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THE ASHEILLE CITIZEN
. ' DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" .
12 Pages 96 Colmns
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ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
S
ment Vast
Water Power Area
Here Is Predicted
POSSIBILITY
NEAR
on
E,
ENGINEER STATES
Only Small Part of Power
in Appalachians Be
ing Used.
ESTIMATE TOTAL
13t539i(00H. P.
Area' Would Extend to
Washington, Nashville,
and Macon; , ,
Development In the southern
Appalachians of tha super-power
area or lM4 non-iwer-1.839,000
developed,' 11,700,000
potential 1a a possibility of the
not fa- distant future,- Major War
ren E. Hall, In chary, of the Uni
ted States and North Carolina geo
logical survey ti Ashevillef told the
executive committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday, in re
viewing recent -Investigations.
The area would extend from
Washington southwest to a point
midway betwee Birmingham and
Montgomery: the e.-.storn line ex
tending south-westerly, via Rich
mond, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro,
Bumter, Aiken, Augusta, Macon
and Montgomery, and the western
line to Nashville and - Muscles
Shoals to Birmingham.
Such a survey Major IIa.ll said,
has recently been completed by the
United State geological survey for
the area from Washington north
to Boston, giving in detail the po
tential horse-power of the various
streams, and the co-ordination of
the various power units. .
. The Idea of this northern super
power sons wu cpncelved by W. 8
Murray, and after a few years of
effort an appropriation was secur
ed with which engineers were
placed in the area to secure the
Information on potential power
possibilities.. "rf" fr & ;4 ' v
This data has been secured from
the government reports, and while
estimated, the figures are, believed;
Major Hall said, to be .conserva
tive. With the development by the
survey of 1 definite ! data on the
super-power ' line, this area, he
stated, would attract manufacture
in IndustrlM from all Darts of the
Iountry. , , , ,
I WOl'LO BE GREAT
V It Is estimated that 20 per cent
Mh1 ftt.l iannWaji Al th rail.
road is required to deliveV It to
destination, and this would be
javed In the' use of . electrical
energy, which could be transported
over the power lines at a tre
mendous saving. . Auxiliary steam
plants would, be placed at or near
the coal mines to furnish power to
the super-line at low water periods
in order to maintain at alliimes
the constant potential power. Fac
tories and added population, with
the raw material and the finished
products of the factories, together
with the added freight that cornea
with artded population, Would fur
nlrh enormously increased freight
lor the railroads, he declared
Within the superpower son north
of Washington, the report furnished
the late Secretary Franklin K, Lane
hy w. 8. Murray and other states
the are 36,000 miles of railroad
measured as single track, that is,
including each mile of tracks In main
lines, yards and sidings, and that of
this total about 19,000 miles can b
profitably electrified so as 'to yield
tiy 1910 an annual saving of $1,000.
(IM. as compared with the cost of
operating with steam...' The oapltal
rxpendltnre neoessary to electrify the
W.Oflo miles, the report continues.
TOuld ln $570,000,000, so that the
overage return upon the Investment
inr this purpose would be 14J per
cent. ('
Major Hall stated that the saving
of coal was almost staggering, ac
cording to the report, which stated
that r,on comparing the coal rates
of power production In 119 with those
of the super-power system, and ap
plying tha difference to the load that
will exist in 130, we find that the
coal saved annually under the super
Powr system may be estimated as
follows: Blectrlo utilities. 19.14,000
'"ns: heavy traction railroads, J0.
-10.000 tons; manufacturing indus
'ries. :o,2R,ooo tons, or a total of
vr;;''"" tons." .
,ST WATER POWER -f
YET UNDlVELADin
The developed power, and the pe
'"'I power with .storage, In the
various southern states, are as fol
Many May Talk On
One 'Phone Line
By New Invention
"Superphone" Demonstrated
To Army Signal Officer
At Washington
TO
DESTROY
BLOC
CONE
E
AIM
HIKER
New Treaty With Germany
To Be Nego tia ted Under
Decision Of President
Committees Appointed at
First Session Get -;
DowntoW&rk.
MORNING SESSION
GIVEN TO SPEAKERS
l By TUB .IStOCIATCD MET)
WASMVUTOX, Jan. 54. The "su
perphone," an apparently simple at
tachment for telephones which is said
Gompers Declares Farm
ers Entitled to Reward
for Services.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 84. Th.i
national agricultural conference
which opened here yesterday with
to assure ahsoiuto secrecy of com-frt nn,n . work on details thtS
munk-auon and security, from inter- .down to work on deta'ls Ui
ruptions and make possible multiplex
telephony, was demonstrated today
in the office, of the chief signal of
ficer of the army, it was shown that
one telephone line to which "super
phones" were attached could be
used or a number of conversations
simultaneously, ends that no pair of
speakers could hear or Interrupt an
other pair.
The. ' aiiperphone," It was explain
ed, has ben developed under the di
rection of It. V. Duncan, jr.. chief
engineer of the signal corps research
laboratory of the bureau of stand
ards, assisted by S. Isler, assistant
radio engine. It is based on "wired
wireless" or "line radio," Invented
about ten years ago by Major-Qeneral
Oeorge U. Soulier, chief fcignal officer
of the army, and consists of a small
portable set of Instruments ' which
may be installed In any office or resi
dence in a few minutes and connect
ed directly with existing telephone
lines.
