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6. G. p EhnEoe
(. WILL NOT uunnv
ACTION ON nN

CONTINUED From t'ir-' = rr
n7blcnn Senate lHndcr, arN Se"o'rrg
watson. of Indiana. ard D"n"' ,,roN
Of Connecticut. both rro'1t""''i ,n
Republican lo"islat'v" m"'~ cement,
tc!h Eyt"r'"d Cnre"-~~"".
During tn" dav Tho r~'ft>h mn
ha:Sadar. S!- A"cEland Ga'H o'~N
called g, the waite House "',' "'-
Enough +, was said the visl, WIS "r
of corr'rsv, the two held an extend
cd conference
The question ot d"rlarlur ronrn ~
resolution has NsnrcI. t,crsis' ~" 'o
gossip amonG.-oAftials. h"re rarr~A,,.-
The visit ~ Rene vivlanl ~" 'r~0,""
French Premier. hui II VIZ nj '0.
dicat"d tonight What rart 'ho ~.
v.rc &C The allied Rovcrnmcnts uight
hovc u!avcd in irHucncirG .fsicn.
Those associated with NJ v!rlpni -
p"atodly have denied that thu real
Purpose nc HE pilerimar" hore wa,
to plead that ,hcra hc no sarn-atr
peace, hut No u known 10 To- hDn"fui
that The peace settlement may prp.
vidc for eomc sort of Cooperative
q gracment with the aiiirs IT te
taken Cor granted Ina, he has urged
'hosc views in his conversations win
American officials
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GREAT BRITAIN MAY
EMPLOY MILITIA TO
END COAL. STRIKE

','htihucu FROM FIRST rage,b
o. the mine owners proposals ~
Their Present attitude. the newspa-
pcrN say. they are only playing into
The ir"mirr's hands
The British government is most
anxious 10 probe every suggestion in
order 10 soc If Il solution Of the coai
strike mIgtIt he found. the Prime
Minister, Lloyd George. told the
House OF Commons today IN answer
- question concerning the coal
crisis
Tho Primo Minister declared H..
vas fully alive 10 the Importance OF
CRYING eyer. assistance possible. and
saiG tina" he hoped within twenty
four hours the Commons would have
an opportunity 10 discuss tho oucs-
tcn fully. This was the only inrur-
nation growing at OF the carly scs-
ZION of The house today. although a
debate OF the coal striNo had Dccn
expected,
M'anS lille, the labor leaders were
meeting informally 70 discuss .whvth-
er the other labor ORGANIZATIONS
SHOULD throw in their lot with the
miners and force the issue.
The press still IS clingmg To the
nope that pence negotiations will hc
instituted IA. lime TO prevent q gen
'ral stoppagc ana solve the miners
dispute.
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GIBBONS LEAVES VIRGINIA
PROPERTY .O'CONNELL
viii of Late Cardinal Is Filed, Dis.
posing of Personal Estate
OF 100000.
REMEMBERS HIS SERVANTS
In Private Memorandum. Left for
Guidance of Executors, Dcsig
mates Disposition of Certain
Funds for Catholic Education.
TBy Associated press.l

BALTIMORE. MD. April 4 The
VIII OF Cardinal Gibbons was fled
IN the orphans Court today. dispos-
ing Of personal estate OF about
100000.
To Bishop o. Is Corrieau adminis-
traitor Of the Baltimore pipcese: the
Rev. Louis X. StIckney, ~ +or OF the
cathedral, and Re- Eugene !. CON
nelly. chancellor OF the diocese. is
left the hulk Of tho late pre!nte's
estate. Under a codici drawn in
November. 1919. all ,ne property
owned by the cardinal in Virginia
a4id West Virginia Is Dequeathcd TO
bishop Denis J. o'Connen. Of Rich-
mond Va.
In Il private memorandum left for
the guidance Of his executors. I've
desiEnates the disposition OF Ger
tain FUNDS for Catholic educational
purposes in The archdiocese Per
scnal Iegacies ranging from $4,000
10 Bishop Corrigan. down TO SlOo Tor
the servants or his household. also
wcr. specified In the memorandum.
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WiL.. CoEFE:U TO DISCUSS
EXPANDING L. =. TRADE,
10y Associated Press

