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THE WEATHER Nerth Carolina! Rain Monday and bM Tuesday eeoltr In north, ,t Monday. 1IDGE CLAIMS DM1NISTHAT 1 1 Ifice President Says First t aW year's itecora .worcny ( of Great People. -conomyIjearly yCBEDIBLE, STATED Great Remedial Policies Being Adopted Funda mental in Principle. veW YORK. March 26. The jfjt year of President Harding's ministration has been a period sf progres with an almost Incred ible achievement in economy, Vice president Calvin Coolidge declar j in an address today before the Brooklyn Institute o Arts and Sciences. Asserting- that public employes 1,4 been reduced nearly eu.uuu h army by 85,000 and large re actions proposed In the naval forces all of which were beginning io ihow in the .government's ap nMoriations were a little over a c-presldent said. "Prior to the war the annual ap propriations were a little otver a billion dollars. For the last fU ctl year they were slightly more thaji five and; one-haif billions. Kor the present fiscal year it is es timated that this will bo reduced ;o somewhat less than four bil iions and for the next fiscal year tor which appropriations are now being made, there will be a reduc tion to about three and one-half billions. The interests and pay ments required by the public debt ire about one million three hun dred and fifty thousand. The cost of ministering the require ments of the veterans bureau is about one half a billion. The tout of the army and navy is over eight hundred millions and an other quarter of a billion goes into pensions, "If from present expenditures there be deducted those items tbat arise from the war and the extra amount now being epended an good roads and the army and navy, the present cost of running the government would not exceed the pre-war cost by more than mo or three hundred millions. 'This represents an enlevement in economy which la almost In credible." Stating that the Washington arms conference "proceeded on the fundamental theory of sub ititutlng for the sanction of lorce in international relations the sane. tlon of reason," Mr. Coolidge as tried: lear of Proeross Worthy Of a Great People. "It has been a year of pros ren altogether worthy of a great people. It does not mean that 10 VEIN garter.. Of existence are ttr ,he ,ower delta, the Yazoo lifted from mankind. It does m. mean mai military esiaonan ients are to be no longer requir ed. An agrement to maintain a Jarity between navies is not an JJreeHient to abolish navies. There fill be a great saving of expend! lure, but it will not be so much Is present costs as In future re- qulrements. These grand reme dial policies which are being adopted are fundamental In prin ciple. They mean that hereafter a larger proportion of human ef fort chu go into productive activ ity. They diminish the material waste of extravagance in govern ment and the spiritual waste of distrist in diplomacy. Liberty has taken increased guarantees. Reason is more firmly entlironed. Hope and faith are revealed more clearly as the great realities. "Ait adequate organisation for administering government relief f war veterans was one of the lint domestic problems, he said, which later wae placed under su pervision of the veterans bureau. "It is easy to realise," he add ed, "what a stupendous task this ork is when it is remembered that there has already been paid to disabled veterans and their de pendent relatives, about a billion and a half dollars and there is soing out of the treasury each day close to a million and & quarter dollars. The government already "as marly 30,000 hospital beds will soon have 35,000, There Me about 29,000 already in hos P'tals who receive besides their wepins and care from $80 to f 15? Wch mouth. "The awards for compensation ronmcr two hundred thousand welt month and the awards for in urance tlver $140,000 while there are 15,000 compensation claims "id 1,200 Insurance claims rC- vV. u"nng ine same time. .W.000 Men. Itro Receiving Uoaal Training. "o are aDout 103, ouu men receiving vocational training most f them under pay and. at a max un tost of $160 each per """in. inere are already In ex "tence 107 hosnita.1 which nro- ' 1S3 employes for each 200 wtient. There are 5,000 schools ea throughout the country for !nn ex-service men and 7,000 jWtuutions for replacement traln- Ji6, aid the "hipping board jiem was "to get the govern ment out of the shipping busl- ,wlth as ""le loss as possible no to provide an American mor "r f".'i ine that American goods f""Bht nt have to be carried to in the ships of competi nd that there might be sut- snips to provide for an ade national defense. There Is Hat tr, ProsPect, he asserted. chai,. "-""'"-ry win nave a mer- mii marine, supported from a rlow,. '"'uwii 01 tne revenue li 1 dipping ana nom ine ii! 3(6 on tlle worthy of .American people. im tr,urUve PC0'imy, Mr. Cool- , irom Shlnnlntr nnA hnM tknn.i.. ' "as been the first ,Uht and thn .hie .