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- THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN WATCH LABEL ON YOUR PAPER It Will Tall You Whan Your Subscription EnDlraa. Renew Five Day Befora Ex plntlon, So You Won't Ml An laaua. UNSETTLED ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS AID TO RED RUSSIA DEPENDS UPON FREEING AMERICANS :; Harding to Tax Bill Through Ahead xmvugii imcau of Tariff Legislation G. 0. P. SENATORS AS i'S Strictest Secrecy Observed As to Meeting Until After It isHeld MORE FINANCE BILLS ARE TOJBE HELD UP Dinner Conference to Be Held With House Republi can Leaders Tonight WASHINGTON, July 27. Legisla tive programs of the next few weeks In the Senate and House were fairly well outlined today as a result of con ferences between President Harding and a number of republican senators at a White House dinner last night. Administration plans, as disclosed hy senators, call for passage by house of the internal revenue revis ion bill anW- of several senate bills by August 6, with a view to recess or ad journment of congress soon after un til late in September or early in Oc tober. 0 Probably the most important fea ture of the program disclosed was the President's desire to have the tax bill enacted ahead of the Fordney tariff revision measure. Senate leaders urg ed this change, it was said, and now plan to hold the tariff bill in the finance committee until after the tax measure is put through. The program was said to leave the tariff bill subject to indefinite delay, possibly until the winter session of congress, although seme senate lead ers reiterated that it would he en acted before adjournment of the res ent extra session. Other prominent features of the re ported program, propose delay on the administration bills for rcfiindinr; al lied loans and for funding- railroad debts. Senate bills slated for passage before the proposed recess are the pending agricultural credits measure, the Wil- ti n wli V. 11 tVta C'm. HARDING A LEGISLATION SPLITS NEW IOC" . t "V.Z"X" " ";,, : .'wm opposed to the Norris hill trading in grain and, possib.lv, the Borah till to restore free tolls tol American coastwise vessels using the Panama Canal ' This slate was said to ha6 been! agreed on bv the President and thej fourteen senators White House dinner, which was held last night under arrangements for secrecy .ordered personally by Mr. Harding. The dinner guests were said to have been urged not to give any advance information ' of the dinner. White House officials, Is said, au thoritatively were enjoined to prevent news of the meeting becoming puo lie. Senators today, however, talked freely of the legislative program In furtherance of the administra tion plan, tho Presi.Vnt tomorrow to night will have a dinner conference with about a dozen house republi can lenders. The senate steering commute will also meet tomorrow to discuss the pro posed plan. Intimation is Made Four Legislatures Under One Parliament May Be Had LONDON. July 27. The poislbllityj (hat four, legislatures may be estab lished in Ireland, one each In the M'nvlnAa t T'lotor MlMlSter. Con- naneht and Leinster under a contrail national narliamer.t, is hinted at thlsj morning by Sketch, which says: "It need not be assumed, as is dnnej in some quarters, that under unitica- tion there would be only two govern- ing authorities under a Federal Irish parliament, ii ua looked that there are four great prov inces In Ireland, eflch with an his torical individuality." In relation to Sketch's information which, incidentally, reiterates some earlier reports, the statement Is made somewhat disconnectedly, tnai sud ject to a satisfactory solution of the Irish unification problem, Eamonn de Valera has intimated that he will not renew the campaign for an indepen dent Irish republic, and also that he will not seek to rci-te an army or navy, or the right to enter into relations with foreign powers except to the same extent as those privileges are enjoyed by the self-governing dominions of the British empire. While Sketch learns that real prog ress Is being made In the Irish nego tiations,' other reports, evidently in fluenced by utterances contained In the Irish bulletin last Monday, Indi cate doubts regarding the discussion in Dublin, agreeing to a settlement and suggests that the question of uni fication Is a provoking