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THE STJMTEIt WATCHMAN", Esta CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 DEBATE ! ON IRISH K JREATYj Hot Discussion in Dail j Eireann, Bonar Law Speaks in House of Commons Dublin, Dec. 15.?The second private session of the Dail Eireann j today having: under consideration j the Anglo-Irish treaty, lasted un- j til nearly 8 o'clock this evening! and adjourned without reaching a"" decision. It will be resumed early in private session tomorrow to con tinue its deliberations. The most that can be said tonight j Is that- there is a strong possibility j that the nublic session, at which it ] is hoped to takeva vote on ratifi cation of the treaty, may not be held until Saturday. If matters shoukT progress no further tomor row, however, than they have to day, it was thought likely that even Saturday's sitting would be private and "that the public session there fore, wojild be postponed until next week~ The interpretation placed on this is that it is felt to be undesirable to debate the controversial points in detail in the presence of the newspapermen, and that public sessions, of course, will be arranged beforehand. The* delegates to the London negotiations and some of their supporters are said to be de termined to afford themselves an opportunity of stating in public to the Dail Eireann, and through the Dail to the country, the reason, why they recommend acceptance of the treaty. . The opponents of the treaty are already anxious to explain their ob jection to it. Some of them object to- inclusion of Ireland in the Brit ish empire and some to the privy council as the supreme court of ap peal, and there are numerous ob- J jections to assuming a share of Great Britain's war debt. . Dr.-Ado English, one of the wo men members of the Dail, com menting upon the situation this evening, saM: "We need a strong man to get our} leaders together. We must have this treaty." Heated discussions were indulged in before this afternoon's meetings was called* various, members Of the Dail gathering in groups about the corridors of University College. They were so engrossed in their discussions that the meeting which was scheduled to assemble at 4 o'cloek was not actually called to order until^nore than an hour later. Even then the members had to be reminded by officers of the Irish Republican army that the speaker had called the assembly to order. A. Bcnar Law for Irish Treaty London, Dec. 13.?The event of the day in connection " with the Irish settlement was the decision of Andrew Bonar Law, Unionist, former government leader in the House of Commons and one of the strong men on the Ulster side, to accept the treaty, and, if not to invite Ulster to come into the set tlement, at all events to counsel ac ceptance of the boundary commis sion, which the Marquis of Lon donderry, in the House of Lords, hinted Ulster might reject. Mr. Bonar Law had been confi dently relied upon by the "die hards," if he spoke at all, to sup port Lord Carson in opposing the treaty, or, at the worst, to remain neutral. His speceh had taken much of the force out of the Car sonite attack, and is considered to have insured ratification of the treaty by an overwhelming ma jority in the House of Commons. Had he opposed the treaty, there would nicely have been an acqui sition to the forces of the "die hards," estimated at from forty to fifty, who expected to vote against ratification. The vote is expected to be taken in both houses of Parliament tomorrow afternoon and the most important incident in tomorrow's debate is likely to be Lord Birken - head's reply to Lord Carson, the two men having been closely asso ciated in Ulster's anti-home rule campaign. Winston Spencer Churchill, sec retary for the colonies, and Her bert H. Asquith in the House of Commons warmly defended the treaty, the former premier, how- j ever, with possibly a remembrance ! of his own fate in his efforts to ' settle the Irish question, uttering a warning to beware of "the malig- j nant genius hovering over all Irish i affairs." Viscount Bryce. in the House of Lords, made a striking contribu- j tion to the debate. He admitted i that the treaty was imperfect in ! form, but contended that England J was great enough to try the ex periment of throwing the responsi bility of its own administration on Ireland. When the Commons adjourned tonight, Austen Chamberlain, the government leader, in reply to va- j rious questions, admitted that it j was undesirable that Parliament j