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Till HJWM WATCHMAN. fcstabltsJ CWSOLIDATKD AUG. 2, 181 MESSAGE FROM HARDING Says Old Hostility Between Sections Nearly Gone HE IS STRONG FOR TARIFF Would Make Other Nations Pay For Privilege of Trading in America?Favors Southern Ports Atlanta. Jan. II,?>A new spirit of united Amcricansim. holding llsell above sectional and partisan division? and making secure the industries of the whole nation a'ike. wan bespoken by President-elect Harding tomgh*. In a message to-the ptuplt Ol the south. The message, err Ren al the requea; of Clark Howeh, ediloi of Ihe Atlanta t>*StRu4ion, and Democratic national coin in l'11 ei i it, n foi (leorgia, was made public lit re on ths aiTivi It tin I which is taking tho president-elect to Florida. It follows: *Of soaras, I have no mesaagc to the pfoplp of the south thai 1 would n- I gtadl. utter lo al! the United Btatea Perhaps thi SOUth W uId interested to knov/. however, of one ambUlon whleh I cherish. I want to be the instrumentality in establish? ing that complete concord of union ?heh I hold to ho essential to tho American fulfillment. 1 realiio how the political solidarity of the son o followed the unfortunate days of the Civil Wnr. I kn w how that soli? darity has been encouraged on tho one hand and I think I understand the drslre to break It on tae other. Mt Is not specif cally u Republican ambition. It Is rather to bo accred? ited to a dcairo to establish complete mutuality of purpose and oneness of gmbitJon in America. ?*l'here Is lltth left of the old-time hostility and there Isn't any occasion for any section of America to pin iti aspirations to the for*nne8 of One party, I thin i It la fair to assume that gll pohtieai parties mean to be best fv?r our common country. As a Re? publican. I believe that many of the Republican policies are calculated to best servo all of America. For In? stance, 1 believe there a great sig? nificance in the coming tariff congreai to be held in Atlanta. I bellt.ve most eofgellly In prospering America first, 1 do hot see how we can retain ouf hone markets, ui>on whlerl Amer? ican good fortune must he founded and at the same time maintain Amer? ican standards of production pnd Amerlrrn standards of living unless we make other 'peoples with lower standards pay for tho privilege of trading in tho American markets. DUSg la the best market in the world, because we are largest In consump? tion and the ablest to buy. The ap fplication lies in a perfectly Justin flable ambltlcn to make the southland as industrially eminent us tho state* of the north and east. There ought to be the flame of indsutry here in exceptional stgnltieuncc. becaus'c of your vast natural resources. Your people want practically the sumo thirgs which are found in the nat? ural ambitions of the north and west. And thTC is not the slightest excuse for a sectional line in America. Wo arc One people, with one tlag. and 1c Is folly to allow long-time prejudices to stand In the Sjgg of the fUllBOSS of understanding and the utm^s* cor d!s'?ty of e'aM- n-hlp. Th people of r.h - goUUl a.' gg mm h inter.SJ ed gg any other gOO? lasjtcai local log |g the dovolopatent of an Aim in-,n merc'.mnt marine, hur i of our aha ado nee of rcsouroen out of. our grealeff ability la prodaoe? and ost of our boasted American ofnciencj ought to eonie An n li .111 hnmim u . In world-wal. t ? ,ui r. We OUght to send our cargoes from sag hland ports Just r?n num rously a ? we do fro?o northern wmi sroaterg neeta Ol eourst. 1 general ru'e. w? cannot ' rag] Vftirre w<- do not hay, t>?n wlthj a rational production poll' i -ally sat'" gusrdrtt m prolS I VS tar'ffa we rin hay the things rhe production of * hr h Is not essential t?? our own gor,d fortune und egpand ( ur trade v-ith those r?f Whom WS huv to supply OUf lean tu e ls which can not !>? supplied here at home. ' I am sure the inconiiii ; sdmlnls? Irallon Wiehes ?????. Ilgur;t1lvel> spooking, every son hern port whit - 1 ned b\ the sails of comm ree ami know that our aarrlerl are lahing mrrsagow of g '.,.1 w 11 and amity aid lg with our cargoes t<? a'l the marts of the earth " MEXICO MAY PAY INDEMNITIES Mexico t'lt>. .tan II.