North Carolina Newspapers

THE SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER 32 PAGES TODAY -.1. mni South Carolina Fair "J? Kni Monday, not much $urw . temperature. ' '"ttn""8-5""' ,'ri Mn' c,oudy -DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' ESTABLISHED 1865. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1922. price 7c on Trains itv. til J He, Himself, Drew It up, He says in jiepiy w Charges Made Friday. rrvDERWOOD STATES ! WILL REPORT ARMY HIS OWN POSITION fill Vote for Treaty Just as He Voted lor the Versailles Pact. WASHINGTON, March 11. The four power Facinc treaty pused through another, spectacu lar combat of argument and ora tory. today on.ine noor or tne sen ile. burden OI Utlfii" naa mniBU UJ Senator I'ndorwoodT of Alabama, he democratic uoor leader and a member of the American delega- inn to the arms conference. Ringed by enemies of the treaty, jrielv of his own party, me min ority leader stood for three hours n tils place in tho center or tne lumber and replied in kind to he thrusts directed at him. Among the weapons of argu ment used by the Alabama tjena- or was a letter written to him by Secretary Hughes, head of the American conference plenipotenti aries, replying to charges that the treaty resulted from a British-Japanese plan to ally the embarrass ments of the Anglo-Japanese alli ince. Mr. Hughes asserted that he himself had prepared a draft of he treaty after consultation with the other delegates and that, with ninor changes, It became the final ext as signed and submitted to the striate, for ratification. The secretary further declared there was "not the slightest mys tery about the treaty or basis of iiwpicion about It. He described It as a "straightforward document which attains one of the most im portant objects the American gov unment had had In vew of the liiflieet Importance to the niaiuf en- rjnee of friendly relations in the far Wast upon a sound basis.1-' 'In view ot this and In view ot I the relation of this treaty to the Iresulu of the conference," con cluded Mr. Hughes, "its failure would be nothing short of a na tional calamity." Thf argumentative duel which followed the reading by Senator I'nderwood of the secretary's let ter and which interposed itself in the senator's prepared address was fought for an hour between the speaker and Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, who origln ally had raised the question of the origin of the treaty and who de clared that the secretary's letter had not dispelled evidences that the four power arrangement was injpimt from London and Tokio. Other democrats then Joined in the questioning of their party leader Including Senators Hoed, of Mis souri. i;ias, of Virginia, Walsh, ot Montana and . Watson, of Georgia. From the republican side of the chamber there efforts were sec onded by Senators Borah, of Idaho, Md France, of Maryland, His support of the treaty, Sen ator Underwood said, was actuated k- :hp s.inir spirit that prompted him to for the treaty Of Ver sailles nnh jts league of nations. He declared I10 alliance was con templated, hut added that 4ie- could e no objection even to an alliance " it were based on arbitration rnor than force and effacod dan 5frs that threaten American in terests in the Pacific. To reject the w: b'c.Micf! n does not bind the "Snatoriei o employ force, he as- "rticl. wouiil be to revert to the ''tiotipn- philosophy ot the past The democratic leader conceded !"it tlm negotiations leading up to ,!'t li en r v were carried On In wrren," bur. argued that such a course wai r,eresnrv In view nf 1" pei-niim- circumstances but r,JUiiiiliu; the effort of the Amerl ''ti deles, it ion to rid the world of ;.' AheIo. Japanese alliance. In '" main, ho, taid, the arms con- rrniro i conducted more open y than any similar consultation " the lunrirv of the world. Senator Robinson insisted. In !urn, that., provision for consulta lon amo'iff the signatories to agree a course of action In case of '?Kresiou by an "outside power" '"iild mean only that the force of !! four was to be united against 'ne stressor. When any such con 'ult.t'ion. took place, he argued, :ia'l any one power signified that it m ""t sible to meet the attack ill'Jn', the only means the others !'"uid suggest was united action. rr ,ro noil. iur. nugnes now in form t. M.nato wny f,e had -.re? jMliif-il sjint so long as to the FmroVir.! , .. a... , ' i iv v men tne treaty wan 'lraf,,i Hr-auro o'f a desire by tnany w:itrs !o complete work on an ?l'l'ri.Mi:iMou wn, administration "adns did not carry out their W..,se i fnrco a vote today on " luM of the proposed reserva ;l9'" and the treatv was laid '"tiporariiy aside without action, "enaior i.,..i ... i ... "ie renHt.ii.1 i a i l o iiiiuci, aiiiiuuiiucu, r, that on Monday he would tempt to secure an agreement "r & time for voting, and should ,'e jail would hold the senate to ,ng sessions." until the debate "M worn Itself out. num. UgU thfy cared t0 make n0 can 81 ""mates, the republl , " aid democratic floor leaders th., reniained confident tonight at no reservation except : that fommii, V hn forein relaUons ma n o" trfa,-v wou,a "v a safe call ThV 0,1 tho ratification roll th :i "-ciarea tnat more than .... M th? msqyeato-auppoi-t four Power Treaty Upon Senate Floor r wniUIYSTERY ININAVY PERSONNEL TREATY. HUGHESTO BE REDUCED SITS IN LETTEBjTO 68.JH1 MEH Around $170,000 Will Be Lopped From Denby's Estimate. A A.