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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPIft It Will Tall Yeu Whin Your tubscrlptien Cxolrsa. Renew Plv Day Before Ba piratlen, to You Won't Mis An leeu. FAIR VOLTXXXVII. NO. 159 ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS SUSPEND BUSINESS IN PRESIDENT HARDING TO EXPLAIN POLICIES OF ADMINISTRATION THE STATE MOURNS HONOR OFASHEVILLE'S By BILLY BORNE. NOTED FEDERAL JUDGE r EMPRESS AUGUSTA first Baptist Church to Open at 11 0 'Clock as Friends View Body. Any tributes op Respect received Passing of Jeter Conley pritchard Brings Loss to Nation. tndar an escort of a guard of uMior. tha body of Federal Judge T,.,r Canity Pritchard. entor Judge for the fourth district, will hi removed from the home, 228 chestnut street, to the First Baptist rhurch Ju8t before 11 o'clock . thia momlnf-and will, before an alter cov ,vl with floral tributes seldom iauaned, He In state until two o'clock ihli afternoon, during which time tkniiaandS' of friend and admirers of h, dead Jurist will tile by the bier L reverence and alienee aod for the tat time fate upon the countenance . who for two. decades had been , commanding figure In North Caro lina and ilnce 190S an honored Judge of a high court of the land. As a legislator and member of the federal ' Judiciary he was nationally known nd since his death Sunday morning t J"1 o'clock, prominent eitiiens from many states have ar rlvad In the city to attend the admln Ltratlon of the final religious rites, u la significant, however, that the Li legal authority and eounsel- peritmai"- gradually became wo him eoovo " hDe of cltlsen who has had few peers. Thes will beat recognize their neigh bor In civilian dreas and without the Judicial robes. Throughout the hours in which the dndr will Ue in state the guard of honor, composed of fellow deacons of the First Baptist church ana mem bers of the board of trustees, will re als places beside the) casket and the oublic will file slowly down the right tlfle of the big churoh, entering at Ota rural irom voi.a " -making an wtt through opposlU i00f" city Mourns Ices. At three minutes of three o'clock this afternoon the city 'Are bell will lound and at 3 o'clock. In conformity with a proclamation by Mayor Rob erta all truffle will cease for a pcrloo. of three minutes. With the sounding FJTJLLMTIIICKEIf Dies as Result of Heart At tack at Doom. First Occurs at Present Home of Former Emperor or uermany. DOORN. Holland, April 11 (Bv tha it Svi JJ Ma f died here at p clock this morning. Hy a strange incidence, the end cam. jit one year after ahe auffered her flrat serloua at tack of heart disease. It was while ahe waa preparing to m.v 2m ?. f0,rm'r mPor of Oer- '.K 'J1.' ahe wa" tr','ten with what !!. HI wa" bH'vd to be a fatal attack. That waa on April U. 1J20. !i.fe.? y" th,re were reports that k th .a". momentarily expected, but ahe rallied .nrt . , !-j l ' l . , - l: - - nor husband, to Doom on May 15. last Attacks of her fatal malady recurred SLfquent., ,nt'- ch aapplng her ,itaJityKand nuI'fy'ng the measures n.?ih fc8pecLa""" t0 reator her health When her aon, former Prince Joachim, committed aulclde In Berlin last July, ghe waa In auch aerloua con dition that the newa of hla death waa Kept from her for a long time, and it la said she never learned her aon killed hlrrwself. ... - em pre A ' wnrn. and on aeveral occasions hr hiir.. called to Doorn, but her atrength waa auch that ahe rallied bravely when the end waa believed Imminent. Since the flrat of thla year. It had been known that she waa gradually sinking. Former Emperor and Prince Adalbert were at the bedside when the former empress died. They had been called by Haeaner who attended the former empress throughout her reside In Hol land. ' The death came aa a ahock to the dwellers In Doom castle as during last week tha nliant'. opposite less serious. Nevertheless last Satur day Dr.- Haeaner. after consulting with Professor Hymans. the Dutch heart specialist, thought It advisable to send a message to Princess Victoria Louise, the only daughter of the former em peror and empreaa, calling her to Doorn. The princess, who then waa In Vienna, had not reached Doorn when death came to tne ex-empress. T... lv.. . u - . , , f (he hell the wneeis Ol maunu mm mam mo pnuein was only aemi- I rltln. of commerce will halt for ! conscious. She was kept from suffering ?CU . 