North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER WATCH UBEL - ea votr paper. Sead reaawal lv days before tiairatwa la ardcr to trait alsslsg single espr. i ne 1 ana North Carollsa fslr Frliay and trobahly Saturday, eontlnaesl cold; trak to strong northwest winds. THE ONLY DAILY PAPER IN THE WORLD HAVING MORE SUBSCRIBERS THAN POPULATION OF CITY IN WHICH PUBLISHED VOL CXVII. NO. 47." SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 16, 1923. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ws It- FORBES HANDS IN HIS RESIGNATION F Early Appointment of Suc cessor By President Hard ing Is Expected NEED STRONG MAN-TO HANDLE VETS' AFFAIRS Col. Oeorft Xjami Appeui To Be Moat Likely Choice As Veterans' Bureau Di rector; Amendment To Ad vance Meeting; of New Congress Held Up Newi and Observer Bureau 6H3 District National Bank'Bldg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON' (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, Feb. 15. With charges flying thick and fut of waste, ex travagant and irregularities In the Veterans' Bureau, the resignation of Col. Charles E. Forbes, the direc tor of ths Bureau, cabled from Paris, will in all probability hurry t.p President Harding in the selec tion of a new chief. The under standing ii thart a ftw days, j ua- eibly the first of sext week, the election of tho President for tho ioaition will be made known. There re indications that Col. George 1 Ijams, whose name, by ths wuy, is pronounced ns if it wire written 'Im s" now tho acting director, has the first call for the appointment but then you never can tell. I'oufbU Selections. there u talk that neither Col Thomas W. Miller, the Alien Prup erty Custodian, nor Dr. Hugh Scott, of the medical section of the bureau, Mill be selected, though both have ilteen imminent ia tlia various juniors as to Col. Forbes' silt-censor. Hanford MacNidtXJhracr .Nation al Commander of the American JVgiail, continues to bo discussed for ihe place and is considered as being in t tie running. That the President is of the opinion that there is need iif change in the management, of the nnairs of the bureau, that 'things t Hero are in a' bally-whacked condi tion, is indicated in a rumor made ly a high official of the administra tion last night, this that ''the Presi- uem win appoint a strong man ana Rive wide authority tj clean up the bureau lapm top to bottom." Want Investigation. Meanwhile, ths Ilous has joined the .Senate in ths uproar that is being raised as to the' choatie. coaJ tlition in ths bureau. A resolution calling for a sweeping investigation of the bureau and all its activities l.as been introduced by Rcprcsenta tive larseii, of Georgia, it being s.t out tli.it such investigation is need ed because of the various charges of graft, waste, extravagance and mis management that have been rharg i ed in the press, in ftongress and else j where. A joint investigation by the Senate and House is provided, for In the resolution. the Senate committee named at the iustance of Senator David 1 "Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, to probe into the affairs of the 1-ureau and to report within seven days as to whether there should be a oenaie investigation, is pushing forward with its work. A request Tor i ifnrmation as to detail f th work of the burenu has been made of its officials, and complete data is being prepared. There w:'ll be no open h iring by the eiiiisGCce, sp it is stated by Senator Sutherland, Ji'-pulilicsn, the chairman of the committee, but data is being secured from private sources and a number iit witnesses Anncflrccl Lnfor th committee today. The committee will bn i! . report ready within the seven days, so it is stated today, and it will be upon the report made whether or not the Senate, will order an investigation held daring the re cesi of Congress. Has Slim Chance. Th outlook for any action at this session of the Constitutional amendment hill passed by the Sen ate setting the date for convening of each new Cnmrrpss for th iY.rA - m r.. i.. : i i , . . , fourth, day of March is not at all bright It dors not appear thnt the committee of the Horise to which it was referred on arrival from the Senate, this the committee on the flection of President, Viec-Presi-. -Ment snd Representatives ia Con Kress, will report it out before the fourth of March. There are six "I.me Ducks" on the committee, which consists of thirteen members and five of that six are Republicans