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TSE sfcwPTER WATCHMAN, Estj CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, s N SFRANCE CAREFUL I British Foreign Minis V: ter Suggests That Military Policy Be Xept in Accord With London. Kov. 24 (By the Asso ciated Press)?jOne of the most outspoken warnings ever addressed by the foreign, minister of one na tion to another friendly nation was delivered publicly today at a lun cheon by Marquis Curzqn of Ked ieston to France. The British for ?eiga ' xmxdster .. declared that if France pursued an isolated cad in dividual policy She would not in the long , run " injure > Germany and wonld fail^ to protect herself. It was a warning couched, if anything, in planter terms than a similar s>eceh delivered By Premier 'Uoyd-.George last May, at the time France was- proceeding to oc J^jtpa^?n ?f Germany^s Ruhr towns, vhich~-^reaied such a~ tremendous Pfl?nsation. Lord Curzon's address was direct ed primarily to . the Washington conference on limitation of arma ; jfient and Far Eastern questions, t it was clearlj^an intimation to ice of the effect of that coun ~h attitude toward disarmament also applied with equal force to > French policy in the Near East ^Peace will never be achieved," Curron, *if any one pow to steal a march on another, mclude an arrangement on its account" foreign minister bluntly re fe?^France that her safety lay s her own. strength, but in- the i of the world and he cau France that she could not by a revengful policy to jrmany or he permitted: by action.. to frustrate the the nations at Washington, disclaiming wish' to re i the adress of Bord Curron, - -f oreigrr* minister, criticizing policy -declared this was - for argument among s?nalSek ? ^|dJSdls(Mi MakfeiEftbrt to Prove ? * Government Figures Are Too High itroit, 5$ov. ?3.?Henry Ford Thomds^ "* A. Edison, during ?ir forthcoming inspection tour the>?S?c5ie Shoals, Ala., project, hope to obtain data to convince the tJalted States government that Mr. Ford's offer "for the nitrate and rpower projects is liberal, it announced at Mr. Ford's offices 2>e^bbrn. -today to The Asso Press. thforia&tion followed; wo*d1 : Washington that the govern st,. woulct-request Mr. Ford to certain modifications in -his believed to involve an by the automobile man in'the amount of money he was willing to allot for com pleting c?nsiruction work on the dasna.at Muscle Shoals. , The" inspection to be made will he mmute, it was pointed- out Mr. Ford: and Mr. Edison will examine ^jecr^fctth a view to ascer itOT*" much waterpower may feyelojaed, and as to the -cost the development. fPben the/tour has been com th<? -data obtained will be into shape for presenta k to Secretary, of War Weeks. An >rt will be mustde to prove con clusively that the government's figures are too high, it was stated. ^r. Ford is:kiS?wn.to believe that KsuBcle Shoals may be made to pro |4?ee S^?O.GG?'-Ju>rsepower and un der the Ford plan this power coujd -made to produce steady em *er.t,, directly and indirectly. UMQMb men. If he obtains project he expects to convert one of the greatest enter i in the tanked States within - the next sii. or-sr-ven years, it was ? About that length of time lid be r^uired to bring the pro ; to fait development, according i^??aHAn at Mr. Ford's of "Mr. "Ford has- aij made * blue of his Muscle Shoals plan, it he realiz.es the - opportunities almost limitless, a high, official of the Ford organization said. *The nitrate plant would be used for the. making of fertilizer. This, however, would be only a part of ^ >the entire program." It-was stated Mr. F?rd had not decided as to the other articles that light be maintained as his plans *ad not J&een fully developed along this line. ? ? ?? NCH DEMONSTRATION Nov. 2'j.?Anti-French Ions participated in last newspaper accounts on of alleged harsh words Premier Briand to Senator the head of the Kalian at Washington ^ontinu e hundred troops were wt to rest?rs order. iblished April, 1S50. im. __ ThaIIg's"^ ! informal i suggestion Throws Out Feeler in Reference to For-, m?tion of Associa tion of Nations . ??? ? Washington, Nov. 25.?A con tinuing series of international -con ferences whose fruition may he an "association of nations," has been suggested informally by President Harding to some of the arms dele gates and has met with their gen eral approval. ^ ?The suggestion has by no means reached the point of a definite pro posal for such an association, but it was revealed tonight that the president's personal conversation with foreign spokesmen on the sub ject had greatly increased his hope .for a new day in international re Jationship as a result of the Wash ington conference. It was indicated further that as a first step toward world-wide rec ognition for the conference plan .the results of the negotiations, here might be submitted for approval not only to the participating na tions but to those not represented here, including Germany and Rus sia. 