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ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
5ECMIA TROOPS ME CAIXED
RIOTING BREAKS
out when
. nnnur ni inn imnnr
0
Minority Charges Party
Pledges Disregarded In
Drafting of Tariff Bill
BREAK DEVELOPS IN
HOUSE COMMITTEE
REPUBLICAN RANKS
ome of Provisions and
Rates Declared "Funda
mentally Indefensible"
PROTECTION IS SAID
THROWN TO WIND
Agricultural Bloc Defeats
Proposal for Four Weeks
Adjournment in House
WASHINGTON, July 5. A break
in the ranks of republican members
of the house ways and means com
mittee who drafted the tariff bill
jinine today with the making pub
Hi: fc.v Representative Frear. nf Win.
"consin. a minority statement rhir..
ing his colleagues with disregard for
party pledges end assailing them for
proposing "fundamentally Indefen
sible" provisions and rates of duty.
The statement w: he fllcd with the
majority report i the committee
which It is expected, will be submit
ted to the house tomorrow.
Mr. Frear'e attack, while predi
cated on the "atrocity" of the dye
color control provisions embracer!
m
w
many other features of the bill. The
isconsln member declared the
rates of duty to be excessive In
scores of Instances and added that
they would lead to exactions by
"trusts and monopolies," thus In
creasing the burden the people must
carry.
Mr. Frenr reforreiA , IVin a.,,, 1
Jnont that protection for the dye
anufaeturers was necessary for na-
L' aeiense. and nskpri whv it vran
r- urinu
in
o assume that the nation
own into a great war
It.? "..10. time "to grant prac
tically exclusive rights of dye manu
facture to a recognitized monopoly."
"Protection, the keystone of re
publican doctrine, is thrown to tho
wind in the chemical dye schedule,"
Mr. Frear said.
The question which must be de
cided by republicans in congress, he
added was "can the bill as drawn
be defended? Its critics," he con
tinued, "would disclose how far It
exceeds strictly productive lines In a
revenue war and where It becomes
prohibitive.
Objection was voiced by Mr. Frear
to provisions which would pass to the
tariff commission "legislative func
tions" in the determination of what
dye chemicals may or may not enter
customs.
No Inkling came from the other
republoan committeemen tonight aa
to what propositions they would put
Continued on rage Tvfht
BALL
If L HI I L
IT
ION TO niSASH
b w y W I IU I I I
INDICTMENTS
B! COURTS!
t ULIIilLU
f Impaneling
of
Jury Gets
in Noted
Under Way
"Scandal" Case, Chicago
CHICAGO, July 5. Examination
cf the special panel of 100 veniremen
called for Jury service in tho base
ball trial, got under way today after
Judge Hugo Friend had denied :i
k defense motion to quash the Jndlct
ments against the Chicago White eo
players and others charged with con
spiring to throw the 1919 world aeries.
Questioning of six men examined bv
the prosecution indicated that the
late would depend primarily on thai
testimony ol men believed to have
been In the alleged conspiracy and
reported to have turned state's evi
dence. Every prospective Juror was
questioned at length concerning the
value ho would attach to the testi
mony of a co-conspirator and as to
whether he found fault with the Illi
nois law that a man may be convicted
on the uncorroborated testimony of
an accomplice.
Tho list of witnesses read into the
court record today by the state con
tained the names of William Burns,
indicted but never apprehended so
tar as is publicly known, and of Billy
Maharg, of Philadelphia. '-Maharg
old many details of the alleged con -
.Piracy in an interview before and
indictments were returned and state
officials have said privately that it
was through his story primarily that
grand Jury confession was obtained
from Eddio Cicotte, White Sox picher.
Maharg was no Indicted.
Of the six men examined, two were
excused. 4 One saltf - was acquainted
with John Beys, ?ago National
league club secroU.y, called as .a
state witness. The other, Stanley
, Siexas, a machinist, declared that al
I though he was a former seml-profes-'
"lonal 'bail player In New Jersey, he
hid never heard of he baseball scan
dal, ' .1 .;
Tito state will decide tomorrow
whether to turn over the other four
to the defense for examination All
veniremen examined were questioned
' to , whether they knew any ball
P-tyers, whether -they ever playod
bli. attended professional games,
aaw the 191 world series, or opposed
professional . . .Bunday. baseball
"nether they thought baseball an
honest game, whether they took part
In baseball pools, bet on games or
be Influenced by the fact that
u we defendant were not on trial
Japanese Professor
See Senators On
Disarmament Plan
WASHINGTON, July r Shlncgo
Suychlro, professor of l;iw in Ky
oto imperial university, Japan, who
Is in this country in the interest uf
limitations in armaments, announc
ed today he had conferred on the
subject with Senators Horah, re
publican. Idaho, author of tho dis
armament resolutions, appended to
the naval appropriation bill, and
Kenyon, republics, Iowa.
