THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
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"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA'
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1922.
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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 .
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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-
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