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THE ASHEYILLE CITIZEN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER It Will Tell You Whan Your Subscription Esolree. Rintw Five Day! Before Ka. piration, So You Won't Mlaa An laeue. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS 'ARDING PROCLAIMS FINAL REJECTION OF ftil flEAGUE 'GENERAL STRIKE CALL IN ENGLAND IS POSTPONED MS REFUSE TO HOT BY MINISTER 'rbnen Stick to Demand for National Fool 01 the. JTOIU3. TRIPLE ALLIANCE TO a -r Lyd George Asserts the af Afi Plans Are Im- jmiiG4 practicable. j ,0VDON. April 12. (By The As Press.) The conference of H mine owners, the mine workers H mvernment officials today failed P l - ..iiiuvmnl In flirt minors' ?H? the miners refusing to accept v- nrinio nuiiwi. " ional settlement of wages wlth ..tinnnl oool of profits, which 'ir, Lloyd George declared imprac- Th transport workers and rall- .irlk nOHCeS, wnitll nuuili lia.c rtd at nuuius""- iv"s"- Weaver Considers Harding's Foreign Policy Impossible HUMPTY - DUMPTY President Follows Lead of Wilson and Reads His Message tojCongress (By H. V.. C. BIIYAXT.) WASHINGTON. April 12. Presi dent Harding's message did not make much of an impression here today for it Is not clear on important ques tions. Democrats wore Interested In the fact that Mr. Harding followed the lead of Mr. Wilson and read what he had to say. For appearing in per son Mr. Wilson was called "king" by Cr. O P. leaders. Democrats are pre paring to give the Harding recom mendation for consideration but they see no good In the emergency tariff bill, and will light it to a finish. Representative Kitchin, if ho is able, will lead the assault in the house, and Senator Simmons in the senate. The plan for peace Is con sidered weak and absurd. Representative Weaver had this to say about the message: "With some of Mr. Harding's policies I would agree. I do not agree with him on the tariff question. When It comes to plans for international aairs I think he would get us into a decided tangle. I do not believe that the United States can demand the rights of n victor and participate in the settlnisr ?U miners would consider was f.P'1" responsibilities along with V-lH .h. government offered "Vs. alll.C8- I regard it as an impops- Bible plan that would lead to long diplomatic entanglement and great injury to American trade and prestige." Senator Simmons, discussing the mesage, Baid: "I was very much pleased with much of the President's address, but the democrats will dis sent from his views on the tariff and taxation. Especially do I disagree with his views on internal taxes. His foreign policy must be very startling to the allies and confusing to his party. I had expected that he would, scrap the league of nations, but thought he would offer In its stead something more than mere platl tudes." lM Jn which the government offered .... ha u-us-a Question had been titled, to give temporary assistance ku mitigate ine rapiu reuuunun ui pages; the otners tney Drusneu atuae, times rvitn ncu iiiuiuciiih, VhA premier met the owners and iner in separate conferences, then intto. But none of the arguments i the premier or the owners could Love the miners; they stuck firmly their demand lor a national pool profits and a national settlement waxes, declaring through their rkesman, Frank. Hodges that "the orkmen tor tne nrst ume are going i have a share of tho total pros- Lfrlty in trade." Line premier aner a two nours slon. with the miners and again in feint session, said he knew nothing hat would jusury mo government in lunging the convictions expressed i Iti oroDosals. He insisted that a litional pool of profits would lead to vemment central, to whlcn parlla- t-nt wuld not agree. He also entered itrns protest against any subaidiz- of wages or profits of Industry of the general taxes of the cpun on tho same grounds. ; Tha miners went direct from- the nfesence to a meeting of the triple iliance. where their decision was immediately decided to postpone the T4jAtbetlc...strike! .of tho .. railway am enu transport worxers, i ne Meting reassembled later In the venlne to consider the whole ones- lot, but had reached no now decision hen It adjourned at 10 o'clock un it o clock tomorrow morning, By BILLY BORivc I . ASK CONGRESSIONAL PEA CE DECL A RA TION AND TARIFF MEASURE French Accept the American View on Mandates Question SENATE PROPOSALS COVER TERRITORY Senator Poindexter Favors Prohibition Strikes L OSSISM FEATURES POL M Recommeds That Each State Ieague Call For, Clean-Up Women At Second Annual Voters' Convention Are Primary Supporters CLEVELAND, O., April 12. War '"1 political bosslsm was the feature