Professor Suychlro declared that
in his judgment, it would be "a
grave error" should the proposed
disarmament conference be secret
"because of the vital interest taken
on the subject by the British and
Japanese people as well as those
of tho United States, if the im
pressions I have received here are
correct."
Professor Suyhiro said tho move
ment for limitation nf armaments
"had the backing, political and ac
tive, of Japanese business inter
ests" and that "ardent approval"
had been shown by the masses in
Japan upon the many occasions
that he had addressed them.
SYSTEM OF MODEL
IS
FOR ALL CONTINENT
i Army Air Service Proposes
Project for Use by All
Operators of Craft
AID OF PUBLIC IS
TO BE SOLICITED
Boy Scouts Have Already
Pledged Their Assistance
in Aid to System
WASHINGTON, July 5. A system
of model airways coverning the entire
continent is planned by the army air
service for the use of all operators or
owners of aircrafts. It contemplates
various chains of well organized land
ing fields, supplemented by freuuent
marks connecting the principal cities,
emergency fields and identification
Because of the lack of appropria
tions lrom the federal government,
air service afncials said today it was
their purpose to appeal to the cham
bers of commerce, areial clubs and
civic organizations to assist in creation
of the airways. The boy scouts organ
ization already has pledged its co
operation, it was stated, ond still con
strued indentiftaatlon marks, guard
wrecked planes, submit monthly re
ports on emergency landing field con
ditions and generally assist aviators
in trouble.
. The plans for the first model nir
i ways between Washington nnd Pay-
ton, Ohio, with five main stations, ten
subsidary stations nnd -1 emergency
fields. TIito will be divided among
Ieesbuig, Va.: Charleston. Paw Paw,
Moundsville and Morgantown, V. Va.;
Cumberland. Frostburg and Oakland,
Maryland; Point Maion, Smlthfod and
Waynesboro, Pa.; Pleasant City, Cam
bridge, Zanesvllle, Columbus, Spring
field and Dayton, Ohio.
Each main station will be provided
with a municipal landing field, wire
less and telephone equipment and a
metcrologicnl station which will fore
cast weather conditions and wind
directions and disseminate such Infor
mation to the fliers along the route.
Other airways tentatively approved
by the air service to be Included in the
national system of air trials include
one from New Yoi k rlty to Langlev
field, Va., connecting the principal
cities between tho two terminals; one
from Jacksonville, Fla , to .Snn Diego,
Calif., along a general line of Mobile'.
Ala., San Antonio, Tex., and Tucson,
Minneapolis to Seattle, to bo known as
the Yellowstone Trail, nlnnir tho lino
of Aberdoon. S. D., Miles City, Billings
and Butte. Mont., Couer d'Alono.
Idaho, and Spokane, Wash.; and an
other proposes to connect New Or
leans and Chicago, taking tho Missis
sippi valley route.
ALLEGED ASSAILANTS
ARE BOUND TO COURT
to The CWtrn)
BTAThSVllA,E. N. C. July 6. Dewey
i ' . una I'aui Koogs,
alleged to have assaulted and robbed Jim
Norman, Concord jitney driver, on the
Buffalo Shoals road, Friday afternoon
had a preliminary hearing today before
Justice W. J. Lazenby and were each held
1 ? Yn5"t,ter?,n0nr ir'deU s??triL
! 7m l j J
10 me nexaterm or Iredell Superior court
in Donas or 3.&uo eacn. Jim Norman,
the victim of the trio, who are charged
wHh assault to kill' with the theft nf n
automobile, highway robbery and carry
ing concealed weapons, was able to be In
court. He Identified the boys In court as
the ones who hired him to take them In
his oar from Concord to Statesville. Sher
iff Alexander told the story of the chase.
