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UNSETTLED ESTABLISHED 1868. ON -DEMISE QF E After Brief Session Ad- IS PEN OS ft ' journment Will Be Taken J is Memory of Dead. PUNEEALPLANS NOT YET MADE Governor Sproul Has no Idea Who Will Be Pen-, rose's Successor. r Aonnmw, jttM. .. oti.ami republican leaders today forecast ' early action in Ailing vacancies and making committee changes result ing from, the death of Senator Penrose. It was expected that Sen ator Brandcgeo, of "Connecticut, chairman of the committee on committees, would issue a call soon, probatory- by the end of the week, for a meeting of a committee to act on necessary changes. . The rule of seniority has been strictly adhered to In the senate, and there was no indication that a. precedent would be established by varying from the long grounded practice. oommmee selections, however, are largely In the hands' of the powerful committee of com mittees. With' the practical certainty that Senator MoCurnbec -of North Da kota, will succeed to the chalrman- , ship of the J,nance committee, over wmcn Tar. renruno nan iuhs m- sided, there will arise a vacancy in the chairmanship of the committee on' pensions, now held by the North Dakota senator. On that commit tee Senator Hmoot, Utah, is tho ranking republican, and leaders said he undoubtedly could have the place If he desired it- Senator Smoot Is thus brought Into the ranking position on two of the most Important committees of the sen ate, finance and appropriations. There was the suggestion among republican .leaders that Senator Frellnghuysen, of New Jersey, would be named as -the new repub lican memtoer of the finance com mittee. This selection, it was ex olalned. would follow seniority as well as maintain the balance which St has been sought to have on all committees with respect to repre- sensation of east and west. Should Mr. Frellnghuysen pot care for the place, it was stated authoritatively, Senator Edge, of the same state, tvould be the next in hne through the policy or Daianoing s iar as I possible the seetiojnu. representa- tiion, HINTS ARK I KW AS To OTHER CCMMMHTEJES li There were few hints as to whot vouid be namen to .vacancies in lhe.pav!, lmmlgrtton and, bank ing ana currency comnwuees, oc I'asionod ty the death of the Penn sylvania' senator. .It the seniority ule is followed, however, western enators will be given places 6t) j no naval ana -panning anu cvik encj committees and an eastern lan will be 'added to the immlgra- rm committee. It was deemed kelv In flllinc these traces that tromotlonj" w.111 be in he nature tftnsferb from committees of Iwer consequence to places made vlcarit by Mr. Penrose a death. - Senators, said today that the cmngea in the chairmanship of tl finance committee; new deep in th( drafting ot a new tariff law, wdild occasion rjo change In the polcy of the goal outlined when the'.measure reached the commit tee front the house. It Is the pro gram, discussed briefly and Inform ally t a meeting of the committee ' today, to continue .the , hearings and inter n tha 'work of writing the fates 'and provisions of the bill aa-rajVdly.as can be done. The committee had" scheduled a meet" ing for tolnorjow at which Senator Lass, of lorth Dakota, was to pre sent the arift Trogram of, the sen ato agricllturai bloc, tut this has been postponed arid the-onmmltteo will t'onvtne at the call of Senator McCumbtr probably on Thursday. Tomorov's session of the senate will be brief, Senator Curtis, of 1 Kansas, assistant republican lead er, announced. It'Js planned only to adopt resolutions with respect to the fleatli of Senator Penrose-! and theji adjourn.. PENnOtE FUNEIUIi PUSS STILL DfCOMPLETE . PHIIATJELPHIA, Jan. 2. Ar rangemnts for the funeral of .Sen ator Penrose were still Incomplete today. :gt was definitely decided, however. thai It should .bo strictly private in accordance with his oft expressed wish. In making this announcement, Lelghtoi C. Taylor, fbr many years 4he senator's private secre tary, said-that only members of the family ana friends would at tend the. NBrvlces and that- a con gressional 1 delegation probably would not come here for the burial. The data for burial would be fixed. Air. Taylor .aalds after hearing from relative In the wfest. Meanwhile the body of the form er senator,' encased in a metallic coffin, covered -with a, purple cloth, lay in- hjs- bachelor home here. No crepe or flowers mark e'd the pres- ence of death In the old fashioned brick house where from a sick bed he had. conferred; by telephone with national republican leaders ' at the Chicago convention which1 nominated President Harding. Every wih of ths senator for slm plieity has ibeen respected. J ' Kxpressions of , regret at hla death continued to pour in today from aU jtectlona of the country. None, of them Waa made public by i nl'.reiatfyee. ' , . ' r Governor Sproul aaldTie had not decide, on Senator Penrose's suc cessor. Under tha law the gov crnor empowered to make an appointment to nil the vacancy un- v til the next general election,-which yill be held 4n November. . TWoSfficIesaee wounded in" fight ." ' WHAMI.' Pla., Jan. .t-wlu t 'Www, '", mSfrc)rcl 1o)loeman,. and C. .C.: Williams, former, patrolman, and