'M So far as the suggestions of Mr. [Harding have been made known they contemplate a meeting of na tions about the council table once a year to thresh out troublesome questions and devise means for the preservation of peace -_ It is said to be the hope of the president jthat in the end all the smaller gov ernments will join with the great powers in whatever discussions 'may concern them or the world sit uation generally. There - is no -indication xthat any covenant or constitution would be . proposed as the basis of the plan, or that any elaborate international machinery would be. suggested to carry it into effect The, meetings jmight be convened to consider spe rcial .subjects' or merely to/survey international relationship and look for danger points in a general effort Jafe good understanding. ? Whether an international- court "of Justice' might be_ one of thje ? je^ ?pi-js^is.-1\ scbieet wh^ch^-the presi dent is said to consider too nebulous ^ifor present discussion/ although he is known to regard some such trib ;unal as a logical part of the plan. , he^ has advocated for an "associa i'cSon .of nations." His opinions on . that subject have been expressed in jaeveral public addresses during the ,past .year, but he never has made a -detailed, public statement of the exact method by which a court could be established. In fact, in his preliminary con sideration of the best means toward international cooperation, Mr. Harding is said by his friends to have tried to keep'his proposals as free fr/m detail as possible with rthe deliberate purpose of reducing to a minimum the probable cause of complication. His intention is de clared to have been to apply to the " world situation in the broadest Sense the principle of "a meeting Of minds" as he employed it in his pferauguration days at Marion. So far is he willing to go toward dispensing with details, it is de clare!, that he is ready to let the results of tbe present conference . and the "plans for future meetings rest merely on a "gentlemen's agreement" rather than a formal treaty. * Some members of the American delegation in the confer ence are said to favor the treaty method, and the point is yet to be decided; but it was asserted in authoritative quarters tonight that so far as Mr. Harding was con cerned^ he would as soon have a nation's word as its bond. This position the President is said to base upon a faith that the Wash ington conference will help to put a new face upon international re lationships and arouse a new sense of national honor. Agreements such as the conference is expected to reach are regarded by the Chief Executive as touch'ng closely na tional considerations of uprightness and good will, and resting, there fore, upon the good faith of all nations concerned. The hope of the President for a continuation of conference like the I present one become known at mo ment when the arms delegates reached a stage of their delibera tions strongly suggesting in itself that further negotiations will be necessary to consummate the task begun here. Representatives of the nine participating nations are said to have virtually decided at the session today to send an interna tional comission of jurists to in vestigate China's judicial system, and report next year to the various foreign offices and discussions of other features of the Far Eastern situation continued with a growing indication that some sort of inter national machinery would be nec essary to carry out the results of the conference discussions. May Abolish Under-Water Warfare. It is a'so becoming apparent that the Washington conference will not be able to make- final decisions on isonie subjects relating to arma 1 merits sin^e subjects like the rules ?of warf a> e necessarily must be giv | en a world-wide consideration be fore there can be a revision to j which the powers will be willing to jbind themselves A continuing com j mission on aircraft is regarded as I another probable outcome of the 5 conference, and it may be that af "Be Just and Fear LONDON ? OPPOSED JO WAR Vigorous Protest Made Against Re j newal of Warf are in Ireland London, Nov. 26? A chorus of vigorous protests against the re newal of warfare in Ireland in the event the present peace negotia tions collapse has been raised by the morning newspapers. ? + < m Boy Convicted of Murder Roy Henderson, Aged Fifteen, Killed Two Children in Cherokee County _V Gaffney, Nov. 25.?Tho case of the state against Roy Henderson, the boy who was tried for killing the "two little sons of Wofford Kirby, was completed Wednesday night, the jury remaining out only a short time before returning a' verdiot of guilty with recommenda tion to mercy. Judge Wilson has "not as yet sentenced the defend rnt, as there is considerable am biguity in the law" which provides in one place that persons guilty of murder with a recommendation to mercy shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and in anoth er place saying that boys under 18 years of age, who are convicted of crime, shall be sent to the reforma tory and kept there tfhtil they reach the age of 21 years. Butler' & Hall, who represented the defendant, made a very strong fight for their client, bringing Dr. Boone, a specialist, from Columbia, who has had the boy under obser vation. Dr. Boone testified that I the killing might have taken place by the boy, and while he knew it was wrong, he could "not realize the consequences of the crime, as his l intelligence was only equal to that of a boy seven or tight years of age. The boy's father testified that he is 15 yea** , of age, but that he had .always been peculiar a?id rery backward In most respects. Numerous witnesses testified to the fact that there had been insanity in the Kirby family, and there were witnesses who testified tha* there had been insanity in Mrs. Kirby's family. 