North Carolina Newspapers

ASHEYILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER 10 PAGES TODAY North Carolina: Fair and colder Mon.i Tufc unsettled and colder. South Carolina: Fair, colder Mon.; Tuee. unaettled, colder, pojlbly rain. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' ESTABLISHED 1865. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS THE TEXTILE STRIKE ALUU.Uii NORTHERN ILLF Twenty-one Thousand to Go on Strike Today, L Announced Sunday. ftUT IN WAGES GIVEN AS REASON Eight Thousand Have M a mi - Been on striKe ior xnree Weeks Rhode Island. liOFTON, Feb. 12 Organized operatives !n cotton mills employ ing ahout 21.000 hands In Now Hampshire and Massachusetts will gn on strike tomorrow in protest n;fiiist wage reduction of 20 per ,-enl. Officials of t!io textile un ions Willi which the. lociU are af filiated rwert that tho mills are well organized. Approximately 8.010 operatives In Hhode Island textile plants have been on strike Jfcr the last threo weeks in protest against wage cuts. RpducUOns effectho tomorrow n-iiirn in the case of New Hamp shire mills are accompanied bv restoration of the 65 hour week will cut the wattes of nearly 50. H00 operatives In the four northern New England States. With the ex ception ot 1.S00 workers In L.owelt all of those who have signified their intention of striking are In the cot ton centers of New Hampshire. The Amoskeag and the Stark mills in Manchester, employing 17.000 hands, will furnish the largest quo la. They are affiliated with the United Textile Workers of America. Operative in Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts, with the excep tion of those employed by the Hamilton Manufacturing company and the Bay State mills in Lowell have so far either withheld action on a protest strike jir voted not to leave their work at fthis time. The Hamilton company announced yes terday that its mills would not open on Monday. The Lovell Tex tile council ha sanctioned strikes at any of the ten mills in that city that may follow the example of the two that have announced a wage reduction. At Nashua. N. H., the organized employes of the Nashu and Jack son mills of the Nashua Manufac turing company which employ about 4.000 operatives have voted M strike. The'Suneook mills with )00 operatives, located in the sub urb of Manchester and the Coche eo mill a Dover, with 1.200 will also he affected. The Manchester Holders union has announced that its members will strike in company with the textile workers. . Twentv-tvn thousand nnerattvns yki Maine will be affected by the rut Vteluding 12.000 in Lewlston. Rep resentatives of the Lewifdnn oper- atives decided at a meeting today tot to strike at this time. Ifl.UK WIIjIi HE AFFECTED Employes of the Tepperell'miils it Hiddeford and the York Saoo have voted to take no action it this time. The two mills emnlov ibout 5.500 hands. The strike situation in Rhode Island, where numerous dlsturb- ncos nave been reported led Cloy rnnr Sansourol to Issue a procla mation yesterday in which he de- iarei mat in event of further vio "noo he Would uso H;e military to (store order. Last wight the bov- ernor ordered two troops of natlon- i guard cavalry held under full ms and equipment at the armory ui Providence. ino wage reductions have been announced in Ijiwrence, Now Bed ford or Fall River, three of tho freest textile centers of Massa chusetts. A reduction will bo into "ect tomorrow in mills. at Fitch. burg. Ware and Ohiconee. Mass.: reat Pallg. New Market and Sal mon Falls. N. II.. Burlington. Vt.. ugusta and Brunswick, Maine. GUARDS IN ofcADlNESS PftOVIDENCB, It. I. Feb. 12. niMi two troops of national guard """y hum quartered in their rrnories hprA tnnlrht tl, o-n..Arnn- rrtn In his declaration' tn aet if vlni. j'rico In the Pawtuxet valley strike ' Kion is resumed, tho situation In textile wagn controversy in Rhode iiani remained deadlocked today. meetings of strikers snd strike jmpiinuers were conducted, but no aitoward occurrences marked a day i 'lulct and order. BRUTAL KILLINft rNEAR'WACO, TEXAS; WACO. Texas, Feb. 12. The IteleSS hndiA nf anA fr. WT VI Barker, the former with a bul- 1 "ole in the head and the latter villi the head cleft open with an ,vr. were found it tbeii. '.irm '"'Use at Concord iruan milA.i '"mieast of here tod.iy. limner "irk, 13 yPfU. 0fi j,ov wa, r0UTI( '''uu his skull ciushed but etill 111VO. Hevan negro.es have been ar- rs'ou and a number of Mexicans "c under surveillance. Tbnsn mis. I'ectncl are all employed on farms " uio scene of the tragedy, j only witness who in In i "million to talk u Wiillo T.oti Bar, r, four year old dniiLrh'ter of i -o uerea coun e "They shot daddy In the lot, je told offloera. "When two men Flltld tO thA bntie.. nn.l noL-nH naina for monny, she handed nem something, then they shot !er. The men looked like Mexl- out talked ljke negroes." The child aalcl"th utiel ne UITed. about It! ntnlnnt, t..) nlM ' IIS lurk hnv (V.. M'arKer nom frnm hla nam h,W. pbout 300 yard distant lust night Mm.v uominoes. When .1. L. "rk, hl father. mlnfl hf mn f ar'y tntlay. he In mediately went 1 ; wis earner nome to Investigate. - ... . ..vi a M " l. J in t . n- ra near hla atim ha k..v '-Irs. KarU.r -,. , - " ' " IVUHU 111 low r 'tchen. a dollar hin nir.n,i tim i In her hand; tho boy was dis covered Ivinar In Sm.l r.r Kinorf F'ti the bed mom iii.i. whii. 4h tttln girl, unharmed, 'waa found n the bed. A double bin fled art helnfiulnff fo Barker and stained with blood he hanrilA hrAlrn iff nK.nf ''Jot from the head. Three Hundred Students Suffer Ptomaine Poison Eat Chicken Salad For Eve ning Meal, Sick in An Hour COLUMBCP. Miss .. Feb. 12.