: THE WEATHER
WA8HIN0T0N. April 1. - North
Crollni rlr f?lr .n3
wiM portion; - Monday tair na
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Jii
ENTRAL POWER
MONARCH DEAD
2x-Emperor of Austria,
King of Hungary. Sue
. . cumbs to IUess. ;
nrp.fi in EXILE IN
A . family's midst
uita Offers " Transfusion
I of Blood When Death
h Is Forecast. ,
FUNCHAL, Maderla,. April 1.
r Th Associated Prois.)
narles, former emperor of Aus-
a. and king of Hungary, died
-re this morning at I1:J0 o'clock:.
,he exiled monarch had keen auf
ring from pneumonia, for more
an a week
Charles, who retained conscious
until the last, passed away In
.'' presence ", of his wife, the
t-mer 'Empress zita, ana tneir
lest son, Francis Joseph Otto,
e time heir apparent to the
lone of Austria-Hungary.
Kita, when condition of her hus
id became critical, desired that
i physician In attendance per
t her -to .undergo blood trans
ion In an effort to save him, but
i physicians, refused their con
the expectation here Is that the
7 will b taken, back to Austria
tunai, :upon announcement or
death of Charles all the com
rclal houses la Funchal closed
ir doors s a token -of respect.
s Former Ksg of Hungary
f Austrian Emperor
$i depqsed emperor, and king
l over Austria In the former
city, while he was king of
ary tinder the title of Charles
fFourth, . during the period of
world war. A grandson of the
- Karl Ludwlg, brother of the
Emperor King Francis Joseph
Princess Annunciata, daughter
Ferdinand the Second of Naples,
n Joseph.: "
ie was born in, Vienna August
isT. was married to ZIta, prln
i of- Bourbon and , of Parma,
ober 1, 1911. upon the assas
ition ot his uncle the Arch
e Eranoi Ferdinand, at Bara-
Wa, BOBina,Nmn ass, Jn. woicn
hmonly to referred to as the
orio act upon which the world
hinges, Charlee became the
Apparent to the throne. , '
Tion the ae.tn ot , ni grana-
e, "Emperor' Frapcis Joseph,
smhsr 21. ISIS. Charles was
win -December and .-on JJe
oer 29, 116, die was crowned
t of Hungary, and took the ath
he Hungarian! constitution.
1 1 rmer emperor vnano - oil
tk ,na-HUngary anu his wile
were sent Into esila fey the
nt Alii, after -fe had mads
spectacular attempts to regain
throne either : of Austria .; or
ary. Thereafter hi mom kept
leal prisoner on the Portu-
e island Of Madeira, 400 n;l)cs
ne Airican cuoi. ... t -i' : .
though Ms Bltuatipi, in exile
a resembled in ., wm respects
01 Kapoieon at ' nu ueiena,
leg and Zlti occupied a much
comfortable position for they
given a pteasant nome in an
tlful eityi-f Fnnchal .whose
errts treated;them,wlt friend-
nsideratlon. j,- --..f : " '" -'
-Bmpre felt' l)a4 left her
en In Switzerland when, one
em was 'takery HLthe allied
nments permuted ner to re-
to that, country . ana visit
er the 'establishment of the
ian, republic on November M,
Charles, who was . men in
a, . sought 1 permission to re
in that country but he was
to leave after.it was found
s nlnttlna- for his resumption
wer. Ha left with his family
tt March, 1919 and rented a
on the banks of Lake Geneva
ringins. where he resided tor
months.' . .
King this time reports of his
W plotting leaked out and
fit forth a categorical etate
t from the Entente that the
titlon of the House of Hapes
1 would not be permitted.
it had- steadfastly refused to
te. although he was request-
do so mt various times.
March 29. 1921. he suddenly
red in- Vienna but his over-
beimrfrerjulsed by the Aus-
authortties he went to Bud
where lie attempiea to xaae
the Hungarian government
Admiral Horthy, Hungarian
, but without success. 'Al
J
ii disappointed by the, lack of
rt, the former emperor re-
t leave the ountry pieaa-
ness. Tater he offered to re-
9 U his titles remaining as
pie citlsen( , '' ; -.
32
itzeriand, meanwnue, mcensea
vjolatlona of hi agreement
leave the -oountry. was re
is tin willing again, to re-
hlfcn. The member or the
Eitente, Jugoslavia, Czectio
laj and Rumania, aent an
tutv to Hungary, demanding
hctbn and n April 6, he re-
8wlterland, v -which, re-
' him on the understanding
uli engage In no more Intrl-
r propaganda. He was ora-
move his residencev from
e border to the eentral pwrt
Zetland and did so, locating
rs. Tha Swiss .increased
ruaVii over .him, 'but om Oc
iJ.Bie reached Rsab, iiun
iaig ' crooned the Swlws
k iti if airplane. He formed
d In Budapest with, an
t i.009 men.. .
