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MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1S27. TEN PAGES PRiCE Sc-SUNDAY 10c VOL. LIH. NO. 339c Marine Plane Safe At Mangua, Nicaragua, After Flight From Miami 0 0 SENATE Lie 'Commute Across Pacific SO Sailors Rescued From Two Disabled Vessels Upon Coast; Ocean Gale Takes Four Lives NULLIFICATION CHARGE LODGED AGIST SOUTH Fll PAST OF FLIGHT IS DDI.

If SHORT TIE 1EFLHP ABOUT SEATING rwenty Four Taken From Norwegian Steamer Cibaos Ashore Off Hatteras Pickett, Famous General Of Confederacy, Became Soldier Through Lincoln Disfranchisement Of Negro Nullifies Constitution, Tinkham Declares Senators Elect Smith Anil Vare Probably Be Objects Of Controversy HOUSE WILL FOLLOW MORE STAID PROGRAM Major E. H. Brainard And Twa Aides Complete Flight By Hop From Tela LARGE CROWD IS OUT TO GREET AMERICAN FLIERS w'M-y CREEK SHIP PARAGUAY FOUNDERS ON REACHING SHOALS OF N. C. COAST WILL ASK CONGRESS FOR ACTION UPON SITUATION Coast Guard Rescues 12 Sur vivors Cf Crew Of 16 Four Washed Overboard Claims South Has Too Great Representation For Voting Power In Elections President's Message To Be Delivered After Formalities Of Convention i Disappointment Registered By Throng That Flight Was I Not Non-Stop One NORFOLK, Dec.

4. (AP) Twenty four men were rescued from the Nor- MANAGUA, Nic, Dec. 4. (AP) Flying from Miami, wegian steamer Cibaos ashore with one stop on the way, SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 4.

(AP) Evidence of the friendship of Abraham Lincoln for the Confederate general, George Pickett, made public by Thomas Rees, publisher of the Illinois State Register, has resulted in a communication indicating that Lincoln was responsible for Pickett's military career. George Laird, humorist and lecturer of Detroit, wrote Mr. Rees that General Pickett's widow told him details she did not include in a letter Mr. Rees published. "I was riding on a train in Iowa in the summer of 1912 when I first met Mrs.

Pickett," Mr. Laird wrote. "She told me the story of Lincoln's visit to ner home in Richmond and his tenderness toward the baby whom he kissed. "She said that when her husband, General Pickett, returned home from the army, she made haste to tell him of President Lincoln's visit to her home and she asked him how he came to know the President. "General Pickett told her that way back in the 'forties he was studying law out in Illinois when one day there came into the office a tall stranger who had to wait for some time for the lawyer to return.

While waiting, he took occasion to ask young Pick- ett if he expected to become a lawyer. "'Well', the young student of Blackstone answered, 'I suppose I will and yet I have read so much of American history about General Washington and General Jackson and other great military men that I confess I have a secret ambition to become a "'Is that said the, stranger. 'I'll remember that' and he went on his way to meet the lawyer who had returned to the of- (Continucd on Page 9, Coi. 7) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.

(AP) The Seventieth Congress convenes tomorrow with opportunities for opening flare-ups offered in the Senate, but with the House certain to carry through its prearranged program for continuation of Republican control "Trans-Paclflc commuters" Is the term applied to Mrs. Ella Black and her daughter Mary, who have set a new record for rapid transit travel back and forth across the orean, with eight trips in the past few months. Above they are shown departing from Los Angeles in their latest jaunt. off Cape Hatteras today by life savers from the Cape Hatteras and Creed Hill stations and 12 men were rescued from the Creek steamer Paraguay, which stranded north of Kitty Havk, N. C.

Four members of the Paraguay's crew per- of all the machinery. SEATING WORRIES Two elements of the Senate situa WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (AP) Charging that the southern stats3 "have contemptuously ignored" the Fourteenth Amendment, Representative Tinkham, Republican, announced today that with the opening of Congress, he would renew his demand for an investigation "of the notorious and gross disfranchisement existing in the United WANTS ENFORCEMENT His resolution will call for enforcement of the 14th amendment. "Honest and constitutional government in the United States does not today exist," said Tinkham.

