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"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
Oritur-
JVSHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
"-l ESTABLISHED 1868.
' h M IK!1 I AAI I SB a. . . - . I
E C H GAyU HKt UUAL i
udt Is $5,000,000 Dam
.1 and 20,000 People
y Are Made Idle.
B &Q BECORDS
'hi Declare New Methods
to protect Skyscrapers
Must Result. N
rrAGO March IB. Irtvesti-
nf the cause of the fire
ir: destroyed a block or thickly
,.nted office buildings, caused a
12 ! mow than $5,000,000, re
Hi m the death ot one man
frendered 20,000 others Idle,
SJun tonight by state, city
IS insurance officials.
Th manner In which the
Lsea flared out in several places
ITtto same moment, the almost
drflbte rapidity with which they
A'1"1..,-. left of the block
;ri"". '",, West
caused Shirley T. High, fire
ttoriwy. t0 announce that "every
Slur pointed to incendiarism."
Hit first alarm was turnea in
sier alarms hi mica im i
Umite intervals umu neuny
Luc of Chicago firefighting ap-
1 . - VIS RC0I1P T-tllt
US .YVrtB "
with 62 engine companies
nlavins more man a nunumu
M of hose on the flames it was
tti four hours after the first
Larra that the fire was 'brought
ander control.
just across the street from the
jarred landscape of tottering
alls and twisted, smoking steel on
Mich Bremen expected 10 ue
burking for tne next inreo uaju,
Iwered massive skeleton of the
ijre proof" Burllngtori building
Lniihi. The walls still stood In
tact but "s 15 stories ot windows
bred like sightless eyes oi
ene of desolation, tor inc con-
Irau had been destroyed by a
teat so intense that glass from the
hltdowi had melted, and, accord -
hf to the firemen, "ran nice water.
frh utructure housed the head-
Larters of the Chicago, Burling-
f . . .. ..ll . A ,4 nil lf
;hi words ot operating, engineer
i. lecal and executive depart.
bents were destroyed.
officials of the board of under
writers declared that the Are, the
mat disastrous since tne great
MtkYt 1871. revealed many prob-
sm hleh would have to be met
'aawmeii before thejr-oulj hope
f cope successfully with ffres in
JTeat modern skyscrapers. The ef
m Of the lire on the Burlington
I. nil J ..1...J .a mVvntlf that
luiiainy was uttmicu w ,,,..v
9 altvscraoer Is free from Are
tanner' and that the modem fire
Wrtmect is practically helpless
gainst n. blaze, that gets a iun
headway In the upper floor of a
tail buiniing.
Insurance men, underwriters
fend firemen declared that mstnotts
jwoald have to be devised to enable
Jf.re fighters to get more water to
:fie top nf buildings. In an euon
y fix responsibility for today's
Bre, ;i Ira racr police department!
mrloyc was Questioned after w.
f. Schlff, vice-president of Shafter
Ml company, whoso plant was
lestroyed. said that the man naa
written him threatening letters.
pit flames were first observed in
h vicinity of the Schafter plant.
After being Questioned the man
u released and Mr. Schlfl ques
itmed. First estimates put. the property
ins an blah as $15. 001). 000 but
fftef inspecting the ruins, Thom
li O'Connor, fire marshal and 13d-
trd Buckley, assistant fire mar-
pi, expressed the belief that the
w would not exceed 5,000.ooo.
Busincus men, however, pointed
la the, faef thai thn flames had
ftrlven out 250 firms and declared
wt the lire experts' eatlmato of
lie loss was too low. They said
'.would total between S 10.000,000
M $16,000,000.
A woman who was seated In an
futomobiie In front of the Bur-
intton building Just before the
M (isrted ncrnss the street, told
ln police tonight of having seen
''-veral men running from the
'iiidow (,r the buildJnga a few
minutes before the first alarm was
iirnea in.
iS.BI,F,r VKTERANS TO
HF.AR OTEEN DIRECTOR
C1IA S 1.I1TTB ir.wi, IK
paries P. Pratt, director of the
I'Dspltal at Oteon, will be one of
' TMtors here at tho convention
o:taMed veterans of the world
who are coming to complete
wjanizitlon of a. state branch
i I"8' body March 24 and 25. J.
,ttlr.irji,,l ..iln.
f ' Mct-enmmandcr of thj organl
I' wn, win ni0 be hora for tho
Invention which ii axoectrd to
F'r,ns mor nni r-...mr. ..r.
men
to -he city.
pEXritAiv OASEMAY
w TO THE JURY TODAY
LOS IVnniTw,, . .
fn. " ""w. Maren ia. ue-
"'Kuinnnta occupied all or to-
fa.iS"''flo"s in tho Mai of Mrs.
fMMvnne ObenchaLn. charged
.... , muraer of her sweet-
Helton Kennedy. .Tud R
'hain
h , UBsn ii address at
H0n ' .;" ' or tne afternoon ses-
l0n"! close tomorrow.
rtTn UTiin,..
