THE ASHEVILLE CITIZET THE WEATHER i PAGES 10 TODAY WASHINGTON. March 28. North Carolina: Showers Wed.: cooler In the Interior; Thursday unsettled and colder, probably rain. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Uf.t(Vff MOOUCU III "Par Clearance" Is Now Made Permanent . nimrninn I' I H I L UllUL UIIIU niiilL UUILIIIUII OURT DECISION I a in aii.iiaiiu JU U II I ULUIUIUI1 u I Ul FILED IN GASESAYS Reserve Sank Must Ac- 3pt Exchange Drafts Tendered by Plaintiffs. PLAINTIFFS' NAMES NOT TO BE LISTED . , ')m, Reserve Bank Through Counsel Has Taken Steps to Appeal in Case. OHAULOTTE. March 23. The umpora.ry injunction against the federal reserve bank of Richmond. btained by certain North Curo- na banker about a year ago. In ill go-called "par clearance" con troversy, is made permanent In a decision filed (today by Judge L. u'uhh of the stil t A sinipHnr court n a result of the recent hearing f the case at' Monroe, N. C. The defendant federal reserve Wnk is , "hereby permanently en joined says the decision "from re nting to accept exchange drafts irhen tendered by plaintiff banks a payment of checks drawn on ihpm, Under the option Riven them under the provisions of the called "par clearance" act of he 19:1 legislature of North Cacollna.. The defendant Is also enjoined from returning as dishonored any hack payment for which In ex iiange drafts by plaintiff banks, or either of them, has been ten dered under the provisions of said act and defendant refuses to ac cept the same;" also from protest in; for non-payment and check payment for which In exchange dratt hag Doen tendered oy piain- ;ft banks and refused by the de fendant bank. The reserve bank ! further enjoined from publish ing of the name of any of the plaintiff banks, about 250 in num ber, in any list or publication de signed lo be circulated among ankers or others without the ex iliclt consent of such plaintiff anil?. Ai previously forecast, the re ierve, bank, through counsel has uJkb formal stews , to carry the Ipeai. and the controversy is et fueled to be taken finally to ihe Isupreme court of the United States. H. The controversy centers in the Un of the right C.limed 6yl the state .ufcKJ.a chanferTJX- ;hanee fee for the clearance oi sbecka drawn upon then! and to be frte from alleeed threat or an Bojfanca by the reserve Vank, while the latter Insists upon a policy oi universal "par clearance.' FEDERAL BANK TRIES ITS CASK IN GEORGLA COURT ATLANTA, Ga.. March 28. The recent decision of Federal Judge Evans upholding the Atlanta fed eral reserve bank In enforcing its iir clearance order In collection M checks will be appealed to the United States circuit court, it was wnounced here today by counsel ifof Georgia banks which sought '.i enjoin the reserve bank, lne n.uouncement tollowed the formal ,S3ng of Judge Evans oder. FK1LITTES ARK ASKED FOR BRITISH AVIATOlus WASHINGTON. March 28. Sy direction of the foreign office London, the British embassy tare has requested the state de Wtment to have all proper facll- :e extended to Sirs Ross and with Smith. British aviators. Wtn they reach the United States u their attempted aerial clrcum- wisation of the world. Sr Ross, with his brother, Sir with, accomplished the flight 'urn England to Australia more am a year ago. Their latest ven tre will involve start from Lon- pn April 20. the first stop being p France. The rout lies across rope, .Asia Minor, In- I X China. Japan and Siberia. The "elite will be crossed at Bering rait, landing being made on some the Aleutian island and at Ounalaska !n Alaska. The course will he across Canada to the lft0 vrhAro it will m'infir tn the iWMheast tn New Vdrk. Thence l line will be along the New wjland roast to New Xound,an'' ptoses the start will be made WW the Atlantic. " Weather onnrtlMnnfl are favor M an attempt will be made to Ireland directly irom incw 'Ulndlanil fniinrarfnir the course 'ken by Hawker, otherwise the N& win ho directed to the Az- ori thencft in th. ITlnrrvneftn con I'mcnt at Portugal and up the west to the point of starting. W adventurers will use a Vlck Viking Arrrphlbean" plane fl,cll. its nam lnKnt fw can be l"?fln rm either lnrt or water. T1 provided with wheels which .S,ilhclr!'wn irrto recesses In the of vnt. nontoons when mot toed. S Orr.H (X)AI, AHF,At TO AKT 1 X RTY -THREE DAYS .ASHINOTOT. March 28 Ai2?rn approximately 82,- . "uv ion. of hltiim1nnn coal in V .u . j. . 'cen lssued Joints today by m , a oureau ana me geoiog- h ?.ney- "his was in addition tons on the upper '''flocks and 674,008 tons held JModueerg at mines or interme f' Points. Estimates based on KJm ni which coal his been t XYI tLM . L .... " i ne mines repent lv lndl- reserve of st least 83.000.