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.11' '.V.,- , 1 ' ply SHOWERS XXX Xli - VOL; XXXVII, .NO. 60 Not Committed to Definite - Decision in Regard "to Any Place. OrSOUSIONS LEAD lTO FURTHER SHIFTING es Still Most Talked of . for the Portfolio of Sec retary of State. .'.".MARION. Ohio, Jan. 1. Although PreBldeut-etect Harding has, about made up. hla mind on several of the moat Important appointments to his met, It was indicated todav that 'eilha.f' nitf vat ,.,.1 1.1 , . definite decision In regard to nv Vf the ten places In his official fam ?$ J, During the last few days he has shewed- tha entire field of available in-tconterence with his closest polltl ml- Advisers, and although the dis COlslons have led to further shifting . uut pi tentatively arranged cabi rfet aeata, no development. of a posl tlvn character has been revealed. f In . circles close to the president elect, Charles Evans Hushes, of New York, continues the, most talked of man lor secretary of state, and- O, uawea, riuinois, still is a favorite for secretary of the treasury, although w, .latter post Charlea H. Hlllcs. of New York, and John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts, are still mentioned as possibilities. Mr. Weeks, however, is mora generally regarded as a likely r. - A ' . a yiners wno Keep to the front in cabinet epeculatlon are Harry M. Dougherty, of Ohio, most frequently mentioned for attorney general; Will H.'f Hays, i of Indiana, discussed for postmaster general or secretary of the juunior; uenry Wallace of Iowa, put forward for secretary of agriculture; and Herbert Hoover, of California, whose name frequently haa been coupled with the portfolio of labor, cut- wno has been regarded; la the Tight of recent developments as ar more naeiy ; choice lor secretary of com merce. ' :,. . Regarding the secretaryship of war peculation naa taken a less definite put iunng me pan row says, A. Tv Hert, of Kentucky, has been men tioned! conspicuously for the place, but- everything has indicated that Mr. Harding Is far from a decision on the point, t Like Mr, Weeks, however, Mr. Hert; Is considered by. many as cer tain to have some position in the cab- I- ntlrflr Undecided. VThe president-elect la said to be en- PRESIDEfJTELECTS i ND IS STILL OPEN Of MBIT POSTS ij llBI Dll,o V. VI, IIIIWIW, ..Will - f Jmr-rptK whlnh -mtfV hft Mind at the last - i' roomeni py men prominently consia- area.: for other cabinet posts, hut dis placed in the "final allotment of the portfolios of higher rank.; - ' There hat been akme talk of George Sutherland, Of .Utah, for secretary of the interior tnut some of his close friends say he la more likely to receive a place on , the supreme bench. It-is understood no. positive action 'has beerc taken, in regard to the ap- eolntment of a secretary to the presi dent. ' but the general belief is ' that the position will go to George B Christian, who has been Mr. Harding's secretary since he entered the sen ate., Various others have ueen men ' tioned ; but all the indications here Have pointed, to Mr. Christian's re tentlons : '' ' V"' The president-elect spent moat of New Tear's day at his desK,-put dur ing the - afternoon he took - a ' long walk and called , on some of hla intl ma.f' friends. ' V ' ': ' Alex P. Moore, of iPlttaburgh, and Mrs.- Moore, who formerly -was Xll llan ' Russell "-were guesU ml' noonday dinner at the Harding bomr, and in fh evening, Mr. Harding went to Knottier New Tear's feast at the home ItVrrives in Argentina From : Visit to Uruguay, j Ravitr TTnitfid States Will wyj-r - . -: Find Way to Allay jreei- - IS I BUEHOS AIRES ,' "tlCENOS AIRES, Jan. 1. (By the Associated Press.) Bainbridge Colby, the American secretary of state, ar rived In Buenos Aires today. 