North Carolina Newspapers

-THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER i PAGES I O TODAY Forecast for North and So rt Care Ilm: Party cloudy and lomewhjt unsettled Friday and Saturday; lit'1? Changs In emperature. '"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA- ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MB LEA DiC IT Y RESERVOIR ARMED MARCHERS1NEEDS REPAIRS WITNESS STATES Seemed to Listen to:Concrete Structure-on Blizzard and Be Under I Him,"-Is Said. 1 DEFENSE FAILS TO GET TESTIMONY IN Miners Were Guarding Roads Week Before the I Fighting Began. CHARLESTON. W. Ya.. May : (By The Associated Press. -a, new step in the state's rasp ag-iinst William Blizzard, charged i;h treason, was, brought Into testi mony today when S. P. Embry, of I'lothler, declared mote than shots were fired into his autonm-: tele on the nicht nf Antrim " i.v ' k croup of armed men in the road. its1 Rowe, another witness (in t he stand late today, testified ihati the armed men concerned in theinf nubile works had Gilbert C. 2S -iJs -u rnairj,;,1 seemed to listen to Blizzard and j seemed to he under him." ! Th. Helen-. was t,-nrt hnnu I hack again today in Its efforts to cross question In detail on exchange of shots near Sharpies, between stale police and Logan county deputy -heriffs on one tide and a .group of mipers on the other in which two miners were killed and two wound ed. It has i been argued several times by II. V. Hons. on. rhief defense counsel and his associate that the Sharpies clash was the cause of renewed activity by the miners After District President Keeney of the United Mine Work ers union had turned them hack once at Madison. Judge Woods ruled squarely against this con tention, however. In declaring that "not a single witness has le; drop word to fdiow that th battle of Jiarples had anything to do wi.h he men proceeding from Madison to RIalr." I K.ciHe. leotifvlne r to. iho Klinntintr un of his automobile. 1 which occurred on the road near 1'iv.tViiav nlsn tnM of beinir forced .,.. a!, ...... o fi-nii-hi- train to make a trip with his train gather ing up men from Whitesvllle and other points to be taken to Jeffrey, ine of. the base points of the min ers forces during lighting. Itowe. a union coal miner, of . piair. lesiifiort that Mm Vlni'riMn nrPSI- j ... .. .... I I .ntn.d him 1 and others to guard the rnaus. -annul i eek before the ngniing niasi, Morrison styled himself major ami Issued orders to all the armed men about Blair, be said' later. The sneaker also said that (.'. Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney. district officers, could take no part In . the. flctiting and would have to adopt a banrts-off policy, because they were needed lo "carry this thing on" af terwards. Rows also testified he saw P.ilz ,ard making h speech on the steps of the school house al Illair which the miners made their headquarters, llliazarri on hearing two men bad been kllledi In the woods -by machine sons asked "why ain't you got them out?" according to the testimony. John Wllburn and others on the day John Ciore was killed, declared "we Bot three of the thugs, ran another part of Howe's testimony. Th. arttiimnnt no niltriissinn nf fcMimnny as to (he Sharpies Incident Ime during the testimony nf ('. V. Ciase of Sharpies. i'ross-examina- nn on deta s nf peeing rlearl and vvnttnrted men and on bullet. hMes in house near where the clash took lace, was nb ected lo tie state enun- m as irrelevant and A. Al. tie Cher. htarl nf the prosecution's legal array, argiKd that it was an Isolated incl- "If it is. an Isolated Incident- why do counsel protect so vigorously Hgainst our tnquirying into It?" ask e.f T, t'. Townsend. counsel for the rlefense. Judge Woods ruled that, the defense argument would he pertinent if it v ere not based on the assump tion ihat'-the difficulty between the Mate troopers and others had some thing to do. vviili this case. nn nnmiiTTrr WOMEN TO HAVEIEIGHT BIG LABOR REPRESENTATIOIIN INVOLVED IN jN UMM Ltlun bfluU II t A I li Organization Plan of State Democratic Commit tee Will Be Changed. C1T1ZKS MCWi SrRKMI TARBOtinrGH BOlBu (it KPOrK mitKl.EY) . U ALEIOH, May 11 Amendment e-f the plan of organization so as to give "full representation" to WO- I men on the state democratic execu tive committee will be effected at a meeting of the committee here Thursday, May 18. Secretary Joyner called the meet riaiJ JO.viiir Miiril me iio-fi -, mg