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SOLDIER S' B ONUS ME AS UR E PASSES HO USE
Croup Alliance For
War Is Name
) Four Power
GLASS SAYS PACT
SI TO LEAD TO
Virginia Senator Fears
Revival or .Balance of
,. , Power System.
'AMERICA ALWAYS
AflATWSlT A T.T.T A VfP
Semblance of Spirit of
Jesus in Pacific Pact,
Says Glass.
WASIIIlNGTONi March 211.
Thi four power treaty was ar
raigned by Senator Glass, demo
crat. Virginia, during senate dc-.
bate today as not a peace ar
rangement but a group alliance
(or war. an International ' bully."
H said he did not object to the
obligation to use force which he
w in the treaty, but was opposed
10 ratification because it Included
only four nations and -was sure to
lead to counter groups reviving the
old system of the balance of pew
It. "I had earnestly desired" said
fcnator Gloss "to bo numbered
imong the supporters of the four
power pact. I had wanted to vote
lor the treaty because I had hop-
si It would do something in the
Urtction of universal peace. I had
nnted to support It because I am
averse to exchanging places with
hose senators Who are responsi
ble for the defeat of the league of
rations purely upon partisan po
litical grounds.
"It has been said that this
treaty is In no reepect akin to the
league of nations. I grant that it
hu none of the vtrtuts of the
lzue but It has some resemblance
to the league. It Implies a use of
force to preserve the intcgrHy of
sther nations."
Th alngle purpose of the four
power treaty as set forth in its
Srwmble is the resneet And Main.
A lunce of the rig-hut of the slgna
? Jbriea In the Pacific. The obliga
I I Hon to maintain. Implies force, and
j; 12 was the Interpretation of at least
(L.Jn of the American delegates to
the conference that the treaty im
posed Just as binding a moral obli
gation to use force as was im
plied by article ten of the league
covenant.
"Instead of bringing u a treaty
!o preserve the peace of the world,
(tjese delegates have brought a
poup alliance, such as has dis
turbed the peace of Kuropo for
hundreds of years; a group alli
ance against which this nation has
it Its face since it came into ex
'tente a group alliance pregnant
with' war.
Germany Will Want
to Retake the Islands
"Who is it that is not morally
convinced that when Russia shall
nive renewed her militant power
ihe will peek either alone or in
Mjunction with Canada, and Ger
many to ilrlve Japan from Siberia
"id Manchuria who dues not know
that Germany will cheerfully,
when- hn recover her nower. loin
in wth that effort to retake from
liDan thosn Inland in the Pacific:
jM In that event the United' States
sst J.ipan to maintain her terri
tory in tho Patlflc."
Senator Underwood and his po
rtion on the treaty was criticised
Senator Glass who said that it
"as "a matter for exceeding re
Pet that he should not basre learn
'i mom about this treaty before
wklnj; his colleagues to support
it."
Senatn,- Glass said he would
"uppori the naval treaty despite
hia conviction that later It would
ean' an increase in armament.
The, naval treaty, he continued,
ould "-raD obsolete battleships
would have the stuffing shot
Wt of them hnfnra anv one could
2eh n adversary battleship."
More Powerful Navies
Than lk-tore the War
'There !8 not a signatory na
tion" saJd Senator Glass 'Hhfl.t will
hn.vn a. navy infinitely more
Powerful than it had before the
war."
Refpiiinc in Senator Under
wood's statement that the Anglo-
JManese alliance W9 a menace,
Senator Glass said:
"We become a tiart-of the nien-
Me. that's all it Is. a substitute
"uitn wa Join."
Senator Underwood made a
touchlnc anneal. Senator Glass
wld in concluding on the ground
M the treaty would "substitute
! spirit of Christ lor the sword."
Voting that he had received many
JtHiona from Bible classes and
uirch organisations and individ
uals in Kimnnrt nt the treatv Sen-
tOT (lias. caM.
There Ik not a semblance of the
"fit of Jesus in this treaty.
Senator Glass said his constitu-
;ixs iniKlit us WeH understand that
" intended to use his own judg-
'"wit and vnt uo-oinjit the treaty
"Id ali-o thn nr.ldle.rs' bonus re-
wdle of their anneals to the
"wary.
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fniu, mnignt or pneumonia
"'?wing (ln attack of Influenza.
Howell was the daughter, of
ss.l.Jat Hugh M. Comer, of
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BITER
GROUPS EXPECTED
Given
Treaty
RATIFICATION OF
FOUR POWER PACT
Senate Concludes Debate
and Prepares for Its
Final Vote Today.