3 iverv cltlaien willi frequent hypodemic Injections but ' : . the mem- i "reaming appearea to oecome n--.. y w tribute and J""0" ,lh" career more difficult. At 6 o'clock this u Ary of the late Jurist whoso career jn(r Dr HSMn(,r a8ssted the attending K.'A asrvpl tn aid all. As those who cannot leave their va rious posts of duty cease ineir (or the short period, a processional wlllaound from the church pipe organ and funeral servioes constituting the UIIILUI ULIIIIUL iu 7P:""P inillVILIIU UIUUUUU iGUBA INAUGURATED oD ECONOMIC AFFAIRS President Harding Speaks to Cuban Official. nurse and Countess von Kenlear, an old friend of the former empress, to adjust the patient's position so that she might become more comfortable. As the day broke, breathing became still more difficult for the patient, and ner puiae grew weaker, iuu u..w . - ht ), ner puiae grew weaicer. m l,rt tribute will orn-at . the churcli , , theB WR tvMmt t the phygi, I...l'mlillK In Wllhnllr I ltin h. .n4 w.. a... Tt. II. .ccompany the quartet choir aa "Ju hymn of the honored dead, will be rendered. Rev. Dr. Ot M. Anaerson. raitor of First Christian church will nd. the opening prayer. Rev. Dr. owell will then reaa ' consomnuu from Scripture. . u Ex-Coneressman James j. ai, lose personal friend of the ' senior ,.;.. nf . f mirth circuit for a'quar- of a century, will deliver the fun- mi oration. ' ' ' "' Following the tribute irom rj Brltt and a second special song, Dr. W. W. Powell, pastor of the emi nent churchman, will offer words, or thanks for a life so frought with -a lleilre to accomplish gooa r nuii Documents dearest to me f h whrmfl death has snocaeu friends throughout the nation -.were ha Constitution Of tne unuea nd the Bible and upon tneae iwo ,te Judge Pritchard based nis ibji.uB irture which he had delivereo ; m miny states. The ast public appar- noe of Judge Pritcnara in "w- llle was at the Y. M. C. A. at whicn ime he dclleverd the widely herald-. i addreas "Back to the Constitution nd the Bible." Imnnn thn last acts Of th eminent urlit and which was effected only a hort time before hla" once stalwart dv nurcumbed to disease- ana - no Uped into unconsciousness, was to at his vote for the benefit 01 uio ounger generation and to aid In thus rovlding a better school system for l city. These and other incidents inch transpired near tno ciosinn il great career.- will" tie - related by la pastor In words frought with love nd eulogy, . ' v v " ' "The ChrlsUan'g Good jYigni." A quartet. ' The Christian's Good ight,' will conclude the services at pe church and' the ' commitaal cere- ny will follow In Riverside cente rs-. The pastor, followed by mem- of the Judiciary will lead the ocesslonal from the church. They "i De followed by the honorary pan ders, and this order will- prevail as corfygs moves to the last rest- I Place nf thn rltv'm hlcrhlv rennect- citizen, followed by car bearing paiioearers, the hearso, next Which mnnvher. rt .Vt. fomllv will How cloteelv: .Then Fusieral D1- rCr Lewis -orlll mmn arranM for re. lining vehicles in the procession.' "Mge p. a McElrov yesterday an- OUACed that 1,..... .rf wnnllt lourn at noon today" and fnetalar .u court win attend the ceremon- These will Join In the cortege It Paasen th. wmar.' whan tbs :it0n'a flair hann mt half mailt, and the fpH.f.1 k.. ii j wkliih P Stars and Strine to Which the ""Wed dear had dedicated his life f Jlll fly -at half mast. - "ong those known nationally who ; vd in the city yesterday and who 111 arrive this mnrnlnir . t attend services are riprulf Judiei. M.. A.J ""P.P. of Washlnsrton and Charles that the end was near, and Dr. Haeaner warned former Emperor . William and Prince Adalbert, of lta approach. Death Came at Six The . ex-empress became unconscious and her breathing became fainter and fainter until f o'clock life left her frail body. . . . The ex-emperor stood at the bedside with bent head as death , came to his consort and he remained In the room for some time afterward. ' The quiet little village of Doorn was greatly affected by the news of the ex empress' death, which spread rapidly early in the day. as the artisans were going to work. As the death bells tolled the streets filled with little groups of villagers, discussing the event. Augusta Victoria had lived In Doorn leaa than a year, coming here with the ex-emperor from Amerongen last May. During the first months of her residence she visited the village, two or three times, but afterward her, malady grew. She became