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THE WEATHER North snd South Cirollm: Local ,hu(Uj.rshowere Thursday and prob ,wy Frll,,y BOt mueh chanq In tempsfture. THE AS SEVILLE CITIZEN Tz DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN I JjQRTjROLINA: PAGES TODAY 'ESTABLISHED 1868, - . - HEVlLLErNTC., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4,1922 PRICE FIVE CENT& Starvation In Homes Preferred To Life In ) Camps By Su fferers why'worry about a mere ordinance? By BILLY BORNE DECLARES 40.000 PR0PRIET0RSWH0 VlfILL ULTIMATELY SUFFERED FROM NEED ASSISTANCE Excepting at Helena and - Arkansas wiy missis ;.; sippi Now Falling BACKWATERS STILL REACH NEW AREAS Congressional Party Sees jOne Million Acres 01 Inundated Territory NEW ORLEANS, May 8. With .mini and back waters from the Mississippi r'vr and lts tributaries continuing to spread its destruc tion in eleven pansnes oi liouisi ana. relief problems were aug m.niad today as the floods invaded territory far removed fromVhe spillways In the embankments of the great river. Points In Rapides and Avoyelles parishes, 60 miles distant from the Mississippi river, reported that water coming through the crevasse at Fcrrlday had Joined with back waters of the Red River and were encroaching upon rich farm lands In that territory. Below New Orleans, water pour ing through the break In the levee at Poydras has driven everything within miles of the levee north past the Lake Borgne canal at iikel tonight and was creeping an area hitherto thought safe . Jin the flood. . Five miles above The crevasse, near New Home backwater has encircled from the rear of that place and submerged the highway to Violet. ' Every effort was being made to verify report received yesterday at the refugee camp at Harrisonburg that 900 people driven from their homes In Bt. Martin parish were suffering from lack of food but up to tonight the report remained un confirmed. ; Kelief parties working out of Harrisonburg continued today to bring in flood . victims scattered throughout Concordia and adjoin ing parishes.- It it estimate that over a thousand persons are being cared for at that camp. There are probably 2,000 mora at other camps established In the flooded tone affeoted by the Ferirday break snd backwaters from the river in thst part of Louisiana. With the exception of Helens, and Arkansas City which recorded a rinfi of one-tenth of a foot in the Mississippi river today, all points showed declining stages. At New Orleans the gauge registered '20.8, a fall of two-tenths of a foot com- narnH with 24 hours ago. .' Flva hundred refugees front ! sails. Concordia and Catahoula parishes are icing cared for by the Red Cross at the Khlnenan camp Ahont l.nnn others are at Harrison- hiirir. while several hundred others I living in the hills at that ter- ylry. these for tne most pan ue' ini ihna who were able to re move sufficient supplies oerore mo flood to nrovlde for their own wants, for a short time at least. Still other hundreds are stubborn 1 ramalnlna- In their hOmeg. IIV ing, In some; cases, on rafts built Inside the homes, in upper rooms, in harna nr in cotton gins or in any sort of place that is abova water. Many of them have co i structed rude flat boats on which children, cows, mules, pigs and hound dogs are toing in harmony. paying, little hoed to me torrcim.. rains which are common ,huu6.. out the flooded -area just now. . i The refusal of , these people to leave their home and go to the Red Cross refugee- camps and tne policy of the Bed Cross in admin istering only to those in the camps has given rise to a conflict of opin ion between officials of the reiiei organizations and certain Ps" officials. The problem of attending 1 V4kt.he needs of these people, many vhom declare .they would pre . I. Aaath in their own flooded homes than to foresake them for the refugee camps, has not been solved and the task is Browing greater daily through the depletion of the scanty food sup i.iic. k. finnA vwini had on nanc when the water rushed into their homes. ,fVY.U.v; MINERS TESTIFY Are Those Whose Goods "Commandeered" By "Arme4 Marchers" SOME TOOKSTUFF; OTHERS ASKED IT Talk of, "Hanging Gov ernment" and Burning Newspapers Alleged