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HOUSTON TEXAS . SATURDAY DECEMBER 24. 1921.
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EUGEMB-V. DEBS ;:'Guncil My Bans
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CHRISTM AS D A Y
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Sentences of 23 Other War-
. Time Prisoners Also
: ' ' . Commuted
5EXSOIDIERS
v FULLY PARDONED
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President in Person ; An
nounces Usual Yuletide
Clemency' .
1 Associated Press Report
WApHINOTON Dec. 23. The 10-
year prison sentence of Eugene V. Debs
waa commuted Friday by President
Harding and the socialist leader' win be
falefsed Christmas day from the Atlanta
penitentiary.
Along' with Mr. Debs who waa con-
victad jin 1018 of violation of the espion-
age law. tha sentences of 23 other per
sons serving sentences for violations of
wartime lawa were commuted to expire
.also 0 Christmas day. Five former sol-
dier serving sentences imposed by courts
martial were pardoned.
The commutations and pardons were
announced personally by President Hard
ing who took the action in accordance
with the custom of extending clemency to
federal offendera at the Christmas sea-
son. "T '
Tha five soldiers given full pardons are
Carl. J. Bryan James J A. O'Dell Bdy
Tourigblood George Van Gilder and X B.
Richardson all serving life terms to
which they were sentences while with
the American army on tha Rhine for. the
alleged killing of George Lancefield a
'former British officer. ' .
1 ' -Among Those CoMniatei. .
Among those whose sentences were ;
commuted were Charlea Ashleigh a for
mer newspaper man and a writer of
poetry who was sentenced at Chicago for
ten years for conspiracy under the es
pionage act. He agreed to accept depor-
tation to England the country of hia na-
tivity. '
. Gfehera riven commutation included J. 1
T. Cumbie convicted at Oklahoma Citylaiater and for fear many persona would
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and sentenced to aix years for violation
of the espionage got; Claua Frees who
waa sentenced at El Paso Texas to five
yeara at Leavenworth for departing from
tha United State unlawfully in tuna of
ni In aa aMmn to aall ha tint an
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similar M fhoft designed for usa ty tha averyimng connectsa witn - o aa aim-1 cure nuns aensKisea nut not exposed
United Btatee army; Walter PhOlipa eon- P1 Possihle. 'The Rer. J. T. Boone I was urged before the senate finance com-
victel at Oklahoma City for hind'ertor P-V of the Fim Cbriatlan church mittee Kriday by Charlea H. Cola of
thm aaiactiva service law and sentenced. I
to id years though he waa released oh
parafe January 10 1921 by the presi-
dent 4" Others Released.
Other prisoners released were:
' Orville Anderson convicted at Dead-
wood 8. D. October 5 1018 under tha
espionage law and sentenced to four
years.
Giovanni Baldazzl sentenced to- 10
years after espionage act conviction at
Chicago. '
David T. Blodgett convicted at Dee
Moines Iowa and serving 20 yeara on
charges of opposing the selective service
H ) nn In St Rlizahath'i hnanttal I
for the insane for observation.
Tomaa Carey convicted at San Fran-
ciscq for violation of tha eapionage act
serving a two-year sentence.
Joseph M. Caldwell convicted at Prov-
" Idenfe R. I. for violating the espionage
act serving three years.
MoJJck Ficron convicted at Detroit
under the espionage act and sentenced
for 20 years but already given a com-
mutation of sentence to five yeara by
President Wilson.
t Ed Hamilton convicted at Chicago
August 30 1918 and .sentenced to 10
yeara under the espionage act.
' William J Head sentenced at Sioux
Falls." SVD.. in 1917 for violating the
espionage' n.
GusUve H. Jacobsen convicted at Chi-
cago anl sentenced to three yeara for
attempting to set on foot a military en-
terprise in India against Great Britain
during tha war.;
r Mrs. Idell Kennedy of Lof Angelea
. - Cal. sentenced to 10 years for attempt-
. Ing to cause insubordination and refusal
' of - duty among selective draft men.
