NoH today telegraphed tho
attorney for George MuKlnlcy
Gnice negro seiilcnced to hang
In Snn Antonio today for criminal
assaulron whlto woman deny-
inpr respite for a week on tho
ground that milfleient time for In-
lestlaatlon ha'd elapsed.
Telegrains telephone calls nntl
letterK luno been received In
number bj tho governor tlurlilg
tho past two ilaj.i.
HOPE TO PHEVEMT
(By tho Associated Prcs)
MOSCOW Jan. G William N.
Haskell direetor of tho American Ilo-
llef Administration work in Russia
returned to Russia from London hy
way of Riga ycsteiday. optimistic of
helping save chiefly through Amer-
ica's $2p0Q0000 grain appropriatloin
from five to ten million adults and
children olhorwiso probably doomed
to dio of starvation In the Volga ro-
glon .
Tho relief administration ho said
hopes that the first .of tho grain pro-
vided for unde tho congressional ap-
propriation w'll reach the starving
pooplo early in February. Tho Am-
erican organization in Itussia has full
tuhotlty lu distribute tho shipments.
"We can not hope to fill their
stomachs eonnot hppo to make them
happy but wo can keep rroni ijve to
ten millions of people from dying" ho
said adding that by March the feed-
ing of duuiis ttould bo lit full swing.
Tho ii'lief administration would furn-
ish only corn rations probably opo
pound a. dnv to each adult absolutely
Iaekinir food and lessor nuantlty to
Tkoont tlromiTH3rtsTirthns?viltshTiTO
something up. uasken nu.i nucn au-
thorized to lncroaso the number or
children to bo fed to 20. 000 0D0 and
Is ready to e.paud tho work immed-
iately to take uiro of this number.
Tho atji'ocment negotiated In Lon-
don Inst month by Mr. Haskell una
Waller Lyman Brown on behalf of
tllo ifllef ndminjHtiatlou and Leonid
KrasHin for the Russian soviet gov-
ernment.Bives the Atiu'iirau oigonlita-
tiott complete ct.uliol of tho fuctllng
of udnll4 siinil.i. to the provisions in
t0 cam'H of I'luldicii i-:.lstlog heioto-
fore. One third of the fio.uoo.ooo in
gold whiill tl.o soviet iisi etd to depos-
it in Stooltholm for th& puioluiio of
boed grntp in the United States is al-
ready available Mr Haskell said.
ItliSIDISNCia AT PlSAC'QCIC
wissTitovBi) v rmis
rUACOCK Tex.. Jan. C The rest-
done of A. O. Parker was destroy'i
by fire early this week. Tho entire
contents pf tlie housd tlo uno de
utroyed.
A light iiiln fell hero Tuesday night
not enough hoWver to do much good.
i nut m i i i
Sees Finance Inletcr.
MEXICO CMTV.MX V. Jan C
George T Hunimeiiln Ann in an
chaige d.iffaut' imifmd imi .
than thre h"ui with Sivittiiy ff'
flnaiiee De J i. Hucrti stride af
teinoon Do'h d - in d " tho
liutiuo at W" ulu ti tiii i J
STARVATinH 01 G
RUSSIAN PEASANTS
.twHiini fill !! tlfa.ll ! lfi. .-
IS
TREATY
(Bv Tho Associated Press)
LONDON Jan. 0 Eamonn Do Val-
era's alternative treaty proposals
which according to the Dally Mail's
Dublin corroflftonflont havofaUrt
very f laT fn "TielUnllTTirb thojrubjeot or
sortie editorial criticism in tlio morn.
flhfj papers here.
The Times hays the status for Ire.
land which Mr. Do Valora's plan con-
templates Is not that ot a dominion
but of an independent power in loose
treaty relationship with Great Bri-
tain. Tho plan it declares "obvlou-
ly was designed to embody tho ideals
of that limited mimbcr of Irish .
ticmlhts wlio aro set determinedly
against peaco on any o.bor than their
own 'terms"
The AVoatminlstcr Gnzetto thinks
that "tho very poverty of Uo Valora's
alternative iihould malo agreement
between tho parties possible.
It suggests that possibility .t in
tho attempt at a compromise the tiea.
tv may bo rejected inil looks to Ar-
thur Griffith in such n. Caso to sub-
mit tho question of accoptanco or rq.
Joction to a- plebiscite being confident
that the country would overwhelm
ingly endorse tho tieaty.
Tho Daily Telegraph donour.ces Mr.
Do Valpra's manifesto to the Irish
people ns 'designed to do the utmost
to split into to icrociousiy liuhui-j
.faction the natiou to whom ho ap
peals no iiuwiupur inula mo jvi"
debates' melancholy reading.
Tho abduction in Dublin of A. B.
