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nnXTT A eiTTT7T7TT T T71 nTmTf7T7!"T THE WEATHER ' 1 A PAGE-S j "( TODAY Na,v- Thursssr fair. 'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. , Senate Rejects Two Amendments To Four Power Pacific Pact S SENATE blA bUNU bbULb ASHEVILLE SELLS Twenty-Four Dead mil nnim innnrn! J And Many Buildings Wrecked In Storms RAISING 556.020 II I ALTO ! ONPABTYLINES jj Not Index to Senate Sentiment oi yuesuou of Ratification. SfORMY DEBATE ON ENTIRE PACT PLAN complete Combination Nations Only a "Trou ble Breeder. Si wtSHINTON, March 14. (fttr another stormy debate in hlfh 110SSIDIH puillium tuiitr 11111 1 . . V. , tl.,AMnn oOenCM 01 ino u.iiinioi.ii.ii"i truly program were discussed in jfvtral angles, the senate.late to day rejected by a division almost on partv lines tho first two of the nosed amendments to me iuui pn, Pacific pact At tne peait ui iiiTTu trith eleven short or full mom bership present and voting, the op noiltion to the treaty marshalled democratic and four republican ttM within two of a third of the full senate membership, but three . than cnougn to upsei ine iwo- tliirJs needed for final ratification, all senators participate in mis tote. Leaders on both sides con- tri however, tnai ine umsion ttl but P"" inaex io. senate wrtlment on the question of rati fication itself. Th first of two amendments, offered by Senator Robinson, demo- rtt. Arkansas, proviaea inat me, !our powers should refrain from Istgrwsion against non-signatory L, weii as signatory nations, and hit an interested .nations whether signalorles to the treaty ir not should be invited to any onterence over a Pacific contro ersy. The proposal was lost 30 to Liter a similar amendment in jdlfferent form was presented Hy Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana ,vnd was voted down 27 to 50. On both roll calls four republi cs, Borah, Johnson of California, I , .... In , Via prance ana,iitroictie, vunru m nn rmathe while an equal number democrats, Pomerene, Ransdell, -fnderwood and Williams of Mis Vslppl, Joined the opposition. .WTIF.W 1SSIF OF TltEATY FIHHT In the debate preceding the first o!e nearly all the issues of the eity fight were revieved and oth democrats and republicans in Suited in prophecies of what i::it happen it tne arms conirr- iwe treaties become an issue be- neen the republican and demo ratic parlies. Senator Lenroot, warned '.he democrats that should he (our nact be defeated Presi dent Harding might withdraw the her treaties from the senate ana hslc the country for a verdict at the polls In November. By Senator McCumber, a . sun wter of the treaty, the Fresi rient was invited to say what had ecome of the republican cam Mhrn nleilcn of 1320. for an as- ocwtlon of nations." whicn snouia jrmbrace nil the principal powers iot the world. Senator MeCuniDer !ald a smaller "association" had keen formed bv the four power reatv hut argued that Germany nd Austiia. among others, should brought Into a similar compact wcaiise an incomplete combina- ion, "only would be a ' trouble Hreeder.'' He put into the record plan of In own for such a world 'inoelatton." Arguing for the Robinson imendment. Senator Walsh, demo rat. Montana, announced that he ould not support the treaty unless otnp s'irh qualification were ilopte, nnrl likened the present ontest to that which waged over tie treat v ! Versailles. Sponsors '''.the tifscnt treaty program, h said, wno following in the foot kens nf T'rAirlTif WiUon hv en- lingeritie the result in order to flftwrve their handiwork intact. 'OnfiK. WOl f,D RISK what riopi.i: want Sfnatois Lodge and Underwood "turd atrninst the amendments on e ground that they would neces Hate re-nnrnlnc- the negotiations IVhen Senator Walsh suggested hat tho American people would not b satisfied vrllh such an ex 'ana' Ion Senator todgo retorted Mt i i5l; that Poliths on both sides of the lumber, ilurlng both the Ver "!He"i trr.vv fight and the present Williams, who also rieo'lared that If 'feat llili iin npro not a party to ' treaty. "Irish-American and 'ermtin . Ainerran opposition have ilisappeared long- ago. Km ran on me itooinson Ri'ndment follows: Ir ndnpiion: Piihllmns Rorah, France niherso,, Kir-tcher. Gerry, Glass unoh. TwiVolette 4. '"'morr.its Ashurst, Caraway, Harrison, Heflln, Hitch Keniirlck, King. Myers, "irmnn. l'tttms,n, Reed, Robin '". Miet.parrt, shields, Simmons, '.'"n Stanley. Swanson. Walsh '""S.lrhiifplt. tVil.li tlnn To Ask Uncle Sam to Fathom Brown Mountain Mystery W1K8INQT0M irtiin t H Htt.l cnimx ( H B v. mast ) WASHINGTON, March 14 The "Antigonish ghoet" in the valley of California Mills, Non England, has revived the inter est here in the moving light on Jonah's ridge. Brown moun tain, southeast of Asheville. Senator Overman will again ask for an explanation of the light which has been seen from various places in tho neighbor hood of Morganton for years. The geological