North Carolina Newspapers

rfYO"T71 A CITJ-niTTT T T71 MTfTlT r7T"iWi THE WEATHER 1 O PAGES I Ztoday Neeth and South Carotins: Partly aloud y, probably followed by thundsr. storms Tuesday afternoon and night; Wedntaday clearing and colder. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REPUBLICANS 1Y MAME BLAIR FOR MOREHEAD'S JOB ant to Express Confi- ' dence in Internal Rev - enue Commissioner. STATE CONVENTION G. 0. P. WEDNESDAY Faxker and Bramham Are Suggested to Take Reynolds' Place. OltTILtl 01II11X (ir h. i o. Mu.vn RALEIGH. N. C, April 10. North Carolina, republican may name Internal Revenue Commis sioner Blair as national commit teaman. In thaWlnston-6alem con ventlon, aa an expression of their Confidence in him. The recent criti cism of him and hla management of the revenue department prob ably will prompt thia. Vohn J. Parker, of' Monroe, Is Vn suggested along with W. G. Bramham of Durham, as the next party chairman. ; John M. Moreheads resignation as national committeeman is cer tain. He ia tired of his job and of the prominence of political life : anTI wants to retire to a place be . hind the scenes, "Mr. Morehead ia not the type of man who likes practical poli tics,'! said a republican leader to day In making tha definite en nouncement that the Charlotte man will resign and that Blair, : rather than Farker, may be his ; successor. "Mr. Morehead could have been vice-president had he been the character of man who likes the ' front ranka and the glare and bril liancy of tha footlights. He is tired of the prominence of political leadership and wants to step aside for those who feel at home in the glamor of public life." i The resignation of Mr. More- JSd as national committeeman yJl Charles A. Reynolds as party chairman and the election of their Successors likely will be the chief events of the state convention. Parker apparently haa been slated as Moorehead's successor and Bramham as the new chairman, t the move to make Blair ha- nal committeeman transfers the onroe lawyer and former guber- torlal candidate to a chalrman- ip possibility. The big national figure who Is the program tor a speech may Lockwood, editor of the. na- onal republican, of Houston, the ssistant to the secretary of com merce, or any on or several Washington republicans.; Mr: Morehead ant invitations to Com missioner Blair and asked him to deliver them" to the man whose presence ' at Winston-Salem could most likely be counted upon. The convention will convene at ll o'clock Wednesday and 1.200 delegates are expected. kills wife instantly. . thinking 11lh a burglar (Istrtal Cm f mine; TU iikmtUt Cittern J CHARLOTTE, April H Sam Crump, a farmer. 60 years old. shat and killed his wife at his home. Just over the Mecklenburg-Unlon cAmty line. Sunday night at 10 n.lock. The husband Is said to Have mistaken hi wife for a yglar and ilred, killing her al- 5 instantly The tragedy occurred three miles vfrom Mint Hill, where the Helms . . T . 1 .1 ... W lamny were muruenu duiw.ji wi. Crump heard a no-Is at a window and thinking it a burglar, got his shotgun and went out. Mrs. Crump also got up and went out, unknown to her husband, in a few seconds. The wife came in' view around the corner of th house, and In the semi-darkness the husband fired. Mrs. Crump waa a Miss Newell, of the Morning Star townahlp, this county, before her marriage, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morri son. Newell. She is survived by her husband and aeveral children, some of them grown. .A definite movement for organi sation at a Pythian club for Char lotce has been instituted by members of the Pythian lodge. Commit tees have been appointed and members of these committees have completed a temporary organlna- f n. The club proposes to build a Milan home in the city. itizen of Tryon, On Social Visit, h Shot to Death Jerome Durham Is Victim. " Polk Officers Seek For Thomas Lindsey tip Ctnupminn, r iiHHe CiNsesJ " IforrtkT . I , , ft T.am.a Till. ham. prominent resident of this piaco, was snot twice mrougn ine heart and intantly killed at a late hour Sunday night while call ing on a young lady. Thomas Ltndsey. said to be a rival for the affection of tho young lady, is Being pursued In the "Dark Corner" on the South Carolina line by Sheriff Rector and a posse. He ia r'n&vmA with the slaving-, which "toelr -place bwfore the young lady a rvs ' 1 1Vh aVinvHno :' tiinlf nllC near Win, three miles north of this place According to available In formation. Lindeey ' was at r the girl's home when Durham arrived, and called the litter out ot) the house. The hooting took place on the porch, and Llndsey fled IN GREENVILLE .1.4.11 ' . AND ADMITS SHOOTING GREENVILLE, S. C, April 10. Thoma Lindsay ,' who admits shooting Jerome of Rome Dur ham, near Lynn. It. C, shortly after midnight last night, ia In the Greenville county Jail, having been brought here about 11 o'clock this morning. He waa met on the Buncombe road about IS miles from Greenville by Sheriff Rector. According to his own statement Lindsay, who' formerly lived here, -wat-eofnltir to 'OrmsMH ta ur tender to tha Greenville author; , est, ' .V" w--y-v vjft-'; -- r. .'