Husarlan government sent
t-ooji i against him and he
ally captured with his wire
i0nv "n and confined in the
at ata Tovaros until the
n A les determined that he
not again have an oppor
to' ttempt a coup d'etat.
iem J Madeira. , .
les i ill refused'' to abdicate
I Hu igarlan government, on
i of he Allies, passed a bill
nati nal assembly dethron
i a il permanently ousting
tsburg reglm. A few days
n ind Zlta were conveyed
rltlh warship to Funchal,
fiey arrived. November. 19.
C
THE
-'ESTABLISHED 1868.
E PLANT
Charles I. Parsons Ten
ders Government the
Latest Proposal.
COMMITTEEMEN TO
RESUME WORK SOON
House Members Think
Action Should Not
Be Postponed.
WASHINGTON, April V Use of
nitrate plant No. l at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., to establish by con
gresslonal assent "an important
profitable industry'' in Alabama
and Tennessee for the fixation of
Mirogen, was proposed today by
Charles U Parsons, a chemical
engines- of this city, and former
adviser tr ' the ' government ' on
nitrogen production in time of war.
The proposal was transmitted to
congress by Secretary Weeks with
out comment and was referred to
the house military committee for
examination in connection with the
three other private offers for va
rious units of the Muscle. Shoals
properties.
, In a 'letter to Secretary Weeks,
which accompanied the proposal,
Mr. Pars-ors reiterated statements
contained in his recent testimony
on nitroRt'n fixation before the
house niiiitary committee recently,
and declared the cyanamid process
was becoming obsolescent. For
that reason, he added, he did not
propose to operate plant Xo. 2. de
signed to carry on the cyanamid
process, oul agreed to furnish the
calcium carbide it might require
Ih the event the government leased
it to otlii-r interests or decided to
operate it ftself for thk production
of cyanamid or fertiliser products.
Chahman Kahn, of the military
committee, made public, the offer
.lfter the committeemen decided to
begin executive session April 10 to
define Jutt what was offered bv the
four proposals .now before it and.
titer, to retail their proponents for
final examination and possible
modification of the offers. After
that had deen done, Mr. Kahn said,
the committee would begin prep
aration of its report to the house
covering the various offers and
probably' containing a resolution
jr odoi'tion which would deter
mine what disposition (could be
made 'of the properties by author
ty of congress!
Both the military cOmmltlre
membert Mid those of the agricui
tire committee In the senate hav
lug Jurisdiction over the foil r pro
posals -vere agreed today that ac
tual dvl0ftm6nt . f he,, Jf uscite
Snoats. projects' should be started
t the earlisst possible time. House
Members, Uowever, were Inclined
to .take - the position that a de
cision on the proposals should fee
made at the present session of con
gress while some senators believed
greater progress could be made by
appropriating for const ruction
work to begin in July and with
holdtyi " the offers for" more de
liberam consideration, probably
by the December congress. ,
Will Ask Chance to Act
on Fair Building, Con
vention Hall.
A county-wide vote at the June
primaries on whether or not Bun
combe county shall float a $100,
000 bond issue to build a big fair
building and convention hall, is ex.
pected to result from a petition
which will be presented the board
of county commissioners at their
meeting (Monday, by a large dele
gation of representative oitisens of
AshevlUe and Buncombe county;
, The delegation . in its petition
that the commissioners order up
the Isaue for a vote, wilt be badked
by the hearty endorsements or the
Western North Carolina Poultry
association, the State Horticultural
society the Farmers'- Federation of
the county. and the County iCom
munitv clubs; the ,Clvl clubs and
th Chamber of Conmnerce of
AsheviHe, llvewock' breeders
and brrhardist's,, ot .this SeUoa of
the state. ! ' f -
A bill provMlng that th 100,
000 bond 'isu ;crutd be , floated
for this piirposel provided a, suf
ficient majority 'was returned In
favor' in a county-wide' election,
was passed 'by state legisla
ture intne spring oi lasvyear. , .
