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' j u E ASHETVILLE THE WEATHER Jorth and outh Carolina: Pair Saturday and Sunday, somewhat warnnr. ATCQ S I J TOD AY ".: "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL, 8, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TH E llinr Tn nrnrti.in fl HSU eiliuu IU IILUUIIIU 13 MITIS , o Intention to. Break Oown Civil Service Reg- . uiauons, is Said. JRTHER ATTACKS WBTWrt rim A mnirTitrm 'I 11 Abide by Selection a une or Three Highest ? Grade Entrants. . - A5HINGTON, April 7. Anv entlon by President Hardlna- tn ipglr th operation of the rlvll rvtce law was specifically din aimed by White House officials lay arter the President's recent reau of engracing dismissals tin had been the target of dem atlc attacks in the senate. rhs Intention of the chief exec utive, It was said by officials in '.confidence, was not in anv Ye to break down the spirit of letter of the civil service reg . nUons, but rather to impi-jve trie efficiency of governments) ma chinery under those regulations. The President wag said to take the position that as head of the Kcvernment he is responsible for efficient governmental administra tion.: If there is anvthlne in the -ct il service that tends to tin the lKflHl nt tha AVAntii ( . Id. -"It will be looked Into but it hou t any effort to undermine attack the civil service system. It also asserted that there is 1 intention at present of ohmg- v.'S; the method of selecting pust ijster under Presidential ap llntment. The system under f tKh the present administration A working, that is. of taking one r the three highest under com ' tltrve examination, is regarded i the White House as giving on .. whole fairly good satisfaction. 'he - administration rougnUes X Were is considerablo crltl m in soma quarters over the Vjent method of selecting post- ptere, however, and officials fgested that If there was too jch 1 Irritation the President ght be forced to withdraw some slmasters from under the modi- dl civil service plan. Kn alternative hal been fug- ted, It was added, for the I'res it, In case the Irritation In used to withdraw the first, sec nd third class postmasters n the civil service where they " e, placed ' by executive order to have persons desiring ap : ntment as postmaster take a 1 service examination upon rec : mendation of thalr congress o that postmasters could be ' tail from ttila Ut , maria ela however. that the administration had no In. tention of L abandoning the pres ent system. . '--V. .- FRENCH AND BRITISH ARE , 8 Jx Nation Will Do All Possible for Success at Genoa. PARiIS, April 7. (By ths Amo- rted Press.) The French and itish delegations to the Genoa inference are going In to work trether with a determination to ake that gathering which opens nday, a success. Prims wmis- Lloyd George, or ureat Brii- r, said tonignt alter an nours with President Poincars. W. k .Mml ht4 4hll t Tversatlon In Mr. Lloyd George's f.plng car while his train for V! was waiting at the Gars du f rd and being switched over to It Mediterranean line. i rtie British premier appeared if t be In the best of humor after thi informal interview wnicn Also was participated In by Louis Rarthou. who will neaa tne oei' hrtlon at ths Genoa conterence. l.lnvd neorae said he was i I Htled over the prospects of I V ethlng definite for the recon- JCtlon 01 piuropo coming oi u Genoa meeting. Tie British premier would say e of his conversation with Pre sr Tolncare. further thsn that as hanpy to be assured by i talk that the IVenrh and itlslf deles itions woul.l work (ether earnestly for the success the conference.. irirui'G st:x! GBKKTIXG jn THE CANADIAN KIWANIS TAWA Asril 7. President iWrdlng sont a telegram rf greet ir rs to Secretary Stuart E. de 1 tonde. of ths Ottawa Klwanis club n connection wutn tne ceieomujii of- the signing . of tne oounnary ireement feetween the two cou;i- Xien.' It read::.,,.,.: . , j'pifpM ronvev to assemiDiea ai- nlans my very cordial greetings id assure them tnat i .loin in -rejoicing over ins surpasini ed re.utts which havs attended DMth.nunt asTtement of His ad which havv enabled ths Unlt- r C..