North Carolina Newspapers

SUNDAY CITIZEN THIBTY-TWO PAGES IN FOUR PARTS ; FAIR VOL. XXXVI, NO. 19. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1920. PRICE 7c On Trains, 10c THE SEW. CALDER URGES USE OF FINANCE IMMEDIATE ill Flf PLAN Bankers of Southern Sec tions Say Financial Situation Is Acute. . EXPORT TRADE WOULD AVEBT STAGNATION BENSON ACCEPTS REPORT OF TREASURER BOLLING ON CHARGES OF BRIBERY GOVERNOR 0 ASSAILS CKETT ALLEGATIONS-TEND TO IMPLICATE Of Business and Consequent Unemployment in the Southern States. NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 20. Em ninvmnnt of war finance corporation machinery to facilitate movement of crop and relieve the financial ten,- slon throughout the country waa rec ommended by Senator William - M. Calder. of New York, halrman of the senate committee on reconstruc tion. In a telegram sent tonight to David F. Houston, secretary of the treasury. The telegram followed hearing today by the committee on the housing situation in tn section. The telegram sent by Senator Cal- der follows: "Bankers and business men through central and southern sections, ae dare .commercial channels congested with unprecedented crops or cotton wheat, animal production and bo forth and financial tension acute. Believe this dangerous situation can be mean urably relieved by employment of war .finance machinery to facilitate roreign distribution. This machinery Is in your hands. Can not too strongly uric Its Immediate employment. Senator Calder. in a statement made' during the concluding session tonight of the .hearing here declared that it was neceosary to revive the war nn ance corporation to prevent stagna tion of business and consequent uri employment of labor. "We have a surplus of commodities and foreign countries have a great, need for it," he Bald, "but they have no money with which to buy.l It has been strongly urged by the producers of animal and agricultural prodncts ' in the cities, which we have visited that we should make every effort to re . vlve our export trade through the agency of the war finance corpora tion, which Is able to extend credit to American exporters and bankers upon good foreign securities. "Delegations of cotton growers have come to me !n New Orleans, Mem phis and Bt. Louis, representatives of farmers and wheat growers have come to me at Kansas City, Omaha and ues Moines, producers of animal pro ducts in Kansas City. Omaha. St Louis and Denver, all with the same story that there Is a backing url of trade from your ports of export ann mat it tnis continues and in creases It will bring about serious consequences of unemployment and financial strain.". piiwiPOEAie Rapidly in Port au Prince With 1,000 Cases. Bequest Washington to Send Vaccine Points on Special Vessel. PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti, Nov 20. (By the Associated Press.) A small pox epidemic has broken out In Port au Prince and Is spreading rapiaiy, witn 814 cases, all natives, in the general hospital. The occupation forces and the American colony have n(. teen affected. It is estimated that more than a thousand other rases which have not yet been reported ex alt around the city. A request has been sent to Wash ington that 300,000 vaccine ponits be shipped here at once by a destroyer, as the need is urgent. The passengers of ships visiting Port au Prince on their- voyages are not being allowed to land here. Ma rine corps trucks are being used to bring In victims of the disease, but because of the smallness of the medi' ral force It Is proving impossible to discover .all cases. - N OF BUTLER MEN GEN. MARCH MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT ON AMERICAN ARMY Has Not and Will not Give His Endorsement for Cabinet Position. "HIBED HIMSELF OUT Bickett Says Butler Lacks Qualification for Jus tice of the Peace. RALEIGH. Nov. 20. Commenting on the endorsement of Marlon But ler, republican' leader, for a position in Harding's cabinet, Governor Bick ett today declared that he had . not only not yet endorsed. Butler, but fould not. "I was asked to do so sometime ago," said the governor, "but never gave the matter any se rious thought. Butler's record in the United States Senate will never be forgotten nor forgiven by the people of North Carolina," he said. ' I would be genuinely glad to see men like. Parker, Llnney. Judge Pritchard, Elwood Cox, Judge By- num, Morehead, Dr. Cyrus Thompr son, T. T. HickB and others I might mention, receive high honors from the republican administration." I do not talk Butlerlsm on the Btump. I have never done so. I have "regarded