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THE ASHE YILLE CITIZEN THE WEASHER- iu nd SoutW Carolina Cktudy' N"!lm.wht colder Tuesday; rale e"Tght .nil Wne.diy; cold, "Sr.neiday. ' 1 r PAGES I Z TODAY "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" e ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST COIICEHTED ATTACK ON ARMS W TREHTIES favorable Report on All Covenants by Senate ; r Committee. inT AN ORGANIZED POLITICAL ATTACK Glass Denies Wilson Has Suggested Course to Democratic Friends, WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The rat concerted attack on the arms .Inference treaties, characterized v tactics whlcH administration vders openly charged suggested . filibuster, was launched in the nt today, just as the foreign relations committee completed Its Miuideratlon of the povenants and Ordered all of Them favorably re rted. -:- after several hours ofwrangl- j unanimous agreement was reported to vote not later than 2 ih treaty with Japan relating- to Yan and other mandated Islands In the Pacific. Immediately after ... nobaie is to begin on the 4,ther treaties resulting from the conference negouuuo. r.inr the Yap treaty as the im mediate vehicle of their discussion, but interspersing reina-ma on iiimij fther subjects and frequent quo rum calls, opponent ot the con ference program carried .on such a determined all day assault that the jenat'e managers prolonged the ses si into the evening In the hope of wearing down their assailants. nn Incident to the aeries of pointed exchanges running through j the debate wus a uuiupiwio io clalmer from the democratic sido, that "political opposition" had been tirganiwd against the treaties or had been counselled by ' former President Wilson. Senator Glass, jemocrat, Virginia, Who was a member of the cabinet In the last administration denied as a "purest Invention," a published story that Mr. Wilson had suggested a course of action to hie friends in the nato. ' ' ; . JOHNSON AND REKD . , ATTACK TAP TREATY , The attack on vhe Tap treaty, auring whioh many stray shots were taken at others of the arms conference agreements, was led by Senators Johnson, republican, California and Reed, democrat. Missouri, the former characterised the Yap pact as. "ft dismal pro logue," to the conference series of ovenants, and tne latter openiy hargipg republican leaders with n effort to force the' treaties hrotmh the senate before the country discovered what they con tain. . , '., . '' r The Tap treaty was aerenapa oy Senator Underwood of- Alabama, democratic leader and a member nf tho American arms- delegation, .tlthoufth ho declared he, waa not entirely in agreement, with the premises on which the pact was drawn. He argued that the United States never had an "undivided nne-ftfth of sovereignty over Pa rifle islands and hence was not slving it up under the treaty." HARDING CONSIDERS BILL WITH FORDNEY Conference on Tariff Is He-Id at Whit House. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 The tariff Mil was rlisrussed today at a white Housf ri inference between President Hanllni; ami Representative Mondell, ot Vi'ynmin. the republican bouse I'ador. und Chairman Fordney, of the ways ar.l mpns committee. It wis ndii'Ht"l afierwards that the execu ivc rr,r,, a speeding up of work, it Hie measure, which ia now In pre en? (if r, writing bv renubllcan menv- hers nt the senate finance committee. Speeifl. rates in the -bill occupiea the .attention today of the senate foniniiiteemcii, some of whom said a icopion in the controversy witn oiue, leaders over American valua tion probably would be deferred un til work .nt the rates had been com I'ietpil The ad valorem duties. It was Main! still are being wrltien on the (if the foreign Valuation of he imported articles but It-was dis "lotrrt Hint at the same time exports nta.lieii to the committee are trans latniB tlfpe rates .Into figures based "n the Anirikan" wholesale . selling price. r the imports so that If the "ana finally 3 agreed upon-the sub hi Ituti'in ..f figures can be accomplish 'd WitliriMt rlelov . v t F niairi;i;iii Fordney reiterated today 'hat he we.it insist on a bill with Amfin.nn valuation and added that it was his opinion that if the senate iranie ,h,i not ' nrovlde for such filiation i: would be referred to the "ays an.' means committee for 'r- t'afti::e instead nf helner nnt to con firmee as would .be the usual pro- i?(rJU , .... , , . . ,1 ltDV CAXNOT REMEMBER SHOOTING WIFE, UE SA8 Uiami, Fla., Feb. .27. Edgar ' i . ChlcaaTj automobile man "hi. -hot and probably fatally "o tiiilni lijs wjfe an4 cut j,i own moat Sunday afternoon In a local 'Old, was nlaeed under arrest in a '"T'lial this evening, when- nhv ' itms announced that . he would V5""'"; Frady Cftn n0t ,iVl. w-as stated I i Frady this morning, real ms: that sh rnliM tint Una okirl a lawvnr. xuhn draw un n will for her , , . . ,. .,. . ., I'liciHls nf tn iMilaA a' "111:1 1 nf v...-.'..- " w . i auj nj nsBci nuns i4iai "c had accepted tJh attention of "her men, ; .... v- " Fr1y. nuestloned it "m derjulv ''"i ff this afternoon said he could ""i iciacmber the shooting. SEVERAL BADLY WOUNDED ' uuhiinq BELFAST f HOOTING R''-l.FAST. ' V.h W.n- Tk. A..' ficiatwi Presa.wrhor. V.aw E? 'ivIHans In the Short Strand ..'"-""'I ft. , m oelneV thl. .v.nlnir i '"1! Newtownarda road when . " oia newBDoy, f nd head. " ... ' '!'