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i '- THE WEATHER 'In f,i'v Wtneadarl mederate m w - - - Relieve Kemaliats Have yeClaea w awoiv mo Lausanne Parley. PERIL OF RUPTURE AVERTED FOR TIME d- Economic Situation Goes Worse and Many Leave Constantinople. i rnKSTAOTINQFLE. Nov. 13 , Official iav of 'ho tension which prevailed during tho week end over the sue iiaatve drnnand of the Kemallsts or greater control of Constanti nople. Although no offlril an nouncement was made. It waj listed In Allied circles that aob rtdactlona by the Turks haa caused them to decide to make no fur ther provocation gesture before the openlnir of the Lausanne con ference. Thus. imues uncertain, it Is felt that tho stril Of a rupture nag momen ttrlly been averted. . The departure today for Lon Adj of Colonel Grlbben. British Ai, Horace Rumbold, the Brltltli 3ib commissioner to leave 'ednestl:iy for Lausanne la Inter preted ao Indicating an improve- rvtnt in the situation. Neverthe- persistent impression pre sines inny una u enpemoni to evacuate the capital before peace js concluded. - , H was 'earned today that the filled authorities are considering" I he question of waving; passport iee for Greeks, Armenians and chars l.o desire to leave the city Immediately. This x p e d ttlou movement of population would lci en allied responsibility when the kctu&l transfer of Constantinople t the K.-malists takes place. Uvea of Old Ministers ! Peril , ' i. The British embassy la lvlng Mjlam. to several hundred Turks of the old regime, including; many former m.ntsters whose lives are in peril. Meanrhile the economic situa tion grows worse, prices of food stuffs a.-j gteadlly soaring, bust rens houses continue to suspend, thtlr owners departing. Owing to the unwillingness of merchants to Import further merchandise, sup nliea are funning short; 'there is wily a 20 days' supply of the principal foodstuffs. The Greeks md Armenian employe of Amer ican firms are leaving their posts, jm'ously hampering ope r ations id thousands of depositor r ithirawirg thelc fanda- Iron, the Spit, fr&ring . seiswe thuJ ., , . , -. ' J!?AR.TIOX8 COMMISSION t T.i VAM FROM AGREEMENT PARIS, Nov. l..(By' The A-i-oclated Frees.) Ths reparations commission at 8 o'clock this eve ning, after three hours of dlscus f on of the situation of Germany financially - and economically, .lit viewed under the commission's re ent visit to Berlin, found itself just as far from .agreement a hen tha session began. The American unofficial representative, jioland W. Boyden and Colonel 'ames A. Logan, Jr., participated "l the session. , - . , . A deadlock In the commission 'ptin seetr.g Imminent although it reliably reported that M. Barthou, -he chairman, has been favorably mpresacd with the proposed solu tion confi ned In the report of th? i-nelgn experts who recently went 'o Berlin to study the situation, il ; stated that Premier Point-are in- upo-t me imposition uponj m i many or rigid guarantees be- eye-ythlng else. ! OINCARK AGREES TO MET LORD CCRZOV PARIS. Nov. 18. (By The As "ciated Press. ) Premier Poln in a final . effort to satisfy i-ord Curron's -insistent demands Jr a conference preliminary to ne Iuvinne meeting, haa offered 0 meet the British foreign aecre--y either ln Paris or Lausanne n Saturday. , , The premier declares such an could he arrange,! Pite tho appofntment which "ht iready has to meet Foreign Min 3 and Premier TheunH, Bflsinm, hre on that daU. remler Mussolini, of Italy, it Ik ri Prbably be present roow r!Ply e,Pected to- "T impression , . among those iRI that the meeting, J M, km be In Paris. 'fTHomsT COXPKRENCK WLEIGH' Nov- With the -onrerence nlatnrtai neetlng tomorrow night .t the ,??n stree' Methodist Church h 'i,3 o'clock as a preliminary, ,6th annual session of the rtn Carolina Methodist confer ee will convene In the game "iron, now rcundlng out a hug rea years of service In Raleigh, eaneaday morning at t o'clock. Kishop ColUns lenny will pre e over the meeting which will a through November 20. Rev. J. t. Gibbg, or TVarrenton, "mer pastor of the Edenton "fet Church of Raleigh, and who 'ds the record for the longest "nsecutlve service as a presiding der in the Southern Methodist urch will address the historical ssociatlon Tuesday night on the "bject of 'Thirty years In the residing eldership." - Four hundred and fifty or more lembers of the conference, lay "legates special speakers and 'hers are expected and by the Penlng of the conference tomor "v morning, virtually all ef them VI have arrived and will have fn assigned to the 'hotels or fmes where they will be enter Rned during the session of the inference. UTAMAjr PACIFIC v ECLAREH DIVIDENDS