Butler as being politi cally as dead as a doornail, and have no disposition to dig him up and drag him around. "I am satisfied that I interpret the overwhelming sentiment in North Carolina when I say that the people are willing to forget the time when Butler became a political adventurer in the Ninth district. They are even willing to forgive him for betraying his faithful followers, and bartering his own political convictions, if he had any, for a seat in the United States senate, but a part of his record while he was in the United States senate will never be forgotten nor forgiven. While he was in the United "States senate from North Carolina and bound by every consid eration of duty and loyalty to pro mote the welfare and guard the honor of his state, he hired himself out to the state's enemies, and co-operated with them In hatching' out a scheme to sue the state, seize her substance and spoil her good name . ;- - "This . is mattes of record In the Supreme -oewt of the-United' St, in the case xf the mate or soutn Dakota -against , the State of North Carolina. This record makes It plain that Butler, Instead of being worthy of a place in a President's cabinet. Is lacking In at least one of the in gredients necessary for the faithful discharge of the duties of the an cient and honorable office of Justice of the peace." ; TWO BANDITS RANSACK THE CHATTANOOGA MOKKIS MAH I ON SHIP PI BOARD Anticipates Little Difficulty in Raising the Peace Time Army. FOBCES MAINTAINED ON MEXICAN BOBDEB Matter Investigated Some Time Ago by Depart ment of Justice. AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS FOB SHIPPING BOABD U. S. Is Due $220,000 From Germany for Army of Occupation. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Nov. 20 Two bandits walked into the Morris bank, in the heart of the city, tonight and while one of them covered the secretary and treasurer witn a revol ver, his companion ransacked the cash drawer and cash boxes, secur ing $1,050. The robbers then attempt ed to lock the bank employes in a vault, but an electric wife prevented the door from closing. Jumping into a waiting automobile the robbers made good thefr escape. FAIR WEATHER FOR HAITIAN TESTIFIES. PORT AU PRINCE. Hati, Nov. 20 (By the Associated Press.) The testimony of Slgon Gabot, a native gendarme, charging that Lieut' Wil Hams, of the gendarmerie beat a na tivo to death in January 1019, caused an unexpected delay today in the proceedings of the naval court of In quiry which is Investigating the al leged killing of Haitians by American marines. The witness failed to give Lieutenant Williams' initials, but It was officially explained that he re ferred to Dorcas Williams, a sergeant of , Marines, who now is confined at Quantico, Va., awaiting court martial in Washington in Connection with charges resulting in the investigation of conditions in Haiti made by Major General John A. Lejeune, chief of the marine corps. The court communicated with Sec retary Daniels of the American navy, asking If Williams will be sent here to face his accuser or waive a hear ing now. The trial of Williams had been postponed to await the result of the naval inquiry nere. Gabot, a stammering, boy testified he was alone in the office of the gendarmerie with Williams - when Gamier Jean was killed with a, piece of lumber the size of a man's arm. The witness asserted he cried for aid to help in stopping the attack, but was unable to make himself heard. He said he was unable to explain the reason for the killing except to say that Jean was summoned to the office , of the gendarmerie after with bandits. Another witness in the 'same case was called but was excused pending decision on the procedure to be fol lowed Monday after Secretary Daniels had been heard from. HARDING AND PARTY GOVERNMENT INDEBTED TO j THE N. AND W. $8,384,23 ROANOKE. Va., Nov. 20. The United States government is Indebted to the Norfolk and Western railroad J8, 384, 235 as the result of a deficit in the net railway operating income of the Norfolk and Western for the six months period, from March 1 to September 1, this year, covered, by the government's guarantee, under the transportation act, it was an nounced at headquarters of the road today. . . 