- Recommen? dation* that the Mi glean government pay Indemnities for damages snstaln? ed by individuals and companies din? ing the revolutionary periods in th ^ rountrv will b? made t>> congress by President < >bie?:on President <>i>r< in sat?d that he personalt) did not gjteve the govi rnment should t? illged to pi) Much Indemnities, bui Mean laws aha ady en toted ? such payments he felt hound ?htnit s recommendation lo that gd. I 1 ' .' I'.a rceh?n t n Hgate a eanlinuance ei .m sjauntt 1? bet a eon t he po? sy ndl cat is. The police gjyndicati ,t i .1 *tcrdu> when gied to 1 ? ? ;i |?<- w hlle being il. tied April, 18?0. "Be Just a IL WILSON HAS PLAN ? TO SAVEJHJSSIAj Objects to Outside Forces And Considers Revolution Benefi? cial in Its Main Purposes CONSIDERS SOVIET A SMALL MINORITY ! I Only Hope For Independence of Armenia and Other Small Na? tions is Peace With Russia _ i Washington, Jan. 22.?A "public' tiid so'cmn" engagement among tho gl pi weis not to violate or to per mlt the violation of the territorial Integrity of Russia is regarded bv President Wllaan as the gl im qua nun npt at the pacillcation of Armenia and the other slates border on 'h once great empi.v. The president,** vlawa art set forth la a noli Iransmitted to i'uui liyn.tm . ? president of the league of nations as? sembly, by Acting Secretary Davis undfi ?>al" Of January 1*, and madQ public tonight u: the giatt depart* . I M |lt. ^ Tn ? u oureeafal aftwaUoa" of Ar- j monia which has been invaded by , both the 'Turkish nationalists and the Soviets, is only ono detail of thft vast | ltusaian problem, the president ea>s and he "most earnestly urges" his euavle ion that it is only by a general and comprehensive treamont of tho j erhole problem, "only hy full and J generous coope ration of the prinoi- j pal powers," hat a hopeful approach I of tho pacillcation and independence | of Armenia can he found. The president says he has never be? lieved that tho problems raised hy tho ?bolshevlkl coup de'etat could be solved I by military actions from the outside ' and he erpresse^ the hope "that the reqent tragic events on the Polish I front and in the Crimea have cpn . vlnced all the world that armed in? vasion is not he way to bring peace to the people of Kwss a Mr. Wilson adds that these events have only stre igthencd hia conviction that tho Russian revolution, "bcnell cicnt In its main purposes," must be developed to a satlafateory conclusion by the Russians themselves, with such help from the outaide as may j be "voluntarily received." President Wilson's note to Paul Hy* gtana, prsaldenl of the Assembly of the League of Xatlons, on mediation in Armenia, as transmitted by Acting ISecretary Davis, of the state uopart mont, follows: "Your Udegram of December 16, 1?2U, transmitting a message received hy the council from the British gov? ernment concerning Armenia, statind that Armenia is reported to be und? P tho control of soviet Russia and sug-, gesting that the president instruct the Amern n high commissioner at Con Otantinoplt lo take up the ma'ter with ho allied h gh commissioners, has l en received and read with inter I by the- president, who instruct* j me to reply as follows: , "The president does not deem it practicable to Instruct the American high commissioner at Constantinople to act for him In this matter. As was stated In my telegram of December i Id, 1990. he has chose the Honorable Henry hforgenthau, who has been pre* pared to net far him in such steps as may ho taken. Before instructing him tu i rOCecd, however, the president ha.i ? ? > waiting the definite assurance . 