1 . , ' The Argentine coast guard cruiser Libertdad bearing Secretary Colby and his' party entered port this morning accompanied b a chartered steamer parrying a committee of welcome sent out" by the American society of the ' river Platte and the steamer with rep resentatives of 4he" . Argentine com , mission Naeional do la Juvente and a, pth.er oTflcial parties. . - . ' . r was oniciauy weicomea , Dy represen- Vntlvesof the president, the ministry , 11". riftu iiMia, -uiMtcu ivv ' Z hv Stimson and a crowd of Ameri cans and Argentinians., He was es corted tor headquarters in the Plaza hotel by a naval guard,, . " .J , .;. . : 5 FA RE WEI Jj If XCHEON ; ' .. MONTEVIDEO, ITruguay. Jan. 1. . Bainbridge Colby, United States see retary iof state, told the people of Uruguay yesterday that the United . fitates proposed to find a way to allay the.' feelings of distrust . of 5 North , America which h said - he had been told frankly by -leading men existed : on the part of the many South Amerl- cans who lid' not comprehend , the . "true "motives) and : purposes of his irnuntry- in its dealing with the South r farwall In nh.An that li m . a-a va .v w.a.w w. vyvvvajviavj m WW, y V.M ...V.,. jSitfsensjL --'-r-r--..ll. : x,v p t (. "l have been told propaganda it at work in Sooth America against the cordial relations antU understand ing between North and South Amerl ca,"- the eecretanr maid. "Jt is our Juty to And a war to allay thia dis- , trustiul feeling and- -exert - every Centlnueg,en Rate eighteen) YEAR BRINGS BIG DECLINE IN THE HOLDINGS OF PAPER SECURED BY GOVERNMENT Wilson Expresses His Sympathy For . Cardinal Gibbons Spends The Day Quietly And Suffers A'o Alarming Sinking Spells WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. The sym pathy of President. Wilson for Car dinal Gibbons in I. is illness was ex pressed today in ;t telegram from Secretary Tumult) the Right Uev. Owen B. Oorrlffan, bishop of the Bal timore Catholic diocese. The telegram follows: "The President lias learned with sympathy and dislrc.ss of the cardi nal's illness, and hopes he may very noon learn of a decided turn for the better." XO VISITORS ALLOWKD. BALTIMORE, Jan. 1. Cardinal Gibbons awoke thiB morning from refreshing sleep 'feeling like a new man, according to report. He, spent the day" quietly but pleasantly, no alarming aglnking npells and with nothing to excite him. No visitors were allowed to see him. It was honed that he would be able to sleep well tonight also, and those in attendance on him were greatly encohrfted, although . they realized that his condition still was dangerous and liable to another sudden turn for the worse. ' ' . HOSP TAL IS PAR DESTROYED BY F RE Estimate Damage at $40,000 No Loss of Life. Nurses and Firemen Work; , Heroically to Save Patients. ' Fire of an undetermined origin at 1:16 o'clock this morning raced to the ground the central part of the Clar ence Barker Memorial Hospital, Bilt- more, entailing damage estimated at between $40,000 and $50,000, but re sulting in -no. loss of life. Due to the heroic work of the nurses, directed by Mise Mary Perkins Laxton, su perintendent, each of the 19 patients was removed to the yard or to the nurses Home before Aaheviiie firemen reached the scene, i 1 " ' Fighting their Way through a bar- age of awoke and tonnuee of fire'that licked at v them from- all - directions, firemen strove vainly to extinguish the blaze before it had gained- much headway. But- the .fire purchased its way from attic to, basement quickly, and Within a few minutes the central structure.' was a 'scene of conflagra tion, the flames mounting higher and higher until the roof fell with a'ter rfffic , crash. - . ' Second Alarm. ' Efforts were centered on the two wings. Practically airbeds and much of the equipment were, removed while firemen were fighting flames in' the center of the hospital. A second alarm called- practically all of Asheville a fire fighting equipment to the scene and streams from several .hoses played on -the. wings for-more than an hourj At 2:80 o'clock this morninc it BARKER MEMORIAL appeared' that 'the wings would be leftist ih. vnr. imaci, , ana .inai carnage io-'inem would 1 be confined to sfnoke and water., - J The kitchen.1 dining room, buaineM Offif:e and superintendent's quarters were- totally ? destroyed.- If is uridef- (n rcstrlfetlnr them. ' k In. lacr, .otal fed stood that $40,000 insurance "waa car-leral reserve bank holdings of discounted ried -on -this. seetion.-but that the oer-i bllla. 