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THE WEATHER, NJ1 bably thundtr etorms Tuet, JJSrtM l " eooler Wednetday. .J HUH HID CI" 'indication for onarter 13 f llCU VTlbU VUlMtua " A in wasningion. Wllopen within KEXT NINETY DAYS Capital Stock of $100,000 Will ue .raid m ana $25,000 Surplus. darttr application for the Na tural Bank of Commerce, of Ashe- Lfff, has been made to the comp iler of currency and, it is stated B nM dneHteftn. ..rill H.-. operation in the next 60 to po tv eViar-tae io Lor. DrUHNix "' o ranted. Ihe bank will start witn a rAa i capital of $100,000 and a paid in irplus of V-'..000. Among those interested in estab- ishing 'i10 nPW national DanK, nill he a valuable addition . Asheville'R busy marts of trade, n. nlt,.n lirillinm f iff D- -VlUUIll, "una"' pdwood. secretary ana treasurer 'the Orchard company and man- Lpr of Gilmers, Incorporated: R. 1. McDunie. secretary ana irras- erofthc Nortnup-.Mcuume uara- lare company; Julian A. wond- )ck, Citizen a iranmer ana v-oai mtianv and owner of the Castanea luilding: Curtis Bynuui, president nd treasurer c.r ine tanniiiii -eamerv company; Thomas Wad- kRaoul. president Patton Avenue orporation; H. uipinsKy, eon Jarctie and vice-president Morris Ian Bank; Dr. is. o. Kawaras, wrlslist. and Junius G. Adams, of he law firm of Mcrrimon, Adams nd Johnston. A location for the 'Dank has not Lee it flciinnciy ueriua f being considered by those n rcstcd. However, It is asserted, ip new national uann win ue lentrally located. In the midst of e buslnrss section, and the site ill he announced within a few avs. " ITOCK SELLS AT 125 mi SHARK 1 The Jinn. 000 stock issued lias "en ovei su nsoriueu hi pto hare, it is stated, and. this will be eti as paid in capital and sur- Arrancetm-nts for banking fix res arc underway, it is stated, id they will be installed in time r the formal opening. Discussion of the possibilities r an additional national bank in Isheville lias extended over a pe- ,od of several fears, but tne first ! finite assurance of the? new imwi ion was made yesterday when i was announced application for charter had been made and the ick oversubscribed. Winers for the new hank will prob- rj. lie nei liii na ni.wii int. ..... arrives and all arrangements limplptpd for the new addition to the uncial renters or tne city, denoting other step forward in Asheville's arch of progress. Those interested the National Bank or Commerce ( all men who have taken an active (art In the welfare of the city in ery way and under their capable idanee the. new institution- will be in assured success, it is asserted by nue who have watched for the ever Ttain announcement, of the new 'k. I'NTH BANK OR ASHEVILLE The NHtloiial Kank of Commerce ill be the, ninth hank for Ashevtlle A the second national bank.. .All inks of the city have been making kellent progress as noted by the Jtiy building and Interior improwe "tils made during the past year. Ontral Rank and Trust com- Isny and the Hattery Park bank tiarve 'tit timusands of dollars in new d modern marble fixtures and the tilt of the Central bank has been ' object nf much admirRtion oh the it r those passing the financial intpr. The tircsrrit banks of the city are: he American National bank. Bank nest Ashevtlle, Battery Park nk, Hiltmore-Oteen bank. Central auk and Trust company. Citizens "iK, Southern States bank and the achovia Hank and Trust company. PNE JUROR PICKED IN ARBTJCKLE CASE SAX I'KAXCISCO. March 13. e j.trnr temporarily passed was fe re, mil rf tho first day's eesslon tiie (hird trial of Roscoe, f''i""i Arbuckla on man- uushter charges arlsinc from the fath ,,f Virginia Rappe, movie tress nml one of the guests at a ''y siv on try him here last itbor d r-. Miss Ra.ppe succumbed pptembci 10 and Arbuckle was rested the. day following for urnr, the charge later being re- lieed. Six veniremen were examined. our were excused for having mlnns. one proved satisfactory both sides and the sixth was still fder examination at adjourn- iu. JIARION DISTRICT iONFERENCE MEETS fM' r MIT March 13 The Ma- (.n rtw'r-v conference of the Metho ' I'.piscmal church. South, met In Jmaal session ilf,re tonight with Dr. I i arr!s presiding. A large nam . "r delegates are in attendance "in ministers from the 23 ars ,-,ie here. After sacrament rK,jv w011t intn rffiila.p hiisinefls f10". ! L-unsford, of Marion, i"cteu secretary and ft Miss 'HfsoR. of Burnsvllle. aeslsUnt. "A ror.fei-.na mmI, aa an. pintM at once. All the churches of u ron a tp. eo-opftratinff in cauinff hst, Thu rnnfpranp will vintintlA efsion till Wednesday noon. f EAR EAST RELIEF S OVERSUBSCRIBED NEW YORK. March' 13. The Jews i Altlartni. i . .. .... l4 iiJ. , .. nave over-suDscnoea me y.m;'m mpalgn fund for the re Pi r eastern European Jews suf- ii urn war progroms and famine "as announced tonight at the final l,'y or lli v- v-i. i avi . . "Vv .--wr iuiii cny unva vj ".irL Rrwn, of Detroit, national itat t,'.'