today's session - of- the secend an nual convention of the national "" o' women voter and the Wapon is tha resolution of Mrs. ihanman Cart's standing: com- ulitee un election laws and methods all a "clean up" conference for the wiy of efficient government and how o Set it. The committpA rwnmmpnftpd that 'mciency in government be made the Mef department of the national aT10 of Women voters. Vo Immedate legislation la recom- wnaeu. The committee, however, urged " the utmost influence Of the 'fague bo exerted in opposition to ny attempted repeal of state primary s and that support be given to oposed amendments which, tend to jaw nominations more representa ;'e of the masses of voters. All of the four standing commit s that did not comolete their "(commendations a Monday's pre- ynventon conferences reported to 'ight. The other three are on Ameri- "an citizenship, women' in Industry ""i social hygiene. The rerommendatlons of all seven ommittees will be considered and ,0lcd upon by the convention during w week. The American citizenship ymmittee recommended that the "wner house bill for the federal "andardizatlon of schools be en ored and supported, "he committee also ' recommended (separate bill for the independent 'izenshlp Df women and the ap "ntment of a committee to study "n,i present recommendations to con 5rpw for the general revision of the naturalization laws. . The women in Industry committee 'rned a resolution approving the ,'nt hour day for working women nriugh state action. Senator Reed Wants Eng- - land to Oive-UrBrPosses-sions on Indebtedness 'lARAXTIXK AGAINST THK MEXICAN BEAN BEETXJE WASHINGTON. April 12. A quar n''ne for the state of Alabama on 'count of thn Mexican bean beetle. approved" today by the secretary ' "g'ifllHlira hnn.a ofTsxtlvD On '' 1st. ir.t quarantine places, restrictions i. . 'nierstate movement oi - J" farm init tra rden frnnm which r be a means of carrying the pest . h?r tates. A similar quaranUne the areas actually lm-aded by ,. n aireaay oeen proiuui- by the state of Alabama, 'he restrictions of the stats and Tm QuaranUnes apply to fresh. cultivated beans, including all mmon garden or field beans and "ma beans, but not including vel n or English peas or thor sniy dried and shelled beans or I ? ny kind. Rinded also are all forms of n or odibfs plant leaves.. WASHINGTON, April 12. "While old and new legislative proposals ln the senate today numbered less than 500, as compared with 2,500 odd yes terday in the house, they ranged from tax plans, through anti-strike legisla tion to adjustment of international debts. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, put In his bill establishing a sales tax In lieu of excess profits taxing methods. Senator King, democrat, also of Utah, proposed to make con ferences to assist price-fixing as criminal and also to make conspira cies to "hamper movement of freight and persons" in interstate commerce illegal. Senator Poindexter, republican, Washington, followed the same track with a bill designed to prohibit strikes in interstate commerce. Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, reintroduced a resolution suggesting that the President ask Great Britain whether her West Indian possessions could not be ceded to the United States in part payment of present indebtedness and added a suggestion for an inquiry of the same nature to France as to the French Antilles. Senator LaFoIlette, republican, .Wlsr consln, proposed recognition of the "Irish republic." Creation of a permanent commis sion to investigate lynchlngs over the United States was contributed in a bill by Senator McCormick, republi can Illinois, while Senator Kellogg, republican, Minnesota renewed his bill to give the state department con trol over cable landing rights. Senator Frelinghuysen, republican, New Jersey, proposed creating a coal commission, while Senator Owen, democrat, Oklahoma offered meas ures to limit federal reserve b.fik interest- charges to six per cent; to craate a federal marketing depart ment for farmers and for publication of a national bulletin on government and politics. A public welfare department bill was sponsored by Senator Kenyon, republican, -Iowa. Senatoro Caraway, democrat, Ar kansas, proposed absolute prohibition of "futures sales" in grain and cot- t0 A bill - embodying the "five-fold" plan for veterans' compensation w-as Introduced by Senator McCumber, North Dakota. It included no taxa tion features and was identical witn the bonus bill of the last session. In the house a bill to prohibit pirb it..inn rr tnrvien language news papers or magazines, without publica-J tion or an r,nun every article in paranei coiumm, j Introduced by Kepreaenmuvo umia., democrat. Georgia. . Chairman Haugen. of the house -!.. it,,.. n mlttee introduced a bill to prohibit the misbranding of manufactured articles. SENATOR KNOX AGREES i WITH rntsiutii i 9 . w v . WASHINGTON. April 12. Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, author of the peaca resolution adopted 1 by tna last congress and vetoed by President "W il son, issued a statement today saying that President Harding's "suggestion that a declaration of policy as to our attitude toward the recrudescence of threatening militarism should be tem porarily postponed." was entirely agree able to him. " . There had been some dlaeussion of the Incorporation of such a declaration In a peaca resolution to bs adopted by the present congress. "Such a declaration" said Senator Knox, "relates to the future and may be deferred until there Is aome stabili sation of present world confusion." Senator Knox inaicaiea in no HARDING'S ACTION BY APPROVED MANY Avers United States Can Have No Part. Lodge. Johnson and Others Pleased Hitchcock Is Disappointed. WASHINGTON, April 12.-!-frOiwriil approval of P.colderit Harding's dec hr.klions In his first mt-ssugo te con gress tcday thit tl.e United 8t:i:s could - hawa aio aJrt-v.Jba. present league of nattens and that tha state of war should be ended by congres sional resolution was expressed by rpubilcan senate leaders- t 'h of the "irreconcilable' ana -reaervuiioiiisv (Croup'J. ' Seni'tor Lodee. of Massachusetts the lenublican leader, who led tho li.nfT fiirht for reservation to ho trcatv of Versailles said he was ' ex tremelv pleased" by th-s mesiiiigo which he declared "scparatoH us from the league and approves pasjae -i the Knox resolution. Ronntora Johnson, of California, and Borah of Idaho, leaders of the "trreconcllables." expressed giatifica Hnn that the President had definitely retorted the nresent league and had declared for restoration of peace by congressional acuon. iu?y -vhi vocu rfnubt however, that the treaty of Versailles with the league covenant excluded, could be put into snape lor ratification a possibility suggested by Mr. Harding. coootnr -Hitchcock of Nebraska, acting democratic leader, who led the Wilson forces in tne senaie iur uni fication of the treaty and league ex pressed disappointment at the Presi dent's message. He declared that by refusing to enter the league, the Unit ed States had refused to take part in the effct to stabilize tho social, busi ness and governmental conditions of the world, wltnout wmcn, no there could be neither a revival of business nor prosperity. . I am wondering." Senator Har rison, democrat, Mississippi, said in a 8 atenent tonight, "what the thou sands of independent voters, ro towue republicans and republican leaders who wore assured or insisted hat the Tbest way to have America i.in league i ii""" THOUSANDS ATTEND N CEREMONIES ATTACKED L FOR GREAT JURIST City Pays Tribute to Noted Judge and Citizen. VINDICATED C N COURT Excitement Prevails After Trial of Henry Dorsey Spectators MsJr-Susfi For Prisojer" As He Is Found U. S. Through Failure to Rati fy Treaty Loses A'o Rights In German Possession WASHINGTON. April 12. --( the Associated Press) The 1'ienrh .ii'Al'nim.nl i. , 1 1 I ti it ,. I , ft I llilirlioH1 TintM f,i !hi fiiur irrfiil powers rcKiirillng niamlnti s, is under stood to have expressed substantial agreement with the American gov ernment's contention that the 1'nlted Ktules has surrendered none of Its lights In the former German over seas pot-scsslons through its failure to become a paryt to the treaty of Ver sailles. ; Tho French reply was received ; yesterday but whether it will bo made -public has not yet been disclosed, it 1 was described today In official circles j as a formal response from tho French Tho replv from Great Britain, also " ",l '"'""i iremy wmcn received ve'sterdav. was no more thun Protect specifically American rights an acknowledgement of the receipt Bnrt interests In the war settlement, of the American communication, ill "'" ,no existing league of nations, lenrneil todav. This serves to 1 world governing with its super-pow ers, iiiih repuDiic win Jiavc 110 part, he ald. "It is only fair to say to the world 111 general, and to our associ ates in war In particular, that thn league covenant can have no sanction by us." Tho declaration was answered ' a trotnendous demonstration in wlC., republican senators and repress', tlves led while most of their ;" cratlc colleagues sat silent a,, " T1.1,'"8- utntihU the words v.. tut, , 11, ri cinuilil', IHB 0,-.