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'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Hope
To
Believed Every Senator
Has Now Beached Deci
sion as to Vote.
WLLNOTUNDULY
PROLONG DEBATE
Declared More Than Nec
essary Two Thirds Vote
Has Been Pledged.
WASHINGTON, March 12.
Idermtlon of the four
Celiac
power Pacific treaty is expected to
reach the stage of action during
ihe coming week.
Believing that virtually every
wnator has made up his mind
how he will vote, those in charge
of the treaty will begin tomorrow
.n mreressive enori. w vima
the
debate to a conclusion,
tjirlgr. of Massachusetts,
Senator
the ro-
publican leader, hopes to secure a
.manlmous agreement setting a
time to begin roll calls on the pro
posed reservations and, if he fi.i,
h. i nrcnared to hold the senate
in session until late hours so that
he storm of oratory oer the
treaty may spend itself as sjon as
possible.
The oDDonentl of ratilication
ire rot expected to assent readily
tn such a unanimous consent
agreement as Mr. Lodge suggests,
although they declare they have
no intention of unduly prolonging
the debate. Tney nave given no-t;c-.i
that any attempt to "force"
results will be followed by adop
tion of vigorous measures by the
irreconcilable "bloc" which for
the past week has kept ar least
f,ne of its members on the senate
floor constantly to observe devel
opments and shut off any move for
fill that voting on reservations will
begin within a few days, and some
ot the more optimistic even be
lieve that a final roll call on ratifi
cation may bo possible by the end
of the week.
They assert that pledges givtm
them make it certain that niore ' ON HOUSEBOAT
I than the necessary two-thirds have
I decided to vote for ratification
3 "no allowance" reservation of the
lureiKii leiauuno i;uouiuitco emiu
they declare that 'a majority would
like to clear the way for the other
rms conference treaties and gen
eral legislation.
The treaty opponents sjaut will
take the offensive at tomfrrow'9
fession. Senator Johnson, republi
can, California, leading off with a
prepared address against ratifica
tion. Senator Pomerene, demo
crat, Ohio, who favors ratification
with reservations and Senator
Shields--, democrat, Tennessee, an
opponent cf the treaty, may also
address the senate tomorrow or
Tuesday.
Over Sunday conferences served
t'i stiffen the lines on both sides
but apparently effected little
'hanse in the general situation.
The group of republicans who
would like to sec unqualified rati
fication were said to be still re
lurtant tn follow Mr. Iiodge in his
support of the. "no alliance" rcs
'rvation. although there appeared
to be little doubt in the minds cf
:he administration leaders that in
the end a solid republican vote, ex
clusive of the "irreconcilablesj"
would support the committee pro
gram. HAYNES ADVOCATES
"LIQUOR TREATIES"
icHoi by Commissioner as Meth
od of Kndlng Rum Running.
"ASMXGTON". March 12. Ne
x'egn
with a. rn nr lmuor treaties
Wp;i: Hritain and Cuha. aja aid in
Po" ;! - an end to rum smuggling in
" t'i country wae said tonight by
luth i ternal revenue officials to be
advoraled by Prohibition Comrntsslon-
'T 1 .'!r..-. Tr.alf.. ... ir. it
fc a f xnl nned to handle the Canadian
oorocr fitnation and to belter control
Mpert of liqunrjrom Cuba, Baham
d Bermuda to this country.
Pru.v.huion officials also have under
"Uf ion a proposal for declaring
r" n running vessels to be pirates
ifiro.ipu nenotlstion with foreign na
nons Poking to the cancellation of
. registry of such ships. Many of
tn lan;r Hnuor ships carrying illicit
cargoes of alcohol it was said, an
fh"r juf outside ths limit of cus
'em Jurisdiction and send .. carjo
'''To n Rmall hriota
rJ' 'V war linen thpftn craft la heinflr
f'.-fill v waa-r1. nffieiala .sjv?rtr3
It t';ir carm vpmN ar hevnnd the
"aii of the law. If they sailed wlth
JiiC proper rfglBtrv papers 'hev would
' Hranilwj a, pirate outid9 tNe law
7 .' 1 'he "awful priie of every navy in
bie world.
At "ic state department ft was raid
f"1 Propals for negotiallonn of this
'fi a under consideration as yet
international discussion of American
prntiihition would Involve many dlf-iM-ent
diplomatic questions it was de
'arol. ,
VYOI'Ui KXD PERSECUTIONS
WASHINGTON, March 12.
s-ure bv thn American govern
Pi
ment to prevent persecution of
1 hnstians in Asia Minor was' re-.
Nested in a resolution adopted by
3 niass meeting1 here today attend
fit hy representatives of Armenian,
Syrian and Greek patrotlc and re
hgious societies. The meeting was
neld under the auspices of the
a merles n Friends of Persecuted
Christian Peoples of Asia Minor.
