North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHEMLBE CITIZEN - "DEDICATED , TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"" ' 16 Pages 128 Colmns , ' V COLDER t . X.Z -T'T 11 ESTABLXSlitU 1569. THE ASEVILLE CITIZEN, FRltMY MORNING, JANUAURY 13, 1922. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEWBERR YIS-TQ RETAIN SEA T IN SENATE Poincare fifl IHII DESIGNS UHEXPEGTEDLY IN TBEMBUG VOICE Has Felf Keen Besent , ment Against Obstacles as Placed Before Him. cabinetWfbance iGOES WITH BBIAND President Miiierana m X Reqaes to Poincare to. I - . Form Cabinet. a m - ii , j l I and Raymond ' Poincare. former president "t the reptlbllo, will "M. Brland's resignatipn came t with dramat'j suddenness, la the chamber ol deputies, for the pre mier, returning this morning from Me conferences with the British prime minister; at Cannes had brought the opposing members of hie cabinet in accord with his poll cleg, and, by a powerful speech in the chamber had ajiparently won over' the- great majority to his sidu. His blurit eloquence evoked a tre mendous ovation, and 'when he. abruptly declared his Intention pf withdrawing from the government, thenetnbera of the chamber seem ed overwhelmed. ...; ' Although the retirement ot Pre mier Brfand was , unexpected.?-it was iapparent from- the very be" sinning that he felt' keen resent ment again thejnany obstacles placed la- his waln the important negotiations In which he has been engaged.' He had the apeamnce of a mat) aged and physically fa tigued throughout hjs entire IpeeeW. '"- - t MUST NOT RECEIVE 1 BI LLETS FHOM REHIN D Notwithstanding this, however, seldom, has M. Briand risen to the high pitch of eloquence attained I A-n ttrhan In m veil tremhllnfff lu.aj i ii 11. .. w i - with Ill-suppressed. : emotion; and facing' his colleague on the.mtn Sterial benches he eahl; ."A statesman has Bff right to go tariffs 40Bt 0f battle if lie has not the certainty thai h halt not receive ' bullet from, behind, He cu face ) th bullets .pMha enemy, but he must not refolve any from hla own country. s 1 Cvlllleraed Immediately after leav. Ing the; phamberl Ho -Remained with the president for only a tew minutes, ithen he informed, the prese tspresentatlvesi',. My r resignation la absotutelj final, - ti could not continue to gv. ern under suph conditions. Ot course, t shall not retvrn to Cannes but I hope my resignation will not cause cancellation , of the Genoa conference." ' With;M. Briand went hi entire canbine and,;, after conferring with. iha .presidents ot. the- senate chamber. MMlltere,nd called unpn M. Polncarre to form a new min istry. !M. Polncarre tentatively agreed, te tWav.but saked for a few hour 10 WUWn. 19 consult nm friends. , H 4r0tndsed to- give a Bnal answer tomorrow. ' " , M.. Peret, president ot the cham ber. . bef6re pj-oceedtaB to- Klysee palace, r said to ifle 'Associated l ess correspondent ' pnd .othns: Trance is facljig situation which Is as gloomy a the darkest days of the war. When the Ger mans were at Chateau-Thierry, M. , Polncar (then prssldeltt of-the republic)' overlooking former per soiial differences between himself and M. Clemenceau. balled in the man whom tHe countrg- demanded. Tojdyi it as is freely said, there are differences, of opinion between the president of ihe republic and M. Poincare, our president is a big "enough man to forget them." WHS OF STATESMAN IN VKANCK IMPOSBISLE Rene Mvianii former- premier, who was one of the French dele gation at the Washington confer ence sal "Under preeent circum stances, the Ufa of a Btatestrtan la Prance is impossible. I fully ap feprove o(;M. Brlanda attitude, but w ahJl do our beet to hep hla . successor in the work of restoring Prance, The country will not find ".us in the way with petty personal quarrela.' :.f w-Jkaj. it th custonv Mllterana yhas aeked the ntembera of the cab inet to continue to ' conduct ,tha huainesa of their departments until the new. cabinet ie formed. When the. Associated Press cor " respoiident called at M: Briand'a modest ajartment at 6 o'clock this evening, ha waa tod by the maid; "Thj president (premier) sleeps; he is very tired." . . s ' Ltar in the evening, after rest- ' men and told them that he was definitely1 out 'of- power, Under ,resent dortditjons he declined "tot row In the republic's galley."v ' f Anyway." hW added, "it would be indecent to remain longer than a year In power. It la' Just a year since Leygues' cabinet, fell. One can govern ajily with a solid ma Jority; it la not enough to have one' a speeches applauded, ;. : - , M.. Briand ezpreaaed regret 'that tha partlameat - and the -country bad not appreciated the value of tn achievements at Cannes. ,." (SOW p-KAR oTiStUPTION - ' ' i' OF THE CANNES MECTINQ i t far THI iBSOCUTBD tKESB) , LOOTJON, - Jan. '11 Premier Brland'a unexpected reslg nation, without waiting for a bt In thf -Chamber of deputies, has