SHOP RULES ARE
TOBEREdEGTED
UNION ORDERS
Due to Controversy Over
' TiWand Half for All
Extra Work.
itwn'.a.
Georgia ....
Tennessee .,
J tlarollna ,
Carolina
'rgima ....
w- Virginia
Kentucky ....
Total
Developed Potential
borne- Power with
storage
l.Jflfi.IKH)-
1,200,000
power'
M0.000"
843.000 1
222.000 ;
43.000
. $70,000
167.000
80,400
14,400
l.sno.ooo
l.soo.ooo
. i.mooo
7,W0.000
4,000,000
f 40.000
i .. 1,,K , 11.700.000 ;
developed water "power.,-,' 1.R9.009
roientlai water power... 11.700,000..
Total water power 1.1.3.0OO
, horsepower
a straight line- extending front
ashington through - Asbeviile and
..u,n uuwn to rwo pig wrr
1 ''wers on Coosa, river, , in eentrsl
i almost exactly spilt - the
i JUiheastern water power area. '
"-r u.muv.uto water norse-powsr
ouid be available to a ' super-power
-extending along the line went
ST abovs. ' . "
' he coal area lies along the western
w'indary of the water power area.
y Placing stea power planW at
mpth ef mines. asrtiuoh auxiliary
??wtr as desired would be in easy
reach of the proposed power line.
, J his super-power line weuld split
southern Appalachian mountain
system, where much of the best and
i.?pBt 'ter Powers are located
hevil J, the center of the moun.
i i?r'slon- 11 estimated that over
J.OflO.ooo water horse power is in easy
transmission reach of Ashevtlle.
It should bs understood that th
Potential OnWir wauM nnW kmAUnt
Jt" about 6,000,000 horse power, unless
compete storage of. the rivers is
"Ken advantage of. Also it mnst be
JJnderitood that the figures mentioned
iata cases en very megr
proposition. Is tremendousv arid
a complete .survey must be made of
'ns water powers; Individually and
TOUeetively before absolutely accurst
. .;. , ICmHsmS m tu lisai
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 fBy the
Associated Press.) Rejection of
all railroad shop rules recently
promulgated by the United States
railroad labor Board, which cut
time and one-half pay for extra
work from the shopmen's wages,
was ordered today 'by the com
mittee of one hundred, acting for
the six railway shop crafts.
In a circular issued to the 600.
000 shop workers in the country,
the committee ordered new dis
putes Instituted with the railway
managements immediately over
these xules and, failing an agree,
ment. the disputes were ordered
taken to the labor board for hear
ingt ThfS clreulgi' wa signed by
the international presidents of the
six shop crafts unions.
Of the seven tejected rules, the
greatest dissatisfaction centered on
Rulo , providing straight time for
regularly assigned work on Sun
days and holidays. This work was
previously paid for at time and
one-half. The committee pro
posed a substitute rule, reinstating
time and one-half.
. Th board's new rules covering
employes assigned to emergency
wprk and to fill temporary vacan
cies at outlying points were. also
rejected by the committee because
they took away certain pay pro
visions contained in the old na
tional agreement made during fed
eral control. Under Rule ,10,
emergency employe are paid for
time worked in accordance with
the practice at the home station
and straight time for all time wait
ing or traveling.
UNION DIRECTS
INSTITTTION OP DI8PCT&
The oinion committee directed
institution of a dispute to rein
state time and one-half and double
time to;over all time spent on the
emergency assignment, whether
working, waiting or traveling. .
Similar provisions will be asked
In disputes to be copated over Rules
it 14. nnnlvlne to men - as
signed to temporary vacancies at
outlying points and to men on road
work who leave and return to
their home stations daily.
The board's new rule allowing
the carriers' to require a physical
examination for all applications for
employment was slso remanded to
the system federations to re-ncgo-tlate
with the individual roads.
The committee directed that the
dispute be Instituted to have this
rule modified, "in the interests of
the employes."
a cthr imnortant rule by which
the board nade it possible for the
roads to hire any man familiar
with the use of tools as a car re
pairer came under fire by the com
mittee. A new ruie i inun
Whinh the carmen are di
rected to open negotiations. The
proposed rule would allow help
ers and helper apprentices with
less than four years' experience to
bo advanced to mechanics grade,
and If more men are needed, men
wtth experience ithe use o f me
chanics' tools court be hired. TnJ
would eliminate the hiring of any
carpenter who nan not nau. me
.h.nlml emerionce.
. Thirty-three other rules were
accepted, subject to interpretation
which the committee placed upon
th remaining rules
vwrn'sgreed to. Some revision of
certain of the overtime rules was
tiVedv. as they were
found to permit of different inter
pretations as they stand at present.
officials, however, de.
clared there was little likelihood
i.tutir,ir nv of the time ana
one-half provision wiped out by
.the board. ,r:, - -
1 .m nut unve ' '
X' " TO END SURTAX
. ' Vv.T.TmTitA ' 8. C, Jan. 24. By
Agreement of the house of represen
St'vevof the South Caro Un. genera,
?X the senate this afternoon the
state raUroad commission was called
on to nport to the general assembly
afternoon When the committees ap
pointed at tlie first session held
their first meetings. The morning
wos given over to an open session
marked by addresses by Sugere
Meyer, jr., Jlanaglng director of
the war finance corporation; Cf.
