North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER ... North Cirolln Clirlng and cold - Thursday. reedd by rln on th S,,,: now or rain In th Interior. .fr"y. ,ilr -"!- e0,d- BAYONETS USED Firing In Stanhope Street Area Is General Wed nesday Afterntfon CHURHILL NOW MORE OJf TIJKUSTxU joint Commission Agreed On to Make Investiga tion Into Conflicts . Hiat'AST. Feb, By The vxsorlatcd Press) Firing in the, Stanhope street area, when the disorders hroke out anew this rtftj ornonii nfter -lull-of several hoUrs, became so intense that police, 'hur to the scene, were forced to use their arms to subdue the snip ers Hut disorderly crowds con tinued to gather, and a bayonet elurjro was ordered, in which a civilian was" badly woUnded. The dlnrirt simmered witlj- ej-oitcment throughout the 1 fternoon. About 6 o'clock there was a re newed outbreak of firing from ihn-Old Lodgo road into Town- Aaend Ftreet, one street removed r h,nn shanhonc. Here a store keeper as shot through the head snd was taken to the hospital in a dying condition: two person? were -icrlourly- wounded. Many others were taken to hospitals iiftr the. rioting earlier in the aft-' ernoon. With those injured in tlie j latest outbreak, the number of cast- unities for four days passes the j une hundred mark. I The attack this afternoon on the nw Northern Spinning company ' mills in the Falls ,roid, in which, the assistant manager. William Puffin, was killed and a clerk j wounded, was particularly savage. Six men invaded the, offices, drew th.ir revolvers ami fired Indis Indis- criminately. Duffin. bUH.v at his ,i.a- fell dead immedialelv. Some 1 15 shots were fired. Puffin was a nephew of Adam Puffin, member of the Northern Ireland senate. I.UNDON. Feb. 15. (Dy The Associated l'resa While thero has been little amelioration of the con ditions iu Delfast, tiring at inter vals throughout tho day having been almost us serious aa yaster ilay. adding considerable to the list of casualties, the general situ-' nt ion appears much more promis ing. Winston Spencer Churchill, scr retar ) of the colonies, was able to KiveJthe house of commons im portant news, that on his sugges tion, a joint commission had been agreed upon to investigate the facts of the border conflicts. Lord Virkenhead, In the house ot lords, in making a similar an nvuncemcnt, added tho opinion jliat ho was not too winguino in detecting in this se- hope of fur ther co-operation between Premier raig and .Michael Collins afford ing a prospect of a pacific settle ment. PITTSBURGH MAN NAMED CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC COM. Washington, Feb. l.i. Appoint ment of Harrison Nesbit. president "f the. Dank of Pittsburgh as chair man of the finance committee, of the naiional democratic commiltee, aa announced today by Chairman Cordell Hull, who said it was "the firs' move for a thorough financial organization In the nations' com- i im::er. Other members of the committee which Mr. Ne-fblt will bead, are to be announced soon. ".Mr. Nesbit belongs to the young f" and most progressive . type of bankers and business men,'' Mr. Mud said. "He is especially known lor his energy and zeal, and the ro "iiect and confidence with which t!ie public, regard him is assurance that the democratic party will, 'trough, him, make a soeciril appeal :n 1 1 1 o hualness public who are looking for a new era In the eerv " of the country on the part of -nr democratic party." A complete progro;! for an ac j ve campaign alon-e progressive l-'ies ,s being mapped out at na 'coiii headquarters by Chairman Hull with enlarged organization ""1 activity. Tho chairman left today fur Indianapolis where he 11 nl address a meeting of the In d. ma democratic editorial associ ' His speech will be the key- "';c for the opening ot tho demo ' I'iit.c campaign in the middle west, ' ( as 3id at headquarters here. STREET CARS STAND VSTILL IN COLUMBIA COU-.MBIA. S. C. Feb. 15. Xo - 'fee; ,ar3 operated in Columbia toJav ana indications are tonight Mai none w-iU be run tomorrow. No move was made during the "v to end the strike that was call 'd bv tho rnotormcn and conduct-' 'is at o'clock this morning. No men reported at the barn this morning to take cars out and the company made no effort to operate ';th other employees. The union president announced t iat no cars would be taken out hp union men tomorrow nor did he i no when they would return to Wri-1 The company mad nd statement "u; published an advertisement In " hlc, o .n-. nnintnH out thnr Ibft ompnny operated last pear at a '-s of U!.000. The advertlse- ient also said that after the iis ,,n'ee of thr 21 men yesterday it 1:d sufRclent men left on the pay oil to operate all Its cars, fain fell throughout the dap In Kaln feu thrdughout the dsy in r nlenre resulted. Hotels are op ''tlng buses to care for their ruesis. l-'IA'E NLGKOE8 ESCAPE 1-V.VCHBCno,. Vn., Feb. 13. ve negroes, all fnranllu -nnvleted Kiv and sentenced to serve term in tne penitentiary, escaped lait night fi-rtZ -"'- jiom the Campbell county Jail at istburg. Four of th men were . , -u. uvum; ui vanilla nilu Wirceny ftn(- the other was charred "on leiomous shooting. A negro 'V who was In the Jail at the mie gave the alarm and search ""s