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THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER 1 O PAGES Z TODAY Forecast for North snd South Care. lln: Partly cloudy and warmar Mon, day; Tuaaday cloudy and mild, prcb ably with showers. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 1NT1 HILL OUT STATE'S BESS PLANS to Review Good Ik of Democratic Par. Jy at Convention. ilNISTRATION IS " ASKING PRAISE jjcnyard Movement to Be j0Jaanded by Conven a in State Affairs. RAIyCarrMlMidMM, TH Aiknillt CUum! front IIEIGH. Aprrl 16.-A nolld tration'.ln support of the admlnle- expectetts program ot progress is Hi.gs ofct next Saturday Rumb one or w dissatisfaction, heard in are not! two counties of the state. iiKeiy to reach the con- floor, and the good roads educational extension and tho manyother pro movements that have fea lis administration will v Con&f iearty endorsement. been gresman E. , W. Pou ha the etahering some facts as to friendfi iite's progress through note speefci Raleigh, and his key the good eh is expected to review party, eh work of the democratic what halowng the people Just tnrougn was &een accomplished ership. Use and intelligent lead- Joelah WV cigh attorntfjliiam Bailey, the Hal bility, is repVy gubernatorial poesl ters to be Nof.ed in certain nuar. the warpath contemplating taking isaaer in tne' as the opposition preparations d convention but any a stand-have tm his part for such local political Inot appeared on the county conveni surface. The Waif an anUclpatedtlH.was reported as anee on toe pail 'center of disturb but It was peacVt o aft "opposition" and contended leful and uneventful lection of- delel itself with the se cern vention. agates to the state J Adminlstratlol ' lilting for the In ''leaders are not PP Pol. Wnr,) invention. If Vndoreement of the entirely spontanei cornea it will be on the par of ious and voluntary no member of Jthe delegates, for family, from G irom utne administration is thlnklifpvernor Morrison down word ol praise. ig of asking for a democracy as r from the state big biennial meeipresented in the nor minus tnat fting. The gover tlon's 'accomplislf the adminlirtra,. themselves, and nente speak for ttsement tnrougnghat their adver- not necessary if a convention is people of progreo convince the The call of tfeuve government. tion win oe iorne state conven nf this forward ml the continuance democratic platfor-emeht, and the pledge tna party tii is expected to tion ot the. progr the consuming ther endeavor of km and the furf nenatt or progrwif party-leader, ffl sharp contradlctic. It will be In ncan platform vim to the repub Itself with "vlewlhich contended the national reputing with pride" tratton and viewlblican adminia- the democratic a (ing with alarm the state, finding ministration in finding fault there! fault here-and ing any 'suggestiol without oilier constructive effort.Ins as to realty rarty attairs ari excellent shape anAe considered In ry or two of insigtl beyond a flur semblance of a liflcance, nd re- quence is anticipamght of conse terdance of delegated. A big at- tion of the states from every it tney wm give ate Is expected, rty pollciea anthe day over to without thought 41 state affairs agreements. St family dif ine republican . taxes" is to .be cilery of "high answered in the stfAmprehensjlvely it is expected. Thate. convention, no sound reasons onk minority hat uoh a slogan, as rf which to haae its counties ana cltiarorth Carolina. the lowest tax rates is, have one of and party leaders arlln the county, people generally arete confident th inc returns tor taxi satisfied with ed in improvement! money lnvest Jhe counties and thtl In the state, Better afreets, ' molmunicipalitled. schools, water systems and better other improvements! . roads, and vestments from par are the In taxes; and satlefactik'ing mora In dissatisfaction belwjn is general, only, her ond there expressed ns tar removed fiand for reaa rate. v , lorn the tax EIGHT CONGRESS GET REAM EN TO O Sight con grm e tOM IN'ATION 8 rtinated In the Juvwill be re without opposition, .ahe primaries contest against an inxziS the only ie In the ninth districumbent will I. .E. 8. Davidson Is otJt where Dr. exeasman Bulwlnkle. i posing Con for all etate offlcea f, Candidates week more In which Live only a notices gnd thus far Ljo file their is trie only man to tf Davidson greesional seat other th J k- a con ready In office. frt those al-! There win ue an. inte. I he third dietrict tor cated by the death of Brlnson. but excepting nther district will be contests, reports from th0ia 0f any indicate. , ese districts Solicitor Porris, m tne ,, , trict, was contemplating fourth dls In opposition to ' Congr announcing hut he did not find the 8(sm(tT, J0u couraging and beyond thuation en- that he was considering e, tatement the Q consideration of nterina,n0UnCed ut as many times .as K .k, race for President, but he hrvin has