North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER North and South Carolina Fair Wednesday and Thursday; continued cold Wtd.: rliina tempt. Thursday. 12 PAGES TODAY "DEDICATED TO THE. UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' ASHEVILl7NrcTTHUIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 97 1922. ESTABLISHED 1865. PRICE FIVE CENTS President And Denby j Order Work Stopped On 14 Capital Ships IS ONE DF SHIPS ID BE SCRAPPED President Does Not Wait on Ratification of Con ference Treaties WORK TO STOP ON EIGHT FIRST CLASS Colorado the Only Dread nought to Be Retained, It was Stated WASHINGTON, l ei,, s - i IV The Associated rressi iiiiiistruc- i;on worlc on 14 capital ships was suspended today by order of Secre tary Denby tinder direction of. I'ri-ddent Harding The step was taken in anticipation of rat ifn-a - j lion of the naval limitation treaty which resulted from the Washing-, Mil conference and under which only three of .the- vowels Invnhetl i will be c-omplated as war craft.' The other 11 will lie scrappol or converted to merchant ships umh-r! tlie treaty provisions. Secretary Denby nctml aftc-.- As- sislant Secretary Roosevelt bad discussed with President Harding llin terms of the treaty affecting thu new ships Mr Harding approv ed the suggestion that work brought to a standstill immediate! on the eight superdreadnouglits , "as mo i,ii suiueni iu nun .ni.l six battle cruisers pending ! Cecrgetown university after iu final action on the treaty. In round ' foundation in - 17S1 i.s a clrcum- i. iiren the building operations thus : ii.it fri h:ivp cost the crovprn niont ' proximately $5,000,000 a month. Following ratification of the treaty, contracts for tho new "hips will be cancelled. The ultimate e st to the government of this can cellation cannot be determined in ...li...nen Ktit naval filRrlnla hdlicvi hut a considerable saving will be J made through today's action. Only one capital ship under con struction was exempted from to day's suspension order. She is the Colorado, morn than SO per cent complete and which w:ill be retain ed in the permit pen -KIGHT HTIlnT ICIA88 SHIPS. ,Th ships on which work was tipped included eight first class battleships, the Washington, at the lork Shipbuilding corpora- lion; the West Virginia, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company; the South Dakota, New York navy yard; the Indiana, New York navy yard: The IoSva, New port News Shipbuilding and Dry Hock company, and the Massa chusetts, Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation. Fore Klver, Mass. It was expected the President would require a day or two before iiansinitting the treaties to the .f.i 11'Knll.fl-, Itiu tl'.Mll,?' ltd done i pe son was said to be etill ! ,,...,,., '''' i Th. American delegates' report I w as said to he exhaustive, giving j ;im full history .and explanations "f all the actions taken by the delegation, by the conference com mittee and by the conference itself. The view was expressed that it would go far to clear up much ol the misapprehension concerning iom of the treaties and possibly avoid the necessity for statements by Senators Lodge and Underwood, respectively, to the republican and democratic members of the senate. Work was also ordered suspended on six battle cruisers as follows: Lex iiaton, Bethlehem Shipbuilding cor poration; Constallatlon, Newport Nws Shipbuilding and Dry Dock "impany: Constitution and United states. Philadelphia navy yard. Whil" werk on the battleships West i-ginla and Washington was ordered -lopped, one, of these ships will be inpleled and added to the fleet when finished. Which is to bo selected for "iiiiilt-tlon has not been decided, but " has been indicated that the West Vireinia probably will he named. It ,r believed by navy officials that she sit bo finished move cheaply than Ihi Washington, a sister ship of the Post 'lland olar like the Colorado. TO SAVE y COLORADO With thn Colorado, the vessel thus I'leeted for conepletion will make up in two battlesnips "of the West Vir ginia class" which the United States u In retain to replace the Ke'aware mid North Dakota of the present fleet "-iiri win be scrapped on completion ' ' the new vessels. The pair from i'e American equivalent under the ii-.l naval agreement of the treaty o r .Tinanese retention 0'. the battlc 'li'n Mutsu. The other battleships on which werk was stonDed are of the iO.OOO ion tvpe, armed with 12 Ifi-inch guns "xeluded from future rsval estab lishments of the treay powers. Of the six battle cruiserr. two tire 1,1 be completed as airplane carriers but work of converting them to that M pe wl'l not he 'undertaken "ntU-Lae ire.aty has been ratified. Plans for the conversion In accordance with I,HU HA. 1 I .,l.n i rt-i i ic-Linnn now in jiriiarinn. Three of the ships are practically at the same point In construction. The two tn tut rtlrif.4 hnva nof been Sf'icted. furtlnr steps toward t" c letn execution of the naval limitation trenty .-j t,, taken bv the naw de partment with the sale' of obsolete !"-e-dreadnoiihts slated for soran nlng under tho trenty. H was said '"'av that this work would be done "'ier tr. the ratification of the treaty sln" vessels- are regarded as of no ndhtarv value and would have been oisoosed even had no treaty been nerotiated. Two uch o'd battleship were sold for JunV while tbe treaty c"r,'"nc6 was still In progress. 