survey said It was from Southern railway en gine headlights coming down the mountain but this was dis puted by no less an authority than the national geographic society, which held it came from a combination of electri cal phenomena and atmospheric conditions. Once more I'ncle Sam will be asked to fathom the Brown mountain mystery. Trof. J. Harris Rogers, in ventor of the underground wireless, and K. B. Judson, ra dio expert at the bureau of standards, poo-poohed (he claim that the 'Antigonish ghost" was caused by radio disturbances. Issues Bear 5 Percent Interest and Bring $11,020 Premium. TO USE PROCEEDS ON IMPROVEMENTS STRT ERECTI0H 5rwm& Report On Soldiers' Bonus Bill By House Committee M Hub. HAL Al BILTMQHE SOON MASS PICKETING '"na) -I. and Watson, (Georpla.) Against- Ti.- . B'fpuoti.ans Ball. Bandegee, Cnit Ider, Catneron, Capper, - ummins, Curtis, Dilling ll.il' u,'"nt. Edge, Elkine. Ernst, MZ "Pa' twasmngton.) Kei fX:.vy- ldi Lenroot, Lodge, McLf JTcllnghuysen. ' Gooding, Wrv "lcary, Meison, wew- it,7' Nchitlson. Norback. Norris, Vre McCumber. McKinley, Pm. ' "iinun, tinoiana, ) ana Aier. 'iiiir, Townspnd WsrlHWnrth 'age, Pepper. Phipps, kit 51 BANNED IY RHQD E SLAND SHERIFF Territory Covered by Or der includes Half of Mills in Textile Strike. PROVIDENCE, It. I., March 14. A hand on mass nickeling in Providence county which includes in its area half the mills affected by the Rhode Island textile strike. was announced today by Sheriff Andrews of this county. The cities of Providence. Pawtucket and Woonsocket are in the territory oovered by th ofderv List week representatives of the textile manufacturers called on Governor San Soucl and asked for protection against "Illegal mass picketing," adopted by strikers In both the Pawtuxet and Biackstone alleys as a means of preventing the , re-opening of plants where strikes are in progress. The gov ernor advised the mill owners to seek a remedy in the courts rather than in the executive. I want to make it plain that I am not stopping picKeiing. Sheriff Andrews declared in . an nouncing his policy. "I am simply stopping mass picketing. If the strikers want to sept. 25 .men ,or. so to do picket duty I will be glad to have them come, I will not, how- ever, allow 100 or 200. . County, deputy sheriffs, some of them armed with repeating rifles, enforced the edict this morning when a crowd of strike sympathiz ers from Pawtucket sought to reaeh the Glen Lyon- print works of the Syles Finishing plants at East Providence. . Announcement bv Governor San Soucl that conditions in the Paw tuxet valley now were euch as to allow early withdrawal of at least part ot. the troops, stationed mere, was another development today In the strike situation. About 250 na tional guardsmen have ibeen on duty in the valley since ieoruary 20 riots at Natick and Pontlac. Troops still will be maintained on .trlkn dntv n tne BiacKstone vai ley, Mayor Robert A. Kenyon. or Pawtucket advising the governor today that the situation today re quired their presence. FIRE DESTROYS AUGUSTA DRYGOODS ESTABLISHMENT AUGUSTA. Ota., March 15. Fire which broke out. shortly befor mid niirht and was not under control tin til 1 o'clock, destroyed the entire wholesale stock of S. Steinberg nd company, drygoods merchants here iDeal Will Not Increase City Taxes in 1923, Aver Officials. ; Six bond Issues of the City of ;AshtviUe were ordered sold by the roard of city commissioners yes-rt-mlay to the American Trust company, of Charlotte, bidding for j Willjfnt R. Compton company, for the sum of S5S6.020. Tho issues. which bear rive ana one-iourtn per tent interest brought a premium ot $1.1.020. There was a rush at the city hall when the board convened in the council chamber to open the bids in accordance with the city's advertisement. Representatives from several large bond houses w ere present, each seeming, eager lo l.now the results. Eleven bids were submitted by nine different bond companies, in fact, the city t.:ilcials believe some of the best cflers were made for the bonds that have been submitted on is sue" sold dur.ng the past few yc&rs. According to the terms of the bidding companies making the of fers were authorized to state the latt of interest. The Detroit Trust company offered to buy the bonds it 5 1-2 per cent with a premium of J20.214. For the refunding is sues of $200,000 they offered $208, 420; for the $150,000 street im provement bonds, $1 52,882. and for the improvement bonds. $203,912. On the surface it first appears the bli premium would be the best offer, but the rate of interest is higher and the board decided they should take the life of the bond-? into consideration and in the long run It would be cheaper to accept the offer of the Compton company. COW PAN V BOUGHT ISSVES OF 1921 Tho American Trust company, of Charlotte, last September submit ted the successful bid for city bonds aggregating $806,500 which Included the $550,000 