-..-.. ! " aT VI A n TTT Tl fa aT T-h a V Naval Appropriation Cut Is Contrary to" Wishes of Harding. WASHINGTON", Mar. 11. The house sub-committee on appro priations, now framing the navy bill for next year. Is planning to reduce the enlisted personnel to Throughout the battle of wits the! 63,X0 men. Secretary Denby is outlinltig the needs of his depart ment has declared 90.000 enlisted men and the present officer total vould be required to keep ' th treaty nnvv" on its toes. In a brief statement as to what might be expected in the way of economy. Representative Fess, re publican, Ohio, told the house to day ho had been informed by Chairman Kelley, of the naval ap propriations sub-committee, that '.iom 160. 000, 000 to $170,000. uOO would be lopped from M -. Ienby's estimate of S3o0.000.000 and that the army bill to be re ported Monday would show a re duction of $85,000,000 below the war department estimate. As an illustration of the drastic nature of the proposed cut lr. r.rmy and navy expenditures, Mr. J-ess said that eight appropria tion measures already reported to te House showed a total cut of 165.000,000. The report that the committee expected to cut as deeply into the navy pin as indicated bv the n ores given by Mr. Fess caused ome surprise among menbers in view of President Harding's state- merit to tho naval committee a a White House conference that the e:;listed total should not be lower Iian 80.000. With onlv 65.000 en. hstexl men there would necessarily be a sharp reduction In officers. The committee, it was said, will authorize appropriations to nro- ViH' commissions for only 135 of the f-4 1 members of the first class nt Annapo.'Js to be graduated in June. A separate bill carrvlnr annroil. m.-Hely $75,000,000 will be report id to pay the cost of scrapping ships under construction as desig nated Dy tne arms conference. Es timates of this cost have run as high as $150,000,000 ajd a separ ate hill will be passed after rati fication of the treaties ro as not to charge the expense against navy operation next year. MRS. TABOR IS NOW A PUBLIC CHARGE T.AWTON'. Mich,. Mar. II Mrs Sarah T. Tabor, nationally known for her connection with the Law ton murder mystery, and until a few years ago one of the wealthiest women in Southwestern Michigan, has become a public charge. Mrs. Tabor sett her fortune in defend ing herself during trial on a charge of manslaughter in connec tion with the death of her daugh ter. Maud Tabor Virgo, whose body was found in the Tabor home Jammed into a trunfcr The prose cution charged she had died from tne enects of an anesthetic admin istered during child birth. The Jury disagreed and Mrs. Tabor was not tried again. Mrs. Tabor, to escape the scene of her trial, went to Lake county in Northern Michigan. Lake coun ty authorities have untitled local officials she has become 'a county charge. She probably will be plac ed in the founty infirmary. gomperWospeak in strike region WASHINGTON, March 11. Samuel rjompers, president of the American Kederatton of Labor, left Washington today for the New England textile centers where he will make a series of addresses before strikers' masr meetings. He will speak nt Provi dence and Manchester, N. H., tomor row and will follow out afterward an Itinerary arranged for him by the United Textile Workers, whose mem bers have left the mills. AGRICULTURAL BILL IS NOT YET PASSED WASHINGTON-. March 11. The house failed to dispose of the agri cultural appropriation bill today and ft final vote on the measure went over until next week. During the day amendments were adopted In creasing the amounts for enforce ment of the cotton future act from $146,640 to $176,000 and the appro priation for protection of reindeer and fur bearing animals in Alaska from $46,500 to $61,000. CONFIDENCE VOTE REFUSED GOUNARIS TjOXDON". March 11. According tn a message received by Reuter s from a Greek semi-official source, the cabi net o Premier Gounarls will resign aa a result of the adverse vote yes terday In the chamber of deputies. The government suffered a defeat, Premier Gounarls was refused a vote of confidence, the vote being 161 to 156. REDS STILL SEEK TRADE RELATIONS . MOSCOW. March 11. Leonard Krassin, commissioner for foreign trade In the soviet government. Is quoted In an interview published In local newspapers aa declaring