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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER 1 O PAGES I Z TODAY North and euth Carotins: rah snd warm Monday and probably Tuesday. . ' ;. " -'-'.. "DEDICATED TO TOE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1668. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I MRSLAn PROBLEM MICHA np nECQorjiTiou for ijULES AT GENOA Easic Political PrbMems Ceest-) Inescapable at Economic Meeting. ',. IJUID AEMAilENTS , VILL BE DISCUSSED E:::3 and Baltic Entente rresent Solid Front to Consortium. GEONA, April t.-.(By The As sociated Press.) The preliminary nioTM, on. the. European, chess bord. to wrucn tne day Before the opening of the economic con ference waa largely devoted, plain. It showed ail nation (Teat and mall courting : Rural - although ey wished to appear not over tt 1b the courtship,. Therefore a Russian anetned to hold a po Kiiion of distinct adrantiure all de Pending; on how they manipulated their pawn in their project to be admitted to the council of nattona a the representatives of the Rua ulan state, - - , ' --',ffe " ' i ' GENOA April -.(By The As eclated Press) The recognition r Russia la a dominant question In the conference and will probably be the- first subject taken under ennsideration, All discussions will begin and end with soviet Russia, whose 160.000.t00 inhabitants and territory comprising a large frac tion of the earth's surface over shadow -the smaller states which make up the mass of representa tion at Genoa. , The supreme cduncll's Cannss resolution of January 6 from w hich the Genoa conference grew, announced that steps must be taken toward the economic recon struction of central and "eastern" . '"nrope in order to restore inter, ional commerce and develop the .ou roes of "all" countries, which clearly includes Russia, , , i . The agenda, which later devel oped from - the resolution,- while superficially dealing with financial , and commercial -. questions seems i Impossible of discussion -without consideration of the basic pliHcal : problems. Article one ef the i age n da. makes reference to ex . smination of the best methods of I ( the execution of the principles I consideration of the basta political I st Cannes by the supreme council j on January 6." The Italian delegation to whom j the direction of . the -conference haa been entrustsd, explains this article Is the pivot on which" the : conference work must. b done, i Referring especially to- relations with Russia and her recognition, 1 consortium was mentions! at Cannes. This plan' was stoutly resisted oy Russia wmi-h has sines j been joined In this opposition by ' . Poland, Esthonia - and : Latvia. ; which met with Russia at the re i( Cent Riga conferences and 'signed , ; a protocol pledging themselves to I stand for Russian recognition and united in opposition to a consor tlum, - . . , , - This attitude of the Baltic en tente against the proposed consor tlum was based on the belief that the great powers contemplated In fringing their sovereignty through financial control , and hoped to we tnem m tna position of col es, much, It was argued, as i been don with China. . Articles two of the agenda speaks. rr tne estaousnment of European race on a solid bssls." This sec tion, according- to the Cannes die Mission, aims at "finding a means whereby controversies between na tions can be solved without11 re. source to the .barbarous use. of arms ' This article naturally will orlng about a discussion of Isnd arma ment, which. was impossible at tno "Washington conference owing to trench opposition. As most of ' the European nations are finding excessive military budgets ruin ous this has great financial irrfpor. , tance, - ." v.. ,: , ,--.-'- Russia asserts that she is will ing to reduce her army if Japan evacuates Bessarabia and guaran tees for the security oMts bound aries sre given. France contends ; that she cannot reduce her army , because Germany is not complying ' with the Versailles treaty. a Article three of the sgend re y ) to ."essential conditions for 4 i re-esxaoiisnment of confidence, without affecting existinr treaties." This, according to the Cannes oiscuasion, had to do with the In ter-aiiied debts, which are not mentioned because It was feared such mention would prevent Ameri can participation. The clause without affecting .exlatlne treat was insisted upon by France In order to prevent revision of the reparations provisions of the 'Ver sailles treaty. 