CHAULESTON, W. Va.. May 3. (By the Associated Press.) Proprietors of stores from which men (ingaged In the "armed march" last year obtained shoes, clothing and groceries were among the 13 witnesses heard .today in Circuit c urt where William Blii- :ard 1j being tried for treason. Other testimony covered many in cidents o'. the march and fighting and in treat part was in corrobor ation of evidence previously heard. Nathan lladdad, whose general store is at Clothier, started the "list of complaining merchants with a report or more tnan . worth of shoes gone, but not paid for: A. It; Browning who had a veneral rtcre at Blair, estimated S2.000 ns his loss and Mike August l:lair grocer, fixed $373 as the ....1 U I .. -4 1.,,. maA I1 a this year he had received a check Jfoted Hotel Man Would rni- (hat nmnnnl In nnvmant. i 'ullu "w,w Haddad said many of the armed Piiy StOCk and LeaSO n.hm h aaor In Plnthlar WUJ . .... came into his store to get shoes, rldlne breeches and leggings, and that they said to charge these goods "to the local," but Reconstruction Plans For Reds Get Cold Reception; Rumor U. S. Protests To Property Policies IB IS TO SIGN PAPERS Worthington Evans Terms Report Foundation of Future Finances OPERATORS TURN DOWN RESOLUTION FOR COAL PROBE MUMAMFNT UPIF tap i w -" - AT IDNESDAI'S PLENARY SESSION RANG Miners Would Call Upon Government For Imme diate Investigation MANY REASONS FOR ACTION ARE CITED Coal Man Says His Side Is Not For Confusion of Situation Tchitcherin and Rathenau Discuss Subject Obnox ious to French PARTICIPATION BY U. S. IS MENTIONED Lloyd George Declares Beconstrucuon maien ally Promoted Mil I KIN 0(11 W Candidate Questionnaire lIllLLlun UUL.UU.. r, w f . FJ.J ( data vangerousiy boaaea HOSTELRY MAY BE ERECTED IN CITY Beveriige Wms Over New Who Proposed Building n.nc tn helne formulated tor not In,. rc:i.-n of a new million dol- knowing which local, he could not liT j,0tef in Achevllle to be oper- Among Batch of Appar ently Harmless Ques tions Two Dangerous - Concedes Race taxation, money ARE BOTH SNARES Bond Issues Are the Oth er "T. N. T." Shell Cordeli Hull Says Defeat Emphatic Repudiation or Administration INDIANAPOLIS, May J (By r in AHiivviiio v w vf-. i - - - - . . . , . ..II... II. I.., Dhlllln Mnrras I . . 1 I-I 1 Imul.nl Tki A MnfMAtAfl f reSS I V 1CIUTJ ivr intei'natlnnal vice-nrealdent of the v.n.t.lrv nntaila of tht ex-Senator Albert J. Beverldge, Of 1 nlted Mine Workers and saw him movement will be announced with- I the- repuoucan "on""1'"" Miirrav nrntmlsed ht toilld bl . . nvt v 1 United States sen Involved The new hotel, if successfully paid for the shoes, according to -is testimony. im,nrhrf tilll he financed through Soma "were pouts-enough" to r - ..' . .,.u inivMnaia. ask him to wait on thern and some 'nd th(M ,nUrd have been Jn ,ueiit.a uriow. i . mnstatit communication witn va- Browning inciudea in tpe a-oca. ;,riB.-BTl-ntret anacomparl. h.s store supplied to the men at . m.klnB . business of financing I .1. .... .Ml.. .n A.. t.,1 BH M. I - . . I'Ull iiui. wiiijr .nun uub hA,.,e vi-hrt atfmiM Unfair infl COD- wps and tobacco. ... t.mniated nin purchase a block August said tne men cams to niaii, .1 - house at night and took not only r" . '.Mv,.,j canned looaa out snoes, overalls and boxes of rifle shells. He was wearing the uniform in which he had served in France, Archibald Nichols is chairman of a committee appointed by tne Merchant's association, and with Tt. II. McDuflle and W. M. I.. U -. ko. n wtrlrlnv with II in, . .u, ... . w. "iCommlt,ee from tne cnamoer ot Commerce, composed - of" riato Ebba K. H. McDufne, N. Buckner and others. Mr. McDuflle repre- must ta.e it off and wear blue overalls and jacket or he would gjt "popped." . He did not know what it meant but he changed MntJ nrganlj,atlon irom me unjiurm airvui-cru. uit Cf oss-exs.niinatlon he said he did not know who signed the check which was handed to his brother. -..:.Jvvs-j.vv 3 ' ted V S ator at y ester - ceded tonight by Senator Harry B bwltorfail a candidate for re- nomination At the time Senator New con ceded his defeat SSH. &VEJfifi William Foor, of the Foor Motel company, operators of the O'Henry h )tel. Gieensboro; Cleveland hotel V. & f'nldow, store manager at hu. vTrm.i Marion hoi. Putney for tne Campbell creeKif.hll,t.