that an agreement had been "prepared" with the Guaranty Trust company, of New York, for banking relations wun me Grand Jury Will Investigate Trial Of Labor Leaders Judge Says Chicago Must Determine if Gunmen Shall Rule CHICAGO, March ll-Declaring tliHt some Chicago labor unions are ruled and controlled by profession al criminals. Chief Justice Scan Ian, of the criminal court today charged aspecial grand jury toIn vestigate what he termed "gross miscarriage tit justice" in recent trials of labor leader her. "Now we have reached a time in Chicago when we are to determine once for all.'' he said, "whether this band of gunmen is going to rule this community and destroy law and order In our midst, or whether this city, calling itself the most wnde"rful city in the world, is able to master these miscreants Just as it mastered the anarchists." Judge Scanlan declared that "a vast conspiracy'' existed among the labor leaders to place themselves above the law. "The reign of terror created by these labor criminals has so in timidated Chicago citizens that a species of yellow men has spTung up," he said. "It remains to be seen Whether they are able to con quer red blooded Americans.'' HOUSE WILL BE ERECTED IN CITY Chestnut Street Property Will Be Scene of $85, 000 Improvement. Krection of a modern apartment lionise on Chestnut street, costing apptoximately $85,000, with 20 apartments, will be started about April 1, it was announced yester day by Thomas S. Rollins, promi nent member of the Asheville bar, who will erect the building. The apartments will be on property ad Joining the residence of the lato Judge Jeter Conley Pritchard. The building will be three stones in height and wlllbe one Lof the most modern apartment r-ciidings in this section, he stated Lach apartment will contain from three to five rooms, with private bath and the building will be -team-heated. An added feature will be eiirht brick: garages, con stituted in the rear of the build ing, for the convenience of resi dents having automobiles. Mr. Rollins stated yesterday he s in communication with a num ber of brick companies and will obtain quotations on a half million brick for the building, which will e entirely fireproof. It is plannod to have the apartments ready for jteupancy about September 1. S veral handsome offers have sidertd for the building and the (.'onimodore, Arlington or Burling ton Apartments are among those cceiving consideration. Chestnut street, Mr. Rollins as serted, is one of -the principal resi dential streets of the city, located about midway between the busi ness section, the Grove Park Inn. the Manor and country club, and there is not a more desirable lo cation for an apartment house In the city than the location selected. Stveal hapdsome offers have been made to Mr. Rollins for the itt- and this firmly impressed upon him the idea the time Is ripe for a new and modern apartment building, he stated. After consideration, he stated, an elevator will not be installed, but ample stair space will be pro vided leading to and from each floor. (Jajbage chutes, dumb ele vator service, in fact all equip ment of the latest type apartments wiil be installed, he asserted. Built in k.tnhen fixtures., cabinets and hath fixutrcs will be an outstand ing feature. Tentative plans have been com pleted for the building and archi tects will begin plans In prepara tion for arranging for work to be gin at once, Mr. Rojllns stated. The contracts will probably be let by the owner and the building 61-ected under his observation, SWATHMORE WINS ANNUAL DEBATE (HunM Cvmwniftif. TH iiknli;, Ctltim) DURHAM, March 11 In the tMh annual Intercollegiate debate between Swarthmore and Trinity at Trinltv tonight, the Swarthmore debaters, ar guing against the passage of a law ny congress 'to provide for a sa es iax won a two to one decision of the judges. Representing Swarthmore wer Alfred Hlnn. Richard Slnenmanri C. N. Stahler. Representing Trinltv were W. Q Grig, of Lawndale, .'. C; B. I Satlerneld. of Roxboro, N. C, and L. S. Brady, of Durham. N. C., and New York. BIG DAMAGE DONE AT MOUNT VERNON MOUNT VERNON. G. March 11. A large concrete culvert on the East river was wTecked by the flood of the Oconee rivtr today. The breach at 5 o'clock waa 100 feet wide and the opening waa widening rapidly. Water is rising rapidly. Damage of several thous and dollars has been done already. HOOVER REJECTS BUSINESS OFFER WASHINGTON". March 31. Declar ing President Harding had "strongly expressed the ih" that h remain in the cabinet, Secretary Hoover to day informed Mayor J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, he ooird no' accept, the director-generalship of the Sesuui-Centennlae exposition to be held in Philadelphia in 19?6. $30,000 ROBBERY "STAGED BROWNSVILLE, Pa., March 11, Albert Flemmlng, manager of the W, .1. Ralney and company store at Al lison, Pa., and C. O. Evans, chief clerk, were robbed of approximately $30,000, the company mine payroll, by six bandits who held up a trolley oar three miles from here today. El mer Hill, who accompanied Flem mlng and Evans aa a guard, waa shot but not aerloualy wounded. The bandits escaped in an eutomoblla. LESLIE REPORTS PHILADELPHIA, March 11. Jack tiealla, ftrat baseman obtained by the Phillies from New Orleans, reported to the National leaguera camp at Leeshurg, Kla.. yesterday and nfade a good impression la his first work-cut. NEW APARTMENT INI KILLED IN AFRICAN STRIKE TERMED REVOLT' Scottish Detachment Am bushed, 18 Killed, 25 Wounded by Strikers. 