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COLDEa THE 'ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEILLE CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH -CAROLINA" 16 Pages -128 Cclasas ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS POPE BEflEDiCT 1H nnniL uuiiui i iwui Mental Faculties Showing Signs of Decline Early ? ioaay. , EXTREME UNCTION IS ADMINISTERED Cardinal' Gaspairri . May Be Successor if Benedict Fails to Survive. ROME. Jn. 31. (4: JO a. m.) Bv th Associated Pre.s.)r-The condition of Pop Benedict is slow jy mowing worse and Is now ex- menUl'laou'ltl. r show-i.- (Cnii of decline. Frequently the pontiff, murmur incoherent 'ht'r receiving communion "the mkf,& for extreme unction,' which' was adminlrtewOhortly after 2 ;o'clock hl morning, by Mnnnfmor Zamplnl. ' assisted by r ....urnnr Testonl. At the conelu f .ion of the ceremony the VQntiff railed aionsiBnur ea.iupn lu ... bedside. thanked him and shook till hand. As result of th pope's Insistent appeal, Professor sattis tint left the chamber at 8:40 o'clock for short iest. ,.- ; .r- Pone Benedictearly this mom-I ine (Saturday) 'lay between life and death. Whether the, pontiff rould survive the night -was con sidered problematical , by Profes or Kaffle BattisUai, one.ot the at lending physicians.;; --. .:. Yi- Fresh center Bf pneumonic in-1 fectlon have developed in the lung j f the patient and the catarrh from which he auffera still persists. HI temperature shortly after mid night waa 101 degrees, Breathing was bard and difficult. PNEUMONIA OF l-HE PRVROTiENT TYPE . The pneumonia was localised during Friday a centered In the pontiff's right' lung, but neither lung ww functioning aa the physi cians desired, in consequence of an Immense, accumulation of. Phlegm, which -at timfij threatened suffo cation. The pneumonia 1 describ ed as being of the prurulent or pus 'type. ' ' iy-J :ix -w ny''?n'"':k Through all hlssufferlng the mind of the pontiff remain bright and he ,1s described aa being ex ceedingly cheerful and unafraid of death. "If It pleases the Lord that I shaljl work again for Wa church, I am ready! if he aaya It la enough, let hia will b done,'T the; pontiff said early Friday evening as the cardinals., wer withdrawing from the. sjek'chamber after having paid ; him 'a.1 visit. w-x-rK;.',: Throuihout thr earl hours of Jth evening Benedict was reported to have been fairly comiortaoie, i but a the midnight hour; ap- 1 proached, he became restless. ,- " rounn n mcuuv . in DrcaiuiuH oxygen aaln was administered, This seem i to relieve the patient somewhaU - During the da the holy father received extreme unction and the holy sacrament was. administered A large number of th cardinals and member j of f the diplomatic corps attached , to th Vatican, many o tbem with 'tears in their! eyes, watched the solemn cere mony through the doorway lead ing from the sick chamber into the ante room.' " :--' . f All the cardinals of the curia re mained at the Vatican throughout the afternoon and thi evening a large number of them were present in the ante-chamber to the sick room.. As each cardinal passed about through the adjoining room, he wore an ex tremely anxious look.. -Bishops and priests flocked about them asking for information aa to the condition of the All the cardinals early this evening concurred in the opinion that there stm was a ray of hope, and that the condition of the patient was most desperate. Although his breathing continued difficult the fact that he had been able to throw off some of the congestion In hla lungs brighten ed the spirits of the pontlfleal court during the early evening. The apartment occupied by the pontiff Is the same a that used by Pope Pius X. The window opened on the spacious St. Peter's square, overlooking th whole of Rome. The bedroom of the bod Is the last but fne from th corner. The '.corner mom, now a smalt chapel, was th death chamber of Plu X. The room where Benedict lie 111 .Imply furnished. There- ar a few paint Inn on the wall and a crucifix above the bed. It contain gold fram ed ohalrs. unhntatared In red dainaak, Vnd a email table near the bed. ' ., Amon th -rrtlniit nt the curl who remained In the Vatican through ent the afternoon and during the evening wa Vincent Vannutelll. dean f the sacred college. He said that at a time like this th death of th holy father would be a great calamity. From time to time" he left the other members of the sacred college In the ante-chamber and entered th sick room to bring back the latest new to his colleague. A-.:.-"" "' When the area - sneclallst. Dr. Marohlafava proclaimed that- there till was ar thread of horta for th r ,overy of the pope, an humble , friar of the "do rood brethren" who has heen attending th pop throughout Ms nines wa ven mor sanguine, savins: .--.