-. mrA Canada tO giVS an ample tn the worm oi ntunoun tationshto in more man of neafe and freedom from i v-.n nt armed "watchful- V Ltrust that all the centuries i neighborliness which has been signal feature of the new world . ZJllc. in. which ws share with ride." : ' BYELECT10N C05IM1TTEE sHIK0TON, April 7. A report by house committee on else- ' No 'S ! declares Representative ,ton Is entitled to hl '" js" With the report Was the W report signed only by Rep Itlv Cable. The majority re- TfiU ' 4 , hr ihi. other ! the cVmmluV.. The r- V j tfl i. Ths committee re. k "at the charges of Pr. J Ik. I ll against voting absentees, 1 ins alleged fraud nd conspir f Xre'not -".talned by ths evi- ' oort showed as to absentee J,' g That "here was no suggestion (conscious misfeasance." W YORK AWrRT MVSTANDJ5R AT BIG 11GHT v-w f OllK April ''f-.Harry Crone. r IWitrw. Hi t,vnrtr. was vvtr, I ! ysssi.aod five, man who Ih io stilen a tire ffort .11? ' MHn anue and Two of the men wr t N G MAY B m&r mm, if Cr SBE'ElltTSfttffttSL- BILL FOR MORE FEDERAL JUDGES 4 ., . .. V- - J - Goes to.C onference Would Help Prohibition, Wheeler Declares. WASHINGTON. Apnil Ths bill to provide a score more fed eral iudges, advocated as a meas ure to relievo congestion in fed eral courts and oonosed as a polit ical patronage 'pork barrel," was passed late today by the senate and sont to conference with the house. ' Twenty-three mors federal dis trict Judges distributed throughout the country and one mors judge for the fourth circuit are provided by the annate bill as against 21 dis trict Judge under "the original bill passed by ths house last Decem ber. 'v;.' , : The senate vote on final passage was 44 to 21 with party lipes brok en. Eight democrats. Senators Ashurst. Arizona: fletchcr, Flori da; Hitchcock. Nebraska; Myers, Montana; Pomerene, Ohio, Tram mell. Florida; Walsh, Massachu setts and Walsh. Montana, voted with it republicans tor the bill. Ths oDOoalUon included sight re publicans and 13 democrats, the republicans being Senators Borah, Idaho; Ca pner, Kansas; France. Maryland; Ladd. North Dakota; LaFollette. Wisconsin; MCNary Oregon: Norrls, Nebraska -' and Townsend, Michigan. The democratic opponents were Senators Broussard, Louisiana; Caraway. Arkansas; Dial, South Carolina: Harris. Georgia; Harri son. Mississippi; Kenrick. Wyo-mina-. King. Utah; Overman, Vorth Carolina: Sheppard. ,Teas; Shields. Tennessee; Stanley, Ken- tnckv: Underwood, Alabama, and Williams, Mississippi. "Pork Barrel" and "I Rolling" Charges arc Inle . The "nork barrel" and "log toll Ing' charges made only on tne floor by democratic opponents of the bill were denied as vehemently by lis supporters, were, followed by some open maneuvers and kaleid oscopic changing during the dozen roll calls on amendments today. Th hill flnallv contained provis ion for four more district Judges than recommended by the senate iiiriicinrv committee, xnese in irf hr inh lor New Jersey, New Mexico, tho western Missouri district and the southern Florida district. A As passed by ths enate. ths dis tribution of ths 23 additional dis trict Judues would be as follows: Two each for Massachusetts and the southern district of Now Tork and one each for the eastern New York district, eastern Pennsyl vania, western Pennsylvania, northern Texas, eastern Michigan, northern Ohio, northern -IlUwj. Minnesota; eastern MjJ ern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, Montana. northern ; California, southern California, Artout.-OWj gla. New Jersey, New Mexico and southern Florida. Fall Conference For f .Tndircs Provided n. Mil nrovides for an annual .n onrvfprence of senior circuit Judges at Washfngton with the chief Justice and attorney-general of the United States to make , .T.Mk(u aiirvftv of iuiioial business of the country and fnake bench assignments. It ' Pd" also for assignment by the chief Justice of Judges to districts where there is congestion or where the public Interests generally require such assignment.' -. : - In adfling four Judges to the bill's totkl the senate voted do-wn ,L .mendments for other Judges a)nd to reduce the number authorized. ' 'An amendment J Senator bial. democrat. So iuth Car--II, X,,.ifint iudges to devote their" tin e to the duties, of their office ai d , prohibiting their re celpt of outside compensation was adopted without f a WVot. This was an echo otSentlor Dial, criticism o.f former Federal Judge tandls - iter the latter's accept ance ot , large salary as commis sioner oil baseball ; ' kliv. nrovlslon for assign ment of Judges to other than their own distllcts was "kiI?'1f: ularly b Senator Shields who eald result In transferring it migtn dry"- Ju' to "wet", districts, He tlso. hr4 that paid lwrmy Ists of .he national Anu-caicon leagu among sen. OI .lie iianwij". ie ivre working , in bVhalf of the tors bill. SMOKING HIM OUT (By BILLY BORNE) 7 v IIHIIVII Wl hatVr To Armament Pad Early Statement Will Be Formally Issued Regard ing Position TOKIO, April 7, (By the Associated Preas.) The navy department in a statement to a )ocal newspaper