North Carolina Newspapers

THE SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER 28 PAGES TODAY AahevlH and vicinity Sunday un tattled, probably thundtrshowers; Saturday's temperature: hlflh, 74; low, "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17,1922 PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c ALLIES STILL FRIENDS IF GENOA BREAK COMES raTirlT IILILIl I IILi IIUI MEDIAL FLOOD MEASURES URGED Informal , Hearings Are Held by Congressmen Making Jiississippi Tour. FLOOD UUMM1SS1UJN IS BEING SOUGHT Committee Off for Capi ; tal With Definite Goal of Protecting Lands. NEW ORLEANS. May 6.' The; need of preventive Instead of rem edial measures was urged upon the congressional delegation' which completed an Inspection of Mis iinni river flood conditions here yday, after a combined host and 111 trip from Memphis which be an last , Monday. At a number or informal hear ings members of the party heard the member of levee board?, en gineers and other interested par ties give their views as to proper methods of corraling the outlaw river when it goes on its annual "sprees."- "IeVee only", advocates, "spill way'' advocates, and those advo cating other "sure cures" were given opportunity to express their views. . ; Harold Newman, president of the Association of Commerce, and members of the local flood con trol committee, urged tho dele gation, to advise President Hard lug to appoint a special commis sion to work out some plan tfi prevent, the river from breaking through the levees. ' f peaking for the congressional parly, Jo.ph E. Kandsell, senior United States senator from Louis iana, made the following corn lent: J "We have arrived at the end of a very .strenuous, most con structive trip down the flooded. Mississippi river. Wo have view ed the inundated country on both ides of this vast stream which if the very artery of the North American continent. ' All of us are carrying back, .to Washington a most comprehensive -idea of the flood time. , . , "We have seen samples of all kinds of troubles that can come from overflows. We have seen , the wreck . of , fortunes., 'We have seen the f .harrowing, . distress, of, homeless. , jiu.mjplty-. .., Ve have, seen solid bulwarks of earth stand up gravely to the tremen . dous rushing current of the ,M1 'sissippl when it carried the great est content of water between its banks in its history and no have marveled. "Every member of our party was visibly Impressed with what he saw on the down river trip. Above all they were impressed, I believe with the magnificent coun try behind the levees 'that must be protected. Therefore, we are Jaking back to congress a corps of champions that will work night and day for the proper expendi ture of moneys and labor to throw a protection between these fertile fields and the unmanageable MIs-HlS'-lppl whenever measures are introduced." ffASHIXGTON HCENK OF V. m m.t'si man -.-- lt't-nniVrC trpfltt Cermminn, r ilIMl Citiinl WASHINGTON, May . Miss Annie Walt "Baldwin of Mangum was married here today to Oibaon Harman of Roanoke, Va. The ceremony took piece at five o'clock at Mount Vernon Methodist church. RE RED GROSS DIES Director of Organization During War Dies on Operating Table. ONEW TOpK, May 6. Henry Davidson, member of the bank ing firm of J. P. Morgan and "company, and directing head of the American Ited Cross during the world- war, died about 1:30 o clock thi afternoon on the op erating tabla while surgeons were attempting to remove a tumor from his brain at his Country es tate in Locust Valley, Long 1s- tan"-. "'.",. ., ' ,. - ,K me internationally ahut ,i fi nancier faced death as Impertiirb ably as he had met the problems of life. Known on the street as one who never showed undue arm. ha tonic no formal rare- well of his family and joked with his loved ones while he was pre- Darinc to leave with his close as snclates two reauests In case he should rlin under the ether. His first request, was that he should be laid to rest In the Lo cust Valley, with 'its rolling stretchers of .green and flowering apple blossoms, that he had loved. The second was that his tuner should be as simple and unos lntatious as possible. Wit was only last night that an "nuneement was made that Mr. tiavldson who , went under " the knife last August, would have to undergo another operation today. Th first operation, performs! to relieve pressure on the auditory nerve which produced headaqlies and Insomnia, disclosed the tumor Its removal wajs not attempted, because It was felt the patient could not stand further loss of blood and anaesthetic ' fi; ..', '-' ' He did not rally