1 The grand jury completed its la- I I bors Wednesday night, and in its i finaL presentment recommended J that the court of general sessions be continued into next week for the reason that there are a large num ber of cases which can nof be tried at this term. Judge Wilson said that he could remain another week in Gaffney, so far as he is person ally concerned but that he could not bring the jury back for anoth er week's service. The grand jury further recommended that if it was not practicable to continue into next week, that a special term of the court be held for the purpose of trying the cases which are now upon the docket. Before the grand jury made its presentment that matter had been discussed by mem bers of the bar, and it is likely that a special term will be asked for. Robbery in St. feouis Bandits Raid Refining Com pany and Get Away Witih $60,000 St. Louis, Noy. 26.?Four armed bandits entered the office of the St. Louis Refining Company and escap ed with diamonds and jewelry said to be valued at sixty thousand dol lars. MARSHAL FOCH FACES STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN St. Paul, - Minn., , Nov. 26.? Marshal Foch arose early for a program of entertainment in the twin cities. j ter a limit has been set on subma I rine power of the nations there may j be a more permanent body creat | ed to consider the suggestion that under-water warfare be abolished altogether. It was not indicated whether the President had suggested even in formally to the foreign delegates the advisability of inviting- Ger many and other unrepresented na I tions to participate in the agree - j ments reach< ? here, and none of I the foreign spokesmen would dis I cuss the possibility, It was recall ed, however, that when Belgium, ^Portugal and the Netherlands were added to the invitation list of the conference the United States first sought the approval of the other powers, and an official of one for I * eign delegation said tonight that he ! presumed the same method would be followed in regard to further in vitations. In the view of most delegates, i*. 'would not be necessary for all the nations to send delegates t<? Wash ington to participate in the final agreements of the conferenc* i Such a proceeding might lead tu i considerable delay, and it was gen i erally piedicted that the final pro I posais of the conference simply would be' transmitted to the vari ous foreign offices for acceptance or rejection. Xot?Let all the ends Thou Aims't a Sumter, S. C, WednescU JAPAN NAMES i _REGENT Prince Hirohito Desig , nated as Ruler of Japan in Place of Emperor Yoshihito j Tokio, Nov. 25.?Crown Prince Hirohito has been designated re gent of Japan. The designation of Crown Prince Hirohito as regent of Japan follows j the reports which have been in j circulation for about a year that Emperor Yoshihito was in 'bad phy- j sical condition. A dispatch to a ] Honolulu newspaper in May of last j year reported that he had suffered a mental and physical breakdown. ! For Licensing of Civil Engineers The Legislature to Be-Asked to Create a Board* of / Examiners Columbia, Nov. 24.?A law cre ating a state board of examiners for professional engineers, similar to the medical. - architectural law, and dental examining boards, is to be asked of the 1922 legislature, which meets in January next, ' by the new South Carolina chapter of the American Association of Engi neers, recently organized at a meeting in Columbia The association in this state, from its Columbia offices, is send ing a letter to all professional eng ineers of the state, asking their support of the plan to provide an engineers' lifcense law. The pro- j posed bill would create a board to examine all professional engineers, the aim being the eleva ion of the i profession and the elimination of j engineers not qualified to properly serve the public. It is proposed to have one classification for survey ors and another for engineers. The proposed bill for the legis lature is being drafted now by a special committee, headed by W. S. i Tomlinson, of Columbia, and com posed of prominent engineers of many parts of the state. ,j The South Carolina engineers or ganization will have an election or officers at an early date, it is an.