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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER 1 O PAGES I Ztoday North Carolina Partly cloudy Sat. arity' Sunday fair and warmar. iouth Carolina: Fair Saturday and Sunday; nil Id tsmparaturt. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING APRIL 22, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GREA T STRIDES MADE A T GENOA CONFERENCE pne Million Dollars Federal Aid Provided For Flood Sufferers 1 SUFFICIENT F Q R FIGHT 0NFL00D Belrised Forecasts Show jXiae in Lower Mississip 0 pi to Go Higher. LEVEES OF THIRD DISTRICT TO HOLD Tension in High, but People Slow To Leave Homes. WASHINGTON, April 21. The mm of one million dollars was Blade available by the federal gov ernment today for control of flood water's of the Mississippi river, now at the highest stage in years. A measure making provision for the sunrwas rushed through the senate and house within an hour after the proposal, made by south ern members,, .had been approved by Secretary Weeks and LMreetor Dawes of the budget. The meas ure was then signed by Presi dent Harding. UOUS DEVELOPMENTS ARK LACKING FRIDAY ' NEW ORLEANS, April 21. The issuance today by the local weather bureau of a revised fore cast of maximum flood stages in the Mississippi river from Vicks burg to New Orleans, predicting (lie highest water ever recorded In the lower river, was the out standing development in the flood situation today. Higher stages than were at first predicted were contafied in the corrected estimate, with Nat chez, Baton Rouge, Plaquemine and Donaldsonvillo the expected points of attack. Levee officials In charge of, flood control announced that no serious developments had been ..noted - today. although seepage was prevalent at several points. Announcement from Washing ton that congress had put through an appropriation of $1,000,000 for expenditure In the present emer gency caused renewed expressions from those in charge of the flood situation, that they will be able to cope effectively with the river In the stages that it is expected to reach. THIRD DISTRICT LEVEES HOLD SATISFACTORILY MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 21. I.evee conditions in the Mississip pi river district extending from Jfiro to the mouth of the White fVler in Arkansas were officially Imported today "satisfactory" -ith dispatches from the southern tip of Arkansas, where a hard and thoroughly successful fight is ba lng made to hold the embank ments about Arkansas City, indi cated that the situation thers still was well under control. No serious development was re ported overnight from any point. The appearance of a "sand boil" t Vaueluse, near Lake Village, in the Arkansas City sector, caused 'lie hurried dispatch of a force of a hundred men and a quantity of material to that point early to day. Morning reporu indicated that the trouble had been reme died. ' W. Summerliri. president of the Tenesas Basin Leve board, de clared the situation generally about Arkansas City was favorable, but admitted that a hard tight still Is ahead to hold the embankments there. ! 'vVe are not vef out of the oods." he said. Near Hickman, Ky., where a e in the river bank outside the ee caused some concern vester- 'lay. the situation today was re Ported satisfactory. ; HELIFTF COMMITTEES TO WORK IN COUNTY UNITS VICKaBURG. Miss., April 21. Tension among the people living 'ehlnd the levees along the swoll en Mississippi river is reported here as very high, but' they 'arc showing a reluctance in quitting their homes liriH! Iha Kn lr w.l.Pa Sofliallir force them out. Those Whose iifiiM are reached, by the water arc living in nearby towns or high place with a good numbor camp ed on the levees waiting to be mov- Oil. No actual suffering has been re ported in this district as planters and merchants are takhlg care of those In distress. Nef roe from the Inundated sec tions In the lower Yazoo basin are not Inclined to accept employment in other localities for work on the 'evees to relieve those now employ ! in that work. .1 Relief committee will be estab 'i'hcd in each county as separate Jinlta, It was annoupced today fol lowing a meeting of. government and city officials. A continuance f good weather in the entire district has strength B,ied the confidence Of success, en gineers in charge of the levee sys tem said today. , Hl'SDREDS ARE WORKING ON ARKANSAS LEVEES ' ARKANSAS CITY, Ark., April ' 21 Sigr.s of weakness in the levees fln the Mississippi side ef tho river between here and Greenville. Mis., developed la1 night, according to reports reaching here today, and i harder fight to hold the levees being conducted