He was allowed to state on the stand
that the boys admitted being guilty of
the crime.
NORTH CAROLINA BAR
OPENS CONVENTION
CHARLOTTE. N. C- July .-The 2rd
annual meeting of the North Carolina Bar
association was opened tonight' in tibo
assembly hail of the Selwn hotel. The
address of welcome was made by John A.
McRae, of Charlotte. The address of
President Thoa. W. Davis, of Wilmington,
followed, on "The Bar, Its Duty and Bur
dens." Reports of the executive com
mittee and the committee on admission
to membership ware presented this ev-
orts
be presented Wednesday morning. The
address of Wednesday will be delivered
hv
by v. n. wauey, oi jacjuonvuie, ria.;
also an address by A. H. EUer, of Win -
ston-Salem, and memorial eommHtae
Dy
A, Bam Bradehaw, of Qreensbof
AIRWAYS
E
I Incipient Riots Grow With
Increased Labor Troubles
From Oil Situation
WILL PROTECT U. S.
TAMPICO INTERESTS
Reports of Arrival of Battle
Craft at Tampico De
clared Premature
WASHINGTON,
cruiser Cleveland
Sacramento have
Tampico, Mexico,
July 5. The
and the gunboat
been ordered to
to protect Anierl-
can interest in the event that, they are
i Jeopardized because of labor troubles
growing out of the unemployment
! situation, it was said today at the
; navy department.
! TliU (,,.v...TioTit, hriitl,t ri-n.li Turn. I
' -
pico today from Galveston. The
! Cleveland was ordered from Cristo
bal. Canal Zone, and probably will
not reach Tampico before Thursday
Both vessels are assigned to the
American special service squadron in
South and Central American waters,
Admiral H. F. Bryan, commanding.
It was explained at the navy de
partment that the unemployment had
been constantly increasing in and
around Tampico because of depres
sion in the oil industry there duo to
the now tax system, and that incipient
riots and Increasing labor troubles
had resulted in a decision to send the
two warships to tho .Mexican port to
protect American interests should
they be endangered.
It was said, however, the vessels
would take no action unless a more
serious situation rose.
Reports from Tampico yesterday
that several ships of the Atlantic Meet
had arrived at Tampico were declared
at the department to be premature.
It was stated that no American war
craft had arrived there and it was
assumed that the reports resulted
from the receipt of the news at Tam
pico that the Cleveland and Sacra
mento had been ordered tu that
place.
INDEMNIFICATION ORDERED
MEXICO CITY, July 5. Only i
companies which have closed down
operations in the states of Tamaulipas
and Vera Cruz, "without sufficient
Justification" are ordered to pay in
demnification to employes thrown out
of work by their action in a decree
Issued by President Obregon last
night. The decree was promulgated
through the department of the in
terior. Although the amount of the in
demnity is not stated, it Is understood
that all laborers would receive three
months pay. Reports from the Tam
pico district report there has been a
marked decrease of work during the
past week, especially among Ameri
can concerns. General Arnulfo Gomez,
commander of federal troops in that
region, reported yesterday that more
than 10,000 workmen had been dis
missed within the last few days by
foreign oil companies. No reason
for their action has been announced
by tho companies, but it is under
stood to be an act of reprisal against
the recent decree increasing the ex
port taxes on petroleum.
Reports from the Vera Cruz fields
indicate British companies are speed
ing up operations instead of decreas
ing their working forces. At Puerto
Lohos. where pipe line terminals are
operated by Americans, work ha
been closed down and 450 men
thrown our of employment.
Coincident with the reports of this
situation in northeastern Mexico,
come dispatches from the state of
Tabasco, farther south, that several
oil gushers have been discovered there
within the past few days and that tho
field gives Indication of being very
rich.
"White Paper" is Issued in
Form of Note From Lord
Curzon to Geddes
LONDON, July 6. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A "white paper" on
the oil situation was given out today,
it is in the form of a note which Lord
Curzon the foreign secretary, sent to
wSd"
es, British ambas
sador to the United States under date
of April 21, which enclosed for the
ambassador's in formation, In reply
to his inquiry, a memorandum com
piled by the British Petroloum de
partment giving statistics on the oil
resources of every part of the British
empire and showing an extremely
small oil production and the absence
of any general policy for the exclusion
of foreigners from the oil producing
areas.