should be prorogued before the re- j suit of the discussions at Dublin ? was known: therefore it might be' necessary that the session be car-! ried into next week. But amid j loud cheers, he declined to admit j that the House ought to wait for j the Dublin decision before voting ! on the question of ratification. On ! the contrary, he thought the House j should vote without waiting for the ] blished April, 1S50, 8S1. NAVAL 1 RATIO United States, Great Britain and Japan j Finally Agree on| Naval Limitation Washington. Dec. 15.?The first great stride toward a live-power j treaty limiting naval armaments j was taken tonight when the United States. Great Britain and Japan announced a final agreement on the American "5-5-3" ratio. The next step?elaboration of the agreement to include France and Italy?was initiated immediately within the new naval committee of fifteen, in which all five powers are represented. Agreement among the three ma- j jor naval powers was reached on the basis of a "status quo" under- ! standing as to fortification of the | Pacific islands. At the same time j the United States and Great Brit ain acceded to Japan's desrie to - retain her newest battleship, the j Mutsu, with proportionate changes | in the American and British fleets. While the principles of the orig inal American proposal were not impaired by the triangular agree ment, the settlement contemplates the following changes in fleets to be retained: Great Britain, twenty ships in- j stead of twenty-one, with an ag gregate of 582,050 tons instead of ! 604,450 tons. United States, eighteen ships as' originally proposed, but with an I aggregate of 525,000 tons instead ovf^500,650 tons. Japan, ten ships as originally j proposed, but with an aggregate of j 313,300 tons instead of 299,700 ' tons. At the end of the ten-year build- j ing holiday, the fleets will stand I under the revised detailed plan as j follows: Great Britain, 525,000 tons; | United States, 525,000 tons; Japan,! 315,000 tons. In announcing the three-power J agreement to the committee of fif-; teen'the following official expla-j nation was made: "This arrangement between the United States, Great Britain and i Japan is, so far as the number of { ships to be retained and scrapped is concerned, dependent upon a suitable agreement with France | Italy as to their capital ships." | Strict silence was maintained by t all members of the committee ofj fifteen as to what transpired after j the announcement had been re-! ceived, an official statement saying merely that negotiations for the five-power agreement and treaty were proceeding. The French group is understood, however, to have be gun presentation of France's do sire for a capital ship tonnage equal: to that of Japan in the revised lig-! ures?315,000 tons. This presenta- j tior. was not concluded and will I continue when the committee re assembles tomorrow. In refusing comment as to com- j mittee proceedings, a spokesman for one group said that "disci- j pline of the state department" j must be observed. There were in- | imitations in both French and Ital- j ian circles that a long discussion { might be necessary before a com plete five-power understanding could emerge for action by the con ference itself. -? ?? ? Burns Talks of Wall Street Plot; Arrest of Lindenfeld in War saw Will Clear Up Mystery i -L_ j Washington. Dec. 17.?The ar rest of Wolfe Lindenfeld in War- ; saw will clear up the mystery of the 1^20 Wall street explosion. Di rector Burns of the justice's de- i partment investigation bureau, said.! Lindenfeld was not connected with! the plot he said, and was sent j abroad as a justice agent, but when j no repcris came from him Silves ter Cosgrove, another agent, went J abroad and arrested Lindenfeld. ' The third international was behind j the plot Burns asserted, and the ? arrest of radicals is expected. Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 17.? ! Seven n>:n have been arrested in J Kanawha county by state troops on j the charge of murder in connection with the death of Deputy Sheriff (lore, who >vas killed during tin march of armed men last summer, j Dail Eireann; therefore the House would sit tomorrow evening as lorn: as might be necessary. The Dail Eireann is making lit tle progress at Dublin; it again j spent the day in secret sessions, j discussing controversial points and i details, and the discussions will be! continued tomorrow. There is no indication when a decision will be taken. Sir James Craig's official rejec- j tion of the treaty has now been i published. In his letter the Ulster j premier declares that all the gov-1 ernment's pledges to Ulster have | been violated, and that it seems j thai Ulster will not be able ever, to enter the Irish Free Stale. Sir James, however, is coming to Lon don, probably to consult the prime J minist?;- again, and it is possible; th;it he had knowledge of Mr. Bo-1 bar Law's attitude, which may have I an important sequel. j "Be Just and Fear ITTER ATTACK ONJREATY Senator Reed Opens Fight on Quadruple Alliance Washington. Der-. 