there thin here oday. Local leves officials who crossed the river late yesterday im ifflot.nr hnafi, rspotted-PO .their re-i-n this morning that hundreds or. "en are at work raising tne levee APPRDPKIATIDN IS! t i ear ureenville. ' - (-. ,- Pehin, Tien Tsin Are Taken Over By Manchurian Troops A'o Disorders Occur With the Transfer of Author ity in Towns 1'EKl.W China. April 21. (By the Associated Press.) The troops ff Gencal Chang Tso - 'Lin, gjvcrnor rf Manchuria, today took possession of Pekin and Tien Tsin, r.'placinr the local police forces of thoso cities. The transfer of authority was devoid of incident. The onlv active sicn nf hostility MiSSiSSiDPi'l'ctwcen f-'nans Tso-Lin and Uen- ventral t hinese forces, is the cut ting of the Pekln-Fukow railroad at a' point south of Tien Tsin. which caused inconvenience to a lumber nf American travelers go ing to Shanghai. P.-esiuent Hsu Shin-Chans re- gams i no tnreatenea civil war be- I tween the forces of Chang Tso-LIn and v it i'el-Fu aR taking on a hi ave aspect. E HULL DECLARES Finds Trend Is Toward That Party and Strong Away From Republicans. WASH1NOTON SriliD 1HB AHHIT1M.I C1T1ZB.V I BY II. K. C. BUY AST) WASHINGTON. April 21. Cor dell Hull, chairman of the demo cratic national committee returned here today from extended tour the west, and he brought an optimistic report. He conferred with leading men of his party with a' view to ascer taining the drift of public sent!-, merit. , "The trend is toward the demo cratic part y," said he, "a n d ZZV:' ! irom tne repuo licans. If the elec tion were, neia itoday the demo crat would carry the" house. The efforts of administration officials to convince the people at large that the financial depression Is over are not meeting with success in the farming districts of the west ami the industrial centers of the middle west' and east. The farmer is too clever not to see through that sort of propaganda, and nwn who used to have Jobs in mills and factories know better than anybody else whether or not prbsperity has returned." Mr. Hull trailed Eugene Meyer, jr., head of the war finance cor poration, all through the west. H-? was told at many places that the administration had sent Mr. Meyer out to herald a revival of busl- n"Unfortunately." said Mr. Hull, "the farmers had sold their wheat and cattle before the price began to rise. Their products were out of their own hands. They cannot prosper until they grow another crop and get good price lor it. Therefore, they take all the stories ahout prosperity with a crain of 8aMr Hull declared that he found many influential people of both rid partie in favor of the league of The' President, he ail J blamed for the failure of congress to carry out the republican cam paign promises. Hi wishy. wa.hy attitude toward public questions, and apparent indifference over the sltuauon in congress ha made him unpopular. . . People generally,-Mr.-Hull de- a rnnsiaer inn cuii tariff act a fraud, and worthless to those for wnom it --.---The proposed bonus, to be paid in M. ! ""popular with ths sol dier. There i but one real honest, revival of business fhat will save the republican from de?eaT in November, and he sees no hope of that. ROME. Oa.. April 21. An nouncement that Tf0 nire stat banks In Georgia, to 7, in the federal reserve system. Join jn i , .. mend tne i set. would be in- roduced tu the Georgia '"; this summer v. made here today by Harper Hamilton, a repreeen- Mr. Jiamiuuii - many bank forced to close during Uie recent business stress would hlV been saved, had they been Members of the reserve system. CONDUCTOR ALLEGED TO (0 AflW KILLING WOMAN CHICAGO, April 21. Thomas Hoc-he, street car conductor, to nlirht confessed, according to the riollce, that h had killed, un aided, the woman whose unclothed and mutilated" body waa found in an abandoned moving van near Roche horns early today. The womaii'-w taantlfiad -a ,Mr. Anna Cirlls. . divorce, for- OnerlyNw Haven, Conn. DEMQCRATSGQULD CARRY HOUS l 4Y ' " 'I f ! i PERSON DECIDES HE WILL SEEK SEAT IN HOUSE Switches Ambitions, and , will Endeavor to Get Pou's Place. MANY CANDIDATES IN FORMAL NOTICE Wiseacres H e s i t a t e to Predict Strength Avery Will Show. WMBINGTON SMIaC Tm imi'iuj emus ; (1';;M. t. V. BKYAST) RALEIGH. April SI. This off year may not be such a dull year after all if the' state board of elec tions latest Met of new candidates betokens any political activity whatsoever. It looks as it there will be candi lales enough to go around anyway. Without a ward of wariiing. Col. Willie M. Person, the grandiloquent Franklin county anti-tax champion todav shifted the object of his as pirations from the Job Solicitor