Kay. 'correspondent of tho London
Times evokes some severo criticism.
o I
SLAYER IF III
MEXICO CITY. D. P . Jan 6 The
Mar department has ordered tho pur-
bitit or u band of foitv bandita who
on Wednesday night sho'- to death
Timothy Costello of Pennsylvania an
Amolcan eitlzon. on his ranch near
Texcoco 15 miles northeast of Mexico
Citv. James Kelly n British subject
and pra-tue. of Costetlo. fled to safety
through n. hall of bullets.
The military1 commander nt Tex-ceo
has already oent troons after tho
bandits if Is stated.
m i ' -
Deprived of Citizenship
LONDON'. Jan. 0 Tho British hjome
secretary today Issued In tho Xorm of
it government paper tho ropprt on
which Sir Ddgar Hpeyei's naturalizat-
ion wfts esentlally revoked.
WEATHER
U S. DoPiirlincnt of Agriculture
WEATIIKK UURI3AC
I'r Abilene and lclnlty; To-night
and Saturday p.titly cloud. plowiy
liMnf? tempinuturo.
lor Kant T xnn To-night and Sat-
urday partly iloudy in Interloi unset-.
tied on const probably occasional
rains on wot coajit slowly rijie tem-
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.JESS HASSELL IS
CIIEII TWO IEMS
(By tho Associated Press)
DALLAS Texus .Inn. (1. .7cs?
Ilassel one of the stockholders
In tho Dallas Baseball Club was
found gulhy In criminal district
court hero toduy of ehargca of ag.
gravatcd assault with a motor ve-
hicle and fined $1000 and sen-
tenced to two jcars in prison.
Defense counsel gave notice of
appeal.
Tho clijtrgt"! grew opt of nn
nutoinobllo collision on tho Oak
Ollff la(lIet bevciiil weeks ugo
in which four liersons were In.
Jurcd.
Jlassell i under slni'lnr charg.
es In county court where Judge
Young recently Issued an lnjiinc"
lion on petition r tho ilNLrict nl-
torncy restraining llahell from
driving n motor oar in Dallas
count. Tho order wai Issued on
I lie grounds that "ho hn-eb.ill
iiinguate wnS iv public menace
duo to a largo number of nutoino-
bllo Occidents m which It was
ctiHigctl ho figured.
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LOXG BEACH DISPOSICS
OF MUNICIPAIj OIL
(By the Associated Press)-
LONG BEACH. Calif. Jan. G
I'unlolpal-owncd oil well heralded as
a possible tax eradicator started tho
flow of finances into tho city treasury
today Avhen a contract Was made by
Long Bench with a California oil
company for sale of 1G.00O barrels of
oil. the clty'a initial allotment of tho
production. The contract ptlco was
$1.21 a barrel. Tho well is producing
botweon 300 and r0U barrels a day
having been drilled by a private cor-
poration on city ground by agrecmont
under which tho city sets forty per
cent of tho oil produced and tho eper.
ntlng company sixty por cent.
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PLACED IIEUT
(By ths Associated Press)
NEW YORK N. Y. Jan. C Mb-
monto3 tracing the life of Theodore
Roohovelt from childhood of his last
ilnvH rtn nx-nresldont of the United
Htates wont on display at th public
library todrisv the third nmvorary
cf his ilcfltlu . . .
Tho collection the largest yet
made was assembled by tho Roose-
velt Memorial Association. It includ.
cd photographs loiters articles by
and about Roosevelt is noons puouc
documents objects intimately asso-
rlntoil with his hfo tho mm ho used
and tho chaps ho woro in Ills' western
cowman da vs. the snbctacle case that
saved him frofh an assassin's bullet
and tho piaejc tnorn single buck who
which ho usrd to pummel Major Gen-
eral Leonard Wood In ihoir friendly
but often bloody tiffs Jn tho mrs an
tho Whlto House attic.
gHECKIEIS
ID BE ELIMINATED
wAsiiiNOTOK. n. C i Jan. 8
flrndo crossing will be eliminated
where ever nosslblo and replaced with
brjdges or under passes on all roads
of tho fedoral aid hluhway system to
bo constructed undor tho federal blsU-
way oat tho bureau of publlo rodg. of
tho department of flgrlculWrl nn
nounred today
This policy the nnnouneement stat-
ed I" receiving tho approval of state
and illroad officials and lias been on-
ilorwd bv tho American Association
q Etuto IIiBhway officials.