serious arid she was only occasionally seen by the people, driving In the park In a pony cart. Collapse of the Central,,- powers and the vlcclssltudes of war that drove former Kmperor William of Germany and hla- consort Into .practical exile in Holland In November 19U, was the lowering of the curtain In the life of the once . beautiful empress and queen of Prussia, Augusta Victoria who, for nearly 40 years had been the most be loved hausfrau of the German people. In 4he Netherlands, where she and her husband resided first at Amerongen and then at Doorn, the former . kaiserln'a long' continued Illness was made more grave by her yearning to return to Ber lin and postdam. On several occasions, since her residence In Holland, mem-, bers of her family had been suumoned to her bedside in anticipation of her death, but she rallied and survived. Many Grave Clouds . The . ex-empreaa' gravest cloud, next to the abdication of William 11, waa the traglo death of her son. Prince Joachim, . who committed suicide by shooting nlmseir in Berlin in inz". Kne was never informed, It was said, that Joachim had taken his own life. An other . depressing event which - haunted (Continued on Psge Two) Formal Opening of line Hear Wireless at Work Others Speak. WA8inN0TON. April 11. Direct telephone communications . between the United States and Cuba was In augurated late today by President Harding and President Men.ocal of the island republic, exchanging re newed assurances of friendship and rood will. Completion of the under-sea circuit was marked by a formal ceremony at the Pan-American building, where Mr. Harding, several members of his cabinet and other high officials gath ered at the Washington.' end of the wire while a small group of notables I participated at Havana. .k As an added feature. Washington and Havana, as well as many other cities scattered across the country, lis tened to a report from a wireless tel ephone operator at Catallna Island in the Pacific ocean. The -distance from Catallna to Cuba la 5,700 miles, and the feat was said to have-established a new distance record for transmission of the human voice by a circuit of. radio, wire and cable. The ceremony here waa in charge of the American Telephone and Tele graph company and the National Press club and the Invited guests, numbering several hundred, were provided with telephone receivers connected with the new circuit. The message of Mr. Harding formerly opening the wire was as follows: "I want you. President Menocal. and 1 the government and people of Cuba to know how gratifying it Is to participate with you In this ceremony which signi fies so much in the establishment of more Intimate and understanding relations be tween Cuba and the United States. This time Is especially auspicious for tho ex- cnange or assurances that our two re Eu biles are bound together by Indlssolu le ties of sympathy and Interest. Our fortunes have been linked together sl- WASHINQTON. Aorll 11. Laroa trscts of Isnd In Phillips oounty, Ar. kanaaa, which war transferred to Mlaalaalppl by a auddan diversion of the Mlaalaalppl river In 1S48, war re turned by the Supreme court today t Arkanaas. The court ardarsd that th report of th commleonr who war appointed to survey the disputed boundary atono the rlvr below Friar's Point, be eennrmed formally, and tn. tared a final dre In th eaaa be tween th two atates. Th commissioners. In laylno th "naw"- boundary, followed th Instruc tions of the court that It ahoutd con. form aa near "a a possible to th mid dle of the former channel of naviga tion by lta several aouraaa and wind. Ings." Objection of Mlaalaalppl to th re port on th grounds that all available testimony had .not .been heard waa overruled today. ,u Will Deliver Address to Congress in Person nrnniirp nrnnrn -sv. nr hr vr.i nrr n foreign relations llbWail B aaW I aa I mm I aa W SECRETARY HUGHES Great Britain and France on Japanese Mandate. Nothing Positive in Regard to Notes Received Will Not Reveal Nature. HOLDS MAJOR PLACE WASHINGTON. April II. France and Great llrltaln are understood to have replied to Secretary Hughes' re cent notes regarding tho Japanese mandate over the Pacific Island of i President Considered Cer tain to Endorse Plan for Separate Place. WASHINGTON, April 1!. Presi dent Harding's message to the special session of congress, to be delivered In person at 1 p. m. tomorrow had not been completed tonight and he remained at work on it In his study