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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER u.rth and South Carolina: Clearing L u.rfaif probably preceded by rain on M' coast; colder by Monday nl9ht; Taday fair and colde,. 10 PAGES TODAY "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1- ' ESTABLISHED 1868. JJ ' - jo Pass Four Power Pact SEEN Kill II Hany Material Altera tions in the Original -. Treaty Line-Up. haedingTagrees to SOLE RESERVATION it Is That the Treaty Shall Not Contemplate dll Aiuawic. '. WASH IN '.TON, JIarch 10. fhrce priipose I reservations prom u to become theflnal storm rrn- uri of the senate's debute on the four powir i anno in.iij wim iu concluding chanter to- Borrow muter a unanimous con- KDt agreement 10 vi.-ie iinanj um rttifli-ation Friday. Otllv one 01 mese i "sori a.inns hv it otnnorters tn be ac- cptablc to President Harding and 1 lathe only one that administra ion leaders expect Ho see adopted. It was framed in me ioroign 114a-,..t;lminp- and declares the I'tllia sv - - . ... ,, treaty contemplates no alliance. A twin of administration sena !. o in hi, lie they may aceom- ;pHsh ratification without even tins iiuaiiflcation hut those in charge of ihe treaty are noi now jiitumu m j the experiment. A necoiid reservation which is stiecteti 10 provoke a determined ht in nrocoss of formulation w various groups of senators op- ;ora t" unresorvea raumiauun. u sill provide that outside powers tall be consulted in racinc con wtrsn'S where their interests are affected. The third is a blanket r-0 aliritico" declaration originally framed by foreign relations com mitter republicans out aoanaonou ;lici'i aflor conferences nil President Harding and re-mtro-Juced en the senate flour hy Sen ator Johnson, republican, Califor nia "an li reconcilable.- foe of the ireaty. Versatile lrciity 1 igui iMiniM ltciintie:ir. 'A the situation shapes up in it" tal antf-lvus, the old groupings of a Versailles . treaty fight are f reappearing, but With many ma-fnal- alterations. U a former .erahers of the republican "mild nervation bloc" who have luKen toe iral in urging mat the revised nmmitiM draft of the "no alli mce" reservation be voted down, an the other hand it was to pla nt a w.iib of the Versailles "ir reconcilabl. s" that tho reserva- ion was framed. Again as in the Versailles treaty maneuvering. :!i; inniinis'ratic.n leaders are trj- :ai by a middle course to keep Kiee between the.se two tit. merits. Those f the "mild rcscrvauon- Ui of i.ihcr davs WHO wain, no irer.a:..-iis at all to the tour now k treaty argue that the wish of President for an unreserved rau- Itauiun should bo fultti'.ed if vox- ible, ,imt declare they have ni.iut li canvas of sentiment snow mi. !hat it 1- possible. Hut they con ,,,.,rri ornnlrl ho a very tve in-- 111, 11 hni ..w - arrow .me. and they, have aKrH-u UsBliienl the reservation if in the nd it still seems necessary to make n two-thirds rat llicatiun voe attain. The K-otip of Versailles irrci on iUbles" willins to take the four wwer n-.aiv with the -no am nice" v.itinn has li."d for 't urincnnl sooliesnian thus far Sea- iaar Hraml-soe. republican, 1 on- tieciiit. who drew tho reservaiwii is well ihe oriKinar-blr.nket War.. 'ion now revived by fcoiui- iw loiinsoo. . . Som- h.iri) debate is exyc;tea mt the 111-iL'inal Hrandegee resol ¬ ution wlcn Senator Johnson calls It tin for action. Mr. Johnson ex acts to a,-k for an explanation why thus,. W10 had sponsored the reiervatinn in committee withdrew after , .inferences With rrosiuem 1 Hard put VThi. proposal to include outside 1 lowers in I'acifu: conferences un der tlu treat v has been voted down in various other forms three times iuring Hi., past week, but its pro- Mlenlv ..... .l,...fHnu- what thOV call a tcoaiiii'.niiisB reservation which haey b. !i. e niav attract the sup- aort of sumo of those who were 'worth ii inst similar proposl 'ion on previous roll calls. Ad lltra:io. leaders, however, in- titer, : ; no possibility that the enervnt'or will ho accented. "PUBLIC OPINION WILL , Qn, , SECURE RATIFICATION" SP '. i.. 1 i.'i 11 Mmwll 19. Wr ,,.' , ,,1,,:,, 'i, ,;,','. desnlte the tnl,i "Pimsition of partisanship, a perversity. will dorn '!.. I Stales senate and e ' .'ilieatlon of the treaties from the conference mi . f ...... a,,luro,i alousv le Hi- i' 'tiro 11,. . which "nitaii, - tioimiiiriii, mvv ....... Vaker .'r, ,,.r:,.u M, oillett, of the tl i ' P"i sentalivcs. In an ad- rp 1. ... H r the, ,'.; il inucli of the success att. -'i.-aec 10 iiuuiic .'I'll""!" IQ flpei 1, ..1 i, nr T10 imuL-er 'w fi."9" Ereat Hsurnce of peace " the t:,:,;re. The speaker said that T ''I'll' vi, 1 ,hr comiiton of China is SI kl v " he problem of the .'" Japan and the United States, vhirt. , H'e 'two (treat powers tin. emerged from toe war V"l nun, 1, -,,,-j .1. o,l n,-tth ntMii. .. I.,.. : '"-.;." - -.. 