1 information from all the principal i powers Interested as requested In his j cable of November .'50, 1990, defining the conditions under which he would ? ndt avor lo nn dlaie, "'ih' message from Ihe British prlmi mlnistei transmitted by you on ! e emtx r r<i would seem to Indioate the Impracticability or futility of the president's addressing hlmaolfi at l act In Me lirsl Inajinoe, to the Ar? menians and Kemalists. The presi? dent Is Inclined bo tak. this view and to feel thut no solution can he had Without lirsl gS ting at the source of ,|,e trouble. '?pendli - iIpt of Information anu < i nc s n qut SP d hy the prosl d?n< In his telrgram of November 9n. 1999, \* Is deemed wise lo stale the problem as ihe president views i?. Hal ? an-, i ml poasthlo rcuicdlea It would appear thai t ii? ? Immediate au ? 'fililde in Armenia and rurke; has l?e? n the treaty of Sevres. Admittedly, this was a difficult ques? lion with Which to contend, but. the treat: was drifted by the allied pow? ers und the trouble has arisen over ? Ii? fallun of certain factions to ac eept ii i 'teaty. and of the allies to ? nforce it Ties is a question over which the president has no control; and any measures which he might Iahe or recommend In this direction would be dependent upon th hearty ; cooperation and support of the allied powers, "Tha British pi ime minister calls attention to the report that Armenia1 is under the control of Moscow, from which it appears that another complication has developed. The de? pendence of Armenia on soviet Rus? sia I* another situation over which ? he president h;?s no oontrol and be se,s no action he <ouhl tahs to free Armenia without the moral und dip? lomatic support "t the principal pow |rrs which holds promises of bringing peace and accord lo the contending par' lea ?Thei, is bitler dlstrusl snd fear of war nlon rail ihe Russian borders, it stems futile |o attempt to bring peace i<> the raueas if the result is to free, forces there engaged for new cam* 'pahTiH on othei sectors of the loig rid Fear Not?Let all lbs ends Thou AI SUMTES, S. C WEDNESD GAS EXPLOSlF IN MEMPHIS Score of Persons Killed and Fifty or More Injured By Gasoline Fire TWENTY HOUSES BLOWN TO PIECES; I Disaster Occurred While Work? men Were Caulking Gasoline Car Memphis, Jan. 24?Probably a scoro j Of persons were killed and Bfty or more Injured as the result of tho ex-1 plosion of a tank car of gasoline lu re today which set lire to a row of small ! dwellings occupied by negroes, a num- i l cr of whom are missing and aro l>o- j lieved to have been burned to death. Early police estimates placaiths number of dead as high aa twanty .-. while tli( als reports Indb* 1 eated that at aast ?fty have been given treatment lor broken iimbs au 1 other Injuriea Th i cause of the explosion has not been determined! but lire department officials believe it was due to a flying Spark from the chisel of a workman who was caulking tne car. Tho scene of the explosion was at Main street nnd Mill avenue, center of a densely populated part of tho city and n short distance from the gas P ant which was endangered by the Are which spread rapidly. Twenty frume houses were literally splintered by the force of the explosion and ?et on fire, while windows within a radius of fifteen blocks were broken. Two of the threo negro workmen who wore caulking the car were killed while the third escaped without injury. Every ambulance in tho city was rush od. to the scene, and volunteer parties Were formed to aid the police In removing ihe M.-.ad and Injured. The lire was brought under control before it spread beyond the dwellings in tho imedlate i vicinty of the blast. Ten bodies mutilated beyond recog? nition were removed a few minutes after the explosion. "While latoot po? lice estimates place tho dead at 25 it is believed it will be larger when a complete check is made. Tho llrHt IbOdlee found were four negro women and one negro baby, other bodies were scattered over the block. Many of the fifty injured are seriously hurt. One of the Injured negro boys is un? identified. Estimates of the prop* srty damage Indicated it would not excocd one hundred and fifty thou-1 Sand! dollars. front. Tho distressful situation of Ar? menia is but one. detail of this vast Russian problem, and the President most earnestly urges his conviction that it is only by a general and com? prehensive treatment of the