immediately begun, but all "'P escape ' m rn. They hadjiot been located ii'ioghi )UELLJ!SOflDER ESTABLISHED 1868. Columbia Student j At Harvard Freed .Of Assault Charge Fiancee Called Policeman Nigger," Trouble Fol lowed Arrest BOSTON, Feb. 15. A jury in tho superior court today returned a verdict of not guilty in Oe ease of James A. Duncan, of Columbia, S. C. a graduate student a. Har vard university, charged w'.lh as; sault on David K. I'.lair. a negro policeman, last May. ! juror.'' were out one hour. Their finding reversed that .of the lower cjurt. in which Ouncan was found guilty and sentenced to threo months ' imprisonment. j The charges grew out of a;i ear-1 lv niiirnioir incident -in .1 k-.ii:,, end I dobrway, when Ihtnoan and his MONTREAL. Feb. 1 5. Pint est -fiancee. Ils Frances Shannon, of ting his innocence' the Kev. Adolard Franklin. Tcuti., now Mrs. p:ncan, j IH-Iormo. Catholic priest, charged wore Interrupted while kissing with the murder of his half broth good night by Officer nialr. The I er. P.noul. an Ottawa .unlversity policeman's remarks w, re resented student, tonight pleaded to be by Duncan, the word "nigger" was tried as soon as possible. tisca ny .miss Mi.intwn, mere vaa I mix-up in which Duncan drew a 1 knife and tho couple then the couple then were ' arrested by P.luir. who had been cut, it was testified. Offer Is Considered For midable Rival to Henry Ford's Offer, Stated ii'iuiinvi.,1' i- u i- I--,-. ASHI.M iTO.N J eD' lo. Lntry of the Alabama Dower com pan j today in the lints of private bid-1 dera for the sovcrnmenfs proper- ties at Muscle Shoal. Ala w'tsrn-i carded by officials as onennc; formidable rivalry to H"nry Ford's; proposal, now before congress for j final decision. Secretary Weeks prooaniy will c.irnn u''ii"'iv "i j the new offer to congress so that i consideration of the Alabama and Ford proposals can be undertaken , simultaneously and their respective merits discussed before "final ac- j tion is taken on the Muscle f!hoale nuestion. Tho Alabama company offer U for purchase of the War-i rior powe plant and transmission line and lease for " 0 years of the other properties under provisions of the federal waterpower act. moAnn ITH INTEIIEST Momli'irs 'if the house mll''sty. committee investigating the Ford on.-i inuiini """""'" ;-" Alabama company s proposal, tut said they would not delay action on that, already before them pend ing receipt from the war secretary of the other. Chairman Kahn ex plained that It was the duty of the committee, acting in behalf 7f the government's interests, to make a careful study of all offers alike in an effort to- determine which was the best from tho government's point of view. ! HOUSE IS OPPOSED ! TO INVESTIGATING RUSSELL CHARGES JACKSON". Miss.. Feb. 15. The, house of representatives of the Mu-vlssippi legislature this after noon unanimously adopted a reso lution providing that there should hp. no legislative investigation of the charges of seduction preierreu r-ta:nst Governor Dee i,uasen. of Mississippi, by Miss Frances Pirkhead. his former stenographer, for which she has instituted a suit for VI 00.000 in Federal court. During the morning session of th- bouse a resolution was intro duced providing for the appoint mor.' of a committee of seven to investigate the charges, the reso lution being referred to the Ju diciary committee which reporie.i nt the afternoon session that the rrsolutlon had failed of passage in committee. A p'-jvldus motion to suspend the house rules so that the reolutlon could bo given immediate coni-ideration was defeated. NO PROGRESS MADE IN TAYLOR DEATH MYSTERY, DECLARED LOS ANGELES. Calif.. Feb. 15. Detectives investigating the slay-Ing- of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture director, today continued interviewing persons thought to have information pos sibly bearing on the case, but without definite result, District At torney Woolwlne announced. None of the persons questioned was brought to the district attor ney's office. "Speaking frankly," Mr. Wool wlne added, ' we are no nearer a solution thaip we wci the day after the slaying." S. C. GKNKRAIj ASSK.MBLT KILLS TWO MEASt'RES COLUMBIA, B. C Fob, 18. Both branches of the fouth Caro lina general assembly today reject ed bills of wide import, the house declining to change the legislature sessions from annual to biennial, and the senate defeating a bill that would have placed a tax on hydro electric power. A majority of one was shown in the house for the iblnnnisl plan but a two-thirds majority was nee essnry to submit the proposition to the people. ' The hydro-electric tax proposed was one-third of a mill for each kilowat hour. WARFIELD WANTS TO "POOL" ALL FREIGHT CARS WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. A plan for pooling the 2.5O1.0OO freight cars of the country for their "Joint use" bv ths railroads through one central irency under railway auspices ws filed with the interstate commerce commission today in connection with 1 its nesring on rttin ievw uj o. Movies Wsrfleld, president of the N"- tlonal Association of Owners of Rail- Its fleering on rate levels oy o. rond Securities. Bucli an arrange ment, he said, would save several million dollars annually. It