F Warren, of Ithaca, N. Y., who
has ' Just completed a study of
European conditions; Wesley C.
Slitchell, New York, economist,
and Herbert Myrlok, of Springfield.
Mass., editor of Farm and Home
Another open session Is to be held
tomorrow morning.
The first signs of differences 11
the conference appeared after thi
defeat today of a motion by v.
Waramaker, of South Carolina, for
nppointment of a committee on
resolutions. This motion was de
feated on the ground that the
committees already appointed were
expected to conslder.resolutlons.
Mr. Wanamaker issued a formal
statement later, attacking the con
ference and declaring "about ail
the farmers and farm leaders have
to do In this conference Is to shake :
hands with the President, meet
some official dignitary and partake
of a little ice cream and cake and
then go home."
"Selection of committees has
been made in such' a manner," Mr.
Wanamaker said, "as to suggest
that those responsible for such
service are either totally Ignorant
of the qualifications of the dele
gates or have lent themselves to a
cut and dried and well baked
scheme to prevent the forward
looking farmer representatives
from bringing any good whatever
from out of the conference."
PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY '
BI-OC, SAYS MEMBER
He was "confident,' he contin
ued, that it was "the purpose of
those responsible for the confer
ence.'to destroy the farm bloc."
"The President's address In
opening the conference," he 'con
tinued. Indicated very clearly that
such was the purpose."
' The committee meetings this aft
er roon were held ' behind closed
doors. It was expeoted they would
bw-eupied chiefly today wITtr-or-ganiration
and,- perhaps, prelimi
nary surveys of the work assigned
to them.' Twelve major commit
tees and their chairman were ap.
pointed yesterday and these were
expected to divide themselves InU
a number of sub-committees t
work on details of their : various
assignments.
The committees in organizing to.
day provided in many cases for
distributing - the subjects before
them to sub-committees. .
Probabb one Question In which the
delegates are as a whole interested is
tnat of commodity financing. One
member of the committee on aarlcul-
turaT credit and 'Insurance which ha
in is subject under consideration sug
gested a plan probably could i work
ed out to provide for commodity loans
running irom six montns to tnree
years. His proposition would provide
for the warehousing, grading and In
spection of commodities, indorsement
of commodity paper presented - by
farmers by their local banks and the
handling of this, paper through the
teaerai rarrn loan oang system which
would either discount it through the
federal reserve system or Issue de
bentures against the loans In the form
of certificates of Indebtedness to be
sola on tne open market.
FORM OF CREDITS
IS BEFORE COMMITTEE
Taa committee also has at Its dls
posal the report of the Joint congreS
slonal inquiry- commission recom
mending an Intermediate form Of
credits which would give the agricul
tural producers working capital.
Livestock producers In one ctsn
under consideration would have 'their
paper discounted by the local banks
and reatscounted by the farm loan
banks, through the federal reserve
system. On other commodities one
plan would have loans made direct to
farmers through co-operative loan as
soclations, the commodities being
covered ny proper warehouse receipts.
j. ugaen Armour, umoago pacKer,
met today with the committee on
argrlcultural research and education
and their reoort. It Was Indicated.
probably would point out that while
further research along all lines is
needed, special attention should be
directed along economic lines,
Proposals already put forward In
the conference to endorse Henry
Ford s -offer for Muscle rihoals and
completion of the 8t. Lawrence Great
Lakes waterway project are expected
to be considered by a enb-cominltte
of the transportation committee.
A movement to have the conference
endorse extension of the war finance
corporation by congress for another
year also is streaay. under way. .
ciamation era Wire, co-operstlve or.
aanlastlon. of -farmers and taxation
are some of the other matters under
discussion Dy committees
Representative Bumnera, of Texas,
today submitted to the. conferences
committee on markets' suggestions for
establishing the business on a basis
of "relatively permanent economic
strength and of bringing about econo
my and uniformity In the sale of dis
tribution" of commodities. . His sur-
gestions included standardisation of
agricultural commodities With refer.
ence to their use rather than "for
future board transactions," and - that
ef the warehouse system under which
commodities could be granted, stored
and guaranteed In assignable receipts
and sales through a marketing agenay
by-grade classifications with delivery
from warehouses of original or K3-
Mr, Bumners ' also suggested an
'adjusted credit system; supplement.
lng but not suplantlng existing credit
extending facilities," to provide "a
lonser time credit at a fair interest
rate" to carry commodities for order,
ly marketing," he proposed that the
agencies he suggested be eo-ordlnsted
to function ss a unit In facilitating
sale ana distribution ot term products
fiamuel Qompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, offer
ed a resolution' In the oflrnmttlee on
agricultural and price relation to as.
cir. that men ensased In tne agrl
cultural ftett weeWesUUad to a large
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (By
the Associated Press.) A new
treaty between the United States
and Germany, to create a com
mission for arbitration or pnvaie
damage claims growing out of he
world war, probably will be ne
gotiated under a decision report
ed to have been reached tonight
at a dinner conference at the
White House between President
HardlnsT. Secretary Hughes, and
republican leaders of the senate
and house.
