THE .WEATHER
Neeth Crelln: Shewtrs .nj
wlm!?r Thu';?d,y 'y .hewers.
otrth Crolln: .seal thundr.how,
er Thursday; Frliay partly cloudy?
WEST VIRGINIA'S
III Uul I , lo A I u
ine Organization Presi
ent Opens Headquar
ters m new York
WANTS SETTLEMENT
ON SOFT COAL EOW
Not 0fficially.Advi3ed of
Refusal by Operators
ortolan's Bid
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 5.
Complete suspension of coal
production in the non-union Wind
ing Gulf fields of West Virginia
before Sunday, was predicted in a
statement tonight by Lawrence
Dwyer, of Beckley. W. Va.. a
member of the executive board of
the United Mine Workers of
America. In the New Rive field,
d asserted, only 50 men are at
k. Mr. Dwyer said the miners
Winding Gulf number ten
thousand and those in New River
field about 11,000.
NEW TORK, April 5. John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, established tempo
rary strike headquarters in New
York today, to await the outcome
of the house labor committee's in
vitation to bituminous coal oper
ators to Join them in a wage con
ference at Washington, D. C.
While awaiting further advice
from Congressman Nolan, chair-
man of the committee, Mr. Lewis
announced he would attempt to
hasten negotiations for settlement
of the anthracite, through the min
ers' and operators' sub-committee
on wage contract negotiations in
isslon here.
f deferring to reports from Wash
bn that operators of Ohio and
Indiana already had sent telegrams
to 'Mr. Nolan declining to meet
with the miners Mr. Lewis said:
"I have not received any official
notification that the operators re
fused the invitation. I can only re
affirm our willingness to negotiate
with them at any time."
(.ratified Over Action By
Congressmen
Mr. Lewis appeared well pleased
with the attitude taken by the
congressmen toward his presen
tation of .the miners' case, and ex
pressed a belief that the workers
had established their sincerity ot
purpose.
''Our position remains unassail
able," he said. "There also seems
to be a sympathetic response on
the part of the public to our eft
lorts to settle peaceably our con
troversy with the operators."
He vigorously denied reports
that, unless the bituminous oper
ators agreed to a conference, the
union men would withdraw from
the- collieries, ail engineers, fire
men and,' pumpmen detailed to
protect property while the strike
is-on.
The strike, both in the bitumin
ous and anthracite fields Is ettect
ive loo per cent, Mr. Lewis !Ud.
Although reports were too incom
plete to indicate to what extent
the 100,000 non-union miners had
Oed the walk out, he asserted,
) strike Is rapidly being extend
nto non-union territory."
l : miners oeiegaies lo me sud--tommittee
on wage scale negotia
tions ' today continued . to prescjit
data in support of their claims for
a 20 per cent increase for contract
men and a minimum wage of $5.20
a day for straight time workers.
Philip Murray, vice-president of
the United Mine Workers, who
headed the miners section of the
nub-committee, offered figures to
show that the. mortality rate
among te men was 91 per cent
higher than in other normal baslfc
industries of the country. In 1921,
he said, there were 541 men killed
and 2,000 injured to such an ex
tent that Pennsylvania paid them
compensations. This was based up
on figures of the Pennsylvania
state department of mines.
PITTSBURGH PRODUCERS
TO ANSWER NOLAN TODAY
PITTSBURGH, April. t. The
Pittsburgh Coal Protfuc.ers assocl-
today considered tne mvita
of Chairman Nolan, of the
licua labor committee, to the
proposed meeting of operators of
the central competitive field and
the United Mine Workers in Wash
ington, April 10, for a discussion
of the coal strike. It was decided,
that an answer would tie sent Mr.
Nolan tomorrow.
After the meeting the. associa
tion made public a letter to Sec
retary Davis, "written by B. M.
Clark, president of the Associa
tion of Bituminous Coal Operators
of Central Pennsylvania, in which
Mr. Clark charged that the United
Mine Workers and not the oper
ators had broken the rage agree
ment by striking.
In support of the charge, Mr.
Clark quoted from the agreement
between the officers of District
No. 2, United Mine Workers of
America, and the operators which
expired March . 31, a section of
which, he pointed out, provided
for a continuance of-the old agree
ment for ao days after the date
0 which the scale committee of
ators and. miners hold their
meeting to negotiate an agree
ment to succeed the existing scale.
Mr. Clark also quoted from a
letter he had written to President
John Brophy of District 6, March
, last. In which he asked for a
suitable date for a meeting with
the United Mine Workers to .ne
gotiate a scale effective April 1,
and to continue for two years.
