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"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. CUSUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 5, 1922.
PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10r,
THE
lEEHHUIUHES III
r MK tbIADLlun
TPitrhtinff Forces
SSSumwuio and Fasds
j tl to Join in Move.
(tALIAN MINISTRY
?C0EB ON CRISIS
LV 1 XTopts of Acita-
01 ioaneua. -ROME.
March 4By th. A
l,.a: rf'Annunzio leglon-
ilhtt have installed a government
1.iim alter laeir tvun ? v
S3, T reUnquish office. -The
provisional government
...need ot former memoern m
, An&' nationiI .COT,nc1'-,
Italian
, caraDtneera ; are v"'"s
service In the city, ' while
W,.!.' 'J othor trooos
are
WW
the" confines of
S.1 which formed a part, Of the
Mto, which formed a Part fthe
r. a-Annuniio when he held
r, : . ha been" oraerea. 10
IIML U. . . .
'ium
'EiP-iii. irhn was chosen to head
Lit Flume government by an orer
Lelmtng majority In the elee-
lont iav- v--
Premier Facta and Foreign MJn-
o dlSBlss the question Of how to
UK IDC IBBUIBI- w -
lent this evening sent Comroen.
lore Caateiil to riume as
in.tMAw with tnaf FtinttAna tn
. Ml.li4.n nut th attiiatfnh
If the government departments to-
I.-i. rfttl. ' TW A.twiintii.l ... anil
Injur liiurlali. respectively rein'
isire oi wr a.tiu vhici
in tho- d Annunzlo mtnlstryf ft
;om tms eventns ior mine, oot
rtl freeks of agitation preceded
lie overthrow of Zanella who has
nk.r0.1f .wttK h.ln 'ntnra
or Flume than for Italy." Besides
h nerce nuioniu , airusine oo
feannela iutonomists, there,' have
nmo Diner looaj poiuioai aniTnosi-
:fs. Tnese arose on aneua" re-
lurn after having successfully con.
Incted a loan with I the Italian
fwrnment ', On the very1 day he
nocum-ed this transaction a bomb
vai hurled at his automobile by
olltic&l antagonists,, wounding his
aiuffeur. - After that- tha ennfllrt
en m mitra hittf. u .
imsis at Length .
I A council of -ministers today
ffiictused at length the crisis in
liums which has complicated th
already difficult sltuU,n confront;
t the new cabinet. -lTh
attitude of President Za
ia, who has Jeen forced to hand
fver the government to the na-
I Mvvuvci uwa
l appear quit clear here Shortly !
tier ue jwu.raea power in October j
ast, he came to Rome And ob-
;Une(I & loan it I P Art AAA A A ft t.
iIUn aspirations in, riume. but
jwu ins reirn 10 mat place ai.
immeaiateiy incurred the en-
j i mo naiian element.
Klnre arW vMt..t.i -
lucwi, lgeionnaires and republi
ns have hsn n .
city. They captured th ooirtK
in telegraphs and before their
nee the pclloe organized by
I'alSCf. The rnvumm..! . .
if. th!ir,flrt n defense
I Hall pnrlnntnv tv.. n . i
pWch the pslace stands. They
l T,n ob!le( retire Inside
"uiiUlOS. . ... - i , . ...
':,,.'lme time decked the
nint. J ,r ""ants.- Deputy
""ita, lfiader1 .-..r
lot h.i f an """orea motor-
ih ." 5,;?' openea tire on
SlS .uThlrty 76 mUlemeter
, Tero lhrown ,nt Jthe buUd-
Italia . conB'aeraiMe damage.,
Italian torped.o boats in FJume
hut ti. i " noior coat
.""ciFtl who rpmimrf ..h.i.
"rlT the balance. Th;
---" men noistcd a white
T??pO THAT ' .
mift. i, nwoniini lo latest
!? in " Btl11 ln"d9 the p.!.
t in.t 'h," flr t the troops
'"wing to J!f tatmnt
-ublio Hfa ? r,r forever from
The
rnin k ' ,lWB 11 nBiionai ae-
:rnova "t.l6hb'ln , village of
on, I whnr- aocoKdlng to re.
N m nT'ul -" "R'onnalres.ro
l HI1R Under flrmi an
ftn'OT1 the'loaf
AGED BLOCKADE
UNDER BOND
"a,T on tlO.OQQ Bona., ,
Htv .lre0T R-A- Kohloss of this
'f ol P".r" ,or ine Wesson,
ing shin v '.ih ,lefe'lJfm ran-
CJS?".?fv "l..th boi.4f;l-.as
"tee Th. v lnr autnotles at that
reSV""f ven.throuah
(Si flth.J h and cargo will
. , ' Ban,m Islands. The
n'tri4 the, April
court; in New Bern.
tmntfJ' M":h 4.-A deliberat
'm mid. t, i ,ro'r two do ceraso
. maa tonlsht at. Ilia lnni,ti..