- I,l0ne bv Aprlt J-jqual to the Jimp -"waW fn4 of 1 I 1 h V : 1 EFFJtlENCY HURT Bl CIVIL SERVICE aaa a i Tf Expects, However, to En- iorce It, as All Other i Laws While Attorney. COULD D0WITH FEWER WORKERS Declares Workers Under Civil Service Hardly as Energetic as Others. WASHINGTON. March "S Belief that the civil service is. a hindrance to government efficien cy was expressed by Attorney General Daugherty. testlfvinc re cently before the house appropria tions committee. "It is probably a cratultious un-- geetion, but I believe tho civil ser vice is an interference to some ex tent in the discharge of public." said the attorney general as minted In the printed record of the hear ing. "About one half of the em ployes In the department of jus tice are under civil service. While I am attorney genei'al and while the civil service law is In the stat utes l win enforce It and observe it as I expect to enforce and ob serve all laws. "I believe if it were not for the civil service we could get along with less than two-thirds of the number of employes under civil service and probably get twice as much work out of them." Asked by a member to explain' Just: how that might be done, Mr. Daugherty said: "I suppose the department of Justice has as good employes and as faithful who are urjder civil service as those who are tinder the civil service in any other de partment but they are not as anx ious generally to be in place to commence work on the dot as they are to quit work before the dot. I would rather take the recom mendations of a political commit tee, either democratic or republi can, a self respecting committee for the appointment of n. mn nr rwoman, than to be comoelled to go mrougn tne requirements of mo cjvu service to secure an em ployee. They are hardly ' am bitious, hardiv as enereetle nnilr the civil service as are those not unner civil service. "I discovered both before I c?mn here as attprney general and sintMt4nfc civil' service employes spend too much time In trying to woik out pians to make them selves secure in their position. While this situation cannot be rcmeaiea at the present time, still it is worthy of careful study." HARDING BREAKS GROUND FOR JIEMORIAIi TO MEADE WASHINGTON March 28. President Harding stood bare headed in the rain today in the national botanic garden, just west of the rapitol. and turned the first spadeful of earth when ground was broken for the memorial to Major General George Gordon Meade, commander of the victorious union army at the decisive battle of Get tysburg. Secretary . Weeks, Gov ernor Hproul, of Pennsylvania; Sen ator Brandegee, ofj Connecticut; George Gordon Meade, grandson of the union . leader, and George Gordon Meade, Jr., a great-grandson, as well as Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, participated in the ceremonies. The President was accompanied by Mrs. Hard ing and the chief Justice of the United States and Mrs. Taft The spade used by the President in breaking the ground was used in beginning work on the Lincoln- and Arlington memorials. SOUTHERN LUMBER MEN OPTIMISTIC OVER FUTURE NEW ORLEANS, March 28. Optimism over prospects of great er business activity in the lumber Industry during the current year featured addresses delivered at tho opening session of the seventh annual convention of the Southern Pine association here today. The convention will continue through tomorrow. R. M. Hallowell, of Elizabeth, La., vice-president of the associa tion, In his address opening the convention, declared that the "bus iness of the nation now seems to be coming ut of the shadow," and predicted that it would Improve steadily. -. Edward' Hlnes of Chicago, urged the importance of action by the association to protect the public against deception and .fraud in grades snd measures in the pur chase ct lumber from dishonest dealers. 1 THREE LAWSUITS BROUGHT OYER LOSS OF SWEETHEART CHICAGO, March 28. More than 20 years ago Erick Nord strom lost his sweetheat and sued the city of Chicago for damages. Today another suit for $50,000, an outgrowth of the old case, was recorded in Nordstrom's nams against the city. ' In the early -nineties, Matheldt Sevenson came to the United States from Sweden. Erick loved her. His suit was lost, he alleged, when a citv detective circulated false stories about him, and Mathelde married another. Nordstrom' sued the detective and the cky for 126, 000. , O. B Swift, then mayor, agreed to pay the sum if the suit were dropped, xsorustrom ciaimea, but never did. In If 14. Erich. again sued the city, this tlms for tiQ0O. . b ""nimnv came or it, aln. Die E UPON S2. CHARGE FDR GAS; ENDS jJlftTIDN Agree Upon Increase in Rate of Fifty Cents Adequate Supply. Through an agreement between Mayor Gallatin Roberts and offi cials of the Asiieville Power and Light company, whereby the gas, rale