. . . f inere also was shootlhg In which v li 1:1 H eailMll a. on Queens of the tyi-lii,-!,,, "" iwo or in ian. fr . w UJUVBinES ot the River ISeu...;; 1 " viwca mis evening. h h. Dso"" were badly wounded. ftnt.1,1"8 f0Ped a terrlfle bemb U the at 6 0lock O1" afternoon in .J. Retrenchment In School Funds Now Threatening Educational Progress CHICAGO, Feb. 2:7. Retrench ment in expenditures, for public schools Is seriously threatening the educational progross of the United States, John J. Tigert. federal com missioner of education, told dele gates to the convention of the National Education association here today. "It is obvious," he said, "that the present efficiency of the schools cannot be maintained If teachers' salaries .-are reduced and it is probable that they wilt have to be increased still further even in the face of decreases in the cost of living." The average teacher's salary at present, he added, is not over 1900 a year. , ' A difference of opinion develop ed over the need for a centralized direction of tire nation's educa tional activities in charge of a member of the presidential cabi net. The need for such a national organization was Judged by Geo. D. Strayer, of Columbia university, wno declared: LETTER INTENDED FIJI REPUBLICAN Large Manufacturing In terests Want "American Valuation Plan." ' wmhjkoton nun tut iuu.M tnni) fSf H. B. C. BRYtKT) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. In their hour of "sore distress" the republican leaders are being de lilged with letters glviag advise, or making protests. Now and then letters from these people are by mistake addressed to democratlo senators. Bjg republi can manufacturers arid special in terests do not seem to keep up with the political affsliiftion of the members of the senate. - For in stance, Senator Simmons, demo crat tariff leader of the senate, re ceived today, a letter front one of these interests In California, that was evidently addressed to him by mistake. This letter reads: "We manufacturers i this coast are reading with great surprise of the attitude of the republican members ef the senate finance committee in the matter ot the American valuation plan as applied , V, n VnmAnAV Kill ' VV, Hit? A U UIIVJ S1., ; "The conditions existing In Mils city are repeated In every manu facturing city In the United States. Yesterday canvasses- ehowed 1,000 heads of families In this city out of employment and we are asked to provide work for them. CONGRESS DOING NOTHING FOR FACTORIES "How can we do so when the people we send to congress to rep resent us and enact laws which will keep our population employed are either, doing nothing or delib erately working out a scheme that has for its object the continued closing down of our factories. "It you will examine costs, of material, costs of labor, and -standards of living in this country and foreign countries you will And :hat a protective- tariff in connection with the American valuation plan Is an absolute necessity, "The remedy for thifl condition lies in the adoption of tho Amer ican valuation plan immediately. . "If you are one ot the dissenters we trust you will review the mat' ter and vote In favor of the plan;" That Is what you call "letting the cat out of the bag," Senator Simmons said today. "Republi cans In congres3 v.-hn have been going around In circles for months rn the matter of the enactment of a new tariff measure to take the place of the Simmons-Underwood act, which they had ai' denounced, are between the devil and tha sea. Nobody knows now whether a tar iff bill will be enacted at this ses sion or not. The people of the country have made such an up rising against ths so called Ameri can Valuation plan In the Fordney bill, that the republicans have lost their nerve, since they found' the plan was entirely unworkable.'' Senator Simmons and his, ex perts here for months have been engaged In a pnotlcat demonstra tion by way of fact anJ argument that this plan is rot only highly unjust anaS designed to grant hun dred? ofmllllons In specml favors to the big interests, but also. that it is not practical to operate, - . , I, - ARBUCKLE'S ATTORNBVS IN ; : ,,, MOTION FOB EVIDENCE SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. !T. Coun sel for Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle aeeuiecl nf manslaughter In connec tion1 with the death of Miss Virginia n n.ialAnail fitmrini .TnHv Harold 'Louderbach today for the Tight to take the depositions of five Chicago witnesses for Arbuckl:s third trial, schednled to- being March 13. (The district-attorney was given three days in which to answer, the petitions. The proposed witnesses are doctors allnirod to have been familiar with certain supposed physical defects of Miss Rappe which have a direct ear ,,n on tn case ONE KIIjTjEO, TWO Ht'RT , BY BO SIB IN BELFAST V - . . f i .' BELFAST. Feb. 27 Tonight a bomb was thrown from the top of a tramcar In York street and Rich, ard Duffy was killed and two other persona -were wounded. Two bombs were th."-,wn in Ballvn-urar-ret street. One of them burst but did no damage. The other did not. explode. ' Two persona! were wounded by shots fired Into a street car In Sea ford street, :; - ;, . , " ALLEGED MURDERER OF MOTHER TO EXPLAIN Va FAYETTE. Alal! Feb. 27.