as well as had been expected .however and. .the surgeons decidedwantne'' opera tion was- imperativ"a a bulletin issued about 2 o'clock told of the failure: ,' - ' ' - "Mr. Henry P. : Davidson died today upon the conclusion of an operation upon an InfllltMtlng tu ' mor in the brain, whlnh could DAVIDSON 110 AND BIKER WHO IS WHO IN CHINA'S WAR AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT (S"H rr,.. r Jit-rilla niiml CHICAGO. Mav (.Who's who and why :n Chinese war: fien. Chang Tso I, in. sovernor of Manchur.a and a former bandit. waa the chief opimnent nf the administra tion of r-e?ident Hsu Chang, who is very wealthy and who has been ma neuverlne for what he termed a more I representative government In China. I f)r. Sun Yat Sen s the founder of the south China republic, which he set up. His capital is Canton. Oen. Wu Pel Fu has been In con trol i,f the province of Honan and Mupeh in central China and has been the guardian of the present admin istration although only lukewarm to ward tite president. Gen. Chang and' Ir. Sun recently he it a . conference at Mukden to thresh out- China's difficulties. It was agreed, it is reported, that Sun was to he made president of Ciiina anil Chang vice-president. Sun went hack to Canton and Chang began sending troops through Mukden and eventually seised Peking and one of the main railroads lead ina: Into the city. Wu Pei Fu then demanded that President Man Chang immediately force the evacuation of Peking by General Chang or he would attack. He charged that Chang was setting up a dictatorship. This demand was refused sn.1 Chang launched an attack upon the forces of Wu Pel Fu. lr. Sun is reported to have an nounced that In view of agreement at the Mu,kden conference he would start troops north to join forces with General Chang. L IN CHINA IS WU'S SOLE HOPE Sweeping Governmental Changes Follow His Mastery of Peking. PEKING. May 6. (By The As sociated Press.) General Wu Pei Fu. victor over General Chang Tso-Lin In the struggle fon military control In China declared today at Chansintlen . that instead of striv ing for the position of head of the government he desired to devote his energies to unify China, create po litical harmony in the north and south, abolish militarism, revive Industry and win the respect of he foreign powers. He expressed htmself as agree ing with the opinion of the powers set down at. the Washington con ference that China must put her house 'fn order, free" herself from vast armies, apply her revenues to pay her dWs and, build -.rjtilroajjt. ' Wu Pet-Ku greeted a group of Americans and British who visited his private train, 12 miles outside of Peking, As the visitors ap proached, General Wu appeared en the stops of his car dressed In simple uniform without Insignia of rank. 1 , ' General Wu was asked whether he Intended entering Peking to as sume the direction of the govern ment. He replied that he was not interested in politics, because of more serious questions. First of all, he did not consider his victory was complete until he had captured Chang Tso-Lin, whom he desired to eliminate as a possible future menace. He favored disarming most of the soldiers, but wanted a rea sonable defensive army, to repre sent united China against foreign enemies. '- " Sweeping governmental changes followed today the success of Gen eral Wu Pei-Fu in winning the military mastery at Peking. -- President Hsu Shlh-Chang is- CastluM mi ft' Ttt F DUAL T EARL! SAT Superintendent of Uni versity's Grounds Kills Prof. Homes and Self. COLUMBIA, 8. C;. May . Prof. M. Good Homes, head of the department of engineering of the ITnlverslty of South Carolina, was shot and killed by Benjamin Halle, superintendent -of grounos, oi tne university, who a few minutes later killed himself by firing a shot in to his brain. The double tragedy occurred In the treasurer's office of the university shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. . - There were no eye witnesses but Dr. William S. Currell. president and Dr. Leonard T. Baker, dean, saw the superintendent brandish ing a revolver and both were ord ered from the office by Halle, a shot being fired over the head of noun Baker and the weapon being nninted at President Currell al- thninrh he was not fired upon. The action against the two officers of "the university was taken, arter Prof Homes had oeen siain ana u Is believed Halle klHed himself a few minutes sfter warning Presi dent Currell not to enter the room. At the Inquest conducted by Pnrnner J. B. Scott of Itichland county tonight the iury found that Prof. M. uooa Momes-was siain h nentsmln Halle while