(Tnrt rtf Z,rPJ?unt "ministration. To comnu.lha.t: he declared. Is to ae- rh" .""instruction. ...da nas been a. atuiAv ttr' Eurf" "otto interfere in thosej had V.r " anir with which we . no mrect concern." he said. . " 1 1 1 rn.pa , , . . 1! Ponsibllities on our gov "ient for th !., . :. ops, it : 'V"Y-: iwltv. ti.. "nuiy aecnneu, out must k aMort'on that reparations "net be met to th. iimi it. "There ha. vi. !.' ' ' to participate Jn the Oend. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN ESTABLISHED 1868. in niis With Great Tide in River Heavy Rains Pour in the Flooded Area. FARMERSLEAVING HOMES, TRAINS CUT Minor Repairs Being Made to Levees, 24 Hour Guard Maintained. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. March 26. With lit-avy rains reported toda-y throughout the Missouri and Ohio! river valley and additional rainfall in central Mississippi valley ex pected tonight and tomorrow, weather bureau officials stated to night it was impossible to issue a forecast t n the probable rise in the lower Mississippi until the ex tent of Iho rainfall was determin ed. The gauge at Memphis tonight stood at approximately 41.5 with ihe rising river at the rate of about 0.8 foot a day. The crest of the present flood in the Mississippi reached Cairo, 111., last night when tne gause showed 53.6. Rainfall above Cairo is expected to bring another vise within a few days ac cording to weather bureau officials. The cres'. of the present high wa tor is cxr.ectde at Memphis Thurs day night or Friday. Heavy seepage in the levee above Mound City, Ark., early today and a forte of workmen with 15,000 tackg rushed from Memphis. To night, however. It was stated there was no danger of a break. A large force of men are at work on an old leveo spear Peters, Arkansas, where minor trouble has been re ported. Between Hickman. Ivy., and Tlp tonville, Tenn., on the east bank, wiiere the levee is very low the water Is running over the embank ment and spreading out over low lands. No damage of importance has; been reported, although many farmers have been forced to move. A.t Hickman, the water is almost four feef below the top of the levea although the streets of the town are flooded with backwater. Reports from Clarksdale and Greenville, Miss., the headquarters of -the two state levee boards, say that no trouble has developed any where along the state line, engin eers in charge at Greenville have ordered men and boats to various points where they can be in close I ouch viih any situation which may develop. Guards are patroi ing the Mississippi levee at Inter vals of li ve miles. Backwater from the smaller streams nan covermi the highways at many points in the river counties. Owing t the-back and Mississippi valley railroad to day cancelled trains on Severn 1 branches. Thousands of acres of iarm iana in the lowlands south of Vicksburg are under several fee of backwater it is stated. Harry r. Pharr tncineer of th st Fr.n. cis levee board, in charge of the nbankroents on the Arkansas side of the river from the Missouri line to the mouth of the Sr. PVanei. river said tonight that no serious uuuuie nag developed anywhere along the line, although "sanri bolls have anDcarerl at points vhlch have been promptly repaired, some seepage Is oe- luuing or tne Oldtown levee i.unn ci jicicna. he said, and a force of men was kept at work last night strengthening v, i,. at that -mint. tack waters of the St. Francis river aie spreading rapid lv. Mr Pharr said although no seriom damage has been done beyond forcing the residents in the low .and to move and compelling sus pension of work in numerous amall saw mm,, In tnat seotion PUPILS BARRED FROM MOVIES DURING SCHOOL Virginia Authorities Take Steps to Prevent Any Absences WINCHESTER. Va.. March 26. Absences from Winchester public schools at afternoon sessions be came so numerous recently that the school authorities began an in vestigation and described that 84 per cent of the absentees, both boys and girls, wero at movie mat inees. As a consequence the com mon council has drawn an ordl narce forbidding admission of children to anv theatre perform ance before 3;45. The authorities found that in some instances par ents had written excuses for chil