school bond hsuc. and funding and refunding Issues. George Stephens, of Ashe ville, is vice-president of the com pany, which was represented yes terday by Frank B. Green. Tho company bid on all the issues or none. According to figures of Mr. Green, when the premium is taker. under to consideration, the city wilt pay Interest at the rate of 5.05 per cent for the bonds. Other companies offering bid were Breed, Elliott and Harrison, Caldwell and company. Kaufman Smith, Ernest company, Detroit rust company, Wachovia Bank and Trust company and AVeil, Roth and company, ot Cincinnati. Delivery of the bonds will be made at the United States Mort gage and Trust company. New York city, at 11 a. m., April 1, next. As the $200,000 Issue replaces an old outstanding issue, the gross increase In the city's bonded in debtedness will be only $345.00. Aj approximately $100,000 of the street bonds and $40,000 of the sewer bonds will be c harged to the property benefited, the Increase in the city's net debt will be approxi mately $205,000. Estimating the increase In as sessed valuation next year to be 1 00,000 and that the entire pres ent tax levy of $1 on the Increase is pledged to the sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the bonds, it will only be necessa'-y to raise a little more than $5,000 to meet the interest on this Increased indebtedness next year. This .16ea not, ct course, take into consldert tion the collection of assessments against the property on account of paving and sewer installations fiom the proceeds of the bonds, nor hag the serially maturities , of tho bonis been taken into account. NO INCREASE IN CITY TAX IS 1923 The improvement bonds will be used for the construction of new sewer lines. Including the one In West Asheville, the strengthening of the water mains, paving ot Bilt njore and Southslde avenues and other streets, and the erection of the new fire station on Bartlett siicet. It was pointed out recently, city taxes on account of the sales of these bonds will not be in creased one cenfnext year, "When the city commlsslonetn see the representatives of the bonding companies anxious to buv Issues of the City of Asheville and offering high premiums, it unques tionably proves the credit of tho Ctmtlntfi i Pttgt Snm) A : k a n s.t p C lev NEW ORLEANS, March 14 Twenty-four persons killed and an undetermined number ot oth cri injured, scores ot them serious ly hurt, was the toll uf a series of storms, reaching in some places the proportion of tornadoes, which swept through sections of Louisi ana. Mississippi. Arkansas and Oklahoma last night and early to day. At Gowen. Okla., 15 miles east nf .McAllester, 10 persons were killed slid many other's injured last night in a tornado which struck the foreign section ot the village. Two white men. Thomas A'.kinf. 60, carpenter, and Virgil Hamp ton. 70. and a woman, Mrs. IV H. Leguire. aged 80 years wore killed . late yesterday In a tornado at Sul-. gi eath- Dhur. Okla.. and at least 1!) others ' returns at e available. Little off m ' were seriously Injured nd scores j has hem made u estimate the suffered slight injuries. Two hun-1 property damage, which In addi- dred people were left homeless I lion to destroyed homes and other when 50 buildings ished One Eight Buildings on 25 Acre Tract to Cost About $250,000 me! TO BEGIN SALE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS gro wv Ark . fd.iv. Twem-Iive person were ctl. a number sei mijsly. wlv Storm struck Corinth. Mis-. .M'i.e than 1 .'i0 homes we elled. Th? storm swept a pa:.i; more than 100 feel wide, razing i p f g S 6 n t BuildingS and from outlying districts tell of con -I sldci hie property damage. A j school building in whi h were; 1,00" children barely escaped thej path of th storm. I An aged negro was killed and j several were slightly Injured, a: score of houses ei . destroyed at j Arkan.-as City. Ark., early todav. Only meagip details are avail able from the set ion visited h J 'he storm on account of the dam age is f Site to Be Sold as New One Goes up. were demo!- crop white child and three ne- roes were killed at Sunrise. I.a.. near Baton Rouge, early today. More than 20 persons were Injur- luildins. include damage, to and riot ruction of livestock. Riv ers and smaller streams in prac tically all the sections visited by the storm, which was accompan ied bv heaw rains, are swollen. cd, eight houses were wrecked. Ks-iand some apprehension is felt on timated property damage $50,000 Six negroes were killed and 13 others were injured in a storm which hit the northern half ot Jefferson county, Ark., early to day. Fifteen houses were blown ' down near Shorrlll, Tucker, Ge-th- sem ine and Dudlay Lake. Most of them were small tenant houses. Los about $50,000. A score of houses were destroyed and a ne- tht score. The storm was accompanied hy the usual freaks, the rno.