gotten as far as did Mr. Br;ag nev.r in the aeoond. aixth, elchthc ajutired. fenth judicial districts. rnd thlr distrlcta are to elect iudglai-0 other contests have been report. no to the state hoard of eleotK . yet niatrwta in wtiicn lunges oni fhe chosen and the counties i t h them are as follows: lompoilng First Currituck. Camden tank, Perquimans. Chowa;, Pa.mio tiare. Tyrrell. Hyde and V Gaiea second, Washington. Martlfil.f0rt: comfle. Nash and Wilson; flft Edge i raven, Pamlico, Jones, Cartaw put Creene;- sixth: Lenoir, Puplln, ,nd slow. Sampson: eighth: New Hm over, Brunswick. Columbus, Pen. der; ninth: Bladen. Cumberland nose, nooesoni lentn: Alamanci Durham, Granville, Orange. Persoij -lt-mnw s rtf Miff (f e fight In lie seat va 1 Congressman E. ninth th race noming nan uvea im f jng ' mm. t - .- U from Congressman) Pou has rrl s ord In congre which no rec dlstrlct seem willing to atiB l hi, sequently, he haa escaped ( Con plnce he was first elected ljposltlon nnnv, doucHor rsorris nas I tk that mi BM- Poor Quality of Printing Caused Plant Discharges Union Endorses the Action Taken By (larding in Government Plant WASHINGTON. April 1 Poor quality of money and securities printed by the bureau of engav ing and printing, making counter feiting easy, was declared today by the "Plate Printer," official organ of the skilled printers employed by the bureau, to have led to the re moval by President Harding of more than two score of the offi cials. iThe current issue of the publication prints a formal state ment by officials of the union en dorsing the changes necessary to restore the former standards of j bureau. With the country noodd from coast to coast with millions of counterfeit federal reserve notes. United States notes, federal reserve nnpr.nitv national Hanlr nnl.a ail-! ver certificates, war savings stamps. peVage and internal revenue stamps and all forms of the war bonds and their coupons." the statement said, "drastic action was required to stop It, and drastic ac tion was taken" . J. L OILS SUDDENLY. T One of City's Leading Figures in Woman's World. Mrs. Fannie Rankin, nee Cocke, wife of J. E. Rankin, president of the American National Bank, and for many years one of the leading figures in the city's social and re ligious life, died at; 10:30 o'clock last evening. Death came suddenly at the res idence, 53 Merrimon avenue, and was the result of heart failure, ac cording to physicians. She had been slightly indisposed for some weeks, but was not confined to her home, and her death came aa a shock to many friends. Funeral arrangements hud not been made last night, pending the arrival of distant relatives. j Mrs. Rankin was a daughter of the late Colonel William Cocke, of Tennessee, and was in her seventy Blxth year. . She and Mr. Rankin were married in 1876. Surviving, besides the husband, are a daughter, Mrs. P. H. Branch; flvo sons, Clarence, Wil liam E. and Arthur, of Ashevllle, Guy, of South Carol' Aa, and Roy, of Hickoryi a sister, Mrs. William Wadsworth, of this city, and 'a brother,; Bills Cocke, of Nashville, Tenn. , . STORM OF CYCIXMilC Fl'Rx SWEFP8 OVEil GEORGIA TOWN ATLANTA, Ga., April 16. A storm of cyclonic fury &wept through Louisville, -CI a., at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, ac cording . to dispatches received here tonight, leaving great dam age In its wake add curing off the town from outside communi cation until late today. No jlv-i were lost. " Telephone and electric light wires are down and the littlo town still is without lights tonight. Tiie pumping station was damaged badly, according to dispatches and the 'town also has'' been wit'iout water. Owners of farms nenr Louisville report heavy Jamage to houses, fences and crops which were flooded by tho dowapour of rain. JOHNSON WILL SUPPORT M CUMBER TARIFF BILL WASHINGTON, April 18 De claring that the McCumber tariff bill was the first ever drawn which provided "anything like adequate protection for the pro ducts and industries of the west" Senator Johnson, republican, Cal ifornia, tonight announced that he would support the measure. "Up to this time," his state ment continued, "protection has been" rather regarded as some thing appertaining particularly to eastern manufacturers ahd indus tries. The west, howeverihas now come Into Its own. Thlsblll ap pears to me to be a measure not devoted to any one sectlon.hut all American In character." . Record Attendance At All Churches Marks Easter Here Little Folks Have Ardent Egg Hunt -Fine Raiment Displayed . Record attendance at all the churches; ardent egg hunts and rabbit chases by the little folks; the annual parade of startling rai ment all these marked . Easter Sunday In Ashevllle yesterday. True, the weather was a bit nip pish, but It didn't rain, and, Judg ing from the gladsome- array of spring garments with which the pity's fair and brave bedecked it self for the occasion, scant heed was said