'nlnti ... -j
iKinegal street. On of
ir nmicemen was
wuudqh. 'i-na .
Outlay Of $300,000 Being
Made To Furnish Asheville
With More Electric Power
Additional 1,200 Horsepower Will Be Ready for De
livery oy Middle ot This Month 8,000 More
Available Early in June.
In order to meet the increased
needs for electrical power in Ashe
vHIe and vicinity, the North Caro
lina -.Electrical Power company is
adding a 1,300 horsepower water
wheel unit to the Weaver power
plant, at Craggy, and an 8.000
horsepower turbine to the steam
plant aUEIk mountain, at a con
of arouSa 1300,000. it was stated
yesterday by Charles E. Waddell,
engineer.
These are the first additions to
the plants since 1916 and will add
materially to the service offered
by the company. It Is asserted by
those interested. " The additions at
the Weaver plant will be ready
to be placed In use about March
IS and the additions to the Elk
'Mountain plant will be ready
about June 1. .
The North Carolina Electrical
Power company was started in
1898 and has at various Intervals,
usually about every (lve years,
added to the capacity of tho
plants operated by the company.
Chicago Board
Give Market
Farmers Will Be Supplied
With Market Factors
V With New Service..
NOT 30 MINUTES
BEHIND TRADERS
Termed Greatest Forward
Step in 2,000 Years,
in Aid to Farmer
- CHICAGO, March 4. The farm
er need be not more than ,30 min
utes behind his city brother lit re
ceiving news of the factors vhir,h
determine prices of . agricultural
products, Robert McDousal, j,:.sl
dent of the Chicago board of trade
said tonight in a statement outlin
ing the board's plan to broadcast
erop market reports by radio tel
ephone beginning Monday.
The radio system, which will
cover ' a territory within a radius
of 500 miles of Chicago, he char
(trterized as "the greatest forward
step In two thousand years" In
bringing the farmer : in contact
with ..the. iactors Mishae
"price of his product. 1,,
. The statement said: . '
"The telephone and the automo
bile moved the f irms closer to the
cities. They will be brought still
closer by our t3io telephone ser
ice. It is our belief that our half
hour bulletins giving not only quo
tations but fundamental news of
the crop and market situation
throughout the world will enable
the grain grower to buy or sell as
confidently and almost as quickly
as If he were in Chicago.
"The radio system will cov?r the
territory within a radius f 00
miles . of this . :ity. In this area
there are, I am Informed, thou
sands of radio sets in" villages and
on farms. Even on, f.-irms where
there Is no apparatus there are tel
ephones and the nearby Village will
have the radio reports. - :
''In the great wr we read that
bed springs and even coat hangers
were made to serve the purpose
of the wireless and if we may pre
dict the future by the past it may
not be far fetched to vision the
day when the farmer following
bis furrow may be in instantan
eous touch not only with the fac
tors which affect the price of his
product but with the paws of ho
world.. In its present stage how
ever, I believe that country grain
elevators which are scattered ev
erywhere will serve as stations for
our . reports being distributed by
them still further by telephone to
such farms as have .not their own
radios. '
"A day may mean much to the
farmer In marketing his grain. The
Prices In an Open competitive
market adjust themselves at high
speed to changing conditions. It
is important the farmer and the
country grain dealer should learn
of thest changes without delay.
"The price of grain is not deter
mined by factors In any country,
but by crop and marketing con
ditions of the whole world. The
effect of rain in Kansas for in
stance may be offset by drought In
India or Australia. In our radio
report therefore we hope more
nearly to equalise the news oppor
tunities between the farmer at his
plow and the city man' at his
ticker." -:-.. . . ..
FLEISOHMANN CASE
HEARING PENDING
6 lair Snapcnds Action Until Ho Can
Take up Case Personally.
, WAiSHINOTON. March 4. Orders
by Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
revoking the Industrial alcohol per
mit of the Fleiftchmann Company,
Inc., of New York, and eleven of its
agencies were au&pended until Tuea
day tonight by. Internal Revenue
Commlesioner" Blair. ,
Th orders were - Suspended, Mr.
Blair said, pending- a rehearing of
(he case on Tuesday. He added he,
himself, would hear the case.
Mr. Blair's action was taken with
the approval of Secretary Meilon up
on the request of counsel for the
Flelschmann company for kn appeal
from the hearings on the case held
in Philadelphia before 8. F. Rutter,
former associate federal prohibition
director, for Pennsylvania, upon
whose recommendation Mr. Hayoes
issued the revocation orders.
A final decision will be reached on
Taesday. Mr. Blair said, at the con
clusion - of the heart nr. but mean
while the whole matter Is to be held
In abeanoe, orders for the aelsure of
alcohol 4a Flelschmann agencies be
ing held up but the company agree
ing not to dispose of any aloohol
pending the determination ? of the
proceedings. , ; ,-:'-..