-t,, r. now under con- Coal company, tesunea ot an at-1 gtruction. has expressed deep in ' ' - 4 OITISSM STIKSAV TtNBoiiorna aorsb ' tilt BROCK lillKLBV) Tt AT.Win.T-I tv .Warnlnr to oays priratu th, nubile and candidates for ot election, was con- ... articular. of high explo- Alvea In, 'th recently propounded . Hi - n r.o - - v.itf u w from statu leaders' who have given more than a passing consideration to this interrogatory masterpiece. Tha batch of apparently harm- hironnonent had O"188. ,v ,n Charlotte m!Bvof 18- w Sa"' nMn at least nrS i th two sheila heavily loaded. An af- slightiy mora onAh.';X.hi,; date to tha advocacy of what is vo. .omni.t. recognlged as impossible or aan w J , 1 .nll. t.vf.l.llnn candidates xor mo general as sembly, it was declared, should ex ercise particular caution in giving their answers, as legislative en actment, which the auestlonnalre apparently would advocate, iiins to their lot. Most of the questions the 3.382 pre elncts in the state the ' vote was 179,936 for Beverldge against 161,- 701 for New.1 The missing pre cincts included to m Marlon coun ty (Indjianaaolls). in a statement to The Associated Trm.m Mr Kxtv M Ih.ra waa nn I il fl SimDle enOUgll. bUt into fSW doubt of Mr. Beverldge'a election, of them there has bten injerted a, BELG 1ACKI ANSFA "",u."'il" .'v -.r.". T- tmporun factor -w me proposea ,..a I SiSit-' ahouW he answer them as ven, in 1110 pan. urn uri. v Mr. oor. wno is na-1 r -b" - - - . .... , A suggestion that they go to I, ,.,,,, . v.i owner Charleston, burn the newspapet and onerator. has stated that he o.Hces and hang the government lvouM ltM. mni operate the hotel was attributed to some 01 me 1 1 this !lty, if satisfactory to tha armea nro or . oiorw. 01 promoters and pu Charleston, contractor on railroad I M0tx o 'he stock. wjrk. A group or aoout i men To . have a hotel passea xne piace wnere ne was a. work in Winifred Junction, he said promoters and purchase a large In Ashevllle, operated as a link in a modern and up-to-date hotel chain, would and some of those in the group n,ean ml.cn op th cay, it is de- were doing the talking. This wit ness also told T hearing men y they wre watching every train that came to Marmet from Cnarlestun for state police and would kill any who got oft the rain. He had a tilt with Mr. :lar4 by those interested and It is planned to complete all details snd attempt to get every organi zation in the city solidly behind th movement for the new hotel. Those Interested have . stated that aihfn tha nviuahi.nt for tha nouJior on cro-imnauon p. of etock js offlclaiiy launched . In .V.. nA nrnmnlit. nar.v InltheV inDMr On tnOlT I&Ce. 5. ... w.u, r""'- I - - V."i-.. ".I.. Ai 1... .... - .k. his statement declared that on ac- niei juiuu. ... eount of the. result of the primary taxation of "f'ght hundred or a .1,. . r..,A. 1. o,,,. thousand million dolls r ot party are burled forever." kocm ana dohos u sm ib w. i .. . the loaded shells, while Dr. H. Q. 18 REPTOLVTION FOR Alexander alleged flat money prin- II AJtDING ADMINISTRATION A"! I.01"."-. ,t i.'W'ASHINdTPN, May 3.Cordell th8 mandate of the constitution Hull, chairman of the democratic requiring the Hating for taxation rivtr mrrT YTrvw imVS ARK w NOW VNDER FIiOfD WATER VlCKSBURG, Miss., May 8 (By Th i..n.i.,.ii Preaal One mil lion acres 26 per cent under cul tivation inundated to I oepu from three to 16 feet,, water cover M ant ..nlHlv illalntaaratlng far.TI housed in box cars, tents and railroad stations and here and'there a more persist ent householder i sticking to "is dwelling despite the lapping of the water against the thresholds, view ed from the windows ot a special train which ploughed its way through more than two feet ot hrliv.i tnr a distance of Zo mllaa from . TaraV to VlcksbUrg, -"V'e the congressional delegation Jveylng the ravages of the swol- mmK Mlaalaalnnl a vivid Insight to day to the tragedy yof the river flood. : . ,.,.