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f 3 mm vsnow ESTABLISHED 1865. r House Passe ProhibitLyn Big Vote On Thursday 1 REPUBLICANS OIN DEMOCRATS 1 HG T VS. BILL ... some Pew Democrats Supported the Bill, the Vote Shows ATTEMPT WAS MADE BECOMMITjrHE BILL Tiebate Has Been in Prog ress for Over a Month To the Senate. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. The ouse today declared itself In fa- tnr of the federal government ex erting It authority In an effort to s;tam put lynching, passing by a ot of ?o to lis tne uyur anti- lynchlng bill. Seventeen republicans Joined 102 democrat" in voting In the oppo sition while elrht democrats and one socialist. London. New York. froted with 221 republicans in favor f the measure, i Republican who voted in th? negative were: Barbour. Califor nia; Brown, Tennessee: cioiise. Tennessee: Curry. California; French. Idaho. JHernck, Oklaho ma: Hersev. Maine;. Jones, Penn sylvania; : Kelley, Michigan: Lay ion. Delaware; Luce. Massachu- setts; Nolan, California: Parker? Kc Jersey; Robertson, okianoma; Sinnott, Oregon: Slemp, Virginia., ami Stafford. Wisconsin. - , Democrat who voted In the af firmative were: Campbell. Pennsyl vania; Cockran, New Tork; Cullen, Xew YorH: Gallivan. Massachu setts Johnaon. .Kentucky; Mead. New Torkt O'Brien. New Jersey and Ralney, Illinois. The bill provides life imprison ment or lesser penalties for persons who" participate In lynchlngs and for state, county and municipal of ficials who fall through negligence to prevent them. The measure also stipulate that the county In whtch mobs forrrr or kill any one shall forfeit 110.WO to the family ot the victim,, S - Democratic onoonents of the bill. fefeated In aUemmil ttnrcotmnlt4 L to thfcf judiciary . committee .and o strike out the enacting clause. nada no concerted effort to ha-Vet f!imer.dmnts adopted. . Th le-i Hared "the vIoIqus principle in the blir could not be changed by .mtndmenta but expressed confi dence that the measure never would receive senate approval. Except, for a few perfecting Amend mehta offered by Ch.vim.m Volstead pt the Judiciary commit 'ee. amendments proposed by !n Invtduals were rejected. ' One by Representative French, republican. Idaho, would have eliminate! the nrovislnn requiring counties to for feit $10,000 to families of mob vic tims, i ' ' . One committee amendment an ww'fd removed from the bill the requirement that counties through which a mob passed should pay a 110.000 penalty. , Another one ac cepted defined a mob a three or more persons acting together to take human life illegally. The bill originally defined a mob as five or more persons acting together. Duriug debate, which continued Intermittently for a month, oppon ents ot the measure declared It would be an unconstitutional In vasion of states rights and would nave a tendency to. Increase rather than decrease lynching. They also charged that republicans were sup norting the. proposal for political reasons: ' Proponents, however, contended that states, especially In the south, had failed to handle the situation nd that to afford all races protec tion guaranteed them under the federal constitution it was necee lary for the -federal government to take a hand. DYNAMITE PROVES TO BE WORTHLESS HERE MACfCTMAW CITY. Mich., Jan it. 'IynmitA tirnvml Inaffentive today srain., .v. , 1" . v. -. i - - -j o. win lOW MUCH III3.L iimw uiuvn- Ti? the passage acroee the Straits of TMackinan nf mf .rrloji rhlef Wsiwi- tam and Saata Maria, which have Jn stuck in the Ice two days. . The tm carries, a. Uuluth, , fouth jre and Atlantic passenger train, id the Santa Maria, a cargo of ireighr care, xhe positions of the learners were- virtually- unchanged tonight. - Blasting will be resumed tomorrow. - .. . . -Mnt of the passengers aboard the wawatam , walked ashore oven the ' today, to seek more comfortable Mrtere In hotel here. .A few walked nje neven miles across the ertraits te ft- Ignace, to take trains for points "i 'die upper peninsula. . .i . Passengers remaining on the iTzTt. "owever, are subject to no Hardships, provision sufficient for "vera) days being carried by tb learner. ... ( OST GIUFTTTIl TO LAND PECKINPAUGH WASUrNOTON. Jan. ? 6. Cash J" the amount of ItO.OOO was ln- -oivea in the deal by which the "ashington c)ub of the American '"fcgue acquired the services of "oger Peckinnaugh. veteran short 'op. Clark O. Griffith, president ''i the club announced in an ad " today before the KJwams tiiib. other considerations In the ?'. he told the club were Ihe 'rnsfer of Frank 'O'Rourka to oston. which held Packlnpaugh's "fact. and Jose Acosta and Bing uiller to the Philadelphia Athlet Mrr Griffith did not say Whether the $60,000; was divided ''een the Boston and Phlladel' Ptiia cl or went to only ona of tnetn. ..., , r- ONLY 42 COUNTS ARE LODGED AGAINST BANKER BRISTOL. Tenn.-Va.'. ' Jan. " '.--BWcom D, Akers, former caehler. 'I -und-ia.floo, bead .was . today l'JW'd In the circuit court at Ablug n on 41 counts on a charge of ap woprlating 121.400 from the bank of " "nchhurg at Cllnchbunr, Va., about 1 "woth ago. , THE: s Bill To ENCA8ED IN PLASTER HERBERT CONTINUES THE STUDY OF LAW NEW TORK, Jan. 2$.