THE WEATHER
u.h ane South Carolina' Bain
M..Mdy; dvarlna and much eolder;
SSis: Rm In mt
flimination Of Cash
Feature Of Soldier
Bonus Is
Suggested pun
1y solve hard
fONDINGPRQBLEM
Would Avoid Heavy Draft
on Federal Treasury in
Next Two Years
W IS GIVEN TO
SUB-COMMIT TB MJliU
I From Banks on Adjust-
I ed Service uerancaies
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. Elimi
nation or tne c .- -j ;:
rtlmerfl ''iionu " " " 1
nlan wnicn wumu ...v.
service me" obtain funds from
on adiusted service certifl-
,,tes immediately after they were
sued is under wuiwusrauuu uj
nJority members of the house
ways ana """"
posotbln soiuuuii ;ui
jiroblem.
This would mane unnecessary
tv heavy draft on the federal
treasury during the, next two years
while the refunding- of the $6,500.
000 000 short dated debt Is in
progress, and, it was said,1 would
,.! the fundamental cause of
he differences in congTess ana oe- yesterday
Vrrai over the bonus question. The
ask ot woming qui me piaii wan
issigned today to a special sub
nmmittee. which was appointed
by what was described as "unani
mous consent aner me majority
members had failed to agree on
any method of financing the cash
payment.
Committee members said it was
not proposed to change the voca
tional training, farm and home
and land, settlement features of
he Fordhey bill. Some of them
nought, however, that the certifl-
rate feature which be so attractive
hat a great majority of the men
would elect that oRtlon of the bill.
Under the plan njow contemslat
d the face value of the adjusted
service certificate would be equal
lomestlc service and $1-25 a day
for foreign service less the $60
forms paid at the time of dls-
Jarge) Increased, by 40 per cent
us increase thereon for 20 -years
. k - .. , - I A A It ...... A - ..
iu tuv iiiie ui I'fi per vein fonr,
compounded annually. The total
(ace value, thus would be aporoxl-
fnalely 3.38 times the amount of
ash what a veteran would have
received under the cash feature-
Immediately after the certificate
mn received the service man could
bttln from a bank an amount
nual to 60 per cent of the total of
fte adjusted service pay. If at
he expiration of three years the
Mm thus obtained plus Interest
nad not been paid by the service
man the bank could make demand
n tho federal treasury for the
amount due. The government thus
jk over and carry the loan.
Provisions respecting loans to be
liiade by the government on the
truncates after three years from
heir Issue would be retained In
ho bill, it was said. Under these
provisions, if the loan were made
Jwlthin from three to five years
inepi ibsuo tne amount could not
xceed 90 per cent of the sura of
n adjusted service pay plus in
erest from the date of Issue or at
t rate of 4 1 -3 per cent compound
ed annually. If the loan were
tinade after five years, the amount
rould not exceed 80 per cent of tho
um of the adjusted service ,pay
""-' y per cent puis jnier
i the date of Issue at the
ate of 4 1-2 percent comnounded
pnnually.
Representative Lonrworth '- ex-
IPrcwrd the opinion that the sug
gested plan If it could he nut into
t workable form would meet with
a approval of President. Hnrrllnp-
pd also of both the house and
penato. He a so thoua-ht it. wmilH
atVPOtahlo In Ihs umlra Man
"IIS View Was linr.H kv vil
"Iher members of the committee,
WnO Sait tho nrnfrvm An-
It. " V M.U 1311-
poie men in Immediate need to oh.
am fairly large sum of cash and
t the same ttm retain tn them
more lasting benefits perhaps than
would have been nhtntneil thrniirh
ln all-cash adjusted compensation.
lndications At! Washington
latatKoToii mMr
TBI iHT11X CITUM ,
' II . . BRYANT ) -
V-MHNGTON. Mar. 1 No one
Kan tell what the house committee
r" " under.jjonsideratlon- the
Mi"" ii-uougnton election . con
p ' "ili do but the impression
"e that MV. Doughton will re-
his scat. It la possible, ac
Mjrdim; to the evidence, f6r the
rOHimittee In runmnunj.llllf 1h
"at l.p declared vacant because of
lie iEieement outside of the. law
jo allow certain 'people to vote,
f"- that is not likely, for theTe
mihlirans are not hunting for
J in downs at the polls Just now.
t Is believed the contestant will
it'e. niany little things hero In
''at that, but the situation may
change. , ... -.
