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AMERICA LEADERS MRI MORE One THAN ANY ONE DREAMED OF DECLARE DELEGATES PALATKA, FLORIDA, SUNDAY MORNING. SOVKMREB ia 10.91 rititJS riVM uBNTI STAR TLESWORLD WITH PLAN; KS OF BOTE PARTIES 1 Ten-Year Naval Holiday Is Provided For In Outline of Agreements Submitted to Conference Which Went Into Session Yesterday Powers Are Startled. (By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 12. More drastic and far- reaching than the most ardent advocates of disarmament dared to hope, America's proposals were sud denly laid before the arms conference today at its first session by Secretary Hughes.

A ten-year naval holiday is the proposal in short and the United States, Great Britain and Japan shall scrap sixty-six capital ships aggregating 1,878,043 tons within three months after the conclusion of an agreement the United States would have 18 capital ships, Great Britain 22 and Japan 10. The tonnage of the three nations respectively would under such a plan be 500,650, 604,450 and 99,700. Ships when twenty years old might be replaced Mer theIan'Mii tons for the United States, 500,000 for Great iritain and 300,000 for Japan. No replacement vessels shall exceed 35,000 tons. The United States would scrap 30 capital ships aggregating 843,740 tons; Great Britain 19 aggre-Pting 583,375 tons and Japan 17 aggregating tons.

The figures include old ships to be scrap- ped, ships building or for which material has been assembled. Characterized by Baron Kato, the chief Japanese ate, as very drastic but probably suitable as a for discussion and by Mr. Balfour, head of the delegation, as' "a statesmanlike utterance, pregnant with infinite possibilities and most hopeful satisfactory results. "The American proposal con crete and detailed fell nn the onenini? moments of great conference like a bombshell. The foreign legates were stunned.

No other word describes ir feelings. The principal features of the American plan pro posed: That for not less than ten years competitive naval ilding cease as between Great Britain, the United totes and Japan. ihat all capital ships building or planned dc fanned and a few, recently nlaced in the water be proved within three months of ratification of the dement. That the nlrW chins nf each fleet also be destroyed Cueing the British forces to 22 battleshipsv the Vrican to 18 and the Tapanese to 10, each ship to Retained being specifically named. inat during the agreement no capital crau uc 1 dow PYrpnt under a detailed replacement Fieme included the proposal which would pro iaetnr nlrJmotB pn.l tv nf rhe British ana tmcr 1 iiiiiuii.

fleets and for a Japanese force at 60 per cent, ot strength of the other two. all other V.A aim. Provided for in the aamo ratio, ligures for aearecatc ton. FA VORABLE TRUBEE DAVISON ji Trubeo Davison, son of Henry P. Davison, has chosen politics for his life career, and as a result was nominated for the New York assembly on the Republican ticket, faoing certain election by the citizens of Oyster Bay.

Davison is twenty-five years old and a graduate of Yale. U.D.C. CONVENTION HAS ENDED CONVENTION OF INTERESTING EVENTS Report 75 Per Gent, of War Volunteers From the South (By Associated Preaa) St. Louis, Nov. 12..

The five day national convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy ended here tonight, following the install ment of Livingston Eowe Schuyler, of New York, as president- general and of the other offices chosen for the year. Tomorrow the executive committee and the officers will hold a joint meeting to plan their work for the next twelve months. Adoption of plans to further the perpetuation of the Old South, to provide for election of monuments and to extend the organization's constructive work was the chief subject of today's session. A fund of will be raised by a special election in every state division for erection of a group of building of Washington and Lee University at Lexington. Va.

A committee headed by Mrs. J. A. Roundtree, an Alabama delegate, submitted a report showing that 75 per cent, of the volunteer soldiers in the world war in the United States army were from the South. PREDICTED POLICY OF CONFERENCE IS SCRAPPEDjN START Announcement of Plans of United States Are Startling NO SUCH WAS EXPECTED Forecast Sent Out By Associated Press Reads Tamely (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov.

12. Fraught with untold possibilities, the armament conference assembled today. Gathered about the table were the chosen representatives of the five great world powers the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France and Japan. Seated with hem were representatives of the nations which will participate in the discussions of the Far Eastern and Pacific questions China, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal. 1 In the background were the many techniual advisers who accompanied each group several hundred in all representing the j-army and the omic In world importance, the gathering ranks with the Peace Conference of Versailles, the conference for disarmament at the Hague, and going farther back the Congress of Vienna which thought it was working to preserve the peace of Europe.