today aaya a conference of the admirals has decided that the strength of the Japanese navy, as re stricted by the Washington conference, Is sufficient tor the defense of the empire. It added that a statement soon would be forthcoming, making cleat1 the intention of Japan to abide, In principle and spirit, by the Washington conference. Taxi Driver Identifies Witness in InquestWax rant Is Sworn Out." NORFOLK, Va., April 7. The Inquest Into ths dath of Mrs. Ruth Mercer, whose body was washed ashore Sunday morning at Ocean View near here, came to a dra matic close at Ocean View tonight when a warrant was issued charg ing Frank McEntee, a marine at tached to the St. Helena tralrn.tg station, : here, with the inurder. McEntee's home address la Frank lin street, Binghampton, N. Y. Tonight's session of the hearing before the coroner s Jury reached its climax when T. C. Jones, a Norfolk taxi driver, leaned for ward Isi the 'Witness chair and identified McEntee, another wit ness as the man he saw with a young woman whose description resembled Mrs. Mercer's at Ocean View after t o'clock the Saturday night before her body was found. Previously McEntee had told the coroner that he was in ' Suffolk, Va., 25 miles from hers late in the afternoon until after midnight Saturday. -...: : - McEntee went to the police yesterday and told them he saw Edward Mercer, husband of the dead woman in Norfolk, Saturday afternoon at a time Mercer said he was in Baltimore. McEntee also declared, the do lice say, that last Friday night he met Mrs. -Mercer when she was at the St. Helena itralnirug station searching for her husband and that he accompanied her home. He went to Mrs. Mercers home and told her that he had seen her husband at ths Naval Y. M. C. A., here and took her to the Y. M. C A., but. that her husband was not there when they reached the place. He said, according to the police, that he then took her to a restaurant, got her soms food and left her to go to Suffolk. Mrs, Mercer did not return home, t Mercer, the husband who was arrested In Baltimore, Is . being held by Norfolk county, authori ties until his alibi that he was in Baltimore at the time Mrs. Mercer met her death, can be cheeked up, TF,NE8RP;K wox CASE WITH INTERSTATE COMMERCE MEN NASHVTU.B. Tenn.. Anrll 7. The state or Tennessee has won Its eon tention mat the Interstate commerce commission Is without authority to order an increase in rates on stone and gravel within the state where such shipments, used 'In highway construction are mane py tne state, county or municipality, ' . . Copies of the opinion of the der.l slon of Circuit Judge A. C. Denlson and District Judges E. t T., Sanfnrri and J. W. Ross who heard the case hers In February, were received here today. According to hlrhwav x perts the decision- means a saving of 13.000 to 14,000 peV mile "on highway construction in Tennessee. , SMALL DENIES RUMOR HFi WILL MAKE RACE CONGRESS WASHIMJTQX. Aorl 7, It li been reported here that John H. Small, former representative from th first district, would run again this fall, He denied that today. H de clared that friends had urged him mk U roc and Xold hun 4by i thourht h woulrt win eullv but h i explained that h would stick to his 'J business forths present ; "' MARINE CHARGED if TH MURDER fJG NORFOLK WOMAN ENRiGHT BLAMES YORK PRESS E WAVE Extra Policemen Are Put on at Approximate Cost of $1,000,000. NEW YORK. April 7. -Replying to charges that a crime wave was washing over the city. Police Com missloner Enrjght today told the board of estimate that the law- leas elements have never been al lowed to get out of hand," al though "the press has Invited criminals from all over the world to come to this city where they falsely allege that crimes may be commuted with impunity.' . At the seme time that he assert ed deeds of violence had fallen off 11 per cent sines 1917. the com missloner obtained from the board authorization to aoint 1.112 extra atrolmen at a cost approximately 11,900,000. This Increase was nee etfary, he asserted, in order that 'citizens may be assured as to the safety of life and property" be-, cause of the alarm raised by news- papers. . - . :,. .- - -, . .. .