one. The Daily Mail however, mentions "renorta of a closer understanding be tween the north and the south," which It says, diminished the doubt respect ing the ability ot the rival Irish lead ers to meet anT contrive a ground for common action. This newspaper adds: "It in understood that some Sinn Fein leaders agre to the government's; terms and It is anticipated that aff agreement for general acceptance will be reached. In any case, Mr, de Val era la expected to return to England snortiy, and in the meantime, ne con -wnsej tn harmonious toucn.wn concerned In Ireland." UNIFICATION SEEN AS UN PROBLEM IN IRISH SITUATION Try to PutlRALEIGH CITIZENS' B1PARTY ACTIVITY Political Machine Tactics Are Charged By Norris in Verbal Blast WHITE HOUSE AND j COOLIDGE SCORED! Cabinet, Government Offici als and Senators Come in For Share WASHINGTON, July 2 7. A bi partisan movement In the senate to day got behind Hie administration plan for agricultural credits as a sub stitute for the Norris bill, caused a split in the unohirial agricultural "bloc" of senators and roused to vig orous protest Senator Norris, repub- GUESTS FOR FARMERS' AIO tnellican, Nebraska, in charge of the me,-ure bearing his name Charges of "political machine" tac tics against his hill were made hy .Senator Norris, whose verbal blast included the administration broadly, the White House, Vice-President Cool Idge, the cabinet and other govern ment olflcials and individual senators. The attack of Senator Norris, which followed an agreement today to plan to have the war finance corporation placed in charge of agricultural cred its, was directed at the .ailvtitule lull of Rpnatnt- Kellnirtr. reniihlioan. Min nesota. This measure was drafted by! Secretary Hoover and Director Meyer of the war finance corporation and was introduced yesterday just prior to the reading of a message from President Harding suggesting such a mca.su re. Kellogg Bill Scored. Characterizing the Kellogg bill as j an illegitimate child." Secretary Hoover and Director Meyer as its t "wet" nurses and Senator Kellogg as j its "foster father," Senator Norris I said the effort to defeat the Norris bill was the topic of many White ' House conferences. It was "no se-U-tet," he said "that the administration v."EfesUons of collus.on between Ke-Presidont t ool.dge and Senator Curtis, uf Kanw Republic whip. 111 Lnno,tin "itn Senator Kellogg s introduction of the substitute were made by Senator Noft-is. He said Senate, while Mr. Coolidge was at tending the Tuesday cabinet meeting had given the floor to Senator Kel lugg without the latter requesting recognition. The plans all wero ar ranged, Senator Norris said, and soon after their consumption, he continued, Mr. Coolidge entered the senate. "No details of operation are over looked by tho political machine.' said Senator N'orris.'if tho vice-presi dent has made otner arrangements, push him aside." The Kellogg Dill, Senator Norris uiH vaa Hruftprl linHPT " m VHt pHoilS. ' secret, circumstances." There were many consultations on plans, he charged, whether In the darkest cel lars of the White House or in the attic of the War Finance corpora tion. Tho Kellogg bill, he said, was changed, by elimination of original provisions authorizing tho War Fi nance corporation to take over rail road debt funding. "But the President forgot to change his message and left the railroads in," continued Mr. Norris. adding that the bill had to bo changed "to bring some senators into line." Then Attacks Kellogg Senator Norris referring to Senator Kellogg as "a horney fisted son of the soil," declared the Minnesota sen ator was selected to sponsor Meyer Hoover measure because he came from an agricultural state. Senator Mellon ooiioKeri Ihn Norris bill, the Nebraska senator said, and "could not help it, because he always has seen through the samo glasses, seeing banks, hankers, trusts and millions'' Support was given the Kellogg sub- stitute. however by Senator Simmons, democrat, North Carolina, who in an extended address, said it was drawn by persons in sympathy with objects of the legislation. Other support came from within the agricultural "bloc" and the agricul tural committee itself. The commit tee, of which Senator Norris is chur man, at Its meeting today empowered a sub-coiiunlttee to draft a new sub stitute bill. The sub-committee ail ed