'Article four, deals' wun financial questions)-, first, currency; second,' central banks; third, public finance In connection wttn reconstructions: . fourth. . ex change, and fifth, organisation of puDiic ana-private credit." Article five of the agenda cov ers economic and , commercial - questions: ; first.' facilitations Snd , guarantees for export and import . onnwnercs; second, les-a.1 euaran- tees, for the resumption of com merce; third, protection of Indus trial, literary .and artistic property; fourth, consular regulations: fifth. amission and status of foreigners - -.connection with their narticlnk n in trade; sixth, technical as. .tance to be given in the work of : reconstruction. v Article six of the agendt dsa!s wun transportation." ; .r:-..-. . IXOTT GEORGB GTiAD TO BE AT GEVOA AS MEETI.NG NEARS GENOA. April .-r( By The As sociated Press.) . The British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, ilificusslng the - conference today, . j-.ild: f .' ';-.;;,.v 1 ' "I am glad to be here on the fve of the conference which I ob stinately sought, while others yain !v tried to wreck it With the Same i.tinscy I. will "work for, the suc i s of the conference of which I i, 'i fully confident. .W ' -, "I had oriBinally planned to stay 1 one week, but now I think I 1 rmnin a fortnlitht, even Jong- if nufwary, the tufK pefore Ul : r t rpiMl Importance, nume : ' ! f - 1 na- Et COLLINS ECASTSGIVI ill 0 Little Doubts English Will Return to Restore ,. Order in Erin. - OPPONENTS' WORDS THOSE OP TREASON Army Leaders Opposed to Free State Conferin , . Mansion House. . LOXDON, April 10.(By the Associated Press.) It ws ru mored -in London and , Dublin lata last night that the secret meeting of the Irish republican army in Dublin yesterday de posed Eamonn : DeValera as leader of the republicans, gAys the Dally Mail this morning. The newspaper adds thit what , actually , happened Is a mystery, but says some confir mation of the. rumor is riven by the statement that ; DeValera now has no governing part in the republican army. - DTJBLIJf, April . (By ths As sociated Press. )In a speech de livered at Wexford today. Michael Collins, head of the provisional government, declared that unless there was an immediate change in the tone of tactics of certajn of the people "it looks as if civil war 1 can only be adverted by a miracle." Mr. Collins added that in such a contingency there was little doubt ths British would return to restors the order which ths Iriah would have shown themselves unb to preserve. c ' . Train hold-ups and attempts to prevent tiro-treaty meetlnca con tinued todsy. A Dublin train on which Mr. Collins wai supposed to be traveling to Wexford found the rails bad besn taken up near Ark- low., Armed men prevented a re pair gang from reolaoina- ths rails Mr. Collins had foiled his oppo nents by making the trip; during tne nignt. The place where the rails were removed was on a bridge over ths River - Avoca. After they were eventually relayed and the train reached Ennlecorthy. armed : men whQ .arrived In an automobile kid napped the engine driver soaajto prevent the train from reaohlng wexiorfl. , . Thousands of persons Attended he meetitur in Wexford. There were only feeble signs of oposi tlon to Dr. Collins. He declared that the language of Eamonn de Valera had become that of a dan Kjrous despot; and DeValera while posing as a lover of liberty and shouting the name of liberty, was trampling its form underfoot. "The language : of our oppon ents," declared Mr. Collins, li that of treason not , patriotism. :. Our existence Is threatened, as no ene my from ths outside ever has the power to threaten it, and there is grave danger of -another period of long agony before the country. Unless there -Is ' an immediate change In the tons of taotics of certain of the people It looks as if civil war can only bs averted by a miracle. In case of oivil war the British will return to restore t8e order which the Irish people have shown themselves, unaibla to pre serve." Mr, Collins concluded by again appealing - to DeValera to pause and consider where his language which is bsing translated Into ac tion,; is hurrying the nation." ARMY MEN OPPOSED TO FREE STATE CONFER ON SUNDAY DUBLIN. ' April S (By the As sociated Press.) That soction of the Irish republican army which is opposed to the free state author ities today held' a conference in private! In mansion house ths con vention adjourned from a fortnight mmn.' ,. .'; ' It is repor.ed that tne arait oi new constitution for the army snd a resolution proposing a mlll- tarr dictatorship were aiscussea About Z50 delegates from various parts of ths country, attended the convention w men was in maon throughout ths day. A gusrd of vouns men In cltixsns clothe. armed with revolvers, lined the ap -nroaches to mansion house, t - The following omciai report oi the convention was gtven out tnls evening: "At the general conven tion of the Irish republican army the number of delegates exceeded those attending the v convention March'-. 