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THE ASHE VILLE CIT THE WEATHER .uaHINGTON. ,Mpeh 84, Fore. North ar1 South Carolina: '"r. i.t : Sunday showers and p-ob- th-indaritormst. little chg. tempt. ( PAGES 1 U TODAY "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ESTABLISHED 1868. 1 ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. fOUR POWER TREATY IS RATIFIED BY SENATE IZEN version n UP NEW HEATIES HALTS formal Ceremony of Pre- antincr HOUSe Bill 13 j5U"o IRRISON LOATH TO COMMIT BILL raid to Disturb Slum- ers of Other Bonus Bill in Finance Body. WAm-IIXOTON, March 24. ietfcely had the senate finished light over the four power treaty May when the house laid the long Lntrovertcd soldiers' bonus bill Its lap. Semite business was halted for he presentation of tlii measure hlch was accomplished with the Lai formality. Appearing in the List ot a controversy as to the nufor taking up the next of the fcriej of treaties, the house clerk Eu escorted part way down the witer a'sl by the cierK of the lenate, who announced: "Mr. President, a message from he' house of representatives." Immediately recognized by Sen- lor Wadsworth, republican, New ork, who was presiding, the louse clerk made a deep bow. ".Mr. President," he said, "I am irerled by the house of represen- ativM to inform the senate that he house has passed II. R. 10,874. provide, adjusted compensation or veterans ot the world war, in ,-htch tho concurrence of the sen se is respectfully requested." A titter ran around the crowded alleries and there were broad biN by many of the senators. . VJiere was a suggestion that the 1 b referred to the appropria ii committee. Senator Harrl An, democrat. Mississippi, declared Its did not want it sent to the nce committee explaining It nilgbt disturb the bonus bill that s sleeping there. There is no telling, he saiu. when that bill will wake up and believe we ought to send this measure to some committee mat ill act on it." Them followed a squabble as o what committee should consid- r It. but Senator Wadsworth de- eed It should go to the finance lummittee. Chairman McCumber. of that jtnmittpe, said the bonus meaa- could not be taken up until Iter the tariff bill had been re- orted to tho senate but he tough t there would be quick ktion on it both in the commit- ite and on tho senate floor. He kid the tariff bill probably would ! me-tt-acked temporarily in the nate to let it through. Senator Smoot, of Utah, the Mking republican on the com- puttee, s-aid tho measure probably mild be materially changed. "The bonus bill that passes the 'iiate will carry a means of fi- incing it." he declared, adding wt the linancing would not be P"iic by means of bonds. Asked if a sales tax would be financing medium as recom mended by President Harding to e house wnvs and means com- pittee. i he IHah senator said: "I think so. 1C we have to come o that." Senaiur McCumber was of the fninioii that members of the com mittee wnulrl want to confer with 'resident Hardine on the subject more, acting finally. Hartford MaeNlder, national immnmlcr of the American Le- Wti. in a fnrmal Htstement to lly discussing the bonus measure, pressed confidence that it would feet wish the approval of former ryice men and declared tnat leg ation that had twice passed the louse waa "inevitable." IflW RADIO RECEIVER HF.PLACKS IilGHT BULB WASHINGTON". March 24. (By ieAssn. ;,ated Press.) A new le "lopiiirn: in radio by which itisic.-, iifivs, lectures and other irms of sneech can be received attaining tho usual receiving .rumvt to the electric lamp rid eliminating the antenna as fH as rr ljcving tho congestion of lrelo? broadcasting in the air. as announced today by Major- pnrral Snuip,- lt lnvntm- and hl''f !. glial corns officer of the 1T1- lirst public demonstration tilt1 lif.w "ttli'arf wlrlolt" W.1.R el(i in the, siKnnl rnrris headauar- 'ptl todav Tha wtinta nnrnll(itl ft installing; th device for receiv- 5 consisted of removing a bulb ' a lamp on General Squier's :;". inserting the receiving plug ' the fame manner as the elec ,'6 tans, vacuum cleaner and Irons have been attached to "' lighting circuits. Tho broad "t'ng station. It was explained, . connected with- the lighting 'reult thrnnarh a lmn rplvep at f "other point. ln Invention Is believed by r'Nity to nvnara n1nr.rtn lmnns "pre. and tha general said 'hj bring to every noma where is an electric lighting system inccrt, which previously have "n broadcasteo through tha air ? received through tha antenna. Another advantage ' claimed by inventor is the relief to con- ion of the air which it offers i.uodlfled degree, and which tho national wireless confer lJ ior a aolutlon. nus Bill Thrust Upon Senate After Treaty Is Ratified War Department's Award For Service Unearths Secret Brigadier General Whitney Wins Honor 24 Years After Exploit SAX FRANCISCO, March IM.