"FAISTAXCE HAS CEASED
B-y-SBUItG, March 15.-
hoi. or vzrr; ?'-
imiM k '"""""B nan en oc
flclaiiu government troops, it is
NltUr,n VnouncPtl- Bn5 armed
rr Inn ha ce"ed. The troops
ia.nl. D0SSession Of w.n Imnnrtml
SMPERS KILL TWO
BELPawh TT T . ..
alet a . ' "'arcn jo. Arter a
'"rnonn 1 "h e&l this af-
Rki was .hot
LftiD TO DOOR SUSPEND STATE
HlltS MtN, OPERATORS
Both Sides to Negotia
tions Say Industry Will
Be Tied up April 1.
WORKERS-SPEAKERS
EXPLAIN DEMANDS
Adjournment Taken to
Friday, When Response
. Will Be Made.
XEW YORJC March 13. De
mands of the anthracite mine
workers, Including ono for a 20
per cent increase In w.ise-s. were
presented to the mine owners to
day and when the workers' rep
resentatives finished explaining the
19 demands an adjournment was
taken until Friday afternoon. At
that tlmo the operators expect to
mako a response.
The miners occupied all of to
day's meeting and no inkling came
from tho operators as to what re
ply they will make. U is under
Stood tha operators plan to tell the
union men that an Increase In
wages at this time is not in ac
cord with the trend of the times.
It Is expected they will maintain
that the present cost of coal is too
high and that the miners should
share In any deflation if lower
prices are to bo granted to con
sumers of coal.
After the meeting the operators
refused to make -any comment on
the demands of the men, It has
been persistently reported that the
operators have not. agreed upon a
definite percentage of reduction ,
In fact there have been unconfirm
ed reports that several of the coal
companies would seek to avoid a
jontest with the union by renew
ing the present wage scale which
expires March 31.
A suspension of mining is fully
expected, it was said by operators
and miners. Tho union leaders
however, have taken no step in
that direction, pending a definite
answer from the operators. The
scale committee of the coal diggers
Is under instructim to "perfect
arrangements providing for a sus
pension" on April 1, In the event
that no satisfactory agreement has
been reached.
COOI ERCE COMM1SSIONEIIS
3IOVK 1XK COXSOUDATION
Plan Arv Takeii-lp rooking To
Merger Of Many Railroads.
WASHINGTON, March 15. The
Interstate Commerce commission
moved today to take up the plan
authorized in the transportation
act for bringing about the consol
'da.tjgnjJL.the principal American
raiiroa.ua into, i major systems.
A hearing was ordered for April
24, before Commissioner Hall, at
which consideration will begin of
the consolidation proposed for the
southeastern region as tbe first
phase of public inquiry into the
plan which already has been the
subject of considerable prelim
inary study by the commission.
Consolidation ot the railroads
was proposed by congress, the offi
cial explanation made at the time.
to meet the situation growing out
of the Inability of weak railroads
to operate under rates which pro
duced sufficient profit for stronger
lines. Tho commission has before
it a comprehensive plan to bring
about the consolidations, and tho
various railroads have been invit
ed to study It and present objec
tions or suggestions for altera
tion.
ODD FEXXOW8 MEET OPEXS
AT CHARLOTTE TODAY
Hundreds Expect to Attend Gather
ing From Throe State District
(Sperfal Ctniimnimct, TU Jtjerfllt CilUm)
CHARLOTTE, Mar. 15. Hun
dreds of Odd Fellows are expected
In the city to attend Joint meet
ings of lodges In the 10, 11 and 12
districts which open here Thurs
day afternoon and continues until
Friday night.
The meeting w)U be featured by
Initiations and the conferring of
degrees by ritual teams from sev
eral of the lodges fn the districts.
B. J. Summerrow, president of
tlie tenth district, will call the
meeting to order Thursday.
John Yonan, Armenian refugee,
and student at the high school,
was declared the winner in the
state-wide short story contest con
ducted' by the Sigma Up Solon Lit
erary fraternity at the University
of North Carolina.
"A Parisian Hero" was the title
of the winning story which was
thrilling in details of experiences
of tho young Armenian in Persia.
Raleigh Woman In
Supreme Court to
Argue Own Case
Tells Court She Is Fighting
Ejectment to Test Law
of " '68"
(SfttW Cmnpmtnn, n. iltti! Citiim)
RALEIGH, March 15. Tne
supreme courtroom was the scene
of an out of the ordinary occur
rence today.when a woman ap
peared, the appelant from superior
court in an ejectment proceeding,
to argue her own cose. She was
Mrs. Pattle D. B. Freeman, a fa
miliar character in Raleigh and
better known as Aunt Pattie Ar
rlngton and she told the court she
was fighting the case merely to
test the "68 law."
Aunt Pattle walked to and fro
before the five Justices with the
dignity of a veteran lawyer, and
she seemed as pleased with her
first active, personal participation
In a supreme court proceeding as
a recently licensed young bar
rister.
Freeman
eeman, and AunFTattTe Tias
unaided, carried the case from tht
magistrate's court, where the
ejectment proceeding first went
against her, to the state's highest
tribunal. She Insists she has a
title to the home in which sh
lives. After paying rent for elgh J
. v. .h ImM Ml.tm in 1 Vi rt rrnn 1
rid tin. a T . man was inoi """""" - -
Hlthls evening at the -or- erty and refused to move or psy
Gillett May Hamper Bonus
Bill's Passage In Lower
House Is Being Intimated
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.