to the threatening clouds. The services at all the churches' were beautiful, with special music and sermons, and the pulpits and choir banked deep in Easter lilies and a profusion of other flower. This morning over the city early risers will crunch egg Bhells on thfe sidewalk at nearly every step, where youngsters paused to crack the shell of soma tempting red or green or yellow or purple-dyed henfrult. They also went -in for the Candy kind and the rabBlts. As for the "glad rags" new straw lids in profusion, with quite a few low quarters and even one pair of white ducks; wonderful Easter bonnets with fancy trim mings and wild colors: frocks and nWks In wonder surpassing any I tft have gone before. v IS HEAD LDF I. OTEEN I Churches Rally to Minis ter's Support Regard ing Sunday Work. CONGRESSMEN MAY BE ASKED TO ACT Resolutions Say Contrac tor's Man Is Unwel come Resident. Staunchly supporting the Ashe vllle Ministerial association in condemning construction work at Oteen hospital on the Sabbath and upholding the efforts of the preachers to discuss the matter with H. S. Murray, a representa tive of the contractors, hundreds of loijal church members yester day passed unanimously resolu tions urging that "the Fanning Quinn Building company, or who ever may be responsible for the presence ot said Murray In this community, to have him removed, as he has made himself an un welcomed resident." In order that they may accom plish their purpose, various churches of. the city have appoint ed representatives to co-operate with a committee from the First Baptist church "to the end that this insuljt be redressed as far as possible and that if necessary that matter he taken up with our rep resentatives in congress with the request that we be relieved of this irritating member that has posed himself upon our commun-; tty." The fifth part of the resolu tion reads as follows: "That we refuse to perrnit in this free land ot America any man to arrogate to himself the prerogatus of cen suring our religion and adjudging! those apostates who refuse to obey or to confess allegiance to any system set up by any man or as sociation of men." This action follows the publica tion of an exact copy of the reply ot the contractor's representative which he, himself, styled as "apology of the Oteen contractors to the ministers rjf Ashevllle for Sunday work." The following statement was contained In the "apology" of Murray: "The self Instigated delegation headed by Dr. Bateman called on the under signed purporting to be accom- panying a resolution which was never produced, were courteously recelveB. x x x x We have hired servants maintained in the employ of the city to regulate and main tain law and order, therefore why should we tolerate the Mtrtrnc J likewise, are hired to devote all their time to their flock's spiritual welfare?'; Rev. Dr. Bateman Sees committee Asserting he had been placed in an, embarassing position. Rev Dr. Bateman, pastor of the First Bap - ttst cnurcn, alter tne puuiiuaiivi. of the communication of Murray In The Citizen, called together five of the prominent members of his congregation and asked their ad vice on the matter. They were C. S. Davis, Dr. W. P. Whittlngton, E. C. Greene and George Brown. This committee advised that a reso lution be drawn up and presented to .the ministers of the city and ask them to take the matter up with their congregations. The fol'owlnr resolution wae drawn up 'and (he preachers asked to have their congregations pase resolutions similar, or if they chose to (so on record as indorsing It In toto: "Whereas, we conscientiously ana sincerely believe in our church, our minister and the spiritual forces of our community, and "Whereae, we have read certain statements by one 8. M Murray which we consider . wilful and ma licious intuit to those, tmnKS wnicn we embrace as true and regard as sacred, and . "Whereas, he has assumed to be the Judge and has pronounced uk, with our minister, to be apostates. "Therefore, be it resolved: first, that we. the members and congre gation of church, resent with all our being thla un-Chnsttan atti tude and un-American expression on the part of the said Murray; "Second, that we respectfully re quest the Fanning-Qulnn Building company, or whoever may be respon sible for the paid Murray's presence in this community, to have him re moved, as he, by this act. makes himself an unwelcomed resident In our community. "Resolved: third, that we appoint a member of our church to act with a similar committee with members of other churches so offended to co operate to the end that thta insult he redressed a far as possible, and that If necessary this matter be tak en up with our representatives in congress with the request that we be relieved of this Irritating member that has Imposed himself, upon our community. Ttesolved: fourth, that we re affirm publicly In this way out- faith and allegiance to the leadership