dren who attended the matinees and In many others had given per mission for the child to write his own. MRS. YORK IDENTIFIES BODY OF HER Ht'SBAND PITTSBURGH. March 26. Mrs Kathleen York, sged 24, of New York, arrived this morning and identified the body of flier husband, Michael York, whose body was found in a room at a ho tel here yesterday with a bullet hole in the head. Arrangements have been made for sending the body to New York Mrs York has been unable to throw any light on the death of her husband who the coroner de cided, committed suicide She last saw him alive she said, in Cincinnati three weeks ago but had heard from him by long dis tance telephone every day until yesterday ESCAPES STOCKADE BUT ASKS RIDE OP OFFICER MACON. Ga.. March 26. W. G. Ptite. 45, who claims to be a but cher from Detroit, Mich., who es caped from the city stockade last night, walked 30 miles along a main highway, going north, before he stopped an automobile and ask ed for a lift. The driver of the car was a deputy sheriff who rec ognized the clothing worn by Pate as the dingy brown of the stockade Pate was returned here to complete a sentence on a charge cf loitertmg pending an investiga tion of the passing of a number of worthless check! here and in Flor FLOOD SITUATION GROWING SERIOUS DEDICATED ggn BUT-J PciY6&i Eft CHLono FORM xX:-$:Sv$ Executive Body Of State Federation Confers on Sunday Will Meet in Joint Session With Farmers Union Men Today GREENSBORO. March 26. -The executive committee of the North Carolina Federation of Labor met here today, headed by James F. Par rett, of Ashevtlle. president of the organisation, discussing policies In a general way. No action was taken on a questionnaire which it is pro posed to submit to every candidate In the slate in the elections this year. That matter will be taken up at a meeting of th committee o be held in Charlotte Tuesday night. Tomorrow the labor organizations' committee will meet In Joint session here with the executive committee of (he North Carolina Farmers union. It is understood that a ipfrialative policy will be outlined. The two groups win mane pians 10 sfi to gether In matters of public action. AUTOPSY SHOWS WORD'S HEAD Impossible for Him to Have Inflicted Both Wounds on His Head. (tfttitl Carratmienet, The iikerWn Citirm J GASTON I A, March 26. Sunday has brought no new developments i'i the Harry Shu ford death mys tery other than the report of the coroner's jury that the deceased came to his death at the hands of the unknown parties. Every pos sible motive including jealousy, has been examined but none o.f them throw any light on the strange t -aged v. The verdict was reached ifttr hedring the testimony of iihyslclans and witnesses who were present at the post mortem exami iiatitn cf the head of young 8hu ford last night, It was disclosed at this autopsy that Shuford's head was fractured so that It was possi ble to lift the skull completely off without rawing an inch of tho bone. It was shown that the bul let had gone clear through the brain and had lodged underneath 'he skin nr.der the left ear where It was found and removed by physi cians. A small round hole in the skull here marked Its exit. Ex tending from the crushed wound in the front part of the skull to this exit hole was a fracture and the same fracture extended In the op posite direction around the back of his head. Four physicians who at tended end conducted the exami nation declared that it was impos sible for a pistol shot to have caus ed this corf of a fracture. As further :ontradiction of the ory that the pistol shot caused this f.acture is the fact that here are tvo separae and disinct holes in the right temple, one a clean round bullet hole, the other a Jagged, rough cut under which the skull ! crushed. Furthermore, the sui cide theory is discounted by th plain fact that Shuford could not have deal: himself such a lick and then shot himself too. The theory has also been ad vanced tbat his body was brought Into the room after the fatal inju ries had been Inflicted elsewhere. There is 110 evidence of blood stains on the hotel stairs or in Shuford's room to substantiate this theory. There was no blood in the bed except around the head. When found ho was lying as he naturlaly went to sleep except for the fact that the blankets were pulled down tightly over his head. Every possible motive for ths murder has been discussed and weighed by officials, in an effort t- hit upon some clue that might lead to apprehension of the murderer. Funeral and interment took place this afternoon in the pres ence' of a huge