15.?Another attack upon the four-power Pa cific treaty was made in the sen ate today by Senator Reed. Demo crat, Missouri, who characterized it as a "gold brick" and an "American-Japanese alliance." Mr. Reed also turned on the American naval reduction propos als which, cdupled with the four power treaty, he declared, made Great Britain "absolute master of the seven seas for ten years." The combination of the treaty and a reduced navy, he declared, was a "dangerous concession. going to the entire limit of prudence." "In substance and effect," he declared, "it binds us never to have a navy great- r than Britain. It conceded to Japan a navy out of all proportion to her wealth and population." The "5-5-3" proposal submit ted by Secretary Hughes was de scribed by Mr. Reed as so gen erous to Great Britain and Japan that he could' not but wonder whether it had not come from the British government itself. At any rate, he said, it was so gemrous and America had displayed such altriuism that the United States ought not to be asked "to pay the price of foregoing the advantage she now has." ?'America demonstrated during the war," he continued, "that she could beat the world. Had need be, she could have demonstrated that she could conquer the world. She has the wealth and population to eclipse all in the race for naval armaments. "She could have kept on and be come sole master of the seas but she chose to forego that advan tage. Now, it appears she is al lowing the plan for a reduction of armaments to become the pack horse upon whose back is to be carried a quadruple alliance in the interests of Great Britain and Japan in the Orient and to have the United States underwrite in the blood of her sons the ambi tions and avarice of Great Britain and Japan in the Southern Seas." Mr. Reed did not complete his discussion of the subject before the senate adjourned. He an nounced that having made his "preliminary statement" he would be prepared tomorrow to analyze j the iniquities" of the four-power agreement. ? ? ? Outline Program For World Peace Thirty Protestant Church De nominations Act?Must Outlaw All War Chicago. Dec. 16.?Thirty Pro testant church denominations through their resolutions at the Federal Council of the Churches ot Christ in America here today promulgated their program for permanent world peace, outlined obligations which they deelare America owes the world and called upon the government to recognize their principles. ? Aid to Austria, Russia and Ar menia and recognition of an inter national court for the set^ement of the world problems were among the demands made upon the gov ernment by the council, which also extended its congratulations to Great Britain and eland. rearing the accusation of par tisanship, several delegates debat ed the wording of the program's reference to international courts and associations so both the leatrue of nations and an associa tion of nations wer-: mentioned. The council also adopted a sep arate resolution to send its pray ers and good will to the league of nations. Declaring that 11k- Washington r-onforence on limitation of arma ments has "made a good begin ning," the council added that "war itself must be outlawed" and a.ld ed: "We believe that the time lias come for American publie opinion t<> express unmistakably to con gress its emphatic support of Prc-s ident Harding in giving satisfacto ry guarantees that United States will take i':: full j 'an- of respof? sibility in internati-jnal tasks and obligations. * * * "We believe that under suitable conditions the dictates of juvifj and tiie principles <>f economic law require that the United Starr., j should consider and adopt eome j suitable adjustment of the debts of the nations t-> the United Stat s in. ordei that th-y shall be. as f ir as possible, relieved lrom their <???