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i i-: I 4 wr -vV FO UNDID FEB 18 1881-11625 O'-' COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 17 1023 O'es DAIIY 5c SUNDAY 7c (ON TRAINS IOc) INQUIRY BRINtl- sr GREAT BRITAIN AGREES TO WAIT C0CKRAN SPEAKS OF PROHIBITION CALM AFTER STORM IN ARKANSAS TOWN TAKES OATH AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE Harrison Again Assumes Its Wonted Quiet Bishop ville Man Becomes 107th Governor of State of South Carolina EXERCISES HELD ON CAPITOL STEPS Crowd Braves Cold Wind to At- tnd Inaugural Ceremonies Jackson Takes Oath as Lieutenant Governor Persona From All Over State Witness Event Thomas Cordon McLeod farmer and lawyer of Bishopyiile yeaterday afternoon became the 107th governor of Sonth Carolina the oath of office being administered the new chief executive on the steps of the State House by Chief Justice Eugene Gary of the atate supreme court Approximately 2000 men women and children representing practically every section of the state and Lee and Sumter eoun-ties in particular clustered about the speaker's stand erected for the cere-mofly on the steps to witnese the ceremony braving the cold wind whlrn swept the rotunda of the capitol Rice a veritable gale Gorernor McLeod who is the 107th governor of the state in line of succession is the 94th man to occupy 'the vhief executive's chair a number of the governors having served terms separated by the administration of an-th other man and are so counted twiea The ceremonies on the State House steps were opened at 12:46 'with the approach of the governor elect the lieutenant governor-elect and their escort of state officers- judges and former governors the joint assent bly being called to order by Alai big Johnstone president pro tempore of the senate The Rev Dibble pastor i of Trinity Methodist church of Sum I ter offered the inaugural prayer and THOMAS 8enator Johnstone then annonneed the-' presence of tho governor-elect Mr -fit the front of the BOYDEN SUGGESTION 'PURELY Secretary Hughes Says So-Called Plan Proposed by American Representative at Request of Com-mission Members and in No Sense Official- LIVELY SESSi Wittiest Thinks He Recognized Members of Band DOES NOT NAME THEM Lawyer Makes Protest st Certain Questions Asked Gray on Stand Bastrop La Jan 16 (By th Associated Press) Admission on tho part of'ona witness that at nb time he thought ho recognised threo member of the black hooded baud held responsible for the kidnaping- of Watt Daniel and Thomaa Richard lengthy examination of two other Smith Stevenson and and protest made by a Bastrop attorney against the propounding of certain question! to Gray were incidents ef lively day's proceedings fa tho 'open hearing inquiry her into masked band drpredationa in Morehouse II Tdd halted proceeding! momentarily during tha examination of Gray to rail tho attention of Judge Fred Odom before whom th Inquiry io bring held to newspaper dispatch Intimating that Gray might named as a defendant with several other men in criminal proceedings as a result of th disappearance of Daniel and Richard Todd interposed when Gray was asked where he was on August th day of the kidnaping pf Daniel and Richard Judge Odom ruled that Gray would not bo expected to answer question that might be of nn incriminating nature Gray said In tha course hi testimony that ho attended basehnll game in Bastrop on tha morning of August 24 later he had a qonversa-tion with Jap Jones William Higginbotham nnd other relative to a threatening letter said to hav bean received by Higginbotham and nt request went to tho latter home that night Kuppiied With I'latoL Gray said ha remained in an automobile in front of the Higginbotham home soma time Whil he was there ha was supplied with a pistol by Higginbotham Higginbotham was warned In the letter to "get np and get out of the euunty" Gray said "The letter did not go into details but intimated that he might expect some trouble In the future" Gray waa on the witness stand for more than two hours Ha said that was seated on tbo porch of a house nraf the roadway when automobile pnssed with block hooded men- nnd th men taken captives In their custody 'Soon after to witness said Uig- ginbnlham came along and ha went with him in his automobile lo th Higginbotham home Gray' was asked If ho was a member of th Xu Klux Xian replied "When did yon joint" "In Ih UUi-r part of 1921 or early In 1922 