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North Carellna: Fair Thurtdy and
Friday rialng temperature Friday.
South Carolina: Fair Thursday,
cooler on coaat; Friday fair.
DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDINGHDF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
'ESTABLISHED 18687
ASHEV1LLE, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS..
Seating Of Newberry
Means Any Office Is
For Sale, Hull Says
ATTACK AGAINST DEMOCRATS OPl
Pi P Mifl mm I l m. .
ii mi 1 1 1 iimv iiv in i it it it r II t i n 11 it
MLnni IHMNbUPLNI IUN HI
NTQ MICHIGAN NOON IN RALEIGH
f .
Message From Hull Says
Party Believes All En
titled to a Living
FULL DAY'SWAGE
FOR LABOR SLOGAN
ays If Labor Were at,
Fault In Strike Settle
"f ment Would Be Had
fitllXD RAPIDS.' Mich.. April
19 The democrat attack orf the
M-atinu ct Senator Newberry was 1
carried Into Michigan tonignt oy
Cnatrman Hull, of the democratic
national committee.
Chairman Hull, of the demo
cratic national committee, through
a message read at a , state-wide
meeting of party leaders, discussed
at length the Newberry case,
which lormer Governor Cox had
1 juched upon in an address here
list night. In his message Chair
man HuL declared the Newberry
r ise "sharply raised the clean cut
issue of whether seats in the
I'nited States senate are for sale."
republican leaders had answered
tne issue affirmatively, the mes
sage said, adding:
This means that any office is
f r sale and that the corrupt use
f monry to influence any gov-
dtnuieiltiit n6rinj iui .
ft niattir how selfish or fiendish,
f a part of the political practice
1 1 most inu wi mwflj tu
places In Washington.
The democratic chairman then
v ent on to say that the Newberry
rase,'bal as it is in every "odious
sense" is . not "within and by it
self that, which constitutes the
greatest danger but as a symptom,
ri outcropping sign. It reveals
startling evidence of the fright
ful underlying system of political
bargain ar.d sale under which old
gjard republican leaders are today
"onuuctir.g the republican party
a id the affairs of our government
.15 well "
Three classes of republicans
1K then- as "the old guard, the
progressive and
I the Newberry re-
publicans.' .
' The 'ewrberry brand la aow In
ontrol nl the republican party,"
h" added.
Chairman Hull's message pre
sented to the Michigan democrats
a declaration of the principles and
policies for which the democratic
party rl.inds, asserting in this
onnection: . .
"The liemocratic party is tra
ditionally in favor of economy In
covcrnment expenditures. The
democratic party holds fast to the
101 trine of 'equal rights to all.
medal privileges to none.'
1: c inn fast In Kit the flinda- ,
."eritala of the founders of democ-1
1 ,pw anri nf nnnnlar ffnv-
fjfcinnenl Democrats are
Ivj al and 'consistent friends of the
T-service men. Democrats
believe :haf evervnne in entitled
' 11 u livlnor and thaf everv Indus- 1
tiiojf, jble bodied person should
rave at least a living wage or a
f ill daj's pay or a full day's
v. 01 k."
The democratic chairman's mes
sage refotred to the coal strikening
aying: . . , . . . .
"It does seem to me that the
l-ast thd operators could do would
e to confer with the miners ac-
"rding to their . written agree
" lent. Their course may compel
f compieto reorganization and te-
" Jjurtmnnt of the coal industry.
I in aeine that If the miner were
if fault the national adminlstra-
:cn would be reallv active in8 an
cliort to settle the strike." '
OVKR THOlTSAX0 FILIPINOS
MADE HOMELESS BY FIRE
MANILA P I Aoril 19 More
han i.OOC FmpLwere rendered
jnmeless yesterday by a fire that
stroyed 200 Nlpa houses.
FINDER
HEAVY GliAUD IS
GIVEN FREEDOM
FurnisHes $25,000. .Bail;
Police Detachment Sees
Him to Safety
NBW YORK. April 19 A d
A di
s tur'ju-
' ns. ration, typical of hi;
nt Russia, greeted General Gre-
gorie Semenoff. Pnfwaik chieftain.
he left Ludlow street jail this
afternoon. : , ..'
- lt"lo.Red iri$25,000 ball furnish
ri by his friends, the Coawatk a.Ui
'nan. surrnnxrierf hv itetachmetrt
Q police, appeared at the jail door
"I cringej Into his coat collar as
w leers of thousands ft 11 upon
Ills ears.
Ludlow street was black with the
"ipwd. which had atood in a dnv
!'ig rain for several hours await
ing Semenoff'g release. When hu
friends, accompanied by the sher
iff, hurried Into the building car-i-ylng
$30,000 In currency and $5.
n0 in Liberty bonds, tho crowd
sent up a howl and moved closer
trt . i-. .
lv 'ne entrance.