-MII-ton Drury, held here for Mississippi authorities in connection with the, death of his mother, Mrs. Ada Drury Converse near Haalehurst. today de clared he was prepared to prove hit "every move" from the time he was last, with his mother until he was ar rested i at Columbus.1 Chambers county authorities expected to turn Prury over to' Haselhurst officers to day, but they had not arrived. SEND SIMMONS "Good. administration, the struc ture of our national government, the practical importance of "educa tion tn our national life all call for the recognition of education In our federal government through the establishement of a national department of education with a secretary In the, President's cabi net." Alexander Tnglts' nf Harvard university, opposed federal sup port and direction of public schools as "fundamentally unsound poli cies of government." Long dis tance, governmental Interference in scheols administration, he de nounced as "vicious." "Let us not be deceived," he as serted, "all acts providing soldier federal subsidies in aid of educa tion carry with them the dynamite of federal participation in the con trol of education and the deter mination of educational policies. When that bomb exploded it will be of little service to have their advocates protest that they did not know their measures were loaded." SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS L C. S. ON FARES INSTATES Without Dissent Holds That "Commerce Is Unit With no State Lines." WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. De claring that "commerce la a unit and does not retard state lines." the Supreme court today, through t Chief Justice Taft, and without dissent handed down a decision upholding the authority of the in terstate commerce commission, un der the transportation act of 1920 to fix state railroad passenger fares wlien necessary to remove "un due, unreasonable and unjust dis crimination against Interstate com merce." Two cases were iesented to the rourt. One was brought by tin four commissions of Wisconsin and others against the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy railroad seek ing an injunction to -prevent the railroads of the state from putting Into effect on state passengoiwtraf ftc the rate of 8.6 cents, per mlla allowed by the government on In terstate travel. The other was brought by the State of New Tork against the federal government, tlso" Interstate commerce commis sion arfd certain railroads of that taJeJn the ground the three cent ! im 'fixed by the public utility i commission produced reasonable returns to the railroads upon their state traffic. In both states freight rates had been advanced- to the interstate level without obiectinn from the states. . , - ' "CJongress in Its control of Its Interstate commerce system is seeking in the transportation act ia rnaae tne system adequate to the needs of the . country by se curing for It a reasonable compen fatpry return for all the work it dues." the chief Justice stated In the opinion, "The states are seek ing to use the sarfie system for In -trastate traffic. That entails larg duties and expenditures on the In terstate commerce system which may burden It unless compensation Is received for the Intrastate busi ness reasonably proportionate to that for the Interstate business Congress as the dominant control ler of Interstate commerce may, therefore, -restrain undue limits Hon of the earning power of the nterstate commerce system In do ing state work. It can Impose any reasonable rendition on a state Use of Interstate carriers for Intra state commerce it. deems neces sary or desirable. This ia because ot the supremacy of the national power in this field." AUTOMOTIVE MEN MEET IN CHARLOTTE f'tfta Crrmtm4net, Tht AiknWii Cm ) CHARLOTTE. Feb. 27. The" Charlotte Automotive Trade associ ation at the weeklv luncheon to day heard E. U Whitmore. pre dent of the Greensboro association: R. W. Morton, publicity director of the Greensboro automobile show and J. CMuir, factory representa tive of the Franklin Auto company. Mr. Whitmore spoke of the fine feeling displayed at the meeting. Mr. Morton spoke on the Gits City show and Mr. Mulr spike of the growth of business within the' last three months. Improvement heing noted In many sections of tle country. FIVE BROKERAGE HOtTSFR IN F1XANCIAL TROUBLES NEVV YORK. FeS. 27. Fitianl al trouble; overtook five - more brokerage houses In Wall street to day. : f Involuntary bankruptcy petitions' were filed against four, white a fifth, C. W. Starbuck and company, made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors. Today's failures brought the to tal since Mt -November w to SS. The firm of Mosher nd -Wallace waa the nrt to go down tdtlay, an nouncement of its siisoenslon from the Consolidated Stock exchange being followed quickly (by the filing of a bankruotcy petition in federal court. ' Liabilities were ; estimated at 1178,000. while assets -were not stated, v- . .