- : I Both before the hoard Of esti mate and at the regular monthly luncheon of the New York Press club, the .commissioner attacked newspapers for raising what he termed an unwarranted hue - and cry, and indulging in unjust criti cism of his department. At the board meeting. Mayor Hylan stated he had been Inform ed gamblers were attempting, "to plant a propaganda" to drive the commissioner .. from his post and Mr. Enrlght expressed the opinion that the gamblers would be glad to have him out. ot the depart ment. Referring to the $80,000 Jewel robbery Sunday during which ten persons were imprisoned In a wine vault, the commissioner said: 'The perpetrators ot the crime committed at the. home of Mr, Al bert R. Shattuck. came from with out the city, and this Is true of a large number ' ot criminals who have recently been-captured red handed In the city." Mr, Enrlght made a plea for moral support toy the newspa pers." , : MORE THAN HUNDRED BANKS CLOSE IN YEAR Of fi2 Failure. 163 Reopen or Liquidate Their Liabilities WASHING TON, April 7 During the calendar year, 1921, a total of 628 state and private banks In the country were Closed, according to a statement Issued today by Comp troller or vie currency .crtssinger, summarising bank (allures for the year. - However, he added, 163 of these banks were able to reopen or otherwise liquidate their liabilities, The liabilities of the other 3(5 banks, he reported, aggregated ap proximately 396.000,000, making the average per bank about I3B3.- 000. . ' , The southern geographical di vision, Mr. Crtsainger-declared. was the most seriously affected In re spect to ths number of bank fail ures and the volume of liabilities, there being 131 failures with lia bilities totalling $27,000,000 In that section. v " -- The calendar year! 1921. Ms. Crissinger said, was the third mot disastrous year with respect to the numher ot . failures or national banks' in the history of the national banking system, there being 37 na tional bank failures with liabilities 01 3.3,77,37. GENOA TAKES OX COAT OP , PAINT FOR CONFERENCE GENOA, April 7. (By the As sociated Press.) Turpentine is in the air everywhere along the Ital ian Riviera, from Genoa to !- pallo. . Its odor even dominates ihe perfume of the spring .flowers and frutt fclowoma Genoa and iu environs have been given a hath ot fresh oalnt In preparation fat the opening of the economic conference Monday. The Russian soviet delegates got smearea wun wjius wnsn tney en tered the Immaculate and freshly painted Imperial Palace hotel and foreigners in all ths neighboring resorts and hotels, as well as In Genoa, are hunting the dry clean ers. 1 " Warnings of "fresh paint" print ed ttrftanai afford Httle wrotoetloe) to ths polygot srowd assembled tor the conference. , 1 FOR IM FIVE DEAD AERIAL EXPRESS GDLLISiGN IN FOG South and North Bound London and Paris Planes I Wrecked in Air. AMERICAN TRADER AND WIFE VICTIMS Is First Tragedy of Its Kind in History of Aerial Navigation. PARIS, April 7.- (By The Asso ciated Trews) Fivp persons wre killed today when Airplanes on the Psrls-IiOndon aerial express rout collided over the village ot Thleul- loy, "0 mile north of Paris, and crashed to earth. The deml are: Bruce Yale, a New York pxport- ter, and his wife, who were home ward bound by way of England In the French machine. . M Blurez, another passenger in the French craft. Aviator Mire, pilot of the French machine. Mire's mechanic. P.. E. Duke, pilot of the English machine, was Injured it was thought fatally. All but one of the entire person nel of both machines met death, either in the crash or in the flames that followed it. ' Duke, w ho was seriously injured, was still unconscious late tonlirht. The cabin boy In his machine wore a suit adorned with brass buttons. Late tonight It was asserted that the American lctims of the dis aster had registered at n Paris otel as Mr. and Mrs. Christopher truce. They are raid in have ar rived In France on binrd the steamer, Empress of Scotland, which sailed from New York in February on a tour. Two women friends were to have accompanied tho Americans to LondoM but changed their minds at the last moment on account of the stormy weather prevailing. PILOTS RAW DANGER TOO LATE TO PREVENT CRASH PARIS, April 7. (By Ths Asso dated Press) The Paris and Lon don aerial express collided In mid j air. this afternoon over tho village of Phleloy, 70 miles north of Paris. The piloits of one of the AlrpHnes, three passengers and one mechanic were willed in the wreckage that fell flaming to the ground. Ths French airplane, piloted by Aviator Mire, aided by a mechanic, was carrying three passengers. It left Lebourdet In the environs of Paris, at noon for London. The British airplane, which left Croyden, In the London area, this morning carried mall . and was manned wily by a pilot. " , The British machine, piloted hy Aviator Duke, had only been In use three days on the express route, it belonged to a new com pany operating a ' Paris-London service. The accident occurred