THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER i 12 PAGES TODAY N0ft(, Carolina: Generally fair Tuttf' nd Wednesday; colder east portion Tuesday. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1922. . i PRICE FIVE CENTS. rri Postal Appointees flfMHIPE HIM Defense Support WU' ''"t.P.'it ' SaidtoTalkto ffl HOT FIGHT Harrison Would Know How Many Offices Remov ed from Uivu oervice. POLITICS CHARGED DURING THE DEBATE Say Republicans Would Increase inspeciorsiups to Make Jobs. WASHINGTON, March 20. The postofrice appropriation bill carry ijj 623,T73,O0O was passed laie today b' tne senate after a heated light. The measure carries $63,308,- 0 moro man as passed ny ine fcouw. $50,000,000 of the increase -oing for federal highway aid. " Tho bill also carries provisions (or rcfiorins to service the New Tk pneumatic mail tubes unii or continuing tho .New York to ia Francisco air mail service. Tlio tote on the tube amendment was j to 19 and came after a bitter ittark had been made on the prop osition bv several democrats. The (50,000, oi'O was accepted by t he iinate without debate and with out a roll call. A fight centering around post dice appointments, originating nrly in discussion of the bill, re ultcd just before adjournment of lie senate in tho introduction by Ssnator Harrison, democrat. Mis sissippi, of a resolution calling on itie president to supply the senate with tho number of executive ord trt he had issued removing post oltjcen from civil service elassiti- ation. The resolution went over under the rules. :bis Scheme to .Make -norc liners for Republicans The fight which culminated in the Harrison resolution was pte- creasitig the number or powiai m ctoltaUd by an amendment in- creasing me uumon . Inspectors, a move which Mr. llar rinon charged was to make more pUcw'tor republicans. The debate illicitly emerea m "J"1'" rtmasieV appointments and the Jreildent was charged with hav- removed tno Marion, uiuu. office from civil service by execu Vi order so that he could up- 0ttlt tno. posuimsv;i in m- wwn. As for I he New York tube, Sen ator M.'K.dlar, democrat, Tennes m. claimed that the senate was living its approval to something 'that is dangerously near a brazen ileal ot federal funds." The tubes wi ma- rinfpnrtprK however and He argument that they were neees-sn- to rellevp congestion and to provide better service finally pro wiled bv an almost straight party rate. Jorris Forecasts Tubes Between lii Cities Senator Norrts. republican, -e-iraska, predicted that another nnerati'in would see the con-su-uct ion or such tubes for the ImvportaMnn of wail between treat cities instead of in the more Smiled di-triets such as congested i! New York. .The sniate also went into the filing ot vacancies in postmaster hlpn and here politics was again ttorged. Senator McKellar. demo ?nt, Tennessee, described l'resl fat Hanllng'M ruling giving form triervirr. men priority in appoint ment after passage ot etvu sen- n examinations as, "the greatest hoax we have seen." He scorned statements that the rulln? waa be ing cirrird out. Senator Moses, republican, in fcmpditre, brok" into the discus son to t-. ply to statements by Mr. Harrison that tho administration mini tn r.xo, the new inspectors to fed wavs of rooting democrats out ot jobs. It the president listened to me flout i hat." said the Now Hamp shire senator, "he would have Witten one executive order taking it from oivil service every Job Put undo" it hv Woodrow Wilson. the (Jem,.,, rats are yapping because they fear some of their officehold ers aro going to lose. I'm in favor t every administration being sur rountleo !,v us friends and we have aiflples now of democrats, icri bent, throwing monkey reneheS ,.,d handicapping the wiee." Sehat ir Kdge, republican. New 'etBcy. addpfi that the democrats hl put .,ut the republicans with out the formality of. an inspection "id therefore did not need so many inpetnrs. Ho said that former Postmaster General Burle- Nn had been successful in that work. fWO Ml V ARE I'NPFU BOND 'IX LIRKRTY BOND THEFT ,(,as of Not Guilty Aro Kntered ' I'relimlnary llcartiuf. Washington,. March 20. - harles a. Clevcnger, employe of bond denai-tmont Ibo trPAS- Wesvl!Pi va., were held tonight $10,000 bond each for action mwt 1 " ucu i-iti iiiu ni i,. ronectlon with the theft 'rn u ln negoiiaoie dohub the Uberty bond branch of hnt j, "ian, wnoss nam wu onf?.!"'