- -More than 300 students of the Mississippi State College for Wo men hero are suffering with pto maine poisoning as a result of eat insr chicken salad which was serv ed at tho evening: meal at the col-1 lege tonight. Every physician In Columbus was called to the lnstl-l tiitinn and late tonight it is stated! that all students are out of dan ger, although a largo number are still very ill. Dr. .1. ('. Kant, president of the institution, fitated that the poison-t ing was undoubtedly caused by tho salad, as those who did not eat i were nnt affected. Dr. Irene rath croc, the college physician, made the same fd.Uenient. A thorough investigation will be made by the college authorities, it was im liounceil. j The students were taken ill wlth-i in an hour uftrr finishing supper and first al.l treatment whs clvcn those affected until physicians could be Bunimoned. The remain ing students ncted as nurses under Dr. Fatherco'H direction. Dr. Flint states that a number of the milder cases have fully recovered, and are assisting in caring for thne more seriously 111. Tho school has about 900 stu dents and fully one-third of this number were affected. SEARCH FOR THE District Attorney Says Sands Must Be Found - if Possible. LOS ANOELBS, Calif., Feb. 12. The investigation of the slaying of William Desmond Taylor, a motion picture director proceeded today with what chiefs of the iu nnirv deacrlhed as a "checking uo of remote possibilities." Detectives I of the polico departments, district. attorneys and sheriffs' offices were oispatched upon missions and most of them reported before nightfall that- they had reached the.aame blank wall encountered In previous investigation. Thomas Lee Woolwlne, district attorney said he felt that little progress had been made. "We have several-""! of In vestigation upon which a check will be made pVobably tonight but It Is impossible to state whether they are vital to the case," the d:irict attorney said. KTHJj WANT ' E. F. SANDS Both the district attorney and Captain David L. Adams, head of the detective buuau said, the man they were most anxious to locate was Kdward F. Sands, former sec retary and butler of Taylor who has been missing since last Au gust. Captain Adams said he thought there could be no doubt now (that Sands "is hiding for some good reason of his own." I cannot for the life of me see why ho should remain In seclusion If he has nothing to relate about the Taylor case," the captain con tinued. "It is true, he was accused of grand larceny by Taylor and that we still hae such a charge against him here, but he Is an Intelligent man and must know what the ul timate result is upon the death of the complaining witness to a charge of such a character. While tho police cannot offer immunity upon an undismissed charge, Vends cannot but realize that he stands in no danger of conviction upon the charge made by Taylor.- "I believed In the beginning that Sanda was the man we want ed and I see no reason now to change my belief." Neva r.erber. film actrfws. who has previously stated she once en gaged to marry Taylor, discussed to day In n Interview with the Iios Angeles Examiner the checks which she said "Mr. Taylor gave me from time to time. "During our eiiraxemenl." she con tinued. "Mr. Taylor gave me an au tomobile as a Christmas present; that is, it was understood between Mr. Taylor and myself as' a holiday present. "The machine was nnt all paid for st one time, and in order to prevent the aossips trnm misconstruing I Me spirit in wh'ch the gift was made. Mr. Taylor simrpiy mane out cnecKs to me so I could pay for the car In my own name. "Numerous other checks were for distributing charity to the poor in hie behalf. "The last check for J500 given me a short time before his death, can be accounted for very simply. Mr. Taylor was always looking after my career and doing all he could to help mo progress In the film world. He knew I was temporarily In financial straits at that time and voluntarily sent, me $.100." Miss Oerber cashed ths last check three weeks before Taylor was mur dered, it was said. BREAK Tip MEXICAN ASSASSINATION PLOT IT, r.VSO. Texas. Feb. 12. What Mexican officials believe to be a wide spread assassination plot has been frustrated by the arrest In Chihuahua City of five civilians and two army ff(cer a.rinrdinar to the official re port of' the affair, received In .luares today. roe reporr sain umi ine in tended victims of the plot were Gov ernor Ignacio Enriaues. of Chihuahua: General Kugenio Martlne. command nf IVij. nirthAI'n mllitfirv lone: General Juan Andrew Almazan. chief of operations 1n uninuanua; ana uen eral Alfred Quito, commander of the Chihuahua garrison. Government agents, posing as rev olutionists, are given credit for d -closing the plot, which officials claim w Dart of a plan to Inaugurate a ui.n!l t hwiiiirhniit Mexico. The revolutionary band which crossed from Texas last week andean gaged the federal forces In batt at bamaiayuca, du morn uiuw wv. der, appeared to have scattered. THREE ARE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Dii.TfiwnRE. Fh. 11. Three men biiitti and nnenther tnlored when sn automobile In which they were rid- imr struck an Iron trolley pole on iay street, near Fallsway,- today The au tomobile struck the iron upright with ..,, tnnm thf the nnl unlit through h. miMilnn to the rear of the driver's seat. The engine of the car was driven through the side of '!' car and fnrowft e" feet. Wrnm'.ee Hewn and Injured were lowed 100 feet awajr. 