WASHINGTON, April i.-Announce-
mtnt was made tonight that Score
tary Hoover Will begin tomorrow a
series of conferences with Il commit
tee OF five from the United states
Chamber OF Commerce To consider
methods >for expanding American
trade, both foreign and domestic.
The members Of the chambers com
mitiec. which was appointed at NJ.
Blowers request 10 cooperate in
working ont "a plan for closer rela
uonship between business ana the
Department OF Commerce. Were an
nounccd tonight as follows.
y. &. Bedford New York. chair
/ man ~ the board of directors Of the
Standar" Oil Company Of New Ter
/ soy; George ia Smith, New York,
| rrcsidcn; OF the Royal Typewriter
I Company; John IL. Fahey, Boston:
/ Homer l.. Ferguson. Newport News,
/ Va. president Of the Ncwpor; News
ShIDbuildng and Dry Dock Company.
and Hhilin II. Cad Philadelphia.
president o. The American Electric
| Halfway Association.
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YOUTH STICKS TO STORY
OF SWEETHEART DEATH
Tells Prosecuting Attorney That He
Has Told the Absolute
Truth.
tDy Associated prcss !

CoRuNNA. MICH. April FOREST
HigsinHsheld on murder charge in
connection with the death of Lucy
Whittum. his 19-ycar-old sweetheart,
reiterated today that he had told the
entire truth when he described how
the girl swallowed poison on learn
ing their contemplated clopemcnt was
TO be postponed
higgins WAC questioned further
here this forenoon by Prosecuting
Attorney II. Il. Mathews.
Il have told the absolute truth.
and there Is nothing more to tell"
he informed tho prosecutor.
DR.. w. r. Parker. who examined
the girls stomach. announced that
IL disclosed sufficient poison TO have
caused her death within five min
utte. Officers arc convinced. as Il re-
suit OF the physicians examination.
that Miss Whittum could not have
been alive when found by two Grand
Trunk switchmcn along the railroad
tracks that pass through the Hig-
gins farm.
The inquest is TO be held tomorrow
at Durand.
Arrangement OF Higgins on the
murder charge was held in allegiance
this morning pending consultation
between Prosecutor Mathews and
counsel engaged for the youth by
his father.
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Y. W. c. A. FUND REACHES
s8,892.35 GRAND TOTAL
Miss Halves and Rev. Maclachln:,
Will BE, Speakers ut piai,cr
for Workers Tonight.
HOLD EXPERIENCES MEETING
Cnmpnigncrs for Alaintenance Fund
Believe Full Amount Will be-
Pledged When Drive Closes We'd
ncSday.

With Mondays total Of Sl.Ga5.S5
and grand total oc $S,S9c.35, 1t will
be seen that cash or pledges are re-
luired 10 complete the S35.0eO needed
TO keep the doors OF the Y. w. c. \.
and It's branches open in Richmond.
1t is hoped that the full amount wi,i
he Medeed jby "Wednesday evening.
when the campaign closes.
Miss Katharine Halves ana Rev. II.
u. c. Maclacnlau, d. u, VIII be the
speakers ut tho supper meeting this
evening. when reports from all team
captains viii be heard. MONDAY
luncheons nave been discontinued.
The meeting last evening took the
form OF an experience meeting E"
Campaign workers told OF their good
and bad fortune i'll soliciting funds.
which was being .own for the asso-
ciution. Besides subscriptions the
workers on this team are getting
many new members for the associa-
Another captain told OF how she and
another worker walked four miles
in one OF ;hc best residential sections
OF the city yesterday, and III, total
one dollar.
Rev. W. T. Clark spoke at the
noonday luncheon yesterday Dr
Clark pointed out the ways in which
the y. w. c. y. buildcd character Cor
it's members and the girls who fre-
1uentcd its building or lived in the
boarding home. Through the ciucn-
;!onal classes, physical training and
spiritual guidance which the Y w.
c. y. gives it's members foundation
for fine. enduring character is do
"eiopcd. nurturcd and helped 10 an
abundant growth. Girls so trained
become a most valuable asset To n
city's wcll-beinE." said DIR. Clark
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PREMIER ANSWERS
SlM0MS' NOTE; u. S.
UPH0lDSfALLiES


