T
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THE WEATHER
.. -.i-ollni Claarlna Friday;
"fih cirJll'w.lr Frt. and Sat.;
- Juth portion; warmer Sat.
er
i
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fet Asheville Will
Have bchbol Erected
By Local Contractor
II. FIB
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3ID AT 535,249
V V Creasman, Second
Lovest Biaaer av pw,in
the Records Show. .
Ward pleasing
TO LABOR UNIONS
'plans and Specifications
j for Heating System
Will Be Changed. -
w V Henry and company of
uhfville. were awarded the con
;"ct for the general construction
new school building on the
!onn property. West Asheville, by
h. city school board last evenlfin.
concern, which submitted the
" Mt bid. secured the contract
y offering to do the. wqrk for
vwt In order was the bid of Z.
V Creasman, of this city, offering
in take tho contract "for $95,750
ind the third lowest wajfaubuiiuod
W the Galllvan Building company,
of Greenville, S. C, who offered to
nrry out the terms of tho revised
plans of Smith and Carrier for
IH 700 which is the same as the
dint offer. Other bids were ubmlt
ted b the MoDevitt-Flemlng com
ma?, of Chattanooga, ,Tenn
S194li5i- the Asheville Home
Builders, Inc.. $107,167 and 8. I.
Seas, $111,174.50. Walter-Graham
of 014 Fort submitted a bid offer
iiyt to do the work at cost,, plus
lour per cent. : ' -. '
L U Merchant local contractor,
who submitted the second lowest
lld according to the previous plans
made no offer the second time.
The building firm that will erect
the new structure employs local
Ubor and is under" contract with
the building trades craft, affili
ated rlth the Centrar Labor union.
It was stated by local union rep
resentatives last night organized
workers were pleased over the
awarding of the Contract and
would, not make any further" re
quests) that "local labor be used as
far u practicable in the construe-
riAH Ikls naw nVinil nnuia" .
UUI VL UliO MV TV o,ilvv avuvv
Inder the revised figured, ex
lotly $1,451 less will be spent for
j the building than would have teen
I'xoended had the Galllvan com
pany been awarded th contract
under his original bid of tnree
weeki ago. However, ? a cheaper
brick was specified- in the second
ud final set of plans and other
alternates and alterations made to
tat feneral specifications, .'
According to the terms of the
wmtract, W, W. Henry and com
pany agrees to Include face brick
Mall sides of the building, furn
lih a 15-year roof and slate back
boards. He offered to place a 20
mr roof on the building for $5Q0
additional, but the board decided
not to include this In tho Contract
bid. -. :
Whan the board contaned yes
terday afternoon at 5 O'clock, the
bldi were opened and Frank- Con.
den secretary of thy board, was
ked ,to tabulate trie offers, the
board adjourning until '"7:30
"'f'wk. When the board recon
vened, a representative of ; Z. V.
Oeaaman inquired as to What
kind of concrete facing would be
required on the building, stating
had figured on a certain finish
staining marble dust, he being
under the Impression this was
filled for in the specifications.
Architect Smith stated this stipu-
'uqn naa not been set out. Where
upon the matter was dropped,'
R. H. Meriuffie moved the ld of
. v. Henry and company be no
JPted and this firm be awarded
:ne contract. Tho motion was sec
eded by r. g Worlcy and when
M question was put by the chair
man, all members voted "aye."
; Just before the bids -were opened
the afternoon. Mr Conder ca'.led
e attention t the lmavrl that the
Vdvertisement calling for bids, dl
illtCd that all bids hri turned In hv
o clock. The secretary explained
,nt in presence of Mmself and the
'"" purchasing agent, Mr. Ualli.
van h.nj turned in his bid at $:!
oclock. The Greenville man. told
the hoard h Had left home in the
mrnmK at 5 o'clock and that the
viain wag delayed by h. "hot-box"
nd therefore it was Impossible for
mm to submit same . a minute
sooner. - .,--,.-
The hoavj voted to permit the
"Penms of the bid of the South
l arollna , oncern. The first bid pf
"J- i. all nan, which was rejectod
the board about three week
o. was $96,700 fori the general
construction, it was ,' stated, and
en the alternate requiring face
'K'k all around was included the
v--; anout 197,750. - . ,
After the meeting was ad
'urnert. w. Vance Brown made
"He Sl:Hr.r,,n. u. .--i. :j
.i, ' " lie - ueuevpu jbbi
"out $t.r,no had been Saved by
,r,tnr3,r'nlon of the first ;bids. He
,Jr(1,0Ut cheaper brick had been
;id for in the speclflcations and
Z. .u re face brick costing $32
r thousand was first specified,
ttttJ"?' ""ociflcatlons had deslg
"wSLnd1" brickicostln Pr
iS'J''- W'orley sUted'he had" to
Zl ut a IS-year'-roof had
'n eecurert and that face brick
bu dtnl ea ln tl-e rear of the
4e?K ,('rnat changes, con-
'JhiaHu nore " been saved,
hid i8cUMln wag tmpromptu and
f " no connection -,i,k -k
Ifl m tug uicnk-
(oth ot Z V. Creasman called
ullh""!Jix16 ar -
Hrk in , Rc boar ' and , smoke
"-nUvy 4? by 80 'eet .On aJ-0-
1.' substituting "A"
OWES
THE
ESTABLISHED 1868.