-Harry Herbert studied some law and seemed to get a lot of fun out of ire although he has been encased la plaster from the top of his head to his hips since November 12, when he broke bis neck while playing quarterback for Syracuse university In a game with Colgate. At Mt. Sinai hospital, tl which he has just been removed from a Syracuse hospital where he lay ror 10 weeks, every one was Interest ed In the numerous signatures which have -made ail" album out of his huge white plaster cast. Pretty nurses were Quick to put their names beside those of college pro fessors, campus companions, foot hall players and the mayor of Syracuse. They call Herbert "the helk" hecause his enforced head tear resembles the heiniet of the desert. Tonight Syracuse alumni were among the many callers at the bedside of the youth whom doctors consider very lucky to be alive. Joe Alexander, Syracuse '20, an AH-American guard, and now an Interne at Mt. Hlnai, was one of those attending the injured col legian. AS TAPERS y OF POPE ISDPIORESI Buriai Ceremony Held Yesterday Afternoon at 3 O'clock. STRAINS"oTi,MISERE ONCE AGAIN HEARD Cardinals Show Deep Grief as Casket Drops in Crypt. KOMR, Jan. 28. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Beneath the flag stones of ftt. Peter's, where thous ands of pilgrims come each yenr. lies the mortal remains of Benedict XV, whose benignant -efforts through all the years of the. war were directed toward peace? and afteiMha war iff the pacification of Europe, and ;$ho world, j i : -The burial ceremony took place at i o'clock, this- afternoon and In the light of vh perpetually burn Iryj tapers the body was laid Into rts tomb, 1 hose oardfflan wno naa gathered In Rome for the conclave which Is to elect a j)ew pope, as sempled In the basilca of St. Peters, together, wth the diplomatic repre sentatives of. th foreign nations accredited to the holy see. Out side the edifice great crowds knelt In prayer, and waited for the end ot the solemn ceremony. ' The strains of the "Mlsore" swelling through the vast basilica, the martial step and clang of words of the pontifical -armed forces, the flowing robes of 'prel ates, rich violet, blending with the Blriklng costumes of the Swiss guards, the gendarmerie and the noble guards and contrasting with the simple black of the dloloriiatio corps, combined to give a pictur esque im press! veness to the high pontifical rite ot burial. The choir proceeded from Julian cbapel. on the south side of St. Peters, across the transport to the chapel of the holy sacrament, where the body of the late nope lay In state. , Bishop Virill, celebrant of fjie ceremony, followed the cholrT and at the end of the pro cession came Cardinal .Merry del Tal. arch priest of St. Peters. Two lines of guards were drawn from the chaipel of the holy sacra. ment to the high poltlOcal altar. Swiss guards in full dress uniform with quaint medaeval helmet and flowing plumes guarded the en trance to the chapel of the choir. Gendarmesi six feet tall with lace and silver epaulets, stood watch at the entrance to the basilica, while the long lines between" the two chapels were taken un by Palatine guards In blue, and cerise. The cardinals entered the basil ica through the Julian door and took their places in the chapel of the cho'r. seated in the high stalls on the left while the diplomats oc cupied the right. As Cardinal Oasi parrl entered escorted by Swiss guards and acolytes he was honor ed as sovereign because of Ma ac cession as cameriengor He appear ed to be deeply moved; Nte face borehiarlu of Intense mental suf fering, for Benedict XV was more than chifif : he was. his lifelong and irirmiate friend. . . The body was placed on the shoulders of the red-coated ushers" and the solemn procession moved with slow and measured step, headed by a glaht lieutenant of the gendarmerie with drawn sword. Behind him were his stalwart gen darmes," six deep. An escort of Ialatlne guards followed and then the Swiss guards. The priests of the basclllca took un a position be hind these and after them cama another group tf Swiss guards bearing uplifted swords and- hal- "'After the ceremony. In the ciiap tl choir the procession reformed proceeded to a position before the high pontifical altar Immediately under the spacious dome. The ccr dlnaia this time- follow lh? procession and took plates alon the rail leading to the crypt , The body, now encased In ita cask" was carried to a platform joecially constructed for lowering lntp the OTpI Chains were adjusted and iaiket was slowly swung Into the tomb, without further ceremony Ixt eut the distant staging of tne choir In the chapel, which echoed dewn the aisles. - - . . As tne casket dropped lowei, ti; cardinals showed deep grief and all drew near to the entrance to the cryrf; then when the ceremony wlht awed 11",ti?J M5irt' body lie alongside ttV of Plus X just before t,,e Bfat-, LaVoueen Christiana ot Bwtian. Asnsr ? iWn fflff uy BURN ASHEyiLLE CITIZEN 'DEDICATED TO THE . UP-BUU-DING OF WESTERN NORTH 'CAROLINA" CONFERENCE NOW ITS ON ACTION FROM PJRESIDENT But There Is a Feeling of - Optimism on Every Hand." shantunomatter' remain for awhile Chinese and Japanese Representatives to Meet Saturday Decided Thurs. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (By the Associated Press.) Tho ma chinery of the Washington confer ence virtually came to a standstill today while the delegates awaited results from I'resldent Harding's move for a settlement of the Shan-, tung controversy. Optimism over the outcome ot the President's efforts gained ground In every quarter and the belief was unanimous that the few remaining major issues of the con ference would well be delayed for examination in a clearer atmos phere after the most troublesome of all the far eastern problems U out of the way. Outwardly, the shantung prob lem Itself was in a waiting stage, too, although important moves were taking place behind the scenes in Peking, Toklo and Wash ington. The Japanese and Chinese announced they wodld not meet before.. Baturday. at the earliest, to consider formally the latest settle ment proposal. , As If preparing for the an nouncement of a complete agree ment, however, the plenipotenti aries of the Toklo and Peking gov ernments today cleared away the last remaining collateral issues of the Shantung , negotiations and agreed to meet Saturday morning to begin the drafting of a treaty. Only the ccrttial problem of the Tsingtoa-Talnatvfu railroad, . to which the compromise proposal supported by President Harding is directed, now remains unsettled. CIJfiAR AWAY THK LAST (ItK.MAINING OBSTACLES The Shantung meeting and a ses sion of the drafting sub-uommittee at which the Chinese radio resolu tion of December 7 was reaffirmed after agreement on additional dec larations had failed, constituted the sum of formal conference activi ties during the day. The December 7 resolution provides for cancella tion of unauthorized wireless con cessions In China while the propos ed additions would have directed future development of the Chinese wireless system. 'It was decided to enter these rejected propositions on the conference record as represent ing Individual viewpoints. : , McajWIiSsvanotnflr conference-f drawback disappeared -when the Italians made known their readi ness to assent to the six-power treaty allocating the former Ger man catties In the Pacific on the assurances of a conference leaders that Italy later will be supported ! In her claim to a share in the cable lines formerly controlled by Ger- i ma nv in inn ai ftnnn. . tmnifvrian I ;ot fills treaty, dividing the Pacific ' lines between the, United States, Japan and the Netherlands, is ex pected within a'few 7lav. ', CABLE AGREEMENT FAR FROM REACHED As viewed by some of the dele gates, the cable treaty Is virtually the only agreement of the Wash ington conference that la not in some degree affected by he log-jam ot which Shantung is the center. Should an agreement over the for mer German leased territory fall. It is conceded generally that the ef fect would be far-reaching on the whole far eastern situation, and through that inedjum, In turn, on the naval agreement and the four power Paclflo treaty. Just how narrow has become the difference remaining between the Japanese and Chinese over Shan tung is not revealed, but all out ward signs tonight indicated that only one or two points ot the rail road tangle remained to be settled. While the Japanese have made no formal expression. It Is under stood they are disposed to accept the deferred payment plan of the latest compromise project, In, elaes of the loan on which they have in sisted heretofore. China on her part. Is said to be ready to agt.ee also to deferred payments although the term for which her treasury notes are to run Is another ques tion. NO SCNDAY MOVIES FOR JERSEY CITIES TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 26. Ex pressing gratification over the de feat of Sunday motion .. picture shows In this section, the Lord's Day Alliance at i'.s Hth annual convention today commended the state courts for upholding ' the Sunday closing laws. . ,, The Rev. Robert Watson, D. D., Ph. D., pastor of tho t r.d Pres byterian church of Now York, de clared that In the Sunday observ ance movement clvllliatlon was be ing tested and on ths decision rest ed whether this would be a Chris tian or an anti-Christian nation. "Sunday should be th perfect day," declared Dr, Watson. "It should .be a day of enlargement and not a day of unhappiness. If overy husband remained home and kissed his wife threo times on Sun day. I ara sure there would be less kissing by husbands of other men's Wives," ,, . ''-- ! , i PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER . PIES IN ST. LOtIS ST. " LOIT18, Jan. 2 1. Rev. Dr. Edward Clifford Gordon, 79 years old. one of the most prominent theologians of the Bouthern. Pres byterian church, died at hi boma hrfre today of pneumonia. Born In Richmond, Dr. Gordon was a law student at the Univer sity of Virginia when ths Civil war began. He enlisted In the Con federate army and served as a staff officer In Echol's brigade. After ths war he entered Wash ington and Lee university). Lexing ton, Va, and was private secretary to General Robert E. Lee, presi dent of the college. H also at tended the Union Theological semi nary and was president of West minister college at Fulton, Mo. from 1191 to 1SII. v He held pas terates at- Bavaaoah r- r. fo'CFi Va.. and Lexlngloif Mo. He 1s survived bkhls wldov six son and three daughters. i m ASHEVILLE, ti. C, FRIDAY PRINCESS PAYS HOTEL BILL AND IS SET FREE BY LANDLORD NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Princess Radzlwlll has paid her hotel bill, o tho charge against her in Coney Island court was dismissed today The princess contended all the time that she had the money and u'nnlrt m. mm mn ah CAtlld Vet her allowance from banks in bondon, but Charles Alexander, tne landlord, was a strict business mag ind had the princess arrested last October because she owed - him 1352. EARLY NEXT WEEK After Hearing 10 Wit nesses Thursday the Committee Adjourns. FATE WILMINGTON MAN CLEARED UP But Little Direct Testi mony Was Given Yester day Except Vs. Charges. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-The senate committee investigating the charges that American soldiers were hanged without trial In France, probably will wind UP its work next week. After hearing today IS witnesses, none of whom testified directly in support of tho charges, the com mittee adjourned until next Wed nesday at which time 12 witnesses will be examined. In the event no others are found meanwhile, the hearing will be closed and Chair man Brandegee Indicated that an early report would bo presented to the senate. The hearing today covered a broad field. Ivey Henderson, ot Chester, 8. C, who served overseas ns orderly for Colonel B. C. Lang don, declared in a letter presented by a lawyer that Colonel Psul Ma lone, a brigadier-general in France, had shot and killed a soldier beT cause he could not keep up with his command, and that Colonel Langdon, who he said, was wltrieas, reported the shooting. Colonel Langdon, who was testifying when the letter was read, asserted that he never heard of an officer shoot lmr a private and expressed the -m?trricn that Henderson "was not 1 .ru kt(B-hf" nnit that hepfllieA tit very Bright." and that because of hi mental condition probably thought the thing was true, but that It did not actually happen. Ho denied all knowledge of the al leged shooting. - ., ; r, Senator .Watson, democrat, ot Georgia, whose charges as to ; Il legal ex?cutlons tod to the Invest! rations, asked that ' Henderson' be mimmoiied,- Colonel M:lone Is sta 'tlo'nedr-ftl Camrr Bcmilng, Go., and It I probable he muy appear in hi own behalf.'- " , ; , t, The two hangings' at Is-Sur-Tille. brought out a big crowd, which flocked after the trap had been sprung, to the cahteen, ac cording to Mrs Mary Ellen Fur jblsh, of Memphis. Tenn:, a welfare u H rinn hfm tiimir ami French' civilians raced for all the vantage points, Including trees, to witness the J spectacle. Another witness said' officers at nearby camps always wanted to be not 1 tier of hangings In advance so they might be able to attend. Through the testimony of two North Caro lina witnesses the committee ap parently disposed of the rumor as to the shooting of Benny F. King, of Wilmington, by a firing squad. Clay A. Gardner, of Hamlet, N. C, tol4 how he was proceeding with an ambulance filled with wounded !n the thick of the Meuse-Argonne fighting, when he saw a soldier mounted on a motorcycle, topple over with a great gash from shrap nel In his stomach. ' "The soldier was headed toward the front line when struck," said Gardner, "and as we reached him it was evident he would die. He had lost hla Identification tag, but he told me his nams was Bcnnry F. King, and that he was a mem ber of the llth ,nfantry. He died a little later while we were trying to move him to a hospital." Eugene B. McNelley, of Hamlet, driver ot the ambulance, testified he wrote the name as King, gave it on a tag, which attached to the body but In tearing the slip out of the book he took both the tag and duplicate which he submitted to the committee. This error on bis part accounted, it was explained, for the failure to locate the body. "King told me he was from Car olina and I replied we were from that state, too, and'JWoUld do ev erything to. help him," said Mc Nelley. "But he was so badly wounded ha could not give much Information. At tha time ha had no hamlet or gas mask." SOME OF THti IRIH NOW .JlvVANT OVCOTT ENGLAND PARIS, Jan. M, (By (Associated Press.) The boycott of Brltisn goous by the Irish race throughout the world until Ireland gains absolute independ ence was the principal subject of dis cussion' at today session of - ttu, world congress manifested yesterday by the passage ot a resolution com mitting the new International league to support ot Eamon de Valera's re publican principles was again in evi dence In today's discussion. The boycott question did not com plete the vote, but the speakers, with one or two exceptions, declared them selves in favor of such a course, the question may come up again tomor row, when the congress is scheduled to meet In. secret session to consider way and means of putting Into effect yesterday's resolution. ... ? . WOMAN POUND WITH HEAD ALMOST SEVEREO DAIPON, Oa, Jan. W.Ths coro ner's Jury Investigating tha killlnc of Mrs. Sallie Wrinkle, whose body was found in the home this morning with the head almost severed from the body, adjourned late today, without rendering a verdict, but it wa stated thai dues uncovered would . lead to arrests. -. -. -.