SMALL VOLCAXO FORMED
Mexico mrr- iu.-o. iLa
r mai volcano, whleh Is showing
me signs of activity, has been
''"med within the crater of Pop
"C'tepeti, Which is situated 26
"lies west ot the city of Puebla.
i sons ti0 have returned from
n exploration trln nn T'ono-
iii My th nw volcano has
lnt1"1' characteristics of -.ta'ivax-
To Bring Pact
Vote In Senate
I
Daring This Week
LOOGE HOPEFULjPRESIDENT OKAYS
OF ftGREEWlENT HUGHES LETTER
"That's Fine, I'm Glad
He Did It" Is Comment
on Seretary's Act.
REMAINSFIRM ON
BONUS PROPOSAL
Has Not Changed His Po
sition Regarding Com
pensation of Soldiers.
ROCKLEDGB Fin.. March 12.
(By The Associated Press.) Presi
dent Harding today expressed ap
pioval of the letter of Secretary
Hughes to Senator Underwood on
the four power Pacific treaty.
"That's fine; I'm glad he did it,"
the President said when told by
newspapermen the substance of the
letter as carried in news dispatches
from Washington.
The luaisehoat containing the
President and Mrs. Harding and
their party which is musing dswn
the Florida east coast had stopped
fur .V few minutes here today for
mail, telegrams and newspapers.
None of the party came ashore as
the boat tied up to the dock but to
a group of waiting newspaper
men the President expressed his
satisfaction over the Hughes letter.
Mr. Harding evinced much inter
est, when told of the fight in the
senate yesterday i er the treaty
and the use by Senator Underwood
as one of the w eapons of argument
In the support of the pact, of the
Hughes letter.
Attorney-General Daugherty also
questioned the correspondents on
happenings in Washington. Ex
cept for a brief glance yesterday,
the party had been without news
papers during the past 42 hours,
which was spent aboard the house
boat out of touch with land.
Among the people who wcl-
prematurc action. cornea me rresiaeiu ana .Mrs.
In spite of this situation the - Mr. and
administration senators arc hope- in riBh.
tor. Mr. Kling is a brother of Mrs.
Harding and lives at Ttockledge.
Afterwards both the chief execu
tive and his wife shook hinds with
the people standing on the nearby
dock.
l:TiriE DAT SPENT
The day was spent by the party
aooard the houseboat proceeding
leisurely down the coast. Leaving
new Smyrna where the President
golfed yesterday afternoon the
boat made a few miles and anch
ored for the night near Titusville
and early today resumed its Jour
ney. The party is Ending tonight
on the boat which is anchored
above Fort Plrece where the Presi
dent plans to go ashore in the
morning and motor to the Vero
links, 14 miles to the north for a
game of golf.
Just how far north the President
plans to go remains unknown but
It ia known that some members of
the party are urging him to con
tinue for a few days beyond the
middle of the week the time ori
ginally set for returning to St. Aug
ustine. It is believed that the
weather, which to date has ben
ideal, as well as affairs at Wash
ington, will have considerable to do
with the final decision. Mr. Hard
ing it improved greatly, .as is sp:
parent his healthy tan. All appar
ently are enjoying the trip to the
utmost.
While no expression has come
from the President on the proposed
soldier bonus legislation beyond
the statement carried in his letter
to Chairman Fordney of the house
ways and means committee, devel
opments in congress as reported
dally in Washington news dis
patches are among the first things
which have attention of the party.
To each request for any statement
from the President on the newest
lioute proposal on the bonus, ad
ministration spokesmen have said
the President's position is nnchang.
ed from that as stated In the Ford
ney letter, which was enactment of
a sales tax to raise t lie bonus fund
or postponement of the legislation.
Any other or additional publica
tions purporting to give the Presi
dent's views as this same spokes
man said, are nothing more than
onclusions drawn by individuals.
TAR HEELS OPPOSE
NEW BONUS SCHEME
WiMUKOTOX BCRIAD
TBI ASRvriLT.s orrais
(til II. B. C. BRYANT
WASHINGTON. March 12. The
North Carolina senators are opposed
to the Fordnev house nlan for a sol-
dlens' bonus. They think that It is
a dishonest nroDositlon. It ooks now
as if moat of the Tar Heel house
members, If not all of them would
vote for the proposed measure, feei
inr that it is the best they can do.
Senator Simmons, s a member of
finance committee, m navlni nartic
ular attention to the bonus discus
sion. He said the latest suggestion
does not meet the demands of the
country. It is a gold brick of a very
serious sort.
FRENCH TROOPS TO
ENTER U. S. SECTOR
BERLIN. March 12. Accompanying
the Hfth American Infantry regimen
from Antwerp Uut Friday on th first
stage of the voyage to the . United
States were 31 German brides of sol
diers and eight babies born under the
protection of the Stars and Stripes.
