THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
H PAGES
TODAY
WASHINGTON, April 17 Fore,
eaat for North and South Carolina:
Parity cloudy weather, probably local
thunder atorma Tueaday and Wednea
day. cooler Wedneaday.
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NO RTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEV1LLE, N. e TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Thousands Homeless,
21 Dead, 100 Hurt In
3 T AJTl K
i ornuuues
OF
DE
LEFT
MANY
SCENES
IAIN
CENTRAL 151
Homes Demolished While
People and Animals Are
Taken Victims.
GREAT AREAS RICH
LAND UNDER WATER
ffinow Falls in Colorado
wiui nail oiuima in
Four Other States.
IXDIANAFOL1S, Ind., April 17.
(By Itlio Associated, Press.)
Twenty-one persons met death and
iiioie tl.an 100 were seriously in
jured In a series of wind and elec
tric stoVmv which passed over In
niar.a today. Property .damage
was estimated at more than 1.
OiO.OOO. Communication means are mea
gre toright, railways and highway
arc flooded and it Is believed that
tle death and property loss may
V' higher when the complete re
ports sic available.
Hravy rains continued in al!
parts of the state today and In
more f an a dozen instances high
3
v.'lnds Ideveloped in a tornado,
aving death and ruin In thai.'
ike. Relief was being rushed to
stricken districts tonight. Most
oi the damage was in rural dis
tricts. Barns, trees, silos and
homes before heavy winds and
hundreds of acres of wheat were
damaged II high water. There
wis Hcerrcly an Indiana stream
(hat was Within its banks tonight.
Hood stages equalling tho high
marks of 1913 were reported from
seieral Ipolnts. Two belts were
struck or tornadoes. In southern
lndlffha was no loss of life. North
nf Indianapolis, howevver. from
Danville Ills., to Summltville. Ind..
vo distinct tornado series caused
heavy I'.sg of life. Thousands ara
humeles.
Reports 'of Indiana dead reach
ing hr tonight 'were:
Hedrick (Warren county), eight!
Wlliiamsporot (Warren county),
four; Sloan. (Warren countv) two:
.'asper county, one; Alexandria,!
( nadlson county), three: Orestes
(Madison county), one; on
drowning at Noblesvllle and one
drowning at Hammond.
Throughout the -area from Ohio
on the east to Kansas and Ne
braska on the west. Heavy down-
pours swelled flood waters of the
streams already out of their banks
and inundated thousands of acres
nf rich farm land In addition to
the vast tracts already under water.
While snow and sleet covered
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Mis-
0
uri and Iowa were pe ted w th
il storirm which smashed wln-
'jws and caused much damage to
crops. Several Inches of snow
were reported from Denver.
TORXADO FOLLOWS OPKX
WAKE OB1 PREVIOUS ONE
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind:, April 17.
Three persons were killed and
three were reported seriously in
jured in two tornados which
struck pear Hedrick, Ind., this aft
ernoon. The first tornado came at 2:30
o'clock and before residents had
time to recover, a second tornado,
as fierce as the first struck the
town and countryside at 4 o'clock.
Property damage was very heavy.
Later reports from Hedrick indi
cate that the death total of the tor
nado has been raised to ten and
that at least a hundred are seri
ously injured in Hedrick and Sloan,
a small town northeast ot Hedrick.
.Several others are reported dead
and many injured at farm houses
within a. five-mile radius ot Hed-
k.
IXIF.l' WORKERS CARING
FOR HOMELESS IN ILLINOIS
IRVINGTON, 111., April 17. Relief
workers from Centralia and sur
rounding towns were here tonight
caring for homeless and injured
persons following the tornado
which early, today caused four
deaths and Injured about 40 others.
Property damage is estimated at
approximately $200,000 Inlthls town
ot about 100 homes and business
houses. The tornado cut a path
through three counties.
The scene here tonight was one
of desolation: Halt of the homes
have been de nollshed.
Transportation by road Is prac
tically at a standstill, duo to the
heavy rains which follow 1 the
tornado.
The greater suffering was ex
perienced In the farming communi
ties. The storm swept clean a path
25 miles long and 150 yards wide.
Several tamllies have not been
hent from.
JSOLATKI VILLAGES AND
(fl RUINED FARMS ARE LEFT
''WINDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 17.
Klectric and wind storms nassed
across Indiana today, leaving
ru!nd farms and IsoJatcd villages
In their wake.
Communication difficulties and
washouts have caused delayed nr
suspended service on many rail- stampede In order to glv' Vvarnirif;
way lines. . .. of approaching; prohibition agents,
Tornadoes were reported as nav I according to reports receivd today
in visited six Indiana towns to- b commissioner Haynes.
day. Hedrick and Sloan suffered The edUcated burros do not act-
8,Tt,-.a(M,ordAnLto i yKD.0r'u"y "cognize the agents as dry
Summitville, Gaston, Matthews and , Uw enforcf,meBt o(tlcers the re
reported storms. . .