1 ',0 aiiiiny 10 coiliinue 101 5 . tti'iipment for war. These fienK?'''"''' I,c added, "have in the ami tC. ' ' ' 3oine' wan Bngiaiia US"!.'', m nn airrumtnl Hint thV .ii mil . . ':v.r'"': .vL.. Lhn,V war wain eaven oiih-i mm conference and dls- '.niliv, 1 imve put. an eno-w-int '-n-.ia)anese treaty, which was a 'I. Ill hi. U. 14 ,. ""iierenw. Planning leatures 01 in MEET l, WASU1NOTOX Lysill.VGTOX. rarch 19 li.. . AiOl!inal Whnlool. l.nmhar l u,, . " iiUiraHi l. ""IS 3sr, il!,. ...ill !., I,. "H.f nn i in i linn I.i.w - niu -ii no inn (i.-,it.-., -- -- -- ---n Jitino-.l , 1 j I... m TSllb .triln. r;'y Fan ,ui Hnurrss uy nccn lcpn ii.iueia. J. v , .McClurc M leaders Not Hoping ANOTHER SUICIDE Unreservedly Harding-Obregon Negotiations Are Now in Progress Early Recognition Believed Probable by American Official WASHINGTON. .M.i r. ii la. --(I!y The Associated l'res.-o I'ei-soual ('tfi'ha M.i'S l,e iwceu I'resideiil Harding and I'lesideiH OhieRon lnoUiim: to recognition of Mexico by lllf Viiili-d States are in pi 'K.o-.s . It was diHclOHed today in .el minlstrailon circles. Ac -itrnn officials believe early lbcoKni lioii i.s probable. The tuilv point of dit'i'ei oii' e hem coil the two fxeill'ivr.;, it w.i1 il"i laii-il. is thp ,1,.,. ).,, r.f I'rc-sidcnt. Harding i" ii.a':--llie formal reeogiiition 'if .Mexii'M 1 oim idetn with t he sifininar of a treaty pledging 1 Ik- southern republic to pro tect American rislits wilhin its borders, whereas llle Mexn in president would like t h c formal recosnit ion to precede the treaty The correspondent e u iiii h has been going on for some linie is (leserilted ;is tuning been of ;i most eoidial char acter. ISDISCPED Mrs. Obenchain Pale and Worried When Trial Closed To Be Reset. l.O.S ANGELES, Mar. 19. The jury in Ihe case of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain. charge with the mur der of J. Helton Kennedy, reported to Judge Sidney . Iteeyes at 7:49 o'clock that it was unable to reach an agreement and was discharged. Most of the jurors, after they were discharged, were reluctant to talk with newspapermen,. One threw a reporter out of the way when he sought information as to whether the majority favored ac quittal or conviction. "1 guess' I've got some rights as a citizen." the juror shouted. Another juror said that nine fa med conviction, anil that the divis-, ion had been on that basis from the rirst ballot. The jurors were hopelessly di vided, according to their reports to Judge Kecye. ICach was asked separately whether there was a chance of agreement. Each replied there was "none." The foreman stated to the judge the division was nine to three, but. as the law reipiires. did not say whellrcr tlic majority favored con viction or acquittal. Judge Reeve re-set Ihe case for (next Tuesday. March 21, when he I said, he would set the day for the 1 new trial. Mrs. Obenchain was in court when the jury reported. She look ed liale and worried. The furrmnti hi n stfitemenf to I In.lir., iiMiiflrinl lli-il ilin derision had been nine to three from the beginning. The revenge of a woman scorned was the motive the prosecution sought to establish in the trial ol Cffillflftrrf rl Srrt SMfft KENNED MURDER JURY DISAGREES England's Cash Trade With America Declared Near End (Sprnal (inrt'riwlimt, Vi' 4lrrillii CPiti-nl CHIC A G O, March 19. "It America expects to continue her exports to England she, will have to accept other methods of pay ment than have been in vogue in the past. America can no longer expect payment in cash for her exports to England." This is the statement of Sir Auckland Gcddes, Hritish ambas--u : il n r I o the 9tr"l United Slates. In la recent speech lat Chicago he I asserted United States exports to Britain are dwln"- Idling because I there is no mon- in England to I pay for them. In opening his speech Sir Auek 1 a n d said he I wished merely to point out the eco- Inomic conditions ihe United I State and Great Britain. Previous to the war, he declared, British capital had a largo amount of securities held In the United States. These were bought up by the Hritish gov ernment during the war, ho said, and held to pay for the vast amount of food, clothing and wai equipment England required. In addition, he asserted, large quan tities of gold were shipped to the United States. rrhis arrangement can no long er, be used." he said. "AmerlcR can no longer expect cash for her exports to England. Other methods of, payment now will have to-be worked out. Ho Buggestcd several methods by which the "condition now strangling trade" might bo reliev ed. One of these was reciprocal tracing payment for goods ship ped 'to England by English goods returning from England to the United States. Another was Brit ish services, such as insurance .tvio ny Amer- K..rr,Hiilnn f.ielnr Ensrland and th United Statea-are Wsntical," I ' I I Vv'" v. I a I V 1 IL J FOLLOWS PARTY HELD INJBOSTDN Man Sought in