80 ARE BELIEVED KILLED ON FRIDAY Workers Hall, Filled With Gold Miners, Said Bombed by Airplane. JOIIANXESBUKO. Mar, 11 i By the Associated l'ress.) A Scottish detachment v as ambushed st Benonl today by strikers hid den in a plantation who suddenly ro.ured a heavy fire into the sol diers, killing 18 of them and wounding 25. Most of the detach ment were ex-service men. The Rand Daily Mail places Fri day's casualties at S00, of whom 80 are believed to have been killed. The casualties among the strikers are not known. The situation is regarded a comewhat improved today. REPORT AIRPLANE BEING SHOT DOWN JOHANNESBURG, Mar. 11. Vast crowds were still In the streets at the time this dispatch was filed (presumably after mar tial law had been declared, as re ccnntd in a previous message) and firing is heard every few min utes. It is reported from P.enoni that an airplane has been shot down. I the pilot being killed. Casualties in the Pghllng be I .vecn the striking miners and po lice had reached 32 killed and 57 wounded by 9 o'clock Friday, when lne tiring was still continuing. Of the 2 killed, 19 were policemen. Bv 11 o'clock Friday night, how tvei, the streets had become ab solutely deserted' and the town was uncannily quiet. The puhlii v. as forbidden use of the streets. The workers hall at Benonl I leported to have been hit by a bomb dropped from an airplane. The heaviest casualties in the dis trict are believed to have been suf fered in the extreme eastern sec tion of the Rand. So far no news has been received from the western Rand. General Beves. commanding the Witwatersrand has ordered the public to remain indoors from 7 P. m. until 6 a. m. ,!eppe, a auburb adjoining Jo hannesburg, was seething with strikers this afternoon. Most of the men were armed, and soiwe carried bombs They are credited with planning to hold up the po lice in that area so aa to prevent them from reinforcing other points, particularly Fordaburg, where In termittent firing was continuing to day. At Bra k pan and Benonl. the strikers apparently had obtained the upper hand, at least tempor arily, and numbers of dead and v.runded were lying in the streets. MOVEMENT SAID TO BE REVOLUTIONARY LONDON, Mar. 11. (By the Associated Tress.) The trades hall t Benonl, near Johannesburg, riowded with South African gold mine strikers, waj bombed by an .! viator today, says a Central News dispatch from Johannesburg. Tho maturity of those assembled were killed and the building was de stroyed. The general strike called by tin miners' leaders at Johannesburg is in reality a revolutionary move ment, according to tho Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Tele graph. The atrlke issue has been eclipsed by the threat against the state, he says. There was some speculation over Premier Smuts' delay in proclaim ing martial law which was regard ed as gravely overdue but it I understood he was actuated by Itar that such a step would pre cipitate a conflict In which thj strikers, who are mainly Dutch, might be reinforced from the veldt. The Johannesburg correspon dent of the same newspaper re ports that numbers of Dutch far meis in the Boksburg and Benoni District have joined the strikers and formed mounted commands which attacked Benonl. The Times Johannesburg tones fonaent on the other hand, as cribes the trouble to a widespread holshevlst plot and says the Forrls- l"u commanno regards llseir as s red guard. He adds that fighting Is in progress throughout th 1iand. the moat aevere trouble be g In the eastern section, lie' be lieves that the police will soon gain the upper hand in Johannes lurg and Benonl but admita that owing to the prevailing chaos, It la very difficult to verify the va rious . reports. GENOA MEET MAY BE CUT, IS VIEW LONDON, March --.The Pailv Mail today saya that the refusal of the United Statea to participate In the Genoa conference ao greatly de prives the conference of importance that some doubt is felt in political circles whether It will be held at all, and that Its abandonment may be only a question of daya. The newspaper adds that by Ameri ca's abstention the conference loses any utility it may ever have con ceivably possessed and denounced It as a costly and grandiose scheme for humoring the