Rxtra tletails .of nollce were, or
(lered to preserve order. Hun?
lre is of persons stood on roofs of
tenements and hung on fire ec3pe
ladders. They were driven off by
the police, who feare bomb
throwing.
' Wemenoff. betriyed ne
nervousness!
Ift.ne. fleartenri Iha lull StetlS. Ji
steps. He
......... . .
"eiTnis stens
TNlMa throu the police liny
ceaaaBM m
mr. rtt)
E
Everything Harmonious
as Opening of Session
Is Drawing Near
NO CONTESTS WILL
REACH THE FLOOR!
Gardner Faction and All
Others Behind Present
Administration
. -mas xiw m,lt
TAUBnr.orns hoi ii.
'ST IBOCIt HKKI.KY)
RALEIGH, April 19. Enthusi
astic over a two year record unex
celled in any state in the union
democratic party leader tonight
were giving chief consideration to
the anticipated reaffirmation of
the party's principles of progres
sie and forward moving govern
ment by a unanimous declaration
of the 1500 delegate expected In.
attendance at tomorrow's
convention.
state I
Not. a discordant note has been
heard among any faction repre-
eented in today's arrivals of
cations and leaders, and spokes-
mqn of all elements of the party
are here. The state has taken a
big leap forward since the last stale 1
convention and the party is proud
of its record. It wants to go on
and on in the work and the plat-
form and Congressman Pou's key
note will sound the call for the
rallying of the state's progressive
citizenship to the big job ahead.
The lobbies of Raieigh hotels
are filled with delegates and the
late night and morning trains are
expected -to bring In hundreds.
more. Far western delegations
were expected to catch the after-1
noon trains so as to reach here
efrlv in the morning and eastern ;
Delegations w 00 me same, i nc ,
COHVtiiuun win ie mucv iu oiutti
at noon in the city auditorium
Congressional. conventions will pre
cede the state convention by one
hour. Two or three local tights
over memberships on the state ex
ecutive committee may - feature
some of the meetings but tney will 1
not reach tne convention noor.
Pon May AIM Be Maae tne
Permanent Chairman
Congressman Pou will be the
temporary chairman and It ' was
considered quite likely tonight that
ha may be made permanent chair
man.
The former party chairman.
Thomas D. Warren, is also men
tioned as the possible choice of.
the convention , tor
permanent
chairman.
The prevalence or aoaomte narmony ,
taTlenhiSh ."ppsrently" l,t.
among all deleratea eliminates the.
possibility or exciting coniesia on i" .
convention tioor, an mat in "B.T
taken upla"togMherfor the government plants.
ex,P'ctd.,i? M
with ,party policies, the election on
an executive commiiiee. tne aV" drawn into the fight, Representa
tion nf liie olatform the keynote an-,..... . ".. t .i.i.n.
dreis ov Congreseman Pou and ad
dresses 'by perhaps other prominent
democrats.
O. Max Gardner, former lieutenant
aovernoi' anna opponent, ot uuvuutu
Morrison two years ago. gave out an'
interuiear tmUv bettneakina the satis,-
Avernor opponent ot tjovrrnor
fasalon of the element of ' which he is (
leaner in tine nroftxessive record o
the administration. He placed himself
squarely before the people as believ-
I tne cotiiiiiuMncc wi mi i'iu-
ram, declaring tnai ne nas no ejm-
nathy "wltn nacK peaanng, ohck pea
dlers, back sliding and reactionaries.
"I have."' said he. "an unbounded
faith in the Christian womanhood and
manhood of North Carolina and we
,,., i,ir retreat from the tedious
i heights that lead on to the final up-
u,, t tv,. rtemn!tic nartv . shouli
no, mere is no ganger "t mini 5
,ti
', fall In Vnrth Carolina let it fall
forward with Ita arms extended
around and about the humans prob-
iem of n honest, enlightened pro
' gressive and tjnrianan civiiiiiun.
long as we couple government, with ef-
1 CietlCV anil . ri-onunrv. ut u fo n
I .-hararterizeil the administration of,
our own stale affairs for the past
h3 'Mm ,he supremacy of the demo-'
Lc:?'le."Par,y w Swth Caro1" I
i political Ulk In advance of the
im . rf inance of material oi """'
L
SUPREME COURT
Latest Fight Is to Stop
Shipment Through the
United States
WASHINGTON, Apii-11 19. The
federal government In enforcing
prohibition would close Its ports to
the extent of prohibiting the transit
irt bond through -the country or
even the transfer from one ship
Intended for consumption as bev
erage in a foreign country. Judge
Goff, assistant to the attorney
general declared today in arguing
cases in the suaVeme court.