-l Ratification of Sections Pro tecting American Rights Is Sought. EXPECT SENATE TO REFUSE ANY SECTION Avers Operating Expenses and Railroad Rates Must Be Lowered. WASHINGTON. April 1 L'. Final rejection of the Veralll.-.s league of iiutions by the American government was proclaimed to the world today by President Harding in a solemn pro nouncement of the foreign policies of his administration. Spin kins before tho new congress, assembled to write a program of po litical and economic reconstruction, the President declared Hcceptance of the league would bo nothing short of a betrayal of the mandate of the No vember election. Instead, ho asked for a congressional declaration of peace and for ratification of those Life and Achievements of Famous Statesman Are Lauded in Addresses Not Guilty. no in ---'- .. ,tmfi a arsstV riT Vl Dttllivo wTthroh the election of Harding as President, now 1 u; "What the President said about the league suited me," was tho comment of legator Reed, of Missouri. demo emtio treaty "Irreconcilable. Senator Norris, republ can. Ne braska said 'he was - plpeased to "welcomf the President to the fold of the irreconcllables. ,MI f o.t Poindexter republican, or Washington, said the plan for an as sociation of nations "still was In a "nat'rgg. of republican "mild reservation st . de clared the President would ' be able awork put an assotlon , of nation, and a peace progratft that will be satUfactory to all. ' MARKED : , For three houra" yesterday arton tlnual procession of personsXif all walks of life, filed Blowly ,fiy the funoral bier In the First Baptist church bearing the body t Federal Judge Jeter Conly Pritchrd, senior Judge of, the circuit court)! appeals. who for two decades nud been a towering figure in North Qirollna and national affairs. Hosts of ltfo-long friinds and ad mirers vUswcd for theyiast time the face of him, whose lo and service had been conspieuousmd which had endeared itself to lnoimerable num bers. Sadness whichappeared upon the faces of hundrtls with the an nouncement of thoj eminent jurist's passing Sunday inpfnlng had not yet disappeared, but cluld not avoid be ing lightened, whejf passing near the head of the casll't, the Stars and Stripes, for walcf the dead states man and jurist faithfully. Activities in : ceased throughi 3 o'clock whei began tolling, h4l labored long and ny lines In tho city the day, but at he city fire - bell hush fell over the city and on theliourall traffice halted whije the wlur-ls of toll ceased and commerce w at a stand-still in honor of jhevillo's noted dead. While those fin all sections of tho municipality auscd in thear daily tasks unable! o leavo their posts of duty for anjlength of time, crowds filling the first Baptist church to overflowing Ind lining College street on both sis for nearly a block, heard the flneral processional sound Just as the lells were hushed. Followinwthe echo from the last notes of lhe processional, quiet reigned fof tt second as the throng viewed witf reverence the beautiful casket, suvounded on every side with elabdjate floral tributes, bear ing mute Ividonce of the esteem in which thafwldely heralded legal au thority islheld. Seated In the center of the fiisle were members of the famly. Immediately behind whom safinembers of the federal ju diciary, aid many others of high es teem glvl, prominence by their rec ognized ladershlp. To the left sat that bodf of men who tenderly bore IMPROVEMENT IN BUILDING TRAOE8 WASHINGTON, April 12. Marked 1m ,rem?nt In Condition. In the building nhsuSw. ing" of last" week against Pr. There ..an mprove. that the department was "surprised and drtihtsd" with the way the warning lias been received by the building trades. For tlTe moat part, the attorney-general said. It would appear that the le rTrtment wa. receiving the outside he p It had asked for in remedying the evils of price-fixing and illegal combinations la the building Industry. , RAILWAY EMPLOYEES JOIN " WITH LABOR FEDERATION WASHINGTON, April .12. The four brotherhoods of railway employes have joined forces with the American Fed eration of Labor "to defeat legislation inimical to the rights of wage .worker, " ia . .t.tament rived out today by the u.Hi,ii at labor after a conference-! . 1. 