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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1921. TWO LOBBYISTS AGAIN BEGIN TO SWARM INTO WASHINGTON Hope New Day Will Dawn in Their Favor as Wilson Leaves the White House. LABOE NUMBERS ON THE HUNT FOB JOBS WILSON NOES Houston Has Trouble Find ing Boom for Storing Uncle Sam's Gold. By JOE 1. BAKJJt WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. - Thi obby evil. In all Its Inslduous ugli ness, I re-appearing In Washington. They arc Literally swarming on to E AIR MAILSERVIGE President Transmits Beport to Congress. No Funds Will Be Available UnlessSenate Makes Provision. HAD HEADS IN COWFER OW GERMAN HATES CONFERENCE! FAILURE 10 DISARM WABIIIXOTON. Jan. ti President Wilson transmitted to mnrrfai todiiv with his concurrence' report from I Mr Capitol hill, aa thry did prior to tlie,,.,, recommending continuance of the advant of Woodrow Wilson to the air mall service. whit house. In 1913. Evidently, they hope that with th pasrlng of Presi dent Wilson from tha white houas. a new day will dawn for them and that they will once again be able to shape legislation In the interest of their employers. Aa has already been widely prlnt- od. Senator Overman, of North Caro- wlilch la quite voluminous i'minHiil.-t by only a brief The report, widen ta qi and was accotnoanled b letter of truiiainlSNion. asked for coo tlnuance of tho air mall service, wlilcli the liouae recently volad attains!, on th ground liat It provided "a necessary means for lo devoolpment of the civil aircraft activities of tho nation. " The air mall service, the, report as serted, had detnonst rated tha practica bility of heavier than air planes for civil an well aa for military uses. Tho vslim of the service, the report added, might lot be apparent In tho terms of (lolls in Agree Boads Must Obtain More Bevenue. Seek to Settle Controversy Over Bequest of New -England Carriers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Presi dents of of the today at the request of Chairman Clark, of the Interstate commerce commission, to seUe, aa It were, out of court, the controversy arising from the request of New England carriers for a, greater division of freight rates Interchanged with Supreme Council Listens to Military Experts. Premiers Seek Way to Con tinue the Existence of Austria. Una, recently Introduced R bill In the h nil cents but would easily seem should aenate to require the registration of j th nation again bo called upon to moot-, lobbyists, and providing lor the lining '';, 'w'a. slKned by Joseph H. -jwtd, imprisonment of those who vio- Ams. chairman of the executive com late the statute. mittee of the national advisory commlt- Representatlva Welty. of Ohio, has. tec, which Is an official body composed now Introduced a similar bill In tho, of representatives of the army atid navy . ..... ,i and several prominent civilians. house, and whether they yet action Th) .ppropriatlon bill, In on them at this session of congress iw .,r. H1nrliitloiiM for the air mall or not. the bills will ho re-Introduced ; eervlre are embodied, la now btfore the earlv in the special session and will ! senate poatofflca committee, Unless the h ne..Mrf ...nr. (senate make provision for the service Like Senator Ovcrmiii'n bill, tho no funds will bo available for It, after next June 30, tire house having ellnil- APPEABS DOOMED! SEND CALL FOB AID (Continued from , One) Denny Motor company, acattered the flames before the firemen could gain control, and the flro spread down tho cast .aide of Wall street south to Broad virtually destroying every build ing along the street, and also burned three stores on Broad street. The Max Joseph building, a five-story struct ore. had recently been purchased by tho Athena Havings bank, and the building occupied bv the bank had not Deen mimen when the names had been raging for almost three hours. The fire continued to spread more than three hours after It started and after virtually destroying the two buildings occupied by Michael Brothers, another tongue of flame apread from the building on Broad street. It was said the block on Broad 1nown aa the "Dupree block" would be a total loss. A drug store at Jackson and Clay ton street caught fire soon afterwards and spectators believed the flames