There developed today n, dif
ference of opinion among re
publleahvleaders in the house
as to the method of calling up
the soldiers' bonus bill on tho
floor, One group still favored
consideration next Monday un
der a suspension of the rules
which would cut off all amend
ments, while another held the
opinion that delay In action
would bo preferable.
On all sides it was stated
that a decision would await
the, return here Saturday of
Speaker Gillett, who is in
Florida with President Hard
ing. Meantlmo there, was
speculation among house mem
bers as to whether the speak
er would entertain a motion
to suspend the rules and pass
the bill.
Chairman Fordney, of die
ways and means committee,
disclosed that he had been in
formed by Mr. Gillett before
the speaker left Washington
Pre-War Prosperity Depends
On World Wide Adjustment
War Finance Corporation Director McLean Tells
Charlotte Business Men the Road to Stabilization.
t Spmal Corrttptmimrt, Thr ih.rill Ciluffi )
CHARLOTTE, Mar. 15. Despite
the important fact that business
generally has shown a marked im
provement throughout, the United
States during the past, six weks.
there can be no return to condi
tions, such as obtained during the
"pre-war normal times," until the
politico - economic problems In
their more important international j
phases, ate solved, declared Direr
tor A. W. McLean, of. Lumberton,
member of the War Finance cor
poration, In an address at the
chamber of commerce tonight on
"Some Business Problems of To
day." He left at midnight on his
return to Washington, as his ab
sence from his office leaves the
corporation without a, quorum.
Speaking of the corporation's
power. Mr. McLean said many mil
lions of dollars already have been
loaned to facilitate rehabilitation
of tho agricultural interests of the
nation and to finance exports of
agricultural products.
$10,000,000 llECElVED
BY STATE BANKS
North Carolina bankers have re-j
ceived a. total of . approximately
$10,000,1)00 from the corporation,
he explained. Of this, $6,000,000
was for loans to finance farmers
and 14,000,000 was for loans to
finance agricultural exports, prin
cipally cotton and tobacco. The
need of the corporation's assist
ance has heen materially greater
in South Carolina than in North
Carolina, conditions in North Caro
lina have been and continue to be
better than in any of tho other
states where agriculture propond
erates. Tn regard to foreign trade Mr.
McLean said:
"The only alternative which
can be considered at all sound in
practice and at the same time in
keeping with correct economic
principles is to increase and main
tain our foreign commerce, so that
our surplus production in agricul
ture and In the various industries
will be absorbed at fair prices in
the world's markets.
"I do not bcllevo it is possible
under the abnormal conditions
now existing, to permanently
stabilize business conditions in our
own country until economic and
financial conditions are stabilized
abroad, and particularly in Europe.
This is especially true with respect
to stabilizing exchange, the restora
tion of the gold standard, and the
stabilization ot world-wide eco
nomic and financial affairs gen
erally. America should assume the
leadership in formulating and put
ting into effect definite plans for
the ultimate objective, the stabili
zation of business conditions In
countries which are out customers
and at the present time our debt
ors." FARMERS' PURCHASING
POWER IS BASIS.
Speaking of home economics Mr,
McLean said:
"There can be no restoration of
fundamentally sound business con
ditions until agriculture Is restored
to a prosperous basis, by rehabili
tating the purchasing ower ol the
farmer."
Mr. McLean said it was the duty
of business men to aid in solving
problems confronting the country.
The many phases, of political and
economic problems now uppermost
In the minds of the world's gov
ernments were discussed by Mr.
McLean in the light of the great
mass of information which has
been gathered for the War Finance
corporation by the various agen
cies of the American government.
For a ions: period before tne out
break of the war In 1914, business
conditions throughout the world had
heen constantly improving, and the
accumulation of wealth rapidly in
creasing. During this period, not only
the progressive, but the more back
ward countries, had been equipping
,themielves with modern facilities
such as railroads, ships, power, light
and traction utilities, public buildings
and other modern Improvements of
ivery character.
The United 5tstes. on sccount of
Its unparalleled resources contributed
in a larste way to tnis worm program
of Improvement and construction.
TO develop our pudiic worst, as
well as to expand our plant facilities
both st" home and abroad, during the
years before the war, we were corn
jelled, like all comparatively new
jountrles, to borrow large sums In
he money markets of England,
France, Holland, Belgium end Ger
many. While we were trading with
the world on a continually ascending
icale, we remained, nevertheless, a
lebtor nation, when the general bal
nice In our foreign trade was struck.
In 1(15 and lSlfr-all lines of busi
ness In America were stimulated by
the war needs of the allies, resulting
n sn Increased demand in home mar
kets caused Indlretljr by the Increase
Te to war prosperity.
In 1917 the United States entered
he war. and the war demand for our
iroduets was not only maintained
jut was greatly augmented by the
combined purchasing power of our
iwn government, and the other gov
VRr
. '
irntnents associated with us In the
As an evidence of the expansion of
mr productive eapsetiy In nelrts
mine! and factories durlr.r th war,
.
that he had better not depend
entirely on a suspension of
rules ns the procedure for get
ting the bill before the house.