whol > problem only by full and generous oouoperation of tho principal powers that a hopeful approach to the pacifi? cation and Independence of Armenia can be found. ) "The attitude of the President to? wards those now in power in Russia has been frequently nnd clearly ex? pressed. He regards the Bolshevik 11 us a 'violent and tyrannical minor? ity* by no means representing the real desires and purposes of the Russian j people But he has never believed j 'hat the problems raised by this coup d'etat could be solved by military ac-1 tlon from outside. He now hopes that the recent traqicnl events on the Po. Huh fmnt nnd In the Crimea have convinced Oil the world that armed in VSSlon is not the way to bring peace to tho people of Russia. "The rapidly shifting events of re cents months have only strengthened his conviction that the Russian rev- ! olutlon, beneflclenl In its main pur pos ?'. must ho developed to a peaee- ; fui conclusion by the Russians them- j Solvea Help may from time to time be given from outside and volun- ' tarlly received, put attempts at mll? itary coercion can but, end 111 dls gster. "There arc elements In the present situation which added hope to pi" jects of pacification. All Ihe world Is weary <?f wnr, and the conviction grows amoir/ Ihe people of all rmm? tries thai the military method offers very little promise of solving the reave problems of reconstruction which face us There is at present no ' vert civil war in Russia. It is now s problem of the relations b?-_ rween Central Russin and the sur rounding smaller national groups "The unrest and instability along the border are caused by hitter and mutual distrust. The struggling new nationalities, which were formorh I part ol the Russian empire, are afraid to disarm and return to the works of peace beet use they distrust .the Hoi sheet k| ami fear new aggressions. The) Sm i. ts contend that they are afraid to d. mobollsc because they fear new attacks, 'The great impediment to peaceful, reconstruction In those troubled border territories, the imminent danger of new hostilities, is caused by the tit? ter confusion between offense and de? fers-. ITntess this distinction can he clearly d? flm d, there is nol only small hope <u pence, but no hope of s clear perception of who is respon? sible -for new w .< rs. "It i>: Iherefore Ihe (hough! of tin President that the present moment of? fers .a peculiarly pressing challenge to an attempt at general pacification on the Russian borders aloiift thOSS 1 ms'l at l)e thy Country's, Thy God'f 01 (VY, JANUARY 26. 1921 NIGHT RIDERS IN KENTUCKY Barns to Be Burned if Weed Hauled to Market Before Prices Go Up Lcxinirion, Ky., Jan. 23.?Night riders Saturday night visited (armors1 in Bath and Fleming counties and warned them not to haul any more | tobacco to market until prices were ! higher, according to reports received hero tonight. The reports, received from Mount Sterling! Carlials and ! Flemingsburg, Raid that tho growers j were warned that their barns would i bo burned and that they won id be i dealt with severoly unless they com piled. ' The ba-nd, consisting- of 2T> or 20 masked men. visited farmers near Sherbourne, in Fleming county. 12 miles from FleiUingsburg. In all. j aboUt 1"> farmers were visited, al- j though the names of only Ave were disclosed by authorities. T. S. Robertson, wealthy farmer, j was called to his door at 12:^0 ! o'clock Saturday night, according to a report from Carlisle. Four men standing with their back to him warned him that ha was not to haJl any more tobacco, neither was lie to rent any of his farms for tobacco raising nor raise any himself. The warning was accompanied by threats of violence to himself and his property, if he failed to obey. Thomas Croath, Jake Boyd and a farmer named Stevens were then vis. it4 d and the warning repeated. The ' and next showed up near Sherbourne In Fleming county and warned two farmers named Shields and Tomlln. They are known to have visited three other farmers but Whan the occu? pants came to the door, they in ugh'd and said they were "looking for a doetor." CARELESS WITH KEROSENE Washington Court House. Ohio, Jan. 23.?Six members of the lam- I tiy of James Adkins, living 14 miles north of here, were burned to deaih | sjptly this morning when lire destroy ed their home. Adkins was fatally ? burned. The fire followed the explosion of a coal stove into which Adkins pour- i ?ed kerosene onto coals in an effort t0 start it quickly. 