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IEYILLE CITIZEN the weather; 12 PAGES TODAY . ind South Carolina Fair and Nat w a r m r Wednesday; showers, moder- ..ierly wind., DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS T AS T Smothers To Remain 1ISSITHQD 0DTIIIH IllTESP DECISION School Board to Conene Today With Member ship Intact LOWEST BIDDERS -TO GET CONTRACTS Men Remain on Board at Solicitation of Prom- y inent Citizens I Hey H. MoDuffle. William M. 'smathers and W. Vance Brawn. gho last weaijouy icnuoiu "ii'rir resignations a members at !h city aclrool board have been induced and have agreed - to re main on th board, it was learn ed early yesterday and confirmed W them and Mayor Gallatin Rob tr last night. - ,.' In response to Interrogations from The Citizen each ttt the four ciiiiene elated arrangement had bu perfected wheroby Messrs. MoDuffle. Bmather ana Brown would sit with the "board In Its deliberations today and In the lu ll" .'. Careful aeii'Deranon ana consia oration has been given the matter bj each of the three members and lit mavor. It was learned from each when called Individually by n representative of The Citizen. Prominent business men realiz ing the Importance of the city school board are known to have iiited that an understanding be reached and to have insisted upon the members remaining; active on His board. The same interested parties have discussed the. matter with Mayor Roberts, who Is chair man of the school board. All parties expressed pleasure 1 at the outcome last night, and .asserted :he administration of the affair of the city's public school system would be on strictly a business nasi. "' :.ir v- PROMOTE SCHOOL EXPANSION PROGRAM Mayor , Roberts in . conflrmins :he information - the - members would continue ' to serve, leaving UUO WMUB UllKlltO, lUVIHUVlOIUM ,1.. Mtwll . ..T.a..KIi Vict, stated he was pleased art, the yucome t tne past tew aays ae iiberations and that Messrs Brown, .VfcDuffie and Smathers, being; fa 'jilllar with the school program nd general business' conditions would be invaluable in asslatalng in the economical expenditure of 'jver half million dollars to pre mote Asheville's public school ex lansion program. Mayor Roberts xureased confidence the program would now be rushed to comulo ios and to the best interest of the latrons ot the schools. ' While neither Mr. McDuffle. Mr, Brown or Mr. Smathers made any ormal statement, it was implied pey had consented to remain he board only with the explicit jinderstanding that the principles n Dimness and rigid economy in I'ha expenditure of the public funds, which they had previously advocated, would bo materially eorcsented on the board. It is vnown that these gentlemen in fnroposltions involving the exnen f-ture ot any funds have Insisted fiat the regular ethics of business adhered to witheut Irrevocatlon r.' alteration. KOXTKACTS TO LOWEST jltKSPONsUiLE BIDDER ii la understood the avowed nur Jt'oae of the majority of tho- board pnemoers will be to award future ontracts for school building con- ptruction to the lowest responsible uer, rccatviieee of where the '"fler is from, as long as ho Is wo to give assurance -of the prop- ana kriu fulfilling of the' con The three members return w to tho board are known to lava been' nledarad ninnort in fnaklng a business administration " me arralrs of the achnnl build- ; Program and the promotion ot " uiy (school system, which Will ' eriectiVf in th ct,.il vhnnl 'my' ai"i which will have its in-' vitnce on tho board." . -'. s ; lin .., a . .1 hV !" rael8 fesigacd last wee ''"On the hnlH hv u mn WIIH vaIa eeted all bid y - o.ii.a fnr "W bids lii V,o nncnoH nn IfolKrn. t'7 27 Ijttter 'he date was chang o and tlm hihq u.m xiUA ;d opened on Mafch 2. The Ual van Building company submitted M lowest Mrl tail inn u t t . w.m, vvw.lVW, VVJIU 4-' A, "wtuani next k?.yut,!l t0 roiect all bids and .lmee members resigned as fnu, M, "-'lunai lg HGCKVl 1119 , , . "".nnia mat UIBJ uuuiu Ot Of a DllrtV tn tha Ki.n(lri, if awards i this manner.- , - "nldrahle interest baa" de- eiOpCd as tn rvhr. i a nhM pould a.PI)oint ai 81Joceaaora t0 the "'smnc: member -of the board a the announcement- that Mm. MoiufflB, Brown and 'lier.t Imvo rocoiMidnred will ' receiveii with wide approba sld " ,s asserted by- those inter- oiiowinK the announcement of ome, r1P1cnn8id&rlng the matteL enli 0 never oeert formally ac ? 