and !lie "lame Ducks" are rennrtcd as agaioist the proposition. Even if reported out and placed on the cal endar, it does not seem that it eould ,' be reached before Congress adjonrns. Wlllcoi Hearing. The fight against the confirmation cf Willis Willcox ns postmaster for Halifax will come to a head on Fri day, April 23, the hearing oa the matter to take place in the commit tee room of the Senate committee Von poitoffiees, beginning at 10 o'clock that morning. Senator- Townsend, chairman of the committee, has noti fied Frank A. Hampton, secretary to Senator Simmons that he has ap pointed as a sub- committee to con tinue the hearing in the Halifax ' postoffice matter, Senators Moses and Oddie, Republicans and Senator Urouisard, Democrat In the absence of Senator Pimmons, Mr. Hampton -. sirs that Senator Overman has agreed to handle the natter for Sen ator Simmons and Congressman KiTctrs; who hare many months beet leox. Congressmas mtenia wiu w (CVitinncd Ttgw Two-) AS BUREAU CI Propose State Of Motor House Also Has Freak Bill To Tax Unmarried Males To Support Spinsters Motor vehicles carrying passon-gcrs and freight on the public highways of the State are placed on the bmv af common carriers to be operated; under the supervision of ti.e C..r-, poration Commission as are ot'er; common carriers in a measure pre scnted in the House yesterday morn- , ing by Representative Wright, of: Guilford, embodying the suggestions of the commission in its annual ro- port to the governor. Included in the powers conferred upon trie commission tiy tne in i the authority to prescribe rates for both passengers and freights, rules governing .the operation of such car riers, which are to file with their s plication a'bond of f.'i.niH) and to psyjernor failing to call for the sustain (Continued on Page Two.l Banking Resources Increase Forty Millions In This State VOPIAN INVOLVED IN WILKES' DEATH? W. F-. Evans Ta1es Hand lnlEesources stm $34,000,000 Coroners Inquest Over Traveling salesman : A married woman, a brawl in in automobile on tho Dixie Trail, anl another man, may be connected with the death of J'. J. Wilkes, trave'inir salesman, who was. found in tin Bland Hotel Sunday n;pM Kit'i n Wound behind bis rv, anl who die'. Wednesday morning in Rex llntpi tal. The Invesliga'ion of tl e death nl Wilkes was taken in hand yesterdav morning by .Solicitor W. F Kvms who stated that lie had information that somebody Had been hurt .in the Dijif Trail Sunday night, pri ir to the discovery of Wilkes in the Bland Hotel. Ho stated that lie aimed to find out who it wa. Hardy Choplin was (he star wil ness iu the investigation. He testi fied t seeing two men and a wom.in In au automobile on the Pixie Trail Suniay night and stated thnt he coufd identify the woman. One of the men he stated was blonde snd he hoard one of the persons in the aut. mobile say : "That's alright, I'll get even with . , . ... , , vou. I know von stay at tne li.ani Hotel." This theory Is substantiated by a, statement made by Virgil Sr. ('loud, manager of the Hland II t 1 tl.a guests in nearby rooms bad told him that thev had heard no trout. ! or rumpus of any kind in Wi'ktV n.om just prior to the discovery of the wounded man. Choplin was unable to identify either of the men In the mitnmnhil'1 as Wilkes, but stated that one af them seemed to be smailr than th dead man while the other seemel larger. Tho name of the woman in th1 case is in the hand of the police and the county authorities and it, in understood that she will be called before the coroner's jury when it meets again Monday afternoon at three o'clock. I)r.'J. H. Rogers' explained to the jury the nature of Wilkes' injuries and called their attention to a small vein but a little way beneath tli skin which had been cut and sihrh bled profusely. Dr. lingers stated that Wilkes' death was not caused directly by the wounds, but was tlie result of actito riephtrltjtir paralviiis of tho kidneys from overuse of alco hol. He stated that the presence of foreign substances, perhaps poison, in the whiskey could have produced the same symptoms. Hospital aaihoxitioi did not think Wilkes' wounds fatal .after he had been removed from the hotel, and the wounded man was aide to walk unassisted to the ambulance, and ater at the hospital, smoked up nil the cigsrettes belonging to a police man who was detailed to'watch him. It was not until Monday thnt his condition began to, grow alarming and in a fit of delirium he attempt ed to escape from the hospital. Fol lowing the attempted escape he lapsed into a cpma and was nnpnn- seious most of the time until his death. Wilkes leaves a wife, Mrs. Iallio Mae Wilked, viho lives nt 81!) West Peachtree street, Atlanta. Mrs. J. Ij. Llndsey, of I.cunox, Ceorgia is expected to arrive in Raleigh soon tQ stake charge of the body, which will be sent to Atlanta, for burial. Attend Secretaries' Meeting Charlotte, Feb. 15.