settled in other parts of France, and
the work of clearing the war areas
mas been undertaken by influential
groups OF promoters who are making
no effort TO expedite the performance
of their contracts"
In Form OF ,Icmornndum.
The German communication is in
the form of Il memorandum OF DR.
walter Simons, Minister OF Foreign
Ahairs. dated March %. and transmit
yea through American Commissioner
Dre%ei, at Berlin, who has had in
formal conversations with the Ger
man government on tile subject for
some time. The American really is
officially termed Statement" sen;
20 Commissioner Drcsel for communi-
cation 10 DR.. Simons. 1t is dated
March 30. and folio IS:
Hughes Note
The state Department issued the
following statements:
The Secretary of state instructed
the American Commissioner a, Bcr-
lin TO make the following statement
to the German Minister for Foreign
Affairs:
The American government is
pleased in the Informal memorandum
OF DIR. Simons at the uncQuivocal cx-
preston OH the part OF the German
government of its desire to afford
reparation UP to the limit Of German
ability 20 pay. This governmcn,
stands with the governments OF the
allies i'll holding Germany RESPONSE
BILE for the war and therefore morally
bound to make Preparations. so far as
may he possible. The recognition OF
this obligation. implied in the memo
randum of Dr.. Simons. seems TO, the
government of the United states the
only sound basis on which can be
built a firm and just peace under
which the various nations OF Europe
can achieve once more economic in
dependence and stability. This gov
srnmcnt believes that II recognizes
in !hs memorandum OF DIR. Simons a
sincere desire on the part OF the
German government 10 reopen the
negotiations with the allies OH new
basis and hopes that such negotia-
tons once resumed, may lead TO a
prompt settlement which will 1T the
same time satisfy the just claims Of
tho allies and permit Germany hope
fully 10 renew activities.
CSigaed)
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
March 80. 1921"
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WlLLIAMS-M'FADDEM
SUIT DISMISSED IN COURT
IRy AsancInted Press. ]

8 SCRANTON. PA. April 4--The long
drawn-out suit between Rcprescnta-
tive l.. II. Mckadden and John SkeI-
ton Williams. former Comptroller OF
the Currency, ended here today. when
Judge G. y. Wilmer. in United States
Court. dismissed the suit brought
against Williams by the First Ma
tionnl Bank or Canton. in which the
bank sought to cnjoin the comptroller
from demanding alleged unnecessary
statements and examinations.
Recently Williams was replaced I'm
office and Judge Wilmer holds that
since he * no longer comptroller
there liz no need for an Injunction.
ReprcscDtativc McFnddcn Is presi-
dent OF the bank.
For years he fought for the abol :
ishment of the office of comptroller.
and II was alleged that IL was be-
rause or personal luminosity toward
McFudden that Williams ordered tho
frequent examinations.
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Prince KILLED In Action.

LONDON. April i.-Princc Andrcas,
of Greece brother of King Constan
tine. has died from wounds received
In lighting near Hrusa, saws a Con-
stantinoplc dispatch 10 the Evening
News. quoting Turkish announce
mcn;. The Turks ALSO asser; that
General Nlacharoulos, who was in
command OF the Grcck attack against
the Turkish Nationalis,s on the Hruso
front, has been killed ia action.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-05
2 MEN INJURED IN BLAST !
IN NEW ORLEANS GAS PlAF