Divided In Two Phases The work of the Washington Conference naturally divides into two principal phases the limitation of armaments and the settlement of questions in the Far East and the Pacific which statesmen fear may have in them the makings of war. Which will be considered first, the (Continued on Page 7.) 000 WORTHOF BOOZE BURNED UP BY NEW SMYRNANS City Officials Seized it in Orange Boxes From a. Train class being laid down. "aval air craft be disregarded caling down croress as a prob- of solution owing to i or commercial air- purposes. nn i DUliaing OI any "fee i o- i Tinjf th lifo acrree- Ha i snips nereaiier I ll KfAu1 Or nnn llfa Of a Within lliaTl fixed at 20 years and that ship: to be replaced be destroyed before the replacement vssel is more man mree months past completed.

That, no battleship replacement whatever be undertaken for ten years from the date of the agreement. That no combat craf: be acquired except ty construction and none Le so disposed of that it might become part of another navy. That regulations to govern conversion of merchant craft for war purposes be drawn up because of the importance of the merchant marine "in reverse Tatio to the sise of naval armaments. These are the outstanding features of the sweeping challenge that Secretary Hughes presented to the other naval powers. There was complete detail covering every phase of the question but the essence of the proposal lay this: That the United States offered to go far beyond what she asked Great Britain or Japan to do, viewed from the absolute financial losses involved.

The whole American big ship building program is on the stocks while Great Britain has no capital ships under construction and the Japanese "eight and eight" program is as yet largely on paper. In opening the conference today, the President said: The President's Address "Jt is a great and happy privelege to bid the delegates to this confer' ence a cordial welcome to the capital of the United States of America. It is nuot only a satisfaction to greet you because we were lately participants in a common cause, in which we shared the 'sacrifices and sorrows and triumphs which brought our nations more cioseiy lugcurci, but it is gratifying to address you as the spokesman for nations whose convictions and attending actions have so much to do with the weal or woe of iall mankind. "It is not possible to overappraise the Importance of such a conference. It is no unseemly boast, no dispar- Continued on Page 4) 1 More Indictments Returned Against Sidney J.

Catts (Ily ANnoHated Prprm) Pensacola, Nov. 12. Two new in dictments were presented today by G. Earle Hoffman, assistant United States District Attorney against Sidney J. Catts, former governor, on charges of peonage.

The new indict ment adds several counts to the first indictment made at the last term of court. Date for a trial has not yet been set. Attempt Made on Life of Soviets Foreign Minister (By AiiNocIated Preaa) Riga, Nov. 12. News was received here today from Moscow that an attempt had been made on the life of Monsieur Chitcherin, sovici foreign! minister.

The attempt was unsuc-' cessful according to the dispatch which added that 3,000 arrests had been made. AFRAIO 0FRAI0 ON JAIL Beverage Had Been Packed as Oranges and Grapefruit -The gin (Br AaHoclated Preaa) New Smyrna, Nov. cases of whisky and taken from a fruit car here yesterday was burned late last night by Chief of Police Johnson and city officials who explained that they feared to leave the huge stock of liquor in the city jail lest a raid be made on it- The bottles were thrown on a huge bonfire, breaking aa they fell or being cracked by the heat and the, liquor burned like sj much Some forty delegates to a meeting of the state executive board of the W. C. T.

U- watched the bonfire- KiLOMullN IT Three Others, Unknown, Mentioned By the Grand Jury (By Aanoctated PreM) Asheville, N. Nov. 13. L. Fronenberger.

organizer and kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan here, was arrested today on charges of false arrest and imprisonment) conspiracy to kidnap and His arrest followed a report by a grand jury which returned three true bills against Fronenberger and "other persons whose names are unknown to the grand jury." Fronenberger was released on $1,000 bond. The grand jury investigation followed a return to this-city from Saluda, N. of two women who had been arrested on statutory charges and released on bond. The identity of the three men who brought them back was not known and statements of counsel for the women prompted superior Court Judge Walter Brock to order the investigation. Fronen berger was identified when Judge Brock demanded the name of the per son who engaged special counsel to prosecute the women.

MISS ANN GORDON r. r. t-n sSsiliN ENDORSEMENT PllFOR DRASTIC PROGRAM 15 BEING HEARD S. ill Miss Ann Gordon, daughter of Mrs. George Barnett, wife of Major General Barnett, former chief of the United States marine corps, will take a leading part in the pageant in Washington for the arms conference delegates.

OF FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL Had Been Placed With KTtV5 ator Fletcher, of Fit a warenouse (By AaKoolnted PrpMH) Grand Rapids, Nov. 13. The head of a man found here today was thrown away by a medical college in the belief of Coroner J. B. Hiliker, who joined the police in the investigation.

The officers, however, continued their work tonight on the theory of foul play. The head was found in baled paper brought to a warehouse in 1920. Police found support for their theory in the fact that two holes were found- in the skull, but a cut on one cheek creduly sewed up as if by an experimenting medical student led on the coroner to, discard the murder theory. Authorities at LaFayette, have been asked to aid in clearing up the mystery. In the same bale of paper was found a bank book issued by the Tippecanoe Loan Trust of that city and a cancelled check drawn in 1919 and signed and R.