Thursday Morning's Tragedv.Enrts Life With Potion. WAS STUDENT AT INSTITUTE THERE Woman, Morose for Some Time, Had Asked Him to Procure Poison. HOSTON. .March If. Death by poison ended the flight of Otlo I Haider r,arsen, a senior at the! .Massachusetts lnstilut e of Tc li-1 j nologv from the gay parly at which ' i'oulinc Virginia Clark, divorcee,! junded her life early last Thursday morning. His body was found today in the Fenway, behind the Jio-aon : j .Museum of Fine Aits. Apparently j in, had been dead roily , short ; 'time. ! I 1 Two h'lu-r.s signed by Lirseii. asseriiiig that .Miss Clark had long intended tu commit suicide and that Larson had supplied her with poison, were received by a I fusion newspaper and Medical Examiner MaGarth several hours after his body was found. In the letter to I ho medical examiner, larsen said that Miss Clark requested him sev eral weeks ago 10 procure some poison for her in order that she might take her own life. "She had long before decided on this course,'' he said she told him. "I agreed 10 do this," the letter continued, ''extracting from her the promise that she would not use it until her mother came home. She gave me her promise, and I prepared for her a solution of strong poison." The 'e;tei- related how Larsen dad met Miss (Mark six weeks ago and they had become intimate friends. It said that Miss Clark told him of her excessive depres sion and of various incidents in her life. "1 wondered how she resisted so long the temptation that death really is." the letter added. "I hail intended to take poison 1 before 1 met Miss I lark. She was ihe world's finest woman" Vnrties Aiv Not Wild lU-vels He Dfclurrs The parties in .Miss Clark's apartment, the letter suld, were not wild revels, but were only for the purpose of killing the morose ness of her life. In his letter to the editor of a Plosion paper, condemning the priming; of stories of scandal, he advised that the editor also take poison, "when your inferiority be comes too conscious in your mind, it you have one." Iarsen was talcing a course at the institute, lie had been a fre quent visitor at the expensively furnished Newburry street apart ment of Miss Clark. Hast Wednes day night ho was one of the guests at a lively party there. In tho early hours of Thursday morning, Miss Clark, who had been laughing and drinking sud denly collapsed and fell dead. It was found she had taken poison. Hnrsen seized the bottle in which some of the poison remained, ran from the apartment and notified n physician ami then disappeared. No trace of him was discovered until his bodv was found today. Bayard Wharton, of Hhiladel phia, a Harvard student, who was also at the party said Jjarsen was of a morbid disposition. He de clared also that the young woman had been melancholy much of tho time recently, although she ap peared gay Wednesday night. Wharton's father came to this (ity yesterday and engaged, an a'lor ney to iook after his son's inter ests. ho continued. "Each v. ill have to decide its own policy. Britain lias been America's best customer in the pasl. The question for Amer ica to decide is whether she wants to open the country for trade or throw up a barrier." Sir Auckland stated that it was not for him to offer any solutions, but that he would like to suggest "what might be don?." "I wish however, to impress upon this country that the issue Is important," ho declared. "The peak of American trade with the llrit'sh empire has been reached Sir Auckland declared that 25 tier cent of American trade .lad, In the last eight years, come from England, Scotland and Ireland alone. Regarding the future course of England he sugertted the consid eration of flour as a concrete In stance of what the Hritish empire must do If the question of credits ia not adjusted. ' If we have no money to pay for Hour nt yaur price we shall naturally have to I urn '.1 Canada, Argentina. Australia or India for our supply mil this trade will not be. directed away from America by anything except impersonal, inevi table economic forces." PALL OK DARKEST NIGHT OVK.H C HICAGO AT NOON Blackness Reigns Few Minutes and Causes Great Anxiety CHICAGO. March 19. A pall of darkest night descended on Chi cago at noon today. Automobilists turned on their headlights, street signs in the downtown district were lighted and the telephone exchangs and newspuper olHces were deluged with thousands of anxious queries. The mystery was solved by the weather bureau which reported that a sudden shifting of the winds had "piled up" all of the city's smoke in one monstrous cloud blanket through which not even a single sunbeam could force its wav. The nhenonienon tasted only n TeW minutrn. TTic 1 lining m 'v cloud hatrln th appears ne of a second sunrise Mitchell Urging Airways System In United States European Developments Make Great Strides; First Defense Line MITCHELL TUGING -- McK NEW YORK., Mar. 