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THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER It Will Tell Vou When Yeur Subscription Explrea. Aentw Five Days Before Eg. piration, bo You Won't Mlai An lieu. ASIIEVILLE. N. C. FRIDAY MORN INC!, APRIL, 8, 1921. PRICE 5 CENTS "' -leo' ' a SWrOFR. HARRIS! M ELWELLMUHDER Confesses He Was Paid by Woman to mil Weal thy New York Man. DECLINES TO NAME MYSTERIOUS WOMAN Describes Gunman Com panion and Driver of Auto unven io acene. BlTr'ALO. X. Y., April 7. Two knurs oi iiucmiuiiiiis luniKiu oy jvew Vork ucwspapp mien who had worked .... . iii'lnr c.tn-, .1 1 yll lilt' lit"'"1-' "ii J C1MU IWlt'W very (letmi ui in" case, tailed to ,liake the ory or oy Harris, who ,ft night eoniossea lo trio local po- iri infu n- 1 uiiiiuruiin ninr- ,l,rrd Joseph U. Elwell In New York l June. Kxrepi for some minor details Harris, in response to questioning. described perfectly the arrangement ( the moms in JViiwen h nnrnn. Jle ...2.. .U-. ,. .. , . , told again i"- "uij oi miw no ana William Duncan, hired by a mys terious ".Mrs. Kalrchild," went to the hnnir of Klwell and waited four hours until he arrived. Then Harris said. Imuran fired the shot which killed Elwell. I'mlor questioning tonight, Harris Bid he had seen published in con- Ijon with the Elwell ease the pic ture "I h Human no, ne inougnt, ihs t he Mrs. Fairehild mentioned in liiV story, j All efforts to pet from . him the I n.ime nf this woman failed, however. I Hp said lie would not divulge it un less lie was absolutely certain the woman of the picture was the woman who, as he said, had hired him and Utiacan to murder Elwell. District Attorney Moore said that Harris told a remarkably well con nected story of the murder. Re fore questioning the man, the district at torney had him examined by an alien ist who pronounced Harris mentally normal. When shown dispatches from Bridgeport, Conn., saying that "Wil liam Dunkin" had been In a reforma tory since 1919, Harris said: "I don t know anything about that. 1 havn't been in Bridgeport since I vias a boy. The man who was with me was named William Duncan." Describes Duncan. As given by Harris, Duncan descrip tion was: "Appeared to be an Italian about 27 or "8 years old, five feet, II. or six feet tall: weight about 170; medium build; smooth face; brown eyes; straight black hair; has gold toolh In upper right Jaw; flashy dres- er; trciiuents pool rooms and race tracks: is well known on Broadway between Herald square and Times iuarc. The chauffeur named as Jerry, who arcording to the confession, drove the two mftr-atn3"the woman 'to "LT aell's house, was described by Harris is follows: "About 25 years; about J feet, 7 inches tall: weight X40 to 130; light complexion; smooth face; puke with an English accent; drove t larse Mx-cyunucr. limousine wnn pirtter top." , C TUr EXPECT FOUR POWERS TO AMERICA ON MANDATES WASHINGTON. Anril 7. fRv the Associated Prnss.i Administration offlcials, it may be stated with authority, con-1 iiaenuy expectea the allied governments to accept the principle re-stated by Secretary Hughes in his notes of last Monday to those governments that the United States has surrendered none of its rights in the over-seas possessions of Germany and that it cannot be bound by decisions affecting those possessions made by the league of nations without its assent. THE OLD HOME DON'T SEEM THE SAME By BILLY BORNE. FIVE UNIONS AGREE TO METHOD There is reason to believe that the correspondence on this sub ject, which was Initiated last No vember, will not be closed with the receipt of replies from the Japanese, British, Prom h and Italian foreign olllces. if the ex pectations of American olliclil.s aro realized, the details regarding American rights will havo to bo worked out in nefcotiahun. In tho event, however, that the four powers do not find their way lo nn agreement with the American viewpoint there would nri.se a sit uation, action on which ijflklal.i I ('fused today to forecast. The Shantung settlement In tho peace treaty, .which has beep sharply criticised in this country is not at issue In the present con troversy. It is learned that the phrase "over-seas possessions" in the American coiiitmmli alioiis was used advisedly and II is point ed out that Shantung was not a Gorman possession. Klao l 'ban. a (art of the Chinese province, was held by Germany through .1 concession from the Chinese gov ernment. Tho view of the Hard ing administration with re.spoct to tho Shantung settlement has not been stated but this settle ment was vigorously opposed by the leaders of the present admini stration in the senate while 'lie treaty of Versailles was under consideration by that body and was made the subject of one of the republican resevations tu tho treaty which was adopted. METHODISTS OPEN ANNUA L GATHERING Dr.