It is reported here that the town of
Mayen. la miles west of Coblens. Ir
the American sector will now rec-eivc
a garrison of 600 French troops..
TO OBSERVE MAY l
WASHINGTON, March 12. Of
flclals of the public health service
today announced their section of
the continued observance of May
1'2. anniversary of tha birth oi
Florence Nightingale, as "nationa'.
hospital day." The service will loin
in urging the public to visit hos
pitals n that day as an educa
tional demonstration in the Interest
ot better health.
. 50
I. HI. WRECK
One Coach Is Derailed,
Falling Fifty Feet to
Shallow Creek.
COACH DEMOLISHED
PEOPLE MUTILATED
Passengers and People
From Nearby Towns
Release Victims.
ATLANTA, Ca March U'.-.By
the Associated Press) Seven per
sons were killed and sixteen injur
ed t li is morning when a passenger
voacli of an Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic train, enroutc to Fitz
gorald, was derailed 13 miles from
Atlanta, Rnd yen crashing into
Camp C-eek, JO feet below.
Approximately 30 persons were
in the coach, the last of the train,
when a wheel on the first truck
burst, sending the car bumping
over a hundred jards of ties be
fore the treat Id was reached and
almost crossed, when it suddenly
turned over. The coach tore away
from the preceding car as it fell
and was almost completely do
mollnhed whe.i it dropped in the
shallow crook.
The seven persons killed, six
men and one woman, met Instant
death, their bodies being badly mu
tilated. All of the injured are ex
pected to recover. From eight
o'clock until noon, scores of other
passengers and person.' from near
by towns, spurred by the cries of
the injured, worked in te wreck
age, releasing thos eiinprlsoncd
and removing the dead.
assistance; rushed
from atlanta
Ambulances and physicians were
rushed from Atlanta and the in
jured -and dead removed to hos
pitals and morgues here. The fol-
lowing list of dead and injured was
Issued by A. B. and A. officials
early tonight, after clucking with
hospital authorities;
The dead:
C. T. Elmore, cashier
local i
freight station A. C. and A. rail
road company.
W. E. Mcintosh. Imperial Hotel.
New York city.
B. C. Driver. P.oanoke. Ala.
W. K. Johnson, section foreman.
Birmingham division, A. B, and A.,
Birmingham, Ala.
R. W. Lanier, operator, Senoia,
tia.
.Mrs. I. H. Ether'.dge, Allanta,
Ga.
W. M. Brooks. Western Union
Telegraph company, Manchester.
Ga.
The injured:
C. D. Moore. Atlanta. Oa.,
Thomas W. Etheridgt, Atlanta. Ga..
Mrs. Thomas W. Etherldge, Atlanta
Ga., Thomas Etherldge. jr., baby,
Atlanta; Miss Mittle Wall. FiUger
ald, Ga., Mise Estelle McNiece, Tal
botton, Ga.. Mus Carolyne Dunbar,
Langdi-le, Ala.; Mrs. A. B. Mcniece
Talbotton. Ga., H. F. Hentz, Atlanta
Miss Olive Sigert, Atlanta; c. a.
Davis, Alvaton. Ga.: MissMamy
Whltelock. Atlanta: Mrs. B. G. Mc
Nellly. Atlanta, . Ga.; Mrs. J. If.
Murray Atlanta, Ga., J. H. Murray,
Atlanta, Ga.; Wrlllard Cope, Atlanta
Ga.
SOME WERE GOING TO
ATTEND TRIAL
Mrs. McNIece is the widow of
A. B. McNiece, nuperintend'nt cf
Talbot county, Ga.. schoohi. who
was killed last year by Major Lee
H. Conrt, retired army otficer and
with Miss Estelle McNiece. her
sister, and H. F. Hentz a relative,
was enroute to Talbotton to attend
the trial Monday of Coart, who is
charged with murder . Owing to
pramThence of the principals, and
the great interest in the case, a
numbtr of those on tiro train were
enroute to attend the trial.
Willard Cope, who Is lnjureo.
seriously, was one of the newspaper
correspondents, on the train. Miss
iMIttle Wall is a sister of Solicitor
General J. H. Wall, of Fitzgerald.
Thomas W. Etherldge, his wife
and small son, composed a funeral
party enroute to Falrburn. the re
mains of Mrs. Ethecldge's mother,
Mrs. Mollie Newnun, beins in the
Kci trrro o-o, par. When the car be
gan to lurch from the track and
finally turned over. Mrs. Etherldge
who was in the tront part of the
coach threw the child from a win
dow. The boy fell in a. heavy
growth of bushes and was only
slightly injured,
Five of the men killed, were In
the. small smoker. Their bodies
were all found together. C. u.
Moore, who was In the same com
partment, ran to the rear platform
and jumped. He fell in the creek,
break! nc a leg.