>? j nomic difficulties " Manila. Philippines, Dec. IT. More than two hundred and fifty natives were drowned by a tidal wave which overwhelmed two towns on the island of Xegros on November 26th. Washington. Dec. IT.?Secretary of War Weeks favors the mobiliza- I tion of men. money and manufac- ] turies under a conscription law the event of war. he told the .see. J ohd renn ion of (he industries board, j Sot?Let all the ends Thou Ainis't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and ' Sumter, S. C, Wednesday, December 21, 192] j MAKE THE FARM 1 ! SELF-SUPPORTING - Produce Food and Feed Crops for Landlords,! Tenants, and Livestock Clcmsoji College, Dec* 19.? Un I der boll weevil conditions it is con sidered extremely important for each farmer t<> rni.s<> as nearly all of the .staple food and feed crops as is possible to supply all needs of the landlord, the tenants, and the livestock. A survey which was made of South Carolina in 1920 re veals the fact that this state does [ not produce enough syrup to supply the needs of the rural population of the state by something like 3, 000.000 gallons: that there is a deficit of wheat of more than R, I 000.000 bushels, of hoy of over ?00.000 tons, of hogs of 229.000; i and that we do not have dairy cattle enough in the state to supply the j needs of the rural population ade quately by 240,000. It was found ! also that there were a number of counties in the state which did not j produce corn enough to supply the home needs. All of these things can be grown at home much more ; cheaply than they can be purchased from other sections, and producing them should not interfere with the production of staple cash crops but should round out a well balanced j ! cropping system. On any farm on ? j which a good rotation is followed I for the purpos? of building up tho j fertility of the land" and maintain I ing a system of diversified agricul ture, all of these crops can be1 grown economically and to good advantage. Provide a Good AIl-Ycar IToinc Garden. On every self-supporting farm "all-year" vegetable garden, be this large or small, is one of the lead ing sources of food supply, and therefore is of first importance and I of indispensable value. In fact, j without a good garden, both spring i and fall, there can be no "100 per cent" self-supporting farm. The underlying principles involved in \ good gardening are: (1) site and! soil selection: (2"* ?-.uvanced plan-; ning: (2) deep and thorough prep aration of the so:*I; '4) judicious and liberal applications of fertiliz ers ?and barnyard manures: (3) t careful selection of varieties and j liberal quantities of good seed; (C>) thorough cultivation; and (7; in sect and disease control. Provide and Care For a Good Home ! Orchard. j It has been proved conclusively that the soils of South Carolina are more than ordinarily adapted to I t the growing of fruit for home use. , and in some sections for commer cial shipment. In the new agricul tural program, necessitating mor<? [ than ever before the "self-support ing" farm, tho well-kept home orchard and fruit garden will play j a great part. The underlying principles in- 1 volved in good orcharding, irre spective of size, are: (1) site and I soil selection; (2) fruit and variety j I selection; (3) laying out the or chard and preparing the soil; (-1) planting; (5) fertilizing; tC) cul- j tivation; pruning, spraying and care. i Provide Enough Milk For all Fain- j ilics on the Farm. I j With an abundance of milk, but I ter and cream for the family, 25 to 35 per cent, of the grocery bill ! ! may be saved. Each farm family! of five should own or be furnished | I with two cows of standard dairy j breed (grade or purebred). One i I cow should be bred to freshen in j the spring and the other in the fall and in this way about two gallons ? of milk per day may be produced | if proper care and feed are pro- ! ! vided. The tenant should be given I an opportunity to house and pas- 1 ture his family milk cows near his < own home or to milk and feed them under the direction of tho land owner at a central plantation barn. AH feeds for the family cows must be home grown. The follov.*- j ing feeds for each cow should bo i stored to be us?d during the wir- j ter months; one ton of peavinc j hay; 1000 pounds of velvet bc-ans: ten bushels of corn; and 500 pounds of cottonseed meal, U is j important to prepare one to two acres of permanent pasture :* r each cow in order to produce the dairy products of the home moic cheaply. The milk cows shooed be pastured on the cultivated fields in the fall when possible and on . oats and rye in the winter and early s pi-ing. The milk cows should be bred only to purebred bulls of a dnirv breed. The cheapest means of in suring tin- service of a good bull; for a few cows is to organize a dairy bull association novo,; neighbors; This means the harp ing of one good bull for each <0 j to 50 milk cows in tl:?