- j nounced todaj;. This will be con ducted by letter. C. al McTeer, of j I Columbia, chairman of the mem bership committee of the organi zation,, is this wc?ek corresponding with all engineers of the state, urg- j ing their co-operation in the pro gram of the organization. j Barnwell Negro Shoots Two Men Boyce Cook and Clifford Gantt Fired Upon When Trying to j Make Arrest Springfield. Nov. 25.?Boyce Cook and Clifford Gantt, t\vo white men from Barnwell county. Were shot this afternoon by a negro nam ed Kirkland. who was in turn pos sibly mortally wounded by the two officers. - Messrs. Cook and Gantt were taken to a hospital in Colum bia. The shooting took place just across the North Edisto river in Barnwell county about.three miles from Springfield. The officers had gone to arrest anciher negro who escaped when the negro Kirkland began firing upon the officers with { a shotgun. Mr. Gantt was the most I seriously injured of the two white J men. Mr. Cook put Mr. Gantt and the wounded negro into the car and drove on to Springfield where medical attention was given. The white men were taken to Columbia, and the negro was taken to Barn well jail, the sheriff of Barnwell county being asked to meet the prisoner in Blacksville. Barnwell. Nov. 25.?Sheriff San- i ders brought the negro Kirland to the county jail here tonight, but I left his prisoner immediately when it was reported that a number of cars were following the officer. In precaution against mob violence the sheriff left immediately without let ting it be known where he would take the prisoner. It is not known here who the negro being sought was, nor is there any information as to whom Gantt and Cook represented. Treasure Seekers Fail Four Million Dollars in Gold and Silver at Bottom of Sea New. York. Nov. 2 6.?The third attempt to salvage the four mlilion dollar gold and silver cargo of the Ward steamer Merida, w*hich was sunk ten years ago off the Virginia Cap?*s, has failed. This was ad-; mitted at the office of the salvage company. FOREIGN POSTOFFICES WITHDRAWN IN CHINA Washington, Nov. 26.?The with drawal of foreign pestoffices in China were informally agreed to in principle by the Far Eastern Com mittee of Conference. t be thy Country's, Thy God's and ty, November 30, 1921_ CHINA MAY YET ESCAPE PARTITION jFar Eastern Confer ence Considers Ter ritorial Rights of Chinese People Washington, Nov. 25 (By the ' Associated Press).?Gradual abo lition of extraterritorial rights in China was agreed to "in principle" today by the arms conference, and an exhaustive examination of the Chinese judicial system was decid ed on to determine how rapidly the change can be accomplished. Sitting as a committee of the whole, the delegates virtually de cided in executive session to put the investgiation hands into an in ternational commission of jurists, who would visit China next year and. report direct to the govern ments concerned as to the ability of the Chinese authorities to take over the full administration of justice now exercised in large part by foreign tribunals under the extraterritorial privilege. The step, to be consummated to morrow by the adoption of a formal declaration of policy and an au thorization for the investigating ?commission, was regarded as vir tually completing the work of the i conference relating to extraterri toriality. The framing of the res olution was left to a subcommit tee headed by Senator Lodge of the American delegation, with instruc tions to report at tomorrow's meet ing. Duririg today's session the com mittee also gave some considera tion to the question of postal auton omy for China, but no decision had been reached at adjournment. The argument of China on the subject was presented by Dr. Z. Sze. the Chinese minister here, who de clared the existence of foreign pos tal systems in China was wholly without sanction in international law. His address was marked by several expressions" of general ap proval from the other delegations. Despite the cross currents of opinion that have been manifest outside the committee room, the meeting was declared to have been characteried by the greatest show I Of friendly feeling, and general sat | isfaction was-expressed by the dele I gation at the atmosphere of the I negotiations. For the American I delegation it was declared thai j nothing but the friendliest feeling had shown Itself at the eommittee I table, and that whatever clashes I of opinion may have occurred were I confined to individual conversa ? tions among groups of delegates. I After the meeting some members j of the Chinese delegation gave dif | ferent versions of what their atti I tude would be if Great Britain were to insist on what has been repre sented to be here in view of the four principles laid down in the Root resolution. While some Chinese members last night had expressed the opinion that they could do nothing but withdraw from the conference if Great Britain's reported view pre vailed. Dr. Chung-Hiu Wang, one of the delegation, today sought to soften those expressions and laid emphasis on a statement that the Chinese had no clash with the British. At the same times spokes men for the British delegates dis cussing the Chinese question ex pressed views somewhat in modifi cation of what was understood to be their position at previous dis cussions. . .. ? ? ? Soldiers Leave Rhine Country Eleven Officers and Six Hun dred Enlisted Men to Re turn at Once Coblenz, Nov. 25 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Reduction in the American expeditionary force along the Rhine began today when 11 officers and GOO enlisted men left here on a special train for Ant werp to sail tomorrow for home on the transport Catigny. They are j due to reach Hoboken about De cember 2. In addition to the soldiers there were three nurses. 