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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1920. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN PUBLISHED EVERT JIORNINQ BT TUB CITIZEN COMPACT. A8UEVILU3. N. P. V. BURDETTE. . . . . OenraI Manatsr CRXJI. K. ROBINSON Editor JOB I BAKER Manas-Ins Editor GfcAt GORHAM City Idl'or Eatsred at the postottlca Ashevllle. N. C. as second class matter under act ot Marcn i. 7.873. ' TELElHO?nES Business Offlcs kO. Editorial Rooma 287 6CBcHnmox bates (By Carrlffr in AsbetUle and Suburb) Dally and Sunday, 1 year. In advance Dally and Sunday, t month, in adranes. . . Daily and Sunday. 4 month, in advanea Dally and Sunday, 1 week. In advance , 7.t 1.71 1 .11 (By Mail te Cnfwd UUm.) 'Dally and Sunday, 1 year, tn advance $( 00 Dally and Sunday, t months. In advance l.B Daily only, 1 year. In advance 4.00 Dally only, 8 month in advance 1.00 Sunday only, 1 year. In advance 1.00 MEMBEH TOT ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pre It exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all new dis patches credited to it or not r'jierwlse cred ited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All right of republication Of special dispatches herein are also reserved. are trying to devise means to keep Oose Perlry and Crockett locomotives, built for mountain cllmblnf, busy every day throughout summer car rylne passengers to within half mil ef the peak. Business men who have examined the proposition say" that It will pay good dividends In money be sides assuring Western North Carolina of an at traction which perhaps does more than any other to advertise this region. Wednesday Is the day net for a trip of inspection over thrt road and Ashe vllle expects to be well represented on the excur low. THE SCISSORS ROUTE SKTTIXG NAVY HONORS CONTROVERSY. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE The E, KAT2 SPECIAL ADVERTISING XOBNCT, iit Ea Twenty-sixth street. New Tor city, K4.2$ Harris Trust Building, Chicago. 111., and 711 Waldheim Building. Kansas City. Mo. Monday, January 5, 1920. The Right of Free Speech. Bayonets, rifles, pistols and knives are not the Weapons' of peaoeful agitation which seeks to change or reform government. Such evidence of intention captured in raids on radical headquarters ' In New York proves that those who ask. the right ef free speech and assembly for . reds are mis takenly encouraging a movement whose gofel Is Bueslanisation of the United States. Only the 'Americanism of the majority of the steel and coal strikers prevepted those Industrial upheavals from becoming a general revolution to overthrow the government, according to data gathered in last . week's raids conducted by the department of Jus- :: tlCO. ' ' '' Senator Franca, of Maryland, a 'patriotic citizen who is as far as possible from being a revolu t Ion 1st, speaks for a considerable minority when he" says that the government is multiplying radi cal by prosecution. H quotes with approval Jef ferson's statement: "If there be any among us who wish to dissolve this union or change its re publican form, let them stand undisturbed as ' monuments) ' of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason 1 left free to combat It" Senator France gives useful warning againat the tyranny which a democracy may fall Into In fight ing radicalism. There were last yoar several dem onstration by citizens against enthusiasts who were guilty of nothing more than unorthodox)'. And some men have been arrested who were ad . vocate only of peaoeful effort at nationalization. But to compare, as a New York minister did, the soviet ark bound for Russia with the Mayflower bearing the Pilgrims is to drop all distinction be tween liberty and bolshevlsm. The Pilgrims drew up the first compact of Its kind for. democratic rule of the majority. The passengers on the Buford organised the "soviet, anarchistic commune of America." Doctrines no matter how wild or foolish must be 'opposed by the Jeffersonlan and Mlltonlan antidote of reason and truth. But this plotting to shoot, burn and bomb the republic to pieces Is a form of Vevolutlon which was unknown In America of Jefferson's day. It must be put down with all the force necessary, and the moat It can ask from a free government Is prison or deporta tlon. Cherokr Ought to Prosper. There must nnjplg be meetings political, aad there will be many of them this year. Cut a meeting called at Murphy thia morning is of more Importance to