, FrOmlrtfiH , livestock breeders,
fruit growers mid farmers of the
durroundlng coustics'. as well ;as
Buncombe county, tha ve . been
boosting"', the . proposition ' for
gome time PH Personally, In addi
tion tolakins action through their
respective organlMtiona, ; and they
...... i h,,r lit for the 'statement
that the 'request will bp made, of
the jcnmmfrsioners temorrow,,and
that the wunty .board views the
tinn with, a firoraWe eye.
T The need for such; 1 building- is
voiced by .some.- organisation , al
most dally, they . pniat out. and in
favor of thw project say it ceuld
be tised for suflt. finely differing
purposes es the'hodlng of big ap
ple showV poultry shows, agricul
tural . and livestock displays, and
for big convention of all sorts.
That the National Livestock as
sociation's annual show and fBlr.
drawing thousands of breeders and
their tock from Ihe entire United
States, could be jkought here easily
if a place largeenough were avail
able, is the bplnion of J. " W.
Haynes and other prominent live
took men of his section.
In the last WW years numbers of
bl conventions and Shows have
beiv-Uufid .way. f rotn , AahsvUle
because them is no place large
enourh to accommodate the dele
gates and - exhibits, apd proUats
from, tnose, mieresiea i nave seen
numerous. ' Relief is I wanted at
QRMEH STILL ANOTHER
OFFER IDE FOR
NITRAT
CITIZENS WOULD
BALLOT! BOND
ISSUE IN COUNTY
"DEDICATED
... " '
OTEEN SLATED TO
BE OPERATED BY
EAU
Additional Building Pro
gram Considered Next!
, Step for Hospital.
WASHINGTON, April 1 An
executive order providing, for the
transfer of.C7 public heaUKserv
ica hospitals to the vetra,nl bu
reau' is in ho hands of 'President
Harding and Is erpected to .be is
sued soon, it was nnouhced today
by Director Fitfbes of the veterans'
bureau. - ; f -v. "
- .The transfer which JJivolveg hosf
pitals in -all iortions f-the 'counr
try will aff eft. an proximately 5 7.
008 former-Mrvice -men- now pa
tlent irr th'VinstitutViiiM.aiKl about
i.enft. BtlbiJb f .sci'vlvWX Ww-isiciatl.
The f hicans wl) terttaiii ih4,r
military stiftus in the public health
service but; will be tinder detail for
duty withJthe, veterans' bureau, t
With the contemplated transfer.
Director Forbes said, ail govern
ment agencies having to do with
former service men witl have, been
placed tinder the veterans' bureau
with the. exceptions of the soldiers'
homes with which, he said, there
already - is the closest' co-opera
tion. - -'- '
The hospitals Involved In the
transfer as announced by Director
Forbes include:
Southern infirmary snnex. Mo
bile, , Ala.: public health service
hospital No.. 26, Greenville. S. C:
No. 29, Norfolk, Va.; No. 33. Jack
sonville, Fla.; No. 4$, Atlanta, Ga.;
No. 68, New Orleans, La.: No. 60,
Oteen, N. C; No. 62, Augusta, Ga.j
No, 63. Lake City, Fla.; No. 74,
Gulfport, Miss. '
In addition the bureau listed
the hospital bow under construc
tion by the treasury department at
Tuskeegee, Ala.
iwANlf PATIBNTS EXPF-CT
" CHANGE TO BENEFIT THEM
Effect ort tha personnel and the
patients at Qteen through the ex
pected order of President Harding
in transferring the hospital along
with C6 others from the public
health service to the veterans' bu
reau could not be definitely fore
casted by officials at Oteen last
night.
' The executive order Is expected
as a further carrying out. ot the
provisions of the Sweet bill snd it
Is said many patients look forward
to the change as one for their
benefit, In that a closer understand
ing ot the individual eases of dis
abled solllers Is believed easier
through the veterans'" bureau than
through the present system.
' 8ftme, Who have teen studying
the Jiospltalliatlon problem tor the
former service men who are now
disabled, held the opinion last
night that if Oteen goes under the
supervision .of the veterans' bu
reau, additional appropriations will
be ' sought in the near future for
the compete carrying out of tha
Contemplated million dollar curt
struotion program at Oteen.
It wa .said that with the erec
tion' of two hew fire-proof wings
going ahead, these being located
with a view to further renlscement
of' temporary structures with the
toermanent buildings, the early an
nouncement of complete plans
Kstllnr for a number af additional
temporary wards and departmental
buildings is expected. Officials do-
uvt tha male in a: of Oteen perm
anent can only be accomplished
thrnti rh the erection' of buildings
similar to the concrete and siecr
ones now going uj, k ,
Ia the event the veterans ou
reau does become the controlling
factor it is behoved the officer per
nnnni will he chansed only to
slight degree.