- 1 .. - Ths womanls reputed to have had a large sum of money and It is the theory of officers that robbery was the motive ot the crime. Tha body wast found -In a pool of blood, with deep wounds on the back of ths head and forehead, apparently dons with an. axe !t . GREENVILLE HAS SNOW QREENVTLLB. S. C. Jan. H. I WUavM..in& iow and tha. mercury aown to u oegrees tnis morning, Orsenvllle today experienced the sokleat day In the last two years. , FINI HEARING WATSON E MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1922. dip nnin nowo t pnnrrnnipr nmi U ID ULlLLU V ILUI u-U iTL HUL U IV IS NOW PLANNED AGRICULTURE AT SP R U G E P 1 N E NOW PROGRESSING Crab Tree Feldspar Cor poration Leases Big Tract Land. OVER TWOHUNDRED WILL BE EMPLOYED Corporation Is Perfected, Preparations Made to Begin Work. Announcement of actudT mining operations for the first time upon vast feldspar depos'.ta in Mitchell and Yancey counties, where a nw corporation Is planning to bring forth 16 toils daily to the thlpplng point upon the C. C, & O. railroad, not far from Sprjce Pini, was made yesterday in this city by In terested parties. The construction of a modsl mill village, designed to house upward of 260 employes and their families and the erection ot a grinding mill are alto announced as scheduled improvements tip.on .the H.Ouu acre mining tract now being 'opened up by the Crab Tree Feldspar corpor ation that has already spent 1150, 000 In preparations for mining feldspar, mica and kaolin upon a gigantic scale. It ' is estimated that fully a like amount will be spent before the desired facilities are acquired upon this big tract secured by lease covering a period of 99 year from Col. Dan W. Adams, of Old Fort, and J. O. etikeleather of Asheville, who form tha holding company. TRACT ORIGINALLY OWNED BV HYATTS This tract, rt was learned, was originally .owned by J. L. and C. V.- Hyatt, the latter being a teach er at the Asheville high school ' and J. E. l'Jvans. They sold to Colonel Adanis, with whom Mr, titlkeleather later became associ ated. The lease to the mining corporation contains royalty claus es through which there will re vert to the holders graduated amounts based upon the tonnage . produced for a period of years up to 1V27, ror teldapar ami an eight per cent royalty of all sales there after during the tenure ot the lease. Similar stipulations fur other minerals abounding In the vast deposits ar set forth. It wa learaea. .. The Crab Tree corporation Is compos J of Franlk U. Scott, ores fldent; 11. A. Womack, general manager; ami 11. u. -Morrison, act Ing In a legal capacity. Tha head. quarters of tha - corporation will ba maintained at Johnson City, Tenn, General Manager Womack, who .has already oonUrucWd a jiummer home near the mining oo . eralldnTTtHnrto-pend-Tnuclt7of nie time actually upon the ground. Both Mr, Scott and Mr. Womack are experienced coal minlnf cngl neer of Elkhorn, Ky. Mr. Mor rison, who lives at Johnson City, is counsel for the C. C. ft O. rail way. , ...... . '.., If was pointed out in this, con nection that the opening of these big, mining operations will supply the C. C. i O. with a good ton nag going west,, since the con sumer of. crude feldspar ure to be found largely at Krwln, Tenn., East Palestine, Ohio, an 1 Eat Bt. Louis. The railroad, built espe cially to carry by shortest route coal from ths heavy deposits of the southeast to tidewa'.er, will thus ba furnished upon the return trip with a new an! valuable cargo. , The development ' M l;i ths Ppruce Pine region kn-jwn per haps as the greatest collection and shipping point in the United htutis of feldspar, kaolin and mica. DEVELOPMENT IS IN FINE DISTRICT The completion of eight miles of narrow guage railroad by the cor poration makes possible the com mencement of actual shipping from the Junction point with tho C. C. and O. The narrow guage road, commenced last July, will serve electrically operated trains, for the company has completed tho devel opment of a hydro-electrto plant capa-bls of developing 600 horse power. Storage battery engines are to be used. The rolling' stock ! consists of 40 cars, each holding 10 tons ot ore. Twenty cars to the train are to be operated, it is said. The mining operations upon the z.900- acre tract are located at points .for tho most part between the Little falls and the Big falls on the Crab Tree creek, which in a very short epace presents a dron of 267 feet, making possible this electrical development. The mineral . dooosits. it Is an nounced, cover a territory approxi mately three-quarters of a mile wide and three miles Ion, aocord iaz to estimate of experienced en gineers brought to the spot by in terested parties. The estimate runs anywhere from 24,000,000 to 100, 000,000 ton of feldspar, not to .mention lesser quantities of kaolin and mica also abounding in the tract, ... That this feldspar is of the or thoclass variety tha it, potash feldspar, and contains no garnets and other extremely hard mineral deposits of. Iiindred typo, is set forth In tho examination reports of the engineers. LUMBERING INDUSTRY FOR SECTION PLANNED There is also to be operated up on this tract In tho Immediate fu ture a hardwood lumbering Indus try. Charles Von Cannon has se cured the timber rights to the traet, and Mans the Installation ot a mill cutting around 60.000 feot dally, making use also of the elec trically operated narrow guago line to the hipping point. - Included In the 200 operatives now employed upon , tho mining work are 0 state convicts, it has been learned. When the mill vil lage Is built, the latter will be re tained in'a stockade soma distance from the free laborers' homes. The flat and rolling valley at that point near Crab Tree creek gives a tract containing about 100 acres admir ably suited to the1 building ot such a village. It will probably b called Crab Tree, it la