- community. Fach farmer pays his proportion of the purchase price and upkeep of the bulls. When several com munities purchase bulls they msA I exchange every* two years, thus re ducing the expense of purchase. Provide Sufficient Poultry for En tire Farm. The keeping of a flock of laying | hens on the farm is an important ' part of good general farm manage ment. The product of such a flock , ! may be produced at a relatively low j 'cost. Fggs produced at home will; reduce the cost of living, und both j I the superior freshness and quality [of the eggs are well worth the ef fort expended. Eggs are a highly ! nutritious food and are so widely j used as to be almost indispensable. On every farm there should be at j least 30 to 40 laying hens. These hens will produce plenty of eggs ! for homo consumption and also j some for market. Each bird in her pullet year should lay 120 eggs j and the amount of feed consumed j by that bird will he less than 00 pounds. In poultry raising, it is j much more advisable to keep ! pullets and yearlings ihan birds j over two years. Surh birds con jsume much feed but have not the j laving ability behind them. For general farm conditions, the I dual puroose breeds are the most j popular. Plymouth Wyandotts, j and Rhode Island Reds are. the : most popular and from records ap { pears to give the most favorable j results. The egg type such as the j Leghorns are in favcr among j poultrymen because of their great I ogg-produclng ability. When starting in with the farm ' flock one should be sure to obtain I some purebred stock, especially j ourebred males. Purebred stock produces a greater number of eggs, a more uniform product, makes possible the selling of eggs for hatching, and creates a greater interest in poultry. Standard pro duct.* command a better price on the market and net a greater fi nancial return. Develop the Hog Indostry as Farm Conditions Justify., The meat bill ig one of the big gest items in the grocery bill of I the average South Carolina family. It will to.ke four hogs averaging : 150 pounds each to supplj- pork for the average family of five-/ Twenty seven counties in South Carolina are not producing sufficient pork to feed the rural population. I All feeds for hogs, save possibly i a little tankage, should be home grown. It takes approximately ten bushels of corn and sixty i pounds of tankage to produce a 150-pound pig. ? If the average family requires four hogs, then it will take forty bushels of corn and 240 pounds I of tankage to produce these hogs. If buttermilk, soy hean pasture, j ! rape pasture, or corn and velvet j bean pasture is available it will not be necessary to buy tankage. I ; A splendid way to fatten hogs is to | , turn them on corn and velvet i beans and let the hogs do the bar- '? '. vesting. Good pastures are absolutely! : necessary for economical pork j production in South Carolina, and | j it has been thoroughly demon- i 1 strated that good;pastures will save l about two-fifths of the grain ra tion. One or two acres of rape or j rye for winter pasture, and access to Bermuda pasture for summer, j will produce sufficient grazing for a brood sow and her litter. I Sows are usually bred so that; they will farrow in March and September, allowing 3 months. 3 weeks and 3 days--for the gestation period. It is important to use only purebred boars, as this is the most economical way or improving the herd. Give Dairying a Place in Divers:- j fied Farming. The surplus feed crops resulting' from diversified farming may be: sold through the dairy cows if ai convenient market is avu.ila.ble. A j silo is recommended for herds of I ten or more cows. Corn and j sorghum are the best crops for ensilage. j Balanced rations for milk pro duction should bo made from home grown feeds; corn. .'civet beans, nair;. cottonseed meal, peavine hay, alfalfa hay. soybean hay. s'lage. | Wheat bran, is fine for the dairy I red ion. and if v.'neat is not grown ii . might pay to buy a limited amount. ? Good cows should be fed liberally, J and unprofitable cows should be j <e Id to the butcher. The smallest unit recommended I ior commercial dairying is four j cows. This number justifies the.I purchase of a cream separator and i permits shipments often enough j to insure a good product. It is j better to sell cream to a creamery than ti> make farm butter for sale, j Breeders of purebred dairy; cattle should continually improve j their herds by: (a) advanced reg ister testing: G>) showing at fairs: i (c) growing <>u! the young ai imals: id) tuberculosis eradication: '.oV| control of infectious diseases: -O; advertising to s?dl surplus stock. ' Try IJecf Cattle If Conditions Justify. While the production of beet cattle is a rather specialized Indus?I try and can riot be undertaken! ivrofitably by every farmer, th.