during a fog, ths pilots seeing each other too late to avoid a collision. Five persons from the machines were dead when Inhabitants of the village ot Thieulloy arrived on the scene shortly after the creash, and the sixth victim was thought to be dying. Service Was Begun During The Snring of 'i n aerial express service Between London and Paris was started in the spring of 1919 and has come to be regarding as. aire -of the dependable means of transportation between the two capitals. At first only patronised by travelers of an adventurous turn of mind who wanted to have the thrill of air travel. It has developed within the last two years, with Ihe element of danger reduced to tee minimum, Into a steady dally route The trip Is made in a little more than two hours and at least half of the passengers have been wnmen. Prominent officials have f recently availed themselves of ths sir route to attend hastily called conferences In elthes Parle or London. During the peace conference Bonar Law, of the British delegates, made hurried trips back to London to attend to routine official business, often re turning the same day. King Alhert and Queen Elisabeth, of Belgium have also been passengers. These lusurlous air pullmanS carry 11 or 12 persons In large comfortable chairs. Each seat has a separate port hols through which the passenger can view the landscape, The aerial fare has steadily decreased since large numbers of passengers have taken to this form of travel and round trip tickets cost about 16(1. An other and Incidental development of the air aervlce has heen the amount of merchandise carried. 7.ach Diane has a certain carrying rapacity for goods and Paris dressmakers fre quently deliver gowns In London in this way. Recently a load of prise pigs was brought from London to Paris by air express and many dogs have also made the trip. Collisions between airplanes were not, unusual during the war when nocks of machines were moving swiftly la .a. comparatively circum scribed area. Ths meeting In mid air of these two aerial exnresses. however, almost Inconceivably' tra versing the same air channel out of the virtually Innumerable ones, avail ablet conalstitutea on of th" most remarkabl happenings In the history of aviation. Only once befor today's collision has there been a fatal accident in this service. This ncrurrert In Tin. cember, 1920, mors than a year arte inn ervc was insuguraten, when a big air liner, just as It was lesvln Crlcklewood, near London, fouled a tree and crashed to the ground In names, killing the pilot, his mechani cian and two passengers. BRIGADIER GEN. THOMPSON DIES SUDDENLY THURSDAY OAKLAND, Cal.. April 7-Brlgadler uenxrai joon mnion Tnompson, re. tired,, died suddenly her yssterdav. H entered, th army a a private during the war bet ween tha ttatea and won his brigadier's stars In the Philippine Islands. Hs served 2 years with the colors, He was 'is year ow. - ' . . ; - General Thompson wis a natlvs of Lebanon. N. H., and graduate of uanmouin. Among hi psrsonal mena ns.numDcrta tn lat 1. p. -Morgan; NINE OP BANK rAILUREU IN a EAR IN NORTH CAROLINA WASHINGTON, Apifll 7. Ther were nine bank failures in North Carolina with liabilities reoorted a,t I1,9M.14 in 1921. The names t he banks re-eiot' tenr The report was made today by Comp. iroller of the Currency, Crieeingr Grand Jury Asks Indictment of Governor Reily District Attorney I structed to Proceed Against Hint and in- Othets SAN Jl'AN. P R . April 7.--(By the Associated press.) K. Mont Reilv governor of Porto Rico; Auditor Kesiner and Governor Reilv's private secre tary. .John Hull, are charged In a grand jury presentment, with use of nubile funds for nriva'e purposes. There are four dif ferent counts acainst the men mentioned in the presentment. The presentment which i ov ers ten typewritten pages ex presses the hellef of the grand Jury that If present conditions had continued and th Investi gation heen delayed one var, the public treasury would have suffered considerable loss. The . district, attorney is di rected by the era nil Jury to prepare indictments Rnd pro ceed against Governor Uellv and the others on the basis of veidence and testimony obtain ed bv them and delivered to the district attorney for the pur pose of prosecution. TRAIN LOADS OF DEAD SHIPPED TO Hungry Children Bayo netted Starved Men and Women Fall in Street. BALTIMORE. April 7. A tale of famine, brutality and- other horrors -vere related hy CpataHn M. K Hart, of the steamship ueep. water, which returned to this pnr today from Odessa, Russia. Tho Dwepwater was one of the Russian relief steamers wnicn