- .,.. "During my llfeMm work among the sick nd poor I have seen so many recover who looked worse than does in pontiff. To me he doe not snow th appearance of bem a desperate Mysterious Death i Of Harsell Believed Solved jnjlitchell "BUI" Rainwater, Alleged Slayer, Placed in Jail; War. rants for Five Others (Bfrtti CirnrmiiKt. Tit Jiviil CtliMii BAKERSV1LLE. Jan. 20. Lat est developments in the mvsterlous death qf Blaiie L. Harsell," of Bed ford, New York, the rich club man who has been missing since last April, include .the issuance of war rant far several men charging them with the murder .of Harsell, and the arrest of "BUI" Rainwater, alleged "bad man," hy Detective Elmo W. Brim, of Virginia, who hss placed the alleged slayer in jail at Erwln, Tenn., where he is being detained- pending receipt or extradition papers from Governor Morrison. Feeling. has been running high in Mitchell county ever since the death of Harsell and the subse quent charge that ha was brought to an untimely end by lawless peo ple in the Unaka mountains on the head of Pigeoji Roost creek. Citizens have been expressing a strong hope thet the guilty per son be brought to Justice speedily. Charles E. Greene, attorney of this place, has been retained by relatives of the deceased to assist the solicitor In the prosecution. Mr. Greene refuses to disclose the names of those for whom warrants have been issued in the case, but he admitted that five fugitive war rants were taken out, one of which was for Rainwater. PLAN TO PUBLISH CH Nft'S TREATIES FORI IS HOPING QUICK ACTION IN NITRATE OFFER Wants Congress to Act Speedily on Offer to Lease Power Plants. : FLORENCE. Ala., Jan, 20. Henry Ford hopes for speedy ac tion by congress on his proposal to lease and operate the power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals and 1 "prepared to formulate a defi nite plan for the great fertilizer question of the future.".. He tele graphed the southern group of the American Farm Bureau federation in session here. The telegram was read tonight at a banquet here in honor of the delegates and came at the close of a day in wheh the conference had declared immediate resumption of construction work on the govern ment' property' at Muscle Shoals necessary or providing ample fer tiliser tor American farms, he telegram-follows: "t wish to acknowledge receipt of the large volume of letters, and telegram urging m - to accept your Invitation to th conference of the farm : bureau at Muscle Shoals. These letters from farm er of many states ar sufficient of the tremendous possibilities for public benefit which center around Muscle Shoals. After careful con sideration I have reached the con clusion that the interest of the conference and that for which t stand can be served best by meet ing with you after congress has disposed of the Muscle Shoals pro posal. I am hoping for speedy ac tion and am prepared to formulate a deflinte plan for the great fertil izer question of the future. .. Please accent my best wishes for the suc cess of your conference and for the prosperity of the Amencn xarra- er , ; ' An inspection that carried the rlolerates to every unit of the dormant war project resulted In an 'aii." J Whei hamlM When Dr. Marchlafav left the h1 lamher -thla nvehlnv hit wlaled the pope good nlsrht. Benedict smiled and replied: - -. .,.-. ,.,' "I accept this a happy augury," ' . The pontiff's : voice, however, was hoarse, and It was with difficult, that he spoke. --. , During th evening th Marquis Iella Chiesa wa admitted to th sick chamber. ' Pop Benedict asked his nephew to pray for him and the Mar iuls replied that th whole world was praying, . . - -.- ,, ,- ' . r During the day Pope Benedict en trusted hla pontifical will to Cardinal Oasparral, the papal secretary of state, and hie private will to his "Phew, the Marquis Delia Chiesa. Tnls morning the pope expressed to rite a few words to Cardinal' Merry t Del val. .. ... "DINAL QA8ARWI IS v - MENTIONED AS SUCCESSOR " LONDON, Jan, 20. Th Rome newspapers according to a dispatch to the . Central News, exprees the opinio u 1" the event of the death be W 1 g Phon & successor wilt papal secretary tton, it Is added, "'"'port of th Italian the pope's sister. to, also is in. expression of sentiment that the. j nitrate plant are capaDie oi turn ing out sufficient fertiliser ingredi ents to supply a larg part of the farms of America. '. t The ' delegates announced-that they would proceed from Florence to Washington to attend th na tional agricultural conference where their finds on Muscle 8hoala would be presented. - The group meeting was attended by representatives from 18 state. California and Colorado being among those sendln delegate. Each of the southern states regis tered delegates and others cam from the corn and wheat belts of the Miassstppl valley. - In an address before th oonfer snce, Gray Silver, Washington rep resqntativ of the farm buratti de clared that ammonia can b mad In th Muscle Shoals plant "mor surely, more cheaply and mor eco nomically than it can b mad from Chilean nitrate in th olL"- Mr. Silver declared that "a great chemical combine" which had lor year been selling th farmer pig in bags," was opposing Henry Ford's proposal to lea and oper ate th. Muscl Shoal, plants. Th Chemical Interests, h Mid. "had some strong supporter! in th by product coke people. . Mr. Silver named also th alum manufacturer and packer other "opposing Henry Ford and his plan to. help . th . Mention of th Detroit manufac