the lat ter was temporarily Insane and that u.iin then (tied 'by his own hand. A letter found In a pocket of vraii.1. cost was read.' written by 'Haile showing that the cause of the tragedy was the dlfferencs be tween the two men growing out of building operations at the univer sity It was not clear whether this letter was written before or after HaileS shot Homes. Bitter feeling has .existed . between the two men tt ...ms for six months or more. tr hem ii shortly after several anonymous letters were written the board of trustees criticising rrui, nosition in connection with letting contracts for certain minor .nair at the university. These letters and the charges mdwre POLITICS COLUMBIA SCENE RAGEDY DAY CmiteM '" ft mt SIMMONS FILES MINORITY REPORT! ON TARIFF BILL Says Bill Should Be Call ed One to Mortgage Coun try to Monopolies. MAINTAINSPROFITS - NOT WAGE SCALE Report Says Interests Hope for Embargo Ben efits as in Wartjme. WASHINGTON May S.pe- velopment today In senate consid eration of the pending tariff bill included the filing of the minority report attacking the measure, ap proval of the finance committee amendments' increasing the duties on lactirTacid and an informal dis cussion among republican leaders of measures designed to speed up senate action. Night sessions beginning next Tuesday with a view to forcing curtailment of debate were among subjects discussed by the leaders, but no decision was reached. Three roll calls were demanded by the democrats on the lactic jicld paragraph, but the committee amendments undef which the rates on this acid would be advanced from 2 cents to 9 cents a pound in place of the house duties of from 2 1-2 cents to 5 tents were accept ed by substantial majorities on al most strict party votes. , The minority report on the bill was filed by Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking democrat on the finance committee, who as serted that if properly entitled the tariff would be termed a; "an act to mortgage the country and its resources to the protected and monopolized Industries." Declaring that the atmosphere of the capitol had been surcharged for 18 months with the "frenzied clamor of the protected Industries for STohtbititive rates,"' the report said these Interests believed that embargoes and prohibitions would do for them what embargoes and prohibitions did for them during the war. 'The rates Imposed in this bill." the report continued, "are rates that in their operation, while not enhancing the price of labor or operating In any way In the inter est of laberj will irresistibly end to the maintenance of present high profits and price of . which the. noople now complain and furnish an opportunity to further Increase these price while the power to further Increase these rates vested in the President will operate as an invitation to invoke the exerclss of these extra legislative sowers when the prescribed rates are not sufflol- ent to safeguard the protected pro ducers sgainst the risk of foreign comnetltion in case they may wish to raise their prices above the level of the protection against sucp com' petittin afforded by the rates writ ten in the bill." Senator Simmons further assert ed that proponents of the bill were actuated by the belief that tn only way to afford protection against foreign competition "Is to double the dizzy heights or tne protection wall and to so out Aid- rich Aldrich. as to make mm ana his memory , anathema to his quondam idolatrous followers." STATEWIDE CALL FOB AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS NEW ORLEANS, May With 12 parishes of Louisiana partially Inundated bv flood waters of ths Mississippi river and back waters from its tributaries, a conference will be held at Baton Rouge tomor row to determine whether the reg ular session of the legislature scheduled to convene Monday shall be postponed to permit Its members to remain at noma in tne stricken parishes to render assist ance in re let work. Flood waters that broke through three levees of the Mksststlppl con tinue to spread over additional tr ritory. In the central and eastern section of the state, the water from the crevaase at Kerrlday and back waters from tributaries have damaged the parishes of Ten sas. Caldwell, Catahoula, Concor dia. La&all. Ouachita. Franklin Avoyelles, Rapides and t. Maptln, covering thousands or square nines made tens of thousands homeless and destroyed property that will Fifty thousand 'rations of iood nrs todav movin to Natchez, Miss, from where they will ba ditribut ed through the state by troops to the refugees, in Concordia parisn. Governor Parker