2.231.2 millions at the beitinnln5.br .Ax . .1 . T he, strove' to, fight the flames andjup totdjrf April and. X aherJ save human ife, were ; not covered. Rushing. to the basement. Miss iM - ton endeavored to focus a stream of water from -a house' hose i into , the furnace, - But' as the - roof . began to crack, and flames burst through, she learned, quickly, that 'the fire had in some 'way 'originated " either in the attic or on-the roof. , --,4 , . . Assisted by Misses Styles, Orr and Minnie Hackney, three special nurses. She carried s.eeral of the ravlents to; . . . . u . ( - V. I.,,..' ttafiyTuVh ntgnt .atr, tneae nurses wwu-t dill-1 gently among the sick, . MMing''-that each .patient . had. been caVried : in-1 doors before they attempted to save! (Otir wo (irefprij, " licit ncy turn- ed back to get these effects, they nawf that the Plate nan spread, and that they ; were but charred remnants, The hospital , was erected .by. the late George W. Vanderbllt as a mc morial to . Clarence Barker. ;- It was recently deeded over to a board ef trustees, of which Charles - E. .Wnd delC consulting engineer of tlti e:ity, is president.- Among the - group of nersons who watched the central sec tion converted rapidly into ashes was Mrs. Vanderbllt and Miss Edith Vsn- derbilt, wldowand daughter , of the donor, visibly anectea oy tne loss ot;, visitors all day and the dlplo- tnte'gtlt, DIWnicn ! uuuuDn iooh keenprwe. Early this morning several of Uhe natlents Were . tSKen 10 omer -no" pltals, or were made comfortable in! the no'rses' home. ' !; , ' ' ' , I The hospital was a frame structure, covered with pebble-daah. . - . . HOUSK OF WOBSMir- I , r --.15 BUILT m Tin, tiBims - ,.--.t v- -.Va , Jan.'' .ProfesalfMiftl n ilncluding high army an navy of-1 a nmnHllM the OOngregatUNI or j'-Tr; M-jhodist Kpiscopai church. Laarwix-vr..-- HInaVJ inhnrk rrl todav and In ten hours NortoiK s '":,r, .' vliui.. . hlh llt -ha "itS tomorrow morning. Th! JJulWUig li a w inn rwt and la of wood con- llrJcttlon. even to the foundation. . AMERICAN TMERNITA: ; anwvn TVT - Taaa 1 Br the Associated Pre-V-Thi American, steamer Pafllia, l" arrived h-r. Friday from New Wk and which was Immediately 2&.-Mbr jrass1 rxr. ,wlllK:V.h7tf the veel Raised aboard, but admi-aton. th. . rifowil to all other persons, "h.&.7!2. rft he Pontia la being -r-The cargo or ina r ku uai hauled te see If the er gaa nuuuag- T SUNDAY ASHEVILLE, WAR OBLIGATIONS Reduced From 1,500 to 1,141 . Millions, Says Report of Reserve Board.. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE GOLD RESERVE Paid in Capital Federal Re serve Banks Increased 12.4 Millions. "WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. Holdings of I'ni'er secured by government war Obligations declined from nearly 1, htli millions at the opening of the ye' i' to 1,141 millions on December 81. mid the nnnual review issued to nitht hy the federal reserve board. "At Hie end of the year," it added. "on' ..f a total of 2,110.1 millions of dii" "imted bills about 43 per cent was i ompossed of paper secured by Urii'd states wsr obligations, against 7 per cent of a total of 2.231.2 mil lions held on the first Friday of the yer." . The sold reserve, according to the review, shows little change at the end of th.e year as compared with the condition 12 months earlier. Al thouKh considerable gold was export ed to South -Amevlca early In the year. It explained. Igold shipments from England in anticipation of ma turity of the Anglo-French bonds on October 15 were responsible in meas ure for a subsequent recovery so thni n December 30 the amount was only 3.3 millions below the totul shiiwn on January 2. lti l easing in capitalization of exist ing member banks and accessions of new members were responsible in part for an- Increase In the paid-in capital of the federal reserve banks during the year from $7.4 to 99.$ millions, corresponding to an Increase of over 411 millions in capital and surplus of member banks. Change's in Condition. Changes In the condition of the fed eral reserve bank's during 1920, ac cording to the review, reflect ' to a large extent .the changes In the credit policy originated about 'the last of 1919. -.