1551 NG BUTLER MUST CONTINUE republicans NOT KNOW WHICH WAYTLGONOW Democrats Charge That G. 0. P. Leaders Are Playing for Positron. BEER ADVOCATES MORE HOPEFUL Bonus Program Is Caus ing Republicans Much Uneasiness, Declared. SASntNCTns Hrun TUB AOHRTII.IS Cllt-S ' t; r. r. bryauti WASIIlNtJTON. Feb. 12. -The republicans are up a tall treo on the bonus and have no ladder long rnought to let them down. Their nieows can be heard all over Wash ington, but they are afraid to take the leap. They want to curry fa or with organized soldier vote but are afraid of tin" unorganized army of tax payers wivn will set n a great howl when the leyies begin to fall. That is the situation here in a nut shell. Tho l. ). 1'. lead ers are marching fairly well but they fear a slaughter house at the other end of the line. .limmie Byrnes, member of con gress from South Carolina, has a fine sense of humor, and never fails to use it on the other fellow. "Wliv cry about the bonus tax you are about to twist from the peo ple, when Noll have been asserting for months that you had saved soyeral million dollars?" said he "Come en across now, and pay the bonuS out of those alleged savings." It Is iusi in" the boastful oldr brother, who has let it be known that lie is prospering like a green bay tree, when the younger one comes along ;md wants to ttorrnw some money. Representative Byrnes has eatirrht the republicans in a cul de sac. I met a house leader leaving the treasury today and asked him why his face seemed so long. USE THE SAVINGS. "Man," said he, "If you had to raise four hundred million dollars and not a man willing to be taxed for it your face would be thinner ami longer than mine." The official world is full of trou- ble lust now The pledge of 1920 have arisen to make the days of 1022 very unhappy to Washington lime-lighters. As the. republicans struggle to please the dear people back home, to keep them in good humor for November, the advocates, of light wine and beer stand on a prominence and offer a free-gift of 1500,000,000 or more if congress will Just lift a little the restrictions on heer. Now the republicans would like to accept the tender if Wayne 0. Wheeler, with the Antl SalooM' league hob-nailed club standing near looking on. ADVOCATES AllE HOPKFIL. I The beer aflvocates are hopeful for they know that money is hard to get, and they can furnish an un touched mint. They are u and at It early every day, believing that the constant drop will wear away tno stone. Great pressure Is betnr brought lo bear on the administration to forget the threats of the Anti-Saloon league ana raise me oonus lax oy a Tew on netr inai contains a kick, dui Tails nelow the 2.7a per cent test. Presi dent. Harding. Secretary Mellon. Sen ator MoCumher, chairman of the finance committee, snd Renresetitn- llve Fordney. head of the ways and means committee, have been con vinced that the brewers could easily pay $500,000,000 annually and would try to make It more If necessary If tney were permuted to do so. But. at the present time, the warning nnger oi wayne . w neeler nila the G. O. P. leaders with fear and trem bling. In private many of (Those charged with the duty of laying the bonus tax admit that the beer route would be the quickest and best way to a half billion dollar fund to meet the present demands on the treasury But, In public, these same leaders sav. nusm rne Aiili-baiuou league will near you. WHEELER IS STRONG Mr. Wheeler has a stronarer strangle noio on congress tnan any otner loo bylst here. A word from him is suf neient to can forth an ant -beer speech mat can be franked to mil lions of people throughout the nation The mails are full of his nronarnnriii against any rnanges in the oUtesd act and for a standpat vote on the tax problem. A poll of tba house shows that while congressmen are afraid or the soldier vole, they are more afraid or the Ant -Ha oon eague. President Harding has been tasked to recommend to congress the In crease of the percentage nf the alcn holic content of beer from the present arbitrary limit of one-half of one per cent to per cent by weight. iinn (.T.viitnga id nut .11 iuv,' ill toxlcaiing." "From the standpoint of the public health, of fostering consumption of farm grown materials and of Increas Ing employment of workmen." the President has been told in a brief submitted by (hose behind the move ment to have the restrictions re moved from non-intoxicating beer "It would be wise by a fair Increase of tne a coholte content to he tolerated. still well below the point where the beverage would become intoxicating, to enable manufacturers to produce these beverages both at a lower cost and a greater quantity." The fight Is for "cereal beverages. The President and Secretary Mellon have been advised that the would-be manufacturers of these grain pro ducts would gladly pay at the rate of 18 a barrel of 31 gallons, or a flat rate or zo per cent, and it is esti mated that "not lesi than ,00.000.000 per annum" could be raised in that WOULD MEAN BIG AMOUNT It was pointed nut this week to the President and Mr. Mellon that prior to the enactment