-D. A. Skinner, secretary of the United States Cham ber of Commerce, will arrivo here Friday to attend the convention of North and South Carolina Commer cial secretaries, according .14 an an nouncement by Clarence O. Kuester, of ths Charlotte Chamber of Com merce. Finds Jobs For Many 'Winston-balem, Feb. ' 15. Four thousand, seven hundred and thirty one persons were placed in positions by the United States and North Carolina employment bureau here in the period from July 5, 1921 to Feb ruary 10, 1923, according to an in nounccment by W. T. Carter, snpttr Ijnteadent, .. Regulation Transportation Senate Steam Roller Flattens Out Bill Limiting Ap pointments With Senators closely ldcntiKcd with the administration applying the steam roller, the Senate last night killed anl buried beyond recovery the bill introd'V;d, yesterday mora ing by Scuator Ta p proivduig that id number of the General Assembly creating an oflW s!nuld be eligible to appointment thereto befors the nest general election. Proponents of th measure st tempted in vain to secure a hearing an I iv record vote, but were unsuc- cevfal in both instances, motions to table and insistence upon points of order cutting off an opportunity for dictision and the Lieutenant dor (Continued on Page Two.) Total Resources State and National Banks Dec. 29, '22, $435303,024.26 INCREASE IN RESOURCES STATE BANKS 21 MILLION short of High Mark Estab- lished In 1919 i'.h a nt inrrra of ovrr $21, i'1 o.'!il in th resource of StMo lUtiks dur.ijj; perio t between De cnii I t r ".1 , and PecenilxT 29. the I'anLiiiR (lr(.artmnt of the c. l'iir:t!ifti Cf-ni tn;sinn est i- mati ti,nt the fit 1 Itaiikinff re- s.ojree. Ma'e and .National banks, in North Ciiroiiu:. have increased morn than $-11, '"'."") dnrieg the f.a!IH ei-o.l. The lolai resources of State banks and trust companies at the cloe of biisine-s Ii. fcnibcr were X,l,'i,,i-'-''.ic't..1i representing an in crease since October Si. litis of 17:i,. ,i-'-'.4itl.;n) which increase is itself vir tually double the total resources in ll'l.t. -Braking resources, as reported lij Ihe Banking Iepnrtme fol'o Dec. .'(, lDl'l; titato banks, 24.l,04. 2.W.47; Nntionnl banks, fl51,l13, Omt.W; Total, .'l't4.n61ft.47. Hoc. 1!'J2; 8tate banks, $264, M,n24.:i1; Xalional banks (latest available', 17O,tK'i,9O0.; Total, M;(..,::us,ic.'1 L' . Incrtvse, liec r.t, 1921, to Pee. 29, b'JJ. 4V-H 4i.;.: T;i. . Tl,.. I..' .1 I .nL- .... ....... ,., ,. . . State banks anl tnut companies r. aelie.l a l-lgh mark of 2X4n. 4"7.""i in l!M:i. dropped eff, tnenty s; m't'lijii in 10' nod an additional : v, ent liv n i l. . figures in li.'ate of the State are liorr of coining ii in I'.i'Jl. The l:2J that the banks s'ill seven million back to the first drp in 1J01 an 1 thirty four million of reaching the high mark estab lished in l'.lfn. Ranking Figures The report en fie ;44 State banks including oli branehis at the eloe of business, December L'f, l!i2I anl ttie iucreae or decrease in the various items from December 31, 1P21, fol io f : loans and rtie...ir.t other than (l- niiuol loans. $ I s 1 .4 7 S.",9 f.fi an In er. ase of JT.ilCl.l oi S3. Jieinnnil loans. t i.".J.0Jl 5!, an In-er-:i . ..f J 1 2r. '. " "tl (iv. r.tr ft s. Ilea t'.ss ;7, a decreaae of Jca i:. I'liili.l suites bonds anJ Ubarty hmwls. ST.nsStiJ 15, an Increase of t 7f..T'!t . North Carolina Ptats bonds, f l.l'.!.tv4 Jk, an irereass of :8s, TSs i s. All otticr stocks. bon1s anil mort TOi". t ". 914.073 53. an Increase of vr,.:r, t,:. I'remlum on honds. 13)3 44. a ds-creas-,, of ti.3;. Hankinif House. furniture and flMures, ;,:i034 57. an Increase of r.'C1' ? in it All other real estats owned. H. 719.1117 J5. an Increase of $367,- St,4 :o. Iue from Nattonal Panks. Fta.te tanks ami hanker", f 3T. 1 87.435 60, an uureaKo ol 5.SJft.40,a.. ''ash it. ms and eheeks for etear Ine. I l"7 .Vt'.'l 7!. a decreas of 5.:;.t:.i 4:. Cash m vault. 7 947.:;2 JJ. an Increase of St 'i.'.d. aCo 74. Trust Investments. J1.1SS.41 I CS. an' Increase of TJ4.704 M. ru-toiners' liahilitv rn acceptance J1.4S7.5M..71 n increase of f, 051.4.;. 