and Lordship of Jesus Christ, the teach ings of .the New Testament, defence and preservation of the Lord's Day, our recognition of. Tfcteious rights and soul freedom. , "Resolved: fifth, that we reftise to permit In this free land of America any man to arrogate to himselr tba prerogative of censoring our religion and adjudging those apostates who refuse to obey or to confess allegi ance to any system set up by any man or association of men. Deacons of the First Baptist church expreasing themselves that they felt their pastor had been grossly Inault ad, In addition to placing their ap proval on the general measure, drew up and passed an additional resolu tion, which follows: "Preamble and resolution recom mended to the Church by the Board of Deacons: ' . "Whereas, the pastors' conference of this city, In line with their work with clvlo righteousness, passed a resolution asking the contractors of the public health service hospital at oteen If not Incompatible with pub lic Interest to suspend Sunday work on -said hospital, and appointed a committee headed by our pastor to present uch resolutions to the con tracting firm, and, "Whereas, this committee upon at tempting to perform thla aervlce as signed to them were met with con tumely and gross Insult, and not even allowed to present the resolution In proper form, and. . "Whereas, the representative of the contracting firm not content with thla rebuff fo the committee, goes Into the public press or the elty and IVmUnmt m tut TJ REMOVA I A LI I AGEN Soft Coal Mine Production Shows Gain Over Output Ot First Days Of Mine Strike Sage Foundation Reports Over-Development of Mines Must Be Halted to Secure Satis- factory Wage Agreement. WASHINGTON. April IS. Bltu- j thractte mining was nyt interfered mmmiB -nal nrnrtilpttnil In The. United States, reduced 'by la per cent when miners In unionised Herds walked out April 1, is now showing a slight Increase, it was reported tod lay by the geological I nilnes in many non-union field re-n-unlon fields, where i Ports of no market' and 'dull de- survey. No operations are continuing, pro duced 10.782 carloads Monday. April 10, and forged slowly ahtad in each succeeding day until Thursday, April 13. the last d.iy recorded, when the output was 11, 480 cars. The production on April 13, "though less than districts now at work are able to produce whe:i demand is active," the survey said, was tho greatest of any slnglo d'iy since-the strike began. Un .von day. April 3, production was 1 i carloads, but In the, next few days the output even in non-union fields showed a tendency to, fall off. On the last full week for which the survey's reports account, that end ing April 8. the total bituminous output was 3,784,000 tons. Added to this a small production ot an thracite was also reported, though the miners' strike Is considered moat 'effective in that field, makimt total coal production during the week 3,793,000 tons. This total was not likely to be exceeded in the week ending April 15, the re port indicated. ConiDarlne conditions to those encountered during the last great! susnenslon in the Industry, the strike of 1919. the survey remarked lm-'thnt dm-ln the first week othat strike production was only 000 tons of bituminous, while an- OPTIMISM RULES TO GENOA MEET Russia Declared to Know She Must Come to Terms With the French. GENOA April 16 (By The Aa, godated Tress) A feeling ot op- itimiam pervade conference eli cits, truly In keeping with the Easter spirit., Signor Bchanzer, the Italian foreign minister, apeaking Tfcp AasocUtM PrMi cor. U - eapundent today Indicated his full confidence In the results ot the conference. "It la already great . .... ,g ,ir)ady Kn&t and his i torlt.. hP sald ..bu. above aU of L,10t.al aiae whlch must Inevitably jea(1 t0 atigfactory consequences, . , however, too early In the proceed nes to hazard a prediction as to thu magnitude and extent e-f-the final results Which the con ference may reach. The spirit of tolerance shown by the delega tions of the leading countries, despite the alarmist reports cir culated, is a good omen for the work of pacification of Europe and towruds which the effects of el count rles, Irrespective of whether tbey are victors, van tfiished or neutrals, anxiously tend." "The f'rst week of the conference ended with what on Monday last appeared impossible a tendency to riapproechment between France and Runla. The Russian dele gate fc.ive clearly understood during tiieae seven days that, des pittA, Angln-Franch differences of o; inhsn, they cannot count on a rupture between the two leading i'lles; so that .their only hope of obtaining what they desire in the conference Is to come to an un derstanding with France. The French delegates, on this slJe, realize that a rupture with England and a conflfet with Rus sia would virtually mean fhe lsa lation o.' France so thai? force of circumstances brings them to seek a compromise