Senate Confirms
Work Successor
To Win H.Hays
He Will Take Over Postmaster-General's
Portfolio '
on Saturday
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2. Dr.
Hubert Work, first assistant post
master general, was nominated by
President Harding and confirmed
by the senate today to be post
master-general. He succeeds Will
H. Hays, resigned.
Dr. Work, whose home is in
Pueblo. Colo., will take over tha
postofflee portfolio Saturday when
the resignation of Mr. Hays be
comes. effective.
Final announcement of the
designation of Dr. Work came a
no surprise, his name having been
connected with the office sine?
the prospective retirement ot Mi-
Hays was announced several weeks
airo.
The elevation of the Coloracfan
to the postmaster-generalship will j
leave the position of first and sec
ond postmaster-generals to be
filled, E. H. Shaughnesey, who was
second assistant postmaster-general,
having lost his life in the
Knickerbocker theatre disaster.
Dr. Work conferred with Presi
dent Harding today over the
question of the two assistants, but
U was indicated no decision bad
beer, reached.
II
PROPONENTS IN
Want Congress to Appro
priate Not Less Than
.Desired by Experts.
WASHINGTON. March . 8. A
"demand" was made on congress
In a resolution adopted- today at
the closing session of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress that
it approve at this session nut less-
VERS
HARBORS
DEMAND
0
inn me amount, oi money lecom- nin t Tiin i rrrp
mended by the chief of army engt;iAXt VJji AAivXl OJCa .
neers as necessary for improve
ments of national rivers and har
bors. President John H. Small,
of Washington. N. C, who was re
elected president of the congress
by unanimous vote, called alien
lion of the delegates to. the fact
that this is an election year and
suggested i that Wey go to their
congressmen . and demand 1 ade
quate support for the rivers and
jharbors improvements needed.
Major General Lansing H. Beach,
chief of army engineers, address
ed the congress today and said in
his opinion "you can, not get a bet
ter argument for the waterways
than the attitude of the railroads
toward : them." - -.-;" -t .
' "They won't prorate," ho said,
"they- won't Issue bills of landing.
It seems to me to be one of the
principles of modern business ' to
put a competitor out of the i un
wing before the consumer conies!
Into consideration.- And mui'h reserve bank from pursuing a poi
Ihat has been done by the railroads icy. designed to force the plaintiff
toward -the .waterways la simply bank's to adopt the federal reserve
the question of eliminating a com- system's policy of clearing checks
petltor in business," at par, , . '
The congress came to an end- - John J. Parker of .Monroe, made
with the election of director for the concluding argument; for the
the various states, and a banquet
tonight at' which Vice-President
Coolldge presided. ' .
Dr. Julius S. Klein, director of
the bureau for foreign and doniesHajjy t0 tne United States supreme
tie commerce of the department
of commerce, one of the speakers
at the banquet, said that "the nat
ural adantages enjoyed by our
overseas competitors because ! " of
their location close to the sea are
difficult enough to overcome, - rut
wHeii this handicap is supplement
ed by staggering transportation
charges . covering necessarily l,ng
hauls to water front, tlte inland
exporter is up against it."
from
om , an export . standpoint.' he
added, "will-perhaps be better un
derstood If we bear in mind th-
fact that 40 per cent of the manu
factured articles exported frjm
this' country originate west - "t
Pittsburgh, 'cast of the Rockies
and north of the Arkansas-Tennessee
line." ' : , . .. , ,
The convention elected the fol
lowing directors -for the South At
lantic seaboard: -
peorge Ainsile, Richmond, Va,:
L, R. Aikin, Brunwlek. Ga.; Wil
liam H. Bixby and William M.
Black, Washington, D. C; Senator
Duncan V. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
Fla.; A. F. Kunge, Columbus. Ga.;
8. T. Reid. Spartanburg, S. C.
Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, ot'.,-(ir ttnvnrnor Sah Souoi today
Louisiana, was elected a life dlrec
tor,
BRITISH CRISIS IS
YET UNSETTLED
LONDON. March 2. (By the
Associated Frees.) The . political
crisis projected by the prime min
ister yesterday has- made no prog
ress toward solution, and nobody
ventures a ' prediction as to how it
Will eventually be solved. In its
essen.'e it' is less a personal con
flict between Mr. Lloyd George and
Sir, George Younger, leader of the
conservative secessionists, than a
symptom of the struggle on the
part of the three principal political
parties, conservative, liberal and
labor, ' to abandon the coalition
systerh which is generally noiwsid
ered to have out lived Its useful
nena and get back to the old party
system. - .. '
In f. this struggle air. moya
George occupies a somewhat ana-
malous Doiitlon Inasmuch - a, al
though head of the government he
ha no direct control of the party
funds or the electoral machinery,
inc. he Is the accepted leader of
neither the .conservative nor the
liberal party, each win oj the
coalition having returned Ht own
ASHEVIL
"DEDICATED
PLACE IN HOUSE
Action Is Declared to Be
Unanimous by the Elec
tions Committee.