The memorandum says that in vast
areas where there are no restrictions
no foreign country has attempted to
explore for oil, except in British North
Borneo, while in Canada and Trini
dad, where restrictions are enforced,
foreign capital has been working for
many years.
"It can therefore, hardly be con
tended the restrictions Imposed any
serious disability on foreign enter
prise," the memorandum said.
"No real parallel can fairly be
drawn between tho British empire,
with Its small and scattered, popula
tion, and a country like the United
States, producing two-thirds of the
world's output within her home terri
tory." BANK CALL ISSUED
WA8HINOTON. July 5 The ornnp
trnller of the currency today Issued s
' call for the condition of all
national
1 nanus si m
4 day, June M.
I banks at the close of business on Thurs
11
I
ORDERS
TWO WARGHRFTS TO
MEXICAN
HTE
BRITONS MAINTAIN
LITTLERESTRICTI
ON GIL ENTERPRISE
i
Former Service Men
In Same Condition
As Found On Field
WASHINGTON, July 5. "For
mer service men are lying today in
substantially the same deplorable
physical conditions us they were
found upon the Held of battle,"
Robert S. Marx, national comman
der of the disabled American vet
erans of the world war, today
asserted before a senate committee
investigating goverment agencies
dealing with former service men.
"There has never been a definite
plan of hospitalization for our
men presented by the I'nited States
public health service," he con
tinued. Amedment to the Kwe, t bill
recommended by his organization,
were explained by Mr. .Mark, par
ticularly those urging that former
service men itr training lie kept on
training pay while in hospitals,
that compensation payments not
be forfeited a.s disciplinary meas
ures, and that awarded compen
sation be not reduced without the
men affected being given the op
purtuity to be heard.
General Chairman at Chica
go Decide They Cannot
Accept for Their Men
BALLOT TOBE TAKEN
BY SEPTEMBER FIRST
Remainder of Rail Labor
Men Will Decide Within
48 Hours
CHICAGO, July 5. The member
ship of 16 railroad labor organiza
tions, including- the Big Four broth
erhoods, will decide through a ref
erendum vote by September 1. wheth
er to accept or reject the 12 per rent
wage reduction that went into effect
on railroads throughout the coun
try July 1, it was decided tonight by
the chief executives and 1,500 gen
eral chairmen of the organizations.
CHICAGO, July 5. Responsibility
for accepting wage reductions that
went into effect on all railroads July
1, cannot be accepted by the general
chairmen representing the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers,
Brotherhood of locomotive Firemen
and Enginmen, Order of Railway Con
ductors, Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and the Switchmen's Union
of North America, the voted today.
The chairmen adopted resolutions
declaring that not later than Septem
ber 1 the matter "should be referred
to the membership through the va
rious general committees for accep
tance or rejection." They also au
thorized their chief executives to '
make arrangements, if possible, to
meet a committee of railway execu
tives to bo selected to meet a sub
committee of the live organizations
"to consider and if poss'ble adjust all
matters in controversy.
The chief executives and commit
tees handling these matters wcro di
rected In the resoluUon " to clearly
placo the representatives of the rail
way corporations on record as to
whether or not they will request fur
ther decreases In rates or compensa
tion, the abolition of schedule rules
or regulations, or the elimination of
time and one-half time."
The resolution further slated that
the ballot when mibmitted to the
men shall contain an impartial nnd
unbiased recital of all that Is Involved
and the wishes of the men as ex
pressed by balloting shall determine
the matter, in accordance with tho
laws of the organizations."
Others to Consider
Announcement was made thnt the
resolution would be considered by the
properly constituted authorities of
the other standard recognized rail
road labor organizations and thnt It
was expected they would announce
their position within 4 8 hours.
The resolution said that the general
chairman were "required not only to
eonsmer a wage reduction, nut in many
instances ratiroan eineers nave served
notice of their Intention to abolish timo
and one-half for over-time In road,
freight and yard service and In, addl-
uon inrrno, 10 rrvioe Bcnp.iuira ior ine
beneflt of the railroads by abolishing
many rules and conditions, which In the
aggregate, mean the loss of much money
and the creation of less favorable con
ditions for the various classes of em
ployes." "Much uneasiness and unrest exlet."
the resolution continued, "which eaune
deep concern and add to the sertouaness
of the situation, nnd establish a con
dition of affairs which makes It practi
cally Impossible for the general chair
men to take the responsibility of de
ciding these Important questions for the
reason that wo hold that no reduction
In wages of tho various classes Is justl-
ftable
The resolutions directed the executive
officer to call to the attention of those
in authority "the fact that certain car
riers, namely, the Missouri and North
Arkansas railway and tho Atlanta, Blr-
n'"f"m'J"a. Al,.,"0. XTSl..il1ZZ
authority of the railroad labor board."