1 _ _ 1 JUDGE McIVER CANDIDATE Chcraw, Jan. 22.?Deeply deplor? ing tho untimely death of the late la? mented Justice Hydliclc, recognizing the great loss of the state occasioned by his death, conscious of the impor? tance of placing on the supreme court, bench men of die greatest learning and highest character and believing Judge Edward Mclver of the Fourth judicial circuit to be eminently fit red for this high trust, the Chesterfield Har association will present the name of Judge Mciver to the general as semibly of South Carolina for election as associate justice of the supremo court. Killed in Auto Wreck. Charleston, Jan. 21.?Mrs. James Lovett, 72, was killed late this after? noon and her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Kineon, seriously injured when a mo? tor car In which they were passeng? ers, overturned near a bridge on the road to Folly Island, a beach resort near Charleston. Their ear was in a collision with another and went over a causeway embankment into a marsh. Four of tho six passengers in the overturned car escaped with? out injury. Washington Jan. 2\?Chester, Ro well, of California, has resigned as a member of the new shipping b >ard, effective Immediately. it was an? nounced at the White House that he is leaving the board !jO become a member <>f the California Railroad ? ' an mission. lines. Such an attempt seems to the President the logical outgrowth -In fact, the only logical development?of the request to mediate In the Ar meni.i conflict, and he feels bound In conscience tm.ee more to call this mat tor to the attention ??i the associated nations. Will Not Attack Russia. "It Is obvious to all that these small Struggling border States will not attack great Russia unless en? couraged by promise of support from th" stronger powers. The President therefore believes that the sin ? qu* non of an attempt at pacification must bo a public and solemn engage? ment among tin great powers not to take advantage of Russia's stricken condition and not to violate the ter? ritorial Integrity of Russia nor to un? dertake themselves any further ii< vasion of Russia, nor to tolerate such Invasions by others. "Such an agreement would in effect say to these now in power hi Rus Fia: 'You are not menaced from out* sidc The great powers have vol. untarlly guaranteed yoti from at? tach- You can have peace if von want it.' "The responsibility for any new war which mipht break out In Rus? sian border states would then be clearly placed, "it* ih? principal powers represent? ed on the council of the league Und 'hem-selves in accord with tin presi? dent m thi'< matter and will assure bun of their moral end diplomatic Bupport, he will Instruct his personal representative, Mr. Niorgentha tl, i<? proceed at once, on iiia mission." ud Truth s." TUK TRI"K SC DOUBLE LYNCHING AT WARRENTON Mob Storms Jail in North Caro-' lina Town Sunday Night TWO NEGROES T. KEN OUT AND SJK Lynching Was Result of Con-1 flict in Which Five Whites Midi Three Negroes Were Wound Norllna. X. C, Jan. 24.?Alfred Williame and Plummer Bullock, two negroes, were taken from tin- War? ren county jail at Warrenton by a, masked mob early this morning and i shot to (hath. No effoi t was made to molest the other eh von negroes who were con ?nod in the jail in connection with tin* ra>co clash lure early Sunday. Kuiiook was said to have been the instigator and Williams one of the lea ('er? of the elash. About 150 men wer in the moo that entered the. jail. The two negroes were taken lato the woods about a mile outside of town and their bodies riddled With bullets. Efforts to communicate with Warren test by telephone were fruit? less but persons who reached here front, the scene of the Qynchlng said the town was quiet early thit? morning, and that a military com* pany ordered out by Governor Mor? rison had taken charge, It was said only the jailer, John Green, a negro, was on du'.y at the jail when the mob surrounded it and that he was quick? ly subdued. I Raleigh. N. C, Jan. 24.?The Home Guard company at Warrenton was ordered out by Governor Morrison tills morning upon receipt of an ap? peal for aid, after the report of an effort to lynch two negroes in jail there. Nor lina, K. C, Jan. 2;l.