18 FIRST STEP Serrxtarv Denbv's suspension order was the first major step toward carry- i out me iimitAtVm treatv. as ' r rmns for actual scrapping of the ves sels as required by the treaty within a fixed time after ratification by all signatory powers have not been com pleted. special technics! board of "fleers is working; out details of this urogram. The treaty allow scran--JUMifbn , any, on..fltM8veral,met hods 11 no the hoard ia in CAenmrnnnd fhe 'est method to be folic--"'1 "h. -ach new or old ship to' be disposed of. l -. Placed in Record 'I BI AflflBTIl.t - . k. :. wiri.vr WASHINGTON'. I. C, Feb. S. -Representative Lazarn. of Louis i ana, hub discovered that William I Gaston, a North Carolina stat's- I men. w ho dominated liis follows by sheer intellect more than ;i bun-' died years ago. was the "lirst I'll-' , li 1" to enter Ueorgetnwii university, and that he is "conceded I first, pot only in time, hut in tal- ami dis ry tif"t.;( history of Georgetown, a profound scholar and an orator of the lirft! rank." He said that Gaston d-- I livered in the house "oiy of ihc j few (treat speeches heard in con gress" upon the "tyranny of the' j previous nucstiou." Air. Lazaro had the C.ainii speeih printed in lliiv record of the1 second and sent a copy of his re-1 marks to Senator Simmons. Writ-, til; to him today, Mr. Simmons said: "This speech is an able and most interesting discussion of ihc subject. I .nil very glad that ou placed it in the record a! ihis lime. SIMMONS IS IXTK.KLM I II ".Indite G.istnn i.- Inc." i . ) I lived in ut home county ot Crn ven. He was one id the reall great men of the early days of, the republic. He sei-ed as Justice of ihc North Carolina supreme court fur many years, and was the author of North Carolina 'faorite sons' I the Old North Statei. I am sure that jou will be interested to know npt that .Judge Oaston was one of the few men In our history, who have declined seats in the Cnitcd Stales senate. He preferred to .continue his judicial career on the supreme court bench of North Car olina. The fact that Judge Gas- 'u-i. ' , ' no,n,- 'y.. known in North Carolina, and that will be very interesting to the people of that slate. j "I desire o express my apprecia- tion, and the apprei'iation which 1 feel stire that the people of North . Carolina will feel, of the high trib-' me you paid to Judge Gaston In your remarks in the house.' DEATH LIST IS STILL STANDING AT SIXJN FIRE Expected That More Bod ies Will Be Found as Clearing Progresses RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 8 With tho recovery today of tbe body of Captain Franklin W'oodshaw. 64 years old, conductor of the Chesa peake and Ohio railway, from the r""ls nI , 1 ' ' re " . l destroyed the Lexington hotel, the ''V,lw" 1x efsons'.ll! t,lu.e ' snowei1 11 ',plsons 8,111 missing. The listed dead, "ill of whom suc cimbed to injuries sustained in leaps from the upper floors of the hotel, arc: Hiram 8. Austin, Fincaslle. Va.; M. J. Fox. Wllliamsport, Pa., C. M. Thomas. Charlottesville, sheriff of Albemarle county; F. W. Shaw, Richmond; T. D. Polreri, Yonkera, N. Y.; E. T. Cox. Richmond, part owner of the Lexington hotel. THOSE WHO ABE MISSIXG The police list of missij fol lows; D. E. Ames. Charleston, S. ('.; Sam Asch. Illehmond; T. R. Jones, Norfolk: T. W. Jones and wife, W. H. Kennon, Ilobert Kesser, E. C. Eberly, K. J. Push, of Klchmonl, und C. Taylor and H. T. Caster. The body of Shaw, a nativo of Goshen, waa identitied through dental work by Dr. L". Harmon, who accompanied Dr. John A. Shaw, son of tho victim, to the city morgue. It-is the. opinion of officials di recting the work of clearing the deatMfbit of the hotel that from three to six bodies will be found, and possibly more. Becauae of tho great danger to firemen, workers and searcher? among the ruins of the hotel by walls which are tottering on their foundations, the work of looking for bodies amonj; the debria was halted this afternoon until the dan gerous walls are razed. Occupying rooms near Captain Shaw, above the spot where th body was found, were II. Kee; William H. Kennon and B. O. Tay lor, all of whom are reported to be among tho missing. NEAR RIOT OCCURS IN YORKVILLE, OHIO YORKVILLE, Feb! 8.-l3y The As sociated Press.) Sheriff Edward Lucas with 40 deputies kept the peace In this little mining and mill village on the Ohio river tonight. The body of Blmer Coft who was killed at the tlnplate plant of the Wheeling 8teel corporation early today lay at hl homo in Tlltonville, near Torkville, while Frank Wolf and Ted Roberts one a deputy and the other a mill guard were In jail at Kteubf nvllle, the county seat, charged with the killing. Sheriff Lucas said: "The situation has been tense here for several days but I believe the worst is now oyer and I can see no necessity for calling otit the national board." COAL OPERATOR ARE , TALKING OF STRIKE , NEW TORK, Feb. West Virginia ooal operator conferred here today regarding the possibility of the strike. J G.Bradley, one of the conferees, said no action had been taken. in a formal statement, Mr. Bradley who asserted the open shop policy was making gains, cald: . "Provided the. consumers take