- H. A. Snyder Speaks in Behalf of Education. 110 PALM WRECK INVESTIGATION Survivors Claim That Rocks Caused Largest Damage. Sip- J uz Mm .v TSw CLEANUP AND jM ' AAuMM. - 4rM paint, up WM- rrnHMk DISPUTES S Harding's Suggestion foi Conference Approved by Over 500,000. PROPOSAL BY UNIONS INCLUDES 12 POINTS Would Hold Wage Disputes in Abeyance Pending Meeting of Chiefs. CHICAGO. April labor unions, with lonlght siilmiittcil t. ' 1'lve railroad iin.nnn meniliers rresident Hurd- Rev. E. P. Chappell Also atl Twenty-Six Injured Being 137th Meeting in Roanoke. OFFICIALS BArtXED. XEW YORK, April 7. Officials in vestigating the confession of Eoy Harris to Buffalo police that ho and a companion named William Dun enn murdered Joseph B. Elwell, wealthy clubman and bridge expert, last June, tonight admitted that tlioy were baffled. While they said Harris had shown intimate knowledge of many details of the crime, so many of his statements conflicted with the aetual fact in tho case that it was almost impossible to believe his story. tornier Governor Charles S. whitman, ho recently began an investigation into the mystery that has puzzled po lice for nearly ten months said ho was not ready to form an opinion as to whether the story was true. He said lie was interested, but if true it would upset every theory he had formed in he case. Mr. Whitman said be would let Harris talk for a. Hav or two mora "id then decide whether to Interview him. Mrs. Elwell, widow of the murdered n, cieciarea tonight sne naa never witn hlm ui .ura. ruircnifu. wuu hm miu hv - , i. . J -.- uginn II, lltiVM Ilirftl I11H MUll I LJtl 1 1 IUII nd himself to commit the crime. Mrs. dwell asserted she had "little Interest ln seeing the affair revived." Mrs. .Marie Larsen, Who was Elwell's housekeeper at the time of his death, lso declared she never heard of a "Mrs. Fairehild." Mrs. Larsen found Klwell on the morning of tho murder, ju'Ung in an arm chair, clad only in his najiimas and with a bullet through his hem, , While local police were inclined to y'jilit the story told by Harris, they "lved into each fact he brought out "n effort to learn whether it was au them),-, it WaS pointed out that Har ris may have knowledge as to who ac committed the murder, or he may ll!"'c heard rumors of it among assocl oi the under-world. I'istviet Attorney John T. Pooling who conducted the investigation follow g the murder, flatly declared he did not belkvc Harris" story. ROANOKE, Va., April 7. A dec laration by Dr. Henry N., Snyder president of Wofford college, S. 6., that "tho entire south belongs to the Methodists and Baptists" and a stat ment by the Rev. E. B. Chappell, Nashville, Tcnn., Sunday nchool edi tor of the church, that "the world now is facing moral as well as finan cial bankruptcy," featured the open ing session here today of tho 137th annual conference of the Episcopal church. Dr. Snyder: who is assistant director-general of the Christian education movement of the church added that "other denominations may be accom plishing something in this territory but the preponderance of numbers of Methodists with their 2,250,000 mem bers and Baptists with their 4.000.000 members, justifies the statement that tho future of the south depends on the Methodists and Baptists." The burden of his address was in behalf of the Christian education movement and the financial goal, which ho declared' is to obtain $35, 000,000 with which to equip and en dow -educational institutions of the church, Mr. Chappell also addressing the conference on the education move ment declared this movement Is "an S. O. S. call to the church. "The world," he said, "has never faced an era of such chaos as it is facing at the present time" and added that it is facing "moral as well as financial bankruptcy." "The armistice" ho exclaimed "did not bring peace and the whole world has been getting ready for another war ever since it was signed." Following the organization of the con ference, presided over by Bishop Ku geno R. Hendrix of Kansas City. Mo., the session was devoted today