N'orris is giving up in this district to Congressman Pius seat in the lower house. ( And wKh'euuai suddenness came the annnnnmmAnf vpstArilnir and formal notice today of the candi dacy fur corporation commission er of A. O. Avery, Burke county democrat, son of the late Judge Avery and brother of Isaac Irwin Avery. Word from the tenth district re ports two candidates for the repub lican nomination for" congress, U. V. S. Pegram, of Canton, today having "filed notice of his candi dacy for representative Weaver's seat, llalph Fishtr. of Transylva nia county, also seeks the republi can nomination, although notice of his candidacy has not leached the election board. The board was doubtful at first as to Pegram's politics, but later listing him as a republican. HHARLOTTK. April 21. -Mrs. T. Marvin L. Ritcn, the Charlotte lawyer and erstwhilo labor leader, would succeed George W. Wilson as solicitor la the Mecklenburg Gaston district and the state hoard has duly nwed his name among the would-be's. Alien nn'l Johnson File Notlceti of Their Race Matt Allen, of Goldsboro and Rivers Johnson of Warsa-w, filed notice of their candidacy for con gress In the third district, bringing the total number of democratic as pirants in that battls scarred dis trict to six, and foretelling a fight tha.t is expected to attract the whole state before June 3. With these contest scheduled, and with nt least three heated fights in Judicial districts for th9,' ligllia III juuici UIOIIJVIQ ivi Lua Judgeships, no 'one need prepare to s eep througn the spring ana Sctpe political fever, ' - T U ninth Amifnt Tat T E 4 Lv.o ' opposing fconreWnH UuiwinKie so mat mree congrea- sional districts are destinedto wit ne contests. Whether the an nouncements of opposition candi date in the fourth and ninth dis tricts piean anything or not is an other question, it is not believed here the will, but the minority can make as much noise us the majority. And Avery's opposition to Chairman Lee, of the corpora tion commission,-insures a state wide contest. "They tried to frame up on me in this solicitorshlp contest here so I Jut fixed them by changing and running against Mr. Pou," said Col. Person who previously "had filed his notice fo solicitor and who had made a half dozen speeches In ad vocacy of himself. "I'm against high taxes. Pou's speech yetser dav Insures us there will be no relief from taxes as long as he's in Washington, cither state or na tional. I'm going to launch my campaign in a speech at Youngs ville tomorrow: the democrats there who want low taxe are giv l O Tlll. i ""i 'H ' - ing me a barbecue and I m go ng tn make a speech. Im-a tsx re dvcer. I brought "seven suits In Franklin county and reduced tax's fifty thousand dollars. Now they can't collect enough taxes over tliKre to pay the refunds." WALTER LOVE WILL RUN AGAINST MR. HAMMER (SfW.il etturmimrt Tkl dtlutiltt Cilitnt) WASHINGTON April 21 The political pot 1 beginning to bod In spots. It i now understood here that Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, on of the talented women of the stats, would oppose Representative Eted man at the November election. She will run as a republican. Walter Love, of Monroe. Is slated to run against ' Represe-ntatWs . Hammer.. Mr. Patterson i a good tump speaker, and knows how to con duct an interesting campaign. POLITICS WILL BOOM FROM NOW TILL JUNE PRIMARY OITfriH SSWt MIMtO TAXBOinro BOTSI, : I BY BttOCf 4JtA ,8T RALEIGH, April 21. No one seems willing to venture an esti mate of Avery's .strength in the race for corporation commissioner. Chairman Lee has made an envi able record during his service as commissioner however and the K,.iir of iYir nredlction as to the outcome are that he will have lit tle difficulty retaining nis nrm mh ivM-v Is Domilar in hi sbc seat. tlon and well known but Mr. Lee has proved his ability through years of service and the people have the utmost confidence in him, It la considered nere. ,very sc tlon of the state will have its local fleht. either congressional, juuiuis.1, n- fni. .pt In the general aisem hly, two or three contes' are des tined to attract statewide Interest and politic will be far from silent between now and the June pri mary. . i MOSCOW HAS TRADE TREATY WITH FAR EAST MOSCOW. April 20. (By the Associated Press.) A new eco nomic treaty has been concluded between soviet Russia and the fac eastern republlo cr Siberia, i four private offers for dsvsilopment ths Chita' governmenrTTrtrleariiHwf tm maa nmswt'at swuwim at ed hers today. , 1 Muscle Shoals, Ala. - Miners Would Call Strike OffIfCoalAwardOfl920 Applied To Soft Coal Men I NKW YORK-, April ?t The I coal miners will declare the strike off and return to work pending tie . Rotiationa of a new agreement, if I congress will pass a Joint resolu tion or hill annlvinr th bitumi nous coal commission's award of 1920 io all soft coal operations, hilip Murray, vbe-president of the United Mine Worker 'of Amer ica declared a: a debate on the coal Strike tonight. Another requirement for the end of the ditficuPy. he said, would be a recommendation to Pi-resident Harding to call a national confer ence of the representatives or an ope.