--Congress unearthed a war de partment secret that remained in violate for 24 years tho secret of a Spanish-American war spy when it awarded the distinguished service cross to Brigadier General O. If, Whitney, retired. News ot the honor received at the Ninth Corps area headquarters today brought to light the account of tho exploit which w;n it. General "Whitney was a lieuten ant stationed in Porto Rico in 1S98. lie was sent through the Spanish lines disguised as a Brit ish ssiilor, and was nearly through his task when a Cuban senorlta, educated in the United States ask ed him a Question. "Damtlnu" replied the supposed sailor. "Diahle Americano" screamed the senorita. "He is an American spy, seize him. British sailors speak not that word." "It was a tight pinch." said the grizzled soldier in recounting the adventure "but I got out of it." The information he furnished the war department was used by Gen eral Miles in his campaign in Por to Rico. Iater his report was pre sented to President McKinley per sonally and Whitney was detailed to accompany General Miles on the Porto Rican expedition. Hi EFFECTIVE If Legal Reason Shown Extension of Time with out Penalty Allowed. CITI-Htf NIWS BCRBaU -A-BO-,ojr,H BOTCL ttD BROCK BARHLHY) RALEIGH, March 24. Delin quent income tax payers have until May 13 to file their returns and make a payment, but a penalty of five per cent, in no case to be less than one dollar, will be imposed, Tax Commissioner Watts said to day. In addition one per cent of the tax will be imposed each month until the full amount has been paid. "If taxpayers were prevented from filing their returns and pay ing their taxes by reason of sick ness, absence or other unavoid able cause, they should immediate ly make their returns, pay their taxes and interest at six per cent from March 15 until time of pay ment and attach to their returns a, certificate of their reasons for not filing in time," said the com missioner. "If the reason is a legal one, the commissioner will grant an extension of time which will avoid the penalty. Applica tions for such extension of time must be made on or before April 15. "Taxpayers who fail to tile their returns on or before May 1j will incur, under the law, a penalty of one hundred per cent of the tax and an additional one per cent for each month or fraction of a month from March 15 the tax re mains unpaid. The commissioner urges all taxpayers, who have not returned and paid, to voluntarily do so before May 15 and avoid the heavy penalty of more than a double tax." FORD ADOPTS 40-HOIR WEEK FOR ALL WANTS Under New Proposal. Factories Will Close Saturday and Sunday DETROIT, March 24. Adoption ot the "forty hour week as a perm anent policy in all plants of the Ford Motor company was an nounced today by Kdsel B. Ford, president of tha company. Under the new plan the factories will be closed on Saturday and Sunday and about 3,000 men will be added to the force. The change will affect approximately 60.000 employes who will continue to re ceive the minimum $6 a day. New employes, however, will re ceive a minimum of $5 daily, the pre-war scale. In making tho an nouncement Mr. Ford said he had reached the conclusion that the forty hour week was practical, that the additional day ot rest would prove a benefit to the work ers and that the production sched ules of the Ford industries could be so arranged as to maintain the present out put on the curtailed working week. Mr Ford said he believed a greater demand for motor vehicles, particularly commercial was an in dleation of Improvement in busi ness generally. MERK!AN EXPORTS RAW COTTON DECREASE WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.