.No written reply was received to
the letter, Mr. Clark wrote to Sec
retary Davis,' but Mr. Brophy notl
Aed him In person March 17, that
theUnlted Mine Workers would
I sot meet with the association-un-
tll after a settlement had been at-
lected with the operators of the
Central competitive field. At that
IHNON
MFN
Hmv,' Mi.' iartt-eald-MtN-Brophyitrtag tW-quetionu p. but th e
old him the union miners of cen
tal Pennsylvania would strike on
-ril 1. . .'
ESTABLISHED 1868.
HOUSE VOTES TO
n f p n r t ni iFFiq
V I L AT I N G Li
....
would Send All Out of
Country Who Break Nar
cotic orJJry Laws
STEP FOR BETTER
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Measure is Forwarded to
the Senate For Fur
ther Action
WASHINGTON, April 5.By a
vote of more than three to One the
house late today passed and sent
to the senate a bill authorizing the
deportation of aliens convicted In
the state or federal courts on
charges of having violated the nar
cotic and Volstead acts.
Described by prohibition advo
cates as a step .toward better law
enforcements, and characterized by
Representative Graham, Pennsyl
vania,, ranking republican on the
Judiciary committee, as a mon
strous piece of legislation," the bill
as presented by the immigration
committee stood up against all at
tacks , ' "
A motion to recommit so that
the provision relating to convic
tion in state courts might be elimi
nated was defeated and the meas
ure was put through as framed,
222 to 73.
Representative Walsh, republi
can, Massachusetts, member of
the judiciary committee which
wrote the original VolBtead act and
who offered the motion to recomJ
mlt. declared he believed, now as
men, mat tne enforcement law
wax made too drastic at the start.
Warning was sounded to prohi
bitionists by many members, in
cluding Representative Mann, re
publican, Illinois, a veteran of the
house, that they were going too
far, that there was danger of dis
rupting the whole system of law
enforcement and that Jurors would
be unwilling to convict those who
ought to go to jail it it also mPant
deportation. '
There were many references to
the Anti-Saloon league Vnd Wayne
B. Wheeler, its general counsel.
Representative Hill, republican, of
Maryland, charged that the Ameri
can bootleggers' union" and the
league were standing hand-ln-hand
and fighting under one banner to
get the alien bootleggers out of
business. Mr. Welsh said that-Mr.
Wheeler could not be classed by
the bootleggers as an enemy since
"he is the man who has made It
possible for them 'to ply their
trade." -v -..
WORKERS TOLD
Rev. Isaac Messef, Mead
ow, Tenn., Presides at
Knoxville Meeting
KNOXVTLLE, Tenn.,,-A-pril E.
With over a hundred representa
tives of churches, colleges and so
cial agencies present, the opening
business session of the tenth an
nual conference of the Southern
Mountain Workers was held here
today.
Rev. Isaac Messer, ot Meadow,
Tenn., acted as chairman, while
Mrs. John C Campbell, of ,the
Russell Sage Foundation, is secre
tary. J'arm life In. the. mpun tains can
be made as profitable, whether on
a large or small scale, as any
other Dlace. This was the answer
given the Southern Mountain.
Workers' conference by John W.
Goodman'. Jr.,' co'uhty agent of, Av
ery county, North Carolina; in re
ply to the question "Mountain
farm. Life Dpes It Pay?"
However, Mr. Goodman advises
that craps suited to mountain con
ditions be planted. '
A new and profitable industry
fpr the .njQuntalo farmer was re
vealed In an address by Frank W.
BIcknell, of LinvlUe Falls, N. C.i
when he told the conference this
afternoon of the Mountain Seed
Potato. Growers'. CPtoperatlve as
sociation, Inc., of which he Is pres
ident. "Too jnuch money spent on
handsome school buildings and too
many inferior, teachers to fill
them," was his indictment against
the present method qf- education;
Character as developed In 'the pu
pils is the only measure ot a
teacher's' success,' and this should
be the aim of course- and not
merely' to pass examinations. The
conference continues through to
morrow. ' .;
FRANC. WILL LIKELY RAY ITS
AN INTER-ALLIED PROBLEM
PARIS, April B. -The French
reply to the British note concern
ing payment of,-Interest on war
loans by England Is likely to be
that the question Is bound up with
that of the Jnter-sllled debts, and
must bfe dealt with as .a whole,
rf tht. TCeho de Paris, quoting a
well informed source. Piecemeal
payment will 'only hamper the
settlement, the reply Will say.