The property damsge at- Wheel
Ing and Gaston Is reported heavy,
although ilo lives are believed lost.
AND MAN IS INJUKfcU, . V" ' "
LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 17- th" "f "ilflv h. .M
Tw, women were killed and n '5ngf"T.n wA. K if
Uy Injured in a tornado which Ttrangers and stampede at thclf
truck Newton county late today. iapproacH
nnu r louus
Pocomoke City Is
Damaged Over Two
Millions By Fire
Fifty Houses Destroyed as
Heart of City Is Re
duced to Ruins
POCOMOKE CITY. Mil.,
April 17. With 10 acres in
the heart of this city burned
over, causing an estimated
property damage of more than
$2,000,UOO, Governor Ritchie to
night' ordered a company of
the First regiment, Maryland
national guard at Salisbury, to
proceed here at once to pro
tect property which escaped
the flames.
Tonight the town Is in dark
ness. Wires are down. Hie
heart of the business sectim is
in ruins. Both banks have
been destroyed, and in addi
tion to business structures, SO
homes fell prey to the flames.
Communication with the out
side world has been establish
ed by tapping wires on the out
skirts. TREASURY READ
COUNTERFEITS!
REQUESTS
PROOF
T, , , . n,-i.fl-al1 the immigration authorities naa
rUDllCatlOn Oy JfnnterS no alternative in the case except,
Connect Trouble With tl SX:K;L and was
Reorganization.
WASHINGTON, April 17
I
Sec-'
'
retary Mellon today called upon.
the Plate Printer, official organ of 1
the plate printers' union, employes
at the bureau of engraving and i
printing, to furnish him lmmedl-
ately with any evidence upon which !tifv before the committee. It was
that publication had based its understood that attention of the
statements that the country was committee would be called to the
rinnH.a .i,k iin ,,, J nsua 1 diplomatic immunity g.ant-
feit bank notes, bonds, war savins
and other stamps, war bonds and I
coupons. Any
Muun rviucnui:. lie' '
added, would be Investigated at
once. The Plate Printer recently
puoiisnea an article connecting
what It declared was a flood of 1
counterfeits with
tne recent re-
organization or the bureau py ,
removal of Director James L. Wit-
mcth and other officials.
In a letter to Frank J. Coleman,'
editor and business manager of the;
Plate Printer, Mr. Mellon said that
1 "statements of this sort, reflecting
as they do upon the government
tionds in the hands ot Investors are
calculated to cause widespread un
easiness upon the part of such
holders, and at the samo time if
uncontradicted might tend to in
, ,,,, , ,h ..-IlHi-. f the
government."
Mr. Mellon added It has been
the custom of the treasury to send
out circulars describing every
counterfeit Issue when discovered.
"No Information has come to
the treasury," he said, "of anypver
issue of counterfeiting of United
States bonds or coupons attached
to the same.
"As regards war savings and
other forms of currency, attempts
are made from time to time to
counterfeit the Issue or raise the
denominations of genuine issues.
The treasury Is constantly on the
alert to stop such attempts. In
substantially every case where ef
forts have been made on any con
siderable scale the guilty parties
have- been apprehended and
brought to trial and their activities
ended.
"The secretary of the treasury
desires to state In the most em
phatic terms that the public need
have no apprehension as to the
genuineness of the government se
curities and currency outstanding."
GOMPERS APPEALS FOR
SUPPORT OF STRIKERS
BOSTOX April 17. Samuel
Gomper president of the Ameri
can Federation of ILabor, after
cjnferring here today with Presi
dent Thomas F. McMahon. of th,c
United Textile Workers of Amer
ica, made an appeal for support
by union labor of the striking
New England textile operatives,
'ine appeal came In an address at
V gathering of Massachusetts
l;bor lenders. I
Mr Gcrnpcrs asserted that at
te:nnta to reduce wsaes lerf in nn.
employimnt "because It is ncces-
sary for people with reduced
wages i.o enjoy a reduced pur-
i basing power. He declared that
ine turning point had been
reached in the terlfflc struggle"
of orftnUed labor against "cap
tains of industry and princes of
finance," adding: "Nothing but a
division In our ranks can be an
obstacle to' the march of laber.
"It is the duty tf labor men and
women to fight out their differ
ences and not try to separate their
rganizailons."
BURROS TRAINED Tr
WARN BOOTLEGGERS
WASHINGTON. April 17 Te.
bootleggers are training burros, to
port declared, but are trained to
stampede at the approach of any
strangers. This is done the report
explained, by the bootleggers feed
ing them ugar and then having
' accomplices give them a sugar
SEMENOFF
READY
AGAINSTJflillETS
Immigration Head Ap
pears Before Senate Com
mittee Hearing.
ADMITTEDTO U. S.
ON WAY TO PARIS
Russian Embassy Makes
Statement Denying
Any Interview.