BITTER EXCHANGES
MARK THE ORATORY
Ratification Majority Is
Placed at From Three
to Ten Votes.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. The
sen.vU concluded tonight its long
debate on the four power Pacific
treaty ami prepared for its final
cote tomorrow with the leaders on
both sides privately agreeing that
ratification by a narrow margin
scarcely surpassed in spectacular
A display of oratorical fireworks,
seemed certain. .
effect even during the Versailles
treaty tight, brought the debate to
an end. lioth opponents and sup
porters of the pact summed up
nelr foui- weeks of argument in
a running cross-fire of discussion
that lsmed all day and until late
at night hut apparently did not
cliunge a vole
Estimates or the outcome made
tonight ly senators placed the rati
fkatiun majority at from 3 to 10
votes.
A do?en or more reservations and
amendments also must be voted on
tomorrow but the administration
managers Bro confident of the de
feat of all of them except the "no
alliance'' iorlaration framed by the
foreign relations committee and
tcceptcd by President Harding. A
tinal effort to secure administra
tion acceptance of a second reser
vation extending the privileges of
the treaty to outside powers failed
(luring the day.
Treaty's Opponents
MaKP Their TM Stand
Making their last stand the
treaty's opponents marshalled all
their Oft-rapeate d arguments
against the four power arrange
ment as an "alliance" and injected
several new issues that caused mo
mentary sensations and led to bit
ter fxchanges. A recent speech by
Trotzky serving notice that th
new International group should
not forget the red arm of Russia
was quoted by Senator Borah, re
publican, Idaho.
Allegations that the pastor who
opened the arms conference with
prayer wa; compelled to omit the
name o;' Christ were thrown Into
the dubate by Senator Reed, demo
crat, Missouri; Hitchcock, demo
crat, Nebraska, and others.
"In an arrangement of the treaty
as a return to the old balance of
power system. Senator Glass,
democrat, Virginia, declared it was
a step toward war instead of peace.
For the treaty supporters, Sena
tars Lenroot, republican, Wlscon
itln: Kellogg, republican, Minne
apolis, and others insisted that no
alliance was proposed and that
amity in the Pacific for many years
to come would' be insured by ac
ceptance of the treaty. They
argued that the opposition had
misrepresented the terms of the
treaty and the situation it would
create, and asserted that rejection
(.f the four power plan would
Jeopardize the whole program of
the arms conference.
Glass and Caraway "
Both Senators Glass and Cara
vay, democrat, Arkansas, assailed
the course of their party leader,
Senator Underwood, of Alabama,
who was a member of the arms
delegation and who has worked
actively for ratification. Mr. Glass
declared the Alabala senator had
made but a poor explanation of his
position and Senator Caraway de
clared the leader instead of taking
his democratic colleagues into his
confidence had conferred regular
ly with the republican leader,
Senator Kidge, of Massachusetts,
and with President Harding.
Throughout the day and again
tonight tho senate galleries were
crowded and long lines of men
and' women stood for hours in the
corridors waiting for a possible
chance ol admission. An unusual
attendance of senators heard the
aftornoon debate but a unanimous
agreement that no business was to
be done at tonight's session thinned
out attendance on the floor to a
handful.
The evening session opened with
an attack on the treaty by Senator
Watson, democrat, Georgia, who
paid his respects to William Jen
nings Bryr.n for the latter's advo
cacy of latlflcatlon.
''It will be remembered," said
Mr. Watson, "that Mr. Bryan op
posed the Spanish-American war
and then came in a grand stand
manner and offered his services to
President McKinley. The President
made, him a colonel ahd another
had to drill him for it. He went
to Tampa where he fought sand
flics anrt mosquitoes in the most
herolo manner and then when
peace was made hs came back to
Washington, wearing his uniform
and succeeded in persuading
enough democratic senators to voto
f jr tho Paris treaty to ratify it.
"One cf the senators he per
suaded was Senator Clay of
Georgia, who told me on his death
bed that he regretted his vote for
the Paris pact more than any
other act of his life. And any
southern senator who now allows
Mr. Bryan to persuade him will
carry a simiTar regret to the last
KI.. lit !
Harding's Campaign '
Promise Is Discarded
The Closing plea of the irrecon
.ilables was continued by Senator
Reed, who assailed President
HardlnS for sending such a treaty
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(i-Tsrwrt
TODAY
govejintplan
for counties is
commission j 8 b
Governor Morrison Names
Citizens to Devise
County System. j
to submItplan to i
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
In Form of New Measure!