Jose Prado sentenced. to two yeara for
bringing aliens in the United Statea un-
lawfully in "tuna; of war.
j Albert 11. Prisoner sentenced to 10
'.years in 1918 after conviction at Chi
cago for violating the espionage act.
Wllheina Schumann convicted at Fort
; Podge Ia.t under the espionage act and
sentenced to fiva. yeara. .
: Joseph a. schuc and Maurice l. Suit-
kib nu serving sii-jesr lenni 10 wmcn I
thay were sentenced at Indianapolis in I
1918 for violation of the espionage act I
i- Anthony J. Stops sentenced to 20
yearn after conviction at Detroit on I
; charges of obstructing enliatmenta and
H. Ia Trelease convicted at Fargo In
' 1910 of eapionage law violation and sen-
tenced to two yeara.
h Caate of Oaba' Ceavlctloa.
i Utterance which resulted in Debs' con-
rictloa were-contained in a speech at
Canton Ohio June 18 1918. Mr. Deba
offered no evidence in hia- defense and
soado hia own address to the Jury in the I
trial it Cleveland la September 1D18.II'
t When federal. Judge Westenhever pro-1
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niaii DlBO oniy stair-em
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&town J District
i Eiloaloa at torpdot la th down-
town district boundtd by Avitin ttrtet
on tin t. McKInney nu on tha
oath aid Buffalo bjou on tha west
and north la prohibited by an ordi-
aanca pael by tha ity council Fri-
day morning. Immediately upon tha
. paaaaga and alfning of tha ordinance
. Mayor Holcombe notified Superintend-
ent of Polico Murphy of Ha vaieage
and. directed bun to atrlctly enforce ita
provision. Tha ordinanca carriea a
maximum penalty of 1100 for each and
every violation.
Torpedoea may be exploded outside
of the district created by tha ordi-
nance aa well as other f jreworka with-
out interference from tha police. Tha
aale of torpedoea ana flreworke is not
prohibited by the ordinance but Fira
Commissioner Anderson urges that
caution be used in firing firecrackers
and particularly skyrockets in the city
so as to lessen the danger from fires
in the districts where such firing is
permitted.
"MARSE HENRY" IS
RESTING TODAY
FROM HIS LABORS
Mrs. Watterson Invites Men
of Press to Attend Pri-
vate Services
Associated Press Report
JACKSONVILLE Fla. Dec. 23.
"Mars Henry" Watterson Content with
the fullness of life rested Friday from
hia labors.
With only close friends and tha mem-
bera of hia immediate family present and
with the hour of tha service unannounced
the body of tha venerable Kentucky jour-
nalist who died here Thursday waa
placed in a vault to remain until spring
when it will ba taken home to be given
a final resting place beside hia mother
and father in Cava Hill cemetery at
Louisville.
Because of the grief of hia mother and
attempt to attend the brief and simple
service at a mortuary chapel which pro-
ceded laying away of tha body Henry
Watterson Jr. arranged that tha hour of
the arvioj bf not ad pubUa and tha
family raowrted that thero ba no oorau
tribute dasirin. that tha aerric and
k u-ji otuubibwhvh
terson is a member omcsated.
Mrs. Wattaraoa Not Praaaat.
Mrs. Watterson did not attend the.
service which waa held shortly before
noon her son and daughter not permit-
ting her to do so because of her con-
dition aa a result of Colonel Watterson's
death.
An hour before the service began Mrs.
Watterson extended a general invitation
to newspapermen of the city to be pres-
ent. Judge Robert Bingham publisher of
the Louisville Courier-Journal and a half
en cIo friend of 06 famil? aIso l
lenueu uie services.
In deference to the wishes of Mrs
Watterson there were only two floral
offeringa in addition to those from the
family. These were from A. S. Hough
chief editorial writer for the Florida
Times-Union . and a lifelong friend of
Colonel Watterson and Mrs. Hough
and from the management of tha hotel
where Colonel Watterson died.
Fourteenth Chapter af John.