with Russia. The meetings at the Villa De Albertis arranged by Premier Lloyd George hve not by any msans been the only attempts at a reapproachment. Teaterday, the experts were engaged In dis cussions over figures, M. Barthou. of the French delegation, tempted by the fine weather, decided o motor 13 Portoflno, which haa the reputation of affording the bent view ot the Mediterranean sea. By a coincidence, or perhaps not, M. Chltchxrin. head of the Rue slan delegation about the same time had the earns idea and mo tore to Portoflno from Santa MargheriU. Katurally the two delegates, who had already met both around the conference stable a-id At the Villa, e Albertla. came together ugain and enjoyed tha view with, mutual admiration. But fate had not yet exhausted her store of coincidence. A short time later who should appear but Mr. Llovil Oenrr whnli nnar. jently had been seized by an Ir- rsiiiDie oeaire to admire the Panorama at Portoflno. Tho Biitlah prime mtnlater. Joined his two .fellow delegates but it is not known whether .the earnest eon vcraatlon which ensued concerned the beautiea of the riew or gra 'er questions. PORTTTGDFiSK AVIATORS ARK STILL HELD VP IN FLIGHT IJSBON, Portugal, April 1 fBy the Associated Press.) The Portuguese - hydro-airplane in which Captains Bacadur and Coutinho are endeavoring to f.y to Brazil was unable to Meave the Cape Verle Islands today owing to the heavy seas, which would have prevented the craft from taking the air with a . sufficient quantity of fuel on board for the 13 hour flight to the St. P.nils Rocks, sbout half way to Fer nando Noronha. AMONG DELEGATES bi nil Kxisting demand is not able to call out full production in those districts remaining at work," the survey concluded. "From the mand continue, to be received The number of cars loaded at the mines but unconsigned to consum; erg was very large when the strike began, but latest reports from rail roads show that It i increasing rather than decreasing." SAGF. FOUNDATION M.VKF.K FORMAL UF.I'OHT ON WAGES NEW YORK. April 17. The Hussi'll Sage Foundation, in a luno-llitr fanni'l r,t "Tho fna 1 VI I n - erS' Insecurity," made public today, holds that ho satisfactory agree ment of a permanent nature on wage rates can be reached between miners and operators in the bitu minous coal Industry until steps have been taken to curb what the reaort describes as "the over-dp-velopment of many more mines than are required to supply the country's needs." This over-development, the report declares, has resulted in giving an average of only 214 days of employment n:i nually to (he 600,000 man em ployed In the Industry, thus nulli fying the advantages of wage in creases. In giving out the report, the foundation states that It investi gated the coal situation in Conner Hon with its studv of human re 3,682,-nations In industry, and that it har QUESTION OF U.S. COLONIZATION OF AFRICA IS RAISED German Asks if Country Would Send Surplus Negroes Abroad. BERLIN April 1 (By The As sociated Press) "Could the Uni ted State dispose of her surplus fcolorefl j yoputotjon by dlaaribut IngH ameng, the; former Gorman colonies Jfj, Africa under some agreement with the present Eu ropean mandatories'.'" This qtmstion arose today In the course cf a conversation with Dr. Heinricli Schnee, former governor ot German East Africa, In con-! nection with s. special dispatch! from Washington, published in I Berlin attributing to United States Senator France a suggestion that the allied debts to the United States could be redeemed by the i transfer of the former German ci Ion lei in Africa now controlled) by Great Britain, France and Bel; glum to the United States. Senator France is reported to have declared that such a trans fer would need as a complement a Joint international plan for re constructive development. "Assuming that the senator means tho transfer of' the .man datory lo wers and not annexation, the scheme would seem both foasl- i hie and desirable, provided United states control would mean a con tribution of her open door policy, admitting the co-operation ot all rt&tionB." said Dr. Schnee. "Thla,', he added, "would be ex telly; opposite to the present regime, which excludes all but the mitionali of the occupying powers, We still hope that our colonics, now held in trust by the entent" powers, b&metime will be restored to us. "Doul.Mess the German-African colonies v.culd be able to support thrice the present native popula 'lon Indeed there is room there for fifty million colored people njw; and there wilbe more room is development progresses. Ger man EmsT Africa, southwest Af rica, Togoland and the Cameroons aggregate an area of more than a million square miles, rich in natural wealth and abounding in the taw materials the world sorely needs. Moreover, most of therrl hve zones suitable for white set tiers: but their tropical coast line regions are entirely suitable for colonlza lcn by millions of colo red peorle. "The largest zone, East Africa, consists' of 39,000 square miles about the size of Alabama, Geor gia, the two Carolines, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi and-iIrfiulsl-a.ia combined, and has a popula' tljn of isa than eight million. Next Is South Africa with 32. 