NEW ORLEANS. April 4.-r,.
pressure at the gas plant of The n
Orleans Railway ana Light Comp,.
today forced gas into contact witt,
blast flame. wrecked four out OF 4
turbine blowers and left New 4
leans with one days supply OF ga.
Company oillctais were doubtful,
to whether the damage could be
paired In time to supply even a sml
amount of gas to the city when &
reserve supply gave out.
Two men were injured and cons.
cradle damage was done to surrou,i
ing property. Damage to the 6
plant was estimated at $4,000.
Yourl like Jack Frost" salt Gle
purc; pours frccly.-Adr.
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TROOPS NOT TO GUARD
GEORGIA COURTHOUSE
my unltcd Press. ]

CovINGToN. GA. April A.---stato
troops viii not be ON duty when
John $. Williams, proprietor OF the
alleged dealt, farm" IN Jasper Coun-
~ and accused oy the state OF plan
ming the murder OF eleven negroes, IL
placed on trial here tomorrow.
Judge John II. Hutchinson. who will
preside. settled rumors today that
troops would guard the little court
house.
II feel tina; II is unnecessary to
ask for troops. said Judge Hutch
inson,
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Auto ,rhief rrubrr Loses Car.

CHICAGO. April i.-State Repre-
sentative Wcinschcnlscr, chairman .!
:. legislative committee. which next
week will conduct an inquiry here
into automobile thcfte. today was the
victim Of the people his committee
ia TO investigate. While calling or
friends lie left his passenger
car standi&g by the curb. When he
returned the car was gone.
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SLEUTHS IN BERGDOLL
CASE REACH C0BlEN2

WASHINGTON. April 4,-Frans
thinner and Carl Ncuf. the two
Americans who attempted to capture
Grover Cleveland Ecrsdoll. III DER
many, We're released from prison by
German authorizes at T. NJ. on
March %, and reached cohlcnz yes
;erday, accordirf TO official advic's
received today from Major General
Henry Y. Allen. commander Of the
American forces c. the Rhine.
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Continued From First PaSc.)
the War Finance Corpora ton so that
their activities would not be cur
tailed By lack of money.
Organization OF export corpora
lions under the Webb Pomerenc and
Edge acts also was urged upon the
bankers. Secretary Hoover espe-
cially indicated that in his belief the
cotton interests should under these
Two acts and with the assistance of
The War Finance Corporation be able
to establish II successful export trade.
suggests Cotton Warehouses;.
Secretary Mellon suggested ware
house depositing Of cotton and some
other nonperishable products. on
which loans might be obtained from
The government. rs Il means OF en-
ublin;; the producers to continue op-
duccrs had resorted 10 chat plan
when they We're confronted with no
market tor their mine output. Money
borrowed on the warehouse receipts
the mines running. in the hope that
eventually market would be avail
able for the stored stocks. Several
bankers urged n reduction III cotton
acreage unit. the world consumption
catches up with production. This
brought from Governor Harding the
assertion that there was no actual
ovcrproducti,on, but 2 decrease in the
buying power of the European states.
into which American commodities for
merry went. The job of the cotton
exporter and his financial hacker, Mr..
Harding added, was to recreatc the
buying power b. supplying some
credit on sound economic lines. The
situation in Europe. as viewed by
the reserve board. he said, needs
Sterilization, and he added that one
way TO aid IN this sterilization was
by assisting those countries in man
utacturiDE.
,Inry IN Attendance.
\ committee WAS appointed 10
study the local situation. and Includes
Robert +. Maddox, Atlanta ID. Vi.
Armstrong. Memphis: Nathan Adams,
Dallas; Charles l.. Claiborne, New or
leans, and Richard i. Manning. Co
iUmhia. :. &.
BESIDES those named on the com
m!ttee. bankers attending the con
ference To-day Were Tom o. Smith.
birmingham, Ala: c: $. Fitzpairick.
Helena. Ark: ]. s. Reese. Pensacola,
Fla; lohn X. otuey, Atlanta; Archi-
hsii knins. New Orleans; II. II. Saun-
dIrs. New Orleans; oscar Newton,
Jackson Miss. Fcstus i Wade. 81.
Louis: ii. c. Mcqueen. Wilmington.
y. C.; u. y. Fiskc. MuskoEec. Okla:
= 9. Rhctt. Charleston. :. g.; J. Pop.
Matthews. Columbia. :. G; 4 z. Pres
ton. Chattanooga, Tenn: John L.
scott; Houston. Texas. and X. L.
Harding. Fort Worth. Texas.
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,,,.nap nefa,,s u. :. 5. connec,leu,