Since he has been In Florida
the speaker has indicated that
he might not entertain a mo
tion for this purpose because
of what he regards as- the im
portance of the bonus meas
ure. Representative Mondell. of
Wyoming, the republican lead
er, said today it would be
"rather unusual'' for the
speaker to refuse to entertain
such a motion If a majority of
tho house desired considera
tion of the bill under such a
plan. He added that It was
his Judgment that a majority
did so desire,
Representative Garner, of
Texas, the ranking democrat
on tho ways and means com
mittee, declared that if Speak
er Gillett were "persistent
against the passage of the bill
he has the power in his office
to prevent, its consideration.''
and Immediately following, 1 may add
that the lota) value of all our exports
increased from two and a half bil
lion dollars In 1913 .to over eight bil
lion in ' l!;n.
SOME CAUSES
OF DEPRESSION
It must he obvious to every In
telligent business man that the" ten-
era! cause of the business depr ."s.-uon
In this country, which began in the
summer of 1920. was the expansion
of our productive facilities during
the wfr. beyond peace time needs-.
the falling off nf our foreln trade as
represented hy our exports, and the
consequent "glutting" of the, home
markets by our surplus products par
ticularly the products nf agriculture.
H is. therefore, obvious lhat to re
store prosperity we must bring abr.ut
some economic readjustment, cither
hy (al scrapping part of our plant
facilities and abandoning a parr of
our fields and mines so as to liring
the processes nf supply and demand
into proper balance; or (h), expanding
our forelsrn trade so as to provide
foreicn markets at fair prices for the
surpluH production In agriculture and
In Industry generally.
N'o argument is necessary to con
vince the intelligent mind that we
cannot destroy a substantial portion
of our productive facilities in fields,
mines or factories, without entailing
me most, serious conseouenuta to i ur
whole industrial fabric. Such m course
means retrogression Instead of nroir
ress. It means destruction of capital
assets, and the unemployment of la
bor to such an extent s to threaten
the welfare of tho laboring classes
not only, but of all our people as well.
EXPANSION OF FOREIGN
TRADE MOST DESIRABLE
The only alternative winch inn be
considered at all sound in practice
and at the same time in Ki:3pln with
correct economic principles, is to In
crease and maintain our foreign com
merce so that our surplus production
in agriculture and In the various In
dustries will be absorbed at fair
prices In world markets.
For the past year and a half our
export trade has been declining at a
rapid rate, beoaifse fa) our European
customers have lost liiolr buying
power on sccount. of excessive wr
debts and Inflated currencies. South
America is unable to buy from us be.
cause she cannot sell her products to
rjiirope ana Asia, Russia with Its
15,000.000 population is out of the
market so far as world trade is con
cerned.
At the present time we can exDnrt
only such raw materials and special
rood prooucts as some or the na'lona
are compelled to buy from us no mat
ter what t.h cost of lnconvenlf nee.
In 1920 our total exports were eight
billion dollars, and in 121 thev de
clined to four and a half billion, and
have steadily declined every month
since.
b) More Important still Is the fact
that the war has transferred us from
the position of a debtor nation to that
or a great creditor nation. As an
evidence of this change, it' may be
mentioned that In 1909 the balance of
trade against the United States was
$184. 000,000, and in 19m. the balance
In our favor was $4,771,000,000.
FLUCTUATION IN
EXCHANGE UNFAVORABLE
The enormous trade balance In our
favor, the unfavorable position of the
Irredeemable and depreciated paper
currencies, as compared with our gold
dollar standard, the actual and poten
tial depression caused by the unset
tled German reparations, and many
other causes of more or less Import
ance, have caused the exc.hsnges of
many of the countries to go so far
below the normal, as expressed In
terms of the American dollar, that a
practical embargo has been created
against these oountrles in respect to
their ability to buy our products.
The German mark Is now worth
only two per cent of normal, the
Ciecho-Slovak crown 10 per cent of
normal, the French frano 14 per cent
But there Is a more unfavorable
factor In the situation than mere de
preciation In exchange, and that Is
the fluctuation in exchange. If ex
change rates could be stabilised at
any figure, no matter at what dis
count from normal, foreign buyers
could take the ordinary risks of buy
ing aneaa even though at areat dis
advantage, but with the present flue
uiRuona iney cannot buy even abso
lute necessities except from "hand
to mouth." Recently one of the biir
German bankers visiting this country
torn me mat mere was less risk In
betting on a horse race than In buy
ing quantities of cotton here for fu
ture delivery against the fluctuation?
In the price nf German marks.
GOLD UP?LY IN
U. S. A HINDRANCE
The outflow of gold from other
countries to the United States and
the continued Issuing of irredeemabl
taper currency in many countries has
resulted In the sbsndonment of thr
gold standard In these countries, si'1
putting their currencies on sn Irre
deemable paper basis. This further
depreciated' these currencies as com
pared with our dollar, and the na
tural consequence was the slowing
down of our export trade, because II
became Increasingly difficult for for
eigners to pay us In dollars,
The United States contains leas
than one-seventh of the world's popu
lation, yet it holds abont 40 per cent
of .ll the . monetary, gold of the world
This abnormal condition cannot en
dure for any long period of time
without militating against us In a
most serious way.