1! Im mediate establishment of an or ganized system ot airways In the 1'nitcd States is urged by Hrigadler-General W i I 1 i a m Mitchell., assistant chief of the air service. In a statement given otu General Mitchell, who has just returned from a three months' survey of European aeronautics, says that Europe is making gre.it strides in the develop ment of aviation, but in Us ac tual application the Foiled Stales is in the lead. "What the Foiled States needs," he said, "is an organis ed system of airways, federal laws and some form of tangible encouragement for its civilian operators. In all the larger European nations aviation is being de veloped with the idea that 11 is the lirst hue of defense and subsidies of fid per cent or so on the original cost and Ihe rust of operation are in effect for privately owned aircraft ' General Mitchell made air trips in every (untry he visit ed, personally testing out 15 new types of aircraft. Sporadic Trouble May Continue English Alone Can Rule There. T Y HON ;. ja., .March 19. There will be no general revolution in India, though sporadic trouble may continue, according to nn opinion exprcs.cd by Uishop E. Lester Smith, missionary to In dia from the Methodist Episcopal church, in an address here tonight before the central Pennsylvania annual confer .-nee of that denomi nation. Hishop Smith also voiced "real admiration for the sincerity" of Mahatnia Ghandi. Indian na tionalist agitator, "as a. man, even though I cannot approve of his actions and methods." "I believe that India will accept the reforms offered by England," said the speaker, "and will make tremendously rapid progress to wa'd real tielf-i?orc:-nmerit. polit ical unity in India today Is only possible under the Hritish flag. Over 700 native slates, over 150 languages, an iafiniie v.iri. ty of caste distinctions and all kinds of religious view cannot be brought irto harmony under any Indian authority at present. If anarchy is to be avoided English control must bo continued until a greater measure ot fusion of Indian nation alities has been secured," lUwvon Why He Thinks Kcvolt Not Near Hishop Smith outlined the fol lowing reasons for believing that a general revolution is not Im pending. "I base 111 v judgment lir.'t upon the wav I have been treated. I have extieriene; d no opposition of a discourteous sort. Thefls by vi olence are more eomrnoiiJn Amer ica than in India. "Ghandi was, I believe, up until the time of his arrest fully com mitted to maintaining tho non-violent character of his movemeni. and his influence in India is simp ly beyond computation. "It is doubtful whether the pres ent union of 70,000.000 Moitnm medans and 223,000.000 Hindus, bitter hereditary enemies, can he maintained. The Moolahs in Mal abar are flaying Hindus alive asi reprisals for aid given to Hritish forces. "The British government has provided a sincere and generous form of home rule. The legisla tive councils which have been or ganized under this plan conduct ed their business with promise of helpful co-operation. 1 believe that a substantial proportion of In dian thought is moderate. "The Native States, which cover more than one-third of India, are almost universally in favor of the status our.." In conclusion Hishop Smith said. "The very beginning of Indian as piration and the development of Indian life was born in Christian teaching and education." S INDIANS A tils-1 GANDHIS SENTENCE NOT STIRRING I ON DON. March 10 patch to the London Tlm"a frm, Ahmedahnd, dated Saturday says Mohandas K. Gandhi, in pleading guilty at his trial explained why, from a staunch loyalist co-ooera-tor he became an uncompromising disafTeetionist non-co-operator. Gandhi said ho camo reluctantly to the conclusion that British rut; nection with India had made the country more helpless than it ever was, politically and economically. The ppvs of Gandhi's sentcne. . says a dispatch ta the Exchange Telegraph from Bombay was re ceived throughout India quietly and in many districts 'apathetically. Among the extremists, the dkmatrh adds Gandhi's admissions in the court made a great impression uid his expression of aopreciatlon of the fairne.-s of hi, trjril did much to remove feelings of resentment. RADIO TREATMENT FOR SEAMEN NOW DEVISED Handle Cae Long Dlstanea For Ship Without a Doctor NEW YORK, March 19. The Unit ed State government, through the public health service, has undertaken long distance treatment by radio of eick and injured mariners aboard ves sels which do not boast a ship doctor. Dr. Kara Kimball Sprague. senior surgeon of the service here, niade public tonight a general order from Surgeon General Ciimmlngs, directing all public health doctors to respond promptly lo radio calls for advice "in language Intelligible to laymen." Dr. Sprague treated hl tirst radio case Saturday night, responding to a call frilm the freighter Chester Valiey. on board which a sailor was III. He rm ""i-f '-r r "I"-" '"-- antalor doi-lnr on tne stesmer vmio esrrtecl out hli instruction nnyinx: "ratlent Is Improved. Thanks.