occasioned grt surprise In London, and the inaemiite aaiournment of tie .u preme oouneli. it is feared, means the break-up of the Cannes meeting. It at. least throws the whale repara tion question into . extreme con- ruelon.' . ', v . ,., . , . . There hi; a noteworthy parallel in ine jsc( uai oom i,loyd ueorgq ana Briand went to Cannes, each with his hand an the purs of the polhical . situation at home. Brttlih and French polltlca oompleteiy domtnat- Ejected f niton jSe Expended In The State Supreme Coahcil Is Adjourned For An Indefinite Period Action Follows Receipt pf News of Resignation Briand Cabinet CANNES. Jan. 13. (By The As soctated Press) The . allied, su preme council adjourned indeft nitely tonight after receipt of news of the resignation of ' the Briand cabinet. Adjournment was taken after Walter Rathenau. German finan cial expert, had finished address ing the council, and no action or eomment was made upon his re- marks concerning Germany's de- fault at her January reparations payment. Tho council, however, will hold an Informal meeting tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, probaWy meeting for the last time. The members of the reparations com mission wilt not be present nor will the Germans be heard.1' MLaroche, assistant director of the political section of the foreign oflice, will represent France. He had received Instructions' from M. Briand to act as observer and not to take part in the discussion. BliAIUI Proposed- by- Smoot of ,TJtali Banking Kepuou- ' can on Committee. , WASHINGTON. Jan.' 12.--Bread powers asked for by Prealdent lUrding in administering the pro posed new tariff law with 'view to meeting unusual and. changing world conditiona wmcn oouia not be anticipated by oongresa would be granted under amendmenta to tbe Foraney 'Rill iproposseuumay by Sonator' Smooth of Utah, rank ing republican on the aenate fi nance coraftnlttee. . .' ' , ' Th nreaJdent would be author ized to increase or decreajse tariff rates by not exceeding' 50 per cent of the ratea nxed in the' bill,, to nroclalm American ' valuatidn as the, basta for' assessing duties o an given list or imports; - io Jthango rates within the lltnlt of 50 nee ; cent' so ka to- meet altua- tiona arlalng In American, markets as a result of depreciate foreign exchangea: to prevent dumping in American market and to prevent 44scrimlnativ (againBt American , tnea. AdJiiBtment '-of ratea td.i ennaHKA dlfferencea in conditions of competition in trade ot Pci- fled artlclea lit the unitea etatea and competinc foreign countrlea could be made effective only after invest Igatlort- and hearing , -and j would not' be effective until after 30 day of their proclamation. Thlrr 4ayg-also would have t6 etatwe before adjust eST rates be cause Of .depreciated currencyJ would eom) into efrect and aiao before proclaimed American valu ation -could be -put Into force. . t Besides theaa amendmenta Sen ator 6moot alao btfet-ed an amendment-to the American Valuation section of the Fordney bfll propos ing that where the duty is Dased upon or regulated in any manner by the value of the Imported mer chandise the duty would be aa sessed.upon actual market value or the wholesale, prjcai theiofi at the tlma ot ita exportation in the principal market or marketsTTT-the United States. ' - , Senator Smoot prevlaualy had propoaed an amendment to the bill providing for asaeaalng dutlea on the basla of the Invoice value of the lmporta and It ia understood that' the offer of the alternative proposal today waa largely lr or derto bring before tho aenate a plan favored by some ntembera of the tailff commlaaton. J JUDGESHIP IN SOUTH T ' CAROLINA IS SETTLJCD ' COLUMBIA, 8. C. ian. U-John Hardin Marlon, of "Chester, was this -afternooij- elected - associate Justice of the South-Carolina au premo '"cx)urt, the deadlock persist ing throughout the last session of the general assemoiy, oeing proicen on the 47th ballots Mr. Marion, who is now a mem ber of the state annate, will fill the vacancy eauaeb lr the deatf As sociate Justice George W. Gage, who also waa from Chester, . Jus tice Gage died during the last eea sion 'of the generat assembly, and 30 ballots were taken in 1921 in a vain effort to namej av aucceasor. Slne then the; supreme court haa had only four members. ' r our can didates were being balloted , for when, the 1931 session ended: Mr. Marlon. General it. L. Bon ham, of Anderson; Jesse F. Carter, of Ham- berg, and. Circuit Judge o. w. . Shioo. ot Florence.X Balloting waa resomerf at noon today. The name of Juds-e ShlDD waa , withdrawn after the seventh. On the eight ballot Pf today and the 47th of the contest, - Mr, Marion twaja named over General Bonlaam by a-vote of 13 to It.-? w -.V . . .J'.-,r,y-ir TENNESSEE MAN DEPUTY vAKSISTANT TREASURER I WASHLaigiTOM, Jan ,. . 13H Theodore Tate, or aiorristown, Tenn., waa nominated to be deputy assistant treasurer of the United Stateer . . 