Embodying System to I
Meet Present Need. I
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j citizen nivj irim
I TARSOBOTUH B0T1L j
I' ALKIGH. X. C, March 23. I
Governor Morrison today appoint-1
' ed a special commission of 35 to1
study the subject-of countv gov
ernment in Xorth Carolina and
prepare a measure for submission
to the next general assembly pro
viding for tho general reorgani-l
zation of the county government
system.
In appointing the commission.
Governor Morrison is carrying out
his recently announced plans look
ing to tho Institution of a new
system under which county gov
ernments may operate. This com
mission will work with the gov
ernor, council of state and the at
torney general, and later, after the
election pf tho next general as
sembly, ten members of the house
and four members of the senate
will be appointed as a part of the
special board.
The commission selected today Is
representative of all the so-called
interests, factious and elements of
the state, and its "membership is
composed of men of recognized
ability, most of whom are thor
oughly familiar with political and
governmental matters in a compre
hensive way.
The commission will make a
thorough investigation into the ex
isting county government system,
make a general survey of condi
tions and after a thorough study
of the whole system, map out a
proposed new county government
organization. Its recommenda
tions will be submitted to the next
general assembly in the form of
new measure which will provide
for a new system and for its es
tablishment in the 100 counties of
the state.
Present System
Recognised as Obsolete
The present system is recogniz
ed as out of date havlns been for
mulated shortly after the vir be
tween the states and used through
the years without attempts at im
provement. The consummation of the plan
which Goveraor Morrison is laying
before the commission is expected
to be one of the most far reach
ing and beneficial movements in
augurated by an administrator in
many years,
The fuirmembership of the com
mission Is as follows:
Thomas D. Warren. New Bern:
W. A. Hart. Tarboro; W. C. Rod
man, Washington; U V. Bassett,
Rocky Mount: George II. Brown,
Wilmington; Samuel L. Patterson,
Roanoke Rapids; W. L. Pearsons,
Rockingham; W. C. Dowd, Char
lotte; Union L. Spence, Carthage;
Josephus Daniels. Raleigh; Charles
A. Webb Aheville; Herbert Clark
son, Charlotte; W. A. Finch, Wil
son; John D. Lancston, Ooldjboro;
Y. H. Neal, baurinbuvg; O. Max
Gardner, Shelby; R. II. Edwards,
Goldshoro; C. B. Townsend, kum
berton; J. V. MeMahon, Raleigh:
James A. Gray. Winston-Salem: K.
0. Branson, Chapel Hill: Captain
Armlstead Jones, Raleigh; John P.
Wilev, Durham; B. T. Cansler,
Charlotte; J. B. Ijitham. Greens
boro; A. M. ScaJee, Greensboro;
Jajjies H. Pou. Raleigh; R. N.
Page. Aberdeen: B. E. Raper. Lex
ington; J. AV. Bailey. Raleigh; A.
W. McLean, Lumberton; James O.
Cajr, Wilmington; A. D. Watts,
Statesville; James F. Boyd,
Waynesvllle.
4,000 DISABlKD VETERANS
OP WOULD WAR IX STATE
CHARLOTTE, March 23. The
advance guard of world war vet
erans from various points in North
Carolina to attend the first and an
nual state convention of disabled
American veterans of the world
war, which will be held Friday and
Saturday, Including which was B.
R. Patton, of Atlanta, contract
representative of the fifth district,
veterans' bureau, arrived Wednes
day night. '
Mr. Patton and visiting disabled
men will be the guests of the
Charlotte chapter of disabled
American Veterans of the World
War which Is the pioneer chapter
in the state. E. J. Tillman Is com
mander and W. B. Williamson,
secretary, '
The veterans here ere some of
the 4.000 in North Carolina who
are eligible to membership in the
state organization that Is to be
formed at this time. There are
1,458 former service wounded reg
istered In the state and it is esti
mated the total number of dis
abled of every condition amounts
(o 4,000.
There will be a reception at the
city auditorium at 8:80 o'clock on
Friday night in honor of the vet
erans. Z B. Thornburg of Charlotte,
chairman of the etate executive
committee, will preside at the
conferences until permanent offi
cers are elected. There wlll.be sev
eral officers of the national legion
here also. It Is expected.
KVfilVEER DROPS DEAD AT
THROTTLE OF LOCOMOTIVE
ROANOKE, Va.. Mar. 28. Jos.
Wilson, Of Roanoke engineer on
the Norfolk and Western railway,
dropped dead at the throttle of his
locomotive while operating passen
ger train No. 5 near Phoebus to
night. Fireman M.. S. Wllkerson,
realizing that eomethlng was
wrong, brought the , train to a
stop. He operated the train Into
Lynchburg where he was relieved
by an englneman. The train ar
rived in Roanoke about .one hour
behind acneatua.