Germans and the bol sheviki. FRANK V. BURTON DIES, AGE 67 NEW YORK,, March 11 Frank V. Burton, senior member of the cotton fabrics house of Burton Brothers and company, died at hia Park avenue home today of brlght'a disease after an illness of two months. Born in New York city 67 years ago, Mr. Bur ton has been widely known In the dry goods trade. DISMISS WESTERN ELECTRIC CHARGES WASHINGTON, March 11 Dismis sal .of complainta charging the West ern Eleetr'.o company of New York with unfair competition and vlolatioti of the typing contract section of the Ctavton act. was announced today by 'tJM Federal Tra4 toauBiaaloa. WFlSi Bill is Declared Will Report Favorably Re organizing A rmy Officer Personnel W ASl 1 1 NC.ToNrMa rch 11. Fav orable report was voted by the hotiso military affairs committee todav the .nil to authorize the war department to reorganize the unn's official personnel without culling the number below 12,000. The action of the committee was I taken to presage a hot light on the! itrmv appropriation hill which ' provides pay allowance sufficient 1 only for the maintenance of an army of 1 15,000 men and 11 0(10 officers. 1 rhairman Kahn of the military! affairs committee announced today i he would fight the pay provisions j iitiil support the officer personnel' figure et in the officer reorgani zation ibill reported today by his committee. The officer hill ns reported ati thori.es appointment of a "picking board." to weed out "least effect -ivo" officers. Tile present, officer strength is about 12.900. At a healing before the committee I'pu eral Pershing said the depart ment proposed to discharge !in0 officers and then to build up the officer strength to 13,000 by com missioning men In the junior grades. BABE BURNETT EXONERATED OF E Charged With Slaying Of -ficer Asheville Attor neys in Suit. Sp(9l Ctrt9ondnr. Ik 4rU!e Clfirffi BRYSON CITY, March 11. Jury in the superior court here after deliberating some three hours, tonight returned a verdict of not guilty in the case against llabe Burnett, charged with the murder of Hal Rose, prohibition officer on October 25, 1920. People from all parts ot Swain county came to town, to bear the testimony In this rase and Inter-e.'-t was at high pitch. The trial be gan Friday morning and testimony was closed thia morning. Judge Walter E. Brock, of Wadesboro, presided. The exoneration of Burnett came after the supreme court ot North Carolina several weeks ago, had granted the defendant, a new H-rial. At th first trial he Was found guilty of murder In the second de gree and sentenced to serve 4 2 years in the etate penitentiary. He Immediately filed notice of appeal. Rose was killed, it is said, when he. in company with other officers, attempted to conduct a whiskey raid. Immediately after the shoot ing Burnett fled and several months later he gave himself up. In surrendering, Burnett said he was tired of being hunted and liv ing in fear of capture and believed lie would come clear when he was tried. Appealing for the defense were Attorney!, G. L. Jones, of Ashe ville; Felix Alley, of Waynosville and Thurman leatherwood, of Bryson City. The case was prose cuted by Solicitor Gilmer Jones of Franklin, Thomas J. Harkins. of Asheville. J. B. Pmathers. of Can ton and John Harwood, of niysnn City. SCIENTIFIC GHOST HUNTER IS ON JOB Indications Are? Hei Hns Learwd Secret of Halifax Mystery. HALIFAX. N. S., March 11. Dr. Walker Franklin Prince, scien tific ghost hunter, today withheld news of what haptpened last night In (h haunted house of Alex Mao Donald at Caledonia Mills. This fact, taken in connection with an announcement by Dr. Prince that he would leave the haunted house next Monday morn ing gave rise to reports that Dr. Prince had captured the ghostly visitor, or at least had discovered who or wnat iuwas. The investigator supplied last night all the ghost bait he could think of. The MaoDonald lares and penates were reatored to their old places In the house, and the MacDohalds themselves Alex, Mrs. Alex and little Mary Ellen, their adopted daughter slept in their old rooms, in their old beds. Tonight Dr. Prince will keep vigil with Harold AVhldden, Hall fax reporter, who claims to have been slapped by ghosts, and other newspapermen. shortheeporter. out and .ingle- , i . BunHay night Dr. Prince win nanaea, aare ins buubi. iu forth and scare him. TRIPOLI SCENE OF BIG REVOLUTION ROME, Mar. 11. A revolution on a large scale has broken out in Tripoli says a dispatch to the news paper 11 Mondo from its corres pondent in the capital. The rebels have cut the railway in many places and attacked the Italian narrlsons. At Azlzia two companies of Ital ian soldiers surrounded by rebels .