a flvsinonths old baby are in a serious osndltlorT In hospital here tonight iM I raalt At a. a fto-hf when W7.r , .m. Wimwii attempted'to-arrest I . anarew caspsrano at this home. Vv Camera, who also drove a knrife ,' Vkl. ! bto Williams side. THE 10 lx-Minister Calls Findings On Santo Domingo "Farcical"; Wants Chance To Prove Charge (Burial Cerruvimttti, fe Attmllt CiHcmt WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Inti mating that the recent preliminary report of the senate committee up pointed to investigate Santo Do minican affairs was almost wholly a "whitewash," Horace O. Knowles of Wilmington, Del, minister to the West Indian island republic for seven months during the Taft ad ministration, declares that In reali ty the conditions surrounding- the American occupation and adminis tration of the island are scandalous and deplorable in the extreme. Knowles says he speaks as "counsel for all the Dominican i people." He is a lawyer, and fori S1I years was in tne diplomatic eervjce of the United States ns minister to various European and Latin-American countries, his final appointment terminated in August, 191.1, being to Nicaragua. Specifically, Knowles charges: That the invasion ' and occupa tion of the Dominican republic iff May, 1916, was illegal, unwarrant ed, .nd In direct violation both of the treaty made between the two counrtlea in 1907 and of a resolu tion proponed by the United States and adopted by the third confer ence of The Hague tribunal, asi well as the Monro.,- doctrine and the last of President Wilson's "fourteen points." That excesses, abuses, cruelties and murders have been committed there by the marine force of occu pation and that the people have been terrorized and their homes burned; j That the orders issued and en forced by the American military government have been unreason-1 able, cruel and "totally un-Amerl-con"; That private rights have been In vaded and personal and corporate property Injured, damaged and de-' stroyed 'by the military govern ment and its agents, and great losses thus Incurred through their orders; That the administration of the military government has been In competent, wasteful and extrava gant. WITNESSES TERRORIZED IS V IEW HE TAKES . In support of this last charge he declares that a foreign loan and bond lssuo at an exhorbitant rate of Interest and discount has been ! forced on the Dominican people by this government, and that the sum thus acquired, as well as the regUr lar public income, has been ir responsibly administered. He declares that the senate com mittee of investigation was wholly Un tno handg of tne miutary gov. , ernmcnt durinir its brief stay in the jgjand, which fact, coupled with tne presence of armed marina First White House Reception For New Years Iri Nine Years Held By frestdert ariW WASHINGTON, Jan. -Presl-1 dent apd Mrs. Harding threw the White.Hou8e 'doors open to the public .today for the first New Year's reception held there for nine years. The number responding to the general invitation was offici ally estimated at 6, BOO, many of whom stood for hours in A biting wind and in a slowly moving col-J umn of fours which extended for blocks from the Pennsylvania Ave nue portico. The' President ana Mrs.Harding met and shook hands with all, a physical feat of no mean magni tude and one from which they showed' more than a (few signs of physical strajn at 4 o'clock, when the last person in th lino had passed. The official section was received 'from 11 until 1 .o'clock,' and there were approximately 2,000 partici pating n it, headed by the cabinet; the1 diplomatic corps, members of congress, army and navy officers and the higher officials of the gov ernment establigtiments. The bril liant uniforms and gjila dress kept the big state rooms of the White House full of color, while the curv ing driveways were Jammed with" automobiles. The numbers wtre swelled by the delegates and at tendants upon the arms confer ence, all resplendent in orders and decorations. GATES SWING OPEN TO PlTBMC AT JP.M. The gates of the "White House enclosure were swung back at 2 o'clock for the public to enter and, led by the Inevitable small boy, Ihe head of a long column wbloh had dared the January breeze swept forward to the pillared entrance. A red-coated marine orchestra, di vided in two sections so that by alternating continuous music could be maintained, 'began its program hi ,!nni-' w.r. nrmr.-H fc-,uio,j for two hnnr-W iiViMito make such switches. moved through tjie massive en-1 trance, its individual, units Jigging Under the, combined stimulus of tne music and the cold. Secret service men, ushers and gold-corded military aides cut the quadruple line dowjj to single tile once H was within the entrance'. Under their Insistent instructions "to keep your hands' in sight, rt many developed a tendency to put both hands out in front above th,e "iZiLa uJZ:. -a; """J- 'onpMtmllco meanwhile -comb- line ana noia mem mere. cu wiv vuiuiiiu uuisiuQ ior cameras, rlentlesly relieving their bearers or takinc the boxes away for de posit. i The Presidential iparly stood In the oval blue room Just out of hearing of the orchestra and the visitors passed at the rata ot 0 or 40 a mln-' ute. This speed was attained through the Insistent pressure of aides and attaches and the President and Mrs. Harding rose to the occasion meet ing the physical tests practically r without flagging. The crowd was thoroughly cosmopolitan, representa tives ot many races and nationalities, The children,' of whom there were many, were given special attention. 