-rej is no doubt that South Carolina j should produce a larger percentage ? f its beef. <>n farms whero con- ? siderable areas <.f cheap pasture i lands :iri> available, or on farms j where large amounts cf rough feeds; are produced, beef ca le raising will yield a good income i" the man who will giv?- it his attention. Only well bred stock should be kept. The beef cattle grower may begin with native beef cows and by using a pun-bred bull he will soon have a herd a high grade Truth's." Conference Between Premier Briand and Ambassador Har vey Results in Agreement London, Doc. 19.?France rr'll accept the original naval ratio laid j down by Secretary Hughes at the armament conference, Premier j Briand informed Ambassador Har- j vey last night, at the .same time j authorizing him to notify the Amer ican government. It is believed that submarines were also discussed and the. French government may an nounce its submarine stand later. Tobacco Marketing Association Sumter County Farmers Are Signing Up For 1922 Mr. D. L. Smith, secretary of the Conc?rd township branch of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative As sociation delivered to Secretary Reardon on last Saturday thirty eight additional signed agreements from that township, making, so Mr. Smith said, approximately SO per cent of the white tobacco growers signed up. He says that more will yet come in. It is said that by the end of the drive termi nating December 31st that 80 per cent of the colored tobacco grow ers in Concord wiU be signed up and that many have already joined the association. The South Carolina Tobacco Growers' Association wired Secre tary Reardon last Saturday night asking if the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and other organizations will cooperate with the Slate As sociation during the , next two weeks, and the Sumter secretary has replied that the Sumter coun- j ty committee of progress, Young j Men's Business League and Sum ter Chamber of Commerce have al- | ready been working to help out the association and that these j three organizations will do their best during the rest of the drive j to organize South Carolina tobac-1 co growers for getting what their I tobacco is worth. The agreements from Concord j were forwarded to Mr. Sam H. Hus bands, of Florence, treasurer of the ! South Carolina Tobacco Grower's j Association. Any tobacco grower j ean join by paying three dollars i cash or giving his note to pay this three dollars out of the money re- [ ceived in 11+22 from the sale of the | fhvt pile of tobacco on the ware- j house floor. See the secretary of j the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, j or County Agent J. Frank Williams, j to sign up for selling your tobac co through this association. Ev ery banker, merchant and other business man in Sumter county is urged to help get the farmers to join this association during the next two weeks. Big Round Up of Bootleggers Chiengo, ".VC. 1ft.?Seven hun dred and Sfty perons. who were ar rested in prohibition raids were ar raigned ;oday in the police court. The raids included the fashionable residential section and clubs. Civil War Threatens Ireland London. December 19.?Civil war is threatened in Ireland over Fi tters opposition to the proposed re vision of the boundaries under the Irish peace treaty. t^t <v* Newport News. Dec. 19.?An air piano with a broken wing crashed in the woods ?o>ar here. A rescue party is investigating. cattle that will be economical pro- i (1 ueers of beef. Breeding herds may bo maintain- j ed practically the whole year on pasture. In summer they wlil be-, com?? fat on Bermuda. In winter they will thrive on the velvet bean j fields and rye or crimson clover: pastures. If a Bermuda pasture ' is reserved for winter use it will i>e very serviceable when the fields are muddy. For finishing the steers a number, of rations may be used. Probably on most farms, corn silage should j made the basis of the fattening ration. This should be supplement- ! ed by whole velvet loans, velvet; bean meal, or cotonseed meal. Seme shelled corn or rice meal may be added to give the cattle a better finish. The production of beef cattle; has a place in Southern agriculture! because 1. It furnishes a profitable] means for the utilization of land; not suited for the growing of cul tivated crops. 