turer's nam Dpugni pruiiMi, applause. ' Tm Bridges Are Washed Away By : .Flood At Murphy Hiawassee Reaches Highest Stage in Sixteen Years,. Say Reports . ricirt c.' i'"?"c,!,"' phy and Cherokee county 1 suffer ing from th effects of one of the worst floods in the history of th action, Two bridges In the vicinity Twaehid rawaj! yest.rd.y by the heavy rain of Thursday, , and , th Jrorlao" to IhVewHW11.; JP ,th Hla.ae river ltn,it.j4,1)oo - Eleveh span of YmJ "yjr rillnmi brtdf Croesljig and the RToSSim line tlnd?. ttCh.rok.,:cV!ffJ MEETS SETBACK Root Would Leave Revi sion Warfare Rules to . Next Conference. REQUESTSTATUS OF SHANTUNG PROBLEM Partial Realization of Harding's Plan Lies in Root Proposal WASHINGTON,. Jan. 2 (By The Associated Press.) The American proposal to lay openly before the world all the treaties and understanding that relate to China met with an unexpected set back today when It cam before the far eastern committee of the arms conference for formal adop tion. Although such a step had been agreed to yesterday "In principle," the problem of defining the exact scope of the agreement precipitat ed a long debate, and after several changes had been mad In the draft presented by th American dele gation final action wa. postponed at the suggestion of Japan. The committee did adopt, how ever, a resolution expressing Uh hop of th powerY that . China speedily would reduce th larg military force now maintained within her borders. That action, the resolution declared was consid ered requisite to any real financial rehabilitation of th Chinese gov ernment . Meantime, in another sub-division of the conference, th ground lork was laid tor another Interna, tional gathering which some dele gates seemed to regard as a partial realisation of President Harding's plan for a - continuing series of meetings to discuss world affairs. The sub-committee ort draft, head ed by Ellhu Root, approved a res olution putting over a revision of the rules of warfare to- a futur conference, which it Is contemplat ed shall be called by the United States in the near future.'" SEEK STATUS OR . ,. SHANTUNG PROBLEM For the first tlm in several weeks discussion of the Washing ton negotiation, broke during the day on the floor of the senate, where a resolution .was presented by Senator Walsh, : democrat, of Montana, asking information about th status of th 8hantung contro versy. ' Both Senators Iode end Underwood, members of the Amer ican delegation, told ,thir col;. leagues the Shantung conversation were near conclusion and, that if they failed there seemed f be no hope to bring the question berore the conference proper.1 s .'i .' On the naval aid of th confer ence, the situation continued un- cnangea, witn japan ; still with holding assent to the article deal ing with Paciflo fortifications. It developed however, that the hitch wa over Inclusion of the Japanese island of the Bonin group under th fortifications "status quo" and that a difference" of view on fh question had arisen between the Japanese delegates and their home government.., ; . v.,vi.. .,.: k Discussion of the treaty publica tion resolution in th far, eastern committee centered about h pro posal to include in the published list of commitments the various commerclsl agreements entered In to between the Chinese authorities and private. Individual, abroad Since th foreign government are not themselves parties to th con tradings, the Japanese suggested it would be difficult to make a com plete compilation of them. It wa To Make Of Oteen Best Hospital For Soldiers Under Building Plans tuintjnK vaae tss as Bvii.1. eims H. . Cf. IWANT) ' WASHINGTON, Jan. '20. The treasury department.: up- .. 1 on the recommendation of the public health service, is going to make out of Otn.- th sol diers hospital at Ashevllle, one of the most trp to dat instl- 1 . tutions of the kind tn th United States. ' ;.. ' Thi correspotidejjt ' was given a look at the plan of , Supervising Architect Wet more's offlc today. iTh al lowance for thi hospital la more than $700J)00 but all of that wtll not go into building. Bids are to be opened Febru ary S, for. th -construction f a fir-prot infirmary - of th largest model at Oteen Oth er buildings will follow.. v" The infirmary Is to be on the sit of the present ward ; I-;. For this purpose several stories will De aaaea to ine en tire building and two hand some wings four stories high constructed about It. . It was stated today that all of the old buildings originally constructed in tho emergency of the war will eventually be torn down and new ones put In their places. Government officials are very much pleased with the Oteen location. The new wings are to contain large sun parlors with southern , expos ures. The buildings to be erected. will be furnished In tile and stucco floors, rein forced concrete and all will be fire-proof. AMERICAN LEGION ASKED TO ASSIST E mm MEN Direct Solicitor To Investigate Legality CHARGEPROTECT nr nmrii TO ENTER OF EXTORTIONATE fITEREST RATES GOVERNOR STATES said, however, that no open oppo sition to the resolution came to the surface, and American spokesmen predicted tonight that It would b adopted. .. .' .