Immediately, and members said, agreed to recommend a bill "substan tially similar" to the Ker.ogg bill, turning over the agrieulturual credit matters to the war finance corportion The sub-committee's report is to be made tomorrow to the full agricul tural committee, and with democrats as well as republican members be hind it, predictions for adoption were made. It is proposed to present the new bill to the senate tomorrow, but a vote on the legislation before next session was not expected. TWO SENTENCES IN LIQUOR LAWSUITS rspvtuj in r cin-ni CHARLOTTE, July 27. Lewis Long was sentenced to eight months on the roads, in one case and to nay the costs i In another case, when tried before Re corder J. Laurence Jones. Dewey Roberts, an alleged confederate of Long, was given a fine of 1300. There was no appeal lit this case. HARDING WILL SPEAK IN BIRMINGHAM FETE WASHINGTON, July 27. President Haring ie understood to have definitely acoepted an Invitation to speak in Blr nrhig'ham. Ala., late in October at a cele bration commemorating 'the 60th anniver sary of the founding of the city. Durinc Uia aama uw na may wish sovaraLtttnat southern clues. Gtl BtHIMU UUAHHYiHLHLY IS SHL WILLIMIT pi riii im nDnirPTiniTrn pniirrnrnpr imiTL Delegation of Twenty-five: Calls on Solicitor Norris j on Wednesday j SOLICITOR CALLED ON TO GO THE LIMIT' Delegation Waiting on Him Said to Take Exceptions i to City's Attitude TUB AIIKYIU.E CITIi-KN B R. E PoirtLL RALEIGH. July 27. Raleigh citi zens railing upon Solicitor Norris to day to go the limit in investigating the rock quarry mystery, gave a sharp surprising turn to the triple plated buck passing of 10 days over the enigmatic waters owned by North Carolina. Some say the Ku Klux has stepped into the controversy and demanded that the solicitor proceed with the machinery he has for probing the bottom of the mysteries of the pool. The secret order cannot be identified by the committee that waited upon the solicitor, but there were among the delegates men generally supposed to be affiliated with the local branch of the klan. At least five members of the com mittee fall easily into the classifica tion of the best citizens In town. They were Fred H. Mahler, leading jeweler and former secret service agent of the government; Jesse G Ball, leading wholesale grocer of the city; W. T. Harding, general man ager of the Raleigh iron works; John T. West, district passenger agent' of the Seaboard Air line and T. B. Mos ley, one of the most prominent real estate dealers In the county. This citizens' committee informed the solicitor that "public Interests" demand the drainage of the lake and subsequent investigation of any dis- closures that may come as a result of the draining. The solicitor did not ; commit himself to any program of I action for the present, waiting, lie j informed the committee, upon the j meeting tomorrow of the State Ruild i ings and Grounds commission which will hear Attorney General Manning's recommendations with respect to the . - ( miiinM on ri5 Tir l Dates For Execution of Seven Carolinians Given Out by Morrison Dates for the execution of seven North Carolina men who are under sentence of death, at the state prison, were announced last night by Governor Cameron Morrison. October 20 has been designated as the date for the execution of J. T. Harris. Hidgecrest merchant who is under sentence for the murder of F. W. Monnish, Ala bama churchman, at Ridgecrest. Attorneys for Harris recently made application for a hearing and Governor Morrison will name the time for the hearing shortly, he stated last night. Other execution dates were named as follows: Frank Hend erson, Madison county, Monday, October 10. Henderson is under sentence for the murder of his wife and attorneys have made application to the governor for a hearing. Doll Little, Anson . county, Thursday, September 29. Harry Caldwell, Wayne county, Monday, October 31. Jesse Fos ter. Wayne county, Thursday. No vember 10. W. Y. Westmoreland, Iredell county. Monday, Novem ber 21, Claude Morehead. Gilford county, Wednesday, November 30. The governor stated last night, that hearings will be given a.ll who desire to make application and that the time will be set shortly. Only seven men are un der death sentence at the pres ent time. "MIGHTY OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW." BY BILLY