26.".' The temporary exeou Uvea elected a that convention uhmltted a constitution and dec laration of which after discussion war unanimously adopted. Tne constitution provides certain methods for the selection of a per manent executive and thi proce due took effect weon the adoption ot the constitution. The executive eleoted at the previous convention having resigned, a new body was chosen to replace it. , "Many army matter were dealt With. The proceedings Closed at s r rWlr hl evenirwr.'' J f '; , Ths executive council uppointsd vv 4h convention does not admit hat it Is subieet to any existing civil authority. The mayor ana nnntv cnumrils are reported h nrocecdinc to a revision of the leglster cJ voter for the next lection in accordance witn uie contentions of Eamonn DeValera, diti Ttarnr.n. AND LONG' EARED MEN IN PEMAND MtcW YORK. April f. Red hair and large ears, instead of be ing a drawback, are an iwt ht if voung men thus equipped desire to become wireless opera- 'rhi "was made known today In connection with a call for ISO to ...nri a naval military radio school when naval recruiting offi cers said applicants so quaunea r eineclallv desired. Red hair Is an aid to alertness, it wn.caid. while ample ears sld in tunins the Instruments. The rtinol nnen to rtvil'ins, tarta tn FOR j l Service 'Men's Hospitals To ; Be Used Later By the People Harding Advises Hospital Committeeman' for Na 4 tional Celebration. PRESiiENTOKAYS HOSPITAL PROGRAM A ;;.n ', v.- :' fS - y Believes Hospital Finest and Most Humane Pro . " duct of Civilization. ' CHICAGO, April 8. In provid ing for the care and treatment of tormer servje. men,.tne united J i ,mwuiuiuii v"iiit,.ia--i cHltiss which later can be Used tor the benefit Of the people of the country; according to a letter from President Harding, received today by Matthew ; O, Foley, , executive secretary of the National Hospital Day Committee, - President Harding Indorsed the observance of National Hospital movement sponsored by hospitals Day, May 12, and commended the ot tne country to acaualnt the people with ths purpose and the scops of hospital service. More than 4,000 hospitals are enlisted In this movement, and have plan ned programs for National Hos- pital Day, Including "open house" for the- community, graduation of nurses an exhibitions 6f X-ray, dietary, ! occupational therapy and other departmental:.-.:..., :. :: "I was Blsased to Isarn that you e golnsr'to celebrate National Hospital Day again this vaar. on May ' 1 1 , v the anniversary of the pinnaay ot norence Nlrhtlnssle." the President wrote, , -,-'. "I feel that it Is Darticularlv worth while to oontlnue this ob servance at present, because t of some things which have lately come to my attention with regard to nospuai and hospital service, both in this coutttry and 'abroad. America has led the world by a long way in the development and maintenance oi modern hospitals. and In this regard our facilities are far superior te those of any other community. Yet, by reason of the extraordinary demands for care of tne disabled men. of the World War, we are long way ' from adequate equipment. ' 'I have been told that in some of the European countries, where a very large hospital establish ment was created to meet the rep qulrements of the war, it has now proven almost Impossible. t obtain ths necessary -v endowment . funds and community Interest in these Institutions, to keep them doing ths great humane work .which should be carried on by them, whether in war or lit peace time. "For myself, I have felt that tn establishing the great hospital fa cilities which are needed for the soldiers, we will ib providing our selves .with a facility whoe us.. fulness will . continue t after the soldiers have been properly cared for and discharged. ' When that tlms comes I trust ways will be found to have these establish ments utilized for the general In-, terest ot the community, through local associations similar to those -that maintain so . large a propor tion of hospitals all over the coun try. ';' V . ' :"', -y I- One of the finest ana most nu- mane products of our civilisation la the modern hospital, and every activity which alms to assure its advsntages to an Increasing nnm bsr of people deserves all; possible encouragement."