MOINTTREAL, Nov. 11. Directors of a Canadian Pactflojtailway Com ny today declared payable a dlvt 'nd of 1 pgr cant on common art or a ' the quarter ended September 10. ie dividend wNl be payable Decern -' M to shareholders of record on ceniber L ESTABLISHED 1868. ISli IN. TURK TRANSFER ORDER SOME SLACKEW1WG PATIENTS IS HERE Go to' Oteen, Atlanta, Memphis and Lake City, Florida. REMODELING WORK BEGINS DECEMBER 1 Orders for Staff at Ken ilworth Expected in Next Few Days. orders for the removal ,-HyThe Arsoclated Proa.) There of all patients from Kenllworth .il an aopreclatlve slackening to- Hospital by December 1. have Deen received by Colonel T. K Payne. Medical Officer In Charge, and transferrin of patients will begin early next week. It waa an nounced yesterday. J. if. Chiles, who witli J. H. Marvel, owns Kenllworth, stated that formal papers for the sur render of part of the property on December 1, and- the balan:-? on December 31, were received vaster while the situation con-!da.y morning;, and the date for the return of the property to the own ers l detinue Colonel Payne states that all of the surgical cases, 38 In number, with 30 white, and eight colored fjkf of staff and the decision of1 will be moved to Oteen Hospital. early next -week, and the other 81 patients, of the total of 96 at the hospital, will be moved to Atlanta, Memphis, and Lake City, Fla. Col onel Payne has received no orders as to his future station, but it Is ralla in eome quarters that the expected that orders for the entire staff will be received during the next few days. Colonel James E. Miller. Med ical Officer in Charge, at Oteen, said last night that arrangements have already been made to care for the 18 surgical patients, under recent orders, ln ward 1-6 Mr. Chiles states that work of remodeling the building so that It will present an entirely new inte rior and exterior, win ne stanea on Deecmber 1, and $100,000 will be expended for this work. Ronald Greene, who drew the original Kenllworth plana, is architect for the remodeling work- Furnishings will begin arriving at an early date, representing an Investment of $200,000 and every thing will be in readiness for the formal, opening of Kenllworth Inn, under the management of J. H. Marvel, on "Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1823. - ' - : The grounds of the Inn, compris ing; 10 and one-half acres, will, be placed in .first-class condition and In keeping with Kenllworth, which' will -be one oj the finest hotels in the South, it is asserted. i, ... ; . ,, rmu -Kirjirr nrrjr x'srct KNSACOLA, Fla., Nov. 13. Many purported vietinis f yn various parts or tne country nut unij- defendants are expected to be on band ln Federal Court tomorrow -for the case of eight men charged with us ing the mails to defraud In connec tion with the creation and develop ment of the Town of Vaalparalso In Okaloosa County near- here. The eight men. Indicted early In the- year Included: John B. Jerrlne, founder of the Valpariso Development Company, his two Bona. Iieslie and Charles Perrine: Robert E. L., Mo Oaskell, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla; A. H. Kastler, William McCollum, M. R. Cartwrlght and J. F. Qross. The elder Perrine died before the Indictments were returned; McCaakell was granted a severance, while the government has not yet Jjeen able to return McCullum and Kastler to -this Ptate. Kastler Is understood to be ln Chicago arid McCollum in Penn sylvania. The men are charged with having held cut in literature sent through the malls, promises in "vsgue, veiled and suggestive terms beyond hops of fulfillment.-' The development company went in to bankruptcy before the Indictments were returned and the company s af fairs V which Included those of the town, were taken over by James G. Flew, of Chicago, at an auction sale. ENGLISH ACTOR'S CASES , GOES TO WASHINGTON NEW YORK, Nov. II. -Hearing on the plea of Carle Carleton, theatrical producer, of the deportation ae an undesirable allien of Pat Somerset, English actor, was conditionally closed by a board of Inquiry at Ellis Island today and the papers wlH go to Washington for review. ' - Witnesses today Included both Somerset and Carleton, who charges thaV besides being Intimate with Mrs. Carleton. known on the stage as Krttth Dav, Somerset committed acts of for gery in England. The hearing was behind closed doors.