-'T. V. Today's journey, the third day of the tour began at Mempnis aivn lv nraa Wr(Yiih tha "back Wter spreading, over the YaaooB9H irom Brunswick Gap an uncom pleted stretch of the Mississippi river levee eystem nortn 01 vickb- nurc and .h Natchez, the next stoe in the itinerary, Is exeected to be reached late tomorrow. ' In its spread over the farm ianaa In the Taxoo Basin the water ultl- tnalalv will Inundate Sections Of five counties Issaquena, Bharkey safe if 1 go back towhere I cameli.hev are confident of success. irom. SHvarnl comnantea who have waiter Jiunt, asxea wnetner ......aafnllv flnanoa hntala in irp anes aroppea a presidentui neighbo.:rg cities have been ap 1 reclamation over the miners' UroachwJ on the subject of raising lines rnisunaeraiooa me question I f.inria for a new hotl In Aahevi a and upset the dignity of the court- )Xnd have expressed the opinion 00m nen im anawerea: ; ..- itiiat rnnrta pan u aaailv ra aart "They dtopped something over Charleston, B. C. recently raised there, they said it was gas.' It I ii.2Aa.flAA to hiillii . mooem 13. nao nireaay oeen tesunea inai gas jtory note! and it will be operate! niimua T-Kiaj uiuipij ujr irjjiura 1 t,y the oor Hotel company cemtng Tram tgan. - 1 Mr. Toor is well known in lAahf.vlll. .'inil ha 4a to iAm hara HEDGECOCK WIIvIj SET i the near future and confer with HEARING ON. SATCRDAY officials and representatives of the HfWl OTranMom, w nn h.nnna. . uaw hotal for A.h.vllla GREENSBORO. May 8. Basil " - . - H. Hedgecock, formerly caahitr of I WTTHDRAWAI OF YANKS "lllrzr,. . r: elaykd at huns request funds of the Institution in the sum national committee, declared in a statement tonight "that the re ported victory r of Albert J. Bev- fridge over Senator Harry Ne in the Indiana senatorial primaries by a decisive majority tonight, is a of stocks and bondif It sounds reasonable but when it is realizes, that the property represented by the stocks and bonde is already taxed it can readily be seen mat this is "double tax", In addition, these corporations NEW TOriK, May 3. Anthra cite coal operators of the Joint sub committee' on wage negotiations tnilav refused to subscribe to a resolution offered by the miners, calling upon federal officials to begltt-an immediate investigation of the anthracite industry, from mlns In consumer. Several reasons were cited by the miners for calling upon the government at this time, They al leged that prices to the consumer were excessive; that reductions were essential to the public wel fare: that profits in distribution and aale of tha nfoduct were im periling rights ot capital and labor to fair returns; that freight rates were exorbitant and designed to handican the producers not own Ing railroads; that lair rates to tidewater would cut $2.63 a ton from the price to the consumer and that needless agencies for dls trlbutlon added unwarranted-mar gins of profit to retail prices. The miners proposed that an investigation should at once be mart, hv the interstate commert commission of freight rates charged for the transportation oi anthracite coal with the end In view of 'ordering a reduction of such rates if they are louno to unreasonable and unjust," The federal trade commission would have been called upon, ac- ...jm In ttia raanitllinn 1Q Dai" an immediate investigation ot all ...Mrtia whiph nave neen bi- ii. k. for th handllnc and sale of -ewtfuelawtioal extending from the mines to tne consumer the end in view of recommending measures of reuet irom . .. ..... anil TiroAffl." (Hindu wdv- . " r . m .u. John L. Lewis, president or the tti..ji mim Workers of America, offered the proposal In behalf of v.i. nanlKatlon. : II nau a k rhiiin Murray. ' vice president .and three district ; presi- aeni ufb."- In refusing to sign the resolu tlon. Bamuel D. Warrlner. apokee man for the operators they did not propose to Join tne miners in a course which would "tend to confuse rather than clar ify the situation," on issues," not within the Jurisdiction ot the Joint mmma of miners and opera- . , ..utaii tn nacotlate a new lonp v."'' . i, contract covering wages and work- "n. onn. itself with anything else can only delay nd complicate solution ofhe Issue with i which It i. a. .una" ha continued. "That is, the formulation of a fair wage scale and reasonaoie '' -v" Mirh. nnaratnra aeciinv 10 u. erted from this task by proposals, .,.w .k.fh.r Aaalrahla or not, have no bearing upon the task oi