-,.' s ' The same fate overtook Thomas H. Cowley and company and Shew, ry and Falkland, liabilities and as sets of the former being listed, re spectively,, as 1100,000 and 140,000. while in the case of Shewry and Falkland liabilities alone were es timated at 160,000. Neither liabilities nor assets were estimated in the petition against Gamble and Yates. This firm, like C. W. Starbuck and company. Is an "outside" house, with no exchange connection. - BRITISH TROOPS BEGIN - EVACUATION OF DUBLIN DUBLIN, Feb. 27. The evacua tion of British troops waa resumed tcdav. Two hundred of the first royal dragoons from Curragh em barked for England- - WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT HELD VALID AS PASSED Supreme Court Sustains Constitutionality of Fed eral Amendment. STATE PROVISIONS NOT ENTERTAINED Objection to Tennessee's Ratification Is Held to Be "Immaterial" WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The constitutionality of the women's suffrage or nineteenth amendment, was sustained today by the su preme court in an unanimous de cision Tendered by Justice Bran dies. , ' v The challenge came from the state of Maryland where Oscar Leser and others sought to prevent the registration of two women as qualified voters in Baltimore. Leser and his associates contended that the constitution of Maryland lim ited suffrage to men: that the leg islature of Maryland had refused to ratify the woman's suffrage, amendment and that the amend ment ttad not become a part of the federal constitution, The Maryland state courts sustained the amend ment. The contention that an amend ment to the federal constitution re lating to additions to the electo ral cannot be made without the consent of the state, the court dis posed of by reference to the fif teenth qr equal suffrage amend ment, declaring that "one cannot be valid and the other Invalid." It pointed out that the validity of the fifteenth amendment hid been rec ognised for half a century. CONSTITUTIONS OF STATES OF NO EFFECT The suggestion that several of the 36 states which ratified the 19th amendment had provisions in their state constitutions which pro hibited the legislatures from ratl flylng should not be entertained the court stated, because the state leg islatures derived their power In such matters from the federal constitution, which "transcends any limitations sought to be Imposed by the people of a state." The remaining objection that the ratifying resolutions of Ten nessee and West Virginia were- In operative, because adopted In vio lation of legislative procedure in those states many have been ren dered 'llmmaterlal," the court de clared, by the subsequent ratifica tion of the amendment by Con necticut and Vermont. Tha cn tontlon was dlsoosed ot however, on a broader grouno, tatd. adding that th secretary of state having Issued a proclama tlrtn of the ratification i of the amendment by the legislatures of thirty-six states the amendment to ail intents' and purposes had be come a part of the constitution., As Tennessee and West Virginia had power to ratify and had offi cially notified the secretary o: state that they had done so. their action wis binding upon the secretary, and upon being certified by that official had become conclusive upon -the courts. PROCEEDINGS BEGIN BV C. 8. FAIRCHILD The women suffrage or nineteenth amendment to the constitution wa Challenged In the supreme court in proceedings 'Instituted ' by Charles S Falrchild of New Tork, for himself and in behalf of the American Con stitutional league, to enjoin the sec retary of state from Issuing and the attorney general from enforcing a proclamation deelaring the artifice Hon of the amendment, and by Oscar Leser and ether cltlsens of Mary land, constituting an organisation known as the "Maryland League fpr State Defense.". The former proceed ings were based oil the ground that the amendment had not been validly adopted, and the latter that the amendment was unconstitutional. The federal courts in the district of Columbia and the state courts In Maryland, where the cases, rtjpec tlvelv. ware orlsinallr brought, ruled inliut tha obiectlons to the amend ment, in tne oral argument in mo supreme court In the Falrchild case, tha vnvamment contended that the secretary of state having Issued the ratification proclamation there was nothing to restrain, ana tnst tne case therefore became moot, not present ing a controversy for Judical decision. In the- Leser case, the -government acknowledged thst the proceeding had been Instituted by voters who had sufficient Interest to warrant thatr nreaence In court, but that the Issue raised was political, one for decision by congress or for settle ment In some other avenue than by adjudication In the courts. While the state of Marylsnd had refused to ratify the amendment. It was pointed out the state also refused to question Its constitutionality. The power or congress to propose the amendment to the state legisla tures for ratification was assailed by Its onnonentson the around that the people reserved to themselves Uu their state constitutions the right to regulate suffrage, and- that the fed eral ... government legally ., could not have anything whatever to do with changing the "sovereign power" em bodied In suffrage qualifications. "The people were not setting up an amending agency fo Ttbeir own de struction," the opponents contended, asserting that ; in limiting federal jurisdiction the "sovereign people" did not Intend that their agents con ducting the federal government, should have the power ; to destroy them. Following this tine of argu ment It was argued that the people alone by amendments to their state constitutions or by a constitutional convention Called for the purpose could extend or abridge