- Pennsylvania to Top All States In Big House Coinmittee Heads In New Congress if Seniority 'Rule Stands WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 Penn sylvania, with seven, will top all the States hi big House committee heads in the new Congress, unless the seniority rule is abrogated. All told there are 0 standing committees, but gome of them have little to do with Important legislation. The seven Important chairmanships Pennsylvania is ex pected to have are: ijanaingy claims, foreign affairs, Judiciary, navy, postofflce and printing, a gain of two. . ; Iowa win have four all big ones. They are: Ways and means, all powerful of Itselfr roads, agri culture and insular affairs, al though Chairman Towner, of the latter, could relinquish control there to take education, lost to Ohio through the chlft of Repre sentative Fees to the Senate. Illinois will hold to appropria tions, the biggest committee of the House and rules will pass from Kansas to New York. Rivers and harbors, accounts, and Indian af fairs will remain with New York, which has few Indians like those who weed ts be there. - In the present House with a delegation, Ohio hag the Chair manship of only one big commit teeeducation. Members insist the old seniority system ought not to keep them out of honors they claim as their due. The fsr West will hold on to several Important committees, la bor, military and territories. Minnesota last Tuesday lost the heads of judiciary and postofflce. THE ASHEVILLE DEDICATED BY LOG ROLLERS Two Hundred at Hender sonville Next Conven tion at Brevard. alal tmftmtakf T ttnffX CUif) HK5TDERSONVILLE, Nov. 13. Two hundred delegates, about one-third of wham were women, representing the 75 W. O. W. Camps and ' Woodmen Circle Groves in Western North Carolina with a combined membership of more than 3.000, gathered In Hen derson vllle Monday for the 2 1st semi-annual convention of the Western North Carolina Log Roll ing Association. , y. The 'following officers were -elected : W. H, 5 Bummey, Frexldefct, Roaman; W. H. Orogan. Jr.Flra Vlce-PreaMent, srevara; . mrg. Virginia ' Justus, second vjce..: U ) A U.nJaMJtnvllla- Xf ! riDSIUCUli .... ,,u,r,.j..T..., Garren, Secretary-Treasurer,," Flat Rock; O, L. Herman, Publicity Di rector, Asheville. The Associa tion voted to hold its next conven tion with Balsam Camp No. 116, Brevard, the last Monday In April, 1823. ', . , . - : t t TBe convention was called to order promptly at 10 o'clock with State Manager' E. B, Lewlg, of Klnston, presiding. Various camp representatives read reports show ing gains in membership in every Instance. High officials" of s the order were very ' much gratified over tha Increased Interest Hhat has sprung up in the Western part of. the State, and especially 'hat territory West of Marion emgrao ed by the Association In- ''The Land of the Sky." Mr. Lewis, speaking for the W. O. W. Camps and Mrs; Effle E. Rog- ers, representing the women s siae for the Woodmen Circle Oroves, both declared that frateraallsm was getting away from its leth argy and remarked that the large attendance demonstrated the fact that Teconstructlon among frater nal orders had -begun, i Women Much - Interested " In Fraternal Affairs. Whether the apathy In the re cent election as far as , the wo men were concerned, stated Mrs. Rogers, was caused by the disin terestedness of feminine voters, It Is a certain fact that women are tak ing a greater Interest ln fraternal affairs.' She compared the attend ance at the convention with that of one year ago at Caroleen and continued that if the men did not boost things In their meetings that It would be only a matter of a few years until the Western North Car olina Log . Rolling Association t'mttffatrf rnet real holding on to pensions, and, the Northwest la beginning to clamor for greater- representation. Some of the-committees were sht to pieces: "The committee on expositions - and - Industrial arts looks as If a - cyclone - had 'struck It eight of the ten Republicans being, off after March ,A. -- . Indiana will- get the chairman ahlp of the census which must frame .the bill for House t re-appointment." - ? .- . . There will be a big shift around, regardless of whether, the. senior ity system holds up" or falls down. About ten vacancies are to be fill ed on appropriations, . A crurpme already has started for four of the eight Republican places on the rules committee, which will be ca cant.' Massachusetts, will cling to mer chant marine) and Interstate com merce, two committees In which' Important legislation will be con sidered. , ' ' The steering committee, which shapes legislation, consists-of seven members, two of who will not eome back. - Greene, of Vermont, waa elected to the , Senate, and Dunn, ot New York, did not win. The others who hold over are Dar row, of Pennsylvania: -Longworth, of Ohio; Bandera, of Indiana; An derson, of Minnesota, and Nolan, of California. New England) and New York will Insist on represen tation. - Two committees may be abol ished. One ai woman suffrage) and SHOWING SOME SPEED j ' BY BILLY BORNE I " . SUMMEY CHOSEN U PRESIDENT TO THE UP-BUILDING ASHEVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1922. GEORGIA WAN1 WAY SERVE FEWi DAYS IN SENATE! Delay in Final Count of Senator-Elect's Votes - the Cause. ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. IS.- Tha. (bare .till ! a nrobablllty of Mrs. W. H. . Fulton serving a few day ln the United yStates Senate the first woman to have that honor was Indicated here tonight by ue velonmentff In connection with making the election of Walter. K. fieorge. furaer Justice of the State Supreme Court a matter of official iccord. ' : ' ' Mrs. Fc'ton was appointed by Governor Hardwick as ad interim senator succeeding the late, Thomaf U.- Watson "until a'ygucesesor in elected toy th. people. ' Mr. George Was nominated in a special Demo cratic primary on Octpber 1 7t an-3 lis nomination confirmed in the general olection on November 1. The votes cast In ths general election now are being counted at the state capttol. When the count is completed the ballots, will be consolidated at a conference be tween the governor, secretary r state and the complroller-genral, after which the election will bo rfflclally declared following which the governor will Issue a certificate cf election to Mr. George. It Is recessarv for him to have that document in be sworn ln at Wash ington, according to Information the otllce of Secretary of State McLendon, , Delay- on the part of anout ft cozen counties in sending returns has slowed down the counting. It waa stated tonight, and the work probably will not be completed be fore Monday, the date set for the convening of the extra session of Congress. Governor Hardwick is in New York On a vacation tri;i end has indicated that he will not teturn until next week, but It Is understood he made arrangement tor the issuance of MY. George's ejection certificate before his re turn. if the count Is completed. ASKS JURY TO ACQUIT .UKS. CXiAJlA l'HILLUVSJ LOS ANGELES, Nov. II. A plea for the acquittal of Mrs. Clara Phil lips, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Mesdows, based on the' con tention that It was Mrs. Peggy Caffee, the State's star witness, who beat Mrs. Meadows, to death with a hammer, was made to the Jury today by Bertram ,A. Herrington, defense attorney. , , "Peggy Caffee struck the mortal blow," Herrington declared. "If was notthe defendant here but Peggy Caffee and she alone that caused the death of Alberta Meadows. We do not know who mutilated the body after the - death Mow was etruck. but such mutilation does not make any one guilty of a crime." , Harrington was still arguing when court- adjourned todsy. ' He Mvoted practically "al lof his time to an at tack upon the testslmony of Mrs. Caffee, which Be- characterizes as a "stack of manufactured Incidents." ' Mrs. Phillips wept when ha at torney mentioned a charge cf infidel ity which she had testified her hus band made against her. but other wise did not Indicate she beard the plea in her behalf. The -case Is expected to go to the Jury Wednesday. , STEAMER IS FLOATED . A.VD R-- MKH VOVAGn" - NEW TOKiJ - ,Jov. i??Tne steamer Oscar IX, of the Scandinavian-American line." which wit J $ passengers aboard, wen Ofrround last night at the entrance to Christiansand, has been floated and haa resumed her vorage, ac cording to. a cablegram from Copenhagen to local agents of the line. -. . "The Oacar annarentlv suffered m seriou; damage," said the met- sage. . , . r All the passengers were believed have been transferred to coast wise stsamers which drew elonti side soon after tha Oscar II weat aground. , ;'.-.- FlVE CENTRA 1 AMERICAN RKPUBLICS ACCEPT WASHINGTON. Nov. It. Formal acceptances by all of the five Central American republics Invited by Secre tary Hughes to participate In a con ference here. beginning December 4, on land disarmament and tet to American relations have been received at tha State Department. An an nouncement at the department today said dalegatea had been appointed b? the ' Ave countries-Salvador. Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Gua temala. . ,. OF WESTERN NORTH MEW SHERIFF IS E OF 0 ELAY N ;ase Date to Present Evidence in Hall-Mills Mystery Fixed and Unfixed. SOMERVILLE, N. J Nov. 13: The date fixed today for the pre sentation of evidence ln the Hall Mills murder mystery to the Som erset County grand Jury was -unfixed again tonight. Special Deputy Attorney-General Mott, chief- investigator of the slaying of the Rev. Edward Wheel er Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, announced this morning that his esse would be laid before . the grand Jury Thursday,' ii,'4' J'X- ., r Cismtyi pe imtor Beekreaat, as- aoefnted wKh-wr.'MoTt In the carno, announced that.l,t. .wouhH, not.