-V
' THE .WEATHER
North and South Carellna-l-Cleudy
,4 wimwhat colder Tuesday; riln
Tuesday night and Wednssdsy; colds
. Wednesday.
FIRST CONCERTED
PARLEY TREATIES
Favorable Report on All
Covenants by Senate
Committee.
NOT AN ORGANIZED
'POLITICAL ATTACK
Glass Denies Wilson Has
Suggested Course to
Democratic Friends.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The
ilrst concerted attack on the arms
conference treaties, cnaracterigea
oy tactics which , administration
leaders openly charged suggested
a filibuster, was launched 1b the
senate today", Just as the foreign
relations cornmittee completed its
consideration of the covenants and
ordered all of, therafayorably re
ported. ": 'v
After several hours of wrangl
ing, a unanimous agreement v. as
reported to vote, not later than 2
p. m- Thursday on 'ratification of
the treaty with Japan relating to
Tap and other mandated Islands
in the Pacific. Immediately after
ward debate is to begin on the
other treaties resulting from the
conference negotiations.
Using the Tap treaty as the im
mediate vehicle of their discussion,
but interspersing remarks on many
ether subjects and frequent quo
rum calls, opponents of the con
ference program carried on such a
determined all day assault that the
senate managers prolonged the ses
sion into the evening in the hope
of wearing down their assailants.
One incident 1 to the - series of
nointed exchanges running through
the debate was a complete dis- j
claimer irom xne aomgerauc biuc,
that "political opposition" had been
: organized against the treaties or
had been counselled by former
President ' Wlujpn. Senator Glass,
democrat "Virginia, Who was a
member of the cabinet In the last
administration denied as a "purest
Invention." a published atory that
Mr. Wilson had suggested a course
of action to his friends in the
senate. ,' '";" --"-'x
JOHNSON AND REED '
ATTACK TAP TREATY
The attack on iba Tap treaty,
during whioh many stray shots
were taken at others of the arms
conference agreements,, was led by
Senators . Johnson, republican,
California and - Reed, democrat,.
Missouri, the former characterised
the . Tap pact ' as "a dismal pro
logue," to the conference series of
venants, and the latter openly
rihanrlnir renubllcah leaders With
ATTA
DN ARMS
aa effort 0.;;fpri.;MM0l.!itrr- rietd-1''averr1 manil - -
J through the . senate before -the
f country discovered what they coin
Jtnln. .; ,.
The Tap treaty was defended by;
Senator tinaerwooa oi jiaui",
democratic leader and a member
of the American arms delegation,
although he declared he was not
entirely in' agreement with the
premises on" which the pact was
drawn. He argued that the United
States never had : an "undivided
one-fifth of sovereignty over Par
clflo islands and hence was not
giving it up under the reaty.'
HARDING CONSIDERS
BILL WITH FORDNEY
Conference on Tariff Is Held at
Will House. , (
WASHINGTON; Fen. 2t The tariff
hill was discussed today at White
u,, rr htnrri4" President
f Harding and Representative Mondell.
n( Wyoming, the repumican nu
leader, and Chairman Fordnef, of the
ways and means committee. It was
Indicated afterwards 'that the execu
tive desired a speeding up of worn
on the measure, which is now in pro
cess of rewritlng-by republican mem
ber of the senste finance .committee.
Specific rates In the bill occupied
(lie attention today of the senate
committeemen, sometif whom said is
rtpciFion Iff , the controversy with
house leaders over American valua
tion probably, would be deferred un
til work on the rate had been com
pleted. The ad valorem' duties, it
was stated, still are being written on
the hasts of the foreign valuation of
the imported articles but It was dis
closed that at the same time exports
attached to the committee are trans
late these1 rates into figures based
"ii the American wholesale "?!lin.8
nrlee of the imports so that " the
iwtsis finally is agrees) upon the suo
tltutlfin of figures can be accompllsh-
VM without delay. '
tint he would Insist on a Mil with
American valuation and added that it
was his opinio' that 'if the senate
measure did not provide for such
valuation It would be referred to, the
ways and means committee for re
drafting Instead of being sent to con
ference as would 4)6 4he.ttsual pro
'edurc. -i. .'."' ,., :. - '.v J. j.'.'""
HUDY CANKOT REMEMBER
SHOOTING WIFE, BE SA1S
. . 1M - ..r . "4 . ;.-
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 2 7. Edgar
1 ' Krady; Chicago automobile man
ho shot and probably fatally
w minded his wife and, cut his own
;!'ioat Sunday afternoon in a local
lintel, was placed under arrest In a
hospital this evening, wnen py-
nana atnm,nr.,t fhnf
ne wouia
.... . - p
recover. Mrs.: Frady can not live
u was stated.
Mrs. Frady this morning, resi
ding that ishe could not live, asked
for a lawyer, who drew up a win
for her. K :'; ? ' '
Friends of Mrs! Frady Issued a
denial of Frady's assertions that
she had accepted t attention ot
other men. . . ''' -. -
Frady. questioned by a deputy
sheriff this afternoon said he could
not remember the shooting. '.
SEVERAL BADLY WOUNDEO
DURING BELFAST tHOOTINtt
- BELFAST, Feb. 27. (By ' The As
sociated Press J There was heavy
firing by civilians In the Short Btrand
district at 8 o'clock this evening.