Another new administration
policy said to have been agreed
upon was for a loan of $5,000,
0U0 to Liberia.
The Uenoa economic confer
ence, the treaties resulting from
the armament conference,, and
other international problem. It
Uvaa. said, were not discussed at
the conference, wnicn was report
ed to have been confined to the
war claims arbitration and Liber-
la n loan questions.
Negotiations on the proposed
arbitration treaty were not defi
nitely decided upon, but President
Harding was said to have Indicated
that the suggestion of a new
treaty probably would be adopted.
Under the treaty of Berlin, by
which the United States concluded
peace with tiermany, tho United
States reserved the right to join
wtth the allies In arbitral commis
sions already established abroad
for tho adjudication of war claims.
The question of the United States
Joining In this commission was
said to have been thoroughly can
vassed by the President with Sec
retary Hughes and the senate and
house leaders, many of whom are
members of the committees deal
ing with foreign relations. If
America wa-s to participate in the
established arbitration commission
under the treaty of Versailles, it
was said that action within three
weeks would be necessary. lie
Cause of the recognised hostility
of many republican senators to
any sort of participation in en-
I gagements of the Versailles treaty
the consensus of opinion at to
night's conference was said to be
that action under the treaty of
csWhs4 m sm Tvcl
ATE IS VICTOR SIMMONS AGAIN
RST CLASH IN
Taxes'.
GREENSBORO. Jan. 24 The
fitate of North Carolina drew first
blood in the railroad tax cases
starting here today, winning a
clean cut victory in the prelimi-.
nary skirmish.
After a day of stubborn fight
ing, the court, a special One, con
sisting of three federal judges, an
nounced that individually and col
lectively, unanimously - the court
refused the railroad's plea for fur
ther amendment of the bill of com-
?",". .r;( R'Mre.nt on Pull
mn has not been ordered ,r.
dured in South Carolina
The resolution declares ht ther
state -tsflros " eemmlislnns notabiy
'
BONUS
S
P
RAIL TAX G A S E S EX-SERVICE MEN
.
Court Eef uses Plea to Re-1 Formally Presents Five
strain Collecting of u way Adjusted Plan in
FIRST OF MMiSiberian Question
Is Settled Quickly
By Arms Conference
L. "
GLOSE OF PARLEY
WITHIN WEEK IS
HELD PROBABLE
FOR UNIVERSITY!
First Annual $75,000 Pay-,
ment of Professor- I
ship Fund.
LOT AND$T0,000
GIVEN FOB HOTEL
U. S. Senate.
Big Building Program Is
Going Through in Rec
ord Time.
rmM sswi imi.tj
T&moaotM sirrsL
i IROCt URMBt)
TtALKIGH, Jan. 24. Announce
ment by President Chose that the
first annual 176.000 payment of
Keenan professorship money had
just been received, and an offer of
John Sprunt Hill, of Durham, to
g!vf $10,000 and a lot towards the
erection of a first class hotel at
Chapel Hill, were two gratifying
pieces of news breaking for the
annual meeting of the board of
trustees of tho university today.
Thirty-seven trustees were pres
ent, and the reports from Presi
dent Chase and committees were
out of the ordinsry In tho way of
furnishing the board good news.
In the absence of Oovornor Morri
son, who Is In Charlotte, George
Holdernessv of Tarhoro, presided,
lltnry M. London, of Raleigh, act
ing as secretary.
Dr. Chase's annual report deal
lnr with the continued growth and
I progress of the university Informed
tm trustees tnat tne insiiiuiion
million and a half dollar building
program Is going through on record-breaking
time. The entire
procram will have been accom
plished by April, 1923, and the four
big dormitories, accommodating
80 students, two to the room, will
be ready for occupancy by the
opening of the next term. Fifteen
hundred sixty-two students are
ator Simmons.
Carolina, ot the five way adjusted
compensation plan as an amend
ment to the pending measure pro
viding for refunding of the war
time loans to the allied powers.
With the exception of provis
ions for payment of the bonus, the
Simmons amendment Is identical
law .U h 1,111 ...V.I..K ,
, ..u , . a i i Willi uiu uuiiuo uiii nnw.ii " '"3
plaint with which the Southern, L..i, ... h. .,,. i.. .,,
Atlantlo Coast line. Seaboard. Nor-T ir ' h. r.rAmmiii.4 t th
folk Southern and Atlantic and
Yadkin seek to have the state tax
commissioner restrained from col
lecting taxe on a valuation they
claim . Is excessive, complaining
that th taxes of other property In
the state has been reduced, while
that ot the railroads has remained.
M over-valuation,, .,V ; -: : -. '-.
The decision oame after a day
f ' argument', the railroad attor
neys holding that the road have
been habitually and systematically
discriminated against in that their
property Is ' assessed at a higher
rate than that of persons, a com
posite affidavit being offered, com
plied from 9 JVortn. garonna coun
ties, secured from registers ot
deeds, offices with what purported
to be the actual sale value of
every niece of property over 11.000
changing hand between January l.
121 and June 80, 1921, the affi
davit reciting ' that the difference
between the totals of sale values
and actual tax values was over ten
million -dollars, sale totals being
over thirty millions.