today specifically for the elec-' turn of a chairman and secretary but "any other business" may come before the committee. The demo cratic party platform directs the doubling of the number of commit tee, now aggregating 60. so that V'omen may he fullv renresented. )'d the new voters are expected to t six members for each of the n districts to serve with the six men committeemen from each dis trict. That is lhe plan favored by most of the leaders, it is under stood, and lhe woiien are clamor ing for equal representation on this governing hoard. No opposition to Chairman J. D. Norwood., of Salishurg, is antici pated and his re-election will be a mere formality: I Secretary Joyner likewise is ex pected to succeed himsejf. The committee will meet at 8 o'clock in the hall of lne house of reprtii ser.tatives. Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt and others prominent In the life of the state are expected to be In attendance at a banquet to be given May 19 by the Raleigh post of the American I.eglon to National Commander Hanford MacN'ider. who will spend ""' "' '"" "I'll in the fctate. . . ,. . 1 DECLARES EXPERT Beaucatcher Said to Be Decomposing. SHERRILL'S PLAN GIVEN APPROVAL Consulting Engineer Says It Is Logical Procedure To Follow. That to all appearanres insofar is chemical anahsis ran indicate the com reip material in the citvs J .rr.su-voir on Hcauraichfr mountain i is lo the process of progressi-. e I df eOlllllOSi! inn anil filial Ilia it'-, n l : advanced by Commissioner R. J. hherriil. of public works, to repair! "m is a log.-cal one and .should he carried out as a safety mea-sur 1 :ltPl 'n a retiort of Charles I Uaddell, consulting engineer, who has lust completed an Investlzalion for the city. Some time ago the commissioner M r. White was of the opinion the. reservoir should he repaired. He- -'" il "as decided to engage Mr. I DrtHU- l L" l-A.IIIIIlie lllf liilUl.lUIUi I In his report. Mr. Wadclell says i failure to repair the reservoir would probably render the entire struct ure worthless, besides possibly en tailing loss of life. The matter wih fie placed before the city commis sioners at today's session. hollowing is a communication from the engineer to Mr. Sherrill: "In compliance with your le quest. 1 have examined the re ervoir and have reached the fol lowing conclusions: "Fust. That to all appearances and insofar as chemical tnalysis can indicate, the concrete is in the process of progressive decom position and will ultimately tail. The cause Is unknown. Second, I concur in your opin ion that it is sound business ;o take the proverbial 'stick In time' and save he structure by leorter- ins the concrete water proof rind oy reducing the stress in he steel 'Third. In round .numbers, 1 cost of rcDai."j will estimate the be .someuims over $20,ui'O and the time reiiiircd lo do the work from two to three months." HISTORY OP KKMKItYOlU The following report was pre- ;' ' , , . ' ,.pinf,...pfl COUCieic structure built by the " ", , "f, -"i". oo, u.ojt. .oo.nv.i. executed with the city -under date of November 21. 1UU6. The res ervoir Is J 50 feet in diameter und 40 feet and lias a capacity of i, Outi.otm gallons. "The contract stipulates that the concrete should consist of one part cement, two parts sand and stone dust and four parts crushed stone. Clean river sand was spec llled and the proportion of stone dust was specified as one part diuL to two pails sand, The stone was limited n the maximum size to one and a half inches, but no minimum wa's given and it was not stated whether run-of-crushei was used. "The steel specified was the de formed liar made by St. Louis Ex panded Metal and Corrugated Har company (now, the Corrugsi'ed Par cfimpany) and was specified to have an elastic limit of over SO. nut) pounds per square inch and an ultimate strength of over lOO.OOiJ pounds; to quole 'secur ing a safety factor in the reser voir of a little over four.' The splicing of the steel was specified its SO diameters. "There is on Hie in lhe city en gineer's office a blue print of lhe proposed reservoir dated Alii; list 20. 19B, and designated SH No. .110. There Is a stress diagram on this blue print which is correctly calculated and which Indicates that the structure was designed for a tensile stress in the steel of fCimOsifit mi Plot Tiro niiininn nri-rn Prisoners-All Held, Judges Saying Anarchy Like Haymarket Riot. CHICAGO, May 11. Eight union lafior leaders were named in true bills voted at a special ses sion of the grand jury tonight in connection wllh the slaying " of ''"Oi.