.1' wh0 ald Clevengfee had 1,8 taking part ih the fr oonas, omciais aaia, , " lrl tne aiua .oi 'amele'"'" rMl,,nee' Ha and I'arlh. vn.ir preliminary Utotoi? hofore United States Pea. .7 " r McDonald, entered 1 er Mm Ruling On (AMERICANS W I L L Hoax Says M'KeUar FISH Y StNA t OfcnctmWttrv f,OS ANGELES, March SO. Three members of the jury which disagreed n the case of Mrs. Madalynno t'bonohain. barged with the murder of J. J'olton Kennedy, visited Dis trict Attorney Woolwino today to dis.ss with him incidents of tho jury room deliberations. Tlicy were said to be anions t he nine who voted for i cm - irtion. The assertion was m.n!", Mr. Woolwino said later, that ptie of the three jurors who held out for acnuittal had been seen during tho trial talking to a person interested in ihe de fense ami that all three re fused to listen to any argu ments in the jury room. The district attorney declined to say, what, if anything, he pro posed to do. Mr. Woolwine said the prose cution would move for a joint trial of Mrs. Ohenohain and Arthur C. liiirch, her co-defendant. Iiurch's first trial also ended in a di-asreement . E EVIDENCE GOES TO JURHODftY Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against the Roses. NEW YORK. Mar. L't). Evi dence obtained In a recent "John Doe" iinestigation of the cotton exehfingc, accused of operating as a bucke'. fhop will be presented to a jrrand jury tomorrow, District Attorney l'.anton announced today. Assistant District Attorney Sim mons who will present the case against the exchange announced the hearii.E' would require several days. It is understood Uiat all wit nesses who testilled at the "John Doe" hearing or who may be called during the grand jury In vestigation will receive immunity from prosecution. Several of these witnesses by their own admissioiiH, were Involved in the alleged un lawful practices of the exchange. Involuntary petitions in- bank ruptcy were, tiled today against Randolph Hose, sr., and Randolph Rose, who traded under the name of Rose and Sou and against Rose and company, a firm consist ing, aoeotdfng to the petition of Randolph Rose, sr.. and f'elia Manassee. Rose and son were among linns whose activities chief City Magistrate McAdoo requested be. laid before the grand jury after they hac. been involved in testi mony at the "John Doe" hearing. The petition against Rose and son estimated the firm's liabilities at $100,000 and assets $125,000. That a;;a'nst Rose and company estimated liabilities at $107,000 with assets undetermined. A. W. Graham, president of the American Gotten exchange, de clared the exchange was not af fected in anyway by the Rose fail ure. Kandoliib Rose, 'sr. had pre viously resigned from the vice- preider,c and directorate of the exchange be said. Tho f.-iluro automatically sus pends the, firms, he added. Counsel for Rose issued a state ment af ributing t! failures to pressure following tho "John Doe ' hearings TCoso and son paid out H.orC than $100,000 in an effort to stem the bankruptcy menace he said. MAINE THIRD DISTRICT ELECTS A KEPI BLTCAX John F Nelson Is Chosen to Rep resent District in Congress. AUGUSTA. Maine. March 20 Jnhn V.. Nelson, republican, of this city was eiecten ny mere tnan s.ooo rjlurailty to succeed Federal District Judae John A. Peters as representative to congress at tne special election In the third Maine district "today on the face, of unofficial returns. Complete returns from K'nnebee counties and from 68 of the 1?! towns In Hancock. Somerset and Washing ton counties, the remainder of tho district, gave Nelson 16.598 and Ern est I,. Mettfan, democrat, also of this city, 10.356. 2,000 BALES OF COTTON BURNED AT GOLDSBORO fSlrfl Cmnomttiie. Tkt Jrirt C!e ) GOLDSBORO. N. C, March 20.-Twenty-six hundred bales of cotton stored In Bobbin's warehouse were burned when the warehouse was des troyed by fire last night. The loss on the cotton was estimated at $200, 000, with $190,000 insurance while the warehouse was Insured for $16,000. The cotton ws owned by H. Well and brothers, local cotton factors and the warehouse was the property of the Carolina Warehouse company. The origin of the blaze has not been determined. BILL WOULD LENGHEN , PRESIDENTIAL TENURE WASHINGTON. March 20. Adop tion of a constitutions! amendment providing for tho election of the president and vice-president for six vear terms is proposed in a bill In troduced today by Representative Wood, republican, Indiana. The electorial college system would be abolished and a candidate receiving the largest aggregate vote would be president wltlj the candidate receiv ing the next , highest number auto matically bedomlng vice-president. The president would be Inclgible for re-election. MISS THOMPSON TO WED LIEUTENANT O. O. WOOD Jgjisrtiil Cmtmiu:t ' TU AtflU CUImtM WILMINGTON, Del., March 20. - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompson to day announced the engagement of their daughter Katherin K., to Lieu tenant Osborn C, Wood, son of gen eral and Mrs. Leonard Wood. Miss Thompson now is at Manila, Philip pine Islands on a visit to Miss Louise Wood, lister of Lleutsnant Wood. A Alb PROBE ALL OUIT RHINE BEFORE J U LY 1 Weeks Issues Order Mon-! day at Direction of I President Harding. ' NO EXPLANATION OF DETAILS GIVEN' May Have Some Effect on Negotiations for Support of Army Claim. WASHINGTON. March J". All American troops will be out of Germany by July 1 under orders Issued by Secretary Weeks today by direction of President Harding. About 2,000 officers and men are directly affected as the remainder of Major General Allen's com mand in the Coblenz bridgehead zone on the llliinc already