I wa initiated at meeting held in the Morehouse parish court house" Joined to sc what It was all about then 1 got Robert Lea Darkness employee ot a Collinton merchant testified that he aw tha hooded Land when they passed through that town on the night ef August 24 with two blindfolded men seated In th rear of a small truck you any you had a suspicion who tbre of the men were 7" Howard Warren special stalk's attorney asked "Yes about threo of them" th eourt who you had an idea thisy were" "I wouldn't like Hsrknesi who gave his aga as 22 said No Name Given Darkness persisted in his disinclination to name the men nnd Inter explained that think hia suspicions at that time were warranted "Didn't you make th positive statement that you could identify ono of tho men and that-aom one told you yon had belter keep yeur mouth ahull" Darkness ws asked "I don't think so" "You have now reached tha conclu sion that yon were mistaken?" "Yes have changed my Huricnes pointed out George Beth Cuion assistant attorney general a tha man with whom had talked and had mentioned tho name of ono man to Mr Guion took up th questioning and told Harkness that be would be asked th same question nt a later stag in the proceedings Walker testified that during services in church nesr Mer Rouge a party of men gowned in Mark and wearing black hoods marched into tha church and read a warning agninst disturbance of public worship declared two of the mer were Dr McKoin former mayor ef Mer Rouge and a man named Kirkpatrick Dr McKoin now ia under bond to answer to an affidavit charging murder in connection with the killing of Daniel and Richard Others of the five men kidnaped at the time Daniel and Richard were taken captive have testified that they were questioned ns to nn alleged attempt to assassinate the former mayor Walker said Kirkpatrick stood Is th church door with a pistol in hi Fend while Dr McKoin read tho warning "The Bible gives three warnings" Walker asid Ih announcement read by the Mack hooded mm declared do not give but one" -Walker eald th note was typewritten and signed "vigilant committee" lie declared tha note required 16 minutes to read during which th reader apparently attempted to die-guise his voire Hayden a member of tho same church testified In corroboration of Walker Kmftn Stevenson who wa oa tbe witness stand throughout th morning station was questioned particularly as to tho assembling of member of th Morehouse parish Ku Klux Klan organisation in Bastrop on th night of th kidnaping aspedition to repel a possible attack on Bastrop by th prop! of Mr Kongo whirh It has been testified was feared Slavrnson said ha was deputised as a special polireman From More I More He admitted going from storo It store night hut could no! recoil (CONTINUED UN FACE BeVeN Claims Law Has Proved Failure REPLIES TO CHARGE New York Representative Dis- cusses Speech Made in House 1 bjr Upshaw of Georgia Washington Jan Representative Bonrlto Cockran (Democrat) of New York declared in tha house today that prohibition had "utterly failed to prohibit" and that if tha president shonld call into the enforcement service all the forces used after the Confederate war to enfore -the 14th anJ 16th amendment result woul I be the a letter in man states" Tha Xew York representative who was apaaking in reply to tha charge of liquor drinking by high officials recently made on the floor of th house 'y Representative Upshaw (Democrat) Georgia added that "fanaltieism and regulation gone mad" already had resulted in disorders in somo section of the country nnd had demonstrated that there are localities where the 18th amendment "can not enforced" forced" shall he permitted to jndgi morality for me?" he asked Wa mighi Just aa well como along with eonsti tutional amendment regulating what we ahall eat and how Tong shall sleep Or wa might by that means regulate the length of a skirt and the degree to which a 'lady may expose her shoulder to a friend Every attempt to enforce morality in attended by disorder and there aru localities in this country where the 18th amendment can not be unforced" forced" Regulation Con Mad Referring to "the chocking revel tions at Mer Mr Cockrau declared that "a man waa killed because was a bootlegger and girl deported because her morel standard was not rhal a mob believed thev should he" This lie xaid was sn ex ample of "regulation gone mad1 Representative Blanton (Democrat) of Texas asked