WEATHER
d iauth Carolina Cloudy
'JtiST probably showers; .mild
it"1
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
ESTABLISHED 1868.
-DEPJTO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
)sissippi Is Still
sing But Engineers
kHeve Levees Safe
HE PATROL
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 28, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PAGES
I O TODAY
YES, THE "LIVE AT HOME" CAMPAIGN IS ON
EMERGENCY
j Stage Exceeding
feet at mempnis
-j More Bains.
IT ANTICIPATE
JAL OVERFLOW
Embankments
I Along River for
Ser 1,600 Miles.
IS, March 27. With a
i river stage exceeding
n Memphis and 62 feet at
Art, predicted before the
hi week, government ana
miners tonight expressed
((that the levees south of
jlitand nil trie strain ana
,urious break la looked for,
I water now in sight be
airo and Memphis.
jjoMible preparation for
ifj. has been nude by both
jind stale authorities and
jgineers nave settled down
irlod. of watchful waiting,
ire patrolling practically
d ot 'evpe between Carlo
M on both sides of the
lineera have been assigned
atlons at points where
i remote probability that
my develop, thousands of
a have been distributed to
: points where they can be
triers a dangerous sltua
ir develop within a few
y forces of workmen are
bke assigned to wherever
iir at Memphis tonight
ainroxtmately 41.6 on the
Ld la expected to top the
mark before morning at
tent rate of rise. ah
Ii still stationary, but with
Ini, according to weather
officials that the neay
i ih(. central valley may
illght rise there before to
night, which may continue
ksl davs. A further rise in
0 js also exported due to
id tonsiderabio water is
from out of the Cumber
1 Tennessee rivers. A eon
t rise at St. Louis was also
!it night and today.
Ydlrtions
Heavj Rains
i tevtsed prediction for a
Wding 43 feet at Jlem
Mssued this noon aftei: re-
i'heavy rains In the central
hpt, Ohio and Mlsourl vul-
been reported.
id from nil parts of the
hte,m south of Cairo to
il that all are- noiaing saie-
that there are no lmma-
urious troubbs anywhere,
md sand bolls are ef fre-
xurrenco all along the line
1 the adequate patrol sys
lorce these minor troubles
f located and repairs are
tore the seepage spreads;
!J. Tharr, chief of tho bt.
levee board, in charge of
W of embankment eitend-
the Missouri sUte line to
;h of the St. Francis river,
mied a bulletin declaring
tats from every point of
torict received tonlgni
that the levee was in
ondilion and ablo tp
Ma singe of 43.5 at Mem-
Ihout injury at any point.
htln nredlcts that the stage
twill reach that of 1916,
i that with, the exception
ft distance, at the extreme
lend, all levees in the dis-
f been raised to withstand
of 4S feet at Memphis.
kat Ttfvoo
jtej Fear
warnings that unusually
iter would send the MM-
rtver beyond the flood
Ka lower reaches gave the
ef the lower Mississippi
bmparatlvcly little concern
rag. Ten yeHrs ago such a
by the weather bureau
have caused immediate
lions for an Inevitable gen-
rflow over an area of
yof pilars miles. The
of fear this year Is due to
at levee or embankment
phich has been completed
W few years to hold the
Pi to its flood way.
endneers aav that the
ong both sides of the Mis-
'rom i lie mouth of the
the (iiiif of Mexico are
fittrurtPd to such dimen-
pt they will hold the river
puld it En four' or five feet
ban it. ever has cone.
I'ay there is but one point
ftltlre si stem toward which
f anxkty is felt and this
!t the embankments will
Hood si.ign this year equal
Ifecord hlch water of 1913.
lena, Ark., some 60 miles
from Memphis, a short
ffX been completed to
jfdiiiinsions. Elsewhere,
Places where construction
faratlvely new. . the huge
Dents have settled and are
""Ugh to -withstand far
'twwre than the Mlssls-
her most terrlffio ram-
vf has displayed.
even llmin ino river
F have been rnmnil.il ilat.