BORNE. i u M'ii'iuuniiiii'iimm n ir cp"um iim,i. w&grwiazmmsmttsstxtxsv immwc 1 .. J A PAN S DEMI Agrees to a Discussion of the Pacific and Far East ; Problems in Note HER CONDITION IS AGENDA BE FRAMED Every Evidence of Satisfac- tion Over Official Reply ; Seen at Washington j i WASHINGTON. July 27. I By the! Associated Press.) Japan's definite acceptance of a pla. e In the disarma ment conference which reached the state department today, gives consent to a discussion of far eastern ques tions in connection with the center enee hut suueests that problems which concern only particular row- i ers or which can le regarded as closed incidents be omitted from the scope of the meeting. There was every evidence of satln factlon over the reply in official i ir cies here and it was indicated that the way now was regarded as entirely clear for. the preliminary negotiations which will tlx the time and place of meeting and details of procedure A comprehensive consideration of I Ml I'nliro'fll.u oenlr.-n li,,f.i,,. delegates actually assembled also was suggested In the Japanese note and now is regarded as assured. The at titude of officials here has been that ' such a discussion would le entirely , in place once all the Invite. l powers! had definitely accepted lnviutinni A portion of the Jaji incio reply which attracted partlculir attention here was a paragraph declaring it the sense of the Japanese government that during the conference "prob lems such as are of sole concern to certain particular powers or such matters that may he regarded ac complished facts should he scrupu lously avoided." It was plain, however, that officials here regarded this statement, nut as ;a condition of acceptance by Japan, I but as a forecast of the ;.tti: .ue nhe will lake when the iicl;oU.ui. ns uccr ; the conference program lieiiii. Agrees to Discussion ! It is pointed out here that Japan j at the outset of her note agrcea to 'a discussion of su.Ji subjects as may lie regarded as bearing directly on disarmament and says in speepii I terms that she is w illing to talk about ; Pacific and far eastern questions, it is suggested that some questions which might otherwise affect not , two or three powers will readily Iiml a place in the category which the :Tokio government has thus accepted. Although officials witheld comment, it was recalled here in connection I with the Japanese reference to "such I matters that may be regarded ac j eomplished facts." that the Japanese ! ambassador at London recently In dicated that his government would not care to discuss questions like j Shantung and Yap because It regard ed them as having been settled by the treaty of Versailles. In other quar ters, however, it has been pointed out that the Versailles treaty is not rec ognized by China so far as Slrantung Is concerned and that the Untied States has not consented to the treaty's terms relating to Yap and other mandate territories so that in each case an open question Is raised which would seem to make further negotiations necessary. it also is emphasized that because of the unusual situaticin in the Far Fast where various powers have a direct con cern In Chinese Integrity and have largo material Interests and concessions. It may he difficult to agree that any par ticular question affects only a limited number of nations. All of this, however. Is expected to he thresher! nut In the exchange of views which Is to precede the meeting of the conference. Reply Text Given The text of the Japanese reply fol lows: "The Japanese government has taken note nf the contents of the American memorandum nf July II" receiver! through the American charge d'affaires In reply to the Japanese memorandum of July , in on the subject of a conference ort the limitation of armament to he held In Washington. "It has been brought to the knowledge j nf the Japanese government that thej government of the United States is will- ing to proceed with exchanges of opinion I - Contend 1 Vtln' 7uo ! TEXTILE IliDemand for 1 1 1 1 n n buvrtiuiviit y n mm roo Strikers Much Encouraged As Move to Help Cause Grows in Carolinas M'MAHON APPEALS TO UNIONS TO LEND AID Reported to Hove Criticized Officials For Failure in Situation fi 1 Alt ,( TTK. July 27. --Kdgar W. Smith, general treasurer and execu tive secretary of the textijo workers on strike at Charlotte said tonight