If 'liquor law enforcement was not difficult because con gress voted $8000000 for enforeement ml end members by their speeches put up $80000000 in obstacles obstacle in thin cas is one thing which can net it 1 inherent" Mr Cochran replied Representative Cramton (Republican) Michigan replying lo Mr CocVran reminded the nous that th United State was dosing today Its third year under national prohibition "What waa there in the speech by Mr Upshaw of Georgia that an aroused tho opponents ot that law" ha asked "Simply that law and order ahould prevail and that you and I ns members of this house and nvernment official who have taken tha oath should ob-serve th law" Thereafter ho said Representative Hill (Republican) of Maryland whom characterised as the spokesman for tha Association Opposed to wanted the Cr vestigated tion wanted the Upshaw gjiarges In i Speech in Rt Louis "The gentleman from Maryland" clll Mr Cramton said "ought to include in his resolution a speech ha made two yeT ago In St Louis jn which he said there was nothing so thirsty as a dry congressman and that ho had been forced to atop keeping liquor In hfa office because so many prohibitionists went to see him ho had none left for his wot friends" Mr Cramton said Mr Cockran had "solicited the nullifletion of tho th nullification of tha bo unforced In any community against the will of th people" whole question" ho declared "is law enforcement on the one hand and disorder anarchy and nullification of the other" Representatives Blanton and Quin (Democrats) of Mississippi also replied briefly to Mr Ceekran's speech with especial reference to enforcement of lha 14th and 16th amendment Mr Quinn insisted that Southern state were being administered "legally and and Mr Blanton insisted that Tesaa had observed the two amendments Mr Blanton challenged the house to call on Representative Worsebaeh tha nniy Republican in the delegation for proof that th 14th amend merit waa effective and that 1400 negroes had voted unmolested in the Kan Antonio district Iln said Mr Cochran's speech would "throw more obstacle In tha way of prohibition enforcement all tho bootleggers in tho Ulijted States SOUTHERN MEN INSIST ON CHANGES IN RATES Atlantic by a victory tioa of a special committee on tha question of intro equitable difforen lists on cotton under which a redue tion wns inado that will revise shipment oversets from Southern ports and eut down the volume through New York representatives of the Southern conference attending a session here of shipping board offiriala with member of the Gulf and Northern conference insisted today on far reaching changes in th list of parities of genera! eom moditiee and precipitated a new bat tie that now has th sessions -in i deadlock Yesterday the Southern shippers demanded modification of th cotton dif ferentials declaring that existing rates mad it cheaper to ship coast wise to New York and then reship to Europe than to make direct freights from Southern ports This brought lively fight and th matter finally wen to a committee Amicable adjustments the details nf which are not disclosed were reached The newest proposal howeve brought a lively clash with th North ern conference representative and an niher refereara to the mediation board This bnsrd was unable to agrea and reported back New members warn added in hope of reaching solution It is still deadlocked and effort to adjourn the' meeting sine die failed Horhum Qslct Again Bochum Jun 16 (By the Associate! Bochum was quiet today fo -lowing tho disturbances last nigh: which wra ouelled when th French fired upon the disorderly elements Cslm was restored by Up rrench and Italian Persua tion Effective BRITISH GROW WEARY Believe That Little is to Be Gained bjr Discussion With Turks at Lausanne Lausanne Jan 16 (By th Associated Press) In th face of French and Italian objection Great Britain apparently ha renounced her Idea of preoenting tho Tnrks with a draft of the Near Eastern peace treaty this week Great Britain believes so much time has been epent in discussion that little more can be gained but the French and Italian! hesitate lo risk a break with Turkey before all avenues of compromise have been closed 1 The allieo are described as vitally interested in the attempt tn maintain foreign- judicial privilege in Turkey because now that- th 'American door to unreetrieted immigration is shut Italy desires to send part of her overflow