WASHINGTON.. April 17 Ap
pearing before the senate- labor
committee today in connection
with its inquiry into the Siberian
activities of General Gregorie Sem
enoff, now under civil arrest in
New Tork, Commissioner-General
.Husband, of the bureau of immi
gration told how the anti-bolshe-
jvlk leader had been permitted to
enter the United States at Seattle
after landing at Vancouver from a
steamer which he ha7 boarded at
ja Chinese port, and submitted
'through official documents and
messages the suggestion that Sem
enoff Intended to go to Paris to
meet the Grand Duke Nicholas to
lay plans for a revolution against
the Russian Soviets.
The suggestion of Semenoff's
plan for going to Paris was con
tained In a message from Inspector
Zurbrick at Vancouver who added
that the generals testimony
be
I fore a board of inquiry at
Van
couver indicated mat ne intenaca
I during his visit to Washington to
l establish connections for future
use, especially as applying to the
tdevelonment of trade relations.
ScmenolT was finally admitted to
the United States, "for transit pur
poses." on his trip to Paris, and
Mr. Husband through his testimony
before the committee Indicated that
Russian Ambassador
Granted Immunity
While Mr. Husband was before
tvio mmmitten information was
iinnliert hv the state department
10 tne effect that Secretary Hughes
was prepared to intercede In be-
Ulf f Rnr H HJlKmeieiL. ine laai
accredited Russian ambassador,
... hMn mlbr,oenaed to tea
e 'reiSn. re.Prese,"lLVr.
;. vi rmkhme'teft here
Ult Cl , alill
disappeared Jive yew. v. yciw ,W1TT! ' Z
4. 14afarl i tl nfTlCial rCvurus k,x,si luunicu vii ti5 dvvuiiq nwvi ui
Russian ambassador At Pr?"nt
nu""' " ,1',:;" a r for "rest
he Is at Charleston S C tor resi
anu iioi nr
oaocfi9T nn H.I1U Hf" v.
no i". communicatons whether
he would accept service ot tne suo
poena." . i.hnd
In addition to JMr Husoa no.
Ralph I.. Baggs, of Nw. ";' "f
former American
Ytb0t,rce.lnsrr,.r
testi- I
rore ".A 1. .m not to re-
fute'that recently given before the
committee by Major-Oeneral
Graves the Siberian (expedition
-fomma'rider. or Lieutenant-Colonel
!-'.. Tl. Morrow, nis chku
said to be intenuiu
to "do
astice" to the Russian officer in
i,.far as the witness Raw events
ther. H declared that at times
the nolicv appeared to be "an eye
or an o" but denied general
massacres had taken place ill the
area where he was stationed. Mr.
Baggs credited Semenoff with hav
ing checked pogroms and said
that conditions under the general
were belter than where the boi
sheviks held sway. '
JJAKHMrTEFF SAYS HF,
ISSUED XO STATEMENT
tvSHlNGTON. April 1.7. (By,
the Associated Press.) The Rus
sian embassy Issued a formal
statement tonight aa a result of
what purported to be an Interview
with Boils Bakhmeteff, which ap
peared in some evening papers to
day, declaring that he had "Is
sued no statement whatever" to
any representatives of the news
assoriatior concerned.
"The "inbassy ls authorized by
Mr. HawnmeieiT. now sojourning
at Chariioto'i. S C
the st,Tte-
ment said, "to state that he has
issued nn statement whatever, nor
has he rpscussed the subject with
any representatives" of the news
awaclatiori.
KANNAPOLIS SOLDIER FOUND
ON SOUTHERN TRACKS
ATLANTA. April 1 7. The form
er soldier whose body was found
today on the Southern railway
tracks near Augusta was David H.
Miller, 24. of Kannapolls, N. C,
according to a statement tonight by
lO. J. Boston, who is connected
with the United States veterans'
bureau nere,
Mr. Boston said he was taking
the man from his home to4he gov -
ernment hospital In Augusta fof
treatment for shell shock and tnat
Miller disappeared en route. He
thought the veteran must have
left the train at Warrenvllle. S. C,
but did not miss him for sometime
after that-
Miller's mother had given him a
sum of money in an envelope be
fore he left home. Boston, said but
he declared he did not know the
amount. Boston came on to At
lanta after his charge disappeared,
"WETS" ORGANIZATIONS DID
NOT FILE EXPENSE BRIEF
COLUMBUS, O.. April 17 A
statement issued today by Wayne
B. Wheeler, general counsel of the
Anti-Saloon league, relative to
charges by Congressman TInkham,
of Massachusetts, that the league
had not reported to congress on Its
financial activities in the election
ot congressmen, says that the Anti-Saloon-League
ot America Is the
only non-partisan organization In
the United States which has com
plied with the federal law requir
ing the filing of reports.
The statement deciarea wssn
lngton public records reveal thst(ments In anticipation of maximum
over 80 "wet national organizational stages forecast. A government
V. n . an.M vnllllnnM Af n 1 1 r t n '
mllllnna nf dollars to
defeat dry"ongressmefTanFMlVf1terlarTo lid In building ttp"tlie-tnfl
in ..t ri,T
never filed any reports." ,
Make Suggestion
E.J. Hill Succeed;
Brinson In House
Would HoldBack Candi
dates to Let Hill Serve
Next Six Months
WAimNGTO.4 Jrliin
1 ran iHKTit.i,i crrtziN
IKY II K. V, MUST)
WASHINGTON. April 17. K.