There waa no music. The minister
in acmntanm with a reauest of Colonel
Watterson's son read the fourteenth
cnapter ot jonn ana alter a oriei euiogy
in which he spoke of the life of Colonel
Watterson aa'an dpen book concluded
the service with prayer.
"Marge Henry" will rest until next
spring in the shade of huge oaks and
magnolias in Evergreen cemetery sur-
rounded by soma of hia old comrades of
the Confederacy.
One of the most highly prized of the
hundreds ot messagea that continued to
arrive Friday from persons in all walks
of life throughout the country waa re-
ceived by Mrs. Watterson from Jim Wil-
son aged negro aervant at the Watter-
son home near Louisville. "We ahare
your Borrow and anxiously await other
news" it said. '
Arthur Krock editor of the Louisville
Times had telegraphed Thursday:
"Jim and I are weeping for the death
of the old marater."
Harding Signs Relief Bill;
. of rj
' tOOO Shipments tO Degin
Associated Press Report
WASHINGTON Dec. 23. President
Harding has signed the Russian relief bill
which carriea appropriations of $20000-
000 to be expended under tha auperviaion
wu to pa xpemiea wraer ins supervision I
of the Aurerican relief administration.
The funds become immediately available.
Grain wUl he moving into Russia within
five daya front tha $20000000 appro-
priation Secretary Hoover aaid upon
leaving the White Houae aoon after it
wa anno'liru'M) tha nmUMt VA ail
the bill. The cash waa put by congress
" "anae oj.ine grain corporation.
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nd without the-delaya incident to usual iiverca a car whia he had grranged to
nMMlnn nulMn.. I. . I .
government expendrtunta.
I buy.
DIAMOND IMPORTER
ASKS DUTY CUT ON;
- PRECIOUS STONES
"Smuggling Being Carried
On;" Congress Urged to
Lessen Incentive '
FURRIERS ASK
LOWER TARIFF
Increased Import Duties on
Motion Picture Fjlms
Requested
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Dec. 23. The amug-
gUng of diamonds and other precious
atonea into the United States is being'
carried on extensively R. G. Monroe a
diamond importer of New York city tes-
tified Friday at the aenate finance com-
mittee's tariff hearing. He urged that
congress reduce the duty on diamonda ao
aa to lessen the incentive for smuggling
The passengers on ocean liners are
searched only when the authorities have
information causing them to be sus
pected Mr. Monroe said. It waa a aim
pie matter for a person coming from
Europe to bring a fortune in precious
stones into the country. He pointed out
that hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of such stones could be carried in
a man's pocket without causing a notice
The witness asserted that stewards
and others on tha ahips handled some of
the stones and that passengers brought
in the others.
Farriers Ask Cat.
On behalf of the Furriers' association
of Franca and the Belgian Union of Fur
Cutters Harold L. Allen a New York
lawyer asked the aenate finance commit
tea Friday to reduce tha proposed import
duty on pelts of rabbita on the skin on
dye and on hatters' furs.
Mr. Allen said the dutiea in the Ford
ney bill would seriously affect the rabbit
industries of Franca and Belgium which
would have to seek protection by the fan
position of an export tax which in turn
would operate to destroy the fur cutting
I industry in the United States '
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I William" V. Campbell a fur manufac-
jturer disagreeing declared that Belgium
waa not the sole sourc of raw material!
aupply adding that rabbita were grown
I in very large numbera in Australia.
rmwaifaaiaa'FMiTr
I Increased imnort dutiea on motion tIe
woluu nito.uig iui mom mux cvm
paniea. The witness aaid foreign com
petition largely German had already re
suited in the closing of two of the five
film making- factories in the country.
Senator Calder republican New York
had put into the 'record a . report from
f'TZJ'ZZty!." v!.Yic:
iuivo avau viciuiaiuj a u iiuui &..mtj uaic
made good in tha United Statea since the
war."
Edward W. Bill an importer of New
York protested against the 40 per cent
ad valorem American valuation duty on
atraw hats declaring tbia would shut out
all. importation.