1 Beach Half-Way Mark in .' Voyage to Panama. Mrs. Harding Taking Best After the Excitement of the Campaign. ON BOARD, THE STEAMSHIP PARISMINA. Nov. 20. (By Wireless to the Associated press) Sailing through a quiet sea the steamer Parismina, with President-elect Warren O. Hard ing, and his party aboard tonight ap-j proached the half-way mark in her voyage from Now Orleans to Panama where the first Btage of Mr. Hard lng's vacation trip will be reached. Except for the tight rain and mod erate wind which practically always is expected in the neighborhood of the Yucatan channel fair weather favored the distinguished passenger and he spent most of the day on dack, walk ing, reading and playing shin games, - Mrs. Harding remained in her state room during the day on advice of her physician. It waa explained she was not ill and that her appetite ron tihued good, she was just in noed of rest after the excitement of the cam paign,,. the trying Texas experiences and the almost overwhelming wel come accorded the party In New Or leans. The Parismina left the Gulf of Mex- -of the Yucatan channel with its cross currents, choppy winds and occasion al rains, about noon today, panting close to the western tip of Cuba. In the afternoon real tropical heat was encountered, the most of those aboard changed to duck and linen apparel. A picture show featured the night's entertainment program. . ISSUE CHARTER FOR A NEW RAILDOAP IN VIRGINIA ROANOKE. Va., Nov. 20. A charter has been granted to' the Roanoke and Botetourt Railroad company by the state corporation commission to construct 12 miles of railroad between Ooyerdale, on the Shenandoah Valley division of the ftonoiK ana western, west to the Ca tawba iron mines, It today. A bra m P. Sands, Who Made Charges Against Boiling, waa Under Indictment. WASHINGTON. Nov.. 20. Chairman Benson of the ship ping board, in a formal state ment regarding charges of bri bery made before the Walsh committee In New York against R. W. Boiling, treasurer of the board, declared that Mr. Boiling s explanation of the report was "perfectly satisfactory". SANDS TESTIFIES NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Charges that R. W. Boiling, brother-in-law Of President Wilson, and treasurer of the United States shipping board, partic ipated in, the distribution of $40,000 alleged to have been given by a ship building' contract, were contained in testimony : today before the Walsh committee investigating shipping board affairs. The money, it was charged by Tucker K. Sands, a former official of the Commercial National bank, in Washington, D. C and the alleged go-between in the transactions, was given by the Wallace Downey Ship building company, of Rtaten Island. Others, he alleged, participated, in eluding Jester Sister, former secretary of the shipping board, and John Cra ner, said to have been interested as a representative of the Downey com pany in shipping board contracts'. Mr.. Sands lengthy examination and his replies at times proved contradic tory, He charged that there was ah un derstanding that $15,000 was to go to Craner and that the remaining 125,00,0 was to be divided among Cra ner, Soiling, Sisler and himself. He first said he knew neither Mr. Boil ing nor . Mr. Sisler had anything to do with the board's contract- and that he did not believe Mr. Boiling, re-' celved any Of the money. ' , Later- he testified that he gave Boiling 11,800 in f the" nature of a loaiH 'Aufchat Boiling Tpatd back $300. , . - Three Are Named The men named and alleged to have participated in a distribution of more -than $80,000 were R. W. Boil ing, brother-in-law of President Wil son, and treasurer of the shipping board; Lester Sisler, former secretary of the board; John Craner, a repre sentativeyof the, Downey Shipbuilding company and Sands himself. He tes t'fled that he received the money in the form of "notes," some of which he "discounted and at different times described payments to Boiling and Sisler as both "payments" and "loans." In another part of his tes timony ho asserted that the money was to be understood as a commis sion to him for securing a loan from the bank to the ship building com pany, with which the witness then called. The testimony of Sands was pre ceded by that of Alfred W. 