understood. , While tha territory as long' been known to contain valuable deposits of minerals, the distance from th Atlroad Triads- ft w commercial uw dertaklnsr'demsndlng tha construe (CwNsms tut rl , IQ! '"I Hefliii Expresses Hope That Some Good May Be Accomplished. WANNAMAKER IS ALSO A SPEAKER Gifford Pinchot and Oth ers Deliver Addresses Be fore the Conference. WASHINGTON. Jan. . Immediate steps to re-establish the value of farm pro ducts on a parity with those of other commodities was asked of congress and President Harding tonight by the iiitlon al agricultural c o u t s r a n c e through lh unanimous adop-. tion of a resolution to that ef fect; Th resolution was co i talned in a report front tho ma rketing committee and members said lis adoption meant that 'evn'-'tilng must bo dune by the I ddrnt and congres. imnifdlk u! ' Tne resolution follows. "It is the sense ot this commilteo that the congress and the President of the United males should take such steps as will Immediately re establish a fair cxchnng-J value for all farm products with that of all. other commit tees." - The conference at the 'same time rejected u resolution of tho national far me is uuiou, offered by J. 8. Wannunuker, of South Carolina, which would have called for a gov ernment minimum pricu guar antee on farm product. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Th national agricultural conference after a day marked by several ad dresses and action on the recom mendations ot a number of mm- nilltees, met tonight to tak up the report of Its marketing com mlttee. A sharp debate on gov ernmental price-fixing for agricul tural commodities was expected to develop during consideration of this committee's report, advocates of.the plan, defeated In commit te having announced their Inten tion ot carrying their argument to the door ot th conference, Tho conference today also enter ed discussion In the tenate and t the hearing of lb senate agrictil tural committee on thi Ladd prlc stabilising bill. . r.- : j, Senator Heflin. democrat. Ala bama, hi ths senate expressed ths hope - that th conference- would result In tome good aud criticized the .lctlon of Ita delegate,: 'The whole-sstnlnhitratton, he deelared.f "from th-rpreident down" la losing nv;p(ortuntty to "rap" the congressional . agricul tural bloc; which was unanimously endorsed today by the conference. Mr, Heflln'a speeoh followed a declaration by Senator LaFollett. republican, Wisconsin, that the condition of agriculture was th "inevitable result" of "forcible de flation" brought about "through control of the nation's credit by the will of a few financier" and could not be "cured by the reso-' lutlons of any conference.;' Meanwhile, at the senate agri cultural committee hearing, J. 8, Wannamaker, of South Carolina, a delegate to the conference, de clared agriculture could be saved from t bankruptcy only through governmental fixing -of prices for cotton, corn and wheat, lie agreed with Senator Page, republican, ot Vermont, that fixed minimum price could not be maintained without embargoes barring -import of these commodities and he estimated it would cost the gov ernment not more than $600,000, 000 In purchasing farm commodi ties to stabilise prices. In a conference with newspaper men later In the day, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace voiced oppo sltlon to price-fixing, which he sam would prove ruinous to farming industry. He dec! ne favored plans to restore th purchasing power of ths farmers' dollar to a parity with that in ths otner industries. The conference today took up committee recommendations Im mediately after hearing a series of addresses by R. A. Pearson, the president of tho Iowa State Colloge of Agriculture and Mechanical The resolutions offered bv Ihe committee on agriculture und price relations, which Included th. . .... v. .... iiia aiMi;uuufi bloc -in congress, coupled with the commendation of President; Hard ing and Secretary Wallace for their, action lu making possible .pi fc,, ,,iiLvi.iiva, j it lis resolution wa adopted unani mously. i - Other recommendations of this committee which were adopted In cluded: , That the government extend aid to Europe for economic rehabili tation. limitation of the acreage of -cr-tali crops to balance production and restore the farmer's dollar to a normal purchasing power. Approval of the prgoram of the American delegation to the arma ment conference.. Commendation of the Investiga tions of retail prices by the de partments of Justice and" com merce. Investigation by congress of plins to stabilize the dollar. Kqualizatlon of tariff protection. Vigorous action to place agri culture on a parltjr with other In dustries, Th gathering and distribution of foreign market and production reports by the department of agri culture. " CARING FOR PATIENTS IN DURHAM TODAY DURHAM. N. C.,- Jan. JO. Tho S3 . patient safely removed from tho Lincoln hospital, , a public negro Institution of thi city, which w:ia dostroyed by fire ' today at noon, have been provided for in the local negro Masonic temple. It wa announced today. One patient .