--- The court wa unanimous in re
fusing to allow amendment, also
turning down another proposed
amendment a to the unconstitu
tionality ot the income tax. The
hearing ' will proceed tomorrow,
with the Southern case coming
first. Hundreds of thousands of
dollar are Involved, . ,
Aorry General Manning, for
mar iustice ot the supreme oourt,
George H. .Brown, ot Ashevllle;
Judge W. P. Bynum, ol ureens
boro, presented the state' case to
day. S. R. Prince, Washington,
T. V. Davis. Raleigh; W. B. Rod
man, Norfolk, and Murray Allen,
Raleigh, represented the railroads.
Judge Edmund Waddlll, Jr.. Rich
mond, circuit court of appeals.
Judge H. G. Connor, Raleigh, east
ern .North Carolina 4 federal dis
trict, and Judg Jame A. Boyd,
Western North . Carolina district,
are hearing the case.. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The
question of a bonus for former
kntirl n a tii u nn lii mam fnim 11
RI!"k-.1.."' ! Wit!? OFFER
kill UUfjII HllJ 1114 UlJt'UII J J "
democrat, North
G. 0. P. Body Yet
Owes Big Sum On
Harding Campaign
National Committee Still In
Debt To Sum of
$708,161.32
CilirAGO, ,lan. 24 (The Associat
ed I'rens I -The reDUblhan national
committee still owes T0g.l81.S3 for
the campaign of 1M which rcsuueo
In the election of President Warren
U. Harding, according to figures made
piibllo today by Fred W. t'pham, na
tional treasurer.
This, amount will be reduced Thurs
day, 'however, when Mr. Upham
niMia the New Kncland finance com
mittee ot Boston to report funds
raised since their last report. Mr.
Upham will sail from New Vork, Bat
nrdav. to sDend s two months vaca
tion in Kurope and Africa, and final
reports will not bo made until no re
turns, April I.
The outstanding Indebtedness In
cludes $681,860 borrowed from the
New Tork Trust. Empire Trust, and
Chase National Bank, of New Tork;
$137,600 borrowed from the First Na
tional and Old Colony Trust, of Bos
ton, and $14.1111. S3 borrowed from the
Crocker National bank, of San Fran
clco. At the close of the campaign in
120 the committee was $1,S3,000 In
debt, Including 11,406.000 In loans;
$102,000 In unpaid bills, and $,000
owed to various state committees. In
16 months $1,400,000 has been collect
ed, of which $741,600 was applied to
the loans, the state committees said
off; unpaid bills settled; 18.000 Inter,
est paid, and $222,600 spent for the
operation of the national committee,
leaving about $10,000 cash on hand.
COMMERCE BODY
Delegates Interpret Paci
fic Treaty and Naval
Issue.
NEAR SOLUTION OF
SHANTUNG TANGLE
mer only to be recommitted to the
finance committee after President
Harding had addressed the senate
on the subject. The : provisions
for payment of tfce bonus call for
tho issuance of short term treas
ury certificates . until interest on
the debt can be collected to retire
them, and later,' the use ot the
principal of the dew. if and when
such becomes available through
the issuance and sale of the for
eign oonas. . -
: In offering the amendment Mr,
Simmons assured the senate that
he was "in earnest", and declared
that he was bringing the subject
Of FUND FOR HOTKL !
Mr. Hill's offer of the old
"Graves property," worth $80,000.
and $10,000 in cash toward the
erection of a first class hotel for
the accommodation of visitors 15
the Hill, has set machinery In mo
tion that Is expected to give the
town a 80 room, modemly equipped
hostelry within the next year. The
location Is at the west entrance to
the campus.
The board appointed Josephus
Daniels, Oeorge Stephens, Clem G.
Wright, Lindsay Warren and Mr,
Hill to constitute a committee to
look Into the nroposal to build the
hotel and report back at once.
In reporting the receipt of the
Keenan professorship, money, Dr.
Chase read a letter from trustee
of the Bingham estate expressing
the belief thai the fight over the
Kentucky inheritance t tax would
be ended soon and that the annual
payment would be forthcoming
promptly Here after,
The Graham memorial commit
1 - I w
"r?H.tor.r.r. ." ,vit; reported 1122.000 in pledge.
u'ov' - " '.
MT-T.M-.W INNOCF.XT
- OF MURDER CHARGE
LYNCHBURG. Va, Jan. 24.
w. H. Mullen, of Washington. D
C, charged with tho murder of
Edward Pklnner. a tobacco sates
man of Danville,- Va in a hotel
here December 4, waa acquitted
late this' afternoon by a jury in
eorporation court k; ; - .
After a drinking party in Mul
len's rooms, the evidence showed
that an . argument arose between
Mullen and Skinner, Mullen claim
ed that he shot. in pelf defense
aftM? Hklnnsn had ' slashed him
with a knife.1' Skinner died the
next day in a hospital rfter mak
ing disconnected statements, none
of which attached blame to Mul
len, according to witnesses.
