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THE WEATHER uiSHINQTON. Mireh tl. Fere. .t tor North and South Csrollns: 'r. vvdniy and Thursday, alow 5 ruin? teroperatura Thursday. T AND HARD 1L MIS ARE II AFFECTED Suspension Continues Un- icy Committee. OFFICIAL ACTION Washington Will Not Act Unless Bomewung Develops. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 21. A formal call for a suspension 0f work by all union coal miners, tuned today from trie neaaquar ters here of the ' United Mine Workers of America "directs all members of the organization cm nioyed In and around the anthra cite and bituminous coal produc ing districts to discontinue- work jnd cease production of coal at midnight on Friday, March 31, i 1922." Tho suspension, the order add- ti would continue "until tcrmi mted by action of the policy com mittee of tho United Mine Work in of America," and until officers (the 3.000 union locals scatter td throughout the country have tn advised to the - committee's Ktion. Furthermore, the order said in W . , "in accordance witri District ana local agreements, local unions must permit a sufficient number of men to remain at worn to insure tne proper care and protection of all mining property. Pumpers, engi neers and other necessary to pro tect tho property must be allow ed to remain at work. The full est co-operation must be given mine management in order to safeguard and protect property and tinder no circumstances should this rule, be violated or set aside by local unions." Polinr Committee Called To Meet In Cleveland. I intj union 9 uum;y tuiii iii.i.i.qu Sjiill meet next Friday, atCleve 11 to consider plana for the induct of the suspension and the I concluding- paragraph of the call Ijjimonlalitil miners regarding their iVnduct during tho suspension. Thin paragraph reads: "Tho present sfhiutlon In the mining industry calls for tho ex treme of. good Judgment, moral courage and loyalty by every siember of the United Mine Work ers of America. Orderly proced ure must be allowed at all time. There must be no violation of law, to disturbance of any public peace. Be guided in all your ittions by the policies of your organization and follow out ths Instructions and orders given you the duly accredited officers of your union." Copies of the call were sent to Wy district of the union except Xov Scotia, where U was said :ht the contract with the opera tors had already expired but that arrangement had been miide for to men continuing at work. Western Canada provinces, how ler, am included in the suspen sion ord'T as also every union coal 5eid in tins country. 0 Al'flOX CONTEMPLATED T Will 1 1 . HOUSE IN CABINET WASHINGTON. March 21. "hlle -lie government has "not mtlrely" abandoned its efforts to set a tettlement in advance ot the l strike called for April 1. par ticularly in the bituminous fields, wd whi'.n the department of Jus- - i .-niuying possiDiuties oi egal ir.i.cfs in case danger re sits t public peace and welfare, IS I' irhi ,i todav in White House ind eiii.pet elrclca lh.it nn fiction '3 Con;, mo'itcd tinlMa thA sirikp leri,i... MflT n d!r i'.v of Labor Davis, who "tented the government negotiations in the ln '1 no comment to mako of the United Mlno i. ill for suspension ot April 1 in both the bl ind anthracite fields Washington hut Attorney I'.'iughcrty indicated he ' ' 1 ' i " 'nslder that the ""'h '. the government ' so. steps particular ' riiiii ptirtation dTiinge occasioned after the ;iiidrr wav. fcfl!7 orK jiiiiii 'n.-rril MS ;, ; 'K.ll 1, ik ' White House, along with nt that the elort to ili i'it i ii i ;i,.n..l confererce " ii she er.;ptoyers and the s ia i he bituminous Indus- 11 ? ill rr,nHnt,lnn nnln'lth. '':in.l If ill " " ........ ' 'be almost complete ro- I till' 1 1 1 iri-, 1 i.ia tfk ii.nnnr. ' is'.ence of a great coal irplu "Por.it f.lc.tor Th() KOVern. that with production contlii , J 'n no.uni0n fields, the eur- 1US Would nr..,,. .1., ,nv i "'s ry and should prevent iitlir. . . .. c coal l"'lce3- 'f Cnnoprn. ha . ,)f"vrrnment's concern with rest ! ""'"'Uo B'tualion Is not so 1 I""" of the disposition n .1 '""I'iuic . lUlALIOIinilllJ Jnlnni, mi,le on and their Mr ii emP'yes. tJaughcrtv revlewins the ir'rtrT,spects' an'' mindful of Ac- tend ;.i..orJUBUc PIan 10 d0 uomi aa operations by l.i- LUOn D Pain., ,, . - Pension last October declared i'Soh.j "i"KB naa noi ribiilt. u polnt wher hl respon- i inn , i . . . rnrnL. "ald- wh"ther the gov- Jiitrur, caaoie or preventing f ,n pf railroad traffic, by rv.J. sal Powers, could also Jtaln.LV same disruption, if oc by nhnrtngn nf rn.il. , ESTABLISHED 1865. formal Call For All Mining Activities To End March 31 Issued Around 200,000 Jobs Gotten For Ex-Service Men Decrease in Ranks of Unem ployed Seen as Result j of Campaign INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March! i. A decrease of about 1:00,000 in the ranks of unemployed ex service men was estimated today by Lemuel Bolles, national adju tant of the American Legion. Tho decrease is due, he Bald, to the drive for jobs for veterans