crowd from this section of the state. The services were in charge of Rev. A. U Stan ford, pastor of Main Street Meth- odist chtirch, and Dr. J. C. Gallo way, patAor of the First Associated Reformed Presbyterian church, ana uastoma wage number 369. A F. and A. M. Tho floral offerings were Deiiitirui. The pall bearers were J." A. Hun ter, Caldwell Ragan, R. G. Cherry. )eorge A. Gray, Avriett and Rob McLean, ell membera of the Amer lean Leclon. CRUSHED TO THE UP-BUILDING ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING," MARCH 27,1 922 TRYING TO BRIBE! SOMEBODY (By BILLY BORNE) SEAPLANE PILOT. Party Was Many Times Near Rescue, but Ships Always Changed Course. WOMEN DISPLAYED GREATEST COURAGE Husband and Wife Re frained From Leaping to Tljeir Death. MIAMI, Fla March 26.Rob ert Moore, pilot of the lost fly ing boat Mise Miami, in a hos pital tonight, fully recovered from his. delirium, although .still In grave danger oa-tleveloplng pneu monia, gave a graphic account of th scenes attending the death of his five passengers and his own 55 hour battle for life in the gulf stream clinging to the upturned craft. "Please don't allow the people to praise. I have not done any thing deserving praise. I don't want to be criticised, unless just ly.! All I want now is to give tho world at large the facts," he be gun. "We left Miami at 11:04 o'clock last Wednesday morning in the faoo of a stiff northeasterly wind. At 11:41 about three minutes out of Bimini something broke off the propeUor. I lutonmtlcally look ed for a ship or a shoal to land by. I saw a ilshlng smack and volplaned down to the water about a mile away in its course. "I asked the passengers not to be afraid. We were in no Imme diate danger and the craft was drawing near. The winds, how ever, were rising, and before long the full of the boat sprang a leak. The nose of the plane began vis ing, then a big wave came along and lifted us. The plane turnod over and we were all thrown in the sea. "My passengers ' were Mr. and Mrs. August Bulte and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Smith, of Kan sas City; and Mrs. J. 8. Dickson, Of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Hulte came to the surface first, then Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith. Of the three, none could swim. I suc ceeded In getting them to the over turned plane. Mrs. Dickson and Mr, Bulte had not appeared on the surface. Mrs. Bulte made this discovery. Mrs. Bulte Missed Husband From tho Plane. "My God, my husband, Where is he?" she cried. "I told her he would bs all right in a few minutes an1 dived Into the water. I could locate neither bim nor Mrs. Dickson. "Mrs. Bulte began to weep. I dived into the water and obtained cushions from the plane to use for life preservers. The other three passengers were on iho fu silage of the machine. As I re turned to them, I saw the body of Bulte floating. I stppel di rectly in front of Mrs. Bulte and obstructed her view. As the body passed me, I noted a wound ou his forehead. He must have batn killed before he struck thj wicor when the plane overturned. "Within the next 30 minutes the scene changed twioe. On the horiiion we sighted the fishing boat. We began to laugh and contemplate being picked up. I was confident we would bo saved. lrr fact I felt like whistling. I be lieve it did. H keeps up my morale. 'And the Ashing boat changed Its course. "I can't understand In God's world why he did not keep on toward us. He knew I was In tha SocBlKy somewhere for he had seen me come down. ' I could see his name on the boat less than half a mile away as he went on. Why. oh why, did .he not keep toward tis? "The winds rose during the night and the women grew weaker. At least 12 times they were swept away, but I swam out and got them and brought them back. The next day our hopes rose as we saw other boats pass, but none came within a mile and a half of us. I tried to keep up the morale of the others, but one of the women, Mrs. Smith, became ut terly dejected. The other pleaded with her to hold out. "W weathered the storm of Wed nesday night after a terrible expert Can Hue m fit Tim REGAINING MIND TELLS OP HORROR OF WESTERN NORTH Armistice Between Greeks And Turks May Be Agreed To Government and Sublime Port Accept Proffer With Reservations PARIS. March 26. (By The Asso ciated Press. ) The Greek govern ment has accepted the proposal marie by the allied foreign ministers last week for an armistice between the Greeks and Turkish nationalists. The reply to the proposal of the ministers, however, contains technical reservations on the national condi tions. OONSTANTlXOPr.K. March :5.