North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER rth Carolina '" mn ki Saturday: somewhat warmer 8",?. ' lcrWl5a southeast and SS w.nds. 14 PAGES TODAY 'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. About an umavoraDie x-ieuges more 'man Report to House. WASHINGTON. D. C -While announcement 'inset' annus 0111 was rial mn.i I oanns nut 10 accept djuetpd compensation certificates is .security for loans to former Service men. created a stir among members of congress, leaders re garded it as unlikely that his stand iould s'ite a majority of the ravs and means committee mem- jrs from their fcKrt tile llltiUUH' lo inc uuiia.". r .i-:.i, in nnt u of tile lcp-isla- j0n co' dins,' that the bill would me enou-'h friends in the eommii te. to reach the house with a rec e'mmendation that it be passed, .(leeulati.'ii centered on the atti ade of Hie currency comptroller . id its probable effect. There was onsldcrable tall; among members the lobbies, most of the repre- entatives taking me position mai would be best to proceed witn he bill as drafted by republicans f the ways and means committee. ,ut members of the committee here reluctant to express their ifw?. Republican leaders, however, in dented ilvre would be no change i the plans tor consideration or V hill liv the ways and means iittimitte.. on Saturday with the .xpectatinn that it will be report , at lint time, and for a vote on measure under suspension of niles a week from Monday. Twice during the day the. bonus icsiina broke into th-2 debate on he fl.iCi- of the house, Repivsen M'ive Knight, republican. Ohio. lenoufK-'- l the. bill as '-indefensible :io:n cither, the economic or pa riotic standpoint." Represent.! ve Luc, republican, Massachu setts. priitP'ted against the plan to ake the measure up under suspen--lun of iuIos. which would limit ikh.-iii.- i" -10 minutes under ordi nary proi-cdurp and would shut off .Fiien'lnion'.s from the floor. Mr. l.ii'C declared It as prn hwiI tli.it the house after spend iiis rl r- 1 1 i : i ' i debate on questions ( litile imiiortnticc. devote only 41 ninutif to discussion of "one of he greatest questions this con- . . . . i .. :, i. ' If,. Srcss n.is naa 10 (uui i.o. .. nteiulej it would be not only to is best interests of the republican party hut of the house or time nciu .iffnrderl for members to discuss the fcinns question "freely and fully." Another development In the un ti..n was the announcement by eiir"-iit.it'v.- Mills, republican. New York, 'elected as a memoer 01 he av? 'leer- ih ,1 former Repreteniaqx e !IeiiSh!e!i, resigned, that he was niiosed to me bonus bill. He in dicated that he would vote against hvMialile report of the measure. BONUS DECLARED HUMANITARIAN BILL ''llh'AGo. Mar. 9. Declaration li.it soldiers' bonus would be isse.l fs. humanitarian reasons mil i,et as a political measure, was rode l -loseiih W. l'ordney iwirnnn of the house ways am. ea:i r .nimittee. In a speech be :ie -i nii-etin? of the American Whnlev.ii,. Lumber association to iv. "Y.- : I'll rein; ens;, ,n I'jndnv h.-uugh e said. re going to report the bill morning, ask for a sus of the house rules on morning and rush it before evcrjthing else," "The bonus bill, as we have it w. win pay the soldier a dollar day for 500 days of home gervlco 1.2.i a day for 500 days of tiverseas service. Ho also can re- eive , ro-year paid-up Insurance "lay on which he can borrow 50 'r 1 1 ': of his compensation from ha' !; ' luri"g the war while these U v,i overseas, fi.500 strikes 'in carried on. They were strik ''c for shorter hours and more f ')' .in, I 'hey were doing it so sue- ""u.lv thai up to November 11. ""' a single American shell woi i". a r-,i-ed clurlng the war. c"' men sitting nctnre me; '""' tlicni madly ami marched "'l 11 em to the etennt and votl ' pi'ln't K ;, d - step further. Sup-1 nuanv had won the war. Ml-C elo von thlntr vnnr taxes r'Uhl have been? They would ac,. i,rra, n times more than the " us. huring the war the ways icl ine;,,m oommlttee nuthorl?,eel "' ,v ' lime of over $51,000,000. ."" ""Hi 0f bonds. Up to that "le. Mine (hfi founditK-of thin ernnient. we had onV spent 'J IUfi.0O.OOO." Cungi-essnian Fordney also dis-'s-'-d the tariff, assailing; the iroriteerlnc- erlmln.l niAhnnt rhn hoiif-hi- i-1,-1, i,ncn. 7 no j,i n-ini..'s icci ,.v ,l,''"!i and sold them for $102 dozen The p, rson ,vl0 advocated the )" oouitc or articles abroad "'" c-i'i be manufactured here h" l'!ii.- our labor out of work " ' '1'i'iued. "The only fair and v I'1 mi for a tariff is for an '"'ri'.m valuation Instead of n r 'si' valuation, the United States ' colle t duty on a valuation fix 1 hy the United States, '"'is tho one hundred and 11 ""vcrnments from whom we , i I,",. 1,st year, all of whom "I cliff, rent prices on valuation. "Id pay the ,,, ,i,,. ,i, ' (l'nr' '""'iclcs or a comparable nrti- "hen it enters this country ' more $2 jack-knives will be 13 t 2.S00 per cent profit." ELF-IMPOSED SENTENCE BEGUN m';yiiH.-M'TON. N. V.. March .- lav "i K!)lfneln. 