will be 82.10 per 1,000 cubic feet, a settlement was reached yes terday of a controversy of many months standing. The present rate is $1.60 per 1.000 cubic feet and the new rate wHt go lnto4ef: feet on April I. ' City officials are well pleased over the result of the negotiations in view of the fact several months ago the state corporation com mission proposed a rate of $2.30 or 70 cents higher than the pres ent rate. As soon as the decision was given out by the corporation commission, the city board In structed the city coxpoiation coun sel to take an appeal in the case. This was done and the question was referred to the superior court of Madison coutity. Since that time the matter has been pending, but will be dropped In accordance with the agreement. The new gas rates will be as fol lows: $2.10 for first 10.000 cubic feet; next 10.000 cubic feet, $1.5; all over 20.000 cubic, feet, $1.1)0; discount 10 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, it paid, within 10 days, mini mum charge net, $1.50 per meter. The present gas rate 1s $1.80 first 5,000 cubic feet; all over 5,000 cubic feet. $1.10. discount 10 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, minimum charge 60 cents. The rates pro posed by the corporation commis sion were: first 10,000 cubic feet. $2.10; next 10.000 cubic feet, $2,10 discount 10 cents per 1,000 cubic feet; minimum charge net, $1.60. Expend 9200.000 In . Making Improvements When the corporation commis sion first reached the decision for increased rates, the body instruct ed the local company to install new equipment and make other additions and improvements in or der to bring the quality of tho gas up to standard. Within the last few months the gas company has expended some $200,000 for addi tions and improvements. It was argued by the company the Ashe ville rate was the lowest In the state and that they could not re lieve the situation unless the rates could be Increased. According to H. w. Plummer, vice-president and manager of the company, in recent months about three miles of new mains have been laid snd a new generating plant' and distributing system has been Installed, whioh will furnish the satisfactory amount or gas to the consumers. "The additions bring the quality of the gas up to the requirements and standards of the corporation commission;" said Mr. Plummer. "The generating plant is now In operation and we are sure if any trouble occurs In the homes of the consumers. It will not be the fault of the plant, but is caused by some local trouble. Many times the trouble with the stoves or the aux iliary pipes. If in the future any difficulty is experienced we would appreciate it if the consumers would notify us 'phone No. 87B. S. P." Cobb, resident engineer of the Phoenix Utility company, the concern installing the new plant, has collected detailed daU. rela tive' to the quality of the gss and this will be forwarded the corpo ration commission. cronnit RKPTTBLIOANS OF EIGHTH ARE ORGANIZED ATHENS. Ga., March 28. Re publicans of the eighth congres sional district enectea ibiuqu'o nrremlzation here today for the purpose of organising the mem bers of their party and decided to hold another meeting at an early date to enroll the women or norm, east Georgia. Chairmen wero ap pointed for each of the 14 coun ties In this district at today's gath ering which was attended by sev eral state and national leaders, IhcttidIh'lirThmpr'narrman of ths stats central committee. BIGGER CADDIE NEEDED (By BILLY BORNE) Amundsen In America, Works On Arctic Exploration Plan Outlines Details for Aerial Dash for "the Roof of the World' Says Much Can Be Accomplished by Aeroplane's Use. NEW YORK, March 2S. (By the Associated Press.) As fasci nating as a tale by Jules Verne was tho plan lor aerial exploration of the "root of the world" sketch ed today in full for the first time by Captain Ileald Amundsen, dis coverer of the South Pole. Arriving from Norway, the ex plorer plunged at once into the work of organizing tho expedition which sails Jifne 1, from Seattle to drift across the North Pole an expedition which Amundsen expects wiil. revolutionize Polar exploration skid Trovid a short cut to invaluable scientific knowl edge. The expedition which sails this time for the North Pole will not be like those, which have preceded It, according to its leader. Its vision will not be consigned to a few miles on either side of the ship but from the a!r it will be able to take in at a glance ob jects 200 miles away. It will not be for years cut off from the outside, lnotwtd it will talk by radio four times a day with Washington and when it re turns in three or five years it will know what the civilized world has been doing during its absence. i It will not have spent years charting merely a narrow strip, but, with the aid of aviation, will be' able to chart 1. 