"This investigation is proposed as a preliminary step to the census to be taken in 1930 and to make the subsequent reapportionment of repre Definite Program Facing House As Congress Meets tion organization and the Smith i ished last night while the ship i was battling a northeast storm 60 miles southeast of and Vare seat contest were upper Curtis Believes Number Matters Will Be Settled Senate Leader Issues Optimistic Statement Listing More Important Problems most among the worries besetting Republican leaders tonight as the rear guard of the members of the two houses arrived in the capital. JEWEL ROBBERY Chairman Longworth Predicts A hvbrid organization with the Democrats controlling the Senate of SGIHiSAT PDI53I SERVICE Action On Three Matters Before Christmas fices and the patronage that goes with them and the Republicans in command of toe standing commit tees that will deal with legislative WANTS NATION'S SUPPORT TAX CUT UP AT ONCE sentatives amonsj.he several -'itate matters was one of the possibilities. Another was ar. immediate out equal." Mrs. LiUlsndahl And In suDDortint the contention of is break of the fight against administering the oath of ofiice to Senators Elect Frank L.

Smith, of Illinois, and William S. Vare. of Pennsylvania, Cape Henry. ASHORE AT DAWN The Paraguay went aslioie shortly before daybreak this morning just north of Kitty Hawk, while half a dozen vessels were searching for her further off shore in response to repeated calls for help. -The citjt of 'Atlanta and iiiu'vcoter and the British licighter Baron Herries were among those searching for the disabled shp and when daybreak failed to show her this morning it was assumed she iiad foundered.

Later reports were received here that an unidentilied ship was ashore five miles o-f shore and aground on a shoal. Coast guardsmen with tiie aid of glasses could see the crew of the vessel clinging to the rigging to avoid the heavy seas that were breaking over their craft. Despite the fact that a gale was biowinj and breakers were rolling high on the negro disfranchisement, he referred to past speeches of Senator Blease, of South Carolina, and Ex-Governor By SENATOR CURTIS (Editor's note: On the eve of assembling of the new Congress, the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate wrote the following survey of the legislative outlook exclusively for The Associated Press.) By SPEAKER LONGWORTH (Editor's note: On the eve of the assembling of the new Congress, the speaker of the House of Representatives wrote the following survey of the legislative outlook exclusively for the Associated Press.) both Republicans. This the Repub Police Of Six Cities Join In Search For Bandits And Kidnapers HAVE TAKEN $700,000 Beach Join In Chorus At Sabbath Worship TRIAL CONTINUES TODAY lican leaders hope to prevent until after the Senate has been organized Hardwick, of Georgia, which dealt with the franchise question. "Nullification can not be denied," Tink end President Ooolidge has submit' tted his annual messages dealing with legislative problems and the budget.

ham added. If the majority leaders can ward off these threatened outbreaks, the The House of Representatives of the Seventieth Congress meets tomorrow with a well defined program for immediate action. It seems reasonably certain that The fourteenth amendment is mandatory, he said, and provides CHICAGO, Dec. 4. (AP) Police of more than half a dozen cities, with recovery of more than $700,030 MAYS LANDING, N.

Dec. 4. (AlJi This was the last Sunday of uncertainly for Mrs. Margaret L.l-hcndahl and Willis Beach in their first day's procedure in the Senate will be about as tame as that in the House where Nicholas Longworth, of that Congress shall reduce the num. Major E.

H. Brainard, chief of the United States Marine aviation forces, landed in the outskirts of Managua at 2:37 o'clock this afternoon. With him were Sergeant N. P. Shep-ard and Corporal N.

M. Winchester. A great crowd had gathered to welcome the Americans. HAVE FOKKER PLANE The aviators hop ied off from Miami in their big Pokker monoplane Saturday morning, and made a landing at Tela, Honduras, at 4:07 in the afternoon, having achieved the first non-stop flight from the United States to Honduras, a distance of about 787 miles. They went into the air again about this morning ioivtha iOO or rnvve miles to Managua.