-. American exports of raw cotton, Including llnters during February were 33,440 bales, valued tM, 119 00 0 rnmnared with 49,4 bales, I'aliifd at M2.040.115. ex ported in February a year ago. Kxports of raw cotton for the io-h. ,f,r.lhs ending in February, 4 521,673 bales, valued aC 398. S12.928, compared with J, 741, 101 eight months ending in itbruary a year asfo. mm 1 - Wrangel Island To Become Part Of Canada, Rumoi Map allows location of Wrangel Island in relation to Canada. Alaska and the Pacific coasv of the IJ. S. Arrow points to Wrangel Island. That Wrangel Island, the tar northern land on which Viljal mar Stefansson planted the Brit ish flag last summer, will even tually be added to tho Dominion of Canada, is the belief in Can ada. It is believed that the island was formally claimed in the name of Great Britain to avoid international complica tions. The island lies north nnd west of Bering Straus and Alaska. i iMis Supporters Deny Welfare Move Has Any Politi cal Significance. errant kbws bcbiao Tinnovu.ltt HOiri. y BROCK BIHKLEX) RALEIGH, March 24. T h e latest in dissenting opiniutu is contained in criticisms emanating from political dissenters intimat ing Interference by the governor of North Carolina in various de partments of state, particularly tho department of agriculture, becauss of his recently inaugurat ed "Live at home" campaign and his activity in so many different lines of state endeavor. This "Live at home" campaign, these dissenters aver, is a means of fostering the political aspira tions ot the executive. It has been pictured as a popularity move necessitating: the commandeering of the agricultural forces with the governor treading where only ag riculturists should tread. Of course, the press, practically all of the farming interests, and the mass of the people have given the department ot agriculture, de partments of education and neallh, public welfare and the state, col lege enthusiastic co-operation in the conduct ot the campaign and success ia being met beyond the early anticipations of those in charge. Dlawoutrrs Comprise But A Small Body. The dissenters are composed of a relatively small group, com posed In part of certain agricul tural interests but principally po litically inclined city-dwellers. They have been intimating here and there that tho governor is stepping beyond his bounds of au thority by going Into tho depart ment of agriculture and launching an agricultural campaign, or man ifesting an Interest in the depart ment of education or the work of the fisheries commission and oth er of the departments and com mittees. Diversification of activities on the part of Governor Morrison Is In Hn with constitutional provision, and the dutiea of the governor extend beyond those ot issuing pardons and paroles and making speeches, objectora are Informed by those familiar with the requirements of the office and In hearty accord with a progressive ad ministration. Governor Morrison dives into ag ricultural affair with as much en thusiasm a he does into Rood roads matter, educational promotion work and undertakings of public welfaj-e enerally, because his office gives lm that right as chairman ot the agricultural extension service, mak ing possible co-ordination between the department of agrleuiture and tha atate college In agricultural exr ienaion work. He appoints the board of trustees ot the atate college and he is the chairman of the board. In addition, his office makes him the chairman of the rtate board of edu cation, in which he is greatly inter ested, and more than a score of other boards and committees. Including the trustee of the university. Welfare, Not Politics, Is Ground of Move. Far from aeeklnr to foster political ambltiona by a food production move, the executive launched the campaicn because he thought It would be the mean of Increasing the food supply, thereby rendering a service to the state. It Is Just one of the many things he has done and la now doing In order to make a good governor and if an executive's enthusiastic ef forts to give the people a good ad ministration, the best administration possible, are to be construed as ef forts to foster political ambitions, then, aay the opponent of the dis senters, would the people have the executive keep his seat in his office and send the days granting pardons and parolea or running out into the late for a f ew ameeohes? The governor's power for good as the state' chief executive, lie in his constitutional privilege of activity In behalf of the state and the exercise of all those prerogatives and prlvll eaes which his position of authority anilw.iii'adifrffhiBn.! hV ow.ju.Pd iiotn in th issuance or proclamation ana ICH ft of 'tyi.' ) I u ,s tC,C' critic mm FOOD CAMPAIGN MIAMI BANKER IS Co-defendants Are Order ed Held for Trial Clay ton Not Involved. LATE PROHIBITION OFFICER INDICTED Forty-Six Others, Includ ing His Associates Are Also Indicted. MIAMI, Fla.. March L'4.