The cases involve a shipment
from Canada to Mexico by Hiram
Walker and Sons of intoxicating
liquor to be trans-shipped Id bond
from Detroit to New Orleans and
a shipment of liquor by the Anchor
line from Scotland to Bermuda, by
transfer from one British vessel to
another in New York ,harbor.
Judge Goff explained that in the
former case the United States dis
trict court at Detroit had hl that
both the treaty with Great Britain
and the revised statutes, notwith
standing tne lain amendment ana
the Volstead act. had authorized
such shipment, but the Unite
States.-district court at New York
in thr natter of the transfer had
" .. . .... -
i held, that DOtn tne reviseo atsvuie
Brltsia WBlen lutnorura tn inin
M ;CMiHMr t Pan Tm)
101
CASES
NVQLVE
TRANSIT
Blue
Bill, PARI!
SGI
Enlisted Personnel of 86,
000 Men Is Voted;
Leaders Ignored
MILLIONSMAY BE
Galleries, Half Deserted,
Attempt No Demonstra
tion Over Bill
WASHINGTON. April 19. By!
the martin of f l votes the house
I lumgm oroKe away irom its own
I leadership, stood behind the Presi
, dent and passed the 1923 naval ap
j proprlation bill with an amend-
ment flxins the enll"ted yeronnel
. v ou.vvv.
JX?V2
;man lorce rrom 7,U00, as pro
i man force from 87.000 aas pro
j vlded in the bill was 221 to 147,
i with two members answering
. present. Ninety republicans voted
against the 86,000 amendment
while 48 democrats supported it,
A bare handclap or two greeted
the announcement of the speaker.
The galleries, half deserted, made
no attempt at a demonstration.
With the. lighting section out of
the Way the bill was put on Us
passage and went through 279 to
71.
As amended, the measure car-
rled-a total' of 1251,269.000, or
about 118,000.000 more than the
total fixed by the appropriations
committee which framed it. It
NAVAL
W
dele-'goes now to the senate, with the
charge by Chairman Kelly of the
naval appropriations sub-commit-
tee that many millions will be
added and which the house would
have been asked to add, "had not
the big navy men changed front at
the last."
As compared with the 90 re
publicans who voted against the
amendment, 173 republicans voted
for it, while 16 others were paired
for it.
As against the 48 democrats
who voted for the amendment, 57
" mjicu asaniai u. -nunc
3 others were paired against it.
Smooth Sailing Wednesday But
For Two Occasions
Excei)t on two occasions
today -
the
hill sailed alnnr thrnuah on-'
. . f.-,f. hL:r..l8,.hi?. I
ruffled seas. Once, however, Chair
man Kellcy broke . loose in what
members characterized as a vicious
attack on the "navy yard combin
ation,", charging, that despite the
" " VV.-nm nVv4 v.rii nH
Still
naval
; ; - "
projects dlstrlcta for more money
than was carried in the bill.
Starting In
the Massachusetts( and tne constitutionality of ,the
t n! 11 m where de-ii r -1 ... ... .. -j u . u
village of Squantum, where de
stroyer were built during the war,
Mr. Kelley, in a picture of "the
plea for more," jumped across
West Virginia, with its armor plate
factory to the South Atlantic coast,
across to Naw Orleans, and then
t0 California and up the west coast.
The house was In a tumult as ,he
. . - . , ev.rv.here the fee
ing seemed to be that the purpose
of the arms conference was to
build up and provide mere work
Halt a dozen members were
tive DUDre. democrat, Louisiana,
declaring Chairman Kelley had
proved himself "a naval wrecker,"
The battle raged for 10 minutes.
,
The other clasti developed when
Mr K'ellev nresented a letter re-
ceived today from Secretary Denby
In reply to one for information in
which it was stated that the added
cost to the bill through increas
ing the enlisted force by 19,000
men would be around $40,000,000.
Mr. Denby explained that in
creases already" put into the bill
provided for pay ana supsistence ;
of the larger personnel, that no
addition for clothing would be
needed and that the item for
ttansportation and recruiting ought
to be increased by $6,000,000.
Oenbr Outlines Needs
In Official Letter
"While these increases are the
. a. ..i,.i,,
only ones Involving
personnel,
the depart-
the secretary wrote.
ment i, 0f the opinion that the
appropriations recommended by
the committee lor tne rnaiiittn
are wnouy inaaequate m Hiann....
its efficiency and to permit it to
carry on its duties, inn
whether the ships In commission
are those covered.by the commit
tee's distribution for 67,000 men or
the department's proposed dlstri
hntion for 86.000,655 as already
I submitted to the house."
Mr. Denby s increases inciuaea.