of the national prohibition law the annual produc tion of fermented liquors of the heavy beer and ale type, for which tho pro posed cereal beversges would be a non-Intoxicating substitute, were pro duced In an average annual quantity above 60.000,000 barrels and paid a revenue of ono dollar per barrel, bringing In more than $60,000,000. These fermented lltiors were sold In competition wltih spirituous liquors and wines. Treasury experts now assert that If palatable cereal beverages containing not more than 24 Per cent alcohol were manufactured and sold legally so far as the standard goes. 100.000,600 barrels would be produced and st $6 per barrel the yield would be $600,000,000. The manufacturers of these beverages would even submit to 110 a barrel if necessary, and bring the total up to $1,000,000,000. It is generally understoed her that Secretary Mellon Is In favor of per mitting the manufacture of the erel beverages and to taking from six hundred thousand to a billion in taxes from them annually. APPROVE TARIFF BILL MADRID. Feb. 12 Ministerial council today finally - approved tha haw Knanlsh customs tariff. It, Is expected the tariff wllfbe pUT)TIsned next Monday , WDe Valera Large Following, It Is Shown on Sunday DUBLIN. Feb. 12 (By The As sociated Press) Tho magnitude and the generally enthusiastic character of the republican dem onstration held this afternoon was a surprise to observers of the po litical situation. Eamnn De Valera was tho principal speaker. The supposition had prevailed that De Valera's uncompromising republican following was confined mainly to Cork and Kerry, but It seemed evident from tho applause accorded him that the Dublin crowds still regard him with their old fervor. observers of the situation, after having made allowances for the fine weather as an Inducement for the people to turn out, declared that every one must recognize the demonstration as being significant. The throng packed O'Conilell street from the Fariiell statue almost down to he Nelson pillar and over flowed into the side streets. A re markable feature was the presence in military formation of a large body oft he Irish republican army. The men mobilized in Smlthftold and marched lo the meeting but were not actually present at the demount ration. Wll.Ii HAVE COUNTER MEETS No arrangements have as yet been made for counter meetings on behalf of the provisional govern ment but it is expected those sid ing with tho government speedily will get busy. All the principal colleagues of Mr. DeValera supported him today in platform speeches. Notable among them was Charles Burgess, Austin Stack, Harry J. Boland and J. T. O' Kelly. FOVH KILLED: KKiHT WOUNDED. P.ELFAHT, Feb. 12. (By The Associated Press) The total cas ualties in the affray at the railway station at Clones late Saturday afternoon when a party of Ulster constables was attacked were four special constables killed, eight wounded and six missing. Matthew SECOND PONI IS ARRESTED; LOSSES SAID TO BE Bl G Six Thousand Foreigners Lose Approximately Three Million .Dollars. . OinOAC.O. Feb. 12. Raymond J. Biscboff. taken into custody yes terday after involuntary proceed ings in bankruptcy had been insti tuted against him by creditors, to day admitted that he owes about $4,600,000, representing the sav ings of 6,000 Chlcagoans, mostly foreigners. Less than one million dollars worth of oil and gas stock of doubtful lvalue is available to meet tho obligations, it was an nounced. . Blschoff, whose financial oper ations apparently rival those of Charles Ponzl. the Boston "wizard." expressed relief when taken into custody bv deputy marshals. He had received threats from those lie is alleged to have fleeced, he said aad was afrw' to venture into the south and west side districts where most of his victims live. KKCEIVKU IS NAMED The Central Trust company was yesterday appointed receiver for Biechoff. Felix Ftreyckmans. at torney for the creditors, said he be lieved Bischoff's liabilities will run near $7,000,000 and that tho re ceiver will be lucky to realize half ot the face value of the stock held by him. Bischofl Is 25 years old. By paying large returns on money borrowed In a few particular in stances, lie gained a reputation as a financial wizard among the peo ple whom he dealt, according to federal ugenta. Profits of forly per cent on short term vians were said to be common and Ilischoff Is said to have paid as high as 100 per cent interest. SOME PAID CASH According to Mr. Streyckmans only the creditors who objected to long waits were paid In actual cash. The rest, he said, were content to accept their, alleged earnings in more notes. Some of. ihe people sold almost all they owned to give Bischoft money, Mr. Streyckmans said. One man. he said, sold his home for $7,000 ai. turned over (6,200 to Bischofl. James .1. Kelly, attorney for Bis chofl today asserted that his client had violated no law but Jias simply lost money by speculation. Creditors may receive ten cents on the dollar, Mr. Kelly said, when Bischoff's holdings are liquidated. Fedxxal authorities intimated thero was no baais for prosecution. MUCH WHISKEY IS 1 COMING FROM CANADA BUFFALO, N. Y.. Feb. 12. The recent Canadian court decision that it was legal to transport liquor to the border for export purposes has changed tho whole business of rum running across the Niagara river. The night dangers are all eliminated. The smugglers now load their fast