- . Treferentlal rates secured by liberty bonds and victory notes." the review continued., "were abrogated -by some re serve banks and raised by others to s level more nearly approximating the rate level for ordinary commercial paper. In the cape of paper secured by treasury certificates the rates adopted were in most cases identical with the higher coupon rates fixed by the government, thus holdinr out no inducement to tbe member banks to carry the business se curities in their own investments and use the collateral for loans at the federal reserve banks, but Tatlier providing a stimulus to place them In the hands f ultimate -Investors. The results are seen In the gradual -decrease of the amounts ' of ,ws,r, paper .held during the vi. hv the reserve banks. From nearly 1,00 millions at the opening of the yeur the Holdings ot paper secured ny govern ment uar obligations declined to 1,1 41 million-; on IMnsember 3.0. Of. the .latter total 1S$ millions, of 18.5 per .cent wero- pared with 41.8 millions, or over 3t per' cent held at the opening of the rar, thus decrease. corresponding in a general way to -the reduction in tne amouni oi ee.r tiflcatcs i held by tbe member barm. Much amsller reductions are shown.. In the reserve hanks' holdlhes of paper se nunwi hv ilhartv bonds and victory note. the December 30 total, i3 millloix. being only 7" millions less man uw amouna reported at the beginning of ths year. On the other hand, holdings' of other dis counted paper which it the opcnlint of the year totalled 74. millions show sn almost steady growth, being in ixeesS of 1.SO0 millions at the .'Od of September and flnetuating between 1.S0O and !. O0 millions during the last three, months At thn! of the year out of a total of 2, 719.1 millions of discounted bills about 42 per. cent was composed of paper secured by United States war obli gations, against 7 per cent of a total of 2.231.3 million held oft the first Friday oisceuni- anus "Early in the year- thej ' federal re- serve banks-raweo w.tw.. i ?? SrliZu tMardini I, i rorese of borrowings rathe,- than . , .n innM.vwl hv nvf, 3 m mllllnliH 4 f a iM miU one Vaa reached 'JtiT -iTt'- h " (Continued On Page TweJ in France by, M. MllleranCl. . , , . . . . . ' . . , , Dean 01" DlPlOmaUC VOrpo '"', ...aaaa . TTftttl fny EXpreSSCS ilOpO IOr Universal Peace. PARIS. Jam 1. The , mild new vMir's weather, like affairs in gen- i waa rather cloudy today, but there was a few hours of sunshine that had their : counterpart ,:lft , the note of confident hopefulness e nressed in the greetings at tha nu merous formal functions." President Millerand. at the Elysee palace, .re newed the presidential new year's re-; ..niinn for the ' first time . In - six. veara Tnere ,-w a stream, of off i- matic ?orpr waa: received An a- body by the president in .the afternoon. .,..v. r -n.-altac. tha' AhierlcaA am- ..rinr: vat absent. n he is spend- ln, the holidays in 1 the France. ' i , ; f ' .' f souin 01 Count Bonin'Ixngacre, the Italian ambassdor,s who is the dean of the dlnlomattc cprps. -expressed hope for janiversal peace as -result ' of the treaties conciuaen ouring ins iasi. ivAar. - presraeni aiiiieranu. in ixuiy. u .ha . aMtnvl . ftirintaiicfta : and ,hruh -j-cution" of these ins ...... .ni. rnndlMnni for'a -r.r:.; ,. niWI WI1 pllllllO ....' , xt Millerand referred o the serious effects of the wgr, adding:' 0 . "The solidarity that binds the peo ples make it to their interest, as well as helr uty, for-all to unite with the oblect of preventing conflicts from which the entire world and even civilisation suffer." . " Crowda lined the streets around the Elysee palace cheering 4he -visitors but the German ambassador passed in silence. ' ' , y The unofficial werM devoted the day to the traditional visits to friends end there were visible in the streets resurrected silk hats, which were con sidered ostentatious last new year's when sad memories of the war were too recent. Watch parlies, aa ttftuX filled the cafes. . - . N. a, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 2. 