W. Company," and countersigned L. Reasor" The bank book showed deposits of $2,700. Hardings Hosts to Delegates at Big Peace Conference Four Killed When Train Hits an Auto (By Amiorlated Prea) Roanoke, Nov. 12.

Four persons were instantly killed today when a Norfolk Western passenger train struck an automobile in which they were riding at a ranroaa crossing near here. The Archie Wilkes, 33, Charles Wilkes, 37, John Wilkes, 31,." Dan Dickerson, 24. The men who raided in a suburban district of Roanoke "were returning from hunting trip. -) (Ily AHNorlated PrciK) Washington. Nov 12.

The entire group of delegates to the armament conference was entertained at dinner tonight by President and Mrs. Hording and afterwards there was a reception in the east room for the delegates, members of their advisory committees and attaches. The function was the first of a ser ies at which those who are concerned with the conference will be brought together socially. Members of the cabinet, foreign diplomats, residents here and various other high officials are expected to continue the round of entertainment throughout the conference. Proclamation For Peace Is Drafted at State Department (By AiMorlnted Preaa Washington, Nov.

12. The draft of a proclamation declaring the United States at peace has been submitted by the state department to President Harding for approval and signature and its promulgation is expected early next week. This was learned today coincident with announcement by the state department of the exchange of ratification of the treaty of Berlin effected yesterday at the German capital. Senator Fletcher Says It Is a Splendid -Beginning. MOSES THINKS LIBERAL Fears It May Not Pass Approval of Foreign.

Delegates. (Ily Aaanelated PrrHR) Washington, Nov. 12. General and enthusiastic commendation was given by members of congress today to the American plan for limitation of naval armament. Leaders of both parties joined in expressions of approval.

"It is a splendid beginning," said Sen ator Fletcher, of Florida. jrogmJLjKoa-, derftrl destined for-sneeess;" said Senator Page, of Vermont, chair man of the senate naval committee'. "Ordinarily it might be difficult to attain but with feeling of all peoples of the world as it is I feel sure that the program is a feasible, practical and liberal one from the American and also from other points of view will be translated into an agreement." Similar views were expressed by Senator Hitchcock, democrat, Ne braska, ranking minority member of the senate foreign relations committee. Some democratic leaders, including Senator Swanson, of Virginia, former chairman of the senate and naval committee and Representative Padgett, of Tennessee, former chairman of the house committee. Others withheld comment.

Too Generous, Says Moses "I am afraid we have been too generous at the outset," said Senator Moses, of New Hhampshire, a member of the foreign relations committee. He added that he proposed further study of the proposals. One democratic senator pointed out that the naval appropriation bill of 1916 had a clause giving the Presi-( Continued on Page 8) Lena Clarke Will Go To Trial This Month Says Court ny AMNocfnted Preaa) Orlando. Nov. 13.

Lena M. T. SON AND Mi: OF TWO HEHOESVNVEII.ED TABLET. TAMPANS HURT JN WRECK (By Aasoclatrd Praa Tampa, Nov. 12.

J. E. McCure and Levi Crosby were injured here today when a train demolished their auto. Both were taken to a nospitaL It was particularly fitting that a so and a niece of two of the heroe which Putnam county contributed the world war should actually unvel the bronse tablet erected to the mem ory of all of the service mfnArmlstlce Day. The little boy was Marshal Chase Bailey, a handsome little fel low who will.

In after years have th distinction of beinfr the son of one those who gave their all forllberty. He was the son of Frederic Earnest Bailey, who died In a hospital during- the pneumonia epidemic. Little Miss Clarice Phlll'ps, who aa slsted in the unveiling'. Is a niece Bert Hodge, Who died on the field of honor, and for who the loctl American Legion post Is named. Clarke and Baxter H.

Patterson jointly indicted on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the killing of Fred A. Miltimore were arraigned in circuit court here today and entered pleas of not guilty. Judge C. O. Andrews set the date of the trial as November 22.

MRS. OBENCHAIN'S PETITION FOR RELEASE IS DENIED Los Angeles, Nov. 12. The district court of appeals today denied the petition of Madalyne Oben-chain, indicted on a charge of the murder of J. Belton Kennedy asking that the Los Angeles superior court be directed to show cause why she should not either be tried or liberated at once.

Mrs. Obenchain's counsel claimed she has been held more than sixty days without trial. BAND CONCERT TIDAY. The Palatka Concert Band will give its usual Sunday concert on the Court House square this afternoon at 1:10 o'clock. Director ehearouse has prepared an unusually fine program for this occasion.

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