f t0 1S72, has the Missis-
over the 40-foot mark
;mphis guage. The flood
"M stage is as feet. The
fiuge erS ay' reslit
Nous Onrfin-,
Id In iqi
rrea WaS Inundated and
wage done hy flood water
" w hen the river climbed
O'lprccedented height of
-Veninhta biib v. i. tu.t
Wcvrr. the lav..
ciiiMirt m Pw Bitit
Moonshiners Order
Deputy to Return
Still He Captured
One Man Shot In Running !
trim name Following
the Request
MURPHV, Mar. 27 When three
well-armed alleged moonshiners
came down from the mountains
and visited the home of Deputy
Sheriff John MiX'lure. of clay
county Friday afternonn, deinanri'
ing the return of a still cauired
by the deputy the previous day In
a raid, a free-for-all fight ensued,
followed by a running gun battle,
in which the deputy received sev
eral scratches, and one or the
three alleged moonshiners, named
Martin, was shot through the palm
of the hand.
Martin is held In the county Jail
on several chajses, and Deputy
Sheriff McCIure yet has the still in
his possession. The other two fled
to the mountains, where they are
now hiding.
Arthur rassmoro. nd .his son,
according to the officers, were
Jointly operating a still on thy
headquarters of Shooting Creek.
Deputy Sheriff McCIure and a par
ty of raiders discovered the outfit,
and brought it in to be cut to
pieces
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Wacific Treaty Not
I CLUB IS! 7 In nl 11 Jo Innnnooo
Homeland Is Adopted
El
Tentative Plans Call for
Nine-Hole Addition
to Golf Course.
ENGLAND
IN
CONTIISTIE
Walkout Monday In-1
eludes 7,500 Operatives
in Seven Big Mills.
LATVTtENCE, Mass., March 27.
Seven thousand five hundred
textile operatives in seven cotton
mills here left their work without
disorder today In protest against
a wage reduction approximating
20 per cent. An additional 7,000
workers were idle as the. result
of a shut down of the Arlington
mills. The strike marked the
spread to this textile cer.ter of
the controversies that have tied
up the cotton Industry in Rhode
Island and New Hampshire for
setae raf weeks.
Organizers of the United Tex
tile Workers of America, who
took charge of the situation today
said 80 per cent of the workers
were out and that the results had
been far beyond their expecta
tions in view f the fact that a
week ago the operatives were only
loosely organized. Leaders of the
one big union, which also is in
terested in the, strike, claimed
their organization had gained
strength.
Ben Legere, a" member of the
union's executive board, at a con
ference late today with Francis
Gorman and John J. Dean, orga7
nizcrs of the United Textile Work
ers, made the suggestion that the
two unions combine for the pur
pose of conducting the strike here.
Gorman and Dean . said they
thought favorably of the proposi
tion and would submit it at once
to President Thomas F. McMa
hon, of the U. T. W and the exec
utive board.
Owners Say 1nrgest Mill
Will lie -open Today.
Tho mill owners also expressed
satisfaction with the situation and
said they had expected the walk
out to assume larger proportions.
Officials of the Pacific mills, the
largest of the plants affected, said
the mills would re-open tomor
row, the Everett Mills will also
open, it was announced
Only one plant was forced to
close today. The Methuen com
nanv. at Methuen, Just over from
Lawrence, suspended operations
when no workers reported. .At the
other six plants the looms were
run with reduced forces.
Union leaders announced that
a program of active picketing
would be put into effect tomorrow.
Many pickets were nut today but
they seemed to take tneir dunes
In holiday spirit ana contentea
themselves with shouting at work
ers to leave the mills, rather than
accosting them as they entered.
The Pacific mills lost large num
bers of the operatives after the
last whistle had blown this
morning. Minor walkouts . were
numerous in all the mills through
out the day.
Four hundred employes of the
Arcadia mills met this afternoon
and organised the cotton workers
union. Their leaders said they
would apply for a charter in the
United Textile Workers,
'. John P. Mercer, agent of the
Arlington mills, which closed
down because of conditions In the
industry said that no plans were
nfoot for re-opening their plant.
He said there had been no
thought of a wage cut when the
mills resumed operations.