might sweep through another block here. The estimates by this time were raised to more than $2,000,000 loas with many ex presslona of opinion that the whole downtown section would be burned un less the flames were checked quickly. Hundreds of persona struggled to save their property from building threatened by the flames and the streets adjoining the fire area were soon Jammed with wagons, automobiles and wheelbarrows loaded with furniture and stock taken from stores and offices. CUT PBICE OF CBUDE OIL 50c A BABBEL TULSA, Okla., Jan. 24. -The Prarle Oil and Gaa company today an nounced a cut of GO cents a barrel. Tho Sinclair Oil and Has company also announced a cut of SO cents a barrel to meet tho reduction posted by the Prarie company. Oil compan ies with southwestern general offices at Fort Worth announced a cut of SO cents from the present price of ti.bS a barrel to meet the Tulsa prices. Welty bill requires that nl persons ; ,mte( an appropriation of $1,250,000, lobbying on capltol hill or in any of the departmcnta shall register, and It; BUSINESS SECTION aiso provides mat ino names ana an- dreisaes of persons who recommend ti the President the nomination of per sons for Judgeships shall be record cd by the secretary to the. President and sent to the senate along with tho nominations. "Washington is full of persons who seemingly have no fixed employment or income, and yet live In luxury, said Mr. Welty, apropos the Intro duction of his bill. "Those men who have business- with congress or the departments should inform the gov ernment who employs them Just aa an attorney must do when he appears in court. And the people havo a right to know the Influence back of the appointment of every Judge. This la especially true when it la taken Into consideration that a Judge Is ap pointed for life and cannot be re moved, except by -impeachment. "The report of tho federal trade commission Just tiled with congress shows how the lumber trust boasts of having saved billions in taxes by having their man appointed to look after their taxing; Interests. What they save tn taxes, others must mako up." last Democrat Fired. 1 The last demoVrat on the patron are list at the house end of the capl tol bas gone. Ha waa "let out" tho other day to make way for a republi can. His name was Wm. J. Gayron. from Lynn. Maas.. and he operated tha elevator reserved for members of the house and the press gallery. He waa originally obtained the Job by Representative Phelan, the Massa chusetts Irish democratic congress man. He waa so faithful and be came so popular that he was kept on tha roll for a full year after all tha other democrats at the house end of the capltol had been fired to make way for "tried and true" republicans. And when he did go. It was over tho protest of Superintendent Woods, of the capltol. who wished to Keep Gay ron, but to no avail, because "patron age" Is "patronage." and a good re publican waa clamoring for the job. Jobs are not aa plentiful as. they used to be. and Job hunters aren't as particular about what sort of Jobs they take as they once were, if ob servations made at the United States employment bureau of Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, count for wny thing. . , , Asking for "anything" I can get, an average of one thousand a week are applying at the office, figures at the bureau show. Men from all parts of the country are besieging the bureau for Jobs, according o Robert Liv ingston, who Is In charge. Many are from factories that have been shut down. Some havo come even from points as remote as California and the far southern and southwestern atates aa well aa from the northern tier. t 4.t. the bureau has been able to place only 8T per cent of the appli cant at employment. .aiLnMhfl" Whiskey. tuiiv Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue Williams hasn't tested the North Carolina brand of "moon shine." He haa Just made a state ment that the so-called whiskey now being sold, which he called boot eg stuff " never saw a 'still. The prohi bition bureau recently completed an analysis of wide variety of nample. of so-called whiskey, and found that a large percentage of the stuff was nothing more than a camouflaged concotlon of grain alcohol, reduced In strength. . , Steps are being taken now aimed