"JUSTIFIABLE" 18 VERDICT
CTJMBBRJAND. Md.. March 4
Ralph Kabosky waa released from
jail tnday when a coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict of""Jiitlflalfe homi
cide " He was arrested . last nla-ht
after his brother. Joeeph, had been
Shot and Instantly killed. . Relatives
testified that Ralph killed Joswnh
when the latter attacked his , own
wife and then tamed on the brother
he Interfered
It is asserted that the steam
plant is used at times when the
Krunch firoad river is at a low
stage and does not supply sufficient
water to create power from the
Weaver plant. This occurs at va-
rrious times and especially during
the month of October. The com
pany supplies power to the manu
facturing plants in this section and
alo to hte Champion Fibre com
Vany, at Canton.
The turbine Installed in the
steam plant at Elk Mountain alune
represents an Investment of ap
proximately flOO.000 and from
present Indications the company
will soon be able to increase th)
number of consumers of electrical
power and attract manufacturing
interests, desiring to locate at
point where an ample supply of
electrical power can be obtained.
Officers of the North Carolina
Electrical Power company are: T
S. Morrison, president: F. H. Fries,
vice-presidentf and W. E. Reid,
secretary and treasurer.
Of Trade To
News By Radio
Twenty Cents Will
Soon Be Price For
Dozen Eggs, Said
HICKORY, March 4,-r-Prophesy
if 20 cent eggs retail was made
here this afternoon by Walter J.
Bhuford, manager of a local con
cern, on the basis of 20 cents a
ioten paid on the wholesale mar
ket here today. This has been the
lowest price In several years, it
j forecast that the wholesale price
will' drop to 1 cents 1n the neit
leveral veeks. Three months ago
ggs were quoted wholesale at ii
writs a dozen, on this market,
evhlch Ships more thany any other
:lty In the south, it Is declared.
The big drop has occurred in the
hst three weeks. -
FOOD SUPPLY TO
Fish and Oyster Sources
in State to Be .Enlarged
in Campaign. .
crmwx ssws stmsto
TMimwxnis aoraL
far BROCK UBtUtn ,
RALEIGH,. Mar.. 4. The state
fisheries commission, meeting- to
day with Governor Morrison, laid
plans for gTeatlj? extending - the
fish and oyster industry of the east
and for stocking the streams and
ponds of Western North Carolina.
The meeting was called by the
governor Who proposed the launch.
Ing of plant for extending the fish
and oystery industry and filling the
streams and ponds of the interim
with fish as an added feature of
the campaign for raising more food
for home consumption. ;
" The commission also will under
take -the organisation of a co-operative
marketing system, whereby
fish caught In North Carolina wa
ters can be sold to North Carolina
people, eliminating the middle man
and his profits and be taking the
place of shipments from the Nor
folk and Baltimore fish and oyster
houses. . , . ' ,
Ten, thousand dollars was spent
last year by the state In promoting
the Infant oyster Industry and $10,
000 more, authorised by the legis
lature, will be expended this sum
mer. ...
An extensive survey to determine
streams and ponds In Western
and Interior. North Carolina the
might be stocked with fish, procur
able from the federal government,
will be made at once by the com-,
mission as a result of today's meet
ing. With this survey In hand, it
will undertake the early filling of
these streams and ponds with fish.
The success met In stocking Bridge
water lakes and ths pond at Bad In
causes members of the commission
to believe that the work can be
carried on with beneficial results.
PACIFIC TREATY
1 COMES UP MONDAY
Wm He Discussed Dally" TutO
Final Action Is lakeu. ,
-WASHINGTON. March 4. Ths
four power Paclflo treaty will be
taken up Monday by, the senate
and discussed virtually every day
thereafter until a vote on ratifies
.tion is obtained, under a program
said to, have been- agreed to at a
conference today between Presi
dent Harding and Sunator Lodgs,
of Massachusetts, 'republican
leader.
. Administration spokesmen, it
was announced, will open the fight
for ratification of tne treaty with
Senator New, of Indiana, a close
personal friend of the President
and a republican' member of the
foreign relations committee speak
Ing Monday and Senator Kellogg,
of Minnesota,, another republican
committeeman and confidant ot
the President, on Tuesday. Sena
tor Lodge, It wast stated, also will
speak soon -and present some of
the arguments of Jthe administra
tion In support of 'ratification.
- President Harding was said to
be in complete accord with Sena
tor Lodge's plans for proceeding
with the arms ponference treaties,
' CONPgSSEtv TO KILLING
' BALTIMORE. ' March 4 Adolph
Plitt, a chauffeur, surrendered to the
police today confessing that' he had
killed Clare Stone, the eight year old
school girl whose body wss foun'l a
week ago In a woods patch. '-
B E I N 0 R EASED BY
FUNG INDUSTRY
PLAN COMMUNITY
OWNED ELECTRIC
RAILWAY SYSTEM
To Offer Common Stock
of Weaverville line to
the Public Soon.