Skinner was said to have repeat
edly murmured; "I didn't know he
had a gun." and "to think that
we were friends when this hap
pened.' : .' ;": -
NAME BRY AGEJVTS
j t ' FOR FOUR STATES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -Ao
polntment ot federal prohibition
agents - In four states was an
nounced todav bv Commissioner
Uaynea. They are: -;.'.-;.-
' Alabama:' Vorhees 1 8. Root,
Huntsvllle; Mississippi: Joseph P.
Owens, Pontotoc; Louisiana; Henry
Heimeyer, New Orlean. and vlr
gtnla; William I Kannlgan, Rich
mond. '
MILLION DOLLAR PINg
LOl IN UFPALO
BUFFALO. Jan. 4. Fl r lata to.
day destroyed the Niagara Falls' htgh
school, causing damare of mere than
pa million dollars. There were wv
enty, students In the school at th
time and aU escaped without injury(
although a large quantity ef glass
from the dome of the building crash
ed to the oorddor floor a they war
hurrying ut. ... . -
eevsral' explosions In the ehsmlesl
laboratory Jielped the flames, Fir
Chief Otto L'ts and Ftrtafl 'James
Mbtrai wars sugtiujr injured.
the finance committee, of whic
he is the ranking deraocratio mem?
ber, had given "serious considers,
tlon" to attaching it to the fund
lng bill before the latter was res'
ported to tha senate.
It was said that as a result of
informal conference among dem
ocrats, Mr. Simmons had been as
sured that his colleagues would
support his efforts to have the
amendment attached to the fund
ing measure.
Senator Walsh, democrat. Mas
sachusetts. ' also submitted an
amendment to the bill, stipulating
that any agreement resulting from
negotiations between the proposed
commission for funding the debt
and the foreign representatives
should not be binding on the
American government until the
consent of the senate had been
obtained, t- Buch provision pre
viously were pressed before the fi
nance committee but were not tc.
cepted, it was said, becauso of ob
jections of the treasury..
Mr. Simmons in the coursj of
his speech declared that when the
senate committee agreed to strike
out the provision for a flat five per
cent interest rate, it had left tne
way open for the International
speculators to gather the fruit.-'
The republican majority on the
committee on his opinion, he add
ed, had in mind a reduction of
th Interest rates to bo demanded
of the foreign governments in ths
future. Senator Watson, republl
can,- Indiana, interrupted to say
that he as a majority membor had
felt that the flat rate provision
was unnecessary , inasmuch as
"your party," addressing Mr. Sim
monds, ."when in power wrote into
the liberty loan acts tho provisions
which have governed Interesi rate
cn the loans up to this time " He
declared that the provisions re
quiring a rate from the foreign
government approximately equal
to that paid by the United States
on its own 'bonds was ths only
"rational" way to dispose of the
question.
"As for the contemplated reduc
tion," Mr. Watson continued, '"I
have always had such views both
as to., the Interest on our own
bonds and on those ot the foreign
government but I do not know
that' they are shared by anyone.
Why should our government rBy
five per cent. If In 16 years it
should decide to fund Its bond
and could borrow alt of the monoy
it need at three per cent? Where
would this government be if the
flv per cent rate were in the law
and we reduced our own rate
when this government I m irsy
bound to ask no more of the for
eign governments than it pays in
Its, own borrowings?"
and cash toward th erection of a
memorial . at Chapel Hill to ' th
late President : Edward Kidder
Graham. .
pi an RFioirrm8 ; '
ON DKATII OF BICKETT
, Josephus Daniels, Zeb V. WaUftr,
ot Lexington, and Walter Murphy,
of Salisbury, were aooolnted to
draw up a set of resolution on
the death , of former Governor
Btckett, who, while chief execu
tlve, was chairman ex-offlclo of
the board ot trustee,
Five member of the executive
committee whose term had ex
pired. Dr. R. H. Lewis, Dr. Charles
B. Smith, C. B. Whedbee, J. II,
Manning, and F r. Winston, were
re-elected, and Secretary London
wa made an ex officio member ot
that body.
The executive committee ot th
North Carolina bar association,
meeting today, selected Jan. 27,
28, and 20 as the time for th
next annual meeting. The selec
tion of a meeting place wa left
with President MoRae, Secretary
London, and Judge H. W. Timber
lake. WrlghUrvllle and Winston
Sale m are the two place that have
made bids for the meeting.
ALLOWS
1EAS
SATS AMMONY SREKRR8 NOT
UNTITLED TO BIG INCOME
STRIKERS REFUSE TO
. SELECT REPRESENTATIVE
NORFOLK, Jan. 24.Tn strike
of car men ot th Virginia Railway
and Power company was pro
lonred at leat until tomorrow at
I o'clock when th striker r
fused today to seleot a representa
tive for th board of arbitration
unlea the man wsre guaranteed
reinstatement at . th old wage
pending arbitration.
At th eounoll matting today th
mn served notice that they could
not arhitrata under th conditions
laid down, and they asked for
postponement of aotion until to
snersow aitarnooa.ioeonslder
other pronvaala.
NEW TORK, Jan. 24. Jutlce
Guy, In the Manhattan suvprem
court today, told prospective ali
mony seekers that after a separa
tion or divorce they cannot expect
to be supported. In the luxurious
style to which they had become
accustomed during the marriage.