It not only seems necessary,, but
highly desirable In our own Interest,
s well as In the interest of the world
that there should sooner or later be
a redistribution of the gold stock, as
a most effective means of stabilizing
exchange; But this redistribution
f '----fCsfis an Ttst JVJ
RHODE ISLAND S
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h Nh W HMN
m mono rmmc
urn LiiouiT lhiiu
Lower House Passes Bill
for 48 Hour Week for
Women and Children.
BITTER STRUGGLE
TO SHELVE BILL
Cotton Manufacturers
and Metal Manufacturers
Oppose Measure.
PnoVIDENCB R. I.. March 15.
After a hitter struggle In which
repeated efforts were made by op
ponents of the measure to have it
shelved the house of representa
tives tod ly passed the Lavandcr
bill providing for a 4S hour work-
ins week for women and children
under 10 years of age. The vote
was lit to IT,.
The bill which now goes to the
state senate, was amended to per
mit of exceptions in case of "sea
sonal occupations." Women and
children engaged lit such occupa
tions which the state, board of
labor Is to define, may work a
maximum of 63 hours a week ac
cording to this provision.
While the house was debuting'
the bill, the senate Judiciary com
mittee held a public hearing on
two other bills defining hours of
labor for workers. One of these,
by Senator Barry of Central .Falls,
would order a general 48 hour
week for men. women and chil
dren. "I'roponents of a 4S hour
law for women and children only
at the hearing expressed belief
that the Barry bill would be. un
constitutional." The second bill,
that of Senator Noel of West War
wick, is similar in its provisions
to that passed today by the house.
The day passed without Inci
dents l,n tile Rhode Island textile
strike situation. Interest centering
in development at. the cupltol,
The vote on the IjHvander bill
in the house was non-partisan.
Forty-throe republicans and 21
democrats voted for the measure
and 24 republicans and one demo
crat against it.
WIRE SERVICES
ASK IOR EXEMPTIONS
Opposition to the 4S hour law
was brought, at the senate com
mittee hearing hy Rhode Island
cotton manufacturers, the Rhode
Island employers association, the
metal trades association and indi
vidual manufacturers. Representa
tives of the Western Union Toll
graph company and the New Kng
land Telephone and Telegraph
company asked for amendments
excepting telephone and telegraph
services froin the terms of tho blli.
Thomas F. Mc.Mahon, president
of the United Textiles Workers, and
other labor leaders spoke in favor
of the measure. A statement by a
representative of the textile au
thorities thift. mills in the state
were not making money elicited
hisses at one state of the hearing;.
President McMahon, who open
ed the argument for the supporters
of the law urged the senate to con
sider the human element in :abor.
"Ten states now have 48 hour
laws," he declared. " We feel that
with improved machinery the
bugaboo of southern competition
Is a false alarm. We will show that
B. 11. and R. Knight, Inc.. and
Goddard Brothers (largo owners
of Rhode Island mills.) are in
control of soitthern mills which
compete with thcmselver.
NORTHERN ERK BLAMED FOR
SOtTRERM HOURS
Mr. McMahon charged that the
southern 60 hour week was the
fault of northern employers and
claimed the per capita production
of the workers could be Increased
hy adoption of the 48 hour week.
II. P. Cross, speaking for the
cotton manufacturers, said the mill
owners did not oppose tho 48 hour
law as such, but contended that its
passage would place Rhode Island
industries at a great disadvantage.
"We would welcome the law,"
he said, "If it were fnado uni
versal." Rhode Island cotton manufac
turers, Mr. Cross stated, faced
keen competition both foreign and
domestic. The cotton textile in
dustry, he said, was built up un
der the protection of a tariff which
the Underwood bill decreased r
per cent. Imports from abroad in
1JI20, he said, represented an In
crease of $67,000,000, let in by the
dropping of the tariff restrictions.
All these products could have
been manufactured in New Eng
land, he declared. Southern com
petition was of a double nature,
Mr. Cross continued. Southern
manufacturers threw their goods
on the market at low prices and
southern legislatures fought
aaainst o, high protective tariff.
Southern goods and foreign
oods produced by tow paid Inbnr
ind under long working week
regulations must be regarded as a
menace by mill owners ot the
north, he said.
IMMTl POWDER BOMB
WRECKS CHICAGO HOl'KE
CHICAGO, Mar. 15. A black
nowder bomb tonight tore awav
the front of the home of Peter
'ortler, but did no other damage.
ccordlng to the police Fortler had
icen working in a, plant where
here has been a strike and believe
the bomb was set off to frlghtcu
him.
This was the second bomb out
age reported in the past 24 hours,
he first having shaken the "gold
oast." the home of many of Chl
:ngr ' wealthiest citizens and bad
ly damaged the home of Charles
I. Agnew, a member of the city
jouncil.
BULLETS ARE HARMLESS
IN "BCDLET PROOF" VEST
NEW YORK, Mar. 15. Un
daunted by the fact that a man lay
aerjiiUaly wounded in a hospital
because of his faith in Albert
Schwarts's "bullet roof" vests,
Leo Krauz, an assistant of the in
ventor, donned another of the con
trivances today and allowed
Schwartz to shoot at him five
times.
The bullets spattered harmlessly
against the canvass covered steel
plates of the cuirass, and Kraut
went on amoving- a eitrar.