wetild assist In meeting ."the present grave situation" he added, by co-ordinating the existing agencies of trans portation nn would meet 'tis" ifgluilHI HUB 1 se-tsenirr-Tefflr-'ffi the country's freight csr require- Jnents. ALABAMA POWER iClPANY WANTS iwiippir punm p IVIUOULL jnUHLu! THE ASHE VILLE TjCATED TO THE UP-BUILDING ASHEVlLLE7NrcT THUDAY CATHQLIG cum in E BE p Afl01orJ Ttalnrma Tla XVCV. AUCldlu JJclOrnic JLC clares He Will Be Freed When Case Is Tried CASE TO BE HEARD i 1 ON FEBRUARY 21' 1 Prisoner Lays Aside Vest ! ments and Dons Civilian ClothesIn Jail know that I will 'be found innocent of the rharze aeuinst me as soon ns the inquest is romplet- ed." he said A preliminary hearing in the case was set for February " when th" priest w;is arraigntd before fudge I'usson. Tho arraignment was in camera, even newspaper men being exi luded from the Judge's chamber, where it took pl.-if-e. 1'ITS AWAY VI.STM i:ts. The prisoner wjiu had lain aside his vestments anil donned civilian lotlicft wns comnuited tu llordaux .inil to await trial. IVioul Delorme's body wis found lying on a snow bank in a Miburh of Montreal on the morn ing of January 7. death having oc curred the night before. There were six bullet holes In the head. l..osB than one week before the stu- 'dent had made a will naming the j(.st chif hcp ,lnd Hd,nis. , trator flf ,he PHtatp am, the bc,ll0. .,.,... nf fr, nno iif- i.n.n u v . k t , ., priest's di- rection. E TO LABOR BILL QFJKJENYQN Considerable Opposition to Move to Have Govern ment Work Expedited WASHIVr-TflM l'-eli IT, Tne. DEIS FRATR IC I D nnifPTThOniulTHFFT CHlRCF.SIflN Mil. T I Mil U IUIIWU imuii u ii ii ii u i-w u ii WUUbUI IU I 1 1 W I :peclCfl and bi-partisan opposition : f,.nri chief of Police Wimberlv ; developed in tho senate today to'..' ,.,' ,,',., the bill intended by Senator Ken- yon, republican, Iowa, to aid the ""L .f?.bmI.0n?.: press publlcr works during slack, times and retard them during pe. riods of prosperity. After Senator Kenyon, who is to , retire shortly to go on the. federal t bench, had obtained consideration! of tho hill and explained its pro visions, republicans and democrats launrnei an attach- on , witn inei.,, - ,h ,.na hik.- result that leaders declared thoi' '., , fate of tho bill, wihlch went over' describlnj: his arrest and re until tomorrow, was iu doubt. N turn from Mexico, Armfleld is a -IS FOR I Icgod to have told Sheriff Sink LAttOfl CHIEFLY I that "I have been through hell" Senator Kenyon. chairman if! ami burst into tears several limes the labor committee, said he, wis during the recital of his cxperi- pressing the bill mainly in the in- terest of labor. It had the m- dorscmcnt of the American Fed-: onatioti of Labor, tho United Statps chamber of commerce snd other oRganizations, he added. Senator Fletcher, democrat, Flor ida, said he f oared the bill con ferred too largo powers on execu tive officials over government work, whilo Senator Sterling, re publican. South Dakota, declared it was paternalistic in spirit and was backed by "big business." Most of tho witnesses before the senate labor committee who spoke for the bill, Senator Sterling said, represented large business inter ests. It appeared, ho added, that business concerns desired Its pass age not only for the profits they might make out of government work during times of depression, but also In order that they might keep their working forces together In such periods. raosMr HAIIDIXG WISH Senator Kenyon said the bill w as a "concrete" result of President Harding's recent unemployment conference and its principles wore recommended in resolutions of the conference. Senator New. republican, Indi ana, objected to a provision of tho bill which ho said would have the department of commerce predict panics and bad business conditions. This, he declared, might add to business difficulties when the facts would not warrant such predic tions. Senator Kenyon insisted that the bill did not call for such predictions by the department, but only for publication of facts re garding business conditions. PUEPARINO TO CKORS RIYER, CHINESE THOFGHT NEW YORK. Feb. 15. John lS. Rockefeller, Jr., addressing the West Chester county chamber of commerce today, told another story on himself about his recent visit to China. . In one town he visited he caused removal of the top of the sedan in which he was being carried so that he might better see the sights. The populace greeted him In such a peculiar manner that he made Inquiries eliciting the Jnfor mation that he was riding In state only accorded to criminals on their way to be executed. All other pen-son in China, he was told, rode with their sedan topa tip. NEQRO IS TAKEN ON VERIt SERIOUS CHARGE DANVILLE, Vs., Feb. 1J. Vincent Faxksdale. a negro employed as a farm hand on a plantation near In gram ard who lost Monday It If charged attempted a criminal attack on a white woman was captured this afternoon and tonight was lafe in Chatham Jail. Outwitting a posse of about SO sngry Halifax county men whd trail ed the black (pr 'nearly two daya. It remained for an unidentified South ern railway fireman to nab the fugi tive on a description which he had read in the pnpers. and thereby get accepted for