.1. Hill, secretary to the late
Representative Brtnann. may
succeed his former employer in
the house for the short term.
An effort is being made to hold
back the lii-lil of candidates
until the general election and
la Mr. Hiil have ihc ix months
lei t unserved by Mr. Brinson.
This would make less cos;ly
election, allay friction ami flv
the candidate, for tho sent in
the next congress a longet time
to fisht it out. Senator Over
man. Representative Httlwinkle
Find others wcie favorable to
tins plan.
Mr. Hill i from Warsaw, and
has i opresen'.ert hi county in
the stale legislature several
times. It Is expected thfct. Gov
ernor Morrison will call the
special election in a shoi t while.
PLAZA
SOLD MONDAY FOR
Purchased as Investment
- , r i mi
to opena several xnou
sand in Repairs.
Biltmore real estate continues to
occupy the center of. business
transactions In the vicinity and one j
r ,h. inrtivirtn.i rivals
the year was completed yesterday
when Isidore Arakas purchased
the large Tlaia buslnesa block from
the Plaza Realty company, through
W. T. Rowland, at a figure givtn at
approximately $65,000.
The block has seven stores and
a frontage of 175 feet on the Plaza.
It was stated last night that the
property, which Is practically the
entire Biltmore buslnesa section at
present, was purchased as an In
vestment.
Mr. Arakas will spend several
thousand dollars in making re
pairs and improvements to the
property, which is in the center of ,
i Biltmore Village.
The property haa a depth or
from 127 to 130 feet and quartera
various business houses, Including
a. cafe, grocery store, drug store,
department atore and the offices of
h. M'miat LMlrn Uta
almost as one large development.
The late George W. Vanderblll i
erected the building while Bilt-
more Village was being
laid out
and the stores, with apartments
above, are in keeping with the
original architecture ot the famous
Village. It is served by the same
water work and sewer system In
stalled for the houses in the vicln-
Ity and has long been important as
a landmark.
Tho Plaza building changed
!l80.W!leniltrH"re .X!fAhT"i
purchased by the Appalachian
Realty company. Mr. Arakas is
the third owner of the property In
past six months, it Is stated.
THREK KILLED AS THEIR
AIRPLANES COLLIDE
WASHINGTON, April 17. Two
marine officers and a marine pri
vate were instantly killed today
at Quantlco, Va., when two air
planes In battle practice locked
wings in the air and plunged to
the ground.
The dead are: First 'Lieutenant
Earl M. Randall, of Winchester,
Mass.: Second Lieutenant Duncan
W. Lewis, of Memphis, Tenn.;
Private Joseph J. Dhoghe, Chi
cago, in.
Lieutenant Randallwas flying
alone In a German .Fokker and
LleutenantLewls was pilot of a
Vought plane with Private Dhoghe
acting as observer. Ascending to
an altitude of approximately 4.-
000 fe.ct the two planes were car -
rying out oattle maneuvers, one
trying to get above and in back
of the other as would happed in
actual warfare, whh the wings
of the planes locked. One wlna
was torn completely off each plane
causing tnem to turn sideways and
then plunge to the ground.
Tho Vought plane landed on
one of the buildings on the flying
field while the Fokker struck tel
egraph wires, glanced off and fell
along side the railroad track
MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS
KEPORTED AT SASISOUN
LONDON. ApriiT?. (By The
Associated Press.) A great fire
and a massacre of ehritinn t
Samsoun, on "the Black sea .coast
vi Asia, minor, were In progress
nine days ago, when the Italian
steamer Bartlta left there, the
steamer a onicers reported on her
, arrival at Patras, Greece, says an
Athens dispatch to the London
Times, dated Sunday.
Turkish nationalist Bashl-Ba-
ioukb. neaaea oy TUrKlsn officers,
surrounded the Greek ,U,rter and
set it ablaze shooting 'all who at-
temptea to escape, th officers de
clared.
When the steamer sailed the,
large Oreek church at Samsoun,
was ablaze and thousands of
Greek women and children were
rushing to the waterfront seeking
retug on steamers.
The Barbita sent a wireless mes
sage to an American warship in
the neighboring waters urging her
to hasten to the rescue.
HIGH WATER RECORDS AT
NATCHEZ BROKEN MONDAY
NATCHEZ, Miss., April 17. All
previous highwater records of the
Mississippi river for Natchez have
been broken. Tonight the local
guage stands at BI- and the river
is rising- at the rate of three-tenths
ot a loot in Z. noun.
At the Botany Bay Uvea In Ten-
sas .parish. La., a force ot tit men
Is engaged In topping the embank-
! bars has been sent there with ma-
' bankment. ,
BUM
DINGS
OMRS
E
S TYING!
U. S. Supreme Court1
Rules on Lease Restrict
tions of Big Corporation.'