2. It provides a market forj rough f^edx. :;. it does not require a large amount of highly skilled labor. 4. It helps keep money in thr* South that would otherwise go to other sections for food. 5. It enriches the soil and makes for a permanent system of agriculture. I THE TRUE SOU 20 MILLION DOLLARS FOR STARVING House Passes Measure to Relieve Distress ed People of Russia ?Plan to Feed the American Hungry is Rejected I _, Washington, Dec. 17.?A bill au thorizing the president to expend $20,000,000 out of the funds of tho United States Grain Corpora* tion for relief of the distressed and starving people of Russia was passed tonight by the house, 114 to 51. Opponents of the measure fought it to the last and forced a roll call on the ground that the vote as an j nounced did not include quorum I of the house. The roll call re | suited 181 to 71 and the bill now I goes to the senate, j In1 wrangling over the measure ? the house attempted to chop it to j pieces with amendments. The first [ actual test was on an amendment ! by Representative Bankhead, Dem ; ocrat, Alabama, to reduce the [amount from $20,000,000 to $10, , 000,000, which was defeated 78 ' to 60. There had been two solid hours I of debate during which a flood oi I eloquence was let loose on the arg I ument that the starving * children : of Russia, regardless of the Bol shevik reign that had brought j about their distress should have {their cry for bread silenced with j American food, when a new fight was started over proposals to tear j tho bill to pieces. Protesting against the use of funds for the people for any foreign nation, Chairman Madden, of the [appropriations committee, declared ; it was easy to vote a tax on the backs of the American people, and cry at the same time for economy. "There are conditions of distress in this country which would ap f pall congress if I dared relate I them," Mr. Madden shouted, add I ing that information to this effect ; had been laid before him confi I dentially. "But I can not see my way clear to vote money out of the treas ury," said the chairman, "when It is not to be used to relieve the distress of the people we were sent here to serve." When the time came to receive amendments more than a score of members, jumping to their feet, de manded recognition. In the midst of the flood of them Representa tive Goodykoontz, Republican, W. Virginia, stepped forward with a new paragraph which would direct the president to spend $20,000,000 for relieving distress among the "fctarving, hungry and unemployed citizens of the United States." It was howled out on a point of or der, but the West Virginia Repub lican stood his ground. "My amendment may not come within the rules of the house," Mr. Goodykoontz declared above the din. "but it at least has the merit of coming within the constitution of the United States." After that amendments were sent up in rapid succession only to be knocked down. About all that was tacked on to the original oiii was a direction that grain for the Rus sians be purchased in the United States and sent to Russia in Amer ican bottoms, and a direction that a report of all expenditures be made to congress by the end of the next year. The house refused to include Ar menia in tho area to which relief would be sent. Big Fire at Langley Field Newport News. Dec. 10.?Four huge hangars at Langley Field were burned today entailing a loss of two hundred thousand dollars. The origin of the fire is undetermined. The rescuers were unable to And any occupants of the airplane. -o~*~* Train Wreck in Alabama Ann ist on. Ala.. Dec. 10.?The fireman was killed and several passengers were injured in the wreck of the Southern Railway Kansas City Spec. ' at Tarsus. MONUMENT TO DOGS KILLED IN WAR Xew York. Dec. 19.?A monu ment to messenger dogs killed on the battlellelds has been erected in the canine cemetery at Hartsdale, the only animal cemetery in the United State-. ?v ?