1921. SOME PUZZLE, EH, WARREN ? By BILLY BORNE. ' . ' - - rr-J rvjjjjjiBiB CARDENAS THE REAL SHY ER OF Commanded Guard by Whom Madero Was Shot. Dies at His Own Hands as Soldiers Close in to Arrest Him. GUATEMALA CITT. Dec. 13. (Correspondence Associated Prone.) The suicide of the former Mexican general, Francisco Cnrdenas, In the Central Plam of this city on Novem ber 27, is believed here to have ended all doubt as to who waa the real slayer of the Mexican president, 'Fan ctsco I. Madero. Oatjdonas had told the AMsit.U'J?l,i'P.8s correspondent, that he commanded the - guard , by whom Madero was shot but did not explain why he .ordered the shouting. . Madero, with .the vl--picsldoit, Pino Puarc. w sh"i iv drv-th ! 'li night of tVbitmi)- 32. tlS, "wJlW bHn conveyed under a guard xt armed soldiers from his jiai!C- of Imv prhronment in the national palace to the penitontlsry in Mexico City. . The usual report an rendered to the au thorities that the prisoner had tried to escape and that the soldiers, in order to prevent them getting away, were obliged to shoot them Ordered To Prison Not long after the event, Francisco Cardenas appeared in Guatemala. Within a very short time, he was ar rested and imprlboned by orders from Estrada Cabera, the president, thea. of this country. : It Is not clear jimt on what grounds Cabera -ordered the Imprisonment of Cardenas. . The gov ernment of Cabrera was not-. on par ticularly friendly relations with that of Carranra, who had succeeded Gen eral Huerta as president of 'Mexico. It is thought that-the Guatemalan oresident was aware that Cardenas waawanted by the Carranza govern ment, and purposed turning him over to the Mexican authorities In ex change' for certain Guatemalans in Mexico Who might. -be conspiring against Cabrera's government, How ever thia may be, no. exchange was mape, and Cardenas was kept a pris oner for nearly seven years. During the revolution of last April when the dictator, Cabrera, was over thrown, Cardenas was -taken from the penitentiary, and ' brought into this tty under a guard of trSops. Colonel BeltetOh pointed him out to the Associated Press correspondent as the man who had killed Madero: Cardenas was a man of medium height. roousv in appearance with a round, mil let-like head, thin black mnntaohe and thin black hair parted In ringlets over his forehead.' Questioned to the kllU Ing of Mariero he dismissed 'the subject with the .simple statement that he-was in command or the guard that did the killing. He offered no explanation why he had commanded the-guard to shoot me prisoners, nut was more intent on re. lating his own misadventures, stating that, he had been in prison nearly eight veara, more , than two years of . whlqli had been In solitary confinement. v .'.'.'.. a Urn Fram Mesiee .- -' If this Dart -of his statement W cor rect, he must have fled fmm Meilco shortly after-the murders were com mltted, and when Huerta was still in power.. . .. With the chitTse of aovernment " In Guatemala last-April. Cardenas was set free and given an Important official posi tion in the -penitentiary, with a chance to make toxi. but It Is said that he accented' money - for . granting certain prohibited - orlvileces to ' prisoners.' He lost his position, in tb penitentiary and wa accused of paying too-much atten tion to the wife of a political prisoner.- When the husband' of the woman was S.laa released from the penitentiary. n was stabbed by a 'man who said Car denas had paid htm to do the stabbing. Cardenas Was arrested and imprisoned, but was released on ball.- - Recently, a -request' came from the proper authorities; In Meili-o requesting rthat he held by the authorities here mm til rva nara could - be forwarded for his evtradition en the ' Madero murder eharge.' it being eaplalned that direct testimony -had -been obtalsd showing him in have boen the man directly re ioonalble for - th deed. Throiish some blundering 'of the police department. Card en ax was permitted to make hla es cape from the city but was eventually located in seme woods a few miles be yond in the district of las Vacaa. - On tha night of Kevember I he waa cap- tU!Tiai ataiaM hv th ' lieutenant who commaadrd the -soldiers that t arderiaa offered him izs.oou lor mmvn a . oe for each of his soldiers to be set at liberty The enr-being refused. Card mas asked permission te rest whereopon be wrote la a memorandum book which he carried a few tines addressed to. the woman with whom -he had