'McCann, a reporter for the New York Globe, who swore he Had secured from Sands an affidavit dealing with the enttre transaction. McCann further testified that when he took the affi davit to Sands for him to sign, he de clined to do so on advice of his at torney. Previous to submitting the affidavit for Sands' signature, how ever, McCann said he had taken the document to the. shipping board- and had it photostated. One of these copies carrying notations in what was testified to be Sands' handwriting and which Sands afterward testified to be ing "correct except that some of the facts may be a little different." was presented by McCann in evidence. The! documents, however, was not made a ! (Continued en Page Two.) FRATMlfflFRfi TOEBEC Canton Pythians and Jun iors in Big Undertaking. To Construct Three Story Stick Buildin? Known as ' Fraternal Buijding. (Speelal to The Citizen) CANTON, Nov. 20. Canton Knights of Pythias have organized a company to be known as the Canton Pythian company, which togetbeg with the vanton junior Home company, re cently purchased the Central hotel site over on Main street at public auction from Mrs. Hester. Mease. The amount of the purchase price was. aoout (14,000 and plana are now under way to erect in the spring large three story brick building to be known as the Fraternal building. The plans are not ready yet, but the building will be up to date in all re spects. The . Knights of Pythias are oemg congratulated upon setting the example of booming Canton by erect ing such an UD-to-date block and ft is hoped they will receive the hearty support of all the citizens of the Town. The building will ooet ap proximately $50,000, VENEZILIST PARTY HAS 140 '' DELEGATES AQAINST 240 n cviAr . n . - A ,1.... -i Was learned hero cram nmlv4 if T.prn. aDnminAM th. Staples, nl this city, idrfinlta rattiirna (mm h ftlnlnn In attorney for the railroad, announced that j Greece give opponents of former Premier Philadelphia Interests ana behind the en-1 vniuina tin .i-iotoa mil ih vu. lerprlse. 'auist party 140 delegates. N AHHINGTOX. Nov. 10. Utile difficulty In obtaining the 280,000 mm necessary to make up the peace time army authorized by congress is an ticipated, Mainr General March, chief or stiirr, mild in Ills annual report made public toilHy by the war depart ment. The problem of obtaining the 1 1,717 nfliciM's needed for the reor ganized army Is difficult, .however, and was renleret more so, General March said, by the delay of tho en actment of legislation governing the reorganization of the army. "The magnitude of the problm of selecting the additional officers re quired to complete the permanent complement." sa'd General March, "and the tremendous effect whllh will Inevitably lie exorcised noon the fu ture efficiency of the entire army bv the character and qualifications of the new officers to l,e selected, is In dicated by the fact that the actual strength of the entire armv In com missioned officers o;i April 6, 111 17, was but B . 9 5 ! . of whom about D0 held provlxlonal appointments." The general added that the prob-' lem was further complicated bv the resignation of 1,647 renrular officers In the fiscal year ending last June 30, tne period covered bv his report. 15.000 Application)). Approximately 15,000 applications from former officers and reserve of ficers for transfer to the regular es tablishment were received by the war department before the lists were closed, the general continued, and the task of selecting from these appli cants, the ten thousand additional of ficers needed to fill out the army quota is still under way. General March had this to say of the army reorganization legislation passed by the last congress: The act provides tor -i regular army of approximately ?:io,iioo men and 17,700 officers. It does not pro vide for universal military training nor for fhn ftiinHcfliinn of the draft system In future emergencies. It may be stated without further nuallftVn tions that an ( adequate reswrvo of trained soldiers available for use In an emergency is an essential prernquv site to any plan for national defense and the creation and maintenance of such reserve without military train ing is Impossible." General March said a new and per manent policy whereby the war ae partment "definitely assumes the re sponsibility for the education and rec reation of the enlisted personnel" has been promulgated mm the result of war experiences and 'the fl literary so strikingly prevalent In " the draft army.'' Functioning through three sections, education, camp activities and moral training, the new service, General March said, has set up ma chinery to "train techioians and me chanics to meet the army's needs and to raise the soldier's general intelli gence' in order to increase his military efficiency and' to fit the soldier for a definite occupation upon his returning to civil 'we.