TK. TlA.:Mh rAmmnntititltn nntl.
fled France "that the three year's
convention - expiring at an early
date would not be renewed.
The understanding in 'French
official circles has been-that th
whole question of the lnter-allied
debts will come up soon from the
initiative of Great' Britain as the
result of the American funding bill
requiring the payment of Interest
on the debts of the allies, to the
United States As all of these
operations are linked together, Is
is- held lit French circles that a
settlamet t between any two coun
tries requires a general adjustment.
The British foreign office is tin
Jerstood to have Informed the
French smDassaaor in lonoon
tht the British government" will
TTronrh farelcn office declared to-
dav no formal note on the sub
MOUNTAIN FARMS
PAY. MOUNTAIN
J Juul vat km vtMolM. v
THE AS
'DEDICATED
"COME
ED
OIL
ELI
i
Mayor Julian P. Kitchin
Expresses Approval
of Change
Biltmore village, renowned the
world over as marking the spot
where the creative mind of the
late George- W. Vanderbilt ended
the rule of the mighty forest mon
archy and where 'in a short dis
tance, amid the stately mountain
timber, e located .the mansion In
ternationally .knows as Biltmore
House, is yielding , to the mVch
of commercial progress,", and the
famous Biltmore . Green will soon
be the site o powerful commer
cial -houses.. '-:. ' '-.-j vv ':'
Just as .pasalag-trme" has -,-only
Increased the' memory ot George
Washington in the hearts of Amer
icans, will the plan of Biltmore
village, Its excellent streets, -waterworks
and- the beautiful .and sa
cred All Souls' church; remain to
remind those who visit the spot
that the Kite George W. Vander
bilt's idealaserved to upbuild this
section, and in its progress his
memory will survive. y
It is now proposed to end the
reign of the tax and care free vil
lage, and rear stores and business
houses where .for years the quiet,
sunny mountain breezes fanned
the property ot the pioneer build
er, and annex the villkge on the
Swannanca to the rapid growing
city of 'Asheville.
The sound of the saw and ham
mer has forthe past few months
disturbed the.qulet and picturesque
spot. Officills who have been
vested With power ' since the 40
acres' of land Were bisected from
the rolling lands of the magnificent
estate have all had their part in
marking the end of the famous
spot and bringing it m twentieth
century line with other spots swal
lowed by' the march of progress.
Over the hill, just a few. miles
eway, is another spot .destined to
be an important factor in giving a
touch of progress tg the large es
te, Biltmore Fosst, separated
fnrm the once peadtfut village by
a handsome brick Jrigh school and
a short, modern highway,,.
Little did the pioneer,, builder
realize that' over a short space of
the-time, Intermingled with 'un
dreamed of commercial? activity,
the property he laid out and de
veloped in the midst of the miles
of wilderness, would be overlooked
by men torn with the . horrors of
the world's greatest war, and that
bands ot iron would develop a tre
mendous freight yard almost at
the back door of his vast estate.
As ch'.el executive of the peace
ful village, Mayor Julian P.
Kitchin tealizlng the value of the
f roposed annexation, has expressed
himself r.a heartily in accord with
the plan to have the city bound
aries extended almost to the very
entrance to the palatial estate of
the late Bilmore founder.
Several . large property-owners,
who have always looked out for
tne bear interest of the residents
of the .Ullage,, have .expressed their
approval of the plan and senti
ment is belrig gradually crystallized
for the change, which will -mark
t.ie tnd of a reign of beauty a-nd,
invite thi reign of business.
Although the citizens, -who for
years h&ve occupied their homes
in peaco and harmony, first tinder
the guiding hand ot the late Mr.
Vanderbilt, later his kindly .wife.,
and' still later the municipal gov
ernment of a small city, have
never takn a ruling hand in poll
tics, their decision will be an Im
portant laofor- in the change. Their
neighbor in the thriving city of
Vsheville will 4 also voice their
wishes. :- "
The city fathers of Biltmore will
probably discuss the matter in the
near future, when they gather to
discuss the proposed tax levy for
June,- wbtoh will- mark - the- first
taxes to be paid by the residents
as Individuals. Heretofore Biltmore
has, never had a tax levy, d.ue to
Se fact the village was 6wd as
a part ot the vast estate, -and Mrs.