60, of Cincinnati, Men... i V". "-aay neii-imposca "cnol, ' l.hc "imthamton Jail. "ii knTf"'1 ,or ,n ,ln'" ,or intoxlca- Iriurj . J " " rp"1 cure mat ne UTul ui "'r"11'"" o stay I-""- iUa reauat was granted. mflNHL-B K-S IIDT-HMIH-III H fl ffl TO BAR DRAFTED TREATY' RU n null fl fl rillTPinrfti n btlMAILIbiULU rmnptroller of Currency Robinson Says He Thinks Takes Attitude on Re- Balfour and Jap Prince vised Measure. Started It. Iesult ofstand , opponentsTturn is problematical! out in full force l x PaViimram T-.l-. m . 1 Sot Expected to unng-uouu emares Treaty i proponents Claim. March !.i WASHINGTON'. l. , .. Mr today by' h'll'SU5 that th" four 9. Innver 0mutr.'lliT ff the Currency Cris-1 - ";. resulted from a Jap that II me revised soiuior - - ... imiu in unset the em passed ho would ad- .barraa,in? effect of the Angio-Jap- .nuance, opponents of the Pact sought without success in the senate today to learn exactly bv ' me original draft document was prepared of the j-r.nv, ,.r .1,. . ........ vi wr mimkuc s repre.scma- ",f on tne arms conference ,!e cxaiiun. senators I.nc e-,. of l- determination to I ''husetts and Underwood of A I uanij. aeoiared in replv to direct questions that the delegation head secretary Hughes, had conducted most or the negotiations leading up1 to the treaty. m,-. ,dl.,, I "many hand?" had helped in the drafting and redrafting and that he', did not know who mado the first' suggestion. Mi. Underwood assert-! ed that the His' draft he a' was! th final one. laid before him he I Secretary Hughes ' , The siate-u'-nt of the tuo SP!,a!e leaders were made in replv to a sc ries of questions by Senator Robin son, democrat. Arkansas, who told the senate when the crns.s-oueition-im was over that although "we don't know and vuil never find out from any authentic source who wrote the first draft." he was in cline, to believe that iiu finished product re.-ul!r,i from the .joint la bors of Arthur J. P.alfnu" for irear Itniain .-.nd Prince Toku-M-wa for Japan. lie assailed the treaty as "an alliance" ami predic: it would do mere harm than good. Senator 1 tobinscti's inquiry into the orisiH of the four-power idea .next was a part of a field day of debate pral wnicji Kept the. senate floor in tur mo 1 all afternoon. Appearing in full farce, the treaty's opponents Kept the floor throughout the ses sion except for the explanatory statements of Senators Lodge and Undci wood. In the rnida.of the attack the senate recessed until tomorrow when the "irreconcil ahles" again are expected to take the offensive. Rroadsidci aeainst the pae; wre delivered by tioih Senator- Robin son and Srn;it-,r Reed, democrats, Missouri, while Senators IJorali. re publican. Idaho, Johnson, republi can California: Shield d'toocrat. TeiitKbsec; Watson. democrat, Georgia, and others. Joined in with suggestions which struck at sev eral of the conference treaties. Arguing that the treaty really pledges more than claimed for it by lis proponent., Si natnr Robin son culled attention to the provis ion against discussion of "domestic questions" under the treaty clauses and means comniittea to,atK a.-dted why it was necessary to rn.- ke thi:i exemption if "nothing but conversation" was provided for between the four signatories. He declared that the other three pow ers regarded th? treaty as an alli ance and predicted that the United States would have to do likewise in any future war where Great Kritain. Japan and France joined forces against nn ou'side nation. The "no alliance reservation presented by the foreign relations I committee, rsonaior uoomsou as serted, would not be sufficient to ' ' , protect the interests of this country it u nnipnilnipnt of the 'amendment of the treaty text i: la r. self in two pafticu- ANTI-CATHOLIC ATTACK PLANNED DUBLIN. March 9. (By the Asso ciated Tress.) The provisional gov ernment claims to he In possession of knowledge of an intended wholesale onslaught by Orangemen upon Cath olics In Belfast tomorrow. F.amon DeV'alera today refused to make any statement regarding the l imrlek controversy, saying he con- sldereil the situation too delicate -for discussion. Negotiations for a set t ement oi tne inw c- t..c u,i.g , nC'nl.rn II JJIintn oeiween .c;. e.-"i'on. c . .. , t,ji -a Ml...l,i .,,.1 rZinandant larry ' o he Limerick , invaders, ' Vocal Uprising Is Sequel To Court Discussion Of Tax Law Real Sensation Created by Action of Supreme Court In Connection With Taxing Judges. TAinoiioroi soTai. eiTBSS'a KSWi SCIBAO idie nrorir iii?rrev) IIALEIOH. Mar. . The staid and dignified supreme c.ourt has created a real sensation by its de cision exempting the Judiciary from the payment of an income tax. . The court rendered its opinion yesterday and today Raleigh, of ficially and individually, has been expressing opinions, some in agree ment with that of the court and some in disagreement. Had the court contented itself with merely holding that under the crAistltution the commissioner of revenue could not collect an in come tax from Judges and consti tutions! officers, little in the way of comment might have occurred among the ordinary citizenry. But