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WT THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER It Will Toll You When Your lubtorVtloe Epir... Ran.w Five Dyi for 2xtf. ration So You Won't Mitt in Issue. rxXXVII, NO. 83 ..unT nrniii UTiniil.r ASHEVILLE. N. C, TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 25, 1921. PRICK FIVE CENTS f STATE BANKS IS PROPOSED IN BILL eeejjrig to Create Greater " Safeguards for All the Interests. WIDE APPROVAL IS GIVEN BARNES BILL o:ds Existing Law and rrovides a Sounder Basis of .Credit Asltevltle Citizen News Bureau. Yarborough Hotel. By R. E. POWELL BALKK1H. Jan- 24 Stricter regu lation of statn banks Is proposed in a bill offered In the house tonight by Representative Barnes, of Hertford, fhairnwn of the. house banking and currency committee. The proposed bill incorporates features which, in the opinion of the corporation commission, the legisla tive committee of the North Carolina Bankers association and the commit tees on banking and currency from both the senate and house, are nec tary to create greater safeguards for the Interests of both depositors ,nd stockholders of state banks, ifter consideration of the provisions of the proposed bill in detail ( each of the above named bodies has given its approval and endorsement. Practically all of the existing law relating to the banking business is retained In the new bill, with such changes and additions as the framers of the proposed law felt would be necessary to bring the banking busi ness of the state in line with the charges which have taken place in the business world during the past few years and to provide the great est possible protection to those de positing their money in North Caro lina state banks. Throughout tho pro posed bill numerous provisions are Incorporated with the sole object of protecting depositors and those who have Invested their money in the stocks of stato banks. Capital Requirements. The first departure of importance from the old law is the provision In regard to minimum capital stock of new banks, mis provision is worKea out on a sliding scale covering the towns and cities of various sizes; i'0,000 being the minimum capital requirement for new banks organ ised in town and cities of less than 3.000 population and $100,000 for cities of more than 25,000 popula tion. Tho old law made no provis ion relative to the requirements of Jtntss and responsibility on the part uf the stockholders of proposed new banks. ' Under tho bill introduced by Mr. Barnes, the corporation commission has authority to exanVne into the Btnefs of tho incorporations of new banks und to determine Whether the ;ew bank would serve two public in snffiHcnt extent tn artve . reasonable assurance of Its financial success and continued solvency with reference to depositors and stockholders. With tho view of saving both time and money, the new bill gives to the corporation commission exclusive au thority in the appointment and con trol of receivers for Insolvent banks. The Idea of tho framers of the bill seems to be to provide efficiency through the placing of sole respon sibility in such matters with one branch of tho government as has been Indicated in decisions of the state su preme court. Limitation on loans. In the new bill a statutory llmlta tion is placed on loans to single Indi viduals or businesses which is gradu ated from 25 per cent of capital and surplus with the larger Institutions. On account of existing conditions relating to bank loans these limita tions are not made to apply to loan banks already mads or the renewals or same. Ono of tho defects of the old law as Its failure to urescrlbe tho duties and responsibilities of directors of banks. The proposed bill prescribes these duties In general terms ana re Quires that the directors shall take an oath that they will not knowingly violate or permit another to violate the laws of the state, .relating to banks or tho banking business. Through actual experience the cor poration commission, which1 has the supervision of state banks, has found that practically all bank failures are produced by lack of sufficient capi tal or the failure of Its board of di rectors to supervise its management nd "direct" its affairs. The pro (Continued On Page Two) I THE TUG OF WAR By BILLY BORNE TEN DEAD III BLASTIFIRE SWEEPING OVER THAT LEVELS BLOCK ATHENS, GEORGIA; AT OF MEMPHIS HOUSE EARLY HOUR TODAY ABOLITION OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION IS SOUGHT; WOULD BADGE LOBBYISTS Matthews Repeal Bill An ticipates Passage of New State Road Law. FIRST PROHIBITION BILL IN THE HOPPER Under Everett Bill Counties Would Pay Fourth of Road Cost. Aslievllle Citizen News Bureau. Yarborough Hotel. By R. E. POWELL RALEIGH, Jan. 24. Anticipating tho passage of a new road law, Repre sentative Matthews, of Mecklenburg, at tonight's session of the house, in troduced a bill providing for the abolition of