to con sideration of important phases of the education movement. The Kev. H. M. Canter was re-elected secretary of the conference and the fol lowing ministers named as his assist ants: The Rev, J. Harry Smith, tho Rev. J. J. Itlvcs, the Rev. J. H. Haley, tho Rev. Cared for in Hospital at Somerset. SOMERSET, Ky., April 6 An in vestigation of tho wreck of tho Royal i'alm Limited pf the Queen and Crescent route wrecked yesterday near New River, Tcnn., with the loss of four lives and 30 injured, today was being pushed by officials of the Southern railroad. That the greatest damage was caused by rock ledges near the track ripping open the day Methodist' coaches was the opinion of survivors here today. The train, bound from Jacksonville fia., lor Chicago, was on a curve when spreading rails or buckling track derailed three coaches and three Pullman ars. Tho train ran a short distance before coming to a stop, tho dead and injured being hurt by flying ttebris and rocks. "It all happened so quick there wasn t time tb think, said J. C. Diggs, Olive Springs, Tcnn., who was on his way to Blackey, Ky. I remem ber, I was in a day coach just start ing for the door to go into the smoker when I felt the Jerk and bump as the car left the rails. I knew it. was a decaiUnent. The car was lilled with dirt and dust and hugs rocks, so that it wasn't possible to sco much of anything." This survivor said nono of the cars overturned, but were leaning against , a rock ledge when the train stopped. The train was speeding along around a sharp curve and when derailed lurched against a sharp outcropping of rock which ripped open tho com bination day coach and emokcr and the day coach behind it and smashed in the front of the Pullman, ho said The steel coaches, he said, were ripped open like tin cans and it is a wonder that more were not killed. The four persons killed, the railroad statement eaid, were F. E. Cook, Or ion, .Mich.; E. J. Bushy, Detrdit; F, Rammich, Detroit, and William Parks, 87, soldier's home, Grand Rapids. Mich. Twenty-six persons were admitted to t lie homerset hospital for treatment they were: Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Perkins, Louis ville, able to go to the hotel after 1 K w. Aaron, tha Rev. C. J. C arke. the d. t n n,m anri thn nv. a Tv i treatment. Kldner.' " 1 Wesley B. Winters. Hesperia, official organ of the church was made by the Rev. Carlton IX Harris, editor. Mr Harris declared the success of the paper was due to the "untiring efforts of the executive committee associated Mich. WARRANTS ISSUED FOR ENTIRE CARNIVAL COMPANY G ft K K.V V I LLB, S. C. April 7. War rants fur 104 persona, including the en re personnel of a carnival organiza tion, ,.,- issued here today at the in inr. tlle 8ouCt0r for service to morrow margins' violation of laws- pro- JpKing shows of this nature, from ex- DeeD Interest today was shown in question 17, called by Bishop Hendrix: "Are all the preachers blameless In their life and official administration?" In answer to this the charactera of the preachers were passed upon and their names referred to the committee on con ference relations. Tomorrow's session will be taken up with further discussion of the educa tion movement and consideration of committee reports. A recommendation of tlie board of edu cation, read by the Rev. H. H. Sherman, Front Royal. Va., that 680.000 be as sumed as the conference's quota of the church's $333,000,000 education fund, was adopted at tonight's session here of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. BICYCLE RIDERS ENGAGE IN FIST FIGHT ON RACE TRACK Samuel W. Hawkins, Resaca, Oa. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moldcr, Birming ham. Tom Martinis. Indianapolis. Lloyd Richmond, no address. T. W. Jackson, Cauffleld. Tenn. G. W. Banning, Grand Rapids. Frank Davidson, no address. B. M. McWtlliams, Shelbyville, Ky. Miss Florence Brown, Gilford, Conn. James Dunsmore, Canton, Ohio. W. R. Young. Richmond, Ind. Hugh John. Flint, Mich. Mick P. Waiwiee, Grand Rapids. Ephryn Richmond, Smith, Mich. E. W. Rain wall, Ashland. Ohio Mrs. C C. Seffleld. Saginaw, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. B. Myl, Grand Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sheffield, War saw, Ind. R. W. Frads. Braysvllle, Tenn. THREE MEN' ROB MAIL WAGOX IX CEVCIXXATI ui the county. CHICAGO. April 7 Several serious spills, a fist fight and the theft of a lap furnished the thrills