CITE CASEUNDER )
CLAYTON STATUTE
Justice Day Gives Opin
ion, Justice McKenna Dis
sents in Proceedings. ,
WASHINGTON. April 17. Th
"tying" daiiac In the leases of the
United Shoe Machinery corpora
lion arid it associated companies,
clallenged by the government un-dvi-
the ("avion act. were today de
clared invalid bv the supreme
court, in an opinion delivered by
Justice Day. Justice McKenna
ili.G.niail a nr liiutn.n RrJnrlio ,1 i ,1 .
v.. ,, , V Mil,, WUO..., .......V.,...
not .participate
in the. considers-
lioa or decision of the cafe.
"This system ot iymu' restrlc
t oris is quite as effective us ex
pressed covenants could bo," the
court declared, "and practically
compels the use of the machinery
of the lessor except upon ricks
with manufacturers will not will-
I ingly Incur. The power to enforce
them 'is omnipresent and their Vc
! straining Influence constantly op
lerates upon competitors and les
sees. The fact that tho lessor In
many instances forenore to entorce
ithes pr
' them an
rovisions does not make'
v less agreements witnin
the condemnation of the Clayton
act."
Referring to the contention of
the corporation that the form of
lease it adopted after the Clayton
act became effective is free from
the restrictive and tying clause and
. therefore, unobjectionable, the
opinion pointed! out that those
leases are terminable upon 30 days'
notice and stated "they were evi
dently framed In view of Wie Clay
ton act and litigation likely to arise
over the former lease in view of
that enactment."
Iioosca Would Still
Be Insisted Upon
The district court exprv.tsed the
opinion that should the shce ma-
chiucry company's contention .be
sustained leases containing mem
would again be Insisted upon, Jua
tice Daya!d. declaring that "the
earneutness and zeal with which
the right to use these clauses has
becn insisted upon throughout
confirm the conclusion of the trial
Judge. The 'fata' of these substi
tuted forms of leases evidently de
pends upon the outcome, oi this
eult."
White the clauses of tho lease
enjoined by the district" court do
not contain specmo agreements
not to uae the machinery of a
competitor, tne supreme coun hub
found that "the practical effect ot
these drastic provisions is to pro-
vent such use. That such
restrictive and
tying agreements
must- necessarily lossen competi
tion and tend to monopoly Is, we
believe, equally apparent.
"When it is considered that the
United company occupies a dom
inant position in supplying; shoe
machinery of the classea Involv
ed," It added, "these oovenanU
'"!. by the 'lessee and-STmTTm
upon him effectually prevent him
from acquiring the machinery of
a competitor xf the lessor except
at the risk of forfeiting the right
to use the machines furnished by
the United company which may
be absolutely essential to the pros
ecution and success of his busi
ness." Considerable space In the opin
ion Is devoted to disposing of the
claim by the company that the
supreme court's decision in the
Sherman act, which was against
the government, precluded the
Clayton act case on the ground
that the issues had been fully ad
judicated. A patent grant does not limit
the right of congress to enact leg
legitimate rights secured bv the
lsiation
patent, the court asserted, and It
may prohibit In the public Inter
est, Justice Day said, "the mak
ing of agreements which may les-
; nopoly."
The supreme eout In a decision to
day held that inspection rees Impos
ed by the state of Georgia upon prod
uct not produced within that tat
ran he collected on product not In
wii-vsBinte commerce. The
decllon
was in suit brought by the Texas
company Involving Inspection of oil
IJr'.Miucis. .
The supreme court affirmed the decision-
of the United States district
0l,ft Jor. northern Georgia, which
held the lnapaotlon and tax legal up
on products held for indefinite tor
agu or sals after breaking the original
package, but not upon products is
interatate commerce.
The supreme court refused today
to review the decision of the Ten
nesaee supreme court granting the
Western Union Telegraph company
the right to maintain Its poles and
wires along the right of way of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway.
The telegraph company entered the
courts. It contended, when near the
expiration of Its contract with the
railroad company, the two had failed
to agree upon the compensation to
be paid by the telegraph company for
the privilege of retaining the uae of
the right of wav. The mlirnait com
pany replied that the telegraph com
Dny h. VoInn.ri v . J.T, .
?."rmln.u ?S 'ilt".
nig i omatn exclusive use of tho
right of way for telegraph purposes
at a nominal rate.
WANTED GOVERNORSHIP; IS
SENTENCED TO PRISON
SIOUX FAULS, 8." D., April 1.
George Eagan, three times un
successful candidate for the re
publican gubernatorial nomination
"ul" . " W " n
'.He was found V,.il(ne
rn.bin. f i.- V.T ' - , ' . " -
Mowing the burning of tils sum
mer home near here in 1919.
Motion for a new trial was made
by Mr. Egan, who acted aa his own
counsel.
SAVANNAH PROHIBITS
ALL JAZZ DANCING
.