-'V.- REVENUES UNDER DRY ACT PAY FOR ITS EiMFDRCEMENT If Fines, Penalties and Taxes Were Collected Says Haynes. HALF OFNEAR-BEER BREWERIES SEIZED "Liquor Most Difficult Now to Obtain in All History" Haynes. PHILADELPHIA. April 10 evenues from the national prohibi tion act should pay many times over for the $10,000,000 approprl ated for the enforcement of the dry laws during the coming year. Pro hibition Commissioner Haynes de clared In an address tonight. "It would be Interesting to the people to know," he said, "that if we were to collect the fines, pen alties and special tax imposed up on violators of the law in the first six months of this administration they would more than pay two and one-halt times the estimated cost of enforcing the prohibition law for the next year. These enormous figures do not Include nearly $3, 000,000 In bonds that are being forfeited to .the government, or $2,00,00,000 that have been offered In compromise by 21 of the large violators of the law and do not In clude the $6,000,000 in differential of prohibitive tax that have been referred to previously. Mr. Haynes declared that with ten months of renewed effort to restrict good liquor Into legitimate channels the result Is "perhaps as nearly achievement as possible." Annual Consumption On the Decrease. Immediately preceding prohibi tion, he etated, there was an an nual consumption In the country of about 130,000,000 gallons of American-made whiskey, while during the year 1920 approximate ly 12,600,000 gallons of whiskey was withdrawn from warehouses under permtls and in 19.21 with drawals amounted to about 3,6Ho, 000 gallons. On the basis of the last three or four months, he re ported, withdrawals this year will amount to about 2,000,000 gallons, "which is perhaps only about 500, 000 gallons In excess of normal medicinal requirements." Of the 600 breweries manufac turing near-beer at the beginning of the fiscal year, 'he decelared, 285 have been reported for viola tion of the law; 95 plants are un der seizure by the government and offers in compromise as high as IAI Aft A 1 j 0o,uvv navG received "I' have lone been nerauariad " rent forces, so we are today citing aii orewenes touna guilty of viola tion in me united states on crimi nal Informations. We are not only revoking permits of the guilty but are also refusing to re-lasue per mits to persons who have violated the provisions of their permits and this has resulted in the closing down of about 60 near-beer plants In recent months." Asserting that there was a prop aganda to create the impression that the prohibition law was non operative, Mrs. Haynes said: "It Is significant that at the time when liquor is the most difficult to obtain in all our history; when drunkenness has decreased to a very appreciable degree; when convictions for the violation of the law are becoming most numereus: that at such time, the largest amount of space la given in some of our newspapers to articles most flumsy of fact which set forth the idea that prohibition is a failure." TREASURY BILLS RECENTLY FOUND WERE STOLEN WASHINGTON, April 10. Solu tion of the mystery of the finding last Friday. of a package of $5 treasury bills In the Potomac river near the bureau of engraving and printing was announced tonight by Chief Moran, of the secret service, and said that the bills were a part of a bundle of 1,000 sheets, each containing four $5 ' notes, stolen from the pureau about a year age. Clayton C. Dunn, of Potomac, Va., a former watchman at the bu reau who was arrested in Feb ruary for passing $1 bills raised to $5 Mr. Moran said, admitted bury ing a portion of the 1000 sheets in the swamp land near the river and more of the bills were located there today by Samuel Shslfleet, of Potomac, who found the first pack age last week. Treasury officials declared that the finding of the $5 bills in the Potomac river had no connection with the recent reorganization of the bureau of engraving and print ing through executive