tonight in the six-day bicycle race at Dexter Park pa vilion in which Corry-McBeath team was leading the field by a big margin at 11 P. m., the 86th hour, u ne .ieaer with the rest of the field ono lap be Eaton, of the Eaton-Kaiser team, and Corry each were fined for engaging in a list nsiit u" iw YOUNG GEORGIA FARMER ENTERS SWEEPING DENIAL OF CHARGE HE HELD NEGRO LABORER IN PEONAGE AT1,AXTA, Ga... Ajpril 7. Willard "....young Fikcounty planter. ?Y,'V In. Federal -cfurt on a charge "ffcedttageoo'le-tHitand late today " m-'irwsejliar denial of the 'Bargca that'.",hV had held a negro 0 do n 11 n AanloA that he had cvr whipped a negro or threat- ,net to kill on onell is charged by the government 10 hiving held Cornelius Alexander. "Sro farW hand, in peonage and ' ,te that Alexander -was beaten "na whipped and when he ran away 1 brought back on a warrant uif ng swlnulnsr but never given ,l first I knew of Cornelius," wl,nes sid, "was when h came father-a plantation in 191S nil. nZl Un;l1 tb following August. , "e no stole a pistol from me, did S"v nythin to do with hlm. i trwore out a -warrant for his ar- and learnlafe that he wa In 1. K . Douglasville, I went iith the sheriff to bring him back. Alexander ad mitted stealing my pistol and said he had lost it in a crap game. He said ho could get it back and would if I would get him out of Jail and let him come to work for me. I told him I had plenty of farm hands and did not want him to work for me." Witness then told how Phil Moore, a negro, who was farming" on shares for his father, said he would like to have Alexander work on his place and offered to get him out of Jail. 1 "I told Moore It would be all right for him to get Alexander out of Jail If he paid he costs and Bt my pistol back for me. I went with Moore to the Jail In Zebulon. Phil Moore paid the costs and Alexander went to work for him. I did not get any money from Alexander nor have I to this day got my pistol back." The witness denied knowing any thing of the death of Alexander. The defense announced It would conclude its case Friday. CINCINNATI, April 7. Three un masked men held up a United States postoffice mail truck here tonight and forced the driver and mail clerk to drive several blocks into an alley where they were handcuffed to the steering wheel and the truck robbed of three pouches of registerd mail. The bandits evidently were familiar with the load, It was said, as they picked oicr more than 60 bags of mail and took only those containing valuables. Vhe value of the loot could not bo ascertained. The pouches taken by the bandits contained incoming mall from Detroit and points south of there. No trace has been found of the thieves, who, Walter D. Hubley, mall clerk and Joseph Arblno, driver, as serted, escaped in an automobile. , Only meagre descriptions of . the men were obtainable. W. F. Diskin, postoffice inspector, expressed the - opinion late tonight that the hold-up was the work of professionals. BERGDOLTS EXTRADITOX IS A DIPLOMATIC QIESTIOX WASHINGTON'. April 7. Extradi tion from Germany of Grover Cleve land Bergdoll. wealthy Philadelphia draft evader, is a diplomatic question and is in the hands of the state de partment, Secretary Weeks says In a letter to Senator Capper, of Kansas, made public tonight by the Senator. The secretary added, however, that the war department "would. use every effort to have Bergdoll returned to the custody of the United States mili tary authorities." State department officers refused today to discuss reports that the Can adian government had been asked to extradite Bergdoll for violation of Canadian passport regulations when he departed from that country for Germany. Secretary Weeks, when anked about the-same reports raid auch action would not surprise htra. FATE OF WILL RESTS WJTH JURY Testimony of Farm Boss May Decide Case. Will Either Be Convicted of Murder or Acquitted, Attorneys Claim. COVINGTON, Ga., April 7. -- The fate of John S. Williams accused of the murder of 11 negro farm hands, will rest with a Jury tomorrow. In even, dispassionate tones ttv. Jasper county planter, testifying in his own behalf today declared his "absolute innocence" of the charge of murder j and when court adjourned late today, the trial had been concluded except for the two closing arguments and tho Judge's charge. , I Williams will be either convlctedl of murder of one of tho men, for whoso death he is specifically on trial, or ho