000, 000 rquare miles, sketching the currant of the air as well as those of the iea. For centuries scientists have be lieved that currents at the North Pole have boen responsible for cllmaittc phenomena, in the part of the world in which civtuzed man lives and Amundsen hopes to ac complish with his airplanes in a five years voyage wTiat would take 40 years, millions of dollars and many lives it only a ship and dog sleds wsre employed. It Is upon his two planes that Amundsen pins his chief hopes and it was upon one of them that he focused his attention as soon as he stepped ashore today. Hardly had he landed than he PAUL NIILUKDFF ESCAPES DEATH BY ASSASSINATION Russian Officers Would Revenge Czar's Death Panic in Crowded Hall. BE RUN, Mar. 28. (By the As sociated Press.) An attempt was made to assassinate Prof. Paul N. ililukoff, former minister of for eign affairs in tha Russian pro visional government, wplle he was addressing a gathering or itussians tonight. The attempt was frustrated by Vlaydlmir Naboukoff. who himself was killed by a bullet aimed a; Milukoff. Prof. Milukoff was not injured. He was immediately surrounded by friends who hurried him from the hall. His assailants were two for mer RuDlan officers, who shouted, "We will have revenge for the death of the czar," as they fired from front seats in the auditorium. Prof. Milukoff was speaking on his recent visit to the United States and regarding the European sit uation. His address was moder ate in tone and non-political. M. Naboukoff was secretary of state in the first Russlsn parlia mentary cabinet under Prince Lvoff. He was a noted authority on crin-.tnology and editor of the Russian newspaper Rul In Berlin. Naboukoff was' sitting on the nta behind Prof. Milukoff. He leaped in front of Milukoff as the assassin fired and fejl dead with two bulletg through his body. Sev eral persons in the audience were slightly wounded. About 12 shotj were fired. The mooting created a panic among the audience which num beredabout lJOfland xnanyjeu p ins wire Injured in the rush for the exits. . hastened to a confercm with John M. 1Hrsen. a governor of the Aeronautical chamber of com merce of America. After lunch eon came the announcement that the larger of the two planes se lected by the explorer would be the all metal Larsen monoplane which on December 29. flying over Mineola. L. I., in zero weather, es tablished world's record for con tinuous flying of 26 hours, 13 min utes and 35 seConds. The plane. Captain Amundsen explained, was being supplied by M.f. Larsca at his own expense. Amundsen is confident that the wmsoplane the eyes of his vessel Maud.e will be able to do Its work well, permitting sallies to either side of the vessel and send ing warnings of ice fields and dan gerous currents that should be avoided. The plane already has tried its wings in a temperature of 48 de grees below zoro. Last year Mr Larsen made a 8,000 mile round trip in the ship from New York to the Arctic Circle by way of Ed monton. Alberta, and the Peace river and reported that the plane handled n well as if it were being riown in the tmimy airs of Florida Amundsen said today he expected to encounter a temperature lower than that in which the plane al rady has been tested. Besides the monoplane. Amund sen will take an aero scout plane, a smaller British shin will be used only within the vicinity of the Maude. The monoplane, with ft cabin in which It persons have been carried, will he self-support ing. It Is equipped so that it can carry large stocks of fuel and pro visions and to it can be ad lusted skis, wheels or pontoons, so that It can land on sny surface. Lieu tenant Oscar Omdel. of the Nor weglan naval air force, who ar rived today with the explorer, will pilot the ship. Amundsen had not decided to night whether he would carry out U. S. KILLED BY SHOT IEANT FOR JAP Tragedy Occurs When Korean Assassination Plan Fails Four Hurt. SHANGHAI, Mar. 28 (By The Associated Press) Mrs. W, J. Snyder, of Brazil, Ind., was killed today and four oth er persons were wounded when two Koreans made an abortive attempt to assess' pate General Gllichl Tanaka. former Japanese minister of war. upon their arrival here from Manila. Mrs. Snyder was just stepping off the ship and was not more than 20 feet from the Japan ese general, when the Ko reans opened Are. She was sccompanled by her husband on a trip around the world. The Koreans, who were ar rested immediately, made a full confession that their pur pose was to kill General Tan aka. JUDGE KEN YON PRESIDES OVER HIS INAUGURAL COURT CRESTON. Iowa, Mar. 28. For mer United States Senator William S. Kenyon, of Iowa, today presided here over his