HEARD NOIbK AS OI
BROKEN WHEEL
"The first indication of anything
wrong was noticed Just before the
train reached the trestle, said H.
F Hentz. "A rumbling noise,
sounding as if one of the wheels
had broken, followed by Irregular
motion of the car, was the first
Inception we had that something
was wrong. .
"About five seconds after the
first warning we were suddenly
plunged backwards. A crasn,
Hounding; as if the end of the world
had arrived, followed, inn
screams of horror from all direc
tion. The ntlre rear end of tne
car was demolished. Those of us
who occupied the front section,
when -no regained our senses,
looked foY an avenue of escape. An
opening; was found through the
front door.
"I managed to assist the three
women who were with me through
the opening and then returned to
help the others.
One young man, who was ap
parently crushed, with blood all
over his trousers, whjch showed
hat he was horribly injured, was
'he first person I found. He was
pinned beneath the debfia In such
i manner that it required fully 15
nlnutes to extract him. He r
.'used to let me help him, but
urged me to assist the women ftnd
;hlldrcn to safety.
"It was the most heroic ex
imple of courage and willpower
hat I ever saw. He sat there
calmly smoking a cigarette, as ir
nothing: out of the ordinary had
occurred. I learned later on that
he was Willard Cope, a newspaper
man.
SEVEN KILLED
ARE INJURED IN INCOMES
STATE TAXES ON
FLQWBQNUS MEASUR
INTO TR EftS U RY
Money Reaching Office at
Rate of $100,000 Daily,
Is Report.
OVER $400,000 IS
TAKEN SATURDAY
Each' Mail Is Bearing , Treasury Secretary De
Sack Full of Checks j clares Frozen Loans
Time up Wednesday.
T4RS0tT0Cr.ll BOTH.
OtTlraN' NTtwt KKUD
ill BffOCK BiltKI.BV)
RALlilGll. March 12. ln
coiiic tax money is coining Into the
oftirr of the state department of
revenue at t lie rate of a hundred
tnousanrl dollars a day, and by
midnight of Wednesday, the finale
of the state's first income tax col
lection period, nearly two million
dollars, in round figures, is expect
ed lo have been gathered.
The total amount of tax collect
ed Saturday was slightly above
$400,000. and each mall during the
dav was bringing in a saek full of
checks. The rush of tat money
Necessitated the office force re
maining on the job until late in
:he night in order to keep up.
Federal Revenue Collector Gil
liam Urissom reported that be
tween 35 and 4 0 per cent of the
(aggregate expected from North
Carolina tax payers to the federal
government had been received Sat
urday afternoon.
Both Col. A. D. AValls, head of
he state department of revenue,
and Mr. Grissnm, the federal col
lector, issued warnings to the pub
lic that Wednesday is the final
dale on which returns may be
fi'ed and payments made, unless
extensions are granted. A penalty j
of T. per cent will be Imposed by j
tne state upon those failing to
mako the return before the (lose
jof the period, and interest will he
charged on payments delayed by
permission or tne department.
I40.000 SATURDAY'S
BIGGEST CHECK
The largest single payment re
ceived up to Saturday by tho state
was $40,000, remitted hy a large
tornoration. f)n Individual hu
turned over a check for $8,000 as
tax on his Income for the last year
rew of the corporations hud
made their payments to the state,
and their checks are expected to
rome in Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Their delay s puv
ooseful so as lo use the money un
til the last day, thereby effecting a
saving in interest.
Thousands of Individuals also
appear to be delaying until the
hiht moment the payment of their
tax to both the state and the fed
eral gevernment. This necessitat
ed tcday warnings by the two
collectors as to the closing date.
Tax Commissioner Watts Is sat
isfieo with the response of the
people and the sucoexs which his
department has met in this initial
attempt on the part of the state
for a systematic and general col
lection of an income tax. The
work has been carried on efficient
ly and the cost of collection is be
low original estimates.
NEW PORTUGUESE
UPRISING HALTED
LISBON. March 13. (By The As
sociated Press.) Plans for an uprls
Ing together with quantities of am
munition and explosives ave been dis
covered in raids hy government
agents at the headquarters of the
workmen's syndicate. As a conse
quence the syndicate have heen
closed and drastic steps are being
taken to preserve order. About I'M)
notorious agdtators have boen ar
rested. fc
,The raids followed various acts of
violence by striking workmen.
STRATOS, CHARGED
TO FORM CABINET
ATHENS. March 12. (By The As
sociated Press) King Conatantine has
charged Nicholae. Stratoe. former min
ister of marine, with the formation
of a new cabinet.