000 square miles and about 90, 000 population while the Came roons hss, K0,000 square miles and a population of J, 600. 000. "As a colonizing" power, I have the greatest regard for the United S.ates, J i was able to observe Ameilcin jnetHoUs while governor of Samou. Their sa-nltary achieve ments In Panama deserve the high est praise. "Aa rt'gards the attempt to colonize , Ariea'Wlth the, surplus American colored population this In a flonr way would settle the vexed problem, and under a plan such as Senator France has out lined. , rrlRht enable France and' Great Britain to discharge their debta to the United States and simultaneously ease the burden of German reparations which is para i.'Zing economic life. BCTLfcR IS GRATIFIED OVER KKPIBLICAK SELECTION'S WASHINGTON. April l-w"How do you like your new republican bosses. State Chairman W. G. Branham gnd National Commit teeman Charles A. Reynolds?" Marlon Butler wat asked today. . 'They are two first class mart and splendid fellowa," said he. ; KELLEY TO DDI NAVAL TD RECORD VOTE Telegrams Will Be Sent Absentees to Return to Washington at Once. SUPPORTERS LOOK FOR WIDER MARGIN Amendments Providing for Increases to Be Voted on Tuesday. WASHINGTON, April 16. Chairman Kclley of the sub-committee on appropriations announc ed tonight that :i record vote would be demanded In the house this week on the amendment to the naval bill adopted ts! t'rtlay Increasing the enlisted strength from 6'7,O0O lo 86,000. Announcement of tlie ch.'.ir man's Intention to put, members on record was made ufli.r a con ference with members of tho ap propriations committee .tiul other supporters of the bill. Telegrams It was stated, will be sent absen tees reported In favor nf the measure as framed, to return here at once. The vote on the amendment Saturday was in the coin:iiittee of the whole, the 86,000 amendment being adopted by a tiuilorlty of 47. When the bill reaches the house proper, Mr. Kelley will de mand a separate vr.ta on It by roll call. Contemplating the decisive vote by which the house yesterday re corded Its approval of an 8H.000 man navy, as recuinmciiilt'id by President Harding tnid American naval experts, over mie of B7.000 men advocated by th" committee on appropriations, republlcin lend ers were undecided t idny wheth er to r.ress the ma'.ler to a formal vote in the house proper. Some ot the members suppci'V Ing the committee b'll icto doubt ful whether the vo'e ytaterdnv of It? lo 130. could be changed If another poll were Liken. Mr. McArthur declared advocates ot the amendment wer. satlslled a new test would show an even wider margin In favor rt It 'There was no accurals count as to how the democrats divided on the 86,000 propo..:,!. Off hand It'was stated they upll: about evon but democratic Uvulera asserted tlja party stood about two to one tor tne cotumltloe report. Members of the sub-commlltce which framed the bill aid tiJay that amendments providing in creases for the auctions relating to , engineers, ordr.ance, and, con struction and. tepalr would b of fered Tuesday by rhemhi'm ot the appropriations cummltts who sighed a minority report opposing tn 67,oo limitation. The Mr Arthur amendment .adopted Sr.. urday Increased from $9J,000,000 to $107,000.00.) the amount car ried In the bill for pay ot olflcers and men In 1923 to meet the In crease In person, . 1 1. . Chairman Madden, of the appropriations ooftimlttee. told the liotisn that an Increase to US, 000 enlisted men would add 60, 0(10. fiOO to total of J2J3, 000,000 carried by the bill. FIHK IF,STROYK FAMOUS OLD HUTKL IN CITY OF TOKIO Many In Retinue of Prince of Wales ' Are Made Homeless TOKIO, April 18. (By the As sotiated Press.) Fire todav de stroyed the older portion of the famous Imperial hotel and dam aged the temporary annex to the hotel. One person Is known to have been killed. Three hundred persons, mostly members of the staff of the prince of Wales and visitors who came to Toklo from various parts of Japan in connection with the visit of the prince, were rendered home less. Their effects were partly de stroyed. When the Are brok out this afternoon, the srlnee of Wales was at a garden party. Conse quently he knew nothing cf tho (Ire until he returned to the city. The flames swept rapidly through the hotel building under a stron wind and the hotel was quickly enveloped. The annex also wis considerably damaged. The new hotel, which is under construction at a cost of 7. 