ROAD TO CRAGGY
r n n iniipnii i r
i
P
pniiTORPTrn rno
uuninnuiLU T-Ull
Asheville Contractors
Fare Well in Awarding
of Big Contracts.
MANY WESTERN
CONTRACTS LET
Formal Awards Will Be
Made Today, Bids Tab
ulated Last Night.
TARnHOI OH liulll.
iBf nfK B4KKt.gr I
KALKICll, Mar. .".- The major
portion of a $ 1,400,000 highway
.tiid hrlilKc const met ion Job, con
tracted for today by' the state
highway comuns-sinn, will to to
North Carolina mad builder-.
'Inhalations completed tonight
show that i onlrurtoi s of this stale
are low bidders on iN of the ten 1
projects and tomorrow's formal
awards will give them some choice
contracts.
The actual cost of ti i miles of
hard surface and gravel highways, I
with l.ritlires. Is $ 1, :1,10,04s. 4... 'Ill
closeness of the contractors (inures
Is indicated by the odd cents at
tached to nearly every bid
Tho eighth and ninth districts,
taking in the mountain counties,
get' the majority of the mileage. A
two and one-half mile, stretch
f.-orn Asheville to Craggy moun
tinn. hard surfaced, will bo con
structed by c. W. Iicy, of Wil
mington at a cost of $95,583.50.
Kn Asheville contractor. It, C.
Stevens, will build the structures,
his bid being $0,1 09.25. It. U.
Wrighl and son. also of Asheville,
get a $2.1,430.20 contract for the
construction of 12 miles of water
bound macadam from Kylva, to the
South Carolina line. Structures ou
this project will be built by W, T.
iioore Con-rote products company,
of Andrews, for $.17,610.
Other i injects and the low bid
ders for western counties follow;
Seventh district four and one
.inlf milei gravel road in Cald
well county, contract awarded to
''aldwell (ounty road commission,
$24,448, Itridges to 11. M. Thur
mond. Lynchburg, Va.. $22,620.60.
Eighth district six miles In
Polk county, Columbus to South
'arollna line, hard surfaced.
Southern laving company, Chatta
nooga. Tenn., $195,469.80. lirldgi
work to llnnry Construction com
pany, Greenville, $19,897.60.
In addition to the Uunoombe and
lacknon county projects, the com
mission c ontracted for 14 miles of
vaterbo-.inci Ma c a d a m runnim?
from Franklin to the Georgia, line
in Macon county. This contract
goes to I'Hritm .t ronvtrtM'ttoTf ctmH
pnny, of tlrmlngham. $1 1 1,135.75 ;
bridge wtirk to Griffith Construc
tor, company, of Salisbury, Md..
$03,113.25,
two Rvnr as airplane,
PM'NGIvS HUNDRED FEET
MIN'KOLA. NyT, March 15.
Sergeant Eugene Reviere and Ser
geant Roland Rlake were Mcrlous
ly injured at Mitchell Field ute
today when their airplane crash
ed to the ground from x height
of 100 feet and burled them in the
wreckage.
Reviero suffered a broken leg
and nose and serious cuts and
bruises.
Roth nf Blake's legs were brok
en, his face badly cut and ht suf
fered internal injuries which sur
geons feared might be fatal.
The avlatom were making a
practice "time" flight when on
so.rvcrs noticed that, the machine
seemed to falter. Then the motor
stopped and the piano suddenly
dropped to the ground.
An officer who saw the accident
and examined the wrecked pl.t le
expressed the opinion that it was
vnuni-U WllOll U1C. inOlOT C U t OH H
Btan.
Sergeant Reviere, who is but. 22,
has been described as (ha "dare
devil" of the army. He has flown
at many aviation carnDs through
out the country and last summer
maae a parachute drop of 12,800
feet on Mitchell Held.
NO TIME FOR RKFLEOTIOV.
4IOLLEGE EDITOR SATS
CWJRAHO SPRINGS. Colo , Mar
in. ine i iger, Colorado college
newspaper, In an editorial todav takde
Issue with Dean Ella MoOaleb, ,,f
. na. i our-Kir, v. no cierenas tne mod
ern girl.
"We seldom reflect," ays the ar-
" 1 w tr tn d" ' kep
going. This is the age of Jaw, u,e
flapper and the snake. All play their
..no mm now uegraomg that part
Is, sometimes!
"Dan MoCaleb may have had 37
years ejcne.rlenen with iri h,,. ......
ertheless we have our doubts. To look
at. some, of the modern girl on the
inmiuw i.ouy WHii tneir short skirts,
often showing bare knees; with their
bobbed hair, certainly violating Ond's
reateet gift to woman, her hair, and
all their vanity and frivolity, mun
thinks a second time e to whether
that type of woman would maks him
a helpful mate through life."
MOTION TOU NEW TRIAL
t IH DENIED FRANK DFPRE
! MACON", Oa., March 15. Judge
If. A. Mathews, of superior court,
1 latn this afternoon denied a motion
ror a new trial for Frank Is. Dupre.
Atlanta bandit, who was convicted
of murder and sentenced to die
Attorneys for the defense immedi
ately gave notice that thev would
appeal the ease to the supreme
court of Georgia. This automatic
ally stays the execution for the
second time, the previous dale (or
his hanging being March 10.