todsy made a statewide sppeal for aid for the sufferers. Three companies! of the Louisiana nation a) guard are now on duty at stricken zones. AIJ.ttKKn BOOTLF.GGKK IS SHOT B UNKNOWN t HAN CHARLOTTE. May , 6. Carl Llppard, 1( years old son of Bud Llppard. alleged - bootlegger of Catawba county : awaiting trial here at next term of superior court on charges of hsndllng liq uor. Is at local hospital with bul let wound In his back , Inflicted bv unknown men as he and a young man from Newton sped from tliarlotte this morning west' ws rd". ? '. ' '' The men who fired the shots are believed to have been bent on taking Into their own hands the enforcement of prohibition laws and the same who held up Deputy Sheriff Vic Fesperman and a ru ral policeman . an hour ' before, mistaking them for bootleggers. ROWLAND VETERINARIAN KILLED IN STOPPING TEAM ROWLAND. N. C, Msy Dr. H. Harris veterinarian, was killed today while attempting to stop a runaway team of mules carrying a wagon load of' school children, none of whom wss hurt, due prob ably to Harris efforts. He died from Internal injuries received when the wagon wheels passed over his body, . , ... ,, Mellon Maintains Fund Contribution Subject to Taxing Sustains Blair But Will Await Reorganization to Allow Exemption , ... Washington!" May . socre- tarv Mellon, todav informed Sena tor Glass, of Virginia, by letter thai the treasury , upon reconsideration had reached the same conclusion as held by Commissioner Blair that contributions to the WdodroW Wil son Foundation were not exempt from federal Income tax. He added however, that he would be glad to hold the matter In abeyance and postpone a formal ruling until the Wltaorr Foundattotf hlPght refrgmr Ize to permit exemptions. under the law. Mr. Mellon'i letter waa msde public at the treasury after the secretary had called at the White House. Is First Sale of School Issue - Since Loans .: Held Constitutional. ; nALKlGH. May . The pu:- chastt by the Fidelity Bank of Dur ham of me million dollars worth Of. the llv million dollar school ijan bond issue was announced to- dy by Plate Treasurer Lacy. This 1 the first sale of these bonds fol lowing the recent Supreme couru decision validating tne issue anu clearing up doubt as to the con stitution. ity of the school loan ?Vitids. ' ' ' The itste will not offer for eale en additional amount of these lijnds before October, Mr. Lajy ktid Applications for loans from school authorities covering the full n-.illion have already been made, and the money will be distributed tj them within a short time, Tne Fidelity hank applied for a half million dollars of the bonds before the Supreme court decision, and following their validation It nefced for a half million more. It was on tr application for pur citate rfa part of these bands that the tes'. case was prepared. The Fidelity is th's first North Carolina bank U buy state bonds at 4 1-1 pr cent ; Six mllllcn dollars, derived from the road bond sals of several days Ogo will bo sufficient to csrry the id bttldlng program through October. Mr. LaCy ssid, so that th state is no', anxious to sell the re; mainlnr nine millions of the ad vertised fifteen mlllian dollar of ferlng. ONE MILLION IN Washington Expert Finds Two Kinds 01 Lights On Mountain vitsiKSTO tnaain TSI MRStlM.S CIT1KI tr h. t. c. a4T) WASHINGTON, May t. There are two lights on Brown mountain. One of them comes ,frem . locomotive pulling , Southern railway trains In the Blue ridge. ,Ths other,, will be explained or discussed by, George R. Mansfield, expert sent to ths state toy the Unit ed States geological survey in a detailed report of his visit, to the lighted region. Mr. Mansfield returned hers several days ago, and Is enthu siastic over his,; visit to the many ' attractive places In Ndrth Carolina. He was handicapped by torrents of rain -but made 21 different observations. He .went to Morganton March 2 and turned himself over to Robert X. ClayweU, on of the most t WHO SAID IT WOULDN'T HATCH? By BILLY BORNE HELD AS SLAYER OF R IS FIANCEE Oteen Police Chief Spends Night in Jail After Tragedy. 