were under home orders. The announcement of the deci sion .for complete American evac uation of occupied territory In Germany was made by Secretary Weeks as his lies; act on return to. the war department from a three weeks vacation in Florida. He indicated that the step was or dered In compliance with the pol icy previously announced of with drawing the Rhine forces as quick ly as possible. It had no relation ho said, to the tangle in congress over further reduction in the fiste of the army nor did it result from tho correspondence between the state department and Ui allied 1 commissioner over the American demand for a share in German reparations payments on account of the maintenance of loops in Germany. Tlio war secretary made no ex planation of steps that would b? laken to turn tlio Coblenz .sector over to the allied commanders for policing and to hold tlio bridge head as a means fur further ad vances into Germany to enforce treaty obligations. The three bridgehead positions were taken up under the armistice for this purpose and their occupation con tinued in the treaty of Versailles and the treaty between the United States and Germany. It was admitted at, the war de partment, that the action of the I'nited States in completely aban doning the Rhineland position might have some effect on the ne gotiations resulting from Secre tary Hughes' action in submitting a request that the United States receive a share in German repa rations payments already made to cover maintenance ol the armies on the Rhine. It was insisted, however, that the step was not a direct result 'of those negotiations since complete withdrawal was forecast before the note calling1 at tention to the American bill in ex cess of $241,000,000 on this ac count was transmitted. RUSSIAN (iOVERNMKNT IS BLAMED FOR BICJ FAMINE Member or Heller Commission Makes Statement Before Committee WASHINGTON. March 20. The Russian government was charged with a large share of responsibility for present famine conditions ln Russia in a statement made today to the senate agricultural commit tee, which is considering further Russian relief, by Frank Connes, a member of the American Russian relief commission. "When it is claimed that the lamine conditions aro due to drouth. It is not so," said Mr. Con nes. who accompanied Captain Paxton Hibhen and other relief commissioners .through tho Rus sian famine district last summer. "The goornment demanded and the peasants cneertuliy gave BO per cent of il products of the farm. Then the government came by force and took tho remaining 4 ' per cent. Peasants told me time ar.il time again that had the government not taken this 40 per cent many of these conditions need not have hap pened." More American Relief Declared Necessury Mr. Connes deoared more Amer ican relief was necessary and esti mated the (uMitlonal sum neces sarv at $100,000, 00Q. Ho charac terizes the famine conditions as "terrific," and said they could not be described nor exaggerated. Mr. Connes had a clash with Sen ator France, republican, Maryland, who also visited Russia last year, when the witness criticized the bolshevik government and declared that not more than one person in ten thousand now favored the com munistic form of government. Mr. Connes said Senator France and other Americans who had visited Russia stayed in hotels a brief time, talked with a few people and then returned home in the belief they had a grasp of tlio situation. YOUTHFUL MILLIONAIRE TO FACE ANOTHER TRIAL Younic Dodge Released From First Sentence Hour Ahead of Time, DETROIT. March 20. John Du val Dodge, a youthful millionaire, completed a five days' speeder's sentence at the house of correction today, spent the remainder of the day in consultation with his attor neys and departed tonight for Kal amazoo, where tomorrow he is to fa.ee charges of driving an automo bile while intoxicated and illegally transporting liquor. A suite of eight rooms was re served at a Kalamaaoo hotel today for tho Dodgo party. Doge, "it was announced, would occupy two Voomg and the remainder would be taken by attorneys arid witnesses. Dodge waa released from the municipal prison an hour before the expiration of his sentence, but this wa not regarded as a letting down of prison rules in his favor. It was to permit him to evade news papermen and photographers, who, it was believed, might delay Dodge's preparations for appearance in Kal amazoo. Before his release, Dodqre wrote an article for the prison publica tion, praislnr tho officials as "ex tremely humano" and the inmates, among whom he became popular, as "extremely human." He also commended the "central council" of th prison. France Will Pay War Debt to U.S., Poincare States rniS, March 20. .