Acted Deiplts "Provocation"
The general chairman said the resolu
tions were adopted "despite all these
provocative olrcumstanoes, coupled with
a common desire to refrain from taking
action that might precipitate a deplor
able situation."
Approximately 1000 delegates from
system organizations of the big four
brotherhoods, the shop orafts, the main
tenance of ways men, telegraphers,
clerks and switchmen, met here last Fri
day to canvass the situation that re
sulted from the 13 per cent ware reduc
tion ordered by the railroad labor board.
It la understood that the resolution
adopted contained the recommendation!
of the committee of five appointed to
attempt to And a solution of the matter
and to report baok to the delegates.
HAYS REINSTATES 10
UNION POSTAL MEN
i Will H. Hays today Issued an order
treating therein statement of 10 of the
11 postal union leaders who were d la-
I mlsaed from the Chicago office a year
ago by former Postmaster oenarai Bur.
ml tneir union activities.
SIXTEEN BUUIES TU!
DETERMINE STAND
WITH REFERENDUM
btlUVt rLAIilu IK
ilMDPniOOTC nil
III IIUIL V LKIiJ
Further Additions Will Be
Made to the Famous
Hotel, He Says
TO NOT BUILD HOTEL
ON HAYWOOD STREET
Stores and Offices Fronting
Haywood Expected to
Be Erected
M
lor n to e . loot' additions to ih-
ry P.irk hotel will be istrjc 1 -
E. . Irovc aeeordiim to a'l
'eniciit made eKterda . Plans
Kilter
ed by
Iiouil''.
for tin
Wood
by Mr
to tin
iew s
guehts.
t-roelion ol' the hotel on Ha. -ti
eet Inning been abandon. .1
Grove h.ul gheti careful study;
matter and considered the
f both common la, ami t--uii.i
ex pressed to the ni.i nani mil t . (
It was pointed out that tin.- "ill not
I mean that Ashevllle will tod 1iav.- a
new hotel, hut that the hotel will be
on a nun h larger scale and on a
site that has appealed to mam guests, j
It i.s planned to build additional i
wings a.s needed in order, that the I
hostelry will have from ."."0 to l.i'O'.i'
rooms. i
Nothing definite could be stated j
as to when nctie work on the now'
additions will i-t.irt. but it was stated
that as soon as labor and materials I
reach a normal basis, -the wings will I
he erected as rapidlv as the nee 1
arises. Mr Gne said yesterday that
the change In plans were dti" in great
part to the views of both commer
cial guests and tourists who h.id
stated to the management that tlicy
much preferred to .see the hotel lo
cated at the present site of the liat
lerv Park. The dining room, lounge
i room, marble room, palm room and
lobby of the hostelry have become
famous as a part of the hotel and
these will remain as at present wilh
modern and fireproof guest rooms
added to the building In addition to
tho present rooms, which have been
recently re-modeled and pronounced
by guests aa both comfortable and
homelike.
Tourist nnd Commercial.
It was said that if the plans to
build tho hotel on Haywood street
had been carried out. It would mean
that perhaps several . years would
pass before actual work was started
and with the changed plans, work
will be started at an earlier date.
The view from the top of Battery
Park .hill has long been one of the
features of the famous hotel and
with the additional wings to give.
ample accommodations for many
guests, they will stop at a first class
commercial hotel in the center of
the city, with the tame views and
the quiet of an exclusive tourist
hotel. Many commercial travelers
have stopped at the Mattery Park
recently and stated to the manage
ment that they would much prefer
to sec the hotel enlarged and made
fireproof on the present site than to
stop at a hotel at the foot of the
hill. This it is understood had great
weight in the plans of Mr. Grove
being changed.