-' NO REVOLUTION IN INDIA, S AY S AMERICAN BISHOP T SUITS TO BE ARGUED IN EME COURT Liability of Labor Body Under Trust Law Will Be Reargued. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF MEASURES IS UP j This Phase of Packers I and Stockyard Act to Come Before Court. v. v. "a - him; ii : Wei' .10 ! 'i. Will be nir: till- C 1. 1 1 . 1 1 1 I the F 1 I d ag.i pan pre- of s for the tail fro: the org I I'lll! Ml ll-t mil 1 the de I The ill!. I OH Mill Wile u! 1 - dor the stai era I bul I 1 g' Ol I , mil' iv. is held ' leader. Tin I 'nil li 1 t"c,F uld be. I 1 1 s who wen; lll'l I'o'lliiW log s 111 A r kalis- Vide ?oa I I n: tins c mine strik Hie in 191-t. en not In-i 11 1 jec ,. t tin 1 ina COIil liltll straininc Two t ion. 1 li i y yards a men, I that iheir unions ; inc-irporaied are not sub- I he Slo'l'ilr-n act, and fi; - I i none ol their acts v ere d wilh I lie pin po-e of 1 e - interstate . umiiirri-.-. I 1 tacks 11 oon tin- con--; !! li nt Hie paekes and stock-' ', Will come before the I com:. Hi.- appellants asserting that their business which the- tChi -l go "rn men' would regulate. is purely li.cal and ! Im.'I efol'c is nui 1 n in; , rsta t , in inert e. A in ohibiitini case, upon llie out come of winch the government states - ill depend many millions of doll, is in lines and penalties, also i m the 1I1 i-ki-i for Ibis week. The pi.; nt in be decided involves the double tax and additional pen alty Provided in seeuiin .la of tlic Vol.-t 1 ad act to be assess, d agnast those w ho illeg'iliy ma 1111 l'acl lire or sell honor. There arc now pending in 1 1 1 coiirls Tim similar eases with line-- ngure.ti ing $1,-aOO.II-iii. Mule than $1,000.00':) ill extra i ims already hive been paid anil the government lat November had a ssi s.mients 01' $411.0(111.000 waiting decision of I Ins test case. BRITAIN'S MEAT Tli EM EI U1NU .11,1. aim: lti;oiti)!-: "Roust Beef of OUI No Longer Grown England" Is at Home. LONDON'. .March 10. -A song that was very popular In Loudon music halls years ago extolled tne virtues of the "Hoa.4 Beef of Old England." and vociferously declar ed ' that I' accounts for tli" free dom that "runs in Lie blood of the Englishman." It is generally hell -ved that quite as much of lhe rich, red blood of freedom runs in bis veins as in the good days of old but it can no longer be said that it. is the "Roast Beef of Old England" that accounts for its presence there. In fact rnnnv Englishmen, but; more especially Londoners;, eai much less of English beef than they do of beef that come from other countries thai ale far dis tant and which is brought to Eng land frozen In refrigerators. A report of the 'frozen meat trade" which has jusi been pub lished says impo!ital ions in the. United Kingdom in 1D21 exceed ed all previous records with a total of 'J17.414 tons of beef, mutton and lamb. The. home product was estimated 1 .Oaii.-loo tons. In London disiriei. s.1 pi r cent of the meal marketed came I'mm overseas. Only one Londoner nut of seven ran reckon upon having British-fed meat, lo eat. M BERT V BONDS MISSING TWO ARRESTS ORDERED Declared lo Be Gone I'rom Bond Branch of Treasury a I Capital WASHINGTON. March 11, Be tween $1 70.000 and 11200,000 In negotiable Liberty bonds lire miss ing from llie Liberty bond branch of the treasury. V. II. Moran, i likf of the fceret service, said to right. Secret sel l lee opera 1 1 es h.ne been sent lo Richmond. Va.. and Charlottesville. Va., I here employes of lb" branch wanted in connection with the invd-'tigation of the loss were reported to be, he added. j The loss of the bonds became i known Saturday, it was said, but Hie total amount, missing had not hern ascertained tonight. Charles A. Clevenger also an employe in the branch, was held for question -nig. secret service officials an nounced, but no charges had been placed against him. General Julian S. Carr, i oin-niander-ln-ehlef of llie United Con federate Veterans, father of the d". eased, lefi hi.s home for the first time in five Weeks 1o attend the service. General Carr has been seriously ill throughout Ihai lime Willi Influenza. EXTRA POLICE CALLED OUT TO GUARD MILLS i More Textila Plants In Rhode Island Will Be Reopened Today I'ltOVlDUN'CK, li, I, .March pi Ex'ra police were called out toliigiit m guard mil! tint the expcct'-d io reopen tomorrow morning after being closed wholly or in part for two leoutlis because of the strike of tex tile operatives. Troops which have bun guarding the J'-nckea Spinning cotnany's plant at Pawlucket were reinforce d by a detail or special depu ties, sent at the request of mill man agement. Alag picketing there was ordered ptopped last week, but has continued The extra police, it In said, have been called to put an end to It. Kent county officials have placed a han on mams pickellry? at the Inler ltikpii Paint works, at Arkwright, and announced that only three pickets would be. allowed, cine at each mill entrance. Uniformed police were ma tinned there tonight, lo be ready for cln'v in the, morning. Tha strike entered toilav on ile ninth week with the deadlock between mill owners and striking operative vir tually uncliangeu. Mere than 0 eet '" .1..01 "f '-a ., iii. inn "'""I11 lentuin ciosrt are crippled il. half il...