order of President Harding removing its director, James L. Wllmeth and other-officials. Also, it was stated officially at the treasury, the lnl ventory of the bureau's stock, now In progress, has so far disclosed no indication of any shortage or duplication of government securi ties on any large scale. Despite the system of checks In force at the bureau, officials de clared, the human element made possible at times the disappearance of bills and stamps as in the case of. Dunn but such cases were, as a rule, quickly disposed of by the secret service. DECREASE IN THE RETAIL COST OF FOOD IN MARCH WASHINGTON, April 10. A de crease in the retail cost 'of food to the overage family in March as compared with February was re amed today by the bureau of isbor statistics of tha department of labor. Prices aa of 43 food articles in 61 Important cities were considered. Seventeen of these articles showed decreases ranging from less than five-tenths of one per cent for butter and tea to 34 per cent on strictly fresh butter, II articles increased from .less than flve-tenihs of one per cent on cheese t H per cent on oranges, and six ; articles remained un changed. V- --.,'-.:-!.'-- -'- Durlni the year March IS, 1921, i March v 18, v. 1922, the bureau added, the average decrease In the retail prices of these foods was 11 per cent J 5 articles' declining ahd eight lncrtaaing. In the nine year period -wiping. Maciii-4h.veilfcaaa ut or increase was placed at 43 par eeuit , - Jb. RU5S GENERAL TOR L SUIT ENDS Postpones Sailing Until He Earns "Clean Slate" in New York. NEW YORK, April 10. Gen eral Gregory Semenoff, ataman ol Cossacks, 'who is free on ball fol lowing his arrest on a civil war rant issued at the request of the trustee for the Youroveta honie and foreign trading company, a bankrupt New York concern, has put off his trip to Europe tndefin- The general was emphatlo In making that statement today at the close of a bankruptcy bearing before Referee Olney, at which he waa examined. The former Cos sack chieftain declared he -considered himself on his honor and that under no circumstances, would he and his wife sail on the Aqultania tomorrow. Edward S. Greenbaum, counsel for the trustee, pointed out that the general's arrest came on a civil warrant only, and that ahould he sail tomorrow he could not be brought back to this country as a fugitive from justice. In order to sail, however, the general would have to jump $25,000 bond which was given to the sheriff when he was arrested last weak. The state bank of Chita, a Rus sian institution, was brought into the case today when General Sem enoff was asked if he knew that some of his officers had removed 1,250,000 rubles from the bank. While the question waa not answered, it produced a storm of protest during which Edward W. Glaze, counsel for General Sei onoff, asserted that statements of witnesses at the bankruptcy hear ings were being used as pegs on which to hang additional civil suits. "Questions with which the bank rupt is not concerned were aaked at the other hearings, while coun sel for other companies were in the room," he said. ''On,th nn to these the C. B. Rich ard company, which has an Inter est in the Chita bank, has brought suit and I am told that papers will be served in other suits soon.' While protesting that every day delay in the hearings meant that the general would be 7ted'nt more suits, based on th fact that he waa a leader of anti-bolshevik armies which he admlta, lived . off the 'land, Mr. Glaze lnUt44 avt , General Semenoff would remain in th0 United States until the hearing W General Semenoff admitted that Admiral Kolchak had ordered him court-martialed on ' tr" charge, but said that tha verdict It the court resulted In his pro motion and was followed tyhls selection as ataman of the Cos- sacks. - ' OOOLIDGE RECOGNIZES A. -DEMOCRAT UPON DEMAND WASHINGTON, April l'-8? occurred in the senate letn Vice-President CooUdge ,nd Sen ator Caraway, democrat, Arican sas today when the latter tried to introduce another resolution re lating to ridmlnlstratlon Observ ance of civil service laws. Sena tor Caraway, with some lee.mg, complained that the vice-preBldent was rrcognirlng republican sei.a tors and said thai although he had addressed the .chair ' dozen times, 'the Vice-President had recogalzed only republicans. "If that is going to be the rule. It ought to be stated," aald Sena tor Caraway, with shaking voice. "I want my rlghta and I'm get ting tired of this kind of con duct." - - '-r--''' f Mr. CooUdge replied that Mr. Caraway would be recognised