.ra"h aBrl Pledges In hand '1 IH.009.834.1S, Mr. Brown said. ?h a;rn" that the sum will t, ,,'h-H0-000 fcy APr 1- More 'nJl.iKin.nno was alven hv neronn. r'J''-. ,n e,Knt of h states i- 'i-mu nas yet to be drisn to .ESTABLISHED 1868. lIIftL DAI OP Names 0f Southern Planters ueciarea lo Benefit Through 'Change Dealings To Be Told NEW TORK. Mar. 13. Crlticis ing methods of operation of the American cotton exchange during the "John Doe'1 inquiry into it3 af fairs today, Chief Magistrate Mc Adoo declared it appeared that the exchange "had no cotton on which to base its trading unless it pur chased across the street from the New York cotton exchange." "The American exchanged pur chased 15.000 bales from the New York exchange simply for use by the brokers in checking the wheel so It would stop at a winning num ber." he added. These comments were evoked by testimony of former Jtidae A. V. Graham, president of the Ameri can exchange, who spent the after noon on the witness stand. Mr. (iraham disclaimed knowl edge of a petition, offered in evi dence, in which exchange officials were advised by members that "the state of trading on the floor is ter rible" following withdrawal of firm which customarily had held 10.000 bales to cover brokers who sold short. The petition urged the purchase of 15.000 bales to sell at oppor tune times in the trading when the buyers' demands exceeded sales so far as to halt trading and force prices upward. Revenues of the members would thereby be SENATE BALLOTS ON FIRST PHASE OF TREAT! TODAY First of Proposed Agree ments to Come up Is Robinson's. WASHINGTON. March 3 Op ponents of the four power Pacific treaty loosed another series of broadsides against the pact today in the senate but slackened their onslaught just before adjournment to accept' a unanimous consent agreement for a vote tomorrow on the first of the proposed agree ments. Senators Johnson of California, and Borah, of Idaho, both repub licans, took tho lead in the all-day attack, the former declaring ratifi cation o the treaty would be a national "surrender" under a threat of danger from the Anglo Japanese alliance and the latter asserting that the proposed four power arrangement would trans fer to the Pacific the old balancc-of-power System that has domi nated Europe for nturIea. A question a to the authorship of the treaty and Its supplemental agreements again was raised dur ing the debate, Mr. Borah assert ing that despite Secretary Hughes' letter accepting responsibility for tho final draft there seemed to be "the most conclusive proof that somebody else- wrote the treaty." The amendment on which It was agreed to vote at 4 p. m. to morrow was proposed by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, and will bo the first issue of the four power treaty fight to come to roll call. As modified today by Mr. Robinson it provides that the right of nations both in and out of the four power.group are to be re spected and that non-signatory ns .well as signatory nations shall bo invited to any conference held to consider controversies affecting" the Insular interests in the Pacific "or any far eastern question.' LEADERS SAY THKY WILL. DEFEAT IT . Administration leaders declared tonight they had sufficient vote to defeat the amendment. Senator Robinson made u ithort speech to day favoring its adoption in tiie Interest, he said, of fair play for Russia, China and other non-signatory nations, and Senator Len- root, republican, -Wisconsin-, argued against It on the ground that it would impose blanket obligations going even beyond the league of nations covenant. Senator Johnson's address of more than two hours was directed largely against tle declaration of the treaty's supporters that its chief benefit lay in tho provision abrogating the Anglo-Japanese al liance. If solemn assurances of Great Britain and Japan regarding the purposes of tho alliance were to be credited, he said, then it contained no menace to the United States, while it these assurances were to be regarded as false, then this government should not go into partnership with nations which had practiced the deceptions. The four power arrangement, said Senator Johnson, would amount to an "alliance and would impose obligations not dissimilar from those of the league covenant. The chief difference between the new treaty and the league, he de clared, seemed to be that P. bore a republican Instead of a demo cratic label. Senator Borah, In turn, likened the treaty to the triple entente of Europe, which he said did not bind Great Britain and Rus3ia to go to the aid of France in 1!14 but nevertheless resulted in con certed action by all the entente powers. The four pow-jr treaty might not Impose any legal obli gation on congress to declare war. no said, but It provide-l for a con ference which might easily result in a moraUobligftion which -:on- grcss could not escape. ATTEMPT TO BAR RAILWAYS FAILS -M rr- A nn H f. u 1? An attjtmnt to bar a number of railroads from the wags hearings before the railroad labor board failed today when Vlce- i. .. ; T) or, w Itnmipr rnlH against evidence presented by rail way employed 10 snow umi hhhh had violated the law and should therefore have no standing before the board. ' t The ruling brought out the fact JUKI. Kllvil v. , . - a roads, charged with violation of the transportation art