population to Asia Minor and have them subject there as far as possible to Italian law Four article of agreement concerning the exchange of th TuTkieh population in Greeco and th Grecian population in Turkey which affect a million people were accepted today but the Turks raised objection on some important paints They insisted that all Greek in Turkey except those in Cnnstantinopln shall be whether they be Turkish deported whether they subjeeta or Greeks who hav not adopted Turkish nationality AM Greek whether follower of tho Orthodox church or Roman Catholic must go also those who hav acquired the nationality of com other country whilo resident of 'Turkey' Difficulty arose today -over the boundary ef Western Thrace which belongs to Greeco and where the Turkish population la allowed to remain to offset the Turkish- decision that th Greeks may stay in Constantinople Th Turk contend that the real boundary of Western Thrace la the Struma river and not tho1 Meat river ai had been believed by many R-rsonS and that therefore Turk vlng east of the Struma must not deported The Greek objected to this and the question waa reserved Under th articles agreed upon the population to bo txehangod loeo-thelr nationality as soon a repatriated as that whil at sea and until they gain naw nationality they will bo people truly without a country -Criminal must servo out their sentence in the country to whiqji they are repatriated or atand new trials SHOULD HAVE ACTION ON OFFER OF FORD Representative Wright of Georgia Urges House to Expedite Long rending Measure Washington Jan Expressing a belief that Henry -Ford would man ufaetura at Murcia Shoals th ralclum arsenate necessary to Jlght the bol1 weevil Representative Wright (Demo- id crat) of Georgia today urged th house to expedite action on the Ford offer which has been pending (ot 18 month Mr Wright said he had taken ut with Ford representative! the propoaal that both nitrates and ealcinm arsenal be made at Muscle Shoal and that tha Ford prop were engaged in study of th possibility of the plan "Instead of spending 'millions for this chemical" said Mr Wright "congress should tsk steps to have it produced are sending milliens every year to Chile for nilratra while Slant capable of making it cheaply luscla Shoals is idle A bill Healing with it has baen reported to the house by a Republican committee and yet not a move ha been made by congress toward it passage" The big banks and trust comp inies the automobile manufacturers the waterpower interests and th trust" were named by Mr Wrighl as tlioss opposing Ford Ri-pn-eentative James (Republican) of Michigan also urged aeeeptanra of the Ford offer Propaganda be ssd had burn circulated to eonvjne the farmer that Ford would not make fertiliser if ho got the plant "Th farm rr is not going to fooled" said Mr James representative saw to it that the bill guarantees that fertiliser will be mad and it will be made VETERAN PETTY OFFICER DIES IN CHARLESTON Charleston Jon Edward Floyd chief petty officer retired died today at the nsvy yard in Ml Tird year lie saw 32 years' continuous service in the American navy and had been living here since 1904 He qai awarded the medal of honor by congress for liis hernfe conduct toward ravirg th- baltieship Iowa in 1Mst On Armistice day 1921 he was an honorary pallbearer at th funeral nf 'the unknown soldier at Arlington National cemetery II is survived by a widow three nni and two daughters Hi last tour nt -doty wa on the ivlnr ship Hartford which we Farregut's flagship the battle nt Mobile Bav in the '60s Mr Floyd wfi horn in Glasgow Scotland coming to th United Ktat-s it his youth GREAT TEXTILE PLANT 1 FOR PIEDMONT SECTION Greenville Jan A large textile bleaching and flnUhinr p'ant te coat between SlnooODO and liywOnoO 1 n' enned for thie section by the Mill comfsny of Bottoa Mss to be established within th nar future according to unofficial advice s-rored here today A lilt near Groce in ffpsrtanhurg eoun'y on tha Riedmonl A Northern railway it was raid hS been tentatively agreed unaii Convratlea for Norfolk Washington Jan 6--Tbe Z4lh rational ene-mpment of the Veter" of foreign Wars of the United fl'a'e will be hrld at Norfolk Va August 27 to II it was announced today RUHR POPULATION ASKS QUESTIONS Wonders How Far Occupation Will Extend GERMANY MUST MOVE General Degoulte Call for Resumption of Coal Deliveries Not Later Than Today Essen Jrn 16 (By the