DESIRE CONTINUED
OPERATION OF LINE
Would Pay Off Indebted
ness and Provide for
Reserve Funds.
The common stock of the Ashe
ville and East Tennessee railroad
will be placed on sale in the near
future, in an effort to finance the
Weaverville line as a community
owned electric railroad, it was
stated yesterday by J. K. Fulgham,
chairman of the Citizens' commit
tee, in charge of working out plans
for the continued operation of the
railroad.
It is expected thst the stock,
amounting to $35,000. will be plac
ed on sale as soon as the company
and the Lakeview Park officials
reach an agreement In regard to
the removal of the present line to
a point above tho pioposed water
line ot the lake. Stanley Howland,
vice-president and general mana
ger ot the company, stated last
night the matter is in process of
settlement and he hoped a satis
factory settlement could be roach
cd within the next few days. The
Lakevlew officials made application
to the owners of the Weaverville
line asking that tho line be remov
ed above the water line ot the pro
poned lake. It Is stated that per
mission was granted provided that
the new location of the line will be
advantageous to the owneu of the
railriad. :';.''
The $35,000 in common stpek to
be placed on the market, will be
in addition to a bonded indebted
ness of $36,000 against the' rail
road, which would still remai.i
against the line, after it is trans
ferred to new owners. The indebt
edness runs for It years and inter
est at the rate ot six per cent Is
paid on a sml-anpual basis. -USE
OF PROCEEDS
FROM SALE OF STOCK
The. proceeds from the common
stock sold will go toward paying
of all debts of the Weaverville
line, approximately $2,000. Slight
ly over $2,000 would be uaed to
cover any deficit during the first
12 months of operation. The re
maining $5,000 to be used for
financing any surveys and expenses
incurred in plans for the proposed
extension of the electric railroad
to-Yancey county.." - --'' - -"V--?
Residents of Yancey county have
announced their intention of co
operating in every manner ta liave
the eloctrio line extended from
Weaverville. the present terminus,
t - connect ; with - the Carolina,
CliDChfleld and Ohio railroad, pass
ing -through Burnsville, and this
is the ultimate aim of those having
the interest ot the railroad at heart.
With the recent announcement
that an sttractive suburban . resi
dential section would be developed
in the Beaverdant valley, with a
large lake, those interested In the
railroad renewed their efforts, as
it is asserted the development will
be a big fai.tor in making the line
a paying proposition. -., The clti
sens' committee composed of res
idents of Asheville. Weaverville and
intermediate points, Vlll act some
what as a medium between the
owners of the line and the residents
of this section In making the fa
mous scenic routs, community own
ed. OPERATION IS
ASSURED TO OCTOBER
During the early fall of last year
It- was announced by the present
owners that unless an increase In
revenue waa forthcoming, It would
be necessary to cease operation. A
mass meeting was called in Weav.
erville and shortly after, over $5.
000 was ralafed by subscription to
finance the operation of the line
until October. 122. It Is asserted
that cart of this amount is still on
hand and operation of the line is
definitely assured until the first of
October.. ,
Various plans for extending ths
railroad to Yancey county have
been, discussed and it Is expected
the offered sale ot stock will "be
met with response on the part of
the business men of both Weaver
ville and Asheville, who realize the
Importance of the connecting link
between the two communities and
the Intermediate territory. It is
asserted that if ths Weaverville line
should cease, operation, all hope
for a line to Yancey county would
be abandoned. At least this Is the
opinion ot many. ;llf. :-; . . .
FIXTURES STORE IN
CHARLOTTE RAIDED
Son of George A. Page, Former
City Comznlseloner Faces Trial.
CHARLOTTE. Mar. 4. Federal
prohibition agents raided the elec
trical fixtures store of Roy A. Page,
son of former City Commissioner
George A. Page, South Church
street, and seised seven and a half
fal Ions of corn liquor.
Page Is expected to be arraigned
'before a United Statse commis
sioner Monday. He was not ar
rested, but promised to appear at
the prelimlnsry hearing,'
. - Page will be .charged with hav.
!ng liquor in hi possession for the
purpose ot sale. No objection was
encountered from Page when the
iwo omcers suddenly entered the
store and announced their deter
mination to search the premises.
Ths hunt had been Under way
only a few minutes when the liquor
was found, hidden in a wooden
ho on the top of which electric
fixtures had been plied high.
Fifteen, half gallon fruit Jar
were seiisd, each containing a half
gallon of whiskey. The total wc
seven gallons and a half.
NEGRO PHYSICIAN -.
IS FOUND GUILTY
Convicted ot Poisoning Nepbcw,
. Ho Is Given Life Term.
. MAOpX. a.. March 4. Melvln C.