because of con tracting shop work to outside firms, was expected soon. WOULD BAR PURCHASES WASHINGTON, March 13. Pur chase of any foreign airplane or di rigible by any government depart- would be prohibited under a bill In troduced today by Senator McKellar, democnt, Tsontsse. THE ASHE VILLE - "DEDICATED "doubled, trebled and perhaps quadrupled" the petition said. Mr. Graham was ordered bv Magistrate McAdoo to present to the district attorney tomorrow, "names of a half dozen southern planters who benefited by the chance to speculate, offered with the opening of the exchange." This order was based upon testi mony that the exchange was found ed in the open market hy using 10 bales as the minimum unit of transactions, thereby opening the fifld to smaller growers eliminated from the New York cotton ex change and the New Orleans cot ton exchange by a 100-bale mini mum unit. Questioned concerning the du ties of his office na nrel,lonl nf iKn exchange, Mr. Graham testified he ui'niru me man, presiueu at meetings of the board of directors and attended to litigation insti tuted to rid the exchange of cer tain rascally brokers." The witness professed little knowledge of the actual workings of the institution. lie did not know what ticker service was used for; how rice quotations were based, or how it might be deter mined what cotton sold actually was delivered, he said. He was chosen president of the exchange, Continue n Pint Kint MAJOR T. B. LEE D ES MONDAY AT CHARLOTTE HOME Was Active in War Be tween the States Orga nized Power Company. iEftitl rnrrtirmtmcn It Tht ilVrtll- rttu-'r CHATII.OTTK. Mar. 13 Major Thomas B. Lee, uncle of W. S. Lee, vice-president of the Southern Power company, died at his home here today at the age of 87. He was sitting in his chair by the fire when the end came. He had re sided here for 18 years but was a native of Camden, S. C. After an automobile ride Sunday ho com plained of feeling chilly. This morning he again complained of feeling chilly and sat down in a chair near the fire. He never got u. He had often expressed the wish that he would die in harness. He helped to organize the Southern Power Co., and was in charge of work of laying trark for the inter urban line. He served throughout the War Between the States as ma jor, was with General Beauregard, aiding In constructing coast de fense of South Carolina and held the rank of major of engineer! during most of the war under Gen eral Longstreet. Even before the war he was famed as a surveyor. He helped survey and construct the Blue Ridge railway from Anderson, S. C, into Tennessee. Also helped In the construction of the Sea. board Air Line from 'Monroe to Atlanta and helped build the Flor. Ida extension of the Seaboard sys tem. Managers of the 3 stores of the Eflrd chain of department stores met here today, having been call ed by J. B. Kfird. president, for a drscussion of business conditions. Ministers of Charlotte, in month ly meeting Monday, went on record as opposed to dances being held either in the name of the high school of the city or schools gen erally and instructed the secretary to notify the superintendent of schools of this action by letter. T SOUTH AFRICA IS L Formidable Crown Forces in the Field Johannes burg Safe. LONDON, Mlar. IS. (By the As. sociated Press.) Last advices from Johannesburg tend to show that the situation, which last week was extremely Brave, with manv hundreds of casualties on all sides in the . fighting is now well con trolled by formidable forces of the government which were devoted to the task of suppression after the proclamation of martial law. The prompt quelling of the disorders was largely due to the free em ployment of bombing airplanes to disperse tho rebels and drop food and ammunition to besieged loyal ists. Johannesburg, which on Satur day was invested on three sides, Is at the present time quite safe. Krttgersdorp, tho western limit of the fighting, has been captured by tho troops. With the capture of Renoni and Dunswart, announced tcnight, 'it is believed most of the resistance has been overcome. General Smuts, the South Afri can premier, after a perilous auto t loblla tour in the battle area; be ing shot at and having a narrow escape has himself taken personal charge of the situation at Jo hannesburg. He expresses the opinion that peaceful conditions soon will be re-established. The fighting has been accom panied by the most exciting inci dents, airplane engagements, avia tors escaping after great risks and daring and gallantry on the part of besieged by police and troops. In some rases loyal forces have been hemmed in for two or three days before alrolane relief enabled them to fight their way out. REVOLU WELL GONTRO AVIATOR IS KILLED DAYTON, O., March 13. Lieuten ant W. fV N'iedermeyer, Jr., of Mc Cook field, was killed today when a monoplane in which he was doing combat problems fell several thou sand feet In a tall spin. His home was said to be In Columbia, Missouri. WILL ATTEMPT LONG FLIGHT CHICAGO, March 13. In a mono plane of a new design said to be capable of a 3,000 mile range, Cuno Rheden, of Chicago, will attempt a new trans-Atlantic