17 " JIfM rortym BROAD POWER TO HARDING UNDER To Succeed Briand As Premier Of France w ww m uollars lo Fo r Roads During Year Governor and Council of State Removes Ten Million Limit. HALF MILLION FOB : BOAD BY ASHEVILLE Page Opposes Equal Dis tribution Plan for r Federal Funds. ; ' CIT1Z1K HSWI tuiaamil boik. ' b anon marklbx) RALBIGH., Jan. 13. The way waa opened for pushing with even greater vigor North Carolina's highway construction pfrogram when Governor Morrison, follow ing a conference wiU the counciV "ate today, notified the high- way commission., the ten million dollar "annual expenditure limit had been removed and ample funds for carrying forward road work would be provided by the state. The. highway commission plaiji to build twice aa many miles of roadway during .the present year aa was contracted for last year. A provision in the roadMaw proyidsa that the annual expenditure shall be restricted to 110.000,000 but the governor and council of atate are authorized to iverrjde this limit if they deem W wise. Their " action today removes the restriction and takes away a limit -'hi the annual expenditure on road construction work. The' expenditure - on the highways la expected to reach a total of forty million dollars by the -end of. tlvis-year, ,U waa esti mated. . . If the federal regulations will permit, the commiaaion will apr proprlate l,70tt.000 of federal aid money tfn the road projects, links In the Intra-ajtate-eyetem in. carry ing out an -urgent request made, by Governor Morrinon last evening. 1 Considering that far western and lonie, eastern counties have lack disadvantages of Rtronger counties of .the atate in- procuring federal aid, the governor wants the com. mission to place money now avail, able towards; the construotksm of tha Jeffereon.Wiikaabor.,j!lghway. tha ; highway through .Grahim. Clay and Cherokee counties fcoa nectlng tha AahevUie road with, 'the Georgia highway and on oonstt'uc tlorl project In Currituck county from Elizabeth City to the aobnd. Hie suggeation would give the 'Jef fereonWHkeabro. road ' T780.000 tha federal aid fund, the remaining one million dollars being equally divided between" tha other eastern and western' projects. ' ; Oppoaitfon was voicct to the plan by Chairman page-, who wanted to begin 'at thla time the distribution equally among the districts of the federal aid fund. The governor'a point of argument waa tfeat the strong counties have received tha 18.700,000 of federal aid. money, nrevlouslv received, and the coun ties to be benefited by thefcarrylng out of thla suggestion have not r-J qoiveq a thing fromvtne state "ex Cfpt the privilege of paying jtaxea and sending their sons to give thelf lives for their country." ,, These are aar governor calls fcoti Carolina's "three loa prov ajacetf and hp wants to aee the atate go to their relief through the conatrhctlon ot t durable highways thereby opening the waya of com munication among the people. Chairman Page argued that the federal aid regulations would not permit the lumping of the aum on three proects, but the governor, pointing out that each la a part pf an Intra-at&ta system of. highways, held that it made no dlffereriae on what part ot tha intra-state ya teni tha jnoney waa placed tar View of the Tact that the atate la spend ing fully five times aa much, on the mud. The governor haa volunteer ad to go. to Washington and confer with government officlala on the appropriation of thp monef , If the commission would consent to his plan, and if the money can be uaed in. the manner he auggeata ,lt will ba put at once on theaa three pro jects, . ; . 7 : - ' ,- . . HARDING APPROVES THE - VETKOANS BCRE.U J?JjAN WASHINGTON, Jan, 12. Ad mlnlatratlon approval haa been given the veterana bureau's plan tor the hoaplUliaatlPtr of former . ainer. aervlce men, of government lnstl-!Th aneatlon of deOnlng thegeo. reaui aald tonight after confer - tnorttatlve drolea today as targely a ence with President Harding. Col of finding the proper technical onel Forbea, however,- deola.-ed be terminology , to carry out decisions waa not yet ready to diacusa the- -already reached. - A reply from Toklo location of tha ftree vocational now isexpected by tv Japapesa liy training tlrtlversltlea which the bu-j Sunday, and they ellve the tenta reau haa planned, establish In I've wording worked out by the "big the nor,th. eaat and aouth almilar nv, "b feJ?!i to, -the ;one . tie in operation t,-ri11" hf"t"' rip4RcEx-! r?s& ;fi , IVEN AT WHITE HOUSE t other . Inlands ) the region of the ' . Paelfle fortiflcatlcina should be kept in WASHINGTON, Jan. ll---The their present statu-. When they came first diplomatic r.eceptlon at ', th to details, however, the plenlpountl Whlte Houae alnce 114 ,waa held that the Bonfn Islands tnnivht . RecrtarT , add Mra. held by Japanese to be a part Mra. Harding In - receiving th, tendings tha "sUtus quo" ao as to members of the-diplomatic corpe , include the Benin group. - .. In, Waahlngton. A number of In cosequnce. an attempt now' Is delegatea and foreign officlala., here' In pragreaa to find a way to bring for the arms conference, also- at- .the group within the acopa of th tended tha reception. - -.' J fortlflcatlone article without at th ' ' J aame time elaaslfylng It aa outside tha ORDER KENTUCKY" TROOPS 1 iSJSSST- i h . -" Til1 . prTn' k w ; tTRtiii,- KiTrrATirm Propoaal ta to attach ta the treaty a , ; TO bTRIKr. K4TKATIOII map, with line, drawn to Indicate ' .L-lZ ' i -- . i 'm' Precteely what zona the "status NEWPORT, Ky.. Jan. lI.