INTIMIDATION OF
VOTERS CHARGED
"Great Victory for Truth
and Honesty" Congress
man Declares.
WASHINGTON. March 2. Rep
resentative Doughtoir, democrat, is
entitled to retain his seat as a
member of the house from the
eighth North Carolina district, an
elections committee, which inves
tigated tho contest filed by Dr. J.
I. Campbell, Doughton's republican
opponent at the polls in November,
1920, reported today to the house.
Campbell charged intimidation
of voters and other irregularities
in connection with the election.
The committee voted unanimously,
it was said, that ho was not en
titled to Doughton's seat.
The committee's resolution,
awarding the seat, will come be
fore the house at a later date for
approval
DOUGHTON HAPPY
OVER HIS VICTORY
tgi isHKriua emus
(Sir It C. tmiXT)
WASHINGTON, March 2. Rep
resentative Doughton' will not lose
his Beat ln congress. This decision
was reached in the elections com
mittee after a brief discussion of
the evidence today. , ,
One member thought there i
would be a. little more time to ex
amine the evidence, but he was
not strongly opposed to Doughton.
All the other members were for
declaring him entitled to the seat.
Mr. Doughton was beaming with .
smiles today. '
"All the issues were decided in
my favor," he said. 'It was a
unanimous report against seating
Campbell.
I am under the greatest obli
gation to all of my friends. This
was a great victory .for truth and
honesty. The other side was fi
nanced by the republican commit
tee and republicans in the state. ,
''I have won over hjs own peo
ple, in his own camp, on the first
round and the first lick out f the
box," said Representative Dough
ton. .
ARGUMENTS END
Case Taken I'nder Decision May
Aot lie .Uccidcd for Two weeks
MONROE, N. C, llarch 2.
Arguraent of counsel in the so
called "par clearance" bank case
.was concluded early this afternoon
and Judge James JU Webb, presid
ing in state superior court, an
nounced that he would take the
case under advisement and render
a decision within the next two or
three weeks, after reviewing the
evidence and briefs submitted by
opposing counsel.
Closing" argument was made thle
morning by H, G. Conner Jr., of
Wilson, K C for. the Richmond
federal reserve bank, defendant In
the action, which was brought by
a large- group of ponn caronna
state tanksseeking to prevent the
state banks.
It has been Intimated by coun
sel that the case will be carried
to the state supreme court and nn
court, for final decision.
MINOR DISORDERS
IN TEXTILE TOWN
Teitile Workers Attacked and
Beaten Pickets Handle Man.
- PROVIDENCE, R I., March 2.
Minor disorders todav accom-
mJan tC3"u 1 1"1 11,,",?1
Village ill W1C C art uac, .ai.j
a Bcore or more of employes. The
resumption of workwas significant
as the first test of strength be
tween mill owners ln the valley
and the operatives who have been
on strike tor nearly six weeks. In
spite of a heavy guard of police
and coast artillerymen, . a spinner
was attacked by pickets and was
roughly handled. At Arkwright,
an other mill village, two textile
workers were attacked and beaten
when they attempted to enter the
Arkwright print works, owned by
the Interlaken Mills, Inc. " '
t h Blackstone valley, where
Imanv mills ore also closed by the
. . . Cnxnl tfirlav
ordered the withdrawal ot pan oi
the troops who had been on strike
duty at Pawtuxet since the riot at
the Jenckes Spinnings - company
plant, ft week ago las; Tuesday.
DEFENSE IS HEARD
IN LIQUOR LAWSUIT
CHARLOTTE. Mar. 2.-Presen-tatlon
of Dewey Roberts who test .
led that . the liquor which I-ewis
Long is aocused of attempting to
deliver last July when apprehend
i d by officers belonged to him and
not Long, that he had purchased
it himself, Independent ot collusion
with Long, and that he had merely
induced the defendant to drive him
to the Morehead street home U
deliver the whiskey,- constituted
the case for the defense In the
hearing ' commenced Wednesday
afternoon against this prominent
viticen of the city and county on
the charge of bootlegging. itoq
rta testified that he had persuad
ed Long to drive to the Morehead
Hrect home In order to make the
delivery and that this was as far
a Long's participation In th sale
went. Defense rested . case . with
presentation ot Roberts. Long not
nut on stand. Case given to Jury
GOMMITTE
MEN
AID
DOUG
iiiUtjo.-J-uaicWndcxeOon!s!1.ti
TO THE UP-BUILDING
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY
Electrical Wizard Can Make
And Control Thunderstorms;
Lightning Rips Baby Tree
SCHENECTADY. X. T.. March j
2 CBy the Associated Press.)
Schenectady has a modern Jove
Who site on his throne in a labo
ratory of the General Electric com
pany and hurls thunderbolts at
will.