'Hello, dearie" the President said to one tot, who was passing, on a paternal shoulder. FOUR SMALL NEGROES ARE BROUGHT V MOTHER The next . moment the flickering line disclosed four small negcoes marshalled -aheaff or tneir moiner. , "Why look wbo'a here." the Presi dent exclaimed as he bent over and , smiled into the flashing teeth ' and wtMsaxrsballs Ihsli wsra-awesplug by. "How ars you, youngsters?'1 Mrs. Harding smiled and 'added a pleasant word- here and there while j the quickly . developed an efficient ASHEVILLE CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE JJP-BUlLDiNG OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" K . I II , Ill i - ' v , , II . ! - J i , Horace G. Knowles.' guards at the hearings, effectually! terrorized the,wltnesse. He also states that the committee, by ab ruptly breaking off Its hearings three days before the date set, de prived him of the .'opportunity to present between 60 and 60 wit nesses to atrocities who 'Were on hand ready to appear. DECLARES HE'S BEADY TO PROVE CHARGES All the accusations summarized above Mr. Knowles states he Is prepared to prove, if the commit tee give him an opportunity to pro duce his witnesses before, it. The unexpected preliminary report of the committee, -and the nature of their findings is given as his reason for making the charges, tie asserts. Knowles says that he was specif ically retained as counsel by Dr. Henrique! y CarbaJiU, deposed i president, and the ministers asso ciated with him in the defunct gov ernment, by the "Juntas Nacjonal lstas," or patriotic societies of the 12 provinces of the republic, and by several organizations of Domin- ican women. swing of her right shouldtr which stood the strain as well as the Pres ident 8 golf developed, muscle. The people pasKed quickljf and In perfect order thro light the Bast room and thence to the street, there being never an Interruption or a moment of confusion. Only occasionally did the President discover a personal acquaintance in the throng, one being Urbain Ledoux, whose activities In connection with unemployment and other activities I have been frequently noted. To him, the President gave a chcefy greet ing. As the lint. lan ouf to .extinction Mr. Harding keekoned forward the ncwapAner correspondents, greeting them cheerfully but announcing she was "ready to go home." COOLIDQS AND CABINET MEMBERS RtCEIVE The yrh1te House reception was pot th only one held In Washington to day. When the President received the pubMc the Vice-President and Mrs. Coolldge wero at home to sev eral hundred gvesta, wnue camnet of ficial! were at home to thtir ofllelal associates and friends. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes gave a breakfast to the diplomatic conps at the Fan-American union 'building at 13:30 P. m., while - Secretaries Weeks. Denby, Wallace and Hoover received at their homes. OTHER ROAD TO PUT CARS ON SIDING RALiElun, Jan. x. controversy between the Seaboard and Coast Line over the switching of cotnpetl - tive shipments at a private siding in Lumberton was -settled tonight by the corporation commission by ordering the Seaboasd to deliver four cars to the National Cotton mills' siding to receive a shipment to the state highway commission. Tho. Seaboard had refused - to switch these cars. The commission rules that the Seaboard may have a hearing on any genortU question Involved but It holds a settled question the obligation of a carrier CHILEANS ENFORCE GUARDS ON BORDER Action Taken to plrcunivent 800 Bandits From Argentine. SAynACiO,' ChSeT' Dec. 2. (By Tha Associated Vts)Tii frontier garrisons of Chilean forces In Magel lan territory have been strengthened after reports that; AOft'ibandlts from Argentina armed with machine guns were traveling.. In, sixty, automobiles toward the border. -The bandits are said to be . plurtderlntf , tho country- Slae' as mer -auvant SHIP ON -FLORIDA REEF IS FLOATED V ? , . -y A. or ouiar aiciaxorsMP .la being talked K6;rVWg)ST.Vatr ,'SJan. '. Th,'2f'ut JfrtMnf In Jhls line has yet tankr. H ' ft. SVi1nr. -Ii.' hllt fmm Philadelphia lo TxalCjty, was tow. ed Into port . Here; -jtoday ' by the wrecking tug' Wlllet, waiter having been floated from a'reef between Mi ami and West PatnT.Beach, where she arounded tyestsrda.. The vessel Of 4300 tons was floated -by th Wlllet $ JJ0 55jL'.tSjtfu Tilifp sa.: 'Which trasppndetfj 9 the Folger's radio -cais. ; A aurviy will be mads of .the vessel's bottom, jefore aba pro ceeds on , her voyage, - ,, 1.O00- FlftS tl MACON ' : "MACPM,. Ga., , Jarty t The New Williams building, a three-story brick structure, was destroyed by fire at t O'clock'' tonight. Tha damage Is es timated at iliittOO, Thirty automo bile .stored Jn i-h Bulck agency, and the Cordole Top and Harness com pany wr consumed by flames. The Bre started' In a battery plant in the basement of the- ibulldirg . ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY BUSINESS TRENDlBETTER BUSINESSitfL isfi-Tin iiPWARniniiTi nnic MMKSi &hisbr IUU I I U U Ul IIIIIIU UU I bWWIl llllllll tw OFFIGIftLS SftljENTOHF YEAR Net improvement Is j Comptroller Crissinger Found Respite Recessions' Gives Technical Proof During December. ' of the Situation. HOLIDAYTRADE 1922 TOBE YEAR SHOWS INCREASE 1 OF GREAT PROGRESS Freight Rates a Disturb-1 Both Political and Eco- mg Factor, Since Exten- sions Expected. ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.--i:on- Lnutd upward movement of trap-1 i.c.-s and the crtidual restoration ol nornal condltimib are indicated In the comparison of reports for lact month with those of tlf cor responding month of 1520. accord ing to the December review of tho economic situation issued tonight by the federal reserve bovrd. Net improvement was found by the board despite the recession of business activity In December 1IS Compared with tho same month last year. "The holiday trade,'' the boar said, "is a test of the 'soundness of preceding business activity. Ke.- ports from the various federal re setvo districts covering half of the ! month show that this year's d niand In the eastern districts has registered an increase running us high as ten per cent as that of 1920 while in other districts tha situation is pronounced satisfac tory." Manufacturing conditions, how ever, the board reported as far from uniform, there being a de crease of activity in the iron and steel industry, while textile showed little change from previous months and uncertainty exists ar, to the future of the clothing in dustry, duo to labor disturbances ind the continued demand ot con sumers for lower prices. "Freight rates," tkc roard said, "continue as a disturbing factor due to the belief that reduction already announced as affecting some commodities may be much more widely extended in the near fi'ture." Relatively lower prices tor ce reals and cotton, the hoard con tinued, had discouraged trade in lKrT? d!str!,;u and lo dence of the far-reaching Impor .ad resulted in" retarding the pro-; tano of these accomplishments. cess of liquidating frozen loana, Hardware and related linos also! wero said to be In an unsatisfac tory condition, but wholesale prices "are showing Increased stability." Unemployment con ditions wore reported by the board as but little changed. "A decided Improvement In European exchanges,'' , the board said." has tended to some extent tc htp the foreign trade situation during the month of December lbutv. the axtreme caution in th position oi rjanK credits wnich was previously so noticeable a phase of our foreign trade, still continued Kxport figures lndicato a still fur ther decline of activity in staples, whllo Imports show an advance. "Disturbed conditions in various countries of Europe still render a maintenance of business relations with them uncertain and hazard ous. Rates of interest Which had already made a notable decline during the autumn, have tended, on the whole, still further down ward, partly owing to the fact that there was no foreign outlet for our capital." Reviewing Che year in the ship ping industry th board declared that the "industry ha bppn through a most difficult period, in which many of the weaker opera tors have been forced out of busi ness, and In which, as a result o' greatly reduced freight rates. smaller available cargoes, and continued high costs of operation. inis conauion has hern world wide, although American coihpan- rm hfiVa frtlt 1. .-, i - , .1 . . . handicap of a hlirher scale of vages than their foreign competi tors have been obliged to pay." AUTOISTS SOUGHT IN MACON MURDER MACON, Oa., Jan. 2.-The Identity or the autolsts who borrowed an auto tire from th driver of a tourinn r.ir on the road last Friday Is sought to day by local detectives, who wen? seeking the body of A. P. Sexom, whOB death was reported to them in an anonymous letter Sunday. This Clue n-IAV-nnftn a !,,. lr.ll ir,,.. the mystery, which has enveloped the 1 nnaln.,. 01 hexton s blood -smoared na lomooue on a local bridge and ihf receipt of the note by police offlolu purporting to be from the "thief" a"1 saying the body of the. occupant wouM be found in a nearby swain--. It was stated. HAYS RETURNING TO CAPITAL POST !NEW VORK; Jen. Z.-Postmastr r General Hays started1 back to Wash ington today to resume his iutie? after three weeks of ret. ' He said he stilt was considering an invitation to become heart of a grcip of motion picture producing and at tributing - corporatlon and probably would give them his answer at a con . ference In Washington on January 4. He is reported to have been offer.il a three year contract at $160,000 a year. PORTUGAL MAY HAVE DICTATOR Premier and Entire Portugvac Min istry Tender Their KeslgnaUon. I'JSgON, Jan. :,-(By the Associ a.ed I Pre.) Th cabinet headed hy Cunha Ieal as premier and minister 0Ll.n' h;rlRned. The pre, ability ot establishment of a .military or other dictatorship Is being talked iji, uui mi developed. FREIGHTER STRIKES ROCK; 19 RESCUED NEW YORK, Jan. t.The shipping board freight steamship Westward 'Ho struck a submerged rock while pass ing through Hell Gate on her way from Boston today, ripping a large hole In her bottom plates. Tugs towed her to a pier.' She was in bal last. . ,125,000 FIRE IN AUGUSTA AUCHTSTA, Oa., Jan. 2 The me charilcal plant of the Electric City Brick company, was totally 4troycd by fire about 10:80 tonight. W. D. Merry of Augusta la head of the com- pany., Tha loss Is estimated at t-ir 000. MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1922. nomic Index iigures Point to Success. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Indic.i--,n- that tlie turn of the year Is iK -'marked ny a sinning mi- yi oM-nirnt In tho business an economic outlooK or me country ;t mi the world generally were ill lussi-rt tonight by Comptroller o' the Currency Crisslnger in a fore cist lor 1 922. There can be no doubt. Mr. Cr.saitiKcr said, that "both tltt I political and economic index tlg urec" ate registering Improvement at this time "when political and economic conditions so intimately interact.'' "Taking this wider view." h? adoed, "I feci that we may be juh- tlfied In regarding the Outlook as altoget Iter reassuring and thaf tin- new year is coming to us witn guarantees that Justify the more optimistic forecasts." In the political domatn, Mr. Crissinger described as predomi nating favorable factors the llml tutlor of arms conference and "the apparently Insured settlement of the age-long controversy Involv ing the relations of Ireland to the United Kingdom." Already, he declared, a betterment In tho eon dltlnry of international exchange, has taken place, adding that no better index of widespread btisi iiens conditions exists. "In view of these accomplish ments" he continued, "we may an ticipate confidently that the yenr 192 will take Us place in hlstoiy as one of the landmarks In tho record of human progress. Men have turned their faces definitely in the right direction; they have set their feet In the paths to re store xecurlty and prosperity; they havn fixed their minds on the high' r and better thlugs. "Already we begin to find ev'- r.very Indication of favorable out come in these great underlying rcnsideratlons has been practically simultaneous with a distinct turn for the better In the affairs of busi ness and industry. The very promptness with which the com mercial community has thos re sponded, la the most emphatic tes timony to the readiness and .the eagerness of the-business world to Ejiupe its course toward restored prosperity and resumption of the Pteat peaceful activities of"X:lvll zation." . ' i KING MOMUS HOLDS GEORGOUS COURT Xotnbln New Year's Day Pageant, is ucra in rnilailelphnt Monday. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2.-3-Klng Momus held sway in Philadelphia. At the head of one of the largest and most gorgeous mummers' pageants in the history of th city's unique New Year's spectacle, he marched between lines of cheering humanity banked on both sides of Rroad street from Porter street to Glrard avenue. Kor several hours during the parade Iirovl street was transformed into' a fHlrway of fantasy,-mimicry and music. More than 11,000 persons rep resenting scores of New Year's clubs, took part In the pageanfhnd Incidentally competed for $12,000 In peizes offered by the city and other thousands offered by buxl ness houses. There were fancy dress clubs, the costumes of some of whose captain were reported to have cost many times as much as the amount of any prize they mltfht, win; comic clubs, whose antics fur nished the spectators with much imusementratring bands of great variety and scores of floats de,plot Ing events of historical as well as present day interest. v RENNOLD WOLF IS DEAD IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. Jan. Itennold Wolf, playwright and dramatic critic, died of apoplexy at hU home hero today. ' Born In Ithaca,' X. Y. 50 years aso, Mr. Wolf was a graduate of Cornell university, where ho ai known as an all round athlete. After practicing law for a time in Buffalo, he Joined the staff of th New York Morning Telegraph, of which he wsb dramatic editor un til about a year ago. He was the author or collaborating author of the fourteen plays, among them Tho Rainbow airl,' and "Tho Tied Widow, which he wrote In col laboration of Channing Pollock. DAIL MEMBERS ARE BACK FOR SESSION DUBLIN, Jan. 2. (By The Asso ciated Press. )-Virtually all the mem bers of the dall elreann had arrived in- Dublin tonight for the resumption of' the sessions of the dall tomorrow to give further consideration to Ihe peace treaty with Great Britain As far as could be gathered from conversation with the members to night the Christmas recess had not materially altered the llne.