In any event, the feellns; grows
nat Reprenentatlve Doughton and
' inipbell will be pitted against
rL 0,ner ,n th neit campaign.
fight will be fought over. U
dead certain that If Mr. Dough-
is ousted he will pull off his
"Jit. roll up his, sleeves and go
V., rmPeU without, He be
"" that he won the last le.
m honest and squarely, and' if
r Is cheated n.it k...,m
I'roi-se the voters of his, district to
i'Limn. ...
fhJi,?81 wou,d happen should
HDbtii be seated. .Accordiiur to
ESTABLISHED 1868.
Considered
SIX ARRElTSl
MURDER MYSTERY
LOS ANGELES
Still Another Is Forecast,
and May Be Promi
nent Movie Actor
STATEMENT" MADE OP
THREAT TO SHOOT
clared to Stand First
Scrutiny of Police
LOS ANGELES. Calif., Mar. 1.
Arrest of a seventh man, which if
effected, they said, would bring in--to
custody a motion picture actor
of some prominence, was pre
dicted tonight by local officials in
connection with their investiga
tion of the murder of William Des
mond Taylor, motion picture di
rector. They said the man was
believed to have been in the con
fidence of peddlers or drugs and
liquor.
The, officers declined to make his
name public prior to the arrest.
Six men aleudy are under ar
rest as a result of disclosures made
by Mrs. John Rupp,
ween the administration ana con-r wnicn it was Indicated, also form
the basis of the prospective arrest
Mrs. Alay,uupp today made a
sworn statement to the police of
her story of the murder a month
ago, of William Desmond Taylor,
notion picture director. Her ver
bal statement yesterday caused tho
detention of six men.
Mrs. Rupp's statement definitely
asserted that Rodney Calvert, one
of the six In custody, said In her
presence that he would shoot Tay
lor If the latter carried out a pur
ported threat to report the sale
to him of synthetic liquor under
the guise of bonded goods.
Detectives were put to work
checking up the various angles of
'he case and It was stated at po
lice headquarters that the woman's
story had stood preliminary inves-
,iv nf thn veteran ill a dav for . T"e P"ce also were endeavor-
Ing to learn something of the rec
oras of the six men.
It was announced tonight; that
Mable Normand, film actress one
of the last to see Taylor alive, had
been questioned again todav by
Detective Sergeant Herman Cline,
bead of the police homicide squad,
at the request of District Attorney
Wool wine. It was stated she wait
unable to give the officer any new'
information.
When the actress learned the of
ficials wished to question her it
was said, she came to J,os Angeles
from Alta Dena where she recently
was 111 with influenza and a ner
vous breakdown.
AMERICAN PROHI
WORKERS ABROAD
WESTERVILLE. Qhlo. March 'l.
Three American temperance
workers will Invade foreign coun
tries this year tn the inWre of
prohibition, acenrdtin; to a,n am
nouncernent today br Dr. Erticsc H.
Cherrington. general eeoretarv rf
tho world league against r.bohol
i.ci. '.Ut. John G. Wooley. of Pari".
Ills., for nearly half a centu an
out'tandlTOjr figure In tcmpe.-ar.c
work, and at one time a candidate
tor President on the proiulvluan
McKet. is starting today o.: a six
"inths tour that will wir n'm to
Italy. Switzerland. France, Xti.iln
Portugal, Cjjecho-Slovakla. Finland.
Sweden, Norway. Denmark and
Iceland. He will make a survey of
prohibition conditions in those
countries and vctll deliver a series
of talks In which prohibition in the
United States will be held up as Hn
example.
Rev. David Ostlund. of Minne
apolis, who is representing theJ
world league in the Scandinavian
countries, especially in Sweden,
will assiet the drys of Esthonia,
who ere trying to bring about pro
hibition in their country.
William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson,
now making a tour of the-JTnlted
Sta,tea. will go to England about
the middle of June and on July 21
will sad! for New Zealand.
Are Campbell To Keep Seat
eustom he would have a large say
in 'the distribution of patronage in
the state, being the lone adminis
tration congressman from the
state. He would spring suddenly
from a comparatively insignificant
republican candidate to a powerful
p!e counter man. and that would
reduce the prestige of N.itior.al
Committeeman Morehead, who has
teen having his own way. ite
publican office seekers would fee
"Dr. J. Ike" Instead of "John Mot
lev." This would help to revive
the Influence of Marion Butler, for
he was first to show. Campbell the
way to start a contest there.
But, republicans are not In
special favor here now. This is
the open season for them, and any.
body out gunning can take a shot
at them. Representative 5Ce
Weaver who returned here today
lrom his district, said that it would
be difficult to get any wise. re-,
publican there to run against him.