at reducing the large amount of Bed whiskey now being sold by the boot- locKcrs." There will be more "paper money in circulation this year than usual. If congress grants the request of Direc tor James U Wilmeth. of the bureau of engraving. Tho treasury depart ment has called upon the bureau for a- additional 11.760.000 ',f I currency, making a total 8'on";j 000 desired for the year, wheraa the original request was for 123 25 ,000 which haa already been authorised, j To provide for this nearly thirteen million additional sheets "'currency, j the director of the bureau 1ms asked congress for a supplement appropria-. Hon of $$61,262.60. This will be a - MINISTERS LIVING .LONG BECAUSE NOW THEY PBEACH LESS BOSTON, Jan. 24. Methodist minis ters live long nowadays because they oreach leas. Hlshon Edwin 11. Hughes. said at a meeting of the Inter-denomina- tlonal Institute of evangelism today. The Increase In their years Became maraeo about the time that Intensive e.hu ch evangelistic campaigns began to decreaae he observed. The wsnop argued me need for the old evangelistic actnpalgns with a sermon every night as the only solution for present day problems. PARIS. Jan.. 24. "Hy the Aaso 11 of the largest railroads I dated Press) Tho supreme council. east met in conference here composed of representative. urm Hriuan. Italy, r ranee, .". Japan, today heard the military ex tierts and later conferred together re gnrding the failure of Germany to die arm as provided for by the taraty of Versailles. The experts were asked to make a detailed report on the subject with recommendations regarding measures to Insure execution of the disarmament clauses of the treaty, Tho rxnerta will meet tomorrow morning, while the council will, con trary to expectation, take up the tit uation of Austria, Instead of repita lions. Tho Rililhh crime minister. Lloyd Ceorgo and the president oi mo French council, Ar'stlde UrUml. it la understood, desire an opportunity to talk over the different phases of the t i partitions question before the sub ject ionie.4 up for discussion at the full council. Thus the change In the council's program. Germans In Meeting. j In this connection the premiers Afarf said to he considering whether it Is feasible to have tho Herman repre sentative sit with the council before tho final decision on reparatlo is le tfcken. Tho British delegation H be lieved to favor inviting the Oera;anaJ ir, toko nurt in the discussion after the allies come to an understanding among themselves. Pending a .decision on this question, Herr Rprirminii. the German delegate it Is expected, will confer with Louis Loin-hour, the French minister of lib erated regions, and is Is reported he wll' make an official offer to pay two billion marks it) gold within a year, one-fourth of that amount hi cash. The eventuality of a German being Invited to sit with the council depends partly upon Herr Bergmann's reply tn M. Loucneur. wno win as iuni i if Germany has any proposition to : make before the allies decide finally 1 on what course they shall pursue to enforce execution of the treaty. The nremlera are understood to be greatly a armed at the situation of trunk llnea west of the Hudson river. Right hours of conferences con tinuing throughout the day and Into the night brought no unanimous de cision from tho 11 presidents and 11. M. Koblnson. president of the American Short Line Railroad asso ciation, who met with them, but it was said that the executives with two exceptions were agreed that the New Kngland roads must obtain ad ditional revenues or be forced Into bankruptcy. Tho executives are expected to continue their conferences tomorrow, and tonight It was Indicated that there were prospects that the large eastern roads through their execu tives would reach an agroenfent that would relieve the Interstate com merce commission of tho task of set tling the controversy which la now before it and on which hearings were resumed today. The executives were said to repre sent not only their own lines, but all railroads holding membership in the association of railway executives. Tho decision in the controversy a to the division of freight rates at the Hud son river. It also was said, will affect practically every railroad of any size in the country. At the conferences today