Vanderbilt has attended te sp fi
nancial affairs. ' j v -
With the sale of: the -property
f.overal. months ago to the Appa
lachian ' Realty -.company, ; the
people began, to realize that busi
ness would soon march thelt, way
and liavu eagerly -. watchefvthe
Dlnares -.'.'','.'
: wtretcWTnir,ooMonrhort
distance, with' one side of the tittle
WW
TO THE UP-BUILDING
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL , 1922.
ON BOY$, GET TOGETHER"
(By BILLY BORNE)
Equal Rights For
Women May Be Put
In Church Ritual
i
Bridegroom Would Not,
.Though, Endow , Bride
, With "Worldly Good$?
NEW TORK. April 5. (By the
Associated Press.) Recognition
of the changed status of women by
striking from the Episcopal mar
riage ceremony the promise .to
obey, and eliminating the compul
sory giving in marriaxe was pro
posed by the commission on re
vision of the Book ot Common
Prayer, in a report made public
.tonight.
Gaining equal rights with men
in their marriage vows, however,
the women would lose a special
privilege now accorded , them. "or
the proposal to change the. cere
mony also provides for, striking out
the; bridegroom's pledge, with ! all
mis .worldly goods. Ltljee endow.,,
' TrKe'ioemmlssIoTTsTfepbrt,' . pub-'
tlshed 1n the form ot a 2J0 page
book and pronesiit more tha 10
alterations and .the inclusion - of
sevjfri entirely new offices or forms
ot worship, tl be., submitted to
the triennial general -convention
ot the church ;t .Portland. .Oregon,
next September, tfnder the con
stitution ot the church it cannot'
be adopted until; it has been ap
proved by two general conventions,
but members of the commission
hope to see the' changes finally rat
ified at the 1925 convention. '
OVERMANHOLDS
ARE UNNECESSARY
Will Denounce Measure
Coming Up Friday Pork
Barrel Proposition
WASHINGTON, April 5. Sen
ator. Overman says that the pend
ing judicial bllj. creating 20 new
federal judges, is a pork barrel
proposition pure and simple. He
will denounce it In the senate.
Mr. Overman declared that the
republicans refused to vote for a
similar bill for- 8 judges while
President Wilson was In because
they did not want democrats ap
pointed. The Judges are aot need
ed, he thinks. Two are to , be add
ed in- Massachusetts. Judge Connor
in North Carolina, tried twice as
many cases as both of the Massa
chusetts judges last year, j
FLETCHER'S AMENDMENT
DEFEATED IN THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, April 6. An
agreement was .made by the, sen
ate today J.o, vote finally, next Fri
day on the bill to create a score
of federal Judges. This was fol
lowed by the- c'vteat on a tie-vote
of an amendment offered by Sen
ator, Fletcher, democrat, Florida,
to authorize; an .additional. Judge
for" the" southern ' Florida district.
Discussioti todayvwaa principal
ly on the Fletc'her amendment,
which was lost 2.9 to' 1. Senator
Fletcher announced however, that
he -would renew his, amendment
later;
-Senators. Fletchers and Tram
mell of Florida, both urged the
senate to authorizethe .additional
Florida judge, declaring' that busi
ness in south Florida warranted
another Judge. Chairman Nelson of
the Judiciary committee and Sen
ator Cummins spoke against the
Fletcher amendment, Senator Nel
son declaring that the judge for
the northern Florida district spent
most of .his time assisting federal
judges In New Tork. Senator Nel
son suggested -that the'.two Flor
ida districts, be combined, to make
both Judges t large" or that the
state's -population and' business be
reapportioned.... :; ,; , , '
LOUISIANA' GOVERNOR ; ''
- WOULD SUPPRESS KLAX
h' NEW, ORLEANS.' April. J. Act
lrig on the opinion'-Of -Attorney-General
A.' V. "-Coco "that- ku klux
klan parades. Jn any-city, town or
parish. In : Louisiana are .in viola
tion of a state law. Governor John
M.5 Parker tonifht announced he
wuUh-attompt 'imnneditelua.to
suppress the order in Louisiana as
Xaasoasible,". . ..
EIN
S
LLE
OF WESTERN NORTH
Changes Under Considera-
tion Sanctioned by Good
Roads Association
Drastic changes in the parking
ordinance of the city under con
sideration, by the board of city
commissioners, received the unan
imous indorsement of the directors
of the Good Roads association of
Buncombe county last evening,
when they were-submitted to the
body by Commissioner R. L. Flte
patrick, of public safety. The
meeyng was held at ' the Gloria
fat Chiint-h f-h ' - :-, -: -. :-'
fv T!iecmml8sloner' proposes to
limit a period of so minntes parte
between .the hours of g a. m. and
7 n. hi. on the following streets:
4 South side of Kast College street
from Market to Broadway.