Associate-1 How far the F'ranco-Belglan occupation will utimately extend and what other punitive steps are contemplated are questions' uppermost in the minds of th Ruhr papulation bacauie of tho new ultimatum delivered to the min dl rectors at Duesseldorf today General latest order which la declared to final provide for tho resumption cf the reparations coal deliveries to Franc nod Belgium no later than tomntrow morning ether wise Germany will subjected to fur ther penalties The German mine ownrrs say they were not given a bearing at the Dues wldorf meeting and reiterate their Intention to abide by the federal instructions to withhold the deliveries While it was revealed at the conference that tha occupation of Dortmund was tha price paid for tha eoinrais-slars action French circle in Ksso-t declined to dincloso tho return of thr additional pcnaltidstp ba exacted Re porU-are widely current that Huensto will ha tbe next large pine to fall yet thesa are skeptically received because that city is so far outside tli-e sorallrd Ruhr are It is pointed out however that Muenster possesses great ulratcgie Im parlance as It ia one of tha big central 1 points of th railroad through to Wo Oel which runs parallel to tho railroad through Hamm Dortmund Bochum Ksoen and Duisburg Thus It occu potion would aid greatly in affectin control of tho Ruhr traffic as the ocei pying force are reported to planning Control stations already have been established on th lines about Essen freight train being required to stop for 15 minute whil their papers are Inspected It Is feared here that on of the steps In the program of ocra potion will ho to place such a tight ring of patrols about the occupied ter rilory that the rest of Germany will be deprived of Ruhr coni It is statn-l in German quarters that no mors freight ears -arc being permitted by the railroad administration of unoccu Eied Germany to entry tho Jluhr and 1 maare saisail IV CIIM'f 6UV IIUIIIi III undred of rsrs wera hurried off during the first stages of th occupation intent engineers today wsnl to sit mines in the neighborhood of Fissos and endeavored to dutermin if dull cries war being resumed and to ob tain other date They were unsuccess ful in theiy mission nnd ara reported to hava l--fl word that if the iniorma tion wa not supplied voluntanly soldiers would seise th hooks Ona of the labor loaders gave It at his opinion that very piobahly the miner would continue at work hetn-er th occupying forces finally obtained deliveries for cash or resorted to confiscations The minors he said would have to keep employed in order to enpport their families thus ecu overlook whether F'reneh or German capital was paying them Ho therefore believed a sink was nut likely nnleas the entente tried to extend th working day of the minor Other German circles declare tho funds of the miners' union are so low that a strike could not bo supported for more than a fortnight The Bochum disor der of yesterday is the sole instant of serious disturbance since the French and Belgian troops canto into tho district PRESIDENT HAS COLD AND RESTS FOR TIME Brigadier General Sawyer Declarer However That Nothing Serious in Condition Washington Jan President Harding because of a cold which has afflicted him fur several days went to the White House proper today soon after tho regular cabinet meeting and spent tbe afternoon In rest- Ing He retired for the night early Brigadier General Sawyer the president's personal physician emphasised however that there was nothing serious in Mr Harding's condition The first intimation that tha president was indisposed was given at the usual Tuesday conference with newspaper men After answering some questions on international and dumes-tie problems ho indicated hi wish that th conference he prolonged no further than necessary and it was terminated immediately Tha president it was said eaught cold week and on Monday after a busy morning at th executive offices felt it best to spend the afternoon nt tha White Douse in hia study Ila sent for his stenographer however and disposed of a mass of paper that had accumulated Mr Harding has engagement for tomorrow covering the entire morning but none for th afternoon Bom may ba cancelled if he still desires to remain in Seclusion EWE GAVE HER KLC0D FOUR THOUSAND TIMES Charleston Jan An that gave of her blood 4000 times in aid-irg men wounded in th World war died today at th navy yard Each