(By Tho Associated ITess.) lrcmlcr l'oln-arc today authorized eim lirniatlon of the statement he mad,, recently to tho ttnanee committee of tlio chamber of deputies In executive selon that France Intends to pay her debt to the I'nited Stales. M. llncarc" statement pre sumably was impelled by Ihe utterance of M. I;oiichciir, form er French minister of recon struction In a upeech at Lyons last month when he declared that France would never bo able lo pay a cent to the I'nited States on the French war debt account. P. E. ALLEY NOT TO SEEK TENTS In Letter to The Citizen He Pledges Support to Democratic Party. Hedging support to tho demo cratic party of the tenth district and tho state of North Carolina, In the attempt to restore the lost period of harmony and prosperity, Felix E. Alley, prominent attorney of Wayncsvllle, in a letter to The Citizen states lie will not be a candidate for the democratic nom in.itinn In the June primaries, as representative of the tenth dis trict in congress. "The democratic party docs not owe me anything." he stated, ' therefore, unless conditions were such that I could better serve the purty than another, I owe my lirst duty to those who have entrusted their affairs in my care." With announcement by Mr. Alley that he will not enter tho race. It is generally conceded Representa tive Zebulon V. Weaver will be without democratic opposition. Representative Weaver recently staled ho would be a candidate for the democratic nomination to suc ceed himself. The following letter to The Citi zen was signed by Mr. Alley:., "A few days ago your paper car ried a news Item stating in sub stance that 1. was seriously con sidering entering tho race tor the congressional nomination ln the tenth district. The item referred to stated a fact. During the past several months a goodly number ot my warm friends throughout the district have talked with me in person, and many others have written me suggesting that they would be pwased to-see me enter the raoe at this time. "Prompted by a Bincerc appre ciation of the friendship of those who have been kind enough to make this suggestion, as well a by the number making it, I could not have done less than give the suggestion the most careful and earnest consideration of which 1 am capable, "Having, therefore, considered the suggestion from every conceiv able angle, I am forced to the conclusion that there is no reason, public, political or personal that would justify or warrant my be coming a contestant for this nom ination at this time. Many ot my friends know that my business and professional obligations aro mich that I could not do so In justice to others, as well as to myself. Fifty Years Party Has Served Nation. "Lately our nation has had eight years ot d-mocratio administra tion. For DO years the democratic party had stood steadfastly, for principles of progress' and re form. .Following its triumph in 1912 these principles wero crystal ized into law. Business revived. Capital sought and found secure and remunerative, investment. La bor earned a.ndN received a just reward. Industries of every kind sprang into existence in every community in tho land. For the first time in history the farmer received the value of his products and on every hand the music of his happy harvest song was heard to mingle with the jingle of gold In his pockets. "The American people witnessed and enjoyed the most marvelous era of prosperity the world ever saw, and happiness and content- went everywhere walked hand in hand. But there were those who demanded a change. In 1920, in a campaign noted chiefly for its appeal to hate, prejudice, jealousy and revenge, marshaling to its sup port every foreign, pro-German, disgruntled and discordant cle ment ln the entire population of the United States arid, promising all things and everything, the rc mjblican party was restored to power and the desired cjhango was accomplished. Change Is Market!. Asserts Mr. Alley "For a little more than a year the American people have been en joying the results ot the change. Who will say that this change i not as marked as is the difference in the temperature of the Icebergs of the Arctic ocean and the sun bathed waters of the tropical seas ? No promise has been kept. Noth ins has been accomplished except to furnish abundant and over whelming proof of the inefficiency and utter inability of the republican leaders to meet and solve the mighty problems upon which the very destiny of our nation hangs Business is stagnated. Industry is paralyzed. Trade is restless in the control of monopoly. Foreign credit no longer exists and commerce Js shackled and well night destroyed Capital is timid, and Instead of socking Investment refuses to come forth from its hiding places. Where once the music of thousands of fac torlcs kept time with the heart boats of happy and contented toil ers, today as many cold and empty smokestacks stand like sentinels guarding the chill silence of the cheerless nights. In our large ctt les thousands aro homeless and houseless, but building activity has ceased, other than the building of soup houses for the use of thou sands who are starving in a land overflowing with plenty. The south produces suffleiont cotton to clothe a tar ate portion of the world, and lOmNMml tn KtM tafi DISTRICT HONORS BOOZE CLEANUP in nniiiiTnirinl N MIUNIH lb Flying Squadrons of Dry Law Enforcers Are JSo at many points; Col. Nutt Files Official Report of Conditions Prevailing. MIAMI. Fla March 20. -Forty special government agents, eight flying squadrons of five men acting flider the personal direction of i Col. I.. G. Nutt. head of the nas - 1 colic division of the internal rev-j enue department:: launched today I a uatior.