---l M. Clayton, vice-president of the Mi ami National Hank was discharged late todjry at the end ot a three day hearing in which he was ac cused ot conspiring to violate the Volstead law. Mrs. G. O. Harri son, Foster Sloan, T. N. Lewis and W. C. Phelps, co-defendants were ordered held for trial and were later released under $500 bond each. Clayton was accused by William Sptllard. member of the govern ments flying squadron which be gan the clean up here last Mon day, of holding in escrow $4,050 for the purchase by Spillard of 100 cases of liquor from Phelps and Lewis. Spillard said he posed as "A. B. Phillips," New York bootlegger and that Clayton wrote the agreement for the transaction, carrying on negotiations with Phelps and Lewis. Sloan and Mrs. Harrison were accused with having an interest in the liquor, was discharged according to Com missioner Graham because he did not see from the testimony that the banker was a party to plot but was merely a stakeholder and not a participant in the conspiracy. FRATTDl'TENT ISSUANCE OF PERMITS IS CHARGE MADE PHILADELPHIA, March 24, William C McConnell, former fed' eral prohibition director for Penn sylvania and 48 others including several associates of McConnell while he was prohibition director, were indicted late today by a fed eral grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the Cnited States govern ment in the fraudulent issuance of permits to withdraw liquor from bond. The indictments were returned after a grand jury investigation of the alleged release of 7,00.000 gal lon of whiskey and alcohol to bootlergers during the. 70 day re gime of McConnell as head of tha prohibition law enforcement staff in Pennsylvania. Samuel B. Wolfe, former chief of the Pittsburg prohibition office under McConnell, and Jacob Slo naker, chief group head of en forcement agents in Philadelphia under Leo A. Crossen. MoConnells predecessor, also were indicted. Two Sure Alleged Bootleggers Declared Involved Others named in true bills re turned by the grand Jury included Albert F. Slater. McConncll's for mer secretary; Hiram W. Benner, head of tho permit division of the prohibition office in Philadelphia; Sanuel Singer recently sentenced to six months imprisonment by Judge Bodine in New Jersey for violation of the Volstead act. and two score of alleged bootleggers and truckmen charged with having been accomplices in tho alleged conspiracy. Bench warrants were Issued by Federal Judge Thompson for all those indicted, but ft was stated at the district attorney's office that they would not be served in in stances where the defeudanta gave notice they would surrender. McConnell, prominent in Penn sylvania republican politics and a former state senator, was appoint ed prohibition commissioner on the recommendation of the late United States Senator Boise Penrose. Af ter nis resignation in January as prohlbltlbn director, ho went to Florida where ho is at present. The indictments were returned a few hours after T. Henry Walnut, former assistant United States dis trict attorney had delivered, an ad nddress before the city club in which he asserted that proceedings against McConnell had been held tip by District Attorney George W. Coles, and the attorney general's office at Washington. Walnut's connection with the district aJAorney's office was severed last week when a resignation pre sented by him several months pre viously was accepted by Rush Hol land, .assistant attorney-general, during Attorney-General Daugh crty's absence in Florida. NEGRO OFFICIALS I NDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT NASHVILLE, Tcnn., Mar. 24.--Indictments against W. J. Hale, president of the Tennessee Agri cultural and Normal School for Negroes, H. N. Robinson, ve1ernns' bureau co-ordinator at the institu tion, and W. D. Hawkins, cashier of tho Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company, all negroes, were returned by the federal grand jury here today. Charges of embezzlement, forg ery and usury were among the al legations against Hale, as stated in indictments returned against him by tha grand Jury. Seven indictments, two ngainst Hale, three against Hale and Rob inson jointly, one against Hale, Robinson and Hawkins, and one against Robinson, individually, were reported by the Jury In con nection with alleged Illegal han dling of compensation paid by the government to disabled soldiers taking vocational training at the school. Cl'Dn OF MURDER .HTRV SAYS IN CHANDLER CASE CKEKNVILLE. S. C Mar. 24. After deliberating 17 minutes the jury in the case of T. Jeff Chan dler, charged with the murder of big wife and mother-in-law, re turned "a verdict about 4 o'clock this aternoon ot guilty of murder. Judge Frank II. Gary immediately sentenced the man to die In (he electric chair on April 21. Chan DISCHARGED EN LIOUOR HEARING SUSPENSIOrJ F U F! ALL MINES NOW E Would Extend Strike to Non-Union Zones, Union Leaders Say. PUBLIC SUFFERING WILL BE AVOIDED Washington Declares All Resources to Avoid Strike Used. CLKVKLANIi. O . .Mar. "i. - A complcto i'c-tip of the nations en tire cim! Industry by 200.000 non union miners joining the solid rinks of a half million union workers was the program adopted tjnight hy (he general policy cotii r.uttee of the United Mine Work ers of America for the nation vide strike set for April 1. B' a ctif-nlnioiiH vote or Its II'. members, the committee n funnel tho policy of a general suspension of union workers, which prohibited the eoiiFummutlon of single statu agreement!' and followed this by dlrectinc ("strict union officials to ask nil i .!-n ii ion men to loin the 'strike. The unanimity of action I.H0 in lh-.' day permitted a. final adjournment tonight although tin committer had planned to con tinue sessions tomorrow. Thr resolution for an immediate c.ill tu the non-union men also provide' that the "internrthuial and district unions exert all their powers nnd influence to bring aoout h strike in the non-union coal fields of America." The reso lution was offored by Van Blttner. of Pittsburgh, Pa., who represent ed the provisional Kansas union organization at the committee meeting ar.rt it was adopted with out objection and practically with out discussion. Tho indorsement of the policy cf a general suspension of the union miners was tho committee's acceptance of the program laid down by the union's convention r. ..lonth ;'fo, the suspension being ordered with the avowed purpose ot gaining wage Increases tor an thracite miners and retaining pres ent basic wages for the soft coal workers. Although taking action which the tinlor. leaders said they hoped would stop the mining of a pound of coal ofter April 1, the commit tee ijeclured itself as not intend 4ng'to cause any public suffering. In line with this stand, tho com mittee authorised the district union o.licials to permit any mino to be operated whenever necessary tJ meet an emergency. Under this program, the officials said, it would l,e posslblo to supply fuel for pub lic utilities and institutions when tver the big stpeks now on hand run low. The aim of the strike, it was explained In this connection . as to prevent the mining of com mtecial coal as a means of forcing operators to concede tho union's wage demands. In addition the committee also affirmed the provision of the strike call providing for all necesaarv protection being given to the mine's during the strike. The onlv con. dltton, adri-?d by the committee wis that firemen, engineers, numnmen and others who will remain at work shall receive the nresent scale of wages, Ten thousand men. it was estimated, would remain at ma mines under this provision, but tun selection of thpso was left to district union officials. NO MKEIilROOD KUSPEXSION UASf Bi; PREVENTED, SAID WASHINGTON. March 24 There 1s no likelihood that s. sus pension of operations In both the mtumlnous and anthracite coal noios on April l can be prevented, it was said today at the White House. The government was de clared "to have exhausted Its re sources in tho way of tuiggesting a conference"' between operators and miners that miiiht forestall the strike. Although the situation will be scrutinized as It. develops, the gov ernment has no plan for taking action before April I, It was added, and what will be done after April 1 will be determined by the effects of the strike itself. From an administration view point, It was added by a high offi cial who discussed tho matter fol lowing Its consideration at today's cabinet session It is considered fair to say that while the bitumi nous coal mine operators have been the principal obstacle to the assembling of a. conference be tween the miner and their employ ers which might have adjusted the strike in advance, the similar pro posal looking to a conference which might alleviate the difficul ties were resisted by the miners last October, and later when the government again advanced them. This, however, tho administration does not consider as constituting a good excuse for the bituminous operators, particularly those in the central competitive field, refusing to enter upon negotiations now. At the same time. the. govern ment 1 disposed to recognize, ac cording to the official viewpoint ex plained today, that there is a very difficult economic problem to be worked out in the coal industry. There is a developed