1 ustoaicrs Iv.nK. SJOfl.5,0 00. an (nerea-e of $.Kie.57o Oo. Mis, . ll.ine..us. :.: 4I It. a 4. de, r..ai of r,y 7; Totals. 2o4 f.;c.?4 :c. an tncreas r.f ;; :.; 077 58 ; and a decrease of J 2 5 . 3 1 ? 75. I.lnhllltlrs. Tarltal si,.,!; j.nld in. :?.?!. 4:3.25. a dei-resse .f l5f.MKt.72. Surplus fund, f I n. 3 13, 457. "9, an Inrrfsairt of $4ft0.2t,s tj 0. I'ndivicled protita. 14.111.114.1 an IncrensK of 1762.82", 34. t'neartici discount. 1413.334 07, an In-re-iso of 171 fi33 15 Dividends unpaid. I59.65V41, a de. create of KCl.SiS 1 4. Notes and Mils redlscounted, I ;.:7.0S! 55. a decrease of tl.C60.- Bills payable-. IM4SO.77J.IT, a de cras nf 4",. 757. 576 41. Certlflcateis of deposit ' repre sentin; money borrow ed, (91.000.00 S'rtTrressei.of $4S.71S 17.. I,-poSits subject to check. $106,- 41K.S30.41, anu Increase of 4I5.50S. 387. . Demand certlflrafs of deposit I14.IC.1.2U.53; a decrease of. $!.!.- 14U.S5. Time certificates of deposit and savlnra deposits. ' $74,195,871.34, an increase of tt.S31.C34.31. Cashiers' cheeks outstandlo II 435.758.11, a decrease of 34. 462 55. . Certified checks, I1C2.544.5I an Increase of 12.053 2s Due to banks. tl3.42J.7S7.tl. an larrease of I4.SS5.S7S St. Trout deposits. tl.S47.17l.t5, aa increase ot tisz.zta.se. (Continue! ea Fag Two.) SENATE MEMBERS AGREE TO ACT ON T BILL T Passage of British Debt Funding Measure Appears To Be Assured JIRir REED PAVES WAY FOR ACTION ON BILL Withdraw! Objection To Unanimous Consent Afree. ment and Makes Vote Be fore Adjournment Today Possible; Democrats Di Tided On Matter Washington, Feb. 13. An sgree ment providing for a vo's on the British debt funding bill before the Senate adjourns tomorrow was for mally entered into late today after a similar proposal had been blocked earlier. Vn.lt r ths agreement, entered in to, it list provide.) Cut after to VWk the time- of eftch KenatoT for debate, will he'ljuiitcd to ten nun utes and tot the Seriate short Id re main in contin itoiis session until the bill is disposed of. fawage Certsln Tassage of the bill v.as regarded ns a ftregone coin lusion nnd con ceded by opponents in today's de bate, whi, h was confiu.al almost et elnsively ti Democrats divided on the legislation. The formal agreement for a vote before adjournment ton.rr.ov came unfiptvtedly after nhat appeared to be fruitless negotiations. Senaor Reel, Democrat, Missouri, vtho today ma. In J wo extcmti'd speccbes vigor ouslv atta-ckinif the bill, ol.ected earlier to any unanimous onsen! agreement, but finally yielded.' Reach Agreement " TI.e agreement made v.n offere.l by Senator Robinson, Denio, i it, Ar kiutsas. viith Senator Stnoot, Hepuh lican, Vtah, in charge of the bil insis'mg upon a vote before adjourn ment tomorrow. A continuous s. s sion was not ejpcited, however, as Senator Robinson and othirs said tho discussion appeared to be nearly exhausted' and vwwijd end soon after the two o'clock time limit went into effect. A new feature of the voting agriieinent, insisted upon" t y Senator lil'ollftte. Republican, ijv'isconsin, provided that he chairman should not keep a lilt of Senators to recog nize for addresses. Senator IjsKoI lette said this Was a practice to which he had often objected in the past. Among the Democrats participating in today's debate, Senators lfobinwm, Glass, of Virginia1, former Secretary of the Treasury, Putncrcnc, of Ohio, a niembi r of the foreign relations cTimnii'TciV ntTdOwea, of -fttrbiTiriYica . former banking committee chair man, spoke in iwnair of tne Din. me opposition speeches included those of Senator Reed snd S-nators Me Kellar. ef Tennessee anil Walsh of Montana. Hitchcock Objects Senator llitehco. k, of Nebraska. ranking Democrat on the foreign re lations committee, criticized sharply the interest rates given to (treat llritam snd other features of the Luuding ngrecinen'. but said he h t be 'vompillel to vote for the bill finally. He offered sn amend ment providing that the British in terest pavnients should be be aver age borne by Vnlted States securi ties and paid semi annually. Senator Robinson, the prospective Democratic, leader, supported the bill as a factor for world stabilir.a tion. Senator Ulass said the lund ing arrangement was better than the existing obligations, and Senator Pomerene, emphasizing the probable effects upon world business condi tions expected from the bill. Said he would vote for