Major Brainard made a graceful landing. Ke was cheered by the waiting crowds. Colonel Gulick, commanding the Marine detachment. Colonel Beadle, chief of the Nicar-aguan guards, and many other officers hurried up and congratulated the airmen. The mrjor and his companions looked fit as they stepped from their plane.

"I had hoped to arrive yesterday, but heavy winds held me back. Leaving Tela this morning, the weather was very bad and continued so until we were near Tegucigalpa. We did not go to Tegucigalpa, but 10 miles to the eastward. We then came into fine weather, and headed for Managua. Our average speed from Tela was about 90 miles an hour and we took about three hours to make the trip.

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY "Nicaragua is a beautifuly country from the air, and I am glad to be here. I will remain for a few days and then return to the United States." The rrfajor explained that his flight was what he termed "a regular duty trip" he carried a letter from tha Nicaraguan minister in Washington to President Diaz, but no other communications. Nicaraguans are somewhat disappointed, since they had hoped tha U. S. Marine plane would succeed making a non-stop flight direct to Managua, thus placing iN'icaragua oiv the aviation map.

Major Brainard said, however, ha did not care to take chances, sinca night was approaching and he thought it wise to land at Tela, particularly in view of the unfavorable weather conditions. REMUS SUFFERS FROM BAD COLD of stolen diamonds as their objective, at least three major measures will be ber of representatives of any state in accordance with disfranchisement have joined the Chicago authorities Ohio, will be reelected speaker over Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee, tne in a search for 22 men and women beach, life savers from the Kitty Hawk station managed to launch a leader of the Democrats. With Long' worth will be elected all of the other said to be members of the gang that kidnaped Morris Reismer, St. Paul, in that state.

"The insurrectionary slave states of the South, confidently relying as they have always done upon northern timidity, have contemptuously ignored this provision," Republican candidates for office, in real estate dealer last Thursday. EIGHT ARRESTED eluding William Tyler Page, the clerk, who will call the new House to order and preside while the election he went on, "with the result that these states now have more political Eight suspects have been arrested. cf officers is in progress. Republican Old Guard and lnde They, with the 22 at large, are said power than they had before the War of the Rebellion, when, for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and in the Electorial acted upon before the Christmas holidays: A bill reducing Federal taxes by not less than a bill finally settling the alien property question, and tne deficiency appropriation bill which failed in the Senate in the last Congress owing to the protracted filibuster. CASE IS UNUSUAL Probably in no previous Congress, certainly none of which I have been a member, has it been possible for the speaker or any one else to predict with any certainty at all a program of legislation with like definiteness.

The reason why such a prediction is possible in this instance is that the majority party, towards the close of the session of last Congress, anticipating the desirability of tax reduction and the necessity of passage at the earliest possible moment of the pendent leaders and the Democratic chieftains had hoped to iron out I am extremely hopeful that the Seventieth Congress at its first session will dispose of a number of major problems before it, including some of those upon which an agreement heretofore has not been possible. In the first place the Congress surely will pass all of the annual appropriation bills carrying funds for the various activities of the government, including those of our defense forces on land, the sea and in the air. BUILDINGS BILL The public buildings bill, which failed in the Sixty-ninth Congress, also will be enacted as will the deficiency measure which went down in the filibuster during the closing days of the last session. I am confident that there will be enacted a broad, non-partisan flood relief measure which will diminish as far as may be the possibilities of another great catastrophe such as visited the Mississippi valley states last spring and at the same time give us water transportation on the Mississippi and its tributaries. A tax bill, affording another reduction in the tax burden of the nation, also is cert to be passed before adjournment.

I hope and expect the Congress will pass some reasonable farm relief measure that will meet with the ap by police to constitute the most powerful diamond robbery gang in some of the difficulties at confer ences today, but a blinding sleet storm kept most of them indoors life boat and set out for the wreck. Several attempts were made before the boat could get close enough to the ship, which then was identified as the Paraguay, to take off her half dead men, 12 of whom were left out of a crew of 16 with which the tiinker left Baltimore several days ago. CAPTAIN RESCUED The skipper, who was among those rescued, said the four men were washed overboard during the last night. They were working at the pumps in an effort to keep the ship rfloat, until some of the rescuing vessels arrived and were carried ever the side by a wave that swept the ship. The Paraguay was half filled with water when she went ashore, the water having long before extinguished her boiler room fires and rendered useless her radio apparatus.