- Work of A. E. F. Reviewing the work of American military forces abroad. General Marcn disclosed that the cost of maintaining the American army of occupation on the Rhine up to last June SO had been $267,000,000 which Germany is obli gated to pay under the terms of the .armtsttee, Of the total due, the gen eral salo, Bllgntiy more man iii.noo, 000 had been paid or liquidated, leav Ing approximately $222,000 due the United States from Germany. . The American occupation In Ger many, the general added, has been "clean ' diirnifled. lust and forceful. free from tyranny and characterised by a mlnumum of friction with tho inhabitants." Its success ha been largely flue to the high character and common sense of the American officer and sol dier," the general continued. "They have lived up to their Instructions to make the government nrm, juai, oik- niftod. In accordance With the laws of war and the best traditions of the American army.' The American peo Dle may well be proud of their con duct and their accomplishments. . with reirut'd to the situation on tne Mexican border, General March said: "The necessity for protecting our southern border has continued during . - . ... 1 .1 .. . I . t tv tne year. i uti uuliu. iiduuiiuqu eluded patrolling the border to pre vent bandits from crossing the Inter national line and making raids Into the United States and committing dep redations against the lives and prop erty of American citizens. While it was nofc practicable to maintain a continuous guard long the entire border, the troops were so distributed I that information concerning raids might be acted upon with sufficient promptness to minimize tne gangers therefrom' . Demobilization.' Reviewing the demobilization of the war army, now completed, Gen eral March reported that in returning to civil life the 884,000 enlisted- men and 69,000 officers of that army re maining in service July 1, 1919, the department adopted a policy of re leasing the men ' not ' rednired for military purposes as rapidly as they could be absorbed by the country. "Hundreds of thousands ; of men were returning promptly to their families and Industrial employment whomlght not have been released for monflis under a system of Industrial demobilization or based largely upon Individual requests for discharge," said the general, "The absorption of these men Into the general, life of the country and their return to productive employ ment assisted in the permanent re vitallzation of industrial life- and ex pedited the return of the country to normal peace wme cohuiuvm, no de mobilization to history has presented problems of greater magnitude or complexity and none has been carried out In a more, expeditious, thorough or orderly manner." Taking up the disposition of war material and the liquidation of con tracts the report stated that after the signing of the armistice the depart ment was confronted with the gigan tic task of settling 2, 000 separate businesses aggregating a total ot ap proximately 14. 000, 000.000. IfUS worn, uenerti jnarcn said, is rapidly being brought to a con clusion, with a celebrity, an equity iconunuea en .peae Twoi . . Y.W.C.A. GOES OVER TOP IN BIG CAMPAIGN FOR HOME; $79,077 RAISED IN THE CITY MOST SUCCESSFUL JACKSON CO. BOARD DRIVE STAGED IN ADJOURrJS WITHOUT CITY DURING YEAR To Remodel and Equip Cherokee Inn for Mod ern Y. W. Home. BUSINESS WOMEN AIDED IN CANVASS Noble Response From Citi zens of Asheville for This Cause. COUNT A GEN WRAfJGEL WOT FULLY DECIDED HIS FUTURE COURSE With a margin of 14,077.41 to its credit, Asheville last night oversub scribed the $76,000 sought by the Young Women's Christian associa tion for the erection of a new build ing and the maintenance of its work for the next two years. Tho new home on. Oak and Woodfln, formerly the Cherokee inn, la now the posses sion ot the association. And tho city has fulfilled its desire "to erect an association building as a memorial to womanhood." Women wern- hvmtnrtcii an A mnn cheered as children ' when Miss Avu Blank, campaign director of the na tional association, announced, at the final banquet, given in the "Y, W." cafeteria on Haywood . street last night that the goal had materialised, and that the total of 179,077.41 had been pledged. But the announce ment did not come as a surprise. t-neers or tne workers celebrated a well deserved victory rather than heralded the unexpected. For the drive was pronounced a succcess as soon as it was observed that 88,000 or more had been raised during the first three hours of Tuesday morning. Its cause had been impressed upon the people, and the people were will ing to give, the grand total, repre senting more than 1,000 donations, from "the widow's mite" to the larger checks of the more wealthy folk. i Total Readied. Paul Brown, of the American Na tional bank, totalled the reports of tne teams as rapidly as they were read, the metallc click of the adding maohtne blending in with the noise that came as an ovation to each re port. It was when the tenth team. headed by Harry Oruver, reported. that goal was definitely announced. Keports of the other three teams car rled tho total beyond' the' amount asked by the association. '.' " . . Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hunter .former' ly of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, nao carried on during the last three weeks, a publlolty drive, the quality of, which was most appreciated by ko editorial staffs of the two local newspapers. To her stories describ ing human Interest phases of the as sociation work is much of the cam paign success attributed. Within a few days after her arrival, Mrs. Hun ter had made a comprehensive survey of the field, picking up from each department stories that awakened the people to conditions that actually exist in Ashevile. Discussing daily all phases of the association work, she soon made the people familiar with each minute-of activity. Onoe con verted to the true nobility of the cause for which they gave, the peo ple of Asheville never for a moment hesitated, to make the drive a suc cess. Mlsg Ava Blank, campaign director. thanked all of the assembled pork ers for the good work they have car- rledon during the last rive ( days Many of them, she realized, had! com pletely forsaken their businesses In order to help;; not a Yew of them had worked night and day. It doesn t make so much differ ence, what each person gave, she said. "If you convinced them that the association stands ready to be come their, friend at any time, you have done' your work well." . ' Praise for Women. ' She praised especially the work of the business women's club, '- which gave $100 as an organization, Induced each member to pledge liberally "as individuals and then raised an ad ditional $10;422.76 among .their friends. Cherokee Inn, as related previously, (Continued on Psse Two) , Defeated in the Crimea by Soviet Armies but Ready . for the Battle. DISCUSS RETURN OF ' FORMER GREEK KING Interest Over Prospective Return Constantino Is Dying Down. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. (By the Associated Press.) General ' Wrangcl declared today that he and r his army and navy were refray to recommence lighting Immediately, but that his future course had not yet been determined. General Wran gel's ship is anchored In the Sea ot Marmora, but he has refused to de- t bark, Insisting on sharing the hard. ships on the crowded vessel, Oesj eral Wrangel expressed his thanks to the American nation for the Sid given him by the American ' of election canvassers to mustor. r""- . V ' ; qurum when it resumed . session I Jo LYZ in tne AsnouiB (was unhappy, his. officers wearing . day afternoon at two o'clock after a-Kudy uniforms, with their, breasts Failed to Get Quorum in Afternoon to Meet Monday. BOARD REFUSES TO HEAR ATTORNEYS Interest in Outcome of Board's Action on Re mainder of Vote. Failure of the Jackson county board 06 LE1RDER0F BRUTAL CHARAC ER Sixteen Year Old Youth , Wanted for Murder. Entices Boys, 6 and 8, Into Woods Near Gaffney and Kills Them. GAFFNEY, , 8. C, N6v. 2.0. Offi cers tonight are searching for Roy Henderson, aged 16, who is alleged to have killed two small boys, Frank and Floyd Kirby, aged 6, and I years late today In the Blue Branch neigh borhood, six miles from' Gaffney. Henderson, according to the ac count given out by the officers, en ticed tho smaller boys away from home .to go with him hunting and when near a creek he shot tho young er lad, blowing off the . top of Ms head and a part of his hand; then beat the larger boy over the head with his gun until he was dead, after which be threw both bodies into the creek, where they were found later by their father, who became anxious and went in search for them. Immediately after the killing. It is said, Henderson went to his home. chanaed his clothes and left, and up to a late hour tonight had not been apprehended. " . v Coroner Vinsett went to the neigh borhood and impaneled a Jury which inspected the scene of the crime and adjourned until tomorrow, when tes timony will be taken. No motive for the crime has been davloBed. j recess taken for . lunch, caused an adjournment until Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the same meeting place when the board Is expected to resume tho morning's work of passing nn i ha cimilonred votes of Sylva pre cinct, this to be followed presumably bv definite action on the 1 right of Cherokee Indiana ' to vote and con sideration of the matter of surplus votes in tho boxes at'Bylva and Bar Borne of the board members felt that they ought to