He was told that the party would
have to draft a man. In private
here many republican leader- ad
mining that in all closo districts
republicans will be at a decided
disadvantage In November unl?as
something comes to bolster up the
waning cause. Messrs. Doughton
and Weaver, who repreont close
districts, are Just spoiling for a
f.ght with any republican who
may offer
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
British Premier's
Resignation Rumor
Is Again Sensation
Has Made Definite Threat
to Quit Post to Union-
ist Leaders
LONDON, Mar. 1 (By the
Associated Press.) Premier
Lloyd-George has thus far made
no public threat to resign, bull
he has done so definitely to Aus
ten Chamberlain and other
unionist leaders. His action is
In the nature of a protest
nalnst the tactics that have
been employed to undermine
his power in the coalition and
in parliament.
If the prime minister pre
sents his reaignatlon, it will
merely be a personal resigna
tion, and not tho resignation of
the government.
LONDON, Mar. 1. (By I ho
Associated Press.) The prime
minister's threat of resignation
has been the political sensation
of the duy. Hints of Mr. Lloyd -George's
resignation have been
current ever since Sir George
Younger, head of the conserva
tive party organization, engi
neered a revolt of some 50 "die
hard" Tories against the pre
mier during the latter's absence
at the Cannes meeting.
One outcome of the revolt
was a practical split in the coal
ition, and public abandonment
rf the so-called coupon svstem
under which heretofore candi-d-itea,
whether conservatives or
liberal, entered the electoral
contests under a united bunner.
SUDDEN DEATH OF
IS
Aged Resident Asheville
Dies Wednesday From
Heart Failure
Mrs. Margaret B. Milliard, one c-f
the founders of the Bindley Train
ing school, whose never-ceasing ac
tivities in benevolent work in Ashe
ville for a period of more than half
a century had gained for her hun
dreds of intimate friends through
out the Carolinas, naosed away sud
denly last evening at 10:30 o'clock
at her residence, 101 Biltmore ave-
Death resulted from heart fail
ure and though she had been in
feeble health on account of her ad
vanced agei her pasutng came as a
shook to the members of the im
mediate family, and ... s.urprle l
iu tier ineuas. ixtst evening sJie
seemed well, m fact during the past
month in spKe of her years, ap
peared to b in better health than
in former months. She retired as
usual last niht and did not com
iplain o feeling unwell. Later she
passed away, seemingly without
pain.
Mrs. HLtllard was a native ot
Western North Carolina and had
lived to see Asheville grow from
a remote village hidden in the
mountains, to the largest city in
this aoctlon of the state. One by
one tho friends of her girlhood had
gone to reaap the reward. She was
the last survivor of a group of wo
men of the old school who had
banded themselves together to as
sist the delinquent and unfortu
nate. Her husband, the late Dr. W. L.
Billiard, for years was noted for
his aaaistanco without compensa
tion of poor, destitute and help
less sick In his trips through the
mountains. He. too. like his widow1,
left a large circle of friends. He
was a pioneer medical missionary
of this section.
Yesterday Mrs. HUllard seemed
well, and happy. Today the entire
community is shocked at her sud
den parsing. She had a eweet dis
position and the kindliness of her
heart, the tenderness of her face,
in her many years of activity, had
brought cheer and happiness to
many unfortunate persons In help
less plight. She seemed to be pos
sessed with a Droclivity for render
ing aid to persons, who could not'l
help themselves.
For many years her heart cen
tered on the Tiiiidley training school
for delinquent women. She be
lieved with proper training and in
struction, women in the institution
could be made to become good citi
zens. It was Just about a year ago,
Mrs. HUllard readied she was be
coming too feeble to continue the
active management of the affairs of
the aohool. She relinquished her
charge and the operation of the in
stitution passed Into other hands.
For a time there was some talk
In the city that the school would
1e taken over by the county, or
state. But this plan never material
ized. As a church worker, few women
have aohieved the results accredit
ed to Mrs. HUllard. She was one
of the oldest members of the Cen
tral Methodist church, having been
a member for some B or 70 years.
Rev. Dr. B. K. McLarty, the pastor,
upon being informed of the sud
den death of this prominent wo
san. said the churoh had lost one
of Its most taithful members.
Mrs. Hflliard was born In Wa-ynes-lars
of the Women's Christian Tem
perance union and was one of the
most ardent-supporters of prohibi
tion In North Carolina in the days
when prohibition was unpopular.
She reloiced-when the long hoped
for victory came a few years ago.
Mrs. HLUIard was born In Wayn
vllle in 183. She is survived by
three sons. Dr. W. D. HUllard. Rev.
S. H. Hllliard and Howard HUllard,
and three daughters. Mrs. F. A.
Hull. Mrs. J. M. Campbell and Mm.