-aiors and mine workers to gotiate a new agreement. He also recommended as a per manent policy for regulating pro duction and stabilizing the indus try, the appointment of "a repre sentative, technical and ofiicial commission charged with the duty of collecting ana analyzing all the facta and vllh making sound and appropriate afmstructive recom mendations." The subject debated was "What lies back of the coal strike and what lies ahead." Mr. Murray pre sented the miners' side of the con troversy and Thomas H. Watklns. president of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke company,' the operators viewpoint. The public's attitude was interpreted hy Harry A. Gar field, president of Williams college who was national coal administra tor under former President Wilson and by Robert W.' Bruere. director of the bureau of industrial re search. Mr. Watklns contended that the operators had encouraged the prin ciple of collective bargaining be tween miners and operators In LAKEVIEW PARK'SlTALK REYNOLDS IS CHAN BEAVER' LAKE TO Directorate Engages City Planner to Harmonize Work With City's, Decision to rename ths-davafoa ment irtJectln ths -Beaverdam section was reached by the direc tors of Lakeview, Inc., yesterday and In the future the region here tofore designated as Lakeview park will be known as Beaver lake. John Nolan will be employed as .. . , , , . , city planner and landscape archl- --- mng director, who met in the offices of the Centrol Bank and Trust company yesterday at 12 n'rlnrlc. It was generally understood that the property was to have, been call- ed Lakeview park, but it 1 stated that the new name will apolv to the entire project. The directors state that In employing Mr. Nolen to have t.hsrge of the planning for the development, an attempt will be made to harmonize with his plan for the city In the manner of street extensions and In every . way possible. Mr. Nolen will prob ably confer with the directors when he arrives in the city, early In May, and have assistants placed at work on plans for making the new residential property one of the most attractive in this section. Lot will probably be placed on sale about the first of October, It was stated last night by Dr. J. A. Sinclair, one of the directors, and every detail will be completed be fore the property is offered for sale. Hard-surface roads, paved j sidewalks, sewerage and electric lights will be completed when the lots are offered purchasers, )e .t.l.H . . . completed, but it will be several months befors work will actually be started, It 1 declared. Definite plans for ths lake have not been announced, and It is understood that officials of Lakeview, Inc., are still negotiating with the owners of the Asheville and East Tennes see railroad in regard to the mov ing of the track from the present location, which Is below the water ! line of the proposed lake. FIVE YEAR SENTENCE FOR TAMPERING WITH BRIDGE PORTSMOUTH, Va., April 21. W. H. Calloway wa sentenced to five years In prison by a Jury in corporation court her late today on a charge of tampering with a railway bridge of thtt Virginia Rail way au Tower company. Callo way was employed by the street car company a a motorman until the strike of carmen in January. He ws accused of planting dyna mite In a bulkhead of a bridge be longing to the company in the outskirts of the city. MANY I'IRE CHIEFS GO , TO SEE DEMONSTRATION CHARLOTTE, April 21. A par ty of Charlotte firemen headed by Mayor Wlker went to Lexing- 'ion Friday morning to witness a demonstration of Are equipment purchased by the town of Lexing ton. Fire chiefs and city offi cials lh surrounding 'town and cities were Invited to witness the demonstration and attend the bar- becue given by the American La r ranee company, wnicn soia tne Lexington apparatus. SUK-OOMM1TTEE ON MUSCLE SHOALS NAMED WASHINGTON, April 21. A sub-committee consisting of three republicans and two democrats was appointed today by Chairman Kahn of the house military com mittee, and- Instructed to begin drafting a report for the house containing ths committea'a recom mendations and opinions of th 1 large groups, but it hns I'lempus riiy broken