Wilson Confident
His Party Will Be
Power Again Soon
DUI.UTII. March 23. Form
er President Woodrow Wilson,
in a telegram to the chairman
of the St. Louis county demo
cratic committee, today, ex
pressed "confident expectation
that the party will soon be re
established in power and in a
position to render renewed serv
ice to tho liberal forces of man
kind throughout the world."
The telegram was in reply to
a wire sent Mr. Wilson by the
county convention In which the
former president was "assured
recognition as the leader of the
democratic party."
Tho telegram of the former
President follows:
"Your message has given me
great cheer and encourgament.
I hope you will have an oppor
tunity to convey my greetings
to the democrats of St. Louis
county, together with an ex
pression of my confident expect
ation in which no doubt they
share that our great party will
now soon be re-established in
power and in a position to ren
tier renewed service to the lib
eral forces of mankind through
out tho world."
IR IS NOT OVER
TO DISABLED IN
TOTALING 40,000
Legionnaires Think of
Helping Injured and
Forget the Bonus.
(Special Cwrtfpwiimr. TA AAnillt Citi:?n)
GASTONI A. Mar. 23. "As long
is 40,000 former service men in
America languish in hospitals, 10.
000 of whom are insane and dying
of tuberculosis, neglected by an
ungrateful nation, as long as
Eugene V. Debs walks free and
unrestrained in America, as long
.is (trover C. Bergdoll flaunts his
insolence in the faces of American
war mothers and as long as the
railroads, mines and ship owners
pet their millions in subsidies from
i grateful nation while thousands
of disabled veterans are dying for
tho lack of treatment, the war is
not over nnrt it is the Job of the
American Legion to make this
country realize It," dec.la.red Kale
K. Burgosn in the keynote speech
of a great American Legion rally
h. Id here today. Mr. Burgess is
state adjutant of the American Le
gion and his speech coming at the
conclusion of a banquet served by
the Gaston county War Mothers
and womnn'a auxiliary to 250 for
mer service men of tho county and
visitors from the ninth congres
sional district, fired his audience
with a thrill they have not ex
perienced since the days of 1917
18. Not once jvas the bonus men
t'oned during the entire day. The
burning central theme of every
soeaker, and there were many of
them, was, first, care for the dis
abled veteran In and out of hos
pitals, then Americanization. Eu
gene Debs, Bergdoll, Victor Berger,
the I. W. W.. tho Soviets, the Mil
waukee Teuton movement and
George Harvey, the arch enemy of
Woodrow Wilson, were scathingly
denounced by every speaker. It
ii a singular fact and one com
mented on that among this large
gathcrfng of service men not once
was tho matter of a bonus for
themselves mentioned. All the talk
was for the sick and wounded sol
dier and better understanding by
the people of what tho American
Legion stands for.
Legion Backbone
of Amerlcanlnzation
"The American Legion is des
tined to become the greatest or
ganization In America," said State
Chaplin V.ckers, "and will become
Ihe backbone of all Americanism
on this continent. It will see that
n future years America goes right.
Chas A. Sloane, editor of the
Oteen Erho, the official organ of
tho Legion in the state, declared
that tho Oteen hospital there were
1,000 men fighting a grim battle
vlth tuberculosis, but even as they
f iught the Huns on the other side,
they are meeting death with a
smile. A word and message from
the outsidt- cheers them wonder
fully, hs said.
State Commander Tom Bird and
the executive committee of the Le
gion, together with a- number of
visitors from Charlotte, Hickory
Newton and Shelby met here to
day In the district rally and as one
result the Legion post here has re
ceived a big boost. Nearly one
hundred members were added. An
luto ride over the city and the
banquet served tonight Were the
outstanding features in addition to
he speeches of Messrs. Burgess,
Sloane, Vlckers and Bird. A simi
lar meeting for the tenth district
will be held tomorrow at Waynes
vllle. RADIO 'PHOXES IN cnta'A
THWART WIRE ROBBERS
NEW YORK. March 23.--Chin-ese
robber bands whloh h.n. v,.n
stealing unprotected copper tcle-
pnone wires Detween Peking and
Tientsin will be thwarted this
week when what is claimed in k.
the longest radio telephone circuit
in xne worm is opened between the
two cities, the Western Electric
company announced tonight
Peking and Tientsin. 80 miles
apart, have been connected w;th
the regular telephone Nnes of the
Chinese government but the fnter-
urhan linen oneratinr nut nt tha
celestial capital are so few and
tne oemanas so great that sub
scribers have found it difficult to
set service.