and Senator Caraway replied, heat edly: , . w ' "Yes. as soon as everybody over there (on the republican side) is through." - . Senator Caraway's resolution called for a. statement fiom the President regarding .. the. "number of former soldiers who "hav been demoted .. or removed ia oflce -Hspubllcanala.ouotuj objected to dlscutslon of the rwo lutloa and it went over i i Ml UNTIL "BARKIS IS WILLIN' " (By BILLY BORNE) Fear Brinson Will Not Recover From ' Present Illness Now at His New Bern Home and Reported in Serious Condition wiismsTos mM tsi imiTiLi.i oiTiaaa tH U B. C. BRYiXTl WASHINGTON. April 10. Rep resentative 8. M. Brinson of the third district, is critically 111. His friends here fear that he will not recover.. Last December he went to Baltimore for an operation and seemed to be Improving. Later he became 111 again and went to Battle Creek for treatment. Last week he passed through' here -on hla way to New Bern, where ha is now confined to : hla bed. He Is suffering with cirrhosis of the liver in an advanced stage...i Should Mr. Brinson puU through this er mttmeletmmM -Z Will quit the race for congress to succeed himself because of hla ill health. Mr. Brinson la Very pop ular here, and his associates are distressed to learn of his desper ate Illness. ' NG AP D EAL E Hearing on Petition to Stay Collection of Taxes on Saturday. (Iftll Cnmlmum TU Jiftwdli CUfm) GREENSBORO, N. C, April 10. Formal order granting the ap pea, to the United States supreme court in the tax cases of the South ern and Atlantic and Yadkin rail roads was signed by Judge James E. Boyd. In federal district court here today. Application by the railroad? that tha order ataylng the colle tlona of taxes in dispute be con tinued until the aupreme court de cides the Issues, will be argued at a hearing here Saturday, the hear ing being continued today. There waa no argument before the court today, although . S. M. Prince, of Washington, chief coun sel for the Southern ahd W. M. Hendren, Winston-Salem, appeared for the roads, and Judge Bynum, Greensboro,, for the state. The appeal Is from the ruling of three federal judges, made at Raleigh, March IS, denying an in junction agalnat the collection of taxes in North Carolina on valua tions alleged excessive and discrim inatory, and collection of corpor ation Income and franchise taxes. The order ataylng the collection of the disputed taxes from the Seaboard, Atlantic coast LJne ana Norfolkk Southern expires Aiprll Southern, Atlantic and Tadkli. 1$. CAROUNA-VIRGINIA RATE CASE DECISION VIOLATE t'rge Senators to Ask Carriers Comply With Recent Ruling. WA1K1SOTON BUIIAtT Tai nsrtM.s orrizss (IY H. M. C. WYiST) WASHINGTON. Apr" 10. Senators r. - Dln,K..n. haul hn sH- vised by M. R. Beaman. secretary, of the Nortn carotins rrainc aMociuou that the last decision rendered unan imously by the Interstate commerce commission In favor of the North Car olina slppera in the Carolina lrglnla rate case Is not being compiled with by the railroads. They called the attention of the eoramlMlon to this situation urging that the carriers be compelled to M 1 ittA r1i f.t th inter. state, commerce commission Issued June 7, 1821. TM fonn caroun Traffic association Is composed of over 600 representative shippers and they have urgently requeued ttinn- VVIW VI IMC u v't v.-- ' to present the case again to the committee. I EVEE ALONG SOUTHERN TIP OF ARKANSAS HOLD MEMPHIS, April 10. Leve'es along the southern tip of Arkansaa and in the vicinity of Qreenvllle on the Mississippi . side o the waterway were bea. ng the brunt cf the MlislsslpplMver flood to night but with embankments holding despif hi wind which drove the we Inst the bank) ttk ou' ' La .throughout Hi Oar --', ( up 0f tre wutnfawi.i..t4i flood cres. BOYD SIGNS 0 DER GRAN OD L L BILL ARGUMENTS Low Figures Would De stroy Efficiency of American Navy. WASHINGTON, April 10. The flh'ht on the naval appropriation bill began in the house today with members Insisting that It did and .hat it did not actually carry out the 6-6-3 ratio as fixed by treaty. All day the discussion centered atound this one big question In 2tPUte. 