Mitchell, nearn nhvalnlan. waa tmtnA
guilty of murder today In connection
with the poisonins of his nephew,
Henry Mitchell, tie was ' sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
The state endeavored to show that
the aoouaed had benefited bv a $J4.
ono life Insurance policy whiea was In
-his nephews name
Big Texas Steer,
Red Parasol Make
Havoc in New York
Plunges Through Market
Times Square and is
Subdued by Cop
NEW YORK. March 4. A
large Texas steer today turned
Paddy's market, a couple of blocks
west of Times Square, Into a topsy
turvy scene of frightened shoppers
and peddlers, overturned push
carts and damaged vegetables.
The steer used a young lady's
red parasol as an excuse for ab
ruptly quitting a herd on the way
to an abbatoir.
The young lady even more
promptly dropped her parasol and
escaped.
When the steer plunged through
Paddy's market the air was filled
with oranges, Osh, shoe strings,
cups and saucers, neckties, lettuce,
potatoes, shoes, bananas, newspa
pers and Mrs. Mary Smith. She
was hurled upward when a push
cart hit her.
The steer had stumbled on the
push cart, and before it could
arise Policeman Michael Mulcahy
jumped on it. grabbed Its horns
and subdued the animal, just as
the cowboys do in the rodeos.
CONVICTED MAN
GETS LONG TERM
IN STATE P
Heavy Docket Is Dispos
ed of by Madison Coun
ty Superior Court.
Convicted on a charge of second
degree murder by a Jury in the
Madison superior court yesterday.
Harmon Shelton drew an inderterm
Inato sentence of 12 to 20 years in
the state penitentiary, according to
Thomas S, Rollins, of Asheville,
who defended the accused.
Hhelton was adjudged guilty of
slaying Floyd Chandler on Shelton
Laurel. October 37. 1921. Associ
ated with Mr. Rollins for the de
fense was Coleman Ramsey, ot
Marshall. Mr, Rollins having been
previously employed to defend
Shelton, presiding Judge T, J.
Shaw relieved the Asheville man
from the duties and designated
McKinley Pritchard, also of Ashe
ville and Guy V. Roberts, of Mar
shall, to conduct the prosecution;
The case was hard fought and
created a great deal ot Interest In
Marshall. The defense endeavored
to establish that Shelton fired the
fatal shot only after the dead man
wgs In the act of drawing his -revolver.'"-
The evidence tended "to
show- both men were drinking
when-a quarrel arose which lead
to the shooting. s ; y S
Charles Shelton. who last sum
mer fired the shot that caused the
death of his wife, entered a plea
of guilty to the charge of man
slaughter, shortly after ths ease
was taken up. It appeared from
the evidence Shelton carelessly and
recklessly fired into the air during
a dark night last summer, the bU
let killing his wife. He was charge
with shooting recklessly thereby
causing the death nf Mrs. Shelton
Shelton was sentenced to serve
year on the chalngang.
The entire criminal docket was
cleared and 24 men and one wo
man were convicted an4 given sen
tences. Reports were current In
Marshall yesTerday that . more
people had been convicted at the
term Just closed than In several
years. Some six pr eight Buncombe
county men were adjudged guilty.
Solicitor George M. JPrltchard
was ill and the majority of the
cases were arosecuted by Mr.
Rollins.
BRACKLEHURST IS
AMERICAN CITIZEN
Complicate British Request for
Bis Extradition to Nassnn,
KET WEST, Fla. March 4. United
States Commissioner Knowles an
nounced today that a preliminary
hearing for V. Bracklehurst, of Balti
more, first mate of the British
schooner I,ewis Brothers, charged
with the murder of 11. Chute, master
of the vessel, would be held Monday
and thst after the hearing he would
report to Secretary of State Hughes
with a recommendation a regards
the request of the British authorities
for the extradition of Bracklehurst to
Nassau for trial in a British court.
It is said to be customary for th
secretary of state to follow the roc
ommandatlon of a commissioner who
hears all the evidence In such a case.
The proceedings were said before
attorneys here to have been compli
cated today with the establishment
of the American citlienshlp of
Bracklehurst. The mate was born In
the Virgin Islands and while he had
from the first maintained that he
was an American citlsen he had been
unable until today to furnish suBi
cent evidence to that effect.
THOMPSON MILLIONS
BACK PROSECUTION
MIAMI Fla. Mar. 4,Ths mil
Hons of the Thompson family of
Illinois will be placed st the die
pokal of the state of Florida in
prosecuting Edgar C. Frady for
the alleged burder of his wife, it
was. Indicated today when It was
learned that Harry Thompson,
of the slain woman, had engaged
special attorneys to assist in the
trial ot the case.
John R. Thompson, wealthy Chi
cago reetauranteur, was a brother
of Mrs. Frady.
Harry Thompson, before his de
parture last night tor Chicago, re
talned County Solicitor Fred W
Pine to assist State's Attorney Jno
C. Oram ling. Us declared he woul.
also engage one ot two Chicago at
torneys, Including possibly Charle,
W. Erbstein, a noted criminal law'
yer. Simultaneous preparations ar.
under way by relatives and friend
of Frady to fight tor his life re
gardless HthjsjsostO; ; .