-wlde liquor clean-up, with I Miami as the starting point. The ', raiders worked fast, covering a ter ritory of 20 square miles and nt nightfall had seized liquor in . ,', places and expected to visit a i score more before they quit for the day. I About 20 arrests were made during the day. The prisoners were hailed before United States Com missioner J. M. Graham, who tixed bond for their hearings, generally at $200. Tht raids were the culmination of a sweeping ten day investiga tion, during which time a mass of avidencc was compiled by the 40 inves.igatoi's. Colonel Nutt de clared tonight that sensational revelations would be made later Involving prominent bankers whom he charged with Unaming the bootleg industry here on a vide scale. The first squadrons of raiders sallied forth long before dawn this morning and broke in upon late revelers at a. number of hotfis and road houses at tile outskirts tf the city. Itcforo noon, they be gun drifting bads to make their reports to Colonel Null's head quarters. All of the men brought in arious amounts of bottled liquor. The raiders worked quietly, simply entering the selected places asking for the proprietor and reading to him the search warrants which had previously been issued. They then gathered up all the liquor they could find and with it took the prisoner beforo Commis sioner Graham. It was evident, Colonel Nutt said that a "tip" had gone forth." In one place, ho s;tld, a waitress had informed the men that the proprietor had been warned and had done away with his liquor. Colonel Nutt. declared that this la only the beginning of a series of raids which he will direct In every city in the country where Wjo liquor Uustacsa in thought to flourish. Colonel Xutt's formal report, as filed with Commissioner Haves at "Washington, made public 'here to day, follows: "it did not take long after one day's investigation ot conditions in Florida, .especially in Miami, to do termlne that a solution of the smuggling problem lay ln cleaning up the shore situation, particularly in certain sections of Florida. "I found that conveying liquor from nearby foreign shores was a minor transaction, compared with tho program of bringing It ashore and shipping to northern points. Terminate the existing facilities for shipping, smash the shore line market, was the solution as our trained men saw it, and with that end In view we went systematical ly to ork. lUnelattons Startling:, Says Nut t's Report. Wo were startled by the revolu tions. We found a sort, of co operate plan among operators. Our investigators were directed to operators with the, same frankness that a stranger receives directions from a corner policeman. Opera tors dlcussed transactions like bankers. Indeed, several of them gave bankers as references and in two Instances, after negotiations were closed, had leading bankers hold the purchase price In trust and sign contracts to that effect. In substance the operators brazenly proposed: 'We will con tract for all tho liquor you want Scotch, Irish or champagne. We will go and fetch It In 24 hours and deliver it wherever you say at your hotel, at the courthouse, or at the poHtoflice. We will de liver it at the railway station, If you wish it shipped and will at tend to placing it. in cars and will buy the necessary grapefruit or tomatoes to cover It up. That is all that Is necessary; just pile tt Into refrigerator cars, with a cam ouflaging ot fruit or vegetables and with the ears sealed, tho ship ment will go wherever you wish.' Offers Exceeded a Dozen During First Day. "More than a dozen of our in vestigators, on the first day's oper ation reported propositions of tho nbove character, and in two in stances negotiations wero closed. with the aid of bankers, all of which will be revealed shortly In court procedure. "Our investigators discovered that many of the operators owned their own smugging shipB. would make night voyages to a point near Nassau, liiminl or Gunkey, meet a schooner laden with liquor, make purchases at the average price of $18 per case, return the next night and receive double the price from their purchasers, also make a snug profit on the fruit and vegetables for packing. They would explain that by diluting the consignment could be doubled and even trebled in quantity and sofd 'up north' for at least $100 a case, in all a tempt ing proposition. "Ail of this our investigators more than verified nnd continued for more than a week to carry on negotiations for big and llttlo ship ments without tho slightest trou ble. Our men saw tlio smuggling vessels go north, saw them return, Well laden with liquor, and in one Instance witnessed a flying bout used for the purpose. They had no trouble In having prorhlnent banks act as trustees for purchase funds, even after explanlng that it wa.s a liquor deal. Boom? Is Given Away as Punchboard Prize. "So brazenly was the law vio lated In the cMy of Miami that in several instances the principal prizes on punchboards operated in uromlnent cigar stands, were hot- . 