80 " wil1 " o neceabary iL Pbol'ited and they will ,umc their deliberations with board at future meetings. HAFFROTH'S DEATH AUSE OF REGRET f . tbe ielate over the death irm.?! CoIorado, was expressed f On i V"Iajr y Senator Phlpps ibil ad, on "'ha" of the re .'Mfcan ,)(ie anfl by Senatop tn. id l Alabama, democratic ibntl .thB minority. Both paid e t Mr. Shaffroth'e char hdinnd Mrv'fie. the latter ex- Cef l'r period of W" ; of a century in, congress. illiuiiict vi uwiUillU INLdLIIIMIIUUd till n I lUllliLI ULnllilu On City School Board Wilson Writes to Thank Contributor To Foundation Fund Statetville Resident is Old est Man Yet to Join in Movement (gfriat Ctntwmtmt. TU Atknitlt CUum) STATESV1 LLE. Feb. 21 Th oldest contributor reported so far xo me wooarow w Uon Founda tion in the United States In an honored citizen of Statesvllle. R. B, Joyner, who Is now in hia Sfith year. When Ex -President Woodrow Wlson saw the notice in the papers recently he took the time to write Mr. Joyner a personal note of appreciation and consxitulation. The letter, signed In Mr. Wilson's own nana, dated 12th of Februarv. 1922, follows: My dear Mr. Joyner: ' I have learned of your interest In the Woodrow Wilson Founda tion and am giving myself the pleasure of writing you this line to say how much I feel cheered and honored by It. -. with most cordial good wishes, Sincerely yours. V WOODROW WILSOX. Mr. R. B. Joyner, Statesvllle, N. C. STATE'S CAVALRY IN RHODE ISLAND OUEUSJOTI Two New Companies Are Held Under Orders to Move to Trouble Zone - PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 21. An early morning riot in Pawtuxet, the establishment of national guard units in three troublesome strike centers and a meeting of the state board of mediation and con ciliation herfe were the day's out standing developments In the tex tile situation In Rhode Island. The Pawtuxet riot. In which one strike sympathizer was killed, two critically wounded and five lees se riously hurt by riot gun fire, when a crowd came ip grips,, with the police at the Jenokes Spinning company plant, led tp the immedi ate dispatch of four coast artillery companies to the Blackstone Val ley city from Providence. . ' The Woonsocket and East Greenwich companies were under mobilization, orders tonight. Their ultimate destination Is believed to be Pawtuxet. With the exception of the dis turbance -at Pawtuxet, nulet pre vailed throughout the Klackstono and Pawtuxet valleys today. At Pontlac and Natlck, where trouble was experienced yesterday two troops of cavalry and a coast nr tillory company were In complete control, v - l- MILLER'S NAME SENT TO SENATE Abce Asks Confirmation Be Held Up Until Protest San Be Filed. ' WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. The nomination of H. H. Miller for postmaster at Hickory was aent to the senate today. ,. tt was not reached there before Horace Abee, a prominent republican of Hickory, wired Senator Simmons to have It held up until protests against con firmation could be filed. Mr. Abee la at the head of the Republican club ot Catawba county, and was aid to be on the eligible list un til : Miller was squeezed in over him. in a, regradtng of the papers. It Is understood that charges in volving Miller's action during tne World war will oe BUDmiuea in an effort to defeat his confirmation. K. L. Hefner, the candidate who made the highest grade, is also lirotcstlna- against the nomination of Miller. He thinks that he Is entitled to the lob, and Miller Khould not have It. National Committeeman More head is backing Miller, and may win. but it looks tonight like a real fight. , REPUBLICAN CLUB FEARFUL OF BONUS NW YORK, Feb. 2lT Oppo s.tion by the National Republican tins nnn ' s.uon py ine .tuiioiim ncnuu iw Vte conslde.irr...:TtClu- to the granting of a ledera benue to "any soldier who cannot show a wpund or. who, was hot disabled In the service" was rec ommended In a resolution submit ted for action by the club's com mittee at the regular monthly meoting tonight. The report de clared that "as party politics" th proposed bonus legislation "epel'n suicide" while 'as public policy, it is madne?." ' ( . ' L.At the Bme time the commltte' repotted ravoraDiy a reaoiuiio-i calling for a congressional inquiry into expenditures of sums already appropriated for the aid of dis abled veterans "to the end that the country may be assured thtt the veterans are receiving the full est possible benefit from the ap propriations made Itt their behalf." BONUSBILL WILL " BE GIVEN STUDY - WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. The seven republicans of the house waya And means committee who are charg ed with olvin- the problem of fi nancing the soldiers' bonus, expect to ge down to braaa tacks tomorrow, Chairman Fordney ald late today after the committeeman had another general dlscuwion of the whole ques tion with Secretary Mellon. The treawiry aecretary was heard hehind eloeed doora. bu he was un derstood, to have taken aubatantlally the same poeHtlon he did at the open ing hearlnire two weeks ago. when he reiterated his opposition ta bonua at this time, bat declared that If mich legislation was to be oaesed it hould be financed by a sale Ui or soma other hum of taxation. . . j iDrcrDiMTinuc nil RTTiiDiirv pi Htnxc 1 POWER PACT NEW C 10 BEJPIED Administration Leaders Clear Away Many Ob stacles to