- (V.y The Associated I'ress.i The sub lime porto considered the armistice proposal of the allied foreign minis ters acceptable If the period of three months as the duration of the cessa tion In, hosilitles Is reduced to one month. The government lias advised the Angora government not to reject the proposal. While the Angora government ac cepts the armistice In principle. Its reply to the allies is not expected to be made In less than 10 days. The principal condition In Angora's coun ter proposal will be the evacuation by the Greeks of Thrace, with allied guarantees. Hubert Maxwell Charged With Killing of Fruit land Man. As a result of what is believed to be an existing spirit of Ill-feeling, Georgo W. Garland, of Fruit land, was fatally stabbed Saturday night about 7:30 o'clock in the churchyard of Ebenezer Baptist church, near Hendersonvllle, and Hubert Maxwell, also of that sec tion, Is held charged with the kill ing. He is held without bail In the Henderson county Jail, and was ar rested about 30 minutes after the killing. No statement has been mado by hlin, county officials as sert. the fatal cutting was done with a small knife, with a blade of about two and one-half inches. A cor oners jury yesterday morning, following the inquest held at Hen dersonville, returned the verdict "that Garren came to his death by wounds inflicted by a knife in the hands of Maxwell." William Wall and Melvln Hill arc important witnesses, but neith er actually witnessed the killing, it Is asserted, due to the dark neon that prevailed over the church yard. Hill states, It is asserted, that two or three minutes previous to the killing Maxwell was heard to curse Oarren. According to information fur nished The Citizen last night. Maxwell was in the churchyard when Garren drove up In an auto mobile, and as he alighted from the car the trouble started. On account of the darkness, it could not be seen what either man was doing, witnesses testified, but the two men were seen to run around the automobile, and when they ar rived on the scene Garren was found lying on the ground and it was found that he had been stab bed when he was lifted. A com munity song-fest w-as in progress in the church, it is stated. It was learned last night that Garren was engaged to Miss Mllda Gulce, of Hendersonvllle, and Max well had been visiting her sister, but the young lady's father dis couraged his attention and he had an ill-feeling toward Garren, it is stated. Garren was 28 years of age and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Oar ren, of Frultland. He was en gaged in farming with his father and, It was stated last night, had an excellent reputation and was well thought of in Henderson county. The Oarren family is prominent in the Frultland sec tion. Maxwell Is about the same age, it Is stated, and operates a farm In the ridge section. His parents recently moved west, and he re mained In this section, continuing GEORGE GARDEN STABBED SATURDAY NIGRT to operate tne farm. CAROLINA" CAPITAL BEING STARVED OOTISGLIIMED Position Taken by Labor Leader in New England Textile Mill Strike. MORE OPERATIVES TO STRIKE TODAY 20 Per Cent Cut in Law rence Mill Wages Causes Further Walkout. NEW YORK. March 26 Charges that "New England cotton null owners arc driving away and starving out tln human capital on which the Industry rests." in at tempting to enforce wage reduc tions, wore made here tonight hv Russell Palmer, secretary of the Amalgamatl Textile Workers of America. Wages in the northern cotton mills, even before the present cuts, he stated were lower than those In many other Industry in the entire country, except hosiery and knit rflds. Hp declared the yearly cumings of male, nkilled cotton operatives in the north averaged $1,085.44 before the recent cut without allowing for anv unem ployment whatever whereas "the minimum subsistence level" based on a study by the national confer ence board, an employers organi zation, at fall Flhvr In I.U9 and taking Into account present prices wan SI. 109. 