FUAM'E MAY REASSERT
ENTIRE 1JBERTV ACTION
. PARIS. April 1,- (By The
Associated Press) . Premier
Pol n care told the chamber of
deputies today that If Ger
. many remained recalcitrant
regarding the payment of.
.reparations Jranca would je
aasert her entire iberty of
aotion and that the allies were
In accord with France on that
point. Three-fourths of. the
chamber applauded the state
VETERANS BUR
SUNDAY
TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NO RT1
ASHEVILiXNTSUNDAY MORNINGTaPRIL 2, 1922.
OVER THE BUNKER
(By BILLY BORNE)
Charges Chief
Is Violating
L L Jenkins Not to
Make Race Against
Weaver This Fall
His Decision Leads Republi
cans to Again Discuss
Ensley as Candidate
, .. . (,. - -'
Laban L. Jenkins will not be a
candidate for congress on the. re
publican ticket in the coming elec
tions, in opposition to Zeb Weaver,
democraticv - incumbent, It was
learned yesterday. It hss been
known for several days that Mr.
Jenkins was undecided as, to mak--ing
the. ;,racV aKhotigh the Tenth
district ' repiiblKian 'congresslomU
eJiecuttve committee indorsd.(Jil4
canaiaay at a, call meeting Tuesday-
! " ' V - '
With ihe announcement thei Mr.
Jenkins will not tmtke the -race,
considerable imerest has centered
In the probable candidate to car
ry on the standard of the republi
cans and John B. Ensley, of Jack
son county, is being prominently
mentioned.
E. C. Chambers, of Marlon: L. L.
Jenkins and Mn Ensley were men
tioned in early pre-campalgn talk
and with, the announcement that
the first two will remain out. It is
expected that interest in Mr. Ens
ley as a candidate will be again
aroused. :
IS
T YET AT E
Front Levee of Arkansas
Town Sloughs, Causing
Much Apprehension.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Anril 1 Th
Mississippi will begin falling to
morrow night or early Monday
morning at this point and the rate
of fall will gradually increase dur
ing the week, .according to a, bul
letin of the weather bureau here
today. The crest of the flood
waters are now flowing- past the
city with the river stationary at
ia.e reet on-tne gauge. With the
exception of the trouble, at Old
Town, Ark., where the front levee
has sloughed off for a distance of
176 feet along the shore line,
ating a situation. which is causing
considerable apprehension, no se
rious conditions have been re
ported from any poirjt along the
levee line in this river district.
The crest ! la expected " to reach
Helena . Tuesday or Wednesday
with a stage of S3. 6.
The- Bt. Francis levee board In
charge of the- levees on the Ark
ansas side from the Missouri state
Une to the mouth of the Ht. I ran
cis just above Helens, Issued an
official bulletin tonight in which
it stated that guards on the entire
length o,f the levee had reported
this evening that the levee was
solid at every point and that there
was no indication of trouble at
Osceola or . Mound City, where
trouble had been feared.,
Maior t.. T. Keer, United States
engineer in charge of the levees of
the White river district in ai-kso-sas
In which the threatened Old
Town levee is located, late today
received detailed reports from the
engineers In charge of the repair
work there, 1 . ,.' -
The situation at Old Town 1 se
rious," Major Kerr said, 'but with
.nnrt waather for the next few days
and no further rise m the river,
here in sight .for some time n is
believed the , levee there can be
held safely.
PATTERSON IS MANAGER OF
CO-OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT
RALEIGH, -APril I .Richard
R Patterson, manager of tho leaf
department of the American To
bacco company, ha been appoint
ed manager of the leaf depart
mehrorthe'Tobaxtw O rowers Vm
operative association - ot - North
Carolina, South Carolina and Vir
ginia; according to announcement
from the Raleigh headquarters to
night. , .'
FLOOD
DANGER
AT OLD TOWN
of Dry Squad
Prohibition Law
Is Declared Retaliation to
' Statement Smuggling
Uninterrupted.
PINE SAYsTlT'S OLD
GRAND STAND PLAY
Nutt Declares Threats of
Violence Made Against
7 1 Him at Miami.
'MIAMI, Fla., April. 1. Charg.
l.ig that Pi. B. Henson, chief of the
flying sijuadron of prohibition
agent now here on a cleanup cani
PiUgn, 4.i violating Instead of en
forcing, ; he ' laws, county SohVltor
Fred 'I. Pine, this afternoon issued
8-b'lii)oe'T.- rttrfWfiif Henonn t
1WfcvL,Trefore tun, Moifday at S
w j'f ifv ' fiv-itM-nlaJi. evidence it tie.