She will be a total loss, it is said. with a result that their meetings were put off until almost the hour of the convening of the new Con gress at noon tomorrow. DEMOCRATS STICK Democratic leaders in the Senate have made up their minds not to "run away" from the election of their candidates to office if some of the (Continued on Page 6, Col. 5) western Republican independents de cide to support them. BALTIMORE JAIL LOSER IN FIGHT haul against a charge of muraur, aiiu they spent tne lagging hours singing old tune hymns in their barred cells.

Before another Sunday, perhaps by tomorrow n.giit, their fate will have been decided and they will know whether they must pay with their lives for the killing of the woman's aged husband, Dr. A. William Lillien-dahl, of which they arc accused. JURY AT SERVICES The seven men and five women who will dec.de on the guilt or innocence of the two almost spent their Sunday in confinement, and they, too turned to worship on their first day of leisure since the trial opened lait Monday. The jury, which is housed under guard in a little building behind a hotel adjoining the jail, heard Sunday services over the radio, but Beach and Mrs.

Liiiiendahl tooic part in special services at the ja.l, presided over by the local Methodist minister in the corridor between the cells. Hymn books were handed to each of the score of cell occupants and as the minister led and his w.fe accompanied him on a piano that stood close to tiie door of Beach's cell, the voices of the invisible worshippers floated out into the corridor in a half tuneful chorus that had its measure of pathos, although it was considerably off key. Mrs. Lilliendahl's soDrano, weak but true, could be heard from her balcony cell, but no sound couid be distinauished as coming from behind Beach's bars, though jail attendants reported that he kept his eyes on his hymnal and that his lips moved as in song. RESTFUL NIGHT Both defendants spent a restful night and ate the special meals sent in to them with apparent relish.

Neither has nartaken of the regular county jail fare since they were arrested on October 6. Beach suffered no recurrence of the heart attacks to which he is subject, although a doctor was kept close at hand in the belief that the ordeal of yesterday might brim on an attack. For three hours and a half ves- (Continued on Page 9, Col. 8) (Continued on Page Col. 7) proval of the President and will go a long way toward ameliorating the conditions surrounding agriculture by giving the farmers better mar Attorney General Upheld In Ruling To Allow 75 Cents For Federal Prisoners THOUSANDS BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS the United States.

Simultaneously, it Is charged, they cp.rried on kidnaping plots on an extensive scale. In possession of those still at large, proceeds of robberies in Chicago, New York, Brooklyn. Philadelphia. Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland and other cities.

Even while Reismer was being held captive ond effort made to make him pay $75,000 for his release, detectives were tracing the stolen jewels to Chicago. The investigators obtained their most definite clews following the robbery of Swirsky brothers of Cleveland of $205,000 worth of diamonds. The kidnaping of Reismer hid Its Inception in an effort to sell him part or all of the loot of the Cleveland robbery, police said today. LURED TO CHICAGO Reismer, according to the story told after his release, was lured to Chicago by a message he sai came from "Solly" Weisman of Kansas City and Minneapolis. He said he was told a friend was In trouble.

After he and his wife had registered at a local hotel, Reismer left to meet Weisman. He entered an automobile and was driven by a man who introduced himself as an emissary from Weisman, to a place where they were joined by several other men. Reismer said he was taken to Rn apartment, where he was kicked, beaten and threatened with death and ordered to raise $75,000. He cir- keting facilities, greater assistance in carrying forward the cooperative college they were allowed to count the white population plus three-fifths, or of 60 per cent of the slave population. THE CASE TODAY 'Today they count the white population and ah the negroes, most of whom they disfranchise.