go home over Bun day, it was explf ined by Craiman J. J. Mason when tho board resumed Its sitting and it appeared that the necessary ouorum of nine members was lacking, there being IT members in all. .these naving promised 10 oe here Monday, he said. If a quorum does- not appear then legal process will be Invoked to compel attendance, but It is not considered that any such action will be necesary. - Republicans llestlve Republicans attending were some what restive at the delay. They- con sider it likely that the board will de cide to thooW out the Indian vote, and maybe two precinct votes, where by the annerent majority for the re publican county candidates an the face of the returns will be wiped out, and Democratic candidates be de clared the winners, and they want to know the worst as soon as possible. The morning session was given over to detailed and palnstaken Inquiry, and consequent debate, about individ ual votes, prolonged to lengths soma times tiresome to spectators. As was the ease at the hearing the afternoon before, informal evidence wa freely received and there waa no dispute ot any one's word even though' he waal nn mam maMalv -an ff Arfc-iA-MtT- V onclfe conflicts of testimony aa to whether challenged voters had paid their poll taxes or had removed from Jackson county long enough to lose their legal residence. At its close, six challenges by democrats to re publican votes had been sustained, and 13 had been overruled or with ; The. feature was the declination by the board of the request of republi can candidates to allow them to be represented by coun'sel, the board ap parently acquiescing in the statement of the chairman that it had previously decided ta have no counsel present for either side.. Of Interest was the remark of Crairman Mason to the ef fect that ;'I have always been anon party man and have mixed my ticket for years, and at the past election was In sympathy mostly with the repub lican candidates and did a good deal for them and went out of my way to register republicans, but because of things that have occurred before this board I can say I am now a pretty staunch 'democrat." , Challenges Taken Cp : With Dan Tompkins representing the democrats and T. - H. Queen, a board member, the republicans, Ryl va township challenges were taken up, beginning with Walter and Will Stanley, republicans alleged to have voted without being registered and challenged at the time. Queen said that Will Stanley was registered two and four years ago. and ought not to lose his vote because of failure of registrar to transfer his name to a new book. Tompkins said he was in formed the reason their names wore not on the bonk was because they had removed from the county. The chair remarked that the board had no business to go behind the registra tion books. Moss' motion to. sustain the challenge vaas adopted, Queen protesting. J. B. Kuslcy, presumably representative-elect, since his opponent, At torney C, C, Buchanan has already extenaea nis congratulations, asked that in view of the report that the board will soon take .important ac tion affecting one or more townships likely to change the result, that the republican candidates be allowed rep resentation by Geo. H. Bmathers, J. J. Britt and E. P. SUIwelL This was disposed of by the ruling of the chair mentioned above. Mr. Knsley said It was his understanding that when the board came to Asheville both sides were to have counsel, that this a as part of the purpose in coming here. The chair said access to counsel was to be faciliated but not the bringing or attorneys herore the board. "When our counsel was run out of Sylva we took up the law ourselves and be came acquainted with It and when In doubt I have counselled with the gov ernor and attorney general." Huynes Not Attorney. ' Mr. Bnsley replied that fwe have eminent authority which conflicts witn tnat the board has and for this reason ask for counsel to be heard." Mr. Quetn Interposed td ask if Mr. Haynes was attorney for the board or not. The chairman responded in the negative, saylrs that when he said "our" he was speaking In a po litical sense since Mr. Sutton was then appearing for the republicans. The challenge to Harvey Exlne was withdrawn because his name did not appear on the poll tax book as voting. Then followed a long inquiry about two republicans tickets placed In the amendment box and counted by the judges. Queen said there were four such ballots, two of each aide. Mr. Fisher, precinct Judre, sajid he must lay down party prejudices and do his duty, and said there were five names of voters not found cn the registra tion book, and wanted to eliminate these votes, but when he came back from supper found the other officials ICentlnusa en Paste Tin) coveren witn glltterimr orders, ri.n. eral Wrangel, however, was In. th black Cossack Uniform and wore only the customary , silver topped , carti 1 ridge cases across his breast. .