Entering. $4,781,000; construction-
and . repair. $4,241,000; ord
nance $1,200,000; supplies and ac
counts $600,000, fuel and trans
portation. $3,894,000, and yards
and docks $1,250,000.
Chairman Madden of the ap
propriations committee declared
that the cost of the increases
would reach ,$60,000,000 and Chair
man Kelley asserted it would run
beyond $70,000,000. -.. .
No roll call was demanded on
the Swing amendment increasing
from approximately $15,000,000 to
$19,00O,OQ0 the pay for officers
and men. ' : '
VIRGIXH LINE S.MO TO
VIOLATE BOARD Rl LINGS
CHICAGO, April The rail
road labor board today handed
down a decision declaring that the
Interstate railroad, a Virginia line,
was "a viplator of the board's rul
ings and consequently a violator of
the law of the United States." The
decision, in- the nature ot public
censure, is the only punishment
clearly defined by law for violations
of the board's decisions.
According to a statement issued
by the board, 8. B. Arwood, gen
eral chairman of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, "and H. K.
Silvers, general chairman or tne
Brotherhood of Locomotive Flr-
men and Jfinginemen, were
oia
charged by the Interstate after they
had furnished their union execu-,
tive regarding the status 'Of wage
eueatlons. This information, ths
-t atatemerrT-TS-id.11 wn lequested-sy I
the labor board. .
RUSS0-GERMAN
MILITARY PACT
DECLARED MADE
Member of Commons Says
Prussians Deflect Rep
aration Money
' l,ONi:.OX. April 19. ( By the
Associated Press.) Allen Clement
Edwards, member of the house of
commons who has just returned
from a tour of Investigation i:i
western Russia, said today he was
ir.loime.J last Friday by represen
tative Germans that a compact
had been concluded between Prus
sian authorities in Berlin and so
viet representatives of a dual na
ture, wh'cli. in addition to a com
mercial agreement 1 n c 1 u ded a
secret military arrangement In
volving the mutual use of soviet
'olditrs ar.d officers and German
o'ilcers j.m; non-coms.
Edwards in a long statement
said he gathered ample testimony
to the effect that Germany was
able to meet her reparations obli
gations, but declared that as long
hs German payments had to go
through 'he conduit pipe of Prus
sian officialdom vast sums, extract
ed from German taxpavers for
this purpose, would be deflected
ie other purposes an(j both Ger
man taxpayers and the allies
would be cheated.
SCOO
L FINANCING
POLICY UPHELD IN
E COURT
$5,000,000 Bond Issue Is
Held Legal; Immense
Building Era Ahead
citiisx xswi irmi
T4IR0R0PnS BOTIb
' l tnocK itnuLtl ,
ItALEIGH. April 19. The state
department of education school
loan policy Is constitutional and
the $5,000,000 bond issue for the
loan fund is valid, thw supreme
court held in today's opinions.
Loans to every county in the
state will be made immediately
following the Issuance of five mil
lions dollars of bonds, and an eight
or tan .million dollar school con
struction program wil: be under
way by summer.
, The department of education
' has had in fuicb witnoiu. contest
i for 19 years, the policy of making
I loans to couiuv school authorities
to aid in school building construc-
Aii.nuuaii ino ion luna nas
been small, the erection of many
buildings aggregating in value sev
eral hundred thousand dollars has
been made possible, the las-t gen
eral assembly provided for th live
million dfUlois bond Issue for Jtha
enlargement of the loin policy and
the tesult and extension of the
school construction program.
The validity of the bond issue
1 ivran iuiiu niw i-vin ceicu w lien iuc
uuiiub yvric uiivl.-u tui nm mm mi
agreed case before the supreme
court w-as necessary. The court
decision removes all doubt as to
the validity of the bo.nl issue and
the constitutionality of the policy
and the way is paved fo an un
precedented educational program.
."It would present an incongru
ous and mcst deplorable condition
if the general assembly, having
provided for a compulsory at
' tendance, on the public schools.
were not allowed to maka provis
ion also for adequate and suitable
housing for that ipurpose," Justice
Hoka says in writing the court's
opinion. He finds the "bond issue,
throughout a constitutional en
actment and in the reasonable ex
ercise ot the powers conferred on
the 'authorities to enable them to
properly maintain the public
schools of the state."
The court holds that, if the con
stitution demanda a ix months
school term it is Imperative that
the authorities provide buildings
and equipment In which the
schools may be conducted, and the
gystem provided is wnouy witnin
constitutional requirements.
The contention that the mate
providing for the bond issue would
import! on the counties obligations
to r;;ay a ;oan without a vote of
the people cannot prevail, the
court says and the objection that
it is, in violation of the constitu
tion prohibiting the iomii.g of the
state's credit, has no proper appli
cation to a bord leaue necessary to
the lawful maintenance of a state
wide school system.