3T.HE)tt4rma KiJleyr- W'-fthe-uto committee on appropriation which drafteoV the measure and others, including Representative Mondell, Wyoming, the republican leader, declared nn enlisted force of 65, 000 plus 2,000 apprentice seamen, was adequate to maintain the nnvy in accordance with the .arms conference rating. Others, how ever, i n r : u d ing Representative Padcett, Tennessee, ranking demo crat on the naval committee which In former times prepared the navy bills, abetted the flgurea were so low "as 1o deitroy the efficiency of the American navy" and give It a standing the same aa or lower tnan that of Japan, far Committee Figures Ignore tne Treaty In all there were seven speeches during th dsy, three for and four against the measure. Representa tive Byrnes, South Carolina, sup ported the committee proposals, Joining Chairman Kelley and Mr. Mondell in Its defense. On the other sld the speakers with Mr. Padgett were Representatives Tinkham. Massachusetts; Husted. New York, and Vare, Pennsylvania, a'l republican members of th appropriations committee, who signed a minority report urging a fjree ol $0,000, plus 6,000, and wno declraed the committee figurea disrupted and ignored the There will be two full days of general debate, with more later when the personnel section It reachel. The r.ame of the President was brought into the debate and there were m.ny verbal clashes as a re suit. Mr, Mondell questioned the propriety of the inclusion In mi nority views of a statement that t.ie President had urged 88.000 men or 10,000 less than the num. ber requested by Secretary Denby. asserting tnat 65,000 men would n.it accomplish the alms of the treaty, Mr. Padgett suggested to the committee that If it was un willing ot accept the solemn Judg ment of tne secretary of the navy somebody ought to be put in his place whore advice would be ac cepted. ' NAVAL BILL TO CREATE "A LAME TiVCK vrv WASHINGTON. April lO.-Paseage ,re house appropriations committee naval bill would be "a national dis aster ' and furnlah the country with a mm ouck navy." Assistant Sec., retary Roosevelt, of the navv depart ment declared toniht. speaking be fore the National Pres club. Under this 'iame. rliirk navv ti. Ha. clared. "we will be a second rate country. As such we will have but little Influence In the world for peace or Justice, "The very people who smuglv an nounce the loftiness of our ideals when they advocate such a reduction would, by one stroke, render Urals Ineffectual," Speaking has head of the naval ex perts who arranged the terms of the 'S-6-1 artlo" plan for limitation of sea power, Mr. Roosevelt said the committee bill "relegates us to a minor position among the great na tions." . "It breaks the naval ratio." he con tinued. "Under the treaty Our re lationship with England and Japan Is 6-5-1. The English navy this year will have some 104. noo men; the Jap anese will have Ss.250. We under the house biH will hsve only eT.noe, "This bill, therefore, has establish ed a naval ratio of 2-6-S with the United States on the small end." TAKES "SOMETHING NEW" TO PROSECUTE J. P. DAT OKLAHOMA CITT,' April 10. Joan P. Oay, wealthy attorney and Oilman Will not be prosecuted for the slaying of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Ward Beck,' unless "some thing new develops," County Attor ney Forrest Hughea snnounced to day. He said he was following i he recommendation of the coro ners Jury which laet Baturday ex onerate: Day, after Day testified i haklllsd.,ie-araiy.omcr, auclti dentally when he found Beck at tempting to assault Mrs. Day. FREDUENT VERBA CLASHES ON NftVft SAYS MINERS GET! IRE THAN PEAK WAGE DURING VJAR Farmers' Losses 50 Per Cent in Comparison, Asserts Atkeson. LABOR COMMITTEE ENDS ITS HEARING To Act Tomorrow on Bill Setting up Federal Coal Commission. riTTSBlRGH, April 10 Ap proximately 1.000 non-union min ers In the Connellsville coke region. Joined Hie strike ot the United Mine Workers today. Ten plants are affected In the Klondike region where the unkon made its first campaign only two Important mines were operating. lour deputy sheriffs were ar rested In L'niontown at the In stance of a union com.mlttee.man, who alleged they assaulted him before arresting him on a charge of rarrying concealed weapons. There was no statement from union headquarters here today, other than that a plan to send ad ditional organizers into the coke region was being considered. t:xmvs nr.w imnr.r tF CONTRACT BREAKING WASHINGTON. Ani-ll 10 Th. hearings of the house labor com mittee on tne national coal strike were rnnrhiriAri Inrfiv frtt a 41m at least, the last day being devoted to hearing of testimony from labor spokesmen who denied charges of mo uiirrHiurs concerning union contract breaking being a factor In the walkout. Chairman Nolan, of the committee, said there were no plans at present for a further Investigation of the strike but the committee will meet WorinoaHau in executive session to take action on tne Hiand bill which would eet up a federal