North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHEV1LLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER North and Seuth Carolina: Fair Thursday an peobably Friday, mild temperature. 16 PAGES TODAY 'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' " ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1922. ESTABLISHED 1868. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Morehead, Not Out, Succeeded 3 By C. A. nnmmiwiR ha h n ruirx nninini-rrni D HHlVinHIVi MAUtHt faflNU UA lu PARTY (llfjin NOMINATION nil inni iiiiTinirrnn nnnnp UT MLLLAlvmi in-; MJh EU Mil Parker Forbears to'CIose Races Are Run in Snatch Reins of Leader- 1 Fierht For Cnnm-ps. ship From Morehead WOMEN LEADERS OUTGENERAL MEN; Party Platform Made Upj - ui rvcucut iieaaers' 1 ftcf.Mii tunrtpMiitnet. Tf Atkeittlt hfuN' WINSTON SALBM. April U' Tin- Morehead machine broke the 'i-ie of an unorganized opposition. ii the Republican ' mate ennven inn today, ami made Charles A Reynolds, proxy of the retiring his chief, national ooiiirnittman. W. G. Birumham bewinie party chairman by acclamation. m:rpoj.i .us Reynolds. A. Turner Cram, of Davie cuun-i ty. arid Charles R. Cnwles. of I Wilkes, sought to rally the oppo nition and force the committee place on John J. Parker, but they were 'on late. Tile convention wanted him badly, but Parker wouldn't ac . ept. In the caucus of the "luplier ups". In the Morehead machine, late la-t night, Reynolds was se- 'e tori for th. nriimnli.-m m.A !-.. acquiesced in the plan. agroe X to Buport the old republican Cir horse. In fact, the whole program for the day wan settled iti that caucus, and the objecting faction, on the two lone occasions H dared rales Its head, was scat tered like the chaff before the wind. James .1. Britt. of Asheville, very friendly to Morehead. was made permanent chairman of the con tention, after! Mji-s. M'ary Settle Sharp, friendly to Morciicad. had served as temporary chairman. Morehead cojiuulltiius were in ac tion, Morethead himself being se lected by the chairman as one ot the three members of the com mittee on the "plan of organiza. lion." D. H. Blair was asked to be come committee-man, but he had his hand full and declined. Then the machine Jumped over Parker and decided on Reynolds, and Parker . acquiesced. Parker is pretty wise, however. It Is said he la not the most enthusiastic of Morehead men. lock of Enthusiasm Dates Hack Two Years lie wasn't as llberaly supported when he was campaigning for gov ernor two years ago as he might have been. In other words, his enthusiasm Is no greater lor Mr. Morehead now than Mr. More head's was for him then. The smoothness of to mach- aaAjie program and the lack of or- t humuuh on wit. pai u vi uie op- x-esiMiuon maue uie convention a tame acrair. harly in the meet ing, when O'bjftutoi's first inter posed objections, heaping para, graphs of abuse upon the head of prohlbitlftu enforcement of ficer R. A. Kohloss. heading, the Salisbui-y delegation, it looked like a etorm might break. But Mrs. Mary Settle Sharp ran he meeting like a veteran a; the job. When the cloud began to rise, she raised her voice above the clash of opponents, seking to Kain the floor, and. with a dra matic gesture, declared: "I think l hear the dove of peace approach ing." And. sure enough, it was, ind it hovered about the conven-' Hon the whole day, and even the tight on Reynolds has more of lie aspect of a demonstration of I 'aiker's personal popularity than "f men crying out against mach os rulo and preJtmlnary pro grams. The finding ot candidates tor nciate Justice of the supreme n, irt and corporation eommlssioti- was a comiparatively easy task. edge E. W. Tlmberlake, of Wake Koresl. will be the Republican, nominee for lustice. and C M. Hoover, of Davidson county, will run for corporation commissioner. Hoth were ijjected by acclamation. Women Outgeneral And outthink Men The women carried off honors e speech makers In today's con vention. Mrs. Mary Settle Sharp nrt Mrs. Lindsey Patterson nut ' l.tssod and outgeneralled the men. hen It came to thanking, while canding. Mrs. Sharp spoke Immediately utter a quartette sang "We've cpme to Winston, we've corne to Winaton Haiem, whore the Q. O. P. works irt harmony," and upon her selec tion as temporary chairman. "There la only one faintly row in all thia state of ours", sho said, referring to the Rowan delegation, nhlrth contained members openly "pnoelng Morehead and Kohloss. "That ahowB what th magnificent Aaderahiip, undor which we have lien, can do." She threw out i"r arms In a sweeping tribute to the wonderfulness of the "Great trhnnvirate, Morehead. Blair and Reynolds." But Mrs). Sharp had scarcely sto ken In her last word in the ad dress on harmony, beifore the op position attempted lta fimt ra sSstence of the Powers-that-rule. H developed when consideration was given to