--Twolqu is to apply. The line which haa additional companies' of Kentucky thu been drawn to repreaent , the troops ha-va been ordered to New- western boundary -of tha - American port by Governor Edwin P.' Mor- "homeland" followa the international row. of Kentucky, to aid in ban date- line, roughly tha l0th American dllng Ae atrike altuatlon,. which, TOr, '"; ''iJ J!'1!' Xt ia aald. la becoming mora acute ?uo.,,,na .Afi? n. 5 dally at the plant of the Newport Aa,pROACH END OP- . "" """" Rolling. Mllla. where a atrlke h LABOR ON NAVAL PACT V been In progresa for more thnn.al As the delegation ehlefa approached month, it waa announced tonight. -j - -tcmtiiMw m rm rmiwl NAVY LIMITATIDH BE HURT BYFREIiCH Briand's Retirement Cause of Apprehension in American Circles". .FRENCH QUARTERS I MINIMIZE EFFECT Iron Out Details Naval Treaty and Shantung JgotiaUpns. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-(By The- Associated Press) Further details of both the naval treaty and tho 1 Shantung negotiations were lnoifed out today, but tne arms delegates gave up hope of a plenary session this week to an-'i nounce definite results. ,' x The "big five", completed Its first revision of the naval conten tion and aent the text back to ita legal experts for a re-draft of the changea made. It will meet again tomorrow and a virtually com- pletetT treaty may be ready for an executive session of the full naval committee on Saturday or Monday. in me enantung conversaiiona further supplemental agreements were reached by the Japanese und Chinese, and ' a new promise of progress on the central question of the TalnartaoiTslnanfu railroad waa held out by a series of compromise propoaale , suggested informally by Secretary Hughes-and Arthur J , Bairour. t , 1 Word of the'reslgnation tf Pre mier Briand, of Franca, created a stir in conference circles, but the disposition', in France quatgpaf nlght was to nflnlmlzo Ita Immed iate effect on the, Washington ne gotiation r. Albert'A. Harraut, head of the delegation, said he would go ahead with his conference dutlea pending instructions from the new cabinet and Indicated hla belief that the change of administration would not vitiate the agreements projected here. , . . nlUAND WITUDREW . CAPITAL SHIP PROPOSAL ' - : : Among American omclal in the ,. conference, hoWever, there waa some apprehension that M. BrliTnd'a retirement tnlgjit hav a timlTHtlon . program d -out,, thatth- retiring prenrteti had bee A directly responsible for 1 been dlrectlv resnonslbl fori France' withdrawal Of her ?50, 000 ton Capital ship proposal, and that the temper of the auapeeding cabinet on that subject could only be conjectured. . Included Iff the fev treaty pro vleiona not yet finally accepted in the informal conversations of the "big five" are understood to be the sections relating to disposition of scrapped ships and fixing a "status quo" for Pacific fortifications, On the former, however, the chief del egates ara said to be in virtual agreement, while In "regard to for tifications Mhe instructions awaited from Tokio are generally expected to make an early settlement pos sible, t - Although described bv deleKnlinn spokesmen aa representing no aerl-! ous divergence or views, tht dls- ,cus!)ons over methods of scrapping nave aroused ' unusual inter est among 1ie naval experts ot th. conference. In their sub corn mitt co report the experta rec ommended that permission be giv en for . conversion, pf proscribed warships into other types of craft, and they have urged that the pro vision wourd" represent a- large financial saving because of the ne. ceasity of constructing new veasels ot various classes in . tho near' future.