Chief Justice Clark's concurring opinion, containing his rather scathing attack upon Revenue Commissioner Watts and the gen eral assembly, for the means pro vided and the method of operation for collecting the state's revenue has caused a vocal uprising-. The chief justice touched upon tho unanimous decision of the su preme court, but he placed em phasis unon tho ways and means of providing the revenue for the state government. The Durham tobacco case of last year was brought out again and the system of taxing stocks and securities denounced as a vio lation of the constitution. Noth- l.a In ,ha nclunl tavinff ftvatem seemed to be satisfactory to the chief Juitlce in tne opinion oi many ftSf-K3- F riends of 20 Year Custom Act Like Crowd at a Carnival AStriXGTOX. March : . The hou.,o ,1UI hack into the agricul tural appropriation bill todav the 30.00) item for free sera whit li was cut out by the committee in framing the measure. licnd of fre ,s, o.i. satisfied tiiev could win asra in as tVy had tor 2'i years, ai led like a crow, I at 'nival durins the brief butle . hieh T hcv v nn It.' o - !0 .-. on-er,- bV n ite of 145 esen'fivp I.angley. reuubiican. Kentucky : an aniPiidmen.. Chairman Ander son, in chi.i-Ke of the bill. pr.,mi t!v made a point oi order against it. Representative Hieks. republican. Xcw York, who was presidins held the amendment In order while a (treat hout went up from both side- of the ehambfi. Claiming that seed prices had dropped from the old hisli mark. Mr. Anderson sousht to reduce the amount to $240,000. but his pro posal was howled dou n. POSTOEEICE BILL IS REPORTED TO Would Provide Almost Two Million Dollars for Air Mail Services. WASHINGTON'. March !). Ap propriations of $.'0,000.000 for fed eral road construction next year, fl. 300.000 for continuliiir the transcontinenlal airplane mail .-er-vice and Sal tl.OOO to repair tin New York. Prooklvn pneumatic mail tube rcrvice are additions to the annual postolbco appropria tion bill c..ir::i- about SR. 4.000 which was ordered re girted today by the senate pos.'oflice conimittc". In addition to the $50,000. 000 for year in carrying out the fel iiiuhway ad. the committee declared for $i..000.Ot0 for 19'.'4 and $7.i.0u0.000 for 19-j. Altogether the senate committee added nearly $70,000,000 in the postal budget as passed by the house. Among additions Inserted were provisions for continuing the joint poslal commission next year and for investigation of "star route" contracts for 1919 to 1921 to de termine whether there should be readjustments of compcra'i';n. An increase of 100 in the number of poftofllce inspectors over the 4'JO author. .ed by the house also was recommended bv the committee. The present force of 4 35 and Chief Inspector Simmons testified that the inspection force was "hopeless ly behind" in its woik. depreda tions on parcel post mail. Mr. Sim mons Mud. ttave increased the bu reau's work greatly. Tim $1,900. 000 authorized for continuing the transcontinental mail service which the house refused to provide for !s the minimum for safe operation of the mail airplanes, officials told the committee, although $300,000 less than the estimates. The commit tee was told that American air plane development was "negligi ble" compared with foreign air plane systems. Eventbilly. official' said, it Is hoped that private companies will take over the airplane mail trans portation. ..."TTtwtiTi BLAME NOT FIXLD . IN DAVIS MURDER LITTLETON, S. C March it. A e oroner's jury found here today that a man believed to be J. .1. Davis, presumably of Norton A a., found dead here yesterday came to his death at the hands of unknown persons. The man had been dead for ten davs or two weeks when found yesterday and had evidently been '. ...X J If!- t. ... .1 . r WnA (VI 1. A murae.ren. nis uuuj c-"-" evo.." and his pockets were turned out. A duplicate deposit slip was in his pocket from the National Bank of Norton, Va and he had also in his pocket a receipt for rent paid at Spartanburg. S. C. evidently to . . ' 1 Burgess. He was about ln to years of age. It is possible that he was killed and the body thrown Into the river to be wasnecl up neie who expressed their own opinions on the court's action. Statements from state officials wrrc larking: today, though they had much to say, and It was inti mated that one or more might be forthcoming: yet in defense of the system provided by the general as sembly and which Tax Commis sioner Watts is putting- into opera tion. There was no way of telling of the supreme court's decision ex empting itself, the 20 superior court Judges and constitutional of ficers from apying an Income tax had proved a popular decision. As a matter of fact, the decision itself remained in the bac kgronnel. Ra leigh talk centering on the action of a supreme court Justice in In jecting Into a concurring opinion an attack on nn executive officer of the state and the general as sembly. Despite the court's opinion sev eral Judges have already paid their Income taxes. Commissioner Watts said today he would within the