Tho dining room with tho lounge
room and convention hall used as a
dining room, will give space to serve
at least 600 guests at ono time and
tho kitchen is large enough to give
service when additional wings are
added. Tho new sections will be
several stories higher than tho pres
sent buildings and this will give a
view from the windows of a modern
commercial hotel, that no others can
offer, it was stated.
The additions will eventually give
Ashevlllo ono of the largest hotels
in the sou Hi.
Plans for other developments of the
property were not discussed hut it Is
understood that Mr. Grove will super
vise the plans for the architecture
of the property.
Considerable Interest has been t-hnwn
In the plans for the new hotel since the
first announcement that It would he
erected and a representative nf the
Citizen has been In touch with Mq.
Grove as to final decision. With rerpiests
for Information yesterday. Mr. Grov
nave out the following signed state
ment i
lasuea Statement
"In view of the many Inquiries as to.
when I am going to start the mm-
mPr,. hotel on Haywood street. T wish
to announce a change of mv original
I u)ftn)l
I "Th( Battery Tark hotel eaters to
tne commercial and tourist buelnees and
f conventions. Since the Improve-
ments to the hntel have been made we
have had Increased patronage from thesi)
sources. The eommerclnl men who have
been stopping at the ltattery Park hotel
have repeatedly stated to the manage
ment that they would much prefer stop
I ptng at
hotel situated on the present
' beautiful
site, rather than at one lo
cated on Hay wood street.
"After considering all nf the farts I
have decided to give up the Idea of
building a hotel nn Haywood street
and Instead, Intend building a modern
fire-proof hotel nn the present ltattery
Tark site. This will be aecomnl'shed
by adding a. wing at a time uh the de
mand Justifies. I'nilcr this plan, tin-!
present kitchen and commodious and 1
t.nn.AtlbA nl,llrt M.,..!,,.) I .tit t li ., .
-,w. i, -;.... ,..,i,
marble room, lobby, convention ball )
can be used for manv years nnd t he hotel
ran continue operation without any
great inconvenience to the guests.
Construction will bo begun as soon
as labor and materials get back to no,
mal prices and business conditions will
warrant. The new sections will
several stories higher than the present,
nuilolng so mat eventun-iy we can lotai
between five hundred and one thousand
rooms.
"With one of the largest bote's In the
south eventually located nn Battery
Vark hill. I am sure that th- balance
ill llio iJivtit-.ij mil o- mini uu iu j,
either by myseir or others, in case I
sell any of tho property, I shall Insist I
on supervision and acceptance of plans!
fnr hnlMlns an ihnf the nrchltectnrn
nf ..eh h-.llrflni will he In kenn-ln with
the who! and that no store or apart
ment wl f interfere with the outlook or
the wonderful views from the hotel. A
large hotel and apartments built on
Battery Park hill, and stores and offices
constructed on the Haywood street
frontage will make a center around
which the business of Ashevllle
will
grow.
(filgned) E. W. GROVE."
Many Improvements
'A " mttTitei ff n Pile' st" !' Tiptviveni e?i
have been made at the Battery Park
hotel since the property was acquired
by .Mr. Grove and smong the most
prominent has been the enlarging of
tbe parkins; specs directly in front of
IClSllSMl M Hi DMtM
A.B.&A. Engineer Shot
Hlpatally When Alleged
strikers fire
Republican Majority
Charged with Making
False Economy Claim
WASHINGTON, .lulv ;.. The
repwl!r .i r inahuitv In com;n s
and the .nlmbnsi i at ion were charg
ed tod. i v h Senator l-i.-tohcr, dein -ocr.it,
1'ioiidi. with making false
claims of ( , oiioiin .
The ! h.i id. i senator hired in
the senate that a few bundled
noi toa 1 1 paid em plo es of the
gov : ninciii hid been discharged
In I In- Maine of economy while con-pre-s
proceeded to ( reate addition
al federal Judgships and Mart In
vi -1 Ik.i i ions nei essltating employ
ment of deiKs and other assis
tants. Senator Fletcher criticized the
lcuislailve policy of what ho term
td the "unwieldy republican ma
jority." and said three months of
the extra session of congress had
produced little constructive leg
islation. Uefenlng to the budget
bill as one of the worth while
pieces of legislation, he said that
"perhaps there i sufficient hell
nml -Maria In It to bring results."