their sover eignty., ,- The - fifteenth or raee ' suffrage amendment, adopted after, the war between the states, waa not a pre- lent. It was ssserted. by the op ponents because It was an expression of the "results of revolution," ae quisced in by alt the people, for the "reconstruction" : of the nation, by extending to the begro race freedom and equality," for which the war was fought," Any other method "for permanently registering the Inexor able decree of the civil war would have been equally effective," It was argued. ... . . . , . Should It be held, - notwithstanding these objections, the congress had oonstltulonal power to submit the amendment for ratification by state legislatures, the prescribed three fourths of the legislatures, , required for constitutional ratification, did not give their approval, the opponents of women's suffrage ' Insisted naming Missouri, Tennessee and West Vir ginia, counted among the 3t states , tCtaHai. m tm- fmj L DEFER SOLDIERjjJONUS Makes Suggestion After Conference With the President. t LEGION IS OPPOSED TO FURTHER DELAY Refunding of Foreign Debt Is Discussed at White House. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.- Post ponement, of house action on the soldiers' bonus bill for a while longer a aucgested today by Itepresentatlve Mondell, of Wyo ming, the republican leader, after he Mid Chairman Fordnuy, of the w.iya anil means committee, had conferred with President Harding it the White House. nmphasizing that the euggegiion va.- his own, Mv. MerndeU said it was well known that the Jiouhs Intended to pass a bonus measure at thig session and tljat a little delay mUht serve "to clear the skies." Ho explained that within u short time there probably would bo more definite information as to expected savings in expenditures for the next fiscal year; rrturn from the ImciRii debt and whether liUKinesa conditions could be ex pected to improve to the extent of insuring additional federal reve nues. Mr. Mondell and Mr. Fordney wc.-e understood lo have appralHed the President formally of the ac tion of the special house sub-corn-mittee In rejecting the executive's proposal that the bonus bo fi nanced by a sales tax and approv ing Instead a bill without any defi nite means of raising the revenue. They 6uld not indicate what views the executive had expressed,' ...i , . .. i ui i.i-preentuuve ixingwortn. ot Ohio, a member of the committee dealing with the bonus question, said tonight after a visit to the White House that Mr. Harding Wai still of the opinion that the legjs Ulion should either be financed by a sales tax or postponed., , Before seeing tha President, Mr. Fordney conferred with Hanford MarNlder, natio n a I commander, and John Thomas Taylor, legisla tive agent of the' American legion. Mr. MacNider and Mr. Taylor called at the White House to see the President but were informed Mr. Harding's engagement list for the torcnoon was filled. They said thf y would return later in the day , Mr. MacNider said the legion iis opposed to any further delay and indicated that It wa his -desire to present his view to the if xef-uuve. ... He rtl He rutorated that th--t legion would not be drawn ln i any dlacusslon of ways and means for raising the necessary bonus, Indicating that it was interested enly In the speedy passage of the legislation. On leaving the White Homo hoik Mr. Mondell and Mr. Fordney said the house would tiass a hnnua hill t this session, Mr. Mondell stated that he could not say whether a measure without means of raising the revenue could be put througn the senate. Asked as to wava nf Unini.n the adjusted compensation, the re publican house leader referred apain to expected savings In the next, nscai year, but he would not Rive an estimate as to what thl amount would be. He indicated that the question of the refunded foreign debt as a means of financ ing the bonus had been brought up at the White House conference, b;it declined to say what views the President had expressed. FIRE IN AUGUSTA'S BUSINESS DISTRICT General Alarm Sounded When Trunk Factory Is Gutlpi, AUGUSTA, Ga., Fen, 2. pir startina; here at 12 o'clock tonight over Montell's studio in the heart of the business district threatens the block. General alarm has sounded and the fire Is bursting from all sides and through the top of th four-etnry Montgomery building where the fire started. The place where tonight's fir started was only two buildings dis tant from the spot where ' the last conflagration was checked. The Au gusta Trunk factory, a leather goods store on the first floor of The build ing, has been completely gutted and the flame are bursting from the roo," end windows. It seems at this time, however, that the fire will be controlled before It Ignites nearby buildings, fire walla serving as barriers. The wind Is very light, blowing gently to the east, but the flames are not mounting high nor are parks flying ae fast as they did in the fire ef Novemher last. All of the engines of the city's fire departments are in service with the exception of the necessary reserve. TEXTILE STRIKE IN RHODE ISLAND AT CLIMAX TODAY PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Feb. 27. -t-A climax to the textile strike which has closed many cotton mills In Rhode Island for five weeks will be reached tomor row afternoon when strikers and milt owners must