motor boats on the Canadian shore under the supervision ot Canadian customs officials and dart off to the American side where they land long before warning can he telephoned the American customs officers. The Americans have redoubled the vigilence but the river bank presents a long stretch of possible landings and so far there has not been enough men here to check the ruah of liquor. vigilance nas Dean redoubled, how ever, on the ferry and on the bridges and automobiles are being thoroughly searched, FIGARO IS SOLO PARIS, Feb 13. Transfer on Feb ruary 21 of ownership of Figaro, an Influential morning newspaper, to XI. Cot.y. a perfume manutacturer, and a group of associates is announced. Thle step la taken, the announcement aaya. In answer to a legal notice served by the new owners on M. Carmette secretary of tho conpora llonjforhlddlig all editorial fllscua slonTn the ne.wsjjoer untn tney take possession. Still Has Fitzpatiick. leader of the Sinn Felners. was shot dead. There are many versions of the affray current, but inquiries ntnopc. the civilian passenKers of the tram from which the special constables alighted hov that the constables f"!,,ori;!rimmh;;:i:,,'dmg!Two Hundred Thousand which time they paraded quietly up and down the platform on which also were many civilians There was no sign or any Impend ing att.ii k. Vt Io n the Dublin train arrived and the constables moved toward it. however, tiring bean from two machine guns posted on ,a wooden bridge spanning the railway track nndihcn from a motor on the sta tion premises. A larte body of armed men rushed upon tho train and after some revolver firing, or dered the frightened civilian pas- sengers who were cowerinc on the floor of the conches and under tpo seats, lo get out. All the occupants of the train then were marched to the station platform and drawn up In two bodies civilians on one side and special constables on the other. Every one was searched for arms. The civilians were ordered back Into the train while the un wounded constables were taken away to an unknown destination. Meanwhile the dead and wound ed who fell at tho first onslaught had been laid in rows on the plat form, only a few of the special constables had time to draw their revolvers before they were over powered. (;vRDiX(j NEwsiwri.u DUBLIN, Feb. 12.---An armed guard of the Irish republican army was posted In tho oltlcei of the Freeman's Journal tonight lo pro tect tho staff from an anticipated Sgtack by republicans who were Offended by the publication of a eartrton reflecting on Gamnnti De Valera and Erskino chllders. It was said that an unsuccessful at-, tempt had been mmlo to kidnap tho proprietor of the paper. FORD ENGINEERS APPEAR BEFORE HOUSE HERS Committee Wants Definite Statement as to Manu facture Fertilizer. , WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. W. B. Mayo, chief engineer otllcer for Henry Ford, and J. W. Worthlng ton, the man who is understood to have conceived tho possibilities of developing tho government's $100. 000,000 properties at Mucclo Shoals, Ala., were prepared tonight to appear as tho personally au thorized representative of the De troit manufacturer before the house military committee tomor row. Chairman K.ihn, who is di recting the committee's investiga tion into the Ford offer before it Is reported to tho house for ac ceptance or rejection by that body, Indicated that the committee would seek information from them on several important r-.o,s!ons of the offer respecting which conflict ing opinions prevailed. Other committeemen made it plain that they intended through Mr. Ford's spokesmen to establish beyond doubt thy much disputed point regarding the obligations said to bo Imposed under tho con tract, and the intentions of the De troit manufacturer with regard to the manufacture of fertilizer. Wit nesses already have stated that Mr. Ford would not '.lianufacture that commodity nX a loss, would not bind himself to produce It over a given number rf years and that the pending offer contained no provision to guarantee delivery of the product ta the farmers at a cheaper price than is paid at tne present time. FOREIGN TRADERS DISCUSS EUROPE NEW'TOHK. Feh. 12 -Foreign traders throughout the country today were requested to meet In Philadel phia on May in, 11 anil Vi for a dis cussion of the financial problems and economic conditions in Furope and lo make a survey of the world's mer chant marine. Jamea A. Farrell. president of the t nitea mates Steel corporation and chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council who called the confer ence, said that business conditions of the laswfew years appeared to be on the point of Improving. The volume of foreign trade, he added, was con siderably greater than before the war despite a decreaso In values. CONTINUE ATACKS ON VIRGINIA STREET CARS RICHMOND. Va.. Feb. 12. Follow ing cIosa on the heels of similar at tacks on olher cars of the Virginia Railway and Power company a Lake side trolley was tired upon from am bush in Henrico county. Just outside of the city limits, late last night. A bullet tore through one of tile win dows and burled Itself In the wood work of tho ear Just alwve the heads of W. II. Lawrence and Paul Jones, of Ihe Henrico police force, who were on the car acting as guards, accord ing to Sheriff W. W. Sjdnor. YEQQM Efli" FRIOH TE NED AWAY IN MACON MACON". Oa Feb. 12.Yeggmen, who touched off two charges