which the legion is making. urcderlck, Md.. was the first: town to report 100 per cent em ployment among the veterans. Ad jutant Holies expressed satisfaction with the results of the first day's drive. Kvory community Is urged to place local men in jobs first. If there are more than enough for them, it is urged that the "float ers'" bo given work. Flying squads are being organ ized hy noma posts, Mr. TSolles said, for the purpose of going out and hunting jobs for ex-service mon. Announcement was also made hy the legion that tho cam paign would continue until every man had a jo.b. At South Bend. Ind,, it was re ported that every ex-service man bad a job and that there were still about 210 jobs left over. There are still about 600,000 cx-scrvice men who are In need of work, Mr. Bollcs said. FOLLOWS THREAT Question of Extradition to South Carolina to Be Decided Today. The Question of whether Scott Dillingham shalt bo turned over to tho Greenville. S. C. authorities to face a charge of larceny in a false pretense case will bo decided hy Judge Thomas J. Shaw this morn ing In Superior court. Hearing In the habeas corpus proceedings brought by Dillingham in a fight against extradition was begun at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon, and the defendant complet ed his case just before fi o'clock, when Sheriff Hector of Greenville, through counsel requested a con tinuance of the case until 9:30 o'clock this morning, when he hopes to introduce a number of affidavits, it la understood. Arrested in his place of business on Biltmore avenue Tuesday morn ing, requisition papers signe"d by the governors of the two Carollnas were served, and Dillingham was remanded to jsil without bond. In testimony admitted at the hearing yesterday DiHingham sought to establish that he was nothing piore than an agent in sell ing the automoblli to the Green ville men, and that tho present criminal action against htm is taken with intent of forcing him to settle r the car. On tho stand in his own behalf, ho used cur dealer told the court he was selling cars in Greenville for W. M. Jackson, looal automo bile man.' with the understanding he and Jackson were to split the profits "fifty-fifty." nmineOiiim nld the car to . Perkins, tor 26?.50, he said. La ter It developed that the car was a stolen one, he said, and Perkins Instituted suit against Jackson ana himself to recover. ,, This suit was settled on payment inn tr ti-hlnh Perkins re ceipt is' held, and the case nol prosscd by the Greenville solicitor. Jleanwnue j. vai.... - n..iii hurt ncnuired an ln- terest in the automobile, it is clnimed, and Dillingnam mumum ...i ririilnnl. nroceodlng is ! II U I' I ' v l II, v-i .i--- brought by Carpenter to recover nllei;ed money Que iur ma In the nuto. In this connection Carpenter sets 'nrth that Perkins did not have iu. nlilo fnr his fCarpen- ter's interest in the auto, and that he (Carpenter) is not saiwucu his sharp of the $450 paid to Pcr 'tins bv Dillingham and Jackson ior a "cat which in the first in stance sold for $262.50. according to testimony and in which Carpen ter ncquired an interest after It fnr everal months. y.nd had deteriorated in value to somewhere ornuna i. That Carpenter came to Ahe vllle several weeks ago and de manded $300 to settle his claim was charged bv Dillingham. He was offered 100. but would not t ccept this. Dillingham says. '"Carpenler then went out of the office and told a lsdy he would swear out n warrant and get me riro.nvlllo ami see whv I wouldn't pay him $300. and he made this tnreai to oinem, Dil lingham told the court. On this point, as in others rela- iv in hannenlnrs In Asheville, nillinghma was corroborated by Deputy Sheriffs Joyner and Allen Joyce, and W. M. Jackson. Georgo Greenwroa also testified concern ing happenings here. IX8AXITV IS PI.KAI) AS DEFEXSE IX UOMICIDC OREEN'ILLE. S. C. March II. Plesd'nr Insanity ! hi defense T. Jeff Chandler this afternoon went on trial in the court of gen eral sessions here charred with 'he murder of his. mother-ln-l"'v. Mrs. .Rosa J. nramlett. hl wife. Mrs. Theoclits Jiramieu Lnnnifr. at their opaiments t buncombe street on KebrufV 25. Three I pesses testified this afierri'-.o'i. Wis-ty-eight witnesses li'-e h'-en sura in'i ni'iiVi fr Ihr ilrfnnna. , LARCENY CHARGE DILLINGHAM THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN ggJTEDJTO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH ASHEVILLE7NrcWEbNESbAY MORNINGrMARCH 22, ANG LD-I ROM PACT SENSATION LI Formal Denials From Many Sources Avert Senate Investigation. WILL NOYMAKE CHARGE AN ISSUE Motion to Recommit Like ly but Leaders Sav It Will Be Defeated. Ti AHINOTON, March 21. eil1tn .Ur spnsatl"Ti over .sug gestions of a secret British-Amerl- tja" PO,"op"1av "understanding" "enate y mcktn out i the A succession of formal denials emanating from sources that rlnf- VLlrO"th0 Whlte down, showered in upon opponents of the tour power Pacific treaty as tluv invest gallon, and apparently put an end to the w'hole incident fHtlvtth,fVhUe "0Use mcials sairt r ally that no secret agreement of the character suggested existed. Secretary Hughes. in a ""i sniaie characterized the us(,cuon as "uhsolutelv false. 