The city council voted to post
pone the celebration of Law
rence's 75 th anniversary which
was to have been held on April 19.
Several meetings were held to
day under the auspices of both
the United Textile Workers and
the one big union
Triple Alliance For Political
Purposes Formed By Farmers9
Union and Labor Organizations
Admiral of Prohibition!
Navy Is Sighted for
the First Time. !
FCBIilCXT KEPRIMANI
GREENVILLE COUNCILMAN
OREENVILLE, 8. C, March 27
For the first time In the recent
history of Greenville, a member of
the city council was tonight repri
manded by the council its regu
lar session, for making public pro
eeedlnirs of the council at a receiit
executive session. In t lengthy
resolution read and adopted.
Alderman W. N. Dodd is declared
to be "hereby publicly reprimand
ed for his conduct which was so
unworthy of a member of this
council."
HAVANA, March 27. The es
tablishment of a bureau in Havana
by Amerli-an. prohibition enforce-!
ment authorities probably will be;
recommended by Colonel I,. C. ,
Nutt, who with sfx Internal rev-i
entie agents, arrived In Havana,
Saturday night. It is said the visit1
or Colonel IS'utt is connected with'
a proposed drive by tho American i
authorities against alleged ship
ments from Cuba of liquor and
narcotics.
The situation is reported to have'
bcn considered In recent confer
ences between President Zayaa
and Philander Cable, the Ameri
can charge d'affaires, -and MaJor
General E. H. Crowder and also
between Colonel Nutt and the
American consul genera), C. D.
Surst. On the completion of the In
quiry here It is said Colonel Nutt
and his aides will visit other is
lands of the West Indies, particu
larly the Bahamas.
Colonel Nutt .had nothing to say
today in connection with reports
that Cuba had been the base of
operations for New York, Florida
and New Orleans smuggling rings.
Germany Declines
Allied Terms For
Financial Control
BERLIN, Mar. 27. (By The
Associated Press) Chancellor
Wirth told the premiers of the
federated states and reichstag
leaders, representing the ma
jority socialists, democrats cleri
cals and the German people's
party today that the German
government would inform tho
allied reparations commission
that the 60.JOO.000.000 murks
tai levy was not feaslahle ana
that financial control of Ger
many as stipulated In Its note
of last week also must be de
ellned.
Bold Offensive in the
Coming Elections
Is Promised.
EXECUTIVES FAVOR
POLITICAL ACTION
Notwithstanding Re
quests From Home Not
to Form Alliance.
FIRS
T
ASSAULT
BUDGETSYSTEM IS
HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO
GO TO CUBA IF NEEDED
WASHINGTON, March 27.
Prohibition officials here declared
tonight they had not been officially
advised of Colonel Nutt's vlwit to
Cuba but Haid ho had full authority
to go there in case he felt such a
step advisable In connection with
his assignment to prohibition work
along the south Atlantic coast.
He had conducted an intensive
clean-up campaign for several
weeks in Florida before going to
Havana and probably will even
tually return to, his headquarters
at Miami.
LIEUTENANT JACK SOLE
PIREOTOU HOI CHASERS
WASHINGTON, March 27.
(By The Associated Press.) Lieu
tenant "Jack," admiral of the re
cently organized prohibition navy
was sighted today for the first time
since his connection with the new
rum chaser fleet became known.
The coastguard officer has been
keeping his masthead well below
the publicity horizon and denying
himself to photograhpers and In
terviewers until it was whispered
that he was something of a myth
".ike the flying Dutchman and other
mysterious frequenters of the deep.'
However, Lieutenant It. L. Jack,
of the coastguard, proved to be
very real, standing well over 'x
feet in his uniform which Is
adorned by two service ribbons and
apparently .tipping the scales above
the 200 mark.
Acting under express and strict
orders from his prohibition ccm
mander, Lieutenant ,'ack declared
that he could say nothing what
ever concerning his connection
with the new dry law enforcement
force. Ho smiled cheerfully in re
sponse to a volley of questions as
to his new duties but cbeyed his
orders to the letter.