the capture by the outraged par- ant of the lil-l. nm Commissions For First Class At Annapolis, Agreed By ttouse Naval lommittee WAPIWNGTON. Feb. 15. The, 'house naval committee. In trying , I to discover some way of reducing i ! appropriations for the naval es-lput the navy below the ratio rut- tablishment next year, was report-1 tug fixed by tho arms conference ' ed today to have agreed informal- J The figures most persistently : ly to recommend that the first olaesl mentioned as the most probably to !at Annapolis, to be graduated In i be set by the appropriations com June, be turned back to. civil life mittee, which will frame the navy without, commissions in the navy, Although members declined to I discuss this nronosal. it la under-' stood that such recommendation : probably will be made, along with , the further propost-l that tho num ber of men to be admitted to, the academy each year to be reduced from five to two, for each mem ber of congress. Secretary Denby proposed that the reduction be cut on a congressional allotment from fh o to three. A LAKGi: CLASS. There are about 6-1 0 members of the firs; etnas, all of whom nat-. nuMioi i,:ed. although all ar lt',h has been handling the prob- urally expected to be- sent to sea. , ou!d s.-rn p t he "treaty mivy" a nd ,,,, ,.,,,, ,,,, , mnrk tlmP A committeeman, urging that the give it on actual strength l-ss than, xmnns .enators and renresen entirc class be dropped, declared that allotted by the conference to ,. A" ' "....llv m , ., ?,u 11 mil decision on this question I ,l i nan tat ,v c.ene, ally t he, e as oonsld- would be reached at the earlieat ; Dig outside influences atreadv ' Pate discussion and con- possible time in order to let mid- sbipnien know whether they could : expect to remain on the govern- nnvv's shore stations, which arc1 mint payroll. t certain in be abandoned, or cur 1 Whilo the committee continued i tailed. Chairman Duller declared today to hear naval experts tell of j that the same political influences the needs for the noxt fiscal year: whn h brought about the establish under what htey described a.9 "thojnient of many yards and stalions treaty navy," house members were are at work . now in keep them canvassing among themselves in I from from being destroyed. As an effort to find how much could : sista nt Secretary Koos,,( t told be cut from secretary Denby HI estimate of :).i0,000,000 for the next fiscal year. On all sides It whs admitted that the drive for a reduction fro.m that figure was All FIELD GOES DEMOCRATS IKE TO JAIL UNDEIGU Former Presiden tof Bank Charge That G. 0. P. Con of Thomasville Fails j gress Had Done Noth to Furnish Bail I ing But Quibble DKXINGTOX. N i " .. Feb. 15. -.1. D. Armfic'd, former president, 'of the Dank ot Thomasville, N. C, which failed August "2, was lironi? it -I,: I c I, ne r :ouav 11 oin - - i Mexi. o City, by Chief ott-olicc ' Gcorge 1',. Wimberlv, to face char- ; ges of tmbezzlement. abstraciion and misapplication of the bank's h , ,s priBOner a,,,', after Arm'. fl ,d h rfmaln nUr8 ofnee of his attorney -for several hours he was taken to jail In dofal-it 0 bonds in the sum of Jim, 000 H nF.As con Pi's 1-ROC'F.F,DI.G8 that habeas i jt was understodd corpus proceedings Will be brought before superior court lodge at. an early date in an effort to have the ence. Arm field declared tnc ,iox leans who arrested him warrant to him and did read no not tell him why they wanted him.. He was held in eommunieado, he de clared, the last night he was in Mevico City being eon fined" in a loom that he said Vas practically a dungeon. It was not until he was delivered into the hands of the sheriff of Webb county. Tex as. Armfleld said, that a warrant was read to him. That official it Is said, had been provided with extradition papers and turned Armfield over to Wlmberly. Arm field Is Blleged to have told the sheriff here that ho expected to IU (1 .iMi.ln... In Mevicn "" v" - and make enough money to pa off all his obligations In Nor.h Carolina. BUFFALO EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED tiATJTVTACiP UTflllT XiAAJuX LAOl JAlVirXll WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -Four persons were Injured, two seriously, when the Pennsylvania express (rom Buffalo due here at S:55 o'clock to night was derailed at Odenton. Md Four ears, a coach, chair car, dining ear and baggage car, loft lh track. Traffic was still blocked on the line In both directions several hours after the wreck, The Injured, who were brought here on a Bpeelal train late tonight, were: V. C. Luppert. injured back and probably internal Injuries; W. K. Springman, broken arm and shoulder, and . King R. Crooks, bruises, all three of Willlameport. Pa.: and Wm. F. Baker, 11 r.irk wyrth avenue, Baltimore, fractured knee and probably Internal in juries. Railroad officials here said the de railment decurred ta a switch and oeiieveci u wji caused e iner ny ine rwltch being open er by a defective. swlleh froir. Th trnelt Inrn im I for several hundred feet. The engine and tender and a dsy coach, the last ewr on the train, remained on the track. Pennsylvania trains were be- lns roiitrl nvM1 th rtallimnr m,i Ohio tracks tonight. RALTTitORB. Md Feb. 15 Two persons