time' the ewe wa tapped she yielded an ounce of blood and she was frequently tapped twice week It ie said that no other sheep in the world ha given so much blood to medical science knd-that many lives have been saved because of the healthful-ness of this ewe's blond ONE MAN LYNCHED ANOTHER WOUNDED Committee of One Thousand After Operations Extending Over Period of One Day and Two Nights Disband and Members Leave for Their Homes Harrison Ark Jan 16 (By the Associated This place took tho appearance of abaolute iranquilti' tonight after two dayo of intense ex-eltcmvnt during which one man was wounded another lynched by being hanged from railroad trestle and morn than a score of former employee i of tha Missouri A North Arkansaa railway escorted out of town to th Missouri state line this afternoon The were accompanied hy "committee of ono thousand" which stated that is wa bent on cleaning upth strikers and their supporters to prevent further Interference with operation of tha crippled railway system "The committee ef ono thousand" tonight broke Up after -holding special sessions behind closed doers for two days and ono night and its membcis are on the way to -their respective hemes some of whom camo-from a distance of 160 miloa to assist in tha roundup No further trouble is antic1- pated The Arkansas house of representatives and senate afternoon author fzed Gov McRm-to call out the National Guard and declare martial law at Harrison but -tho governor an- nounecd his intention tonight to suspend indefinitely the sending of tho troops after ho said ho had received a tele egram from county officials here stating that tha situation was quiet and that the troop -would not bs needed Tonight It was said that virtnallv every au'ker In about 230---has been ejected from th state or placed III Jail hy lha committee Tho body ef Gregor striking railway shop worker found early thia morning hanging from a ra (way trosMe was tonight taken In charge by hla -widow and relatives for burial Gregor it Is said was hanged after he re sisted attempt of the of one thousand" who were seeking -to nf carried on a campaign of sabotage against tho railway company Gregor's homo was visited by a committee demanding hia surrender Monday night Gregor is alleged to hav replied with a revolver shot and esrapei from tho house In a hall of ballets Emery dust and high explosives were found in Gregor's home members ef th committee charge After the lynching of Gregor George O'Neal' hotel proprietor and local capitalist who is said to have furnished hail for many strikers arrested anl charged with sabotage was taken from hi heme nnd severely whipped Today was in th hands of special committee which he promised he wouiJ lead to th hiding place of Stephens former engineer who it is said was wanted by the committee Up to late hour tonight Stephens had not been produced but O'Neal woe not further harmed Night Marshal Rasp of Harrison who 'was accused of being a strikn sympathiser was ai-ixcd tied flogged and ordered to leave town Ho is said to have left late today "for porta A Rrsaell United States deputy marshal of Fort Smith spent today in Harrison investigating the situation He came here on the orders of Atturney General Daugherty Russell said tonight he would moke his report direct to Nr Daugherty early tomorrow and intimated he would recommend thnt the- railway bo placed under federal guard it is understood that Vice President nnl General Manager Murray of tho Missouri North Arkansas left Harrison late today for Fort Smith for th purpose of requesting Jed go Youmana of the Western Arkansas federal court to Issuo an Injunction lo restrain persons from further interfering with the operation of tho railroad Harrison Ark Jan A Jury investigating the h-inging at o'clock this morning of Gregor a striker formerly employed by th Missouri and North Arkansas rxilroad late today returned thie verdict: "We the Jury find that Gregor ram to his death by strangulation from rope around nio neck fastened to a rnllr-ad bridge at tha hands ef unrown persons" The inquest was then adjburned with rcrommenda'iova that a grand fury now in session Investigate the lynching Cittls Rock Ark J-in 11 Governor Me Else announced he-e tonight that the order to send troop to Harrison had been suspended Indefinitely by him fallowing the receipt of telegrams from Boone county official statin that the was qu'et flirt th troops would not be