that I hey would not hold out in re sistance of wage reductions in escces f 2- 1-2 per cent, as a protest against which 1 he strike was called, but that 'hey wen misn witu tne mill oinoinis Before and after the strike became effective In a score of textile mills at Charlotte, Concord and Kannapolls June 1, Thomas F. McMahon, now president of the l ulled Textile Work ers of America, said that reductions and proposed reductions In excess of 22 1-2 per cent, the "dead line" tixed hy the union, was the reason for the strike, charging that reductions rnnde In wages by southern mills had been "drastic Hnd outrageous." Secretary Smith said tonight that the textile workers on strike here now are willing to recedo In a meas ure from the original position taken, but he declined to spectfv just what concessions hy the mill owners would he required by the wo'kcrs as a basis I for returning to work Officials of most of the closed mills here hae announced their willingness to re Kunio operations on the same basis a.s was effective June 1, as to wages and hours. SI PI'OKT i:. OI H AGING. Sitrfinl to 1 Afl Ciurttl I'HAltLOTTK. July 2 7. David Clark said loday in reference to the textile strike: "1 notice that F.dgar Smith, business manager of tne North Carolina Textile union says the strik ers are living well and happily upon their $S per week Mrike benefit and yet they are striking because they said I hey could nol lie on $1S a week. It' the operatives can live no well on $S per wrk why did they strike when their averago wages were sev eral times that amount and why did they allege at the time of the striko that they were starving upon the wages they were receiving. I feel that Smith should explain this to the pub lic. The reduction of the wages with -rmtlnutd on raitu JwiM Serious Divergence in French, British Views Upon Silesian Problem LONDON, July 1!7. (By tho Associated Press). The French government deems It Impossible to decide on the holding of a meet ing of the Allied Supreme Council until the question of sending re inforcements Into Upper Silesia has been decided. M. Do St. Aulalre. the French ambassador here, called on Lord Curzon. the British foreign min ister, this evening and conveyed this Information In the name of his government. The French modification is re garded here to indicate a serious divergence In the viewpoint of tho two countries. It Is stated Lord Curzon merely took note of St. Aulalres communication and informed him ho would refer the matter to the British cabinet. When France agreed to a meet ing of the supreme council In Paris on August 4, it was more or less understood French acqui escence depended either on tho question of reinforcements being previously settled or upon Its be ing made the rst subject on the agenda of the council. The com munication of M. do St. Aulalre would appear to show that the British government declines to yield on this point. Americans in Russia is Given to Soviet Envoy OFFICIALS OECLARE SITUATION IS SAIDl PELLAGRA GROWING TO BE FILLED II AMONG TAR HEELS MANY POSSIBILITIES: Reversal Taken By State Of ; ficials on Position Reported j As to Malady HEALTH CONFEREE ! FOR SOUTH CALLED Asheville Board of Trade( would rrove tne Kepons j "Abnormally Distorted' rn h p pouh i. i RALKKJH, N. '.. July 21.-- While state officials and health experts gen erally aigree that President Harding's alarm rtvjr nollnin-a anrl fiimlnn In the south ar overdrawn, there were ! pvldenees hPre today that point to an Increase of the disease in this state. New figures received at the depart ment today and unofficial Information controvert the official statonncnt given out by the depai innvvt yesterday. The secretary of the state hoiird. lr , W. S. Kankln received a letter this I morning from one Wake physician 1 stntlng for the first time in his prac tice he had nine pellngra patients. This condition Is by no means gen eral but it Is an Isolated exception which has moved the department, to a more searching Inquiry. ,v "While pellagra is hardly here In epidemic form," Dr. Kankln said to day, "it is a known fact that the di sease Is peculiar to tbp south and In other countries nf the warmer rll- i mates Our reports, though soine I what Incomplete for 1 fir. tirst Imlf of I the year, do not Indicate any Increase I over last year but since II Is not a reportable disenso our