the people of Cherokee county than the name and politics of the next governor of North Csrolina. Dan T. Gray, of the anlmaf hus bandry division. North Carolina department of ag riculture, will talk to Cherokee farmers on how to produce meat In this country more cheaply than It can bo done anywhere else In the United States. Cherokee is well endowed by nature as a crazing country. To the trained farmer good pasture lands mean not only plenty of cattle but hogs; for the swine fattened largely on forage enables his owner to overcome the excessive cost of total re liance on grain feeding. The valleys of Cherokee, protected from extreme eold by the ranges of the Nantahala and other lofty ranges, are not less well adapted to winter pasture than Haywood county where the Spring- dale farm experiments have mado winter grazing ot cattle a demonstrated success. The Cherokee farmers are showing the Interest In scientific farm ing that the subject deserves. The county Is rich in mines and in hardwood. I'nder such condi tions it la not strange that Andrews has become a manufacturing town wim targe Dame aeposits and a fine high Sehool. Town and country appear to be facing a great future in Cherokee. Shipping Board Votes Dry. The decision ot the United States . Shipping board banning alcohol beverages from its passen ger ships plying between North and South Ameri can port is viewed with dismay by some ob servers who looked forward to development of the merchant marine. It Is argued by those who hoped drinks would be available outside the three mile limit that American ships will be unable to compete with vessels whose victualing for voy age includes liberal supplies of wine, beer and stronger potations. But the prohibitionist sees in this alleged dilemma another argument for world wide prohibition and one that will appeal to those who wish to engage In merchant narine service to West India and South American countries. The decision prepares the way for an Interesting experiment One is reminaea 01 mo .propneeirs unverified that used to bo made in local option days that the drying up of certain resort cities would turn the stream of travel definitely to ur ban cases. It may well turn out that Americans, schooled by necessity to endure thirst at home, will not look with horror on a dry voyage. And it Is also probable that the shipping board will not attempt to prevent Americans or foreigners from carrying a flask for medicinal purposes. (New York Times) As congrens would have to authority 10 change honor awards to naval ofllcers the order of Secre tary Daniels to reconvene the board of awards "to reconsider the whole subject" Is the best course to pursue in a controversy that should he nettled with in the service, if possible. The board is to meet on January 6. the day when congress reasrambles. Mr. Daniels says that "no official approval of any list has been made." Such a letter as Admiral 81m wrote to the secre tary is unusual In the service. Evidently It was prompted by a sense ot duty and reflected the opinion of other ofllcers of high rank. Admiral Mayo, who commanded the Atlantic fleet, and Ad miral Wilson, who commanded the American squadron in French waters with headquarters at Brest, have also complained in letters to Secretary Daniels that their recommendations had not re ceived proper consideration, and thl in spite of the fact that it ia the business of the board alono to make awards, subject, however, to the secretary's approval. He can add other awards at his pleasure. Tradition and discipline In the navy do not counten ance resistance to tho decisions of arbiters and the action of superiors. Therefore, when ofllcers resort to protests and rlak court-martial, as In this case, conditions must exist which they regard as Intolerable. The admlralB properly eonflder Secretary Dan iels the awarder of honors. The board is his medium of information, and he leans upon it for advice; but It is his decision that is authoritatve. The board s not a creation of the statute law. An ap peal may lie to the President as commander In chief, but he might not care to overrule the secre tary. If there Is an impression that Mr. Daniels alone disapproved of recommendations by Admiral 81ms, It ia wrong. As a matter of fact. Admiral Knight and his associates did not aaree with Ad miral Sim as to thirteen out of his nineteen recom mendations, all of which related to officers on his start, to other attached to naval headquarters in London, and. In