Bo far aa the operation of the
new system is concerned the pro
cedure la no different from what
it would be If wire connections
were provided throughout. A
Peking subscriber desiring to talk
to Tientsin puts In his call In the
usual manner, the Peking opera
tor signals Tientsin over a radio
channel and Tientsin makes the
necesBsTvv connection
WILL STUDY PLAN
TO CONSOLIDATE
STATE COLLEGES
Proposal Is to Make One
Great "University of
North Carolina."
TRUSTEESTO HEAR
MORRISON'S PLANS
Extension of University
Medical Course Is
Still Undecided.
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riBBonorca bothl
tnoi K B.inKLtk
UAI.I'.IGIt X. C. Mar. 23
Consolidations of Hip Stale uni
versity, the College of Agriculture
and Kngineering and the Woman's
college at Greensboro into one
"University of North Carolina"
will be considered by n special
committee to be appointed tomor
row by Governor Morrison, com
posed of trustees of each of the
three institutions.
The decision to submit the pro
posal for the consolidation of the
three colleges was announced to
day by the governor after plans
had been made.
The plan would conclude no radi
cal changes in the existing system
of organization. The colleges, of
course, o"uld not be rcmovi-d from
their present locations, but they
would be under one general direct
ing head, and special courses
would divided among tho three in
stitutions, much in the same order
as ut present.
The consolidation would make
the university the biggest of the
south and one of the foremost in
tho country. The total enrollment
would be around 6.000 and the
governor and educators who have
commented on the scheme ure of
the opinion that more effective
work would be made possible.
Plan (o ltcooivc
Careful Consideration.
The plan hus not advanced be
yond (he stage of a proposal, but
it will rccolve careful consideration
by this special committee from the
three boards. Thn committee will
be asked to make a thorough In
vestigation with the Idea of deter
mining what advantage would ac
crue whether tho work In any de
partment of either of tho colleges
would be handicapped and the
many other matters that must be
carefully looked into. It then will
report to the trustees as to the ad
visability of carry out the proposal.
The governor is submitting the
plan as chairman of the board of
trustees of the university, chair
man of the board of trustees of the
State college, and rhalrman of the
states board of education.
I consolidation should be effect
ed a young man or woman would
not enter State college or the Wo
man's college, but the University
of North Carolina, and which of
the three institutions ho or sho
would be assigned to would de
pend upon the course of study de
sired. The consolidation would
make possible specialization in all
departments of college work now
existing in the three colleges.
Consider Extension
Of Medical Course.
The university executive com
mittee, meeting in the governor's
office today, asked the special
tommlttee investigating the possi
bility of extending the medical
course from two to four years to
gather additional Information on
the subject and make a detailed
report at a meeting of the trustees
to be held In June.
The special committee, consist
ing of President Chase Dr. Isaac
11. Manning, dean of the Univer
sity Medical school, and Dr. R. H.
Lewis, of Raleigh, was appointed
some months ago to consider the
advisability of extending the medi
cal course. The proposed exten
sion would necessitate a hospital
of 200 beds with an annual operat
ing expense of perhaps $260,000,
It was said. The other additional
expense would be heavy and a
careful Investigation will be made
before a decision is reached by the
trustees.
The committee authorized the
payment to the town of Chapel
Hill $1,200 to cover the univer
sity's half of contTete curbs and
other work done abutting the uni
versity property.
NOTIFY PERSONS ALONG
MISSISSIPPI OP DANGER
MEMPHIS. Tenn., March 23. r
Persons living outside the levees or
on unprotected river lands south of
Cairo, Illinois, on the Mississippi,
were today warned by the United
States weather bureau here to seek
safety Immediately as a stage ex
ceeding 42 feet could Be expected
here early next week. Tho gauge
here tonight registered almost 30
feet with the water rising rapidly
The new warning was caused by
the rapid rise of the river at Cairo
and points south with an unex
pected volume of water coming
out of both the Ohio and Missouri
rivers. Rlvermen predict 43 feet
at least on the guage hero with
a corresponding high stage at
Helena, Ark., and points south.
A Mississippi river stage of 42
feet, or more at Memphis before
March 30 was forecast today by J.
II. Scott, of the United States
weather bureau. Helena, Ark., will
get 62 feet or more of water the
first week in April, the special
warning stated. All persons living
on unprotected lands outside the
levees am warned to move to a
place of safety immediately.