'Ct.Kn.r4 n Nut tlt BEGUN AT MiAM Harding And Mellon Offer Bribe -J Tn Votonn Of Money Power, It Formv Service Men Who Are Jn Utstms Lome ttrst In Legion's Employment Drive WASHINGTON. Mar 20.--Former service men who are in actual distress should bo given first consideration in the national S-day employment dme started today by the American Lesion, A ft h u r Woods, chairman of the emer gency committee on unemploy ment, declared today in a tele gram to National Commander MacNtdor', of tho legion, Mr. Woods outlined a plan for the campaign as follows: "First, relievo distress, if Micro are men in want takts care of them. "Next, make sure that a man who needs a job knoWs how to look for It. Is the local em ployment agency well-run and do the men use it? Hunt for jobs and keep on hunting. It will surprise you how many will turn up If you work and don't miss tricks. Don't wait --apply at every turn employ AT EARLY DATE Dunham and M alone Planning $60,000 Struc ture on Merrimon Avenue Erection of a throe-story brick apartment house, with 18 apart ments, costing around $00,000. at the corner of Merrimon avenue and Chestnut street, is being contem plated by H. A. Dunham and ('has. N. Malone. It was learned yester day. Iloth parties stated plans wero only in a tentative stage and definite decision lias not been readied, but from present Indica tions the now apartments will be started at an early date. According to prellmlnnry plans, there will be nix apartments on each floor, varying from three to four rooms and each With private bath. Mr. Dunham stressed the fact yesterday that if the apart ment building was erected. It would be handled in a manner to assure a cost permitting rental at a reasonable figure. One of tho features will be the fact that the apartment house would be divided Into practically three sections, with fire walls sep arating each, insuring the safety of one part of the building In case of tiro in another section. Threo set of stairs would bo provided, and halls would separate each apart ment. The site for the building is now controlled by tho interested parties and has a frontage on both Chest nut street and Merrimon avenue, tin tho street car ltn", in short walking distance from the city, nnd in a, fast growing section, it has been pronounced ns an Ideal site tor an apartment building. "If we erect tho building, it will he absolutely sound proof," Mr. Dunham stated yesterday, and out lined in a tentative manner the plan for insuring against eound passing from one floor to another, bleam heat is planned and modern con veniences, assuring comfort and excellent living conditions, at the same time allowing for a reason able rental, Is the general Idea of the promoters of the proposed apartment house. Mr. Dunham is owner of Dun ham's Music store. Pack square, and Mr. Malone is an attorney and notary public. Both are progres sive business men, and tho plans for a new apartment house are certain to moot with the approval of those who have bren interested In solving the housing problem in Ashevllle. This Is the second apartment house planned for Ashevllle in the last 30 days with an equal number' of apartments, Thomas S. Rollins, attorney, having announced sev eral weeks ago that ho would erect an apartment house on Chesnut street. Thirty-six modern apart ments, it is asserted, will be an aid In solving the housing problem of the city. PROSECUTION "ATTEMPTS TO UNSEAT ONE JURYMAN SAX FRANCISCO, Mar. 20 Attempt of the prosecution to re movo Juror Edward W. Brown on ibo ground, of bias and prejudice, although ho had already been ac cepted and sworn in, were iimus t.iday In the third trial of Itoscoo ("Fatty") Arbttckle on a man slaughter charge. A recess was called on two occasions during the lay because of the matter, tho Irst to allow the defense to pre pare nn argument ln tho juror's support and the second to allow tne court to make an independent .iivestigtGicn following arguments. Assistant District Attorney Fried man at the opening of the session announced that the prosecution wished to exerclso its last peremp ory ehwllenga on Brown. A suo sorting atfldavit stated that the itiror,- a gnocer. hdst been twice p'-oSccuUd for alleged violations of the state i urc food laws and that he held a prejudice therefor? against District Attorney Brady, the prosecuting officer. Tho de fense fittorney, Gavin McNab, ans wered that as the district attorney was cognizant of all the facts, he should hnvp challenged Brown be fore he was finally sworn and that It would fce a violation of tho law .0 excuso the Juror at this time. The court was under the opin ion