I SAVANNAH. Oa. Anrll 17
SHU
fit
CONCERN
NVAL D
ordinance prohibiting jaza dancing ' execution, of economic contracts tw
in Savannah waa adopted bv city '. t'n Private enterprises in the two
council this afternoon. A clause ex
emptlng jam dancing In theatres
was elemlnated from the ordln-
twv Tt apWanr-glT thr-TnTnlsurl
in oavannan aavocateo tne law.
WLWMuch Resentment Among Allied I
Of New
FULL QIPLOITICil
BE
Reciprocally Renounce
Reimbursement of War
Expense, Damages.
CONSIDER TREATY
FOR MANY-MONTHS
Jl . A m . - 1.
"IS lmDOSSlDie LO ireaL
With the Germans,"
.Says Italian.
G UNO A. April 17. (By The As
sociated Press) George Chltcher
In. head of the Russian delegation,
discussing tonight the Russo-German
treaty, said negotiations for a
full resumption of diplomatic re
lations between Germany and Rus
sia had been in progress "W'al
months.
"The place and time of the sig
nature," M. Chitcheiln added,
"must not be Interpreted as Indi
cating that tho two governments
intended special significance In
concluding the treaty at the Genoa
conference rather than elsewhere.
The treaty was completed long ago
"In this way Germany and Rus
sia have wiped out the past and
replaced the Urcst-Lltovsk trenty
by new relations, granting hoiii
peoples the same rights and estab
lishing a secure basis for peaceful,
common work, the two govern
ments thus place themselves on a
firm basis."
The German foreign minister,
Dr. Rathenau, calmly discussed the
Russo-German treaty which has
created auen excitement among the
allies, particularly the French anil
English delegations. He expiiin-
eel mat the negotiations between
Russia and Germany for the con-
cusion or the present trenty were
conducted for several months and
happened to be finished Easter
Sunday, which he considered a
trnnH nman nnt nnk,
trailing partlds, but entire ISuropc,
Indeed the tt'nrlrl n t larva
The French dplirHnn in an f
nciai statement, denounced the
treaty bitterly., and declared that
France would not change her at
titude and Would exai t tmm thn
soviet recognition of debt nnri re,
simuion Kit confiscated property
The spokesman of the Italian
delegation, discussing the Russo-
German treaty tonight said he was
convinced that it would not bring
aooui a nappy result in the con,
ference, but he considered it de
plorable from the German point of
view Because It atrengthened the
thesis of those who maintain that,
it Is Impossible to treat with the I
Germans. Nothing better could be
Invented to support the French
(viewpoint in his opinion.
-revisions uf ine
New Treaty
The Russo-German treaty signed
on Sunday at Rapallo by George
Chitcheiln and Dr, Walter Rath
enau contains the following pro
visions: Article one (a) The Germans and
Russian governments have agreed
to settle war-tlma questions on the
following basis:
The German government and the
soviet republic reciprocally re
nounce reimbursement of war ex
penses as well as reimbursement of
war damages and also damages as
suffered by their subjects In the
war territories because ot military
measures, including requisitions
carried out In the enemy's coun
try. Likewise the two contracting
parties renounce reimbursement of
civil damages caused by the so
called exceptional laws or by co
ercive measures by state authorl
tits. (b) All legal relations concern
ing questions of public or private
law resulting from the state of
war, Including the question of the
merchant ships acquired by either
glde during the war shall be set
tled on ft basis or reciprocity.
(c) Germany and Russia mutu
ally renounce the repayment (if ex
penses caused by prisoners of war
In the same way as the relch re
nounces inpayment of expenses as
caused by the Interment ot sol
diers of the Russian army.
The Russian government re
nounces payment of the sum Ger
many has derived from the sale of
Russian army material transported
Into Germany.
Arlcle two Germany renounces all
claims resulting from the enforce
ment of 'the lawa and meaurca of
the soviet republic as thy have af
fected German national, or their pri
vate" rlghta or the rights of the Ger
man relch Itself, an well as claima
resulting from measures i.aken hy tin
soviet republic or Its industries in
other wav against thf Milijeci of the
German relch. or their private rights,
provided the soviet government shall
not satisfy similar claims made by
any third state. , ,
Article three Consular and diplom
atic relations between the rslch and
the federal republic of Soviets shall
be resumed immediately, the admis
sion of ronauls to both countlres
shall be arranged hy special agree
ment. Article four Bolh governments
agree further .that the rights of the
nationals ot either of th- two par
tl.s on the others territory, a. well
a. the regulailon of commercial re
lations, shall be based on the most
favored nation principle. Tuts ptin
einl. does not include the rights and
facilities, granted by the soviet gov
! ernment to another soviet sue oi u
1 any state that formerly
formed part
nf the Russian emulre.
Article five The Iwu governments
undertake to give each other mutual
assistance for the alleviation, of iheir
economic difficulties l the must
benevolent spirit. Jn the event of a
general settlement of this question
I take to have a preliminary exchange
of views. The German government
U..i.u. t, ..i. ..., r. fal!ttaf mm
' f .r nmnlhl the conclusion and
countries.