-,- in the view of the Chinese, the commitment, to which foreign in dividuals snd not foreign, govern ments r parties Include some of th most" Important of those now exercising an Influence on China's development. Many of th railroad and loan agreements, they say, ar of that character, making, it re quisite that the resolution be of the broadest possible .cop If it Is to accomplish th "show down" as sought by the American delega tion. JlTJ3f.W.Y STOCK MARKET IN, WALI STREET ted t 55. rushing. wate lVws, underbrush, and wreckage r being swept away. - f NEW TORK, Itn. 20. Wall street experienced its first runaway took market or tn new rear to day, on a bullish movement led by independent steel, and Iron, shares. Buying of these stocks .derived Its chief momentum from reports that the several mergers or con solidations projected, by t the ' sec ondary steel Interests of th coun try wer approaching completion. Oulf States fteel and Uenlogle Steel led the field with extreme gains respectively of l-l point! and 10 8-8 points, both reacting harply before th close, however. Fully a score of other steel and Iron Issue, of which Bethlehem, Cruoible, Sloes-Sheffield. Vanadium Republic and iron rroaucts wer most prominent , trailed . along at extreme gain of 8 to t points, showing Irregular reactions at th close. U. 8! Steel, for year th leader of th stock market, got into It stride In the last half of the ses sion an extreme rls of I point to ii being shaded by a one point recession, at the and. EPWORTH WEAGCERS . .,- CLOSE CONFERENCE MEMPHIS, Tnn., Jsn. 2 0, -Tampa,. Fla., was lcted as th next meeting place of th church wide conference of executive offi cer of th Epworth leagu Of th Methodist Episcopal church. South, af, the closing session of th con ferenc her today. a.-u-.-; Resolution, wer adopted for submission to th conference board at Its meeting; - in May at v Hot Springs,' Ark., urging th appoint ment of an international secretary and department secretaries to have charge of mission, spiritual, recre ational and social service , work, and also th naming of tour reg ional secreted, to work in con junction with the field etrt of th leagu in organisation work. Wallace Says Advantage Taken of Farmer in -"Present Crisis." . .WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Farm financing came prominently to thf front today with th announce ment by Secretary Wallace that ha would lay before the national ag ricultural conference next - week charges , that certain . companies loaning money on farm mortgage, were taking advantage of th pres ent crisis to charge "extortionate' Interest rates. At the samt, time th agricul tural department mad public in formation it had gathered for pos sible us of th cqnfrnc show ing that the bank of th United State had outstanding - approxi mately I3.88,81.414 personal and collateral loans to farmer, and II,- 447,m,!8 In , faxn i mortgage. loan at the end of 1S20. ' : . ;.: - "In all line of business" the see retary declared in a statejnent, "we And. predatory .individuals who seek opportunities to take advan tage of the misfortun of others, W enjiect that from men or a cer tain type, hut it is a real shock to not that the.' same sort of thing is prfflf ' being Jdone. by ont tnsur sjte. companiea and ' farm .mort gag loan companies of whom w have a right to expect higher code of ethics." These charges, he added, did hot apDlv to all companies making loans.to farmers for some, ha said, war doing the right . thing and helping the farmers all they could In the - present situation, v Others, however, ' Mr. ' Wallace asserted, emphatically "ar taking advan tage of th farmers" distress to heartlessly, extort a rat of inter est and term of loan .which cannot be Justified." SAYS GOVERNMENT - ; ,v' "DITCHED" FARMERS ': '. '! Oharle S. Barrett, president of th national board of faun organ izations and president of the na tional farmers union, also Issued a statement prepared . foe the con ference delegate in which he de clared th government bad "ditch ed", the farmers because through the federal reserve board and oth er agencjes It allowed a ruinous artificial deflation to bring agri culture to its present ; deplorable straights." - .:' ' ' . Real success for the conference Mr. Barrett asserted would be pos sibly only if a plan : is evolved "through which speedy aid wllj be given the farmers so that, they can continue as producers qf food and clothing materials far this coun- try a Hi. (or a larg part of the world." "It may cost a billion, or several billion dollars to do thi. ha added "but ' the investment must be made." The only , way to avert ruin throughout th world ,he con tinued was to have this year an abundant crop for , which two things were necessary, credits and a fair price to th farmer for their product. ', Secretary . Wallace salso tnad public Hi names of 2 women who he announced, probably would par ticipate in th conference a dele gates. Acceptance already have been received from th majority of them. i hl:.; Among th name mad public wre;. '" 'Mr. I C. ChapptU of Lykesland, 8. C who operates a 600 acre farm devoted to cotton and general