Ii DALLAS TRIAL
MM T
OFFERS RESIGNATION OF CABINET
1NI iNOUI
ES
AGAIN ON THE PRINCIPLES OF 1916
PEACEMAKERS INSIDE THE DAIL ARE
UNABLE TO RECONCILE OPPOSING
FACTIONS AND THE RESIG-
NATION FOLLOWS
AMERICA TO AID IN
' STANDARDIZING
SERUMMEASUBES
JLVOinNER-Y SET TIP BY IVEAGUE
OP NATIONS' WILD BE PKIt-
FECTED TO ESTABLISH STAN-
DARDS FOR TDT3 WORLD.
(By the Associated Press)
NEW YORK NY. Jan. qUnlff-
catlon of International standards of
anti-toxin serums has been begun on
a largo scalo by tho league of nations
health commlttoco according to de-
tailed plans rccolvcd hero today. Tho
United States tho IcOguo of nations
nows bureau announced has agreed
to co-operato In this work through
tho United States publlo hc"alth ser-
vice at. Washington and through tho
prcsonco at tho conferences of Dr.
Rupert Blue assistant surgeon genor-
al stationed nt Paris. Gorman scient-
ists will also talto part as woll as Jap-
an and representatives of all tho larg-
er European medical services.
"Up to now" tho bureau said
"there has boon as much confusion In
tho various national standards of
measuring tho strength of anll-toxlu
Horums for diseases such as dysontcry
tetanus diphtheria syphilis mening-
ococcus and pnenmoncoocus as thoro
has boun in tho different curroncy sys-
temn In tho world t
"Tihls lnwr-ljafrtYo serlomf-irfjecta
First tho Amorlcan scientist is handi-
capped in studying methods of treat-
ment of various vital disonscs abroad
becauso of. tho dlfforont standards of
measuring tho sironffth of tho anti-
toxin serums employed ; secondly as
international trndo in scrums is in
creasing It represents not only an ln-from tho chamber appeared doprcssod.
convenience but a positive danger to (One of them said tjio committco lt-
havo their slrcngtliH listed nt vurylng; solf was divided this morning nl-
standnrds
To Itcniovo Dangers
"In order to obviate thqso difficul-
ties tho health eommltteo of tho lea-
gue of nations began it series of stud-
ies last October which resulted In un
International conference at London in
Decombor when some of the foro-
most scientists of tho world came to -
gether to proparo plans for the firat
joint experimental Jnqulry of tho sort
over attempted. A program Was art-
opted whereby tho study of tho effectsH
of tho various standards was divided
according to disease amongst tho var-
ious laboratories loprosonted. To the
hygenle laboratory at Washington
for Instance It was proposed to al-
locate tha Btudy of tetanus and diph-
theria. As soon as thoso studies havo
been completed thoy will bo co-ordinated
'through tho stato scrum ln-
stltuto at Copenhagen.
"Other bodies which will cooperate
in thp work nt tho medical research
council of Great Britain Pasteur In-
stitute of France Stato Instituto of
Italy Stato Instluto of Warsaw Ily-
gionlc Institute of Basel Pastucr In-
stituto of Brussels Kiossato Instituto
of Japan as well ns Austrian and
Gorman organizations."
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SUBMIT DEMANDS
(Bv Th AMoclated IrM)
NEW YORK. N. Y.. Jan. 0. De
mands thnt present wage scales re-
main In'orfeci coupled with throats
of a harbor strike of serious propor-
lionn were mndo on seven towlntf com-
panies by the Masters Mates and
Flot3 Association here today. The
companies which had announced their
intention to make a 2Q per cent cut in
wages wrb given until noon in which
to accept or roject tho ultimatum.
Member or tho aastfciailbn hieEIaH
evenlup and voted to give tho com-
panies a few more hours in which to
consider thoir action in rcducinK wa-
es. Soon after tho meeting adjourned
It was announced Hint 300 men em-
ployed by three towing companies had
cnllod a strike effcctlvq at 'T o'clock
this mornlnsf. An nfjpratlon eom-
mltteo appointed some tlmo ugo re-
ported it had agreed to tho proposed
wnco decrease but this action was re
pudiated by tho association. It has
decided at tho meeting to bring into
one orgnnlaUon all engineers and
boatmen employed In port work In
addition to tho craftH already union-
ized and assertions were made that
such action would add six; thousand
men to the ranks of thoso at presont
working under union rules
Federal stato und rnllroad tow
bpatn aro ijot affected W far by the.
Wusa cuiuiuvuiD.
NATJQNAD. LEAGUE Ot'KNS
SEASON QN AVnjXt 13
CHICAGO Jan. C Tho National
Leagpo baseball schedule for 15123 will
open on Vodnesday April 12 with tho
following Karnes it was nnuouccd by
Presidont aohn a ucyoior noro io-
duv. Brooklvn at Now York. Boston nt
Philadelphia; Chicago at Cincinnati
PJttBluirs at St. Louis
Tho season will cleso on Sunday
October ..