The case was listed as the State
Imlnuii mi ttf Tl
Grave 'Charges Made
x Against Palmer In Ob
taining Injunction
WASHINGTON April 19. (By
The Associated Press) Attacking
the government's recent Injunction
against the great meat packers as
"a highly dlsasterous economic
mistake and wholly unfounded in
law or fact," the California co
operative canneries of San Fran
cisco today aaked the district su
preme court to vacate the decree or
radically modify it, a
Sensational charges that former
Attorney-General Palmer misused
grand jury processes to obtain in
formation for use. In getting the
injunction and was influenced by
the National Wholesale Grocers'
association and the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' association to
obtain it and thereby placed a mo
nopoly of foodstuffs distribution in
their haadi, are made in the pe
tition. By eliminating the packers as
distributor ot groceries, fruits and
other foodstuffs, the petition, says,
the groceries were cnsbled to place
"retailers and consumers at. their
mercy and thus arbitrarily and ar
tificially keep the pries of food up.
Meanwhile, the petition al
i alleges, the groceries have carried
Ion 'bovcott. rsnrlsala snd threat
ei( eotfe-loa" sratwse sbt' wm
) c -loumrt rn ri
SUPRM
prri, Tti iiipifr nnrDimnp mil
DL tlx I U VHUnl L UrLrin I Un J WILL
FEDERAL WRIT IN SOON GIVE THEIR
PACKERS LAWSUIT STAND ON WAGES
SERIOUS
CAVING
ALONG
S LEVEES
Over a Thousand Men
Working on Water Front
Near Arkansas City
APPEAL ISMADE
FOR FEDERAL AID
Message Promptly Sent to
Commandant In Fourth
Corps Area
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 19
Serious caving of the shore lint
ot the Mississippi seven miles
tbulh of Hickman. Ky early to
tiay. in which about 60 feel of
the the: lank outside of theJ
foot le.re dropped Into the ntt .
l.inginr. the flood water again.t
tne emniiiikmeiits at that point
rnd the .ight which Is being made
!tree tiule south of Arkansas
I City. Avl - to save the leyee of
Fulton . Luke, were the outstand
ing features . today In the battle
'vnfcine( 's are waging to , protect
ne lands In the central stretches
cf the v!er: from overflow. -No
trouble y.as reported at tithet
points ncth of Vicksburg.
The isving below Hickman
which ietan during the night, was
"aused Iv the undermining of the
river bunks outside the Reelfoot
'r.'.vee. As soon as caving began.
ronMruc'tinn of a rear levee of
heavy timbers and sand bags was
begun, and engineers express the
belief that the levee-at this point
will held r-nleas the foundations
aie undermined by the current.
A break at this point would
overflow thousands of acres of
kh farm land In Lake county.
Tennessee and would result in the
lnundallin of all lowlands be
tween ricknian, Ky. and Tipton
villt. Ten it.
A lollier week point In the levee
17 miles south of Hickman was
reported late today, but a barri
cade of timbers is being built
back o: the levee and further
trouble tonight is not expected.
South if Arkansas Cltj more
than 1 .000 men are at work In
Lie effoit to save the levee, and
repcits from there tonight say the
(.iltiution there is serious, although
'he iev.-e liosrd engineers still nre'
confident that a break can be pre-
j vented. The lov places, over
which th water Is said to be
1 flow-lpg r.t several points are being
rhtopppet1. ' ' '-'
I'lldKXT APPEAL MADE
TO ASfUXGTOX OFFICIALS
i L1TTI.K ROCK, Ark.. April 19.
A.i urr.ci't pa pen 1 to the federal
government for an emergency ap
propriation to be lined in fighting
;!iood waters of the Mississippi
"river In Arkansas was-telegraphed
Itn WashinkTton by Governor Mc
! Uae too'nj . . "
Al'PK.1 TRANSMITTED TO
"OFFICER OX THE UROl'MJ
WASHINGTON. April 19. Re
quests of the governor of Arkan
sas for federal aid in connection
vith the flood situation In that
s'at were received today at the
war doprtment and promptly
tianbmitied to Colonel Robert A.
Jlrawn, commandant of the fourth
eorfi aret with headquarters at
t.mahc. Nth. Under general au
l lority granted corps area com
ma ndeis. ( olonel Brown may issue
government supplies for the relief
k, food sufferers In an emergency
without reference to Washington.