-. , v, . . . ' , Thus, none of the Ave powers haa at present a modern airplane carrier, and the . ratio agreement permits them to build from two to. five -each. If battleahlpa partially completed but falling outside the list of retained vessela could be re modeled into airplane carrier types, It is argued, much ot the money already' spent on hulls could lie saved. ;- . . -"v DEMON8TRA6 DESIHE TO REDUCE ARMAMENT - Opposed to this la tha view that to convert discarded battleahlpa Into an other type of .war vessel would not be In . accordance with the animating purpose of the Washinrton confer PROGRAM MAY ence. ; Thla position la understood toiernment nave Deen iaan in tn Dig rive meet- ink" I'jr on-Ttmrj jiminna. in sup port it the argument waa made that as a matter of policy the conference should give a practical demonstration of Its desire to reduce armament by specifying that the suvplua ships must be put out of business alto LAMATI OF AMNESTY CHIEF E Extraordinary Session Is Called by Sinn Fein Executive Council. OENERALSTRIKE ON ERIN RAILWAYS Due to Managers Refusal of Meeting Locomotive Society Heads. DUBLIN, Jan. 12. (By The As sociated Presa)-The first prisoner to be released under the amnesty proclamation, Dr. McConvllle, ot Monaghan, left Mount Joy thla aft ernoon. Dublin Castle has Issued a list of 370 prisoners for release to morrow. Five persona were llbe- erated from Mount -Joy and 38 from Limerick prison today. GEN ERA li HAIL STRIK.E IS SET FOR KATI'RDAY DUBLIN, Jan. 12. -(By Tho As sociated Press.) A general atrlke on all Irish railways Is announced for" Saturday at midnight, owing to a refusal of tho railway managers to meet the chairmen and secre tary of the locomotive eociety to diacusa the proposal of the com paaslea' to abolish - the regulation wages and bourn which were set tled by an award of the national wage, board in June 1920. The men declared the atrlko called to resist an attempt to throry them back in to the position of low wages, long hours and bad working conditions of a decade ago. The strike will affect 23,000 workers. XT" SIX! FEIN TO VOTE ON ACTION- TOWARD TREATY -DUBLIN. Jan. 13. IB The As sociated Press.) The king's proc lamation of amnesty, announce ment of the departure of the aux iliaries and the resolution of tha atnn: fein executive council to sum mon an extraordinary convention forFebruacy 7, to decide upon the futrjre of the organization and ita ppliry, after Eamon De Valera had predicted a split in the organiza tion, were the chief developments In the Irish situation today. Behind the dall elraann stands i?-'wJT:i"vS. ..7.17 ciuos uvni u,.. i. in Ireland. It is responsible tor the success of parliamentary and albar elections and Is regarded aa the authentic popular voice by all elan felners. De Valera la" still Its presi dent and all Its -machinery lifreto fore haa been directed exclusively toward - independent republican alms. i ' The morning zwtlon of the ex ecutive, body of the alnn fain was devoted to the election of a stand ins; t'ommlttee,' which meets Jn Dublin for all routine work of or ganizing. The election did ' nut follow strict party lines; but ita membership will be canvassed throughout the- country tomorrow t ascertain whether Ita Influence will be used for or against the supp&rtera of the treaty. " In the next fortnight in every part ot Ireland and in every alnn fein club an animated debate will be carried on for and againat the treaty. Since the clubs muat meet especially for the purpose of elect ing delegatea to the convention, thla will he the neareat approach to a referendum of the entire alnn fein element ot the popula tion that la practicable in the present circumstances. ' t KING'S PROCIjAMATION CAUSE OF SATISFACTION The amnesty proclamation occu pies a prominent position In the Dublin-papers and haa been .the cause- of great aatlafactlon. It had been feared that attempts might be made to discriminate be tween one political prlaoner and another, but the sweeping charac. ter of tho -amnesty allays auch ap prehension. Only one difficulty remains. At one stage there wera Incendiary ftrea"nd dtsturbancea in England for -wJalch alleged alnn felnera were convicted. Amnesty does not in cludathem. It la understood Ihat their um will remain nver forfeits. emission between the British Vov- and the,, government ef free atate. With refer. the new ence to offenses committed alnoe the trure, the free atate govern ment will, have complete power to deal with all auch cases In due couraa. : , - - - - - KOHDA8S AGENTS DO NOT BUV UQl'OR AS EVIDENCE viaaiaaroa mui U ,'. ""..'. Taa Mitrn.Li crrnsa ' 1, It H. B. 0. MKtiT WASHI NOTON, Jan. 13. -Prohibition, Director Kolflass does not 1a(T kfli . Utrsstitai Vtiitt 1(i 11 fit mtt auL dertce., Recently hi, 4tochre' on who got Information this way. Mr." Kohlaa called; today at pro hibition headquarters, and report ed that last month hla efflce aeized 233 still, mash enough for 60,- 000 gallons ot com liquor, ' S00 gallons of moonshine and made 100 arreata. 1 On of hla agent named Jen nings had a narrow escape atWlnr ston-Salem recently when ho ar rested a bootlegger with an auto mobile load of whiskey. .As the prisoner napped'' . out a revolver and told Jennings he was going to shoot him,' Jennings aald: "You haven't t got nerve enough .to kill me.'