04. "This means" he added, "that wife and children ns well as hus band must work In the mills in or der to keep body and foul togeth er. Comparing cotton wages in the north and south, Mr. Palmer quot ed W. I). Adams, secretary and treasurer of the American Cotton Manufacturers' a.ssorUtlon, to the effect that 36 per cent must be added to southern wages to ac count for housing facilities pro vided in the south. With this ad dition Mr. I"almer said, southern wages were actually six to 20 per cent higher than those in the north after the recent cuts. NEW ENGLAND'S TEXTILE 8TIMKE GAIMNO GROUND BOSTON. March 26. The New Englanl textile strike situation takes on t new angle this week with Its extension to the import ant cotton unit woolen mill center of Lawrence. Peven mills In that city have announced a 20 per cent reduction effective tomorrow and some of the operatives have de clared a strike. Anther mill has arnour.etd an Indefinite shut down beginning tomorrow and the lAWi-etice te.Ulte council has de clared this to be in the nature of a lockout. The big mills of the American Woolen company have not Joined In the wage cutting. The largest plant affected is the Pacific mills employing some 10, 000 ope: atlves. The six others at which wages are reduced employ j. total of about 3.000. The wool sorters nifllinted with the United Textile Workers of America, and Irst to declare a strike are plan ning to picket the Pacific and Ev erett mills tomorrow. The strike situation in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, where thousands of operators have been Idle for many weeks ap pears to be deadlocked. The special state board of med litlon and conciliation in Rhode Island has been dissolved after sev eral futile attempts of wages and working hours. Efforts to arrange conference between strike leaders - nd manufacturers in New Hamp snire have failed. Minor striks a.e in elici t at Lowell and Fitch burg, Mjsh. The declaration that he strike in ew England mills "will go to the 'Imit to see whether the stock holders, by refusing to cut fat div idends can force workers to reduce 'nelr meagre wages" was made by Thomas F. McMahon prseldent of the United Textile Workers of America, today. Mr. McMahon was in the city on his way from Rhode Island to strike conlors of northcra New England. MeMaJion Talks on the Strike Situation Citing the case of the Patifio mills at Lawrence he said: "The strike against the Pacific mills which begins tomorrow .nornin? would never have been called If the company had treated )ts workers with a degree of Justice which would stand comparison with the .lompany's generosity to its stockholders. In 1921. a year cf depression, the Pacific mills paid to its slock holders enough to have given every one of its 10,000 em ployees a 25 per cent wage in crease instead of the 20 per cent cut they are trying to force upon us. This company nald out 12.400.- 000 In dividends in 1921 and con tinued the same rate of dividends In the first quarter of 1923. Thev are paying 12 per cent a year on tiieir capitalization. In spite of the fact that the cspitaliration was In creased in 1919 by S5.000.000 in stock dividends a 33 1-3 per cent increase. They have a surplus of over S14,000,000 enougli to pay the entiro wages of these onerativs for a year without a penny of oth er Income and at the end of the year they would have a surplus remaining equal to more than 25 per cent of their capitalisation. "In 1(121 the Paclfln mills made a profit of over eight contu on ev ery dollar of their sales, not much aetow tt.cir averago profit for the war years. "The trouble with the textile In dustry or New Kngland is that -It haat capitalized t huge war profits by stock dividends. Now with sates siack. the mills determine lo Increase the margin of profit on liielr product so that dividends as big us In the war years can be paid. "The figures which I have given will stand the most rigid test for accuracy. They were secured for the United Textile Workers in the course of an investigation of the Industry which we are having made for us by the Labor Bureau, Inc.. of New York and Boston." KANSAS NON-PARTISAN HEAD WILL QUIT F.VrtQO. N. D.. March it. (By the Awwataiftd press.) a. v. Townlev to day announced he would present his resignation as president of the state NoTi-Partlsan leeirue to the meeting of the Minnesota ntfanisatlon In Minneapolis Marcdi 31. HUMAN i I PRICE FIVE CENTS. Tentative Scheme On Merger Of Railways In Southeast Drawn Auckland Bishop To Be Prosecuted For Irish Speech Alleged to Have Denounced British Troops in Ire land as "Foreigners" WKLUNCTON. N. Z. March ?6 The government hA dil'lto pnseciite Monsignor l.iMon, Cath olic hllnT of Auckland, on a ch a rice of having made seditlniM uticrances during- a recent speech. It Is n.U'ged that he rtcnounved th Itritiah tnxps in Irclarul as "fir lgn trootw." Monslgnor liiston at the linn was glorifying the eastern relicl lion In Ireland and Is mid to hav declared that the Irish were mar tyre and "proud to die fur their country, murdered by foreign troops." Strong protests were made hv