reply to tho final appeal of the state board of mediation and conciliation. The board's appeal called for an immediate resumption of work on the part ot the strik ers and the acceptance of Judge J. Hahn and sole arbiter of the wage dispute. Today was quiet In both the Pawtuxet and Blackstone .Valleys. Rumors that mills in the Pawtuxet Val ley would be re-opened this morning to employes willing to return on the basis of a 20 per cent , reduction in pay called forth pickets to all mill ap proaches. - Lines were formed during the early hours of last night but dwindled away this morning as ths watchers sa w no smoke in ths big mill chimneys. ' Pawtuxet Valley strike lead ers met with the executive com mittee of - the . Amalgamated Textile Workers today to frame the union's answer to the fate board. MONDEL WOULD Indict Twelve On Charges Of Conspiracy To Defraud U. S. Of Several Million Dolla rs Claim Federal Reserve Bank Made Threats To Force State Banks To Par-Clearance Plan MONROE. N. C. Feb. !T. Doc umentary evidence Intended to show that the Richmond federal reserve bank had threatened to pursue a course that would have seriously damaged and caused much financial loss to North Caro lina banks operation under stale charter, was Introduced by the lat ter today here In the trial of the so-called "par clearance" case. Through letters and other doc uments that the state bnnls sought to prove that the f ;der.il reserve hank threatened to snd cheeks on them by messenger to demand cash payment over the lounte:-. unless they agreed to remit at par, and to dishonor such chocks if pay ment at par were declined. ' The alleged threats, according to tho evidence, followed the passige of an act by the North Carolina leg islature authorixlng the state banks to charge exchange on all checks circulated through other banks. iRR SENDSiPROBE OF ROMA SARCASTIC NOTE E Thinks Is a Poor Treaty Compelling Counsel Be Sent to Canada. wiisiiiaToN nn ts iimrtn.i cmjis M S. O. SBViNf) WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Oov enior Morrison is In a real spirited row with the state department over Matthew Bullock, negro, who is wanted In North Carolina on a charge of Inciting to riot. Act ing Secretary of Btate Fletcher to day sent a telegram to the gov ernor in reply to a recent telegram from that official declining to ap point counsel I iv the case of Bul lock,, , . ; Secretary Fletcher pointed out In his message' that tmder'thrf. tradition treaty between the Unl ted States and Great Britain, which likewise- applies to Canada, per sons may. be extradited "only upon such evidence of criminality as, aocordlng to the taws of the place where the fugitive or person co charged shall be found, would Justify his apprehension and com mitment for trial if thj crime or offense had there been committed." The secretary also stated that there was plenty ef precedent for state authorities in the United States to employ counsel In Can ada, adding that In some Instances contested cases prosecuted by the Canadian authorities in the United States had gone as far as the Uni ted States supreme court. The telegram from Governor Morrison was considered sarcastic In ; tone, tha governor declaring that "if treaty relations with Can ada are not such as to guarantee the return to this country ot des perate criminals like Matthew Bul-i Innb W ...... . tbl.t lui-tv vviiiiuui ilia nmirn ui 1I1IB union being subjected to the hu miliation of having to appear be fore some Judge In a potty judicial proceeding in Canada It is cer tainly a distressing situation." The text of Secretary Fletcher's reply follows: , "You may desire to take Into consideration that by treaty with Great Britlan, which Is applicable to Canada, It is provided that ex tradition shall be granted 'only up on such evldencs of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would Jus tify his apprehension and commit ment for trial if the crime or of fense had there be committed. "This, of course, raises a judicial question and in contested cases state authorities not infrequently employ counsel In Canada, as do likewise Canadian authorities In the United States, where occasion ally extradition cases go so far as the United States supreme court. "Counsel Hamilton reports Feb ruary 24 prisoner remanded until March S, 10 a. m. Judge stated there would be no further remand and reiterated absolute necessity for oral testimony." SHOE MAN HEARD BY COMMERCE BODY Inter-State Commission Hears J. K Craddork. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 The In terstate Commerce convmlselon In al lowing maintenance of existing rail road ratee, was declared to be "hold ing an umbrella over the railroad it the expenae of other Industry" by J. W. Craddock. of Lynchburg, Va., president of the Craddtiek-Terry Shoe company, who appeared today for or ganisation of s'loe manufacturers, wholesaler end retailers. The sched ules must come dVwn. Ije added, be cause the country wajrSlhrough ths silk ehirt era." f Mr. Cradrtock sfd hla Industry would not specify what rates should b cut or to what degree), but eon- aider ed that coal frelg iignie should be taken up generally first, and agri cultural nroducta second. ' Whet was almost tha only appeal I for lower naStsnger rates, was made today by h. B. Leighton, represent ing the International Theatrical