Coastguard officials declared
that Lieutenant Jack was assigned
to the prohibition unit as Hilbon
officer for the sub-chasers being
loaned by the coastguard because
of his long experience wltn all
tvnes of small boats and his fa
miliarity with the Atlantic . coast
waters and the streams emptying
Into the sea. His advice, it was
stated would enable the establish
ment of the rum patrsl 'and a
strategic disposition of the sub
chasers.
According to high prohibition
o'ficlals. Lieutenant Jack , is to
have general charge of the fleet
of rum chasers, which are still the
property of the coastguard, and
will have general direction of their
operation from wasnington, wont
ing under 'orders of the prohibition
high command.
' MRS. QUILLEX PEAJ
GREENVILLE, 8. C, March 27.
Mrs. Donnie A. Quillen, 39, wife
of Robert Quillen, noted magazine
and newspaper writer, died to
night at a local hospital, ot pneu
monla.
EROAfl THE HOUSE
Add Fifteen Million to
Appropriations for Riv
ers and Harbors.
WASHINGTON. March 27.
Disregarding recommendations of
the budget bureau and of the ap
propriations committee, th house
today by a three to one vote added
$15,000,000 to the amount carried
in the army appropriation bill for
river and harbor improvements.
An amendment to increase the
lump sum allotment from $27,635,-
260 to 42,815,661 was adopted by
a vote of 158 to 54 after three
hours of acrimonious debate dur
ing which 40 members aired their
views. The vote on the amendment
was along sectional rather than
party lines, republicans splitting
on the proposal while most of tho
democrats favored It.
The discussion was so protracted
that a final vote on the bill could
not 'be reached today. The measure
probably will come to a final vote
tomorrow.
The phrase "pork barrel legis
lation" frequently was injected in
to the debate which had all the
earmarks of congressional wrangles
ot former years over river and
harbors appropriations.
To Continue Projects
Already Authorized
The amount originally recom
mended In the bill was slightly in
excess of the sum approved by tho
budget bureau while the total pro
posed was the amount requested
by the chief of army engineers, in
charge of the improvement. Car
ried as a lump sum with the
amount to bo expended on v. :
ous projects not specified, the ap
propriation would be apportioned
by the army engineering corps to
continue work during the coming
fiscal year on projects already au
thorized. f?1
Representative Stdndell char
acterized the movement to in
crease the appropriation as the
"first assault on the budget sys
tem." and as a "raid on the treas
ury." Mr. Burton contended action
of the house in approving the in
crease showed the mistake of
making lump sum appropriations.
Such a system he added, csubed
members to combine In support of
large sums so that projects in their
districts would be taken care of.
Mr. Mann declared that oppon
ents of the hill made It appear that
"a band of rascals" were attempt
ing to raid the treasury. A num
ber of representatives who ap
proved the increase advanced the
argument that Improvement of In
land waterways would allow farm
ers and manufacturers in the In
terior to move their products by
water more cneaply than they now
can do so by railroad. ..
(SpufMl Cttrapmitnrt. T Alnlli Cilcem ,
GREFNSl-iOUO, March 27. A
triple alliance for political pur
pose was formed here today by
representatives of the North Car
olina Farmers' union, the North
Carolina Federation ef Labor and
the state Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Enginemen and Firemen. It
wljl, according to the mon who
formed the alliance, adopt a bold
Offensive.
Following the establishment of
a working agreement, a meeting
wan held late this afternoon and
the rough draft of a questionnaire
for candidates was prepared and
a legislative program partly out
lined. The finishing touches will
be put on at a meeting to be held
in Charlocta tomorrow night, and
the new triple alliance will be
ready for battle.
R. W. K. Stone, president of the
farmers' union; James F. Barrett,
head of tho federation of labor;
and J. E. Bumgardner, of the
railroad brotherhood, were the
leading spirits in the work done
here today. They were heHelged,
they aald, by letters and telegrams
not to form an alliance for polit
ical purposes, but they decided
that is the only way to get any
where la the economic field. The
executive committees of the or
ganizations were practically solid
for political action.