leri nere in January. Toward the end of February the Deenwater reached Odessa and was r;iet at the dock by thousands of children. Practically unclothed and showing unmistakable evidence of starvation, they swarmed about ready to beg Tor rood as soon as unloading of the grain was begun, but only to be driven away v Russian soldiers. Captain Hart Mid th.se who resisted were bay Melted. It took nine days for R half starved stevedores to unload ths ship by hand. Two of them were killed in quarrels among themselves. , ., . Cantaln Hart refused to allow any of his crew, to go ashore but o.ie night two or them supped away. They spent a night of htrror btfore they were able to work their way back on board. according to storlse they related on their return. They tol dof see ing men stood up against a waU to Je shot by a firing squad; of seeing men, women and children iron in the streets exhausted from hunger and as a climax to their night of adventure, they saw three trainloau of dead being shipped out of the once nourishing city to be thrown Into a hole In the outskirts. Captain Hart said the Russian people had had their spirit broken by the li.irsh and brutal methods of the Russian soldiers and were offering practically no resistance The people believe the I. W, W has conquered the United States and that they ars sending the grain over to them. The people as a wnoie also heiieve that bol slievlsm has gripped the whole worm and that resistance is use less. rOtTt HELD IN BOSTON TRYING TO SELL BONDS Message Says Paper Stolen From Safe of Aurora Church BOSTON, April 7. Four men were arrested In financial district late tu day at the gun point of detectives af ter they had made several attempts lo dispose of negotiable bonds valued at ;.nmi. A telegram received tonight from nolle at Aurora. Ill,, In reoly lo a descrlpllnn of the bonds sent but by O A new pone nere naia insi an me. nnnnjlHfi expressed tne opinion umi named with one esreptlon were taken from the safe of th Catholic church at Aurora ni February 1s. It also said that a monogramed watch, found on on of th prisoners, belonged In th rtev. r. u. wener, pastor ot tne churdh. On of th men arrested gav his name as John Russell. Th names of the other three were withheld. All were hokked as suspicious persons and their descriptions and descrip tions o fthe bonds were sent to every large city in the country. Each of the bonds found In their possession was for 1.0f)o. RALEIGH FOSTMASTEH TOLD TO PREPARE Von SUCCESSOR RALEIGH. April 7. -Bart M. Catling terVived official notice to day of his dismissal as postmaster of the K.ilelgh office and Imme diately began the checking up of records in his office preliminary ;o Its firms! transfer to William H. Lunian,' local attorney and son of the hit republican leader, E. Carl Dui.can. Mr. -G:itling's notice was In the form of m brief letter from the Mrat asflstant postmaster general Instructing him to transfer the ol'ice lir mediately. He received Ust night first word of Washing ton orders for his removal. Revenue Commissioner Watts t.iday announced the appointment Of. E. A. Beddlngfleld. of Raleigh, ti succeed th late Colonel John CunninRham as a deputy In his office, ' Mr, Beddlngfleld Is a son of for mer Corporation C o m m I ssloner Beddlnrleid. . GOVERNMENT LOAN FOR WESTERN ROAD AUTHORITY WASHINGTON: April 7 -A gov ernment loan nf 13,500,0(10 for the Missouri and North Arkausaa rail road wss authorised today by the Intsrstats Commerce Commission. Of th tntal advanced bv th gov ernment 1500,000 will he used to make addition and betterments w the prosperity, while the balance will pay off eilsting Indebtedness end assist wnic win aevanc ls.OT0.0fl0 n bonds ss eouaierai tor m government. Declare Martial Law In Gallup Mine A rea As Sequel To Rioting UNION OFFICIALS ORGANIZING MENiCALLED OUT IN WEST VIRGINIA More Non-Union Men in That Mining Area Declar-: ed to Be Striking. NEW MINES WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, Brackett Says He Thinks Strike Is Not to Be Settled Hurriedly. CHARLESTON. W. Vs., Anrll 7. Union officials and executive hoard members of district 17, United Mine Workers, spent today nnd will remain tomorrow In the mine fields under the district lii rlsilirtion, gathering information and laying fqundatons for more effective unionisation. Headquar ters of District 29 today expressed s.itl'faotlon over results of a maw meeting at Mount Hope In the New River field yesterday and Is plan ning for further meetings Sunday. Union leaders reported that non union men in the Stone Mountain Coal company's mine st Matewan