vigorous stand on a policy of stocking coal at once and arrange for their supplies over the emergency Period, the non-union and open shop pro 'l"sia will be amr'v able to take care , t,. emintrvs coat " Ti 1 1 ." e a se , the strike is pulled off." IRISH SITUATION AGAIN TAKES BAD TURN INJLSTER! Wholesale and Organized I Kidnapping Is Report- j ed Collins Talks ' SIR JAMESCRAIG ISSUES STATEMENT, "What Ulster Has She; Holds," Craig Says In 1 His Manifesto LONDON Feb. 8. iBy the As-j aociated Press. i Michael Collins. head of the provisional government j of southern Ireland, replied to-1 night to the British government's representations concerning the kid nappings in northern Ireland. He saiil these had been due to appre hensions regarding the men under sentence of death at Londonderry, but that the provisional govern ment was doing its utmost to In sure the safe return to their horn' s of those kidnapped. SITl "ATIOX IS XOW BtXOMIXU si:iUOl S LONDON. Feb. 8. (By the As-: sociated Pre's. I The Irish sltua-j tlon look a startling turn todu ; with the news of wholesale and or- ganized kidnapping raids agains; prominent I'lster unionists in lin eal ly hours of the morning. Tin ! numerous victims, including many special constables who were din- patched to aid in stopping tiej raids, were spirited to unknown i destinations. The capture of a score of raiders showed that they were attached to the Irish repub lican army. j The northern government wasi unable to invok" the aid of the ; military and had to depend "iponj the special forces, which appar ently were not strong enough to prevent the kidnappings. The northern government appealed to ! in. ni.tttn Miiiir. lilt the imperial government, which took prompt steps to meet the sit uation, authorizing the Belfast gov ernment to employ British troops for guarding the boundaries, at tlte same time sending a message to .Michael Collins, the provisional government president, demanding that proper measures be initiated for the release of the captured men and prevention of a repetition of the outrages. Dl'K TO API'UKirtXSIO.X Winston spencer cnmcliill. sec- rotary for the colonies, was able, lo announce in parliament late to- night that a response had been re ceived from Mr. Collins, explain ing that the raids were due to apprehensions over the fate of the Kerry prisoners and that the pro visional government was taking necessary steps to secure their re lease. It was announced that the men captured in Sllgo had already re turned to their homes, but wheth er as a result of the imperial gov ernment's action is not known, No news of releases elsewhere have been received. ULSTER. PREMIER ISSUES MANIFESTO BELFAST. Fb. 8 (By the As sociated Press.) Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, issued a mani festo to the people of northern Ireland this afternoon, declaring the British government was re sponsible 'for today's kidnapping outrages because; of the demobili zation of the special constabulary iunuwms mo ii mo uui-t . The kidnapping incidents of to day, declared Sir James, would strengthen the I'lstermen's deter mination that "what l ulster has Ehe holds." The manifesto follows; "I have received with grave con cern and deep regret news of in cursions Into the territory of north ern Ireland by armed bands of the Irish republican army. I send deepest sympathy to the relatives ef those murdered and compliment most highly tho various constab ulary forces who so promptly rose to the occasion and displayed great gallantry to rid our borders of the enemv. CHARGES TO ENfiLAXD "Had the .British government shown courage and prescience this never would have occurred. I place the responsibility on their shoulders for having demobilized the special constabulary in conse quence of truce. I would have re. turned at once had it not been necessary for me to take prompt and vigorous steps on this side to Insure that such an outrage on the people of Ulster cannot again be perpetrated and that thoso ""of our people who were carried across the border arc speedily returned to their homes. "I may be relied upon to back up every individual in whatever steps are considered wise to sup port our authorities and have ar ranged for the immediate distri bution of arms necessary to pro tect our border. Every help will bo given, and I reiterate my firm determination, as announced to Mr. Lloyd George on Monday, not to surrender any portion of our territory except with the consent of myself and our Ulster govern ment. "This series of - dastardly out rages will never be forgotten; it merly strengthens our determina tion that what Ulster has she holds." WANT MORE MONEY FOR DISABLED MEN WASHINGTON. Keh. Declaring that the United Stales had not done justice to dtewoled service men. Pi rector Forbes, of the veterans bureau, at a hearing today before the house public building committee, urged that ll,oott,ooo tie appropriates imme V .""fVw.e vl'.n'. Hnnal hnnnitajs for- war veterans. Present facilities, espclUy thoe for the care of the insane, are inade quate, Mr. Fo.es declared. " TUCKER NOMINATED LTNCHBURO, Va., Feb. $. Eight delegates from Buckingham couiHy today were instructed lo support Harry St. George Tucker, of Lexing ton, for the democratic nomination to succeed the late Benry D. Flood in congress from the tenth Virginia dls trict. Tucker headquarters now claim 80 or more votes for his nomination on the first ballot, with only 68 re- ... -i j - mi.i. The convention will meet In Rtallv!mrtlrr4r, Heavy Exoorts In 1921, It Is Said By Herbert Hoover WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 Exports of agricultural pro ducts during the past year the largest volume in the coun try s history exceeded thoso of 1520 by asarly 4.