the entire state highway commission and repealing all laws re lating to tho building of roads and highways in North Carolina. The text of the bill follows: "Whereas through many years of amending and changing the law in North Carolina relating to roads and highways has become so voluminous and complicated that it is almost im possible to understand and know Just what the law Is; "Whereas the present general as sembly of North Carolina Is anxious and desirous of enacting a new road law or system of building roads and highways based on equity and Justice to all the counties and a system under which they can bo built at the least expense to the tax payers; "Whereas, in order to have a Hew system of building roads and high ways and in order to clarify the pres ent situation so that we can know Just where we are and what -we are doing, it is necessary to repeal our present laws relating to the building of roads and highways in North Caro lina." Antl-Lobb) Ing Bill. Representative CJlover. of Nash county sponsored an anti-lobbying bill which would require the regis tration of all persons who are in at tendance at the legislature "stating whether they are favdrable or opposed to said legislation, and after their registration the said persons so regis tered shall wear conspicuously at tached to their clothing a badge four inches in diameter with the word lobbyist' printed In large capital let ters across the face of the badge." The bill also provides that malo lobbvists shall be between the ages of twenty-one and fifty and female lobbyists between the ages of eighteen suid forty, all of whom must be resi dents of North Carolina. 1'ersons failing to comply with the provisions of the bill, under the bill, "shall be deported from Wake county by the (continuoa on rags iwo; RIOTERS IN INDIA NUMBER 10,000 IN FYZBAD DISTRICT LONDON, Jan. 24. A Ileutcr dispatch from Allalibad, India, dated today, says fresh rioting has broken out In :he Fyzbad district and troops arc proceeding there from Lucknow. Tho rioters are estimated to number 10,000 and tbo dlsputch says thousands of others are pour ing Into Fyzbad with the Intention of annihilating tho police. The si turn Ion Is regarded as se rious, according to the correspondent. FURTHER VIOEN SEEK TO FORESTALL E BY WARREN MOBS Negroes Left in Jail by Mob Rushed to Raleigh for Safekeeping. CITIZENS ARMED TO ACT IN EMERGENCY SHIPPING IS NOT CHARGED WITH SCHWAB 'S VOUCHER Head of Bethlehem Steel Company Testifies. Photostat Copies Purport to Show the Entire Transaction. United States Leads World on Total Gross Tons of Merchant Vessels Launched During 1920 NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The United States led the world on tho total gross :ns of merchant vessels launched In "20, according to figures made pub f today by Lloyd's register of ship-Jin?. Tlie total launchings in shipyards of "- worm amounted to 6.881.0UU gross "us, i, decrease of almost 1,300,000 rim the 1919 figure but an Increase ' more than 400.000 over 1918. The V fw the l'"'ted States was 2,276. 'OO tons, while Great Britain was "Wind with 2,055,000 tons. Japan Minriic.i 458,000 tons last year, a de base from 611,000 tons in 1919. . Lloyd's points out that at the be .'nnlng of 1920 the United States and rent Hritaln had on hand practically lie fame amount of construction to be ompleted and credits among yards ;n creator speed than those In 'r'at Britain in that this country ex uded the total by 20 per cent. trie decline in the total world ton e launched was attributed to the ecline in the American shipbuilding eram. America's launching being ;0.000 tons less than in the pre ous year. British production showed oom or mora than 400 OOD tons. ther h . """"tries launched a total oi ut 1,330,000 tons during 1920, or "yt 20,000 tons less than In 1919 n comparison with pre-war figures Iaunchings in the United States ,Ie nine times as' great as In 1918 . throughout the world thers was f about 76 per cent For the ' time since the beginning of the war. Great Britain last year exceed ed Its 1913 figures, the gain being about 7 per cent. Considerable gains over 1919 were shown by France, which increased the total of its launchings from 32,000 tons to 93,000 tons last year. Holland, from 137,000 to 183,000. and Italy from 82,000 to 133.000 tons. Figures for Germany were not available and were not included In the total. Lloyd's figures show that the Lnlted States far outstripped the rest of the world in construction of tanker ton nage. This country launcnea joi.- 000 gross tons of this claqs of ves sels. Great Britain 658,400 tons and other countries 8,000 tons. Motor ship constructin was declared to be ' on the Increase with a total of 190.000 gross tons of vessels fitted with internal combustion engines in 1920. The total of vessels fitted with turbines which were launched during the year was 1,825,000 tons, or nearly a third of the aggregate total. Of all the vessels launched last year 32 were of 10.000 gross tons or more. 1 Comparative figures were compiled htr the retristrv showing the yearly outputs of Great Britain and America since 11. Until 1818 Great Britain was in the lead in ship construction when the United States Jumped ahead with 3,03.000 gross tons against 1. 