were Injured, one se riously, and 87 others were shaken up tonight when three day coaches, a Pullman and an express car of a Pennsylvania railroad express left the tracks at Odenton, Md. Wrecking trains were sent from Baltimore and Washington. The train wu an express from Harrieburg and was on its wav to Washington, having left Baltim,ore only a short time before the acci Tent. KICK OUT ONE COP: THE FORCE RESIGNS BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., Feb. 15. In protest against the action of Mayor W. B. Ellison, of Johnson City, in suspending Patrolman K. C. Garland. Chief of Police T. M. Wilson and Patrolman Henry Troutman today turned in their by the mayor snd the city commis sioners. OF WESTERN NO RTH M gaining hradwa'. although mari leaders insisted that to cut much under the llenln estimate would bill, was L'6U. 000.000. The were many claims by "Utile navy men" demanding drastic cuts that the b"Use. at least, would not stand ! for niore than KOO.OOU OO'f." WIJ.I. HI Hlli CM, In asking for $ .1 1, 0 0 tm . o o 0 . Sec-1 retary Dcnb explained that tins. amount would gl the iwv an- enliste,! personnel of 90,000. or soldiers' honus question was to IO.ijoO less th:in lixe.l by the last nigh! still -rv much 'in the a(r. .'ipproprtalion bill. Nobody in nil- Congress was without anv 'offi- """ prepares to ray otf - band what the eiilist 'd personnel Hid be If Lilly $ 0 U OOO.Oild Was - are developing, according re. ports, for retention of mane of the committee, however, Hhi Hm (,, partment was not prepared at (hi-. time to say what stations might be curtailed, h 1 1 depending on the ap propriation. wli;.nov TBi .iiiTii.m ii r i, tmiTi WASHINGTON. Feb. D I ITIL.V This! ATTACK REPUBLICANS! was a tine (jny jn congress for the'tlon of raising money to pay the ,ll'in,lf,r I w Tltn,' 1-naclD t 1, jk ,-n . iu,,t,llfl l.mitifl" .... u...... .. c . m , i piiuiii nnN nil"', ii. ccim i in ft ri.tiii- son, Heilin, .Simmons and Hiti h- cock and Kepresentative llyrnes, of Houth Carolina, were at the bat. Some of them knocked home runs. Claims for the administra tion make by Senators Lodge and McCorhiick started the row. Sen ator Simmons said tnat tho only thing the republican have dope this congress was the passage ot the net keeping alive the war fliiarn e corporation and they were forced to do that. He declarod that Lodge tried to adjourn last summer without enacting that leg- imihiiuji ii mi ii hum ihtii ot "fi cai benefit to the farmers of the na tion. ! thnt Senator Simmons believes the soldiers' bonus problem could have been taken care of if the rn. publicans had adopted his amend ment tti devote a portion of the money that will come In from for eign obligations to thnt end lie says it would be peculiarly appro prlnte and fitting that the money lo be paid our soldiers should be collected from the foreign coun tries, In whoso defense the Ameri can soldiers fought as weij as in our own defense. SIMMON S ON TIIF .ion. Senator Simmons is unalterably opposed to the republican plan pro posed by the house waya and means committee of raising tho money by tho imposition of ad ditional taxation, falling practical ly entirely upon the consuming I masses of the people, such as tho i proposed additional tax on tobacco ' and cigarettes and likn taxes The i et.nn hi irij nu l,i, ,-,,.....,,....11.. nl..A ..""' '"'.' ""' ''" K'vei. up mis sencmo now and thev are ultPry at pf,a Bnri , . , ; wn,.i, wav to turn One ritHtin- guish southern senator said on the I floor of the senate that tho repub I hcans had better without further , quibbling, go ahead and uopted jtbc plan offered by Simmon. ! wnl " pl-n Me characterized ns i practically an ideal method and which would not call for placing any further burdens upon an al ready overtaxed people BORAH HAS KIND WORDS TO SAY OF W00DR0W WILSON XEW YORK. Feb. 13. Differ- encoa of opinion had not blinded I him "to the great policies and to ine great policies ana principles advocated bv ex-Prcsl dent Wilson" Senator William II. Rorah. one of the leading oppon ents of the league of nations In the senate, declared today in a tel egram to the Woodrow Wllsion Foundation which was read at its dinner tonight, "I regret most sincerely.' his telegram said, "that pending tiat- t,. ...in . Htlcnd the HI.: not permit me to son Foundation din- nor. I should have been greatly Pleased to add mv mite to so wor. thv u rne. ..I..,, on some questions of methods, has I not, 1 trust, blinded me in the least to the great policies and principles urged and advocated by ei-Freldent Wilson in looking to a. better and more peaceful world. I express the hope that the cause will succeed to the full satisfac tion of its advocates " MORE TROUBLE NOW EXPECTED IN ITALY ROM K, Feb.. 15 fBy The Asso ciated Press.) Arming fbr battl. the Flume fasclstl are enlisting recruits In Trieste for a thruet against the Zanella government which wu elect ed last April by a niajorl'y of two to one against the Italian nationalist parties. Details of these aetivttlea -were contained In numerous dis patches to Rome newspapers today. The fascist!. pretext for an armed attack is said to He In President Zanelle's appointment of Croats tc the police force for patrol duty in the Croat districts of Fiume, hut the real reason la said to lie on strict nation - TThe aniiealiopisis to Italy and the sun graunna In Ilia old lin niemi advocates of the Flume fre slate. championed by President Zane:ia. CITIZEN CAROLINA" HARDING FfllLS'fei jfl STATE IDEA j Congress Marks Time On, ! Failing to Receive Mes- , . sage x rom rresiaent nnnitin, 7iivimtrwwi?v ON BINDS D LL OUWUiil KUUIUiiti6,M PRAISES PRESIDENT Ma V Slash All Annual An. propriations to Make Way for Bonus WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 eial woi-,1 tn.m PreHlitpnt tlm .lim.