(100,000 tons and were almost twice as large lus the ore-war volume in 1913. according to a statement issuod tonight by the' commerce de partment. In money value, however, the department said, the country received only about two-thirds as much for the to, tal of exports of 1921 as for the previous year, although Europe paid twice as much as in 19U. During the Past vear agricul tural exports totalled over 20. liOO.oOO tons for which $2,000 -OOO.OOO was received compared with 13.500.00 tons worth ti. 000,000.000 In 1920 and 10.5C0, 000 tons valued at $1.000, OOO. OOO in 1913. Grain was the principal agricultural commod ity exported. Audit Shows Cost of Op erating Departments of County Government Ponded indebtedness oc Bun combe county for the fiscal year tidins at the close of business or. Novnibrr 30. 1921 was $3 563.0110 according lli" audit of Srof.. l'h:i; nlye and company, Charlotte, which has Just been completed. The report in full will be pub lisiif'i at the expense of the county a ft. "r it has been certified by K. M. l.yda, county auditor. 1 he audit in giving a statement of the iissets of the county show? its teallrjihle properties are val ued at $602.31)8.91. which include! o I estate worth $'200.58 7 .Ml , ., .nA..i,to.... m """.lings worm i.:.i, u ni.Ti.i;i.,n nun i, u.. hius county institutions, roiuH machinery, etc.. $9 1 .iiTS.lo. The unrealizable properties, roads and biidges, are estimated at $2.55K. 046. !'9, which makes the total o' renh'shle and unrealizable prop cities $:i,160,44J.90. and the liablll- ties in excess of the atwet. $402, 5 i . 1 0 . in other words the county i owes in the way of nonds $401.- 654.10 more than the value of ail ! o: its properties, including the filnc of pavlnut of all Jypes and , bridles of concrete, steel and Vood Th total valuation of properly In the county Is aomothlng ove.r $ft:'..000.000 and this properly in one pense is considered an asset of the county and stands to make good all bonded Indebtedness, while the auditors report shows thn pj-sets and liabilities of the. county as a functioning governmental agoncy. EXPENSES or EACH DEPARTMENT Bonds sales last year were $6S5. 000. which brought tho high premium, of $3,160. with accrued Intel est at $3,285 SO, making the total $691,445. The expenses last vear for the department of finance were $3,200.S.i. which includes the commissioner's salary of t2.825.2S. The expense of the audit depart ment, which includes the annual aurtfl by the Charlotte Mini wis $6,659.01. For other departments, the books show the expenses were as follows: Treasurer's depart -i ent. J2.01S.70 ; register of deeds. f!0,85.33; clerk of court. $i.- Lj,.','.,. miscellaneous, $in,21..4!i; sheriff's department, $lo.S4I.ib: tax department, supplies, etc.. $9 -378.06; Judiciary department. $21. 106 54, which includes the fees of IjuroiR. 12,224.sl; jurors expenses, $2,604.50; witnesses, ii.3b.c cout.tv attorney, $1,878.76; coro ner. 11,182.90; other officers, $1, 892.67. Cafh on band at the close ol' btisinoes on the end of the fiscal year was $83,382.69 and the total a :hnrsements for the year by tho commissioner of finance was $661, 73& 69. The disbursements for tho depattment of public: Institution.! wire $21,&44.32: $8,178.62 for the county home department and va- rir.no rlhait ItAmM R. Tiere nre now fourteen out standing bona issues lor roaas ana bridge?. NUMBER UOXATIONS M UK BV COUNTY The following donations were made- by the couYty: Mission hos pital. $1,800; associated charities. f l.::i0; Companies K. and F.. $121.; Troup B $250; Lindley Training school, $420; Asheville Board of Trade, $300; burial of pensioners, $580; county and township fairs, I6S5 50; Aaheville Normal. $600; Y M. C. A., $500; Aahevllle band, $200; prohibition enforcement. $200- Oood Oovernment league, $100; Clean-up Squad, $45; Inter urban Water trough, S28: Salv.i tlon Army, $2. Total $7,048.50. Following Is the amounts ex pended for roads In the various townships EXPENDED ON ROADS Avery Creek . Lower Hominy . Upper Hominy . Iieicester Sandy Mush . . Firvlew . . . . Limestone . . . Swannanoa . . , Reems Creek . . Flat Creek . . . Ivy Black Mountain French broad . Haw Creek . . . Beaverdam . . , Haael Blltmore . . . . Totals . . . . $ 1.088.77 2.485.76 13.8.11.41 7,283.80 S.S42.74 1,662.28 1.111.21 .1,325.70 2,724.17 2.2.14.84 4.274.03 S.234.60 ' 2,453.33 1,826.72 1.427.50 2,513.12 9,234.26 $1,095.00 2,287.75 4.127.31 7,494.08 697.67 1,71.5 1.1.19.42 :l, 732.32 2.073.77 1.700.07 3.820.13 4.663.35 1. $25.67 2.259.58 3.135.45 1,728.28 1.151.38 $69,128.28 $42,630.70 SOLDIER TO BE TRIED , FOR KILLLINQ CITIZEN WA8HWOTON, Feb. 8. Private T. , Tl" n 1 1 a -w. 1 I . - .1 Vnne guard, will be tried by naval court-martial at Pensaoola, Fla., for mandaughter In connection with th killing of civilian at Blanchard, La., December 