15 former ser vice men and 82 wives of soldiers who were married in Germany. The wives of 40 of the men. eight of whom carried babies, traveled in two army hospital cars which saw service in France. The former service men with the party who w e r e furnished transportation home by special act of congress j came mostly from Paris. A great crowd witnessed the de ' parture of the soldiers who are I traveling as overseas casual detaeh | ment No. 36. Most of the men come from the Fifth and Fiftieth j infantry regiments. Their enlist j ments expire within a few months. In addition to the thousands of I soldiers who saw the train leave the Coblenz yards, there were several hundred German men, women and children who assembled to bid farewell to German girls, who, as wives of soldiers, were leaving for a new homeland across the Atlan tic. -? ? ?r Raleigh, Nov. 2?.?Ashby L. Bak er, owner of Virginia Cotton Mills j at Swepsonville, died at his home I here, h aving a widow, and two ' children. Funeral will be held to I morrow. Truth's." JAPAN PLAYING FOR POSITION Tokio Cabinet Sends Instruction to Dele gates to Washing ton Conference Washington, Nov. 27 (By the As sociated Press). ? The Japanese cabinet and diplomatic advisory council at Tokyo are taking a hand in the negotiations at Washington over the tonnage ratio of capital warships to be allotted Japan. Ad miral Baron Kato, senior Japa nese delegate, has laid the entire ! situation growing out of the discus sion by the committee of experts before his own government. It is understood that Admiral Ka i to received from Tokyo today very i explicit instructions as to his pro i cedure in reply to communications from the delegation giving the se ries of figures submitted by Japa nese to show the total strength of its navy under various classifica i tions, as well as the opinions ex i pressed and technical ideas put j forth concerning measurements by ! the other experts at Washington. ; more particular the American. J It is pointed out that while the i Japanese have mavie It known pub j licly that they believe they are en j titled to a ratio of 70 per cent.. \ there is no available evidence that, j so far as the conference itself is concerned. Japan has formally laid claims to the 70 per cent ratio. Ad i miral Kato's statement to the press j was that Japan believed she was ; entitled to a slight increase in ton j nage ratio of capital ships. Since I then the matter has been in the j hands of the committee which is ! expected to meet again tomorrow. ! The report was in circulation to I day that Japan, failing to have her j own standard of measurement ac I cepted, would be quite disposed to ' accept the 5-5-3 arrangement. This ! impression seemed to be growing j among Japanese who follow closely ; the work of their delegation. They ! were of the opinion that Japan I would not, by overinsistence, go so j far as to endanger the success of a general naval agreement. Questioned tonight as to this sen timent, Japanese naval experts re I plied that they were not in a po sition to divulge the instructions j from Tokyo. Meantime; whatever may be the ; eventual outcome of* the confer ' ence as to ratio, it seems clear from : dispatches from Tokyo that the ! ship building in Japan is caus ; ing serious disquietude in labor cir cles and is giving the government some anxiety as to how to furnish employment to a larger number .of men who will lose this means of earning a living. The great ship yards of Japan are those of Ka washaki and Mitsubishi. It is un derstood that some 45,000 employes of these yards have decided to hold a great public meeting De cember 1 to consider the situa tion. The. meeting has been call ed to present to the capitalists some practical project of finding new ways of livelihood for the men who are certain to be discharged if a naval agreement is reached. The home department has begun an investigation in all prefectures of the country to determine unem ployment which would follow a na val curtailment. John M. Datis Killed Tree Falls on Lumberman Causing His Death' \ Camden. Nov. 26.?John M. Da vis, a citizen of this county, was almost instantly killed near his home ten miles east of Camden this morning. Mr. Davis was engaged in saw milling and some laborers felled a tree in a heavily wooded place, and a limb from the tree lodged against another tree