Spokesmen for the fur industry and
for felt shoe manufacturers told the com
mittee they were satisfied with the Ford-
ney bill dutiea on these products pro
vided it waa based upon American valu
ation. The ratea on furs vary from 10
per cent to 50 per cent while that on
felt shoes is 25 per cent
Joseph H. Preston Of Baltimore nrged
that tha rate on bristles used in the man
ufacture of bristles be included.
Bandit Dead 1 Hurt in
New York Hotel Hold Up !
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
NEW YORK Dec. 23. Leaving behind
one i of their number dead and another
wounded three bandits who late Thurs
day afternoon held up the office of
Phipps House in an apartment hotel iu
West Sixty-third street escaped with
$1000 in cash. In their haste they over
looked $10000 in the open safe.
Miss Marie Stockiner assistant su
perintendent waa alone in the office
when a masked man entered and covered
her with a revolver. He called in four
other masked men all armed. She had
just taken the $1000 from the safe. It
lay on her desk and waa quickly pock
eted. In their hasty search they found
Miaa Stockinger's purse but the leader of
the bandits handed it to her without ex
amining ita contents with a polite "We
don't want yours Miss."
One of the men saw her press a button
for a watchman. The men fled. Charlea
David negro watchman answering Miss
Stockinger's aignal saw the bandits file
out still masked. He drew a revolver
and shot down the last to leave the office.
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L - hUTCh rOUnd Utility
Given Death Penalty
Associated Preea Report
CHICAGO Dee. 2S.Harvey Church
charged with tbemurder ot two automo
biles salesmen waa found guilty Friday
morning and sentenced to death.
Church killed the men. Carl Ansraus
and Barnard Daughesty when thay de-
Long Delayed Cold
iVave5 Coming;
Will Be Some Cold !
' .Temperature 20 to 28 degreea
southwestern portion next 30 hours."
Tola little mention of freesing weath-
er refera to Houston; In fact all
Southeast Texas and la not cold any-
way for tha massage recoived at tha
Houston weather bureau Friday after-
noon glvca near aero weather for aome
of tha Btate. Hera la tha message
from tha official forecaster at New
Orleana:
"East Texas Cold wave in north
and west portions; temperature 16 to
20 degreea In northwestern portion
and 20 to 28 degreea in southwestern
portion within next 30 hours.
"West Texaa Cold ware north and
southeast portions; temperatures 10
to 20 degrees north portion Friday
night and 20 to 80 degreea southeast
portion within next 36 hours."
The message waa timed 4:80 o'clock
Friday ao it must mean that theae
temperatures will be reached sometime
Saturday night or about time to usher
in Christmas with appropriate weather.
Cold wavea of a minor nature have
been predicted during the last few days
and while the predictions held good in
North Texas southern portions of the
State have bad mild weather all the
past week. ( Late Friday howewr
rains gave way to cooler weather and
low bung skies became gray with a
heavier atmospheric' condition. By
midnight it was necessary to get into
an overcoat to be comfortable.
TORNADO STRIKES
TENNESSEE TOWN;
3 DEAD MANY HURT
Wind Demolishes Clarks-
dale Store in Which Num-
bers Had Taken Refuge
Associated Press Report.
Urcurp-TH. Timn.. Dec 23. Three
persons are known to have been kmert
and" a number are reported injured in
wMoh .h-nrk th. town of Clarks-
dale late Thursday demolishing a store1"" "nK'e melm cl 10 Dre" a ore-
hniltfn In which a number of persons
k.J from a heavv rain
storm which preceded the wind accord
ing to advices received hero from Jeri
cho. asking that ambulances and phy
It waa reported that about SO persons
were in the store at th time it col
lapsed.
Jericho is about fiva mile from
Clarkadale. Direct wire communication
with the latter town was cut off.
Clarkadale ia located on tha main line
oi.the St. Louis and San Francisco rail
road about 20 miles northwest of Mem
phis.