7 ' That Mrs. Anna Smathers came to her death from gurishot. wounds Inflicted by William W, Campbell, chief of police at Oteen hospital reservation, was the verdict of the onroner1! ..jury al; a - o'clock last evening, after being summoned to investigate the cause of the death of the woman, a young Widow and fiancee of the accused. She was shot six times shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday morning, The tragedy took place on th Falrview road about- eight or nine miles from Aahevllle. The woman was shot four times In the head and twice through the chest. Death was instantaneous. Campbell, who surrendered to the- police, after the shooting, spent last nignt in Jan. tit la being held without bond, pending an investi gation bv the crane! ttirv nf Run. combe county. When Campbell gave himself up, he was in a highly nervous state, the police say. Of ficer Jenkins declared the Oteen pouc chief told the officers his recollectionof ths shooting was Tr tne last - three or four months, it wts testified at tho in quest Campbatl and Mrs'. Smathers whpse husband died two years sgo during the influenza, epidemic, had been contemplating marriage. iiiumas rarger, a police officer at uteen, in giving his testimony be uio mo coroner, recalled a con versation with Campbell which took place, i he said, only a few days ago. At that time ampbell was discuss ing rumors he had heard about pcopie "Knocking" him to Mrs Smathers. About two hours before the tragedy, ampbell eald to Parker tnat ne was going to ask Mrs. smainere just one more time to marry him and that if she did not, sne would not marry any other, ac cording to Parker's testimony. Yesterday morning a short Urne previous to the killing Campbell and Mrs. Smathers were driven to Fair view, where the car of the altered slayer had been left the night be- tore. because tne machine could not started. They were driven from the hospital by K. T. Sorrels. member of the Oteen police forte and intimate friend of the .alleged slayer. "The last words Camp bell said to me when I left them at Falrview were 'I am the happiest man In the world. I am with the girl I love.' " declared Sorrels. Campbell was not present at the Inquest, which was held at the Ited CrnM undertaking establish ment. The jurors were: C H r Bartlett, foreman, R. C. Patton, ,1. W. Morgan. John O'Donnell, Fleet Cmlinxr4 M ftfff Filtttn interesting mounialneeis in the south. Mr, Claywell made the visit very pleasant for Mr. Mans field. He saw that he was put next to thp light that has pestered and mystified people in that aectlon for years. April 7, Mr. Mansfield came down the mountain. He has been busy on othe things but will have his Brown mountain light report ready for the sen ators in a short time. While in the state Mr. Mansfield spent two nights on Brown mountain, H tarried at Lovlngs Hotsl for a time. Ths lights he saw were quite vis ible and he is satisfied one of them wss not made .hy the train. The lights came and went, being visible from time to .timet The final report on Bnwn mountain will h il lustrated by a series of In teresting maps. : , ORDER CAMPBELL Two Men Killed as They Quit Work to Attend Nuptials One Man's Body is Shipped Home on Train He Would Have Taken - JOHNSON C1TV, Tenn.. May . William G. Byrd. lineman for the local electric company, finishing his work here today preparatory to leaving for hi hdrti In Mary vllle, Tenn., lo marry Miss God. dard, was instantly killed by com ing in contact with a. high voltage wire. With, another lineman, he was connecflng wires to a motor in a local theatre, when he caught a telephone cable while standing on wire carrying 3300 volts. His body was shipped to his home on the train h Intended taking to meet his bride. He wss XI years of age. had been an electrician for several years, but emnloved here only three months. He had just se cured a position In Maiyvlne, NEWTfER ALE WILL BEMADE IN ASHEVILLE SOON "Landosky" Name of the Beverage Which Will Use Famous Asheville Water, Believing that Asheville's water supply hSM become aa famous bs the natural waters of many sections of the .country that have gained nation wide recognition for rare qualities, Brown and Dogan, oper ators of the local Chero-t.'oU Bot tling company, within the next ten days or two weeks will place a hew ginger ale on the market. The feature of the hew product Is that one of ths chief Ingredients will be water obtained from the city's sup ply. 'There is no doubt Asheville Is famous for its water." said Chester Brown yesterday. "In other cities, whare the new product will be marketed, we believe this will be Ihj strongest selling point. The name, too will indicate the ale Is manufactured In the mountains of Western North Carolina for It will b called "Landqsky.! The drink will be placed on the market by Brown and logan. Several thousand dollars have been Invested by the company In preparation for the manufacture of the .product, Mr, Brown says the ale will be made of Imported ginger by an exclusive process and will be blended with' fruit' Juices and aromatlcs Into a flavor that will make It appetizing. "No Human hand wni rom In contact with the syrup." said Mr. Brown." "Our" process" will heat he most modern. Western North Car olina is a large consumer of high grade ginger ale and knowing this fact, we will offer a goid product. The bottlea will be nicely stamped and crowned with a view of Mt. Mitchell In the background." .NO W KWTIOATION IN TI'XAS TRIPLE MOBBIVG KIRV1N. Texas, May 8. Belkf tnat the burning, at the stake of ihree mgroes by a mob of 600 men here e.