attention was said to have been given to tho recent statement of Howard Elliott, former president of the New Haven. that should the New Kngland carriers fall to obtain additional revenues and be forced Into bankruptcy, the entire railroad structure of Hie country might fall. None of those attending the conferences would name the two executives who had held out against li ontjBTj will! iow new cngittna I , m , t.i mnrn- roads but It wa. reported that Presl-1 AuBtr''1 a"dv,wl" """T iZ , "iTe .lent .nr.e r.f the n.i... nH ,H. Way for the continued existence of son was averse to granting any con II nn.rrnf .3. ii mi u II ll V IflaHVIHII VUaf cessions to the New England carriers. Mr. Lores was said to have held that his road held a position different from mat or tne larger eastern lines. OBTAIN JURY III THE CASEOFDR. IVII.I.ES Charged With Murder of a School Teacher. The Loom is boys. Joe and Frank, the most noted pair of brothers In track and Held athletics, will repre sent the Chicago A. A. In tho annual indoor games of the Boston Athletic association on February 6. McGIU university haa decided to send a hockey team to compete in the winter sports carnival at Dartmouth college next month. T. Rlckard (no relation to the fam ous Tex) 1h slate athletic commissioner In cliutgo of tho buxlnn giimo in Idaho. OPPOSING FIVE MEN IN CONTEST FOR MAYORALTY Selection of Jury in Widely Heralded Case Requires Three Days. HARLAN, Ky., Jan. 24 A Jury was obtained In circuit court lato thla af ternoon to try Dr. H. C. Winnes. charged with the murder of Miss Lura Parsons, Pine Mountain school teacher, near Dillon, Ky., 'ast Bep tember. When court recessed at noon three men were still needed to fill the jury box and at 3:15 p. m the state and the defense announced that Andrew Queener, E. N. Niles and James Stewart, all miners would 'be accepted. me jury selection or which re quired three days, was obtained only after 18$ men had been examined. Rufus Wilson, assistant superinten dent of construction at the convict camp near Dillon wan the first wit ness called by tho state when taking or testimony began shortly ofter 4 o'clock. Wilson tesUfled that he was at the prison camp at the time Miss Parsons passed along the trail leading from Dillon to the Pine Mountain school. He also stated that four con victs were at work on tho road at the time Miss Parsons pased the camp. that country The eastern question, Greece and the treaty of Sevres will be taken up after the council haa finished considering the Austrian situation. RRITIRH-RllRIAN E AGREEM NT PUBLIC Agree Not to Impose Block ade in Any rorm. Each Agree to Refrain Hos tile Action Outside Its Borders. LONDON, Jan. 24. (By The Asso elated Press) The terms of the Brit ih -Russian preliminary agreement, which Leonid Krasslnfe. the soviet rep resen tatlve has tajrbn to Moscow for consideration officially, have been made public. The most Important terms fol low: rcch nartv aerees to refrain from hos tile action or propaganda outside its borders against the others institutions. The soviet particularly agrees to refrain from any encouragement oi asihviu peo ples to action against British Interests, especially in asiw junior, rn.w, aisiwh luln mil India.. ttriti.h aiiMents In Russia and Bus sians In Great Britain will be permitted to return to their homes If they ao de sire Kach agrees not to impose any form of blockade against the other or any aggressions against trade not Imposed on other foreign countries. Ships tn the others harbors shall receive the treatment usually accorded foreign mer chant ships by commercial nations. The agreement Drovides for the clear anee of mines from the Baltlo sea and the approaches to Russia and the ex h.,. of information regarding mines It provides for the admission of both countries of persons appointed to carry out the agreement, with the right to re- strict them to specinea areas ana tne ci.i.n of snv who are persons non PASSFT1 HY RVTfATV er-u an1 aUo 'cse-ommunlcatlon and a i exemption inmi ivw. BILL TO REGULATE PACKING INDUSTBY hoi snn far labor: I "",... -ir,.in- mid $1 12.837.