4, It was announced today at the office of the Judge advocate general of the ngvy. ; Private Willi has been taken to Pensacola. It was said, because there Is available there large officer per sonnel from which the court-martial may be drawn. Th . eas will be handled y 'Lieutenant-Coionel itumi R. M'allaee of the marine corns, as entor officer of the board, and will probably be held - during the next week. It I charged tha th killing of wyiey ciarn, civilian, was snjusti- AMOUNT COUNTY IIS DUE ON BONDS i in iinin (in can nnn ID NUN MMUm FORD'S mmCooperative Marketing Bill KL LIIHL IWIII I I n K I ULIUIIL miuiniM COMMITTEE NOW; Secretary Weeks Appears Before Members and Answers Questions REFUSES TO ADVISE ACCEPTING OFFER Changes In Original Offer Is Suggested In Event It Is to Be Accepted W ASHlNGTtiN. Feb. y Open ing sessions of the house military committee's in estigatlon of the Fold contra, t offer for purchase and lease of the government prop erties at Muscle Shoals. Ala., le volvcd today principally about the clauses relating to manufacture of j fertilizers for Hi" nation's agri-' , . ... , . ,00,.,.,, oreos. .-M-cca.y m'i-1,8 ut iy governing board finco that ihc war department, ajipeaing as body turned over Us home to the the first witness, repeatedly uV I " "r i"'lllM conference last ,, , . , . , , , t November and Sicretary Hur.hes. clue,) lusdoub: as lo whetner tor- j wll , x-offlcio president of the liliiers could be rnanitfact ured board of governors, delivered this cheaply at Muscle Shoals and ox- j address in reply to felicitation in ,,,,,,, , ibis work in the conference extend- pressed his belief thai :iiueiHlmetsi(,(1 by Ambassador Mnthieu. or to sifeguard better lite govern-I Chile. meiit s interests in Hie $ 1 06.000.000 invesimcnl already made should ; he moot poratcd in the offer as it , was dra ftcd. ! To alter evisiinn go ein nienl j policies leg irding the lease of real I estate or ojher properties and per mit a 1"0 year lease of the water power,, machlnofy" and dams in Alabama, the secretary asserted re peatedly, wmiid be an unwise act and should not be permitted. He advo. aled a reduction in Ihis time clause from 100 years to .".0 in the event congress should det idc to accept the offer. WANTS STRONG l.U.RANTEi: I Another often reiterated sugRcs jtion Involving a change "in present i language of the offer, the secretary pointed out, would rcqulne a fixed capitalization for the operating company Mr. Ford is to create. Tho secret.-uy said no provision existed In the offer guaranteeing a cap italisation which the government might recover in whole or In part, in the event the contract was vio lated. A provision of some sort was advisable, he said, which would permit the government to Impose through leyal means u pen alty or forfeit should the company fail to carry out the terms of the offer "Anything might, happen In the next 100 years." he sairtw "While not the slightest doubt I have as to the solvency of Mr, Ford, nor (if his Intentions to execute the agree ment In good faith, neither he nor 1 will be here during the life of the contract. In considering this ques tion we are providing for the future generations." ' Regarding tho manufacture of fertilizers and their cheap delivery o the farmers of tho country, Mr. Weeks said there was no reason able certainty in his mind that that waa possible. WEEKS HESITATES "If I thought Miai development of the project by Mr. Ford would effect a material reduction in the cost, of fertiliser" he said, "I would vote for his proposition if 1 were in congress. But I am so in doubt as to that I should hesitate to give any advice unless assured of a guarantee." Asked what the annual con sumption of fertilizer was. the sec retary said it approximated 78. 000,000 tons and the Muscle Shoals plants would only produce at a maximum 200,000 tons. That amount, ho asserted, would not, in his opinion, affect the existing mar ket. The war secretary previously had told tho committee that Mr. Ford had declined to guarantee fertilizer production over a given number of years and had informed him in conversation that he would not manufacture the commodity at n loss. WILL NOT COMMIT HIMSEU' Although pressed repeatedly by several committee members, ihc acerAtarv Hid not exnresH an onin- lon as to whether the offer should be accepted or rejected by con gress. At one point he was asked whether the properties should be salvaged or Mr. Ford's offer ac cepted tfiut he replied only that the government would not salvage the project in any event and repeated his Intention to complete the Wil son dam. If the offer was rejected. He said the dam could bo com pleted without taking a dollar from the treasury by bond issue based on commercial value of the pro ject as a water power develop ment. CAROLINAS WILL U8E MUCH OF POWER wfatsoTo BrniAti TSS MRSTIM, OITItSI fit M. t. O. SHUNT) WASHINGTON", Feb. 8. Discussing the Muscle Hhosls offer of Henry Ford, and the demand for hydro electric development In the Carolina. Secretary Weeks said: "That region very soon Is going to need additional power." He reminded the house com mittee that already the power frjrn Muscle Bhoals reaches North and South Carolina through the lease to the Alabama, Power company. This diversion of power was ordered after