To Oppose the Sale of
N. C. lUilroail
Opposition to the sale of the
North Carolina railroad and the
bidding of another Into Tarn Bow
ie's "lost provinces" will be form
ally decided upon at the Charlotte
moeting, one of the leaders said to
night. The publication well in ad
vance of all proposed legislation is
another object. The adoption of
new text books will be condemned.
A demand will be made for the
Australian ballot. A stand as to
the proposed consolidation of the
University. State College and North
Carolina College for Women has
not yet been decided upon.
The spokesmen for tne three
organizations wro highly elated
tonight over their success of get
ting together.
CLUBHOUSE MAY BE
ENTIRELY REBUILT
Board of Governors Will
Meet Thursday for
Business Session.
flam for enUrglnj: the golf
'course and club h'Miu of the
AM.cvilIe Coimtiv club will have
to lie made, in vi.-w of the gradual
;ncre.M' in membership and the
vniting liyf. and will probably be
discussed :it The meeilng ot the
board of governors Thursday, it
"" stated last night by lr. T. 1'.
Cheesbnrough, rhalrniat'. j
Officials, it i understood, have
been in communication wit ii IV.
W. Grove, who owns valuable
i property north of the present 1S-
hole course, with the view of niac
ins use of this property for a nine-liol,-
addition iu the course. Ur.
Grow, il is staled, looks with fa
vor oa the proposal mid will prob
ably discuss iho plan with t he
board of governors of the Country
club when he returns to Asheville
wltlitn tho next few weeks.
In discussing probable plans and
locations for the club house, an
official stated last night Hint the
present location is considered as
most desirable, and from present
indications, it ilia decided to have
larger quarters, the present build
ing will be rebuilt on a larger
scale.
Increase Interest In
the Ancient Game
It is stated that mnnv interested
In the Country club are of the
opinion thai the Lilt morn Forest
Country club, w hen completed, will
serve to aid In solving the prob
lem of handling the many golfers,
but others. It is asserted, feel that
the new club will nn'y servo to
attract more golfers to Asheville
and 'nrrease interest In tho ancient
Xcotilih game.
The board of governors ot th
Asheville Country club are: Dr.
T. 1'. Che?sborouh. chairman;
Charles A. Webb. Stanley Howland.
C. Rankin, Dr. F. L. Hunt. c. K.
Rudd, vice chairman; Dr. C. S.
.liiljn. Dr. J. A. Sinclair and W.
U. Campbell.
The golf course, it asserted, is
practically crowded every day rind
the same condition exists in the
club house The solution ot llio
problem will be to enlarge both,
and It is expected that discussion
of tho matter at the mooting of
the board ot governors Thursday
will tend to point the way to
definite action.
John Sprunt Hill, of Durham,
presldont of the Home Havings
Hank and the Durham Loan and
Trust comp.ay. who- was In Ashe
ville during tho past week for a
short vacation, In an in'erview
with a representative of Tho Citi
zen, cited the advantages thai
would result from an enlargement
of the present course of the Coun
try iub, stating that It was the
only method by which increased
numbers of goiters could be attracted.
Plan Establishment
Of an Air Route to
Panama Canal Zone
Weeks Regards Canal Zone
and Hawaii Moat Import
ant Army Post it
WASHINGTON. Match 27. -
Plans for early establishment of an
air route to the Pnmima canal zone
as a measure of national defense
are being made bv the war depart
ment. Secretary Weeks announced
today. When landing places have
bi en surveyed and selected, he
said, army planes will be sent to
the zone under their own power.
"I regard the canal zone and
Hawaii as ihe two most Important
posts the army has" Mr. Weeks
said.
The secretary said he had re
peatedly told congressional com
muters that be would not be re
sponsible for any reduction In Mm
garrisons ef these posts as was
proposed by the house appropria
tions (ommitlee as an economy
measure In framing the army ap
propriation hill.
"In fact," Mr Weeks continued.
"I believe it Is the unanimous
cpiuton of the army that both gar
risons should be increased."
CONFER
IS NOT
TO HEAR PURELY
Ksn
S
0
WILL
FERENGE
DECIDE FUTURE OF
WEIRVIIiELI
Lakeview Development Is
Awaiting Decision on
Car System.