Article alx Clans one, paragraph
B, and clause .of this agreement shall
come Into force after ratlflratlnn of
this dneumantr tne nttlar I'latincg wirt
.ceme Into (ore Immediately
RELATIONS
WILL
NOW
RESUMED
Russo - German Treaty
,n
Monarchists In
Great Conspiracy
to Murder Lenine
RIGA. April 17. t By The
Associated Press.) A conspir
acy among Russian monarchists
in Ventral and eastern Europe to
kill Nikolai l.rnine It he daies to
step outside Russia, is said by
secret service men hare to have
had more or less of a bearing on
the fact that Lenine has not
started for Genoa to attend the
economic conference.
According to the secret serv
ice men, the plot to assassinate
I,cnlne Is being strengthened
from the Mediterranean to tho
Maltlc seas. They declare the
plot is a well organized one and
thai notwithstanding the arrest
or white Russians in Italy, Ge
manv and elsewhere the leaders
in the conspiracy still are at
large.
MUSIC FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD HERE
AUGUSTJ T0 18
Philadelphia Orchestra
Will Be Engaged for
Nine Concerts.
Decision to engage the Phlla-
dilphla Symphony Orchestra and
td hijld the Music Festival durine
e week or August 13 to is, rea
red the meeting of the festival
bard,
at the Chamber of Cem
last night at S o'clock.
rneree
Wkde II. . Brown, director of the
festival was present and had
an
active part in the discussions.
Th plan to have concerts at
Milntreat and Lake Junaluska as
afternoon features, reducing the
nijmber of concerts In Ashevllle
frbm nine to seven was discussed.
r.
i "i
R. C. Anderson, of Montreat,
ed tho number Of people visiting
assembly and having cottages
and the facilities afforded at Mon.
Meat.- A committee from the. Aahe
bllle board and offlolals ot the two
assemblies will probably Cvhfer In
Jthe near future,
Officers of the board were unani
mously re-elected to serve again
and they acknowledged the honor
and stated It. would be a pleasure
to continue In charge of providing
Ashevllle with the best In music.
Di A. 8. Wheeler is president ot
the board and Harry E uruver,
secretary-treasurer,
Th(, members pVesent were:
w Brown director; Dr. A. 8.
wheeler president; H. K. Oruver,
......,...., vmnli Smith. A. H.
Low. Frank Hill, C. T. Carr.
Holmes Brvson, L. Kdwln uni.
(J c, Hamilton, Mrs. R. O. Buck-
ner. Jack Westall, Judge J. V.
Murphy and Dr. C. S. Jordan.
Frank Smith was elected as
chairman of the committee to
make plans for underwriting the
festival and the budget this year
will be approximately $20,000.
Business was the keynote or the
meeting and while it is assured the
best attractions and artists will be
provided, every effort will be made
to promote the festival on a paying
basis and to keep from incurring a
deficit
There was considerable discus
sion of the orchestras and the
Philadelphia, Cincinnati Symphony
and the Russian Symphony were
the three mentioned. The price
for the Phlladedphla orchastra,
Is 11.150 in excess of the price
quoted by the Cincinnati orchestra
and many were In favor of the lat
ter, declaring that the difference
In price would mean a great deal
In saying on the festival and at the
same time Ashevllle music-lovers
and others visiting the festival,
would hear a great organization.
It wns found that the. Cincinnati
musicians could not play for the
(wsthal before the week of August
21 and 2f- and It was finally de
rided that this would be almost
too late in the season to attract
Slimmer visitor.
L. Edw,n Gill. Holmes Bryson
a id Frank Smith spoke along the
lines or placing the festival on a
paying oasis through economy
and pointed out the saving on the
o ' chest) a would he sn excellent
start. Practically all present
agreed r,d If tt were possible to,
have the '. Inclnnatl earlier in Au
gust it was evident that It would
iiuve pla'cd here this summer.
POSITIVELY BFGIN TRIAL
GOVERNOR SMALL MONDAY
WAlIvKGA.V. III., April 17.
(By the Assnclited Press:) Trial
of Governor Leu Small again post
poned today, this time until next
Moiday. positively will start on
that date,- according t a promise
i'. C. Lpforgee. chief nf counsel for
the defense, made to .ludtre Ed
wards. I, know of no further
reason for delay." he said, after
the court, hud' acquiesced In an
agrpenien1 of counsel for the
week's delay.
Today's postponement was taken
afier. the state had accepted a
proposition made by Mr. Leforgee
for a stipulation covering the In
troduction of documentary evl-
deuce. As a result' of the stipula-
lion, he actual trial wiil he sho'-t
ened bv at least a month; attor
neya estimated.
ONLY I 1W CONVICTS VOTE
AtfAINhT PROHIBITION ACT
WASHINGTON, April 17. A 're
cent 'noil cf convicts in 32! penal
Institutions on their stand in r-
rard t ,rnhlhttimi reunite,. In
V ila of 133.413 to 909, in favor
,)f the iMn amenument. according;
'ii E. K. Dudding, president of
the prisoners relief society. Mr.