- Fur ther postponement was necessary, he said, because a new sheriff takea office tomorrow and will have to familiarize - himself with the case before anything more can be done. The new sheriff, he sold, probably will pot be ready befgre Monday. Evidence on which Indictments are to be sought against a woman and two men for the slaying of Rev. Edward .' W. . Hall - and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, will be presented to the Somerset County grand Jury on Thursday morning. ji This' was announced late today by Special Deputy Attorney-General Mott, in charge of the inves tigation, following a conference with Prosecutor Ueekman, of Som erset County, and County. Detec tive Mason. Mr. Mott declared he had all his evldence'ln hand, and felt reasonably certain that It was sufficiently forcible tOgwarrant the returns of the indictments to be sought. - ' On the heels of the announce ment in was learned that -Henry -Carpender, cousin of Mrs. Franciei Stevens Hall, widow of the stain rector, had suddenly been stricken ill today and rushed to a hospital where he was operated on for ap pendicitis. Physicians - said he could not be Questioned for at east ten days. Carpender is one of the witnesses who haa been fre quently questioned and was to have met Mr.-Mott tomorrow. Mr. Mott topight denied reports that he was at outs with Fore man Glbbe, of the Samerset grand jury, or that he had differences with Prosecutor Beekman. At to day's conference with Beekman the evidence to be presented to MURDER Conservatives to Have the Largest X Group In Next House, of Commons, Belief xf Most English Newspapers -' LONDON, Nov. 13. (By The Associated Press.) While al lthe newspapers of Great Britain prac tically concede: that the consciva tlves will have ' the largest group hi the next House of Commons, If not a majority over all the others combined, even the Liberal papers, which opposed the coalition, are ln no wise satisfied with this pros pect.' -' .. ' ...... . -, Th Manchester ' Guardian, the strongest .pillar of, , Liberalism, points out that ' the conservatives are a - minority party ,and that there. Ma danger that the country Will be ruled by "a minority of the minority," meaning the extreme wing. f the party. It argues that the section of the party representa tives by Lord Salisbury, the Duke of Northumberland and others like them te composed of reac tionaries.: would ruin the country ytt they had their "way. ' "The ' Guardian flnde, ln conciu-. sloti, the only security against them ln "Mi. Bonar Law, "who," fct says, "himself Is a conservative, an Orangeman and protectionist, and whose health may not long stand the strsin of his position." ' Mr. Lloyd George's opponents ac cuse him of Inconsistency, de clared that' when ' speaking In a constituency whore his group is most strongly opposed by a con servative eandldatea he says the greatest menace to the country la reaction, but -where the opponent is a labotlre he says the greatest danger Is revolution and assaioita on capital. Joseph Devlin' campaign in tba CITIZEN CAROLINA" 4 North Carolina Figures by Col. Watts Nearest Official Canvass. APPOINTMENT FOR HERIOT CLARKSON Morrison Allows Prisoner to Attend Funeral of Father. cmzaif Kiaa sennit Tiiaoioros aorat. I, trxH M URXLBY RALEIGH, Nov. IS. The lat eat summary of Tuesday's election results gives the Democratic State ticket a majority of 70,000 with emocratlc Congressional majori ties running ftxm 6.000 to 12.000. Col. A. P. Watt gives these figures and coming from this political mathematician extraordinary. Is nearer "official" than any other count In advance of the. State Board of Ejections' canvass. Previous estimates of the State majority went as high as 82,000. If the maximum. Democratic ma jorities In each County were tabu lated the State majority would reach thlg amount, Colonel Watts said, but the State ticket - totals about 70,000. This la 7.000 less than Governor Morrison's major ity in 1120. The loss Is due to the light vote In Eastern Counties where the Republicans failed to put out a- ticket and where there were contests the Democratic ma jorities ran high. For Instance the five Western Congressional Districts Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth gave 15,000 mors majority than In 120. Unprecedented Majorities In ins West. Congressman C. L. Abernethy in the Third received the lowest ma jority, about 6,000. Congressman Steadman In the Fifth got the highest, nearly 13,000. Majorities ot all the Western Congressmen were unprecedented. The Republicans will have three members of ths Senat and 11 members of the House. The Re publican Senators come from tha Twenty-third District. Surry and Stokes County; the Twenty-fourth, Davie. Wilkes and Yadkin; and the Thirtieth, composed of Avery, Madison, ' Mitchell and Yancey. The following counties elected one Republican Houge member . each: Alexander, -v Graham, Mitchell, Polk, Blmpgon, . Surry, Transylva nia, Tyrrell. Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin. '". . al The Democrats elect If ot the 30 Solicitor. Jostns; Wilt the Bey. ..ii, , .-.-JNiha, J. Haves., the I LATEST SUMMARY GIVES DEMOCRATS 70.000 MAJORITY n.,&l IcsiXTnomlcee, wee mpop.Lii.VJ'! i.....i,.iv Iaw" avan ibaewd on the vote for other offices In ths seven Counties making tip the District. ? "The Democrats gaineo In the elec tion two aollcltora. eight State sen ators and 17 members of the House beaides nearly an equal number of clerks of courtj sheriffs, beards if commissioners and other offlolals ln counties lost to the Republicans. Governor Morrison today appointed Herlot Clarkson, his campaign man ager of tha l20 primary, a member of the State Historical Commission, succeeding Ir- D- H- HUI, formal president of I State College, who will become secretary to the commleslon. Dr. Hill succeeds R. D. W. Conner, now with the University, who filled the position of secretary of the His torical commission for several yeara. Dr. Hill la engaged in writing a his tory of North Carolina and he wlU oonttnue this work with his regular duties secretary to the commis sion. - ' . This Is the first appointment of consequence Mr. Clarkson hss re ceived at the hands of Governor Mor rison. Th executive haa offered the Charlotte attorney appointments be fore but be declined them. -McLendon League Is -hind Request The McLendon Tw- and Order League of Richmond County, organ ised at tha outgrowth of a Mc Lendon revival at Rockingham, was a factor Instrumental In procuring four paroles from Governor Morrison to day. This league, composed of cltl ens of . Richmond County, Interested Itself ln the cases of four convicts on the county roads. It appealed to tha Governor for-parolea, backing tha appeal with recommendations from tha Judges and solicitors handling the cases. The executive considered them this afternoon and found ail four worthy cases. The four fnen, David Reynolds, Will C. Whitley and Bob and Rich Mea ehsm, were convicted of violating the prohibition laws. They had served a large- part of their -terms. exchange division of Liverpool Is running strong. This district is composed mostly of business places and people engaged in business there who have their homes out side tho district but who have the choice of voting in their home or business district. Their wives also have the same choce. The conserv ative organization which fears pos sible success for Mr. .Devlin I making a thorough canvass for the wives of the business men In this district to Induce them to choose the business district instead of the residential district as ther voting place. Thus great uncer tainty exists a to the outcome. , The prophets believe thut of the 33 women candidates about ten are likely to be elected. The British custom Is to display the window a-nd houses and this the portraits of the condldates In custom Is tending to kill ths theory that women generally vote as their husbands do, as many houses dis play two pictures, each opposing candidates. ,' Amonc nil th labor candidates, H O. We.; has been the great? object ot public curiosity; his meetings hav proved great draw ing cards. " Major John Jacob Astor, run ning, at Dover as a conservative, suffers from the- fact that he is of American origin and that his wealth b in America. Whenever heckled on this subject he tells his audience that he Is bringing his money to England. His opponent. Sir ' Thoma Polnon. who 1 an LCmsm as rf rl PRICE FIVE CENTS Number of Dead In Earthquake In Chile Grows Copiapo Seeding Medical A ssUtanceChanaral Without Food. SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov. 13 ( Hy The Associated Press.) Consternation grows as the ex tent of tho earthquake of lent Friday nlrht Is revealed. The number of "dead grows hourly as belated reports come in from the stricken provinces of Co qulmbo and Atacama. It these reports are not exaggerated the number of o.ead will reach at least 1.300. Many towns and villsges of populations of around 100 have not been heard from and their fate will b- known only when communication la fully restored. SANTIAGO. Nov. 13. By the Associated Press.) T h homeless at Coqulnvbo and vi cinity number 3.500, according to official