providing a basis tor tne mun.. CREDITS TO SOVIET MEET OPPOSITIOI GENOA, May 8. (By The Asso dated Press) A report was clr culated here today that the Ameri can state department had, Instruct ed Richard Washburn Child, the American ambassador to Italy, to protest against the contents of Atrlcle VI of the economic confer ence's memorandum to Russia as affecting American holders of property in Russia. Rathenau Warns Th: Ten Million People Must Be Helped GENOA, May . (By the Aesoa. elated Tress.) The soviet pleni potentiaries are "not delighted'' with the project of the power for the reconstruction of Russia. Such Is the brief summary emanating from soviet sources of the bolh vlk views on the memorandum cm which Europe's statesmen nave worked so laboriously. ' The fact that the document do-i not mention recognition of the so viet government and ignores th suggestion ot governmental loan is said to displease the commun ist leaders who are now conferrii.t: with Moscow. The -memorandum was delivered to them only at 4 o'clock this morning, after a corr of secretaries had worked all nig! ' putting Into official shape. It v,i rushed to Hanta Margherita by an tomoblle and delivered to M. IU ovsky. who received it dressed i i NO DEPARTIRE FROM V. 8. rOLlCY, IT IS DECLARED WASHINGTON, May 8 (By The Associated Press) Btate depart ment officials declined today to dls cuss reports of an American pro test against the Genoa memoran- nn tn Rnaaia but It wee Indicated his pajamas. ln"' "w "7"" " memorandum,, and word waa r trom AmmiMn loiwnnitin m1Vm nen mie evening ti of non-nartlc nation in the tienoai France had determined to aiand I t-onfersnce. Belgium, but s jet there la no oi uuini aiinuuiiueiiiBiii. in unnua DISARMAMENT QUESTION l.tfTO IN PLENARY NEHSION GENOA. May 8. (By The Asso ciated Press) The disarmament Question bobbed up today in a plenary session ot the uenot con ference. German the Harding administration and Senator New's part therein by the republicans of Indiana." PRONOUNCEMENT BEADCK REfJCE cause he said "my life won't be nou mg will change the plans and plain and emphatic repudiation of pay Income taxes. Since double taxation wouia noi ue wi. iu n the stocks and bonds wouia neces' aitata thn llminatlon ot the coun try's tax of corporations and their property and the suDsniuuon i the etock and bond tax. Many North Carolina cornoratlons have stocks owned by people residing in other states, so tnat tne coun ties would ' lose money by the r.hanre. Half a million dollar cor poratlon In any town oi me siaw la lauaatii hv the county authori ties and duly taxed. The etock of the corporation merely represents it property so that to levy a tax on thla -too, would be double tax ation and would drive inausiries from North Carolina because oi a' piesslon it was argued. The other shell designated as Dr. Alexander relates to boiul is sues. Dr. Alexanaer opposes m5 issuance of bonds, advocating me Issuance of money by the govern ment instead. Both, he contends - , -- . - , ,, , I ...a j- . u. . , V, or i57,uuu or mereaoouis win oe battalions of the Eighth Infantry given a hearing on Saturday. now at Coblens dn the Rhine, are The accused man waa in ureens- being delayed at least one month boro this afternoon conferring ln theiP relurn to the United States, with his attorneys, juage w. r. secretary Weeks said today, be. Bynum, ana garding 000. He went nome jhi in inei.hat BY BISHOP ATKINS Calls For Stricter Adher ence to Divorce Laws " of the Churcli"- and S. h. Alderman, re- caUg9 of r.qUests received from va- ffnn !. bond In the wim of 845,- h0us countries, including Germany, ? te went home late in the that American troops be retained tlons to HOT RPHINOS. Ark.. May 8 The 19th quadrennial session of the gen aral mnfarenca of the Methodist Kplscopal church. South, was launcn- re a(rencies of wealth .and money en nrre . """--. . nnthina more tnan we Ml u lh address from th' col bishops making recommends .1... iu. .'