1 aul D. Cravath. the New York at torney who.se statement started the w;SPnt a tc!pram saving ho had beer, incorrectly quoted and had Serstdi'n6 f "St Senator Borah, republican. Idaho, in2, ,!rc'8(;nteii tho t.'ravath Mate merit to the senate jresterdav con tented himself with saying that hat W had read was a steno graphic transcript of Mr. Cravath's remarks, and that ihe explanation now made would not be accepted in any court. No one rose to defend mi- .v.-w i on; attorney and tho dis cussion drifted to other issues of the treaty fight. The purpose of some of the ir reconcllables to make the incident the basis for a flsht to send the treaty back to committee apparent ly had beejj abandoned tonight along with the proposal to sum mon Mr. Cravath and others to make a full explanation. Some other senators however, indicated that they felt a motion to recom mit should be made as a matter of iorm ana It was generally predict ed that si;ch a step would be taken beforo the ratification vote is reached on Friday. Administration leaders say they are, certain to de feat the inBlion overwholminglv. Hughes Hopes No Mor llvptcsslons forthcoming Mr. Hughes wasted no words in denying the existence of any "se cret notes or understandings' with any foreign power, hut he conclud ed his, five sentence letter with a hope "that the American delegates will be saved further aspersions upon tneir veracity and honor. Once the storm started by Sena tor Borah's utterances ot yesterday had blown over, general discussion proceeded throughout the day with only a small percentage of the sen ate membership presented with very little give and tako argument mixed with the succession, of long addresses. Senator Edge, republi can. New Jersey, and Senator Poln dextert republican, Washington, spoke in favor ot the treaty and Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia, assailed It. Tomorrow addresses are to be made by Senator LaFol lette, reppblloan, Wisconsin, and Walsh, democrat. Massachusetts, and probably also by Senators Shortrldge, republican, California; Smith, democrat. South Carolina, and McCormlck, republican, Illi nois. By the terjjis ot the agreement voting was in order today on pend ing amendments and reservations, but there was no attempt to press toward a roll call. MINISTER INVOTjVTCD IX KENNEDY MfllDEll CASE Did Not Introduce Husband of Alleged Murderess to Juror, Says I.OS ANGELES, Mar. 21. Rev. Dr. J. Whltcomb Erougher, pastor of a large Los Angeles church, i-lslted District Attorney Woolwlne today In connection with a report ed meeting In his office ot Ralph R. Obenchaln and Mrs. Grace Ward, the latter a member of the Jury which disagreed in the case of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchaln, charged with the murder of J. Ecl ton Kennedy. Dr. Brougher said Mrs. Ward came to his office to ask him to pray with her for guidance In per forming her duty as a Juror. He raid she may have met Obenchaln in an outer office, but he was not aware of the fact, If such was the case. He said he did not discuss the trial with Mrs. Ward. The matter was brought up by the statement of another Juror to the district attorney thta It was re ported Dr. Brougher Introduced Mrs. Ward to Obenchaln. Dr. Brougher denied this. Mrs. Ward. It was said, was on ot the three jurors who favored an acquittal. She visited trial Judge fUdney N. Reeve yesterday. The Judge later said she made a "satis fat tory" statement to him. The second trial of Mrs. Oben chaln today was set for June 5, The second trial of Arthur ' C. Burch, her co-defendant, Is to be gin Monday. ' TWO AMERICAN IXFANTRY REGIMENTS RETURN HOME German Official Extended God hpel When Outfits Left Rlilne. PORTLAND, Maine, March 21. Doughboys of. tho American army occupation in uermany have not been suffering from home sickness. When two battalions of tho crack fifth In fantry last but one of the American regiments remaining on the Rhine, ar rived here today on the transport Cantlgny, the burden of their 're sponse- to words of welcome was ! "We're glad to be back home, but we could have been happy In Ger many for a long time. ' Colonel Harry E. Knight said he felt that SO per cent of tho officers and men .and their wives, some of the latter German rlrls, "would have been eminently satisfied to remain in Germany Indefinitely.". Explaining the feeling he said the conditims at Coblen were Ideal In ever- sped and the peop".'