dispatches, which do not estimate the numbf of dead from the earthquake and tidal wave. The suburb of Victoria has been destroyed. Latest dispatches confirm the quake's destructive work at Co piapo and Chanaral, the latter place being without food. Co piapo Is In dire need ot medical assistance. Firemen and Boy Scouts are doing all possible to render aid, to the deatitue. The municipal theatre and the principal churches were among the building wrecked hy the shock, and nearly all the dwelling houses at Copia po were levelled. JAPANESE CA ECOME C TiZENS F THIS COUNTRY U. S. S u p r e m e Court Holds in Ascertaining "the Will of Congress. WASHINGTON, Not. 18 Jap" anese rtnnot be naturalised in the United State and oannot become cltlr.en of thli counrty, th Su preme Court of the United BUtea deckled today, in ii Ilrt con struction ct Federal gattute bear ing on th subject. The dcW6n was thi flr delivwd bv Justin Sutherland a a merabr of th court and wa hantvr Yl la brought by,JtsuJU)s -wi The ruling is' expected to attract wide Attention' not only lnv th United States but abroad-, notwith standing the failur of th court to make anv reference to Its dip lomatic significance. Th case -has been long pendlns. In th Hupram Court and la-tt term when reach ed for argument, th' conference on limitation of armament and Far FJaatern 'questions camel up and ' consideration was postponed a the requeue of th Department of Justice. No reference la to b found ln tho decision to th "man tlemen'g agreement" under which Japanese immigration Into th country has beem regulated. - - In the Osawa case th court stated that "there la not Implied- either in the legislation or ln our Interpretation of Its s,ny eugges. tlon of individual unworthlness or racial Inferiority. These consldeiv attong are in no manner Involved." It also referred to the "compli mentary" terms used ln describing In the papers presented to the court "th culture and enlighten ment of the Japanese people." With auch an estimate, the court said, It had no reason to disagree. Such matters, liewever,. Justice Sutherland stated, could not enter Into discussion of the case, "We have no function ln the matter," he said, "other than to' ascertain the will of Congress and declare it." 1 General Naturalization , 1 Ac In Fore. The two question decided by the court were whethtr the general naturalization act of June 29, 1D06, was limited by the provis ions of section II of the revised statutes, authorizing the naturali sation of "fre vhlte persons' and those of African birth and descent and whether if so limited, Japa nese were eligible to naturaliza tion. In an exhaustive analysts of the history of the legislation the court held that section 2189 wall In full force, and that under It Japanese could not obtain cltisen shlp in this country. The court stated that "in all of the naturalization act from 1790 to 1906 the privilege ot nat uralization wa confined to white persons (with the addition In 1670 of those of African nativity and descent) although the exact wording of the various utatutes was not always the same. "If Congress ln 1906," It added, "desired to alter a rule so well and so long established It msy be assumed 'that Its purpose would have been definitely disclosed and its legislation to that end put in unmistakable term." Declaring that It I th duty of the court "to give eneci 10 n. Intent of Congress" the opinion proceeded to determine the Intent by giving the words thetr natural significance.". SELECT THREE JURORS TO TRV HKKK1N CASE MARIO.W 71.. Nov. 13 (By , the Aasociated Preee )-Three Jurors had been accepted tentatively In th; case of five men charged wish murder In connection with the Harrln mine killings last June when court ad journed late today. "cores ot veniremen had been questioned and XJMoi tha three prospective Jurors are farmers and qne formerly was a coal miner. , The three men declared themselves In favor of the death penalty, wnica It was Indicated the prosecution woviu demand for those on trial. The State waa forced to use five of its peremptory challenges, while tha defense used ons of Its 10 chal lenge. Several of thdsa excused by the State without oause said they either mrm mlnere. aoauaimances or rela tives of the defendants , NOT POPULAR COMICS Including "Polly an Her teale," 'Bringing U FilMr" and "Mutt and Jeff" add the Bit af humor aarly In tha day. Enjoy them an th aag af Tha Aahavllla Cltnan. RAILROADS PL All TO AGAIK AP EAL NGOME TAX GASE i- I To Appeal to TJ. S. Su preme Court From Judge H. O. Connor's Decision. AD VALOREM CASE UP NEXT MONDAY Connor's Decision Com pels Payment Annual ly of $115,000. I r, i r t ri i v -. . . m ItAUPIVII, V ., U. IS, Judge II. C. Connor, United State District Court, today filed a de cision holding that the four rail roads operating in this Stat must (pay the 'Stat of North Carolina $145,000 annually In contested in come taxes and railroad attorneys Immediately set about mal'.lng preparations to file a petition for an appeal to the United 8tates Su preme Court. The decision of Judge Connor noting the difference between the assessment ot the State and tha contention ot the railroad show ' the Southern assessed at I $71,-: 633.06; admitted 113,703.