been 1 tying. i,i..a ha hla mnn.v and lewei ana re. qnestiag her-to bury his body In. event of his death. ' - . r- Ths soldiers bropght Cardenas to the Central Plaaa of the city, whare Card enas suddenly drew . a sron "' anaa in a hanrfkarrhlpf and shot at one of the aoMUrs . only wounding,, him '; IDEiiO CITIZEN Ihree Confess lo Systematic Plan Used In Robbery Tell Of Successful Method Of York Robberies NEW YORK,. Jan. 1. Three mcnBUt Splendid P T 0 g T 6 S S arrested nere today contessed, police said tonight, to a systematic plan of operation by which they carried out) successfully seven robberies In New ; York city during the past three months. The prisoners, 'Joseph Co hen, 28, Morris . Bernstein. '28, and Louis Henlg, 29. were held under 150,000 ball each. - Each man was assigned special du ties In each robbery police declared. Bernstein acted as advance agent so- th" oomplntlon of the program f rc lectlng suliabla places to rob, and (Valuation and tax reform. The new assisting tonen in garnering me iooi.j Cohen used the revolver with which victims -, were totfinlOAtett and Henlg ttflxtiho- Cohen In aatherina the loot, Madiaon avenue Jewelry atore on t)e cembcr 1. front which 19,000 worth of Jewels were taken; -hold, up end robbery of the conductor and motor man of a trolley ear on the lower weat side and. the holdup and rob bery of members of the Madison re publican club. TOR? BACK ON THE JOB Takes Charge of the Con- . gressional Situation. Reported He Has Killed off " ' . a 1 .. - ana " 1 J iJ. Tariff urn jjODoyiswi . in Despair. (Special te The Cltlien) ' WASHINGTON, P. C. Jan. 1. ''Bess" Penrose Is baot on the Job, and things will" move along ' his way In J congress. Already by a waive of the hand he put the "fake" tarnV bill on the 'blink, end It lk understood how that he wilt "veto" any legislative program outside of tho appropriation bills. ; The coming of Mr. Penrose has brpiifcht sadness to the hearts of many lobbyists, who , now realise that their pet meas ures must glvi way. Moral reformers, protective tariff advocates, , the. League of Women' Voters. and .others who pre sented definite programs for, the short 1 . . MM.VAMa a A i Hi'ntira a- fr. Wllnur risa i;raiis, imurr ,,v upllfters. has given up hope of action on his legls'.atlve schedule. - The outcry against the proposed ' blue law to take the 'sun' out of Sunday frightened the reforiner out of the llmu llslit. "They now assert that it was un wise for the North Carolina Method 1st cenferenee, under the leadership of lit,-. 'It..' U. I)avls, slate -superintendent -of the Antl-8aloon league to adopt tne resolution Indorsing the" Tennessee eon ference's bill to st'H trains and news papers en Sunday, and asking other state, amferences to do the same. 1 h Tennessee bill was the one sent to Sena tor McKellar with a request that he Irn troduce It, but be declined. All of the Sunday blue law advocates are gening from under. ' ws.vno r. iu.ri.-i ,u..-, ed the warning to retreat and It-.was The 'women lobbyists ' admitted fiat their maternity and Infancy measure Is In danger of b4ng caught In the legis lative jam-in the closing days 01 con gress. . .j-- ., ..... ,,,. t. , appropriation uuis i.w .,, ,,7,"v way -and republican loadara will use. them to stave oft any objectionable k;- islatlon. t LIBEKATKU FOBMKIt GICKMAV AGENT IS BOU.M "'' NEW TO UW.' Jan. 1. Franst von Rintnlvn.' former German agent. Is at sea. .bound for hla native land. His departure yesterday, aboard , the steamship Susquehanna, for Bremen, became known nere-tonigni. - . - Vaji rtlnlelen - waa releasea irem the federal prison at Atlanta. Oa., on November 16, after President Wilson had pardoned him on condition that be leave the United. Statea.. by. Jan.- uary 1.. .-- ''. ' AMERICAN STEAMER , PttfOPIiau in vimH LONDON. - Jan. L The American steamer Ozaukee is reported in dlstrs 1 miles off Brest 1n a rough sea,, says a di.patch to Uoyds.from Nant-a. Tbe veswl is ursently in need of assistance Her engines are damaged and she is short of feet.