-T ...tui.o, no aino IVIIl.r ncuienani.esieraay, Becoming to George E. Gorman, assistant state's attorney. Among those named in the true bills, according to Mr. Gorman, were r reel wader, president of the . .,.. ,,i. ..til. ni ' . fi ... " ' ... ..1UIIII3, oi inn p..-. ...yii.no uoo'ii and Cornelius (Con Shea, whe directed the teamsters strike in 1904. All are now In the custody of the police, having been captured in a raid on union headquarters yesterday. The slaying of Lyons followed a series of bombings,-blamed by the police on labor warfare In the building industry. Another police man was slain and a third In lured in a running pistol battle wilh four bombers in an automo-j one. . The killings were followed by. police'raids on union headquarters and saloons known as -centers .for gunmen and bombers. More trian ISO persons were taken Info cus tody of whom 36 sought release today on writs of habeas corpus. Describing crime conditions in Chicago as "a reign of terror." and "akin to treason in time of war," Judge Kickham Scanlan and Joseph David refused to release anv of the prisoners. . ''We are In a state of anarchy that approaches in- Intensity the condition that existed t during the Havmarket anarchist riots." de- clarerl Judge Scanlan, In criminal court. I SOMETHING -r-"..-;r -st-- - .--7: - AH. 50M7HIHCt Simmons Again Farmer In Shows How Proposed Du ties Will Cost the Far mer Millions. MORE WOBBLING IS CHARGED TO BODY Simmons Secures Defer ring of Action on One Item Through Attack. THR 4HTM.t,B C1T1HS 'i ; b c. invi.vr) WASHINGTON. May 11. Sena tor Simmons this afternoon spoke against the proposed tariff duties on ammonium phosphate and am monium sulphate. The senator claimed that these duties will cost the American farmer in obtaining his fertilizer millions of dollars, and that ammonium phosphate and ammonium sulphate, as well as nitrate of soda, ought to b placed upon the free list, so that the American farmer might get his fer tilisers at a price that would not abnorb tlie whole proceeds of hw crops and would leave him some margin of prod; Senator Simmons. In his speech, again made it plain that he intends to continue his fight In behalf of the American farmer. ANOTHER KI.KVKX-HOril hKSSlOX IS CONDLXTKD WASHINGTON. .Mav ll. -The senate had another ll-)iour ses sion today wllh the tariff bill, but again made comparatively little progress., its most Important ac tion was the approval, 35 to 24. of a committee amendment proposing to remove ammonium nitrate from the free list an! lo make it duti able at one cent a pound. l our republicans Borah, Idaho; Capper. Kansa. LaKolietle. VVIs consin. and N'orrls. Nebraska voted against the amendment, and two democrats Broursard. Louisi ana, and Kendrick, Wyoming- supported i; Explaining the amendment .fen - ator McCumoer, repiiuuoan. .miii Dakota, in charge of the bill, snd ammonium nitrate was one of the items on which lhe committee had "wobbled." proposing flint that It be on the frt list. He explained that this item was regarded as being in the "twilight . ?one" be tween the free liett-and the pro tection list, and told the senate that the placing of a duty on it would make necessary a compensatory dutv on explosives. After the vote. Senator King, democrat, Utah, who led the fight against the proposal, said he want ed to congratulate the republicans of ;he agricultural-tariff bloc "for standing bv the farmers, road builders and others who use ex plosives and dynamite and for making this present to the trusts. Senator Frelinghuysen. New Jer sey republican, of the finance com mittee, urged the amendment, de claring that the duty was neces sarv lo protect from the German nPrfite tnwt-ihe- nitrate industry bulit up In this couiUry during the war. He, added that- the issue would have a bearing on the Mus cle Shoals project. At the suggestion of Senator Simmons, democrat. North Caro Una, the senate deferred action on ammonium phosphate and ammon ium sulphate. Senator Simmons said consideration of these Items at this time would open up the whole fight flver free fertilizer materials and that the time would be saved by postponing action until the sen ate reached the potash schedule with its proposals for duties on that commodity. BUMP LM)S MFrXV AKTKIt DRIFTING TO SKA uivmptO.V. Vs.. May it. i ne b,Irnp A.4 avrVed safely at