will beacqulttcd, for at-1 torneys on both aides - argued this; afternoon that there could bo "po halfway verdicts'" arid the defendant himself told tho Jury in so many words that the killings were "mur der." A verdict of murder might be accompanied by a rocomme"nd.ttlon for mercy carrying life imprisonment. Clyde Manning, negro farm boss for 14 years on the Williams place, whose confession implicated tho planter, was pointed to be William's as the man having "a probable motive" for tho killings. Charles C. King, pleaded for Williams' acquital, told the Jury that Manning, ignorant of the penalty for peonage, had be come alarmed at the federal investi gation and that the evidence indi cated he was the only person who had a motive for tho killings. Mr. King asserted the defense ex pected to rely largely on Williams' "alibi" which he said Williams had established, "as far as possible," by derKrihinsr how he was at homo the night the three negroes were killed ) and asserted the Btate had offered no legal corroboration of the testi mony of a confessed accomplice as required by law. Graham- Wright, assistant attor ney-general, pointed to certain testi mony as corroboration and said the law left it to the Jury to make final decision on that question.! He termed Manning incapable of planning and carrying out the crimes 'under the eyes of Williams and his family," and named Williams . as the guilty man. Manning also will be nut on trial for tho murders it was announced today. tho timo to be decided later, and his attorney, B. Marvin Underfood. said h2 would not enter a plea of guilty. Clyde Manning shall not escape' declared Solioitor-Oeneral Brad in urg ing conviction of Williams. "I could not under the law permit hiin to es cape. Manning had testified ror the stat by Williams orders the negroes were weighted down with rocks and thrown alive Into rivers or knocked in tho head and buried where tliry fell and as Wil liams was taking the stand today, briefly recited all he said he knew of tho deaths of Llndsey Peterson, Willie Preston and Harry Price, three drown ed the same night in Newton county. He Is on trial for murder of Peterson and he did not go into the cases. The defendant by the state "of Geor gia's most atrocious murders" has watched the proceedings calmly through out the trial, even, smiling once or twice and today he was as cool as any of the spectators who packed the court room almost to suffocation to hear his story. These were the first criminal charges of any kind ever filed against him, ho declared. In his M years of life and told, 1 proudly. It seemed, that his four grown sons were among the first to an swer the country's call to war: He ad mitted he might have been technically guilty of peonage as he had worked ne groes who owed him money. He had so Informed federal Investigation when thev first came to the farm, he added. and also declared ho had always paid and fed the negroes. Theso agents re plied that the negroes on his place were among the "best tea ana ciomea in-y had seen, he declared. If he were tech nically guilty of peonage "most Georgia farmers also were po aaura. i am 9holn(elv Innocent" he told the Jury In conclusion, as reverted to the murder charge. The state had rested earlier In the day with Introduction of Rena Manning, wife of Clyde Manning and Sheriff B. L. Johnson, of Newton county. In an effort to corroborate parts of Manning's story. The woman (estlfled the negroes left with Williams Manning and Charlie Chisholm, the night they were last seen alive, as Manning had declared. Sheriff Johnson said Manning Identified the three bodies found In Newton county and later confessed and told where the others could be found. .The jnegroe's words were borne out by Investigation, the sheriff said. Williams was the only witness for the defense, appearing on the stand unsworn, which under Georgia law prevented cross examination. The fact that no other de fense testimony was introduced per mitted Williams' counsel to open and close. No limit was placed on the time of arguments and four attorneys spoke to day. Mr." King opened for the defense, fol IContinued en Page Tt) C GRAVE INDUSTRIAL CRISIS IN U PMfll AND PAriMr. nnVFRMMFNT Jhrf mm mt as a a i miui l a NOW SEEKING TO AVOID DANGER STATE SENATOR IN TENNESSEE HELD ON GRAFT CHARGE NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 7. After his Indictment today by tha Davidson county grand Jury, Stats