Uowi hy tho an, ion of the :i. tie vorkers." OPERATORS MAINTAIN WAGES MUST COMt: DOW N NEW YORK. April 21. Anthra cite operators who had announced 3rJ nns'lh'iSays Republicans Fail to, would sign it agreement ending the sirikc.. contented themselves Willi a simple reiteration of their general demand that wages some down. At the close of a se.ision of, the Join! mb-committee on wage eon- ne-(tract negotiations S. I. Wnrrincr, "We Informed 1 eiueiilat ives of the anthracite miners, with whom we have been in conference since March 15. that it was our tlrm con viction that wane ;uid other -de mands which would result In ni Increase In the price of coal, -ould not be granted. On the contrary, our altitude was that there must be a Substantial reduction in w'ages.'. "Developments since thie nego tiations began have only served to confirm the opinion already ex prrased by the producers of an thracite tint the price was too high, Not even susvemslon of production has served ir. stimulate sales. "We are faced bv the practical difficulty that the consumer will not pav the price for coil that we are required to arte in order to maintain even the liferent labor costs." I.ubor members of the sub-committee ejprea al keen disappoint ment over the latitude of the. op erators. i OR LHNANI GOVERNOR'S POST Ex-Solicitor May -Make Raw Against Don Scott For No'taination. Robert Bite JRyoy8.orme,i ollcltor for nineteenth judicial ocratlc nomination for congress In the tenth district six year ago, Is being mentioned as a probable (candidate for lieutenant governor to compete with JJon aeon tor the nomination this year. At the convention In Raleigh yesterday he was chosen a mem- ber of tne state executive coin- mtttee by tne Buncoraoe uei- gates. I When asked if he intended to enter the primary Mr. Reynolds said he had not reached such a i decision, but that a number of hi friend had urged him to seek ths nomination for lieutenant gov ernor, lit Raleigh during the state democratic convention his name was mentioned in a num ber of the Yarbrough political discursion and evidence of sup- port was abundant in many quar ter. "Bob." he is familiarly known by hosts of friends, 1 about Si years old and has had a wide range of experience with the pub lic. At the beginning of the war ho was chief of staff of the Cine ma News Syndicate and charged with the responsibility of obtain ing and distributing motion pic ture of the army and navy activ ities. Mr. Reynolds Is an alumni of the University of North Carolina and Is remembered by many alum ni of that institution as a mem ber of the football squad with O. Max Gardner. At the Ralelgfi meeting of the Buncombe democrats those vot ing for Mr. Reynolds as a mem- per or tne state executive com- mittes to succeed John W. Ruth-j erford were: Mark Reed. Ab Cooper, Miss May Jones, J. Y. Jordan, Jr., G. S. Reynolds, George Craig and two others. Those vot ing to retain Mr. Rutherford were Walter Haynes, Don S. Elias and Tom Bird, REPUBLICANS iTONFEU ON BONUS MEASURE TODAY WASHINGTON, April 21. Re publicans of, the snats finance committee wilt hold their first con ference tomorrow- on the soldlrs bonus bill r.asned last month by the house. Chairman McCumber said today there would be a general discussion of the whole subject adding It wag too early to under take to say what form the bill Anally would take. The North Dakota senator made knoarn his opposition to the plm suggested recently by some repub lican senators of attaching the bo nus bill to the pending tariff meas ure. Ho said also he was not fa vorably disposed to any plan of financing the bonus with certifi cates of indebtedness, but declared that even this was prefwahls to any proposition calling for added taxation. INFORMATION ON mfr . 1 EASE RIGHTS SOUGHT WASH I NOTON. April 21 Complete Information regarding the leasing of rights In naval re serve oil was sought In a reso lution Introduced today by Sena tor LaKollette, republican, Wis consin, who at the same time made public a letter from Josephu Daniel, former ecretary of the navy, opposing the leasing of the government domain. Mr. Daniel said in his letter that wjH-n the first- claim for lease right on navaf reserve lA'eri examined by the navy de partment. It was found that they were arked for by "parties work ing in tie stock yards of Chicago .tn-1 ,- 1 who thought. thy ei aignlng a petition tor an election." 