- :,s ta ln in ..n ihn iihtai ..,1 ,r:,l,llm.-' ! .,,(tf- .11, l ll' , O II I III -li'Mlill VM1 1 I H 1 hou.'e Mdo of talk about a slash ing of annual appropriation bills means of providing the nee c:sary tinances for tho bonus. M Y ItKJU CK AIMMtOrill ATIONS ritiirwnimivo Monctcll, of Wy - iiitu cumm- 1'uu'i iriiufi h n the house were understood to lie giving this proposal dose stud v. Mr. Mondell called ai the Whim lloii'f early in the day. but did not sen the President lie said ulterwHi'ds that the supply meas ures would he examined carefully to det'-rmlne whether much of the sum needed for the bonus rnuhi not be obtained from thai direc tion. - I his proposition met with con- pi'lcrable response I rom members mere is a glowing oesire io pui i Hi" bonus bill through. There were siiggcntlons that as a result of the agreement for a naval .hol iday as much as $:no,OOn.00 could be tut from the naval bill and that another largo sum could siao of the atnn. HAUIHNG , IS fiAI'DKI) NKW TOniC. Feb. 15. -Presi-iiient Harding was lauded by offi i rials of the iistional budget com Iniittce here today for havlni put squarely up to congress the qtics- It was the first Cme a presl deni of the United States hid n ssted that congress assumo some responsibility, snld John T. Prstt. chairman of budget comml'tee, at it luncheon meeting. He urged thnt making congress raise the money it voted to spend would make that body "more elrcum spoet." Henceforth satn members of the (the committee, thb question ask- Co. of congressmen would rot "how much money did you get for your constituent'.'" but "how much money did you save the nation?" The committee, forhicd to aid In putting the government on a basis of efficiency ami economy, will hold Its first convention hero Ap ril 18, and 19, It was announced.. Every, state will be represented by delegates from financial, pro fessional and trade organizations, it was said. Fifty-one trso.es of th)s city al ready have joir.ed the movement. Charles (i. Dawes, budget director at Washington will be a speaker. DENBY SEES NEED OF NAVY, HE TELLS VIRGINIA PEOPLE WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Speaklg t memorial servl.es ai Ft. Meyer. Va, today In honor of the dead of the battleship Main sunk in Havana harbor In ISM, Secretary penbV said be hoped such vast consequence, will not be ... ,, lorgouen "And first or all" lie s.vld he hoped it would not be forgotten "that an army and a navy leason able in sffce and excellent In qual lly are necessary to the continued safety, dignity and domlu.inco o? Its own possessions or any great pow re. "The wonderful nch'evements of the recent conference on ;lr.iita tlon of armament." the necretnry continued, "in no way detracts from the value of that leson. We shall be. I hope, In accord with the policy of continued upkeep of an army and m -y sufficiently large and well appointed to secure our safely In the future. "ft l l-iuvrl to rca'.c neonle re- .n. .nm.ilmH .!.-. even -he bst ' ot trealie docs not always nrcvnnt the saddest cfit is'ronnies. Whatever arms may l:ae cost tlon." they have made and kept us a pa- WANTED ABANDON OLD ARMY POST, DECLARED WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 -In line with Secrelary V'mby's recent declaration that rrOuctions of the naval establishment bevond those re : has suKgested must of necessity he made primarily In the navy yard I and stations, cutting the army below Us present authorized l.iO.O.M .nllsted strength undoubtedly would be re fleeted In abandonment of old army posts over in country. F.xhaustive study "f the probm has been made in tee , nr .lepart- ment. It was prompted both by the desire of Secretary Vehs to. co-operate with ponarffl in ps economy campaign, and also by rum,,rs ef Im pending efforts In chop In,, army as li w as ..'.000 rnhsle-l total. The speeilt: results of the study have not been disclosed. The general theory on which curtailment must be made, however, are famllts.r to all officers, it Is naid. The question of the strength of the army is to come up this week in con gress. Army officials It waa learned today will be ready it that time to make It perfectly clear to tho com mittee that they do not believe tht present or future safety of he coun try will permit further reduction of either the rommlasioned or enlisted personnel. CONSUL KILLS HIMSELF Wlf JffNUTO.V. Del Vmh I r.aymond Sehofleld Curtice, United States consul at Nagasaki, .Unau I committed suicide today by shooting 1 1 Imsilf twestnii Hie loss i hotel. ... He was on a va.mtinn to t its country and een nere since Ktbrusry K. PRICE FIVE CENTS VHIVIIIVII U jit Dancing Ruinous Declared by Academy in an Addrc&x in Chicago lic..i;o. Feb. 1 . "i.