-r... . r, 4 ttfllH a dev. tn the custod;; of aa onicer to ... .h occuoled German territory I vuw of tha naat four years. The raise tne Don a, wnicn auornrys havnnil Julv 1. the rita now set bv aiMraaa waa nrnar1 and reSil ny said he would raise tonight. Mr. I tne wtP department for complete Bishop James Atkins, of Nashville. ca-leg have HedgecoCK was irrwuu in xiigii the government and is good only so long as the government stands btnina it. nr. 4 Alexander's financial advo never macta mucn Ugh I avariiatlon hw Amprlran forces of Tenn.. and Is the offlclsl pronnunoe-1 . 'Aw- in vnrth f'irolina. so that Point late Tuesday evening ana German soli. . , ment oi . an me preiaies oi microscopical etatement here vrn part of Warren. In many parts ff the area already overflowed, teed was planted several weeks ago."" ia.ii r Rait r.roia rep- iiBiiMitiv. u-hn la riirecttnK reliet v.n. in . tha fUieraton hotef last! nlehi by Chief Blackwelder of the Li;tt AGAINST GOVERNOR High Point police force. . m RE FILED AT OXFORD RATTLE OF KILKENNY JACKPOT. Mise. May 8 At . ENDS, CASTLE CAPTURED tornovs Mr Miss Frances Blrkhead, .2: ' V' . ' 'irllnt Btenpgrapher, who is suing KILKE.NJMr, may y " Oovernor Lee M. Russell, her for. Associated Press.) The battle In mer employer, for 8100,000 dam- Kilkenny enaea tnis evening. alleging seduction, today forwarded ' to the clerk or the United States District court at Ox f:ird a !ud icate of the- bill Of complaint filed here last January, and win see k to nave me case tiled-in that division of the north ern district, .; The case was dis missed here yesterday for want of jurisdiction. PRANCE TO CALL ITS 1118 CLASS TO COLOftft LONDON. May J. The sketch President to revive oeiwien. im """"" " " """V " . . . i . j i? ... ..j i,i.ir i anil Hun- French sourees that Franca Is tra- LiHUM 0'" I...IV ...(.. fnr l.m.l.l. mnkllli.tlnii nt the- iris riass oi reserves nuniorrm probably 180,00. 'Thla Is with a view to, enforcing the pavment of f;Tara tions after May 31 if necessary. ' ' 9 o'clock. Ormonde Castle, the last! Btronghold nem oy me irreiuiara. was stormed and captured by the free state troops. The Irregular garrison surrendered and was marched, with its arms and am munition, te the military barracks. REVIVAL OF TMATIM.V;.'...L.. ".APPROVED BY, SENATE t WASHINGTON. May 8.-The sen. ... in iiMiut v session late today ll,imnh.. Va.oo .nil the north-, .domed a resolution authorising tne rhiiroh. Tha most drastlo recommendation nf tha renort was en the subject of divorce. The law of the church has in veara nroh b ted ministers rrom performing matrimonial : ceremonies except in in vurm ui iniiwnn -sons divorced for the one scriptural cause. No penalty was- attached to Its violation, however, and there was no method of determining what per sons were Innocent, the report sain. The bishops favorea the enactment of a church law providing that the fact of Innocence must be established by the court record, that persons wno marry against its provisions shall neither become nor remain members": of the church and that ministers who K anlamnlxa rnarriaaes between them 1 B shall be tried (or immorality. REPUBLICANS OF FINANCE BODY IN Prance's action, It is believed t' conversations between Prem Polncare and M. Barthou, ho ever, will have an Important ge eral effect on the conference. All the leaders expressed n' faction at today's plenary sesi" believing that it embodied the i auguration of far-reaching etCm to improve the n nances ot 1 Walter Rathenau. the foreign minister, said the world'e -' '" - . T. . I rrna n H . . fln;in. a . , .1.1 . . 1 .1 V. K., .....si nit . that 1 - r. . iiiwuvti., .vvin ... Ulliuna biuiu . .nnfurtne. ha. Hit.n clav4 .Bip Laming - Worihin- this could aot be done while the nations wer."4umplns; - at taob otner s inroais.- Fore urn Minister Tchitcherin, o ' Soviet Russia, declared in plea. for general disarmament: "Only by a policy of peace can the nations "balance their budget." . He said Russia must insist upon reservations to the report o the financial commission ot the con-1 ference as it carried provisions concerning the league of nations, wnicn jiuasim uiu hui itowihuwi ( f,,,.. .i,ti4u . .u. .. Evans, chairman ot the flnan commission, and he believe i would prove as important a t hietoiic Justinian civil code, i. basis of world Jurisprudence. The essential point are 11 mi' tlon of the issue of paper mom nxing oarltv with a-old. ecenom ing in the use of gold and co-or nation of