it, "wholehearted.' ly-' Jim Reed's Attsrk Vigorous onslaughts against the measure were made again by Sena tor' Reedi who attacked British policies,- past and present, foreign and domestic. He declared that the debtor nation was able to pay the original debt, which he said was a ''moral obligation." He declared that a debtor which would not meet such an obligation would lose its credit before the world, and also, could be compelled to pay. Senator Reed said he could force payment from a recalcitrant debtor nation and said that one method would be to seize possession lying near the X'nitcd Stales shores. (Continued on Pags Two.) House Adopts Of Volstead After three hours of running de bate during; which recofd votes were taken oa the defeat of amendments to allow th manufacture of wine for home consumption, and to' allow the sale of liquor in drug stores the Turlington codification of the Btate liquor laws passed on its second and third, readings ia the House last night at 11:10. The bill, with amend menta accepted by the proponents goes to the Senate today. Most of the fighting centered around the amendment proposed by Representative Bowie writing into the bill the formal provision that tin officer of th' law shall arrest or search, any person suspected with having liquor ia hit possession without a search warrant. A compromise . amendment was dually accepted and incorporated ia th bill, after tw hours et discus sioa. .... -... ; third amendment provides that ODAY FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF BURNING OF PLUNKETT HOME .4 r . ' I - " 1 JTSaisr The beautiful, home of Sir Horace Wlinkett, leading Irish financial the lrnih Free State, -wis burned by Irish Republicans at Kilterragh, jptr Bulivinkle Defends France During Occupation Debate HARDING TO VETO IE Will Not Sign Bill With Mad den Amendment; Opposi tion Stiil Grows W:isingt..n, IM ll..rding has defitu' ."..- President informed San ators layering tint Madden fiint-nd ment to the admin ist rat ion sliipi mg lull that he Would veto the legisla tion if senl to th'.' White Mouse with my piowsioii aita.lied inikii.g pay ment of government in 1 to ship ..piratois I'oiitmx'eiit on annual np propriations l y. I engross. Rrileratrs Position. The l'residiiit was sail today to have di lined h.s position once again t sm't't !'t I hi" Madden amend no nt. ti i t-ti was attached to the ship I. ill by tie llous.i and eliminated l.y the Senate commerce commit tee, at a White House conference last Light attended I y Senators Me Ci.iry, Oregon, (iooding, Idaho: llur mm. New Mttxirn; Caineruu, Arizona, and Lenroot, Wisconsin. The conference was understood to have been demoted to consideration nf amendments which would make the liili acceptable . tu the Senators conferring with the executive. The Hciiatnr were said to have made no'Votum it iiieuis as to their at'itn.le and Ihe 1'i. sob'iit lik. deiVrred b eision i n the var.oiis ain ui Inn nts with tli. i riicplimi of the Mad ten proposal. To Fight Subsidv. Tl." group of e publican Senators tvrro are iinalterably o.pos'd to ihe oiil aiinoun.-el today that iiiiiiiidi nti ly thn llritisli debt settlement measure was disposed thv won 1.1 seek to have brought up the Capper truth in fabric in asure and also that they v.ere prepared to make an tended tight on the promised motion of Senator Jours, Ri publican. Wan ington, in clung.' of the ship hi to have jt again mad" the tinlinisln husmesa of the Senate. FATHER KILLED; SON INJURED IN ACCIDENT Littleton, Feb. in..,.. A. Crawley, from near Hollister, tvas instantly hilled last, night nt o'clock when tho car in which he and his son Jamrs, were riding turned over, breaking Mr. Crawley's neck. His son is in an unconscious condition and not expected to live. The accident occurred near Hol lister. iui.eral services were conducted from his borne this nfternoon, inter ment taking place in the home bury ing ground. Peoplo Reading More ' Chariotte, Feb. i",. Charlotte peo pie. re.