needed Little Rock Ark Jan Th house nf rsrresrntutivea this afternoon adopted a resolution authorising 1 Governor McRre to call out tho Arkansas National Guard and declare martial law at Harrison The resolution stated th bonse wonld mike all tha appropriation necessary The senate expected to eoneur Dr Praeork Not Found 8t Petersburg Fla Jan Poiicn said tonight that an nil day starch for Dr Peacock who escaped 'ast year from tha criminally insane department of the North Carolina penitentiary and who was reported coming here to practice medicine had been without avail Dr Peacock declared sane at Arcadia Me rhursde rostrum and was there met by Chief Justice Gary who administered the "oath of office the chief executive re peating tho obligation -in a calm voice hardly hardly audible however beyond the speaker's stand because of the high wind Governor Harvey who With Mr McLeod had led the march from the governor's office to the State House steps grasped the new chief exeen-tive'e hand to congratulate him an Mr McLeod now governor of the state accepting the salutation smile! end turned again toward the crowd on the steps und street below to begin tho delivery of his inaugural address Applause greeted him as he began bis message add more than once during the eoursa of the address he was interrupted by cheers tho crowd's enthusiasm being aroused particular! by his announcement that ho appreciated the fact that ha was the first governor of tho state chosen in an election in which the women of the state exercised their recently sec aired right of suffrage Reiteration of his rampaign pledge to devoto every effort possible to tho enforcement of law afao brought enthusiastic applause Tha address delivered under difficulties that only Governor McLeod's natural endowments as a public speak cr enabled him to surmount was listened to attentively by the audience of legislator end onlookers Mr Me voice carrying to practically every section of tho crowd despite -tho desp high' wind It was an address literally 'delivered in the teeth of a gala Rerommendation Mr McLeod's address which was begun immediately after the administering of the oath of offiee at o'clock and waa concluded at 1:21 embodied the foliowing recommendations: Ths continuation of tho program of tax reform by the passing of occupational hydro-elect rie and luxury tat laws and the amendment of tho constitution so as to permit the taxing of intangible property A bond issue for financing a ten year building program for state institution educational charitable and penal Legal limitation of the sale of pat ent medicine end flavoring extract! containing alcohol A thorough and careful study of the penal ryitrm of tha siate with aurh provisions rs "will reflect the eivili tatiofi of our people in the punishment of erme" Strict economy in government and especially in local and county administrations where it was pontcd oot ths greater croporUoi of the revenue are expended Careful consideration of ths various ing needs Adequate appropriations for tho esrs of Confederate veterans Special roneideratinn for tns industrial aetiool for boys and girls Tha cooperation ot tha people of th state was asked in ths carrying out of his pledge of law enforeement "If aociety is to ho protected" the governor said "if our livea are to be made safe crime must be punished" His voice elway strong swelled to resell every attentive ear in the vast audience as he drove home again thia argument made on prectiraliy every stump in the state cainpairn "I appeal to the people of the state that this administration shall be sustained by that healthy degree of yublic aentimrnt which atanda for obedience law and punishment of crime MaudSin sympathy and personal prejudice or tenor must rivs wsy in ora in order that jure may (lavetbe'troral courage to convict lb violstors of th law of tha land" The test of Governor McLeod's address Is printed In full elsewhere iu Th State of toJcy Ileulrnant Governor Following the rccnot' adores the eath of office was adiriristoted to Lieut Gov Jackson of Wagencr Judge Townsend of Columbia Mr Jackson irmrdiacly ItOMiMLD ON PAUL ELEVEN) only with general considerations of tha reparation question making no suggestion as to time or manner of the payment of repartitions obligations was prepared without consultation with the stale department and was of such a character that it appeared to require no action by the department Hughes