"It Is not the policy of the law,"
Justice Guy declared, "that a wo
man who 1 asking to end th
marriage contract shall have s!l
th eluxury ot marriage, It is th
policy of the law that She should
be entitled to such'an allowanos as
would make It possible for her to
live In the manner in which ah
had been accustomed. But that
does not mean that she Is entitled
to one-third of the income he re
ceives. She cannot expect all of
the etras that a loving husband
would naturally bestow upon her
If the two were living contentedly
together."
This statement came In the suit
of Mrs. Mary A. Hchlemmer for
alimony In her separation jnit
against her husband, William P.
Schlemmer, millionaire hardware
dealer, who, Mrs. Schlemmer con
tends, promised her an annual In
come of $14,600 each year. Coun
sel for Schlemmer deny this and
claim that only $7,600 wa offered.
be burled at Arlington Thursday,
The next of kin is Andrew E, Fall,
ot Mingo Mountain. .
A vacancy is announced at Mar
garetiesvllle postnfftce.
AMERICAN OFFICIAL
CONFER AT WHITE HOCSE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24--See-retary
Hughes, ; Chairman Lodge
of th enat foreign relation
committee. Chairman Porter, of
the house foreign affair commit
tee, and republican , member of
the two committee, conferred
with Pridnt Harding at th
Whit House tonight, and although
no announcement wa - made con
cerning th subject discussed, th
sumption was that foreign rela
tion with particular' reference to
the prospective sttltud in con
gress toward treaties and agree
ment resulting from th arma
ment conference, were taken up,
Th conference, it wa indicated,
would contlnu until lata Into th
BTnlnf.""' '
MEXICAN OFFICIAL
HETLRNS HOMB
MEXICO CITT, Jan. 24 (By
the Associated Pre.) Eduaordo
Tturblde, who for several week
ha represented Secretary of th
Treasury Ie la Huera in negotia
tions with New Tork bankers, wa
scheduled to arrive In Mexico City
late tonight and he will make an
Immediate report to hie chief.
Jt Is understood that If tha re
sult Of his Wsll street conferences
is such as to warrant a visit to
New York by Becrertary la
Huertv tho latter will leav with.
In a. few days to complete arrange
ments. The general feeling here,
which doubtless is endeared by
continued optimistic official an
nouncements, la that within a few
days the maMrf of Mexico' for
eign debt will be satisfactorily ad
justed. Recent report of President
Obregon'd visit to th United
States, were never seriously con
sidered here, and has now offi
cially denied contemplating such
a visit.
It Is expected that the arrival
here tomorrow ,of Miguel Alesslo
nobles, minister to Spain will fore
cast a nearly revision of President
Obregon'n rsMnet, tho president
having intimated to newspapermen
that February t would see all the
posts of hi cabinet filled.
UILOINQ OT NEQROES
BURNED ". ..AYCAOSS
Little Remains for Dele
gates Save Perfunc
tory Detail. .-
WASHINGTON, Jan. ' 24. (By
Th Associated Press) Swinging ;
into high speed again, th arma ,
conference today mad quick work
of the Siberian question, virtually f .
agreed on the cole remaining Issue .
of the naval reduction plan, com'
pleted a redefinition of the copa of
the four-power Pacific treaty, and
Sushed on toward a olutlon of tht i
hantung tangle and variou lser
problems. t "c
So sweeping wa the day prog-1 :
rcas that little sava perfunctory
detail remained tonight to bring
all the diverse Hk of the con- ,
ference to a slmultaneou conclus
ion, fiomo tf the mora optimistic
among the delegates wer predict
ing the final wind-up would com
within a week. .
in its two-day Incursion Into th ,
Siberian field, the Far Eastern !
committee contented itself with ,.
listening to and spreading on the
conference record, . detailed atate , ,
ment of the respective viw oi
ih jnunen and American gov
ernments. Janan's declaration dis
claimed territorial design In Rus
sia, but set forth tha reaaon that
Impel her to Keep troopa in unirn
Blberla, and th reply of th Unl- ,
ted Statea reiterated tha desir
that there would result ni perm
anent Infringement upon Rualan .
integrity. .-- " .! '
1 Except for th Franco, who x
premed confidence in th Japanese- . ;
pledge to withdraw from Siberian
soli ad aeon as stab! condition
will permit, other delegation
Joined in th discussion
tary Hurne proposed tha readily
accepted reaolutlon by which the
Hem waa Wiped off th conference
program, to appear no jnor until
the pronouncement of the two
gavernmanta are formally entered -in
th minute of th next plenary
Session.. - "w" r;r-y;f-tl
Tha last different) ovr prlncl
ito In tho naval treaty, relating to
ih fortification atatu quo In, the
Paolflc, waa wept way in in
formal consultations among th
Chief delegate attjr It had field
up completion of tho treaty text
for many day. Under the ett le
nient, tha BrltUh plan ot defining a
latitude and longitud boundary
tor th gtatu quo on 1 rtplwl
by th Japanese suggestion that
instead ther b Hat. ",
of th Islands which must not be
furthr fortified. Th. JP""
agreed that the Japanese Sonln ,;
gfoup a 'IncM4 nder
JruS11-. for Way W;
epid, J however, when the JP.
pfenlpotemtlaries declared their desire
fo submit th fortifications article la
iiact phraseology to Tofclp tot ap
proval The Toklo offlelals .alresdv
have agreed to ail but th minor de
tail of wordlnc, and a favorable re ,
ply la expected within a few days. .