coal mine ca pacity far in excels of the country's needs, It was pointed out. especially since high price's, high wages and high freight rotes have practically wiped out the export trade in coat. The operation in the central com petitive Held sre fa-ed with the ne cessity of maintaining their prop, ertles In production against in creasingly severe competition. This condition In the Industry makes It Imperative that far-reaching ad justments in wages be made. In consequence the government is not understood to be contemplating tn terference until tho gravity of the publication makes it imperative. Labor department officials who had conducted negotiations in an attempt to avert the strike, while disappointed that no conference has been attained in the bitumi nous field, were Inclined to believe that even a. round table discussion would not under existing clrcum- first. IK 1 Soldier Bonus Measure Sponsor Puts Bill Over 3 sr it- ,M t ? ! VM,,S Rep. Joseph W. Fordney. Representative Fordney, who has been tho leading figure in the tight to obtain the passage ot the adjusted compensation meas ure for the ex-service, man. He felt assured of Its pasaago which was effected In the lower house Thursday, and feels that It should meet tho approval of the President, who had not made objection to essential features In the bill as prepared. DISTRICT RALLY OF VOTED SUCCESS Rutherfordton Gets 1923 Session Service Is Explained. (Sptrlnl (errtipmtmce. Tht Jikmfti mum). WAYNES VILLE, March 24. ' With discussion of service and compensation drives and the se lection of Rutherfordton as the meeting place for tho tenth dis trict conference in 1923, the one day rally here today was one ot tho most progressive ever held in this section. Approximately 100 legionnaires, Including delegates from 14 posts ot the district, were present and enjoyed the program. J. Will Pless, jr., ot Marlon, dls trlct committeeman, presided and outlined plans for "the service and compensation drive. Ho stated that a census of former service men will be made in tho district in an effort to determine their service status as well as their business status since they have resumed civ. ilian life. An attempt, will be made by th American I-cglon, It. is slat ed, to see that every service man, regarrlloss ot his affiliation with tha legion, is given the credit and service to which he Is entitled. The opening feature of the pro gram was the visit to tha Waynes- ville training center, where 26 former service men are receiving vocational training. Captain Wick er, head of the training school, welcomed tho ilclegnt.es and stated it was a pleasure to have them visit the center and see tha results be. lng uccunipllshd. He declared that although 30 per cent ot tho K00 icatlonul trainees in the llnli dis trict wero forced to return to treatment in January and Febru ary, onlv four per cent at the Wnynesvlllo center were forced to return to their beds. Luncheon Served By Ladles Of Wnynesvllle An excellent luncheon wjs .-cre ed the legionnaires by the ladies of Wayncfillle at tho Legion hall, at 1:00 ofloc.k and the visitors were ntliusfistio in praising the "kerne- cooking." of the Haywood county ladies. It was stated that an aux iliary to the American Legion will be furtneu here In the near future to work with tho legionaries. The business session .opened at 2 30 o'clock in thi Wsynewood theatre with If. W. Chandler, i-ommandcr of Haywood post, pre siding. . G. Itetnlger represented Klffln ituckwcll post or Asheville and used as the. subject of his address, "What the American legion Means." Other speakers on the program were: W. ft EHa. Varncr-Rhinehart post. 'TV-' op portunities of Service of the American Legion:" Mr. Dunnajan, Fred Williams Post, Kuthertord 'on, "Keeping interest, in the Legion;" Lee Whitmire, Hubert M. Smith post, Hendorsonvllle, "Post Club Itooms;" J. W. Eastman, commander, Francis Arrlngton post, Wuynesvllle training center, "The Life of a Trainee." Charles A. Sloan represented Oteen and Captain Wickers the Waynesville training center. Considerable interest was shown in the selection of the next meet ing place and Oteen and nuttier- fordton were given tia votes for the lathering. It was Anally de. elded to meet in Rutherfordton and Oteen will be given a special imtherinir in th near future. Dancing, boxing ami a raaio concert at thi training center com pleted the program and the ma jmilv of the delegates and visitors evening. ii V " ' !S,? t'v' bi"f"tpl tei"'t 1 1 k It LEGIONNAIRES HONOR KITGHIN Wo Alliance" Sole Qualifying Clause Placed Upon Treaty Pickpockets Rob Tioo Aged Women Of Lifes Saving Had Participated in Run on Chicago Hank Follow ing a Rumor CIIH'AilO. Mar. 24. Pickpock ets plvit.t; their "trade" in a crowd of 2,00,. 