Langley i held this afternoon stter naving drifted about over trie ocean on Henrv for an hour and a half wllh her engines dead. The engine trouble occurred at, ,1:3a and it wae miti time hefore repairs could be made, the blimp meanwhile drifting to sea p.fore a four mile northwest hreese. All hands were safe when she ar rived. II.AFMAV HEARS RTVDENT. ftOUY AT INIVERSITY IFfi"li ruf.MfiimilmM, T llknttU rmtrt) CHAPEL HHL. May 11, J. O. cast Lii nuj.. m,i ii. .i. Harman, fif Pittsborn, was yeatenUr elected to the highest, orttee a stn nerit can hod on the university cam pus. Bv f. mari y of les than fifty ...... tl. Lineman A nj 'A.l TllniMt. j Turner, of High Print, for presidency bt ins iiiideiu ludj mi -mm y mm-mu HE WOULD By BILLY BORNE Champions Fight On EX-KAISERSAID TO BE INSANE OH RELIGIOUS IDEAS Health GoodBut His En tourage Regard Mental State With Anxiety AMSTERDAM, May lli (By Associated Press) Former Em peror Wlliam's devotion to religion has progressed to the point of mania, Admiral von Tlrpltz. former minister of the German navy, re ported to have told a friend re cently. ' The German ex-kalsei Is de scribed as spending the greater' part of each day In reading 'the Scriptures, commentaries, sermons and other religious books and In prayer His physical health ap pears to be good, but the members of his entourage at Doom regard his mental state with some anxiety It is observed that his Interest in European affairs has greatly di minished, even German politics finding him somewhat uninterested. His mind appears to live rather in the. past than in the present, and he is disposed, when ever he does converse on politics and some one speaks of the Injustice of lhe world, to allude wilh a certa in itipU ancholy and indifference to what he terms the false accusation of his having "willed the war." During his reign as emperor of tne v.erman empire, William WAP primate of the Lutheran state church of Prussia and as such he always studied theology and culti-i vated evpenness In defense of the Lutheran doctrines and their nn - I1D- plication. His mind was often di vided in those days between the , studv (lf military" and religious questions, but now he is said to be enthralled in religious questions alone to the ac!usion of all proh-: lems of statecraft. His mental out- i look seems to have narrowed and1 his rare visitors find his mind shut , in and closed to present German j affairs and the relations between' Germany and the rest of the Euro-1 pean countries. Big New Zeppelin Will Be Made In rirmnmi Caw 11 C reports, "became wild and disslpat UtrniQny rOl U. U. 'd, and while In bad company par- I id tin ted in the, larceny of an au- Deaiaiud in Rpnlnre Thnti 'tomoblle." She was sentenced last ImFj e Pj n t Jum to four years in the slate UiaaC Under Treaty But 'prison. She Is paroled upon the Destrnupti i i epresenjalions of a hrother-ln- .VERSAILLES. Mav 11. (Pv Hi" Associated press ) c.e-mnnv manufacture a Zennelln of 70 noo metres capacity to replace the ni-' mlSM -wer.niaUe to report 1 1"1" or t tie hill Seimuv Xvii.i i c alloded to the United States Z I ''"' " governor should ; ".ly introduced. the Versa ill e ti-ontv i,t j..i,,i in Germany, under the award' nf "-'"ST, f,M heJ '"thP','' the ambassadors' council, which al-i Thre o:her la''"',, famed up lows America 3,no.OOU gold marks! ?n, recommendations ol the trial in reparation. The ambassadors' ; ",c,7" or responsible rl r.cn. go mririt un. noihr,rt.,a I.. ii. 1 to , Harvey Tanner, of Greenville allied war council, wh'ch still has IIS Aftflf hem i-nnlrrtlCnn ell m II. larv nnetlon mi.tin. i f,.,, enemy states and operating under the chalnmanhlp nf Marshal Koch, The United States had asked that Germany be ordered to build for ll 100,1)00 cubic metre Zeppelin which would have been the largest i" , tt-l uriinilUllCU. 