Senator E. N. Clabo. of Sevlervllle, Tonn., ws re-arreated by county authorities on a charge of accepting a bribe of $300 with a promise to Chang his vote on legislative matters. Senstor Clabo was seated In the senate chamber at tending the afternoon seaslon of the assembly when th deputies called to make the arrest. Frlenda were In. formed of the mlaalon of deputies and notified' the accuaed legislator that he was about to be placed under arrest a second time. He left the senate chamber quietly and surrendered. Before leaving the capltol, Senator Candler, of McMInn county, republi can, held a conference with the ac cused legislator and requested the prisoner be allowed to visit his coun sel before going te the county (all. Jftey refused to grant the requoat, ut assured the senator the prisoner would be allowed to make bond and would be shown every courtesy. YEAR'S SENTENCE BY STORMING JAIL Halifax Man Must Also Pay $500 Fine. Case Appealed Twelve Others Also to Be Tried at Next Term. LYNCHBURG, Va.. April 7. John Draper, charged with being ring leader of tho mob that stormed tho j tLis change of front are unknown as Conference Between Mine Owners and Striking Miners a Failure. RAILWAYMEN JOIN TRANSPORT WORKERS Peace Depends Upon Only Slender Hope of Deciding Pumping Question. 'LONDON. April 7. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Another day of tense alterations or hopo and fear ended ...1,1, . . , t t 1, ,,,.(.., A ... j I ,. W. I ui, ,ii,.- ,.L iiiu , ,iua , ui mail: i a i.t i ......... t. ........ j ....... . i niii mii-i i.iuu i.ic fiiiii jiuui vwu tlons, bringing renewed prospects that the grave Industrial crisis will ho averted. He announced In tho house of commons tonight tho willingness of line government 10 pariicipaiu in rconference to discuss the question cf pumping before oj.her matters were, considered. Informal conferences continued throughout the evening, moderates like Mr. Asqulth. Lord Robert Cecil, Arthur Henderson and John Robert Clynes, working hard in an endeavor to induce tho miners to relent on the question of pumping and it was sup posed that tho whole question wits turning on this slender hope. Premier Lloyd-George had been ab sent during tho latter hours of the de bate on the situation but returned to tho house unexpectedly at 11 o'clock and Informed tho members that the government had agreed to a course, which it is believed practi cally certain the miners will accept the calling of a conference of own ers and miners to discuss with the government the difficulty rclativo to pumping the mines before touching upon the suestion of wages and other mutters involved in tho demands of the men. Change, of Front What steps exactly had led up to inn's pl.tn I'i'i' ending in'l list ri.i I ilit pnli'S between the roads anil thef woilicrs. pii'iiing that the President 1 . 1 II a i ioilci i ni e of reprewentath eg of both Miles at which new inks gov eiriiiig working conditions would be worked mil to lake the place nf the national agreements, now In dispute before the -a jlroail labor board. The proposal was ('outlined in a statement by representnt Ivr of the live niechaii li s I unions and sent In the President by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes de partment of the American I'Cdeia lioii of Labor. It proposed that all wag' disputes he held In a brya in,e pending tho con ference, holding that the matter of wages could be quickly idjusted to the satisfaction of all as soon as the question of rules had been sottltd. The telegram was sent In response to a request from President Harding at the recent conference 1n held with Mr. Jewell that lHbor submit Its plan for ending tl e railroad Industrial troubles. It Included 12 points which were termed "labor's self-evident slid Inalienable rights" which It said would have to be settled at the proposed conference, and specified that His national agreements should not be discounted In any way pending the out come of the proposed conference. It was suggested that I he conference bo held under the Jurisdiction of the railroad lahor board, which would have full au thority over It. Included In the 12 points which Ihs unions said should be upheld were the hasle eight-hour day. tho right of col lective bargaining, the right of each rraft to decide what organisation should represent It In any conferences with employers and adjustment of proper pay for overtime work. RELIEVE ROBBERY WAS