000, 000 yen, was en dangered for a while. A number of Americans residing in the hotel lost their effects. Some 20 or 30 members of the suite of the prince of Wales and officers of the cruiser Renown were heavy ; losers. Captegsl P. Leigh lost presents he had received during the vlstVof the prince of Wales to 'India and .lapan. Some of the prince's staff officers lost their entire kits. The newspsper representatives gnd photographers attached to the prince's staff also Inst everything they had left behind In the hotel. t'SF OF WOOD HI LLS FOR HKKAKWATl.lt NOT FAVOHKD WissiNnTOM Brss.tr rSB ASHSTI1.I, CITirSN car . b. v. lunar WASHINGTON, April 16 Ma-' Jor General Lansing H. Ueach. chief ot engineers of the army does not think It feaaiulfl to utilise the wooden hulls of ships to be disposed of by the shipping board for breakwater construction at Cane Lookout or elsewhere. Major Beach said: "I do not un derstand that the n ivy depsrtmvnt! has as yet come to a final decis ion on the disposition lo be made of these hulls. Several somewhat similar proposals n utll.e for breakwater construction at vari ous lonlillues the wortden hulls that the shipping board has for disposal, have been Investigated by this department but found not to be feasible, ef'.her on account of the cost or for other reaons. I fear that the atudy of the usn of the naval -bylls for the same pur pose at Cape Lookout breakwater would lead to the same conclusion but the matter will he kept 4n mind in case a more profitable meant for disposal ot the vessels Is not srrlved 'at by tU-irw-- " partment," , ' i f MEASURE Tinkham's League Charges Befoi Department Of Jastia AMERICAN COURT CANNOT I TRY GEN. SEWIENOFFWITH EVIDElO Decision Is Rendered Bo rah by Federal Attor ney in Telegram. COMMANDER IS NOT ADMITTED TO U. S. Is in This Country on an "In Transit" Certifi cate, It Is Said. NRW YORK, April 1. Neither th federal courts, the stntccourts graph tonight. United .States antiv can now trv' ymB ...a, w. I k General Semennft for murder com-1 n"n today that chlV I mitted m Siberia. Federal District i made by him In ihf' I Attorney Wllllani Hayward in- Aiitt-8looi T.e.ve install formed Senator Borah by tele- "If the army ot Semon iff was"""1- i"oiweg acrja or an expo- recognized by our authorities at the time the murder was commit ted" Mr, Hayward said "the only aipeal would have been to his mil itary superiors there. "If his army whs not recognized our military authorities had the right to capture, try and punish him it that time, 'jilt not now." Mr.' Hiyward's telegram read as fellows: . "I have your telegram asking whether Semenoff can bo held re nponsible fur the murder of Amer ican soldiers In Siberia, He la not subject to prosecution In federal courts of the United States be-1 cause his acts do not come within the well defined limit of thtf ter- state court could try nm a tney all depend for juradcton oft the venue ot Uio crime. "The general Jurisdiction of military- tribunals extends beyond the army to several enumerated claws of persona namely, camp followers, spies and th.we giving aid and coinfort to the enemy. Semenon', iJT counse, falls within none of thlse classes. So far as I can learrj he whs part ot an In dependent fcrmy acting with the contingent of the untied stutea, If that Is a- correct statement of his position it would seent that he would be punishable by his own military, superiors but not by our government. If we recognise hi army as an Independent unit wor thy to llfcht with our soldiers for whatever cause they, fought in Si beria. I assume thlt the proper and only tourso wa to protest to his superiors at the time. If we did not recognize his army he was then and there sub.iect to capture, trial and punishment by our mili tary forces as a guerilla. "Therefore, f conclude no Amer ican court can now try Semenoff. Borne n:it lores claim Jurisdiction gnd threaten punishment for cer tain crimes committed by a for eigner in foreign countries, but I believe this right ha never been recognized by the law of nations. We expresjily denied Mexico's right In 1888 to try an American cltiKen for libel committed in Tex a and 'ntervened and demanded his release. See Cutting case and opinion ot John Bassett Moore. - "In my opinion Semenoff would be subtect to prosecution under any government now or hereafter mslntaliiing sovereignty over ter ritory where the acts were com mitted, and by no other." BAKHMETIFF WILL STILL IIK DALLF.D AS W1TNK8H WASHINGTON. April 1 6 There has been no. change In the an nounced plans of the senate labor rommlttee to summon before It Boris Bakhmeteff. Russian urr.bas sadcir to the ilnlted States, as witness in the Investigation tne committee Is conducting Into the presence in the l'ntted States of General Gregorle Henieneff. It was declared officially tomsht. The committees subpoena, tele graphed to Charleston, 8. C. where Mr. BekhnMHeff has been spending a short vacation, will stand. It was asserted, despite the declaration that-ha enjoys "diplomatic immu nity" from such service because of his status as the last