? there were like home fol't to the soldiers. He likened the warmt.i et t!u gr-n- ' tag home extended the trip. loeay ! to-the Godspeed given them when . they tonk leave of the Ger:ijnn area j at "'fcrnai'b. . El SUDDEN FIGHT OVER ARMY'S ENLISTED STRENGTH NEARING IN HOUSE AS AMENDMENTS ARE ACTED ON Hurried Adjournment Is Taken Just as Contest Is About to Be Entered Into Tuesday Fewer Officers Approved. WASHINGTON. March 21. Af ter approving a clause in tho army appropriation bill which provides that hy Jul;- 1 the number of reg ular a.imy officers must be reduced from approximately 13,000 to 11, 000, the? house adjourned late to day as it was about to plunge Into a light over the enlisted strength. A vote on proposals to slash the enlisted personnel, which now ap proximates 133,000, exclusive of 7.000 Philippine scouts, to 115,000 or less, is expected to be reached tomorrow. ' Standing by the recommenda tions of the sub-committee which drafted the bill, the house, In quick succession, rejected three amend ments which sought to fix the offi cer strength nt different levels. By a vote of 142 to 68. an amend ment by Chairman Kahn, of the military affairs committee, to pro vide pay for 13.000 officers during the coming fiscal year was defeat ed. An amendment by Represent ative Sisson. Mississippi, a demo cratic member of the sub-committee in charge of the bill, to cut the number of officers to 9,000 was snowed under, 180 to HO, while a proposal by Representa tive Hull, Iowa, a republican mem ber of the military affairs com mittee, to fix the maximum nt 12,000 was voted down. 115 to G5. When tho house quit work for tho day it had before it a series of amendments which would In crease the allowance for the offi cers' reserve corps. Tho bill car SOCIETY LEADERS RUN CLUB BUTLER OFF WITH GUNS? Testimony Given by Coun sel for Man, Accepting Girl's Attentions. NEW YORK. Mar. 21. Counsel for August Probst, who claims formerly to have been employed as a butler at the fashionable Roll ing Rock club In Llgonlcf, Pa., to day named in federal court Miss Virginia Cragle McKay, of Pitts burgh, as the girl whom his client claims was In love with him and on whose account an attempt was made to run him out of the coun try. The lawyer also alleges that Miss McKay had told her chuln. Miss Sarah Mellon, and that the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mellon, had directed an attempt to get him out of the city and lodge him at Ellis Island, where he was held for deportation on suspicion of Insanity. At the close of the hearing Judge Knox reserved de cision, meanwhile directing that Probst, a subject of Switzerland, d removed from a psychopathic ward at the Island until a ruling was made in his case. He will be detained at the Island, however. Frank Arronow, who appeared for the club, denied alf the charges. Ha made the counter charge that Probst was seen running out of a maid's room about 2 o'clock one morning, Bernard Sadler, counsel for Probst, declared that his client was being railroad out of the coun try because "he dared to accept the attentions of a girl beyond him In the social scale."- Mr. Sadler said there had been an actual ex change of vows but because both Miss McKay and Prnhst- rfa li?a,l the dlffrence In their social stand ings, nothing had been said pub licly about It. Probst Taken No Part In Hearing: Beforo Knox Probst did not testify and took no part In the proceedings before Judge Knox. Mr. Sadler outlined his history from the time he en tered the country last Juno after having deserted from the steam ship Olympic. Mr. Sadler main tained, however, that Probst had not signed papers for the return trip on the liner and did not know that he was In this country illegal ly until a friend recently brought it to his attention. During the six months he work ed st the Rolling; Rock. club. Mr. Sadler satd, Probst was permitted to play golf and ride horseback with Its members. Miss McKav told Miss Mellon about the love af fair, he added, and Miss Mellon told her mother. The mother, Mr. Sadler declared, went to Probst and asked him what girl he was Ir. lovo with and he told her. Mrs. Mellon told Probst to go home to his mother, the lawyer as serted, and Mr. Mellon, who was present at the Interview, Informed the butler that he must leave. Then, according to Mr. Sadler Probst was told by two members of the dub, both of whom had re volvers. to get out. He was put on a train, but at Philadelphia was removed by two other men, who Mr. Sadler asserted, were detec tives. Inspector Finds He Should Bo Deported. Mr. Sadler said that the hearing given Probst on Ellis Island before Inspector Marsh was short, and the inspector found he should be deported. A deportation warrant J was later signed by the assistant secretary of labor and Mr. Sadler at once brought habeas corpus prucpeumg. Judge Knox said he believed there was no doubt the Swiss was in this country Illegally but he de clared that as he sat In the court room lie appeared sane. He uid he wanted to determine whether iToost naa tne right to bs heard by a special board of Inquiry and 10 mac ena reserved his decision. Assistant District , Attorney Clark, appearing for the govern ment, said that tha department of laoor nad ordered the youth de ported on the ground he had de serted' from the Olympic and was In this country Illegally and likely to become a pubuo charge, A cer ttflcats from the Ellis Island Phv slctans was introduced which de clared Probest had a tendency to- ward lhannltr ries $250,000 for salaries an in adequate amount in the opinion of Representatives Hill, Maryland. Crag'i, Pennsylvania, and Rogers, Massachusetts, all republicans, who proposed Increases ot the Item in varying amounts. Once, these amendments are dis posed of. the house will bo ready for n skirmish over enlisted strength. The framers of the bill have provided for a reduction to 115. 