He is Dr. Charles P. Steiivmeti.
electrical wizard, who announced
today he has succeeded in produc
ing and controlling an indoor thun
derstorm, with all the characteris
tics of its natural brother except
the thunderclouds.
At a demonstration of his "light
ning generator, a few days ago
the familiar forked tongues flaah-!
ed through the laboratory with a.lv
deafeninc crash, splintered a large
block of wood, hurling the frag
ments 25 feet, and ripped a mini
ature tree from tin to base.
The bolt carried the enercv of
1.000.000 horsepower about one!
five-hundredth of the energy of a'
natural lightning bolt. Dr. Stein-J
mets eatlmatej and lasted for the
one hundredth part of a second.
HOPKS TO ARREST
LIGHTXIXG
Dr. Steiiwnets hopes his apparat
us will contribute largely to the de-
veJooment of lightning arresters, as
it provides an opportunity for the
study at close range of the phe
nomenon that Benja,min- Franklin
began to Investigate years ago wUi
his kite, string and key.
His experiments have convinc
ed him. however, that there is tit
tle likelihood of man's realizing his
dream of harnessing thunderbolts
and making them work. Despite
their tremendous energy, he say,
their life is so short that, harness
ed, they would be worth only a tew
cents apiece.
"In our lightning generator." he
said, "we get a discharge of 10,000
amperes at over a hundred thous
and voltn, that is, a power of over
a million horsepower, lasting for
a hundredth part of a second. This
jrives us the explosive, tearing. and
shattering effect of real ligtitning.
so that, for instance, a niece of
small tree exposed to the discharge
is mechanically torn to pieces. A
piece of wiro struck by the flash
vanishes ln dust.
"The difference between energy
EARLY DECISION
Judges Hearing Cases
Called for Conference on
Depision March 18.
tifteUt Ctrtnfoimrt. TU MhBH Cttam)
GREENSBORO, MUrch I. It Is
probable that the railroad tax
cases," a dispute between the
.Bbutherh railway, the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Seaboard, , the
Norfolk Southern and the Atlan
tic and Yadkin railroads on one
hand and the State of North Caro
lina on the other, will be, decided
on-. March IS.-; - .
Judge James B, Boyd, Wcitfirn
North Carolina federal district, re
siding here and Judge Edmund
Waddlll, Jr.. of Richmond, Va.,
Unite States circuit court of ap
peals, have been asked by Judge
H. O. Connor of the eastern North
Carolina federal district, to come
to Raleigh on March 18 for the
purpose of conferring for a deci
sion. ,.h. - ;4 '
When a hearing on the question
! of a permanent injunction against
the state tax oom,mlssioner, . jj.
Watts, to restrain him from col
lecting disputed taxes from ' the
roads, was concluded here January
28, the three Judges, sitting as a
special court, announced that o0
days would.be riven for filing ad
ditional briefs. - A bulky maw of
these has been filed, both 'tides
contributing, and a decision can
be expected at any" time after thu'
Judges confer again.
The roads claim that they are
CASES JORECAST
discriminated against in that the.tjress, for three reasons, which
valuation of their property lor tax
purposes was not reduceo wnen
realty ln 47 counties of the state
was reduced in 121. The differ
ence ic a matter of millions of dol
lars. In addition the railroads
claim the state corporation fran-
chise tax Is unconstitutional, also)
the stato corporation income tax
The amount of actual taxes in
volved is over two million dollars
yearly and no one knows Just how
much Is Involved In the corpora
tion Income tag.
Under , an agreement when , the
cases were first begun, the roads
have bald on their admitted valu
ations, leaving the disputed taxes
to be paid,' or not paid, when, the
matter is finally settled In court.
TURKS AND GREEKS
PLAN NEW DRIVE
ROME, March . The TurkhW na
tionalist and Greek armies In Asia
Minor are busy preparing for the
resumption of hostilities, says a Con
stantinople dispatch to the Stefan!
Newa Agency today, based upon re
ports received In the Turkish capital
from. Asia Minor, Absolute secrecy
is being maintained regarding the
movements ot the two armies, lays
the dispatch,-which adds-that troops
and war material have recently ar
rived In Smyrna from Greece.
j FIRM CONVICTED
v FOR FALSE ADS
... .i. - -. ..
NEW TORK. March 2 A fine of
$100 for falsely advertising that a
tonifl would re-grow hair was Im
posed today In city court upon the
Jules Ferond company, Inc.