Ratification RESERVATIONS ARE BELIEVED NEEDLESS Congress Must Accept to Validate Any Adjust ments Arrived At WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Ad ministration leaders in the aenate cleared away many of the obstacles In the pathway. of the four power raciflc treaty today by indicating that they would accept without a light a blanket reservation drafted to cover the objections of thoao who oppose unreserved ratifica tion. As presented to the foreign re lations committee by Senator Brandegee, republican, Connecticut and virtually agreed to by those in charge of the treaty, the reserva tion provides that the United States accepts no "Jegal or moral" obli gation to "maintain" the Pacific interests of any other power and that none of the adjustments as reached under the treaty provisions are to be binding upon this gov ernment except the consent of congress. ThfiNadmlnlstratlon senators on the committee, including Senator Lodge, of Mansachusetts. republi can leader and a member ot the American delegation to the arms conference, are said to have shown general approval of the proposal during the two-hour committee debate, although they held that all reservations were wholly unneces sary. It was also tne understand ing of some committee members that President Harding while holding that reservations were superfluous, had Indicated he would not oppose a qualification like that presented by Senator Brandegee. Senators Boran. republican. Idaho and Johnson, republican, California were said to have been consulted in the preparation ot the reservation, but it was not apparent tonight, whether they would vote for ratification with the reserva tion attached. It was evident how ever that considerable debate on the senate floor was certain to precede a ratification vote, regard less of what action might be taken In the committee. At a session tomorrow -the com mittee leaders hope to complete Consideration of the Brandegee proposal nd perhaps , formally adopt a recommcnaauon inai ins treaty be ratified; It was uncertain whether other reservations would be offered in committee, several democratic and republican mem bers being undecided whether to prolong further the committee discussions or reserve their views for presentation to the senate it self, v ; v ' ' v Meantime debate on the treaty with Japan regarding the Island of Tap, reported out of tne commit tee on Monday, wlH'begin tomor row with the leaders hoping-' for ratification within a few days. OVERMAN THINKS ADJUSTMENT RAPID Attention Called to Article Written by Craven on Ex-Scrvtoe Men. WijiimoToN stream , Taa iarn.t, orruM if. b. c. ii.T) WASHINGTON.- Feb. 21. Sen. ator Overman stated today that his attention had been called to an article written by Bruce Craven of Trinity, very severely criticizing the United States veterans' -bureau in the handling of the claim for compensation filed by Robert W. Turner, a .disabled veteran of the world war. whose home Is at Rldgecrest. January 2 J, Senator Overman was requested to ascertain the status of this claim and was ad vised by Col. Forbes, director of the V. S. Veterans' bureau that this case had been referred to the man ager of the fifth district at Atlanta, and the same -would receive Imme diate attention. i. -. When Mr;. Craven's article ap peared,. February 12 however, Sen ator Overmai again requested that this claim be given prompt atten tion, and en February 20, received a letter from Col. Foriaes. advising that this case had been fully inves tigated and that the records show that this claimant was at the time of Mr. Craven's article receiving 11 no no tier month from the gov ernment and taking a course of noultry raising at --the United States veterans' bureau training ranter at Wavnesvllle. Senator Overman stated that it would seem that this was getting the. matter rather speetuy aajusi ed, since It was first taken up by him with the bureau on January and having secured vocational training and 100 per month com pensation for this claimant within less than tne so oays muttatwi. NAUTICAL SCHOOL PLAN POSTPONED WASHINGTON, Feb. I 21, In definite postponement of the pro tect for establishing a nautical anhool on the Atlantic coast for th traininar of former service men tor the American merchant marine was announced today by tne vet erans bureau. . Investigation, has disclosed,, offl Haia aairi that, so many trained sea menare now out of employment that it "would not be advisable at this time to train former service man for 'the merchant service wiin but slight possibility of their find ing berte upon leaving the govern ment Institutions.- SENATE PASSES EXPENSE MEASURE WASHINGTON. Feb., 21. The legislative bill carrying 112,490. 