<?Eight men. RVO White and three negroes, were ' wounded, two perhaps fatally, in a ] near race riot at the Norlina railroad Nation between 1 and 2 o'clock this ;morning and now thirteen negroes charged with participation in the shooting, are in Warren county jail at Warrenton, in default of bonds ranging from $2tio to 11,000. The two wounded men are It. L. TVailor, white; Lloyd Traitor, white; H. A. Rainey, white; w. J. Upchurch, white; Claude Jones, negro; Jerome Hunter, negro; and Robert Moss, ne? gro. All of the white men save W. J. Upchurch and Inscoe are in the Hen? derson hospital wlnre physicians say their considtion appears to be ' critical. Jerome Hunter, the negro most seriously hurt, is In a hospital at Raleigh, where small hopes are en- j tertained for his recovery. Robert Moss, s:ightly hurt, is in jail and j Claude Jones is at his home under guard. i The difficulty this morning follow? ed bad feeling which has been grow- 1 lug Since Tuesday. On that day, ac? cording to Chief of Police S. P. Tie Ill? ing, of Norlina, Plummer Bullock, a negro, wont into the store of .1. P. William?, a merchant, of Norlina. and sought to buy 10 cents worth of ap? ples from Brady Trailer, clerk. Tha j negro professed dissatisfaction with his purchase ami wanted his money back. The exchange was effected, af? ter some words, whereupon the ne? gro cursed Trallor, it is said, and threat< ned bun. According to the chief of police, the Trailers received word last night that tsho negroes wore organising t<> make good Plummer Bullock's threat. Be? tween l and 2 o'clock, perhaps a stau e had gathered at the Seaboard depot, some of them, it is said. U'lth shot? guns. Raby Trallor, brother of Brady, ap pruaehed Matthew Bullock, appar? ently the leader of the negroes, und asked him what the trouble was about. While they wa re talking, ac? cording to evidence brought out in the preliminary hearing this after ' noon, Jerome Hunter, negro, walked lip and tired at Trailer from eloSe range The white man fell and If unter shot him twice as he lay on his back. The shooting than became general and In it w. J. ITpchurch, engineer of a switch engine ami II. a. llalney and 11. A. Inscoe, car inspectors, were sho'. as they were about their work en the railroad yards, Matthew Bullock, said lo have been the leader of the negroes male his escape, and the round-up m ule by a posse of white men formed shortly after tht? shooting this morning failed to locate him. Thirteen, however, were arrested and commuted to jail in default of bonds, after prelimi? nary hearing before Justice of the peace j. ?'. Hardy, of Norlina this af? ternoon. While the situation appears nutet lure tonight, there were rumors thai an effort might be made by negroes of Warrenton, four miles from here, to liberate members of their race in jail. Peeling eras high Mus morning, among the white people <>t tin- com muni y. but has apparently calmed down tomght Tasker Polk, promi? nent nttornej appearing for th ? state tins afternoon made a talk to the assembly gathered tor the pre liminary hearing in which In- counsel t ?I law and eider. Warrenton, N. C, Jan. 24.? War lenton, the Bcene last night ?