- and r.Mrtv :a mm uikrk- i ia are l-J e IMPORTAN SUPR Linthicum Preparing To "Ditch" Bonus; Harding To See Mondell Today I EL RILL UNLIKE ANY; SHOWN PRESIDENT1 Will Not Venture Opinion if Measure to Be Called up in House Today. SAYS BILL BEST THAT CAN BE HAD Attack of Minority on Proposed Legislation Is Made Public Sunday. WASHINGTON Pn'Md.",; 1 1 1 1 (I in gag.-iio'iit t.idav Mir. !i 1:1 11 'o.oie an , 1, , wilh republi. ,11 I'llUOIToW 1,1 ids - bonus sillla'loil house l.-.nieis fol cuss Hie soldier him ause ni a ppoim uo-nis mad be lore Ins relurn from Florida, he was unable in giant their lequosi for a, ceiiferenc.- toninh;. Rcpresciii.ii j e .Mondell. of Wmi iiiing. Ihe republican lloor leader. aid tonight tin- whole siiuallon would he laid before the President and the compromise hank loan plan would be fully explained. Mr. Mondell would nut w-nture an oicmon as to whet her the bill Would hi- called nn m the house tomor row under a suspenvnm ,,f t, rules, but he .appeared to he enn lideiii that there would he no de velopment nt the Willie House con lerince that would cause serious alieraiinn of the plan to put the measure through sooi: "We have a bill quite different from anyih.ng the President has expressed an opinion on" said Air. .Mondell. -and a bill that lavs no more burden mi the treasury next year 1 h.i 11 dees t he f, 1 ; lo oming roan lull. I,,r instance. "We suspended the rules two ears ago 10 pass the l'bsl bonus bill .iinl there is good reason to handle the measure that wav. Tin re are 1 icii who have 110 re sponsibility in (be matter who would 1 ome forward with amend ments, not for Hie purpose of im proving the biil. but to make trouble. If we have about the best bill we can get there Is no reason lo allow the minority to embarrass our people. "We have got lhe best biil we can get and a very good one and the sooner we pasa it the better." Harding Sees Mellon l or I lour at hitc House Soon after Mr. Harding return ed here today he hail a hour's conference with Secretary .Mellon at llie While House Tutre was no ofllcial statement as to the con lerenee, but It was understood that tho bonus question was discussed. An attack on tho bonus meas ure was made in minority views made public today by Representa tives Tread way of .Massachusetts and Tllson of 'onnect ii'ut. repub lican members of the ways and means committee. They ileclartd Iheir belief that the bill, if enact ed into law. "wou'ti do more barm to tho people of Hp-, enquiry, the veterans themselves and lhelr fam ilies included than il. will do good lo tlic individual beneficiarb .1." Tho committeemen centered Iheir attack principally on the hank loan provision of tne iidjust e l servie" certillcale tille and I ho land siltlement title. They assert ed thai the loan scheme "seems to us just about as unsound econom ically and unfortunate from every tCuitfntiifrf ,i Srtt Toy! Sunday Schools Would Wipe Out Games Of Chance In City Tin again,- initial gun in a battle si. all games of chance oper Iti lhe city of Asheyllle, was yesterday morning when a led llreil Sundav schools of the city, took aelinn calling for the abolishment of such gaming devices. The aciimi was in view' of lhe fact lhat. the younger population of the city generally palronizes Ho- places where games of chance arc usu ally in operation. Enforcement of the state law against tho operation of gambling devices and games of chance, by carnivals, community festivals and all others operating such games, will be urged by reprc.-ent.illvcs of tho Sunday schools of the citv and nil law erifon cinent organiza tions, when delegations will ap pear -before (he city coinmi.-.sionei s this morning at II o'clock. Action was taken in pia. li. ally all Sunday schools of the titv e.