000 for expenses of congress next vear was passed today by the sen ate and sent to conference. It a measures to get ' through botn the J third of the reguUr, supply brandhe of congress. III Y FINANCE ACT IS ILLEGAL New York Bond Expert Says Only Two Read ings Passed Effective AGREED CASE MAY GO BEFORE COURT Manning Not Inclined to Take Judgment of At torney Seriously oitium'i m aenuey TlMOIOOTia BOW, re mock Hkzlbti - RALEIGH, P'eb. 21 An opinion by Charles V. Massllch, New York bond attorney, that the legislature made another error In putting through the municipal finance act during the special session, again making It Invalid, caused surprise among state officials today. The opinion was contained in a letter to city' officials of Wilson who had sent $125,000 of street bonds to the attorney for approval. Advices of the letter were con tained In an Associated Press,, dis patch received here ana uovcrnor MorrtHon and Attorney-General Manning were-promptly notified of the opinion. It stated that "it appears the bill passed only two readings when three are required by the consti tution of North Carolina to make it legal." Judge Manning was not Inclined to take seriously the opinion of the I hnnil attnrnev He .nlrl ha had " (k.nht., v., a i-t vestigated its course through the general assembly and had studied the situation carefully and he felt convinced thitt It had been passed in accordance with constitutional requirements and is valid. SUPRKMK COURT TOLD HOW TO VALIDATE IT. Governor Morrison, while Join ing with Judge Manning in avoid ing deflnlteness as to the validity of . the act, reminded that it was passed after a majority of the members of the supreme court had concurred In an opinion as to what was necessary to Insure Its legality. If tt becomes necessary to go through the courts to test its valid ity, all that can be done is to ar range an agreed case for the su preme court would not be expect ed to go back on its previous opin ion, he said. State officials will look thor oughly into the matter so as to clear up all doubt as to It valid ity. An opinion holding it invalid, coming from a bond attorney of the standing and reputation "of Masslith, naturally has its effect It was declared, although legal rnlhda here are , unable to under stand how the attorney arrived at his conclusion. . . - ,- .- - , -. - A careful investigation Is under stood to have been made by repre sentatives of the legal firm and it was said in official circles that ru mors had been current for some days that the act was Invalid. . A clerical error resulted In the invalidation of the act as passed by the regular session of the gen eral assembly early In 1921 and Governor Morrison called the spec ial session in December expressly for the purpose of correcting the error. --.'.,. To lncure the passage of an act that would be valid and meet the requirements of the cities, the special session; passed a new act and the senate. In which body the clerical error was made, adopted a resolution correcting the senate Journal and thereby, according to legal opinion, making valid the original act which went through the regular session. ... . . , The significance of the situation is seen by the fact that should the act really be held invalid North Carolina cities will again be tied up financially and further legisla tion will be necessary before they can arrange for the regular opera lL0.n.r.Lth municipal governments. MAINTAINS BILL HAD BUT TWO READING . . Mr. Massllch's letter to the Wil son authorities giving his opinion on the act stated: I 'The bill had four readings on four different days and passed ea.cn ourerent reading, recording r wnicn tt passed the various readings. On December it anu it me measure was recon sidered and set at naught. It then appears tne bin passed only two Duin wnen mree are required py the constitution of North Caro Una to make it legaL" The extent of the investigation supposed to have been made re garding the passage of the act la not known. At the time it was st at naught the ""wicuio coun nad given an uainion xnat an amendmant in creasing the life of certain bonds .1S ,t0 20 - years would In- JSni-.1-- N"1 out the opinion the senate made new start on the bill, it being put ' on its first reading on the night of De cember 16, passing its other two readings on, the 17th and 18th. Reports indicate that It went to tne house on December 18th on .?adm'J.ltettln aecond "oleauvte1"8 RECEIVERSHIP FOR FIRM IS DENIED WILMINGTON, Del. Feb: 2 1 . Judge Morris in the United States district court today granted a dis missal of the complaint, with costs to the petitioners for a receiver for the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing company. At the same time the court denied the application for receivership on the basis of statements filed by the de fendants reciting the consent of credits Interests representing an Important portion of the liabilities to plans proposed-'for extendng these claims. , . . FRENCH REQUESTED POSTPONEMENT FOR GENOA CONFERENCE . BERLIN. Feb. 21. (By the As sociated Press,) The French gov ernment today Informed Germany that It had requested Italy to post pone the Genoa economic confer ence for the reason stated la Pre mier" Polncafs's recent memoran dum. , ' - , 34 Killed Broken Rudder Is Blamed For Tragedy; Bodies Charred Beyond Recognition 0 FICIAL LIST D EAD AND MISSING IN THE BIG RPLANE DISASTER, IS GIVEN WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. An ctVlal list of the survivors, dead and missing In the Roma disaster wai received from Iangley Field b.v the army air service tonight. Tie address, however. In mos coen was unavailable. The list fillov.s: Mcnttfled dead: First Lieutenant William K Riley, of 528 East $6 St., New Tork. Survivors: Cr.ptain Walter J. Reed, of S.