MT2MORY HETTRNS AS HE
ENTERS VIRGINIA HOTEL
LYNCHBURG, Va.. Mar. 28.
Claiming to have suffered a com
plete loss of memory, Sergeant
Major William Frlabee, suddenly
remembered who be was when he
entered a local hotel here early
this morning;. Saying that he re
membered what had transpired
since January - 31 when he left
Fortress Monroe, Va., the sergeant
thought ho recognized the hotel as
one he had visited before and had
the clerk look us the name under
tt-TiTCTi 1iraerinen"ireg1sterrr
Overwhelming Majority Vote
For Bill Follows Debate With
Seventy-Five Participating
Weaver Votes For Plan And
Pou Supports The Measure As
Substitute For Cash Bonus
wtfltoro BtRItt'
IIS i.a CtTIZBS
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WASHINGTON. March 23.
Representative Weaver and other
members of tho house from Noith
Carolina present voted for the
bonus bill. Representative Kltch
In paired against it and Represen
tative Brinsoti was not present.
Representative Pou told the house
to provide a cash bonus and de-'
dared the matter ought not to
bo made a political question.
"I regret," he said, "that there
was not nerve or statesmanship
enough among those who framed
this bill to provide a cash bonus
and to pay these men now. March
up and don't piny politics for It.
"This bill is better than no bill
at all and 1 shall vote for It but
In the hope that somewhere along
Us pathway it may bo amended."
VOTES OF ALL MEMBERS
ARE. ACCOUNTED FOR
WASHINGTON. March 23. (By
the Associated Press.) Republi
cans voting for the bonus bill In
cluded: Clousc, Tennessee; Fordney,
Langley, Kentucky; Longworth,
Mondell, Reece, Tennessee; Itobln
son, Kentucky; Keott, Tennessee;
Hlemp, Taylor, Tennessee and
Volstead.
Among the 90 democrats voting
for were:
Almon. Bankhead, Carkley, Bell,
Bowlong, Brand, 11 u 1 w 1 n k I c,
Byrnes, South Carolina; Caqlrlll,
Crisp, Doughton, Drane. Fisher,
Fulmer, Hammer, Iluddleston, Jef
fers, Alabama; Johnson, Kentucky;
Lankfond, Larsen, Georgia; Lee,
Oklahoma Governor Asks
Early Trial on the
Bribe Charges.
OKMULGEE, Okla.. March 23.
(By the Associated Press.) A
criminal term of district court will
be called here probably within
three .ox four weeks for the trials
of Governor J. B. A. Robertson,
charged with accepting a bribe
and several local business men and
bankers arrested yesterday on In
dictments that followed a grand
Jury Investigation Into county
hanking affairs. District Judge
BoBarth announced todr.
Governor Robertson was Indict
ed Jointly with Fred C. Dennis,
former state bank commissioner
and Charged with taking a brtbo to
deposit $160,000 in state funds in
J;ha Guaranty State Bank here and
to allow the bank to continue to
operate after Dennis was said to
have found it to be insolvent. The
governor came here from Okla
homa clfy by automobile last night
to sign a $6,000 bond. Dennis has
not been apprehended. He Is
wanted on another indictment
charging failure to close a elate
bank after It had been found in
solvent. The statute provides Imprison
ment in the state penitentiary not
exceeding ten yearj or a line of
$6,000 or both, for any public of
ficer convicted of receiving bribes.
ROBERTSON MAKER NO
COMMENT ON INDICTMENT
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Mar.
23. Ithor than to emphasize his
demand for an early trial Gover
nor J. H. A. Robertson would make
no comment today upon his in
dictment at Okmulgee.
That the charges against the
governor wre "trumped up" was
the comment of J. D. Lyddlck, Who
with Judge O. B. Stuart will bo
counsel for the governor.
HOPE FAST FADING FOR
CREW OF FLYING BOAT
All Day Search Falls To liocatc
Boat Or Any Of Missing
MIAMI, Fla., March 23. An all
day search for the missing flying
boat, Miss Miami, with six persons
aboard her, had tonight failed
completely to locate a trace of the
craft. Miss Miami left hero nt
noon yesterday, with Pilot Robert
Moore, and five passengers: Mr.
and Mrs. iJiwrence E. Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. August Bulte, oil of
Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. J. S.
Hickson. of Memphis, Tenn
The plane was bound for Bimlnl
In the Bahamas, a 45 minute trip.
A plane returning at 6 o'clock last
night brought the first word of the
Miss Miami's plight, reporting that
she had never arrived and that It
was probable had been forced
down at sea
Four planes were pressed 'to
the search today and combed the
coast and keys, returning at dusk.