throughout the evening. Preparation of the message occu pied virtually all th chief executive'! attention during the day, his hope of sending to the public printer a short and quickly-prepared document hy early afternoon being abandoned once he got Into the swing of his task. As It took form tonight the mannscrlnt covered a long list of France, In reply to a previous Amer- questions and threatened to run sev- Ican note regnrdlng the Yap mandate, ernl newspaper columns In length. lap. The Hrltlsh governments re sponse Is said to have been of a pre liminary nature. Htate department officers, while In timating that replies had been re ceived, declined to say so positively or to Indicate their nature. Ifldcs making specific legislative recommendations on various subjects, the msesage Is expected to serve aa a broad declaration of administrative policy on most of the country's for eign and domestic Issues. It Is un derstood that the President decided on such a pronouncement 'In the be lief that tt would make for a general understanding at home and abroad, MPORIA T BILLS THfil:jyOPPEIi i ... . Soldier Bonus and Relief Before Members. ready In two hlstorv-maklns- strum-leu? and today, when Cuba stands under th shadow of a national misfortune, I want you to Know mat tne United states Is aeierminea as always to prove itself the iru. ana neipiui iriena or your nation.' Mr. Harding Indicated that his refer. ence was to the suspension of payment uy tne iauonai iianK or uuDa, a devel opment In which he is deeply Interested. After the conversation between the two chief executives. Secretary Hughes of me scaie aepanment taiKea with .Secre tary or ntates Desvernlnes or Cuba: See rotary Mellon of the treasury denarf ment, spoke to Secretary of tbe Treasury Hernandes, of Cuba: the Cuban minister ai wasningion spoKe to Boas Long, I he American minister at Havana, and Sec retary Weeks of the war department spoke to Secretary of War and Navy jucu u 111 nsvsns. ELEVEN MURDERS CHARGED TO , GEORGIA FARMER, HIS THREE SONS AND NEGRO FARM BOSS MONTICELLO, Ga., April 11. Grand Jury' investigation here today into the deaths of negroes alleged to have been held in peonage on the farm of .John 8. Williams, resulted in Indictments being returned against -Williams, his three son and . Clyd Manning, negro - farm boss,, charging a total of 11 murders In Jasper county in addition to the three In Newton crtilntv. The lynching several months ago of Eugene Hamilton, negro preacner, was inquired Into by the grand Jury but . it waa decided- there was not sufficient evidence to warrant true bills against any persons, but it was Indicated tonight the Inquiry would bo resumed tomorrow and that the lu'ry' also would Inquire Into two uj -'-"i"mii : more npmiciaes, me utwm m .ii-,. th. C M-rlon, S C. associates orfk.iai refused to divulge publicly -v "'in I w in rnn n.ifl lurui . j . . - . w . i ii . i i . 1 1 1 , None of the cases against the Wil liams family or Manning will be called for trial before May. it was announced by Judge J. B. Park, f the Jasper county Superior court, who charged the grand Jury on its conven ing today. The. elder Williams was convicted last week in Newton county of murder of one of three negroes taken into that county and drowned and . is awaiting a hearing ,April 10 bS motion for a new trial. Hi. three ons. lndioted today, aia Huland. EEy -nd Marvin WlHUn WWp tln of negro who had run away and wars caught, and other creel tmJntwas alleged by wttna. to day, although It was said th negroes were well fed and clothed. . The true bills returned today were "jo?ntlndlctment charging John S. . ' . wmt wie " ; Edmund Waddill, Richmond "wage James E. Boyd, Greens Judge Jiihn r T)n. i Ralti- Judrn m v.... -nriht. BVidhv i?i- L'nney, chairman 'state re- h-t ---v.v..0 UUUIIUIU.1 - Lzn John W. Larrgley and many L7-, men nd senators. Including pailhent nm.i.i. . -nr vi..i.. orth Carolina and other states. """s trie honorary pall-bearers i "Jgoyernor Locke Craig. Judge L hhl ?i raro'' Marshal Charles a. 1 t.i! "f-jor w. w. jKOiiiaa. mou It.V ; w Varnon, DftEB. , 2': lnskl. Oeorgs H. Sroath- RivJr Plitnmer sad Dr. K. tlva n.ti v - 'At' rnia y . " "mrer will' pe J. "n. John B. Anderson. Mark W. William and Manning with murders or eignt negroes. . Indictment charging Huland Wil liams with murder of a negro known as "HiacK strap- in the fall of 1920. Joint Indictment charging Leroy and-Marvin WIHlams with the murder or