During the trial, the company called
20 witnesses with bushy locks, who
wore they were ba'd before v'n
the hair grower. Tho complainants
member, of th public health
were
bureau
EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS
QUELL DISTURBANCE
LONDON. March 2. By the Asso
ciated Press.) Three persons were
killed and 24 others Injured, some
seriously,' In- a disturbance at Tanta,
i Egypt, 55 miles north of Cairo, saya
la Central New dispatch from Cairo.
Native soldier auslisd the disturbance
and restored order,
LE
OF WESTERN NORTH
MORNING, MARCH 3, 1922.
and ordinary elcctrio cut-rein is
similar to that between a pound of
dynamite and a pint of gasolin.
The niiit of gaaoline contains more
enersry and can do more work than
the Dound of dynamite but the pint
of gasoline givea off its energy slow
at a moderate rate of power, while
the pound of dynamite gives oft Ks
energy explosively, all at once, at
an enormous rate of power, and
th.ore.by loyally tears and destroys."
The inspiration fcj produce arti
ficial liaflitnlng came to Dr. SteJn
meta two years ago when he ar
rived at Ills summer camp on the
Mohawk river, to find tho heaven-
visitor had preceded him bv a
few hours and left the camo In dis-
array.
Inwead of bemoaning the dam
ane, Or. Steinmeta got busy with
a camera, a tape lino and a note
book, and collected
evidence"
inestim utile
which lie savs was of
value in the production ot his
lightning generator.
It he wanted to. Dr. Steinmctz
said, he could cut loose an arti
ficial lightning bolt that would do
as much damage as did the one
which assalJed hi camp
But lie is
content with producing
one five-
hundredth as much "kick." Pro
ducing tho larger bolt would in
volve great expense and the bwlt
would be too dangerous to observe
at close auartera.
Dr. Stoinmetz' generator consists
essentially of a high voltage con
denser in the form of 200 glass
plates. These are arranged in two
rows, in groups of 50, and are ca
pable of holding 120,000 volts of
electricity.
One end of-the double row of
condensere corresponds to the
thunder cloud of the sky, ln Which
electrical current is 'gradually 1
stored up and Increased bv the con
glomeratlon of the rain drops, as
Dr. Steinmeti has shown. The oth
er end of the'eondonsor plates cor
respond to the earth.
When the tension of the stored
electric energy becomes greater
than the generator will hold, the
discharge -takes place. The light
ning flash is seen, the thunder
rolls represented by a loud snap
ping sound and the bolt strikes.
COMPROMISE FDR
BEEN AGREED ON
Avoids New Taxes and
Gives Needy - Veterans :
Money oh Certificate, ;
WASHINGTON, Mar. J A com
paomiae o Idlers' bonus plan under
which the cash feature would be
eliminated where the former serv
ice men would be entitled to more
than 150 adjusted service pay was
agreed upon today tentatively, but
unanimously, by a special sub
committee of the republican mem
bers of the house ways and meant
committee.
' In the nature of a substitute for
the discarded cash feature vthere
would be added to the adjusted
service certificates title a provision
which would enable the men se
lecting the certificates option - to
obtain Immediately from bank a
loan equal to one-half of the ad
Justed service pay to which they
$1 a day for domestic servlde and
$1.25 a day for overseas service
In announcing the compromise
agreement. Chairman Fordney said
It probably would be a week be
fore all details of the loan provis
ion could be worked out and the
original bill amended to conform
to it. He expressed the opinion
the plan would be so well received
by the house members generally
that it would be unnecessary to
submit the new bill to a party con-
PLAN
HAS
ference, thus speeding up the tlmel sudden change in the attitude of
of Its submission to tho house. Jthe poiiee toward the six men ar-
Chairman Fordney and other
committeemen said they believed
the new plan would meet with
j general favor, in and out of con-
were summarized as follows ln a
formal statement issued "by Repre
sentative Green, ot Iowa, ranking
republican on the committee;
"First The needy veteran can
obtain money as soon as his cer
tificate is issued ' and in greater
amount than Is provided by the
cash elan of theoiiglnal "bill.
oeconu -ino large oratu to oe
made on the treasury until the ex-i
plration of three years.-
"Third No new taxes required."
Word went around a nonir house
members that the tomniitteo com
promise plan was acceptable both
to President Harding and to of
ficers of the American legion and
late in the day, after there had
been Informal exchanges of views I
among member. It was said tnat
! apparently a. strong sentiment In
favor of the new proposal was der
I t'olrmlnfl R.nfBPhtiittvtt flnrnmr.
of Texas, the ranking democrat on
the ways and means Committee,
said, while there probably would
be some opposition from the dem-
,- ocratlc side it was his opinion that
a majority of the democrats would
support the amended bill. He
thought the loan feature would
tend to expend credits to the ex
tent of half a billion dollars rnd
thus result ln some increase in the
cost
oi living during tne expan-
sion period.
At the treasury department the
compromise was described by high
officials as "the lesser of two evils."
It was , indicated that Secretary
Mellon still was opposed to the en
actment of any bonus legislation at
this time which would cause a
serious drain on the treasury, but
officials said this plan would make
the financing much less difficult
than would have been the case un
der, the original cash plan.