(1; At lantic Coats Line assessed $41. S86.9H. admitted ..15; Nor folk Southern assessed tl9,(l(.4. admitted nothing; Seaboard Air Line assessed $13,131. admitted nothing. The opinion of the court 1 con tained In one paragraph, the re mainder of the decree being de- voted to a presentation ot the con- 1 tentlons and the law bearing on, the subject, - After setting these forth, Judge Connor says: "It 1 adjudged and decreed that th plaintiff is not entitled to hav th defendant enjoined and re strained from performance of duties Imposed upon them by the statutes of North Carolina relative to administering, assessing, levying and enforcing or colleotlneT In come taxes against tha plaintiffs; that the bill 1 dismissed and the plaintiff be Used with th cot to taxed by the clerk." FUmlnate) Necessity of -. s , vv Three Judge) Court ... By agrsement ot counsel th ne cessity of a three Judge court was eliminated ln th income tax cases and the case were heard by JuCgs Connor on th flnl hearing. Th suit wr brought by the railroad on the. contention that th tax Imposed hy th Stat l fllnarimlnatory d applied upon in gros receipt rather than up on th net inoemev, flva conten- tlons rr made b the ralh-osda in eupporv f4 t iU.V'in ht the general sule had not Been at- -plied to the railroad tt th ptw!" tloal ejuestlpn involved was whether or not th railroad shduld b nj 1 (itled to deduction for jum, paid. , n tntret nd rnt. - ' -1 Th Btte contended ' that . th .. only discrimination lmpod upon th railroad is tht mad neces ary by th character of their poena " -j . - . business and that for practical part video imo .-, - i ual. ubllo ervic corporations,' required to keep record ccord-Ina- to ths Recounting ytsm adopted by the Int.rstat" Com-,-mere Commlion and all other corporation. . ARGUE ADVALOBEW CASE MOStUAX ". Appeals from decision by thre judg. court on advaloren and.franohl tax O-'o now be fore the United tate. pr Court. and will be argued n W-ah-Ington next Monday, according, to attorney In th cas. . . jt wa MPined today that th appeal In the Income tax case doe not mean that payment U deferred until a Supreme C4irt decision. It "wa " tht -Judge Conner, In granting the ap peal would require the Southern confeed and require th four nd CoaIJn to pay road to glv bond for th dis puted amount. ' ' AUW5L "?L8ax,oW ...if . , wi. ' 1S Tnvftaf ira tlon into 'the imuggilng from Cuba , Into this country through Naples. Lea County, last week of ajcor. of .Hens, here today of Immlgiatlon Inspector Rudolph aiouavm w,iu v- - tne iw in uwii" . David were Spaniards, and some them hsd a legal rigm to ... ; this country. Federal official gay, rinnut lllesal nrocess of paying an ,- erring skipper 100 Put them ashore under cover oi o.rnaa , the wild terrain or v.ounijr. . i . in mm, Allans era at liberty and despite the thorough search of tha country around Naples have apparently made good their en trance. In the manner of others who are said to have found a bole In the immigration barrier along th Florida coast. Proceedings with a view to deter mining the status of the 10-men In sustody are expected to get under way tomorrow. w E HAVE ITH US TODAY CLYDE R.HOEY "Asheville Is the garden spot of North Carolina, one of the most progressive cities and one of the most widely known," declared Clyde R. Hoey. of Shelby, former member of Congress and widely known lawyer, who Is attending the November term of United States District Court. Mr. Hoey in talking with a rep resentative -of The Citizen, ststed that Cleveland County ranks alxth In North Carolina ln the raising of cotton, although ln the very foothill of th Blue Ridge. "This year," h continued, Cleveland County will produce cotton valued at over $3. 000,00m. along with many other valuable crop This added to her indus tries makes the County rich." Mr. Hoey, who haa represented Shelby and Cleveland County in numerous capacltiee.. Is a strong boosters of Asheville and agree that frequent trips to Asheville is the ambition of Shelby residents. il
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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