-t out standing of which was reported Iroin Kentiet. Ark., where a 12 days old infant was blown from a bed on which it was lying, across the yard where" its clothing held it suspended to a. picket tfenoc until the storm abated. The baby's parents were seriously injured. BILTMOREFORESTIARWIY CUT WOULD COUNTRY CLUB 10 STRAIN DEFENSE, HAVE LARGE POOL PERSUING STATES AMERICAN COTTON EXCHANGE HUGE BUCKET SHOP CHARGES FORMER EXCHANGE MEMBERS NEW YORK, Mar. 14. Charges that the American cotton exchange is a huge bucket shop, where ac tual trading is rare and where the southern speculator is at the mercy of the New York broker, were made today by former members of the exchange at a "John Doe" Investigation conducted by the dis trict attorney's office before Chief Citv Magistrate McAdoo. Witnesses testified to numerous Instances of "cross trading," fic titious orders, dummy accounts, "scalping," secret manipulation of unrecorded transactions, sensation al advertising designed to woo tne accounts of small speculators in lng of orders. W. R. Wilson and J. II.' Watson, the south and undisguised bucket members of the firm of Wilson and company, which waj expelled from the exchange last February 28 on charges that they had warn ed their clients against further dealings with the Institution, were principal witnesses for tho prose cution. "Where thero cotton for sale in the rlnp, we made bona fide sales for our clients," Mr. Wil son testified. "But the southerner, who Is an optimist about the cot ton market, almost Invariably bought. As a result theiw seldom was any cotton for sale and brok ers slmDlV 'DUCKeiea urn uiurri, I . "inri cur, iva - - ii'ifrwnnfl Hlllinms A f1' Sinst IS. tatcfnr ttrmne selves when cotton eventually was The witness declared that he withdrew from the exchange after repeated complaints to officials that "it had become absolutely Im possible to transact business w ith out bucketing." At the time of his resignation in February, he dcclar ed, conditions were such that little trading was dono on the floor of the exchange, most of the orders from customers being bucketed outright. A score of the most prominent members of the American ex change, some of them Its directors, were named as constituting "the Inner rlrrle" of the trading ring. Only last January, the witness testified George W. Pratt, secre tary of the exchange, sought to pacify complaints with an an nouncement that "the district at torney has examined our books and given us a clean bill of health. Everything has bee fixed." J. H. Watson testified he first entered the floor of the exchange ss a "scalper" for E. L. Dutton and company with Instructions to "force the market" when actual trading was Indulged In. , "Finally they . caught me short of the market and then took the market for a walk, not bringing It back for several weeks," the wit ness declared. He then ceased "scalping" for Dutton and became a member of the exchange, "buck- Excavation Completed for Work to Start April 1 50 by 100 Feet. A modern swimming pool for the Biltmore Forest Country club, costing between $5,000 and $10,000, will be started about April 1, it was stated yesterday by Thomas Wsdley Raoul. The pool will be of cement and the excava tion Is completed. It will be 100 .feet by 50 feet and wiU be. In the open. The plans tor -th pool have been completed By1 Charles E. Waddell, engineer, and the de cision to build this feature of the club has met with the unanimous approval of all Interested. It will be located about 200 feet from the handsome Biltmore Forest Country club and will pro vide an excellent "chaser" for a brisk game of golf on the sporty links of the Bldtmore course. The pool will be completed In time for the formal opening of the club and golf course on the fourth of July. With a graduated depth of from four to 11 feet, it will provide for the most expert swimmer as well as the timid bather. Every pre caution will be taken, k is assert ed, to assure the cleanest and purest water from the mountain sources and the clear, cool spark ling water will stand as an invita tion during the summer mouths which can hardly be refused. A total of 265.000 gallons of water will be required to fill the pool. STEPS TO EXTEND 50 FEET ACROSS END Steps will extend across the pool at one end and after passing down the concrete steps, the bather will be in only four feet of water. An outstanding feature of the pool, and one of the latest In novations, will be the manner in which the steps will be construct ed. Each step will have a slight slant of about one inch and will inaure a person entering the water from slipping and falling face for ward. In sight of the clubhouse, it will be possible to watch the bathers from the building. The clubhouse roof is nearinp completion and within the next lti days. the building -will bo entirely under roof. The root will be one of the most attractive features of the building and when completed the roof, which Is of old-English style, will give the appearance of having been in service for several years. varigated colors of slate are be ing used, with each niece of al most a different thleknesd. furnlsh- ea oy tne i.nack Slate company Mr. Enack, president of the com pany, came to Asheville when the roof was started In order to assure tne best results in tho usi of th slate. mastering lias already been started and the nnndsome club building is beginning to take form and daily is the object of many ad- iiuiiiiK tumpiimenis. Work on the new $250,000 ltd!