EX-(GOVERNOR COX
INVITED TO BPEAK.
"COLUMBIA. 8. C, March S. The
South Carolina general aesembly this
afternoon paused a resolution Invit
ing former Governor James M. Cox.
of Ohio. to. addrta the IrgUlature
here tomorrow.
He will reach Columbia shortly be
fore noon tomorrow on hla way from
Washington to Aiken, and telegrams
have boen sent to him on the train,
asking him to fttop anrl sneak to the
oiembera of the general assembly.
CITI
ZEN
CAROLINA"
I MPiMore Millions Will
POWER TREATY IN
SENATEJSBEGON
Declarations Against the
Instrument Made by
- Hitchcock and Borah.
FRANCE ALSO IS
OPPOSING SPEAKER
Thursday's Clash First
Skirmish Big Contest
Comes Next Week.
WASHINGTON, March 2. Fire
on the four power Paclllo treaty
was opened in the senate today
from both republican ami demo
cratic quarters, when it was called
up for debate after ratification yes
terday of the Yap treaty. The de
bate, however, was declared to be
only a skirmish with tho real
fighting scheduled for next week, i
Declarations against the four
power treaty were delivered today
by Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, ranking democrat on the
foreign relations committee, and
Senators Borah, of Idaho, and
France, of Maryland, republican
"irreeoncilables," in the Versailles
treaty fight. Senator Hitchcock
who supported the Tap treaty,
said he would vote for the naval
limitation and Chinese treaties also
but would not support the Pacific
pact unless it was materially
changed. Senators Borah nnd
Franca declared their uncompro
mising opposition to the Pacific
treaty.
Plans of republican lenders for
proceeding with the tour power
, apparently apprised the
epposition. When It nnd its sup
plement, the latter defining the
scope of tho territory embraced,
were laid before tho senate, Sen
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, re
publican leader, proposed that
their consideration be deferred at
least until tomorrow, unless some
senator desired to discuss the
treaties,, .
Mr. Lodge said he did not de
sire to "force" action and said he
would not open the debate but In
tended to hear first from the op
position. Senator Hitchcock who is
to be absent a few days, th"re
lore, took the floor and launched
the attack. ' ;. ....
The Nebraska aenator declared
that the treaties constitute an "al
liance," and he also criticized vlg.
orously the apparent secrecy sur
rounding their . negotiation. It ap
peared, he declared, that the prin
cipal object was to aid (ireat Brit
ain In getting rid of the Anslo
Japanese alliance,
A reservation. prpo(J in the
foreign reaVCTons commlttco' de
liberations by Senator Rrandegee,
reptrbltaan, - Connecticut,-was ad
vocated by Senator Hitchcock. He
pro nosed insertion, ; either by an
amendment or , reservation r-C the
word, "unprovoked," fin the obli
gation clause. Without this rmmge,
ha said, he could not support the
treaty, asserting the United Htates
wotild ' be , obligated urtder the
treaty only In case of unprovoked
aggression, against the 'signatory
powers. - ;V- , . .-' '
: Senator Borah said that - the al
leged detects could not be cured
either by reservation -or amend
ment an Senator France, declared
the treaty would bring America In
to a "terrible war." Mr. France
also declaredthe democrats would
receive, "thotf award at, the hands
of the American people." if they
"t "ln,t 'tiflcatlom He'
added that he would not attempt
concealment of the hope that this
would result, . -;
SIX MEN STILL ARE
. HELD IN MURDER
Wottoe Hay They're Not Implicated,;
Tben Renew Questioning,
LOS ANOELE8. r- Maroh 2. A
rested Tuesday on informition
tending to Connect thm with the
murder of Wllluun Desmond Tay
lor, film director, took place tonight-'
After announcement todav bv
Detective Sergeant Cline, head of
the homicide squad, that the police
were convinced the men had no
connection with the Taylor mur
der, the official statement was
made tonight that the men would
be subjected to another question
ing. ' .
rM-u,i vt-iv- nnt
, maAm ntlM hllt w. --terl that.
1 in connection with the additional
niiaailnnlr, v anh wntilH h enn. i
i....t . .v.nh man Mlri tn
be a motion picture actor'of some
Prominence. ,
- The arrest of tha sixth and tht
possible arrest of the seventh man
were the results , of information
given the police by Mrs. John
Rupp, houeekeeper for the man
now .in-custody, that .two .of the
Er";,
BIG DEMOCRATS ARE
VISITED BY COX
WASHINGTON, March 5. James
E. Cox. of Ohio. democTatle- evi
dential candidate in 120. left late
today for a vacation trip to Aiken,
a fr. Air two-riAviT visit in the
capital during which he saw a num
her of democratic leader and con
ferred wllh hie former colleagues Jn
congrees.
.Mr. Cox today called at the res
dertce of former President Wilson
and left his card, but did no see Mr.