348.000 for Great Britain. In 1919 ., I'nited States nroduced 4,076,000 gross tons against 1,820.000 tor England NEW YORK, Jan. 24 Kugene R. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel company appeared tonight be fore the Walsh congressional commit tee Investigating tho affairs of the United States shipping board, and co roborated the testimony of Charles M. Sshwab that no part of tho 1 attorn per sonal expenses as an officer of the emergency fleet corporation had been charged to shipping construction. Col- orfel E. H. Abadie former controller general of the board and Perley Morse an assountant, previously had notified the committee of the discovery of a voucher for $269,543.53, alleged to cover personal expenses of Schwab during October 1918, when he was director-general of the fleet corpration. An audit of the Bethlehem Shipbuild ing corporation's books, they udded, disclosed that $100,000 of this amount had been charged to ship construc tion. Mr. Morse explained, however, that when he made hia report con cerning the voucher, he did not cer tify and cannot now 'say whether this Item was. not eventually allocated or changed. ' Mr. Grace explained that the pay ment of $269,543.53 had been nude to Mr. Schwab in accordance with the regular method pursued In reimburs ing Mr. Schwab for expenditures made by him and his office organi zation in connestlon with the com pany's business. To Profit and Ixws In distributing this item among tho various departments of the business $100,000 of was charged to the Beth lehem Shipbuilding corporation, which is a Bethlehem subsidiary in charge of shipbuilding. It was not charged, the witness said, to the cost of ships as had been testified by Colonel Aba die. As a matter of fact Mr. (trace added, the Bethlehem company ner er claimed this $100,000 as an item of coBt against government ships, but charged that amount to profit and loss. Mr Grace submitted photostat copies of various vouchers and other papers purpotlng to show the history of this transaction from beginning to end. Irvln X. Kulner, an accountant em ployed by Perley Morse and company, preceded Mr. Grace on the stand. He was Identified as the man who discover ed and reported the voucher In ques tion. Kulner testified. It was a Bethle-j ham Steel corporation voucher drawn to C. M. Schwab and that the word "personal was not on that voucher. Ten Cents Worth of Apples Direct cause of Race Riot and Lynching. WARRENTON, N. C, Jan. 24. All efforts to apprehend members of the mob, which last night broke into the Warren county Jail, removed two ne groes and shot them to death, were set aside today in tho anxiety of au thorities to forestall a recurrenco of violence. Nine of the negroes loft In the Jnil by the mob were today hurried to Raleigh for safekeeping and this af ternoon five additional arrests wero made and these prisoners also rush ed Mo Ra'leigh. Four other negroes for whom warrants are held have es caped. The Warrenton home guard, order ed out by Governor Morrison last Bin, nan uctru unuer arms an aav . T . , vinrt1 and the Henderson homo guard has wh'?h lgn'..w.li ni Tank Car Filled With Gaso-I line Explodes as Cap j Is Removed. j I LAMES COMPLETE DESTRUCTIVE WORK! - - i company Head Attributes Explosion to Spontan eouh Combustion. MEMPHIS, Term , .Ian :m Ten negroes d nil. ;i pproxlmulrlv a score injured, som,. proliahlly fuluilly. and properly damage estimated that $200,000 made up the known toll to night of ,i, explosion ,,f "rasing head'' g.isoliiic awaiting unloading from a tank n- t,, the plant of the Colyar li.-.'so company In North Memphis, which let Ko this morning with a Id.ist that wrecked a part of the idl plant, leveled a block of frame, dwellings and shook the entire north end of the ity. of the Injured two are white per sons I., c. Scott, superintended of tho Ueeso plant and U. C. Wilder, truck superintendent. Both wero lid ly burned, but physicians stated to night tiny will recover. t'olyar Ileeso, president of the oil company, attributed the explosion to spontaneous combustion duo to the contact of vapor escaping from the tank car when the metallic cap was removed preparatory to unloading the car, came In contact with the atmos phere. Tho tank car which contained 8,000 j-ullona of casing head gasoline produced by the absorption process, was shipped here from Kelleyvllle, Okla., Mr. Reese stated und was load ed In a low temperature. When the cap was removed, according to his theory, the vapor came in contact with much higher atmospheric con ditions here and the explosion fol lowed. Send for F.xpctys. It