PHILADELPHIA. April i,-The
battleship Connecticut, which let
the Philadelphia Navy-Yari today
with the batt!cships South Carolina
and Michigan, for tho annual cruise
i'm the. West Indies. returned here
this afternoon because OF mishap
10 AN air pump. Re1oirs viii be
made ana the other two ships VIII
await the Connecticut at the Della
ware CapeS.
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CHARLES MAY QUIT
HUNGARY TODAY
Continued From First rageD

N""INI'IN"U TTV1N FIVSI ta-r.l
quatc guarantees, 70 surrender i'm
media;ely Western Hungary "a AUS
tria and 10 suppress the Irregular
troops In that region.
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Youll like Jack Frost" salt Gle
pure: pours frccly.-Adv.
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SOUTHERN BANKERS
TAKE STEPS TO AID
C0TTO.,. INTERESTS

tContlnueN Erom Eirst Page.l
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
SOCIALISM, SUBJECT
 IF DEBATE TONIGHT

The first of series of debates on soclahsm ~ between Frederick NJ Cor coran. Of the Young Mems Anti Sociailst Society of New York. and |. M. BoWlen of Indianapolis, socialist. ooth now of this city, will be held at G49 o'clock % tonight al the Labor Ten pie' 25S East Washington street. ]. '. Provost will be chairman of the meeting, and the subject will be. "Pe- solEed. that we deny the existence of God given rights.
 The second debate in the series will pc heiu next Sunday night on Re solved, that economic socialism is sound The third will follow a week later. on Resolved. that socialism is lnimlcal to labor These two debates probably will be held ax the high Dchool auditorium
 MT. Corcoran has been in Phoenix tor some time, speaking to street gath e1ngs. He will take the anti-sociaIist side ln the debates. Both he and MT. Bowlen are good speakers and thor oughiy familiar with the respective ar guments.
 Al three of the debates will be free and the public is invited.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

the death of man is subject to testS- mentary disposition was settled Tn the fourth decision. The case was that or Emily May Jennings, by her guardian, Albert M. Sames, appellants, against AIabron Lister. administrator or the estate of ollie R. Lister, deceased: T.. Q. Lister, Lular Rowe. s. H. Lister <. W. Lister, Maude Jennings, J. R. Lister. and Mabron Lister.
 ollie Lister died of injuries received in the employ of the Phelps Dodge corporation. and Mabron Lister was appointed administrator of the estate which consisted of q claim for dam ages against the corporation. Ihe claim was settled and in the hands or the administrator ready for distrlbu- tion when it was claimed by Emily May Jennings under a will in which Ollie Lister bequeathed to her all hls real and personal property.
 Upon hearing of petitions for dls- tribution, and under the will. the court of Cochise county denied the latter ana ordered the estate divided accordlns to the law of descent and distribution among the father, brothers and sisters of the deceased. The judgment was appealed, and was affirmed in the de, cisiOn yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
DECISIONS ON F0IIR APPEALS RENDERED
 BY SUPREME COURT