The war department at the same
time directed the district englf
heer's ,fre In Arkansas to pre
pare to take charge of the situa
tion ali'ng the river in co-operation
wl "i Colonel Brown should
tne neel nriae. The governor was
notified that action on any requeat
h might have to make would be
credited If he would communicate
dircetly with thj corps area com
mander Feari that the situation in
Louisiana might require govern
ment eld due to the rising waters
of the Mississippi were expressed
iii a communication from the
governo'' of that state received by
Secretary Weeks a few days ago.
f.imilnr notion Was taken by Ihe
t::-r department In that case, the
c rps sea commander at Atlanta
being Instructed to exerclae his
authority ns to Issue of emergency
uppliei. at his own discretion.
Slitrht Disturbance Seen
at Colliery, Stoned In
Pennsylvania -
NEW YORK,. April 19. The
line of controversy In the anthra
cite atrike situation will become
clearly defined within the next two
days, anthracite operators an
nounced . here, today, when they
will make known the terms upon
which they will offer to settle with
the striker.
8. D. Warrlner. spokesman for
the operators, reiterated previous
assertions that the miner' 19 de
mands would be countered with de
mand that the pre-trlke cale
be lowered.
Hs declined to reveal what per
centage of reduction In wage the
operator would demand or what
other proposals would be contained
In the peace offer. These probably
will be submitted before the min
ers' and operator' sub-committee
on wage contract negotiation her
Friday, Mr. Warrlner aald.
Llttls hops wa expresed by the
operator that their offer would be
accepted outright. It no doubt
"would clarify the situation." they
laid, and -form a baala for further
parleys toward a new contract in
settlement of the atrike.
Among member of the anthra
cite mine worker' general policies
aiss, ws.9 hva-bsqiaNew
.. Itmtunfi m tttt Tmt
Vfl
Germans Hope Treaty May Yet
Be Absorbed In General Pact;
Reparations Body To Act Soon
RAPALLO TREATY
MAY HELP HUNS'
ABILITY TIT PAY
Precedent of Signing It Is
Viewed as Having 111
Political Effect
POLES PROTESTING
THE RAPALLO PACT
Say They Have Substan
tial Share Russia's Claim
Against Germans
PARIS. April ll.-Hiy the As
sociated Pre".) The treaty be
tween Germ.yiy and Russia signed
at Rapnllo last 'Sunday, probably
wilt be formally placed before the
reparations commission nexi Fri
day when the commission will be
gin an Inquiry to determine wheth
er the agreement conflicts with tiie
treaty of Versailles.
In commission elicits this even
ing It was pointed out that the
commission probably would de
cide that the lfapallo pact was In
direct violation of article 248 of
the Veistiir.es treaty. .This article
in effect gives the commission first
lien or. all assets, of the .German
empire.
Vhile the member of the com
mission refrained from .formally
commenting upon 'he. igreeruent,
the general fetlins was that liie
agreement ought to have been sub
mitted ti the to in in ls.i on for ap
proval. It wa.s considered liroli
at.le that the commission would
demand In. a note to the German
government, submission of the
treaty. The uuoftlclal view was
that Germany had violated article
148 of the treaty of V ersailles by
applying her insets, or resources
to purposes other than reparations.
It has been suggested by route
experts .that the llapallo agree
ment might prove a good thing in
Uiat It might Increase the paying
capacity of Germany, but from u
political standpoint the effect of
Its signing was considered as very
bad. On the other hand it has
been polntsd cut that Germany
under the treaty with Russia, gives
up reputation claims of between
U.OOO.OOO and 20.000.000 gold
marks against Russia, thereby re
ducing her paying capacity by that
amount. .The latter view i said
to be the one largely- held by mem
bers o the commission,
Polish representatives have pro
tested In the commission against
the Russo-Germin treaty on the
ground Mist part of Poland hl;h
was included In the old Russian
empire has a substantial share in
Ihe Russian claim aga.inst Ger
many. '
The , Frencn 'government will
await the action of the commission
before taking up the question of
ficially with the allies. It Is said,
however. In official circles here
that there is a distinct violation of
the Versailles treaty and H Is de
clared that whatever action the
Genoa conference may take, the
allied power can not tolerate the
pact,
The recourse of the allies against
Jhe pact Is the sam a that against
other violations of the peace treaty
and the present cause is regarded
only as adding one more to the
other causes of action on the Ger
man question which the .allies will
take up Immediately after the Ge
noa conference.
BLAIR WANTS APPLICATIONS
THROUGH ONE CHANNEL
WASHING TOn7 April 19. Or
ders to deputy commissioners and
heads of divisions of the internal
revenue bureau requiring all In
quiries or applications for appoint
ment In. the bureau to be made
through the appointment division
were made public today by Com
missioner' Blair.
the orders, Mr. Blair explained,
have been In force for seversl
years and were re-issued to facili
tate a more orderly consideration
j-of appointments. A recent appli
cation for an appointment as a
bookkeeper by a man whose" quali
fications were those of an automo
bile mechanlf, Mr. Blair said, had
been the occasion fc-r the re. Issu
ance of th order In order to make
possible more efficient selection of
appointees. .