the seating of both contestants, and contestees. of the Rowan delegation. Q. Ed Hastier, of Concord, wanted (o dispense with the committee on rradentiala, and seat both factions of the Rowan crowd. Turner Orant cried out In objec tion, with the declaration that "one of the oonteating delegations la head. 4 by a federal offloe holder, In whom ther la not a drop of American Vlood," and that "the conteat from fnwan affects rot only Rowan, but an lira state." Cowles jolnad him Down But -.SSBRSS Reynolds sional Nominations ANTI-SMALL MAN IS BOASTING BIG LEAD I Wets Claim" Victory in I New VnrV flnno,, sional Race CHli'AUO. April VI . Coilgress toan Hirhanl Vates and Heniy R. Rathbone were no;ninated In yes terday's primary to make the race of congressmen-al-large on the re imbll,; ticket In this state, ac cording to available returns to night. Steven A. Dav was chosen to the vacancy that, exists in con-1,-iess from this stale through the death o! Jrilltani Mason. "f the disti ic; congressmen seeking reiinmliiall ui, two from d vvnstate districts failed to win. Hoth runs were close and in each se. local newspapers point out. ui avowed wet candidate proved 11 winner over one who was rec ognized as a drv . With half of the precincts re-1 utes. porting. William Murphy, of Chi-I The defendant was deeply af caigo. and Simon .1. Gorman, of fected. He leeelved the verdict Chicago, had uncertain leads in-' wit'1 a great sigh of relief There the democratic contest for con-' was no demonstration, the court gi essman-at-large. The democratic contests for congibssman-at-large nominations were In doubt this morning. In the districts where chief in- ' ttrest centered the following i-t-' suits were indicated from almost complete returns- ' Eleventh district: I'r.iuk R, I nrau, Aiuoia. was leading Con- gressman Ira T). Copley on the face of 1 2 out of 188 precincts : for the repiibliciui nomination. Alie vote stood: Reed. l.,t0l; Cop- le.v, its, Ms , Sixteenth district: With 14S out of a total of ;15 precincts heard from, Congressman Clifford 1 Ireland was trailing William K. t Hull, of l'corla, for the republican j nomination. The vole stood: Hull, Il,t2: Ireland. 1 1.007. The local newspapers rail atten tion to these two races as reflect ing sentiment of th wet and dry factions. They state that both j Reed and Hull are "wet" and that Copley and Ireland are "dry." Kighteenth district: John H. Lew man, Danville, known us an unti-Small candidate in the gov ernor's own district, had rolled up a nice lead over three opponents, who would wear the congressional gown put aside by "Cncle Joe" Cannon. Twentieth district: Henry T. Rainey. former congressman, who was defeated In IH20, came back and won 1 he nomination on the democratic ticket, according to returns from nearly one halt the' district. Congressman Shaw, re- publican, had no opposition. in no other district did the sit ting congressman fall of nomina tion, according to Ihe Incomplete returns. WETS CLAIM NEW OIUv ELKCTION IS A VICTORY CORNING. N. i"., April 12 Un official returns, complete, for the thirty-seventh congressional dls--i,. ii.v vhva T-wis Renrv. re- nohllcan. a nlltralUv of 8,087 over ; Judge Frank Irvine, democrat, of j Ithaca, in yesterday's special elec- llon Prohibillon waa tha dominant issue In the campaign, Judge Ir-; vine declaring for repeal of the I Volstead act and substitution of a Contlnutl m rlt Two ChargesOfHumanButchery" Against General Semenoff Are Aired Be f (fire Committee W A t: H I X U TON. April 12. Charges of human "butchery" r.iade by Senator Borah, republi can, Idaho, against General Sem enoff, Russian antl-bolshevik leader, were testified to today be fore the enate labor committee by two leaders of the jAmerlcan expe ditionary forces in Siberia, Briga-dier-Genreal W. 8. Graves, com mander, and Lieutenant - Colonel Charles Tl. Morrow, his chief aide, wno gave Instance after Instance A murder, rape and banditry which occurred during the period of Ameiican occupation' of the re gion. Called before the committee in an lnvesrigatlon which Chairman Borah hopes may lead to deporta tion of General Semenoff, now un der arrest in a civil case in New York, the two army officers gave accounts of crime deacribed as "unbelievable unless witnessed," excerptg from official army records and other evidence covering the period between September, 1918 nd April. 1920 of a nature sel dom if ever laid before a con gressional committee. At the con clusion Mr. Borah turned to Colonel Morrow, the1 witness, and said: "You were there. Now tell us who. In your opinion, waa respon sible." "Semenoff," Colonel Morrow shot back, "Anybody who wa tn that part of the world at that time know ho waa responsible." The committee plana to continue tue hearing tomorrow when other army offlcers will be heard. . General Semenoff waa represent id at the hearing by his attorney, IS THRESHED OUT Caraway Does Xot litlieve Statement of Hughes, He Declares U A.SlllMJTCIN, April i: Tii.' , April i: the nam ere. I ill ! the arm.