a negro known as "Iron -Jaw" in ine summer oi ivzo. , Indictment charging Marvin ' Wil liams with the murder of John Single ton in April, is. i v Prayer that "Justice shall be wrought" and for Supreme guidance for the grand Jury was offered by J. J. Wlnbury, ordinary of Jasper county, beiore Judge park delivered his charge. . . Solicitor-General Doyle Campbell announced tonight he would ask Gov ernor Dorsey to offer rewards for ap prehension of Huland Leroy. and Marvin Williams and could not ar range plan for their trial- until they were arrested. He said recently they were not in Jasper county and they did not appear laat week at the trial 'of their father In Covington, Oa. The elder Williams and Manning will be placed on-trial, Mr. Campbell said; aa soon aa they are released from Jurisdiction by Newton -county, where they were indicted first and where Williams was later convicted and sentenced to lit Imprisonment. The solicitor said tonight th other two homicides to be Inquired Into to morrow ar those of negre reported killed by whit persons. In on ease he said a - negro who 11 red on four white men who went to his house to ask about another negro, waa killed. In the other a negro went to a white man's house,, later waa found dead.' Emergency Tariff, Budget war Taxes and Roads Among the 1200. WASHINGTON. April II. Bills de signed to cover some of the more im portant problems before the 67th con gress were Introduced today. They Included the emergency tariff, repeal of some war taxes and propos als 'for new ones, soldier bonus and soldier relief, federal budget, restric tion of Immigration and federal road -building. While the "five way" plan of vet eran organizations for deferred com pensation to service . men became house' bill No. 1, the' tax question was foremost in the legislative proposals. Representative Longworth, Ohio, pro posed the straight repeal of excess profits and war profits taxation. The suggestion was repeated by Represen tatives Barach of New Jersey, and Mott of New Tork. who proposed im position ' of gross sales taxes at one per cent rates. The Barach measure also suggested reduction of normal income tax rates to two per cent and application of the sur-taz to Incomes above $7,000 with a maximum of 40 per cent- ' Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee, putting forward the service men's bonus proposal, - which provides for alternatives between cash payment, land settlement, insurance, vocational education and home build ing, ; left out taxation proposals, but Representative Galllvan, democrat. Massachusetts, put In an exact dupli cate of the bill as it passed the house last session. In further aid to vet eran Representative Sweet, republican, Iowa, introduced a bill to consolidate all boards and bureaus having to do with, soldier rehabilitation, and Representative- Fess, Ohio,- suggested ex emption from income taxes of all payments to veterans undergoing vo cational training. Immigration restriction, decided on by the last congress in enacting a bill limiting annual entrance of aliens to the . United States to three per cent of the total residents of each nation ality In the nation as found by the 1810 census, was proposed by Chair man Johnson of the immigration com mittee. His bill exactly duplicated that which President Wilson gave a pocket veto. - . Representative Blanton, democrat, Texas, whose battles with his associ ates in congress have attracted some attentiorrTTtatne forward with a sug gestion to reduce congress from 435 members to 804 and To Be Presented Congress for Agriculture. Conference With Harding Will Feature Big Ten Day Session. WASHINGTON, April 11. Lower transportation charges, economy In taxation, equal treatment under any tariff law, and short time credits are among the subjects which represen tatives of farmers in three states be gan discussing here today preliminary to making up a program of legislation Which will be asked of congress for relief of the agricultural situation. -The executive committee and dele gates from Stat ' associations of th American farm bureau federation-'bev gan a series of conferences which ar expected to continue for ten days, snd which Include a meeting with Presi. J-e-BvMwwHng.anoV hla cabinet Wedpes- nay at tne wnite house and with the joint agricultural committees of the senate and house and other members of congress Friday night. - In. addition! to. receiving reports rrom, tne delegates today