flight soon with three passengers, he said' 'today. i TO THE UP-BUILDING ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY PDU PICKED URePlican Subcommittee To KFVHflTF 1PFFCH I T Q T 1 T C M f F Tl n i u i n I l ivi l l I Honor Tendered Him and Accepted Recalls vVar Time Associations. WASHINGTON HEARS OF STATE POLITICS Connon and Thorne Said Slated for Close Race for Judgeship. WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. The aftermath of the democratic ex ecutive committee at Raleigh lust week is interesting. Democratic State Chairman Nor vrood has selected for temporary chairman of the democratic state convention to deliver the keynote speech of the campaign at the con vention, Edward W. 1'ou. repre sentative in congress from the fourth congressional district. This honor has been tendered and ac cepted. Mr, Pou and Representative Kitchin, who unfortunately has not yet fully recovered his health, arc the ranking members of. the North Carolina house delegation in point of service, of all tho men who entered congress from North Carolina as a result of the elec tion of 1900, only Senator Sim l.iors. Representative Pou and Representative Kitchin remain. during the war under the Wood row Wilson administration, Mr. Pou was chairman of the commit tee on rules of the house and for mulated and reported the rules under which most of President Wilson's great fights in the house were conducted. There was no member of the houso who possess ed to a greater degree President Wilsons confidence, respect and affection than did Mr. Pou. Mr. Wilson could always depend on the fourth district congressman and Mr. Pou's wide popularity with his colleagues together with his fine legislative ability and gen enlshlp made him an Invaluable and nirfst powerful aid to Presi dent Wilson during the stormy ycais of that notable administra tion. When other men fell awav f-on. Mr. Wilson, Pou stuck all the closer fo him. It is related that one of the rare times when President Wilson showed deep emotion was when he read the magnificent defense which Con gressman Pou made of his friend on the floor of tho house in his able and notable speech on the subject of the "republican con-f-piraey'- against the President. Mr. Wilson loved Congressman Pou. It comes to Washington, that among the Superior court Judges who will have sharp fights for re nomination Is George W. Connor wno will be opposed by x-8tate Senator T. T. Thorne. of Rocky Mount in the democratic primary. Mr. Thorne has been a member of the legislature several times, has been mayor of the clly a number or times, also serving as city Judge a public spirited citizen and a maii of wide popularity with the masses r the people. This will be n spirited fight for Judge Connor I'lmi-elf is also able and popular lie was first appointed judge by Governor Craig and was later elected for a full term which ferm ho has now completed. . Prior to his service as Superior court judge Judge Connor was speaker of the North Carolina house of represent tatives. He is a son of Federal District Judge II. G. Connor An- ?Mr.Veuy,8tron8r flglU for a Judge ship is being made by the veteran .awyer and political leader, Colonel Henry E. Falson, of Clinton. Samp son county. Colonel Falson is a candidate to succeed Judge O H Allen who has announced that he vi.l retire at the end of his pres ent term. Colonel Falson is an able 'awyer and a fine old fash ioncd gentleman. He is one of- the vctive who figured conspicuously in 'A TnTri!rbJe camPaisn of 1898 AGRICULTURAL BILL GETS BY THE HOUSE WASHINGTON. March 13 The sgrlcultural appropriation 'hill carrying approximately $35,000 -000 was passed today by the house after members had been forced on Ltc?rd.un Iho iUpsUon of putting back the $360,000 Item for frCe seed, which was eliminated by the committee framing the measure. The seed appropriation stood up when the till was presented to the house proper, but on a point of order hy Representative McArthur republican, Oregon opposing the distribution, a roll call was or dered. The free seed advocates won by a vote of 173 to 142. The bill as sent to the styiate is about $4,000,000 under last year's appropriations. JULIAN S. CARR REPORTED BETTER DURHAM, N. C, March 13. Im provement was noted tonight In the condltlon of General Julian S. Carr. commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who has" been quite ill at his home In this city since last Friday afternoon when he suf fered a relapse, following illness caustd by influensa. "General Carr seems to be better tonight. He is stronger, and more cheerful," was the bulletin issued from his bedside. During the day a large number of telegrams were received at the Carr home from throughout the United States, inquiring aa to his condition and hoping for him an early recov ery. ONE MAY DIE ' NEW YORK, March 13peter Plcuro and his wife. Angela, were seriously Injured tonight by an ex plosion of sulphur and potash, which he was mixing In his apartment on east 76th street. At Bellevue hospi tal, it was said Plcuro probably would die. but that his wife could recover. Police expressed the belisf Plcuro was attempting to make trie bomb when the explosion occurred. DRUNKENNESS GROWING RICHMOND, Va., March 1J. Ar rest in Richmond for drunkenness yearly are growing by leayn nd bounds, according to the annual re port of Chief of Police Charles A. Sherry issued tolay. The year 1021 according to the report, yielded the greatest number since prohibition be came effective. OF WESTERN NORTH MORNING, MARCH 14, 1922. Report Bonus Despite Official Opposition WASHINGTON. March IS. lte- puM.c.in le,id"rs were confronted toilav with the possibility -.hit they might h- unable to btitig about a vote iti the house on the compio lulsp soldiers' bonus bill under sus pension of the rules next Mmul.lv. With a favorable report of the mea.