1 i- aiu .1 1 I of labor leaaera m wuitn uiu ycuuni before congreaa wera uikumw, . . A committee of the American Federa tion nf Labor ana tne unamuateo reintroduce This peace resolution in a 1 brotherhoods wai organlxd to conalder few darsfor reference to Us senate labor legislation and to report at a foreign retatlons oommitta lmaaUng of tha general conference later. the bodj "Jesus was soft to its last resting place. avlor Pilot Me," a favorite hymn wit h has stood the attacks of time anfllcnocle of the dead jurist's rendered by a male quar tet, accdVipanied by the subdued Frederick, Md.. April 12. An .Outbreak occurred in tho Frederick county courtroom Mata today when Chart es Henry Dorsey, ''negrr, was acquitted of the charge ' of attack on a young white woman of Baltimore county. Spectators pounced upon the negro beating ' him with their fists, water glasses and ink wells wero thrown across the room and -the us roar did not subeldo until tho judgos rescued the negro and carried him Into an ante-room The negro previously had been con victed and sentenced to hang but a new trial was ordered and ho was acquitted. Immediately after tho court had finished announcing the reasons for acquittal, a man leaped at the negro and he was followed by others who rushed the negro as he started flight from the room. A spectator jumped on the trial tablo and struck him in the face several times. A sis ter of tho plaintiff joined In and hit the negro as - he passed. A water glass was hurled at the negro and narrowly missed Chief Judge Urner, who with Judges Wor- thlngton and Peter tried the case The uproar continued until the court took personal charge of protecting the negro who finally was rescued by po lice. The negro was placed In jail where he was protected tonight by a heavy guard. The scream of "he Is guilty" was the signal for the rush on the negro, A woman, witnesses say, shouted: "It is a shame, he is guilty and they are letting him' go." Tho room was In an uproar. Judge Urner stepped down beside Dorsey and announced, "law will protect the negro at all hazards." He or dered the court cleared. Dorsey was hurried out Into an automobile and was taken to the jail. Late tonight It was reported that tho negro had been removed from Frederick to another part cf the state. strengthen the opinion In some official ami diplomatic circles that Great Britain would exchange views with Japan before making a final response. France, in Its reply to Mr. Hughes. Is understood to have reiterated its expression of the hope that the ap mandate question may be settled by direct negotiations between the United States and Japan without In volving that country as a principal to the controversy. COLOiiffGHT FOR RATIFICATION Senator Lodge Working On Favorable Side If&erest Centers In Pact FrdfiT message Jty President group of treaty lrreconrllah, tonlBh was claiming a complete ; 'torv re dlcting that even parts ,1 ?f .. APPEALS roil FAIR DEAL FOR. CAPITAL AND LABOR CHICAGO. April 12. A plea for a fair deal for capital, a decent living wage for labor, larger profits tor farmers through lower railroad shlp niritr tales and settlement of all In dustrial disputes through t-cnCerenc-ei? between employer and omplove with the Gc-rcen Rule as the basis or sefi. tones of lhe , pipe organ. Not another I e,t T ag Tnade tonlKnt by Jam. s J. T . t, F . J DavJ. secretary of labir, l:i an f.I the Firsl Christian church offered thanks br the life of the -famed jurist anlhis influence upon the life of his felLw men. Readlnlwords of condolence taken from theVifteenth Chapter of First CorlnthiaJ, Rev. Dr. W. F. Powell, pastor anl intimate friend, conveyed to the siliit throng the hope of a life spentin service for good. Followit' the memorial address by ex-Congrsman James J. Britt, Rev. Dr. Powel in language fraught with frlendllndt and reverence, eulogized the life i the noted jurist and de voted chJchman. He recalled many of the enlablc characteristics of the noted Jud. but which were not pub llcly knovi. interest of the jurist in the welfaL of Confederate soldiers and veteras of the world war' never waned, evii until the approach of death. Ft the unfortunate he al ways exprised sympathy and refused to Ignore k opportunity to serve in an advisor! capacity or to furnish subsistence! The passing of the ju rist, statesifin and deacon, said Rev. Dr. Powel lis a distinct loss to the government t0 the church and. to the public. I Among le prominent citizens here yesterday 1 pay their last mark of respect to a late judge j'ritcnard. were: Judgi Martin W, Knapp, Chas. A. Woods, 1 the United States circuit court of alieals; Judges Edmund Waddlll. Jdjand E. Yates Webb, of (ContLied on Page Twol , di-e.-m before the Loyal ordc- ot Morse. Mr Fnvls warned labor th.it 11 it Is t toko a share In hto nolleloa of the nation It also must I.iHj a'unsro In to nation's responsibllltle'i and Cc . I.irca thn labor must see th it trnns r.crtnft" condition? '.