that his decision, which Is ex pected tomorrow, would be some what ot a precedent. The Brown development halted the selection of a second alternate juror. NEW APARTMENT DILLiHAl BACK HOUSE PROPOSED IN JAIL, IARI Vo ment bureau, advertise, write personal letters, make calls atiii get your friends to work ffr you. There is a friend in need waiting for every Job you unearth. Only ibmi go so far as to have sonic one i Ise. fired to make room for iotr men. "Last, stir things up mo as to create more jobs, spring Is here; it Is the time to oiean up, freshen up, paint up, d'g up, spruce up generally. F.v i rybody's doing it. The nation, jour slate, your town, com panies, Just people, yourself, rl something that needs to be done. Only do it now don't wait. You will get it done and you will help some one In the doing who needs and deserves help." Employed war veterans all over the United States. Colonel Woods said, have voluntoed to aid in getting Jobs for their less fortunate "buddies." S Is Now Held on Larceny Warrant Brought From South Carolina. Bn'-k in his old cell in the county Jail, Scott Dillingham is still mil- Ing the old smile, ana assuring nis fi lends he will goon be out again. 1 Ullinghsm was arrested ot 10 o'clock yesterday morning by memboi's of the sheriff's depart ment, on n warrant charging lur- env, brought from Greenville, M. C. by Sheriff Rector of that county. The, charge Is brought as the outgrowth of an old case, reported settled. Dillingham was at work in hla place ot business at 63 Bill - more avenue, where he t manager of the Ashovlllo Auto exchange;, when the papers were served. With the warrant requisition and extradition papers were served, signed by the governors of tho two Carolines. In a fight against ex tradition Dillingham has through counsel Instituted habeas corpus proceedings. Habeas Corpus Hearing Set; for Today Hearing of the proceedings will bo before Judge Thomas J. Shaw, presiding over Buncombe Superior court, ut 3 o'clock this afternoon. Representing Dillingham will be the firm of Reynolds and Rey nolds, Judgo Thomas A. Jones, and Judge Philip C. Cocke. For the plaintiffs in the bring ing of tno warrant Sheriff Itectdr has cngagod Attorney Mark W. Brown. Concerning his present position, Dillingham said lost night, when interviewed at the Jail by a repre sentative of Tho Citizen: . 'Thi.i case is tho result of a civil suit brought Jointly against myself and W. M. Jackson, by a Green ville partnership'. They charged I got a Ft rd touring car from them and did not pay them. Tho value of tho c.-.r was fixed nt $263.50. "On my return to Ashevllle, when I began straightening up my affairs to start all over again. 1 settled with P. C. Perkins, ono of too partners, by paying him $4D0. I havo his recolpt. "The charge then pending against me ln Uroenville, was nol prossed by the solicitor there, and the solicitor's signed non-suit U now on tlio in tlio onico of Sheriff Jjyeriy. "Now A. .1. Carpenter, tho part ner of Pe-kfns, conies forward and says Po.-klns did not have tho right co eeuie, aim mat no (Carpenter is not satisfied with his share Carpenter, is asking ff,r $.'100 ln settlement of his claim, and starter! these proceedings. 1 am suro everything will be straightened out this afternoon and that I will be allowed to mako bond ami get out to settle this mat ter, which I i,av0 already dono ence. WIlANGEIj ISLAND UNDER CliUM FOR THE BHIl'ISH Parly Tncindos Three Ajitericuis nominates Northeast MIlMifa, Island, one of tha most important Islands in the Arctic region, ban been claimed for Great. Britain bv a party of threo Americans, a Ca nadian and four Eskimos, through Villi jalmar Stefansson, Arctic ex plorer, organizer of tho -expedition. Mr. Slefansson said that the British flag had been planted on the Island September 21, last. Stefansson, u British subject, said his fifth and latest Arctic ex pedition, mndo up of Allen Craw ford, a son of a Toronto university professor; I". T. Knight. McMlnn vllle. Ore ; Fred Maurer, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and Milton Clalle, of New Brunsfeta, Texas, with four Kf.kintos, was sent by him into the northern wastes for tho purpose of claiming Wrankel Island for the British. Wrankel island is about the size of Jamaica, lying 100 miles off the northeriienatern coast of Siberia, and 400 miles west ot Retiring sea, Strategically, the island dominates Northeastern Siberia. Mr, Stefans son said, only the leader of the party, Crawford, knew of the mis sion of the expedition. The Amer icana, he said, became connected with the expedition purely through love of adventure. Although Stefansson said he knew of the expedition's success the day following the Wrangel is land landing, ho has Just made the fact public. He said ho intendod sailing this morning for England, to present Britain s possession to the British prme minister. AI OLD SMILE Is Charged (TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEED URGING 'J SALES TAX View Is Filed by Kitchiu and