East side of Broadway Inm
Pack Square to Woedfln street.
, South slUqhf Pack square.
East aide of Biltmore from Pack
square to the old Y. W. C. A. build
ing. 'East aide of -Church street from
Aston street to Patton avenue.
East- lde of llaywcod street
from West College to Auditorium.
South tide of Walnut street from
Haywood street to Lexington ave
nue. ,
No parking at any hour on
Woodfin street between, Spruce and
Vance street.
The attention of the commission
er swas called by M. A. Krskine
that while Biltmore avenue's un
dergoing repairs a' traffic officer
should be placed on the street on
Sunday afternoons because of the
congestion. Mr. Fltapatrlck thank
ed Mr.i Ersklne for his suggestion
and said he would comply with the
request.
Annual -Meeting Date
Is Set For May 10
The directors set the date of the
annual meeting for Wednesday,
May10 at the city hall at 8 p.
5:
At this gathering, according to
M. Jones, the secretary, plans will
be made to make the ensuing year
the most active In the long history
of the organization. . .
Wythe M. Peyton, district high
way engineer, extended the direc
tors and all members ot the or
ganisation an invitation to meet
with the Asheville association of
engineers next Saturday evening at
8, o'clock at the Battery Park-hotel
and hear the address of Frank
Page, chairman of the state high
way commission. Mr. Peyton ex
pressed appreciation to the body
for their eo-operatlon with htm
and his department during the past
year regarding highway problems.
He said the-district highway iaUv
thoritlea ' were oleased to know
they have the support of the Ashe-'
vllle business men in solving their
difficulties and added the associa
tion was the only wayln;whlch
matters ot this sort ' could be
brought up and discussed.
The highway engineer told the
directors that the state commission
had made, arrangements to put up
the necessary -signs on all roads
now maintained by the state, com
ing into Asheville. And there are
six of them, he said. The body
went on record as asking the coun
ty commissioners, to place signs on
the roads leading to the state high
ways in pfder to avoid confusion.
This will b' done-this season, the
chslrmaiuot- the boardUsald.
The-matter of enlarging -the
western" approach .of the West
Asheville bridge as a safety meas
ure, which, has been the subject pt
discussion since last. fall, was again
broughtupV The question' was re
ferred to Mayor Gallatin Roberts
and" B; A. Patton. chairman of the
county board, With the request
they discuss the matter and get in
touch . wlth the f proper - interested
nersons'- so "'that the Improvement
could be made .before the summer
season. All the members ot tne
county board . were present at the
session.,.: .',-,.; -'-..
POTTNDRY KMPLOYE B.ILI.R
MAN OVER HIS DISCHARGE
. CHICAGO, April . E. S. Pow
ers, superintendent of the Jones
Foundry,, company, today shot to
death in his. office an employe
named Charles' Falfleld, who, dis
gruntled -over- being discharged,
had rushed into the olfiee firing a
pistol. ,A-otheL emploje was
wounded by Falfleld before Pow
ers killed him:
mm-wm
IN PARKING LAW
GIVEN APPROVAL
CITIZEN
CAROLINA"
THER CLASH
IN SENATE OVER
SERVICE RULES
Row Not Settled Over!
Harding's Dicharge of !
Engraving Bureau Men ;
TWO RESOLUTIONS I
GO TO COMMITTEE
Harrison Wants Data on
Men Named Regardless
of Service Rules
WASHINGTON. April 5 - Sen
ate republican and ilemorrais
clashed acain tojav over the oii'm
tion of whether the Harding art
ministration hss bten olmervine or
violating civil service regulations.
Without much fuss or flurry two
democratic resolutions on the sub
ject were disposed of temporarily
but a third caused protracted de
bate. The two resolutions of Senator
Caraway, democrat. Arkansas, re
lating to President Harding's dis
charge of 29 executives of the bu
reau of engraving snd printing
were referred, with the senator's
assent, to the senate civil serv
ice committee. One proposed an
investigation of the bureau case by
a special committee, and the, other
woum sk tne -.'resident (or hts
reasons for the bureau dismissals.
Senator Borah, republican. Ida
ho, questioned the right of con
gress to ask the President for reas
ons for dealing with government
employes.
"If the President violated the
law there is a way to roach him,"
Senator Borah 'aid.