- terday, condemning the practice, and each will have repi esenta i i , is present al the commissioners meeting this morning. P is stated. The First Haplist, First Presbyte rian. Central Melhodisl, Trmiiy Episcopal, Chestnut Street. Metho dist were among the Sundav ,-i hools lo take ac tion calling for enforcement of the law as r--lai-iirg to tho games of chance. It Is pointed out thai under the slate law all games of charm,, arc considered to be gambling and the operators as well as those playing the games are liable to indictment by officers. It was stated last night that "evils existing from such games of chance," will be stressed by the committees appearing; be fore the city commissioners, and an effort will be made to impress upon those visiting carnivals, com munity festivals and bazaars, that games of chance are against the state .laws and they are subject to Indictment 1f caught playing the gaming devices. Official resolutions have pot i been drawn up. It Is asserted, and the indorsement on. the part t f the Sunday school superintendents. nmhin slid imliniii was In' 1 1 lie nature "f unanimous approval,,' .instead of signed resolutions. Savs Republicans mrtzi'irXL For rft! Illinois Officials Asked Offer Siifffesled Im provements SIIINGTON. M in ;c- in 1 lie v. . . 1 1 11 nn sin ; a li '.a ! loll of il ' ,0 111".'! crilici-.;,!- v h made 1, lib ia Is and ..f: t lie V. "I - II. sab if 1 Ameri disi 11.-11-c a: .1 egiua n 1 1 1 ' I nt II ilili- HI F01 b, s c- '. ' li ra ns e P.lld.,"e l'.l'V .toll 1 Burt llie Allien. I '11 11 Bed ' ll-lil'lila 11 ,11 is and in. s ho, pita li.a t t he I olll'erei lll'l'!. "I Co. legion-- etnunii' :. . . After which 1 isted more than tw 0 bout r 1 "i.recl.-iiiu-rrni id bee; i! was announced (hat, IVib.-s would .1 1 1 11 o 11 11 1 b lie decisions which li reached. , Sp.-cilie crnieisuis 4 hich had been made against the rehabilita tion services in Illinois were "iron ed mil" before I In confer lice. IM- r-'ctor Forbes said. II say wli.it these were. d WASHINGTON. March 10. Problems connected with the care of disabled soldiers were Ihe tirst matters considered by President Harding today on his relurn from a 10 day vacation in Florida. The President called Director Forbes of the veterans bureau, Director Dawes, of tho budget bureau and Brigadier-General Sawyer, t meet Illinois officials of the American Legion in conference for the pur pose of discussing the plan of gov ernment hospitalization and voca tional training of former service men. HE HOLDS BACK E Heroic Role Played by Man Prevents Lynch ings After Killing. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., March 19. According to citizens of Our hum, IJ. w. Williams, young man ager of the commissary at lhe Durham coal mines on Lookout mountain, played a heroic role In the stirring episodes that follow ed tho killing of J. W. Morton deputy sheriff, hy the Baker boys at Durham yesterday, having al most single handed on two differ ent occasions and at different places, prevented lynching of the accused. The story related by witnesses In substance follows: When the Central of Georgia train rolled up to the Utile load ing station of the mining com pany yesterday al noon. Ralph and George Baker, scarcely out of their teens, stepped from a car near which Morton, who was B7 years of age. was wailing to assist his invalid daughter, Mrs. Gordon Phillips, who had come to the mining town to bo treated by the company doctor. (me (,f the Rakers placed himself in front of the officer and said: "Well you gol a. warrant for ns, have yoic.'" C'OHfl.M'tf t rff When informed jesierday noon thai representatives Sundav schools would appei foie tip, com rnissioners, R. L pal rick coniinifsioner of safely, slated Unit on Sa .il'ter d the ir be . I' llz i u 111 i . . u relay niglil In chief W depa i t ni enforce held : R. Me nt. and con lerenee with ser. of dip police requested him 'o manner the laws in everv against games of chance. Carnivals will be visi'cd by officers In uniform ami also the plain clothes and a steady for violations watch will nls squad, It. is u! watch will he of lhe law. A : o be In effe.-t , atcil. I M; .; places in the cil.v w Inn games of chance mac be opei and the operators and plivr: rested ami balled before p court . It is Hated. Imve-.fi. that coniniiilees so jpi ear befot" i mnlnisMonet i, C!i-i.'ii1 ing le, 1 ice the the I II Sundav schools, will he in no ir.an- iif-i-of ihe la w nf protest again.-!, the showing niiivils, bul i.-il', a request for entio i iiient ol the gambling chief Ale-'Ser staled lnt nigh; to a i . pi csi'iiiativn of Tho i n ir. n thai he w on lit oli"ei ye a .i-.c watch for violations of llie law and all violations will he -op.iried and the iolaiois hailed before it-dn ,- court for Judgment. j It was asserted l.csi. night that; oq numerous occasion: those op-' crating games of ch.tn-v iiavn on-1 (bv.vorcd to evade t! e state law I -v giving post cards and n'hrr Mual! nrticles to all taking chain es. thereby giving everyone sninr-thi-ig for thetr money. A leading attorney of the city stated last night that under this attempt to e.vudo tho law, the su preme court in a ra.io of the same nature from Buncombo county, held that those operating the i. inies of chance must give value. I'. -reived for thL. money, before il can he construed tint to h" gambling. Considerable mteiest has In en shown in ihe a'.iifiil-' of Hie Sun iii inihiiali I it in n !! a lai c siiC il number Ui'l l.e p sin' a' etin llii no i pi SINGLE HANDED MADDENED AA 0 B predicts upper unnnp ill 1 1 1 TIT HliUat WILL I It UP BONUS DILL Majority of House Will 1 Vote for Any Kind of Bill, It Is Believe-4 BONUS IS CALLED LOAN SHARK BILL ! View Held That Congress ; Will Not Pass It Over Harding's Veto. 1Hb Al!t.!!Utl cirf.lt 'Hlr.H, IKutKAt' t II A ( . (,-! 