In other words, they have annexed the entire political power of the negro whereas before the Civil war they had only three-fifths of it. "Though slaves were freed by the Civil war, the insurrectionary slave states, by nullification of the Constitution have gained great actual political power to control the destinies of the country and government which they sought to destroy." Flood Warnings For This State Issued COLUMBIA, Dec. 4 (AP) The following special flood warning was issued this morning by Richard H. Sullivan, meteorologist In charge of the United States weather bureau here: "Heavy to excessive rainfall upstate has about ended. In the runoff, final flood crests are indicated at the following river stations: "Saluda river at Chappells, near 17.0 feet by morning, 5th; Broad river at Blalrs, near 17.0 feet by morning, 5th; Congaree river at Columbia, near 17.0 feet by night, 5th; San tee river at Rimini near 16.0 feet by 9th, and at Ferguson near 14.0 feet by 10th or 11th.

The Catawba and Wateree rivers will have moderate rises only." marKecing principle ana assisting them along other needed lines. MUSCLE SHOALS UP I trust the lone-nendine Droblem The Weather North and South Carolina and Georgia-Fair Monday and Tuesday; not much change In temperature. LOCAL DATA Local data for last 24 hours ending 8 o'clock last night: Temperature at 8 a. m. 36; at 12:30 p.

m. at 8 p. m. 44. Highest tunperatnr 46; lowest temperature 33; average temperature 40; normal temperature 44.

Relative humidity at 8 m. 93; at 13:30 p. m. 83; at 8 p. m.

87. Precipitation, Inches 0.2t. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (AP) Comptroller General McCral has ruled of the government war-time nitrate and power plant at Muscle Shoals in favor of Attorney Sargeant in the controversy between the Deoartment can be taken ud and disDosed of be fore adjournment and that the seven states interested in the Boulder Can Veritable Avalanche Of Measures Ready Most Never To See Daylight WASHINGTON, Dec.

4 (AP) Solutions for all the major problems confronting the Seventieth Congress will be proposed in the avalanche of bills which will descend upon the two Houses immediately upon completion of their organization. In this avalanche will be thousands yon dam project can agree upon a measure which will be satisfactorv Much Doubt Held Now As To alike to the President and the Con gress. HAMBONES MEDITATIONS By J. P. Alley I none the committees of the two Whether Defendant In Murder Will Testify houses will agree upon and report to their resDective bodies a measure that will provide a definite shipping CINCINNATI.

Dec. 4. (AP) under wnicn our country will assured a permanent merchant of measures, most of which never will see thelight of legal life, and marine so essential alike to our commerce and national defense. ried only a check for $5,000. Evi hundreds of which will die in committee rooms without even the dig of Justice and Baltimore jail authorities over whether the government should pay $1 per diem ior subsistence of Federal prisoners held in the jail or 65 cents or 75 cents.

The comptroller held that the attorney general was within his legal right in refusing to pay the increased amount, which he said had been arbitrarily fixed without following the usual course as required by law. Declaring that the statute cites that such sum shall be paid for the keep of Federal prisoners "only as it reasonably and actually costs to subsist them," the comptroller said there appeared to be no authority to pay ay amount in excess of the 65 cents or 75 cents previously agreed upon. The opinion of the comptroller was made public today follows; "The authority of the board of visitors to fix a rate of pay for subsistence in the manner disclosed, that is, by resolution based on the action of a Congress of a prison association or a committee of its members does not appear but as set forth it suggests the duty of determining wheth dently despairing of getting the KunI Bog 5AAAE A OLE SUIT WIP A EKTRY PAlH O' BRITCHES To IT, BUT TAN' NEVUH CaW 'NOUGH To VJEAH We oueht also to riisnns of the nity of an official funeral. money, the men released Reismer The eve of the new session found and he was round last night In a loop hotel. slightly more than 4,300 measures alien property return legislation, thus finally solving that question.

These constitute the outstanding legislative problems which are before us as a new Congress convenes and I confidently believe that we will have terday Eeach sat in the witness box and upheld his assertion that he was no where near the scene of tha ki'l-ing of Dr. Lilllendnhl on September 15 He accounted for every hour of the day pnd other witnes BoF' UV ine earnest sunDort of the whole borated his testimonv. country in our efforts to find a solu 1 Tomorrow Mrs. Liiiiendahl will testify in her own drfense nnrl re tion ior tnem at the coming session. Nominations For The News 1927 Loving Cup No.