- jen that th farirer could iit l fil.' .' )'tt. He upheld the right of capital as well as labor, to present Its Bide of nil controversies and then warnea capital that a decent living wage for labor was necessary to assure loyai Americanism among the workers. "From time to time the large em ployers of labor, and some of them justly so, have been made the foot ball of muckracKers, saia secre tary Davis. "They have been painted In every color save that of the Illy, and when they have striven to give their side of tho case they have been charged with the dread crime of propagandlsm. as though the em ployers as well as the employes hadn't a right to present their differ ences without being showered with charges." 8EEK8 ACTION TO A88I8T IN OPENING WASHINGTON, April 12. The fight over tho Colombian treaty was! re-opened In tho senate today with Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, leading the,iojrea to.ratlftoij.lpn..- The contest, which admrnistralloh leaders hope will result fn a favorable vote on tho long penam im-i -'. April 20 bpgan wun wio iwu'ua open executive session of a message VK -r. u IJurtlnir who de- rrom i-iai". - clared "tho early favorable consid eration of this treaty would bo very helpful at the present time In pro moting our friendly relationships." The executive's message was sent to the senate and read In executive ses sion March 9, but was not made pub lic until today. ,,., Senator Lodge opened the aincun slon with a prepared address in whlcn he declared that ratification of the treaty not only would improvo rela tions between the United States and Latin-America, but that the world situation as regards oil. of which Colombia has rich stores, seemed "very strongly to Justify, in fact to demana me rnnmnuu". Aeeontnnee of tho pact in its pres t fnrm. the Massachusetts senator contended, would not he inconsistent with the stand taken jn iw "n n..Kiir.on minnritv members of the foreign relations committee in refus ing to agree to a favorable report. Since then, he deciarca, r.nanj have been made, inciuuin vuimoa- inn r,r thn exnresslon or tne Ameri can government's regret to Colombia, fr the part played by tho United States In events attending on tho sep aration of Panama from Colombia. These changes, ho asserted removed ir, thn main the OOiecilons riuiicu .. Inut llin trflltV m 1911. The Massachusetts senator further ihnt ratllioalion or inn treaty In its present form would cast ,-oflneilon on the action of Presi dent Roosevelt In extending recogni tion to Panama after it had revolted from Colombia. Tomorrw tho discus sion will be resumed with Sonator Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, op posing tho pact. SIX JON ESBORO MEN ,,,, rOUiNU nui uvifc.iT JONESBORO. Tenn., April 12. Six of the 14 men on trial here charged with conslpiring to shoot up the county Jail on the nlaht or oetoner i. ih.'j, to do bodily harm to a negro prisoner, will be found not guilty on orncrs oi Judge Vines. On motion of tho defense witn me consent of tho state. Judge, Vliieg to day ordered tho Jury to return i verdict of not a-ullty becauso of liisulftclent evidence In the eases of Clydo Lusk, Sam Fulweller. Fred Moody. John Ooa- sey. Hannah Correll and Crandull Campbell. The state finished tuklng testimony late today and tho defense started with Indications that all of tomorrow will bo consumed In hearing evidence for the defense. Tho case probably will go to the Jury some time Thursday, SUGGEST TAX OF PI VE PER CENT CORPORATION 1"'. u rnrpivn Mn.tjt onnrrtvui wwum tie n.ehJrmHo,mme,nhl!ltl0'n8 for d"""'- tic legislation, tlv i,j., ,. greatest attention f fdeandS?a tTou raiwl? station, though he e1or8ed ut f , ; .TeHr8 Mlcn congressional leader. sslon mlKht pro,onf the Pc,ul tl lo" until the snow flls. He also '""7,-ofcaslon in his address of nearly Vi hour to declare his faith in a maintained merchant marine and in the principal armament reduction without asking for legislation on either subject. ' Consider Tariff First An emergency tariff to correct se rious disorders In American industry was placed at the head of tho Presi dent's request' and within an hour after ho finished speaking tha. Uouso way- and means committee agreed report tomorrow tha emergency tariff measure passed at the last session and vetoed by President Wilson. For the permanent tariff bill that is to be framed later, Mr. Harding made no specific suggestions except that it fol low tho principle of protection. Similarly, tho President refrained from detailed recommendations on ' taxation, contenting himself with a general discussion of the situation with an added reminder that his party pledged itself in the last cam paign to repea ltho execs profits tax. He also recalled the campaign prom ise to organize a separate government department of public welfare, but made no recommendation