4ri WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 Thai lhe republicans are preparing t. "ditch" the bonus bill in tho seuale is a generally accepted belief here now. The house will put it through and lhe genu to will lie It up. For politiial reasons the huuae Is bent mi passing someihlng, and for busi ness reasons, the Kenate will block Ihe measure in the finance.com mittee if that be possible. Richard Linthicum. director of publicity Tor the demoi ratlc pa llonal committee, has sized lb--situation up thus, in a statement issued today: That Uicro will be no soldiers bonus legislation at this session of coriKiess is tne opinion or many close political observers here who are familiar w.lth the history ot the proposed bonus, tho present status of bonus legislation and the most recent declaration on the subject attributed to the close advisers c-,-President Harding. No other matter of legislation, enacted or proposed has caused so much anxiely among republliar ' and Just now It .Is sharing t! .spotlight with the four-power"' treaty. The republican reactionary lend-, ership began this tension by mud dling the tariff, then they muddled the lax revision bill, ami the sol diers' bonus Js now shown to In the worst muddle of all. That a majority of the housw of reprenentiUlves will vote for anv kind of a bonus bill as a. matter ' record for the coming campaign Is taken for granted here. Their claim I that it Is a public dutv and lhe(r motto is "Pro bonus Publico." Is Declared "Iian Shark." Bill By Minority. The position of the opposing mf. norlty Is that the bonus bill Jn Us" present form is a "loan ahark bill " a ";ogu bill" and a "bogie bill." lhe perplexing question to both the proponents and the opponent. of the bill in it present form has V"1, ihe ttttude of Hresidem Harding, who apparently has been in lavor oi a soldiers" bonus, bie opposed to any method ot raising the money to p!iy t PXCPpt i v. mcan of tt sucg tav tQ whlch lh country itself n osposed and which it Is generally believed congrei-i would not darn attempt to impose upon the people. While Vresident Harding w.n accused of running away In order vl'liV. hZ,d,iiW" '"to tho contrc veisy in his party over tho presen' effort to draft a bonus bill, then have come, several Intimations a- delight ful vacation with friends and Ed McLean along the-coaV, hat he was not. favorable to the of HiVblT0''1d dlaft f th" b111- Thcro now comes to Mr. Ed Mc Lean's paper, the Washington Post wi!htr'r''la, cor'P''leni with Mr. Harding, a news dispatch which would Pem fo InakoP 't''v''-"1'9 attitudc entirely clear. "Close advisers of the Presldenl regard it virtually certain that he chief executive would veto the bonus bill m lis present form, fo, li" lias repeatedly declared his al iunde on this question. Moreover,' iiinius oi me President seri- ousiy uouut. i Ma i congre woul.l . , ., ' !'' s cue mil ovei a veto. Literally construed this mean hat there will he m. bonus legis lation at this session of congress assuming lhat a sales tax provl-. ion will fail of passage. Only Adds lo Confusion Over I he Sit mil ion. 'rbi- a.... i i -II Nil till- -io ,i. , ,.. advisers, coining at a time wW i "i:,r"iH,"f " i'resellt..bi! ,. ' ' i"" ' . ami pas It under a. suspension of the rule has only ,.b.(j t,, the confusion in-iMoi-is w no want to follow th- lean oi tin- adniio sii aibin and wh ' also want to niak c pro-nonus rec purposes. f a I fa i i s iew .. - now looks as ii nuv soon of suspende, 1 iff legisa'.i.-i. passed by ti,.. "I'd for campaign 1 1 ; a scl -ta to ' fi'oin an', angle. I the mis IcKisIa .i I 111" .' : 'ion as' i mff bill r, is still !' ululating cob 'i I lie seiiH le tl nance cntnni:' nil Ihe n, il s are l'i ''sen; thai the i e.-ti t ' i so are afraid to try I pi es-s ill, r xo lioiiary le. lo pass I: j With tariff and Immis leeUi I lion stalled, with a t,i- re t-... n a. :Wl.ii:h republican lad'rs. like r ,1.11.0 Senator Penrose nn, Sena I Siuoot. have said: Will have t be rewritten, and w ith the pre I dent's ship subsidy plan fin -I , I d to defeat. ' tin- preset t set-si oi congress mrcateiisi to i-f..l Wi i ihe four major proposal -i of t-, adminlstritlont complete iaii ires. SIX PKRSOVS IRE BEAD IN MICHIGAN ACCIDEM DETROIT,. March JJ.- sis per sons weric killed near Rochester, Mich., today, when tln-ii- a ,:n Mil bile xkidfled on a slipper.- bigcw-i; ami was st' iu k by a i liitn urban eai. The dead are Kiln-rd II bi's, assistant gen-ral superin liniliill at Oim J In l in i I llml w a c . die 11 Mi ami Dei. 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