"Yes. we could Impeach him, '
interrupted Senator demo
crAf, Utah.
Senator Borah telolned that
former democratic President had
told congress that his manage
ment of executive employes was
none ot its business.
Prior to reference of the Cara
way resolutions, Senator Curtis, of
Kansas, acting republican leader,
said he and other republicans did
not subject to the request for in
formation If the preamble were
stricken out. This Senator Cara
way declined to do.
The sharpest clash came over a
resolution by Senator Harrison,
Mtssslsslppl. asking the President
for the names o(;all persons ap
pointed by executive order without
regard to civil service rules.
Republicans sought to refer -this
also to the clvl! service committee,
but Senator Harrison' said he did
pot want it "buried that way" and
a ..number of roll calls., divided in
party lines, followed.
HUll another', resolution, by Seiv.
ator. ,King, idemoarst. .Utah, proposed-,
a senate nvBTiation of
4mplJyee removals and transfers
in thib ureau of Internal revenue.
It recited charges of "waste, in
efficiency and extravagance" and
said replacements were reported
tor partisan purposes with attor
neys "carrying on partisan nego
tiations' in settlement of income
tax claims. k
Senator King also said he under
stood,, several hundred employe
were . removed or transferred be
cause they ooposed the American
valuation tariff proosal.
SIMMOX8 MAKING HARD
FIGHT TO GET FAIR PLAY
Would Have Ex-Service Men, Not
Politicians Wlp The Postal
Appointments.
WASHINGTON, April B. Sen
ator Simmons is making a hard
fight for fair play and Justice to
ex-soldiers who have stood suc
cessful examinations under the
civil service regulations for post
office appointments but are being
cast aside for party workers. He
Is protesting before the senate com
mittee on postoffire and post roads
against confirmation, but his lab.
ors may be in vain, for the re
commendation ot the state organ
ization headed by National Com
mitteeman Morehead, ire proving
final. .
Mr. Simmons first took tip the
Rosemary case. He spoke for D.
i Wike, republican an ex-service
man, who was thrown down for a
republican politician named Vest,
y Senator Simmons appeared today
aid discussed the two postofflce
cases of Wsdesboro and Morehead
City. He spoke In favor of the ex
service men. A. B. Morris, who
has been kicked out at Morehead
Cltv to make room for Cleveland
L. Willis'. The committee "till has
the case under consideration and
has not Indicated what Its decision
will be.
' In the case of Wadeeboro. which
the committee had taken up, Sen
ator Simmons informed the com
mittee of the fact that the civil
servloe commission has ordered a
sew Investigation of the candidates
tor postmaste- at Wtdcsboro and
that he would like for the com
Bilttee to defer the consideration
of the Wadesboro case until such
time a the commission's new in
vestigation shall ha"e been com
pleted -and a report In hand. Th
committee consented to do this,
tnd so the Wadesboro case will
remain In status nuo until the re
port is received from the new In
vestlgatlon now being made. .
The odds appear to be ratheV
lginst Morris but Senator Sim
mons has not lost hope.
..l'l,(BBriti.h!
. ,. ., ViH arfrll'AIIHftH A nOtC f
... it.. .'n.. H-oiinnr inai. ownih
to the fiet that Great Britain ha
to pay the Interest on ner oeovs
to the inltea uiaiee. rn i
v--..ir ,- rlarht tn rail UDOI1 the
11,. i -on --
allies In turn to pay the interest
u their rar debts to ureai -m-i
tKlr xnnncct nn It is Pointed
out tha Great Britain is now fully
prepared to pay tne interest uue
the United State.
The thrge year agreement be
tween (iraj Britain and the
United States lapses May 15' from
which time interest- on the debt
kv nul Rritln tn th
t'nited States begins to sccrue so
that Great Britain . win pay sir
. h , - - I nt.pa.r th iAmlnf fait
Great Britain and her defitora tef."
mlnates almost Immediately.
i
I
PRICE RYE CENTS.
Morrison Blames Any
Excessive Valuation
Upon County Boards
D ought on Wins Big
Victory in House
Roads Committee
Will Report Bill For Ap
propriations Larger By
Ten Millions
i Snec'al to The Cltinen'
WASHINGTON. April Rep
resentative DoiightoM won a decid
ed vlnoi-v In the house committee
on roads hv forcina the anproprl
atiou for the fisi-al vear of 1921
In slviv-five millions and for 1924
to se enl .--five. He accompanied
this hv hiving all of the clf-mo-riats
present and having them
present a united front. The repub
lican leade:-s of the committee had
agreed to 4 and 60 or B0 and 65
millions. Mr. DotiEhton's indus
try added twenty-five millions for
good roads for It. won but one
vote. The bill will be unani
mously reported
One hundred million was desir
ed. North Carolina will xt about
JI. 750, 000 of the sum.