&n for. f nr nlete ..,1.1. mid miscellaneous dently. It costs money to make nion v even if It be printed money. yA' Secretary of the Treasury Houston is having trouble to And room for storing Vncle ham s I" and bas asked congress for sn ap propriation of $2,000,000 with vhh-h o erect a three-story structure or, the north court of the treasury build - ng Two of the stories are intended a. m.y vaults and the other for offices. Tho first story vault Is in tended, the secretary Informed ion aress as a Piece to store bullion, se- ..-. r,nt- reoulrlng current at tentlonV and tb? other a. an active ru.tiiiii.nee of all save two of the sub-treasuries has made f msry thla adauionai v"" "' the treasury, xno congress. nec e at advised ! j Vi - a1 jsaK (Continued From Page One) would be excluded from the proposed federal supervision. Another amendment by Senator I'lttman, :-rnocrat. .Vevtada.. would exempt all persons whose chief busi ness is livestock growing or produc tion of agricultural products from the bill's provisions. The author declared that the legislation should 'not extend to small stock growers who onerato their own feeding yards. Other amendments adopted includ ed one by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, providing that all proceedings of the livestock commission should be open to tho public und an amend ment by Senator Pomerene, demo crat, Ohio, declaring that upon en actment of the bill all supervision of the federal trade conuriisslon. over the livestock Industry should je termin ated and tninsferred to the livestock commission. Friends of the bill succeeded in withstanding virtually nil other revis ions proposed, and also defeated a motion to recommit the bill to the agriculture committee An amend ment bv. Senator Hitchcock, demo crat. Ncfitaska. proposing that pui-k- c- p. trim n irAalt'a nnlira ,if HfH. , .4 prices for livestock was last. 70 to 8 The author said It (V ilesigned to stabilize the market. Mrs. nisabetk G. Daccett. Whet - Hearts, morning cereal. The fact that she is opposed by five men isn't worrviEg Mrs. Eliza- beta t. Uajreett, candidate for The good j mayor of Attleboro, Mass. She la I confident of her election, aha gays. SK( RFTARY DAMKIitS TWORS "i Nsp.iRi!Vf; i si; op kxipf" WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 Asserting tin' war had demonstrated the navy's dependence on an efhvieiit naval re- servo force. Secretary t'amels do I rlared In an address at n naval ban ilttet here tonight that in tho inter est of greater efficiency he favored "ttnspairlng uso of knife" In weeding out of the reserve a 1 officers and men who did not fulfill their obligations to the navy. The secretary said this applied to those who did not care to perform the requested active duty iir to keep themselves "reasonably in formed on the duties of their nation' Secretary Daniels declared the war had disproved as "foolish and danger oun tho theory that In time of hostili ties the navy could rely on the mer chant marine for trained seagoing personnel. HABDING ON VISIT TO BBOTHEB-IN-LAW niVK LEDGE, Fla., Jan. 24. President-elect Harding reached here this afternoon in his houseboat criuse down the Florida coast'and spent the night as the guest of Mrs. Hasling's brother. Cllrrora H.iing, wno is a win tor resident of Rockledge. The houseboat Victoria took her time during the day'g sailing down the sleeov. semt-troplcal Vreaches of the Indian river and did not arrive here until after 4 n. m. Mr Harding and his companions on the cruise played a round of golf, however, before dinner. Leaving here tomorrow morning, the Victoria will reach Vero here next station, before nightfall. Bo far the party has done no fishing and that part of vacation program may be postponed entirely until the houseboat leaves Miami next week on her way back to St. Augustine. it also is possible that the president-elect will spend several days on the fishing M ounds about Miami. The Yale-Princeton dual track and I field meet will be held at Princeton 'March 6and tho Tale-Harvard meet ut .New Haven a week later. One Return of Income of Five Million Made Calendar Year, 1918 WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. One re turn of Income . of 15.000.000 was tiled in the calendar year 1918, ac cording to completed statistics of In come for that year issued tonight by the bureau of Internal revenue. Two returns were filed of income from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000; four of income from $$.000,000 to $4,000, i00; 11 from $2,000,000 to $3,000, noo and 33 from $1,000,000 to $1,- 500,000. Corporations, exclusive of personal service concerns, reporting during 1918 numbered 317,67$ of which 202.061 reported a total tvet income of $8, 361, 511. 