-. I mure last year, according to figures made public by Mis Anne 1 o-rce, lil.rar.ju of the t i.rnegic Library. A total increase nf fl,0St in volun.es eirciilattd was shown, the grand total be.ng !.';t. To Rolld New Schools Winston Salem, Feb. Hi- Perm to build two. new scho'd buildings ':"re have been issued by the city. Tim two buildings will cost npproxi mutely 1 Provisions Act For State the owner of any Vehicle or team, takeu while engaged in 'the trans pnrtafien of liquor without the knowledge of the owner, may claim his property upon pfoTrf of his ownership and ignorance of its being put to illegal use without cost to himself. The presiding judge or a jury may determine the facta in the ease. r Section fl of the eodie, using the word "'discover'' in connection with til right of sn officer to seijte a vehieJe drew the fire of Mr. Bowie after Mr. Turlington had closed his brief summing up of the intent of the proponents to clarify ihe present liquor laws and remove inequalities in penalties imposed by Stat laws and the Volstead act No new law wai written into th statute, Mr. Turlington declared. . Th battle of word resulted im (Continued ea Pag Tto.l AMENDED SUBSIDY aVaT Make's Hot Reply To Knut son's Criticism ol Action of The French KNUTSON ALSO DRAWS FIRE FROM OTHERS Minnesota Man Declared To Ha've Unfurled German Standard In The House Wa .f th llgtuii, I cb. r -CI. ellleit'oi ke.l and de li.ihr was at teiol.d to. lav in tint Mm lb-present. iti e K nu : sa. of Mi Iie-ots, tho Kepuldo'iin hiii. .1.. lata d IV llli -1 VI. s se. k i"g to .1 memt-cr lln- l.tiioiii r. pa. lie an. I render it haruiltss b..tti fi.in .. inilitarv and (..'..noiu Atatolpou.' lind that the time ha 1 eoine f.u Anierua to bi'. ak le r ''long hilcn.'e" with reference I the occupation. Rutlt-r Diitcgrcei. liepreseuta! uu Ilullei I'eunsjl vaina, chairman of the Naval om niittee, wi.o had yiel. . Mi. Knut onn tiino in which, to make his ad dress told the House that he in no way coin urred in what the Minne sota, liiembi r had said. ''My svniaj'tliy is with France,'1 he declared, "and 1 hope she can col leet every dollar that is due her." Reprt sentativtf Vinson, Democrat, Ceorgia, made a l.ke announcement, declaring bo had a brother whose 'bloud ku xp.Ued on the battle tields of Fraiue." , 'l am for Francs :Tti ,1 ..uvavs vill iifl iur Fia nm.'' hu a.lileil knutitun'a AddrriM. -Mr. Klllitsoll, who ileliever a pre ;.ar. I addr. -s. aske I how iim.-h l"t!jjer inn 4-41 it Mates was going to stand asi.bi -end permit tin violat.ou of :!,c promises made ) lit time of the .'frtnisl iee." i rest. lent ti list, ii riai. i we wire not fighting the Ccnnan people," ),e contended, "and yet the children of Cennauy now are under nourished lo iii.-o ' Allies had. taken all nl liieir cows. Al sf everything pro dvjccl in Cerrmny rince the arm is, lice has been taken irom them." Mr. Knutson said tint Herman lirth rate, wh'oh was greattr than that in i'nince. was causing greit concern to the French. Replying later to Representative Knutson, Representative llahvinklc, Democrat-, North Carolina, who eerv ed in tho World War. told the House that ''(Irover ('leva laud Uergdoll and all the others of Ihat whtie-livered, yi-ilow streaked . race will applaud nn 1 say the American Congress is in favor of us." Re declared that the tiern.aus had murdered and wished during the vtar in nn effort ''to carry out their imperialistic, a.tns" and as sertc.l that they ha, failed to de liver to the peoplo of tho occupied districts the fats, sugar and other foodstuffs scut to them from America. Representative Rlanton, Democrat, Texas, wanted to know what posi tion Mr. Knutson occupied in the Republican House oigaliization. "Oh, t know that "lie Is tho Re publican whip." returned Mr. Hub winkle, ': ut . I know that ho does net sp.-ak for those on his aide of the House. They are Americans just as yen nnd I snd thev do not. np piove of his speech any more than you or I." Representative IjneLerjr, Re publican, Califoti.ia, aUo a World War veteran, (lectured Mr. Knutson had "unfurled the German imperial standard on the floor of the. House if Representatives." - ''Vou may say,"' Mr. Lineberger said, "that the war is over, but the war has never b"gitn for gentlemen such as the gentleman from MinnC tots." BODY OF GRlSSOM IS TO BE BROUGHT HOME Jacksonville, Fia., Feb. 1.". U W. Tenkins, of Greensboro, N. C, a business associate of H. A. Crissom. druggist whose body was found floating ia Thomas Creek north of her yesterday, positiely identified the body today as that of Grissum. It will be shipped toHiis home to morrow night. . . ; ! The druggist disfippeared nearly a month ago." His automobile eras found submerged in Thomas (7eek, at th end of a blind road, but ef forts of aearching, parties to find th body proved unavailing. It wu found yesterday by a farmer going down th stream on. a raft. A coroner jury today found that urlssom earn to hi death "by acet dcatl drowning.' . . '.