was stated that representatives of the United States bureau of explo sives and experts from the refinery from which the car was shipped will arrive tomorrow to definitely determ ine the causd of the blast. When the explosion let go a row of frame tenement houses along an entire block were splintered and the accupants blown to the street or caught under the falling Umbers. Most of those killed outright were badly mangled while several of the Injured were so badly burned they died soon after reaching a hospital. When police and firemen reached the scene the streets and alleys In tho vicinity were littered with splintered timbers and torn and twisted house hold goods, with the dead and in jured caught In the tangled mass of wreckage. Andrew McKinley, the negro who was removing the dome from the tank ear when the explosion occurred, was hurled several hundred feet through the air. He was badly bumea ana died tonlsrht. McKinley was quoiea saying that, when he removed the cap, gas rose to height of 20 feet arA formed n Dall of black smoke Report Scheme to Bring Stowaways Into This Country MOW VHIIK. .Ian I Siiiiik kIidk of stowaways and mrinUri of ship s i lews Into this country Is liccoinniK so picva It-nt that an oi Kan izat ion has been loi no d which draws lucrative fees limn Km opean ci nntunls wlslnni; to es cape, it was reported today by I'ommiNsloiior of I minnjrat Ion Wallace at Kl is Islainl. ttuintf leal Ions of the oitiamva tion. which cliai nes .itl to plai c each stowaway on slil leaving Kiirope, extend not only through -ought shipping coin. 'I- a.hioail hut also to steamship ottlilals. longshoresmen and others in this country, according to Commis sioner WhIIIs. The pi ii ipal met hods employ ed It was said. include obtaining jidis for a certain numher on stcmnships and t hcsoln t m u hldo others In holds of ships, on ar rival In this country, the crew" members lend their passes to the stowaways, who escape exami nation by Immigration authori ties. Through i-o'liiHtnii with longshoremen, the pusses are re turned to their ordinal holder-. Within the last two months, sal. I Mr. Wallls, l'.iioii undesli abl. s have entered the country in this way. BUSINESS SECTION APPEARS DOOMED SEND CALL FORI Damage $2,600,000 at Four i O'clock This Morning -j Flames Still Raging. HUNDREDS STRUGGLE TO SAVE PROPERTY PACKING INDIISTR also been in readiness to respond to any call that might be made upon It. Mayor J. I Burchard, of Norllna. tho seat of the trouble, has procured rifles from Henderson and deputized 30 citizens of the community to act in the case of an emergency. However, no further outbreak Is regarded as probable. All the ne groes, even remotely suspected of con nection with the riot early Sunday morning, arc gone ana there is no apparent Indication on the part of any other negroes to attempt to avenge me worK or the mob. Identity Unknown The coroner's iurv which held an inquest this morning at the scene of tne tragedy, about midway between here and Jvorllna, five miles away, quickly returned the expected ver dict of "death at the hands of un known ' persons." Tho neiri o iatlpr. Jonn Green, who surrendered his keys to the mob, was placed upon tho siana ana stated ho saw only iivo men, none of whom he had ever seen before. All other witnesses testified to uKe mammy to identify any oienioers or me moo. .j i i , . . .. ... rlved arly this afternoon from his nuino in Jackson and assumed con trol, of the situation. After a con ference with local citizens ho an nounced that ho, will defer an inves tigation of tho lynching until local feeling has subsided. The lynching and race riot (ame as a direct result of the purchase of ten cents worth of apples bv Plum mer Bullock, from Rrady Trailor, clerk In a Norllna store. Bullock, It Is said, returned tho apples and ask ed for hJs money back and when he had received it, cursed and threaten ed the clerk. When Itaby Trailor, brother of Brady approached, Matthew Bullock, negro, who apparently was organiz ing a crowd of negroos at the depot in Norllna after midnight Saturday and asked him the cause of the trou ble, Jerome Hunter, negro, shot him dowp and then fired twice at him on the ground. That started the shooting. Jerome Hunter, most seriously hurt of the negroes,' is still in a critical condition at a Raleigh hospital, whilo Raby Trailor is in a Henderson hospital, not expected to live. NATIONAL GCARIISMKV AIUIAIGNKU FOR TRIAIi HAMILTON. Ala.. Jan. 24. Rob ert I Lancaster and Glenn I!. Steph ens of Tuscaloosa, two of the nine members of the Alabama national guard indicted for the lynching of William Baird at .Tastier on JarAiarv inuni w bvi wii limb vuumier. I . .,.., The witness explained he did not trace 1 1 3 "ere arraigned here this afternoon the voucher and had no knowledge of'n" tne trial of Lancaster was set for the final disposition of the Item. He. January 11 and that of Stephens for admitted that a