first session of the federal district court for which post he resigned his seat In con Stress. Judge Konyon flayed the viola tars of the Volstead act law in charging a grand Jury to investi gate numerous violations and uiged that the public taks upon itself some responsibility for the enforcement of the dry statutes "The bootlegger." Judge Ken greatest social menaces in the touniry- MIA Senate Will Ratify Treaty To Limit Naval Strength Today; Democrats Promulgated Plan Ml H I IN RAILjjRIKE Western Maryland Rail way Yards Are Scene of Serious Disturbance. TAKE UP MATTER OF GETTING TROOPS Trouble Follows Attempt to Lower Wages and Increase Hours. HAGfJRSTOWN, Md March 2S. Rioting broke out In the yards of the Western Maryland railroad lato tonight when an at tempt was iald to have h?en made by non-union employes to turn an finc. Members ot the federated slmns and crafts ami of the main tenance of way employes unions who went out on strike last Sat urday herausn of wage reductions were said to havo interferred with the non-union workers and rail way guards we-re declared to have rtiseharced revolvers In an elTon to quell the disturbance. One man was reported to have been wound ed. The rioting, however, continued with ro sign of Immediately abat- ng. Railroad official were un derstood to have communicated with their general officers at Bal- Imore with tho possibility that atate troops might be called for. The strike is the sauel to the akir.g over of the WeMern Mary land railway shops and niainte nance of wjy work by the Dick son Repair and Construction com pany of Youngstown, Ohio. The wtlk ou,' wsi called as a protest against a reduction In wages and an increaso in the work day from tight In ten hours, the unions de mandlng that the contracting firm restore the rate of pev. rules and working conditions established by the United States labor board while the shops wero being oper ated by the railroad."" The men aleo protettd against loss of their seniority and riding privileges with tranwfer ot tho shops and the contractors. Th question of the legality of rail roads contracting with private firms for shop work is pending be fore the labor board. The strike is being directed from Hageratown where the operating headquarters of the railroad are situated. MINOR DISTURBANCES MARK THE EXTENSION OF STIUKE About 1,000 People Are) Idle In jjawrence, Mass., Textile (strike LAWRENCE, Mass., Mar. 28. More active picketing resulting In Increases in the ranks of striking mill workers and two minor dis turbances marked the second day of the extension of the New Eng land textile strike to seven mills here. Approximately 9.000 per son as compared with 7,500 yes terday were said to he on strike and it was estimated that 7,000 more were idle. The strike was precipitated by a wage cut ot 20 per cent. The disturbances occurred when the workers were leaving the mills tonight. A woman picket in front of the Everett mills attacked a wo man workvr. police Intervened and crowds gathered, but dispersed after police reserves were called. Al workers were leaving the Wash ington mills, one of those not af fected by the strike, two revolver shots were fired in the air. A large crowd gathered but there was no further disorder. Officials representing the mills which announced the wage cut as serted tonight there was no need for action on the part of the state board of conciliation and arbitra tion as they were determined to fight the issue to the end. On the other hand, labor leaders said they were ready and willing to lay the case before the board. During the day Mayor Mahoney and Alderman Carr went to Boston to request the state board to take action and were assured that the hoard had the question under consideration. Although officials of the Pacific and Everett mills asserted that their mills were running with as largs forces as yesterday, strike loaders maintained that their forces had been Increased by 1,300 from the Pacific mills alone. In the Everett mills many workers left the plant at noon. TWO WOMEN MADE MAYORS IN EMXTION8 IN IOWA DES MOINIS, Iowa, March 28. Activity of women in the politi cal affairs of Iowa towns and cities at yesterday's elections brought about election of two of their num ber as mayor, one as city treae urer; victory to candidates they endorsed in other towns, the de feat of Sunday motion pictures nt Ames and New Sharon and the rnsttlng of the town's pool hall al New Market. Women mavors were elected at St. Charles and Calamus, and st Counc.ll Bluffs, a city treasurer was named. CHANGE OF VENUE DENIED IN NORTH CAROLINA CASE Wr.VSTON-SA.LEM. March 28. 