-iimlale, N. T. Major John D. Reardon,, of Washington, D. C. ' First Lieutenant Clarence H Wlrh. of raplllion. Neb. Lieutenant B. G. Burt, pilot, slightly injured. i Sergeant Harry A. Chapman. ; Sergeant Vlrden T, reek, Terre Haute, lnd, ; Sergeant Joseph M. Biedenback lki-on. Ohio. Corporal Flores. , Charles Dwoiack, JtlcCook Field,1 Daton. Ohio. Ray Hurley, of the national ad J:""' "'" lUWnjUred ) visory committee on aeronautics. 7 Walter A McNalr, of the bureau standards, Washington, J. C. Missing: J Major John G. Thornell. ELENA DE SAYNE Asheville Will Have New Impetus as Center of Musical Culture In the announcement yesterday of the perfection of an organiza tion here ot the de Sayn Conserva tory of Music to be directed by Miss Elena de Sayn, who ranks with the foremost violinists of the country, another chapter has been written In -the musical s history of Asheville- and , officials ot, the In Bthutlon sate -from now on local talent can obtain a complete musi cal and artistic education In their home city and subjected, neglect ed by other Institution of the country, will be taught. - Special summer and wjnter courses will be announced in the near future for teachers who seek further devclopment ln their chos en line. The conservatory has se cured temporary headquarter at 78 Broadway. The Institution will begin courses this morning, i Miss de Sayn states the faculty has been carefully selected and each teacher's name Is representa tive and speaks for Itself. The head ot the Institution, whose rep utation as a successful teacher; has been established confirmed'. In musical circles, asserts she especial ly enjoys teaching young children, since they must be counted on to make Asheville a leading musical center in the future. She is a graduate of the Royal Conserva tory of Leipsig and an exponent of Leopold Auer and Otaker Sevcik's violin methods. ABLE MUKICI.4.Kr. ON THE FACULTY - Other members of the faculty include Miss Alice Evereman, Mrs. Potter Carroll. Miss Evelyn Merrl- mon. Palmer Christian, and Emll Aieaicus. - - - Miss Alice Eversman. leading so prano, formerly with th Metro politan and Chicago Grand Opera companies, is famous as an opera and a concert singer throughout America and abroad, where she made her first debut. Her masters were Vincenik) Sabatlni (teacher of John McCormank) and George Ferguson, who wtth ' other great artists, contributed to her artistic education aa a singer and a teacher second to none in this part of the country. She Is noted for her ab solutely perfect and correct place ment of voice and their restora tion, artistic Interpretation of songs of all lands, operatic coach and teacher of acting. Mm. Potter Carrol, nlanlnt. form erly pf Chicago hat been Identified ror many yeans witn the Duh Tern pie Conservatory at Music and Mrs. Fanny Bloomfleld-Zelsler, whose pu pil and assistant sha was prior to her studies with the famoua Lessetta ki of. Vienna...-Mm. Carroll enjoyed a long period of tndv under the crea master and others such aa FerruclOf Busonl and Maurice Mos-owskl,,- Her playing at the Asheville music festival last eummer confirm ed the opinion she is a atei-ling artlat, It la stated. Her pupil Mr, Ruslka, now on the faculty of tit Hush Tent pl Conaervatory. won th first prise at the !ockport competition of Amer ican trained musicians inrmedlatelv upon completing his course ef study with Mrs. Carroll. MISS MERRIMON TO CONDUCT CLASSES MIm I Bvelyn Merrimon. olaniet. daughter of late Judge Merrimon, al though a waive of AahevlMe. has been aotlve In New York ctty as so artist end a teacher since 190. Hhe received her entire musical education under the great Joseffy. pupil of Llsct. and Siglsmund fMnjowliy, fav orlt pupil of Padej-ewskl, She wilt direct ' a courea In mtwlcal hlattory and appreciation and together with other member of the faeulty claws fnr the study of the festival program. She Is known to many here as an artlet of the first rank. She has been enaraged to teach the piano and the ory of music. , Palmer Ohrtotlan. a virtuoso on the ora-an, studied Under Clarence Dick inson, A merlca'a foremost organist and composer; Karl Strau-b. of Liep