LARGE NEW YORK
CURB FIRM FAILS
JJF.W YORK. March 4. Failure of
E. H. Clarke and company, ono o'
the ' largest -brokerage - firms with
membership in the New York f.url
market, wss announced today. Thr
house has offices In Chicago an"
several other mld-weetern cities, and
dealt largely In oil and copper shares.
RISON
LEGION SEEKING
JOBS FOR 700,000 For Muscle Shoals Is
WORLD WAR MEN T 5 L
Expect to Relieve 500,000
Men in 30 Day Cam
paign Says McNider.
survey Declared
now in progress
Harding Requested to Set
Aside March 20 in
Proclamation.
CHICAGO, March 4. A cam
paign by the American legion to
obtain employment for 700,000
veterans of the world war now
Idle and in need has been undor
consideration by the legion, Colo
nel Hanford Mac-Nider, nitional
commander, announced tonight in
an addresa at a dinner given in
his honor by the Illinois depart
ment. National business, civic, frater
nal and welfare organizations have
been asked to co-operate and a
survey of conditions in each local
ity will be completed before Marrh
20. which will be known as the
American Legion employment day,
he said.
"Properly supported, this con
certed, localised national effort
will result in the relief ot COO. 000
men In 30 days," Colonel MacNIder
asserted. President Harding has
been requested to set aside the day
by proclamation to obtain relief
for unemployed veterans and gov
ernors, mayors of cities snd local
leaders have been asked lo co-operate,
it was announced.
"Resplendent dignitaries, great
addresses snd solemn music paid
homage to the unknown soldier -n
last November." Colonel MacNIder
said. "This unknown soldier even
now is passing your door. Your
faith and appreciation will inspire
him. Give him work."
"The legion's real influence tor
good la in the individual post," he
said. "Ths legion is not In poli
tics but we are going to fcee that
the country stays the way we
fought for it to be American."
The legion's program, he said,
"consisted In getting relief for dis
abled soldiers, In securing adjusted
compensation for those who fought
In the world war and in finding
employment for the servlcs men.
Discussing soldiers bonus legis
lation, Colonel MacNIder said:
-. "Those opposed to adjusted com
pensation charge that we are puU
ting a price on pur patriotism.
This Is nntrus. We do not believe,
however; that a man shouu
be
io-hls country'
Opposition, ne said, .earns
through ignorance of the provi
sions of ths proposed legislation.
The cash feature of the bonus bill
was a child ot congress and not of
ths legion, he asserted. '
"I Qilnk I can assure you that
the adjusted compensation legisla
tion will pass congress," he said.
"It is the legislature's duty," he
continued, "to see that service mon
get a chance to live self respecting
lives in the nation they helped to
save.
. "It should be our endecvor to
tee it grow so big, so fine, so
strong and stay o clesn and so
American that when we ask for
anything the people will have the
confidence to say if ths legion is
for It. we ars for, it'."
NEW ANGLE SEEN
IN TAYLOR MURDER
Polio CjTow Havo Letter FronM
Man mho uoiuesaes Jkuuug.
" LOS ANGELES, Calif., Mar. I.
Captain David Adams, ot the Los
Angeles police department, an
nounced today he had received a
letter from a man whose name he
refused to disclose stating the
vriter had killed William Desmond
Taylor, motion picture director,
whose recent death has baffled In
vestigators. - The letter, Captaln'Adams said,
was written by an educated man,
was sent from a city In Connecti
cut, ths name of which he de
clined to disclose, and made clf
cumstantiat statements that filled
in precisely with facts developed
by the police,
Captain Adams said lie would
not say definitely that ths letter
wss a genuine confession, but he
would say that the department put
,'iuch ' credence In It ,and was
making a thorough and; quick In
vestigation. The letter expressed regret that
h could not collect the rewards
offered for the arrest of ths slayer
but announcsd that the writer was
leaving the'' country Immediately,
It gave revenge for an old feud as
ths motive for the shooting .of
Taylor, and was signed by a name
that had not been previously con
nected with the case.
Captain Adams declined to give
out any further details snd said
he would not show the letter .it
present. T
OVER A MILLION IS
GIVEN TO SCHOOLS
NEW YORK. Mar. 4. Gifts of
$1,811,4(6 to schools and colleges
of the nation, made possible by
John D. Rockefeller's decision to
permit distribution of principal as
well as income from its funds, were
made today by the genersl educa
tion board ot the Rockefeller fou fi
liation. The gifts included:
Hampden Sidney college, JTamp
'en Sldnay. Va $100,000; Univer
sity of Chattanoo,, Tenn.. $160,
168 : Presbyterian college of South
':arollna, Clinton, S. C, $125,000
1ED FLAG RAISED
TIPPERARY PLANT
; a mi 'uBocuna' nmmj
TIPPWRARY, Ireland, March 4 i
The looal branch of the Irish trans
xirt workers union seised th as
vorks here today and hoisted the red
las-. -
The manager of the works was re
placed with an employs who had been
dismissed, -
PLAN CONVENTION
PCTaASKI. Va March 4. The
democratic committee of the ninth
Virtinla district meeting here today
decided to hold the next district con
vention at Bristol. March III. Rep
resentation was based on one dele
ata for every flftv voles cast in the
I last presidential ejection .