Texas Sheriff Trails Man
Thoight to Be O'Connor
Associated Press Report
FORT WORTH Texas Dec. 23. A
telegram received here FYiday from Py-
ote Ward county ssid Sheriff Priest of
Winkler county is in pursuit of a man he
believes to be Tommy O'Connor escaped
Chicago murderer.
The suspect appeared at the home of a
ranchman named Birdwell in Ward coun
ty early Thursday asked for food and
then left on foot the message aaid. He
approached the place an isolated section
afoot and ia said to have told Birdwell he
had left a freight train' on the Texas and
Pacific at a point 30 miles from the
ranch.
Birdwell late Thursday after having
been shown a photograph ot O'Connor
aaid he waa positive his visitor waa the
bandit
Ward and Winkler counties are far out
in the plains country sparsely aettled and
seldom visited except by cowboys and
hunters. Communication ia slow and un-
certain. Lads' Bodies Recovered
From Corpus Chxisti Bay
Associated Prcsa Report
CORPUS CHB1STI Texas Irec. 23.
T ho bodies of Lloyd Jones IS and John
Hickey 10 local boys who were drowned
In Corpus Christ! bay Saturday were re-
covered Friday. The body of Hickey
was found two hours after that of Jones
had been recovered. Both were found
on the north beach.
WEATHER FORECAST.
As$ociated Preu Report.
WASHINGTON Dec. JS.-taj Tttas
Saturday unsettled; rain in tost portion; eotder.
West Texas Saturday unsettled; colder ex-
cept in the Panhandle.
LouistaHO--Saturday probably rain ; colder in
norm portion
Arkansas Saturday nnstttteii rain in east
portwni colder.
Oklahoma Saturday probably fair; colder in
the cast; continued cold in vt portion.
Foreeist for Houston and Victnitv Satur
day unaeltled with rain; colder ia the after-
noon or night.
lemperaturc extremes and precipitation at
Houaton for the S4 hours mnAr-A ai 3 n. m.
Friday Jlaximum It; minimum (7; precipita-
J.3lP?f? HoMt8' " '
Sunriae 7:1S a. m lunwt K 9 It a wi.
Comparative record at Honatoa for Dec. iJ:
Time I ISM I 1820 I Dili
f s at I 31 4T
ia s m J 71 I It . II
11 an..... TJ I 41 IX
3 o a I Tl I 4$ IS
t p m j 71 I 10 14
T . n iu.ik.9a a. k.ik aa e. -J.
" ""T 9Z IT""?'-
U ai lry bulb 11.1.
wet sale II I; rtla-J
tire fcasudrty H per caat.
FOUR POWER PACT
DISPUTES DECLARED
OF NO IMPORTANCE
Harding Claims Ef for
Made to Magnify His
Difference of View
SATISFIED WITH
DELEGATES' WORK
Treaty Contemplates N
"Alliance or Entangle-
ment" He Asserts
Associated Press Report.
-WASHINGTON Dec 23. President
Hardifjg in a formal statement Friday de
clared that the differences of interprets'
tion which have arisen over the four'
power Pacific treaty are "unimportant"
Declaring that an unjustified effort
had been made to magnify bla difference
of view with the American dclegatea re
gardfng the treaty tha president ssserted
that he was "more than aatisfled" with
the work of the delegates and that they
had hia full confidence.
He alao asserted that an unjustified
charge had been made that the Ameri
can delegation ia "withholding informs
tion". and that ha could not permit such
a charge "to be unchallenged."
Reverting to another feature of the
fight that is being made against the
treaty in the aenate Mr. Harding as
serted that tha paof contemplated no "al
liance or entanglement." It is in full
accord he aaid with cherished Ameri
can traditions.
The president asked that "unimpor
tant" controversies as to interpretation
should not be permitted to obscure the
major purpoaes of the. treaty which he
said waa to preserve peace and to pro-
vide for a means of consultation when
peace ia threatened.
Submarine Question.