R. P. Foster.
Funeral arrangements have not
feeen made. - - ' , .,
2,090 FAILURES
IN PAST MONTH
NEW, TORK, March 1. Fail
ures reported to Bradstreet's last
month totalled 1090. with liabili
ties of $68.e7,J03. These returns
compered with J.707 failures with
liabilities of $115,301,871 lo Janu
ary and 1.435 failures with liabili
ties' of $79.1J4,73 in February,
Ml,
IS
HILLIARD
SHOCK
TQ FRIENDS
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY
E
OF DURABLE TYPE
No Federal Aid Money for
Sand-Clay or Topsoil
Highways .
I NINE DISTRICTS TO
SHAREEQUALLY
Highway Commissioners
j Expected to Get $1,700
I From Government
I fflprdirt Cmmtmitof. T itml CUiim)
I RALEIGH, N. C, Mar. 1.
I l"edoTal aid projects In North Caro
lina in the future wm Da nara
surfaced highways exclusively, the
state highway commissioners de
cided today. No sand-clay or top
soil roads will be built with fed
eral aid money, the moe durable
tney being decided upon for ex
clusive construction. Around $1.
:oo,000 Is expected to be received
!:'om the federal government and
I he state comriiission will appro
priate an equal amount for ssphaU
r.r concrete roads on national high
ways. The federal aid money will
be appropriated almost equally
amorg the nine construction dis-
tlKtS.
Commissioner McBee, of the
t ighth district, today promised
l.urke county a larger appropria
tion for highway construction as
tne tesult cr an appeal to the nine
commissioners by a delegation
iroin that oounty for an increased
appropriation. Two hundred and
t.fty thousand dollars will go to
Ilurke tor better highways. In
ortitr to make this increased ap
l'loprlation, Mr. McBee found it
recessary to withdraw sums from
appropriations to other counties of
his district. '
He also authorized the surfacing
of the road from Morganton to
ward Lenoir and from Morganton
in the direction of Shelby. He put
on as a federal aid project, insur
ing a hard-surfaced highway, tho
road from Newland to Spruce Pine.
He withdrew two previously au
thorized projects for the construc
tion of short roads in Mitchell
county.
Commissioner Stikeleather, of
the ninth district, authorixed a
nard surfaced highway from tho
end ot the paved road in Bun
combe county to the Henderson
county line, and a macadam road
.Tom Hot Springs east for about
three miles.
It was reported tonight in well
Informed circles that Chairman
rranPage, of the state highway
commission, had been offered a
salary of $100,000 a year to take
charge of highway construction
and promotion in the state !of
reached for a .verification.
E
RE
RUSSIA TO
RED DEATH
FACE
Those Leaving Homeland
are Turned Back, Where
Bolsheviki Slay Them
BERLIN. March 1. (Bv the
Associated Press.) Refugees cross
ing the Dneister from Russia Into
Rumania are being sent back
across the frozen river by General
PoDovich, the Rumanian refugee
controller, and are then shot by
the choka as soon as they set foot
on Russian soil, aooordlng to the
story told by Germans arriving
from the Volga district, who cross
ed into Rumania two weeks ago.
"The only exceptional are persons
who can lay claim to a piece of
ground cr a house in Rumania or
whose diplomatic representatives
farntoh funds for transportation
through the country," said Fried
rich Hartmumi, a 47 year old Rus
sian, born of, German parents and
formerly attached to the city ad
ministration In Saratov, who has
lust reached Berlin.
Haranan declared that thous
ands had been shot by the bolshe-
viki in this manner and now lied
burled In heaps under the snow on
the Russian side. ,
"I myaeilf saw the bodies of for
ty Russian Jews, whom the cheka
hot on the Russian shore to which
they had been driven by Rumanian
rifles after running the soviet
guard" said Hartmann. "Tills oc
curred shortly after a score of Ger
mans crossed In our party. Two
men told me that they had seen the
shooting, but. not believing this I
went to river and saw the bodies
lying bleeding in the snow where
they had fallen a few minute be
fore. . They were thrown Into a
common grave, to lie. frozen until
the spring."
Hartmann asserted that the bol
ehevlkl officers and soldiers were
a law unte thesoselvea when on
duty at isolated stations or alone.
The orders of Lenin and Trot iky
were never posted and were never
known.
WILL US
FEDERAL
ROADS
FOG
FJIGEES
FROM
Senate Ratifies
Treaty Without Amendments
WASHINGTON. March 1. Tak
In Its first ratification roll call on
the serlgs of international cove
nants negotiated, during the arms
conference, the senate today rati
fied without reservation of amend
ments the treaty with Japan con
firming American cable and radio
right on the Island .of Lap.