" any. a ,t county om-
tials ntrligent In Hheir duties.
Solicitor Pine's action, he saiJ.
is ln-ivply to a, statement if.ucd
today by Henson which declared
that lav enforcing in Miami wan
at a particularly low ebb and thai
Chinese and other smugglln'; was
going or. uninterrupted.
"It would appear that the name
old grandstand play, staged in
other quarters of the country. 1h
being repeated here," Mr. i'ine
said.
MTT I'ECtARES THREATS OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST RIM
MIAMI,, Fla.,. April 1, Colonel
l G. Nutt and his prohibition
squadron returned to Miami today
from Naesau and told of warnings
ot personal violence received by
them a r1 what they belleve.l war,
an attempt to sink their boat dur
ing their visit to the Bahama
I?lard capital. -- t: -.
A short llmo after their amv;..
In Nassau, the American consul
there warned them to be on their
auard, they declared. Two Tiours
later while cruising on a glass bot
tom boat, they were approached
by another boat carrying half i
dozen rough looking individuals.
"We villi get you and your crowd
if you don't leave Nassau," one of
tho men uboard the craft shouted.
A number of women tourists
aboard Colonel Nutt's boat bo nnm
excited nr.d the skipper turncl
back to dock. Colonel Nutt a.id
tiiat had there not been women
auoard. he believed violence would
hive developed.
1 brent 111 Nothing, To Do
With Turning Back
'I'Y-n threat, according : to the
party, had nothing to do with their
cro-Irc.turn to Miami toaay,
-:niislderahle .information c.imc
'ito pcpgesBlon of the prohibition
mn during their toup ot-investigation
of liquor source In an ef
fort to atop smuggling.' Colonel
Nutt said. Officials at Nassau, he
stated, expressed their- desire m
keep with him as much as pos
jiole. Nassau offlslals, it'wa said, are
livestlgsUng the "doctoring" "f
liquors and the Bahama assembly
yesterday adopted a resolution le
clfirtng it unlawful to import nir-cotk-s.
Colonel Nutt tonight forwarded
a report of his recent trip to
Havana and his Nassau visit to
Prohibition Commissioner llaynca.
It said in part:
"Conference In Nassau resulted
In determination by Manama ofll
cUl to eliminate Bimlni as a
liquor port and to concentrate at
Nassau, no a step by the British
government to supervise and make
smuggling more dlmult. The Brit
Isn govnrnment also will give the
ratification of Cuban alcohol into
doctored liquor to prevent its suit
to Americans.
"Tho Immediate feeult of our
trip to Nassau wss the introduc
tion In the Bahama assembly of a
resolution prohibiting the impor
tation of narcotics. Nassau officials
are agreable to the detail of
American agent in Nassau to se
cure Information.
"American agent at several
ports, including Havana and Nas
sau, torethsr with fast chasers, in
my opinion, will reduce smuggling
10 per lent.
"At Havana, our visit with the
American consul proved most
fruitful as a result,- acting upon
his puggestlon. I shall recommend
to"Tnmmts1oneTHayte"ths'
jst two agent be attached, to the
American -consulate for the pur
pose of supplying the prohibition
tnd narcotic units with Inform-
CAROLINA"
PRICE
I
OFFICE ORDERED
Searching Probe of Con
ditions Will Be Made by
Justice Department.
OFFICIAL CAPITAL
DAZED BY ACTION
Senator Caraway Thinks
Wholesale Discharges
Only "Politics."
WASHINGTON. April I De
part men!, of Justice agent havn
ii irt-1 rurted to make i tlior
u.igh lt'V.'s!igatl()!i uf the bureau
of pngravii.g and printing, from
which James I,. Wllmeth, its di-i-t'cl;r,
mm! 23 ,-hiefs. superinten-
dents :ui, foremen were removed
1'. iday night hy executive order ol
1'iesidei t HardliiR. It was an
nounced tonight by Attorney tlcu
eial Uaupherty.
Mr. Inui:hiMty said he had as
sis" 'it i number of agents to
Louis A. Hill, the newly appointed
director to gn Into the conduct
of affairs of the bureau but did
ii ,t Indicate what cotirsn the in-v.-stigatioii
was to take it miRht
!p expected ill Ihe way nf develop
ments. Otlici.i! Washington was dared
t iday n ; '.he suddenness of the
P.PSidenl's re-nrganization of the.