! a second agent appeared at this moment with a- revolver aim ed at th bootlegger's head, nd he dropped hla weapon. NOMINATE WEST JUDGE y VIRGINIA SUPREME tURT RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 13. Judge Jesse Felix West, of Waver ly, judge of tha Third judicial cir cuit, was nominated by the demo cratic joint caucua of the general' sumhW an .h. ,r..-,-. assembly tonight to fill the vacancy vit iiiv wiivii vl itie supreme cuurc Tif appeals of Virginia, created by the death of Judge B. W. Saunders, of-Rocky Moun , , -( PROC Governor Morrison Finds His Constructive Program Is Successful First Year State's Progress Notable on First Anniversary' of Administration. UPBUILDING STATE ALONG EVEBY LINE General Assembly Backs Morirson in Each of Subjects Advocated. QITIUN't KIWI SOMAS TttAosoraa sorst, t tttOC.K HIULKT) RALEIGH. Jan. IS. Today Is the first anniversary of the Morri son administration, marking the end of the greatest construction year In North Carolina's hlatory. Twelvu months ago Governor Morrison stood before au audience of B.000 people in the city audi-' torinm and backed up his pre-eloo-1 Hon declarations with a vigorous and determined advocacy of a pro gressive campaign for the furthers upbuildiM; of the state along every: line. 1 j All state officers officially began. new terms on that date and through the 12 months that have just passed all have worked In concord and Warmony, wtth tho In terests of the state and its forward moving campaign receiving chief consideration at all times. The various departmenta of the state administration have never worked in closer co-operation and" With more singleness of purpose, accord. Ing i to persons who have been in close association with the admin Istratlons and who have observed keenly the trend of events, ftale Auditor Baxter Durham and In surance Commissioner Wade went in with governor aa new, official. i The accomplishments of the ad ministration during tho past year can best he summarized by Hating the bold challenge for progressive ness ' In Governor Morriaon'a ln- J augural addreae, for each and ev ery one oi ine suojecm auvuutkivu. by him have been carried cut In detail from a administrative stand point and the time ia close at hand when they will bo realize Jn material way. ' , THOSE AOVOOATEI ' ARE ACCOMPLISHED Governor Morrison In thla ad dress, and subsequently before the legislature, called upon the atate to: .- Make the state's charitable In- atitutlons adequate for the treat ment and care of the state a un fortunates. '' , V - Increase, the atrength and power of the department of health fur carrying forth physical Welfare of the people. ; Increase the common and high schoola and make them belter equipped for educating the' chili dren of the atate. Prepare' the higher Institutions of learning for properly receiving the. ever-tnoreaalng number of graduates turned out by the high schoola. Establish a state highway aya- tem and make- the main highway of the atate dependable every day In the year, the state forcing the censtructlon of highways eliminat ing the piece-meal system and go ing .forward with as much rapidity and vigor as "strength and aound business will permit." These are the high spots, ao to apeak, in the governor'a inaugural address, touching upon tha mora slgnlflqjent progressive measurea that hcl advocated and for which he haa succeaafully fought every day he haa been in office. He had much to say along other lines of I great Interest to the atate, among khem being the subject of law forcement during which he declar ed that, "he who defllea the law, either by stealth or - overgrown power, will be made to suffer for his selfish contempt of decency and right." How well the executive haa lived up to this declaration la attested by his record In dealing 1 with law enforcement, aa applied to both Individual delinquency and maas disregard of tha righta of oth ers. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ' APPROVER HIS PHOGRAM How well the legislative body of the state co-operated In carrying forward the governor'a program la shown by tho appropriations acta of the regular session, Tha gen eral assembly authorized 11,746,- (1(1(1 for tha bulldlnir of rnada. tha exteneton tf the state's charitable Inatltutlona. the Increaalng and ter equipping of common and high schools, the making more adequate of the higher educations of learn ing Despite the depressed condition,, existing throuf hout the state at the time of the regular session, the J""'!?1 1l!I!5ar.,d' '. Governor Morrison urged, "the re actionary who will whisper to the timid that thla Is a bad time to ex pend much money because ot the depressed condition of our' whole business Ife,u and put tha machin ery in operation fur the gigantic undertaking of making the atata a better place In which to livo. Fifty million dollars went for road construction work, W,H5,000 went for tha extension and mora adequate ly equipping oftne state's olirl.ble and educational