'Formally arraigned in court here today on the charge of kill ing H. B. Ashburn, an insurance agent, J. L. Peak, through coun sel asked for trial In another coun ty. The petition was denied and tha case set for trial at the next term ot superior court. EX-EMPEROR CHARLES IN SERIOUS CONDITION FUNGHAIi. Madeira Islands. Mar. a. (By The Associated Press) Former Emperor Charles, pneumonia, ous. His condition Is terb Espionage System Over Business is McLaurins Charge Declares Kusiness Submit ted to Greater Activity Than Were Aliens ATLANTA. Mnr. 28. The fed eral trade commission and the de partment of Justice are cuivinc on an espionage system over business thfit is greater than the espionngc system over enemy Hliens during Hie w;ir, .1. I(. McLaurin, Jackson ville, president of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association, ile clarert here today, "The present administration promised us less government in business and more business in gov ernment," declared the speaker, addressing the Georgia Wholesale Grocers' association convention. "but If there ever conies a time when there is morn government Imposed on business than there has been during tho last year, 1 sin cerely hope I won't be alive to see It." A. J. Long, of Macon and At lanta, was elected president of the Georgia association at the closing session today. BLAIR REFUSES TO ADMIT ROW Harding Says Friction Is Not Serious as Ouster Gossip Goes Rounds. Washington! March 28. Reports of friction between Assist ant Secretary Dover of the treas ury department and Commissioner Blair of internal revenue relative to reorganisation of the revenue bureau are not regarded as seri ous by I'residtnt Harding, it was said today at the White House. The President was said to look on the disagreement between the two o.flcJals as the product of publicity rather than facts. GUARANTEE BI.VIR WILL GET A FAtlt HEARING wiiaiNOTfvir anaaio tbs AtNarn.i.a crr.'aas far h. it. c. snii.vr) WASHINGTON. March 28. David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, will not be oust ed without a fair hearing if the North Carolina democrats here can prevent it. Senator Simmons and Overman and various house members re sent very much the plan to force him out of the treasury depart ment Just because he will not per mit hU bureau to be made a re publican campaign organization. Assistant Secretary ot the Treas ury Elmer Dover was selected for the Job he holds to make "a clean sweep. ' Representative Fordney virtually announced that in the house December 1. The first move was to demote George W. Ash worth, republican, head of tho customs division, hecauBe he would not advocate the Fordney program for the American valu ation plan. Now, the purpose of Mr, Dover is to make It so un comfortable for Mr. Blair that he will rorlgn so that his office, with Ma thousands of employees, can become a partisan camp. The treasury and the state de partmenta have never been used to promote political ambitions be fore. President Wilson retained many republicans who were In them when he took office. "When the nomination of Mr. Blair was considered in the sen ate," said Senator Simmons today, "I told the senators that he was a man of character, and good repute, and that If a republican had to havo the Job a better one could not have been selected. Blair Has Not Retained "It Is not true that Mr. Blair has retained democrats in office. He has gotten rid of all of the democrats that could not hold on through the civil service. These who are after hit place want it Tor some sta-ke that means more to the party, and would stark it full of partisans. "Instead of efficiency the repub licans would substitute the old polls system." Administration leaders tried to hush up the row between Messrs. Dover and Blair today, but made a poor Job. at It. Tho White House refused to admit that the differ ences between Dover and Hlalr had attained the dignity of nn of ficial controversy. Mr. Harding showed '.ittle inclination to discuss tne case, hut explained most, em phatically that tho executive Is the final arbiter In the question of ap pointments and in disputes be tween nlficials The matter, lie 'hinks, would be quickly straight eneo out. Others ere not go hopeful as the Prident. for the timer-Rlalr row U deep ,e.Uert. and has been brew ing for months. Senators Watson snd Freling Hiysen are among the republicans who hc voiced dissatlf fart inn with the way things were being mn at the treasury department.. Tney have been disappointed in reaching tho pie counter. On th surface all was unlet soout the office of the commts slener 1 w. underneath there was real wrath. Friends of Hlalr as sorted that he would not he forced out by l)over. The lln--up on the Dover-Blair row is: Dover supported by Sena tor Waiaon. of Indiana, Represen tative Fordney and other leaders ot congress, and Roy A. Haynes, prohibition commissioner on the one