1 Otl t. 1 I 'I llllllVli at first thought a ship of '30,000 cu bic, metres canacltv should be suf ficient, as that was lbs !. nvnrl hv the council for commercial Zen - pellns. The cost of such it craft would have heen 750,000 gold marks. The navy department at Wash ington found this suggestion inade quate, and the war council In creased the size tn 70.000 metres which will cost 1750.000. making allowance for exchange. Tlie Ger - man government will, it is believed. he able to deliver the airship with- In nine months. One of the cpnditlons Is that a German, crew sliall take the Zep - nelln to th lnliit Ktat. alihmieh - . - . ... several American officers will proh-1 hlv aocnmnsnv the rrew In the' flight across the Atlantic. The Ger- mans will he expected to Ineornor- ate their latent feature In the new was appointed today by Piesldent aging director of the Farmers Na--fc'p ' Harming lli mal council, testified today. RECOGNIZE BARRETT YOUTH LEGATEE P ILL i William Hurd Barrett Reported Kidnapped by Mother Here Last Year. (fiil Ctirrwnilrnet . TK AthnilU Citurnl NEW YORK, May 11 Thlrteen-year-plrl William Hurd .Barrett, who Wii.i u ported kidnapped by his mother in Asheville. N. C. In Feb ruary, 1921, and taken by her to California, Is named residuary legatee In the will tif his father. Dr. Frederick J. Barrett, which was died for probate yesterday. Dr. Barrett, who served as a colonel In the medical corps at Camn.JIancock base hospital dur- WIDE RESIDUARY "V5 ilV' ?"ZinZi ltZ. tober, 1921. He brought a previ ous action for divorce In 1918 and a referee to whom the case was re ferred found in his favor. Before decision was rendered, hnwnver. he.v""'v"- ""i messenger lo ine and his wife became reconciled., His second divorce suit, which was tried by Supreme Court Judge Finch, was undefended. Dr. Barrett staled in his will Ihat his wife kidnapped his son In and Aaheville In February, 1921 look him lo California and that he lost all (race of him after that. His attorney, Andrew A. Frajier. svates .he .got .extradition papers, went to California, located Mrs. U.-rcll u rwl I 111) tlOV toil U' h 1 t it 1 1 l-O . ( ceedlngs were pending before lhe; : governor of California she had 1 -(,niplptPly rtia pppari'il again, Iip I sil8' un? M nas noj neen noie 10 l I I ll llllll- Ol OIOI BUM r. nr. Barrett leaves a small an nuity lo his mother. Mrs. Mary W. Hurd. uf Scarsdale, N. Y., and In ..1.11.1.. . . I .. . U- . .. . I. . ..! .iiiouioii in I'-aviris un nt'll io I rni- ftue, instructs nis lrienti aim execu tors If hey re over possession of'i.'red 11m i.n.1 ih.i n.-t.. .. nls 90n not lo allow the mother lo liave any share in his custody or iany voice In .administration of his estate, which is given as "over 000 in personal property." 1 Ol ll STATE PRISONERS Hti;i;i) by uovKR.von Two Are Also Declined ttn Return From Western North Carolina citiiis Mjra Bimtti: YAHIinHiH i,H tlaTBL rly ttRpf'K KAItKI.EY I 1 RALEIGH, May 1 1 : Governor Morrison returning today from a speech-making trip to Cherokee jand Jackson counties, gave four I prisoners their freedom. The most interesting or tne tour cases is mat of Bessie Logan. Guilford county while woman whn the envernnr inn, a wino 10 i,imiii mi i n i . i in his community, who says she is nuuiy needed to neip support ner, i ""ther. who is destitute. I fnp leave noine or not outiruiiy 'cooniv sei'vlnir two years for lar ceny; Ed Taylor, ol wake county. serving six months for distilling. "d ru'h Meacham. of Richmond i'county. sentenced in January, 19-1, ! 10 two yca,' u'r '''"l"11- 1 1' applications were declined. METEOR V.U.tX BREAKING . GLASS I NORFOLK, N W I N II O AV 8 Va May 11 A i gia nt meteor fell north nf Law seat of Bruns ! rencevtne, county wick county, 100 miles from here at 11:20 o'clock tonight, according to telegraph reports received here. Windows were broken, in and around Lawrenceville by the crash as the meteor struck earth. The flash of the meteor could be seen I in Norfolk - ' ' 1 COOPER WII.Ij CJEITTO ( TAKE PLACE ON BOARD i ' " I COLUMBIA, S. d Mav 11. 1 Rohetjt A. Cooper will resls'.i as i governor of South Carolina about i , t ..... . J una l, ne said nets lonignt on his return from Washington to become a member of the. federsll farm loan hoard to which host he I LA I MmmiSoviet Response To HHNu .E. i Both Kilgore and Hendrixi I Will Go on Retired j Bishops List. IHEAR MESSAGES OF i WILSON, HARDING : G e n e r a 1 Lay Board VUaitU Vf 1111 lUVblluuu v i Promoting Great Activity: HUT M'KIN'CS. A:k. Mac It V ttn Assiiclated P r e h I - , Adoptioi of legislation designed lo t jncreaS( lhe scope of the Invnien's HMim.iry mioemcni ;i nil nice ion of r proposHl to clert . 'br-ho!' fir a specified term of rars -In-su.icl o (or life, us now prevails, wpii' oatstiinding features of a I fotr' hoi c business session beve to il iv of lhe l!Mh uadi enni.i I gen Mill ennft retire "f the Meihoilisl !;nscoiial (hurch. Soiiih. In addition tlie conference re reived' a. report ' from lhe cominil 1e on cpiscfipacy. reconvnicmiiiiir the eleci.on of live b. shops iind made ll.v matter the special order of busint.'s for 'tomorrovv. A shk gestinn the committee that lb'' .