- question whether Christ was "crnsi opening j.raver oj ference was raised .ii toda the senate j AskiiiK : lie iiietiun ai.d ,n swerina . himself m the afflrma ! tive. Senator Caiawav dentocta. ! Arkansas, ptaiduced what he said i was a opy ..f a letter written hv 1 the W. K. Ahcrnetln who delivereil the prayer, saying he had lie. 'ii "'reminded" there would be Itllddilists and Cot! I'll. -ia ll'.sts present and "'old that it was the fetliiiK 'hat a simple i e.vKnit ion of the Deity vionid till the i e uuiretucfus " "Lay i'i. Aliernethy's slateinent alongside of Mr. Hughes',"' eon tinned Senator Caraway, "you tan believe either one. . Vim He v e both. Kor my part lit, Abernetliv." can't li - 1 believe NOT GUILTY T L Jury Reaches Decision in One Minute; Says He is Done Injustice SAX FRANCISCO. April A verdict of acquittal was returned by a. jury tonight in the lli.rd trial, of Roscoe C. ( Fatty) Ar buckle on a mattsUughter charge growing out of the death of Vus Virginia Rappe, motion picture ac tress. The Jury was out six min having warned nsainssi it Mrs. Mlnta Durfee Arbuckle . llie de - fendant's wife, ried quietly she and Arbuckle sln"k t'.oth bands with the jurors. The quick rettfi 11 of the jury was a surprise. ICdwai d Hi'own, w nose pt "sence on the Jury was objected tn by the prosiVmUon. was foreman. Time was a slight delav when the jln v returned, due to the ahsen e 0f the district attorney, The verdict was hv neclamniion the deUbeialiou taking les han a minute. The additional time was consumed by details, Jurors and spectators crowded ai'nund Arbm-.kle and his counsel and finally bore him off to the Ju,ry room to eonirrUhiLate lilm further. Arbuckle has mi inuuediate plans." Gavin MoNab. Ids chief counsel, said "It was a splendid victory." "The lury did its duty" was the comment of Milton T. l,"Ren. as sistant district attorney. The third trial began March ti and was marked by the appear ance of approximately 70 witnesses nd the callinir ot two of the' de- ewitns before tt eminty a fense grand 1urv in connection with their testimony. The una) was longer than either of the previous bearings, consuming nearly five weeks. As in the second trial fourteen birors beard the case, two of the ! number beimS altentttew, Knur I of the regular Jurors and one ai termite were women Mrs. Artiuckle expreed her thanks to MdNab bv giving him a resounding; kiss. The Jurors held an informal reception with Ar birikle 1n the jury room whille newspaper photographers, armed with flashlights, took many pic tures. n. giouo .o """'" ' Brow r n isiueu , - ,..f.v,An n4t ,.h aid: -.tciiulttal Xot Enough Says Jurors In StaU-ment "Alcqulttial is not emough tor Rosooe C. Arbuckle. We feel that a great Injustice has been done him. "He acted In a manly manner and told a straight forward story." Both sides waived the reading John Ktrkland Clark, of New York, who announced that he would at tempt to have the Russian officer come here to testify. General Graves branded the Rus sian general as "a brutal mur derer" and declared he had not regretted one of the crimes with which he was charged. Mr. Clark inquired If it were not probablo that General Semenoff knew noth ing of them or if it might not be tnat General Kolchak the "su pieme" anM-bolshevik commander nad ordered tha acts committed. General Graves, however, declared it was not possible for the situa tion to have escaped General Semenoff's notice. Colonel Morrow said before he left Siberia In January, 1920, kU command had disarmed 4,600 of Semenoff's soldiers, adding that had he remained longer, all of them would have been disarmed. "Outaidc Influence," however," he aild. "was exerted, preventing the Americans and the Ctecbs, who vero co-operating with them, from carryim; out the purpose. "What outside Influence do you mean," Mr. Clark asked. "I do imt ears to go into that," replied Colonel Morrow," but I as sure you there was the outside in fluence." Dlscuseing the "butchery" charges, General Grave recited bow at half a dozen points In the Interior of Siberia, Russians AVer hauled by train loads to the "slaughter, ground" and shot with out tria' The only reason given for the executions. he added was tnat they were bolshevistic sympa thiser. He told of how at one "grand festival'1 more than 1,600 persons were murdered AO FOUND I prn nci rpiTinii II LU ULLLUnl IUI1 STAGGERED S I Disarmament Will Be , Useless Until Gold Distributed ; i NATIONS MAY ENTER:! I PACT AGAINST WAR ' ! - K , Considerable Stir Created j By German. Allusion i to Reparations ' ; K.OA. April 1.'. The Ku.