Kovsrnmint's Rlar.t engraving plan;
"i'or tho sood of the service" and
the possibility of a. congressional
airing ot tho change was indicated
hy Senator Caraway, democrat,
Arkansas, who announced his in
tention of seeking the reasons for
he dismissals on the floor ot the
MTia'e .Monday.
Senator Caraway declared that
i'i his opinion there , had been
'.-lothinj,- but politics'' In the dis
missal of the bureau ottlclals anl
t liat it was the Intention of the
administration to follow its action
up in ther Hgencies of he gov
ernment with a view to putting re
publicans in office.
22 Aliens Picked up at
Tarpon Springs, Three,
Days Without Food.
TAM PA yia. April l. Nearly
exhausted trom three day lack
of food on a boat ia.the .Gulf and
one -night oh the barren' Island of
Anclote, 22 aliens were arrested
as they landed at Tarpon Springs
this morning, charged with hav
ing illegally gained entrance Into
the United States.
They were brought to Tampa by
immigration inspectors and are
being held here ponding deporta
tion hearings.
The shipment, ot aliens, which
included Germans, Creeks and
one Canary slander, came by bust
from Havana. Cuba, according to
the only member ot the party who
could speak English. The yacht
they came on from Cuba landed
them about midnight, yesterday
on Anclote 'Island, seven miles
from Tarpon Springs, They were
under the impression that they
were on the main land and that
they would find a city nearby. At
daybreak they discovered they
were surrounded by water mid
that tho only shelter was the gov
ernment lighthouse.
Tho keeper of tne light, secur
ed a yacht to land them on the
mainland ami also notified custom
officials to meet them at the dock.
According to the only man who
could speak English they paid
from $100 to $40 each to be
brought to this country. The "run
ner" boat, he said, had a crew of
four men and immediately headed
south after landing the party
They said they did not know the
name of the boat.
SOLOXK SAY ('II A ROES
OF LOBBY .NOT I P1IEI.I)
Mississippi Legislature Hops Not
Concur In Russell's View
JACKSON, Miss., April 1. --Legislative
Investigation of charges as
made by fiuveinor Lee M. Russell
that certain fire Insurance Inter
ests had maintained a. "pernicious"
lobby In Jackson incidental to the
present session ot the legislature,
and other allegations made -by the
state executive paused Into history
today when the Mississippi house
of representatives adopted the re
port of Its special committee of in
quiry which held liat the evidence
assembled during nearly a month
of hearings failed to substantiate
the governor's charges.
The Issue brought to the floi.r of
the house with the submission of
tho committee report was decided
by a vote of 60 to 20 on a motion
to adopt the findings after a spir
ited debate and a fight by the
minority to have the report merely
"received."
The committee in Its report did
not hold with the governor In any
ot his contentions, the findings as
serting - that the evidence dis
proved the allegations In each in
stance on which the committee
reached a conclusion. On one point,
reference by the governor to. a
damage suit filed against him by
Miss Frances lilrkhcad, a former
stenographer nn a suit of black
mail," the committee did not make
a decision. The investigations ex
plaining that their limited Judicial
authority precluded an inqillry of
sufficient scope to reach a determ
ination.
Governor Russell declined " to
comment today on th report of
the committee or th action or the
house. ' - , .
CASIRA IS APPOINTED
POSTMASTER AT WJNDOM
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 1,
William casina ha heen' ap
pointed ' postmaster at Wlndonrv
Yancey county, succeeding p. p
Ouge, removed. :
InVEST CA
ON OF
Nil
PUBLIC
ALIENS RUSTED
pNLIFULL!
7c ON TRAINS 10.
Strength Of Strikers
To Be Tested Monday
Is Present
T
DATA ON STRIKE
No Early Defection From
Strikers Ranks Is Be
ing Anticipated.
WESTERNCANADA
MINES ARE CLOSED
Discussions in Several
States as to Pay of Men
Watching Property.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April
Completn suspension of coal min
ing by union workers marked the
btglnnlnir today of the national
walkout, ordered bj the United
Mine Worker of America. Vnlon
leaders istlmated at 600.000 min
ers, including 100,000 non union
men. had enlisted In tho move
ment, an predicted no change
tvus expected soon.
The exact eftectivenes of the
suspension, especially in non-union
and partly organised fields, wa
dlllicult to guage, however, because
todsv also marked the anniversary
cf the . introduction of tho eight
hour work day in the coal Indus
try, and . is an annual holiday in
the coal lields. Nevertheless,
union pllicials were confident that
no unlcn men, except those au
tnorized to stay at work, would
idurn to the mines on Monday.