'depositors who stormed i he iVorihwcsteiTi Trust and Hav ings bunk today following circu lation of rumors that the bank was Insolvent, robbed two aged women of their life savings. Police icports say vone woman lost $4,000 when a man snatched her handbag ns she left the bank. itio hundred policemen, 25 armed with rifles, who were on duty to keen older In the surging crowd jopoaitors, failed to nnu trie man. Liter Mrs. L. Zukowiskl report ed to bunk officials that a pick pocket siole $700 she had Just withdrawn. The run was halted this after noon after the z.ouo depositors nan filed past a teller's cage in which J 1.200. 00') in currency lay piled on tne counters. The federal reserve bank and two local banks sent $1.- 0.tl00 to tho bank during the. day and the Continental and Com mercial lank offered $20,000,000 If needec. The clearinghouse and federal rescrvo hank Issued statements de claring tho hank was sound and the rumors false. TAR HEEL BOYS Major Stedman Is Spokes man for. Presentation of Cane to Veteran. WHSINOIOX SOUS Til ltSTII.t 01TUHM (In H. . V. ll'iT) WASH I N G T O N. Mar. 24. Democratic Representative Claud Kltchln. the stricken leader of the house minority, was 62 years old todav. The members of the North Carolina delegation presented him with a beautiful snake root cane as a token of their admiration and affection Major Charles M. Sted man, tin grand old man ot the Tar Heel contingent, made tho presen tation speech. Mr. Kitchln looks exceptionally well for one who has been through what he suffered. His face is ruddy while his eyes clear and his step sturdy. He explained to those who gathered about him that he would b all right were It not for dizzy spcl's, the cause of which has not been ascertained, The gift of the fane was made in the presence of North Carolina congressmen, and newspaper repre sentatives. After tho formalities were over the party went to the front steps of the eapitol and was pliotoRraphed for the movies. Major tedman's tribute was: "Mi. Kllehln: Hy the request and ':: behalf of the North Carolina delegation in the house of repre sentatives I present to you this cane. Ir. Is intended as a testi monial of their friendship and ad miration to mark this, your fifty ililrd birthday. "We rejoice. tint your health has been permanently restored. Wo snail gieet with unalloyed pleas ure your curly return to the house the theatre of your triumphs, where you won merited renown confined to no one section of our republic, UvX extending throughout lis borders. "Whenever you look upon this cane may it remind you of the un- enanglng sircctloii for yourself of the citizens of our great stati whoso honor and welfare have beep uphold by you with signal ability and unselfish devotion. "And yr.it will not fail to re nember that none have you nearer tneir hearts than your fellow mem bers from North Carolina." Mr. lUlcnin appeared verv much "furled by the gracious tribute of hi filer, da. "f appreciate beyond anything could express this demonstration," he ald. "The North Carolina delegation in congress have always worked together. We have co operated This carle is the most highly treasured gift, of my life. "I want to be. young as.iin. Hut, that is our way; if wr rc old e wan' t" be young and If voting, we want to he old. I am getting better, t believe that God will snare roe to-pr8rve me- -to cui-an the rc-publicans, who so rich ly deserve cursing at this time. "Thank you, 1 love every one of you boys " Amon;f the first to congratulate Mr. Kitchln today was Judge John H. Kerr, of Warrington. INVESTMENT ATLANTA BROKER OP IS CONVICTED Jury Finds Him Guilty of Charge of Larceny After tho Trust. ATLANTA, Oa., Mar. 24. R. N. Berrien, Jr., investment broker, was convicted hy a Jury in superior court here tonight of larceny after trust in connection with a short age in state school warrants and sentence was fixed at from three to five years. He was arrested re cently in Nw York and returned for trial. The total shortage was said to have heen about $40,000. Herien was conviited on an In dictment charging larceny utter - Urust of school warrants for Mur- rav countv and his counsel hii nounccd an appeal would be taken AT WASHINGTON PROPONENTS HAVE MARGIN OP FOUR Fimic PACT Thirty-Three Roll Calk Are Forced During Tinal Session on Treaty. TWELVE DEMOCRATS VOTE OPPOSITION Supplemental