Some bureau officials, however,
construed the order as forbidding
them to- confer with . members of
congress or others on Ihe matter
of anointments without first oh-
taming, the approval or ( ommls
sloner Blair or the appointment
division. It was suggested today
that sn apeal might be made t
Secretary Mellon fur .a revocation
of the order.
MARSHAL .lOI'KRF GIVEN
AMERICAN LEGION HONOR
WASHINGTON. April 19. The
dialing U'thed service order of the
A merles n Legion was conferred on
.Marshal J off re today by Han ford
MatNldti. national commander of
:ne leg. on. Commander Mac-
'V i,u. ...wl n n,k.. I . r
.iu-l mm n,r uiiivi mniii ifci ill
irnifii eie urvwrmrii w mi uiw
rrench Legion of Honor through j
Ambassador .lit see rand at a
lunehem tt the French embassy.
Commander MacNider was raised
from the :ank of chevalier, which
he won cn the battlefield to that
of eommander.
CERTIFICATFOF RFAfiONABI.F,
DOUBT GIVEN BYCOFRT
NKW YORK, April 19. Judge
Cardoso, of the court lof appeals,
today Jtrnnted a certificate of rea
enable doubt Jn the rases of Isaac;
E. rerguson, former Chicago law
yer, and Charles K. Rutbenburg.
once nillt randidate for gover
nor of Ohio. w;ho were convicted of
criminal anarchy in '120. He or
dered their release from Sing Sing
prison In bsil pending the filing of
an appeartrom'lhelr eonVTefrpfr-"'
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GENOA SESSIONS
MAY SPELL END
OF WIRTH REIGN
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Chancellor Joaepii Wlrth.
Observers at the fienoa economic con
ference see little- hope of Chancel
lor Paul VVirilt and the Herman del
egation gaining any relief from her
i xiiaiHtlon ter.ua itiroiigh pleas be
fore tho conference. H Is alsa be
lieved that failure of Wlrth to ac
complish anything n I t lie meeting
will result In the downfall ol lur
cabinet.
NOTE SIGNED J
T
French Communique Says
Plenary Discussion Would
Be "Mortal Blow"
GENOA, Aprils (By Ths A
oclated Press.) The expected
German demand for discussion of
her case before a plenary session
of the economic conference will
prove "a mortal blow" to the con
ference, It la declared In a French
communique Ixaued here today
dealing with the fluaao-German
treaty and the attitude of the
allien In considering Germany
eliminated from further dicus
alons of ihe Russian question.
The communique says that for
the first time since the signing of
the treaty of Versailles, the world
sees the names of ths representa
tives of nine power making up
sn entente affixed to a document
which protests German conduct.
The communique Insists that the
dragging of the controversy intft
the full session of the conference
would bring about a situation
which Kui ope wlnhes lo avoid,
nRmely, the lining up of new po
litical groups, one against the
other. It refers to the signing of
the Rtisso -German treaty as va
manifestation of the Illsmarckian
spirit which caused the allied bloc
Immediately to affirm its unity."
Commenting on the noter sent by
the allies to Germany yesterday the
entire Italian press Is agreed In
declaring that the nute suggested
by Premier Lloyd George was
much stronger than the note actu
ally sent, containing a much mon
violent protest.
Delegates to- the economic con
ference were amused today on
learning of a diplomatic subter
fuge which enabled the German
delegates to attend a gala dinner
given by Premier F'aels of Italy
to all the conference delegates. ,
Baron Romano Avaxxana a"the
secretary general of the economic
conference, called on the Germa
tf.'MMn'4 ' re T
SIMMONS WILL
OPEN ATTACK ON
TARI FF: MEASURE
Administration Measure
to Be Called Today;
MinorityNot Ready
WASHINGTON, April 19. The
administration tariff bill i to.J-a
called un tomorrow Iti the senate
hut in the absence of Senator Mc-
'umber, republican. North Dakota,
who la to have charge of it ihe
program' for it consideration" was
tonight somewhat Indefinite.
Senator McCumber Dlanr.ed to
be on hand in time to pilot the
bill's course from tho outset. Some
senators of the .finance committee
hoped that the. usual reading ot
the measure could be dispensed
with but since this would require
unanimous consent they were not
very optimistic.
If the reading of the 440 page
document is Insisted upon there
will not. be much more than that
accomplished tomorrow.