one Instance, to naval operation at Washington. But the admiral aid not rest hi case upon hi personal recommendations; he took issue with awards to officers "who were defeated in ac tion, or whoso ships were sunk or seriously damag ed" by the enemy. This protest seems to reflect general service opinion. Captain Raymond D L. Hasbrouck has declined in advance to accept an award. Captain Harabrourk was In command of an army transport which was sunk by the enemy, and he makes It plain that he does not consider himself entitled to the distinction. It would not be surprising if other declinations followed, as the spirit of the service is opposed to unearned honors. It should be said in Justice to Secretary Daniel that, while he may have made mistakes of Judg- ment, which is yet to be shown, and while he may not have given recommendations sufficient weight In all cases, he has tried to act on the principle that only tho reallv meritorious should receive distin guished service medals and navy crosses. His measure of merit is sea service, hazardous and com bative, and ho has what neeum to be almost a pre judice against recognizing shore duty efficiency. There is much In the secretary's letter to Senator Page that must meet with the approval of civilians proud of the deeds of the navy In the war. Possibly Secretary Daniels may bn sensible that he has been himself too liberal, perhaps too good-natured, in making, a wnrds for which he was solely responsible. Ho his critics will say. But, nt any rate, he Is not stubborn In opinion, and his inclination is for fair play. The order to Admiral Knight to reconvene the board of awards shows that he does not believe that either he himself or the board is infallible. He wants to have the right thing done. Daily Reminder "IN THE DAY'S NEWS.' J. Hampton Moore, who today be come Mayor of Philadelphia, was mil! reeentlv the renresentatlve of the Third Pennsylvania dlwtrlrt (In congress. In days gone by Mr. Moore has been nationally prominent in a variety of capacities. Thus for a time he was chief of the bureau of manu facturers of the department of com merce and labor. For two terms he was president of the national republi can league. More recently he has been president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterway association, and as such he ha visited many of the cltle of the United State in advocacy of the de sired national legislation. Mr. Moore has had Journalistic, legal and poli tical experience. He first appeared in tho fifty-ninth congress, and was four times re-electod by the republicans of hi district. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES. 1796 Samuel Huntington, a Connecti cut signer of the Declaration of Independence, died at Norwich, Conn. Born at Windham, Conn., July 3, 1731. 181-4 British ships Bacchante and Saracen captured the fortress of Cattaro after a cannonade of ten days. 1838 Tho Canadian insurgent made an unsuccessful attack on Toronto. 1840 The Chlneso emperor Issued an Interdict against Intercourse with England forever. 1858 The English and French enter ed Canton, China, after several days' bombardment. 1891 Emma Abbott, one of the most popular American opera singer of her day. died. Born In Chi cago, December 9, 1850. 1893 Japan refused an armistice in the war with China. 1918 Premier Asquith Introduced compulsory .service bill in the house of commons. ONE YEAR AfiO TODAY IN THE HAH. VOICE OF PEOPLE. Six transports reached New Tork with 7.000 troops. Death of Count von Hertllng, form er German imperial chancellor. TODAVS BIRTHDAYS. The Intensive Use of Schools. city commissioner and Superintendent An Unknown Quantity. Discoursing on Russia, Frank Slmonds, who is temperamentally pessimistic, recalls Napoleon's prophecy that Europe would be all republican or all Cossack within a century. Simonds remarks Weber are taking commendable action in opening night schools for instruction In carpentry and auto mechanic. With state and federal aid the cost to the city will be negligible and the results should mean much to many a youthful worker who find tlmelf nearing manhood wlthot technical knowledge or skill as a bread wlnn School buildings are plantsso" valuable that ery effort muat be msjlero operate them at their cVeeWjLf0r--Hrrirhifout trained minds and cun ning hands. Through the manual training and do mestic science departments, through night schools and community forums, youth as well as men And women of the city may be given the