-up for and against tha treaty. It had been sup posed the campaign in the coiintr favor of ratification of the treaty, supported by pronouncements of the Irish bishop and by relations not only of public representative bodies hut of important units In the filn Fein organization, would have weakened the attitude of some of the opponents of the treaty and induce them to vote In its favor. OFFICIAL DECLARES CONDITIONS LOCAL WASHINGTON, Jan," t The tak ing jovsr of the Fort Dearborn bank' in Chicago by the Continental and Commercial bank waa In part the re sult of poor Investments' which-had depreciated, D. R. Crissinger, -comptroller of the currency said totilglit, The development Is the result of lo cal conditions exclusively, th added. Mr. uriMinger was in telephone J eommunlcUou ltli.X'hloia WslgnL, ("There will be no loss (o creditors, he I declared, adding tnat It was simply a case of the bank being 'tHHifht out" by other ! I Karl Lang, photographed since his arrival In U. S. fi'pfttW (.irrtfenimrt. Tio .OhnUt: t iltjn 1 WASH I NU TON. Jan. !. "Con ditions in Heiinany are getting i sounder." So asserts Karl Lang. new German charge d affaires to the V. y., who lias arrived to suc ceed Baron Ktlmund von Thur mann. and prenented his creden tials Saturday to Secretary Hughes. "The new republic, in establish ed on safe principles," continued Lang. "Foreigners traveling in Germany find things much better than they wore a few months ago. I must confess that for a short space of time it was unnafe to travel In Germany after the six years of practical starvation the i Germans suffered. People wero ho hungry that many would commit crime in order to get food. If thol allies will let Germany wgrk out her salvation she can be depended upon to come buck. The people are now orderly and law-abiding." Speaking of t lie vast amount of reparation money demanded, he believes Germany coutd not have paid it under the old conditions let alone now when the tunds of the population arc exhausted. "Wo have the Idea that the pres ent conditions and methods cannot go. on," ho says. "Wo tried two ways of meeting the conditions, the only way we knsw, and they fail ed. Some other way must bo found so we can pay. I do know, how ever, that the only way we felt we could get money was to export our goods to all countries and this we have tried to do. Marty countries objected and passed laws to keep our merchandise out. In this way they deprive us of the only sensible way of getting the money they ask of us. . , ' ... t . ' ., "We .have been hurt a great deal by the suiting -oft ..t ter provinces. That compels us to go outside of. Germany for much of the food we formerly produced. Institutions Having Re sources of Over $85,000, 000 Subject of Sale. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Two Chicago banks with resources of more than 185,000,000 were sold tonight after tho Chicago clearing house com mittee had conducted an examina - tlon and found their assets had been Impaired by bad loans and Investments. After two days' negotjations the Fort Dearborn National bank and the Fort Dearborn Trust and.akiv- lngs bank were purchased by the Continental and Commercial Na tional bank and Continental and Commercial Trust and Havings bank. Members of tho clearing hou6e committee pooled guaranties totalling 12,500,000 to protect de positors against nny loss. The clearing house announced that, after a special examination of the iJrovein National bank and Orovers Trust and Savings bank, owned by tho tame Interests as the Fort Ioaiboru banks, both in stitutions had liocn found to be solvent. All directors representing the old Fort Iiearborn interests in the Drovers banks resigned and were replaced hy new men. William A. Tildcn, president of the Fori Dearborn banks, called In the clearing house committee last Thursday and asked assistance in straightening out the tangled af fairs of tho two Institutions. Hy I tonight's merger, bankers said, tho most hciIoum tlnunuial crista which has threatened LaHallc street since the collapse of John It. Walsh's Chicago National bank more than a decade ago was averted. The Fort Dearborn National bank had nearly 7,001) depositors and deposits of $51,124,749.88 when it made its last public state ment under the national bank call Of September 6, 1921. The Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings bank had 37,000 depositors with depos- I Its of 9, 001,006.76 at that time The national bank was founded in 177 with a capital stock of $2. 000.000. In 1917 this was raised to $3,000,000 aqd in 1919 tho total w brought up lo 15.000,000. The savings and tniNt institution was founded In 1911 with a stock of $500,000, f capital The difficulties of the Fort Dear born banks are credlled by tho clearing house committee to bad Investments made by Edward , A. Tllden and company tho Tllcloii estate. i ' I FORMAL STATEMENT AH TO SITUATION IS GIVEN , Following announcement of the merger tonight, James 6. Forgan, chairman of the committee, issued a formal statement which said in part: .'