only way of j telling in by thi) mortality statistics ami ai mis nine tney are altogether uncertain." The disease, w hile n nutritional ono, Dr. Ifctnkin explained, is governed to a great extent by economic conditions and the reports that the capital has been receiving from eastern North Carolina for many months are so de pressing as to cause real concern lest there be strong foundation Tor the federal report that North Carolina, among the southern states, has an unprecedented wave of pellagra. In confirmation of his statement (hat pellagra Is most peculiar to the south, Dr. Kankln today pointed out that In 1917, the last normal year covered by government mortiiliay sta tistics, the number of cases In North Carolina was 630 against five In New Hampshire, two In New Jersey and none in Montana. South Carolina re ported for the same year 714 cases against five for .Vermont, six for Michigan and none for Minnesota Tennessee reported 760 cases against 29 for the state of New York and 16 for Maryland. Virginia had 302 cases that year against 19 In Massachusetts and none in the state of Washington. These f gurea are significant. Ur. Ran kin explained, and ar from the 70 cent of oun'tles and oMleg with renoit 4tig bureau, sufficiently efficient to meet Federaj requirement for recognition. The North Carolina pellagra rroord bv ?.T,,f? lo : 1917' S30; 1918- 1919 381. 1921. The figures at first six months of 1921 are 16 but the record Is far from complete and the department expects many additional death certifi cates. In connection with the nationwide fliarni over southern conditions the American Public. Health association in day wired Dr. Rankin that the es.mcia- fer"d "Zal "ainunarven'.t, oTpJ," X aTX K""kl" Conference Called MOW YORK, July 27. --Anting on re- 1T,'i ,hB l n,llp" Slates Pillule- health j em CommTctal Congress today aiiii.mii- ' ced that it hnd e.illpii a ,i,i e c,.:, m, ' conference Ht Montgomery. Ala, on Au-I h"!,h''' 'n, "'''!' ''" sanation from j geon 0 ill n Sill:iy morning at 10 o'clock. Dr. G.vernor Tlmmo K. Kl bv , ' , MeCnnnell. of Fast Kndford imve bein invited in attend, ihe hitter ,,, 'n'ij vi ii'n.iri , ti v r :i rmaii The Asheville H'wrd of Trad.' vester- nay aunciieu lt movement to which other southern trad" organiii.! t inns are totnlne to prove, if possible, that liiints of a threatened "setnl -fiimlrio" coupled with au epidemic of pellagra In a large sect inn of the southern cotton belt (ire "abnor nrnlly distorted." Jn a teieirnim communication to sou thern trade b-ntles one Asnevllle Hoard of Trade said: Tress lls.inche.s re garding terrih.e pellagra, epidemic ap pears abnormally distorted. I'ertaJnly such extraordinary conditions outlined .is another serious blow at the south, per haps from uncensnred or unreliable sour ces of informal inn. Please Join us In going after head of public, health service or originator nf mirh Miotics before too eenous oamago Is done Write us ful.v." In another telegram in Kenaior Lee S Overman and Congressman Zebulon Wenver 1h Board of Trade said: May we nope you will invest'iirate with 1he head of the Public Health Ser vice, demanding names of authors of any terrlhble conditions as the stories staite exists In the south. Certainly the wide dissemination of an outracsoua story of thus nature Is a memace to the south and ice want to find Its source of origin." i ne lioara of rraae s telegram to the Burgeon General at Washington follows: .Newspapers carrying Associated Press this morning refer to epldemlo of pelleg ra In south due to lack of nourishment and Insufficient food, giving shortage of money as reason and making out con ditions very terrible and aiarmm. Pleas wire qmickiy it tnjs interview and story authorized by your office and nume of representatives furnishing this informa tion. NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP CLEVELAND. O.. July 27. Tho Cleveland boxing commission and the local newspapers tonight named Pry an Downey, of Cleveland, the new world's, middleweight champion boxer, declaring he won the title from John ny Wilson, of Boston, is the seventh round of a. 12-round no-decislon ooa- Uat barwtflplgb,t by, a fcaaefcouW . Release of Hughes Tells Soviet Assists ance Under Conditions is Not to Be Countenanced ALL HOOVER DEMANDS ARE SAID TO BE MET People Urging Step Have Advised a Blockade, or An Embargo nuM, amy 21.