-. , -JJ1 : ,v - ,. ' SjBaSaaaWkBkiS4fcJ 5urnirvC cl Sit' Horace expert and a Iherent to the esuse of Horace as in Amor',, a. Charges of Enforced Retire ment of Army Officer Made By Friends Washington, Feb. Fl.- Ity the As 'ociated Press. i--A Congressional j investigation of the recent enforced retirement from the Army ef Major (.moral Atjelbcrt Creiikhite, 80th Division eon, man j. r in France, w.it, requested today by Jennings C. Wise, who served nt a laeiitenant Clou, I in the tlivis-on and who said that titty thousand of lus former comrades in arms under (lenernl Cro'iWIiit.1 v.. re "di t. i iii.ni d to stand I y their ol 1 coii.iiiari l. r." Kcquest To Senate. The request w;,a e-ntainel iu a leiier to Senator Reed, Repul.li. an, I'ennsyivai.ia, in whiib Colonel Wise revealed that he was iVie of those who helped prepare a pamphlet re cently i irciilatcl among nieinlu rs ol C ur.sS s.tling loith the views of I ifii t i ;jl Crmikhitu's Jrieuds regard ing bis retirement. Colonel Wise said also that Asliby Williams, also a lieu tenant colonel in the ' t ti Division. and other loruit r ol fit rs snd men of the division living in Pittsburgh and Iltthhhem. Pa., In New York 4'ily and in Virginia and West Vir ginia, had hid a part in preparing uud circulating tint pamphlet. Both Colonel Wise and Colonel Williams are lawyers here. To lllork Surcensor. Seualor Heed was not ready to ii.ht to announce whetlur he would M.mpiy Willi the request that be in Iroiline resolution of inquire Other S. t. ..tors, liowevir, including Senator i.-ass, of ;roinia. em.o-t-rat, with, ii whose State the fs-ith I i visi. i; v..,s trained, made known their intention to block confirmation of Ceiieral Cronknite's his.-cssit, Itrig lulu r In m i ll Hanson F. Fly, of the A rm v S.'rvi. e S, hoi.l ut Fort U-aven- uoi'h, Iv.nsas, until the facts can be established Cause of Retirement. In corn-spoil. iLiit-tt -with the War Department f u I -tt-h i-l iij the pain piilet. General t'ronkhUe attributed his revrenient to bis nc'ivilv in sei king to l-riti to justice those be held n sponsible lo'r the death of Ins eon, M.-j. r Alexander P. Crunk liile, who was mysteriously shot and killed in I'JlH at Camp I-wis, Wash ingtuti. In one instance he was quoted ns declaring that , the Attor ney General bad dr ipped the case nt the requiKit of Secretary Hoover, Sena'or ('alder. Republican, New Vork. nnd others, a statement which resulted today in denials from both Mr. Hoover and Mr. ( abler. Issue Denials., His only action in the case, Secre tary Hoover raid, bud been to write a until to the Attoruev General say ing he hoped thjt t upturn Rosen Idiith, olio of tho men indicted in i oiinectioii with the killing, could be gnen an early trial. 1 !u note was written, he said, at the request of Captain l!osenblu!h. with whom he had come in contact while he was eng.-!?"! in relief work in I'.'l0. Senator Calder likewise declared that he had sought ouly to expedite tho trial of the aeeusod men. He cause one of them''.u a constituent nf bis. he added, he had been so in sisent thnt nny one examining, ' is correspoh 't nc on the subject could see be had been "almost insulted" by the J ..a 1 1 in nil t of Justice because of the attitudr he took. CHARLOTTE EXPECTS HUNDRED SECRETARIES Prominent Speakers Will Ad. dress Commercial Secre. - taries In Session Charlotte, Feb. IS. More than one hundred commercial secretaries of Noithi and Kouth Carolina sre ex pected to attend the two' day con vention of the North and South Carolina . Comrnercjal Secretaries which opens here tomorrow. A full program for the two days has been "arranged' and it is et pee ted that much benefit will be derived from the discussions which will take place. Among .prominent speaker t who will address the convention are I). A." Skinner, secretary chamber c commerce of the Cnited States. Hpaulding Slaterj of th Industrial Educational Association ef Wash ington, D. C and many othersj,rep resenting different department f Chamber of C'Ommerc work ii the WANT PROBE OF EE,H AnAiiui iitp A a nri '"'''"i'"' ' nk!KM h AM Vi , J UliUlf ll !l I L Ui iUl.Ji ' 1 1.. :twteUa, . " FRENCH SAY THEY ARE MAKING GQOO urAnuAvm nnnn nLHUi mi mmm Declare Much, Coal and Coke Now Being Sent To France and Belgium FRENCH WILL DISARM ALL GERMAN POLICE Germans Boast of Oettinrj; Many Coal Trains Into Un occupied Germany After French Discover Leakage; British Co-Operation Is Discussed '. Fch. lt-Ry .,, i Kipid etri-le a'i.'ii ef France's sires ere being made dailyk n a nouiKcnientB from n il headquarters, which from eight to niiot in I coke, or ap- jvii".'i!i "y """"i lisas, are K'avi'.i a nccu.hKitU etsS,.n:orp ft it to urs t.r lte!i:.'im and France. .iiu'JC. tratu.s aie entirely, manned, la French civ.i an railway worte's in porti I f..r the purpose. In a I-' ii'. n tlu-re are some P.'