-1 j more hospital, for which plans and ; specification. hate heen completed,; i calling for one of the most mod-! lorn hospitals in the smith, will hoi started possibly within the tiet 30 i rinvs. as soon as $ til. 000 si per. I ent bonds are soid. it was s'a'eri a wire communication, .and a yesterday by M . A. l.rsKite, -U.-i.r- . irrd tho deatn toll will be man of the committer In charge, ceased when coniple. I of ihc building program. I lionds to tho amount of J200.H00 hate been issued, bearing six per cent (lit idends.. and $16o,IM10 baa boon sold. H will be nccsj.ir.v, he asserted, to ecil the remaining 4i.i.iiini Itefore work can ho start ed and it Is hoped ihat only about 1 .' days will be required to dispose of the additional bonds. It is said the bonds are an excellent fi nancial proposition and amply proton ed. The present Biltmore hospital will bo closed and the grounds and buildings sold as soon as tho new building is ready for use, it is stated. The properly covers from six to eight aifrcH and a. rough es timate places the Soiling value at about $ 100,000. Endowments amounting to $1211, DUO will be used to protect, along with other property, the $200,000 bonds. Officials are confident the neces sary $10.(100 will be subscribed within the next few days and work will commence in the near future. WIIjL HAVE ONE IM M)R1 1) BEDS The new Biltmore hospital, main building, will bavo 100 beds and will be absolutely the latest in every appointment. Plans and specifications have been complet ed and have been reviewed by one of the most noted hospital archi tects In the country and praised for demanding the very latest hos pital buildings and equipment. Eight buildings will be reoiilred ail of brick and cement. Main hospital building, Isolation ward. tubercular ward, kitchens and din ing rooms for the honnital muff and employes, nurses' quarters, ad ministration building and steam plant will be among the depart ment to he housed and all bu'.ld lng will be In keeping with the rntin hesnltal bulldlnfr. Each m be of tireprnof construction and steam heated. The operation room and labora tories, it is stated, will be one of the latest and mot efflclent type, insuring for patients the best pro tection known to -nedlcal science. Competent members if the hos pital staff will be in charge at all times and It is expected lie new Biltmore hospital will gnln a na tional reputation, not. only for the equipment and buildings, but for the medical ski!', represented, as well. The site for the hospital is about one quarter of a mile oft the lle:i dersonville highway, on the sum mit of a hill and In sight, of Bilt- muie Milage. vtv 'niv-tlvo acres of land will be iitilir.cd and this property is valtKil nt 5 1,000 per acre, ia.uuo ior the tract. Revolt Situation In South Africa Is Under Control PI1ETORIA. South Africa. March 14 t l!y The Associated Press.) Hood progress h a s been made iu suppressing the retolt, according to a long offi cial communication Issued lo dat. Many new points where local forces were besciged bate been relieved and great num bers have been taken prisoner. The railway In the I'relona Germistoti urea has . been cleared. The encircling move ment of tho government forces is complete and tho situation Is well in hand. Only certain portions of the central Johannesburg area, says the communication, now require clearing. IXlOSIIIIKi SI ' 1 1 1 1 EN D El IS CAPKTOVV.N. March 14 (lty (lie Associated Press.) Tho Capo Argus has received a dis patch from Kordsburg saying the town surrendered after 7.) minutes of bombardment. E TO RESTORE CASH AN AM 1MDMENT PROVISION AILS Reject Amendment to Im pose One Percent Tax on Wholesale, TO ADVISEBANKERi AGAINST LOAN PLAN I Fixing of Date for Calling up Measure Depends on Gillett. House Proposals Arouse Chief of Staff to Declaration. WASHINGTON. March 14. (By The Associated Pjess) House appropriation committee proposals to cut the regular army to 115,006 enlisted men and II, 000 officers aroused General Persh ing today to a renewed declafs, tion that the whole national de fense project put through In 1920 would be Imperil'ed if the slash recommended was made by con- gress. Success of that "sound mill-' tary policy and system of national defense," he said in a stntenient to The Associated Press, depended upon the adequate provision for the military establishment. "The fibre of the regular army has been