Iondon March. 12. The Athens
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph company reports the resigna
tion of the Gounarls cabinet. He
adds that a prolonged crisis Is ex
pected as it is likely the liberals can,
form a government which will sur- I
BLETHERING CONTEST
DELMON'TE, Cal., March 112
F. H. Lindenberg, Columbus, Ohio.
Bolfer. demonstrated his steadiness1
under stress today by winning the mates take no account of amortt
snnual nine-hole blethering con - I zation or other reserves against
test here with a score of 42.1
Bomb Is Thrown At American
Legation In Sofia; No One Is
Injured; Regrets Expressed
SOFIA,
Bulgaria, March 12. Iter Wilson ooineldiiik.' with the in
Associated Press.) An formation contained in Associated
(By the
explosion occurred in the Ameri- I'ress dispatches,
can legation here early this even- Tc message said tnat t.ie cx
Ing. Nobody was injured but sev-, plosTon occurred in the chancery
eral of the windows were shatter-i of the legation at 8 o clocl; in the
ed and some damage was done to
the building.
Charles S. Wilson, the Ameri
can minister, expresses the belief
that the explosion was due to a
bomb. The bomb W4 thrown,
shortly before oelo.'k li tne
evening and landed In the garden
of the legation. The fact that
this part of the legation was wltn
out lights and that, no one v si
there at the time seen s to Indi
cate that the perpetrator ot Ihe
outrage had no Intention cf kill
ling any one.
The king and cabinet have ex
pressed deep regret to tho Amer
ican minister and g ratilication that
he was not injured. Bulgarian
public opinion strongly condemns
the act.
LEGATION VACANT
AS BOMB THROWN
WASHINGTON. March 12. The
only official message reaching the
state denartment todav regarding
tha exnloaion in the American le-
gatlon at Sortu as a cablegram sent ganizatlona of professional work
at 10 o'clock last night by Minis- era.
MELLON ATTACKS!
E1
AS UNWISE IDEA
No Way, He Says, for
American Tax Payer to j
Avoid the Burden.
YEARLY TAX SALE
SOUND "PROCEDURE
Would Be Result.
WASHINGTON. March 12. -The
new soldiers' bomii hill, as drawn
by house republicans, was attacked
tonight by Secretary Mellon as In
volving a "tlanuerons abuse of gov
ernment credit." Replying to a in
quest for the treasury's comment
on the now bonus hill. Mr. Mellon, j
in : letter to Chairman I'ordncy of
the Ionise ways and means coin-
r.iittec, made public tonight bv the)
I treasury, smirpiy crtu. !.., ,i rcu-1
'i if 1 ri iituiM iiiniciiin '
providing f"f lojnis by banks upnn I
adjusted service cerlillcntcs as in-
direct and "forced" burrowing by i
Ihe g.ivei lament, lie suggested that J
the direct and regular way" to!
provide for a paid-up endowment
insurance feature would be to
authorize insurance certificates
wi'h provisions for direct policy !
loans to he financed by the govern
ment. Mr. Mellon contended that
"it is both dangerous and unwise"
to attempt to avoid the cost of the
bonus for the time being.
"There is no way." he said, "by
which the American taxpayer can
avoid the burden, and if a bonus
Is to be Imposed, it is far better
for all concerned that It be placed
upon a direct and definite basis and
pair! lor each year out of current i
revenues. To do this lit this time
will necessarily mean the Imposi
tion of additional taxes for the pur
pose." The secretary estimated the cost
of Ihe bonus under the bill, con
sidering each of the possible
choices offered to veterans, at more
Ihan $1.2000.000.000 hy January I.
1H26. Whatever form the bonus
measure might take, ho asserted,
would mean a cost to the govern
ment of from $300,000,000 lo $4(K),
000,000 for the next three or four
years and possible continuing lia
bilities thereafter of more than
$200,000,000 a year until 1943.
BILL MAKI.S NO PLAN
FOR MORE REVENUE
Mr. Mellon called attention to
Ihe fact that the bill makes no
provision for raising additional
revenue to meet the cost of the
bonus and recalled to Mr. Fordney
President Harding's letter of Feb
ruary 16, in which it was suggested
that a general sales tax be enacted
to provide the necessary funds or
I the bonus legislation be postponed.
(secretary .vieuon s letter said in
part:
"The bill makes no. provision
whatever for sinking fund, amorti
zation or other reserves against
either the liability that would be
thrown upon the government in
1925 or against the liability on the
certificates at the end of 20 years,
nor does it make any provision for
the payments which would accrue
in ordinary course from year to
year on account of the death of
'(.veterans.