00U men, exclusive of the 7,000 Philippine scouts. Mr. Kahn. who has declared his approval of war department recommendations for 150, noo men, htis indicated he will offer an amendment to provide pay for a force of that size, while Mr. Sisson has announced he will pro pose that the enlisted personnel be cut to 100.000 men. 1 Miring tho discussion of officer strength today Chairman Madden, of the appropriations committee, said congress in appropriating for the army should make an effort to relieve the taxpayer, at the same time providing for tho so "urlly of the country. Kndorsing thn bill's provision for a reduction In otfi cers to 11.000. ho said, a force of this size was adequate for nil needs during the coming llscal year. Representative Green. Vermont, a republican on the military affairs committee, declared it would he a "most stupid blunder, the most egregious folly of follies if we per mit the art of war to langimh among our people so that they will soon be living In a fool's paradise. " ROTARIANS OF District Governor Will Be Selected at Closing Session Today. (Iprciil (trmprrimr: r ithntltr CltK'n I WINSTON-SALEM, Marc), 21. The Rotarians ot (he seventh dis trict composed of Virginia, North and South Carolina "took Winston- Salem by storm" today, the streets being thronged with men who do things In their respective home towns. Visiting delegations began arriving in Pullmans and autoa last Jllght and these were Joined today by hundreds of others. Tonight the registrations totals over one thous and. Despite the low temperature, hundreds of the visiting Rotarians are wearing straw headgear and are of course attracting much at tention. "Joy and good fellowship" Is hohllng hiKh carnival and will continue until the close of the con vention Wednesday. Election of a district governor at noon tomorrow will be perhaps the most Interesting feature of the clos ing session. Several names are be ing suggested for tho high office and the contest promises to be a lively one. The address of welcome by Pres ident John Whitaker, of the Wln-ston-Salem club: Invocation by Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, former dis trict governor; presentation of a chair, made 1n Thomasvllle and gift from tho new Rotary club In that town, to District Governor Turner, of Roanoke: announce ments relative to committee work, luncheons, etc.; Introduction ot past governors, David P. Sites, ot Vir ginia, H. E. Rondthalor of Wln- wton-Salem and "Buck" Perrln, of South Carolina, each of whom made brief but happy responses, were among the high lights of the morning session. District Governor Turner sound ed the keynote of the Rotary Bplrit in his address which pleased and stirred the great audience to a high degree of enthusiasm. He de clared that Rotary Is undertaking service to the world by creating an atmosphere of friendship and good will and giving ones self to the service of mankind. He emphasiz ed particularly the Importance of codes of ethics, stressing especially Rotary standards in business and In tha professions. He made the point that Rotary was undertaking nothing pew; that it was sjmply striving to apply in a' tual practice age-old fundamen tal principles. "Rotary is attempting to put down on the printed page the do's and dont's of correct business prac tice" he said. Emiiijasls was pjaced upon Ro tnry'a application of the golden rule, and its application of the biblical principle. "It Is more bless ed to give than to receive." Rotajy was presented as a sin cere, practical effort to apply rec DTized truths in such a way as to render the greatest possible service to humanity. John Wood of Charleston. S. :., invited the Rotarians to hold their next annual conference in the "city bv the sea" It was referred to the district governor and his council for decision, same to bo reported later. Coppoek In Given Orutlon On Anncarance William D. Coppoek. of Council Bluffs, Iowa, second international vice-president, was given an ova tion when he arose to speak after a. very complimentary introduction. His subject was International Ro tarv. The speaker called attention to the line inscribed on a tablet in ancient Babylon, over two thousand vearj ago. "A city cannot long sur vivo unless It people be friendly. ' He discussed the different stages of Rctary's progress as an Interna tional force. The speaker also re ferred o friendship as the "most beautiful flower in tho conserva tory of the soul." This afternoon's session wis de voted to a discussion ot club work. The best thing done by club com mittees .were presented and dis cussed. Others relating to ths work ot tha Rotarians and their organizations were presented. Late this afternoon the ladles ot the city served tea at ths Forsythe ivvmmtmm "w iwi DISTRICT HOLD Minim MrrTinn HniniuHL lyiLL i inib CAROLINA" 19227" BANKER FADING TRIAL IN BOOZE CL Vice-President of Miami Institution Gets Pre-' liminary Hearing. 