-nre i,v ;h ways ami means committee promised bv CI. airman Ford i!-. tliev Rcnovally were atjri'-i'i -hat toe bill i-houli! be dis-t po. -Hi of i.y tiie house ia: ly next j w t-'-i . 1 1 1 . i i m 1 1 1 . however, to ascertain whether Speaker (iillrtt. who is in I'lori.hi with President' rt.irding. ft'oijb'i etiti rt i,n a motion to suspend the rules, winch would require a two-thirds vote, for p-is-sago of the bill a:,, I would automatically 1h i all amendments, coupled with t lie reports that, he mlRht decline to do so. threw the whole question of procedure into the air. Rcpubluan nn fibers of the ways and means conn nt tec. w ho at. the moiniiK iiu-f-ting decided m pro-, coed w'ltli their plans for a report of the measure at the meeting of the full committee si heiluled for tomorrow, despite oh.t'''-t'iotis to its provisions voiced by Secretary Mel lon and Comptroller of the Cur rency Cressinger. held . a confer-. POLICE DECLARE IN CONFESSES One of Alleged Victims a Wilson, N. C. Girl-Was to Have Wed Again. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Mar. 13 Confessing that he has had II wives, some of whom he does not even remember by name, Isaiah Moore, 32 alias (loo. S. Melrose, is held here charge with bigamy and embezzlement, local police an nounced tonight. Moore admitted defrauding several women of sums of money, police say. Moore is charged with embez zling $500 from his last wife, Miss Harriet Evans, now a school teach er in a Northern Indiana town. He is said to have deserted her one week after marriage. Moore was always active in so cial affairs and usually Joined a church in the towns which he visit ed, police declare.. They sv he Joined a churclj here after desert ing Miss Evans and then proposed to three Indianapolis women. Miss Evans reported the case to detectives who trailed Moore to Minneapolis where he was ar-ted and was working as superintend ent of a baking company, At the time of his arrest, de tectives say, Moore w-tis engaged to a Minneapolis girl. The- wedding was to take place tomorrow. He was held in a hotel here for sev eral days following his arrest un til he was ready to make a full confession, detectives said. Although his memory was hazy as to details, Moore gave a list of 11 women he said lie had married. Moore's first wife was Flora Dolf. married at his first home, Wyoming. Pa., about 12 years ago and he said she had one daughter. His alleged confession then dis closes the following: His second wife was Amelia Werner, Detroit, Mich., married at Windsor. Canada, undej tho name ot Harry Moore. Then he married Sue Harris, of Roirma, La., under the name of Howard Melvln. His next wife was named Bessie. He married her at her home in Wilson, N. Cu as George Shields, but could not remember the bride's last name. Ai Howard Wilson, he married a woman named Gertrude in Find lay. Ohio. Ho deserted Gertrude and Married Laura Shields at Spokane. Washn. As J. 11. Vaughn he married Florence Johnson, of David City, Nebraska. And then he married Helen Hardgraves, at Augusta, Kansas, Thus Moore had courted in person and soon after marriage had deserted his brides. Howard Wilson, Moore said I e married Ireno Hale, three years ago in Chicago. He met her through a marriage bureau anrl she came from a southern state. Moore deserted her, taking $1,500 of her money, detectives, sav he has confessed. On June 20, 13 21. detectives .ay. under the name of George Church hill Moore married Laura Hertz berg at Peoria. III. Moore married Miss Evans at incennes. Indiana, under the name of George B. Melrose. needIs shown for stable conditions ,CORK. March Michael Collins, in an interview today in which he expressed regret over the disturbances at. his meeting here yesterday, said the incident em phasized the necessity for the restoration of stable conditions. He said old people had told him they had never witnessed such en thusiasm as was displayed at the meeting by the supporters of tho Anglo-Irish treaty. William Roche (Liam Roisite.) whu presided over the southern parliament meeting which ratified the treaty, said yesterday's meet ing demonstrated that !a per cent of the people of Cork favored the treaty. He declared 1hat the mem bers of the Irish republican firmy opposing the treaty at the meeting numbered only about' 100, indicat ing to him that the vast majority of the volunteers wire wi',h the free states. WILL TEST BILL GREENVILLE, 8. C, March 13.