The firing folIwed-a terrific bomb
explosion at ( o'clock this afternoon
at the corner of Vulean and Ssaford
treets and Newtownardi' road wbsn
Tom Mullan, a 14 years eld newsboy,
was. seriously wounded In the, legs
and head. v ' v
There also, was shooting M which
'there were-eastm itlee Queens
Hrldre and Albert Tirldca. two of the
-frincipi
Lagaav-
nncipai ; erftsslngs af the Hivef
THE
EST ABLISH ED 1868.
Retrenchment In School
Funds Now Threatening
Educational Progress
CHICAGO, Feb. 27. Retrench
ment in expenditures for public
schortts Is seriously threatening the
educational progress of the United
States, John J. Tigert, federaj com
missioner of education, told dele
pates to the convention of the
National Education association
here today.
"It is obvious," he said, "that
the present efficiency of the schools
cannot be maintained If teachers'
salaries are reduced and it Is
probable that they will have to be
increased still further even in the
face of decreases In the cost of
living-." " The average teacher's
salary at present, he added, is not
over $900 a year. -
A difference of opinion devolop
ed over the need forta centralized
.direction of the nation's educa
tional activities in charge of a
member of the presidential cabi
net. The need for such a national
organization was Judged by Geo.
D. Strayer, of Columbia university,
who declared:
LETTER INTENDED
FDR REPUBLICAN
Large Manufacturing In
terests Want "American
Valuation Plan."
WUH1N0T03 SCBSAO
TBI iHHITUXS CITIZE.f
( II. I. P. tllYiHT)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. In
their - hour of "sore distress" the
republican leaders are being de
luged' with letters giving advise,- or
making protests.
Now and then letters from these
people are by mistake addressed to
democratic senators. Big republi
can manufacturers artd special in
terests do not seem -to keep up
with the political affiliation of the
members of the senate. For in
stance, Senator Simmons, demo
crat tariff leader of the senate, re
ceived today, a letter from one of
these Interests in California, that
was evidently addressed to him by
mistake. This letter reads:
'.'We .nanufacturers on this coast
are reading with great surprise of
the attitude of the republican
members of the senate'"" finance
coifimlttee in the matter of the
American valuation plan as applied
to the Fordney bill.
"The conditions existing in this
facturing city in the United States.
Yesterday canvasses showed 1,000
heads of families in this city out
of employment and we are asked
to provide work for them.
CONGRESS DOING '
NOTHING FOR FACTORIES
"How can we do so when the
people we send to congress to rep
resent Mis and enact laws wnicn
will keep our population employed
are either doing nothing or delib
erately working out a scheme that
has for its object xne conunueu
xlnnlnr flnwn nf OUT factories.
. "if vou will examine costs of
material, costs of. labor, and Stan
dard nf llvinar In this country and
foreign countries you will And that
a protective tarm in connection
with the American valuation pian
Is an absolute necessity.
"The remedy for this condition
lies In the adoption of th Amer
ican valuation plan immediately.
"If you are one of the dissenters
we trust you will review the mat
ter nd vote in favor of the plan."
That is what you chII "letting
th est out. of the bag," Senator
Simmons said today, "Hepitbll
cans in congresa who have been
going around In circles for months
in th matter of the enactment of
a new tariff measure to take the
place of the Simmons-i.rraerwooa
act, which they hnd ai' denounced,
are between the devK and the sea.
Nobody knows now whether 'a tar
iff hiii win h enacted at this ses
sion or not The people of the
country have made such an up
rising against' ths so called Ameri
can valuation pian in the Fordney
bill, that the republicans have lost
their nerve, since the found the
nlan was entirely unworkable.
.nntnr Simmons ind his ex
perts here for months have been
engaged in a practical demnnstra
kv mrav nf fact nn 1 argument
that this plan Is rot only highly
unjust and designed to grfmt hun
dred? of millions,!?! special favors
tu the big interests, but ilso that
It is not practical to operate.
ABBiiriri C'ft ATTORNEYS IN
T MOTION FOR EVIDENCE
'ev irriAvntsoo.- Feb'. 17Coun
sel for Boscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle,
. Thanfrffl.iiffhter In connec
tion with the death of Miss Virginia
Rappe, petitioned Superior Judge
Harold Ixuderbach today for the
right to take the depositions of five
rhienirn witnesses for Arbuckle
third trial, scheduled to being March
33 The district attorney was given
three days in whichto answer the
- The proposed witnesses are doctor
,in hnvA been familiar -with
certain supposed physical defects of
i certain uiy" i---- --
M1 Rapp which have a direct bear-
lug on tne case,
ONE KJIXKO. TWO HVItT
BYBOMB IN BELFAST
BELFAST, Feb. 27. Tonight
bomb was thrown from the top of
a tramcar in York street and Rich,
ard Duffy was killed and two other
persons were woundod Two
bombs were th.'.wn In BaHyn-iir-ret
street. One of them burst bu
did no damage. The other did not
"TwoVrson were' wounded by
shots fired Into a strcei car In 6ea
ford' street. U , -y-j,
At.LEGEQ rfsV TcTaXPLA.N
wthoritM in connection wltf jthe
death of his mother, Mrs, Ada Drury
Convex near Haslehunrt torfay de.