and broke off, falling on the back of his head, crushing his skull. Mr. Davis was a native of Lee county, but had made his home in this county for more than a year. He formerly was engaged in busi ness in Bishopville. He was about forty years of age. He leaves a widow, who was formerly Miss Carrie Myers, of this county. Mr. Davis is also survived by two brothers, Walter Davis, of this county and William Davis, of Co lumbia. Hold up Near Manning. Manning, Nov. 26.?Last Wed nesday night about 6 o'clock while J. I). Cope-land, book-keeper for D. W. Alderman & Sons Company store of Alcolu, was returning from Manning a bunch of negroes in an automobile held him up and demanded his money. Coleman succeeded in rushing forward in his auto and escaped. A crowd of men were notified as soon as lie reached Alcolu. who overtook the negroes as they reached Manning and they were lodged in jail. Bishopville Store Robbed. Bishopville. Nov. 2 7.? The Bat tery was broken into last night and robbed. The thief or thrieves entered by prying the bars of the back window and going through, and came out the hack door. While it is hard to estimate the loss, it will, no doubt, tun up to several hundred dollars, as there is quite a lot of clothing, pants, coat suits, blankets, furs, etc., missmg. THE TRUE SOU! TWO MILLION DOLLAR FIRE INJWGUSTA Heart of Broad Street Business District Swept by Conflagra tion Early This Morning Augusta. Ga., Nov. 26.?A loss of two million dollars was caused early this morning by a fire which laid nearly one-half of the seven hundred block of Broad Street in ruins, before being brought under control, and caused appeals to be sent to nearby towns for aid. The Johnson and Harrison office buildings, the Albion Hotel and the Augusta. Chronicle building were totally destroyed and the Genesta Hotel partly burned. The J. B. White and Company store was part ly burned and heavily damaged by water. Another fire two blocks away on Jackson street also gutted three buildings owned by Harry Cum mings. The origin of the fire has not been determined. Thousands witnessed the scene. The following is an estimate of the loss: Johnson building, $100,000; Har rison building, Augusta Chronicle, $100,000; Albion hotel, $250,000; J. B. White & Co. building, $500, 000; Eighth Street building, $40. 000. Losses of tenants of buildings: Augusta Chronicle Pub. Co., $100, 000; Postal Tel. Co., $100,000; J. B. White Co., $250,000; Albion Ho tel, $15,000; Ligett Drug Store, $40,000; F. E. Ferris & Co., $40, 000; Home Folks Cotter, $30,000; M. W. Kelly PooLParlor, $10,000; J. J. Caliahan &#Son, $30,000; S. L. McCreary & Co., $35,000; Busby & Dennis, $5,000; New York Cafe, $20,000; H. C. Viele, $15.000; Henry Frey. $15,000; Paulos Bros., $5,000: W. J. Croke, $20,000; A. H. Mc f Daniels, $10,000; Bell Tailoring Co., ; $10,000; Tony Sheehan, $10,000; Handy Craft Shop, $4,000; all oth ! er losses, $100,000. Darlington For Co operative Marketing i ?_ Over Thousand More Con tracts by Cooperative Asso ciation Yesterday Columbia, Nov. 27-.?Contracts representing 1,200 bales were re j ceived from Darlington county yes terday by the South Carolina Cot ton Growers' Cooperative associa i tion, sending this county's total to approximately 10,000 bales and in creasing its lead on all other coun ties. A request that more blank contracts be forwarded at once in dicated, President H. G. Kaminer said, that the drive in that county was being continued with vigor by B. D. Dargan, county chairman, and A. H. Ward, county agent. That the cooperative cotton mar keting plan is succeeding in Texas is evidenced by a statement received by President Kaminer from that state yesterday showing that Texas members of the association are re ceiving much better prices for their cotton than are non-members and that the Texas association is hav ing no trouble financing the cotton of its members. The statement ,from. Texas was to the effect that the first sale on the New York market of accept ances of the Texas association was made recently, acceptances to the amount of $100,000 having been sold at 5 1-2 per cent. This sale, the statement said, is a recognition of the stability of the Texas organ ization. It was further said that a tele gram had been received by , the president of the Texas association from the war finance corporation in Washington, which has advanc ed $15.000,000 to the association, announcing that hereafter all com mitments will bear interest at the rate of 6 1-2 per cent, instead of 7 per cent, as originally provided. The Texas association, it was said, has already received more than 100,000 bales and advanced more than $1,500,000 to members. From 1.000 to 3,000 bales are be ing received dail;> ?'We have sold 17,000 bales to date at prices which netted $200, 000 more than street buyers would have paid and not a single bale of staple cotton has been included," says the statement. President Kaminer said that there had been much interest evinc ed as to how the Texas association was coming along and the state