! ; P-1-: - Last year, following tne indorse, ment or President Harding, hos pitals in every state and the Dfs trict of Columbia, held a National Hnanlta.1 Dav . program. In which thev were Joined by hundreds of Canadian hospitals. This yesr hos pitals of England ana Austraua have Indicated their interest and a number In eacn oi tnese coun tries will observe the day. lumiPAN AMBASSADOR 1 , AT GENOA IS SPECTATOR GENOA April .'The .Araeri can ambassador, Richard Wash burn Child, arrived here today for L the conference. He Is accompan ied by Mrs. cnilO. tne emoas dor is in Genoa unofficially for ths purposs of keeping Washing ton sdvieed on ths proceedinss ar1 dnee not Vow how lonr he vi-ill rm!n. He wee offi-red , , t ,. .i t . r -..-.! v ' h t 1 d - DO IT NOW (By BILLY BORNE) FATHER MURDERS THREE GHILDRErJ. TAKES Tragedy Is Near Charlotte-Child - Slain in : Arms of Small Sister. . .cWARLOTTB. April .Ru-by iLe Jteims, a J Tear oia girl, nor- ror stricken ; and hekoless. tods.v saw her athfr. John Helms. 40. Slay three - of her little brothers and in Succession, with a wood axe,' and then saw him deliberate ly blow off the top of his own head with a shot gun, according to the story she, ths only witness, told Coroner Prank, Hovls. The 'quadruple killing occurred at the home of Helms, who occu pied a tenant house On t the farm Of Robert Rice, It miles east of Charlotte, about , i : 80 .this morn Coroner Hovls said the evidence lndcted that Helms had bteome suddenly insane, prooaoiy as a re suit of- continued ill health, as he had been suffering from chronic stomach disease and had appeared deeply depressed when talking to a brother- a day or two ago about his ,'hopsldas" condition. According to little Ruby Lee Helms, she was walking about in the yard with the nine months old baby Hazellne, while hor mother prepared breakfast, when her lathi er aipproached with the axe and with the handle knocked the baby from her arras; then he went IntoJ the house, snd with the axe, brained two children in bed, while she looked oo through a window, the two being 'Broncho, aged six, and Bleeker, aged tour. He then grabbed a shotgun, wsnt out into the yard, placed the muzsle against his cheek, the gun standing on the ground, ' reached down and press ed the trigger with his thumb, the load blowing off ths top of his head. Mrs.. Helms, and another child In addition to Ruby Lee escaped without, injury. and made the alarm. Soon neighbors were on the scene, and later Coroner Ho vls. The baby did not die instant ly, but was brought toa hospital in .Charlotte where It died , two hours later. -:, ; -y It was said that Helms was for merly cotton -mill operative at Charlotte, but recenUy moved to the farm... ;v5"-' ' '::-.V: RARTIiFTT. DEFENDS ACTION REGARDING CIVIL SERVICE i WASHINGTON,. ' " April I. A national administration holding mandats from ths psopls to car ry out certain policies should havs a perfectly free nand to select "an those officials to whom must be entrustsd administrative policies and executive discretion," Assist snt Postmastsr General. Bart lett, former president of the civil ser vice commission, declared' today. Ths. tendency to Include , higher paid , officials, witbln - the -scope , of the civil service law, he declared, would retard to'perfect civil ser vice within its 'admittedly proper sphere affecting the .great body of federal workers." , ' ' Reviewing the history, of ths statute under which the commis sion functions,. Mr. Bart left recall ed that Its first proponents cited $1,600 In the maximum salary of 'government ' employea to , be brought under the law. , . LAST TRIBUTE 18 PAID " ''-' TO DEAD PIONEER AIRMAN OKllHOMA CITY, Akla.', April . (By The Associsted Press.) Post field army aviation officers paid last tribute of love and re- spsct for their former command ant late this afternoon when from four airplanes high In the sky, they osst hundreds of roses to the wind showering with1' the flowers the train taking the body of .Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Ward Beck ot the air service, to Arlington National cemetrey for 'burial. .