-i-ian j j smlc! ilvhgation to the economic , , : conf"! cin e is staggeretl and ataaz- cd ' tiic .sweeping politi.al ! rtl.'l llts in tlu i''t K''V ,!M!ir'!' t ll.l' 11' e ilgg4.sted ill . lie 1 ' jpfl lit' 'tie allu-d etlit'lls , T i Kus Ili'VV before the suit I I'll I 111 i" ' s'o:, ectni.sied with lot inn Uuhk i plans t.'i Kns.-i.iii i e.'oiistrai tiiin ' l.eiiine, Tiiitukv. I'hlt.ioiin K.nd j other of tlo- bolshevik leadcis have repeatedly f ,;d in:it Ini. n.,.. ugmtioii of Kuasia's oil debt Would be a object lor negot. a ( lions biokins" toward tlie reeogm i lion ot the societ repul.li. . The ilemands embodied in the ia poi t for general recognition of tha rights of perbonal properly uiid beiier protection fur foreigners couiempiaie I'li.ins in itic so- j t government, however, wiacu woi,ld i tin- opinion or the uu. siati delegation, as expressed In- uu i ifu Lou communism -nueriy unU impair the sovereignty liussiaii government. t he wiuth is Di:pRi:ssi,i), soun lu-rrrux to (.i:iuivxv CKM iA. April 1 Hy the As sociated Press.) The nocessity of bringing about equilibrium In na tional budgets if the Kuropean .situation is to he stabilized, form ed the most important subject of diseuaslon at the meeting today of the sub-couitiiissiou on finance at which Sir Robert Sicvenson Home, the lhaim.in, proposed an unci uiuiouai louierence ot tiny i o - . , ...... , i . i, , , , I, v j , iii- . .ij., ,i, ,. ,i.i,. ,,, ,..,o.,.. banks The i oirim..ssniii decided to make the London exports report the basie of its deliberations and to appoint another sub-commission to examine exchange, with a second sub-committee to study credits, (lie commission itself de voting Its labor to the question of t'u riency. Jr. Andreas Hermes, Ihe lici- i ni'-' " mmuil.tr of finance, created Home commotion by iclliidnig to the question of reparations. He declared that the Germans had evu,ii.ua .1,. t .i I . uuiitikni i cpui i iiim were in accord on many points, but wished to emphasize that Grumpy would find extreme (11111 eulty in establishing equilibrium in her budget while obliged to SOUGHT support heavy payments exter- stories were circulating or clrcu nally. Germany, he promised, will!1"'''. The purpose was to damn bring ia practical suggestions later. ' ,n9 crowd that was in the good A report was current in confer- I ern e circles that the German chancellor, lr. U'irih, would re - turn to Berlin within a few davs concerned over Internal conditions ' lnal "'"try and apparently de - ! P--ed over the situation a. Go - una On the oilier hand. Christian Rakovsky, premier of L'kralne. de picted the Russian tlnancia! situ ation in rosy colors and seized the opportunity to allude to disarma ment, which 'the Rurtslans are contending should have a place on the agenda. He wanted the world to know that the Russian budget was in av very favorable condi tion. After making the statement that In two years the Russian army had been decreased from 3.360, 0U0 he said: "Russia has already disarmed but all will be uselms until the great masses of gold, which 'real I v i, it tn nil tiih-inu .I...I1 " dii'.ii be distributed fairlv. inste, distributed fairly, instead of be ing concentrated in the hands of a few nations." Kmll Gliirkslndt, Danish dele gate who was a membpr of the commission which investigated the financial situation in ustria, urg ed the Imperative necessity of re turning rapidly to the gold stan dard as the real basis of world currancy and thus bring about equilibrium in the budgets. ir Robert Outlined the goal of the nnnferenna aa "Hrut t,, cmK. I Iteh an agreement on the financial I programs of all governments; sec ond, to achieve the financial cqui I libriunt of the budgets of all I states, and. third, establishment f 'the gold standard as an effective monetary unit. The Russian and German dele gates announced tha tly' hoped tomorrow to submit dehnlte sug gestions based on the report of the London experts. The day's de velopments showed progress in the application and study of the eco nomic problems of Europe in me meantime, tbe plans n which Russia will bo tpermitted to re-enter the community of nations on tne basis or social order prcv- alent In the remainder of the w orld Is now squarely before the bolshe vlk delegates. DISARMAMENT IS STILL MOST DISCI SSI :i TOPIC GENOA. April 12. (By the As sociated Press.1 Prime Minister Lloyd George, qf Great Britain, is expected to propose at the earliest opportunity, probably at tomor row's sitting, of Commission No. 1 of the economic conference, a pact or undertaking that no nation shall attack another, thus abolish ing the possibility of war for the duration of the pa, Reuter'a cor respondent today says he has learned. Prime Minister Lloyd George contemplates suggesting an agree ment for limitation of uij arma ments In Europe for a definite pe riod, according to an unverified report, before the adjournment of the present International economic conference. The "army holiday," It is thought, will be patterned af ter the navy holiday contemplated at the Washington conference. Disarmament continues to be the most discussed question among the delegates here, although burred from formal consideration follow ing the initial tilt between tins French and Russian delegates when M, Chltcherln, soviet foreign I rn. m Pi im! compers claims FOSTER BACKING jjfjOiVE BIG UNION l ha ryes He is An Instigator; Is Assailed And ' Defended 1 1 v i: i ;st N. W a A pi I I Wm .. Kostes . who di- rcte I so'.'