newspapers airalnst the speech. OF BONUS DILL Does Not Want Republi cans to Pass the Buck -Says It's a Fraud. WilHIKIITON Sr.RIAfl TIS iHlTll.I.l ClTtll WASHINGTON, March 26. If the republicans think they are go ing to ditch the bonus bill in the senate, they are reckoning without Senator Simmons, the minority leader of the finance committee. It Is rumored under cover here that republicans are going to "throw" the Fordncy bill and then charge the defeat of the bonus up to the democrats. Just how this is to be done is not Indicated. Senator Simmons and other dem ocratlc leaders are In no mood to let the republicans blame them with the failure, of this legislation. They will see that It is passed on to the President. They hold the balance of power and can work with the bonus republicans, and that Is what they Intend to do. "The President," said Senator Simmons, "must pass on this legis lation. He has stated his views and the house leaders disregarded them. Now wo wjll see what his final stand la. It has been report ed about the rapltol tbat once the bonus went through the house it would be smothered In the senate, as It was before, when the Presi dent sought postponement of ac tion. This was the opinion of many representatives who voted for It. The bill is a fraud and holds out false hopes, but it can be amended and aassed." Senator Simmons is In fighting trim and will devote time and pa tience to this legislation. He re sents the underground purpose of the republicans and , will expose their' hand It he can. GIRL IS CONVICTED OF LENDING PRISONER AID Sliumakfr Says She Did Not Know Saw Was in Bos With Bananas. GREENSBORO, Marcll 26. Miss Katie Teague. 16 years old, was fined $25 and the costs In municipal court at High Point Saturday on a charge of aiding M. D. Shumaker, IS, to attempt to escape from the High Folpc city Jail. Her attorney, T. .T. Gold, ap pealed the case to Guilford coun ty superior court. Shumaker testified th'it the girl did not know that a sack of ba nanas she passed through tho bars to him while visiting him last Bunday afternoon contained a hack saw, with which he was found a few hours later sawing his way out. He stated that a boy whose name he refused to divulge, put tho saw In the sa k without the girl's knowledge. CHARLOTTE BAPTISTS FORM NEW CHURCH ORGANIZATION (IpnHl Ctntttnirtif Tht Aihnllli CiUtm I CHARLOTTE, March 26. Bap tists in Elizabeth Heights, Myers park and Piedmont, park, today organised a now Baptist church, the building to be on Hawthorne Lane. It will be known as St. John's Baptist church. Trustees elected were J. A. Durham, Loyd C. Withers, V. J. Quthrey and J. P. Hackney. John L, Dabbs was elected su perintendent of Sunday school. The church starts with member ship of 300 or more. 1 RAINS DISCONTINUED IN MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY VICKSBURO. Miss.. March 26. With a t-teady rainfall last nlRht and scattered showers throughout the day the flood situation In this district became worae, today. The Miige i'i the Mississippi river to light wis slightly over 44 feet. 1 rise of iipproximatcly one-'.alf a toot dii.-'ng the past, 24 hours, Officer;; of the third river ili' trlct are making constant Inspei -tlon of ti.e levees and guards have been placed on duty day and night. Train .n the Kelso branch of the Tazoo nail Mississippi Vallej railroad were discontinued today on areount. of hlsh water near Sil ver Creek FIRE AT MERIDIAN BASEBALL PARK MERIDIAN, Miss.. March 26. The grandstand and bleachers of the Mississippi-Alabama fair grounds, where the games of the Cotton Ptates Baseball league will be played this year, were destroyed by (Ire today. Club officials an nounce they will be rebuilt before the opening of the season. Tern-' porary stands will be erected, it was said, for the exhibition game to be played next Thursday be tween the New York Glnita and Memphis Southern team, and an other game on Friday between the unicago wmte box and Meridian. SUNS WOULD AVOID DITCHING rk PAGES Z TODAY HEARINGS TO OPEN APRIL 24 Railroads ol Southeast Are First to Come up for Consideration. SEABOARD AIR LINE MAY FORM NUCLEUS Economy, With Corapeti tive Life Is Goal of Legislators. wiiaisaTos sos TVS AftSSTltia CrT'lSN tar n a. c. inn WASHINGTON. March 26. The first move toward consolidating "the railway properties of the United States Into a limited num ber of systems" has been taken by the interstate commerce commis sion, which has issued a call for a hearing on that subject for April 24. The roads of the southeaster t region will start the bull going - tentative plan