- - ' Colonel Beck was slsin early last Tuesday morning In the home of Jean P. Pay. wealthy oil man and trer, end yei erday -a won er's 1urv eTrmp'ed i3V. heraupe. , , , ' ..,!..,-. t In FELDSP 1 ARE OPENED IN B T Local Men Back Mining Project To Ship Car ' load a Day Soon. -After careful Investigations ex tending over a , period : of ' six month-, organization of the Black Mountain Feldspar company has been effected by three local men, and rnittin On- a ; large scale - of fcidbpar::wni begin- this wsk,:i A shipment of a carload a dav Is preehfted as" ths average fbrths mines as a result ef the invest Iga lMns," which established that It) tills section there is a large de. posit of leldspsr, of sufficient qual ity end quantity to assure hand S.jm prnflts If properly developed Three lsrge tracts of land havs been leased near Black' Mountain, r.na tne company has obtained op tions , on; surrounding territory which may contain the mineral in sufficient quantities to make min ing profltabls. . j . . ; - Named as owners and operators or tne mines are Dr. o. ju. Suggett, of - this city, general, ' mimnr: Charlee M. Ray, civil engineer, of Ashsvlllr, and W- B Roland, of Black Mountain. v-- Dr, Buggett Is also general man. ager or tne Carolina Mineral De velopment company." having large holdings In this end of the state. "Aahevtllfl la the loslcal location for large potteries and enameling plants, owing to the .proximity of tna raw proaucta and ether ait- vantages necessary to their msnu facture " Dr 8uggett; sstd last night, MA Intimated . that..'-", with further development ef the present f'vjmi, im-rtw material, would not be shipped awav. 4ut a t.n. tory-st9bshedhere and products miiuiciurea on tne spot. " Genetal offices of the new psny hava. besn satahliahe in hi. wy. cine Mountain being ths "inifjjins point. CANADIAN PARLT4MRV1 ' ' MEMBER WANTS FREEDOM MONTREAL, April 6. . Inde pendence for Canada cated by W. F. Carroll, member of i"inimini ior uapi Breton and Kicnmond, in an address yestsr asy bsrore ths Reform club, in which he contended, Canada was not a ' nation although enjoying poiuicai ana religious freedom. - After' declaring that nationhood wouia asveiop greater, statesmen mr. varrou said: "I am talking with a view to in dependence or with a view to sev sring our connsctjon , with . the mother country." 'Asserting that Canada is not nation, the spesksr said, "ths quicker w undeceives ourselves the sooner we will become better Canadians." "We are a dependency of the British crown," he added "Nationhood Implies ths right -to make treaties and settle our own difficulties, If you , want proof that ws are not a nation, look at the privy council. Not bill be comes taw until it is sanctioned by the king in the person of ths governor-general." T .-t FORMER GREEK PREMIER IS ON WAY TO WASHINGTON ; CHARLOTTE. N, ;C, April Eluthsrols- Veniselos, former pre mier of Greece, accompanied by his wife, secretary and ; several other Greeks, passed - through Charlotte tonight traveling north ward and, i according to local Greeks who talked with him at his train, he - is hurrying . back to Greece to resume the premiership st the call of King Constantlns, Premier .Gournarls and a largs proportion ot the psopls of Greece. The former premisr baa' been in this country and south .America several months. . ,Yv''--''Vv ,- ..' TITDtKO.CREEK FIGHTING ; " ; 1 IN ASIA MINOR SEROUS ":?ATHEN8.';,Aprll.'''iJi-lult "lie rir.ni flc-hfin has Occurred be tween Greek and Turkish forces on the Dnrvlse front in -Asia Ml nor. in SDite of the efforts Of the allied powers to bring about a truoe there. During the, fighting two Greek soldiers - were killed snd 14 were wounded, and an of cll;renort states that irt front ef 4he-Giek - positions a., large number of Turkish desd were One of the desd Turks wss LACK IU Minority Assails House Proposal To Reduce Navy Force; Revolt In Lower House Forecast BITUMINOUS COAL OUTPUT DROPS TO T RECORD Miners Demands Would Boost Coal Price $3 a ' Ton Says Warriner. HARD COALMEN'S Leaders Carry Unionizing Campaign to open Shop Field. ; WASHINGTON. Aoril . Pro duction ot bituminous coal in the United States dropped to e,6U0,tuti tons, ths "lowest In modern coal history" while work In anthra cite fields "ceaasd entirely our- lng first. 'week of tm (on strike, according to a review of .'i . J 1... . tne industry lasuea tuaay vr me United States geological survey. , Renorts received bv the survey indicated that from 0 to 64 per cent of the bituminous fields of the country has been cioica aown by the strike while of he remain der, "a slgntflcant portion 'has not been operating recently for lack of demand." In the flrstt week ot the !1 strike, the survey said, 71 per cent of ths bituminous fields were closed but "ths an thracite mines operated at capac ity," . ; ,:, -.