Institutions, S,(KW, 000 waa appropriated aa a loan fund to assist weak oountlea in putting up atandard high acboola and for build ings and extending the common school system. - Whti tha flnancta provided the administration went to work .with vigor and determination to carry out tha program. The end of , the 13 moRtha period finds 100 mile of new roads comp.ated and 700 miles under contract with t20.OW.000 having been or now being expend ad In road con struction work, and plana under way for Increasing this total to 40 -million srithln another year: with an army of contractors at work at every one of the aiatea educational and char-fl'" " u' an" ,cnS: aM lnailtutloni carrying out tha JJiui" rapidity, and with plane completed and rha money provided for putting Into every county In the atate which , f Cmnmii m r. rwtiMi Declare Newberry Eligible to Retain His Seat in Senate vV v 1 , 1! V - v r V- I - , v.. :- ' V I I i it- J - I arnu J TRUMAV II. NEWBERRY D HEADS GIVE 0 10! TO REDUCTIQf, S Willard Saya Abolition of Passes Would Not Lower Expenses. I ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.' Two r a 1 1 r oad preaiaenta complete! statementa today in opposition to railroad rate reductlone, at the Interstate Commerce commlaBlon'a lnvestiaatlon Into the reasonabllfty OA SI of .tranaportatlon ratea and alsoe'jsrry and Johnson of Caltfor mi A ,w.nt nenlnnved oueationlnaT-.i vB.,uhll...n, a n it U'atinn.' underwent prolonged questioning from Commissioner Bach, who head : their, argumpets. Daniel Wiilard, of the Baltimore -and Ohio, during a long exchange with lowor costs of railroad operation:. the ' commtealoner, 1 Insisted t thftts Could not be attained by abolition of paaaea for railroad emplpoyes, private-caia for executlvea or aim. Ilar alterations of policy because their relative, Importance waa lit tie. C.' W. Felton. 'president of :'th Chloago Great Western, however,, In answer to queauons from vom mlssloner Lewis, aald that "ralj rcflda esnnot He efficient irt tlw employment fat labor until ' the railroad labor board ..which con trola them under the tranaporta tion act, allows them to establish en-;raUe of pay which correaponded lu.xji.- wSWf )MIU .nui.vi. m ilar oeettpatlona . tnvtne coramuni- which the, railroad, serve For-section hands, shop work, era and the .general run ofem plovos whoso occupation - Is not specialized, Mr. Felton said, wages are now appreciably- higher 1 than in enterprises outsiue ., x Both he and Mr. Willard aald that redurtiona of rates on aperiifla commodltlea had so' far failed to stltrulate traffic, flatting . agrlculu. tural product and" steel manufac turera as examples at experimen tation. iVT r . , ' Henry Ford haa expressed the belief that .. railroad , emclencl would be Increased bv llahtanlna engines and equipment, ' Cbmmls-' aioner Each remarked In a. dia- bet-tHon with tha .wltnesa. "Thla implies more train movements evi dently. Do you think youtmlghtJ chair en operations by trying j out" - , : - ' "We've gone exactly eontratT ta ihat theory in all- railroad prtg reaa.-,Mr. , reiton asaertea. $ , "nereaslnflr lhn nixa of Tnenrno'. tlves, adding to the weight ..if" trains and reducing tho,; number of tram movements haa bean the object aought. ltideed, in operat ing a single track line, with no money available for expansion. 1 hare found a temporary aolution heading all freight traina and cut fr difficult problems by double ting the number , of trains In half." I'BVSICIANS DIFFER ON THE VALUE OP WHISKEY CHICAGO. Jan; U. (By the Associated Press. ) Physicians of II states and the District of Colum bta, replying to questlonalrea aent out by the Journal of the. Ameri can Medical association, divided almost equally on the question nf wjiather whiskey Is , a necessary thtrapeutlo agent In the practice of medicine. , ( ", The vote waa in favor of whla- key, but by less than a 12 to 11 hi'iJ? declCd un- neceseary by approximately a threa tat one. maJorltXJtndwlue, waa -on. u.wu UJ .uuui inu 1,1 UI1CS rauu, P.eatrlotlona in prescribing whiskey wcro favored by a majority of ap proximately 13 to 8, M i, SEAT CONTESTED BY HENRY FORD IS PVEN.REPUBLICAN The Senate Vote Favors Truman H. Newberry by 46 to 41. SENATE ACTION IS FULL VINDICATION Nine Republicans Join Democratic Members ' in Oppositiea WASHINGTON. Jan. li. Ha) ' the Associated Preaa.) Ti;utnan H. Newberry waa declared by the aenate today to be entitled to the . sea t which he now - holds and which was made the basis of a, contest by Henry -Ford, hla demo- ; cratlo opponent in the 1818 Mloh- v tgpn. senatorial election. t i. The vote waa ii td 41. 