-lUAwa4j;riticallyjllJ, is reported 'i to have died slncethe"flie6C'-T1 curred. Arts, Ir. E. O. Ball, director of tonight following. comparison of scientific work of the department conditions at this tlm with those of agriculture; Richard E. Ely, of the previous years professor of economics of the Uni- "On the eighth dav'of th. im yersity of Wisconsin, and Gifford epidemic," he said, "684 case. ,,t Plnrhot, of Pernisylvsnla. influenxa were .J Simmons' Amendment To Debt Refunding Bill Carried In ci r '.. w . - V n . oenate nxes Bill Is Attacked From Both Republicans and Demo crats Senator Johnson Warns the Senate of Its Position A Final Vote Is Expected Sometime Today Simmons Very Active. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (By the Associated Press.) The allied debt refunding bill was subjected again today to a running attack from both the republican and demo- -cratic sides of the senate and waa defended at some length by majority party leaders. When the senate adjourned the end of the debate was not in sight, but those in charge of the measure thought a final vote might be reached tomorrow, In the first vote on an amendment to the bill late today, an amendment was approved providing that the refunding bonds should not bear interest at less than 4 l-4per cent The amendment was suggested by Senator Simmons, dem ocrat, North Carolina, as a substitute for the original finance committee amendment whjch would have provided that the rate of interest should be not less than that pro vided for by existing law. I Complaint of A 1 1 a n t i c Coast Line Railroad Is Taken up. GREENSBORO. Jan. 26 To day's developments In the tail road s tax fight in federal court here Included th argument for and against in ths Southern rail way case, tha beginning of the At lantic Coast Lino's suit and the promise on tha prt of attorneys to speed up so that the Norfolk Western and Seaboard will be concluded by some time Saturday. Th railroad people, seeking to have the state tax commissioner restrained from collecting taxes on valuations th road claim ar too high by million of dollar, re ceived In the form of a rather vagu Intimation from two of th three judges sitting In th case, the flrt real bit of comfort ob tained so far by the railroad com panics. It wss to th effect that tha judge think that whlue they have a right to grant or deny the injunction aought, the case, so far as trial of It merrt 1 concerned, doe not He with thi court. That give th road a chanc. If they mak out a prima fcl esse, to have them dismiss tha their entirety leaving their roads no reooureseept an appealt wiw uumme ! court forcing them to pay their taxes and try to re cover by suit. Argument today revolved in arguing the question of over-valuatlon, end the constitu tionality of the franchise tag and the state corporation lnoom tax, W. C. T. V. WILL INVADE CUBA IN NEAR FUTURE CHICAGO, Jan. 20.--Th Wo men s Christian Temperance union tonight announced a campaign "to I't "J,h bout prohibition Into Cuba and Mexico." In the hope ot dJX!.nF up M6 tw0 "" l th prohibition desert. Miss Anna A. Gordon, world and national president of ths organlsa- I tion, will personally conduct cam paign, starting on a lecture tour m!,Lhe ? "untrle esrly next month. Her Itinerary will cover ! Havana. Malanxa. Cantlago, Isle ?! .inei, 4N.aMau. New Providence, in th, Bahamas, and probably a number of other large cities. Mis Gordon. Jn arniounelna. h campaign, said one of her purpose on the tour would bo to assist In strengthening the national W. C. T. U. organisation in Cuba and Mexico so that the local organlta tlons would be of adequate assist ance "when tha time come for ?.UJ?. "..d Mexico to vote on pro hibition." t INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC NOT TO BE SO SEIUOUS NEW TORK, Jan, 2.An epl oemlc of Influenza nlmnM if vould not be so widespread as iVon V. fP'oemics of 191 and 1920 Dr. Royal s. Copeland. city ..,,.,..1 commissioner, innnnn. the eighth d. f .h .J. 'jrz.V.J' disease this year and but lag cases have been reported for th. dh J.,,"'- Th'" rear's Icwer 7u V.,"'" ln Proportion, Indicate tn disease is not nosriy so viru ent in 1918i nr .,&;Vd l. therefore not so contagious. EXPAEIg OPTIMISM AT . MIAMI CONVENTION MIAMI, Fla,, Jan. 2 "ivm-,i. raiterrn,!1 b"IMLn ,n ,h K eastern sect'on of the United Hia.tM rp,eakerra.,,5r,h'iprM"d, h SfTh. L,Sh ,h.' n"ul convention -uTteS "fSfl'or"00 of offleer - BERLIN, Jan. 2A big German flrm aeooralng to the Achtuhr Abend ,purci'"n,?1 but JO llrftlsh warships for demolition. Us object m.n0nPH0V!d r mt-ial for Ocr mar. Industries. The price Is report- sterUng V 'b0Ut 600'000 Pund Jf5UN'-',' Jan- 2 Charles B. Snipes was found guilty of man slaughter by a Jury In Bibb county superior court this afternoon and sentenced to five to fifteen years at rVr. V," prln frm- for shooting Jiiaf tf erCer n th trt,', on tlX MEMBER OF ONE FAMILY DIE FROM POISON BOlSBr Idaho, ; Jan. t With the death of Charles W. Tuttle, 0. at Cambridge. Idaho, today, six mem ber of the family he headed, had succumbed to botullnus oolsnnlnsr said reserved greens at a birthday party COMPLETE RAILROAD GASES DURING THL WEEK ZanvTSta-?oh" T' ttair Jack-' " b?hr"tal ,to th ,lUM"on of ! ' e I?. .' mi ""'asurer. H. p. Bu- i inr th secretary the danrous and . ; t rum, Augusta. OS - r.i.- r. . fsr-raaohltia- auLhnrliv r ,h ...... J3 ipitiutnt, an. -t i nnAM v - - . . nury, n iiak? inn ka ... 4.waim, tirminhiirii. Alt. ..... ' j , ... ai. i.i . r - . v, .1 - ' . i i ,.-- . j . ' . 