-e receiving food dropped from airplanes. The Italians have evacuated ('hater and Zavia. The latter Is on the coast about 126 miles east cf the city of Tripoli. POSTAL SAVINGS SHOW AN INCREASE. WASHINGTON. March 11. Indica tion of improvement In the general Industrial situation waa aeen by offi ciate In the report today of February postal savings transaction!, showlns a slight Increase In deposits ove withdrawals for the first month alnne January, 1921. The total net deposit on March 1 was shown to be approxi mately $H5.000.000. Substantial In crease In deposits waa reported gen erally by the larger post offices, u waa aald, but these were largely off aet by the decreases at the smaller offices. Considerable Improvement In the latter waa expected, however, with' the approach of iprlnf. I D -CHARE Allied Ministers Agree Upon TV:.: J ' DV-. is willing vjermun ixejjuiuuuiid, American Claim Is Disregarded Federal Intervention In Case Of Coal Strike, To Continue Essential Work, May Be Asked UAYToNA, Fla . March 11. (liy Tile Associated Press.) In tervention by the government in the event of a coal strike, to se cure sufficient fuel for the move ment, of trains and running of es sential Industries, innv be recom mended to the administration, ac cording to an official with the I'leslilential party, who bus been following closely developments in the ritualion resulting from a fail ure of miners and operators to make a new contract to replace the one expiring March 31. Consideration might also be given to a program which would provide for a commission com posed of representatives of the operators, miners and public, to be charged with efforts of arbi trating the controversy, the official added. President Harding, however, has made no comment on the situation and it was emphasized the ex pressed views In no manner re flected those of the chief executive, but were merely those of the spokesman. Failure of arbitration, it was added, might result in a suggestion for more drastic action Including operation of the mines by the government as an extreme I esoi 1 . HARDING IS GUEST OF E. B. M'LEAN . NKV SMYRNA, Fla., March 11. t r.v The Associated Press.) Three davs after leaving Washing ton found President Harding to night aboard the houseboat of K. H. Mrljean, Washington publisher, continuing a vacation, down the Florida east coast. Benelit to the President is already evident. Brig. General Sawyer, the President's personal physician, said today. The President, who is accom panied bv Mrs. Harding. Mr. ona Mrs. McLean and the party of offi District Attorney Finds " Domino Club" Man Borrowed $43,153. NKW YORK, March 11. -One hundred thirteen pawn ticket, upon which loans totalling $3.1o3 had been made by five different pawn brokers were found today in tl;e Nvack home of Alfred E. Lind say, former stock broker, under indictment for obtaining approxi mately 1 1,000.000 from society wo men on fraudulent struk deals. The search conducted by Assist ant District Attorney Murphy, re vealed the pawn tickets hidden in desks, drawers and closets. The tickets showed that jewelry, furs, silverware and other articles had been pledged at frequent intervals over a period of seven years. They were all made out In the names ot "Llnrl" or "Post" and ranged In amounts from $10 to S -. 1 0 0 . Mr. Murphy estimated the actual value represented by these articles would exceed one hundred thous and dollars. He is searching for additional tickets which Lindsay claimed he lost In a New York res taurant. An alleged confederate of Lind say, Dr. K. Arvld Knlind. was re leased from Tombs prison today In $10,000 bond. lie has been aid ing the prosecution in collecting evidence against Lindsay. MAN SHOT THREE TIMES, MAY DIE Itr'rtit rrMHid)f, TU Htlitrdlt CWin) 7f A PLOTTE. March 11, Ben. C. Mlckle, of Pawcveek township is In local hospital with three bullet wounds in his 'body and Is considered fatally Injured, hav ing been shot this morning about 7 o'clock bv Andy Bullware, of Thrift, near Charlotte. One bullet went through th, left lung and 1 the I other two through his left arm. - ------ . . lVl. I ll BIlOUllUK HM'IV 1,1,1, o n 1 in- home of Bullware. Mirkle was a foreman and was boarding at Bullwarc's. , ,, ... Bullware stated at uie j.ni mu afternoon that he shot Mlckle about his wlfo and daughter. - OPABfU "PAnnVPI BOOZE NOT FOUND ' PBS'vSACOLA.-Fla , March it Ac- cording to members of ,l,e -rew of . 