24$. which yielded in come taxes of $653,198,483 and war profits and excess profits taxes of $2,605,665.93$. a total tax of $3,168, 764.422. Partnerships reporting net Income numbered $1,13$ with a total net in come of $939.$$ 1.478 while there weic 2.997 personal service corpora tions with a total net iacoine of $f 1.-23,95). TO EXTEND IIOUIHY ABOUT CALDER BILL Take Into Consideration La bor Question. Producers Willing to Take Steps to Meet Consum ers' Complaints. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Pennsyl vania anthracite producers who are Independent of the railroad corpora tions which control the bulk of pro duction In the Industry today put before the senate committee consider ing the Calder coal regulation bill a' statement indicating their willingness to take steps to meet all justified con sumers' complaints. "The record of tho anthracite In dustry is that it has attempted to distribute coal equitably among users.' the statement as read by W. J Thompson, representative of an as sedation of 104'colllei'les. declared. Anthracite prices did not advance during the war or after, tho statement said, as much aa the increased cost of production, labor and freight. Former Governor Oaklev C Curtis. of Maine, eald the taxation provisions or me earner bill, which would take up to 90 per cent of brokerage fees cnargod on coal sales when they nse above set maximums would make It "the most stupendous aid to profiteers ever aevised. "As a coal man. I've no objections.' he said, "but ag a citizen I'm telling you wnat it win do. ' After some discussion the commit tee adopted a motion by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, extending tne inquiry to take i.i labor con sideration and their Influence on coa production costs. Chairman LaFol lette summoned both opervtors and union representatives to appear to morrow. GET Your Own MEASURE The whole secret of vlisdom was expressed many hundreds of years ago, when Socrates aid. "KNOW THYSELF." A wonderful truth this is. All of us can hold down-a man's job. We can attain a good name. And we can save money successfully if we will meet the measure of our productive capacities, our will to achieve and the oppor tunities that we have to be thrifty. CENTRAX BANK & TRUST Company ooutn rack o q u a r e MONEY TO LOAN $500,000 tokjto on Ashevllle Improved Real Estate. Rate per nt 61mple Interest on Kquitablo Home Purchase Plan. No renewal Charge!, cent 61mple In No bonus J. J. CONYERS, Special Agent Phone: Office 682; Home 2268 S01 Oaten Bide. ABOLITION HIGHWAY COMMISSION SOUGHT (Continued From Pane One) sergeant of arms of the house of rep resentatives and not allowed to appear oeiore mis general assembly respect Ing any legislation whatsoever." Prohibition BiU. Representative C. A. Cook, of p. quotank, introduced the first prohibl- i.uii uwi bo iar orreroa the general assembly at the night session of the house on Mondady. The bill co-ordM naies me iortn Carolina prohibition law with the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. The general pro- i. union provisions now in force In mo sun are incorporated in this law Dut me additional Drovlslon to mo giving the governor the right to de mand the resignation of any sheriff ..o uw nui eniorce tne prohibition Under this nrovlslon r.t tv. c i. .hhJ' i,heu7"or; upo" vdence that the prohibition laws are not being properly enforced, mnv sheriff to appoint additional special deputies to be known aa rural police v.u.j. .i, noun dc to rerret out the violations of th nmv.iv.1.1 . " PO?e will be paid out of fines 4J um udHeg LHPV nrnaar.it. Failure of the sheriff tn .V. .V?