--Holding that the bill enacted last week by the general assembly pro hibiting carnivals showing In South Carolina except during county and state fairs Is "In violation of provi sions of the United States constitu tion. In that it impairs obligation of contract" and of the state constitu tion because the act Is discrimina tory, attorneys for two carnivals served notice tonight that they will seek an injunction Tuesday before Judge Frank It. Oary. of Abbeville, to prevent officers enforcing the law thereby making a test case and send ing it to the supreme court.. ' HAVING II W1VESIF00D CAMPAIGN CITIZEN CAROLINA' Measure Today etn p i.vcr in the ilav wuh members or the repuliac.in steering vom miltc and several others, includ ing Representative Walsh. Massa i husetts, actim- speaker, and Rep resentatives 1'css. Ohio, and Tow-, net', low. i. It was nKieed at tins meeting not to make a final decision as to procedure until tho views of the speaker could be learned. Other developments of the ti.iv in tiie bonus situation were tlo is suance of statements b two mem bers of the house - Kctiresent.it 1 e Trendwav. of Massai l'.uet(. a re publican member of tho ways and means commit t ee. and Representa tie llawes, democrat. .Missouri -both of whom expressed opposition to the bonus bill, and the announce ment bv Itepre-'-ntativo Knar, of Wisconsin, a republican member of the ways an I means committee, 111 it he h id written Societal y Mel lon, "replyinr.'' to the lettn- of the ticuMiry hejil to Mi. l-'ordney, in which .Mr Melbm declared the bill, if emu-ted, would involve a "dan gerous abuse of covoi miu-m credit." Mr. Treadway I art d 11 was 'apparent that an elfort to pass a bonus Mil at this time is futile un less financed bv a sales tax." The people, he contended, want less lather than more taxation. GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK INSTATE Believes Growing More Food One Way to Offset Boll Weevil Ravage. TARtnftnrf.R snill, ( mntr. imiklky) RALEIGH. Mar. 1 3 . Governor Cameron Morrison left at noon to day for New Item, where tonight he will deliver an address at a ral ly designed in devise means for combatting the boll weevil. Dr. P.. W. Kllgore. of the agricultural extension department, and others are also scheduled to take part. The governor is greatly Interested in the fight against the boll weevil and believes that the surest way to fight this pest besides generally ac cepted chemical methods Is to raise more food. Tills done Hie results of the boll weevil will not be so disastrous, in that the peo plo will have plenty to eat even If they do not have as much cotton. The governor has a great stack Of Invitations to attend school commencements, He will be forced to decline prnctlcally all of these on account of the great rush of of ficial business continually coming up In his office. The North Carolina text book commission is in session in the hall of tho house of representatives to decide upon a list of supplement ary books for the grammar schools. This list will be made up from books already submitted. Many of the book men who were here for (he regular adoption are on hand. Superintendent E. C Brooks' of fice today announced that i" had been notified of the availability of two scholarships lo the George Peahody College for Teachers In Nashville, Tenn., to be awarded by Superintendent Brooks about May 1. They are worth in money, how--ever, only about $25 dollars a piece. PUT IN1F0RCE Country Split in 18 Dis tricts With Additional Officers. WASHINGTON. Mar. 13. Dl- I vision ot tho country into 18 dis tricts s mo eniorcemcni. territor ies of the federal force of general prohibition agents was announced tonight by Commissioner Haynes. E. C. Yellowley, chief of general prohibition agents, will be In di rect charge of the districts. Each of the divisions, Mr. Haynes said, will be in charge of a divisional chief who will be under direct con trol of the prohibition commis sioner acting through Mr. Yellow ley by April 1, he added. It is expected there will have been a lomplete reallocation of agents forces in accordance with the new plan. "The force of general prohibi tion agents." he said, "under the ttirection of divisional chiefs will not in any manner, be a part of tiie forces working under the su pervision of federal prohibition dl iei tors, but will be a separate and distinct organization wholly undor tho control of the prohibition com- missioner. Of course, It is utider- r.tood that tho purpose is that the work of these men shall supple ment the work of the field forces operating under the direction of tin- state directors and will be a very great aid to the respective directors In their work. 1 ''Also one of the chief objects cf this newly announced plan is o secure the largest possible measure of economy in the opera tion of this force. It will very materially reduce traveling ex penses and other expenses inci dental to these agents' operations, Inasmuch as the Investigation trips will be circumscribed by a definite boundary rather- than covering large, scopes of territory." The districts include: Fourth district. West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and part of Virginia. Fifth. North Carolina and part of Virginia. Sixth, South Carolina and Georgia. Seventh, Florida, Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Eighth. Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Ninth, Tennessee and Kentucky. NEW PROHIBITION MACHINERY BEING PRICE FIVE CENTS: Little Hope Held For Averting Soft Coal Miners' Strike RAILWAY WAGES ARE BROKEN OFFITO TALK lilUGES No Settlement Reached at ! New York Conference With Conductors. NO AUTHORITY TO STOP SHORT ROADS Commerce Commission Cannot Force Abandon ment Intra state Roads. NEW YORK. March 111 Nego tiations between executives of a2 eastern railroads and representa tives of i-ondiieiors and trainmen's unions looking towards new agree, ment as to wages and working con ditions were broken off rate today without any settlement having been reached. Announrpment of the breaking off of negotiations was contained in the following statement Issued by the bureau of information: "The conferences between certain carriers, represented hy the con ference committee of managers of eastern railroads, and conductors and trainmen, represented by the Order of Railway Conductors and the Mrotherhood of Railroad Train- j men. which have been held on va rious dates beginning February 16, 1022. were ndjourned, today, it be ing apparent that n mutually satis factory agreement could not he ar rived at and. as previously Agreed, all propositions made by either side In the hope of a settlement are to be considered as though they had not been proposed." FORCING AH A N DON MENT OF JIOADS IS JXLEC.AIi WASHINGTON. March 13. The Interstate commerco commission was held today by the supreme coiirt to be without authority to authorize or compel the a'aandon liient of a strictly state railroad. The decision, which was handed down in a case brought by the state of Texas against the Eastern Texaa Railroad company to prevent that railroad from dUmantlinff under an order issued by the commission, de clared that where a railroad lies entirely within a single state, is owned and operated by a corpori tion of that state and is not a part of another line, and where its con tinued operation cannot be of more than local concern, the commission Is without Jurisdiction. "Interstate and foreign com merce will not bo burdened or af ftcted by any shortage in the earn ings nor will any carrier In such commerce have to bear or make good the shortage" of the Easrerh Texas railroad, Justice A'an De vanter stated In delivering the opin ion, to which thtre was no dlsbent. "It 1 not as If the rond were a branch or extension whose unre muner.ativo operation would or might burden the main line," he added, "and thereby affect Its util ity of service as an artery of Inter state and foreign commerce." For the courts to hold, tho de cision said, that congress Is author Ulng the interstate commerce com mission to regulate the extension and abandonment of old lines in tended that the commission should "deal with the abandonment of such a road as to Intrastate ns well as Interstate and foreign com merce." would raise a serious ques tion as to the constitutional valid ity of the law. Ill LING INVOLVES THE CONSTHUimON Of LAW Where a statute Is susceptible of two constructions, by one of which grave and doubtful constitutional questions arise, and by the other such questions are avoided, it is the duty of the court to adopt the latter, Justice Van Devanter said, adding that bv giving the section the more restricted construction Its validity would be. undoubted. As construed by the court, it was the Intention of congress to enact a law t6 regulate interstate and foreign commerce and to affect state commerce only as it may be Incidental to the effective regula tion and protection of interstate commerce. Justice Van Dervanter said there w-re many manifesta tions of a continuing purpose on the part of congress to refrain from any regulation of purely state com merce, save such as was involved in its rightful exertion of its control over interstate anil foreign com merce. Had congress intended to denart from its accustomed path mdi to deal with state commerce as such independently of any ef fect on interstate and foreign com merce, hi continued, it would have plainly so declared. Congress had not rlotherl the in terstate commerce commission with any authority over the dltcontinu ance of the purely state business of a railroad whose situation and ownership, as in this case, were such that Interstate and foreiurn commerce would not be burdened or affected by the continuant-" of that business, the opinion stated. Justice Van Devanter said the court would not pass upon the question of whether tho railroad compay was entitled to abandon Its line, because, that question was not presented in this case, the only issue before the court being, ho ex plained, whether the interstate commerco commission had exceed ed Its authority in ordering the railroad to abandon its line. $100,000 JUDGMENT FOR YOUTH OF H ATLANTA, JTarch 13. Cliff Wal raven. a 14 year old boy. was award ed $100,000 damages by a Jury in Judge W. D. Kills' branch of Fulton county superior court toilny, against the Georgia Railway and Power com pany for Injuries sustained in a street car accident. The Jury returned the verdict after 20 minutes deliberations. 