1 ' 14 Pages 112 Colncss J 1 HjT PRICE FIVE CENTS I interest nate r The attack on th measure today -was opened by Senator Johnaon republican, California, who warned the Senate that it the reported plan ot the administration to sell the foreign bonds to the American peo ple was carried out ?'you won't need a league of nations to drag you into every imbroglio across th water." With th bond distribut ed among the people, he aaserted. there would be constant pressure on the government to Interfere In the affairs ot tha debtor nations, Supporting hla amendment re quiring congressional approval of agreement entered Into with the debtor nations by the proposed debt refunding commission, the, California senator aald congress was responsible to the people and should not surrender Its power to supervise th debt refunding. - In this connection he attacked the e crct session of the arms confer nee. declaring 'that "a real dla armament program" would have resulted had the session been hold In th open for one week after Sec retary Hughe "had mad hlmielf a . hero bv hi masterful presenta tion tothe world of th thing America would do." - Opposing th Johnson amend ment, Senator Watson. Indiana, . declared that a vote of the sen ile to accent it would be nothing lees than "a vote of a lack of confidence In the, President of th United Slates,", Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, took Issue with th Indiana senator declaring that congress hn caused the creation of ths debt and that It' was responsible to th peo ple for what happened to it. 2 Senator Watson told the ,sna'. that the eeretary of the treasurv had authority to refund that por tion f the foreign debt represented by direct advance from th treas ury to the allied nations, but that ho did not hav the authority to refund ;the' deferred vitrterest and the- other obligations growing out of the sale of American war mate rial and relief supplies to France, Poland, nd other nation. ' Senator Glass, of Virginia, a for mer secretary of th treasury and Simmons of North Carolina, both democrats, contended that the sec retary had full authority to refund th deterred interest Chairman MoCurrVber of the finance commit tee in charge of the bill, disputed thi contention. Both h and Sen ator Watson also-argued that the United States should not Insist that the rofunded bonds bear the aam ... condition as the American liberty . bond a provided by present law. They said condition In tha worfd had changed and that th present situation should bo token into ac count In th refunding negotiation. Cloalnw th day discussion. Sen ator lloflln. democrat, Alabama, wanted to know "what Wall street Interest were behind th proposi tion that th government put off to some far distant time the collection of the interest." He said it had been suggested that the holder of British and other foreign bond old In thi country during tha war wanted tha government to defer It interest collection so that th "privately held bonds" could be , taken car of by th foreign na tion. - SENIOR SENATOR IS' MAKING FINE FIGHT T -nf " - Mts inui i uiniiu across -. (Bt H. M. P. MHYASt f WAjOTIINOTON, D, C Jan. 21 Speeohea ot Senator Simmon Tues day and today are winning strong .support of democrats and ladpnd it republicans on account of his sensational disclosure of th voham -of International banker In tha re- , funding bill to acquire for" nothing 5 Ihe accumulated- Interest on ths Amerkmn government's fnrelgn loans ; J largely responsible. The senator ' based hi charge on testimony of : JSeoretary Mellon before the finance committee. ,:" The North Carolina senator d elarsa uhat this government shall not. -. If he. can help hand over to Bec xstary Mellon this unlimited author 1'y to jnggls and manlpulata our - , .foreign loans which were made from ff.0,". flvn r 'he people of ths' United States In the purchase of llh. ' erty bonds upon specific promises inad to th people by eongrms that the money should be safeguarded bt every reaonalbls precaution." It Is uijiermood that ln contending for an iiterest rate of five per cent senator - Hlirtmons has practically " driven the. republicans alreurlv from -their position of luolstint; tliat th -Jnterest rate be left whollv io ih (itsnretlon of ths secretary of tl . " 'nlrt payments and- Ihe ume of Interest Mvmnt, ,itKi-. i.,. ori discretion. Jt la rportei ' todav that the kloo of republican senator Z Zn "'r,n" ,0 lh8 etandard ef i-u. . . """"a senwor in tnta f .right is steadily Increasing In aura -" fers and th demwniU of th tat ,1 have been wonderfully strsngUientd i. In Inelr opposition. i It is MAid that altlAn-t M i... : or the republican party, who ar hawing some diposltlin to support -the i democratlo" tariff leader in this fight ar Senators Borah and John son. PLAN TO ESTABLISH CHILDRI ,KYLTL,"Miob-' J- "Plans, '?r..",,b",hln on of Mis 1 Mr children , s hospitals In the United ta.tes were agreed upon today ut a committee representing th children s .1 free hospital and- the Michigan he- " pltal school for crippled children. ,1 wnvc-n are to be cnnsolUhated and op erated as the Mlohtg-an OhJMren's , hospital. Th Ittatltutlnn is to b glvsn 11,000,000 by Mayor : Jam Cousena. as soon as it 1 Incorpo rated, and additional gifts up t I mayor as the fund art needed,. 1 I h stat i.unds nlbbU healt 4 milk, bwed ijer "w -1 Not red jeatest W. b bam ilike i able 1 )l ami .'faced, ,"f all or loo i F I . 1 15 0 S ,Le AsU-KW MJ :&r.