- Disregard f prohibition by wealthy families lU,,l,p, HIT- 't'Utlb I'fUlIC, tJ . ;.uved r.. steams, principal or; 1 --. nt Andovr.r.j (s, told members of the Chi Co Association of Commerce, In STreSi'tl today. "" Tin stage, the movies snd niod n litepituiV. TV it li their mocking I'ank'd life, have pa tilted in jtl.-inung i olors for youth, thut which is si li-iiorin.il He declared vice is j marie exalted, virtue made rcpug l'he I r ant, he added : "On the qualitv ot the cilixen ship of the future depends the stability mill permanence of your liuiu'tries,'' Dr. Stearns said. ' The raw material of youth, like th raw material of other products. !.-: ol tremendous concern." lr. Stearns then told a story of the social life of Doston. re 1'iierl to him by a returned sol di! t. who had been "dragged down" by th" war and who was striving t" recover. :NOM)-'S hu m : I "This soldier i .Hoc to me," sal.l be. "and told me that every dance lie vent to was wrong morally. Ho , Fl'(l llO I nil nil Inn.llilrilu -,r h.x mid nil of the boya drunk In u(-nanr or tilt law. ' This man told mn he was requested by the hostess of a. din ner he attended to escort an un conscious, Kir to her home, lie celhtl a cab and went to her resi dence. "Iler mother met him he en I no in the door. She was smil ing. She said not one word of her ri.-ughtor coming home In that con. di: ion." in the light of youth, the doctor " inree things exerted th " " 1 ' " oomo-iici-. j ney are home, me meal Home, hp .,!,, -religion am! his belief in the conviction or I he. inherent purity of womankind. H he;i religion is gone In youth, then will have appeared tho first evidence of national decay." LABOR HEAD HAS PLAN TO ASSIST L Gorapers Submits Propo sal to Denby May Not Bq Accepted WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. pro. foeals for slaps to relieve unem ployment among navy yard work ers caused by the recent order sus pending work on ships and gun which would be scrapped under the naval limitation treaty were submitted to Secretary Denbv to day by President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor and r committee of navy yard workers and have been referred to the technical experts of the navy! department for considera tion. It was said tonight In con nection with tho workers' plan that several of tho suggestions made were manifestly Impossible to carry out. CAN'T 1V, DON'i:, HA 1 D. One of these was the proposal IhHt the government complete aa one of the battleships to be re. tallied under tho treaty the vessels now under construction in the gov. ernment yard at Brooklyn, New York, at Marc Island. Calif., or at Norfolk, Va, as all of these bat-lb-ships building in government yards are of the 4"!.000.ton clues however, It was said, this could not be done under the treaty which limit, the size of battleehlps to .'15,(1011 tons. In addition, it was pointed out, the treaty specifical ly provides that two ships of the Went Virginia class are to bo re tained and the only threo of this class under construction are the Colorado, Washington and West Virginia, all in -rtyate yards. It was indicated also that navy official generally regard the work ers' proposal that scrapping of all ships be allocated to the navy yards or to navy crewe was not possible of execution since a great majority of the work of scrapping Is done by unskilled labor and practically all of the yard em ployes are skilled workmn. SUSPEND TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE C, C. RAILWAY WASHINGTON. "Feb. 15. The Interstate commerce commission has ordered suspension of c.-rtaln schedules published In the Caro. Una Cllnehfield and Ohlb railway tariff which proposed to Increase rates per ton on coal from 356 and one-half cents to 388 cents from mines on this road, the intei . state road, the N. and W. and the Norton and Northern rallwav to destination station, stokes to Khr hards. S. C. on the A. C. L. and ltnon spur to Khrhards on the ftamberg. Lhrhards and Water bom railway. Representative Sled man has re ceived from Adjutant general P. ( . Harris of tho war department a complete set of the records of the ClviJL war This is one of the lasl sets In existence. CHAROES AGAINST TWO PINE ASSOCIATIONS fcKATTIJ'". Wash .7 Fell. U. Charges by the fcdrrsl uade com mission that there had been "active oo-operallon" between tile Western Pine Manufacturers' association and the West Coast. Lumbermen's asso ciation "-th the purpose and effect of harmoMou action en pri-va and production," were denied today In a statement madi public by Robert B. AI.en. manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. 