war department engineers had looked Into the ned of the section. "People would have been thrown out of em ployment in the mills if this power could not have been had." Mr. .Weeks ileoisred. In this connection Mr, Weeks discussed the wisdom of a leas for 100 years. He stated that power development Is yet In its in fancy and predicted that In a few years, power from the Colorado river would be transmitted to the central west and, perhaps, to the whole coun try. FORD WILL APPEAR DETROIT. Feb. 8. If Henry Ford's testimony before the house military committee at Washington with re spect to the Muscle Shoals project is "urgently needej," Mr. Ford will ap pear before the body in person, he told Th Associated Press tonight. Mr. Ford made the statement when Informed that Chairman Kalm of the committee, had asked him to appear Washington between Februaiy and Is Passed By Senate With But One Vote In Opposition Accomplishments Of Arms Conference Reviewed By The Secretary Of State WASHINGTON. Feb. F.elicf that the results achieved by the 'conference on tbe limitation of : armament 'Vatino', fail to have cf i feet In other countries." was ex pressed today by Secretary Hughes, i chairman of the American delega i t ion to the conference, in replving I to an addi".'s by Ambassador Ala l illicit, of Chile, at a meeting of the board of governors of the Pan- American union. The meeting was the first 111 his address the secretary ex pressed dci pest appreciation of the sentiments vioced by Ambassa dor Malhicu and reiterated the gratitude felt by delegates to the conference for the use of lite Pan-Anierli-an unjoins building. WIMIFI FOB ALL NATIONS K.xplaining thai it was a matter of regret that the republicans of Latln-Anieiica could not take pari ! directly in the proceedings of lhe;tn ererenee has dune conference "bv, reason of the dcli-jsOME THOUGHTS uite and limited objects of lh con- ; ON AUXILIARY fereni-." Secretary Hughes said j "I' true Ihst we did not succeed he booed "that MHi'ull fell that jnii lin?1l,,V".'! "ulll,ir , , r ' .., ., craft, that la. a limltat on bv agree. had n measure and a er Import- mpnl j itlt the .lie and ant degrc f participation and ! number of these capital ships with said that the building of the tl iilon I resnect to which the enmnctlilon In always would be "InveHtd nilh the most gracious memories by reason of the fact that the conference met w ithin its wall." 1 Continulng the secretary said: j travagant outlays for tliese pur "llere also met the Chinese and i noses. Japanese delegate and it wat at1 this table thai the versy was aeitleii. Shantting cantro- I Thai I Ihlnk yuii Senator Cummins Deliv- ers Address Before U. S. Chamber WASITINGTON. Feb. S.-The next two or three years will prob-j ably see great development in, transportation anil perhaps theses-1 tnhllshment of a new executive department of tho government tin- j der a secretary of transportation in the President's cabinet to direct ! co-ordination of railroads, water ways, highways mid even Inter ocean traffic Secretary Hoover paid tonight in an address before j the mid year meeting of the na-1 tional council of the chamber of: commerce, of the United States.! The economic and transportation situation were considered by the chamber of commerce at its meet-. Ing, which will be concluded to-! morrow, ! Senator Cummins, of Iowa, chairman of the senate Interstate commerce cominillee, outlined the railroad situation and pending leg islation, and declared himself "un alterably opposed to government operation and ownership" of rail roads. Ho favored, he Said, con solidation of the railroads Into a few great systems. Declaring that "we have gone past tho danger point," Secretary Hoover said he "marVided" that bankruptcy and panic had not overwhelmed tho railroads and banks of the nation in tho las; 18 months while values were declin ing "probably 50 billions of dol lars" and commodity prices were dropping "nearly 58 per cent." a decrease which he described as "the greatest the world has ever known." He predicted that In ?.L'. ..e.a.ieio,,, f .on.morlltleJ ' '" ' i" "' . :., nnn expansion oi iramc ivuu .-.-our omy would bring the railroads "a. righteous earning" within reason able time. BRITISH POUND STILLGOINGUP NKW TO UK, Feb. 8-On the most active trading of any day this year, the foreign exchange market today continued lis vigorous advance. The sustaining Influence was the sterling remittances, demand bills on London recording the ew high quotations o $4.36 7-18, This Is the top figure commanded by lirltlsh MVn In over 2V yesrs and brings that currency within 60 cents of Its normal or pre. war value as against the depredation to $3.19 made In February of 1921. Other Kuropesn exchanges rose In sympathy, allied remittances scoring best' nrl.