far mlng. ,. ,. ';''',?;;,' f,,;;., ' ; VSE EXISTING BANKS ;AS -""'' FARMERS CREDIT SYSTEM WIASH1NOTON, Jan. 21-Criti-clsm of the federal reserve board's policy during th months follow ing, th armistice is coupjed with recommendations j that existing banking agencle b adapted to meet the credit requitiments of farmers In a report - submitted to congress today by the Joint -com mission of agricultural inquiry. The report, the second of a series from ihe commission ' of which Representative Aaderson. repub lican. v Minneota. Is chairman. deals with banking and financial resource of the country, especial ly aa affecting agricultural Inter est. It stresses the Importance of filling th gap between short ana long tlm -credit, and conciuaei that the 'resent' gap can be "af fectively , and safely" bridged "without th necessity of establish lng any new or untried maohlnery and without sacrificing any of th fundamental principles ujon whion both th farm loan systsm and th federal reserve syntem must rest , Reviewing conditions that -have confronted farmer fine tn war, th raport declare: . i - v ; "It is th opinion of the com mission that a policy, of restriction of loans and discounts by advances in the discount rate of th federal reserve banks could and shculJ have been .dopted In th early part of 1019 notwithstanding the dimcuity. wnicn tn treasury, ae part men t anticipated in'- float in J the victory loan if, sucn o-.i'oucy wjr Adopted. -. - . Negro in no Danger of Mob Violence if Return t ed, Declares Morrison. '' " 'I L. .1 '' ' ' WASHINGTON," Jan. 20. Ade quate protection will b given Mat thew Bullock, negro, who is now fighting extradition from Canada, if th Canadian authorities return him' to North Carolina, where he Is. wanted on charges of Inciting to riot, Governor Morrison, of North Carolina, declared here to day. ...... "There is absolutely no danger Of mob violence against the ne gro," the governor said, "but out of abundance of precaution every protection will b given when he I brought back tor trial." The ne gro stands In absolutely no danger of being lynched, the governor added. " ' " ' Governor Morrison forwarded extradition paper, for the negro to the state department before leaving Raleigh last night and h does not plan to oall at the state department in person, but Is con fident the papers will go promptly through the regular official chan nels, to ths Canadian authorities. Seventeen others charged with Bullock in th Norline, N. C riot In January of last year, wr ap relufflded end tried and convicted without any attempt ai moo Tm-1 lence;- th governor sajd. When the first arrest for th riot were mad, th governor asserted, two of the prisoners wer lynched by a small masked mob WlT3 deceived the officer Into believing they wer ready to protect th Jsi! sgalnsc possible trouble. Troops were ordered out immediately and no further sign of mob violence appeared, the governor niif v Bullock, th negro1 now under arrest in Canada, was declared by the governor to be wantd on charge of having been th ring leader in the rlofc "But h will b afforded very ; . precaution-, ' and there Is nothing to hi. statement that he would b in danger of lynching If returned to North Car olina," Oovcrnof Morrison asserted.-..;,' v v.'-.:., : Governor Urorrison is awaiting th arrival of Chairman Page, of the North Carolina highway com mission. Th federal authorities are going to be asked to construct good road -tnrougn tn two na tional forests In the wetrn part of th atat. He aald he would confer witn th North Carolina senators and representatives tomorrow over thi situation. In Order That They May Qet Appointments as Already Earned. WANT PREFERENCE FOR POSTMASTERS Former Service Men at Two Cities About to Be Discarded by O. 0. P. TMamvroa miwe yri i.Hrif.i,a cithsn ( H. S J. HVST) WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The Morehead City poetofflce row tiil goes on. American legion officers are urged to interfere in behalf of Mr. Morris, the ex-service can didate. In a letter to Jno. Thomas Tay lor, vice-chairman of the national legislative committee of th le gion here, Luther Hamilton, a Morehead City attorney, protest the confirmation of C. L. Willis He said: "Aa an ex-service man and founder of this local,, moat of the American legion, and speak ing, In behalf of the legion, I am requesting that you use your per sonal Influence and tha power of your office In protest against hia confirmation. As deducted from the fact it is contended by many that Mr. Willis, the nomine, is neither by experience nor temper ament, qualified for a position of this character, we as representa tives of the American legion, are largely making our contentions on the ground that the organisation merits recognition. If the organi sation is to be recognized only when some selfish political pur pose can be served, then there might as well by no American le gion, it certainly is a slap in the face of the organisation, and it is a repudiation by th author ities in Washington of all th good and commendable proclaimed by them to be in it, LEGION IGNORED IN MANY INSTANCES "Upon reflection jou cannot but