"The direct cost to the govern
ment of a bill carrying these pro
visions for about 4,500,010 ex-service
men is almost impossible to
estimate because of the uncer
tainty ot which of the plans will
be chosen and in what propor
tions. . . But the govern-
ment actuary has prepared tables
of estimated cost on the assunip
tlon that 70 per cent will choose
the certificate plan, 23 per cent the
farm and home aid plan, 5 per
cent the vocational training plan
and 2 tier cent the land settlement
! plan. In tho calculations as to the
cost of the certificate plan, it Is as
sumed that half of the veterans
will borrow on their certificates
from the batiks and default on
their loans In view of the attractive
provisions for cash redemution in
case of default. . It ap
pears from these tables that on the
basts assumed by the actuary the
total cost to the government In the
fiscal year 1923 would be $289,
954,000; in the fiscal year 1924,
$216,440,000; in the fiscal year
1925, $1 128,013,000; and the fiscal
year 1926, for the most part by
October 15. 1925, when the ad
Justed service certificates used as
security for bank loans would hnv
to be redeemed, $615,822,000. ThlfS
would mean total payments within
about three and a half years of
over
$1,200,000,000. These estl-
ie ru. jv.i
evening, breaking 'ill tho chancery
windows and doing sonu addition
al damage, but that no one was
injured. Except fr servants, it
was said, no one was In the lega
tion at 1he time. The (.ablc-nim
added that the cxplosin was
caused by a bomb.
SOFIA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY STRIKES
SOFIA. Bulgaria, March 11.
The faculty ot Sofia university to
day declared a strike and declined
to hold classes until tne mini tiy
of education assur.'k It liberty of
action. The disputo over tho at
tempt of the ministry to eliminate
one letter from the Bulgarian ai-
Ahnlial mrVllVl Hf n tl Oil nOrtll
'some time ago Is now develop. rg
into an organized protest by the
Intellectuals against alleged class
distinctions by the government.
The "situation Is causin the cab
inet much anxiety. The attitude
of the university professors Is be-
I Ing supported
by mass meetings
throughout the country nd !v or
Powerful Government
Concentrated To Cope With
Revolution In South Africa
STATES!
LABOR WILL All
TEXTILE STRIKERS
"Will at Leas'. Help
I Them to Get Bread
' During Their Struggle
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LEADER - DISCU DOIiS
mpVTTT V QTTTTATTON
1 JEj A 1 IJuili. OliUAlAW"
nftclarea nil Will J! 0110W
Cut if no Protest Made
by Workers.
PROVIDENCE, l: I. March
12- The American I'Vderat ion of
Labor will stand firmly behind the
texlile strikcis of New England In
their fight against vtnge reductions
and increased working hours.
Samuel (lumpers, president of 'be
federation declared here tonight,
addressing a meeting of several
thousand persons. Speaking to
an audience of 3. 000 In Pawtucket
In the afternoon' Mr. Uompers,
who is touring the textile areas of
New England where strikes are In
progress, gave a einuiar loc-uhi- v,
behalf of his organization
..,-,., hat niav." said Mr.
mny
t ioniiiers. "t h e L ulled
Textile
Workers of America can count on
the American Federation of Labor
to stand behind them to the full
est extent of its power, and the
American Federation has a mem
bership of D.OOO.O0O. Thcie mem
bers, with their wives and children
represent 25 per cent of the pop
ulation or the United States. The
American Federation cf Labor will
exert every effort ungrudgingly,
cordially and enthusiastically to
help the textile strikers to at least
get bread during their struggle."
The labor leader declared that
textile workers knew, if few other
peoplo did, that about a year ago
wages in tins lnuusiry cm ul
22 1-2 per cent. They know that
the cost of living had not been re
duced when that cut was put Into
effect. Today a further reduction
if 20 per cent was on'ered, mill
owners thinking that because the
first cut was accepted with little
more than murmur the s'toi'd
would be accepted "in actual sil
ence." In addition to the new
wage reduction mill ovrners pro
posed to extend the 48 hour week
to 64 hours.
WOULD BE TREATED
LIKE "YELLOW CURh"
"Men and women of the labor
class who accept every kick that
Is given them are treated as yellow
curs are 'treated," declared Mr.
Crompcrs. "I have read that the
manager of one of tin; mills In
Rhode Island said th stato must
protect Its Industries," be contin
ued. "I was always under the Im
pression the paramount July of
the state was to protect its people.
"Mill owners .y that jnder ex
isting conditions It Is impossible
for them to compete with the mills
of the south. Much already has
been said In repiy to that claim
;TlK. U(t tnat KxtH, mi'uslry'
hi the, south Is Urge! owned and
controlled by norther l capital is
incontrovertible. No item pi has
yet been made to dispute that
fact.
"if Ihe textile workers accept
this 20 per cent reduction is it not
reasonable and natural la suppose
(hit the textile ml.l o? the south
will meet this cut with a similar
reduction In wajes there? If
that cut is made will not the sano
competition between the north nnd
the south again prevail? It will
and the mill owners of Rhode Is
land will again demand 10 or 20
per cent reduction, v.heti each side
will go on competing and depress- i
Ing downward. What then will
become of tho textile Industry in
America? Let this competition
continue and there will be no tex
lile Industry left in New Englind.
Thank God there are enough In
dustries in the United States to
allow men and women now em
ployed in the textile business to
find n livelihood.