20 MORE warrants ISSUED IN DRIVE Phelps and Lewis Will Be Arraigned With Miami Banker. MIAMI. Fla Mar. 21.--Charged with being a party to the smug gling of liquors into this country, r M. Clavton. vice-president of the Miami National bank, will be aiven a hearing tomorrow morning beforo United Mates Commissioner Graham here. Clavton was arrested this morn ing w:ith W. C. Phelps and T. N. Lewis, as tho second step in the governments drive to wipe out the liquor traffic along the coast of Florida. Phelps and Lewis ill be ar raigned with Clayton. Tlie warrants charge that Clay ton and the two other defendants and n woman made a written nireement for the delivery of "commodities" to "A. 15. Phillips," n prohibition agent, for the sum of $4,050. Clayton to hunrlle tho money for thn "client" and to turn it over to Phelps and Lewis when tli" "goodfl'' were delivered. A photograph of the contract was UiKen tor evidence an'i ''Phillips" stated today he would submit other evidence to prove ili.it there was a verbal undcr stai':rllnsr among the parties that the "commodities" tcro to bo liquors. Clayton tonight Issued a state ment denying that he knew riny cf the parties concerned beforo the transaction; that he presumed Ilia money was to be held in escrow by I him for a legitimate business deal, such as a real estate sale, declar ing that this procedure is a dally occurrence nt the bank. Twenty morn warrants for al leged liquor sellers were served to oiy by members of the flying nquadron which Is pushing thi campaign under tho personal dl lection of Colonel L. G. Nutt. head of the narcotio division ot the in ternal revenue bureau. PROHIBITION OFFICIAL'S RECORD IS CLEARED I P Is Exonerated of Any Irregularities lu Conduct of Ills Office WASHINGTON, March 21. Wll- Ham Orueber, head of the execu tive division of the Staunton prohi bition office, has been cleared of all connection with reported liquor irregularities In that city Involving a number of prominent persons, according to a report received to day by Commissioner Haynes from Federal Prohibition Director Ful wiler, of Virginia. Mr. Fulwller reported that he had made a thorough Investigation of alleged disclosures by Tom Tisdale, a convicted moonshiner, connecting Grueber and others with Illicit liquor transactions. It was found, Mr. Fulwller stated, that Grueber had had no dealings nor any connection with Tisdale. Cirueber's name, he said, had been used, but not with his knowl edge and permission. Grueber's resignation wns re ceived hy Commissioner Haynes yesterday, and officials said today it would- be accepted, hut not be cause of any connection with the Staunton liquor situation, as Grue ber had notified prohibition head quarters some months ago of his intention of leaving the service. Ho far as Orueber Is concerned, orricinls stated, the Staunton Inves tigation has been completed, but Mr. Fulwller reported that he would have further conferences with Judge Henry' McDow ell. 6f Staunton, and It was indi rated as probable that federal au thorities would probo tho reports that prominent business men of that city were backing tho opera- tlon of an illicit liquor still. Mississippi houst; VOTES INSURANCE LEGISLATION Take Center of Stage tn Troubled Firo Insurance Situation JACKSON, Miss,. March 21. The Mississippi house of representatives took the center of tho stage today in the troubled fire Insurance situ ation In this state occupied for more than two weeks by a legisla tive investigating committee, by adopting, by a vote of 71 to 4.9, leg islation authorizing the establish ment and operation of rate-making bureaus under tb.e supervision of the state commissioner ot insur ance. Alleged undue activity by certain firs Insurance agents In their efforts to obtain eupport for this measure was one of the subjects under in vestigation by the special commit tee of inquirs named by the house In response to a mtsage trom Gov ernor Lee M, Russell In which ho charged that a "pernicious" lobby was being maintained In Jackson by what he termed "outlawed" fire Insurance interests. The investigating committee offi cially was In recess today. No an nouncement was made as to when Its next session would be held but it generally waa accepted that tho inquiry would be rusumed tomor row with tho possibility of a re port to the house within the next few days. PUBLISHERS STRIKE KNAG IN PROPOSED WAGE MATTER Union Workers Refuse to Arbi trate, States American News paper Body. NEW YORK, Marrti 21. Negotia tions between the American News paper Publishers' association and the International Typographical union for a nsw agreement on wages and work ing condition! to replace the contract which expires July 1, have struck a snag, according to a statement Is sued by ths publishers tonight. Ths difficulty, the publishers say, centers around certain "inviolate laws of ths union, which