Wlrort tWwba.
ithhl. rnjther until he was ar-
Daic'.... . ..n.laH In turn
mtni III UUII"U.
"unr "JTrfhCSt offli-ers to-
SENDS SIMMONS SUPREM
AS
"DEDICATED
"Good administration, ths struc
ture of our national government,
the practical importance of educa
tion in our national life all call
for the recognition of education in
our federal government through
the establishement of a national
department of education with a
secretarx in the President's cabi
net." Alexander Inglls, of Harvard
university, opposed federal sup
port and direction of public schools
as "fundamentally unsound poli
cies of government." Long dis
tance, governmental Interference
in schools administration, he de
nounced as "vicious."
"Let us not be deceived," ha as
serted, "all acta providing soldier
federal subsidies in aid of educa
tion carry with them the dynamite
of federal participation in the con
trol of education and the deter
mination of educational policies.
yien that bomb exploded it will
be of little service to have their
advocates protest that they did not
know their measures were loaded,"
E COURT
UPWSI.C.S. ON
FARES IN STATES
Without Dissent Holds
That "Commerce Is Unit
With no State Lines."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. De
claring that "commerce is a unit
and docs not regard state lines."
the Supreme court today, through I
Chief Justice Tart, and without
dissent handed down a decision
upholding the authority of the in
terstate commerce commission, un
der the transportation act of It 20
to fix state railroad passenger fares
when necessary to remove "un
due, unreasonable and unjust dis
crimination against Interstate com
merce.
Two cases were presented to the
rourt. One was brought by the
four commissions of Wisconsin and
others against the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy railroad seek
ing an InJurtoUon to prevent, the
railroads of th'e state from putting
into effect on state passenger traf
fic the . rate of 3.8 cents per milo
allowed W the government on in
terstate travel. The other' was
brought . by the State" of New York
ugainst the federal government,
the interstate commence commis
sion and certain. .railroads ot that
tnto on -the ground the three enf
f,f:w5r?ttMiir
commission produced v reasonable
returns to the railroads upon- their
state traffic. ; In both states freight
rates had been advanced to ths
interstate level without objection
from the states., : ;
"Congress in Its control of lt
interstate commerce system it
seeking in the transportation act
to make the system adequate to
the needs of the country by. s.
curing for it a reasonable compen
satory return for all the work It
tSocs," ins chief justice stated In
the opinion. "The states are seek.
Ing to use the same system for in
trastate traffic. That entails lerga
duties and expenditures on the in
terstate commerce system -which
may burden it unless compensation
is received for the Intrastate busi
ness reasonably proportionate to
that for the interstate business
Congress as the dominant control
ler of ' interstate commerce may,
therefore, restrain undue limita
tion of the earning power of this
interstate commerce system lri do-'
Ing state work. It can impose any
ifasonahle condition on a state
t:se of interstate carrlers'for intra
state commerce It deems neoes
aar.V or desirable. This Is because
of the supremacy of the national
power lri this field."
AUTOMOTIVE MEN
MEET IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE. Feb. 87. Thirl
cnariotte Automotive Trade associ
ation at the Weekly ' luncheon to
day heard E. L. Whitmore, presi
dent of the Greensboro association:
R. W. Morton, publicity director
of the Greensboro automobile show
and' J. C. Muir, factory representa
tive of the Franklin Auto company.
Mr. Whltmore spoke of the fine
feeling displayed at the meeting.
Mr. Morton spoke on the Oaf City
show and Mr. Muir so ke of the
growth of business within the list
three months. Improvement being
noted in many "sections of the
country.
FIVE BROKERAGE HOtTSFSI
- IN FINANCIAL TROVUI.ES
NEW. YORK. Feb. 27. Fmar
cial troubles overtook -five more
brokerage houses in-Wall street to
day. J . . ,
- Involuntary bankruptcy petitions
were filed against four. , whllo a
fifth, C. W. Starbuck and company,'
made a voluntary assignment for
the benefit of creditors.-
Today's failures brought ths te
jt.I since last November ul to 85.
The firm of Afosher and Wallace
was the fint to go down today, an
nouncement of Its suspension from
the Consolidated Stock exchange
being followed quickly y the filing
of a bankruptcy petition in federal
court. Liabilities were estimated
at $175,000. while assets were not
fated. -w ''
The- same fate, overtook Thomas
H. Cowley and company and Bhew
ry and Falkland, liabilities and as
sets of the former being listed, re
spectively, as 100,000 and 140.000.
while in the ease of Bhwwry and
Falkland HabiUUea alone were es
timated at 160.000.
Neither liabilities nor aeUWertH
estimated In the petition against
Gamble and Tate., This firm, like
C. W. Starbuck and company. Is an
"outside" house, with no exchagge
connection. ; . - '.
BIUnSH TROOPS BBGI.V
" EVACUATION OK DCBUN
DUBLIN. Feb. T.Th svacua
tlon of British troops wsa resumed
trdav. Two hundred of the first
Wt drssooea fronaXurraf 0jm-J
harked for England.