! s r.Ke was .liaised to , ' S iniiii-; Compers. pics. ) t: e Amencs'l l-'ederatl.tn j .it...r. wit! being the ins:;Ka .'' " ih soM-alled one b.g ntiioe -' o : in 'he lale.t ot ff i ii' i Th.' charge came i i ati ol '.efo'e pifsidents ot v'ar.oii1 us t ' He I 'tin ago fe.lcra ::, ii'ic a'td followed a s.s.on ln i t ,1' one hl IlllUili tin" ' - v..- .v-aihd and lefec'ed. ' ' t had pok."i tp. de.'ciiM' of '" ii'iioi. piiiK'iple recrnCv "' ed by t he Clncaj, i t'edei .i "? iat"'! which passed res obit Cede t'etitioning the American i". i of Labor to ill it ' on '" discuss tile feiisihlU t f atiia !na mat Ing ail unions ii'l !-:i nr.. one ,.pn'-nl l"n t- i -ot n; ion , .ir i loni pc .end. '! w a.s tantamount to it b 'dv '" ' . one nig ununi. wt U llllrkClV Xiavc Unfortunate Effect in, the Fall Elections B H INltTi PI t',1411 'ISM S 1 1 WV 1 1 l.t ( CI I W (i ; k v. mAM t WASHINGTON'. April 12. The mini the Harding administration explains the faring without notice of ihree score hands of divisions in Ihe bureau of engraving and print lug the worse It looks. The consensus of opinion here now Is thai the President was forced by seme aggressive and Irresponsible advisers. It is understood that he was misled to believe that some thing crooked had 'aken place, and that some ol the men and wo men if not all of them were guilty. Now it Is ev blent be thinks ho such thing, but lacks Ihe courage to un do what he did. it has become 'very apparent that this incident twill rise to curse the (i. I'. In the fall elections The departments of Washington are full of trouble makers. Little groups of civil service employes are pitted against other groups. These are not lined ijii according to party affiliation but cliques. A tlique headed by Louis Hill, the new head of the bureau, got the ear of certain persons who had the ear of the President. All sorts of jous. ana noost the teliows PatK down the line. It worked. ' When David 1 1. Blair went In the ' internal revenue bureau he was i confronted vvitb milar groups und aspirants for promotions. He 1 was told tha, t J"Jf- re K' wrong. Crookedness was hinted at ' or actually charged. Grasping the. situation he ordered a thorough Investigation, and appointed a fair comndttee to conduct the Inquiry. Those perferrFftg the charges or making the' allegations were told to present their proof The state ments made to him were proven false. Mr. illair dismissed the peo ple who started the row, and, since his bureau has been working and not quarreling Tile President acted first and then ordered an Investigation. Mr. Blair .had the Inquiry first. There lies the difference. The one meth od was unfair and brutal, and the other the opposite. "The administration started out to make roiim for impatient friends," oaid Senator Overman to day. "It acted too hastily, and did a great wrong. The people thrown out were not democrats, but old employes of both aartles. One of the men dropped was ap pointed by President Rooeevelt, by executive order, because he was a deserving Spanish-American war veterab. This man has a large family, and waa never able to savo any money out of his $1,500 sal ary. What Is to become of that, poor fellow! Without cause he lias been turned out "f his Job. and left penniless in these dull times with a large family to siippor "Politics prompted the action of the President. The liii.matlon thai irregularities In the bureau war. responsible for the executive order were actually cruel." By strict count very few of the employes dismissed were demo crats. HITTER EIGHT FAILS TO KEEP MANNER ON JOB WASHINGTON. Anril 12. The , post olllce department has remov- led Postmaster Manner at liberty, and appointed Oils P. Brower act ing postmaster. This action fol lowed a very bitter light in which Senator Simmons and Representa tive Hammer tried to prevent the ousting of Hnnner. It has re quired months to achieve the re sult reached yesterday. Hanner wits charged by repub licans with extreme partisanship. It was alleged that lie suspended a mall route In order to get rid of a republican mail carrier. Anoth er allegation was that he sent out through the mall a picture like the one reported that have been circulated in the 8th congressional district. Backing the local opponent of the postmaster were Messrs. M i rlon Butler and other ooin incut republicans. This