COMMITTED BY GANG Halifax jail on the morning of March vct. Arthur Henderson, who rose to 21 where Jim Coleman, a negro, was reply to tho premier, was clearly non- being held in connection with the murder of William Hickman, a white man March 20. was found guilty of assault by a Jury in the Halifax cir cuit court this afternoon and his punishment fixed at one year in jail and a fine of $500. John Martin, at torney for Draper asked that the ver dict be set aside as contrary to tho evidence and law, and Judge W. C. Barksdale set Saturday morning as tho date for hearing argument. Twelve others are charged with be ing members of tho mob and their trial Is expected to take place at the next term of the Halifax circuit court. Commonwealth Attorney James S. Aasley expressed himself as satisfied In the light of tho evidonco, with tho verdict of simple assault. Joo Francisco and Pete McOormiclc indicted along with the others as 'be luir members of tho mob, turned i state's evidence, testifying that Draper organized the mob. Other witnesses furnished corroborative evidence while several witnesses testified to substan tiate the defense plea of an alibi. Draper himself testified thla morn ing, denying the charges and giving in detail his moves during the after noon and lato evening of the attack r.n ihe tail. Draner denied knowledge of a shotgun found in his automobile i by Sheriff Mice during the attaca on pulsed. He said, he had to express regret that the premier had not given notice of such an Important state ment as Mr. Thomas, secretary of tho nation union of railwaymen to whose suggestion It was apparently due and other loaders had gone home. As ho had explained earlier, the miners' federation would have pre ferred to open the conference without conditions on either side, but he had not had an opportunity to commit tho federation Mince tho afternoon; that ho could not assume responsi bility in tho matte: Ho thought tho only safe lino would bo for the pre mier to put his statement into a let ter to the oftleials for consideration. The organizations composing the trlpie alliance held no further meetings to night; they are apparently holding hands until tomorrow. The board of trada Is sued an official report of today's nego tiations for the enlightenment of the public. The report set forth tho argu (Contlnued on Page Two) CHICAGO. April 7. Special Inves tigators sent from Washington in connection with the theft yesterday at Dearborn station of mail pouches containing cash and securities be lieved to tolal more than $500,000 to night were proceeding on the theory that the robbery had been carried out by a national gang of mail thieves who obtained advance information of money shipments from postal em ployes. The Investigators were convinced that yesterday's theft was an "inslda Job" because of the fact that tha robbers sorted a number of sacks on a mall truck In the sUitlon and se lected only thoso which contained valuables. The same procedure was carried nut today in another robbery at Sul livan. Ind., once the home of Postmaster-General Will H. Hays, the robbers selecting the socks contain ing tho money, although there was nothing on tho pouches to Indicate they contained other than ordinary mall. A scoro of persons were arrested today in connection with the robbery hero but most of them were released. TYPOTHETAE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DENIES REPORT CHICAGO, April 7. The executive council of the United Typothetswa of America In a statement tonight denied that It had ever agreed to Introduction of the 44-hour week. The statement was Issued to correct what were termed erroneous reports that the organization had approved the 44 bour week. BALTIMORE LUMBER PLANT IS SWEPT BY BIG FIRE BALTIMORE, April 8. Fire which broke out shortly before 2 o'clock this morning swept the lumber yard and plant of Joseph Thomas and Son, In South Baltimore and threatens many In dustrial properties In that section. All fire apparatus in the city has been called out. PRINCE AND PRINCESS HAVE ROYAL CEREMONY RKRL1.V, April 7. Former Prince Rup precht of Bavaria and Princess An toinette of Luxembourg were married today at llohenburg Castle, the Luxem bourg chateau near Toelz. in upper Ba varia, In the presence of the inembcri of tho Saxon and other royal families The church ceremony will be perform by Mgr. Pscelll. the papal nuncio. SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RELIEF