thoroughly tested," Gen eral Pershing said, "by the strains placed upon it, not only in time of war, but In time of peace when it has had to withstand the on slaughts made upon it in the name of economy or pacificism. It appears now. due to the demands for economy lit our national ex penditures, another critical hour for the army and the national de fense is at hand." Referring to "the frequent slashes," in army strength made by congress since the war, General Pershing said a "vacillating course," with respect to army per sonnel discouraged competent men from entering the service and low ered morale and efficiency within tho armv until It was "difficult if not Impossible," to use to advant age the service ot even the best of such personnel." "But whatever congress may see lit to grant.' the rntec or sum added, "the army will, as It always has. apply itself to giving tne na tion as much national defense as it can. It will not quit no matter how badly crippled." NEGRO ATTEMPTS TD BURN WOMAN ALIVE IN GEORGIA "Do yon y you bucketed or- (CmMmms m in "BULLET PROOF" VEST OV UEMONSTRATOK FAILS BANDITS MAKE HA IT. RICH . IN DAYLIGHT WHITE OAK POSTOFFICE Safe blown, $5,000 taken COLl'AlBIA, S. f , March 14. - rairneni county officer came to ' oiumoia tooay to advise officers hero that cracksmen had hlown nnrn the posloffice safe at White Oak last nient and escaped with $.,000. he postoffice Is located in a store aim ine roooers used sacks of flour to pack about the explosive used to blow open tne sale. "LADIES SMOKINQ ROOM" WANTED MY STUDENTS NEW YORK, Msr. 1 4 Plerpont runer. 00, aonnea a - DuilPt proof vest today and took his place against a wall In the basement of a Dunuing occupied by the United otaies Armorer corporation to demonstrate tho devise to prospec tive customers. Edmund O. McGrath. another' al',appelred employe, levelled a pistol arid fir ed. Potter fell,, with a dangerous wound near the heart, and the cs-tomers-went away without placing an order. Taken to a hospital by police, McGrath approached the bed of the wounded man with tears streaming down his cheeks. - "It's all right, Mac," Potter whispered, grasping his hand,' "It was an accident. You couldn't help It." NEW YORK. Mar. 14. Operat ing on a street so crowded as to interfere with the anions of a de tective less than 50 feet distant, a lone 'bandit in daylight teday held up Miss line Abel, a girl cashier, on Third avenue near 123rd street, and escape -in a taxicah with $6, 600 payroll. The girl was reluming in her employers' car from a bank at l.enov avenue and 125 street. As she alighted, the robber- sprang from a taxi in which ho had been following her seized her by the throat so that sho could make no outcry and twisted her arm 10 make her drop the bundlo of money. Tho girl struggled with her as sailant and breaking the man's bold on her throat called to herj chauffeur for assistance. Meanwhile the detective stand ing across the street, tried to force Ills way through the traffic. See ing the robber about lo break awav from the girl, he fired. The girl, thinking the shot came from the robber's confederate In the taxi, for a second released her grip nnd the highwayman darted Into the waiting cab with the money. In a moment he was lost in the taffic. The car was later found deserted on East 149th street. On the floor was sprinkled some change. Tho two occupants had KW YORK, March H. Fragile feminine nerves, frayed by arduous studies and the Idlosyncrames of ln- Kiruciors snouia he soothed and calm cu oy m use or cigarettes, in the opinion ot jnw Vork university co eds, who have started a movement ror ine ealan m irnenr or a Hii..- j smoking room'' In the school. Demands Money, Pours Gasoline on Her Clothes and Ignites It. WniGHTSVlLLE, Ga Mar. 14. Track dogs from two counties are on the trail ot a strange negro who this morning slashed 1hi clothing of a young widow near Kite and then poured gasoline over her body and set ftre to her. Tho negro demanded money and the vidow cut his face with a butcher knife, The negro, a stranger in ths community, fled on the arrival of a negro farm hand Pd the woman's brother. The wotnanrnsd previously Inflicted a wound on his throat with a Knife she had been using to cut broom grass. She tinguisli her blazing clothes, saving tinguish hro biasing clothes, saving lieraelf from serious burns. Tho woman, a young widow, had gone with her child, to the edge if a nearby swamp to cut grass she said, and the negro appeared suddenly out of the swamp, point ed a rusty pistol at her and first demanded money. He soon closed in cm her and selr.ed her nose so she could not scream, but she slashed at him with a knife and t'rew blood from his throat. In the struggle the assailant pulled a small bottle of gasoline from his pocket and drenched the woman's clothes, she said. , Then struck a match but the clothes failed to Ignlle until after the third match had been struck, she