-es on steady buying unti' late In the afternoon and closing at net gains of 12 to 18 points. So-called neutral exchanges. especially Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish rates, were substantially higher and tier-1 man marks rallied to 52 5-8.. their j highest price since the imildie of; January. BRITAIN WANTS TO HOLD CONFERENCE NOW Bit TUB AfiBOCIAlBO MBit) LONDON, Feb. 8. It is unlikely that the French government' request for a three months' delay In the opening of the Oenfm conference will be met by Great Britain, it was stat ed In official circle today. There are no objsctlon, to a delay of a week or even a fortnight, itwsa said, but to far as Great Britain is concerned the solution of the prob lem to h conaldered st the confer ence 'would not be benefited by months of preliminary Investigation. I The suoner the conference convene. the soonor Kuropean Industrial re- i construction will begin. Recording to i tlte view or these official. Pecision of the fluestion of delay, however, obviously rests with the cabinet, which is now corwlderlng the French proppna s leixrutitE me mcnnK "i inai conference. HOOVER PREDICTSjPROUDTRANSPORT RAILWAY CABINET IS ARANDONED BY OFFICER SHORTLYlGREWsSHlPBURNS - ' " ' 11,. ..... !.,t- t, III-! hH!ni.t Cv.tith ,,t- : o t imtw.rttO mriu.t AM narts of ibis building, in one or iinotlu-r. were utllliied ,,, l!,e w,.:U of : ie conference. No 1 place c mid hHve been better idnnled fir that work Tiie siirroiin.l.ngs of any innlerlakllii: aie important llu! wiiea Ciere 1 a great tntemaMunal incline It i net Pubis that it' stio'il.l tie uppropr.airlv housed. AIM WAS LIMITED ; ' "I have said in.tt f iie conference -held had a certain detinue und limited i aim. i list is irun ami ttiat is tne reason w hy the e inference succeeded. Tim amiiaosador o Cinle lias well observed, however, that its effects ' are not m limbed as lis definite pur- ; pases. The naval powers which Were engage, I in a, 'live and reallv waste ful eaiiupetltlou In the building of j inonsler nips for fighting purnos.es ( have reiluee.l their navic and agreeo , upon an eneetivc limitation. "The indirect effect of that. 1 think. is very great. The fact that sea power lias been buiiiidcd in this mat ter, is a considerable achievement. the example of which cannot fail tu n.ivr eneci in uimi eoiHnrics. "Peoples are not dispose,! at this l:tne lo s-.ee moriev reeelve,! he lnnfi. tl i spent unnecessarily on instru-1 aienlN of ileal rue! I. in I Ink ! tlo.rl powers r.ot represented In tills I onferenee wi.l voluntarily very ! largely limit liieir expenditures for military aim naval purposes. because ''T,'" 1U" , " 77 '..VIL'" ?,: construction whs most keen, there has been in prsetlcol results a limitation upon auxiliary craft which will be ..listftrvetl In eeerv eoioitrv ThArn -w 111 be no disn wl'tlnn to nermlt ei- "Again. :n connection with the dif- flenlt far eastern problems. It has f'vtitinwtl 9 Vagt T't Four Employes of Ship building Concern May Have Been Lost 1IIQHLAND LIGHT, Mass., Feb. S. Eighteen of the crew . of the .Fumes lino freighter Thuwlpinorc. which went aground Inst night on Peaked Hill Bars, were rescued today by breeches buoy. Be cause of moderating wind and sea, Captain Fortune and tho remainder 4f the shin's com pany decided to remain on board (he vessel overnight. The Thistlomofe left Boston yesterday for New York to fin ish unloading a cargo of freight from Liverpool. She registers 4162 tons. Coast guatds tonight reported tha. the vessel wasLrj no immediate danger. . . " NEW YORIvrreir'8.-.J,eavlng the former proud transport Northern Pa cific drifting nlilazn to sink off Cape May. N'. J.. reneue craft tonight wer making for Norfolk and Hanniiton Roads with survivors picked no li'om smail boats. Meanwhile shipping, circle were awaiting t l)o4r arrival with concern, for radio messages flashing through the air sines early this morning, when the fire brokjroiit, left in doubt th fate of four employes of the Sun Shipbuilding corporation, of Chester, Pii,. whether the Northern Pacific was bound from lloboken with a skeleton crew to be reconditioned for service on the west coast. F,arly hi tho day these four men were reported mLssing. then rescued and again missing. The latest niea nage from the rescue fleet, received from the transport late this after noon, slated that the tour shipbuild ers wen not aboard Iter Details of how the fire Started also were lacking. Among the rescued ' captain William Lusti, who com I manaeii tiie trniifport during her dan gerous trans-Atlantic trips during the war and when lie piled up on the sand of Firo Island In 1919 with 3.000 doughboys homeward bound from France, HAVE NOT HEARD OF FOUR PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 8,-Offlclals of the Sun Shipbuilding company to night were without Information as to the fate ef four of the company's em ployes who were on the transport Northern Pacific which burned lo the water line off Cape May today. They were In wireless communication with the transport and the Wylle. which rescued the crew of the Northern Pacific, but none of the four men waa among those rescued. SIMMONS VISITS WHITE HOUSE IN REGARD TO JOBS W4IKIKQT0V srsSAU 'IBS Allllt.l.b Ct,!fcl ' ). g o Bi.ttsri WASinNUTOX. I). C Feb. S. Senator Simmons has carried to 1 1 to White House to President Harding, the case of French W. Orahani, gal lant soldier who fairly won the ap pointment as postmaster at Klltin, but Is about to be kicked out bv tiie renubllcan ndininlstration to make way for a local republican politician. Senator Simmons Is also calling the President's attention to the eauo of A. B. Morris, at Moreheud City. Tue White Houib advised him that the President la giving consideration to these esses. These soldiers ask not preference, but fair play and a equate deal. MICHAEL NAMED WEAVERVILLE P. M. , fuisisarox seRsir i us ARtmi ornii. 