'The relationship between the two associations has been strained " Mr. Allen aid, "that we have never been able to Hgrce on much of any thing. We have never attempted to agree on prlcea. Right now we are fighting each other on tariff, carload ment.' ,,,,,, ..,.u.v t,,-iH,,i mm nuju.1 NOTED PHYSICIAN DIES ICS , ANt.a'.I.Vi., Vmt, li. ' Kp ..kiii,)" ,im on t fi.ii.rs, 1.11.3, clan ana I author, lacking forty d.ys of being nn hundred vtars ef age, ,ji 1..S reaulence here today. NAVA EMPLOYES 10 PAGES I Z TODAY T! OF ATTACK BY- Georgia Senator Says I ' ' We Can Impeach Him : When We See Fit" MELLON IN BUSINESS IS THE CHARGE MADE.' No Reply to Watson From, the Republican Side of the Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Sec retary Mellon Is holdimr the. n of socroturv of the treaslirv in v laoon or i tie law and can be ! rested for retaining the plac If any ono sees nt to awear out a warrant charging him with the of fense. Senator Watson. riAmncrnf Georgia, declared In tho senate. isie today. The law which Mm Mellon is violating. Senator Wat-j SOU ASitl t.rnVttl,l.d ,ha mntm .et the treasury from engaging in any' Kina or nusmess or commerce, Senator Watson told the enat' that Mr. Mellon could be im- -peached "any time we see fit," and read to the senate the provision of section 243 of the revised statute which, he declared, expressly for bid Mr. Mellon to retain his place. Ho declared that by staying In off ice, tho secretary was violating the law, adding that it was generally known that Mr. Mellon was tine of the wealthiest Individuals In the country. :: ItKPLYS TO (i. O. 1 LKDKKS The assertions by the Georgia, senator were made in connection with several speeches of the ac complishments of the two major parties. He Informed the st.ni.ta In the course of his remarks that th. law, now listed as section 843. m passed In the first congress of thai United States and that during th administration of President Orant,' A. T. Stewart: pad withdrawn iter being named secretary of the trea-t ury when H'.tentlon was- callail tai provision of t-.e a:t. - ; K Senator Watson asked Senator. Het'lin, democrat, Alabama, for hW opinion on "what the people will think of the way our govornmeut Is being run when a criminal, un convicted but disobeying the pen alty openly and notoriously, com mitting' a crime, is left in charge of our national fund and the re funding of debts of eleven billion ' dollars." Senator llcflin said that Senator" Watson had shown that Secretary , Mellon waa violating the law und that it was time for senators to speak. Mr. Watson stated that Mr, Stew art had resigned three dava after his confirmation by th sen- ato and arter President Crsn: had learned ot the provisions of ths, CITES A. T. STKWAllT "And if Mr. Stewart r!g:,ieiJ,-V continued the senator, "why- ' should not Mr. Mellon not rselgn? Why should he continue in office : In insolvent violation of the law? He knows It, so does President Harding know it. and the republi can party is going to have to .: answer for it this fall for I do not believe the people will stand for . open violation of ths law by ' member of the cabinet when per sons throughout the country are, prosecuted for trivial offenses,'' Asking why the President did not "respect ths statutes," Sen ator Watson said that Mr. Mellon waa "impudent," for retaining ths . office and ought to resign. "If he doesn't resign," he added, "then the President ought to ask for his resignation." The Georgia snnator referred tn ths recent passage of thai allied debt funding bill and Said that never before In history had so much money been placed In fa hands of ono man to hnndlo "and that man is violating th law every day of his life." He chal lenged "all of the lawyers in th senate" to refute his statements relative to Mr. Motion's right ta remain ns secretiirv IN BFSINKSS, IS CHARGED Mr. Watson referred to Mr. Mele Ion as "a collossal figure in th business world," and declared that he had no more right to be see MELLON SDDJEG SENATOR WATSON retary of the treasury thsn ,hsL---"1. P. Morgan or .lohn D. Rocks feller or a membor of the firm of .. Sears. Hoebuck and company, if you please. ' He also read from James O, " Blaine's "twenty years in oon-gi-ees." a reference to the elrcum- ' lances surrounding the nomlns tlon of Mr. Slewart. This told how Mr. Grant had asked con-rrss$ f)rs(i "T to amend ths law to except Mr. .Stewart and then, after it was sesnJ lhat congress was unwilling to make the change, the President withdrew tho request and th new ly named secretary resigned. TEN THOUSAND ARE READY TO FIGHT ROM BAT. UrTtish India. Feb. 13' ('.y The. Associated Press.) Uncon firmed reports reached here todav that. R00O lthil tribesmen were en gaged in an outbreak, fomented by followers ef Mohandas K. Gandhi, In-' dlan nationalist loader, in tho Etawah Jungl district near Godhra. . The Khiis. who have a noterioue record for lawlessness, are said to have been Incited by the Eanlas, tha merchant class who exercise consider able Influence in this district. . WANTS RECIVER ATHENS. Ga., Feb. M. Alfcging breach of contract with him and charging lhat the paper "ta. hopeless-, ly Insolvent'!,. Thorn.. 'J. Slmmone.j until recently editor and general manager of the Athens Daily News' filed a petition in superior court tt-i day asking that a receiver be ap pointed to take charge of the paper's affairs. The petition was made re turnable at Hartwell Marcb 4. The Pally New was tatabliabed her Use September. . SIX GIRLS CAIXKD IX JUCKARP CASE.1 NEW YORK, Feb 15. Sl giria.! ranging in age from 11 to 15 yean,' today wer called to tstify before g.im4t T'exTUtkard. sport -.re moter, recently held for the grand Jury on charge of assaulting 15 year-old glrla. T.