knowledge that will Increase their earning power and make them better citizens. The schoolhouae ot tho future will be a com munity center a well as a training ground for1 boy and girl. With recreation and study varied so as to avoid weariness to the flesh from much study, the class rooma will be open twelve months In the year. Those backward in academic work will be classified for trade instruction. lp the that Europe today la half bolshevik, which may be evenings mo.er ..... i.n.e, ... i.u.n iu un regarded as worse thaj all Cossack or all Turk. CUM community question and give body to civic Slmond draw a discouraging picture of theloP'nlon- Nlsht school, will enroll almost as many tatua Russian a the' world sets Its face toward I" the d' shlft- Those -who have talents, time another year. The antl-bolshevlk armies are de-d money for verlty careers will receive the feJted. Lenlne seems .tronger than at any time jcareiui attention .nai is given mem uxiey. out me ince he seized power. He 1 freed from the Oer-1 tl00l wl more "" meet the need" r man power and the allies have washed their better deserve the name of public- hand of responsibility for Bimonds recalls the object Ilisslan salvation. J education. of world .revolution i avowed by Lenlne and warns tho world that thia i u would seem that Jess Wlllard has had enough MR. BrCKNERS LETTER. The Key to State Development. To the Editor of The Star: The Editorial In your issue of the loth Instant has Just come to my attention and strikes a responsive :ord in tho hearts of the people of Western North Carolina. Good roads Is the key to a successful community in education, fine buildings, Hgricuiture, churche and in fact every line of endeavor. "Build Good Roads and the People Will Come to Your Com munity" is absolutely true, it has been proven in Ashevllle, Buncombe county, and Western North Carolina. It has been proven true in Wtlming tbn and New Hanover. It ha been proven through out California and the northwest, where there are stretches of from 100 to 200 miles of concrete high way. Only recently more than 11.000 automobiles were counted passing a given point on a long stretch of good road In the northwest, with more than 28 states represented. During August of this year the railroads handled 150,000 into Ashevllle and at least 60 per cent more came in automobiles. There is a greater percentage of Visitors every year coming to Ashevllle In auto mobiles. In the early period of development of good roads when macadam, now an obsolete type of road, w considered the best road construction, a popular pnrase used by good road enthusiasts was "town ship and county lines have been eliminated by good roads.' This has since been surpassed by "stale lines have now Ions since been eliminated by good roads." With the improvement in automobile con struction, there Is hardly a county in the state but mat ,iu or 40 minutes is all that ts required to travel into the next county by automobile. Fifteen years ago the business of America was conducted by horse-drawn vehicles at from four to eight miles an nour and now It is 20 to 40 miles an hour, due to Improved methods of transportation or automobile and good roads. With paved ro.ids from Wilmington, the ship yards and port of which North Carolina is justly proud, the traffic between those two great cities of tne state will be greater than th.it of enjoyed by the Lincoln highway from east to west. The Dixie highway passes through Buncombe .county for a distance of 25 miles from the Madison county line north the Henderson county line south. It is paved all the way, with the exception of three miles of heavy sand gravel, and real estate along the entire stretch has increased 2u0 to 600 per cent and the people are prosperous, progressive and content. We congratulate Onslow county In securing the investment or one ot our Ashevill citizens, K. M. Weaver, former president of the board of, trade for three years. He must have recognized wonderful possibilities down there, hecausp greater possi bilities, the writer believes, exist hero in "The Land of the Sky" than anywhere else In all the wide, wide world. Rev. Olympla- Brown, reformer and equal suffrage advocate, born at Pralrlo Ronde, Mich., 85 year ago to day. MaJ. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhlte, U. S. A., who commanded the 18th division in France, born In New Tork, 69 years ago today. Isaac Bacharttch. representative in congress of the Second New Jersey district, born in Philadelphia, SO years ago todas'. William B. Wood, representative in congress of the Tenth Indiana district born at Oxford, Ind., 59 yoars ago today. TODAY'S EVENTS n ... ,.. i. .,... il..,. .... ih.i . j .. ,,. , '"- uicwiwiura in ras.- iiUHii .nuiiav in iitwu. , c. ..'".iiuuuib wiwiuu uiwtuiru .is . riuiuvi r in ; ern nnn i entml Vnrlli cumlinu French revolution to Europe. 'selling wood from his farm. The courl found that The French revolution ended after Napoleon had Jess had given away several cords and that he had diverted the French energy from sclf-dcatructlon offered wood to the Topcka commissioners at their to- conquest, and after the Corsican was himself '0wn price. Let him saw wood in peace. conquered. Will the bolshevists tlnd a leader who can throw them successfully for even a while against Western Europe, plunging the war weary peoples into another catastrophe? it has become a habit to think that Russia's strife is a local fire Jjiat will sooner or later buirt Itself out before reaching adjoining property. Bolshevism Is so monstrous a form of government that it is hard to believe that its devotees and conscripts would flght foreign wars for its supremacy. But who knows anything definite about Russia or what in iesperatlon the Russians may do? The United States Shipping board holds that pro hibition follows the flag. Water, water everywhere and nothing but water to drink. will build naved roads to connect the coast with the mountains. We feci that Wilmington and Eastern North Carolina have Just pride in l,-.c great mountain wealth of 'heir own slate. The ' l-inil .f ihe Sky" with nearly all of the high mountain peaks of Eastern America and the climax of altitude cast of the Rockies hi Mt. Mitchell, whose topmost glory may be enjoyed over the wonderful Mt. Mitchell railroad. BOTH MISTAKEN. The United States congress reas sembles today after Its holiday recess. Italy today will launch a campaign (or subscriptions to its victory loan. Decision In the so-called beer cases is expected from the Supreme court of the t'nited States today when it re convenes after a two weeks' recess. J. Hampton Moore, late representa tive in congress, will be formally in stalled ii office today as mayor of Philadelphia. Today has been fixed as the da'e for beginning the trial of I. W. W. members accused of murder growing out of the Armistice day massacre at i Centralla. Wash. A special convention of the United Mine Workers of America meets .at Columbus today to approve or dis approve the recent action of the policies hoard in calling off the coal strike. Following his holiday visit In Lin- coin, Neb., Ceneral Pershing Is sched uled to resume his tour todsy with' a visit of inspection to Camp Grant, Rockfor.l. III. . The Kansas legislature meets In special spssion today to consider a bill to provide for an Industrial court! and various oilier measures calculated! to lessen the differences between ca-; pita! and labor. 1 Pursuant to a call issued by Chair-1 man A. T. Hert the committee on ar-i ninKoments for the republican na-j tlonal convention ne.M June is to hold, its first meeting today In Chicago. j Victor Berger, recently re-elected in i Milwaukee to the house of represents-1 lives, despite the refusal of that body to seat him. is scheduled to speak in New York city tonight under the auspices of the New York local of the socialist party. Secretary Daniels has ordered the navy department's board of a,wards to reconvene today to revise the recent recommendations as to naval awards, which have been a source of contro versy between the secretary and cer tain high officers in the navy. TODAY'S t'ALENDR OF SPORTS. Clemenccau, so far from having been ready for i hluroform at 60, Is preparing for matrimony at 7S. By Motor to Mt. Mitchell. James W. Dillingham, of Dillingham in the Big Ivy country' of north Buncombe, desires to Inter est this end of the state in an automobile tine through Ivy to Mount Mitchell. There is a fstrly good motor road up Reems Creek valley to Dll - llnghsra. From there it would be necessary to build four miles of highway through some of the finest forest in this section to a point on the Mount Mitchell railway nine mile from the summit of the peak. If the railroad should be abandoned, which should not happen, Mr. Dillingham sees the opportunity to transform the rail line into a motor road, making an easy motory drive from Ashevllle to Mount Mitchell through the Big Ivy country. - . V- This project