Others in Minority ! Report Monday. i LEADERS BALKED ' IN CALLING BILL Will Decide on Course of Action by Noon Comes up Thursday. Washington" March 20. Another attack on tho bonus bill w.us made today in a minority re port from ways and means com mittee members, Representative Kltchln. tho democratic leader; and Oldfleld, Arkansas; Cliap, Georgia; Csuow, New York and Tague, Massachusetts, all demo crats. They characterized tho certificate bank loan plan as a "due bl!l-raIn-ehek-borrow-mottey bnnuH mode of payment and de clared that It was "an Insult to every world war veteran and a shameful discredit to congress and tho nation." Insisting that the bonus bo paid of taxes levied upon "big Incomes of millionaires and multl-mlUion-alres" and "tha consclencelesu, ex cessive profits of tho big monop olistic corporations," tho minor ity charged that President Hard ing 'and Secretary Mellon "boldly offer a bribe to the world war vet erans to espouse the cause of this money power In their efforts to establish as a part ot our revenue system tha vicious policy of a general sales tax." "They offer a bonus in consider ation of the veteran and hi friends favoring a sales tax." said tho report. "They vigorously fight a bonus without ft sales tax, ln the nopo mat tno brave boys, will b tempted to yield and bn willing to help the President and Mr. Mel lon and the money power to drive tho first effective wedge under the established policy ot the Income tax, founded upon the principle of ability to pay,'1 The report said the proposition ln the bill for bank loans wns ab solirfely "a gold brick." in view ot the attitude of the comptroller of. the currency, and added: Say Nation Presented With Sluiuioful Spectacle, "So we are presented with the shameful spectacle of the party that aborted tha war, divided our country's war associates: dis graced the peace, deluded the peo ple, deceived the veteran, desert ed tho wounded, relieved profi teer, reduced the millionaire's in come tax, repealed the excess profit tax on the profiteers and, whloh still maintains a blasphe mous, bibulous bootlicker at the Court ot m. James to besmirch with his drunken banquet babblo the high war purposes of the American people and the Inspira tion of the American soldiers now, offering to redeem Ha reckless campaign pledges with an I, O, Un designated a 'certificate,' which tho administration has, in advanca of Its issue, flatly impeached and discredited." With the veteran and hla need the republicans have revealed their Incompetence," the report continued. "They start nnd stop," it aald. "They are for this today, and for that tomorrow. They potter around in darkness, they fumble, they muff. Incapable of dealing fairly with the economic situation that had directly brought upon tho American people the worst de pression that ever came upon them. Equally incapable of deal ing with tho war veteran situa tion, they stutter and stagger, llllnd they wander around. They pick it up and put tt down. Their last condition la worse than the lirst. Balked In Desire, to Get MeiiMuro up Monday, Balked ln their desire to get the measure up today under a suspen sion ot the rules, republican house loaders in charge of tho compro mise soldiers' lionu.s bill still were determined tonight to put the measure through this week. Theif expressed intention was to call it up Thursday, under a suspension of the rules If possible: otherwise under a special rule which prob ably would shut out amendments. Before the house met today, th whole situation was laid before President Harding at the Whit House by a committee of houan leaders, but tho executive deollnefl to make any recommendation. Speaker Olllett inado known to those in charge of the bonua legis lation liis decision not to entertain a motion to suspend the rules and pass tho bill. This necessitated further confer ences among tha leaders, who re fused to abandon their plan to call up tho hill with the rules suspend ed, so as to cut off a motion to recommit tho bill as well as all amendments. The whole question ot procedure waa discussed at a conference after the house ad journed after a 50 minutes' session. Present at this conference were members of the ways and means committee and tho party steering committee a-s well as other leaders. No fl Dal decision on, procedure was reached, but thero was at least a, tacit agreement that tho bill would como up Thursday. Representative Mondell Issue this statement when the conference broke up; Will Reach Decision On Action By Noon "Tomorrow we shalj reach a de cision, possibly by noon, as to whea and how, the measure will be brought up for consideration. There will be no party conference." Speaker Glllott said "things are fls unsettled as thev were." addlnr that he had not stated he would recognise any one to present a gpe- 1 ! it! 5 TS 4 if; t t , u r 5 It II I! fi t it Hi SI t i! i i Hi n 1l 'I i II f' hi hi'.' V ' 1 HCV 1 Ui. t rf, ;!'-'! I 11 M ' m. f ,i ! In ii'

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