as sociation. The pre-war schedules of Vt cent per mile for traveler should be rstored. he decared, because the atrical failure had - increased tre mendously in numbers, while road shows had decreased, demonstrating that the charges were .too high for the traffic to bear. ELECTROCUTED A FISHING LINE TOUCHES LIVE WIRE MACON, Ga.. Feb. 27. Sarah Arnold, negro woman, who Vas ftsh-Ina- in the Ocmuleee river here late i today, cast her line over two SflO volt power wires, snd was killed liwtant- ly. . A short circuit was formed by the line and the two big plants were I nut nut at auaineaa for two hours. BULLOCK Evidence also was Introduced to support the claim nf tho Ktate banks that large pcrrrn'.ago of their revenue is derived from the exchange charges and that many of them would be driven out of business if they should be denied this income, and to support the contention of the stale banks that tho alleged "threats" l,y the Ult-li-mond bank were di:lgted merely to force the state banks to adopt the par clearance yt m. Witnesses examined tod.iy in cluded: H. A. Page, Jr. Aber.leon; Leake S. Oovlnglon. Kocklnslmm; J. Q. Sewell and .1. J. Jenkins. Siler City; J. C. Wescott. Bayborn. -and others. Witnesses for the reserve bank will testify later. At a night session of Superior court, over which Judge James I,. Webb Is presiding, the plaintiff state banks concluded the presen tation of evidence. The reserve bank will begin the Introduction of evidence tomorrow morning. DISASTER DOES INTONEITM Twenty Witnesses Ap 'pear Before Board, . Others Expected. , NORFOLK, Va Feb. 27. The investigation at Langley Field and nt the army supply base to deter mine the cause ot the Roma dis aster last Tuesday will probably ixtend Into next week, according to announcement made tnolght by Colonel Fisher, chief of the Itghter-than-alr service at Langley field. . Twenty or more witnesses al ready have appeared before the board of inquiry to give testimony In regard to the catastrophe. It is anticipated that .important testl- moo besrlna; a. tna-ases4U4s- glven by Charles Dworack and Master Sergeant Harry A. Chap man as soon as they are able to appear berors tne board. Mr. Dworack and Sergeant Chapman, two of the most seriously injured survivors, are under treatment for shock and burns-, at the public health service hospital here. -;:y W,hlle the board of inquiry has been In sesalon at post headquar ters at Langley field, frequent trip of Inspection by 'officers of the station with other air service experts have been made to the wreckage of the Roma at the army base. Colonel Cardoni, Italian air expert, has returned to Washing ton 'after making a thorough ex- nmlnallnn nt th wiflr nf tha ' Roma. : He visited thevacene of ths disaster at ths request of Major General Mason M. Patrick, chief rf the army air service, In order that he might be able to throw ume light on the cause ot the collapse of the giant dirigible. Pending the conclusion of the Investigation now under way at l,angiy field, the ruins of the Roma will not be moved from the pot - where the huge airship plunged to her doom last Tneaday, causing the death of H4 men. PRESBYTERIANS IN STORMY MEETING Edwin Curtis Denied Admission to - the Church. . , BOSTON, Fen. 27. At a stormy meeting of the Boston Presbytery, the ruling body of the Presbyterian de nomination fo Greater Boston, the First Presbyterian church of Brook line was removed from the nomina tion and Its supply pastor, Kdwln Curtis, was denied admission to tho Presbyterian church a a minister. The many charges against the pas tor Included allegations that he had on several occasions sain grace frivolously and in one Instance Hap tiled a dog Immediately after offici ating at a funeral. Tha case had been the subject of several hearings before the Presbytery and tha fact that several hundred members ef the Brookllne church upheld the pas tor led to the church Itself being r moved from the denomination at to day's session. Officials of the church said tonight that, further steps would be taken, possibly In the civil courts, To support the charges that Mr. Curtis said grace In a frivolous man ner, affidavits- were presented from people who lived at the same board ing house as ths pastor. On one oc casion. 11 was alleged, Mr. Curtis said: "O. Lord, we thank thee for the salad." On another he said: "Lord, we thank thee for French fried potatoes." A deposition by two women church members declared that after return ing with them from a funeral, Mr. Curtis became Interested In a dog al their home. He took a glass of water, the deposition stated, and sprinkled some of the water on the dog's head. TO CONSIDER ALABAMA OFFER ON MUSCLE SHOALS WASHINGTON, Feb. 37.-By Th Associated Press,) The Ford offer for purchase and lease of the govern ment's war projected properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was temporarily side-tracked today hy the house mili tary commil tee after almost three weeks' continuous Investigation and the way waa cleared to begin con sideration tomorrow of the rival pro posal .for the sams properties sub mitted by the Alabama Power com pany. At the same time, Chairman. Kahn said the committee hoped tn dispose by the end of the week of all hear ings on offers before It, Including those from Mr. Ford, the Alabama Power company and Frederick E. Engstrum and begin work next week on preparing a report for the house, ranking the committee's opinions en ths various proposals it will havt etiidie' - - . . .'