rour occasions were handed down bv 'he supreme court yesterday. two of i, i'e appealed cases being from Yavapai oouhsy, one irony Cochise county and one rom Maricopa county.
 li the case of the Young Mines Com pany Ltd.,, appellant. against Ben l.. oiackpurn, appellee, this county. iudg- .aent or the lower court in the sum of s9foVV In favor of the appellee was af- ' irmed. This was a personal injury suit
 @'n the case of the Verde Tunnel spd Smelter Railway company and the kansas City Structural Steel compa- n.y. appellants. against sam stevenson, appellee. Yavapai county also a per sonal injury action the judgment was reversed and action dismissed in re- gard to the Kansas City Structural steel company, and judgment ordered Tor $12,500 in regard to the Verde TunneI and Shelter Railway company, on, condition that a remittitur of s7,500 be- made by the appellee, otherwise Judgment reversed and new trial or dered.
 The case of J. G. Crowley, appellant, against Louis E. Rummel. appellee, a suit for false Imprisonment appealed from the superior court of Yavapai county, was reversed and remanded for new trial.
 The question of whether a fund ob- tained through claim for damages for
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
FRANKLIN ]. LANE NON| AT F WEST ADAMS q.

Franklin D. Lane, one of the best known realty dealers in the city, an nounced yesterday his removal from 426 Heard building to 12 West Adams street, in the vicinity of his headquart- CTS for many years. or a long time he was located at 14 West Adams and afterward at West Adams, moving from this number last fall after the Parisian store took over the property. His nephew, Harry Lane, has been with him since 1912.
 At no time during the last year has Mir. Lane not been engaged in build ing houses. and he has completed and sold 38 homes during that period His new location will be a permanent one.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
ANITA PATTI BROWN . IO APPEAR IN CONCERT

Anta Patti Brown, who is called Americas greatest coloratura soloist, will appear in recital at the high school auditorium on the evening of March 10.
 Mime. Brown was the first colored person to win a scholarship at the Chicago Music college, the only col oped soloist selected by a committed of 100 to sing on the occasion of the celebration of Lincoln's birthday al Chicago, and because of her appear ances in all parts of the western hem isphere she has become known to hun dreds of thousands of people. She ha: visited in her tours Jamaica, the Brit i ish West Indies, Trinidad, Barbadoes Demerara, Bermuda, Colon, Panama | Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio de Jane1ro She has visited many of these place l several times.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

tended by 150 former South Dakota residents. It was an enthusiastic meeting. After bounteous picnic dinner many "reminiscences were told by pioneers among whom were the Rev. C. D. Greasy, Col. E. NJ Lamson, H. H. Harrington, Mrs Warwick Scott Mrs. Henry Court, Mrs. NJ. A. Hayes, Vernon Moore. Charles. Miller, the Rev. MT. Durand, Mrs. Dr. Lane.
 The following officers were elected for the South Dakota society N. A. Gardner president; NJ. J. Hnrns vice president; Mrs. A. P. dewcs. secre- tary~and Charles Miller, treasurer.
 As the South Dakota society plans to hold annual gatherings it is re- quested that all former residents of that state now in the valley whi have not registered will send their names to the secretary or telephone 3774.
 The refreshments at the picnic yes terday were served under the manage fnent of Mrs. Lulu Clark Goethbaum
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
MOVES OFFICES ID
 29 WEST ADAMS ST

The Central Arizona Land company, conducted by J. c. Brown and his son, Joseph Brown, which has been located for four years on the fourth floor of the National Bank of Arizona building, has moved to 29 West Adams street.
 This company has dealt in Salt River valley ranches and lands in the Casa Grande valley and Old Mexico Its new qNarters are larger than the old and it is planned to increase the sales force and to include local real estate several standard lines of insurance and loans in the future business O the concern. Joseph Brown is a civi engineer and is well acquainted witt l local land conditions.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
Refuse to Prosecute

TUCSON-Jim and Sophie Banks, arrested by Detective Camacho on Thursday afternoon on charges of the Parlor Millinery store that the pair of negroes had stolen a hat from the shop, were released on refusal of the S~e owners to make charges against them. Jim and Sophie. though deny ing that they had taken the hat. and although the hat was not found as evidence. agreed to pay ten dollars for fthe hat simply to avoid going to jail Following the payment of the cash the store owner refused to prosecute the negroes, although the police say they are former offenders and well known to them,-Citizen.