>t the >t THRON. Established ,Juiie |( iH66. VOL. LI. NO. 46 ALLIES MEET IN CONFERENCE Most Important Since Meeting of Represen? tatives Just Prior to Versailes Peace Conference Paris, Jaa. 24.?Repressatatlves of Great Britain, Krance, itaV, Belgium mwI Japan met here today (or a con fcrence a'hlch seemed 10 i>o second in importance only to that preceding (ho signing: of the Versallllos treaty. The conference is expected t<? settle reparations, the disarmament of Ger? many, the enforcement or alteration of the treaty ertth Turkey, rellaf for Austria and the policies to bo par* sued in dealing with Russia, ah are aueslons on which the different par? ticipant nations are more or loss di? vided and the settlement of which is flawed with much concern. FIRE DI^TROYS " GOODS IN STORE Contents of Orangehurg Business I A1 mast a Total Loss I Orangeburg, J^n. -u.?A costly tire j noeuir<*d here early this morning; when the store of It. W. Cumbec, on West RuSSell Street, with contents and furniture, was practically destroyed. The alarm was sounded at 4:30 a. m. and in a few minutes the fire depart? ment was on the job. The large pamper recently purchased by the ally rendered valuable service. The t building was saved, but the contents >t the store, consisting of merchan? dise, la practically a total loas. The. conients were valmnl at jabout $10, 1000, though Mr. t'umbee could not I be seen :us to the exact loss or Insur? ance carried. The building had only ' recently been remodeled and is not damaged materially. The fire occur? red in the section of the city where all the iarge stores are located and the holding ol the fire to this ono [ building and not damaging the up stairs Id considered good work on the part of the tire department. LESS WHISKEY CONSUMED Over One Billion Dollars Saved, j Says Anti-Saloon League Washington, Jan. 23.?Whiskey consumption In tho T'nited Btates de? creased from 89,641,?86 gallons in 1917 to 3,f?Sl..*r?:{ gallons in tOfO, the , tirst year of prohibition under the constitutional amendment, according Ito figures announced today by the I AntlSaloon League of America. Con? sumption of alcohol in th?- sages years decreased from 71,081,121 gallons to 22,C39,35G gallons, the tigures showed, ; while beer consumption dropped from 140,817,879 barrels to 9,231,280 bar I rela "Granting that many million gal? lons o: alcohol and whiskey with? drawn for non-beverage use have been diverted to beverage use," said an ac? companying statement by the league, ' and granting that many million gaP? Ions of beer have been made and con? sumed illegally, a conservative esti? mate shows that the people of tho United States have saved over one b?litvn dollars previously spent for beverage Intoxlcanta" MAY OCCUPY CONSTANTINOPLE Constantinople. Jan. S3. (By tho Associated Press. ? - - A renewed mill. lary occupation of Constantinople by the allies is imminent. The later* allied representatives have notified Ihe grand visier of the measures they purpose to take. It is considered thAt the troops are required to guard against threatened disorder, owing to the presence of followers of Mustapha Kemel Pasha, the Nationalist loader, and Botshevfk elements and the failure of the Turk* to ratify the peace treaty. The lat t< r situation is deemed s hig factor in the allied decision. Beil fast, rrelsnd. Jsn. 2??? Kev. f. A. Irwin. i Presbyti rian minister, who spoke in the railed Mated with gammon i>. Vslcra, daring ihe lat t? r s tour has been arrested. mmm i . . . . BJSSJ _\ lynching ol ta*o negroes was Muiit 10 day. A company of home guards which was ordered out by Governor Morrison last night when it wan real* iaed thai trouble was brewing, but too late to prevent the double lynch in;-, la s in on duty and further trouble is not anticipated. The lynch? ing was the culmination of several days of ill fe ding between the white? and negroes of Norlma. four mile* Prom here, which reached a climsx Sunday in ;< pitched battle there, in which five whites and three negroes were wounded Thirteen negroes were arrested and brought to the lall here. The mob last right quickly overpowered the Jailer end took Al fred Williams and Plummer Bullock. ;w.> prisoners, a mile outside of town ami riddled them will? Pullets. A spirit of unreal among the negroes here today resulted In the srreat of five. Th<- police say they found many firearms la then possession.