de clared. The sppearance of the negro farm hand nnd the woman's brother about that time caused the woman's assailant to flee and with her clothes nblaze-"shc Jumped Info n, slough of water. The negro nulled her out and after she had been carried home word waa tele phoned here and to Kite The countryside Is aroused and the response was almost. Instanta neous ss men and boys took up the trail. Bloodhounds traced the negro Into the swamp where it was believed he was hemmed in. The woman is the daughter of one of the largest farmers In the country and was highly respected Savo- for a collapse from her ex perltnce she seemed unharmed. WOULD NAME STREETS IN HONOR SOLDIER DEAD COLUMBIA, 8. C March 14. By a resolution Introduced in the city council and given first reading to dav. names of twenty Columbia names of 20 Columbia, soldiers who lost their Uvea in th world war. ACCfPT SIX JURORS IN THE ARBUCKLE CASE PAN FRANCISCO, March 18 Six Jurors had been accepted tentatively at the close of today's session of the third manslaughter trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle. Two nf them were women. Only a half dRy session of court was held on account of tne fur. oral of a sister of one of the pros pectlve Jurors. r.FNERAL CARR SPENDS VERY COMFORTABLE DAY DURHAM. N. C. March 14. "On ersl Carr spent a very comfortable dav. Ills Improvement seems to be steady." aavs a bulletin Issued to nlht from the bedside of General Ju linn S. Carr, commander-in-chief of tfl ieel -1wfeesi( e Vefeea4T'W hs been quite 111 st his horns In this city einc(.iBi rnon;. JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA COLWP.IA. Tc7 March 14, Ths South Carolina highway com mission today grunted the reouesi of the United Daughters of ths Con federacy that th highway from Che- raw, Camden and Columbia In Au gusta he known ss t'i Jrfferson Oavls highway and It will he so dea ignated on ths map. BRINSON TO TAKE REST FOLLOWING OPERATION lYSMli.Miiu.y, .vinreti n It wri snnounrert from Representative Rrln- son s orrice today that ho would In a dy or two K to some quiet resort where Im can rest and keep In con stant touch with his offlco st. the same time. Recently Mr. flrinson underwent, u serious ahrioniinal operation from which lie has not. fully recovered, but Is Improving. NATIONAL STRIKE IN UNION BITUMINOUS COAL FIELDS IS INEVITABLE, SAY OFFICIALS WASHINGTON, March 11. A favorable report on the long con troverted soldiers' bonus bill was ordered today by the house ways and means committee by a vote of 19 to ft. Chairman Fordney plans1 to submit his formal report tomor row or Thursday, but said the tima of calling the measure up In tha house would not be fixed definitely until after tho return here of Speaker Gillett, who Is in Florida Willi President Harding. Representative Fordney eald ha did not expect . Speaker Gillett to bring any message on the honusi trom the executive and that tha' subduct of the conference with thi speaKer wouia 00 ine question it calling up the bill next Monday under a suspension of the rules. The vole on the measure todar in the committee was taken after Secretary Mellon. Comptroller ot the Currency Crlnslnger and Gov ernor Harding, of the federal re serve board, had been questioned for two hours In open session as to their Ideas of the bank loan sdv Justed certificate plan. Before tho final vote, the com mlttee rejected, 19 to 5, an amend nient to impose for a period of threa yeara a one per cent tax onv wholesales, designed to raise $500, 000,000 with which to finance th bonus. ' Under an amendment suggested by Governor Harding and adopted by unanimous vote, banks making original loans on the adjusted ser. vice certificates could hava thos certificates redlscounted by other ban Its authorised to make original loans on tha certificates. Governor; Harding objected to having the cer-.. tlflcates redlscountable by federal reserve banks, saying the general economic effect would ba unfavorable. W ILL NOT RETMPOSE ExctESs rooms tax Tha committee refected an amendment to restore tha original cash provision In place ot tha bank loas amendment and to relmpose tha excess profits tax as a mean of ..raising the required revenue. Another amendment to restore the war-time maximum Income surtax rate ot 6$ per cent also was re jected. Secretary Mellon and Mr. Crlsslnt gtr reiterated their opposition to the adjusted certificate plan, but Governor Harding declined to com ment on ths advisability of bonus legislation at this time other than to say that In his Judgment the bank loan plan would "help the beneficiary, but probably not th banks." There developed a difference of opinion between the treasury sec retary and the comptroller ot tha currency as to advising banks not to make advances to former ser vice men on the certificates. Mr. Mellon suld t ho treasury would not feel called upon to give such ad vice, while Mr. Crisainger reiter ated that