Speed boats were still plying lie
waters tonight.
Mr. Bulte Is vice-president and
general manager of the Lara'oee
Flour Mills of Kansas City; Mr.
Smith U president of the Smith
Greaves Printing company of
Kansas City; Mrs. Dickson is the
wife of the president of a large
Tennessee lumber concern'.
Hope tonight was fading fast,
for a heavy wind blew throughout
last night and airmen doubt If It
is possible for the craft to with-stftftaTT'6urnerTong.
CHARGES AGISTER IRON ID
GOVERNOR SAO TO SuPPRESS KIIIS
BE 'TRUMPED UP' PLEA QFGOVERNOR
Georgia : Logan, Lyon. McSwain.j
i':
Smithwlck. Stegall. Stedman, M
venson. Stoll, Tyson, Upsliavw Vin
son. Weaver, Wise and wright.
Republicans voting ngain.vt, of
which there were 42, Included
Cannon. Kahn, California; Mann
and Robertson.
The 28 democrats voting agilnst
Included
Bland, Virginia; Hyrns,
Tennessee; Davis, Tennessee; bum
inlck, Drcwry, Garrett, Tennessee;
Harrison, Hooker, Montague.
Moore, Virginia, Ollcpr. Pudgett,
Sears and Woods, Virginia.
Those voting' only "present"
were Moore and Wood, both of
Indiana,
Pairs (not counted In totat
vote.) :
Patterson. Missouri. s:ij Lam
pert, republicans, for with Kitch
in. democrat against.
Speaks, republican and Ward,
North Carolina, democrat, with
Deal, democrat, against.
Elliott and Kleczka, republicans
for with Layton, republican,
against.
Jacoway and Fields, democrats,
for with Hicks, republican, ugainwt.
Blanton and McDuffle, democrats
for with lllmes. republican against.
Those not recorded on the roll
call and not paired on tho bonus
bill were:
Republicans: Ogden. Reber, Ro
denberg. Democrats: Hrlnson, Clark,
Florida; Mansfield, Parrls, Hiiiney,
Alabama: Taylor, Arkansas.
Speaker Glllett did not vote and
there are five vacancies In tho
house.
"No Place in Louisiana
for Ku Kluxism," Is -View
of Parker.
BATON ROUGE, La.. March 28.
Governor Parker today Issued
an appeal to the law officers of
Louisiana) to euppres "with an
Iron hand the evil of Ku Kluxlam
wherever It raises Its head." He
said this action had been takfn In
view of the repeated complaints
which have come to him from va
rious parts of the state.
The governor addod that at the
annroaohlng session of the legis
lature he will appeal to that body
"In the name of order and good
government to enact ft law, mak
ing It a felony for any man to
hide behind a mask to drag the
srood name of this state in tho
mire and bring contempt for law
and civilization"
Where great evil exists,' he said,
honest and brave men will stand
in Ihe open fearlessly to see that
they are corrected with no need
of disguise.
Governor Parker's statement
added:
"There is no place In Louisiana
for Ku Kluxism, bolshevlsm, rani
callsm or any t,her 'ism that aims
to destroy peace and order. The
idea that any sot of men may, with
impugnlty, disregard tho author
ity of the courts and set law at
defiance In order to correct some
evil or punish eome evil-doers ee
cretly, and generally under cover
of darkness, is absolutely foreign
to proper conceptions of democrat
ic government which seeks to es
tablish unity tor tho common
good.
"There is no such thing as pop
ular Justice. It is popular inju
tico because it brings law Into con
tempt, leads to class distinction
and racial hatred, and makes
Judges and Juries more figure
heads. Where there is no civili
zation, there may be need some
times for corrective measuren on
the part of tho masses, but In gov
ernment like ours, you can not
take tho law in your own hands
for any purpose whatever, without
working absolute injustice and un
dermining the foundation of or
der." QUINCE ItOKK ATTACKS
UNCLE WHO KILLS BUM
Tragedy In Cherokee County With
out Apparent Reason.
(Spedit Cwrrmnimc, Th Bitotilt Citiefni
MURPHV, March 23. Quince
Roho was killed today In a gun
battle with his uncle. Will Rose,
near Long Ridge, a small com
munity in the lower end of Chero
kee county. Aecordng to best In
formation obtainable, Quince first
hot his uncle with a rifle, where
upon Will drew his revolver and
fired six shots Into the body of
his nephew. Quince, either one of
which, It is said, would have kill
ed him. Will Is now In a hospital
In Ducktown. Tenn., In a rerious
condition, although it U believed
he will reeover.