-- ance with these Instructions gives the U 1 ' to Lemanl h' resignation andl require the county commissioners to elect another ahurifr 10 Property of anv Win ...... i ton... .K. vio- .w... jJioniDjiion laws may be CmT," -n",ance' - they . lo guarantee pay ments of fines and oot of .i, A lations. The bill also make8' Vhe whiskey eel er llahlR fo- ,.in should a man to whom Ho u whiskey injures another bill was referred to the conimitf propositions and grievances. The first of the romi 1.111. ' 'i reached the house honnoi- .ii.. when Representative Korml i. j j . . . ... " T. , r nl8 D111- w"ich pro vides for a hishwav mmmi..! , - ...M.UV.11 vl county highway commission. Coun ties, under this bill, will hav f in..fi,..l, .1. . fJ ma cosi or an roads constructed. Somewhat In line with fh rn.A .m Representative Matthews, of Mecklen burg, tonight offered a measure which proposes to abolish the present high way commission. Mr. Matthews would wipe out tho nrescnt ,.r.,i. slonand start road legislation with a clean slate. AUDITS Financial BUte. iniJM V Wll SON BookkP''g 8y. snenta PraDarcd wwHll S-tt IJUaJWil terns InacaiM neat Prepared Public Accountant Rooms $)03-S04-tM Drhoroor Bids. Phone 17$, PROBE OF MURDER IS CHARGES BEGUN Hall Cases Attracts Atten tion in Georgia. Governor-elect Among the Attorneys Employed by Defendants. SOPERTON. Ga., Jan. 24. The Truetlen county grand Jury today be gan Investigating the murder charges against Dan Davis, J. W. Smith. Eliza Coleman and Roy Durden, who now are being held In Jail here since the death of Bin Hall, a cropper employed by Davis. In the event indictments are returned the case is set for trial on Wednesday. The defensehas em ployed a large array of lawyers, among them being Governor- elect Thomas W. Hardwlck. of Georgia. During the latter Dart of Sememher. Hall was taken for an automobile rlrto by the four men. Two hours later the steering gear on 4.be machine broke n the automobile in which they were rid ing, crashed through a brides Into a shallow creek. All occupants of the car Jumped to safety except Hall, hee being pinned underneath the automobile. He was dead when he was removed from the water. An a.ufnnv h!H nver hi. oooy tne next day revealed that there was no water In his lunga. A week later after It waa ascertained that Hall was insured by Dav s for SlB.omr. hla nortv was exhumed and his stomach was sent 10 a cnemim wno alter an analysis re ported tacic that the stomach hul u grains of chloral poison. Tho arrest of tne rour men followed. They have been held In the Honprton lull jn'y iiivcBiigauon. Pleasing Spectacles At half price, by a master la Eye Examinations and an ex. "pert in designing and adjusting, should interest all users of glasses. We want to interest you. Being; strangers here and desirous of facilitating an ac quaintance in Ashevllle, are for a limited time, charging cost for all glussea, plus war tax and examination fee. This plan will serve to give you pleasing glasses for substantially half of standard cliarges. These low charges will be faithfully gp. p'led, bur- only when rash a ready ' nven examination b made, as tWy will permit of no losses. ) DR.CHARLES W.CONNER 25 Patton Ave. Successor to Dr. Denlson. f The senate did no bunl eral naturo during its Kbolt ...i largo numoer 4,1 local hills mroauceu" in the nmm were h UTAH in aesBion tor forty-five minutes. WOMAN ESCAPES A GROUP OP NEGROES BY FAST DRIVING HOLLT SPRINGS. Miss., Jan. 24. B. C. Morrison, farmer and mer chant of Morrisonville. near here, was shot and seriously wounded early today near Colllervllle. Tenn.. use over tne Mississippi line. A ne gro boy was captured after a chase with bloodhounds and is in Jail here charged with the shooting. Morrison was able to drive his car home after the shooting and hia sis ter, accompanied by a friend, start ed for Colllervllle to secure medical aid for him. When she reached tho scene of tha shooting a group of ne groes waa seen and two of thorn, armed with shotguns, started toward the car she was driving, according to a report to the sheriff. She turn ed the machine and made her escape. EXACT REGULATION OF STATE BANES IS PROPOSE1XIN BILL SHIPPING BOARD IS NOT CHARGED WITH VOUCHER TO SCHWAB (Continues From Pan n,.. Bethlehem Steel company and Kugene G Oracf. president, after Schwab's testi mony last week when he denied he had received a t-ent from the government for his services. 