The fin 4.1 vote was (7 to 27.
represnun margin of seven over
the necessary two-thirda. The ti
democrats present divided IS for
ratification and II against, while
only thiee republicans voted in the
negative. '
An soon as the result had beun
announced the four power Pacific
treaty, the pivotal agreement of the
arms conference series was brought
before the senate for action. The
prolonged and bitterly-fought de
bate which la expected to precede
a vote on It will begin tomorrow.
JUUflcatioa of the Yap treaty
MORNING, MARCH 2, 1922.
French Citizens
Favor Payment of
Debt to America
Declares 39 Million of
Them Stand Behind A'er
tion's Obligations
WASHINGTON, March 1.
Declaration that there are 39,
000.000 citizens of France who
stnd behind the nation's war
contracted obligations was made
by ,luli8 Jusserand, French am
bassador to the United States,
speaking tod.iy at the opening
sission here of the National
Rivers nod Harbors congress.
"I read the other day where
there was one man In France
opposed to payment of our
debts," said the ambassador,
"'ami 1 want to say that there
are ,19,000,000 loyal Frenchmen
who stand squarely behind
France's obligations and 1 nm
onp of the 39.000,000.
The declaration was vigor
ously applauded by the dele
gate?. E
Arrest Occasioned by Wo
man They Had Befriend
ed, Testimony Shows
Rev. J. S. Williams, chaplain of
the Rood .Samaritan Miwaion, and
Miss Grace Miller, secretary of 1 he
Associated Charities, whose arrests
on charges of conspiracy to bring
on false imprisonment were oc
casioned Tucsosy by Mrs. L. H.
Duokett, a woman apparently
abandoned here with her two-yea-r
old child by her husband, and
who had been provided room and
board by the welfare agencies,
were' declared not gu41ty In munic
ipal court yesterday morning there
being no evidence whatever to sub
stantiate the charge of conspiracy.
Mrs. JJuckett, who was arrested
Sunday on a chartM of vagrancy
was found not guilty.
The arrest of the social welfare
workers, who havebeen engaged
in altruistic work irr Asheville for
a number of years, caused consid
erable discussion f jlluwing the
published reports yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Duckett. who with her baby
was being cared for by the welfare
association and who was under
parole from the police court to Miss
Miller, Is said to have requested
the warrant eharfflr .conspiracy'
airainst Rev. Mr. Williams and Mlae
M filer" after dlscliKsTfig" hcTsam)t
on Sunday, with Rev. tr. Arthur
Talmage Abernethy, pastor First
Christian church and lecturer for
the ku klux klan. and others.
In poiice court yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Duckett was the sole
prosecuting witness' against Rev,
Mr. Williams and Miss Miller. Mrs.
Duckett told of coming to Ashe-
vjlle with her husband and bab
and registering at the Swannanoa
Berkeley hotel on February 12.
They came here from Chattanooga,
she stated. After staying here for
some days Mr. "Duckett left for
South Carolina, it was said, in
search of business, he being a sub
scription solicitor for a periodica!
company. No word was received
from him and the hotel manage
ment on last Friday notified the
authorities of the Oood Samaritan
Muralon, that she could not bo per
jnlttod to remain In the hotel any
longer. The welfam workers went
to the woman's assistance and ob
tained a room and board for her
child with Mrs. Molllo Sneed. J3
Biltmore avenue.
On Sunday morning Mrs. Sneed
reported to Rev. Mr. Williams she
could not keep Mrs. Duckett longer
because of her conduct. It was re
ported to the welfare workers that
the woman had been out automo
bile riding. The child was taken to
the Mission hospital and a va
grancy warrant asked for the
mother, who was placed in jail,
where she stayed from 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon until police
court convened Monday morning.
Mrs. Duckett stated o the wit
ness stand In police court yester
day she made arrangements with
a man boarding at Mrs. Sneed's to
carry her to the depot at 11 o'clock
to meet her husband. She stated
this arrangement was jnade at the
breakfast tabj.