If national banks asked his opinion he would advlso against loans on such security. The comptroller said there were many banks that held an "unbeliev able" amount ot "past due and doubtful paper," and that such banks probably could not make the advances. He said It would take from one to five years for the. banks to work out the paper to which be referred. Secretary Mellon expressed the view that it. would be better from an economic standpoint for the treasury to borrow In the first in stance (ho $300,000,000 estimated the banks would be called upon to advance on the certificates In the first three years from the effective date of tho bill. WASHINGTON'. March H.Src retary of Lavor Oavls and John L Lewis, president of tho United Mine. Workers, exchanged views to day on the threatening situation in the bituminous coal Industry, and both wero said after their confer ence to bo of the opinion that a national strike in the union fields was inevitable. Mr. Lewis assured Mr. Davis again of the willingness nf tho miners' union to open nego tiations for a nftv national wage contract, a. proposition which mine operators .ire refusing to entertain. Later Mr. Lewis declared the cessation ot work 111 the union mines after April 1 was "coming shout automatically" and asserted that "hold commercial policy of the operators, for which tho public must pay." was In part responsible. "If there is no conference be tween the miners' union and the operators." ho added, referring to the bituminous situation, "there can be no wage contract drawn up. If there is no wage contract, there won't be any coal dug after April 1 In union mines." Mr. Ixwls accused mine operat ors' associations which have sought local conferences with tho union looking to the construction ot dis trict contracts of "playing for posi tion" and "shooting propaganda." Operators in certain districts, he JniaUJli9JUaJiaii'a4S; elusive right to tho coal market after April 1, when all other mines are shut up ." but could not make wage contracts until the basis for a national scale had been laid by a wage contract in the central com petitive field, "which will determine the wages and rnsts their competi tors have to, meet and fix tho rela tionship In the coal market." Meanwhile, hhc declared, "coal companion can make a lot ot mon ey" by refusing to enter confer ence?, "getting out. strike scans nnd frightcniiu-.' consumers Into paying high prices for coal." TABULATE STKIKI1 VOTE OX THUILSDAY INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Mar It Extent of the coal strike, set to begin in a fortnight, now hinges on a settlement In t lie anthracite field and on decisions that may b made hy the policy rommttteo of the United Mine workers of Amer ica affecting the bituminous cosl Industry. For the first time wage contracts for both fields expire on March 31. indicating the possibility of a complete cessation of work at all union operated mines. Tho anthracite miners and oper ators meet tomorrow In New York to consider a new contract. The miners ask higher wages, the oper ators want a reduction. For tho soft conl induslry no hope is entertained by government officials or those of tho union, of . getting a conference lo a contract lor the central compntl- MUST CONSIDER CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENT PALM BEACH, Fla., Mar. I. (Ry The Associated Pressl Claims against the government amounting to $1. 230,000, 000 now before the department of Justice must bo taken into consideration. Attorney-General Daugherty said today, by those responsible for tha financial obligations to bo met bv tln United States, brought sharply to atten'ion by rlehato on tho pro posed soldier bonus. The govern ment would lie "lucky." Mr. Daughertv said. It It would bo abls to settle for $500,000,000. These figures, It was asserted In clude only a small amount of tb claims against the shipping hoard. "it might interest those who are debating the question of a soldier bonus bill," Mr. Daughtery said, "to know that In round numberi claims Involving $1,200,000,000 ate now on file under the roof of the department of Justice. Of thi-' amount $380,000,001) arise out of alleged Infringement of paten's alone. Then there are $70.000. "art which coma out of the hiiipp.nc board. The board's claims, how ever, do not Include those now be dealt with by the claims commis sion set up by the board Itself. "It Is no part of the department of Justice to deal with the bonus Issue direct. . Nor do I mean to ex press any Tlewt upon that ques tion at the moment, but It is proper for-the department to call atten tion to the financing in connection with these claims as contribution to the general discussion that is eeotlate now going on. This financing Tor tne most, fiiii win on" i vlded torw-ithla.anotherrJJ offered In the rmgr.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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