row may rot ii" over yet. The friends ot Hanner are ready to keep up the MkUi PROFITEERING 1 COAL Is SAJD TO HE OITHAGLOI S WASHINGTON. April 12. -Declaring "outrageous profiteering still continues In the coal business. Representative Deck, republican. Wisconsin, today asked fh:. house tabor committee fo secure Internal revenue bureau figures regarding profits of coal rorpurptlon to' tlo last three years, revealed by ni,:i tax returns. He aiil if t!; i ., mittce did not act on hU reonct he would 1 tskn the light t. ;he floor of tha house, rimniniiin ni in-r tNlihAVINb M! DISCHARGES M AY rp r nnivir ramh UL U U U III L 1 1 llll U i Opposition Is Claiming Enough Votes To Defeat Reduction Of Navy To 65,000 Enlisted Men AREA m0ES!m DEBATE Oil ARKANSA LANDS IS UNDER ITER About 235 Square Miles I Inundated, Situation Grows Serious WATER SURROUNDS TOWN OF ELAINE Hurry Call is Sent Out For Levee Builders From Arkansas City III I IA V rk . April I Li'viH- hi'.iril ofticliils licri" vicrc ail vised line tonight that a HO foot slougii lnal ix-oiirrcd nil Hie wiutli end of the caved in Mst-Moie .if (he fniiil .line Mississippi levrv al Old Town, Ark., which iK-gaii crumb ling Iviit vtcckti ago. Orders were given for additional workmen to be wviil to the. soene to reinforce (lie, squiul now stationed on the embankment NKVV OKLKANsTAprll It.- Re ports from Helena, Ark., that ap proximately 1' .1 r square miles of land In the lower part of Phillips county, were covered by flood writers from the White and Arkan sas rivers, which are biuMced up by the high stage of the Mississippi rivor, gave a more serious aspect to the flood situation today. The village of Melvvood, In the flooded area, was reported covered with from eight to ten feet of water, while Elaine is completely surrounded hy water, with water a few incies deep In the streets. Railroad and all vehicular traf fic has been stopped in the flooded area. A few people remained In their homes to tavke changes with the high water. Prsntb-nlly all live stock has beep removed to higher grounds. A hurry call for levee builders was sent out from Arkansas City today and three men were rushed to that K)lnt to aid In sirengfhcii. ing a one-mile stretch of the Itf.sHa county levee along the Mississippi river The levee is holding, hut Is being raised to a greater height to meet the Increasing flood expected. In the Helena district, scores nf houses which were flooded hy busk -water, have been washed off their foundations and a number demolished by the high waves re sulting from the winds which have contributed largely to the present higher river stages by preventing the water from flowing southward Levee engineers In all the dis tricts I'OlllinllH III HfllPKM. J.OtOl- deuce there will be no serious break or overflow at any point, strict guard Is being maintained at all probable danger points, while ma terial and oqulement to handle any emergency has been placed at strategic, points. At Old Town, Ark., where a se rious break 'v-as successfully over come about ten days ago, renewed sloughing was reported today al the southern end of the old sough. COAST Gf'ARI) CUTTKIl INSI'KfTKD HY SENATORS WAPHINVnm SCBfU0 till "MI!,L OTTISSS S II I. C IHYttT) WASHINGTON, li. c A aril 12. Commodore W L. Reynolds, commandant of the I'. S. coast guard, today invltod Senator Sim mons and Overman to go down to the navy yard here and inspect the splendid new roast guard cruiser, the Modoc, which ho Is sending to Wilmington to be stationed there in accordance with the arrange-! ment made a year ago. The Modne! leaves Washington In a day or two to go on the b e patrol until July Dwhan she will proceed to Wil mington for her permanent stt tion. j State Laws Conflict With Permit For Wine Issued By Kohloss, Court Maintains In an opinion handed down In police court yesterday It was Inti mated that R A. Kohloss, federal prohibition enforcement chief for Xnrth Carolina, had exceeded his authority under Ihe laws of this state in Issuing a permit tn Kabhl Ellas Fox for the receiving and disposing "for sacra mental pur poses" of 60 gallons of wine. The city chemist reports the wlnn has an alcoholic content. Before jiasslng final Judgment the court asked fur an opinion from State's Attorney-General Manning. His opinion, received last night hy wire, reads in effect; "No Jewish rabbi in this state ran havo author 11 to receive or distribute inor than three gallons of wine of al coholic contents.' The rabbi purchased the BO gal lons from a firm In Cincinnati for 11,35 per gallon, he told the court. It was being sold for 18 per gal lon The rout seeks to know v. here the 2J2. f,0 profit) went. 