Is wortbV remembering. But at present the people of thia immediate neighborhood A WAY TO FAME. Fame is very easily acquired. All ou hae to do is to be rn the right place at the right time and do the right thing in the right way and then ad ertise it widely. Kansas City Star. WASTED TIME. Wicks fa rmer. HlcliS- few Haven Register.) -Back to town again? I thought you were You made the same mistake I did. A Si:X DIFFERENCE. "1 don't want lo criticise women. know they're ail right. " 'Well?" "But you'll neer see a iran buy ;t wire frame for a hat." Louisville Courier-Journal. Another useless expenditure of time is telling me salesman now mueti jess you could have bought the same article a few years ago. Washington Star. A STRANGER TO HIM. Groom Who 1 that quiet little man in the corner who .gazes at me so earnestly? Bride That . Oh I'll Introduce him after lunch! That's father London Answer. A COMMON C'O.MPJUAINT. Thysician Lo jou ever have any trouble with your stomach? Patient Yes, doctor, getting it comfortably full Boston Transcript. THE I'SIAI, WAY. Raring. Winter meeting of Cuba-American Jockey club, at Havana. Opening of 1,',-day meeting at Ascot Park, lx.s Angeles. Baseball. Annual meeting of the national commission, at Cincinnati. Meeting of Virginia league, at New port News. Billiards. Indiana three-cushion championship tournament opens at Indianapolis. Wrestling. Wiillam Demctral vs. Jim Londas. at New York. Boxing. .Jack Sharkey vs. Hatsey Wallace, 6 rounds, at Philadelphia. i Matt Brock vs. Frankle Brown, 10 i nn nil., at Cleveland. Kid Norfolk vs. Gorilla Jones. 13 rounds, at New Orleans. Kid Regnn vs. Dutch Brandt, S rounds, St. Louis. Joe Leonard vs. Phil Logan, 12 rounds, at Westfield. Mass. When a person favors compulsory military train ing, it is usually the other fellow's training Buffalo Courier. WHERE HE FAILED. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Regula tion to check the creation of specula tive land values and land tpvcjla tion generally, have been placed In effect by the federal farm loan board in all farm loan banks, the board's annual report, made public tonight, reveals, farm loan banks have been instructed "to lose without regret" applications for loan which (to not protect amply the banks and their bond buyers. In furtherance of tho policy to keep down "unwarranted land values, the banks have been ordered not to enter I Into competition with private loaning Our idea of a happy life would be to live beyondJ agencies where the latter have offered our Income atyl not have anything happen. Ohio I larger loans than tha board's Vfpraui State Journal. lers bellevs to be Justifies. "I hear you were out late with Curlycue. the famous inventor." "Yep, I took him home with me too." "Well?" "But he couldn't invent an excuse that would pass muster with my wife." Louisville Courier Journal. V PERFECT BLISS. REGl'LATION TO CHECK tsPEClXATION IX LAX D The Time to Save is now, while money is plentiful and wages are high. At no time in the history of this Nation has a finer opportunity been presented to save money than the present. But extrava gance must be guarded against. We need to study our expenditures carefully, and to real ize the fact that we can't spend our substance and have it, too. We shall be well on the way to becoming a thrifty people when we learn that our savings not our pay checks are pur profits, and that the process of accumulating savings is substantially the same as getting profits out of business. New Interest Period in Our Savings Department January 1st to 1 0th ' . We pay 4 Per Cent Interest. Compounded Quarterly. WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST CO Capital and Surplus. $2,000,000. Member Federal Reserve System. DON'TRESOLVE BUT-ACT BEGIN AT ONCE TO SAVE TO BANK TO HAVE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN ASHEVILLE 4 on Savings and Certificates of Deposit Travelers' Cheques and Foreign Exchange Issued JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH Three months in which your pipes are likely to freeze any night. In vest in a ' PERFECT OIL HEATER and not only, save the plumber bill and the inconvenience of frozen pipes but enj6y the comfort they give every morning. They are in despensible in the bath room. i 2S ROADWAY PHONES ZS8C ah 2M7 The first small Sedan finished as well as the expensive ones. Don't buy until you see it OVERLAND-ASHEVILLE SALES COMPANY 12-16 E. Walnut - Phone 2967 Citizen Waftt Ads Bring Results