Failure of the French delegation to
a.A.n J J JlLt . .
sumuonsi instructions
" w uvi cr. irom us uome
overnment promised to lead to further
i ques-
ton b' th8 Washington conference in
""tmns lull.
Th further instructions awaited by
uib jt rcuuu aciegauon usa not oeen re
ceived up to noon and it appeared im
probable to delegation mem bera that they
through fa- tira to bth of
use at the meeting of the lull naval
committee set for 3 o'clock. Under a
tentative understanding the submarine
discussion a opened Thursday with a plea
from the British delegation for aboli-
tion of Mubroersibles automatically are
resumed in event of announcement by the
French that tbey had nothing to present.
While the various delegations prepared
for the afternoon meeting auggestion
came from the Italian representation
through an authorized spokesman that
another conference be -arranged 'aoon
after the adjournment of tha present
gathering to take up further the ques-
tion of auxiliary naval craft.
The Italians through their spokesman
made the point that a number of na-
tions having ' submarines either built
building or planned were not repre-
sented at the present conference and un-
less brought into agreement with the
spirit of the present gathering might at
comparatively small outlay construct
sufficient submarine tonnage to menace
the feeling of security of the powera here
represented.
Small Power Submarine Danger
It was conceivable the Italian spoke
man saidUfat one of the smaller Mcdi
tcrranean'3)owcrsvior instance might
at the comparatively low cost of $50
000000 provide itself with 50000 tons
of submarines far mere than Italy's.
l'hysical circumstances were said to
be holding up the further instructions of
the French delegation. Premier Uriand
arrived in Paris Thursday night snd was
said to desire presentation of the mat
ter at a cabinet meeting to be held dur
ing the day.
Kvcn counting for five hours differ
once in time in favor of Washington
it is not regarded as probable that the
ciphered official cablegram would be dis-
patched before 4 or 5 o'clock in the
afternoon. Wbcn it arrives the telegram
must be decoded for consideration by the
h rench delegation.
The Italian attitude toward the use of
submarines waa described as unchanged
by the elaborate argument made against
that type of craft Thursday by Lord
Lee of the British delegation. Italy still
wants a considerable amount of subma
riuo tonuage and moreover does not
wish to bo prohibited from building some
large submarines if she cares to do ao
bcr spokesman said.
Dependent aa she is upon supplies of
raw materials and even food from far
distant countries Italy should have some
submarines of large radius of action her
spokesman added.
The spokesman expressed the opinion
there would be no difficulty whatever in
obtaining the approval of the Italian
chamber of deputies to any agreements
reached at the present conference.
Haohaa Message to Brlaad.
The text of the communication aent by
Secretary of State Hughe a to Premier
Briand ia acknowledgment of the re-
ceipt of M. Briand'a message of Decem-
ber 18 in which the premier announced
acceptance of the American capital ship
(Continued on Page Two. ' 1
Christmas Cheer to
Fill Texas Home for
Confederate Women
Associated Press Report
' AUSTIN Texas Dec. 23. Holiday
week at the Texaa Confederate
Woman'a home in Austin will be filled
with Christmas cheer for the women
who live there according to plana for
observance of the holidays. ' Special
programs a Christmas tree and a big
dinner will mark the celebration while
each inmate will receive a gift
The Albert Sidney Johnston chapter
of the Daughtera of the Confederacy
had a Chrlstmaa tree and program in
tha parlora of the home Friday after-
noon. .
The dining room and sitting room
will be decorated in Chrlstmaa' bene
and evergreena during the week' ac-
cording to Mrs. 8. J. Thomaa superin-
tendent A turkey dinner with cran
berry sauce creamed potatoes fresh
tomatoes peas fruit cake and fruit
will be served at noon Chrlatmaa day.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Dr. O.
P. Campbell of the University Baptiet
Bible chair will preach the Christmaa
sermons for 'the women In the parlora
of the home. The choir of the Univer-
aity Baptist church will furnish the
music.
A number of blind children under
the direction of Miss Clara Carlysle
will give a musical and literary pro-
gram1 Monday afternoon December 26.