1. - , Uma f na, M" rt ,r,l IMS, H IT t - ed In port while off Key v- era! days ago wun to n' , i" - .1. ri. .viisjaiia n-.v "'-"-' i,,u- i!, rpvenne cutter Koneoe d'red the tua to stop. The orrter , wss not understood bv those onboard i the tug. so the cutter fired n shot across the bow of toe oea 1 !" ,,,,r ona hars-es were seareiiefl nv revenue officer, but no liquor was found. , LEAGUENATIONS PAYMENTS OVERDUE LONDON, March 11. Twenty-one membera of the league, of natlona have not paid their aubecrlptlona for last year, according to an announce ment In the house of commons. FRENCH DISCOUNT RATE IS LOWERED PARIS, March 11. By The Asso ciated Press.) The Bank of France today lowered Its discount rats from iVi to i per cent P1NTIM LINDSAVS- H OME GEORGIAN ASKED BEING UNEARTHED FOR EXTRADITION cials who accompanied them from Washington, has stopped at. points where opportunity offered and played golf. Playing with him have been Speaker of the Hons,, (illicit.. Un der .Secretary of State Fletcher and Mr. McLean, with Secretarv Christian in the foursome at times when one of tho others did not play. The party spent last night on board and today stopped at (ir mond for n round of golf. A motor trip was made to New Smyrna, where nine holes of golf were played this afternoon and tonight the party continued the cruise down the coast, leaving hero at U o'clock. Requests for the President's opinion on the newest proposal for the bonus brought from officials close to Mr. Harding a reiteration of Ills position outlined in his let ter to Mr. Fordney In which lie suggested the enactment of a sales tax to provide tho necessary funds or postponement of the log. ela tion. No other statement, adminis tration officials said today. lias been authorized. One official. commenting on the threatened coal strike, sail, em phasizing that he wns speaking his government must see that the rnil nwn personal views only, 'hat the roads ami essential tnd ilries lnu'e a sufficient supply of conl regard less of the outcome of the contro versy. No com men) of any kind on this matter has come, from President Harding. Just now how far down the east coast the cruise will extend la un certain and apparently depends upon the condition of the weather and the demands of official busi ness. Secretary Weeks, who had beer, vacationing at Miami, re mained at St. Augustine after meeting the Presidential party. It la understood ho will stay there the rest of the week. Papers for George Nichols Held Not Sufficiently Certified. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Mar. 11. Following hearings of the habeas corpus proceedings instituted In behalf of George Nichols, In jail here charged with committing murder in Rome, Ga., In 1S70, Judge If. B. Foster ruled that the papers submitted for Nichols' ex tradition to (ieorgla were not suf ficiently certified. The warrant on which Nichola wss arrested charged that he kill ed Peter Mooney In the George i Ity more than f. 0 years ago. and that his real name is Hiram Casey Nettles. Mr. George Nettles, said to be a divorced wife of the accused, was put on the stand during the bearing here, and stated she first met Nichols at the home of his sis ter in Annlston, and that his sis ter introduced him as Nettles. They was married 18 years ago at Birmingham, she said, She de clared the first time she heard him called Nichols wis the first night after her marriage to him, when he waa addressed aa Nichols by a hack driver on their arrival at Tuscaloosa. H was that night, she testified, that, he explained his alias and admitted, according to her testimony, that he had killed Peter Mooney. She declared that their first children was named ) lira nt Carl Nettles. A Rome, Cla., man named Tread way, 69 years old, waa also a wit ness and after viewing Nichols de clared: "To the best of my Judgment he Is Hiram Nettles, whom I used to k now." MOTION FOR TRIAL UNDER ADVISEMENT MACON, Ga., March 11. Argu ments on a motion for a new trial for Frank B. Diipre. Atlanta bandit who Is under sentence to har,K, were completed here before Judge. H. A. Mathews shortly after 8 o'clock tonight. Judge Mathews announced (ha( h Y,nuM tnke the rase unUr advisement. He announced no dnte m to when he will render his dccl- j elon. ' Lawyers In the ra. all fiom A'- lanta. took up the day in their ar, - Lawyers foi the defen.o pleaded i for a fair Jury trial, charcini; iro.t , one lhir.1 of the jurora who sat on tne I'M MR HI fl I T IK 1 1 ll . I 1 .1 I i . I . Will"! prejudiced against Diipre. i TrrrZ.. j ARKANSAS ENTERS LIST OF CLAIMANTS ' WASHINGTON. March II The state of Arkansas today entered I lie list ot claimants to the bed of. Red river, now In dispute in His Sunrenie court between the federal govern ment, the states of Oklahoma and Texas and private individuals. Ar kansas, under ft motion for permis sion to Intervene in the dispute filed bv Attorney General Utley. a.si fl serted its title to a large part of the state of Texas. MILAN SUSPENDS FORMER "COMER" WASHINGTON. March 11. Mana ger Milan of the Washington Ameri cans, has suspended Leon Ooa in, Hie young outfielder obtained from the Tolumbta club of the South Atlantic league, for breaking training rules. Word from the Tampa camp ,aays. HUGHES' DEMAND i TENDS TO ANNUU I; REPARATION PLAN I- French Official View U Given Out on Ameri- can Army Claim. CLAUSE RESERVES AMERICAN RIGHTS American Claim May Be Adjusted in Diplomatic Channel. PARIS. Mar. 11 (By the Asaoo elated Press.) The allied llnance. ministers signed