HEVELLEACmZEN
TO THE UP-BUILDING
ItSHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING J FEBRUARY'S, 1922.
UN SUFFRAGE
AIN1ENT1LD
VALID AS PASSED
Supreme Court , Sustains
Constitutionality of Fed
eral Amendment.
STATE PROVISIONS
NOT ENTERTAINED
Objection ; to Tennessee's
Ratification Is Held to
Be "Immaterial."
...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 87. The
constitutionality of the women's
suffrage or nineteenth amendment,
was sustained today by the su
preme court In an unanimous de
cision rendered by Justice Bran
dies. The challenge came from the
state of Maryland where Oscar
Leser and others sought to prevent
the registration of two women as
qualified- voters in Baltimore. Leser
and his associates contended that
the constitution of Maryland lim
ited suffrage to men: that the leg
islature of Maryland had refused
to ratify the woman's suffrage
amendment and that the amend
ment had not become a part of the
federal constitution. The Maryland
state courts sustained the amend
ment. . c-'1:
The contention that an amend
ment to the federal constitution r
lating to additions to the electo
rate cannot be made without the
consent of the state, the court dis
posed of by reference to the fif
teenth or equal suffrage amend
ment, declaring that "one cannot
be valid and the other Invalid." It
pointed out that the validity of the
fifteenth amendment hid been rec
ognized for half a century.
CONSTITUTIONS OF
STATES OP NO EFFECT
The suggestion that several of
the 30' states which .ratified the
19th amendment had provisions in
their state constitutions which pro
hlblted the legislatures from ratl
flylng should not be entertalued the
court stated, tiecause the state leg
islatures derived their power In
.iich matters from . the federal
constitution, which "transcends any
limitations sought to Imposed
by the people of a state." ;
Ths-' remaining objection ; thst
ths ratifying resolutions of Ten
nessee and West Virginia wars In
operative,' because adopted fin vio
lation of legislative procedure , in
those states many havs been ren
dered "immaterial," the court de
clared, by the subsequent ratifica
tion of the amendment by Con
necticut and Vermont. Tha in
tention was disposed of however.
m---tfrtWrer grmtnd, the court.
stated, adding tnat tne secretary
ot state having Issued a proclama
tion of , the , ratification of the
amendment by the legislatures of
thirty-six states the amendment to
all Intents and purposes hsd be
come a part of the constitution.
As Tennessee and West Virginia
had power to ratify and had offi
cially notified the secretsry o. state
lhat they had dons ao,-tIrlr action
was binding upon the secretary,
and upon being certified by that
official had become collusive
upon the courts.
PROCEEDINGS BEGIN
BY C. S. FAIRCHILO f
The wemen suffrage or nineteenth
amendment to the constitution was
challenged In the supreme court, in
proceedings instituted by Charles B.
Falrchlld of New-York, for himself
and In behalf of tha American Con
stitutional league, to enjoin the sec
retary of state from issuing and the
attorney- general from enforcing a
proclamation declaring the artlfica
tlon of the amendment, and by Oscar
Leser and ether cttiiens of Mary
land., constituting an organization
known as the "Maryland League for
State Defense." The former proceed.
Ings were based on the ground that
the amendment bad not been validly
adopted, and the latter that the
amendment was unconstitutional.
The federal courts in the district
of Columbia and the state courts In
Maryland, where the cases, rpec
tively, were originally brought, ruled
against the objections to the amend
ment. In the oral arguments In the
supreme eourt In the Fairohild case,
the government contended that the
secretary of state having Issued the
ratification proclamation there was
nothing to restrain, and that the ease
therefore became moot, not present
ing a controversy for judical decision.
In th I.ip rase, the government
acknowledged t that the proceedings
had haen . Instituted by voters who
had sufficient Interest . to warrant
thMe nramnca In court, but that tne
issue raised was political, one for
MrfJnn. hv conaress or for settle
ment In some other avenue than by
adjudication in the rourts. While
the state of Maryland had refused to
ratify the amendment, it was poiniea
nut the state alsor refused to question
its constitutionality.;. -
-The power ef oongress to propose
the amendment to the state legisla
tures for ratification was assailed by
Its opponents on the ground that the
people reserved - to themselves in
their state constitutions the rtght to
regulate suffrage, and tnat in i "ti
ers! government legally could not
have anything whatever, to do with
changing the "sovereign" power" em
bodied In suffrage auallfioatlons.
The people were not setting up an
amending agency fo rthelr own de
struction.", the opponents contended,
asserting that, , In limiting federal
Jurisdiction the "sovereign people"
did not intend, that their agents con
ducting the federal government,
should have the , power to destroy
them. ' Following this line of argu
ment It was .argued that the people
alone by amendments to their state
constitutions or by a constitutional
convention- called for the purpose
could extend or. abridge their sever -elrntv.
- - "'.- ., v .
The fifteenth t or raee suffrsge
amendment, adopted after the war
between the states, was not a pre
cedent, it was asserted, by the op
ponents because it was an expression
of the ."results of revolution," ao
auleoed In by all- the people, for the
"reconstruction" , of the - nation, by
extending to the negro 'race freedom
and equality," or which the war was
fought." Any other method 4 "for
- r
able aecree or tne otvu war wouiu
have been equally effective," it was
argued.