WORK AMONG EX-SOLDIERS URGING A CENTRALIZED BUREAU WASHINGTON, April the tall nnd exnlalncd absence of a specific recommendations license tag on the macnine. wmcn witneses for the spite said had been removed, by explaining tha tho had not secured his license for tho new year. He admitted discussing the at tack and declaring the mob hud no guts." He denied knowing that his brother. Clarke Draper was wanted as! 7. Seven chief among them tno creation or tnc vet erans service administration to take charge of government relief work among ex-soldlers and to be headed by a director-general responsible di rectly to the President, were con tained in the report submitted today to President Harding by his special a material witness or . " cornnliHsion Investigating the case of and could not be found. I veterans His father, other .memoers ox m rharl (, UttWe. of Chicago. chairman of the commission, told the President as he handed him the re port that ho believed tho recommen dations were sound and that they would prove a satisfactory solution of tho troubles existing In tho pres- .- t T,r,rT ent administration of soldiers' relief TO.TOtn Wimiir......."! . . . pt-eeident family and others also testified sup porting his story In Its essential. The tato in rebuttal called Husell Hughes, State Senator M. B. Booker and others who contradicted parts of Draper's testimony. CHICAGO, April 7. Representa tives of the farmers of the country in convention tonight voted unani mously to accept he report of the tho committee of 17 which provided for formation of a cooperative agency to market the nations grain. The report was adopted after a two-day fight in which various dele gates sought to havo it amended ro that pooling of grain by the farmers would be compulsory instead of optional as provided in the report. An amendment to that rffect was adopted late tonight by a vote of 61 to 38. ' . "Another amendment offered by Carl Williams, of Oklahoma, that the pooling be made compulsory in states where wheat is the predomin ant grain, also was dtfatd- Harding on the report Is expected. Recommendation Number One pro vides for the new agency, and gives it lurisdictlon orver the bureau' of war rlslt insurance, the rehabilitation di vision of the official board for voca tional education and such part of the public health service as may be nec essary to care properly for disabled general assume charge of the new agency with full authority to obtain necessary facilities when those fil ready available prove Inadequate. This provision would permit the lease or purchase of hospital buildings when ever the demand exceeded the supply. Care is suggested In the framing of new legislation creating the adminis tration to avoid present Inconsisten cies of law affecting the three exist ing bureaus. Particular . request, is made that no statutory' litations be planed on the director-general us to th number and salaries ' of his m- V lOYCB. ' " i- ' , .-si dumber Three r says-that pending . j the enactment ot new laws. Secretary Mellon, of the treasury, shall Issue , orders . to the heads of, the public ' health and war rtolc bureaus, author-t icing the latter bureau to take charge : of the public- health activities and personnel engaged in providing medi cal care for the veterans. The effect . v ould be to consolidate those bureaus ider one head by e veoutixe order without waiting for congress to act, , or rlslt delay from that cause. - tThe . next recommendation pro vides for an Immediate extension , and utilisation of all government hospital facilities with euch mobtlizatton of . civilian medical services as may rove practcable.. ' , ; u -'. An Immediate and continuous hos pital building program Is asked li the -: tlfth recommendation which suggest that Secretary Mellon'a committee re- . rundv annfiinteit to renort an sites for new 'hospitals, be directed to report Inr tha tvnat nnd location af the required buildings. . It add that appropriations' should be made avail- ( able by congress which convenes next Monday. - , ' .. . The sixth calls for, exertion of hu- , manlalng Influences to tmpresetne sick and wounded with the fact that the -nation is entirely concerned In their welfare and rehabilitation.. The last makes Immediate use of the 118,600.- t08 appropriated by the last congress for pew hospital.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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