- Taking April S. as the first real teat ot ths effect of the striks, the survey noted that coal loadings aggregated 11,446 cars against 66,066,000 cars on the asms day on ths preceding week. This -total was continued without substantial changs through the next Ave days fixing an estimated production for the week of three and a half mil lion lone. , , , t ' Production , of bituminous In oressed almost to the last shift be fore the strike call, but because of the decline on the last day of ths week, Saturday, April 1, the aggregate production,.; or HMta, 00u'(on was slightly under that of the preceding week. . ' ; Heavy Production ot Hard Coal. Feature Flva Days. Heavy production; auo marked ths last five working days in ths anthracite fields, according to the survey, 66,266,000 cars being load- siri f AlliimlnAita riil t v nrl nnlinn during the first week of the cost striks was estimated at . "slightly under 4,uoo,ooo tons" by the JNa- tlosal Coal association which 1 de elated that while this tonnage was below the capacity ot the non union fields, "the only reason for the restricted production Is to be found In the inability ot the oper ators to find a market for their coal." ,,:; ,r;' j.::-., "Thousands or cars of coal are Standing on ths mlns sidings awaiting billing orders," a state ment Issued, by the association to night said. "Reports from non union fields stats that production is running at var!oua rates from 40 percent to 70 per cent or 60 per cent of normal. In the union fields, the factor limiting produc tion is, in general, the strike, but in the non-union fleltli, the limit ing factor is dsscrlbed as contin ued lack of orders,.,.'...: -. l "The f. o. b. spot ' price of bl luminous is practically at the low est pries resched at any time sines the United States entered ths world war, ths statement said, adding that consumers thus far have dis played no anxiety as tu fuel sup ply. - ,. OPERATORS SAY MTNERB DEMAND WOU.D BE COSTLY w is w i OKK, April Di--eaniU8l D. Warriner, president ef the Le high Valley Coal and Navigation company and spokesman for the anthracite mine operators, issued a statement tonight in which he declared that accession tu the wage demands ot miners, pow out en striks, would result In an ln ereass or 66 a ton In ths cost of coal to consumers. Mr. Warrlner's statement, made public In connection with ths re sumption Tuesday of conferences of ths miners' and operators' sub committee on was enn! rent i.,.n. nations, forecast ths attltuds the ownr"' will take in presenting iii.ii luinni answer to the 16 de mands of ths .men., outlined at previous sessions, "Anthracite - producers see no reason to change ths opinion ex pressed st the opening of these conferences." said Mr. Warriner "namely, -that conditions demand a substantial rsductlon In the price of hard coal. We desire to pay good wages. But thst rate of pay is not so important as regu larlty of employment. "The problem to be solved is what scsle ot wages will permit the production of anthracite at a price the consumer is willing to pay. For as shown It the price is too nign consumption declines snd ths result is Irregular employ ment and ' dissatisfaction all around." Declaring that the miners' de mands would result In less produc tion and more compensation, Mr Warriner said an analysts showed that,: If granted, they would add approximately 6170,000,000 to the annual cost of producing 66,000,000 tons ot domeetlc sizes of coal. This would mean an added cosi of more than $$ a ton to the consumer, he said.:,-'-'':,-::,;; '!- -':";..'' , The hourly wage Sesls of the miners has Incrsssed 162 per cent between 1614 and 1921, the mine official asssrted. He gave figures for 1917 to 1920 inclusive, which showed a ' decrease In production from 74,000,000 to 66.600,000 tens in the four year period, whits ths wags bill advanced from $146,000, 000 to $2(2, 176,000 in the same time.