of ex plosives in the safe of the Crawford county bank at Robert early this morning, were frightened awav be fore they touched off the final charge lo get at the hank's cash. The yegg men left a brand new automobile in front of the bank. Bloodhounds, af ter an all day chae, late tonight lo cated two suspects near Reynolds, Ga., according to reports received here, The men will be taken to Roberta for identification. i OBREQON IS ILL MEXICO CITT, Feb. 12. The phy. slclans attending President Obregon have derided that It will not be uec essaary for him to go to a lower alti tude as there now is no dnnger of complications arising from the cold from which, he Is suffering. Tne President! however, will go to Vera eai Bnwaaii is apsml m tun In day, BEFORE SEVERAL THOU N , PIUS XI IS-CROIIUNED So Crowded Is Basilica That Number of Women Faint in Building. CROWD ISBLESSED AFTER CORONATION Wait on Square to Get Glimpse of the Pope. HOME. Feb. 12.--(By the Asso ciated I're.s i-l' I ii s M was crowned pope in tho basilica i f St. IVtcr.s today amid sretics of pomp and rnthus'-iMii and i'l the presence of oric.i cs and rilgnllar le of Hie chii-ch. Iho dipl nnatic i ofirese n ! a 1 1 cs of foreign coun ties, ntemb 'i i of Uie .'loin in Bris tol racy .in I a vast ii.-Hcniitiagr lil'ln ery ; tho great stni'ture to the dooi.:. The ancient custom . irii.d out with impressive 1 lies and tho nctfly elected pontiff now occupies the throne of tne m-sl pope, reported crowned Lki 111, who reigned fr mi 7 'J.'. ,0 X10. With the oxv-plljn o' I.e . .Kill and Benedict XV, wh owing to the strained relatliis existing be tween the qiiliinal anl lint vaiican !n H7 S and tho world war In I OH, proffered to be corwoted In the i-ist.mi chapel, tho '.-.ironai ion of all Ihe popes i looted single the erection of the basilica has been iclebraleil there BLESSES 'I'll E t'HOWD Plus XI again blessed I ho crow ds from the outer balcony or St. Peters, this tlmo nearly 200,000 people, cheering "long live the pope" and waving handkerchiefs and admission tickets to tho Vati can which had failed to find them room Inside the great church. It had been announced that "owing to the cold weather," the pope would not bless the crowds. from tho outer balcony but such was the Insistence and warmth of the cheers, lasting three-quarters of an hour that the pontiff finally derided he must answer tho call. Thus it was long after 1 o'clock lr. tho afternoon when tho holy father appeared on the balcony, surrounded by Cardinals Vanutelll and Oasparrl, Mercter and Bourne and bestowed the apostolic bene diction again waving the familiar little shake of the hand as ho dis appeared Into tho Interior of the basilica. Previous to this 60,000 gainerea within the edifice, rising spontan eously, had cheered the holy tam er as Cardinal l"ga piauea upon the pope's head the tiara, emblem of supreme sovereignty. -T h e cheers continued for b long a tlmo that Plus was compelled to mako signs with his hands as if seeking silence in order that the ceremony might continue. Old ltornans who hud witnessed the coronation of Beveral popes, bay that the en thushuitlo reception accorded the present pope has never been equalled In their memory. (KOI WILL IS DOMINANT (lood will, sincerity and hope, were the dominant emotions pre vailing in Home as the new spirit ual leader was receiving tiio triple crown with the magnificent cere mony of the ltoman Catholic church bit with a tinge nf tho matter of fact and business like manner obtaining in the world to day. Silver bugles of tho 16ch century announced the coronation and tho red robes of the aged car dinals, mingling with the uniform or the SwIsh guards recalled the mlddlo ngus, but tho crush of the spectators at the heavy bronze gates of a formerly forbidding Vat ican, revealed that something wa changed In Home. Sixty thousand persons .rcre packed in the nobles and Impres sive basilica of St. Peters, silent and reverential, with one thought pervading all that the saintly old man within the Vatican walls may yet enjoy that which wan ne recreation of young Hatti of Deo. climbing the Alpine mountains of his native land. Today he is a prisoner within tho Vatican walls, hut tomorrow the hope is freely expressed, hJ may be, free to mingle among tho crowds of the common people he loves so wen. The first message sent out broad cast over the world by Pope Pius expressed the wish for universal pacification and declared that while the holy see should not abandon any of tho church's tem poral prerogatives, a satisfactory i.rrangement whereby the Vatican could rule spiritually only would 'be welcomed. Standing upon the throne dl rectly under the cupola of St Peters. Michael Angelo's master piece, Plus XI with head adorned with the tiara bestowed the bles sings upon those below in which runny races and many creeds min gled. Tho Gregorian psalms and hymns of Joy rendered by the choir were taken up by tbn assemblage in Latin In which various accents, Anglo-Saxon, (Jerman, French, and i cardanavlan wore noticc.xblt, M ANY WOMEN FAINT Seated in the papal chair wear ing a great white cape embroider ed with gold and tho precious mitre- Ihe newly elected p.