The woman while under the care
of the welfare societies is aaid ,to
have stated she once lived with
Mrs. Worley. on East Chestnut
street in Chattanooga, and that
she and her husband lived at 906
N. LaSalle Btreet, Chicago. She is
aaid to have told them she was a
member of the First Baptist
church in Chattanooga, but the
welfare societies falted to obtain
similar Information from welfare
agencies in Chicago and Chatta
nooga. After ths hearing of the va
grancy charge against Mr. Duckett
on Monday morning the court per
mitted her to go without bond and
rml('4 cn Ttn f)
Yap Cable
followed an all-day battle over re
ervatlona and amendments, during
which dissatisfied senators on the
democratic side Joined by a few
MM.Itlllan. MMl.tlt i.nMlM.Mlfllllv
to attach auallHoations to the rati-
flcatlon resolution. A half dozen
proposals, all presented by demo
cratic senators were voted down
successively by overwhelming ma
jorities. Leaders of the various senate
eloments disagreed as to the sig
nificance of today's action with re
gard to the four power and other
treaties awaiting senate action. The
administration managers declared
that on subaewent ratification roll
cnls they expected to Jose, "very
few" of the votes they commanded
today, while the "Irreooncilables"
predicted that at least seven and
probably m )r voted for trie Yap
treaty or were absent would vote
against the four power ac
AGOUII
WELFAR
AGENTS
GHARGED
WITH
CONSPIRACY
Failure To
Navy Fuel
A
merican
BRITISH SEElliGiSCRAPPING NAfTsnDlll W
CUSTODY
OF SHIP'S
OF
GREW
CJaim Jurisdiction In Case
"of Alleged Murder of
Captain Chute
ALL ARE IN JAIL
AT KEY WEST NOW
One Man Held Under Cor
oner's Jury Verdict;
Claim Precedent
KEY WEST, Fla., Mar. 1 Ef
forts of the British government to
obtain custody of six members of
the British schooner Lewis Broth
ers, held here In connection with
the death at sea recently of Cap
tain H. Chute, of the vessel, took
a definite turn today when British
Vice-Consul Taylor forwarded to
Washington a formal request for
the men,
Of tho six men, one, V. Brackle
hurst, mate of the schooner, is
held on a coroner's Jury charge of
murder. Gulseppe Amore and
Charles Carter are held as acces
sories, and the other three men
are held as matorial witnesses.
The British claim for Jurisdic
tion In the case Is based on a con
vention set up in 1882 providing
that a crime committed on the
high seas should be dealt with by
the country under whose flag the
vessel is sailing. The Lewis Broth
ers, while owned by Borden Broth
ers, of Mobile, was operated under
British registry.
Insofar as oltiiienship of the
principals of the affair Is concern
ed, all appear to be foreign sub
jects. Captain Chute is understood
to have been a British subject;
Bracklehurst, a resident of Balti
more, but a native of the Virgin
Islands, and Is understood to have
been unable to show naturalization
papers; Amore is an Italian sub
ject, while Carter is a British sub
ject. The Lewis Brothers ws well
outside the three-mile limit when
fcaplteeeehed -by -a -passing tanker
who learned mat someimng nau
gone amdsa aboard the vessel and
placed one of Its officers in charge
to bring the schooner Into port.
Federal officials took charge of the
crew when a story of the captain's
suicide was dlsproven, it was said,
as to the manner in w;hlch he met
death.
No Longer Entitled to
Earn 6 Per Cent Under
CommerceRegulations
WASHINGTON; Mar. 1. .Two
Important changes In government
poIy toward the nation's rall
toads became effective today.
Iron act fixing six per cent as the
tcturn of rsitlroad properties wnicn
railroads are entitled to earn un
der Interstate commerce commis
sion regulations, expired today. Al
t , with today there expired the
period during which railroads
which were controlled by the gov
ernment during the war are en
t'tled to ask government loans to
nld then In continuing operations
after return to private manage
ment. The six per cent return clause,
l-enerally called the guarantee pro
vision, Is superseded today by the
transportation act provisions which
lereafter require tne interstate
ommerce commission to mike re
ports that will give railroads a
"reasonable return on the value of
property used In transportation."
The commission is expected there
fore to define for Itself what earn
ings constitute reasonable returns
und to make rales accordingly. The
subject of the dellnltlon of reason
able return has already been taken
't'P formally by the commission for
the purpose of securing arguments
from railroads and Interested par
ties to proceedings before it In re
lation to rate regulation.
Applications from railroads de
siring the government loans hsv
been po lying into the commission
In considerable numbers during
the last few days In the endeavor
to get In before the limitation be
gan. Among roads asking for
monetary aid todsv were the Chi
cago, Peoria and St. Louis, which
nought $1,000,000 for new equip
ment and repairs, and the Memphis,-Dallas
and Gulf, which asked
I24S.782? half of which is to be
used for new equipment and the
balance fa Improvement of Its
line. There are also In the flics
of the commission. It Is understood
n"mb"r., ' .P,P"".,'"" ,whl,;h
will be made public after being re
corded, BOY IS STRUCK
BY AUTO; DIES
WINfrrON-SALEM, March 1.