-. . a,u- r !. e - J-lS T n.L Mfled ".V -1. . . ZJ acted as watchmttn at ihe d,oor of the I ": rate any- "- tne-wnwn. nlaees robbed ! The reval laWon of th iiroittrty ; -in . nv.'Uci-ies to WUllHWp'oifce'.ssiM-;tJ;rt,t l,,?f J"? I'ut year shows they .tfeasort atteV they were lake, that North ; B' fP J" ... ii,. h.,iUir lofindod a tnren hlllion dollais worth of, wealth SFfJA PENROSE REVALUATION AND TAXATION REFORM l state's Big Achievements in .Along Other Lines Has Been Accomplished. Asheville, Cltlsen News Bureau. 403 Alerchana Nat. llank Bld. , By JUIE B. WARREN KA1.KIGH. Jan. 1. One of the big achievements in North Carolina during the ust year, In the eti (na tion of Governor T. W. Blckett, waa sysrem. wntcn win do pertootrn oy .lie "jt , " , incoming session of the , JeginlrUu Nocth Carolina thu low- intj irisiii.i.v(vv', est of every kind. The .state ,:: stands fourth li the. union in the valuo of its agricultural products, first in tbe value of its tobacco crop and Is Vap idly becoming one of . the largest manufacturers of cotton goods, hosi ery, mid ' tobacco . products of any state. :,- . -v:;. North Carolina hae ' made great progress along practically - all : lines during the past year. The low prices of tobacco and cotton at the end of the year have, caused .financial strin gency, but the average, farmer will be fable to weather this , storm, in the opinion -of those who - have been making a study of the economic situ ation. They believe these low prices win rebound to the ultimate benefit of the farmer. If It tegchea him the necessity, for diversification. - In publie health the ;' state ' has taken additional steps , forward until today the wo-k of Its publta health department is considered a model. Other states are constantly sending men into tne state to study methods and the 1 new republic of Cr.eeho-.8lo-vakla, has sent commissions to North Carolina to find out how thin state Is solving, its public health problem. The year .120 saw, the -development of the plans , Contemplated in ' the legislation of litis, i when j the - most progressive- laws for dealing with ve nerol disesses ever - panned,' were put on the statute books. 'In- good- roads, the state made a real beginning towards the -ultimate establishment .of a stato system of highways that will connect -every county seat in'rthe state. Several hundred milcji of good roads, have been constructed during the- last year. Home , of these w-ero hard surfaced. I The final days of the old year saw the na,-,,, ... .uh,iuid v. v, f,ww roads enthusiasts for. the purpose of framing a law -that-will'-Tarry for ward the work started 'in 1920. These road people - predict that : 1(121 will see'-the greatest amount - of - good roads construction ever .before at tempted in-North. Carolina, .The new year will, see the beginnings of the construction t tt the state 1 wldo sys tem of 'good 'roads. ' - . - , , jfMKND PRIMAItY JAW. There, should be an amendment to tho primary law which will definitely fix the amount of money a -candidate can legally spend ' In - securing the1 nomination for a-n-office,, and proof that more than this amount of money had -been-spent, cither personally or by consent, should be thn gi-ousyls for 1 forfeiture of the nomination, To the 1 opinion of Governor T. W. Bickctt. The governor has been especially ' in- teres ted in the suggestions about a : repeal or ang-ndment of the primary , law. His fipjnion Ismail the more !n. ! teresting In view of the fact that he Is closing his administration is no longer in the political forefront or ! perspective. - , The' governor, does not believe the, primary law should be, abolished, but does think It should be "purified." 1 Four years ago Governor P.lekett rer-1 emmended the adoption rf the short ! ballot. He thought the governor and the United States senators should be nominated by popular vote, and the constitution should be amended so as to allow the governor to appoint heads, of departments, in much the same manner- that the eablnet offi cers are appointed. The governor again recommended this in his bi ennial message to the legislature, two "years ago. .-. ' "But it -seems tnai me legislature does not believe I have very much po litical sense, ' Out of the 48 things I have recommended to the legislature . during the last four years. It ; hs adopted 40j but in every Instance it haa passed -lip every recommendation an sugg-ioni Jia-- nww. F" 'llllal naltara.