An
WORKER
EL HAKE RACE
(Uy the As'octatod Prss)
DUBLIN Jan. 6. Enmonn J
Valora resigned tho presidency of th
Irish republic today presenting alio
to tho Dall Etreann the resignation
of tho cabinet. lie told tha Dall be
would offer himself for ra-elootlon
standing on the principles of 1916.
Mr Da Valora said ho must have
a cabinot which thought with him and
ho would demand that all resources ho
given; him to defend tho republic.
At tho opening of the afternoon
session of tho Dall Mr. Do Vclera
said that sinco tho Irish agreement
was signed in London tho oxocutlva
authority of the Dall had boon lrre.
vocably split. Thoy had slnco tried
to Icoep togothor nominally as a unL
flod cxoautlvo. but tho timo had corns
for that to bo ended.
Tho president said ho and ono sec-
tion of tho cabinet tood for tho pre
servation of tho ronubllo and tho
uiuur huuuuii ior quiiu unoinor plan.
There novor would bo peaco Mr
Do Velora declared until tho princi-
ple was recognized that tho Irish peo.
plo wanted to Hvo thole own Uvea
without tho Imposition of outside au.
thority. '
Mr. Do Valora said ho could not nc-
copt tho responsibility unless ho had
the solo powers of tho government to
carry on his office.
Michael Collins. Uio minister of
finance and leador in support of tho
trenty announced thnt ho (Collins)
had offered his resignation but that
Mr. Velora had rofused to accept it.
Mr. Do Valora said he proposed "to
loy down my office and the houso
must decide hy constitutional meaiia
who is the chief executive."
(Py tho Associates Prcfcs)
DUBLIN Jan. C Tho efforts of the
peace committee of the Dall Eiroann
J'tobrjnKUihaut an ngrjomton ifip
Angio-irisn treaty rnnoii toaay ana
tho Dall which had met jn private
session this morning ad4ournod itn
secret sitting at 1:10 p m to mocc
again In publlc session nt 3 o'clock
this aitornoon.
Tho Dall membors ns they camo
though tho members had been in
agreement on tho plan wheji was sub-
mitted to tho leaders of tho opposing
factions yesterday.
It w03 Intimated .to correspondents
that this plan had been rejected by
Eanrohn De Valora.
Dan McCarthy said tho whips on
both sides had been instructed to try
to bring tho debate on tho treaty to
a close this afternoon.
"I doubt" ho added "whether a
decision can bo taken today but wo
wlll certainly wind it all tip tomorrow
If it don't wo all ouglit to be thrown
out of the house."
(By th Associated Press
DUBLIN Jan. C The Dall Elrcann
ro-nssombled in prlVato session today
to hear tho roport of tho solf-con-stituted
"peaco'commlttoo" whoso ef-
forts to brlntr tho supporters and op-
ponents of tho Irjsh peaco treaty into
somo form of agreement nro regarded
as tho most hopeful factor In tho trou-
bled situation Tho outcome of tho
commlttco'H work last night wao ft
closely guarded socrct but tho best
opinion was that itt report to tho Dalt
would pot bo unfavorable.
Whether Its recommendations
would prove accoptnblo to the leaders
of thu opposing factions was another
matter. It Is taken for granted that
accoptanco of tho treaty la tho slpo
nua non of Arthur Griffith Michael
Collins and their party of treaty ad-
vocates and that major concessions
must come from Eamonn Do Valera's
sldo If any accommodation is to be
leached.
According to the Irish Independ-
ent's political correspondent th eom-
mltteo yoslprday arrived at a substan-
tial agreement but Mr. Do Valora
rejected tho propnstalB. This authority
presumes thut tho commlttoo la trying
to get both sides to agroi that wheth-
er tho treaty la accepted or rejected.
(Continued on pngo two)
mm to ask
FI ELECTION FI
OQDD HHNDS
(rfpeetnl to The Reporter)
STAMFOItD TX8i. Jail. 6 At
latRoly attended meeting pf tho Ex-
ecutive Committee of tho Stamford
ChambOr of Commerce held thin af-
ternoon. It was decided to ask for a
gootl roads bond issue Tho' vtce-prei-Ident
In charga of Good RoadswM
Instructed to formulate plans and hay
them ready for n meeting that wilt
bo called when these plans aro mat-
ured. It was also doeldcd that tho -foita
of tho organisation tw tho en-
suing year should be directed largely
toward increased production in the
trade territory of Stamford an to
that oiui. tho agriculture commute
was Instructed to present plane t the
noxt meeting comprehendlMf Ui
year's work TUo meeting wm ei
londed by several lartnero. meiqbuN
of tlio Executive CommltUe end
these farmers showed (fretlrterMt Ui
the work as outlined by PrejUdwu B
L. Penlck
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