Henry Malcolm Magle, 11 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Ma
gle, was fatally Injured this after
noon when s'ruck by an automo
bile, wihlch was driven, according
to a statement from the police, by
L. C. Crotts of this dry. The boy
uffered internal Injury which re
sulted In death In two hours. Po
hVe are investigating the pase. No
arrest as yet lua been made.
SIX SHIPS
CHANGE IDE IN
FEDERAL POLICY
AS TO RAILWAYS
PRICE HVE CENTS
Appropriate For
May Tie Up Whole
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'S REPORT
May Save the West Vir
ginia and Cruisers Lex
ingtonand Saratoga
WASHINGTON NOT TO
SURVIVE, IS VIEW
Efforts Develop to Save
the June Graduating
Class at Annapolis v
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1 -(By
Tho Ashoi lated Press) The battle
ship West Virginia and tho battle
cruisers Lexington and Saratoga
probably will be the three capital
ships now building which, with the
battleship Colorado, will be retain
ed under the naval limitation
treaty for completion or conver
sion. A special naval board headed by
Rear Admiral McKlroy has ex
amined the facts as to the state of
completion of the West Virginia
and her sister ship, Washington,
visiting the yards where the ships
are under construction. Its re
port has not been submitted as
yet to Secretary Denby but there
are Indications that hoard mem
bers found the West Virginia to be
much further advanced than the
Washington, confirming the previ
ous impression ot officers at the
department.
The board wa not directed to
make recommendations but mere
ly to advise the secretary as to the
saving of almost a million dollars
facts. In view of the probable
In selecting the West Virginia for
completion Instead of the Wash
ington, Indicated by Information In
the hands of the board, it was said.
at the department today that the
former probably would be ulti
mately added to the fleet and the
Washington be scrapped.
The West Virginia Is building at
yarda of the Newport News Ship
building company and the Wash
ington by the New York Shipbuild
ing company at Camden, N. 3.
Since the cruiser Saratoga also . Is
under construction at the Camden
yard, however, and .her selection
for conversion into an airplane
carrier, as well as the completion
of the Colorado, also at Camden,
and the scrapping of the Wash
ington would keep that yard busy,
It was believed little opposition to
selecting the West Virginia for
completion would be expressed.
The battls cruiser Lexington is
building at the Fore River (Mass.)
plant of the Bethlehem company.
WOULD SAVE NAVAL
MIDSHIPMAN CLASS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 The
navy department stepped forward
today In an effort to save the
naval academy graduating class
from being forced to walk - the
plank In June.
TaWng cognisance of move
ment In congress to turn the 641
members- back to civil life. Secre
tary Denby, Rear Admiral Wilson,
superintendent of thf academy,
and, Rear Admiral Washington,
chief of the bureau of navigation.
Insisted before the house naval
committee that they were needed,
that the three other classes should
be permitted to graduate accord
ing to schedule and that no reduc
tion be made In the number to be
admitted next fall.
Rear Admiral Washington, as
sorted that the need for the serv
ices of the mld-shlpmen Would b
far greater ten years hence than
now.
A growing sentiment was indi
cated In favor of commissioning
the first class, and retiring at
least an equal number of older
men in the service, msny of whom
haVe reached the age of retire
ment and reported to be anxious
to get It.
Acting on the advice of Admiral
Wilson, the cfcias has delayed the
purchase of first year naval equip
ment, and meanwhile a number of
business concerns have approach
ed the admiral with a view of ob
taining the services of a large part
of the class if it is to be dropped
under the naval appropriation bill.
Navy
Latham On Stand In Banking
Case Denies Coercion Charge
01TIH!I" ff
TAHBOIUX'OK SUTSb
i n t nor is tutKLBY)
RALKKiH, March 1. Prelimin
ary hearing for R. G. Allen former
oresident of the old city batik.
later the defunct Central Hank anl
former bank official charged with
misappropriation end mlsapuU'-a-tlon
of $92,000 of the bank s fuhds.
Ths hearing was begun aa sched
uled at noon and the entire after
noon was spent in hearing the
testimony of Mr. Latham.
At 6:30 o'clock the hearing was
continued by Magistrate Tilley un.
til March 13. in order to permit
Mr. Iatham to attend tomorrow
the hearing of Jesse J. Armfleld,
former president of the Thomas
Vllle bank who is charged with
misappropriation of $150,000 of
the bank's funds.
The hearing of Allen took a
sensational turn late this after
noon when attorneys for the de
fense sought to prove that Mr.'