the workers have refused to arbitrate Chief of these is the time-honored "bogus" rule, which requires that a!) adver tising matter set UP outside tbe newspaper plant Khali be reproduced In the plant of the nswapapsr within four dava nf tha Aaa thA matfur n. ' psurajn jriii EAN TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS. Suspension For Bonus Approval Public Apology Is r i . ir. . rorincoming on use f)f imonVnr. Fha V J IfllVI lt.MII O American Legion Sponsors Program For Man Who Flew Flag in Distress ST. ACGI'STlNi;, Mar. 21 Charles K. Vomit;, sr., proprietor of the Monson hotel here, will publicly apologize for tho iillect misuse of tho American flay at ceremonies to he held by the local post of the American lesion for that purpose tomorrow morning. It was announced tonight by 1'r. J. H. Griffin, commander of the post . The affair grew out of Mr. Young's action In flying th flat inverted over his hotel Monday. He had appealed without aval! to the city authorities, ho satd, to order removed a carnival com pany which occupied a lot direct ly in tho rear of his hotel, to the annoyance of his guests. With the knowledge that the flag when flown inversely Is a signal of dis tress, Mr. Young said hn decided to make his predicament Known in that way. RAILROAD BOND SALE DECLARED TOBEJJJALID TJ. S. Court of Appeals in JPart Sustains Fibre Company Appeal. tpitl CHrrnrndrnim. Jttarill ClMm) RICHMOND. Vn.. March 21. Jurigmetn of the district court at. Asheville was parlly affirmed and partly reversed todav bv tho Unit ed States circuit court ot appeals In the case of Champion Fibre company nf Haywood county, N. C, against Pigeon River Railway com pany and Whltnier and Sons, brok ers of Philadelphia. In which the plaintiff sought to upset the sale of $570,000 ot bonds of tho rail way company to Whltmer and Hons In Philadelphia in April, 1917. alleging that although It was di rectly interested in a portion of th issue It was given no notice of the sale and that no representative of the railway company was present. That portion of the decree of the district court holding tho pladge of the bonds to cover certain indebt edness and their possession by Whltmer and Sons to be illegal was reversed. That portion of the de cree holding the sale of tho bonds at public, auction In Philadelphia to be Invalid was Hfllrmed. Tho Champion Fibre company represented that it had been irre parably and seriously damaged by the sale of bonds. It appeared from the records that CUe railway com pany put out an Issue of $750,000 In 1913 mortgaging Its property with a view ot extending Its line 1n the western section ot North Carolina. The Champion Fibre company took $180,000 ot the bonds, a portion of the remainder was pledged to cover certain notes which it held against tho railway company. Records in tho case were declared to have been tho most voluminous of any which has been appealed to tho circuit court in this district In several years. The Champion Flbro company appear ed as appellantee In the caso on ap peal and tho other litigants as ap pellants. ARGUMENTS ARE BEING MADE IX BANKER CASE Four More Attorneys Are to Speak Today In Lancaster Trial IVASTER, S. C. March 21. The taking of testimony In the case of Charles V. Jones, bank presi dent, lawyer and former president of the lincaster Mercantile com pany, nn trial on five Indictments charglnc breach of trust and mls appropriaiion of funds of the mer cantile company while he was Its president, was conducted today and two speeches had been made in ar gument before the Jury when court recessed for the night. Four more attorneys ace to speak tomorrow, and the case Is expected to go to the Jury before night. Colonel Leroy Springs and John T. Stevens, officers of tho Lancaster Mercantile company who swore out the five warrants on which Jones was arrested last December and on which a grand jury recently re turned true bills of indictment, were lntxodured by the state tn re buttal today, following the conclu sion of the testimony of tho de fendant who was on tho t-taud a good part of the day yesterday. Their testimony dealt with a cot ton transaction between Jones and a New York brokerage houso in 1920, involving about $7,500 which is he amount involved in the pres ent, trial, tho Issue being whether Jones was trading for himself or the company of which lie was m that time prusident. The state con tiUls that he was trading for him self and thus misappropriated the company money while the defense contends he was trading for the company. AMERICAN REL1I.F CORPS ARE AT WORK IX RUSSIA LONDON. March Sl.'Tiy Thn As sociated Press.) The. American re lief administration's medical corps le- port for February eovcrlnir the whole of Russia, shows that tha organiza tion supplied 411 hospitals with 42.741! beds and 224, dispensaries, treating 12,403 patients dally according to ad vices received today at the adminis tration's London office. Tho report saya 304 homes with a capacity of 23,442 children and adults were given medical attendance. A huge spring campaign of inocu