made his explanation of the nature of the Iloyden memorandum after receipt tonight from Paris of further official advices understood to have resulted from an inquiry sent by tha department yesterday after first reports of "an American plan" had been published In this country The full text of thg secretary's statement follows: "The attention of the department of state having been called to the dispatches from Paris with regard to an 'American plan it makes tha following statement: department reiterates it atate-ment that neither th seeretnry nor spy CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DEBT COMMISSION AT STANDSTILL Unable to Bring Views Into Accord JOINT SESSION HELD Subject Matter of Hour's Con venation Carefully Guarded by AU Concerned Washington Jan Th American ond British debt commissions were unable today ti bring into accord their view as to the term of the r-cttlemert of Grrat Britain's war Slates F'urther negotiation vrjre tu pended until Thursday with the British meantime reeking additionel instruction from their government Tho subject matter of tbe conver-rations at today's joint session which lasted about an hour was carefully guarded by both the Americans and th- British but thrr Were indications that tho present different1 bad to da largely with tho question of the in tret rale It wt reported that the Ilfilish mission bad suggested 3 per rent and that this had been approved yesterday by the British cabinet which had before it an account of the progress of the negotiation forwarded by the mission "It waa learned authoritatively that at previous sessions there had bean discussion of th statement that I per cent was th average rate of government loans in normal times and that tho figures examined by the commission had appeared to support this cfrteninn Sines this fg ure is ronvidcrahiv below tho rate vf interest now paid by too Amsrican government an th mom borrowed and advanced to Great Britain however some member at (rail cf th American were r-P'esrnt- debt to the United Washington Jan' 16 (By the As-' ted Tho suggestion placed before the -reparations' commission by Roland Hoyden which apparently has been regarded abroad as a proposal of tha American government for settlement of tho reparations 'problem was said by Secretary Hughes tonight to he' nothing more then "a puifely personal" memorandum prepared by Mr Boyden at the request of commission members and in no sense embodying a "plan for thg settlement of reparations" In a formal statement muking disclosures which appeared to clear away many mystifying features of rerent Paris dispatches on the subject Mr Hughes reiterated that neither Mr Boyden as unofficial American observer on- the commission nor any one else had been authorised to present any settlement plan on behalf of the United States government The memorandum prepared by Mr Boyden the secretary added dealt ITALY MAY JOIN IN MEDIATION Offer Made to France and Germany AS TO RUHR CONTROL Government at Rome Has Been Buoy for I)avs in Connection With Effort London Jan 16 (By the Associated Italy has 'offered te mediate between France and Germany on the reparations question says a Central News dispatch from Rome quoting an innnoneemcrt by the Italian ministry of foriegn affairs Italy's proposals the dispatch addx econonve control of the Ruhr together with a commercial alliance with Germany" Washington Jan 16 (By tbe Associated To tbo utmost limits consistent with the preservation of its relation with France and also with Great Britain th Italian government has been exerting itself within tht past few day to rv'tiain Flench official from proceeding with extreme measures of coercion again -t Germany A clear exonsilinfl of delicate and difficult position in connection with th problem of the Ruhr invasion kas already been made known to Italy's allies and undoubtedly while not snfficirg In cause any senaibll change in th French plans the views tbe Rome government bes received serious rdrilHcrati-in A di-closufe of tbo Italian position is likely soon to be made to official Washington sod panwhil some of its feaiuret have bn-n learnt through persistent inquiry la informed quarters One of tho most important disclosure is that the Italian rovern-ment while of nec ron-urrirf In the dec'sion of th reparation eom- (CUMINl'M) UN PAGE IK 6 V- (CUNiihlsD UN 1 Alii IV 0) 1 i-- jet-' a -w i pg hr i li rnmmgm si -V a wif Vf V( 'fjl'i'f a.