Nobody disputed, said Mr. Gom
pers that Industrial depression ex
isted, government agencies esti
mated the number of unemployed
in the country at 6,000,000. These
unemployed were unable to con
sume heeause they were unable to
buy. Reduction of wages In the
textile Industry would mean re
duction by 20 per cent of the con
suming power of thousands and
this would affect thousands of
other Industries."
"It is the plain duty of mill own
ers," Mr. Oompers added, "to call
upon the representatives of the
textile workers to meet In confer
ence and try around the table to
find what la best to be done lu the
present situation and present the
result to the whole Industry. Thev
should not act like autocrats. They
should not, without consultation,
Issue their proclamation tiiat the
wages are to be reduced and the
houm of labor lengthened. That
might have gone In the good old
times but It don't go now. I would
like to impress on the minds of
Ihe mill owners that they are not
monarchs of all they aurvey."
Mr. Oompers closed with an ap
peal for ."financial, moral and
spiritual assistance to the textile
workers In their justifiable con
test." GENERAL CARR IS
SAID UNIMPROVED
DURHAM. N C. March 12.
The condition of General Ju
lian 8. Carr, commander-in-chief
of the United Confeder
ate Veterans, who suffered a
relapse Friday afternoon, was
reported tonight as being un
improved. The extent of the
complications has not been de
termined, his physicians state,
but he Is worse than at any
time since he suffered an at
. ' lack of influenza,
IS
Revolutionaries Bombed;
Miners Resort To Arson:
1.500 Men Are Captured
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, March 12.
(By The Associated Press.) A shot was fired at the automos
bile containing General Jan Christian Smuts, the premier toi
day, as he was being driven toward the Rand near PoUche
strom. The premier was not hurt although a bullet struck tha
car.
.Kill ANNKSIirriil. March 12.
(By the Associated I'ress. )--Troops
have captured 1.500 revolutionists
at Hopliiatown and llrlxtnn Itidge
besides clearing the neighboring
ridges, an important achievement,
us the position were strong and
the rebel occupation presented
grave nieniK c. Airplanes dropped
32 bombs on revolutionists sur
rounding a party of police in the
ISrl.vton area, ( auslns numerous
casualties and scattering the oth
ers, many of whom surrendered.
The government issued a long
communication (his afternoon, de
claring that the operations were
proceeding very satisfactorily and
that strong forces were rapidly
converging.
At least 1100 persons are be
lieved to have been killed in Sat
urday's fighting here and the
wounded will reach a much larger
number.
Despeiale efforts are being made
by the commandos to gain control
of the town before the forces under
Major General Mr I-. Va n Devon -ter
and Brigadier General Conrad
Hrlts can arrive. Only the north
Strikers A re Admitted To
Have Had Early Successes
PRETORIA, Union of South
Africa, March 12. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Airplanes have twice
dropped bombs on revolutionary
commandos, inflicting severe casu
alties and a large number of strik
ers have been killed or Injured In
an attack against cavalry ot Ellis
Park, says a communication Issued
today, giving a record of Saturday's
disturbances growing out ot the
strike situation.
"The revolutionaries still are
very artive." says the communica
tion. "They have been burning
houses at Bcnonl and Boksburg.
apparently in retaliation for our
bombings. All our airplanes now
carry bombs In order that every
ARBUCKLE GASEiPLEA ENTERED TO;
HS I TODAY
ON THIRD T H I R L
No Change in Counsel,
but More Witnesses
Than Before, Slated.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12.
Roscoe C. ("Fatty") Arbuekle, mo
tion picture comedian, will go to
trial tomorrow for the third time
on charges of manslaughter grow
ing out of the death on September
9. mi, of Miss Virginia Rape, a
motion picture actress. Miss
Rappe's death followed a drinking
party In Arbuckle's suite In the
Hotel St. Francis. It is expected
that the process of selecting a Jury
will occupy the greater part of a
week. The trial will see no change
In the lists of opposing counsel, but
it Is expected that more witnesses
will be called than in ettner or tne
two previous trials
The Jury in the first trial voted
ten to two for acquittal, and In
the second ten to two for convic
tion. Botli sides have promised to
introduce evidence in the forth
coming trial that was riot intro
duced in either of the others.
However, the prosecution prop'
ably will lack one of its chief
prosecution witnesses, Miss Zey
Prevost, who left the state after
the second trial and hss refused to
return. It is expected that her
testimony In one of the earlier
trials will be read into the record.
The depositions of a number of
Chicago witnesses have been ob
tained by the defense for u-e in an
attempt to prove that death of
Miss Ilappe was due to a chronic
disorder.
rondthalerIieads
collegiate body
iSp-Hl ('9rtwMn It T M Atktvillt OitU
OIIRMNHBKKO, Mare.ii 12. Elect
Ins officer and agreeing upon-, ad
mission requirements for college, ex
ecutives of presidents of 19 North
Carolina colleges wound up the second
meeting of North Carolina college con
ference here Just after noon tndav.