Latham had threatened the oung
lady bookkeeper for the former
bank president by Intimating that
unless she confessed as to her t ea -
Trust company of this place, whs mpne(, t0 teJ)tj(y for thg B rU
continued until March 13. ..ftei ieginf( t(mt he mere, 80tltht t
five hours had been soe.it today In ,,roclir. from nep a Rtam(,nt
the examination of chief ..tate.lo ,,er reMon. for makinv tmtal
Bank hxamlner Clarence Lntlinm, pr)lriP)I on tha books whic7Vllougnt
principal witness against the ( tn , ver d , l .
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TODAY
FUEL ITEM
HALF
All Ships Must Stop Op
eration Rest of Fiscal
Year Under Action
Declared
ABOUT
ESTIMATED
DESTROYERS NOW
CLOSE RATIONED
Administration Will En
deavor to Get Change .
In Bill as Reported
WASHINGTON. March 1. Ne
cessity of tying up every ship In
the navy for lack of fuel to permit
operation faced the navy depart
ment as an Immediate pdsslbijity
tonight due to the action of the
house "appropriations committee In
reporting out today a deficiency 5 1
item of 16.200,00 for naval fuel to f.
be used during the remainder of
the fiscal year. The sum is about
one-half of the original fuel de
ficiency estimate submitted by the
department. . .
As drawn by the committee the ,
bill does not provide lXor an addl
tlonal appropriation but merely,
authorizes the department to spend) '
money it might be able to takei ;
from other current appropriations
for fuel up to the limit set.
Naval officials are known to re
gard the situation as serious, al
though Secretary Denby refused'
tonight to authorize any comment
on the action of the committee. -There
were Indications however, i
that orders must go forward to all j .
parts ot the navy almost Immedl-j
ately under which no ship wouloT
be permittea to operate under
steam for the remainder ot the ,
fiscal year, unless administration
officials were successful In induc
ing congress to make more liberal
fuel provision. , .
While the navy department has'
authority under existing law to '
create deficiencies as an emergency
matter, it is known that the policy
of the administration is against
that practice and that Secretary .
Denby proposed to keep expendi
ture of his-department within,
limits of appropriations if it Is pos-s
slble to do so. ' . -.- ,)-.. j
: In presenting the fuel deficiency .
situation to the sub-committee on
naval appropriations Secretary
Denby pointed out that the origl- '
nal estimates for the current year
wtre $37,000,000 which was ultl-1
mately reduced by the department;
to $80,000,000 and cut by congress!
to $17,600,000. Of that sum only
$14,000,000 was available for fleet
fuel, and Mr. Denby explained that
should every ship now in commis
sion remain at anchor throughout
the year the total fuel bill to keep
under necessary steam In ' port
would amount to $12,150,000 which'
would leave ths navy only $1,160.
000 for operations underway as
against $11,600,000 requested for
ths year of 1122.
. Steps taken to save fuel last
year included cancellation of com
btned fleet maneuvers, abandon
ment of the , regular full power
trials conducted annually for all
ships as a test of engineering per
sonnel and engines, and the .can
cellation of all maneuver opera
tions except during target practice.
Destroyers on hoth coasts are .
now reduced to a maximum of
eight hour steaming per month to
save fuel and capital ships of both
fleets to a maximum of five days -steaming
per month. To keep with- '
in the deficiency limit Indicated by
the appropriations committee to
day, however, it Is said to be obvl-
ous that even these steaming al-'"
lowances must be suspended and
every ship from battleships . and
destroyers to naval transports and
tugs, be kept Idle st anchor at the
dock only sufficient steam tn the
boilers to provide fire protection,
lights, heating and other vltat ne
cessities of ship life. Training of
the navy for war service cannot
be conducted under such circum
stances, officers declared, and the
department Is understood to be
awaiting the final action of con
gress on the fuel deficiency with
greatly anxiety.
sons for making certain allegedly
false entries on the books of the
bank, she too, would face trial on
charges of misappropriation of
funds.
Mr. Latham denied coercing the
women witness, who has been sum-
Mr, Allen. The young woman, a
Miss Hicks, was in the court Voom
Summoned also aa witnesses for""
tho state are J. H. Hlghtowkr
president of the defunct bank and
If. H. Massey cashier. These tw.
men are scheduled to appear at a
preliminary hearing later to
answer themselves to charges of
misappropriating funds of the
bank.
The principal evidence efTcre.t
against Allen today tended to
prove that he had frequently over
drawn his account at the Central
'bank for large amounts and that
these overdrafts had been covered
by notes which lacked proper col
lateral and 'Which has been ac
cepted without the approval of the
bank a directors.
Several days wilt be neoesa.vry t" .
complete the hearing of Alien and '
fHl,cMower,an4 Maseey.
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