WOMEN OF STATE BAPTIST
MISSIONARY UNION MEET
Six Hundred Gather in Charlotte
For 32nd Annual Meeting.
(BptfUl Cnrtupmimei, Tht AftfiUi CHUm)
CHARLOTTE. March 27 Ful
ly 600 women are expected to at
tend the 32nd annual convention
of the North Carolina Baptist Wo
men's Missionary union, which
opens Tuesday night in the First
Baptist .church here. For tho
first time In 1 9 years t'n BaptlM
women of North Carolina will
gather in Charlotte.
Dr. Charles E. Maddry, of Ral
eigh, iorresponding secretary of
the Baptist state convention will
deliver the opening sermon Tues
day night. Dr. Luther Little, pas
tor of First Baptist church, will
preside at the meeting and the
devotional service will be In charge
of Rev. h. R. Prtiette, pastor of
Ninth Avenue Baptist church.
TUFTS INTEIIEKTED WITH
ALEXANDER IN MAYVIEW
To Build $200,000 Hotel at Blow
ing Rock. Bids Open Today.
(Kpentt rrrfpmtdm, The Ailrrill Citiatn )
CHARLOTTE, March 27.
John T. Blythe, of Blythe and
Ienhour. will go to Blowing Rock
Tuesday to bid on plans for a new
$200,000, hotel which Walter H.
Alexander, of this city, will erect
!n association with outside capital
n his development of Mayvlew.
Leonard Tufts, developer of I'lne
hurst, Is understood to have be
come financially Interested with
Mr. Alexander In plans for a fur
ther extension of the development
of Mayvlew.
State and federal Inspection of
the Hornets Nest riflemen, Char
lotte company of National Guard
i-ifantry, tkes place Tuesday night,
alter which a banquet will bo held
at the chamber of commerce.
Colonel V R, Day, of the regular
army; Adjutant General .1. Van B.
Metts, and Major Thomas Guthrie,
Inspector general of the North
'.'arolina National Guard, will In
spect the local company. During
t ie day. Colonel Day will inspect
the papfrs and records ot the outfit.
BLAIR NOT IN ROW WITH
DOVER. AND WONT RESIGN
North Carollnlin Denies Story
jiuraonng itcsignatum
ALLEGE SWIFT DROVE HIS
CAR WHILE DRINKING
CHICAGO. March 27,luis F,
Swift, Jr.. son of the. meat, packer,
today was free on 'hond, but
scheduled to wr Friday before
the police magistrate of Evanston
on a charge of driving an automo
bile while intoxloated. Mr, Bwlft
was arrested yesterday, after his
automobile had collided with an
other car. and was held four hours
at the Evanston police station, un
til his brother William appeared
and furnished bond.
Mr. Swift denied the charge of
Intoxication. He explained that
the accident, was unavoidable, due
tsut Hppery pavement,
waisisotok amurr
t iiniTiu, oiTim
Br ii. a. o. buv AST)
WASHINGTON, March 27. Da
vid H. Blair, commissioner of In
ternal revenue, denied tonight that
he Is in any row wilth Elmer
Dover, assistant secretary o the
treasury. In charge of collections
and revenues, or that he intended
to resign.
For ten davs nr two weeks it
has been reported that Mr. BIar
was going to quit because ot bid
feeling between himself and Mr.
Dover. A torv to that effect was
sent out of Washington tonight,
but. when asked about It by this
correspondent, Mr. Blair emphat
ically denied it.
Dover was selected by repub
lican politicians to clean up the
treasury dpartment, that, meaning
a bvunbing out of all democrats.
Mr. Blair has not heen good to
democrats, but has kept busy at
other things than ousting people.
NOT LEASE TO OO-OPERATIVE
MARKETING ASSOCIATION
WINSTON -SALEM, March 27.
Proprietors ci Warehouses in
Wfnston-Salem will not lease their
establishments . to the tobacco
growers co-operative marketing as
sociation, according to statements
obtained -from them today. Neith
er will they attend conferences
with the association announced
for April 6 in Greensboro and
Raleigh. Active preparations, the
warehouse men said, are being
made to handle a Urge crop here
next season.