- Ths psy roll In imi n. uM was nnrnvimatelv 62H0.ftOO.OflO ichmcj n fv, r.) LOWES Police Precaution Taken as Baptists ' Occupy New Church Bodyguard Assigned to John D. Rockefeller, jr., at Service NEW YORK, April . -Pollcfe precautions were taken today st trie Brit services In the new Park Avenue liaptlst church to guard .1 ihi D. Rockefeller, Jr., whose presence in the congregation it was feared might attract the criminally inclined. The edifice cost more than $1,600,000 and will take the piaci of ths Fifth Avenue Baptist cnurch. In which the Rockefellers havs been worshiping for years. The elder Rockefeller is still in the svjulh. His son, who Is leader of the Bible class, said he waa surprised at the bodyguard assigned to him, not think. ng It would be necessary for the department to look after nim at church. All persons en tering the building were carefully scrutinized and the vigilance was cjntlnued until Mr. Rockefeller had finished his address to the Bible class ant aert. .... Reductions of 20 Per Cent i on Fares East of Mis sissippi Coming. CHICAGO, It!.. April Re ductions ranging from 25 to 46 per cent will be declared on all railroads' west ot Chicago and St. Louis In round trip tares to west em summer resorts effective in some territories May 16 In ,othsrs June 1,; according to George J. Mairulre, chairman of the larlft bureau nf f,he "Western Passenger association. Reductions of 28 per cent on fares'- to--eastern ' resorts will be declared on eastern rail roads and applied concurrently on the i western . lines,. It waa an nounced.. Ths msssurs of reduc tion is declared to be not only the greatest summer rates sines Amer ica's entrance Into ths world war, but far greater than any for a number of yenrs before that war, even when lower reduced fares wers offered because ths basic rates were much lower. The sum mer reductions - supplement home seekers rates Ot a. one-way . fare plus 12 for a round trkp, which went into effect In March. The summer tourist tickets will be sold dally until September 10 at the price of a one-way fare plus one-tenth to one-hair, rare, the larger, reductions . being for the longer distances traveled. . For ex ample, a round trip from Chicago te Yellowstone,. Colorado, or ths pacific coast, will cost ens and one-tenth . times a one-way fare, while a round trip from Chicago to a Winconsln resort will usually cost one and one-half tlmen a one way fare,. Similarly the reduction on the round trip to Yellowstone or ths coast will be less In propor tion as ths tourist's suiting point Is nesrer his destination. A a ruls the return, limit will be Oc tober $1. but soma ticket to Michigan and Wisconsin - points carry a 30 day limit. Under the homeseeKera provis ion round trip tickets to sparsely settled regions with a return limit ot 21 dsys will hs sold on roads west of Chicago and St. Lou la the first and third Tuedsys of eacn month, ending with November. The homeseeker rstes sre the first to bs offered in the United Btates sines the tendency under govern ment control to dlsooursge un- neceaaarv travel In the effort to keep roads clear for their wartime functions. Destinations of horns- j seeker tickets sre chiefly in Mon tana, North Dakota, Washington and Oregon. The tickets sre eoia to residsnts of territory east or ths Missouri river. The reductions will represent a concerted effort on the part of the milwav crmvrjanles to buna up pas senger traffic, it was stated. 20 FRENCH SOLDIERS ARK , KILLED HUNTING IVll Aiv.ua KATTOWTTZ, Silesia, April . fRv the Associated Press.) More then 20 French soldsrs wsre kill ed snd a dozen woundsd today when, while searching for hidden arms, a spade struck ths dstonav nr mechanism of a nmen mine. The explosion occurred in a cem etery between uieiwitz ana soss nltn's. - . - An examination showed that ths mine had -been planted . under a store of 1 arms. The explosion made a crater 30 feet In diameter and II feet deep. THREE MEN SHOT DEAD IN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS KNOXVTLLE. Tenn.. April .- Bird Daugherty, Anderson county deputy sheriff and his two sons, William and Fisher Daugherty. wers shot to death on a mountain road between Petros and New River this afternoon. Sheriffs of Morgan and Anderson counties are searching ths mountains ror three men who were discovered , beside the dead bodies after tho shoot ing. MISSISSIPPI REACHES M . FOOT STAGE AT VICRSBCRG VICKSBURO, Miss.. April The stage ot the Mississippi river at Vlcksburg tonight wss 61.6 feet, a rise of ,3 foot during the past 24 hours. Reports from all stations In the third Mississippi district, statsd . that .all the Jeeves i were holding well, no weak places raving oeveiope mi any jwm along fcji entire K'stem. LOWER RAILWAY SUMMER SEASON RATES HAfJfJED Body's FIVE REPUBLICANS STRONG ATTACK Declared to Be What For eigners Would Do to Wreck American Navy. M'ARTHUR PREDICTS MATERIAL CHANOL Says Committee Must Net Continue to Withhold '.. Needed Funds. WASHINGTON, April 6. The proposal of the house appropria tions committee for a navy m 1931 of 67,000 men and 6.666 officer was vigorously attacked today in a minority report signed by five re publicans and one democrat an ! In statements Issued