.,:.- DEFENDANTS ARE CONNECTED WITH SHIP CONTRACTS Says Indictments Due to Personal Feelings of Attorney General. INVOLVlf DEALS ON WAR-TIME CONTRACT Allege Money Obtained' by Fraud. From Emergen cy Fleet Corporation. WASHINGTON, Feb. J7. Charles W. Morse, New Tork ship builder, his three sons Ervln, Ben- ' jamin and Harry Morse, and sight others alleged to have bees asso ciated with him in connection with war-time shipping contracts were. Uday indicted by the federal grand Jurv on charges of "conspiracy to defraud" the united isiatea ana tne Emergency Fleet corporation. Those indicted in addition to Morse and his sons were: Colin H. Livingston, former resident Virg 1 n 1 a Shipbuilding corporation, and president of the Hoy Scouts of America. George M. Burdette, attorney for . the Morse interests, especially ths Lnited States Transportation, Inc. i Nehemlah H. Campbell, or New Tork. assistant treasurer. United . Pt a t e s Transportation company, Inc. Rupert M. Much.' -Augusta, Maine, assistant treasurer, Vir ginia Shipbuilding corporation. W. W. Scott. Washington, Z. C, attorney for Virginia Shipbuilding corporation. - . , ' . , Philip Relnhardt, auditor foe United States Fleet corporation at Alexandria, Va. Ieonard T. Christie, " treasurer Virginia Shipbuilding corporation. Robert O. White, assistant treas urer Groton Iron works and presi dent United States Transport com pany,, inc. ..-,..-:, , v , Two indictments were returned, both, covering identical transac tion and accusing ths same per sons. One -charges a conspiracy to defraud ths United States and tb.i other a consnlrarv to mnmmlt. en by defrauding ths United Btates shipping board. TO RKQUIRR BOND OF TEN THOUSAND , ' . United States Attorney Peyton Gordon, It was stated, will require the defendants to appear In the District of Columbia Supr m a couit for .rraignment, : when they can ba released under 10,0Si) bond in each case. In a statement Issued after thw Indictments were returned Mr, Morse charged that "ths indict ment, which Is terribly unjust, as will bs proven later, I believe was secured because of personal feeling against me on the part of Attor-f-.ey-Qeneral Daugherty and cer tain present officials of ths Unltsd States shipping board. Mr. Morse' attorney, WUton J. Lambert, said that Indictments against Mr. . Morse and. hla v"assoclatee would, never have been returned had they been permitted to appear betor the grand Jury and that ths de lendaata , all would be promptly ircqultted as soon as tho "real and actual evidence" Is presented. Tha contract between t h -Emergency Fleet corporation and the Groton iron yorks and the ' Virginia Shipbuilding corporation on which the charge resulting in the Indictments were based, in volved an amount said to approxl mate 140,000,000. No estimate wu made, however, in the (Indictments of the full amount which the de. fendants are charged with having misappropriated and F I e t e her Dobyns, of Chicago, special assls- ani to ths attorney-general whi '' lroecuted the Investigations for the government, declined after the " Indictments were returned, ts es-. timale the amount of monev out 1 of which it is alleged the United States was defrauded.- but it was understood the sums which the coveinment alleged were mtsap propriated amounted to several million dollars. , The indictments charged the de fendants specifically with false! p.etonding to the shipping board anil the fleet corporation that the shipbuilding corporations they rep- resented would be able to eree and equip from their own funds' shipbuilding plants of sufficient siie to enable them to carry out t contract given them by the fleet corporation, and to proceed with- , out delay to the construction ef ' iesse!s. The Intention ot the de-T fendants.. it was alleged waa to 1 obtain larg sums of money from the fleet corporation by falsely ," representing that said amounts would ba used for construction of vessels and to divert large sume from the ship construction and 1o divert and use the same for the " frectlon of plants and housing fa clllt'ee and thus convert the fuod4 'o the use of the shipbuilding cor porations and themselves snd to delay ship construction. t-'ALSfXV PRETENDER MONEV DUE THEM The indictments further eharga that the defendants falsely pretend ed that larga sums ef money we'e 1 due from the fleet corporation as progress payments and obtained the money when they "well knew It ws not due.1 Similar charges were mad that when 'the defenSajits represented a that theic corporations had Invested ' large, amounts In shipbuilding plant" and for that reason alleged the plants were adequate security for loans and advances, they "defrauded, all the . time knowing in truth and In feet the corporations would not have Invested in their said plants the large sums attributed to them." Large quantities of material were' obtained from the fleet corporation by the defendants for the construe- : tion of veesele and later, tb Indict- ment. charged, the defendant sold ., great masses ef the material and eon verted the proceeds of the sales "to the corporations snd themselves." , The name of William F. MoAdoe.r ; ... r. . iijflis Hnnal s r Jd 4 V