lation against typhoid and cnolara Is planned and tlm administration has decided to open four new medical sta tion in ths Ckraln area-at Kiev, H PAGES TODAY Of Rules Bill Wins Of Gillett FOUR HOURS OF DEBATE SLATED' BEFORE VOTING Two Thirds Majority ITeo essary to Carry Meas ure Under Plan. LEADERS CLAIMING 1 VOTES TO SPARE Parliamentary Scheme for Action Is Agreed on at Tuesday Confab. WASH INOTO N, Mar. 21.' t Speaker Glllett consented today to permit the compromise soldiers bonus Mil to ho taken up In th house Thursday under a suspension of the rules. It Is tho plan to have tho llnal vote before adjournment thjt day after four hours ot gon erst debute, divided equally be tween opponents and proponents. A two-thirds majority will ba necessary to pass tho bill under this procedure, but those In charge if tho legislation predicted that they would have votes to spare. By tills method the majority will suc ceed not only In shutting out all amendments, but also In prevent ing tho democrats from offering a motion to recommit tho bill. Tho parliamentary plan foij handling tho measure was deter mined upon at a llvo minute con fererico today between Mr. Gillett and Chairman Campbell ot th lules committee. On leaving tht speakers oltlce, Mr. Campbell an nuuncod that his committee would meet tomorrow to draft a rula making Thursday suspension dsjr and Increasing the time for dobatoj under the suspension from th usual 40 minutes to four hours. After their failure to get tha bill up yesterday under a suspen sion of the rules, those In charga of the legislation appeared to ba highly gratified thai their original plan finally had been approved. They anticipated little or no diffi culty In executing their program on the floor and believed that by Thursday night the problem with, which they have been wrestUn for several months would be oft,, their minds. ASKS INVESTIGATION OP BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT Senator Overman Wants Full Rot port vn Mysterious Phenomena WASHINGTON, March 21.- That light on Jonas ridge. Brown Mountain, which may be seen from Morganton and other good) communities, is stirring up a dis cussion. Senator Overman hM asked for a final report on It. In the meantime partisans are lininC up. Rev. Albert Sherrlll, of 8tan ley, has contributed a letter. Ha wrote Mr. Overman that ba bad) been in that section of the noun tain for years but had seen no such Illumination. Ho suggested that the federal prohibition agents) rather than representatives of tha geological survey should be sent to look for It. i Senator Overman's formal res quest for something from the sur vey roads: "Thero seems to be great ln forest concerning a light which may be soen from time to time In vas riouH places on Brown mountain. "Several years ago our depart ment mada an investigation to as certain the cause ot this light and the report showed It was uo doubt the rellectlon ot the headlights) from locomotives coming down tha mountain west of this point. Mora recently, however, this theory wan discounted by reason of tha facs that during a certain period when the trains were not running on account of some wreckage or oth erwise, that this light was still visible, it , the opinion of soma, ns I am advised, that this light la caused hy some peculiar combina tion ot electrical phenomena oil atmospheric, conditions. "Under the circumstances I wilt, -i-i.. , u ii .you win again oav tho matter investigated and a full report mado thereon." APPOINT OONGRKSHIONAI, COMMITTEE FOR ESCORTf Special Soi-vleo For Soldier Dead Who Return on (umbra! WASHINGTON. Mareh 21. As st delegation from the house to attend ceremonies Incident to l.i arrival at New York tho last of the month of tho transpoit Cambial with tho last or tlio bodies or Amorkait soldier dead to he. brought from Europe Speaker Wlliet today appointed Hep resentatlvcs ; Crago. of Pennsylvania. Arentz of Nevada and Fish of New ork republicans, and McSwaln of .-outn ( urollna and Kankiu of Mlhol--alppl. democrats. Tho house commit ter will accompany a delegation of nvo senators to the services GUILFORD JUDGE SETS ASJLDK Jill VERDICT (Special to The Ci'.lzen) GRKBNSBORO. March . Vhon a Guilford Superior com', jury today declared that the w 'fl ow or Policeman Thomas M.-Cin tin, killed hero In .May 1921, !i not entitled to damn gen from 'v property of a wealthy -ilUmcJ bootlegger, Carl Tallvy, vie three men In tho alleged ll j iir -i from which McCuioton w i ; iyw Judge B. V. Lung presidj- , . t th verdict aside as against the we'.ghj of the ovldenca and contrary ti the instructions of ths court. The wife ot the alleged hootlej ger, who is a fugitlva from jotict and declared an oullvw, foi gh; this, suit on the grounds that pu t of tha property of her husband is htr The plaintiff, th administrator oCj thn es'atn of M-Cuiston, sougli $13,000 damages. It H rnoitil that a settlement out vf tOiPUWl Aalinf.nuik'iiVistait, i l i- i 'I 1 i 1 "; ' '
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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