... , "Owing to the over-extended condition ' of Edward . Tllden and company and some recently made loans ' and investments which proved -.to be bad and entailed heavy losses, it was found on ex CHICAGO BANKS, ASSETS IMPAIRED ARE TAKEN OVER annatlonor7htwff-rarr'Tiartf'eptan''e of thi8-TcrnT"yr-l rt born banks by the Chicago clear- ins- house examiner that the cap- State Corporation Commission Orders Freight Rate Cuts FUR EAST STATE DELEGATION IS Advantage of Lull in Ne- gotiations Taken by Un- official Visitors. NAVAL EXPERTS CONTINUE LABORS French Delegation Em phasizes Denial of Alle gations Made Sunday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (By the Associated Press.) While practi cally all the machinery of the awns conference stood still over the New Year's holiday, the unofficial dele gation of the far eastern republic took advantage of the lull to press their charges of a secret Prcnch Japanese understanding for per petuation of Japanese control In Siberia. The far eastern delegates de clared that proof of their charges, already denied by both the French and Japanese delegates, could be obtained by examination ot original documents in the archives of the fur eastern government at Chita. They suggested that such an In quiry be made by American con sular bfflclals, so that the results might be knowh to the conference when It takes up consideration of Siberian problems. To emphasize the French public denial yesterday, Albert Harraut, ii.. .j o . iY..i i """"" iiui.uc oioiy i.us us chairman of the conference, that the charges were wholly without foundation in tact. The French government. M. Barraut said in a written communication to the con ference head, entered Into no com- mltments regarding Siberia except' ,k... ,,. ,h7,.K ,i" itnit.rf Ht.ti. I those of which the United States already was awarc. In view of the French and Jap- ancse repudiation of the charges' and the position of the far eastern ' delegates as "outsiders" sent to the conference by an unrecognised government, the v Inclination In many Conference circles was not to take the development Very se riously. At the same time,' the ac cusations attracted widespread, at tention anrt tarnished a ready topic of discussion at a dull period in the conference negotiations. NAVAL EXPKIITS ONLY AT WORK ON MONDAV The naval experts alone worked through the holiday, giving their day to a study of tho technical do tal Is remaining to be settled In con nection with the naval limitation agreement. It was said their de liberations were at such a. stage tonight that all the loose ends; of tha settlement probably could be cleared away within a few days, It questions of policy raised by the submarine regulation proposals can be settled In time, the confer ence leaders believe tho five power treaty for naval limitation can be put into definite form during the present week. Tomorrow the naval experts will continue their work and the sub-committee appointed to for mulate a new tariff program for China also will hold a meeting. Va rious other naval and far eastern questions III 'occupy the atention of tho other delegates m formal conferences. The question of proposod re strictions on submarine warfare is regarded by ull the delegations as the most troublesome of tho naval problems remaining unsolved. The first of the Itoot submarine reso lutions, reaffirming adherence to tho existing principles of Interna tional law has already been accept ed by the five powers; but the sec ond and third, proposing still more stringent restrictions on the use ot under water craft, are leading to much controversy. Under the second resolution, the five powers would Join in an agree-1 ment mat in any future war PRESSING CHARGE! aniong them submarines would notlaml all other railroad conipaniei be usea in any circumstances as commerce destroyers. The United States and Great Britain alone have acceded to this proposition. Japan and Italy have adopted a non-committal attitude toward it, and the French have shown some Inclination at least to propose modifications before they can fa vor adoption. MKKFIiY PROPOHEO LAW MODIFIED As the resolution was presented by F.llhu Hoot of the American delegation, it merely would have proposed that the prohibition against submarine attacks on mer chant shipping be suggested by th. r, ,..,... . .. ,.)in. i, ' .i , , r.M . e Z . ; k 1 themselves in Hie event of a walk would have to accept, before It be- ouf 'js allt;wer of m,mberB of came effective. At the Instance of diViS(, nio, AmalKamatcl Associated Arthur J. Balfour of the British 1 0f Kle.-tnc and Kailway Employes of group, however, a provision was the Virginia Railway and Power com- Inserted making the prohibition pany s announced Intention to out immediate as between the I'nltcd ' the wages of its employes In IUoh- States. Great Britain, France. Ja-'mon.l. Norfolk. Portsmouth and nan and Imlu In li ri-iui I Petersburg from to S3 per cent, ef form the French say. the propoH.it would be acceptable to their gov ernment, hut thev said tonight that they had received no Instruc! Hons from Paris regarding the' I resolution as amended. The delav is taken as strength- nve-passeniser auiotnoDiies are. reaoy nning the possibility that. France1 for utllliallon. It was aiiti-miced to may have qualifications or further . nht. there Is a feeling that merchant- ships should not be permitted to arm If they are to be free from submarine attack. In other quur-, ters it m proposea mat some re strictions should also be placed upon the disguising of war ves sels to make them look like inno cent merchantmen. ' The . third Itoot resolution, as also pigeonholed while the foreign delegations wait for Instructions, would make subject to ftrlal as a pirate any subniarino Qpmmandtr who violates international law. Ac- garded as hinging In- some degree on the final action taken regardlna iCMivMMat an h Kukt) 12 Pages 96 Column? PRICE FIVE