--twy tne Associate ed Press )-In both bolshevik anil) American ollietal circles in Riga the) note of Secretary ot State Hughes de-t mamllng the release of American. (By the Assnclai- prisoners in Kussia immediately roi- lowing the note of Herbert Hoover tol Maxim Corky, is considered as beingl charged with infinite possibilities. Some American officials In tho Hal-, tie slates who have long known thet serious plight of the American pi in- oners In soviet Kussia h.ne urged thJ state department at Washington to j adopt a strong policy looking to theirt release, even to the extent of threat-j oiling an embargo on shipments from) the liilted States to Kussia, and a possible blockade of Kusalan portSe One bolshevik! view of the clause lui Mr. Hoover's communication maklnifl aid contingent, upon the release' of American prisoners is expressed in arii editorial printed today in the Novyj Put. which Is published by tho soviet' legation here. While confessing ignorance as o whether Mr. Hoover's note will bel answered, or in what vein, ii It is an-, swcicd. Ihe newspaper Mys Maxlia( lorkv certainly will bo uniiblo to ful-i fill nil the conditions imposed by Mr. i Hoover. "Without knowing whether mores American are imprisoned la other coiintrlm, or what climes are ehargedJ against them, Mr. Hoover never had demanded of any other country thtw reUiOso of a prisoner as the price for feeding children," it Mya. ;v ' ; AH Privilege t, ranted. Virtually all the privileges request' ed by Mr. Hoover already h.ivo been granted, according to information re-J oeived here. Tho all-Russian famine relief committee of 63 representative. embracing all (he political factions in. Kussia, has been given the widest; powers to relieve the situation, M.j Kalinin, head of the Russian central, commission for famine relief, in a decree published In the Pravda grnntH the commission priority transport J permission to organize all local correal mittees, freedom to purchase In Rtis-J sla and abroad, foodstuffs, merticlnesJ and other necessities, and the right t travel in and out of Russia. LeoJ Kamenoff, head of the Moscow sovlota has been elected president of tho com-! mission and M. Rykov, Nikolai Len-. Ine's first assistant, as vice-president. Tho official demand by Secretary Hughes for the release of the Amert-J ConftniiM a5j Twu 1 J BE HEARD IN GITY1 Address Will Be One of the( Te&tnTes of Approaching . Educational Meet John J Tigert, recently appointed; fnlted States commissioner of edu-i ,r,'SH '" ho opening session of thaJ t htrt let h annual meeting of tho Southern Education society. whioliJ opens at the Battery Park hotel, MonJ a: president nf the society will preside . i i i ne nenwion.s win ni inree navR. Mr Tioei-t ivlli ui.b .t 1 ..vi'neU. and It i.i expected (hat a large num-J ber will bo present to hear the ad-H dress of the commissioner. He is a son of nishop Tigert of the Metho dist Kplscopnl church South and the grandson of Bishop Nolland N. Mc Tlerre, founder of the Vanderbilt university. After graduating fram underbllt university, Mr. Tigert was a student at oxlord university asi the first Rhodes scholar from thej state or Tennessee, graduating in 1907. He served as president of Weslevan Female college at Winchester. Ky.. and was later called to the chair of philosophy at the I'nlverslty of Ken-j tucky where he remained until ap-W pointed commissioner of education by President Harding. The address will bo his first in the south since his an tolntment and it is expected that I number of visitors will be present. Among the leading problems to bJ discussed during the convention. which will last three days will be the following: "The Farm Crisis." a num ber of nationally known leaders will submit ideas and plans for permanent rener ana improvement. Developing! the South's Resources,'' and thai method by which It can be dona will be one of the Important subjects, Watt T. Brown, of Ragland, Ala.. J. E. Edgeiton. president, Tennessee Manufacturer's association and other Industrial leaders will submit pro posals looking to a constructive, pro gram of co-operation. i "A nation-wide Americanization movement" will be planned and dls cussed with the .following taking ac tlve part: Rufus R. Wilson, execu tive secretary and Frank U Dykema, tPMMiMK m Pete roe.) noniissiEi OF EDUCATION li it. !