observe that in many instances even when national questions were involved, questions affecting some of th very principle that we fought to secure, we have been Ignored. Politics, avaraclous, greedy politics have been th de termining factor In most cases whether local or public in charac ter. .. - , . Of Asheville Klan ERONEOERGER IS Weaver Asserts He Will Enter Primary To Succeed Himself Representative From Tenth N. C. District Said to Have Served Well V.iRlNflTOS tss aihsvu-ls enrisaif rr c SBVI.VT) WASHINGTON. P. C, Jsn, W Certainly It is my purpose to enter the primaries and ask th democrats of the district for the nomination" ssld Representative Weaver, of th 10th North Carolina district, tonight. Representative Weaver made this short but emphatic statement In reply to a telegraphic- Interrogation from friend in Ashevllle. Zeh Weaver has represented his district well and due to his expert. nc In the national eapitol, his friends have requested that h enter th primaries and stand for re-elee1-1 tlon, HJs work in nenaii or ins -soldiers of his district, In fact In be half of the hundreds of thousands of world war veterans, ha brought praise to him from many part, of th nation. It is understood her h will be opposed by J. Beroop Styles, while information wa received hers today that Mrs. C. M. Plait ana captain it. B. Williams have announced they will not ntr th primary. RELEAS SEVERAL ED FR0L1 COUNTS I R WHISK I UP CANADIAN COUNSEL HAS l'LAN TO KEEP NEGRO HAMILTON, Ont., Jan. Counsel for Matthew Bullock, the nesrro. who ia fiahtina- extradition to North Carolina, wher he Is wanted on a charge of inciting to riot, announced today they had mad plans to nav tjuiioc ar rested on a technical charge in New York state In the event he is deported from Canada.' - This, it was explaned, would prevent his being rushed through the state on the way to North Car olina and would giv him oppor tunity to begin a new fight against extradition. Bullock's appeal from th order of deportation issued yesterday has been placed, before Bostock and a decision is expected within th next few days. - COALMEN END ARGUN FOR RATE fftJGES Producers Want Rates Lowered, They Tell : Commerce Body. . - I WASHINGTON, Jan. '20. Coal producer, completed their argu ment In favor of lower freight rate befor the Interstate com merce commission today, snd gave wsy to representatives of th steel industry, the second in the list to he taken up In th general inves tigation 4nlo transportation rate levels. f '.. . Robert Hula, "for Iron and steel manufacturers In th Chicago dis trict, presented the , genersl con clusion that "prewnt freight rate are a burden which ha undoubt edly contributed to th existing de pression in Industry.' H express ed th opinion that th commission should protest th earning power of th railroads, but declared that next to coat, stel wa th com-modify- which should b considered in nyj rat reduction found pos sible. . , - y y'- -v (--: . Throughout " the discussion of eoal rate,- the ooromlssion and ex part, anticipating- .ought fact as to Impending wag reduction, and nowlhilltie o fa stnse about ""In this particular case, th ex- service - man, Morris, ; has every ining to commend 'him to the sen ate qxcept the political faith of tne majority- of that body, - x In in examination given, he surpass u in BWWn,..auv Willi. ' ln the val tie and character of service rendered th government " there can, d n comparison between th twd candidates. ., .. , "All right thinking men'ln this community and all ex-servle men In thi state, who are acquainted with the affair feel very keenly and with strong resentment the injustice that is about to b done." .The odds are with Willis. , National Committeeman Morehead has recom mended him. A similar case ' is now pending, either t th postofflc department or at th White House. This I at Elkhv where French W, Graham, a gallant and able young -ex-aervlee man has mads ths highest grade and leads his two republican competitors, one of them by more than three points, and tjt other nne bv stout nine points. It I said that the local republican organization will endorse one of the lowest men. and refuse to endorse Graham, purely bee us hs hss exercised the right of an Amer ican cltisen to choose the democratic party, ... - - . A WANT SSTIOrt FROM ' A N, C. LCQIONNAIRES , The attention of American legion officials and members In North Caro lina I called to these two cases with the hope that they will communicate with th commander and the national legislative committee of the American legion here at Washington with a vlewlof trying to Induce them to really and earnestly fight for the young x-servlc men wgo nave rair- ly ana squareiy, ana on sneer mern More- won the postmaMersnip. at neaa city ana KiKin . . It wa aasenea ioaay ny nemo cratlo leaders (hat unless th Amer ican legion can bring the force of its orxanlsatton and public opinion to bear strongly enough on the sdmln- istratton to compel it 10 give inw two ex-service men their, lmple rights, the republican administration Is going to kick them both aslds a It ha already started to do and put In republican local politicians and