LOWLAND RESIDENTS
WARNED TO FLEE FLOOD
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 15.
With tributaries of the Mississippi
river rising " rapidly, flood stage
before Sunday night, was predict
ed today by .1. H. Scott, Fnlted
States weather bureau forecaster
hero. Residents of low and unpro
tected lands between Memphis and
Helena, Ark., were warned by the
bureau to move to higher ground
Immediately.
AI GIHTA WITHOUT CARS
AftQUSTA, Oa.. Mar. 18r-Kol-lowing
intonso Jitney competition
which has cut deeply into already
depleted ; revenue, the Augustiv
Aiken Railway and Electric cor
poration announced tonight that
It would cease the operation of all
street cars in Augusta, beginning
H II M HH V
'Q 6 rf.oiTow
Prolonged Fight On
J
Treaty Ratification
Abandoned in Senate
Firsf Period to
Pay Income Taxes
Brought to Close
Xcw Income Tax System
Eliminates Ad Valorem
Tax Altogether
TAKOftr' .;tl H"1HI,
Si HHOI K KtllM M 1
RALKItlll. March 15 Tmil.; ,ii
ending the lii-day period lor the
first ysleinatli collectl.ni in m in
come tax by the state, t ic cnV"
of the commissioner of rv t.n.; is
swamped with income. tax returns
and checks
overing pa.v laciit.e
Several days will be inv.ir to
complete the listing of m-romo tax
payers and the recording of tin1
amounts of lax. No "tinwif
on Id ho given tonight an to the
total amount received in tax
money.
Revenue Commissioner A, 1).
Walts estimated, however, thai
25,000 people paid an income tax
95 per cent of whom re'urne-l in
comes requiring a tax of les: titan
$10. Numbers of big checks trom
corporation have been received,
and the tax of several Individuals
has run into the hundreds and
thousands of dollars.
The levying of an income tax
makes possible the elimination of
a stain ad valorem tax altogether,
and officials are confidant tho nev
system is a levy upon those, able,
to pay with relief for those un
able to pay who, under the old
system, were taxed on f irm lands
and rliy property, for state pur
poses.
OLD FORT SAID
TO BE ASSURED
OF COTTON Afl ILL
Site Is Declared Already
Purchased for $180,000
Plant There.
a.?"tA: 4!te)Htin,iB4lJf,,isle4i" ajtf
and looms for making gingham is
practically assured for Old Fort, It
was learned here yesterday. Cost
of the proposed mill will be ap
proximately $180,000.
Property for the mill site is said
to have been purchased at. an eco
nomical figure and electric power
will bo available at a nominal rate.
Subscriptions for stock amount
ing to $130,000 have already been
received, It was stated by one ot
those Intccsted In the new enter
prise for Old Fort yesterday.
Around $80,000 worth .or stock ,s
now on tho market.
Among those Interested and wh')
have subscribed in the larger
amounts are: D. W. Adams, P. H.
Mathburn. J. 8. Rradley, Dr. .r. B.
Johnson, G. W. Handlln and C L.
lackey, of Old Fort: C. F. dames,
of Marlon; J. G, Stlkeleather and
Holmes Bryson, of Asheville, and
Messrs, Chamberlain, of Charlotte,
and Snyder, of Hickory. A large
number of cltlzene of Old Fort
said to have subscribed for stock
and are anxious that the mill lo
constructed st an early date.
Those comprising a. committee
on temporary, organisation and for
purchasing machinery arc: h. W.
Adams, chairman; Messrs. Bryson,
Miishhurn, Bradley. 8 a n d 1 I n,
lackey, .lames and Dr. Johnson.
EXTENSION OF RELIEF
TO At'STRIA IS VOTED
Senalo Vote to Allow loan's Re.
newnl for Period of 50 Tears
WASHINGTON, Mar. J5.The
resolution of Senator Lodge, re
publican, Massachusetts, extending
for 25 years the loan of $50,000,000
made to Austria for famine relief,
was adopted unanimously today by
the senate and sent to the house.
Extension of the loan as pro
vided by the Lodge resolution has
been urged recently by many
American organizations. The reso
lution was approved unanimously
today bv the senate finance com
mittee and unanimous consent
civen for its immediate considera
tion :n tho senate.
Stnalor Lodge told the senate
that, ihe Austrian government was
without sufllcient funds to operate
and also pay the loan.
Senator Williams, ile-nocrat,
Mississippi, entered into the dta-
.-.usslun to ay lie hopwd ihiullv i ne
United States should "forgive" the
loan to Austria.
Many Protesting
Prevailing Rates
on Freight, Said
Simmons Is Told Special
Attention Heing (liven
Whole Situation
isprml roiFr.poWnriv 7 Athei Ult ritrn
WASHINGTON. M u r u h 1 i - -
ScnatoiM Simmons and Overman
are receiving many communica
tions protesting against prevailing
freight rates, 'lhey take th.' n u;i
with the I. Ci C, but get very .iule
encouragement. in a le".v to
Mr. Simmons, in answer t,, to.
Chairman McChord said 'h, entire
freight situation was beui given
special attention.