next day or two return to these of ficials the amount of their tax, formally notifying- them of the high court's decision. . The aggregate amount of the tax, had all the Judges paid, would have been about 11.000. Although the chief point brought out In the two opinions was the constitution al guarantee against the diminu tion of a judge's salary while in office, it was recalled by persons making comment todny that the same general assembly which pro vided the machinery for collect ing an income tax ruined the tal aries of the Judges 11,000 SENATE THURSDAY G 0 X C R I T I G I S E S CC FAILURE TO GO TO GENOA MEET,ra-''SS-"d' Another Sign of Failure to Grasp World Depres sion Facts, He Says. WOULD HELP GET EUROPE ON FEETi- . il Amarini ief TTaIv. T3h14 niuiiOi iuusii AXCip jjuuit! ur EurnriftaTi Markfttt fnr ! i -I , Her Own Outlet. i-OLVMrUA. S. C, March 9. ' The failure of our novernment to j ena?e in the Genoa, economic.. ir,',,f mediation and conriln ' onfeeence is but another evidence I tion a lesolution adopted ulnn!- of tho administrallnn's failure to ;iasp the essential facts of the ,, ,,,.1,1 ,.i,le ression " sii.l form- 'V''1 woild-uidc depression, said tot m , .., hp, ,inn,.iole of co-operation t or , ;ovei nor .lames M. Cox. ofith,- loj.ilie gooil may be c'abl.s'.i Ohio, here tonight. ! "It will set things link moie. than any development in the last j two yeai?.'" he continued. "Our; domestic business vjill not 'huw much Improvement until conditions get better in Europe. They will im ptme there with the exchange of ideas on reformed budgets, and , kindred subjects. ! "A considerable pait of the Ku lopean burden is the ' debt to America. There is sincere doubt ex-pressed as to whether some coifnuies can pay. Certainly an in different attitude on the part of our government will carry much discouragement. The cable advices from l-hirope tell us of the de pressing effect that has come from our reiterated policy of a hermit put ion. In private affairs such con duct on the part of a great creditor would lead to certain resentment and m the present instance that same feeling will exist whether it is articulated or not. The confer ence was called to consider inter national economb- and financial matters. Secretary Hugh e s. whither intentionally or no:, has ne ei tlieless c hallenged the good faith of European nations by the cold announcement that the con country will be interested in the ference will be of a political char- Taking him at his word, the j philosophy which makes virtue- out of a violitical association with the yellow people of the Orient and vice out of any political relation ship with the white people of Eu rope. Put that is itiue another matter. "Our people are chiefly con- cerniMl now about their return to employment. They have endured n sufficiency or unnappiness iro.ni the terror of isolation. They recog-! i.ize the fundamental need of an . outlet for our markets if our shops! are to resume and our farms are to prosper. They also know fiat Europe cannot buy without credit. and no worth-while credit is pos sible without, international co-operation. We possess tin' potential possibilities for a better economic day. because we have the pre pondei ing excess of gold supply. If we camp beside our money bags, however, unmoved by the distress we easily could help to relieve, there will descend upon us the ac cumulated hate of generations." ALOOFNESS IS SAID PART OF CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON-. March 9. -I-fusal of the United States to parti cipate jii the Oer.oa conference may be viewed as the hrt step in a campaign of "tactful pressure" to promote economic rehabilitation of Europe it was said today be a high official e.f the American gov crnment. It should not be re garded, this official sa d. as ai in-clica-tion nf th" United fates' de sire to hold nloof from the grave problems confronting European nn'ions. Secretary Hughes' note to Italy conveying the declination of the United States of th invitation to participate In the Genoa meeting should he Interpreted, It was said, rather as an expression of Anifri c.'s willingness to aid whenever it was ftp thst Its p. id could ho ren dered effectively. Tile United Stri, r-m mi - f . ! ," fo,-,1 tn l.o e-o-.i !. . -,.,.!.. i u ,v. i , " ; among the S8 victims, declared in where the heir, MPTted from it the house today ,h.t a contractor" can ro he civon. officials explain-1 looking over the ruins, hail fold him ed. arldin? that the American gov. he would not "build a roof like that ernmer.i must be viewed as hoici- over a -house, for a eieg." ine its support in abeyance until! "' 1"t wish to he personally b.t such time as th Kurnnem nv.lon l,T; ' -saili 'Ir. Ppsliww. "I speak "set down to brass lacks" in ihe )V 1 revrrPnp i'nv'. h'U I musl resent m,rer nf -!fnr 'heir hvise J,h" Wl"S'ti.: declaration of on m' ,rl ,r ' ,1-n '"r" n,),p 'n prominent man. who plou.-lv e. orVr'' , ,, . .. 