'BLOCKADE MEXICO KING URGES E Would Seize Ports Until American Loss of Life Is Compensated. NEARLY THOUSAND AMERICANS SLAIN Act After Criticising Waiting Policy. . WASHINGTON. April 21 - Block ade of Mexico and 'seizure of Mexi can norm until American 'claims fur ila mages lo life and property In Mexico have been compensated wiin advocateil 'In the senate today by Senator King, democrat. I'tah, in lengthy address on the Mexican situation. Neither the Ohregon nor any other Mexican government should he recognized, Senator King de clared, until guarantees are given for payment of damages "for near ly 1,000 American men, women and children butchered and murdered" j ana lor property losses wnicn ne estimated at nearly JjOO, 000,000. President Harding should set up an International tribunal to fix the amount of rightful .damages, the speaker declared, and if Mexico should then refuse lo accede to payment, the United States should proceed to blockade Mexico and seize her ports and customs rev enues until satisfaction should be secured. The republicans. Senator King said, had freely criticized the "watchful waiting" .Mexican policy of the Wilson administration, but had failed to better conditions. "I am frank to confess," said Senator King, "that Mr. Wilson at tributed to the Mexican people a degree of menial and moral ad vancement to which Ihey were not entitled. At the close of Ills ad ministration there was anarchy, bloodshed and revolution, and dur ing the past year, since that repub licans have been in power the con ditions have not Improved. Today there is chaos, bolshevlsm and dls regard of human rights, especially of aliens, In Mexico." TARIFF BILL OFFICIAL IS BEFORE THE SENATE WASHINGTON, April 21. Of ficially the tariff bill was before the senate today, but It received such scfknt attention that republi can leaders finally aequUs. ed in request of the democrats that fur there consideration of it be de ferred until Monday. Hy that time the minority expects to be ready to proceed with the general discussion of the measure. When the bill was called up to day by Chairman McCumber, of the finance committee, Senator King, a democrat, Utah, took the floor, and after a reference to the tariff, launched into nearly a four hour discussion of the Mexican situation. After his address, Sena tor Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, had the senate clerk read a lengthy newspaper account of a speech by Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire, in which the agricul tural bloc and many other things were djscussed. This over, Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the republican whip, de manded the regular order, which was consideration of committee amendments to the tariff bill. Sen- ator King announced that if the regular order were Insisted upon he would "have to make a speech on another subject,' i Senator , Harrison Interposed to request, that the tariff bill go over until Monday, ssying the demo crats had not had time, despite; -aingent. work," to prepare them selves for the tariff fight. He added there was no disposition on the minority side unnecessarily to delay the bill and that time would be saved and consideration of the measure expended If it went ovor. Senator McCumber said he was glad to hear this declaration as he had been unable to "connect up" the speech of Senator King with the tariff. Senator King insisted that he had discussed the bill for n hour and remarked that If Sen- tr McCumber had been present he would have known It. The North Dakota senator replied that he had been present for two hours and in that time heard little about the tariff. Before getting to his Mexlcsn speech, 8enator King told the senate that he supposed the re publicans planned to put through the -tariff by a "combination of blocs, the agricultural and manu facturing," without undertaking to explalne It in detail. He added they had become so accustomed to "using the big stick or having It used" thai they Intended to em ploy It In This case. REDS WOULD SMUGGLE WAY INTO HIE COUNTRY AVASHINfiTON, April 21 Rus sian "bolsheviks" are mobilizing in Cuba preparatory to smuggling themselves Into thi country, ac cording 'to an nt?lal report sub mitted to government authorities today. Cuba, according in the re port is being used as a base for smuggling 'aliens Into this coun try In violation of the Immigra tion laws. It was Indicated that the report would he transmitted to the bureau of Immigration for action Involving the possibility of representations to the Cuban government to pre vent an unlawful movement of aliens to this country, in. one place in Russia, it was stated, 3,000 Rus sians were congregated awaiting transportation to the Unite! States. ' SECOND MAN SUCCUMBS TO DOWNEY EXIMfOSION DOWNEY. Calif., April 21. Ed ward Vandergrlft, a retired tner chat, died tonight from burns re ceived In an oil station fire here to day, the second death-due to the blaze nd explosion here, W. L. Henry, grain merchant, died about two hours before Vandergrlft, The list of seriously Injured was increased to five by resorts from hospital." . .. 