14 PAGES TODAY HIE OPERATORS STILL REFUSING Secretary Davis Holds Conference for New Wage Part-of Contract. TEN WEEKS7 COAL SUPPLY IN SIGHT Non-Union Mines Tend to Build up Surplus Now in Existence. WASHINGTON, March 13. Lit tle hope for tho averting of a strike in the unionized bituminous coal fields on April 1, was held out today in those official circles which mo most, concerned with tho re pealed government attempts tf bring iihQiit an adjustment of the wage agreement differences. Mine operators. It was declared, were continuing In their refusal to enter conferences with the United Mine Workers looking to the creation of a new wago contravt for the cen tral competitive Held, notwith standing representations made to them hy Secretary of Ijiibor Davis,, who holds that existing contract require them at least to enter ne gotiations regardless of whether such negotiations are carried to completion. The United Mine Workers of America, the general union organ ization, was declared to ibe entirely willing to enter a conference, al though insisting upon the main tenance of ; existing wage scales, which were adopted in 1920. Tho employers are demanding reductions amounting to SO per cent or. more. It was Indicated In official cir cles today that tho government would go no further at present but would await the development of the threatened strike. The decree of possible government interven tion later. It was said by a high, official, would be determined by the degree to which the etrike, it It developed, might aiteot adverse lv the r riuMicweTrartr: otw assembled for the labor depart ment Indicate that 85,000,000 tone of coal ore now in storage, ap proximately a ten week's supply for the entire county, that this amount Is rapidly bclnj; augmented and that non-union production i tending to increase. Local agree ments between the union and oper ators are also expected to go into effect on or about April 1, which would insure maintenance of the further operations. Secretary Davis waa said to be maintaining a policy of hands toff with reference to the anthracite situation on the ground that op erators and miners were no con ferring, and that prospects were at least hopeful that wage con tracts, would be made. Officials declared there was no reason to be lieve that a coal strike would spread to other industries. , SENATE PAUSES TO LAUGH OVER TREAT Ashurst tiai Clause Contain Schoolboy Error in Grammar. WASHINGTON, March 13. -The senate paused for a laugh in the midst of the solemn treaty debate today, while Senator Ashurst, ot Arizona, exhibited a grammatical error In Its terms for which he de clared "any school boy would be marked down." Senator Ashurst referred to the use of the word "between" Instead , of "among" when reference wai made to the United States, Gru.it Britain and France. "If Arthur James Balfour and Henry Cabot Lodge don't know how to use the English lanuai? nobody does," said tho senator from Arizona, "and yet here In t solemn treaty we find this cfe'gra rious blunder for which any school boy would be marked down. "It may not be of any moment," rejoined Senator Lodge, "but t contend that the use of 'between' as referring to three or more per sons Is Just as good as among." With that Senator Johnson re sumed his attack on the four pow er pact. MARRIED MAN KILLS GIRL, SHOOTS SELF, CarpcnUT Says Girl's Knrera Drove Him Insane, Ho Shot Her. M1VFOLA, r7l-Tfarch 13 -Infu-riatod when Miss Virginia Forget, 23, laughed at his demand that she rs fuse attention from other men, Wil liam Magee, a carpenter. 37, torl shot and killod the girl, then turned the weapon on hinuelr. He died tiro hou's later. Magee, who Is survived by a wifa and two children, is said bv the po lice to have confessed Just before he d:d that he had been Infatuated wiihthe girl, who wad a bookkeeppi :n Hie office of Justice of the Peacn Wes.ervelt. She was slone In the of fice when Magee called late todav and upbraided her for accepting a lentions and gifts from other men, Vijlloe said. "She drove nie insane when h sneered at me.' Maeee is said ' i have told the police, "and I shot her, I was In love with her. I told he" that I truly loved her and asked her1 to discontinue attentions from othe men. She only sneered at me and I shot her." LAUER COMMENDED . WASHINGTON, March 13. Chief Machinist's Mate Keep A, Lauer. of Ooodwater, NAla.. has hoen com mended by the secretary of the naw for exemplary conduct In shnttlnr of? the gas supply in the burning NC-T at the Hampton Road naval el station June 21, 1321, it was an noune.ed today. TORNADO KILLS ONE SULPHUR, Okla., March 1J One man was killed, more than 60 pr sons were injured and scores of buiM Ings were wrecked when a tomndtl '-"It I ha ;..r mAm nf Q.iinltnrt In J toflsy. - . 1IJ hit i; i . : 1 1, "f :. 1 V- i It-. K ' Si," I it-: hi, W.' .: ;: t ' r : i '! ; '! ie
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