'claimed that nobody should ho blamed Economic p"nbl:n.., re?nrdedi oy j because it was the i,rk of (iod. That this country a of supreme Import-j remark was doubtless reverent In anee In the consideration of mt.h-1 spirit, but it Is implnus in dnidrin. ods of world rehabilitation, include ' ".v the imputation against the principally the . rearrangement of ,iori 1 worship and try to serve. God German reparations sml -balanelnu ma"e "now. but lie never taught of budgets bv certain fr.,-eit i i- yM "ZJ, ',7 fa,Uly, ",a" . . ' leriai in the constriii'tioti of a house. .,..' , j , !arKl never taught any careless Without consideration of 1 builder to construct a r.sf Ith such nuertions in the v'ew of the United ; palpable lack of protection that it States, it was said, there could be would suddenly fall and cause so no practical Mtemnt at "worldwide j much suffering and death. economic readjustment. ,-Lt u". therefore, as individuals While it was thought imnrohable a, 'aw-makers wisely and fearlessly that there would be a change in ' JnVM bJ?aT.nrt t"!l?,'dy .1,- ,v. r-.noc confer. ;'.n .klnr" man nd not on a sinless Genoa confer ence before its meeting on A nril , e,,o c-r v. .... ........ ....... . 10. which would permit the Unit ed States to be represented otflri- allv, officials said, the ambassador at Rome might attend the confer-' ence to renott its proceedings to this government. tnrflTT im a en TTT1 tn T3 ' PASSED FIRST TIME Bill for Ftpo Stat Ot br House of Irds on First Rc)lnR. LONDON. March f.-(By the Asso ciated Press.) The Irish fre state hill formally passed ! first reading in the house of lords today. The debate showed a dissension by Lord Caraon, the marquis of Salisbury and the mar quis of Lanadown to endeavor to amend the treaty between Great Brl tain and Ireland. The marquis of Lansdowne. who broke his long parliamentary silence to participate In the debate, com plained that the treaty had been thrown t the heads of the. lords to take or leave, but with a plain Indi cation of what might happen In the latter event. Despite the rather threatening tone nf thefts "die hard" speakers, the be lief prevails that the bill will pass the house of lords without serious ilifflculty. Troops Are Sent rrscof w w u w viuh I I'KOX IUKXCK. It. I . Mi:.-:. I Troops tonicht were uispat-hed ' I from Xati'k. nrional cnard heal-1 !fri.i..er? in the Pan-tucket valley to ! i 'n-n:i-p'i, w here the mills of :h" i ri-iiiotoa renii :inv aie to res-anic lZ"':, T , n : e i,ffiw,v ,r the R.,.V'ei - li'vi textile str.ke r.eailv seven w. fks aao. Thev enudo 60) linr.l- X" d ilers were reported in par; of the strike area todiv. : A:i'. 'her effort to revi-e aihitra tii'ii measures was made today , when lSisiiop James IteWolf Perry. of Kniscoual diocese of K'i..d-; Ij-lnliH l ra nsoiil 1 t'fl In the s'jlo ' "U-Iv by the Kpls'-'pal chrRV of the sta'e askiti,- t.ie beard to con- rln,, "a r.tf,i't i.i llio ort.l 1 l-iti t ' Cd. WIFE OF LINDSAY BROKER'S PLANS Scrubbed and Washed ! While He Dealt in Six Figure Operations. I .NEW YORK. Mar. 9.- Mrs. Al fred )'. Lindsay, wife of tile bank ! nipt 'domino club'' broker, who j Is accused of fleecing New York socict women out oi nearly a mil lion dollar, nv-t Assistant Oisti ict Attoi ney Murphy today and sobbed : coit a store of ihc privations sir suffered while her husband was op rating in five and six figures on Ihc stock market. 'l"or the past three years I have clone my own woik, ini Hilling i washing, ironing and scrubb.n M-. LlmNay said. "We lived verv quietly and never spent much money, nor did we entertain lav- ishlj. I only bought one dress last yea r. Ir. K. Arvid L'nlind, indicted with Lindsay for grand larceny, lived in tin- Lindsuy home for nearly eight veins. Mrs. Lindsay said, during which she did his washing, ironing and mending, as well as her husband's. She said she never met anv of j)n society women Lindsay and' r.nunci Knew onu are "cciiseo ,, ,.ohi-,in ihrnmrh fnke stock transactions. j)r Murphy declined to diacuss his tlllk wjth Mr, Lindsay further than to sav she had convinced him .Klp i,a, nothing to do with Llnd- say s allege,! crimes. Henry Goldstein, her counsel, told of her interview with Mr. Lindsay. She told Mr. Muirjhy that she now is absolutely destitute, that she hasn't any money, jewelry or furs. What little she had she gave to Mr. Lindsay years ago and the proceeds were used for living ex penses. Her friends have generously rallied to her assistance, and of fered her a home as Ion- as she desires. O She was very much surprised v. hen informed that a lady w hom she knew had given money to M' Lindsay, and felt keenly aggrieved when she realized that this friettd hud been imposed upon. Mrs. Lindsay has turned over fo Mr. Murphy the keys to the pre tentious home Lindsay malntaineei at South Nyack, so that he may make a search for valuables. Mr. Goldstein aeldeel. She already had agreed to have Ihe house sold to hel make good money lost by women through Lindsay's opera' tions. BLAMES MAN FOR THEATRE TRAGEDY I'lMhaw says Move Should Be Made to Prevent Another Like It. WASHINGTON. March 9 -Discuss-mg the rfcrnt collai.sc of ihe Kniek. ffbocker theatre