Senator fttmmoiM. North .Caro
lina, vankinfs democrat on the
finance committee, said today the
minority report woold not e ready
tomorrow, - lie will open the gen
eral democratic onslaught on the;
ties sore.-
There are to be onslaughts gen
erally on the rates and some Idea
of the time the senate will be tu
gaited on the hill can be -gained
when it Is birne In mind that the
Senate emmit'ee rnad more than
" i I milium m hn Imum
ES
GERMAN
G01UC
FORMULA
SOUGT
EO
COMPROMISE
WITH ENTENTE
Germans Declared Embar
rassed as to Solution of
Their Difficulty
francobrTtish
accord complete
jMuch Optimism Follows
Morgan's Willingness
to Discuss New Loan
GENOA. April 19. (By The As
sociated Press.) The German del-
legate and experts have not yet
(been able to find a formula where
by -to compromise with the en
tente power, without sacrificing
;the Rusao-German treaty, although
they were In session to a very late
hour tonight. Effort are being
made to have the conference form
ulate a Russian pc!::y In whlh
the Russo-German treaty can ba
absorbed, thus giving it the stamp
of conference approval and remov.
ing the cauae ot hard feeling.
The paln language of Premie
Lloyd George to the German state
men today over the treaty incident,
which at one time threatened to
disrupt the economic conference,
was believed to have cleaned the
political atmosphere, but as neither
the German reply to the allies nor
the Russian reply- regarding ac
ceptance of the condition for the!
testoratlon of Russia was forth-',
coming, the situation Is still con
sidered critical. 1
Home of the neutrals described
the German a embarrassed as
how to find a way out of the diffi
culty. Meantime, the work of the
conference is blocked. The neutral
atates have officially insisted that
the agenda of the conference be
olscussed In the commissions and
not In private conversations among
chief delegate. To this the leaders
rejoin that preliminary meetings
are advisable In order to expedite
the labors ot the conference. -
It 1 expected that once the
Rusao-German controversy 1 dis
posed of, the machinery of the
conference will resume operation.
Te announcement that J. P. Mor
gan will Join the group of bankers
to discuss the possibility of float
ing an international loan for Ger
many ,haa created an optimist to
feeling tor the future finances of,
Europe.
M. Barthou, ot the French, dele
gation, tonight confirmed that
Premier Lloyd George had adopted,
a strong attitude at today's meet
ing with the German foreign mia
liter. Dr. Rathenau. M. Barthou.
who Is kept closely .informed a
to what Mr, Lloyd George is doing,
said there was no room for equivo
cation on . the part of Germany. .
I there was no middle course. If the
Germans insisted on maintaining
the treaty, the French could not
deal with them tin any of the com-,
missions concerning Russia.
"The most complete accord ex
ist between France and ."".ngla-id
on the question involved," he add
ed. The opinion was expressed in
French circles tonlgtit that the
Germans are anxious to find a,
wsy ot settlement which will keep
them active members of the con
ference. SOME INDICATIONS Of
AN ADJt'STSIENT KFJ.V
GENQA, April 19. (By 'he As
sociated Ires.) Indication that
a atifactory solution In the Inci
dent created by the aigning of the
Russo-German treaty at Rapallo
may goon be attained were shown
following a private conference this
afternoon helween Prime Mlnlater1
Lloyd of Great Britain, Dr. Joseph
lrth. the German chancellor and
Dr. Waller Rathenau, the German
foreign minister, declared stn Ital-
I'tntUMMd Pgt Twf
PISGAH SHED TO
SUPPLY WATER IN
H EN D ERSONVILLE
Chosen By Commission
Subject to Approval
By Government
f f"M rni-tnmt; TKt iiAerUIa MmI .
HKNDERSO.N VILLK. April 19.
The HendersonvlUe water commia-
slon, composed of C. K. Brooks, '
chairman; K. G. Morris and J. W,
Bailey, has selected the Plagah
watershed as the source for the1
city's future water supply, at the
recommendation of Engineer F. 11.
IVl-lffht r.t .1.. A,-, tti 1 1 k.,t
-.no.. jl L,m inn, ." ,ivc, i. v .
White company, of Dutnam, N. C.
Blueprint have been forwarded,
to Washington for approval. Oil
their return, a right-of-way will
he secured and work will begin.
The 400,000 bonds issued for the
construction of the new water sys
tem will be sold Friday evening at
8 o'clock. Chairman Brook stated
today.
The declaion to build the new
line to the Plsgah source followed,
a thorough examination of several
aites. Including Pisgah, Big Hun
gry and Kanuga Lake. Under the
wnsent plans, the Pisgah shed.
'.irnrhsj said tn cover 104 squara
iuplle, "1U furnish as a minimum
'3.000.000 gallons of water daily, '
land with future development would
make available 7.000,000 to 10..
i 000.000 gallons dally.
I The intake will be built at the"
Juncticrt of Big Creek snd Fletcb