.ikhi nil itcn now fauularuing lheniscive4 vutli the operation of ths German Traffic Improve. Fr. ii. '. man. tain that the T'e Khui.' traft.,- a'.,, si. o us marked hu pr.. etn.'iii . cot! -ml coke Fenig se'nt, .. it u".ite r. aular t iti barges l,v- vviv of Mriislout Twenty tive lUeiui slnps in all have leen requ isitioius-l ai I n Sinicd 1 y French and !! Igui(i - nh.rs. Tie n v r 1 1. et includes also Minlreds of l ar. s. r.ianv of wiin h are alrcajv loadet with fiol. The French pin great hof.es upon this icovemeiit nt fuel bv water, but admit that the svste'ii is not vc! working as s-uoothly as it should w.'liin a shor' lime. In addition ihe French are maintaining five duly pasi-nLp-r trains from M.iv i u. e tu D.n ss-i,lorf. some of whic.U entry Germans having special per mits granted by ths French. liv iti within the newly occupied tem'ory freight trains are running, lliese are mostly composed of coal and eeke yarn, but when ths oc nsinn arises the French also trans port intra Ruhr freight for the Germans aud shift cars of food wlierever they are needed by th population. rOUCE TO HE DISARMED: t CERMANS MAKE BOAST"1 PuesseMurf, Feb. 15. (P.y the As sociated I'r.s.i- Ten thousand Ger man security police throughout the. occupied region are to be disarmed by order of Genera! lie Goult". It was etplainel at French head quarters to lay that this action wa deemed advisable because of the ea neral sttifu !e of the police toward the forces of the occupation. Here after, the Sci;tspo!i.t'i are to be considered by the French as the protectors of liuhr communities, without nny connection with lierlin. . In addition to the recent incident at Geisenkirchen. tha French con sider that the police aro inclined to use their arms to frtsely, especial) when they git into disputes, with French soldiers. lle.r.lqiia,rters here has on record twelve incidents where the p. nee used firearms acaifist the ni, '.vary. I also is charged that in another irs'anee a member of the f ir-e was dis.'ovcred in the act of settjnj on fire a house whore soldiers sro billeted. German Roasts The Germans aro boasting that since February 1 unoccupied tier many has betu receiving more liuhr co il than France 'and IVlgiuui. Thev paint puid i.v to the statement, that daring the last week sixty train widsdraW-biMhi shipped en.it, despite the efforts of the French to pl.vt soldiers at all possible loop boles. However, tiny did not begin to , boast until ti.e French discovert, the leakage Occupation authoritier say that actually the Germans managed to get through Only forty coal t ins which v.eiit into the iuterior over private railway lines leading from the mines and by other routes whiell the Allies had not controlled prop ertv. .The French announce that aQ Btlv -gateways into the interior now are' guarded cautiously and that ftre ens loois ring which aims to shut esT, from the unoccupied region all iuf) plies of coal, coke and metals no is weldi'd tightly. , FRENCH AND BRITISH i OISCIS3 CO- OPERATION London, Feb. 13. (By the Associ ated Press.) British and French cab inet ministers met here today in a conference which, if it fails to evolv a program for British CO operation) with the French and Belgians in solv- - ing iue ivunr transportation proo joms is considered likely to remit ia the early withdrawal th Britisk troops, irom the jCologn area. . Th British 'ministers, at th meeting in Downing Street, wer Prim Minister Bonar Law, Lord -Ciirson, th Secretary for Foreiga Affairs, and th Karl of Derby, th 8seretary for War. Th French cab inet was represented by M. L Troue- quer, tne Minister ox itidii worts. It art, n,il nrstrus . . t MhfM.. enc ttarted that th French .re quest for additienJl transport facili ties through' the British ton wa ' being received sympathetiesHy. Th British maintain thnt th French havi littl ared for trior railway '' lite to handl reparation eoal ship 1 Du 'ssc'.l , 1 Attocia'ed I' ments to i rapce, but it is reaiirea that th French have a problem ttn- - (Continncai pt fag Two.l I