coal commission to deal with such situations. Witnesses appearing before the committee today included Edgar Wallace, labor , federation legisla tive agent and a member of the miners union; John Hesaler, presi dent, and William Mitch, secretary of the Indiana district of the Uni ted Mine Workers, and Jas. Lord, vice-prealdent of the American Federation pf Labor, Examination, oj the witnesses was enlivened at one time by Rep. resentative Atkeson, republican, of Missouri, who desired to show, he SSliri that "It la h mn.u --. tlon bothering" the miners, rather man junuuns 01 laoor organiza tion or conference with h opera"- .miners were getting Up t last got during the peak of prices dur. ing the war," he declared in ask. Ing Mr. Willace, "why aren't you Wlllinr tO Skin ftnnrn nnnr a littl when farmers have lost 60 per cent nni mcy nun men f Farmers Nn. nmniiU Wallace. Points Out. "is there any reason why we should lose, because the farmera weren't organized?" Mr. Wallace I r.m urn. .."..W'" Mr- A'keson pursued. You alrl nave w . .nHi,.., . , . i. the boats; It expired last week; they m 10 so on witn it again; what are you going to do about It? Has congress or anybody else got power to make 'em?" Mr. Wallace agreed that legislation to comoel nenr r ro n . Mi.u . be advisable, but UarsFakAlAil tk union could frce another bargain. " Yla. Villi mm at hare .... 1 use of power sgalnst' other white men, you are going to take what you want" Mr. Atkeson iiir..4 "when VnU ir a.MI,. 91 .... . more than during the war." The entire nn.r.tin. , - , -.ii, u, UCH11UII SI atiectina' waa.a an.4 . , n . . . , i ii.di, mr. Wal lace said, was artlflcally forced upon . upon tenor, nad pro duced Injustice, and should be r.. sisted, "The difference between us and the farmers, he said, "is that we are resisting." r,uM.r'J"i.s,r tm ,h committee that Phil H. Penna, operators representa tive, hail a- van . V. . 1 . . -T ... accurate and misleading statement'"' euppnrc cnarges tnat the union had violated generally its wage asreements. Mr n.nn. ..... . ,. : some 300 strikes occurred In the state n nunc, nuring lszi, while the union records, Mr. Hesaler said, accounted for but 34. He also upheld the wage scale be fore the strike as reasonable, as did Mr. Mitch. FIFTEEN MILLION 8T.TE IJOISDS A flli AUTHORIZED OITtlBS Ntwa Itlllt 4inoro iotsl fty Mont HARKLBl) RALEIGH. April 10. The sale of fifteen million dollars worth of road bonds was authorized this afternoon by the governor and council of state. S ate Trewsurer Lacy will advertise the bonds on the New York market and the sal' will be effected within the next few weeks, it was announced. The sale of the road bonds is necessitated by the increased huild Ing program fir the yw of the state highway commission. The commission Is taking advantSRe of the rhean cost :f road const ruc tion and its program for is::' Is twite as lurce an tho prnsrain nrlg inally decider! utum fr I he yen-. One thousand miles are tn he built this year. Tho demand for North Carolina bonds has been strong, and conse quently little difficulty is expected bv Governor Morrison and council of state in disposing of the fifteen millions at a premium. TO PROBE ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD WASHINGTON, April 10. In vestigation of the administration ot the federal reserve board and the comptroller of the currency, was authorized today, by the sen ate which adopted a resolution by Chairman McLean, of the banking and currency committee, a pro posal submitted to the senate near ly a year ago. Indications were, however, that no Immediate steps In the Investi gation were contemplated by the banking committee to which the work falls. The McLean resolution was one of nearly a half dozen measures proposing general in auiry. Jn'Oaftalrsof Jhe reserve board a nOesevveTsysfem and was pending longer than any other. Russian And French Delegates Clash Soon As Conference Opens List of Nations Represented at Genoa Conference (iENOA. April 10 (By the Ansooateii Press ) The com plete list of the nations and states represented at the ero nomlr rnnferem-e. with the number of their delegates fol lows: South Africa, four; Albania, four. Austria, six; Australia. 14: Belgium, 14; Bulgaria, 15; Canada, "0; Czecho-Slovakla. an; Denmark, 10; Esthonla. 2.i ; Finland, seven; France. 6D; net-many, SO; Great Brit ain, 128; Greece, 22: Ireland, six; Italy, 400: Letvla, six; U thunla, seven; Luxemburg, four; Norway, eight; - New Zealan! Is; Holland. 18: Pol and. 40; Portugal, nine: Ruma nia, 22; Russia. 12; Jugosla via, 12: San Marino. 