-lectloi. of bishops take place next l'lusday was accepted. . Reorganisation of laymen s mis-, .-.o lot I .v il ,1, v r in r ill win A n ni (omplisnrd through the adoption ol h repi rt providing thai aetivi res of laymen, heretofore In fharge of the executive committee I I 1he movement- shall he placed .n lhe hands of the general board lot lay activivtles. The general lay i h ,ard. tne report specified, shall be i miporcd of lay leader elected bv the ..ntiual conference and gen eial sec rrtarirea of the general boards of lhe church who shall b consulting members of the general l.y board, serving without ,iya. The (.'.'tierat lay board Is rnagreii with the task of promot ing methods by which greater ac tivity on tne part of lay members of. lhe church may be obtained, with an ultimate view of having tciive Uf eking forces In every ciiutch. The report, as presented', prov ide I that the general lav boat d should elect a general secre- l.l rv to .Vltl'lllo ila itlntiu IVlt, ., brought to a hallol, it failed of a loptlon on a tie vole. An aniend tnei.t was then adopted empower ing the" conference to elect the general I'cietary and the report was accepted. A proiosal niton which the eon- f , , - . , firenie sustained a committee rt'romnv nuatioo of non-concur renre. ras that to elect stewards nd other local church officials by t.i clutch membership. Such of- iiciais-ic now elected hu iho oniKni ine aeiegates heard an ndurees by the Rev. David G. Downey, of New York, book edi tor of 'he Methodist V. nlacoDn I ,n i t-.... . . im nis cnurcn ami ais atitiifss by Dr. H. J, Butcher fraternal messenger of the Brit ish Meth'-aist church. The devotional1 exercises Mi 1 4 norning were under the direction ' lfip,0l Kdwln Hughes, of Hos- ion. oiemoer or tne northern branch of the church, who Is at tending lhe Arkansas state Sunday si boo) lot.venllon here. The session waa presided over bv fhrhop V. V. W. Darlington, of Huntington. W. 'a. Prolonged applause greeted h 1 ading "of messages from Presi lent lis. ding and former presi dent Wilton. The conference sustained a re poil o' the committee on epM opay i f commending that Bishop I., lffudrix. of Kansas Citv Mo -nrt Bishop J." IV Kilgore, of' Char lotte N (' li. ln..nj .u. ... I.I10H.V, . m he con i oorn or me reined list. ' iiish, p Hendlix is the oldest! member of present Episcopal col- ! .lhe. naving tieen ordained In InKK u cording to friends, ho h.. ,lt foiling health several months. ANOTHER OFFER MADE rX)R SHOALS PROPERTY House (ottunliice Agn-cs uy Holder Musi Make X Unites. WASHINGTON, May 11 Four developments in congrcf ionnl con sideration of proposal" .or devel oping the Muscle Shoals, Ala, ni trate and power protect occur red today in the s-nr,te aa-ricnl- ' ll,e end house military commit-' ir- ana on tne senate Moor Chairman Norris, Noliaka. of the senate oommlltee, Introduced a bill providing for a seml-gm e -n . ment corporation m tak over and operate the nittate piant and power projects for to years The measure was drafted by J.-tmes T Llojd. former reprmciuative trc.m Mijsouil. and submitted bv I. II "vm.. consuumjt engineer of " Angelps C alif.. aH a m...l,lic i. -"uituin senator also mane-public a tentative proposal received from L. Sie.-u, a llaln more, Md , cons iltinii nahx-er and manufacturer j.f . eimi,ai products. Mr. Stern's -Inner ofl ll' third, division at Cnmi .Lewi, transmission requ 'siud the ci m . Wali will be broken up and the mittee to hear IiI;m at his con-' "tills scattered among army pusis veniencs and said liie formal :n-! thfnigliout lhe corps areas, der would be nude lain, the The c hange in policy was ,c commlttec. deeidjtig informally lo ' cssary. the statement said, l.n -accede lo the requet and g'i ant i cause of Hie reduction of th .n iiiy Mr, Stern a hcarin. iiis: yeai fiom L'Hn.iiiin . n listed The lentati-e offer nf. Mr. Stern i I'ersonttel- lo KiO.nilti hi.