further ' search which was prevented by the stopping of the audit, might have disclosed a credit. Ho confirmed Mr. Morse's testimony that he (Kulner) had been Informed by an em ploye of the Bethlehem corporation that the $100,000 had been disallowed. Perley Morse,' head of an accounting firm employed by the shipping board, testified here -today before the W4h congressional committee that he had found total "misplaced charges"of $339, 230 on the nooks of the Bethlehem Ship building company. .. Morse said he had got In touch with Charles M. Hchwsb. chairman of . the (Continued On Page Twe) . February 2 The remaining seven men under in dictment Trtll be arraigned when the special term of court is convened for the trial. Demurrers 'by Special Prosecutor Horace Wilkinson to a p'ea of abate ment filed by counsel for the defense were overruled in afl except two para ghraphs, which will be argued before the Jury when the trial begins. The nine defendants were placed in the Marion county Jail here and two mem ibers of the stats law-enforcement de partment signed as special guards. Almost simultaneously pools of oil on the ground caught fire and a sec ond explosion occurred. One report was that McKinley used a chisel In attempts to remove the cap from the car. This, .however, has not been verified Mr. Reese stated that his in vestigation disproved any theory oth er than that the explosion was caused by spontaneous combustion. Besides the damago in the Immedi ate vicinity window glasses within a radius of several diocks wero But tered by the concussion which was felt a distance of half a mile from the scene. Two sheds at the plant of the Colyar . Rcase plant wero lifted i in.. - v. 1- foundations. UOU11J liuiii . Fire which followed In the wake or the explosion completed the work of destruction. The flames wero check ed, however, before they spread from the wreckage. TWO AUTOMOBILES RV FROM KIVEK; NO BODIES FOUND CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Two automo ,v.ii. Knii.vsn bv the police to have been Btolen were recovered from tho Chicago river today. Reported to the police that an automobile contajning fr. m.n and two women was sucn speeding toward the rlvor Saturday 7v.. il,i iv,. nolice to search the stream tn the belief that a tragedy had occurred. iNO iracu was found. HEAD OF ANTI-qOAHF-rTF. TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. 24 Despite a controversy .alleged to have startea over the salary which the Kansas Antl-Clgarette league was to pay her. Miss Lucy Page Gaston, of Chicago, -III (n U'nnHBS MISS (rllStOll said today she does not Intend to shift her activities to iowa as was in last night. OPERATOR WHO FLASHED NEWS OF MAINE Dllt" 'V FORT MTERS, Fla.. Jan. 24. Oeorgo R. Shulti who as cable operator m charge of' tho station at T'unta Rassa. this state, received and transmit ed to aim tt, Washington the first news of theslnkinir of the '' ship Maine In Hava.ia r,irlvr, reb-uary 15, IMS, died today at his homo hero at the age of 80 years. UNION, S. C. MILLS Ks!,M,v FULL TIME OPEHATIO RILLTO REGDLATE y PASSED BY SENATE Long Fought Bill for Fed eral Regulation Now Goes to House. PARTISAN DIVISION LACKING IN SENATE Retain Fundamental Fea tures Proposed by Agri culture Committee. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. By a margin of 13 votes, tho- senate lain today passed the long fought bill for federal regulation of the meat nurk. ers and other agencies of the 'live stock Industry. The vote was 4$ to 33 and th !. Islatlon, the center of bitter contro versy, for a decade, now goes to tho house with Its supporters hopeful of final action during the present ses sion of congress. A special rule to ex pedite house action is to be sought. Partisan division in the senate was lacking, but most democrats suppoit- ea tne Dili, wnile a majority of the republicans opposed It. Tho party lino up was 1$ republicans and 28. demo crats for passage, with 28 republi cans and 10 democrats against. All ..fundamental features of tho legislation as presented by the agri culture committee as a substitute for the original Kenyon-Kendrlok bill were retained by the senate. The bill would create a federal livestock com mission of three members appointed by the president to have Jurisdiction over the livestock Industry. This commission would have power to is sue orders, collect and disseminate information, have access to packers' books and have general supervision over packers, stockyards, commission men and similar agencies. Review of the livestock commission's orders would be provided by the bill which also prescribes rules for conduct of the packing business and stipulations against monopoly, unfair trade prac tices, engaging In unrelated Indus tries and other similar acts. Voluntary Licensing, Voluntary licensing of packers also Is provided, an attempt, by Senator Pomorene, democrat, Ohio, to elim lnato this fcaturo having been de feated today 43 to 34. j Only two important amendments iirm auviiicu in" n.