Vnlon headquarters here pre
pared no tabulation showing the
geographical distribution ot the
idle men, but reports from field
loaders showed the great bulk of
the suspension centered In Penn-
avivanla. West Virginia, Ohio, In
diana,., Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,
Kansas' and nearby southwestern
states. Reports from other fields
were somewhat vague, and union
officials a jd. not expect an exact
showing for the entire country
wiiuld be available before the
middle at --.next . week , . ,-:-''..-;
President John L. -Lewis esti
mated.' that 8,000 ot the t,oe
mine llv the country thnlj have
bven operating recently had closed
and in Bddition it wa.olntd .out
tdfcfl.JUO mines have been idl
for somo .time.- Change in the
suspension weit MPected to be-
relHjvely slow in Becoming ap-p-jre'ifif
out' ludtotttions ot possible
spread of its effect developed "t
points v. Ii ere railroads laid: ore
many rew operating coal train,
Early Defection in Ranks
Not Iam k-d For
Ui.ion leaders declared they
were not expecting any early de
tection from the miners' ranks on
account ot any operators attempt
ing to resume work on an open
nop 'baa's. However, the union
men declined to express any opin
ion on the probable action of or
ganized wcrkera in partly union
ized Held, where the situation was
regarded as hinging largely on the
attitude of non union employes.
In various fields, particularly In
Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
the . leaders of the' union were
planning meetings during the next
f.w days to gain as much support
a possible from the non union
workers. The strongly unionized
fields, which were hit the hardest
tqday by the suspension, the union
leaders regarded any break in their
battlefront as Impossible.
Tho anthracite fields of Penn
sylvania and the big soft coal area
comprising the central competitive
field an 1 the southwest interstate
d.'strict, were believed by the
union officials as already started
on an indefinite and prolonged
suspension. Reports also indicated
that the other coal fields were
closed today, but operators in some
ot-these c'istricts were said to be
planning to resume work soon.
Hpstcm Canada Alines Arc
Reported Closed
Mines In western Canada were
reported s closed, but those In
Nova Ht'otla were In operation,
rive thousond union miners in
Kentucky also were scheduled un
der the union's program to re
main at work, Mr. Lewis declaring
this was in harmony with a con
tract with operators, that has an
o'.her jtar to Vun. In addition,
1J,OCO union men were to remain
in tile mines lo protect, the prop
erties from damage, but reports to
union heodouarter here indicated
that disputes had developed In
Iowa, Montana and Washington as
to th wages to be paid these men.
The union leaders in these states
Were li'slstlng the wages provided
1 1 the contract expiring last mid
night bo- continued, whllo opera
tor were said to be seeking reduc
tion. In adili'ion to marking the mini
"rsary of the miners eight hour
work day and the beginning o."
their first suspension of work
Imuitaiipously, involving both
anthracite and bitunitnooun fields,
today also is known as tho beginning-of
th "coal year." As such,
"summer prices'' for coal have
been fixed in the past the margin
of decline usually being 50 centa
a ton, wiiioh was wiped out by
gradual increases until September.
. Retailers here announced no
change today in their prices, and
mine owner declared they had no
coal for sale.
AVIATOR I'ISHER MV NOT
- SLRVIVE HIS INJURIES
MACON. ('... April 1. The
condition of W. Ij. Elsher, avia
tor, one of three men burned yes
terday when an airplane crashed
here, took a turn for the worse
tonight and doctor tear that he
an not live.
' Th bodyjof John J. Costa, auto
racer, who died from hums . re
ceived in the same accident, was
ahlpped to Anthony, Kan., today.
Mr. J. C. Griffin, of Fort Worth,
(Jules Devereux) who dicj last
night, the third victim ot th
crash, wired today that she 1 e-i
route to Macon to cany the body
to Portland, Or.
UNION OFFICIALS WEST VIRGINIA'S 1
TABULATING
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TODAY
Prediction
MINES TO RUN
OPEN SHOP
Hard and Soft Coal Mines
Both Closed in Pennsyl
vania District.
BEING SUGGESTED
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Borah Says It May Be
Necessary to Try It Out
if People Ignored. (
( TUB AUOClATB't mUSi : . '
Quiet celebration-' of the anni
versary of the introduction of th '
eight hour day In the mine
marked tho first day of the coun
ny-wldr rtrike ot union coal min
ers Yesterday.
a I
PLAN
With some 600,000 miner. In- , ,
eluding 100.000 non-union men re
pcrted idle, operators and- union
leader v.'er predicting the flrit .
r..al tl ot strength Monday lie- - I
causo of the general custom ot ob , I
serving the anniversary, ', t I
In tho meantime, however, an
almost complete suspension :' of
work was reported by union, head
quarters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, :
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri,
Iowa ar d Mher unionized districts.