BUTLER APPEARS IN
I0LE
L
Blair's. Accession to Power,
However, May Trevent
Undoing, Is View
DEMOCRATSSTIRRED
OVER PROHIBITION
M'Caskell For Wilmington
Port Collector Will Be !
Urged at Early Day
wmimmTOK rsBr
Ten AMfRYILLa CtTIZK
tf H K C BHl'AST
WASHINGTON, July 6. Within the
next few days Secretary Mellon will
ask the President to Nominate A. L.
McCaskell of Fayettevllle for collect
or of the port of Wilmington. That
action will soon be followed with re
quest that R. A. Kohlass be named
to succeed Thomas H. Vanderford of
Salisbury as prohibition director.
Other recommendations will follow
close on the heels of these for it is the
purpose of the G. O. P. leaders In tho
state to shove the Morohead Llnnny
slate in and he through with It. That
does not mean that the present Mar
shall are to be ousted beforo their
terms are out but wherever a demo
crat has served his duy ho will go.
The putting through of this pro
gram would mean the death knell to
the political aspirations of former
Benator Marlon Butler. "Tho hog
combine" so called himself would
have Mr. Butler Just where It wants
him.
It looks now as If Mr. Butler was
playing a losing game. The Harding
administration will hear hi.s protests
but heed them not. If Mc-Gasklll Is
selected for the Wilmington Job that
will be the .straw that breaks Tiuller s
camels back. Kohlass will be adding
Insult to Injury. A very bitter dose la
being concocted for the former sena
tor. The appointment of David II
Blair to the Important nnd all pow
erful position of internal revenue
commissioner may prevent the undo
ing of Mr. Butler. Mr. Blair likes the
Morehead organization and Is loyal to
It. He has powerful lever under ev
ery senator member of the. house who
has n riKht to expect patronage from
his bureau. If he declares to do so
he can pay "You pat me on the back
and I will pat you" he can put through
the MoreheHd-I.lnney elate without
much trouble it looks aa If that Is Just
what he Intends to do.
lienoe rntH are very much exercised
over th" prohibition outlook for the
Hi a t :Mi KohhiH.i In 1he saddle with
enl'ii-iit powers they look for a dry
enf'-n-ment officer for every county
In Ho -state that would mean 100 good
JoIih. Hinging salary from $1,600 to
JL'.tihO nnd traveling expenses. Under
the democrats there arc C.ri. With the
district superintendent out. of the way,
the Kiilnry of the state director will be
Increased $.1,500 and a $4,000 assistant
provided.
Mr. lilalr In going to be liberal with
Ills own state. ongrr-HH will be liberal
with him. Ills appropriations ure In
lump HiiniH,' therefore ho can add to
i hi
force in the state. Kvery time ho
adds un enfon enu nt otllcer the anti
saloon league will "say good boy."
The success of Mr. Blair In his candi
dacy for the Internal revenue bureau
,has nirtde if easy for the- regular or
ganlzation In the state.
nn i n .
MRS. MEBANE MAY
RUN FOR CONGRESS
Efforts Made to iirt Ashevllle
Clerk Hi-Instated
Fostal ;
WAllINnTON I rilSAl'
1 . th amhctii.i.1 cm
..'?!' " E Tr ,
WASHINGTON, July f A very n-
teresiing report concerning tne smm-
i tlons of Mrs. B. Krnnk Mebane has
reached some of her Washington friends.
It Is to the effect that she will be a
candidate for congress In tho fifth dis
trict next year. Mr. Mebane Is a re
publican, but Mrs. Mebane made some
democrat speeches last year. It Is not
known here what party she will ask for
' the nomination.
I Mrs. Mebane was Miss Morehead and
is rated one of the hsllllant women of
the state. Rhe speaks well and Is very
sliisetlte on Hur-pmtfwm, tthewauld '
make a atlr In North Carolina. Repre
sentative Bulwlnkte la trying to have
Erheat L. Mace, formerly a clerk In the
Aaheville postoffice reinstated. Mr, Mace,
It Is asserted, was dropped because of
politics, be Is from Burnsvllle.