1 1 It. t. C. SSl i.NT) WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 8. Pruidential postmasters commission ed are as follow: Garland, Willis R. Smith: Lawndale, Pierce P. Rich ards; Weavrrvllle. Llndsav H. Mich- ae,: West ,1-frerson, Frieden it. Jones BILL DESIGNED TO ASSIST ALL' f i Farm Bloc of Senate Wins Signal Victory, Nor ris Declares I SENATOR GERRY IS ALONE IN VOTING I Bill Goes to Conference for Adjustment Differ ences Two Branches WASHINGTON. FeJ. 8. Th nouso co-operative marketing Din : a measure designed to aid the aj tlcu'.tural Interests and pressed hy the farm bloc, was passed, by the Mi null, lntn tciilne Cinlir nnm iaI: ' Hiat of Senator Gerry, democrat. Ithodu Island, was cast agmna: t'te " "tvai'ure. : ,.!... A 'r.-. ' uii e. ....... ..-, ' """"'"'". voimcciicui ana Aim democrat. Utah, were paired againta ine measure ana wnnnsia .heir votes. Tbe vote wus 6$ ta ; t,nd the senate's action was r gimiea nv some as tne most awoup ilia- of thn victories vet nttnlne-1 hv : '1 he farm bloc wince, in accenting tho house bill, the senate over-rode , its own Judiciary committee which ;, hud reported a substitute moaBurSv Tne substitute was defeated' it to 4 Tim bill now Roe to coher ence for adjustment of dlfferenc.. with the house. i t NO TKlT v VIOLATIONS i as passeu dv tne senate tne Dili . rt:lna the provisions wnlot r- , llet.A tl.A .-,nft.n Ilea. unUIUfta .-..j .nv ..u-i.itnia.ee mtnjviti itvill f in in the application of laws pro-, hibitlim trusts or unfair business !t.rtleA (ilnelrt.- Via ai,ihnnl.i.n tititermine when such acts tiara ; uten committed with the secretary o." agriculture. The senate subatU tiite would have made the asocl-V tlons amenamle to tha present law ana ii was around inn point mat debate revolved in the week t?t subieet was before th senate. . During th closing hour of bate rndav; reference wa mail .V tha. hln'a hnli'ttr Thin Ikeii.tKf rrom Senator Norrls,- republican, Nebraska, the statement V that hc had heard th bill had id ministra tion support. "It la the first time in many months that the majority ha coma over to my side.' he added, "it happens so almighty seldom that I feel I must mko note of it,- Mav he the administration is behind this hill. If that is so then I am glad they have com over Into the same wagon with me. Whether ihe.v came because of me or, la smite of mo, I d not know, but I welcome them here." s This. It ws explained, make It Impossible for co-operative associa tions to be "stolen" bv a group t)t individuals who merely bv derhn ing.the amendment, the group would be able, according to- sena idrx. to engage In competitive trad buying nthes farmers products io an unlimited extent. The amend ment limits anv association In th handling of the commodities--of non-members so that what was de scribed as a throttle of local bust ness could not be obtained. NOT MOKE THAN OX E VOTE Other important provision of the bill prescribe that no member of an association mav have more) than one vote In directing It ac tivities regardless of the amount of slock he holds, norcan anv asso clf,'"n pay dividends on stock or iVJ.' -rshlp capital In excess of elgi. percent, a ear. With respect to the authority granted the secretary of agricul turn to control attempts to monofM ollze or restrain trade, the bill pro vide that notice of charges of al leged violations must be served on 1UA ..rfAninW aaanAlntlr... n M .1 I, t 11 I'l ICIIUII1M Kl tll.llU HJ.l "I'M 1. must be given an opportunity to defend Itself, If found guilty off the charges, the secretary of - ..I...,.!!..... r., n..an L- n.artnia- tion " to cease and desist" and In) event of its failure to do so, the. case then may be referred to the. fedorsl courts for enforcement of tbe order and the filing of uchj decrees as the courts deem equita ble. nTMaTVT am a T5TC! VUXiuiiix u a au x u INVESTIGATION OF W A 8 II 1 N O T O N. Feb. Changes in the architects plan for th Knickerbocker motion pi?" lure thfiater were made by engJ iic.r.' who fabricated the steel dur. log the construction of the build ing. John H. Ford, who was engl peer, estimator and dataller of the I'nion Iron Works and negotiates tlu- contract to furnish the steel and Iron work, testified todayt the coroner Inquest into the col lapse of the building which result- ar ! Hi- It-, n til liv-s. Th changes made in the plans, ac cording to the. wiea .were sui s.tiitinii nf trusses tor large beam and tha use of a number of small beam where other siies had been ciiiled for. These modifications! w:re made, however, he explained, .... because "we could not obtain the kind of steel required In tha. origi ns I plans." This was communi cated, he added, to Frank Wagnev, the bulldsr. who gave hi approval . I(Y1UV.4 1113 Cnn.ll--. IIITH. llllll 1.1-. indorsement or tne Duuamg inspc tors office. Record of the building offtr were read and showed that the office threatened to have work on the , structure stopped 'unless., tlinnges made in the plans wer reported to It. The records, it was added, by witnesses, do not show whether sny report of changes ws ruade. The inspector responsible for the st est work inspection has 4.p died. ARAA INTERESTS