'riii. "wine" was bmng distribut ed by Frank Silverman, a member if the rabbi's synagogue, who was .puui; from house to house with a cuckload. niessurinn out the rc q'lli citi"ii;.i of each member of the rabbi's cotigreKaiion, collt'i'ting the 32 for each quail, and Kiving n re ceipt to the purchaser, Fux and Sil verman admitted The court in its opinion held: That under the North Carolina huvs no permit could he held for the receiving or. distribution of a creator qtiani ity than three gallons of w ine of nli ohi'lic i -mien's, and lb-it the Icderal .hv i lilel" lor the state had, therefore, overstepped the stnte law In Issuing such a per nut, that the rabbi could not Inl probe declared H ee As Sags Everything I'os sihle Ihing Done to End Controversies WASHINGTON Al'lH I ot Ina 1 '.Iat eiuent I e . llill'ges llia.lo eMct'd.l V l i in- 1 1. floor ol' til- hollse, Si ' ' I ' 1 .1 1 V W'l declared that the war depart!! is "doing e v.T t hiite po-lh,e" to .leal" up war cot'tratl loniiovei sies In Mi.ii a vvav as to tu!! i i" tei t Ihe 1 II t it e Jts of ihe t I It t,'i ei nine tit Cash a'ol properlv "a moil n '. i UK to nnnv ill 1 1 lions" already hid been reiovered in tlie re .itnlt'.ngi ordered bv tbo present ailtninlst t-.i taut, the secretary said, and other, .tintracts we.ro being reviewed a-' laptdlv as possible ' Referring t" statetueiiiK thai t he first of Hornhlower and Weeks had1' been involved in sale of the llosch j .Magneto company, Mr. Weeks said i he had not been coiinc ted with' the ru in since 1S11I ! Referring specifically t" requests' for an Investigation, made by Hep reseniatives jonnson, repiioiiciin. South Dakota, and Woodruff, re publican, Michigan, the secretary said that If congress thought an In quiry iidvlsnble (ho war department would "welcome It." STRIKERS STILL Leaders at Indianapolis Think Intervention Only Way Out INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 12. -.Seventy-five thousand non union coal miners, an Increase nf 2i,o00 (his week, huve Joined the union workers on Htrlke in the soft koiU HeliH uccorillng to the esti mate tonight of President John T Lewis, of the United Mine Work ers, This tnurease, he said, brought trie tota. of Idle miners to 865,000. Ihe largest number ever engaged l)i a tie-up of the coal fields. The total Includes 155. OOP nn thracite workers, half of whom approximately are not members of tne union. While the onion's figures did not I icli.de spy announcement' as to the distribution by states of the men on Mrlke, it was declared that the strength of the non-union movement wns In central Penn sylvania and West Virginia. I nlon officials mild that coke and coal production In the Fayette. Penna., county field had been cut In half during the last ten days and In dicated that they expected furher Inroads to be made by the union crgnnlr,aiir,ti. Mr. Lewis and other oftlclals de clined to comment on Attorney Genera' Dnugherty's announce ment that he would not permit operators and miners to repeat acts which had led to indictments for violating the Sherman tttiU-truat law. However, the union view here coincided with the statement In New York of Vice-President Mur ray, of the miners' organisation, who declared that government In tervention to force the bituminous operators Into it conference wns the only means for ending the strike. TIUVITV IS WIXM.K KOR EI ITU CiONKIXT-nVE YEAR ATLANTA Ga, April 12 Trin ity cohere of Durham. X, C. es taMlshod a reoord of five yearn of consecutive Victories in collegiate debates tonljfhl when it was awarded the decision over the roji reRWntatives of T)mory university. this state, even wlih the permtl. receive and distribute more than three gallons, and lastly that the court did not Interpret "adminis tering wine for sacramental pur posed' as "rwtatllnjr It from house to house nt I a quart" Dry Chief Kohloss, the opinion rend, was In all probability actlnn under special authority from Washington, but tho court held that such permit watt void under tho stale prohibition laws, which sp'x-lfy that a minister of a church shall not receive, have on hand, or distribute for s,i lainoiital pur poses, more than throe gallons of win". ' C. Demtret city rhembd, making an analys.s nf the "wtue," to ascertain its alcoholic contents, said .it midnight the test. had hot continued far enough, to tell the exact percentage "bm it has an alcoholic content,"' he said. Police who tested it bv smell and taste when the truekload was, brought In said it had a consider-' able "kbk" and small quantity would produce Intoxication. Silverman Is held under $1,500 bond, pending the outcome of the ca.se, and the truck in which in was making tho delivery, is held under 11.000 bond. Final disposi tion of the case will probably he liitide this morning. Several prominent Hebrews of the city expressed surprise yester day at the alleged manner m which Rabid Fox went about i.l ist cilmt l.iu; the vvinn for "sari aim in a I pur. poses.'' (Iflleials last iiikIh Ice!, !,,.,! .,, discuss i.osmI, Hull's or the i