In both of , the offices, ss it has done In many other postofflc appoint ments made In North Carolina during the past yesr. , CONFIRM MICHAEL FOR ' WEAVERVIULS OFFICE These confirmations were mane to dev. Lindsay H. Michael, at Weav ervllle, and James L, DsvenDOrt, St Jamesvllle. ' . .Senator Pat Harrison, one of th most attractive speakers In congress, lodsv accepted an InvlUMon to speak at Wilmington st the dedication or a monument to the New Hanover county soldiers who d ed In th World war. He was Invited by James H. Cowan and R. T. T. 2?' of a enmmlttee who cams here for that purpose. uaw nnrt Bli-lTfjF. , STREET CAR STRIKE ' RICHMOND, Va., Jan.' 20 Steps to bring about a settlement of the strike of employes of th Virginia Railway Power company In Rich Norfolk, and Portsmouth ..in ha dismissed at two confer ences to b held in.Rlchmond to-1 morrow. - MaxOJ Alnelle has railed a meeting of the member, of the city council to. be held tomorrow morning to discuss th general sit uation. - , , ; . ... At the same tlm, officials of th traction company will meet to talk over the Norfolk situation and prepare an answer to th ulti matum laid down by th Norfolk city council, which hag Informed the Virginia Railway and Power company, that If it falls to run its cars as scheduled, It wj.ll revoke the six cent fare franchise and put th price back to the original flv cent basis, and also allow Jitneys to operate in all section, of the city. y.y .s. ;:,!,.;:', EXTRADITION CASE IS UNDER CONSIDERATION OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 20. Hew art Bostock, acting minister of tne interior declared tonight the ex tradition ' cas of Matthew Bul lock, a negro who Is wanted, in North Carolina on a chargs of In citing to riot, was still under 6on- Ideratlnn. . , ,. ; . . , . ALLEGED NG SHOOTS T01 IN GEORGIA Oane of Outlaws Visit Blackshoar, Keep up ... Heavy Fire. " BLACKSHEAR, Oa., Jan. 2. A gang of men, believed to b members of a whiskey dlrtllllng ring, t an early hour this morn ing visited this city and procesded to shoot up th business district. Manv arueats at a local hotel had narrow escapes from bullets when the building was subjected to a heavy fir. Ten other building In th city wer riddled with bullets. Trier wr no casualties; ' ! Th hotel was owned and oper ated by Mr. J. W, Robertson, wide ow of ths former sheriff d the mother of Sheriff onn, itoDtrson oi this county, H .: (-- -y -v:-' The - postofflc window ; wr brbken by a bullet a wer th windows of the Blackshear Drug company, Strickland Brothers compsny,' S. K. Cohen and Dr. Q. Hendry. No one was Injured and th men who did th firing, es caped. ,,' Former Sheriff Roberson was killed last August In raiding an Il licit etlll near here and the at tack on the town cam within few hour, after th on,' who suc ceeded the officer, had selted a larg copper still during a raid. The firing started about 1:30 o'clock and lasted tor 20 minutes. Pistols, shotgufia and Winchester rifles being used by th outlaws. It lsvnot known how many men wer In th party and it is believed that they wer traveling In an au tomobile. No arrest . hav been made by1! Pierce county authorities. Ths gang evidently waited out side the city limits until th local powerhouse cut off its lighting sys tem for the night. With th town In total darkness, th gang swooped down firing at random. There was little , shouting above the roar of th barking weapons. Residents on the outskirts of the city say a speeding automobile left the town after the shooting had ceased. They say.it was heavily , loaded with men.. , -j. i , . Attention was first, given io the Marion hotel, owned and operated by Mrs. John W. Robertson, VIdow of Sheriff Roberson of Plerce. wlio was shot and killed last- rtummer when : raiding a still nesr her. She Is the mother of Olln U Rob erson who succeeded hla father In office a sheriff. - Th band then proceeded further into th business ectlon firing at will and in' every direction. All plat glass windows and window, in th posrofflefe were broken, aim the- windows of" the Blackshear Drug store, Strickluitd Brother, company, the store cf Cohen and th offlc of Dr. O. T. Hendry. Other buildings wer also damaged. Legionnaires To ' Erect Memorial To Late Leader Will Honor Memory of Late Commander F. W. Galbraith, Jr. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 20--Construf.tlon of a memorial In Cin cinnati to th lata F. W. Galbraith. Jr., former national commander of the American legion, was author ised today by the legion's national executive committee. An appro rrlaMnn of 125.000 for th me morial, which will be build on a alt overlooking the Ohio river, wa authorised. The committee also designated October. 1 to 80 as th dates for the fourth annual convention which i to b hold in New Orleans. ' The first day of the conference of departmental offloers who-assembled this morning was devoted to discussion of the plight of dis abled World' war veterans - and plans for their relief. , ' The United States veterans' bu reau , was criticised . by several sneakers. ' Julius K. Lynch, of Nor folk, Va.. declared th trouble was net so much with the bureau but the bureau was left too mucn, in the hands of Brigadier-General Bawyer. President Hardlng'a per sonal physician. - General Sawyer wa cnaracterisea oy tn- paner as a "man whom hod not donned the army uniform until two years after the armistice was aUnad." 