Work on the proposed lake at
Lakeview will' be started within
ten dnits from the date the permit
to move ihe tracks of the Ashe
ville and Fast Tennessee railroad
above the proposed water line is
granted, it was stated yesterday
afternoon by Fred L. Sale, at a
meeting of the Citizens cnmmiiliee
Interested In the continued opera
tion and purchase of tho line.
The meeting was called by .1. E.
Fulgham, chairman, to decide
whether the Citizens' committee
hniilri abandon Dlans to make the
line commuulty-ownea oy me saie
of stock, or give up the attempt
to further plans already formu
lated. A satisfactory option for 30
days has been secured from the
owners of the railroad, It is as
serted. Present at the meeting wore:
I). .1. Weaver. .1. V. Ersklne, W. B.
Williamson, William Reagan, Fred
L. Sale, Henry T. Sharp. Thomas
A. Jones, Holmes Bryson, R. R.
Williams, K. C. Greene, D. Hidcn
Ramsey, Walter Toms Wrny, Chas.
K. Robinson. .1. E. Fulgham and
W. 11. Sprinkle
At tho outset of the meeting
I). Hiden Ramsey, outlined what
has been accomplished by the com
mittee and the otlon as agreed to
by the company late Saturday.
Considerable discussion on the line
featured the meeting and the opin
ion of all present was askod by the
chairman.
Mr. Sale stated, in response to a
request to state the side of Lake
view, Inc., that the company would
start work on the proposed lake as
soon as a permit could bo granted
to move the line. However, he as
serted, time is the main object and
If the lake Is not started at once It
would not be built this year and
probably never, as he stated, the
land can be sold without the lake.
But, he continued, the Lskevlew
owners want to build the lake and
are ready to start as soon as ar
rangements can be made with the
owners of the railroad.
New ties, trolley wlre, and all
necessary material with the excep
tion of steel will be furnished by
the Lakeview owners to move the
line, he stated, and tho only re
striction Is that the line be con
tinued on the south side of the
lake.
Holmes Bryson clearly brought
out the question a to whether the
stock to be sold, in case the option
la taken up. can be recommended
to the public and find ready sale
before work on the lake Is started.
After considerable discussion, both
Dro and con, it, was decided to ap
point a committee to confer with
the owners in an attempt, to get
their nerrnl38lon for tho line to lie
moved above the shore line of the
Drososed lake. W. B. Williamson
was named as chairman; J. E
Fulgham and E. C. Greene, as
members of a special committee
to confer with the owners and see
if I hey will agree to grant the per
mit at once.
Upon the decision of the own
ers will depend future action on
tho part of the committee, it was
asserted last night, and If they re
fuse to grant a permit for the, work
to start ni once, It Is believed that
all hopes for a community-owned
line will be abandoned and the
Citizens' committee will stop fur
ther efforts in the Interest of the
line. It Is pointed out that after
work on the lake Is started, those
Interested will see the possibilities
of the electric railroad, serving the
new development, as an invest
ment, and the stock will nml a
ready sale, but on the other hand,
it Is. asserted, with the present
stains of affairs. If thot,e Interest
eded In the line only have prom
ises. thy will be inclined to view
with disfavor investing in the
stock.
The special committee will con
fer with the owners of the Wea
vervtlle line today and their report
will In a" probability decide the
future of the ltne as a community
owned railroad.
It Is stated that should the of
ficial fall to agree to the "last
straw of the committee," It will not
only mean that the proposed lake
will robably be abandoned, but
that the stock could not be sold
by the committee members, st
least this Is the opinion of . the
most acUvjnembers.
Join Two Supplementary
Agreements and Ratify
Them Both.
RESERVATIONS ARE
PROMPTLY REFUSED
Opponents Claim "Weak
and Unsatisfactory"
Way Is Pursued.
WASHINGTON. March 27. The
senate (!na!!y untangled lis pnrlia,
mentarv difficulties oyer the four
power treaty supplements today by
Joining the two supplementary
agreements together nnd then rat
ifying them both by unanimous
vole.