<w - FORD'S ENGINEERS CONFER WITH WEEKS Washington. Dec. 1 P.?The engi neers representing Henry Ford con ferred with Secretary Weeks over the Muscle Shoals project today. SINN FEIN PARLIA MENT MET TO-DAY Dublin. Dec. 10.?The Dail Eire ann met today to consider the Anglo-Irish peace treaty. fHROX, Established June 1, 186C _VOL.LIL NO. 37 |1ALL STR EET ! EXPLOSION SOVIET PLOT Man Arrested in War saw at Request of American Secret Service Agent Makes Confession Warsaw, Dec. 16 (By"the Asso ciated Press)?A man by the name of Wolfe Lindenfeld, alias William Linde, has been arrested by the Polish police here as a suspect in connection with the Wall street ex plosion in New York, September 16, 1920. The Warsaw police said they made the arrest at the request of the American department 6t justice. They claimed to have in their possession the man's full con fession of being connected with the disaster. Lindenfeld is described as being a cousin of Rosa Luxemburg, the German g radical socialist leader, who was' shot to death in Berlin early in 1919 after having been beaten by a mob. His confession, the police state, gives the names of the ring leaders and the New York city address where the bomb was manufactured and says that the bomb was intended for J. P. Mor gan, but exploded prematurely. Sylvester Cosgrove. an America^ department of justice agent at whese request in behalf of the de partment the arrest of the suspect ?ras brought about, declared that Lindenfeld had agreed to turn state's evidence and is willing to return to America where he, has a wife and two children in New 'fork. The suspect's written 'con fession, according to the agent, says that $30.000 was premised for the Job to be divided among four or five persons, and thai the money was received by New - York Communists from the .Moscow Third internationale. Linderfeld left New York early last spring. The Polish police say he was exposed in Warsaw in 1906 as a Russian secret agent, fleeing io America shortly afterward. According to Cosgrove and Paul Aitendorf, who trailed Lindenfeld, the suspect in his confession names five principals now in Europe who shared the money from the job. One of. the principals, the confes sion shows, was a woman, who. 'from a window opposite Mr. y. ? gan's office, observed the 5aanci< r movements for days and from her reports the bomb was timed to v plode about the usual lime i?r. Morgan came out for luncheon. The confession as described by the American agents terms the pre ..nature explosion "a rjechinic?J mistake," for which t".e bomb' makers are blamed, 2iindenfe5d estimating that the bomb, exploded from 10 to 15 minutes before the intended tim?. The pL tiers r:lso accus-"? the driver of the wagon which brought the bomb t > Wall street of having erred in not . aving the wagon nearer the Morgan o;r :ei Cosgrove and Aitendorf estimate chat Lindenfeld's cor.fes. ion over more than 1.00 0 words, and assj rt that the details fit in with th - i j >.>? of other information in their ? session. Further portions of the confes sion referred to by Cosgrpy. that Lindenfeld knew of Lh? plans for more than a wee*: piiDr to rh explosion, but denied any part in the bombing preparat He gives New York addresses or various individuals involved in the plot, most of whom have since left the country, and also gives a New York address where the com munists are alleged to have pal7 over the cash to the plotters. Cos grove avers that his information shows Lindenfeld had close con nection with Moscow whence he re ceived funds regularly. Polish se cret service o^.ciah? asserted that the suspect attended at least one conference at Moscow of che third internationale; that he. was born in Warsaw, has many relatives here and carries a Polish passport. For most of the time since March he has been living in Wasaw, posing as an American. New York. Dec. 16.?Local offi cials of the department cf justice declared late today they never had heard of Wolfe Lindenfeld, ar rested in Warsaw in connection with the Wall street bomb e::pi,> sion. It was added that no requfe t had gone from the New York of fice for the arrest of any person in Poland. Washington. Doc. 16 (Ey the As sociated Press).?Justice depart ment officials would not discuss to night the arrest in Poland of- Wolfe Lindenfeld in Warsaw as a sus pect in connection with the Wall street explosion. It was Indicated however, that official repor: ? fr Poland were expected by the de partment and that further details would then be available. United States Will Buy Zeppelin Permission Granted to Con tract For Airship in Germany Paris. Dec. 17.?The council of ambassadors has granted permis sion for the United States to con* tract in Germany for the construc tion of an L-70 type Zeppelin.