aig. organist Of the Thomas) Kirch, wber Bach played,, and Alaandr Guilmaot, of Paris, the ,-klng" or organita ef his time. Hie playing la familiar to many and Is characterised by a virtuoso technlo, keen under standing and excellent Interpretation of clalp and modern music. He i a notable addition t the faculty a a teacher of the organ, counterpoint and of the art of accompanying for tho pianiata who wlh to take up accompauyln as a profession. -SECURE SERVICES , QP FAMOUS CELLIST r Mr, Wilnon engaged In ; th ca pacity of a teacher of eelln. viola and , lCslwe a JPsne Ti"1! CONS ORGANIZED UNDER When Dirigible Roma OF SURVIVORS, Major Walter W. Vantsmelr. Captain Pale Mabry. Captain Oeorge 1"). Watts. Captain Allen P. McKarlaml. Canlaln - Btim-hmlilt. First IJeutPiiant ?. R. Hall. 1 rst Lieutenant C. Burns. First Lieutenant Clifforil K. Smyth. First JJeutcnsnt Wallaco C Cummins. First Lieutenant Amhroso V Clinton. First Lieutenant Harold Hine. Master Sergeant McNally. Master Sergeant Murray, Muster Sergeant t'orilby. Sergeant Harris. Sergeant Hillyanl. Sergeant Beal. Sergeant Yarbrough. Sergeant Ryan. Sergeant Huffman. Sergeant Srhumacker. Sergeant Holmes. Sergeant llevi-ron. I'tlvate Kingston. I'rlvate Rlakley. Trlvate Thompson. Privat 'Hill. Civilians (all said to he ot Mc Cook Field, Dayton, Ohio): Stryker. Ifanson. DJIaughlin. Merrlman. Schulenbergcr. TRY E "American Valuation Must and Will Win" Is Position of Fordney -t WASMINX3TON. Feb. :i. After two day', row over American valuation, republican tariff fram cr of the house and senate got down today to th bases of a, pos sible compromise. Two plan were said to have been nronoeed I with the understanding that when .ciiaiviB imu uwiumi iiv nutJae membors would be oallt-d In again. Under one of th pan in x Plalned by Chairman Fordney, of the house way and mean com mittee, ad valorem duties on im ported merchandise , comparable with American made good would be assessed on the basis of the value ot the domeatio produced ar ticles. Imported goods ,not com parable with American" products would pay a duty on the basis of the wholesale selling price ot those good In American tnnrkets. The other plan, Mr. Fordney satd, was to "assess all ad valorem duties on the basis of the whole sale selling price of the Imported article In tho 1 market of the United State. This Is the plan proposed toy members of the tariff commission and the court ot cus toms appeals and was considered at length by the senate finance committee, before th tentative agreement was reached last week to accept the principle of foreign valuation with bolstering provis ions for proclaimed American valuation:- flexible rate and increas ed or decreased duties to meet speclne conditions In trade brought about by the depreciation of cur rencies in foreign countries. Chairman Fordney indicated that he preferred the first plan outlined. This is nearer to the provision in the house bill under which all ad valorem duties would have been assessed on the baale of American values. , He empha sized, however, that neither plan was American valuation and add ed: . "American valuation must and will win." It was learned .today that sine the publication Sunday of th tentative-decision ot the finance com mittee to adopt foreign valuation, hundreds of telegrams and letters have reached th con-vmlttee pro testing against this plan and urg ing adoption of, sonm form uf American valuation. The com munications were from manufac turers In all part of the country, chamber -of commerce and labor organization. ' It also was said that manv re publican members of th house were communicating to the com mittee thir desire that action on thr tariff bill be speeded up so as to ensure. , it ,.fl na I - mu;tnicn t this eesslon ot congress. COAL FREIGHT RATE PROBE IS ORDERED WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. An Inquiry into the propriety of rail roads practices which allow cheap er freight rates on coal shipped to ports for use on vessels than al lowed on similar coal shipped over the same distances for local con sumption Jn seaboard cities wa ordered today by I he Interstate commerce commission. The Initial hearing was set for March JO, lii Washington and roads concerned were asked to furnish at that time schedules showing lates now in effect on uoal to Atlantis.' and gulf ports, statements of handling methods for both bunker coal and coal Intended for local consumption and estimates of the volume of traffic concerned. Many railroads serving Atlantic ports haw established lower rates on bunker coal than-on coal des tined for local use In the same cities, the commission satd In ex plaining the order while railroads serving Mexican gulf port gener ally have not done so. Primarily th omtrtlsslon will seek to de termine whether - the discrimina tion between vessel use and local consumption Is lawful and whether It can