One day during the week Mra. W. O.
Franklin will aing a number of Christ-
mas carols and solos sccompanled by
her daughter Miss Ethel Mary Frank-
lin on tha piano.
Several chapters of the Daughtera of
the Confederacy throughout Texaa are
planning to present eacb woman in the
home with a gift on Christmas said
Mra. Thomas.
ADJOURNMENT OF
DAILFAYORS PACT
IT IS CONSIDERED
Various Irish Associations
Plan Meet to Urge Rati-
fication It Is Said
Associated Presa Report
LONDON. Dee. 23 The Dail Eireann'a
adjournment of further debate on the
Irish .peace treaty until January 3 al-
uouga coming. aa a surprise nerv was
considered as favorable to the chances
for ratification. ' By agreement between
the contending factions the dail mem-
bers will deliver no speeches touching on
the treaty during the period of adjourn-
ment nor participate in pubKe meetinga
at which the treaty ia discussed but it is
believed the Irish people wig get together
and agitate for ratification. '
Various agricultural and business asao-
ciationa and civic bodies in Ireland are
aaid to be planning a meeting to pass
resolutions favoring the treaty and al
though it is recognized there will be some
declarations against acceptance itia be
lieved the large majority will support
the stand of Arthur Griffith Michael
Collins and their treaty advocates. Th
adjournment period will thus be nearly
equivalent to a popular referendum
Mulchay'a Speech.
The English newspaper correspondents
in Dublin emphasized tne importance o
the speech of Richard Mulchay chicf-of
staff of the Irish republican army in the
dail Thursday in which he advocated
acceptance of the treaty. They thought
that his support together with that of
such fighting men as Michael Collins and
J. J. McKeown assured the adhesion
of the republican army throughout the
country.
Some of the correspondents also dwelt
upon what they consider Eamonn de Va
tera's loss of prestige as indicated by
the vote for adjournment which he op
posed. De Valera's statement that when
he assumed the republican presidency. he
did not regard bis oath as fettering his
actions waa regarded as considerably
damaging his influence.
Question is raised in England as to
how the adjournment will affect the posi
tion of the Sinn Feinera in prison who
were lately reported as about to receive
amnesty and whether the withdrawal of
British troops will now be effected but
nothing has developed upon which to base
even conjectures.
Real Settlement.
Meanwhile there has been some specu
lation aa to how far a real settlement
of the Irish trouble would be effected by
ratification of the treaty. The Dublin
correspondent of the Westminster Gas
ette while hoping and believing thatit
will be ratified says that in that case the
Sinn Fein would still have to be reck
oned with. Emphasising that the Sinn
Fein is not satisfied with the treaty he
says it is difficult for the English people
to appreciate the earnestness of the ex-
treme republicans of Ireland to whose
nature a compromise is entirely alien.
The correspondent qnotes an unnamed
observer aa declaring there are hundreds
of young women and men who will if the
treaty ia - ratified retire in bitter dis-
illusionment from any participation what-
ever in the agreement and may become a
Sinn Fein within the Sinn Fein. The
dail eireann may convince theas that the
treaty waa accepted under duress but
this will not destroy the republican move-
ment. The correspondent adds:
Perhaps this is why one notices ao
little enthusiasm here the neoula are
making the beat of .a bad Job."
WITNESS REFUSES' . ' :
TO ANSWER QUIM
OKLAHOMA KILLING
Replies to One Out of 19
Questions Put to Him
i
Concerning Klan
CASE THEREUPdN-
IS ADJOURNED.
'M.'....?
Freeling Would Have Time
to Consult Statutes ' S
on Subject ' j
Associated "Presa Report j'
ARDMORE Okla. Dec. 23. Tha pre-
limlnary trial of aix def endanta ' oai a '
charge of murder in connection with the
killing of three men at Wilson the sight
of December 15 ended abruptly lata
Thursday when Frank Bourland former
justice of the peace here and a Bute
witness in the case declined to answer
questions put to him by Attorney Gen-
eral Freeling pertaining to the Ku Klux
Klan. .