gold. The United Stat. id tne chairman, with alii" half the world's gold could J to renounce government., control over exchange operations. The renort or tne transport com mission was adopted and then the session adjourned. . Richard Washburn cnua, me American ambassador, was among the visitors at the session. Not Generally Discussed tfH-ent Rr Russians. The disarmament quoiuon w not generally discussed except by the foreign, ministers ot both Rus- ala anil ftarmanv. The Russian qiiertion ana otner political subjects were not touched upon, but the necessity for Amerl- polltlcal difficulties and could h Europe ae well as herself. At the session M. Tchltchorln Russia, alluded to the rights communism and declared that s waff impossible for the Rum. government to renounce its ci trol over exchange operations, o spite the fact that the financial i port characterised this control mlschlevoua. The financial report, like t' memorandum of the powers to t itusaiana, emphasises that a' a nee to disorganized count! : should take the form of prlvai not governmental credits. J S rof&'wdy h.toKn, ri; ntUd nr0dPebau" In SZ J?JlnK SENATE ASSAILED th. former extn f'i.t .k. Auatrlan-Huna-arlan mon archv ' It also adopted a resolution iuLhorlxin the chief jxecutlveto re- esentat Ivl who la directing reHe ( v;v. tne un.ry an. v.u .v,,. . ICnilliif a fs J ')'. protecuve ireaij . , WOMEN ARE ADMITTED . ,TO NORTHERN. DIOCESE ' BOSTON. May 8 For the first time In the history of the Episcopal dli day convention row tour wnmrn mim era win i . . hanWa tn the election t.t bishop eoailjutur. AsiitKn tnterprlsrs and banks. Fletcher Turns Loose Broadside Regarding Framing of Tariff nriomviiTnv Mav S. Senate finance republicans were sttscked today in the senate by Senator Fletcher, democrat, Florida, , who asserted that ,the records showed that tha tariff commission was al lowed to take no pan " ',""': i th. n.nrtlnir tariff bill and nil vii ... " 1 . , v, . i ih. framlnc of the uue par in ...mi ranreaentatlves OI the "specific interests were heard without end.: . nTu.ir aalflah anneals." he sain "evidently did not fall "n unheed ing ears, as a study of any Of these schedules will show."- Senator Fle.cher declared that ...ji,u. tvara not settled enougn now to permit of the framing of a definite and permanent tariff pol icy. Asserting that proponents of the : r." dwell upon trli subjeu only ong wr- ; - w Undwood enough to "tip" the unsuspecting "'"r.Vnrovdlna revenue "and not affording opportunity to build up .,nnnnaiinnahle monopolies. An increased duty on rice was ... j v.., B.n.tor Rrnussard, demo crat. Louislsna, who asserted that ...... .v.. Underwood law rates ough Jobs ot prominence to binrooaad for re-enactment In the 3n to make the answers of unus-1 panln.. bin, the American market would be liooaea Dy a.n.tnr Rronssard read frorh de partment of agriculture records to show that the great fee produo. tlon in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and other southern states and de M.r.rf thla Industry needed the protection given ln the m""cr tariff set ii f " HU...W - On rougn rice eenaior DiUu.-... tlon with the financial report, Dr. Teixeir. Gomex, of Portugal, and other delegates empnasizeo inn need of obtaining American aup port for European financial recon- at ruction. ' " ' ' After the session Prime Minister Lloyd George, ot ureat Britain, ae oi..rt tha work of the two com missions as set forth in their report adorned today represented a very material contribution toward re- .nnatrur Hon of Europe. It was aatiafattorv to note, ne remarn-u the way ln which all the powers had accepted. In euch a rapia v., , .in. ...in, faahlon the fur-reach' ing resolutions oi tne two cominw- BIU1IB.'T ie nnnnn mtj:n M(V RE - I inm.lkln. hi candidates. The questions have attracted only pa-sing attention among most men interested In public affairs. Tha nnveltv of the stunt of 1820 ham worti off. and there are not en ual Interest. Division even In the -.nil nf tha farmer labor people over the character of the questions Is evidenced by declaration of labor leaders here In opposition to mem. UBBIA OWES AMERICA , BILLIOn, la HMnl' NEW YORK, May 8.