alibi'.,, arrest, should tlie court return a verdict of guilty against. Silverman. has admitted agent, MINERS DECLARE STRENGTH bill US BALLOT Til IS Chairman Kelly, in Charge of Measure Puts On Fighting Clothes MANY CHARGES ARE MADE IN DEBATE Squabble on Comparative Strength of Navies is Continuous WASHINGTON. April 12 The 1 U -1 naval budget ran through hostile wait'it, in the hotfeie today. As tlo, weary end of solid hour of ill. bate was reached tonight,' with less than a corporal's guard on the thiol, ihe air was tilled with claims by leader opposed to Hie hill's provision tor an ea litileil force of 65.000, that votes enough had been pledged to beat it. This prediction. coupled with violent attacks on the measure, look the udge off Chairman Kel ly's smile, and once or twice he put on his lighting clothes. Time and again the chairman broadly charged that buck of the m ova men i fur a bigger navy was the desiro of members from navy yard disuicu to increase the to- . lal appropriation so that the ac tivities of theae establishment might not be curtailed. Suggestions from some source that the com m I floe add a little to It personnel strength were cat aside by Chairman Kelly with the declaration that the bill had to stand or fall a reported, and Unit, if the enlisted figure was rained to 80,000 there would be a record vote in the house. Most of the speeches today, wore against ihe bill. Represen tative MoArthur, of Oregon, re publican member of the naval committee in announcing that he would offer an amendment pro viding for 80.000 men, told the house it ought not to shift the responsibility of writing th bill to the shoulders ot the senate. , There was a constant squabble over the enlisted strength ot the lliitish mid Japanese navies, the statement being repeatedly made and denied that their figures were greater than those alloted the American navy under the bill. Representative Rogers, republi can, Massachusetts. Intimated that the committee had obtained its estimates from tha British em bassy here. Asked by Mr. Rokits If he had been "In direct personal contact with tho lirltiuli and Japanese embassies" Chairman Kelly said : he would refnse to answer any such question. The measure will be taken up tomorrow for consideration, item by Item, and If there 1 smooth sailing and not too muoij debate a vote on amendment to the per-, sonnel suction may be reached late in the day. The lirst vote will be on the proposal to nuke the total 80.000, unless somebody step in Willi a move to split tlie difference between that total and the com mittee figure of 66,000. Mr. McArthur said tonight 194 members had given . pledge to support hi amendment. Tele grams have been sent, It wae said, to mom hers from eastern states absent from Washington to return at once in anticipation of an early vote. CLEMENT WILL NOT SEER THE SOLICITORS!!!!' AGAIN Retirement lxjaven Eirkl Clear for Long, of StutcAviUc. Simla! flnoWMlim, n UttmliU (HUM I KALISJ-'VKV, April 13. Tiring of the olilce, of solicitor of the 15th district after eight years of hard service; Hayden Clement, of this ciy, announced this afternoon that he will pot seek re-election. In a formal ftatemant, Mr. Clement sys "I have decided not be oanuidato for re-eleotlon for olicl tor of tne lSth Judicial district. i have given this my careful con sideration and feol that my olvll practice demands more time and mention than I have been abb to give to It In the past, and my oigli years of service ending with of time for me to devote to the my present term is sufficient lenglii arduous duties of this office. I shall always have nothing bnt . "aleaeant "memorlea of my associa tions with the court officials, at urneys and people of my district. T.ie loyalty of my friends and their earnest, desire to have me continue In ofllco Is a source of gratification tii me end I regret leaving the oillce fuily to the ertent of my appreciation." Mr. Clement we appointed by Governor Craig to till an unexpired term nf W. V.. Ham mer as solicitor. He waa later re elected by a big majority. He ha made a fine, record ns emllrttor 'ihe retirement nf Mr Clement leaves 7. V. Long of Statesville. I'tioppo.ed as a candidate for the oTn e. EARLDOM CONFERRED- ON .VRT1II It .FAMES H.YLKOrR IjO.VTXVN. April .1!,--tBy the Associated Press. I Format offi cial annoumcment was made to dav that an earldom had been conferred on Sir Arthur James Htilfour former premier and at preeent lord president of the council ' The a n iiotiin emcnt nonftrtneil what, hud been unotllclally known for soma time. Throughout his political career he hud steadily s. his face against the accept ance of any title, even, according I" gossip, having declined one when offered him on his return from the Washington armament conference Then he a-'eepted the order of the Darter without real izing It is said, that It carried