roof. Representative t'pshaw. of Georgia, whose niece was ' t"", weorgia, whose niece was ,00. ana move with renninr,. u.anm , ',)rol0(,t thousands from' sin-h irageay as that under whose unspcak- able shadow we weep today. RUTHLESS LUMBER SLAUGHTER MYTH CHICAGO. March . Immedi ate replenishment of forests al ready cut Is necessary, but reports of "ruthless slaughter of timber" and a consequent lumber shortage were characterized ns a myth by .1. If. Burton, of New Tork, presi dent of tho American Wholesale Lumber association In convention here today. Mr. Burton predicted more act ivity In the lumber business during the coming year, but held out no hope for lower prices. He advo cated building homes at any price, recommending building and loan associations as a means of financ ing the erection. ADVANCE TO NORTH CAROLINA WASHINGTON. March 9.An advance of $148,000 for farming purposes In North Carolina Is an nounced today by the war M nance cot u jratioti. 0( AWM BEFORE RAD NO PART IN fl U S S E L L N OTTO i nnr i n LOBBY PROBERS Committee Investigating Is so Informed at a Late Hour in Letter. - - FIRST WITNESSES CALLED THURSDAY Fail to Connect Suit Brought Against Russell With Insurance Men. .IACKSOX. Mis.. Mar. 'C --liov-ernoi l.ee M. Kussrll docs pot plan t'i apjiear ill person - befo e I ii -legislative committee iu es'igai in.: ihai-Kcs made to the Mississippi '.etKliitnre ibat a "nerniciotls" (ii. insJ.am ,, k.m.v as beins mam- . . . .1 lined lie re. ana nnesaiioos nun ., sul, f, ,i m:, reecpllv tl.., v, .,.,,. i,v i,Ss .."i.tiecs Park head, a former sten- oKiapber. was fostered by icitiin Insurance MileresLs. liovernor Itus.scll informed 'oe ( (innilttee In a coiiiniuni, nliori delivered f) the chairman, hhorib i before the committee recessed at'tci it caring three other witnesses iliu iiicg the initial day of the iinUir. I In a previous c oipinuno ation. it ,i c governor. i eiteratiiig t he leii.irge made in his message to flu- h cislature .suggested that the ,-om. I 1 1 1 lee summon Stokes V. Itobei I - on. state revenue agent from I whom, the governor slated, he re- .or.eu much of the information mil . lilc-'i the allegations were based. Mr. Robertson testified as the.' Li s; w itness. Ie rxpl lined th it I nhai he had learned w as largely lion other persons ami g.iw I he i name- o! witnesses to he sum moned Me. Robertson wi forma I ion as- to any W Itllolll ill- onneetion of insnrtinoc interests with (he suit Hied by Miss pirkheid. which cna'geu uie governor with seuin lion. He told the omiiiiltc,. thai In- knew nothing of the mei.ts or demerits of the suit. Mr. Robertson told of reports reaching him that the Mississippi I- iv.- Insurance eompanv. u stale i rganizatlon, formed after the v it lid r. anal of a number of foreign icimp..nles t,ubseciient to Ihe llllm; of ariti-frijfit suit against them In I'ceember, 1920, had been coerc ed into approving: certain Ipgislat Mm tony pending bfeore Ihe Icglsl; tun . This .however, was denied by Gee . A. Wilson of Greenwood, president of the Mississippi organi zation, who testified that the sug - gestioii Hint ins company pprcive tnc legislation came up In eon- , Mi,i, llieeting of n state organization of Insurance agentn unci that his concern regarded m meritorious the measure as having tr c'r, with the formation of a state rating bureau. F. P. Flecker of Jtrookhaven. secretary of the state agents asso ciation, testified along the same 'ones as Mr. Wilson. He also de nied a statement made by Gov tvnor Russell that the meeting here ill which the hill was dis - fussed several weeks ago was in j Wholesale druggists may now stock secret. up with a .year's supply ef "potable So far as Ihe suit of Miss P.n k - j fquor." according to a new trens hesci against the governor was m v regulation issued tonight by concerned Mr. Ileeker said, be hnj r,o Knowledge rind declared em phatically that his oi gun.zatlon did not aid the young woman iu Ihe institution of the suit. He also declared tint, so far as he knew, I here had been no lobby ing. Tii--' ope'cng of the hearing to day followed several days of pre liminary conferences and post ponements. Five members of Ihe Mississippi Association of Insurance Agents, X. C. Wllkerson. John Hennessy, P. I,. Hennessy and U. C. Flowers of VicltHbury. and B. L. Roberts, of Canton, Miss., and W. I). Mount ger. of Nntcho7., a director of the Mississippi Fire Insurance nssocia- Cinn lA.Hel.,1 n !.. ni-M i.i... c.-'.i, uriui, ni lllf 11,10 I--,SlOII. 1 All denied in detail allegations made by the governor as to al leged lobbying activities or that coercive measures were used by the agents' organization to compel the Mississippi Fire Insurance as sociation to approve legislation now pending before the state leg islature. Mr. Wilkerson enlivened pro ceedings when a member of the committee read a statement niaele by the governor In his message as to the alleged coercive measures. Secretary Davis Urges Coal Miners And Men Compromise "Government Has a Duty to Safeguard Interests of People Who Will Be Seriously Affected." WASHINGTON", Mar. 9 Scto- tary of Labor Davis today broke the silence he has maintained elur-jtn ing the ten da) a i.n which Ihe gov-. eminent nas actively sougnt inter- so lint committees assigned to in vention in the impending coal1, gutiate the i.ssuea can act with strike, to urge mine operators and! fullest authority, the miners' union, "in the name of1 There was no disposition in of- eemimnn sense, tn t-pt toerptiipr unci! fl . : : 1 1 eire-le f,,fl:iv 1,1 t-.