-' hf mm HI. not TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES IN THBEE PARTS PRICE 7c, ON TRAINS 10c OF Senator-elect to Introduce Bill at the Extra Ses sion of Congress. IS HIS REMEDY FOR "DOMESTIC CRISIS" Would Require Issuance of $102,000,000 of Author ized Greenbacks. ATLANTA. .Ian. 1. Thomas K. Witi-on, 1'nlioil Slates senutpr-ele-t from (Irorgln. annuunt-es In n copy righted statement to bo published In the Atlnnt.a ( 'oiiat it ution Sunday that t extra session of the (17th ooiikicri lie will introduce a bill to make -I liberty hoinlH and victory bonds and I other government war paper legal I tender. Mr. Watson Iihn announced plans ! for Introducing bills to force the fed eral reserv. and federal farm loan , 11 lv x to loan money directly to Indt I x ldiialn ami In require the secretary 'id' the treasury in issue the unissued 1 sxeen line l,s authorized by a bill . signed by President Lincoln. The to 1 tal of these aiithoi Ir.ed, but unissued, greenbacks, nceordlng to the senator j elect, is f 1 ti2.noo.UO0. HiHcusstna- his plan' to make legal tender of liberty and victory bonds, ; credit certificates, war savings stamps and nil government obligation paper Issued during and since the world war as a remedy fu,r what he claims is hi, existing "domestic crisis.'1 Mr. Watson declared such ac tion would have an electrifying ef fect upon American business tyfe. uii imssage 01 suen legislation. Mr. Watson declared, "all . anorehenslnii of a panic would as Quickly disap pear." Regarding the nation's financial system, Mr. Watson said ho would in ironuce .mils to make It mandatory under penalty for the regional banks to lend direct to farmers on approved securities at an interest rate not over five per cent; to repeal, that section of the farm loan bank act requiring a group of ten signatories to a loan and' Insertion of a mandatory clause com pelling such banks to lend to an in dividual applicant Upon approved se curity without the requirement of ad ditional obligators. MILLKU BFCOMKH THFJ 47th t C1UKF EJlKCCTIVg OF N. T. AU1ANT. N. Y.. Jan. l.A new governor was acclaimed in New York state today, Hhortly after noon the roar of field guns In - Capitol ; Park gave the signal to the. eleven million Empire Btatp residents that Nathan I Miller, pf, SyracusevJtad taken th -oath as the 47th chief executive of lite slate and had assumed th. Juties of his office. - ' , f Governor Miller, in ' h'ji inaugural address, promised economy In pub-.; lie administration, declared that party. coiisidemtlons "sre not to ,,he ig-. nored,".and intimated that he! was not an ardent advocate of "welfare" leg islation. 1 . i - - - - SHIPPING COMPANY PI HOUSE ScnoOXEIl FIiOnENCE HOWARD PENSACOlvA. Fla.. ' Jan. l.i-An-nouncement has been made here of the purchase by the Pensacola-Cuban Bhlpptug company, of the schooner Florence Howard, from 1 the - East Coast Transportation company, of New York. The Florence Howard la at Savannah, loading coal cargo for Cuba, - The purchase price was not announced. " - .-v.. J t.-.-. NC- ESTABLISHES A NEW AMERICAN NON-STOP RECORO 8AV DIBOO,- Calif., Jan, l.J-Estiihllsh. tng a new American non-stop duration reoord for pilot and five hum 8tates naval sa. wane wo new from San Plego. Calif ,, to Magdalena bay, Jjjwer California, in the remarkable time or nine hours and In minutes today. . - - v.. . . . ' ..ji - 11 ENORMOUS EXPANSION I. . .v. ..-. ,' COIil'MBUH. 6a., Jae. t.Expansloi1 In capRal stock frem $75,000 in 10I1 to ' 11,000.000 In --1921. - Is -contemplated I'V the Chero Cola company, one of the largest soft . drink mannraeturers in the world, and application made for charter amendment made , accordingly. It was '. announced by officials of tho company' here tonight. , .... V, . ... TRIPLETS ORN HAVANNAII, Oa.. Jan. 1. Mrs. V. A. Palllgant yesterday received a telearam from her son. Major Louis A. Valllgant, of Albany. Oa announcing the birth of triplets, two boys and a. girl., Major r a amain recently r-signen rrom the, army. His wife was Miss Susan Osburn, of Atlanta. . 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