-Rus1a's ob ligations to the United, btste wera estimated at from 700,O0.00O to 81, nnn nnn.noo today by bankers who h.v haan maklns a close study of . . ...a nf one rent a pound lay were admitted to a diocesan n:-,Ih'?.h!8tnm,But ,-Wiad U"d tw0 cent" n milled rice In ,Svention as lay deletates. ' Tomor- k"nt'y Mi , toh-ts the United I ,h. one ent proposed by ow four women thus s.ad will vote fctsts government and lo PrtvtW lieu o e , .... the -views of M. : Rakovsky. wi had publicly declared that the viet as the Russian government expected a loan from the power . In conclusion M. Tchltcherl i voiced the conviction that it only by economic dullaboratton or two worlds whose policy is base ! on different economlo system! that mankind could move toward i reconstruction and peace. Dr.' Rathneiu : declared that from the Genoa conference, tlii world not enly expected theses an l theories, but hoped that the rep resentatives of the great nation.) would give evidence of energetic, efficacious and immediate co-oper ation with respect to economlo ami social needs or great urgency. , n voiced a. warning that ten million without work an' i the finance committee. rHARLUTlTj. April . dw""!- Kllgo may. be placed on the su perannuated list by the Southern Methodist coniereui:" Hot Springs. Ark., according to an nnr.nSrmd renort which could not ha verified at the home of Bishop Kllgo here. . . J Bishop Kllgo was eiecieu w w bishopric in 1910. when ne was president es-iruuty. coiipge. ... hand of tha Methodist educational Institution tn 184and served until 110. until mif 'i" was president emeritus, but re signed ln that year. He was li censed to preach in 1S83 and held a number of pastorates before ac cepting the cliair ot pnnosopny t Wofford college, giving up the pro fessorship to accept tne presiaency of Trinity college. . For some time Kisnop miio n heen dn bed. and it is believed that hi health, coupled with his age -2 will be considered sufficient for his retirement by tne conier- encs. He nas gone 101 rkii"ia to attend the sessions ot tne con ference.' ' ' ' ' v Building prospects costing more than half a million dollars marked April a red letter montn in unar lotte. The largest permir. iur u rfitiona waa alven the Selwyn ho tel owners for a lou.uou auaiuoo to the hotel. , wc.nn FOUND OUILTT GUIS A Id. MWlt.i.Ji atkeN. 8. C May 8. George Rivers,1 a negro charged with the wrecking of Atlantic Coast Line train lust out-of Augusta, on May 20, last year ln which Engineer Joe Temples was killed, was today fnnnd miltv ot murder with a rec- nmmand atlon to mercy which means life Imprisonment under the South Carolina, law. Tne jury m h .. was out onlv 10 minutes. I v ?jl.tt.'mra. -iH.i.lH'a.UiH.1 w i.'lall.iiim' I .a...a. something had tnem. to be done fot NEW STKPS TO mTRRY ' MUSCLE 8IIO.VL8 ACTION WASH1NOTON. May 8. Investi gation by tUe senate agriculture commltteeH the private offers for development ot , the power and nitrate properties at Muscle fines H proceeded today more expeditious - ly than at any previous time, ai thn suggestion of Senator Norr.s, committee chairman, tne patn was cleared for equally speedy progresn by the committee until the Invest 1 1 gatlon is concluded end a report on the offers prepared for the sen ate itself. The committee decided to ex- tend Its sessions Into the afternoon and work even while the senate - was in session upon the proposals , pending before It for study and re port. , HERRICK AGAIN MISSES ACCIDENT NARROW lix PARIS. May 3. (By tha Asso ciated Press.) Myron T. Hrrlok, the American ambassador, again miraculously escaped death tortnv when a taxlcih in the Avenue I I'Opora, crashed Into hia tutomo- blle, badly smas'iirg 'lie car. Mr. Herrirk, luokily. tscapel wunout a scratch. His other narrow eecaps was when a honib exploded In bli reeidence October 19 or last year, only a tow minute- before he arrived. SENATE ACCEPTS THE AGRICULTURAL REPORT Washington! May -The snst late todav adopted the conference re port on 'the agrieuiiural aoproprt' tlon bill'and sent th measure to I Tresldent. As finally pv"1' l!' '. bill carries 83S.7T4.(. n mcraase -approximately l-)S!.ft,", .Sverv. '"' anjount aiipropriated in the bum .tt 1 r ii) ' v.
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