has been formulat ed and will be used as a working basis. The United States statute con templates consolidation vlnto one corporation for the ownership, management and operation of the properties theretofore In separate ownership, management and oper atlon." "This," the commission esserts, "would seem to exclude from oon; sidcratlcn general projects or pro, poeala based in whole or In sub-. stantial part on contemplated run nluf rights, trackage agreements and the like, or "on new coiistru tlon." ' The requirements with which ths commission must comply in pre paring a plan for consolidation rei; (I) Competition musts be pre served as fully as possible; 12) Existing routes and chan nels of trade and commerce must bo maintained: (3) Subject to (1) and (2), th . several systems must be so ar ranged that the cost of transporta tion as between competitive sys tems and as related to the values of the properties through which " the service i rendered shall bn 1 the same, so far as practicable, so that the systems can employ uni form rates in th movement of . competitive traffic and under effi cient management earn substan tially the same rate of return upon the value of their respective rail- ' way properties. , . Tentative Merger Plan As Now Formulated The commission found for the purposes of its tentative plan that the railway propertes of the south eastern region may be consolidat ed into the following systems: "System No. 10 Southern: The Southern, Alabama Great South ern, Georgia, Southern and Flor ida, Mobile and Ohio, Southern railway in Mississippi, Northern AL'inama, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, New Orleans Great Northern, Alabama and Vicksburg. "System No. 11 Atlantic Coast Line-Louisville and Nashville: At lantic Coast Line, Atlanta and West Point, Charleston and West ern Carolina. Louisville and Nash ville, Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis, Loulsvillo. Henderson and St.1 Louis, Western Railway ot Alabama. Richmond, Fredericks burg snd Potomac, Norfolk South- , ern, Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic, WlnBton-Salem Southbound, Roanoke to Winston-Salem branch of Norfolk and Western, Florida East Coast, Carolina. Clinchfleld and Ohio, Georgia and Florida, Gulf, Mobile and Northern. "System No. 12 Illinois Contral Seaboard: Illinois Central, Yazoo and Mississippi Valley. Central of Georgia, Seaboard Air Line, Lynch burg to Durham brunch of Norfolk and Western, Gulf and Ship Island, Tennessee Central, Carolina, Clinch firld and Ohio." Professor Ripley, who worked out these systems, has made spo-, rial recommendations. He recom mends that the Richmond, Freder rksbi f and Potomac and the Flor ida Gain Coast retain their present status without lnctuslnn In any sys tem. The Carolina. Clinchfleld and Ohio may he Included in either No. 10 or No. 12. Professor Rip ley recommends that a separate, system bo built about the Seaboard Air Line. The law provides that "the com mission alinll as goon as practicable1 prepare and adopt a plan for tho, consolidation of the railway prop erties of the continental United States into limited number of systems. In the division of such rail ways Into such systems under such, a plan, competition shall bo pre served as fully as "ssib!o und wherever practicable tho existing routes and channels of trade and coiiiiuenc shall he maintained. Kuhjcc t tn tlie forecrolnp requirement-, tin. xeverlal systems shall be o arranged tluit the cost of trans portation as between oumpeUtive sytenis ,iml ;is related to the val ues of tin- properties through whii h the service i- icndereil shall be the smiie. so f.u- as praticable. so tlint these systems can employ uniform rates in the movement of C'oinpetit ivo traffic and under effi cient ma niisi'iiient. earn substan tially the (cime rate of return u;ioi' the value of tlteir icspcetiv n:l way properties " "The tentative pl.v " the com mission s;is. "was put forwacd In order to elicit a full lecid unon which the plan to be ultimately adopted can rest, and without pre judgment of any matter which mai be presented upon that record." ROSTOV UNION WANTS NEW IABOR T.VRTV BOSTON. March 2 6. A resolu tion favoring the creation of a. po litical party under tho Iwuilerehlp and control of the American Fed eration of Labor was adopted hy members of Boston local 13, of the International Typogrspi-ih.al union, today. ARE MERGER PAN 1 "i I1' A hi Iff 1 p it Hi j 1 . t " UCmiimmtd m rut Tm . 'I 4- '
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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