-pe blessed the worshippers who line I the corridors of the Vatican and Ihe entrances of St. Peter? Sur rounding the chair Willi drawn swords were Swiss guards. offi cers of tho noble guard end offi cials of the pontifical court, with two huge Hw!fl,s guards c,l scd tho procession. The crush Inside" the basilica was terrific, many women f ilming; tbeeo were carried to tho emergen cy hospital install d in a small chapel to the rear ot SI. Peters but there Is no record of any one having been seriously injired. The pope appeared pale, ;11 at ease and nervous he emorgjd from tha chapel of the holy sacra ment, seated high In the pontifical chair, but ss the cerentonv pro ceeded his face became Hushed, beads of perspiration standing on his forehead, when a fw min utes after midday Cardinal T.egi, In the absence of Cardinal Bislettl. tfean of the cardinal deacons, placed the marvelous Jeweled tlar on tha pontiti neaa. From the chapel of the holy arro th. bmWIIr:; n CmMese M fl fw Communists Efforts In United States To Fail, Hoover Asserts Plans Being Made For First Session Of World Court THK H AfU'F., Feb. 12 (By The Associated Press) Plans are tak ing shape for the opening in the peace palace next Wednesday of the permanent court of Interna tional Justice created by the league of nations. Robed members will make solemn entrance Into the great hall of Justice; directors of the Car negie Foundation are to rsoort to I heir seats Queen Wilhcltnlnn, Queen Mother Emma and Prince t'onscrt Henry; tho registrar will men renii inn ohiu wincn nil J'iukch "nan i'l'u m no'ir inner of precedence. Speec ties ril e to be made by For eign Minister Van Kernebeek, rep resenting The Netherlands govern ment. The Mamie burgomaster speaking for the municipality. Dr. D. T. C. l.oder. president of the court of Justice will mnku an addres of welcomo usinrf an at tractively carved gavel presented by Leyden university. The givel bears a motto of William the Sil ent, Prince nf Orange: "Calm III the raging water." Prayers were offered in all churches today asking divine bless ings on ihe work of the court. RY FIELD AGENT War Finance Corporation Issues Optimistic State ment Sunday Night. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Opti mistic views or improved condi tions In the country's basic agri cultural Industries are warranted by reports received by the war nnance corporation from Its field agencies, according to a statement issued tonight by Managing Direc tor -Meyer. "Corn ia-now selling; at country elevators In Nebraska and Iowa at 40 cents a bushel as against 30 cents four months ago, Hon comr mand a good market, report Indi cate that farmers are getting- the equivalent of 80' to 80 cents for bogs that Is marketed on the hoot The market for sheep Is stabilised. They are selling In large quanti ties and at prices considered satis factory to the growers and feeders. "The tattle market Is no long er demoralized; the breeding herds are being held; the young stock is no longer being sacrificed nnd the feeding and fattening business Is proceeding In good volume and with fairly satisfactory returns. There Is a broad market for wool and hides at good prices. COTTON . i IS BE'ITEIl "The grain markelssre showing a good consumptive demand. The movement of cotton has been larg er this season than last year and the prices are much fairer to the producers. The large cotton co operative marketing organisations have demonstrated their ability to conduct tlielr business on a sound basis and have proved to bo a stabilizing: factor. "All this means that tho farmer Is put In a position to liquidate his debts gradually and that his nor mal purchasing power so vital to the commercial, transportation and Industrial interests is being re stored." MANUFACTURER IS OPPOSED TO BONUS WASHINGTON. Feh. 12 Industries of the country oppose ciwh appropri ations for a soldiers' bonus "a being socially unwise, an economic absurd ity and politically preposterous," ac cording to a statement Issued tonight by John K. ftdgorton, president of tho National Association of Manufactur ers. Thai millions of former soldiers, he declared, "can have their votes at Ihe November election bought bv a paltry dole of $;.0o or fi'io. Payable at $A0 a quarter, beginning at some time In 1H2.1. in such an Insult to their Intel ligence and an oillrage to their sense of decency that in my opinion It will defeat for re-eleollnn every member of congress, house or senate, who Hiipports this iniquitous measure." He Hdded, however, that the lnrrnH tries of ihe crountry were not oppos ing "the most generous and llherul care" for the disahled veterans of the world war or the dependents, of those killed In It. WANT NAVY YARD WORKERS CARED FOR WASHINGTON. Feb. 12 Dis charge without warning of thousands of navy yard workers whose services were no longer required because of Ihe armament limitation agreement was rhHiacterlzed today as "ex tremely inconsiderate, heartless and inhuman" and an act of "broken faith" In a Idler sent by William II. Johnston, president of the Interna tional Association of Machinists to President. Harding The administration was asked to provide work for the men by taking all forms of armament manufacture out of the hands of private contrac tors and plants, by speeding up plans for the construction of naval auxili ary craft allowed under the disarma ment treaty, and by arranging for manufacture of supplies for the clil govetpmeiit in tho navy yard plant. TWO NEGROES ARRESTED WAYCRO.SS. lis . Feb. 12 - Luke Middletou and "Kap" Middleton ne groes, were arrested here today on tha charge of killing Owen liuy, a young whits farmer, late