"Tho commission,'' sill Mr, Mc
Chord, "is cognizant of tho quite
general feeling that tho present
K-vy of freight rates In HI;!!, ana
the pi-esont Investigation was in
stituted In order that all the facts
might bo obtained upon which to
base a decision."
This was In response to a com
munication from Georgj T. Purker
of Kelford, with respect to fertili
ser rates. What Ir, true of ferti
lizer, Mr. McChord said, is trti9 of
Otft'r'Triff TrTfJdltlegr "'
SENATE AGREES
TO BALLOT UPON
PACT MARCH H
Hailed by Administratiou
Leaders as Assuring"
Its Ratification.
CROSS FIRE OVER
TREATY DEVELOPS
One New Amendment and
Two New Reservations
Introduced.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15. Op.
pnncnts of the four power Paclllo
'.roaty In tho senate today aban
doned all plans for a, prolonged
light, against ratification and ac
opt'oii a unanimous consent agree
ment to limit debate and to taks
final vote on Friday, March 24.
The agreement which was hailed;
In- administration leaders as a cer
tain Indication that ratification Is
assured, was proposed on the sen
ate floor afler a series of confer
ences among the various senate
elements and was accepted vlr
tually without donate.
It provides that no further reset4.
vtitliuis or amendments shall he
voted on until next. Tuesday, that
speeches on tne treaty snail n
limited to one hour ana tnose on
reservations to SO minutes each.
beginning ort Wednesday, and that V,
final vote shall be taken without 1,
debate as soon as tho senate con. p
venea on the following Friday. 1 ,
Nl'MiOTIATIONH IXXIjLOW , V
LAST REJECTION g
Negotiations to bring the ratifl-
cation fight to an end bogan after"
the senate had reused for tha V
third time to amend the treaty so l
that outsldo powers would bsi , I
called into consultation when any , , U
Pacific controversy touches their J
interests. An amendment for that l
purpose in a form differing slight- f
ly from tho two voted down yester. '
day, was presented by Senator ,
I'ittman, democrat. Nevada, anl 4
was defeated 28 to 60 with ttm 4
division of strength virtually t'oln 1!
Little running debute) developed
over the amendment or the treats?
generally although late in the day
Senator Spencer, republican, Mis
souri, a treaty supporter, stirred,
up a cross firs of discussion by as
sailing the ''no alliance" resolu'
tion of tho foreign relations com-
tnittee. He declared the treaty did
create "an alliance for conference"
and that the reservation const i.
luted a "ridiculous absurdity," In
the course of the day ratification
was urged by Senator Ransdell,
democrat, Louisiana, a charge of
"propaganda" in favor of the-
treaty was made by Senator Pitt.
man, atjd sn attack on "Irish
American influence against the
four power pact,' was made by
Senator William, democrat, Miss
issippl.
NEW RESERVATIONS ARE
STILL OFFERED
Meantime, also two new reser.
vatlons and one more amendment
were offered for later considers -
lion. One of the reservations was
put in by Senator Johnson, re
publican, California and embodied
tho language of the reservation
which had been presented by Sens -
tor wranoegee, republican, Con -tiectlcut,
lit the foreign relations,
committee but abandoned by him
after a conference with President,
naming, xne other reservation
was by Senator Shields, democrat,
Tennessee, and would declare the
(rcaty meant no interference in
foreign Quarrels. Tho amendment.
offered by 8e n a t o r Robinson,
democrat. Arkansas, would pledge
the powers against secret treaties
or understandings.
It was Senator Brandearae hn
laid the unanimous consent agree-
meni nerore tne senate, with .
statement that he had h'ean
prompted to prepare It bocausa
several democratic senators had
come to him with the suggestion
mar a lime be fixed so they would
bo free to attend to other duties
awsy from Washington.
The opposition leaders would
not discuss what bearing the agree-i-tent,
might have on their hopes
of defeating ratification, hut thev
conceded prlvatelv that they ftLW
little to he gained by delaving a.
vote. This admission in Itself was
accepted by thoso in charge of tho
treaty as virtually meaning tha
eillapse of any real effort to heat
the pact, for which enough
pledged votes nro claimed 'o in
suro ratification.
LANCASTER, S. C. RISK
PRESIDENT IS INDICTED
f.ANOASTER. Mil., March 15, -Five
Indtotmejit. charging breach
of trust and misappropriation of
funds aggregating something llk.i
$30, OHO, wero returned bv ;l iiUl.
caster grand' Jury today again.;
Charles J). Jones, president of th
First National Bank ot Lancaster
and former president of th. Lan.
caster Mercantile company, one p.
tho largest retail merchandise con
cerns In South Carolina.
.VRBFCKLE JI'ltY NAMED-
three Women on it
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. M;ir
Li Attorneys for the. state a i
nnur.rerl late today that thev a. ,
cepiecl tho Jury as It then stood fn
the third trial or Roscoe Arhuek,,,
film comedian on a. mansla'u;fr
charge In connection with t',
oeath of Miss Virginia, R.tppo, f.n
i,ctiiss. The Jury contains ihroF,
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AGENTS SELECT TITLE.
CHATTANOOGA. Term., Mar.-h
15. "Insurer," a copvrighteci
word to de signate members of the
National Association of Insurance
agents, was adopted by that body
in mid-year session at Signal
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