Should It be held, notwithstanding
these' Abjections, the congress had
oonstltuional power to submit tiie
amendment for ratification by state
legislatures, the prescribed ' three
fourths of the legislatures, required
for constitutional ratification, did not
give their approval, the opponents of
women's suffrage insisted naming
Missouri. Tennessee end West vir
ilnla, counted among the 3s states
. tetnsa W
OF WESTERN NORTH
liEttilBULI
DEFER ACTION QfJ
Makes Suggestion After
Conference With the
President.
LEGION IS OPPOSED
TO FURTHER DELAY
Refunding of Foreign
Debt Is Discussed at
White House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ST. -Post,
ponement of house action oh the
soldiers' bonus bill for a while
longer was suggested today by
Representative Mondell, of Wyo
ming, the republican leader, after
he nnd Chairman Fordnfcy, of the
ways and means committee, had
conferred with President Hardinj
at the White House.
Emphasizing that the suggestion
whs his own, Mr. Mondell said it
wns well known that the house
Intended to pass a bonus measure
at this session and that a little
delay might serve "to clear the
rkies." He explained that within
u short time there probably would
bo more definite information aa to
expected saving in expenditures
for the next fiscal year; returns
from the foreign debt and whether
business conditions could be ex
pected to improve to the extent of
insuring additional .federal 'reve
nues. -
Mr. Mondell and Mr. Fordney
were understood to have appraised
the 'resident formally of the ac
tfon of the special house sub-committee
in rejecting the executive's
proposal that the bonus be ft
nam ed by ly sales tax and approve
Ing instead 'a bill without any defl
ntte means of raising the revenuo.
They would not indicate what
views the executive had expressed, (
rut Kepresentauve Ixingworth, of
Ohio, a member of the committee
dealing with the bonus question,
said tonight after a visit to the
While House that Mr. Harding was
still of the opinion that the legTs
Ution should either be financed by
a sales tax or postponed.
Before seeing the President, Mr.
Fordney conferred with Hanford
MacNider, natio n a 1 commander,
and John Thomas Taylor, legisla
tive agent of the American Legion.
Mr, MacNider and Mr. . Taylor
called at the White House to see
the President' but were Informed
Mr. Harding's engagement list for
the forenoon was filled.' They said
thty would return later In the day.
rar. juacniaar said the leg on
as opposed to any further delay
ana indicated that It was his de
sire to present his-views ta tha
executive. He' reiterated that th-
legion would not be drawn lnt
any discussion ot ways and means
for raising the necessary bonus,
Indicating that It was interested
trly In the speedy passage of the
legislation.
On leaving the White House both
Mr, Mondell and Mr. Fordney said
the house would pass a bonus bill
t.t this session. Mr. Mondell stated
that he could not say whether a
measure without means of raising
the revenue could be put througn
the senate.
Asked as to ways of financing
the adjusted compensation, the re
publican house leader referred
aoain to expected aavlngs In the
next fiscal year, but he would not
give an estimate as to what this
amount would be. He Indicated
that the question of the refunded
foreign debt as a means of financ
ing the bonus had been brought up
at the White House conference,
bJt declined to say what views the
President hsd expressed.
FIRE IN AUGUSTA'S
BUSINESS DISTRICT
General Alarm Sounded ""ttltcn
Trunk Factory i, untied. ?
AtrGtaTA. Ga Feb' tt. Firs
starting here at 12 o'clock tonight
oyer Montell a studio in tht aeartof
the business district threatens the
bloox. .
Oeneral alarm has sounded aifd the
fire Is bursting from ail sldel snd
through the ton of the (our-etory
Montgomery building where the fire
started.
The plaes where tonight's fir
started was only two buildings dis
tant from the spot where the last
conflagration was checked; The Au
gusta Trunk factory, a leather goods
store on the .first floor of the bujld
ilng, has been completely gutted and
the flames are bursting from ths
roo and windows.
It seems at this time, however, that
the flra will be controlled before it
Ignites nearby buildings, fire walls
serving as barriers.
The pjlnd is very light, blowing
gently to the east, but the flame are
not mounting high nor are wperks
flying aa fast as they did in the fife
of November last.
All of the engines of the city's) fire
department ere In service with the
exception of the necessary reserve.
TEXTILE STRIKE
IN BHODE ISLAND
AT CLIMAX TODAY
n ... . i . it
PROVIDENCE, R. I Feb. 27.
i-A climax to the textile strike
which has closed many cotton
mills In Ilhode Island for five
weekc 'will be reached tomor
row afternoon when strikers and
mill owners must reply to the
final appeal ot the state board
of mediation' and conciliation.
The board's appeal called - for
an immediate resumption of
work on the part of the strik
ers and the acceptance ot
Judge 3. Hahn and. sole arbiler
of the wage dispute. Today was
quiet In both the I'awtuxef and
Blackstone Valleys. Rumors
that mills iiMhe Pawtuxet Val
ley would 'is re-opened this
morning to employes willing to
return on the basis of a 20 per
cent reduction In pay called
forth pickets 1 to all mill sp
proaches. Lines were formed
during the early hours of that
night but dwindled away this
morning ss the watchers saw no
smoke in the big mill chimneys.