be maintained, . - - . IS TARIFF FRIERS UIT ROWING ND GQMPROMIS Falling Ship Strikes High Tension Electric Wires, Explosion And Fire Result NORFOLK. Va.. Feb. 21.lBv the A.iociated Praa. l Of the forty-five army service officer, eniuted men and civil iant who left Langley Field air station at 1 (45 this afternoon, on what proved to be the last flight of the giant array dirigible Roma, thirty-four are dead, the bodies of many of them being charred beyond recognition, and eight survivor are in the army public ervice hospital here suffering from shock, burns and bruises. NORFOLK. Va , Feb. II. Flung earthward, presumably by a broken rudder, the giant- army airship Roma plunged a thousand feet or more today to strike ground at the Hampton Roads army base, cap size across a high tension electric line and burst Into a roaring fur nae of blazing hydrogen gas. In which at least 34 of her army crew and passengers perished. Long after dark tonight, many hours after her fall, the ship was still a mass of flames from end to end of her 410 foot mass. . The Are was feeding on the million cu bic feet of gas that had distended tho great bag for the flight. Rarely a dozen of more than two aoore men aboard had been picked up alive. One died en route to a hospital. All of those who survived th fire escaped by jumping as the ship struck, The others, penned tn the hull beneath the fallen bag, were burned ' to death. Heat ot the fire fought back rescuers for hour. t Three Are department - fought the flames with chemicals, and by 7 p. m. It wa out. , Derrick be gan picking up th wreckage aa the ; flames were driven back. There waa scarcely more than the aluminum framework and the tlx Liberty motors to move.- VVsfhtn the wreckage lay the bodies, many of thera charred beyond direct rec ognition. Thlrty-on bodies had been taken out tontght. Thre or four more were thought to be till in the charred mass that alone re mained ot what had been th great- eat ship of her type In the world. ACCOUNTS OF OFFICERS NOT AVAILABLE Account of mirvlvlng officer as to what happened were not avail able tonight ; Bveryvroan ,who escaped alive wa burned or bruised, or both. Eye witnesses who watched th smash agreed, however,, that the huge, kite-like Structure of th stern rudder, itself a large a a bombing plane, had slipped to one side as th Roma drove along a thousand, feet above the army base." She wa making a trial - flight with a new battery ot Liberty mo tor, mey were installed to re place Italian engines bought with her In Italy, but which have not proved satisfactory. Installation wa completed at Langley field two week ago.' . It waa just befor 2 p. m. when those below at the (my base at Hampton .Roads, their attention caught by the approaching thun der of the six motors, looked up Work Of Officers ft Wheel Is Praised By One .Observsr NORFOLK. Feb. 21. Thirty bodies had been recovered from the ruins ot th airship Roma, which was destroyed in an ex plosion at the army , base here shortly after 2 o'clock this after noon at ( o'clock tonlshU Officials In charge of the work estimated that there were three or four more bodies in the wreckage. Eleven men survived, ten of whom, aome probably fatally Injured, were in the -United States public service hospital. When the Roma left Langley field at 1:40 o'clock the command ing officer held up his hand, indi cating that there were 44 men aboard the Roma, according to observers there. It is believed, however, that there were 45 men aboard, and that he did not in clude a civilian passenger. Of the 45 men who left -the Langley field air station this after noon 11 found fhelr wsy, alive,, to the United Slates public health service. Those men, some more dead than alive, lay on their cots with burned and broken limbs swathed in bandages. Borne had their faces smeared with cream- to relieve them of their intense suf fering, -while other lay asleep or unconscious with only their closed eyes visible, All who were able to talk were suffering from shock. Albert Sloras, who was In the observer's pit on top of the bag, said: ' . a -- , "I felt, the ship tilt up from the hiirk and start to slide down, I tried to go hack dawn Inside hut then I decided tn eonts out for ward again. By that time we hit the ground nd l was thrown out." ftloras was hurned about the hands' and is suffering from shock. WOltK OP OKFK'F.IW IN CM A KG 10 EXCF.LLKfiT. Major J. IX Reardon, who was In the control cabin at the tini" uf the accident, said that the work of the officers in charge was excel lent. ..-,' ';.- " -..'.: Lieutenant Burt and Captain Mabry were t their wheels." the major,; said. 