One of the supplements, llsvlf In
the form 'of a treaty, defines the
geographical scope of the four
power pact o as not to include
the. Japanese homland. The oth
er, attached to tho first by today's
action in the form of a "renerva
tlon," stipulates that Isjuei which
are purely ot a domestic, character
cannot be brought before tho four
power "conferences,"
The vole on the double-Jbarreled
ratification resolution was 7.1 to
o, opponents of the four-power
plan Joining in erlvlng approval to
the supplements because they In
terpreted the two agreements ss
limiting and curtailing the opera
tion of tho prltdpal treaty. Sev
eral sttenvpts to nttaeh other res
orvatluns had failed when the four
power treaty itself was under con
sideration were defeated by the
usual pro-treaiy and anti-treaty
line up.
After the vote had hen com
pleted, Senator Iidge. Massachu
setts, the republican leader, called
up the naval limitation treaty, es
tablishing a 6-5-S caipital shiip ratio
for the United States. Great Bri
tain and Japan. Debate on It is
to begin tomorrow and the admin
istration followers expect to see it
ratified by almost unanimous vote
by the end ot the week.
Combining Supplements
Saul tojte EffurUve
The plan of combining on the two
four-power treaty supplements
was proposed ty Senator Lodge
after he had decoded it waa unnec
essary to present two separate
ratification resolutions, ft treaty
opponents, holding that if in do
mestic questions supplement really
was a part of the four-power paot,
protested that the method finally
settled upon y the republican
leader was but a "weak and unsat
isfactory" way to solve the parlia
mentary problem confronting the
senate, but Mr. Ijodge nd other
republicans insisted It would be
entirely effective,
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
senior democratic member of the
foreign relations committee, de
clared the senate's action in giving
belated approval to the supple
ment "is an admission to Japan
that the supplement's provisions
are not a part of the four-power
treaty." Other democrats also
argued that the only proper
procedure was to reconsider the
vote ratifying the four-power pat
so as to include the supplement In
the ratification. Adoption of the,
domestic questions supplement es
a "reservation" to the geographical
supplement, however, was by a
viva voce vote.
Two attempts were made to at
tach other reservations. Senator
Plttnian, democrat, Nevada, pre
senting the Lodge league of na
tions reservation-on domestic ques
tions and Senator Robinson, dem
ocrat, Arkansas, int rod ue.lng again
his proposal that nutld powers be
Invited to Join In Paeitlc. confer
ences affecting their Interests. The.
Pittmau reservation was heaten. 21
to 49. and the RoWnson reserva
tion was rejected without a roll
call.
Fear Rojoctlon of Whole
TreHty By Japanese
Senator Roblnsoh also sought
without success to amend the up
plementary treaty so that the island
of Sakhalin also would be exclud
ed from the operation of the four
power plan. He argued that
trouble on- tha,t Island would be
almost certain if Russia would at
tack Japan, but his amendment
was voted down, 20 to 53. Sen
ator Underwood, f Alabama, the
democratic leader, led the fight
against 1t, saying that It might lead
to rejection of the whole four-
power arrangement by Japan.
A suggestion by Senator Under
wood that Russia would probahly
refrain from aggression against
Japan if she knew ttiat she would
find herself Involved with "three
other powers" led to & long col
loquy he'ween the democratic
!c-adei- and Senator Johnson, of
California, ne ot the republican
lrrec.oneilables. Senator Johnson
asked in what way the "three other
powers' would be involved, and
when Mr. Underwood reipHed that
entirely aside from the element of
f.irce nations must have money and
supplies to make war, the Cali
fornia senator insisted that the
co lventlon constituted an pdmls-
eion thst the four-power pact
really bound the United States to
"boycott" nations making war on
any of the four treaty signatoriei.
TO OPEN SKATING RINK IV
BASEMENT Of CHURCH
EL PASO, Texas. March 27.
Rev. Henry Van Calenburgh. pas
tor of the First Methodist church
today announced he had complet
ed plans to open a skating rink In
the basement of the church to
offset the dancing craze. It wilt
be a community proposition, he
said, ..and, no charge will ba oiiada.
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