1 W. W. BURGISS peat her story that her husband was killed by two negroes whose motives was robbery. SAN DIEGO WINS SAN DIEGO. Dec.

4. (AP) George Remus, on trial fr slaying hij wJe, lmogcne, spent the day bed under treatment of a physician. The defendant was described as suffering from a heavy cold and exhaustion. His condition is said not to be serious, however. Remus' appearance has changed considerably since his trial started three weeks ago.

On the first day he popped into court a ruddy faced man radiating energy. Yesterday, face drawn and pasty colored, he drooped obviously in court. Most oi tha time he rested his head upon his hand, elbow upon tha counsel table from which he directs his own defense. Remus suffered today from the second cold contracted since his trial started. Most of the last three weeks has been unusually balmy, but for the last three days wintry weather has prevailed.

Remus' illness added more doubt that he would testify in his own behalf. Doubt appeared yesterday for the first time when the prosecution stated it would interrogate at length George Connors, Remus' chief lieutenant in the illicit liouor syndicate which marie Remus the "king o) bootlecrs" and finally sent their. -tt Tearing the eastern team's line to shreds, the San Diego Naval Training station's football team trounced Winds Do Damage In already printed and most of them in the hands of William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, ready for immediate introduction. Included in this batch were two measures of outstanding Importance the $236,000,000 tax reduction measure and a deficiency appropriation till daiied to replace the supply measure that was lost in the Senate filibuster at the close of last session. Both of these bills have been prepared by House committees during recent weeks and will constitute the fiist fuel for the legislative machinery.

STORM WARNING WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (AP) Th3 Weather bureau today issued the following storm warning; "Advisory; 9:30 a. northeast storm warnings displayed Delaware the Great Lakes N. T.

S. eleven by Spartanburg Ssction SPARTANBURG, Dec. 4. (AP) a 3 to 0 score here today In an inter-sectlonal service game for the naval championship of the country. er such rate may be paid under the statutory provision cited.

"There appears no authority to make payment of a rate demanded under the conditions set forth and in absence of a showing pursuant to which the requirements of the provision of section 5545 may be complied with, no subsistence rate is authorized to be paid upon the claim presented other than that which has heretofore had the approval of the attorney general which is respectively 65 cents and 75 cents per day as set BAD FOREST BLAZE BURBANK. Dec. 4. (AP) The brush fire which started near there can be no shadow of a doubt that the gift of the Shrin-ers Hospital is the greatest single thing that has been done for Greenville not only in the past year, but in many decades. It is not only an outstanding charity of which Greenville may justly be proud but as an advertisement, it cannot be equalled.

Through It Shriners Hospital, Greenville has been made known over the whole country. Rain and cold of exceptional severity through this section of the state during the past few days brought some damage to trees from hlh winds and in the lower Piedmont damage to bu'ldings. A total of five inches of rain wns recorded here In four davs endiner at Editor The Greenville News: I note that your paper is again generously offering a cup to the citizen who has done more than any other one in the past year to promote the welfare of Greenville. I wish to take advantage of my privilege as an old Green-villian and a subscriber of long years to your valuable paper to nominate Mr. W.

W. Burgiss. I have seen his noble work, I have talked with many on the subject. All U. ua utu ia, thinking that the mountain residence district of La Crescenta last night, was raging uncontrolled this afternoon through Tuna canyon, five miles northeast of here with the possibility that would greatly increase the alredav 8 o'clock tonight, while the temperature for the 21 hours preceding 8 o'clock tonight ranged from 32 to 40 brer.kwater to Eoston.

Northeast gales this afternoon and tonight, accompanied by rain or snow. Disturbances over Eastern North Carolina, "WMdJMt northeastward." heavy destruction of mountain forth the settlement made by tnis office, and which settlements are hereby affirmed." both to prison, unon the assumption that Remus would avoid the wltnesi stand, J- names..