Pawtuxet Valley strike lead
ers met with the executive com
mittee- of the Amalgamated
Textile Workers today to frame
the union's answer, to the- state
board..'? " -
SOLDIERS
BONUS
CAROLINA"
Indict Twelve On
Conspiracy To
Of Several Million
Claim Federal Reserve Bank
Made Threats To Force State
. Banks To Par-Clearance Plan
MONROE. N. C, Feb. J7. Doc
umentary evidence Intended to
show that the Richmond federal
reserve bank had threatened to
pursue a course that would have
seriously damaged and caused
much financial loss to North Caro
lina banks operation under state
charter, was introduced by the let
ter today hsre in the trial of the
so-called "par. clearance" case.
Through letters and other doc
uments that ths state banks sought
to prove that, the fideral reserve
bank threatened to snd checks on
them by messenger to demnnd cash
payment over the counter, unless
they agreed to remit at pat, and
ta dishonor such checks It pay
ment at par were declined. The
alleged threats, according to the
evidence, followed the passage of
an act by tha North Carolina leg
islature authorising the state
banks to charge exchange on all
checks circulated through other
banks.
Thinks Is a Poor Treaty
Compelling Counsel Be
Sent to Canada.
wiurasTos oms
tss uaTiu.a omu) ,
lit at . 0. IRYtST) .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Gov.
rnor Morrison is In a real spirited
row -with the state department
over Matthew Bullock, negro, who
Is wsnted in North Csrollna on a
charge of inciting to riot. Act
ing Secretary of State Fletcher to
day sent a telegram to the gov
ernor In reply to a recent telegram
from that official declining to an-
P0'"? counsel In the case of Bui.
lock!
Secretary Fletcher pointed out
In his message that under the ex
tradition treaty between the Unt
ted States and Great, Britain, which
likewise applies . to Canada, per
sons may be extradited '"only upon
such evidence of criminality as.
according to the laws ot the place
where the fugitive or person ro
charged shall be found, would
justify his apprehension and com
mitment for trial If the crime or
offense had there been committed."
The secretary also stated Inst
there was plenty ot precedent foi
st ate authorities In the United
States to employ counsel in Can
ada, adding that In some Instances
contested cases prosecuted by the
Canadian authorities In the United
States had gone as far as the Uni
ted States suprem court."
" The telegram from Governor
Morrison was considered sarcastic
in tone, the governor declaring
that "If treaty relations with Can
ada are not such ss to guarantee
the return to this country of dee
tne reiurn o mis country or aes-
perate criminals like Matthew Bui.
lock without ths states of this
union being subjected to the hu
miliation of having to appear Be
fore tome judge In a petty judicial
proceeding In Canada It ,1s cer
tainly a distressing situation."
The text of Secretary Fletcher's
reply follows: ,
"You' may desire to take Into
consideration that by treaty with
Great Brltian, which Is applicable
to Canada, It Is provided that ex'
tradition shall be granted 'only up
on such evidence of criminality as,
according to the laws of the place
where the fugitive or person so
charged shall be found, would Jus
tify his apprehension and commit
ment for trial If the crime or of
fense had there be committed.
"This, of course, raises a judicial
question and in contested cases
late authorities not Infrequently
employ counsel in Canada.' as do
likewise Canadian authorities lu
the United States, where occasion
ally extradition cases go so far as
the United States supreme coiirt.
"Counsel Hamilton reports Feb
ruary 24 prisoner remanded until
March 3, 10 a. m. Judge stated
there would be no further remand
and, reiterated absolute necessity
(or oral testimony."
SHOE MAN HEARD
BY COMMERCE BODY
Intcr-Ktste
Commission
Craddock.
Hears 3.
WASHINGTON. Feb. T. The In
terstate Commerce commission in al
lowing maintenance of existing rail
road rates., was declared to be "hold
ing an umbrella over the railroads at
the expense of other industry" by
J. W. Craddock, of Lynchburg. Vs.,
president of the Craddock-Terry Shoe
company, who appeared today for or
ganlaatfone of sioe manufacturers,
wholesalers end retailers. The sched
ules must corns down, he added, be
cause thn country was "through the
ilk shirt era."
Mr. Oradriook said hla industry
would not specify what rates should
be cut or to what degree, but con
mdrl that coat freights ahrntld be
taken up -generally first, and agri
cultural products second. '
What was almost the only appeal
for lower xiaaesnger rates, waa made
today by K. B. Lelghton. represent
ing the International Theatrical as
aioialion. Thn fire-wr ai-hedules of
SV cents per mile for traveler should
be rstored, he declared, because the
atrical failures had Increased tre
mendously In numbers, while road
hows had decreased, demonstrating
that the charges were too high for
the trafflo to bear. .
ELECTROCUTED AS riSHINO
une touchis livs wine
MACONf, Oa Feb. !7. Sarah
Arnold, negro woman, who was fish
ing In the Ocmulgae river here late
today, oast her Mne over two oo volt
power wires, and was killed Instant
ly. A short circuit was formed by
ths line snd the two big plants were
pA eut of business for two hours.
MORRISON SENDS PRQBEQF ROMA
SARCASTIC NOTE DISASTER
ON BULLOCK CASE
...