side, and Blair, backed by the President snd Secretary Mellon, rtntl-faloon league leaders sre with tn fmvsr TiifM in ?ht. pafMruT? cinlest, sr.d an effori. U being made UHMI M S fwJ IT DAVIS DEMOCRATIC IDEA OF 1 91 6 15 USED BY REPUBLICANS Lodge and Underwood Both Give Approval to Naval Limitation Treaty. SUDDEN "PROGRESS IS ENCOURAGING Many HopeThat All Con ference Treaties May Bi Acted Upon This Week. WASHINGTON. "March 28 Five hours of debate on the naval limi tation treaty today revealed vlr Uiallv unanimous senate sentiment In Its favor and resulted In an agreement to vote finally upon its ratification tomorrow. Throughout the day's discussion not a single voice was raised In opposition, although from the democratic side there were numer ous expressions of disappointment that the treaty did not go further In tho direction ot both land and sea disarmament. Claiming a share of credit fo rthe reduction actually accomplished, tha rtemn- crats at the same time sought to show that the wholo idea of an armament conference originated with the democratic congress of 1916 and finally was forced upon a reluctant republican administra tion. Tonight the administration lead ers were predicting thst the rati fication would be unanimous and that the submarine and poison gas treaty would be approved by a like vote tomorrow. The sudden sweep of progress roused hope In HuniiiiisirRiion circles that the two Chinese treaties might also be ratified and the whole group of arms conference coven ants returned to the White House' with senate approval by the end of this week. Debate on the naval treat which began with today's session, was devoid of the colorful touches which had characterized the fight over the tour-power pact. Sen ator Lodffa. ManunhiiMHi m. plained the treaty's provisions In a detailed statement of more than two hours, and later Senator Un derwood, nt Alabama, added his approval In a short speech, de claring the treaty would be ac cepted as an epochal achievement by the American people,, regard less of party. Sspator Hitchcock, Nebraska, took the lead in claiming for his party the credit to be derived from, the accomplishments of the con ference. He pointed out that the naval appropriation bill of 1918 contained a suggestion for such a conference, and declared that the resolution for a conference Intro duced a year ago by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, was heartily supported by the democrats of the senate and was opposed actively by President Harding. , . The assertions of Senator Hitchcock regarding the Presi dent's attitude were denied by Senator Kellogg, republican, Mhv nesota, who said Mr. Harding had been anxious for an international meeting of minds, although ha might have withheld approval from some of the specific proposals In that direction considered In con gress. The discussion finally re solved Itself into a league of na tions argument, In which Senator TL'llllnma H.mni-Dt M tvAfimlfinl predicted that the league would remain a political issue until the United States had become a mem ber of It. Making his only observation dur ing the debate, Senator Borah, author of the conference resolu tion, ssked how It could remain a political Issue "with one party go ing In the front door and the other going In the back door." MELLON ASKS FORD ABOUT RETURN OF $29,000,000 WASHINGTON, March 28. Secretary Mellon has written to llenrv Ford inquiring as tn the re ported return of $29,000,000 In war profits to the country by the Detroit manufacturer, it was said today at the treasury. Reports that Mr. Ford had made such a return to the gov ernment were understood to have been investigated by the treasury which was unable to locate the re ported refund, Mr. Mellon, it was declared, has received an aeknowWgment of his letter from Mr. Ford's secre tary Jnit before Mr. Ford left for the south hut It was understood that an explanation of tha report ed transaction had not yet been mad". GETS PACKAGE OF MAIL ON THE ROAD FOR TEN YEARS SALEM. Ore.. March 28 J. R. I.uper today received a package of photographs which were mail ed to him at a town some 200 miles away In eastern Oregon nearly 1 n years ago. photographs were in good Condi tion. in the possession of the postal de partment since early In 1S12. the photographs were In god citizen. There was nothing to indicate where the parcel had stopped by tho wayside. FRANK D. WILLIAMS MDE MANAGER OF DIVISION RICHMOND, Va.. March 28. Frank I. Williams of Richmond, widely known leaf tobaco grower was today made manager of the dark tobacco division of the To bacco Growers' Co-operative asso ciation of Virginia. North Caro lina anil Smith Carolina. n. Williams and company of this city. - -

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