Ir Howard Hondthaler. president
of Salem college. Winston-Salem, was
elected president of the conference,
and Prof, N. W. Walker, of educa
tion department of the university was
re-elected aecretary-treasurer.
Amonr the requirements demandd
for admission hereafter will be the
completion of a four year course at
an accredited high school with a min
imum of 15 units, or ihe equivalent
of such a course.
The conference will meet next sum
mer to pass upon report as to atan
darda. COURTDISSOLVES
RECEIVERSHIP
)89riH CrrnMi4itf to T9 Aih$titl4 Ctten
GRKKNSHBORO. March 12. A
temporary receiver. C. L. Davis, of
Morganton. for ths Mays Manufactur
ing company of Lexington, a Bajiter
Sliemweii concern was aiamissea ai a
hearing over a bill In equity tn federal
court nere Saturday, but the b,ok
of the compsny were ordered to ba
kep' impounded In the office of the
slerk. Shemwell did not appear.
Forces
ern pail, of Johannesburg is free
of tin! commandos.
The fighting for the most part
takes the, form of sniping, there
being only occasional volleys. Th
only government forces to be seen,
are those guarding the city hall.
The striking miners are report
ed to have burned the police sta
tlon a Fordsburg.
A communique from Pretoria
says largo numbers of troops will
be available shortly and that re
cruiting Is going on at a satis
factory pace, although many evi
dently fall to realize tho serious-1
ness, of the situation.
Capetown dispatches say that
outside the Hand thn general strike
has had a limited success. At
Durban a meeting attended by SOB
persons, mostly strikers, resulted
In the formation of a mmmsndo
of 300 men, who paraded without
violence, '!l
A similar meeting at Bloemfon
teln favored formation of com
mandos, but a single arrest led to
the dispersal of ho gathering be
fore the decision could be carried
out. 'i
advantage may be taken on tha
discovery of revolutionary com
mandos. Two instances occurred
today where commandos were suc
cessfully bombed. Direct hits wer
attained and the revolutionaries
suffered severely."
The communication then de'
scrlbes the successful resistance of!
men ot the Imperial light horse ,
against an attack of strikers at
Ellis Park, In which many of th
strikers were killed or wounded.
Five of the soldiers were killed and
15 wounded.
The communication admits that,
the strikers have had Initial suc-
cesses, but says the forces now at'
the disposal of the government srs
formidable. 1
-.
PRESERVE At IIIO
STO
Society to Aid Animals
Asks Protection Be
Given Beast.
BUENOS AIRES, March 1J. -4
(By the Associated Press) A pro
teat against the killing or captua
lng of the plelosaurian monetet
whlch is reported to have been
seen In an Indean lake lake in
Patagonia has been placed before
the ministry of the interior by the
Socledad Protectors De Los Anl
males, which corresponds to tha
American Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals. The so
ciety urges If such an antedeluvlan
creature exists it be allowed to,
roam Its native heath unmoleated.
Invoking a law dealing with cruel
ty to animals, the society demands
that the expedition which proposes)
to bring back the nlmal alive or
dead to the Buenos Aires zoo be
prohibited.
The protest is voiced in a letter
by Dr. Albarracln. head of the
society, who calls on the ministry
to Instruct the governor of Chubut.
a territory in the southern part of
Argentina, occupying part of the
table land of Patagonia to investi
gate the truth of tho report of th
creature's existence and if this is
established, to do what ia necessary
In fulfillment of said law to pre
vent the hunting or capturing of lk
In any form, leading It in peace,
by reason of its being a valuable,
specimen, which ought to enjoy
full liberty and be allowed to r
proluce Itself."
Dr. Albarracln asserts that, like
the Penguin. It probably would die
If brought north, by reason ot the
change of climate, and adds:
"It scientists want to study the
creatures let them do It in a hu
mane way In tta habitat while It
la enjoying full liberty."
Meanwhile. Professor Onelll,
who first announced the existence
of Uie animal, says the expedition
will start at the end of the week,
provided additional funds are
forthcoming. k
FAIRFIELD WILL
SOON FACE TRIAL
ASHRLRN, Ga., March 12.-0. C.
Fah-fteld. charged with murder in
connection with the killing of En
gineer W. T. Reed, of the A. B. and
A., railroad, near Fltigerald last sumi
mer Is scheduled to face trlftl In Turi
ner county superior court this week.
A change ot venue was granted
from the Cordele circuit, and Fairfield
was. transferred to the Turner count
Jail last wek, Fairfield's alleged con
fession of the shooting of the en
gineer resulted In IS Indictments
charging murder being returned
against A. K. and A. strikers. Only
one rase has been tried. Fred Stubba
being convicted of voluntary man,
slaughter.
ED MONSTER