The shooting took placn near
Ed. Llnderman's house, Llnder
man being tho only eye witness to
the tragedy. The oause of the
shooting could not be ascertained.
A Justice of the peaco took evi
dence following the uplsndn and
exonerated Will Rose of any blame
for his part in the affair. It was
not felt necessary to ho'.l a enre
ner s inquest.
FATE
E
AT
SENATE RANDS
House Vote Shows 333 for,
and 70 Against Bonus
Bill Submitted.
SCENES ON FLOOR
RECALL WAR DAYS
With Cash Option Omit
ted, Bill Is Similar
to One of 1920.
WASHINGTON, March 2J.
(fly The Associated Press.) Tho
four billion dollars soldiers' bonus.
b;ll was passed tonight by the
house by an overwhelming ma
jority. It now goes to tho senate
where its fate is regarded as un.
certain.
The vote was 333 to 70 or SI
more than tho two-thirds majority
necessary for passage of the maas
lire under parliamentary pro
cedure selected by republican
leaders for tho expressed purpose
of preventing the democrats front
offering a motion to recommit.
Party lines disappeared both In
the general debate and on the final
roll call, 242 republicans, 90 dem
ocrats and one socialist supporting
the bill and 42 republicans and 28
democrats voting against it. '
As passed by the house, the
bonus bill would provide for, im
mediate cash payments to, veterans
whose adjusted service pay wsultl
not exceed $50 and would give the
other veterans the option of these .
four plans:
Adjusted service certificates with
provisions authorizing loans by
banks in the first three year)
after next October 1 and by the ,
government thereafter; the cer
tificates 'to run for 20 years and
to have a face value at maturity
of the amount of the adjusted
service credit at the rate of $1 m
day for domestic service and $1-25
a day for foreign service, Increased
by 25 per cent plus Interest at the
rate of 4 1-2 per cent compounded
annually.
Vocational Training;
Aid After January 1023
Vocational training aid after
January 1, 1823, at the rate of
$1.76 a day, the total payments not ;
to exceed, however, 140 per cent
of the adjusted service -credit.
Farm and home aid under which!
veterans purchase or Improve
farms or homes would be paid
after July 1, 1923, a sum equal to
their adjusted service credit in
creased by 25 per cent.
I .and settlement, under which.,
lands would be reclaimed under thn
supervision of a special board and
farm units-established for sale to
the veterans at u. price fixed by the
board less the amount of the 'ad
justed service credit due the pur
chasers. .. ., .
In only two Important partlcu
lara does this measure differ from
the one passed by the house two
years ngo and that shelved In the
senate last July. The original cash
bonus option was eliminated and
the bank loan provision of the ad.
justed service certificate title ub
stltuted.
Not since the war days had th
house galleries been jammed as
they were today from the time
Speaker Oilletts' gaval fell at 11
a. m., until the last vote had been
cast as the shades of evening en
veloped the capltol. And not in
many years had such scenes been
enacted on the floor, where there)
frequently was an uproar with al
ternate applause, laughter and
Jeers.
Like the house itself, the gala
lerles were pro-bonus and support
ers to the bill were frequently ap
plauded, despite the lnfringemeng
of the rules which this entailed,
But the greatest applause was not
for a proponent but for on op
ponent, tho members and muny ot
the spectators rising and render
ing an ovation to "Uncle Joe
Cannon as the grizzled holder of
the American record for length of
loglslativo service aroso late In the
day to deliver two minutest
speech In which ho. declared that
the men who served In tho world
war owed that service, to theic
country.
Discussion Lusts
More Tlian Five Hours
In all there was slightly more
than five hours of discussion with
76 of the 435 members taking part
In It. Transcripts of their remarks
would fill about two ordinary sized
newspapers. Many of them were on
their feet only a minute or two or
three, but the house gave unani
mous consent for all members to
extend their remarks In the Con
gressional Record during the next
fivo days and editions of that vol
ume during that time promised to
be exceedingly bulky. v
Arguments against the bill were
more froquent than those in its
favor, duo to tho fact that many
democrats who announced that
they would support it vigorously
attacked some of ita provisions
and the ways and means commit
tee for failure to provide means of
financing the bonus. In the course
of the debate the measure was re
ferred to as a "gold brick," a
"bogus" bill, a "hokus-pokus" and
a "deformed and malformed crea
ture,". Supporters of the bill defended,
It as best that could be. obtained
at this time nnd some of them de
clared that it was even better than
the original measure with Its cash,
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