--. "I have done all that , la humanly possible and my conscience Is clear." -said General Wrangel. "My troops were overpowered by the desperate onslaughts of six entire soviet armies. They repulsed attacks by SI divisions until they were exhausted. After most herptc lighting they fell back upon the aeacoast faclnsr terrlhl nn. slaughts by bolshevik cavalry sweep. ' Ing down , In a southerly direction. Thus, my troops made possible com plete evacuation of , the Crimea," , ;A Gloomy Plctnre. 1 ATHENS. NOV. It fBv th AmmnJ elated Press.) Enthusiasm over the prospective return of ex-King Con-. stantlne seemed to be dying down In Athena today, although the tnnln of the dynasty Is virtually the only one on we tongues oi tne people ana dealt with by the press. . Tne capital this evening presented gloomy picture.' Rain was -Tallin and the silence of the street crowd seemed to Indicate a sobering! down ot tne popular- rervor, with propa gandists for Constantlne unable, tem porarily, at least, to revive the Area of enthusiasm. Meanwhile, news Is being awaited as to the attitude of the French and Rrttiah governments and "also as to the reports that the ex-ruler will au tempt to reach. Greece and present to the allies the accomplished ' fact ot his mttmtiM iv.j , This morning, French Minister M. -' CntmuesVen Page Twe) 4 11 ITER FRONT FIRE Government Property Con sumed by Flames.-;, Two Thousand Feet of Nev Orleans Wharfage Is . .h ; .Destroyed, , NEW ORLEANS, - Nov. 80. The loss- Involved by what was regarded as the worst river front fire in New; Orleans since the Btuyvesant dock were destroyed a decade ago will be at least 12,500,000 and may be in creased to $4,000,000, according to a statement issued tonight by Haydon Wienn, superintendent of . the board of port commissioners following his investigation ot damage' caused by the blase which early today ; consumed 8,000 feet of Wharfage from JDsslre. to Indendepedence streets In the down town; seotlon. ' : , . . The fire, , believed to have been caused by sparks from a switch en gine, completely destroyed a new . banana wharf constructed for the Cuyamel Fruit and Steamship com pany, eight box cars filled with ma- terlal belonging to the-United Staten government; two derricks owned by the government; damaged the stern of the steamship Poncelot, being fitted for delivery by the Foundation com pany to the French line and oousumed vast , quantities of goods designed for -export. W . ' - - - Loss to the port commission Ut not covered by Insurance, but a special sinking fund is maintained to cover such cases.! ,-. ', '.( , The Mexican gunboat Saragoza, the : steamship Truxlllo and a government '. barge were towed to mid stream with the Poncelot Shortly after an oil tank on the steamer exploded, scattering ', burning oil on the barge which was i itself loaded with oil. Tho Poncelot was the 'only vessel damaged. '- TWO YOUTHS, NEITHER OVER 20 YEARS, ROBBED MAIL CAR - COUNCIL BLUFK8, la... Nov. lit. Two youths, OrvlUe l'hillipe and Fred Pfof fenberger, neither over Z9 years, planned the robbery of the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy mail car, committed a week ago tonight, according to confessions that they hav made. Post Office Inspw tor Claude Olenn, of Concil Bluff, said here tonight.' . . 1 At the time Glenn made this state- , ment, federal officers were still hard at work attempting to clear np furthur d-.i tails In coniiectfcm with the robbery In which it has been estimated that more than I3.0OO.IW9 worth of property was stolen. Federal officers this aftomoon said they had received through the mail -three diamond brooches, a part of the , loot. .- TRAVELING SALESMAN OF CHARLOTTE STILL MISSINQ CHARtXTTB, Nov.' SO.- -Pol lee de partments in the Principal ciues ana towns of states from Virginia to Hortda have been unable to find any trace of : 1L D. Weaverj weu Known imrauill man, of Charlotte, whe disappeared irons bis Home .-voranipw . - ... , CROWN S.R1NCE CHARLES AND THfll,t9 HCbKHK KriWtUKV OEVBVA. "Nov. - JO. The official- en- earenu-nt- of Crown Frtnoe Charles, ot , Rumanian', te Princess lieln. of Greece, . daughter of former King .coosiantmn. tooit place today, acoording to a iti- ue tent nr n. t.ounuiuiuia rsiarr at Lacerae, - - r