an agreement tniai afternoon for the distribution of Uie first billion gold marks of Ger- , man reparations. The agreement disrep-ards the American claim of priority for its expenses in con peel ion with occupation of th Rhireland so far aa the actual sharing of this money la con- ( i in d. but recognizes the claim. ov a special clause which ataten that all the agreement on this question are subject to the Amerl ran rights as the various g-overnl nients may establish them, the fl-l nance ministers considering that i hey do not have power to decide this question. The ministers decided, after lonid discussion, that the question wa not for the reparations commlssloa to decide, because that body was, acting solely under the provision) of the treaiy of Versailles, to which' the United Statea no longer waa!J party. Consequently, it waa dM cldet'. that the question waa fn for the various governments concerned;, to settle. '- , . The finance minister also con-l eluded that it waa Impossible fori them in any caae to reopen th long and difficult . deliberation which resulted In 1 tha present . arreoment ao they could only ra serve the American right and leava. Hie question tor diplomacy .! fettle. HOW AGREEMENT , PIlORATBiS FUNDS The agreement provide that the, 'MIMKN-t't1 rt?aWUf" tion after May 1, l2l, ihall t' divided aa follows: One hundred and two mllliea Belgian franca to Belgium: ,000, 000 pounds eterllng to Great Brit ain end 460,000,000 French franes to France. The distribution of de liveries In kind Jy Germany 1n itl". will be on the baala of 65 par) cent to Franca and JS per cent to the other allies. The Wiesbaden agreement will continue In force, lor three years, with tha reserva tion that payments will not exceed, 350,000,000 gold marks worth of, material in 1922; 750,000,000 In HI2.1 and 750,000,000 In Other powers besldea France, un-, dei the agreement, ara permitted, to conclude aiangemenU with Germany similar to tht Wiesbaden agreement, provided such agresV met ta do not call for deliveries In kind In excess of the total amount fixed by the present agreement. A French semi-official says that the American claim comes exactlvi at the moment when the accord based on the Cannes project wa about to be realized and that t ' ten da to deatroy the whole sys-i ; i t m of reparations so laboriously j elaborated by the allied experts.' t iut iiaik; ivh v. s. TO SHAKE" The Echo de Paris declares ft !s undoubtedly too late to give th I nited H'ates Its share of the one billion gold marks paid by Ger many on August 30 last, as Bel gium and England already have re ceived their allotments. The allie certainly can not refuse to give the, United States its due. the news-' paper adds, but "this question! must be determined of what util ity is an American armv on the Rhine if it Isn't In political eo. operation with the allied govern ments?" The memorandum states tha tho cost of the American army of? occupation to May J. 1931, wan about $241,000,000. It sets fort that Hie allied governments with, the exception' pejrhapa of Geal Britain, had received payment fop their arnilea of occupation an that probably the British aleo wersi covered by a preceding arrange ment. Therefore, the memorans dum states, "the United Statet counts upon obtaining Integral pavrnent for the cost to May J with intereat, before any part i the German payments are dla trlbuted for reparations or othef object, GEORGIA'S MELLON TRADE THREATENED HoUo Smith Says Rates WUt Check, i' Not Wholly Destroy It. . WAS1HNQTO.V, March ll.-Prea, do not d(- Watermelon b .7. Georgia." former Senator , none .smith of that state declared j touay at the Interstate Commerce i "."V,- V:"" ! lnt general ------- -- - . it me rreiEht rates on watermel on, asserted Senator Smith. "ar lowered to a flrnre whlh ci i... i lowered to VP ru,11 for, ,th growers It ie jiroh ahle that hls business will increase anrt be profitable to the growers " Senator Smith sasrted that melons are shipped during- th- p-lorf- . , railroads have normally the lightest volume of trafric ami ruiui. , , epecial equipment. Corweqnentlv fro"n the economic point of view, h added, the railroads (should dacreaso ,ie charges. Watermelons, manufactured iron and steel, cast Iron pipe ami build ing materials. Senator Smith declar ed, are given identical rates unde freight classifications and this of It self he considered tinfair. fnleew reduction are granted bv summer, he aald in concluding, "railroads can not look further to any eonaidwwb! freight from Georgia, out of melons ' Oratory expected to wind up He Interatate Commerce ' commission s investigation Into general rate levels over-ran the limits set for It today and the closing of the proceeding wt postponed until Monday. Alfred P. Thorn, general counsel for the Rail way Executive association, then win. make final argument , I ft t ! ! I 1 ts I i t ;! I: I!