Wilson personally.
tn hl taa with s'evaral demo
cratic csngreaelonal leatlera, Mr. Cox
was aald to have discussed the com
ing fail elections.
FEAR PROHIBITION
WILL SWEEP EUROPE
ff rfg ABIOVIATBD PRKtlt
RERUN, March 2.-Mlnuts which
hav Jut been published here of
recent eecret convention of Oennan
and wia brewera diclose that the
brewers admitted they feared prohi
bition would sweep Europe.
It was decided at the convention to
Immediately send a rnpreeenUttive of
the brwer to the United State te
study the effects of prohibition there
and to start a campaign in the new-
paper ot Kurop against proiilh:-1 stirl tne music, aim now m an aui
(Ion of the use of alcohol. The cam-l tilde toward life In generah., We are
pnlgn in the oress would attempt to afflicted with a moral and spiritual
prova the fonlo krtvantagea of al-;anamla. for which the chnrch hae .
ooliol, 'eepselaOy wit recant te betr.tha only tranffuslon that will cure."1
i
I
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Be Slashed From War
Department Estimate
Fight on Navy's
Fuel Needs is
Carried to Open
Lower House Told Spectre of
War With Japs A'o
Longer Shown
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. The
discussion of the amount of fuel
the navy will need for the rest of
the fiscal year reachd the floor of
the house today when Chairman
Madden, of the appropriations i
rommittee, in opening debate on !
the government's second deficiency
bid for the year, declared in
rffert;nee to the dispute over fuel
ctl that this was the first time in
framing the measuro that naval
experts had failed to raise the
spectre ot an Impending war with
Japan.
Mr. Madden added that In cut
ting the figure for fuel oil froni
around 812,000,000 to $8,000,000
me cum nuiiee jiuu reacupii iia
"conclusions on a 'basis of a mil
lion and a quarter dollars a month,
which, according to one of the
bert men in the navy, whose name
I will not mention, will suffice."
Officials at the navy department,
however, disagreed tonight with
estimate, aasertlng that even if
every ship in the navy, , at homo
cr abroad, were brought to anchor
Immediately and kept idle until
July 1 next, the fuel bill atthe
end of the year would exceed the
limit the appropriations commit
tee has proposed by at least half
a million dollars.
It was made clear by depart
ment officials that the general or
der dlroctlng that all naval ves
sels except those In the far east,
the near east and in Mexican and
frouth American waters, atop
steaming where they are and re
main at anchor or at dock until
the end of the fiscal year could
not be delayed many days without
greatly increasing the probable
fuel deficiency beyond the limit
proposed by the house committee, ! forced reduction of the regular es
Hhlps that will be permitted to I tabllshment. Both Secretary Weeks
operate unaer steam, it the or
dor is issued, will be only those
engaged on missions abroad to
which they were sent at the re
quest of the state department.
UP EX
FIGHTf fJEUfi
0
Has Neither the Funds,
, Authority or Desire to
. Meet Conditions. .
WASHINGTON. March 2. Hope
of obtaining the extradition at this
time from Hamilton, - Ont,,' to
North Carolina of Matthew Bul
lock, negro, charged with at
tempted murder" In connection with
the Norllna riots,' was understood
to have been practically aband
oned today by governor Morrison,
of that state, after a conference
with Under Secretary Fletchet at
the stat department.
Governor Morrison was accom
panied to- the department by 'Berw'i
ators Simmons and Overman,' ot
bis state and Mr. Fletcher w.a said
to have reiterated to them what
had been said on February 2 S In a
message from the department' to
the governor at Raleigh that under
jthe extradition treaty the United
States was bound to observe the
court procedure of Canada in alt
cases arising under the treaty.
The court at Hamilton has ruled
that Bullock will not be returned
to North Carolina unless sufficient
evidence to warrant such a step Is
given by .witnesses from that state
and it Is the understanding .here
that, if the witnesses do not an
pear before tomorrow Bullock's
release will be ordered.
Governor Morrison reiterated to-
day that he did not want to send
witnesses to Ontario and that it he
did. he had neither the authority
nor the funds to do so. Moreover,
it was pointed out If Bullock la to
be released tomorrow unless wit-
" appear,
it is too late to act
I now-
was Indicated, however, that
me CMB WUUIU IIOI D uruupeu
' P"!;m.lln??tly,D" "thrtwif.twe IT
.slbillty that Bullock might be held
later in some other jurisdiction, or
some other ' development ; might
arise which would warrant a fresh
attempt at extradition; ' d
OFFICIALS CLAIMING
OF CASE
WASHINGTON. March 2. Offi
cials at both the state department
and at the British embassy pro
fessed Ignorance today ot the
statu of the case of the schooner
Iwls Brothers end the death uf j
ner captain at sen tor wnicn tne
mate and others cf the crew are
being held at Key West. It was
pointed out by American officials
that If extradition was desired by
ihe British ft henrlng would first t
be necessary In ' a magistrate's
court at Key West to determine j
whether the alleged offense was
extraditable. If such was found to;
he th esse, it was sdded. the next)
step would be for officials to com- !
municate with the state depart-1
ment with the request for exttadi-.
tion. ... ,
SYRACUSE DIVINE
EXCORIATES JAZZ;
SYRACUSE. N. Y-. Marclj 3-. -"Jaia"
may be analysed as a. eombl- 1
nation of nervousnese. lawlneas,
primitive and savage animalism and I
!clviouiiw." ald Rev. Dr. A.-W. i
Bevan. of .Rochester, lr a clvlo Irfn- '
ten sermon here twlav. ,
"It has gotten beyond the dance,
MORRISON
HG VES
RAD II
A PAGES
l' TODAY
FIFTY MILLIONS.