Commission
vpposea oy minority
How Much Money
Is Needed to Keep
Flapper Flapping?
Industrial Court Told $87;
Woman Clerk Says
$117.70 Yearly
CHICAGO. March 4. How much
is enough to keep the sweet young
flapper flapping ."
This was the question which
representatives of several civic
organisations set out today to an
swer following publication of ad
vices troin Topeka that toatimonv
before tho Kansas Indurtrlal court
had fixed the amount at $S7 per
antuim.
The answer wsi determined for
Chicago was $117.70 with reser
vations. "I do think she can dress well,
perhaps even smartly tin $117 a
year." said the head of the wo
man's apparel division ot a de
partment store. "But she must
have good taste, practice self de
nial and steer away from the im
practical garments,"
Th accepted budget of the years
outlity for ths wardrobs contained,
among other things, one suit at
$20; two pairs of shoen. $12; five
pairs of hose $0.80 and two hats,
10. , .
Rearrange Building to
Make Ready for the
Gala Events.
. ., . . .
Six nights of fun and worth
while entertainment are guaran
teed Western North Carolina, on
reliable, authority, . beginning at
T:0 o'clock tomorrow evening.
The Indoor Kamival ot the Cen
tral Labor - union is to be held
through the coming week, and at
tractions offered are, many . and
The purpose of the event la to
raise funds for the building of a
larger home for the local branch
ot the Salvation Army, and secur
ing of much-nestled . equipment.
Ths Central Loibor union Is foster,
ing ths movement pursuant to Its
stated Intentions at the new year
to take a greater interest than
heretofore In civic matters. 1 s
All ot the events on the week's
program will be staged In the
building at 43 Patton avenue.
The booths erected fn the build
ing will dispense eatables, trinkets
and probably some wearables. The
"element ot chance," so popular In
affairs ot similar nature to this,
has been eliminated so far as pos
sible by the committee In charge.
This is one of the answers to the
question of many, "Why do pou
spell it with a 'KT Because It Is
different." those In charge stats. ;
POPULAR EVENT
IS DOUBLE CONTEST , . ,
One of the most popular events
staged In connection with the
Karntvel Is the double contest, to
decide the most popular beauty
and the ugliest man. In this end
of the state. The voting, at a
penny for each vote, has run In
to several hundred dollars, and
the contest does not close until
Thursday night.
On this night at lo o'clock the
polls will be closed and a final
counting of votes will take place.
The winners of both contests will
then be snnounced. On thrfollow
Ing night at the some hour the one
selected by the vote ss the, most
popular beauty, will be crowned
queen of the Karniva'. snd will
hold sway until Its end over: her
kingdom. ' - '- - - - -
Prises have been secured; for the
first three in this contest, and will
bo awarded Frldsy night. The
queen's prize Is a $200 diamond
ring. To the ugly man a prize will
also be given, snd he must go on
ths stage, "in the limelight," to
receive It.
An amusement feature) which
will prove a drawing card for hun
dred Is the vaudevitla bill which
has been secured by the officials In
charge. The program Is presented
l.y the Hunt Amusement company,
of Washington, snd Includes sovnn
good arte. The .show will ' begin
each rtlsht st 8, o'clock, half an
hour nf'.er the. opening of the
doors. '
For ' the ""old-timers,' Wednes
day night there will lie held an "Id
fashioned fiddlers' contest, The
rules read: "A jrtr.e will ! given
the fiddler who leads the field In
old time fiddling., Strangle hold
o nthe fiddle are not barred, nor
is the headlock. or the toe .hold.
Catch as cstcb ran -is -tne style,
and the man with the strongest
Addling arm, and who plays with
feet, accompanied by the fiddle, is
liable t" garner th neat award.
On the' ticket sale those In
ibarge state the demand has al--esdy
exceeded their expectations.
More than B.000 season tickets
have been sold, and there will he
nsny more who will pay on en
erlng each night. .
The management expresses the
belief that it will be at least as
successful as anything of Hs kind
ever held here,
NICARAGUA FR!LS
HARD EARTHSHOCK
It rrfS 4MOrJT gaj
SAV JUAN rEI Sim, Nicaragua.
March 4 -A strons earth shock last
jnr shout (0 seconds was flt here at
1:50 o'clock. New York time, this
morning, the culmination of slight
'remors which betsn st midnight.