Saturday night. The shooting occurred in a prominent residential section of the city. Official elated tonight that Luke Middleton had confessed to the crime. MOB SHOOTS NEGRO TEX ARKANA,' Tea. Feb. 12. The body of N. P. Norman. Segro. who was taken from the custody of Deputy Sheriff Will Jordan by a group of masked men near here last night, waa found today about a mils from where he waa seized. The n ae oui ana ouui IMPROVEMENT ON FARMS REPORTED SECRETARY H ft S ANOTHER WORD REGARD RUSSIA Repeats Charges That So viet Organizations Are at Work Here. CALLS ATTENTION TO RUSSIAN SITUATION Gives Advice as to Con tributing to Russian Re lief Associations. WASHINGTON, 11. C. Feb. 1J -Reiterating the recommendation, recently submitted to President Harding, that American relief work In Russia be controlled entirely by Americans, Secretary Hoover In a formal statement tonight assured "friends of soviet Russia" In the United Stales that they need not be worried, over the "possible po litical consequences of the expen diture by the American people of $50,000,000 for Russian relief." The report to President Hard- , Ing last Friday In which more than 2oo Russian relief organlcations were described as "frankly com munistic" seems to have started something, tho secretary said, naming Walter Liggett, of Chi-, cago. as having telegraphed a de mand that President Harding or congress "do things to me" for mentioning his activities among th soviet group of committees. Slf. Hoover added that Mr. Llggi :t Tin. I made certain threats several weeks ago of dire happenings In the ease tho secretary failed to endorac those activities. HE MAKES REtVLMMENDATIONS "I then honestly recommended " to him," Mr. Hoover said, "that he either send to all his committees copies of his financial undertak ings with Dr. Dubrowsky, the ov- let agent in New York, as I had the feeling that most of them had not seen It; or, that he cancel It and arrange for the Friends' serv ice committee to absorb his funds, his publicity nnd his committee. I repeat these recommendations,'' they are sound." ' , Ir. Jacob Hartmafl, Dr. David Dubrowsky, "Md. Loeb" and others of the "Friends of Soviet Russia." Mr. Hoover asserted, appeared greatly worried over "the possible political consequences of the American people spending (00, 000,000 on Russian relief. "Let me take this opportunity,? . he aid, "to assure them that the 100 unarmed Americans on the American administration staff art' too busy trying to save those dy ing countrymen to undertake to upset the soviet army of M00,-" 000 I again earnestly advise them that they may dismiss their fears; these Americans will never at tempt It. "Morever, I can assure the gen tlemen of all these radical commit tees that their earnest efforts to reduce thlsvcountry to the highly uncomfortabh standards of Uvl-bt and conditions of labor now ao -successfully established In RushIh. Is a waste of time. The $500,0110 they have raised for Russia prob-. . ably does not compensate, the losses of other committees through ; disgust at their constant maligning of American efforts. RUSSIA IV GREAT NEED "In what thee gentlemen call ' our 'capitalistic, Imperialistic' country, people aro frea b give their, money Into charge of anv." body they please: but I have for years clung to the old-fsshloned notion that the crystal springs or American charity would be Ies. likely to be muddled If theywere organized by Americans and dis tributed by (bom only." Russia Is in great need. Mr? Hoover declared, and every Ameri can rellgloua organization is a soliciting agency to save her from starvation, co-ordinating with the American government distributing ngencies. WANTS AN ; i INVESTIGATION CIliCAfM). Feb. 12. v71ter TV. Liggett, acting secretary of the American committee for Russian famine .relief, in a telegram t i Herbert Hoover tonight challenged the secretary of commerce to Join with him in asking a congressional invfiatisation of he relied! organiza tions and of such organizations for relief as Mr. Hoover is interested tn. Mr. Liggett c.lirged in his tele gram that Mr. Hoover had inspired "the misleading newspaper at tacks" upon the American commit tee for Ktvoian famine relief bv circulating "distorted .reports" tha the funds are being distributed through the soviet government. "You are equally well awarc that neither the American colle gium of the Russian Red Cross no' Dr. I). 11. Duhovvsky has the slight -est voice in directing the ndf.lirs i' this committee, the message The Investigation, the telegram said, should establish the trulh concerning charges that the Polo were helped when invading Russia by a relief orgai'zation directed b Mr. Hoover as well as "any posl- ble which you had or may ha" with anv (foreign corporetii 5. which have or may have had ex tensive and valuable commercial concessions In Russia." RAILWAY MEN VOTE TO END STRIKE CORK. Feb. 12. -The striking rail way men last night at a prolonged and stormy meeting voted to end the strike in accordance with the. terms of the agreement reached at th re cent Dublin conference. When the ballots 'pm njunted however, It; was found that 'hi ma jority was a narrow one and a re count was demanded by those favor ing a continuance of . the atruf - l-. The recount will be made tomorij , Meantime the men have been ordered to awu Instructions concerning r-, suming work. All the railway atatlone S(lx4 lt ; waek hav bn avieuattd by th '