the conven tion was addressed by A, F. Lever, member of the federal farm loan board and held a round table discus sion with Governor Harding of the federal reserve board. . Socretary of Agriculture Wallace Is expected to meet with the delegates tomorrow and go over the tariff sit uation. - The National Milk Producers' asso ciation will meet here tomorrow and Thursday representatives from.,, these organizations are expected to meet with the national farmers' union, the grange, American cotton association, national farm congress 'and th na tional board of farm organizations. Secretary Wallace announced today that a committee of livestock men In the west was taking up the question of developing a marketing organiza tion on the plan of the grain market ing committee of 17 which was rati fied at Chicago last week, -The -out come of the Chicago meeting, Mr, Wallace asserted, should bo "reassur ing" to those who had feared the farmers were trying "to develop a corner" on their own "product. WEST APPOINTED ACTING COMMISSIONER OP REVENUE expressed the hope that the contro versy between the United States and Japan on thla subject could be set tled by direct negotiations between them without Involving her as a prin cipal. Whether renewed expression Is given to this hope in France's lat est note has not been disclosed, but! some diplomats ar of the opinion that In anv event her new communi cation would go further, inasmuch a even though some of the questions aTTTTTrrr mandates as wen as wun jap specifically, It has been the expectation of slate department officers and of some for eign envoy here as well as that the allied governments would admit the soundness, of the American position that as one of the principal allied and associated powers in favor of which Oermany by the treaty of Ver sailles renounced Its rights and title in Its overseas possessions the United States Is entitled to a voice in the ultimate disposition of those territories. . In view of th supposed tentative ohar aeter of th British raolr to Mr. Hush there waa little disposition In official clrclea to Comment regarding th atti tude of that government. The opinion haa been advanced, however, that Grant Brltaln'a attitude probably would b In fluenced In great measure hy whether Japan Instated upon the carrying out of the terms of the treaty, of London under which Oreat Britain and France agreed she should hsve the former German is lands north of the equator. Thla treaty was entered Into before th United States declared war on .Germany, . With the Yap mandate queatlon ap parently atlll far from Battlement, It la sot thought likely that the International communications , conference, which re sume lta wanton tomorrow, will make great 'progress toward' agreement on th disposition of former 'uerman cable. Norman E.' Davla,1lformer,whdsr-soi retmrr of sUte."WISa1i I WuffrfngfC called tomorrow's -jneet I nar, , wa la eonferane wun secretary Hughes sevarsl hours to day, i After -leaving- th. secretary's of lice. Mt. Davis said th outlook for. ulti mate agreement among the conferees was good, sJtnougn It Is not believed probable that muoh progress would be made -.mtil the broader questions Involved in th Yap discussion ar disposed of. Mr. Davis said the communications con ference would resume Its program where It had left off several weeks ago, when several European representatives queated a short delay to permit commu nication with their governments. HOME OF. ' MAGISTRATE , RIDDLED WITH BULLETS WASHINGTON, April 11. William F. West, formerly deputy commission er In charge of accounts, was deslgnat. ed today by Secretary Mellon as act ing commissioner of Internal revenue pending the appointment - by Pesl dent Harding of a successor to Wil liam M. Williams. Mr. Williams re signed. March 5 -but at ths request of Mr. Mellon has been acting as com missioner until today. '.' GREENVILLE, , 8. C. Anrll 11.