1 hi ADDRESS Russo-German Pact Now Eliminated As Disturbing Element Monastir Disaster RUSSIANS ACCEPT sALE0 POSITION Kina .1 lexander Declares , Day of Mourning in Jugo-Slavta .MONASTIR, Jugo-Slavla.' April 21.- Illy the Associated l'ie - Salvage work in the section nf ilie city laid waste by Tuesday's ex- plosion Is being carried on wlthi the greatest difficulty. Lark of i water is hampering the task of j pulling out the numerous nrrs, while gas fumes are hindering the soldiers and gendarmes, who are searching for victims. Two hun dred boil lea have been recovered and there is little likelihood that any more persons will be rescued alive as the cries of the wounded among tile wreckage which were heard throughout yesterday have now died out altogether. It still Is Impossible to estimate the total number of persons kill ed but several hundred . were wounded, many of them hope lessly. Relief workers from the Amer ican woman's hospital st Veles arrived last night bringing cots, blankets and medicines. H. 11. Iteeder, Jr., of New York City, acting director of the American relief commission In Belgrade 1 hurrying to Monastir. with doctors, nurses and medicines. He will take charge of the relief work. King Alexander has decreed a day of mourning throughout Jugo slavia. The cabinet has order ed that a commission of army and government experts make a strict Investigation to fix respon sibility for the disasters which in some quarters was attributed to enemies of the state. D. A. R. Elects Vice Pres. idents Reception Held at White House. WASHINGTON, April 21. The Daughters of the American Revo lution .in annual congress yhere elected seven vice-presidents" to night after being received In the afternoon at the White House by fie President and Mrs. Harding. The vice-presidents elected are: Mix Alice Iiouise- McDuffle, of Michigan: Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, of Wyom'ng; Mrs. John 1.. Buel, of Connecticut; Mrs. Wlllard T. lilock. of Illinois; Miss Annie Wal lace, of New Hampshire; , Mrs. Howard L. McColl, of Georgia, and Mrs, Kyerett" G." ftewell, of Florida. The delegates were received by. the President and Mrs. Harding In tho blur, mom and music was fur ilshed hy the marine band. Thi evening they attended a pageant given by the children of the Amer ican Revolution. The congress w til concludewlth a business session tomorrow. An investigation of all history text hooks In use In the. public schools of the United States will be made by the -committee on pa triotic education of the Daughters of the American Revolution under a resolution adopted unanimously today. The resolution, Introduced bv the Indians state delegation point ed out ' thnt the American legion has brought to our attention the n-imerouti assertions In isle hls toiles written for use in our pub lic si hot.l, that convey, many mis leading Mfitements." Resolutions also wers sdopted hy the congress pledging the va r:ou:i chapters of the society to have e tch daughter plant a tree and t,he chapters lo conduct "tree drives'" and Indorsing the pro posed restoration of Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of the family if George Washington In Knslanr; " The Maryland stata dclegati m has pledged $1,000. t the fund for restoring Sulgrave Manor and has requested that other state delegations pledge like sums. A communication from Mr. Warren 1. Harding Indorsing ths pioposed Caroline Scott Harrison ir.emorl.il was read. MODIFYING MERCHANT MARINE BILL URGENT WASHINGTON. April 21 Modi fication of the American merchant marine bill so that It would snecl- flcally safeguard the interests of ! the smaller ports and shipping companies was advocated at to day's session nf the Joint congres sional hearings on the measure by Matthew Hale, of Greenville, H. C, president of the Soulh Atlantic States association. Insisting upon the adqitlon of an amendmea' which would re quire the perpetuation for five years, by either the shipping board or private companies of trade routes recently 'established from South Atlantic and gulf port, Mr. Hale declared that unless such a provision was added to thi bill, business men ot the south, and shippers In the middle west who export their products through the southern ports in preference to a "few congested" North Atlantic ports would swing from "condi tional'1 support of the administra tion program to a position of "ef- IT"""-" INVESTIGATION OF HISTORY TEXTS TO BE CONDUCTED ON FOREIGN DEBT Conciliatory