PRICE FIVE CENTS
. Evidence also was Introduced to
support thn claim of the state
banks that a large percentage of
their revenue Is derived from the
exchange charges and that many
of them would be driven out of
business If they should be denied
this Income, and to support the
contention of the state banks that
the alleged "threats" by the Rich
mond bank were deigned merely
to force ths state banks to adopt
the par clearance system.
Witnesses examinud today In
cluded: H. A. Page. Jr., AberJeen;
Leake S. Covington, Rockingham;
J. Q. Sewsll and J. J, Jenkins, KIK'r
City; J. C. Wescott, Bayboro. and
others. Witnesses for the reserve
bank will testify later.
At a night session of Superior
court, over which Judge James U
Webb Is presiding, the plaintiff
state banks concluded the presen
tation of evidence. The reserve
bank .will begin the Introduction of
evidence tomorrow morning.
GOES
INTO NEXT WEEK
Twenty Witnesses Ap
pear Before Board,
r Others Expected.
NORFOLK, Vs.. Feb, if. Ths
Investigation at Lang ley Field and
at the army supply base to deter
mine the cause of the Roma dis
aster last Tuesday will . probably
txtend into next week, according
to announcement made tnolght, by
Colonel Fisher, c h I e f of the
llghter-than-alr service at Langley
Held. t, . .
Twenty or . more witnesses al
ready have appeared before the
board of Inquiry to give testimony
lu regard to the catastrophe. It is
anticipated that. Important testi
mony bearing on the case will b
given by Charles Dworack 'and
Master Sergeant Harry , A. Chap
man ss aeon as they are able to
appear before the board. Mr.
Dworack and Sergeant Chapman,
two of the most seriously injured
Hurvlvors, sre undsr treatment tor
shock snd burns at the public
health service hospital here.
WhIK ths board ot inquiry has
been In session, at post. headqUsr
ters at lAngley field, frequent
trips of inspection by officers of
the station with other air service
experts have been made to ths
wreckage of the Roma at the army
base, colonel Cardonl, Italian air
expert, has returned to Wsshlng
ton after making a thorough ex
I. ruination of the ' wreck of the
Roma, Me visited the scene of the
dissster st the request of Msjor
General Mason M. Pstrlck, chief
rf the army air service. In order
that he might be able to; throw
tome light on the cause of the
;. , - . . . ji.iu.i
colSn ,! 'llnLl r' th.
Z.?:"' J':'1!
Investigation now under way at
Langley field, ths ruins of the
Roma wllf not be moved from the
npot where the . huge ' airship
Blunged to her doom last Tuesday,
causing the death of II men.
PRESBYTERIANS IN
STORMY, MEETING
Edwin CnnistDenbHl Admission to
- the Churtth.
BObTO.V. Fen. Vt. At a stormy
meeting of the Boston Presbytery, the
ruling body of the Presbyterian det
nomination for Greater Boston, ths
First Presbyterian church of Brook
line was removed from the nomina
tion and Its sunoly usntor. Kdwtit
Curtis, was denied admission to the
Presbyterisn church aa a minister.
The many charges against the -pastor
Included allegations that he had
on several occasions said grace
frivolously and In one Instance Hap-,
tlsed a dog immediately after offici
ating st a funeral. The case hsd
been the subject of seversl hearings
before the Presbytery and the fact
that several hundred members of
ths Rrookllne church upheld tha pas
tor led to the church Itself being re
moved from the denomination at to
day's session Officials of the church
said tonight that further steps would
be taken, possibly In tha civil courts.
- To support - the charges . that Mr.
Curtis ssld grace in a frivolous man
ner, affidavits were presented from
people who lived at the same board
ing hottss as the pastor. On onn oc
casion, it ss alleged, Mr. Curtis
said;
"O, Lord, w thank the for the
salad." On another he said:
"lard, we thank tbee- for French
fried potatoes."
A deposition by two women churrh
members declared that after return
ing with them from a funeral. Mr.
Curtis became Interested In a dog at
their home.-1 He took a gtass nf
water, the deposition eiateil. and
sprinkled some of the wmer on the
dogs bead.
TO CONSIDER ALABAMA
OFFER ON MUSCLE SHOALS
WASHINGTON, B'eb.- J7-- Py The
Associated Press.) The Ford Oder
for purchase and lease of the govern
ment's war projected properties st
Muscle Shoals, Ala., was temporarily
side-tracked tndsy by the house mili
tary commutes after almost threa
weeks' continuous Investigation and
the fvay was -f'tare'd to begin con
sideratlon tomorrow of the rival pro
posal for. the same properties sub
mitted by the. Alabama Power com
pany, . At the same time, Chairman Kahn
said the committee hoped to dlspos
by the end of the week of all hear
ings on offers before It, including
those from Mr. Ford, the Alabama
Power company and Frederick E.
Engstrum aim begin work next week
on preparing a report for ths. house,
reciting the. committee's opinions en
tha various proposals It wilt havs
studied..
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Dollars
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DEFENDANTS All
SHIR.GONTRftCTS
Says Indictments Due ta
Personal reelings 01
Attorney General,,
INVOLVE DEALS ON .