Uuddirg ald the. poll had been
ft:fTs-"Tri' rp'ingtTrf'i Tnrrpd
SHateg senator." i
REGARD PACT AS!
T!
OF
British and French View
Signature of Treaty as ..
Disloyal Act.
nullifiesTtreaty
of brest litovsk
j Genoa Delegates Exam
j ine It for Conflict With
J Versailles Treaty.
I GENOA. April 17. (By the As
! snciated Press.) The signing of a
treaty between Germany and Kus
sia which nullifies the Brest-LitovsK
treaty and re-ostablishes full diplo
matic relations between thesa twn
countries on a basis of equality haa
caused profound astonishment and
resentment among the allied dele
gations. The ministers of the pow
ers which convened the conferenca
decided at a meeting held tonight
to have a committee of txporte ex
amine this treaty tomorrow morn
Ing, 4o determine whether It eon
filets with the Cannes resolutions
or the treaty ot Versailles,
Subsequently the convening- pow
era will meet with Poland. Cxcn
Slovakia, Rumania and Jugo-Sla.
via to ascertain the views ot th
lesser powers and deal with tht
report of the experts. ,
The British and French dale
gates declared tonight that they r
considered the signature of th
treaty a disloyal act. Apparently
tt may Imperil the conference.
It is stated that the signing of
the treaty, which took' place at
Rapallo yesterday, was unknown to
te allied leaders, when Lloyd
George, Barthou, . Schanser and
Theunys met thla afternoon to con
sider the reply which the Russian
might make to the conditions im
posed on that country, but as soon)
as the delegates learned oi tne
treaty, their program was changed,
and the situation, which la consld
ertd extremely BXva, fully dls
cuaaad, Barthou WUr Not
Sit By Russians
"l M. Barthou, t.ead of tha French
delegation, la seeking further ine
struotlons from his government at
Paris and declared (hat ha would
not sit beside the Russians In semi
official meetings, while M. Colrat,
French under-secretary of state,
speaking to the correspondents,
said: "I have taken all necessary
measures to cancel the meeting of,
the third commission, over wbioh
I preside, as the members of the
present one do not want to alt on
the tame commission as ths Ger
ms na and Russians."
The action ot ths Germans and
Russians, on first announcement,!
had an 'almost stunning effect on.
the allies. Premier Lloyd Georgrt ,
said ha knew these countries had) ,
been negotiating tor months, - but
was not aware they had signed A
treaty until late this afternoon.
The situation is so critical that
the most prominent delegates ars
reserving their opinions-until af
ter the experts examine the new'
doenment, which is generally re
garded in allied circles as an In
fringement ot the Genoa agenda
because it as to do with repara
tions and aftects existing treatiee.
The French have Insisted that!
neither of these things should be
done. Clearly there are stormy
times ahead. ,
The treaty provides for renuncl- '
ation ot war expenses, damages .
and expenditures incurred through
war prlsonersl and renunciation,
also, of all claims of German in
dividual or the state itself against
the soviet republic. Resumption
of consular and diplomatic rela
tion is to take place immedlatetly;
commercial relations are to bo reg
ulated on thn most favored na
tional principle and the rights o
the nationals pf both countries lit
the territory of the other are to
be conserved. i
The two governments will assist
esch other In their economic diffi
culties, and the German govern
ment declares Itself ready to facil
itate economic contracts between
private enterprises in ths two coun
ters, t
"After Genoa, What?" la
Question Among D.Uaatea
After Oenoa, what? This is the
question uppermost In the mlnda of
th. delegates to the International
economic conference. Experts and,
delegates alike are agreed that It
probably will be necessary to Jiave
i wo mora conferences at least, be
fore peace Is restored In Europe and
financial reconstruct' becomes pos-
, amir.
' Granting that the Russian problem
Is settled in principle and recogni
tion Is granted Russia hy the Genua
conferees which apparently Is the
I most than can be hoped for frtim tlr
I present gathering al disarmament
, conference probably would he th.
next ate,p In an ffort to end what
the Russians say Is virtually a atat
of war "between Japan and soviet
Russia, and Rumania and. soviet Rus
sia. Turkey and Greece might aim
be admit led to this ronference in an
effort to stop the fighting in Asia
Minor.
France has expressed a desire tn
discuss disarmament with her
friends, ,but not with her nemtos;
consequently, tbere may be some '
difficulty In getting her to enter a
general disarmament or peace con-
'erence embracing an tn powers
I wntvn sun nuts ai niira vr a , wsirr
foot Ins.
Frank A Vandeillp, thr American
financier; rrofessor Gustav Caaa.l,
Swedish economist, and other ex
perts at Genoa apparently are aged
that summoning of a disarmament
conference la a neceseary step befor. '
a successful financial, or economic
conference la possible, as lessened
military expense, are Imperative be
fore loans can be floated on a large
"'l',;
The United States and Germany
probably would not participate la
this, aa Germany already is aiearmeit
under the terms of the Versailles)
treaty, and the United Ftatts te not.
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