- The home of Magistrate A. D. Plum ley, near Gowensville, about 2 S miles above Oreenvllle, was virtually riddled with bullets about 3 o'clock this morning by two men, so far atlll at large, but believed by ofllcers to have becme antagonistic toward the magis trate because of- his activity In raid ing Illicit distilleries. No one was in jured. - , The magistrate was awakened by the men who called out that their automobile had broken down. The moment he opened the door, several pistol shots rang out. The magistrate locked the, door, whereupon the men withdrew a few feet and continued to fire at -the house, breaking window panes and lodging many bullets in the walls. The magistrate returned the fire but believes his shots were Ineffective. OPEN CHESS PASS W5 GENERAL BILLS IN THE TENNESSEE ASSEMBLY NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 11. The C2nd aeaslon - of - thb - Tennessee general assembly adjourned atne die a few min utes after S o'clock this afternoon. During the present session 103 ii-norul bills have been passed. This was 1 less than were pasaed at the lttls session. MINE OWNERS AND STRIKING MINERS PLACE CONTENTIONS IN HANDS OF BRITISH PREMIER LONDON, April 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The respective conten tions of the mine owner and striking miners are now in the hands of the prime minister who is to take them under advisement and meet the rep resentatives of the two sides In th coal dispute tomorrow. Ths conference of the owners and miners with government officials par ticipating, met at the board of trade this morning and at the request of the premier submitted at the after noon session exhaustive statements of their cases, .which Mr. Lloyd George haa arranged to discuss Vlth them re-apportion i apnaratolv. meeting the mine owners thejm according o the 1920 census. at 11 o'clock In the morning and the number of otner re-apportlon- miners at 12:S0, after which the Joint ment bills were proposea, dui wouia .conference will be resumed. Thejros proWde for holding the membership to ; ltsxpresent- unui. r, eranion also proposed the elimination of the present travel allowance . of 20 cents a mile for members and substitutes therefor a payment of actual ex penses to be made upon sworn voucher. Representative Toung, republican. North Dakota, for the way and means committee. Introduced th emergency agricultural tariff, exactly t waa passed in r euruar. m effective period was nxea as six months after enactment Instead of 10 aa in th vetoed measure of the; laat session. Chairman Kahn of ths military Af fair oommttt again proposed a sep arate air corn, under a new execu tive bureau to control military avi ation and a separata proposal: for e.j (Cnt!ntid sn Pass Two) . , DScts therefor are favorable although It is still too early to say that the crisis has been averted.The mine own ers, even if they were willing to make new wage proposals were today un prepared with any concrete scheme and the present indications are that the conference proceedings will bi protracted. - An official statement was Ifsued an nouncing th premlr had presided at the 'afternoon session which lasted from 4 o'clock until nearly . There were present also Bir Robert 8. Horn, chanoUor of ths sxebequer, T. J. MacNamara, la&or minister, and Wil liam Brace, mini star of mines. Evan Williams mad a Ions state ment of ths owners' cas and Frank Hodge an quall long statmnt of th miners ease. Th premUr thn expressed a desire to have an oppor tunity of psruslnc th statements and it was mutually agreed that no roport of the respective : statements should be published in the meantime. The premier added that he desired to have an apportunlty of meeting the re spective parties separately, prelimi nary to a further Joint meeting. This was agreed to and tho meeting for tomorrow was arranged. : , It is significant that although in recent phase of the trouble, the gov ernment has . taken the attitude, that now the Industry has been taken out of government control, It was a mat ter solely between the mine owner am) miners, th premier himself .pre sided over the conference. The pres ence of .the chancellor the exche quer especially gave color to the re port that the government contem plate affording temporary financial assistance to meet exceptional cir cumstances of poor yielding mines being unable to afford wages to pro vide a decent standard of living. This was. In fact, indicated by the premier himself at the morning sit ting. In the course of his statement on the government's position, when he said th government was unable to grant any "permanent" contribution to maintain ths Industry out of taxes Ths prsmisr showed anxiety to ex pedite . ths work of ths conference. Ths mine ownsrs today wanted an adjournment until tomorrow to pre pare thsir -statement. jt Mr. Lloyd Oeorg insisted , that the conference reassemble at 4 o'clock. The triple alliance tonight isaued a manifesto setting forth lta cese-jjn . , . cntlnuS n. Pag