-iUing- a provides for the opera' ion of the j ' oiiipulsoiy Ihat nil uiilt.cut lhe nitrate and power nroifc- f,n- a army be devoted to the "ciiiincr period or z. to ,vi years or toy i suuaoie number of vcar Ihat might be determined up m. i further staled that nil expens incurred by tlie ivenimcnt at Muscle Shoals wiould he riipa'i I at the rate of two per c-ti' annual ly and contained a i.ovislon bv whl.ch the tovtrnmsnt would re reive nil per cent of nil net -pi of its made during -th operation, with the lessee reialning 40 per cent. In the house committee an agreement was reached by which any lessee of the shoals proper ties would be compelled to manu facture finished fertilizers wheth er at a profit or loss throughout the term of his operations, wheth er It. be 50 or 100 years. The senate agriculture body heard Benjamin C. Marsh, man- Allied Memorandum Held Conciliatory LEAGUE COUNCIL IS REGARDED AS OPENS SESSIONS; BASIS FOR STILL MANDATE TALKED FURTHER PARLEY F, ranee Eager to Dispose of All the Mandate Questions. 1 ALL DELEGATIONS : 1 DEFER APPROVAL' America's Consent to British Mandate in Pal- i estine Is Announced. i KM.Y A, May 11 (Uy the As- s .iciiile ' I'ress. I - - The American gov ci unit ill's consent to the Hi it l'H niMi.dote for Palestine was the i chie f s.ihlrct for discussion nt the I ,., ..w.i ,f II. .. oil, O il .,( , . caKllt' ,,f nii,ions this after- noon. .'I he Earl of ISalfour. In .th" name i f Great Prl'alti, requested i phicv the question of approval of ine '.riusti munuaip on un iit,end(i. l,ot the H'l-ench, Spanish llali.m 'lid Brazilian delegates all asked 'ime lo which to seek iul-,H vice fn in their respeciup .govern ments i r the question. ijroii Itoiirgeois. Franct, said his g ivcrnmi nt was eager lo dispose i f all the mandates. Including the one for Syria, but the question o' I In- Palestine mandate hud been brought up so suddenly he must have time to consult with Premier Poiilcnre. The oilier delegates ex pressed themselves in slmllir tomis. t Lord ita'four explained that the lulled States has "cordially lUreed" in the British ntandat tiiiaklng oi.ly one condition. This condition was (hat should the P.rltish ever give up (he mnndate, I A r I g h ts in Puleatlin s lould lie the same as those ac c uded I.i r by Turkey before the war. He added that there wa.-i to longer any reason for with holding approval to the mandate, since the council was In agree i ii.ioi ,mui iivr, until uir ;mii rjn protest suddenly arrived ment a year ago. when the Amerl- tn Geneva THIRD DISTRICT HOUSE VACANCY" LASTS TO MARCH WAkHINGTO SriB.D TBI AiHavtt.i.a nmzas CSV II K V BHYAT I WASHINGTON. May 11. The third North Carolina district Is without a congressman, and will be iinlli next March. The state lias hut nine mem bers of-Hie house. This sap could have been filled In bin aspirants lo succeed Hie Inte Samuel M. Urlrsnn were afraid some advantage might come If a short-term representative were elected. The fie'd Is full of candidates for ItTe democratic nomination In the third district. Those actually run ning are: ('. I.. Ahernethv, Craven cminly; I ir rt. I Carr. ll. D. -Williams, and Rivers Johnson. Duplin: 8. H. Hoblis and Fiistiugh Whitfield, of Sampson; Joe ftoblnson and Mati Allen, of Wayne. Those in che touch with Ilie situ ation in the district 'believe that Abernethy has the lust show to win. They argue that being the only man from t'raven. and well k n o w n throughout the counties intersected he wi'l win ill.' second itriomty. North I'arnl'nlaiis here are keenly fnlerested in the contest In lhe third. PLANS MAKING TO! IGTDIIPT I Statement Issued Ex plains New Policy of Dis tribution of Regulars. WASHINGTON, May 11. The war department plans lo assign lo each corps area for the train ing of lhe citizen atmy during the coming summer a. "reinforced brigade in which all arms are represented," it was announced today. The statement, issued in explan ation of the new policy of distri bution of regular Hoops, said that with the exception of Cnmp Tra vis. Txas. where the secocd d' vlslon "in be maintained '.is -now constituted, the entire. pl:i,i of. di visional training n the war built cantonments, will be abandoned. As already announced, the first i division ;it Camp Dig, N. .1. and training of the national-guard, o--gn nixed reserves and nt her .de ments 'if the army of ii.e foiled Stales provided for by existing law. I t ll.dlllUUI UIII.LI. lill LHIIJ I.LHII i ARI INSUMMER CHINESE TURMOIL . Under the new plan the divl-lM"1P and only five miles from slonal 'headquarters organization j t'linK's outposts. of tlie ll rat and third divisions . will be retained intact t,,,: .