CENT.' IS EXPERIMENTAL r r n ii nil hm rnn IILU UU I I U II I Ull i SIX MONTH Til l Agricultural Products and Live Stock Are Affect- ; ed by the Order. RULE EFFECTIVE i JANUARY FIRST Overcharges on Reduction Must Be Refunded With in Ten Days. ciTniN'j Maw i uim T4soBoer,s aorvt . it, tnOCK HKKLtY) UA LEIGH. Jan. 2. OrderiluJ, the Atlantic Coast line to put inti effect tho six months experimental reduction of the carriers on agrl cultural products and live stock, . and declaring that the Coast Una and other roads which have filed supplemental tarriffs not only muet put Into effect with January first these reduced tariff and ret fund within ten days any; over charges, the state corporation commission tonight handed dowitt the following somewhat breezy oiv der- J "Whereas, the 'railroad compan"j tea ot the united state nava tis sued under authority of the In-, terstate Commerce commission, special permission No, 66, ISO, gen eral tariffs providing for reduc- tion of freight rates on agriodl- .....I rj, j ,;u ' ' . m.i . u bwvi vi tuiul products and live stock for months; and. "Whereas there has arisen some confusion and some diversity : of action as to particular railroad 'j' P.r 3. ra,,r0Ba cnipany and some other ral ad compiinlM operating lit the Htate of North Carolina U issued supplemental tarlffa nr. vldlng that said reduction on a"gr; cultural products and llvs stoolc shall not apply "on trafflo havlnjt ongm, - aesunation and entli transportation within any one of the following- states: Georgia.,' rlorlda. North Carolina; and, Whereas, the said supplements ex cluding shippers between, points In the state of North Carolina from the bsnellts or the said reduced rates are understood to have1 been issued for the reason that the North Carolina corporation oonrmisilnn. atter ap proval of the action of the carriers in publishing tr riffs providing for th reduced rates on agricultural pro ducts and livestock for an experi mental period of six months, declined . to contract away In advance Its Ju risdiction topass upon the question of whether higher rates on agricul tural products and livestock should be restored at the end of six months experimental period, reserving th right to pass upon that question upon Its merits at the end of tha slit months period; and In order that there may be no uncertainty as to the legal application of the said reduced rates upon all shipments over ail railroad lines between points In Korth Csrollna from and after January 1. 22. and until further. It is ' Ordered, that the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company and all other railroad companies doing business In North Carolina issue tariffs, within three days, wither on their own' a-, count or through authorised tarin issuing agencies, withdrawing ani canneling all tariff supplements U- wed by and on behalf of any ef such railroad lines limltlns the application of the said general tariffs providing for reduced rates on agricultural pro ducts and llvrntoek Insofar as sail, supplements may limit the appllea tion of said reduced rates on ship ments of agricultural products ami livestock between points In North Carolina, and thst the said reduced rates on agricultural products and livestock, made generally on Inter slate shipments, and in some othct states on intra-ntate shipments, shall be made effectlvn on all such ship ments over all railroad lines within the state of Nortti Carolina, effective from and after January I. 1!22. to the rame extent nml measure that rate on the said products are reiluueu oi; interstate shipments, and that tlx Atlantic Coast Line railroad eompan within the state of North Carolina that may Imn collevtefl on any uhlp ments, originating since January first, of agricultural products an.l livestock enumerated In the said tanfTs, rates hlaher than the genera! basis of re duced rates provided for h Ihe SSal tariffs shall make, refund, within 10 days from the. date of this order of any rate collected on such products in excesH of the reduced rates gen erally authorised by aid tariffs. CARMEN THREATEN " TO OPERATE BUSSES RICHMOND. Va., Jan. S. Threat of the inaucuiation of an imlepend- ,.ient tins .svsicrn to n operarea utt manned !v tho strikms workers feet lie jH!ll:.',rv The car men in meeting hre today i rli termlne'i to rubisl. thu proposed re- liictlon and to . Inaugurate a rival transportation system in retaliation. The canitcl tiaiiM' corporation si I ready ha been chartered and I"! ....... K-.,.. a-.. ,.V4 clals of the street inr men' union, and the railway company In this city, BRITISH SCHOONER r STILL AWAITS PROBE PORTSMOUTH. N. C. Jan. t.Tht "Messenger of peace,' lwo-mastri Brltlah schooner, was still at anchor here tonlgilt pending an Investigas tlon by two prohibition enforoeinent officers, wlu arrived here today from S.ili&ur.v. The Britiali uhlp h a cargo of l.oro eases or wmsaev aboard, whicli has raised a iuea!le , alitv of the shin's n'nnlo port Tibrerfa'"Her'-h; W"i" iastef nlalnis tie soucht refuse hecaune ol (Uploted food supplies, and a teak la th bow of the ship. V" m . ' ' ? ' I S II :rrt
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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