T ' W tmmedIafe"1eg1Siatl6n."' In order not to be Interrupted, Mr. Harding remained away from his of fice during the day and received In his study In the white house proper only a few visitors. He wrot his manuscript in long-hand, following a custom he acquired as a newspaper editor, 'and turned It over to stenog raphers several pages at a time for transcription. Tariff, taxation, the railroad situa tion and foreign relations ar xpct ed to -hold major place In th com pleted message. It has been Indicated that h would carry delineation of his attjtud a step further than la hi pre-lnauguratlon utterances and might make Important announce ments nf administration policies. One of the announcemants forecast by officials close to th President Is expected to Indicate a waning possi bility that the administration will enter the Verrallle lesgu of nations on sny terms. In that connection Mr. Harding la considered certain to endorse the resolution of peace with Germany, though It I believed h will not ask for hasty action while hi negotiations for a new International concert are In progress. ." . nennal of the exces profits tax and substitution of other tax schedules to h worked out by congress Is to be asked by the President and his recom mendations ror a-tarirr- program ar expected to Include emergency meas ures to. protect Ugrloultural Interests. It la understood he will request pas sage of the Immigration and budget bill that failed In the laat congress, will suggest legislation to co-ordinate and facilitate soldier welfare work and to provide a system of public highway . maintenance. , . Two constructive proposals expect ed to be incorporated In the message will urge creation of a general gov srnment department of publlo welfare and of a commission to handle liqui dation of surplus property acquired by the government during the war. It has been Indicated that in eacrTof these tasks details would be left to congress, acting on the advice of the special commission It appointed ev eral months ago to study reorganiza tion of the executive department ot the governmentl. ' ' j ,- . HARDING'S SPEECH TO Time - Honored Precedent Still in Effect. House Committees urga- nized President's Mes sage WillStart' Work. WASHINGTON. April 11 The 87th congress convened' today with few de partures from time-honored precedent und adjourned until tomorrow when at 1 o'clock, a Joint session will hear President Harding deliver his opening address. Appointment of committees to noti fy the President of the assemblying of the extraordinary session, re-election of Speaker Olllott and other re publican officers of the house, intro duction of hundreds of bills and reso lutions In the house and organization affairs were tho principal features or today's session. The senate which was organized by the republicans at the extra last month was in session only 2U minutes but the house organization required several hours. Crowds oi spectators thronged both senate and house galleries. President Harding's message tomor row Is to be the alfc-nal for beginning the session's work. A great rush at the house chamber for the first ap pearance of the new executive before congress Is expected. Admission Is to be by card only and tickets were tho object of lively effort today. The senate also win gei an business tomorrow, when bills and resolutions are to be introduced and debate begun on the 25.000,on Col- . umblan treaty. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, republican leader gave nH tmi.v that he -would move for open diseusHlons and himself make the Initial speech in behalf of ratifi cation. He will be followed by Sena tor Kellogg, republican,, Minnesota, an opponent of the treaty and-by Senators Pomerene, democrat. Ohio, and Knox, republican, Pennslvanla, in Its support. The final vote will come April 20. under previous agreement. The emergency tariff bill Introduced today, la to b the first business of the house. Debate Is to start Wed nesday and leaders hop, for prompt passage. Chairman Psoross of the . A Iaa.MA . f IV. r IFT.. Ill imuili, ths bill would b rushed through the senate, democrats, ha added, war disposed to withhold discussion until th permanent tariff bill Is brought , In. Hs-also announced that th fl nanc commltt would meet Wed nesday to tak up internal rvnu revision. ,., ,;. .4, , '., v' V- i
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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