'Ttt ehl gave a duck and I saw Lieutenant Burt pull with all hia might on the ele vation lever. He yelled out, 'She won't respond,' and then cut the motors. One by One I heard' the motor shut off- and then w struck. If the motors had not been shut off we would have hit the ground much harder.". When asked if he had seen any flames he said that he had not. Ray Hurley, a civilian and en gin expert, was aboard and suf fered a slight sprsln of one arm and burn about the hand. , The trip was Hurley's first flight, i "It was th first time I had ever been up and when the Roma start ed to awing I didn't know anything Falls; ta see the Roma dip down from her straight flight. They agreed that the rudder seemed to hJiv slipped bodily down and to . one side. The ship nosed steeply down. As sha came closer, it wa see that her crew were) hurling out sand ballast- from the port In the fragile fabric that formed th cov ering of th space etween her keel and back, the living and op erating quarter of the ship. - The dipping blunt no ef th big bag did not respond. On th shin came, unchecked In her gild earth ward, head first. Her commander could not force her the few hun A-A IV.I .n, I A t..-itMnn. UICU , H I. .link RVUIU .... UlV'IUtl her Into th water of th bayand comparative safety for her people, FLAMES BURST OIT AI)NO HULL SPACE Below ran the high double wires of .the high power electrlo line, it carried a 2,800 volt current. Th Rom.' nose, hod with It alum inum guard, thrust Into th wires, broke them a th hlp flattened to earth and rolled over and th next moment cam th nols as ot an explosion and the flame burst out along the hull space. -: Ther wa a rush ot men to the rescue from the army poet and th navy base beyond, - Just - as the Roma neared the wires, two men were seen to leap from high up in her slanting hull, A th stricken, flaming monster writhed In ' her first death agony, ten more drop ped from door or port or through hole they tor in th fabric ildi-n that -enclosed them. Some leaped from the platform wher th en gine stood, far out from the hull. 8o swift wa the flare o! th as a flam that reicuera were driven back before its terrlflfl heat.,vTry watched helplessly a the great 8" foot bag shriveled in i th fiei . bias of th liberated gas. - The Roma was a wall of flam a city block long, and until thethousal dn of gallon of chemical and watei' had checked the holocaust, tt wa Impossible to reach th comrades mangled and dead tn that fiery fur nace. . -f Th ship left no passenger list behind her when h ih o for a brief trial run from Langley. Eh 1 known to have carried many of ficer and men as passengers, how ever. In addition to her operating crew. A she rose from th field, her commander leaned out to sig nal that n bad 44 i parsons on board. It Is believed he did not Include on civilian on ship Sad that she actually carried 46. was wrong. 1 thought sh wa acting all right: I didn't Know rilffrnt. Tt waa nnt tinttl the machine hit the ground that I realized she wa wrecked. 8h was sailing along smoothly and ah was oomlng"tralght from th Langley 'field. .We were up only a abort tlma when we fell." THIRTY-FOUR I)KAT SEQUEL TO TRIAL TRIP Thirty-four dead, Including 1J officers of the army air service, is the result of the trial trip tit the giant dirigible Roma, wrecked at the army supply baa thi after- noon. , ' !'' ! ' - . Her contact with th high Volt age wires, wnicn an tor asunder, started her gas bag afire and th explosion followed as the no ot the craft struck a pile of car ma terial a few feet beyond. The explosion sent flame SOD feet in the air as eight of her sur vivors leaped from the "deck" Of the ship. Thre otjier war dragged from th mass ot wreckage and flames. , , , i Only those In th forward part of the operating compartment of the ship had a- chance for their lives. Several were injured se verely by Jumping, but three cam out rat:t tcally unhurt and wer discharged from the hospital within a few hours after" th dis aster., - .Lieutenant Burt, who, with Cap tain Reed, was the principal pijut of the Roma, was one of these. He Jumped when the ship was only a few yards from the ground. Several eye witnesses watcbln the Roma soaring above the armv liatin shortly before the death pltingo of the giant dirigible claim. they saw wisps of smoke darting out of the side of the huge g has. A moment later th volume of smoke Increased and eoon be came a . yellowish glare. A mo ment later the huge blimp whirl ed downward and collapecd ne.tv the army buse,, flro station In mrtsn of flam. Fire men Immediately beg.tn fighting the blaze which burned fiercely. '..., t Calls were sent to all govern- ment hospital . in Norfolk and -TortemoutK and rescue partw : were Immediately. organised to aid those who had not . perished in the fatal plunge." Several of the victims ware,-' It is believed, . Inatat.tlr killed and their bodioa charred bevond recox nitlon bv the ifurnace-IikQ tornado nf eta me One of " the mechanic in Ih crew of the Rnrna'tvhn ws res cued shortly after th big ahlp hit. said "Our rudder broke' and ttvv planes did not work. So far aa I ... . ICoKMMd ' I t..' i X