WAR-TIME CONTRACT.
Allege Money, Obtained
by Fraud From Emergen-,
cy Fleet Corporation.
WASH I N OTON. Fsb. IT.-r,
Charles W. Morse, New York shlp-l
builder, his three sons Ervln, Ben
jamin and Harry Moras, and sight,
others alleged to have been asso-,
elated with him In connection with
war-time shipping contracts were
today Indicted by ths federal grand :
jurv on charges of "oonsplracy to ...
defraud", the United States and
tne Emergency Fleet corporation.
Those Indicted in addition to
Morse and his son were;- ,
Colin It- Livingston, tormer
president Vlrg Inta Shipbuilding
corporation, and president ojC tha
Boy Scouts of America.
Ufcorge M. Burdetts, attorney fcrt
thejvtorse interests, especially thej
United States Transportation, inc.;
Nehemiah II. Campbell, of New
York., asslstsnt treasursr. United
St a t s s Transportation company.
Inc.
Rupert -M, Much, Augusts,
Maine, assistant treasurer. Vir
ginia Shipbuilding corporation. -
W. W. Scott, Washington, D. C,
attorney for Virginia Shipbuildings
corporation,
Phfllp Relnhardt, auditor ; tor
United States Fleet corporation at
Alexandria, Va.
Leonard 1. Christie,, treasure"
Virginia Shipbuilding corporation,
Robert O, Whits, assistant treas
urer Oroton'Iron works and presi
dent United States Transport com
pany, inc. : ...v ...
Two indictments were returned,
both, covering Identical transac
tions and accusing ths same per
sons. Ons charges' a conspiracy in
dsftaud the United States and th.i
other .- conspiracy to"ommlt-sii
offense against ths . United State
by defrauding (ha Untied State
shipping hoard. ( ' 1
TO RKQUIRK BO?fI ;
OF TKW THOUSAND
United States Attorney Peyton
Gordon. It was stated, will require
the defendants to, appear In thn
District of Columbia Supreme
couit for arraignment, when they
can- ' be released ' under 60
bond In each case. , '
. In a statement issued .aftsr trt
Indictments . were returned Mr:
Morse charged thst "the indict
ment, which Is terribly unjust, as
wilt be proven later, I believe was
secured because of personal feeling
against me on the part of Attoi-r.ey-Ueneral
Daugherty and cer
lain present officials of the Unite !
States shipping board. Mr Morse's
attorney, Wilton 0. Lambert, said
t h a t Indictments against Mr.
Morse snd his "associates would
never; have been returned had they
Seen permitted to appear before
the grand jury" and that the de.
iehdanta all would be promptly'
.tcqultted as soon as the '"real and
actual evidence" Is presented. ,
The 'contracts between- t h
Emergency Fleet corporation snd
the Uroton Iron workg and the
Virginia Shipbuilding corporation
r,n which the charges resulting in
the Indictments were based, in
volved an amount said to approxi
mate 149,000,000. No estimate was
made, however. In the Indictments
of the full amount which the de
fendants ars charged with having
misappropriated and F 1 e t c her
Uobyns, of Chicago, special assls-.
tarti. to the attorney-general wh;i
irokecuted the investigations fY
the government, declined after the
Indictments were returned, to n.
jtlmsts the amount ot money out
oi wmrn is alleged the United
State, was defrauded, . but it was v
understood the sums which ths
government, alleged were misap.
propi lated . amounted to several
million dollars. . -
The Indictments charged ths :
fendants specifically with MlseW
pretending to the shipping board
and the fleet corporation that the -shipbuilding
corporations they rep
resented would be able to erscf
snd equip from their own funds
shipbuilding plants of sufficient .
s'.ne to enable them to carry out "
contracts given them by the fleet'
corporation,-and to proceed wlth;
out dlay to th construction of,"
test's. The Intention of the de
'"n dan is. it was alleged was to ;
obtain large sums of money from ;
the fleet corporation by. falsely ..
representing that ssid amount
would be used for construction nf
vessels and to divert large sums
from the ship construction and
divert and use the same for th,
f rection of plants snd housing fa
fllltes and thus convert the ftmrt v
o the use of the shipbuilder cor.
por.-rtlons and themselves and to
delay ship construction.
FAIXF.LY PRETF.NDF.T)
.WOVEY TCK THEM
The Indictments further . charrs
that (he defendants falsely pretend-'
ad that large sums of money were
due from the fleet corporation as
progress payments an.f obtained thev
money when they "'weil knew It was
not due." Hlmllar charges wars mad .
that when the defanits represented
that their corporations hsd Invested '
large smnunts in shipbuilding plants;
and for that reason alleged the pUnts
wto adequate security -for loans and '
advances, they "defrauded, all fh?
time knowing in truth and in faet tha
corporations would act have Invest
In their said plants the large suras .
attributed to them." ,
Larg quantities ef material ware,
obtained from the fleet oorporatlno'
by the defendants for the ooastrao-4
tlon of vessels and later, the indict-,
ment charged, the defendant . sold
great masses ef the material and con
verted the proceeds of the sales "t
the corporations snd themselves." i
Ths name ot William F. McA1v.
Charges Of
Defraud U. S.
CONNECTED
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