The shocks are attributed, ss hav
been others felt within the lnt
month or so. to the activity of the
volcano Ometrne, near Lake N"ic.
ugu .-
INDOOR KARNIVAL
TO AID SALVATION
ARMY ON MONDAY
Pro
oosal
sT -
KARN MAINTAINS
Fl
BODY SHDULB ACT
Fields Says Fanners Are
Looking to Congress, Who
Should Determine Courses
FARMERSLOOK FOR '
AID FROM PROJECT
Kahn's Statement as to
Feasibility Made on Own
Personal Belief.
WASHINGTON, March 4. (By
the Associated Press.) Proposal
that congress create a "Musclo
Shoals commission to adjust legal
difficulties involved In dlspoeiUon of
the government's war built, prop
erties in Alabama and to direct
sale or lease of the projects to pri
vate interests was made today by -Chairman
Kah of the hpuie mil
ltar'y affairs committee but failed
to receive the support of minority
members e the committee whlchi
has pending before Jt three off erst
for the properties received by titej
government.
Represeniatlve Fields, of Ksn'
tucky, ranking minority commit)
teeman, declared with reepect tdl
the Kahn proposal that congress lt-
self would have to assume respon
sibillty ot deciding upon a plan tor)
the development ot Muscle Bhoalet
and it was not a question to b
solved by any group of cabinet of
ficers as representative ot the ex
ecutive branch ot the govern
ment, 1
In announcing Ma proposal tot
the commission in ths, form of
tatemtnt Chairman Kahn tock;
pain to have It understood that bm
spoke only for blraeetf, acting ax
an Individual rather than in the
capacity of committee chairman.
He said it wm big grm belief, fcaawl
on a three weeks careful invests
gatlon ot the offers made by Hen
ry Ford, the Alabama Power com
pany, ana Frederick E. Engstmm,
ot Wilmington, N. Ci, tor the com
pletion, operation, teas and pur
chase of the shoals projects, thst
the commission suggested offere-1
the logical decision oa the ques
tion. . t.. V-..-V ' V-i ).:
Representative Fields explains t
also that he had expressed, his at
titude on the commission sugges
tion in a personal way and not as ,
member of the military body "t
would be unwttling." he said, "to
delegate that power to any growi
of cabinet officer, The farmers ot
the country have long been look- .
Ing to Muscle Shoals for the solu '
tion of their f ertUibser problem.
They are looking to congress for
that relief now and congress shoul t
assume the responsibility by decid
ing ths question tor itself."
The commission , would be com
posed of representatives of the war,
treasury and agricultural depart
ments, nnder (Mr. Kahn's scheme
and be empowered to straights
out government tangles as to ex
istlng contracts - and - enter Int.
either a tale or a lease, or a con
structlon arrangement for the fa
tnre development of MueoleM
Shoals, a- -.X, . .':,,.fCf, ',;.' ..; ..!
NEWBERRY MATTES '
. TO BE DISCUSSER
WASHINGTON. March 4. An,
other partisan discussion over that'
right of Senator Newberry, repub
lican, Michigan, to a seat in the
senate, a question doclded early Ir .
January, took place In the senate
late today. At the conclusion Sen
ator Caraway, democrat. Arkarurv.
announced that on Manday h
would Introduce a resolution call
ing fof an Investigation of chargee
mads several weeks ago by 8na
tor Poind exter. republican, Wash
lngton. that influences had been!
brought to bear to force Senators toi
vote against the seating ot Mr.
Newberry even though their con
vlctlon was that be should retail
ths seat. -' -.
The discussion was oartlcl patent
in by Mr. Carawsy who sought tn
answer a letter nut In the recoM
three weeks ago by Mr. Polndi-xte;
and in which the charges of malign
influences ' were made. Nearly
three hours followed of a review
of th testimony both In the New
berry court trial and the senate
hearings but few senators remain
ed to listen, the debate being eon
fined to Mr Caraway and Mr. Poln
dexter .,.,.,, . .,
SPECIAL
EDERAU
TWO TRANSFERRED
TO COUNTY PRISON!
CHARLOTTE, N. C March 4. ;'
Lewis 8amm, of Philadelphia, and
Rose IJber, of Baltimore, arrested .
here Friday by special Agent X.
H. Graham, ot the department c?
Justice, were transferred .today
from the city jail to Mecklenburer
county prison, where they are hsltt
pending instructions from FoJer.il -District
Attorney Unney,
Samm Is charged with vlolatioa
of tho Mann act and Rose Liber U v
held as a material witness. OtP
cers said today that they had ex
pressed their ; Willingness to be :
taken back to Baltimore, where j
Samm probably will be arraigned
They were' trailed from Pbtladel
phla to Charlotte according to Mr.
Oraham,
"DRANK TODDIES,"
DIES, AGED 102
tiYXCHBlTRO. Vs., March 4. - -
Alexander Ingram, J02 years eld. Is
dead st hts home In Franklin count?,
according to a message received here
tonight. He was a farmer snd was
formerly a distiller. His friend 'I
scribe bis as "notoriously temperate '
but add that "he drank his toddie
ell bis iita" ,
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