had- struck. Williamson ootrators stated that all mines were working with 30.000 tons production today, a normal output. Union head quarters at Beckley had heard that non-union operators in tne -winding Oulf field without union solic itation had laJd down their tools but were without official figures. Kanawha ouerators receivea re ports of normal production in the Logan, Pocahontas and Fairmont regions. Five mines in aaaition to tho 13 recently oeratlng In the Kanawha field are to open Monday the added. "One thing my trio io wasnmg tori h impress! upon m said Geo. 8. Brackett. secretary ot tne Northern West Virginia uoai up- ratm sMoolatlon. today, refer ring to his presence 'beiore ins house labor commlmttee -Tuesda,y, u thai ths coal struts caunui m settled in a hurry." "U seems to me mat a meen between the operators and miners at this time would only tend . to prolong the differences of jninlon and' that some things will nave to work their way out first Uef ore such a meeting can be successful. It Is upon my recommendation thia nolnt. and the faot that Hue conditions are so different from those In the states of Indi ana, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and Illinois, that we will not fur ther complicate the situation by pushing ourselves Into a meeting with miners and operators of those ,UMr"' Brackett explained that these reasons formed the basis of his refusal to accept Chairman No lan's lnvltatlom NOLAN WA:N CONORlWMtN OF DISAPPROVAL OF LAtOA WASHINGTON, April 7--The house late today" during consideration of the Stat afl.l nepsrimeni "'.'"r"". Joint appropriation bill rejected by s vote of to 7S sn amendment offer a k n.nreuniatlve Johnson, demo crat. Kentucky, to prohibit ths use n.nnv m nnmnrla ted for the ie- n.rlment of Justice In wneecotlng any organisation or Individual for en i.rin into tnv combination or Mgree mnt having In view Ihe increasing of wages, shortening of hours or bet terlng the conditions of labor, or for any act done In furtherance "hereof not In Itself unlawful. f.r the amendment had oecn re Jecteri, Chairman Nolan of the labor rommlttee. reminded his colleaeuer th..! cnnsresslonal elections would be held this fall and declared that unless their attitude as reneciea in m ir riinn nl the amendment was chant ed they could not expect to receive . , ..... Jt Vnlon al.n InnW tne igb0r vote, i... ,ifh nn: i-k. n..A-.,atl tHnn,lill nt Wyoming, th republican leader who 1BBUH Willi nii(Jici,c)iLni,n J . , cenlanrs cf the amenflmeni womn show a lack of confidence in depart m.ni nf liiMtlr officials. The amendment also would have nrnhlhited u of the money for the "prosecution of producers of farm product a and associations or firmers who o-operat and organise In an effort to and for th purpose lo ob tain and maintain a fair and reason able price for their products." .1P.WKIA I1BT BY NOTED SINGER FOUND ON ROAD SAN DIJOOO. Oallf.. April 7. The lil -alued at 145.000. reported lost hy Madame t'.alll Ourei, noted singer jt a reetiirnl, at "n juan, . ,mi trano. yesterday, were found today hy an sutomoWl esprt iimn and re turned to their owner, according to an announcement made tonight by her manager. The Jewels were found beneath a ire hv the ld cf the hlsh wsv between this city and Los An geles. SOUTH CAROLINA MAN RAID TO HAVE CASE-OF LEPROSY RICHMOND, Va.. April 7 William M. Skipper, 27, who was brought her from Marion. S. C, f'.r exami nation, has been found Infected with leprosy, according 10 th director of th bursal of health :nday. He laa a wife snd on child living i'l Kant Marion. P. C. Aid ot tli federal government will be suuglit lo !-ve him removed from this ty. GULFORID REPI BL1CANS TO HOLD CONVENTION TODAY OH EBNSBORoT April 7 Republi cans of Guilford county held their precinct primaries Friday, electing! rf.l.aat.. tn th cotintv convention. I to be held Saturday. At Saturday's convention1 delegates will b elected to the stat convention or tn party, to be held In Winston-Salem on April 1J. it is expected that women will h given a big part on th program at the county convention. SAID TO BE WANTED IV GIGANTIC , COAL SWINDLE NEW OMBANS, April 7. Jack Goodman, alias Goodwyn. sevlng six month In th parlai prison her for assault and attempted robbery was said bv the police to have been Identified .May a Alfred Romjnf wanted in ueveiana, v , in connec tion with an auased 11.000.000 coal ! NATIONAL GUARD fl r MINING TROUBLE- New Mexican Governor lowing Appeal UNION LEADERS GIVE TESTIMONY. Adjournmeiir Taken in New York Hearing Op erators Heard Next. . -: SANTA TO. NM.. April 7.