Response by Russia Basis of Much Optimism. COUNTERCLAIMS OF RUSSIANS WAIVED At Same Time, They Hold That London Expert Report Is Drastic. GKNOA, April 21 (By The Associated Press) The economic conference today made a great stride forward. The elimination of the Ilusso-Gorman treaty from the controversy, and Soviet Rus sia's acceptance of the allied con ' dittons concerning foreign debt anil eonllsealed property ot for eigners produced a very definite hope that the greatest congress European statesmen ever held will accomplish something real and tangible for the reconstruction of Europe, Including Russia The demands of the powers which have been accepted Include the waving by Russla'of her counter-claims, based on military Inter ventlon; recognition of war debts to the governments, with th un derstanding that they will be con siderably scaled down: recognition of debt and financial obligation due lo foreign national and the right of foreigners to have con fiscated property returned to them or to be given proper compensation tor it The conciliatory nature ot the answer of the soviet government contributed to the optimism that the bolshevikl earnestly eek an ar rangement with the power by which Soviet Russia will be per mitted to enter Into the enmity nf nation The clear and brief de mands of ths allies, which afford a concrete basts for discussion, are compared here by the observer to the concrete American proposal for naval limitation which was in troduced at the outset of the Washington conference and which gave the delegate to th Washing ton gathering an opportunity to concentrate discussion on some thing tangible and constructive The Insistence of the soviet on foreign financial aid, as a necessary condition to Russia's salvation served to turn all eyes toward the United State for. It seemed to be recognised It hat effective cniccor for Russia Is Impossible without the participation of American capi tal, This conviction Is so profound that the allied representatlvee are' hinting that they would like to see Richard Washburn Child, the American minister to Italy, attend the discussions on Russian affairs. The sentiment regarding Ameri can financial support was summed up today by former - President Motta, of Switzerland, who said that without assistance from th United States It would be very difficult for Europe to win out. "We do not believe that America will forget the ties binding her to Kiurope, he declared. Simultaneously with today's de velopments here' prominence was given press dispatches from ths United States asserting that pub lic opinion there did not expect any assistance would be given Europe until Europe put her house In or der and really got to work, settled the problem of German reparations and reduced her armies. ' Hignor Facta, chairman of th conference, tonight officially voiced hope for the success of the confer ence which the soviet reply of to day Is considered to Justify. A ; committee of seven experts, repre senting Great Britain, France, Bel- glum, Italy, Japan, Holland and Czecho-Slovakta will meet the ov- iet expert tomorrow to inaugurate a practical discussion of the entire situation. Rumania was assigned a place on the . board of expert, but withdrew In favor of Cxecho- -Slovakia. RUSSIA'S WAR DEBT TO FRANCE IS MADE PUBLIC GENOA, April 21 (By The As sociated Press) Russia's war debt to the French treasury Is R.SOO. 000,000 paper francs, accordtnar to an official French statement mads public here this evening. The pre-war debts of Russia tn France, namely, loans issued to the Russian state, are fixed at 10,000. 000,000 gold francs. Indemnities due French citizens for confiscation or destruction of property In Rus sia are estimated at , 000, 000,000 paper francs. The statement say France la the heaviest creditor of Russia tn pre war debts while Great Britain leads France In war debts and lndemni ties. 8AY REPORT WOULD MEAN ENSLAVEMENT OF SL.W S GENOA, April 21 (By The As sociated Tress) Although the Rus sian delegation to the economic conference today forwarded to the entente an acceptance in principle of the allied condition concerning pre-war debt, the scaling down of war debts and compensation for the property of foreigners seized by the soviet government, they also submitted to the conferena an other document In answer to the report made by the allied expert sitting In London. It declares that If the terms of the report of the expert were applied "It would lead to the exploitation of Russia and the enslavement of heis laborious population to foreign capital." The memorandum draws a dar't Cmiimt4 m Hn 0
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