-vi.-il ll,.ic save the country from the costly' Mr. Davis' statement, whie h ex- WASHINGTON. .Mar. 9. Han results of a strike." The govern- plained again the govcrnmc nt s j ' "r ' ' s'l'' ' . natioua 1 command ment has "no desire to Interfere 1 position, was one result "f the. t-e-i ''""' ""' American legion, left here undulv" he announced, but "has a' peuteel refusal of Pennsylvania ami I ''"'i'V f"i" Greenville. S. C. where dntv to safeguard the Interests of I other mine operators in the ,. be will mspei't (he government hos- the people who will be seriously ; tral compel 1 1 i a- Held to enter no affected by the suspension of cecal gotiaiiecns looking to another na nilning." ' tional wa;e agreement. The unnm. Although no i mined. ate re- it was p.ented out here, has sought spescs were received at the e, this oonre from the beginning .and tary's oflice after the statement m- "I'ei-Htors have been unyielding wa issued, nrexs dlsoatches im-1" opposition, though willing, in mediately reflected the Interest taken in it. by representatives of unions and operators In the coun try's widespread coal fields. Of ficial reports lo the department, however, were concerned largely with details concerning the dis sension In the miners' organization, where Frank Farrlngton, tho Illi nois leader, and some other dis trlct heads are said to be begin ning local negotiations in defiance of the policy of President John L, Lewis and the national executive board of tho United Mine Work ers. Reports also were received on the attitude of Individual mine operators who have In the past entered Into national wage agree ments. The department's agents have been assured that miners' locals In nearly all sections throughout union fields are "overwhelmingly Ajfof e-ew Hold Convention At Raleigh On April 20 INDIAN CRISIS ISiROUTINE UNDER THREATENING T010ISTRICTING IN INVOLVE PREMIER STATE ARRANGED Montagu's Resignation Is Called a Dismissal in Many Quarters. SPECULATION AS TC VICEROY RIFE Lloyd George Called Upon to Intervene in Big Labor Dispute. I .. i. 1 M p.V Mn. I P.y tin- As o i : -1 ... 1 Press. I -The Indian c i i.-is. bo Ii has developed a sensation. ,1' aiijthing. cxiieding the recent , i isi-, over th,. premici sbi p. thuat ens he involve lb,, prime minister ami the coalition in still graver clllltcnlt us. The rcHlgmnlon of Edwin S Montagu, scent. uy for huh,,. hi, p In many quarters is , .i,., dismissal, has excited such ;,,i,,Mso manifestations of Joy in the .-,11, .hard" camp that' there is an inc-una : ion to see some ,-oiiiK'clion i,,,u. ,., u. U , rises. I Moreover It. piovidcs sp' i ula- l'on concerning the position ol tlie ;icerc,. Eor, Reading, whose ac -' t .on in publishing Hie Indian go -! i rnmciii's note is interpreted as , an intention to forc e the hand cf j the imperial government Lord Reading, desiring In pub ; 'mi t b e offending document, nought permission of the secretary India, who technically is his t superior, to make the statement I iilillc In India. Mr. Monlagu. cllhonf consulting the cabinet ami while ihe prime minister was con hued lo his room ill. gave per mission and Lord Reading had the He 'incut published in India, from which country it was telegraphed through ordinary channels to the l.rilish press. Today the premier was obliged lo intervene in a great labor dis pute. A lockout of nenrly a mil- :in men in (he engineering and shipbuilding trades is llireateneil for Monday, to enforce a reduction in wages. Prolonged negotiations have failed up to llm present lo bring about n setllement. It seems Iheii fore Impossible fur 'the pre mier to .leave J-iondon for his much oeslnd rest. YEAR'S SUPPLY OF LIQUOR LEGALIZED I WASHINGTON, March 9. Internal Revenue Commissioner lilalr. Under ihe new regulation a wholesale druggist may procure an amount of liit,uor eeiiul to 10 per cent of the value, of his drug busi ncs sales during ihe last year In stead of for only a three months period as formerly lint additional amounts of liquor may be obtained 'luring Ihe 1" months only with ihc approval of the commissioner. MRS. M. S. DAGGETT, NOVELIST, IS DEAD PASADENA. Calif., Mar. Mrs. Marv Stewart Dogged, author of a number of nove ls, died at her home vesteielay after a brief III nesi.. She was born a' Morris tow n, O.. in 1856. PROVIDES FOIl NI'AV UOAItS WA SHIN G T O N, Mar. !.