16; Spain, 16: (Sweden, 10; Switzerland, eight and Hungaryf 7. Talks With Indianapolis Judge i on Indictments of Goal Men. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind April 10. With a view of opening the way for possible settlement of tha na tionwide uspension of work by coal miners. Attorney General Daugherty arrived today unan nuonced from Washington. Attar a conference with Federal -tydge A. B. Anderson, he declared he did not know whether' dismissal "waa possible or praotioal at this time" of th Indictments charging 225 coal operators, union leader and Others witi conspiracy to , violate Mi Shwrman antMrtiar 'lawvfM- .) In tha conference, Mr. Daugh erty diacuaaed dismissal of the in- aictmenu wnicn. it wan earn. would remove the ground for the refusal of some operator to con tinue Interstate wage negotiations with the union. Judge Anderson, who declined to discuss what trans pired, waa aald to have refused to approve dismissal. Further conferences with the of ficials here are on the attorney general's program for tomorrow, and It was learned authoritatively that Mr. Daugherty did not have any new proceedings to Institute in the court here at this time.' He did not meet with President John L. Lewie, of the United Mine Work ers of America, and aaid he did not seek any meeting with miners' officials. Aftsu the conference-with Judge Anderson, Mr. Daugherty asserted he wes seeking "certain informa tion" bearing on the nationvlde work, because, h said, "the gov ernment it desirous of knowing all it postUbly can regarding the situ ation. JUDGE BINGHAM PRAISES WAR FINANCE BOARD Agrera to Loan 1800,000 If Bantu Refuse to co-operate. filSOSMDS SOW, CmXIN KSWS BOSBAO It BROCK HlltLti) RALEIGH, April 10. Contlnu ance of fhs war finance corpora tion was advocated by Judge Rob ert Worth Bingham, wealthy Ken turklan and editor ot the Louis ville Courier-Journal, In an ad dress tonight before tobacco grow ers and warehouse men of Central and Eastern Carolina. He said this agency has been one of the most helpful to agri cultural Interests of the country of all government units and its continuance would keep at the disposal of farmers a powerful organization, capable of rendering them great assistance. His address dealt solely with the movement under way for the organization of the tobacco end cotton growers co-operative asso ciations and. to demonstrate his faith In the movement, he offer ed to make a personal loan of J3no,nor to the tobacco growers should local banks refuse aid In perfecting the organization for the sale tif tobacco. CONTRACTS WHICH LESSEN COMPETITION ARE INVALID WASHINGTON. April 10 Con trails of sale made by manufac turers, requiring retail dealers ex cluslvely to handle their products, which may-have the effect tn les sen substantially competition, were today held to be Invalid by the su preme court. The opinion was delivered by Justice Oay in a case brought by the Standard Fashion company, a New York corporation, against the Majrane Houston company, of Boston, and sought to compel the retail company to observe the terms of a contract, which the su preme court declared was one of sale, and not of agency or Joint venture. Being a contract of sale, Justice Dsy said, the only ques tion left for the court to deter mine wss whether the fscts estab lished that it would substantially lessen competition. UAMMr.Il PREDICTS FKACH ( ,'ROP WORTH OVER MILLION. WASHINGTON. April 10. Rep rentatlve Hammer returned here today after a visit to his district. He said 'hat the peach crop In the nenly developed territory in North -U'illnswllLbe la r , wit ha jfroa- pect ror an output worm a mil lion ana u quarter dollar. .. DAUGHERTY SEEKS 10 END STRIKE OF COAL MINERS 'SOVIET MISTER MAKES PRQPQSAO ON D SAilENTj Not on Agenda and Will' Not Be Taken up for Consideration. LLOYD GEORGE HAS PLAN FOR HARMONY, Clash Subsides and Many of Delegates Pledge Na tions to Peace. GENOA. April 10. (By th As sociated Press.) Russia, tB Utatus of w hich la one of tha Ques tions of supreme Importance to h. decided by the economlo eonfei"" ence came to the for front oonl after the cnenlnc of that great a-l sumbly today. 'Speeches na4 baaa made by the presiding officer, Pr mi.r jr-trts. of Italy. M. Barthou. representing France. Premie Lloyd George, ot Great Britain- Dr. Wirth, ot Germany and spokesmen cf Japan and Belgium, all ot a conciliatory nature and volclns ad herence to the Cannes) resolutions, upon which the present gathering U baaed. Mr. Llovd George had said that ull the delegates met on a tooting of equality, provided they accepted the conditiona set forth, which briefly declared that countries must not repudiate their contract that tney must not wage war oa the Institution of another, that they nust not engage in aggressive opernlons against others and that the peop'o of one country should be entlt'ed to Justice In th cqurta t a tint hall. ........ -.l..:.... 1 . George Chltoherln, th Ruaalan soviet foreign mlnlsur, in pak l.ig for his delegation, Announced (heir adherence to th resolution and then declared that Russia was rtady to support any propoaala that would avoid war or lighten th burden of armament. Bow to Collective Will 1 Of the) Conference M. Barthou immediately" protest d" and declared with aom heat titat Franc would absolutely re. ruse to discus th question ot dis armament at this conference. Mr. lloyo! vueorge nssisuvu w ui.i vene, and in his contention that disarmament could not b taken up, certainly not before a peace basis had been reached at Genoa, ne woe wJiwru uj Eventually, the discussion on this point caused, after M. Chltchertn bid the Rusaian delegation would bow to th collective will ot the conference. The cluch between th Russian and French delegate disclosed th - ..i. ikaa J taa mm . let M rt An lilrUt U1MI limiUVi'V saw MW w tne agenda, and that therefor this matter Is not to be taken up to; consideration. Th, L,vnnt, AS. T.lnv,. iaArffn'e rsneerh ii'fla neace. ana ns miai u powerrul appeal to tn delegates to work In unison for the restora tion of good relation and normal economic conditiona throughout the world. Ha believed that if the conftrenco waa successful In t't achievements, the United Statu would not merely come in, but come In gladly. The Italian premier, who waa lectud permanent chairman of th conference, was equally earneat in a a elaelwa . 9 ni unastliMiK - ahn4 p;omlsel the aid of Italy In uirrylng out any resolution likely to guarantee peace and stability among the nations, M. Barthou pledged the loyal support of France In whatever th onferer.co might do to put lntu executio;. the tasks of reconstruc tion am' good relationship which it has mapped nut. Is Grrtttret Gathering Of EuriKans Piemlrr Lloyd George In hU speech before the conference, aald; "This is the greatest gathering of Europeans which lias ever assemble! ?n thle continent, and having regard or: the magnitude of the assembly. thekiharactRr of Its retsi-eeentatlon and the importance of the topics we are here to discuss, the results of th conference will be far-reaching lit their rfefiHs, either for better or for worse, upon the dlstlnv not merely of Europe, hut the whole world. ' l "we meet on equal terms, prwlded we scoept equal conditions. We are not here as allied and enemy states; we are not here as belUcerent or neutrals: have not coma together s monarr-hlets or republicans or sov iet !sis. We Ai-f nrisetrrtjled as the rep reisentallves i.f all the natlona and peoples of Europe to seek out In com mon the besi methods for restoring :he shattered prueptrity of this con tinent "These renditions inviting the pow ers ie laid at Cannes Thev auolv .tn all Hitke. thev are the conditions which heretofore haA been accepted by all civilized cornnuinitis as the lasis of international jeood f.iiti. f wiil summarize tlipm in two or three fenlences. "The first is. when a country en ter into contractual obligations with nnoiher country or it nationals for value received that contract cannot be repudiated whenever the country change i-j government without re turning value The second is that no country can nag war on the In stitutions of another. The third Is that one nation .;all not engags In aiwtrewive operations against the ter ritory of another. The fourth is that the nations of one country shall he entitled to Impartisl Justice in the courts of another "If any people reject these elemen tary conditions of civilized intercourse between nations thev cannot be ex pected to be received into the comity of nations. Need Common Effort To Repair Devastation ' Europe undoubtedly need a ocm mon effort to repair the devastation wrought by the most destructive ar ever waged in this world. That war came to an end three years ago Eu- lore of blood snd treasure It Involved, is staggering under the colossal bur dene of debt and reparations it en tailed The pulse of commerce Is beating feebly, wildly: In some lands artificial activity Is stimulated ;ther ages ot war or By generations of thrift by the frugal and Industrious among the peopu sopie; out legitimate" everywhere disorganized and deorsae-. sd.