LOS IMC
POLITICA
EFFORTS
on Engine
AT
FEVER HEAT OVER
EVENTS! STRIKE
Guard of 50 Deputies Is
Thrown Round Shops
of A. B. & A. Road
SITUATIONBEYOND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Shots Have Been Fired For
Past Several Days; Is
Second Killing
ATLANTA. Ga., July 5. Three
"isinpanles of Georgia national
gmYrd. comprising about 150 men,
) were ordered late tonight to lcavt
Immediately for Fitzgerald, Ga.,
J where county officials advised
; Governor Hardwlck the situation
j arising from an attack on an At
! lanta, Hlrmingham and Atlantis '
I railway train had got from under
I their control.
I Two of the companies will go
from Macon and one from Cor
! dele and will be under command
of Colonel H. D. Russell, of Ma
con, according to Adjutant-General
Vanllolt Nash, who said he
expected that Governor Hardwlck
would Issue a proclamation of
martial law tomdrrow. Orders -'
were given for tho troops to leave' ,
as soon as possible, and they
were expected to reach Fitzger
ald early Wednesday. Advices to
General Nash confirmed in gen-
eral press dispatches from Fitzgerald.
GEORGIA TOWN
F1TZG KRALD, Ga., July 5. En. "
gineor AV. T. Reld, of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, v
was shot five times and mortally- .
wounded two miles 'from this city at v.
11:30 o'clock tonight by alleged strlk- ' i
ers and strike sympathizers on pick"' -et
duty at Small's Mill. One hundred "T -shots
are said to have been fired upon V s
the engine on which Reld was making
a trip to this city. 1
Town at Fever neat
As a result of discouraging new .
from the railroad wage board meeting V;..
in Chicago, together with a barbecue
and Fourth of July celebration given
by the present employes of the A. B,
& A. railroad, the 500 strikers, who
left the railroad on March 6, have
stirred the town to fever heat, accord
ing to county officers.
Immediately after Engineer Reld
was shot tonight. Sheriff E. H. Dor
mlny threw a cordon of 40 to 50
deputies around the A. B. and A.
shops appealed to Judge O. P. Oower,
of tho Cordelc circuit at Cordole. for
troops, stating that the situation was
serious and that by placing the town
under martial law was the only way
that he could handle the situation. '
Advices from Atlanta stated that
Governor Hardwlck had approved the -request
nf Judge Oower and that -troops
will arrive here tomorrow to
take the places of the deputies.
Will Patrol City.
The troops will also be used to
patrol the city it Is said. During the
past two weeks numbers of shotc havtj
been fired at men who have taken ;
the places of Rtrlkers, either while
they were walking on the streets or
while they were returning or going -h
out on their freight ett- passenger : i
runs. ,
One negro strikebreaker a few j
nights ago passed live men of hi
own color who were on strike and
was shot down, five shots taking ef- .
feet. Ho is still in a serious con-
dillon.
The trouble reached a crisis yes
terday when a barbecue given b
the present employes of the A. B. A
A. inside the sfhop grounds. From
400 to 600 citizens, among them
prominent merchants, bankers, min
isters and lawyers, attended the eent.
Today these men were called upon.
It Is allegod, by committees of strik
ers to explain why they attended the ,
celebration. Some of tho visitors are
alleged to have notified various minis
ters that they intended to withdraw
from the churches.
A. B. & A. officials tonight con
firmed a rumor that was circulated
throughout Fitzgerald today to the,
effect that a train crew en route to
Fitzgerald late last night was flied
upon at Small's Mill. The railroad
officials state that since the strtke
there have been from four to 15 pick
ets on duty at this place night and
day.
At 1:35 a. m. the situation in Flts-
gerald was reported quiet but troops v:
i were expected there on an early ' i
morning train.
SMUTS AND LEADERS
OF IRISH IN MEET
LONDON, July B. Conferences were '
under way In Dublin today between
General Jan Christian Smuts, the South
African premier, and representative Irish
leaders, says a dispatch to the Evening
News from Dublin this afternoon. Gen
eral Smuts, who arrived In Dublin dur.
Ing the morning, conversed with Lord .
Mayor O'Neill and afterward with do '
V'alera, the republican president, end
Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn .
Fein and a member of de Valera's cab
lnet, the messkge states. v'-
NEW JERSEY SENATOR
RESIG NB-HIS-P03T
WASHINGTON, July I. Jenator Wal
cott, democrat, New Jersey, resigned
from the senate today tq aeeept the
ohanoellorshlp of his state. His t
-Mild, have expired March, 13S,
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