-. M.irtial Ivw was djeUred In the Oallun coal mining fields late bv. day In a proclamation Issued bv (Jovernor M. f. Mxchem. HeaJ quarters trooo at Albuouerqus and Troop r of the national guard at .Santn Ft, were ordered at once t the Held. The proclamation was issued if tor an appeal from the sheriff oS Mclvitiley eiunty, who reported a riot nt Menjmhre camp. Nm de tails were given. . OPERATORS ARE TOFPARTVr; SIDE ON WAGE NEGOTIATION S NEW TORK. April 7. The an thracite miners and operators sub committee, on wage contract n-"-tlation. which has been hearln., testimony of union leaders In sup port of their nineteen demands s a basis for settlement ot the pres ent strike, took a recess tonight t o permit' the operators to prepat" their side of the case, , : After listening . to what dh- miners had to say, our attitude're mains unchanged," said fl. D. War. rlner, president ot the Lehigh Co ' and Navigation company it spokesman for the operators, "s "We still maintain the view r pressed in our reply, to the n! teen demands when thev were f submitted,': he said, "We belin there must be a -reduction in t price of anthracite coal to pre vent destruction of the market we believe a corresponding red tlon must come In the wages the mlnersf' t u Philip Murray. vice-President. , ths . United . Mine . Workers America and leader Of the unl delegation on the committee, e. pressed satisfaction with it cn a It had been presented.,-. The, miners closed their innn before the committee with art ments nr establishment of t check-off system ot collecting dn They hold that the system once r, dared Illegal hy Judge Albert A drraon lo the United States rl trlot court . at Indianapolis, I lieen legalized by a reversal of t derision by the United States r cuit court of appeals at Chicago. John L, Lewis, president ths mine workers International r ganliation. tonight declared t; the Joint bituminous and anth cite strikes had become "absolu perfect and of the one hundr per cent response which had ber anticipated." . The strike was continuing t spresd Into jjon-unlon territory a gratifying rate," he asserted. I estimated that, of Nje HO, 004 no union miners tn the country, 7 000 already have "Joined the n. out. Capacity of non-union mln especlally In West Virginia., ea ern Kentucky and Pennsvlvant i has heen cut more than halt h said. LASKER URGES I'BE OP " PREFERENTIAL TARTFI" Dcrlarea It Only Attotrnatrte Mi face or i-rcsuicnrs aoiicie WASHINGTON, April 7. The) most economical way to build up an American merchant marine would, be to nut Into effect section 34 of the Jones act which pro vides preferential, tariff duties to Insure goods Imported n American 'bottoms, Chairman Lasker ot the shipping board declared today at Ihe Joint congressional hearings on the administration ship subbsldy inn. Forced to turn to an alternative by the refusal of Presidents Wil son and Harding ti abrogate por tions of commercial treaties with certain foreign nations which pro hibit the United States government ftom giving American ships pref erential treatment as against for eign vessels. Mr. Lasker said, ship ping hoard officials with presiden tial approval had worked out th$k uiiaiav program now penning i. . fore the senato commerce aa4 house merchant marine commit tec. . ... "It will be mors expansive." he added, "hut it's the only thHjr w :oi:'d do." . ., : The slilpoing besrd head point ed out that the disi rlmintnry du ties propueed in section 84 WoulJ have insured to thn benefit of shio pers and not to that ot the ship owner. Such aid, however, would have provided full cargoes Insur-. Ing erfnnslon of the American merchant marine, he -idded. ' . . Ilscusing direct aid prolton of the stibsldv b'it. Mr. Ivtsker pre dicted that in icn nv diect atd.i would he mifllclent frrr muliww nance of the merchant mamne. and that. Ihe government would no longer hfl required to pV dirci aid. Me added it was for 'nm reason that he favored ten ye.ir contracts with ship owners Inst sad ot fifteen year agreements which. he eald some operators desired. WIFE. GREEK CROWN PRINC'iT 18 DECL.VRED Wb-OIOUSLY HJi ATHRS9." Arr" 1 (By Tli A ciated Preesl Princess Ei;tbth wf , of Crown Prince C!ire, I erwiwtly III of tychoid fever. She ha develop V : ed a high temperature and conwdera bl concern Is fjunrnsted by menoe of the royal family, ; Queen Marie of Rumania, et' pectad to arrlv today at tha hed i d of her durhtr. havtie h." sumwared Wrfrd'r",Tct" F's-s.-, where she had gone to visit b.!ii axaadr. ,,. . : . ,. .;.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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