PR.-deflnUlon of JSPtS
scods of the four-fl?ower Paetflo
fraty. ilready slgnedfook the form
ofa. series of note which have twen
oompleted and rauUiaJly approysd by
the four powers, and will be formal
w axchanged for the record before
lne Washington ' conference ends
They reverse the previous Informal
agreement of the delegate and pro- ,
vide that in construing the treaty
hereafter the major jtnM i ..
I1MU ItV,.
sessions and dominions" to which
the Instmment apput.- ' ,
ITTLKMCNT NIEAH8
ON $HANTUNO QUEtTlON
In tha Shantung negotiation ,
twsen the Japanese and Chinese, it,
became apparent that outside pres-
sure for a settlement was inf.reaelng -sa
tha two groups met to clear awsy V;
various minor details of th polnis .
on which they already have agreed.
Th question of the Tsingtao-Tsln -anfu
railroad, now virtually the enl
undetermined issua, was not touched, .
upon at the meeting, but It waa act-t
Ively under consideration in American
and British quarters because of the
irci of "good offloee" by Secre- ;
tsry Hughes and Arthur J, Balfour. -
By conferenne offlelals in close ,
touch with the progress of th j.
American-British compromise effort.
It was said tonight that a settlement -;
"was very near." Both the Japanese ,
and Chinese refused to make predle-
Hons, but they showed evidence ef a .
willingness to resume the rslhroad '.
dismissions directly as a result of ths -developments
of the last few days.
Meantime efforts to bring senatorial
sentiment to bear to hasten the Shan- .
tuna negotiation failed after a short
, season ef debate on the subject on
me senais noiir. whiwul mvwu . .
vols, the senate rejected the resolu-
tlon of Senator Walsh democrat Mon
tana, asking President Harding (or ..
Information as to the progress of the
exchanges taking place between ths
Japanese and Chinese as a elds issue
of ths conference.
Tonight President Harding, Seers- '
tary Hughes, and republican leaders
of the senats and house committee ,
that concern themselves with forelgav
relations had a long conference at
the White House, and although th
purpose waa not announced, It wa
assumed that plans were talked ever ,
for congressional aotion to complets
the American commitments figuring (
tn the arms conference program. Th
President has anounced that he In '
tend to send all the conferene .
treaties to the senats for ratification
soon after the negotiations end, and .
It has been indicated that the erfmin-'.
Istratlon might also ask tor a vote of
approval by th house. 'j
INFLUENZA INCREASE
. i , IN NEW YORK CITrj
N1BW TORK. Jan. 14 The numbs -ef
Inmwnsa oases In Nsw Tork cess
tinued to Increase. 1 1
The health department annonaoem :
E
IN GRAJN. RATES
Affects All Grain Ship
ments to Carolinas
From West.
WASHINGTON, D, C, Jan. 24.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion announced today that It found
Justification tor tha proposed In
crease In carload and lesi-than-
carload rates on grain and grain
products from Memphis to Care
fin territory when originating in
; Arkansas', UKlanoma, Texas ana
Iuilana. Th commission vacated
tha order suspending tha rate un
til January 2, and .discontinued
th proceeding. .
i Protest was md by th Idem
phi merchants exchange and
similar bodies of St. Louis, Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati.
The rates involved wer those
applying ' from Memphis to Caro
lina territory. Other rate becamu
effective October 1, last, th com.
mission stating that as a whols th
reduction more tnan onset tne In
crease, - " - - .'..
Tho battle for poatofflo assign
mints goes merrily on. Republi
can National Committeeman Mora-
head ha the best of it An Inter,
esting case comes up from Tryos,
where Samuel B, Edwards, who
lives - in another township, waa
nominated to succeed W. H. Steam,
who, it Is said, 1 supported , for
the job by a large majority of th
republican. A protest will It
mad charging non-residence, but
it may not get far.
Representative Brlnson has an
Interesting case. At Oriental all
of the ellglbles are democrat.
Thy are G. L. Griffin, th present
incumbent: Miss M. Love Rich and
Claude Lang ley,
Bernard F. MoLsod, of Bui'
creek, Mary W. Turner, of Gates
villa and Otto 8. Woody, of Whita
kera were confirmed today. , .
b hlirlun at Arllnfftnn TTinrtSav I u V .'" . ,, , . wi,Ata
WATCROS8. Oa. Jan. 4. Burn
ing ef two buildings occupied by ne
groes, the second on last night, af
ter warnings for the occupants to
leave had been posted on them, was
being Investigated hers today by po
lice. A negro moving plnture theatre
was destroyed last night. Several
weelts ago a negro hotel was burred
with ths loss of three Uvea. In saoh
trcir'nTthslnM "lth 10 MH
Commenting on th ngurea, Hsaitra
had been posted a few day before-
nana, n was esia.
Other negre business house r
reported to have been posted, causing
eensiderabla alarm among th negro
FT"1'11""- i
Commissioner Copsland said th elt
sppaared to b having morsgcaMS
than usual at this season. HI h.A
recent warm weather respomiijla-