Treaty De fining Scope of Main In strument up Today. WASHINGTON. March 84. Th, four power Pacific treaty, the cen ter of controversy over accom plishments of the Washington arms conference, was ratified bj' the senate today, with i, i reser vation except tha "no allianoe" declaration proposed by the for-: elgn relations committee and . ac cepted by President Harding. The final vote of 07 to 27, rep resenting a margin of four over the necessary tiwo-thlrds was re corded after the opponents ot rsi ideation had made more than ii unsuccessful attempts to qualify senate action by reservations it amendments distasteful to the ad ministration. On the deciding roll call 13 democrats voted for tho treaty and only four republi cans opposed it. Dying hard, the Irreconcilable clement which had opposed th treaty, on the ground that it tabllshes an alliance between the, United States,-Great Brits in. Ja pan and France, forced SIS roll :alls during a four and a half hour session set aside lor nnai action on the resolution of ratifbation. They made their best showing on a proposed reservation to Invite outside powers Into l'acltlo "con ferences'' ; affecting their interest mustering"', votes for th. pro posal to 55 in opposition. The committee reservation w.is accepted In the end by a vote -f 90 to 2. two attempts to modlly it falling by overwhelming inn Jorlties. It declares that "'tire United States understands th.K under the statement in the pre amble or under the terms of tills treaty there Is ho commitment i ' armed force, no alliance, no obli gation to Join in any defense." - Although the debate wa pro hibited during the day session under a unanimous consent agree- ment, th treaty opponents raised a point of order In rcgari to th declaration accompanying the treaty, but not a part of it, aim laid the basis for continuing theli assault tomorrow when th sup plemental treaty defining the scope of the four power pact comes up for consideration. It 1 the hope of tha administration leaders, however, that the supple mental treaty may bo ratified and all that pertains to the four powd er arrangement dc'elarod off tho setate calendar before tomorrow night. How Uio Vole Stool mi Treaty Adoption. Tho roll call on ratilcatfon o the four power treaty follows: For ratification: Republicans Ball, Brandegee. Riiraurn, alder, Cameron, Capper. Colt. Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham. Dupont, ridge, Elkins, Fernalfl Frelinghuysen, Gooding, H-il Harreld, Jones, (Washington) Kel logg, Keyea, Ladd, Lenroot, Ijodife. MoCormick, McCumber, McKin ley, McLean, Me.Na.ry, Moses, Nel son, New, Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck. Oddle, Page, Pepper, Phtppf. Poindexter, Ilaweon, NlwrtrlcJge, Smoot, Hpencer, Stsn fleld, Sterling, Sutherland, Town send, Wadsworth. Warren, Wut son (Indiana), Weller and Willis 55. Democrats Broussanl, Dial Fletchec. Kendrlck, McKellar, My ers, Owen, Pomerene, Ransdelt. Trammel, Underwood and Williams 12. Total for ratification- 87. Against ratification, republicans. Borah, France. Johnson, and La -Follette 4. Domocrats: Ashurst. Caraway Culberson, Gerry, Glass, Harris. Harrison, IlefUti, HUcbooc.k, Kins Overman, Pitt man, Heed, Robin son, Sheppard. ftrjlclds, Simmons, t-mllh. Stanley, bwanson Walsi.. ('Masfc), Walh, (Mon ina) and Wat'on (Georgia, Total Total auainst ratification 27. "No Alliance" Scheme Breaks Republican Woo Throughout the dsiy's rtlng bloc: of 53 republicans stood solid ly against all reservations and amendments except the "no alli ance" declaration ot the commit tee. Tho four republican irrecon ciUblos, Hcnator Borah. Idaho France, Maryland: Johnson, Ca'.l fornla, and Lafollette, Wlscojiain: wero tb,e only members of the side of the chamber who vote-1 consistently for qualifying propo als, although Senator Norris, re publican, Nebriska, supported sev eral and Senator Ladd. republlcin. North Dakota, voted for one. On the democratic side the e was less unanimity of action. Th 23 democrats who Anally voted against ratification voted together on most roll calls in favor "( amendments and reservations, b r a group of 8 or 10 stood with their party leaders. Senator Underwottrt of Alabama, in opposition to mo ot the proposed changes. In tin 38 to 55 vote on' the "outside pow ers" reservation, however, BMW tor Underwood's followlnr reached its minimum strength, only Serwt tors Williams of Mississippi and i Myers of Montana, joining him on
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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