whether a cabinet official should bo placed at Its head. , Declaring that rates and operating expenses of the railroads must be lowered. Mr. Harding asked that con gress investigate the wholo transpor tation problem. He recommended co ordination of all governmental agen cies dealing wit hformer service men, strengthening of the federal lawa af fetclng highway construction and maintenance .enactment of budget legislation and a congressional In quiry into lynching and race relations In general. , Mr. Harding's definite stand agianst tho league covenant was not a sur prise to republican Jeaders In tho senate .although the exact wording of thn declaration was an unsettled miMtlnn until shortly before the ex ecutive left fo rthe capltol to deliver his address. Tho first draft of tha manuserplt was completed soon after midnight .and when tho proof sheets came from the public printer this morning hto President cancelled the regular Tuesday cabinet meeting and summoned republican membera of the foreign relations committee to tne WASHINGTON, April 12. Suggestion of a five precent tax on corporations to replace the excess profits tax was made to the American bureau federation con ference here today by T. 8. Adams, tax Whit linnsc. In conference wttn the committee mem bers the President considered the foreign relations section of the address for mors than an hour, bearing the advice of inlld reservatlonists s well as Irreconcllables before finally putting his manuscript into Vila nnrkpr. for the ride to the capltol. Without exception the senator present expressed afterwaru tneir sausiaciiuii with the President's views, though there was a wido divergence of views among them regarding the likelihood of an early ratification of tha Versailles treaty with the league and other portions omitted. It was pointed out that the treaty was ondnot now before the aenato, having been returned to the white bouse after the second failure to ratify it, and that Mr Harding had shown no indication that ho meant to re-submlt it in tho noar '"in'h'ls address today he did not upe clflcally declare his Intention to do so, merely saving that In preference to sepa rate treaties with (Jermany and Austria "the wiser course would aeem to be the acceptance of the confirmation of our rlKhts-and Interests as already provided, and to engage under the existing treaty, assulng, M course, that this can be at U.factorlly accomplished by rf nllelt reservations. i 9 By some senators the words of Ilia President were taken to mean that hlsX mind still l open on the question of re- expert of the treasury department. He served rmi. - ;rV,i also expressed opposition t. a sale. tax. suggested that counaa " The conference then voted to extend a separate pea i 'Jlw Polnl f an invitation to Senator Smoot. repub- him In at connection. . md iDtoiJ lican. Utah, and other advocates of a recen ty In other , ministration LutrVi MINES WASHINGTON. April 12. The ques tion nt aaeklnr action throush conaruaa to assist In opening abandoned mine, of the south will be discussed here April It by representatives of tha mineral di vision of the Southern Tariff aasocia tion with the hokMiw ways and means committee, it was announced today. sales tax to proposals. J. K. Howard, president of the fed eration, declared he had received advices from four states that achoola in some sections were being forced to close on account or tne inability or farmers to pay taxes. ' STORM WARNINGS ORDERED DISPLAYED NEW ORLEANS. AprlU 12. South west storm warnings wee ordered dia played along the Tevas coast by the lo cal weather bureau, at t o'clock tonight. A disturbance over the southeastern Rocky mountain region wtll cause strong wind, to moderate gales tonight and Wednesday according to the local weather forecaster. v ,n ranch a. diulomatic agree ment with I'Oth Germany and the allies which would fully protect such advanta ges as this govern gained under the un ratified pact of Versailles. In his endorsement of the peace .lec laratlon. tho President expressed disap proval of the proposal of some senator, to attach to the declaratory resolution a general expression of the American mv ernraenfa policy toward future Euro pean wars. This proposal has taken va rious forma, but the amendment most favored In recent discussion would de clare that If European peace and civili sation again were threatened, the l nitad States would regard -It aa a menace to Its own aafety and would take steps to prevent a world catastrophe. (Complete text of Prealdent's address en PftflS Three)
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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