This measure carries a provis
ion for ten millions for roads in
forest reserves.
PAROLE IS NOT
Freedom Is During Good
Conduct, Regardless of
Time, Court Holds
orrnax kiwi hiiu
TIMOIMIII BOTH,
f MOCK ItKKISt)
RALEIGH, April 6 The su
preme court, In its opinions today,
dismissed the appeal fl Joe Yates,
of New Hanover county, who
sought to evade .jervlng a road
sentence upon the revocation of a
patrol upon the grounds that th
governor cannot revoke a pardon
alter the dat ot expiration of th
original term. ...
Justice Adams, writing the opln
low "holds that Yates "by accepting
the nardon accented also the con
ditions subsequent, v a breach of
which voided the pardon and can
celled his r ght to further im
munlty from .punishment." - The
Justice adds that "any other pro
cess of reasoning would disregard
th primary fact that the essen
tial part of the sentence is tne pun
ishment and not the time when
punishment shall begin. or end."
After lervlng 42 -days Tate
was granted a conditional pardon,
December 10, 11, by Gpvernor
Blckfctt. On December 21, 1921,
more than. 12 months after the
date of expiration of the original
sentence. Governor Morrison re
voked the pardon and ordered him
Into custody to serve the remainder
of the original term.
Cities or counties cannot mak
laws making th speed rate high
er or lower than those specified
by the state speed law, the court
held in the case of the State vs.
Freshwater, Alamance' county.
Freshwater wa fined for driving
too fast in Burlington, the law
there prohibiting a ipeed In exces
of eight miles an hour within the
fire limits and IS mile In the resi
dential section. As the state laws
specified 10 mile in the fire limit
and zo In residential aectlons, the
city law is held Invalid.
NEGRO MASONS HAVE RIGHT
TO JXKM AUXILIARY
Under Court nullng They Can
V- Name, Order of Eastern
Stars
0
CITBt KIWI inil.O
-t Aiifiitrie sotsi,
lit SftOOr BiHKLBYl
RAIiEKJR, April 5. The negro
grand lodge of Masons In this state
is privileged to organise an auxil
iary to be known as the Order of
the Eastern Star under an order
Issued here today by Superior
Court Judge Devln dissolving a
temporary restraining order of
some week sgo.
In dissolving the order the court
stipulates that the Masons cannot
disturb or lay claims' for the fund
or property of the supreme council
of Eastern Star, colored, now In
existence. The supreme council,
an organisation of negro women,
with inturanc features, sought to
prohibit the Masons from forming
the Eastern Star order of women,
also having Insurance features,
claiming that It would interfere
with the working plan of th or
der now existing. The suwre-m
council is not affiliated with the
Masons, its officials claimed the
Masons were trying to get hold of
Its funds and property by forming
the Eastern Star.
WAf.RlVC.TON ADVISED ONLY
BY PI BLIC PRESS REPORT
WASH:NGT0N. April i. B.v
the Associated Press.) Beyond
pres.t reports of Great Britain s
pieparatlon to begin the payment
pt Interest upon her five billion
war deb. lo this country, the treas
ury Is nr. yet without infoumation
i.n the subject.
Great l'Jritain, officials said to
day, has been reported as laying
aside 25.0,00,000 pounds sterling in
h'.r budget for this 'year to meet
Interest payments to this country.
In OctoVer th first semi-annual
Interest payment will fall duo after
tiie expiration of the three year
period during which by mutual
understanding interest on. the debt
va deferred.
On AprlJ 15 the deferred inter
est due frdm Great Britain, offi
cial laid, will amount to approxi
mately JK1 5,000.000. hut this sum,
it ha been understood, would 'he
tn ub;ct of funding negotiations'
ilong with the . principal of the
debt when the new debt commis
si njeKinrorlctnrtfrTrtnrar
liquidation scheme.