In Pem eylvanla both th bitumi
nous and f nthracite digging were .
shut down.
From Kentucky ft wa reported
thvt work would continue under
contract which had another year
to run. In Wert Virginia Mi
operators sa4d the mine would bv
!e-opcnod Monday on an open hop
bus!, in Kansas, -union ' chief
said that the . strike would eon
tl.iue despite an industrial court,
order for a temporary extension .
of the old contract. )
No effort toward federal inter-. ,
ventlon wa reported., admlnUtra-..
tlon leader holding that any aueh.
action must be based on th exist
ence ot an emergency, which, the? '
se.id. doe not yet appear to exist., ;
a supplie of coal ifor trom three
;o eight week are on hand,
. Senator Borah, of Idaho, holr
mun of the enat labor commit-;
te,: however, uggated that .lhe
ntecaslty fog ; government opera
tion of the mine might artso. "it
th coal industry doe not re-or
Kn!s lit tile intereat.of th pubUc,
it will l.o up to the publtft. to "iry
tli experiment of ' goverametis
wnerlm," Jie declared in afctate.
went, ,-.' . v- '. ' ' j
John L. Lewis, president Of. th?.
United Mine Worker of America.
departdV from the .union . head-,
quarters at Indianapolis Saturday 1
night fo:- Washington, where h
will appear before th house labor
committee Mondv to testify re
garding, the strike... Union official
estimated that ih strike would. ;
result in lost production, of 1,80'i.
0i0 ton ot bituminous coal daly
and 300,000 tons of anthracite, Tha
low In wages to th miner waj
estimated at 13,000,000 dally. -
NOT A RIPPLE CAURER RT
STRIKE IN FEDERAL CIRCLES '
WASIXINQTON, April llTh
nation-wide coal trlk went lntt),
tfect today without cauairrc
ripple, 3i iar a could be obserVa.
in the administration operations cf
viie Kovrrnmenc. .. ...
No statements were forthcoming','
from thn Whit House and ad
ministrative officials generally had.'
nothing to say. Apparently thes i
oTicials wcro unanimou in tho.
view ascribed at tl. White Houss ;
to Presi.ient Harding that federal-")
intervention must tieoessarlly h r
based on the existence of publici'.
ememency and that emergency '
not yet appear to exist.
Congress, however, unlik the
ajminlstrative branches of the
government, marked the opening "
of the i.'rllte with a continuation
of hearlngr on th Bland reolui
Hon for appointment by the PresU.
dent of u commission to investi
gate ti e coal Industry and with
i, statement by Chairman Borah,
oi the senate education and tabor,
committee, that untos the coat
Industrv was re-otganlzed in the
Interest of thn public It would b,
up to tin pnblio to trv the expert
merit In publlo ownership. t
The heatings on tho Bland coat
commission resolution, which art '
being he'. l hy the hous labor com
mittee, included today the viewsi ,
of the v per tor a -presented hf
Alfred M. Ogle, of Terre Haute,
Ind., vice-president ot th National
Coal association. Mr. - Ogle toll
the committee there wa little po-i
siiillitv cf getting th union leader
fi'id representative of th opor
ator.) in the bituminous field to
rwther in joint conference, and de
eliited teat effort which he salil .
wero hflusr made to make Ifc.ap
pear that, tho operators forced, th
Htiike in oider to sell urplu coal
Mocks v.'-re absm. Practically all
of the c ial on hand, he said, is tit
-.he bins of the consumer wh.i
have ix.ught and paid for it. Th
operator) Mr. Ogle informed the
.ominlttec, would not oppose legis
lation oreatlng a commission to
investig:.:e the coal industry.
Mr. Ogle having completed hi i
piesentation of th view of the
oper-ors. th committee Monday
will tur.i to ascertaining the posi
tion of the miner and Will h
lohn L. l ewis, international prct
dont of the Unltod Min Worke-i
ot America. . , :,
ARRI CKLE WILL GO ON
STAND EARLY TODAY
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dont whil leiog jiven first abi
treatment bv gue of tne
In Rosoo C, ( Fatty i Animckte
"vi" nwinp,, according to te
mony of Fted lT..hlach. one
testl-
mo nosis at Arbucklo's
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man.
ATuokl is exiw-ted to testtfv
In hi own fcoholf tarly r.ext wek
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