accredited representative of Uusela to Wash ington. Associates of the Runsian en- vov here did not expect him to re turn before late tomorrow or Tuesday. None rvf them had been notified of the action of the com mittee and whil-i without informa tion as to what. sUltude the head of their delegation would take, they wer of the opinion that he would refer the entire matter to the state department. General Semenoff. now In cus tody ,in New York as a result of a lodgment against him In a civil damage suit Ins" not really been "admitted" 1 1 the United States under the itertitatlon of Ins status by ,lmmisroijrr nltU'lala. The' general holds aiiintransit certificate" It was said. whicfTster- mita.him'to pass' through I country, but if he should overstay the 60 dav maximum allowed un der such a certificate he would be liable immediately 'to deportatton. The rertlflcatH .curies with it no Inherent quality of Immunity, it w.ih pointed out, the only privi lege accorded those to whom they are Issued being a refunding of the "head tax" when they de part. REVOLVTION DFCLARKD IN PROGRESS IN HONDVRAS SAN SALVADOR, April 16. Unofficial advices from Honduras sre to the effect that a revolution of serious proportions rcss at various points alona .y fjj terrltorj; along -f -.V'l K rr- 1 1 jrpntich. JDdTiti. Vc. Anii - saloot CASES HE'S A I TO DE COMPLET Congressman Issue 3 Fc mal Statement on Pre: dure Sunday. SAYS PKOTAG AITD . ' STATEMENT. IC.'j'J. DeclareTAr'! f." League Contrch Ov of the V.-C. WAsmNaTox"Ani 1'-. Representative Tlnkll ' u j ..... . . r V. J ...WW "u lauea lOj com-quipiJcu the department manner of Shoe be acted upon.,-,. We deliver cases agalnft,- ' "are complf necessary fa vict Ion whea Jury and fo Kelteratitt . 39 Patton Avenue league had contribution under , prot Wheeler In statement League of one of the day Issued V I ganda stateme Ilili.i J anarchy' and alone were int. the I'nl'ed BU and nullifications gada statement 91 71 jj g a uy to appeal lor iii s m nrhan th. i nft.Hol,-.,, " ... ...... T was cnargea wun --t t t. "The Antl-Baluuii trols the congress o States, has dictated oolntments, and,', b- cloaures here lit' wA 'shown to hava atl.i'. tats Judicial appoint 11 administration of Jii't fi FOR LOSSES, Gets Response for Accurate C: List ior TarK; :" 'ty, . 1 aiin v TBI ti . on nas MY H. i. 0. tHYti I t WiaillMflTdM. Anrll 1 S Ken ator Simmons la trying-1 get a accurate record of NortU drolins - casualties In the world War. . Act;. Ing Adjutant General ;obeU Davis has written him an Interest Ing letter, which states these fac.tar "In response to your letter of the 13th instant, I have thetonor t auvise you as iuiiuwb. . "Accurate and final .statist! showing by states the number, d men furnished, to the army durlnl the world war win not - pecans available until this office shalHrm completed its task ot furbishing t the adjutant general ot each suit a detailed statement of th niiii atary service of every maa fro ' St. at T -in. IB SIMMONS CON the state who served in thv artrv during that war. Any flgiue in . this connection wnicn nava inns far been given out by this oifi.a are subject to- revision anfl th office has so etated at the time ot furnishing them. n. , "The most recent estimates.. based upon the number of ana. ments of service thus far c pleted, Indicate that approxlmi 4,438,000 men aerved in the at as enlisted men during the pw of hostilities, of whom some J ana untnrftH ths kitrvlr frnm r.t state of North Carolina. It 'hai also been estimated that J.S5 cM the 206,350 commissioned oltiaej; f-nmn frnm that state. " Recently compiled casualty ni&Sf tlstics show that 2,605 North Car-4 olina soldiers, of whom 76 warsr! commissioned officers and J,42l were enlisted men, lost their live. during the period of Ahe war and f that 3,823 others, including iS , olflcers and 8,667 enlisted men, were wounaea. "For Information conVerning men from the state of Norta Carolina who served In the United SUte havy and marine corps durlnsthl. wr, Inquiry should beddressea Uohe navy desartmrrif. Washings PLANT MEM OR1AI OAK TO t I MEMORY F CKARA BARTON X WARHIXOTOV. Anrll 1 With appl'oprlute ceremony, the Ameri can Forestry association today J planted a memorial oak in front ot the house tit Glen Echo. Just out side of Washington", In which Clara, ' Barton,' founder of the American i Red Cross, died Faster Susday, 1012. Lieutenant General Is'elsom Miles, a personal friend ot the celebrated civil war nurse, was chairman of the committee having; the affair In charge. Othejataaaf bers were Vr. J. ,-''r j it r PXONEJOSZ nt br is tea. th Tl mad - llte.l javmt ma jby c m t w ong' bu Led i be " ih- Mw ' I b' y he ' eltW tn' ' s ' tl t I'" ot ce e ifr ' hi. r JZodaylls 4. Ill 'S; aV T m yf 1 Last-DayMa'il- Your- Listr!otG"W 1 s - , i i : v V'-V. 'f 'I' "
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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