-,r!y today would not be matie the subject of a grand-Jury investigation, at least for the pres ent, was (Xpresaed by authorities of Freestone county tonight. Tne mgroes, "snap'' Curry, 2C; Mote Junes. 19, and Johnny Cor nish. 39. si) farm hands on the hmiestead of John King, grand father of 17 year old Kul Aw. Icy. wrrse murder Thursday tho l;nchlngc were intended to expiate, were taken from Sheriff Mayo at 3 a. m. today sfter a fight on thv f.out porch of his home. MA RAH 1A RFLF.ARFn OX THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND Carthage, n. c. May Chsrle C. Marsh, automobile deal er, held in connection with the death of former Mayor John Un derwood, of Fayettevllle, killed when an automobile driven by Marsh was overturned hear here French Support For Belgians Brings New Crisis In $12,000,000 Bill For Hospital Coin Passed By Senate Congress Complete Action on That rhase of $17, 000,000 Pvogram WASHINGTON, 1, C May fr. Through- passage by the senate, lungredslonal aeliiin was completed today on the bill ninklng Immediately avail able $12,000,000 for construc tion of hospitals for former service men as a part of a pro gram calling eventually for the expenditure of $17.000,0110. The measure, which was pass ed yesterday by the house, was put through without a record vote and without debate within a few hours after It had been reported out by the appropria tions committee. SCHEME IS LAID E President Has It Under Advisement Will Con sider Still Another. WASHINGTON, May ,Pres Idenu Harding took under advise men today the modified house soldiers' bonus plan presented to him by a committee of senate re publican leaders. He told the senators he would study the pro posal end the one to be presented earlv next week by Senator Bmoot of Utah, ranking republican on the' senate finance committee and would renew the discussion with them later. ' Those ' calling ' at the Whits House were Senator ' Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican leader. Chairman i McCumbsr and Senator Curtla of Kansas, and Watson, 6t Indiana, members of the finance committee. Ths sen atora said ths President had given tin intimation as to his opinion of the amended house bill but asked many questions concerning Its pro visions, r - The President wss told, senators said, that It was ths desire of ths congressional leaders that no ad ditional taxes be enacted In con nection with ths bonus and that it would be Impossible to put sales tax through congress. While no specific plan of financ ing the bonus was presented to the executive. It Is the thought of bonus advocates that the legisla tion can.be financed out of the refunded British bonds. Neither the commonly known McCumber plr.n nor the Bmoot plan calls for any considerable outlay of money within the next few years, and some senators said that whatever coat would be en tailed could h taken care of out of the $20000.000 annually out of the debt owed by Great Brlt- -.,-.,, ,ajS,rlCll' fill WMMJ SOUTHERN M. E. Church Is Strong Against Raising Educational Qualifications. HOT SPRINGS, Ark.. May . The first legislation enacted at this session of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, wss that adopted today, when the conference declared that the president of the woman's mis sionary society In the local church becomes a member of the o.uarter ly conference of the church. The church also went on record as strong against educational fea tures as riuallfltatlons for minis ters since bill providing thai every applicant for admission on trial must have spent at least two years in a college was rejected, this memorial was reported ad versely by the committee on re vlsals and the committee was al mos. unanimous in Its verdict. The request of certain members from Texas to remove the prohi bition against tobacco by young preachers was not permitted by the general conference. The com mittee repotted adversely an the proposal and It was defeated by a wholesome majority. Other items which were rejected as proposed were: To prohibit district conferences from fixing the salaries of presid ing elders on a percentage basis and force them to specify a fixed su in ; To