ment received yesterday, he thinks, will be read with the greatest inter est by farmers all over the state. ? ? ? Getting Down To Business Washington, Nov. 26.?So much progress has been made by t! e na val experts who are examining de tails of the American reduction plan that some of the arms dele gates expect that another plenary session may be held soon to per mit Japan and Great Britain to submit the counter proposals in a concrete form. St. Petersburg. Fla.. Nov. 26.? Two explosions of dynamite wreck j ed the interior of a negro mov I ing picture theatre here last night. rHROX, Established June 1, I860. _VOL. LIL NO. ,31 iiwsHF?cnol DETERMINED ON BLOODY WAR Every Effort to Bring About Peace by, Reasonable Com promise Defeated London, Nov. 24.?What is fear ed to be the last scene in the effort lo hring peace to Ireland was en acted today when rime Minister Lloyd George and Sir James. Craig met in the former's official resi dence in Downing street, where the imperial premier told the head of the Northern government that Sinn Fein Ireland had not consented to owe allegiance to the king, a pre requisite :o Ulster's agreement -to enter an all-Ireland parliament. The Sinn Fein delegates are con ferring with members of the Dali cabinet in Dublin on the crisis thus brought about, while Sir James packed his bag and returned to Bel fast where he will report to his parliament next Tuesday and pos sible disclose the cause of the vir tual breakdown of the Irish nego tiations. Effort, meanwhile, will be made by peacemakers in an attempt to persuade Sinn Fein to modify its at titude* on the question of allegiance to the king. The Dail Eireann members have taken the oath of allegiance to the "Irish republic/' and thus far they have refused to substitute for it recognition, with in Ireland, of King George. The further concession for the. Sinn' Feiners has been their willingness' to recognize the king as the form al president of the community of free nations which Ireland might choose voluntarily to join, but even this was not definitely promised. . Mr. Lloyd George, it was under stood, would not aSmit of any ar rangement that would leave Ire land's allegiance to the crown in any doubt, and the government would support Ulster in refusing any association which would- weak en its British citizenship. The Only prospect for peace now is said to rest on Sinn Fein's con ceding allegiance to the crown, an? the influence of the advocates of moderation has been invoked in a final effort to change its position. The question is being put as to -whether the point involvedvis worth, renewed warfare, for .a-bi^a&dowxx of the negotiations on that issue, it is believed would be folio wed, eith er before or after the general elec tion, by the handing o\\r of Ire land to military rule and the dis placement cf the civilian officialsin Dublin Castle, to whose influence is attributed the previous tail jre of military measures. Germany Paces Trouble Financial Situation Far From Satisfactory Washington, Nov. 23. ? Ger many'^ efforts at economic recovery appear to he due for a setback, ac cording to a survey of conditions in that country made public tonight by the commerce department. "German financial and industrial circles," the survey said, "seem to be in the midst of a feverish ac tivity, but this condition is likely to meet with a severe^ reaction when; the necessity arises for purchasing large amounts of foreign raw ma terials with the greatly depreciated ; German mark and when the results of the present over-purchasing, by German consumers manifests it- ?. self." Government finances, the survey declared, are charcterized by ex traordinary currency inflation and. by the prospect of a large' budget deficit, due largely to the necessity of redeeming short term obligations incurred by Germany in meeting the first cash indemnity payment and the further need of meeting other reparation obligations before April 30. 1922. "According to present condi tions." the survey continued, , "the German budget for the fiscal yeicr^ ending March 31, 1922, will show^ a deficit of 110 billion paper marks* while the government's financial condition for 1922-23 will probably be more, with an excess of expendi tures over receipts of 127,000,000, 000 paper marks. These deficits j include the indemnity obligations I of Germany under the schedule of I payments of Ma^. 1921. ' "Leaving these' obligations out of consideration, the deficits would amount to only ten billion for the present year and 25,000,000,000 for 1922-23. To meet the huge de ficits in prospect and in the hope of avoiding excessive loans. Ger many is planning an extensive re vision of taxes, although large in creases in revenue from this meas ure can hardly be counted on be fore 1923 or 1924." Blind Tiger On Naval Vessel Mine Sweeper tied Wing is Placed Under :ard Portsmouth. Va.. Nov. 26.?The United States mine sweeper Red wing with a complement of sixty men are under naval guard follow ing the discovery and removal of a^ large quantity of liquor.