PRISONER UNDER
IS
MMUNE
A PAGES
TODAY
NEXT ASSEMBLY
MUST PROVIDE
Formal Statement Issued1
In Response to Recent
ly Made Allegations '
LIFTS ALL BLAME
FROM LEGISLATURE
NW
VALUATION
Morrison Thinks Problem
Will Be Worked Out If
Party Stays In Power
crmix kiwi Miiun
iiMomraa lorn,
V IROCK IJRHl.lt J I
RALEIGH. April G. Blame for ;
any exhorbltant property valua'
Hon that may now exist in any'
county is laid upoi the boards of
county c-omm'siiioiiers by Governor "
Morrison In a statement issued tp.
day. touching on allegations by
'.'anti-tax people," In a recent mass
mceiliig at charlotte. The date
ment, while pertlneret to Mecklen
burg county is applicable to the v
whole state for the executive an
nounce that the noxt general
embly must provide for a new
valuation of property in North
Carolina. ' ;
The Mecklenburg "anti-tax
people" sought to blame the gen-
eral assembly, Involving Mecklen-i
burg member of that body, fori
existing prop eft y valuation,'
claiming at the same time that
they are too high, The governor
absolves the legislature of all re
sponslblilty, setting forth fuHy th) .
procecdure of making reduction In ,
property value, this work being;
don by the board ot county com-' .
mlesloner in. each county with at
review and subsequent approval by'
the board ot equalization. ' After j
stating that horizontal reduction
were made in 72 counties with
large reductions in ! other up
on complaint of individual tax payer,-tha
executive takes up plan. K
for a new valuation, as follows:
"I am quite satisfied that if the
democratic party remains in powri -in
the state the new valuation will
be mad Jutly and orderly through
local official. We have paved th
way for. this by doing away with
alt tax on properly for state pur-v.
poses o that all taxes collected
from property Will remain In the
county. It will be ubjrt of course, t
to the contltution of the state and,
neither th tat or any county has
anv right to override it.
"Under the present law not on '
dollar of txe on property 1 b
Ing expanded through any depart
ment ot the tate government but
on the other hand, the achools of
the last general assembly from the
something Hk 70 counties will be '
helped through funds provided by ;
franchise inheritance. Income,)
special license taxes, etc."
The last valuation was necessi
tated by a elump in. price "due
largely," in the governor" opln.
Ion, "to the republican victory io,
the nation, its refusal t lt the
United States Join the league of!
nation and help compos the -world
and other mistaken policies .
of tliat party."
TEXTILE1 LABOR LEADER IN
FAVOR WAGE ARBITRATION1
BOSTON, April 8. In a tat.
ment todijv by President Thome
r. McMagon. of the United Textile!
Workers of America replying to
that made last week by Edwin
Karnham Green, treasurer of th
Pacific mills at Lawrence, regard.
Ing th recent wage cut and con. .
sequent strike, the labor leader de
clared for arbitration of the con
troversy. Th textile Induntry, he describ
ed a "already the worst paid,
large lndutry In the United
State."
President Me.Mshon ld h
erred In a recent published state
ment that a S3 1-3 per Vent stork;
dividend was distributed by Paciflo
mills in 1919, adding: U
"I think that Mr. Greene will
agree with me that It wa a nat
ural mistake to make since so very
few increases In capitalisation ot -New
England textile mills have, ,
been made except by Issuing stock!
dividends that Is. capitallzins;'
profit." . '"
BISHOP GAIIiOR WILL NOT
STAND FOR RE-ELECTIOV ,
NEW TORK. April 5. Pleadin,
that he Is "tired'' and also desirous
of completing some literarv work, .
Bishop Oailor, of Tennessee, head
of the national council of th
Protestant Episcopal church, an- .
nounced tonight he will not be
candidate for re-election. -Nor
does he want, to go on to higher
honors in the church, he said. ;
"I'm tired' he announced, 'and..;
loo. I'm homesick. I feel I have
don my bit In getting th affairs
of the church nationally in shape,
and I wsnt to ao Wac to Tennes
see and take up my work where I '
laid It down three years ago."
DEAD EMPEROR S HEART
WILL REST IN AUSTRIA
KUNCHAL. Maderla. April B
(By The Associated Press) Th
heart of former Emperor Charlea
of Austria-Hungary, was removed
last night. It will be sent In a glass
Jr enclosed in a silver casket to
Austria. The present Intention Is . ,.
to -nd the body to Hungary.
All businesa wa suspended to
day for th funeral of Charl"m. ,
Large crowd lined th route ot the
procession to the church. Th lo-
cat authorities and Ktng Alfonso of
Spain sent wreath tn be placed on
the casket. The floral plec of
Alfonso contained a ribbon on
which was inscribed the words.-emiMeneXIIHt-Cfca4-W
JJaseburf." , ' - V