(i, I N E l-'IV AXCIAI, CRSIS troops scattered al varioua posu. REPORTED IX SOUTH CHINA in the corps areas.' with a view I AMOY, China, Mav 11. t By the to their quick fiolilliz itlon thou'.d the need arise Under the tentative changes the 13th Infantry in th third corps area would mnva.frxim..Ca-nniMead to Fort 'Howard and Camo Eus lis, V.: SUh tnjfar.tr from va rious forts in New York to the lnr active list a! -Camp. Eusli: :he second battalion of 1! 'hird field artillery at Fort Myer, . Va..'j ment in preparation for Its project, to he transferred to the second : ed. cainpatgn asaiost the north ni f.eld artillery which will be re- the consequent political .compile. constituted. tionu Future of Conference Is Regarded as Highly Uncertain. REPLY DISPLEASES FRANCE, BELGIUM Lloyd George Will Try to Continue Conference if They Withdraw. GENOA. May 11. (Py The As. soolated Press.) -Russia's reply to the allied memorandum, which ,was presented today to Slgnor Si h.inzer, president of the eco i nonilc conference, is generally re garded as com dilatory. At leas! It Is considered a basis tor further negotiations. Its suggestion that all the tangled nnanciai piociem ne sunmiueq lo "nxeu committee oi. experts named by the Genoa conference, provided a means of escape from tlte present superhented atmos phere, which apepara to be unfav orable for the settlement of the myriad questions arising from the Russian situation. , England regards- the reply as moderately conciliatory; -so also does Laly. The Italian foreign minister has been working day and plght to prevent a break which seemed Imminent through the op position of France and Belgium to the settlement of the property question which great Britain and the lesser powers will approve tf France expresses great s disap pointment at the reply and Bel glum Is far from statisfled.' ' M. Barthou, head of the French del egation, declared after an examin ation of the text that the reply did " not get anywhere and was not feally an answer at all to the allied proposals. Consequently It will not be certain until after he has conferred with the government In Paris whether the Russian pro- posals will ba accepted by the French as a, basis for continuation of discussion. In the meantime, the future of the conference Is highly uncertain. Soma of the delegations believe that, it will close precipitately, or perhaps It would be truer to say that they hopa It will. Other dele gallons predict that it will last six weeks longer and go Into the Rus sian financial . tangle In great de tail. The latter eeem to he In the majority and indications tonight are that the conference may be prolonged indefinitely. PHKM1EU WOl'I.D TRY TO KEEP MEOT OIXO LONDON', May 11. (By The Associated I'ress.) Reuter's Genoa correspondent telegraphs Ihat Hie Russians at 11:45 o'clock this morning handed to Foreign Minister Sohanzer of 'Italy thslr reply to the allied memorandum. A dispatch- lo the Evening Standard from Genoa says that If the French and Belgians quit the conference Premier Lloyd George will remain "and try to work th ship to port with a short handed crew." DECISIVE BATTLE South China Preparing for Drive Chang Will Make Final Stand. TIEN'-TSI.V. May 11. .(By the Associated Press.) Although form ally die-missed from the military governorship of Manchuria. Gen eral Cluing Tso-Mn, defeated near Pfklng last week bv the forces of his military rival. General Wu Pel Fit. apparently Intends to attempt a final stand at Luanchow. about tj,1 miles south of the Great Wall n the Mukden railway. The -MfH?htt general Is still transporting i coops from Mukden lo I tint point, and his generals are" sending truculent message from Kaiplng, saying they will treat as i lit mies any foreign trunp that niiiv accompany the Chi-Ll forces to thiit region. Chl-I.i troops a,r now detraiiiinx Just this side of Tangsli.-in, 70 miles northeast of Tien-l'sin, and ure reported to be preparing for an enveloping move ment against Kaiplng. Chang has announced he will not be responsible for foreign lives or properly If Wu attacks. Wu has ordered his Chi-IJ troops not to proceed beyond Peli.ang tin. til it is-clear whether ClMng -Intends to light or withdraw. Thirty four American soldiers have left to reinforce the railway guards at T.iogshiin. 7 miles northerner of Associated Press.) A financial crl- sis in Canton, seat of the southern government, is ' reported in dis patches received here. The bank are closed, business 1 pa.raJ.yzed and th government banknotee have de preciated 50 per cent in value. , The crisis Is attributed to the agi tation caused hv the operations of Dr. Sun Yat Sen s southern govern'-"