BE
TO
JT
BE CUT F
Calls for Further 20 Per
Cent Reduction Author- -'
. ized Army Strength.
BmTn irT A OTTO Xa
UKAo I IO JVIXjAoU JSXjO 4
IRE
ROM
MAY BE REQUIRED
Coast Defenses Must
Abandoned Air Forces ,
Must Be Cut.
WASHINGTON, March 2. At
least $50,000,000 and possibly $0,
000,000 wiU be slashed from the
budget estimate lor the war de
partment by the house approprla
1 1 o n s sub-committee which is
framing the army appropriation
bill for the fiscal year beginning1 ,
July 1, next, member of the sub ,
committee predicted tonight, Th -measure,
they added, not only will "
provide that the enlisted strength
of the army be reduced from its ;
present strength of 187.000 to lis.)
000 men on July 1 but that th
number of officers be limited to
11,000 as compared with 'he-pres,
ent strength of 12,900 on the active
list. .;- ' i -: f';
War department estimate were
revised and pared down by the
budget bureau to approximately
$3(3,000,000 for the coming fiscal
year, of this amount $193,000,000
being requested for the army and
the rest, for non-military work
such as Improvements to rivers,
and harbors.
Concern was expressed ia army
elrclea innlarht aver the nroanentlv
and General Pershing appearing
recently before the .juo-commUtee '
urged that provision be made for
an army of 160,000 men aid the
sub-committee , in deciding upon
11,000 as the maximum number of
officers has disregarded the reeom-
mendallon of General Pershing
who outlined plana for "weeding
out" inefficient officers to bring the
fores down to 12,000 In the expec
tation ot them Increaslr.g tlw offi
cer personnel to 14,000 by eom
mlaslonlng officers ir the Junior
gradesi?-: l.-t
A reduction of the army to 1 IS,
000 enlisted strength, it Wis point
ed out by department officials,
would mean an actual effective
force of little more than 105,00"
men, as the regular turnover, due
to expiring enlistments, recruit,
training and - other conditions,
keeps about 10,000 men on the
average continuously out' of the
active ranka.
Th proposed reduction also. It
was said, would mean a heavy ad
ditional curtailment of , various
army activities. Exhaustive stud
ies made in the department a to
th most advisable courvi to follow
If another sliajflir cut in strength
was made are known U have in- '
Otcated that the cost defenses, ex
eept for a few harbor or vital im
portance, must bs virtually aban
doned by the regulars In order that
the regular establishment might
be able to continue lt 'primarv
mission in training the ' nnticnat
guards and organized reserve.
It already has been, suggested
to house committee, however, that
if the regular establishment is to
be reduced, the bulk of the coast
defense work might be transferred
to the national guard or organised
reserve. In the vent of ai fur'
ther 20 per cent reduction in the
authorised tingth of the army,
as . tentatively fixed upon by the
house sub-committee, it appeared
possible tonight that only the gunt
of, a lew major harbor defense
such a New York and San Fran.
Cisco would be retained by the reg. -ular
establishment, th other de
fenses being left to th scond and
third lines of defense in th': new
system.
Another activity which might be
subjected to cutting before paring
down of the mobllo forcej to meet
congressional action was under
taken, probably would be aviation,
it was said; It wa regarded a
likely that th flying service also
might be transferred as far as poa
slble to the national guard or orga
nized reserve elements of the nw
army. :
DARLINGTON IS VISITOR ,
' GREENSBORO, March 2. f
Bishop V. V; W. Darlington, of
West Virginia, of the Methodist
Episcopal ifhurch. south, was heie
Thursday, attending n meeting or
Methodist ministers ot the city and '
the surrounding country,
Dan Hill Given
Nomination For
Postmaster Here
waisikcto nun
- tui iKHirii.ta oiTBax
(S II, H. C. BHiiST) -
WASHINGTON, March
2,-Dan W. Hill was the
only applicant for the
AsheyUle postoffice, Repr
resentative Weaver said
tonight. He had been no
tified the civil service com
mission had certified Hill,
and that President Hard
ing: , had 'nominated him
"I suppose others thought
there was no need of ap.
plying," Mr. .Weaver said
tonight regarding the un
usual spectacle of an un
contested office.'
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