by Represen tatives Brittsn, Illinois, and -Mr-Arthur,- Oregon, republican mem bers of the house naval committer A reduction of the naval force of (he United States to the extr recommended by the ?ommitt would "Ignore the basic nav policy," set down by the arms con ferencs, the minority report i dared, asserting that an enlist, personnel of 10.000 with 6,000 a prentices would be necessary t ksep the United States abreast Grsat Britain and ahead of Jap Repressntatlve Britten said the bill." had been framed by 1 lab. and Japanese delegates," the intention of wrecking t American navy, "they could r have more deliberately reduced t United States to : a third i power," while Representative , Arthur asld a canvass he had ma gave him hopes of the adoption an amendment providing for s 000 men. "For the first time In Its 1 tory," said the minority repm- filed by six member ot the an priations committee, "this couti ha adopted a bsv1 policy, means equality with the strop if that policy la new diarc hy adoption of ths navy biii, -will sink to the rank of a t: rate naval power with Utile v. in any future world councils. , one doubts that the potential -perlorlty of the American navy v the controlling factor In the n tiatlons of the recent confer- . Had otir delegates nsgotiti treaty that placed this country I low Great Britain or Japan naval strength, they wuld h been denounced a traltbra not single vote of the senate would 1 been recorded In Its favoi yet t bill proooaee to placs this coun In that very position." - The-report was signed by r. resenlative '. Tlnkham, Massacli setts, Vare, Pennsylvania; Wa'm New Hampshire; Mages and It ted, New Ybrk, republicans Gslllvan, Massachusetts, demon 'Ths underlying principle which In future the strength of navy must be determined i strength in relation to Great i; atn and Japan," ths report "This, is . the policy of the 6- ratio, that Is equality, with fr. Britain and S-J of the strensrUi Japan, : ;';:4v-":,,--" "The bill Ignores that basic po ley and bears no reference to tn other power whoss strength mtr determine our proportion in th ratlon-Thls bill Is aa attempt t disregard ths navies ot Great Brit ain and Japan to give us th- smallest force of the three and tn establish a principle for, which no responslbls statesman in tne world history has ever stood the principle of limitation of arm ament by example. , - The provisions of this bill ar not only in opposition to the baaio naval policy ot the country but are In opposition to the view of Presi dent Harding, Secretary Denby, Assistant Secretary Rooasvelt, the Chief of naval operations, the commander-in-chief ot the fleet, the general board, and ot every naval officer that has bsen called In the hearings." - Japan, the minority ' declared. contemplated an enlisted strength of 63,262, fwhtch is over ; 1,000 more than allowed our Bevy." "Under the B-S-l raatto." It added. "we should have 110,000 as com- parsd with Britain and 113. ooo as compared with Japan," -. v,-,: Prospects of an amendment be ing added to the 123 naval bill providing for 80,000 enlisted men "ere excellent," Representative McArthur, of Oregon, also a re publican member of. the naval committee said, adding ' that his prediction ws- mad after can vassing, the house membership. "It tb appropriations commit tee continues this policy ot at Ing funds for the proper activities tempting to legislate toy withhold., of the government," said the Ore-" gon member, "there will soon be ; revolt among house members snd : the present system of centralising all appropriating power in on committee will be abandoned." NATOINAL WOMAN'S PARTY ..... MAKES , FINANCIAL REPORT WASHINGTON. April j -i-Th national woman's . party in the first year of its existence 'as a permanent asoctatlon "for the re moval of all forms of subjection ot woman, raised end spent H7i,7fv according -to th report of the treasurer, Mis Eleanor .-Wren-nan, of New York, for the year endui II a rot, 16, 1S23. The total sum devoted in the period coveretji by the report in ths activities of ' the association exceeded by 14.000 the expendi tures mads In 1920 when the cam paign was waged tor ratificati:. ot ihs suftrage . aniendmem. large Item in the latest report 1, ever, oompHeeg ths purcf;-- t of the r''mpl fe- ;:" 0 DEMOCRAT 1 t t ' -I in. lit 1 1 1'tr the ii nd i Si... lte.t f. IVH-. J' ' Jfcy - 5 sn- a ' hi" he n f- th; STsy a b f e--- in cI"- ma mr pi.! tth.s c re " fre it
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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