-nuiv i......r, passing the bill. One, by Senator Wadsworth, republican New York, would include horses, mules and goats within the operation of the bill al though horso and mule markets (Continued On Page Two) Fire Companies From At lanta and Other Cities Rushed to Scene. j ATHENS. Ga.T Jan. 25. J Damage estimated around $2, 300,000 was caused here early today by hre of undetermined ' origin in the business section of Athens. Three city blocks were practically destroyed within three hours after the fire started, and it j appeared to be still out of con trol. i The flames, which appeared to j have started in the Denny Motor j company place of business, vir tually destroyed that block, leap ed across Wall street and burned the two building occupied by Michael brothers, wholesale and retail drygoods concern, which covered almost an entire block. Sweeping down Wall to Broad street, the fire consumed almost a block on Broad and still was spreading. There were no casualties re ported several hours after the fire began. Streets adjoining the fire area were packed with resi dents seeking to rescue their stock and furniture from threatened buildings. Calls for fire apparatus were sent to Atlanta and latest re ports were that the flames were still spreading three and a half hours after they started. The. flames soon spread to the block bounded by Jackson, Clay ton and Broad streets, and Col lege avenue, and it appeared that every structure m this block would be destroyed. Firemen still were helpless to stop the sweep of the fire, and estimates of loss- began to grow. APPEAL FOR HEM. MACON. Ua.. Jan. 85 At 2! 15 o'clock this morning an appeal was sent to Atlanta frmn Athens for help. It is understood that several appa ratus will rcHiHtnd. Appeals wont out to neighboring towns for abl In fighting tho flames which spread rapidly through tho town and nicnacett tho entire business section. ' Shortly after midnight it was re ported that tho Arc was still burning. ATLANT4 RESPONDS. ATLANTA. ia.. Jan. 85. The At lanta lire department was called on early today to send aid to Athens and it was said the llro raging ttaoro threatened to destroy the entire downtown section. William Cody, chief or tno Ausam lire department, tmmcd lately began p.-,,-.,. for h sttcclal train lo rush) equipment and firemen to Athens. ... .no meantime a second call pressing for aid vas received from Athens. " DISCOVERED AT MIDNIGHT. ATIIIJNrt, !:... Jill -'S. Klr4 which broke out hepi fit midnight was still burning "arly today, in the heart of the business district ana three hours after It had started had caused damage estimated at 500,000. - . Explosions of gasoline drums In tnsj Max Joseph building. the lower floor of which was occupied by tlm (Continued on Page Two) rvinv n .ton. 24 The Buf falo' mils' plant here, employing alV most 800 persons, resumea iun . operations today ofter running three days a week for several months. uniim PHOkiiaiT SUNDAY MOVIES In MISSOURI 1 p , ,. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Jan. 24 Banrmiiailrt Phunrv Introriucert a bill In h hnnu tndlV Which Would pro hlhlt Hundav theatres, movies, circuses and card playing, with a line of not more than $60 for violation. . SEVERAL STORES DESTROYED Y FIRE N DANVILLE, IOWA BURLINGTON. Iowa, Jan. 24 Several stores, a publlo hall end a bank building at Danville, Iowa, near here, were de stroyed by fire of undetermined origin tonight. The damage has not been es timated, i Famous Mystic Will Grant No Interviews But Will Answer Questions For Citizen Readers If the skies are gray and tho world is drk Write Alexander, "The Man Who Knows!" For Alexander has announced that lie will attempt to solve th tiroblems of readers of Tho Aslievllle Citizen, whether those troubles concern love, adventure, or anything else in the gamut, of wovrlments. Alexander, the famous mystic, seer and crystal gaser, wltji his all new allow of wonders. Is to be the attraction nt the Auditorium for three days next week, commencing Thursday night. With a, special souvenir matinee on Saturday for ladies only. During this time he will not giant any private nterviews or audiences. That is barred accord ing to bis contract with Manager A. B. Cooper, of the Auditorium, and The Anhevillo CUUen. Instead, through the columns of The Ashevllle CiU?.cn. he will take on his own shoulders the various troubles which bob up these days, and attempt to solve them for the readers of this paper, All that Is necessary for you to do to get an answer to lio question which is troubling you Is to write the query plainly and brlclly, sign your full, correct name and address, ami send It to "Alexander, care of The Asheville Citlien." In responding Alexander will only use the Initials, but If you do not want your question disregarded. 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