After propounding 19 questions con'
cerning the Ku Klux Klan only one of
which the witness consented to antwerj
General Freeling requested and waa
granted adjournment of the rearing un
til neat Tuesday to allow him time he
explained to consult tha atatute on the
aubject ' ' '
He will consent to the defendants re
maining at liberty on their present bonds
the attorney general aaid but in addition ;
to continuing the present eases against
the men Tuesday he aaid ha expected at
that time to bring an additional charge
of murder under the riot statute. ' 4 i
Deoliaea Aaswar. A
Bourland waa the last' to be called Fri
day afternoon and aaked aa to whether
he knew anything about the meeting ot
the Ku Khrx Klan in their hall In' the
Odd Fellows building ba declined to gn
awer. f '
Then ant id the choral of objection- to '
the queation from defense attorneys tha
attorney general arose and declared that
he thought the Bute entitled to the facta
in the case and that ho would look up
the atatute on the subject and if ho found
that he waa right he would demand that
the court throw the witness in Jail antil
he would gnawer. . . : .' : -. I
"I ao nofcwlsh to pry Into the aecreta
of any fraternal order" aaid General
Freeling. "I happen to be an unworthy
member of tbeJUaaona myself but when
I find that the activities of any organ-..
ixation are directed against the laws 'of
my State then t intend to go deeply into
the matter aa the law allows." .
Ouy Harris business man of Ardmore'
the first witnes called when the exam-
ining trial of seven men charged with
murder in connection with the deatha of
three men at Wilson on the night of De-'
cember 15 waa resumed before Justice -
of the Peace D. W. Butcher testified
that C. G. Sima Ardmore police detec-
tive came to him Thursday and asked
him to accompany him "out in the eoun- '
try" saying be had located several atol-
en cars. Harris said it waa impossible
for him to go and. that be refused Sims. t
Sims the prosecution contends per-
auaded several score of prominent Car-
ter county citizens to go with him to Joe
Carroll's home at Wilson during which '
Carroll waa shot and killed and Sima
mortally wounded. His body later waa
found ia a field five miles from the scene
of the shooting. The dead policeman's . '
brother Claude R. Sims of Wichita
Kansas is attending the trial. 1 '
First Meatloa Made. '
Firat mention in the trial of the alleged
participation of members of the Ku Klux
Klan in the attack upon Carroll waa
made by J. A. Brittain the third witness .
called. '
Britttaln ia custodian of a lodge hall
here which is used by several fraternal
orders among them he testified was one
known- as ''Business Men's League" or 1
K. K. K." He declared that tbia order
maintained a "property" room in the
building and that on the night of the at-
tack he saw J. A. Gilliam well known in . '
Ardmore who is awaiting trial in con
nection with the case leave the hall with
another man about 7 o'clock with bundles
under their arms. 9
Following J. A. Brittain on the stand
Robert Hall furniture dealer of Wilson
testified that he waa attracted by the
sound of shots and women acreaming
and that he started to investigate. Then
he met John Smith he said who told blm
that he had been shot He got his auto-
mobile and took Smith to the hospital
he testified. He did not get to the scene
of the shooting he said. Smith died aoon
afterward and waa unable according to
testimony to tell who had shot him. Con
tinuing Hall testified that before the
shooting he saw C. G. Whitchurch of
Ardmore one of the defendants on the
street in Wilson with another man and
that he spoke to hira but Whitchurch
turned away and would not acknowledge
hia .greeting. He had known hint for
about five years he said.
Charles Jones an insurance mas ef
Wilson testified that he aaw Tom Hallo
of Ardmore another defendant and Dr.
F. C. Harlow and J. A. Gilliam both of
Ardmore and charged with murder in tha
case but not on trial at this thae en
the street in Wilson between 9 and 10
'dock that night and that he apoke to
Harlow asking kua what he waa doing
there. Dr. Harlow replied; ha aaid that
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