--Greensboro would have a new u'l foot roadway from tho city to the Guilford baffle ground military park under a bill introduced by , Rep resent at i ve .Stednian t o el a y a. .king the federal government to appropriate JUiO.000. I voting tn strike April I, ' but fhls information lias be en discounted a degree, officials said because a strike vole is quite often taken serine cases, to make loe'fil or dis trict contracts with the union. FARRINGTON THINKS CONFERENCE FUTILE ST. LOU If, Mo. Mar. f. --Frank Farrington. president of the 1111- nols United Mine Workers of Ameiica. said today he was will-1 1V,''' bars and was giviiirf Ing to attend anv conference called ! willing prisoners a drink when po by Secretary of Labor Davis, pro-' lirs officers appeared. Then h vldlng the operators of the central 1 dropped the stick and bottle and competitive field accepted the in vitation. In the event (he oaerators re fuse. Mr. Farrington said, anil President John 'L Lewis, of the mine workers, is unable to arrange a Joint conference, ihe Illinois min ers will go ahead with separate nc- I got iations with Hie operators of rcor.Ofice'ef ei rVvi o cm &7b Precinct Committeemen and Delegates to Be Named on April 8. MEMORIAL HELD FOR COL. LAMB Luke Lamb Named to Succeed Father on the State Committee. ci i iion 's sm rentier T4ltRCRnir.il BQT&L I Hil IW'HK B I If me 11 RAI.EIiill. Mar. 9 The demo- rally executive committee meet ing here tonight selected Raleigh as the meeting place for the state convention April -0, The committee aiso called Upon democratic voters lo meet in their various precinc ts at 2 o'clock Sat urday, April 8, for the election of a precinct executive committee ami delegates to the county con- volitions. I otinty conventions are ordered held Saturday, April IS. at II o'clock for the elee-tion of delegates to the state convention. The meeting developed Into a sort of memorial gathering In honor of the late Colonel Wilsdn G. Lamb, of Wilmington, who for' 46 years .was a member of tho com mittee, Resolutions In his honor were unanimously adopted, and speeches in eulogy of his life were made by Governor Morrison, Tax Commissioner A. U. "Watts, Charles Wldby and others. Luke Lamb chief deputy commissioner of rev enue for the state, and the young est son of Colonel Lamb, was elected as his father's successor on the committee. A resolution offered by Sol Gal lon, of Rutherford county, was adopted calling upon democratic exee utlve committees of counties affected by the change of sena torial districts to meet March 21 for the purpose of determining from which counties in their sev eral districts democratic nomina tions of senatorial candidates shall be made and the order of rotation of candidates for the future. Dis tricts affected by the change, made by the lust general assem bly, are the Eighth. Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty fifth and Twenty-seventh. The agreements reached are to be cer tified to the slate hoard of elec tions by March 2o, the date of the board's meeting. The committee was In session only 4.j minutes. It was the first gathering over which the newly elected chairman, ,1. D. Norwood, of Sullsbury. presided. About 60 committeemen were present. The resolutions and speeches by the governor and others, re viewed the work of Colonal Lamb ns a demorrat, patriot and worker. His Uentli leaves Colonel A. D. Watts the oldest member of the committee -in point of years of ser vice. On the other hand. Luk Lamb is (he youngest committee man, ! INGERSOLL WATCH Property uml Assets (o (io lo Wat crlmry I'omvrn for $1,500,000. NEW YORK. .March ft. Subject li I tho approval of tho court, the prop erly and assets of Robert II. Inger soli and Brothers, which recently went Into bankruptcy, will he sold to ihe Walcrbury Clock company for $ I., ",00.000 cash. Announcement to this effac t was niinlo today by Edward If.- Child?, trustee in bankruptcy. Under the lerms of the offer, the Vaterbur' company agrees to waive all lis r'alnis against Ihe Ingcrsoll company and to pay additional cash considera tions, bringing the purchase price to a, total of ?I,7.',0,UWI, Consiiruinatioii of Ihe negotiations by wlih h Ihe Waleihury Clock com pany is lo acquire control of the In gersoll organization will Involve the nilire assets of ihe latter company, including all property, stocks, bond's, patents. Irade marks and geind will. The good will of Robert H Inger soll and Brothers Is represented h ihe reputriiion of the company, based upon -0 years of business. In that time Ihe Ingersoll organization sold between tS.cliin.OiliI and i",0. 000.01c' watches, of which S.i'OO.OOO' were sold in the last three years. NATIONAL LEGION HEAD EN ROUTE TO VISIT GREENVILLE pital for disabled veterans. He spent two days In Washington looking into the adjusted compen sation "itnation antt new legislation for disabled men. SAMARITAN FLEES LEAVING LIQUOR CAMBRIDGE. Mass., March 9 - -An up-to-date Samaritan appealed tnd-iv. ' Pre. -ruling himself at e window in the detention room of the East Cambridge ji.tl v,".i a bottle of liquor tied- to the end of .i "HcK, no inserted tne pole le- fled. STOKM WARNING Ol T WASHINGTON. March 9. The weather bureau tonight ordered storm warnings displaced on th coast of the Gulf ot Mexico from. BrowivsviUe. Toxas. to Cedar Keys, Kla