1 : , All of Sentor Neiwberry'a au- porters were republicans. The al most solid democratic membership -were joined by nine re-pufbMcana in opposition. Theee' were: Borah.' Capper. tnjea of -' : Waahlngton;'"' Kenyon, Lkdd, IFollettef - Nor beck, Norrla and Sutherland. ' ".? Senator Nftafberry, In the Jo!,, lowing statement hailed the sen,-' t ate'a actlon,aa a,vlndloatloir My heart ia filled with tank fulnesa that , the threeyeara and, four monthe at proeecutlon , hav ended lh complete vlndtcaxlon and exoneration t myself and all con- cerhed.1' - ,1 . . -.-' -.- " THK-COMPLETE , v ' ItoiaTi tlALU VOfTE ; ,". " The roll call fdllowa: , ' For seating , Senntor Newberry: , Rnpubllcansj ilBall,- Brandegee. Buraum, Calder, Cameron, t Colt. fummlna. Curtla, WUllngham. -Edge, Elkina, .Ernst. FarnaJd, t France,' Frallnghuyaien. Gooding. Hale,. Harreld, Kellogg. Keyt-s, Lunroot, lxidge, MoCormlok, Mo Cumber, McKlnley, Mctan,: Mo-,' Narv. , Neleon. New, -i Nicholson,' Loddle, Pag Pppper, Phlpps, Poln Pdexter. Shortrldge Bmoot, Spencer, Stauflcld Townaend, Wadaworth, Warran, WaUon (Indiana), Wel lor aad Wlllla. -Total 46. ' Against: Republlcana Borah.. Capper. JoneaW- ( Waahlngton ) , Kenfon, r'tadd, jCaFollette, Nor- becje; Norrla ahd Sutherland. To-, tal. nine. -, i - ' Oemocrata Ashurat, Drouseard, Oaraway, (Silbaraon, Dial. Fletch er.' Garry, Olaaa. Harris. Harrison. -Hoflln, HltclicoQk Jonea (New Mexico), King, , MoKellar, Myera. Overman; Owett .Wttman, Pom erene,, Rankdall, " Itoltnaon, Phep pard, Shields, Simmons, TJmith, Swawioo.' TrammfiJJ, Underwood,, Walsh (CMaaoachuaotta) WlsiF -(Montana) and. Wllllama, I Total, ' 33. 1, v.- J Six aenatora wera paired: three republlcana, Crow of Pennaylva--fila; Ihipont -of Delaware and Moaee et New Hampahlre being paired for Senator Newberry, with Senator KenHrick, of Wyaoiing.t Stanley of Kentucky and Reed ot Mkwuri againat., ' 1 Three aenator were absent and not voting. They wera: senators nia. republlcanai And TV,uon. democrat, Georgia. . - -- . ': Announcmnt was made ortgi- , nally that . 'Bfenator Wataon waa ; palfeTl wjth Senator ; Norbeok but later It was announced on the floor that Mr. Watson, did not wish ' aj pair und Senator Norbeck voted. . VThe aenata'a final vots came up on The v following . resolution, amended by Senator Spencer, re- . publican, MWourt, to declara Mr.. Newberry "entitled" to hla aeat i : and BUbstltuUpg tha WlUla amend ment for the original clauae which declared the charges againat Mr. Newberry were not unstained: "(1) That the contest... of Henry, Ford against Truman H. Newberry be, and It la hereby, dismissed! . '(?) That Tryman H. Newberry la . hereby, declared to be duly elected , aenator from tha atate of Michigan for tha' term of six years oommrnc- -big on tha 4th day of March, II H, , and la entitled to hold hla aeat In the aenate of the United States. "t3 That whether the amount expended in this (Michigan) primary waa I1J5.0OO. aa fully reported er openly acknowledged, or whether there were some tew thouaand dol- lars In excess, the amount expanded -waa In either raaeOatmarge, much hreer than o"grit- nasM oeen a- pended. The ceealve aums Ira of auch ex- tn of a candidate, his knowledge cither with or and consent, Bubllo Dollcy, contrary to souii' nful to tha honor senate and danger - and dignity of I nua to tne pe ntulty ot a free gov ernment, suchl exresslve.expendlturee are nereuy sovereiy ponuemaeu m, dlsappreved." I ,.,.. DESIRED A VOTE ON CLEAR CVT 4SSUK Mr. Newberri a statement doflnltf.ly r anawered statements mad during tha closing houre df debate that ba did not approve of the resolution la Its final form. Hla supporters had held that tha condeWatlon tl the use c excessive sun of money, appended to the orlglnarl resolution, merely re stated what the msjority ot the In vestigating cdmmlttee had written in Ita report a rut what Senator Newber ry himself lis- said. Democratic, and republican opponents, boweer, con tended that it placed tha Michigan aenator under a cloud and thty "vers Insistent demands that h be "voted out or in" on a clear cut l,'ua. The end of the Newberry contro versy came at ( "3 p. ra.. and th senators, exhausted from tlia stratr of tha battle,, which had been agea unoeaalngly on the floor and under the eurfsea for days, quit work until Monday. The final vote waa taken after- day of combat unlike any. In recant months and after the democrats and the nine rtpublfcan had made stren uous but futile efforts to upset tha ' program of the Newberry supporters. Throe resolutions, differing in phrase -olnay, but caah decUrtcs the seat va cant, were voted down by exactly h same line up which established Mr, Newberry'a title, to his seat. Taa ouster resolutions were those of Si atora Walsh, of Montanit, and 0f. of Oklahoma, democrats, and Isorrp. of Nebraska, republican, " Wtth tha disposition of the tbjea resolutions. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, prealdsnt pro tempore, begnu tn pat the question which waa to da- ,Ydo taa eomolets the 'sentence, bowaver. b. fore Senator LaFollette. republican. Wiaeeiuln, rose and addressed the -., - ic-rNumO ea r.r rl ., i .1' 1 - .