'KZ5Zr Judge Shaw Rules' Cases Charging Kidnapping put of Court. . NO NEEDOF SECRET LAW ENFORCEMENT Scores Loafing, Traffic in f Vice and Violation - Liquor Laws. Directions to Solicitor Gorg M. Priichard to Investigate th le gality of th k"u Klux Klan a s organlsation in this section, an 1 bring a bill of indictment again t the leaders and member, if In hi -opinion, such Is warranted, wer . 8lven yesterday by Judge Thorns J. Bhaw In Superior court. ' "Ther Is no need for a secret law sod order society." JudK- 8haw said In ruling, but "there i- no doubt about th need of a law enforcing organisation , In I th, town."- , t , ' i ': Th ruling, handed down eari yesterday - morning, freed ' L. i . Froneberger, organiser of th loc i klan, of charge against , him c kidnapping, conspiracy to' kidnap (mi arrest and imprisonment. 1 th ruling the court maintain that vn It th klanaman w found guilty, ' tt would only I technical guilt, and as such n. punlshabl by law. :,,4 -;v;fc;--,.., The charge grew out of th r turn from Saluda, 40 mile dlstan of two whit women who had bc e Treated here and' after maki bond, left the city. Mr. Fronehn ger was identified as one of t party of men who returned the JUDGE GIVE ' ... VIEWS OF KLAK ' i Judge 8haw, , speaWng of t: klan.1 said: : "Ther Is - no rsasnn why n Standing men. gentlemen, shoi go Into a secret organisation in c der to become law enforcers necessity for that It la only amc th lawless that the secret orgi satlon 1. necessary.'1 "And It does not make any 1 ference," h continued, after daring an Investigation, "ho many , men there ar in it, or h prominent or how Influential h may be that: does not hav an thing to do with it." ' Solicitor ' Pritchard was ahei from court all day yesterday on count of illness, and no atatenx could b secured from him 1 night. Thomas 8, Rollins, forn solicitor, appointed by the be to erv until th return of A Pritchard: could not make Statement for th latter., - ; c-peaKing op, tne kian s aetiviii" Judge Bhaw characterired the i dictinent and trial of th organ i a. "aid issue," to "try to H out about it, snd go out in t skirt of it." The complet ruling of th con follows: : ,.!.-,-.-'---,-;.-,.! . "Gentlemen of th Jury. X thi th Juror : had th right id sbout this yesterday. - If th p tie. did, what those women e they did,' it Is a case of technl guilt: but they did what good v pie , would expect them to under th circumstance. " "Whsn w started Into this c I thought, thi was a big c and the Couiual hav been tr lng it ss if it wer a big rase. "It 1 in evidenc that th -fendant is at th head of so. organization here. It doen make any differenr what h t at the head of, so far as this -Is corfi:ernedj it doesn't add to '" detract from the merits of th CSiie. , y "If he la at the head af n il legal organization, it 1 th dm of the solicitor to send a bi, gainst him and against th mem -bers of the organisation, and V us try th question straight on snd not upon a slds issue. I don t know whether he is or not. t want to ssy, as far as this court, is concerned, th court welcomes law and order leagues,: unit" whatever nam they may assume provided they ar. organised ac cording to law, , and : opsrate i within the law: but If a coneein or organisation arts in violation of the law, then they hav no placo tn the enforcement of th law. CM man Paul v had that about right. Hs.lsald, 'Let us do not evil that good may come.'- And that prin ciple, gentlemen of th Jury, run through th administration of the law. and the very, highest princi ples down to th lowest; and no man or set tit men, no matter how great their purposea may be. can aid society -and - advance society and help society by doing some thing that is in order to protect th people, in order to - enforce th law. TfXIiS OF CHARGES , . AGAINST WOMEN "it this is a lawless organisa tion, 1he solicitor knows th facts and circumstances; h know, who Is at the head of it, ha knows som of ths member of it, snd let him send a bill against them and investigate the question as ti whether It is a lawless organiza tion or not; but, so far. as this case is concerned, ther isn't a thinking man in your, town 'but what know when thee womei gave bond put up a pitiful ben t of $200 that, they wsra lea vine this country and you don't blaraa them that is a ; part , of their business, gentlemen that is' one of th plans, when they ar eaujthr. in a place: to give bond, usuaib cash bond, and go on, ard not come back any more. Insofar they wer concerned, jt was prac tically a straw bond,;, that is -an It was. s. ".v.. ;T "' ?'' "These mn didn't hav right to go down there aid art' themthey didn't hav any rit to do that. If they did it: but, I said in the beginning, It la K a. case of technical guilt. VI they did. whlls it may b in v!r r-
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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