'Mr. Morse nnln in.d owever. that when he rnndp biu nnr to the shipping board he did not certi fy and cannot now say. that the "ml.. placed" Items were not eventualy al located or cnanged. He said that his audit of the company's books was halted before he could dafinitely establish whether these acocunts were finally left against ship construction. Mr. Morse said the shipbuilding ac counts were kept at the Philadelphia office of the Bethlehem Steel corpora tion. Mr. Grace exhibited a photographic copy of the voucher in question which was made out against the Bethlehem Steel company and dated November 30 J18. He said it was in favor of C. M. Schwab, "for special expenses." The voucher was paid by the steel company, he added and the record of payment ap pears aa its books. (Continued From Pane One) posed bill attempts to eliminate this element of danger by requiring a stricter supervision on tho part of bank directors. ' The changes proposed in the new bill are to a large extent the result of a popular demand by the people of the state that its banking laws be revised and strengthened with the view to establishing a sounder basis of credit for these state Institutions and thereby provide, greater financial facilities for the people generally. Harding to Take Oath Upon Same Stand as Did Abraham Lincoln WASHINGTON, .Tan. St The small stand first used at the ln- . augurauon 01 annuiun xjm-oin " . ,.(.. were enw"" ' and at every Inaiururatk.ii el nee, VUryj resident "c"'" W'7ent4 except when nm, Howard la ft ha came President, will he used on March 4, when Warren Ci. Harding takes the oath of ollirm. The exception in the case of Mr. Taft was because the ceremony occurred in thn senate chamber because of tho weather. j The Stand la In the possession of Watson 8. Clark, of thla city, son of the architect of the capltol . bnildlng. ' RUN TWO BRACES OF THE FIELD TRIALS Weather Excellent and 38 Berries AA Put up During Six Honrs of UK Running. GRAND JUNCTION. Tenn, Juv 24. Two braces of the nattoBsl championship Held trials were nn today over the Ames preserve hN. The weather proved excellent for bird finding, 38 bevies being put up durnu the six hours of the running. The dogs which ran today wers tt setters Pennsylvania Rex. owned IV Louis McGrew. of Pittsburgh, tti handled by B. Campbell, with Ovft Romeo.owned by Fertlg and Crlu4 low, Titusville, Pa., and handlled W W. M. Beazell; the pointer Ferrti Jakes, owned by C. B. Griffith. Tl Oklahoma, and handled by M. Pritchette. with the setter Jersey Jo Jo, owned by Frank Relily. Medfort. N. J., and handled by A. O. Tount Pennsylvania found nine "vii. beating his competitor In this rj but failing to show championing timber in range or speed. Ferris Jaw surprised the galleries by his ws not only on game but in runnlnl through the three hours at a pc that showed him to bo a good loM distance dog. During the first D It was difficult for his handler to KwP him on the course, but in the sceeBfl half the Oklahoma dog began iconM up bevy finds with a regularity wnic showed him a much better doi r rasn he had been thought. J0J0 nuwlf eral flushes on good opportunity Dm really had only one olean And. i nv.n.,..-ow T M. A vent, of HlcltttfJ Valley, will handle the setter Momo- neys Pinto Bess, owned Dy w Well, Alexandria. Da., against pointer Robert the Devil, owned w William Belgler, Jr.. of New Tor. . . r . Hn.nll III Ml nanaiea Dy a. iimi""- ;,"!,' afternoon Brace Avent will handle tne setter Unospeck, owned by t: m. sig of Atlanta, against Shores owned by Dr. A. F. Stone. Bay Off. Mich, handled by J. VV. MartW Khore's Ben is the setter that won tw free-for-all champion-hip at MMf, hatchie, Ala., last week. VETERINARIANS TO MEET IN NASHVILLB SPARTANBURG. S. C. Jan- Jj Dr. M. B. Blackstock. of this JOT was elected president and Nasnvum Tenn., was chosen ss the next vention elty tonight by the Souw eastern States Veterinary 'ta. In annual seseion Siere. thw cers elected were: Dr. w. of Nashville, vice-president: wr- K. L.W1. Of 7nA8' fiKS vlce-president:Dr. . a. Monroe, N. C. third ihn t Handlev. of Atlanta, secretary and treasurer. The ion the association. Alabama. Dr. . Staples; Georgia, Dr. H-,' "ottli Mississippi, Dr. Jo"" 0Uvrutb C Carolina, Dr R H Parker; BoM ollna. Dr. B. C. Taul: Teess Wm. GilesFlorida. Dr. A . JU n w m. unen, . . h.td a bs Tonight the veterinarians he 1 a a. a aw. MevAlflnii JlOtel .jj quel at --- innl 01 v Jow will eonclade the sessions convention. attendance. liuu - There are about
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