require churches to pay the moving exnenses of the pastors: To abolish the ad Interim com-' mltiee of the district conference which " may license persons to preach; . . . To name s commission to study the matter , of the pastor's -salary with a view of fixing the minimum for married and unmarried preach--ers. One of .the conflicts of the com ing week will be the matter of the rllsbursal of the funds remaining frnm the activities of the war work commission. This commission has severlfl hundred thousand dollars MODIFIED BONUS EOR HARDING IMENAMTTED TO CONFERENCES NAT - - fMiiw mi ftf rw)tne smallest depositor. Conference RUSSIANS WANT BILLIONS FRANCS IN GOLD PAYMENT French Will Not Stand in. Way if Belgians Relax -Their Demands. REDS CONCILIATORY BUT NOT TO YIELD Seriousnes of Situation at Genoa Is Apparent on All Sides. GKNOA, May I. Franc will stand with Itelglum In opposing that part of the allies' memoran dum to Russia dealing with ths property in Russia of foreign own ers. In consequence of. this decis ion, which was communicated to Premier Lloyd George by M. Bar thou, head of the French delega tion, this evening, another crisis has arisen which endanger the conference and may or may not be settled before the British prime minister returns to London. If the vlcwi of Belgium with re spect to this article can be met. and It Is considered possible that the Belgians may modify their de mands to some degrees, France will place no obstacle In the way of a settlement. The Russians, however, are still to be heard from. Their reply will probably be delivered within two or three days, and It la known definitely that they will pre sent numerous objections to tne conditions set forth by the allied powers. . ,M. Barthou first ssw the Italian minister. Senator Schanzer, and found him busy trying to frame a formula on ths question of prop erty rights Russia which would satisfy everybody and avoid a rup ture of ths conference. "Even It a break comes," M. Schanzer Is quoted by the French as saying, "titers will be no reason for relaxing ths bonds of friend ship which have always bound and must bind ths allies together." M- Barthou then saw Premier Lloyd George and gave him a de tailed account of ths circumstances which forced Franca to adopt her, present position aid by aids with Belgium.' Francs) Feels Another War Is J net Escaped, "Publlo opinion in Francs," said M. Barthou, "was deeply moved bv the announcement of a separate Russo'-Uerman treaty and had even gone so far as to consider it possible that a new war with Ger many and, It might be, also with Russia, was Imminent. This ex citement was calmed down, but the Incident made Frenchmen remem ber with all ths more gratitude the help extended to France by Bel-, glum during the war. It mads Francs. Mr. Premier, leas willing than aver to part company with Belglum, "Ths question Involved Is one of why the relations between ths at- OmHiMtf m r rii REALTY COMPANY BUYS HOME FOR ONAL DANK Church Street '. Property Sold by Lipinsky at Around $40,000. Ths Commerce Realty and Ss. curity company, organized ky officials of the National Bank of Commerce, has purchased the building at 11 Church streat. kwhlch will ba occupied by the bank at a figure said to be around $40,000 Work of remodeljnf the building, which' has a frontage on Church street of about 26 feet and a, depth of about 5 feet, Is being rushed to completion and Is under the direction . of Ronald Greene, architect. Bon Martha and ft director In the new national bank, formerly owned the building and' the trans action has been completed, It Is understood. B, S. Colburn Is chair man of the board of director. Junius G. ' Adams, president and Willis m M, Redwood, acilvs vice president of the new financial in stitution and plans are being rap Idly pushed ahead to . hold the formal opening on or about July I. Fixtures, In keeping with "the latest type, of banking Institution, have been ordered and will prob ably arrive In Asheville during the next 30 days. . The entrance will face toward Patton avenue, the building ex tending out on Church street sev eral feet from the building line of the Drhumoi- building, giving a view of the bank from the main thoroughfare of the city. With a front of stone and new and modern equipment and fix tures, the new national bank is ex pected to prove one of the most at tractive In this section. Organised with a capital stick of $100,000 and a paid In surplus of $:5,00O, the officials are confi dent the bank will b able to handle the banking needs of any enterprise In Western North Carn- Una t the same Urns Sena JmiXJeaxtia! 4-